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# LezWatch.TV
The Greatest Database of Queer Female, Non-Binary, & Transgender TV
## Posts
### [Articles](https://lezwatchtv.com/articles/)
**Published:** October 1, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
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### [The Change in Scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/2026/the-change-in-scores/)
**Published:** August 31, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We recalculated our show scores! By fixing how we track character screen time, season counts, and casting, shows with dedicated main cast representation scored big gains.
**Content:**
If you’ve looked at a show page recently, you might have noticed the scores are a little different than they used to be. This is because, after a long week spent running the numbers, we realized that the way we were calculating how *many* queer characters were on a show was deeply flawed and resulted in inaccurate scores. So your resident math nerd (hello) sat down with a highly advanced setup to figure out how to count characters based on how long they were actually on the show.
Of course, if it was that simple, you wouldn’t notice a change and I wouldn’t be posting this.
## Scoring built for a smaller database
Our show score has worked more or less the same way for years. It was set up when this site tracked a fraction of what it tracks now, and we (okay I) hadn’t revisited it in a long time.
The basic method we use for scoring shows is to give them a 0 to 100 rating based on the four primary aspects of a show:
1. How the reviewers rate the show (thumbs up, etc).
2. How the show handles its tropes.
3. How many queer characters are alive.
4. How much queer representation is there.
Mika trying to explain scoring
By turning this into a formula, instead of arbitrarily assigning a grade, we were able to automate the system and have it self update just by adding a new character or trope. The problem was we had changed the way and amount of data we collected.
For example, we now note **which years each character actually appeared**, for very nearly every character in the database. That took years of work to build up, and you don’t even want to know the maintenance pain in the ass it is (I ended up making a tool to help). But the score system couldn’t use it, because I designed before we had the years.
That meant I had to revisit how we count appearances.
## Counting Heads Conundrum
Essentially I learned how we added characters into the scoring system was deeply flawed. For example, a series regular was worth more ‘points’ than a guest, which is correct, but if a show had a lot of guests or ran a long time, it wasn’t being properly reflected. At the start, that didn’t really matter much. But as we improved our data collection, it suddenly because a very obvious issue we needed to fix.
There are two real examples I can show you make the issue a little more obvious.
Like most of the Law & Order shows, *[Law & Order: SVU](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-special-victims-unit/ "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit")* has a lot of queer guest characters. In fact, it has 38 characters spread across 27+ years on air (1999 to 2026, feel old yet?). That’s over a queer a year, which isn’t terrible, but the problem is most of those characters were a queer-of-the-week and either the victim, the perpetrator, or both.
On the other hand, *[Adventure Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time/ "Adventure Time")* has three characters who were there for most of the show’s run.
So why did SVU have a higher score? Because the formula was flawed. Instead of taking into account how long someone was on a show, it took the raw number as gospel.
## Time on Screen
First, I tackled time on screen. Every character is weighted by how many years they appear on screen, relative to how long a show aired. A character who was on screen for 4 out of 5 seasons is worth more than a one-timer. That one change is where the majority of the scores got hit. *SVU* dropped from 40 to 31, and *Adventure Time* went up from 64 to 77!
But this snowballed when I realized we had a major flaw in the way we tracked how many seasons a show has. Weighting characters by how long they were around means answering a question that sounds trivial. How long did the show run? Well that can be easy (*Buffy* aired 7 years), or it can be practically insane (*The X-Files* was on from 1993 to 2018, but only for 11 seasons, not the 26 you’d assume just counting the years!).
See, we only put in how many seasons a show ran when it’s *over*. And worse than that, TV has decided everything old is new again, and shows are returning after some lengthy hiatuses. So in the middle or all the math to recalculate appearances, I had to come up with a more robust, accurate way of tracking seasons! How could we sanely track a show that had a decade long hiatus, after all?
## Detour: Season of the Switch
The obvious fix is that we needed to store our own seasons count. Now asking people to manually enter than and uptick it **every year** is ridiculous and cruel. I suspect our editor team would revolt, or just not do it. (Don’t panic, we still hard-lock the seasons when a show has ended!) That’s why I took advantage of [TVMaze](https://www.tvmaze.com)!
We’ve been using TVMaze for years, as that powers the calendar page as well as the nifty airing next box on the per-show pages. We heavily cache their API so we don’t blow through our tokens too fast, and yes, I absolutely pay for the service. And for shows on-air today, it’s a goldmine. It can handle the standard US seasons (September to May), two complete seasons landing in the same calendar year (more often found in reality TV), and those massive gaps when a show just isn’t on air for a decade.
Of course, that brought up a couple of wrinkles. First of all, TVMaze isn’t meant to be historical, so it doesn’t track all shows perfectly. In tests, a German soap that’s been on air since 1992 (go on, guess which one) came back with only 9 years on-air. That would have been worse than just guessing the years! To address that, the system checks if the show has characters on outside those 9 years and, if there are 5 or more, we don’t use their data.
The second was kind of hilarious. In the middle of testing that, I found out that some of the IMDb entries we had have the wrong value, only … it wasn’t. The IMDb ID for *Only Murders in the Building* changed! So I had to create a way to look up those and flag them.
## New Characters Don’t Drop Scores
This was a doozy. Adding a new, minor, character would drop a show score.
Yeah I know. I was flabbergasted. How could I have goofed that so badly that doing our work, recording characters, would make things worse!? Well, it had to do with how we counted death, and the other was how we handled transgender characters.
Death was a flat score, no matter how much a character was worth. So for example, a new regular character was worth 5 points. If they were dead, they lost 5 points and netted a 0. But a recurring character was worth 2 points, and a dead one -3 points! And guests? Worth 1 alive, and -4 dead. That was a little too much.
Now transgender characters was a cliff. By which I mean I was inadvertently causing a massive underscore. See, I wanted to address issues like we saw in *Transparent*, where a cis-male lead was playing a trans-female character. That should be worth points, but fewer than if a trans character was played by a trans actor. The formula I used was wrong. A show with 3 trans characters all played by trans actors scored `3 × 10 = +30`. Add a fourth trans character whose actor isn’t recorded as trans, and the condition flips: `(4 − 3) × −5 = −5`.
That’s been fixed, and now every character contributes something positive, however small. Death still reduces what a
character is worth, and trans-characters played by cis actors is worth less than trans playing trans. But no character ever subtracts on its own. It’s just worth less.
## Hard Ceilings in the Wrong Place
Scores have a cap: 100. The old system however put the cap in too soon, which meant we had a few dozen shows hanging out at the apex without a way to tell them apart. It’s like having your bathroom scale stop at 100lbs. Everyone above it reads the same, which doesn’t help.
Technically the new system has no cap (and no cliff). Instead, every new character adds a little **less** than the one before. The gap between a show’s first queer character and its second is enormous. Between its twentieth and twenty-first, much less so. That’s how it should feel, and now it’s how it scores.
The output is still limited at 100, mind you, but since we have extra numbers behind that, we can actually tell you which 100 point show is best (answer? All of them! You really think I’d pick one?).
## Lead Actors Matter Most
I mentioned before I had a setup so trans actors playing trans characters were worth more than those played by their cis counterparts? That actually extended further, and shows get credited for casting queers as queers overall. I called the one mechanism that handled the trans characters “The Tambor Takedown,” which is something I like to do when I find a new quirk.
But … While Adult [Maura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maura-pfefferman/) was played by the cis-het Tambor, Young Maura was played by a young transgender woman! That meant Young Maura’s actor skewed my scoring and made it not deduct for Tambor!
The new system actually scores all that concisely. Instead of looking at **all** the actors who played a character, it looks at the **lead** actor. The one who played the majority of the character. We always put the primary actor on top, thanks to Caity Lotz. What? Did you think I could talk about stats and math without mentioned Sara Lance? Who was played by **four** actors!? Yeah, because of her, we had long-ago set it up so we listed the primary actor first, making this an easy win.
While 24% of characters are played by queer actors, it’s only 4% of those characters have a queer actor as their **non-primary** actor. I know that sentence is weird. But basically out of the roughly 1800 queer characters who have at least one queer actor portraying them, about 70 have a non-queer as their primary actor. It’s a slice of a slice of a pie, and had very limit impact except what I was trying for in the beginning: reward shows for casting queers as queers first.
## Why most scores went up
I know that saying “we improved the scoring system and everything got better!” sounds like some kind of scam, or like we put a thumb on the scale.
The truth is that we were overweighing the wrong portions.
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Picture four judges scoring a competition and averaging their scores. If 3 judges are on the 100 point scale and 1 is on the 10 point scale, then no matter how many times you run the numbers, that fourth judge buggers the results. Three judges score 70, 80, and 50, and even if that last judge gives a 9 (which would be a majorly high score on a 10 point scale), the average is 52. And it’s not like the fourth judge was East German, it was simply using a different scale.
That’s basically what was happening. The other three parts of the system averaged 69 points (nice) but the character part landed around 10.
Yeah, 10. And it was being treated like 10 out of 100.
So when I say I recalibrated everything, it means the median show’s character score is now around 35 instead of 10. That lifts most total scores by roughly five points.
We deliberately did *not* tune this to keep the old numbers looking the same. We could have. But the only way to hold the old totals steady is to keep the character score pinned near the floor, which is the exact problem we set out to fix.
## What this means for your favourite show
**Rankings changed more than numbers.** That’s the point. If your show moved up or down five points along with everything else, nothing meaningful happened to it. If it moved fifteen, something did.
**Shows with small, committed casts did well.** Tightly-written series where the queer characters are central rather than passing through.
**Long-running procedurals and soaps generally came down.** Not as a judgment on them, but a large cast accumulated over decades no longer counts the same as a cast that stayed. On the flip side, if a long-running show is amazing for rep, the other aspects of the score (the heart system) will reflect that, and it does balance out.
**The 90+ Club is about the same**, and honestly, most of the shows that left it were there because of that old ceiling rather than because they’d earned the top band. Twelve of its members had character scores sitting at exactly 100, collecting the maximum whether they’d reached it or run past it.
***[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/killing-eve/ "Killing Eve")* went from ~16 to ~29.** A show built entirely around a queer obsession was scoring below the line we ourselves label a failing grade. That was the clearest sign the old character score wasn’t measuring what we meant it to.
The other three parts of the score are untouched. Our show ratings, trope handling, and who-lives-who-dies all work exactly as before. Star ratings, trigger warnings and Shows We Love are unchanged.
The current (as of August 2026) front runner for shows is *The L Word: Generation Q*, which takes advantage of the stars and the love to jump ahead.
## The Good News?
After spending a solid month on it, I’m pretty confident about our tracking with characters on air. It’s a beast to check and a hassle to maintain, but it’s finally giving us some amazing data.
Got any ideas of factors we’re not taking into consideration? Give a shout!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Scoring, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Rise and Fall of Representation: Our Oasis is Drying Up](https://lezwatchtv.com/2026/the-rise-and-fall-of-representation-our-oasis-is-drying-up/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Unraveling the reality of representation (and its collapse) via the new stats is chilling and concerning. The new infographic display makes things jump out more.
**Content:**
One of the things that happens when I sit down and [redesign all the stats](https://lezwatchtv.com/2026/get-ready-for-new-stats-now-with-context/) (which is finally stable and done until I think of more gaps), is that I end up taking a real good look at what data we have, what can be displayed easily, what needs heavy calculations, and what the end results are. That kind of work is, in fact, what lead to me making posts about representation and how it was increasing.
As regular visitors know, over the last six years, I’ve been marking a tragic plummet of content and representation in what limited content remained. Looking at the last 14 years of data makes my previous statements about how we’re getting less rep glaringly obvious.
In 2020, representation peaked at over 1000 characters on screen. That’s roughly 1/7th of all the characters we’ve tracked. Right now, we sit around 200 characters. Now, I know we’re behind on a lot of data. The ever growing backlog has over 500 characters to add, but most of those are **not** from this year. And even if they were, it’s still going to be significantly less than we had in 2020.
## The Shows Fell First
Here’s something I didn’t fully appreciate until the redesign put the charts side by side: [shows on air peaked in 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/on-air/), at 546. Characters didn’t peak until two years later (2020). For those two years, representation was consolidating. We had fewer shows, but more queer characters packed into each one. This meant ensemble casts were doing the heavy lifting, as were Queers of the Week.
When the first leg of queer rep collapsed (shows), the second (characters) was soon to follow.
You can see the aftermath in the churn. In 2025, [59 shows with queer characters ended](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2025/canceled-shows/) and [only 20 premiered](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2025/new-shows/). That’s nearly three cancellations for every new show. And for perspective, new shows peaked at 172 back in 2019. From 172 to 20 in six years is an even steeper fall than the character count.
Among the shows we lost was *Neighbours*, which ended after **40 years** on the air. When the long-running shows go, they take decades of accumulated representation with them, and there’s nothing in the pipeline replacing them.
## Fewer Deaths Isn’t Good News
Here’s a stat that looks like progress and isn’t: we only lost 16 characters in 2025, down from a peak of 89 in 2018. Before anyone celebrates, remember that dead characters require living ones first. There are simply fewer queer characters around to kill. This means that the death rate hasn’t meaningfully improved, it means the available character pool to kill has begun to dry up.
And the underlying pattern is as grim as ever. Of the 37 tropes we track, [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/) remains the most common harmful one, appearing on 424 shows. Compare that to the 163 shows where a queer character gets a [happy ending](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-ending/). A show in our database is **2.6 times more likely to kill off a queer character than to give one a happy ending.** That number is now front and center on the [new shows statistics page](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/), because I think it deserves to be.
## What Else the Redesign Surfaced
A few more things that jumped out while I was rebuilding these pages:
- Only 13 shows have **ever** scored 90 or above on [our scoring system](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/scores/). The overall average sits at 53.
- Just [12.3% of shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/intersectionality/) feature a character with at least one intersectional identity.
- There were 22 non-binary characters on air in 2025, out of 334 total.
- 1 in 12 shows carries a [trigger warning](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/triggers/).
It’s not all doom. Nearly two thirds of shows still earn a clear [“worth it” rating](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/worth-it/), and 2025 still gave us *[The Mighty Nein](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mighty-nein/)* premiering with 8 queer characters, the biggest debut of the year. Quality is holding on by it’s fingernails. There’s just far, far less of it.
All of this is live on the redesigned [statistics pages](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/) and the [This Year](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/) archives, recalculated daily as we work through the backlog. Go poke around. And if there’s a stat you wish we tracked, have a shout in the comments.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Neighbours, Statistics, The Mighty Nien
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### [Get Ready For New Stats, Now With Context!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2026/get-ready-for-new-stats-now-with-context/)
**Published:** July 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's been a decade, it's time to give the stats a much needed facelift and functional improvement to meet the needs of 2026. Oh, and you can download CSVs now.
**Content:**
Actually, it’s really “Get ready for the stats being actually functional and usable by people who aren’t Mika!”
Back in March 2016, we [introduced our statistics to the world](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/march-roundup-lgbt-statistics/)! It’s been a decade and the time is nigh to give that feature a facelift and, more importantly, use it to dynamically tell you what’s been going on.
## What Was Wrong
Since we track … well … everything, we can show everything. We have all the basic things to track, like the common tropes and clichés, death, and what shows on-air when. Over time, we expanded that to show you a death ‘timeline’ so you could see how many days passed between characters dying, and a ‘this year’ feature that gave you all the data from a given year.
The problem is there was no context to any of that. If you knew what you were looking for, it was great. But a lot of people just shrugged because the data was just there for you to make sense of on your own. And I don’t blame any of you for ignoring it.
Basically, the problem was we just had way too much data dumped on you, and it was always in the format ***I*** found helpful, but that didn’t mean it was actually right for everyone else. After all, I’m a math-nerd to the nth degree (thanks, Dad), but I know that’s abnormal. If I wanted to really make the data helpful for people, I needed to break down what stood out.
## What Was Changed
This actually started when one of our editors asked me about “Most-Cliched Characters.” I could (and did) make that page pretty easy but it would just be a pretty basic list and count. What if … What if it was informative with a callout to tell you what people probably wanted to know. What if, just for example, you could see the trope *gap* on TV shows at a glance like this:
Suddenly there it is in front of you! Nearly three times as many shows kill off a queer vs giving them a happy ending. Also who is surprised that “Literary Inspired” is so high?
As I started to sketch it out, it grew and grew until finally I had a massive refactor on my hands that took about a week. I went through a bunch of iterations, I tweaked the size and fonts and data layout. I also took the time to limit displays. Instead of showing a piechart for tropes with *everything* listed, making it a brilliant circle of WTF, I trimmed it down to what was important.
## Colours and Designs
The layouts got a huge face lift. Picking out colours that caught your attention to where things are important was a huge step forward.
Finally I hit on a design that my wife said was informative for her. She hates math. I consider that a massive win. I ran the design through accessibility checkers and colour tools, and finally have what we have today. I also talked to my friends, who are way better at graphics, and they helped me understand why things worked together. And that gives us a useful, informative, “This Year” page!
Im gonna watch TV like its 1999The ‘biggest’ premiere gets called out and noticed, the leading nation and one of the deaths (sorry Laura Hall) are call out. But this information continues, with different visualizations.
### Smaller Wins
Depending on your definition of ‘small’ …
- Charts are now rendered without javascript, making it friendlier to screen-readers.
- Less javascript means more speed on every render!
- The whole stats section got a make-over for dark mode as well.
- “This Year” now has a year-by-year navigator, where you can jump to any year.
- Picking a network or a country from the dropdown no longer needs a second click to go, you just jump.
## (Un)expected Bonuses
The first bonus came when I was able to speed up rendering by limiting *most* lists to the top 10 or so. The long tail (which is the technical term) is useful for statisticians but less so for the average queer. That also meant I could quickly display a little more information in one go, since I was only calculating it for a subset. It also let me pull out highlights (like the best year for a network, meaning the year it had the most shows on air) and lowlights (the year a network had the most deaths).
Then I asked myself “What if someone wants the whole data.” We don’t get asked that a lot, and we do have an API, but often the person asking is not a hugely computer savvy nerd who wants to use that API. So now? We have a magic button to download a CSV!
You won’t find the download on *every* page, mostly on any ‘on-air’ lists, but it pops up in other helpful places. Like the death breakdowns and the full roster pages. So while it’s not everywhere, it’s everywhere that matters.
The power of this re-write made generating a file remarkably easier. The data is heavily cached, so it regenerates once a day at most.
## What’s Next?
I’ll be tweaking the CSS as it gets a real world test, and I’m looking for more aspects to make it thrive. Everything here is built to be reusable and contextually smart, so we don’t have to edit on the fly. When the data updates, the page updates. But there are still improvements.
How about death *rates*? Instead of just “10 characters died on Network Blah,” we could compute something like dead ÷ characters, per network/nation. Why? That would tell you not just that Netflix is the deadliest network because it has the most shows, but the per-capita. If a network has one show and kills off all their queers, they would be far more deadly!
What about comparing the other tropes to death? Is there a singular trope that results in a dead-queer on a show? How about some more deltas? We compare year by year, but only the previous year (meaning, 2019 is compared to 2018). What if you could compare any two years? How about comparing networks and stations?
We could make it easier to share, generating an image you could download for your own site to show off the stats!
And perhaps the biggest idea of all… Leaderboards and slices! We could combine deaths by sexuality, characters by nation *and* gender, tropes common to shows that kill.
It’s a lot and will keep me busy for a while.
Do you have ideas? I’d love to hear them!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Fear the Merger: One Network to Bind Them Into Darkness](https://lezwatchtv.com/2026/fear-the-merger-one-network-to-bind-them-into-darkness/)
**Published:** February 27, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Remember when 50 companies controlled what you watched? Now, it’s closer to four. If self-representation becomes only available on niche, paid apps, do our stories effectively even exist anymore?
**Content:**
In the book “The Media Monopoly” by Ben Bagdikian, a former dean of journalism at UC Berkeley, Bagdikian found that 50 corporations controlled the majority of media business in the U.S. Around 2012, 50 became 6 with Comcast, News Corp, Disney, Viacom, Time Warner, and CBS.
Today it’s closer to four:
- **Disney** acquired most of 21st Century Fox in 2019.
- **Warner Bros. Discovery** happened when AT&T’s WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner) and Discovery Inc. merged in 2022.
- **Paramount Global** was reborn when Viacom and CBS merged back into one company in 2019.
- **Comcast (NBCUniversal)** is a massive vertically integrated giant.
One could point to the fifth being **Sony & Tech Giants**. While Sony is a major studio, companies like **Netflix**, **Amazon**, and **Apple** have replaced traditional networks as the “new” gatekeepers.
The reality is that most Americans get their TV from the Big Four.
In February, Paramount ‘won’ the bid to buy the (still failing) WB/D, and Netflix walked away from it on 26 February. As of the writing of this article, the California DA is threatening to deeply investigate to see if this is legal with regards to “Vertical Disclosure” (meaning the new Paramount-WBD-NBCU monster would own both the content (the shows) and the pipes (the cable/internet) and could intentionally throttle competition).
## This is Not Good
I cannot stress this enough, folks, this is real bad for queer TV in the US.
Large conglomerates like Paramount answer to shareholders. This makes them inclined towards three big, bad, behaviours:
1. **Risk Aversion** – Sharholders want money, and that often leads to “safe” programming (reboots, sequels, procedurals) rather than taking risks on niche, queer, or intersectional stories.
2. **Monoculture** – When one company owns 10+ networks/streamers, the “editorial voice” can become homogenized. If you find one executive who doesn’t “get” a queer storyline, it may be blocked across multiple platforms.
3. **The “Cancellation” Effect** – Consolidation often leads to “content purges” (like those seen at Max or Disney+ recently) where shows with diverse representation are removed for tax write-offs or to simplify the library.
Even Netflix isn’t immune to this. Go try to find [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/ "She-Ra and the Princesses of Power") on Netflix, I’ll wait.
Our beloved Princess of Power was removed because of licensing. This, so called, Netflix Original was actually owned by DreamWorks (aka Universal aka Comcast). Was this part of the big on WB? Who knows. But we do know that when the big guys stop playing nice, the queer shows are some of the first to lose their homes.
Monocultures are, in general, terrible. We make jokes about the [Hapsburg Chin](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/distinctive-habsburg-jaw-was-likely-result-royal-familys-inbreeding-180973688/), and TV is inbreeding itself into a disaster. Worse, they’re pretending to pitch to queers! They cast queer icons, people they know we’ll watch, and expect us to stick around. And with all this consolidation, the people doing the reporting are helping spin the story of a show about ‘outsiders’ has to mean it’s about LGBTQ characters.
## Boring is the New Back
There’s been an uptick in reboots, restarts, spinoffs, sequels, and franchises lately like:
- [*Scrubs*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scrubs/ "Scrubs") – Season 10 just dropped, years after the series ended
- *[Frasier](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/frasier/ "Frasier")* – Canceled ‘revival’ of the original with none of the charm (nor Niles)
- *George and Mandy’s First Marriage* – This *Young Sheldon* spinoff of the *[Big Bang Theory](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-big-bang-theory/ "Big-Bang-Theory")* (which had *one* lesbian in all its time!) was just renewed for season 3
- *Star City* – It’s a *[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/for-all-mankind/ "For All Mankind")* spin-off about the story from the Russian side (not likely to be queer given the time and place)
There are also more procedurals:
- *[Matlock](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/matlock-2024/ "Matlock (2024)")* – Not *really* a spin-off, but absolutely a procedural with an ongoing plot
- *[Elsbeth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elsbeth/ "Elsbeth")* – A spinoff of two queer friendly shows, with queers, but only one gay male regular
- *[9-1-1: Nashville](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-nashville/ "9-1-1: Nashville")* – An expansion of the 9-1-1-verse which is fairly queer, I’ll grant you
But what’s coming next?
- *Buffy: New Sunnydale* – sequel/reboot of *[Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/ "Buffy The Vampire Slayer")* which we love, but also [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/ "Tara Maclay")…
- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair* – sequel/revival to *[Malcolm in the Middle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malcom-in-the-middle/ "Malcolm in the Middle")*, with Malcom as a dad
- *Elle* – prequel to the *Legally Blonde* movies, and I honestly can’t figure out why
- *Baywatch* – revival of *Baywatch*
- *White Collar* – revival with Matt Bomer (who is gay, but his character was not)
- *Dexter: Resurrection* – yet another damn resurrection of the serial killer *[Dexter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dexter/ "Dexter")*
Do you see the trend?
## The Proof of the Boring is In the Watching
You may have heard that the new Buffy will focus on queers. That may not be the case, as the only citation I could find was the article saying the show will [prominently focus on LGBTQ characters](https://insidethemagic.net/2025/05/buffy-reboot-will-feature-lgbtq-characters-says-sarah-michelle-gellar-dr1/). What Sarah Michelle Geller said was “The whole point of an antihero is to be a hero for the people who don’t fit in the box… That’s who I want to tell stories for: the person that really looks to these stories to feel a connection.” Outside of Willow, the Scooby Gang is pretty hetero and while Buffy *is* bisexual in the comics, but we don’t know if that will materialize in the show, or if the new Slayer will be queer.
Gellar’s ‘outsider’ rhetoric is a safe corporate umbrella. It lets the network claim the ‘Buffy’ legacy of subversion while keeping the actual 2026 leads in a state of ‘Schrödinger’s Queer.’ The comment is inclusive enough for the press release, but vague enough for the shareholders. We see what we want to see (queer) and they see what they want to see (a blunted edge).
### Backgrounds and Baiting
*Elle* is likely to have some gay neighbours (someone being gay was a plot point in the movie), and *Scrubs* is very much about a bro-mance between two straight men. Even if you go look at *9-1-1: Nashville*, the “hook” for the new crossover (airing next week, March 5) is a “Buck and Eddie bonding trip” where the characters from *9-1-1* regular come on down to Nashville. Smells like bro-mance to me.
*Malcom* is interesting. There was a “sixth child” revealed at the end of the original series (I know, I forgot too!) and [Kelly](https://malcolminthemiddle.fandom.com/wiki/Kelly) is played by a non-binary actor (Vaughan Murrae). That may mean Kelly is non-binary, which would be actually in-universe funny because Hal and Lois didn’t want another son. That could lead to some interesting plots, but the reality here is the star is Malcom as a dad.
While there are queers here and there, did you spot *any* shows that were **actively focused** on queer lives as the foundation?Remember when 50 companies controlled what you watched? Now, it’s closer to four. In this week’s commentary, we look at the “Schrödinger’s Queer” marketing of the new *Buffy* series and the rise of digital redlining. If self-representation is only available on niche, paid apps, do our stories effectively even exist anymore?
These are all reskins for a retro-hetero audience.
## Where Do We Find Ourselves?
It’s a step back to indie media, I suspect. We’re going to see more small networks (Revry, maybe DropoutTV) as the source of actual representative media. While Dropout just passed 1 million subscribers and started dipping their toes into scripted content, it’s still incredibly niche. Their success was found in treating its diverse cast like people rather than demographic data points.
This creates a new issue. While indie media is thriving creatively, this shift creates a “Diversity Paywall.” When 90% of the “free” or “standard” airwaves (the Big Four) are filled with heteronormative reboots, queer stories become a premium product. If you want to see yourself, you have to pay the “Visibility Tax”—an extra $6 to $10 a month for a niche app. In a struggling economy, representation shouldn’t be a line item in a budget that many can’t afford.
### The Digital Redlining of the Youth
This isn’t just about money, though in the waves of layoffs that matters too. No, this is really about discoverability.
The whole reason we started this site was to be able to find representation, and now it’s even harder than it was a decade ago!
We are currently seeing a global wave of “Social Media Protection” laws and age-verification mandates (like those recently passed in Australia and being mirrored in the U.S.). While pitched as “safety,” these laws often use biometric or ID-gating that disproportionately flags LGBTQ+ content as “sensitive” or “adult.” We’ve already been prevented from using Google Ads because our content is provocative.
For a queer kid in a non-affirming household, the “Big Four” networks used to be a window to the world. Now the queer content is purged for tax write-offs, the indies are behind paywalls, and social media is being gated by people who think queers are dangerous for the youths.
Finding self-representation is getting harder, not easier. These mergers are building a closed loop of recycled, safe content that serves the shareholders while leaving the most vulnerable viewers in the dark. If the only way to see a queer story is to seek out a niche app that your parents might monitor or block, then for millions of people, **those stories effectively don’t exist.**
In short, these mergers won’t help anyone except the billionaires behind the curtain.
## Support Queer Content
So, support the indies if you can, but keep the giants’ feet to the fire. We shouldn’t have to choose between a ‘Hapsburg Chin’ reboot and total invisibility.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Nashville, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Dexter, Elsbeth, Frasier, Malcom in the Middle, Matlock, Scrubs, Tara Maclay
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### [Are You Ready for Heart Pounding Adventures?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2025/are-you-ready-for-heart-pounding-adventures/)
**Published:** October 14, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Magic is in the air when the latest group of unlikely misfits lands on Amazon Prime. Get ready to meet the least likely band of heroes: THE MIGHTY NEIN!
**Content:**
Then you, my friend, are ready for *The Mighty Nein*.
No that is not a typo.
The Mighty Nein is the name of a rag tag adventuring group, conceived of during a live-play of Dungeons & Dragons, by the amazing team at Critical Role. Why Nein? I’m not going to spoil that reveal for you, but what I am going to do is tell you that if you like fantasy adventure begins with your friends beside you, that has magic and cunning, big monsters incoming, and inspiration that helps you overcome impossible odds, then don’t think twice, roll the dice!
For anyone who watched the live-play, yeah.
## Didn’t You Already Write About This?
You’re probably thinking about [*The Legend of Vox Machina*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/ "The Legend of Vox Machina"), a disparate group of shit-heads who become the heroes of their world (Exandria), defeat dragons, and oh yeah, have a bunch of queers running around everywhere.
This story takes place on the same world, but with different people. On a separate continent, a grubby wizard, a drunk goblin, a shipwrecked sailor with a dubious accent, a temperamental monk, a cocky ringmaster, and a teifling who is chaos incarnate running around trying to save the world.
Now if you just counted on your fingers and said “Hang on, that’s six, why are they called the Mighty Nein?” then you’re already one foot in the door for this capricious adventure filled with talent.
Not only are the main characters voiced by a troupe of experienced, nerdy-ass voice actors, the recurring and guests have some insanely talented people. Guest stars in Season 1 include Anjelica Huston, Lucy Liu, Nathan Fillion, T’Nia Miller, Felicia Day, Graham McTavish, Ivanna Sakhno, Mark Strong, Alan Cumming, Tim McGraw, Anika Noni Rose, Ming-Na Wen, Auli’i Cravalho, Rahul Kohli, Robbie Daymond and Jonathan Frakes.
## Is This Going to Be *Too* In-Jokey?
They say not. Unlike *The Legend of Vox Machina*, which was a lot to come in to and felt oddly structured, *The Mighty Nein* TV show has been carefully crafted to be separate from the show. See, as much as I loved *TLoVM*, it was hard to get into because you kind ofodid need to know a bit about how things worked. It also followed the plot of the tabletop game, more or lesso
By all accounts, *The Might Nein* has been written to not be as true to source. This is great news for fans of the grumpy barbarian (not seen in the trailer). One of the main characters, played by Ashley Johnson of *[Blindspot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blindspot/ "Blindspot")*, was working in NYC when the live episodes were being taped. We never really got to know enough about her character because of that. Not only will she be more involved in the group, she’ll get more story of her own, which is going to be amazing.
But to do that, it pretty much required they do some major edits to the storyline, which will make this series outstanding for new and old fans alike.
Now, to be fair here, they did a lot of rewriting of plot in *TLoVM* to help it move along. That said, it still remained pretty true to form. Ashley’s character on the first series (Pike Trickfoot, the cleric) went off on her own a lot for the same reason as her barbarian: she had a job! But the missing live play sessions felt far more pronounced for the barbarian.
## What’s Queer About It?
What’s queer about the Mighty Nein? More like what *isn’t* queer! We’ve got non-binary characters, lesbians, polyamory, throuples and more! Four of the main characters are profoundly queer (possibly five depending on what they change and if the character I’m thinking of shows up … “Help! It’s again!”). One of the main ‘antagonists’ is queer (they’re not really a bad-guy but they are working against the Nein for a bit).
And, more to the point for this website, there is a canonical same-sex pairing amongst the regulars.
So basically … yeah, this is hella damn queer.
## Sounds Great! When Do I Watch?
November 19th, on Amazon Prime Video, worldwide.
Oh, and a word of warning, this is **adult** animation. While there were aspects of *TLoVM* that were iffy for kids, most of *The Mighty Nein* is going to be darker. We’re talking murder dark, and some characters with serious issues. If you’re worried at all for younger humans in your life, give it a pre-watch. I’m not the best judge of this, my parents let me watch things way earlier.
**Categories:** Announcements
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### [Is Queer Love Doomed Even in a Galaxy Far, Far Away?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2025/is-queer-love-doomed-even-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away/)
**Published:** April 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** From "Buffy" to "The 100", the "bury your queers" trope has haunted television for decades. Now, with the tragic death on "Andor", even the galaxy far, far away isn't safe. Is queer love truly doomed, even among the stars?
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains spoilers for *Andor* season two and the movie *Rogue One*!
From *[Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)* to *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* and now to the Star Wars universe with *[Andor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/andor/)*, the tragic and frustrating ‘bury your queers’ trope continues to haunt representation on television, turning moments of intimacy and reconciliation into preludes to death.
## Noble Sacrifice
When you go in watching a prequel series to a movie where all the main characters die, the basic conceit you prep yourself for is that there will be a lot of death in the show. One of the things I really liked about *Rogue One* actually was everyone dying. We always joke about how stupid the Stormtroopers are, and how they can’t hit the broad side of a barn with their blaster. They’re so stupid, a rag tag band of criminals, politicians, and religious fanatics are able to take down the Empire.
While the original (and subsequent) trilogies are relatively light hearted, *Rogue One* was dark and grim, putting faces and feeling to the cost of those plans. We now understand why Princess Leia was so desperate to ensure their efforts were not lost. She felt for those who had died. They weren’t nameless background characters to her, and after that movie, they weren’t to us either.
Even with all that death, we had a feeling of positivity. After all, we know that the Death Star gets destroyed and the Republic is restored (for a while, at least). We know that the good guys are going to win in the end, so the sacrifice made, the lives lost, feel like they have a good purpose. They are, in fact, a noble sacrifice.
## The Birth of a Rebellion
In the second season of *Andor*, one of the plots is what’s happening on Ghorman, a planet known for its spider silk tweed. Let’s put the spiders away. There’s also some [Macguffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacGuffin)/Unobtanium ([kalkite](https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Kalkite)) that the Empire wants for the Death Star, and since the mining will likely destroy the planet, they decide to mess things up and use the Rebellion to help them make the planet theirs. This results in what is later called the Ghorman Massacre. But that’s not the point of the story I care about.
Cassian comes to Ghorman on behalf of the Rebellion to see if they can help out. He determines that the Ghormans started too late and now are rushing, which is going to cause more pain and suffering. While helping them may help the Rebellion, it will cause the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of Ghormans.
Side note: He’s totally right.
Still the Rebellion decides to send [Vel Sartha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vel-sartha/) and [Cinta Kaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cinta-kaz/), a pair of operatives we last saw in season one, to assist the Ghorman Rebellion.
Thus we come to our lesbians.
## Ignoble Death
Vel and Cinta had a relationship of sorts back in season one. When we see them again, they’ve been apart for a while but both agreed to join the Ghorman Rebellion because they knew the other would be there. As the two catch up, we learn Cinta was hurt and isn’t yet ready to talk about it. Vel wishes she’d known, and there is clearly still a spark.
This spark is fully rekindled the night before the heist, when they reconnect and have sex.
And then, in the heist, Cinta dies.
But it’s not *just* that she died shortly after sex, no no. Cinta died because some dumb ass kid, who wasn’t even supposed to have a blaster (gun), was fighting with someone else, and the blaster went off. She died because of a stupid accident.
She died like [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/), shot by a random act, moments after she and Willow reconciled and made love. The purpose? To fuel Willow’s descent into darkness. She died like [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) died, shot the morning after by a misguided advisor who was actually aiming for Clarke. The purpose? A flimsy excuse to prevent an alliance with Skaikru. And now, Cinta dies at the hands of someone who wasn’t even trying to kill her. The purpose? Seemingly, to teach a random character, whom we will likely never see again, a lesson about the cost of war and the sacrifices of a Rebellion.
## Grit Is No Excuse
I’ve said this before, [about *The Walking Dead*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/the-walking-math/) back in 2016, but a show being ‘gritty’ and having characters die is no excuse for actively repeating the sins of the past. Tara died in 2002. Lexa in 2015. And here we are, a decade later and Cinta has joined their ranks.
Just because a show is dark doesn’t excuse **meaningless** death. George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars universe, actually said “the audience should care about \[the MacGuffin\] almost as much as the dueling heroes and villains on-screen.” He was talking about R2D2, whom frankly I cared about more than Luke as a kid. I will extend that to say that the audience must care about the death of a character as much as they do the MacGuffin.
*Andor* fails on both parts. The MacGuffin of kalkite *should* be powerful to us. After all, we know what the Death Star is (ironically its plans are the MacGuffin of *Rogue One*) and we know how terrifying it is. But any concern over its existence is mitigate to the point of absence because 40+ years ago, we saw *A New Hope* and we know Luke wins. And Cinta’s death only happened to show a kid the price he’s going to pay forever.
There’s a small part of me that wonders if the real lesson is meant to be the viewers. Are we meant to, in these turbulent times, see the risk and costs of a Rebellion. That even though it must happen, even though it needs to happen for the betterment of the world, we need to know people will die?
If that’s the case, they have a triple fail, because the only people who will care are us: the queers.
For the majority of viewers, Cinta’s death is a minor plot point, the loss of a recurring character in a story ostensibly about Cassian Andor. Other people died, after all. But for us queer viewers, who remain starved for representation and clinging to every glimpse of ourselves on screen, Cinta was *ours*. She was our *Star Wars* character that queer children on the jungle gym would pretend to be, like I did Han Solo, shooting the evil Imperial troopers and saving the universe.
And now Cinta is another painful reminder of how rarely our stories are allowed to be fully told.
## A Font of Anger
The last time this happened, it was for a beloved show with fantastic (until then) queer representation, that had given us a slow burn romance. Everyone was excited. And then Lexa died, we all stopped talking about *The 100*, and a convention, ClexaCon, rose from the ashes.
*Andor* is not a story about lesbians. Hell, they were only in a few episodes. There won’t be an uproar like we had for *Buffy* either.
Instead what we’re left with is a bitter taste in our mouths. Is that it? Is that all we’re going to get from Star Wars? Is it only background queers (see *The Rise of Skywalker*), mom-queers (see *[Skeleton Crew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-wars-skeleton-crew/)* and *[Young Jedi Adventures](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-wars-young-jedi-adventures/)*), or the random non-binary Jedi (see **Young Jedi Adventures**) whom we know is getting killed off by Anakin later?
Are we supposed to be happy for this? Are we supposed to say “Hey, but we got some rep!”
When the best thing I can say about the representation is that their sex scene was equitable compared to the heterosexuals’ scenes… What does that even mean? The moms never have any growth, and the young Jedi … well all we really know about them is they like lightsaber combat.
## Death of Growth
Now, I personally believe that it’s okay for queers to die on TV, when it’s appropriate and meaningful to the story.
[Root’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/) death on *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)* hit me hard, but at the same time she died for a purpose. The Machine loved Root to bits. Root was the Machine’s best friend (or mom or child, depending on how you look at it). When Root died, the Machine took on her voice *because* of that love. It was the final straw to make the Machine understand the human cost. The Machine understood loss.
Anyone other than Cinta could have died, and the point would be the same. That stupid kid killed a human by accident. Would it not actually be *more* poignant to have him kill off someone he knows well? To not only have to live with the ghost of the dead around him, but for all his fellows in the Rebellion to see it on him every day? Instead, he killed off a random bossy leader who swooped in to help.
It’s the worst of both the BYQ and Background Queer trope. You could replace Cinta with literally *anyone else* on the show, and still have the same point.
In the end, Cinta’s death in *Andor* serves as a stark reminder that even in a galaxy far, far away, the shadow of the “bury your queers” trope still looms large. Her death underscores the disparity between how these deaths are intended and how they are received, and reignites the flame of the urgent need for more nuanced and thoughtful representation of queer characters. True inclusivity requires more than just including queer characters; it demands that their lives be valued, their stories be told, and their futures be imagined with the same care and consideration afforded to their heterosexual counterparts.
Until then, the “bury your gays” trope will continue to haunt us, a constant reminder of the precariousness of our place on screen.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Andor, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, The 100
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### [Beyond the Binary: The Failure of Network Representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2025/beyond-the-binary-the-failure-of-network-representation/)
**Published:** March 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Network TV is the entry level for most American viewers, and it's still failing at representation.
**Content:**
It’s 2025.
Turn on the basic US linear networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox) and tell me how many queers you see?
I’m not talking about Netflix or any streamer (not even the ones owned by linears, like Paramount), I mean if you turn on the old boob tube, where are your non-binary characters? Where are your transgender characters?
While network television has made improvements to representation in the (ack!) 10 years we’ve been keeping track here, we’re *still* only seeing it for the ‘safe’ queers. And with representation plummeting year by year, this progress’s fragility is more and more apparent. Network TV is patting itself on the back for including a few same-sex couples. At the same time, it fails to represent the true diversity of gender identity.
The inclusion of gay and bisexual characters is great but it’s historically been creating a limited and often stereotypical view of queerness. Network TV in the US is reinforcing the idea that sexuality exists solely within the male/female binary, completely overlooking the experiences of individuals whose gender identities fall outside of these rigid categories.
Where are the non-binary characters? The genderfluid individuals? The transgender characters whose stories deserve to be told with the same nuance and complexity afforded to cisgender characters?
## Numbers are Telling
As a whole, 87.1% of characters we track are cisgender, 82.5% are homosexual or bisexual, and these numbers reflect year by year. In 2024, 83.5% of characters were cisgender, and 71.9% are homosexual or bisexual. And that’s for *all* shows on all networks (including streaming, international, web series, etc).
Even if you look at shows like *Grey’s Anatomy* and skim their **regular** characters for all time, 1 is anything but cis queers who are bi or homosexual, and that would be Amelia Shepherd (currently listed as ‘not straight’ because she’s yet to define what her sexuality really is, and that’s fine) for a whopping 14.2% (there are only 7 total). Go deeper and there is one trans recurring character (Casey Parker) and one non-gender-confirming (Kai Bartley) – that’s 2 out of 15 (13.3%).
In fact when I sat and started going over this, I realized I could only pick one US network TV show that did a decent job portraying non-basic queers. That was the canceled *Quantum Leap*, which not only had a non-binary main character, but handled episodes with transgender athletes, non-binary characters in a time when that wasn’t commonly known, and lesbians in the 80s.
Find me a network show with a lead/regular transgender character that isn’t *9-1-1: Lone Star*, where poor Paul Strickland was relegated to the sidelines in the final season. Instead of seeing his budding relationship, or dealing with his (hopefully solved) heart issues, we got multiple episodes where Judd could deal with his missing wife, alcoholism, and eventual return to greatness as the new captain.
## Trickle Down Representation Fails
This lack of representation has real-world consequences.
Representation matters. Every queer and minority knows this. If you’re genderfluid or non-binary, seeing yourself reflected on screen is not just about entertainment; it’s about *validation*. It’s about feeling seen and understood in a world that often struggles to grasp the concept of gender existing beyond the binary. When these identities are excluded from popular media, it perpetuates the harmful notion that they are somehow less valid or less real.
We’re seeing that reflect in the recent actions of the US political system. Sorry for being a downer.
This lack of diverse queer representation sends a message to cisgender queer viewers as well. It reinforces a narrow understanding of what it means to be queer, contributing to the erasure of non-binary and genderfluid identities. It limits empathy and understanding, hindering the progress towards true acceptance and equality. You hear about “LGB without the T”? That mindset, the idea that non-cisgender characters don’t need to exist because they don’t exist in the ‘real world’ is actively harmful.
Network television has a responsibility to do better. This isn’t about ticking boxes or filling quotas; it’s about authentically representing the diverse world we live in. Instead, we’re seeing a retreat to the narrow minded, exclusionary viewpoints, and we’re making it harder and harder for someone to find themselves.
## The Catch-22
As viewers, this is incredibly nuts to navigate.
If we decide to not watch the shows with limited representation, we’re sending a message that there is no audience for queer content. Network Execs are notorious for prioritizing viewers and numbers and low-costs. They have historically seen low ratings as proof of lack of interest in queer stories, which will let them justify their choice to stop investing in diverse and nuanced representation. This has led to a decrease in even the limited representation currently available, effectively silencing already marginalized voices.
On the other hand, if we keep watching shows that prioritize cisgender gay and lesbian narratives, while excluding or marginalizing other queer identities, we’re indirectly endorsing this incomplete representation. By tuning in, viewers “reward” networks for their superficial efforts, making them think that the status quo is acceptable and further delaying the push for more authentic and inclusive storytelling. This creates a sense of complicity, where we’re contributing to the perpetuation of a system that fails to reflect our own experiences.
The double-bind often leaves me feeling powerless and frustrated. I want to support LGBTQ+ representation and I want to get better representation that more accurately portrays the world I live in.
I’m picking on network US TV for a reason. These networks, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and even CW, are the entry-level TV that most people can watch in the US. We have more networks than any other country out there, and yet our representation fails to reflect our reality. If network TV steps up, then it sends a message to people that not only do we exist and are seen, but we have stories to tell. It’s harder to ignore our existence.
Look at *Matlock*. How hard would it be to have one of the junior lawyers be non-binary instead of a lesbian? Or better yet, what if Elijah (the co-worker Olympia had a relationship with) was non-binary! That would have allowed them to address a common argument from people unfamiliar with gender representation, what does it mean to be a cisgender heterosexual in love with a non-binary person. *Matlock* is a much more entry-level show for Boomers than something like *Grey’s*.
## What to Do?
You hear people say “Support indie content!” but that doesn’t drive attention to the networks. Does that mean our best path is to continue making noise on Social Media? To broadly but factually critique the representation we have and note where it can get better? How do you fight back against the masses of ignorance who just hate a thing because hate is so much easier than empathy?
For now, we keep talking. We keep writing and posting and commenting. We write our own stories, we support the indie content, and we support streaming media. But we have to hold them accountable. When they say ‘*Tommy* failed because no one wants to watch a lesbian cop!’ we return with facts like the lack of promotion, the competition of the airtime, and the overabundance of [copaganda](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerly-copland/) shows.
The time for performative allyship is over. Network TV must commit to showcasing the true diversity of the queer community, moving beyond the binary and embracing the rich tapestry of gender identities that exist. Only then can they claim to be truly representative.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Matlock, Quantum Leap (2020)
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### [New Feature: Calendar Views](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/new-feature-calendar-views/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's been a long time, but the show calendar has had a face lift.
**Content:**
While the little calendar has served well as a static list, I’ve been wanting to improve it to have new views for people who process information in different ways.
I wanted to make it display the local timezone, but we’re not getting that information back reliably from the service we use so it’ll have to wait until I can figure that out.
However now, when you visit the [calendar](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/calendar/), you’ll have a choice of three possible views:
## List View
The list view is the old style original list, updated for better dark mode display:
The little grey or pink circle is a visual clue to if the show has aired or not. The current day remains lit in blue, and there’s now a navigation to jump to the day of the week you’re looking for (with today highlight as well).
## Grid View
The Grid view shows you the shows in a grid with the image of the show:
Again there’s the list of the days of the week at the top, and each day has its own section. Today is marked in blue, keeping that consistent. Instead of the circles, the border color changes from black to grey when a show has aired.
## Calendar
Finally there’s the ‘traditional’ calendar view, which shows things in a three week block (last week, this week, next week):
Now, unlike the other views, since we’re always showing empty days of the week, I added in a ‘no shows’ filler for those days.
## Suggestions?
If you think of things that could be improved there, please feel free to drop a line in the comments, Slack, socials, you name it. We’re always up for improving the user experience.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** calendar
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### [She-Ra Won In the End](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/she-ra-won-in-the-end/)
**Published:** May 20, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We must be strong we must be brave, and we will be gay in the end. How She-Ra took risks and gave us a win in the end.
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains spoilers for the final season of She-Ra.
Openly queer creator [ND Stevenson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/) rebooted the classic 1980s cartoon of *[She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)* in 2018, giving us not a frilly princess but a warrior of magic and power. His vision of the hero included a more functional outfit and a more complex story. This was not just He-Man’s long lost sister who was going to save her adopted home, but a girl seeking her own truth.
But this story, a classic Greek hero story, was not born lightly. From the moment the first images were revealed, someone complained. People, mostly men, complained that the characters were too boyish, not pretty enough. There were chubby princesses, people of colour, and oh yes, queers.
## A Legend Begins
Four years prior, near the beginning of this site, *[Avatar the Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)* concluded with a suggestion. Korra and Asami had walked the classic rivals to friends to lovers story, and as the series wrapped up, I was set for disappointment. After all, while this was on Nickelodeon and they did (at the time) air *[Degrassi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/)*, it was a cartoon. There was no way that we would get more than queer baiting.
What we got was far more than I’d expected. It wasn’t a kiss, but you’d have to be incredibly obtuse to not recognize this last moment. The series ended with Korra and Asami holding hands, looking into each other’s eyes, going on ‘vacation’ together.
Now it was still a suggestion, but it was an incredibly strong one. And it was one that the show producers confirmed. Yes, Asami and Korra were now dating. The follow up comics reinforced this, including new information that Kya (Katara and Aang’s waterbending daughter) was a lesbian and Avatar Kiyoshi was bisexual.
## The Adventure Is Universal
But onscreen? Things were a little different. Representation was limited to suggestions and implications more than overt.
Over on *[Adventure Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time/)*, the relationship between Princess Bubblegum and Marcelline was confusing. It was heavily implied more than shown until the very end. And even with that end, people saw the two snuggled under a blanket with cocoa and went all “Sappho and her friend” on it.
On a more mainstream show, albeit intended for much younger viewers, queer creator Chris Nee’s *[Doc McStuffins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/)* introduced a pair of doll moms for one episode. And on other shows like *[The Loud House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-loud-house/)* we have seen increasingly positive representation for children.
## It’s Different for BoJack and Morty
I do consider it important to have these shows for kids. There’s a huge difference between the intent of a series like *[BoJack Horseman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/)* or *[Archer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/archer/)*, which may have representation (and some of it is amazing) to shows like *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, where Rebecca Sugar crafted a carefully framed story for children.
It’s not at all an overreach to say that without the marriage of Ruby and Sapphire, we would not have had the relationship of Adora and Catra.
And again, this is different than *[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)*, which targets the near-teens and adults, and certainly not at all like *[The Simpsons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-simpsons/)*. Making a show that is for kids **and** is queer positive is challenging because, quite simply, people don’t want to take the risk.
## Queer Creators Understand the Risk
It was a huge risk to show, on a series meant for young people, the protagonists kissing, but that wasn’t **just** what Stevenson did.
First he gave us Spinerella and Netossa, married princesses who mentioned their anniversary and called each other wife in the final season. Then we had Lance and George, Bow’s bookish fathers who are at a loss to how they produced a jock son. We also got Double Trouble, a non-binary shapeshifter.
And then we had the … implications of the Princess Ball.
I really don’t know how else to explain that whole episode. From Catra being speechless at Scorpia’s glamorous dress to the undone bow tie and the dance sequence, we had a big gay prom like we’ve all secretly longed for much of our lives. And then they gave us the payoff.
Having the final season end with professions of love from Catra first, and then reciprocated by Adora, had me hitting pause to cheer. Their friendship and platonic love was such a crucial part of the 52 episode series, but to get there in the end where they both realize they can be better people together? It was perfect.
And above all of that, Stevenson knew he had to tell the story right.
> Even without any kind of executive mandates, or any worry at all of censorship, I think for creators telling queer stories it’s not quite time yet for certain things.
>
> For example, having one or both of them actually die. I wanted to always make it feel like that was possible because I feel it would not be quite as suspenseful if you felt like they were immortal. But I really do feel right now, writing queer characters, they have to be immortal right now.
>
> I can’t see another gay character die on TV for the moment. Maybe one day we can have a tragic gay romance again, but that has been, like, the only norm for so long. So for a little while, you do have to kind of accept more of a limited set of tools.
>
> ND Stevenson, LA Times [Once ‘so secret,’ a queer Netflix series finally puts all its cards on the table](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-15/netflix-she-ra-princesses-of-power-noelle-stevenson-finale)
## Love Wins in the End
The takeaway from She-Ra is not a super deep one. It’s not supposed to be. This is a series for young children. It’s a direct story of being who you are, no matter how weird that may be. If you’re the nerd who doesn’t get people, you’re still welcome. If you’re the guy who lights your boats on fire, well, maybe stop that, but you have a place here too.
And if you’re a strange cat child and an insufferable best friend who always has to jump in to help others, well, maybe you can find the person you were looking for all this time was beside you all along.
It was with love that Glimmer and Bow kept fighting. It was with love that Catra learned to be a little more selfless and Adora learned to care about people by being there and not just running into danger. It was with love that the best friend’s squad won.
If you haven’t watched She-Ra on Netflix, go check it out. Even if you’re an adult. You’ll win in the end too.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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### [Comic-Con 2024 - Where Have All the TV Queers Gone?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/comic-con-2024-where-have-all-the-tv-queers-gone/)
**Published:** August 21, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Queer content on TV is in a decline and, logically, so is representation at Comic Con.
**Content:**
I love San Diego Comic Con. Well… I *loved* it as a child. I loved going and seeing props from shows that you couldn’t see anywhere else’s, and I loved being there with my dad. It was relatively smaller back then. And I enjoy the modern Comic Con experience, with millions of people (okay, around 150,000) descending on San Diego to celebrate comics, cartoons, TV and more.
Make no mistakes, it’s a crush. For those of you who called ClexaCon “Line Con,” lemme tell you, it’s got nothing on the OG here. As I went back to my hotel at night, I saw people camping out in line for Hall H.
While my press pass doesn’t let me skip any lines, thankfully Hall H is mostly for mega events. Once in a while a great TV show will be in there, but for the most part, the shows I cover are not.
## Queer TV is Niche, not Mega
This year, I spent most of the time in the Indigo Ballroom (for Adult Animation like *[The Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/)*) and Ballroom 20 (for mid tier shows like *[Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosts-us/)* and *[Snowpiercer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/snowpiercer/)*). This is not to say those shows do not have killer fan bases, but over in Hall H they have all the Marvel stuff and *[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)*. The big stuff.
Queer content remains the smaller shows, the smaller groups, and the smaller venues. Sure, the Critical Role folks sold out Wembly for a live show, but that’s the actual play stuff. When you look at the animation, no matter how killer it is, it’s niche. Even *The Simpsons* remains in Ballroom 20.
When you look on it with that perspective, it’s clear that the Big Dogs are in the Big Rooms to draw money. They draw the big news sites. Little sites like us pick up the scraps. Normally that isn’t too terrible, but in our “post” COVID world, there are harder caps about how many people can be in the interview rooms, and generally the smaller print is left out, making it even harder to report on the queer news.
## So Is There News?
There is! But it’s mostly about adult animation, which seems to be the “safest” place to have queer content at the moment. Both *[Hazbin Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hazbin-hotel/)* and the aforementioned *Legend of Vox Machina* have notable queer characters, the former being basically filled with them.
For *Vox Machina*, a series based on their second campaign, *The Mighty Nein*, is being worked on. That series has a number of queer characters, from lesbian and bisexuals to non-binary representation. BeauSha Trash represent. There is some overlap of characters, but mostly it’s a new group in a new place on the same planet/universe.
Over in hell — I mean, on *Hazbin*, they have been greenlit for seasons 4 **and** 5! Executive Producer (and creator) Vivienne Medrano has a plan in place for how the story is going to go, where it will likely end, and basically she hopes for years of the Helliverse. Something to look forward to? Let’s just say that TV headed guy its important.
## Why Not Wynonna
Not terribly long ago, we all learned that *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* would be back with a 90-minute scripted special called *Wynonna Earp: Vengence*. It will air on Tubi.
I don’t know that I really **can** add all that much. The movie promises to be the show we love, with easter eggs all over, but also something that would be accessible to new fans. If you’re thinking “Does that mean … moar?” Possibly! The folks from Tubi who were at the event were a little surprised at the passion of the fans (so was the annoying guy on his phone behind me, but that’s a different story). The movie is going to show us what happens *after* Happily Ever After, and they lean into the feeling of found family and being imperfect.
## Everything Else is Dribs and Drabs
On *[Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosts-us/)* our questionably queer Flower is back (she is the most unreliable narrator you’ll ever meet). *[Tracker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tracker/)*? The lesbian handler (singular) will still be there in the background. One is leaving and maybe, *maybe*, we’ll get more? Robin Weigert, who co-starred as Teddi Bruin, is not in the second season, but they’re promising [Abby McEnany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abby-mcenany/) (who plays [Velma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/velma-bruin/)) will get more scenes.
The Anne Rice universe is being continually updated and ‘fixed’ to be more inclusive of the real population, so expect more casual queers there.
But is there a big new show with a queer lead?
Right. You know this answer.
## This Is Not Comic Con’s Fault
Between the recent strikes and the state of AI and the hate that’s going on internationally, we just have fewer and fewer queer led shows. There is no *Batwoman* or even *Tommy* out there in 2024. Not even a comedy. It’s the same old same old on TV, and if they do break the mold, it’s *Abbot Elementary*, which is kind of the only modern comedy I can think of that is actually representative of the makeup of the real world.
*The Cleaning Lady* offed their bisexual, *The Acolyte* stopped short of making it clear those really are lesbian witch moms. In fact, fifteen or even ten years ago, I would have argued to add those moms because come on! But today? Would it kill you to show their room with one bed? Or an ‘I love you’ or even a kiss?
Don’t get me wrong, I think they’re lesbian witch moms. It’s just that I want more than hand holding and gentle looks. Maybe it’s that their life in the shadows extends to all things. Maybe it’s as much as they could get away with.
The answer, in the end, is that TV is failing us, as queers, with anything resembling new, good, shows.
I really hope that changes soon.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Ghosts, Hazbin Hotel, The Legend of Vox Machina, Tracker, Wynonna Earp
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### [Vanishing Content: The Fragile Fringes of Representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/vanishing-content-the-fragile-fringes-of-representation/)
**Published:** July 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** With the continuing removal of content, it's the people whose TV shows are the most rare who will suffer the most.
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains a very mild spoiler for the Dimension20 season “Never Stop Blowing Up!”
Besides watching all the queer TV I can, I also enjoy watching a specific subset of ‘reality’ TV, which is unscripted live-play. What are those? Well, it’s people playing games. No, not like *Wheel of Fortune* or *Jeopardy* (the latter of which I do watch fairly regularly). I mean live-play like role-playing games. Yes, Dungeons and Dragons.
My two current favorites are Critical Role (which is why I was so happy to add *[The Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/)*) and Dimension20 by Dropout. The new season of Dimension20, “Never Stop Blowing Up,” started last week and something the dungeon master, Brennan Lee Mulligan, said resonated with me.
> All of our culture exists digitally and is stored by private corporations.
Over recent years, I’ve worried more and more about the existence of queer media. Specifically television, but this also extends to books which are being banned and content is being removed from the Internet Archive. Or video games you can’t play anymore because the platforms don’t exist, and Nintendo will sue you if you break open the code and share if even if they don’t sell the ding dang game anymore and come on, you just wanted to play this ancient game!
Ahem.
## What Happened Now?
This week, Paramount shuttered the following websites:
- TVLand
- MTV News
- Comedy Central
- CMT
While the sites remain active, if you visit them you’ll get a pop-up notice on each homepage that tells you **most** of the episodes of each series aren’t available on that website, go watch on TV or on Paramount+. And that’s all well and good, running multiple websites with similar data is a pain in the ass. But the thing is… the content isn’t actually **on** Paramount+!
This isn’t the first time it’s happened.
Back in 2022, I noted something that scared me at the time when I was looking at the [year in review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/2022-hindsight-damn-hindsight-and-statistics/).
> **Do you worry about a show like *BrainDead*, which ran for only one season, suddenly being raptured from a platform and lost to time?**
>
> **MICHELLE** There’s way too much to worry about. God bless *BrainDead*, but I cannot spend my nights awake, worrying about it being taken off Paramount+. (*Laughs.*)
>
> **ROBERT** I’ll tell you what I worry about. We don’t have copies of it anywhere. We don’t have DVDs. If I need to remember a line that we used, to make sure we’re not copying ourselves, I go on Paramount+ and find it.
>
> **MICHELLE** We could probably get copies. Or we could videotape it?
>
> **ROBERT** With my iPhone? (*Laughter.*) Well, I’ve got to tell you, you hit on a sore point for almost all showrunners everywhere. They’re horrified by this sense that the work that they spent so much time on could just be, as you say, raptured up into the sky. And sometimes it’s being done by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body.
>
> **MICHELLE** That’s the bigger worry. Books go out of print. It’s not the first time this has happened, but it does seem to be happening for all the wrong reasons.
>
> *– [‘Good Fight’ Duo Michelle and Robert King Have Concerns About Where Hollywood Is Heading by Mikey O’Connell](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-good-fight-creators-series-ending-evil-your-honor-1235209954/)*
Well last year, *[Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/willow/)* was removed by Disney+ before most people got a chance to watch it. *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* was unavailable in Germany (though still in the US) after it was canceled and many people missed the end of the series.
Oh and don’t forget the[ 87 shows and movies removed from HBO Max last year](https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/removed-hbo-max-movies-shows-warner-bros-discovery-merger-list/)!
In short? Our fear is becoming reality. It feels like every day another show is deleted and gone.
## Piracy: Beware The Seas
Someone is going to ask how we get our screenshots and info if the show is off air.
There *are* legit archives of TV shows and we make use of them but even so there are legal issues and concerns with those! Sources like the Internet Archive (IA) have come under fire recently. At its heart, it is a phenomenally wonderful idea, trying to save things for the masses. But recently they were [slapped with a loss in court and forced to remove around 500,000 ebooks](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/internet-archive-forced-to-remove-500000-books-after-publishers-court-win/) because they were not licensing the requisite rights from the authors and publishers. The IA argued it’s fair use, publishers (and writers) argue it takes money away from them, and it goes on and on.
**Note: We do not condone nor endorse the use of any Torrent site to download licensed and trademarked content nor the use of VPN to get around restrictions and tracking.**
Now there are sites like Torrent sites which come at their own risk. The biggest is that technically, legally, they’re all hosting illegal content they don’t have the rights to, same as the IA. Just for an example, if you used AT&T internet and went to illegally download a CBS show, you might get a physical letter telling you that your IP address was used to access an illegal download site. You could use a VPN to try and get around that, but those also come at a risk of sharing your information.
And on top of that, you have the risk of not getting the content you want, if it’s there at all! Those download sites, like our lists, are fan-run. If there’s no fan who wants to have every episode of a TV show, then no one downloaded it.
## The Most Fragile Are The Fringes
While the reason for removal of content is monetary at its most base (HBO removed shows in order to appear more profitable to Discovery, Paramount is doing it to avoid having to pay people for views). But the people who will take the most damage from such thing are people like us, the queers who have limited content in the first place. It’s the percentages. A higher percentage of our content is being removed because we’re still not seen as a valuable enough commodity.
And while we queers have a large number of passionate fans (many of whom are technical enough to figure out how to download TV shows from streamers), the re-hosting of the content is illegal and given the current legal drama against queers around the world, few are willing to take the risk. This creates a higher than average risk when content is lost.
If you look at some of the statements people make about how queerness is a ‘modern’ creation, you can draw a line between the lack of *common* historical data to the ignorant claims. Queers have always existed, and in many cultures we are documented. But history is written by the winners and the majority, so our stories are deemed less important and omitted.
It is my belief that the casual representation on television is a large part of how we made strides in recent years. By making it clearer that queers are here, have always been here, and will always be here, we normalize the view for those who perhaps are less aware of the queers in their life.
## What’s the Solution?
Sadly, it would be releasing physical media. And the various companies won’t do that unless there’s a financial benefit. Since having a bunch of BluRay/DVDs in storage isn’t sustainable, it would only be possible if we ended up with some instant print feature like we have with T-Shirts.
Actually that’s not a half bad idea is it? Except the networks would need to be willing to pay out the show runners and actors for every printing, and history has shown they’re not so willing to do that.
For now? If you can download your media and keep it locally, I recommend you do that. In twenty years, that may be the only way to watch *The L Word*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The L Word, The L Word: Generation Q, The Legend of Vox Machina, Willow
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### [Are Boring Queers the New Normal?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/are-boring-queers-the-new-normal/)
**Published:** March 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** TV doesn't have to be boring, and neither do queers. You can still have a mid-level show with nuance and depth, and all you need is to remember that everyone is unique.
**Content:**
I took a lengthy vacation from a number of things recently and I’ve only now started catching up on new shows. Usually I’m running ahead and watching as many screeners as I can for them, but this year not so much. Thus, when I heard that [Abby McEnany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abby-mcenany/) was on *[Tracker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tracker/)*, I got excited, only to be massively disappointed.
## Background Regulars
The conceit of *Tracker* is that this guy Colter is an expert at finding people, and he is a ‘finder for hire’ who drives around the nation with his camper and saves lives. Fine, pretty standard for an action series on network TV. Only then we all saw McEnany, who’s queer, and got our hopes up. As it turns out, she’s playing Velma Bruin who, with her wife Teddi (of course one of them has the ‘butch’ name), finds jobs for Colter and raises a million rescue dogs and cats.
That certain looked interesting. While it was a paint-by-numbers job on the character backgrounds (Colter is tortured because his older brother might have killed their dad when the dad was having a long-term mental breakdown, lesbians have pets, etc), it was what I call a ‘fine’ show. It’s never going to win millions of awards, it’s never going to be a shining star, but it will probably get one or two solid seasons, three if they’re lucky, and be one of those shows you see and wonder who watches it.
I would be fine with that, except that this is on NBC, and their boring setup is a glaring shitshow when you compare it to one of NBC’s other shows.
## The Common Queer
NBC has another show that just finished its second season that I adore. It’s *[Quantum Leap](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/quantum-leap-2022/)*. The series is a continuation of sorts (one of the main characters was a leap-target of the original, and they talk about Al a lot). The Quantum Leap Team has a lead computer hero named Ian, played by the out-non-binary actor [Mason Alexander Park](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mason-alexander-park/). Ian is also non-binary, and their gender is respected by everyone on the team. There have been multiple episodes where Ben (the leaper) works with queer people and saves them.
Most recently, in **Season 2, Episode 10 “The Family Treasure”** (set in 1953) Ben leaps into the body of a young woman on the trail of her father’s lost treasure, with her siblings. The middle one comes out as Non Binary and is accepted by their sisters (after Ben teaches them about Non Binary, and tells them about his best friend, Ian).
This is one of those touching moments that *Quantum Leap* (both versions) is known for. For bringing empathy and humanity into the action and adventure.
## Both Is Good
I happen to find no issue with ‘normal’ TV. Normal, boring, out of the box, paint by numbers TV has it’s place in the entertainment world.
On a show like *Tracker*, it’s kind of logical that the lesbians are that stereotypical. The whole show is bog-standard kind of series. You know exactly what kind of show you’re getting, you can predict the ‘shocking’ twists and turns. It’s [Coplandia](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerly-copland/) light and sometimes that’s what you want. You know the good guys win, you know the lesbians have pets, it’s all fine. And I will stand by my statement that there’s nothing wrong with a show like that. Not every show has to be a huge drama every week (and some drama shows should take a week off here and there). Mediocre TV has its moments, like when you’re sick on the couch or just want to chill out and watch without thinking.
When you go to *Quantum Leap*, you have to pay attention. You have to look for the clues and the hints at what’s next. Is so and so dead? Is this returning character just a followup or a larger plot point? Are the jumps leading Ben to teach him skills he’ll need later on? Will Ian get the math done in time? Most weeks have mid-stakes, Ben has to save someone, but a B plot of getting him home, and sometimes it’s goofy and sometimes its not, but you have to keep both eyes on the screen or you’ll miss something big.
## Balance
The problem is that the majority of queers on TV **are** stereotypes. Sure, Ian breaks them, Ben’s love for his best friend breaks them, and sometimes Ben changes the world by being the caring human he is. But at the end of the day, that’s a rare bird.
More and more shows are bringing on characters whose queerness is not a factor in their lives, and they’re getting it wrong. Yes, we want queers to be seen as everyone else, but the reality is they’re not. We’re not. The balance has to be there, showing both the positive and the negative, giving us a story that includes the parts of their lives that aren’t normal.
We’ve seen show after show that tries to ignore the differences in characters, be that the color of their skin or their religion or their sexuality. That’s not what the world is like. Showing one-note characters does us *all* a disservice. We have to show our differences and not fall into the trap that just by handing us a character from an underrepresented group, we’ve solved the issues of representation.
Being queer is a part of our lives. It sets us apart from our friends when we realize who and what we are, and we are treated differently. Similarly, men and women are treated differently. You can still write a mid-tier drama, like *Tracker*, and give characters depth and nuance. Like Velma. She’s obsessed with saving animals and her job is helping Colton save people. What drives her to that? It doesn’t have to be her queerness that gives her that empathy, but it could.
Give more balance to characters, give them some nuance, and your shows will be even more popular because people do like seeing themselves.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Abby McEnany, Mason Alexander Park, Quantum Leap (2022), Tracker
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### [Umbrellas and Girl-Groups: Netflix Brings In A Gloriously Queer Season](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/umbrellas-and-girl-groups-netflix-brings-in-a-gloriously-queer-season/)
**Published:** February 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Girls and Gangs are back in town this spring and summer, with new episodes for Girls5Eva and The Umbrella Academy.
**Content:**
Now that the strikes are behind us (for now…), new shows are dropping in to entertain us through the long, cold Spring and Summer.
For me that means two shows I love, despite their flaws, are coming back!
## *[Girls5Eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)*
This silly little hit on Peacock was unceremoniously dumped and ‘saved’ by Netflix. A sweet show about a late ’90s pop girl-group (we had a million) who got sampled by a rapper and suddenly found themselves, dare we say it, popular again?
But they’re not ingenues anymore and the road is very different at 40 than 20.
> The members of the late ‘90s girl-group *Girls5eva* – Dawn, Wickie, Summer, and Gloria – have reunited and recorded a new album, Returnity, so it’s time for the next logical step: a comeback tour. With no plan, tour manager, or venues secured, the ladies pile into a van and hit the great unknown, doing their damnedest to promote their album and get back on top. In the process, *Girls5eva* will grapple with life on the road, see their relationships tested, play a billionaire’s birthday party, sow their oats, confront parents they believe held them back, cross paths with the biggest pop star on the planet, and question if they really want “the big time” again. Will *Girls5eva* fast-track their comeback and sell their tour documentary in the process? Or will the road destroy them?
Personally I wonder if their fifth girl is, in fact, really dead.
The girls are back on March 14th.
## *[The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)*
I won’t deny this show is all *over* the damn place. I rarely have any idea what’s going on, and frankly I’m okay with that. Time Travel, suitcases, meeting yourself, killing Kennedy, birth, death, babies, and a transition? It’s wild and wooly and just the way I like it.
While Season 1 was, for many people, an oddity, season 2 gave us queer Vanya, who then got even queerer in season 3 when the show chose to honor Elliot Page’s transition by having Vanya transition as well to Viktor. Side note: amusing me, Vanya’s a gender neutral name like my own (depending on where you’re from).
From the promo image (see below) we have Viktor in an Umbrella Academy uniform, but also in jeans and boots with an umbrella. What does all that mean? Are the universes merged now? Are they all in the new group? Is Viktor *finally* included!?
We don’t know a whole lot about it yet, but we do know *[The Umbrella Academy](http://www.netflix.com/UmbrellaAcademy)* will be back August 4, 2024, so set your time travel calculations and don’t be like Five and miss out.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Girls5eva, The Umbrella Academy
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### [The Full Monty Friendship](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/the-full-monty-friendship/)
**Published:** January 17, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Full Monty means a lot to me and reminds me of the importance of "Found Family"
**Content:**
In a way, the movie *The Full Monty* is how I got married to my lovely wife.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for *[The Full Monty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-full-monty/)* (the series and movie).
## Flashback to 1997
Back in 1997, the Internet was a baby and we pretty much had text and low-graphic gifs for communication. A lot of us connected on chat boards, message rooms, online roleplaying games, and the like. My wife and I were on a roleplaying game together, we had mutual friends and started chatting about this and that. I’d moved to Chicago recently, so online chatting was how I kept in touch with my old West Coast friends, and that included my now-wife.
At some point, I ended up going to the movies with my East Coast/Midwest friends, and one of them wanted to see *The Full Monty*. All we really knew was it was big hit in England, it was about a bunch of guys who raised money by stripping, and it was a comedy. I was up for pretty much any entertainment, and as long as it wasn’t a horror movie, I was in.
A few days after I got back from the movie, the movie came up in conversation and I said it was actually a great movie. My wife said she had no interest in seeing a movie about a bunch of men waggling their bits at women, and honestly she had a point. But I told her what I saw in the movie.
What I saw was a movie about a group of men who had very little else in their lives. They were broke, struggling, lonely, alone (which is a different thing), and they needed support where there was none. And these men formed a found family.
On my recommendation, she went to the movie, she loved it for the same reasons I did, and we started talking and one thing led to another. Now we’ve been together for over a quarter century and I’m heading on a vacation with her to see parts of the world we’ve never been.
## Found Family
Any queer will tell you about their found family. We all have them. Mine exists in large part due to Tracy, my cohort in crime on this site. From the day she walked into my hotel room and we chatted, my life was changed for the better. But that came many years later. In 1997? My found family was a lot smaller. I had a few gay guys I was friends with, but I didn’t have a structure of friendly support. My biological family, don’t get me wrong, is amazing, but they’re not queer.
My found family gives me love and support in a very different way because they understand. They know about the internalized hate, they know about the fear, and they know about the anger. We just want to **be**, you know? And why the hell does everyone hate us? Even today, we see laws passed that only hurt queers, and for what? To feel better or more important?
That makes us feel more alone.
The movie has one gay man, Lomper. We meet him when he’s trying to kill himself, because he has nothing, just an aging mother. We don’t know he’s gay yet, that comes later, and when it does, my heart ached. This poor man had no one. He had no one to talk to about his feelings, his fears, and he lived a life of solitude and sadness. And how many people do we know who are dead queers in our real lives? How many killed themselves due to no support or love for who they are? How many were killed?
Lomper, luckily, meets Gaz and Dave (and Gerald) and suddenly you see hope in his eyes. Then he found love with Guy, fleeting though it turns out to be, Lomper becomes who he always was, and suicide stops being a thing for him. He lives, because he has family. As Dave puts it, “Nowt’s as queer as folk.”
The movie ends with the boys having their moment in the spotlight. For one night only, they provide the Full Monty, and you’re left with hope.
## Twenty Six Years Later
Frankly, the world has gone to shit in 26 years, and there’s no denying it. Climate Change, Brexit, COVID, wars… It’s bad. And when we [rejoin the boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-full-monty/), it sucks for most of them. Dave and Jean finally had the child they wanted, only for him to die a crib death and Jean begins an affair. Gaz hasn’t change much at all, his life is a mess, he lives in a trailer, his second child, [Destiny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/des-schofield/), is as messed up as he is, his son’s a cop with a disabled son of his own, and nothing every works for him.
Guy seems successful, but is a chronic liar who vanishes from time to time (note: Guy’s actor was removed from the series for [inappropriate conduct](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/02/hugo-speer-sacked-from-full-monty-reboot-for-inappropriate-conduct), which is likely why he gets written out abruptly), even abandoning his pregnant fiancé. Lomper is married to lovely baker, Dennis, with whom he’s opened a struggling café named “Big Baps.” Gerald is a man out of time, seeming to struggle more and more with the modern world (note: Gerald’s actor [passed away](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/tom-wilkinson-full-monty-death-b2471330.html) shortly after the release of the series, and his poor health is hard to miss). Horse … Horse is just old, and clearly running out of time.
They’re all struggling. They’re all sad. They’re all in a bad place.
But unlike the movie, the series is incredibly sad. It’s darker, like the world, and while the blokes have changed, so did the world and they’re not equipped for it.
Of course… Are any of us?
## ReFound Family
The thing is, I love and hate the series.
I love seeing these blokes again. I love their humor, the fact that they can’t dance half as well as they did a quarter century at all, and their love for each other. I adore the growth and change, and some of the non-change. Lomper continues to be a bit simple (he doesn’t get why ‘big baps’ is an insensitive name), but his love for Dennis is impossible to miss. Dave still struggles with his weight, and talking about his problems, but he loves his Jeanie, even with their mistakes.
Perhaps endemic of the story overall, Gaz remains a failure at everything. Everything. He tries to help a struggling, diagnosed schizophrenic, artist, and it backfires. Badly. But no matter what, Gaz has one thing that makes him the hero. Gaz cares for his friends. Sometimes (okay many times) this is to the detriment of the relationship with his kids, but he does care about them too. Gaz will break the law for his friends, he’ll sell his home for his children, and the one thing he can always be relied on is that, when the chips are down, Gaz is there. No matter the personal cost.
At the end, the boys come together for one last farewell. They show that even 26 years later, the found family will be there for each other. They will love each other, support each other, and they are always, forever, family.
If it wasn’t for the darkness (and the death), I would love this series. The death is why my wife cannot watch it. We would rather sit and think of the end of the movie, hats in the air, naked butts on display, and the success of a stripping. Instead, the series is a farewell to friends that leaves you dwelling on mortality.
But … But I still find myself smiling fondly at the guys and their antics. I mean, how does a pigeon, a mattress, an electric piano, a dip in a lake, and a death make me smile? I can’t explain it. Maybe it’s really the fondness I have for the movie, and the special place it is in my heart, but I do love this series as well. As dark, as painful, as it is, I sat and cried with happiness when they bring the team back together.
## Should You See The Full Monty?
Assuming you don’t have that shared experience with the movie? I think the series is worth a go. Not for the queerness, it’s a blip on the radar (though incredibly obvious to any queers). And the best you can say about the gay in the series is that it’s just another part of life and no one turns a hair. But if you want to see a story about a found family in the darkest points of their lives who love each other and never give up, have a go at it.
In the end, I love the boys from Sheffeild, a city on the move.
I hope you will too.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Full Monty
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### [The Way It Came To Be](https://lezwatchtv.com/2015/the-way-it-came-to-be/)
**Published:** January 31, 2015
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Time to get started!
**Content:**
I’ve been messing with websites for TV things since the early 1990s. I helped on alt.tv.er (I made the logo for the webpage at one point) and eventually moved a college project to a page on my site to it’s own domain. Suffice to say, I remember the “Good Old Days” when you could count the lesbians on TV on your fingers. We barely had Ellen as a lesbian, let alone [one on her own show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/ "Ellen"). So my point here is I’ve been on the ‘net in the mellow fangirl world for a very long time. I know this place.
When this idea was born, it really was from a simple complaint that we didn’t have a way to just *know* what shows to invest in. Tracy and I had been tweeting back and forth, talking about shows. We both liked [The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/ "The Fosters") and Orphan Black. We both watched [Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/ "Rookie Blue") for Gail and Holly. And then [Shay](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leslie-shay/) died and I was glad I never got too invested in Chicago Fire.
But what did we want *this* site to become? After all, there are a million recap sites out there! As the crew behind this site started to grow and we tricked people into helping us with recaps and concepts, we talked about what we wanted this site to be and Tracy put it best:
> Lots of sites blog about queer women in media, but they don’t have a lot of meta data and taxonomies. And they don’t cut to the chase. I can’t dig through a bazillion recaps and articles on After Ellen to figure out if a show is worth getting invested in. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE After Ellen, but I want to know exactly where the gay is in a series.
Which is why we’re here!
I too loved After Ellen when it was run by sane queers (I remember when it was new and asked me for permission to use info/photos from one of my sites, I told you I’ve been here a while!) but there’s a serious rabbit hole you fall down when you start looking for everything. It’s like Wikipedia, man! We’re not them. We don’t have the time or brain power to be them. We all have full time jobs and families and this is our hobby site to satisfy an itch.
Our plan is as follows:
1. A massive database of every TV show, US and abroad as we can do it, with a female queer character.
2. The show DB will cross reference with characters.
3. Shows and characters will not be ‘recaps’ of things but an overview of the subject and determinations of if you should watch the show, on the premise that you want to watch a show with female queers.
4. Blogging about the female-queers-on-tv world in general, and why things like [Shay’s death](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/) was really freakin’ annoying.
After that, we’ll see how it goes!
Now. Let’s watch some TV!
**Categories:** Announcements
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### [What's Wrong With Normal Sitcoms?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2024/whats-wrong-with-normal-sitcoms/)
**Published:** January 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There's nothing at all wrong with laughing at basic, average, sitcoms.
**Content:**
Back in 2019, I remember watching [*Abby’s*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/) (about a woman who had a bar in her backyard) and thinking ‘this is a total normal sitcom.’
There are sitcoms that shatter genres and make us think, like *[All in the Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/)* or *Maude* (by dearly departed Norman Lear), talking about being gay when it wasn’t common, or a whole episode about an abortion. Those sitcoms are the ones we love, and talk about for years after. Even something like *I Love Lucy* broke boundaries.
On the other hand… Some sitcoms are just there. They’re funny, but not world changers, they make us think a little, laugh a little, and give us a half hour of fun.
Is anything wrong with that?
## Situations to Success
A sitcom is a situation comedy. The concept is really that simple. Take your characters, put them in a specific situation, and see what happens. It’s a lot like fanfic, in the sense that you don’t dig deep into motives, you just take the established world, and go. At their heart, these are simple shows.
But you can take a situation and make it monumental. A situation is an abortion (again, this was done in the sitcom *[Maude](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude's_Dilemma)* in 1972 – just over 50 years ago). Those situations are big ones. They create watershed moments that we talk about for years to come.
On the other side, we have those normal sitcoms that carry along on the backs of good actors, common tropes, and nothing really special at all. You know those tropes: the oafish husband, raising kids is hard, and of course fake drama that would be solved by someone calling another character and asking “Hey, did you mean baking soda or bacon soda?”
Those sitcoms never reach the pinnacle of eternal re-runs, and many fake away into obscurity. I’m pretty sure *The Neighborhood* will be one of those. It’s headed into its sixth season and exists on a basic conflict point. A new family moves in to their perfect home, only to find the community is standoffish, and their neighbour is the worlds’ biggest extrovert. That’s it. Every episode touches on that.
The same concept is there for *Dharma and Greg* — opposites attract, how will the families get on? And, if you think about it, isn’t that the same concept for *[Bob Hearts Abishola](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bob-hearts-abishola/)*?
## Basic Isn’t (Always) Boring
Those shows have one big thing in common. They are not deep. They might have a special episode, but generally we’re talking about basic, straightforward, shows. And really, some of those shows are incredibly, mind numbingly, boring. *[Indebted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/indebted/)* lived barely a season before getting the axe. But… so did *[Broke](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broke/)*, which was a very similar concept and yet had actual laughs.
What’s the difference? *Broke* leaned into tropes and was self aware of them. It understood we were in a sitcom and let us enjoy the hilarity of the stupidity of the main characters. It also had Jaime Camil who is one of the funniest guys out there. They both only lasted a season. Same with *Abby’s* and a hundred other sitcoms.
But at the same time, *[Night Court](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/night-court-2023/)* (the revival) started last year and, filled with actors who know how to make you laugh, just began their second season with a chill reveal that an OG main character ([Roz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roz-russell/)) was gay.
## Un-Boring Takes Awareness
That is the secret, isn’t it?
Take a sitcom, lean into those tropes, and make us remember that there are funny parts of life. Let us laugh with you (and sometimes at you…) and don’t make things like “OMG Roz is gay!?!” a huge deal. It just is. Instead of making the characters the butt of all the jokes, let them be in on it sometimes.
I’m hella picky about my sitcoms, but you know what? Sometimes it’s nice to just laugh without pressure. So if you watch one of those normal, trope-filled, ‘boring’ shows? There’s nothing wrong with you. There’s nothing wrong with escaping for a half hour and letting someone else’s mistakes remind you that maybe yours aren’t so bad.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Abby's, All in the Family, Bob Hearts Abishola, I Love Lucy, Maude, Night Court (2023), The Neighborhood
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### [New Episodes Return to US Networks in 2024](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/new-episodes-return-to-us-networks-in-2024/)
**Published:** December 13, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Things are coming back in the US, though really not till 2024. So here's what we've got so far for what's coming back and when
**Content:**
Well we’ve made it through the strikes, contracts are signed, and everything’s starting up again.
So the next question? When do we get to see it?
## The Schedule
DateShowNetworkJan 3*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* (Final Season)FreeformJan 7*[The Great North](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-great-north/)*FoxJan 19*[Hazbin Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hazbin-hotel/)*Prime VideoFeb 12*[NCIS: HAWAI’I ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/)*CBSFeb 13*[FBI: MOST WANTED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fbi-most-wanted/)*CBSFeb 15*[Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosts-us/)*CBSFeb 16*[Fire Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fire-country/)*CBSFeb 18*[The Equalizer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-equalizer/)*CBSFeb 20*[Will Trent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-trent/)*ABCMar 5*[The Cleaning Lady](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-cleaning-lady/)*FOXMar 5*[Alert: Missing Persons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alert-missing-persons/)*FOXMar 6*[Animal Control]()*FOXMar 14*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* (New Network!)ABCMar 14*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*ABCMar 14*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* (Final Season)ABC## Also Ran
While we have no idea if *True Detective* will be queer or not, Jodie Foster will be in the upcoming season so for queers of a certain age, you’ll want to dial in on January 14 (HBO).
The live action *Avatar: The Last Airbender* is coming out (before you mention the movie, I would like to remind you there is no Avatar live-action movie in Ba Sing Se) and while it’s not queer in and of itself, Kyoshi was very much so in the books. My fingers are crossed they bring that aspect in on February 22 (Netflix).
The Good Fight/Wife spinoff, *Elsbeth*, is coming too! You remember her? The absolutely bonkers lawyer? I know that’s saying a lot. Anyway, her series is set in New York, not Chicago, and it’ll be out on February 29 (CBS). There’s something hilariously right about her series premiering on Leap Day.
Finally for those of you who love watching Dick Wolf, Law & Orders all return on January 18th, and the Chicago series is back on January 17th, both on NBC.
## Cancelations
I wanted to touch on the rampant cancelations.
This was, sadly, something expected. A lot of good shows are costly, and the strikes were a ‘great’ excuse to dangle and cancel. *Hightown* and *Station 19* are on their final seasons. *The Rookie: Feds* was actually working on things prior to the strike, but now ABC won’t continue with it, and right now Amazon Prime is claiming that *A League of Their Own* was canceled because of the strike. Sure.
There will likely be a few more shows “reverse renewed” (read ‘canceled after being renewed’) down the road.
Hopefully we’re going to start getting practical, interesting, details on the upcoming new shows soon.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Fire Country, Ghosts, Grey's Anatomy, Station 19
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### [The Strikes Are Over! ... Now What?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/the-strikes-are-over-now-what/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The SAG and WGA strikes are over, but don't expect it to be sunshine and roses. Greed is still there, messing it up for all of us.
**Content:**
This year has been incredibly rough for the people who make our favourite TV shows.
From May 2 to September 27 of 2023, the Writers’ Guild was on strike, which meant no TV was being written. From July 14, 2023 to November 9 of 2023, the Screen Actors’ Guild was on strike, which meant no one could film (in the US). And we generally (already!) are looking at that saying “Wow, look at 6 months of striking!”
That’s actually not a really accurate description.
## Who ‘Struck’?
If we talk about declared, legit, strikes, yes, we have WGA and SAG-AFTRA. But that wasn’t the only drama going on. Those two struck because of labor disputes, as I’ve [talked about before](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/its-official-strike-for-sag-aftra/). While all that was going on, though, there were some other, smaller, fights taking place.
The Visual Effects Union (aka VFX) was also pushing for unionization. In August, the middle of the strikes, Visual Effects crews at Marvel Studios joined the VFX union. What I think a lot of people didn’t know is that since 1977 or so, the VFX industry has been mostly **non**-union. What happened then? Oh, this little movie called *Star Wars*. One might have thought it would have been folded into the unions earlier, but that didn’t really start to happen until COVID.
With everyone working from home and having to do more work for their studios, the climate for VFX and post production was drained. Overworked.
> Turnaround times don’t apply to us, protected hours don’t apply to us, and pay equity doesn’t apply to us. Visual Effects must become a sustainable and safe department for everyone who’s suffered far too long and for all newcomers who need to know they won’t be exploited.
>
> Isabella Huffman in a [statement to Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-studios-vfx-workers-union-1235558210/)
The other thing to keep in mind is that even if some other unions didn’t strike, their contracts are up for re-negotiation, including a number of TV related production groups. And some people aren’t actually covered by unions! Reality TV workers aren’t in a union, for example.
## What’s The Fallout?
Well, a lot of cancelations .. some loud, some quiet. *All Rise* seems to be a quiet cancel, while Disney+ went all HAM on pulling a bunch of shows (and removing them from streaming … like *[Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/willow/)*) as did Paramount (*[Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies/)* still stings). The CW was going all weird and killing things anyway, with the sale, but some shows got a little more room than others. Hulu? We will never know [how she met the father](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-i-met-your-father/). Oh. And this little show we all adored? *[A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/)*. I remain salty about that one.
And now that the strike is over? *[The Rookie: Feds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rookie-feds/)* got canceled. So did *The Good Doctor*‘s spin off! But *[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)*, which Fox dumped? ABC snagged.
This is scary, since right now not only are these shows being cancelled, they’re being **removed** from their streamers. When Freeform axed *[Single Drunk Female](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/single-drunk-female/)*, they pulled the shows **while** Hulu was still running ads for it!
Basically the fallout is going to be these series simply vanishing. We don’t get DVDs anymore, so we won’t be able to save them and watch them on our own.
## When Are What’s Coming Back … Coming Back?
Writers have been working for about a month. At this point we have some backlogged scripts, but we have to build sets and get actors back into things. Normally, TV has already begun the 2023-24 season. It’s pretty clear that we’re only getting a 2024 season at this point. Normally we get 20ish episodes? Expect ten.
And those new shows you were looking forward to? Expect some of them to be 2024-25, if at all (see *The Good Lawyer*).
## What’s Next?
In three years, expect to do this all over again. That’s right, these contracts are for **three years**, and given how hard the production companies are pushing to AI everything, it’s going to be worse. The AI technology we see today will be as different as the cellphone of 2004 was to the first iPhone. So many fields are going all-in, and none seem to be thinking about the impact on humans.
Do you want to watch an entirely AI generated show? An AI writes the script, picks the actors, uses their saved images and voices to produce the show, adds in the VFX, and turns out a product.
Sounds like a nightmare to me, and I’ve watched more low-quality Web Series than is safe for my health.
So my advice for ‘next’? Be ready for greed to the problem as it almost always is, and pray your shows aren’t on the chopping block.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, The Rookie: Feds
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### [Warrior Nunsense: Queer Fans Reject Reboot](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/warrior-nunsense-queer-fans-reject-reboot/)
**Published:** October 6, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Happiness then tragedy isn't just a trope we use on shows, it's a fact of life. Warrior Nun's planned resurrection fails to appeal to it's core audience.
**Content:**
The last few weeks have been a pretty weird rollercoaster for the *Warrior Nun* fandom.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## Headed to the Afterlife
The show was canceled back in December 2022, after two seasons on Netflix. While season one had been a lower-key affair, season two burst out of the gates with queerness. We had known that one of the nuns was queer (and another was heavily implied), but we not only got more of that queer, we got a wlw romance!
Sadly, the second season ended with Ava (the titular Warrior Nun) either dead or in another dimension (don’t you hate when that happens?) and a strong implication that she’d be back. At the time, at least we could say it wasn’t a clear cut BYQ (Bury Your Queers).
And then the show was canceled, and we were all bummed, because season two was frankly pretty banging. It improved so much from season one, it gave us depth to many characters, it expanded the world, and basically just got **really good**. Way better than people might expect from the name.
As [Forbes put it](https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/12/14/netflixs-cancels-warrior-nun-its-highest-audience-scored-series-ever-for-reasons/) “Netflix Cancels ‘Warrior Nun,’ Its Highest Audience-Scored Series Ever, For Reasons”.
## Resurrection
Then, in June of 2023, creator Simon Barry said the show was saved!
> Today I’m happy to officially report that because of your combined voices, passion and amazing efforts – [\#WarriorNun](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WarriorNun?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will return and is going to be more EPIC than you could imagine. More details to come! SOON! Thank-you!! [\#SaveWarriorNun](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveWarriorNun?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WarriorNunSaved](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WarriorNunSaved?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ❤️🎬 [pic.twitter.com/yuTbRR2L3q](https://t.co/yuTbRR2L3q)
>
> — Simon Barry (@SimonDavisBarry) [June 28, 2023](https://twitter.com/SimonDavisBarry/status/1673923368381448192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The fans rejoiced! I was a little bummed that it was going to be three films (not ‘TV Movies’) and would likely not be eligible for the site. Still, we would get an ending, and that was great.
But news started to trickle out that was confusing at best. In June, Dean English (the producer) [released a video](https://youtube.com/zgAUSCdj42w) that talked about a shared universe and more, but how this was not related to Netflix. To anyone else who was a *One Day at a Time* or *Daredevil* fan, we got worried. Netflix you see is **notorious** for not letting their IPs go anywhere else for around **five years**. How were they getting around that?
Then October happened.
## It’s All Ben Dunn Before
Simon Barry (again the show creator) [said he **was not** involved in the show](https://twitter.com/SimonDavisBarry/status/1709663154857492776). Then Amy Berg (one of the head writers) said she wasn’t either. It very quickly came to light that **not a single of the writers was coming back**. What the hell did that mean?
A couple days later, we found out. The film would be a ‘return’ to the source material.
Now this is where my feelings made a harsh turn. You see, somewhere in my closet, stashed with all my comics, is a copy of the original print of *Warrior Nun Areala*. I also have most of the initial run on *Ninja High School*. That’s right, kids, I actually was reading Ben Dunn’s stuff way back in the day! Back when this show was announced, I winced because I **knew** very well how hyper sexualized the comic was. I reasoned that Netflix would tone it down a bit, and when I saw who the lead was, I was hopeful it wouldn’t be as bad.
Yeah, I said as bad. Folks, the comic is bad. It’s a pure T&A show. Slutty nuns. And it bums me out because Dunn is perfectly capable of writing interesting, character driven works. Sure, it had Downey Ultra-Soft Core art in the 80s and 90s, but that really was a style back then (look up Rob Leifield’s Captain America Chest drawing for a snort-laugh at the screwed up proportions). Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri, over at X-Men, were at the forefront of the ‘super sexual superheroes’ art, and frankly it’s **why** I stopped reading their comics. That and the crossovers.
I have zero interest in a film series if it’s going back to that.
## WLW Want Nun Of It
Pretty soon after the queer community sorted out what was happening, the phrase `STOP USING THE WN FANDOM` was all over my social media. They were using artwork from the original comics to show what they didn’t want. No pointy-attack-boobs, no super hiked up swimsuits that suggest full body waxing.
What do they want?
A continuation of the TV show, and keeping the creator and writers who made the show popular.
What are we likely to get?
A multiverse filled with T&A and all new writers.
It’s frankly depressing to see this. Producer Dean English has learned nothing from the mistake Netflix made. The reason the show was popular was because of **positive** and engaging characters and (yes) queer content that was relatable. They somehow managed to make a love story slip into a saga about devils and gods and resurrection, in an organic and believable way!
But they appear to be throwing all that away for the ‘source material.’
I hope, I really hope, that when they talk about the source material, they just mean the mythos and not the clothes. But what I’m expecting is that our fandom, our passion for shows where we see ourselves, is yet again going to be exploited.
Until then, keep being loud and let your displeasure be heard.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Warrior Nun
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### [Hallmark Brings Another Queer Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/hallmark-brings-another-queer-christmas/)
**Published:** September 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Before you get your pumpkins out, get ready for Hallmark's Christmas Countdown. This year there's queer.
**Content:**
I know, I know, it’s not even **Halloween** yet! But Hallmark has dropped their 2023 holiday movie lineup.
> Share the cheer, Christmas fans! 🎄 It's your reason to be jolly this season. Save our [\#CountdownToChristmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CountdownToChristmas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 2023 programming guide and check off all new movies as you watch Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 8/7c all season!! ✨🍭 [pic.twitter.com/J2XrkPOWvj](https://t.co/J2XrkPOWvj)
>
> — Hallmark Channel (@hallmarkchannel) [September 19, 2023](https://twitter.com/hallmarkchannel/status/1704146578108235968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
None of these were impacted by the strike, however there likely will not be a lot of promotions due to the situation.
That said, there’s one in particular you might want to know about.
> **Friends & Family Christmas**
>
> SUNDAY DECEMBER 17, 8/7C
>
> Starring **Humberly Gonzalez, Ali Liebert**
>
> Daniella (Gonzalez) has recently moved to New York to pursue an art career and decides to stay in town to share the holidays with her circle of artist friends, instead of going home to see her sweet, if overbearing parents. Amelia (Liebert) is a talented entertainment lawyer trying to stay focused on her work after a broken engagement. When Daniella and Amelia are set up by their parents, they agree to pretend that they are dating, to appease them for the holidays. However, as they spend time in eachother’s worlds, they soon build a connection that is deeper than either of them could have hoped for.
>
> [Hallmark Channel “Countdown to Christmas”](https://www.hallmarkchannel.com/christmas/countdown-to-christmas-2023-preview/**#slide-30)
Could it be? A queer-setup fake romance? And our queen [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/)? We know it’ll have that holiday magic Hallmark loves, which means a happy ending is nearly a given.
But don’t let that take away your enjoyment of a simple, queer-forward holiday romance you can watch with your parents.
Set your DVR or Streamer to record this one on the Hallmark Channel.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Christmas Movies, Hallmark
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### [State of the Queer TV World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/state-of-the-queer-tv-world/)
**Published:** August 30, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I'm not going to lie, friends. The numbers are bad. Real bad. And they're not getting better.
**Content:**
I started, a few months ago, writing up the status on all the shows we’ve lost and gained in the last few years.
Then the strikes happened. Then the studios began using the strikes as an excuse to cancel previously renewed shows, like *A League of their Own*. And for a lot of us? We saw that and thought it was *just like when COVID hit*.
**Notice**: All numbers are valid as of *25 August 2023*. There are always increases and decreases as a year progresses.
## The COVID Cancellations
When COVID hit, production stopped. It had to happen, we all understood it, but then instead of keeping shows going, a bunch got canceled. Shows like *GLOW* and *Stumptown*. A lot of the shows had children in them, which made sense. Kids grow up fast, and if you have a year between seasons, they’ll be notably bigger. But others, well it didn’t take much to connect the dots and see the shows that got the axe first were ones that have one thing in common.
They didn’t have a cis male lead.
When you combine that with the drop of rep that began in 2017, and then jumped to 2021…
> As I’ve said before, [the number of shows on air with queer rep has been dropping since 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/). Overall, [representation itself is stagnating](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/growth-of-representation/) and this [continued in 2020 due to a pandemic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020-by-the-numbers/) and the rising costs of managing filming.
>
> [2021’s Long Impact on Representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2021s-long-impact-on-representation/)
[2022 wasn’t a heck of a lot better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/2022-in-review/).
## Where are We Now?
Well.
Back in March I looked at how the representation we had was spread across active shows.
This time I looked at those pesky stats in relation to previous years. And since 2018, queer representation has catapulted off a cliff.
No really. I’ll show you
## There Are Noticeably Fewer Queer Characters
Bearing in mind we’re only tracking queer female, transgender, and non-binary characters, the numbers work out about the same when you factor in everyone. And the numbers are **BAD** people.
It’s a nose-dive starting in 2020.
For those who want to see it in table form:
YearCharactersDead% growth% Dead% dead growth20233744-54.83%1.07%-84.00%202282825-12.20%3.02%13.64%202194322-13.49%2.33%-46.34%20201090410.93%3.76%-10.87%20191080460.84%4.26%6.98%2018107143N/A4.01%N/AA third. So far, this year, we have **ONE THIRD** the number of characters. And this is **BEFORE** we get into the show cancelations, folks.
Now I know someone will say “Mika, it’s August! There aren’t any new shows yet!” And this has some merit. So I went to my old notes. I used to do this kind of chart in March and September. These are **March** numbers for a year. By September (which is more or less now), we should see around 500-600.
There’s a chance this number will increase (we do have an insane backlog of shows to add — sorry, I’ve been concentrating on some new features for the site and wrangling the mess that is social media), but even 2022 only went from 600 to 800. We may not crest 500 for the year at all at this rate.
## There are Fewer Shows with Queers
And speaking of those shows… The drop-off mirrors that of characters:
If you look at this and think “Wait, does that mean we are still losing more shows than we get back?” (or rather ‘are more queer shows canceled than new ones picked up?’) the answer is a big honkin’ yes.
The red line is canceled shows and it should be **below** the blue line. That would indicate loss but gradual increase. Instead? We have loss and double loss.
YearAll ShowsNew ShowsCanceledNet Gain/Loss% Growth20233302854-26-30.00%202242997127-30-13.29%2021486132154-22-8.64%2020528161174-130.19%20195271681608-1.14%2018533168173-5N/AThis is not what we want to see.
And, again, before someone says “Well maybe we’re just having fewer shows, after all you **did** say that Peak TV Burst a couple years ago…”
Yes. But then Julia Stoll did the numbers:
> After a decline in original scripted TV series in the United States in 2020, the amount increased again in 2021 and 2022. A record 599 original scripted drama, comedy, and limited TV shows were aired on broadcast and cable TV as well as on streaming services in 2022, up by seven percent from the previous year.
>
> [Statistaa – Julia Stoll](https://www.statista.com/statistics/444870/scripted-primetime-tv-series-number-usa/) – Number of original scripted TV series in the United States from 2009 to 2022
While you need an account there to get the specific numbers, the fact is that there are now **MORE** scripted tv shows on air, in the US, than 2020, but we are still seeing a decline in representation.
## Why Is This Happening?
Under no circumstances should you blame writers or actors.
The handy dandy excuse of “Oh it’s the strike, we have to save money” is, pardon me, bullshit.
It’s blatantly obvious we’re getting scuttled. When TV picked back up in 2022, we should have seen a small upward swing. We didn’t. In fact, we kept seeing a drop, and that repeated over and over and over.
This happens because we are seen as disposable and worthless, folks. If we were important, they’d cater to us. But they don’t see us that way, and it shouldn’t be a shock given how the studios are treating everyone else right now. They want money and they think we don’t have any (I guess they’ve never met DINKQs – Double Income, No Kids, Queers).
Or maybe they think that by opening the door to us year round, and not just for a month in summer, that will chase off some of the other people.
Either way? We’re bottom of the pile right now, and it’s hugely apparent now that entertainment media is crashing.
> LGBTQIA+ people deserve to see themselves represented in tv shows beyond just one season.
>
> — Hayley Kiyoko (@HayleyKiyoko) [August 23, 2023](https://twitter.com/HayleyKiyoko/status/1694212793778729233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, GLOW
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### [It's Official: STRIKE for SAG-AFTRA](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/its-official-strike-for-sag-aftra/)
**Published:** July 13, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It has come to this. SAG/AFTRA joins the WGA to strike.
**Content:**
No this isn’t about *A League of Their Own* except that it kind of is.
As of Thursday, July 13, 2023, the [SAG-AFTRA](https://www.sagaftra.org) union has called a general strike. Beginning one minute after midnight tonight, they will be on strike and joining the picket lines.
> SAG-AFTRA negotiated in good faith and was eager to reach a deal that sufficiently addressed performer needs, but the AMPTP’s responses to the union’s most important proposals have been insulting and disrespectful of our massive contributions to this industry. The companies have refused to meaningfully engage on some topics and on others completely stonewalled us. Until they do negotiate in good faith, we cannot begin to reach a deal. We have no choice but to move forward in unity, and on behalf of our membership, with a strike recommendation to our National Board. The board will discuss the issue this morning and will make its decision.
>
> SAG President Fran Drescher
Yes, that Fran Drescher.
I was born in the 1970s, so I was not yet a gleam in my parent’s eyes the last time the writers and actors struck at the same time (1960). I was around for the last actors strike (1980) and very much the last few writer’s strikes (1981, 1988, 2007-2008, 2023).
I’ve already talked a little about what’s going on and why, but as it happens some of the stakes have changed.
## Award Winning Invisibility
Did you know that *Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies* is up for an Emmy? Two actually! Makes you kind of want to watch it, right?
Well, you can’t.
That’s right, Paramount **removed** an Emmy nominated show from streaming. It hasn’t even been a month since the finale, and if you missed it, it’s just gone. And while at first we all might think it’s just a money perspective, it’s actually an intentionally evil money related move.
Don’t believe me?
> “The endgame is to allow things to drag on until union members start losing their apartments and losing their houses,” a studio executive told Deadline. Acknowledging the cold-as-ice approach, several other sources reiterated the statement. One insider called it “a cruel but necessary evil.”
>
> [Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall](https://deadline.com/2023/07/writers-strike-hollywood-studios-deal-fight-wga-actors-1235434335/) by Dominic Patten
What’s the fastest way to break the banks for union members? You don’t pay them for their creations. How do you do that? You remove the shows.
That’s right. The removal of shows isn’t *just* greedy networks trying not to pay taxes, they are actively and vindictively doing it to *hurt* writers. They want to break the unions by making them literally broke.
When I read that (via [Paul Mather](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558460/), who wrote my wife’s favourite random show, *Little Mosque*, but also a number of cult favs out there), I was appalled. It was bad enough that all creators risked loosing their work without even a clip reel now that everything’s digital and no one gets copies (DMCA actually prevents a lot of creators from making their own clips off of their own DVDs in the first place). Now though, we can see the ultimate plan of the studios is to just remove everything, give the writers nothing, and pivot to … I guess Reality TV.
Knowing all that means that this statement by [AMPTP](https://www.amptp.org/) (the studio’s association) rings false:
> We are deeply disappointed that SAG-AFTRA has decided to walk away from negotiations. This is the Union’s choice, not ours. In doing so, it has dismissed our offer of historic pay and residual increases, substantially higher caps on pension and health contributions, audition protections, shortened series option periods, a groundbreaking AI proposal that protects actors’ digital likenesses, and more. Rather than continuing to negotiate, SAG-AFTRA has put us on a course that will deepen the financial hardship for thousands who depend on the industry for their livelihoods.
>
> [SAG-AFTRA Officially Calls Strike As National Board Approves Guild’s First Walkout Against Film & TV Industry Since 1980](https://deadline.com/2023/07/actors-strike-sag-aftra-hollywood-studios-1235436118/) by David Robb and Dominic Patten
Their goal is to cause financial hardship. If it wasn’t, why wouldn’t they be making decisions to strengthen the finances of their actors and writers?
## What Do They Want?
There is some overlap of what SAG-AFTRA and the WGA want
WGASAG –
AFTRAResiduals for streaming content, based on viewership✅✅AI Regulations (no script writing and no reuse of likeness)✅
✅
In Person AuditionsN/A✅Writers Rooms✅N/AThe writer’s room is a little interesting in that it has two parts:
1. No more ‘mini rooms’ — they prevent new writers from breaking in, and lock existing writers into where they are. Collaboration is key!
2. Longer contracts — they don’t want writing to be a ‘gig economy’ job.
As a viewer and TV fan, those both make perfect sense to me! You know how much we detest shows that have no consistency about writing? Those points would help limit those from happening! If the writers work together, then they can make a show keep it’s linear sense.
As for the in-person auditions, while sending in a tape is ‘easier’ you have to remember that the vast majority of applicants for a role *will not get the job*. But. If they go in, in person, and talk to the directors and producers, then they have created a relationship with them. That will mean casting directors know their name and might think about them for future work. It’s basically the biggest contributor to *how* unknown actors can break-in to the business (if they aren’t related to existing well known people in the biz).
Now the studios (remember AMPTP is *not* a union) … Well they don’t want *any* of the above. Tech based companies (eg. Netflix) **do not** want to touch residuals based on viewership, because they would then be **required** to release viewing numbers. They don’t do that now, probably because if they did, we would all know that their business is not as successful as they’ve led folks to believe. And by ‘folks’ I mean ‘investors.’
As for AI, basically the studios see AI as an opportunity to remove the labor and costs of having to, you know, hire human beings. Which means exactly what you’re thinking.
## Is it Really *That* Bad?
Yes.
> In December, 2020, in the depths of pandemic winter, the actress Kimiko Glenn got a foreign-royalty statement in the mail from the screen actors’ union, *sag-aftra*. Glenn is best known for playing the motormouthed, idealistic inmate Brook Soso on the women’s-prison series “Orange Is the New Black,” which ran from 2013 to 2019, on Netflix. The orchid-pink paper listed episodes of the show that she’d appeared on (“A Whole Other Hole,” “Trust No Bitch”) alongside tiny amounts of income (four cents, two cents) culled from overseas levies—a thin slice of pie from the show that had thrust her to prominence. “I was, like, Oh, my God, it’s just so *sad*,” Glenn recalled. With many television and movie sets shuttered, she was supporting herself with voice-over jobs, and she’d been messing around with TikTok. She posted a [video](https://www.tiktok.com/@itskimiko/video/6904342710782676229) in which she scans the statement—“I’m about to be so *riiich*!”—then reaches the grand total of twenty-seven dollars and thirty cents and shrieks, “WHAT?”
>
> [“Orange Is the New Black” Signalled the Rot Inside the Streaming Economy](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/orange-is-the-new-black-signalled-the-rot-inside-the-streaming-economy) by Michael Schulman
That’s a show that excelled in bringing in traffic to Netflix, and yet for actors getting pennies on the dollar for their work means it’s impossible to survive!
While the SAG minimum rate is $900 a day, and that sounds like a lot (it’s over 3 times what I was making a day as an entry level programmer in the late 1990s), remember a couple things. Like the rest of us, they get taxed too — FICA takes their money. They also don’t get any health insurance from the shows and have to use either SAG-AFTRA’s health insurance (which has [eligibility requirements](https://www.sagaftraplans.org/health/eligibility/earned-eligibility)) or something on their own. We all know how bad health insurance is in the US.
Also, unlike someone with an office job, there is no guarantee of how much someone will work. If you’re a recurring actor, then let’s say you’re in 5 episodes. It takes roughly 8 days to film a TV episode, and you would only be in 2 or 3 days max. That’s 40 days, of which 15 days pay, or $13,500 before taxes. However. You can’t get another TV show for the other 25 days. Also most recurring or guest actors are only there for one day, which means $4,500 for the same 40 day span.
## How Long Will This Last?
Probably around October/December time frame. That’s a calculated move by AMPTP, who are basing that on the average income of writers, and how long they can go without money. And if they keep pulling shows, that’ll happen a lot quicker. Once the WGA runs out of money, the AMPTP are in a position of power to make a deal that benefits *them*.
That said, there is one place that AMPTP has leverage now. Each studio can make a side-deal with the union. But the thing there is, it *actually* favours the SAG-AFTRA and WGA more! An interim deal works like this: The unions make an offer that favours them with one studio. That studio agrees and signs the contract. The union turns around and points out that Studio A is with them and filming now, which pressures the other AMPTP studios into caving in so they don’t lose their competitive advantage.
If the unions can get a couple studios on board, then we have a good chance for them.
## Who is Impacted?
I’m going to avoid the joke answer of ‘everyone’ because this is a different thing. Actors and writers don’t only exist in the USA, and SAG-AFTRA is an **American** union. For Canada, the union is [ACTRA](https://www.actra.ca), and it’s [Equity](https://www.equity.org.uk) for the UK. What happens if SAG-AFTRA strikes? Will they follow? Probably not.
Canada’s [ACTRA actually settled a deal with AMPTP](https://deadline.com/2023/06/u-s-studios-strike-labor-deal-with-canadian-actors-1235428132/). There’s no promise that Australian, Canadian, nor UK actors’ unions would support and join this strike. In fact, the strict union laws in the UK actually *prevent* an extensive show of solidarity from Equity. It’s illegal for Equity to call a strike to support SAG-AFTRA due to those restrictive British legislations.
That doesn’t mean that studios can simply fire the US actors and hire UK ones, though. Besides the fact that they have contracts with individuals and they could sue for breach of contract, non-US unions and guilds are showing solidarity. [WGGB](https://writersguild.org.uk) (Writer’s Guild of Great Britain) for example has [clarified things](https://writersguild.org.uk/wga-strike/) pertaining to the strike of their US based counterparts, saying “WGGB is advising members not to work on new projects within the jurisdiction of the WGA for the duration of the strike.”
There is some wiggle room, mind you. If the WGGB writer is *already* working on an existing project, they may stay. However that is *only if* the contracts are made in the UK. If the contract is from a US based company, then don’t be a scab.
That said, *any* production that includes a single Hollywood actor is in trouble. After all, the Guild’s Global Rule One is this:
> No member shall render any services or make an agreement to perform services for any employer who has not executed a basic minimum agreement with the union, which is in full force and effect, in any jurisdiction in which there is a SAG-AFTRA national collective bargaining agreement in place. This provision applies worldwide.
Worldwide means **any** SAG-AFTRA related project anyway.
The one exception in the USA are soaps, which have a different contract due to the nature of their work (filming pretty much daily).
## How Can You Help?
**Note: Right now neither SAG-AFTRA nor WGA have recommended or asked for a boycott.**
There aren’t a lot of ways we can help, but one is to cost AMPTP money. That is, if they can’t make money either, they *might* be encouraged to come to the table for a fair deal.
The easiest way to do this is to cancel any streaming subs. They’re not going to have any new content (or at least not any *good* new content) from the US for a while. You can probably kill them off for a good 3 months. Right now, the only streamers I kept are UK based but as this goes on, that will change.
We’ve already seen a massive uptick in the cancelations and removals *harming* the most vulnerable of content — queer and minority led. It’s time to make our voices heard with our wallet. If the studios aren’t going to give us queer content we can watch, we stop giving *them* money.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Orange is the New Black
---
### [Cancel Your Everything](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/cancel-your-everything/)
**Published:** June 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Who's getting canceled? What's getting canceled? Is it all in our minds?
**Content:**
I’ve heard this bandied about a lot, that we’ve moved from Bury your Queers to Cancel your Queers.
It’s not a wrong thing to say that a higher than normal number of queer-featured TV shows have been cancelled. In fact, you can look at my posts from the last few years, and see how the change is basically down to we don’t get queer shows to replace the ones canceled.
You’ve likely noticed a **lot** of streamers have been pulling shows. It started being really apparent in October 2022 when HBOMax (or Max, or whatever they are today) [removed a bunch of shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/what-hbo-maxs-red-wedding-means-for-queers/). Now Disney removed over 50 shows last month, including *[Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/willow/)* (so basically we’re never getting another season, thanks).
## What did We Lose?
I’m only listing TV here, so there are some movies and documentaries that are omitted.
HBOMaxDisney+Queer Content*Elliott From Earth
Final Space
The Fungies!
Genera+ion
Little Ellen
Minx
Mrs. Fletcher
OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes
Summer Camp Island
The Time Traveler’s Wife
Westworld**Big Shot
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changer
Willow
Diary of a Future President
Y: The Last Man
Little Demon*Non-Queer Content*Beforeigners
Close Enough
Detention Adventure
Dodo
Esme & Roy
The Garcias
Gordita Chronicles
Head of the Class
Infinity Train
Love Life
Made for Love
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
Messy Goes to Okido
Mia’s Magic Playground
Mighty Magiswords
My Dinner With Hervé* (tv movie) *The Nevers
Odo
The Ollie & Moon Show
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Raised by Wolves
Squish
Theodosia
Tig n’ Seek
Vinyl
The Witches* (2020)*Turner & Hooch
The Mysterious Benedict Society
Just Beyond
The Right Stuff
The Real Right Stuff
Stargirl
Flora & Ulysses
Better Nate Than Ever
Gina Yei
Maggie
Love in the Time of Corona
Everything’s Trash
The Premise
Darby and the Dead*As you can see, the number of queer shows is a drop in the bucket compared to the non-queer shows.
I wanted to put Netflix up there, but their haphazard indications of what is and is not ‘original’ made that impossible. Since Netflix **did not** have a production company at the start, it branded a lot of shows as ‘original’ that were really a single license to be the only ones who aired a show.
A good example there would be *[Slasher](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slasher/)*, which was removed from Netflix in 2020 when the Kew Media Group when bankrupt. Eventually the show found a home again on Shudder but for a few months in 2020, you couldn’t see the first seasons.
## The Enemy of My Enemy is My Enemy
I bring this up every single time someone mentions canceling queers. It’s not **just** that we’re being canceled. And in fact, being canceled is the least of my worry.
The primary issue in my mind isn’t the cancelations, it’s the **removals**. Because when a show is removed, not only can we not watch it, the creators (writers, directors, actors) don’t get any more money from residuals. And in fact those residuals and the lack of fair compensation is the heart of the [ongoing strike](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/what-to-expect-with-a-strike/). But even if you don’t have a horse in that race, you can have one here.
*If the content is removed, you can never watch it again.*
No binging, no late night “I’d love to re-watch *Person of Interest*” if it’s gone. A practical example here is the movie *Dogma*. It has its flaws, I know, but did you know it’s not available on streaming? The only reason I can watch it whenever I want is that I own the DVD that they don’t make anymore. While it’s unlikely that movie will vanish (the issue with it is [Kevin Smith refuses to give Weinstein any more money](https://comicbook.com/movies/news/is-dogma-on-netflix/)), the fact that it’s so niche is probably why it’s not a huge matter that it’s missing. But. I can watch it. My best friend cannot. The only difference is I own a DVD.
And while someone is thinking “So just order the damn DVD.” **YOU CAN’T**. Seriously. No streaming, no DVDs for sale anymore, no way to watch it unless you recorded it– Oh wait, you **can’t** record it like that anymore, and we never really made the jump from “I’ll just record it on VHS” to “I’ll record it on this DVD.” In fact, they intentionally make it so you can’t do that anymore (DMCA strikes again).
## If Content is Removed, Was It Ever Real?
The removal of content is gutting because now there’s no way for a lot of people to see themselves on TV.
*[Genera+ion](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/generation/)* may have been ill-timed to capitalize on the ‘secret life of teenagers,’ and a combo of having a number of similar shows (*Euphoria* for example) and COVID restrictions likely led to it’s downfall. The show also portrayed a wide array of queers, diverse and complex just like life. A little fantastical, yes, but that’s what you expect with television.
Removing kids shows is even worse, since those formative years are when most of us would really have been served well just by seeing casual queers.
But now we’re being not just canceled, but **erased**, and that terrifies me. We’ve already had to rely on books, old blog posts (like GeoCities old, thank you Internet Archive) to get information about bygone queers. Now, if we don’t review and add fast enough, the same happens with modern shows.
Storage is cheap. Bandwidth is a different matter. Netflix uses up to 3GB per hour of video, if you stream in HD (double that for 4K, halve it for SD). For you and me, that looks like a lot. But for them? The argument gets weird. After all, if the justification for cancellation is “no one is watching” then is the cost breakdown really that bad that they save more just on streaming?
I know that YouTube has tricked a lot of us into thinking Bandwidth is cheap. Since we don’t pay for it, we often forget that *we* are the product, and our data is what they find useful. Mind, I can’t think of how them knowing I watched *Carmilla* for the nth time is useful, but carry on. If you look at how much [Cloudflare charges for their video streaming service](https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/products/cloudflare-stream/), you can get a better picture.
The difference though is that with Cloudflare, you’re paying for storage and streaming bandwidth as an add-on. Meaning, the system exists already and you’re just using it. For MAX and Netflix, they own data centers or they use the cloud.
## Sidebar: The Cloud is Someone’s Server
I work in tech, and I’ve sung this a million times. The cloud isn’t an ephemeral concept. It’s really just putting data (videos etc) on computers that are built to run more on-demand instead of all the time. This site is an ‘all the time’ server. You come here at any time, everything is rendered and waiting. When you stream, there’s often a pause before and (depending on your network) during while the video buffers.
It used to be that you had to download the entire video **before** it would play. That’s why, if you look at older sites, everything was small! We were trying to make sure it could load because the bandwidth issue isn’t as much for the servers but for you! I say we since I was working on that kind of code back then. Streaming really came into vogue when we figured out how to do things like bit-torrent which lets you deliver the bits and bobs of a video out of order.
That was a huge thing in tech. For most readers, it’s just an amusing background note.
The point to all that is we in tech have worked hard to make sure videos can be compressed without data loss (meaning it’s not all blurry and staticy like it was), and can be delivered via the internet in a fast way. You don’t want to wait 3 hours to download an episode of *ER* most likely. And with all of that hard work, we know it’s not actually that expensive to store and return (meaning play on your TV) all that.
Now, why this matters to TV? It’s cheaper to rent space on someone else’s computer than it is to build the data centre yourself. Amazon and others have a concept of ‘cold storage’ where you pay less for rarely used data (and it’s generally slower etc). But in their brilliance, instead of paying for that storage and some magic to dynamically bring it ‘warm’ when people get on a binge of something truly archaic …
They removed the data all together. No shows for you.
## Who is getting canceled?
Everyone. But it’s a lot worse for queers and minorities specifically because we have so little.
There’s a concept called ‘[the glass cliff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_cliff)‘ where in a woman is hired to be an executive, told to make some incredibly unpopular changes, and is then fired. When that happens, people will use it as proof that women aren’t capable of holding down whatever that role was. We see it a lot in movies, where if a female-led movie doesn’t do phenomenally well, then it’s a failure. This is all the same thing.
The mountain creators have to climb to make queer TV is steeper and more treacherous than non-queer TV. If a queer TV show isn’t an epic success, it’s a failure.
And thanks to those misconceptions, queer shows, and any minority led show or niche content, is vulnerable.
Until one day we all wake up and see people who look like us running the networks, this isn’t going to change. Or, if we’re lucky, when we all stop watching shows that **don’t** have people like us in them, it will finally, critically, be enough to spark change.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Genera+ion, Slasher
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### [The Lesbian Crumb Grab](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/lgbt-fandom-lesbian-crumb-grab/)
**Published:** February 18, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We have to stop putting up with crumbs. We deserve to have queer characters who are happy, 3-dimensional and have romantic and sexual relationships equal to their straight counterparts.
**Content:**
I have thought a lot about LGBT fandom and why we get so emotionally attached to our characters and ships. I think it is because, for our entire lives, we’ve settled for so little.
**I love television.** TV was my babysitter growing up, and now I love it like a good friend (I’m lucky because my wife loves it as much as I do).
I came out in college on Halloween night 1988 when I was 18, and the only queer people we saw on TV were freak show portrayals on talk shows. When someone gay was going to be on TV, we’d all gather to watch, and it was usually horrible.
Over the years it got better but not good, like the 1994 kiss on Roseanne where she wipes her mouth right afterwards. We were queerbaited into driving up ratings for sweeps week.
https://youtube.com/cYzli-ioVW0
And while I love Xena from 1995 (I have the action figures), they still strung us along with subtext until the very end.
We ate it up. We grabbed every crumb tossed our way on television and we still do — every endless subtext-only ship, 10 seconds of screen time as 1-dimensional characters, and gay-for-ratings plot line. We pour over every frame, make animated GIFs and put energy into expanding the missing stories ourselves.
When there were decent representations of LGBT folks on TV 2 things happened — the characters died, or the show got cancelled.
I have to give producers Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz (Thirtysomething, Once and Again and My So-Called Life) props. They tried really hard to have fully fleshed-out queer characters in every one of their shows who got decent screentime and even kissed each other, but every time that happened their shows got cancelled.
In my opinion, their show, Relativity from 1996 had the first good lesbian kiss on TV. It was sweet, realistic and a decent kiss. Of course the show was cancelled after one season.
https://youtube.com/PNFIgHP7osU
### A Short List
- **Once and Again** – Cancelled
- **Ellen** – Cancelled
- **Bomb Girls** – Cancelled
- **Rookie Blue** – Cancelled
- **Person of Interest** – Cancelled (and subsequently dead)
- **Buffy the Vampire Slayer** – Dead
- **Chicago Fire** – Dead
- **Skins** – Dead
- **The 100** – Dead
- **All My Children** – Dead and Cancelled
You get the point.
### With all the real terrible things happening in the world, why do fictional characters matter?
When I tweet about dead queer characters I imagine some people may think “who cares, it’s not like someone really died.”
The characters may be fictitious, but the way they are treated affects the LGBT community in very real way. The messages are: you are disposable; your presence ruins everything; you will get punished for being queer; you are not equal to straight people. After a lifetime of being immersed in this narrative it’s difficult to not internalize it.
These messages are, literally, [deadly](https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/). The rate of suicide attempts is 4 times greater for LGB youth than straight youth and 40% of transgender adults reported having made a suicide attempt, most while they were in their youth. Some of us may have this nagging feeling that we do not deserve happiness or equality.
## We have to stop putting up with crumbs
As a community, we are starved for real representation on TV. We deserve to have queer characters who are happy, 3-dimensional and have romantic and sexual relationships equal to their straight counterparts.
After [the blood bath of 2016](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/death/), I feel like LGBT fandom is feeling the same way. We’re tired of being queerbaited and we’re done with our characters getting killed off.
## We are no longer grateful for the crumbs tossed to us; we want equality.
2 shows give me hope for the future – [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) and [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/). These are 2 shows with queer main characters with decent story lines that involve kissing girls. And no one has died…yet.
Let’s hope this is the start of TV producers not taking LGBT fandom for granted.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Historical, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Queerbaiting
---
### [What To Expect With a Strike](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/what-to-expect-with-a-strike/)
**Published:** May 3, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
I saw this coming back in January when I talked about why we were seeing [so many late cancellations of previously renewed shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/whats-with-the-late-cancels/).
Here we are, less than 5 months later, and we have a writer’s strike. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) have struck.
## What Are They Striking Over?
Money, specifically residuals. For the most part, writers for TV get paid up front for the episode and then again every time it re-airs. If you wrote a super popular show, that has a ton of reruns (so *Law & Order*, right?) then you are making bank. It was hella hard to do, but it was a very American ‘pull yourself up by your bootstraps’ rags to riches saga.
Then came streaming, which butchered residuals. Writers don’t get compensated for multiple release platforms (so if your show is on Disney+ and Netflix, you do not get any residuals), and older contracts were not written with streaming in mind to begin with. The new contracts are pretty weak when it comes to streaming as well.
On top of that, these streamers are incredibly secretive about how popular a show is, so no writer can be sure they’re being fairly compensated. And since streams have been pulling shows off their networks (HBO…), it’s removing every cent of residuals.
This doesn’t even get into how the rates haven’t been adjusted for the current global economy (something most people can related to). Let’s not even think about health car (which according to many writers got canceled as soon as they struck).
All that together results in writers being unable to support themselves.
## What Does It Mean for TV?
Streaming shows tend to write it all in one and go, so they’re okay. So are most cable shows, which behave the same way and have mostly finished all scripts. It’s everything on regular linear TV that is about to get hit hard, if they haven’t finished filming.
> A lot of shows have wrapped for the season. NBC’s “Law & Order” shows, including “SVU” and “Organized Crime,” just wrapped last week, meaning the footage is in hand with the network and the final episodes of those seasons should air without issue later this month. But CBS’s “FBI” and “FBI: Most Wanted” are still scheduled to shoot this week in New York, so their current seasons could be impacted.
>
> [Writers Strike FAQ: Everything You Need to Know About the (Possible) Shutdown](https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/wga-writers-strike-what-happens-tv-shows-streaming-1235598343/)
We have a little time, but expect everything to end sooner than normal. This includes late night TV, whose writers work up to the last second every day. But even Soaps will be hit soon, since they can use whatever scripts they have but they won’t be able to edit and update those scripts.
## Will It Be As Bad as 2007?
No.
For those of us who were paying attention in 2007-08, the strike derailed everything. Everything. That was because back then, we didn’t do streaming like we do now, and everything was directly related. You wrote, you produced, and you distributed all in one plan.
Oddly enough, it’s thanks to that strike that we have less of an impact today. And in that sense, it’s a little bad for the WGA right now because they made themselves less of a weak link.
But… If the actors and directors strike in solidarity? Well. The term “apocalypse” came to mind.
There’s also one little thing… You know how recently Netflix said they were going to bring in a lot of content from Korea? Yeah. Guess what’s cheap.
## Want To Learn More?
There are a lot of good articles out there to help understand this. Here are a couple to get you started.
- Gizmodo: [What a Writers’ Strike Means for Viewers at Home](https://gizmodo.com/wga-writers-strike-2023-explained-streaming-ai-tv-1850392982)
- Deadline: [WGA Strike Explained: The Issues, The Stakes, Movies & TV Shows Affected — And How Long The 2023 Work Stoppage Might Last](https://deadline.com/feature/hollywood-writers-strike-wga-explained-1235341146/)
And Adam Ruins Everything’s Adam Conover has a great breakdown:
> I'm incredibly proud of how transparent our union is. In the [@WGAWest](https://twitter.com/WGAWest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s strike announcement, we included a list of our proposals, and the AMPTP's responses. Read it for yourself: it explains in black and white we're forced to go on strike. [pic.twitter.com/U2FLsv9Dob](https://t.co/U2FLsv9Dob)
>
> — Adam Conover (@adamconover) [May 2, 2023](https://twitter.com/adamconover/status/1653272585252257793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I fully support the WGA. If you want to join them, [WGA has posted the schedules and locations of their protests](https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/picket-schedules-and-locations).
**Categories:** Rant
---
### [If A Queer Watches a Show, Does It Count?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/if-a-queer-watches-a-show-does-it-count/)
**Published:** April 19, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If a tree falls in a forest, does anyone hear it? If a queer show is removed from streamers, does anyone see it? This mess of cancelations is ugly, and the justifications don't hold up.
**Content:**
I had to sit and think about this one for a while, because I have so many feelings. But overall my feeling is “We’re losing queer content at an abruptly faster rate, because we are being seen as disposable.”
## The Right Brand
Our much loved *[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)* just concluded its third season. That season was incredibly divisive because it wasn’t a ‘season,’ as it was 3 extra long episodes to wrap things up and, since it as only about 3 hours instead of 11, it fell short on being able to handle everything. Creator Dana Terrace took to reddit to explain things 2 years ago:
> At the end of the day, there are a few business people who oversee what fits into the Disney brand and one day one of those guys decided TOH didn’t fit that “brand”. The story is serialized (BARELY compared to any average anime lmao), our audience skews older, and that just didn’t fit this one guy’s tastes. That’s it! Ain’t that wild? Really grinds my guts, boils my brain, kicks my shins, all the things. It sucks but it is what it is.
>
> [The Owl House AMA on Reddit — by Dana Terrace](https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/q1x1uh/ama_except_by_anything_i_mean_these_questions_only/)
Now, Terrace **does not** throw Disney (or the people she worked with on the show) under the bus, and in fact she says she does **not** think the show was canceled because it was queer. She says it ‘skews older.’
What does that even mean? In context, are we saying “the show was aimed at people the same age as the characters, and that’s too old for Disney”? Who were shows like *Kim Possible* aimed at? Not Disney Kids, I agree, but they were for tweens and *The Owl House* certainly hit that mark.
And what else has Disney canceled lately? *Willow*. Okay, I know the producers are saying “It’s not canceled, it’s paused!” but come on, look at *Mindhunter*, which was ‘paused’ so long they ended up letting everyone go to follow their own contracts elsewhere. This is, in practical terms, a cancellation.
> Disney and Lucasfilm have released the actors from their obligation to the show for the time being, which allows them to seek out other roles during the interim, but \[Jonathan\] Kasdan \[the creator and showrunner\] claims they have every intention of producing the next season.
>
> [‘Willow’ Cancelled On Disney Plus Because It Abandoned What Made The Original Film Great \[Update: Maybe Not?\] — Erik Kain](https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/03/18/willow-cancelled-on-disney-plus-after-betraying-the-original-movie-and-fans/?sh=1b3cf00f42a8)
There’s also *[Big Shot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-shot/)* (the John Stamos led series about girls’ high school basketball), *[The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mighty-ducks-game-changers/)* (the Lauren Graham led series about a junior hockey team), and *The Mysterious Benedict Society* which had a couple of heavily queer-coded characters (and yes, I’m annoyed I don’t get to add it), as well as a lot of intentionally one-season shows I’m not counting.
The point is, outside of the Star Wars series which do have queers (in *[Andor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/andor/)*, blink and you’ll miss it), the shows that got hit were ones with queer or super queer coded content.
## Low Performance
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* was not only canceled, it was removed from Showtime. Not only was it removed, some places (like Germany), they never even got to see season three. Why was it removed? It was ‘low performing’:
> As part of the changes, the company will “divert investment away from areas that are underperforming” and that accounts for “less than 10% of our views,” Chris McCarthy, who oversees Showtime, said in his memo.
>
> [‘The L Word: Generation Q’ Removed From Showtime Platforms Following Cancellation — By Nellie Andreeva](https://deadline.com/2023/04/the-l-word-generation-q-removed-showtime-platforms-cancellation-1235317850/#!)
We recently got the official news that *[A League of their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/)* would not be getting a full season order, but a 4 episode wrap up. And why? It was … low performing:
> As *THR* [reported earlier this month in a larger look under the hood at Amazon](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/inside-amazon-studios-jen-salke-vision-shows-1235364913/), several insiders at the retail giant/streamer said its reliance on testing and data led to a clash last summer between Graham and marketing execs after data showed audiences found *League’*s queer stories off-putting and suggested downplaying those themes in materials promoting the show. Graham expressed concern about bias built into Amazon’s system for evaluating shows, which multiple sources said often ranked broad series featuring straight, white male leads above all others. One executive calls *A League of Their Own* “a proxy for how diverse and inclusive shows are treated.” Graham subsequently launched into an interrogation of the system, questioning multiple executives about it. Amazon took the issue seriously and dropped the system of ranking shows based on audience scores.
>
> [Amazon Confirms ‘A League of Their Own’ Ending With Four Episodes — by Lesley Goldberg](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/a-league-of-their-own-ending-four-episodes-amazon-1235372722/)
Now if you re-read that, you might Spock the old eyebrow. See, basically the only reason we’re even getting a finale for *ALotO* is because Will Graham used their muscle (and a bit of nepotism) to get a short season. But also it’s painfully clear that **the queer audience was not used as a metric for success**.
## The Numbers Aren’t Lying
Once I read about how Amazon was ranking shows, my heart sank. I drew that straight (sorry) line to connect things.
Amazon has a bias about shows, and it will rank cis, straight, white, male led shows over all. They took a show that was aimed at a queer audience and said “Well only the queers like it, so whatever.” And those metrics are actually part of why I was pushing to have [more than just our LWTV scores for shows on pages](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/new-front-facing-features/). IMDb, of course, wants to cost over $120k a year for the access we need, so that’s not going to happen any time soon, but let’s look at the numbers from IMDb, an Amazon subsidiary.
On IMDb, *ALotO* is ranked as a 7.5:
And if you break that down by the demographics, some things become clearer:
All Ages< 1818-2930-4445+**All**7.5 (23,245)9.0 (8)8.4 (1,060)7.6 (3,853)6.4 (2,243)**Males**6.1 (3.097)7.0 (1)7.2 (178)6.2 (1,281)5.8 (1,278)**Females**8.4 (4,792)9.2 (7)8.9 (802)8.5 (2,419)7.6 (892)Source: [IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rt)From that, the first thing my eyes are drawn to is that, on average, women **loved** this show. 45+ least of all, but a 7.6 for a show is still pretty darn high. Younger men as well (<18 through 29) also liked this show a lot.
Which means we have a show that is actually rated pretty highly, but somehow it was ‘low performing’? What it really means is that Amazon’s built in biases as to what magical formula makes a ‘good’ show is seriously whacked.
And if you think Amazon is the only network that does it, well, I have a bridge to sell you.
## Capitalism Strikes Again
If you start collecting all the reasons a show is canceled, especially queer shows, and you start digging into this more and more, you’re doing to see that these **are not** bad shows. My beloved *One Day at a Time* sits at an IMDb score of **8.2** for crying out loud! But Netflix, who hides all those viewing metrics, won’t ever tell us what ‘low performing’ means.
So what gives?
Well, since it costs money to keep a show on streaming (you have to actually pay the people who made the show for re-streams), guess what? We’re expendable. We are not worth the expenses to keep *L Word Gen Q* around. We’re not valued. They don’t want our money.
At the start of this week, the news came down that a Writers’ Strike is imminent. What is the strike over? Money, obviously, but more to the point, studios have made almost *$30 billion* in annual profits, but writers? Their pay went **down**. That’s right, the studios make billions, but they’re too greedy to pay the people who create things.
But hey, it’ll work out for the studio, as they’ll pull a Discovery+ and yank everything that isn’t reality TV.
## What Next?
I say we vote with our wallets and feet. Cancel subscriptions (heavens knows with inflation, most of us cycle through our streamers anyway). If they don’t have the queer content we want, we don’t pay them a damn cent. But also speak up. Push them back. Ask Showtime “Hey, why the hell can’t I watch Gen Q?” Keep pushing and asking.
It’s the only way we get to have any quality content, and not fear that it will vanish into the night.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, The L Word: Generation Q, The Owl House, Willow
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### [WonderCon '23: Nerdom is Healing](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/wondercon-23-nerdom-is-healing/)
**Published:** March 29, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Feet were back on the grounds and people were out to check out the wonders of WonderCon.
**Content:**
One of my biggest, saddest, takeaways from WonderCon ’22 was how dismally populated it was. And it was. Oh, people showed up on Saturday, but that was it. All three days? The floor was sparsely populated, masking was required, and it just felt weird.
Come a year later and we have people again! Lots of people. More costumes, no one gave anyone grief about a mask (or not, it’s no longer required in California), and in fact the only ‘fight’ I saw involved some Harry Potter fans. The Funko pop lines were around the hall, people had giant bags, and honestly there was a lot more to look at. Not only that? The rain came earlier than expected, so everyone could dress up and it wasn’t too hot or cold. Absolutely perfect.
What is still on the cusp of returning to the old ways are the actual panels, but I have a good feeling we’ll get there.
## What New Came from WonderCon?
My favourite news is that my new favourite mainstream show (*[Quantum Leap](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/quantum-leap-2022/)*) not only got approved for season two, but they’ve run right into filming! If you haven’t watched it, check it out if only for [Mason Alexander Park’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mason-alexander-park/) awesome work as Ian, the non-binary genius who solves any problem thrown their way *and* sings a great karaoke. Oh and loves trivia.
*The Walking Dead* is betting more spinoffs, which we knew, but we got some look-ins and they’re branching out into new places. Zombie filled Manhattan? Sure why not!
From the press room rounds, a new show I’ve been a little iffy on, *True Lies* (yes, that show, made from that movie) surprised me with their awareness and commitment to improving diversity beyond just who and what we see on screen.
## Around the Con
This year there were more dice vendors, more games, more things to checkout than before. The artwork on display was mindblowingly great and, more than anything, cosplay was back in force!
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## Next Year? We Go All In
The best news is that with this improving attendance, WonderCon ’24 is 100% a go, and I’m already excited to see what people will wear, what secrets will be revealed, and maybe another dip into[ Gaaays in Spaaace!](https://www.gaaaysinspaaace.org)
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** WonderCon
---
### [Mrs. Maisel's Last Laugh](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/mrs-maisels-last-laugh/)
**Published:** April 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The phenomenal journey of Midge from housewife to household name comes to and end, after five fantastic seasons.
**Content:**
On a lot of levels, *[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)* was made for me. I’m an East Coast Jew, with family in NYC, and while I never lived that specific life, I know people just like that. I knew people who went to the Catskills, people who would have had made cracks about surprise the food wasn’t kosher (the stories of my parents’ wedding and the cream lives on). It’s also an Amy Palladino show, and I greatly enjoy her stuff. The hat tip to one of my favourite jazz artists, Blossom Dearie, in season two? I listen to her self-titled album regularly.
But this kind of show, a rapid-fire snappy-dialogue dance with multiple generations of (mostly) Jews, a queer who doesn’t *really* come out, that was a very specific target audience. I never expected this show to be the biggest hit on the planet. It was, however, always going to be a show I enjoyed a hell of a lot.
On April 14th, the final season comes to Amazon Prime with a 9-episode, 7-night event.
Every episode has me laughing.
And the part we here at LezWatch.TV cared about is, of course, Susie Myerson.
## Wrapping it All Up
The first thing to know about the final season is that it is a final season. This season was written to be the end, to bring the storylines together, to answer questions, and to let us know where it all ends.
This involves the classic tropes of flash-forwards, where all the actors play their older selves. Seeing everyone being older-them is a hoot, and it’s not done for laughs. The series has always been committed to amazing costumes and sets, and their use of both make the relative-future believable. That’s how I remember New York in the 80s and 90s, it’s how I remember Israel too.
Oh yes, we’re going there.
We get to see how the kids grow up, how people move on, and how much a mess Midge makes of every single aspect of everyone’s lives. I mean, come on, you know her kids are going to be in therapy when they get older. It’s practically a requirement.
## Susie Steps Up
One of the longstanding disgruntlements about the show is that Susie doesn’t get a lot of her own plot. To be fair, the show isn’t called “The Stupendous Susie” and everyone is going to revolve around Midge. But at the same time, it leaves many characters left only lightly shaded and formed.
With Susie, the reason it’s frustrating is that… well Susie’s queer. We know it, it’s been confirmed, and yet the show always dances away from something as simple as giving Susie a love interest. Midge had one, Joel had one. Hell, even Rose had some people very interested in her and became a matchmaker. All of those characters get to have full fledged lives outside of Midge, except Susie.
Susie lives for her work, which was kicked off by Midge, and everything revolves around that. If she isn’t working for Midge, she’s working for Jackie (he’s the magician) or James (the actor who happens to be black). And while Susie moves mountains for her clients, to the point of working with the mob (remember those guys?), that really is the whole of her existence. She has very little personal life to the point that deaths in her family are glossed over, unless her reaction to the deceased negatively impacts Midge.
While the majority of the final season does still have this issue, we are getting more glimpses into Susie’s life. Like Susie actually does know why someone’s estranged from their spouse. The downside is that it’s still a shallow glimpse no matter how you paint it.
## A Good Bye
The show is ending. And the silly fun I got watching the styling sass of Mrs. Maisel will be consigned to the bin of block-watch later.
All I can tell you is that the final season does it’s best to bring it all home, give us that last, good, fare well.
And don’t forget.
Tits Up.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
---
### [From the LWTV Archives: 1993 - The Year With No Character Deaths](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/from-the-lwtv-archives-1993-the-year-with-no-character-deaths/)
**Published:** March 12, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I went in search of the last time we had a whole year without any characters dying. Turns out, it's 1993!
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I went in search of the last time we had a whole year without any characters dying. Turns out, it’s 1993!
## Bury Your Gays
*Lexa a victim of BYG in 2016*
If you’re on this website, you’ve probably heard of the term “Bury Your Gays”. This is the TV trope where shows decide that queer people are more expendable than their hetero counterparts and find ways to kill them off. The most well known example of this is 2016, when a record 46 queer women/non-binary/trans characters were killed on TV (including [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) on The 100). LezWatchTV even has a death tracker on our homepage. With all this in mind, I was curious to find out the last year where there were zero deaths in our database. I had to go all the way back to 1993.
## 1993 Stats
In 1993, there were 39 characters on air but not one of them died. Pretty impressive, considering every single year since has had at least one! However, these numbers aren’t as simple as they seem. The number of deaths per year has increased as the number of queer characters has increased on TV.
For comparison, last year (2022), there were 23 deaths but 743 characters on air. That’s a big difference compared to the 39 characters in 1993. So we can’t look back at 1993 and say it was a golden era of queer TV since there were no deaths, but it is interesting to see that there was a point in time when queers were being introduced on TV but not necessarily being killed off. Continuing the trend, 1994 only saw one death but the numbers have steadily increased since then.
Additionally, only 11 countries had shows with queer characters in 1993. Today, we are up to 30 countries. Although I do not want to downplay the existence of the “Bury Your Gays” trope (it is real and toxic), queer TV has come a long way since 1993.
## Blast from the Past
While we are here in the early 90s, let’s take a look at some of the characters that were alive and well in 1993. Many of these characters came out later, which adds even more complication to the statistics for this year.
*Tales of the City*
*Jadzia Dax in Star Trek Deep Space Nine*
- Many characters in *Tales of the City*
- Bianca Montgomery in *All My Children*
- Multiple characters on *The Simpsons*
- Diane Butcher and Sonia Fowler in *EastEnders*
- Jadzia Dax in *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*
- Mo Connell in *Between The Lines*
- Tanja Schildknecht in *Lindenstraße*
What a time to be alive!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that we have not included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
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### [Good Trouble: Less Good, More Trouble, Still Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/good-trouble-less-good-more-trouble-still-queer/)
**Published:** March 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** “Good Trouble” is coming back, but it’s weaker than before.
**Content:**
The late, great US Representative, John Lewis, tweeted in 2018:
> Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.
>
> *A tweet from June 2018*
When Freeform chose that title for their spinoff of *The Fosters*, I was skeptical. The show was about the lives of two of my less favorite characters, and honestly while I could see them both being inspired to some good trouble, it wasn’t the direction I really saw for them as a group.
To my delight, *Good Trouble* turned out to be witty, savage, smart, and yes, some good, necessary, trouble. We got seasons of the important, small, fights. People’s decision to prioritize passion over career, and others to put the whole above the self. We saw struggles we could all connect with and empathize more. Sure, it was a touch sensational, but not outside something most of us could believe.
As we reach into season five, the show has still from good trouble into just trouble for the sake of trouble, and I’m not enjoying it.
## Where Season Four Left Us
The saga of season four wasn’t all bad. We got Alice on the road, Sumi stepping up to be more than just a one-note character, Mariana and her Bulk Beauty team finally making something of it, Callie leaving, Davia trying something new since she lost her teaching gig, and then we got into the good trouble. There was the new character, Luca, a young man struggling to survive on the streets, and Malika (who also spent the season romantically struggling with her sexuality and love life) began a new career helping the city. Or so she hopes.
When I look back on what was general trouble, however, the plot lines that jump out are not the smaller fights that this show was so good at. In past seasons, they expertly drove home the issues of racial micro aggressions and how they make you doubt yourself with Alice, and then how they can grow worse with one moment. Showing us Malika’s struggles in the system, and how they parallel Callie, but a sharp turn due to skin color was also done well. And to their credit, the initial issue of Luca being homeless is treated well… until he turns into what is basically the Coterie mascot.
That is, ultimately, the problem. Because the rest of the season, the plots I’ve yet to mention, are the Isabella/Gael plot line, and the Mariana/Evan/Joaquin complication. Well and Dennis, but frankly his is neither ‘trouble’ nor ‘good,’ at least in that sense. It is a good story, and he’s finally coming to terms with his son’s death, and allowing himself to love. But because the actor is missing for many episodes, and Davia has to carry that story and the panic attacks of her student, it weakens both storylines.
Isabella and Gael take up a lot of time. And honestly I hate it. Gael devolves from being a passionate artist who had been working for Spekulate to make money, right into a staving artist baby-daddy who is screwed over by his art patron/boss. He becomes a passenger in his own life, and loses the ability to make decisions. This is compounded because Isabella is incredibly mentally unstable. In her defence, she’s screwed up because her parents are so self-centered, they don’t see her, and she had no solid adults to base herself on.
The other deeply time consuming plot is new guy Joaquin, who is looking for his sister. Joaquin, an investigative journalist, also did a story on Luca, looping that plot back in, and honestly if they had stuck on that angle, it would have been great. Instead, the storyline of his sister went right into cults.
No, I’m not kidding. It was a cult. And Mariana ended up spending a night there, which resulted in someone being shot.
## And Season Five Continues That
First of all, you will find out exactly who was shot. Honestly that surprised me, and I think that is bad. This is not the kind of show who should have a surprise like that. It’s not a crime drama. Mariana going into the cult was more of a Callie choice (remember when Callie got in the van with the pimps and we all screamed at her about it?). It felt wildly out of character for Mariana, who prefers to make good trouble with her mind.
Mariana has, like Gael, been devolved. She stopped using her mind and tech skills to change the world. Bulk Beauty? Not terribly wrong, and I can see that, but it feels like so much less than her Fight Club Girls when they tried to tackle sexism and the pay disparity. I had worked for companies, not like Spekulate but in the same vein, and her struggles there were so damn representative of the good trouble you have to cause just to get a change.
On the other hand, Bulk Beauty’s biggest struggle (besides money and tech theft) was with an Influencer. It felt so weirdly low stakes, and like the women had no idea how to do anything except code. Maybe that was the point, but I didn’t felt it matched with how they’d behaved in the pay fight the season before. They all lost skills and were dialed back.
Mariana will be at the center of who was shot, and much of her story will be entwined, which takes her away from the day to day at the Coterie. Over at the Coterie, you’ll get the continuation of Davia/Dennis becoming a them finally (a couple I actually ship, but would like to see more depth in), Luca trying to get his birth certificate (which is hit by a complication I approve of), Malika continuing her political aspirations while her personal life struggles, Sumi and Alice trying to improve the latter’s career (sadly that continues to be the joke storyline), and of course Isabella/Gael.
If you thought the tribulations of a Coterie baby would slow down after birth, hah, we’ve gone full on soap. I’m sure there were ways to make that less frustrating, but the storyline just drags.
And of all of that, only Luca and Malika are anywhere near good trouble.
## Good Trouble Returns March 16
The Coterie will be back on the 16th, and I’ll be tuning in, but if the changes continue down this road, I’ll be making my personal farewell to the series. At least until they return to their roots of good trouble.
C+
The fifth season sadly continues the rapid decline of this show, concentrating on the sensational acts of “trouble” instead of the smaller fights of good trouble.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 18, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-february-18-2019/)
**Published:** February 18, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Anissa digs deeper into Grace's past on Black Lighting, we're reminded there is indeed a lesbian character named Alex on Supergirl and Mel can't stay away from Niko on Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Anissa digs deeper into Grace’s past on *Black Lighting;* we’re reminded there is indeed a lesbian character named Alex on *Supergirl*; and Mel can’t stay away from Niko on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 13 “The Book of Secrets: Chapter Three: Pillar of Fire” \[Live\]At the end of the previous episode, Anissa discovered Grace left her apartment, and she has no idea where she went. In this episode, Anissa is on the case and back at Grace’s apartment taking a closer look.
There she finds a photo of young Grace with an older couple.
And one of Grace’s pills.
As soon as I saw that I was like, “take that to Gambi to get analyzed!” And fortunately she does go to Gambi’s hideout to do research.
> Something's not right with Grace. Stream the latest: [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/N19awf4HK6](https://t.co/N19awf4HK6)
>
> — Black Lightning (@blacklightning) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/blacklightning/status/1095729457514586117?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We also find out Gambi’s a Thundergrace shipper.
Anissa does give Gambi the pill to analyze hoping it’ll lead to some answers.
Then Gambi echos the hopes of the entire Thundergrace fandom.
Later Anissa is hanging out with Jennifer talking about Tobias stuff, when she asks her about Grace. Anissa tells her she’s really worried she’s in danger, and Jen is suddenly really harsh about it. She tells Anissa she’s probably projecting, and Grace may just not be into her anymore.
Damn, Jen.
Anissa heads back to Gambi’s basement to hear what he’s found on Grace. It’s a lot.
> So many of Grace's secrets were revealed on last week's [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), but Anissa is still determined to find her. [\#ThunderGrace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThunderGrace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Hxs5Q5Pr1G](https://t.co/Hxs5Q5Pr1G)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1097259588565565440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Gambi also had the lab results from testing the pill found at Grace’s apartment.
**Let’s summarize:**
- “Grace Choi” does not exist, and the person we know as Grace paid a lot of money to have her identity changed.
- Grace’s real name is Shay Li Wylde.
- She was abandoned as a child and spent her youth in foster homes.
- The picture is her with two of her foster parents who are now dead.
- She was kidnapped at 16 and sold into a child prostitution ring.
- After the ring was busted, Shay Li vanished and resurfaced later as Grace in Freeland.
- The pill is a custom mega dose version of medication used to treat schizophrenia.
- Anissa still wants to find her.
I hate this trope, y’all — everything pointing to big red flags telling you to back off, but really there is something else going on, and the person does need saving. I’m glad Anissia is still determined to find her, and she doesn’t seem dissuaded by this new news about Grace.
This still doesn’t explain the skin and eye color changing thing. We’ll have to keep waiting to find out what all that’s about.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Imposter” \[Live\]In this episode we got to learn more about Gael’s sister Jazmin. In a flashback we see Jazmin asking Gael’s help finding a lawyer to legally change her name.
Gael is sympathetic, but at the same time is giving Jazmin a, “why don’t you meet people halfway” attitude. Privately, he tells Callie he thinks she brings some of it on herself. Wow, Gael’s cis privilege is showing.
Gael enlists Callie’s help, but when she meets Jazmin, she tells her that she doesn’t need her to legally change her gender.
Jazmin explains she was getting harassed at a club and the cops were called. However, when they got there she was the one asked to leave, not her harassers. A cop grabbed her and when she pulled away he got mad and charged her with resisting arrest.
Callie says it is harder to legally change your gender when you have a felony conviction, but it’s not impossible. She’s happy to help her pro bono.
Meanwhile, in a different plot, Jazmin is working a catering gig at a party at Mariana and Gael’s work. There another catering co-worker asks her out, and that is going cute and well until their boss outwardly discriminates against Jazmin because she is transgender.
Gael immediately gets in the guy’s face while Jazmin tells him to let it go. Gael has finally seen a fraction of the shit Jazmin goes through regularly, and now he’s starting to get it. In the next scene you see the two of them meeting with Callie and her lawyer friend. They are going to sue the catering company. Yes, get that MFer!
After the show, *Good Trouble* Tweeted out this great video about transgender discrimination. This video is way better than my recap, and I strongly encourage you to watch it.
> Transgender equality is a cause worth fighting for.
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> Tommy Martinez & [@213Sahar](https://twitter.com/213Sahar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) discuss discrimination against the transgender community in this week's Good Trouble x [@ATTN](https://twitter.com/attn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw):'s "The Trouble With" episode. [pic.twitter.com/63GWBqqEjA](https://t.co/63GWBqqEjA)
>
> — Good Trouble (@GoodTrouble) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble/status/1095487216917381120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*Drunk History* – Season 6 Episode 5 “Love” \[Live\]I was looking forward to this episode of *Drunk History*, because it covered the story behind the movie *Dog Day Afternoon* and John Wojtowicz & Elizabeth Eden. I haven’t seen the movie and I didn’t know anything about it.
John and Elizabeth were married and John started robbing banks because Elizabeth (played by the fabulous [Trace Lysette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/trace-lysette/)) was transgender, and John needed to raise money to pay for her gender reassignment surgery.
One of the other historical figures they covered was Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer, the famous lesbian couple whose fight to get their marriage legally recognized went all the way to the Supreme Court and led to same-sex marriage being legal nationwide.
My family was lucky to have met Edie in real life, and a significant portion of a Keynote I gave at a conference covered her and her story. She’s also from Philly. I love Drunk History, and I couldn’t wait to see how they portrayed Edie and Thea on the show.
https://youtube.com/IgfsJXlxo9E
I did enjoy the segment overall; however, I was very disappointed that they did not have out lesbian and queer actors play the queer historical figures portrayed on the show.
*Drunk History* usually does an amazing job of casting actors with the same backgrounds of the real life people they are portraying.
For example Native American actors portraying the people involved in the Alcatraz occupation.
https://youtube.com/6Dx0mA6htVc
Disabled actors playing the participants of the Section 504 sit-ins of the 1970s that led to the first disability civil rights law in the US.
Out transgender actresses, [Alexandra Grey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-grey/) and Trace Lysette doing amazing portrayals of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera during the Stonewall Riots.
https://youtube.com/nLEOK_i5X00
This authenticity is so important, because **Representation Matters**. The producers of *Drunk History* seem to get this, and they usually execute these episodes with mindful and respectful casting.
This is why I felt betrayed by the show when they did not cast two lesbians to play Edie and Thea — two of the most historically significant lesbians in modern history.
Why is our community not getting fair treatment? It’s sending the message, “We’ll make sure we cast actors with the same backgrounds for everyone else except lesbians. Your community is not important.”
Of course, I went to Twitter to complain and one of the actresses responded.
> I’m just very private with my personal live, love. I love everybody in all ways. The EPs of Drunk History know this – so the casting really is on point. How wonderful was our episode?! ❤️
>
> — Sugar Lyn (@sucrelyn) [February 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/sucrelyn/status/1097193418592202752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I think Sugar Lyn and Alison Brie are great. I do not think negatively of them at all for the job they did playing Edie and Thea. But I have to say doubling down on “casting being on point” feels very dismissive.
If she is kind of coming out in her tweet, that is great! I’m glad they cast a queer actor to play a queer person, but overall there was not the same casting effort put into this segment as all of the others.
All I want is fair and equal treatment because seeing yourself matters, and being singled out hurts people.
*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* – Season 6 Episode 6 “The Crime Scene” \[Live\]Rosa meets Jake at a crime scene with a haircut that is, um, interesting.
Oh! Rosa has a girlfriend named Jocelyn…if that is her real name.
Day two of the investigation, we get a little more info on Rosa and her girlfriend, and a new hairstyle.
As the investigation drags on into several days, we learn that Rosa has not spoken to her mother since she came out to her.
At the same time, Jake made a promise to the crime victim’s mom that he would find her son’s killer. Rosa, who is usually not emotionally involved with cases, feels herself drawn into this one, because the mom says she regrets being estranged from her son before he died.
This motivates her to break the ice with her mom and reach out to her. Her mom shows up at the station, and it looks like healing process is on its way.
I thought this was a sweet episode, and hopefully, we’ll meet Jocelyn in the future.
My parting gift is a collage of every one of Rosa’s hairstyles from the episode. You’re welcome!
*[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)* – Special “My Furry Valentine” \[Streaming\]*Big Mouth* dropped a special for Valentines Day. This show is pretty over-the-top inappropriate, but I love it. The special was all about Valentines Day, and all of the characters going through their own issues with it.
Jessi has been having a hard time accepting her mom leaving her dad for a woman since season one, but now she has started to come around.
That was by far one of the sweetest and most innocent scenes in the entire episode.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 4 Episode 12 “Menagerie” \[Live\]*Supergirl* has a lesbian character on it, right? I think her name is Alex. Well, Alex actually got some plot in this Valentines Day themed episode.
Mind-wiped Alex is feeling down because she feels thrown off track with her personal life. She became director of the DEO, and things were going well. Then something happened, and it just stopped.
Don’t use “we,” Kara, because we at home certainly did not know about Alex dating a lot.
We all know it’s the mind-wiping that’s thrown Alex off course, but she thinks it’s work stuff.
It’s time for Alex to have a personal life again, and Kara wants to be her wing woman at a Valentines Day party Nia and her roommate are throwing.
I guess Alex may have been dating a lot because she bumps into one of her dates at Nia’s party, and she doesn’t even remember her.
> The look on Alex's face 😂😂 [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AlexDanvers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlexDanvers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Ou3sOxdEkx](https://t.co/Ou3sOxdEkx)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1097555348964237312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Is it the mind wipe or everyone blurring together on Tinder?
Alex does a little chit chat with Becca about adoption stuff, and Alex is like me trying to remove myself from kid talk.
Meanwhile, Nia has been mourning her mother’s death and not feeling ready to go full-on Dreamer even though Brainy is ready to train her. But then, after the party, she’s asleep on the couch and dream-sees Supergirl getting attacked by a snake lady. I guess this is the thing that finally motivates her to go into superhero mode.
I absolutely LOVED seeing Nia in the super suit. I’ll be honest I squealed a little when she appeared on screen. Later, she tells Brainy she’s ready to start training.
Later, Kara and Alex and having sister time at Kara’s apartment, and Kara tells Alex she got that girl’s number from the party for her.
I’m glad they’ll be pushing play, because Alex’s life has definitely been on “pause” this entire season.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 12 “You’re Dead to Me” \[Live\]It looks like Mel can’t stay away from Niko even though we all know it’s never a good idea to mess with an alternative timeline.
Mel promises Maggie she’ll leave her alone, but it looks like she wasn’t being honest because later she meets up with Niko at their old coffee hang.
Mel’s pretending she’s there to talk to Niko about Jada possibly being in a cult, but she’s obviously weirded out by being in their usual coffee shop together again. Mel asks her why she picked the place, and she says something about it drew her in.
They get to talking and Niko says two years ago she woke up one day and felt something was missing. She changed her life and became a private investigator and now she’s much happier than when she was as a cop.
Mel does stuff like orders Niko’s favorite drink for her, and Niko says things like “you’re really easy to talk to.” Uh, oh, you’re wading into dangerous waters, Mel.
At one point Niko sees a scar on Mel’s shoulder and that seems to trigger a pre-spell memory.
That can’t be good.
For much of the rest of the episode, Mel is stuck in England with Harry to help him find his son. During that adventure, the truth comes out about Mel seeing Niko again.
At the very end of the episode, it looks like Harry has convinced Mel to stay away from her.
> Mel tells Harry she's going to stay away from Niko, but it looks like that scar is going to keep Niko investigating. [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gDr4o9EtU3](https://t.co/gDr4o9EtU3)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1097577447099379712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Niko seems to have other ideas about that scar though. I’m totally into this. I wonder is Jada is going to find out how much Mel has been hanging out with Niko.
Half of our CW shows are on pause this week, but I’m okay with a writing break before so many of our favorite shows come back in March.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Big Mouth, Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charmed (2018), Drunk History, Good Trouble, Supergirl
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### [2022 In Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/2022-in-review/)
**Published:** March 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A brief look into the visualization of representation for 2022.
**Content:**
Looking back on 2022, I thought I’d try my hand at displaying the status of the year in a slightly different format. Sure the “[This Year](http://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2022)” page for 2022 has a lot of data, but digesting data is often helped by looking at the format differently.
## 747 Characters on Air
2022 saw an drop of characters on air. 2020 was the peak with 1059 characters.
Looking at the breakdown of character types, we still have a surfeit of cisgender representation!
The data is combined, as we mark 13 separate gender identities, so transgender encompasses transgender men and women, and trans-non-binary. There is a little overlap, as trying to breakdown each one individually makes the chart (currently) unreadable.
Number of
CharactersPercentage
of Characters**CISGENDER**64886.7%**TRANSGENDER**496.6%**NON-BINARY**476.3%**UNKNOWN**30.4%Given the nature of television, this isn’t surprising.
What is a little surprising is that the breakdown of sexuality is wider:
Even with the ‘combining’ of LGBTQ+/Queer/not-straight/non-monosexual as ‘Queer’, it’s still painfully low. But that said, there are ‘enough’ asexuals and pansexuals to start making a visual dent!
Number of
CharactersPercentage of
Characters**HOMOSEXUAL**40754.5%**BISEXUAL**16622.2%**HETEROSEXUAL**213%**QUEER**314.1%**ASEXUAL**41%**PANSEXUAL**182%**UNKNOWN**10013.4%This is the direction I hope to see gender representation moving!
## 23 Dead Characters
Thankfully this is **lower** than it’s been in recent years.
Number of
CharactersPercentage of
Characters**ALIVE**7243%**DEAD**2397%Obviously we want more alive than dead.
## 435 Shows on Air
This is a startlingly lower number than years prior. This matches some of the data I’ve been sharing over the years, but yes, we’re getting fewer shows.
Interestingly that works out to 1.7 queer characters per show listed. Which is dreadfully low.
Number
of ShowsPercentage
of Shows**MINI-SERIES**112.53%**TV MOVIE**10.23%**TV SHOW**40893.79%**WEB SERIES**153.45%Webseries was a little low in 2022, possibly due to covid. TV Movies are always a weird metric, since they do skew a little Halmarky, and up until recently they had lacking representation.
## What’s Next?
I’m actually working on putting some of these graphics onto the yearly pages, so everyone can look whenever they want, in an automated fashion but, for you, you get my clumsy attempt at something a little infographish.
But I do find that looking at things year by year gives you a little different idea of where we need representation to grow.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics, Year In Review
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### [New Front-Facing Features](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/new-front-facing-features/)
**Published:** February 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What? More new things on the site? This time for you, the wonderful visitors.
**Content:**
On the heals of a lot of [backend work](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/new-secret-features/), we’ve now got a pair of new features you’ll see on show and actor pages. That’s right! These features are for you, the wonderful readers, to help you visualize the data in new ways.
## Actor Statistics
This was a long-term itch to scratch for me. The stats section of the site has **a lot** of data, but at the end of the day what a lot of people want is a quick way to see how ‘well’ their actor is doing rep-wise. I have a lot of one-off asks for this, and I’ve been fiddling with it for a while. Finally I bit the bullet.
Here’s our friend [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) and her nine characters:
As you can see, she has more guests than anything.
Also if you’re thinking “Mika, she’s played NINE and I can count 3 + 2 + 5 is TEN.”
Yes, she did. But she played nine characters on **ten shows** (the *Bomb Girls* movie we never speak about). I mean, come on, [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz)? She’s only played one character in our DB (Sara Lance) and has **FIVE** separate show appearances. I’ll probably have to update that for a footnote on everyone’s pages “X characters on Y shows”…
## Show Scores Expanded
We’ve had show scores for a long time. But one of the issues with it is that seeing **our** calculated score isn’t the same as seeing knowing how other places have reviewed it. It’s great to know that we love *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*, but what about everyone else?
Enter the multiple scores!
We really like it! [TMDB](https://themoviedb.org) mostly, and [TV Maze](https://tvmaze.com) a little less. But that’s pretty cool to see the comparison.
Those two sources were chosen simply because I have access to their APIs. I’ve applied for access to a couple others, but as we wait, I thought I could actually show them where we’re going. Sadly don’t get any hopes up of the IMDB API, that costs [$50k a year](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/prodview-6em5woz5oidg4#offers).
This is being rolled out slowly and will have tweaks along the way.
## Recommendations? Requests?
Are there front-facing features you’d like to see? Something big or small you think would help the site? Even if it’s something like “This should be smaller/larger.” We can’t promise to do everything, but sometimes a person’s simple ask of “It would be nice if I could visualize the score…” has interesting outcomes.
On the list is ‘hide the recent death to not spoil people’ but it’s proving complex with regards to accessibility. Don’t want to spoil one subset of people just because they use a screen reader, right?
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [From the LWTV Archives: Civil Wars](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/from-the-lwtv-archives-civil-wars/)
**Published:** February 18, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I fell down a rabbit hole trying to find answers about an early 90s tv show called "Civil Wars".
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I went down a rabbit hole that was completely unrelated to my original topic and ended up researching an early 90s show, Civil Wars.
## [Civil Wars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/civil-wars/)
*Civil Wars* began airing on ABC in 1991. It was a Steven Bochco creation, who was already known for creating *Hill Street Blues*, *Dougie Howser, M.D.*, and *L.A. Law*. This show was another court drama but, this time, the focus was on divorce lawyers. Every week, the lead characters, Charlie Howell and Sydney Guilford, had a new couple to satisfy. *Civil Wars* only lasted two years and didn’t leave much of a dent in TV history. (For fun: you can watch the opening credits [on Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUh7ehsW1NM).)
Interestingly, two characters from the series (played by Eli Levinson and Debi Mazar) lived on. After the cancellation of *Civil Wars*, these two characters made the jump over to the final season of *L.A. Law*. This was despite the fact that *L.A. Law* was on NBC and *Civil Wars* was on ABC. We definitely don’t see this type of cooperation between networks today!
## Queer History
*[Martha Hackett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/martha-hackett/) who played one mystery character*
How did I end up here, you ask? I was interested in looking at the last year of television that had no queer women/trans/non-binary death and ended up with the year 1993 (more on that in my next post). While looking at the shows that aired this year, I noticed one with a lack of information: *Civil Wars*. I have worked with LWTV for over 4 years now and I know how detailed their show descriptions usually are. *Civil Wars*, however, had zero characters listed due to a lack of information. Research mysteries never sit well with me so, I dove in.
Of course, I immediately realized that there really is no way to watch *Civil Wars* online. I also couldn’t find any major mention of this episode on the internet except the brief episode summary of “A lesbian sues her ex-lover for visitation rights”. At least this summary hints at *two* queer characters, which was a place to start. The [IMDB page](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0542170/?ref_=ttep_ep8) for this episode lists four female characters that are not in starring roles: Norma Baker (played by Fran Drescher), Audrey Wilkes (played by Romy Walthall), Helen Cashman (played by Martha Hackett), and Marcia Kellogg (played by Marcia Strassman). The summary on the IMDB page lists Fran Drescher’s character as a comedy writer who is trying to save her marriage, so I knew it wasn’t her. Three characters were left.
*[Marcia Strassman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marcia-strassman/) who played the other mystery character*
This is the point of desperation where I bring my question into the LWTV Slack Chat and hope for the best. Thanks to the help I received from other members, we narrowed it down to two characters. Saralizz pointed out that Romy Walthall’s character was in six episodes and it’s very unlikely that they carried the story line with two queer women that far. Therefore, Helen Cashman (played by Martha Hackett), and Marcia Kellogg (played by Marcia Strassman) must be our winners!
## Impact
This show was cancelled after two seasons and only included one episode with queer women, so I feel safe saying that it didn’t have much of an impact on queer history. BUT, all these years later, it provided a good ole mystery for me to entertain myself with and proved, yet again, that the [LWTV Slack Chat](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/) is where it’s at!
One small step for queer TV history, one giant leap for this queer TV archives column.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that we have not included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Civil Wars
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### [New Secret Features!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/new-secret-features/)
**Published:** February 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A nerdy departure into what's been going on behind the scenes and what's down the pipeline.
**Content:**
I haven’t been posting every week for a lot of reasons (I have SAAD so this time of year gets rough no matter what I do). But one of the bigger reasons, and also why I’m so behind on adding the 180 shows people have told us about that are in our backlog, is that I’ve been working on some new features that help us help you!
This delves into some nerdy things so I’ll give you the tl;dr here: I accidentally broke things when making the back end faster, then we put in new features to block toxic comments, prevent toxic messages from being sent to our editors, protect our [Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/) community, and share on more social media platforms.
Keeping this as a welcome and friendly place to talk about the people and shows we love remains one of our top priorities, right after ‘make sure all the data is accurate.’
## Bug Fix
Some people noticed the ‘counts’ on people’s pages were wrong. Like it would say ‘X has played 1 queer character, none are dead’ on an actor page who’s characters (plural!) were very much dead.
This was 100% my bad! I recently overhauled a lot of behind the scenes data syncing code, because we have a fairly complicated system to connect characters to shows and actors, and vice versa. When we had 100 shows it was easy. We’re over 2000 now (yay!) and searching 2000 shows means generating lists which can take a long time. It took me some trial and error to find the best solution that also worked on mobile for quick updates/corrections, but in doing so…
I totally forgot that numbers in code can be an integer or a string. Basically that’s like trying to compare `1`0 to `'10'` — it looked fine to the human who knows they’re the same, but robots are not that smart. Anyway, that was where that counting got weird. The `'10'` was a ‘string’ and the code says “Well a string isn’t a number, so it’s zero!” Spotted, solved, everything’s happy.
Thank you all for letting me know.
## Social Media
So. Twitter. Am I right? I personally chose to lock and leave my twitter account, due to 4 years of rampant harassment and abuse by one person who doesn’t get that I’m never going to give him what I want, and my boss is never going to fire me over what I did. What did I do? I kicked him out of a dev group for being an abusive and harassing human, after warning him multiple times. Clearly, I’m a monster.
Anyway, since Twitter is getting worse by the second, I started watching where celebs were running off to, and we are adding in the ability for us to list actors’ social media in two places: Facebook, TikTok, Mastodon and Tumblr. We’ll filling those out as we go, and it won’t show up on the front-end for a little while, until we’ve made sure everything’s as it should be, since we have to finish the code that helps ensure that data is correct.
What’s Mastodon? Our wonderful friends at AutoStraddle have a nice [101 about Mastodon](https://www.autostraddle.com/mastodon-101-a-queer-friendly-social-network-youre-gonna-like-a-lot-390948/). You can find me personally at [@ipstenu@toot.lgbt](https://toot.lgbt/@ipstenu).
Think there are more social platforms we should add for actors? Let us know in the comments.
## Toxicity
Speaking of that weirdo who harasses me, one of the biggest problems being a queer content site is – I bet you can guess this – toxic comments.
People have Opinions with a capital O, and honestly they’re welcome to them. But we don’t want them here, on our site, making trouble. This comes from all sides, including TERFs who are upset we include transgender characters or non-binary. Sometimes the TERFs like to sneak in and pretend to be all cool, and then they go rampant complaining that unless it’s all-cis-lesbians, it’s not *really* applicable for this site. We disagree.
We also get some people who are (more understandably) upset we don’t cover cis-men. And that one, I do get. It’s a strange, arbitrary line we drew, but it remains. Still, there’s no reason to attack us over not wanting to do something, and we get some of those too. BTW if you do want to make a version of this site for cis-men who are queer, please feel free to copy our code! It’s open-source meaning you don’t have to pay us or anything, and we tried to document everything so it’s portable for you.
In so far as the blog comments go, we have a very simple set up. First, every comment has to be approved **unless** we mark them as being trusted. It’s called Comment Probation, and it’s been instrumental in catching weird people who want to rant about how we’re all going to hell. But that doesn’t really work when you get to things like our contact forms, which someone has to look at, and wouldn’t it be so nice if **no one** had to read those hateful things?
First, I built out a system for the aforementioned harasser of mine and applied it here, so people we *know* are bad-actors are put into spam right away, and not interacted with. We rely on WordPress’ default block-list for things we know we do’t want to see. We can still see things, to check if something really was bad, but so far it’s been 100% correct, and no false-positives. By using the WordPress block list, we ensure that even if someone checks our code (which is all open source so yes, you could), they will only see *that* we block, not what. Some of that is where things are super specific to people.
Having no false-positives means we may have some false-*negatives*. That is to say, we err on the side of caution, and someone might slip through. While I’d love to just add ‘normal words people use to be jerks’ to that block list, we can’t since if you put in (say) ‘ass’, it would also flag ‘assume.’ This is a known issue with WordPress and the semantics of blocking.
The cool news is our friends over at Gravity Forms let us beta something! We’re now running what they call a ‘[Moderation Add-On](https://www.gravityforms.com/blog/moderation-add-on-install-the-beta/)‘, which utilizes machine learning to give something a ‘toxicity score.’ Now I am as skeptical as they come about AIs, but in this case, I ran it thought a lot of tests. The actual toxic content was scoring a 75% likelihood of being toxic, while the good content never surpassed 10%. There will be refinements on the way and so far I’m very happy with the results.
## What’s Next?
I have a couple things on my list.
Someone asked if we could email updates of new shows/characters added and I had (naively) assumed this would be easy. It’s not. The system we use to email updates for posts does not allow for us to add in ‘and these too!’ Effectively, this will have to be a separate list. For now, though, if you want to know who’s knew and are familiar with RSS, you can add that to your favourite RSS reader:
- `https://lezwatchtv.com/actors/feed/`
- `https://lezwatchtv.com/characters/feed/`
- `https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/feed/`
The next item on my list is also a little more complex than I want it to be. I want to hook that Toxicity tool into **regular comments**! Sadly there’s no active WordPress plugin for that ([ConversationAI](https://github.com/conversationai/conversationai-moderator-wordpress) closed their plugin a while ago) so we’ll need to write that ourselves. It’s not impossible, just takes time.
We also had a couple asks about our API that I’m clarifying before I say more than yes, we’re totally willing to adding API features.
And then it’s on to Social Media. We don’t advertise, but social shares are actually critical to helping people know about how cool we are! That’s why the show/character of the day has hashtags for the show names, it keeps everything findable. Keeping that flowing has to continue, no matter what the landscape of social media becomes. This means looking into the other hot-new-socials, like Hive, and figuring out if it’s possible to auto-post there.
## And The Future?
It would be a perfect world if everyone was chill and respected each other, treated all humans with love and kindness, and accepted differences. Until then, I’m sure I’ll be researching new ways to show people who can’t be kind the door.
At the same time, there are always new things! New social platforms, new data sources, and more ways to highlight the important data you want to know about TV shows and queers on TV. I am down for that. Adding in those new features always makes me happy.
If you have recommendations for features you’d like to see, please leave a note in the comments!
**Categories:** Announcements
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Black Queer Woman Character on TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-black-queer-woman-character-on-tv/)
**Published:** February 4, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I searched for the first Black queer woman character on television and I found her in the 1975 TV movie titled Cage Without A Key.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I searched for the first Black queer woman character on television and I found her in the 1975 TV movie, *Cage Without A Key*.
## [Cage Without A Key](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cage-without-a-key/)
*Our girl, Tommy*
CBS aired *Cage Without A Key* as one of its “late movies” in 1975. The film takes place at a women’s juvenile detention center where two factions have formed: one led by [Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tommy/) (our queer lead, portrayed by Jonelle Allen) and the other led by Susie Kurosawa. We are brought into this world through another main character, Valerie Smith, a new addition to the detention center. She was coerced into a robbery where a man died and Valerie was found guilty in court, despite having nothing to do with the crime. It is important to take a moment to note that Valerie, the completely innocent one, is a white girl and the leaders of the factions (Tommy and Susie) are both people of color. Moving on…
Pretty quickly, we learn that Susie is a manipulator who will hurt anyone in her path to power and Tommy, meanwhile, values her friendships immensely. She explains to Valerie that she has formed a group because they feel they are a family and must protect each other. Although Valerie wants to stay out of the drama, she is quickly forced to join Tommy’s group after a series of violent events, all carried out by the opposing faction. (This includes a particularly jarring scene where another inmate, [Noreen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/noreen-2/), tries to sexually assault Valerie, which is conveniently left out of all plot summaries that I could find online.)
I wouldn’t recommend spending much time with this movie but, in case you are interested, it is[ freely available online](https://vimeo.com/174877748).
## Queer History
*Edie Stokes*
At this point in TV history, the amount of queer characters on television had been growing at a pretty steady rate. However, most of the queer characters were (unsurprisingly) white women. *The Jeffersons*, which started airing in 1975, introduced American audiences to a primarily Black cast and featured the only other Black queer woman character in this decade. (Shout out to [Edie Stokes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/edie-stokes/), a trans character that deserves to have her own post one day.)
However, in general, things were very bleak for queer Black women looking for representation on TV at this time.
## Impact
Unfortunately, it is hard to find a silver lining to this TV movie. Of course, delivering the first Black queer woman on television is a big deal. And, in general, Tommy comes across as a caring individual who wants to live a better life once she leaves the prison (which, *spoiler alert*, she never gets to do). But, as we see often in the beginning of queer TV history, all the queer women characters are inmates and prone to violence.
I was hoping to see some kind of influx of Black queer women characters on TV after *Cage Without A Key* but, besides Edie Stokes on *The Jeffersons* in the following year, there was not another queer Black woman character for twelve years! In 1989, *The Women of Brewster Place* introduced two queer characters, Lorraine and Theresa, but they end up with yet another tragic and violent ending. A note for my own future research: find the first example of a happy ending for Black queer women on TV!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that we have not included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Cage Without A Key, The Jeffersons
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### [The L Word Sequel](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/l-word-sequel/)
**Published:** July 11, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** No, not a joke. They're actively shopping it.
**Content:**
I’ll leave it to Tracy to explain why we’re ambivalent about this one, and she’s better suited to explain why we *don’t* need an *[L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)* sequel. But…
Yes. We’re getting a sequel.
[The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/l-word-sequel-works-at-showtime-1019916) explains:
> Series creator Ilene Chaiken will exec produce alongside original stars Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, who will connect with a new ensemble.
And from [EW](http://ew.com/tv/2017/07/11/the-l-word-sequel-showtime/):
> Sources reveal that stars Jennifer Beals, Katherine Moenig, and Leisha Hailey will executive-produce as well as appear on the series if it moves forward. Other characters from the original series may also pop up and will be paired with a whole new cast of women.
What we know:
- It will be on Showtime
- Ilene Chaiken will be executive producer *not* show runner or writer (due to commitments to *[Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)*)
- Jennifer Beals ([Bette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bette-porter/)), Kate Moennig ([Shane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shane-mccutcheon/)) and Leisha Hailey ([Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-pieszecki/)), will also exec produce
- Showtime is looking for a *new* showrunner/writer with ties to the LGBT community
- This is not set in stone – everyone could still back out
Who do you think should run the show? And how much shouting for *good* representation will it take for Showtime to hear that?
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** rebooted tv shows, The L Word
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### [Reboots, Reinterpretations, and Reinventions](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/reboots-reinterpretations-and-reinventions/)
**Published:** October 17, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How far can we go with telling the same stories over and over before it becomes too much?
**Content:**
Like many people, I’m of divided mind about reboots, and they’re all the rage on TV these days. CBS, for example, picked *Magnum PI* to match up with their ongoing (and successful) *Hawaii Five-0* reboot. But back in 2000, they also tried to reboot *The Fugitive* and it turned out to tank while a weird and nerdy procedural called *CSI* launched into the stratosphere. When is a reboot too much for a fanbase?
## Regular Reboots
The aforementioned reboots of a pair of Hawaii based classics are shows I consider to be normal. They’re not super deep dramas, they don’t aim to change the world. They have a simple target, a goal of telling a story about police in Hawaii, or a PI in Hawaii, or a kid who hates guns and loves weird tech things in LA, and they give us a quirk of the week.
When we see a reboot of those shows, we simply expect the same stories and people, just modernized for ‘now.’ If CBS had gone ahead with *Cagney & Lacey*, I would have predicted they tackle `#MeToo` and Black Lives Matter. The same idea, two women as police detectives working together, just told for 2018.
These are somewhat easy to sell, provided there’s been ‘enough’ time since the original. The biggest hurdles with these shows are when a big name star is beloved and being replaced. I mean, really, who can replace Tom Selleck?
## Sci-Fi and Fantasy
Paradoxically, the more fantastical the world, the more used to reboots we are, and the more skeptical we are of them. If you talk to regular comic book readers, they may joke about how all you need to reboot is to kill off a Flash or have a witch make a wish, and now there’s a new equilibrium. The same goes for people who love stories of myth and legend. They go into the world *expecting* changes because they’ve learned that the interpretation of the story is much of why it’s so wonderful.
This is why we have reboots of shows like *Charmed* and even *Sabrina the Teenaged Witch* (coming soon on Netflix as *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina*), and they are generally more accepted. Even the possibility of a *Buffy* reboot is met with cautious hope, since we’ve already established the world is extremely mutable.
## The Alternate Universe
If you’re a fan of fan fiction, you’re probably familiar with the concept of an AU, that is an Alternate Universe. They can be as simple as “Korra is barista and Asami is the stunning woman who orders the same drink every day” or as complicated as transporting the characters from *The X-Files* to Hogwarts as students.
The beauty of an AU is that there’s little time that needs to be spent with world building. Someone else has done it for you. You don’t have to explain that Mulder is a skeptic, or that Korra is sheltered an naive. Those things are understood because of their base worlds.
When Hollywood reboots or reinvents a show, they are literally creating an AU of their own work. But as an fan fic writer worth their salt knows, you can only stretch an AU so far before it becomes uninteresting and downright avoidable.
## Have we gone too far?
The question today, when we look at the glut of reboots on the TV, is have we gone too far? *One Day at a Time* is a reinvention. *Wynonna Earp* is based on a comic book. Even *Buffy* is based on a movie. But those are all ‘reboots’ I would urge people to watch.
The answer is found when we look at the quality of the story being told. Telling an old story in a new way is why we had both *Sherlock* and *Elementary* on at the same time. It’s why *House* was well received. And really it illustrates the point that there are surprisingly few basic stories.
Kurt Vonnegut, back in 1965, wrote an essay on how classic stories like Cinderella all share the same basic ‘shape.’ Since then (and well before since even Aristotle argued about this) there have been studies done to determine the basic plots out there. There may be 6, 36, 7, or 20, but the outcome is much the same.
There are a limited number of stories to be told, and if retelling them with our favourite characters in a new AU works, I say let it work. After all, *10 Things I Hate About You* is just another Shakespeare comedy.
What reboots are you looking forward to?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** rebooted tv shows
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### [We Are The Mighty Nein](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/we-are-the-mighty-nein/)
**Published:** January 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventure begins (again). They were always beside you. Your nerdy best friends and the DM to guide you.
**Content:**
The news broke today and my house became a place where nerds scream happily.
But the truth here is that Amazon and the nerdy-ass voice-actors from Critical Role have teamed up for a **second** tv series! Their first is *[The Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/)*, which is in it’s second season, and as much as I love seeing the retelling of the 130+ hours of dungeons and dragons, it’s been a little shy on the queer content, leaving most to the imagination or the in-knowledge.
However. The Mighty Nein is a little different. It’s **super duper queer** all over the damn place.
And I apologize that this may be all I want to think about for a few days.
Warning: This post contains information based on the live stream and may spoil some surprises from the show!
## What’s Critical Role?
Critical Role is a twitch streaming D&D (Dungeons and Dragons) game based on a world made up by the Dungeon Master, Matt Mercer. His world has many of the traditional species from D&D (dragons… yes, but orcs, goblins, elves, etc). It’s a high fantasy world with silly adventures and people saving the universe. They have multiple ‘campaigns’ (a campaign is basically a chapter in the anthology that is Critical Role) and the first was TLoVM.
The ‘hook’ to the show is that the people playing D&D happen to be professional actors and voice actors. So imagine a bunch of people who are really good at acting sitting around and playing pretend for a few hours a week. It’s not for everyone, and I see that TV show as a fantastic way to get people introduced to the idea and the story, without making them sit and watch 4 hours a week, three times a week.
## Who are the Mighty Nein?
First, no it’s not a typo. It’s not the Mighty Nine, it’s Nein as in the german for NO. They’re the second campaign by the self-proclaimed nerdy-ass voice actors, and it’s really where the show started to become huge. I won’t get into the details, but suffice to say the first campaign is pretty rough at first, and you kind of need the cartoon to sort out the story because of how wild it is.
But the ‘heroes’ who eventually become the Mighty Nein are essentially the opposite of Vox Machina. Where the team of Vox Machina (VM) became protecters of the realm and were highly regarded (if given a side eye for being weirdos), the Mighty Nein (MN) are scurrying in the dark doing things that have to happen and no one wants to. They’re the heroes no one knows.
And they’re coming to Amazon:
## Who Should Watch?
Like I warned about *LoVM* this is **NOT NOT NOT** for kids! But if you like sword-and-sorcery stuff, with massive dragons and equally massive stakes for the universe, and seeing people make real decisions that aren’t always the best, while slinging spells and falling in love?
Then you should watch.
D&D fans for sure should give it a chance. People who wished *Game of Thrones* was a little less gritty and more goofy should watch. It’s that kind of show.
## But … the Gay?
If you want **no** spoilers, please stop reading here.
Still here?
Okay! So first of all, if you ask any queer watcher about the show they’ll likely mention one of (if not both) the super queer pairings: Hot Boi Essek and Caleb, or Beau and Yasha.
Beau and Yasha are both queer women. Yasha has a dark past and death and sadness. Beau has the shittiest parents known to the gods. They are both assholes in their own ways and they work perfectly. They’re amazing fighters (Yasha is a barbarian type, Beau is a martial artist) and have some great sequences streaming up.
Essek is an elf who … well he’s not the most ethical human. And Caleb is the resident tortured soul with the agony of his past worn like a cloak. Essek is also super hot, hence people calling him “Hot Boi Essek.” He and Caleb are both magic users who love to create new things. Naturally they’ll get into trouble together.
But main characters aside (and Essek is not main), we’ve also got a bevy of queers like genderfluid elves, non-binary guards, pansexuals, polyamory, throuples, and pretty much every permutation you can think of.
And? It ends with the queers having happy endings. As much as Caleb is allowed to have (he brings along his existential dread wherever he goes).
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Mighty Nein, The Legend of Vox Machina
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### [Things We Love: Not Falling Down Stairs](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/things-we-love-not-falling-down-stairs/)
**Published:** January 19, 2023
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Tumbling down a staircase is a TV trope commonly used in sitcoms and soap operas. But when they don't fall, it's memorable.
**Content:**
Tumbling down a staircase is a TV trope commonly used in sitcoms and soap operas. A clumsy character is carrying a lot of things and then whoops, the stuff goes flying and they’ll rolling down the stairs. A villainous character may push someone down. Maybe someone is caught in a terrible stair falling time-loop.
I bring up this trope because I am still recovering from my own slip and tumble down some stairs. One morning I woke up, grabbed an ice pack, and decided I would try to find some positive things about stairs to focus on. I went to the [LWTV’s Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) to brainstorm some memorable queer TV scenes on or involving stairs where nobody falls.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## What Counts as Stairs?
Stairwells, front steps/stoops, ladders, multi-level bleachers, fire escapes, escalators, ramps, and stair/chair lifts are all acceptable. Elevators and other vertical transportation devices are excluded from this list (but may be included on a future list of things we love).
## Memorable Stair Moments
(in no particular order)
[Black Lighting](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lighting) – Thundergrace WeddingAnyssa and Grace are looking SO GOOD in their wedding attire. Unfortunately, weddings in the Arrowverse almost always get interrupted.
> Gravedigger interrupted the [\#Thundergrace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thundergrace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) wedding last week. Will it happen tonight? [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QcP5KxjEPd](https://t.co/QcP5KxjEPd)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1237007260519448576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/) – Luz and AmitySO. SWEET.
> Luz and Amity are so casually sweet. -T [\#TheOwlHouse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOwlHouse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Lumity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lumity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Fzw1kIDDV6](https://t.co/Fzw1kIDDV6)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 4, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511059668210262022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/) – Mythic Falls PageantPenelope proudly walks Josie down the stairs. She’s looking at Josie so adoringly. CUTE
[Warehouse 13](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warehouse-13/) – The Escher Vault[H.G. Wells](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/helena-g-wells/)’ debut episode featured The Escher Vault. This vault is named after and contains some of the personal possession of the famous artist, M.C. Escher as well as items integral to H.G. Wells’ multi-episode storyline. We see The Escher Vault a few other times throughout the series.
Stairs can be tricky on their own, never mind an elaborate ever-changing puzzle. Respect the steps!
[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) – Series FinaleTracy wrote about the [*Vida* series finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-vida-series-finale/) and it includes a grand romantic gesture set on a fire escape with amazing shot composition.
> "Come have no plan with me."
> Thank you, [@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for the grand romantic gesture I was hoping for. ♥️ [\#Emico](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Emico?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aPIxZIa7WV](https://t.co/aPIxZIa7WV)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267519122755256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Here’s another awesome shot from a fire escape
> I loved this shot so much. I hate smoking IRL, but [@MishelPrada](https://twitter.com/MishelPrada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as Emma could blow it in my face, she's so 😍 -T [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/DB64OB4mtL](https://t.co/DB64OB4mtL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 30, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1001822813286752257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Skins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/) – Love BallAnother wonderful, well-dressed walk down some stairs. It’s a powerful episode for Emily and Naomi and a fitting setting for their first I love you’s.
[Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/) – Rue on a Stair LiftOne particular scene from Euphoria episode 2×02 kept coming up in my searches for memorable stair scenes. It is one of the few times I’ve seen a stair lift used in a dramatic way instead of being the butt of a joke.
[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Ruby and Sapphire’s WeddingNormally I would not encourage running down the stairs but sometimes you love somebody so much that you get carried away.
I’m not crying, you’re crying!
https://youtube.com/Tfv8CaPINWw
[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/) – Musical EpisodeMusicals and 80’s power ballads love to use a set of stairs.
[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Full Series“Stairs” take on a whole new meaning to Earpers. *That* scene aside, stairs are actually prevalent throughout the series. Almost every common building has at least two levels (Homestead, Police Station, BBD, Shorty’s) and conversations will often happen mid-stair. There are many Earp sister moments that happen whilst sitting upon some steps.
**Wynonna Earp said stairs can be sweet, but also fierce.**
Waverly comes down the stairs and we all cheer
Nicole decks Champ and we all cheer again
**Stairs can be powerful, but also devastating.**
Sisterhood is powerful
Dont worry I hear they started season four right away after this
18 month gap = just as devastating
**Stairs can be cute and, of course, stairs can be *sexy***
So cute Earpers are blushing
Legend has it if you were outside when this scene first aired you could hear Earpers around the world screaming and blushing for a totally different reason
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## Final Thoughts
I’m a little disappointed that I didn’t find as many memorable scenes on lifts or ramps. Not everyone uses stairs and it would be nice to see that represented. When I was in high school there were a few sets of steps that people would eat lunch on, but around the ramps were THE place to hang out.
Did I miss one of your favorite stair scenes? I bet there are several musical numbers or animated sequences on stairs that were not brought up on this list. Tell me about them in the comments below, [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/itsjustCarmel), or join the [LWTV’s Slack channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) to share your thoughts.
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**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Euphoria, Legacies, Skins, Steven Universe, The L Word: Generation Q, The Owl House, Vida, Warehouse 13, Wynonna Earp
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### [What's With The Late Cancels?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/whats-with-the-late-cancels/)
**Published:** January 18, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Where have all the shows on streamers gone? And why are we losing them before they air!?
**Content:**
At the end of last week, it was announced that *Snowpiercer’s* final season (season 4) was canceled. This announcement was made **after** the series wrapped filming and was well into post.
It’s not the first, or even the tenth series or movie that has had this happen since last summer.
And if you don’t want to read about this anymore, the reason why is money. But it’s also a little more complicated than that.
## Reruns Are Worth Money
When HBOMax had it’s merger, a **lot** of shows got canceled. Many series were pulled off the streaming service as well, shocking many of us since the entire ‘binge’ concept relies on the series being able to be watched. On top of that, some of us were confused since streaming is actually incredibly cheap for networks, especially for older shows, because streaming licenses aren’t built in like they were for linear.
Back in the 1950s, when TV was a young but booming industry, everything was live. Being live lead to some hilarious moments like one actor giving the tagline for the wrong product (my memory fails me, but it was either he sipped a coffee and said it was a great cigarette or vice versa). But filming everything twice (once for East and West coasts) was gruelling, so people started to record the lives and re-air them for the West. Naturally this lead to the phenomenon we know well, the rerun!
In 1952, reruns started earring residuals that’s to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) president … Ronald Reagan. But. If you, like me, have less than fond memories about Reagan (especially regarding AIDS and ‘trickle down’ economics), it’s nothing compared to film actors who **did not** get residuals(!) and the studios who simply despised Reagan for costing them money.
How *dare* Reagan make it so actors got paid for reusing their work, because that meant screenwriters *also* had to be paid!
I know. The more things change…
After a strike and some more arguments, the terms settled that movies made **after** 1960 would get residuals, and everyone who made a movie between ’48 and ’60 got a one-time payout. And that meant people like Mickey Rooney and Bob Hope kind of got the shaft, since much of their work predated 1960.
For those of us who remember 1988, there was a 22 week strike by the Writers Guild of America (WAG) over residuals again, this time in foreign countries. It was eventually settled, but basically you see the cycle. Networks want to make money off a show and not pay people for the work, because it was a one-and done.
## Streaming Enters the Fray
Jump to 2007. Streaming media is up and coming and home media (DVDs) is all the rage. Everyone wanted a piece of that pie. After all, why was it okay for a network to sell a show and get money but not share it? And why weren’t the residuals increasing with increased income? The networks were making gold, the writers made copper.
But again, the various unions involved (SAG, WGA, and now the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP)) weren’t all on the same page. AMPTP wanted a new formula to pool the money, which would let studios ‘recoup’ their costs in paying out, and would actually solve some of the problems of residuals being the same regardless of an increase (or not) in TV profits. It didn’t go well, since the WGA wanted a larger cut. Considering they got 4 cents for every DVD sold, I can see why (the original calculation was related to the cost of making VHS tapes).
One of the things the AMPTP wanted was to **not** extend the residuals for online content for three years. I know that sounds weird, but basically the WGA (and others) wanted to sort this out now and AMPTP didn’t think we knew enough in 2007 to make a fair formula.
Given the explosion in streaming, honestly that argument goes both ways.
Now. The current math is pretty damn lucrative for guild members. And naturally studios despise it, because the way it worked out is that **even if** TV profits drop, the residuals don’t. Residuals increase every year because they’re tied to salary **minimums**, which actually do increase (unlike minimum wage…). But they’re also capped at a max, which made residuals a little better if you were a bit actor on (say) *Law & Order* and not one of the mains. And on top of that? The profits were based on being **non-cable** TV re-aired on major networks.
## The Shuffle Begins
If you can’t guess by now, studios are paying more per re-run than they were before and getting less back. We started to see them recoup losses by pulling things off of Netflix. When a studio airs a show on Netflix, they get paid for it and some of that goes back to the actors and writers. But if the studio plays it on their **own** streamer, they pay them less.
Sidebar: This maths out differently for movies, due to how residuals are structured with that, but there’s also a funny turn. See, if you get Netflix for the TV shows, you’ll probably keep it for an extra month between the show you’re watching now and the one you’re waiting for. The same isn’t true of movies. As [Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/behind-sonys-studio-to-streamer-deal-with-netflix-4165960/#!) “No one is going to say, ‘I am not quitting Netflix because I want to watch the new Spider-Man movie in two years.’”
Studios and their Streamers have to balance out having enough shows to make *their* network worth the money. At first, everything was on Netflix or Hulu, and that wasn’t terrible. But to get people to (say) Peacock or Paramount+, they had to pull things from Netflix. That created a situation where Netflix and Hulu lost shows as soon as licenses ran out, and worse, prevented shows from being picked up by other streamers because of the draconian contracts (like my beloved *One Day at a Time*).
## Get out the Axe
After the last five years of that shuffle and consolidation, we’re at a place where streaming is the new cable, and it’s impossible for everyone to have all the channels they would normally watch. If you want ABC, you need Hulu. NBC? Peacock. And on and on, we end up having seven subscriptions to keep up. Most people will simple cancel one for a couple months and go back when there’s enough to binge.
But! Now those streamers are **pulling the shows**! You can’t binge because they’re gone! *Westworld*, for example, was removed from HBO Max not long after being canceled. In a peculiar twist of fate, those pulled shows are going to free streamliners like Roku or Freevee … both of which have commercials.
Guess what that means? More money! Warner Bros (who owns HBO) gets money from the network who airs it, money from the commercials profits, and less bandwidth on their own streamers.
Now I know someone’s going to say “Hang on, they pulled things from Netflix/Hulu to their own streamer for money and now they’re going to another streamer?”
Yeah, with better contracts. And I bet none of those harsh restrictions Netflix put in place. The other thing is that the networks make less money on their own streamers. They only get paid if someone watches commercials (which most don’t, and is why they want commercials back) or when someone signs up. That’s a low payment, when you compare it to how much they pay out to the actors and writers.
If, instead, you put your show on a 3rd party streamer like Freevee or Roku, the licensing fees they pay to air a show goes to the money to pay out for residuals.
Sort of hoisted on their own petard there, one might say.
If a show isn’t pulling in and/or retaining subscribers, a streamer will cancel and possible pull the show. After all, why pay extra for a show that gets watched by a few thousand people? And for places with commercials, the advertisers won’t buy space on shows that don’t perform.
## Yet Again, It’s About the Benjamins
No matter the model a streamer uses, the best way to make money is supporting the **most** popular content. Everyone wants the best licensed and original content, and to cull the less popular.
But what’s happening with TBS and AMC and HBO right now isn’t that simple. Instead of trimming low-producing content, they’re trimming **expensive** content and pulling it fast, which means people start looking and go to those 3rd parties and pay more.
Oh. Those crafty fuckers.
Unlike Hulu’s rolling availability (which is deucedly clever), shows are now vanishing like the old Disney VHS/DVD vaults. Good luck finding them.
To repeat my age old snark, when streamers pull a show, they probably won’t put it up on DVD to keep. Just think, if Netflix yanks *Sense8*, you will never be able to watch it (legally) again.
And that? That chaps me mightily.
## But Why the Late Cancel!?
All that leads to this.
If a show is filmed but not aired, the network pays a lot less. Like a lot a lot. No residuals, and bonus few people will watch seasons 1-3 of *Snowpiercer* because who wants to watch a show without a damn ending? Actors and writers get paid a smaller amount for the work in making the show and no residuals, and now that no one watches the show that ended on a cliffhanger, you can prove the show is a low-draw and pull it from your streamer.
They cutting costs everywhere but at the most senior levels, all in the quest for eternally increasing yearly profits.
But this is going to come to a head sooner or later. Eventually the streamers will have maximized everything they can, and won’t be able to get new viewers. That’s why Netflix is cracking down on sharing accounts, even though they used to be all in for it as a promotion. They want everyone in a household to pay, not just one per household, and it’s getting worse. Next we’ll see commercials and everything possible to get more money and profit, because if they aren’t increasing profits year over year, they’re failing.
I don’t know which will happen first, the revolt of users or the realization that you can’t always increase profits, but what I do know is that it’s going to get a little worse before it gets better.
We’re going to see more ‘finished’ shows that never see air, and we’re going to see more commercials.
Buckle up, butterqueers, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time, Sense8, Snowpiercer, Westworld
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### [From the LWTV Archives: Raw FM](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/from-the-lwtv-archives-raw-fm/)
**Published:** January 14, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I'm going to take you on an epic 90s journey to look at the Australian TV show, Raw FM.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I’m going to take you on an epic 90s journey to look at the Australian TV show *Raw FM*.
For anyone who misses the 90s, you are in for a treat!
## [Raw FM](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/raw-fm/)
*Raw FM* is an Australian television series that aired for one season (from 1997-1998) on Australia’s ABC network. It follows three friends who decide to start a community youth radio station. The show was exceptionally diverse for its time, featuring story lines that tackle issues of disabilities, race, and sexuality.
I wanted to watch some episodes for myself, but the season is not online (although 1×04 is randomly on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuuyXy--Mjk)). However, I was able to find some clips on the Australian National Sound and Film Archive. This leads me to our first treat, 90s Dominic Purcell. (For any *LoT* fans out there, Dominic portrayed one of the main characters in the show.) For a second treat, click the image below to watch the opening credits. It will truly feel like you are blasted back into the 1990s.
[](https://aso.gov.au/titles/tv/raw-fm-what-you-can/clip1/#)If you are particularly interested in seeing Dominic Purcell in all his Australian glory skip to minute 215
It doesn’t get more 90s than that, right? Think again, because I have another treat. The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine has copies of the show’s original website, and I am kind of obsessed.
[](https://web.archive.org/web/19981201052634/http://www.abc.net.au/raw/)Click the image for a fully interactive 90s webpage experience
Now, time to focus on our lesbian character from the show. One of the lead characters was [Sam Kezerko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sam-kezerko/), played by [Sophie Heathcote](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-heathcote/). From what I can tell, Sam was a lesbian who was dealing with her sexuality while trying to chase her dream of becoming a performer. Hilariously, the only two descriptions that I can find of her are that she’s “a tasty but testy lesbian” ([Archived Website](https://web.archive.org/web/19990224063927/http://www.abc.net.au/raw/whoswho/sam.htm)) and a “sexy lesbian dancer” ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Heathcote)). The Australian Television Information Archive has a [list of episode descriptions](http://www.australiantelevision.net/rawfm/episodes.html), but only one episode mentions Sam. If the actual show reflects the vibe of these descriptions, I don’t think our one queer character got proper treatment. But I hope she eventually found her way to being out and proud!
## Queer History
By the 1990s, Australia’s LGBTQ movement had an interesting history. The movement really found its footing in the 1970s. Many give credit to the rise of queer representation in media for drawing the community together. In the late 1960s, a few court decisions resulted in looser censorship laws, allowing queer people to finally be portrayed on TV (hallelujah). This is why we see an uptick of Australian shows with queer characters, such as [*Number 96*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/number-96/), in the 1970s.
In 1994, the Human Rights (Sexual Conduct) Act passed, legalizing sex between any consenting adults. This was a big win for the LGBTQ community because it effectively legalized homosexuality (which sounds crazy but it was literally illegal before this Act). *Raw FM* also came in at the perfect time because, while the show was riding this wave of liberal legislation, Australia voted in Prime Minister John Howard, who was notoriously homophobic. Queer characters on television would have been an important and hopeful force for the Australian LGBTQ community at the time.
## Impact
At this point in queer TV history, Australia TV was no stranger to queer characters. By 1997, it had already aired six shows with queer or trans women (ranking fifth behind the U.S., U.K., Japan, and Germany). Unfortunately, the shows portrayed most of their queer characters negatively. *Number 96* famously included queer characters in the 1970s, but each character either did something bad themselves or were met with horror from friends and family after coming out. *Prisoner: Cell Block H* surprisingly had ten queer characters, but the characters were all (obviously) criminals and not portrayed in an enlightened manner.
I’m not sure if *Raw FM* should be credited with portraying a completely positive lesbian character, but the writers did give Sam a story line outside of her sexuality (her career). I think the ABC network was trying. This was their second queer woman character. The first came in 1996 with *After the Beep*, where the lead character had a lesbian best friend. With hindsight, I am willing to give *Raw FM* credit for continuing the path toward better queer representation on Australian TV!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that we have not included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Raw FM
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### [2022 Favorite Queer Things from the LezWatch.TV Staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/2023/2022-favorite-queer-things-from-the-lezwatch-tv-staff/)
**Published:** January 1, 2023
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We're finding the good in a tumultuous year with Team LezWatch’s list of 2022 Favorite Queer Things!
**Content:**
2022 was a year. There were so many cancellations, [The CW died](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/why-the-cws-fall-hurts-so-much/) and there’s fear networks think [queer content is too risky](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/risk-aversion-in-television-collapses-quality/) to produce. But we’re a resilient people and have always carved out content for ourselves to love. Here is a list of Team LezWatch’s **2022 Favorite Queer Things**!
## [Carmel](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/carmel/), Database Editor and Contributing Writer
Javicia Leslie’s Autostraddle TV Awards Acceptance SpeechJavicia Leslie is a genuinely lovely human being and this speech made me tear up.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CiQoYQHjrw2
Jessica Sutton Shipping TalderThe final season of Motherland: Fort Salem aired this year and Jessica Sutton was captain at the helm of the Talder ship. It was a delight.
> oh there was suppose to be more than a glance but they cut the line when I ask her to dance…!!!! 🥲I hope it makes the bloopers [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 8, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1545237155991040000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> I’ll hold my wife while you hold for commercial break … 🤣🤣🤣 [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1549588654103752705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
First KillIt was a cute romp with a small budget and a dream. I wish they had gotten a larger budget and more episodes to really dive into Calliope’s family more. I also wish they had chosen literally any other song as the theme. I think Sarah Catherine Hook and Imani Lewis did great and it’s clear they had fun making it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cet8hiUvWCz/
https://youtube.com/oVGYLAoc1WY
## [Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/), Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief
WildmooreIt pains me to write about *Batwoman*, it’s cancellation is such a devastating loss of diverse quality queer content. But Wildmoore happened in 2022 and it should be celebrated.
> "I won't push."
> "You don't have to."
> ♥️🎉 [\#wildmoore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wildmoore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wM1Pv2vYDY](https://t.co/wM1Pv2vYDY)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 3, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1489300434200186889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ugh, I miss them so much 😢.
*[Human Resources](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/human-resources/)**Human Resources* is a spinoff centering around [the emotional support creatures](https://bigmouth.fandom.com/wiki/Human_Resources) from *Big Mouth* and the human clients they serve. I’m a fan of *Big Mouth* and its teen humor so I gave it a try and I was happily surprised by its [abundance of queer content](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-queer-stories-on-human-resources/). At the heart of the season was the ongoing story about experienced Love Bug Sonya Poinsettia (voiced by [Pamela Adlon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pamela-adlon/)) getting fired for falling in love with one of her clients, Claudia the Doula (voiced by [Janelle Monae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janelle-monae/)).
> Sonya the Love Bug (Pamela Adlon) breaks the rules and falls in love with a human, her client's doula, Claudia (Janelle Monae). [\#HumanResources](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HumanResources?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/JpKViCEQe3](https://t.co/JpKViCEQe3)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 18, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1515857731114221569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It was a heart-wrenching beautiful story.
Who knew a show with animated talking penises could make you feel emotional?
President Ellen Coming Out on *[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)*I love *For All Mankind*. I am wearing [my *For All Mankind* sweatshirt](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1550866055370657793?s=20&t=5mfv5mBlu1NWZws9xzfsqA) as I write this.
It tells an alternate history of the US if a few things went differently with the space race. One thing was having a woman president, Ellen Wilson — former astronaut and closeted lesbian married to a gay man. When Larry her husband is under threat of being outed, Ellen is moved to come out to the world.
> "I cannot correct my past mistakes, but I can stop lying to you right here, right now and give you the simple truth. I'm gay, and I have been since the day I was born."
> 😭♥️👏🏳️🌈 [\#ForAllMankind](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForAllMankind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1Xi0Uxfvei](https://t.co/1Xi0Uxfvei)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1555927261056040960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I was proud of the show for going there!
Carmen Moyo Finally Revealed as Gay on *[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)*Why they waited until halfway through the final season to do this I don’t know, but I rejoiced.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581749518420217856?s=20&t=FfPIRoD53mxiA9IncpcocQ
## **[Nikki T](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/nikkit/), Staff Writer and Database Editor**
Avatrice/*Warrior Nun*Do you know that feeling when you fall so hard for a show that you’re convinced that you’ll never fall like that again? I get that feeling a lot until a new show comes along and gets me again. This year, it was *Warrior Nun*. As a self-identified queer TV scrooge, I never even dreamt that Ava would be queer in season two. But then, we got a whole season built around the slow burn of Ava and Beatrice! Be still my beating heart.
> when their love language is also physical touch >>>>> [pic.twitter.com/seOQzZcAN8](https://t.co/seOQzZcAN8)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [November 18, 2022](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1593695749677584387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*A League of Their Own*I MEAN… what do I even say. This show is literally a blessing on this earth and if it doesn’t get renewed for another season then I will show up to Amazon headquarters with a baseball bat and a Lupe-like attitude.
> Switch it up. Roberta Colindrez is Lupe. [\#FindYourTeam](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FindYourTeam?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/EjSO3wYTr3](https://t.co/EjSO3wYTr3)
>
> — A League of Their Own (@LeagueOnPrime) [July 22, 2022](https://twitter.com/LeagueOnPrime/status/1550616684997885952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*NCIS: Hawaii*If you had told 2021 me that I would fall in love with a cop show in 2022, I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet, here I am, a full blown Lucy/Whistler stan.
> ✅[\#Kacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kacy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) relationship milestone reached! [\#NCISHawaii](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCISHawaii?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/zwzRnzLENm](https://t.co/zwzRnzLENm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 18, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1582437050917089285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*High School*I wish I could have told my teenage self that one day the world would be a place where Tegan and Sara, of all people, would have a TV show made about their lives. What a dream! The show was cute and warm and real and made me feel all the high school things.
> "What we have, it's just for us."[\#HighSchool](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HighSchool?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is out on @AmazonFreevee and it's so good! -T [pic.twitter.com/DpnhA7Pmy4](https://t.co/DpnhA7Pmy4)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581767207960604672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
First KillListen, I know this show was campy, but I have always believed that us queers deserved more vampire content and it was finally delivered. I thought the two leads were cute and I enjoyed the star-crossed premise. But Netflix, as usual, had to go and ruin all our fun yet again. I hope it somehow leads to more campy queer horror content in the future!
> How far would you go for the woman you love? First Kill is now on Netflix! [pic.twitter.com/3gCy04SPIU](https://t.co/3gCy04SPIU)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [June 10, 2022](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1535250272385060864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## **Laura Markus, Database Editor**
Queer Youth – *Heartstopper* and *First Kill* specificallyThese two shows were like a breath of fresh air. The characters and the actors in these were fantastic to watch and get to know, giving me hope for a better future for queer representation, not focused in pure heartbreak, not shoved into one type of box, transcending genres and stereotypes galore. Sadly, we all know that *First Kill* was cut down before its time, but the livelihood of the fandom speaks volumes to hopeful show up for other shows like this to come.
And *Heartstopper* will hopefully never stop warming our hearts any time soon.
Stupid Dumb Firefighter Shows – *9-1-1: Lone Star*Yes, I know, I also mentioned *Station 19* last year, but their storylines have gone back to being ridiculous and frustrating to watch. Maya has BPD, but I don’t like how they’re portraying it. Travis, hater of politics, is now running for mayor, and Vic and Warren barely get to do much of anything. It hasn’t been fun lately. I want to go back to having fun.
On the other hand, you have *9-1-1: Lone Star* which **has** been very fun! Last year I asked them to add a sapphic character, either Marjan or Nancy, and while nothing is going on for Marjan in that department, we got a confirmation of bi Nancy! On top of that, Paul is still amazing (and him and Marjan are the ultimate goals), and TK and Carlos continue to blossom into a great relationship, culminating in (hopefully) a wedding this season. There’s still too much Rob Lowe nonsense, and I hope to see more nice things from Judd, Grace, and Tommy, but I didn’t expect to continue having this much of a great time with this angsty, silly, family.
> 🫶 [\#911LoneStar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911LoneStar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XXtg8iN92d](https://t.co/XXtg8iN92d)
>
> — 9-1-1: Lone Star (@911LoneStar) [August 25, 2022](https://twitter.com/911LoneStar/status/1562884479597031424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*The Owl House*, and its beyondThe one, singular episode of our owl show we received this year was truly incredible, showcasing that the programme definitely still has plenty more to give. Luz and Amity are incredible, Luz’s mother being the ultimate ally, and I love what’s happening with the other characters. I truly cannot wait to see how this series wraps up, and hopefully, this proves that children are capable, and deserving, of quality television with positive, diverse representations all around. I don’t want to let go of Lumity and their friends, though. 
https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace/status/1603579252615442432?s=20&t=_tn-Iypbjfm0lIwhzNhdMQ
The future, being more FUN – *Reboot* and *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*I’ve long since enjoyed my hearty sitcoms over the brooding dramas as of late, and these two were complete surprises for me this year. As a Rachel Bloom fan, I absolutely love what she gave to *Reboot,* as anxious, repressed, Jewish lesbian Hannah. I want to see more of this show, and I REALLY hope that we do.
Meanwhile, *HSMTMTS* shocked me in other ways by having a full, realistic coming out experience for the character of Ashlyn, introducing a new regular Maddox, who grew on me as the season went on, all the while developing the cast really, really well. And all of this didn’t even take place within the walls of East High! The new, camp setting really worked for me, and it looks like we *are* returning to the school next season, and I’m really excited to see what happens with Ashlyn and Big Red, and to see if Maddox throws a wrench into anything.
I want more shows that are just unafraid to be fun. Unique. Out there. Take more risks, as Mika has pointed out in [an article](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/risk-aversion-in-television-collapses-quality/) a few days ago. I would also like to ask for more time and energy to be able to watch more things. I have so many shows and movies and video games that are begging for my attention. I just want to see queer media done right!
> Hannah cutely asks out Mallory from HR. [\#Reboot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Reboot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/sPOdChBTxe](https://t.co/sPOdChBTxe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581752583882178560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It was a long, and quite often grating year, but here’s hoping that 2023 is a more fruitful (gay pun intended) time for us all. Best wishes, and warmest regards. 
Those were our 2022 Favorite Queer Things. What were yours? Let us know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Favorite Things, New Year
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### [2023 Queer TV Predictions from Team LezWatchTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/2023-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/)
**Published:** December 31, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the fifth annual LezWatchTV senior staff's New Year's Eve predictions! See how we did with 2022 and read our 2023 Queer TV Predictions.
**Content:**
Hello and welcome to the fifth annual LezWatchTV senior staff’s New Year’s Eve predictions! We are officially making our **2023 Queer TV Predictions** and seeing how we did with [2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2021-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/).
## Another Year, Another Baby Step Towards “Normalcy”
In 2022 we got back to some post-height-of-the-pandemic firsts. First in-person events, first in-person cons and seeing friends IRL for the first time. I personally hope to get to a convention — I miss my queer TV-loving people! Now, on to 2023 Queer TV Predictions.
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## Our 2023 Queer TV Predictions and 2022 Analysis
Mika Epstein, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief### Mika’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- Superhero shows will peak. We’ve had a lot of them, and we’re hitting saturation there. Sadly this is where a number of queers are from, which may slow things down.
- More shows will take place in isolated locations. Due to COVID, one way to limit costs will be to just not have as many background characters needed. This means more queers will be solo on a show, which has already been a problem.
- Trans and PoC representation will take a dip, following the end of ***Pose***, but will swing back up over the year.
- Reboots, Sequels, and Revivals will continue to make the majority of ‘new’ shows.
### Mika’s 2022 Prediction Commentary
> Last year I got a lot right, but I’m exceptionally annoyed that my thought about superhero shows peaking was right in the way it was. I didn’t think the CW would gut itself like that, and I’m still angry about it. There weren’t as many reboots/sequels/revivals as I would have thought, but a lot are reusing existing IPs (*Witcher*, *Quantum Leap, Willow*) so the idea is what I was thinking.
### Mika’s 2023 Queer TV Predictions
- **Streaming shows will show up on linear TV**. I think we’ll see Disney using Freeform a little aggressively like that. That’s a great way to get casual eyes on stories, and while it’s all to suck people into their streamers, it will also net positive as much more streaming skews queer.
- **The decline of the value of linear TV is going to continue**. At least until they’re ready to take risks. No signs of that yet.
- **Casual queers are on the rise**. Not as a queer of the week, but as a person who just happens to be.
- **Streaming is the next place for cancellations**. Netflix’s culling is a prime example. We have too many streamers and too little time.
- **Monopoly is the name of the game**. We’re going to see more mergers and, sadly, that will lead to the cutting of ‘low rated’ shows. Peacock is certainly something to watch out for in that it’s struggling.
- With the implosion of a lot of social media making it harder to get eyes on new works, I think **indie streamers may move to a Patreon type structure**, at the least to raise money since the Bug Guys won’t take a chance.
Tracy Levesque, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief### Tracy’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- ***The Wilds*** will NOT turn into Dude Island in season two. The show will remain primarily focused on the girls. Again, more wishful predicting.
- ***The L Word: Generation Q*** will be renewed for a third season and this time something will happen between Bette and Tina.
- On ***Station 19*** Carina’s attempt to conceive will be the most realistic portrayal of queer parenthood Shondaland has ever done.
- Our favorite wee lesbian Clare will get a girlfriend on the final season of ***Derry Girls***.
### Tracy’s 2022 Prediction Commentary
Wow, my wishful predicting did nothing for ***The Wilds***. Not only did it turn into Dude Island, it was Toxic Dude Island. No thank you. I was right about ***The L Word: Generation Q*** getting renewed AND **Bette and Tina**! I don’t have the energy to comment on **Carina** and Wee Lesbian Claire didn’t get a girlfriend, but she did kiss a cute girl on ***Derry Girls***.
### Tracy’s 2023 Queer TV Predictions
- Based on [positive comments made by Chris McCarthy](https://news.yahoo.com/yellowjackets-gets-early-season-3-200050526.html), President/CEO, Showtime and Paramount Media Networks, ***The L Word: Generation Q*** will get a season four and maybe more!
- Grown up Van and Grown up Taissa will rekindle their relationship on ***Yellowjackets*** season two.
- Carina will get back on track after Bishop gets her shit together and goes to therapy on ***Station 19***.
- And finally, my wishful prediction: ***A League of Their Own*** will get a season two.
Nikki T, Staff Writer### Nikki’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- Beatrice will get a girlfriend in the new season of ***Warrior Nun***. She deserves it. We deserve it.
- New **Luimelia** content will come out in 2022.
- I am going to fight against every queer TV fan instinct that I have and say that Bradley and Laura will stay together through the next season on ***The Morning Show***. Do I believe this? Maybe not. But maybe the power of positive thinking will help me on this one.
- While we are on the positive thinking train, I am also going to predict that Eve and Villanelle will kiss again in the final season of ***Killing Eve***.
### Nikki’s 2022 Prediction Commentary
> I really hurt my own feelings this time, didn’t I? Beatrice got a girlfriend… but then *Warrior Nun* got cancelled. Eve and Villanelle kissed in the finale… but then something bad happened (that I refuse to fully acknowledge). I guess Murder Girlfriends just weren’t allowed happy endings this year.
>
> But, to be positive, *Warrior Nun* was really a pleasant surprise for me. I didn’t let myself ship Avatrice when season 1 came out because I’m a queer TV scrooge and never believe we will actually get the things we want. But this time, we did! If only temporarily.
>
> We have to wait and see on *The Morning Show* and *Luimelia* seems to be put to rest for now (but that doesn’t stop me from constantly re-watching their scenes from *Amar Es Para Siempre*)
### Nikki’s 2023 Queer TV Predictions
- I’m going to continue my hope that Bradley and Laura will still be together when ***The Morning Show*** returns.
- A randomly specific ***Yellowjackets*** prediction – Taissa will reveal her connection to the cult next season and it will somehow be tied to her relationship with Van.
- Out of pure desperation, I am going to try and manifest **the renewal of *A League of Their Own***. They will start filming season 2 next year and we will get great BTS content.
- Who would I even be if I didn’t mention the upcoming *Orphan Black* spin-off? I predict that the lead character of ***Orphan Black: Echoes***, played by Krysten Ritter, will be queer.
## My IRL Hopes for 2023
Watching one beloved queer-led show after another get cancelled is disheartening. But elsewhere, queer characters are being included and given equal screen-time to their straight counterparts. I hope this continues to happen and we will find new characters to fall in love with.
As of today the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/) ([**join us**](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/)) has 193 members! The site and community we have built brings me joy every day. When I see someone tweet about the site and say it’s helped them find shows to watch I feel like we’re succeeding in our mission. I am so grateful for our editorial team who tirelessly adds to and refines the data in our database and all of the folks from the internet who submitted additions and corrections. It’s truly a community effort!
## HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS!
Goodbye, 2022. Hello, 2023! Stay safe, be well, and as always, watch lots of queer TV to see if our 2023 Queer TV Predictions come true.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** New Year, Predictions
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### [2022 Queer TV Predictions from Team LezWatchTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2022-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/)
**Published:** December 31, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the fourth annual LezWatchTV senior staff's New Year's Eve predictions! See how we did with 2021 and read our 2022 Queer TV Predictions.
**Content:**
Hello and welcome to the fourth annual LezWatchTV senior staff’s New Year’s Eve predictions! We are officially making our **2022 Queer TV Predictions** and seeing how we did with [2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2021-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/).
## Is it New Year’s Eve or Groundhog’s Day?
One thing I wouldn’t have predicted a year ago is COVID cases being WORSE than they were on New Year’s Eve 2020. I hope y’all are holding on out there. If you’re looking for the bright side of 2021, please check out our list of [2021 Favorite Queer Things from the LezWatch.TV Staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2021-favorite-queer-things-from-the-lezwatch-tv-staff/). Now, on to 2022 Queer TV Predictions.
## Our 2022 Queer TV Predictions and 2021 Analysis
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Mika Epstein, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief ### Mika’s 2021 Predictions
- ***Batwoman*** will bounce back, with [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) bringing new life into the fun show.
- Queer death will remain higher than the average (8 per year) but on par with the trend line (predicting 25 per year). That is significantly **lower** than the bloodbath of 2016 (45 characters).
- Speaking of that, there are going to be a lot of cancellations in 2021 as the fallout from COVID.
- All reboot shows (like ***Head of the Class***) will include at least one queer regular from now on.
- The CW will hold true to every show on their network having a queer regular. Yes. **Every show on CW**.
### Mika’s 2021 Prediction Commentary
> Last year I was right! All the CW shows have queers (usually of multiple sorts), Javicia did bring life back to the Bat, Death is slightly above average but not close to as bad as it was, *Head of the Class* had queers, and cancellations are still pretty high.
>
> Mika
### Mika’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- Superhero shows will peak. We’ve had a lot of them, and we’re hitting saturation there. Sadly this is where a number of queers are from, which may slow things down.
- More shows will take place in isolated locations. Due to COVID, one way to limit costs will be to just not have as many background characters needed. This means more queers will be solo on a show, which has already been a problem.
- Trans and PoC representation will take a dip, following the end of ***Pose***, but will swing back up over the year.
- Reboots, Sequels, and Revivals will continue to make the majority of ‘new’ shows.
Tracy Levesque, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief ### Tracy’s 2021 Predictions
- We’ll meet Tina’s girlfriend Carrie on ***The L Word Generation Q***. Bette and Tina will still have OTP chemistry together, but nothing will actually happen between the two of them this season.
- ***The Wilds*** will NOT turn into Dude Island in season two. The show will remain primarily focused on the girls.
- By the end of 2021, TV production will be back to pre-COVID levels, but there will still be some cancellation casualties.
- Debbie and Sandy will end up together on the ***Shameless*** series finale.
- Cazzie will go through ups and downs on ***Atypical*** season 4, but they will remain together and happy overall (Again, wishful predicting! It worked last year, right?).
### Tracy’s 2021 Prediction Commentary
I got 2 totally right, Carrie was on TLWGQ season 2 played by Rosie O’Donnell. I thought her character brought some much-needed cranky butch energy to the show. Bette and Tina did have stuff going on, but they didn’t do anything. My wishful predicting worked and Cazzie did go through ups and downs (too many IMO) but wound up together in the end. I really wish they could have their own spinoff show to see what happens next.
I was dead wrong about Debbie and Sandy. Sandy wound up [maybe running off with Yolanda from ***GLOW***](https://twitter.com/Shakirax3/status/1383969399095263236?s=20).
***The Wilds*** didn’t air in 2021 and we don’t have a date yet for season 2.
I’m not sure exactly how wrong I am about TV production, but it’s definitely not at pre-COVID levels. I think the industry has learned how to make TV in the time of COVID, but it comes with a huge price tag.
### Tracy’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- ***The Wilds*** will NOT turn into Dude Island in season two. The show will remain primarily focused on the girls. Again, more wishful predicting.
- ***The L Word: Generation Q*** will be renewed for a third season and this time something will happen between Bette and Tina.
- On ***Station 19*** Carina’s attempt to conceive will be the most realistic portrayal of queer parenthood Shondaland has ever done.
- Our favorite wee lesbian Clare will get a girlfriend on the final season of ***Derry Girls***.
Nikki T, Staff Writer ### Nikki’s 2021 Predictions
- This is the third year that I am saying this, but I believe that 2021 will *finally* bring the WayHaught wedding that we have all been waiting for and it will be perfect. And [Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) will be in a suit.
- Ryan Wilder is going to take [Kate’s girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/) on [***Batwoman***](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/).
- The [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-suarez/)/[Dani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dani-nunez/)/[Finley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-finley/) love triangle in ***The L Word: Generation Q*** is going to blow up in everyone’s faces. Sophie and Dani will break up and Dani will at least *attempt* to get with [Bette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bette-porter/). (Bold prediction, I know.)
- [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and [Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/) will get engaged on ***Supergirl***. Alex will get everything she has ever wanted and we will all cry happy tears.
### Nikki’s 2021 Prediction Commentary
> Ok, I FINALLY did better on my predictions for this year. I got 3 out of 4, but my 4th one has to do with Ryan Wilder stealing Sophie Moore and I think that we can all agree that girl is on her way. Also, Dani didn’t try to get with Bette but she DID get with Gigi which feels like a similar vibe.
>
> Nikki
### Nikki’s 2022 Queer TV Predictions
- Beatrice will get a girlfriend in the new season of ***Warrior Nun***. She deserves it. We deserve it.
- New **Luimelia** content will come out in 2022.
- I am going to fight against every queer TV fan instinct that I have and say that Bradley and Laura will stay together through the next season on ***The Morning Show***. Do I believe this? Maybe not. But maybe the power of positive thinking will help me on this one.
- While we are on the positive thinking train, I am also going to predict that Eve and Villanelle will kiss again in the final season of ***Killing Eve***.
## My IRL Hopes for 2022
I’m usually a very optimistic person, but this time I’m not going to hope for the pandemic to end in 2022. I no longer think it’s going to just end one day. I think the virus will weaken and it will become something we always live with. Like the flu, we’ll get shots every year and some folks will get sick and die, but not at pandemic levels.
As always, the LezWatch community brings me so much joy. As of today, we have 169 members in [our Slack account](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)! Having a community of Queer TV-obsessed folks to celebrate, stress over and grieve our beloved fictitious queers is a life-saver.
### HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS!
Goodbye, 2021. Hello, 2022! Stay safe, wear a mask, and as always, watch lots of queer TV to see if our 2022 Queer TV Predictions come to fruition.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** New Year, Predictions
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### [Risk Aversion in Television Collapses Quality](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/risk-aversion-in-television-collapses-quality/)
**Published:** December 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The drop in quality TV is directly related to the less likely production companies are to take risks.
**Content:**
My father was a risk analyst. He wrote software to help understand it, and spent a lot of his time trying to make sure people really were minimizing risk in important parts of life, like medicine, nuclear power, and safe disposal of weapons. He also loved baseball and the way you could study the statistics of people to understand their strengths and weaknesses.
As a 3rd generation Cleveland Baseball fan, my father was passionate about our wayward, perennially cursed, team. The last time Cleveland went to the World Series (2016, they lost) we had a[ lively discussion on statistics, streaks, and a concept called ‘hot hands.’](https://halfelf.org/2016/hot-hands-playoffs/) My father was firmly in the camp of “there is no such thing as a lucky streak.” His reasoning was that humans bely statistics and cannot be measured by math alone.
To outsiders, the concept of someone who believes you can calculate risk, but simultaneously believes that humans defy expectations, can seem like a contradiction. For me, though, growing up with math and humanity as a regular meal conversation, it makes logical sense. Risk isn’t **just** math! It’s the application of math to attempt to predict human nature. The fallacy in stats (specifically the ones Five-ThirtyEight used back in 2016 at least) is that they **ONLY** looked at the math and did not properly apply the humanity factor.
## What is Risky about TV?
The obvious answer here is that the risky aspect of television is the risk of absolute failure. If a show sucks, it will cost money, could lose advertisers, and result in the demise of a channel. But that’s a consequence. To understand the risk that engenders that consequence, you have to understand what risk really is in the first place.
Overall, risk is boiled down to three questions:
1. What can go wrong?
2. How likely is it that it will happen?
3. If it does happen, what are the consequences?
At it’s heart, everyone can look at that and go “Okay, that’s not really hard to understand!”
Let’s take a TV show for an example. The first thing you do when you have a new TV show on order (say for a [pilot](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/mean-jean-vanishing-pilots/) of some sort) is you think ‘what can go wrong?’
1. The show is a great success, everyone loves it
2. The show is good, solid, entertainment
3. The show is fine, but not appointment TV
4. The show is a failure
5. The show is mediocre
6. The show bombs, everyone hates it
Those are basically the top 6 things people think of. There are of course more (like ‘it has incredibly bad timing and has an episode about a school shooting the day after a real life one happened’ which is actually something that happened to *[Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)* and resulted in a postponement and amendment), but we can stick to the primary ones.
I’m going to skip the second for a moment because the third is easier to wrap a head around.
If a show is great or decent, it’s probably getting second seasons. If a show bombs or fails, it may not finish the existing season. Mediocre is a bubble.
But how on early do you figure out how **likely** it is?!
## Can You Predict A Win?
Television is a lot like baseball, in that the human component looms large.
Much like our show scores, understanding the probability for success of a TV show relies on the human equation and ‘feelings.’ Unlike the probability of something like an engine failing (which can be made based on driving distance, engine design, driving ‘styles,’ and physical locations), predicting a show that will be beloved has to take on the reality that you have to know **exactly** who you’re making a show for, and what they want.
But it’s more than just that, because you cannot make a show **just** for one small slice of the world. Not anymore.
If you asked the queer community, *[A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/)* is an unmitigated success. It’s a brilliant story told in an engaging way with a fantastic cast, brilliant writing, and wonderful costumes. That was a story made for queers, by queers, with our deepest wants at heart on so many levels.
Outside is a totally different matter. Even though [Rotten Tomatoes gives it an 87% fresh by viewers](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/a_league_of_their_own_2022), the more [detailed IMDb scores](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/ratings/?ref_=tt_ov_rt) shows the spilt:
**All Ages****<18****18-29****30-44****45+**All7.59.08.57.56.4Males6.14.57.16.15.8Females8.49.49.08.57.6Looking at that, you can see that it’s **women** who love this show. That really makes sense, since you can count the significant male characters on two hands. Maybe even one. The ratings aren’t particularly **bad** with regards to men, but there’s a gulf between a 6.1 rated show (mediocre) and an 8.4 (solid success, possibly great). And with the average as a 7.5 … Now Amazon has a big decision.
## Less Risk = More Money
If there’s anything we can take from looking at the demise of the CW or HBO, it’s that the ultimate line for any studio or network is money.
CW never made a profit (yeah I know), produced a number of shows that overall are mediocre, but in their slices of fandom hugely popular, and when the time came to sell, the highly queer content was the first to be publicly canceled even though one of those shows was their **most** popular (*[Legends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*). Why? Well *Legends* was also the most expensive, apparently. Not just in terms of SFX, the show was expensive because of the cast. It had a huge cast, some of whom were long term on CW and negotiated for a higher contract (which frankly they should), and a tonne of extras.
HBO on the other hand, I feel that’s a pretty clear case of massive mismanagement and greed. They picked the shows they felt were the most risk to their target audience (people with money…) and dropped them. Kids don’t have money, but selling toys for a kids show is where the money comes from for most animated series, and the ones canceled … well they don’t really sell much. While a lot of adults watch adult cartoons, again there wasn’t a lot of money. Adult cartoons are hard.
But HBO specifically in their merge with Discovery are moving to a specific audience who doesn’t really watch cartoons or even scripted TV at all, so they culled **everything** that didn’t fit with that mold. Hence the removal (yes!) of *[Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)* from their catalog entirely! Admittedly, *Westworld* is an expensive show (SFX and cast and sets), which likely also factored in, but it really is painful to people who want to watch scripted television!
## Less Risk = Boring Stories
The other way to think about this, though, is how utterly boring most riskless stories are.
Take the various *Law & Order* shows in mind. The longest running of those is the one that takes the most risks in stories that slice into you and remind you of the fragility of life and the depravity of humanity (*SVU*). It’s incredibly predictable, though, no matter how you look at it. This isn’t a bad thing. Most sitcoms rely heavily on tropes and predictability. How many times have you seen a ‘simple misunderstanding’ on a sitcom result in hilarity?
But it’s not the predictability that makes anything boring. If the story is well told, then it doesn’t matter how many times you watch a ‘girl meets girl, girl misunderstands girl, girl apologizes to girl, girl kisses girl’ story. *A League of Their Own* even falls into that a little. Since it’s well told, with a few novel wrappings around the story, we love it.
Regrettably, the novel wrappings are the risk. For *ALoTO* the novel wrapping is a heretofore rarely told queer story. And the queer is a risk, not because of anything other than fear and distrust. A more boring story would have been renewed already, even given the cost of *Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power*. (To be clear here, *RoP* is boring because it’s predictable and stays in the lines without any novelty. Aloof elf and single mother? From the first scene you know where that one’s going.)
## Less Risk = Less Success
And where I’m going here … the less risky you are with a story, the less success.
*Rings of Power* has been renewed, but it’s a 6.9 with IMDb and 38% on Rotten Tomatoes. But even at cost, it’s low risk. It doesn’t really run a chance to offend anyone (except Tolkien fans). Similarly if you look at *[The Witcher: Blood Origin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-witcher-blood-origin/)*, it’s kind of … meh. Sure it has a great lesbian dwarf, but it’s a remarkably generic adventure story. If they hadn’t put “The Witcher” in front, it could have been practically anywhere.
Thus my summary is that the decline of quality TV is directly related to the risk aversion people have with regards to new content. Or to put it another, they’ve tried nothing and are shocked nothing’s changed.
My advice is to take risks. Make quality TV that tells a story in a new way. Give us new stories with new types of characters. Even if it’s in old situations, if you tell it well we will watch.
Here’s hoping people start to give their creatives freedom again, because otherwise the future of TV is dullsville, population us.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Legends of Tomorrow, The Witcher: Blood Origin
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 19, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-sex-lives-of-college-girls-season-2-finale/)
**Published:** December 19, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Leighton pays a visit to the Women's Center on The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 2 finale and I couldn't be happier.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Leighton goes back to the Women’s Center on *The Sex Lives of College Girls* Season 2 finale and I couldn’t be happier.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
**[The Sex Lives of College Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls/)** – Season 2 Episode 10 “The Rooming Lottery” \[Streaming\]If you recall last week, [we saw Leighton get a text from her ex](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1602059297537630208?s=20&t=bj50EI4ofdboSsfYivuDBg), Alicia, while hooking up with Tatum, the person she is currently dating. I gasped when she got the text, because I loved Alicia and I was afraid she left the show to do *Grey’s Anatomy* full time as [one of the new residents](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mika-yasuda/). Was it going to be an off-screen communication that creates conflict in her current relationship or were we going to actually see Alicia again?
Well, Leighton paid a visit to the Women’s Center and there was Alicia and the old gang again!
> I was so happy to see Alicia and the Women's Center gang back on the show! -T [\#TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1C3xseCWPx](https://t.co/1C3xseCWPx)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1603852261947580416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Alicia broke up with Leighton at the end of season one because she couldn’t go back into the closet and be her secret any longer. Several hookups and a case of chlamydia later, Leighton is out to everyone including her parents. Alicia invites Leighton to a Women’s Center fundraiser which she brings Tatum to. Tatum is a raging judgemental snob the entire time and Leighton winds up breaking up with her at the event. Fine by me!
The next challenge to Leighton’s self-improvement journey is being invited to live at the Kappa sorority house next year. At a Kappa event, some of the moms are being transphobic about how Kappa should be women-only. Leighton speaks up about how being more inclusive is actually a good thing, and her sorority sisters tell her to keep it down because they need those alumni donations. Finally, the cognitive dissonance catches up with her and Leighton can’t continue being a Kappa because it goes against the things she wants to change about herself.
Towards the end of the finale episode, Leighton tells Alicia she left Kappa and her mom left the Women’s Center an organization-saving sized donation.
> 👏😊❤️🎉 [\#TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3ZmbeJXCUt](https://t.co/3ZmbeJXCUt)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1603859429283201026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yay, and just like that, they’re back together. ❤️ A perfect end to *The Sex Lives of College Girls* Season 2 finale IMO.
Will Shonda let [Midori Francis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/midori-francis/) do both shows? We will see because *The Sex Lives of College Girls* got renewed for a 3rd season!
> Season 3 is coming 🫶 [pic.twitter.com/QNeqsyu0j0](https://t.co/QNeqsyu0j0)
>
> — The Sex Lives of College Girls (@SexLivesOnMax) [December 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/SexLivesOnMax/status/1603135768129638400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**This week:** Most shows are on a break, but we will see what everyone is up to on *The L Word: Generation Q*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Sex Lives of College Girls
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Queer Woman on a Telenovela](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-queer-woman-on-a-telenovela/)
**Published:** December 17, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I went looking for the first queer woman character on a telenovela.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I went looking for the first queer woman character on a telenovela.
You may remember that, [in my last post](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-queer-woman-on-a-soap/), I searched for the first queer woman in an American daytime soap and found a complicated answer. This time (and with some inspiration from Margo in the [LWTV slack chat](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/)), I decided to find the first character in a telenovela… and there was a much clearer answer!
Before we start: The term telenovela is typically defined as a soap from Latin America, which is the definition I used for this post. However, I want to highlight that this show was the first of all Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking shows to ever feature a queer woman, even outside of Latin America.
## [Vale Tudo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vale-tudo/)
*Vale Tudo* (English translation: Anything Goes) is a Brazilian telenovela that aired for one season from 1988-1989. In classic telenovela fashion, the drama follows the twists and turns of a family with money. To be honest, I haven’t watched the whole thing but I was very intrigued by the queer storyline.
[Cecília ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cecilia-cantanhede/)is the brother of one of the main characters and she is partnered with a woman named [Laís](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lais-3/). When the show begins, they have been together for 12 years. 12 years! Not only did this show present the first lesbian couple on a TV show in Latin America, they started strong with a stable relationship. Cecília and Laís were even business owners. They ran an inn in Búzios that was often the scene of drama within the show.
*Cecília and Laís in Vale Tudo*
Unfortunately, as we know, all good things must typically come to an end for lesbians on TV. \*Spoiler\* but, halfway through the season, Cecília dies in a car accident. Although this is tragic, I do appreciate the show’s realistic portrayal of the legal struggle for lesbian couples at the time. Before the accident, Cecília and Laís were advised to make a will (foreshadowing) and, after the accident, Laís goes to court to defend her rights as a partner.
Before the show ends, they added a third queer character, [Marília](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marilia/), who starts a relationship with Laís. This show did not hold back!
## Queer History
Brazil was only the sixth country in TV history to feature a show with a queer female character (after the United States, Japan, Australia, United Kingdom, and Germany). And these were regular characters, not one-off or guest characters. The 1980s were certainly not a friendly time for the queer community in Latin America, making it even more impressive that Vale Tudo included multiple queer woman.
*Laís and Marília in Vale Tudo*
1970s and 1980s Brazil had seen some movement on the LGBTQ rights front. Multiple activist groups, such as SOMOS, Grupo Lésbico-Feminista, Grupo Ação Lésbica-Feminista, and Grupo Gay de Bahia formed in the 70s and 80s. Recognizing that the movement was split into too many small factions, many of them joined together in 1981 to form the Autonomous Homosexual Movement (MHA). In 1985, the Federal Council of Medicine removed the term “deviant” in reference to homosexuality. When *Vale Tudo* aired in 1988, Ceília and Laís were exactly the type of positive representation that the movement was looking for.
In today’s world, Brazil has some of the most advanced LGBTQ rights in Latin America. Although we cannot forget that the queer community, especially the trans community, still faces discrimination in Brazil, the country wrote gay marriage into law back in 2013, before the United States. Therefore, in this way, it make sense that Brazil was a leader in queer television history.
## Impact
These storylines may not seem like much, but *Vale Tudo* was way ahead of its time. No other telenovela added a queer female character until Spain’s [Mar De Dudas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mar-de-dudas/) in 1995. There was not another queer woman character in Latin America until another Brazilian show, *[Torre de Babel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/torre-de-babel/)*, aired in 1998. Admittedly, *Torre de Babel* is not a good example of LGBTQ representation (one look at our show page and you will know why), but that only makes it all the more important that Brazilian audiences were able to see *Vale Tudo* first. Although Cecília died, the other two queer woman technically got a happy ending and I think that’s impressive! Bom trabalho, Brasil!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Vale Tudo
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 5, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-mia-and-valentina/)
**Published:** December 5, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** There are shows with higher queer content television on right now, but this week I'm here for Mia and Valentina on The White Lotus.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I know there are shows with higher queer content television on right now, but this week I’m here for Mia and Valentina on *The White Lotus*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*The White Lotus* – Season 2 Episode 6 “Abductions” \[Live\]I could write several paragraphs on *The L Word: Gen Q* or *Sex Live of College Girls*, but instead I decided to focus on *The White Lotus* this week – a show new to the site.
I enjoyed *The White Lotus* season one, but the characters were so unlikable, I wasn’t as enamored as the rest of the show’s cult following. Season two I like a lot more. Each season has a completely different cast (except for Jennifer Coolidge who can stay in every season forever as far as I’m concerned) of rich vacationers in a location of The White Lotus, a luxury resort chain. You get to spy on everyone’s problems and learn their secrets over the course of a week. This season, I find the characters to be more interesting. Also, Aubrey Plaza’s in it this season and you can’t go wrong with that.
Mike White, being an out bi man, the series creator and sole writer and director brings a lot of cis gay male content to the show. Which makes total sense. In season one the hotel manager is a flawed gay guy who takes a revenge poop in another character’s luggage. This season the manger is a later-in-life-to-come-out lesbian named Valentina who doesn’t poop in anyone’s luggage.
A persistent pair of local escorts, Lucia and Mia, troll guests for potential clients and get very tangled up in everyone’s lives. Mia happens to be a very talented singer and musician with her sights on getting the position of hotel piano singer. Valentina is very annoyed with the two of them hanging around the resort charging things to guests’ rooms, but Mia is the only person who sees Valentina for who she is.
Valentina is a very serious manager in a silent struggle with coming out and having a crush on a co-worker. Mia seems to be the only person to notice this and flirts with her to try to get that piano spot. Valentina shuts that down until, on her birthday, she learns her co-worker crush is engaged. Mia sees her drinking alone and chats her up.
> "…you should be out at a lesbian bar, picking up a hot girl."[\#TheWhiteLotus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWhiteLotus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/0H3WzBxhow](https://t.co/0H3WzBxhow)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1599816316634148864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This pairing is pretty problematic, but I still find the scene to be sweet.
Later, Mia gives Valentina a very special birthday present.
> Valentina has a very special birthday. [\#TheWhiteLotus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWhiteLotus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XyxiFBx2I6](https://t.co/XyxiFBx2I6)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1599789494768914432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Was Mia sincerely into her? I’m still on the fence.
It’s hard to tell with Lucia and Mia what is 100% goal-based manipulation vs. real feelings. But either way, I hope Valentina got something good out of it.
Also, **bonus content from HBO**! [Beatrice Grannó](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/beatrice-granno/) (Mia) & [Sabrina Impacciatore](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sabrina-impacciatore/) (Valentina) [unpack the episode](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6qKGsyjsXU).
https://youtube.com/G6qKGsyjsXU
**This week:** Sunday is *The White Lotus* season two finale! I’m looking forward to seeing how things get wrapped up.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The White Lotus
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### [AI Can't Do LezWatch.TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/ai-cant-do-lezwatch-tv/)
**Published:** December 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Video may have killed the radio star, but AI chat can't kill the blogger. Yet. I tested it out against the articles we want to see, and it's not quite there.
**Content:**
I’ve been feeling bad physically after getting hurt and was thinking of a low-stress way to write a fun article for everyone this week. I came up with the idea of letting an AI chat write an article!
So I pulled up [OpenAPI’s ChatGPT ](https://chat.openai.com/chat)and so far, it’s I think our phoney baloney jobs are safe.
## What’s ChatGPT?
You’ve probably heard about it in the news. ChatGPT is a large language model that has been trained on a massive amount of text data, allowing it to generate human-like text in response to a given prompt. People call it an AI, meaning it is an artificial intelligence.
I don’t believe in actual AI as, so far, no service like this has been able to think beyond the boundaries of the set limits. In fact, I feel that what we call “AI” is nothing more than a cleverly crafted switch. It’s not thinking, it’s finding an existing answer in the database.
Basically, the chatbot doesn’t understand nuance. It cannot go beyond what it knows, it cannot ‘learn’ on it’s own, but it can be ‘taught.’
## How it Started
Badly.
> **Me:** What is your favourite LGBT show?
>
> **ChatGPT:** As an AI assistant, I do not have personal preferences or the ability to watch shows. My purpose is to provide information and answer questions to the best of my ability.
Now that’s fair, it can’t have an opinion, but at the same time, you’d think it would be able to say “Some popular shows…” and I asked what were some popular shows. Well it can’t do that.
> **ChatGPT**: As a large language model trained by OpenAI, I have a vast amount of information at my disposal, but I am not able to browse the internet or access current information. My training data comes from a wide variety of sources, including books, news articles, and other publicly available texts. As a result, I may be able to provide information about TV shows that were popular at the time my training data was collected, but I cannot provide information about current popular TV shows. I apologize if this limitation is not what you were looking for. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask and I will do my best to help.
At this point, I realized it wasn’t going to be able to write an article the way I’d envisioned. So I stepped back and tried some thing like “Do you know what TV shows are?” and “Do you know who Sara Lance is?”
Turns out it does know what TV shows are, and both *Gilligan’s Island* and *[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)*, but not who [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) is.
## Give Me Ideas
Next I tried asking for ideas.
> **Me:** I’m trying to come up with a topic to write about queer representation on US scripted television.
>
> **ChatGPT:** Writing about queer representation on US scripted television could be an interesting and timely topic to explore. There has been a growing trend in recent years of television shows featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes, and this has led to increased visibility and representation of queer individuals on screen. In your writing, you could explore the history of queer representation on US scripted television, examining how the portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters has evolved over time. You could also discuss the impact of these representations on popular culture and the broader society. Additionally, you could consider the challenges and opportunities that come with representing queer identities on television, and how this representation can be improved. There are many different angles you could take with this topic, and I’m sure your writing will be insightful and engaging.
That’s starting to get better! Also thanks for the encouragement bot.
I decided to push a little and ask what the best show to watch would be:
> **ChatGPT:** As an AI assistant, I do not have personal preferences or the ability to watch TV shows. My purpose is to provide information and answer questions to the best of my ability. The best TV show for an individual to watch will depend on their personal interests and preferences. Some popular LGBT TV shows that have been well-received by critics and audiences include “Queer as Folk,” “Orange is the New Black,” “Pose,” “The L Word,” and “Will & Grace.” These shows feature diverse and well-developed LGBTQ+ characters and storylines, and they offer a variety of genres and styles to appeal to different viewers. Ultimately, the best LGBT TV show for you to watch will be one that resonates with you and offers an enjoyable viewing experience.
That last line is why we made the site. We wanted people to be able to find shows that resonate.
But sadly all the shows they picked were the ‘popular’ ones (which is odd since the Bot said it couldn’t tell me what was popular…).
## Write an Article
After some more experimenting, I figured out how to phrase it and told it to write me an article about queer representation on US television.
> Queer representation on US television has come a long way in recent years, with an increasing number of shows featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes. While there was a time when queer characters were either invisible or marginalized on television, today there is a growing recognition of the importance of representing diverse identities and experiences on screen.
>
> One of the earliest examples of queer representation on US television was the show “Will & Grace,” which premiered on NBC in 1998. The show followed the lives of two gay men, Will and Grace, and their friends, and it was one of the first mainstream sitcoms to feature openly gay main characters. The show was a critical and commercial success, and it paved the way for other shows to explore LGBTQ+ themes and characters.
>
> Another landmark show in the history of queer representation on US television was “Orange is the New Black,” which premiered on Netflix in 2013. The show, which is set in a women’s prison, features a diverse cast of characters, including several LGBTQ+ individuals. The show was praised for its realistic and nuanced portrayal of queer relationships and experiences, and it won several awards, including a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
>
> Today, there are many other shows that feature LGBTQ+ characters and themes, including “Pose,” “Queer Eye,” “The L Word,” and “Transparent.” These shows offer a wide range of genres and styles, from comedy and drama to reality and documentary. They also showcase the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, with characters of different races, genders, and sexual orientations.
>
> Despite this progress, there is still room for improvement in the representation of queer individuals on US television. Many LGBTQ+ characters are still underrepresented or stereotyped, and there is a need for more nuanced and authentic portrayals of queer experiences. Additionally, there is a lack of diversity among the creators and producers of these shows, with many shows being helmed by straight, cisgender individuals.
>
> Overall, the representation of queer individuals on US television has come a long way, but there is still work to be done to ensure that all LGBTQ+ voices are heard and respected. As audiences and creators continue to demand more diverse and inclusive storytelling, we can expect to see even more progress in the representation of queer individuals on US television in the years to come.
Now, my first thought was “This is familiar.” It’s not a bad article, but this sounds like every single mainstream, thoughtless, article about queer representation on TV, doesn’t it? It hits the main points, but has no understanding of depth.
Basically I had the same feeling as [Ed Conway](https://twitter.com/EdConwaySky/status/1600100688234627073): the results are impressive but dry – a suspiciously sterile impersonation of a genuine newspaper column, rather than a convincing replacement.
## Gonzo Style
Gonzo journalism is a style of journalism that is written without claims of objectivity, often including the reporter as part of the story using a first-person narrative.
> Queer representation on US television has come a long way, baby! No more invisible or marginalized queer characters on the small screen. These days, it’s all about diverse identities and experiences, and we’re seeing more and more shows featuring LGBTQ+ characters and themes.
>
> One of the OG shows that paved the way for queer representation on US television was “Will & Grace,” which premiered on NBC in 1998. The show followed the lives of two gay men, Will and Grace, and their friends, and it was one of the first mainstream sitcoms to feature openly gay main characters. The show was a huge success, and it opened the door for other shows to explore LGBTQ+ themes and characters.
>
> Another game-changing show was “Orange is the New Black,” which premiered on Netflix in 2013. The show, set in a women’s prison, featured a diverse cast of characters, including several LGBTQ+ individuals. The show was praised for its realistic and nuanced portrayal of queer relationships and experiences, and it won several awards, including a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series.
>
> Today, there are many other shows that showcase LGBTQ+ characters and themes, such as “Pose,” “Queer Eye,” “The L Word,” and “Transparent.” These shows offer a wide range of genres and styles, from comedy and drama to reality and documentary. They also showcase the diversity of the LGBTQ+ community, with characters of different races, genders, and sexual orientations.
>
> But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There is still work to be done to improve the representation of queer individuals on US television. Many LGBTQ+ characters are still underrepresented or stereotyped, and there is a need for more nuanced and authentic portrayals of queer experiences. Additionally, there is a lack of diversity among the creators and producers of these shows, with many shows being helmed by straight, cisgender individuals.
>
> In conclusion, queer representation on US television has come a long way, but there is still room for improvement. As audiences and creators continue to demand more diverse and inclusive storytelling, we can expect to see even more progress in the representation of queer individuals on US television in the years to come. Let’s keep the revolution going, folks!
If you compare the two versions, the second one rings a little more true, but again they cannot get to where they talk about modern shows. I mean, all the ones they call showcase are **canceled** (except The L Word, but they don’t mention Gen Q).
## Results?
For traditional, play it safe, mid-style/average media? This may become a problem. But right now, for the kind of engaging writing out there, don’t worry. There will be room for LezWatch.TV, Autostraddle, and other original, unique, sources who actually have an in-depth understanding of what it means.
## Bonus: Why Netflix should Renew Warrior Nun
Just as I was wrapping this up, I joked to a friend how bad it was, and she said I should ask it to write a post about renewing *[Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/)*.
Here’s what it came up with:
> Netflix should renew Warrior Nun, and here’s why! The show, which premiered on Netflix in 2020, is a thrilling and action-packed fantasy series that follows a young woman named Ava who discovers that she has been chosen to become a warrior nun. The show has a diverse and engaging cast of characters, a compelling and complex storyline, and amazing special effects. In short, it’s the kind of show that Netflix should be proud to have in its lineup.
>
> But don’t take our word for it. The show has been well-received by critics and audiences alike, and it has gained a dedicated and passionate fan base. People are clamoring for more Warrior Nun, and Netflix should listen to their fans and give them what they want.
>
> But it’s not just about the fans. Warrior Nun is a show that tackles important and timely themes, such as religion, identity, and female empowerment. It also showcases diverse and complex female characters, something that is often lacking in mainstream media. In short, it’s a show that has something to say, and that’s something that Netflix should support and promote.
>
> But what about the money? Won’t renewing Warrior Nun be a financial risk for Netflix? Well, maybe, but isn’t that what great art is all about? Taking risks and pushing boundaries? And besides, if Netflix greenlights more Warrior Nun, they will likely see a return on their investment in the form of increased subscriptions, higher ratings, and more buzz.
>
> So come on, Netflix. Renew Warrior Nun! Give the fans what they want, support great art, and take a risk. It’s a win-win-win situation, and you know it. Do the right thing, Netflix, and renew Warrior Nun!
Okay Netflix, even the robots think it should get another season.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ChatGPT, Warrior Nun
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### [New Sorting Feature: Characters by Year](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/new-sorting-feature-characters-by-year/)
**Published:** December 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Have you wanted to be able to sort characters from a specific year on air? Well now you can!
**Content:**
Today’s hat tip goes to Twitter user [@AllieNovakk](https://twitter.com/allienovakk/) who asked a super reasonable question.
> [@lezwatchtv](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) hey there!! I was checking the website for a paper and I was wondering if there's a way to research characters on the air by year, gender and sexuality? i was literally checking and counting one-to-one, but i realized it's going to take forever lol
>
> — laila (@allienovakk) [December 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/allienovakk/status/1598461836684296193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Year was the sticking point. All the rest? Super easy. But not years.
Now technically, yes, you could totally do that via our API and some skillful use of spreadsheets, but honestly the API is great nerd level stuff and it’s not great for a casual viewer who just wants to see the list and maybe drill down and find all the non-binary characters from a specific year.
## What’s the Hold Up?
For about 7 months, I’ve been kicking the code around, and having a hard time due to the ‘intelligent’ way I nested the data.
**Nerd Alert:** This next bit is a little code concept heavy.
The way we structure our data is a tripod:
1. Shows
2. Characters
3. Actors
But as anyone can tell you, they all interrelate. An Actor plays a character on a show, and all three points are directions from which someone would come to our site to look up things. Maybe you’re watching *Family Law* and wonder who the super cute wife is of one of the main characters. Maybe you saw the character on a Tumblr gif but can’t figure the show name. Maybe you just want to know what Ali Liebert’s up to in general.
In order to relate all the data, it’s the **character** that is the central source of truth. When we add a character, we have two custom sections.
First there’s the very basic ‘actor’ section. It’s simply an array of data, listing all the actors who have played the character. When we make an actor page, the list of their characters is populated from a search that’s basically “Find me all characters played by actor X.” We did some tweaks to make it faster and more stable, so every time we add or update an actor, it actually does that search. And then when we add a new character, since we’re telling it “Played by Actor X” it knows to directly edit the actor page with the new character.
That’s all easy compared to shows. For each show, we create a new ‘show section’ that lists the name of the show, the ‘type’ of role, and then … the years. Yes, in addition to our regular curation (where anyone on the editorial team watching a show updates characters as they appear), we also manually review **all** active shows 3-4 times a year, checking the ‘current’ characters, and updating the years if needed. For some shows (like [Neighbours](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/neighbours/)) that have a ‘everyone who was here come back for a fare-the-well, that can get time consuming. Similar to the actors, when a new show is added, the show is updated with the new data.
The problem is I was ‘clever’ and made the years an array. But the show section was **already** an array. Meaning I put an array in an array, and that meant all the normal code I’d written for extracting the show data for the character search and facets (that’s what it’s called when you tell the page ‘list all characters who are cis…’ – cis would be a faceted term, and there’s a whole ‘faceting the gem’ concept in there).
**Nerd Alert Over:** Non techie/math nerds rejoice.
tl;dr? In making the data related to the right parts of the site, I made it harder to extract. Whoops.
## But it works now!
After I was asked, I made a note to look back into it. And after 1 entire afternoon of it just not working, I deleted all the new search code and started over. Turns out I was trying to break apart the data in a wrong way. It was really just a simple error, but it had been driving me nutty. That Sunday afternoon, I took all of 2 hours and it worked.
You have to laugh at yourself sometimes.
And now we have “Years Appears”:
And if you wanted to know who is the [**one** trans character on-air from 2008](https://lezwatchtv.com/characters/?fwp_char_gender=trans-man&fwp_char_years=2008)?
## Are there features you’d like?
Let me know! I’m always happy to see if we can make all this better for readers like you.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** New Feature
---
### [From the LWTV Archives: First Queer Woman on a Soap](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-queer-woman-on-a-soap/)
**Published:** December 3, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I dove into the world of soap operas to find the first queer woman on a daytime American soap.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I dove into the world of soap operas to find the first queer woman on a daytime American soap.
First, I have to admit that I have never gotten into soap operas. I spent way more of my childhood consuming The Oprah Winfrey Show and teen dramas for my daily dose of entertainment. But, diving into the soap opera forums this week to uncover the mystery of the *true* first queer woman on a soap opera made me giddy with nostalgia. You can always find some juicy gossip in the pages of a TV show forum!
## [The Young and the Restless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-young-and-the-restless/)
*YRs 1977 Cast*
Today’s post is going to focus on a classic: The Young and the Restless (Y&R). The Young and the Restless started in 1973 with half hour episodes that aired once every weekday. The show, created by husband and wife duo William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, focuses on drama between families in the fictionalized town of Genoa City, Wisconsin. It is still airing today, with a whopping 12,500 episodes under its belt.
One of the longest running cast members in the show’s history, [Jeanne Cooper](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jeanne-cooper/), portrayed the character of [Katherine Chancellor.](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/katherine-chancellor/) Katherine is the reason we are here today. In the 1970’s, Katherine seemed to have a brief flirtation with queerness.
I say “seemed to” because old episodes of Y&R are basically impossible to track down and everything is based on rumors at this point. I have agonized over trying to find every detail of this 1977 storyline where Katherine was “queer”, but all I have come away with are many contradicting rumors.
Here is what we know: In 1977, the character of Katherine was recently widowed and living alone at her house. She was lonely and looking for companionship. Enter: Joann Curtis. Joann was married to Jack Curtis, but he was cheating on her with a woman named Peggy. On top of that, Joann was extremely self-conscious about her weight and obviously wasn’t feeling great about the fact that her husband was dating another woman. Joann decides to take some time away and stay with, who else but, Katherine Chancellor. During this stay together, the two women become closer and closer.
… Andddd that seems to be the only thing everyone can agree on. Keep in mind that, since the episodes are not available to watch, this is all reliant on the memory of soap opera fans. And there are 12,500 total episodes of this show to remember.
*Image from 1976 issue of Afternoon TV Stars*
## Queer History
Let’s get into some of the theories as to how this storyline went down.
###### **Theory #1: Katherine and Joann kissed.**
This theory has really gained traction, leading many websites to hail this storyline as a long forgotten “lesbian relationship”. But, I find this hard to believe. First of all, the character of Katherine has an almost 40-year history of solely dating men. I don’t think “lesbian” is the appropriate label for her. Second, everyone knows that *All My Children*‘s [Bianca](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bianca-montgomery-vlog/) and [Lena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lena-kundera/) hold the title for the first lesbian kiss on a soap, airing in 2003. (I am not a soap person and even I know that!) I’m not saying it’s impossible that Katherine and Joann kissed, but it is hard for me to believe since it wasn’t a bigger deal.
###### **Theory #2: Katherine and Joann were totally into each other, but they never kissed.**
This theory is more plausible, because soap fans all seem to be in agreement that there was *something* going on between these two. I’ve read descriptions of longing glances, soft touches, and even full blown conversations about being a lesbian.
One [Twitter user](https://twitter.com/acejordan23/status/959844015188463616?s=20&t=brl7Ok6M3T8OUz8E9UCSsQ) says that Joann directly asks Katherine if she is a lesbian and viewers had to wait the entire weekend to hear Katherine’s answer… which was apparently “yes”! The book titled *It’s Time For My Story: Soap Opera Sources, Structure, and Response* says that Katherine made drunken passes at multiple women and also planned a getaway trip with Joann. Multiple sources actually confirms this trip and everyone agrees that it was stopped by Katherine’s foster son, Buck, because he felt their relationship was “unnatural.”
###### **Theory #3: There was something between Katherine and Joann but Katherine is the only one to admit to it.**
Throughout all my research, this seems like the most likely storyline. I have read many accounts of Katherine admitting to her feelings in various ways: touching Joann, leaning in to kiss her, inviting her on vacation. But it is rare that any account details Joann feeling anything back. In fact, a lot of accounts believe that Joann was upset by Katherine’s “advances.”
No matter what theory you believe, what bothers me most is that there is a *true* answer, but it is locked away in an archive somewhere with the rest of the 1970s episodes! Let us in, CBS!
## Impact
Another reason why I think it is unlikely that Katherine and Joann actually kissed is because of the time period. This would have been the first queer women to kiss in television history. In fact, Christopher Schmering’s book, *Soap Opera Encyclopedia*, claims that Y&R got so much hate mail (and declining ratings) over this developing storyline that the creators decided to immediately drop it. It seems like audiences just weren’t ready. There’s talk that Bill Bell said himself that there was never a thing between Katherine and Joann and they were just, you know, roommates. 🙂
*YRs Mariah and Tessa in 2022*
In the end, it seems like audiences picked up on the queerness and I hope it made some people feel seen. Maybe this particular storyline didn’t make a major wave, but it served as test to see if audiences were ready. Eventually, Y&R gave us [Mariah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mariah-copeland/) and [Tessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tessa-porter/) in 2017, the first official couple for queer women on the show.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
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### [Queerly Named](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerly-named/)
**Published:** November 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ever wondered about popular names on this site? We got into it and came up with interesting results!
**Content:**
Over the weekend and into this week, we got a little weird. Weirder than normal maybe, but it all started with a weird bug in code.
See, we made a new character and her name (Sarah) redirected to someone else… Josh. After (finally) figuring out what happened, I took a look at saw how many characters were named Sarah. Then I compared it to the most common literary name for queer women (Kate). And it’s all snowballed.
## A Queer by Any Other Name
Names are, of course, not inherently anything. You can be named anything that suits you (or in the case of some, a name that doesn’t suit you at all), but it doesn’t make you queer or not. At the same time, names are like tropes. People pick a name to evoke a ‘feeling’ or a ‘vibe’ and we all nod and go along with it.
For me, that name is ‘Kate.’ I read a huge stack of lesbian mysteries (I have a type) with that name for the protagonist and 90% were queer. There are a lot of there queer coded names, but instead of digging down that, I decided to take some names of the people who help out at LezWatch.TV and some other popular names we joked about in [Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/) to figure out what name was most popular.
## The Results
Name\#Sarah (Sara)66.5Kate (Cate, Cat, Katherine, Kathy, Kathie)47Jen (Jennifer, Jenna, Jenny)45Alex (Alexandra)45Susan (Sue, Suzie, Suzanne)32Laura27Abby (Abbie, Abigail, Abbey)21Stephanie (Steph)16Tracy4Mika2Carmelita1You may notice that .5 in places. That’s because one ‘Sara’ became ‘Carlos’ partway through the show (and if you can tell me who what is before you search for it, you get a no-prize).
What names do you think we should dig into?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 22, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-bette-and-tina/)
**Published:** November 22, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Three long-awaited new seasons of shows dropped last week! But I'm really here for Bette and Tina.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, three long-awaited new seasons of shows dropped last week! But I’m really here for Bette and Tina.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “Last Year” \[Streaming\]With so many new episodes of queer TV to watch and write about last week, I don’t have my usual recap of everyone’s story on *The L Word: Generation Q*. Here’s what’s important from the premiere episode of season 3: it started where it ended last season — Tina on Bette’s doorstep asking if she is love with her. Then we do an one-year jump into the future.
Shane and Tess are living together and taking care of Tess’ mom who is also living with them. Finley is out of rehab and back with Sophie. She also got her old job back at Dana’s. Micah proposed to Maribel and she doesn’t want to get married…but she does want a baby! Angie moved into her college dorm and Jordi broke up with her. Alice is banging Generation Z and Dani wants to move in with Gigi, but she has to run it by Nat first.
But what are we really here for: Bette and Tina. Will they get back together?
I’ll admit it, I’m team [\#tibette](https://twitter.com/hashtag/tibette) and think they should be endgame! If you remember the end of the OG L Word they were happy and together. It’s never really explained why they broke up after that, but it’s probably Bette’s fault. I would be okay being tortured by a “will they or won’t they” situation for longer, but with [Paramount’s Showtime restructuring](https://deadline.com/2022/11/paramount-eyes-meaningful-sizable-cost-cuts-possible-restructuring-charge-in-q4-1235161118/) putting the future of TLWGQ in jeopardy, there’s no time for messing around.
Bette and Tina spend the episode hanging out while Shane and Alice spy on them from across the room. It’s pretty cute. Bette’s all chilled out from actually finishing the silent retreat she quit before and open to love, good vibes and not being a raging control freak. At the end of the episode, Bette and Tina and talking and one thing leads to another…
> 🎉 (Scroll past quickly if you haven't seen [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3 yet) [\#Tibette](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tibette?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Tibette4ever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tibette4ever?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/qixS9glEIH](https://t.co/qixS9glEIH)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1594748264230064128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Angie popping in at the end was perfect!
So, how will Bette and Tina Version 3 be? I can’t wait to find out.
*[The Sex Lives of College Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Frat Problems” \[Streaming\]*The Sex Lives of College Girls* was one of my surprise faves from last year and I’ve been looking forward to season two for months!
The season starts after Alicia broke up with Leighton who then came out to Kimberly. I was hoping Leighton and Alicia would get back together because I thought they had good chemistry, but Alicia moved to Grey Sloan to become [Mika Yasuda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mika-yasuda/), one of this season of Grey’s new residents. So while I’m happy she gets to be queer on another show, I’ll miss her on this one.
Semi-out Leighton starts to flirt with a girl at a party, but then backs off out of fear of being too out. That night the girls are report back on how their night went and when it’s Leighton’s turn she comes out to all of them.
> Leighton comes out to the rest of the gang in season two of [\#TheSexLivesofCollegeGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheSexLivesofCollegeGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KCo5N36pTJ](https://t.co/KCo5N36pTJ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1594718842625851399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m glad she got that over with in episode one.
In episode two Leighton hooks up with that “hottie from the party.” but things get too intense too quickly.
> "Leighton, why are you all messy and happy-looking?"[\#TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheSexLivesOfCollegeGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PBBwjX1y6l](https://t.co/PBBwjX1y6l)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1594758212141604864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Looks like Leighton will be back to her high-volume dating self. We’ll see if she hits it off with someone like she did with Alicia.
*[Dead to Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “Where Do We Go Now?” \[Streaming\]We’ve waited an entire pandemic long for the third and final season of *Dead to Me*. It’s kind of okay though because while I wanted to see another season of the show I was not ready to say goodbye. The comedic chemistry between Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini is so good, I could watch the two of them talk about nothing for an hour.
The final season wandered around a bit plot-wise, but it was sweet, sad and filled with everything I loved about the series. My wife, who always says what’s going to happen seconds before it does for almost every show we watch, was not right 100% of the time like she usually is. *Dead to Me* does not follow the usual TV formulas especially when it comes to friendship between women.
One exciting surprise was seeing Michelle make an appearance! I didn’t know she was going to be in this season.
> (Spoiler) I was so excited to see Michelle was back in [\#DeadToMe](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DeadToMe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season 3! -T [pic.twitter.com/zcmjXCwp9G](https://t.co/zcmjXCwp9G)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1594755882113450000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m glad Judy and Michelle got this moment.
Even though it’s a comedy, at its root the show is about grief. My wife’s sister, who she loved very much, died a few weeks ago, and that made this final season all the more sad. Also, knowing Christina Applegate was grappling with an MS diagnosis while filming this season intensified emotions. *Dead to Me* is a hilariously funny, snarky and beautiful show. I will miss it.
**This week:** It’s Thanksgiving week in the US and many weekly shows are on pause so I’ll be taking Monday off next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Dead to Me, The L Word: Generation Q, The Sex Lives of College Girls
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### [From the LWTV Archives: Queer TV Nuns](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-queer-tv-nuns/)
**Published:** November 19, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, in honor of the second season of Warrior Nun, I decided to take a look back at other queer nuns that have graced our television screens.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, in honor of the second season of Warrior Nun, I decided to take a look back at other queer nuns that have graced our television screens.
This post is sponsored by my personal obsession with the new season of Warrior Nun. This will be a spoiler-free post but, if you haven’t watched yet, please do. The fandom is fighting for a season 3 on Netflix (an impossible feat for a queer led show these days) and we could use the extra views.
As a queer tv writer with a distaste of religion, I am amused by my own current obsession with nun storylines. But we can all blame (thank) Warrior Nun for my newfound appreciation for nuns falling in love with each other!
Now, without further ado, here is a list of every queer nun in the LWTV database, in date order:
## Nuns Who Have Tasted the Rainbow
[Ruth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruth-bachtle/) in *[Hinter Gittern](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hinter-gittern/)* (2001-2002)The nun that started it all. Ruth Bächtle in the German soap, *Hinter Gittern* (English translation: *Behind Bars*). This show about a women’s prison ran for 16 seasons, starting in 1997, and had 19 queer characters! Go Germany!
Ruth was a regular character from 2001-2002, portrayed by Katrein Frenzel. She was a nun who found herself in prison (I have not personally seen the show, so I do not know her particular crime). No spoilers but, if you decide to watch this show, don’t expect Ruth’s story to end happily.
[Sister Mary](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sister-mary/) in *[Blue Bloods](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blue-bloods/)* (2014)A classic one-off queer in a crime drama, Sister Mary appeared in season 5, episode 3 of Blue Bloods. Blue Bloods is still on air with 13 seasons so far.
Sister Mary (portrayed by Heather Burns) meets with Police Commissioner Frank Reagan to discuss the closure of the middle school where she teaches. He agrees to speak with the Archdiocese but, meanwhile, he deals with another case that leads him to publicly disagree with the Church’s view on homosexuality. When Reagan meets with Sister Mary again to apologize for his inability to keep her school open, Mary opens up and proudly tells him that she had a girlfriend before leaving her home for the convent.
[Juana Inés](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/juana-ines-de-la-cruz/) in *[Juana Inés](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/juana-ines/)* (2016)As a queer history nerd, I can’t believe I haven’t watched this miniseries yet. *Juana Inés*, a show produced in Mexico in 2016, details the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz. Juana was a real-life nun, writer, and political figure in 17th century Mexico. She was portrayed in the miniseries by Arcelia Ramírez and Arantza Ruiz.
And, better yet, she’s got a girl! The show also includes her relationship with María Luisa, a woman who eventually succeeded in getting Juana Inés’ works published in Spain.
*[Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/)* (2020)We’ve made it to the reason why we are here today: Warrior Nun. This show includes multiple queer characters and follows the story of the chosen Halo Bearer (also known as the Warrior Nun), a person entrusted with supernatural powers who works with the Order of the Cruciform Sword (OCS) to keep the world safe. The OCS is made up of a bunch of nuns who kick a lot of ass. And I am obsessed with all of them.
For some reason, Warrior Nun kicked off (what I am calling) the year of the Nun. As you will see below, three more shows debuted queer nuns in the year 2020.
*[Cursed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cursed/)* (2020-2021)*Cursed* was a Netflix show that lasted only one season (surprise, surprise) that featured a twist on the classic Arthurian legend. Based on the book of the same name, the story is told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful Lady of the Lake.
All of the original main characters from the legend appear in this show, including [Morgana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/morgana/), aka Sister Igraine, who is a nun. She is portrayed by Shalom Brune-Franklin.
The show features a second queer nun in [Celia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/celia-2/), who aids Morgana in her plans for a rebellion. Celia was portrayed by Sophie Harkness.
*[Granchester](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/granchester/)* (2020)Are you looking for more nun girlfriends? Because Granchester can deliver that. Granchester is a British crime drama that follows a clergyman who finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
In episode 6 of season 5, he investigates an unconventional nunnery where two lesbians are hiding out: [Sister Frances](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sister-frances/) (portrayed by Adeyinka Akinrinade) and [Sister Michael](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sister-michael/) (portrayed by Andrea Vall).
[Joan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/joan-pauwels/) in *[Van Der Valk](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/van-der-valk/)* (2020)The most recent nun in the LWTV database comes from another British crime drama. This time, it is *Van Der Valk*, a remake of the 1960s show of the same name. It follows a Dutch detective who takes on criminal cases in Amsterdam.
Our final nun comes to us in the second episode of the first season. Van der Valk is contacted following the death of a young woman. The investigation brings him into contact with a nun interested in erotica, aka Sister Joan. What a note to end on!
## Impact
Juana Inés walked so our warrior nuns could run. And then all the other queer nuns came running, too.
I can’t get over the explosion of queer TV nuns in 2020. I tried to research what may have led to this sudden interest in religious sisters and have not come up with a simple answer. Was it the general trend in society to be more open to questioning the Catholic religion? 2021 even saw the release of the film *Benedetta*, which follows the true story of Mother Superior Benedetta Carlini, another 17th century nun (like Juana Inés) who was investigated for her relationship with another nun. If you have a potential answer to why media suddenly became obsessed with queer nuns, please comment below!
Final note: Watch Warrior Nun on Netflix. You won’t regret it.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Blue Bloods, Cursed, Granchester, Hinter Gittern, Juana Ines, Van Der Valk, Warrior Nun
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### [Deluge in the Desert](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/deluge-in-the-desert/)
**Published:** November 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Binge models leave us starving for more, while constantly being inundated with new.
**Content:**
It’s November.
I should be thinking about all the upcoming fall finales and holiday episodes. Instead, most of the shows I watch aren’t back, already hit threat break, or are on streamers so I have to wait to binge. And the more I sit and think about ‘what’s on now?’ the more I see that Peak TV and the golden era of appointment television is gone.
## A Constant Cycle
The TV world was really consistent for a long time. There was a ‘season’ or at least a time set aside for all the shows to drop all their new stuff on us. We’d get a run of trailers per network, where we could talk about what looked interesting and what didn’t. We knew that the upfronts were coming, and we would learn all about what was new.
Related to that was pilot season. From January to April, people pushed and perfected and pleaded for the next great show. A show would be written, a pilot filmed, and then we were off to the races. Only, as of last year it was clear to me that [Pilot Season was gone](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/has-pilot-season-fallen/). And when you mirror that with the massive changes when it comes to air dates, it’s not just the industry who is struggling.
## New All The Time Is Bad
I feel like I wrote some Orwellian doublespeak there. The problem, as I see it, is that we’re constantly getting new things. All the time. *Warrior Nun* and *The Dragon Prince* have dropped on Netflix, with their new seasons, but if you weren’t paying close attention you would have missed it. And it’s not like there’s ‘too much’ TV going on, as most of the standard Network Dramas are already on hiatus. It’s that there is simply **too much new** all the damn time.
We can’t keep up.
No one can.
And if we, the consumers, struggle, imagine the constant hellscape this is for the creators. It never ends. Heck, I didn’t even realize *Big Shot* was back until I happened to hit Disney for something else (*Andor*), and I run this site! I have a calendar! How come I keep missing?
## We Need Breaks
I know during peak pandemic, having constant content to binge was great, but it took the difficulties of the binge model, and the airing model (as in new shows show up all the time) and made it a million times worse.
We have over 150 shows on the ‘watch to add’ list and between everyone’s life and the constant additions every week, it’s gone from what I called the best worst problem to an actual “How can we get through all this!?” fear.
The market cannot sustain unlimited growth, but instead of giving us scripted in winter and reality in summer, we get two *Survivors* a year. Your favourite drama? Maybe will be back in Summer, maybe in Winter. Who knows!
And I know it’s too much to ask for that the networks and streamers put their heads together and sort out who goes first, but at this point, I kinda wish they would.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
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### [Why the CW's Fall Hurts So Much](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/why-the-cws-fall-hurts-so-much/)
**Published:** November 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's not just you. The CW's demise, on the heels and toes of HBOMax's collapse, sparks fear in this queer's TV lovin' heart.
**Content:**
It’s been a rough couple weeks for me, and I was trying to get my mind off things when a friend complained about how much the who disaster collapse of the CW hurt so much. His husband was a little unsympathetic and told us we were both making too much of it.
The thing is… we weren’t.
## With a Whimper
Back in May, I was trying to make sense of [the cancelations on CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/cws-collapse-by-the-numbers/), and why it was predominantly aimed at their queer (and female) centric shows. And right now, it’s probably easier to list the original (as in not-Canadian or UK) scripted shows that aren’t officially canceled yet:
- *All American*
- *All American: Homecoming*
- *Gotham Knights* (new)
- *Kung Fu*
- *Superman & Lois*
- *Two Sentence Horror Stories*
- *Walker*
- *Walker Independence*
- *The Winchesters*
Not listed is *Pandora*, which was canceled but reports say it’s coming back on ‘another network’ … no clue on what that is.
The number of shows (9) is about the same as before, due to *Stargirl*, *Riverdale*, and *Nancy Drew* being canceled, but *Walker Independence*, *The Winchesters*, and *Gotham Knights* being added on.
But with those numbers you **might** think “Okay, so the new equilibrium is just smaller. Not terrible, right?”
Wrong.
Taking *Two sentence* out of the mix for a moment, as it’s an anthology, tell me how many queer **female or trans** characters there are on those shows, total?
Four.
Add in gay men and you’ll get a little higher, eight.
That’s less than one a show.
## The CW *Was* Queer
Up until last year, **every single CW show** had at least one regular queer character. Most had multiple, and their character traits were not defined by their sexuality.
In fact, of all network linear stations, the CW was hands down the best for representation. The only network who comes close to that is **[Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/strange-history-freeform/)** and personally I think they keep going gay because it ticks off the 700 Club.
But now… who’s the queer leader? It’s time to do something I’ve not done for two years… It’s time to **evaluate scores**!
Back in 2018, I decided to see “**[Is the CW really that good with rep?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-big-picture-us-network-tv/)**” and the answer was yes.
ABCCBSThe CWFoxNBCShows on Air1315171312Total Shows9378486291Scores (on Air)58.2848.1355.6751.2745.73Scores (Total)42.4838.847.1743.540.01Characters283249233201278Dead Characters2432251639Now, your first thought may be “Hey, CW still has more shows!”
This is because these stats count the shows who are canceled but in final seasons like *Flash* and *Riverdale* so if we adjust for that, CW has 3 qualifying LezWatch shows on air.
Yes, 3.
They took the best, hottest, highest place for all queer TV and butchered it.
## The Future is Reality
Regrettably, the future is skewing towards Reality TV. Now, I like bad reality TV as much as the next person. I regularly watch *The Amazing Race* and *Project Runway* as well as *The Great British Baking Show*. I like the uplifting reality instead of the *Survivor* / *Chopped* mentality of screw-the-neighbor. But honestly I prefer scripted stories.
With both HBO and CW turning away to scripted, it’s going to be up to NBC, the currently worst-rep but inching up, to pick up the slack. But also it’s going to be ‘back to indies’ for content. And this is a higher risk than it would have been 4 years ago.
If you haven’t been living under a rock, the impending threat of collapse from Facebook Meta and Twitter, due to the weight of the tremendous egos of their owners, the idea of generating traffic and attention via social platforms is at an all-time low. Going ‘viral’ is harder and harder to do organically, and most of our small-form content which we’d normally consume happily is being … well … smothered by the ‘algorithm.’
Honestly… I’m nervous. I can see where this is going, and I’m not pleased. The only ‘good’ news is we have a 150+ show backlog to watch, document, and add, so I have some TV for a while yet.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The CW
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 7, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-camille-and-nova/)
**Published:** November 7, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It was Tracie Thoms week while we visited Hen and Karen's first date on 9-1-1 and met Camille, Nova's first girlfriend on Queen Sugar.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it was Tracie Thoms week while we visited Hen and Karen’s first date on *9-1-1* and met Camille, Nova’s first girlfriend on *Queen Sugar*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 6 Episode 6 “Tomorrow” \[Live\]The last *9-1-1* was a classic, “A main character is on the brink of death, so let’s tell a parallel flashback story.” episode. Hen’s wife Karen was in a building explosion with their son Denny and during their rescue we flashed-back to the beginning of Ren and Hen’s relationship.
> Hen and Ren's first date was a set up by Howie. 😮[\#911Fox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911Fox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/DCThlhEqyZ](https://t.co/DCThlhEqyZ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1589324811192262656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Their first date was a big set up orchestrated by Howie. Okay, I like that.
Soon we see their first hook up which was cute.
> "I'm not sure I'm ready for serious."
> "Well, I don't have to be serious."[\#911Fox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911Fox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YvG4dEC75Q](https://t.co/YvG4dEC75Q)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1589333749720023040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love the walk of shame encounter with Howie.
As the episode progresses we see Hen and Ren’s first “Ex talk” and of course Eva comes up. To be honest, I wish Eva herself made an appearance because I love the drama she brings to spice the show up a little bit. You can see Karen’s red flag meter going off when Hen talks about Eva.
Fast-forward a few hairstyles and glasses later, and Hen and Ren are living together in the house we are familiar with (what happened to not getting serious?) and Hen says Eva called her. She had a baby and wants Hen to take him. Karen assumes Hen said, “Hell, no!” and when she tells her she wants the baby, Karen up and leaves.
In the end, we follow the parallel between Howie talking Karen into staying and Karen getting CPR in an ambulance as she’s whisked off to the hospital. Of course, she doesn’t leave Hen, they bring her back to life and everyone is happy they did take in baby Denny.
It was a fun episode. I love a wlw origin flashback story.
[*Queen Sugar* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)– Season 7 Episode 9 “Whisper to Us” \[Live\]Nova has been visiting all of her Exes this season (except her awful former professor which is fine by me) while her boring boyfriend has been away. I guess it’s a Nova relationship tour before the series comes to a close (I was yelling at my TV during the entire Calvin episode. Get that guy out of here!). Two episodes ago, Nova’s first girlfriend Camille was bought up and it motivated Nova to find her. When Camille is revealed, it is none other than the fabulous Tracie Thoms!
Queer fans have loved Tracie Thoms since [she played Joanne in RENT](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tracie-Thoms-RENTs-Dream-Girl-20080817), and when I saw her appear as Nova’s first girlfriend I, as my 16 year old would say, “froke out.”
They spent an episode hanging out, talking about the past and processing how Nova ghosted her at the end of their relationship. Nova explained how she was outed to her father who treated her differently after learning his daughter was bisexual. That is the reason Nova left Camille. Camille in turn told Nova her father visited her regularly (she owns a restaurant) and even gave her Nova’s number. He was a Nova and Camille shipper all this time.
At the end of the episode, Nova wondered out loud how things would have been different if she didn’t run out on Camille and if they had been able to do things like dance in public together.
> "Our timing's off again."
> "This is our timing, Nova. I just want to dance with you."[\#QueenSugar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenSugar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/A4L7Kl1wV3](https://t.co/A4L7Kl1wV3)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1589394507568541696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They were totally messing with us making it look like they were about to kiss!
I guess the point of Nova visiting the ghost of exes past, is for her to get closure and show how she’s changed. She’s going to stick with her boring boyfriend and not mess around with anyone else. Okay, fine.
My wife does have a complaint through. Why do none of these shows find an excuse for Tracie Thoms to sing? She almost sings in that dancing scene a little bit. Why can’t *9-1-1* have a very special musical episode? Ryan Murphy can totally make that happen.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 6 Episode 5 “Pick up the Pieces” \[Live\]I’m not here to talk about Marina. I am personally agitated with their story right now. It’s stuff that should have been resolved seasons ago.
I’m here to talk about Shondaland’s favorite random crossover lesbian couple Dayna and Peggy Knox. They first showed up a Grey Sloan in 2017 and in *Station 19* last season. Last week they showed up again to volunteer for the station’s health clinic.
> I had to up the Greysverse's random crossover lesbian couple to recurring characters! Dayna and Peggy Knox ftw! -T [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/u9drvlZyHf](https://t.co/u9drvlZyHf)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 4, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1588644564377690113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love this kind of stuff and I hope they keep coming back!
---
PS. The Internet has spoken, *Station 19* writers, send Maya to therapy already!
> This feels like an argument that can’t be won. Should Carina let Maya process her emotions in her own way, or should Maya be proactive in finding more mental health resources? [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Danielle Savre (@D\_SAVRE) [November 4, 2022](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1588332750917885952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**This week:** I’m taking the week off to celebrate my wife’s and my 30th anniversary of our first date!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Queen Sugar, Station 19
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Queer Character on a Sitcom](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-queer-character-on-a-sitcom/)
**Published:** November 5, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are diving into the database to find the first queer character that appeared on a sitcom.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, we are diving into the database to find the first queer character that appeared on a sitcom.
The first was a somewhat well known character from *All in the Family*: Beverly La Salle.
## [All in the Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/)
As someone who has watched a lot of sitcoms, *All in the Family* is a very interesting study to me. Admittedly, I have never felt called to watch it because the lead character is Archie Bunker, a conservative, working-class man who is known for his biased opinions and mistreatment of his wife. However, the show was also produced by Norman Lear (who is well known for the creation of progressive sitcoms) and quickly gained a reputation for confronting many taboo topics from the time, including racism, women’s liberation, miscarriages, abortion, and many others. The show creators smartly approached these topics through a lens that a lot of Americans could relate to: a cranky old white guy. If Archie Bunker could learn to accept these things, anyone can!
Queerness was another topic that the show bravely decided to tackle and it came in the form of [Beverly La Salle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/beverly-la-salle/). In the fourth episode of season six (airdate: September 29, 1977), titled “Archie the Hero,” Archie saves a woman’s life who passed out in the back of his cab. He gave her mouth-to-mouth CPR and brought her to the hospital. Later, Beverly shows up at his house to thank him and (very openly) shares that she is a “female impersonator”. As you can imagine, this quickly becomes the butt of a joke for the whole episode, with Archie wanting to hide the fact that he essentially kissed “a man.”
If you were to watch this episode alone, Beverly seems like a quintessential queer character whose identity becomes the butt of a joke for an entire episode, then she is never seen again. But, importantly, *All in the Family* brought her back for two more episodes throughout the run of the show and she became a family friend. Infamously, she eventually dies (eye roll) after being attacked while she is walking down the street and the Bunker family has to come to terms with how much she really meant to them.
## Queer History
While watching Beverly’s first episode, the script’s use of varying identifying terms stood out to me. It was a stark reminder that this was truly a show from the 1970s and mainstream audiences certainly did not yet understand the complexity of queer identities. As mentioned above, Beverly first identifies as a “female impersonator”. In the same scene, she calls herself a “transvestite” but then later rips off her wig to reveal a bald head and says Archie can call her “mister”. Later, while Archie’s son-in-law Mike is trying to convince Archie that Beverly is not a “freak,” Mike compares her to other men who secretly like to crossdress. Finally, in Beverly’s last scene of the episode, a journalist sees her in the men’s bathroom and says that she is dressed in “drag”. The *All in the Family* writers really weren’t sure how to properly address Beverly’s identity! (It is important to note that Beverly was played by [Lori Shannon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lori-shannon/), an actor who identified as a female impersonator/drag queen for his whole life. But, in Beverly’s later appearances, she always identifies as a woman and dresses in what would be considered typical women’s attire, which is why the character is identified as a trans woman on LWTV.)
It makes sense that 1970s mainstream audiences had not been fully educated on the queer community yet (not that they even are today). LGBTQ rights had just started to break into the forefront in the early 1970s, after the coverage of riots such as Stonewall and the fights to get government protections for LGBTQ people, both federally and on the state level.
Interestingly, 1974 and 1975 saw a small boom of queer characters on television. Both years saw seven queer (including female, non-binary, and/or trans) characters on-air, which broke the record at the time for most characters on-air in one year.
## Impact
This boom in queer characters continued and television never fell below 7 queer characters in a year again (except once, in 1978). Although not directly responsible for this growth, *All in the Family* set a new standard for sitcoms. Creators learned that they could approach taboo topics and the American audience would continue to watch, especially if you were feeding the information to them in an easily digestible way.
Beverly La Salle was the first queer character (of any female, non-binary, and/or trans identities) on a sitcom, but she was the third *trans* character on television overall. The first two include [Robyn Ross](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/robyn-ross/) on *Number 96* (in 1973) and [Pat Caddison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pat-caddison/) on *Medical Center* (earlier in 1975). However, as this post points out, Beverly was the first *trans* character on a sitcom. Her character entered the homes of families across the country, during a primetime hour. That level of exposure for a trans character was certainly not experienced before this episode. Although her eventual death was a blow for the queer community, American audiences were able to witness the Bunker family meet, love, and mourn a trans character as they would any other member of their family.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** All in the Family, Lori Shannon
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Happy Ending](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-happy-ending/)
**Published:** October 1, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I wanted to find the first time on TV that queer women got a happy ending. Unsurprisingly, Friends was the winner.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I wanted to find the first time on TV that queer women got a happy ending. Unsurprisingly, Friends was the winner.
## [Friends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/friends/)
Considering the series finale of Friends was the most-watch TV episode of the 2000s, I think most of us know about this show. But for those that don’t: Friends was a sitcom about six friends living in New York City. They worked, laughed, and dated each other. (If this sounds familiar, it’s probably because it’s basically the same concept as *[Living Single](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/living-single/)*, another show from the nineties with an all-black cast.)
For such a popular sitcom, however, *Friends* had a pretty dominant queer storyline. One of the main characters, Ross, started the sitcom married to [Carol Willick](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carol-willick/). A few episodes into season one, Carol leaves him to date a woman named [Susan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susan-bunch/).
The show makes a lot of jokes at the queer womens’ expense. Although all the main characters were tolerant of Carol’s new relationship, I don’t know if you could call it *accepting*. Eventually, after Carol has the baby that her and Ross conceived before their divorce, all the “friends” come around and attend Carol’s wedding to Susan (episode 2×11, titled “The One With The Lesbian Wedding,” January 18, 1996). Ross even walks Carol down the aisle after her father refuses to show and Monica, another main character, walks their son down the aisle in his stroller.
## Queer History
When thinking about the impact of this storyline, I am a bit biased. I was born in the early 90s and Carol and Susan are my first memory of seeing queer women on TV. Although they often made the two the center of off-color jokes, I can’t underestimate the impact of having my first queer storyline end so happily. They even got married! At a time when it wasn’t legal in the United States!
On the other hand, *Friends* did not have perfect queer representation. There was a lot of discrimination still happening in the United States against the queer community that the sitcom did not acknowledge (not to mention the all-white cast in the middle of an extremely diverse American city). The queer community was still fighting against “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, trying to bring more attention to the AIDS crisis, and working our way through the legal system to get more protection against discrimination. But *Friends* did provide a reprieve from the queer characters on TV before who were never allowed a happy ending.
## Impact
The second half of the nineties provided us with a few queer happy endings. It’s impossible to say if the Carol/Susan storyline directly influenced the others, but considering *Friends* was one of the most popular television shows of all time, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that millions of Americans would have witnessed this storyline.
Two other shows that were in the running for the first happy ending were *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)* (of course) and Spain’s *[Nissaga de Poder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nissaga-de-poder/)*. Both of these shows provided happy endings for their queer characters in ways that were never seen on TV before. It seems that the tides were turning in the 90s (at least a little bit).
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Carol Willick, Friends, Susan Bunch
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### [From the LWTV Archives: Actor with the Most Queer Roles](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-actor-with-the-most-queer-roles/)
**Published:** October 15, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I was curious to find out which actor on LWTV holds the record for playing the most queer characters on TV.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I was curious to find out which actor on LWTV holds the record for playing the most queer characters on TV.
Turns out, it is Jazzmun with FIFTEEN total characters!
## [Jazzmun](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Jazzmun.jpg)
Jazzmun Crayton is a transgender actress from Bakersfield, CA. If you recognize her, it’s probably because she has been cast in roles across so many TV shows and networks, you are bound to run into her once or twice! Her first role listed in the LWTV database is [Pat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pat-patrick/), a recurring character on *The Jon Larroquette Show* in 1994 and 1995. She has continued to play trans characters for almost three decades now, including on procedurals such as *CSI, CSI:NY, Proven Innocent, Silk Stalkings,* and *NYPD Blue*. The list goes on.
While I was deep-diving into Jazzmun’s career, a realization hit me suddenly: not *one* of her fifteen characters has ever died on a TV show. As a queer TV fan, this was equally shocking and exhilarating. I am so used to queer characters being treated as disposable, especially trans characters, that I had unconsciously assumed that some of her characters would have died. But Jazzmun and her characters are survivors! No messy TV writers can touch them!
## Queer History
Although Jazzmun’s career thus far is certainly one to celebrate, it is important to look at how these characters fall within queer TV history. First, although Jazzmun has been playing roles of trans characters since the 1990s, she has never been offered a series regular role. The first transgender person to play a transgender role on network primetime TV didn’t happen until 2017, when Laverne Cox had a regular role on CBS’s *Doubt*. The industry seems to regularly think of Jazzmun for guest starring roles, but never wants to give these roles their full attention. Hopefully, this changes in the future!
Another aspect to celebrate is how Jazzmun’s characters have lead the way in representation for trans women of color. I don’t think the importance of representation can be overstated on a website dedicated to doing just that, but trans women of color have been marginalized so often that it is crucially important that they get to see positive representation on TV.
Many of Jazzmun’s characters have been sex workers, which is a reality of many trans women of color in our society, and Jazzmun has spoken on this topic. Although some may view this representation as negative, Jassmun sees it differently. In a [2017 interview with ScreenCrush](https://screencrush.com/jazzmun-interview-our-hollywood/), she said,
> \[I\]n today’s context with all the deaths of trans women of color and how prostitution is looked upon – I’m personally a sex positive person and I have nothing against sex work. I understand it. I understand the ideology that goes into why people have to do survival sex work at times. And then some people just enjoy sex work. Sex is a positive, wonderful thing. \[…\] So being able to explore sexuality and energy on screen, and \[have\] it be seen and loved and adored – I would do it again if given the opportunity.
She understands the importance of exploring all trans experiences on screen. She has also represented other experiences, such as her 2009 role as [Tonya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tonya-2/) in *The Cleaner*, where her character is an advocate for the trans community and offers help to a young person struggling with their gender identity.
## Impact
It is pretty clear what Jazzmun’s impact has been on television, but I also want to introduce you to Jazzmun as a person, not just an actor. In real life, she is a well known activist for the trans community in the Los Angeles area. She is a member of the Transgender Advisory Council and the Associate Director at the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team. You may also recognize her from the Netflix documentary, *Disclosure*, which featured many trans actors discussing the history of their representation on screen. Not only does she fight for positive representation in media, she also works to make sure the community is cared for every single day.
Queer TV wouldn’t be the same without Jazzmun’s career and I am looking forward to adding even more characters from her in the future. The rest of the actors in our database need to catch up!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Jazzmun
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### [What HBO Max's Red Wedding Means for Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/what-hbo-maxs-red-wedding-means-for-queers/)
**Published:** October 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Maybe it's the death knell for TV as we know it, but the merger of HBO Max and Discovery+ is bad for everyone. Except corporate executives...
**Content:**
If you’re a TV fan (and if you’re here, you probably are to some degree) and you haven’t been living under a rock, you know that HBOMax was bought by Discovery and quickly torpedoed all their cartoons and pulled a lot of their in-progress. On top of that, they removed a lot of **kids** content.
But the whole story is a little more perplexing and confusing, because HBOMax… Isn’t HBO.
## What Makes HBO Max?
There are a lot of moving parts in this, and honestly if you come out of this thinking “All TV corporations are a shell game to hide money” you would not be wrong.
AT&T owns WarnerMedia as a Baby Bell. Back in 2018, WarnerMedia wanted a streaming service to compete with Disney, and they wanted it in a year. Their idea was to include all their entertainment (HBO, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Turner Classic Movies, and about 20 more ‘networks’ as we know them) into one streamer and hah hah, no more money to Netflix! It’s not a terrible idea, if you think about it as a money making business, though there were a lot more complications than just how hard it is to build out servers.
About halfway through that project, they announced the name was HBO Max, stating the ‘Max’ moniker with Cinemax. Those two companies (HBO and Cinemax) are sister companies, just to make it a little more complex. And on top of that (but wait, there’s more), AT&T added in more. Audience (a channel you could only get if you were on DirecTV, which is owned by … AT&T) was sunset and folded into HBO Max.
Vox has a whole article about the fact that [HBO Max is and is not a part of HBO ](https://www.vox.com/culture/21267943/hbo-max-explained-hbo-hbo-go-hbo-now-friends)which I recommend you read. Basically we have HBO (the linear add-on channel we old TV fans are familiar with), HBO Go (the streaming part you get for free if you have HBO), HBO Now (a separate service which airs everything on HBO) and HBO Max (which airs everything on HBO and the other stations mentioned above). HBO Now doesn’t make any original content, HBO Max has more,
But then something odd happened. In February 2020, Warner Bros. and HBO Max made “Warner Max,” which was a film company who was going to make 8-10 mid-budget movies. That isn’t weird at all. The thing that was weird was only eight months later they changed course. Warner Max was consolidated into regular Warner Bros. Pictures.
Honestly, I think we should have seen the merger coming.
## Who Merged Into What?
Jump ahead two years. It’s March 2022 and Discovery, Inc. has announced a merger with a *divestiture* of WarnerMedia. Meaning: AT&T is selling WarnerMedia to Discovery and Discovery will become “Warner Bros. Discovery.”
That kind of thing is pretty common. Go look up how many times “Paramount” has changed hands since the 1990s. It’s a shell game, like I said. But… Discovery already has Discovery+ and we (LezWatch) have a whopping **zero shows** from that network (actually either Discovery or Discovery+) for a very important reason. They don’t have any **scripted** content. They have documentaries, dramatizations of real events (which again, are not scripted per the terms used by TV people – unscripted content includes game shows, talk shows, documentaries, reality TV, and ‘true’ stories).
This gives us Discovery (all unscripted, all the time) and HBO Max (mostly scripted, some unscripted) combining forces. From the outset, that doesn’t sound silly at all. Merging means combining forces! But if you’ve lived through a company merger before, you know the first thing that happens is removing duplicates. Do you have two buildings? You don’t need two, you need one, close the expensive one. Do you have two managers in charge of show pitches? You don’t need two, you need one, fire the lower one on the totem pole.
All of that is incredibly normal. Not great, don’t get me wrong, but pretty normal.
What I didn’t expect was them say they were shutting down so much content.
## Quality Content: Gone
Now there’s something important to bear in mind. HBO is a good, respected channel for a very specific reason. HBO doesn’t have a lot of crap content. HBO historical movies were a huge thing for me growing up. It was a shocker to read this statement in August:
> As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+. That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.
The reason provided was that it would ‘save money on residuals’ – or rather, they decided it was easier to just not pay creators for their work. I’d list them here, but it’s really a wiki-level page of everything. But the things that jumped out at a lot of us was how many **children’s** shows were kiboshed. I mean, not all animation is equal, but they generally aren’t considered the super expensive content (except if they hired spendy VAs), and it was making a massive comeback in a lot of ways.
And really the important take away is not **what** was removed but the fact that it’s gone.
No really, it’s gone.
Not terribly long ago, I read an [article with the Kings](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-good-fight-creators-series-ending-evil-your-honor-1235209954/) (who made [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)/*[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* ) and they pointed out they don’t actually have copies of their content anymore because it’s all digital:
> **Do you worry about a show like *BrainDead*, which ran for only one season, suddenly being raptured from a platform and lost to time?**
>
> **MICHELLE** There’s way too much to worry about. God bless *BrainDead*, but I cannot spend my nights awake, worrying about it being taken off Paramount+. (*Laughs.*)
>
> **ROBERT** I’ll tell you what I worry about. We don’t have copies of it anywhere. We don’t have DVDs. If I need to remember a line that we used, to make sure we’re not copying ourselves, I go on Paramount+ and find it.
>
> **MICHELLE** We could probably get copies. Or we could videotape it?
>
> **ROBERT** With my iPhone? (*Laughter.*) Well, I’ve got to tell you, you hit on a sore point for almost all showrunners everywhere. They’re horrified by this sense that the work that they spent so much time on could just be, as you say, raptured up into the sky. And sometimes it’s being done by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body.
>
> **MICHELLE** That’s the bigger worry. Books go out of print. It’s not the first time this has happened, but it does seem to be happening for all the wrong reasons.
>
> [‘Good Fight’ Duo Michelle and Robert King Have Concerns About Where Hollywood Is Heading](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-good-fight-creators-series-ending-evil-your-honor-1235209954/)
I got chills.
I grew up well aware of the implications of books being censored and pulled out of circulation. I made sure to save my father’s collection of banned books when he died because he had a very long held belief that even a book you categorically disagree with and vilify should remain to educate people as to why it’s bad. You have to teach people why a thing is bad.
But here, we’re not even talking about questionably useful content like a book that exonerates Dhamer. We’re talking about **cartoons** about a kid who wants to be a super hero, step brothers who love adventure, anthropomorphic non-binary paintbrushes at camp, Elmo’s not-too-late-night talk show, and a kid in space.
These shows are **lost**.
## Is it really that bad?
It really is. The people behind Final Space have nothing:
> ‘Final Space’ creator Olan Rogers confirms that the series is becoming a tax write-off for Warner Bros Discovery and will be gone forever from all official channels after Netflix takes the series down internationally.
>
> All physical copies of the series have already stopped. [pic.twitter.com/hk5EK2MJZI](https://t.co/hk5EK2MJZI)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [September 24, 2022](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1573808794227834880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cutting animation has been vile, especially since in the early days of the pandemic, it was animation that kept the lights on.
And naturally the **other** thing that got cut was Stage 13. That was something that slipped under the radar of anyone who isn’t close to production, but Stage 13 is basically where Warner Bros. did their original short-form content. Stage 13 was part of the Warner Bros Television Workshop which is where new, diverse (read ‘non cis male white’) creators were getting a start. The Workshop has been around fro 40 years and is ending next year due to all this, and it’s where so many amazing creators got noticed.
https://twitter.com/LisaCullen/status/1579999234069532672
One thing non-TV humans tend to not realize is how much TV is still a ‘who you know’ apprenticeship process. Today’s head writer was an intern who made a friend and got a boost. But those boosts were severely limited until the Workshops started making a process to elevate which got us to where peak TV was just huge.
Instead, we’re seeing consolidation and business driving the creative. It’s not TV make money, it’s now force the last penny out of everyone and who cares if the content is good.
They’re sullying HBO’s name with this, which is just bad business, but worse, they’re making it harder and harder to get different content. New content. The stuff we actually rave about because it’s unique. Writers are pushed out of the room and executives are driving the car now.
## Is there any hope?
Well.
A day after Warner Bros. said they were shuttering their projects to bring up diverse talent, they made a 180. The workshops are saved and will now be housed within WBD’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) unit, in partnership with WBTV. This was due, in part, to the DGA (Director’s Guild of America) pitching a fit at how stupid this was and how harmful.
That sounded great until we found out the DEI is excluding the people who made it work.
https://twitter.com/LizAlps/status/1580675425692397568
On top of that, Netflix and AppleTV+ are doing ads.
In other words, streaming was working until it wasn’t, and now they’re going back to an even crappier version of cable which we’ll all pay more for.
And then, one of my favourite TV reporters, the wonderful Mo Ryan, shared this:
https://twitter.com/moryan/status/1580764215114989568
TV, as it was, as it has been, is going away. The bubble is burst, and with more money put into cheaper content, scripted TV is falling to the wayside. If it doesn’t make a profit right away, it’s gone.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** HBO Max
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### [ClexaCon '22: Janina Gavankar](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/clexacon-22-janina-gavankar/)
**Published:** November 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Queer stories have been told with different faces and different names for years." - Janina Gavankar talks to us about TV, video games, and immortality.
**Content:**
To a number of people, she’s forever [Papi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eva-papi-torres/), the woman who slept with more women than anyone else on *[The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)* (at least according to Alice). To others, she’s Luna, the shape shifter who can turn into a horse, and to one poor woman somewhere in West Hollywood, she’s just a heart breaker. Janina Gavankar is an actor, musician, voice actress, producer, film maker, and more.
She sat down with us, [Tagg Magazine](https://taggmagazine.com), and [Meemoeder.com](https://Meemoeder.com) to talk about the new *L Word: Gen Q*, video games, the pandemic, and guilty TV pleasures, with a dose of *The Morning Show*.
## Interview
**LezWatch.TV:** So how has playing a queer character on *The L Word* influenced like the rest of your career?
**Janina Gavankar:** My gosh. I don’t really know. I feel like … has it? I just think that I’ve always been a subversive person. I’m an artist. I was born like that, you know? I’m always going to be attracted to an opportunity where I can be a part of telling a story that hasn’t been told yet. To me it’s not arbitrary that the first *real* job I got was on a queer show. And I think that there’s — if I look at everything I’ve ever done, there’s probably been I don’t know…
I just don’t know. I just think it’s just, to me, it’s not a big deal. It’s never been a big deal even at the time, even though it was the first *lesbian* show, supposedly. But that doesn’t mean that there weren’t queer people writing stories that had queer themes and queer characters even though they didn’t actually follow through for years before that right?
People who are marginalized have to exist and tell their own stories in the best way that they can that changes through the years. It looks different as the years go by *The L Word* was the first one to look and feel that way. But queer stories have been told with different faces and different names for years.
**Meemoeder.com:** Do people still, if you if they see you, do they still call you Papi?
**Gavankar:** They didn’t even back then. No, because we’re different. Our presentation of self — meaning, Papi and I — our presentation of self is very different from each other. So nobody really recognized me.
I did have one fantastic moment and we — I play video games, I’m like, I’m a geek, right? So I’m not really going out much? But while it was airing, in those years, I happened to be out and somebody recognized me. Somebody said, “Hey Papi” and I think she thought she was being kind of a smart alec, and I just looked at her, but I looked at her *as* Papi, I said like, “Hey girl,” and she basically shrank inside of herself. That was super fun and I’ll never forget it. That was so long ago now, Papi isn’t as on the skin as you used to be for me, right?
But she had a point of view and an opinion that is so different than mine, that she when she looked at women through me, they *knew* it and they could feel it. Rhat’s why it made this woman lose all of her power on the sidewalk outside of some club in West Hollywood, and I’ll never forget because I can’t do it anymore.
I could probably get her back. You know what I mean? Like I could probably get her back, but she was still on the skin at the time. Even if I tried right now, it’d be hard and it would be embarrassing for me as an actor because I’d be like, oh shoot, I lost, I gotta get back to work a little bit to find her.
But that was that was it.
**LezWatch.TV:** Would you go back to playing her if they called you and said, come to *L Word Q*?
**Gavankar:** That’s a deep question. I don’t have an answer.
**Tagg Magazine:** Have you watched the new show? Generation Q?
**Gavankar:** No, but I have met some of the cast socially and they’re wonderful. What is your take on? I’m just dying to know what everyone else’s take on the show.
**Tagg:** I really like it.
**Gavankar:** You like it.
**Tagg:** Yeah. I think there’s always room for improvement in everything. But that’s the thing. It’s like if this is the one show that has like an ensemble queer characters, it can’t stand for everything. You know, it’s not gonna be everything.
**Gavankar:** Thank you! This is the stuff that I said, listen, if you dig up my press from back in the day, I used to try to say that. I used to try to say it’s the first and the only, this cannot be it. This is just the beginning.
**Tagg**: I’m glad that I got renewed for a third season.
**Gavankar:** Oh good! excited to see to see what happens next. Good. Whose show running that?
**Tagg**: Marja-Lewis Ryan.
**Gavankar:** I will probably — let’s be honest — I will probably binge. Yes, I’m most likely to wait until the third season is completely done, so I have that much to binge. Then it becomes, like, this is a juicy amount of content to put in my brain.
**Meemoeder.com:** So you’re going to be in a panel about \[*L Word: Gen Q*\] later today, right? Because my question was going to be so what’s your general take on it? But you haven’t seen it yet, so what’s going to be about?
**Gavankar:** We’re going to talk a lot about the original show. I’m sure we’ll have a lot to talk about.
**LezWatch.TV:** So you were on the first big … This is all queer women all the time show. How have you seen the queer landscape on in media changed since?
Gavankar: They all have, it’s been incredible. Thank God. Thank God. I love how this next generation is like “Lesbian? That’s do binary for me.” They are not here for that bullshit. I love it. I just think Gen Z is gonna save us all. They’re gonna force every person who thinks black and white to think in a rainbow. They’ve already added more colors to the rainbow. It’s a beautiful thing.
**LezWatch.TV:** You’re a gamer. What’s your favorite? I mean right now, I know it changes for all of us.
**Gavankar:** Right now? I mean, there’s one that rules them all to me is *Portal*. But what am I playing right now? Just I’m 100%-ing *Spider-Man* right now, which came out a few years ago. It was, it’s one of the best games ever made. There’s nothing I don’t get extra credit points for liking *Spider-Man*, you know what I mean? And then of course Miles Morales, it’s the follow up that they launched the PS5 with is incredible. Stray. Have you played *Stray* yet?
**LezWatch.TV:** I couldn’t, I looked into it and then I’m like, wait, it hurts the cat. I can’t do.
**Gavankar:** It doesn’t, it doesn’t?
**LezWatch.TV:** Okay, then somebody lied to me and I’m gonna go check it out.
**Gavankar:** I mean, listen, if you’re going to play a game that has to be consequences right now. But as soon as you feel like that’s not gonna trigger you in any way then you should totally play.
**LezWatch.TV:** I’m making a note for myself.
**Gavankar:** Yeah, I just put it on a list somewhere it’s beautiful. And then of course the re master of *The Last of Us* and then I’ll go right into *The Last of Us II* and then I’m sort of timing that to all be around the TV show.
**LezWatch.TV:** Are you going to watch it?
**Gavankar:** Of course! Troy Baker, who plays Joel in the games, is a dear friend of mine and that’s really the opinion that you need. Not mine.
**LezWatch.TV:** I personally am looking forward to it. I enjoyed playing it when it came out.
**Gavankar:** It’s a masterpiece.
**LeWatch.TV:** Yeah it was a story I wasn’t expecting in a zombie game.
**Gavankar:** That’s right and love comes in many many ways.
**Tagg:** I’m curious if you could talk a little bit about your experience on the morning show because it’s one of my favorite shows and I know the last season had a really great queer storyline. It sounds like it may continue next season. I’m not sure if you’re returning or not, but we’d love to hear just a little bit about your experience.
**Gavankar:** Oh my gosh it was just it’s just like a bucket of genius. It’s incredible. It’s a really *big* show. By that, because I’ve been on a few big shows, but on that, that’s a *very* big, big show. I explained that .. it sounds fake, here’s an example. My first day on set, I’m sitting in the cup, that’s what we call it, cause it’s like a little coffee cup. So that’s the desk, you’re in the cup. There were two modes of production happening at the same time simultaneously.
The real show that you see, which is like the cameras on the back, right there on tracks, there behind the cameras that are shooting us creating the news network show. All of that content is being piped into the real heart where you see the room that has all of the screens.
I wasn’t told that because like as an actor, if you’re not a producer, nobody’s telling you shit, you’re just showing up and doing your job right? But because I produce, because I love technology and I’m like watching everything, I’m like stepping out of myself and then stepping in as the character sometimes, right?
So I’m sitting down and having Alison thoughts, right? All of her thoughts and then they yelled cut. And then I just looked around for the first time and I was like, wait, hold on. So you guys are shooting and then I can lean this way and I could see everything was live on those screens and I was like, this is a fucking circus!
There’s so many moving parts and this is fucking big! I was talking to Desean \[Terry\] and I was like, do you see how big this is? I’ve never seen anything like that. I don’t even know if it exists on any other show. There have been shows about the news before, but I don’t think there’s ever been a set like that.
That shit is sexy.
**LezWatch.TV:** Now I want to go see it. That set sounds amazing.
**Gavankar:** It’s incredible. It’s incredible. By the way, I’m not even talking about the level of actors and writers. I’m sorry about that. The example I used was something that is not what everybody else talks about. Right? It’s a big show.
**Meemoeder.com:** Are there any future shows that you can say something about or maybe any projects that we can support you with.
**Gavankar:** \[slyly\] Yes. I’m living in an umbrella of secrecy right now. I have four, five? I’ve been working on a lot of games in the pandemic, which is very exciting. Really dope stuff I’m so excited to be a part of. But this pandemic has been really interesting, you know, I did a show called *Big Sky* which is now you can watch all of it. I had a lot of fun and I joined a show that was a — this is what I can say — I joined the show, it was a very big hit show and it got canceled three days before we were all going to ship out to make it.
So it was announced that it got canceled. It was a very intense moment. In that moment as an actor, you are so you are added so late to a project.. That, to me, I’m just like who gives a shit what I think? Are the writers okay? The director that’s been up there planning for months? Are they okay? How about the entire crew that doesn’t have a job now, are they okay?
It’s very intense. So that just happened. I was not supposed to be here right now, but so that’s why I’m sort of like happily not off shooting something. Other than that I’m producing and developing a lot of stuff. My creative partner and I have a very dense slate of projects.
I also started a full service podcast production company last year and the first one that is out right now is called Truest Blood. It’s a look bad podcast for HBO. Really good.
**LezWatch.TV:** HBO Max just had the wave of cancelations where so many people— I was gonna ask, you know, how do you feel?
**Gavankar:** Oh we’re just a little podcast.
**LezWatch.TV:** True, but how do you feel about seeing all those cancelations?
**Gavankar:** I’m devastated, especially because HBO is subversive and that is where marginalized communities have shined on HBO in the past. So that’s very scary to me.
**Tagg:** Would you jump at the change to play another supernatural character?
**Gavankar:** Oh yeah. I mean, I’m doing it all the time, especially in the game’s world, right?
**Tagg:** Would you be like another shapeshifter? A werewolf? A vampire?
**Gavankar:** To me, that doesn’t matter. It’s really the back story and the forward motion of the character. So all of those things are just Trojan Horses to be able to tell a story in a different way that makes it more palatable to somebody who might not understand what’s really being said. That’s the magic of genre.
I made a short film that came out in the pandemic. We made it before the pandemic, and it was about a woman stuck in her house, that’s hilarious now, and who coughs a lot. It’s a horror piece and it has it has body horror and it’s scary and it’s just a way in for a lot of people. Basically like if you know you know exactly what we’re saying here, and if you don’t that’s fine you can come for the gags okay, you know?
But even if you look at *The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe* isn’t at all like a Christian tale, just a morality play, you know, it’s just like CS Lewis was just trying to put his own spin on these morality tales into a fantasy novel series.
I guess I’m expanding too much upon the first answer, which is it doesn’t matter.
**Tagg:** Do you think that you enjoy playing supernatural characters more than not?
**Gavankar:** No, not more or less. It’s fine either way, because in the end it’s just it’s the humanity. It doesn’t really matter if they can fly or not. Can’t we all fly?
**LezWatch.TV**: What super power would you like to have?
**Gavankar:** Like voluntary immortality? I just want to know what tech is gonna be like in 100 years. I’m like if this is where we are now, hahahaha! Are we gonna make it 100 years? I don’t know. I want to know that’s, why I want to be voluntary, because everybody’s gonna die. If I’m not gonna talk to, you know what I mean?
**Tagg:** What woman doesn’t want to turn into a horse whenever she can?
**Gavankar:** But why just limit it to horses? Now that I’ve been a shapeshifter, I would never just only one. A horse is the first thing I turned into on *True Blood* that you saw. But like her life, she’d been many things of it. I always think of course because they had that but how cool is that?
How cool is that, that they decided that she was part of some support group because she, it’s a very small community, and even though vampires were out, shape shifters were not so they had this support group and then they used to just go run and be horses together. Oh I love it. Oh so good.
**LezWatch.TV:** What’s your favorite guilty pleasure show to watch? Reality TV is open.
**Gavankar:** This is not guilty at all. I was gonna say reality the best of reality television right now is *Love on The Spectrum*. If you haven’t watched it, everybody has to go home and watch it right now watching us one first and watch one into the Australian version. That is the order in which you have to watch it.
That’s not guilty though. Guilty is *Love is Blind*. Guilty!
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2022, Janina Gavankar
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 24, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-lucy-and-kate/)
**Published:** October 24, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The happy Shondaland queers are at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital and Lucy & Kate take their relationship to the next level on NCIS: Hawai'i.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the happy Shondaland queers are at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital and Lucy & Kate take their relationship to the next level on *NCIS: Hawai’i*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[NCIS: Hawaiʻi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Sudden Death” \[Live\]Lucy and Kate, the surprise primary couple in a police procedural on CBS of all places, hit a relationship milestone last week when Lucy lost her apartment and Kate invited her to move in.
> ✅[\#Kacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kacy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) relationship milestone reached! [\#NCISHawaii](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCISHawaii?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/zwzRnzLENm](https://t.co/zwzRnzLENm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 18, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1582437050917089285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Of course Lucy only has 1 bag of stuff.
It didn’t happen that easily. They both didn’t want to pressure the other so Lucy and Kate didn’t use their words and explicitly ask about moving in. When it was addressed, Kate came at it from a responsible financial angle and Lucy wanted it to be more romantic.
It’s all good, and in the end, we’ll get the cute domestic [\#Kacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KACY) we deserve.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 19 Episode 3 “Let’s Talk About Sex” \[Live\]I don’t want to talk about what’s going on at *Station 19*, so let’s focus on Grey’s where all the happy queers seem to be right now.
Kai and Amelia are doing the long-distance thing and trying to figure out travel logistics for when they can see each other again. While doing this, Kai has a surprise.
> Kai is so dreamy. 😍 -T [\#greysanatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/greysanatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#greysgays](https://twitter.com/hashtag/greysgays?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/9RslgQY45C](https://t.co/9RslgQY45C)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1583526622921359361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Can Kai be more smooth and can Amelia be more happy to see them?
Meanwhile, remember how I placed my bet on Dr. Yasuda being queer last week? I was right. Bailey and Addison force the interns to record a sex education video for teenagers and Yasuda says she’s not the best person to do a condom demonstration.
> "You don't want me demonstrating condoms. I mostly have sex with women."
>
> Welcome to the database, Mika Yasuda. [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s 35th character! [pic.twitter.com/00JnIkBMrc](https://t.co/00JnIkBMrc)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 23, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1584212587989778432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yay! Character number 35 added to our [Grey’s database](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/).
At the end of the episode, we had a classic Grey’s sex montage which included Kamelia, but also Owen. Yuck. I had to sit through Owen practicing “what he learned” from the sex education class to edit this video together. Gross and you’re welcome!
> -You know what I find super sexy?
> -Me.
> -I was gonna say "surprises," but, yeah, you.[\#kamelia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/kamelia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#greysanatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/greysanatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vSg19tLsTm](https://t.co/vSg19tLsTm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1583529562998075393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Sigh. I love them.
**This week:** I’m going to see Tegan & Sara kick their tour off in Philly on Wednesday! That will be the queerest thing I see this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, NCIS: Hawai'i
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 17, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-october-17-2022/)
**Published:** October 17, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I loved High School so far and, hallelujah, we found out Carmen Moyo is gay on the The Good Fight!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I loved *High School* so far and, hallelujah, we found out Carmen Moyo is gay on the *The Good Fight*!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)* – Season 3 \[Streaming\]After a wait that felt like forever, *Derry Girls*‘ third and final season dropped on Netflix. My wife and I were determined to make it last and allowed ourselves one episode a day. However, our willpower was weak as hell and we watched it all in 4 days.
The girls and James had their usual hilarious shenanigans and our favorite Wee Lesbian got a moment with another cute lezzie.
> "Hi, there."
> "Hi, I'm a lesbian!"
>
> I'm going to miss the [\#WeeLesbian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeeLesbian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#DerryGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DerryGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) -T 😢 [pic.twitter.com/U2PsH5TKrg](https://t.co/U2PsH5TKrg)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 12, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1580287462315655168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So funny.
The Northern Ireland conflict has provided the backdrop to the show and the series finale broke the vibe of not addressing in a serious way and it was really well done. I think it was a perfect ending even though I would have enjoyed a few more seasons.
If you haven’t watched it yet I’m jealous of you. It’s a fabulous, highly recommended weekend binge.
*[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* – Season 6 Episode 6 “The End of a Saturday” \[Streaming\]I’ve spent nearly 12 years of my life watching the *Good Wife/Fight* universe. It is one of my all time favorite series, and I trust [The Kings](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/20/the-couple-behind-tvs-boldest-shows) with wlw stories and characters. That is why I was so disappointed when Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie) left the show in a weird and not good way. I haven’t done any investigating or have any facts to prove this, but I think Rose Leslie quit and they had to write her out. This left one of my favorite shows without one of my favorite TV lesbians.
I do love the show overall so I continued to watch without getting my hopes up a new queer character would replace her.
Last season a new lawyer named Carmen Moyo joined Reddick & Associates played by Charmaine Bingwa. I felt optimistic for a hot minute, not just because I think she’s super cute, but because Charmain is gay in real life. Her character was a new young lawyer who quickly proved herself to be super talented but was mostly involved with the firm’s criminally-inclined clients (clients like Lemond Bishop on *The Good Wife*). She remained mysterious and very personally closed off all last season.
Well, last week we discovered Carmen Moyo is gay!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581749518420217856?s=20&t=rT9eNaLJSDjBkZTIYaT_Ug
OMG! What a gift to us queer fans!
Later in the episode we also find out Carmen’s girlfriend is pretty much Marissa’s doppelganger.
> What \_are\_ we to read into Carmen dating Marissa's doppelganger? 🤔 -T [\#TheGoodFight](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGoodFight?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QHfo5eXAGR](https://t.co/QHfo5eXAGR)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581759919606607875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Hmm. I don’t know what to make of this.
I know the obvious conclusion is Carmen and Marissa are going to have a thing, but the show rarely leads us to the obvious. However, Marissa has teetered on the edge of queerness here are there throughout the series so maybe she’ll jump off in this last season.
I’m just bummed we only get an out gay Carmen Moyo for four more episodes.
*[Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “Wedding Bouquet, $125” \[Live\]While the state of [queer representation has hit a dismal point](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/2022-hindsight-damn-hindsight-and-statistics/), *Home Economics* has been consistently serving up quality queer content week after week. Last week we got some of Sarah and Denise’s relationship backstory on a flashback episode.
> [\#HomeEconomics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HomeEconomics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) had a flashback episode where we saw the restart of Sarah & Denise's relationship. [pic.twitter.com/vJXNPTVpia](https://t.co/vJXNPTVpia)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581745867899297792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yeah, I saw how hot Denise looked with that haircut too.
If you like sitcoms, add *Home Economics* to your watching schedule. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
*[Reboot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/reboot/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Bewitched” \[streaming\]*Reboot* is a show on Hulu about Hulu producing a reboot of the fictitious early 2000s sitcom, *Step Right Up*. It’s very meta. The showrunners are Hannah Korman (Rachel Bloom), an up-and-coming indie film screenwriter who wants the show to be modern and clever and her estranged father, Gordon Gelman (Paul Reiser), the original *Step Right Up* creator who wants the show to stay dated and corny. Alongside them are a writing room cast of characters spanning both generations and a dysfunctional group of actors in the fake show itself.
It’s really funny and surprisingly queer. In episode 3 we find out Hannah is a lesbian, and she is not the only big queer reveal on the show.
Last week a new character, Mallory from HR (played by queer IRL actor Stephanie Allynne) is introduced and Hannah’s dad, along with the rest of the writers room, is trying to set her up with Hannah. Hannah does gather the courage, but according to HR rules you can ask out a co-worker but only once. More than one time constitutes harassment.
> Hannah cutely asks out Mallory from HR. [\#Reboot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Reboot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/sPOdChBTxe](https://t.co/sPOdChBTxe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581752583882178560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Very cute.
I wonder Mallory from HR will be a recurring character. I hope so.
*[High School](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-school/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Shock to Your System” \[streaming\]The wife, kid and I are big Tegan and Sara fans. Next week The Kid and I are going to see them for my 7th (or 8th, I lost count) and his 5th time.
*High School* is a TV adaptation [**Tegan and Sara’s memoir of the same name**](https://bookshop.org/a/84237/9780374169947). My wife read the book, which was convenient for me (maybe annoying for her) because I could repeatedly ask her questions the whole time we were watching the show like she was a Tegan and Sara encyclopedia.
4 episodes dropped last week and they exceeded my expectations.
> "What we have, it's just for us."[\#HighSchool](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HighSchool?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is out on @AmazonFreevee and it's so good! -T [pic.twitter.com/DpnhA7Pmy4](https://t.co/DpnhA7Pmy4)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 16, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1581767207960604672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Quality queer teen angst. 💯
It’s so good, y’all. I watch a lot of teen series and they usually fall into the obviously written by grown ups/After School Special category or Euphoriaesque tragedy porn. This is neither, it’s honest, well-done and unapologetically queer. I also appreciate how the series goes into the lives of the folks in Tegan and Sara’s orbit, like their parents, in a way the book does not.
**I VERY highly recommend watching *High School*.** You don’t have to be a Tegan and Sara superfan or familiar with them as a musical duo at all to enjoy the series. I can’t wait to watch the rest of it.
**This week:** Every couple in the Greysverse is fighting. Why does Shonda hate love? I really hope Maya and Carina turn things around and I have my fingers crossed for new intern Mika Yasuda being queer.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Derry Girls, High School, Home Economics, Reboot, The Good Fight
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 22, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-paper-girls-kj/)
**Published:** August 22, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On Paper Girls, KJ finds out she's gay in a way none of the rest of us did in the 80s.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, on *Paper Girls*, KJ finds out she’s gay in a way none of the rest of us did in the 80s.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Paper Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/paper-girls/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]I didn’t know anything about *Paper Girls* going into it besides it was based on [a comic book series](https://bookshop.org/a/84237/9781632156747). I’ll be honest, it took me a few episodes to get into it. At first it felt too confusing…sci-fi plots are really hard for me to follow. But as it went on, the character development and drama kicked in and I was hooked. I found myself thinking of the show during the day and wanting to watch the next episode asap.
The show is about 4 12-year-old paper girls who get sucked into a war between opposing time-traveling groups. They start in 1988 and travel to various points in time in the future. The part I loved the most was the girls discovering things about their lives via their adult selves. Some of the girls actively work with their grown up selves to try to get back to 1988.
Of course, I spent the early episodes trying to figure out who was the gay one. Mac is a tomboy and the obvious first choice, but I figured she was a red herring. It turned out to be Paper Girl KJ who discovers she is a lesbian by seeing her future self with her college girlfriend.
> Poor KJ, seeing your future gay self is tough way to confront your sexuality. -T [\#PaperGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PaperGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/iQmmTzfhrm](https://t.co/iQmmTzfhrm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1561429618703433730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Wow, what a way to find out.
I came out exactly ONE WEEK before the show takes place in 1988, but I was 18 not 12. At twelve, I spent a lot of unconscious and conscious energy trying not to be gay. It was literally the worst thing you could be in Jr. High. I was pretty lesbophobic and if I saw me and my college girlfriend making out I would have completely panicked. I loved this take on the classic coming out story line.
Meanwhile, something is definitely brewing between Mac and KJ. Those of you who have read the comics are probably like, “No, duh.” but as someone experiencing these characters for the first time, I find their chemistry to be A+.
I really hope we get a season two because I am officially invested. In the meantime, I guess [**we can read the comic books**](https://bookshop.org/a/84237/9781534319998).
**This week:** *Motherland: Fort Salem* series finale! I’m curious to see how things are wrapped up.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Paper Girls
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 10, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-kate-and-lucy/)
**Published:** October 10, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I did a few binge-watches including Harley Quinn and NCIS: Hawai'i so I could jump on board the Kate and Lucy ship.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I did a few binge-watches including *Harley Quinn* and *NCIS: Hawai’i* so I could jump on board the Kate and Lucy ship.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[NCIS: Hawaiʻi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/) – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Binge-watch\]There were a bunch of folks in the [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/) all excited over [Kacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kacy) – Kate and Lucy from *NCIS: Hawai’i* so I had to check it out.
I’ve never watched a NCIS show, and to be honest, I haven’t regularly watched a cop show since *NYPD Blue* ended in 2005. I checked out some of the Kate and Lucy edits on YouTube and saw what the fuss was about. Then I saw there was only 1 complete season so far and thought, “No problem, I can catch up.” I binged it all in a few days and was very impressed.
The Kate and Lucy story starts right in the pilot. I thought it would start later or there would be multiple episodes of flirty build up, but no, right in season 1 episode 1 we find out they’re hooked up before.
> I binged all of [\#NCISHawaii](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCISHawaii?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and finally climbed aboard Ship [\#Kacy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kacy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) -T [pic.twitter.com/p5eRELvOyz](https://t.co/p5eRELvOyz)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 10, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1579470543186972674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
“We can’t do this AGAIN.” Okay!
Next I thought they’d be one of a few romantic stories and would not get a ton of screen time. I was wrong! They are THE primary couple on the show and their relationship is addressed in the majority of episodes. All of the characters are rooting for them to work out which is really cute.
I feel like the show creators put this couple together with an ingredients list of everything wlw fans love: [Height Difference](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-couples-with-height-differences/), [Blonde/Brunette](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-blonde-and-brunette-duos/), [Grumpy/Cheerful](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/) and [queer women with guns](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/). That last one may just be a me thing.
A bonus is the show and actors also being Kacy shippers!
> Ladies and gentlemen… the moment you have all been waiting for… [\#KACY](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KACY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is back on our screens! ❤️[\#NCISCrossover](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NCISCrossover?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Q5DSURzIHn](https://t.co/Q5DSURzIHn)
>
> — NCIS: Hawai'i (@NCISHawaiiCBS) [September 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/NCISHawaiiCBS/status/1572043764402880512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The first season is a relationship arc with ups and downs ending with a big romantic gesture. It has everything we’d want in 22 episodes. So far in season two they’ve been kick ass crime-fighting girlfriends. Quality queer content.
If you can stand watching a cop show, I would highly recommend joining team Kate and Lucy with me.
*[Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “The 83rd Annual Villy Awards” \[Binge-watch\]Another show folks have been excited for is *Harley Quinn*. I hadn’t watched it because I am not familiar with her universe and I was afraid I’d be lost. However, I can’t handle wlw FOMO, so I started it up from the beginning, and OMG, I LOVED it.
It’s really funny — It reminds me of the adult animated humor in [*Q-FORCE*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/q-force/). I was not lost at all, having watched *Batwoman* and the DC shows on the CW, I was familiar enough with Gotham City to understand what was going on.
Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are the crime girlfriends I’ve always wanted. They are super into each other and talk through any relationship issues. It’s hard to find that on a live action series.
> Harley Quinn + Poison Ivy
> ✅ Sex positive
> ✅ Talking through relationship issues
> ✅ Partners in crime
>
> They're the crime girlfriends we've always wanted. [\#HaryleyQuinn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HaryleyQuinn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/E4tybgbno3](https://t.co/E4tybgbno3)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 10, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1579475874713591820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love it.
The show got renewed for a season 4, a Valentine’s Day Special and [the show runners say they will never break up](https://www.thegamer.com/harley-quinn-animated-series-joker-relationshi-poison-ivy/).
> A “Harley Quinn” Valentine’s Day special is coming to HBO Max.
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [October 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1578454389093650434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
FOMO averted and I’m totally on board.
**This week:** My wife and I are allowing ourselves one *Derry Girls* episode a day to prolong watching the final season. Also, the *Bad Sisters* finale is this Friday!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Harley Quinn, NCIS: Hawai'i
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### [2022: Hindsight, Damn Hindsight, and Statistics](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/2022-hindsight-damn-hindsight-and-statistics/)
**Published:** October 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
In 2020 and 2021, I looked back at the numbers for shows, as a bit of a canary in a coal mine kind of gut check.
The facts as we know them:
- overall representation has been declining
- there are fewer shows with queer rep than in previous years
- the pandemic absolutely hurt TV
- we get more canceled shows than new ones with queers
So how are things doing now, a year after the [last time I took a look](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2021s-long-impact-on-representation/)?
## Comeback Stats
When I wrote my last post about 2021’s long impact on representation, I noted that 2020 had 480 shows on air.
Here’s what the original table looked like:
YearShows
On-AirCharacters
On-AirCharacters
Who Died2021420627102020480971382019485989452018509102541201748699141And here’s the update:
YearShows
On-AirCharacters
On-AirCharacters
Who Died[2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2022/)40661320[2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2021/)467 (47%)881 (254%)20 (10%)[2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2020/)513 (33%)1058 (87%)39 (1%)[2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2019/)515 (30%)1054 (65%)46 (1%)[2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2018/)526 (17%)1053 (28%)41 (0%)[2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2017/)502 (16%)929 (-62%)41 (37%)As always, the reason for this change is due to a number of factors, one of which of course remains human error. Also we’re constantly adding in shows (the backlog is stuck around 100) so data shifts. But in this case it’s interesting because this alters the net loss in an interesting way.
## Net Loss
Again, the numbers are update from last year to give a better picture:
YearNew
ShowsCanceled
ShowsNet
Gain/LossPrevious
Gain/Loss20226778-11n/a2021122128-6+62020158168-10+122019162160+202018164173-9-132017152140+12+9Immediately you can see that the numbers are not good. In fact, in the last 6 years, 4 have been a clear decline in shows. That said, you can also see that for 2017 and 2018, the numbers *improved* slightly. Not a whole lot, but enough to actually make it more clear that the covid line of 2020 is that break-point turn.
This also means last year’s theory of “Hey, maybe we are inching to better…” was wrong.
If red is above blue, we’re losing shows more than we’re gaining. As you can see, 2017-18 was the start of the change. There was a dip back in 2019 to gaining a little more, but since then it’s a rate to the bottom and not in a good way.
We’re both **losing** shows at a faster pace **and** losing more than we gain.
## How Were My Predictions?
Well…
I was wrong. I was thinking things were starting to improve. But if there’s anything this summer brought us, it was a red-wedding type massacre of TV shows. Perhaps if the CW hadn’t had a full on self-implode disaster of a buyout (disastrous to us), maybe we would have made that tick up. But I can’t just point at one network.
Everyone is dropping shows like rotten bananas lately. Netflix even is killing off great shows like *First Kill* and then butchering their entire animation department. Speaking of animation, the galling reality of what happened to everyone over at HBOMax sticks in my craw.
Michelle and Robert King (of *The Good Wife* / *The Good Fight* / *Evil* fame) spoke to THR earlier this year, and said something that caught my attention:
> **Do you worry about a show like *BrainDead*, which ran for only one season, suddenly being raptured from a platform and lost to time?**
>
> **MICHELLE** There’s way too much to worry about. God bless *BrainDead*, but I cannot spend my nights awake, worrying about it being taken off Paramount+. (*Laughs.*)
>
> **ROBERT** I’ll tell you what I worry about. We don’t have copies of it anywhere. We don’t have DVDs. If I need to remember a line that we used, to make sure we’re not copying ourselves, I go on Paramount+ and find it.
>
> **MICHELLE** We could probably get copies. Or we could videotape it?
>
> **ROBERT** With my iPhone? (*Laughter.*) Well, I’ve got to tell you, you hit on a sore point for almost all showrunners everywhere. They’re horrified by this sense that the work that they spent so much time on could just be, as you say, raptured up into the sky. And sometimes it’s being done by people who don’t have a creative bone in their body.
>
> **MICHELLE** That’s the bigger worry. Books go out of print. It’s not the first time this has happened, but it does seem to be happening for all the wrong reasons.
>
> [‘Good Fight’ Duo Michelle and Robert King Have Concerns About Where Hollywood Is Heading by Mikey O’Connell](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/the-good-fight-creators-series-ending-evil-your-honor-1235209954/)
More and more it’s clear we **don’t** own our copies of media. Without hard-copy, and with networks like HBOMax actually **pulling** previously aired shows from all purchases (including Amazon), we’re going to lose a lot of fantastic shows.
Not even the creators will have a copy.
The content is just **gone**.
That is bone chilling to me.
Which makes my prediction for next year to be … more of the same depressing cancelations and loss, at least on ‘traditional’ TV.
## Where is the hope?
The hope is self-made media.
We have a lot of web series, and we add them all the time. Guess what? That’s going to be the best place to get your fix. And the good news is, unlike the very early days, quality is much better. Those early web series (even *Carmilla*) were rough to watch. But the kids? The kids have access to phones which have better quality than my Super8. They have the internet to teach them how to frame a shot. They have years of vlogging and quick videos for Instagram or TikTok, and they get it.
So the change will come from them, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they do!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Tegan and Sara's "High School" is Scruffy and Sapphic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/high-school-belts-it-out/)
**Published:** October 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I know you feel it too, it all seems so untrue. When you get up and over it and over them. Tegan and Sara's memoire hits the small screen this week.
**Content:**
The start of Tegan and Sara’s autobiographical *High School* starts out with a bang. From loud music to questioning self, it’s a dark rollercoaster of growing up queer in the ’90s when things were starting to be more acknowledged but still entirely messy and complicated.
##### Screener Review On *High School*
Scrappy and sapphic, this reflection on the lives of pop-duo Tegan and Sara’s teen years digs deep and reminds us how much a struggle it is to be who we are, and there isn’t a right path.
Watch it on **FreeVee** (formerly IMDBtv) this Friday, 14th October.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up star
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
The first episode literally has a punch to the face and from there, every single moment continues to hit hard. We join Tegan and Sara in the explosive entrance to high school, after they’ve moved to the ‘burbs and spent a summer growing apart.
Sara has become introverted and quiet, spending all her time with her best friend Phoebe, while Tegan continues to be the extrovert. Their mom (played by the amazing [Cobie Smulders](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cobie-smulders/)) doesn’t really understand why, even though she’s studying child psychology. Why did these girls go from crying about being in separate classrooms to punching each other?
But even as they’ve drifted apart, both Tegan and Sara are beginning the road of adult romance. Having feelings for other girls is normal but at 15 neither really wants to address the names of what it is they’re feeling and for whom. It’s nothing we haven’t seen before, but director [Clea Duvall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/) really turns our normal expectations onto their ear.
This is **not** a sitcom. There are laughs but this series takes those bright, fun, colors of a sitcom house and mutes them down, giving us that grittier reminder of the nicotine toned memories from those yellowish streetlights we knew in the ’90s. Each 30 minute episode ends without a clear conclusion and happy feelings, instead letting us ruminate.
Again, though, this is not a *Riverdale* teen drama. We get long moments of silence and introspection that illustrate just how much the kids (and the adults) are going through. There’s no frenetic race to the next high-stakes adventure. We stay deep in everyone’s psyche and think about the changes in life and the changes of friendship and family.
And there is no rush to be who we are.
Watch *High School* this Friday on Freevee.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** High School
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### [ClexaCon '22: Bex Taylor-Klaus Spills All](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/clexacon-22-bex-taylor-klaus/)
**Published:** September 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The queer representation landscape has changed immensely over the last decade, and Bex has been a part of the change every step of the way.
**Content:**
There are a lot of ongoing arguments about what is and is not good queer media. Historically we come from a representation that was evil (the big bad queers/criminals) or dead (bury your queers). It took years to move from being the dead joke of the week to having actual substance and depth. It’s now 2022, and we are beginning to have a chance to tell stories of death without them being the only purpose for a queer character.
For Bex Taylor-Klaus, the wrappings and trappings of the characters being portrayed include a number of deaths, but also a unique journey of progress. Bex grew from playing Bullet on *[The Killing](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-killing/)*, where they portrayed a young, criminal, gender fluid lesbian, through to Bishop on *[Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)*, where they transitioned from cis-lesbian to non-binary on screen. This mirrored Bex’s own personal growth and awareness of their self.
At ClexaCon, I got to sit down with Bex to talk about the sense of self and dichotomy within playing a role that was who you were, but also what kind of characters did Bex want to experience being next. And it was in the midst of that, where Bex dropped a bomb about my favourite show, *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time)*, and the truth about the mysterious barista.
## Interview
**LezWatch.TV:** I was at your panels earlier today and you were talking about how your health got better as you became more and more yourself and you know, people who aren’t queer or who aren’t, who live in the gender binary don’t always understand that when I start being myself, I actually get to feel better and be all of me. More than just that for the rest of us, we’re not actors, we start being ourselves, we get to be ourselves. We don’t ever really need to look back and go, oh yes for two years on international TV, I played somebody who was me and isn’t me. How does that feel to look back on your older work and see this other person who was you?
**Bex:** It’s trippy as fuck. It’s trippy. Some days it’s like a vacation and other days it’s like a trip and fall. Sometimes certain shows, watching it and and seeing who I was and seeing who I was playing, I’m like, wow, what? And then other times it’s like, no, that still feels right, even if the pronouns or the languages, like — could be changed or I could change it to make it feel better. Especially with Bullet \[from *The Killing*\] and characters like that, I look back and I’m like, pronouns be damned! That’s that’s that was me then, that’s me now.
**LezWatch.TV:** Bullet was a tragic death.
**Bex:** That one was a hard one.
**LezWatch.TV:** It was and that one actually fell into a little bit of … being killed off screen versus being killed on screen. And the perennial argument, which is actually better? Should we—
**Bex:** On screen is better. As long as it’s not like a stray bullet in the back \[dramatic cough\].
**LezWatch.TV:** We don’t talk about Tara.
**Bex:** Or Lexa. But that’s the thing. Seeing them die on camera, unceremoniously? Awful. Seeing them die on camera with a fight, with a battle, with a blaze of glory going out fighting a good fight? I want to see that!
I still understand how much that character meant to the creator, and the creator didn’t want to watch the character go down like that, and all these various things. But at the same time I, having loved this character so deeply and like invested so much of myself into this character, it was really hard. And one thing that made it easier was they actually, they Jonathan Demme directed episode nine, and actually asked me if I would be willing to stay in Canada a little bit longer so I could play my own corpse.
And as macabre as that is, it was exactly what I needed. Like, I wasn’t ready to say goodbye to that character and it allowed me the chance to sit in full death makeup, with the y-incision on my chest and everything, in a robe, sitting in my trailer sobbing, realizing *this* is this character now. It allowed me to say goodbye in a way that I needed and it was my first job and like that character was like arguably my first love.
**LezWatch.TV:** You also said that you wanted to play the villain —
**Bex:** \[excited\] Yeah!
**LezWatch.TV:** But the villain who was like this is the friend villain \[evil laugh\]
**Bex:** Like Moriarty?
**LezWatch.TV:** Yeah!
**Bex:** Yeah! Like the, oh, you’re harmless, oh you’re *not* harmless.
**LezWatch.TV:** What other kinds of roles? Maybe villainous maybe not, have you always wanted to play?
**Bex:** I like the Flynn rider, the prince charming but they’re a little shit.
**LezWatch.TV:** So like the Han Solo? The rogue with a heart of gold.
**Bex:** Yeah. Like the anti hero. I play a lot of really heartfelt characters because I am a really heartfelt human. I think it’d be fun to play someone who resists that part of them, because that’s not something I’ve ever done. I’ve always just been like okay, well we’re leaning in like this, heartfelt! I think that playing a character that has that but suppresses it would be really fun! Because that’s not something I’ve ever had to do, and I know I can, but like I haven’t had too. So it’d be fun to do it on my terms for a role for a character for a story.
**LezWatch.TV:** What was it like being on *Deputy*? Because you got to transition on the show. I watched every single episode. I was like die hard, I’m watching the show because you were on it and I was like okay, I’m gonna watch that.
**Bex:** Yeah, it was really fun because I originally the role went to someone else and then there was just something happened and there had to be a recast and I came in and I was like … hey can we make this character non binary? I know the character’s written as butch lesbian but could we maybe take a step to the left and like expand a little bit? And to my absolute shock, they said yes!
**LezWatch.TV:** It was a really amazing story that you don’t usually get to see, because there was also a relationship involved.
**Bex:** I have these feelings of like at this point in my life, I’m chasing stories of queer joy. I don’t regret telling the sadder story on *Deputy,* because it is important. It is something that happens quite often, people come out and transition, and their relationships deteriorate or end. And I don’t want that to be the *only* story that’s told about trans people’s relationships. And I figure that having that story told will open the door to the trans *joy* story of like I’ve seen what I can’t have, I can’t live with anymore. And now I can see what I want, what I can’t have, what is good for me. And that’s the story we were going to be telling in *Deputy*.
**LezWatch.TV:** In season 2? Because the end of \[the first\] season there was you, dancing with this other woman, and we were thinking is that the new ship?
**Bex:** And that was from the beginning, like from the beginning. As soon as we got green lit for the for the first season, the writers and I were like, okay, so I didn’t wear a wedding ring in the pilot, what’s the story? What’s going on here? And they’re like, okay, you’re gonna break up. \[Laughter\] I’m like okay, how are we going to do this? And we don’t know yet. I’m like, I have an idea.
They knew they wanted to break up and then have there was there’s Cinthya Carmona, she’s an incredible actor, she’s the one who came in for the new character — Julie, the second ship — and I wanted it to happen like a little bit like the break up to happen sooner. So that Cynthia’s Cynthia’s character and my character, we could have like actual joy at the end of the season instead of just the tease. But you know, we were all operating on the assumption of like, okay, we set this here and people will want to tune back in so they’re gonna give us a season two. Unfortunately that doesn’t always work that way. We plan for what we can, knowing full well that the industry can instantly go \[mimes cutting throat\], you’re done.
**LezWatch.TV:** It certainly has recently.
**Bex:** That’s the thing. We, as queers, we want to tell the full spectrum story and in this industry were restricted to time to the season length, not just episode length. And everything is getting shorter and shorter and shorter. So in the days where one season is 22 episodes, you can tell both those stories of the break up into the new relationship and ended on like end that arc in one season with a new girlfriend. Not as easy with 12 episodes, and there’s a lot happening in that show already. There’s a lot of other characters, we have to hit and like hear their stories as well for an ensemble set up like that. I know it was, it was called Deputy, not Sheriff, which is how you know that it’s *not* Bill Hollister’s story, he’s just the catalyst for all everybody’s story happening now, if that makes sense.
**LezWatch.TV:** One… One day at a time? No, wrong show—
**Bex:** Oh my gosh!
**LezWatch.TV:** My other favourite show. Sorry.
**Bex:** That’s the thing I was signed on to do *One Day at a Time* in March of 2020.
**LezWatch.TV:** What!? I used to go to every taping of that show that I could go to! I would have died!
**Bex:** God, Gloria and I were like so excited. I was up for Syd for awhile but they told me I was too cool, which is fair, Fine.
**LezWatch.TV:** Syd needed to be a little bit more awkward and \[gestures at Bex\].
**Bex:** Yeah, it makes sense. I totally get it. I was like this, I love this show and so I stayed in contact with them all the way through. Finally in the beginning of 2020 we were like we have the role. Gloria and I were going back and forth being like this is the character, you’ve got it, we’re going to do this, okay, the world is getting a little shaky right now, so stay with us, we’re still planning. Hold on, we’ve got Rita and we’re starting to get really scared so we have to start stopping and then eventually it was like we have to shut down. Then eventually it was like, okay that the show is not coming back to finish, it’s done and it was just gut wrenching.
**LezWatch.TV:** So can you tell me what this character would have been?
**Bex:** I’m not sure if you would have liked it.
**LezWatch.TV:** I like to not like characters.
**Bex:** My character would be the cute barista that Elena’s always like talking about.
**LezWatch.TV:** Yes! I would have loved it!
**Bex:** I would have been the cute barista and then I actually would have gotten in the way of their relationship and they would have broken up. But also I was really boring. So like Elena and my character wouldn’t have worked either. It just was the catalyst for that ending.
**LezWatch.TV:** I’m totally down with that. I mean Elena was falling in love for the first time and you know, a lot of us have first time relationships that just \[fizzle out\].
**Bex:** Yeah. And sometimes, even it’s not that you hate this person all of a sudden or this person hurt you in any way. It’s just the relationship has run its course. And like that’s what I was excited about being part of that part of the story
**LezWatch.TV:** I would have been on cloud nine, I have to admit.
**Bex:** So would I! From that from the first time I auditioned for Sid I was like, I want to be part of the show, I need to be part of the show. How do I get on this? Like, they did PTSD and depression. Oh my God, my whole heart exploded.
Rita Moreno’s is an international treasure and one of my all time heroes. I saw her at a taping for *Good Luck Charlie* when she was in, she was in the taping audience for an absolute fluke. She ended up singing a song for those of us who were in the audience, like during a break while they were taping *Good Luck Charlie,* and I was like … what is my life, what is happening here?
That was before I booked *The Killing*. That was like, that was in my first couple of months out here in LA. My manager was like, I’m gonna send you to a couple tapings, so you see what it’s like on set. Because they were sending me in for a lot of Disney and a lot of multi-cameras.
**LezWatch.TV:** You’ve got that youthful energy.
**Bex:** I got all that energy and nowhere to put it. But yeah, I was testing for Disney in my first six months in LA. And that was not the right place for me. So my manager was like we’re really pushing you with Disney and we’re getting traction, I want you to see how they film. And so they sent me to a couple like *Charlie* a few other things, *Shake It Up*. I don’t really remember anymore. But it was like I never ended up doing a sitcom and I’m still sad about it.
**LezWatch.TV:** You could still do a sitcom.
**Bex:** *One Day at a Time*! This is this is what I’ve been training for and then auuuuuugh! pandemic.
**LezWatch.TV:** How do you feel that queer representation, specifically on television, how do you think it’s changed over the last five years?
**Bex:** Well I think that 10 years ago Bullet was written as a lesbian. If Bullet were written this year, Bullet would be they/them pronouns, non binary all the way through. And I think that — I know the question was about five years, 10 years.
**LezWatch.TV:** 10 years is fine. People just usually balk when I say 10, that’s a long time ago.
**Bex:** 10 is my — I’m in a weird position where I’m reaching my decade here in this industry. Actually I’ll be reaching my decade in February of 2023.
**LezWatch.TV:** Happy early anniversary.
**Bex:** Thank you. I’m deep into year nine. I’m realizing that I’ve been *part* of the change, not just watching the change from the inside, which is how I felt this whole time. I’m starting to realize, no, like I’ve been part of this change over these last 10 years. I don’t think it’s gonna sink in. Like I’m starting to get it cognitively, but I don’t think it sunk any lower yet.
**LezWatch.TV:** You were also on *13 Reasons Why*.
**Bex:** Yeah, and that one, that one was interesting because when I was in high school, that book saved my life. The reason it saved my life was because because of the way they had her take her own life in the book was very, very well thought out: I can’t do this because of the impact. I can’t do this because of the impact. I can’t do this because of the impact. This is my only choice because it still has an impact. It’s the least amount of impact.
And I, as a teenager, hadn’t thought about the impact on my family. I just hadn’t. If I had gone through or anything, I hadn’t thought my brother finding me or anything like that. And that book was the first time I kind of was confronted with it. Then the book kept going and her family, her parents, fell apart. Her family was absolutely destroyed and, in the book, they mentioned that this is common, this is what happens when parents lose a child.
The impact in the book … is something that I think was missing from season one and I was really scared to sign on and I couldn’t watch season two because I was … I made it through season one and was like, I’m on the verge of a relapse, I gotta stop. And so I started season two and I was like, nope, still can’t do it.
Actually, I grew up with Tommy Dorfman, so I called her when I got the audition for season three. I called Tommy and I was like, hey, I’m nervous because like the book saved my life, but the show triggered me really hard. I don’t know how to reconcile these two things. Because it’s like child me, I knew that this project had been bought by Selena Gomez and messaged the author and like started being like, I want to be part of this. And so now two years into it, three years — I was in year three but two years into it. I was like, I don’t, I don’t know this isn’t what I expected and I’m scared.
I talked to Tommy and she really talked me off the ledge. She was like, yeah, we’ve been having these conversations as a cast as a crew and the people behind the scenes. Tommy actually helped walk me through their plan for season three and what she already knew, because she did show up and she was supposed to show up in season three, we were supposed to have like an overlap. We were supposed to have an overlap episode. We ended up missing. That would have been way too cool because again we grew up together.
**LezWatch.TV:** I had trouble watching seasons one and 2 as well. It just, I had not read the book but just the way that it was portrayed, and I’ve never been suicidal, but it was still just like this is a lot.
**Bex:** It was a lot. And what they did in season three is they really started leaning into the mental health crisis that it was both addressing and maybe creating. It started utilizing these, not spoilers, warnings, trigger warnings and started utilizing the time at the end of the episode to have the actors come and be like, hey just a reminder if you need help if you need to stop, do it.
And then they even had an after show that I got to be on for one of the season three episodes where they brought in a psychiatrist or a psychologist and had us sit down with her and have these conversations. We went and we watched the episode where Tyler gets assaulted and had an entire conversation about it and like the fallout and like the studies that they did and the work that the actor did to give Tyler as much honesty and authenticity as possible.
I really owe it all to Tommy Dorfman at the end of the day because I … Without Tommy’s insight about where about the work that *13 Reasons Why* I was doing to get better, I don’t think I could have done it. I was too scared and I’m really glad I did because season three ended up being therapeutic for me personally. I was dealing with some like sexual trauma issues at the time and playing a sexual assault survivor was really powerful. And then, lo and behold, the episode where my character is like I am not okay, is the episode that was directed by my dad’s cousin.
So I was like, I felt safe. I felt like there was someone behind the camera I could unequivocally trust to tell me if I did a bad job and needed to redo it. That was really nice.
**LezWatch.TV:** That is amazing. So you’ve basically been playing queer characters your entire career then?
**Bex:** Essentially. Yeah.
**LezWatch.TV:** That’s wild.
**Bex:** Yeah. Started out gay. And it’s funny because my reps were like, okay, so you started with a gay character, the next character we play, we don’t want it to be because we don’t want to get you typecast. And I’m like why not? Why not? No, seriously, why not? And they didn’t have an answer for me.
**LezWatch.TV:** I imagine the answer would probably be around like Leonard Nimoy “I am not Spock.” He was, for the rest of his life, Spock. That’s all it was. But that comes with making such an iconic character. Have you ever thought, what would it be like to be that kind of iconic character where everybody’s gonna look at you forever and see that one character? Because
**Bex:** I hope it’s a good one, I hope it’s a good one. I hope it’s a fun one. Even if it’s not good, like good versus evil, as long as it’s an interesting character. Okay, fine. If that’s how you know me, call me that.
**LezWatch.TV:** Have you ever seen — you mentioned that you tried out for roles that were “Bex types” and then didn’t get them …
**Bex:** \[screams into the void in frustration\]
**LezWatch.TV:** … which has got to be the most infuriating thing on the planet.”Oh you’re *too* Bex-like.”
**Bex:** Or getting a text from a friend being like, I just saw your name on a breakdown, are you in this? And I’m like no, read it again, it just says “Bex Taylor-Klaus *type*.” It’s like well did you audition for this? No, should I send it to my reps? I mean I want it fine
**LezWatch.TV:** Besides yourself and these other Bex “types,” did you ever see someone who was like you on screen before you became an actor?
**Bex:** Uh … Clea Duvall in *But I’m a Cheerleader*, and also in the Invisible Girl, the episode of *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer*. And that wasn’t that wasn’t her playing blatantly queer either. But that was like one of those episodes that stuck with me forever. And like Clea Duval, that was my first introduction to Clea Duval, and I was like, who is this person? And where can I watch more? And that’s actually how I ended up watching *But I’m a Cheerleader* and was like, yeah, no, I like this one, like this person
I’m trying to think of like any other characters that I saw that were like, well, I mean, Rosie O’Donnell and *A League of Their Own*.
**LezWatch.TV:** Do you like the tv series?
**Bex:** I’m going to be brutally honest. I’m a baby, I’m a weenie. And I auditioned for that with my whole heart and I spent 12 years playing softball — I thought I was gonna go pro and then I found acting instead. And so not getting that job was a gut wrencher for me.
**LezWatch.TV:** You would have been awesome on that show, oh my gosh,
**Bex:** Thanks. Yeah, not getting that has been, that’s I think that’s the only audition that I like, I didn’t get the job and I’m heartbroken about it. There are some other jobs where like, I got the job and I couldn’t do it for scheduling issues. That’s heartbreaking, that was *Deadpool*, that was that was the nightmare.
**Lezwatch.TV:** You were going to be in *Deadpool*?
**Bex:** I was gonna be Negasonic Teenage Warhead. And then I was on *Scream* at the time and there was gonna be an overlap of filming and so scream MTV and Weinstein company said you’re not allowed. That’s like that’s a different kind of heartbreak. That’s like a that’s like, well I got it but I couldn’t so like it still feels like mine. So it takes me a minute to watch it but I still will watch it to see what happened.
But it’s one of those where it’s just like … I put my heart and soul like this is — *A League of their Own* is my favorite movie. I dressed up as Dottie Henson every Purim for years. Not for Halloween. Never for Halloween. Only for Purim.
**Lezwatch.TV:** Because it’s all right to do it for Purim!
**Bex:** Exactly! You dress up on Purim as the people you like. You dress up for Halloween as the people you hate, or the people you love to hate.
Dottie Henson, I was a softball catcher, that was I wanted to go pro. That’s what I thought my trajectory in life was. And so having the show come around felt like my moment to do that and having the character having a trans character playing the game was like ah!!! and then it just…
**Lezwatch.TV:** Maybe season two.
**Bex:** Maybe season two, you know. I’ve got my fingers crossed and I still want them to do just like “Queer actors in LA, play softball tryouts and see if we can cast you as other teams.” I don’t know why they don’t do that. Like I could play, could play like Racine Bells. Have they filled out of that team yet?
**Lezwatch.TV:** We’ve seen them. But… the final fight was the Blue Sox versus Peaches. I’m also, it’s one of my favorite movies. Anytime it’s on tv, my wife and I will watch it right up until the last bit and then we’re like, no, we can’t watch the last bit where everyone’s old.
**Bex:** Yeah, I love the last bit where everyone’s old because it’s like they’re actually because I start to think like, okay, you’re old, you’re allowed to be lesbian now just you’re all old gays.
**LezWatch.TV:** Because that doesn’t happen in the movie. I just, all I get is sad.
**Bex:** Okay, it didn’t happen *blatantly*, but there are so many — I re-watched this recently and I was like, you know what that ending is so gay. Like look at Marla \[Hooch\]. Marla is a very successful lesbian now. I don’t care, her husband is trans. Let it be like, just all of them are just gay and happy.
**LezWatch.TV:** My wife and I were always like, no, no, no Rosie and Madonna’s characters.
**Bex:** Absolutely. 100%.
**LezWatch.TV:** But the reason that I mentioned it, and now I’m sad that I did, is that you were mentioning that without 20 episodes, it’s hard to get all those stories. Somehow they managed to do a lot of that in just under nine hours. \[…\]
**Bex:** My gay kickball team is blowing up our WhatsApp. Just with memes. Just gay. A gay league of their own memes.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** 13 Reasons Why, Bex Taylor-Klaus, ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2022, Deputy, One Day at a Time, The Killing
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 19, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nova-and-mo/)
**Published:** September 20, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Nova and Mo have been making eyes at each other since Queen Sugar season seven started and Bibi gets her episode on Bad Sisters.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Nova and Mo have been making eyes at each other since *Queen Sugar* season seven started and Bibi gets her episode on *Bad Sisters*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)* – Season 7 Episode 2 “After a Period, Peace Blooms” \[Live\]*Queen Sugar’s* seventh and final season started a few weeks ago and the Bordelons are still embroiled in their never-ending battle with Landrys. At the end of season six the Bordelons helped form the Black Farmers Co-op to pool resources together and in this season they have been accepted into the Southern Louisiana Federation of Co-ops led by Mo Evans.
When Mo comes to a co-op meeting Ralph Angel treats her like a rock star. Ra introduces her to his big sister and Nova and Mo proceed to eye-bang each other.
> "I saw the way y'all was gazing and all that."
> We saw it too, Ralph Angel, and WE ARE HERE FOR IT.[\#QueenSugar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenSugar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/LntUfUcyqZ](https://t.co/LntUfUcyqZ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 13, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1569772973199953922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I LOVE Ralph Angel’s face here!
More of the same happens in episode two and Nova and Mo go out for a drink. Mo asks her if she has someone at home waiting for her and Nova admits she is seeing Dominic.
I know this is my queer bias talking, but OMG Nova has so much more chemistry with Mo than Dominic. He’s kind of a bowl of oatmeal. The show is turning up their chemistry for a reason! I can’t wait to see what happens.
*[Bad Sisters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bad-sisters/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Eye for an Eye” \[Streaming\]*Bad Sisters* is an Irish thriller/drama based on the Flemish series [*Clan*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_(TV_series)). It’s about five tight-knit sisters one of whom is in an abusive relationship. The abused sister’s name is Grace and her awful husband’s name is John Paul, but the other sisters call him “The Prick.” The show does a really good job of getting the audience to hate JP, he is a truly horrible human.
Bibi is the gay sister and she comes to the conclusion the only way to save Grace and their niece Blaniad is to kill The Prick. She is able to get her other siblings on board.
The show starts with JP’s funeral so we know they were successful somehow, but the subsequent episodes go back and forth in time slowly revealing how it was done after many failed attempts. Every episode focuses on a different sister and episode 5 is Bibi’s turn.
> "Blanaid's not being raised by a one-eyed lesbian though." [\#BadSisters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BadSisters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jRsLZ46LFh](https://t.co/jRsLZ46LFh)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 19, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1571876438076260355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The show is good if you like morbid humor, and with 4 episodes to go, I’m curious to see what happens.
**This week:** Network shows are starting to come back this week like, *9-1-1*, *New Amsterdam* and *Home Economics*!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Bad Sisters, Queen Sugar
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### [ClexaCon '22: Bridget Regan - The Greatest Villain](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/clexacon-22-bridget-regan-greatest-villain/)
**Published:** September 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We sat down with our favourite villain of all time, Sin Rostro, to talk about pealing faces, anti-heroes, and what she loved best of it all.
**Content:**
We love [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) here. Her wildly over the top [Sin Rostro](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/) will go, hands down, as one of the greatest villains in the history of TV. We adore her so much, our 404 page is a tribute to her infamous face-peeling scene.
And just when you might think there’s no way to improve, she took on the complicated, complex, not-a-villain Batman Rogue, [Poison Ivy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pamela-isley/), and got her a love story.
Whew.
It’s no surprise then, that I was ecstatic when I found out I’d get to talk to her at ClexaCon. After some fan-girling about her to my friends, I got nearly half an hour with her, and our friends at [Tagg Magazine](https://taggmagazine.com), to ask the important questions like … would you play Pam in a movie, what’s it like working with Vickie Cartegena, and of course … that mask!
## Interview
**LezWatch.TV:** I have a fun story to get us all in the right mood. I had never watched *Jane the Virgin*. I’m not really a soap person and the person who covered it was going to be at a concert for the season finale at one point and she said could you watch the show? And I have no idea what’s going on. All the tweets were, I don’t know who this Michael person is but then I get there and I’m like I don’t know who this villain is but I’m in love with her.
**Bridget Regan:** Yaaaaas!
**LezWatch.TV:** So then I saw your name on the list \[here\] and I’m all, I get to interview somebody who got to be my favorite villain twice!
**Regan:** \[laughing\] I don’t know how it happened.
**LezWatch.TV:** You’re amazing at making villains feel like people and not just like “oh we can just hate her to hate her.” We kind of get why — and especially with Poison Ivy where she’s not a *villain*.
**Regan:** She’s also right!
**LezWatch.TV:** She’s right!
**Tagg Magazine:** I’m sorry I’m on Team Pam.
**LezWatch.TV:** How did it feel to get to play Poison Ivy? Who got a complete story on a show as a guest villain, basically.
**Regan:** Thank you, yes, it was. There was a nice complete story there. I, unfortunately, I’m greedy and wanted much much more. Secondly it’s not just a — I mean it’s beyond iconic, that character is — I feel like it’s really embedded into our culture, the imagery of Poison Ivy, all the green, the leaves. Everything was like, I had so much of a relationship to the character before I even began on it that I wasn’t even aware of it! You know, Uma \[Thurman\]? All of it, you know?
But in terms of her being a quote “villain,” I actually just didn’t think of her as one at all. I thought of her as the hero. Whereas with Rose, she did a lot more naughty things and like murdering and stealing babies. Drugs. That was a little bit harder for me to validate her choices, but I built a big backstory for her and why she was the way she was, and what her upbringing was, and how she was taught to treat people and what her values are. For her, a lot of it was money and wealth and getting it by any means necessary, you know?
I feel like, often villains feel, for me at least, I felt like if I understood *why* she needed what she needed, I could just then go after it 100%, if I really had that connection. Then the *how*, I think the how these characters go about getting what they want, that’s where things cross that line of good and bad. Murdering is definitely on the side of bad.
**LezWatch.TV:** It *can* be. I really wanted — I know that you had the death scene at the end of *Jane the Virgin* — but we were all like “Is she *really* dead?”
**Regan:** I love that you thought that! \[laughter\]
**LezWatch.TV:** It’s a telenovela! By the end I was so invested in this whole thing!
**Regan:** It was the writers. They were like, look this is the telenovela and in traditional telenovelas Carolina is one of the writers who created the original *Jane the Virgin*, she was like the villain has to die. Like this is a rule of the telenovela and there has to be no question that she is actually dead, dead, dead.
So it was clear, but I remember hearing about a conversation in the writer’s room where they were debating about what should happen with Rose and Luisa. I think there was a lot of people that were voting for them to get away together because we actually, there’s a lot of people like, well we want to see this queer couple live happily ever after in a lot of ways.
But the truth is, Rose’s actions were so awful, and she is the big main villain of the show, that that side had to win out.
**LezWatch.TV:** Unfortunately that’s too bad.
**Tagg:** It’s challenging though. I’m sure it’s hard to like take yourself out of it a little bit.
**Regan:** Yeah, it was fun to go out with a bang, I’ll say that. It was such a hilarious statue and the way she was impaled. I mean, I just was like this show. I mean, how am I ever going to beat this? You know, it was so epic.
**LezWatch.TV:** So you’ve gotten to play two, basically iconic, queer characters now—
**Regan:** I mean, I actually think three if you ask me. I think of Dottie \[Underwood from *Agent Carter*\] as queer.
**LezWatch.TV:** Oh good, it’s not just me. For Rose what was the most — I mean, the whole show was iconic and over the top in so many ways. For us at LezWatch one of ours favorite moments was peeling off the mask to reveal. Like if you go to our 404 page, like typing a page that doesn’t exist. That’s peel off is the reveal because we just love it so much.
**Regan:** Ah! Yes! Oh my god!
**LezWatch.TV:** But what was your favorite thing to film on *Jane the Virgin*?
**Regan:** I mean anything with Yara \[Martinez, who played Luisa on *Jane the Virgin*\]. Honestly, all of our love scenes. I love that we always had this element of 100% commitment to the truth of the scene. But then there was this element of comedy on top of it that, to me, made *Jane the Virgin* so special. Everybody was not kind of making fun of the show in their performance. They were really committed to the drama, to the reality, to the love and Yara and I were like this is real love that they’re feeling.
But then you add into these heightened, insane, circumstances and it just makes it so funny.
There was a scene we had where we were in the hallway at the Marbella and she’s like, no, I need to come clean, you know, to my dad, you know, tell them all about my lies and you know, my shaman thinks that it’s really good. There was this moment where I let Rose’s anger come out at her and I felt like, oh this is a real relationship, you know, it felt just felt really genuine.
**LezWatch.TV:** Yeah, it definitely came across on screen that everyone was that over the top level of camp that you expect from a telenovela, but at the same time, the honesty of what was being portrayed. Which is why the love stories work so well.
**Regan:** Like I would watch *Jane the Virgin* and I would be in tears in a scene with the three generations, you know, Abuela, and Jane and her mother and like the three of these women on this bench and I was like, there’s so much heart in this show. There’s so much genuine love. I just think it was really, really special special
**Tagg:** Some scenes were definitely tear jerkers, but healthy.
**Regan:** Healthy, healthy. Yes, sometimes it’s good to let it out, you know.
**LezWatch.TV:** Happy gay panic.
**Regan:** Happy gay panic.
**LezWatch.TV:** So since you’ve gotten to play these two, well three iconic queer roles—
**Regan:** Thank you.
**LezWatch.TV:** —how have you seen the landscape of queer representation change? Because you’ve done so many, you’ve got — you have a repertoire going on and now you’re in this world.
**Regan:** I was actually having a conversation exactly about this upstairs a moment ago. When I first started out, I felt like queer characters were often the token side character and it was they tended to be very limited in what would happen with them. Or they would be just kind of one note and I feel like now there’s such a range and great depth of representation.
I mean especially on *Batwoman* my gosh. I feel like there’s room for so much. There’s gay villains, there’s gay heroes. It’s not so limited anymore which I love. Even on *Legend of the Seeker,* was like just the beginning when they introduced the Mord-Sith and these women that would have these fluid relationships. But sexuality was also their weapon and it was very intriguing and different. That felt like the beginning of it and I felt like it was I’ve been lucky to be a part of a really exciting time in television where the representation has changed over the years. I just hope it keeps growing because honestly like when I come to events like this or any event, most of my fans are queer.
Like most of my really dedicated super supportive fans are young queer women and it’s what I’m most proud of in my career. That I have done any work that’s resonated with them or that they’ve had any sort of joy and that any of my work has brought them any sort of validation would mean the world to me
**LezWatch.TV:** After playing villains, what kind of queer non villainous role would you just love to play? Like somebody please write this for you?
**Regan:** I don’t think of Pamela as queer as a villain. I do think of her as a queer woman who’s a hero. So I would love to do more of her. But that’s a very um you know, unfortunately *Batwoman* ran it’s course. But you never know. So that would be my first choice mostly because I feel — I see the appetite for it up there.
People loved it and that character, everybody’s drawn to myself included. So that would be my first choice and then moving forward from there… I mean — I just find, as a culture, the direction we’re going where sexuality isn’t so black and white and gender isn’t so black and white? I’m just drawn to what’s happening there. Not having things so defined or limiting.
Bridget Regan and Katrina Law © LezWatchTV 2022**LezWatch.TV:** One of my personal favorite actors, and the person I feel embodies Renee Montoya, who is my favorite of the Bat World’s cop characters … what was it like working with Vickie Cartagena?
**Regan:** \[long gasp\] She’s a dream, she’s an absolute dream and I honestly just wish we had more together. We felt like we were just getting started. In a way it’s a little heartbreaking, but we knew DC was very precious with Poison Ivy and they said three episodes. And as they should be \[protective\], I think she’s one of the best villains of all time in terms of what she’s done in the comic books and the animated series and everything, all the iterations.
But working with Vickie, she’s a really positive, focused, energetic and supportive partner and I felt like we just got a little peek into their relationship and it just went by in a flash.
**LezWatch.TV:** They’re making more — because you love the character — they’re making more movies with Harley Quinn and the Harley Quinn/Poison Ivy relationship is —
**Regan:** I’m obsessed with it in the animated series. Love it so much.
**LezWatch.TV:** So if they called you and said, would you play Poison Ivy in a Harley Quinn movie, would you be there in a heartbeat?
**Regan:** Twist my arm. Who knows what’s going to happen in that world. I think that bringing her into the movies would be, would be really dope, whether it’s me or someone else, I would just be excited to see it. And I think the fans really want it, you know, and that’s what’s most important to me.
**Tagg:** Could you talk a little bit, I’m gonna jump backwards a little bit, about jumping into a role that is sort of pre existing like Poison Ivy versus let’s say Rose or something else.
**Regan:** I prefer when there’s existing material, like with *Legend of the Seeker*, I had like 35,000 books to read to try to get my head around that. But I love it. I am a nerd like that, I want research, I want homework. I feel like it’s a way to stall my actual prep.
And I always looking for ways to procrastinate. With Dottie, with Black Widow, there was so much there to learn about Natasha and then kind of piece together what would be before her. I prefer it when there’s something if I had to make a choice, but with something like Rose, I didn’t know anything.
All I knew was that she was having an affair with her stepdaughter, that’s all I knew. I deduced what I could, but then along the way I thought I might be Sin Rostro and I was crossing my fingers but I didn’t want to say it out loud because I didn’t want to jinx it because I was so scared that it wasn’t going to be me. But then once, once that was revealed, I felt like I could really run with it.
It’s different every time, you know, each character is sort of, especially in tv, things reveal themselves episode by episode. I think the actor’s job is to just take those quick pivots and go, okay, cool and all right, we’re going on this way, you know, and just run with it as opposed to go, oh that was my plan, you know, really go with it, especially for telenovela, for sure, lots of pivoting. A lot of sharp turns.
**Tagg:** So one more question. You were speaking a little bit before about thinking about the motivations behind Rose and sort of why she was the way she was. Was part of that thinking a little bit more about her younger life and sort of what that was like? Would you ever think about like some sort of like a prequel, not that that will ever happen…
**Regan:** I built the whole thing in my head that worked for me, so that I could feel. Because what I didn’t want with her is for her to just be bad, you know. I wanted her — the ultimate goal was to have the audience be on Rose’s side which was a tall order. But I built this whole storyline for her, and how her and Luisa actually met. and then I got the script for the flashback and it was totally different than what I had built! I had to be like okay, so that’s actually what happened and not what I thought of and you throw things out as you go along and just keep rolling with it.
But we got the flashbacks, which were probably my favorite element of the show, because it explored Rose’s softer side, which I love. I love that Jenny wrote this where you have this really strong villain but then you find her achilles heel, you find her weak spot and it’s Luisa. Then you keep putting her with that weak spot and seeing what she does, how does she squirm, what makes her lose her mind, what makes her become completely vulnerable? That’s where I would, I just love to live with her. Because if she’s just in power and she’s just you know, like it’s not as interesting.
It’s not as fun to just see someone being a badass and always winning, you know. I like to see those moments of weakness
**Tagg:** For sure and I know there’s also the argument like some people are like oh my favorite character can’t be a bad character, it can’t be a villain. Some people are like oh I don’t like them because of the choices they make, but it could still be a well written character and very likable and very well done. I know in some of the panels yesterday some people were touching on that and I was like if they make bad choices you still can like them.
**Regan:** I mean we all make mistakes.
**LezWatch.TV:** That’s the draw of a well written character and a well performed character.
**Regan:** Exactly! And there’s a difference between like well written, well performed and like a good person.
**Tagg:** I will say that Jane The Virgin was outrageously well written and in the comedy side as well as the drama. It was just a perfect marriage in my opinion and I loved how it mocked and mimicked the telenovela at the same time. It was very aware of what it was and it just was so playful at its heart.
**Regan:** Definitely. I think the editing definitely went into that as well.
**LezWatch.TV:** I was telling people that it was a telenovela that Middle America could fall for. And that was that was so important because as queers, we grow up watching content that is written for other people and inserting ourselves in and trying to find the glimpses of ourselves. And then you turn it around and you make *Jane The Virgin*, it’s like this is not about you but … And it’s like all the people that grow up seeing, well television has always been made for me. Television always looks like me. Television people are like me and then suddenly it’s not at all like me *but* I’m interested in it.
**Regan:** It’s relatable.
**LezWatch.TV:** Yes, relatable, and making that jump, it takes just the synergy between the writing and the acting to make that work. And I feel like yes Rose is a villain. Rose cannot really be redeemed at the end but … still were like but we’re rooting for her because she’s like just this perfect, terrible person.
**Regan:** Perfectly terrible, I know! That’s that’s so great to hear because that is the goal, that is the ultimate goal with the villain.
**LezWatch.TV:** So what are you working on now? Can you tell us what next?
**Regan:** I’m not supposed to. \[complaining\] I was actually trying to push it to get the release before I came here.
**LezWatch.TV:** But you’re working on something! That’s good!
**Regan:** Yes. And I have a couple of Indy’s coming out as well, ones being edited right now and another one is premiering at the L.A. Film festival in September. Then yeah a couple of tv things and then, you know, always looking. Doesn’t stop. The hustle never ends in this career choice that I’ve made.
**LezWatch.TV:** It sounds like you’re still enjoying the choice, though.
**Regan:** I am. I mean it’s a roller coaster. You know, there’s highs and lows and I think just hanging on and enjoying the ride. I know that’s a cliche metaphor but it really is appropriate for the job. Because honestly it’s it’s weird one day you’re you don’t know where you’re going and the next day you’re on a flight to wherever and you know you’re packing your bags and you know it’s just very unexpected.
**LezWatch.TV:** You mentioned kind of what your favorite things were on *Jane the Virgin*, what were they on *Batwoman*? You only had three episodes but I’m sure —
**Regan:** Well, the fight with Javicia at the end felt like the perfect culmination. I mean to have Poison Ivy and Batwoman face off — it had to happen, you know? And the choreography I thought was really really clever and cool to have her fight with vines like whips. \[mimes whips\] To have a practical element there as opposed to just a CGI thing made the fight more visceral for me.
For Javicia and I, we could do more of the fight then as opposed to just imagining vines shooting out here and it’s gonna hit there you have to look there and imagine it grabs. We did have to do some of that but I actually had practical vines. We could bang them in the water and hit them on the walls and stuff like that so that was pretty epic.
And then, I particularly loved the flashback scene where Renee and Pam are. The two flashback scenes where they’re butting heads and we’re seeing how Pam has shifted and her motives and her really deep need to right these wrongs were starting to take over her. We saw that the strain it was creating in their relationship and just that peak into this dynamic of these two women and how they once had a compatible loving relationship. But now Pam’s need for redemption and correction for all these wrongs that have been going on. I feel that was a great window into who these women are, what their relationship was and is now.
**LezWatch.TV:** Did you get to do your own stunts then?
**Regan:** I did a lot of them. I couldn’t do like the — I’m not like a back handspringer or a front handspring. I forget what it was but there’s an amazing stunt team up there and they really, really know how to make it happen. But yeah I did, I fought a little bit with Javicia and a little bit with her double and then she worked a little with me and then with my double. We kind of do a little trade off so that they can favor the camera angle to get whoever’s faces but also wanting to be safe.
**Tagg:** I feel like as a viewer, I try so hard not to think about the stunts. I’m like, I’m in it. I’m in it, I’m watching it, but it’s impressive. Very impressive. And I’m a film editor kind of person. I studied film in school so I’m like, I really wonder how this happened, but I’m like, but that side of my brain away try and enjoy it for what it is very impressive. I do not know how it was done. It was very cool.
**Regan:** It was very cool. And that set, they really pulled out the stops. It was like, it was a huge movie set, just tons of water being pumped in and just coming from the ceilings and all these lights exploding. It was awesome. It was really, really special.
**LezWatch.TV:** Speaking of safety… How has Covid changed everything?
**Regan:** It changed everything. It really has.The hardest thing for me, or the biggest adjustment I’ve had to make, I should say, is we used to go into rooms and talk with casting directors and producers and directors about character and collaborate and start a conversation at an audition. Whereas now you’re on your own and you’re at home making your audition tapes or you’re making them with a friend or going to a studio and there’s no conversation really about the character. There’s no asking questions or getting it going. So you’re really just throwing darts and hoping that they’re landing somewhere near the center, you know.
But I’m following what excites me the most and what lights me up and thankfully I’m getting better at it, but it was a long time being like oh man I suck at this. I prefer being in a space with other people and sharing the same air and collaborating. So that’s been my biggest adjustment but being back at work, you know, look, we’re in a very creative industry and I knew that the crews and production, we’re gonna figure it out. I was like if anyone can figure out this covid thing, it’s it’s them. Everybody is so creative and smart and you know, we’ve figured it out and we’re making it work so so far so good, you know.
**Tagg:** For sure. I feel like someone yesterday said something like you know, 2020 to 2022 is really the time of the pivot. And creative people have always been pivoting.
**Regan:** For sure. We were and we are.
**LezWatch.TV:** Do you think that the creative world is going to be struggling now with changes like that are happening on HBOMax and merging with Discovery and basically pivoting to reality tv.
**Regan:** Well I feel like that stuff always been happening and always been… There’s merges and changes all the time. I think change is the one guarantee we can count on. In the end, I don’t know the answer to that. But I feel, like when they come to events like this, I see that the desire for scripted comedy drama isn’t going anywhere. You know, people still want it. Love it. So I don’t think it’ll be changing fingers crossed otherwise I’m unemployed.
**Tagg:** I’ve got a question and I’m going to try and figure out how to phrase it correctly.
**Regan:** Ohhh go for it.
**Tagg:** Of course, I do not remember this actress’s name, but the blonde that was you with a mask basically.
**Regan:** Elizabeth Rohm and Megan Ketch.
**Tagg:** Yes. How did you prep them on that?
**Regan:** Well, it was all in the direction and in the actual practical, there was like all these elements of the practical aspect. So Megan had a piece — she was the first one that played Rose.
She had a piece, like a prosthetic that was like skin, her skin color and kind of glued on and she would reach into the jacket and start to peel it and then she’d get up to a point where it was covering her face that yelled cut and we had actually taped out feet on the ground, she’d run off, I’d go in, I’d put my feet on the mark, put my hand exactly where her hand was, they’d yell action and I had like a piece of it in my hand and then I’d pull it off and then the magic of editing and movie magic. They put it together. And we had to do it a lot and all the effects people were there and they were, they had a lot of notes to make sure we were doing everything right so that their edit would work but it was great.
*\[NB: Here we paused to show her the gif\]*
**Regan:** \[laughing\] I can’t! Yara’s face in this!
**LezWatch.TV:** Her face journey is just so epic.
**Regan:** I mean she should have won an Emmy for that face journey! It was so good, it was so good. But yeah, that was a lot of fun practically speaking. Obviously Megan and I were wearing the same outfit, all those things that we needed. Now, I’m just going to put my LezWatch sticker \[on my badge\].
**Tagg:** So acting wise, was there any sort of prep for the two of them? Should they be having mannerisms like you because they were supposed to be or did they not want to hint at that because that would tip off the audience?
**Regan:** Well they wanted, they wanted us to sound really different, you know, Megan had a southern accent. She had to fool Luisa, you know, which is pretty wild. So no, there was no hint of wanting to be the same. The only thing was… I was taller than Megan, so like she had to wear lifts on her shoes so that when we were in a shot together, we had to make sure we were the same height. Just practical stuff like that.
Obviously production and costume design figured it out. We had to be similar body types and things like that.
**LezWatch.TV:** We had the hardest time figuring out how to record the various different characters because so we have an entry for every character, so we’re adding these characters, but they’re all Rose, how do we do this? We ended up adding each of the different personas because they were fully fleshed out characters and that was the best way to do it.
**Regan:** I love it! Oh— I have to go.
**LezWatch.TV & Tagg:** Thank you!
**Regan:** Thank you guys so much!
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Batwoman, Bridget Regan, Jane the Virgin
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### [ClexaCon '22: "Batwoman" Herself - Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/clexacon-22-batwoman-herself-javicia-leslie/)
**Published:** September 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Comics and capes and the importance of telling our stories all come to the front when we talked with Javicia Leslie about being Batwoman.
**Content:**
The bat-gloves were off when we talked to [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) herself about the importance of being [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/), the changes we’ve seen (or not seen) in queer rep for people of color, the real reason (maybe…) that Wildmoore happened, and who to thank for going all in on [Ryan Wilder](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ryan-wilder/).
LezWatch.TV, [Meemoeder](http://meemoeder.com/en/), and [Tagg Magazine](https://taggmagazine.com) round-tabled with her on the important subjects as well. Like that batsuit!
## Transcript
**LezWatch.TV:** *Batwoman* is one of our shows that we call our favorite shows, where all the editorial staff sits down and says “That one!” When you took over the role, and I am a huge Batwoman fan, I have the original run of the comics, immediately I was super excited. I went and looked up other things that you’ve done and I thought this has the potential to change things and elevate the story of Batwoman from showing one minority, which is Jewish lesbian, to showing another minority that is even more important today. How did you feel getting to be this kind of iconic role and take it to that next step where you’re getting to be Batwoman for a whole generation of people?
**Javicia Leslie**: As an artist we are very grateful for the opportunity to work, that’s the first step, you know? The first step is just being grateful for the opportunity to work. I think that we get these opportunities and we always just wish we could do it, so we give it our all. But really it’s just a wish, or a manifestation or a dream, you know? For me, what has always been important is being able to do something for my community while also doing what I love, I don’t think that there should be a separation. I don’t think there should be a separation for my spirituality, I don’t think there should be a separation for what I do for a living and I don’t think there should be a separate what I do for my community. I think they all can coexist within each other and *that* is what the show did for me – it checked all three of those boxes in this really beautiful way.
Now I get to come to events like this and see the reflection of my character in all of these different people. I was asked yesterday when I was leaving a convention, we were at the airport and the guy said “Do you like being an actor?” and I listened to myself respond as though it wasn’t me responding and I said “I love it, I love it.” I get to do what I love and the way it affects people is something that you— it’s a feeling that is, it just cannot be described.
To hear the stories, the genuine stories. I interact like! If you’re following me on Twitter, I constantly interact if you @-me I will @-you back! Just hearing the stories, it’s so motivating and to know that it’s strictly just because I love to do my art. I think that that’s that’s a blessing.
I didn’t go into the role thinking that I was doing something monumental, I just went into it because I love the art and it just so happens that I check a lot of the boxes of the character. That wasn’t what I thought I was doing, but to see something monumental happen from, it was really beautiful. Really, really honoring, Thank you, thank you.
**Meemoeder.com:** In 2021 you said that the representation you are now giving young people would have had a huge impact on you growing up, and that young people figuring out their identity can now see a superhero that represents them. How does it feel to be that person?
**Leslie:** That’s cool! \[laughter\] I was just thinking about that. That’s really cool. I don’t know, y’all, it’s so crazy because you can get any kind of role! So to get a role that makes this kind of impact — it’s really — it’s just — it almost takes away words. Because I could have gotten any role that would have taken me out of the running to even be Batwoman! At the time I was auditioning. *God Friended Me* had ended and I was doing auditions all the way up until we got *Batwoman*. I always look at that as a reminder to just kind of just keep going because when one door closed it just gives space for another door to open, that might be the door for you. To know that I am that representation, to know that those doors closed so that I could *become* that representation, I think that that’s so that’s so weird and so cool.
Growing up, I didn’t see — my representation that I saw, I saw black female actresses. I didn’t get to see a black female superhero other than Storm. And I would love to be Storm, so I’m just going to put that out there. But I didn’t get to see I didn’t get to see black female superheroes.
And that’s not just about being black. That’s not just about being queer. That’s not just about being a superhero. I think that’s also about showing strong women, that we didn’t get to see a lot of growing up. It’s always like a woman has to need help, and we need a man to come help us. So it’s kind of cool, being upstairs \[at the con floor\], and just like being able to meet everyone. It just shows the strength of the femininity regardless of how you identify. The strength of the feminine is just something that I think that is very understated and film and television and I love that I get to tell a story that shows it.
**Tagg Magazine:** I’m wondering if you could speak to the importance of queer black representation and your character’s relationship with Sophie. I think that’s something that we don’t see enough of on tv
**Leslie:** The importance— again you’re talking about people being able to see themselves and I think the moment you see yourself you believe you can do it. You know? Otherwise it feels like an idea but the moment you see someone that looks like you — it’s like the first black president right? It just didn’t seem like it could ever happen. Almost felt like it was just like “Oh yeah, sure, whatever.”
And then the moment happened, little black kids can literally grow up saying “There’s a chance I can actually *be* the president and it doesn’t matter what race I am!” I think that everything that my character represents is a community that felt like they couldn’t be, and now that they’ve seen it, they can see that they can be it. I love to be able to tell that story.
When we started this journey, I was told that Sophie and Ryan were *not* going to get together and so when third season started happening and that started happening, that was the most powerful thing ever to see. I thought that that was so powerful to see two black women in love. We *never* see that. Ever. And then it’s your lead. It’s not like these two side characters that they barely develop the story for, because that’s another thing that they do to our characters. They throw us as sidekicks or supporting characters, but not as the lead romance in a hit television series. To watch that and to watch the impact that that made and to feel, to see so many people feel like they see their relationship in our relationship, I think was really beautiful.
And it was really beautiful to see black skin and black skin like that. That seems small, but it’s not common for us, especially like major networks. To see that was like really powerful. One of my favorite movies is *Love Jones*, and there’s this scene where like you see Nia Long’s complexion against Larenz Tate’s complexion and you don’t see that! You just don’t. It’s not a very common thing in projects that are shot well to have a high budget that have high viewership and to be able to do that. I love that. I think that that specific episode that we’re talking about is an episode that will go down in history for being able to show the beginning of that kind of representation.
**Tagg:** Thank you. A quick follow up question, do you know if your characters got together kind of as a result of fans, and like fan speculation, or fans sort of asking for it?
**Leslie:** I don’t think so. Caroline is not that kind of person. I think that it kind of started to become an inevitable thing, and it’s something that I think the writers wanted to see. You really kind of wanted to see these two women love each other, you know? I think that it might slightly be a little bit my fault because when Eric Wallace from *The Flash* called me before the crossover episode, he was like, “So, you know, I’m down to do whatever you want to do. Are you and Sophie together in this make believe world?” and I was like, “Well, it’s make believe sure, let’s be together!”
That was actually my decision. I was like, “Yeah, they’re married, maybe they’re dealing with trying to have a kid, you know what I mean?” I just said it like that and then we started our season after I had already said that. So it might be a little bit because of that as well.
**LezWatch.TV:** Thank you. Absolutely. We went batshit for it.
**Leslie:** \[laughter\] I love it!
**LezWatch.TV:** You’ve kind of briefly touched on this. But how have you seen representation, specifically of queer black people, change on mainstream media over the last few years?
**Leslie:** I didn’t for a long time. Literally, it was probably like the last three years, and my first time really seeing it was *Pose*. *Pose* is huge for me, personally, because it was a community. I didn’t get to know a lot about growing up and to be able to see just — oh my God, I fell in love. I watch that show so much. I’m obsessed. I was so heartbroken when it ended. But I’m super excited for the actors because now they get to go spread that magic in other places.
But that for me was the beginning of seeing beautiful, ethnic, representation in our community. Getting able to hear a story that hadn’t been told authentically, because they had writers that were representation of the show itself. Also in show runners and directors, like Janet was able to direct a few episodes also leading in the writing room. Getting able to know that you’re hearing a story and it’s authentic.
I think that when you’re learning about things that you may not know about. The hardest part is you think you’re learning it and you’re *not*. It’s not *that* community that’s telling the story. It’s like a cis white man telling the story, and how do you *really* know? You know? I think that having true representation in the writer’s room, having true representation behind the scenes, gives the authenticity that these projects need. So that way people can truly learn the real story. That show opened up that door for me.
**Meemoeder.com:** I have a bit of a simpler question. I just really want to know … what does it feel like to put on the bed suit, both physically and mentally?
**Leslie:** So physically it’s a lot of work, it’s a lot of work.
The first season I needed people to help me and then towards the mid part of that — towards the end of that season \[…\] I wanted to change that because it was almost like a here or there type of situation where it was like “Hey if you’re gonna take that long, then you won’t be able to do your own stunts for this shot.”
And it was one of those situations there was an episode where we did the Candy Lady episode, and um the kid is getting ready to shoot Dougray \[Scott\]’s character \[Jacob Kane\], and I stopped him. I fly out of the scene and they were going to use my amazing stunt double, Aisha, they were going to pull her out and I’m like “No it’s important that the camera shows Ryan’s eyes in this moment because it’s a connection!” I don’t want it to all of a sudden flip to her back as she leaves.
This represents a kid who is a part of her community. Seeing a superhero that cares about him has also been through what he’s been through, I want to be that person and they’re like, “Oh no it takes too long for you to kick ass” and I was like “We gotta figure this out!” I took it off and I quickly put it back on and I was “Oh! I can do it, I can do it now!” And then from that point on I was able to put the suit on myself.
It’s still a lot of work because it’s a lot of squeezing.
**Meemoeder.com:** What’s the material?
**Leslie:** It’s like a dive suit?
**LezWatch.TV:** Neoprene?
**Leslie:** I guess? I don’t know. It feels like it’s kind of like rubber leather-ish type but it doesn’t retain temperature so it’s cold or it’s hot. Like it’s either or. You’re never comfortable. So that’s the feel and then mentally you immediately feel like a superhero because it has a lot of wiring in it. So like how I’m sitting like this \[relaxed\], I would have to sit like this \[sits straight up\]. I naturally have to stand tall.
Plus we shoot a lot in downtown Vancouver and these kids are outside so it’s, okay, let me walk like a superhero. I don’t want to mess up anybody’s like depiction of what a superhero is based off of how I’m carrying myself.
**Tagg:** I’m curious what kind of stories you’ve heard from the fans about the impact of the show.
**Leslie:** So many favorites, some of my favorite — It’s funny because I’ve heard it from both shows, even God Friended Me, because my character was gay and God Friended Me — that being a religious show — people who had parents that religious needed to be able to explain to their parents who they are and they felt like Ali’s conversation with Reverend Finer helped guide them in their conversation with their parents.
And then for for Ryan, what I love about Ryan is Ryan didn’t have a trauma story. A lot of times they tell their stories and it’s like they’re just coming out of this like very traumatic life changing situation that makes it where they have to then go through a period of shame and guilt. Ryan didn’t have that. You really got to kind of just see this person be who they are.
I think that that was really powerful for a lot of people to see that that can exist, and to show their parents that it can exist, and to show their family members and their loved ones that it can exist.
So some of the stories that I heard … I know a lot was the representation of Sophie and Ryan. Some black women telling me how they feel like their love was shown on that show, that was really powerful because that’s a huge community. You hire a black queer actress to play a black queer role. You’re gonna attract a lot of black queer women.
And it’s one thing — I don’t care what race you put me with — but it’s one thing to see her have a relationship with another woman that’s of a different race. But then to see her have a relationship with a woman that is of her race. That was very powerful.
I think that we were in it and we just did it. I’m working with Meagan every day so it doesn’t really change anything for us. But culturally, that was a very powerful move and really, honestly that was Caroline, \[Dries\]. I feel like she doesn’t get the credit that, I think, I should be hearing more. I hear a lot when it comes to me or I hear a lot when it comes to Meagan.
Caroline, she’s the woman who hired me, she chose me. She could have chosen anyone, you know, I tested against other people. She could have chosen anyone, She could have gone any kind of way. She could have hired a white actress, she could have— *She’s* the one who asked for Ryan Wilder. The network could have said, hey, let’s stick to just recasting Kate.
These are all Caroline taking these chances and I don’t think that she’s gotten the credit for for really like spearheading what we are all impacted by.
Her choosing to make Meagan and — excuse me ,Sophie and Ryan follow up, that was her choice.
She was an amazing showrunner. I just want to give her her credit because a lot of what we’re talking about this shift and this change in this impact on culture started from here and it was Caroline.
**Tagg:** That’s awesome. We’ll make sure to mention that in the article, That’s great.
**Meemoeder.com:** So some of your scenes take place in the Hold Up \[bar\]. I was wondering, what are your artists, would your character listen to?
**Leslie:** Um, Kehlani? But then I wonder if it’s just me! \[Laughter\] That’s just like Kehlani,
**LezWatch.TV:** How does it feel to know that you’re in comic books now.
**Leslie:** That’s so cool. That’s epic. I grew up as a comic book fan. To know, and I don’t feel like it’s me in comic books, I feel like it’s a character that we created and that’s even more powerful right? Because I would I praise that there are going to be a bunch of different Ryan Wilder’s as time goes on. I don’t want this to be the end of this major — of this character.
I want that when they bring Batwoman back in films. She’s Ryan, why not? And I do appreciate the Kate Kane story as well. I just want to make sure that we don’t lose our Ryan story. I think that that’s beautiful
**LezWatch.TV:** Wouldn’t a double Batwoman story with Kate and Ryan solving crime—
**Leslie:** That would be dope! And please end all the silly back and forth! Let’s just do it together.
**Meemoeder.com:** Have you noticed any differences in how fans respond worldwide?
**Leslie:** Oh my God. Yeah. I think the international fans are my favorite. Like I want to go to Brazil just so I can say that! Brazil turns up. I love the international fans. I was funny — I mean Puerto rico is technically international — but it’s just to show like the impact. I I think I have a very normal voice but I was in the car with Karen and the guy in the front seat was like “Man, you sound just like Batwoman.” And I was “Hey that’s me!”
That’s really cool that it’s making that kind of impact. You know what I mean? That no matter where we are, we can still touch the people.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Batwoman, ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2022, Javicia Leslie
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### [Queer Beats – August 12, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-jena-malone-comes-out/)
**Published:** August 26, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, birthdays, coming out dances and Mishel Prada just being her hot self.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, birthdays, Jena Malone’s coming out dance and Mishel Prada just being her hot self.
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[Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/)**Tracy:** Ali Liebert made a super cute birthday montage for her person.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChqMFj6lOiL/
Jena Malone Comes Out**Mika:** Jena Malone’s [coming out dance](https://www.instagram.com/p/ChdJU0ZgGf5/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChdJU0ZgGf5/
[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)**Nikki:** I love when queers unite!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChLNaYkjHT9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)**Tracy:** 😅😰😓
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChnXxo8vsKd/
**Laura:** Jesus.
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Jena Malone, Supergirl, Vida
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### [Queer Beats – September 2, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-september-clexacon-pics/)
**Published:** September 2, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, ClexaCon pics, exciting TV news and sad TV goodbyes.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, ClexaCon pics, exciting TV news and sad TV goodbyes.
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[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)**Nikki:** Missing her already. 😢
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChuMN5SjEgD/?igshid=ZDYzZTNjNWY%3D
[ClexaCon](https://clexacon.com/2022/)**Tracy:** These are the BEST ClexaCon pics!
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1564349518199500801
**Nikki:** omg the cw crewwwww.
> Thank you for getting us to [@ClexaCon](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) . You guys are thee.ONLY.reason why I was there. You guys birthed [\#Wildmoore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wildmoore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Never ever forget the impact YOU had on the show and the powers that be. You make noise wherever you go and they’ll listen. I love you ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/0nWVAB5FTM](https://t.co/0nWVAB5FTM)
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [August 29, 2022](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1564383689533927424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Tracy:** I miss them. 😢
[The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)**Tad:** This is exciting…
> "Tig Notaro has signed on to play Amanda Robinson, the chief of staff to a corporate exec…it looks like Tig will mostly be sporting well tailored suits and hot butch looks for the role." [\#TheMorningShow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMorningShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [August 31, 2022](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1565081997415964672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Meike:** So this is how this show finally gets me to watch.
Wedding News!**Carmel:** Ashly and Chantal are married and ”Facebook official”
https://www.instagram.com/p/ChxnUYDveD4/
**Mika:** Awwww!
**Tracy:** Cute!!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** ClexaCon 2022, Motherland: Fort Salem, The Morning Show
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Queer Athlete](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-queer-athlete/)
**Published:** August 27, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** In honor of #ALOTO, this week's column looks into the first queer woman athlete in TV history!
Turns out, it is Niki Gunter on a 1977 episode of "Westside Medical".
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, in honor of [A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/), I decided to head into the archive to find the first queer athlete on TV. I found her in a 1977 episode of a show called *Westside Medical*.
## [Westside Medical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westside-medical/)
Following the trend of this column so far, we have found ourselves in another medical drama. *Westside Medical* was about three young doctors working at a clinic in Southern California. The show only lasted one season but it delivered one of the earliest trans women characters on TV!
In the seventh episode of the season, titled “The Mermaid” (airdate: July 7, 1977), the doctors work with a young German woman named [Niki Gunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/niki/) (played by [Betsy Slade](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/betsy-slade/)). Niki is a swimmer who is competing in an international competition in California. A pool accident brings her to the hospital where x-rays reveal that she has “male bone structure.” Meanwhile, Niki begs the doctors to help her defect because her German coaches are overbearing. The doctors assume that the German government forced her to live as a woman to win more medals. But Niki tells them that she has actually felt like a girl since she was young and *she* wanted to transition. Now, she wants to live fully in society as a woman but feels that her coaches are holding her back. When the doctors refuse to help her, Niki runs away until the doctors talk to her coaches, who agree to go easier on her. Niki returns to Germany with her coaches.
## Queer History
This episode comes at a very interesting time in history. In 1976, the year before this episode aired, tennis player [Renee Richards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Richards) burst into the news for trying to play in the U.S. Open. Renee medically transitioned from male to female in 1975 and wanted to play in the women’s tournament. (She was actually outed by Tucker Carlson’s father, but that’s a whole different story). The U.S. Open would not let her play due to new “chromosome” rules that they suddenly implemented. She sued the US Tennis Association in 1977 and won in the New York Supreme Court. She competed in the U.S. Open the following year.
It makes a lot of sense that the writers of *Westside Medical* would include a storyline about a trans woman while Renee’s story was in the public consciousness. I was not able to find a copy of the episode to watch myself, so I cannot speak to how well they wrote Niki’s character, but they did seem to treat her with respect. Plus, the audience can assume that she is allowed to live her life peacefully as a woman when she returns to Germany. It is an extremely simplified and idealized telling of a trans woman’s story, but the trans character was at least able to tell the story from her point of view and viewers got to hear more about the emotional toll of being a trans woman in our society.
## Impact
Obviously, the rights of trans people to compete in sport is something we are still fighting for today. It was actually surprising to see that this episode of *Westside Medical* did not bring up the arbitrary “chromosome” rules that the U.S. Open was using against Renee Richards at the time. I don’t know if this particular episode made a major impact on society, but it did introduce audiences to a trans woman who was asking for the life that she deserved. And they gave it to her! A small win.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Betsy Slade, Westside Medical
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### [ClexaCon '22: "First Kill"'s Imani Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/clexacon-22-first-kills-imani-lewis/)
**Published:** August 31, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Driving a stake into our hearts, Imani Lewis dishes on getting cast, her familiarity with the queer world, and making Calliope authentic.
**Content:**
For a first convention to go to, the stars of *[First Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/first-kill/)* picked a doozy! Surrounded by thousands of passionate queer fans who weren’t ready to put the stake in this too-soon canceled show, [Imani Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/imani-lewis/) handled everything with grace and heart.
She sat down with LezWatch.TV and [Meemoeder.com](https://meemoeder.com) to talk about her first convention, her queer history, and how much of herself there is in one of our new favourite monster hunters.
**Meemoeder:** So I saw someone on twitter say that one of the things that they like about for skill is that there is a huge age gap between the vampire and their love interest. It’s not like, oh centuries old and I’ve already done this 100 times and it’s your first time. So good for you. It’s very much more equal. And I wanted to know what you think of that take.
**Imani Lewis:** I do understand where they’re coming from and I love, at least for the story of Calls and Juliet, I love that it’s young, love to teenage love. You know, it’s new. It’s fresh, it’s still like experimental to the both of them, they’re still getting to know themselves and you know, get to know who they are and this new found relationship. I do kind of think it’s a little funny sometimes when like you’re like, “Yeah, I’m 1000 years old and you’re 30” you know, so I can see the humor in that. But I mean, what are you gonna do? It’s true love.
**LezWatch.TV:** How did you find out you were cast in *First Kill*? Was it just like the phone call and then oh God!
**Lewis:** It was a little bit of a process. Usually my agent will call me once I see that phone ring and it’s my agent, I’m like, “Hey man, what’s going on?” You know what I mean? So I think I got a call from my agent. He was like, “Guess what?” I think once I made it to the chemistry read, I was like, “I want it, I want it so bad.” Once I got the call back I was like, “Okay, I’m getting close now. I really want it, I’m loving the story. I read the script. I read the pilot, I want it so bad.” And then after the chemistry read, I was sold. I love Calliope’s story on her own. I love her dynamic with Juliette. I love her relationship with her family. I love the representation in the entire story. I just loved everything about it. I had to be I had in it.
**Meemoeder**: I was just at the panel and I the love that you received from the audience, it was amazing. Did you expect that at all? Were you nervous beforehand?
**Lewis**: Oh I didn’t expect *any* of that. It’s so electric and they make you feel so loved. They make you feel every bit of love that they have for these stories, for these characters, for you. They really bring their like the best energy and I just was feeding off their energy. They are just such lovely, lovely, lovely individuals. Like the the F.K. Fandom is like unmatched. I was a little nervous — not nervous I think just anxious. I’m so excited to hear their questions. I’m excited to see what they think about the show, you know to see their feelings now that they know about the cancelation and stuff like that. I feel like the fans see things in the show that *I* didn’t even pick up on until maybe the second or third watch. You know what I mean? Like they just they have such interesting questions. Such interesting perspective.
**Meemoeder**: I was lucky enough to be your meet and greet for a few seconds. Can you tell us how you experience that? For me, as an outsider, it was already very beautiful.
**Lewis**: Yes, I loved every bit of it because I feel like we see so much interaction on social media and it makes it feel so far because it’s people from all over the world. But for us to all be in the same room and feel their energy in front of me. They’re so sweet, and they’re so fun, and it’s so interesting, and so kind and bring such awesome gifts. They have such awesome personal stories that they were kind enough to share with me about like their own stories, how the show moved them, where they see themselves in these characters or in these stories. It makes it all worthwhile, that’s what we do this for, you know to inspire, to influence, to make people feel good.
**LezWatch.TV**: How familiar were you with queer tv culture before you just were thrown into this world of “Congratulations! Now you’re going to have a group of fans for the rest of your life.”
**Lewis**: I really don’t know. In my personal life, I grew up going to ballroom scenes and voguing competitions and things like that. So none of that seemed foreign to me. I was not even a teenager yet and I was going to these shows. But I just saw them as so talented and they have so much energy and they make these incredible costumes. I think when it came to the world outside of my personal life, I never really thought about this is like “Huh, this is a queer show?” I was like, no, these are just amazing people doing amazing things, you know what I mean?
**LezWatch.TV**: That’s probably part of why so many people have resonated with it. One of the things we’re always desperate for is we want representation, that is us. We want to see ourselves.
**Lewis**: Yeah, and the queerness doesn’t have to be the point of conflict, you know what I mean? That doesn’t have to be like the point of the story. In *First Kill* the point is that she falls in love with something she’s supposed to kill. That’s the bigger issue here, you know what I mean? I think it was important that we saw that normalized in terms of their sexuality, like that is not the topic at hand, you know? It’s just another detail.
**LezWatch.TV**: You said that you grew up going to voguing and ballroom, which is fantastic. How much of yourself did you get to put into your character? How much did you get to pull from all of your familiarity with queerness and get to be that?
**Lewis**: I think a whole lot. Because I grew up in these kind of environments, the people that I live and die for our in these communities. I didn’t mind having these kind of open conversations and being “Am I doing this gracefully? Does this make sense? Does is this, does this feel cliche?” Even being on set, behind the scenes, hair, makeup, wardrobe, first A.D.’s, Covid safety, they were all in the LGBTQ community. I feel like we had nothing but protection and people to tell us “This makes sense. No, you’re hitting the nail!” you know what I mean? “ We feel seen, we feel you’re doing it right, you’re doing it right.” And I feel like with any project that I enter, I try to handle it with grace and with care and with respect because it’s somebody else’s art. This is somebody’s story. And when people watch the show, I feel like they’re gonna see these characters and feel like that’s their story.
Although I feel like I relate to Calliope on so many different levels. Her discipline or just being in the kind of industry where you’re constantly trying to prove yourself. Being an actress, you’re literally auditioning, showing someone else what you just did in the mirror eight million times the night before just to show them that you’re capable of doing it and you do 101 of those auditions and not get one. But it builds that resilience. It builds that discipline and builds all these things in you. So I think because I had those parts of me in my real life, I was able to embody that that that resilience that discipline. That diligence.
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You can watch the one (and so far only) season of *First Kill* on Netflix, and follow Imani on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/MochaBands) and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/mochabands/).
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2022, First Kill, Imani Lewis
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 2, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-heartstopper-lesbians/)
**Published:** May 2, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** At the center of the story is an adorable pair of teen boys, but there are also cute Heartstopper lesbians and a transgender character.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, at the center of the story is an adorable pair of teen boys, but there are also cute *Heartstopper* lesbians and a transgender character.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Heartstopper](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heartstopper/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]*Heartstopper* is a [webcomic/graphic novel series](https://bookshop.org/a/84237/9781338617436) turned into an eight-episode Netflix series. It reminded me a lot of the movie *[Beautiful Thing](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115640/)* and the series *[Love, Victor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-victor/)*. At the center of the series are Charlie and Nick. Charlie is the shy gay kid at school and Nick is the star Rugby player. Their story is very sweet and follows a coming out/becoming boyfriends track we’ve seen before. However, what makes this different from similar past stories is the bar of outness and being okay with being queer is higher. There are 4 characters who are out and not in a state of constant torture over being queer. It’s very refreshing.
In addition to Charlie and Nick is Elle, a member of Charlie’s core friend group who has to transfer to a different school for transphobia reasons. She gets her own cute romantic arc with another member of the friend group.
At the school Elle transfers to are the *Heartstopper* lesbians, Tara and Darcy. Elle becomes fast friends with the two of them.
> Not only does [\#Heartstopper](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Heartstopper?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) have an adorable main teen mlm story, there are cute wlw and transgender characters as well! -T [pic.twitter.com/cqECOV9mg0](https://t.co/cqECOV9mg0)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1520828129589219335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Tara also happens to be Nick’s ex and as she and Darcy decide to come out they act as role models for Nick.
The show is entertaining, enjoyable and emotionally low stakes — in the bad way I mean. In the happy way, it’s the big emotional payoff we need these days.
**This week:** Shondaland is back!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Heartstopper
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### [The Mother Brought Us This Far: Motherland: Fort Salem's Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-mother-brought-us-this-far-motherland-fort-salems-finale/)
**Published:** August 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** War is war and hell is hell, and the witches of Fort Salem will take on the ultimate battle to break or remake the world.
**Content:**
“The mother wouldn’t bring us this far… would she?”
Tally asks that around the midway point of the finale, when all seems lost, and it reminded me of the ongoing struggle with endings.
## War is War and Hell is Hell
When a TV show ends, we all hope that it’s a planned, happy ending, where everyone we love lives happily ever after. But the reality is that life is never that neat. Our lives don’t end without loss or pain, and balancing our desire for happiness with that world is never easy. A true ending comes to us with the pain, to allow us to feel the joy more acutely. The best example of that impossibility and complexity remains the most popular TV finale in the history of linear television: *M\*A\*S\*H*
For those of you too young to remember, *M\*A\*S\*H* was a series about the Korean War, based on a movie with the same name, based on a book with the same name. The series lasted longer than the war, and came out doing Vietnam, and quickly became an allegory. Pretty much everyone remembers Hawkeye’s ‘War is war and Hell is hell’ comment:
When the show finally ending, the last episode had everything. Some people had a happy ending, some people had a tragic one that left you wondering where happiness could be found, and some people died. Hawkeye had a nervous breakdown (and when you finally learn why, it could make you cry), and we’re left with the underlying feeling that war has destroyed so much wonder and beauty in the world.
## For Goddess and Country
This is the world *Motherland: Fort Salem* walks into. The final season has been the pinnacle of the war between the witches and the Camarilla, a still mysterious group whose goals elude logic. They are so horrible, that age old enemies join forces just to try and save the world but, as Tally foresaw earlier in the season (and her visions always came true), the world will end with Raelle and her witch bomb.
Unlike the doctors in *M\*A\*S\*H*, however, the witch soldiers of Fort Salem go into the final fight to fight. They are no longer innocent children (even though they are still very young), and they long ago lost the ability to be innocent bystanders. As we saw through the last season, the young women of the army began to see the cracks in their centuries long obsession and worship of General Alder, of the problems that come with blind faith and following.
We’ve seen Tally go from naive virgin to capable soldier who loves Alder with all her heart, but sees the flaws. Abigail, the pinnacle of generations of Bellweathers, looses her own blinders and sees the army and the wars for what it is. And Raelle, our wonderful shitbird who didn’t want to go, because she’d already lost her mother to this idiocy, steps up to be the biggest hero of them all.
And yes, we saw the double wedding in the penultimate episode, and had that moment where we thought “They’re wrapping everything up! We’ll get happiness!”
## At What Cost?
The trouble is, to end a show about war, it has to come with a cost.
The most damning moment for me in the *M\*A\*S\*H* finale was when Winchester learned of the death of his musician friends. The music they shared was ruined. This man, who kept his civility, his veneer of cultured humanity, finally had to lose it in order to fully change.
When I looked at the last episode of *Motherland: Fort Salem*, I wondered who would be forced to lose their last shred of innocence. The obvious would be Tally, but the truth is that this series, this story, from start to finish was about the trio. The three: Warrior, Healer, Seer. They came from totally different backgrounds, they had different obsessions and goals, and yet together become better and stronger.
So the cost? That ultimate payout to remind us all that war is worse than hell, **had** to come from all three. We will have loss, we will have tears, and we will see the end.
## The End of the World As We Know It
“The mother wouldn’t bring us this far… would she?”
The marriage of ‘earth and sky’ has been touted for so long, and we all thought it was Abigail and Adil, her husband. There was also the vision of Raelle destroying the world. But what if those aren’t the ends?
What if the end isn’t an end?
We began the series by saying the words.
Tonight, you will finally hear the answers.
The mother brought us to the end, and what happens next is up to us.
A
The loose threads come together to bring closure, while offering a hope of a better future as *Motherland: Fort Salem* airs its final episode.
Watch the finale of *Motherland: Fort Salem* tonight on Freeform.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 15, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-a-league-of-their-own-was-gay/)
**Published:** August 15, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A League of Their Own was gayer than I anticipated! Here are my thoughts after binging it last weekend.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, wow, *A League of Their Own* was gayer than I anticipated! Here are my thoughts after binging it last weekend.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]Like almost everyone else in the wlw TV fandom world, I was super excited for *A League of Their Own* the series. I tried not to read too much about it ahead of time because I prefer going into a series unspoiled. I knew it was going to have queer characters, but WOW *A League of Their Own* is gayer than I ever expected!
**Confession time:** I *think* I watched some of the original movie, but I don’t 100% remember, so I didn’t have an emotional or nostalgic tie to the show. However, I know what it’s like to try to find queerness in movie or show where there is no explicit queer rep (see *Some Kind of Wonderful* or *The Facts of Life*). I also daydream of re-doing shows that [should have been gay](https://www.lezhangoutpod.com/eps/2018/11/08/2018-11-7-sbg-14-the-facts-of-life) and making them gay. This was exactly that. **A queer do-over dream come true!**
Abbi Jacobson and crew did a lot of research, including interviews with players who are still alive, and discovered — SURPRISE — there were a lot of queer women in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. There was also segregation in full effect and black women could not join the AAGPBL. The show explored these truths and put them at the center of the story with the two main characters, Carson (Abbi Jacobson) and Max (Chanté Adams). The two of them are the link between their parallel stories.
My wife and I were immediately invested and delightfully surprised by there being no predominant straight stories. All of the major stories involved queerness which is something we rarely get to enjoy even though queer people have been around since the dawn of time. And in a sport that had many queer participants, it’s a story we deserve.
Also, required companion reading is Carmen Phillips’ [episode by episode guide to all references to the original movie](https://www.autostraddle.com/a-league-of-their-own-movie-references-easter-eggs-tv-series-prime-video/).
https://twitter.com/carmencitaloves/status/1558546242212331522?s=20&t=wTeBKW5tyorNCnoSYmFbAw
If you need any more compelling evidence you should watch it, read this review by B. Cook.
Is there such a thing as too much gay? I don’t think so.
**This week:** We were in the middle of binging *Paper Girls* when *A League of Their Own* came along. I will finish it and report back next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** A League of Their Own
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### [Queer Beats – August 12, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-august-12-2022/)
**Published:** August 12, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, the cast of For All Mankind brings us so much queer joy and Cameron Esposito brings TV producers a handy PSA.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, the cast of *For All Mankind* brings us so much queer joy and Cameron Esposito brings TV producers a handy PSA.
---
Cameron Esposito**Carmel:** A nice PSA.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgwtfdmDS_9/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
**Tad:** That was fantastic!
**Tracy:** “Skydiving” we have a word now besides “leg stuff.”
**Barbie:** 😂😂😂 that was great.
[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)“Pam” speaks.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgnnl38LZrL/?igshid=NDBlY2NjN2I%3D
**Kelly:** This sounds very much like a goodbye. Did you feel that too?
**Tad:** I hope not 
**Tracy:** Maybe this is like….this is my one appearance this season, but I’ll be back?
---
**Tracy:** They are so cute. I love love.
**Nikki:** Sooo cute.
**Tad:** Love that!
---
**Tracy:** 
> Abbi Jacobson and Jodi Balfour are engaged!
>
> — Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) [August 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1555671235790401537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Nikki:** Omg.
---
**Tracy:** The cuteness just never stops.
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)**Carmel:** Talder knows what they’re doing.
> so we all agree they’ve kissed in 308 even if it’s just an outtake [pic.twitter.com/IKLsqxlvAo](https://t.co/IKLsqxlvAo)
>
> — sam (@talderfilms) [August 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/talderfilms/status/1556287731071852545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Nikki:** That ship KILLS ME 
White Lotus**Tad:** Here’s hoping for representation…no confirmation yet.
[](https://www.tvinsider.com/1029620/the-white-lotus-season-2-details-cast-premiere-location/)**Tracy:** More than a gay guy pooping in a bag I hope 
**Tad:** Where there’s Aubrey Plaza there’s hope.
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** For All Mankind, Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Out and Proud Woman on TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-out-and-proud-woman-on-tv/)
**Published:** August 13, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I searched the LWTV archives for the first queer woman on TV that was out and proud. I found her in an episode of The Bold Ones, a medical drama from the 1970s.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, I searched the LWTV archives for the first queer woman on TV that was out and proud. I found her in an episode of *The Bold Ones*, a medical drama from the 1970s.
## [The Bold Ones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-ones/)
*The Bold Ones* is a group of television series produced by NBC in the 1970s. It is an umbrella name for multiple versions of the show, including *The Bold Ones: The New Doctors, The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, The Bold Ones: The Protectors*, *and The Bold Ones: The Senator*. Each show focused on the type of work that it references in the title.
For this post, I am focusing on *The Bold Ones: The New Doctors*, a show that aired from 1969-1973. The show focuses on three male (of course) doctors as they encounter an array of medical issues. As a good medical drama does, the show also follows the personal lives of these men.
In the fourth season, the show aired an episode called “A Very Strange Love Triangle” (airdate: October 31, 1972). The episode introduces the audience to a queer couple named [Valerie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/valerie-demarco/) and [Eleanor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eleanor-jordan/). Valerie is working as a nurse at the hospital and her girlfriend, Eleanor, is worried about her history with one of the male doctors. The doctor, Dr. Cohen, has asked her out on a date multiple times, despite Valerie’s denials. Eventually, Dr. Cohen shows up at Valerie’s apartment unannounced (creepy) and meets Eleanor, who outs Valerie as her girlfriend.
## Queer History
Let’s take a step back and look at the time period when this episode aired. The gay rights movement was growing stronger by the year. Major riots such as Stonewall had been capturing national attention. At the same time, medical dramas were finding a foothold in American television and audiences found comfort in the quick resolution to any issue that came the way of the doctors.
These medical shows were generally liberal, with many willing to approach the topic of homosexuality. However, if you look at the shows on TV that aired before this episode, only a few included queer characters at all and even fewer were willing to show them in a positive light. But don’t be fooled… Although these medical dramas were willing to talk about homosexuality, most of them preached tolerance over acceptance and treated it as a medical issue.
## Impact
However, keeping the time period in mind, I was actually pleasantly surprised by the character of Eleanor. Sure, Eleanor is a little controlling and wants to keep Valerie to herself. And sure, she definitely outed Valerie to her coworker without consent (not cool). But, overall, Eleanor was an extremely proud character. She was studying to become a clinical psychologist and did not seem ashamed to be a lesbian. She encourages Valerie to see a therapist to learn to accept herself for who she is. She stands up to a man who shows up unannounced at her front door and asks her girlfriend out *right in front of her*.
Now, Valerie is a different story. Her storyline is valid in the way she is exploring her sexuality and trying to figure out who she is. But she eventually sleeps with the male doctor just to see how it feels and he definitely acts shocked when she clearly did not have fun. In the end, she breaks up with Eleanor and leaves to doctor to find herself. She might not be as proud as Eleanor but she never denied her queerness and acknowledged that she still had a lot to figure out.
Although these two characters are very different, the show portrayed two queer women at different stages of their personal journey. Eleanor is older, more mature, and not afraid to proclaim who she is. Valerie is younger and still trying to figure it all out, but she clearly values her own identity over trying to fit into the mold that other people want to put her in.
## Honorable Mention
I also want to give honorable mention to the series, *[Country Matters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/country-matters/)*. One month before this episode of *The Bold Ones* aired in 1972, *Country Matters* released a TV movie titled “Breeze Antsley” that features queer women. I couldn’t find the episode anywhere online to confirm whether the characters were “out and proud,” but want to acknowledge that it did air right before this episode of *The Bold Ones*. Let me know if you have seen it!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Country Matters, The Bold Ones
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### [Gaiman's "The Sandman" Brings the Dream](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/gaimans-sandman-dream/)
**Published:** August 17, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When dreams walk the earth, it's a nightmare that changes the world as we know it.
**Content:**
On August 5th, Netflix released an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s world-changing comic, *The Sandman*, to life.
A
A solid adaptation that brings all the amazing notes of the comic to the screen, without sacrificing the heart of the reason of it all.
## Preludes & Nocturnes
I was around 14 when Dad brought home the first trade paperback of *The Sandman*. We were still going to Thrill Books (a comics and games store) and “Preludes & Noctures” was in the bag of comics (along with *Batman*, *Area 88*, and some other stuff I was into at the time). But *Sandman* was an oddity. It was a DC comic, it took place in the same universe as Batman, but it was nothing at all like the superhero comics I’d read before.
In a number of ways, I think that comic changed my entire understanding of how you could tell a story. In most mainstream American comics, things don’t change. Batman is always the scion of the Waynes who saw his family die before him and rose up. Superman is always from another planet (we are ignoring the whole birth matrix thing). Wonder Woman is always made of clay. Sometimes they tweak the aspects, but at it’s heart, the characters remain the same.
Neil Gaiman threw that out. Between him and Peter Milligan (who brought *Shade, the Changing Man* to DC’s Vertigo imprint), comic stories had deeper meaning. People changed, they made mistakes, they died. I had been a voracious reader before then, but Gaiman and Milligan (and later Terry Pratchett) changed how I told stories. It changed how I felt stories. And it changed how I dreamed.
## The Doll’s House
The story of *Sandman* begins with hubris. A man wishes to capture Death, to get his beloved son back, but instead captures Dream.
Death and Dream are no mere personifications. They are creatures called the Endless, who are above and beyond gods, and yet a part of them. They are the embodiment of broad concepts: Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, twins Desire and Despair, and Delirium (who was once Delight).
> The Endless are merely patterns. The Endless are ideas. The Endless are wave functions. The Endless are repeating motifs. The Endless are echoes of darkness, and nothing more… And even our existences are brief and bounded. None of us will last longer than this version of the Universe.
>
> *The Sandman* (vol. 2) #48, Destruction
The Endless change over time. Delirium as mentioned was one Delight, but as the human concept of Delight changed, so did she. They have existed since the dawn of time, or perhaps before, and they are eternal. This doesn’t mean they’re always around though. Destiny, Death, and Dream take their jobs very seriously, while the others are more capricious.
But. In the comic, and in the show, a man has the hubris to believe he can control death and, in doing so, captures Dream instead, who had been in the waking world to try and capture a rogue nightmare (who is implied to be Jack the Ripper).
## The Dreaming
While a lot of us are used to the fantastical and CGI riddled comic adaptations, *Sandman* holds true to the gritty, abject realism that made the comics so astounding. Of course there are special effects as one needs when you have dissolving bodies and birds and pumpkin headed characters, but because they are so restrained, it keeps you more solidly in the story.
The story it tells is the same as the comics, but at the same turn, it alters the when and where of things enough that you can find new gems every scene change. There are characters you will hate and ones you will love. And yes, there are gays all over this story. Everyone is a complex portrait of humanity and our endless foibles, be they our dreams, our desires, our despair, our destruction, or our delirium.
In the end, our destiny will lead us to our inevitable end, death herself.
Is the series as good as the comics?
Yes. Yes it is. And I think for a lot of people who aren’t comic people, this may be the best way to wrap them up into our endless cycle.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Sandman
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### ["A League of Our Own" Hits It Out of the Park](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/a-league-of-our-own/)
**Published:** August 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Abbi Jacobson delivers a perfect game in the TV 'sideboot' of "A League of Their Own", making this a 'must watch TV' for me, and hopefully you.
**Content:**
##### Screener Review On *A League of Their Own*
It’s a damn love letter to all of us queer baseball fans and worth every minute of the hour long episodes. Even if you don’t like sports, I think you’ll love this show. It also concludes with an actual ending, while still leaving itself open for more. Watch it on Friday August 12th
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
I’m a baseball girl.
I am the daughter of a baseball guy, who was the son of a baseball belle.
Three generations of kids from Cleveland who love baseball (and a previously problematically named baseball team).
My wife kind of tolerates this. She will watch games with me, but honestly it’s not her jam.
But there is exactly one baseball movie we will watch nearly every single time it’s on, and it’s not *Major League*. No, we love *A League of Their Own*. From the first scene to the last (which invariably makes us cry), from quoting how there’s no crying in baseball to calling Geena Davis “Tall Girl,” to my favourite memory of watching it in Spanish and hearing “Bob es muerto,” we love this movie.
So when I heard [Abbi Jacobson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbi-jacobson/) was making a series about this? Oh I was sooo in. I was in before I knew anything more about it.
Then I saw the first teasers.
And then I saw the screeners.
## Batter Up, Hear That Call
As much as I love the movie, it has some flaws. We all knew that the All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) ran rampant with lesbians. How could it not? Shove that many women who love sports and are so many levels of butch into living environments where all they do is hang out with other women and talk sports… Anyway, the movie also misses out on the Negro League (which was the only co-ed league ever, even if only 3 women every played in it). Sure there’s one scene when a black woman fires a damn rocket past Dottie to Ellen Sue:
But really that’s it.
In the first 15 minutes, the series addresses the segregation issue. By 35 minutes in, we have lesbians. And then it gets even better.
## The Time Has Come For One And All
I was smiling so damn hard about this show from the opening scene. The music, the filming, the call backs to the original movie with updates that make it fun for everyone, the hat tips to the real AAGPBL players… Everything is perfect. It’s ridiculous and silly and fun and baseball.
The people cast are basically a whose-who of quirky queers, too! Obviously we have *Broad City* genius, Abbi Jacobson, but we also have LezWatch Faves like [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/). She plays the pitcher and gets to speak Spanish too! [D’Arcy Carden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/darcy-carden-2/), [Melanie Field](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melanie-field/), and more familiar faces are all over this show, and they hit it out of the park everyone single moment.
About the only character that was weird to me was seeing Nick Offerman without his moustache. His forkball makes up for it. He’s no Jimmy Dugan, and that’s actually to their benefit as his interest is just as self-serving as Dugan, but more helpful in a lot of ways. The biggest change would be the ‘matron’ chaperone figure who is 100% behind the girls and their success. She reminds us that the fight was never players vs coaches, it was always the teams against the world.
The girls aren’t female enough, they’re too butch, they don’t dress right… You get the idea. But this time, we get to see how invested everyone was in the success of everyone else. The mess up, they make successes, they get hurt, and then like women all over the world, they lift each other up.
I’m a crier, no lies, and the end of the movie **always** makes me cry seeing all those old ladies who were players get to play again. This show gets me nearly ever episode. They hat tip back to the movie in so many ways (swing dancing, behind the back catches, even [Rosie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosie-odonnell/)) and with the extra time get to improve on it all. By improve I mean “more gay,” for the record.
There’s no Dottie or All the Way Mae in the show, and the way the Peaches end the series is such a dramatic improvement.
## To Play Ball
The Advocate said the show was a [gift to queers](https://www.advocate.com/television/2022/6/07/league-their-own-first-look-gift-lesbians-bi-women).
They’re not wrong. If you saw the trailer and thought that, well the series is better than I expected. Like, by episode 4, it’s hands down the queerest thing I’ve seen in 2022. Abbi Jacobson is a delight, and she just nails every single moment and chance she gets.
Also, since it feels like everything and its sister is getting canceled these days, the series does end with a complete story. But it does not end in a closed story. There are open doors and more to tell, but it balances ending properly with a promise that next season (if there is one) will be great.
I am a cryer, and I have to tell you that there was crying in baseball when I watched, because everything just was a time capsule of joy. Was everything perfect? No. But what we get is amazing, wonderful, and queer. Women in suits, transgender married couples, bar owners, beards, and friends of Dorothy. The simple joy of getting to win a baseball game and hold the hand of your girl.
Penny Marshall was consulted about this (before she died) and said:
> Exploring these stories was life-changing for me and I hope it is for you, too. \[…\] Well, go and do it! Go make it already!
Solid advice. And to steal from another famous baseball movie, they built it, you better come watch it.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A League of Their Own
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 8, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-president-ellen-comes-out/)
**Published:** August 8, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, president Ellen comes out on For All Mankind!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, president Ellen comes out on *For All Mankind*!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Coming Home” \[Streaming\]Wow! What an episode.
The Speaker of the House (appropriately named Dick) wants Ellen to support a bill that will give Congress control of NASA’s budget. Ellen doesn’t want to give congress the power to de-fund the space program, so of course, she is going to veto it. Dick threatens her by saying they are going to subpoena the tapes from the recording device JFK set up in the Oval Office and if there is any gay on it they are going to send Larry to jail and Ellen will be impeached. So either sign the bill or your gay husband will be outed.
Don’t you think a device recording every conversation Larry and Ellen has in her office is something she should have known about? They could have talked about the gay stuff somewhere else.
So how bad can these tapes be?
Oh, yeah, that’s really bad.
Ellen and Larry go into troubleshooting mode and after exhausting every possible outcome, Larry decides the only way out of this is to fess up. He’d be charged with perjury but Ellen will be spared. Ellen tries to dissuade him, but he says he wants to do it. To be honest, he looks kind of relieved. He won’t have to continue to live a lie for the sake of Ellen’s political career.
The big moment arrives, Larry steps up to the podium to confess his gay affair to the American People at an unscheduled press conference, and as he’s about to do it, Ellen takes over. At that point my wife and I braced ourselves for what we knew was about to happen.
> "I cannot correct my past mistakes, but I can stop lying to you right here, right now and give you the simple truth. I'm gay, and I have been since the day I was born."
> 😭♥️👏🏳️🌈 [\#ForAllMankind](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForAllMankind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1Xi0Uxfvei](https://t.co/1Xi0Uxfvei)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1555927261056040960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Wow. WOW. President Ellen came out.
[Last week](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ellen-and-pam/), I said maybe Ellen will come out or she’ll be out after the 10-year time jump in season four. I was pleasantly surprised it happened now, and we still have another episode left of this season! What is going to happen to Ellen and Larry?
Now that the cat’s out of the bag, the creators of the show let us know Ellen’s story was a planned 3-season arc.
> A character arc 3 seasons and 3 decades in the making. [\#ForAllMankind](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForAllMankind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/BRopxrNIgn](https://t.co/BRopxrNIgn)
>
> — Ben Nedivi (@bennedivi) [August 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/bennedivi/status/1555697049688977408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Jodi Balfour knew this was going to happen when she was hired for the role.
If you want to go down a hole like I did, listen to the official [*For All Mankind* Official Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-all-mankind-the-official-podcast/id1552072013) to hear and interview with Jodi and 2 of the show’s writers.
https://twitter.com/KrysMarshall/status/1555580960455987200?s=20&t=ZTc9nLeARnvUUqqPks2IAQ
You can also head to [Jodi’s Instagram account](https://www.instagram.com/jodiannebalfour/) for some really sweet posts.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg5bvmzpX8U/
Ugh, I LOVE THIS SHOW SO MUCH.
In non-gay news, how much of a surprise was the Korean astronaut? This week’s finale is going to be a nail-biter.
**This week:** The same day *For All Mankind* airs its finale, the new *League of Their Own* has it’s premiere! I can’t wait to see it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** For All Mankind
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 2, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ellen-and-pam/)
**Published:** August 2, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I report on what I watched during my Summer vacation like, Irma Vep, The Chi and the Ellen and Pam drama on For All Mankind.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I report on what I watched during my Summer vacation like, Irma Vep, The Chi and the Ellen and Pam drama on For All Mankind.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 5Nothing has changed with Karen and Dre for the last few episodes. I imagine they’re going to therapy and making passive-aggressive digs at each other off-screen.
Meanwhile, Trig started using his given name “Victor” and is running for City Council under the encouragement of Duda and Tracy. They gave Victor a fake girlfriend named Tierra (played by Nia Jervier who was [Kelsey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelsey-philips/) in *Dear White People*) to boost his likability in voters’ eyes. The whole thing is strange, because he has a video on the internets of him beating up a kid. A fake girlfriend is not going to fix that. Also, when it comes to big city-level politics people don’t care that much about your relationships.
In between speeches and photo ops with Tierra, Victor started to strike up a friendship with local journalist, Fatima. Fatima is a proud transgender woman who calls Victor out on his fake cis girlfriend. But you can’t stop love and Victor and Fatima start a romantic relationship.
> "I'm a journalist. I'm good at keeping secrets. But I ain't gonna be one." [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KR1i3g6Lyd](https://t.co/KR1i3g6Lyd)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1553898182995755008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Fatima saying she’s not going to be a secret sounds like foreshadowing!
I feel confident their relationship is going to be revealed to the public before the season is over.
*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)* – Season 4This show is my absolute favorite on air right now. Every Friday I wake up thinking, “It’s Space Show day!”
This season started in 1992 (the year my wife and I started dating!) with Ellen running against Bill Clinton for President. It was gross seeing Ellen be a republican and pick an ultra conservative VP running mate, but last season Regan chose her to be the “new face of Grand Old Party.” Also, I knew the show wouldn’t let us down with the queer content and Ellen would eventually have to deal with being a closeted lesbian republican president.
When Will, a young astronaut, comes out on national TV from Mars, Ellen and Larry are forced to deal with the gay thing. Their party pressures them to punish Will and their consciousnesses push them to do something for their fellow gays. Their solution is to implement their own version of *Don’t Ask Don’t Tell*. I LOVED this alt history take.
I personally wanted a Clinton-style affair with a staffer for Ellen, but that storyline went to her gay husband, Larry. When Larry gets outed by a friend of the guy he’s currently sleeping with, the past is brought up and Ellen learns Pam left her because of the pressure of her future political aspirations not because she was going back to her ex-girlfriend.
I guess when you’re the president in the 90s you can stealthily go visit your ex without being on a million security cameras. Ellen drops in on Pam at her house to process their breakup from 10 years ago.
> "Look at me now. I had to sneak out of the house to visit the love of my life."[\#ForAllMankind](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForAllMankind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/h9YfNczVFx](https://t.co/h9YfNczVFx)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 1, 2022](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1553893323747762180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This scene prompted me to go down a hole of watching all of Ellen and Pam’s scenes from season two to remind myself what happened.
In season two, Ellen was ready to do whatever it took to be in a relationship with Pam. She and Larry were making plans for coming out and getting divorced. Then [Lee Atwater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Atwater) met with Larry at their house to tell him Regan wanted Ellen to run for congress and eventually be president one day. Pam walked in on this conversation and decided she would only get in Ellen’s way. So she wrote the note Ellen brought to her in present day and left without speaking to her again.
To get a better idea of where Ellen was at, take a look at this video message from the season two extras.
https://youtube.com/JbATc7uiJc0?t=128
Ugh! SHE WAS READY TO GIVE UP HER POLITICAL CAREER FOR PAM.
It’s fine, I’m fine. I’m “enjoying” the angst and drama.
I think something is going to happen before the end of the season. Maybe Ellen will come out, or Larry’s affair will force them out. The show got renewed for season 4 where it will jump to 2000! Maybe Ellen will be out then.
In other FAM news, Sony Pictures Television sent me this awesome swag modeled by my cute wife, Mia!
Thank you so much! ❤️🚀
*[Irma Vep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/irma-vep/)* – Season 1Y’all. I tried to like this show but at the end of the day I did not. It was pretentious, trying too hard to be artsy and ironic and I just wasn’t into it.
Also, the queer content was cringy. The main character, after pining after her ex-gf all season, decides to tell us she’s not into girls after all in the last episode. She also leads on a couple of the women characters on the show like her assistant Regina and Zoe, the lesbian costume designer of the movie she’s working on.
They also made Zoe out to be a little bit of a cliche predatory older lesbian. Not cool.
Please read this review by Autostraddle writer Drew Gregory.
https://www.autostraddle.com/irma-vep-is-a-regressive-disaster-of-arthouse-hubris/
She expresses exactly how I felt about the show in much better words than I could have ever written.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 4One of LWTV’s favorite actors, [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/), showed up on *Good Trouble* to start some drama!
I love it.
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – Season 3I barely understand what is happening on this show. One thing I do know is Taylor Hickson, the actress who plays Raelle, was in a car accident early in filming this season.
> [pic.twitter.com/irbwKlSsYS](https://t.co/irbwKlSsYS)
>
> — childish hambino (@taylorhickson) [January 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1479207631927447554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She was in the first couple episodes, but has been missing since then.
Scylla has been on a relentless search for her girlfriend and was finally able to reach her on a talking flower via a dead animal (I don’t write this).
I was great to see Raelle again and I look forward the big [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hashtag_click) reunion!
*[Only Murders in the Building](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-murders-in-the-building/)* – Season 2We’ve spent episodes led to believe Alice is or is not the murderer or otherwise does or doesn’t have nefarious motives being in a relationship with Mabel. Now it looks like Alice had weird art motives for getting close to her.
Poor Mabel is having a shit season I hope things turn around for her.
*[Queer As Folk (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-as-folk-2022/)* – Season 1I’ve watched all the iterations of *Queer as Folk*. The first US version I watched live and rewatched streaming. I’ll be honest, I didn’t like this one.
I wanted to like it! I thought it would get things more right this time around like the *The L Word: Gen Q* did, but I just found all of the characters to be so unlikable. And there’s no way a couple with newborn twins would have the energy to have a date night out snorting coke.
Here’s the trailer! Take a look, I’m sure some folks out there will enjoy it.
https://youtube.com/kq2ShKuPD2o
*[Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)* – Season 4FINALLY we got actual queer content on this show. It lasted all of 13 seconds.
I’ll take it and I hope we get more before this season ends.
Otherwise, this season has been really good, with Monday morning discussions and theorizing on [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). Lots of reveals and twist and turns. Also, we have been enjoying the SIX out queer actors on this show, even if only two play queer characters.
And LWTV fave out actor, [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/), made a guest appearance in a really pivotal role. Not only that, she is forever in a “Previously On” clip with Tessa Thompson.
Amazing job, Nicole! Your performance was amazing and I hope this leads to bigger roles for you!
**This week:** I can’t wait to see what happens on Space Show!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** For All Mankind, Good Trouble, Irma Vep, Motherland: Fort Salem, The Chi, Westworld
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### ["The Outlaws" Returns to Prime](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-outlaws-returns-to-prime/)
**Published:** August 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season Two of "The Outlaws" delivers on the inanity of crime and the holes we dig ourselves into.
**Content:**
*[The Outlaws](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-outlaws/)* will return on August 5th (this Friday) for a second season of incompetent crime.
## What Is The Outlaws?
If you liked *Good Girls* and other similar TV shows where people fell into crime, this show is actually pretty fun. The first season involved seven strangers all working to renovate a community centre in order to complete their service following a number of different crimes. Everything from kleptomania to sex crimes, the useless criminals end up in possession of a significant amount of money.
And then they spend it.
And then it all goes to hell.
> *The Outlaws* is a comedy thriller about a disparate group of lawbreakers thrown together to complete a community service sentence. Seven strangers from different walks of life are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community center. When one of their number gets dragged into a dangerous world of organized crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible.
Season two isn’t a whole lot better for everyone, per the logline:
> Picking up a few months after the climax of Season One, in Season Two, the Outlaws still have time to serve on their sentences, but quickly realize the criminal underworld isn’t done with them yet—not by a long shot. This ragtag group of misfits’ shared past comes back to haunt them, in the shape of a terrifying London drug lord out for blood—The Dean.
## Why We Watch
As revealed last season, Lady Gabby is a overprivileged white rich woman, who has just begun steps to becoming a better person. Season two continues her journey, setbacks and all, to growing up. Gabby finally tried to address her daddy issues, only to have them slap her in the fact and kick her while she was down.
It was painfully clear in season one that her father has no interest in her at all. He’s written her off and tossed her aside, making promises to her and then quickly breaking because he believes she’s a failure. A funny thing happens when you treat people like failures. Gabby is the perfect example of that. She is constantly set up for failure, even by her friends who are trying to help her.
Her problems are related to everyone else, though. They’re all put in a situation where constant, repeated, failure is the only way forward. Dangerous decisions have led to disaster, and the only way out is even more danger. Which leads to more disaster.
Like I said last time, Eleanor Tomlinson is perfect in the role. As Gabby is consumed by her weaknesses, her continued growth (albeit in tiny steps) make you hope she’s going to get there in the end, but empathize if she doesn’t. Or can’t.
B
The second season delivers an enjoyable 6-episode romp with crime, confusion, and community. The story is tighter than season one, but also a little unbelievable and could be more gay.
Check it out, August 5th on Prime Video.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Outlaws
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### [Queer Beats – July 29, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-talder/)
**Published:** July 29, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, a lot of Westworld excitement, new trailers and tweets from #Talder's number one fan, Jessica Sutton.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, a lot of *Westworld* excitement, new trailers and tweets from [Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder)‘s number one fan, Jessica Sutton.
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Big Swiss**TadH:** Jodie Comer in another queer role…I’ll save Nielsen some time — count me in!
> Jodie Comer’s new TV series sounds very gay, Harley Quinn dropped their red band trailer, Keke Palmer's Most Searched Questions video, and more!
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [July 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1549816416064327680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[For All Mankind]()**Vicky:** LOL! I’m totally dating myself here but this pic is giving me strong “Desert Hearts” vibes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfEP2xZLjwE/
A League of Their Own**Carmel:** It’s almost here!
https://youtube.com/H8qMhtkB18k
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)**Margo:** Jessica Sutton on a shipping spree, a thread.
> oh there was suppose to be more than a glance but they cut the line when I ask her to dance…!!!! 🥲I hope it makes the bloopers [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 8, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1545237155991040000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> my wife going after the Song of Songs [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 13, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1547048431457210368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> sun & moon [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 13, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1547045389945020422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> that’s the first time you said my name… [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 13, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1547045120490369025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> my wifes new digs …when can I move in? [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1549581920052228096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> I’ll hold my wife while you hold for commercial break … 🤣🤣🤣 [\#Talder](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Talder?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jessica Sutton (@JessLauraSutton) [July 20, 2022](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1549588654103752705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Mika:** I love that she ships it 
**Tracy:** I love it.
**Nikki:** Omg bless you for putting this thread together 
[Mythic Quest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mythic-quest/)**Carmel:** Yay!
She Hulk**Julissa:** Tatiana Maslany wearing an A+ sweatshirt in the She Hulk featurette.
https://youtube.com/jqm0YYcOrOE
[Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)**Tracy:** Finally, *Westworld* got queer on screen and not just in my head.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgJMbg4ITbW/
**Margo:** Having the Triqueercta: Ariana Debose, Evan Rachel Wood & Tessa Thompson together on screen is just playing with gay fire.
**Meike:** Did you see this exchange on Twitter?
**Tracy:** Yay!! I’m running to update her actor profile.
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https://twitter.com/NicolePacent/status/1551370050644324352?s=20&t=ukizVFyowP37f1dpkL2rrQ
**Tracy:** Nicole Pacent on *Westworld* tonight. She was great! That brings the out queer actor count up to 6!
https://twitter.com/NicolePacent/status/1552037818917982208?s=20&t=mPT2nf6MgLobB-6trNz8LQ
**Carmel:** Ha, we now have one degree of separation to Tessa Thompson.
With Love**Mika:** I think this belongs here.
> It’s heating up as the talent continues to grace us!! [@cameronesposito](https://twitter.com/cameronesposito?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@BusyPhilipps](https://twitter.com/BusyPhilipps?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/nmGsOFNT8t](https://t.co/nmGsOFNT8t)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [July 27, 2022](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1552431361348489216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** For All Mankind, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, Westworld
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### ["Paper Girls" Delivers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/paper-girls-delivers/)
**Published:** July 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series, based on the graphic novels, hits Amazon's Prime Video in a week. Get ready for time travel.
**Content:**
Next week, June 29th, Prime Video releases a series based on the Brian K. Vaughan graphic novels, *Paper Girls*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers based on the source material!
## What’s It About?
The Amazon byline is straightforward:
> *It’s the day after Halloween in 1988 when four young friends accidentally stumble into an intense time war and find themselves inexplicably transported to the year 2019. When they come face-to-face with their adult selves, each girl discovers her own strengths as together they try to find a way back to the past while saving the world of the future.*
But as we all know, Time Travel isn’t as clean cut as all that. Jumping from 1988 to 2019 would be enough of a shock for anyone (can you imagine jumping from cordless phones being ‘new’ to a world where everyone has a smart phone!?), but doing so and finding out things like you didn’t become the doctor or politician or … worse. What if you died?
The me I wanted to be in 1988 isn’t at all the same as the me I ended up becoming, and that’s okay for me, but it’s not for everyone. Some people wake up with a Kafkaesque revelation that they went the wrong way. None of us ever get to look our future, or past, selves in the face, though. How much would we change if we knew what we’d become? If twelve year old me knew I was 100% going to be a lesbian, a lot of things would be different. No offence meant to my ex boyfriends, they were (mostly) great guys, but if I’d known, I wouldn’t have dated them.
## Is it Queer?
In the comics, 100% absolutely yes. There’s a whole plot line for one of the girls who is shown a glimpse of her future and she’s a lesbian. But, for those of us who remember 1988, being out and gay then wasn’t a thing. We still called each other ‘fag’ as an insult (among other terms which no one would use today). Homophobia was raging, and we were a punchline.
So for the girl who figures out future-her is into women? It’s a world changing moment.
But time travel causality loops are also a thing, and since knowing that a lesbian butterfly emerges from her cocoon would change all our past actions, can we return to our own timelines without change or disaster? Or are we all forced to forget who we were in order to become who we will be?
In the comic there’s one answer.
And the stability of time itself depends on that answer.
## Watch *Paper Girls* on 29 July
Check it out on Prime Video. You can check out the trailer:
And the teaser:
##### Screener Review On *Paper Girls*
A fast paced series with changing destinations and timelines, that show us who we were, who we are, and how we can change the world. Giant robots included.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Paper Girls
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Show to Use the Word "Lesbian"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-show-to-use-the-word-lesbian/)
**Published:** July 23, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are discussing the first show to actually use the word “lesbian” when referring to a queer character.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. This week, we are discussing the first show to actually use the word “lesbian” when referring to a queer character. To no one’s surprise, the term was used negatively to refer to the medical diagnosis of a character on the show, *Eleventh Hour*.
## [Eleventh Hour](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-eleventh-hour/)
*Eleventh Hour* began airing on NBC in 1962. It was a medical drama that lasted two seasons and focused on a doctor who was always called in at the “eleventh hour” to resolve a medical crisis before the patient has a full mental breakdown. Wendell Corey portrayed the doctor in season one and Ralph Bellamy portrayed the doctor in season two.
In the seventh episode of season two, titled “What Did She Mean By Good Luck?” (air date: November 13, 1963), the doctor is called in to help a woman named [Hallie Lambert](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hallie-lambert/) (played by [Kathryn Hays](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kathryn-hays/)). Hallie Lambert is an actress who has been struggling in rehearsals for a soon-to-debut theatre play. Hallie believes that the director, Marya Stone (played by Beverly Garland), is acting extraordinarily critical of her to the point of deliberate cruelty. Hallie’s mother does not know what to do, so she calls in the doctor.
But alas! The doctor has a quick solution to Hallie’s problem. He had previously worked with Hallie and had diagnosed her with having “lesbian tendencies,” an issue that is clearly the root of this issue with the female director. The doctor goes on to connect Hallie’s obsession with the director to her obsession with her female high school theatre teacher. He *also* connects it to her frayed relationship with her mother, of course. If only Hallie could let those feelings go, all would solved! (Spoiler: she is instantly healed by this revelation and goes on to live a hetero life.)
My personal “favorite” moment is when the director comes by to wish Hallie good luck before opening night, and anxiety-riddled Hallie yells the episode title, “What does she mean by good luck???” Classic gay panic.
## Queer History
It does not come as a surprise that Hallie’s queerness was treated as a medical issue in this episode. Post-war America was very focused on psychotherapy and, at the time, homosexuality was a diagnosable medical illness. The American Psychiatric Association only removed it from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual in 1973. In 1963, when this episode of *The Eleventh Hour* aired, the medical community believed that homosexuality was curable. Thanks to the doctor, the audience felt safe knowing that Hallie was cured of a life of homosexuality and sin!
## Impact
Although the representation of Hallie’s character was incorrect and not a storyline that would be supported today, it did introduce a queer character to the television landscape. And diagnosing her with “lesbian tendencies” allowed audiences to hear the word lesbian said out loud, a *tiny* step toward allowing queer storylines to be shown on screen.
Perhaps, next week, I will be able to find the first out-and-proud queer character on TV! Stay tuned!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
Sources:
“Drama: A Salute to LGBTQ+ Pride Achievements in Television .” *Paley Center*, 1 June 2021, https://www.paleycenter.org/exhibits/pride/drama/.
Tropiano, Stephen. *The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on TV*. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002.
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Eleventh Hour, Kathryn Hays
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### [Queer Beats – July 15, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-july-15-2022/)
**Published:** July 15, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** From cooking and suits to sitcom rep, this week's Queer Beats celebrates glow-ups, haircuts and more!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week,
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[Raven’s Home](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ravens-home/)The first trans character on Disney Channel!
**-Nikki**
> Actress Juliana Joel is here to tell you that anything is possible! "Now I get to be that person I wish I had to watch on TV growing up." [@Thejulianajoel](https://twitter.com/Thejulianajoel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@RavensHome](https://twitter.com/RavensHome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@DisneyChannel](https://twitter.com/DisneyChannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#HERstory](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HERstory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Disneychannel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Disneychannel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Out Magazine (@outmagazine) [July 12, 2022](https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/1546958605940695040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Michaela Jaé is awesomeBeautiful
**-Carmel**
> Actor [@MjRodriguez7](https://twitter.com/MjRodriguez7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is in her season of reinvention — and the Golden Globe winner is just getting started.
>
> via [@thezoereport](https://twitter.com/thezoereport?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — NYLON (@NylonMag) [July 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/NylonMag/status/1547594190468423681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
ClexaCon2022Don’t mind me having a gay panic over all the wonderful announcements! It’s hard to pick just one to love the best. (I will be at CC! How to see you there!)
**-Mika**
> Is Agent Sophie Moore in the building? Well yeah, actually she will be. [\#Wildmoore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wildmoore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fans, [@meagantandy](https://twitter.com/meagantandy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is coming to [\#ClexaCon2022](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Come meet her in Anaheim and give her props as one half of the groundbreaking lesbian superhero couple on [\#CWBatwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWBatwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#LGBTQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Gotham](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gotham?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/pL5fgtgEd1](https://t.co/pL5fgtgEd1)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [July 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1547627044825026570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)Dom has super cute short hair and I can’t even!
**-Vicky**
> More good news: [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) got a haircut and they look amazing.
>
> That’s it. That’s the tweet. [pic.twitter.com/cE8n7pIQbr](https://t.co/cE8n7pIQbr)
>
> — Dorothy Snarker (@dorothysnarker) [July 14, 2022](https://twitter.com/dorothysnarker/status/1547676261392101378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
There are more videos and gifs around, like how about 24 seconds of Dom playing with the most awesome haircut?
> Nothing, just 24 seconds of Dom playing with their hair 🫠[\#EarpFest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EarpFest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BringWynonnaHome](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BringWynonnaHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Y5H6HtPkxS](https://t.co/Y5H6HtPkxS)
>
> — Mon | #E4L (@moon\_earp) [July 3, 2022](https://twitter.com/moon_earp/status/1543610573556011011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ms. MarvelSo Zoe didn’t come out on the series. She’s still totally eyeballing Nakia in a way even my ‘never read the comics’ wife picked up on, and was on the softball team. Let’s say we all noticed, and we can’t wait.
**-Mika**
> Btw was it just me or did anyone notice any spark between Nakia and Zoe? When they were sorting the soft balls and then the tick tock montage? [\#MsMarvel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MsMarvel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/uXqWjKj0Iz](https://t.co/uXqWjKj0Iz)
>
> — Jeremy (@thatgay\_nerd) [July 13, 2022](https://twitter.com/thatgay_nerd/status/1547181132206469120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Iron ChefHave you ever seen the old Iron Chef and thought “This could be gayer?” They did give us Cat Cora in the first reboot, but the new one has a totally gay co-host (Kristen Kish) and an Iron Chef (Dominique Crenn). If you haven’t seen it on Netflix, get going!
**— Mika**
https://twitter.com/chelccruzy/status/1540120807464062977
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**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Iron Chef, Michaela Jae Rodriguez, Ms. Marvel, Raven's Home, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Mother Song](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-mother-song/)
**Published:** July 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As we walk closer and closer to the finale of "Motherland: Fort Salem", the threads of 300 years are slowly coming together.
**Content:**
As we get closer and closer to the mid-point of the final season, there are a lot of questions up in the air and a number of threads beginning to weave together.
Warning: This post contains spoilers up to the current episode!
## Raelle’s Absence
That’s something people have asked me. In November 2021, Taylor was in a car accident. She posted about it back in January, but a lot of us kind of forgot that impacted production:
> [pic.twitter.com/irbwKlSsYS](https://t.co/irbwKlSsYS)
>
> — childish hambino (@taylorhickson) [January 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1479207631927447554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
While this accident appears to be less physically traumatic, Taylor mentions that healing isn’t linear. For her, this may be moreso. Back in December 2016, Taylor was working on *Ghostland* when the director, Pascal Laugier, told her that it would be fine to slam her fists against a window. Well, the window broke, Taylor fell on the glass, and that resulted in the rather distinctive scar on the left side of her face.
It would not be a leap to suggest that this has probably messed her up a little. Repeat accidents (in this case, both related to her work) tend to linger on people a little.
This has had a rather direct result with, just a couple episodes ago, Raelle being ‘sucked’ into the mycelium (for reasons we are not yet sure). The scene felt abrupt to many. She was ‘fine’ the previous episode, but then suddenly Scylla was running back saying she knew why Raelle was ‘sick.’ That plot was created in order to give Taylor the time to rest and heal, which is a wonderful act of kindness from the show.
## M’s Assignment
As of last week, M, our glorious non-binary witch, was assigned to protect the president. That had an unexpected conclusion last week, and then a surprise reveal this week (if you missed the episode last night, go watch).
MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM Happy Yule The Unit spends the Yule holiday plotting their next steps Alder seeks a steward of the First Song This episode of Motherland Fort Salem airs Tuesday July 12 at 1000 pm ETPT on Freeform FreeformJeff Petry ESS HODLMOSERBut the thing about last night’s episode is that M finally expressed to us (via our innocent proxy, Tally) about the decisions they had to make. Do they join the men’s college or the women’s? M knew they’d always have to decide, but it was Alder herself asking M to come, that M could excel at War College, that drew them in and helped them be a success.
Hearing that, even in the brief moment we got, addressed one of the larger questions I’d had about a gender-split system in their seemingly sexuality and gender aware world. Sure, Beltane was heavily into the hetero ‘sex makes a witch more powerful’ thing, but at the same time no one was demanding Raelle (or Byron, her gay friend) actually have sex. During the Reel dance, a number of women ended up paired with other women, and men with men. It appeared to be casually understood that some people were going to have a platonic Beltane and that was okay.
Even so, it left a question in the air the next season. What about the non-binary or gender fluid? Where do they fit in a world so seemingly evenly split between men and women? The answer appears to be ‘where they want to be.’ M was asked to come to the Witch side, but never pressured to be a woman or a man, only themselves.
## Scylla’s Apprehension
Now, while we know Raelle’s reason for vanishing is life impacting art, in character they don’t. And Scylla, for the first time really, is facing that unknown that Raelle had in the end of season 1. But back then, Raelle saw the S on her hand and knew Scylla was alive, somewhere. She doesn’t have a way to report back to Scylla, which means that all Scylla has is hope.
Due to the immediacy of the change of plots, it stands to reason that we all feel like critical information is being missed out on. Amalia Holm is doing a wonderful job of balancing the rapid change with the feelings Scylla must be having. She’s been on the run before, that was her life, and she’s been entangled with the Spree and is rather used to hiding things. But now? Now Scylla’s part of a group who have her back, and who accept her.
That acceptance, though, is tenuous. Scylla knows she’s only allowed in because of her skills and because Raelle will walk without her. Since the others need Raelle, they keep Scylla without much complaint. Still, that unease lingers. If Raelle is, in fact, dead, would they still need Scylla? They’ve got Nicte who is more experienced at hiding who she is long term, and a far more terrifying fighter.
On top of all that? Scylla is in love. She didn’t expect that to happen (do any of us?) and that feeling of finally finding her place and a person is being ripped away from her bit by torturous bit.
## Future Adaptability
The world has changed entirely for the Witches. Tally, and her burgeoning ability to actually see the future, may start to wonder how much is really set in stone. Abigail, the pinnacle of Bellweather genetics, has something about the union of earth and sky on her mind. Is her future a done deal? Nicte has been fuelled by anger and rage for so long is now finding a place maybe she too belongs. The functionally immortal Alder is back, but wildly different.
I’m sad that it took this final season to get to dig into things like the Cession and it’s politics, to show us the different people and flavours of magic. I am glad, however, that we’re getting it. This world has so much potential and so many layers, it could go decades with more and more information we don’t have just yet.
## *Motherland: Fort Salem* airs Tuesday
Make sure you’re watching Freeform on Tuesday nights as our coven fights for their future.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [Queer Beats – July 8, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-queer-tv-news/)
**Published:** July 8, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, is an assortment of coming out, moving on and behind the scenes!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer TV news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, is an assortment of coming out, moving on and behind the scenes!
---
[Mythic Quest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mythic-quest/)[Ashly Burch](https://twitter.com/ashly_burch), who has played a bazillion queers on TV, video games, writes and directs queer content and more, has come out as queer and pan. It’s never too late to come out, and Pride is eternal.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/1542935229567991808
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)😭
> today i finished my last session of ADR for [@Motherland](https://twitter.com/Motherland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). it never gets any less surreal saying goodbye to little pieces of the last 4 years
>
> — childish hambino (@taylorhickson) [July 5, 2022](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1544380739982004227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
MFS 3×02 bloopers
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfpH-W2g2B4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
**-Carmel**
Misc FandomNatalie and Tessa cuteness
**-Carmel**
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfpDuljv9Pf/
[Tuca & Bertie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tuca-bertie/)Season 3 trailer for Tuca & Bertie
**-Laura**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQcXrv6YQa8
[Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)Sadly, Patricia Allison reveals, due to scheduling conflicts, she will not return as Ola for ‘SEX EDUCATION’ Season 4.
**-Nikki**
> Patricia Allison reveals she will not return as Ola for ‘SEX EDUCATION’ Season 4.
>
> (Source: [@CapitalXTRA](https://twitter.com/CapitalXTRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) [pic.twitter.com/W6PufTpB6O](https://t.co/W6PufTpB6O)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [July 6, 2022](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1544613882710396929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)The most Alice I’ve ever seen her.
**-Carmel**
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfunXqKvE4i/
[She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)Hello ND!
**-Margo**
> Hello! I have something to tell you!
>
> — ND Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) [June 30, 2022](https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1542543451945742337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Gentleman Jack ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)With big thermometer sadness, Gentleman Jack will not get a season three. While the second season was a little rockier, getting to see old time lesbians in a world that wasn’t ready for them remains as a stellar mark in the portrayal of historical queers. There’s a small chance someone else might pick it up, but if that doesn’t happen, at least it means we never have to put the ‘dead queers’ flag on the show, as the real life story ended tragically. I may go console myself by watching the intro and outro credits a few times, but until then, enjoy the bloopers.
**-Mika**
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cfvfw8iK3dc/
Misc Sporty FandomI have no words!
**-Carmel**
> Megan Rapinoe receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from [@POTUS](https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> The award is considered to be the Nation's highest civilian honor. [pic.twitter.com/adJJ6k7mLu](https://t.co/adJJ6k7mLu)
>
> — Just Women’s Sports (@justwsports) [July 7, 2022](https://twitter.com/justwsports/status/1545128581159743488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Bonus? [Barbie loves it too!](https://twitter.com/Barbie/status/1545395249819828224)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Gentleman Jack, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, Sex Education, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The L Word: Generation Q, Tuca and Bertie
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### [Queer Beats – July 1, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-juliantina-throwback/)
**Published:** July 1, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** This week, Juliantina throwback love and new trailers for many shows!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, Juliantina throwback love and new trailers for many shows!
---
[Juliantina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/juliantina/)Macarena Achaga posted this [Juliantina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Juliantina) throwback and a very sweet message.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfQHS72DEZL/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
And Barbara Lopez posted the same photo with an equally sweet message.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfQFLkNMiYy/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
**-Carmel**
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)MFS 3×01 bloopers! Which is great because we never got bloopers for season 2. I appreciate the extra bts.
**-Carmel**
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfXT13qA-h1/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
[Our Flag Means Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/our-flag-means-death/)Vico did a photo shoot in a church and some might say the results are heavenly… get it… cuz church? Wait wait. I meant to say They’re Queerly Divine …I’ll see myself out
**-Carmel**
> Taking up space and embracing myself wholeheartedly by sharing blessings and fabulosity everywhere I go✨
>
> When I was shown this shoot was gonna take place inside a Catholic Church, my first thoughts were: [pic.twitter.com/74ty6T9Cjx](https://t.co/74ty6T9Cjx)
>
> — Vico Ortiz (@V\_Vico\_Ortiz) [June 28, 2022](https://twitter.com/V_Vico_Ortiz/status/1541827619108392961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Trailers!Bunch of trailers dropped this week. Harley Quinn S3, Good Trouble S4, HSMTMTS S3, See S3 & Stranger Things 4 Volume 2.
**-Carmel**
https://youtube.com/5wk0lNWIlIk
https://youtube.com/WcxNPMzaLcI
https://youtube.com/gec2WpEkDa0
https://youtube.com/LdMltY5iEi0
https://youtube.com/sBEvEcpnG7k
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Juliantina, Motherland: Fort Salem, Our Flag Means Death
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 4, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-mabel-and-alice/)
**Published:** July 4, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Mabel and Alice are an exciting new development on Only Murders in the Building and The Chi is back for season five.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Mabel and Alice are an exciting new development on *Only Murders in the Building* and *The Chi* is back for season five.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Only Murders in the Building](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-murders-in-the-building/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Framed” \[Streaming\]When it was [announced back in May](https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1522203216154398720?s=20&t=oblWDlEhYof0ywvQj2iIEQ) that Cara Delevingne was going to play Selena Gomez’s love interest in season 2 of *Only Murders in the Building* there was much rejoicing in the [LezWatchTV Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). I imagine Cara Delevingne to be the real life Shane of Hollywood and she would bring a lot of big queer energy to the show.
Cara plays Alice, the owner of small artist’s collective *Third Arm Gallery* who takes an interest in Mabel’s art after she and her podcast hosts became famous after Bunny’s murder. She slips into Mabel’s DMs, and even though she is awash in message requests, Mabel writes her back. After chatting, Mabel decides to attend her exhibit opening the next day where Mabel and Alice hit it off nicely.
In episode two, Mabel goes to Alice’s studio to do some destruction therapy by smashing up a statue.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1543711012393828353?s=20&t=0XqVrF7GytxwR5PDYTCsJQ
Mabel and Alice escalated quickly!
I’m happy they got to the romance part in 2 episodes and didn’t draw things out. I am psyched for Mabel and Alice’s new queer relationship, but I do not trust Alice. I just have the feeling she has something up her sleeve because this is a murder mystery after all. I’m looking forward to seeing how things evolve this season!
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 5 Episode 2 “Oh Girl” \[Streaming\]I spent most of the first 2 episodes of *The Chi* season 5 saying, “Where’s Imani?” She had by far become my favorite character and I loved her and Trig. Trig bought a ring to propose to her with and I was like, “Yes! Big wedding, please!” But when she didn’t show up I was like, “Wait, is Jasmine Davis not coming back?”
2 seconds and a Google search later, my fears were confirmed.
https://twitter.com/TheJasmineDavis/status/1517296667157958656?s=20&t=BgFSZYg1wQU6_PlkrXHGAQ
**How did I miss this?**
I am honestly heartbroken, but I respect Jasmine’s decision.
Moving on to two of my favorite lesbian moms on television, Nina and Dre are still processing Nina’s big cheating event last season. While hanging out with Jada and Tracy, they do that TV thing where people co-opt other folks’ issues to passive-aggressively dig at their own shit.
Ugh. Uncomfortable.
**I have things to say about this.**
- Nina, you didn’t sleep with a random stranger because you were in a comfortable rut. You though Dre was having an affair with Jada when she was really helping her out with her cancer diagnosis. Instead of using your words and asking Dre about it you went to a bar and revenge-banged someone!
- Comfortable rut? Really? You got married TWO YEARS ago. That’s still the honeymoon phase and during that time your family has dealt with a lot of tragedy. That’s not “comfortable rut” mode.
- I love Dre and admire her commitment to the relationship (I believe in forgiveness and don’t think cheating is always an relationship-ending event). This is the time for Nina to apologize and not blame what she did on routine relationship issues.
- Get it together, Nina & Dre! You’re almost the only queer moms couple on TV I like and I don’t want to lose you!
Towards the end of the episode, you see Nina and Dre getting all cute and dressed up for something. I thought maybe it was a date, but that’s not what it was.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1543718090210426880?s=20&t=0XqVrF7GytxwR5PDYTCsJQ
Is getting dressed up for Zoom therapy a thing?
I really really hope therapy works and they can get better with their communication issues. Also, where’s Roselyn??
**This week:** Y’all, mommy’s going on a TWO WEEK VACATION! I am going to take a break from Queerest Things, but I will still be watching plenty of TV to write about when I get back.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Only Murders in the Building, The Chi
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### [From the LWTV Archives: First Show with an Implied Gender Queer Character](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-first-show-with-an-implied-gender-queer-character/)
**Published:** July 2, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** For this post, I went in search of the first recurring queer female, non-binary, or trans character to appear on television.
**Content:**
Welcome back to “From the LWTV Archives,” a column dedicated to studying and highlighting moments from queer TV history. For this post, I went in search of the first recurring queer female, non-binary, or trans character to appear on television. To my surprise, the answer turns out to be a gender queer character that appeared on a short-lived Japanese anime.
Ribon no Kishi or Princess Knight## [Princess Knight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/princess-knight/)
Princess Sapphire
In 1967, Fuji TV debuted a new show titled *Princess Knight* (“Ribon no Kishi” in Japanese), which was based on a manga of the same name. It is about a princess ([Princess Sapphire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-sapphire/), voiced by [Yoshiko Ohta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yoshiko-ohta/)) who has to pretend to be a prince, but it goes a bit further than that. The princess was born with two hearts: a heart of a girl *and* a heart of a boy.
Although I was initially surprised to find that this Japanese show was the first on LWTV to have a recurring character, it makes more sense after considering the context. Japanese anime has long been a place where gender lines are blurred and queerness is far from hidden. Often times, it is the *dubbed* versions that try to hide this queerness from their audiences (Sailor Moon, anyone?).
But, back to *Princess Knight*. Osamu Tezuka wrote and illustrated the original manga in 1953. The story was directly inspired by an all-female musical theater group, Takarazuka Revue, which featured actresses who performed both female and male roles. Osamu even based two of the main characters in *Princess Knight* directly on actresses from the revue, which he grew up attending with his mom.
## Queer History
Japan has a long history of gender-bending theater, but there was an uptick in its popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. *Princess Knight* became popular enough to get a radio adaptation in 1955 and manga run in the late 1950s, before the show in 1967.
Although the manga proved to be very popular in Japan, there was a delay before it entered the English-speaking world. Famously, NBC executives were hesitant to produce a dubbed version because they worried that Sapphire could be interpreted as a “sex witch.” Looking back, this show deals with gender more than sex, but leave it to Americans to be afraid of gender ambiguity! A dubbed version was eventually produced in the 1970s, but it was renamed *Choppy and the Princess*.
## Impact
*Princess Knight* remains an extremely part of manga and anime history. Many credit it with the start of the shōjo and magical girl genres. It also started a recurring trope of androgynous heroines. Although there are many alternative readings of the show, it’s hard to argue against the impact that it has had on anime. Plus, Princess Sapphire holds the title for the first regular (and lead) implied queer character on TV!
Stay tuned for the next post of this column, where we will continue looking through major moments in queer TV history!
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
Sources:
[Ladd, Fred](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ladd); Deneroff, Harvey (2008). *Astro Boy and Anime Come to the Americas: An Insider’s View of the Birth of a Pop Culture Phenomenon*. [McFarland & Company](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McFarland_%26_Company). p. [66–68](https://books.google.com/books?id=rubax5GQA7kC&pg=PA66). [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780786452576](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780786452576).
Power, Natsu Onoda (2009). *God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post-World War II Manga*. [University Press of Mississippi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Press_of_Mississippi). p. [113–122](https://books.google.com/books?id=dvaR1-9HE7YC&pg=PA113). [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781604734782](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781604734782).
**Categories:** From the LWTV Archives
**Tags:** Princess Knight, Yoshiko Ohta
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### ["Good Trouble" Comes Back to Finish Season 4](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/good-trouble-comes-back-to-finish-season-4/)
**Published:** July 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The back half of the season will be here tomorrow night, so let's get ready for how messy the Coterie can be.
**Content:**
When the first half of season four ended, we had a lot of questions up in the air.
Malika had finally sorted out her poly relationship situation, and her bisexuality, with her new girlfriend Angelica, while working for/with Angelica’s ex.
Alice was just starting to face her trauma of being harassed at a show, and her ex-Sumi is now all up in her life again.
Gael’s dealing with impending fatherhood with the less than stable Isabella.
And then there’s the whole mess with the straights which are just a headache no matter how I look at it (Mariana, Davia, Dennis, new guy, Luca, Kelly, etc).
## Politically Fraught
One of the things I’ve loved about *Good Trouble* is how they actually address the issues we’re all facing right now. With the exception of COVID, I feel like the Coterie of questionable characters have to tackle all the same shit we do. There’s racism, rampant inequality, homophobia, homelessness, balancing work/life, pregnancy… You name it, these 20-30 somethings are struggling with who they want to be and who they have to be just like the rest of us.
This back-half of the season is a little light on that in a very odd way, mostly due to timing.
The screeners dropped around the time the mess with the Supreme Court hit the fan, which means Isabella’s pregnancy doesn’t actually touch on the current issues about abortion (save to mention her parents wanted her to have one). That said, I totally expect it to show up before the end if they can. Having lost Callie (the actor wanted to stay home in Australia, can’t blame her), they still have Malika as their social justice warrior who will, more than likely, be the one to take on the tragedy of the recent rulings.
As for COVID, no one in the show masks, making it feel like they just kind of ignored COVID, which is sad since I think they could have done an amazing job. It also makes the issues Alice faces (Asian hate crimes) a little odd, since in our world that picked up after some idiot called it a Chinese Flu.
## Happiness in the Storm
Even with all that, *Good Trouble* gives us the world as it is: an unyielding storm of unexpected offences against our basic humanity.
For Alice, she’s struggling to get back on her feet and find her comedic voice again. This comes with it’s normal setbacks, like finding management or even places to perform. But with the help of her best friend, Sumi, she’s really making a lot of progress.
Of course… Sumi really likes Alice. And not in the friend way. It’s been pretty clear all season (and even since before Sumi’s relationship with Meera imploded) that Sumi’s got feels for Alice. But Sumi believes in Alice as a comedian, and wants to help in any way. After all, she did go right for Margaret Cho and got Alice on the tour to start with. For Alice, happiness is following her passion again.
Gael and Isabella are trying hard to find balance between the kind of gross work Gael’s doing (ghost painting for someone else) and affording things for a baby. Isabella’s parents are still all-OUT of that relationship and making things hard for Isabella to deal with. For them, happiness is making it to parenthood.
And Malika, having broken up with her men, is only dating Angelica, but still wants to consider options. This doesn’t **exactly** sit well with Angelica. Bonus, Malika has no idea how close she is to getting fired. Always fun. For her, happiness is her work and relationships.
## The Coterie Returns *tomorrow*
Tomorrow night, *Good Trouble* is back with “What I wouldn’t give for love”
> Davia musters the courage to tell Dennis how she feels. Malika deals with Angelica seeing other people. Alice hires a new manager. The FCG throw a party to celebrate the launch of their app. Luca considers accepting Davia’s offer of a home.
I’m sure nothing could possibly go wrong.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
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### [The Horrors of "The Boys"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-horrors-of-the-boys/)
**Published:** June 22, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As we delve deeper into Season Three, "The Boys" continue to embrace the grotesque horror of what the world would be with Supes. (Spoilers? Bad)
**Content:**
At this point, if you’ve been watching season three of *[The Boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-boys/)*, you are aware that they have delved into the horrible, grotesqueness of the universe.
Warning: This post contains a lot of vulgarities, gross subjects, and offensive content. Sorry.
Additional Warning: This post contains spoilers for seasons 1-3 of *The Boys*.
Those warnings are absolutely related. I can’t really figure out how to talk about this show without using terms that are … nasty. That’s your warning. If you have no interest in a show about gross heroes doing nasty things and not always getting commupance, just click away. I don’t mind. This show is not for everyone.
## What is “The Boys”?
At it’s heart, the concept of *The Boys* is ‘What if superheroes were made? How bad could that be?’ And the answer is “Fucking horrible!” Honestly I don’t know why they were surprised, seeing as the whole thing was invented by a Nazi.
I’m not kidding. The Supes (as they’re called) were invented by a Nazi scientist, Frederick Vought, who sorted it out doing unethical experiments on prisoners at Dachau. His first success was in the form of his own wife, who adopted the name “Stormfront” (they’re not subtle, folks), and when they realized the Nazis were going to lose, they defected to the US. After explaining that he could give the US his special Compound V and make more Supes, President Franklin Roosevelt pardoned Vought. Stormfront took the name Liberty and was known as the first hero.
Fast forward to today, Vought died, Liberty ‘vanished,’ and Stan Edgar took over. Edgar would cover up any casualties caused by the Supes, and ran a crazy, complex, setup where they created as many Supes as possible. Not all are ‘useful’ (read: a lot are useless powers), but those who are, become official Supes with the goal of being in The Seven (read: The Justice League, more or less). Instead of telling people that Supes are made, though, Vought keeps it a secret that babies are being injected with the compound to become Supes.
Now. If you think that create a race of übermensch without a lot of checks and balances might end badly, you would be right. Without any natural predators, the Supes (especially Homelander, who is basically evil Superman) embrace their godlike selves and are … well, assholes. They rape people, they kill, they abuse, and pretty much all of them are some level of sociopath.
Enter The Boys, a group of non-powered people who **hate** Supes. Led by Billy Butcher, whose wife was raped and murdered (he believed) by Homelander, we trip into them when A-Train (a speedster) runs through and kills Hughie’s girlfriend. Hughie joins the Boys and works with them to take down the Supes.
It’s not really working out well. Turns out, it’s super hard (heh) to kill Supes.
## Where Are the Queers?
If you’re like me, and you’re reading this so you probably are, you’re watching the show with an eye on the queers. And honestly, there aren’t a lot. In the comics, Ted, Homelander, and Soldier Boy are all pretty much bisexual. Or ‘I don’t care’ sexual. If you’ve read the comics, you know how gross all that got.
On the other hand, if you only watch the TV show, the closest to Homelander being queer you get is when he made [Doppleganger](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/doppelganger/) be a woman so he could have sex with a woman he’d killed. Not really great rep, I know. And then in this newest season, the first goddamn episode had a gay man (Termite) dive into the penis of his boyfriend and blow it up (killing him) by sneezing.
And lesbians? Or ladies in general? Well, basically just [Maeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/queen-maeve/). Her kind of girlfriend ([Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-3/)) has been MIA though seeing how last season ended is anyone shocked?
## What’s up with Maeve?
Maeve is introduced as Homelander’s BFF. The second member of The Seven, she is also his oldest ‘friend,’ if you can call it that. Now, in the comics, Maeve thought she really was an amazon and had no idea she was a ‘created’ superhero, and learning the truth changes her. That’s less clear in the show, but in the middle of the first season, Maeve was shaken when Homelander decided **not** to save the people in a crashing plane.
This event drove Maeve to alcoholism and sex with randos, and that stresses things with her girlfriend. It also led to them being noticed by the news, which led to Homelander outing them in season two. Just in case you didn’t know he was a total asshole. Ashley, the hero PR head of Vought, wants Elena and Maeve to go public as lesbians, but Elena has no interest in that. Also? Maeve’s bi, you jerks.
By the end of season two, Maeve is clearly moving away from Homelander. She beats the fuck out of Stormfront with the Boys. Honestly it’s my favourite scene of season two, because it was Starlight, Kimiko, and Maeve who combined to kick her ass until Stormfront, realizing she was going to lose, bolted. It didn’t go well for Stormfront, who was eventually blasted by Homelander’s son’s laser eyes, but anyway, it was clear Maeve had switched allegiances.
The problem though is that Homelander was unchecked. Even with blackmail video of the plane situation, Maeve was in a bad spot. When we get to season three, she’s working with The Boys to take down Homelander.
## But … Where is Maeve?
It’s not hard to miss that Maeve isn’t really around all that much this season. A scene here or there, and it feels disconnected. And while in character she explains she’s ‘away’ working out to help defeat Homelander, but leaving some false rumors about being “hungover, tits deep in some random fuck-pile” to avoid Homelander’s suspicion, it feels weird, doesn’t it?
It’s extra weird if you’ve read the comics. See that working out stuff happens. In the show, Maeve explains she doesn’t expect to defeat her nemesis personally, but should manage to “buy Butcher a second or two to get a good shot.” And that’s how she dies in the comics. The way she talks in the show is clear she expects to die in the fight versus Homelander, and she’s okay with it. But … Why would the actress be so distant?
As it turns out, this is a case of life impacting art.
COVID.
Dominique McElligott, who plays Maeve, is a [social-media avoider ](https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/movie-news/irish-actress-dominique-mcelligott-on-returning-home-after-10-years-and-the-surprising-reason-why-shes-not-on-social-media-35971261.html)and introvert, and she also lives in Ireland. She recently moved back after ten years in LA (and previously London), and loves being home but as we all know, travel’s a mess right now. It was simply hard to get her there.
They apparently had to go back and late-film her scenes for earlier episodes because McElligott just wasn’t available. It happens but that certainly explains why she feels disconnected from the story.
## How it Ends?
You know I won’t tell you. But I will say this, as the season ends, Maeve is more involved. So if you’re watching for her, just wait. Maeve gets her moment and makes the most of it.
B-
Season Three of *The Boys* is more offensive, horrifying, and gross than ever. At the same time, it really holds on to the abject terror that would be if we had Supes in real life. If you love the dark, evil, offensive, shit, the show won’t disappoint.
New episodes of *The Boys* are released on Fridays on Amazon Prime.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Boys
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### [Only (Cozy) Murders In My Living Room](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/only-cozy-murders-in-my-living-room/)
**Published:** June 29, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I love murder and death, but not like that.
**Content:**
My queers, I have a problem.
It’s not a big problem, and I recognize it, but the problem is that I am totally addicted to murder TV. Only it’s a very niche specific: I love **cozy** murders.
## What’s Cozy About Murder?
I don’t mean stuff like *Law & Order* or even *CSI* (which I’ve seen most episodes for), those are procedurals and veer (especially with SVU) towards sensational gut wrenching drama.
No no, we’re talking simple, one hour (maybe 2) mysteries where everything is wrapped up with a bow, answers are found, and we may have a cup of tea at the end. On top of that, most cozy mysteries **omit** the gore, blood, and sex. Oh we know everyone has sex, but they don’t show it except for people getting out of a bed, or kissing.
They generally take place in small towns, but considering that most of Agatha Christie’s stuff is one, and some take place in London, maybe it’s better to say they take place in small locations. There’s rarely a big chase across continents, which may be why most of them take place in England…
Basically these are all simple, easy to watch, shows. Yes, like *Murder, She Wrote*, which was appointment TV for me when I was a kid.
## Murders I Like
If you also like them, here are a few I can recommend. And yes, queer.
[*The Madame Blanc Mysteries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-madame-blanc-mysteries/)**Premise:** A woman, Jean White, has an epically terrible time after her husband dies. Not only was he screwing up their business, but he had an affair. When she goes to France to settle their little house in a sleepy town, she finds out about the affair. While waiting to sell her house, she meets the locals and solves crimes.
**The Queers:** A married lesbian couple owns the local antique shop.
**The Verdict:** The show itself is well written, well acted, and incredibly enjoyable. It does not have a great ending for the queers, mind you.
[*Father Brown*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/father-brown/)**The Premise:** A meddling priest post WWII solves crimes, befuddling multiple detectives, few of whom actually like him, and frustrating his superiors.
The Queers: For a very long time, they were only the killers (hence why [I posted about it](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/tfw-show-betrays/) a couple years ago). I’m happy to say they’ve started to slip in some happy-queers!
**The Verdict:** If you like period dramas and easy crime, you’ll like Father Brown. Also check the spinoff (no queers yet…), *Sister Bonifce Mysteries*. The only thing I dislike about it is that Lady Felicia leaves the show as a regular.
Lady Felicia screaming If you know you know
*[Midsomer Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/midsomer-murders/)***The Premise:** A series of local detectives solve weird crimes.
**The Queers:** Primarily queers of the week, and they’re often either dead or the killer.
**The Verdict:** Someone is laughing that I added this because I kind of like and don’t like this show. The first two(!!!) episodes are about incest. It settles after that, thankfully, but this show has the least ‘wrap up’ of all the mysteries.
[*Death in Paradise*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/death-in-paradise/)**The Premise:** A series of awkward British detectives end up assigned to a tiny island in the tropics, where a lot more murders happen than one might expect.
**The Queers:** Sadly, queers of the week, and they generally end up dead or the killer.
**The Verdict:** This is one of my favourite mysteries. I love all the various detectives, and we generally refer to the show as “Detective Fish Out of Water.”
*[Poirot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/poirot/)***The Premise:** A tiny, snooty, Belgian man is a PI in London and solves crimes that the police can’t, using his little grey \[brain\] cells and that fabulous moustache.
**The Queers:** Queers of the Week, I know.
**The Verdict:** The absolute best series that covers every single book, with stellar acting, and the best Hercule Poirot ever.
[*Harry Wild*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harry-wild/)**The Premise:** Jane Seymour (yes) is Harry Wild, a newly retired professor who allies with her attempted mugger to solve crimes and make sure he graduates school.
**The Queers:** The local bartender.
**The Verdict:** Neither good nor bad for the queers, they clearly had a hoot of fun making this.
*[Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries/)***The Premise:** The brilliant, dazzling, sassy Phryne Fisher is taking Australia by storm and with her golden gun, solving crimes and winning hearts.
**The Queers:** Phyrne’s BFF, Mac, is a suit wearing female doctor. You even get a 1920s coming out!
**The Verdict:** It ends on a bit of a weird cliffhanger, but has a followup movie that makes it (mostly) better.
*[Murdoch Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/murdoch-mysteries/)***The Premise:** Toronto detective William Murdoch solves crimes in the most innovative, tongue in cheek, fashion ever.
**The Queers:** Currently they’re on queers of the week, but previously they had a suffragette who eventually wooed a medical examiner, and they were set to run off happily ever after.
**The Verdict:** It isn’t the best with queer rep, but it’s one of the better shows, as long as you don’t take it too seriously when Murdoch invents the Fax machine in the 1800s.
*[Mapleworth Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mapleworth-murders/)***The Premise:** Think Mrs. Marple, only younger and queer-er. And intentionally a comedy.
**The Queers:** The main character herself.
**The Verdict:** It’s on our Bingeworthy Lists for a reason. Each ep is 7 minutes, and it’s incredibly fun.
*[Only Murders in the Building](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-murders-in-the-building/)***The Premise:** A washed up actor, a struggling Broadway producer, and a mysterious girl renovating her auntie’s apartment solve a murder in their building.
**The Queers:** At first it’s only the cop, of course, but in season two… Well.
**The Verdict:** Season one surprised everyone with how amazing it was, and season 2 appears to be just as much fun. The first 2 episodes of the season dropped yesterday!
*[Frankie Drake Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/frankie-drake-mysteries/)***The Premise:** Frankie Drake, con-artist and war hero, is Toronto’s first, greatest, PI. With her best friends at her side, there’s no crime she can’t solve.
**The Queers:** None of the mains, but in the final season we get not just one queer, but a whole damn episode devoted to queers, *AND* [K Knox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/k-knox/)!!!
**The Verdict:** With crossovers galore (to *Murdoch Mysteries* and also Agatha Christie herself!), the show enjoyed the hell out of being anachronistic. It was recently canceled, but is four fantastic seasons.
Looking for more? Books? Movies? Check out [Cozy-Mystery.com](https://cozy-mystery.com/cozy-mystery-tv-and-movies.html)!
Got a rec for a great cozy mystery? Give a shout in the comments! I could use more to watch.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Death in Paradise, Father Brown, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Harry Wild, Mapleworth Murders, Midsomer Murders, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Murdoch Mysteries, Only Murders in the Building, Poirot, The Madame Blanc Mysteries
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### [Queer Beats – June 24, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-motherland-fort-salem-season-3/)
**Published:** June 24, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** Motherland: Fort Salem season 3 has arrived and Ariana DeBose gives us a sneak peek from Westworld season 4.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, *Motherland: Fort Salem* season 3 has arrived and Ariana DeBose gives us a sneak peek from *Westworld* season 4.
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Misc Happy Queer News[Beanie Feldstein](https://www.instagram.com/beaniefeldstein/) got engaged to her longtime girlfriend Bonnie Chance Roberts. I love love!
**-Tracy**
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJwFHkOjS_/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)The LezWatch Slack was quite abuzz when Carmel posted this preview clip from the *Motherland: Fort Salem* season 3 premiere.
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1537540521425571843?s=20&t=nBVVrFWeoS2GjSfe31QKcQ
Season three is finally here and Amalia Holm supplied us with cute Tweets and this adorable BTS photo. Yay, queer witches!
**-Tracy**
https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja/status/1539443145020166145?s=20&t=nBVVrFWeoS2GjSfe31QKcQ
The PrincessDon’t know if there’s any queer-ness but hot damn!
**-Vicky**
[Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)Ariana Debose shared a *Westworld* clip that seemed to show her and Delores as “roommates”
**-Vicky**
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfHP5RMOYvk/
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem, Westworld
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### [From the LWTV Archives: The First Implied Queer Female on TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/from-the-lwtv-archives-the-first-implied-queer-female-on-tv/)
**Published:** June 18, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** The first column of "From the LWTV Archives" features the first implied female character on TV.
**Content:**
Welcome to the first edition of my new column, “From the LWTV Archives”. As an archivist during the day and a queer TV enthusiast the rest of the time, delving into the pages of LWTV is always a favorite pastime of mine. This column will feature moments from queer TV history and view each moment within the context of its time.
For the first edition of this column, I thought it would be appropriate to highlight the first queer female character that LWTV has listed as appearing on a TV show: a guest character named [Miss Brant](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/miss-brant/) on the show, *[The Asphalt Jungle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-asphalt-jungle/)*.
The opening credit of *The Asphalt Jungle*
## The Asphalt Jungle
The Asphalt Jungle was a TV show that aired on ABC in 1961. It was a police drama that focused on a squad of detectives that targeted organized crime (Law & Order, anyone?). The title was based off a 1950 film with the same name, which was itself based off a novel. However, the TV show did not directly reflect the storylines of either.
This brings us to season 1, episode 5: “The Sniper.” The crime of the week includes a sniper who has been shooting girls on Lovers’ Lane while they are visiting the hideout to hook up with boys. A man immediately takes the blame for the crime, but the show’s main detectives suspect that he is covering for someone else.
Enter: the violent, queer-coded woman. Miss Brant, played by [Virginia Christine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-christine/), owns a local restaurant that caters to teenagers. She is very opinionated about girls who “give themselves” to boys and flirts shamelessly with female employees. Can you take a guess who turns out the be the true sniper?
## Queer Community History
It is not a coincidence that this year, 1961, includes the first hint at a queer woman on TV. This is the same year when the first documentary that used the word “homosexual” appeared on TV. It aired on a KQED broadcast in San Francisco and was titled *[The Rejected](https://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/225539)*. Meanwhile, a film titled, *[Victim](https://www.criterion.com/films/27538-victim)*, became the first English-language film to use the word “homosexual” in 1961. Also in 1961, Illinois became the first state to [end its anti-sodomy laws](https://www.aclu.org/other/getting-rid-sodomy-laws-history-and-strategy-led-lawrence-decision), which decriminalized homosexuality in the state. Clearly, the public was showing some interest in seeing representations of the queer community on screen.
However, we were still a far way off from acceptance (or at least the tolerance we see today). Just three days after the documentary *The Rejected* was broadcast in San Francisco, the local police [raided the Tay-Bush Inn](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/1961-police-raid-pivotal-for-gay-rights-in-S-F-4615713.php) and arrested over 100 queer people. The public may have been curious to learn more about our community, but they weren’t necessarily ready to accept it.
## Impact
Today, Miss Brant’s appearance in *Asphalt Jungle* can be viewed as part of the evil, repressed lesbian trope that we saw throughout film and television for decades. It is important to note that the character was never actually labelled as a queer woman, but she was coded enough to make sure the public would fear her for very *specific* reasons. It would be a while before television was willing to feature queer characters who could be seen as a positive representation of the community.
Stay tuned for the next post of this column, “From the LWTV Archives: First Show with an Implied Gender Queer Character”.
*\[As always, this column is based on data provided in LWTV. If you have more information on a show/character that has not been included in our database, please let us know!\]*
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** The Asphalt Jungle, Virginia Christine
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### [Queer Beats – June 17, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-june-17-2022-first-kill-bts/)
**Published:** June 17, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** The L Word: Generation Q season 3 is filming, For All Mankind season 1 is streaming and First Kill content is plentiful!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news crowdsourced from the [LWTV Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). This week, *The L Word: Generation Q* season 3 is filming, *For All Mankind* season 1 is streaming and *First Kill* BTS content is plentiful!
[First Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/first-kill/)Cute bts from First Kill!
**-Nikki**
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cet8hiUvWCz/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
How well do the leads of First Kill know each other?
**-Barbie**
https://youtube.com/oVGYLAoc1WY
[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)Space Gays! No idea why we love For All Mankind? Why not watch it on Apple TV! Season one is free for all mankind … for a limited time.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/forallmankind_/status/1535434184914636800?s=20
[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)I love seeing these three together again to film season three of TLWGQ! Also, if you want to hear behind the scenes stories, listen to Kate and Leisha recap the OG L Word and ramble about home repair, listen to [the PANTS Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pants-with-kate-and-leisha/id1514861303).
**-Tracy**
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1534955474361229318
The Last of UsFor anyone who isn’t a gamer geek, the video game is about zombies (called Clickers) and the … well, last of us humans. One of those humans is Ellie, who appears to be immune to the clickers’ bites! She’s also a lesbian, though that may not be relevant in the first season for a 14 year old scrambling to survive (her girlfriends are in part II when she’s older). Ashley Johnson (who played the part in the video game) will be in the series as well as someone yet to be revealed. The expected release is sometime in 2023.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/Collider/status/1535694917309276160
A League of Their OwnJust in case anyone needs a good happy-cry!
**-Nikki**
https://twitter.com/leagueonprime/status/1536554295960555521
The first photos are out for us all to enjoy.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1536423217547448320
[9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)Annoyingly there is no mention of Marjan (anyone know a good shipname for Marjan and Paul?) but Brian Michael Smith has a brief and honest chat with TV Insider about Paul’s rough season, his love life, and the question of when does a trans man out himself to a potential romantic partner?
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/TVInsider/status/1536409374838730752
Pride Month NewsWhile Fox decided NOT to air it, the fact remains that Jeopardy super champ threw out the first pitch for a SF Giants game in pride month
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/extrabaggs/status/1535760791307431936
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, very random. If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, please [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Lone Star, A League of Their Own, First Kill, For All Mankind, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 13, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-cal-and-juliette/)
**Published:** June 13, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I binged all of First Kill in two days and loved it. Cal and Juliette were great and I was sucked into the rest of the family drama too.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, instead of doing the productive plans I made for myself last Saturday, binged all of *First Kill* and fell in love with Cal and Juliette.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[First Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/first-kill/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]I saw [the trailers for *First Kill*](https://youtube.com/D4wJK4C_nZY) over the last month or so and thought, “I’ll watch it.” but I didn’t think I’d be super into it. To me the previews made it look really serious and dark and I don’t do well with teen supernatural mixed with serious. I need some fun and funny to keep me interested.
I gave it a try Friday night and was hooked immediately. It was way more lighthearted and funny than I expected, and the main ship, Cal and Juliette, had fantastic romantic chemistry. By Saturday the show derailed any plans I had of being productive and I finished the whole thing.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1535250272385060864?s=20&t=C0JM25LZ0hxqI5vgqRsULA
Cal and Juliette are in a classic, “Love that shouldn’t be” situation. Juliette is a generational legacy vampire and Calliope is a generational monster hunter. Despite the fact that hundreds of years of history say these two should definitively NOT be together they fall in love. This causes and uncovers a lot of drama in both of their families. Juliette is an adorable dork who has been avoiding her first kill for as long as possible. Cal on the other hand is an ambitious hunter who can’t wait for her first kill. It’s a perfect opposites attract pairing.
What surprised me the most is I didn’t only care about Cal and Juliette’s story. I really got pulled in by the rest of the family drama. Also, Cal and Juliette are not the only queer characters on the show, they both have gay close friends with interesting storylines.
My favorite pairing was Juliette’s mom Margot and Cal’s mom Talia. Their scenes were fantastic.
I’d watch a *First Kill* hot mom spin-off show.
I’m not going to go into recap detail because **I want y’all to watch it**!
I really hope we get a season two and Netflix doesn’t make this show one of its post-layoffs First Kills.
**This week:** *[Irma Vep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/irma-vep/)* is pretty interesting, I’m curious to see where things go. Also, I’m planning on reporting back on *For All Mankind*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** First Kill
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 30, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-greys-anatomy-season-18-finale/)
**Published:** May 30, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Grey's Anatomy season 18 finale is an ode to queer joy. Thank you, Shondaland.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *Grey’s Anatomy* season 18 finale is an ode to queer joy. Thank you, Shondaland.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 18 Episode 20 “You Are the Blood” \[Live\]After the previous week, I was scared it was the last we’d see of Kai. “Kids vs. No Kids” broke up the zillionth Shondaland couple and that was that. Then this week we had the double-episode, *Grey’s Anatomy* season 18 finale with an appearance from Jackson and April (Japril seems to be doing great btw).
Amelia tells April about being sad over a breakup, and April says, “Never say never. Sometimes love comes back around.” Hmmm, this gave me some hope maybe Kai will be back next season. Then, in one of the last scenes of the finale, Kai finds Amelia in the parking lot and they do a grand romantic kiss!
I edited the 2 scenes together for y’all, you’re welcome!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1530600580103675909?s=20&t=JYGWsS0JCUyvZ8dKmC3VNg
To be honest, I was really surprised. I’m so used to zero couples being happy I just assumed Amelia and Kai were over.
But a Shondaland miracle happened, both Amelia and Kai and Carina and Maya on *Station 19* had happy endings this season. Maybe someone in the writers room understood our community needs to see queer joy because even in 2022 we see it so rarely. And over our lifetimes, we’ve been fed the opposite.
There is a long history of straight representation spanning the relationship spectrum from heartbroken to happily ever after. Straight people got to turn on the TV (and every other form of media) to see a huge array of representation. We got invisibility, rejection, loneliness, punishment and death. This is why on a show where almost no couples wind up happy, it is still important to protect queer couples and portray queer joy.
**Am I asking for queer couples to get special treatment? Yes I am.** We need this to undo generations of damage done to our community.
[E.R. Fightmaster](https://twitter.com/GenderlessGapAd) (Kai) posted this beautiful tweet.
https://twitter.com/GenderlessGapAd/status/1530317968789319681?s=20&t=JYGWsS0JCUyvZ8dKmC3VNg
**“Your joy is powerful.”** It’s so true. Showing queer joy on the small screen is a radical act that nourishes queer people.
It’s sad tweets like this have to be made, right? We have to be explicitly told our queerness is beautiful and our identities are valid, especially for non-cis folks.
**Thank you, Shondaland for bringing queer joy to our screens this year.**
I hope Amelia and Kai can work the kids/no kids thing out next season without Kai having to pivot to wanting kids. Maybe they’ll move to Seattle and work at Grey/Sloan but not move in with Amelia. We’ll just have to wait and see!
And as a special gift to me Owen fled Seattle on the *Grey’s Anatomy* season 18 finale. I know he’ll be back but a girl can dream.
**This week:** My goal this week is to make it through all of *Stranger Things* season 4 to see how things go with Robin’s crush on Vickie.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 6, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-gloria-and-caroline/)
**Published:** June 6, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I check in on how things are going for Gloria and Caroline in season two of Girls5eva.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I check in on how things are going for Gloria and Caroline in season two of *Girls5eva*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Girls5eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)* – Season 2 Episode 7 “Returnity” \[Streaming\]This season, Gloria has been trying to rekindle her relationship her ex wife Caroline, but also got a woman’s phone number when Summer challenged her to while shooting a music video. At this point things are going well with Caroline (played by [Janine Brito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janine-brito/), Paula Pell’s [real life wife](https://people.com/style/paula-pell-marries-janine-brito-in-a-dress-from-target/)), however her current apartment is not the ideal romantic setting, so the two of them decide to get an apartment together!
They use Kev as their realtor because he’s just starting out and Summer wants him our of her basement. While showing them an apartment he finds a suspicious phone number fall out of Gloria’s bag.
Kev can spot a wandering thought when he sees one.
It seems Gloria still has nagging doubt of her lack of dating experience.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1533627369646325762?s=20&t=3957ITF9WUKk4aw0wo5Myw
The Megan Rapinoe line made me laugh.
The lease is signed and Gloria and Caroline are officially co-habituating again! She tells Kev this proves she is committed to the relationship with zero doubts.
Looks like the doubt is still there and Kevin can see it.
There is an obvious understanding that Gloria thinks Kevin is a closeted gay guy, although this has never been said out loud. I love how this is taken further with Kevin knowing now to squash down unwanted feelings, but now it’s aimed at Gloria.
With one episode left in season two, we’ll see how it pans out!
**This week:** *For All Mankind* season three premieres on Friday!! I am so excited.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Girls5eva
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### [Queer Beats – June 10, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-june-10-2022/)
**Published:** June 10, 2022
**Author:** Team LWTV
**Excerpt:** Your source for Queer TV news now crowdsourced from the awesome LezWatchTV Slack community!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news!
This week, we have some Queer Beats news. Nikki, who has been dutifully posting this column since 2018 is going to start an exciting new column (stay tuned!). So we decided to crowdsource Queer TV news from the awesome **LezWatchTV Slack community**! If you feel you have your finger on the pulse of fluffy queer TV news, [**JOIN US**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)!
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## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Many many many spoilers are around, but the one we care about most is that Ellen, our fabulous (closeted) space gay will be running against Bill Clinton for president! Early reports say that the show finally picks up on LGBTQ+ plots, so fingers crossed the FAM-verse gets the first queer president.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1533851238869106689?s=20&t=tiYRkUaRnSAXAVm-4oqmuA
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
While Batwoman is gone, and Ivy got her happy ending there (being on a special island with your cop girlfriend is happy, right?), Harley and Ivy are still together on HBO Max’s *Harley Quinn*. We don’t know when the show will be released, besides ‘this summer,’ but the hottest DC Bitches will be back.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/dcharleyquinn/status/1534203583079620613
## A League of Their Own
Finally, baseball will be queer again! “A League of Their Own” the series will actually address the real queerness of the AAGPBL and, from the first clips, we can see women giving each other the ‘nod’ on the bases. Sports and lesbians are like chocolate and peanut butter, and I (a maaaaasive baseball nerd who watches every game for her home team) is here for it.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1534143338147979264?s=20&t=BIB8L_Dr9Rbf-JvfWkgacQ
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
We are NOT okay with this. The last season is coming soon (really soon) and we have so many unanswered questions. Will the witches save everything? I have no idea, but we’ll get Raellya back, and it looks like General Cheekbones Alder is going to be around.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1534233733397590016
## Ms. Marvel
While the comics have a lesbian character, she has a whole coming out story. This means the first episode, which came out Wednesday, wasn’t overtly anything. That said the show has vibes from *Scott Pilgrim* when it comes to showing us the in-world fandom of the Avengers. It’s the perfect time for serious girl power.
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/MarvelStudios/status/1534233739173167111?s=20&t=V_pVkH_oLGcc7QBmirxEmA
## Newly Out!
Is that a Queer Beats thing? 
**-Barbie**
(Yes it is, Barbie.)
https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/1534943462528716818?s=20&t=oBV0R9ZruxAEIeSqb5iNxg
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
Celebrate Pride with the Gem Creator, Rebecca Sugar! Now, who wants to sing Giant Woman with me?
**-Mika**
https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar/status/1534718123173023745
## [Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/)
Get your rosaries out, the warrior nuns are on their way, as is what they know that we know that they know that we wanted.
**-Margo**
https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1533849954023768064?s=20&t=BIB8L_Dr9Rbf-JvfWkgacQ
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
You all have seen the trailer for *Westworld* season three, right?
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CdY-OdKl_41/?igshid=NDBlY2NjN2I=
If you look closely, you can see a quick clip of [Airana DeBose](https://www.instagram.com/p/CdYeCGIuKvg/). [According to co-creator Lisa Joy](https://deadline.com/2022/06/westworld-evan-rachel-wood-james-marsden-returns-1235038527/) at an ATX Festival panel Delores is indeed dead but Evan Rachel Wood will play a new character. “Her name is Christina and she’s from a city that looks like New York. She lives there with her roommate played by Ariana DeBose who may or may not have a crush on Christina.”
😅😰
Please please please please let there be some gay this season!
**-Tracy**
---
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, now random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, For All Mankind, Harley Quinn, Motherland: Fort Salem, Ms. Marvel, Steven Universe, Warrior Nun, Westworld
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### [The Storm of Motherland: Fort Salem's Final Season](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-storm-of-motherland-fort-salems-final-season/)
**Published:** June 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The final season begins for "Motherland" and we all wonder who lives, who dies, and who tells the story in the end.
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
It’s painful to write that. Our little witchy, creepy, silly, awesome show only has this last season to wrap up everything. But come **June 21**, the beginning of the end of Freeform’s risky alt-history storm of ‘what if witches were real and joined the United States?’ is a reality.
A
The first episode gets an A for a super solid start. Our girls are back together, even if the world is a massive disaster. But everyone is stepping up to face the final fights. The only question is … who will win?
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1534233733397590016
## Live Free
At the end of Season Two, we had a number of dramatic changes. General Alder is dead (or … maybe just a giant mushroom). Our girls, as a Unit, were on the lam with members of the Spree, following the death of a cadet who just happened to be the daughter of the Vice President. That same Vice President betrayed everyone and planned his own daughter’s death. Oh and the Camarilla was back and had released a Witch Plague.
We come back to the runaways, trying to remain free, trying to save the world, only the world keeps wanting to self-destruct. Generations of soldiers, Abigail, is itching for a fight. The lovebirds, Scylla and Raelle, are back together and making up for lost time. And Tally … well she’s finally *finally* coming into her own and finding her actual strength.
## Die Young
MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM – “Homo Cantus” – After being blamed a death, the witches leave the army and become fugitives. The Season 3 premiere of “Motherland: Fort Salem” airs Tuesday, June 21 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Freeform. (Freeform/Jeff Petry) AMALIA HOLM, TAYLOR HICKSON
Of course the overwhelming feeling of dread is still there. The girls had to run away, which is pretty anathema to all of them. Abigail’s a soldier, Tally began the series by not running away, and Raelle … well … she’s there, semi reluctantly, but she’s not really a runner. In fact, the only runner is Scylla, and she’s sticking around too.
That doesn’t stop the VP (who had his own daughter killed!) from trying like hell to find them and kill them. And I have to tell you, the odds really look against them. The entire government is looking for them. While a lot of their fellow witches will let it go, it’s clear that anti-witch sentiment is at an all time high.
Yes, the parallels are there, and yes, they’re intentional.
The literal Witch Hunt puts everyone at risk, all witches, everywhere.
## Revive
The real hope is that all this ends well. The girls save the world, and maybe General Cheekbones Alder comes back to help somehow. After all, we did see her ‘alive’ of sorts in the mycelial network.
But will the Witches be able to save anything while they’re fugitives? Will Nicte ‘help’ them rebel?
Knowing it’s a final season makes it feel like they’re going to pull out all the stops, try everything, and hopefully not raze the world but … well … sometimes the world needs a little razing.
> After being blamed for the death of the vice president’s daughter, the witches leave the army behind and become fugitives — but staying out of trouble is never easy. While Raelle and Scylla enjoy their reunion, Nicte tempts Tally with a new power.
Everything is going to change forever.
MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM The end of season 2 of Motherland Fort Salem left Abigail Tally Raelle and Scylla fugitives on the run Now without a military nor a home they seek protection alongside the Dodger community in the Cession but laying low and staying out of trouble has never been their strong suit With witch hunters working against them from inside the White House our heroes must call upon ancient forces in the final battle for their right to exist The series stars Taylor Hickson Jessica Sutton Ashley Nicole Williams Amalia Holm Demetria McKinney and Lyne Renée In addition fan favorites Sheryl Lee Ralph as President Wade Victor Webster as Blanton Silver Tony Giroux as Adil and Catherine Lough Haggquist as Petra Bellweather will be back as recurring cast members Executive produced by Eliot Laurence Will Ferrell Adam McKay Kevin Messick Amanda Tapping Brian Studler and Tracey Jeffrey Motherland Fort Salem will premiere Tuesday June 21 at 1000 pm EDTPDT Freeform
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [Star Trek: Queer New Worlds](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/star-trek-queer-new-worlds/)
**Published:** June 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We explore strange new worlds again, just as we did the first time. Casually being who we are.
**Content:**
If you haven’t been watching *Star Trek: Strange New Worlds*, and you missing the ‘classic’ Star Trek where they went off and had semi-complicated adventures, but with modern sensibilities, then you have been missing out.
## Classic Beginnings
I can’t remember when I first watched *[Star Trek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek/)*, not exactly.
I remember sitting in a room we called ‘the pit’ which was the TV/play room at my parents’ house, on a battered brown couch that eventually moved with us from Cleveland to San Diego, with my cousin, who eventually moved in with us. I remember the teeny tiny TV, a terrible earache, and I really can’t remember what the episode was about.
But forty-odd years later, I can pick out any episode of Classic Trek and remember most (if not all) of it.
Favourite characters? Spock and McCoy, followed by Scotty and Uhura. Oh and Nurse Chapel.
I totally shipped Spock and Christine. I didn’t know what shipping was back then, but I loved them together, and “Amok Time” became one of my favourite episodes for so many reasons. The bromance between Spock and Kirk, the third wheel snarking of McCoy, and that smile at the end when Spock’s façade slips. It was all perfection.
## A New Generation
When *[TNG](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-the-next-generation/)* rolled around, I was older and more capable of understanding things. Like why I had posters of Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, and Denise Crosby on my walls. Oh, and Wil Wheaton, which I think he and I would find hilarious for similar reasons right now. I admit, teen Mika was sobbing when Tasha Yar was killed so unceremoniously in the first season (the story goes Crosby was upset her character didn’t get development, but at the time we had no idea and I recall Starlog magazine made a quip about how a woman asks for more lines and her character is killed).
But unlike Classic *Trek*, *TNG* addressed the changing world a little more directly. The fourth movie (*The Voyage Home* — the whales one) was released while the series was on-air, and like that movie (which ostensibly was about how we’re killing everything and this will be bad), they took advantage of the platform to pontificate.
In the mid-80s, at a Boston convention, Gene Roddenberry took a question about why ‘Infinite Diversity’ excluded the gays, and he pledged to introduce a gay character in *TNG*. A writer named David Gerrold wrote a script called “Blood and Fire,” back in 1988, and that has become infamous among LGBTQ+ fans.
Gerrold wanted to tackle AIDS! So he wrote a script that gave the Romulans some weird bloodworm virus that required everyone on the Enterprise to donate blood. At the end of the episode, there would be a title card telling people to donate. Also in the episode would be a pair of one-off characters, a couple dudes in a committed relationship. There was a quick “How long have you two been together?” and that was it.
Don’t remember the episode? That’s because the script never happened. And in an interview with Trek Movie, Gerrold put the blame on Rick Berman:
> I don’t blame Gene as much as I blame Rick Berman for that clusterfuck. Others have confirmed it. They have said that in their experience Rick Berman was a raging homophobe, which makes the whole thing even more bizarre. \[…\]
>
> [Exclusive: David Gerrold Talks Frankly About TNG Conflicts With Roddenberry & Berman + JJ-Trek & more](https://trekmovie.com/2014/09/12/exclusive-david-gerrold-talks-frankly-about-tng-conflicts-with-roddenberry-berman-jj-trek-more/) – 12 Sept. 2014, *Trek Movie*
A lot of the LGBTQ+ fanbase has nothing nice to say about Berman.
Still, they managed to get away with a lot, even with Berman around. Riker romanced a person from a genderless society, and was in support of [Soren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/soren/) no matter what. Dr. Crusher romanced a Trill and, when they changed to a new host, a woman, and were still into her, Crusher admitted she couldn’t. Small steps. Baby steps. A lot of setbacks, but baby steps.
Then, on August 8, 1991, Roddenberry sent a statement to The Advocate
> In the fifth season of ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ viewers will see more of shipboard life in some episodes, which will, among other things, include gay crew members in day-to-day circumstances
>
> [Gay “Trek”](https://www.salon.com/2001/06/30/gay_trek/) – 30 June 2001
Roddenberry died only two months later.
## NuTrek
The Berman era was terrible.
I’m going to skip the new movies, in part because we’re a TV site, but also because in the end, I didn’t like them. Oh I wanted to. I love the acting, the subtle timeline shifts, and in fact some of the story. But the movie, as my cousin (yes, the same one) put it, “lacks hope.”
That was always the draw, for me, about *Star Trek*. It had hope. Hope that being a PoC on the bridge, in command, was normal. Hope that we could all work it out, find peace, become better people. Tangentially this is also why I love the *Bill & Ted* movies. For all people scream that *Star Trek* is ‘woke’ and has ‘abandoned’ the right… well honestly I wonder if they were even watching the show I was. The show that put a black woman on the bridge, in command, and had her kiss Kirk? The show with the Asian helmsman? The show with the bloody Russian, during the IRL Cold War, up there?
Anyone who thinks Star Trek wasn’t woke all along has really been asleep at the switch.
So when they continued their awareness into *[DS9](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-deep-space-nine/)* (which had the first lesbian kiss), and then we had those rumours about Seven of Nine being a lesbian…. only to have Roddenberry die and the heteronormative reign supreme was the point that I walked away from Star Trek. It wasn’t going to show ‘me.’
## Rebooting
*[Star Trek: Discovery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)* changed it.
They brought back a lot of aspects from Classic Trek but was questionably received. Not everyone liked the ‘Mary Sue’ aspect of Spock’s hitherto unknown sister, and yeah, a lot of people hated Michael for being black. There were gays all over the damn ship, and everything was solved with the power of friendship!
Is *Disco* perfect? Nope. It is as flawed as every other TV show. But is it **bad**? Honestly I enjoy it. I like it better than *[Picard](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-picard/)*, who finally did give us gay-Seven but had a very uneven second season and somehow managed to waste Q, the best villain ever.
But what *Disco* did was give the Trek Universe room. Suddenly we had room to have imperfect heroes again, to have people make choices with their hearts and heads, but sometimes out of balance. We had them experience love and loss, make difficult choices, and screw it up.
And this matters because from all of this, we got *[Strange New Worlds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/)*.
## Strange New Queers
My wife quipped that ‘strange’ and ‘queer’ are synonyms.
*Strange New Worlds* started off with Ortegas, who is the most queer-coded character on that show.
Pictured Melissa Navia as Ortegas of the Paramount+ original series STAR TREK STRANGE NEW WORLDS
Photo Cr Marni GrossmanParamount+ ©2022 ViacomCBS All Rights Reserved
There is no heterosexual explanation for that haircut
Besides her awesomely queer haircut, when off duty we see Ortegas in a bomber jacket, cargo pants, and boots.
But she’s not the person who came out last week.
No, that would be Nurse [Christine Chapel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/christine-chapel/).
Jess Bush Majel BarrettMajel Barrett is best known for being *ToS*‘ Christine Chapel, as well as *TNG’s* Lawaxana Troi. Trekies also know her as the original Number One. Barrett’s Christine pined for Spock in every way possible. It was obvious to everyone she loved him, and he was just a big dumb alien, so hell bent on not appearing human, than he would do anything to erase it.
Bush’s Christine is a little more wild. She has more personality than just ‘The nurse who digs Spock,’ but the depth of nerdy like … she’s fascinated by ancient surgical techniques. She teases Dr. M’Benga. She is besties with Ortegas, who teases her are a disastrous date with a woman that ended with phaser fire.
And yes that’s how Christine Chapel’s pansexuality comes around.
## Infinite Diversity, Infinite Queers
While the jury is still out on Ortegas (come on, Trek…), it looks like Star Trek has finally returned to its roots and remembered the best way to give us everything we want is to just include it.
The casual, no-special-of-the-week introduction of queers.
Because we’re normal.
And we are.
Peace and Long Life, my friends.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Picard, Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
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### ["All Rise"'s Reprieve](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/all-rises-reprieve/)
**Published:** June 1, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "All Rise" returns on the 7th of June. Just enough time to catch up on two seasons of easy legal drama.
**Content:**
This month, a miracle occurs and *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)* is coming back! On June 7th!
## What is *All Rise*?
By the log line:
> “All Rise” is a courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors, and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks, and police to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal system. Among them is newly appointed ‘Judge Lola Carmichael’ (Simone Missick), a highly regarded and impressive former deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.
*All Rise* is a strange beast. It’s both a soft-legal drama escapism (more about the people at the end of the day) and a headline-grabbing reflection of the horrors of real life.
CBS canceled it after two seasons, following the COVID decimation of many low-hanging shows. And at the time, it was sad but understandable. With costs skyrocketing due to COVID (we’re talking around a million USD per episode of 1-hour TV), anything that wasn’t performing incredibly well or was super cheap became at risk. *All Rise*, with it’s stunning array of talent and well known actors, was going to be a target.
But unlike a lot of shows, *All Rise* was saved by **OWN** (The Oprah Winfrey Network)
## Why We Watch *All Rise*
The lesbians.
What? You expected more?
Okay, okay.
The show started out with a main character, Judge Lisa Benner (Lola’s mentor and boss), being an out lesbian. First episode she shows up with her girlfriend at a function. But not long into the season, we have a bit of a tragedy. Back when gay marriage was legalized, Judge Brenner instituted ‘Wedding Day” where she mass married as many people as possible. It was her most favourite day. But this one was also when her girlfriend left her, right when she was about to propose.
Whoops.
Things got rougher in that season when one of Lisa’s exes helps Lola investigate Lisa, but then the unfathomable happened. COVID hit, the show got cut short, and storylines were sacrificed.
When the show finally came back for season two, they were one of the few that embraced the topical nature of the world. They had COVID. People wore masks, put up screens to separate each other, sanitized, and got tested. They also dealt with PTDS from BLM protests, the unjustness of the world, and so on. In other words, they embraced the horrid reality, but also managed to keep their goofy nature.
And that paid off for us queer watchers, as Lisa Benner got a new girlfriend (played by perennial fan favourite, [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/)), Lola’s new assistant, Ness, ended up dating one of DA’s clerks, Samantha, and things were on the up and up when the show was canceled.
## Will the Queers be Back?
I know this has been a weird bit of uncertainty, due to OWN. See, OWN has been pretty quiet about things, to the point they don’t even have new photos up yet. And when they listed the cast, they said:
> The cast also includes Wilson Bethel as Judge Carmichael’s best friend, Deputy District Attorney ‘Mark Callan,’ Jessica Camacho as public defender ‘Emily Lopez,’ J. Alex Brinson as bailiff-turned-lawyer ‘Luke Watkins,’ Ruthie Ann Miles as Lola’s assistant ‘Sherri Kansky,’ Lindsay Mendez as court reporter ‘Sara Castillo,’ and Lindsey Gort as defense attorney ‘Amy Quinn.’
Those are all the main main characters, And what we don’t see are Lisa Benner (played by Marg Helgenberger, who is over on *CSI: Vegas* for that show’s season 2), Samantha Powell, Ness Johnson, nor Georgia Jennings (Amy Acker, who is over on *9-1-1: Lone Star* as Rob Lowe’s politician girlfriend).
Good news?
Watch the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2mNupODk10
We see Lisa, we see Ness, and while I’m pretty darn sure that the ‘congratulations’ for Lisa is more about her own political aspirations (see season 2), a love life isn’t out of the picture for her.
Tune in next week to catch *All Rise*, it’s a simple, complicated, goofy, serious law drama.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** All Rise
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### [Queer Beats - May 27, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-may-27-2022/)
**Published:** May 27, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we got new trailers for Queer As Folk, The Umbrella Academy, and For All Mankind.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, we got new trailers for Queer As Folk, The Umbrella Academy, and For All Mankind.
## [A League of Their Own](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_League_of_Their_Own_(upcoming_TV_series))
This show can’t come soon enough.
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1525615773187727360?s=20&t=KW22zKXvSCtoYWiG0wHhkA
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Batwoman may be over but at least we can still get cute photos from the cast.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdo_-7brBil/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
The Derry Girls run ended in the UK this week.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdtjZUrPkD7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Is everyone excited for some new Mars-related trauma this season?
## [Heartstopper](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heartstopper/)
Netflix reversed its usual trend with queer shows and gave Heartstopper TWO more seasons!
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1527635263958097920?s=20&t=GPUe2LYUKxF-YuO0DMIbIQ
## [NCIS: Hawaii](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/)
Us Kacy fans got a treat in the finale but also with this behind-the-scenes picture.
https://twitter.com/jasonantoon/status/1527124638018306048?s=20&t=GPUe2LYUKxF-YuO0DMIbIQ
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
A reunion for the books.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd3ysETPpxA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
I know there is no proof that this show will have any queerness in it, but I can’t get through this post without talking about the [Tatiana Maslany ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)news.
## [Queer As Folk](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-folk-us/)
The trailer is here for the new version of Queer As Folk!
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
To add to the recent list of CW cancellations, Riverdale will be ending. But don’t worry, they are getting one more season.
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1527260078495105024
## [Slo Pitch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slo-pitch/)
Slow Pitch will be premiering another season… but this time on IFC and OUT TV!
https://twitter.com/SloPitchSeries/status/1527683294892019712?s=20&t=GPUe2LYUKxF-YuO0DMIbIQ
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
[Danielle Savre](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) was on Valen Y Sofi to discuss all things Station 19.
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
New Umbrella Academy trailer, anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs6alRuY1UU
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
I’m always here for more behind the scenes pictures of [Shelby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shelby-goodkind/) and [Toni](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toni-shalifoe/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdjdzYXhjvS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Let’s end on this cute post from [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdr2-HvOgPo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Batwoman, Derry Girls, For All Mankind, Heartstopper, NCIS: Hawai'i, One Day at a Time, Queer As Folk, Riverdale, Slo Pitch, Station 19, Tatiana Maslany, The Umbrella Academy, The Wilds, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 23, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-hacks-lesbian-cruise/)
**Published:** May 23, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** we had a very queer Hacks lesbian cruise episode and my wife guest recaps the A Million Little Things season finale.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we had a very queer *Hacks* lesbian cruise episode and my wife guest recaps the A Million Little Things season finale.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Hacks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hacks/)* – Season 2 Episode 4 “The Captain’s Wife” \[Streaming\]I am a year late to the *Hacks* party. I thought it was about technology, because the first place my brain went was computer hacking. I heard good things about it and my wife liked it, so I spent a couple days catching up. With 30 minute long episodes it was a quick binge and I loved it.
Jean Smart plays Deborah Vance, an old school stand up comic whose brand is becoming dated and diluted with cheesy product endorsements. Her agent pairs her up with a young bisexual comedy writer named Ava (played by Hannah Einbinder) whose career also needs saving. It’s a Boomer and a GenZer forced to work together and their comedic chemistry is off the charts.
Ava is on tour with Deborah this season and their next stop is a gay cruise. Deborah is thrilled because gay men are “her people” but when they arrive she discovers it’s a different kind of gay.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528508791880400896?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
We haven’t been blessed with a lesbian cruise episode since the original *L Word*!
Ava is psyched but Deborah is not.
Lesbians *are* Ava’s crowd, so she goes to have fun while Deborah sulks.
It doesn’t take long for Ava to find a couple of hot women who turn out to be a “Lavender ‘It’ Couple” who opens up their relationship on lesbian cruises. Hmm okay, “code of the sea” instead of “code of the road.” Later, Ava runs into one of them.
Ava is such a dork, I love her.
Deborah accompanies her to the She-ano bar to be her wing-man.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528528887038320640?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
With Deborah’s help, Ava makes a date the next day to meet these two at the pool.
Things are going great at their meetup until Ava is box-blocked by Deborah.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528535307829792770?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
Turns out Deborah pissed off the entire ship with her show.
Deborah thought she had queer women figured out, but she was wrong. We’re a tough nut to crack.
I am so happy to find a new (to me) show to enjoy that’s not being canceled. I hope Ava’s ex Ruby shows up again because they were cute.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 5 Episode 18 “Crawl Out Through the Fallout” \[Live\]On the *Station 19* season 5 finale it was time for Carina’s Green Card interview! Last week I was like, “Please don’t make this a struggle” — like the immigration officer doesn’t believe they’re really a couple , etc. I can’t handle that, I just need queer joy in my life right now.
Maya, being a power top in the streets, can not stop interjecting when the officer wants to hear everything in Carina’s words. It’s pretty cute and I loved Carina telling him how they met.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528541781838778374?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
After watching their scenes around 100+ times, I can confirm her story is accurate.
Nothing bad happened! She got her green card and all is good in [Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina)land! In the season 6 premiere we should expect the results of Carina’s pregnancy test.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 18 Episode 18 “Stronger Than Hate” \[Live\]We haven’t seen Kai for a few episodes so I was worried they were getting faded out of the show, but last week they were back!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528546044728033281?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
😅
Ameila takes Kai to a big dinner party for Meredith’s newish boyfriend, Nick. This means Kai will be subjected to socializing with almost everyone at Grey-Slone and their bazillion kids, including Amelia’s. Kai has previously established they do not want children, but are cool with other people’s. When they inevitably get put on kid duty because there are so many of them around Kai is a sport about it. Owen apologizes to Kai for the impromptu babysitting and asks the million times recycled question.
STFU, Owen! Didn’t you fall off a cliff?
Omg, can we PLEASE get a new relationship conflict? I’d take alien abduction over wants/doesn’t want kids at this point. We could make a site with a database dedicated to Shondaland couples and kids/no-kids breakups. Also, I swear Shondaland has an agenda to convince everyone, despite what they know in their hearts and minds to be true, deep down they really want kids.
Stop it.
Towards the end of the party, Kai and Amelia have some alone time on the swings, which could have been cute but instead was spent processing the kid thing.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528710733885853698?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
SMH.
Can we please FOR ONCE have a couple move forward in a relationship without the non-kid-wanting member having to “see the light” and suddenly realize they actually do want kids? I love how direct and logical Kai is and they made it very clear they aren’t going to change their mind on this subject. Amelia also made it evident, when Link proposed to her, she does not want more kids or to get married. Both of them are very career-focused, and I believe, have the right ingredients to continue to make their long-distance relationship work. I hope they do because this quality TV chemistry should not be wasted.
*[A Million Little Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-million-little-things/)* – Season 4 Episode 20 “Just in Case” \[Live\]**This week my cute wife, Mia, contributed to *Queerest Things* with a recap of *A Million Little Things*** — **a show she watches and I do not**.
“*Last week the Season 4 finale of A Million Little Things aired. The drama about friends dealing with the suicide of one of their group, has evolved into multiple storylines across several generations.*
*After three seasons with only two queer characters (teenager Danny and Katherine’s office pal Carter), the show ramped up the queer stories throughout season 4. The season follows Katherine’s (Grace Park) arc of self-accepting her queerness, which begins after meeting Shanice Williams (Nikiva Dionne), a closeted actress. Katherine eventually goes on a journey to find her childhood best friend Greta Strobe (Cameron Esposito), after realizing she pushed her away in high school because of a mutual attraction.*
*I also appreciated the introduction of a trans teen character, Maddox (Ash Spencer), later in the season and hope he returns in Season 5.*
*If you are looking for a solid drama with multiple storylines across different age groups, check it out. Although I’ve been watching this show since it first aired, this season I really looked forward to new episodes weekly.”*
**And here is the scene she chose for me to make a screen capture of:**
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1528536959580352515?s=20&t=7EvJNA_nz6QGdoONBMgrkQ
Thank you, Mia. 😘
**This week:** 2-hour long Grey’s season finale! I hope we get Kai and Amelia screen time.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** A Million Little Things, Grey's Anatomy, Hacks, Station 19
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### [Fall From Grace After the End](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/fall-from-grace-after-the-end/)
**Published:** May 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After looking at the numbers, I conclude that queer content never dies. Not even the bad stuff.
**Content:**
I ran into this interesting [tweet by Tech Data](https://twitter.com/datatec_/status/1526581762482225154), where they checked into the google relevant searches of popular TV shows after the end:
As they put it, *Game of Thrones* had the most significant drop-off, which may be relate to how despised the ending was.
So I started wondering if there was a relation to some modern shows we love, with their good and bad and non-existent ending.
## Recent Victims
The first thing I did was start by looking at a few recent shows.
This chart shows you their ‘search ranking’ (or rather, how many people search for them) over time, from the first airdate to the last. *Batwoman* (the red line) is interesting since there was a lot of interest **pre** the show airing.
*Killing Eve* (the blue line) has a few steep drops, directly related to when each season airs, but that peak for season 4 is very, very low. And the drop is the steppest ever. Given how many of us hate the finale, it’s not a shocker. I also thought it was interesting how stable *Batwoman* and *Legends* are.
But the chart I was using was taking ‘100’ as the ranking for the day of the final episode, which means looking for things that were canceled **now** is going to give me a very short result, not to mention a confusing one…
So it was time to do it the other way.
## Bring out Your Netflix Dead
This time, I picked older shows that are a mix.
- *Sense8* – canceled without conclusion, allowed a wrap up movie
- *One Day at a Time* – canceled without conclusion, moved to Pop, canceled again
- *Teenage Bounty Hunters* – canceled without conclusion
- *Orange is the New Black* – planned cancellation
- *GLOW* – canceled but had a kind of conclusion
Those are all Netflix shows, and if you look at the raw search-interest over time, *OitNB* is messing up my metrics!
Okay, but what about **after** the show was over?
Now things look a little different. *OitNB* **remained** popular for 24 months (2 years!) after the finale. In fact … Most everything did. Even *GLOW* (which has a dip due to when in the month it was released) had people searching for it after cancelation.
However you’ll notice those are **months** and the original was **years**. Okay then.
## Blast from the Past
I wanted to pull out moldy-olds like *Xena: Warrior Princess* but Google’s trends only go back to 2004 and Xena ended in 2001. And after some juggling, I decided to show you how things go for two of the more globally recognized series:
I used the search ranking of the month of the show finale as the marker for ‘100’ and everything is based off of that. Interestingly, yes, *Queer as Folk (US)* had a jump **above** their finale! That timing is actually the month before, and since it ended August 7, 2005, that kind of tracks. Most of the search was before the finale wondering what’s going to happen next week.
You don’t really see that with *The L Word* though. Instead you see a steady watch rate that drops. Both shows had very similar down-trend, though, remaining somewhat popular.
The fun part is I wanted to show you some lesbian classics but I found out something hilariously brilliant.
Now if you notice, *Exes and Ohs* and *Lip Service* are insanely stable. It’s been 10 years, people still search for them.
Of course, compared to everything else, they’re barely searched for. But relatively? Well, that leads us to our conclusion!
## The Conclusion: Queer Content Never Dies
First, I’ll have to wait a couple more years before I can tell you if *Killing Eve* is pulling a GoT time disaster.
Second, I don’t think it will because, as evidenced, queers keep looking for the content, and if we don’t find it, we go back to what we know.
Which means third, queer content never really dies. Instead of throwing it away, queers fight back. Without even looking, I bet that there is a major uptick of people ‘fixing’ the finale of Killing Eve. Similarly, I bet there is **not** a major uptick for *Wynonna Earp*, which ended happily (albeit too soon).
Finally, fourth, the reason for all this is a relative dearth of content. Oh sure, we have almost two thousand shows but that’s out of somewhere around two **million**.
Even if that number includes non-scripted TV, dropping it down to a million means .2% of all TV shows in the history of ever had queer women, non-binary, and/or transgender characters. We could be generous, and say 1% had queers at all.
We have a long way to go until we hit parity, and until then, the search results for your favourite rare queer show will never stop.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Exes and Ohs, GLOW, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Orange is the New Black, Queer As Folk, Sense8, Supergirl, Teenage Bounty Hunters, The L Word
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### [CW's Collapse By the Numbers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/cws-collapse-by-the-numbers/)
**Published:** May 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I'm trying to make some sense of it all, but the conclusion I have is this Red Wedding Day of the CWs is the end.
**Content:**
The Red Wedding Day for the CW has ended and it was, in fact, a blood bath.
And … I want to stress this… Things are looking nigh impossible to get any of these back.
## And I scream at the top of my lungs…
Before I get into this, it’s important to note **why** so many things were canceled.
The CW, [as I mentioned before](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-cw-falls-off-its-throne/), has **never** been profitable as a network. Overall, this wasn’t actually a bad thing as they made their money in rebroadcast rights. In other words, Netflix’s deals (where right after the season ends, they have the whole thing on Netflix) was bolstering CW. 90% of the cancellations this year are due to the fact that the deal? Is over.
Why is it over? HBOMax and Paramount+. Remember that CW is a combination of **C**BS and **W**arner Bros. CBS has Paramount+ for their stream and it’s doing pretty well. Warner Bros has HBOMax which, also, is doing pretty good. Also Netflix is bleeding subscribers left and right due to some questionable actions (does anyone think commercials are a good idea? Peacock, I’m looking at you), and are cutting back.
Tangentially related, Netflix recently told their employees that if they don’t approve of the content Netflix produces, they should quit. This has been painted as a ‘anti Woke’ move, but I saw it as a ‘pre layoff’ move. See, if you quit, they don’t pay severance. But if they lay you off… Right, you got it. Well on the 17th (the day before this post went up) Netflix laid off around 150 people.
On top of that, we have the other 10% of cancelations, which are *Batwoman* and *Legends of Tomorrow*, who are in a weird place. Turns out no one wants to pay for their studios. Bonus? Thanks to the 2011 Netflix deal, all those canceled shows are stuck in that same streaming hell of a show I loved (and the other night dreamed there was a secret episode), *One Day at a Time*.
For what it’s worth, though, I don’t think this is a queer specific event. I think this is the fallout from the Peak TV Bubble being popped.
(Oh and yes, *Riverdale* is still on that Netflix deal, so that explains that weird decision.)
## I said hey hey, hey hey…
Okay, let’s get to the breakdown. First, here are ALL the shows on the CW, since Arrow was new.
ShowBeganEndedRegular
Queers*Emily Owens, MD*20122013Yes*Beauty & the Beast*20122016No*Arrow*20122020No*Reign*20132017No*The Tomorrow People*20132014No*The Originals*20132018Yes*Cult*20132013No*The Carrie Diaries*20132014Yes*Jane the Virgin*20142019Yes*The 100*20142020Yes*Star-Crossed*20142014Yes*The Flash*2014RenewedNo*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*20152019Yes*The Messengers*20152015No*iZombie*20152019No*Supergirl*20162021Yes*Frequency*20162021No*No Tomorrow*20162017Yes*Containment*20162016No*Legends of Tomorrow*20162022Yes*Valor*20172018Yes*Riverdale*2017RenewedYes*Dynasty*20172022Yes*Life Sentence*20182018Yes*Black Lightning*20182021Yes*All American*2018RenewedYes*Charmed*20182022Yes*Legacies*20182022Yes*Batwoman*20192022Yes*Pandora*20192020Yes*Roswell, New Mexico*20192022Yes*In the Dark*20192022Yes*Two Sentance Horror Stories*2019TBDN/A*Nancy Drew*2019RenewedYes*Katy Keene*20202022Yes*Stargirl*2020RenewedNo*4400*20212022Yes*The Republic of Sarah*20212021Yes*Walker*2021RenewedYes*Superman & Lois*2021RenewedYes*Kung-Fu*2021RenewedYes*Naomi*20222022Yes*All American: Homecoming*2022RenewedYes*Tom Swift*2022TBDYesSince someone will point it out… *Supergirl* began in 2015 on **CBS**, but this is it’s CW era. Also *Tom Swift* stars a gay male lead and begins next month. Also *Two Sentence Horror Stories* is a special thing, as it’s an anthology (and has only had one episode with lesbians, it was cute).
It’s a big list! 44 shows! And since the start, CW has been pretty even with how many shows they have on air. The peak was 2019. But we want to get an idea of the cancel/new ratio. Ideally this would be a flat line, right?
YearNew ShowsCanceled Shows202249202153202026201963201853201734201642201532201443201354201234Or in graphical form:
But… we’re a queer oriented website. So what **we** want to know is the percentage of new shows with queer regulars.
## And I’m feeling a little peculiar
Back to that massive table, we can get an idea how often new shows with queers are added. So this is a list of how queer are the new shows:
And that is actually really good. After 2016, it’s been great. But… If you look a the other side…
Logically that number of shows with queers goes it. It has to, as 68% of new shows on the CW every year were queer and only ~50% canceled are queer. If fewer shows with no queers are added, naturally that number goes up. And if you’re dumping over half your shows in one go, yes, it makes sense many will be queer (if not all).
But… what about quality?
## I try all the time in this institution
There’s a caveat to this section. See, we don’t have scores per year. We have a show score that is cumulative for the entire run of the show. Which means the only way to really measure is to collect the scores of the shows today.
Looking at just the 2021-22 season, this is a comparison of show scores:
The blue dots are canceled shows, the red are the ones on air. Notice something?
With very few exceptions, everything canceled scored higher on our scales. I will note that shows like *Kung-Fu* and *Walker* are a 0 because they don’t have any queer females (just gay men), and there is nothing wrong with that, it’s just not what we’re bathing out. If we did, I would say those two shows would be a little higher. Well, *Kung-Fu* would be. Like it’s inspiration, *Walker* is a bit of a straight guy sausage fest.
## What’s Going On?
I wanted to go into this and shout **AH HAH!** because I could prove that the CW targeted specific shows, that these streamer deals were less advantageous to certain shows, or that it was clear that the biases of gender and sexuality were running rampant.
I can’t.
I’m a little cheesed about that.
The summation I came to with all this, though, is that the CW is, for whatever reason they concoct, going to lose all the quirky, silly, diverse, tongue-in-cheek shows that we’ve loved. There won’t be a network home for a American Telenovela, and there won’t be one for a time-traveling bisexual assassin.
And since none of these got picked up, nor would I expect them to be, by another network, the bubble absolutely is popping. Get ready for more boring procedurals (be they cop or medical), and fewer comics. The CW is going back to the bad days where, Beebo help me, 100% of their shows killed queers, instead of these nice ones where they star them.
Fare thee well, CW. You did pretty good for a decade.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 13, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tiassa-and-van/)
**Published:** December 13, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's an all-Marina-Having-Sex episode of Station 19 and Tiassa and Van finally make their relationship known to the audience on Yellowjackets.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s an all-Marina-Having-Sex episode of *Station 19* and Tiassa and Van finally make their relationship known to the audience on *Yellowjackets*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Q-Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/q-force/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]My kid watched *Q-Force* when it first came out and he thought I would like it. I finally finished it last weekend and I did indeed like it!
It’s sad most people’s reaction to the show (mine included) was, “I didn’t expect it to be good, but I liked it!” What is that about? Some internalized homophobia trapped in the corners of our brains making us assume any all-queer thing will be “too gay” and not funny?
It is very gay and clever and funny. There are so many out queer actors voicing the characters, chances are you’ll find a few of your faves. The inside jokes are so good.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1468688304417783811?s=20
I was hooked after they all yelled, “Carol!”
I give it a “Binge During Your Holiday Vacation” recommendation, however maybe not in front of all of your family members because it’s very NSFW.
*[Our Kind of People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/our-kind-of-people/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “Twice As Hard, Twice As Good”I caught up on season one of *Our Kind of People* just in time to catch the Lauren / Taylor / Nikki triangle rotate once again at the end of the last episode.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1470147460412620804?s=20
I have honestly lost count of how many times Taylor has gone from Lauren to Nikki and back again.
Lauren and Taylor are going to go back to their fancy boarding school when Summer is over. Nikki is trying to find a scholarship so she can go too, but I don’t know how Angela is going to feel about that. We’ll see!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 5 Episode 7 “A House is Not a Home” \[Live\]Welcome to the episode of *Station 19* where Maya and Carina do nothing but have sex (and talk about babies here and there). I’m not complaining.
I’m serious, Maya even asks if they’re making homemade porn.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1469319157917306883?s=20
I guess Carina is trying to get all of the sex and romance in before a new baby arrives.
Later, they took a pause to count their blessings.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1469317000707158020?s=20
I feel like this is so much Marina content I don’t know how to handle it. Like, I’ve been raised on crumbs and now I’ve been given a whole meal and I don’t know what to do.
They take another break to eat dessert and discuss who will carry their baby.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1469323105634078729?s=20
We all knew it was going to be Carina.
Their last scene is playfully trolling Sperm Donor Profiles.
You know I’m not into queer trying to conceive stories, but if this show is going there, might as well aim for accuracy! So far so good.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 18 Episode 7 “Today Was a Fairytale” \[Live\]My slow burn tolerance is at most a few episodes. I don’t want to waste precious screentime on will-they/won’t-they drama, I want to get to the relationship part. But it’s a different story with Amelia and Kai. Their chemistry is so good, I am loving every minute of this slow burn.
In this episode, they are testing an experimental Parkinson’s treatment and using all that time in the lab together to get to know each other better. They talk about what got them into the profession, working with patients vs. working with test tubes and other medical stuff.
At the end, they leave the lab together and Kai asks Amelia out to dinner.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1469331036563771397?s=20
You know when the camera circles two characters like that they’re going to eventually hook up.
Not tonight, Kai, but I predict sometime soon.
*[Yellowjackets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowjackets/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Blood Hive”I have a confession to make…I am not as into *Yellowjackets* as the rest of the Queer TV Fan Universe. I like it fine, but IMO it’s too much like *The Wilds* and I LOVE *The Wilds*. But then I was chatting with 2 friends from Autostraddle and they were like, “Who cares if it’s like *The Wilds*? We’ll take an airplane full of girls stranded anywhere — an island, the woods, the Moon…” Point taken.
In last night’s episode, Taissa and Van finally made clear what has been implied up until now. They are in a secret gay relationship.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1470383527040532486?s=20
Why do they have to wait until the entire soccer team is away from the cabin to get make out time? There is a whole woods out there to make out in! They need to start having hunting trips like Nat and Travis.
I’m not 100% sure where this show is taking us. We have an airplane crash and a conspiracy like *The Wilds*, but there is also an implied supernatural element. I think the supernatural stuff is just someone fucking with them but who is doing it? It can’t all be Misty. I think the show is trying to distract us with Misty (who is definitely manipulative and fucking with people) from someone more sinister.
I do love the 90s music nostalgia and Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis are so good together. I’ll keep watching!
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 4 Episode 8 “You Will Remember Me”It’s Josie’s turn with the therapy box, and while her sister went to the Wild West for her session, Josie’s was the pilot episode of *Grey’s Anatomy Legacies*.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1470193040044216324?s=20
I LOVE THIS SO MUCH. I wish it was a real show.
Through Josie’s Shondaland meets *Nurses* medical drama experience she has the ephiphamy that she sacrifices her own life too much for other people.
I don’t know why she had to go into the box to figure that out. People have been telling her that for 3 1/2 seasons.
Still at Mikaelson Memorial Hospital, Josie cutely waits for EMT Finch outside.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1470378308651130883?s=20
That was so sweet and I love Finch in the EMT uniform.
I really hope Josie sticks with what she learned during her session and stops tossing Finch to the side to do family/school stuff.
**This week:** It’s the last week of regular TV before everyone takes a break for the holidays. I hope Jackie gets her shit together on *Hightown*, but that would be a holiday miracle.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Our Kind of People, Q-Force, Station 19, Yellowjackets
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 16, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-wilds-season-2/)
**Published:** May 16, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week I air my grievances over The Wilds season 2 and its unnecessary new cast of characters.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I air my grievances over *The Wilds* season 2 and its unnecessary new cast of characters.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)* – Season 2 \[Streaming\]I’m just going to say it — **this show didn’t need boys**.
I know I am biased, I could happily go the rest of my TV-watching life without watching shows full of mostly straight cis dudes, but I chose to keep an open mind going into *The Wilds* season 2. I really thought the series wouldn’t turn into *Dude Island* and it would still primarily focus on the girls. I was wrong.
In season 1 I really enjoyed the conspiracy part of the show. Rachel Griffiths’ very unethical experiment sucked me in as soon as it was revealed. Turns out, when you nearly double the cast, you don’t have time to spend on your established characters, so my favorite part of the show got the shortest end of the stick. This left the girls with half the screen time they had previously and their story felt very rushed and on the surface.
Meanwhile, despite my efforts, I could not care less about *Dude Island*. I honestly tried to gaf and paid attention when they were on screen, but I never became interested in a single one of them.
The time we did get with the girls was okay. Fatin is my favorite character and I would like her to get her own show, please. Leah was as annoying as last season (although the Ben Folds cameo did make me laugh) and Toni and Shelby progressed in their relationship.
I love how anti-sappy Toni is. I am the same way.
I understand the boys were the control group in Gretchen’s messed up thesis, but LezWatchTV’s Nikki put it best:
https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems/status/1525598472216449025?s=20&t=wVddx3YEdMBUWnJXjKjVlg
We didn’t ask for or need this.
Now season 3 is going to be all of them on the same island with a sadistic man in charge — no, thanks. I’ll watch it of course, but thank goodness we have *[Yellowjackets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowjackets/)*.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 5 Episode 17 “The Road You Didn’t Take” \[Live\]For the last several episodes, Maya and Carina have been dealing with Maya still being angry at Sullivan for her demotion and the ups and downs of trying to conceive and finding a donor. This episode they had a happy thing — Carina got a date for her Green Card interview. Now she has to study to prove her and Maya are in a real marriage and it’s pretty cute.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1525915332644323330?s=20&t=Twmv_O8Zv83lQX3RICqkfw
UGH I love them!
They also recently decided Jack will be their known donor.
I’ve always said, there is a lot of comedy potential in a known donor story and the episode before this one they captured some of that. I have to give the show an award for Most Realistic Insemination Scene on TV. They literally used the exact same kind of specimen cup and needle-less syringe my wife and I used.
A+ for accuracy.
Of course, it’s Shondaland so there was a lot of unrealistic drama and exaggerated emotions, but they did their research! I am impressed.
Also, on the last episode, they did a story of a mom who tried to kidnap her transgender son to prevent him from transitioning. She was the villain in the story and got arrested as she should have. However, as real life catches up with TV writing, this story may go the opposite way. [Laws are being passed](https://freedomforallamericans.org/legislative-tracker/anti-transgender-legislation/) to punish parents and doctors who provide gender-affirming health care to transgender children. This may not play out on a Shondaland show taking place in Seattle, but *911 Lone Star* is set in Texas, a state charging parents of trans kids with child abuse for supporting their transition.
I am not looking forward to this, because it hits too close to home. But if it gets the story in front of middle America’s eyeballs I guess that is a good thing. I am shocked by the number of my straight cis progressive friends who don’t know this is happening and we have major elections coming up in the US.
**This week:** I may lose some kind of queer cred for saying this, but I’m finding this season of *Gentleman Jack* a little boring. Maybe things will pick up when Anne goes to visit her ex this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19, The Wilds
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### [Queer Beats - May 13, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-may-13-2022/)
**Published:** May 13, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, so many shows got cancelled that I probably didn't even cover them all.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, so many shows got cancelled that I probably didn’t even cover them all.
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Everyone can hold on to the joy that these pictures bring… before reading the rest of this week’s Queer Beats.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdbPdREp0Xb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Hey, CW – We are done. OVER.
https://twitter.com/carolinedries/status/1520142094131613697?s=20&t=pI1LIS_zqgxgCLjLJB2fWA
I’m still in denial about this but I will leave this here.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc9eRbjLx_b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Unfortunately, this week’s Queer Beats is just gonna read as a long list of obituaries for many shows. Goodbye also to [4400](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/4400/), Charmed, [Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/), [Naomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/naomi/), [In the Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-the-dark/), [Dynasty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dynasty/), and [Roswell New Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/roswell-new-mexico/).
https://twitter.com/CharmedWriters/status/1524884893099958272?s=20&t=RvpRaIpa2tb8dSYlAsfn2g
## [First Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13315156/)
Meanwhile, I will admit that I am very excited to have a queer, fantasy, Romeo and Juliet-type show on Netflix soon.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1524796557077274624
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Legends gave us seven glorious seasons of amazing queer rep and it’s hard to say goodbye!
https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom/status/1520195378124976128?s=20&t=RvpRaIpa2tb8dSYlAsfn2g
At least we have this comic to look forward to…
https://twitter.com/DCComics/status/1521565261547061251?s=20&t=RvpRaIpa2tb8dSYlAsfn2g
## [Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queens/)
At this point, I don’t have anything left to say but \*sigh\*.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1522728221678227458?s=20&t=RvpRaIpa2tb8dSYlAsfn2g
## [Only Murders in the Building](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-murders-in-the-building/)
My interest in watching this show has suddenly PEAKED.
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1522203216154398720?s=20&t=fGsfjS36V5JNu1E3wt6pNQ
## [Saved by the Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell/)
Different network, same story.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1521974999879327744?s=20&t=RvpRaIpa2tb8dSYlAsfn2g
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
On a better note, Westworld is almost back!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-0MwZPWKD4
And maybe the addition of [Ariana DeBose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariana-debose/) will add some queerness!
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1524034651408551936?s=20&t=1KbgtvNESfEbRSa1QeUmeQ
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** 4400, Batwoman, Charmed (2018), Dynasty, First Kill, In the Dark, Legacies, Legends of Tomorrow, Naomi, Only Murders in the Building, Queens, Roswell New Mexico, Saved By The Bell, Westworld
---
### [Re-"Hack"-ing the Past](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/re-hack-ing-the-past/)
**Published:** May 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hacks is back and as hilariously destructive as ever.
**Content:**
*[Hacks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hacks/)* returns tomorrow for a second season, and this time it has to reinvent itself.
A-
Hacks comes back as fun as ever, and as self-indulgently messy as it always is. If you like comedy, you should watch the second season on HBOMax.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## What Hackened?
When we last left legendary Las Vegas stand-up comedy diva, Deborah Vance, she’d imploded. Crashed and burned. Deborah’s final Vegas show was a flop. At the same time, Ava Daniels, the writer trying to find herself after being canceled for a terrible tweet, now has to sort out how to save her career after mailing a hateful (but true) story about Deborah.
Ava has really just make every screw up possible, hitting each branch of the ‘stupid decision’ tree on the way down. She got into a fight with Deborah (which was legit) about Deborah not using the new material, but got slapped. In a fit of anger, also legit, Ava quits and emailed a production company the scoop about how much a jerk Deborah was. Only … Deborah ended up using the new material and apologizing.
## What The Hack Now?
You can’t unring a bell, as the saying goes, and Ava realizes the email was read, received, and since she said she gave the company the right to publish it… they’re gonna publish.
The first hour back is a rapid, rabid, rush to crawl back to where they were and protect themselves from the mistakes made. Ava wants to hide the fact that she finked on Deborah’s problematic behaviour, and while Deborah claims to be making changes and becoming a better person, she still steps into her old patterns.
Meanwhile, back at the agency, everything is a mess and Jimmy is trying to help Ava, who just keeps self destructing more and more, while Marcus is dealing with his own drama.
## What to Expect?
Disasters. And I mean that in the best possible way. Nothing goes well, from work to lunch to luggage. And it’s a hilarious run through mistakes coming back to bite you in the ass, even when you try to do everything right.
How long can Ava and Jimmy keep Ava’s wordvomit from biting Deborah (and themselves) in the ass? Will Ava’s incurable honesty come back to haunt her? Will Deborah forgive her if it all comes out? Okay we know that one is a likely no, because we’ve met her. But the best thing about this show is that people are people. They’re messy, complicated, and never really do what’s expected.
Check out *Hacks* tomorrow on HBOMax.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Hacks
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### [The CW Falls Off It's Throne](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-cw-falls-off-its-throne/)
**Published:** May 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** They canceled the only two shows on-air that we loved. Yes, we're upset.
**Content:**
For a number of years now, I’ve trumpeted the joy of how the CW has queers everywhere. Nearly every single show has queers, and it has been a haven for the last seven (7) years for misfits, outcasts, and queers.
That’s all changing, and it was never more evident than April 29th, when they canceled *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* and [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/).
## New Winds Bide Bad Times
Back back back when *[Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)* was on the air (2006), there were two networks: UPN and WB. UPN had things like *Star Trek: Voyager* and *[Xena: Warrior Princess](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)*, while WB had *Buffy*, *Angel*, and so on. Neither network had the depth of market they wanted, so they decided to close both and rebrand as The CW. At first, CW had all the shows of both, and was a bit of a mishmash, but over time it grew into the quirky series we came to love.
In January 2022, it was made public that the CW was unprofitable.
That took a lot of us by surprise, since CW is a massively popular, if light hearted, network with a surfeit of young-adult dramas. But lo and behold CEO Mark Pedowitz confirmed that the parent companies of ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia are exploring “opportunities,” according to an internal memo reported by [*The Hollywood Reporter*](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/the-cw-for-sale-warnermedia-viacomcbs-1235070616/).
Now, Pedowitz said it was ‘too soon to tell’ back in January, so many of us shrugged and assumed things were going to be fine. But then last month they dropped a **bunch** of renewals. [And left out a bunch of shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-biased-nature-of-renewals/). As it turns out, the CW has **never** been profitable! Yes, the network that fuels half the m/m fic on the internet (*[Supernatural](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supernatural/)*) has never made a profit in and of itself. Instead it makes all it’s money from international sales and a Netflix deal.
What happened in 2019? Paramount+ and HBOMax. The streaming greed drove them to break the deal which resulted in a revelation of the profitlessness, and the end of two of the best damn shows on the network.
## An Unfair Ending
The part of this that chaps me the most though is the lack of proper endings. *Arrow* got a final season. *Supergirl* got a final season. *Supernatural*, *Jane the Virgin*, *Crazy Ex-Girlfriend* … You get the idea. They **ALL** got final seasons. Look, even *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* (of tarnished memory) got an end season!
*Batwoman* and *Legends* don’t. They don’t even get a wrap up movie like *[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)* (Netflix, yes, I know). And what makes *Batwoman* and *Legends* different from those others?
Queer **LEADS**.
The closest we got with those other shows to having a queer lead would be *The 100* and frankly it ended so badly, it’s basically like *Game of Thrones* where we all stopped talking about it, except for how we know Lexa was done wrong. *Supergirl* had Alex, but the show was named for Kara, not Alex (mains vs leads…).
But even so, the shows that CW is keeping (for now) have something in common. No queer lead/star characters.
I’m a little pissed at myself for thinking that since Batwoman made it to season 3, it was safe. It was the first [titularly queer lady led series ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/its-time-for-a-titular-check/)(i.e. the show is named for a queer lady character, who is the lead) to make it that far while being queer. It broke a mold!
## The Time Cops Stop
Without Netflix Bux, CW put its cards on the table and are up for sale. Right now it looks like Texas-based Nexstar media will take the reins of the CW. If you just winced at the idea of a Texas company running CW, join my club. I have low hopes.
In fact, I think every single show I listed as not-yet-renewed is going to be dropped. Every. One. And I think they’re going towards reality. It’s cheap to produce (relatively), and easier to fire cast members. Oh and *Gotham Knights*? The series set in a near-future Gotham City with an extended Bat-family of legacy heroes? I bet it goes to HBO Max.
## When Will We Know If It’s Over?
The question I had was when might we know if the CW’s halcyon days have ended.
May 19th. That’s the CW upfronts. *Naomi* (which has not yet been renewed) will end on May 10th, which means it’s unlikely they’ll announce it’s canceled before then. And once you hit the 10th, waiting the week+ makes sense.
But I think the golden era of the CW is about to end. So pour a glass for the two best, queerest, funnest shows that the CW ever made.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [Queer Beats - April 29, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-april-29-2022/)
**Published:** April 29, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Grace and Frankie returns and we are one week closer to The Wilds season 2.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, Grace and Frankie returns and we are one week closer to The Wilds season 2.
## [Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)
Big Mouth was renewed for a seventh season, ahead of the sixth season that will be released later this year.
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1516251391840473088?s=20&t=4YChEpyvGgZvd0XDatfDSA
## [Grace and Frankie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grace-and-frankie/)
The final episodes of Grace and Frankie were released today and I am equally happy and sad!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ccjy95VMFyi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
A cute little throwback!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc4Hh-ksrd4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
I didn’t realize how much I missed these two until I saw them again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcYVZamNTRY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
“SOON”!!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcuQUybvQac/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
The wait might kill me.
https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1519445815508410369?s=20&t=4YChEpyvGgZvd0XDatfDSA
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Big Mouth, Grace and Frankie, Luimelia, The L Word, The Wilds
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### ["The Wilds" Season 2: Lord of the Why's?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-wilds-season-2-lord-of-the-whys/)
**Published:** April 27, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season Two hits Amazon in May and you should dial in to see how wild it gets.
**Content:**
If you haven’t yet watched *The Wilds* on Amazon Prime, you should really check it out, because season 2 is coming soon, and there is a lovely romance that you don’t quite expect (but kinda do).
A-
Season Two is, yes, less girl-centric, but it’s not the dreaded *Lord of the Flies* where they spend all their time on the new guys.
Warning: The rest of this post contains spoilers for season 1 and 2 of *The Wilds*!
## Let’s Not Hear it for the Boys
When the last season of *The Wilds* aired, it came with a bunch of wild reveals. Someone was dead, someone lost a hand, the girls were rescued (or were they?), and oh yeah, boys. Boys on the island.
When that reveal was made, most of Team LezWatch made faces and complained. We didn’t want a ‘boy version’, because that was just *Lord of the Flies* and we know where that ends. The idea of handing over the conch to a bunch of dudes on the island was totally unappealing. There are hundreds of movies and shows about dudes on an abandoned island, or being used for an experiment, and it’s not that those aren’t good stories (some are), but that we wanted something new! Something that was us, that we didn’t have to try and project ourselves on.
Does the new season start out with the dudes? Yes. Does it *stay* with the dudes? Nope! By ten minutes in, we’re back to the girls where two are being more than friends and the others dealing with the shark scene, while setting up signal fires and an SOS. Meanwhile, the overseers (remember them?) talk about the boys and point out the boys **failed**! So even though the new season cuts back and forth between the groups, we go in knowing the boys kinda suck at this experiment.
The other thing is they actually made some of the boys interesting characters. They did the same as they did with the girls, giving them depth and layers and quirks that make sense while being amusing at the same time.
However.
At the end of the day, the reality is the part with the guys is what a lot of us did not want nor did we really care about it. It’s good they do a speed-run through them, and show them failing and how it happened, but again, I didn’t need it. It’s what I would expect, having lived in this world.
## Girls Just Wanna Find Truth
Copyright Amazon Studios
While the boys collapse under the weight of their circumstances, the girls begin to fight over the revelation that one of them was in on the experiment the whole time. They know something’s up. Their fights are more about what is the best way to address the fact they know something’s up and someone’s spying, without making it known they know.
Of course this means the first episode of the season ends with a revelation that hooks you and keeps you watching.
They don’t delay the ‘when will the girls meet the guys?’ much, which lets us see how different the groups went from day one. At first we see the guys struggling like the girls did, but just like the girls had a secret spy, we know the guys must as well.
On top of that, the dudes run right into the obvious penis related problems. “Are you looking at my dick?” problems. When the groups connect, the girls take their full 50 day experience and apply it to the boys, who really do fail at every aspect of team building, working together, and taking time to understand each other. They barely understand themselves at that point, though, so it’s really not that big of a reach.
Speaking of understanding themselves, Toni and Shelby have a ways to go with that (they’re teenagers, eh?) but they get places. Oh and we finally learn what happened to Shelby’s hair!
## Where the Wild Things Aren’t
The best news is the show remains able to deliver on the premises of what the actual fuck is going on. Unlike shows like *Lost* that drown in their own mythos, *The Wilds* presents the morally grey adults toying with kids and we start to get the idea of what the experience was meant to do.
After teasing the hell out of us for 7 episodes, it’s the final episode of the season that unpacks and turns everything on its head. We learn what happens to cause the boys to fail, how the girls actually succeeded, and who the hell is playing whom in all this! The reveal was a delight.
We get to see how the groups do interact with each other, how they tie together, and with the right lead, how they win.
Or do they?
## Reach Out and Scream Base
The finale is a 90 minute run, with stumbles, to a conclusion that really puts so many confusing layers back on the story, you feel like it’s going one way when it all hits a setup for season three!
The end is a giant “wait WHAT!?” along the same tone as the first season. It’s a full setup for season 3 in multiple ways, and while it does that annoying thing where you still have questions, you feel like there’s a road for answers.
Tune in May 6th, on Prime Video, for season two of *The Wilds*. It’s about to get real wild in here.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Wilds
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 25, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-derry-girls-season-3/)
**Published:** April 25, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week I'm writing about the queer things I'm looking forward to watching like Derry Girls season 3 and Gentleman Jack season 2.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I didn’t watch anything significantly queer last week so I’m going to talk about the queer things I’m looking forward to watching like *Derry Girls* season 3 and *Gentleman Jack* season 2*.*
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)I spent the last 10 days in isolation after the COVID finally got me. It was very mild, but while I was sequestered to the 3rd while floor the wife and kid stayed away, I watched A LOT of television. Can you believe I didn’t see anything queer enough to report back on? The lesbian friend made a few appearances on *Russian Doll* season 2 and there was a little Malkia/Angelica/Lucia drama on *Good Trouble*, but not enough to write a whole recap on. Instead, I am going to write about the queer things I’m excited to watch in the future!
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 2Watching Anne Lister gay her way though the 1800s was an absolute delight. Queer folks have been around since the dawn of time and seeing our lost and ignored history portrayed on screen is fabulous. Suranne Jones does such a great job playing Lister and I am looking forward to seeing what shenanigans she gets up to next.
I’ve been jealous for the folks in the UK who have already been enjoying season two. But today, we get our turn!
https://youtube.com/by2Yea4aERM
## The US release date for *Gentleman Jack* season 2 is **Monday, April 25** on HBO. Aka TODAY!
*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)* – Season 3The power of wlw content will get me to watch a lot of shows with subject matter I have zero interest in. I heard so many good things about *For All Mankind,* I decided to give it a try even though I could care less about space. Oh my gosh, I am so glad I did, because it is one of the best shows I’ve seen in the last few years.
It’s an alternative history of the space race tweaked just enough from reality to be really captivating. The queer content is A+. My wife and I were super into it and I CAN NOT WAIT for season 3.
https://youtube.com/rYNpjVTDkhM
## The release date for *For All Mankind* season 3 is **June 10, 2022** on Apple+
*[Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)* – Season 3*Derry Girls* is a delightful UK series about a group of Catholic school girls (+ 1 boy) in 90s Northern Ireland. The jokes come so quickly you’re still laughing at the previous line when the new one is up. It’s definitely one of my favorite comedies in recent years. *Derry Girls* season 3 is its third and sadly last. It already started airing in the UK (jealous) and we do not yet know when it will drop on Netflix in the US.
Like everyone else, I am rooting for the WeeLesbian to have a love interest in season 3! There are no signs of queerness in the trailer.
https://youtube.com/ddA0Vh5v0LM
But maybe this Instagram post from Nicola Coughlan is a clue.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXwbuN1omRr/
## The US release date for *Derry Girls* season 3 is **TBD** on Netflix
**This week:** Two words — *Gentleman Jack*!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Derry Girls, For All Mankind, Gentleman Jack
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### [The Sliding Scale of Sapphistry: The Hallmark Hustle](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-sliding-scale-of-sapphistry-the-hallmark-hustle/)
**Published:** April 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Late to the game, Hallmark is hustling a full court press to get more queers in love.
**Content:**
After *Love, Classified* came out, we chatted about it in [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) and people rightly pointed out the shortcomings of a made-for-tv romcom movie:
1. Limited time – Most movies clock in at 120 minutes
2. Simplistic formula – These are all the same flow (meet girl, mess up with girl, get girl)
3. Direct conclusions – Everything always wraps up with a bow
This sadly leads to a feeling that a movie is rushed. You jump from kissing a woman to wearing rainbows and being all-in-queer:
https://twitter.com/burnbbc/status/1515879731975098368
Which prompted me to remark:
> If the Hallmark movie does well, though, then we can finish the move from ‘background lesbians at a wedding’ through ‘BFF lesbian with no life’, ‘secondary/not-quite-main character gets a girlfriend,’ to *finally* “Main character is a lesbian looking for love.” Which given that this is Hallmark’s fifth movie with queers is actually a quick and sane correction.
Which gets us to this post.
## Let’s See the List
I’m not kidding about this being Hallmark’s 5th, by the way — excluding the *Good Witch* (which is a series). It’s also the fifth since **2020**. So Hallmark has jumped into the corrections really fast.
In order:
1. *[Christmas with the Darlings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/christmas-with-the-darlings/)* (2020)
2. *[Wedding Every Weekend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wedding-every-weekend/)* (2020)
3. *[An Unexpected Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/an-unexpected-christmas/)* (2021)
4. *[Every Time a Bell Rings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/every-time-a-bell-rings/)* (2021)
5. *[Love, Classified](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-classified/)* (2022)
The first one, if you didn’t know going in there were lesbians, you could easily blink and miss it. The second one, though, was actually a plot point to reflect on the main characters (they went to a wedding every weekend and eventually fell in love), as one of those weddings was for lesbian friends.
We don’t get a character with real ‘meat’ until *An Unexpected Christmas*, which has a queer who is involved in the plot, but there’s no romance going on until the second movie of 2021, thanks to LezWatch Heroine [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/).
## Show Score Scale
So there has to be a scale, right? There are two. We’ll do scores first.
I am delighted to note that all the movies are between 49 and 60! I’m sad that nothing goes over that. The reason the scores are so high, and why that low one is low, is that **most** of them have happy endings.
And for a very interesting note, that middle one drops, right? It’s also the first time a queer female had a significant role. Like her role wasn’t “Gay BFF.” Or in her case, “Gay Sister!” While the show is heavily down-checked since she has no gay friends, and no happy ending, it’s also the first holiday season **without** Bill Abbott, former Hallmark CEO.
Why does *that* matter?
Remember the Zola wedding add that had two women, and Hallmark pulled it only to restore it a couple days later?
Yeah. That was him. He’s the one who kept it off air.
If *An Unexpected Christmas* had given us a romance, or a happy ending, it would have been closer to 60.
## Sapphic Scale
Okay, now the fun one. Remember we have four points:
1. background lesbians
2. bestie lesbian has no queer friends
3. secondary character gets a girlfriend
4. main character gets a girl as a major plot
To make the scale of any real use, we also want one more:
5\. the whole plot is about the queer who has a happy ending
We don’t have that. Yet. So I did a little math, based on what the queers were like and got this:
TV MovieSliding Scale*Christmas with the Darlings*3*Wedding Every Weekend*1*An Unexpected Christmas*2*Every Time a Bell Rings*4*Love, Classified*5And in visual format:
The reason I gave *Christmas with the Darling* a bump there, is that it has a queer BFF who has a plotline (she meets the cute barista). The next two movies don’t really have a queer plotline like that. *Every Time A Bell Rings* has the problem of disconnected storylines (it feels like the queers aren’t really related to the main plot), and finally *Love, Classified* has a realistic, if truncated, romance between women and all the mother says is “She’s dating a **doctor**!?”
## Hallmark is Trending Good!
The best news from all this is it looks like Hallmark’s on the gravy train for corrections. A lot of people don’t like these silly romcoms, and that’s totally fair, but so much of middle America does. The people who are watching these may not realize they know gays, or maybe their kids are being ‘forced’ to watch the movie, and suddenly they see themselves.
But next? Hallmark, can you please cast our angel, [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/), as a queer lady looking for love and have the plot be the family trying to find her the perfect girl?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Every Time A Bell Rings, Love, Classified
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 18, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-queer-stories-on-human-resources/)
**Published:** April 18, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I was pleasantly surprised with multiple queer stories on Human Resources, the spin-off centering around the emotional support creatures from Big Mouth.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I was pleasantly surprised with multiple queer stories on *Human Resources*, the spin-off centering around the emotional support creatures from *Big Mouth*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Human Resources](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/human-resources/)* – Season 1 Episode \[Streaming\]My 15 year old and I are fans of *[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)* — we watch it separately and then discuss it later. My wife on the other hand has a much lower tolerance for talking animated penises and stupid sex humor. I totally get it, but in between the dumb jokes there are some touching stories. These deeper stories are often facilitated by the various emotional support creatures like the Shame Wizard, Depression Kitty, Anxiety Mosquitos, and yes, even the Hormone Monsters.
When *Big Mouth* introduced a new team of creatures, the Love Bugs (who also turn into Hate Worms), in season five it served as a backdoor pilot to *Human Resources*, a show centering around [the creatures](https://bigmouth.fandom.com/wiki/Human_Resources) and the clients they serve. The show itself describes it as “*Big Mouth* meets *The Office*” and I’m here after binging season one to report back on multiple queer stories on *Human Resources*.
## Queer Story on *Human Resources* 1
The first one was kinda silly. We meet Lionel the Shame Wizard’s mother, Rita St. Swithens, voiced by [Helen Mirren](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/helen-mirren/). Lionel spends the episode trying to get her attention and approval while she ignores him and spends a lot of time with Kitty Beaumont Bouchet the Depression Kitty (voiced by [Jean Smart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jean-smart/)). He then is surprised to discover the two of them have been in a friends-with-benefits relationship for centuries.
Not too serious of a story line, but I love how they get serious actors to participate in these shenanigans.
## Queer Story on *Human Resources* 2
In the second story, Rochelle the Love Bug and Petra the Ambition Gremlin clash over their client Nadja ([Natalie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/natalie-el-koury/) from *Big Mouth*‘s older sister) and whether she should to go Rutgers to be with her girlfriend Danielle (voiced by [Ariana DeBose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariana-debose/)) or to Berkley to follow her dreams.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1515790258797006860?s=20&t=Rh92oqA9iUZ7qZ-hiN7QJw
The carpal tunnel ball line made me laugh.
There is so much to love here. I got to add Ariana DeBose to our site, Rosie Perez as the Ambition Gremlin is my FAVORITE character on *Human Resources* and the cast in this scene is amazing: Ariana DeBose, Rosie Perez, Thandiwe Newton, Keke Palmer and [Sabrina Jalees](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sabrina-jalees/). An amazing, award-winning group of actors facilitating teen lesbians getting laid for the first time — it’s a true gift to the queer community.
Up until this point, Nadja had been wait-listed for Berkley, but then she gets an email telling her she’s been accepted.
Before this news, Rochelle and Petra had been bonding and getting along, but now they are at odds.
At dinner, Natalie lets the news slip about Berkley and her parents are thrilled. But Nadja is still on the fence.
With prom coming up Rochelle makes a plan to hook Petra up with Gavin the Hormone Monster. While Petra is busy getting laid for the first time in centuries, Rochelle can make her move at the prom to convince Nadja to go to Rutgers.
At Prom Nadja wins Prom Queen, and while she’s on stage giving her speech, Rochelle convinces her to make a grandiose gesture. Meanwhile, Petra figures out what Rochelle did and bursts in as this is happening.
Danielle is not as happy as Nadja thought she would be after her big speech.
She doesn’t want Nadja to not go to Berkley only for her. She was happy for her getting into her dream school and wanted to just enjoy the time they had left together. She figured they’d break up at the end of Summer anyway. Nadja doesn’t take that news well and neither does Rochelle.
Outside, Rochelle consoles Nadja and Petra tries to make her see the bright side.
I’m personally more Love Bug than Ambition Gremlin, but Petra is probably right. Nadja will have a ton of girlfriends at Berkley.
## Queer Story on *Human Resources* 3
The overarching story of the entire season is about Emmy the Love Bug in training voiced by Aidy Briant. She is experienced Love Bug Sonya Poinsettia’s (voiced by [Pamela Adlon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pamela-adlon/)) assistant who is forced to take on all of her clients when Sonya is mysteriously fired for reasons unknown to her co-workers. Emmy, to put it bluntly, is a fuck up who doesn’t know how to make it home without losing a shoe let alone how to be a professional Love Bug. Sonya’s primary client is Becca (voiced by [Ali Wong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-wong/), not the same character she voiced on *Big Mouth*) a woman in her last month of pregnancy. Emmy is not equipped to help a woman through childbirth and a new baby, but she doesn’t have a choice!
As the episodes pass, we see Sonya drinking too much and being generally miserable but we don’t know why she was fired. She just says she “did a bad thing.” Finally in episode 8, she tells Emmy what happened.
Becca’s husband Barry wanted to hire a doula for the birth. Both Becca and Sonya were skeptical, but they vowed to keep an open mind. When they first meet Claudia the Doula (voiced by [Janelle Monae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janelle-monae/)) they weren’t into the woo woo stuff, but soon she won them both over.
Other humans who are not their clients shouldn’t be able to see the *Human Resources* creatures.
During another doula session, Sonya and Claudia meet face to face while Becca is in a meditative state. Claudia asks her to stay, and even though she wants to, not getting involved with humans is the number one *Human Resources* rule. She can’t stay away though and later flies over to her window on her own. Claudia sees her glow and they talk again. One of her clients is in labor and she invites Sonya to come with her for the birth. Watching Claudia bring a baby into the world makes her even more smitten. After that, Sonya takes her on an adventure in her world.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1515857731114221569?s=20&t=Rh92oqA9iUZ7qZ-hiN7QJw
I can not figure out who voices Aquarius in that scene. If someone out there knows please leave it in the comments!
Meanwhile, Barry is feeling insecure about how attached Becca is becoming to Claudia. He says he feels like the third wheel on a weird date when they’re together. Sonya goes to Claudia’s house to warn her and she seems to be having a manic episode. Claudia says maybe she should fire all her clients so the two of them can run away together. Sonya decides it’s better if she leaves her world to live on Earth with her instead.
While packing up her office Sonya runs into Walter the Love Bug and tells him she’s leaving to be with Claudia. He tries to stop her telling her Love Bugs are not good for humans, humans need things they can’t give them. She ignores him and runs out of the building. When she gets to Claudia’s apartment she finds her in a depressed state and realizes Walter was right. She can’t be with her. Aquarius said Claudia was destined for greatness or madness and Sonya needs to leave so it can be greatness. Before she goes she makes sure she calls her sister for help. They part and it’s really sad.
Ugh, this episode made me emotional!
How can an episode of television with a B story of “cockfighting” with animated boxing penises actually give me feelings? I think it was the power of Janelle Monae’s voice.
The episode ends sometime in the future with Sonya flying to Claudia’s window while she is working with another pregnant woman. Claudia can’t see her this time which I think implies she is well and in a better place.
It was a really sweet story.
## Queer Story 4
This story was not queer-centric, but it involved a queer character we first met in *Big Mouth*, Nadja’s younger sister Natalie (voiced by [Josie Totah](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/josie-totah/)).
This episode dealt with dying and grief with Natalie’s grandma Yara at the end of her life suffering from Alzheimer’s. All Yara wants is candy and no one will let her have it, so Natalie wheels her out to buy some (she also buys White Claw and vapes for herself). While they are out, Walter takes her to her favorite long-term memories but even the ones she’s always able to have start to fade.
Walter desperately trying to get Yara to hold on to her memories made me sad.
Again, it was another emotional episode and I think they did a good job addressing feelings around death and dying.
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I didn’t expect there to be so many queer stories on *Human Resources*! My kid’s and my conclusion is *Human Resources* is more geared towards adults and from our small sample group he is right. He came away liking *Big Mouth* more, and after watching it a second time for this recap, I like this one more.
**This week:** I can’t wait to start watching *Derry Girls* season three!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Human Resources
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### ["Love, Classified" Checks the List](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/love-classified-checks-the-list/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Having seen "Love, Classified," I am happy to tell you it's a saccharine sweet romance in the best way.
**Content:**
I know you’re thinking “Mika! Didn’t you [just post about this on Wednesday](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/love-declassified/)?”
I did! But then I got the screener so I can give you a little more information about why you queer fans want to watch.
##### Screener Review On *Love, Classified*
Queerness is normal, expected, and a little cliched on this rom-com. It’s a super fun, silly, and romantic story where people hold on to hope and are rewarded. Like a good rom-com should be.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
## Okay, What’s Classy About This?
The name is, like with a lot of Hallmark movies, a bit of a double entendre. Kind of … The small town of Penfield is the home of famous romance author, Emilia Bloom. She comes back for a reading, and of course runs into her kids’ who still live there and have drama!
The underlying plot ties around an app called Classife (pronounced ‘Classify’) which is basically the town-board. It’s a social network that the local area uses for everything. Think ‘Nextdoor’ but also Grindr. It’s about as silly an idea as you think. Still Emilia (like Hallmark) is made to address the reality that social media is ubiquitous. Everyone has it, everyone uses it, and a book without it feels like a fantasy. More than a romance should be, I guess.
Naturally Emilia’s work getting to learn social media results in the worst way possible. But at least it’s entertaining.
## Anachronisms Abound
If the idea of an app to be like the classifieds seems a little weird and abnormal to you, the whole idea that a small town has a giant bookstore that’s busy enough to have a reading of a famous author, but not a jewelry store, feels somewhat out of touch with reality for small businesses in small towns.
The also heavily lean into the trope of ‘older people aren’t super hip with the socials’ enough though the ‘kids’ are my age, and I promise while I’m online-dating inept, it’s not because I’m old. I’ve been with my wife forever, but I would very much hit up online dating if that wasn’t the case.
Also Gen Z aren’t all kids anymore. They’re 1990-2010 so they’re between 32 and 12 (…) so don’t act like they’re all college-bound hipsters.
As one might expect, there’s a struggle between old-school and new-school, and figuring out what the right way to be is. Spoilers? There isn’t a right way. If it’s easier to type, then that’s an okay way to be. If you need to be the in-person kind of person? That’s okay to!
## The Queers Aren’t Alone
Credit ©2022 Crown Media United States LLCPhotographer Pooya Nabei
One of my biggest beefs with RomComs or a series that introduces a single queer, is that they seem to be alone. We move in packs, whenever possible, so seeing a solo gay on their own is always frustrating.
Franki, our lovely love interest, and her gay bro BFF, hang out all the time. They talk to each other about life as well. Franki’s a lesbian, who is absolutely out with herself and who she wants to be. We know she’s the love interest for Taylor (Emlia’s daughter), a plant shop owner, who isn’t gay. Is she?
I did fear that the show was going to lean too hard on that angle, but I am happy to say that the movie is about a family struggling to come to terms with damage from five years ago, healing as best they can, and finding the room to grow and be themselves. With our own sexuality, sometimes we don’t know until we know. And the trope this does lean into is one of my favorites: Is this a date? Like a *date* date?
Oh how I love that one.
Also the “I’m not scared \[to kiss you\]”/”That makes one of us” trope?
My little queer heart was delighted.
## What of Love?
Well it’s a romcom, so if you didn’t expect happy endings all around, you really came in with the wrong idea. Everyone gets a happy ending. Everyone pairs up as expected (seriously you will identify who ends up with whom as soon as you meet people). And like a good family romcom, the love of family is just as important as the love of romance.
So check it out, tomorrow on Hallmark. It’s cute, it’s fun, and Melora Hardin is a freaking delight.
This may only be the 5th Hallmark movie to have overtly, open, queer women, it’s a welcome step in, and I hope the hallmark (yes yes I know) of a sign to come.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Love, Classified
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### [Queer Beats - April 15, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-april-15-2022/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, As Five, For All Mankind, The Wilds, (AND ORPHAN BLACK?!?!) teased new seasons.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, As Five, For All Mankind, The Wilds, (AND ORPHAN BLACK?!?!) teased new seasons.
## [A League of Their Own](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/)
Everything I’ve ever wanted: a comedy show about women on a sports team. (This sounds sarcastic but it is not.)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcV1juVPPAq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
For all the fans of this Brazilian spin-off, there was good news this week! They have officially started the production process on the next season.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-UJb_u91J/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Is everyone ready for more Space Gays?
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Is there anything cuter than this?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcOVEZqP4-9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
\*SCREAMS\*
https://twitter.com/OrphanBlack/status/1511735485588074496?s=20&t=t-Y6cluOlvrIga99ffwk-g
\*SCREAMS\*
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1511735881635405824?s=20&t=Uzg5q1DMF9vWv37C_QBnZw
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Missing [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/)? She has been *busy* because she is on yet another show, coming out soon.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcQlecOp_Z5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
THANK YOU NETFLIX! ND Stevenson’s animated *Nimona*, based on the book of the same name, got picked up after Disney let it go.
https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1513517319841935363?t=EWqd_VTV-VEPsFAaxsFyIw&s=19
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Can’t wait to find out more of what the gals are up to on this season of The Wilds.
https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1511735926329786368?s=21&t=PmHtx3TPASnpGQv3H9AlPg
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, As Five, For All Mankind, MJ Rodriguez, ND Stevenson, Orphan Black, The Wilds
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### [Love, Declassified](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/love-declassified/)
**Published:** April 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming this weekend? Melora Hardin playing cupid for her kids.
**Content:**
Hallmark has been very quietly pushing forward with more queer made-for-tv movies. Their latest involves Melora Hardin as Emilia – a romance novelist who returns home after a long absence to reconnect with her children, who also are finding their own paths to love.
One of her children? Well that’s why we’re here, aren’t we?
As Emilia tries to reconnect, Taylor and Zach explore new and past relationships through an app that boasts old-fashioned human connection by way of the classified ad. Zach is given a chance to heal old wounds while Taylor matches with Franki, a woman that changes the way she’s always thought about love.
The fact that they’re going with the classifieds is sort of a hat-tip to the fact that Hallmark is somewhat of an archaic anachronism. I’m not a huge Hallmark watcher, but I’ve always delighted in how they name some of their background characters:
- Height Difference Couple Man
- Height Difference Couple Woman
I’m somewhat interested to see what on earth that is important for.
Anyway. Taylor and Zach clearly fall into that old trope of “My parent is all about romance, so I must suck at it.” Zach running into his mother at a blind date is always awkward, and Taylor getting to change how she thought about love could go a few ways. The obvious one is “I didn’t know I was…!” and to be honest, I’m here for it.
Now before everyone gets super excited, Franki (with an I and no E) is considered one of the main characters, but the story is going to be on par with *[Every Time a Bell Rings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/every-time-a-bell-rings/)* more than *[Under the Christmas Tree](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/under-the-christmas-tree/)*. The main mains are not the queers, so don’t think this is going to be a game changer.
But what it is, is Hallmark’s fifth foray into queer lady love! In just 3 years we went from backdrops to co-leads. They even went all in with *The Good Witch*! So fingers crossed this means even more queers and queer centric movies in our future.
*Love, Classified* will be coming to the Hallmark Channel on Saturday, April 16 at 8 p.m. EST.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Love, Classified
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### [The Biased Nature of Renewals](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-biased-nature-of-renewals/)
**Published:** April 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Making sense of CW's renewals makes less sense the longer you think about it.
**Content:**
It’s been a long week since we all found out that the CW had renewed seven of their shows, but **not** two of our (LezWatch) favourites.
The CW is a unique network, in that 99% of their scripted dramas have queer regular or recurring characters. The one that doesn’t, or at least doesn’t normally, is *The Flash*. Yes, even *Superman* introduced a bisexual student (currently interested in one of the SuperSons).
## What’s Renewed
ShowSeasonQueers*[All American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/)*5Coop, Patience*[The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)*9N/A*Kung-Fu*3Ryan, Sebastian**[Nancy Drew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nancy-drew/)**4Bess, Addy*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*7Cheryl, Toni, Kevin, Fangs*[Superman & Lois](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/superman-lois/)*3Sarah*Walker*3Liam, BretThe first thing I noticed with that list is that it doesn’t have any shows where the queer is **the** lead. The closest you get is *Riverdale*, but even then the ‘real’ leads are Betty, Ronnie, Archie, and Jughead. Cheryl, while the primary antagonist (… sometimes) is not the lead-lead character.
## Waiting in the Wings
Here are the shows not yet renewed.
ShowSeason
AiredQueersCompleted
Season*[4400](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/4400/)*1Andre, Noah, Mariah, Keisha,
Soraya, JessicaYes (2022)*[All American: Homecoming](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american-homecoming/)*1Nathaniel, KeishaNo*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*4Ryan, SophieYes (2022)*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*3Mel, KaelaNo*[DC’s Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*7Sara, Ava, SpoonerYes (2022)*DC’s Stargirl*2N/AYes*[Dynasty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dynasty/)*5Amanda, KirbyNo*[In The Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-the-dark/)*3JessYes*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)*4Ben, Finch, Jade, Jed, Josie,
Maya, PenelopeNo*[Naomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/naomi/)*1LourdesNo*[Roswell, New Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/roswell-new-mexico/)*3Isobel, CharlieYes (2021)Now. Looking at those, we have the shows where queers are very much leads (*4400, Batwoman, Charmed,* and *Legends*) and the others where they are core regulars.
The second you list them like that, it kind of jumps out at you.
The shows that are not **yet** renewed are the ones with queer leads.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this, though. Back when *Stumptown* was canceled, I pointed out that [shows like *Dexter* got a revival as *NCIS* got a renewal](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-disproportionate-collapse-of-peak-tv/) which was indicative of an unbalanced market.
## Statistics Don’t Make Sense
Let’s look at this differently, with regards to the coveted 18-49 demographic per the Nielsen Ratings, shall we?
Show18-19
DemoYear to Year
ChangeViewers
(millionsYear to Year
Change*Superman & Lois* \*0.19-18.89%0.904-13.84%*All American* \*0.18-24.57%0.590-17.29%*The Flash* \*0.15-28.57%0.664-19.02%*All American: Homecoming*0.12N/A0.422N/A*Walker* \*0.09-41.25%0.953-28.37%*Kung Fu* \*0.09-30.77%0.579-39.80%*Naomi*0.09N/A0.556N/A*Legends of Tomorrow*0.09**10.58%**0.528**27.03%***Batwoman*0.09-28.21%0.458-7.54%*Legacies*0.08-33.97%0.358-34.21%*Charmed*0.08-16.67%0.387**2.18%***4400*0.07N/A0.370N/A*Riverdale* \*0.07-38.96%0.276-40.22%*Nancy Drew* \*0.05-34.62%0.356-23.64%*Dynasty*0.05-10.00%0.275**13.24%**I put asterisks by each renewed show so you could make the face I did when writing this, which is “How the hell did they pick those renewals?!”
*All American: Homecoming* ranks fourth but isn’t finished it’s first season, sure. But *Legends* is the **ONLY** show to be fully increasing metrics! The shows with the least losses? *Dynasty* and *Charmed*.
That looks weird, right? Well here’s the ‘sorted by total viewers list:
1. *Walker* \*
2. *Superman & Lois* \*
3. *The Flash* \*
4. *All American \**
5. *Kung Fu* \*
6. *Naomi*
7. *Legends of Tomorrow*
8. *Batwoman*
9. *All American: Homecoming*
10. *Charmed*
11. *4400*
12. *Nancy Drew* \*
13. *Legacies*
14. *Dynasty*
15. *Riverdale* \*
Quite honestly, I cannot explain how it is that *Riverdale* got renewed.
## Is it a Bias? Or is it Money?
I wanted to argue that maybe this was because superhero shows are spendy … That’s true. Also long running shows are expensive to produce since everyone gets raises. But that really makes a weird argument when you look at *Riverdale* again, doesn’t it?
The most logical explanation is the one that stands out at you. There is a bias, possibly unconscious, against queer and female led shows.
At least, I sure hope it’s unconscious.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 11, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-malika-and-angelica/)
**Published:** April 11, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Malika and Angelica get tangled up in ex-girlfriend/current girlfriend's boss drama on last week's Good Trouble.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Malika and Angelica get tangled up in ex-girlfriend/current girlfriend’s boss drama on *Good Trouble*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 4 Episode 5 “So This is What the Truth Feels Like” \[Live\]Malika and her new girlfriend Angelica are off to a cute start, but even though she’s out to her about being poly, she’s still nervous enough to lie to her about a date with Dyonte.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1512888968110608384?s=20&t=qyMYdtjcGMU7ppd05BiBrw
Not sharing every detail about time spent with your boyfriend is one thing, but making up a complete lie is not cool.
Malika and Angelica met while bartending together, but now Malika works for Angelica’s ex-girlfriend, Councilperson Lucia Morales. Welcome to lesbians and their exes, Malika! Lucia invites Malika out for drinks to talk one-on-one about her proposal for a Women’s Center. She’s considering sending it to the council for review, Great! Then she follows up with something a little more unprofessional.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1512905058467430408?s=20&t=qyMYdtjcGMU7ppd05BiBrw
I was waiting for Malika to spit out her martini.
Asking Malika out for drinks to get recon her ex is so completely unprofessional, but after flat-out lying to Lucia, now she’s in a tough spot.
Malika drops by the bar to tell Angelica about it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1512907021288611841?s=20&t=qyMYdtjcGMU7ppd05BiBrw
They actually flashed back to the scene of Angelica texting Malika while she was on her date with Dyonte, but I spared you all from that. We’re a smart audience and know a parallel lie/don’t lie conundrum when we see one.
Malika pops into Angelica’s work again the next day and is ready to tell her the truth.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1512911927558742034?s=20&t=qyMYdtjcGMU7ppd05BiBrw
I was so relieved when Angelica didn’t react negatively to Malika telling her she lied…until Lucia walked in! It’s 5 minutes into Malika’s first relationship with a woman and she’s already deep in dyke drama.
I thought for sure Lucia was going to kill Malika’s Women’s Center proposal, but instead, she tells her she’s going to put it through. Now all Malkia needs to do is write an impact report.
Again, I spared you the flashback to Angelica saying the reason she broke up with Lucia was because she worked too much. We get it.
Wow, okay, Lucia is going to bury Malika in work so Angelica breaks up with her and then what? She’s going to swoop in and win her back? How is this a good plan? Shady relationship politics.
**This week:** *Gentleman Jack* is back!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 4, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-luz-and-amity/)
**Published:** April 4, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I'm back from a month of deadlines with all the queer things I watched in March like Luz and Amity on The Owl House.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I’m back from a month of deadlines with all the queer things I watched in March like Luz and Amity on *The Owl House*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
My day job is co-owning a web development company with my wife. We had 5 site launches (and 2 more about to launch any day now) within 30 days. That’s a lot. But I still made time to watch TV even if I didn’t have time to write about it. Here is a list of what I watched in March.
*[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)* – Season 4 Episode 4 “Interesting People on Christopher Street” \[Streaming\]Susie Meyerson is the ONLY character I added to our database without definitive proof of her queerness. We have pretty strict standards here at LezWatchTV. The character either has to self-declare their sexual orientation or make it obvious via their behavior. We don’t do any reading between the lines, extrapolating or gaydar-only based conjecture. I added Susie because of digs Joel made on her implied sexual orientation and I’ve felt low-key guilty about adding her ever since. Well, my gamble paid off, because, in this episode, Midge, concerned for Susie’s romantic life, takes her to a lesbian bar.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1498091817434333184?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
I love how surly Susie is when he finally realizes where she’s at.
Susie doesn’t say she’s not gay, she even talks about knowing all the Butch Bars in the Village, she’s just career ambitious and doesn’t have time for relationships.
Also, Midge’s reconnaissance mission to find a lesbian bar is hilarious. She hangs out in a park in the West Village asking random strangers coded questions. Finally, a kind gay man played by John Waters gives her the info she is looking for. I’m glad the show paid tribute to pre-Stonewall NYC.
I still have my fingers crossed Susie finds romance in the 5th and final season. I’m shipping her and Dinah Rutledge.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 18 Episode 12 “The Makings of You” \[Live\]Amelia and Kai are still in full-force off-the-charts chemistry mode. Amelia is wrapping up her work with Kai in Minnesota and needs help deciding when to go back to Seattle.
Those looks they give each other!
Kai takes Amelia to a small music/bar venue and they have a cute date before the band goes on, and (I saw this coming) — Kai is in the band.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511026573142642690?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
I love Kai’s double life of super-serious medical researcher by day and musician by night. It’s hot.
A lot of work had to go into Kai’s flawless move. Having been in a lot of bands myself I know they must have told their bandmates, “Hey, I’m bringing a girl to the show tonight. Can you all please haul my equipment to the venue for me, do the soundcheck without me and make sure my guitar is ready and tuned so I can just walk up on stage and play like I’m the coolest indie musician in Minnesota? Thanks!”
Post-show bang, Kai and Amelia have the inevitable kids conversation.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511033559196352528?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
Why can’t you have a queer couple on TV without a kid conflict story?
They keep hanging out during Amelia’s last night in Minnesota.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511040699344592896?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
Kai is very accepting and patient even after seeing Amelia’s drama-filled life firsthand while spending time at Grey-Sloan.
Finally, we get to the end of their mega-date and Amelia has to catch her plane. Time to throw in some last-minute kid angst and a kiss.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511045639156768779?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
I don’t like how Kai was so stoic when Amelia said, “I hope that part of me doesn’t scare you away.”
There have been 2 episodes since this one with zero Amelia and Kai content. I hope there is more!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 5 Episode 14 “Alone in the Dark” \[Live\]There’s not much to report on [Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina) on *Station 19*. They have been stuck in the same Looking For a Sperm Donor story for multiple episodes. Although, now they’re at the point where they’re considering Jack as a known donor.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511050037001871364?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
I am all for forgiveness, but do y’all remember [the devastating episode](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dead-to-me-season-two/) where Maya slept with Jack out of anger crushing Carina? This donor choice sounds like a stretch.
That did happen almost 2 years ago and they’ve gotten married since then so whatever. I just wish this wasn’t the ONLY thing their story revolved around.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 7 Episode 13 “Knocked Down, Knocked Up” \[Live\]Speaking of queer couples with kid-related stories for the third time, Ava got Sara pregnant on the *Legends of Tomorrow* season 7 finale.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511053952778973185?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
Now fingers-crossed Legends (and *Batwoman*) is renewed!
*[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)* – Season 2 Episode 11 “Follies at the Coven Day Parade” \[Live\]My family and I binged all of *The Owl House* a few months ago and we were all excited for new episodes! It is truly one of the best shows and Luz and Amity are one of the best ships on television right now. Even though it’s a teen animated series, their relationship is so sweet.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511059668210262022?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
This episode had a classic conflict: character one is hiding something from character two to protect them. But this time it was a little different.
Luz is a human stuck in a supernatural world. She is torn between seeing her mom and the life she has built as a witch. She made a portal back to the human world she is hiding from her friends including her girlfriend. Luz leaves her phone behind and Amity sees a video that will probably spell all that out, but she respects her privacy and doesn’t play it.
Later Amity asks her about it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1511070204016660484?s=20&t=4TvBLCocNPoQPc5t1hySXQ
Instead of multiple episodes of hiding the truth, Amity brings it up all while respecting her privacy and choices. It’s not a relationship-ending conflict it’s something Luz and Amity can talk out in an honest way.
This is why I stick to my belief that Gen-Z is better than all of us.
**This week:** There isn’t much to be excited about except a new *Owl House* episode.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Legends of Tomorrow, Station 19, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, The Owl House
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### [Queer Beats - April 1, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-april-1-2022/)
**Published:** April 1, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Gentleman Jack and The Umbrella Academy gave us new looks into their upcoming seasons.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, Gentleman Jack and The Umbrella Academy gave us new looks into their upcoming seasons.
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Don’t forget that the new season of Gentleman Jack begins next weekend… and it looks like there will be some drama!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbpmtYNsEDm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’m also sharing this promo shot for… reasons…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbhyzmqM0hQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [High School](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13314510/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
A new show based on Tegan and Sara’s memoir, *High School*, began filming its pilot this week. Tegan honored their relationship with creator/director [Clea Duvall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/) on IG this week.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbWeXSrLlv8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We also got our first behind-the-scenes look at the show!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbZFiIGuUgm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
A proud (TV) mom moment:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQPAh9OnIt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
[Michaela Jae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) will be on A Black Lady Sketch Show this season!
https://twitter.com/BlackLadySketch/status/1508493207746715652?s=20&t=6LjtsxJpaxIJF2xBLMFbMA
## [Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
Elliot Page revealed a new look for his Umbrella Academy character this week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbs0uzuPtj6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
As a reflection of his transition in real life, Elliot’s character will also come out as transgender in the show.
https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1509200365543202816?s=20&t=nVEZg9VJQTPt7–zg45b5g
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Elliot Page, Gentleman Jack, High School, MJ Rodriguez, The L Word: Generation Q, The Umbrella Academy
---
### [Failure to Launch-Ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/failure-to-launch-ish/)
**Published:** March 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Grown-ish comes to the end of season four with an uneven and unstable conclusion.
**Content:**
I’ve watched all of *[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* and *[Mixed-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mixed-ish/)* and both shows, and their parent series *[Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)* touch on queerness, though that is never the primary focus of their stories. The series, collectively, discuss and tell the stories of BiPoC in America in different time-periods, with different backgrounds. Even though the main characters are all family (though in literally different eras, *Mixed-ish* took place in the 1980s), they all came to where they are through different paths.
Queerness is, sadly, often an afterthought on these series. While those stories are told powerfully on shows like *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)*, the *-ish* series have them more as a side-story. On *Black-ish*, Dre’s sister (played by out actress Raven-Symoné) is a recurring character who goes through the usual queer-guest sagas of marriage, divorce, and children. On *Mixed-ish* we learn that Bow’s paternal grandparents divorced because her grandmother is a lesbian. And on *Grown-ish* we have … [Nomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi-segal/).
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
Now that *Grown-ish* is reaching the pinnacle of graduation tomorrow, and the gang is splitting up across the country, the series feels like it’s coming to a close of that particular story. If the series continues, and to be clear I have no idea if it will, it likely would focus on Zoey and what’s next for her. And this feels like the right moment to look back at the active bisexual regular character.
## From Questionable-ish Beginnings
The first time we meet Nomi, she’s screwing someone. Episode one has her in late registration, which is why she ends up in a midnight class with the rest of our regulars, because she was banging another girl in a bathroom. Right away, we’re presented with Nomi as the ‘slutty bisexual’ and this vibe carries through in odd ways. An early girlfriend, for example, dumps her because she doesn’t want to be a ‘bi girl’s experiment.’
The first season established a number of unflattering bisexual tropes, including Nomi herself being okay with bi women, but not with bi guys. Nomi also had not come out to her parents. By the time we got to the second season, Nomi was sleeping with a different random woman a night, much to the annoyance of her roommates.
It was partway through season two that Nomi meets [Prof. Paige Hewson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paige-hewson/), or “Professor Shane” as some of us called her. Paige encouraged Nomi to be herself, come out, be who she was. Apparently that including ‘sleep with your professor,’ as Paige and Nomi had an incredibly inappropriate relationship – dating while Paige was still her teacher.
## Breakup Baby-ish
Keeping their relationship a secret had a toll on Nomi, and they eventually break up. However at the end of season 2, Nomi gets a call from the Cal U Independent Ethics Committee. They inform her that there’s been allegations against Professor Hewson regarding inappropriate conduct.
That storyline? Goes nowhere.
We end with that bombshell and then season 3 begins and Nomi’s nowhere in sight, and no one seems to know what’s going on. When Nomi does, eventually, show up partway through the season, she is visibly pregnant. Apparently after the breakup with Paige, Nomi got blasted on margaritas and got knocked up.
The rest of Nomi’s storylines are about her being a MILF trying to get into law school. This includes the expected arguments about ‘should Nomi tell the baby-daddy?’ (she eventually does) and then the classic ‘parental rights’ about going to grad school and being away from the baby.
As season 4 runs to the end, the question is up in the air: Does the baby daddy have rights (… yes) and can he block Nomi from moving to the other side of the country to go to law school?
## Disappointing-ish
Sadly the entire arc is just not good and is endemic of the flaws in *Grown-ish*. I can’t even say that’s endemic of Nomi being not-the-star, as some of Zoey’s plots (her panic attacks) are similarly dropped without consequences. Jazz and her boyfriend who likes to dress gender-non-conforming, it also feels like it was left half-finished. Vivek got busted for drugs, expelled, and has trouble getting a job? No worries, he’s fine to be an Uber driver.
Everything gets wrapped up weirdly, and while it’s true a large part of being grown means things end in funky places, the lack of followthrough with *Grown-ish* leaves a frustrating taste in my mouth. I don’t mind incomplete stories. Lives are messy. But the problem I have is that the kids on *Grown-ish* have two real options for their plots:
1. It’s all wrapped up in a bow and never talked about again
2. It doesn’t end at all
For whatever reason, the third option of a dissatisfying (but realistic) ending isn’t really touched.
## What’s Next-ish?
The season finale airs tomorrow night. There is some resolution for a number of plots, but most feel like they were wrapped up for the sake of wrapping up. And to me, that isn’t grown at all.
Check out the season finale of *Grown-ish* on Freeform tomorrow night, or catch it the following day on Hulu.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Grown-ish
---
### [Queer Beats - March 18, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-march-18-2022/)
**Published:** March 18, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Gentleman Jack and The Umbrella Academy released new trailers, while Tegan and Sara cast their acting counterparts!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, Gentleman Jack and The Umbrella Academy released new trailers, while Tegan and Sara cast their acting counterparts!
## [The Baby-Sitters Club](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-baby-sitters-club/)
Yet again, Netflix cancelled a show that we all liked. Showrunner Rachel Shukert talked about why she thinks this happened and what we can look forward to in the future.
https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1504561550287425548?s=20&t=EjTeN1irSWTWdYPAcL33Gg
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
I know this show is over but, as long as [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) wants to keep being in a beautiful queer relationship, I will keep posting about it.
https://twitter.com/livinthrudagays/status/1502748775898664962?s=20&t=EjTeN1irSWTWdYPAcL33Gg
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
This trailer got me SO AMPED for the next season.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgKAKlAykmc
[Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-rundle/) and [Suranne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/suranne-jones/) graced the cover of DIVA magazine.
https://twitter.com/listerwalker/status/1504772561397235715?s=21
And they also have been looking cute on the red carpet. Look at them!
https://twitter.com/_jenrobbins/status/1501643736086118400?s=20&t=EjTeN1irSWTWdYPAcL33Gg
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
I never want [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) to leave my TV screen so I am excited that she has a new role on Good Trouble.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbPwN15MVEC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [High School](https://deadline.com/2022/03/high-school-tiktok-duo-railey-seazynn-gilliland-imdb-dramedy-cobie-smulders-kyle-bornheimer-cast-1234981154/)
Remember when Tegan and Sara found those lookalike twins on TikTok last year and wished they would act so they could be in their upcoming TV show? Well, dreams really do come true because Railey and Seazynn Gilliland have officially been cast as the leads.
https://twitter.com/deadline/status/1504503446862540808?s=21
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
If you are sad about Killing Eve’s final season, don’t worry, because [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) has already been cast in a new series where she plays a queer woman who becomes obsessed with another woman.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1504163664600829952?s=20&t=EtKjXxKUhVhSRzqVaCtcZg
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
The L Word cast had a big week because, first, [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) posted a picture with Kristen Stewart, which feels like a big deal for the queer world.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca7hbnVOQjc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Arienne Mandi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/arienne-mandi/) is about to star in a new queer romcom and we finally have pictures!
https://twitter.com/sapphiczofcolor/status/1503883912300621826?s=20&t=S8FEi_6MTw3wSktZJRTIkg
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
Never Have I Ever has been renewed for a fourth and final season ahead of their season three drop this Summer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca2bnhaJAEo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
A new season of the Umbrella Academy means a new kickass trailer.
https://twitter.com/UmbrellaAcad/status/1503050205326942211?s=20&t=1qg_HbTIedmNeF675yYlZw
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Arienne Mandi, Gentleman Jack, Good Trouble, High School, Jennifer Beals, Jodie Comer, Never Have I Ever, Nicole Maines, The Baby-Sitters Club, The Umbrella Academy
---
### [Ms. Marvel's Modern Mutants*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/ms-marvels-modern-mutants/)
**Published:** March 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming June 8th is the most fun superhero teen, who is just like every other fangirl. Only she gets to live the dream.
**Content:**
Warning: This post talks about *Ms. Marvel* and hypothesizes on the upcoming show.
The trailer for Ms. Marvel dropped and I have to say, more than even Hawkeye (which I was drawn to because of [Hailee Steinfeld](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hailee-steinfeld/)), I have been waiting for this. The show drops on June 8th!
Kamala Kahn is pretty much all of us, if mutants (and magic and cosmic powers) were real. She’s a daydreamer who is a good kid, but she looks at the world and wants to be something amazing. But, as she so eloquently puts it:
> It’s not really the brown girls from Jersey City who save the world. That’s a fantasy too.
Kamala grows up in the same world we do. We dream and we hope, but we know that rarely do the dreamers have a reality like that.
Then again, Kamala also lives in the Marvel Universe, and her obsession with Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) actually has a different kind of payoff.
## Kamala’s Cosmic Change
In the comics, Kamala is called a ‘polymorph,’ which means she can change her size and shape, and even shapeshifter to a limited degree. Once she got her powers, Kamala took on the mantle “Ms. Marvel” out of respect for her hero, Captain Marvel (I am not about to get into the whole saga of Shazam, Mar-Vel, Marvel, Mrs. Marvel, and Captain Marvel, but know that if you want to see a comic nerd cry, just ask them “which Marvel?”).
Now as you saw in the trailer, she uses her power to make her fist fly across the room. More or less, that’s how she fights in the comic. She uses her powers to ’embiggen’ (as she puts it) her fists into giant battering rams. But also in the trailer, you didn’t see that. I mean, yes, you saw a shiny fist fly across a room and punch someone, but you didn’t see the Mr. Fantastic/Stretch Armsrong/Plastic Man/Elongated Man kind of putty move (yes, all those can stretch body parts, make the jokes we all did about it).
GIF Disney+
The logical question we all have is ‘why?’
We don’t have a definitive answer. That is, Disney hasn’t said why, but we’ve all got the same kind of theory about it, and it comes down to a disastrous TV show you may never have heard of. It was back in 2017 and it was called *Marvel’s Inhumans*. To say the show was panned is to put it mildly. ABC aired all of 8 episodes, before the show was shoved in a bin. Oh sure you can find it on Disney+ but honestly don’t waste your time.
Now. The point of *The Inhumans* is that at the time, Disney didn’t own the rights to the X-Men. That meant they couldn’t say the word ‘mutant’ because it was trademarked for the use (and if you think that is a stupid bit of trademarks, do not look up the whole drama behind ‘superhero’ and how companies get blasted trying to say ‘we provide superhero service’). Anyway, in order to get around that, Disney decided to make *Inhumans*, a group of supers with a soapy vibe, weird abilities, and all, making them a center point in (drumroll please) the comics too!
In the middle of that debacle, Kamala Khan is revealed to be an Inhuman, her powers awaken, and she gets to be Ms. Marvel. Seeing as very few people ever watched *Inhumans*, and now Disney owns Marvel and can use ‘mutant’ all they want, why would they tie a new character to that dreck? No really, *Inhumans* is awful. And so we get magical bracelets instead.
## Bracelets of Badass
In the comics, again, the bracelets actually exist! They’re heirlooms from her great-grandmother and are basically a bag of holding. Sorry, I went to the other nerd place. They have compartments and can cary things. Cool, right? Mary Poppins Bracelets!
Instead of that, though, as we see in the trailer, the bracelets … activate her power. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say they’re tying her to the Ten Rings from Shang-Chi (that movie did really well, if you haven’t seen it, go watch, it’s a hoot). The other powerful theory is that it’s related somehow to the Kree (they’re the shape changers from the Captain Marvel movie). Could be both.
Either way, right now the bracelets let her make solid objects out of purple/violet energy (yes, shades of Green Lantern). She makes a big punchy hand, slams a door closed, and even makes a forcefield she can walk on **and** stop bullets with. Super cool!
## Diversity Drives Drama
If you got all the way down here and wondered why I’m spending any time on a character who is (based on the trailers) 100% heterosexual, it’s because of her rival.
This should be your stopping point if you want to go in blind and be surprised by everything that may happen.
Still reading? Okay.
One of Kamala’s nemesis’s in comic land is Zoe Zimmer (Marvel **adores** alliterative names, it’s not just you). In the beginning, Zoe is a typical white bread American girl, who mocks people who aren’t Christian, disses nerds, has the typical jock boyfriend. The whole nine yards. But Zoe also has a secret. She has a huge crush on Nakia, Kamala’s BFF. After becoming friends with Kamala (and by extension Nakia), Zoe gets all weird about it.
Finally, though, Zoe gets her head out of her ass and is an out and out lesbian, a vegan, does yoga, and becomes incredibly respectful and empathetic of others. It’s a wonderful shift and while it may sound silly and woke, it’s beautifully told.
I’m really excited for this, and I hope Laurel Marsden does it justice.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Ms. Marvel
---
### [Trouble Follows "The Outlaws" Everywhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/trouble-follows-the-outlaws-everywhere/)
**Published:** March 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Breaking the law and paying for your crimes was never so goofy.
**Content:**
Coming in April to Prime Video (formerly Amazon Prime Video) is a ‘new to the US’ series: *The Outlaws*.
If you’re looking at that thinking “Why is there a link already if it hasn’t aired yet, that’s because *The Outlaws* already aired back in October 2021 in the UK on BBC One. So if you **have not** seen it, don’t click on that link, right? Right.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for a show that aired in the UK but not the US! Read and click links at your own risk.
## Crime Convicts
From the log-line:
> *The Outlaws* is a comedy thriller about a disparate group of lawbreakers thrown together to complete a community service sentence. Seven strangers from different walks of life are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community center. When one of their number gets dragged into a dangerous world of organized crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible. The series stars Rhianne Barreto (*Hanna*, *Dixi*) as Rani, Gamba Cole (*Hanna*, *Guerrilla*) as Christian, Stephen Merchant as Greg, Christopher Walken (*Severance*, *The Deer Hunter*) as Frank, Eleanor Tomlinson (*Poldark*, *The Nevers*) as Lady Gabriela, Darren Boyd (*Trying*, *Fortitude*) as John, Clare Perkins (*The Wheel of Time*, *Suspicion*) as Myrna, and Jessica Gunning (*Back*, *Fortitude*) as Diane.
The series is about seven minor criminals in Bristol (due West from London on the coast) who have been convicted of vandalism, shoplifting, sex in a public area, racially motivated attacks, and so on. Over the course of the six one-hour episodes, though, we find out that most of the crimes aren’t really what they seem.
Sure, some totally are what they seemed, like a shoplifter really has a kleptomania issue, and Christopher Walken’s Frank is really a criminal. But at the same time, the series makes an effort to show us the complexity of these characters. How did a straight laced kid with all As and acceptance to Oxford become a klepto? Is the entitled white CEO actually as much of a pedantic casual racist and mysogynist as he seems? Why does the perennial protester who stole a police pop-up have a photo of a dead officer on her wall?
## The Queer Is Here
Now. There is a queer. The Lady Gabriella Penrose-Howe (aka Lady Gabby) is an Instagram Personality, as well as being an heiress, who has a **lot** of problems. She’s been convicted of vandalizing her girlfriend’s car, after following her home and deciding she was cheating. Regardless of if that’s actually the case, the story we get about Lady Gabby isn’t as simple as “bad breakup fight.”
We get more than a cursory glimpse into the dysfunctional family structure of Gabby’s life, which all leads to how she ended up in that situation in the first place. We meet her father, we hear how she feels about him and he about her. We see her struggle.
But Lady Gabby’s story isn’t one of redemption. At least not in season one. Her story is about the beginning of realizing a person needs to change themselves. It comes with all the mistakes and missteps and just plain stupid things we all do.
Eleanor Tomlinson is perfect in the role, giving equal time to the absurdity of being an ‘internet celebrity’ as well as the struggles of keeping one’s own humanity when the world objectifies you.
## Check out “The Outlaws”
You can see Outlaws right now if you get BBC One. For those in the states, check it out on Prime Video on April 1st. There will be a second season **and** it doesn’t end on a cliffhanger!
##### Screener Review On *The Outlaws*
With equal parts laughter and crime, *The Outlaws* is worth the watch. Seven somewhat pathetic people find their lives intertwined when they stumble into organized crime, and have to become the actual criminals they’ve been called.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Outlaws
---
### [Queer Beats - March 5, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-march-5-2022/)
**Published:** March 5, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the queers keep winning with magazine covers, funko pops and show renewals.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, the queers keep winning with magazine covers, funko pops and show renewals.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
What’s a better way to start off a post than with a new Funko pop?!?
https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1499942803421470722?s=20&t=6RH0os-SxVihlCRy7Sjnlw
Batwoman sadly finished up its season this week but at least week got lots of behind-the-scenes goodies:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaoHcbiLiQ4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CanLAIQud0O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, let’s hope for more [Javicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/)/[Meagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) ig lives in the off season…
https://twitter.com/sapphicwilder/status/1499126883862007810?s=20&t=Lpw4SlmXpEl7SX2q2Ai3_Q
## [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)
LWTV fave, [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/), was on the Queery podcast this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaScgplpIbk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)
Hightown was renewed for a season three!
https://twitter.com/HightownSTARZ/status/1498729704060174336?s=20&t=NO_hEVPNdVY0sEb5wW3Dfw
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Killing Eve is airing its final season which means we get new press content from [Jodie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) and Sandra.
https://twitter.com/DazzlingJodie/status/1497596728500838401?s=20&t=Lpw4SlmXpEl7SX2q2Ai3_Q
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
This new Netflix movie, Hustle, seems pretty male oriented BUT [Jordan Hull ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jordan-hull/)and [Queen Latifah](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/queen-latifah/) just got added to the cast list and suddenly I’m excited.
https://twitter.com/NetflixFilm/status/1318221594280435713?s=20&t=fgjAlch3o_Hgiw75c0LL8w
## [The Mindy Project](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mindy-project/)
First of all, I forgot that [Niecy Nash](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/niecy-betts/) played a queer woman on The Mindy Project (hence the header). But, more importantly, Niecy and her partner made history this week by being the first same sex couple to cover Essence magazine.
https://twitter.com/NiecyNash/status/1496937983634591744?s=20&t=r1Qzwz0xDNQ1X4UlmRGiTg
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
Speaking of magazine covers, [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) made it to the cover of Diva magazine!
https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1497353048158457863?s=20&t=Lpw4SlmXpEl7SX2q2Ai3_Q
## [The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)
Oh good, a picture to throw me back into my [Bradley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bradley-jackson/)/[Laura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-peterson/) fan spiral…
https://www.instagram.com/p/Caiog3BPyQz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
More queer articles, you say? Don’t worry, [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) interviewed Beanie Feldstein for The Cut!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CasVugnueRa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
Watching [Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/) continue to thrive will never get old. They are now in the works to publish a memoir!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaIVYFQPJnb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
WE HAVE A WILDS SEASON 2 PREMIERE DATE (ignore the boys).
https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1496190634062868488?s=20&t=2q_D_ZpBKmhPsxO14U7MuA
## [Yellowjackets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowjackets/)
Those who want to see an adult version of [Van](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-4/), say I…
https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1494710804221882368?s=20&t=6RH0os-SxVihlCRy7Sjnlw
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Batwoman, Elliot Page, Hightown, Jordan Hull, Killing Eve, MJ Rodriguez, Niecy Nash, Queen Latifah, Taylor Hickson, The Morning Show, The Wilds, Yellowjackets
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 28, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-batwoman-season-3-penultimate-episode/)
**Published:** February 28, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Sophie wearing the same clothes two days in a row has caused quite the stir on the season 3 penultimate episode of Batwoman.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Sophie wearing the same clothes two days in a row has caused quite the stir on the *Batwoman* season 3 penultimate episode.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 12 “We’re All Mad Here” \[Live\]It’s the morning after the thin leather belt incident and Sophie is alone in Ryan’s bed. She wakes up when she hears the door open and assumes it’s Ryan with coffee. There is coffee, but it’s not Ryan.
That’s quite the way for someone to find out who their daughter is dating.
Sophie gives Jada a hard time and questions her motivation for visiting the daughter she abandoned 27 years ago. I love how protective Sophie is of Ryan, it’s cute and hot.
Jada says she’s there to make a plan with Ryan to deal with Marquis, but after she makes a quick exit, Sophie intercepts her outside. When Jada’s car comes to pick her up, Sophie realizes she’s been kidnapped. Later we learn it’s Marquis who did the kidnapping.
Back at the third Bat Team headquarters (The Gotham Lesbian bar) Luke notices Sophie is wearing the same clothes two days in a row.
Sophie’s disappointed face is so sad.
In the Batmobile, Wildmoore does some processing of Ryan’s last night coverup.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1498084706709131265?s=20&t=d5esZLqExyMCryZ_shLB0Q
I love how Ryan doesn’t let Sophie get away with pretending it didn’t bother her.
After a lot of drama with Alice, Marquis and the Joker’s buzzer, Jada is rescued, the Buzzer is obtained by Batwing and Alice is once again in custody.
At the end of the day, Sophie gets a chance to tell Ryan why she was so upset over her hiding their hookup from Luke.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1497002089226149890?s=20&t=7ZkEfbJeu5KisXW6Vh5NLg
This show is so delightfully queer I almost forgot Sophie only recently came all the way out.
Right after this, Mary and Luke pop in and Mary also notices what Sophie’s wearing.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1497004217566961667?s=20&t=7ZkEfbJeu5KisXW6Vh5NLg
Oh my goodness, Mary made me laugh. I felt her saying “I actually can’t remember the last time I heard good news.” so hard.
One thing though — how on Earth is this a surprise to Luke? Luke has been in the room during most of Sophie and Ryan’s drama and has talked to Sophie about her crush on Ryan. How can he notice the clothes Sophie is wearing and not the look she’s wearing of someone who just hooked up with her long-term crush? I guess Luke should stick to computer hacking, being Batwing and not become an investigator.
This being the *Batwoman* season 3 penultimate episode means this week is the finale. I am not ready for this season to be over.
**This week:** It’s the *Batwoman* season three finale!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman
---
### [The Quiet Queerness of "New Amsterdam"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-quiet-queerness-of-new-amsterdam/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sneaking in a couple more queers, and racking up a sizeable guest list, "New Amsterdam" is quietly including as much as they can.
**Content:**
Not to be confused with the brief, one-season-wonder, named *[New Amsterdam](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/new-amsterdam/)* about a man who was cursed to not die, NBC took the memoir of Dr. Eric Manheimer *Twelve Patients: Life and Death at Bellevue Hospital*, which was about his 15 years as medical director at Bellevue.
For those who don’t know about the history of Bellevue, the short summary is that it happens to be the oldest public hospital in the United States. Historically, it was where the mentally ill were housed, which gave rise to the pejorative slang of ‘Bellevue’ as any psychiatric hospital. What makes Bellevue ‘special’ though is that it won’t turn **anyone** away. Public means it’s not for profit, and owned by the government, but Bellevue (and New Amsterdam) are also *safety net* hospitals. No insurance? No problem.
Unlike it’s inspiration, New Amsterdam is a full-blown, handles everything, hospital, which has been recently taken over by the rebellious Max Goodwin. Max wants to help people above all else, so he starts his ‘run’ by firing everyone. Every episode is about Max challenging the status quo, steamrolling bureaucracy, and generally giving people ulcers. He means well, but if you read that and thought “Oh, white saviour.” then you have properly identified Max’s character flaw.
The good news is everyone else regularly put Max in his place, and he doesn’t succeed every episode. Heck, the current season is about him failing miserably. But we’re not here to talk about Max. We’re going to talk about the queers.
Warning: This post contains spoilers of season 3 and 4 for *New Amsterdam*
## The Obvious Queers
One of the main characters, Iggy Frome, has been queer and out since day one. He’s married to a wonderful man, they have four wonderful kids together, and an active sex life. To be honest, I was delighted that the episode where ‘everyone gets laid’ included them because I’m so used to a fade-to-black, but this was equal for everyone.
Iggy has his issues, don’t get me wrong, but he’s a delight and the kind of psychiatrist a lot of us wish we had. As the Head of Psychiatry, he has a lot on his plate all the time, and his primary character flaw is that he cares too much about everyone. Yes, it’s an old-as-time trope, but it’s still nice to see. Iggy is soft, kind, and empathetic. He’s imperfect, but he’s the kind of guy I like.
He is, however, what I call the ‘Obvious Queer.’ You can’t miss he’s gay, and he’s incredibly open from the start.
No, I want to talk about the queers you maybe missed.
## Queers of The Week
Every show, especially a medical drama, has a ‘queer of the week.’ One week it’s a ‘surprise!’ transgender patient whose parents don’t know they’re trying to transition. The next week it’s someone who attempted suicide because of lack of support. The next it’s one half of a long term relationship who’s sick.
You get the idea.
*New Amsterdam* has had 12 one-episode queers in their four seasons, and while that doesn’t sound like a lot, *[ER](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/er/)* had 8 (note: I’m sure we’re missing some, please do feel free to help us out and send us some we’re missing). Now of course, it you look at *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*, they have 15 guests and then 12 recurring **and** 5 regular over the years. But that’s in 15 years. In 4? *New Amsterdam* is doing pretty darn well!
## The Queer Who Told Their Story
[Kai Brunstetter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kai-brunstetter/) didn’t surprise me except that they were non-binary. You see a blue-haired, ED nurse, and you mentally file them on the queer spectrum. Over time, they clarified how Kai identified (trans-non-binary) and save for the episode where Max wants Kai to help him understand queers. Yeah, Max is an idealist, we know, but the video actually is powerful:
Kai also had a fantastic role in the season 4 episode “In a Strange Land,” where a transgender refugee may have breast cancer and needs a scan. Temi is from Nigeria and was abused and tortured there, but when he has to get a mammogram, it sends him into a panic spiral. Kai steps in to help, empathizing:
> I can tell you from personal experience that getting a mammogram sucks. It’s like stepping back into a body that isn’t mine. Does that sound familiar? So, for people like us, trans men, it’s tempting to ignore cancer screenings and walk away from God-awful machines like this one.
## The Queer Who Surprised Us
Okay, so when we finally got around to the regular character who’s queer, I didn’t really see that coming at all. Certainly not a slow burn with payoff.
[Dr. Lauren Bloom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lauren-bloom/) is the head of the ED and, to put it mildly, she’s a total fucking mean lady. She’s angry a lot of the time, and as it turns out, there are a lot of reasons for this. Lauren is addicted to Adderall (originally legit prescribed for her ADHD), which was exacerbated by her father pretty much leaving the family to itself, while running a multimillion dollar dermatology clinic. Now, that wouldn’t have been so bad except that Lauren’s mother is an addict, so basically from 7 on, Lauren was the adult for her, her mom, and her sister.
In the first season, Iggy and Lauren take on her addiction, and she goes to rehab (which isn’t easy). Once she’s back, however, Lauren ends up in an ambulance crash where she breaks her leg (compound fracture of the tibia) and has a hellish recovery. Most of season two, Lauren has to deal with pain management as an addict while waiting for her leg to heal enough to allow a second surgery. She figures out that sex is a good way to not feel the pain, and ends up dating her physical therapist. The downside there is he’s also an addict, and gaslights her, stealing the meds she gets after the surgery.
By season three, Lauren’s physically better, and has started to try and correct the relationship with her mother, when she meets an Uber driver named [Leyla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leyla-shinwari/), who correctly diagnoses and then treats a patient. Lauren’s a total crank case with her, kicking her out, but later hunts Leyla down to apologize. Leyla was a doctor in Pakistan, and is currently homeless.
Over the season, Lauren and Leyla come to an awkward friendship. First Lauren is smuggling Leyla into the hospital for showers and a safe place to sleep, but when that gets busted, she asks Leyla to move in with her so Leyla could study to be a doctor again.
That was when my eyebrows lifted. They kept showing more and more bits of a happy domestic ‘roommate’ life of Lauren and Leyla. Lauren was legitimately happy to be around Leyla. And then the day happened that Leyla passed the boards and could train to be a doctor in the U.S. She was so happy, she kissed Lauren.
At the end of that episode, Lauren was in. She wasn’t freaked about the gay, she was just freaked because her life has a history of destructive relationships.
## The Ship Sinks
Alas, it’s a soapy drama, and right now Lauren fucking torpedoed her relationship by paying off New Amsterdam in order to get Leyla a residency slot. And by paying off I mean a donation that’s probably more than many of us will see in a lifetime. Leyla was **not** okay with that when she found out. The relationship dynamic was shattered. Had Lauren been cosseting Leyla all the time? Was she a sugar daddy?
Whatever it was, Leyla wanted her freedom and walked. She even transferred to another hospital.
Lauren freaked, but as it turned out she just wanted Leyla to be safe and okay and happy, which resulted in Lauren quitting New Amsterdam to let Leyla be there instead.
Now, though, as we pick up the second half of the fourth season, Lauren’s helping Max ‘save’ New Amsterdam (long story, but Max screwed it up by leaving the wrong person as his replacement, and yada yada the hospital is in trouble). This means her story will again twine with Leyla, who is in fact back at the hospital, but will they have a happy reunion?
We don’t know yet!
I’m looking forward to Tuesday nights on NBC, though, to see where it’s going to go.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** New Amsterdam
---
### [LezWatch With No Context - Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/lezwatch-with-no-context-orphan-black/)
**Published:** September 12, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** I watched selected episodes of Orphan Black with no context to find out who I ship more, Shayisma or Cophine.
**Content:**
Watching a TV series with me can be difficult at times because I tend to overanalyze. I enjoy pointing out ridiculous things people do (like put absurd amounts of butter on toast), but some folks can find it frustrating if I predict the *real* bad guy or a major plot twist.
[The LezWatch staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) fully embraces my overthinking ways (thanks, friends!) and thought it might be fun to see how I process one or two episodes of a popular TV series that I haven’t watched yet. I provided the team with a list of seventy, yes that’s 70, popular shows that **I have not seen a single episode of**. They in turn provided a list of which episodes to watch. I will watch them with no context and document my overthinking journey.
I’ll be starting with one of the [shows we love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes), Orphan Black.
Warning: This post contains spoilers and show theories!
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
There is a major shipping division between [Nikki](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/nikkit/) (Cophine) and [Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) (Shaysima) that I don’t fully understand, but it amuses me greatly. Rather than focusing on a couple of queer centric episodes for the series I asked each of them to provide a maximum of three episodes to support their ship. This could be in defensive of their ship or flat out attacking the other. The end goal; to see who I choose as my primary ship using the evidence provided. They selected the following:
- Season 2, Episode 2 “Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion”
- Season 3, Episode 1 “The Weight of this Combination”
- Season 3, Episode 6 “Certain Agony of the Battlefield”
- Season 3, Episode 7 “Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate”
- Season 3, Episode 8 “Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method”
- Season 3, Episode 10 “History Yet to be Written”
#### Before Viewing “Knowledge”
The show involves a lot science and is basically [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) doing a Master Class for acting. Maslany plays a number of characters and sometimes those characters pretend to be each other to evade bad guys or break-in to places. All of Maslany’s characters are clones created by a mysterious, evil science company. I think one of the clones has a baby and Patriarchy Laboratories Inc is mega interested in stealing that kid.
Character GuessPre-Viewing AssumptionActual NamePost-Viewing CommentsCosimaScience queer clone with cool hair and a bad lungCosimaNever caught her last name. She is indeed a very cool science queer, but is she also extremely full of DRAMA.KrystalUppity house-wife cloneKrystal GoderichShe is a delightSvetlana or HelenaAssassin/ mobster / “particular set of skills” cloneHelenaIt seems like all of the bad things happen to her. She can [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) her way out of most situationsSarahCool punk rock cloneSarah ManningThe mom of baby clone. Very cool punk rock badass. Gives off serious bisexual vibes and I’m here for it.No Name CloneThat one clone that people seem to forget about???I guess they forgotDead CloneSurely there’s a least one and I bet they left science-y clues and data in all the weird placesKatja Obinger &
BethThere are many dead clones but these names came up during the selected episodesBaby CloneProbably 5 or 6 years ago. Constantly in danger. I have no idea which clone is the mom.Kira ManningVery smart and observant for her age. Maybe 10 years old?AllisonNo idea, but the name sounds familiarAlison HendrixIs actually house-wife clone but things aren’t as perfect as they seem. Substance abuse problem. Has non-clone kids (there are way more kids than I thought). Married to an adorable and support man named DonnieRachelNot-so-friendly clone? Statistically speaking one of these clones will have nefarious plans. Might as well be RachelRachel DuncanThe. Worst. Shay[Ksenia Solo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ksenia-solo/) (Kenzi) from Lost Girl. Love interest to CosimaShay DavydovCollector of items, wearer of patterns.Delphine or DaphneFrench scientist. Gives off a real *is she good/is she bad* vibe. Love interest and/or boss (seems healthy…) to CosimaDelphine CormierI was basically right and I have a new found appreciation for Évelyne BrochuMale best friendProbably best friend to cool punk rock cloneFelixEasily the coolest non-clone character on the show---
Episode 2×02 “Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion”
Defending: CophineThe ‘previously on’ immediately confirms that I’ve guessed most of the clones incorrectly. There’s a big-time ‘your whole life was a lie’ vibe happening and someone is shouting “Kira” so that’s probably the baby clone.
The episode opens on Eastern European clone. She’s been shot in the chest and has a pocket full of candy (so we’re off to a good start). Orange and red lollipops are questionable flavor choices, but what’s more interesting is the black and white baseball card style picture of a baby. Do you think there are baby stats on the back? Before I have time to ponder what exactly would be a “baby stat” it cuts to a smart man, named Art. He is searching a police database and talking about Proletheans. My first thought when I heard that word was Nickelodeon’s KaBlam! and the claymation short *Prometheus and Bob*.
Sarah is the British punk rock clone and mother to baby clone, Kira. She has the male best friend whose name is never mentioned in the scene, but he apparently does the tech for the clones. It cuts to a funeral with house-wife clone. People are whispering so I guess she’s did something gossip worthy enough for the fancy people to be snotty.
My first Cophine scene! DYAD seems like a fishy science place where they play games to keep you close, but really they’re the worst. Reminds me of The Initiative in season four of [Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/). This is my first time seeing French scientist and science queer clone together. They’re both sitting across from Aldous who has the thickest laptop I’ve seen since the mid 2000s.
Basically everyone at DYAD already knows there are a bunch of clones, so this conservation seems to be about loyalty. French scientist, Delphine, is defending science queer, Cosima. Their body language is great and then this happens
**UM, EXCUSE ME. YOUR BOSS IS RIGHT THERE!**
Next time Cophine is shown they are taking a tour of the DYAD facility with Aldous and Cosima is being snippy about the institution’s shadowy history. Delphine is protective again and it feels like their whole dynamic is just Cosima saying what comes to her mind and Delphine trying to keep the peace. Not sure how long that dynamic will go on, but they will probably argue about it. A lot. Cut to Alison and what on Earth this musical???
Trying to ignore whatever dark theme that musical was about, the next Cophine scene is in the lab. Cosima is talking about what she wants for the lab and Delphine is writing down like a little science shopping list. Even though I have no idea what these science terms are I know what sexual electricity is and they have it.
This moment is short but may I direct you to two important points. HAND and LIP BITE
Unfortunately they get interrupted by Rachel, “evil” clone. Then she and Cosima have this interaction where Rachel is mega rude and Cosima calmly replies with this gem. That’s basically the episode. Excellent Cophine moments indeed.
Season 3, Episode 1 “The Weight of this Combination”
Defending: CophineThe first two words of the season three premiere ‘previously on’ are “We’re clones.” Straight to the point for new viewers. Love it. Looks like there was some killing, fires, science clues, Rachel loses an eye, and there are surprise military boy clones! Mixed into that there are some Cophine feels so they likely went strong in season two.
The episode opens on Helena going through some hallucinations(?) that I do not understand at all. Huge bummer that she’s going through some awful things, but looks like evil clone, Rachel, is going through some stuff too. I guess Sarah stabbed Rachel in the eye and because this is sci-fi Rachel will probably get a fancy robot eye at some point.
This is Delphine’s entrance to season three and I very much agree with Felix that she’s looking good. I am a fan of a dramatic entrance and sunglass removal combo.
Throughout the episode Delphine is big into supporting Cosima and all of her clones (not “you”, but we/us/our). That’s great but, yikes, did Delphine do something in the previous season to save Cosima’s life even though Cosima would not have liked that option??
That scene is actually when I realized that Kira doesn’t have a British accent even though Sarah does and it seems like Sarah’s adoptive/foster home had multiple variants of UK accent… but then Helena has an Eastern European accent so I don’t know what that’s about. Does that mean that baby Kira grew up in a non-UK surrounding until she learned to talk? No time to think about because Delphine is breaking up with Cosima and yes I’m going to include the whole thing because if I had to see it, so do you.
This is an episode selected to defend Cophine and they just broke up because Delphine basically *has* to in order to protect Cosima’s sisters. That is extremely long-term planning and a quasi-healthy thing to do, but still. SO SAD!
Then some other things happen but I was distracted by the great music choices. Sarah gets a Rachel-disguise make over courtesy of Felix and Cosima tells her science friend about a secret sequence key book code. If I’m following this correctly a “cleaner” is coming to check out the DYAD and in order to keep everyone safe Sarah has to pretend to be Rachel. Then as an added clone fake-out, Alison is at the DYAD pretending to be Sarah. At this point Tatiana Maslany should have all of the awards. Tony, Emmy, Glaad, Oscar, Grammy, VMA, Olympic Medal, X-Games. Send them all.
Season 3, Episode 6 “Certain Agony of the Battlefield”
Defending: ShaysimaI jumped a few episodes so the ‘previously on’ showed me some new stuff like how Beth died. Don’t know anything else about her but that’s at least two dead clones that I know of now. There’s a trend of monitor/clone relationships and they don’t seem to work out well. CASTOR clones (military boys) are looking for the original DNA. Sarah may have done something to make Helena’s situation worse so Helena leaves Sarah captured by CASTOR (sister drama, am I right?). Felix convinces Cosima to “get back out there” and in comes Shay!
The first scene is another hallucination style opening (something the shows seems to enjoy). They do a very good job illustrating the clones’ constant challenges to their truth, reality, and identity. Head military boy clone is giving blood to Sarah presumably because Sarah is the special clone immune to something or another so they’re basically testing to see if she’s immune to the disease affecting the boy clones. Blood, DNA, science. Moving on!
The clone phone buzzes and wakes up a shirtless Cosima. Shay has some kind of blended juice drink, a hip tattoo, and a cute wave.
Flirty morning conversation is interrupted by immediate suspicion when Shay asks, “Who’s Sarah”? Cosima immediately panics. Cosima didn’t realize she was sleep talking. She must have been very out of it since she slept through several phone calls and a blender. Flirting and panic attacks aside, this scene shows us something extremely important about Shay. **Shay. Loves. Patterns**. She is a collector of patterns and prints and there are SO MANY in her apartment. There are so many patterns that I had to watch this scene 3-4 times because I had trouble focusing anytime I saw a new one in the room. I didn’t see her introductory episode, but I assume Shay travels and collects art, dishes, and knick-knacks along the way.
Then this madness happens. So far all of my glimpses of Alison and Donnie are hilarious and over the top. They are adorable.
After money dancing, a bunch of serious stuff happens that gave me a new theory on Kira’s accent. I think Sarah pretended to be Beth and therefore had an American accent during Kira’s formative years. I could be wrong.
Then a Shaysima backfire! I saw this moment and immediately wanted Cosima and Delphine to get back together.
***\*Exactly 20 seconds later***\*
I TAKE IT BACK. DELPHINE, NOOOOOO. DON’T SPY!!!!
(But also, look how sad she is)
While Delphine is doing some super unhealthy angsty spying, Cosima goes to Shay’s and was totally going to slow things down (presumably because Delphine misses her and Cosima misses her back), but instead kissing happens! At least until Scott calls and ruins it.
Other take aways: There’s a tub just out in the open here, so then the white door must be the toilet room? Is there also a shower? More of Shay’s apartment patterns!
Season 3, Episode 7 “Community of Dreadful Fear and Hate”
Defending: ShaysimaThe ‘previously on’ is all about about Alison and Donnie becoming drug dealers so clearly something bad is about to happen to them related to this decision. They’re trying to buy a store from Alison’s mom, buy drugs, run for school trustee, and handle all of the normal parenting responsibilities. That’s too many things. Either something isn’t going to go as planned or they’re going to mix up something between the locations. Maybe a bag switch or scheduling two things at once and having to run back and forth.
The first Shaysima scene of the episode is Shay driving a toy car on Cosima’s naked body. At this point I’ve mentioned Shay’s apartment quite a bit and I must say this toy car seems incredibly out of place. Maybe I missed something when Cosima first meets Shay, but you know what I didn’t miss? All of those bracelets. Shall we call them “wrist patterns”?
Intimate morning interrupted, again. This time by Delphine asking for a urine sample! Very uncool and unprofessional even for this level of science, secrets, and espionage.
Jumping to Donnie and Alison, the camera has zoomed in on their envelopes multiple times so it looks like that’s going to be the mix up. In a sitcom this would be a silly situation, but on this show there will definitely be serious consequences. Catching up on Helena. She’s pregnant (forgot about that) and wants to kill Sarah’s friend Siobhan. It was Siobhan who gave Helena to the CASTOR people and Helena went through bunch of torture as a result.
Adding to more clone back and forth; Cosima wants Alison to provide the urine sample so she heads to the school trustee event and gets spotted by someone. Felix starts working to disguise Cosima as Alison while Alison is on her way back from seeing her disapproving mother. Several soap store/school trustee/drug deal shenanigans ensue. Alison stands up to her mother by introducing her to Cosima. Curious choice but good for you, Alison.
Cut to Shay’s apartment of patterns and prints. I think we’ve seen her whole apartment by now let’s do a quick deep dive into this. I’ve numbered the following screen shots for different items that caught my attention, in order, based on my notes during the scenes.
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Cosima is having a bath in the middle of pattern city. Shay has caught on that something is bothering Cosima and perhaps there is some information to share. The whole thing is sweet and I want to be pulled in, but a shadow shows up on the door as Shay pours wine and that’s all I can focus on until Shay gets closer. It’s either someone walking passed the door or it’s Shay’s shadow, but either way my eye goes to it every time I watch the scene.
Then they get closer to talk seriously and I would love to be listening to the conversation but instead I need to check out Shay’s bracelets because new ones have appeared!
Then there is suddenly blood in the tub so I had to go back and listen to what they were saying. Cosima told Shay about the disease currently affecting her lungs (explains the coughing) and uterus. The blood is obviously a bad sign. I’m guessing that new girlfriend Shay is going to have to call up ex-girlfriend Delphine to get Cosima help. Let’s find out in the next episode.
Season 3, Episode 8 “Ruthless in Purpose, and Insidious in Method”
Defending: ShaysimaA new clone! The first scene is Krystal doing Delphine’s nails and basically recounting the attempted kidnapping events that Delphine mentioned in a previous episode. Krystal makes me laugh. She is so different than the other clones and I hope she sticks around.
Cosima and Sarah are video chatting. Sarah notices the pattern madness and asks where Cosima is. Cosima replies with, “uhh… friend’s.” and “Yeah, it’s what I need right now.” That doesn’t sound like she sees Shay as a long-term thing, but she also does a cute chuckle when Sarah asks if it’s good so it’s obvious Cosima has feelings. It’s like, when you’re just starting out with someone and you really like them but you want to stay guarded because you’ve been hurt in the past.
Shay comes home and is now guiding Cosima through a meditation. Cosima asks Shay about near-death experiences and Shay full on sabotages her own shipping defense by making Cosima realize something about love.
Rachel wants to use Krystal’s identity to leave the country. Sarah is willing to do that if Rachel translates the book. The science mystery is slowing being unlocked and something bad is totally going to happen to Krystal now. Meanwhile, Cosima brings Shay to DYAD. Why? If it were a regular job I would kind of understand, but this is a job of mega secrets and clone family and her EX.
Right on cue Delphine walks into the lab and is salty about Shay being there. Then she says this which makes me cringe and laugh and cringe again. What an uncomfortable thing to say in that moment.
After laughing to myself for a solid minute, the show goes back and forth between a few characters. Helena and Gracie have been through hell but ended up in the same place with clone club support. Hopefully Gracie doesn’t turn out to be a spy or something… Okay, let’s be honest, Gracie will probably do something dumb to betray the clones. Rudy (head military boy clone) shows up at Scott’s house to get information from him. Sarah sends Felix to get Krystal’s wallet and Felix is surprised to find that Krystal is smarter than people give her credit for.
Back to Cophine! Delphine and Cosima discuss the mysterious illness and recent findings. Then a cute hand touch happens to give Cophine shippers hope. (Kiss kiss kiss kiss!)
After that wonderful hand touch a bunch of stuff happens to get Rachel out of DYAD. Scott’s nerd team rises up to the occasion and gets things done, so much so that I couldn’t quite keep up in my notes. The next important bit is that Cosima confesses her near-death experience to Delphine.
Then Rachel and Krystal are swapped and that’s the end of the episode.
I’m not sure this episode really helped the Shaysima cause, though they did have that one beautiful shot with the sunlight behind them. You know, the one when Cosima realized that she was mega super in love with Delphine?
Season 3, Episode 10 “History Yet to be Written”
Defending: CophineThe ‘previously on’ shows some not so great moments between Delphine and Shay (I can understand why this episode was skipped as a selection). Gracie was in fact a mole and the truth about CASTOR and LEDA was revealed. The previous episode must have been intense.
Clone Updates: Rachel got a robot eye. That’ll probably come in handy for spying and whatnot. Sarah found the original at some point and brought her to a secret abandoned warehouse. Alison’s school trustee elections are today. Donnie found Helena’s boyfriend, “Jesse Towing”, and he is very happy to see Helena (it was a beautiful reunion). Krystal is still in a coma as Rachel.
Shay is in her kitchen – complete with a new patterned dish towel – Cosima knocks on the front door where I got a better look at the hallway to Shay’s apartment. Shay recounts the things Delphine said and did while interrogating her to see if she was with CASTOR. In these selected episodes I had only seen Cosima lie to Shay, but Cosima has evidence that Shay also lied or didn’t disclose some military related parts of her life. Shay seems to be willing to get passed the lies if Cosima will just tell her the truth now. To be honest, I feel bad for Shay in this moment. I bet she’ll be worried about secrets in her future relationships (clearly this relationship isn’t going to last).
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Skipping ahead, Delphine notices the manicure on “Rachel” and just like something out of a soap opera, Krystal wakes up from her coma right that second, arms flailing . Delphine has to find a way to get Krystal out. I’m willing to bet that Delphine is going to get in some kind of trouble for it. Based on what I’ve seen from the show so far she’ll probably be shot, or hit by a car, or maybe both.
A bunch of stuff happens and bam! A different bad guy organization is mentioned “Neolution”. I haven’t the slightest idea who they are or what they’re doing but apparently they’ve been involved in everything this whole time. Delphine learns even more stuff from the bad scientist man (the one who swapped Rachel and Krystal). That conversation absolutely ensures that something terrible will happen to Delphine by the end of this episode.
Delphine is probably sensing that her life is in extreme danger because she tries to do right by Shay and Cosima by stopping at Shay’s apartment and sharing her feelings while super sad piano music plays. I am genuinely surprised Shay keeps opening the door for Delphine. Also, these people randomly show up at each other’s doors so often.
Back at Bubbles (Alison’s store) the clone club is doing little toasts and emotional speeches. This is all too sentimental for this show. Something bad is about to happen. Delphine stops by to tell Cosima some stuff and Cosima is all, “I know why you did everything you did” and I’m all like ***EMOTIONS***. This show can’t let us have nice things for long so when is the bad thing going to happen???
Oh no! They shared a sad kiss. It’s a beautiful moment so the terrible thing is almost here…
Well. Delphine goes into a parking garage at night by herself. Bad things are totally going to happen. She being followed, because of course she is, and when she turns around to address the person she asks, “What will happen to her?” Their response is to SHOOT Delphine in the gut! — This is the point where I realized that Nikki likes to make me feel **ALL OF THE FEELINGS** by filling my watchlist with of moments angst and tortured love.
Then I guess the rest of the episode happens. I mean, what is even the point? Goodness me. Wow.
#### Final Thoughts: Shaysima or Cophine?
Based solely on these six episodes, I believe that both relationships in question are unhealthy. They were both built upon lies and secrecy. If Cosima were a “regular” scientist with “regular” sisters and no evil organizations looming about, I think Shay would be the better relationship. Alas, that is not the case. Cosima is not a “regular” scientist and when she’s with Delphine there is electricity. I therefore select Cophine as my primary Orphan Black ship.
The one thing that is clear throughout is that Cosima and Delphine love each other. Despite constantly going behind the other’s back they always find a way to forgive. I would argue that the circumstances in these episodes would not have allowed Cophine to succeed. If Cophine does restart in a future episode I would anticipate it being because they were brought together after a traumatic event and then started working together, with open communication, towards a common goal. If they can do this then they will probably be endgame, communication is key.
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**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Cophine, Evelyne Brochu, Ksenia Solo, Orphan Black, Sara Lance, Shayisma, Shaysima, Tatiana Maslany
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### ["Good Trouble" Returns in March To Face the Strange](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/good-trouble-returns-in-march-to-face-the-strange/)
**Published:** February 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time to turn and face the strange in downtown LA with the Coterie, mixing in some more good trouble.
**Content:**
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* is that spin-off we thought we’d hate but we love. The fourth season begins March 3rd with an episode titled “Turn and Face the Strange”, and it keeps giving us layers and layers of stories that move characters in amazing ways.
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Good Trouble keeps delivering on the incredible complexity of being who we are amidst crisis and people pulling us back down.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 3 and 4!
## Where We Left Off…
At the end of season 3, we had some surprising end-games for people.
[Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-kwan/) chose herself, which was very much the right choice, but it also landed her back into the circle of exes that it seems all lesbians have. [Sumi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sumi/), the girl she was in love with for a long, long time is back in her life as the support Alice always needed. It was Sumi who helped get [Margaret Cho](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margaret-cho-good-trouble/) on board to save Alice’s career, after all. But what Sumi wants is still a question.
[Malika](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/malika-williams/), meanwhile, started down the road of polyamory which turned into a [self discovery of her own sexuality](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/good-trouble-tells-the-truth-in-the-season-finale/). A new employee at her bartending job, [Angelica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angelica/), was totally interested in her. Much to everyone’s surprise, even Malika’s, it was mutual. Angelica stepped in to help Malika succeed in her dream as well, and is okay with the open relationship, unlike Issac, Malika’s ex.
For the rest of the Coterie, Davia and Dennis are sorting out their issues, Gael knocked up a one-night-stand who’s now living with him while he dates Callie, and Mariana’s work and personal life are imploding. There’s a very good chance Mariana’s ex (her boss) might be gaslighting her to blackmail… or destroy her. Callie’s dealing with Gael as best as one can while facing the possibility that her new boss may have committed light treason.
Oh and she’s dealing with a murder case and up against her ex no less. And it’s possible the kid did it…
## Where We Start
> The Coterie Crew deals with the fallout of the season three finale. Tommy Sung’s trial comes to a close, and Callie needs to keep Kathleen from legal trouble. Malika processes Isaac’s surprise return. Gael tries to keep Isabella in town. With the approval of the Fight Club Girls, Mariana meets with Evan. Alice is on the road, leaving Sumi as acting manager. Someone new moves into the Coterie.
Alice is on the road. With the success of her groundlings kick-off, she’s on a low-end tour, but it’s a tour none the less. As Alice goes into debt, Sumi is acting manager of the Coterie! Unlike Alice’s ‘we’re all friends’ vibe, Sumi actually knows how to be a manager. People pay rent, properly and promptly, and she’s renting out a newly empty unit at a higher price to be able to afford upgrades and maintenance they really desperately need. That kind of work doesn’t really go over all that well with the chill vibe of the current residents, but it’s certainly something to keep the place going.
As expected, Malika is planning to introduce her partners to each other. Angelica and Dyonte have both been told about each other, but they finally get to meet face to face. Her friends also have a say in all this, but don’t worry. They consider Malika a goddess for the quality of people she’s now dating. Except… Issac, the ex Malika thought was the one is back!
Everything else gets murkier and murkier as the episode goes on. I was delighted to see Callie finally stepping up and seeing the world for what it was, and being less idealistic. She probably picked that up from Brandon, because you’d really think a kid who grew up the way she did wouldn’t be that innocent, but everyone has their blindspots. Callie also finally decided to pick herself and not bounce between relationships.
Speaking of, poor Mariana has no idea what she’s really doing other than getting back at the women who screwed her over. Evan, her old boss from Spekulate, seems to want to get back together with her, but his actual motives make me wonder if he’s playing the con or if his investors are playing him to destroy Spekulate, and Mariana’s an innocent bystander.
Over in baby-daddy land, Gael’s going into debt too, trying to keep Isabella in town. With a little help from interim manager Sumi and a surprise assist from Dennis, he may just get to do so. But at what cost? Davia makes her choice between Dennis and Matt with possibly predictable results. As for Dennis, he’s finally getting his feet under himself and doing well.
Looks like nothing will be easy for the Coterie again this year.
## Watch “Good Trouble” on March 3rd
Check out the new season on Freeform on March 3rd. If you’ve not watch the show, you can catch up on Hulu.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
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### [Queer Beats - February 18, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-february-18-2022/)
**Published:** February 18, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman gained national attention and I continue my quest to find other queer One Tree Hill fans.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, Batwoman gained national attention and I continue my quest to find other queer One Tree Hill fans.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Apparently we need to thank [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) for MONTHS WORTH of Wildmoore extra credit work…
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1494436443250311184?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
Batwoman has been getting more and more attention in the media, including this [Javicia Leslie ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/)interview with TODAY!
https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1489372107758784514?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
The show even made it to the big-time this week with a clue on Jeopardy.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZx5A8eJ5Zz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
The success of Euphoria’s second season has catapulted them right into a third season pickup.
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1489645289405300743?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
Swipe on [Zendaya’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) post to read about her feelings on Rue and what she hopes the audience will take away from her story.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZqETL6Jwji/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Time to celebrate *all* the women of Euphoria!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ_GoWoLJcR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [High Fidelity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)
Personally, I never understood why High Fidelity was cancelled. I’m glad I’m not the only one. [Zoe Kravitz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-kravitz/) also still can’t believe the cancellation.
https://twitter.com/BuzzFeed/status/1493647628940320770?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
[Yael Grobglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) provided us with a throwback to when Petramos was a thing.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkDmqZpdBc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
New poster release for Killing Eve’s final season!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZw5_I9tIY0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Kontrola](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kontrola/)
Kontrola fans will be happy to see that a new season recently came out on February 10.
https://twitter.com/ciana_xengre8/status/1491077345578729476?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
TLWGQ was picked up for another season! We can all breathe again!
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1489683799017410562?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [The Last of Us](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581920/)
We will have to wait a little longer for The Last of Us series on HBO.
https://twitter.com/ComicBookNOW/status/1494022768240869385?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The LoT crew will be featured in a mini comic series!
https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom/status/1493991515412058123?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Love, Victor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-victor/)
What would a Queer Beats post be without a cancellation announcement \*eye roll\*.
https://twitter.com/them/status/1491835954222481409?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [One Tree Hill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-tree-hill/)
Admittedly, this is a selfish section because I am a life long One Tree Hill fan and all I want is to find other queer OTH fans (hit me up on Twitter @GayCrystalGems). In the recent Drama Queens podcast episode, [Hilarie Burton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hilarie-burton/) talked about her experience filming the classic “dyke” t-shirt scene and what it meant to her. It meant a lot to all us queer fans too! The Peyton/Anna storyline changed my life in ways that I didn’t even realize at the time.
https://twitter.com/HilarieBurton/status/1490727415970209795?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
I wish everyone could see the excitement I feel when I get to add an Orphan Black section to Queer Beats. Apparently, the Orphan Black sequel series is still being developed. I have no other words to say besides \*screams\*.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1489661044926697478?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
It feels like it has been 84 years since we have seen a new video of [Tatiana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/), but we finally got one!
https://twitter.com/OrphanBlack/status/1492189706808868865?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
We have a date for the new Owl House episodes!!
https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace/status/1491976199853150208
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
My day was automatically made better when I saw this moving cover of [MJ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) on Vanity Fair.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFW_LYJixk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Rebelde](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rebelde/)
Get a behind-the-scenes look at THAT scene from Rebelde.
https://twitter.com/Most/status/1493661388211957762?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
Looks like the upside down is closer than we think…
https://twitter.com/Stranger_Things/status/1494340908682289153?s=20&t=70ei_umDEpmkFEsCJDRGBQ
## [Untamed](https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/glennon-doyles-memoir-untamed-to-be-adapted-for-tv/)
Could there be better news than finding out that an out queer actress is going to be playing the lead role in a tv series based on a book by an out queer writer? Can’t wait to see [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-paulson/) in this!
https://twitter.com/GlennonDoyle/status/1491112960638734338?s=20&t=xmGXegnJFP_7i7DVqCOu0g
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Look who is back…..
https://www.instagram.com/p/CaGGHGdhCPc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) posted some throwback pictures of the early Wynonna Earp days.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZmVT-Brzdl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Euphoria, High Fidelity, Hilarie Burton, Jane the Virgin, Javicia Leslie, Killing Eve, Kontrola, Legends of Tomorrow, Love Victor, Meagan Tandy, MJ Rodriguez, One Tree Hill, Orphan Black, Rebelde, Stranger Things, The L Word: Generation Q, The Last of Us, The Owl House, The Wilds, Untamed, Wynonna Earp
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### [Does It Feel Quiet To You?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/does-it-feel-quiet-to-you/)
**Published:** February 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It all just feels a little too quiet out there, if you know what I mean.
**Content:**
I know most shows are on hiatus because of the Olympics (and the Super Bowl last Sunday) but looking at everything that’s coming out, I feel like there’s a weird calm before some storm going on.
This is not to say that there aren’t one good shows out there. Like, I’m really loving *[Single Drunk Female](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/single-drunk-female/)* for so many reasons (queers as queers and bonus Ally Sheedy), and while our lesbian over on *[Snowpiercer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/snowpiercer/)* is getting a lot of screen time, the plot has veered away from romance (for good reasons). *[The Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/)* delights my nerdy heart, but if you didn’t know going in that various people were queer, it may not be obvious. Also those aren’t the primary plots at the moment.
But.
It feels really quiet. We have a small handful of super queer shows, and then things like *[Transplant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transplant/)* are coming back to NBC soon which have queers of the week (Canada, I know it’s already back for you). *[Coroner](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coroner/)* was around, but our fabulously queer assistant isn’t around anymore. The queer plot line for Miranda over on *[And Just Like That…](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/and-just-like-that/)* felt a little odd to many people. Incomplete. Not that I really lean towards *SaTC* for top of the tier queer content.
And yes, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* is the gay treasure we desperately needed all our lives and everyone is super excited about it every week. I love how reckless and wacky *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* are, with a flagrant disregard for anything and everything. And how gay they are. Did you miss the character who came out as ace?
Instead of a queer renaissance, most of what’s ‘coming back’ first is not really queer at all. *[Law & Order](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order/)* returns, and while the first episode is powerful and well done, it still only lightly bumps into the various social problems, instead leaning towards the sensational.
Actually now that I said that, I think that most of what’s coming back isn’t all that **original** to begin with. *CSI: Vegas* is getting a season two but without Billy and Jorja. Marg is coming back, and yes she will also be on *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)*, but Amy Acker’s over on *9-1-1: Lone Star* right now. Amy has chemistry with everyone, I swear. *Downton Abbey* is back with another movie, but again, not really all that queer except Thomas.
It all leaves me wondering… where’s originality? Where’s the spark of something powerful like *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* or *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)*? Where are the risks? Instead, we have **three** shows about girl bands with a queer member (*[Girls5Eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)*, *[We Are Lady Parts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-lady-parts/)*, and *[Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queens/)*). Of course, those are three very different shows, and I like them all for different reasons (*Lady Parts* is my favourite).
I want something that challenges my preconceived notions, that takes an old story from a new perspective and keeps true to that. I want something loud and uncomfortable, but I also want something soft and welcome.
I’m not sure when we’re going to get that.
And right now I feel like it’s all just way too quiet on US TV.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** All Rise, Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 14, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-american-auto/)
**Published:** February 14, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Batwoman hiatus gives me a chance to write about the other shows I've been watching like American Auto and Single Drunk Female.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the Batwoman break gives me a chance to write about some of the other shows I’ve been watching like *American Auto* and *Single Drunk Female*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*American Auto* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Commercial” \[Live\]*American Auto* doesn’t have any non-cis male main or recurring queer characters and the ones who could count as guests didn’t have names and some didn’t have lines either (criteria for database inclusion), but this episode was hilarious. It’s recommended watching even as a stand-alone episode.
News comes out of a 2-mom household being turned away from a family roller skating day somewhere in middle America, and as a major car company, Payne Motors feels the need to take a stand. Thus, they decide to take the bold move of tweeting a rainbow square of support.
The next day a teenager on TikTok calls them out for tweeting the square when all of their commercials only feature heteronormative families.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1492988237882793984?s=20&t=kOsgLBIYfOw8OEfduxamlQ
They decide to re-shoot the end of the commercial to make things right.
On the day of the shoot CEO Katherine Hastings is worried the actors playing the gay couple may not look lesbian enough.
Sadie goes to the costumer to see if she can make them look gayer.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1492998461637152769?s=20&t=kOsgLBIYfOw8OEfduxamlQ
After learning one of the actors may be straight they try to do a last-minute recast.
Things generally keep spiraling from there and it’s pretty funny. I won’t give it all away, you should check it out for yourself.
*[How I Met Your Father](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-i-met-your-father/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Dirty Thirty” \[Streaming\]It’s super basic of me, but I LOVED *How I Met Your Mother*. I was happy to hear they were doing a revival and watched it as soon as it dropped on Hulu.
How can I say this as nicely as possible…in my personal opinion, it’s not good.
**Here are the things I like:** Kim Cattrall plays the mother and narrator and her younger self as the new Ted is a good gender flip. Like a lot of other revival shows, this iteration is trying to do better with a more diverse cast and less sexual harassment (\*cough\* Barney). Also, there is a lesbian main character named Ellen played by out lesbian actor [Tien Tran](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tien-tran/).
Ya’ll, I really want to like it, but IMO it falls flat of the more organic comedy chemistry of HIMYM. I feel the show is trying too hard and the characters are written in a robotic cliche manner. They are trying to create friend in-jokes and sayings like the original show, but it feels very forced.
All that being said, I’ll keep watching because I’m stubborn and my fingers are crossed it will get better. All the ingredients are there, the writers just need to chill out and let the show evolve into its own thing.
*[Single Drunk Female](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/single-drunk-female/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Shamrocks and Shenanigans” \[Streaming\]Single Drunk Female is [a new series on Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/single-drunk-female-tips-its-way-through-a-minefield/) about 20-something Samantha Fink navigating sobriety after losing her job and moving back in with her mother. My wife and I like the show a lot and there’s a cast of funny queer recurring characters including Sam’s sponsor Olivia and her wife.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1493004957930463235?s=20&t=IFxOZ45TWhZvchJDaTsmrg
And Mindy, Sam’s co-worker who is more experienced in navigating post-drinking life.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1493008771534184451?s=20&t=IFxOZ45TWhZvchJDaTsmrg
The show feels like there are queers in the writing room — the jokes are for us not about us.
It’s a funny and interesting take on sobriety and I recommend y’all give it a try.
**This week:** It’s week two of our Bat-break and I’ll let you all know where our favorite queer teen love triangle ended up on the *Our Kind of People* finale.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** American Auto, How I Met Your Father, Single Drunk Female
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 7, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-wildmoore-became-official/)
**Published:** February 7, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Despite the efforts of television's most homophobic thin leather belt, Wildmoore became official last week!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, despite the efforts of television’s most homophobic thin leather belt, Wildmoore became official last week!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 11 “Broken Toys” \[Live\]I was sad living in a post-Pam/Renee Batworld, but excited to see more Wildmoore content so I hung on to my seat while the show pivoted to Ryan’s family drama with Jada Jet and Marquis.
Jada told all of Gotham Batwoman is responsible for the Supervillain weapons sprinkled throughout the city causing the copycat crimewave. Meanwhile, a rehydrated Marquis is on the loose and Team Batwoman needs to try to re-zap him back to his non-villain self. The problem is the Joker’s buzzer is broken. Alice suggests they find the Joker’s original Toymaker, Kiki Roulette.
Team Alice & Mary go to find Kiki and Ryan goes to suit up to look for Marquis, but Sophie wants to do some lesbian processing first.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1490055282533220353?s=20&t=rfGOYYQ64FPWxn3frmdlTA
I have to agree with Ryan here, there are more emergent issues at hand, but maybe that’s just because I don’t like processing.
Luke interrupts to tell them they don’t have to find Marquis, he is on TV **right now** holding a press conference at the Arkham Asylum. He starts with a statement on how real insanity is not inside Arkham, it’s actually Batwoman running around the city unidentified. He is going to “Restore sanity to Gotham” via a multi-million dollar partnership with the city to improve Arkham. Luke, Sophie and Ryan are like, “Wow, he’s making himself out to be a hero here.” They need to show Gotham Marquis is actually a bad guy and Ryan thinks Jada is holding on to evidence that proves it.
Elsewhere, Mary and Alice find Kiki and she seems to be reformed from her murderous criminal past. After some cajoling by Alice, she reluctantly agrees to fix the Joker’s buzzer and they head off to her creepy repair shop.
Back at Ryan and Mary’s apartment, Luke tells Sophie he wants to break into Wayne Tower and take back his dad’s stolen AI. Sophie wants to help but Luke says no because he doesn’t want to be responsible for putting whatever Sophie is to Ryan in danger.
Not only did Ryan blow Sophie off, but she’s also asked her to lay low which isn’t fair because she is the only one on the team with official combat and weapons training. Luke’s then like, “Good point, okay you should go with me.”
Over at Jeturian Industries, Ryan pays a visit to her mom. Jada does indeed have video evidence of Marquis’ criminal activity and Ryan pleads with her to turn in the video and stop protecting him. Suddenly Victor Zsasz, one of the Arkham criminals let out on Marquis’ new Arkham work-release program, comes in with a gun. He’s there to destroy the video (which he does) and kill Jada. Marquis also wanted Batwoman to see the murder so Zsasz lit up the Bat-signal and she has one hour to get there. After the hour is up sans Batwoman, Ryan kicks Zsasz’s ass and Jada figures out why Batwoman didn’t show up.
Over at Wayne Tower, Sophie and Luke are on the mission to get Luke’s dad’s AI back. And as always, Sophie is doing more processing.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1490492375428476930?s=20&t=WONrnJeCHt4VtmkO48rVXg
“Pretty sure I know your type” made me laugh.
They were able to grab the AI but decided to multi-task by also hacking into Marquis’ laptop. There they discovered his plan to create an evil squad of Arkham inmates, **including** Kiki the toymaker!
Sophie calls Ryan to tell her the news and get some more digs in.
Yes, Sophie, fight about it later! Alice and Mary are unknowingly trapped with one of Marquis’ teammates.
Back at the World’s Creepiest Toy Workshop, Kiki got the buzzer working, but only for one more zap. Oh, and she’s still a bad guy, the whole “reformed” thing was just an act. Also in trouble now are Sophie and Luke as Marquis and his gang walk in on them reading Marquis’ laptop. The whole Bat Team is in trouble, but parallel fight scenes break out and everyone gets free, but Kiki takes off with the buzzer.
Later, Ryan/Batwoman meets with Jada to tell her the bad news about the buzzer. After Zsasz’s forced mother/daughter talk therapy session back at Jeturian, Jada had more to talk about. She f\*cked up at being her mother and she put up a wall to protect herself.
Hmmm, whatever could this be a metaphor for in Ryan’s life? 🤔
At the end of the day, Ryan has asked Sophie to meet up with her at the Gotham gay bar. Sophie shows up and it’s empty. Is business okay? Is the bar still running? Anyway, Ryan finally has the time and mental space to talk.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1489300434200186889?s=20&t=u_KOzfI1tUVrVxZQ9BuTHg
**Amazing and perfect! Congratulations, Wildmoore fandom!**
However, what was up with that belt? Shouldn’t Batwoman be able to undo a thin leather belt in 2 seconds? I love how Sophie let her try then was like, “That’s cute, I’ll take it from here” and flipped her over. I guess all that formal combat and tactical training makes her a better top.
Before I go, 2 things.
**1. This tweet was hilarious.**
https://twitter.com/twizzlytee/status/1489291200880332801?s=20&t=7BGKp87kKjPy2IlhueCgGA
**2. Do you all remember Sophie saying this almost a year ago?**
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1376606810854002690?s=20&t=j9egCq6KocxALpNK6D55vQ
We all knew Jordan was right with what she saw.
**This week:** Now that we’re on a 2-week *Batwoman* break, I should talk about all the other queer things I’ve been watching next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman
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### [Queer Beats - February 4, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-february-4-2022/)
**Published:** February 4, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week there were many blessings: Euphoria's throwbacks, new Gentleman Jack pictures, and a Killing Eve trailer.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week there were many blessings: Euphoria’s throwbacks, new Gentleman Jack pictures, and a Killing Eve trailer.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Soon, we will be getting some new comics that include many of our faves, including Batwoman!
https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1484526515450744832?s=20&t=Z5r_mRENbO8AwBFawxBsQQ
In the meantime, we can continue being blessed with pictures of the Batwoman cast (swipe for WildMoore treats).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZhpJWCvWat/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
[Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) was on The Homo Schedule this week and she talked a lot about her life and queerness!
https://twitter.com/Most/status/1488195437462970377?s=20&t=D85v2ozDPzEanqEwmYn9Ng
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Before the latest episode, [Zendaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) posted this cute picture of [Rue](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rue-bennett/) and [Jules](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-vaughn/):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZF_yvVIDUX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And then, during the episode, Rules reimagined many classic film couples. [Hunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/) posted some background pictures and I absolutely LOVED them all.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZYYO_YLNZ0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
HOORAY! We are finally to the stage of a new season where they at least give us a vague time frame for new episodes! Gentleman Jack will be coming back to us this spring.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZeq1qTKdxS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZerT3IKGJk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
I feel like it has been 84 years since we have new Killing Even content. This trailer didn’t disappoint.
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1488557760237215750?s=20&t=Z5r_mRENbO8AwBFawxBsQQ
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) is being reunited with Ilene Chaiken!
https://twitter.com/jenniferbeals/status/1488233269749596164?s=20&t=D85v2ozDPzEanqEwmYn9Ng
## [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
If you liked Dua Saleh’s character in Sex Education as much as I did, then you should definitely check out their music.
https://twitter.com/BritishVogue/status/1488135163922067462?s=20&t=D85v2ozDPzEanqEwmYn9Ng
## [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)
In sad news, Work in Progress was cancelled. Lilly Wachowski spoke about her feelings after the cancellation:
https://twitter.com/lilly_wachowski/status/1486820483433746446?s=20&t=Z5r_mRENbO8AwBFawxBsQQ
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dua Saleh, Euphoria, Gentleman Jack, Javicia Leslie, Jennifer Beals, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Work in Progress
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### [Whatever It Takes: "Degrassi" Comes to HBOMax](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/whatever-it-takes-degrassi-comes-to-hbomax/)
**Published:** February 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Whatever it takes, we know we can make it through. If we hold on, we'll get another Degrassi series to view.
**Content:**
A couple weeks ago, the news dropped that HBO Max would be picking up a new *Degrassi* show.
For the masses who didn’t grow up with a cross-Canadian-culture on their tube, this may just feel like a shrug-whatever moment. But for those of us who can still sing The Zits song, who remember the trauma of wearing a swimsuit in public, or who always rooted for Spike and Snake, we have a lot of fondness for this eternal classic.
## What’s Degrassi?
Actually it’s a where, not a what. The original series was an after-school special type annual show from 1979 to 1982 called *The Kids of Degrassi Street*. In 1982, it became a series.
The premise was … real kids! The very first episode was “Ida Makes a Movie” (based on the book of the same name) and was about the kids having lives and doing kid things. What made the series special was that they cast real kids. The actors weren’t always the best, since they were aiming for children playing children, but over time they balanced out the various experience levels to make a fun series.
In 1986, the series was canceled and became *Degrassi Jr. High* (and yes, I can still remember that theme song). After three years of *Jr. High* we had *Degrassi High* which ran for another 2 years. That got us to 1991 and all was silent in Degrassi Land.
But for those five years, the kind of stories we got were actual, real, stories. Sex and drugs, yes, suicide, yes, but also banal things like studying for exams or worrying about developing breasts (or not). Unlike series like *Beverly Hills 90210*, the kids were age-appropriate and had relatable problems. I have a memory of a sex-ed class showing us the episode where Spike finds out she’s pregnant, but also when Brandon (of *90210*) is worried about sleeping with an older woman. The stark disparity of how relatable *Degrassi* was stuck with me.
Unlike those American shows where teens were played by people half again my age, Canada had kids who looked young because they were young.
## The Next Generation
In 2001, 10 years had gone by and someone realized “Hey. The baby Spike had back in Jr. High would be going to Degrassi now, wouldn’t she?” They had a class reunion movie, with many of the original cast returning, and suddenly realized a lot of us were 10 years older and had fond memories.
At first, the reboot *[Degrassi: The Next Generation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-tng/)* was split between the old students being adults and parents (Snake was now the vice principal!), but over time most of the adults (properly) faded into the background and we resumed following the kids of Degrassi once again.
Much like the predecessors, *TNG* jumped to the front of actual issues that kids faced. Marco was a young man questioning his sexuality. He had a multi season arc about coming out and his first boyfriend, Dylan, was a member of the hockey team. Dylan’s sister, Paige, turned out to be bisexual which was NBD. Kids struggled with mental health, bullying in a new, online, world, and figured out who they were.
Oh and this kid, Jimmy? He was played by Aubrey Graham, got shot, and lost his basketball career. You probably know the actor better by his stage name, though: Drake.
## Just Degrassi
As the importance of the older characters faded, the show slowly migrated to being just plain ol’ Degrassi again, and we got more and more gay kids. Some kids had problems with it, some didn’t. Adam, a young trans man, joined the school with his brother, and eventually found a girlfriend who was from a conservative, religious, family. When Becky’s family tried to reject Adam, she pointed out that God would never make her fall in love with a woman, so Adam must be a man.
Of course, being a real story about real kids, Adam’s ending wasn’t the best. He died in a car accident. A lot of other kids had traumatic issues, and those plots tended to be cyclical. Every 3 or 4 years, some main character got pregnant. Sometimes they kept the kid, sometimes they didn’t. There were school shootings, budget cuts, uniforms came and went, and the kids kept growing.
It always fascinated me as to what would and wouldn’t change, and how the stories repeated without being boring. For example, Paige fell in love with a young hot teacher, and later on so did Tristan. While Paige lucked out, Tristan did not and was sexually abused. Not that Paige had it much better, but that’s another plot line.
## The Next Class
After 14 years (!!!), the show was canceled and then pretty much immediately picked up as [*Degrassi: Next Class* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/)by Netflix. That lasted 4 years, and moved into even more serious topics. They brought in more social media drama, racism, religious discrimination, refugees, and more. There was an episode about how different types of Muslims wore head coverings, and yes, one of those girls was gay.
But *Next Class* had a couple flaws. It was on Netflix which made it a little more ‘edgy’ sometimes, to the detriment of the characters. While *TNG* veered towards sensationalism, *Next Class* jumped the shark on a couple occasions. As we hit season 4, though, it actually started to even out and get back to telling the complicated but welcome stories.
## The End…
After the fourth season, in 2017, there were crickets. At that point, we were up and running this site and I’d rewatched so much of the show to add everyone, I was excited for the next season. Sadly in 2019, show producer and frequent director Stefan Brogren (aka Snake) informed us all the show was canceled. I was sad since they show had finally stepped into gender fluidity!
So when, on January 13th 2022, they announced a new Degrassi show was coming, I texted some friends and danced.
> School is back in session at **HBO Max** as WarnerMedia Kids & Family announced today it has greenlit *Degrassi*, a brand-new version of **WildBrain’s** award-winning youth franchise of the same name. The new teen and family series helmed by showrunners Lara Azzopardi (*Backstage, The Bold Type, Mary Kills People*) and Julia Cohen (*Riverdale, A Million Little Things, The Royals*) will include 10 hour-long episodes and is expected to launch in the US exclusively on HBO Max in 2023. Additionally, HBO Max has picked up the U.S. rights for the entire 14-season library of the franchise’s longest running and most popular installment, *Degrassi: The Next Generation* which will become available on the platform this spring. *Degrassi* will also become available at a later date on Cartoon Network.
>
> A reprise of the original teen drama, *Degrassi* is a character-driven series about the high school experience and the thrilling, often painful journey of self-discovery. Set in Toronto, the new series explores a group of teenagers and school faculty living in the shadow of events that both bind them together and tear them apart. The show travels deep into the hearts and homes of diverse, complicated characters, as they struggle to find their new normal, reaching for hope, redemption and love.
>
> [WarnerMedia Kids & Family Greenlights new Degrassi Series and Picks Up Degrassi: The Next Generation Library for HBO Max](https://pressroom.warnermedia.com/us/media-release/warnermedia-kids-family-greenlights-new-degrassi-series-and-picks-degrassi-next)
Unlike the original series, though, this will be a **one hour** drama. While some people are worried it will embrace the *Euphoria* style of storytelling (Drake, yes that one, works on both series), many are excited to get another series of these Canadian kids and their little world.
Personally, I’m looking forward to seeing how they update the stories and bring them to a new generation.
Whatever it takes.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Degrassi, Degrassi: Next Class, Degrassi: The Next Generation
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 31, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ryan-and-sophie/)
**Published:** January 31, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Ryan and Sophie inch closer to enemies-to-girlfriends and Pam and Renee make their exit on Batwoman.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Ryan and Sophie inch closer to enemies-to-girlfriends and Pam and Renee make their exit on Batwoman.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 10 “Toxic” \[Live\]Here’s where we’re at. Poison Ivy and Poison Mary have teamed up and they are too powerful to take down. Also, Pam is not really Mary’s new best friend, she is actually using her for her energy. Pam resumed her 10-years-ago plan of sabotaging the Gotham Dam to wipe the entire city off the map. I understand she thinks Gotham is the anti-environmental center of the universe, but wouldn’t sending the entire city into the greater waterways be polluting it in the end? It doesn’t sound like a well-thought-out plan.
Alice, who just lost her new best friend, drops in at Bat Cave III (the Gotham gay bar) to tell everyone they need to save Mary while acting like she doesn’t care. To save Mary they need to stop Pam and the only way to stop Pam is to use Renee.
Alice and Ryan grab Renee just as she is about to pick Pam up and head out of town.
I loved this scene with the 3 of them in the car together. It’s a delightfully entertaining combination of personalities.
They bring Renee back to the bar and chain her to a railing. The plan is to try to get her to flip on Pam again, but this time she won’t betray her. It’s not like their post-coma relationship is going great. I wouldn’t be so stubborn about keeping the relationship going after my GF killed 10 people and is now going to flood the city.
Anyway, Sophie shows up to help and it’s awk-ward.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1488152411411730433?s=20&t=df7xZfduaa_5mlUUWH7BiA
“They were intimate.” made me laugh! The chemistry between these actors is just so good.
Suddenly, the Bat-signal is lit and Ryan goes off to see who’s summoning her. Sophie and Alice try to interrogate Renee while Luke monitors the police radio looking for signs of Mary. He’s also trying to solve the puzzle of why was Ryan so weird earlier.
With all of the Ryan and Sophie drama Luke has been present for, how on Earth does he not know what’s up by now?
While Luke ponders that mystery, he hears talk over the police scanner confirming Mary was found near the dam and is on the way in an ambulance to the hospital.
Meanwhile, Ryan’s mom was the one who dialed up the Bat-signal. She has the Joker’s buzzer which she has learned may bring Marquis back to normal with another zap. Ryan demands Jada give her the buzzer and she agrees, but only if she delivers Marquis to her by midnight that night. Okay fine, Ryan gets the buzzer and speeds away to get Marquis. However, Luke calls and tells her Mary is in an ambulance and she needs to get her. Ryan pulls a u-turn and takes a chance on missing Jada’s deadline to get Mary.
However, she needs someone to drive the car and she picks Alice of all people.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1488162712081379329?s=20&t=CYokEHILnZKAwvOsc77Wfg
I love how this show manages to progress the Ryan and Sophie storyline in and around all the supervillain drama happening.
They do manage to grab Mary from the ambulance and bring her back to the gay bar. Now we have the whole gang at Bat Cave III trying to bring Mary back to herself. Mary isn’t buying it, but there is still a part of real Mary in there. Her cause is access to healthcare and when she learns she killed someone as Poison Mary she starts to break. This has an effect on Renee too and she starts to spill about something that could take Pam down.
Renee explains she developed a Pheromone-blocker and if Mary takes it, the next time Pam draws energy from her it’ll backfire for her and in turn make Mary herself again. Renee maps out a plan, and it’s like the scene in *[Bound](https://www.lesflicks.com/read/review/film-reviews/bound-review/)* where it skips to the future of the plan playing out while they talk about it.
They head down to the Dam, the plan works, there is an awesome fight scene between Batwoman and Poison Ivy and Mary is back to herself again.
Later we see Pam and Renee on a cargo plane. Renee made a deal with Sophie to ship themselves off to Coryana to live with plants and the rest of the outlaws who reside there.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1488174724022779907?s=20&t=CYokEHILnZKAwvOsc77Wfg
I thought it was a little odd Renee would be so committed to Pam who has been pretty shitty to her since coming out of her coma, that she would leave her job to live on a secluded island where they would probably spend their days fighting. But maybe she has hope they can find a cure on Coryana to make her Pam again. Either way, I am so sad Vicki and Bridget won’t be on the show anymore. Having them was such a treat.
Back at the bar, Ryan and Sophie have a moment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1488224924011573249?s=20&t=CYokEHILnZKAwvOsc77Wfg
I love Sophie’s snark at the end.
Ryan and Sophie’s moment is interrupted by Jada giving a news conference. Oops, Batwoman missed her deadline and now she is out to turn the city against her. Jada blames Batwoman on TV for all the supervillain weapons being scattered throughout the city. Meanwhile, a drop of water has also brought Marquis back to life. This is going to be a big mess this week.
**And now I bring you [Margx](https://twitter.com/margxSfontn)‘s chart of the week!**
**This week:** My post has turned into “The Queerest Things I Saw on Batwoman Last Week” and I am okay with that.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 24, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-wildmoore/)
**Published:** January 24, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Wildmoore shippers rejoice -- it's finally happening on Batwoman.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Wildmoore shippers rejoice — it’s finally happening on *Batwoman*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Meet Your Maker” \[Live\]So much is happening on this show right now. My brain almost can’t handle more than one queer couple to keep track of.
Pam’s been out of her coma for what, a day or two now, and she’s already killing fish poachers and up to other radical ecoterrorist shenanigans. However, she’s not feeling 100% — she’s still pale and looking peaked since her 10-year long plant coma. At her side is Renee who doesn’t seem to have thought up a magic plan to turn Poison Ivy back into Pam.
So it was an impulse revival.
Renee doesn’t seem to be a “Get swept up in the moment and impulsively unleash your evil girlfriend on the city” kind of person to me, but I guess Bridget Regan can do that to you.
Meanwhile, in Renee’s basement office turned into Batcave II, Luke, Ryan and Sophie are trying to deal with the mess Renee has made. Ryan is mad at Sophie for supporting Renee’s plan and not listening to her doubts and is now giving her the silent treatment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485293959840677888?s=20
I love [Wildmoore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wildmoore)‘s bickering because we all know where this is going.
Sophie figured out where Pam is generally located (in the Natural Forrest, awesome), Luke made some herbicidal darts to take Pam down and Ryan is ready to flip the script on Black people dying in the woods. Let’s go Team Batwoman!
Back on the beach, Renee has figured out Pam can send out a plant distress signal via fungi, ground acoustics and some weird plant Reiki she somehow knows to perform. That’s a stretch, but okay. Pam needs Poison Mary’s new plant energy to completely revive so they do the thing to draw Mary to them.
With all the superhero, multiverse, etc. stuff going on fungus reiki is what challenges my ability to suspend disbelief.
Elsewhere, the Bat Team is in a very tense gay car ride to the woods while Wildmoore continues to argue.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485354018285232132?s=20
Poor Luke is always trapped with Wildmoore drama going on around him with no escape.
Suddenly an injured dude walks out into the road asking for help. Ryan and Luke jump out to help him, and the car, with Sophie in it, gets enveloped in Poison Ivy’s vines. Sophie jumps out in time, but the car is dragged into the woods and the four of them have to run for their lives as the vines chase after them. Stranger dude doesn’t make it, but Team Batwoman finds a cabin and lock themselves inside.
Pam goes back to her and Renee’s tent with blood on her face and Renee is like, “What did you do?” in a “Not again, what this time?” voice. At this point doesn’t Renee know anytime Pam’s out of sight she’s probably off committing crimes? Her life from here on out is going to be like…
**Pam:** Honey, I’m home.
**Renee:** What did you do?
Pam says she didn’t hurt the Bat Team, but why is she so concerned? Renee tries to convince her Batwoman is NOT Batman and they are good people. Renee then tells Pam she can change and she can’t keep going down this path. This is like the circular argument some couples have over and over again but it’s about more than forgetting to take out the recycling.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485363131031470082?s=20
Pam eye-controls Renee and goes off to kill Batwoman. Awesome.
Back in the cabin, with the threat of Poison Ivy looming over them, Sophie and Ryan still find time to do some lesbian processing.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485367337964478465?s=20
Before Ryan can say what she wants, Poison Ivy’s vines slither into the cabin and wrap around Sophie. Luke is able to spray the vines with a salt and vinegar mixture making them retreat, but he doesn’t have any more salt to make more spray. Sophie remembers a bag of ice-melting salt sitting in the back of the truck outside the cabin so Ryan suits up as Batwoman to go get it. They all have to stay quiet so Pam’s spores can’t hear and find them.
Batwoman silently creeps out to the truck and manages to grab a bag of salt but then, out of nowhere a little kid appears. She gives him the “Shhhh” signal, but he screams, “Batwoman, help!” Out fly the vines! Ryan jumps into the truck and as the vines wrap around it she tells Sophie to blow it up.
The truck blows up, Luke saves the kid and Sophie runs out to see if Ryan is okay.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485399190540800007?s=20
I think I gasped when that Wildmoore kiss happened.
Only Batwoman can weave an Enemies to Girlfriends (hopefully soon) story around an episode where they’re battling a supervillain. **I freaking love this show.**
The next day Alice wakes up in a car in the woods. The spore fungus reiki worked and Mary found her way to Pam’s location. But before Pam and her sporeling meet, she is confronted by Renee. Pam is surprised to see her because she mind-controlled her the night before, but Renee explains she made herself a toxin to build up a tolerance to her powers. Okay, was this a spur-of-the-moment I’m going to wake up my very powerful supervillain girlfriend or a planned thing where she even went to the trouble of creating an anti-mind control treatment? You know what, I don’t even care. I am enjoying Renee and Pam’s mess of a relationship, I don’t need it to make sense.
They’re having their “You don’t love me” “I do love you but you need to stop being evil” fight for the 100th time when Mary walks in. Renee backs off and Pam and Mary have their moment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1485408897481457664?s=20
Wow. I am honestly afraid of what Poison Ivy and Poison Mary are capable of now.
What is going to happen next?? We have post-kiss Wildmoore, post-Pam Renee and post-fully recovered Pam. I can’t wait for Wednesday!
**I suggested [Margx](https://twitter.com/margxSfontn) should make a chart every week and she did!**
**Enjoy!**
**This week:** How much Wildmoore content can we get in the next episode? We’ll see!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman
---
### ["The Legend of Vox Machina" Arrives](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-legend-of-vox-machina-arrives/)
**Published:** January 26, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventure begins, the heroes beside us, the screw ups Vox Machina, and the fight scenes delight us.
**Content:**
I cannot begin to express how delighted and excited I am for this to be around. This Friday, the world gets to meet the ‘heroes’ of Vox Machina on Prime Video.
I’m not going to rehash my[ background of how we got here](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/critical-representation-the-lgbtq-legend-of-vox-machina/), and instead let’s get into the world of Exandria and what all this is. Instead, I’m going to talk about how the show is. Because, oh yes, I’ve seen it and it’s marvellous.
I do have one warning for you: This show is **not** for little kids, unless you’re okay with them seeing characters having sex and some gruesome deaths.
Okay, let’s go!
##### Screener Review On *The Legend of Vox Machina*
A high fantasy adventure in the age of myth and magic with the biggest group of fuck ups you’ll ever meet makes for stellar television.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
JENGA WARNING: This post contains finesse spoilers about the first six episodes!
## For Critters: The Show isn’t the Stream
One of the biggest questions I had was how would they transform the Twitch Stream (Thursdays at 7pm Pacific on the Critical Role Channel on Twitch, subscribe), which started in the middle of a specific quest, and with a little different character configuration. Instead of that, we Critters all assumed they’d have to make some changes to handle both introducing everyone and setting up the slightly different plot lines.
Personally my thought was “They could just have all this be Scanlan’s versions of events, as told by Kylie, who corrects him at every turn.” but they didn’t do that. Instead, we jump right in an original version of their adventures, including a fight never before seen on stream.
There are a lot of Easter eggs for us Critters (like the background music for a specific fight scene, someone not holding her liquor, someone not as connected to her god as might be, someone having issues with his pepperbox, a certain animal …), and they made me laugh at every single turn and change of events. The characters sound a little different, more refined voices that are geared towards being easily differentiated on TV vs stream.
For you old Critters, yes, everything is a little left-turned adapted, and we know D&D magic doesn’t work like that! Be calm. We knew this would be different. My advice to you is sit back and watch the show, and for the sake of the Everlight, **DO NOT SPOIL THINGS FOR THE NEW PEOPLE** okay? If you promise that, I’ll give you two words that will give you delight: Tusk Love.
## For New Watchers: What’s It Like?
If you’re a fan of LoTR or *[Game of Thrones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/game-of-thrones/)* and like a good animated story that has a lot of tongue in cheek jokes with your action and adventure, you need to watch this show.
The story is about a part of adventurers trying to get their names made into the legend the want to be. Your heroes are:
- Grog – a simpleminded giant who likes to bash things and drink
- Keyleth of the Ashari – a half-elf with power to control nature who may be in over her head
- Percy – an aloof tactician with a rudimentary pistol and a dark past
- Pike – a holy warrior of the Everlight, struggling with her faith
- Vex – a bow wielding hunter with a bear sidekick (Trinket)
- Vax – her emo twin-brother, an assasin
- Scanlan – a lusty, pervy, bard who casts magic with music
When their empire is in need of heroes, and they’re in need of work, they step up to the challenge. More or less.
The series is equal parts fantasy and fuckery, with a bunch of misfits stumbling through heroism. They’re lucky until they’re not, and you wonder many times how these are the people who are going to save things.
> We don’t do ‘organized.’ Look at us, we’re Vox Machina. We fuck shit up.
>
> Scanlan
If you’re worried that a series based on a thousand hours of lore and adventure that’s watchable for free will have too many in-jokes or backstory, please don’t. They do a perfect job of making things easily digestible and enjoyable, without taking away the joy from people who may know the general plot.
Oh and if any of your friends want to tell you what to expect because they know the steam? The stream is not the show. What they know is generally correct, but the telling will be different. And if they push? Tell them “NO JENGA.” They’ll get it.
## Why You Should Watch
This is sometimes a hard sell. Sometimes people just don’t like fantasy, and that’s understandable. Not everything is for everyone. So my pitch for you is that if you enjoyed *Game of Thrones* but thought it needed more humorous, or you loved the friendships in *Lord of the Rings*, then you really will like this show. It’s as much about assholes finding family as it is about saving the world. It has some amazing voice actors who really sell their roles, it’s got a plot that is both easy to understand and logically pulls in everyone, and it really is funny as fuck.
Something that was just a fun weekend game for friends became a movement, and now they’re sharing it with people who never would have considered watching the original. Oh, and no, you very much do not have to know fuck all about D&D or the story before you step in. Everything will be explained, and everything will make sense.
## Where and When to Watch?
The first few episodes will be available **Friday, January 28th, on Prime Video** (owned by Amazon). Make a cup of your favourite drink and put your feet up to enjoy the legend of the greatest idiots to ever save the world.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to go find out who is on the Tal’dorei Council.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Legend of Vox Machina
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### [Queer Beats - January 21, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-january-21-2022/)
**Published:** January 21, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, everyone on Batwoman is hot and queer and we don't know what to do about it.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, everyone on Batwoman is hot and queer and we don’t know what to do about it.
## [All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)
All Rise has made a comeback! After being cancelled by CBS, the show will now debut its third season on OWN network.
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1481060350468530182?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Phew, we have been getting that Good Gay Content™ on Batwoman recently. If you aren’t fully caught up, there are some spoilers ahead. Let’s start with one of the two gay couples: [Pam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pamela-isley/) and [Renee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/renee-montoya-batwoman/). First, everyone please look at these beautiful stills of them in this article:
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1481081507137478660?s=20
Now, look at these cute behind-the-scenes pictures of them in a photo booth:
https://twitter.com/dafacles/status/1481758489353486336
On to the next ship: Wildmoore. First, in case anyone needed a reminder that you are, in fact, gay:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpBC06Phjd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, the fact that these three are leading the show right now makes everything better.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CY97z4qP4XA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Finally, who else loves cheesy, happy [Ryan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ryan-wilder/)? GIVE US MORE.
https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie/status/1484302793280163841
## [Degrassi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-tng/)
DEGRASSI SQUAD, IT’S OUR TIME! I feel like most of us grew up with some form of Degrassi and now it’s time for the “next generation”.
https://twitter.com/hbomax/status/1481697084726145025?s=21
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
Missing Dickinson? (Same.) Luckily, AppleTV released a mini-doc on the show so we can all get a final fix.
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
I’m not crying, you are!! finally got her much deserved Golden Globe for her role of [Blanca](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/blanca-rodriguez/) on Pose. Honestly, I do feel robbed that we didn’t get to see her big moment live, but I love knowing that MJ just made history.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiNziOLrV0/?utm_medium=copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** All Rise, Batwoman, Degrassi, Dickinson, MJ Rodriguez, Pose
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 17, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-renee-and-pam/)
**Published:** January 17, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Batwoman is back from hiatus with the debut of Poison Ivy and Renee and Pam's backstory.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Batwoman* is back from hiatus with the debut of Poison Ivy and Renee and Pam’s backstory.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Trust Destiny” \[Live\]Y’all, I haven’t been this excited for a regular Network show to come back from hiatus in a long time. *Batwoman* delivers the queer goods like no other series, plus I missed seeing Bridget Regan play gay since[ *Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) ended*.*
The episode starts with a flashback to 10 years ago with Renee looking super cute in a cop uniform (I LOVE women in uniform). She and her officer partner are in a standoff with Poison Ivy/Pam. The other cop tells Montoya to shoot her and instead, Renee tries to reason with her.
I loved this first look at Bridget Regan as Poison Ivy. She looked as intense and amazing as ever.
Poison Ivy stabs the dude cop with an ivy branch and then slinks back into the woods.
Renee’s cop partner lost a kidney from that ivy stabbing and back at Renee and Pam’s apartment, she has some words for her plant-obsessed girlfriend.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1481688049843154956?s=20
Can we please flashback 10 more years from this point because I want to meet quirky scientist Pam. Also, I feel like I have friends who have become this into plants over the pandemic.
Meanwhile in the present day, Ryan, Sophie and Luke are trying to find Mary who has been paling around with Alice since coming under Poison Ivy’s spell. No longer having access to the Bat Cave since Marquis took the building over, Luke sets up a new home base in Renee’s gross office. Ryan and Renee spend the time arguing over all the shit that has gone down with Sophie playing mediator. This is all happening with Ryan’s undercurrent of resentment (and jealously?) over Sophie dropping the ball with Poison Mary when she was banging Renee.
Poor Luke is trapped in a dyke drama tornado.
I am enjoying this so much. I love the constant jokes about how nasty Renee’s office is and all the queer-drama-fueled verbal daggers being thrown around. I’m watching THREE lesbian characters in a scene together on regular network TV and they are not the only queers on the show! It’s a total delight.
Back to the problem at hand, the team has to get Mary back. Renee says they won’t be able to reason with her while she is Poison Mary, just like she was not able to get through to Pam 10 years ago. She explains she got a serum from Batman that deprived Pam of all water and sunlight essentially putting her in a plant coma. If they can find where Pam is hidden, they can extract the serum from her and do the same thing to Mary. Everyone is on board with this plan except for skeptical Ryan. She eventually gives in and they start the search for Pam.
To find Pam they need to get to Bruce Wayne’s journals, but they are in the Bat Cave which is now locked up tight. Ryan finds out Marquis is having a party in the building that night so they devise a plan to crash the party and regain access to the Bat Cave. The party turns out to be a weird mass job interview but the gang successfully gets Marquis’ thumb and retina print so they can enter the Bat Cave.
And now starts the world’s most awkward gay elevator ride.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1481696344519725056?s=20
Best scene ever.
**[LezWatch Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) member [Margx](https://twitter.com/margxSfontn) made this chart.**
Perfection.
They survive the elevator and make it to the Bat Cave. While looking through Bruce’s journals, Renee has another flashback.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1483110446454476800?s=20
Right after this scene, Renee stabs Pam with a thing that looks like a giant EpiPen and injects her with the serum.
Back in the now, Ryan figures out Pam is being kept somewhere in the Bat Cave itself! Ryan as Batwoman is able to use super-hearing to isolate Pam’s heartbeat and pinpoint her location in the tunnels. When they find Pam she’s not looking good after 10 years of forced dormancy.
Ryan’s like, “Tell me she had a charming personality.” Nice.
Seeing how Pam looks now, Ryan is even more hesitant to do the same thing to Mary. Renee says it’s what has to be done and Sophie sees no other way to stop her. Ryan sucks some serum out of Pam then runs back up to find Mary who arrived at the party. Sophie realizes the fraud alert ping she got on her phone is Alice so she runs off to find her. This leaves Renee all alone in the tunnels to monitor her ex-girlfriend. Probably not a good idea.
When Sophie arrives at the hotel Alice and Mary have been staying at, Alice tells her Renee has been lying to them this whole time and to check her desk drawer. Back in Gotham, Batwoman finds Mary on the roof but before she can inject her, Marquis appears with a gun held to Luke’s head. She makes the decision to save Luke by stabbing Marquis with the anti-plant serum EpiPen and Mary gets away.
Down in the tunnels, Renee is talking to her dehydrated ex-girlfriend.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1483181428389130240?s=20
Uh oh, Renee’s kiss woke Pam up. Dial the dyke drama up to 11!
So remember how Renee was blackmailing Ryan until she found all of the Bat artifacts throughout the city? Well, she couldn’t have found them all, because Sophie looked in Renee’s desk drawer and found the Joker’s buzzer.
Renee lied to and used the entire Bat team to help her find Pam.
WOW, that was an episode of television! I can’t wait to see what happens now that Renee and Pam are reunited. I’ll have my popcorn ready.
**This week:** The only thing I really care about is *Batwoman*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 10, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-doomcoming/)
**Published:** January 10, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Taissa and Van come out to the team at a shroom-fueled Doomcoming dance in the woods on Yellowjackets.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Taissa and Van come out to the team when they throw a shroom-fueled “Doomcoming” dance in the woods on *Yellowjackets*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Yellowjackets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowjackets/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “Doomcoming” \[Streaming\]There are very smart people writing amazing recaps and commentary on *Yellowjackets*. I can’t compete with that, so I’m just going to tell you the gay stuff that happened in this episode.
Two episodes ago I was too upset to write about Van getting her face half ripped off by a wolf. It looked like she was dead and I was not up for recapping that. Then, on the last episode — SURPRISE — she’s not dead! The girls were just about to burn her body when they discovered she was still alive! They managed to get her back to the cabin and sew her face back together. Ouch.
On yesterday’s episode, Mari revealed the berries she’s been saving have turned into booze and suggested they all drink it. The girls put together an idea for a full moon, homecoming, “we’re all going to die” party and named it “Doomcoming.” I love the name.
Various people try to ask others out to the Doomcoming dance including Tiassa and Van. Van is a hard no until Tiassa shows the masks she made for the two of them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1480514621341642753?s=20
It’s very sweet.
At Doomcoming, the couples parade in giving Taissa and Van the opportunity to come out to everyone.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1480515104932306944?s=20
That was a very cute way to come out. Also, I’ve never been to a homecoming dance, is that a thing that happens? Do couples parade in like that?
Meanwhile, Misty has been hoarding medicinal herbs including a stash of Psilocybin magic mushrooms. I think she meant to make some tea to dose Ben, but they accidentally get added to the soup for everyone. Oops! Everyone ingests the mushrooms except Jackie and Doomcoming takes a turn.
At first, it’s typical tripping shenanigans until the girls get whipped up into a hallucinogenic frenzy and almost rape and kill Travis. Yes, that happened.
Thankfully, our couple is off having woods sex and not a part of that horror.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1480515618679967747?s=20
She doesn’t look half bad after having her face put back together.
Also not participating in the Doomcoming frenzy are Ben and Nat who are off in the woods talking about how the meaning of life and everything is love. That is a much more realistic portrayal of what happens when you’re tripping on mushrooms. Misty creeps up on them overhearing Ben’s proclamation on love and jumps on him. She says she heard him, and YES, love shouldn’t be stopped and he should give in to it. Finally, Ben does what we’ve all been waiting for and tells Misty he’s gay.
My wife was like, “Make a Gif of that.”
In the parallel, 20-years-later story, the four surviving women also have a lot of drama. Things are being revealed to the audience and the characters as their lives become exponentially more complicated.
This show has definitely grown on me. Watching it has become one of the first things my wife and I do when we wake up on Sundays.
Also, I found out Anna Waronker, the lead singer of one of my favorite bands *[That Dog](https://thatdogofficial.com/)*, co-wrote the theme song and score! 90s indie rock realness!
The *Yellowjackets* season 1 finale is NEXT WEEK and I am really looking forward to it.
**This week:** *Batwoman* and *Legends of Tomorrow* are back on Wednesday! Woo Hoo!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Yellowjackets
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 3, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queerest-things-watched-last-week-amy-and-kirsten/)
**Published:** January 3, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Gentleman Jack and Maia Rindell (AKA Amy and Kirsten) work to solve a murder case on board a nuclear submarine on Vigil and The Sex Lives of College Girls is way better than it sounds.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Gentleman Jack and Maia Rindell (AKA Amy and Kirsten) work to solve a murder case on board a nuclear submarine on *Vigil* and *The Sex Lives of College Girls* is way better than it sounds.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Last week my post was about [a depressing week in wlw television](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-hightown-season-2-finale/). Today I bring you two binge-watches I absolutely loved.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Sex Lives of College Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]When I saw the title of this series I thought it was a trashy reality show (not that there’s anything wrong with that), and I didn’t pay attention. Then folks started pinging us to let us know the show had queer characters so I gave it a try. It is not a salacious HBO softcore porn of yesteryear, it’s a very entertaining comedy/drama from Mindy Kaling (*[Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)*) and Justin Noble (*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)*).
It follows 4 college roommates after they arrive at the fictitious prestigious Vermont school, Essex College. The four girls experience the typical ups and downs of navigating their relationships with each other and their newfound sexual freedom.
One of the roommates is Leighton, a rich legacy student from NYC who is like a closeted [Blair Warner](https://factsoflife.fandom.com/wiki/Blair_Warner). Her love life is made up of one-time hookups with women she finds on dating apps.
No one knows she is gay (besides the women she has sex with) and she does NOT want to come out.
Of course, her public image and secret gay life are stressful to maintain and she acts out.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1477759934536241165?s=20
The campus police catch her and she is sentenced to 100 community service hours at the Essex College Women’s Center. We can all imagine how gay Blair Warner will fit in at Essex’s feminist center. Upon her arrival she manages to offend everyone then tries to talk her way out of putting in her full hours with the volunteer coordinator, Alicia.
I’m sure you all can see where this is going.
Snobby closeted Leighton has an enemies-to-girlfriends journey with super out queer feminist activist Alicia. It’s as entertaining as it sounds.
If you’re looking for a fun binge I recommend giving it a try!
[*Vigil*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vigil/) – Season 1 \[Streaming\]When *Vigil* aired on the BBC months ago, my Twitter timeline was flooded with pics of Rose Leslie and Suranne Jones being girlfriends. I knew I had to see it. Recently, I saw it was dropping on Peacock and I was psyched. My wife and I binged it in two days and it was better than I could have imagined!
After a crew member is found dead onboard the nuclear submarine Vigil, Detective Chief Inspector Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) is sent to Vigil for 3 days to investigate. Meanwhile, her ex-girlfriend Detective Sergeant Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) investigates the case on land. Kirsten is only able to send Amy coded messages that look like they were made with a dot matrix printer from the 90s.
While Amy is doing her job on Vigil, we learn her backstory via flashbacks. As she further reveals the truth going on under the sea, Amy and Kristen’s relationship history is revealed to the audience as well.
**Y’all the show is SO GOOD.**
The investigation takes many twists and turns. The fact that she’s doing it while stuck on a submarine is stressful in a good-for-TV way. Also, it’s super suspenseful. I found myself unconsciously gripping my wife’s hand during many scenes.
Amy and Kirsten’s relationship arc is organically played out in parallel to the investigation.
Suranne Jones does a good job portraying a shy closet-y detective much unlike her role in *[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* where she’s banging every lady she meets in the 1830s.
**This is the kind of TV I want!**
A really good main plot, high production values and an organically woven in satisfying queer story. More of this, please!
If you like suspenseful police procedurals [RUN over to Peacock](https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/asset/tv/vigil/7608453997953841112) and watch this now! You won’t regret it.
**This week:** It’s about time I chime in on ***And Just Like That…*** I’ll do it eventually.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Sex Lives of College Girls, Vigil
---
### [Queer Beats - January 7, 2022](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/queer-beats-january-7-2022/)
**Published:** January 7, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman got renewed, Dickinson said goodbye, and we are mentally preparing for a new season of Euphoria.
**Content:**
Happy New Years, queers! Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news. This week, Batwoman got renewed, Dickinson said goodbye, and we are mentally preparing for a new season of Euphoria.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
HOORAY! Batwoman was renewed for another season!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CX1kw5VpGSe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We also got our first look at [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) as Poison Ivy.
https://twitter.com/BamSmackPow/status/1477138957477502976
Meanwhile, while we are waiting for more episodes, we can just watch this video of all our faves dancing.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CXmaVLtDRhF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
Another step closer to the next season of Derry Girls!
https://twitter.com/RadioTimes/status/1473615575662292994?s=20
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
I’m still in denial that Dickinson ended, so how about we all look at this pretty picture of [Ella](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ella-hunt/) instead?
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1475981886489075713?s=20
Okay, I guess I can’t live in the time-traveling gazebo forever. Here are some of the goodbye posts from the cast:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX4fGIXP05z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX3ZjJ0oSge/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CX1rqfiIeEK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
The trailer for Euphoria season two has been released!
https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1472990189391732736?s=20
If you decide not to watch it, this is really the most important moment:
https://twitter.com/EuphoriaHBONews/status/1472999864690790412?s=20
I have a complicated relationship with this show. It often feels a bit trauma-obsessed to me. But if you’re into that, don’t worry, it will be continuing! 🙃
https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1479315609058000900?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Interesting sneak peek at the new year with the Legends…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw7n8x0gguQ
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
If you had noticed that [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) was absent from social media, you aren’t alone. She posted this message yesterday but, luckily, she is okay.
https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1479207631927447554?s=20
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Derry Girls, Dickinson, Euphoria, Legends of Tomorrow, Taylor Hickson
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### ["Single Drunk Female" Tips Its Way Through a Minefield](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/single-drunk-female-tips-its-way-through-a-minefield/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sobriety is no laughing matter, but this comedy/drama manages to dance that knife-edge for a compelling series.
**Content:**
When I first read that there was a series about a woman struggling with sobriety, I wondered how it would be a comedy. Alcoholism is not a laughing matter, after all. But in reality, what Freeform’s new show, *Single Drunk Female*, manages to do is show through absurdity the difficulties of getting and staying sober.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
The story starts with Samantha having an absolutely total meltdown, like going-viral to the point it might be on the news, meltdown. She’s an alcoholic who slid down the road from functional to very much non-functional. That results in her getting fired and being sentenced to community service but also getting sober, and leaving NYC for her near-Boston family home. With her mom.
Absolutely nothing is as easy as anyone might want. Samantha’s mother (played by the brilliant Ally Sheedy) is equal parts infuriating and supportive, kinda. Everyone who isn’t an alcoholic is a casual (or not in some cases) enabler of the worst part of Samantha, while also pushing her to be the best she can. Kinda.
That ‘kinda’ is the the subtitle of the whole series. Everyone’s choices are kinda good and kinda bad. They all face repercussions, and no one is as perfect as they seem. Over the course of the season, Samantha is given multiple chances to do better, be better in more than just being sober, and her success varies. Every character has the same kind of mess in their life, sober or not, and they’re all coping.
Finding out who she is without the alcohol is a journey, and it works. Kinda. Success is a road, after all.
##### Screener Review On *Single Drunk Female*
Surprisingly self-aware and cognizant of the difficult road ahead.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Single Drunk Female
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### [The CW Finds a Win With "4400"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/the-cw-finds-a-win-with-4400/)
**Published:** January 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you're not watching "4400" because it's a reboot, you're missing out on a lot.
**Content:**
Reboots and revivals are not everyone’s cuppa. A lot of people I know dislike the *[4400](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/4400/)* on The CW specifically because it’s a rehash. And while I happen to be a super-fan of a reboot (I still miss my beloved *One Day at a Time*), I can be a pretty hard sell on them overall. I loved the original *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* and I enjoyed it’s reboot, but it wasn’t the same for me. Catching lightning in a bottle twice is incredibly hard, after all.
The CW has picked up a number of reboots recently: *Walker*, *Charmed*, *Roswell, New Mexico*, *Kung Fu*, and *4400* make up the majority non-superhero genre content on the network. Which means you’re looking what is basically a 99% non-original IP (I think *In the Dark* is their only content **not** based on either another series or a book!).
## Reboots Embrace “Nostalgia Porn”
I think that the reason reboots (and revivals) do so well right now is that the world is up in the air, where everything is weird and uncomfortable. It’s the same reason as why a lot of people love rewatching *The Office*. We need something safe and comfortable. Personally I skew towards ‘cozy British mysteries’ where the stakes are low, the acting is more amusing than anything else, and they wink at the absurdity.
But given the state of the world, I am not going to fault anyone who wants to watch and rewatch the comfy old classics. If you can find them, and they make you happy, then you should watch them and enjoy them. End of story there.
TV Execs are not unaware of this phenomenon. They can see the ratings, how many people watch are rewatch classics, and from that data they determined that what we want is updated versions of the old thangs. This can be a hit or a miss, depending on how easy it is to adapt the source matter.
While I had hopes for *Head of the Class*, I found it a mediocre high school sitcom without much to make it ring true. Maybe a second season could have tweaked it, but it was canceled. Meanwhile, *Kung Fu* grabbed its existence by the horns, cast the right people, and didn’t ignore the current state of affairs. What’s it like to be the first-generation American Born children of immigrates *today*? How is it different than the 1980s? What are the different pressures?
## *4400* Succeeds by Embracing Its Quirks
This brings us to the newest reboot on the CW: *4400*.
The concept is the same as the original series *The 4400*: Over the last century at least four thousand four hundred people who were overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized vanished without a trace off the face of the planet.
Unlike the original though, which certainly had a lot of minorities, this case is 100% chock full of them. The majority of the 4400 are PoC, and the rest are queer, disabled, or otherwise cast to the fringes of society. Mildred Bell, for example, only has a thumb on her left hand (the same[ limb difference the actor, Autumn Best, has](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/autumn-best-4400-acting-career-advice-74405/)). And unlike shows in the past, where they asked for someone with a specific sort of difference, Autumn said:
> That’s right when I got the breakdown for my role on “4400.” Mildred was described as a girl from the ’70s with a complicated past and a big heart who was also a time traveler. The breakdown additionally said she was disabled, and that the writer planned to adjust and tailor the character to the actor who was ultimately cast. It felt like exactly the sign I had been waiting for—that there are people out there right now who want to write stories that I can fit into.
>
> [‘4400’ Changed What Autumn Best Thought Was Possible as a Disabled Actor](https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/autumn-best-4400-acting-career-advice-74405/)
By turning slightly to the side and saying “Let’s tell the story for people we **don’t** get stories of on TV,” the CW found a solid foothold.
We have a trans-man from the 1920s, who hid who he was and now looks at the world 100 years later and marvels that there are not only words for what he is, but groups of people who will embrace him. Can you imagine what the Queer Pride movement would look like to your grandparents, if you picked them up at 20 and plunked them down today?
Instead of just having people fit in, and only be weird because they’re time-traveling, *4400* grabs on to that ‘otherness’ we as queers are all so familiar with. We don’t fit into the boxes, we aren’t the way TV and movies and books show us, but we are here and we are awkward. The conflict of our otherness, combined with the obvious and overt that everyone else can see (i.e. being part of the 4400) changes the dynamic.
## It’s Not Woke Lip Service
That’s the big thing. This show isn’t just saying ‘here are some PoCs and queers, hah hah!’ They are aware of the discomfort and they lean into it. The characters all face struggles being believed and accepted, both in their past and in their now, and are desperate to be heard and seen. To be believed.
As one of the creators, Ariana Jackson, told *[Entertainment Weekly](https://ew.com/tv/fall-2021-tv-preview-photos/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=6144e6e3ad296e0001f92e0d&slide=36e146dd-e94a-4739-94f4-4d361f09d213#36e146dd-e94a-4739-94f4-4d361f09d213)* :
> \[the series will explore\] the history and legacy of white supremacy in our country and how it hasn’t been fixed, and how that has led to where we are now.
Watch *4400* on the CW on Monday the 17th, when it returns for the back half of the season. And if you need a binge, check out the first half on the CW app.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 4400
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### [Best (US) Network of 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2022/best-us-network-of-2021/)
**Published:** January 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another year and it's the same network who is top marks.
**Content:**
I took last week off since we had two group year end posts, which gave me a little time to look at the numbers. I love numbers. Numbers let me gut check my feeling, which is that 2021 was a decent year with far fewer deaths. In fact the current count is 15, but we have a number of shows to add. Still it’s looking like the lowest year in a decade, which tracks with the stranglehold COVID precautions has on filming.
In my [predictions](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2022-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/) for the next year, I said this:
> More shows will take place in isolated locations. Due to COVID, one way to limit costs will be to just not have as many background characters needed. This means more queers will be solo on a show, which has already been a problem.
Part of how I got to that thought is that every single network (yes, even The CW) has **fewer** shows on air with queers.
## How Many Shows Anyway…
Obviously you start by looking at how many shows there are on air. And right away, you can see every network has fewer shows:
Network20212020201920182017ABC1417181921CBS1516171516The CW1417191714FOX1112131520NBC1721181915A lot of those shows had shortened seasons, which is why right now they all have a super steep drop for 2022. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
ABC, CBS, and NBC are pretty flat but trending down
The CW looks ‘bad’ considering the peak of 2019. At the same time, they have fewer shows and normally in the ‘off’ season they air C-tier shows (think old UPN). There haven’t been as many of those, and there aren’t a lot of UK shows for them to air or bring over from CW Seed, since Peacock is picking up a lot of those.
And then there’s FOX, who is just speeding up the downhill race.
## Why Fewer Shows?
I’ve mentioned before that[ Peak TV’s bubble has burst](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-disproportionate-collapse-of-peak-tv/). It did so in a disproportionate way which I brought up in a rather prophetic comment about which show (*NCIS* or *All Rise*) CBS would keep:
> But I have this feeling that, if CBS has to pick between those shows, they will go with the ongoing star power of Jethro Gibbs, over Judge Lola Carmichael.
This is double-downed on the fact that CBS renewed *CSI: Vegas* (a ‘revival’ of *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*) for a second season. But at the time, I said it was that CBS was more likely to keep a show with a straight white male lead over a minority led series. *CSI: Vegas* did star William Petersen’s Grissom, but he won’t be coming back for season 2, leaving a pretty minority heavy Vegas lab in place (led by the amazing Paula Newsome’s Maxine Roby).
But the thing is, it’s pretty obvious that TV has regressed into ‘we need a known star’, leveraging their names. Gibbs has left *NCIS* and Grissom won’t be back on *CSI: Vegas*, and yet the weight of their existence is keeping those shows alive.
Now. How does that tie in to fewer shows? Well it’s straightforward as anything. There is a limited number of out and out TV stars these days. And a lot of those older stars are opting out of having to work. They have enough money, no sense in risking exhaustion or COVID, after all.
## Who’s Best?
Well, it remains the CW. Literally every show has a queer (even *Walker*, which has a gay male regular and his husband). Their reboot of *The 4400* has been fraught with social commentary, but has a robust and complex set of characters who are all more than what they seem. *Batwoman* and *Legends of Tomorrow* remain top tier queer entertainment.
I’m kicking myself right now since someone tweeted a comic about the alternate Ava and Sara falling in love, and how they’re here for those idiots in every possible iteration, and I can’t find it! (If you do, link in the comments please). But the point there is that the CW embraces who it is and just gives us what we want.
While NBC continues to have higher raw numbers, the quality of their representation is mediocre at best (the various *Law & Orders* are mostly criminals, the lesbians on *New Amsterdam* start the year fighting, and *La Brea* went and killed one).
Dead last remains FOX, but the saving grace is that *Fantasy Island* remains a lesbian happy ending paradise. So far at least.
## The More Things Stay The Same
What’s old is new, what’s new is the same as it ever was. I’m personally hoping CBS picks up the ball, since they have a number of ancillary queers, like *The Equalizer*‘s Aunt Vi, who needs a chance at a date,
Until then? Make mine the CW.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW
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### [Positively Gay Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/positively-gay-christmas/)
**Published:** December 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The YuleTide is twice as gay as it was two years ago! Here are some Gay Christmas saccharine tidings for the holidays.
**Content:**
I always preface these posts with a note that I’m not the Christmas target audience. I’m Jewish and I watch one Christmas movie. Be that as it may, I do understand the mainstream, mass appeal of these simple, holiday magic romcoms. And in the years since we started this site, I’m very happy to see that more holiday shows with more queers.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
While there are just over ten right now, the reality is that there **are more than ten**! And more and more coming around. Some are real movies, which we don’t cover, but for TV series and TV movies… If we counted non TV stuff, we could maybe even hit 20, which considering there aren’t **any** before 2019 is a marvel.
“[Merry Happy Whatever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/merry-happy-whatever/)” (Netflix Series, 2019)Billed as a Dennis Quaid series, it has to do with a strong-willed, traditionalist family patriarch and his family who is changing every day. It comes to a head when his youngest daughter brings home her California boyfriend.
The majority of the series is about the dad and the boyfriend sorting out where they fit in these days, but along the background is Ashley Tisdale and her character’s coming out story.
More or less, it’s a by-the-book sitcom, and the only real novelty is that it’s themed. The series only got one season, so you can watch all 8 episodes pretty fast.
“[Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosting-the-spirit-of-christmas/)” (Freeform TV Movie, 2019)This is hands down one of the weirder Christmas stories I’ve seen. The plot is that Jess (played by Aisha Dee) has a great first date with Ben, and then dies in a freak accident. At first, only Jess’ BFF Kara can see her. Kara happens to be dating Mae, Ben’s sister.
The reason this story is weird is how it ends. I honestly was not expecting that kind of a happy ending.
Anyway. Much like the previous series on this list, the queers are pretty incidental. And unlike *MHW*, they don’t even get a whole plot line.
“[The Christmas Lottery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-christmas-lottery/)” (BET TV Movie, 2020)A father wants his feuding daughters to come home for the holidays for a big announcement … he won the lottery! But his wife, who has dementia lost it. This stars Reginald VanJohnson who’s been in so many things and is great actor, so it really makes for a fun movie.
There’s a lot to unpack on this one, most notably is that the sisters didn’t come to Deidre and Belinda’s wedding! I mean, what’s up with that?
“[Christmas With the Darlings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/christmas-with-the-darlings/)” (Hallmark TV Movie, 2020)Katarina Law (yes) plays a lawyer who helps out someone who’s taking his orphaned niece and nephew in. Her BFF surgeon, Zoe, is a lesbian, and has a crush on a local barista.
Sadly the lesbians don’t even hold hands (they hold the same kid’s hands though). This is near impossible to find online these days.
“[You Make It Feel Like Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-make-it-feel-like-christmas/)” (Lifetime TV Movie, 2020)If you can’t find this, look for “A Christmas Mission” – they renamed it. Aaron’s going to bring his ex home for the holidays. Her house, not his. He drags his cousin along, for no obvious reason, at least until we meet Emma’s BFF and co-owner, Liz, who is hella gay.
Yes. That happens. Sarah (the cousin) even runs a soup kitchen! It’s cheesy (literally) punchlines and romance.
“[A New York Christmas Wedding](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-new-york-christmas-wedding/)” (Netflix TV Movie, 2020)This one is harder to judge. On the one hand, we get a bisexual love triangle with a queer woman wondering if things would be better if she’d confessed to her childhood crush. On the other, it’s not great acting, and it’s very much an early work. If you can push that aside and embrace the schmaltz of the holidays, though, it’s okay.
Okay is the best I can give this, thanks to the very weird abortion storyline. For this one, though, I recommend you read [the review from Autostraddle](https://www.autostraddle.com/a-new-york-christmas-wedding-lesbian-movie-review/) before you watch it.
“[Every time a Bell Rings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/every-time-a-bell-rings/)” (Hallmark TV Movie, 2021)This is Hallmark’s first foray into queers with a storyline! Three sisters come home to Nachetz (which is pretty much the middle of Mississippi) after their dad died. Their dad set up one last traditional scavenger hunt for them, so them embark on a quest for the clues and find love, hope, and healing along the way.
The hunt is for a family ‘wishing bell,’ hence the title. Right.
What made this special is Ali Liebert! She **finally** gets to be an openly queer character on a Hallmark series! Her character has struggles, growth, and a meet cute that ends happily.
“[Santa Inc.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/santa-inc/)” (HBOMax Series, 2021-)This is a pretty odd story, about a female elf who wants to be the next Santa. A large part of the controversy about this has to do with the fact that it’s made by Jews. Also it’s pretty bawdy and honestly, a weird adult take with stop-motion like the ‘classic’ holiday fares.
One of the main characters’ BFFs is a bisexual reindeer, but that’s pretty much it. Let’s just say it’s not been well received. Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 4%.
“[A Picture Perfect Holiday](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-picture-perfect-holiday/)” (Lifetime TV Movie, 2021)Professional fashion photographer goes to a retreat for the holidays. She hates the holidays. Handsome wildlife photographer loves the holidays. It’s a traditional
Where the turn happens is that her lesbian BFF is also there and she (and her girlfriend) want to propose to each other in that classic lesbian trope of ‘we’re both planning to propose and surprise the other!’ but along the way, the lesbians realize the straights are not okay and play Cupid.
“[An Unexpected Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/an-unexpected-christmas/)” (Hallmark TV Movie, 2021)This is less well done than *ETaBR* (also by Hallmark). A dude’s coming home for the holidays, alone, as his family doesn’t know he broke up with his girlfriend. Guess who’s at the airport? They opt to fake a relationship which, invariably, will end with a real one. It’s Christmas, right?
The fellow’s sister is a single lesbian which, as Autostraddle pointed out, was [actually rather unexpected](https://www.autostraddle.com/unexpected-christmas-lesbian/)! While she doesn’t have a whole lot of plot, I actually love the fact that she isn’t the plot. Becca’s just … gay. Whatever. No one makes a big deal. Which, honestly, is what we’ve all kind of wanted.
“[Under the Christmas Tree](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/under-the-christmas-tree/)” (Lifetime TV Movie, 2021)Look folks, there’s a strap-on joke in this one.
Okay okay! Alma loves Christmas. Charlie needs a tree for the governor and thinks the one in Alma’s backyard is perfect. Alma doesn’t want to chop it down. Their heart-eyes get in the way. Kisses and happy endings ensue.
Just go watch this, okay? If you’re a Christmas fan and you like Elise Bauman and Enrico Colantoni, watch it. It’s what you’re wanting.
If you ask me, having these shows is great. It’s Gay Christmas. A lot of queers end up sitting with their family, uncomfortably watching movies that don’t represent them, and here come Lifetime and Hallmark slipping in one or two (or giving them a whole plot…) and not making a fuss about it. Hopefully this eases the holidays.
Make some egg nog, tighten that harness, and enjoy your holidays folks.
As my grandmother would say, have a merry merry and happy happy!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A Christmas Mission, A New York Christmas Wedding, A Picture Perfect Holiday, An Unexpected Christmas, Christmas With the Darlings, Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas, Merry Happy Whatever, Santa Inc., The Christmas Lottery, Under The Christmas Tree, You Make it Feel Like Christmas
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### [2021 Favorite Queer Things from the LezWatch.TV Staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2021-favorite-queer-things-from-the-lezwatch-tv-staff/)
**Published:** December 30, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We're looking on the bright side with a list of Team LezWatch's 2021 Favorite Queer Things!
**Content:**
Welcome to the end of another pandemic year. Things are hard, but even in the middle of this 2-year long dumpster fire, there are still things to be happy about. Here is a list of Team LezWatch’s **2021 Favorite Queer Things**!
## **[Carmel](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/carmel/), Database Editor and Contributing Writer**
Big Queer WeddingsSo. Many. Queer. Weddings. There were THREE in the Arrowverse alone!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434899903197687818?s=20
Surprise Guest StarsThere is no feeling quite like when an actor or internet celeb pops into your favorite show for an episode or two. [\#Luimelia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luimelia) had actresses and YouTubers Sofi and Valen pop in as guests for their wedding episode, but the guest star appearance that flooded my timeline for several days was Charlotte Sullivan as the Silk Witch in the *Wynonna Earp* season four finale.
Meagan TandyWe can all agree that Sophie Moore kissing women and pinning them against walls is great, but **Meagan** **Tandy** is out here giving us BTS content, pranks, hiking and workout pics, cute dog updates, and generally making it damn near impossible to be in bad mood scrolling through socials.
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1466211489124020226
Seriously.
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1461036066572361734
## **Laura Markus, Database Editor**
*[Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)* Season 2It seems fairly unlikely at this point that WIP will be renewed for a third season, but I am immensely grateful for what we received from this show thus far. Season 2 was a beautiful exploration of grief, fear, friendship, and accountability.
At the end of last season, I truly wondered if Abby would be able to live with herself after her unthinkable act of violence against Chris. This season allowed her to come to grips with everything she has done, and everything going on around her in the world at large (a realistic look at what COVID is doing to families going through a crisis and a community on the brink of explosion). Its dive into BLM in particular was a highlight of the year in pure brilliance of writing and directing. I’ve been able to relate to a lot of Abby’s more messy decisions, but the queer community around her welcomed her back, slowly, and that gave me hope.
But the thing I was waiting for the most was the time that Abby and Chris would reunite. It was the perfect closure for their relationship, and while I am sad that it’s over, I am so eternally happy that it existed. I want what is best for both characters. I, too, am glad that they met.
https://youtube.com/9ErWqN6yqZ4
Lumity and *[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)*This is a very common statement among sapphic adults, but oh my lord, if I only had a show like this when I was growing up…I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened. This show makes me feel freer than ever to be myself, and gives me the utmost hope for the future for queer kids to be themselves.
In a world of fantasy, this show is grounded in a vibrant queer reality, with a gorgeous WLW relationship at its center, and a rotating supporting cast of queer characters. Everyone is supportive of Luz and Amity entering a relationship, and Raine being non-binary. It’s just a thing that we accept, appreciate, and move on with. I long to live in a world like that. Though Disney has mistreated it, we will be getting some sort of wrap-up season soon, and I cannot wait to see how it goes.
https://youtube.com/LeK_HbCfMCA
Firefighter shows (*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* & *[9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)*)At the onset of the pandemic, I decided things were becoming overwhelming too quickly and I needed something to ease my soul. Perhaps some popcorn entertainment would do the trick. I ended up binge-watching the first season of Lone Star in one sitting, followed by a long marathon of *Station 19*. This year, both shows reached new heights. *Station 19*, in particular, covered the pandemic as well as BLM very respectfully, I thought.
Fan favourite couples Marina and Tremmett were exciting, albeit frustrating at times, to watch. I still enjoy S19 greatly though it has depleted a bit in quality, but that will never take away from what Season 4 did for the show. Lone Star, on the other hand, was simply a treat in the best way. It’s a ridiculously entertaining show where you can turn your brain off for a bit and fall in love with characters and the crazy saves they make and fires they put out. Some sapphic rep on that show would be nice, given they have Marjan who I could easily see as bi, or Nancy whom some of the fandom thinks is a lesbian. Why not, right? It’s 2021. It’ll be 2022 when the 3rd season airs next Monday. Just go for it!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401989631147708420?s=20
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* et al.I was going to lump all the rest of my shows in here, but *Pose* deserves a special shout-out on its own. Trans television will never be the same again; it must also need to be held to higher standards simply for what Pose did. Brilliant character work for three seasons, gorgeous directing, and a “period piece” that continues to feel relevant to this very second – *Pose* had it all. Its ending was beautiful and bittersweet. I miss Blanca dearly already, but I will always carry a piece of her legacy around with me, in my heart.
https://youtube.com/O_17-LX36Io
I would like to give a shout out to *Feel Good* (amazing, satisfying conclusion), *Diary of a Future President* (frick you, Disney!), *Betty* (frick you, HBO!), *Tuca & Bertie* (queerness amped up in its 2nd season, awesome stories, still incredibly creative and innovative), and *Dexter: New Blood* (nothing queer, yet, but I have to mention it as it feels good to have a Dexter back that I can enjoy watching!).
The FutureThere are shows I’ve mentioned previously with new episodes set to release next year, and some others like *Sex Education*, *Love, Victor*, et al. that have the potential for sapphic characterization down the line.
It is very uncharacteristic of me to have cautious optimism like this, but I can’t help it. The world has been very dark and tragic lately; surely there are some showrunners and writers who have picked up on this and will deliver us a reprieve. Please!
## **[Mika Epstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/ipstenu/), Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief**
*[We Are Lady Parts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-lady-parts/)*“Bashir with the Good Beard” and “Voldemort under my Headscarf” get shouted/sung around my house regularly still. It’s a delight to get to see a show that demonstrates the different ways people practice their religion, and in a positive way. I’m also super excited for season two!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1411822595817758721?s=20
*[Q-Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/q-force/)*The show had no business being that fun. It was hilarious with so many hat tips to queer in-jokes that I enjoyed every minute. Goofy, over the top, and with all types of queers, it was just fun fun fun.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1468688304417783811?s=20
*[Fantasy Island](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fantasy-island/)*Speaking of shows that had no right to be as fun as they were, FI snuck in with an easy, un-complicated, story of the week where people got to challenge their issues and tackle the questions of who they are and what made them who they were going to be.
https://youtube.com/1IZURYkMLVM
*[BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)*This scrappy web series is near and dear to me because I find the creator one of the sharpest and wittiest minds out there. Kelsey constantly amazes me with their talent, and knowing there’s a second season is icing on the cake for me.
https://youtube.com/nQIXsEr2lrg
*[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)*While the series is not treated near as well as it should be from Disney, it’s such a fun adventure. It’s practically the perfect series I would have set the BetaMax to record every week. My hope for a clean and fun wrapup remains, and I want Amity and Luz to have their awkward happily after. As much as tweens can.
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)*From the moment I saw the trailers for season 1, I was hooked. Season 2 kept up the angst and drama, while still moving everything forward to what will be a gangbusters series finale next year. Those girls are going to change the world. You just wait. They’ll take out the Camarilla.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427351015423193088?s=20
## **[Nikki T](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/nikkit/), Staff Writer and Database Editor**
*[Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)*I know the running joke right now is that there are too many historical lesbian films, but there’s nothing I love more than a well-researched historical lesbian TV show. And add in Dickinson’s modern edge? Perfection.
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1475428382011760646?s=20
*[Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)*This season had some of my favorite queer representation of the year. I especially loved the exploration of identity for many of the queer characters, whether that part of their identity had anything to do with being queer or not.
*[Bradley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bradley-jackson/) and [Laura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-peterson/)*I feel like I shouldn’t even get myself started on them, but I love this couple from *The Morning Show*. I also may or may not have changed some of my wardrobe based on Laura’s style choices.
[Gigi Ghorbani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/)Need I say more?
## **[Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/), Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief**
Mel and Liz Happily Ever AfterIn 2021 one of my queer wishes came true. I really wanted to add [*RED*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/) to our [Shows We Love list](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes), but Mel and Liz would have to end in a good place for that to happen. I had faith in show creator [Germana Belo](https://twitter.com/_germana), but after decades of queer fandom, I always brace myself for the worst.
In the final season, Liz proposed to Mel, which is extra special because she’s always been the one with intimacy issues.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417637369545695235?s=20
They had a big queer wedding and lived happily ever after. Hooray!
[Shondaland](https://www.shondaland.com/)Shonda Rhimes has been delivering queer content on mainstream network television since 2007. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) alone has **32 queer characters and counting**! Now it’s 2021 and Shonda has no more f\*cks to give, she is giving the queers what they want!
For example, there was an entire episode of *Station 19* where all Maya and Carina (my favorite ship on TV right now) did was have sex. I’m not exaggerating. They counted “multiple orgasms” as one of their blessings.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1469317000707158020?s=20
**Who’s putting this on regular network TV at 8pm on a Thursday? Shonda Rhimes, bitches!**
Meanwhile, over at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, not only did Teddy get a whole “The love of my life is a woman named Allison” backstory, they introduced a new queer, non-binary character named Kai. From the first millisecond Amelia Shepherd met Kai the chemistry was off the charts. I have never enjoyed a slow burn as much as these two.
In the mid-season finale, they made it official with a kiss.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1471878756025483273?s=20
**Who’s introducing non-binary characters to Boomer parents in the ‘burbs in an organic (and hot) way? SHONDA RHIMES that’s who!**
Thank you, Shonda.
[Gigi F\*cking Ghorbani ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/)I love Gigi Ghorbani. The way she talks, the way she tilts her head, the way her hair falls when she tilts her head…and her eyes. OMG her eyes kill me.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434617691483037696?s=20
I could watch an hour-long show that was just Gigi folding her laundry or on the phone disputing a cable bill. I have my fingers crossed for *The L Word Generation Q* season three for multiple reasons, but my number one is more Gigi.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)**Batwoman* is my most favorite thing of 2021. Not only does it DELIVER lots of quality queer content week after week, but it is also a really well-done show.
I would not choose to watch a superhero show if it wasn’t for the queer characters. I’m not into them and IMO they recycle the same stories over and over. *Batwoman* is not like that, the show does more than battle the villain of the week and fight to save the world three times a season. It takes on racism, gentrification, and other timely issues with honesty. It’s a good show.
The biggest gift *Batwoman* gave us in 2021 was the addition of LezWatch fave Victoria Cartagena reprising her role as Renee Montoya.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1461352920050405384?s=20
It’s so perfect I almost can’t believe it’s really happening.
In 2022 Bridget Regan is joining the cast as Poison Ivy.
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1473471308843274242?s=20
Pray for me, folx, I may not survive.
Those were our 2021 Favorite Queer Things. What were yours? Let us know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Lone Star, Batwoman, BIFL, Dickinson, Fantasy Island, Grey's Anatomy, Motherland: Fort Salem, Pose, Q-Force, RED, Station 19, The L Word: Generation Q, The Morning Show, The Owl House, We Are Lady Parts, Work in Progress
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 27, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-hightown-season-2-finale/)
**Published:** December 27, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Just when I was about to give the show a "Most Improved" award, the Hightown season 2 finale ended in the worst way possible.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, just when I was about to give the show a “Most Improved” award, the *Hightown* season 2 finale ended in the worst way possible.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
It was rough last night for queer TV. Van, Taissa’s time of the plane crash girlfriend, was killed in a really gruesome way on *Yellowjackets*. I don’t have the desire to go into a full recap of the episode because it was too depressing. Instead, I saved all my sad recap energy for the *Hightown* season 2 finale.
*[Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)* – Season 2 Episode 10 “Fool Me Twice” \[Live\]This show started to win me over this season. Jackie was less of a disaster than last year. She still majorly fucked up here and there, but she spent most of the season trying to be sober and a better cop. To my biggest surprise, I actually cared about the police part of the show. I got sucked into the effort to take down Frankie Cuevas and found myself looking forward to each episode. I still can’t stand Ray and there is a lot about the show I find problematic, but I was composing a “Most Improved” post in my head before watching the finale. After watching it, that’s not happening.
I should have known things weren’t going to end well when they showed a clip of Jackie with her dad’s creepy-ass drug dealer during “Previously On.” That episode was tough to watch. Jackie’s dad and girlfriend took her on a drug bender, and when they ran out of money, Jackie’s dad asked her to have sex with his dealer for more drugs. WTF?? My wife deduced Jackie had a history of that with her dad which is why she doesn’t let women do stuff to her when she has sex with them. It’s a horrible and depressing, yet probable theory.
The *Hightown* season 2 finale started on a high note — with the help of Jackie, Frankie Cuevas was arrested, and everyone was in a celebratory mood including Leslie.
I guess Jackie needs to take down the Fentanyl supply to the entire Cape to get Leslie to be not-straight again.
During their date, Leslie confesses she broke things off with Jackie for Gay Panic reasons.
> "You were right."
> "Right about what?"
> "I was scared." [\#Hightown](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hightown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/WCF8rL1IEb](https://t.co/WCF8rL1IEb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1475445020710903810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In my TV heart, this is exactly what I wanted to happen but I still didn’t trust it.
The next day, Jackie and Leslie are cute at work when Alan calls them into his office.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1475447263233298434?s=20
I actually thought for a minute, this was going to be a good thing. Maybe Jackie and Leslie’s good cop/bad cop routine would get Charmaine to talk and Jackie could end the season a hero.
That evening, Ray stops by Jackie’s and tells her not only did he get his job back, but he’s also replacing Alan as Sargent.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1475448652957204481?s=20
I’m with Leslie WTF? Stupid Ray is able to get his badge back and bump Alan out of his position how exactly? He went rogue trying to play detective while fired. Fail your way to the top indeed.
Jackie and Leslie go on their mission to drive Charmaine to the women’s facility and things are going fine until Charmaine says she got her period and needs to stop for a tampon. Leslie’s like, “We’re not stopping.” but softie Jackie pulls over on the side of the road for her.
UGH! I knew that was going to happen. She could have put in her tampon in the car like one does when necessary! Jackie, you really messed this up.
Later Jackie and Leslie get reprimanded at work and Leslie officially wants a new partner.
They completely blew it, but there are only [two routes off and on the Cape](https://goo.gl/maps/JJqwQiYbJ1ThWYay6), they should be able to find Charmaine. Now I’m seeing the future and it has Jackie going down a spiral. It starts with her punching things in the locker room.
That night Jackie goes to her old fish police partner Ed’s retirement party. She tells Ed she wants to go back to the days with him on the boat. I’m sure he’s thinking, “I’m retired and going to spend my days chilling in P-Town not dealing with your drama, Jackie.” but he just says something about not being able to go home again. Then Ron cuts in and tells Jackie she owes him a drink. Oh shit. I’m thinking maybe she can buy him a drink and not drink with him.
Ron gets a shot and the bartender asks her what she wants.
Jackie looking at the bottles deciding what to do felt like an eternity. I kept hoping she’d say, “A Coke.” but they cut away before she answered.
Then we have a Cape Cod Christmas montage where Frankie gets stabbed in jail, Charmaine catches a ride with a nice lady, Ray, Renee and Frankie Jr are a happy little family in Ray’s gross basement and Jackie drives up onto the sidewalk. Looks like she didn’t get a Coke.
In a very bleak state, Jackie calls Ray for help. She says she fucked up, she’s sitting outside “the house” and wants Ray to tell her what to do.
Ray thinks he’s telling her to go inside HER HOUSE and go to sleep, but I know “inside” meant something else.
Jackie walks up to the door and I’m scared it’s Leslie’s house or something. She knocks and the creepy drug dealer answers. UGH. I don’t want to Gif or quote their dialogue because it’s too horrible, but he’s is absolutely gross and Jackie goes in.
**And that is the depressing as Hell end of the *Hightown* season 2 finale.**
I’m so mad. Almost everyone (Frankie aside) got a happy-ish ending except Jackie. Even Osito wound up with his Physical Therapist! And I didn’t get equal queer compensation for having to sit through a Ray sex scene.
I know the show reaches for Jackie falling off the wagon whenever her character faces adversity, but why on Earth would she go to that drug dealer’s house, and as implied, need to trade sex for drugs? Jackie has a job and the show has well established she can buy drugs in P-Town!
I wasn’t expecting Jackie and Leslie to live happily ever after but I didn’t see this level of tragedy porn coming.
I’m pissed at you, *Hightown*! If there is a season three Jackie needs a serious redemption arc.
**This week:** The only show I have on my watch list next week is *Yellowjackets*. If it’s as much of a bummer as last week I may take next Monday off.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Hightown
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 20, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-amelia-and-kai/)
**Published:** December 20, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Twenties season finale left things feeling awkward and the Grey's Anatomy mid-season finale made Amelia and Kai official.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *Twenties* season finale left things feeling awkward and the *Grey’s Anatomy* mid-season finale made Amelia and Kai official.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 2 Episode 10 “How Do You Feel?” \[Live\]I went into the *Twenties* season finale thinking it was going to be about Hattie choosing to stay with Idena, take back Ida B or give in to temptation with Alicia. Either way, I was sure Hattie was going to make a bad decision.
The opening dream sequence was in line with that.
> "See, there you go manipulating me again."
> "It's not my fault you like being manipulated."
> Hattie's wedding dream/nightmare. [\#Twenties](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Twenties?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tmOX9jP3ft](https://t.co/tmOX9jP3ft)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1472687673865379844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I LOVED Ida B saying, “It’s not my fault you like being manipulated.” Truth!
Right after that, you see Hattie texting with Alicia, getting a call from Ida B and lying to Marie about all of it. Okay, still on track.
Hattie’s dad, who randomly showed up in her life after several years, invited her to his comedy show. A bunch of Hattie’s friends went to the show with her including her 2 besties, Idina and Lauren. The show was a little cringy with Hattie’s dad opening up about some real personal shit on stage.
After the show, Hattie introduced her dad to Idena and that went well. I was almost thinking maybe things would be okay with the two of them. But when Idina went home by herself (Hattie didn’t go home with her because Idena “had to get up too early”) I knew it was going to be trouble.
So, who did Hattie go home with? Did she text either Ida B or Alicia and meet up with them? No, she went home with Courtney.
**Courtney? What?**
First, Courtney said she wasn’t going because she doesn’t like stand up. I swear I didn’t see her in the audience with the rest of Hattie’s friends, but at the end of the night, there she was. Second, have Courtney and Hattie ever been flirty with each other? She’s a former co-worker, and maybe I missed it, but I never remembered any romantic chemistry between them. Last, Courtney? Really? Hattie is going to jeopardize her “only person to love her back” relationship to go smoke weed with Courtney?
Maybe they’re just hanging as friends, but the way it was shot you’re led to believe it’s more. Is Hattie still a person who will hook up with anyone who gives her attention? I was thinking this season would be about her growing up a little, but maybe that is still to come.
That ending felt really awkward. I hope the show gets another season so we find out what happened!
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 18 Episode 8 “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” \[Live\]Last week *Grey’s Anatomy* gave us all a gift for the holidays — Amelia and Kai finally kissed!
> "Did you just guide-meditate me?"
> "Did it work?"
> "It didn't NOT work."[\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/NcmR3wdbt2](https://t.co/NcmR3wdbt2)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1471878756025483273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It was perfect.
I did feel a little bad for Linc, but Amelia has barely seen him since they broke up and she hasn’t led him on at all. Plus Linc has something brewing with Jo anyway.
And then as a special gift to me, Owen fell off a cliff.
I’m sorry, I know that’s mean, but I can’t stand his character. Plus I’m sure he’s hanging on to a tree branch somewhere.
Love and romance rarely last in Shondaland. But I hope Amelia and Kai get some happy times while doing their medical research the rest of this season.
**This week:** It’s the *Hightown* finale and I slowed down the end of the “Scenes from the Next” (for science) to see Leslie kiss Jackie!
Is this a “Yay, we just caught the bad guys!” celebration kiss or more than that? I can’t believe I’m looking forward to finding out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Twenties
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### [WonderCon@Home Again](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/wonderconhome-again/)
**Published:** March 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
It’s sad, in a lot of ways, to be typing this. I’m happy about the general quality of the videos that Comic Con International has been able to put out, sharing with more and more people the joys of panels and Q&As at WonderCon and ComicCon, but I also really want to be there. I live relatively close to WonderCon, to the point that I usually only grab a hotel for Friday night since I’m going to be ‘on the job’ late into the night and early again the next morning. I love hanging out with everyone, seeing the costumes, sharing stories, and all the delightful things that make up a convention. I miss ending Friday night with [Gaaays in Spaaace](https://www.gaaaysinspaaace.org) (who technically still have my spare flash card).
Celebrating it, for the second year in a row, from my home-office is not the same thing. Heck, as Press I don’t even get a [fake badge](https://comic-con.org/wca/2021/athome/badges) to wear ([I did make one you’re welcome to use](https://lezpress-media.objects-us-east-1.dream.io/lwtv/WC21AtHomeBadgePress.pdf)). But yet, here we are, doing WonderCon@Home for 2021. And the good news here is there are still things to look forward too! Bonus? You won’t have to worry about bag checks and weapons approval for your cosplay.
## What Are the Deets?
[WonderCon@Home](https://comic-con.org/wca/2021/athome) is this weekend! That’s right, the 26th and 27th of March is WonderCon! Starting at 10am (Pacific) there will be up to ten separate panels per hour, every hour, until 10pm, two days in a row! That’s an insane amount of content, which can be daunting. The great news is that while everything is released at a set time, you can actually watch it later. At least it should. It did last year, which was great for needing a break.
There is a [detailed program guide](https://comic-con.org/wca/2021/athome/complete-programming) up already, but like I do every year, I’m going to break down what’s here, queer, and dear to us.
## What to Watch
I’m breaking down the panels to watch in two groups based on content and subjects. Basically comics and TV. All times are Pacific. The links on the titles will get you to the Eventeny page with more information and (when they air) links to watch.
### Queer TV
Obviously this is the big one for us. I’m giving this group a special ‘Queer?’ column, as there are some shows that are probably going to have at least one queer character but it’s either not official confirmed or unknown if they’re queer female.
DayTimeContentQueer?March 263pm**[*Kung Fu* Sneak Peek and Q&A](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4636)** – Meet the amazing ensemble cast of The CW’s brand-new series, *Kung Fu!* Get to know the cast and producers at WonderCon with a sneak peek into this action-packed and culturally groundbreaking series. From Berlanti Productions and Quinn’s House in association with Warner Bros. Television, *Kung Fu* premieres April 7 at 8/7c on The CW.LikelyMarch 2710am**[*Charmed* Season 3](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4675)** – “The Power of Three Against the Powers That Be” The current third season of *Charmed* finds Mel, Macy, Sarah, and Harry challenged in new ways romantically, personally, and professionally, as they face battles in both the magical and human world.
Stars **Melonie Diaz, Madeleine Mantock, Sarah Jeffery,** and **Rupert Evans** have an in-depth conversation with co-showrunner and executive producer **Liz Kruger** about the compelling events of the season. *Charmed* airs Sundays at 9/8c on The CW through April and will air Fridays at 8/7c from May. Based on the original series, *Charmed* is from CBS Studios in association with Propagate Content.YesMarch 271pm**[*Manifest* Season 3 Sneak Peek and Q&A](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4644)** – NBC’s hit series returns for a third season of action-packed drama, shocking revelations, and the answer to the show’s biggest mystery—what happened to the passengers of Flight 828? Over a year has passed since the miraculous homecoming of Flight 828 and the discovery of others who have mysteriously returned. While the Stone family struggles to keep their friends safe and make their enemies believe the unbelievable, new challenges will test their trust of the callings and each other. But sticking together is more important than ever because no matter what happens, it’s all connected.
Series stars **Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, Athena Karkanis, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise, Jack Messina, Parveen Kaur, Matt Long,** and **Holly Taylor** alongside executive producer/showrunner **Jeff Rake,** chat with TVLine.com’s editor-in-chief, **Matt Mitovich,** along with an exclusive sneak peek at the first five minutes of the season premiere! From executive producers Jeff Rake, Jack Rapke, Jackie Levine, Len Goldstein, and Robert Zemeckis, *Manifest* is produced by Compari Entertainment and Jeff Rake Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television. Don’t miss *Manifest’s* third season premiere on Thursday, April 1 at 8/7c on NBC!YesMarch 272pm**[*Batwoman* Cast and Producer Q&A](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4652)** – Gotham has a new hero! On a personal journey that has taken her from fledgling substitute to confident Caped Crusader, from living in her van with her plant to chasing villains in the Batmobile, Ryan Wilder has become her own Batwoman.
Series stars **Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson,** and executive producer/showrunner **Caroline Dries,** for a revealing chat with TVLine.com’s staff editor, **Keisha Hatchett,** as well as a fun round of Batwoman-themed trivia and behind-the-scenes looks at the show’s costumes and the Batmobile! From Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, *Batwoman* airs Sundays at 8/7c on The CW.Yes## Generally Queer
The rest of the panels are pretty queer, but not as much about TV.
DateTimeSubjectMarch 265pm**[Gay Geeks and Where To Find Them](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4568)** – **Dylan Carter** (host, House of X Podcast), **Jeff Brutlag** (Twitch partner/streamer), Dr. **Darcie Little Badger** (writer, *Elatsoe*), **Amanda Deibert** (writer, *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe*), and **SuperXLuigi** (premiere cosplayer) gather to discuss how to turn your favorite geeky fandom’s into flourishing careers, the challenges and rewards of growing up LGBTQIA+, seeking diversity and representation, and how being a member of the community influenced their work. Moderated by **Julian Jetson** (stylist and host).March 2711am**[LGBTQ+ Comics and Social Activism](https://www.eventeny.com/events/wonderconathome-1162/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=4581)** – Are comics mightier than the sword? Can comics change hearts and minds and entertain at the same time? Now more than ever, LQBTQ+ comic artists and writers are claiming their diverse identities, writing their own stories, and using the art form to build empathy and inclusion. Prism Comics moderator **Justin Hall** (*No Straight Lines*; professor, California College of the Arts) along with a diverse panel of queer comics creators explore comics as a source of social power and community. Panelists include **Tara Madison Avery** (*We’re Still Here,Alphabet*; publisher, Stacked Deck Press), **Trinidad Escobar** (*Of Sea and Venom, Tryst*), **Jennifer Campe**r (*Juicy Mother;* founder, Queers & Comics conference), **Lawrence Lindell** (*From Truth with Truth, Still, Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This Again*; co-founder, TheBAYlies), and **Anand Vedawala** (*100 Years From Now Our Bones Will Be Different*; executive director, San Francisco Zine Fest). ## What Will You Watch?
I know it’s a short list, and I suspect most people are saving up for ComicCon, like last year. But what’s got your eye? What else do you want to watch at WonderCon and what should we be watching with you?
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** WonderCon
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### [ComicCon@Home 2021: Motherland, Star Trek, Legends and More](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/comicconhome-2021-motherland-star-trek-legends-and-more/)
**Published:** July 28, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While SDCC wasn't as gay as I would have liked, it still has some queer news.
**Content:**
The panels are out and questions have been answered (to some degree or another). Since things were pre-taped, there’s an odd balance of what’s revealed and what’s not, but let’s get to the takeaways from shows we love.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
*Star Trek: Lower Decks*While not outwardly, openly, queer, the show runners have been public that they needed to be more overt and better at:
> **You also just mentioned something about Mariner that I didn’t really pick up on during the show: Her friend, Capt. Amina Ramsey, was her lover when they were at the Academy?**
>
> Yeah. We weren’t explicit about it, because most of the relationships in this show are familial or friendship love. It’s not physical love. That character showing up, the story we’re telling about them has nothing to do with any previous relationships they’ve had. For me and for the writers as we were making this, we didn’t intentionally mean for anybody to be strictly heteronormative or straight or cis. Every Starfleet officer is probably at the baseline bisexual, in a way. That being said, I am not the most amazing person at writing those kind of stories. I think we get a little bit better about it in the second season.
>
> **You’re right that no one on the show is exactly explicitly straight, but no one is explicitly LGBTQ either. It sounds like that’s something you’re digging into more for Season 2?**
>
> It is. It’s something I think we need to be better about. If there’s anything I can say about inclusiveness — whether it’s about sex or gender or race or anything — is that I know that I can always learn more and be better about it, and I’m always trying to do that. This is one of those cases where we could have done a better job of explicitly stating the things that the writers always knew about Mariner. It seeps in there in little ways, which even irritates me even more, like you start off the season with Mariner saying, “Whoa, she’s like the hottest girl on the ship, are you nervous?” — that’s one of her first lines. That doesn’t put a stake in the ground, which I wish we had done a little bit more explicitly. It’s always a learning experience. We’re going to be trying to be better about it. And we are more explicit about it in the second season.
>
> [Variety: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ EP Mike McMahan On That TNG Cameo and LGBTQ Characters in Season 2](https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/star-trek-lower-decks-season-1-finale-riker-troi-1234798405/)
Now that said, I (the LezResident Trekkie Nerd) won’t add Mariner or Ramsey to the site until there’s actually something explicit. I expect to be able to add the show with Season Two and, with that in mind, here’s the trailer for the silliest, most fun Star Trek series to date:
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)*Our wild and messy witches are still in the middle of everything confusing and complicated. From the show, we know Tally’s been de-Biddied, but that it also left lasting scars on our perpetual exclamation point (who is now a question mark). Tally has more and more questions about what all this means.
Anacostia is falling out of love with Alder, as it were, also questioning what the goal is and which is the right side. Working with Scylla is making her question more and more, as it should!
Of course, our ship `#raylla` is still up in everyone’s mind. Amalia says that Rae and Scylla are endgame (in her heart) but that Scylla has a lot of explaining and apologizing to do. Taylor knows that Rae has a lot of growing to do, and learning how to love herself.
[You can watch the panel on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgmXynLMBCc)
*[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)*The queerness is complicated here, but I will throw-down anyone who tries to tell me that the Doctor isn’t queer. Gender is sort of meaningless to the Doctor.
The Doctor JODIE WHITTAKER Yasmin Khan MANDIP GILL Dan JOHN BISHOP Doctor Who Season 13 Photo Credit James PardonBBC StudiosBBC AmericaAnyway. New season, new companion, same Doctor, same shenanigans.
*Legends of Tomorrow*It’s a wedding! I can’t believe Sara “slept my way through time” Lance has the nerve to wear white, but there you are. Wedding crashers, bowling, twisted Clue, magic mushrooms, and John Constantine’s bad decisions will follow us for the rest of the season!
The cool news is more and more of the cast are getting to direct! Which is how Jess came around to direct the bowling episode (I didn’t think I could love her more and there we are). They’re also talking about what they’d like to see. Wes Anderson directing is one, jump to the future, or a Moulin Rogue episode. That is extra hilarious since Caity and Jess want to do it, but neither can really sing.
Of course, Jess wants to do a rap ala Hamilton, while alien Gary beatboxes. What about a Boogie Nights episode with Nate as Dick Diggler and Gary as Burt Reynolds. Ships people like? GaAvaLance (Gary + Ava + Sara Lance) and Spoonstra (Spooner + Astra) both are amusing, but I’ll go for Spoonstra. sorry, Gary, but I ship Garantine (Gary + Constantine).
I do have to disagree, though. Gus is not cuter than Beebo, and would not win a fight.
Anyway, there are some *serious* spoilers if you watch, especially about weddings, people leaving and coming, and basically how weird season 7 is going to be.
[Check out the panel on YouTube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwRC02ugXbE)
*[The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/) / [Fear the Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fear-the-walking-dead/) / The Walking Dead: The World Beyond*The Walking Dead universe contracts and expands. While we’re all still a little iffy on the show (seriously they killed off too many queers).
On *Fear*, cast member **[Alycia Debnam-Carey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alycia-debnam-carey/)** will make her directorial debut in Season 7, but [Isabelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isabelle/) will be back!
What ComicCon@Home 2021 panels did you watch and what do you think?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Doctor Who, Fear The Walking Dead, Legends of Tomorrow, Motherland: Fort Salem, SDCC, Star Trek: Lower Decks, The Walking Dead
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### [TCA 2021 - Movies are the New TV?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/tca-2021-movies-are-the-new-tv/)
**Published:** September 15, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two series are getting wrap up TV Movies, and queer content is getting renewed, but new queer content?
**Content:**
By which I mean TV movies.
## TV Movies for TV Shows
Let’s get this one on the table first. *[Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/zoeys-extraordinary-playlist/)* is getting a wrap-up Christmas movie on (of all channels) **Roku**! I’m a fan of the show, even if the first season’s screeners had me sobbing as they all sang through the agony of losing a parent (something that was still too close to home for me at that time).
Also there’s going to be a *[Ray Donovan](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ray-donovan/)* movie wrap up! yes, it’s two years after that surprise cancelation (not even the show runners saw it coming). So far, they’ve confirmed a number of actors returning, but not [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/). Yet. Since the show is on the same network as *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)*, I have hope for at least a scene.
While I doubt it’s going to be as amazing as the *Sense 8* wrap up movie, I’m glad to be getting conclusions! *GLOW*, I’m looking at you.
## Renewals and Positive Signs
*[Big Sky](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-sky/)* threw everyone for a loop when the John Carol Lynch announced he’d be back for season two. Why is that a loop? His character was killed in season one! Next season we get more crime and bad guys, so that’ll be fun.
Tracy and I got hip to *[Fantasy Island](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fantasy-island/)* which **finally** had Ruby confirm her bisexuality (a lot of cheers from us) and while it’s not a new show on Fox, it’s [looking good for a second season](https://deadline.com/2021/09/fantasy-island-fox-in-talks-season-2-renewal-1234828407/). It’s a fun, easy, summer show, which is totally low-stress watching. Goodness knows we all could use that.
## An Otherwise Barren Landscape
Otherwise… Uh … it’s kind of boring around here. For queers at least. Let’s sum up:
**Queer for Sure**
- *[Y: The Last Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/y-the-last-man)* – Even if they don’t get to the part about the lesbians and bisexuals from the comics, we know [Elliot Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-fletcher/) is on it and the show is going to be handling the trans-existence, unlike the comic source. (Hulu)
**Possibilities**
- *Yellowjackets* – A girls’ soccer team survive a plane crash, deep in the remote northern wilderness. (Showtime)
- *The Big Leap* – A reality show within a show, it’s about dancing so we should get at least someone. Right? (Fox)
- *61st Street* – A courtroom drama examining systemic issues in the US, including race and police brutality. (AMC)
**Revivals** (in order of hopeful queerness)
- *4400* – In a follow-up to *The 4400*, thousands of disappeared people return — all without memories of what occurred and all from among society’s marginalized. Being on the CW gives this the highest chance of queers. (CW)
- *CSI: Vegas* – Grissom and Sara are back but the [original](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi/) was mostly known for queers of the week (killers and victims). (CBS)
- *Dexter: New Blood* – The [original](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dexter/) had guest-queers, and given the subject matter, I don’t hold out hope. (Showtime)
- *The Wonder Years* – This is a redo with a Black family. Given the time period, it’s unlikely to have any notable queers. (ABC)
- *24* – Oh you thought I was joking? Yeah, this one’s in talks. (Fox)
**Long Shots**
- *Queens* – it sounds like a less goofy version of *[Girls5eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)*, which I loved, so maybe they’ll sneak someone in, but based on the promo, it’s unlikely. (Fox)
- *Star Trek: Prodigy* – This is aimed at younger viewers, and seeing as they barely were able to acknowledge that Seven might be queer until *[Picard](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-picard/)*, I don’t have a lot of hope here. (Paramount+)
- *Foundation* – Look. I love Asimov’s stuff, but you get pretty much 75% through the first book before you get women. Were in not for some gender-swaps, this would be filed in the “Hah! No!” pile.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Fantasy Island, Ray Donovan, The L Word: Generation Q, Y: The Last Man, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
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### [Hit Me Twice: Hitmen is Back!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/hit-me-twice-hitmen-is-back/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season 2 is as big a hit as season 1, which is miles better than the jobs Jamie and Fran are doing.
**Content:**
A
Season two is a solid story about the worst hitmen you’ve ever met, and their incredibly bizarre misadventures. It holds up to the fun of season one, and lets Mel and Sue shine.
## What’s *[Hitmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hitmen/)* About?
From the outset, it’s two best friends who (somehow) fell into the world of killing people for a living. And gosh are they terrible at it. Really, Jamie (Mel Giedroyc) and [Fran](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fran-3/) ([Sue Perkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sue-perkins/)) have no one in the world except each other, and end up fumbling through live as the most mediocre and useless hitmen who still get the job done. Sometimes.
Season two is titled *Hitmen: Reloaded* but it’s the same drama as season one. With a little extra.
## How’s the New Season?
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
The season begins at a miserable school reunion where everyone remembers Fran’s worst day (the phrase “Oliver Piss” comes up numerous times) and a hitman. No, not Jamie and Fran, another hitman. As everything at the reunion goes to pot, everything takes an even weirder turn.
Jamie reconnects with an old friend, who begins to be a better friend than Fran is, and Fran realizes she might actually lose her BFF. On top of that, they continue to fail upwards with their new boss, the mysterious Mr. V.
Will this new season find the ladies succeeding properly as hitmen? Will they reach the next level and become international killers? Who is Mr. V? Why are hitmen trying to kill Jamie and Fran? Will Fran ever get a date?
The story is even less predictable than you think.
Except maybe the Fran dating thing.
## Catch Season Two on Thursday, October 28
If you missed season 1, there’s time to catch up on this quirky brit-com about two crazy inept hitmen.
Season two drops on the 28th, and you can enjoy this crazy adventure on Peacock.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Hitmen
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### [Which Streamer Is Worth It?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/which-streamer-is-worth-it/)
**Published:** November 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Get a view of what streamers are better (for the queers) than others.
**Content:**
In January 2019, I looked at the new streamers, Apple TV and Disney+, and tried to figure out which was a better service to spend money on (spoilers? [It was Apple TV at the time](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-new-streamers-from-2019/)).
But a lot has changed since then. A lot a lot. Not only are there more streamers, but there are more shows on all the streamers.
## Everyone Has Queers
The bad news first. If you want to watch all the best queer content, you’re going to need to pay for a lot of streamers. Why? Everyone has queers. Yes, even Disney (though their rep on *Loki* was arguably by some). They came back around with *Big Shot*.
- [Amazon Prime](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/amazon-prime) – 16
- [Apple TV+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/apple-tv/) – 8
- [Disney+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/disney-plus) – 6
- [HBO Max](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hbo-max) – 14
- [Hulu](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hulu) – 13
- [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix) – 73
- [Paramount](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/paramount) (Formerly CBS All Access) – 5
- [Peacock](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/peacock) – 13
Some of those numbers are ‘off’ since Peacock and Netflix ‘re-air’ shows from other countries, but also shows like *Y: The Last Man* are on “FX on Hulu” which means they show up on Hulu and not FX.
By the way, one of my favourite sneaky stats things is the charts that let you see how many shows per station per year. If you went to see [Paramount’s growth](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/on-air/?station=paramount), you would see this chart:
That’s a happy little trendline right there.
## That’s Only One Pie Slice
The thing about those stats, though, is we’re only looking at the queer slice of the pie. It’s one thing to look at the smaller streamers, like Apple TV, where you can easily count the original shows (32) and get a visual that shows you it’s 25% of all shows on AppleTV have some queer rep:
This falls apart once you start looking at Netflix. Why? Okay, how many shows are on Netflix, internationally, right now? Just TV shows and just ones that are ‘active’ (not canceled)? Any idea? Yeah, not easy to find.
The best I could find was via JustWatch, and from there I extrapolated a little. Sadly they’re segregated by nation, and (worse) you can’t identify by originals or on-air so I had to just run with that by making a list of **all** shows for each network. From that…
## The Big Three
The charts were unreadable due to the quantity difference, so I broke it out into groups.
Amazon
PrimeHuluNetflixWithout Queers140712131822With Queers3636168Percentage2.5%5.04%8.4%## The Smaller Ones
Apple TVDisney+HBO MaxParamount+PeacockWithout Queers23362362570517With Queers9614515Percentage28.13%1.63%2.03%0.87%2.82%I left Apple out of the image since you really can’t see much from it:
## Winners and Losers – Which Streamer Is Worth It?
[Apple TV](https://www.apple.com/tv-home/) (even though it’s teeny) has the biggest queer bang for the buck with a masterful 28%! That’s mind boggling!
Paramount+ is hurt more than the rest by having a larger catalogue. They put all their old shows up on their app, which seriously skews things (though retroactively they did manage to sneak *Star Trek TOS* in there, so I can’t be all mad). Disney+ is higher than I thought, and probably getting more as time goes on. Peacock may go down as they add shows, since they’ll be adding in all their historical shows once their existing licenses with Hulu and Netflix expire.
Speaking of, that does mean I expect the Big Three to start dropping even more! Especially Netflix.
Of course, the ultimate losers are us, who have to sign up for way too many streamers.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Queer Beats - December 17, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-december-17-2021/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Villanelle is an angel, Sue Dickinson can only think about one thing, and the Listers are caught in a bad romance.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! I am a few weeks behind so let’s jump right into it. This week, Villanelle is an angel, Sue Dickinson can only think about one thing, and the Listers are caught in a bad romance.
## [As Love Goes](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/as-love-goes-season-1#/)
Germana Belo, the creator of [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/), and [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) are raising money to start a new web series! Click the link above to help fund the project, if you are able.
> Y’all, I wrote a thing with @NicolePacent and we’re trying to bring it to life. Check it out! 🖤🏳️🌈 [@belo\_fernando](https://twitter.com/belo_fernando?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@163Films1](https://twitter.com/163Films1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Germana Belo (@\_germana) [December 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/_germana/status/1469286155644547082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I have been absolutely loving Nicole Kang’s Poison Ivy, but I also can’t wait to see [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/)‘s version.
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1470134210178387969?s=20
## [Diary of a Future President](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/diary-of-a-future-president/)
Unfortunately, Diary of a Future President is just one of many shows that got cancellations this month.
https://twitter.com/ilanacubana/status/1470471278280642560
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
I’m obsessed with this show and even more obsessed with [Ella Hunt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ella-hunt/)‘s commentary on the show.
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1471117293887397892?s=20
## [Every Time A Bell Rings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/every-time-a-bell-rings/)
First, [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) gave us a queer character in a Christmas movie that actually GETS THE GIRL, and now she’s sharing her super cute irl relationship with us. What could be better?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXMUHC0pEz6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, the internet sucks sometimes but Ali Liebert is still the best.
> lotta folks spewing homophobic hate towards me for [\#EveryTimeABellRings](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EveryTimeABellRings?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). i truly don't care. i do think of your kiddos tho. i pray that if they are queer, they are safe and that they find ppl in their life who will love and support them exactly as they are. [\#familyvalues](https://twitter.com/hashtag/familyvalues?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🌈
>
> — officially ali liebert (@AliLiebert) [December 8, 2021](https://twitter.com/AliLiebert/status/1468370819193524227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Are you missing them as much as I am?
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXixzD8IOLU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Kevin Can F\*\*K Himself](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kevin-can-fk-himself/)
AMC cancelled Kevin Can F\*\*k Himself which means I have to say goodbye to the one show to ever be set in Worcester, MA.
> ‘Kevin Can F\*\*\* Himself’ to End With Season 2 at AMC
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [November 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1465775640779673608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
A new look at the final season of Killing Eve, which will be premiering on February 27!
> [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will return for the final season on February 27 with back to back episodes, and I just need everyone to prepare accordingly and also look at this photo of Villanelle [pic.twitter.com/BqS8FH8SuW](https://t.co/BqS8FH8SuW)
>
> — Nora Dominick (@noradominick) [December 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/noradominick/status/1471514477719789577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)
Season 4 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will also be dropping in February.
> Ready or not, here she comes. Season 4 of The Marvelous [\#MrsMaisel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrsMaisel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres February 18 on [@PrimeVideo](https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/fmwM6hfoqZ](https://t.co/fmwM6hfoqZ)
>
> — The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (@MaiselTV) [November 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/MaiselTV/status/1465682025042620416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Bonus [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) content! She shows up in the Flash crossovers and [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) talked about what it was like to work with the Super Friends.
> [\#TheFlash](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFlash?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is back tonight with part 4 of "Armageddon," and with this episode, Alex Danvers joins the fold. [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star [@chy\_leigh](https://twitter.com/chy_leigh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) teases what it was like working with new Super Friends for the event.
>
> — TheWrap (@TheWrap) [December 7, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1468276633555636232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Ok, don’t get your hopes up because this movie isn’t queer (I think). But, watching [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) in anything always feels queer to me so I wanted to add it in to this week’s post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CXL6iBgser6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** As Love Goes, Batwoman, Diary of a Future President, Dickinson, Every Time A Bell Rings, Gentleman Jack, Kevin Can F**K Himself, Killing Eve, Mishel Prada, RED, Supergirl, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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### [What I'm Thankful For (on TV) in 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/what-im-thankful-for-on-tv-in-2021/)
**Published:** November 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What are you thankful for (from TV at least) in 2021?
**Content:**
This TV season, as we settle in to hide with queer TV and avoid awkward conversations with family, I have some shows I’m thankful for.
Disney Channel (and Disney+)Don’t get me wrong, I’m still cranky about how Disney’s been treating *The Owl House*, but Disney’s hit 17 shows across their series with queers, and right now they have both *[Amphibia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amphibia/)* and [*The Ghost and Molly McGee*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee/) as animated shows with a quietly supportive LGBTQ+ storylines. Disney drags its heels, but they’re finally, **FINALLY**, catching on. The kids are gonna be alright.
*The Legend of Vox Machina*I know this isn’t out yet, but as I’ve been deeply enjoying the new campaign of *Critical* *Role* (the D&D game the series is based on, that airs weekly on Twitch) I wanted to give them a shout out here because their show will hit in 2022, as an animated show on Amazon Prime. So. Go watch that.
Hallmark and Lifetime MoviesWhaaaaa? But yes! We had [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) in *Every Time a Bell Rings* (Hallmark) and we’ll get [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) in *Under the Christmas Tree* (Lifetime). Both are openly queer ladies, both playing openly queer characters, and since it’s a Christmas movie, I feel like I can say this with certainty… Both will get the girl. Sure, it’s just two movies, and Ali’s sadly one of three lead characters, but this is how we start. We ease into the hearts and living rooms of everyone with some Pumpkin’ Spice Queer– I mean cheer!
*[Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)*The last season of this bizarre and just plain weird mock-bio of Emily Dickinson is both light and fluffy and then not at all. Balancing absurdist humour and modern music with a dark history in a bleak time is difficult, but I never once doubt that Emily is all in on being the artist she truly is.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*It’s not **just** that Renee is back, but that certainly helps. Batwoman remains the gayest show on the CW by having more and more and more queers thrown at us every season.
Okay, fine, it’s mostly because I’m ecstatic that Victoria Cartagena is back. You happy?
What are you looking forward for this holiday season? What are going to binge? Will you try and sneak in a queer holiday movie with the family?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dickinson, The Legend of Vox Machina
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### [LezWatch.TV Staff Favorite Things from 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/lezwatch-tv-staff-favorite-things-2018/)
**Published:** December 31, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The LezWatch.TV staff reflects on their favorite things from the queer entertainment world that happened in TwentyGayteen.
**Content:**
## **Happy New Year’s Eve, Everyone!**
TwentyGayteen is almost over and all of us at LezWatch.TV wanted to do some reflecting on our favorite things from the queer entertainment world in the last year.
## Mika
There’s been so much in 2018, I can’t really list all of it. It feels like just yesterday it was 2017 and I was at *One Day at a Time* tapings, or watching conventions from the sidelines. Now the year is almost over and I’m sure I’m going to miss something. But here are five of my favourite things from 2018!
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* and EddyI adore Eddy and her bumbling display of family love to two broken girls. Three women who loved Vida in different, difficult ways. All she wanted was familia. I hope she gets some of that in season two. Also some better flan.
The Big Gay *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)* WeddingCan you imagine if this had been a cartoon when we were kids? I’m still trying to wrap my head around Pidge on Voltron being a girl (blast her not being able to be non-binary) and Rebecca Sugar just blasts us away with Garnet.
*[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)* FinaleIt’s wrong to feel so happy at an ending, but I do and I did. I get “Nothing Matters When We’re Dancing” stuck in my head all the time, still. I smile and laugh with gay delight when I remember the final shot being a still wet dildo. God bless Lana Wachowski.
Girls named Niko/NicoBe it [Nico Minoru](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/) from *[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)* or [Niko Hamada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/niko-hamada/) from *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*, they’re my girls and I will kill for them. I adore them both, and can’t wait to have Detective Niko back.
ClexaCon LondonI’ve done a lot of cons, but I’ve never done one like ClexaCon. It’s so amazing to have spent two days with all those wonderful humans, and I can’t wait to see many of them again in Las Vegas.
## Tracy
TwentyGayteen was a good year for fictitious queer TV characters and their story lines. Instead of waiting around for 2 minutes of screen time every few episodes on one show, I had a lot of queer content to enjoy and [write about every week](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-week/).
Here are some of my favorite shows, characters and other queer things from the past year.
[Theo Crain](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/theo-crain/) from *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*I was obsessed, y’all, OBSESSED with Theo Crain. It’s rare we get a queer character naturally placed in a show where their queerness is neither downplayed nor the entire focus of their story lines.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1053469547297230848
The entire series was SO GOOD I watched it three times (and some episodes more than that).
> Still obsessed with [\#TheoCrain](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheoCrain?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#TheHauntingOfHillHouse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheHauntingOfHillHouse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) This scene, y'al! -T [pic.twitter.com/WKvTH7V2Cv](https://t.co/WKvTH7V2Cv)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1053807204954976256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
If you’re on your first or second re-watch of Hill House, check out [this guide from Vulture magazine on all the hidden ghosts](https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/the-haunting-of-hill-house-hidden-ghosts.html).
Petra and JR becoming canon on *[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*I’m so used to shows never giving us fans what we want, I was shocked when Petra wound up falling for her lawyer, JR. For once, a show paid attention to all the fan love of a character and listened to our requests to make them queer.
It also doesn’t hurt that Petra and JR’s chemistry is off the charts.
Petramos is my favorite ship on TV right now and I can’t wait to see what happens to them on the last season of *Jane the Virgin*.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* Season FourI feel like Legends is an experiment in GIVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT, and this year they have brought the queer, clever, hilarious and over-the-top content we’ve been asking for.
Ava and Sara have upped their relationship to Serious status, but the show has still kept their unique personalities and story lines. They are two bosses with their own people to manage in addition to being kick ass, timeline-saving girlfriends.
I appreciate this so much. Two characters can be in a love relationship and still be entertaining without being in constant conflict.
Plus, we got this scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1067269964657278976
I’ve already [written a lot about why that scene is so great](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-3-2018/). Now I just want to say, thank you, *Legends of Tomorrow* writers, for bringing us one of the best shows on television.
The Shoot Panel at ClexaCon VegasIf you know me at all you know Root and Shaw from *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)* is my number one favorite ship of all time. I figured I missed my chance to ever see Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi on a panel together, but was so happy when the Shoot panel was announced for ClexaCon 2018!
Y’all, I was just a few feet away from them when I took that picture! I was professional on the outside and freaking out on the inside
Here is the entire panel for your enjoyment:
https://youtube.com/LloG30HQ7mo
*[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* Panel at PaleyfestI ran up to NYC to catch *The Good Fight* cast do a panel for Paleyfest. I was bummed Rose Leslie couldn’t attend last minute, but I still loved seeing the creators and the rest of the cast.
*The Good Wife* / *The Good Fight* are two of my all-time favorite shows, and I had never before seen an interview with creators, Michelle and Robert King. It was fascinating to listen to the Kings’ process and Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald were so hilarious together. I would love the two of them to have their own show.
The Ruby / Sapphire ProposalI love *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, and when Ruby proposed to Sapphire during the 5-night Heart of the Crystal Gems series, it was nothing short of amazing!
> The most amazing thing just happened on television. This is history making. Thank you, [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Thank you. Thank you. -T [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RubyAndSapphire](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RubyAndSapphire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QFDz5wPXoL](https://t.co/QFDz5wPXoL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1014663752426369025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The best thing about Ruby asking Sapphire to marry her, was this time it was their choice to be together. Even though the two of them spend most of their time fused together, there were a lot of positive lessons about needing to keep your autonomy while in a relationship.
## Nikki
Admittedly, 2018 has been a tough year for me (and the rest of America, I think) but, as usual, queer fandom is my favorite place to turn when I need an escape! For me, this year was all about finding comfort in my favorite shows that seem to get better with every season (and one very therapeutic ClexaCon panel).
The Big Ask in [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)I have such a soft spot for this show. Somehow, they do everything right! Including this Syd/Elena moment where Syd asks Elena to the school dance. I think I swooned as hard as Elena did when Syd mentioned SuperGirl, tax reform, and “you don’t even have to wear a dress.” It was cute, funny, and interspersed with the perfect one-liners from the rest of the family. ODAAT sets my heart on fire!
Jolene in [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)We all know how important Wynonna Earp is to its fandom. The show cultivates an environment where people are willing to be vulnerable and share their darkest thoughts because they know the fandom will be there to support them. And the show reflected this in Season 3 Episode 5 where all our favorite characters have to confront their own “Jolene” (played by the wonderful Zoie Palmer). Waverly’s “I’m here and I stay” scene will probably go down as one of my all-time favorite scenes of the show, but I also loved this super soft WayHaught make-up scene that comes later in the episode:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1030789282754179072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1030789282754179072&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Flezwatchtv.com%2F2018%2Fthe-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-20-2018%2F
Chyler Leigh’s panel at ClexaconI have to admit. I haven’t watched the video of this panel. Just looking at the screen grab makes me feel like grabbing every Sanvers fan I know into a giant, sobbing mess of a hug. But this panel was pretty life-changing for me and getting to experience it live with a bunch of other fans (who were also wiping away tears) is something I will never forget. Props to both Dana Piccoli, who is so good at being a supportive and encouraging panel host even with delicate topics, and Chyler Leigh, who amazingly captivated an entire room full of people desperate for some healing after the Sanvers break-up. Watch out for the moment where she sings us all a lullaby and heals all our souls.
Single Anissa in [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)Okay, y’all. Single Anissa brings me such joy. I don’t think I will ever be able to fully put it into words. You know I am one of the biggest ThunderGrace shippers out there but getting to see Anissa have a little fun was just the start I needed to this season. I had no idea that Anissa was so forward but I loved seeing this side of her! My all-time favorite moment was when she bopped along to Zoe’s acoustics musings. She might have been off beat, but this girl is *confident*:
Zarlie in [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)I am in so much pain writing this section. Mainly because of my deep, never-ending love of Zarlie (the Zari/Amaya pairing from LoT). But also because, after SwanQueen (insert tears here), I promised myself I would *never, ever* fall for a non-canon couple again. I refuse to be queerbaited, *especially* when there’s already a canon queer couple on the show. But then Zarlie came into my life. And I fell… hard. I mean, LOOK AT THEM! I am trying to trust the LoT writers to actually give them a shot as a couple. It’s a real lesson in trust for me and they better not break it! The last episode before the hiatus left us with this scene and I will be dreaming about it for the next four months:
> "I could have been anyone when I got my powers back. Do you know why I kept coming back to this form?"
> "Because Amaya is very hot?" [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfToMeowMeow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfToMeowMeow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Zarlie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zarlie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/z7b9OM07bT](https://t.co/z7b9OM07bT)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 17, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1074712820032385025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Mia
This past year many new shows kept me entertained like *Vida* and *The Haunting of Hill House*, and I enjoyed a lot anticipated new seasons from shows like *Jane The Virgin*, *Cable Girls*, and *Glow*. Here are a couple of my favorite viewing experiences from 2018 that haven’t already been mentioned.
*The Prom* on BroadwayI love Broadway musicals. Someday I will have time to read the New York Times Theatre reviews, but until then, The Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will remain my go-to preview for the latest Broadway shows. After seeing the cast of *The Prom* perform and glancing at the New York Times review (some irony in this), our family spontaneously decided to celebrate my birthday in New York with front-row seats. *The Prom* takes stories of real discrimination of queer kids wanting to attend Prom with the dates of their choice, mixes in the egos and liberal politics of Broadway stars, and places the show in Indiana in direct confrontation to the current VP. The result is a classic, musical comedy with catchy songs and a lesbian protagonist with a meta-self awareness about Broadway. I hope this becomes a movie and a Broadway Junior Musical someday. If you are lucky enough to get to Broadway, I definitely recommend it.
https://youtube.com/cdEgtl5f8e8
Everything about Everything Sucks!I absolutely love this show and wish more people paid attention. Throughout all 10, half-hour episodes, we get a realistic, sweet and positive depiction of coming out in high school, discovering and accepting your queerness. For me even as a GenXer, *Everything Sucks* is beautifully nostalgic, but our 12-year-old daughter also watched it multiple times. The soundtrack definitely strikes a significant chord with my Millennial friends. Although we only get one season, you can fully enjoy Kate’s story and won’t be disappointed with the final episode. You should be watching this right now.
What were your favorite things from 2018? Let us know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Charmed (2018), ClexaCon, ClexaCon London, Haunting of Hill House, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Person of Interest, Runaways, Sense8, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Good Fight, Vida, Wynonna Earp
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### [And Just Like That ... It's a Revival](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/and-just-like-that-its-a-revival/)
**Published:** December 15, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** All the shows coming back and so many are interconnected. What does it all mean? What's what? Let's talk!
**Content:**
This week brought to us *[And Just Like That…](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/and-just-like-that/)*, the sequel to *Sex and the City*. With that show came a return of the question “What kind of show **is** that!?” Is it a reboot? A revival? A spin-off?
## What’s What?
Let’s get some terminology under our belts first.
- **Original Series:** An original run is a series which are original ideas that have been brought to live on TV.
- Technically spin-off shows are also ‘original’ series.
- **Revival:** where they’re taking the existing characters and the setting (mostly) and bringing it ‘back,’ is a revival, but it’s also a new show with a new name.
- *And Just Like That…* is a revival, but it’s also a special case since it’s a new series with a new name, some new characters.
- *[The X-Files](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-x-files/)*, which went away and came back, is also a revival, but it kept it’s name (and the IMDB entry).
- **Reboot:** A reboot is a brand new show based on, or inspired, by the original, but with a totally different twist.
- My favourite example of that is *[One Day at a Time](https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-day-at-a-time)*, which has the same premise as the original, but this time is Cuban Americans, with a son and a daughter.
## Original Series, Existing IP
There are two main types of content that this covers. There are shows that are inspired by ‘external’ sources (books, movies, etc), and shows that are created by other shows.
### Literary Inspired, Movies, and Unintentional Sources
Everything based on Sherlock Holmes, for example, gets flagged with “Literally Inspired” as it’s a show built off the existing content. But there are also shows like *Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles*, *M\*A\*S\*H*, and *[The Equalizer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-equalizer/)*, all of which are based off of, or even tightly connected to, movies! There are also tangentially related things, like *Ted Lasso*, which is semi built off a commercial, see the “[Unintentional Pilot](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/mean-jean-vanishing-pilots/)“).
Shows like that are still considered to be ‘original runs’ as it’s the first time it’s on the small screen.
### Spin-offs
A spin-off is a new show containing characters or settings that originated in a previous one, but with a different focus, tone, or theme. Most people think of *Fraiser* (which is a spin-off of *Cheers*) when it comes to that. Spin-offs are hard to process. *Torchwood* is a spinoff of *Doctor Who*, *AfterM\*A\*S\*H* is a spinoff of *M\*A\*S\*H*, and so on. The former feels like it’s own series in a related universe, while the latter depends entirely on the existence of the former. Technically the whole *Law & Order* universe is more interrelated than the MCU.
### We’ve Always Had Existing IP
I know it’s a big thing to complain about ‘no new ideas’ anymore, but when you look back, a lot of early TV shows were based on existing content. That’s right, they were based on the **radio show** that preceded them!
## So what is “*And Just Like That …*” ?
A revival. Or a sequel. Both work.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** And Just Like That ...
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### [Disney's Step Forward: Doc McStuffins](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/disneys-step-forward-doc-mcstuffins/)
**Published:** August 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Disney makes small steps forward in the realm of making us perfectly normal to kids. And I, for one, appreciate it.
**Content:**
I don’t have children, and Tracy’s kid is a bit outside the age range for this one, but Friday morning I became aware of a million ‘moms’ hating on Disney and GLAAD asking us to step up and support them for a kid’s show with two-moms.
## Two Moms Are Normal
Back in 2014, the show *[Good Luck Charlie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-luck-charlie/)* had a typical sitcom encounter with two moms. The dad met one, the mom met the other, and of course, they argued about what the mom’s name was. Oh, silly adults. The moms only showed up once, but that’s the kind of show it was.
On August 5th, [*Doc McStuffins*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/) normalized one more bit of queer life with two doll moms.
## Who is This Doc?
The titular Doc is a six-year-old who cares for stuffed animals and toys in her playhouse clinic. When she puts on her stethoscope, something magical happens — toys, dolls and stuffed animals come to life and she can communicate with them.
In the episode “The Emergency Plan,” Doc helps reunite a doll family (with two moms) and shows them how to make emergency kits after they get separated during an earthquake caused by Dragon-Bot jumping up and down.
## Queers Playing Queers
The two moms are in an interracial relationship, played by out actresses Wanda Sykes and Portia de Rossi. Edie and Thea have two children, Brandon and Gertie. And even in animation, the moms give each other the side-eye:
The family is adorable and everyone gets to learn about how to handle disasters.
## Thank Disney
I know it’s not a whole lot, but for years Disney just shoved their fingers in their ears and sang “La la la!” about the queer in the world. Even though half their casts became gay, they still didn’t want to address it. And while I suspect it will be a while before a main-cast character is queer, having parents that just happen to be two moms or two dads is a great step forward.
If you’d like to thank Disney for positive representation, you can do so via the [GLAAD Doc McStuffins thank you form](https://www.glaad.org/DocMcstuffins).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Disney, Doc McStuffins, Good Luck Charlie, It gets better
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 6, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ana-and-yessika/)
**Published:** December 6, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I caught up with Ana and Yessika on Gentefied and binged most of Our Kind of People season one.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I caught up with Ana and Yessika on *Gentefied* and binged most of *Our Kind of People* season one.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Our Kind of People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/our-kind-of-people/)* – Season 1 \[Catch Up\]I was raised on *[All My Children](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-my-children/)*. It’s my queer fandom root (hello, BAMFans) so I was excited when someone reached out to us letting us know *Our Kind of People* had queer characters. Not only is it full of soap opera goodness, but it also stars [Debbi Morgan](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005247/) who played Angie on *All My Children* for 30 years!
Unlike *All My Children*‘s queer stories which inched along at a snail’s pace, *Our Kind of People* brings the queer teen drama from the start.
I’ve watched 6 of the 9 episodes that have aired, and this is what I know so far. Single mother Angela Vaughn moves her mom (Patricia ‘Aunt Piggy’ Williams/Debbie Morgan) and daughter to the affluent black community of Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vinyard to reclaim her family’s name. Soon she discovers her father is Teddy Franklin, the head of one of the most powerful families in Oak Bluffs. Her half-sister Leah Franklin-Dupont is not happy to find out this news which leads to all kinds of drama.
Angela’s daughter, Nikki, soon discovers Leah’s daughter (and her “new” cousin) Lauren is in a relationship with a girl named Taylor. The pressure of needing to look like the perfect family forces Lauren to stay in the closet, However, after Taylor falls off a boat while drunk at a party, Lauren is compelled to come out to her parents. Leah takes the news half-okay, but soon comes around.
Lauren professes her love to Taylor and asks her to make it official.
> If you like a soapy drama with some queer characters don't miss [\#OurKindOfPeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurKindOfPeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! -T [pic.twitter.com/HcfMY3Ce2u](https://t.co/HcfMY3Ce2u)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1467258843893751823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
A cute happy ending, right? Nope, this is a soap opera and happy relationships do not come easily.
Nikki and Taylor start talking and soon this becomes a 2 cousins and a girlfriend triangle!
DRAMA!
This show is very generous with the queer content. This scene alone deserves a queer Emmy.
> "Mama Liv, I'm gay."
> "Gay as in…happy?"
> "No, Olivia. "Gay" meaning lesbian."[\#OurKindOfPeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurKindOfPeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/WkB8KPwafZ](https://t.co/WkB8KPwafZ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1467571941410324483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am absolutely hooked and I will keep watching and recapping the episodes to come.
*[Gentefied](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentefied/)* – Season 2 \[Streaming\]If you, like me, needed a reminder of exactly what happened with Ana and Yesskia at the end of *Gentefied* season one, here is a quick recap. In the second-to-last episode, they broke up after Yesskia had it with Ana always choosing her family over her. She also essentially accused her of being a Gentrification-supporting art sell-out and Ana snapped.
This season followed similar themes of selling-out vs. financial survival and the cultural erosion of marginalized communities. The main story throughout was the family fighting to keep Pop from being deported and one of the side-stories was Ana and Yessika navigating post-breakup life.
Ana landed a problematic job doing art for Nike and started a problematic relationship with her new boss, Bree.
I was happy to see [Clarissa Thibeaux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clarissa-thibeaux/) playing a queer character again, but I hate when characters make bad choices. I know it’s an easy way to create TV tension, but I don’t like it.
While that was happening, Yessika got her own episode called “Yessika’s Day Off!”
> I love that Yessika got her own episode on [@gentefied](https://twitter.com/gentefied?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season two! -T [\#Gentefied](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gentefied?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/0sdrnhAuFZ](https://t.co/0sdrnhAuFZ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1467304740308541446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I loved learning more about her and Ana and Yessika’s relationship backstory.
I won’t lie, I was rooting for the two of them to get back together. Yessika had become so entwined in Ana’s family, it seemed a shame to throw away all of that love and shared history. However, sometimes familiarity leads to comfortable inertia vs. sustainable love and passion.
I’m not going to tell you what happened because I want y’all to watch the show. In my opinion, this season felt more focused with solid storytelling than the first. I really want to see where they would go with a third season, but the final episode felt very final which scares me. We will keep you all posted on the show’s status!
**This week:** Grey’s 19 is back! I can’t wait to see more of Marina and Dr. Kai.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Gentefied, Our Kind of People
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### [Types of Characters Who Die](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/types-of-characters-who-die/)
**Published:** December 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Understanding the relationship between types of characters and death on TV.
**Content:**
One of the odder stats I’ve always noodled over is the character ‘type’ in relation to death. Beyond just looking at raw numbers, I like to try and make sense of what the values actually mean, to better understand the history, how we got here, and where we might end up.
This year has been a remarkable record low in deaths. There are only 12 dead characters to date (13 if you count [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/)…), which is a 65% **decrease** from last year. The record high was 45 in 2016, so this drop, which gets us well below the projection, is surprising. And I wondered if it had to do with the kinds of characters…
## Character ‘Type’
There are three primary types of characters:
- Regulars – main characters who are on screen in nearly every episode
- Recurring – frequently occuring characters with their own plots
- Guests – aka ‘Queers of the Week’
There’s always a lot of wiggle room going on between them, as sometimes a show will credit someone as a main cast member when they’re in 2 episodes. For example, AppleTV put Sam Niell (a classic ‘Hey! It’s that guy!’ actor if there was one) as a main character for *[Invasion](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/invasion/)* but thus far, he’s been in a single episode. Sometimes those demarcations are related to money, contracts, and fame. Sometimes they’re not.
## Overall, an Even Split
When you look at the pure, from all time, stats, you can [see that it’s a remarkably even split](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/characters/):
- Regular – 183
- Recurring – 151
- Guest – 175
Honestly, I would have expected guest to be much higher, but once I said that out loud, I realized I knew why!
I’ve wanted to try this for a while. The two images below are a ‘before and after’ image compare. The ‘before’ image is just the ‘characters on air per year’ and the ‘after’ is for dead characters per year. Play around with the slider, but you’ll see they are pretty much on par with each other (though death has a higher trend line):
This interests me because it shows how ‘even’ they are. The scales are different, but the relative size is very close, which suggests that the reason that dead characters by type are a near even thirds split is specifically because of that relationship. That is, we see more dead main characters because for a while that’s all we had, other than dead guest of the week.
## Change Over Time
In order to test my hypothesis, I went and built out a table of death per year by type… And was surprised.
YearRegularRecurringGuest2021463202012121320191913132018918142017161312201620219201581419If my premise had been correct, then the numbers for guests would be notably higher than the ones for regulars.
But as you can see, they’re not. In fact, the overall stats are the same year by year by year.
## What Does This Mean?
This is the part where I stop. You see, what I don’t have is statistics on non-queer deaths per year, broken down by character type. No one (not even IMDb) keeps tabs on that. But we as TV viewers are generally aware of the trope that Main Characters rarely die. Wounds are cosmetic, etc etc.
My conclusion here is that the fact that this ratio hasn’t really changed in 40 years (and certainly not over the last 5) means that we, as queers, remain disposable.
Here’s hoping 2022 skews a little different.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### ["Saved By The Bell" Balances Nostalgia With Now](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/saved-by-the-bell-balances-nostalgia-with-now/)
**Published:** December 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's alright, you're in the nick of time.
**Content:**
There’s a term running around called “Nostalgia Porn” — it’s not about old-school porn, it’s about all those reboots and revivals we’ve been getting lately, but also shows like *Stranger Things* that bases itself in a ‘beloved’ but relatively recent era. Those sorts of shows are pretty hit and miss. My wife and I were pretty big X-philes, but we hated the return of *The X Files*.
A number of those shows don’t get more than one season. The *Punky Brewster* pickup, for example, set us up for a big gay wedding in season two, but since it was canceled, we’ll never get that. Of course, that show had some younger kids, and those can be tricky to deal with in the era of COVID, and it was a little obvious and over the top on plots. On the other hand, we have a show about teens (and adults) that manages to pull off ostentatious plots, idiocy, retcons, and flashbacks, while still embracing the now.
Yes, I’m talking about *[Saved By The Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell/)*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season one and two!
## From Ridiculous Beginnings
The basic plot of season one of *Saved by the Bell* was that Zack Morris had somehow gotten himself elected Governor of California and is dealing with a budget crisis which he solves by closing schools. After that outrage, he decides to bus the poor kids to none other than **Bayside High**!
It goes over about as well as you’d think. And to give you the full nostalgia, Zack and Kelly are still married and their son, Mac, goes to Bayside. Also there is the son of Jessie Spano (school counsellor, married to René an artist), Jamie, who is an empty headed numpty but plays football for Coach Slater (yes). They’re joined by Lexie Haddad-DeFabrizio, who has a crush on Jamie.
For the new kids, none of them seem to have a tie to Ye Olde Bayside and, at first, feel like they’re there to give us a wink-wink about how inane that school is. The whole season is about the two very different groups coming together, figuring out how to be better people, balancing home and school (except for Mac), and then there’s an ongoing subplot …
The school principal, Rod Toddman, appears at first to be just another new person there to fill things in. School has to have a principal, right? He keeps acting like he knows the OG crew, and yet no one remembers him. It’s not until the school digs up a time capsule, and famous fashion designer Lisa Turtle is there to celebrate, that they show a totally absurd retcon where the adult actor for Toddman is very badly fitted into past moments, to prove he was part of the gang all along!
Another hilarious, but appropriate, hat tip to the old days is when one of the kids has a single comment about maybe taking caffeine pills. Remember [Jessie’s epic meltdown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oRipJAlW5M)? It’s revisited in one single hilarious moment.
## To Even More Absurd Continuation
The first season ends with Mac reading his phone and asking what this whole COVID thing could be…
Yeah. The show jumps ahead and the kids are now juniors! The homeschooled the rest of sophomore year, with things being worse for the poor kids and their crappy internet, but finally, they’re all back! And this season the plot is Bayside being in the running for California School Spirit…
Time out.
I went to high school in SoCal. No such thing. I know, you’re shocked.
Okay? Time in.
Remember that schtick? Well Zack is no longer the governor (unlike Newsome, he categorically loses his recall, and honestly that’s probably for the best), but now he’s the Say at Home Dad, and it doesn’t go over all that well. He tries to connect with Mac, and it goes over badly, Kelly wants to go back to work, Jessie’s getting a divorce, Slater’s broke, and Screech is dead (he gets a bit of a montage for some of his more absurd moments).
But where season two really excels is in moving past the wink-nod to the past that it did in season one. Instead, the show goes all in on embracing what they were. Slater refers to his time in college as “The College Years,” Jessie talks about the time she lived in Vegas after college (*Showgirls*) and even pole dances! They even give Zack a chance to call “time out!” again.
And on top of that, while season one gave life to Josie Totah’s amazing Lexi, season two lets her bloom.
SAVED BY THE BELL 1 900 Crushed Episode 203 Pictured Josie Totah as Lexi Haddad DeFabrizio Photo by Evans Vestal WardPeacockWhen a trans student is kicked off a sports team at another school, Lexi is suddenly front and centre for everyone asking what can they do to help. She just wants to go on being herself, because she can’t change the world and solve sexism and homophobia and transphobia in a day. This results in her being introduced to the PRISM club for LGBTQIA+ students, and the captain… Chloe.
You might recognize her…
SAVED BY THE BELL La Guerra de Aisha Episode 207 Pictured Ariela Barer as Chloe Photo by Greg GaynePeacock
No? Picture her with purple hair and glasses, or maybe as the biggest goth. That’s our girl, [Ariela Barer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariela-barer/)! And her Chloe steals the whole second half of the season when she falls in love with a girl who isn’t out and is having her first crush on an attainable female (and not, like, Janelle Monae), and those cooky kids have a chance to make it work!
Of course there are the classic sitcom miscommunication moments, but it’s there when *Saved By The Bell* leans on things like ‘woke’ culture, affluenza, and equality that it begins to sparkle. Unlike that caffeine pill episode, which was way too much ‘special episode,’ all of these are like the time that Zack’s pimple cream made Kelly’s face burgundy. It’s the more subtle hand at showing how messed up things are (looks, money, etc) that really make things sing.
## It’s Alright, Cause I’m Saved By The Bell
I can’t believe I’m doing this, but I’m gonna say this. Do you want a silly, fun, series where love wins, queers win, and everyone finds success where they should? Do you want to laugh at how bad TV was in the 80s and 90s? Do you want to have a little bit of real in with your comedy without it being a Very Special Episode?
Check out *Saved By The Bell* on Peacock.
I don’t have kids so I can’t tell you if they’d appreciate it, but if you grew up with *Saved By The Bell* on TBS, you’ll enjoy the hell out of this.
SAVED BY THE BELL Dancing to the Max Episode 209 Pictured l r Abraham Rodriguez as Spencer Ariela Barer as Chloe Alycia Pascual Pena as Aisha Garcia Photo by Evans Vestal WardPeacockYou don’t even have to dance in the dance-a-thon.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Saved By The Bell
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 29, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jackie-and-leslie/)
**Published:** November 29, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I catch up with Big Mouth, Twenties, stress over Jackie and Leslie on Hightown and more.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I catch up with *Big Mouth*, *Twenties*, stress over Jackie and Leslie on *Hightown* and more.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)* – Season 5 \[Streaming\]*Big Mouth*, a show both my teenager and I watch but NEVER together, dropped season 5 on Netflix on November 5th. This season they introduced the Lovebugs and Hate Worms to compliment the other cast of puberty feelings characters. Love and hate are the themes of this season and Jessie, who dealt with her mom coming out as a lesbian in previous seasons, is now exploring some gay feelings of her own.
Jessie develops a crush on Ali (played by Ali Wong) and her Hormone Monstress (Maya Rudolph, my favorite character) and Love Bug (Pamela Adlon) help her process these new feelings.
> 🎵 "We're gonna test the lesbian waters on my very real show." 🎶 [\#BigMouth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigMouth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QC8kQNvkAU](https://t.co/QC8kQNvkAU)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1463505649090846727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Jessi’s vagina, played by Kristen Wiig, also gets in on the processing.
> "Is it possible you're a lesbian?" [\#BigMouth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigMouth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> (Warning: A little NSFW) [pic.twitter.com/vPWTIzz0Iq](https://t.co/vPWTIzz0Iq)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 28, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465105383756816387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The problem is, Ali already has a girlfriend named Samira which leads to some teen queer drama. You’ll have to watch to find out what happens.
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 5 Episode 7 “Ghost Stories \[Halloween\]” \[Catch Up\]In my opinion, *9-1-1* has gotten really boring. My wife puts it on every Monday night, but I only half pay attention. However, to my delight, Hen’s ex Eva made an appearance on the Halloween episode! I do not want any harm to come to Hen and Ren, but I love the wake of drama Eva causes when she pops into an episode once a year.
> I know it's wrong, but I love when Eva randomly pops into [\#911onFox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911onFox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to stir some sh\*t with Hen and Ren. -T [pic.twitter.com/ANtM6Bbuf7](https://t.co/ANtM6Bbuf7)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1463521269496885253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Eva wants to pay Hen a visit, I wonder what it could be about!
Eva’s moving to Portland and wants to complete one of her sobriety steps and apologize to Hen on the way out of town. Hen stays pretty stoic. I think she’s scared of telling Karen about her Eva visit.
Telling Karen doesn’t go well.
> I think my faith in everything being okay with Hen & Ren is why I don't mind Eva popping in to cause drama. That and the face Karen makes when Hen tells her Eva came into the station. 😆 -T [\#911onFOX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911onFOX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jdXSofxP7T](https://t.co/jdXSofxP7T)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465121919880028160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
My favorite part of that scene was Karen’s face upon hearing Eva’s name.
Karen then gets a little intense and drives to Eva’s apartment to confront her. How did she know her address? Karen tells her bad things happen when she comes around and she always feels second to her in Hen’s life.
Eva assures her Karen is Hen’s #1 and she will never leave her.
Looks like Ren took those words to heart because she set up a romantic but fire hazardous bedroom scene for Hen when she came home. She told her she talked to Eva and has come to peace with her existing in the world.
> "Karen, I love you. Only you." [\#911onFOX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911onFOX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/GoYzf1cAd6](https://t.co/GoYzf1cAd6)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465125610624323588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That is sweet, but it looks like closure. I’m not ready for closure, I want more drama to wake this show up.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3 Episode 7 “Pick Your Poison” \[Live\]How did we get to the *Batwoman* mid-season finale already? This show is so good the episodes fly by!
If you recall, Sophie hooked up with Renee Montoya at the end of the previous episode. In this episode, she wakes up in Montoya’s bed and I guess Renee already ran off to work.
I’m really curious what’s in Montoya’s ‘fridge.
We never get to see it, because Sophie’s roommate Alice has run off with Mary who is turning into Poison Ivy, and now she and Ryan need to find them. A “walk of shame” to a [Wildmoore](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Wildmoore) rescue mission, what could go wrong?
Right in the middle of trying to figure out where Alice and Mary could be, Batwoman/Ryan does figure out where Sophie was last night.
> "So she's the reason you didn't go home last night. You were with her."
> "Didn't realize I needed your permission."[\#WildMoore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WildMoore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/m8M8wyf9tO](https://t.co/m8M8wyf9tO)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465109342244548610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
“I am so happy you two found each other.” Ooooh, someone’s jealous! I love it. I feel spoiled by this show with the queer drama.
Renee wasn’t on this episode, which was a bummer, but [Vicki Cartagena](https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena) made up for it by having a presence on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1463693498113306628?s=20
Perfectly Tweeted.
Later, Sophie is confessing her feelings of guilt to Luke.
> "We had a thing which technically didn't even last 'til breakfast." [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/61GQSIqBUC](https://t.co/61GQSIqBUC)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1463702134747238401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I think Sophie should be easier on herself. She’s had a challenging 2.5 years and deserves some action with a hot investigator.
It looks like the show is making this a one-time thing so the Wildmoore train can keep rolling. I’m here for all of it and I can’t wait to see what happens when the show is back in January.
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 4 Episode 4 “See You on the Other Side” \[Catch up\] I am doing my best to catch up on *Legacies*. I’m still an episode behind, but the general plot this season is Finch being on again off again with Josie because she can’t handle the fact her girlfriend has to perform a ritual (The Merge) with her twin on their 22nd birthday where only one of them will emerge alive. That’s fair, but you do go to a supernatural school so odds are someone you date will have to face a life or death challenge or 10.
If you want to avoid alcohol poisoning while watching *Legacies*, don’t drink every time someone says.
- Malivore
- The Merge
- The Necromancer
They say these words more than they say “Vandal Savage” in the first season of *Legends of Tomorrow*. To be honest, I have a hard time paying attention to all of the Big Bad plots. Josie recruits Finch into helping defeat Malivore which keeps her around even with her cold feet re: The Merge.
It seems to have worked because Finch is in even though she is scared.
> "Does that always happen when you kiss a girl?"
> "Not to my knowledge."
> "Well, get used to it."[\#finsie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/finsie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Legacies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legacies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/IRPtiZDzEU](https://t.co/IRPtiZDzEU)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 28, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465100795599368197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That scene was really sweet and it was over a minute and a half! Teen wlw scenes don’t usually get that much screen time. Go, *Legacies*!
This love high doesn’t really last though, Finch again has to take a back seat to Saltzman Supernatural drama. I’ll let y’all know what happens when I’m all caught up.
*[Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)* – Season 2 Episode 6 “Behind Every Skirt is a Slip” \[Live\] I have a confession to make. My wife and I are now for real into this show. It skipped a week and we missed it! Congrats, Rebecca Cutter, you won these two cynical lesbians over.
Jackie has been dating her police partner, Leslie, and in the last episode, Jackie texted “I love you” in a low-key, “You just sent me a pic of your boobs” way. I wouldn’t have taken it as a serious “I love you, let’s get married” way, but I guess Leslie did because she stopped texting back entirely.
Jackie lost her shit and started texting and calling 1,000 times. No, Jackie, no!! If she played it cool it probably would have blown over, but Jackie has no chill.
In this episode Jackie has a very bad day, everyone is mad at her and she runs into her ex-girlfriend at a bar and she makes it VERY clear to Jackie she’s moved on. Every minute you’re stressed thinking Jackie is going to jump off the wagon.
Towards the end of the episode, Jackie walks up to Leslie’s front door to talk to her. Leslie says their thing was just supposed to be fun and Jackie took it too far.
Jackie said the exact thing I was thinking.
UGH! I really liked Jackie and Leslie. I’m not going to flip Leslie to straight just yet in the database. I want to see how things pan out.
The very last scene was Jackie showing up at her dad’s apartment for Thanksgiving and saying “yes” when he offered her a beer.
I was really enjoying sober Jackie, it made the show more interesting. I hope the rest of the season doesn’t go off the rails.
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 2 Episode 6 “Epiphany” \[Live\] So far this season Hattie has been navigating her relationship with Ida B and trying to get her screenplay finished and out in the world. She joined a writers group with Idina, the barista from season one who Hattie turned down in, in my opinion, a really mean way. This season they were hanging out and getting to know each other as friends, until 2 episodes ago.
Hattie finally had enough of being Ida B’s secret and cut things off with her. I think it was a bit much to expect someone with that much fame to jump out of the closet so quickly, but no one out wants to be stuffed back in the closet. So good for her for standing up for herself. But literally the very next episode Hattie asks Idina out.
> "I'm not just a toy you can pick up and play with 'cause you got tired of your old one."
> Ugh, I do not think this is going to end well. -T [\#TwentiesOnBET](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwentiesOnBET?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/dRICdG08GA](https://t.co/dRICdG08GA)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1465136254173986825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
First, if I was Idina there is no way I would say yes after the way Hattie treated her last season. Second, Hattie broke up with Ida B a minute ago!! This is such a blatant rebound relationship! Last, why can’t they just be friends? Hattie doesn’t have any queer friends and the two of them have cute friend chemistry.
Then I tried to put myself back in my twenties. If I was crushed out on a girl who at first rejected me but then later asked me out, I would probably have said yes. But I am scared for Idina. My prediction is Hattie leaves her to go back to Ida B.
**This week:** It’s a relatively quiet week for Queer TV, so I’m going to try to play catch up with *Legacies* and *Gentefied*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Batwoman, Big Mouth, Hightown, Legacies, Twenties
---
### [Queer Beats - November 26, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-november-26-2021/)
**Published:** November 26, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Euphoria and Madre Solo Hay Dos released trailers, while Cophine and Korrasami also returned to us.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Euphoria and Madre Solo Hay Dos released trailers, while Cophine and Korrasami also returned to us.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Where are all my Batmoore fans at?
> Look who just joined me at the airport! [@meagantandy](https://twitter.com/meagantandy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/fSLSVzHOwi](https://t.co/fSLSVzHOwi)
>
> — Javicia Leslie (@JaviciaLeslie) [November 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie/status/1463702723568672769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
After what feels like a 10 year wait, season two of Euphoria is coming soon.
> EUPHORIA SEASON 2. JANUARY 9.
>
> — Zendaya (@Zendaya) [November 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/Zendaya/status/1463215233103581187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)
There’s a new Legend of Korra anthology coming out soon and the poster (or possibly cover?) was just released….
> THE LEGEND OF KORRA: PATTERNS IN TIME, coming April 13th, 2022
>
> All the info: [pic.twitter.com/ZZIWYPHxFR](https://t.co/ZZIWYPHxFR)
>
> — Avatar News (@AvatarNews\_) [November 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/AvatarNews_/status/1463405580530290688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Madre Solo Hay Dos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/madre-solo-hay-dos/)
Here’s the new Madre Solo Hay Dos trailer!
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
[Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) lives on through the suits of [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWogoLiPJ_D/
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Cloneclub was BLESSED last week with an hour-long panel interview with the OB cast.
> 'Orphan Black' stars Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Evelyne Brochu, and Kristian Bruun reunite to discuss the past, present, and future of the franchise.
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [November 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1461349764792926211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
Queen Sugar will be ending next season, but, thankfully, it is the choice of Ava DuVernay.
> "‘Queen Sugar’ has been one of the true joys of my career and my gratitude is buoyant and boundless.” — @ava
>
> — VIBE Magazine (@VibeMagazine) [November 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/VibeMagazine/status/1461125773306306568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
This new casting call for Sex Education seems to imply that the show will finally be adding a trans character!
> Well, this is exciting 👀 Casting call for [@netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) original Sex Education!
>
> If you fancy working with the likes of [@GillianA](https://twitter.com/GillianA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@doitlikedua](https://twitter.com/doitlikedua?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (yes please 😍) then get in touch! [pic.twitter.com/S52Nd1fwNV](https://t.co/S52Nd1fwNV)
>
> — Mermaids (@Mermaids\_Gender) [November 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/Mermaids_Gender/status/1461315539142385664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I’m not sure if there’s anything on this Earth that’s more inspiring than this picture of [Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgwziaBFn3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Transparent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/)
[Trace Lysette ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/trace-lysette/)will be hosting a new podcast about the story behind a reality TV dating show in 2004.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWl3O0EhNUE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [We Are Lady Parts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-lady-parts/)
We Are Lady Parts got a second season!
> [\#WeAreLadyParts](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WeAreLadyParts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has (finally!) been renewed for a second season at Peacock [pic.twitter.com/dvXcXUNNNV](https://t.co/dvXcXUNNNV)
>
> — Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) [November 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/1462798021448679433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
We may not have season two yet but we DO still have videos of these two being cute.
> ERANA JAMES SURPRISING HER BEST FRIEND MIA HEALEY IS THE CUTEST THING IVE EVER SEEN OH MY GOD [pic.twitter.com/VmZObaezUU](https://t.co/VmZObaezUU)
>
> — dani ◐ (@thewildsfc) [November 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/thewildsfc/status/1462745759699275777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Avatar the Legend of Korra, Batwoman, Euphoria, Madre Solo Hay Dos, Orphan Black, Queen Sugar, Sex Education, Supergirl, The Wilds, Trace Lysette, We Are Lady Parts
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched During My Hiatus](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-i-watched-during-my-hiatus-queer-tv/)
**Published:** November 22, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I took a little break from my weekly column, but I didn't press pause on watching queer TV.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched During My Hiatus**…I took a little break from my weekly column, but I didn’t press pause on watching queer TV.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Over 17 months ago, my family had a house fire and we JUST moved back home a month ago. I took a break from writing my column to do endless construction clean-up, packing, moving, unpacking and rearranging. But now we’re home, almost completely settled in and I’m ready to get back to writing about the Queerest Things I’ve watched on TV. Here is a speed round sampling to start y’all off.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 3Of all the regular series I watch, *Batwoman* is the one I look most forward to. I love the characters, stories and consistent delivery of quality queer content. I am beyond thrilled Victoria Cartagena joined the cast reprising her role as Renee Montoya. There are so many queer characters on this show (14 and counting) you have your choice of couples to ship!
I was so distracted by #Wildmoore I did NOT see this coming!
> "Believe it or not, Montoya, there are other people I'd rather not be drinking with right now." 😅 [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Bl1FWxGbx5](https://t.co/Bl1FWxGbx5)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1461352920050405384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love it (you know [how I feel about wall make-outs](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/)), AND I love the queer triangle starting to form.
When Poison Ivy (Bridget Regan) joins the show I may not survive. Please send #ThoughtsAndPrayers.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 7I’m enjoying Legends so far. Post-married Avalance is fun and all of the extra time shenanigans happening this season is entertaining, but I dunno, I feel like it’s not as good as previous seasons.
I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe I’ll figure it out later, but here is Ava and Sara being cute.
> "We're not sisters." [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tByCHXwOLM](https://t.co/tByCHXwOLM)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1462581958182154241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*[Grey’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) [19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 18 / Season 5I love Carina and Maya with all of my fandom heart, but could they PLEASE have more than 10 minutes of post-wedding happiness without launching into “to-have-or-not-have-a-baby” angst?? I am SO TIRED of that storyline!
Here are 42 seconds of them not talking about babies.
> "You spent a year of your life studying the female orgasm. 10 minutes should be plenty." [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2uk2Yon4hJ](https://t.co/2uk2Yon4hJ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1462568475487002627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love when Carina’s orgasm research is brought up.
Otherwise, arguing over parenthood is all they’ve been occupied with, and last week, Maya “saw the light” and agreed to have a baby. Can a show please be original and have a couple come to the decision to not have kids in a fair and healthy way? I hate how this trope works to make childless people feel like shit and tries to brainwash everyone into thinking you will want to be a parent if you JUST have a single magical moment with a kid. I want to see happy childless people on TV!
Now their story is all going to be about trying to conceive and that is stressful and not fun (although there are some funny moments) in real life and I bet it will be on TV too.
Meanwhile, over at The Grey Center for Medical Research, we have been introduced to a new non-binary character, Kai Bartley (played by out non-binary actor, E.R. Fightmaster). I am in LOVE with Kai’s voice — I could happily listen to them read the instruction manual to my new oven.
Amelia Shepherd has been working with Kai on a procedure to cure Parkinson’s Disease and in their first 42-second scene together they had more chemistry than all of Owen’s 18 seasons with anyone.
The last time they interacted they got the “relationship status” conversation out of the way.
> I can NOT WAIT to see what happens with these two. -T [\#greysanatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/greysanatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/JRpYVGWJIq](https://t.co/JRpYVGWJIq)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1462595415283490818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am so here for Kai and Amelia.
*[AHS](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-stories/) [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)* – Season 2 I’m kidding, *American Horror Story* and *Hightown* didn’t do a crossover, but it felt like it did! One was about super talented blood-sucking killers in Provincetown who preyed on addicts on the Cape and the other is about Provincetown cops trying to bust drug dealers on the Cape.
If you remember, [I didn’t like Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-hightown-and-we-are-who-we-are/) (even though I love a messy butch disaster). But, and I’m a little afraid to say this out loud and jinx it, I like season two much better.
I still have complaints — for a show starring a lesbian lead taking place in P-town there is WAY too much gratuitous straight sex and drama. I’d be okay with that if equal time was given to queer and straight stories, but it’s not. Also, I can’t stand off-band McNulty (Ray) and some of the dialogue is just terrible.
But I’ll wrap up with the positive. Jackie is sober this season (so far) and a much better version of herself. She’s not the self-destructive mess she was last year. I’m not sure how she did it, but she talked her way into joining the regular police (even though she still does some fish policework with her old partner here and there). Speaking of partners, she’s been paired with the only other woman on the force (in all of Cape Cod??) and their chemistry was pretty good from the start.
> I was pretty negative on [\#Hightown](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hightown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) last year, but this year I don't hate Jackie and Leslie. I still have complaints, but IMO season two is better. -T [pic.twitter.com/Lo2JhMxfwU](https://t.co/Lo2JhMxfwU)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1462560174900752385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I really like the two of them together, although Jackie already may have messed this relationship up. I even care about the police cases they are working on! I have my fingers crossed Jackie stays on the wagon, but I don’t have my hopes up.
[*Dopesick* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dopesick/)– Miniseries *Dopesick* is a docudrama about the Sackler family, their company Perdue Pharma and the opioid crisis they accelerated with the drug OxyContin. The show was sad and aggravating, but I was absolutely obsessed with it. Many of the characters were composites of multiple real people.
Rosario Dawson played fictional DEA agent Bridget Meyer who worked for years to compile enough evidence to make the FDA take the drug off the market. She wasn’t queer (in fact she had, IMO, a whiny and unsupportive husband), but she was a kick-ass character.
**Spoiler alert:** She didn’t get them.
Kaitlyn Dever played Betsy Mallum, a coal miner who had dreams of moving away to a more queer-friendly town with her girlfriend. Those plans were derailed when Betsy had a mining accident and was prescribed Oxy. She eventually moved on to heroin and died of an overdose.
The real Kathe Sackler is a lesbian and portrayed on the show. I have nothing nice to say about her.
If you have the stomach for addiction stories, I highly recommend watching *Dopesick*. Even though I know the drug is still out there and the Sacklers are still rich and not in jail as they should be, the show was really riveting.
*[Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)* – Season 2*Home Economics* is now my favorite sitcom. Every week they serve up the queer jokes in an absolutely joking with you, not at you way.
> A week later this is still making me and [@xmiax](https://twitter.com/xmiax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) laugh. 😂-T [\#HomeEconomics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HomeEconomics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#USWNT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/USWNT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/uiOOYU0wxX](https://t.co/uiOOYU0wxX)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1458913892189548549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So funny.
**This week:** That was just some of the queer tv I’m watching at the moment. *Twenties*, *Legacies*, *9-1-1*, *I Know What You Did Last Summer, Big Mouth, Gentefied*, *Yellowjackets…*I’ll be chiming in on these shows too. It’s good to be back, y’all!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dopesick, Grey's Anatomy, Hightown, Home Economics, Legends of Tomorrow, Station 19
---
### [Queer Beats - November 12, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-november-12-2021/)
**Published:** November 12, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, As Five, Derry Girls/the wee lesbian, and the Dickinsons returned to us.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, As Five, Derry Girls/the wee lesbian, and the Dickinsons returned to us.
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
As Five, the spinoff of the Brazilian show [Malhaçao](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/), is going to be returning for a season two!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVv-vpRLVWQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
Derry Girls is filming again and [Nicola Coughlan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicola-coughlan/) keeps giving hints at our favorite wee lesbian.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVvfIYrKi3D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWIglpKK9TR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
Bet you didn’t know you needed this to start your Friday morning!
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1456622573639376897?s=20
## [The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)
I still live here.
> I can’t stop looking [pic.twitter.com/RdFjCjnkvB](https://t.co/RdFjCjnkvB)
>
> — stark (@warriormcgrath) [October 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/warriormcgrath/status/1454280668847001603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
I don’t know what we did to be gifted new Cophine content but I am VERY THANKFUL.
> cophine content in 2021 is proof that dreams do come true literally crying hysterically [pic.twitter.com/pLXbwcS2CH](https://t.co/pLXbwcS2CH)
>
> — paris (@cosimasdyke) [November 3, 2021](https://twitter.com/cosimasdyke/status/1455801196782964739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
As I’m sure everyone is aware, Supergirl officially aired its final episode this week. I don’t think it has fully hit me yet that we will no longer get [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) content, but I am glad she got a happy ending.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CV51AASvsyW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I just think there’s no better way to end a show than with a big queer wedding.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CWEPGAaPsPV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** As Five, Derry Girls, Dickinson, Orphan Black, Supergirl, The Morning Show
---
### [2021's Long Impact on Representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2021s-long-impact-on-representation/)
**Published:** November 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The trends are still pretty messy thanks to COVID and general changes in what's on TV.
**Content:**
Year two of TV in a pandemic. A lot has changed, and we look at it all in a new light.
A year ago, I had a prediction:
> My prediction? We’re going to see more cancelations every week until there’s a vaccine, and even then some shows (especially ones with kids) are not going to come back.
>
> [2020 By the Numbers ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020-by-the-numbers/)
How’d that pan out?
As I’ve said before, [the number of shows on air with queer rep has been dropping since 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/). Overall, [representation itself is stagnating](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/growth-of-representation/) and this [continued in 2020 due to a pandemic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020-by-the-numbers/) and the rising costs of managing filming.
## Overview of Appearances
I usually start with a straight look at how many shows are on air, and how many characters and death.
YearShows
On-AirCharacters
On-AirCharacters
Who Died2021420627102020480971382019485989452018509102541201748699141I admit, my first moment was to cheer at the precipitous drop for death! And then I looked over at characters on air… Actually that bears a closer look.
Here are the percentage changes for characters:
Year% Change of
All Characters% of Characters
Who Died% Change
of Death2021-35.43%1.59%-73.68%2020-1.82%3.91%-15.56%2019-3.51%4.55%9.76%20183.43%4.00%0%201722.5%4.14%-14.58%A positive percentage means the numbers **increased** year to year. That last one is a little weird, but basically we want to see the percentages of dead characters go down. -73% means 73% **fewer** characters died. So that’s good! But the other column? The percentage change of all characters? That went down. A lot.
Of note. On October 28, 2020, I noted we had 17 dead characters for 2020. Now we have 38. That’s how much changed in **two months**.
This overall line somewhat mirrors the number of shows on air with queers, though at a less steep drop:
Those reinforce my believe that Peak TV is on a downward trend.
## Net Loss Trends Continue
But last year, I was talking about the gains and losses of shows more than characters, primarily because we were losing a lot of shows. At the time, 2020 was a +5 (gaining 5 new shows internationally). The overall numbers actually changed, partly because we found more shows to add, but also because there were a few shows dropped at the end of 2020. That makes things for the last five years look like this:
YearNew
ShowsCanceled
ShowsNet
Gain/Loss20217367+62020145133+1220191501500 (none)2018161174-132017147138+9At first you might think “Hey! Things are creeping upwards!” And in truth they are, but just very slowly when you consider that 2016 and 2015 were a net gain in the **thirties**.
While fewer shows are being canceled, the downward trend of new shows continues.
But that’s world wide so here’s **just** American TV shows (web series *excluded*, mini-series and TV movies included):
YearNew
ShowsCanceled
ShowsNet
Gain/Loss20215348+520208184-320198584+120186462+220175950+9Again, much smaller gains.
## How Were My Predictions?
I’m not happy that they were pretty on the nose.
When I posted last year, October had 95 new series, and 91 canceled. While it did change significantly to 145 new and 133 canceled (changing the growth from +4 to +12), it did not change the trend line much at all.
I want to say there’s a glimmer of hope, though. Hardly a day goes by that we don’t have more characters to add. And by that I mean more **modern** characters. And while yes, there is still a chance for a major death spree, even if the number of deaths double in the last two months of the year, it’s still **half** of previous years. Also the US shows are starting to make some gains per year, which matches the vibe I got the other week when I muttered “Why does every new show have at least one queer?”
That’s a good problem to have in my opinion.
I’m going to take a risk and say … next years? Things will get better.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [Queer Beats - October 29, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-october-29-2021/)
**Published:** October 29, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Clone Club received new Cophine gifts and Legends of Tomorrow reached 100 episodes.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Clone Club received new Cophine gifts and Legends of Tomorrow reached 100 episodes.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
As a WildMoore fan…. \*insert eyes emoji here\*.
https://twitter.com/TomatoSandwichh/status/1451353728120987649?s=20
In bigger Batwoman news, you probably noticed some drama going down this week. [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/), who played [Kate Kane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) in season one before leaving the show, revealed the truth about her exit.
> Ruby Rose has slammed the CW, Warner Bros. TV, Berlanti Productions and top executives on [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in a blistering tirade, alleging toxic behavior on the set that drove her from the show
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [October 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1450860141012606979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Warner Bros. responded with the following statement:
> In a statement to Deadline, Warner Bros. TV hits back at former ‘Batwoman’ star Ruby Rose's allegations this morning about her hostile experience on The CW set [pic.twitter.com/rnV1W5RO10](https://t.co/rnV1W5RO10)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [October 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1450894384027758595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)
It’s that crossover time of year!
https://twitter.com/CW_TheFlash/status/1450507038866518023?s=20
## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Here for your weekly dose of queer cuteness, [Abbi Jacobson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbi-jacobson/) and [Jodi Balfour](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodi-balfour/) celebrated one year together.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVbWqh-r1Zf/
## [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
Grey’s Anatomy cast it’s first non binary doctor (played by [E.R. Fightmaster](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/e-r-fightmaster/)) and everyone is already shipping them with Amelia.
> ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: ‘Shrill’ Alum E.R. Fightmaster To Recur As ABC Drama’s First Nonbinary Doctor
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [October 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1453419466147209225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)
Home Economics got a full season order!
> ‘The Wonder Years’ And ‘Home Economics’ Get Full Season Orders From ABC
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [October 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1453045120966742052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
This week was the Legends’ 100th episode and they brought back lots of friends to celebrate. Check out this behind-the-scenes video!
## [The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)
Anyone else as obsessed with [Bradley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bradley-jackson/) and [Laura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-peterson/) as I am? [Julianna Margulies](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julianna-margulies/) spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about playing a queer character. Also, it turns out that [Reese Witherspoon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/reese-witherspoon/) knew Bradley was gay from season 1.
> "We’re actors. We’re supposed to embody a character regardless of their sexuality," Julianna Margulies said of her character on [\#TheMorningShow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMorningShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). "When it comes to race and gender, that’s a whole different story and I 100 percent agree with that"
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [October 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1453263970186432513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Do you know how much joy I get when I can include Orphan Black in a Queer Beats post? A LOT. This week, we are gearing up for the return of Orphan Black: The Next Chapter… this time, with [Evelyne Brochu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/evelyne-brochu/)!
> ✨[@EvelyneBrochu](https://twitter.com/EvelyneBrochu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has a special message for [\#CloneClub](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CloneClub?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 💞from inside the [\#OrphanBlack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrphanBlack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): The Next Chapter Season 2 recording booth ✨ [pic.twitter.com/tp98G50ZMa](https://t.co/tp98G50ZMa)
>
> — Realm (@RealmMedia) [October 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/RealmMedia/status/1450167293451939842?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) joined Entertainment Weekly for an interview. She even dropped a little Cophine announcement!
https://youtube.com/JbYVq3VL0ac
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Azie Tesfai ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/)is joining A Million Little Things. And, trust me, it did not get past me that this technically means [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)‘ current girlfriend will be on the same show as Alex’s ex (aka [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/), who played [Maggie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) and is now on A Million Little Things).
> .[@AMillionABC](https://twitter.com/AMillionABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Exclusive: [@HiRyanHansen](https://twitter.com/HiRyanHansen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@AzieTesfai](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@MarioVanPeebles](https://twitter.com/MarioVanPeebles?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to Guest-Star in Season 4
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [October 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1450492323067043850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Speaking of Azie, she posted a cool transformation video of her transition into superhero!
> BECOMING A DC SUPERHERO!
> (From 👩🏾🌾 -> 🦸🏾♀️)
> Shoutout to the dream team of women who help me become a superhero.💞💥[@DCComics](https://twitter.com/DCComics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@TheCWSupergirl](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@warnerbrostv](https://twitter.com/warnerbrostv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/WW4stx8mPl](https://t.co/WW4stx8mPl)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [October 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1450175429768146946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Y: The Last Man]()
Unfortunately, Y: The Last Man is the newest show to be cancelled by FX.
> ‘Y: The Last Man’ Cancelled By FX
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [October 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1449886429920829441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Abbi Jacobson, Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, E.R. Fightmaster, Grey's Anatomy, Home Economics, Jodi Balfour, Julianna Margulies, Legends of Tomorrow, Orphan Black, Reese Witherspoon, Supergirl, The Flash, The Morning Show, Y: The Last Man
---
### [Season Two is not a Dream for BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/season-two-is-not-a-dream-for-bifl/)
**Published:** October 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tired of being disposable, we need to be people who are represented well, forever, and "BIFL" is doing just that.
**Content:**
“Be the change you want to see in the world” isn’t just a catchphrase for Kelsey O’Regan, the creator of *[BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)*.
## Kelsey
Back in 2016, they had a pretty craptastic year as a queer TV fan. After losing some friends and suffering through the [TV devastation](http://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2016/) that started roughly around when [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) died on *The 100*, and then we had the Pulse shooting (and let’s not even touch politics), Kelsey had also come out as bisexual to their parents (non-binary, queer, and asexual came later).
So Kelsey did what people are always telling us to do. They sat down and wrote. And they wrote and wrote until these quirky, funny people in their head became more than just ideas. Jill was bisexual, like Kelsey identified at the time. Sarah was non-binary and their best friend ace. Suddenly the people Kelsey all wanted to see in the world were fully fleshed characters, ready for action.
The act of writing meant Kelsey got to tell the story they wanted. That **we** wanted! A story about people who were real, who existed, and was far beyond what we might expect from representation on any network.
Kelsey made *BIFL* and shared it with us all.
## Why *BIFL*?
Most of is think that BIFL means “Buy it for life.” While Kelsey and the crew are tight-lipped on the meaning (more than Matthew Mercer is about who’s on the Tal’dorei Council), my take away is that BIFL means something that isn’t disposable.
We’ve all spent years dealing with the subtle pain of being ignored on TV. We were disposable. We were hit by cars, given a special episode and never seen again, we wander off into parking lots, we’re written out, and of course… we’re killed. And the people who make those shows say over and over “Anyone can die!” as a reason, but they’re not doing the other side. That is, we’re not getting the happy stories to counteract the bad.
That isn’t what *BIFL* is. *BIFL* is the happy story. Sure, it’s about love and how dumb we all are with our lives and the pain of being a human… but the thing is, everyone is a human! They are fully fleshed, 100% **non**-disposable humans. The story isn’t easy, but it’s real and it feels good to have it just like we have a billion stories about cis, straight, people having complicated lives.
## *BIFL* Needs You!
But this post isn’t just a love letter to Kelsey for doing what the universe needed. It’s a letter to ask you to chip in and help *BIFL* out. *BIFL* is working on season two.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amberrivera/bifl-season-2-an-lgbtq-comedy-with-a-lot-of-drama
That’s right. *BIFL* needs you to help with season two! The [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amberrivera/bifl-season-2-an-lgbtq-comedy-with-a-lot-of-drama/pledge/new?clicked_reward=false) isn’t there yet, so we need your help to fund the second season.
Why? Well. Let me let Kelsey tell you:
https://twitter.com/goneawayawhile/status/1450916231486320653
We need this show.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** BIFL
---
### ["The Girl in the Woods" Brings the Monsters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-girl-in-the-woods-brings-the-monsters/)
**Published:** October 20, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Peacock's new thriller, "The Girl in the Woods" brings horror and mystery to Oregon.
**Content:**
##### Screener Review On *The Girl in the Woods*
A serious monster show, where the stakes are everything, gives birth to a new trio of heroes. The seriousness makes the show a little unbalanced, but the overall series is entertaining and a good way to binge a couple hours.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up warning
The official longline is deceptively quirky:
> In supernatural drama THE GIRL IN THE WOODS, monsters are real, kept at bay behind a mysterious door in a cult-like colony. Teenage runaway Carrie’s job is to guard that door, but when strange occurrences begin to shake the sleepy mining town to its core, she must enlist the help of new friends Nolan and Tasha. The group becomes an unlikely trio of monster slayers, determined to save their loved ones. As they fight back, Nolan and Tasha can’t help but wonder…can they really trust Carrie? Small towns sure can be Hell.
In reality, it’s a little hard to pinhole the genre of *The Girl in the Woods*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
The series starts out with a somewhat *Buffy* vibe about people protecting the world from the forces of evil. But right away it turns into a slightly cultish turn, reminiscent of the *Maze Runner* or *Divergent* series, with a dash of small town *Twilight*. If you made me pick the most similar modern series, I’d say that it’s kind of capitalizing on *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)*, but ends up being more like a less funny *[The Order](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-order/)*.
This uniqueness is added to by the fact that its only half-hour episodes! You get a quick minute to get into the episode, and are left unsettled and unsure of what the heck just happened. But in a good way. Having limited time means the plot per episode (and overall) have to be kept tight. It also means that exposition is quick and to the point.
No matter what, while *The Girl in the Woods* has funny moments, it’s not a comedy. The series takes itself seriously, though not to the point of absurdity or camp. It’s just very much not a laughing matter situation. And that, alas, is to its detriment. The show needs a step back with just a little more humorous. More than Tiktok videos at least. About halfway through the first episode, they start to find the right groove, but it makes the show feel like it’s a trying too hard to relax and be ‘funny’ in the right way.
In the first episode, we’re dropped in to Carrie, a one-armed protector, on the run from her cult and her job. Meanwhile, in the nearby town BFFs Nolan and Tasha struggle with their own identity in their small town. His mom opposes the mine (which is polluting) while her family works there. These threads, of course, cross right away, and a new Scooby gang is born.
Overall, the show is a pretty fun ride, as long as you take it with a grain of salt, like *The Order* or *Siren*.
## Where to Watch?
You can watch *The Girl in the Woods* just in time for Halloween. It drops on Peacock on October 21.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Girl In the Woods
---
### [Queer Beats - October 15, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-october-15-2021/)
**Published:** October 15, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, I am waiting patiently for the return of Dickinson and Gentleman Jack.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, I am waiting patiently for the return of Dickinson and Gentleman Jack.
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Idk I just thought this was cute and I miss them.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU76UOwpZZY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
I love this show SO much so I’m posting both trailers that have been released for the new season.
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1448640280706621442?s=20
Why do [Emily](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-dickinson/) and [Sue](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sue-gilbert/) have to be so cute?!
https://twitter.com/HaileeSteinfeld/status/1448318538473566215?s=20
I don’t think any of us are ready if this was [Ella Hunt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ella-hunt/)‘s reaction…
https://twitter.com/EllaHunt/status/1447664664662401034?s=20
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
They are finished filming the new season so that means we are one step closer to getting to see it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpOHpQocyh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Is a Queer Beats post complete without a [Gigi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/)/[Dani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dani-nunez/) post? This time it’s about [Sepideh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sepideh-moafi/) and [Arienne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/arienne-mandi/). They decided to just casually blow our minds at a fan event.
> Buenos días para mi[pic.twitter.com/3ZKII4wlW8](https://t.co/3ZKII4wlW8)
>
> — Marina Alarcón (@Ma5rina) [October 2, 2021](https://twitter.com/Ma5rina/status/1444207786397782018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Listen, I know we should definitely not read into any of this because it was a fan event but still… BLESS THEM!
> GENTE ELAS SE BEIJARAM TCHAU [pic.twitter.com/HIM6mpj5js](https://t.co/HIM6mpj5js)
>
> — m’alu (@villanellexz) [October 2, 2021](https://twitter.com/villanellexz/status/1444125560276402176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I know the focus is usually on #Gini this season, but this couple is also giving me so many feels:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CU0VfDave1j/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)
I literally still cannot believe the queer storyline on The Morning Show is actually happening. But it is! And [Julianna](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julianna-margulies/) hints at not being straight!
> Julianna Margulies on Playing a Lesbian on ‘The Morning Show’: ‘Who’s to Say I Haven’t Had My Own Gay Experiences?’ (EXCLUSIVE)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [October 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1448328613384835079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Dickinson, Gentleman Jack, The L Word: Generation Q, The Morning Show
---
### [The New Procedurals are Personal](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-new-procedurals-are-personal/)
**Published:** October 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** From CSI to CSI and NCIS to NCIS, the game has changed with procedurals.
**Content:**
The early 2000s were huge for procedurals. We had the *Law & Orders* in high swing, newbie *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* was fresh on the case, and *NCIS* was steady and strong. And what they all had in common was we *did not* go home with the characters at the end of the day.
## Classic Procedurals
Procedurals are an offshoot of detective crime stories, and deal realistically with crime from the point of view of the police and how they solve crimes and catch criminals. The first ones were rather rehabilitating the image of the police (see also my article about [Coplandia](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerly-copland/)) as prior to the early 1900s, they were generally shown as Keystone Cops. Bumbling and inept, it was always the gumshoe who saved the day.
And of course back then, queers were always the criminals.
Even when you look to the 1980s, cops didn’t really have much of a personal life. You knew Columbo had a wife, but that was it. You didn’t go home with the cops or know much about them besides what was mentioned. Around the 1990s, things began to shift more noticeably. We started getting victim queers (… yay?) but also a look into their actual lives. A great example of this is *[NYPD Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nypd-blue/)*, which even went so far as to have queer cops. She died, but change had begun.
By the time the 2000s rolled around, though, we were back to barely knowing about personal lives, most of the time. We never saw Lenny Brisco’s home on *Law & Order*, and we were blindsided when [Serena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena-southerlyn/) came out because of that.
The exception to that, at least with the *L&O* franchise, was *[SVU](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-special-victims-unit/)* which did follow people home. Sort of.
## A New Dawn
But if the procedurals had a bit of a of a step-back in the 2000s, then today in 2020 we can clearly identify the change. We’re seeing:
- more characters are people of color
- more characters are queer
- they are **not** only the victims/killers
And all this came to mind when I was watching the new [*NCIS: Hawai’i*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/). That’s not the first of it’s franchise to have queer regulars (that honour goes to *[NCIS: New Orleans](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-new-orleans/)*), but it is the first time we’ve been given an opportunity to actually see them being really queer.
Tonight, as it happens, is the return of *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, with the revival series *CSI: Vegas*, and already were seeing a massive difference. The original had three men and two women, only one of which was a person of color (Warrick, who was killed off). For a brief time, Laurance Fishburne was on the show, but generally it was men and white men who led the show. Their revival tonight has two women of color, one of whom is leading the lab, a hispanic coroner, and promises to be more reflective on the real world. In addition, *CSI* has talked about how they are, in fact, going to be more personal. We will see people’s personal lives for a change.
## The Heart of the Matter
It doesn’t go unnoticed that, yet again, we are seeing attempts to humanize the police after some of the most horrific abuses of power these last two years. Having the police more reflect ‘us’ means little when we know that (for some like *CSI: Vegas*) they won’t be addressing things like COVID, or the issues with the police.
Perhaps redemption and renovation can only go so far, or perhaps this is step one-hundred in the ever ongoing quest to accurately show the world and still be entertainment.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** CSI: Vegas, NCIS: Hawai'i
---
### [Queer Beats - October 1, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-october-1-2021/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, some of our favorite actors are back on our TV screens!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, some of our favorite actors are back on our TV screens!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I demand a crossover for all the women of the CW’s DC Universe.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CULBKjQJz-1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
New queer Christmas movie alert! [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) will be in *Boughs of Holly* on Lifetime.
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/1442917174901817345?s=20
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
I don’t think I can take any more news of the end of shows that I love.
> ‘Derry Girls’ to End With Season 3 on Channel 4
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [September 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1441041612063322116?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Family Law](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/family-law/)
I just want Ali Liebert to make an appearance in every show I watch, forever. Also, I may have an automatic attachment to any character named Maggie…
> Meet Maggie 🌈 Tonight on [@FamilyLawGlobal](https://twitter.com/FamilyLawGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on [@GlobalTV](https://twitter.com/GlobalTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 9PM [\#RepresentationMatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> @susinnielsen [@JewelStaite](https://twitter.com/JewelStaite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@LarkTV](https://twitter.com/LarkTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@SEVEN24films](https://twitter.com/SEVEN24films?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SSIQzuAohK](https://t.co/SSIQzuAohK)
>
> — officially ali liebert (@AliLiebert) [September 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/AliLiebert/status/1441448310653349890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
[Suranne Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/suranne-jones/) attended the unveiling of a new statue of Anne Lister in Halifax.
> A statue of Anne Lister (1791-1840) by artist Diane Lawrenson, has just been unveilled in Halifax, UK, by actor Suranne Jones (who played the diarist in the series 'Gentleman Jack'). Lister is often described as the first modern lesbian [\#Womensart](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Womensart?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oXFEgxkL3h](https://t.co/oXFEgxkL3h)
>
> — #WOMENSART (@womensart1) [September 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/womensart1/status/1442231983090900993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Witch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-witch/)
[Kyana Teresa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kyana-teresa/) came out as bisexual this week. Yay for her!
> I’ve been on a journey y’all. One of growth, learning, unlearning, accepting and now, embracing.
>
> It’s been years long and heart deep. 💖💜💙
>
> Can’t think of a better time to celebrate than on [\#BiVisibilityDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BiVisibilityDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Can you see me? I see you! I love you! 🙋🏽♀️🌈 [pic.twitter.com/RniK9WZ5N9](https://t.co/RniK9WZ5N9)
>
> — Kyana Teresa (@KyanaTeresa) [September 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/KyanaTeresa/status/1441209213976383488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Do I even need to say it? I think the whole fandom is obsessed with [Gigi ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/)and this couple.
> Happy 208! 🥰👯♀️ [@SHO\_TheLWord](https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Gini](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gini?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#thelword](https://twitter.com/hashtag/thelword?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QSOKFtANHW](https://t.co/QSOKFtANHW)
>
> — Sepideh Moafi (@SepidehMoafi) [September 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/SepidehMoafi/status/1441431806591516673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, raise your hand if you agree with Suranne Jones:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUN5AK9BUdS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
At least Sex Education has been renewed for another season!
> IT’S COMING!!! 💦 Sex Education has been renewed for Season 4! [\#TUDUM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TUDUM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/33OfwRGXPD](https://t.co/33OfwRGXPD)
>
> — Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) [September 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/NetflixUK/status/1441805437750464514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Carmilla, Derry Girls, Family Law, Good Witch, Sex Education
---
### [Summer Series Are For Sapphics](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/summer-series-are-for-sapphics/)
**Published:** September 29, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Lighter hearted shows, fun adventures, baby nurses, new governments, and witches. If you missed some summer gems, you should catch up now.
**Content:**
This summer, lighter-fare shows entertained me a lot more than normal. It’s been a tough couple years, and watching something a little more low-stakes was what I needed. No massive ‘every week is a movie level disaster’ (though that too can be fun, *[9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)*, I’m looking at you), but also no drama that’s all about being queer and how hard it is and all that.
Yeah, I wanted, this summer, to have some entertainment that really was just queers being people, having goofy adventures, and basically being ‘normal’ summer shows. Sure, we could watch *Legends of Tomorrow* (and yes, of course you did), which is always great summer fare, sometimes we need something new.
In case (like me…) you spent a lot of summer watching sports and still have some room in your schedule, have a look at these!
## *[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)* (Disney)
Cartoons aimed at pre-teens isn’t everyone’s fun-fare, I know, but *The Owl House* is a deep story with a simple premise. [Luz Noceda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luz-noceda/) is a big dreaming weirdo who falls through a magical portal to the Burning Isles, where she meets the Owl Lady (house, lady, house lady, you get it), joins the magical high school, has adventures, and meets the girl of her dreams.
There’s only going to be three seasons (kind of… 2 seasons and then 3 wrap up movies), but we’re only half-way through season 2. Now’s the perfect time to catch up.
Watch it if you like: *[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*
## *[Nurses](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/)* (CBC)
We lovingly call this “Canada does Shondaland!” Instead of being about baby doctors, we follow five baby nurses in a hospital in Toronto. One of them is a lesbian, and she has a romance in both seasons. A more complicated romance than just girl-meets-girl, too. The characters have a causal depth that makes the series fun to watch.
Season two just finished in Canada, and NBC aired season one, but did not confirm for season two. Cross those fingers.
Watch it if you like: *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*, *[Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/)*
## *[Fantasy Island](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fantasy-island/)* (Fox)
Wishes don’t always come true the way you want, and going to Fantasy Island doesn’t mean you’ll have the adventure you intended. On Fantasy Island, though, things are pretty darn good for queers. Like a full on happy-ending for one, and a second chance for another. The update has a nod back to the original, delves deeper into the mythology of the island, and yes, involves a tattoo.
Season one just wrapped (and signs are generally positive for season two). You can watch it all on Fox.
Watch it if you like: *[Melrose Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/melrose-place/),* or Reality TV shows
## *[Valeria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/valeria/)* (Netflix)
A woman wants to be a writer, and getting there involves blowing up her marriage but getting closer to her friends. This is a very easy watch (with a lot of sex scenes just FYI) about young women having adventures in Spain. While it’s mostly about the straight girls (3:1), there’s also a queer coming of age (delayed a bit) and her growth as well.
The second season is on Netflix, captioned and dubbed (depending on your preferences).
Watch it if you like: *[Sex and the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-and-the-city/)*
## *[The Republic of Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-republic-of-sarah/)* (CW)
A small town in Vermont faces an unexpected dilemma: a mining company wants to destroy them. Through the actions of a quick witted social studies/history teacher, the town keeps their independence by going all in. Instead of falling down, they secede from the United States and establish their own country. Of course, it never goes all that easily, especially when her brother and father show back up. One of the main characters is a lesbian in law enforcement, and gets her own plots.
Sadly this show was canceled after one season, and ends in a bit of a rough place, but it’s still worth a watch.
Watch if if you like: *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Fantasy Island, Nurses, The Owl House, The Republic of Sarah, Valeria
---
### [The Loss of Nielsen Focus](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-loss-of-nielsen-focus/)
**Published:** September 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The more the world changes how it consumes television, the more we have to question if Nielsen TV data is as worthwhile as it was.
**Content:**
It’s no great secret that the landscape of television has changed in our lifetimes. And it’s no secret that the Neilsen group has struggled to keep up with the media we consume. As we get closer and closer to the end of year two of the Pandemic World, the relevance of Nielsen data becomes more and more questionable.
## A Brief History of Data Collection
Founded in 1923, the original plan was measuring the results of competitive sales, which allowed people to understand what a ‘market share’ was. For those of us who didn’t study that part of economics, it means if we compare what everyone does, we know who’s best and who’s not. Pretty straight forward, except in the part that collecting that data has always been kind of messy.
I actually was a Nielsen Buy family for a while, we had to scan in our grocery receipts and use a weird hand-held device to basically fax them in every week. After 6 months, we tapped out because it’s simply too much hassle and the device constantly froze and was otherwise annoying.
But what people are more familiar with is the concept of Nielsen Watch, which is what measures TV, Radio, and streaming media. Kind of. See the way you track that is, similar to that grocery story, you get a special device that hooks into your cable box and reports to momma how much of what shows you watched. They also had paper diaries (starting in 1953) which I’m sure everyone fudged on, since that’s just a lot of messy work, and while they introduced the [People Meter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_meter) in the 80s, that diary wasn’t officially retired until 2017.
Semi-related to this is that the Nielsen’s only started tracking demographics of same-sex couples in **2018**. Please note that is couples. And as I’ve mentioned before, queers watch[ the same stuff everyone else does](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/statistics-what-the-queers-watch/), with different priorities, which [changes at scale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/what-the-queers-watch-changes-at-scale/).
That comes with a big ‘but…’
## How We Watch has Changed
I don’t have ‘traditional’ cable. I haven’t had a ‘cable box’ since something like 1995. Even when I had ‘traditional’ cable, I didn’t have a box set, I had a little device that used my TV’s software instead. Today, I do have a digital antennae to pick up local channels, but really I use it for sportsball and the CW (which is not generally allowed live on streamers — and that’s another drama).
I’m not abnormal. Few of my coworkers have cable. I remember the day my dad got it for our 1 bedroom shack and we thought it was the height of luxury. But now most of us use digital systems that allow us to watch whatever we want, whenever we want. I personally use YouTube TV which has an ‘unlimited’ DVR. It doesn’t have a DVR at all, it just gives you access to something it saved on it’s servers (commercials and all), and I can watch it forever if it’s in my favourites’ list.
We also don’t have water cooler TV as much anymore. Back when *[ER](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/er/)* was king, I remember Friday mornings at the office when we’d get coffee or water and someone would ask “Hey, did you see that episode last night?” It was appointment TV! You watched or you were left out. Now, with Twitter and me on the West Coast, I usually know the Big Twist of any episode 2 hours before I can watch it. This means I don’t watch the late night shows live anymore! I watch them the next morning while I’m having coffee and clearing out my email.
Add into this binges. Netflix dumps a series on us, wholesale, and we watch. And all of this has led to serious concerns about data collection.
## Data Fails the Sniff Test
Back in May, some news hit the fan. The[ Media Rating Council](http://mediaratingcouncil.org), who maintains standards in research for the media industry as a whole, [issued a statement](http://mediaratingcouncil.org/051021%20MRC%20Industry%20Communication%20on%20Nielsen%20Natl_Final.pdf) regarding the Nielsen analytics, and it wasn’t good.
> Based on Nielsen’s analyses of the potential impacts of the changes to its panel procedures, MRC believes that Total Usage of Television (TUT) by Persons 18-49 was understated by approximately 2 to 6 percent for the February 2021 measurement period (the period covered by the analyses). In addition, MRC believes that Persons Using Television (PUT) estimates among the Persons 18-49 group was understated by a range of 1 to 5 percent in February 2021.
>
> **[MRC Statement on Nielsen National Television Viewing Estimates Analysis](http://mediaratingcouncil.org/051021%20MRC%20Industry%20Communication%20on%20Nielsen%20Natl_Final.pdf)**
The MRC did acknowledge that, due to COVID, Nielsen was no longer able to perform in-person visits (to check on existing members) and recruitment (to vet new members). This resulted in some households that previously would have been removed from the system to hang on. One year into the pandemic, and the critical mass was hit. There is now a **significant** area of concern that the Nielsen numbers just aren’t up to snuff.
> To summarize, Nielsen identified approximately 9,400 of its total of about 40,000 TV panel homes in the U.S. as of February 2021 that had triggered alerts within Nielsen’s systems that, in pre-pandemic times, would have led the home to be withheld from contributing to Nielsen’s estimates until the alerts had been addressed by Nielsen personnel. Of these 9,400, approximately 2,400 of the homes had triggered alerts that were considered “high priority,” in that the condition that led to the alert was deemed to be highly likely related to an issue that would affect Nielsen’s ability to collect complete and accurate viewing data from the home. Another 3,000 of the 9,400 homes were in a medium priority category, while the remaining 4,000 homes were assigned a lower priority. As Nielsen began its return to in-person field processes in March 2021, it used these priority classifications as guides to determine the order in which homes that were known to be in need of maintenance issues were to be addressed.
>
> **[MRC Statement on Nielsen National Television Viewing Estimates Analysis](http://mediaratingcouncil.org/051021%20MRC%20Industry%20Communication%20on%20Nielsen%20Natl_Final.pdf)**
## Nielsen Takes a Hiatus … Not Like That
The subsequent audit and next-steps that stemmed from the MRC caused the Nielsen to issue their own statement in September. And it was a doozy.
> I’m writing to inform you that members of the Media Rating Council (MRC) have responded to our request for a hiatus with a vote to suspend accreditation for our National TV Ratings service, as well as our Local TV Ratings service.
>
> [MRC Update](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/press-releases/2021/mrc-update/) – Nielsen’s letter to clients
Have a second read. Nielsen, after being flagged as having unreliable data and working for just about half a year with the MRC on fixing it, decided to step back and no longer have their data accredited.
In other words, they pulled a Netflix: Just believe our numbers, why would we lie?
This does not mean the data won’t be out there anymore, it means it’s no longer got that seal of “This is good data and we can prove it because of an independent validator!” That scares me a little. I don’t trust numbers when they’re not vetted, and if that makes you think “Mika, how can we trust *your* numbers when you post stats?” you’re right to question! Our data’s public, but the collection is rife with human error. The point, though, is that the Nielsens have one job, and that would be **data**.
## No More “Traditional” Viewing
Both Nielsen and the MRC have the same problem at the end of the day. How the heck do you measure ‘viewing’ when the old way was thrown out the window, baby, bathtub, bath water and all? Linear TV is, at best, half of how people consume TV content. Media has moved from relying on this stalwarts like Nielsen to their own, home grown measurements.
To think of this another way, when we look at our own websites, we have our own tracking systems (Google Analytics, for example) to measure who visits us, what devices they use, and so on. We don’t have access to anyone else’s unless they give us that data, so we really don’t know ‘how good’ we’re doing compared to other people unless we use a third party. We’re doing pretty well for a super niche site, by the way, especially considering we don’t advertise.
But it’s one thing to claim “The most popular LGBTQIA+ TV database!” and another to claim “The country’s most watched network!” The former is a very small pie slice. The latter is how you make or break pay checks. And now that TV networks are moving into our world of self-declared, isolated, data collection and study, the concept of that Nielsen Unified Structure is crumbling.
## Impressions Only
That brings us to the announcement that the Nielsens are taking an “Impressions First Initiative.”
> The move to impressions will occur in conjunction with the integration of broadband only (BBO) homes into Nielsen’s local measurement metrics in January 2022. The move to an impressions-based currency will deliver a more complete, precise and representative audience measurement, along with the added benefit of enabling cross-platform audience measurement. In today’s fragmented media landscape, the move to impressions lays the groundwork for implementing [Nielsen ONE](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/solutions/measurement/nielsen-one/) across local, national and digital measurement.
>
> [Nielsen Announces “Impressions First Initiative” and the Integration of Broadband Only Homes into Local Measurement in January 2022](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/press-releases/2021/nielsen-announces-impressions-first-initiative-and-the-integration-of-broadband-only-homes-into-local-measurement-in-january-2022/)
The idea is pretty cool, actually. Nielsen has finally figured out a way forward. They’re gonna track everyone! Broadband, streaming, you name it! Except … the idea of “Impressions-based” buying and selling of advertising sounds a heck of a lot like internet advertising, doesn’t it?
Ultimately, it remains to be seen how well this is going to work out. If they’re still not well-vetting the households, we’re not going to get a good picture of who’s watching what. And if they don’t stop and expand the concept of ‘households’ more, they’re going to be left out in the cold.
## We’re All Losers
The losers in all of this, however, are you and me.
If the gamble by Nielsen fails, then the media moguls will continue their branch into self-managed data. This means no more verifiable and validated metrics. This means no more overnight ratings that are reliable and directly relatable to each other. Everyone will have their own stats, and while that’s good for each network to decide what shows to keep and which to ditch, it means we will no longer be able to fully trust that data.
Consider this real example of Netflix. They don’t share the nitty gritty details of who watches what and when, like other places. Their numbers are shared but lack the context we need to determine actual success. Not even show-runners really know how things are going until Netflix tells them “You’re done” (RIP *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time)*), which means [a lot of us find that data sus](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/netflix-viewership-numbers/index.html). On top of that, Netflix says you’ve watched a show if you’ve watched at least **two minutes** of it.
Yeah. I know.
Now imagine if everyone does that.
The landscape’s about to get really ugly, folks.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Nielsens
---
### [Queer Beats - September 17, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-september-17-2021/)
**Published:** September 17, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the news included way too many show cancelations for my liking.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! I missed out on over three weeks of queer TV news so let’s get started! This week, the news included way too many show cancelations for my liking.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
It’s extremely rare that a popular fan casting actually comes to life but this time, IT HAPPENED! [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) will be Batwoman’s Poison Ivy!
> [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has found its Poison Ivy.
>
> The CW series has cast [@BridgetRegan](https://twitter.com/bridgetregan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as the iconic DC supervillain for Season 3. [pic.twitter.com/YUeryUYD1p](https://t.co/YUeryUYD1p)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [August 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1432460684000829444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, most of the Batwoman cast headed to DragonCon last week and it gave me so many [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)/[Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/) feels.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh1u_LLwhB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
B99 is finally ending (sadly) and [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) wrote a goodbye post to the show.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT5DBsHPgwI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
This video doesn’t include any new information, it just made me miss Derry Girls.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTor0JtKrxG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
This is the most personally heartbreaking news of the week for me. Dickinson will end after the third season… UGH!
https://twitter.com/Dickinson/status/1433459715787444240?s=20
## [Generation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/generation/)
HBO Max also already canceled Generation after one season.
> HBO Max cancels [\#GENERATION](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GENERATION?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) after one season
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [September 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1437940639157522433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Leo Sheng](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leo-sheng/) graced Vogue Man Hong Kong this week!
https://twitter.com/ileosheng/status/1435302602472771585?s=21
And [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) and [Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-shahi/) decided to make us all feely again.
> I miss you like Shane misses Carmen ❤️
>
> — kate moennig (@katemoennig) [September 3, 2021](https://twitter.com/katemoennig/status/1433606536719265799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Law & Order: SVU](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-special-victims-unit/)
Well, there goes our SVU queer…
> BREAKING: Jamie Gray Hyder & Demore Barnes are departing 'Law & Order: [\#SVU](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SVU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [September 3, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1433935906314932230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
\#Luimelia ended another season and we currently do not know if there will be more. All I have to say is… THERE BETTER BE!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTtyt_WtQcW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Republic of Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-republic-of-sarah/)
Another day, another cancelation…
> ‘Republic of Sarah’ Canceled After One Season at CW
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [September 2, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1433546440358473731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)
Remember the wine label scene? Emily Hampshire says it helped her realize her own real-life identity.
> Emily Hampshire Says the ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Wine Label Scene Helped Her Identify as Pansexual
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [September 1, 2021](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1433209975480987651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
Here’s the thing. I was so excited about this until I actually clicked on the article and found out that it isn’t actually connected to the Netflix show. Amazon better not be cowards and keep it queer!
> She-Ra Live-Action Series in Early Development at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [September 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1437446110679904256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dickinson, Generation, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Luimelia, Schitt's Creek, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The L Word: Generation Q, The Republic of Sarah
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 6, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-avalance-wedding/)
**Published:** September 6, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The therapy session with Bette, Tina, Carrie and Angie goes just as well as expected and the long-anticipated Avalance wedding saves the world.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the therapy session with Bette, Tina, Carrie and Angie goes just as well as expected and the long-anticipated Avalance wedding saves the world.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Lobsters, Too” \[Live\]## Finley and Sophie
We open the episode with Finley puking into the toilet then chugging down a beer — a great way to start the day! This can’t be a healthy lifestyle choice for her new soccer coaching job. Is that still happening?
Sophie comes in and they have their 100th awkward conversation. Are we supposed to be thinking they should be together? Because in my opinion, that’s the last thing that should happen.
Even though Sophie and Dani hung out all day and night in Ojai, Sophie is compelled to let Finley know they are not back together.
Finley, move out and move on already!
Later at work, Finey goes to Tess for advice. She’s still holding out hope Sophie will come around and they’ll ride off into the sunset or something. Tess is team Move On, Already!
Yes, find someone whose wedding you didn’t derail who clearly wants to be with you!
Finley took Tess’ advice seriously because, like, an hour later she’s already found someone.
Can you imagine having a job where you can not only use work time to flirt with a stranger to the point where they want to go home with you, but your bosses are like, “Get outta here you crazy kids!” before your shift ends?
That night Sophie brings home missed curbside date sushi for Finley and discovers her hooking up with the girl from the bar. She has to go to sleep to the sounds of them banging.
This situation is a mess, y’all. Someone needs to move out or the apartment needs better soundproofing.
## Gigi and Bette
I would like to take this moment to proclaim my love for Gigi. She is the best thing to happen to TLWGQ and Bette is too Bette to see it.
“Not unless you need to.” Nice, Bette.
The only way Gigi could get Bette to pay attention to her would be to turn into a piece of art (my wife said that while we were watching).
Bette is so extra this season. She’s like Bette times 100. I know she’s got a lot going on and she and Gigi are not the best match, but OMG LOOK AT GIGI! I’d at least try to find some enjoyment in this relationship and not be such a dick to her in her own house!
Gigi’s learning the only way to be in a relationship with Bette is to be an ignored doormat.
## Shane and Tess
It’s another day at Dana’s and Tess tells Shane the person she mentioned during Surprise Movie Night Gone Wrong is coming over for coffee, like, right now. I wonder who it could be.
> I screamed "Cherie Jaffe!" when this happened. I love when original L Word characters make an appearance. -T [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/cvQzH83dob](https://t.co/cvQzH83dob)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434883227752222721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**OMG, IT’S CHERIE JAFFE!**
I literally sat up and yelled “Cherie Jaffe!” when I saw her.
To remind you all what happened 17 years ago, Cherie was a rich woman with a husband and kid Shane had a very intense and dramatic affair with. Cherie’s teenage kid was coming out too and she lied to her dad and said she and Shane hooked up. That blew everything up.
Anyway, back to the present.
> Cherie Jaffe popping in 17 years later to create some chaos. [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/cEqb4GpyN8](https://t.co/cEqb4GpyN8)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434883940293152768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I like Shane talking like she’s evolved 17 years later and not the “irresistible homewrecker” she once was. Please stick to this, Shane!
That night at the poker game, Cheri grabs Shane’s leg under the table and Tess sees it. Cheri’s playing more games than poker because when Tess goes to leave Cheri bangs her on Shane’s office sex couch.
I hope that couch gets cleaned regularly. It gets so much action we may need to add it as a character to our database.
At the end of the night, Shane is cleaning up and hears a knock at the door. Of course, it’s Cheri.
Oh, Shane, this is so many levels of bad decision-making.
That being said, I am loving this. [Carmel](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/carmel/) said it well in the [LezWatchTV Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/): “Showed up, create chaos, disappear. Big fan.”
Me, too!
## Dani
Dani’s story starts “Season 1 of The Good Fight” style visiting her dad in prison. There she is surprised with the news she’s the interim CEO of her dad’s company.
Gigi is waiting outside in the car to be her Lyft driver for the day I guess.
Doesn’t Gigi have a high-profile real estate job to get to? I guess business is good enough to hang out with Dani all day drinking wine and slowly unpacking boxes in her new condo.
Dani tells Gigi about her time with Sophie in Ojai.
Okay, I guess the 24 hours they spent together just was a Goodbye Sex thing.
Now Dani can focus on her family drama, her dad’s business she’s now in charge of and whatever’s going on here with her and Gigi.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434884713592893444?s=20
I’m not sure how I feel about these two. I don’t know if I like it or if the show is just playing musical chairs with characters. I’d watch Gigi walk down the street for an hour so I’m fine either way.
## Tina, Bette & Carrie
Oh, goodness, these three.
The moment is here for Angie’s therapy session with Bette, Tina and Carrie. This is going to be quite the ride. Bette does not like Carrie and it’s clear the feeling is mutual.
Tina, you can’t promise Bette is going to behave.
At the session, Angie tells all her moms her donor Marcus is sick. He’s in kidney failure and Angie wants to see if she’s a match. As usual, Bette loses her shit.
Things melt down into chaos and Angie storms out.
After the session, Carrie is in a bad mood and shit-talking Bette.
Carrie grabs a Lyft and leaves Tina to go to work.
I don’t get Tina and Carrie’s relationship, but Rosie O’Donnell plays such a great character. She is so NOT like the other characters ever on this show. Historically, most characters have been so polished and Carrie is a grumpy middle age butch. She shakes things up and I love it.
That night, Bette gives Angie a really good apology and says she can meet Marcus. I’m glad because I’m a firm believer in kids created with donor sperm having the right to know their biology. Our kid has known his donor since birth and it’s not an issue at all. That being said, I would have done the same thing at Bette. I’m an “Absolutely not!” first reaction then *Apologize and Reconsider After I Cool Down* parent.
I wonder if Marcus Allenwood is going to be played by the same actor ([Mark Gibson](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1649073/))!
## Alice
Alice is still a mess after breaking up with Nat.
Alice tells Sophie Nat has been texting her wanting to get back together.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434885392520597506?s=20
The couple Sophie found for her new segment have been together for 43 years. My wife and I are only 14 years away from being together for just as long. Will someone be interviewing us for our sage wisdom then?
The couple drops this piece of advice during their interview.
Who was that supposed to be for? Sophie and Dani, Sophie and Finley or Alice and Nat? I’m not sure if any of those combinations are worth fighting for at this point.
Later, Alice is at home preparing a fancy dinner for Nat when Nat calls to cancel.
Poor Alice. Not only did she call to cancel, but she also called after leaving another woman’s house.
Alice calls her former editor, now friend Tom over to help clean up the mess and eat the dinner. Tom shrieks when he discovers live lobsters in Alice’s kitchen.
Tom is deathly allergic to shellfish, so they decide to take the lobsters to the beach to set them free.
At the beach, the two of them talk and they’re pretty cute together.
I know the show has been criticized for erasing Alice’s bisexuality after season 2 of the OG L Word. She and Tom are pretty cute and I think they’re a good choice to un-erase it. I hope it happens!
## Micah
After mediating the world’s worst lesbian family therapy session, Micah texts Maribel to come over. Even though Micah won’t say it out loud, Maribel knows what’s up and goes in for the kiss.
YAY! At least there’s one happy couple on this show!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 6 Episode 15 “The Fungus Amongus” \[Live\]Almost 4 years and exactly 60 episodes ago Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe first met and have since been in one of the longest-running enemies-to-girlfriends wlw relationships on superhero TV. Last night they put a ring on it in an Avalance wedding only the Legends could have.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434899903197687818?s=20
Of course, the Avalance wedding was interrupted by the possible end of the world by an alien attack, but queer love prevailed.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1434900319528488964?s=20
I love the Avalance wedding saving the world. And I appreciate this show so much for proving a queer couple in a stable loving relationship can still have adventures and fun. You don’t have to throw constant breakups and relationship hardships at them for cheap drama. Happy queer couples can be entertaining and kick-ass.
Co-captains forever, baby!
**This week:** *Queen Sugar* is back. *Good Trouble* is having a season finale, and *The Republic of Sarah* is sadly ending.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Legends of Tomorrow, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [Lesbians Die or Move to Another Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/lesbians-die-or-move/)
**Published:** September 26, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Damn it, Rookie Blue, how did you take such a great lesbian season four and dash it all to pieces on season five?
**Content:**
Damn it, *Rookie Blue*, how did you take such a great lesbian season four and dash it all to pieces on season five?
In *Rookie Blue*‘s rather ‘explosive’ finale, we finally got some closure on the Golly Relationship. After 5.07, they were very much broken up (unless “I’m seeing someone” is code for “I’m just trying to see how committed you are to us…”) and Gail was moving forward with, of all things, adopting the girl we met in 5.04, Sophie.
As she’s working through that process, Holly shows up at the Division and pretty much attacks Gail with her lips. It’s an interesting makeout scene in an interrogation room (scene of their first real kiss) but very strange to just have Holly so giddy and bouncy and eager to lip-lock Gail again. It felt wildly out of character to just have them jump back into that, even though Holly confessed to her ‘someone else’ dumping her because she wasn’t over Gail. Fair enough.
But that starts to lose points when, in the second half of the episode, Gail and Holly have a quite tête-à-tête in the locker room and reveal that they’re adopting (Gail) and moving to San Francisco (Holly). Both want the other to be ‘with’ them through whatever this becomes, and it’s a serious WTF moment?
Season five was incredibly uneven when it came to the Gail/Holly relationship. Season four was wonderful and made perfect use of 15 or so minutes of screen time. You could really see this strange friendship morphing into something else. Season five, on the other hand, gave us glimpses into Gail’s life but not enough to explain why she wanted to adopt, and without enough Gail/Holly scenes, the interrogation make-out session felt forced and awkward.
Also who the hell moves to another country in two weeks and actually thinks their ex is going to drop everything and go with them?
- Realness: 2 out of 5
- Time On Screen: Less than 3 minutes
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Rookie Blue
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### [Hello world!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/hello-world/)
**Published:** September 24, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When Shay was killed off on Chicago Fire, a lot of people were upset. Mika had never watched it, and Tracy said she was lucky and then...
**Content:**
When Shay was killed off on Chicago Fire, a lot of people were upset. Mika had never watched it, and Tracy said she was lucky and then…
> We should start a lesbian character blog and have the tags “dead lesbian” “not worth it”
Mika had a random coupon for a .com domain. And thus LezWatchTV.com was born!
**Categories:** Announcements
---
### [The One Where We Stop Watching Chicago Fire](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/we-stop-watching-chicago-fire/)
**Published:** September 24, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Leslie Elizabeth Shay - Patron Saint of Lez Watch TV. May you rest in peace.
**Content:**
Leslie Elizabeth Shay – Patron Saint of Lez Watch TV. May you rest in peace.
Oh, hey, her name is Leslie. That’s funny… Lez. I never watched the show, but the uproar last night made me think that, perhaps something had gone wrong. And lo, they had killed her off. Why does this matter? Well she was the only lesbian on the show (not a big deal, lots of people are the only ‘whatever’ if they’re not a white, anglo-saxon, christian male), one of two women, and … dead. The dead lesbian trope is alive and well.
From After Ellen recap [“Chicago Fire” recap (3.1): A damn Shayme](http://www.afterellen.com/chicago-fire-recap-3-1-a-damn-shayme/09/2014/):
> I can’t say I was shocked by Shay’s death. The summer articles about the show led me to believe she would be the one to die. From a storytelling place, it makes absolute sense. Shay was central to more characters on the show than anyone else. Her death would make the biggest impact and it sets up a season full of drama for all of the characters. But that doesn’t take into account the fact that the dead lesbian is a tired trope.
>
> [](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Leslie_Shay.jpg)Even more tired is the idea that women on television shows exist solely to advance the storylines of their male counterparts. They were never going to kill Severide or Casey (in spite of the fact that last season we learned that one good knock to the head could be the end of Matt). Instead, they looked around and found that the way to make Severide more interesting was to kill his best friend. Shay gets sacrificed so we can watch Kelly deal with his grief, so he can spiral out of control, or rage, or screw things up with Det. Hairporn, or whatever else they have in store for him.
>
> This is the third time this show has killed a female character (yes, they also killed Darden but he has had maybe one minute of screen time, total). Hailey died to advance Casey’s storyline. Jones died, at least in part, to advance Dawson’s but also to advance Herrmann’s character growth. Now, Shay is dead to give Severide room to grow. It’s disappointing. Not just because this is a lame trope, but also because we have lost a character we loved before we got a chance to really know her.
>
> So, while I understand this made sense from a storytelling standpoint, I can’t ignore the greater picture it fits into. Female characters need to be more than just props to make male characters look good or to give them something to overcome. For a while Leslie Shay was a character who advanced her own plots, had her own triumphs and losses, and even a smidgen of a love life and it’s a sad thing to see her join the pantheon of dead lesbians so Severide could have a reason to cry.
>
> Thanks to all of you who have been tweeting along with the #ShaycagoFire hashtag and to everyone who has read these recaps. I will miss writing them almost as much as I will miss Shay and her priceless quips.
So. Thank you for making Tracy and me make a website, *Chicago Fire*. Glad I didn’t get invested!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Chicago Fire
---
### ["Good Trouble" Tells The Truth in The Season Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/good-trouble-tells-the-truth-in-the-season-finale/)
**Published:** September 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There is so much going on at the Coterie (and outside it) that I think I need a flowchart...
**Content:**
Gosh there is a lot to unpack about this season finale, but first, we need a recap to understand what’s going on.
A
It’s a solid finale for a wild season that tackles the hanging problems, serious questions, and makes us think about what we all really want in the end. Watch it **tonight** on Freeform!
Warning: The rest of this post contains spoilers for season 3, and mild spoilers for the finale!
## Season 3’s Rollercoaster
There are a lot of plots going on, but frankly here are the ones we care about:
- Margaret Cho (playing [herself](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margaret-cho-good-trouble/)) is stepping in to help run the stand up showcase Alice is in.
- [Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-kwan/) took down the patriarchy and nearly got her showcase canceled, but instead found out that [Sumi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sumi/) went to bat for her with Margaret Cho, and also broke up with her kind of girlfriend, [Ruby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruby-3/) (who used to work at the showcase and maaaaybe only gave Alice a chance because they were sleeping together).
- Malika decided to give love a chance with a woman – her coworker [Angelica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angelica/)
Oh and there’s some drama with Gael’s one-night-stand (who was Mariana’s replacement Callie who went a bit bonkers) being pregnant, Callie and Gael being back together, Marianna and her conflicts with her fellow Spekulate-escapees, Dennis and Davia and mysterious weirdo Kelly … yeah everyone’s got drama. Anyway, we care about our Sapphics.
## Alice (and Margaret and Sumi and Ruby)
Alice has had a rough year. She competed with Lindsay (Sumi’s partner at the time) for a spot in the showcase. They both got it, but Alice was sleeping with a director. That all blew up recently, with Chad’s ouster outing that relationship. Sumi and Lindsay also broke up, which accidentally paved the way for Sumi and Alice to kiss. Alice has held a torch for Sumi all this time, but they both decide to treat the kiss like it didn’t happen. Except it did. Which is why Alice breaks up with Ruby.
I think I need a flowchart …
Anyway. We get to the finale and after a tense “the show is canceled!”, Margaret Cho steps in to run it! Which turned out to be due to Alice and Sumi’s totally failed attempt to trick her (seriously it was like *Spies Like Us* — they were terrible spies). Sumi went back (the old ‘forgot my phone’ ploy) and managed to win Margaret over.
So here we are, ready to show the world their art, they’re making the sets and costumes and … news drops. Big news. News that will change everything and show us what friendship and doing the right thing really means.
## Malika (and Angelica and polyamory)
I have loved Malika’s storyline this season. First she went from a typical relationship into polyamory. But she started out just being the single polycule off the side, especially since her existing boyfriend wasn’t okay with it and they broke up. It wasn’t until last week’s episode, “Blindside,” that Malika had a chance to step into how she felt about polyamory by dating someone new.
A woman.
Her coworker Angelica.
We all saw Angelica’s interest in Malika, but I didn’t expect them to actually give us a payoff. This is a realistic storyline about a topic that rarely gets talked about without negative implications, something Malika’s actress Zuri Adele talked about to TV Line:
> I was really excited about it. What I love about *Good Trouble* is that it explores these lives of millennials in a way that sort of rejects labels and living conventional lives. So it feels like the perfect platform. And like you said, we haven’t seen polyamory explored in a way that’s not stigmatizing or fetishizing or making this the center of a joke. This is a way that’s really grounded in authenticity. I’m excited for us to get a Black millennial perspective on polyamory. Once our showrunner told me about it, I just got really excited to learn more. I also love that Malika is new to polyamory, which was really exciting because I’m also new to polyamory. I’m still learning so much about polyamory, so there wasn’t the pressure of portraying a character who has been practicing polyamory. I get to learn alongside of Malika, which is really exciting, and we have some really great experts who contribute to our writers’ room, and it feels great to be doing so in an honest way.
>
> [*Good Trouble*‘s Zuri Adele Talks Exploring Malika’s Sexuality and Her ‘Liberating’ Polyamorous Relationship](https://tvline.com/2021/08/25/good-trouble-spoilers-season-3-malika-queer-polyamory-zuri-adele-interview/) – TV Line
It’s a real treat to have a show just take this as normal. That we all question our labels and what they mean to us. Especially since Malika had previously identified as straight, and now we have the absolutely normalcy of that too!
On top of all that, Malika’s boyfriend has been up for the same role she wanted at their NPO. Yeah, dating the guy up for the same job. Who’s in her polycule. Hoooooo.
Malika has to decide between love, work, and what kind of work she really wants to do.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 30, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dani-and-sophie/)
**Published:** August 30, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I'm back on my L Word Generation Q recaps! Everyone seems to be in a bad place this season, but Dani and Sophie may be getting a restart.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I’m back on my *L Word Gen*eration Q recaps! Everyone seems to be in a bad place this season, but Dani and Sophie may be getting a restart.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 2 Episode 4 “Lake House” \[Live\]I hate to say this but I feel like this season of *The L Word Generation Q* is a little boring. We’re 4 episodes in and there’s not as much drama as last year. I think this may be a result of filming during covid — everyone is siloed into their own plots. I loved the group shots and comedic chemistry between several characters at once. I’m also sad my favorite queer poly triad is broken up, but that’s a different topic
Here’s what everyone was up to last week.
## Dani and Sophie
The show opens up like season 1 of *The Good Fight* when Maia’s dad got arrested for fraud, but in this case, it’s Dani’s dad.
Dani disappears and no one knows where she went, but Sophie is able to figure it out. She escaped to her family’s house in Ojai. She lets Sophie in when she arrives at the house and they start a long day of processing. Processing Dani’s dad, processing the last couple of months and their relationship…which leads to this.
I think Dani and Sophie had a lot of issues, but Sophie and Finley just felt wrong. If I have to pick, I’m team Dani and not mad about this.
At end of the night, Sophie gets up to go back home Dani tells her to stay.
> Did Dani and Sophie get a reset? I'm curious to see what happens next with them. -T [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oKTexGPADq](https://t.co/oKTexGPADq)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1432382604192399372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am not in support of cheating on your fiance with someone who then blows up your wedding to deal with your relationship problems, but Dani was not nice to Sophie. It went beyond being occupied with a busy job. When she was around she gave her like zero emotional attention. Maybe a big blow-up is what they needed to restart the relationship. Although it could have been a big fight and calling the wedding off vs. what happened. But then, this is a drama.
## Micah
Is involved in everyone’s story this season, but since breaking up with Jose, his main plot has been hanging out with Sophie’s sister Maribel. They are totally cute together and I ship it.
It looks like Micah does too because, after a double date arranged by Maribel, Micah tells her he wasn’t into it. When she asks why he says he doesn’t think he’s gay, and he may be into women too. Maribel looks surprised, but she says she could set him up with a woman if he wants.
He was totally about to ask her out. I hope he gets the nerve up next week!
## Sophie and Finley
Why these two are still living together I have no idea. Sophie fucked up and Finley burst in and derailed her wedding — it’s not a good foundation for a friendship or whatevership they’re trying to have. In my opinion, Sophie and Finley need a time-out.
Despite this being a bad idea, Sophie asks Finley out to dinner.
Oh, no, this is going to get Finley’s hopes way up.
Later, Micah tells Sophie about the situation with Dani’s dad and begs her to find her because no one knows where she is. Sophie tells him she probably doesn’t want to be found, especially by her, but she drives off to search for her anyway.
While Sophie is off finding Dani, Finley is getting ready for the big (in her mind) date by buying a new pink blazer and flowers. It’s painful to watch because we all know Dani is not coming back to LA for this dinner and Finley has made this into a big deal.
Micah sees it, we all see it.
Later, Finley is at the restaurant waiting for her curbside sushi date with Sophie when she calls to tell her she can’t make it. She lies about why.
Ugh, this is not going to end well.
Back at home, Micah inadvertently spills the beans on the real reason Sophie is in Ojai.
After hearing that news Finley scoots away to the liquor store. Ugh, she is going to be a hot mess next week.
## Alice
Alice is depressed and staying at Bette’s house after breaking up with Nat.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1432082782524739588?s=20
I didn’t know Alice had her own house with her mom in it!
When she gets to her place Lenore is there! She is still played by Anne Archer who was her mom in the original — I love that! Lenore is still a trainwreck and involved with an MLM.
I’m a little obsessed with MLMs and have listened to a couple of [podcasts about them](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dream/id1435743296), so this made me laugh and feel sad at the same time.
Alice tells her mom she and Nat broke up, she’s moving back to her place and mom’s got to go. Her mom flat-out refuses and tells Alice she needs her. Alice leased her a new apartment and everything, but Lenore still says no.
At work, Alice’s editor Tom pushes her to open up emotionally on a segment about Dana. She doesn’t want to but he pressures her into it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1432358038388813830?s=20
UGH. There are so many unresolved feelings from the first L Word and this is like a group therapy session. We could all go around the room and tell our feelings about Dana dying 15 years ago.
After a long day at work, Alice goes home and cries in her mom’s arms. Poor Alice.
## Bette Fucking Porter
Bette is still dealing with Angelica getting her DNA tested and finding and meeting her half-sibling from last week.
I’ve been re-watching the OG L Word and reminded myself of Marcus Allenwood being Bette and Tina’s donor. He’s an artist and at the time was dating a woman who freaked out on Tina when she found out she was pregnant. I wonder if they are still together and if she is half-sib Kayla’s mom. I don’t recall there being any secrecy around Angelica knowing who her donor is, but it’s a thing now.
Kayla and Angie hang out again and Kayla tells her stuff about her dad, the last thing being something she was avoiding — he is dying.
While Angie is going through her donor angst alone, Bette drives out to the woods somewhere to stalk Pippa Pascal, a reclusive artist she wants to recruit for her museum. It’s intense. Bette literally waits outside her barn for hours after the first slam in the face until she comes out again.
After a lot of begging while making her Art Face (the face where she looks like she’s about to cry while talking about art) she finally talks her into going to dinner.
Bette wines, dines and pitches her but at the end of the night, Pippa says no to her offer. As she gets up to leave Bette creepily grabs her arm and begs at her.
After that Bette drives back home and has awkward top-on-top sex with Gigi.
Bette’s in a bad place this season. I’m scared to see how family therapy with Angie, Tina and Carrie goes next week.
## Shane
I’m not into the underground poker thing Shane doing at the bar right now. Is this illegal? Is part of it illegal and will she and Tess get into trouble for it? Shane shouldn’t be making sketchy business decisions like this, plus I am VERY DISAPPOINTED she hasn’t repeated this line from the OG L Word yet.
Speaking of the first L Word, when Angie talks to Shane about her donor dying and about meeting bio fathers in general, Shane tells her about meeting her dad and how that didn’t go well.
> This scene where Shane tells Angie about meeting her father and then not showing up for Carmen on their wedding day was 😭😭 [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2nn6tIiGPD](https://t.co/2nn6tIiGPD)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1432092575415128068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I wish Carmen could come back so bad. My wife and I made up a scenario where it could work. She could have been an Iranian refugee as a baby during the Iranian Revolution and her American family adopted her and raised her Latina never telling her she was adopted. In Gen Q she could take the DNA test with Angie for fun and discover she was Persian. That would be good TV, right?
At the bar, Shane is trying to get a projector to work (which to be honest isn’t that difficult on the tech things scale) and Tess needs to go to Vegas to help her mom who is suffering from dementia.
When Tess gets back home Shane is there with the projector in the yard set up all cute for a movie. I totally knew where this was going when the projector was set up wrong and Tess needed to help her.
Yay!
I love Tess (and Jamie Clayton) and like her and Shane being together, but I see problems. Dating co-workers is not a good idea, Tess should be focused on recovery and I just know something bad is going to go down with the poker stuff.
Maybe these two crazy kids will make it work.
**This week:** AVALANCE WEDDING and I hope things start looking up for our *L Word: Generation Q* peeps.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The L Word: Generation Q
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### ["Manifest" Issues One Last Boarding Pass](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/manifest-issues-one-last-boarding-pass/)
**Published:** September 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Netflix has given Manifest one more chance with a season 4 to wrap up the show.
**Content:**
After *[Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manifest/)* ended the season on a cliffhanger and got subsequently canceled by NBC, the fate of the 828ers was left in doubt.
This year, on August 28 (AKA `#Happy828Day`) Netflix ordered up one more flight for the mysterious series.
## What We Know
- There will be 20 episodes
- It’s undetermined how to release it (weekly, binge, half a season, etc etc)
- There is *no* plan for a season 5, so this will be a conclusive season
- All three previous seasons will be brought to Netflix
> What started years ago as a flight of fancy deep in my imagination has evolved into the jet engine journey of a lifetime. Never in my wildest dreams could I have envisioned the worldwide outpouring of love and support for this story, its characters, and the team who work so hard to bring it all to life. That we will be able to reward the fans with the ending they deserve moves me to no end. On behalf of the cast, the crew, the writers, directors, and producers, thank you to Netflix, to Warner Bros., and of course to the fans. You did this.
>
> Jeff Rake, Executive Producer
## Why We Watch?
One regular queer and one recurring. Of course, it’s not like Saanvi’s had a whole lot in the romance angle, seeing as she killed someone in season 3 and has been lying to everyone in season 4. But we can still hold out hope.
> When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years — and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they’re all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible in this emotionally rich, unexpected journey into a world grounded in hope, heart, and destiny.
Just like the 828ers, we’ve got that second chance. Let’s see how it all ends.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Manifest
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### [A Merry Queermass](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/a-merry-queermass/)
**Published:** December 24, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Seasons Greetings and a Happy Queer Year.
**Content:**
It’s Hanukkah and Christmas Eve so why not a little good cheer?
## Streaming Soon
*[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)* dropped a Christmas special, and we finally learned [Amanita’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanita/) last name! Caplan. The show comes back for real next month. The show is absolutely mind blowing, and why I got [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix/) at all.
*[Degrassi: Next Class](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/)* is also back next month, and we find out how baby lesbian [Zoë](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-rivas/) handles her self-harm as she tries not to be gay. Also there was that massive bus crash, so let’s hope Tristan was okay!
If you missed Gilmore Girl’s Thanksgiving miniseries, *[Gilmore Girls: A Year In The Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gilmore-girls-year-life/)*, I’m happy to tell you the show finally makes the cut here … with background lesbians. It’s really sad that such an amazing show always falls flat with the gay, but at least Michel came out and married his boyfriend. Maybe if it gets a pickup, we’ll get to see the ladies.
We also get CBS’s online show *[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)*, which stars a lesbian. I don’t know about you, but that boggles my mind.
## Coming Soon on Cable
[*Supergirl*‘s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) winter hiatus will end with the Kevin Smith directed “Supergirl Lives” episode. That title is hilarious to comic geeks, who know Smith worked on the ill fated movie, *Superman Lives*. But tension between Lena Luthor and Kara aside, the question is more about [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) and [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) than anything else. Rest your worries, friends. They’re going to be okay:
> **Anything regarding Sanvers in 2B of Supergirl? — Ellen**
>
> Though there are a few bumps in the road ahead, Supergirl is truly investing in the Alex and Maggie dynamic. “The important thing is that we’re committed to this relationship and we’re committed to seeing it grow, change, blossom, and struggle, but also get stronger, deeper and more loving as we go forward,” EP Andrew Kreisberg says. “I don’t think people need to worry that suddenly this relationship is going to go by the wayside. It’s going to have it’s ups and downs, but we’re committed to Alex and Maggie — we’re as committed to Alex and Maggie as the audience is.”
>
> Source: [EW](http://ew.com/tv/2016/12/23/spoiler-room-shield-12-monkeys-supergirl/)
That also means *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* will be back soon, with time traveling bisexual [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/). *[The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)* is still short a regular lesbian but the recent crossover got them added to the site.
Shondaland’s multiple series will all be back soon enough, so watch out for disaster for everyone on *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* (yes it’s still on) and *[How To Get Away With Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)*.
## Getting Grinched
On to some annoying news. *[Murdoch Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/murdoch-mysteries/)* doesn’t have lesbians (for real) until season 8, which still isn’t on Netflix. You’ll need Acorn or DVDs for that.
Also while the ending of *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)* was left a little ambiguous ([Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/) may not be dead after all), the odds of the show being picked up are slim to none. Then again, *Gilmore Girls* did happen so …
*[Call the Midwife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/call-the-midwife/)* will be back for a Christmas Special, but it takes place in Africa, and the lesbians stay home. You’ll have to resort to fanfic for what they’re up to over the break.
## Seasons Greetings and a Happy Queer Year
What shows are you looking forward to in 2017?
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Hope
---
### [Set Phasers to Queer: Tig Notaro will Guest on 'Star Trek: Discovery'](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tig-notaro-star-trek-discovery/)
**Published:** April 11, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Everyone's favorite lesbian, Tig Notaro, will guest on Star Trek: Discovery next season.
**Content:**
When we last left [*Star Trek: Discovery*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/), our intrepid crew had returned home only to find out time had past and the war had been lost. So via some risky moves, they saved the universe, restored order, got a pardon, and a new captain. On the way to pick up said captain, that pesky troublemaker, the USS Enterprise hailed for help.
Oh, Enterprise.
Tig Notaro will guest on an [undisclosed number of episodes in season two](http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/tig-notaro-star-trek-discovery-1202750016/), playing the chief engineer on the USS Hiawatha. Named Denise Reno.
Let’s look at this gayly for a moment.
Tig is an openly gay woman who had cancer, and just finished her show about being … an openly gay woman who had cancer. Seriously if you haven’t seen *One Mississippi* yet, go do that and come back.
Denise Crosby played the chief security officer on season one of *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, Tasha Yar.
Janet Reno was the first female Attorney General in the USA.
Both (all three if I count Lt. Yar) were often accused of being lesbians.
Hmmm.
At this point, if Tig doesn’t play a queer character, I’m going to have to transport myself to *Discovery* and have some serious words.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Press Release, Star Trek Discovery
---
### [Queer Beats - August 27, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-august-27-2021/)
**Published:** August 27, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, many of our favorite queer TV shows geared up to return, but a few announced cancellations.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, many of our favorite queer TV shows geared up to return, but a few announced cancellations.
## [American Horror Story: Double Feature](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-stories/)
The new season of AHS (aka “AHS: P-town” in the [LWTV slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)) has released its first trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkKP-dlRAbM
## [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/betty/)
I’m devastated. Are you devastated? This show was so unique and cool and I hate that we won’t get to follow these characters for another season.
> [\#Betty](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Betty?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Cancelled at HBO After 2 Seasons
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [August 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1430356740877340677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Baby-Sitters Club](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-baby-sitters-club/)
The Baby-Sitters Club is coming back this fall!
> The Baby-Sitters Club returns October 11! Here's your first look at Season 2 [pic.twitter.com/bAZqvKsbwx](https://t.co/bAZqvKsbwx)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [August 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1430909572386942985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
[Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) had her baby and I love that there seems to be a small connection between the baby’s name and her iconic B99 character.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS4UiB8HlFF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Catwoman: Haunted](https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dc-animated-movie-catwoman-hunted-announced-cast-revealed/1100-6495249/)
Looks like we are going to get another version of Batwoman, voiced by none other than Stephanie Beatriz!
> The first look at ‘CATWOMAN: HAUNTED’, the voice cast includes:
>
> – Elizabeth Gillies as Catwoman
> – Stephanie Beatriz as Batwoman
> – Jonathan Banks as Black Mask,
> – Lauren Cohan as Julia Pennyworth
>
> (Source: ) [pic.twitter.com/S6yj1C63ik](https://t.co/S6yj1C63ik)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [August 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1427665632796024836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
These two ([Mae Martin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-martin/) and [Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/)) are apparently very close now and it just feels *right*.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSwr5L_M3s7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Let’s start with the OGs.[ Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) posted a behind-the-scenes video of the new poker game at Dana’s.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSnsOWZAHx4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
[Jacqueline Toboni](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/) spoke about Finley’s current relationship drama…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7O772J5dG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
But in real life, she’s killing it! She got engaged this past week.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSu2cI3pmIk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Finally, we can’t forget about [Gigi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/). [Sepideh Moafi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sepideh-moafi/) knows that we are all obsessed with her…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSuNk5QLJ9t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
The good news? We are getting another season of MFH. The bad news? It will be the final season. \*eye roll\*
> ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ Renewed for Third and Final Season on Freeform
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [August 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1429866239329984519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
To cheer us up, we got a behind-the-scenes video of the cast being cute and having a dance party.
> Goodnight [\#Switches](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Switches?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). I know many of you are sad so here's something to cheer you all up. Here's what actually happened after Alder stepped down: [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[\#SaveMotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveMotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@ashleynicwill](https://twitter.com/ashleynicwill?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@JessLauraSutton](https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @EssHodlmoser [@taylorhickson](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@\_Arlen\_](https://twitter.com/_Arlen_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@Amaliajaja](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/hIyZ4QM6Cv](https://t.co/hIyZ4QM6Cv)
>
> — Praneet Akilla (@praneetakilla) [August 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/praneetakilla/status/1430368198717739009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
Never Have I Ever was renewed for another season!
> ‘Never Have I Ever’ has been renewed for a third season [pic.twitter.com/Hzvqt2axy3](https://t.co/Hzvqt2axy3)
>
> — Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) [August 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/1428388445848698880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
I miss ODAAT so much and it was so fun to see [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) discuss Sydlena again.
> [\#OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneDayAtATime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s [@Isabella\_Gomez](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) explains why she thinks “Elena and Syd were a great match” and also reveals her favorite couple moment on the show. [pic.twitter.com/HappvrOox2](https://t.co/HappvrOox2)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [August 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1430232186658205698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
Okay, I’ve been in love with [Mae Whitman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-whitman/) since I was 10 years old so IMAGINE MY EXCITEMENT when she came out as pan. Congrats, Mae!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSppfa3BhJ9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Punky Brewster](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/punky-brewster/)
The Punky Brewster reboot has sadly already been cancelled.
> ‘Punky Brewster’ Sequel Canceled By Peacock After One Season
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [August 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1428522269744287755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Queer As Folk](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-folk-us/)
The Queer As Folk reboot just added nonbinary actor, [Jesse James Keitel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jesse-james-keitel/), to the cast lineup.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSxW66Khq_i/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Apparently, [Alex ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)and Lena will be spending more time together this season…
> According to [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star Chyler Leigh, the friendship between Alex and Lena is only going to continue to get stronger.
>
> — TheWrap (@TheWrap) [August 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheWrap/status/1430924665476849666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Unconventional](https://deadline.com/2020/06/kit-williamson-unconventional-new-series-eastsiders-creator-1202957109/)
Kit Williamson is developing a new series with lots of queer actors, including[ Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/briana-venskus/) and Aubrey Peeples.
> Love this article from [@Queerty](https://twitter.com/Queerty?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about my new series UNCONVENTIONAL–meet the cast, y'all!
>
> It's a dream team of LGBTQ actors and they were all a dream to work with. [\#UNCONVENTIONAL](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UNCONVENTIONAL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Kit Williamson (@kitwilliamson) [August 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/kitwilliamson/status/1430298107720310784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
A new season of Westworld is coming and, although I don’t watch this show, I do appreciate a good picture of [Tessa Thompson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-thompson/).
> ‘Westworld’: Co-Creator Lisa Joy Promises “New Worlds” In Season 4
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [August 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1428401875435630603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
[Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) and [Erana James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/) went on a very cute non-date date.
> [@meetmeinthewilds](https://www.tiktok.com/@meetmeinthewilds?refer=embed "@meetmeinthewilds")these two. [\#miahealey](https://www.tiktok.com/tag/miahealey?refer=embed "miahealey") [\#eranajames](https://www.tiktok.com/tag/eranajames?refer=embed "eranajames") [\#thewilds](https://www.tiktok.com/tag/thewilds?refer=embed "thewilds")
>
> [♬ original sound – meetmeinthewilds](https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6996656117594000133?refer=embed "♬ original sound - meetmeinthewilds")
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)‘s pride in their identity will never get old for me.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSu1ZU9BFk-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Y: The Last Man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y:_The_Last_Man_(TV_series))
This upcoming series, based on a comic series, will include multiple queer characters.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EEQ5Lj-cXM
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Betty, Catwoman: Haunted, Mae Whitman, Motherland: Fort Salem, Never Have I Ever, One Day at a Time, Punky Brewster, Queer As Folk, Supergirl, The Baby-Sitters Club, The L Word: Generation Q, Unconventional, Westworld, Y: The Last Man
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 17, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-l-word-generation-q-season-2/)
**Published:** August 17, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Hi, it's been a minute! Here is a quick check-in on the queer things I've been watching over the last few weeks including The L Word: Generation Q season 2.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s been a minute! Here is a quick check-in on the queer things I’ve been watching over the last few weeks including *The L Word: Generation Q* season 2.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Hi, QTIwlw readers! It’s Leo Season in my house so I’ve been busy celebrating birthdays and not writing about queer television. However, Queer TV marches on and it’s time for a quick report on my shows.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 4 Episode 10 “A Raisin in the Sun” \[Live\]I spent *The Chi* season 4 finale worried something bad was going to happen to every character I love, and instead, it ended joyfully!
Trig ran Douda out of town (does this mean Roselyn can take over as Mayor?), Tiffany is happy with her new corny (in a cute way) boyfriend, Jada’s cancer is in remission, Nina lets Lynae move in after Dre asks her to and the episode ends with a fun block party.
My absolute favorite part of the episode was this scene with Shaad and Imani.
> I loved seeing Shaad come around to consider Imani family. ♥️ -T [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4kmnagf8b1](https://t.co/4kmnagf8b1)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427378976482287616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
“That’s my family.” ❤️
At the beginning of the season, Shaad was transphobic and generally disrespectful to Imani while he was staying in her house! But Imani stood up for herself and Trig backed her up while she made him apologize to her and Shaad evolved. People can get better!
Also, I’m so glad this person was wrong.
> Unlikely she survives the season tbh
>
> — DCU Enthusiast (@Giavotella\_170) [June 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/Giavotella_170/status/1406784485014769664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Not everything ended with happiness and rainbows. Nina and Dre are still on rocky ground, but no one has moved out. Hopefully, they will be able to work through Nina’s betrayal in season 5.
*[Motherland Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/motherland-fort-salem-returns-for-season-two/)* – Season 2 Episode 8 “Delusional” \[Live\]Raelle and Scylla were finally reunited!
> "…I'll also know where I can find you." [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tL0fCUl1as](https://t.co/tL0fCUl1as)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427351015423193088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope we see more of Scylla in the rest of season 2. The [Motherland Twitter account](https://twitter.com/Motherland) is making me feel confident.
*[The Republic of Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-republic-of-sarah/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “Sons and Daughters” \[Live\]*The Republic of Sarah* is my low-stress summer watch. I am totally enjoying the small-town turned its own country shenanigans with a side of queer drama.
Last week, the truth came out about AJ & Alexis and Bella knows all about it.
> The truth is out about AJ & Alexis, and Bella & Alexis look like they're on the road to forgiveness. What do you think is going to happen next? [\#TheRepublicOfSarah](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheRepublicOfSarah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/H6yiB64Tp2](https://t.co/H6yiB64Tp2)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427369128357208067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am hoping for a [grand romantic gesture](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/things-we-love-queer-grand-romantic-gestures/) from Alexis asking AJ to take her back.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 3 Episode 15 “Lunar New Year” \[Live\] Wow, so Alice and Sumi kissed at the end of the last episode of *Good Trouble*.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427372920779812880?s=20
I was very much anti-Team Sumi, but she seems to have matured and didn’t treat Alice like her doormat last week. I’m coming around.
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 2 \[Live\] Lots of drama already happened in *The L Word: Generation Q* season 2, but I’m here for Gigi and Bette and my wife’s commentary.
**My wife:** “It’s like two power tops trying to have sex with each other. ‘You wait, no, YOU wait.’”
I don’t think they are sustainable as a couple, but I’m here for it while it lasts.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Title” \[Live\] Ava and Sara have been in wedding planning mode for the last couple of episodes.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1427364331356889092?s=20
I can’t wait for the big Legends wedding!
**This week:** I swear I’ll be back to doing full-on *The L Word: Generation Q* season 2 recaps!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Legends of Tomorrow, Motherland: Fort Salem, The Chi, The L Word: Generation Q, The Republic of Sarah
---
### ["Q-Force" Aims to be Your Heroes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/q-force-aims-to-be-your-heroes/)
**Published:** August 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming this September are the gayest superheroes you're ever going to see: Q-Force!
**Content:**
This has been in the works for a long time, but it wasn’t until Pride Month 2021 that Netflix finally got around to telling us the details about it. Last year we heard about a queer superhero show, as an adult animated comedy, but it was basically the adventures of a secret agent and his team of fellow LGBTQ super-spies.
Now we have some details from Netflix about what to expect!
## What It’s About
Here’s the skinny from Netflix:
> Steve Maryweather, AKA Agent Mary, was once the Golden Boy of the American Intelligence Agency (AIA), until he came out as gay. Unable to fire him, the Agency sent him off to West Hollywood, to disappear into obscurity. Instead, he assembled a misfit squad of LGBTQ+ geniuses. Joining forces with the expert mechanic Deb, master of drag and disguise Twink, and hacker Stat, together they’re Q-Force.
>
> But, after a decade of waiting for their first official mission from The AIA, Mary becomes hell-bent on proving himself to the Agency that turned its back on him, and decides to go rogue with Q-Force. After finding their own case, and solving it on their own terms, they get the reluctant approval of The AIA, and are officially upgraded to Active Secret Agents in the field. But, that approval comes with one major caveat– they must put up with a new member of the squad: straight-guy Agent Buck.
>
> Source: [Netflix](http://www.netflix.com/QForce)
What’s it like? Pretty heckin’ gay.
https://twitter.com/Most/status/1407715074853199874
## Who Our Heroes Are
One of my favourite things about this release is they let us know the actor pronouns are the same as their characters.
- **Sean Hayes** (he/him/his) is **Agent Steve Maryweather**. As the leader of Q-Force, Agent Mary is a gifted agent for the American Intelligence Agency. Once pushed aside for being openly gay, now he has everything to prove and puts his team’s success above all else.
- **Gary Cole** (he/him/his) is **Director Dirk Chunley**, head of the AIA and as straight and stiff as they come.
- **David Harbour** (he/him/his) is **Agent Rick Buck**. Long-time rival of Agent Mary, Agent Buck is assigned to keeping Q-Force in check and the status quo of The AIA boys club in place. Will more time with Q-Force bring out the ally in Buck?
- **Patti Harrison** (she/her/hers) is **Stat**, the team’s resident hacker. Brilliant and guarded – there’s no secret she can’t expose except her own.
- **Laurie Metcalf** (she/her/hers) is **V**, the Deputy Director of the AIA and the highest ranking woman in the Agency. She’s the chief badass in charge with a soft spot for Agent Mary.
- **Matt Rogers** (he/him/his) is **Twink** a drag queen master of disguises – the fun-loving, full of energy genius with a side of drama and daddy issues.
- **Wanda Sykes** (she/her/hers) is an expert mechanic and gadget guru, **Deb**. When not on assignment or pretending to work at Pep Boys, she’s spending time with her wife and her 16 trauma rescue pitties. Gadgets aren’t her only speciality – she’s the heart and soul of Q-Force.
- **Gabe Liedman** is **Benji** (he/him/his). Sweet and charming love interest of Agent Mary, Benji is often in peril due to his proximity to Q-Force.
## Where and When It’s Available
This is a Netflix show, ten episodes, and it’ll be available September 2nd (next week). Just in time for your loss-of-summer-blues.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Q-Force
---
### [Don't Paus The Stream - New Network, New Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/dont-paus-the-stream-new-network-new-series/)
**Published:** August 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Don't let your heart put paus on checking out the up and coming free (!) network to watch some quality content.
**Content:**
Finding where to watch quality content, and then be able to afford all of it, is the bane of the modern TV era. Into this complex and messy (and expensive) world steps paus. And with it comes new content.
## paus
Founded in 2020, paus is a new video platform dedicated to supporting talented content creators and helping audiences to discover inspiring work. It is a platform powered by audiences to support great work. No adverts. No endless scrolling.
How do they make money? Tips! And unlike some of those delivery services, 80% of the tips you provide go to the creators of the content! If you use **paus**, you can still use Kickstarters etc to fund your projects. And from the network we get …
## Heart to Heart
*Heart to Heart* is a new short comedy series directed by Lilah Vandenburgh and created by IR Bell-Webb. Fern Deacon (Black Beauty) stars as Liddy who wakes up after another heart operation to the internal voice – courtesy of David Tennant – of that vital organ. The heart knows what it wants and that is to live a little and not to die before losing her virginity; her object of desire is found in the form of a foxy nurse Kim, played by Siena Kelly.
Now here’s the rub. *Heart to Heart* is only free this weekend! I know, short notice, sorry, I was trying to get through the watch and the add and everything else.
You can watch it all Sunday, an account is free, and there’s a Q&A to be seen. Please carve out 20 minutes to watch this two episode series about a girl in love, a foxy nurse, and a heart that says its own mind.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Heart to Heart
---
### [PhDs, Queerbaiting, and Queer Interruptions](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/phds-queerbaiting-and-queer-interruptions/)
**Published:** August 18, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The dichotomy of asynchrony and anachronism meet in Evangeline Aguas's "Queer Interruptions"
**Content:**
There’s a (large) part of me that is so happy to see people getting degrees on queer studies. Especially queer tv.
Like a lot of projects about queer television, this one ties back in to the death of [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) on *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*. March 3rd, 2016, was a pretty rough day for a lot of us. I’d just gotten back from a business trip to Miami where I’d actually talked up the show to a friend who was on the fence. She had not yet watched by the time this episode aired, and I texted her to warn her. We were both old Buffy fans, and the parallels are impossible to miss.
And like a lot of people who are passionate about queer representation on TV, Evangeline Aguas (she/her) did not take this affront lying down. In 2019 she worked on a book, *[Queerbaiting and Fandom: Teasing Fans through Homoerotic Possibilities](https://www.uipress.uiowa.edu/books/9781609386719/queerbaiting-and-fandom)*. And in 2021, amidst COVID and a world that feels like it’s on fire, Aguas also finished her project “[Queer Interruptions](https://queerinterruptions.com).”
## Interruptions?
A feeling shared by many of us is that our psychological development, as queers in a world where we’re not well represented, can be stunted. If you happen to know people who are transitioning, you may have heard a lament that they wish they’d done it sooner so they could enjoy some pretty stereotypical life experiences. Experiences like, for example, sleepovers with the girls is not something a young trans woman may get to do if she isn’t given the opportunity to transition until adulthood.
From a smaller perspective, most (if not all) queers have grown up *not* seeing ourselves well represented on television, which creates a strange dichotomy. We don’t learn how to act with people we’re attracted to because we have few role models. Now, if we were lucky enough to have some older queers in our lives, then we do have some good examples. Sometimes our non-queer friends and family fill in.
But the reality is that a lot of us learn how to ‘people’ from the media. Television, and before it radio, and books, and stories, provide examples of how to ‘be.’ We remember stories more than dry facts, and we attach ourselves to concepts that comfort. Ultimately, that’s why I strongly feel representation matters more than just the acceptance of seeing aspects of our selves on screen. It’s not just an affirmation of existence (though it absolutely is that), it’s also a guide.
In short, a queer life is one where our ability to mature is interrupted by a lack of representation.
## Death, The Big Interruption
In her project, Aguas tackles the convoluted experience of queer time by focusing on the queer female and genderqueer fans of the series’ same-sex couple, Clarke and Lexa - AKA: the “Clexa” fans. She asked them how they experience time, how they feel compared to their non-queer peers, how the LGBTQ+ rights movement changes things, and what do they see as their own queer future.
> \[The\] project uses the death of a queer television character as an entry point to discuss how these fans experience time differently—a queer experience of time—when surrounded by the heteronormative world around them.
>
> [Queer Interruptions](https://queerinterruptions.com)
## Watch Time Travel
It’s a heady topic, I won’t lie. One of the videos (Queer Anachronism: Bury Your Gays and ‘Feeling Backward’) includes clips of Lexa’s death.
But the thing is… you’re not alone. We’re not alone. And while we are still struggling to carve space out so all of our stories can be told, if you’ve ever felt out of step with the world, know you have friends.
[Have a watch of the video clips and share around.](https://vimeo.com/showcase/8628856)
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The 100
---
### [Queer Beats - August 13, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-august-13-2021/)
**Published:** August 13, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, half of this post is focused on all the Motherland: Fort Salem ships and I'm not sorry about it.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, half of this post is focused on all the Motherland: Fort Salem ships and I’m not sorry about it.
## [Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/)
Dear White People is coming back on September 22!
https://twitter.com/DearWhitePeople/status/1423690338993061890?s=20
## [The First Lady](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13223570/)
My day job is to be a history nerd and my night job is to be a queer TV nerd so there’s nothing I love more than when the two things combine. The upcoming TV anthology series about First Ladies will include the story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok, played by none other than [Gillian Anderson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gillian-anderson/) and [Lily Rabe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lily-rabe/).
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1424753979003527168?s=20
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Okay, not going to lie, this last episode of Good Trouble really secured my investment in this ship:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSfpjKKLb95/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Grace and Frankie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grace-and-frankie/)
Surprise! Look what’s back!
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1426076302017183745?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Season two of TLWGQ premiered last week and, as much as I love the OG cast, I am already reminiscing about how cute the new cast is.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSNd4XjpFTF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Love, Victor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-victor/)
Love, Victor will be returning for a season 3.
https://twitter.com/LoveVictorHulu/status/1421146065470775301?s=20
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
Listen, I don’t watch this show but nothing has ever convinced me that I should watch it more than this photo.
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1425557900785688578?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](#Luimelia)
Oh, look which couple continues to be soft and cute…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSB5PbBD-86/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSB9kkuN-xY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
##
I *could* apologize for my MFS obsession that is about to shine through this section but I’m not actually sorry. This show delivers new possible ships every week and I’m not mad about it. This week? #Talder. Tally and Alder. Neither of which has been confirmed queer but both of which absolutely have queer vibes. Even Jessica Sutton knows it:
https://twitter.com/JessLauraSutton/status/1425284289587945475
But, okay, back to the real canon couple. The provider of all the angst.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSckI7isGn7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
[Raelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/raelle-collar/) and [Scylla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/scylla-ramshorn/) may be full of angst on screen, but at least [Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) and [Amalia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/) take care of each other off screen.
https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja/status/1424853668675919880?s=20
To bring this all together, the show provided us with great behind-the-scenes interviews this week, including moments where Jessica talks about the #Talder sexual tension and Taylor talks about the kiss like no other kiss before it.
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1425291626977447944?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
In case you forgot, Lili Reinhart ain’t straight.
> [@lilireinhart](https://www.tiktok.com/@lilireinhart?refer=embed "@lilireinhart") [♬ original sound – Lili Reinhart](https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6994181173048085254?refer=embed "♬ original sound - Lili Reinhart")
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
Look who is back on set!
https://twitter.com/station19source/status/1424768037220065284?s=20
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
The new Stranger Things trailer includes [Robin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/robin-2/) so we can all breathe a sigh of relief.
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
In case you wanted a quick cry this Friday afternoon…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR-lW4Kjfhs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
The Wilds finished filming season two this week which stinks for the cast but is good for us because that means we are one step closer to seeing new episodes!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CSahU2Speh6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Admittedly, I will miss these TikToks though…
https://twitter.com/TheWildsBrasil/status/1421792056616185856?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Dear White People, Grace and Frankie, Lucifer, Motherland: Fort Salem, Stranger Things, Supergirl, The First Lady, The Wilds
---
### [The Final Season of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-final-season-of-brooklyn-nine-nine/)
**Published:** August 11, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If your sex tape was 8 seasons long, it might have been as popular as "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
**Content:**
The screeners dropped for *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and honestly it’s not what I expected.
I came in knowing that the show would be different, that they would be addressing BLM and the complexities of humour with the police. It obviously would change the show. Well, they hit it out of the park.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season eight!
## Copland vs Comedy
After last season, things got rough for our favourite cop-comedy. It has always been hard for people, many jaded by the constant abuse from the police in real life, to dip the toe into *B99*. The issues with [Copland](https://github.com/j7mbo/twitter-api-php) have always been in the forefront of thought when looking into shows from a queer perspective. And much has been discussed over the reason that titularly queer based shows often fall under the ‘law enforcement’ banner.
In 2020, when the pandemic was in full swing and people took to the streets, *B99* took to heart that thin line in walks. It was no secret that they needed to address the real world, something they did rarely at best anyway, but more than most shows, they actually recognized they needed to reevaluate the show as a whole. So they threw out the first four episodes entirely.
> We’re taking a step back, and the writers are all rethinking how we’re going to move forward, as well as the cast. We’re all in touch and kind of discussing how you make a comedy show about police right now, and if we can find a way of doing that that we all feel morally okay about.
>
> Andy Samberg, [People](https://people.com/tv/andy-samberg-says-brooklyn-nine-nine-figuring-out-how-to-exist-amid-current-events/)
The simple fact that the minds behind *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* not only thought about this, but actually stated they were going to do something about it, was unexpected. The fact that they’re pulling it off is impressive.
Oh, yes, they are.
## A New Nine-Nine
When we pick up with our merry gang of misfits, thins are very different. Some people aren’t cops anymore. Some people aren’t available due to COVID. Relationships have changed. It’s a whole new ballgame for the same ball club. They take on the pandemic, they take BLM, they face ACAB, and everything else.
It’s a really wild new world.
## Pull Up A Chair for 10 More Episodes
Starting August 12 (Thursday!), we get 10 episodes to end the series.
A
An abnormal year leads to an abnormal season that closes the loop on eight incredibly weird and unique seasons. They make you laugh at the absurdity of the world, and face the facts. Things are different.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine
---
### [Disney's "The Owl House" Brings Queer Romance to Teens](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/disneys-the-owl-house-brings-queer-romance-to-teens/)
**Published:** August 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If I was a kid, I'd be making appointment TV for this show.
**Content:**
If I was a kid, I would be obsessing over *[The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)* and making sure the VCR was set to record it every week. Thankfully it’s 2021 and my DVR auto-records every episode so this fun grown adult without kids can sit with a bowl of popcorn every week and squeal.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for seasons one and two!
## What’s It About?
The premise of the show is simple. A quirky, self-assured, girl named [Luz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luz-noceda/) steps through a magic portal and winds up in a new world – The Boiling Isles. She quickly befriends Eda, the Owl Lady (who lives in the Owl House), and the adorable little monster named King. While Luz has no magical powers, she figures out how to use spells to be a witch, goes to witch school, makes friends, and has adventures.
It sounds familiar, right? A lot of tween and YA fiction has that vibe. A kid who walks their own path finds out they’re special all along. Something we all wanted as queer kids. To be special, to be seen as special, and to find family. It’s basically queer kid central.
When we first meet Luz, she doesn’t seem to have anyone she’s really interested in. Early on in season one, there’s a hot guy, but that fizzles out for reasons (go watch!), and Luz befriends some actual witches. Some are nice, some are not, and one is incredibly complicated. That complication blossoms into more than ‘just’ friendship, which is why we’re here.
## Who Are the Queers?
There are three obviously queer characters, and one questionably (until she declares herself at least).
- **Luz**, our protagonist, is a bouncy bisexual with a zest for life and who cannot be stopped. She likes guys, but in short order (and after sneaking into school), Luz meets a girl who sweeps her off her feet.
- **Amity** is incredibly complicated. Forced into being who she has to be by her parents (seriously, her mother dyes her hair green to match her siblings), Amity is cool, collected, powerful, and seemingly everything Luz is not.
- **Raine** is the head of the Bard Coven, and is non-binary. They’re not happy with the current state of rule around, and used to date the Owl Lady, Eda.
I know someone’s going to say “Well if Raine’s non-binary and used to date Eda, doesn’t that mean Eda’s queer too?” The answer is … probably, but maybe? We don’t actually know (yet) how Eda defines herself, but I have faith that Dana Terrace will absolutely let us know.
## Star Crossed Fools
For season one, I mostly watched because it was cute and everyone said there was no heterosexual explanation for Amity and Luz. They had the classic “Enemies to friends” storyline, where Amity was upset about Luz being wacky and … well … Luz, and Luz was cheerfully confused about why Amity wouldn’t want to be friends. They liked the same books, after all! There’s a lot of cute looks, which yes are very much “there is no heterosexual explanation …”
Like Grom.
What’s Grom? It’s like prom. Only not at all. Amity is selected Grom queen, which turns out to mean she has to fight a shape shifting fear demon. Clueless Luz pops up and offers to fight for her, resulting in a co-fight where the girls win and we find out that Amity wanted to ask Luz to the after dance.
That pretty much cemented this as not just a queer suggestion but a queer reality. Of course, the kids being 14, they mess everything up over and over. And over. The blushes between them increase, they help each other, they have arguments, but Amity’s older twin siblings are all for it, and absolutely help out Luz every time.
## Hooty Hoo! Requited!
Finally in last week’s episode, though, the girls sorted out their stuff (with the help of Hooty the owl). They ask each other out and spend time studying:
It’s adorable!
And the best part about all of this is that it just *is*. No one makes a fuss that Raine’s non-binary, they just use the pronouns and move on. Eda doesn’t care that Luz likes a girl, she just wants to be sure Luz really does like Amity! And Amity’s annoying older siblings are, as I mentioned, totally for it.
## Choices Will Be Made
Of course, the creeping doubt I have is that Luz wants to go home. She misses her mother after all. Will Amity go with her? Her mother is kind of a jerk, after all, and Luz’s mom hasn’t sorted out that Luz is even missing, so odds are they could get away with the whole hair and ear things. But.
This show actually dares to make things complicated and deep. Nothing is super easy, there are challenges and losses and tension. Eda’s cursed, there’s a doppelgänger of Luz running around Earth, and I don’t trust Amity’s mom as far as I can throw King.
Which means this falls under some of the best YA stories. The ones adults can sit with their popcorn and watch excitedly every Saturday. You should join me.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Owl House
---
### [Queer Beats - July 30, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-july-30-2021/)
**Published:** July 30, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, TLWGQ, Legends of Tomorrow, and Sex Education all released new trailers.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, TLWGQ, Legends of Tomorrow, and Sex Education all released new trailers.
## [A League of Their Own](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/)
[Rosie O’Donnell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosie-odonnell/) is heading back to the dugout (kinda). She will be joining the A League of Their Own adaption, but she will be playing a bartender!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1420776306044768260?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
The entire [LWTV slack chat](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) blew up when this was announced. We love [Vicki Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/)!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1417535031099092993?s=20
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Uhhh… if this is supposed to make me *excited* for the second season, it isn’t working. LET RULES BE HAPPY!
https://twitter.com/them/status/1419507988713324546?s=20
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
Nothing makes me happier than seeing that these two are friends.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRsdYr5he-_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
This promo actually got me hype to witness the drama the next season will bring.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CRzqE9ijxk-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Jacqueline’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/) attachment to her half of the [Finley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-finley/)/[Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-suarez/)/[Dani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dani-nunez/) love triangle is endearing me to her side.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CR7Gp15Lil8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The screen shot for this video is a half-spoiler (we knew it was happening) but you know what isn’t a spoiler? HOW HAPPY [SARA](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) LOOKS.
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
Luimelia is back!!!! Look at their beautiful faces!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuRahULqYX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRispcQrEFC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
New non-binary character alert!
https://twitter.com/ok_roque/status/1418313296294203396
## [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
This show was a pandemic watch for me and I can’t wait to see season 3.
https://youtube.com/7oeGbdbUQQs
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Sometimes I forget that *this* is the reason I watch Supergirl. I can’t stand the thought of them leaving us after this season!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CR41gxpDaR6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
I hope no one is tired of the non-stop Shoni content that I am always posting on here.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRf0lEmNSfE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [With Love](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14734228/)
Always trust in Tia Gloria! She announced that her new show, With Love, has cast Birdie Silverstein (Busy Phillips’ kid) in a non-binary role!
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1418272094773604353?s=21
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Batwoman, Euphoria, Legends of Tomorrow, Sex Education, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q, The Owl House, The Wilds, Victoria Cartagena, With Love
---
### [Things We Love: Queer Grand Romantic Gestures](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/things-we-love-queer-grand-romantic-gestures/)
**Published:** July 26, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Need to propose, apologize, win someone back or stop them from leaving the country? Sometimes TV calls for a queer grand romantic gesture.
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains lots of endgame spoilers!
For **my 200th post**, I wanted to do another “Things We Love” list! Some topics we covered previously are[ Couples With Height Differences](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-couples-with-height-differences/), [Wall Make Out Scenes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/) and [Things I Don’t Like IRL](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/) (my things), [Superheroes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/) & [The Meet Cute](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-the-meet-cute/) (Mika’s things) and [Intense Non-Kisses](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/things-we-love-intense-non-kisses/) (Carmel’s thing). Today I bring you **Queer Grand Romantic Gestures**.
Sometimes proposing, telling someone you really love them, winning someone back or begging forgiveness requires a queer grand romantic gesture. I love queer love so I’m all for a running through the airport, interrupting a wedding, showing up unannounced to make a speech or a spontaneous proposal scene.
## Here are some of my favorite queer grand romantic gestures.
Freya and Keelin on ***[The Originals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/)***Sometimes when your supernatural lifestyle causes your girlfriend to almost die it motivates you to blurt out “Marry Me!”
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1009868852652662784?s=20
Freya and Keelin ended *The Originals* married, and we [learn later in ](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1197926923508297735?s=20)*[Legacies](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1197926923508297735?s=20),* they are still together with a kid.
Judy and Michelle on **[Dead to Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)**Oh, Judy, you’re such a loveable mess.
In season two Judy falls for Michelle, the chef at her mom’s assisted living facility. It’s super cute and there is NO COMING OUT STORY which is very refreshing.
After Judy messes things up with Michelle she makes a late-night drunken appearance at her doorstep.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417630349480415240?s=20
That could have gone terribly, but it worked!
*Dead to Me* season three (third and final) is coming to Netflix soon.
Toni and Cheryl on *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*To say Cheryl had a rough coming-out experience is an understatement. Her mother put her in a creepy conversion camp/jail so it was up to her girlfriend Toni to rescue her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/979163855413751809?s=20
I loved Toni organizing a rescue team to break Cheryl out of homophobe jail.
Josie and Finch on *[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)*Josie hasn’t been very lucky with love for the first two seasons of Legacies. But in season three, she left The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted to go to a regular human high school where she meets and falls for Finch Tarrayo. A classmate who, unbeknown to Josie at first, is a werewolf.
Josie’s first attempt at declaring her like-liking Finch is very brave and cute but it fails.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1416136324990619651?s=20
Josie doesn’t know the reason Finch turns her down is that she has another date with turning into a werewolf that night.
Several episodes later, Josie knows Finch is a werewolf and she tries again.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1416137038768783365?s=20
That time it worked and Josie talked Finch into going to The Salvatore School where they end the season as official girlfriends.
Carina and Maya on [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)I love Carina and Maya so much and the show really put us through the wringer last season with the “Carina’s getting deported to Italy” storyline. Of course, a natural conclusion would be, “They’re getting married so Carina can stay!” but this is Shondaland and nothing is easy.
In this episode, Carina is leaving and Maya decides she’s going to propose. As she helps her pack Carina reveals she’s anti-marriage which puts a wrench in Maya’s plans. The two of them go through it all: sweetness, love, fighting, sex, Maya saying she wants to get married and talk about “maybe they should go on a break.” It was a very STRESSFUL episode!
In the end, Carina makes a U-turn on the way to the airport and finds Maya.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396596005936812032?s=20
THANK GOODNESS!
A grand romantic gesture is extra special when someone goes against their dogmatic beliefs to choose love!
Liz and Mel on [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)For five seasons *RED* tortured us with the ups and downs of Mel and Liz’s relationship. I had my fingers crossed things would wind up in a good spot for these two because I wanted to make it one of the “[Shows We Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes).” In the 6th and final season. I got my wish.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417637369545695235?s=20
There is something extra special about a grand romantic gesture when it’s done by the more emotionally distant, commitment-phobic person in the relationship. I loved Liz’s proposal and the big wedding at the end of the series.
Dom and Darlene on *[Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)*Most of my favorite ships are dark and problematic, which was the case with Dom and Darlene. I loved them so much, I can’t help myself.
Towards the end of the series, they had an entire episode dedicated to them called [\#Domlene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Domlene). It was as close to a rom-com as this grim-ass show could get and I loved it.
At the end of the episode, Darlene failed to convince Dom to fly away with her and start a new life but at the very last minute, she changes her mind.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206380848225931264?s=20
Carly Rae Jepsen’s *Run Away With Me* playing as Dom runs through the airport was absolutely perfect, but they devastatingly had a missed connection at the end. I was sad, but It wasn’t surprising for this show. I appreciated the fan service on a *Mr. Robot* grading curve.
JR and Petra on *[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*JR and Petra are one of my all-time favorite ships and if they weren’t endgame at the end of *Jane the Virgin* I was going to riot. Luckily in the finale, JR appears and interrupts Jane & Raff’s wedding to profess her love to Petra in a big speech.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1156935627528638466?s=20
Straight out of a telenovela.
Izzie and Casey on *[Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)*In my opinion, Casey and Izzie had one of the best teen coming out and relationship stories on TV. Their chemistry felt real and their slow burn to girlfriends was perfect. After Casey avoids Izzie because she can’t handle having feelings for her, Izzie finds her at the track and confesses how she feels.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1376324555187367940?s=20
I really couldn’t have asked for a more perfect scene.
Nico and Emma on *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)**Vida* was one of my absolute favorite shows. It was so beautiful and well-written. I am STILL in mourning its cancellation.
Emma is also one of my favorite queer characters of all time. I love every mean and cold cell in her body. She’s the type of character who is ready to run at the slightest shade of red flag in a relationship, but at the end of the series, Nico asks her to run away with her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267519122755256320?s=20
The fire escape perfectly framed Nico’s grand romantic ask.
I hope Emma and Nico are still offscreen together and doin’ it in a bar bathroom somewhere.
Maya and Carina on *[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)*My number one queer grand romantic gesture scene is not a deep cut or from some obscure foreign web series. It’s straight out of Shondaland. TGIT, y’all!
My favorite ship still on live TV right now is Maya and Carina from *Station 19*. It’s the most basic queer tv fact about me, and sometimes I hate myself for falling so hard for a primetime drama couple, but here I am! I LOVE the fire captain and the doctor together from the moment they randomly met at the Greys19 bar. From the minute that happened, I knew I was doomed.
The episode before this one ripped my heart out. Maya was going through usual Maya drama and Carina sweetly tried to support her. What does Bishop do to return the favor? She bangs Jack and throws it in Carina’s face when she gets home. I was livid. I was so mad at the show and myself for letting my guard down with #Marina.
The next episode made up for it (I’m such a sucker) by having Maya confront the issues Carina was trying to get her to see. She also chopped her hair off in a very intense scene.
Then, at the very end, Maya goes to Grey Sloan to win Carina back.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1261290579637526528?s=20
There are so many things I love about this scene.
- Historically relationship-adverse Maya making a grand romantic gesture.
- Maya going to Grey Sloan for the first time to win her girl back.
- Maya in her cute short hair and a hoodie.
- Maya saying “I love you” to someone romantically for the first time.
- Teddy being a cheerleader for love
- This being an all-bi main charater scene on a primetime, mainstream network show!
Now they are wife and wife and I can rest easy…for now.
Those are my favorite queer grand romantic gestures! What are yours? Let us know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Atypical, Dead to Me, Jane the Virgin, Legacies, Mr. Robot, RED, Riverdale, Station 19, The Originals, Vida
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### [We're Losing Our Minds (In a Good Way) Over "Batwoman"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/were-losing-our-minds-in-a-good-way-over-batwoman/)
**Published:** July 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Renee Montoya returns to the Batverse in the best way possible.
**Content:**
Yesterday morning my productivity got derailed faster than a cat seeing a shiny thing when the news dropped that team LezWatch fav, [Vicki Cartegena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/), will be playing Renee Montoya on *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*.
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1417543185480372224
It’s no secret we love Vicki here at LezWatch.TV. While not all of us saw her (criminally) short run on *[Gotham](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/)*, we all watched her in *[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* and adored her. She’s an awesome actress, a kind human (which frankly we need more of), and …
## Wasn’t She Already Renee?
Yes she was! Over on *Gotham*, Renee was in the MCU (Major Crimes Unit), partnered with Crispus Allen. The two were looking into the case of the death of the Waynes. They worked along side Jim Gordon.
Comic book aficionados, and anyone who saw the recent *Batman* movies, knows Jim Gordon’s the police commissioner. It’s a little more rare for people to know Crispus Allen becomes “The Spectre” but generally you get the idea. It’s Gotham. Weird shit happens.
Sadly on the series *Gotham*, Renee and Crispus were written out after the first season. For Renee, she had hooked up with Barbara Kean (who later went on to go back to Jim Gordon, yes, have his kid, go evil, and come back from it), realized it was a bad idea, walked away and … we never saw (or heard) from Renee again.
## How is this Renee Different?
She’s … not, actually, but this is a TV show about comic book characters, so roll it back a little.
*Gotham* Renee was in MCU. *Batwoman* Renee is in charge of the ‘freaks’ division:
> Cartagena’s Montoya is a former GCPD officer who left the force when she could no longer stomach the corruption inside the department. She now runs the “freaks division,” which hasn’t seen a lot of action… until now. Righteous and pragmatic, and LGBTQ+, she’s a woman with a very personal (and mysterious) mission to help clean the streets of Gotham in the right way, by whatever means necessary.
>
> Source: [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2021/07/batwoman-victoria-cartagena-renee-montoya-dc-hero-season-3-cw-series-1234796596/)
Now. If you’re a comic nerd, you maybe just had a moment of “What?”
Maggie Sawyer (not the *Supergirl* one, the comics one) was head of the Special Crimes Unit, a special branch of the Metropolis police force that handles superpowered menaces when Superman is unavailable.
Doesn’t *that* sound familiar?
## The Maggie/Renee Swap
When Maggie Sawyer was introduced to *Supergirl* as a Latinx character, I was heavily confused (and to be honest, a little peeved). They rewrote her to be … basically Renee, only from Metropolis (not Gotham). At the time, I gathered it was due to Renee being an active (kind of) character over on *Gotham*. Still, the whole way they wrote out Maggie, having her be a low-key Renee, bugged the heck out of me. It was a waste of the name.
I joked that to fix the space/time continuum, they needed to have Renee come back and fill the void of Maggie. After all, don’t we deserve to have a successful lesbian with a kid? Maggie’s original storyline was from the pre-“Crisis on Infinite Earths” era (late 1980s), so her being closeted and hush-hush made sense. Still by the late ’90s, she was dating Toby Raynes, a reporter for the *Metropolis Star* (Vesper Fairchild is single, IIRC, and maybe [Rachel Maddow](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-maddow/) wouldn’t mind a guest spot or two).
## Who Is Renee?
Well that is the question isn’t it.
One of the hallmarks of Renee (in the comics) is that by the end of “Gotham Central” she’s quit the force over the corruption. After the events of “52” (a year without superheroes, and honestly one of my favourite arcs) she becomes the anti-hero “The Question.”
Sure sounds like a mysterious mission, doesn’t it?
My hope is that we get Renee using the ‘Freaks’ job as a way to be The Question. Even if we just get bad-ass boss Renee, I’m going to be super happy.
What are your wishes for Cartegena’s fabulous return to Renee?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Gotham, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 19, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-josie-and-finch/)
**Published:** July 19, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's a quickie recap week of miscellaneous shows with queer characters like Josie and Finch on Legacies, AJ and Alexis on The Republic of Sarah and Fabiola and Eve on Never Have I Ever.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s a quickie recap week of shows with queer characters here and there like Josie and Finch on *Legacies*, AJ and Alexis on *The Republic of Sarah* and Fabiola and Eve on *Never Have I Ever*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 3 \[Catch up\]I dropped off *Legacies* after Penelope left and Landon and Josie started dating because, boring, but while I wasn’t paying attention the show got queer again!
Josie left The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted to go to a regular human high school where she meets and falls for Finch Tarrayo. A classmate who, unbeknown to Josie at first, is a werewolf.
Josie tries to ask her out in grand romantic gesture style and fails.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1416136324990619651?s=20
The reason Finch turns her down is that she has another date with turning into a werewolf that night.
Of course Josie’s meddling twin, Lizzie, learns this info and works to keep them apart. It’s the classic CW plot formula — person “protects” loved one from finding out something, but eventually their lie is discovered.
Now, knowing Finch is a werewolf and ready to return to The Salvatore School, Josie tries again.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1416137038768783365?s=20
Success! Josie and Finch ended season 3 as official girlfriends.
Season 3 should be up on Netflix soon if you want to catch up. The show has also been renewed for season 4.
*[The Republic of Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-republic-of-sarah/)* – Season 1 \[Live\]The premise for this show is fun — the town of Greylock, NH secedes from the US and becomes its own Nation to avoid being mined out of existence by an evil corporation.
In episode four, it’s revealed one of Sarah’s besties and Greylock police officer AJ Johnson is having an affair with Alexis Whitmore who is currently married to a pastor and former town mayor William Whitmore.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417183118247739396?s=20
It’s quite the affair which leads to typical secret relationship drama.
In episode 5 [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) makes a guest appearance as a yoga person AJ’s friend tries to set her up with so she can date an out single person. It doesn’t work though. AJ just can’t quit Mrs. Whitmore.
I file this show under “Pleasant Summertime Stress-Free Watches.”
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 4 \[Live\]*The Chi* stresses me out so much.
My favorite TV queer moms, Nina and Dre had a really bad *Three’s Company* mixup.
Jada (Emmett’s mom) shared her cancer diagnosis with Dre. Jada having cancer is devastating AND she makes Dre keep it a secret. Now Dre is sneaking around, texting Jada all the time and lying to Nina about where she’s been. Of course, Nina thinks Dre is having an affair with her.
I HATE TV misunderstandings like this. They always lead to something terrible, like the following.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417193861710028803?s=20
Ugh! The really sad part is Nina didn’t confront Dre or ask her what’s going on BEFORE she picked up this random stranger.
I told my wife if you are ever suspicious of me having an affair, please use your words and ask me about it first before you go to a bar, meet a stranger then have sex with her.
Dre confesses everything soon after this happens and Nina feels like a horrible piece of shit. After an episode of Nina being eaten alive by guilt, she tells Dre what she’s done. That does not go well. I really hope they can get past this because I love them.
I also love Imani and Trig.
I love their little family.
I’m always scared one or both of them are going to die at any moment because they are involved with the Community Protection Program.
There are two episodes left in season 4! I hope our queer characters make it through okay.
*Fear Street: Part One – 1994* \[Streaming\][*Fear Street* Parts One-Three](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fear_Street_Trilogy) are officially movies and not in our database, but they are of interest to our audience.
They are a fun trilogy of horror movies that have a classic feel but also mess with the usual horror tropes. The primary character is Deena, a “Shadyside Lesbo” with a girlfriend who moved to the idyllic adjoining town of Sunnyvale.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417205460231458818?s=20
If you like horror movies and queer teen dramas Fear Street (all of them) is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
*[Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)* – Season 2 \[Streaming\]*Never Have I Ever* season two dropped last week and my wife and I binged the whole thing. Even though Devi’s boyfriend triangle gets a little tedious, I enjoyed the season.
In season two, Devi’s lesbian bestie Fabiola adjusts to having an official girlfriend and a crash course in queer pop culture.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1417210864449593352?s=20
It’s kinda cute watching her try to figure queer stuff on her own.
Other milestones are Eve meeting Fabiola’s mom and running for Queen and Queen of the big school dance.
AND bonus — [Jasmine Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasmine-davis/) who plays Imani on *The Chi* plays a nurse at Devi’s mom’s medical practice.
I LOVE seeing her in a comedy role where I don’t have to worry about anything bad happening to her.
**This week:** Your favorite lesbian reporter of queer things on TV is having a birthday on Saturday and her wife is taking her on a week-long vacation! I’ll see y’all in two weeks.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Fear Street, Legacies, Never Have I Ever, The Chi, The Republic of Sarah
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### [Queer Beats - July 16, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-july-16-2021/)
**Published:** July 16, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, MJ Rodriguez got an Emmy nod for Pose and it's all we care about.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, MJ Rodriguez got an Emmy nod for Pose and it’s all we care about.
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
The final season of Atypical dropped this week, which means we had to say goodbye to Cazzie (unless you were smart and didn’t binge it right away like I did). At least we will always have the behind the scenes content!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ-N-InsWba/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Witch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-witch/)
Good Witch is ending, which is extremely unfortunate timing since we finally got a queer character…
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1413573524749422596?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
\#Luimelia S4 will start on July 25th! Make sure to renew your ATRESplayer subscriptions in time!
https://twitter.com/AtresplayerInt/status/1412010513685430279?s=20
This also means new press material from these two:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRGcGQGrdwD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Literally all I care about this week is that [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) was nominated for lead actress at the Emmys. She deserves everything!! This also marks the first time a trans woman is nominated in leading actress category.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CRR3VPejrHa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
[Danielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) and [Stefania](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) do not care that their show is off-season… they will still provide that sweet fan service!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRW-xpmlVKv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Good Witch, Luimelia, MJ Rodriguez, Pose, Station 19
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 12, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-atypical-season-4/)
**Published:** July 12, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After a long wait in-between seasons, I binged Atypical season 4 over the weekend and have a semi-spoiler-fee recap for you all.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after a long wait in-between seasons, I binged *Atypical* season 4 over the weekend and have a semi-spoiler-fee recap for you all.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
*[Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)* – Season 4 \[Streaming\]It had been ****1 year, 8 months and 8 days**** since *Atypical* season 3 — an 88-week wait to see what happens with Casey and Izzy. I was counting down the days until *Atypical* season 4 because I am way too emotionally invested in this ship. In my opinion, I think Cazzie is one of the best teen coming out and relationship stories ever. I believe it’s life-changing representation for young queers.
I am not going to recap the season in detail because I don’t want to spoil it for folks who haven’t watched it yet. But I want y’all to know a little of what you’re in for.
Loving a ship stresses me out because TV lets queer fans down ALL THE TIME. I don’t like getting spoiled, but I do like knowing if I have to worry or not. Can I just watch and not be in a constant state of stress over my ship ending at any moment? Some folks enjoy angst (*cough* [**Nikki**](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems) *cough*) but I hate it, so I decided to make this queer TV stress assessment for *Atypical* season 4
## How stressful is *Atypical* season 4?
I would give it a medium stress level while you’re watching, but low-level in the end. There is conflict, but we also get sweet moments and fan-pleasing cuteness, like this scene where Casey gives Izzie a home-made tarot card reading.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1414364545729056771?s=20
That was one of my favorite scenes in *Atypical* season 4.
We meet Izzie’s mom and see her room for the first time. Izzie gets involved with the school GSA and helps organize some queer activism. We also added a couple more characters from the show to our database.
In the end, I’m still feeling sad. I guess it’s mourning the loss of these characters knowing *Atypical* season 4 is the final season. I would like a Cazzie spinoff. It could be named *Typical*. Hello, Netflix, there is my pitch!
**This week:** While I wasn’t paying attention *Legacies* got queer again! I’ll write about that, and some other queer characters here and there next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Atypical
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### [ComicCon is (still) At Home 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/comiccon-is-still-at-home-2021/)
**Published:** July 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It sucks that it's another year at home, but ComicCon@Home 2021 still has some quality content to look for!
**Content:**
I have to say. On the one hand, I love the fact that everything is recorded and many things are captioned, because it’s a lot easier to recap when I need to. On the other hand? I really do miss the people. I’m kind of ready to get back out there to the cons. In 2022.
So! You wanna check out SDCC at home? Let’s get the [schedule](https://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule) all TV gayed up for you! All times/dates are Pacific, and the links will get you to the specific schedule page so you can add it to your own calendar.
Oh and if you’re worried because you want to see more panels than there are hours in the day, the videos will be up for a while after. You’re good here (and yes, I love that they leave the panels up).
## Wednesday and Thursday (July 21-22)
Enjoy the days off. Wednesday has a sneak peek into a Snake Eyes movie (that’s *GI Joe*), and Thursday has some things about teaching STEM and learning about role-playing games (which I’m big on), but for gay TV content, it’s slim. If this was an in-person Comic-Con, I’d take the train down on Thursday instead of Wednesday…. except that Wednesday Night is preview night, and that was how I saw *Batwoman* so yeah, no, I’d be there.
## Friday (July 23)
TimePanelDescription11am[The Dragon Prince: Inside the Creative Process](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6930)The Saga is coming . . . now hear what goes into making the magical next phase of the Emmy Award-winning series *The Dragon Prince!* Co-creators **Aaron Ehasz** &**Justin Richmond** will share exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpses into the creative process including early sneak peeks, fan Q&As, plus interviews with writers, artists, and more. While there won’t be news about Season 4, come learn about the exciting areas of Xadia you’ll be able to explore in the near future! #thedragonprince11am[Tuca & Bertie](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6935)**Lisa Hanawalt** (creator and executive producer), **Raphael Bob-Waksberg** (executive producer), **Nicole Byer** (voice of Plant Teen 2, The Chill Bird), and **Adam Conover** (moderator) for a virtual Hall H to celebrate the return of *Tuca & Bertie.* Hear from the cast on the moments that made them laugh the hardest, their unique quarantine recording process, and the sci-fi behind birds. Watch new episodes of *Tuca & Bertie* Sundays at 11:30 ET / PT on Adult Swim.12pm[HBO Max & Cartoon Network Studios: Adventure Time: Distant Lands](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6941)What time is it? It’s time for more adventure in the land of Ooo and beyond with *Adventure Time: Distant Lands,* based on the Emmy-and Peabody Award-winning Cartoon Network series *Adventure Time* from creator Pendleton Ward and executive producer Adam Muto. Join moderator **Bex Taylor-Klaus** (Blaine) as they deep dive into the recent special, Together Again, and preview the upcoming *Wizard City* along with **Adam Muto** (executive producer), **John DiMaggio** (Jake), **Mace Montgomery Miskel** (Pep), and **Toks Olagundoye** (Dr. Caledonius). Uncover some secrets, hear behind-the-scenes stories and stick around until the very end for a special sneak peek at the upcoming *Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Wizard City.* It’s going to be James Baxter good!2pm[Motherland: Fort Salem – A Look Into Season Two](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6969)Creator **Eliot Laurence** and the cast of *Motherland: Fort Salem* gather to discuss Freeform’s addictive series set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country. The cast and creator discuss the empowering series and what’s to come in season 2. Panelists from the fan-favorite series include Eliot Laurence, **Taylor Hickson, Ashley Nicole Williams, Jessica Sutton, Demetria McKinney, Amalia Holm,** and **Lyne Renee.***TV Guide* Magazine’s **Damian Holbrook** will moderate the conversation.6pm[Queer Horror](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7007)Horror films, TV shows, books, and comics have always attempted to bring us to the threshold of our fears and force us to come face to face with the “otherness” that exists outside of the mainstream. For those in the LGBTQ+ community, this sense of otherness is not only terrifying and titillating, it’s quite often also relatable. From James Whales’ *Frankenstein* to the oft-cited “gayest movie of all time,” *A Nightmare on Elm Street 2,* we’re posing the question: Does a queer horror genre exist, and if so what makes it different from mainstream horror? And how does the current social movement for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC diversity inform the creation of the horror comics, films, and television shows we see today? Join Prism Comics, moderator/filmmaker **Michael Varrati** (*The Boulet Brothers Dragula, Unusual Attachment*) and panelists **Drusilla Adeline** (*Dead for Filth, Sister Hyde Design*), **Darcie Little Badger** (*Elatsoe, Strangelands*), **Terry Blas** (*Reptil, Dead Weight*), **Trinidad Escobar** (*Crushed, Bruhas*), **Joamette Gil** (*Power and Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology*), and **Steenz** (*Archival Quality, Heart of the City*) as they explore the horror genre from a queer perspective.Gay but not TV:
- [Gay Geeks and Where to Find Them](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6992) … which I don’t think I need to explain. It’s at 5pm.
TV but (probably) not gay:
- [Amazon Panel](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=6939) at 11am will include series stars and directors **Beth Riesgraf** & **Noah Wyle** from *Leverage: Redemption*. It’s a very distinct series, and I’m really looking forward to it.
## Saturday (July 24)
It’s actually pretty slim pickin’s for gay TV content on Saturday.
TimePanelDescription1pm[Fear the Walking Dead](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7052)The sixth season of *Fear the Walking Dead* ended with a bang . . . literally as Teddy brought about his vision of “The End” when he detonated nuclear warheads across the Texas landscape. Join chief content officer of The Walking Dead Universe **Scott M. Gimple,** showrunners **Andrew Chambliss** and **Ian Goldberg,** and cast members **Lennie James, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Colman Domingo, Danay Garcia, Jenna Elfman, Karen David, Mo Collins,** and **Christine Evangelista** for a panel discussion about what’s to come in season seven as the survivors will decide what “The Beginning” will look like, adapting to a deadly new environment where the air they breathe is as deadly as the walkers they encounter. The Q&A discussion will feature fan questions, behind-the-scenes insights from the set, and an exclusive first look at the new season of *Fear the Walking Dead,* coming this fall. Moderated by **Chris Hardwick.**3pm[The Walking Dead](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7077)The cast and creators of *The Walking Dead* will participate in a moderated Q&A discussion about filming the final season of the ground-breaking series, sharing behind-the-scenes anecdotes, information about the upcoming new episodes, and a first-look trailer for Season 11.5pm[Netflix Geeked: Lucifer](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7092)Speaking of the devil, Lucifer himself, **Tom Ellis** will join executive producers, **Joe Henderson** and **Ildy Modrovich,** to share inside scoop on what is to be expected from the 6th and final season of *Lucifer.*Not TV but gay:
- [Hooray for Gay YA!](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7065) at 2pm is all about gay books for young adults! You know, so they don’t have to read SE Hinton and think “this is really gay right?”
- [Out In Comics Year 34](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7082): Mainstreaming at 4pm is pretty obvious what it’s about.
## Sunday (July 25)
TimePanelDescription10am[Doctor Who](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7117)Showrunner **Chris Chibnall,** the Thirteenth Doctor **Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill,** new Doctor Who cast member **John Bishop** and a very special surprise guest as they share exclusive content from Doctor Who. Moderated by Salon.com’s **Melanie McFarland.** Pre-recorded panel produced by the BBC and BBC AMERICA.12pm[DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Cast Conversation and Sneak Peek](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7137)So far, in season six, DC’s Legends not only saved the world with a singing competition, stopped the Cuban Missile crisis with a football game, and fought off an alien Amelia Earhart, but also recovered Sara Lance who was abducted, cloned, and turned into a human-alien hybrid by evil genius, Bishop. With #Avalance officially engaged, it’s high time for the Legends to plan a wedding and mess up the timeline for the better. Join series stars **Caity Lotz, Tala Ashe, Jes Macallan, Olivia Swann, Adam Tsekhman, Shayan Sobhian,** and **Lisseth Chavez,** with **Nick Zano** and **Matt Ryan,** along with executive producers **Phil Klemmer** and **Keto Shimizu** for an at-home conversation about how this season was created along with a sneak peek at what is to come for the rest of the season and beyond. From Berlanti Productions in association With Warner Bros. Television, *DC’s Legends of Tomorrow* airs new episodes Sundays at 8/7c only on The CW. 1pm[RWBY](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7149)The cast and crew of *RWBY* share fun announcements, a look at Volume 9, and more! Featuring lead voice actresses **Lindsay** **Jones** (voice of Ruby Rose), **KaraEberle** (voice of Weiss Schnee), **Arryn** **Zech** (voice of Blake Belladonna), and **Barbara** **Dunkelman** (voice of Yang Xiao Long), lead writer/director **Kerry** **Shawcross,** and writers **Eddy** **Rivas** and **Miles** **Luna.**Not gay but TV:
- [The Mysterious Benedict Society](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7125) at 11 is for those of you who liked Netflix’s take on *An Unfortunate Series of Events* — I think you’ll love this series on Disney+.
- [Bob’s Burgers](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7164) at 3pm will include never before seen footage, which no doubt Tracy and her family will adore.
- [Writing for TV: From First Draft to Getting Staffed](https://www.eventeny.com/events/comicconhome-1456/?action=schedule-item&action_ops[item_id]=7167) at 3pm is perfect for all of you who want to make more gay TV for us to report on.
## What’s On Your List?
What did you put your list that I didn’t? Give a shout in the comments and lets make this con as gay as we can!
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** SDCC
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 5, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-girls5eva-and-we-are-lady-parts/)
**Published:** July 5, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Peacock dropped two comedies about all-women bands -- Girls5eva and We Are Lady Parts. Both are great and have queer characters.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Peacock dropped two comedies about all-women bands — *Girls5eva* and *We Are Lady Parts*. Both are great and have queer characters.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)There was a lot of positive buzz around *Girls5eva* and *We Are Lady Parts* on the [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) so I decided to give them a watch. I am very glad I did because I loved them both!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Girls5eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]*Girls5eva* is about a 90s one-hit-wonder girl band that reunites after a popular hip hop artist samples one of their songs. The members are now in their 40s (minus one who died) and at different stages of life trying to navigate being a band again.
The show is so funny. My favorite part is watching [Sara Bareilles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Bareilles) (super successful musician who wrote an entire Broadway Musical), [Busy Philipps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busy_Philipps) (actor who can sing), [Paula Pell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Pell) (comedy writer and actor who can sing) and [Renée Elise Goldsberry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Elise_Goldsberry) (Angelica fucking Schuyler in *Hamilton*!) all pretend to be bad at singing and songwriting.
Gloria McManus (played by out lesbian Paula Pell) is the gay one and she is so funny.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1411809199785496576?s=20
“Love doesn’t always win.” made me laugh.
Also, the songs — the official *Girls5eva* ones and the ones written into the plot — are all so hilarious.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1411809986821361672?s=20
If you like 90s nostalgia, musical parodies and watching Broadway-caliber musical artists pretend to be bad at performing, watch *Girls5eva*. You won’t be disappointed, plus it was renewed for a second season!
*[We Are Lady Parts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-lady-parts/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]*We Are Lady Parts* is about an all-women, all-Muslim punk band in search of a new lead guitarist. They find Amina, a super talented guitar player who is also very shy and suffers from puke-inducing stage fright. She has a lot of conflict between wanting to be a traditional married Muslim woman and letting her inner Riot Grrl out.
I spent a lot of time being in bands and I’ve been to countless Queercore and Riot Grrl shows so I strongly related to the band scene part of the show.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1411822595817758721?s=20
The show is mostly about Amina’s journey and general band struggles, but Ayesha the drummer is queer and falls for a social media influencer.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1411818534921986054?s=20
I really enjoyed the series and would totally wear a Lady Parts t-shirt if they existed.
*Girls5eva* and *We Are Lady Parts* share a lot of things in common and are totally different at the same time! If you’re looking for a couple of delightful quick binges, these two shows are perfect.
**This week:** FOUR MORE SLEEPS until *Atypical* season four!!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Girls5eva, We Are Lady Parts
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### [Intimacy in the time of COVID](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/intimacy-in-the-time-of-covid/)
**Published:** July 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Showing love and sex with a raging pandemic is about as easy as getting a queer female named show a second season.
**Content:**
2021 is a television year like no other. With a global pandemic still running roughshod through much of the world and new variants cropping up, film studios are having to take more and more precautions for the sake and safety of actors. So far, Richard Schiff (of *The Good Doctor*) is the only main cast member of a TV show who caught COVID, which means things are working.
These things are laudable. The protection of humanity should be far above and beyond our drive to make art or money. At the same time, in our world people need to make money to afford to live, which means a number of people in Hollywood who don’t get steady pay checks when they’re not filming really need to work. Keeping them as safe as the actors we recognize, following all the [state restrictions to film](http://www.ph.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/), has significantly changed how television is made and seen.
## It’s All About The Benjamins
Let’s start with the numbers. [According to reports](https://deadline.com/2020/11/hollywood-tv-productions-covid-protocols-difficult-expensive-1234618394/), implementing the safety protocols for COVID costs about $200-300 thousand **per episode** for a multi-camera comedy series. It’s about $300-400 thousand for single-camera comedy. Dramas are looking at a cool half-million. Again, this is **per episode**. That works about to be about a 10% increase per episode.
On the other hand, if a show has cast or crew who fail COVID tests, they may not be able to film. And every day a series can’t film costs them around $100 thousand per day. This means, filming or not, once a series has committed itself to production, it’s going to see a massive bump in costs. This is simply unavoidable.
Obviously, the smaller budget a show is, the less it can withstand these costs. A number of highly popular shows are working on pretty small budgets to start with, but on top of that its become harder to film certain scenes when you need to socially distance both cast and crew. Which has led us to a peculiar situation.
## Long Distance In Person Relationships
*The Bold and the Beautiful* and *[EastEnders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eastenders/)* have both shown behind the scenes clips that demonstrate how hard the alternative is, that they use wigs and mannequins. On *EastEnders*, they have to do their own hair and makeup! Their costumes are left outside their dressing rooms, and there are notes on what to wear and how. But soaps have to churn out a lot of content in a ridiculously small time. which means perfection is often sacrificed for content amount.
Still, the kind of trickery that flies on a soap won’t pass for a show like a Big Three network show, and probably would be a topic of derision for smaller channels. The expectations for a scripted series is different than soaps and telenovelas.
If you watch *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* on the CW, you may have noticed that the characters had a pretty isolated story for the first half of the season, where a ‘magical allergy’ kept every about six feet apart. This resulted in all three sisters not being able to be with their partners. Now that COVID restrictions are lessened, and more people are vaccinated, they’re able to make changes. Ruby and Mel finally got to hold hands, which is really where we come to this.
## Fade to Black
Early on in the life of the site, Tracy complained about that ‘fade to black’ trope with lesbian sex scenes on TV. As she, rightly, pointed out to me, there’s a lack of equitability in romance as portrayed by heterosexuals and homosexuals on television. At the time, we’d finally gotten the sex scene with Waverly and Nicole and, lo and behold, it did a pan away just as they hit the bed. It was sweet, it was romantic, but at the same time you looked over at Wynonna and her menfolk and you noticed the difference.
Of course, *Wynonna Earp* has since then given us much more and better rep. Stairwells anyone? The barn right before the wedding? They moved on to equal time for equal relationships. The same cannot be said of shows like *Élite*, which have scene upon scene upon scene of gay men fucking, of heterosexuals screwing every which way from Sunday, and then a much more sweet-sapphic lady loving moment.
The dichotomy of representation is enough to drive you mad. So when, with the lessened COVID restrictions, we get handholding and not a makeout scene, it brings me right back to the place where I too ask where the intimacy is on television? Are we back to the days of Gal Pals who can be in a relationship but never show it (see *Friends*)?
But it also makes me wonder if I’m conflating two separate but related issues.
## Intimacy Without Sex
Executive producer of *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, Caroline Dries, addressed concerns people had with the perceived lack of intimacy on her show.
> One sort of thing that’s been coming up on Twitter a lot \[is\] the lack of lesbian intimacy on the show this season. We were very happy to be able to get Sophie and Kate their kiss in the finale. I was thinking about that because I felt little bit like, “Oh, did we not deliver on the lesbian story line for *Batwoman* this season?” And I remembered where we were at the beginning of the season. Our show started before any of the other \[Arrowverse\] shows, and we were still under the most rigid rules for COVID. So by the time Ryan’s love story evolves to friendship with Angelique \[Bevin Bru\], that’s when the rules opened up slightly and we had more clarify on what was allowed with COVID. \[So that’s\] when we could pursue a love story, which is what we ended up doing with Alice. But it made me think back on why we made the decisions we did, and we were so early on in the beginnings of how to film in a pandemic that we were never able to put Ryan in a situation, so we wrote around putting her in a situation where she could be intimate with Angelique.
>
> Entertainment Weekly –[ *Batwoman* boss unpacks Kate Kane’s finale fate and that ‘intense’ cliffhanger](https://ew.com/tv/batwoman-caroline-dries-season-2-finale-spoilers/)
Over on [*Legends of Tomorrow* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)they hilariously resolved that by having characters separated, or walked in on. And that’s the sort of trope that works well for a show like theirs. When it was possible for the characters to get together, they very much did right away. Good ol’ dragon passionfruit smoothies.
But that’s sex. *Legends* and *Batwoman* absolutely managed to keep their characters intimate without kissing. We spent the whole season of *Legends* knowing how much Sara loved Ava. And on *Batwoman* we saw Ryan struggle with love for someone who was historically problematic, but loved none the less.
## How *do* you film sex?
In recent years, much has been made about bringing on Intimacy Coordinators on set. Their role has been to support actors in any intimate actions on set, from kissing to touch to simulated sex. They help plan and choreograph the scenes, working directly with the actors and the production team, to make sure everyone is comfortable. This does mean they check to make sure the people filming feel okay too.
But what good does an Intimacy Coordinator do when you can’t be within 6 feet of the person you’re supposed to be kissing? Like I mentioned before, some shows used life-like mannequins, the same they used for dead bodies on sets. Other shows have used the spouse of actors, having them check for COVID and then filming the scene. *[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* took the *Legends* trope and had it offscreen, where you only hear the sounds. But again, that was played a bit for laughs.
Since the majority of queer characters are still played by non-queer actors ([we’re at 18.6% right now](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/characters/queer-irl/)), that really won’t work as well for queer content. And instead of trying to find a workaround, a lot of writers’ rooms have decided “If we can’t film it, we don’t write it.” and that leads us to where we are today. Less sex for everyone. Yay.
## Equitability
The perceived lack of intimacy (and sex) on TV these days is going to be a while in changing. Film, with their larger budget, can use CGI, soaps can use mannequins, but the majority of mid-range shows are simply going to have to continue to not write what they can’t film.
The real challenge I think will be with what *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* is able to pull off. While skimping out on sex scenes can be hand waved on a superhero show by yeeting the protagonist to another planet and killing her again, the backbone of *The L Word* has always been the prominent display of physical intimacy. Hopefully it will manage to set the bar again and move us back into a place where we get the same quality as everyone else does.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Charmed (2018), Legends of Tomorrow, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [Queer Beats - July 2, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-july-2-2021/)
**Published:** July 2, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, corporations blessed us with one entire month of good queer content. :)
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, corporations blessed us with one *entire* month of good queer content.
First, Entertainment Weekly released this video full of queer actors from various shows speaking about LGBTQ representation. It’s pretty cute!
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1409574203490193409?s=20
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
As Five, the Brazilian spin-off of [Malhação](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/), has been picked up for TWO more seasons. The show’s first season was a success and they will begin filming season two this summer.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQuAKZ5jt51/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
We are soooo close to the Atypical final season release day. Good thing we have [Fivel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/)‘s instagram account to hold us over!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQS-YdoDmlB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I would not recommend watching this next video unless you are 1) okay with small spoilers and 2) ready to fling yourself into the abyss because of the sheer level of CUTE!!!
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1410278212739878912?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Ugh, the show already ended this week but I’m still emotionally wrecked over it. This cute interview helped heal my wound a little:
https://twitter.com/ew/status/1409519473808363526?s=21
I also loved this Teen Vogue interview mainly because [Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) said she was ready to “throw hands” if Kadena didn’t end up together.
https://twitter.com/TeenVogue/status/1410585244151992324?s=20
## [Good Omens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-omens/)
Good Omens was picked up for a season 2!
https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1410236750874640386?s=20
## [Hollywood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hollywood/)
This was a long time coming but, during her acceptance speech for the BET Awards’ Lifetime Achievement award, [Queen Latifah](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/queen-latifah/) shouted out her longtime partner and son and said “Happy Pride!” This whole thing makes me emotional. Go Queen!
https://twitter.com/NinaNicoleShow/status/1409343942911483910?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
The new trailer for TLWGQ is out and, phew, it’s SPICY!
https://youtube.com/LAL3MZRqAzs
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
More new trailers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FakCjoNnxik
## [Nurses](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/)
Nurses returned this week for a season 2:
https://twitter.com/globaltv/status/1405163259246919686?s=21
## [Q-FORCE](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/q-force/)
Netflix released a trailer for its newest queer-focused show: Q-FORCE.
https://youtube.com/Fk9s-zTbq28
## [Slo Pitch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slo-pitch/)
Slo Pitch, a beloved webseries, has been picked up by IFC for its second season!
https://twitter.com/knox_x_x_x/status/1410205073137864704?s=21
## [Star Trek: Picard](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-picard/)
Star Trek continues… into 2022.
https://twitter.com/startrek/status/1405204911768342530?s=21
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
A reminder that [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) is out and proud (as a bi virgo).
https://twitter.com/MiaHealeyBRA/status/1408968022736478224?s=20
I never get tired of the Mia/[Erana ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/)content and neither should you:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQm1dH3tDwM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)
Don’t forget about the new trailer for season 2 of Work in Progress!
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1409889899256426497?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
I will literally never get tired of cute pics of [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQoypMBgqyG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, As Five, Atypical, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Good Omens, Mia Healey, Never Have I Ever, Nurses, Q-Force, Queen Latifah, Slo Pitch, Star Trek Picard, The Bold Type, The L Word: Generation Q, Work in Progress
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### [The Chung-Chung-Changes of "Law & Order"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-chung-chung-changes-of-law-order/)
**Published:** June 30, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Over the thirty odd years we've had "Law & Order" on our screens, in one permutation or another, their representation has changed.
**Content:**
After I posted about how show scores really haven’t improved as much as we might have hoped over the years, I wanted to find a way to demonstrate how there has been active improvements to representation on mainstream television. And the best way to do that is with a show (or rather, a series of shows) that have been on the air consistently since 1990.
That’s right. Today we’re deep-diving into the world of *Law & Order*. We’re going to look at the six series (yes, six) and show how their scores changed over time, demonstrating active improvement of representation on some of the darkest shows we all watch.
## Order and Law
Before we jump into a timeline, we should look at what shows we’re actually talking about.
Show NameYearsOverall ScoreTotal Characters*[Law & Order](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order/)*1990-20101813 (5 dead)*[Homicide: Life on the Streets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/homicide-life-on-the-streets/)*1993-1999222 (0 dead)*[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-special-victims-unit/)*1999-current3633 (7 dead)*[Law & Order: Criminal Intent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-criminal-intent/)*2001-201178 (5 dead)*[Law & Order: LA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-la/)*2010-2011561 (0 dead)*[Law & Order: Organized Crime](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-organized-crime/)*2021-current522 (0 dead)Right away, you can see that as time goes on, the scores got better (with the exception of *Criminal Intent*). The *Homicide* series actually is totally related, and is kind of a pre-cursor to *SVU* in that it had much grittier stories than *L&O* itself. But there were episodes that started on one show and ended on the other, and since those shows involved queers, we’re including it here.
*The data used to generate this post has been stored in a [Google Sheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZWe_satkvlApzmCyHPrYJEhsFsIQSf_kbi-2Q9GHFxU/edit?usp=sharing), which is open to the public. Take it and make your own fabulously queer graphs.*
## Characters
The best way to do all this would be to calculate the [score](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/scoring-queer-shows/) per year, however that’s actually really hard since we base the score on cliches, tropes, and the number of characters per type (regular, recurring, guest). There are also negatives for death, trigger warnings, and having cisgender actors play transgender characters. Scores are, in a word, messy. There’s a reason we automated it!
Instead, I decided to start with a look at how many characters per year, their character types, and their deaths. Given that we’re looking at 22 years, it’s better to jump into how this looks in a visual format. And if you’re thinking “22 years? But Mika, L&O regular sauce started in 1990 and that’s over 30!” then yes, yes it did. But we didn’t get any queers until 1999.
The blue column, which is the vast majority of all characters, are guests, red is recurring, and gold is regulars.
As the chart shows, we spiked with **nine** queer characters in 2010, which is actually shortly *before* the Great Lexa Spike of Death in 2016. You’ll notice that after 2010 there was a massive drop, and it’s just now started to pick up with a more balanced view.
### What About Death?
For any of the *Law & Order*s, the biggest contributor to skewed numbers is the fact that the show has at least one dead person per episode. You would, then, expect to see a bigger spike for the number of death, but surprisingly (to me at least) the death toll stays pretty much the same:
In fact, there’s only one year (2015) where 100% of the queers we see die!
## Shows
Another angle to look at is characters per show. That is, how many characters per show:
I chose to break them also apart by ‘type’ so you can see a large part of why *LA* and *OC’s* scores are so high (in the 50s) is because of the heavy use of regular and recurring characters as queer.
By that token, you might expect *CI’s* score (7) to be higher, since even the mighty *SVU* has a 36! For this, we have to have a quick history lesson.
Regular *Law & Order* was pretty much a queer-for-the-week kind of show. While it did have one regular character, we literally don’t learn she’s a lesbian until her final line of the series, where she asked if she’s being fired for being a lesbian. We all had a collective “What the what!?” at that moment. For it’s medicore queer rep, and the fact that the show is pretty uneven (IMO the Lenny Brisco years are the best), it got a ‘meh’ score.
*Homicide* only had two lesbians, in 1999, but it’s got a thumbs down for being ‘gritty’ in an unappealing way, and it has a higher trigger warning than regular *L&O*.
As for *CI*, the reason it’s so darn low is that 62.5% of all qualifying queers die on their show. I did a little looking and I think they may actually have the highest death rate of all **criminal** characters. Oh, yes, the majority of their characters who are queer are Big Bad Queers. Regular *L&O* on the other hand, has a steady balance of queers being suspects.
Most surprisingly of all is how few queers, overall, actually die on *SVU*! You’d think, with a show like they are, they’d have more, but actually a shockingly high number survive. In fact, let’s go to the chart!
And ultimately, death is the deciding factor. *SVU* has the most deaths, but also the most characters, balancing it out and giving it a higher score.
## Conclusions
From all this, my take away is that the various *Law & Orders* are actively trying to have ‘better’ representation. Given the limitations of their shows, which is to say the nature of shows about crime and death resulting in a high number of guests being either criminals or victims, they’ve done surprisingly well! I would not be shocked to see *SVU*‘s score climb over the years, and I think if *LA* had had more seasons, they too may have continued to do well on that front.
But you can see, mid run of *SVU* that shift happening. Suddenly it’s not just en vogue to kill the queers, but it’s proper to give them as much respect as anyone else on the shows.
Who knew that *Law & Order: SVU*, originally best known for the queer baiting of Cabot and Benson, would become a leader in improvement.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Homicide: Life on the Streets, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: LA, Law & Order: Organized Crime, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 21, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-avalance-proposal/)
**Published:** June 21, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Sara and Ava were finally reunited (kind of) on Legends of Tomorrow and we got to see the long-awaited Avalance proposal!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Sara and Ava were finally reunited (kind of) on *Legends of Tomorrow* and we got to see the long-awaited Avalance proposal!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 6 Episode 7 “Back to the Finale Part II” \[Live\]Since the beginning of season 6, we’ve been set up knowing Sara was going to propose to Ava but was abducted by aliens before she got the chance. For 6 episodes Mick has been trying to rescue her and Sara’s been fighting with her captor, Bishop — the creator of the Ava clones.
As of last week we found Sara actually died (again) and is now a clone. Ava now thinks she’s dead dead and starts this episode sadly watching the video of Sara telling Bowie she’s going to propose over and over again.
Ava should know death has never stopped Sara before!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1406776019424624643?s=20
Meanwhile, the Legends try to “Back to the Future” fix everything by returning to the season 5 finale to prevent Sara from getting abducted. That was entertaining and fun to see Charlie again! They don’t succeed, but Rory and Gary manage to find Sara, erase Bishop’s consciousness, and the Ava clones there agree to destroy Bishop’s operation. They get Sara back to the ship and all is well, except this iteration of Sara is a human/alien clone hybrid. I’m not too worried about this because it’s not the weirdest thing the show has ever done.
And now the part we really care about — the Sara/Ava reunion!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1407013977368969219?s=20
And the big Avalance proposal scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1407016728492662789?s=20
Yay, Avalance proposal!
I’m so glad we have [several episodes left](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_of_Tomorrow_(season_6)#Episodes) to enjoy Sara and Ava being engaged (and perhaps a big queer wedding?) and the separation didn’t go on for the entire season. However, when is Sara going to tell Ava she’s a part-alien clone? I wonder how that is going to go down.
**This week:** *Motherland: Fort Salem* is back tomorrow night (yay) and the Batwoman season finale is on Sunday (😟).
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Legends of Tomorrow
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### [Queer Beats - June 18, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-june-18-2021/)
**Published:** June 18, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, there's new Motherland: Fort Salem and Atypical trailers!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, there are new Motherland: Fort Salem and Atypical trailers!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
We are a few weeks out from more Cazzie content! “I’ll be your support system” \*cue tears\*
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1404455211142238213?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
If you’ve been enjoying Batwoman this season as much as the rest of us, listen to this clip of writer Maya Houston talk about what makes the show so special.
https://twitter.com/TheCW/status/1405238749902950400?s=20
## [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/betty/)
Betty is back, y’all!
https://twitter.com/BettyHBO/status/1403384672508387335?s=20
## [BIFL The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)
[Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) joined the cast of BIFL to celebrate pride month.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CP9EAq6AtBB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
As I’ve stated before, I love seeing [Anne Lister](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-lister-2/) doing everyday things.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6GvTLhIMy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Girls5eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)
Thank you for this renewal, Peacock!!!
https://twitter.com/SaraBareilles/status/1404466646945779712?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
ATRESplayer released a new ad for their shows and it includes some cute (but brief) Luimelia content:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQI6UI3Kzgn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
I am SO ready for this show to return. Also, I am kinda of obsessed with the idea of Anacostia and [Scylla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/scylla-ramshorn/) working together.
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1404121387736846336?s=20
Also, here’s a little fan service!
https://twitter.com/Raylla_universe/status/1404446631207051272?s=20
## [Ridley Jones](https://www.netflix.com/title/81074666)
Thanks to creator Chris Nee, we will see our first non binary character in a preschool show!
https://twitter.com/ScaryMommy/status/1404599046468157442?s=20
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
The Queens of Fanservice award of the week goes to…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPzAjGLNmMP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CQLO5orNewV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Why are they so cute????? Love seeing [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) show her pride!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPw3XLJgVb3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Betty, BIFL, Girls5eva, Motherland: Fort Salem, Ridley Jones, The Wilds
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 14, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-sophie-and-ryan/)
**Published:** June 14, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week is a quickie recap list of queer shows I've been watching and enjoying like the Sophie and Ryan and Kate drama on Batwoman!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, this week is a quickie recap list of queer shows I’ve been watching and enjoying like the Sophie and Ryan and Kate drama on Batwoman!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)So many shows, so little time! This week instead of going deep into one or two shows I decided to do short recaps of almost everything I’ve been watching lately with queer content.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)* – Season 2My wife and I binged *Feel Good* season two when it dropped on Netflix recently. I found it to be the same mix of funny, disturbing and depressing as season one, but definitely worth the watch. Mae Martin’s storytelling really takes you on a unique emotional journey. The feelings from this show stuck with me days after I finished watching it.
Also, Mae and George’s relationship is problematic but their chemistry is off the charts.
This season is sadly the second and last, but I feel like it ends in a satisfying place.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 6Ava and Sara haven’t been reunited yet, which is frustrating, but I loved this shout-out to *Wynonna Earp*.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401972654366760966?s=20
I love when shows with big queer fandoms support each other!
[*Batwoman* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)– Season 2I am absolutely LOVING this season of *Batwoman*. I think they are doing a great job of addressing Black Lives Matter, pivoting to a new superhero and making us quickly get emotionally attached to her. Also, it’s wonderful to have a show you can count on for lots of queer content every week.
I have to admit my favorite part of this season is the Sophie and Ryan and Kate drama. From the beginning, I’ve been shipping Sophie and Ryan and the show knows it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1376606810854002690?s=20
Enemies to Lovers, yes please!
Plus they’ve been releasing promo pictures looking like this.
But now, Kate Kane (and the love of Sophie’s life) is alive! What does that mean for Sophie and Ryan?
I couldn’t have cooked up a better love triangle. BRING ON THE LESBIAN DRAMA, Batwoman! I am enjoying it so much.
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* – Season 3Ugh, the *Pose* finale killed me.
There will be a before *Pose* and after *Pose* timeline in queer TV history. Queer black and brown people telling their own stories — we can’t go back after this. The show told stories of queer hardship, joy and love like no other. I will miss all of the characters (especially Elektra) forever.
Steven Canals tweeted about the very last scene.
https://twitter.com/StevenCanals/status/1401750310951915527?s=20
Throughout history, no matter how many laws they pass against us and how many acts of violence are inflicted on our community they can not stop us from being ourselves.
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 4*The Chi*, like always, has been a tough watch. Dre has been helping Jada with her cancer diagnosis while keeping it a secret from Nina. This makes it looks like Dre is sneaking around. I hate mix-ups like that (full disclosure: I haven’t watched last night’s episode yet so I don’t know if Nina knows about the cancer yet or not). Kevin is fucking up and Keisha is pregnant with her rapist’s baby.
Also stressing me out is one of Trig’s transphobic friends saying shit about Imani behind his back. I am so scared something bad is going to happen to her. If he tries it I hope she pulls a Root and defends herself with two guns.
But my favorite thing about the show is still Roselyn.
She makes things better.
*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)* – Season 1My wife and I are not space people. We are the opposite of that. But Mika really loves this show and so do other people in the LezWatch community so I decided to give it a try.
OMG, y’all we are OBSESSED!
My wife and I call it *Space Show* or *Lesbian on the Moon* and many of our conversations currently revolve around *Space Show* and when we can watch the next episode of *Space Show*.
When I watched the first episode it looked like it was going to be centered around a bunch of male astronauts and their wives (as an afterthought). I was so wrong. It’s an alternative history of how things could have been if the Russians made it to the moon first and also put a woman on the moon before us.
The character development is SO GOOD and I was hooked by the end of episode 2. The queer characters are lesbian astronaut, Ellen, and her bartender girlfriend, Pam.
Do y’all recognize who’s playing Ellen? It’s Jodi Balfour who played Gladys on [*Bomb Girls*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)! She is a VERY different character on this show.
*[Clarice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clarice/)* – Season 1Last year [Jen Richards](https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen) posted the cutest tweet conversation with her then-fiance/now wife about always being cast as straight.
https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen/status/1300918229670346752?s=20
Take note, [Autostraddle](https://www.autostraddle.com/), Jen got her wish in *Clarice*.
I hope this solves the Gay Emmy conflict in their relationship. 😄
I am enjoying Clarice and I am so happy Jen gets to play a hero in this series.
**This week:** My wife and I will be watching *Space Show*. I also hope they’re able to *Back to the Future* bring Sara Lance back to life for the 10th time on Legends.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman, Clarice, Feel Good, For All Mankind, Legends of Tomorrow, Pose, The Chi
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### [The Law of TV Averages in Show Scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-law-of-tv-averages-in-show-scores/)
**Published:** June 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Percentages, averages, and a slower growth on show scores gives us an answer of where to see representation on US TV.
**Content:**
One of my favourite things I built for this site is the show score system. Having a 0-100 scale value for shows allows us to apply a little more nuance to the overall concept of ‘how good is a show?’ And when we at LezWatch.TV ask “How good is a show?” what we really mean is “I want to watch TV shows with queer characters. How good is *this* show for that?” That’s why you get a lot of shows down-graded for being decent overall, but not all that good for queers (that’s pretty much why *[All in the Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/)*, which is a great show, has a 19).
But if you look at the [statistics for shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/), you may have noticed that the average score for all shows is around 48 (±3 depending on the day). And, as one of my friends pointed out, that’s really low! The reason for it is as obvious as one might think: All the (bad for queers) shows in the early days hurt their scores.
## The Dawn of Queers – 1952-1982
The first thirty years of queers on your screens was pretty recent. In fact, it’s within the living memory of many readers. And if you looked at the shows that were on then, [there are only 50](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_airdates=1952.00%2C1982.00)! For the sake of simplicity, I’m going to run these numbers on USA TV shows only (no miniseries, no TV movies). The overall averages won’t change, but that drops the shows to 27, and 16 when I remove shows that are listed but don’t happen to have queers in that first block of years.
Those scores are between 14.8 and 50, for an average of 31.19. While only 4 shows had death (21% of shows on air with queers), the majority had ‘bad’ queers. In sitcoms, however, we had positive representation that wasn’t *always* for laughs. Admittedly most of those sitcom queers are ‘big queer reveals’ like on *The Jeffersons*, but even then, the laughs to be had were on the cis men and their general confusion but ultimate acceptance of their ‘old friends.’
And of all those shows only **one**, *Days of Our Lives*, went on to have queers in seasons after 1981-82.
## Queer for Ratings – 1982-1992
There’s a little overlap in years, since TV seasons in the US end in Spring and start again in Fall. And the reason I don’t do another 30 year jump is that when we do that, we get well over a couple hundred shows, and the scores become a little bit weirder to understand. So if we step it back to a decade, that gives us an easier to process bite.
On the outset, there are 35 shows from that decade that show up with queers in the time frame. That’s still double the shows, though, which is good. However the low score is a 0 thanks to the TV version of *9 to 5* having an unaired episode. If you omit that one, you get a low of 11.5 and a high of 53.25, with an average of 34.2.
The Lesbian Kiss for Ratings shows up at last in 1991, with *[LA Law](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/la-law/)*. In 1992, *[Rosanne](http://lezwatchtv.com/show/rosanne)* did it it as well, with a very awkward kiss. This remains an issue today, with shows bringing in queers for a shocker reveal in a bad way. Unlike the sitcoms of yore, there was never an intent to change the main characters or make them rethink life. Now it was just a ‘gotcha!’ reveal.
## Queers As People – 1992-2002
In this segment, we finally progress to around 100 shows, but we also start getting a lot more queers-of-the-week. Characters are also starting to get actual plots! More than just “My surprise visiting old friend came to our reunion in a dress!” people had actual storylines. This is what I think of as “The Xena Era” but it’s also where Ellen finally came out.
Sadly this comes with a much more complicated calutiona. We can’t just grab the score per show, as now we have more of the *Law & Order* type shows, and other long running things like *The Simpsons* who have queers, but not in every year. And this really does illustrate a flaw. The show scores are cumulative for the entire time a show is on-air, resulting in *The Simpsons* having a 53.71 score, but Patty doesn’t come out until season 16, which isn’t until the 2000s!
Scores range from 1.5 to 85 and the needle barely moves for an average of 35.
## A Queer Boom – 2002-2012
Anyone’s who’s glanced at the [death chart](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/) knows that starting in 2005, the deaths began increasing noticeably. Also the calculations get even worse, which is why I had to do some extrapolation and a little massaging to get out the data. Shows go from 0 to 89.5, and the average finally ticks up to 41.
The good news is this is we doubled *again* the number of shows! We also get a lot of queer centric shows, like *Exes and Ohs* and *The L Word*. The bad news is queers of the week is still a thing, as are queers-who-die-for-non-queers.
## Kill the Queers – 2012-2022
The trend line was jumped in 2013, which means that is literally the year we started to have more deaths than math expected. We also have over 500 shows on air. The interesting thing is, with scores between 0 and 99.5, the average is 47! That suggests that the death (i.e. “The Lexa Effect), as well as lower scores you get for queers-of-the-week shows, is super heavily impacting the overall scores.
In other words, more shows, not much higher scores. That’s not something we should expect to see. We’re getting record numbers of death, but we’re not getting record high scores.
## Growth Is Slow
Unsurprising at all, growth is *slow*. We’ve only moved from an average score in the low 30s to the high 40s. When I went in to collecting all this, I thought that maybe we’d get an average of 60 these days. It is somewhat disappointing to see that, after all this time, we’ve barely made headway.
The reality though is that things actually are getting better in isolated segments. The CW, for example, has an average of 57 for all their on-air shows. Freeform has a 73. And that means the smaller networks are going to be the continued source of queer growth. In a lot of ways, that’s a telling sign for the impending heat death of network TV.
If linear TV doesn’t learn to grow and change and adapt, they will be fighting for a smaller and smaller slice of a pie who wants brain-candy without representation. 70% of Americans right now support gay marriage as of 2020, and 41% of white evangelicals supported gay marriage in a 2019 survey. The majority is slowly creeping in, and it will be interesting to see if linear TV, with the airtime limits that streaming does not have, continues spiralling downward or if they follow the lead of CW and Freeform.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### ["Motherland: Fort Salem" Returns for Season Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/motherland-fort-salem-returns-for-season-two/)
**Published:** June 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The witches are back and the stakes are even higher as we have new powers, new foes, and yes, new witches.
**Content:**
Last year, *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* was a sneaky queer surprise from Freeform. The premise was simple: What if the witches won the Salem Witch Trials? Like the best alt-history type stories, it’s one simple catalyst that makes monumental, world changing events. If the witches won, and survived, they would excel and lead. The entire face of the earth was changed into a matrilineal warrior woman society.
**Season two will air next Tuesday, June 22nd, on Freeform.**
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Season two is a solid beginning for the journey into the deeper mythos of the world of *Motherland: Fort Salem*. Questions will be answered and more will take their place as the witches face their greatest, most ancient foes.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season one and mild spoilers for season two!
## How We Got Here
Back in season one, we followed Raelle and Abigail and Tally as the three wildly different women became a cohesive unit. By the end of the season, they’d graduated and were deployed. Their first mission looked like it was about to be their last, when Raelle went down Abigail appeared to be willing to give up her life for the shitbird, while Tally was giving herself over to being a Biddy to save Alder.
As we learned, the ancient threat of the Camarilla, whom Alder thought she had destroyed, were back. They were stealing vocal chords from witches (including a lot of Abigail’s extended family) and then somehow using them to power weapons! Everything was looking lost. Raelle was stabbed and dying, Abigail was giving her life, Tally had (effectively) given her own.
But out of nowhere, Raelle and Abigail created an explosion. A Witchbomb, as it were, that erupted, destroyed the Camarilla who were about to kill them all. The two were about to die and then suddenly they were healthy, healed, and in possession of new, strange, power.
And if that wasn’t enough? Raelle’s mom is alive and oh yeah, she’s the head of the Spree. Dun dun dun!
## And Season Two?
My burning question was about Biddy Tally, how long will she stay a Biddy? What is it like being a Biddy? Do they really hear Alder’s thoughts? The good news is by the end of the first episode, “Of The Blood,” I had all the answers I wanted, and then picked up some more questions. A lot more questions. I have a lot more thoughts about what other parts of history changed, and what the implications of those changes, but also how did all this change.
I still have questions about that weird mystery mycelium wall. You know the one that Raelle touched and it did a weird thing to her hand? And now she has extra powers? There are even more questions when you learn more about the Spree and what happened to make them who they were.
Which of course means I have a lot more questions about the Spree, which the reveal of Willa Collar being alive *and* their leader has some impressive ramifications for Scylla. It’s time for Scylla to learn the truth about who she’s joined and why, and what they fully stand for.
Finally the Camarilla. They’re back, and neither Spree nor the witches of Fort Salem have any lost love for them, and that makes sense. After all, the Camarilla wants all witches dead, while the Spree really want just a different system of government.
We also have some new questions, like what about lost witches? The witchline being matrilineal means that by tracking mothers and daughters, they have always been able to monitor and find new witches. But there are always people who get lost. What happens if there are more than just one or two?
Season two is a go from the start, a no holds barred journey into their greatest foes, with complicated choices that aren’t always right or wrong.
## Watch On Tuesday the 22nd
If you were holding off on season one, there’s just enough time to catch up before the second season drops next Tuesday. Motherland remains the twisted, slightly campy, adventure with queer witches that we didn’t know we needed, but we very much do.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 8, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-marina-wedding/)
**Published:** June 8, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week I'm celebrating queer joy with the Angel and Papi wedding on Pose and the Marina wedding on Station 19.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, happy Pride everyone! This week I’m celebrating queer joy with the Angel and Papi wedding on *Pose* and the Marina wedding on *Station 19*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Instead of rainbow-wrapped logos, I want corporations to give us happy queers on television for Pride. *Station 19* and *Pose* gave us that, and yes, there were some downs along with ups, but I’m not going to write about that. I am going to do happiness-only wedding recaps!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “Something Old, Something New” \[Catch Up\]By the time this posts, the *Pose* finale will be over. I’ll be sad and we’ll know how it all ended, but for now I’m just going to celebrate the amazingness that was Angel and Papi’s wedding.
Elektra insisted Angel and Papi’s marriage be legal and not ceremonial. I agreed with her, but this meant they needed to get a marriage license and hope the city official didn’t notice the details on Angel’s passport. It looked like there was going to be a problem for a second, but it was just a missing signature.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401693531715088384?s=20
Thank you, *Pose*, for making that easy.
Elektra used her riches to make this the wedding of the century, because their community needs to see and celebrate joy, love and success.
Before the wedding, Angel gathers with the girls and Candy’s ghost makes an appearance! Blanca says a prayer to Candy before the ceremony.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401951734931591170?s=20
I imagine this episode and the finale must have been emotional for the cast. Every scene feels like we’re celebrating and saying goodbye at the same time.
Angel’s vows are as beautiful as expected.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401960551903903749?s=20
They stressed us out for a minute when it looked like Papi wouldn’t be able to say his, but it was because he wanted to sing it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401963830863872002?s=20
Working a musical number into Angel and Papi’s wedding was a gift!
Finally, in his Ball MC voice, Pay Tell pronounces Angel and Papi married.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401967303491784708?s=20
*Pose* showed us joy and love during a deadly time in queer history. We need to see this. We need to see ourselves loved and resilient even when the rest of the world doesn’t give a shit if we are dying. No matter how hard the powers that be have historically tried to oppress and how much it has hurt us, it has not stopped us from being ourselves.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 16 “Forever and Ever, Amen” \[Live\]First, let’s [take a trip down memory lane](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231698617095852035?s=20) to see how this all started.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231698617095852035?s=20
Who knew Carina’s “Are you sure?” to Maya’s “Sorry, I’m drinking alone tonight.” would lead us to Marina Wedding Day almost a year and a half later!
All I ever wanted was for Maya and Carina to have a happily ever after. I know it’s super basic, but all I want is queer joy! After decades of seeing ourselves sad, lonely and dead on TV we are OWED happy queer love stories.
It starts with the two of them cute and excited at home.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401978761063583745?s=20
They had to throw a little bit of wedding angst in the story and I’m happy it was Maya dealing with her parents and not relationship drama.
Andy comes over to help Maya get ready and her timing is unfortunate.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401980966374105090?s=20
I love the addition of a little “accidentally walking in your friend’s apartment while she’s doing it” physical comedy.
Maya channels all of her parent stress into picking out her wedding outfit.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401985840381825034?s=20
Andy calls her out on it and at the last minute, Maya decides to stop by her parents’ house on the way to the wedding to tell them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401989631147708420?s=20
It was a quick scene, but I’m glad she had that moment of standing up to her dad.
Meanwhile, Carina gets a moment to see the venue.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401992046559252487?s=20
We haven’t seen Carina have much screen time with *Station 19* characters other than Maya. I’m glad she had this scene with Victoria and I hope we see her more integrated with the rest of the gang.
The Marina wedding was short and very sweet.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1401998674339762177?s=20
I love Carina not being upset about Maya forgetting to write vows and actually seeing it as a plus. The girl who couldn’t put her to-do list away to relax on vacation was so happy she forgot to do something.
For the rest of the episode, Maya and Carina danced happily while the rest of the characters went through their various dramas.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1402004454795251712?s=20
Full disclosure, something bad did happen, but I edited it out! It had nothing to do with Carina and Maya’s relationship so we’ll deal with it next season and let them end with a happy Marina wedding.
**This week:** Will Sara Lance and Ava be reunited soon or is this going to be an entire season-long thing? I hope the finale episode will be a big queer assassin/clone wedding!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Pose, Station 19
---
### [Queer Beats - June 4, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-june-4-2021/)
**Published:** June 4, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we finally get an Atypical premiere date and Stephanie Beatriz is pregnant!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we finally get an Atypical premiere date and Stephanie Beatriz is pregnant!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Atypical is basically ONE MONTH AWAY.
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1399742796043481095?s=20
While you wait, here’s a cute pic of our favorite siblings:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlz1K2MIvh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)
I miss Broad City vibes so these two pics were a great way to start Pride month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPqmXh5lBRe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPpX-ZkHK-w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Surprise! [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) is pregnant!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPn33c1AnTb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Witch](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3906732/)
In case you thought you were seeing something in the latest episode of Good Witch:
https://twitter.com/KyanaTeresa/status/1399192244712837127?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
This trailer is full of drama and I cannot wait.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPlqqPUNo67/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Speaking of [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/), Autostraddle released a great article with [Daniela Sea](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daniela-sea/).
https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1399502008726560770?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
Close out this window now if you are not fully caught up on Station 19. Otherwise, YOU’RE INVITED!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPqfiy9tMis/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Abbi Jacobson, Atypical, Daniela Sea, Good Witch, Ilana Glazer, Station 19, Stephanie Beatriz, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [Is The Bold Type's Scarlet an Autostraddle for the Straights?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/is-the-bold-types-scarlet-an-autostraddle-for-the-straights/)
**Published:** June 9, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The future of "The Bold Type" is change.
**Content:**
Episode three of *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* is rolling on out, or rather “Rolling Into the Future” and it’s coming with some interesting changes.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for episode 3 “Rolling into the Future” of *The Bold Type*!
The byline for this week’s episode is as follows:
> Jane faces unexpected performance reviews that shake her confidence in *The Failing Feminist*. Sutton’s attempts to move on from her divorce are thwarted by other’s opinions, and Kat reunites with Adena, who has a secret.
## Where Everyone Stands
If you remember last week, Jane stepped up and accepted responsibility at the Scarlet UpFronts, saying the needed-to-be-redacted exposé was her fault. While many people (myself and Jacqueline included) thought this was a bold, leader move, Jane has her own doubts. For example, how did this happen in the first place? She was kind of romping around with her new beau and employee! Well now it’s time to step up and go to HR about their relationship, and what will that mean?
Meanwhile, Alex has moved on to work at Pinstripe, which gave room to promote everyone’s favourite sex positive writer, and give her a vertical: Lovelust! And her first article is about sex toys, and when to introduce them to a relationship.
I had to pause here, because my first thought was “Didn’t Autostraddle write about that?” [And yes they did](https://www.autostraddle.com/toys-are-for-us-how-to-start-using-sex-toys-with-your-partner-444845/)! Which makes me think that maybe Scarlet and their online magazine are really what the non-queers need.
Of course the pitch meeting was derailed when the fabulous drag queen Andrew (who was late — he’s *never* late) figured out that Sutton had changed her last name on her socials. At the end of last week, Richard wanted a divorce, you see, and this is Sutton’s answer.
## Change and Growth
But let’s be honest here. You’re watching for [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/) and [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) most of the time, so I am **delighted** to tell you that Adena is in this episode. Not like last week when it was her face and a credit, she’s in the episode, she has lines, and, well, you can see from the header image, we see her in private with her scarf off!
In last week’s episode, Kat was dealing with trying to help a friend who’d been in prison and needed a better paying job, but no one would hire a former felon. So she made a cooking video where she and her friend had different amounts of ingredients and tried to bake the same cake. The point was if you don’t give people a chance, how can they move forward?
Much like how Sutton pitched an idea for a story on life after divorce, Kat wanted this to be a new beginning for people. Which means she reached out to the best activist and photographer she knows. Adena. Together, they arranged a photoshoot to help humanize women who’ve served time in the way two passionate women who care about representation can.
Their project hits a few setbacks, and surprisingly the roles are reversed. Kat, now fully woke to the world, is more of a fighter than Adena appears to be. All those seasons of grown with Kat are delightful to see. When we first met her, she was happy to toe the status quo. Now Kat will risk everything to do what’s right. But at the same time, Adena now sees the need for moderation.
Or does she…
## Where Will We End?
From season one to season five, the girls have changed dramatically. They’ve grown as humans and what was once a close friendship has developed into true family. As the season and series ends, we have yet to see what amazing people the women of *The Bold Type* will become.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
---
### [Queer Beats - May 28, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-may-28-2021/)
**Published:** May 28, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are looking forward to new seasons from Feel Good, TLWGQ, and Motherland: Fort Salem.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we are looking forward to new seasons from Feel Good, TLWGQ, and Motherland: Fort Salem.
## [A Luv Tale](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188041/)
We have a new series to look forward to! A Luv Tale has been picked up by BET. It is a series remake of the short film from 1999.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPWDLNFhQDK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Black Lightning sadly ended this week. But, for ThunderGrace fans, at least it ended with the much-anticipated wedding!
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1397018270398500865?s=20
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
The new trailer for Feel Good season 2 has been released!
https://youtube.com/Mo6IF6qbYPE
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
We finally have a premiere date for the second season of TLWGQ: August 8!
https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1396602826864930820?s=20
Everyone is jumping for joy!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPRqjWyl_Z-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The CW announced this week that our beloved Beebo will be getting an animated Christmas special.
https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom/status/1397255826037899265?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
ALERT: We have a blooper reel from season 1:
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1395091891448864768?s=20
Only one month to go until our witches come back to us!
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1396112920849752068?s=20
## [The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
The Owl House has been renewed for a season 3. You can see season 2 on Disney+ soon!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1394337166403194883?s=20
## [Rugrats](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rugrats/)
As someone who was raised on Rugrats, there’s one thing we all knew for certain: [Betty ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/betty-deville/)was a lesbian. And now, IT’S CANON!
https://twitter.com/TheAVClub/status/1397594018461077512?s=20
## [Sex and the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-and-the-city/)
This is pretty HUGE news. [Sara Ramirez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-ramierez/) will be joining the new Sex and the City reboot as a non-binary queer comedian/podcaster. I will definitely be watching this now!
https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1395061534552903687?s=20
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
Honestly, it felt like a sin to not include this Elliot Page update on Queer Beats this week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CPRDYAUhvEt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Re: all of our thirst tweets…
https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen/status/1396979031451463680?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A Luv Tale, Black Lightning, Elliot Page, Feel Good, Legends of Tomorrow, Motherland: Fort Salem, Rugrats, Sex and the City, The L Word: Generation Q, The Owl House
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 24, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-moira-and-oona/)
**Published:** May 24, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Moira and Oona have a minute of cute dating before it goes to shit on The Handmaid's Tale and Station 19 puts us on a Marina roller coaster.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Moira and Oona have a minute of cute dating before it goes to shit on *The Handmaid’s Tale* and *Station 19* puts us on a Marina roller coaster.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)* – Season 4 Episode 2 “Nightshade” \[Live\]Here we are in the 4th season of *The Handmaid’s Tale*, a show I don’t enjoy watching but still stubbornly do. Our two lesbian ex-Handmaid characters, Moira and Emily, both made it to Canada as of last season. We don’t yet know how Emily and her wife Sylvia are doing, but Moira is dating!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396538332063182861?s=20
Moira and Emily are working to place the airplane full of kids June freed from Gilead with their parents or foster parents. Oona is working for Emergency Relief for Refugee Relief helping Gilead refugees at a camp in Chicago.
Oona is soon going to back on another mission to Chicago and wants to spend some quality time with Moira, but she is too busy helping kids.
In a “grand romantic gesture” Moira shows up with Thai food as Oona waits for her Lyft.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396553967165915140?s=20
Oona does talk her into going with her because a few episodes later, Moira finds June in Chicago!
Moira wants to take her back to Toronto with them, but Oona says they can’t because it may prevent them from doing any more refugee work. Of course, she does it anyway and gets June to Canada, but Moira and Oona break up over it.
Meanwhile, I hope they show us what’s going on with Emily and Sylvia. I have a feeling it’s not good.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 14 “Comfortably Numb” \[Live\]This tweet [Peter Paige](https://twitter.com/ThePeterPaige) made a couple weeks ago sent me into a panic.
https://twitter.com/ThePeterPaige/status/1390854545249423363?s=20
If you’re a regular *Queerest Things I wlw* reader, you know I’m not a big fan of *The Fosters* (sorry, Fosters fans). And setting the bar at Stef and Lena level is not a way to get me hyped (sorry, Stef and Lena fans).
I also don’t watch the trailers because they stress me out. After watching over 446 episodes of Shondaland programming I have trust issues. However, some LezWatch Slack community members do (\**cough*\*, [Laura](https://twitter.com/laura_markus)) and love to get me all freaked over upcoming *Station 19* episodes!
My wife doesn’t watch Greys19 so I was on my own to ride this ride. My favorite ship on TV right now was in trouble and I had to see it through.
**Make sure you fit the minimum height requirements and strap-in, folks. Here we go.**
The big day we’ve been dreading has arrived — Carina is headed back to Italy because her Visa expired. Maya is procrastinating going home to avoid dealing with the reality of her leaving.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396587874913509379?s=20
I am so glad Andy and Maya made up many episodes ago so Andy can help her through this relationship crisis.
This episode is already messing with my queer TV fan emotions with its ups and downs.
### Ups
- Maya mentioning proposing to Carina.
- Andy saying, “You two are meant to be.”
### Downs
- Maya avoiding going home. GO HOME, Maya!
I’m like a conspiracy theorist thinking Andy is talking directly to me when she says, “You’ll get through this.” Also, I can never get enough of Maya looking so cute in her uniform.
---
Maya does eventually go home and it’s sad and awkward.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396588880648880130?s=20
We got some new info in that scene. Maya is not out to her abusive dad and her mom went back to him. I feel bad for Maya’s mom. The tone set in this scene feels very realistic. It’s sad because Carina is leaving for an undetermined length of time (maybe she’ll never get her Visa renewed), there’s a lot of love because they love each other, but it’s also volatile and tense because this situation sucks! UGH. Maya does look cute in her hoodie and jean jacket though.
### Ups
- Maya trying to be flirty with the bathing suit.
- Carina being sweet after Maya tells her about her mom.
### Downs
- Carina not responding to the bathing suit.
- Learning about Maya’s mom’s situation
Speaking of the bathing suit, did you all recognize it from the episode where [Maya and Carina go on vacation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-maya-and-carinas-vacation/)?
https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1395533570278510592?s=20
---
Carina continues to pack and things get tense.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396589673208745984?s=20
And we have Maya’s first and second interrupted attempt to propose. I love/hate that, but it’s made even more complicated when Carina reveals she doesn’t believe in marriage. When I first met my wife I didn’t believe in marriage (I still think it’s a BS institution) and never wanted kids — look at me now!
### Ups
- Carina saying “sorry” when things get tense. I like how they try to remember to be kind even while arguing.
- Maya trying to propose.
### Downs
- Carina throwing a wrench in the proposal. It’s only a medium-down because there has to be some conflict, right?
Also, thank you to Danielle Sarve for lightening the mood.
https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1395534686936436736?s=20
---
Oh, Gabriella. Here she is again poking at Maya’s insecurities.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396590309019209729?s=20
This conversation has taken a downturn covering everything from hanging out with ex-sex friends to the complications of the US immigration system. The arguing feels very real and I hate it.
### Downs
- Maya puling the ex-sex friend card. It’s bad jealous not cute jealous.
- Their fighting starting to get heated.
I couldn’t find any Ups. This is definitely a long hill down before another big up swing.
---
Carina pivots from being mad to feeling sorry.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396591288322084866?s=20
This was one of my favorite scenes of the entire episode and not just because they banged at the end.
Carina is able to cool things down and the two of them take a moment to be truthful about the reality of the sucky situation and how much they love each other. Also, like Maya, I thought Carina wanted to go home. I’m glad they clarified she was only putting on a show for Maya to make things “easier.” “I didn’t find my home until I met you, bambina.” killed me.
### Ups
- Carina’s ability to calm the conversation down.
- The two of them being sweet, loving and honest with each other.
- Bon Voyage bang.
### Downs
- Maya being annoyed with Carina for apologizing too much.
---
This scene starts cute but then takes a bad turn.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396592438156857348?s=20
Not only does Maya learn Carina never wants to get married, she still may want to have a baby one day.
Maya finally gets a kind of proposal out, “We could get married.” but it starts another downturn in the conversation.
### Ups
- Cute post-bang time with jokes.
### Downs
- Oh, no, the fighting is starting up again.
---
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396593740131835906?s=20
I hated this scene.
Why does it have to be break up or get married? Aren’t those two opposite points in a relationship? Also, excerpts from this scene is what *Station 19* social teased us with before the show. WHY ARE THEY TORTURING US?
The scene continues…
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396594334171115521?s=20
💔
I absolutely hate that Carina left on her own and didn’t let Maya take her to the airport. I hate the “Maybe we should break up/why won’t you marry me” fighting.
### Downs
- Everything about this scene.
- Maya pulling the Gabriella card AGAIN. Stop it!
---
Carina rides to the airport while telling Gabriella what just went down.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396595020308877315?s=20
I’m so glad Gabriella is here to be a snarky voice of reason.
Gabriella was such a dick to Maya when she visited them a few episodes ago I’m surprised she is team Marina. At this point I had some hope all was not lost.
### Ups
- Gabriella providing some snarky comic relief after that last scene.
- Gabriella saying, “Even in grief you were at your happiest deep down inside your heart.”
### Downs
- Carina is still on her way to the airport.
---
Maya meets up with Andy at the hospital because Ben is being released from ball surgery. She tells her the whole story.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396596005936812032?s=20
OMG. Thank goodness that happened because I would be a devastating mess right now if it didn’t. Now I’m a happy mess! Marina wedding! YES!
I absolutely love Carina getting her grand romantic gesture moment to compliment the one Maya had last season.
Well, I’m dizzy from that ride and not just from the overused orbiting camera technique in that proposal scene. I love Maya and Carina so much and for now my favorite ship is safe and happy.
https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1396526347648999433?s=20
### PS
There was a little Carina content on Grey’s.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1396616801782575105?s=20
Yay, Carina got her job back. All is well in Marinaland.
**This week:** Two sad season finales are happening tonight: *All Rise* and *Black Lightning*. I really enjoyed these two shows and I’m sad to see them go.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19, The Handmaid's Tale
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 17, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-mare-of-easttown-siobhan/)
**Published:** May 17, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Tucked in the dark murder series, Mare of Easttown, is a very cute and dramatic queer teen story.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, in the dark murder series *Mare of Easttown*, Siobhan, Mare’s daughter, has a very cute and dramatic queer teen story.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Mare of Easttown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mare-of-easttown/)* – Season 1 Episodes 1-4 \[Live\]I am a hard core Philadelphian. I’m not a native, but I’ve lived here since 1988 which is the vast majority of my life. And I live IN actual Philadelphia, not the ‘burbs.
I love this city, the good and the bad, with every fiber of my being. Two of our unofficial tag lines are “No one likes us. We don’t care.” and “Leave Philly Alone.”
I’m not saying we’re not friendly people, but if you mess with us we get pissed off. For example, if you say “Bad things happen in Philadelphia” then bad things will happen for YOU in Philadelphia (you’re welcome). We are a simple, yet complicated city who for the most part wants to be left alone. However, when we get a little attention, we act all annoyed and critical, but secretly we love it. Like it. Maybe. Whatever.
*Mare of Easttown* takes place in a fictionalized version of Easttown, a real town in Chester County (a county West of Philly) they moved to Delaware County for the show. Delaware County (known as [Delco](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Delco)) is South of Philly (right past the airport) and known for Hoagie Dip, the birthplace of Wawa and a unique flavor of the Philly accent. I think it’s weird they moved a whole town to a different county, but it’s fun to watch [Kate Winslet try to get a Delco accent right](https://www.phillyvoice.com/kate-winslet-delco-accent-hbo-mare-of-easttown-release-date/). Of course, the greater Philadelphia region is excitedly overanalyzing how right or wrong the show is getting Delco. Wawa, Yuengling lager (which used to be my favorite cheap beer until they came out as Tr\*mp supporters), Delco bar culture, dropping local town names, etc. is pretty spot on. The accent is so-so and “PECO gas?” No, that’s not correct.
I could write an entire article on the **many feelings** Philly area people are having about this show, but you’re here for the queer, right?
Kate Winslet plays Mare Sheehan, a local detective who’s smart, but also a bit of a mess. Her daughter Siobhan (Angourie Rice) is the lead singer of the band “Androgynous” who is dating her bandmate, Becca.
They’re a couple and it’s not a thing. It’s always nice to have queer couples who just exist without a coming-out story or a lot of angst related to being queer. It is a far cry from one of my good friend’s experience of growing up in Delco in the 80s and getting beaten up every day in school for being gay. It’s nice to see how things have changed.
In episode 3, Androgynous does a live show on Haverford’s college radio station. Siobhan has very obvious and cute flirty vibes with Anne the radio DJ.
Meanwhile, Becca, who ate a bunch of edibles, barfs on the couch in the studio. Not a good look. Siobhan is super embarrassed, but Anne is really nice about it.
Later (I guess Becca got it together enough to play) Siobhan goes back to the station because she left her bag. Anne very cutely asks her out on a date.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1394036701778042882?s=20
I went to Temple University and our queer student union would visit Haverford’s queer student union and a friend of mine started dating a girl there. I also saw bands play at Bryn Mawr and The Met is a recently renovated long-time abandoned theater on North Broad Street in Philly. **This is very relatable content!**
In episode four, Siobhan does the right thing and breaks up with Becca before dating Anne, but she is not 100% honest about it.
Gram is so on to her.
To put the non-queer part of the story in context, Siobhan’s brother Kevin killed himself and Mare is in a battle with his girlfriend Carrie for the custody of her son (Mare’s grandson). They both suffered from addiction issues, but Carrie is trying to be sober and get her life together. Siobhan is making a documentary about her brother and working on it while hanging out with Anne at the studio.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1394046485029953547?s=20
Meanwhile back at Mare’s house, guess who shows up at the front door.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1394048623319654404?s=20
Oh, boy. This can’t end well.
Soon, Anne is driving Siobhan home and my wife and I are like, “Oh, shit!”
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1394052266462691328?s=20
As soon as she said, “Let’s go inside.” my wife and I were screaming. It was a perfect moment of messy queer drama.
It’s interesting to have a cute and dramatic queer storyline happening in the middle of a very dark murder drama — I love it!
## P.S.
The greater Philadelphia region freaked out over this *Mare of Easttown* parody. It is very accurate and I’m glad Delco is getting its moment in the spotlight.
https://youtube.com/qaKZi6p6sxg
**This week:** The TV gods have decided to put almost every show with queer content on Sunday nights making it very difficult for me to write about it in time for Monday! I will be behind on recapping *Legends of Tomorrow*, *Batwoman* and *Pose*. My apologies in advance!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Mare of Easttown
---
### [Has Pilot Season Fallen?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/has-pilot-season-fallen/)
**Published:** May 19, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The hopes for new series flies high with the potential to be a year-round show.
**Content:**
Back in 2014, Kevin Reilly from Fox declared [the death of pilot ‘season,’](http://www.takuda.net/tv/tv-news/foxs-kevin-reilly-reveals-plans-670532/) telling the TCA he was going to focus on ordering series straight to production instead of a pilot.
Pilot Season, in 2021, feels like a strange, archaic method of picking the best shows based on one, maybe two episodes, and building a schedule around it. And the fact that there are [multiple types of pilots](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/mean-jean-vanishing-pilots/) was always something a little confusing to most laymen. Put pilots, backdoor pilots, traditional, unintentional, and unsold pilots … Now we’re adding in series orders? What does all this mean?
## Series Orders vs Pilots
Pilots are ‘Test Pilots.’ Folks come up with a general idea for a series, they get a commitment to make a single episode, that episode is tested with viewers internationally, and then they get a pickup or not. There was a time when it was a simple go or no-go, but some series’ get ‘6 episode commitments’ and the networks will air all 6. That doesn’t actually mean all episodes will air, but they get paid for the ones they make.
Contrary to that, a series order, AKA a ‘straight-to-series’ order, is what we see on streaming networks. They get the brief for a series, they take it, they film a whole series and throw it up for consuming. One whole season, but who knows if you’ll get another.
There are obvious risks to both. With streaming, you don’t have to worry as much if no one watches the latter episodes. Data storage is relatively cheap (moreso than bandwidth in a lot of places), and you can just pay for what people actually watch. Related to that is why shows are moving between streaming and linear these days. Take *Clarice* for example. That’s likely to be moved to [Paramount+](https://paramountplus.qflm.net/c/1242493/1001331/3065) streaming because it’s less expensive to air. The people watching paid for the streamer already, they’re a locked in cost.
Conversely, linear airtime needs commercials to afford to air, and marketers don’t like to pay for ad-slots on underperforming shows. It’s a money thing, and that’s fair. If you’re paying for air-time and no one’s watching, you’re losing. This is why buy-in from marketers became a thing, and how we ended up with upfronts and hell week. Or hell day.
## Hell Day/Week
Every year the five linear (broadcast) networks have upfronts. Back in 1962, ABC had an upfront presentation to their advertisers, to get the idea of how those money sources felt about the new shows. The name stems from the idea that marketers could buy commercial airtime ‘up front,’ or months in advance of the tv series. Over time, that began to include the media, and then sometimes they’re aired on TV. Rarely.
The week prior to the upfronts (it used to be by the Friday before), the axe comes down. If a show is going to be canceled, we’ll know by the weekend before the upfronts start. After all, that’s how we found out about *All Rise* getting canceled this year (I’m a little salty…).
Now in years past, this was also a bloodbath. It would be a frenetic 24 to 72 hours of updating entries and saying goodbye. It’s also when we get a day for a network to be dumping all the new shows, and we all scramble to figure out what’s going on. This year, [Hollywood Reporter’s Lesley Goldberg called it civilized](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/pandemic-forced-broadcast-networks-evolve-pilot-season-1234953851/). Her basis is that the volume of shows that were picked up is significantly … different than previous years.
## The Circle Game
The pandemic changed the rules on the game. There weren’t upfronts since we were all locked down in 2020. It’s 2021, and while we’re having them again, it’s much smaller (only around 25 new scripted comedies and dramas). And instead of just getting all the new shows, we actually already know a lot of shows being picked up!
CBS for example had picked up *Ghosts* (based on a British show of the same name), three spinoffs/reboots (*CSI: Vegas, FBI: International* and *NCIS: Hawai’i*), and the only new ones left to be picked up were *Good Sam* and *Smallwood*. *CSI: Vegas* is a straight to series order, and *FBI: International* was planned in the ‘off season’ this year. That means only two of six shows came through the ‘traditional’ pipeline.
This kind of pattern repeats for all the networks. Fox’s first pickup for 2021-22 was back in **October 2020**. Even the CW, who really won’t announce anything until May 25th, picked up a remake of *The 4400*. ABC tried it out but early pickup didn’t work out (they’d picked up a straight-to-series with Kelsey Grammer/Alec Baldwin back in November, but passed after seeing the pilot).
Does that mean that the traditional ‘drop it all on one day’ is over? Probably not in a single death blow, but the inexorable slow death is coming. There were 98 new pilots in 2013. Last year we had 39 (out of 60 proposed). This year we’re looking at 25.
## What’s the Damage?
Okay, let’s do this part. I have next to no idea what shows will and won’t have queers at this point.
NetworkCanceledNewABC*[American Housewife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-housewife/)*, *[Call Your Mother](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/call-your-mother/)*\*,
*For Life*, *[Mixed-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mixed-ish/)*, *[Rebel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rebel/)*\*
*[Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)* (2022 is the
final season)*Abbot Elementary, Maggie,*
*Queens, The Wonder Years*CBS*[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/), [MacGyver](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/macgyver/), *[Mom](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mom/)**,
*[NCIS: New Orleans](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-new-orleans/), The Unicorn**CSI: Vegas, FBI: International, Good Sam,*
*Ghosts, NCIS: Hawai’i, Smallwood*The CW*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)*, *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)**The 4400*FOX*Bless the Harts, Last Man Standing,*
*The Moodys, Prodigal Son**The Big Leap, The Cleaning Lady,*
*Fantasy Island, Monarch, Our Kind of People,*
*Pivoting, The Country*,
Untitled Dan Harmon ProjectNBC*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)*, *[Superstore](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/superstore/)*
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* (2022 is the final season)*American Auto, Grand Crew, La Brea,*
*Ordinary Joe, The Thing About Pam*Which is a lot. Oh and if you’re wondering about the 911s, both *[911](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* and *[911: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)* are considered ‘a sure thing.’ *[Good Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/)* is up in the air and *[Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manifest/)* is looking unlikely. But other than FOX, it’s interesting to note how many canceled shows have queers.
Normally that’s a bad thing, right? Here … it’s a little weird.
NetworkFreshmen Shows
With QueersCanceled Freshman Shows
With QueersABC4/4: *[Big Sky](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-sky/), Call Your Mother, [Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/), Rebel*2: *Call Your Mother, Rebel*CBS3/4: *[Clarice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clarice/), [The Equalizer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-equalizer/), [B Positive](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/b-positive/)*0The CW0/3 (All of their new shows have male queers if any)0Fox0/2 (Only one has aired, no queers)0NBC1/5: *[Law & Order: Organized Crime](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-organized-crime/)*0So when you consider we only ‘lost’ two out of eight, that means 75% of freshman shows with queers got a second season! And that’s a good number. Less good is the fact that Fox doesn’t have any, and I can’t be upset that The CW is balancing out their female queers with male ones now. As far as I know, *Superman and Lois* doesn’t have any yet, but seeing as literally every other show on the network has rep, I’m confident it will.
## What Does All This Mean for Pilots?
It’s hard to say really. On the one hand, it’ll be nice to spread things out a little more. It would make May less stressful. On the other hand, it means that every day is a little more stressful for show runners. Instead of thinking “We have until May…” the hammer could drop at any time. Of course, that’s sort of always been true.
I expect we’ll see more full-series orders, even from networks, now that they all have their own streaming channels to move things to. It may give an opportunity for more series to take bigger chances. To try out the rare, edge ideas, since the network could put them all online. Will it work out? Only time will tell, but frankly anything that shakes us out of the status quo is a good start.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Upfronts
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### [Lady Parts Screams The Rebellion](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/lady-parts-screams-their-truths/)
**Published:** June 2, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There's no one right way to be who we are, and Lady Parts shouts that for all to hear.
**Content:**
I’ve been waiting for the screeners on this for a while. Take *Girls5eva*, throw out the cutesy pop vibes, mix in a splash of the *Punky Brewster* reboot, the no-chill rebellion of *Moxie*, and the hard truths of being a religious woman in the modern era, and you get *We Are Lady Parts*, an upcoming series on Peacock.
## Who Are Lady Parts?
Lady Parts is a band, made up of fierce and enigmatic frontwoman Saira (Sarah Impey), taxi-driving drummer Ayesha (Juliette Motamed), cartoon-drawing bassist and backing vocalist Bisma (Faith Omole) and the band’s wheeler-dealer band manager Momtaz (Lucie Shorthouse). But what they’re lacking is a lead guitarist. That’s when Amina Hussain (Anjana Vasan) – a geeky microbiology PhD student, who’s on the lookout for love, is recruited.
The first time we see them, they scream their music, argue about the performance, discuss what’s worse than sounding ‘wank’ (sounding like you have hemorrhoids), and pray together. Yes. They roll out prayer mats and everything. Momtaz is in a niquab. Bisma and Amina cover their hair all the time. These women balance their rage with their religion, and the mix is an undeniable chemistry of perfection. There is no one right way to be who we are.
*We Are Lady Parts* balances out the dichotomy of living in two words with remarkable tongue in cheek pizzazz. It’ll make you laugh, it’ll make you shout, and it made me scream “BE GAY, DO MUSIC!” a couple times.
Oh, yeah there’s that too.
## In Summary? Watch It!
*Lady Parts* had me laughing, shouting, singing along, and rooting for everyone in different ways. You can watch it on Peacock on **June 3rd, 2021**. If you like punk music, women claiming their spaces, and a healthy dose of screaming, tune in.
##### Screener Review On *We Are Lady Parts*
When four outspoken bandmates decide they need a lead guitarist, the most unlikely candidate arrives, making this musical sitcom hilarious and one you want to scream along with.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** We Are Lady Parts
---
### [Queer Beats - May 13, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-may-13-2021/)
**Published:** May 14, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Margot Robbie wants to see Harley and Ivy in live action, Mia Healey continues to deliver good content, and Cophine is returning!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Margot Robbie wants to see Harley and Ivy in live action, Mia Healey continues to deliver good content, and Cophine is returning!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
[Wallis Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wallis-day/) spoke to multiple outlets this week about her debut on Batwoman:
https://twitter.com/DenofGeekUS/status/1389052757122949122?s=20
https://twitter.com/CBR/status/1388629873900523527?s=20
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
I recently watched Harley Quinn and am fully obsessed with the [Harley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/harley-quinn/)/[Ivy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poison-ivy/) relationship. So, I was even more excited to see that Margot Robbie wants to see a live-action version of them as well.
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1391886686649528322?s=20
## [Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)
This was a cute moment from [Caitlin McGee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caitlin-mcgee/):
https://twitter.com/caitlincmcgee/status/1390392939738656768?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
In my continued fight to get everyone I know to watch all the content from this couple, everyone please look at these cute pics:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COftvCYN7jw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
[Samira Wiley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samira-wiley/) and her wife, Lauren Morelli, are new moms!
https://www.instagram.com/p/COrhXIKB3Xt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Oooh, I love when I get to include this show in Queer Beats. Season 2 of the Orphan Black audio series is returning… and this time [Evelyne Brochu ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/evelyne-brochu/)and Jordan Gavaris will be joining [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)!
https://twitter.com/RealmMedia/status/1392256009809375233?s=20
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Have I mentioned how much I love [M.J. Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) yet?
https://twitter.com/MjRodriguez7/status/1389625219967504385?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Azie Tesfai ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/)included a super cute tribute to her mom in the episode of Supergirl that she co-wrote!
https://www.instagram.com/p/COf7kqerh5W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)
The beloved NBC show is going to end after the sixth season.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1392541931968811008?s=20
## [Veep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veep/)
If you’re a fan of Tegan and Sara and [Clea DuVall ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/)(aren’t we all?), then you will be happy to know that their upcoming TV series was green-lit at IMDB TV!
https://twitter.com/YahooEnt/status/1389425977109925891?s=20
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
[Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) has now moved over to TikTok to deliver us that good content. (By the way, I am ignoring the recent news that boys will be on season 2 of the show).
https://twitter.com/TheWildsBR/status/1392271809677037573?s=20
https://twitter.com/bestoferanaj/status/1392063407034142720?s=20
Oh, there was also this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COuOoR6NFz1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Clea Duvall, Erana James, Harley Quinn, Home Economics, Luimelia, Mia Healey, MJ Rodriguez, Orphan Black, Samira Wiley, This is Us, Wallis Day
---
### [It's a Freeform Summer Again](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/its-a-freeform-summer-again/)
**Published:** May 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's summer, and that means Freeform's picking up again!
**Content:**
Summer is around the corner (I know, I know, it’s still March 2020, right?). With that means the return of Freeform’s shows! At this point, Freeform is trying hard to be like the CW, in that every single one of their shows has at least one queer character. Things like that bring me love and life, even if I end up watching them and hitting pause a lot to add people.
## On Already
Two shows have already started.
*Cruel Summer* is a miniseries about a girl who’s kidnapped, and the girl who maybe(?) knew about it all along. It’s got a lot of crazy twists and turns, leaving you confused about who knows what, who knew it when, and what it all means. I’m still not sure who I believe, but it’s a delight to see Sarah Drew (aka April Kepner from *Grey’s*) in a meaty role like this. One of the male characters has a coming-out storyline, and it’s very apropos of the 90s in middle America.
Meanwhile, *[Everything’s Gonna Be Okay](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everythings-gonna-be-okay/)* is … well it got weird. First it came back and Mathilda said she wasn’t a lesbian, and her girlfriend Drea announced she was asexual. But instead of breaking up, they’re still a couple who love each other, they just don’t want to have sex with each other. That gets even deeper this week. I’ll just say this: there’s a bombshell and I’m still not sure how I feel about it. The last episode also had me singing this:
I’ll leave you guessing as to why.
## Returning Soon…
First up, *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* is back for it’s final season. I’ll have more on that soon, but it’s returning on Wednesday May 26th (just in time for my birthday on the 27th!). The series finale will air on June 30th, which means we don’t get nearly enough episodes. Still, we have one more arc to cover, some love to settle, and some changes in the air. As it should be. Team `#Kadena` still has hope, and will until that last Unicorn Dreamtini is poured.
Right after that, on Tuesday June 22nd, *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* returns for it’s second season! Will Tally be stuck as an ancient biddy forever or will General Cheekbones — I mean Alder — save her? Alder’s got a lot going on! The Spree is still around (led by Raelle’s mom!), and the ancient group of witch hunters, The Camarilla, are back.
> In the first season, we saw our trio of young witches follow in the footsteps of their foremothers, defending the nation from The Spree as part of the United States Army. Their training is intensified when they are promoted to attend War College, where their magic, relationships and beliefs will be pushed to the limits. While General Alder seeks out new witches to join the wars to come, The Spree and the Army learn their fight may no longer be with one another. But how can two enemies work together to thwart a hatred that won’t stop until all witches are exterminated?
On July 8th, *[grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* is back for season four, which will be senior year for everyone except maybe Zoey and Nomi, both of whom took time off. Nomi is rocking the MILF life, but will she get back together with her baby daddy? And Zoey has stopped working and decided to go back to school. For Sky and Jazz, they’ll finally be apart for the first time in their lives, and Ana re-embraced her Christianity.
Finally *[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* is back on July 14th for season 3B. Was Alice right to quit her standup training troupe? Will [Margaret Cho](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/margaret-cho-good-trouble/) be back at all? Will the moms ever not have at least one kid in the house? Who knows! Hopefully we’ll know more closer to airtime.
## What are you looking forward to?
Me? I’m torn between *The Bold Type* and *Motherland: Fort Salem*. The only way out is through, after all.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Motherland: Fort Salem, The Bold Type
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### [The Final Season for "The Bold Type"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-final-season-for-the-bold-type/)
**Published:** May 26, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's the last season for "The Bold Type" and it's time to address the Log Cabin Elephant in the room.
**Content:**
Well, get out one last Unicorn Dreamtini because we’re going into the final season for *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)*, and wrapping up everything. We hope.
A
A solid return with the comedy and realistic drama we’ve come to love about the show. A big story with twists and turns, and everyone struggling with personal drama. Will there be a happy ending?
Tonight is the first episode of that last season, and it begins not long after the last season ended which … let me give you a quick rundown:
- Jacqueline and her husband hit hard times and took a break, resulting in them both sleeping with other people. They’ve made up, however now there’s a story that her husband’s hook-up is involved in covering up a predatory scandal. Jane is assigned to dig out the truth.
- Jane is enjoying her new job as head of a feature byline, and has a staff of two. One of them, Scott, she totally has the hots for (and he her). This is distracting her a little as she works on the story, and is probably why she missed out what happened with Kat.
- [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/), who lost her job at Stafford for standing up for equality and all that, is working as a bartender and podcaster. One of her interviews is with a Log Cabin Republican, [Ava Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-rose/)! Ava happens to be the daughter of LJ Stafford. They get together, but Kat breaks up by text, and is hiding a lot of that from Jane and Sutton.
- Sutton broke up with Richard about not wanting to have kids. After the wedding. She went ‘home’ and slept with her (married) high school boyfriend. Now back in NYC, she’s living a bit wild.
Caught up? Great!
## What’s to Come
Warning: The rest of this post contains spoilers!
That story Jane’s working on is still ongoing. In fact, it’s the forefront of the episode in an undeniable way. But more than just getting to the truth, Scarlet is having money trouble. Like all newspapers and magazines, they need more advertisement. So the best thing to do would be to hire Carson Kressley and go to a fancy resort/hotel in upstate New York for some bonding.
Of course, this great idea might work better if Sutton wasn’t drunk, trying to cope with her guilt of cheating with her ex, and Jane wasn’t distracted by the double duty of falling in love and working on a big story. In fact, that distract may be why Jane misses some major red flags with the story and her ‘inside source.’ Kat, on the other hand, is guilted by her friends into not ghosting Ava, and finally explains **why** she can’t be with her.
## The Trouble with Ava
It’s no secret that a lot of us didn’t like the Kat/Ava story. Sure, love is love, but given the events of the last few years, it’s difficult for many queers to stomach the dichotomy of people supporting a political party who actively want to hurt us. Ava is opposed to equality, to health care for all, and more things that made us Spock the eyebrow. Heck, Ava’s dad runs a gay conversion ‘therapy’ centre.
And it’s not just us who looked at the relationship askance. Aisha Dee, who plays Kat, also had some serious words about not only that relationship, but the fact that there were so few BIPOC writers for the show. It wasn’t until season two!
> The decision to have Kat enter into a relationship with a privileged conservative woman felt confusing and out of character Despite my personal feelings about the choice, I tried my best to tell the story with honesty, even though the Kat I know and love would never make these choices. It was heartbreaking to watch Kat’s story turn into a redemption story for someone else, someone who is complicit in the oppression of so many. Someone who’s politics are actively harmful to her communities.
>
> [Aisha Dee on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrq65djxDf/)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrq65djxDf/
To say that a number of queer fans were uncomfortable with the presentation would be an understatement.
Now, when Aisha posted all that, *The Bold Type*‘s producers, Freeform, and Universal TV responded **positively** with a statement of their own.
> We applaud Aisha for raising her hand and starting conversations around these important issues. We look forward to continuing that dialogue and enacting positive change. Our goal on *The Bold Type* is and has always been to tell entertaining, authentic stories that are representative of the world that Kat, Jane and Sutton live in—we can only do that if we listen.
And guess what? They absolutely did listen, and they walk the walk in season 5.
## Check out Season 5 Tonight
Tonight is the start of the final season. Check it out on Freeform.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
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### [Girls5eva is More than Four](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/girls5eva-is-more-than-four/)
**Published:** May 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Because 5 is one more than forever. A fun new series on Peacock!
**Content:**
Tomorrow a new show drops on Peacock: *Girls5eva*
##### Screener Review On *Girls5eva*
A hilarious look into the resurgence of ’90s pop culture, with a Spice Girls wannabe band who flopped and are finally getting their second chance.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
The premise is pretty easy to grab: A pop group from the 1990s gets sampled by a rapper and now they’re back in the game! But a lot has changed since the 90s, and now the girls want to produce better music. This comes on the heels of a fun 90s resurgence and missing things like the *Josie and the Pussycats* movie (which in retrospect is an amazing movie, and everyone should listen to Letters To Cleo, who did the music).
## Who’s In It And Why We Care
*Girls5eva* boasts a pretty wicked cast:
- singer Sara Bareilles (*Central Park*) as Dawn
- [Paula Pell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-pell/) (*[A.P. Bio](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ap-bio/)*, *[Mapleworth Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mapleworth-murders/)*) as Gloria
- Renée Elise Goldsberry (*Hamilton*, *[The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)*) as Wickie
- Busy Philipps (*[Freaks and Geeks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/freaks-and-geeks/)*) as Summer
Gloria? She’s a lesbian and a dentist now. Which is how we get here.
Oh and yes, we’re missing a girl.
## What’s the deal?
Recapturing lost youth is always a questionable prospect. Nostalgia Porn is always a super draw (really it’s why *The Wonder Years* was so popular, same with *That 70s Show*). That’s why we get shows now like *Stranger Things* and the revival of *Punky Brewster*. But unlike those shows, *Girls5eva* takes it on it’s ear and sticks its tongue out at the nostalgia, reminding us why things were so silly in the first place.
The band Girls5eva made one hit album and then tanked, when their second album was released on September 10th, with the A-track as “Quit Flying Planes at My Heart.” Yikes, right?
The show begins with an up and coming rap artist (Lil Stinker) sampling their one-hit-wonder, eponymous song. At first, Dawn (now a struggling restaurant owner) is disappointed for the royalties being only a few hundred. But just as she’s delivering checks to Summer and Gloria, they find out the Girls have a Gig!
GIRLS5EVA Dwasg Episode 102 Pictured l r Busy Philipps as Summer Sara Bareilles as Dawn Renée Elise Goldsberry as Wickie Paula Pell as Gloria Photo by Heidi GutmanPeacockNow it’s time for the girls to find out if they’re really together five-ever or if this is just a second-flash-in-the-pan.
The series is fast moving, winks back at the parts of the ’90s we all found hilarious, is queer positive, and embraces fun.
## Check out *Girls5eva* tomorrow on Peacock!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Girls5eva
---
### [Queer Beats - April 30, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-april-30-2021/)
**Published:** April 30, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we were blessed with new trailers from Betty, Legends of Tomorrow, and Master of None.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we were blessed with new trailers from Betty, Legends of Tomorrow, and Master of None.
## [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/betty/)
Betty is one of the most unique and badass shows that I’ve watched in a while and, thankfully, the second season is about to be released!
https://youtube.com/8_e-qFKgrcs
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
[Hunter Schafer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/) and Jeremy O. Harris spoke about queer characters on Euphoria and even talked about who is a top or bottom in the Rules relationship…
> Hunter Schafer and Jeremy O. Harris Break Down Euphoria, Rue, and Writing Queer Characters
>
> — Them (@them) [April 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/them/status/1386296812852551691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Another week, another cute cast photo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/COGh2pTjrUu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
In case you forgot that Legends of Tomorrow will always be…. very Legends of Tomorrow.
https://youtube.com/fbiBFR8I23g
## [Master of None](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/master-of-none/)
The trailer is out for the new season of Master of None!
https://youtube.com/BQqh6yZaRNI
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
A reminder that [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) and [Erana James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/) *always understand the assignment.*
https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1387181969239203844?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Betty, Euphoria, Legends of Tomorrow, Master of None, The Wilds
---
### [Queer Beats - April 23, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-april-23-2021/)
**Published:** April 23, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the Batwoman cast continues to kill us with cuteness.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, the Batwoman cast continues to kill us with cuteness.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
The Batwoman cast loves each other so much that there’s a never ending stream of cute content coming from set and I hope it never ends.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNxwyV3jyGh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNvSuVijLFr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’ve openly been shipping Sophie/Ryan for this entire season but this post from [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) is really making me question everything…
> Gotham Glam Magazine did a cover shoot with Kate and Sophie. An interview discussing their up and down journey, Kate’s disappearance, Sophie’s coming out and Kate’s return from the dead? It’s a great interview/photo spread. Magazine hits Gotham streets June 2021 ❤️🦇[\#batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/DA2IbOJpXZ](https://t.co/DA2IbOJpXZ)
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [April 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1385296155773263872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, this made me laugh (everyone be sure to read Nic’s Batwoman recaps on Autostraddle!):
> How can you apologize if I’m still standing on your neck 🤔?
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [April 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1384280688296292357?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [High Fidelity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)
I’ve never kept my love for [Zoe Kravitz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-kravitz/) (or High Fidelity, RIP) a secret so this post brought me a lot of joy this week. The caption is vague enough that I can’t say this is a *confirmed* couple but the thought makes me happy!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNytwiGpOCA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Look at these angels!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN8scB3DBVt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
New [Carol](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/)/[Paula](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) photoshoot alert!
https://twitter.com/Luimelia90/status/1384842514159398912?s=20
Also, if you know Spanish, here’s a treat:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN5AvRPoXrZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Master of None](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/master-of-none/)
The award for the oddest news of the week goes to: Master of None! After a four-year hiatus, the show is back for a third season. It is expected to focus on [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/)‘s character (instead of Aziz Ansari’s character).
> Aziz Ansari’s ‘Master of None’ Season 3 Debuting on Netflix in May
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [April 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1384935257623965696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) spoke with ET Canada about [Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/), which is a character that I never want to stop hearing about:
https://twitter.com/ETCanada/status/1384533358600806402?s=20
Meanwhile, this was very sweet. I love that our beloved [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) and [Yara Martinez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yara-martinez/) were the ones to send flowers to [Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/).
> Got a call from Supergirl Production ‘Your Jane the Virgin castmates sent flowers to the studio to congratulate you on your writing”
> Me: WHAT🥺🥺🥺
> I LOVE YOU [@BridgetRegan](https://twitter.com/bridgetregan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@yaritafrita](https://twitter.com/yaritafrita?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) feeling the love in another country, how lucky am I. THE BEST friends a gal could ask for❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/JjYZCQaUeN](https://t.co/JjYZCQaUeN)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [April 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1385406705987555328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Have I mentioned that I LOVE THESE TWO?
https://twitter.com/bestoferanaj/status/1385221553835683846?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Carol Rovira, Lena Waithe, Master of None, Nicole Maines, Paula Usero, Zoe Kravitz
---
### [Negative Growth Continues](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/negative-growth-continues/)
**Published:** April 28, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time again to peek at the growth of representation, and take into account some harsher-than-desired facts.
**Content:**
I didn’t want to pull a punch in the title.
Since 2017 the number of shows with queer rep has decreased. This trend continued in 2018 and 2019, and then 2020 happened and it all got weird. To the point that I did not actually collect stats in June to figure out growth. I’m working to reconstruct things, but the status is… strange.
## New Shows vs Cancellations Is Still Too High
When I try to figure out why it [doesn’t **feel** like it’s getting better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/), I start by looking at the ratio of canceled shows to new shows. In a perfect world, we would always have either more new shows than canceled or (given the practical limits of time, at least close to even).
In reality, we can see the 2019 had a lot of new shows and a record high cancellation count.
2020 actually is *better* than 2019, in that we had fewer cancellations. That is until you look at the other change:
You can see the peak in 2019 and the noticeable drop in 2020. This confirms my hypothesis from last October. [The bubble’s popped](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-disproportionate-collapse-of-peak-tv/).
## It’s Worst In the US
Arguably this is because the US has more shows than other nations, but the flip in 2019 where we have more cancellations than growth is bigger, and the difference between them in 2020 is even closer the wrong way.
Also you can see the drop in the number of shows in the US. This is absolutely COVID related, by the way.
Just slicing it to the last three years, you can see a trend:
YearNew ShowsCanceled ShowsUS ShowsNew US ShowsCanceled US ShowsDeath on US Shows202030.47%27.54%55.98%48.89%53.28%50.00%201929.76%32.69%56.89%52.21%53.02%67.44%201829.38%27.16%53.83%39.50%41.82%70.97%To explain:
- New Shows — Of all the shows on air, what percent are new?
- Canceled Shows — Of all shows on air, what percent were canceled?
- US Shows — Of all shows on air, what percent were based in the USA?
- New US Shows — Of all *new* shows on air, what percent were based in the USA?
- Canceled US Shows — Of all *canceled* shows on air, what percent were based in the USA?
- Death on US Shows — Of all dead characters, what percent were on US shows?
And that trend line we looked at with the percentage changes and how we crossed into the bad place in 2017?
Yep, still negative growth.
## What About Good Rep?
We don’t just use raw on-air numbers to measure representation for good reason. Our [show scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/scoring-queer-shows/) take into account the myriad angles of impactful TV. That is, it’s not *just* enough to have a lot of queers on TV, that rep has to be **good**. [Last year I mentioned this](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/tv-statistics-in-the-time-of-pandemics/) as the major US linear stations had a happy-surprising upward trend!
Bad news. 2021 isn’t a repeat. Calculating at the same time (spring) as 2020, we have bigger drops and smaller gains.
ABCCBSNBCFOXThe CWTotal ChangeAvg. Score0.89%-1.07%-0.40%-2.40%-4.72%-1.54%Avg. Score (onair)10.76%0.35%0.76%1.39%2.57%3.17%Characters10.91%14.74%10.82%8.48%11.25%11.24%Dead Characters0.00%11.11%3.45%0.00%5.00%3.91%Shows6.25%4.48%8.97%9.80%0.00%5.90%Shows (onair)-14.29%-25.00%-6.25%-10.00%-23.53%-15.81%The average scores for all shows on all major linear networks went **down** (except for ABC). The On-Air score grew significancy less. The characters, dead characters, and shows will always be ticking upwards, as unless we math wrong (or someone comes back from the dead, Sara Lance…) they’re always increasing. But shows on-air paints a devastating picture.
We **decreased** the shows on mainstream, linear TV noticeably. We lost 12 shows. And that may not sound like a lot, but it’s almost 16%.
## Are there Good Stats?
Well. We haven’t recorded a death since December 2020, which is not the record (that would be **1429 days** ([1980-05-27](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/#1980-05-27) to [1984-04-25](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/#1984-04-25)), but at 121 days, it’s the most since June 2001. And just to give you a historical sense, that was when [Xena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/xena/) died.
Also a number of shows are picking up again, and ones like *All Rise* are returning Amy Acker to the screen, which is always wonderful. But that means we’re going to have more queers on fewer shows, and I can’t count that as a win for anyone.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 19, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-shameless-series-finale/)
**Published:** April 19, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After spending 11 seasons, 134 episodes and approximately 121 hours of my life watching, I made it to the Shameless series finale. I let you know where everyone wound up.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after spending 11 seasons, 134 episodes and approximately 121 hours of my life watching, I made it to the *Shameless* series finale. I let you know where everyone wound up.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 11 Episode 12 “Father Frank, Full of Grace” \[Live\]Here we are, everyone, living in a post-*Shameless* world!
For 11 seasons my wife and I watched this show while shaking our heads. To stay on brand, they made the Gallaghers do absolutely ridiculous things that often made no sense. With so many characters, each with their own storyline, every episode was all over the place. With the exception of Liam, all of the Gallagher kids changed personalities episode to episode. I know the point of the show was to be offensive enough to make us cringe, but it was a lot.
All that being said, I stuck with it for 11 seasons for a reason. We watched many of the characters literally grow up on screen and you can’t help but get attached to them.
## Season One
## Season Eleven
You don’t get a lot of class diversity when it comes to queer rep, and *Shameless* brought that to the small screen.
### Where did our favorite hot-mess queer characters wind up in the *Shameless* series finale?
### Debbie
In the second to last episode, we’re introduced to Heidi Cronch. She had a lot of backstory for a brand new character at the very end of a series. While evading the cops, she makes Debbie hide her while holding her at gunpoint. Of course, they hit it off. It was quite the meet-cute.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1384185760778096644?s=20
The *Shameless* series finale starts the next day with everyone finding Frank unconscious on the couch. He tried to OD to death, but didn’t do the job. Heidi makes her entrance down the stairs as Mickey suggests they should shoot him and dump him in the lake.
They all leave him there and go on with their days which for Debbie means accompanying Heidi as she commits some crimes like stealing a car.
This all feels very sudden and out of character. Debbie had assumed the role of the responsible bill-paying Gallagher with a small business. They started a story arc of her not being able to be alone which added to her conflict with Lip trying to sell the house. Before meeting Heidi she spent the episode complaining about being alone which I guess made her ripe for falling in love with an outlaw.
Carl asks his former cop partner to look her up and the results are long and scary.
Carl doesn’t do anything with this info.
Later, Heidi tells Debbie she’s going to leave town and she’s welcome to come with her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1383955279562252299?s=20
The show ends without us knowing what Debbie decides what to do. Does she take Frannie to Texas for a life of crime with her new outlaw girlfriend?
https://twitter.com/Shakirax3/status/1383969399095263236?s=20
We may never know.
I absolutely LOVE [Shakira Barrera](https://twitter.com/Shakirax3), but I really wanted Debbie to end up with [Sandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sandy-milkovich/). Debbie and Sandy told each other “I love you” and then broke up the next episode. I don’t know if this is the show’s usual schizophrenic writing or something else is brewing.
### Ian and Mickey
I know this is a site dedicated to queer female, transgender and non-binary characters, but Ian and Mickey are my FAVORITE mlm ship and I wanted to write about them too.
There is no other gay couple on TV like Ian and Mickey. Good and bad, these two break a lot of gay dude tropes and I love them.
At the beginning of the episode, an event that night at the Alibi is mentioned and every so often Ian mentions to Mickey it’s the 21st. I was able to connect the dots and figure out it was their wedding anniversary and Mickey had a surprise planned for Ian that night. Still, it was kind of fun to watch Mickey play dumb until the very end.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1383960353034231808?s=20
They signed a lease on an apartment on the West Side. Mickey is going to have to adapt to West Side hipster life.
I am so glad Gallavich got a happy ending. The fandom deserved it.
### Frank
Frank Gallagher isn’t queer, but he’s the lead and most annoying character on the show so I figured he was worth a mention. He FINALLY died. Not of alcohol poisoning or an overdose, he died of COVID.
I’m not ashamed to say, I will not miss him.
## What’s next?
There were a lot of stories left open at the end of the Shameless series finale. Lip may have another baby on the way. Carl and his police partner talked about buying the Alibi and turning it into a cop bar. Kevin and V are moving to Kentucky and who knows where Liam is going to live if Lip sells the house.
**I feel like they left it open for a spinoff.**
There were too many unanswered questions to just have it end like that. Or maybe that’s a *Shameless* way to end.
The show had its faults, but with 27 queer characters (with far more if you include cis men) and only one dead (Monica Gallagher), it had some of the most and most diverse queer representation on TV.
RIP, *Shameless*. I can’t say I’ll miss you, but I’ll watch a spinoff without Frank.
**This week:** The *9-1-1*s are back tonight and the *Queen Sugar* season five finale airs tomorrow!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Shameless US
---
### [Margaret Cho on Tonight's "Good Trouble"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/margaret-cho-good-trouble/)
**Published:** April 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The border between laughing with who you are and at who you are comes to the forefront on the spring finale of "Good Trouble"
**Content:**
It’s wild how much we love *[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* more than *[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)* around team LezWatch, and I think it’s partly because they get to focus on adult and young adult stories, instead of teen drama. Not to say that the Coterie doesn’t have it’s fair share of drama, but at least you feel better shouting at adults to stop being stupid. Or maybe it’s just that the whole Callie/Brandon will-they/won’t-they/oh-god-they’re-**siblings**-please-stop! thing is over.
On tonight’s Spring finale, [Margaret Cho](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/margaret-cho/) shows up as herself, who happens to be a former member of the comedy diversity group Alice has been a part of, to talk to the students.
## Finding Yourself in Laughter
Alice has had a year. She’s come out, she’s dated, she’s broken up, she’s been screwed over by a mentor whom she’s now competing with (and who’s dating her ex/first love) and … It’s a lot. Oh and she’s also sleeping with one of the brains behind the comedy group. Right. With that out of the way, she’s been struggling to be ‘funny.’
Comedy, if you’ve never tried it, is crazy hard. Stand Up is even worse. With comedy, you have to balance the pathos of drama with the absurdity of, well, humour. You have to make people connect with why they’re laughing and let them feel the funny. I’m a very hard sell on comedy (especially sitcoms) because I hate when people laugh **at** characters.
That directly relates to Alice’s journey on *Good Trouble* as she had difficulty finding her footing in how to put herself out there, be funny, tell jokes that are relevant and interesting and make people laugh. While Alice first made jokes about the Coterie (and honestly those are pretty funny), she fell back on playing up things like her immigrant mother. She did ‘the accent’ and leaned way into those sterotypes we’ve all heard before.
## Margaret Cho Did That Too
When I first was introduced to Margaret Cho, it was via her Stand Up, where she talked about introducing her mother to some of the culture of San Francisco. One of the routines that stuck in my memory was her 1994 HBO special, where she talked about “Ass Master.” Margaret Cho was trying to explain homosexuality to her mother, after the latter puzzled over the gay porn that was on their family’s newsstand on Castro Street.
The phrase “Mommy think first table of contents, **then** ass.” had me in stitches at the time. In fact, it still does. One day I was fixing on a website that was about male anatomy, it said so in the URL, but I was just mindlessly going through tickets, saw one about the product I was supporting at the time, and clicked. Boom. Penises. I muttered “I would have expected a warning page first.” and just like that, I was kicked back to 1994.
## Choices and Regret
Today though, I come to wonder if Cho regrets that. Does she look back at her old work and wince? Does she cringe at the stereotypes she promoted and fostered in her work? Or does she reflect on the myriad complications? For example, would Cho ever have gotten *All-American Girl* without her stereotypes in stand up? Probably not. Is that just a part of paying her dues and then making change as she went on? Certainly Cho never shied away from who and what she was, but what she makes us laugh at now is different.
I can tell you, in about 2 seconds of screen time near the end of tonight’s episode, Cho puts her heart into that question I’ve noodled about for a while.
Before that, Alice finally has to decide if she’s going to keep making jokes at her own expense, or if she’s going to stand up. And she reaches out to Cho as a mentor and an experienced comedian in the same vein. She outright asks Cho about her old work, about what she thinks about her part and how it may harm the world as well as help, and from that conversation, and those she’s had with the other disgruntled members of the troupe, Alice makes her choice.
Will Alice make some Good Trouble or not? Tune in tonight to find out on the killer spring finale of *Good Trouble*.
A
*Good Trouble* delivers a solid half to the season and keep going strong. This is no exception.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
---
### [Queer Beats - April 16, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-april-16-2021/)
**Published:** April 16, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Wilds, and #Luimelia all started filming again!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Wilds, and #Luimelia all started filming again!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
I literally *cannot wait* until Atypical returns and we get to see [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/) and [Izzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzie/) together again. If they are wrapping up filming, then we are one step closer!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNdWOEQDHkw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Another week, another cute picture of my ship.
> Thank you [@BGCA\_Clubs](https://twitter.com/BGCA_Clubs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for having us 💙 [\#WhateverItTakes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhateverItTakes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oeBTs395pf](https://t.co/oeBTs395pf)
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [April 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1381040103405936642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I also thought this was cute:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnsTJqj7Tb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
We are getting spoiled this week with all this extra content of our favorite ships!
https://twitter.com/sapphicwilder/status/1381786727568838657?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
B99 is back to filming and I was happy to see [Rosa’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) face again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVYtIHgESV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
[Mae Martin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-martin/) came out as non-binary! Congrats to them!
> Feel Good comedian Mae Martin comes out as non-binary: 'I love it when people call me they'
>
> — PinkNews (@PinkNews) [April 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/PinkNews/status/1382509478919032832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
I have an obsession with videos of [Anne Lister](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-lister-2/) just walking around doing modern day things.
> can we pls take a moment to appreciate her outfit??? bc i can't breathe right now [pic.twitter.com/mSPCx4Och2](https://t.co/mSPCx4Och2)
>
> — cath (@listerwalker) [April 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/listerwalker/status/1378707666743271428?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
I have been enjoying the Celebrity Family Feud episodes, especially when it includes shows on LWTV.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNinFAoBya-/?igshid=cyxj99cqrm8j
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
Y’all got a good two months off from me screaming about Luimelia but WE ARE BACK, BABY. Look at them!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpnCAKnLvU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsGpKihRAK/?igshid=13u9ue9t6pxtn
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsGpB-FEOs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And here’s an article with some real information, in case just looking at pretty pictures of them isn’t doing it for you. We can look forward to longer episodes!
> 🎥 [\#LUIMELIA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LUIMELIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) arranca el rodaje de su cuarta temporada para [\#ATRESplayerPREMIUM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATRESplayerPREMIUM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 💥
>
> Vuelve con más capítulos y de mayor duración, renueva tramas y completa su reparto con nuevos personajes 😍🥐
>
> — atresplayer (@atresplayer) [April 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/atresplayer/status/1382344979339677698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
I love how much this cast seems to truly love each other in all the behind-the-scenes pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNnRDCfsHC-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Maisie may be gone from the cast (\*tries not to cry\*) but she’s returning to the LoT set to direct!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNiTtwOAzBR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
New press photos for season 2 of Never Have I Ever have been released and I was delighted to see [Fabiola](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fabiola/) with her cute lil pride flag pin!
NEVER HAVE I EVER L to R LEE RODRIGUEZ as FABIOLA TORRES in episode 202 of NEVER HAVE I EVER Cr ISABELLA B VOSMIKOVANETFLIX © 2021## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
If the trailer made me cry, then the last season of Pose is *definitely* going to wreck me.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CNVP0e5jaq8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Soooo excited about the second season of The Wilds!
> take 1 of season 2 👀 [pic.twitter.com/8vzFOXViok](https://t.co/8vzFOXViok)
>
> — The Wilds (@thewildsonprime) [April 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1381702671321628672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In case you’ve forgotten why we are all obsessed with this show:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNkTci0jGbJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Not that this will be surprising to anyone, but I *sobbed* during the final episode of Wynonna Earp. I love queer weddings but WayHaught’s felt extra special. [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) and [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) spoke with a few outlets this week about the importance of the final episode and the show’s legacy:
https://twitter.com/TracyEGilchrist/status/1379890085613559809?s=20
> .[@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) chatted with me about the [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 4 finale, Waverly and Nicole's wedding, what they are most proud of, and everything in between. An absolute pleasure to spend an afternoon with them. You can check it out now ✨
>
> — Nora Dominick (@noradominick) [April 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/noradominick/status/1381654183946903564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gentleman Jack, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Luimelia, Mae Martin, Never Have I Ever, Pose, The Wilds, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Announcing: Queer Beats with Nikki](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/announcing-queer-beats-with-nikki/)
**Published:** October 18, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We are so excited to announce a new LezWatch.tv weekly column: Queer Beats with Nikki!
**Content:**
If you were a big [Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/) fan like me, then you have been missing the show’s funny and informative queer media news and views since it went on hiatus. Today, we are very happy to announce a new feature to help fill that void.
## We are so excited to announce a new weekly column: Queer Beats with Nikki!
[Nikki](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems) is bringing her *Queer Beats* segment from the podcast to the website and we couldn’t be happier!
***Queer Beats*, based off the HTL Podcast segment of the same name, will be your one-stop shop for queer TV news. Weekly posts will include a roundup of anything from behind-the-scenes social media posts of your favorite queer shows to first-hand reports of conventions to interviews with your favorite queer and allied actors.**
We are thrilled Nikki is joining [Team LezWatch](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) and bringing her voice to the site!
Here is what she has to say about rejoining the world of creating content for queer fandom.
> As a longtime fan of LezWatchTV, I am beyond excited for the opportunity to write regular content for a site that is so important to the queer fandom community! Some of you may know me from the [Harold They’re Lesbians podcast](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/). Or some of you may know me from my [Alex Danvers-focused freak outs on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems/status/1052227469980442624). Either way, I feel so lucky to have another venue to express all my fangirl feels and expand my fandom friendverse.
>
> I want to thank Team LezWatch again for allowing such a blatantly crazed superfan to have access to their site. I promise to keep out of any ship wars to the best of my ability (Team #Kadena forever)!
>
> -Nikki
It’s okay, Nikki, this is a safe shipping space.
### Look for ***[Queer Beats](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-beats/)*** every Friday here on the site!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Harold They're Lesbians Podcast, Site News
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 12, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-wynonna-earp-series-finale/)
**Published:** April 12, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Beth meets Alex on This is Us, I have a new favorite show with Home Economics and the Wynonna Earp series finale brings us the Wayhaught Wedding.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Beth meets Alex on *This is Us*, I have a new favorite show with *Home Economics* and the *Wynonna Earp* series finale brings us the Wayhaught Wedding.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 5 Episode 12 “Both Things Can Be True” \[Live\]Tess is having her enbyfriend, Alex, come over for the first time and Beth is trying to be the coolest, most supportive mom of a queer kid ever.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381348540207759362?s=20
I swear sometimes I feel like Beth and I live parallel lives. We live in Philadelphia and have queer teenagers of the same age who are MEAN when you mess up and get pronouns wrong.
Alex arrives, Tess does a quick intro, grabs the poppers and runs upstairs.
This is also 100% something my kid would do.
Later, Deja asks where Tess and Alex are because she wants to say hi to them. After Beth tells her they’re up in Tess’ room, Deja asks why are they allowed to hang out in a room with the door closed when she and her boyfriend can’t. It’s obvious Beth hadn’t thought about that.
She does agree it’s only fair Tess has the same rules as her straight sister, so she goes up to check on them.
Of course, Tess and Alex aren’t studying.
Tess protests, but concedes to going downstairs. Under her breath, Tess says to Alex, “Sorry, she’s such a psycho.” Oh, no, you didn’t just call Beth a name.
Beth tells Alex it’s best they go home while she talks to Tess about her rudeness. After Alex leaves, Tess says that was mortifying and Beth replies she should have thought about that before calling her a name. Tess then accuses Beth about being mad about something other than the “psycho” comment.
Being able to relate to Beth I was like, “What look?” But my kid who was in the room while the show was on was totally on Tess’ side and thought Beth was being terrible. We’re both very on-brand.
Beth goes downstairs and tells her mom, Carol, about what happened and “the look” accusation.
When her mom asks her what she can’t let go of, she mentions various things moms do with their straight daughters, like getting ready for dates and walking her down the aisle to her future husband. She thought she let all that go, but I guess seeing her with Alex made Tess’ queer future more real.
Beth’s mom says being a mother is letting go of what you dreamed would be and adjusting to what is.
When I came out to my mom, I am sure she grieved the loss of the straight future she envisioned for me. I bet she dreamed about me marrying a male doctor in a giant wedding. At the time I didn’t think about this at all, but now that I have a kid, I see parenting is all about adjusting. And like Carol says, you don’t want to waste time not adjusting.
Later, Beth lays down the law with Tess over name-calling, but also tells her it’s important she know how she makes her feel.
> "If you saw anything on my face today…you need to know this. It has nothing to do with how much I love you." [\#ThisIsUs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThisIsUs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/arAU5eNuJh](https://t.co/arAU5eNuJh)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381381737297629191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
A year and a half ago, my kid came out as non-binary and came out again as transgender a few weeks ago. It’s been a couple of years of adjusting at our house.
When I was trying to conceive, I had almost no dreams of my kid’s future. I just wanted them to be happy, have a fulfilling means to support themselves as an adult and be in a healthy relationship if they chose to be partnered. I thought I was prepared for any adjustment necessary, but I didn’t anticipate a name change. The name my wife and I chose for our kid was very meaningful to both of us, and now I had to let go of this one dream I had when it came to having a kid.
Recently, I watched [Fortune Feimster](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fortune-feimster/)‘s Netflix stand-up special *[Sweet and Salty](https://www.netflix.com/title/81146199)*. In the end, she said something like, “The best thing you can do is let your kids be themselves.” She and Carol are so right. Parenting is hard, but my kid is amazing. We are working hard to adjust as quickly as possible and accept the creative, awesome and loving person he is.
His name is Tyler and recently, just like Tess, he said to my wife, “I know you’re trying.” It’s the sweetest thing his 14-year-old self could have said to us.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 10 “Save Yourself” \[Live\]Carina is setting up a popup COVID testing center at Station 19 and being tense and bossy about it.
Maya is trying to make suggestions, but Carina is not open to them.
> "Oh! You are scared of your girlfriend." [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/a8z2ZAUKjS](https://t.co/a8z2ZAUKjS)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381391147499724801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Maya is stuck in a game of “Is my girlfriend in work mode or mad at me?” when Andy’s lesbian cousin Michelle and her family show up to get tested. Michelle wants to know who Robert (Andy’s newish husband) is because it looks like Andy hasn’t brought him to family dinners.
Okay, that’s cute, but YES she is still dating the Italian!
Eventually Maya corners Carina and makes her tell her what’s wrong.
> So Carina's visa is expiring and she may have to go back to Italy. Why does this show have to mess with me so much?? -T [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/d3t2vwxUrb](https://t.co/d3t2vwxUrb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381415603848765442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Why? Why does the show have to do this to us? I don’t want a Carina gets deported story line!! Leave my favorite ship alone!
While riding the firetruck, which is I guess where you have all your serious conversations when you’re a firefighter, Maya tells Andy about Carina’s visa status.
> I'm at the paranoid level of [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fandom where I'm like, is Andy saying, "You'll be good through this." a message to fans saying everything will be okay? -T [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/rELEg9yRIo](https://t.co/rELEg9yRIo)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381421063578468355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Maya has finally gotten decent at the having a girlfriend thing, please don’t send the girlfriend away!
Back at Station 19, Carina has been talking about how bad the situation is in Italy and thinks its her Dr. duty to back home to help. She is also annoyed with all these firefighters breaking protocol, including Jack.
I snapped my fingers after I saw her say, “It’s Dr. Deluca” especially since she let someone who wasn’t Jack call her Carina earlier. I am actually finding the Carina/Jack interactions very entertaining.
When Maya gets back to the station, she and Carina talk about Italy a little more.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381427131876573186?s=20
I loved, “Honey, I’m home.” but I did not love the I can’t go to Italy vs. I must go to Italy talk.
At the end of the episode, I guess Maya changed her mind.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381428807123546115?s=20
Pack your bags and your Italian phrasebook because #Marina is going to Italy!
Are they really going? If so, did they really film on location in Italy or did they recreate Italy on a sound stage? Is this all going to happen off screen? Are they going to be gone for long?
I am STRESSED.
*[Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)* – Season 1 Episode One “Pilot” \[Live\]When I started seeing promos for *Home Economics*, I didn’t think much of it. The dude from *That 70s Show* in a sitcom about his and his siblings’ money issues didn’t seem that engaging. Then when I heard one of the siblings is a lesbian mom named Sarah married to Denise played by [Sasheer Zamata](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasheer-zamata/), AND [Ashly Perez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashly-perez/) was a story editor, I was like, “Okay, I’ll definitely watch.” Still, though, I didn’t have high hopes when we sat down to watch it. Sitcoms are hit and miss and pilots often try too hard and you don’t get hooked on a show until a few episodes in.
**We LOVED it.**
From the start the writing was so clever and funny we were laughing the entire time. Within the first few minutes of the show, you meet Sarah and Denise.
> [@HomeEconABC](https://twitter.com/HomeEconABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is really really funny, y'all. Watch it! -T [\#HomeEconomics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HomeEconomics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/BiCR04x0cC](https://t.co/BiCR04x0cC)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381430372345511937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The moment she said, “…and look at pictures of Cate Blanchett in suits?” I knew we were in on the joke instead of being the joke.
Topher Grace from *That 70s Show* plays Tom, the oldest brother who is a writer in need of financial assistance while he writes his newest book. Sarah is out of work at the moment, and Jimmy Tatro from *American Vandal* is Connor, the super-rich youngest brother.
The comedic chemistry between the three siblings is so good.
Btw, I’m an asshole who literally said, “Fewer points.” out loud seconds before Tom said it.
Many sitcoms I like have an end segment on every episode so serious and sappy it makes me cringe. Like *The Goldbergs* and *Modern Family* felt the need to end with some “deep” commentary on family or relationships. This started to go there too but was peppered with enough corny-self-awareness to make me laugh instead of cringe. Thank you for that, show.
If you like sitcoms with queer main characters, I highly recommend *Home Economics*. I think it’s going to be one of my new favorite shows.
[*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Season 4 Episode 12 “Old Souls” \[Live\]After five years of cancellations and rescues plus a pandemic, the Wynonna Earp series finale (for now at least) finally arrived and so did the highly anticipated Wayhaught wedding.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1381623474641379328?s=20
It was as sweet and beautiful as I imagined it would be.
Sci-Fi isn’t my genre, but I was a devoted viewer. *Wynonna Earp* gave back to its queer fans with inside jokes and a bulletproof, unkillable beloved queer ship. I am going to miss the characters and their quick wit and most of all I will miss Nicole and Waverly.
LezWatch will love this show forever.
**This week:** Yesterday was the series finale of *Shameless*. I’ll let you know how the show ended next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Home Economics, Station 19, This is Us, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 5, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-allison-and-teddy/)
**Published:** April 5, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** While Teddy is in a depressed fever dream state, we learn more of Allison and Teddy's backstory on Grey's Anatomy.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we learn more of Allison and Teddy’s backstory while Teddy is in a depressed fever dream state after Andrew Deluca’s death on *Grey’s Anatomy*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 17 Episode 9 “In My Life” \[Catch Up\]I had to catch up on 2 episodes of Grey’s Anatomy and was surprised to discover [Allison and Teddy](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-march-teddy-and-allison/) were back from the dead!
Teddy is in a depression spiral after she was unable to save Andrew Deluca (Carina’s brother) when he landed on her operating table after being stabbed. At first it looks like it’s going to be an hour of Owen and Koracick (IMO, the two most boring characters on the show), but no, Allison is there too!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1378801149688561670?s=20
The “one thing you could have done differently” for Teddy is staying home the morning Allison offered to make her pancakes. They both went to work instead and Allison died in the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers.
Interspersed with Meredith/Andrew/Owen/Koracick dream sequences, we see glimpses into Teddy’s past with Allison.
She tells ghost DeLuca, Allison emotionally supported her through both of her parents’ deaths.
> [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) flashbacks to 2001 NYC when Allison helps Teddy with her mother's death. [pic.twitter.com/YwcLoAJBtd](https://t.co/YwcLoAJBtd)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1378857675241443328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In case you didn’t see the first episode with Allison last season, she had a girlfriend named Claire, and they were roommates with Teddy. A classic queer drama situation.
Teddy keeps flashing back to the morning of 9/11 when she turned down Allison’s pancakes and interprets that as having killed her and draws a connection between that and “killing” DeLuca. Of course, she didn’t kill either of them, but those deaths are on the long list of things pulling her into a depression.
I love ghost DeLuca. Actually, I am loving all the ghosts Meredith has been visiting with on the beach. I am sucker for former characters making guest appearances.
In her dream state, Teddy gets her morning of 9/11 do-over and says yes to pancakes.
After pancakes they have coffee in the park, and as the attack happens, Teddy can’t protect Allison even in her dream state.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1378879264687325184?s=20
In the end, Ghost DeLuca forgives Teddy which I guess allows her to forgive herself enough to allow Sigur Rós to pull her back into reality.
That was quite a journey through Teddy’s mind! I just hope it doesn’t take her back to Owen.
**This week:** Two words — Wayhaught Wedding.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy
---
### [Queer Beats - April 2, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-april-2-2021/)
**Published:** April 2, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Lesley-Ann Brandt said goodbye to Lucifer, and Work in Progress gained some impressive new writers.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Lesley-Ann Brandt said goodbye to Lucifer and Work in Progress gained some impressive new writers.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
File this under: things that are important to me.
https://twitter.com/evesbian/status/1376288248163676163?s=20
## [Ginny & Georgia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ginny-georgia/)
[Humberly Gonzalez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/humberly-gonzalez/) went onto the GirlxGirl podcast to discuss her queer identity!
> This is a big moment for me. This is the first time I’m speaking openly about being queer. It’s been a long journey to who I am today. I am so grateful to ‘GirlxGirl’ podcast for having me and allowing a safe space to be vulnerable! 🏳️🌈🇻🇪 Ways to listen:
>
> — Humberly Gonzalez (@HumberlyG) [March 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/HumberlyG/status/1376521240660283392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
Lucifer finished filming its final season this week and [Lesley-Ann Brandt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lesley-ann-brandt/) took some time to say goodbye:
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1376621596907986945?s=20
The final episodes will arrive on Netflix on May 28th.
> We know that more episodes are what you truly desire. Season 5B arrives on Netflix May 28th. [pic.twitter.com/TXP2WFZwNh](https://t.co/TXP2WFZwNh)
>
> — Lucifer (@LuciferNetflix) [March 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/LuciferNetflix/status/1376595015548329984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)
LOOK AT THOSE WRITING CREDITS!!!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNFqiIAnNHz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Zoie Palmer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoie-palmer/) returned to Wynonna Earp this week and spoke with The TV Junkies about filming scenes with [Dominique Provost-Chalkley.](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)
> . [@ZoiePalmer](https://twitter.com/ZoiePalmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) discusses Jolene's big return to Purgatory and what it's like filming those intense scenes with [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [pic.twitter.com/J3QSfzKZFl](https://t.co/J3QSfzKZFl)
>
> — Bridget Liszewski (@BridgetOnTV) [March 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/BridgetOnTV/status/1376524497004691459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Humberly Gonzalez, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Lucifer, Work in Progress, Wynonna Earp, Zoie Palmer
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 30, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-jealous-maya/)
**Published:** March 30, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Last week we met a character we've never seen before -- jealous Maya on Station 19.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we meet a character we’ve never seen before — jealous Maya on *Station 19*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 8 “Make No Mistake, He’s Mine” \[Live\]*Station 19* and *Grey’s Anatomy* have been really good since the mid-season hiatus, and I’m not saying that as my usual sarcastic self. It’s been Shondaland at its best with well-done stories addressing Black Lives Matter and COVID. In the mix is also a really sad story for our favorite Grey’s19 couple — Carina’s brother, Andrew DeLuca, getting murdered while trying to catch a human trafficker.
Carina is devastated and Maya is on bereavement leave to be the best “too soft” girlfriend she can be. Although it looks like she sucks at making espresso.
Danielle and Stefania should parody the [espresso scene from Mulholland Drive](https://youtube.com/1g4V55DSrbg). That would be hilarious.
While Carina is dealing with her brother’s affairs, a random visitor shows up at the front door.
It’s one of Carina’s Italian doctor friends, Gabriella, making a surprise visit to support her after her brother’s death.
That’s nice although Maya looks a little taken off guard.
Her showing up would be a super nice grand friend gesture, except she’s being a pretentious jerk to Maya.
> "Yep. No. I got that one. I remember that one."[\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/VF7dLibjLI](https://t.co/VF7dLibjLI)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 29, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1376368250855034880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh, she’s a pretentious jerk and Carina’s former bang hang.
Ex-sex buddy is cool, but saying “it’s ten points less” is a real asshole thing to do. Why would you show up at your friend’s house and insult her girlfriend to her face but in another language she doesn’t understand.
New at relationships Maya looks a little like jealous Maya around Gabriella.
Carina and Gabriella hang out, laugh and reminisce about back in the day. Maya looks like she wants to escape, so when she gets a text from Jack saying his girlfriend’s mom has taken a turn for the worse, Maya jumps up. She lies and says it was Andy who texted before she jets out of the apartment. Ugh, I hate lying Maya. Old habits are hard the break.
Maya shows up at Jack’s girlfriend’s apartment and he’s like, “What are you doing here?” As Jack says she’s not a drop everything and be there for a sad friend type. Maya tells him about Gabriella and how Carina is laughing and eating for the first time since Andrew’s death since she showed up.
Jack calls her out on being bad at relationships and helps her walk through what she’s feeling. She feels threatened by an old friend dropping in and making her girlfriend feel better when Maya hasn’t been able to do that. Jack’s like who cares, it only matters that Carina is feeling better.
I have to say, I’ve never been in a relationship before jealous Maya is cute.
However, I hate whenever she’s uncomfortable feeling feelings she runs to Jack. I swear this show has to mess with me every few episodes making it look like she’s going to hook up with Jack again.
Captain Bishop does Jack a favor and lets him and his girlfriend’s son go several stories up a firetruck ladder to see his grandma in her hospital room. I feel like a lot of rules are being broken here, but I’ll give it a TV pass. On the ground Maya confesses her Gabriella-related feelings to Carina.
I’m really glad Maya apologized for lying. That’s a big step in breaking patterns. Carina says she has a special relationship with Gabriella just like Maya has with Jack, but what they have together is different.
> Dear, TV relationship Gods, protect [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at all costs. I love them so much. ♥️ -T [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/sMotekw3rz](https://t.co/sMotekw3rz)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1375485036007395340?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That was a perfect ending to this mini conflict. No big drama, just honesty, talking it out and being sweet in the end.
I love them so much it scares me. Please, Shonda, don’t mess with #Marina!!
**This week:** *Supergirl* is back for its sixth and final season. I wonder what Alex Danvers has been up to.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19
---
### [Queer Beats - March 26, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-march-26-2021/)
**Published:** March 26, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Cazzie reunited, Wallis Day entered our world, and we sadly started the process of saying goodbye to Pose.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Cazzie reunited, Wallis Day entered our world, and we sadly started the process of saying goodbye to Pose.
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
At this point, I feel I don’t have to say anything about these pictures except EEEEEEEEEE!
> Cazzie 🥺❤️ [pic.twitter.com/G2sx9nVLuv](https://t.co/G2sx9nVLuv)
>
> — Lesbocine (@lesbocine) [March 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/lesbocine/status/1373842481805152261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Although I think this is pretty much everywhere on the internet at this point, I will say SPOILER WARNING for Batwoman.
This week, we found out that [Kate Kane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) is returning… in the form of [Wallis Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wallis-day/).
> Super excited to finally announce I’m joining the cast of Batwoman. I’m sure you can imagine how much this means to me and how incredible it’s been working on the show so far. Everyone’s made me feel so welcome and it’s amazing being back home with my DC family 🦇♥️
>
> — Wallis Day (@wallisday) [March 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/wallisday/status/1373804880792494084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Before anyone thinks there’s any bad blood, [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) took to IG to congratulate Day on the new role.
> Ruby Rose congratulates Wallis Day on joining [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as Kate Kane [pic.twitter.com/Jtyw97jcIJ](https://t.co/Jtyw97jcIJ)
>
> — Ruby Rose Site (@rubyrosesite) [March 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/rubyrosesite/status/1374204212092014592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) is continuing to kill it as Batwoman and posted this cute behind-the-scenes video of her recent stunt.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMw8LGhjC4x/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Another thing to look forward to:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpttvXBeRL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
In honor of [Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/) and [Santana Lopez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/santana-lopez/), the cast of Glee will reunite at the GLAAD awards.
> The cast of Glee is reuniting at the [\#GLAADawards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GLAADawards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on April 8th to honor the legacy and impact of Naya Rivera and to celebrate the 10th anniversary of her character Santana Lopez coming out.
>
> — GLAAD (@glaad) [March 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1374725792643620865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
New L Word casting alert!!!
> How about some LATE BREAKING GAY NEWS!?!
>
> Vanessa Williams Cast in “Generation Q” as Bette Porter’s Elusive Artist Obsession! [pic.twitter.com/RKCKcaknU3](https://t.co/RKCKcaknU3)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [March 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1373073462131064833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, the OG Gen Q cast is making me miss this show so much:
https://twitter.com/MsJamieClayton/status/1373374904502919168?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnxQuXLDgG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
UGH! Pose officially wrapped this week and I’m just not ready to say goodbye…
> At 3:40am ET, we called a series wrap on POSE.
>
> There are no words to describe the abundance this show and these people brought into my life.
>
> LIVE. WERK. POSE. FOREVER [\#posefx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/posefx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/p2g1v1uMJ5](https://t.co/p2g1v1uMJ5)
>
> — Janet Mock (@janetmock) [March 20, 2021](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/1373355754942562304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpmNbEDKsj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
[Mia Healey ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/)and [Erana James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/) have been spending a lot of time together while getting ready to film season 2 of the show and their videos never get old.
> instagram story from 2h ago [pic.twitter.com/s7RbCFe5T0](https://t.co/s7RbCFe5T0)
>
> — mia healey updates (@miahealeyupdate) [March 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/miahealeyupdate/status/1374027366264102915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Glee, Naya Rivera, Pose, The L Word: Generation Q, Wallis Day
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### ["Manifest" Keeps Flying High](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/manifest-keeps-flying-high/)
**Published:** March 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Manifest is coming back on April 1, and the mystery keeps getting weirder. But this time, the answers might be closer than you think.
**Content:**
NBC’s *[Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manifest/)* is a strange show. It reminds a lot of people of *Lost* with how it creates a mystery with a plane and then doesn’t exactly explain everything. And a lot of people, who were burned by the ending of *Lost*, are sketchy about getting into a show about people on a plane who go missing. I get that. I do. I struggle with *Manifest*, even though I do actually watch it every week.
There’s a strange balance with the show, where it’s part crazy guy with string, part religion, part time-skip, and part cop-drama. It’s a lot of parts to keep in place, and a lot of places where you feel like a storyline is dropped or abandoned, only to find out later that it’s not.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2, with mild spoilers for season 3.
## What is the plot?
The bare gist of the story is Montego Air flight 828 from Jamaica to New York flew into a storm and shook everyone up. But when they landed, it was five and a half years later. In a way it’s like the Blip (or Snap) from the Avengers movies, except everyone who came back now has weird visions they call ‘callings’ and try to follow them to solve the mystery of what the heck happened to them.
It’s a slow burn show, which is a large reason why people get frustrated by it, but near the end of season two they started to make a jump to get our attention in a big way. The second season ended with a reveal that a fishing boat off the coast of Central America had found the tailfin from the airplane. And yes, that plane is in all one piece in a hanger in the hands of the NSA.
## Where are the queers?
Initially we only knew that a female flight attendant (recurring) was married to a woman. It wasn’t until the middle of season two that we found out that Saanvi’s ex, Alex, was a woman. It was a delightful reveal since it was treated as a non-event. That is, no one had to have a coming out scene or a talk or a weird look. It simply was a fact that everyone went “Oh *that* is Alex.” and nothing more.
MANIFEST Tailfin Episode 301 Pictured in this screen grab Parveen Kaur as Saanvi Bahl Photo by NBCOf course, Saanvi’s story isn’t as nice as all that. She was a medical researcher before the flight happened, her work saved one of the other 828ers, and she’s been trying to use science to figure out what’s different. Saanvi actually found a genetic mutation that possibly explained that there was a difference, and began experimenting on herself, like you do. All this led her to accidentally killing The Major (a woman who was trying to weaponize the callings). Whoops.
## Now What?
Season 3 picks up where 2 left off, a weird tailfin, a dead mystery military officer, and a lot of callings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGjTVgt_k2I
There’s a lot of drama for Saanvi, who’s struggling with the psychological ramifications of killing someone (*primum non nocere* and all that) but also the results of her science. Did she remove her mutation? Does that mean she’s cured or is it all going to be worse for her now? We don’t know (yet).
## *Manifest* Returns April 1
The date may sound like a joke, but the show really is back tomorrow night. It’s not too late to jump on board and try to figure out the mystery of 828.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Manifest
---
### [Everything's Maybe Gonna Be Okay?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/everythings-maybe-gonna-be-okay/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Struggling with change, graduation, love, and a pandemic all come together on season two of "Everything's Gonna Be Okay."
**Content:**
One of Freeform’s sleeper shows is *[Everything’s Gonna Be Okay](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everythings-gonna-be-okay/)*, about a young man who winds up the guardian of his half-sisters, one of whom is autistic.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season one and two!
The first season was much about a fish-out-of water, with Nicholas struggling to understand America and people in general, while being the support his two teenage sisters really need. Along the way he falls in love with Alex, a handsome dental student. Matilda, the older sister, is autistic and a musician who was accepted to Julliard but struggled with handling New York City. Her younger sister, Genevieve, dos her best to support and help Matilda, while trying to become her own person.
And just when you think they’re all starting to get a grip on their lives… the Pandemic happens.
## Social Distancing
One of the delightful aspects of *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* is they don’t shy away from the difficult and awkward topics. They embrace the atypical and revel in the odd patterns that life creates, the things we take for granted and understand, and the things that confuse us all. All three siblings are offbeat in their own way, and they take on the world together, but now that COVID has hit, everything is uprooted.
Through season one, Matilda begins to explore sex and sexuality, having sex with an older boy before starting to date Drea, a fellow autistic classmate. But after failing to handle the Big Apple, and being trapped at home with her siblings, Matilda has begun to question her path in life.
When her sister starts to suspect that Matilda is using social distancing as an excuse not to touch her girlfriend, the siblings have to face a whole new set of questions about Matilda’s sexuality. What if she’s not actually queer? Is Nicholas, the very flamboyantly gay older brother disappointed? Is Genevieve going to start dating? How will this impact all of them?
Stuck with this jumbled family is Alex, Nicholas’ boyfriend, who is finding his entire world uprooted in even more when he’s unable to actually begin his career, due to the Pandemic, and then his family begins to fall apart.
While we hope everything’s gonna be okay, with everything that’s up the air? Who knows anymore.
## Season Two Airs Tomorrow Night
*Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* Season 2 will premiere **Thursday, April 8, at 10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT** with two back-to-back episodes. After the series premiere, new episodes will air Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. EDT/PDT and next day on [Hulu](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KgzWWCUxG7QVUoxwSUINfqpXXmRenQcw2UQRGf8eby-8xdOMdCa23oe3jB9Yq5yFd8WHKkhjXTAVp95hwYGTiBxb7m7j7RjFjZElIQDw1Jvfikz6ts036rJ5wJpECTE7x_HV-tbESwIEMKYkla0O4A==&c=lEG2UXh_DGp2-8i1e5a4FbmvFAfdQQPMg6CTRFGPLasbhLEi2BCcwA==&ch=-MccuoFCC0_ar5fQSNwCUJSO5S7WyIdn0fOZkjrS5Xm-ql4meSBNAA==).
B+
The awkwardness of life can sometimes make you wince-laugh, but *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* continues to deliver on the title’s promise, no matter what path it takes to get there.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Everything's Gonna Be Okay
---
### [Finding Hope in A Year of Unbalanced TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/finding-hope-in-a-year-of-unbalanced-tv/)
**Published:** April 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The past is coming back to get us through the pandemic, but there will be a cost to content quality.
**Content:**
A year ago, I was writing about how we all needed to check out the fourth season of *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)*, how *[Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)* was a show for your Earper longings, and by the way you should check out *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)*. Little did I know where we’d be 12 months later…
## The Bubble’s Gone
In 2019, it felt like the bubble for peak TV was never going to end. Every day we were getting more and more shows with more and more queers, and we had actually **doubled** the number of scripted series between 2012 and 2019. Today? Shows have dropped by 15% (and counting), and ones that got renewed are now canceled.
Netflix canceled a number of high-cost shows, claiming COVID, while ABC suggested [*Stumptown*‘](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)s cancellation was COVID and cost of stars. At the same time, shows like *Dexter* are coming back, so costs are clearly subjective. But in the time that all that began, things got worse in a lot of places.
COVID was, at first, brutal to smaller productions because of costs, but then it also began to affect plots. Watching this last season of *[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* for example has been jarring because there is no COVID. On the other hand, shows like *[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* (and it’s Rob Lowe buddy *[9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)*) as well as the *[Greys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)/[Station](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* crossovers have all embraced COVID and put it into their plots. *[Saved by the Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell-2020/)* touched on it at the end of their first season, and queer-of-the-week medical drama *[The Good Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/)* opted to move to the post-COVID world.
## Final Seasons For…
That reminds me… here are some shows with heavy queer rep that we already know are on their last seasons:
- *Atypical*
- *Black Lightning*
- *The Bold Type*
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*
- *Claws*
- *Dead to Me*
- *Dear White People*
- *Lucifer*
- *NCIS: New Orleans* (the only NCIS with a regular queer female)
- *Shameless*
- *Shrill*
- *Supergirl*
- *Van Helsing*
- *You Me Her*
It’s March. That’s how much we know already, which is not an insignificant number. A lot of these are medium/long running shows as well.
## Look To The Past
While a lot of new content is being hit hard and falling after one season, we’re also seeing a rise of revivals. It started with *The X-Files* and *Rosanne* (which is now *The Conners*) but now with *Punky Brewster*, the ’80s are back in force. The late ’80s to early ’90s shows are finding new popularity, likely because none of us are really going anywhere for a while yet.
Now, I have strong feelings about ‘nostalgia porn’ where a show milks my feels (and I have them) in lieu of actually writing strong characters. At the same time I will throw down with anyone who isn’t all-in for Cherie being a lesbian on *Punky*, because elementary school Mika is screaming in joy. I also freely admit I didn’t like the new adventures of Mulder and Scully any more than I liked anything they did post movie (with a few exceptions, nothing after the movie was to my linking). But…
If you read fanfiction (there will be no judgements!), you’re familiar with the idea of a coffee-shop AU, where you take your known characters and drop them in an alternate universe (AU? Get it?). The reason stories like that work is that we don’t have to climb the mental mountains of figuring out which character is which. You know, like who is the jock and who is the funny one and so on? All of that is done already because you know the awkward cinnamon rolls from the outset.
This concept is a large part of why superhero movies and TV shows work so well. We already know the basic concepts of the characters for *Batwoman* and *Black Lightning*, and even if there’s a last-second recast for a main character, it’s an acceptable twist because we know this happens.
With a revival or rebooted show, we similarly have the tropes and archetypes pre-created. We knew who and what Punky was before the show began, and seeing a future her that was still her, only a little different, was logical and sensible (even if your shoes don’t match). *Saved by the Bell* worked because they leaned into the things that made the original very tongue in cheek. And by that measure, *The Conners* works because they let Rosanne go.
## Is it All Good?
Maybe, maybe not. There’s only so much pre-existing content that can be mined for this kind of thing. Not everything is going to come back (though the idea of a *Dukes of Hazzard* reboot where they’re running COVID vaccines all over Duke County is amusing), and not everything will successfully return.
To an extent, the reason people want to reboot and revive is that in a time when costs for shows are at an all time high, having a solid, dependable show that does moderately well is where networks will survive. Or in otherwords, networks are becoming less willing to risk it all on something new.
And that has a major drawback. Where will we get the next *Vida* if we don’t take a chance? Where will a family like *One Day At a Time*‘s Alvarezes find a place? That scares me, a lot. Because while I love the return of old favourites, I mourn the loss of my new ones, and if the hope comes from the revivals, where will there be room at the shrinking table?
I don’t have an answer, but I hope like we did in the past, we take a chance with something new.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [April is Super Queer on Revry](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/april-is-super-queer-on-revry/)
**Published:** March 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Revry is running into April with as much queer content as they can do, and it's fabulous.
**Content:**
A lot of domestic TV is coming back, and it feels like we’re adding new queers every week (which is the best possible problem to have). But on beyond linear and well known streaming is Revry.
## Who is Revry?
[Revry](https://www.revry.tv/) (sometimes known as RevryTV) is a global streaming network launched in 2016 that focuses on queer content and creators. Unlike [Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com/) (which is another great resource for queer TV), Revry is broader than sapphic stories and content, and covers the whole LGBTQ+ spectrum.
In their own words:
> Watch Queer TV 24/7 with the first LGBTQ+ digital cable TV network. Revry offers free live TV channels and on-demand viewing of its global library featuring LGBTQ+ movies, shows, music, podcasts, news, and exclusive originals all in one place! Revry is currently available globally in over 280+ million households and devices and on seven OTT, mobile, and Desktop platforms. Revry can also be viewed on nine live and on-demand channels and Connected TVs including: The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Comcast Xfinity X1, Cox, Distro TV, Plex, Galaxy TV, Local Now, VIZIO, Zapping TV, STIRR, TiVo, and as the first LGBTQ+ virtual reality channel on RAD (available on PlayStation devices). The company–an inaugural member of the Goldman Sachs Black and LatinX Cohort–is headquartered in Los Angeles and led by a diverse founding team who bring decades of experience in the fields of tech, digital media, and LGBTQ+ advocacy. Follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @revrytv, Revry.tv
Basically it’s a wonderful future where we get to have multiple queer TV platforms.
## What’s New in April?
There is a lot going on! I’m only listing the scripted episodic content with a WLW turn here, so just be aware there’s even more!
### Thursday, April 1, 2021 (*April Fool’s Day*)
[Chica Busca Chica](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4joeEdtuWVy7xbY7eiOTLNWcJhMvKJp8dQrLDbKdI-lTKowUPDaXyVMxPaE70AyVAUu-I0fWanYN6R-TYjQnCGauh3JucT_lmZ&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) (OML on Revry) – This hot and hilarious lesbian soap opera takes you on a wild ride through the mixed up love lives of a group of sexy Madrid lesbians including the unbelievably gorgeous Spanish TV star Celia Freijeiro. Think: The L Word meets Almodovar.
[Haunters](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4j7t0aI93w0fXQ5wfEBhaFMrXmyjm8caVuTK7nstmYTHHy4ar6CgK-ZTEucVeet1pzVVJWIwyTi1teYAYd3LfDKlg4N1hQFpp_&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – Iggy is a jerk who takes pleasure in other people’s pain and embarrassment. But when Iggy suddenly dies and is sent to her version of purgatory – she gets a taste of her own medicine.
### Sunday, April 4, 2021 (*Easter*)
[Mercy’s Girl](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4jKUS_frwsNOvmQ7Z1diaVel0bPaEg3uv83rf_WKlfSffDSM6hXYqZ6zYc_cBSX3c12SG-TP2UXCzcuvqxecTncd4ayl4oZ2oG&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – Mercy lives a double life. In one she is dating a sexual and loving college student named Jesse. In the other she is living by her family’s religious standards. As her two world’s begin to collide she must find her identity in both.
[Deviant](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4jDBXFPZ0v9SRUiqaoOcVuhYCGIHJfsNQUbQAXxOw34vZ6tu2TDloAnUNJdH42kEwxkYDBqC7Pn-vZTFZNVpybKTa3nm6tX-MC&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – In the early sixties, a sexually conflicted teenager finds faith and acceptance after escaping the tortures of electrotherapeutic conversion therapy.
### Monday, April 5, 2021 (*American Music Awards*)
[Seeking Dolly Parton](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCT3H8-dEAeHWihsLc38pZM7Q_NRRLf9AcsLlr0xQj8Lb77q3jV43vjM2u-e9ypipGXBVPB4VbgubKd85vvT7bFJ1zD_g7Z73YhWOZcRC7zTF&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – When Charlie (Kacey Barnfield) and her partner Cerina (Anya Monzikova) decide to have a baby, they go to Cerina’s estranged ex-boyfriend Josh (Michael Worth) to help fill in the “blanks”. But when old feelings return to the surface, the new feelings are not coming in without a fight. This unique threesome must each confront their own “closeted” emotions before allowing a new light to shine into all their lives.
### Tuesday, April 6, 2021
[Twenty (OML on Revry)](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4jdQh1fCIZbuRo5-XaEMNVDEUp8v0Pg4Tjbvt4FxvN08dC_TU85DNpoPMTFNnvgtcmi0oVoByDsUPlJiN4FN1UqaxOipVEQVlQ&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – Twenty follows the story of Maya, her girlfriend Catalina, and her group of eclectic friends as they navigate careers, love, and life in their early twenties.
### Tuesday, April 20, 2021 (4/20)
[Dope State](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4j71cutFaRV8KBW08NlD1lSO9b9dxfqlwnS5fA7weTShiwYdmC5JJ08up8yOC5RZR_1oqBH1lAgHv6KSdRBhJtP_7p-oS2_R-o&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – Dope State is a mocku-comedy that chronicles a modern day gold rush, a civil rights movement and, potentially, the end of a prohibition. From stoner celebrities to politicians and corrupt cops, a marijuana journalist documents the daily life of producers, distributors, and consumers in the California weed industry.. From the mind of comedic tour-de-force Gabriel Sunday (who stars as all of the lead characters), Dope State is a dreamy, absurd love letter to pot culture.
### Monday April 26, 2021 (*Lesbian Visibility Day*)
[I Lesb You](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4jBb_341iVT7KOux9JcCTxXm1gCva9a3cQMxBxpSF_ESRXudhbDxtYoWDbeA_5CCk7A6KwGDKYrr0qQu9gh7_jsumT21loJzqS&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – Alcohol, music, and one wild night take control of 4 parallel stories in a lesbian bar in Santiago de Chile.
**The Night Is Ours** – Tomboy Morgan is shattered by the sudden death of her best friend Olivia. But when Olivia mysteriously comes back to life, the two go on a final road trip that takes them beyond friendship into a special place that Morgan learns can’t go on forever.
[Suicide Kale](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001A0kdb07MNGxIXailA0fVWwpBor4t57_kHuKLTLlRR67X-YPiEJwXCfnD0ywh6U4jh4gmZHrqblYwlKqo4ME3nVCuqmkqjjQBCGoYwoI15TBKjr4UCi6CRMVLJynctYbu9gIRy6vWPtRMvZI5L7FxllzGBhp0yUKB&c=ScHaOHeIsVpRYwjSoKdGeWtLRcPJfF93JtkYXz3NBuCRY2GvltQtyw==&ch=3SgMjUxYSjZvQsQs71qPjPcnjpZQC4Fv0zVJbfzCt143pc_wEjiR0Q==) – While having lunch with another couple, new couple Jasmine and Penny stumble upon an anonymous suicide note and proceed to work to uncover the identity of the author.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Press Release
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 22, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-thomas-wintersbone/)
**Published:** March 22, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Thomas Wintersbone Memorial Ladies’ Choice Dance on The Great North turns out to be a very sweet queer story and I give a quick rundown on all the queer things I've been watching.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, The Thomas Wintersbone Memorial Ladies’ Choice Dance on *The Great North* turns out to be a very sweet queer story and I give a quick rundown on all the queer things I’ve been watching.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
I’ll be honest last week was hard, so I didn’t have time to recap everything I’ve watched in detail. Instead, I decided to do a speed round.
## *All Rise*
I literally screamed “Is that Amy Acker??” while watching *All Rise* last week. I was shocked in the happiest way to see her play queer again!
> Do you ship this, Risers? Because we do. 😍 [\#AllRise](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AllRise?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/becND4Ugl2](https://t.co/becND4Ugl2)
>
> — All Rise (@AllRiseOWN) [March 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/AllRiseOWN/status/1371641551512686596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
OMG, thank you thank you, *All Rise*, for giving us this wonderful gift.
## *Black Lightning*
I really want to love married Anissa and Grace, but it’s like Anissa impulse-married Grace without thinking anything through. Like, making room in her loft for Grace’s stuff or telling her parents.
## *Riverdale*
Why can’t Cheryl use her words? Toni has been incredibly patient and honest with Cheryl this entire season. Instead of telling her how she feels while they are having a conversation, Cheryl goes home and whines about “her beloved” breaking her heart again. Way to make everything about you, Cheryl. She then creates an elaborate scheme to win Toni back involving an old skool Key Party. Okay, that makes sense. I don’t know about you, but I am feeling over them. It’s fine anyway because Cheryl kissed someone new last week.
## *This is Us*
Tess is in a relationship with her friend Alex [we were introduced to several episodes ago](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-zelmare-and-swanee/).
> Tess lets her mom know she's in a relationship with teen realness. [\#ThisIsUs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThisIsUs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Vms7IrDoop](https://t.co/Vms7IrDoop)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1374010260474695682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I think the writers are spying on our family because this is exactly how our teen talks to us.
## *Station 19* / *Grey’s Anatomy*
I love Marina so much, but the show’s been too much for me to recap. Everything is so heartbreaking and emotional I just don’t have the strength. But here are a couple cute, sweet moments.
> Last night's [\#GreysxStation19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysxStation19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was a lot, but I missed seeing [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on my TV so much. ♥️ -T [pic.twitter.com/aFEjxaLbvi](https://t.co/aFEjxaLbvi)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 12, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1370446880992280577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1372919442548649985?s=20
Danielle and Stefania’s tweets have also been making Thursday nights a little easier.
> Team work my bella. And the [\#marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) team works like magic on and off camera [@D\_SAVRE](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@Station19](https://twitter.com/Station19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — stefania spampinato (@spampistefania) [March 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/spampistefania/status/1372699956826370051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## *Wynonna Earp*
I don’t understand the plot, but Wayhaught is as cute as ever.
## *Shameless*
Debbie has gone so off the rails I don’t even want to talk about it.
## *Batwoman*
Last night when Twitter blew up over the big reveal of [Wallis Day playing Kate Kane take two](https://twitter.com/wallisday/status/1373804880792494084?s=20), I was like “huh?” We just got through a whole episode where everyone was like, “Kate’s dead for real.” Did I miss something? I went back and watched and I guess this 10 second clip is a huge reveal.
Sticking the necklace in my face should have been enough to tell me that’s Kate with a bandage on her head, but I missed it. Anyway — cool! I wanted Kate to come back as a different actor, so I’m happy. I really hope they stay true to her character and keep her gender non-conforming.
*[The Great North](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-great-north/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Pride & Prejudance Adventure” \[Catch Up\]My family loves *Bob’s Burgers* and *Central Park*, so when *The Great North* (created by the same folks) started airing, we were excited. I think the other two shows are better, but I still like it and watch it every week.
This episode was about the Thomas Wintersbone Memorial Ladies’ Choice Dance and Judy’s plan to ask Crispin, the Smoothie Boss boy at the mall, to go with her. Judy explained the history of the dance to imaginary Alanis Morissette who she talks to regularly from the roof of her house. Thomas was a teacher in the 1800s who fell in love with Ruby, the school groundskeeper. When he asked her father for her hand in marriage, he said no because he was worried about his “indoor disposition.” Thomas set out to prove his toughness by surviving outdoors for a year (the show takes place in Alaska) and if he made it they will get married. He didn’t make it and died in the snow.
The entire story was coded is a hilariously gay way.
When Judy went to ask Crispin to the dance it’s obvious he is more interested in her gay brother Ham.
Leading up to the dance, Judy, Ham and Crispin hang out and Judy can’t see the super cute gay connection being made right in front of her face. Ham doesn’t want to hurt his sister so he keeps it to himself for the most part and doesn’t stop Judy from taking Crispin to the dance.
At the event, Ham and Crispin dance together while Judy is in the bathroom and she walks out to find them kissing. It’s so cute, but also sad of course because Judy is devastated. Ham tells Crispin he doesn’t want to hurt her sister and walks away.
In the hall Judy is crying and has an imaginary conversation with Thomas Wintersbone himself. He tells her the real story behind his and Ruby’s relationship.
> "I was a lesbian for men."
> The last episode of [\#TheGreatNorth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGreatNorth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) had a very sweet mlm story and we learned the truth about the town's most famous Teacher. [pic.twitter.com/7AHSLGu46u](https://t.co/7AHSLGu46u)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1372309086021283840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
After that Judy gave Ham her blessing to be with Crispin.
Oh my goodness that was the sweetest gay rom-com wrapped into one episode of an animated show! I loved everything about it, especially Ham staying loyal to his sister and Judy coming around at the end.
We now say “I was a lesbian for men” at our house all the time.
**This week:** What is going to happen to Gotham when there are TWO Batwomen? I’m excited to find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman, Grey's Anatomy, Riverdale, Shameless US, Station 19, The Great North, This is Us, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - March 19, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-march-19-2021/)
**Published:** March 19, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, all Nikki cares about is the news that ZARLIE KISSED.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, all Nikki cares about is the news that ZARLIE KISSED.
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
The news that Juliantina is finally back seems to be true! If you can’t read Spanish, this article explains that one of the producers mentioned in a recent interview that the spin-off movie has resumed filming.
> JULIANTINA IS BACK: Avisa que é elas! Produção do filme protagonizado por Bárbara López e Macarena Achaga é retomada
>
> — Aparato do Entretenimento (@AparatoBlog) [March 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/AparatoBlog/status/1371513294016630785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
[Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) was on The Ellen Degeneres Show this week, which is particularly exciting because I feel like the actors who play queer characters rarely seem to make it on this show.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMj4k97DEyB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
Admittedly, this show is my newest obsession. I know I am late to the party but I am very excited to hear that they started filming season three this week.
https://twitter.com/internetalena/status/1372420094647668742?s=20
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
The next season of Killing Eve will be its last. Filming starts this summer so we will likely have to wait a while to see it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMewXVXjn4R/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
But, before we all panic, there is potential for a spinoff!
> ‘Killing Eve’ To End With Season 4 In 2022, BBC America Developing A Number Of Potential Spinoffs
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [March 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1371808622632652806?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Okay, did this picture make anyone else miss this crew EXCESSIVELY?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMdbv6SlaYa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Alright, \*rubs hands together\* now for the most important update of the week. Despite my typical refusal to fall for a couple unless they are canon, I have been a *very vocal* Zari and Charlie fan since the first time they flirted. I felt like the chances were very slim that they would ever be canon, but I fell for them anyway. But, TURNS OUT, they were extremely close to being canon and even filmed a “make out” scene!
https://twitter.com/leighsyvie/status/1370829218691624970?s=20
Not going to lie, this news hurt my soul a little. It’s a new brand of torture to find out a scene like this was actually filmed for a couple that I loved. Not to mention, the background for this scene is perfect:
> Zari 1.0. It was a goodbye kiss, Charlie knowing she would never see Z again, and deciding to take that leap before Z had to go back into the totem.
>
> — Keto Shimizu (@ketomizu) [March 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/ketomizu/status/1370897188394397696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But I trust Maisie and the LoT writers and I’m glad they told us about it.
> team [\#Zarlie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zarlie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), know that the kiss was cut solely because it changed the needed tone of an emotional scene. Everyone wanted to keep it, but Legends is only the magical show it is because of trusting our instincts with hard decisions like this. love you all (and Zarlie) ❤️
>
> — Maisie Richardson-Sellers (@maisie\_rs) [March 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/maisie_rs/status/1371991882830471168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
On the positive side, we might actually get to see the scene! MY ZARLIE HEART IS READY!
> Release the [\#Zarlie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zarlie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Scene Update: calls are being made, things are being run up flagpoles. In short: we see you, we hear you and we will keep you posted, so watch this space.
>
> — Legends of Tomorrow Writers Room (@LoTWritersRoom) [March 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom/status/1371861653029982208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
We finally have a way of watching Lost Girl again!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMXs0GbHPrb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [MacGyver](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/macgyver/)
[Alexandra Grey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-grey/) has been cast as an engineer, who is also trans, in MacGyver.
> .[@1alexandragrey](https://twitter.com/1alexandragrey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will be joining the cast of MacGyver as Parker.
>
> — GAY TIMES (@gaytimes) [February 22, 2021](https://twitter.com/gaytimes/status/1363836003174203401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
We are *very* close to new (and final) episodes of Supergirl. Although I have *many feelings* about this show, the idea of saying bye to [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) still hurts my soul. But [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) will be directing an episode this season!
> .[@TheCWSupergirl](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@Chy\_Leigh](https://twitter.com/chy_leigh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Her Directorial Debut — Exclusive First Look
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [March 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1372171229101166592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, [Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) posted this cute video of her “lifting weights” while Chyler cheers her on.
> The whole clip didn't post on the last tweet.
>
> Here it is in it's entirety!!!!
>
> AZIE AND CHYLER!!! [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AzieTesfai](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AzieTesfai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ChylerLeigh](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChylerLeigh?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#KellyOlsen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KellyOlsen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AlexDanvers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlexDanvers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Dansen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dansen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wBcz8HJFqF](https://t.co/wBcz8HJFqF)
>
> — Dansen Fans and more 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 (@DansenFans) [March 18, 2021](https://twitter.com/DansenFans/status/1372634091372347395?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
BRB, trying not to cry about how proud I am of [Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/).
> With deep respect for those who came before me, gratitude for those who have supported me & great concern for the generation of trans youth we must all protect, please join me and decry anti-trans legislation, hate & discrimination in all its forms. [pic.twitter.com/5yr8TYywTn](https://t.co/5yr8TYywTn)
>
> — Elliot Page (@TheElliotPage) [March 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheElliotPage/status/1371793712385191937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I just miss Vida and [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) and loved this story:
https://twitter.com/Allison2Names/status/1361382833617592322?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
A behind-the-scenes look at the latest episode of Wynonna Earp!
> Last night's [\#Halloween](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) episode was too fun. Let's go behind the scenes for seconds. [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/v0pJ76LC0o](https://t.co/v0pJ76LC0o)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [March 13, 2021](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1370781711210930179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Batwoman, Chyler Leigh, Dickinson, Elliot Page, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Lost Girl, MacGyver, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 15, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-moms-good-trouble/)
**Published:** March 15, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Dust off your sad sponges, everyone! It's a very Fosters episode when The Moms are on Good Trouble!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, dust off your sad sponges, everyone! It’s a very Fosters episode when The Moms make a visit to *Good Trouble*!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “Klompendansen” \[Live\]Oh boy, it’s time to buckle in for a episode of The Moms on *Good Trouble*!
Eliza’s parents are throwing a Dutch-themed going-away party at their giant mansion of a house for her and Brandon before they go off to Amsterdam. Also, Stef is going away to Venezuela for a year and this is the last time the kids will see her before she leaves.
## Here’s a rundown of who’s who in case you don’t remember:
- Eliza Hunter is Brandon’s (Stef and Lena’s oldest and most annoying child) wife
- Jaime Hunter is Eliza’s brother who just broke up with Callie
- Diane and Jim Hunter are Eliza and Jaime’s conservative parents
- Carter Hunter is Jamie and Eliza’s youngest brother and secretly dating Jude, Callie and Mariana’s youngest brother.
- [Corey](https://goodtrouble.fandom.com/wiki/Corey) is Stef and Lena’s last Foster child who came to live with them temporarily around the time all their kids graduated high school.
**Too Long; Don’t Care:** Almost all of the Adams Foster kids are dating or have dated all of the Hunter kids and their parents are polar opposites.
Whenever these families get together there are many secrets and hidden dramas happening below the surface. Eliza and Brandon have some big news. Jamie and Callie just broke up and have to be at this thing together. Mariana doesn’t want The Moms to know about her dating her ex-boss. Carter is in the closet to his parents. And mom and dad Hunter’s marriage has hit a “rough patch.” I’m probably forgetting something, but that is already a lot.
I mentioned this party was Dutch-themed and Diane has taken it to the extreme by forcing everyone to wear traditional costumes. Stef reacts exactly as you would expect her to.
*Good Trouble* Stef is so much more fun than *The Fosters* Stef.
To add to the drama, Jude’s first love, Connor, is on the party catering staff! That was fun.
Did you see that? Stef and Lena kissed! They’re getting at least one sponge so far.
After a painful dinner of traditional Dutch foods, politics and a few secrets being let loose, Stef and Lena hide in the bathroom for a break.
> "That's why we should have as much sex as possible before I go."
> Woah, moms! [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodTrouble?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jAqd1EgB7n](https://t.co/jAqd1EgB7n)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1371236536092594184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Omg, I don’t think Stef or Lena has ever said anything that explicit before!
I know I’ve written hundreds of words dedicated to complaining about queer moms being portrayed as sexless, but now that they said it feels weird like your actual parents saying it. Anyway, Sponge Score is going up!
Eventually, more kids hide in the bathroom with them providing an opportunity for additional confessions to spill out. They can’t stay in there forever and Diane finds them as soon as they make their exit.
> Last week's [\#GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodTrouble?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was one of the funniest and best episodes of [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ever. -T [pic.twitter.com/Iw3eub5bQF](https://t.co/Iw3eub5bQF)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1371240873342697476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s so fun to see *The Fosters* cast do comedy. The Moms are definitely funnier on *Good Trouble*.
During dessert, Jim and Diane’s trip to Europe is revealed to be an effort to save their marriage. Things are not as picture-perfect as their giant house.
Stef and Lena are finally freed from their costumes and take a little time to process what just went down with Diane and Jim. Stef is surprised, but Lena says all marriages have their moments, even theirs (you think?). But with a strong foundation a couple can get through it.
Woah, kiss number two and “I love you”s?? The sponges are on fire.
One of the many sub-plots on this episode is Corey’s little 4-year-old sister needing a foster family. He didn’t tell Stef and Lena because he didn’t want it to look like a passive-aggressive ask. But he did tell Jude who in turn told his moms who then consider it because they can’t resist having a billion kids.
> Of course, the thing keeping Stef from going to Venezuela is…another foster kid. [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodTrouble?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yXREt8DAwr](https://t.co/yXREt8DAwr)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1371265890940030978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**My mind went on a little roller coaster ride with this scene.**
Omg, they are child hoarders! Who would want the responsibility of a four-year-old after they’ve finally finished parenting all these kids? Wait, foster parenting will keep Stef from going to Venezuela. “Frankie \[the pregnancy Lena lost\] wouldn’t be much older than Ka’maya is now.” Stef does have a point. Okay, why not, I’m on board.
The Moms have a cute Facetime call with Ka’maya.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1371503124477796361?s=20
They end the call with another kiss!
The episode ends with Stef and Lena’s grown kids confessing all the shit shows going on in their lives which makes Stef think parenting a four year old will be easy.
I dunno, Stef, four year olds turn into 14 year olds before you know it.
Not only is the end scene on Stef, Lena and Corey, The Moms kiss few more times! I swear the two of them have kissed more on this one episode than they did on entire seasons of *The Fosters*. The Moms should visit *Good Trouble* more often.
This was one of my favorite episodes of *The Fosters* and it all took place on another show.
## Sad Sponge Score
With multiple kisses, 2 “I Love You”s and Stef & Lena being generally sweet to each other, I give this episode FIVE sponges with the 5th on on fire for Stef’s sex comment.
**This week:** I am so happy Shondaland (and Marina, my current favorite ship) is back, but the crossover last week was emotionally exhausting! I’m a little scared to see what shape Carina is in this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, The Fosters
---
### [Queer Beats - March 12, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-march-12-2021/)
**Published:** March 12, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we celebrate new Kiersey Clemons and Imani Lewis castings!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we celebrate new Kiersey Clemons and Imani Lewis castings!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
[Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) says she’s willing to guest star on Batwoman. Is this why they are keeping [Kate Kane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) alive?
https://twitter.com/GeekVibesNation/status/1369398614804545536?s=20
## [Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/)
[Kiersey Clemons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiersey-clemons/) is our new Iris West!
> Kiersey Clemons to Star in ‘The Flash’ Movie (Exclusive)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [March 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1370065471807090688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [First Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13315156/)
This lesbian vampire show is on its way to Netflix, starring [Imani Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/imani-lewis/)!
> FIRST KILL, a new series written and executive produced by Felicia D. Henderson (Moesha, Sister Sister, Empire, Soul Food), is coming to Netflix and starring our forever fave Imani Lewis! [pic.twitter.com/XFppVWa5R2](https://t.co/XFppVWa5R2)
>
> — Strong Black Lead (@strongblacklead) [March 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/strongblacklead/status/1369697189262360578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Not gonna lie, this got me in the feels.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMQOHuhlPbI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
##
We are inching closer…
> this is me reading to [@Amaliajaja](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in a nook we found in studio
>
> season 2 is coming soon ya lil peas 🌱 [pic.twitter.com/OVkHSeMJ3W](https://t.co/OVkHSeMJ3W)
>
> — childish hambino (@taylorhickson) [March 8, 2021](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1368986642959114240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
[Mj Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) is in the new Lexus commercial and I am LIVING FOR IT. If I was rich, I would definitely buy a Lexus based on this alone.
https://twitter.com/MjRodriguez7/status/1347615668519251969?s=20
## [Powerpuff Girls](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12976292/)
Listen, I’m still not sold on this new CW reboot. However, this casting is *of interest*.
https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1369348366266753027?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
TO SAY I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT! I love [Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/) and [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) and can’t wait to read this and collect all the covers.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMSCI38AMPe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, First Kill, Imani Lewis, Kiersey Clemons, MJ Rodriguez, Motherland: Fort Salem, Nicole Maines, Powerpuff Girls, Ruby Rose, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [For Queer Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/for-queer-mankind/)
**Published:** March 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** One small step for a lesbian, one giant leap for queer kind. Season two just keeps going strong.
**Content:**
Season two of *For All Mankind* has begun and the first episode upped the stakes from the get go. It’s ten years after the last disaster that left only one American (our lesbian) on the moon, and we now have a well established and supplied base. We even launched a giant Sea Dragon to the moon!
Warning: This post contains spoilers about season one and two, as well as theories.
## Not Our History
As we delve into season two, it’s still Russia vs the USA, but the game has changed. This is not “our” 1983. John Lennon is alive, but Pope John Paul II is not. Prince Charles married Camilla, not Diana, but then politics gets weirder.
Jimmy Carter is never president! Instead, it’s Regan with Senator Richard Schweiker as his VP. Afghanistan? The Soviets never invaded because they were busy with the Space Race, so that means the powers that rose to deliver the attack on the United States on September 11th may never happen. The Iranian Hostages? Without Regan needing to stall the release to gain the Presidency against Carter, it became a shoot out with 4 hostages and 3 military men dead.
I’m a huge space and alt-history fan, so this show has always been right up my alley. Having them take the next turn, hat tipping that everything is a side step away from our normal, is delightful. We’re moving from the stock photos and old clips with voice overs (mind you the voice actor for Nixon is amazing!) and into edited video like the scene with Johnny Carson.
## Human Rights
Still, over the break between season, I and many others wondered what real crises would impact the show. What things happened in the 1980s that fundamentally changed America?
I think it’s going to be Gay Rights.
One of the things many of us didn’t know about Sally Ride, the first American Woman in space, was that she was also the first LGBTQ+ people in space. Yes, [Sally Ride ](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Ride)was bisexual. That wasn’t something most of us knew until after her death in 2012, when we all learned she had been in a long term relationship with another woman.
Now, of course, on *For All Mankind* Sally won’t be the first woman in space (nor the first queer one), however other outlets have already reported she **will** be on the show. And yes, Sally didn’t enter a relationship with another woman until 1987 (which is after the ‘now’ on the show). But … we already have a closeted lesbian, in a sham marriage, on the moon. And again, outlets are reporting that [Ellen Wilson (neé Waverly)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellen-waverly/) will be discontent with her sham-marriage. We’ve already seen that her husband, Larry, has a boyfriend, and [Pam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pam-horton/) (yes, Pam) is reported to be back this week.
So what if … what if this Sally is openly bisexual? What if the advances in science and technology have an accelerated impact on our understanding of biology and genetics, which results in earlier improvements on our treatment of gender dysphoria? What if the mental health treatment for the astronauts expands to the families and friends and then the world? That we learn earlier how to help each other?
## Better Living Through Science
In real life, the reason we have our home computers, our phones, our smart devices, and our health technology all stems from the Space Race. We made a giant leap for all of mankind and it allowed us to change the face of two objects in our solar system, the Earth and the Moon.
That means it’s not strange to look at the changes in the show and the changes we saw in our life, and think that maybe, with those scientific advances, we could beat diseases and open doors? We already have a suite of female astronauts, and now we have two astronauts over exposed to solar radiation (one male and one female). Would we put time and money into curing cancer? Radiation poisoning? AIDS? The show already passed the ERA (which we only got to 38 states in 2020 in our timeline), and we have women and PoC on the moon, which means we’re already socially **and scientifically** ahead.
Have you see the blue LEDs on season 2? Those are leaps and bounds ahead of where we were in the 80s! Electric cars? D-Mail (email via DARPA)? We’re well beyond where we were at the same time and you see how much more we could change. Everything is different. But we could make a great leap for humanity with that. There was a touch of the Pink Scare on the first season, which was why Ellen got married already. Her husband is still a gay man, and she’s still a lesbian.
Now I know someone out there is going to argue AIDS wasn’t that important. The Queer community knows better. We lost a generation. It fundamentally changed the existence of queers, internationally. And the deaths? They were pretty much all on Reagan’s head. If he’s president early then it’s the perfect opportunity to raise the issue.
## What Do You Want to See?
What do you hope to see in season 2? What historical events do you think should be visited?
Will the Berlin Wall fall? Will the USSR implode? What else is going to change?
I can’t wait.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** For All Mankind
---
### [Queer Beats - March 5, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-march-5-2021/)
**Published:** March 5, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we try to cope with the news that the next season of Pose will be its last.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we try to cope with the news that the next season of Pose will be its last.
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
Fans of As Five and [Malhação](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/) will be happy to see that [Giovanna Grigio](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/giovanna-grigio/) has been cast in the remake of Rebelde. Rebelde was a telenovela for a younger audience (similar to Malhação) and it did not include queer characters, but maybe the remake will!
https://twitter.com/LimanthaFans/status/1366812188246163456?s=20
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Just a reminder that Gentleman Jack is still filming and one day we will all be blessed with season 2.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCWOnZBVSN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Portlandia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/portlandia/)
Another reminder: St. Vincent and [Carrie Brownstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carrie-brownstein/) created a movie together and it was picked up by IFC!
> Annie ‘St. Vincent’ Clark & Carrie Brownstein Sundance Feature ‘The Nowhere Inn’ Picked Up By IFC
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [March 1, 2021](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1366513677759885316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
All I have to say about this is: UGH!!!!!!!!!!! WHY!!!!!!!!
> A message from executive producer and co-creator [@StevenCanals](https://twitter.com/StevenCanals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on the third and final season of [\#PoseFX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoseFX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), premiering May 2. [pic.twitter.com/f3mfyK3SEQ](https://t.co/f3mfyK3SEQ)
>
> — PoseFX (@PoseOnFX) [March 5, 2021](https://twitter.com/PoseOnFX/status/1367837457543172100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This news upset me but I’m trying to remain positive and be thankful for the show and just be glad that the show introduced me to [M.J. Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCpU48Dtag/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
A wild(s) blooper reel has appeared!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CMAZBoCJ2Kn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp is finally back tonight! Be sure to check out Mika’s [review of the final episodes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/farewell-to-wynonna-earp/) and Emily Andras’ preview below:
> [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) showrunner Emily Andras previews what to expect in the fantasy Western's final episodes.
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [March 4, 2021](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1367574357615214600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** As Five, Carrie Brownstein, Gentleman Jack, Giovanna Grigio, Malhação, Pose, The Wilds, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 1, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-thundergrace-wedding-2/)
**Published:** March 1, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Grace came out of her coma in her recognizable human form just in time for a hospital Thundergrace wedding on Black Lightning.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Grace came out of her coma in her human form just in time for a hospital Thundergrace wedding on *Black Lightning*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 4 Episode 3 “The Book of Reconstruction: Chapter Three” \[Live\]I’m really sad *Black Lightning* is ending. 4 seasons for an Arrowverse show is not a lot, and I am not excited for the [Painkiller spin-off](https://deadline.com/2020/11/black-lightning-backdoor-pilot-spinoff-painkiller-the-cw-jordan-calloway-1234613688/). I like Painkiller, okay, but the best part of the show is the Lightning family of superheroes. They have great family chemistry, and so far, I feel they haven’t reached their peak superpower potential. Things are off with Jefferson and Lynn and the girls are still learning how to use their powers with expertise. I’m afraid we are never going to get to see this.
I’ll miss the funny family banter like this:
> "Says the woman who leaves giant cracks in the street just by landing dramatically. You can just walk, Anissa." 😂
>
> I am going to miss this family. -T [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/IlzVDyspy0](https://t.co/IlzVDyspy0)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 26, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1365320879274668034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s too soon to end the show in my opinion.
Anyway, on to the recap.
Thundergrace had a rocky start this season. Grace has been in a coma for a year (I don’t remember her going into the coma last season, but I’m bad at remembering superhero show stuff) and Anissa has been at her side the whole time. Meanwhile, a new guy at work is seemingly romantically interested in Anissa. She shuts that down and tells him she’s gay, but he invites her out to friends drinks anyway. Anissa says no, but after she walks into Grace’s hospital room and sees Grace has shapeshifted into a leopard, she like, “Hold up, I changed my mind.”
That stressed me out! What are they doing? It looked like the show was pushing Anissa towards the guy. And why do we have to go through this anyway? There is one season left, just give us the ass-kicking superhero girlfriends we deserve!
In this episode (the 3rd one in) Grace finally came out of her coma.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1365377438272937987?s=20
Okay, whew! Besides Anissa saying “babe” 1,000 times in that scene, I was glad Grace is all right.
At the end of the episode, we’re surprised with a spontaneous Thundergrace wedding right in her hospital room.
> It's not quite the [\#Thundergace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thundergace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) wedding I envisioned, but it's the last season of [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and I'll take it. -T [pic.twitter.com/SeIRdq9wWq](https://t.co/SeIRdq9wWq)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 1, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1366178562273923075?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I wasn’t expecting that. Can you imagine if you’ve been in a coma for a year and your girlfriend was like, “We’re getting married RIGHT NOW!” a few hours after you woke up? Whatever, I’ll take it.
Now that we’ve had the Thundergrace wedding, can these two be normal now? Enough with the sicknesses and comas, I’m ready for them to be superhero wives.
**This week:** Oh my goodness, *Wynonna Earp* is back this week to start its final 6 episodes. Will [Nikki’s prediction](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1344830193844822018?s=20) finally come true?
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning
---
### [Is This Farewell to "Wynonna Earp"?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/farewell-to-wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** March 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The end is nigh. Will the Earp save the Ghost River Triangle, or will everything be a fustercluck filled with shit-eaters forever?
**Content:**
The situation is bad, baby girls. Last month it was announced that the back half of season 4 would be the end of [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/). No season five for us, nothing more on SyFy. All the Time Square billboards weren’t helping this one.
## What Happened?
Well. COVID. Let me rewind a moment. After season 3, which ended on a ‘Waverly is in the Garden of Eden’ cliffhanger, the show was canceled because IDW (who produces the show) had no money. That did not sit well with fans, who wanted a happy gay ending, and people went and spoke up. When I said people bought billboards, I wasn’t kidding. We’re talking a group of people who regularly filled up Comic-Con theaters, they used their community to score write-in award nominations, and yes *multiple* fan-funded Times Square billboards.
Season 4 started filming and had to stop halfway through a year ago when this COVID thing happened. Filming was shut down, everyone was sent home, and we all wondered what the hell was going to happen to the world, let alone television. Much to our delight, Canada started up filming again, which means Wynonna was back! The gang was on set and making more with the wacky magic.
And then, February 5th, the bottom fell out. It was canceled, and this time it sounded pretty bad. There’s a chance season 5 could be picked up, but in the three (!!!) years since the original cancellation, it’s been … well. We’re all exhausted, burnt out, and knowing how much it costs to keep a show going in this Pandemic Society, *and* that Wynonna’s been a show one bullet away from a budget disaster (not of their own making), the writing was clear.
At this point… I have no idea what to do (if anything) to save the show, so I’m going to celebrate what we got and how fun it was to get it.
## How Does It End?
You can keep reading folks, this is a spoiler free post.
Had I not known it was the end, watching the back half of season four sure made me think it was a farewell. The first two episodes are filled with nerdy fan hat-tips and winks. Characters we’ve missed come back, some in ways we never would have predicted. Wynonna has more sets of leather pants, a certain hat returns, and the whole thing feels like someone reminding me of all the greatness about this show that I’m going to miss.
The six episodes left are great. They’re peak Earper content with something for everyone. Quirky comedy abounds and I found myself laughing and wincing at the same time with inappropriate humour that I’ve always shared.
The remaining six episodes are set to return Friday, March 5 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and will culminate in SYFY’s epic finale on Friday, April 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
If you loved *Wynonna Earp*, you’ll love the end, even though we absolutely don’t want it.
A
The ending is bittersweet. We don’t want it, we want more seasons. But it’s the ending we’re getting, and they do not disappoint. Dial in to SyFy at 10pm for the next 6 weeks.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - February 26, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-february-26-2020/)
**Published:** February 26, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we learned that we might finally see Korra again and that Uzo Aduba will be blessing us in a new role as a queer sheriff!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we learned that we might finally see Korra again and that Uzo Aduba will be blessing us in a new role as a queer sheriff!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Listen, as a [Tamsin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tamsin/) fan, I wouldn’t mind having to add another character to [Rachel Skarsten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/)‘s LWTV page…
> Compelling characters have chemistry with everyone I think. So to me it doesn’t matter what gender I’m acting with I try and have chemistry with them. But if they wanted to make Alice Bi I’d be down with that! 🌈🌈🌈🌈❤️
>
> — Rachel Skarsten (@RachieSkarsten) [February 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/RachieSkarsten/status/1361751100513116162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
ThunderGrace fans got a lot of good content (on and off the show) this week…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnVIcChELZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And, speaking of [Thunder](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/), it sounds like we can expect to see her make some appearances on the Black Lightning spinoff:
https://twitter.com/theblerdgurl/status/1361481196203630593?s=20
## [Ginny and Georgia](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10813940/)
Fans of [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/) may recognize one of the actresses ([Humberly González](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/humberly-gonzalez/)) in Netflix’s new show, Ginny and Georgia. Heads up: the video below contains light spoilers.
https://twitter.com/miightymorphin/status/1364615371123228676?s=20
## [The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)
This news from Nickelodeon may signal a return of our beloved Avatar [Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/korra/) (and maybe her girlfriend, [Asami](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/asami-sato/)). Or, better yet, maybe we will get some Kyoshi content!
> Nickelodeon Launches Avatar Studios, Will Expand World of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender,’ ‘The Legend of Korra’
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [February 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1364712115794305024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
We finally have a return date for LoT: May 2!
> Time to get the team back together! Season 6 premieres Sunday, May 2. Stream next day free only on The CW! [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PZ7nW5e0Tz](https://t.co/PZ7nW5e0Tz)
>
> — DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (@TheCW\_Legends) [February 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends/status/1364653911886340100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Low Country
[Uzo Aduba](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/uzo-aduba/) has signed onto a new project where she will be playing the lead character, who is an openly queer sheriff! You may recognize the producers as the same team that created [The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/).
https://twitter.com/UzoAduba/status/1362500450956636160?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The third season of #Luimelia finished this week and it was just as cute as this picture:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLNMhMYsei5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Skins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/)
It’s been a while but… where are all my Skins fans at? [Lily Loveless](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lily-loveless/) is going to be in a new queer film!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrg0g0p0h_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
[Stefania Spampinato](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) was interviewed by queer Youtubers Velen and Sofi. Check out a clip below!
https://twitter.com/jcaxgreys19/status/1360319692825583623?s=20
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
This week, I am thankful for [Erana James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/)‘ birthday for prompting [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) to post this cute content!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXiyYVj43W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Avatar the Legend of Korra, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Ginny and Georgia, Humberly Gonzalez, Legends of Tomorrow, Lily Loveless, Low Country, Luimelia, Rachel Skarsten, Station 19, Stefania Spampinato, The Wilds
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 22, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ryan-and-angelique/)
**Published:** February 22, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I catch up with Big Mouth and Debbie and Sandy drama on Shameless and I am already in love with Ryan and Angelique drama on Batwoman.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I catch up with *Big Mouth*, Debbie and Sandy drama on *Shameless* and I am already in love with Ryan and Angelique drama on *Batwoman*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 2 Episode 4 “Fair Skin, Blue Eyes” \[Catch up\]I’ve learned to avoid recapping superhero shows because I’m really bad at it. I don’t have the attention span for the superhero part, but I am here for the relationship drama and last week’s *Batwoman* brought it.
A local kid named Kevin Johnson goes missing and we learn about Ryan’s past because she was abducted in a similar way when she was his age. She was a foster kid who was abducted by the “Candy Lady.” A creepy woman who kidnapped foster kids from a neighborhood comic book shop and brainwashed them for 60 days into believing no one wanted them. After that, she’d sell them to neighborhood gangs. Ryan is sure Kevin is another one of her victims and there is no public effort to find him for racism reasons.
Ryan tells her kidnapping story to Mary. She was saved by Angelique, another girl at the foster home Ryan and Angelique were staying at. Angelique got herself kidnapped by the Candy Lady on purpose so she could rescue her. Oh, and she is also her ex-girlfriend.
With this news, Mary is like, “You have to call her! She may remember where the Candy Lady’s house is!”
> "As a person with season tickets to crazy lesbian drama I can appreciate that." [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nXQ6EKO1wF](https://t.co/nXQ6EKO1wF)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1361393103077318657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ryan reluctantly texts her, but she gets a “wrong number” message back.
Mary is able to figure out where the house is from the search effort for Beth which did happen because she’s a white girl from a wealthy family and Ryan remembered Beth’s search party stopping by the house. Ryan finds the house and the Candy Lady captures her again, but this time she breaks herself free and beats the shit out of the Candy Lady! Kevin’s 60 days were already up and she sold him to a local gang.
In another part of the show I don’t understand where Alice, Sophie and Luke live, Sophie is trying to find a dude named Ocean. This leads her to a sketchy building that looks like a meth lab. While she’s investigating a woman surprise attacks her.
> Does Sophie know Ryan's ex-girlfriend Angelique? Maybe we'll find out tonight! [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1RlpauLW5J](https://t.co/1RlpauLW5J)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1363637120846336000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Surprise woman runs off, but it looks like Sophie may know her.
Ryan saves Kevin from the gang and assures him people care about him and he matters. I’m one of the most cynical people on the planet and I found that scene to be really emotional. With the pivot from Kate Kane to Ryan Wilder, Batwoman has more freedom to take on real issues, and in my opinion, it makes the show more powerful overall.
At the end of the episode, Ryan and Angelique meet up after all.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1363648120106733570?s=20
Angelique is the surprise woman who attacked Sophie!
**There are so many things to process here:**
- Ryan and Angelique had great chemistry from the minute she walked in the door.
- Ryan went to jail for her hence the falling out.
- Angelique is still involved in criminal activity, how is that going to work if they resume a relationship?
- How does Sophie know her?
I enjoyed this episode so much and I know there was another one last night, but I don’t have enough time to do an entire recap for shows that air on Sundays.
**Here are a couple highlights from last night:**
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1363870241349107714?s=20
Sophie’s face in that scene is priceless.
As queer fans, you know how we watch the “scenes from the next” and “previously on” to determine if there will be queer content on an episode? Usually, if they don’t show the queer character we know we’ll get nothing. I love how we don’t need to do that with this show because there are so many queer main characters! I love it and I’m here for the Ryan and Angelique drama!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 11 Episode 6 “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good….Eh, Screw It” \[Live\]Where were we? On the last episode of *Shameless*, Debbie realized she had no idea where Sandy worked or lived or the fact she had a car. After a paranoid day of tracking her around Chicago, Sandy avoided answering Debbie when she confronted her about where she’d been all day, but she does reveal she has a husband!
On this episode, Sandy isn’t answering Debbie’s 30 texts and she’s still mad about the husband thing. Terry, the evil patriarch of the Milkovich family, has been shot and Sandy has been dealing with him in the hospital. Being occupied with that is probably why she hasn’t responded to Debbie.
Debbie spends a lot of the episode complaining about Sandy to Ian and Mickey who don’t want to hear it.
Terry is released from the hospital and Sandy wheels his ass home. The Gallaghers and the Milkoviches are all there when he arrives. And even though it’s very obvious Sandy’s has her hands full, Debbie still uses this time to confront her about not answering her texts or explaining how she has a husband she didn’t know about.
Debbie quits in true Gallagher style and walks off.
It’s true Sandy has not been forthcoming with her life with Debbie, but you know it must have to do with her shit show of a family. I think Debbie is being completely unreasonable, but it’s on-brand.
Later, Debbie has a “Hot lesbian convict handywoman” job at a new queer bar that’s opening up in her neighborhood. The owner Calista wants her to put up their new sign.
After a job well done, Calista tells Debbie her ulterior motive in hiring her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1363613127863132161?s=20
Oh, Debbie. I don’t even know what to say.
That night, Sandy is out in the yard and finally has a moment to talk to Debbie and tell her why she has a husband.
> Sandy finally explains the having a husband thing to Debbie. [\#Shameless](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shameless?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4cVUVbRRzp](https://t.co/4cVUVbRRzp)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 16, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1361504740610355212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That scene was very sweet and they both said “I love you!”
For all of *Shameless*‘ Shamelessness, it has 23 characters and counting in our database. The show may be a hot mess, but it has brought the queer content over 11 seasons. We should start placing our bets on how many characters it will end up with by the finale.
*[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)* – Season 4 Episode 5 “A Very Special 9/11 Episode” \[Catch Up\]I caught up on *Big Mouth* last week. It’s a show both my teenager and I watch, but **NOT** together. It’s half gross boy humor and half brilliant and funny. I love its bluntness when it comes to female sexuality and sexual and gender orientation. And I’m entertained by the show randomly making real-life people queer, like Duke Ellington’s piano teacher [Marietta Clinkscales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Ellington#Early_life_and_education).
I was 2 seasons behind, so I had a lot of ground to cover.
**Here are my favorite parts:**
- Missy’s new Hormone Monstress, Mona, voiced by Emmy award-winning actress Thandie Newton (Maeve from *[Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)*)!
- Forever Kristen Wiig as Jessie’s talking vagina.
- The show’s first transgender character, [Natalie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/natalie-3/), voiced by Josie Totah (Lexie from the *[Saved by the Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell-2020/)* reboot).
- Ali and Samira becoming girlfriends.
- And my very favorite new character — [Lena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lena-foreman/), Missy’s cousin voiced by Lena Waithe.
> I caught up on [\#Bigmouth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bigmouth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) this week and I love Lena Waithe's character. I hope she stays around in future seasons. -T [pic.twitter.com/SdsdDZKFNy](https://t.co/SdsdDZKFNy)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 21, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1363582058564583426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope Lena becomes a more recurring character in the remaining seasons.
**This week:** I guess I didn’t make myself clear last week, can Grace come out of her coma **AND** be herself in human form? That’s what I would like to see on *Black Lightning* tonight.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Batwoman, Big Mouth, Shameless US
---
### [Batwoman Returns With Meaning](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/batwoman-returns-with-meaning/)
**Published:** February 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The importance of Ryan Wilder as a hero is greater than her heroism as Batwoman.
**Content:**
It’s not a secret, I love Batwoman. I have the original run of comics, I love re-reading them, I loved the story and how it was told, and it had me put Greg Rucka on my list of “men who may continue to write queer women.” (because, as all women know, men can write women a little … boobily). It was a queer, Jewish, female superhero. Finally! Finally, I got to see more of me. When I saw the screener for *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* at SDCC in 2019, I was the happiest I’d been all that year. It was everything I wanted, and more. Especially Alice, oh my god, Rachel Skarsten steals the show.
When Ruby Rose left the show, I legit worried for the show. Were they going to recast Kate? Would they cancel the series? What was next? Well, then they announced a new, original, character and she sounded a little sus. It sounded a lot like the second iteration of Jason Todd — a thuggish and street smart criminal who puts on a cape. Then? Then we found out [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) would play her and gosh, it sure read like typecasting.
I’m very happy that, four episodes in, my worries have been dashed away. Not only did *Batwoman* redress the issue with stereotyping the homeless black woman criminal turn hero, but they garnered a season three pickup already.
## All Things Being Equal…
Network TV has been slow to change their stories. We’ve all heard about how the people behind the new *Magnum P.I.* show claimed it [couldn’t find Latinx writers ](https://remezcla.com/film/cbs-tca-panel-magnum-pi/)to tell the story of their Latinx lead.
I was watching *The Equalizer* (the new one with Queen Latifah) and I realized how important it was that they finally have an action show about a Black woman who helps PoC who are regularly abandoned by TPTB. That is, we know that there is a bias in government services, like social services and the police, that result in PoC not getting the help the need, and being judged harsher than caucasians in the same circumstances. Evidence of this is all over the news.
But for CBS to have a whole show that has the premise of “a strong, powerful, Black woman is here to help the others and lift them up” is, to me, a surprising and powerful message. It’s no longer the white-saviour story, it’s the underrepresented being the hero and having their story told. That’s the same (though with less punching and shooting) as having Judge Lola Carmichael being the agent of her own change and the change for others who need it on *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)*.
Much in that vein, this week, on *[The Good Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/)*, they handled a case where a trans man was pregnant and a Black woman was assumed to have been lying. The latter was attributed to a racial bias, later proven via in-series documentation and research, by the medical staff. Including a fellow Black doctor. These horrible truths affect and impact people’s lives, but too often are told under that white saviour veneer.
## Comics are Political
Comics have always been political. Superman was created by two Jewish kids in Cleveland out of the Golem mythos in Judaism to protect people. Captain America and Wonder Women literally punched Nazis. The X-Men are a thinly veiled allegory for homosexuality to begin with (they hide in plain site, eh?). But by that turn, weirdly the TV shows and movies made about those same heroes often skip over, or only lightly touch, the political aspects of their source.
*Batwoman* isn’t doing that. Just as with Kate Kane’s coming out **as** Batwoman was a political necessity for representation, having Ryan Wilder be who she is, today in 2021, is a critical and fundamental cornerstone of exactly **why** we need superheroes.
In a recent episode, Ryan listened to a young black boy when no one else would because she’d been there. She’d been him. And unlike the entitled Bruce Wayne or Kate Kane, she was no dilettante billionaire playing with toys. Ryan has been to jail. She’s been not listened to. She was actively *punished* by her parole officer for not finding a job or an apartment, even though it was incredibly obvious to anyone with a functional brain that for a convicted felon, those things were near impossible to achieve.
## The Story of Heroes
By handing Ryan one tool, the batsuit, she became empowered. She was given the one chance she needed to make a real change. Haven’t we all looked at Batman (and yes, Batwoman) and thought “If they really loved Gotham, wouldn’t they use their money without the punching?” Ryan doesn’t have the money. Her suit’s a loan. And yet she’s not going to miss her shot. She has this chance to actually make Gotham better, listening to the ignored and helping the abandoned, and being the hero.
Watching the *Batwoman* pilot, I reveled in seeing me. But watching the new episodes with Ryan means even more. Ryan is the hero her community needed. And more over, they don’t shy away from pointing out the inequality in Gotham. They actively call it out and address it, but don’t solve it in an hour because you really just can’t. It’s ongoing, the discoveries and reveals for Ryan and for Gotham are nowhere near ending.
As much as I love Kate Kane (and I do still ship her with Renee Montoya *and* Maggie Sawyer), I’m even happier with the changes brought by Ryan Wilder. If I wanted to see another white person saving everyone, I have my choice of movies and books and TV shows. But to watch a scrappy, innocent-but-criminal Black woman rise up and say “Not in my Gotham, no more,” well that’s a story we all needed.
Watch *Batwoman*. It’s telling a story that now, more than ever, needed to be shown. Anyone could be Batwoman. Anyone, even Alice, could put on the suit and do good. But only Ryan Wilder can be Ryan Wilder and be the arm for the downtrodden like this. And the world could use a few more Ryan Wilders.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** All Rise, Batwoman
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 15, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nia-superstore/)
**Published:** February 15, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I finally get to add the character Nia from Superstore to the site and we find out what happened to Choni after the Riverdale time jump.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I finally get to add the character Nia from *Superstore* to the site and we find out what happened to Choni after the *Riverdale* time jump.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Superstore](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/superstore/)* – Season 6 Episode 8 “Ground Rules” \[Catch-up\]*Superstore* is a show I watch with my family. I love it and think it’s hilarious and clever, but for 6 years I’ve been hoping for a queer female, transgender or nonbinary character to appear so I can add it to our site. A couple weeks ago that finally happened.
> I screamed with excitement when this happened because I could finally add [@NBCSuperstore](https://twitter.com/NBCSuperstore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to our database! -T [\#Suprstore](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Suprstore?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wbwV629R1p](https://t.co/wbwV629R1p)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 10, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1359324226734481410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m thrilled Nia is a recurring character, but she just started this season and it’s *Superstore*‘s final. Womp. I personally think the show could have gone on for longer. I hope Nia gets decent screentime on the rest of *Superstore*‘s run.
**An unrelated queer aside:** Doesn’t Jonah look like a straight version of [Denali](https://rupaulsdragrace.fandom.com/wiki/Denali) (out of drag) from this season of Ru Paul’s drag race?
We call her “Gay Jonah” while we’re watching the show.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 5 Episode 4 “Chapter Eighty: Purgatorio” \[Live\]The moment is here! We find out what happened to the Riverdale gang seven years after graduating high school.
Because of an injury, the Army sends Archie back to Riverdale to lead the ROTC program there. When he arrives back in town, he discovers the Serpents opened a bar under Pop’s called White Wyrm. On stage are some of his old Riverdale classmates including a very pregnant Toni.
Toni sits down with Archie and explains why Riverdale has devolved into a wasteland since he left. The short story is Hiram Lodge ruined the town. No surprise there. She also gives him a rundown on her life over the past 7 years.
- She graduated from Highsmith college with honors.
- She lives with Kevin and Fangs (they’re still together — cute).
- She and the other Serpents pooled their money together to open White Wyrm.
- Yes, she’s pregnant, but she’s not ready to reveal the bio father yet.
And finally, the million-dollar question: **What happened to her and Cheryl?**
Cheryl broke up with Toni after graduation to make things right between their families. But since then it looks like Cheryl hasn’t left Thornhill.
> [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) seven years after high school graduation. Toni is pregnant and Cheryl isn't doing too well. [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/EwjMIlNbaT](https://t.co/EwjMIlNbaT)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 15, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1361343505054973954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cheryl has turned into a sadly-painting agoraphobe. Toni stayed persistent in checking in on her though.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1361376142603784193?s=20
Seven years later, Toni makes it clear her family is totally cool with her and Cheryl dating. I guess Cheryl did put the work in to fix her ancestors’ wrongdoings. But even though it’s good enough for Toni’s Nana it’s not good enough for her. She’s punished herself to life at Thornhill unhappily rearranging the furniture for the rest of her days.
If Toni had the persistence to stick it out with Cheryl while she kept her dead twin brother in the house I’m confident she’ll be able to get through to her.
Toni has pivoted to a more central character and I love that. She has been by Cheryl’s side for years without much of a life of her own. Also, I like the time jump! It’s like the show has been reset with a more tangible “Save the town of Riverdale” plot vs. whatever the heck has been going on for the past 4+ seasons. I’m in!
**This week:** *Black Lightning* is back, but can Grace come out of her coma, please? Also, *Good Trouble* season three starts on Wednesday! I’m looking forward to seeing what’s going on at The Coterie.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Riverdale, Superstore
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 8, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-february-caro-and-ashley/)
**Published:** February 8, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Caro and Ashley get some vague screen time on Nurses and we find out what happens to Cheryl and Toni before the Riverdale time jump
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Caro and Ashley get some vague screen time on Nurses and we find out what happens to Choni before the Riverdale time jump.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Nurses](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Lifeboat” \[Live\]*Nurses*, a show I was depending on to be low stress with decent queer content, has been disappointing me lately. 2 episodes ago Ashley was barely in it even though she is a main character and Caro hasn’t shown up at all since episode 4. Meanwhile, I’ve had to sit through Wolf bungle his way through his job while everyone treats him like a toddler.
I know it’s the same old story, but if a queer character is a main, why can’t she get equal time to everyone else?
Anyway, back to this episode. Things start off with Ashley maybe getting a needle stick while breaking up a fight between 2 patients.
She looked super freaked out by the incident. Head charge nurse Damien tests the glove by filling it with water.
Ashley didn’t get a needle stick, but she doesn’t look relieved.
For uninteresting reasons, Ashley throws a last-minute house party and Caro helps her get ready. While carrying a case of Voyageur Lager (which is a real name of [a brewing company in Minnesota](http://www.voyageurbrewing.com/)) Ashley trips and starts to have a panic attack.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1358576836368867329?s=20
Caro is really sweet and that’s nice, but what is this about? If your girlfriend started having a panic attack over almost getting a needle stick (which I imagine is always a risk working in a hospital) wouldn’t you want to find out why? This show usually doesn’t take multiple episodes to get to the bottom of things so why now? Also, they’re already at the “I Love You” stage? When did that happen and why did it happen off-screen?
At the party one of Ashley’s friends is doing tea leaf readings.
Again, cute, but still vague. We’re going to have to read the tea leaves to figure out what’s going on with Caro and Ashley.
Caro leaves the party early because she has to work in the morning and that’s it.
I really hope Caro and Ashley get some quality plot development and we find out why she had the panic attack.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 5 Episode 3 “Chapter Seventy-Nine: Graduation” \[Live\]It’s the big *Riverdale* graduation episode!
Toni’s Nana came to the ceremony and Cheryl overheard her talking to Toni by her locker.
I hate when characters overhear something then walk away. Toni just mentioned Cheryl and her Nana didn’t flip out. She seems to be coming around.
After a graduation episode full of feelings and nostalgia, Cheryl sits down with Toni for a serious talk.
> Cheryl breaks up with Toni after graduation, decides to repair her family's business and legacy instead of going to college. We'll see what happens after the 6-year time jump! [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/bxn5NOsbQe](https://t.co/bxn5NOsbQe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 8, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1358599170412707841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cheryl decides to focus on repairing her family’s business and make up for all the past evil they have inflicted on the town instead of going to college. She breaks up with Toni because as things stand now, her family’s legacy is in conflict with Toni’s family and she doesn’t feel right being together until she’s fixed that.
Okay, Cheryl means business and is willing to end her relationship (for now at least) over it.
What’s next? TIME JUMP! I love a TV time jump and this one will be 6 years into the future. I am very curious about what will happen with Choni and how Toni’s pregnancy will play into it.
**This week:** *Black Lightning*, *Queen Suga*r and a new episode of *This is Us* are back this week! I’ll let you know if anything queer happens.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Nurses, Riverdale
---
### [Queer Beats - February 12, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-february-12-2021/)
**Published:** February 12, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we were devastated by the Wynonna Earp and B99 cancellations but, in good news, Mindy Kaling is going to be Velma!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we were devastated by the Wynonna Earp and B99 cancellations but, in good news, Mindy Kaling is going to be Velma!
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Another show falls to the the COVID-19 hiatus. We will get the final, much-anticipated season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine this year, but it will be a shortened season. This is hard news to hear but, as already reported, the show was struggling to find a way to continue a cop-led show in light of the Black Lives Matters movement.
> [\#Brooklyn99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to End With Long-Delayed, Shortened Season 8 [pic.twitter.com/Miwe51naam](https://t.co/Miwe51naam)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [February 11, 2021](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1359955365371199491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)
It has long been known that Joss Whedon created toxic environments on set. Although she has alluded to it before, Charisma Carpenter finally made a statement on the treatment she received on the set of BTVS. Many cast members supported her, including [Amber Benson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-benson/):
https://twitter.com/amber_benson/status/1359555694098190337?s=20
## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Here’s the newest trailer for the second season of For All Mankind!
https://twitter.com/forallmankind_/status/1359566915144830976?s=20
## [Generation](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11454722/)
The trailer for HBO Max’s new show, Generation, is here and looks very queer! (For the record, I see what they are trying to do with the ‘Genera+ion’ spelling but I’m ignoring it.)
https://twitter.com/hbomax/status/1359932717606043649?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Y’all [ROSIE O’DONNELL](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosie-odonnell/) is going to be playing Tina’s fiancé in the next season of TLWGQ. This truly blew my mind this week. I cannot wait to see [Bette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bette-porter/) interact with her.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLDf_SCler3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
[Laura Prepon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-prepon/) posted this cute throwback pic!
https://twitter.com/LauraPrepon/status/1359955925352742913?s=20
## [Punky Brewster](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/punky-brewster/)
[Jasika Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasika-nicole/) will be playing Cherie’s girlfriend on the Punky Brewster revival!
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1359580408908808194?s=20
## [Velma](https://hypebeast.com/2021/2/hbo-max-scooby-doo-velma-close-high-animated-spinoff-announcement)
HBO Max is really getting on my good side these days. Mindy Kaling announced that she will be the voice of Velma, and even mentioned the character’s “budding sexuality.” \*insert eyes emoji here\*
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLHuEKArdBO/?igshid=13wxffpdk8iby
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Now, for the news that devastated the queer fandom this week:
https://twitter.com/BridgetOnTV/status/1357796284002893827?s=20
The beloved show will be leaving us. SYFY released a trailer for the final six episodes but I’m not sure that it made any of us feel that much better:
https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1358868205469642754?s=20
Most of the cast posted tributes to the show, but here are two from our beloved WayHaught:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK8U4h8gAoB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK7W-0DLiaV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amber Benson, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, For All Mankind, Generation, Orange is the New Black, Punky Brewster, The L Word: Generation Q, Velma, Wynonna Earp
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### [The 80s are Back - Punky Style](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/the-80s-are-back-punky-style/)
**Published:** February 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Your shoes don't have to match when you rock your own style and live life your own way. Punky's back, folks.
**Content:**
Not everyone looks back at the ’80s and thinks “Yes. Let’s reboot the most ’80s show we ever aired on NBC!” I mean, the dark concept of a homeless, abandoned kid who is adopted by a random British guy in Chicago? Whenever I explain to anyone who missed the original, they double take.
But much to my surprise, *Punky Brewster* was given a second chance at life and it’s well deserved.
## What’s Punky?
A two-season wonder on NBC, the concept was Punky’s mom abandoned her (and their dog!) in a parking lot. She eventually found her way into the orbit of a grumpy photographer named Henry, who adopted her.
Weirdly the show was canceled on NBC after the second season. They’d had an episode about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. Punky and her classmates, like so many kids my age, watched the live coverage of the shuttle launch in school. The show was picked up in Syndication for two more seasons (arguably having it air opposite CBS’s *60 Minutes* was a weird choice in the first place, NBC), but the writer’s guild strike in ’88 brought it all to an end. The last two seasons were significantly more adult, complete with boys and dating and a fridge.
The reboot picks up 33 years later when Punky is a newly divorced photographer with three kids and her BFF Cherie (yep, still there) is a social worker. Cherie ‘tricks’ Punky into fostering a kid, and hijinks ensue. Now with four kids, an ex-husband who hangs around a little too much, and an adorable dog, Punky has to make it through unexpected life changes.
## My Call: Watch It
“But Mika,” you may be saying. “I’m not an 80s nostalgia nerd. Why should I watch it?”
Because Cherie has a girlfriend. And she’s played by the amazing, the awesome, the brilliant, the out actress [JASIKA NICOLE](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasika-nicole/), who is **finally** getting to play a queer on mainstream TV!
Yeah, you read me right. Little Mika from the 80s is doing a fist pump. For that alone, I’d say to watch the show. But as it happens, it’s actually a fun show. Sure the kids are a little too-smart for their ages, but that’s a sitcom staple. Dial in and spend a nice day with ten episodes of Punky Style.
##### Screener Review On *Punky Brewster*
Who cares if your shoes are different colors when you’re being your true self? The reboot is a fun, silly sitcom with that serious vibe that made the original a little deeper than ‘just’ a sitcom. It’s a fun way to spend an binge. *Punky Brewster* will be on Peacock tomorrow, February 25th.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Jasika Nicole, Punky Brewster
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### [Season Three Keeps Making "Good Trouble"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/season-three-keeps-making-good-trouble/)
**Published:** February 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Good Trouble” follows the residents of Downtown Los Angeles’ The Coterie as they juggle career, love, and friendship and learn that standing up for what you believe in requires making a little noise and getting into trouble.
**Content:**
It’s still funny to me, given how much Tracy and I hated watching *The Fosters*, that I was so damn excited for the return of *[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)*.
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Balancing the absurdity of your 20s with the insanity of 2020, *Good Trouble* continues to hit the target with a stellar season 3. Tune in on February 17th.
Warning: This post contains spoilers for season 2 and the upcoming season 3.
## What Came Before
The third season picks up where the second left off:
- Mariana slept with Evan (her boss at Spekulate) when she thought that her boyfriend, Raj (also a Spekulate coworker), slept with her new roommate — oh and said new roommate is pretty crazy
- Malika’s in a lot of trouble with the law and may end up in jail because she’s standing up for BLM
- Dennis and David slept together and then he ran off after seeing the art Gael did of his dead son
- Gael by the way quit his job at Spekulate and came out as Bi to his parents
- Alice, everyone’s favourite awkward stand-up comedian lesbian, broke up with her partner Joey and her mentor Lindsay (played by Rhea Butcher) is sleeping with her ex/best friend (Sumi) *and* stealing her jokes
- Callie broke up with her rich boyfriend, Jamie (who is the brother to her adopted-brother’s wife), after stealing papers to help save a low-income residential building and having a break-in from a friendly homeless man.
And by the way, this is not even close to touching half the deep drama they got into in season 2.
## What’s Coming Next
GOOD TROUBLE Freeform
Season three picks up as Callie moves back into the Coterie, Mariana feels torn between Raj and Evan, Malika prepares for her hearing after breaking Judge Wilson’s restraining order, Davia and Dennis explore the future of their relationship, Gael looks to get back to his true passion, Alice takes her comedy to the next level, and Jamie wonders if he can ever forgive Callie for betraying him.
*Good Trouble* has never shied away from tough topics. In season three, they’re going to tackling white supremacy and the ways in which they abuse the system and social media. One of Mariana’s pet projects at Spekulate was an activism app and … well you can guess what happens.
I have to admit, as someone who works for a tech company, the struggles of Mariana’s life at Spekulate is one that deeply resonates with me. And as someone who has worked multiple times for companies who have had ties with groups I personally find not just distasteful but horrific, well … I can tell you their handling of that internal drama and conflict is not just good but damn accurate. It’s real and it’s pretty much like that.
## *Good Trouble* Continues to Deliver
I am very glad I made it through my 20s before social media, but at the same time, I am astounded and impressed by the way people are making their mark on the world. I can watch a show like *Good Trouble* and think that maybe, just maybe, the kids are going to be alright.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
---
### [Queer Beats - February 5, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-february-5-2021/)
**Published:** February 5, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week on #QueerBeats, Atypical and Lucifer started filming again!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Atypical and Lucifer started filming again!
As an overall note: the CW announced its list of renewals and, as far as I can tell, all the shows with queer characters have been renewed (except Black Lightning, which we already knew). So yay for some good news!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
I wish I could accurately put into words how this post makes me feel but I CANNOT. I’m so excited that Atypical is back to filming which means we are one step closer to getting Cazzie back!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CK5VGBJjUnC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
[Meagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) and [Javicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) continued to be goofy on set this week and I can’t get enough.
https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie/status/1356372089079427072?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwvyiaj4vx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Her Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/her-story/)
[Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/) has joined the cast of the upcoming show, Clarice. She was already a consultant on the show (which is great) but now she will be on camera, too!
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1356527785632804864?s=20
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
Look who’s back!
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1356366449309224960?s=20
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
All I can say is… we are truly blessed.
https://twitter.com/whycosima/status/1357644443252359170?s=20
https://twitter.com/Ma5rina/status/1357645916115763203?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This was one of my favorite news items of the week. Azie Tesfai will be co-writing an episode of Supergirl in the next season. She is the first main actor on an Arrowverse show to do so! Go Azie!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1356375871292985345?s=20
Also, the [GLAAD Award nominations](https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/32/nominees) were announced and Supergirl was nominated. Our girls posted this cute picture to celebrate!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKpZV9qg04c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
[Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) spoke more about [Shelby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shelby-goodkind/) and [Toni](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toni-shalifoe/) with E! News this week:
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1356546579730153472?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Jen Richards, Lucifer, Luimelia, Mia Healey, Supergirl, The Wilds
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### [Things We Love: Things We Don't Like in Real Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Why does TV have the magical power of turning something unwanted into something loved? Here are the top 9 things I love on TV that I do not like in real life.
**Content:**
**Welcome to another** [**Things We Love**](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/things-we-love/) **post!**
One day it dawned on me that many of the things we absolutely love on TV are often things we don’t like in real life. I don’t know why TV has the magical power of turning something unwanted into something loved, but I’m not going to process it. I’m just going to enjoy it.
## **Here are the top 9 things I love on TV that I do not like in real life.**
Drama
When it comes to friends and relationships, I don’t like drama. I live a comfortably boring, low-drama life, and I prefer it that way. People in my past who were psychological game players, liars or folks who just liked to start trouble for entertainment, have been dropped from my life.
I don’t take a hard line on cheating (life is long and shit happens), but I don’t like it when my friends are cheated on in a mean and devastating way.
When it comes to TV, however, I like drama in my drama. I love outrageous, over-the-top scenarios, and yes, even cheating. I think it’s because I was raised on Soap Operas. The louder a show makes me yell at my TV the better.
**The Hen/Karen/Eva situation on** [**9-1-1**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) is some good high drama. When Hen’s ex Eva came skulking around to talk to Hen and Karen’s son Denny while he, Hen and Karen were at the park, my wife and I screamed at the TV.
Karen looked like she wanted to fight. I know Eva’s terrible, but I want her to keep making appearances from time-to-time.
My number one pick for dramatic hot mess is **Naomi Watts as** [**Diane/Jean**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jean-holloway/) **from** *[**Gypsy**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gypsy/)*. She’s a NYC shrink who forms inappropriate relationships with people in her patients’ lives.
There is so much wrong about her character and my wife and I cringed as “Diane” made one bad decision after another. Still we couldn’t help loving her. We were completely addicted to watching her spiral.
“Diane” had a fake persona, a secret NYC apartment and about a thousand lies going on at once.
Sadly, Nexflix cancelled *Gypsy* after one season so we will never know what happened to Diane. But every once in awhile my wife and I look at each other and say, “I wonder what Diane’s up to.”
Big ProposalsI know people love those grandiose proposal videos that go viral, but I would be horrified if that happened to me. When my wife and I decided to get married, it was a, “Hey, it’s going to be legal, wanna do it?”
However, I’m a sucker for a big queer proposal scene on TV.
**When Freeya proposed to Keelin on** *[**The Originals**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/)*, I totally loved it. They were in an on-again/off-again rocky relationship filled with supernatural drama, but Freeya decided to put a ring on it with a dramatic proposal.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1009868852652662784
It was sappy, inspired by a near-death experience, and I ate it up.
It’s still painful to mention this one, but when **Alex proposed to Maggie on** *[**Supergirl**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)***,** it was so amazing it broke the Internet.
At the time I didn’t see it coming, and afterwards, I daydreamed about a big Sanvers TV wedding until we got the news Floriana was leaving the show. While I’m still sad about it, I think it was worth it for that proposal scene.
Intimacy IssuesIn real life I have no desire to coax someone out of intimacy issues. I’m there for you as a friend, but when it comes to a partner, I prefer someone who is easy to be with.
On TV, however, I am totally in love with prickly, “no one get close to me” characters; the colder and more distant, the better.
Example number one is **Theo Crain on** *[**The Haunting of Hill House**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*.
I’d be chasing after her and her magic hands just like Trish did, even after she threw Trish out of the house the same night they met.
Theo’s coldness only makes me want her more.
[**Sameen Shaw**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sameen-shaw/) **from** *[**Person of Interest**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)* has an “Axis II Personality Disorder” which makes her have little to no feelings, emotions or empathy towards other people.
Sounds like the perfect TV girlfriend!
The fact that it would be nearly impossible for Sameen to be in a romantic relationship, makes Root’s tenacity to make it happen all the better.
Bossy and Mean
I’m a proponent of kindness, and I don’t like it when people are mean to others, I would certainly not like having a mean girlfriend who bossed me around. However, I love a bossy and mean queer character and enjoy watching them yell at people on my TV.
OG bossy and mean lesbian is [**Bette Porter**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bette-porter/) **from** *[**The L Word**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)*. *The L Word* mostly sucked, but I loved watching Bette yell at people. It was pretty hot.
https://youtube.com/7sJPdRcRpvE
[**Emma**](/character/emma-2/) **on** *[**Vida**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* is my favorite “things I don’t like in real life” character. She checks off almost every item on my list, and I’m completely in love with her. She is one of the meanest and bossiest queer women on TV.
Only Emma can sustain peak mean while everyone’s mourning her mother’s death.
[**Ava**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-sharpe/) **on** *[**Legends of Tomorrow**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* is all business when we meet her, and while I do like the fact that Sara has gotten her to soften up, I love condescending Ava.
Ava being such a serious character makes the soft moments we get with her now even sweeter. I’m okay with soft Ava as long as business Ava makes frequent appearances.
CriminalsI’m generally a law-abiding citizen and would never recommend a life in crime as a career choice, but I love a foxy queer master criminal.
[**Rose Solano**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/)**, aka “Sin Rostro” on** *[**Jane the Virgin**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* is the biggest crime boss on that show. Since episode one, I’ve been happily riding her and Luisa’s non-stop relationship roller coaster.
I especially enjoyed [this flashback episode](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-march-19-2018/) when we got to see Rose and Luisa’s relationship before they were romantically involved with each other.
My number one favorite queer TV character of all time is [**Root**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/) **from** *[**Person of Interest**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*. Her criminal record is pretty long: Hacker, Assassin, Kidnapper, Killer, just to name a few. I like my characters complicated and Root is complicated turned up to 11.
She can threaten me with an iron any day.
WeddingsI’m personally not into weddings — the thought of having an event where all attention is focused on my relationship sounds like a nightmare to me. Luckily, my wife is on the same page, and we got married on a business trip with the minimum legally required witnesses present.
However, when it comes to big queer TV weddings, I’m the opposite. I want them over-the-top complete with all the tropes, and the cheesier the better.
[**Callie**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/callie-torres/) **and** [**Arizona**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arizona-robbins/) **on** *[**Grey’s Anatomy**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* had one of the first queer TV weddings that wasn’t just for ratings.
https://youtube.com/icEWM6BWo3U
I loved the fact that they got past all of their issues up until that point, and made this commitment to each other. Unfortunately, in true Shonda fashion, it didn’t last very long, and they eventually broke up.
[**Nomi**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi-marks/) **and** [**Amanita**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanita-caplan/) **on** [***Sense8***](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) is one of my favorite queer TV couples of all time. They were so loving and supportive of one another that it was perfect for them to have a big Paris wedding in the finale.
https://youtube.com/fN-7m-Z5TFo
I’m still sad the show was cancelled, but at least they gave us one of the sweetest and grandest queer weddings on TV.
[**Ruby** ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruby/)**and** [**Sapphire’s**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sapphire/) **wedding on** *[**Steven Universe**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)* was not only cute and sweet, but also history making.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1016069423575203847
It’s difficult to describe just how amazing this TV event was and do it justice. It was the first same-sex wedding of two main characters on a mainstream children’s show. I can only imagine how the trajectory of my life would have changed if I had this show when I was a kid.
ViolenceI have never been in a fight in my life, and I suspect I’d last 2 seconds if I were ever in one. I don’t like people hurting other people and dislike all violence in general.
However, there are few things I love more than watching a queer woman kick ass on TV.
[**Anissia’s**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/) **fight scenes on** *[**Black Lightning**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* are just amazing.
Thunder is the lesbian super-powered superhero of our dreams!
I swear I am a peaceful person, but I got so much satisfaction from watching both **Root and Shaw kill the other person’s enemy on** *[**Person of Interest**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*.
Does this make me a bad person? To be honest, I don’t care, I love them too much.
GunsThere are few things I hate on this planet more than guns. It makes no sense to me that we can get romaine lettuce removed from all grocery store shelves, but we can’t pass sensible gun control legislation.
Even though I’d make all guns disappear if I was given magical powers, there are few things I find hotter than watching a queer woman wield a gun on TV.
[**Alex Danvers**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) **with her new gun on season two of** *[**Supergirl**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* was so badass, and I loved how the gun became its own character throughout the rest of the season.
I miss this tough, alien-shooting, actually having a life of her own Alex. I hope she comes back someday.
**Root and her two guns on** ***Person of Interest*** is hands-down one of the hottest things to ever grace a TV screen.
When Root is first allowed to join the team and asks for two guns, Shaw makes fun of her.
But soon enough the two of them are shooting guns together just fine.
I think I could dedicate an entire 500 word post to Root and her guns. But for now, these GIFs will have to do.
SmokingSmoking is the number one thing I dislike in real life. I apologize to all the smokers out there — no judgement! But, I couldn’t go back to the days of smoking permitted inside clubs and bars. I hated coming home stinking of smoke and feeling like I inhaled 100 cigarettes.
I don’t like the smell or the fact that it may take years off my smoking friends’ lives, but goodness, I think a woman smoking on TV is super hot.
[**Irene**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/irene/) **on** *[**The Deuce**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* gives 1970s Sex Emporium manager smoking realness.
This continuous shot of **Emma smoking on** ***Vida*** is gorgeous.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1001822813286752257
**And my number one favorite smoking queer TV character is** [**Betty** ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/betty-mcrae/)**on** *[**Bomb Girls**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*.
There’s just something about watching her use the bomb factory outdoor lighters.
Why is this so hotHer style of smoking adds so much to her tough but sweet closeted lesbian persona.
And this scene at the end of the premiere episode of season 2, where Gladys, Betty and Kate share a cigarette, is a masterpiece.
I’m going to end this Things We Don’t Like in Real Life tribute with a GIF combining many of these items in a single scene. I know Betty Draper from *Mad Men* wasn’t queer (outside of my dreams), but I love this clip from when she’s shooting at her neighbor’s birds while smoking a cigarette.
Do you have anything you hate IRL but love on TV? Let me know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Black Lightning, Bomb Girls, Gypsy, Haunting of Hill House, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Person of Interest, Sense8, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Deuce, The Originals, Things We Love, Vida
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 1, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-riverdale-prom/)
**Published:** February 1, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the Riverdale Prom, what could go wrong? Find out as I also try to figure out how they're going to work pregnancy into Choni's storyline.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, It’s the *Riverdale* Prom, what could go wrong? Find out as I also try to figure out how they’re going to work pregnancy into Choni’s storyline.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 5 Episode 1-2 “Chapter Seventy-Seven: Climax” and “Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Preppy Murders” \[Live\]When we got the news Vanessa Morgan’s pregnancy ([congratulations, Vanessa!](https://www.etonline.com/vanessa-morgan-gives-birth-to-baby-boy-157479)) was going to be written IN to her character’s story on *Riverdale*, the LezWatch community fretted about how.
- Cheryl and Toni have a baby?
- Surrogate situation?
- Toni cheats?
- Choni breaks up and Toni gets pregnant?
- Aliens impregnate Toni?
We haven’t found out yet, but I keep second-guessing the show thinking they are laying the groundwork for those of us who are emotionally attached to Choni.
The *Riverdale* season 5 premiere episode starts with Cheryl expressing how very very important being the Riverdale Prom Queen is to her. She and Toni staff the signup table and she chases everyone away who tries to apply.
As usual, Toni is like, “If it’s important to you, it’s important to me, babe.”
Later, Cheryl tells Toni she wants to have a big dinner before Prom for both of their families. But Toni says that’s not a good idea. She makes it look like her family is homophobic, but that’s not the real reason.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1355977474564362244?s=20
I actually like the “My family doesn’t want me to date you, but it’s not for homophobic reasons” trope, but Cheryl is not happy.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1355981301480878084?s=20
Meanwhile, in a less interesting part of the episode, it’s Archie’s mom and her girlfriend, Brooke!
Hi, Mary and Brooke! I’m glad you two are still together.
Back to Choni.
Right before Cheryl leaves for the Riverdale Prom Toni shows up at her door.
Of course, Cheryl and Toni win the title of Riverdale Prom Queens. Could you imagine if they didn’t? Cheryl would have gone all Carrie and burned the school down.
Despite some creepy Riverdale style shenanigans, it was a great night for Cheryl. When she leaves to go home she assumes Toni will be coming with her, but that is not the case. Toni’s Nana ordered her to be home by midnight.
**This is what my paranoid queer fan brain is thinking at this point:**
- They are preparing us for a breakup.
- They created an insurmountable conflict.
- Cheryl is already grieving.
- Toni is already emotionally distant.
- This is evidenced by their sad and apathetic hug at the end.
Also, this seems very out of nowhere. I thought Toni practically lived with Cheryl, wouldn’t her Nana want to know where she’s staying every night? This conflict feels artificially heightened to create a reason to break them up.
In the next episode, Toni sees Cheryl at school and apologizes again for not going home with her after prom. Cheryl is very understanding, but also has a new plan to right the wrongs of her family’s past.
I have to take a quick detour at this point, because this happened.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1356312690617176064?s=20
You know how I feel about [fictitious characters and guns](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/) and OMG Mishel Prada with a gun. Pass me my fainting couch.
Back to Choni! During a board meeting with the extended Blossom family, Cheryl reveals her plan. She wants to sell a parcel of land to the Governor who will turn it into a sanctuary for the Uktena, the indigenous people the Serpents were founded on who were slaughtered by Cheryl’s ancestors. With the money from the sale, they will rebuild, re-open and rebrand Blossom Maple Syrup.
Cheryl’s family is having none of it.
That didn’t go well.
Later, Cheryl comes home to find her grandma Rose in full funeral attire. It looks like there were some deaths in the family.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1356326735059578880?s=20
So, Cheryl’s mom faked suicides for their entire extended family. How in the world did she accomplish that? It was probably a difficult enough effort to get them all on a Zoom meeting, let alone go to all their houses and get them to drink poison. Do they all live together? How did Cheryl’s mom even know of her plans? I didn’t see her on the call.
This show is not known for their realistic plot lines, so I’ll let it go.
Okay, what is happening now? I feel less paranoid about a breakup but still don’t know where the baby is going to come from. Also, will Cheryl’s plan win over Toni’s Nana? We’ll have to wait and see.
**This week:** *Shameless* is back and hopefully, we’ll find out what the heck is up with Sandy’s mystery husband!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Riverdale
---
### [Queer Beats - December 11, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-december-11-2020/)
**Published:** December 11, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, saying goodbye to ODAAT was hard but the new Batwoman content hyped us up.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, saying goodbye to ODAAT was hard but the new Batwoman content hyped us up.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Finally, a full Batwoman trailer! This new trailer gave some insight into the new Batwoman storyline and I am beyond excited to see where they go with it!
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1337085047245946886?s=20
We got a first look at Safiyah Sohail, a character from the Batwoman comics.
https://twitter.com/ShivaniGhai/status/1336441050127327232?s=20
Also, this caption just made me laugh:
## [Cobra Kai](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cobra-kai/)
TIL: There are queer characters in Cobra Kai. Here’s the new trailer for season 3:
https://youtube.com/LcDQqGJG8pA
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Euphoria has started releasing its special episodes and the latest one was co-written by [Hunter Schafer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIi4pp1Bgcx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
Feel Good started filming its second season!
https://twitter.com/Most/status/1335973617281105921?s=20
## [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
Apple TV+ has renewed For All Mankind for a third season.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1336359191217201154?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
Ilene Chaiken (creator of the original L Word) will be the showrunner for a new show called “Law & Order: Organized Crime.” I feel good about the assumption that she will help bring in some queer characters to the show.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1336830032313016326?s=20
## [Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The Luimelia content *literally* does not stop being created. Season three of the spin-off series will premiere in January.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqMrEklOH0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
[Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) and [Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/) were being cute about [Raelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/raelle-collar/) and [Scylla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/scylla-ramshorn/) on their IGs this week.
https://twitter.com/hourlyamalia/status/1337165796859129859?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I hate having to write this. One Day at a Time is officially finished and we didn’t even get the full final season. [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) wrote a sweet goodbye to the show. I’m definitely crying.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjsKw-MHOL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
This was arguably one of the queerest parts of the (tv-related) Disney+ announcements and it’s not even queer. But still relevant here because [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) was *officially* announced as the lead for an upcoming She-Hulk series. Shoutout to Julissa on the [LWTV slack chat](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) for pulling out the gay parts of the Disney announcement for me and also shoutout to myself for clearly [manifesting the She-Hulk announcement into existence](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems/status/1336729793119850497).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIqHvzGnlVM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) is honestly such a gift.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CImjQZHggkG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Cobra Kai, Euphoria, Feel Good, For All Mankind, Hunter Schafer, Luimelia, Nicole Maines, One Day at a Time, Tatiana Maslany
---
### [Queer Beats - December 18, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-december-18-2020/)
**Published:** December 18, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, #Luimelia was picked up for a fourth season and we learn what could have been with ODAAT.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, #Luimelia was picked up for a fourth season and we learn what could have been with ODAAT.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
More Batwoman photos! We are getting closer to the day when we finally get to meet Ryan Wilder!
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1339951125215256576?s=20
## [Bridgerton](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8740790/)
Netflix released the first full trailer for Bridgerton and, if you look closely enough, it looks like we might get some queers!
https://twitter.com/bridgerton/status/1338498982754959360?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
The L Word: Generation Q is back filming again! And I am already excited to see that [Gigi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gigi-ghorbani/) will be back.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIydeN8DTKm/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) and [Leisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) made their last podcast of the year and this video really made me laugh. Why does this just feel like Shane and Alice?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI01GFcjQ8p/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## \#[Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/) spin-off, #Luimelia, has been picked up for a fourth season!
https://twitter.com/FormulaTV/status/1339560281429688321?s=20
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
This week, we get tortured by all the good things we *could* have had if ODAAT didn’t get cancelled yet again.
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1338514088360493070?s=20
## [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
Shameless is in its final season so Showtime announced they will be doing an additional retrospective series that will show the cast reflecting on their experience filming the show.
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1338559404065558533?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Bridgerton, Luimelia, One Day at a Time, Shameless US, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [Queer Beats - January 15, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-january-15-2021/)
**Published:** January 15, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week's post is mainly just a content dump of all things Javicia Leslie, Ryan Wilder, and Batwoman.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week’s post is mainly just a content dump of all things Javicia Leslie, Ryan Wilder, and Batwoman.
First, assuming that many of you are on LWTV because of your love queer TV stats… Be sure to check out GLAAD’s annual report on queer characters!
https://twitter.com/meg_townsend/status/1349766395110723585?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Batwoman is returning this weekend and I literally cannot put into words how excited I am to *finally* see [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) in her role as Ryan Wilder. There has been so much good promotional content leading up to the premiere so I will just drop some of it here:
https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1349566913483952129?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKBT2DPDN7d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKEkJ-zD3eH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1349944471320993793?s=20
https://twitter.com/atomicwick/status/1349851416433725440?s=20
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1349778330057375746?s=20
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
Happy Dickinson season 2 week!
https://twitter.com/noradominick/status/1347681636926836736?s=20
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
I have to admit, I am way more attached to [Zendaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) and [Hunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/) as people than I am to the show itself. Thankfully, we were blessed with new magazines covers from both of them AND some cute pictures from set!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6VRaZr9XR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ6TyyFFT7L/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCeAtAlwBh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## \#[Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The third season of #Luimelia (spin-off from [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)) starts this weekend and all I can say is… THE PINKIES!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ_O-ssFbZh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And here is a trailer:
https://twitter.com/ATRESplayer/status/1346220330017296385?s=20
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
Not only do new episodes of Queen Sugar finally come back to us on February 16th, but the OWN Network already announced that it has been renewed for a season 6!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1349778596810915841?s=20
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Just a small treat for all you fans of The Wilds:
https://twitter.com/thewildsonprime/status/1346549174859300866?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dickinson, Euphoria, Hunter Schafer, Javicia Leslie, Luimelia, Queen Sugar, The Wilds, Zendaya
---
### [Queer Beats - January 22, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-january-22-2021/)
**Published:** January 22, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we finally get details about the return of much awaited shows.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we finally get details about the return of much awaited shows.
## [American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)
The new AHS theme has been revealed: PILGRIMS! And it will also be filmed partially in Provincetown.
https://twitter.com/usweekly/status/1351591516700073984?s=20
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
One of many shows that are returning this week, Charmed is back on Sunday!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKPTsT2sHZa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Good Trouble will be coming back to us on February 17th.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCOiB4D6aq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
Now that a new season of #Luimelia is being released weekly, we also have the return of the characters’ IG accounts!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUUMzrMopB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
Choni is also back on our tv screens, as of this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKKwJ8iLJTw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Luimelia, Riverdale
---
### [Queer Beats - January 29, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-january-29-2020/)
**Published:** January 29, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite actors from Batwoman, Motherland: Fort Salem, and Euphoria share some behind-the-scenes moments.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite actors from Batwoman, Motherland: Fort Salem, and Euphoria share some behind-the-scenes moments.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I can’t tell if the show is actually planning on developing this couple but, as y’all know, I ship it HARD. And [Meagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/)‘s used of “Ms. Wilder” here? Phew!
> Ms. Wilder teasing me between takes.[\#damnshame](https://twitter.com/hashtag/damnshame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#sophie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sophie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ryan](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ryan?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@JaviciaLeslie](https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Jzo7s3SoTz](https://t.co/Jzo7s3SoTz)
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [January 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1353515522587992065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Freeform announced that the fifth season of The Bold Type will also be its last. I am sad because this is one of my comfort shows but I also think five seasons is a good place to end.
> [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Renewed for Fifth and Final Season at Freeform [pic.twitter.com/EQ0wdIMuFp](https://t.co/EQ0wdIMuFp)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [January 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1354496954634559493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, [Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) shared this edit along with the news of a new season…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKjzJVpDAZs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Just a reminder that the second “special episode” for Euphoria is out and it is VERY good. It was co-written by [Hunter Schafer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/) and she shared more behind-the-scenes photos this week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKXt6exlvOD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
Us Luimelia fans just continue to thrive! We continue to get great #Luimelia episodes, the show was nominated for a GLAAD award this week (along with fellow Spanish show, Veneno), [Paula](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) and [Carol](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/) keep doing IG lives, and the Luimelia character accounts are back up and running!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKXQlaLAq9U/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKUUMzrMopB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
I am trying to stay sane while we continue to wait on news of a premiere date for season two and I can’t decide if [Amalia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/)‘s cute photo set is helping or hurting…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKajfGCpDyZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
In happy news: [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) had her baby! Click through for extra cute photos!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKmvq11BkI9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Shrill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shrill/)
Shrill’s next season will sadly be its last.
> The ultimate 🌺🌸 SPRING FLING 🌸🌺. The Final Season of [\#ShrillOnHulu](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShrillOnHulu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is coming this Spring. [pic.twitter.com/oQY9oVytYW](https://t.co/oQY9oVytYW)
>
> — Hulu (@hulu) [January 27, 2021](https://twitter.com/hulu/status/1354551306216759296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Something I love about The Wilds is that [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) ships Shelby and Toni as much as we do. She shared this cute fan edit on all her social media accounts. As someone who is new to the fandom, I had not seen the interview where [Erana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/) talks about their chemistry but my eyes have been OPENED!
https://twitter.com/miahealey2/status/1354003747228160000?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Euphoria, Hunter Schafer, Luimelia, Motherland: Fort Salem, Nicole Pacent, Shrill, The Bold Type, The Wilds
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 25, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ashley-and-caro/)
**Published:** January 25, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week I fill you in on Ashley and Caro from Nurses, the low-stress Canadian medical drama with enjoyable queer content the world needs right now.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I fill you in on Ashley and Caro from *Nurses*, the low-stress Canadian medical drama with enjoyable queer content the world needs right now.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Nurses](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Chrysalis” \[Catch Up\]Before many of our regular shows came back, there wasn’t a lot of new stuff to watch with queer content. A few weeks ago, during the last new episode of *This is Us*, they kept teasing the next show, *Nurses*, with a promo including a wlw kiss. Even though I wasn’t in the mood to add another medical drama to my watch list, inertia and the promise of queer content kept us on the channel.
*Nurses* is okay. It’s a Canadian show created by the same team who made *Rookie Blue* including [Tassie Cameron](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1017117/). I love everything Tassie Cameron does, but *Nurses* is pretty mediocre overall.
**Here are some quick one-sentence reviews from the [LezWatchTV Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/):**
> I’ve been enjoying it as a not heavy mental lift with queer in it, but it’s not very good.
>
> -Me
> Some of the acting is pretty terrible. But overall enjoyable.
> I watched the first ep and it’s not good at all but I will probably continue for the gay and to have something on that I don’t have to give all my attention to.
> It’s my scroll instagram and watch TV show.
> It’s a no-stress medical paint-by-numbers drama.
You get the gist.
But one **good** thing about the show is the queer content. It’s decent and organically woven in with the straight storylines.
At the start of the first episode, we’re introduced to the five main characters in a “getting ready for the first day of work” montage complete with a Grey’s Anatomy-style voiceover knockoff. Within the first few minutes, we find out one of them is queer in a completely organic reveal.
One of the main characters is a lesbian nurse who woke up with a girl in her bed. No big deal. No long and drawn out coming out story. This is the kind of queer content I want more of.
Queer nurse’s name is Ashley, and her roommate Wolf is one of the other rookie Nurses. An EMT at the hospital named Caro hands Wolf a cooler with fingers in it and tells him to find their owner. Since he is the most annoying character on the show, of course he can’t do it and asks Ashley for help. While she’s trying to help him Caro the EMT walks in and gives him a hard time.
Anyone with even an ounce of gaydar could see the look on Ashley’s face and know these two are going to hook up.
Cool, two queer characters on the very first episode!
In the third episode, Ashley meets up with Wolf at a bar after work where a cute bartender serves them.
Hello, cute queer-coded bartender!
While at the bar, Ashley gets the bad news one of her patients died. She stays at the bar and sad-drinks after Wolf leaves, but look who shows up.
> Ashley and Caro officially meet for the first time on [\#Nurses](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nurses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/MtRDt6JjPQ](https://t.co/MtRDt6JjPQ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [January 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1353473620685811716?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ashley and Caro hang out until the bar closes, but X (the bartender’s name is X) lets them stay.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1353481664534630400?s=20
There are so many things wrong with making bad 2 am tattoo decisions after a night of drinking. Also, no to stick and poke tattoos, this is *Nurses* not *Orange is the New Black*.
Thankfully, Ashley realizes this too and tattoo crisis is adverted.
> "I don't date people I work with."
> "Cool, I'll quit."[\#Nurses](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nurses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nwAz7eH2kb](https://t.co/nwAz7eH2kb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [January 24, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1353485706425982976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Caro puts a stop to their makeout with “I don’t date people I work with.” but this is a pretty low-stakes TV relationship roadblock.
**There are so many thing I love about this so far:**
- We had 3 (probably) queer characters in a single episode. TV always has single queer characters in a vacuum with no queer friends or community.
- Everyone’s out. There’s no hand-wringing coming out arc. The queer characters have organic chemistry and hook up just like straight characters would.
- Since Ashley’s already out, Caro putting the brakes on things is not a devastating event. She makes a jokey comment about quitting her job and that’s it.
In the next episode (episode four) Ashley and Caro bump into each other a few times at work and it’s cute and flirty.
I love how easy-breezy their whole storyline is. I need some low-stress cute queer content in my life and this is perfect.
It’s a long and uninteresting story, but Ashley gets fired and she and Caro are not co-workers for about 10 minutes. During that time they get to be flirty as usual and Caro talks Ashley into demanding her job back. She is successful because most conflict doesn’t go on for too long on this show, and afterward, Ashley has a chat with Caro by her ambulance.
> "This is happening, isn't it."
> "Yeah, it is."[\#Nurses](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nurses?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/S59kASQSFx](https://t.co/S59kASQSFx)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [January 25, 2021](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1353495940578029569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Well, her no dating co-workers rule didn’t last long and that is fine by me!
In conclusion, *Nurses* won’t be winning any Emmys, but it has the enjoyable queer content we need right now. My only complaint is the queer stories are not in every episode. Still, I will be watching every week for Ashley and Caro.
**This week:** *Riverdale* is back and I’m worried about where the show is going with Cheryl and Toni. I’ll tell you all about it next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Nurses
---
### [GLAAD: Where We Are on TV 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/glaad-where-we-are-on-tv-2020/)
**Published:** January 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's not a shocker that rep is ... weird in 2020. Here's what to learn from GLAAD.
**Content:**
The full report was ‘later’ than normal but we’re back with a look into the [GLAAD “Where We Are On TV” report for 2020](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv20). And what a 2020 it’s been.
## A Brief Reminder
I do this every year, but again, a few things to remember. This is US centric report. While GLAAD does look into some international shows, it’s very skewed American.
Also you should know that GLAAD only counts ‘crossover’ characters once. So Carina DeLuca on Greys/Station 19 is only counted one time, even though she’s regular on two shows (or Sara Lance…). We count her once, **sometimes**. For things like “How many regular queers…” she gets counted twice, but for ‘total characters’ it’s only once.
GLAAD also counts ‘ahead’, where as we only count ‘has aired’:
> Counts are based on original scripted series premiering or which are expected to premiere a new season in primetime between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021 and for which casting has been announced or confirmed by networks.
Finally, for those unfamiliar, the term ‘linear network’ refers to network television and cable. This is how it’s differentiated from ‘streaming.’ Network television is synonymous with broadcast.
- Broadcast – ABC, NBC, CBS, etc
- Linear – Broadcast + TNT, FX, ‘traditional’ cable
- Streaming – Netflix, HBO Max, etc
Okay! Let’s go!
## The Good
- 90% of transgender characters are played or voiced by transgender actors.
- Transgender rep overall has doubled on broadcast primetime
- There is one lesbian asexual character expected in this year’s primetime scripted cable, on Freeform, though further details are under embargo at time of printing
## The … not Bad
- 46% of queer characters on broadcast TV are PoC – this is down 1% but the overall diversity is up on all platforms
- Characters with disability has increased to 3.5% (from 3.1%) but is still woefully underrepresented
## The Bad
- 9.1% of regulars characters on broadcast TV are LGBTQ (**down** from 10.2%) — this is the first *decrease* since 2014
- Cable TV rep similarly trended down
- Rep on the major streamers (Amazon, Hulu, Netflix) is **also** down
- The number of shows with regular queers is also down
- Transgender rep was the *only* LGBTQ+ group to increase the number of characters
- Male bisexual rep is still under 30% of all bisexuals on TV
- There remains **one** asexual character on TV (not *[Bojack Horseman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/)*‘s Todd, a new one whose name is still under embargo so we can’t say who)
- All characters with HIV/AIDS are on *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* — **all** of them.
## Takeaways
GLAAD believes, as do I, that the drop in rep is directly related to COVID-19. The unspoken comment is that since shows with minorities are seen as higher ‘risk’ (that is, the mistaken belief fewer people watch shows about people who aren’t cis/white/heterosexual), they are less likely to be given a chance in this environment. GLAAD cautions:
> Every platform must be deliberate in seeking inclusive and diverse programming as they look towards renewals and new slates, as well as ensuring that the decreases seen now do not become a pattern of reverse progress.
Also like us. GLAAD gives the CW top marks for regular characters:
\#1\#2\#3\#4\#5The CWABCFOXNBCCBS14.2%9.9%8.5%8.3%2.9%Percentage of LGBTQ series regulars of all series regulars.Of those five networks, **only** Fox (!!!) had an increase in regulars. Thanks, Ryan Murphy?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** GLAAD
---
### [Grown-ish is back, but where's Nomi?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/grown-ish-is-back-but-wheres-nomi/)
**Published:** February 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season 3 is carrying on, but our MILF to be is a MIA.
**Content:**
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* is back, and most everyone is back at UCal (the fictionally amazingly diverse university). But for the queer viewers, we are left wondering where the heck is Nomi?
## A Stumbling Storyline
In the first season, Nomi was a stereotypical, biphobic (when it was men), promiscuous, closeted at home, bisexual student. I know, that’s a lot to unpack and go “Wait, a bi woman is biphobic?” but … that is sadly still a thing. Anyway, Nomi fit a pretty typical slot in the *Grown-ish* cast, and while it wasn’t the greatest rep, it was far from the worst.
In the second season, she hooked up with her (female) professor, [Prof. Hewson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paige-hewson/). Or as we called her, [Prof. Shane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shane-mccutcheon/). Since Kate Moennig went back(?) to *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)*, they contrived a messy breakup. Fine, those things happen. But that is what got us into season three …
Season three brought us pregnant Nomi. Hugely pregnant Nomi. Ready to pop any day Nomi. She ended up going back home and she went into labor in the finale.
GROWN-ISH – “Gut Feeling” – The girls throw a surprise baby shower for Nomi, however she reveals shocking news about the circumstances of her pregnancy. Sky learns something new about her new dude, Rodney, which puts a new perspective on their burgeoning relationship. This episode of “grown-ish” airs Thursday, February 13, at 8:00p.m. ET/PT on Freeform. (Freeform/Eric McCandless) YARA SHAHIDI, EMILY ARLOOKAs the back half of season three began, Nomi was still gone. We did not see the birth, we didn’t see the baby. We got Nomi’s face, on a tablet, live chatting with the girls as they cleaned up their Insta follows, and we heard the baby cry and literally that was it.
## Where is Nomi!?
All we know, Nomi’s at home. It was implied that she was going to come back to school and bring the baby with her, but … That one bit on FaceTime? That is the only time we see her in the first four episodes. It’s the only time she’s mentioned, even in passing, in the first four episodes.
Unlike Zoey who got a whole episode A plot about why she’s away from school, Nomi has nothing. Now, yes, Zoey’s the star of the show, but they’ve been doing episodes without Zoey around too much in the back half of the season.
Will we see Nomi soon? I think so, but brace yourself because she’ll likely be coming back with the baby.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Grown-ish
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 18, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queerest-things-watched-last-week-red-season-6/)
**Published:** January 18, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After spending years following Mel and Liz's angsty ups & downs, I watched RED season 6 - the beautiful Brazlian webseries' final season.
**Content:**
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after spending years following Mel and Liz’s angsty ups & downs, I watched *RED* season 6 – the beautiful Brazilian web series’ final season.
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! It’s the perfect start to a week of regime change here in the US. Please stay safe and healthy this week!
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)* – Season 6 \[Streaming\]One of my biggest queer TV regrets is starting to watch *RED* after the cast and creator had a panel at ClexaCon back in 2018. I thought to myself, “Who are these gorgeous models walking around the Tropicana?” Now I know. *RED* is one of the best web series ever created (the best in my opinion), and the combination of beautiful videography, amazing soundtrack and off the charts chemistry between the main couple Mel and Liz is absolutely mesmerizing.
*RED* season 6 dropped in December and I was like this waiting to see it.
I was also sad because it was the 6th and final season. What would happen to Mel and Liz after 6 years of angst? While every season was beautiful to watch it was also torture because we just want our main ship to be happy, right?
I am not giving away the ending, because I want ALL OF YOU to watch this series, but here are some non-spoilery highlights.
### Anna and Laura give polyamory a try.
### Rafa looks fabulous this season and has to deal with some business-related homophobia.
### As always, there is plenty of Meliz angst.
I made a Mel and Liz angst collage for you all to torture yourselves with enjoy!
One thing I will say about *RED* season 6 is fans will not be disappointed and we have made the show an official [LezWatch.TV Show We Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes).
### How to watch *RED* Season 6
You can [rent *RED* season 6 and all of the seasons and *Shades of RED* extras on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/redwebseries/vod_pages). You can also [watch seasons 1-4 on Seed and Spark](https://www.seedandspark.com/watch/red).
**This week:** Other than *Batwoman* coming back, it’s been slim pickings for queer content lately. Next week I’ll tell you all about *Nurses*, the Shondaland knockoff that’s not so great on the hospital stories but decent with queer content.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** RED
---
### [Guide to Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/guide-to-luimelia/)
**Published:** August 15, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** A spoiler-free guide to watching Amar Es Para Siempre's main queer couple: Luisita and Amelia.
**Content:**
You may have heard the ship name or seen #Luimelia trending on Twitter. You may have seen promo shots of a beautiful couple in bed, one with brown curls and the other with straight blonde hair. If you’re wondering about queer fandom’s newest favorite couple, it’s [Luisita Gómes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisita-gomez/) and [Amelia Ledesma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-ledesma/) from *[Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)*.
**\[Note: this is a (generally) spoiler-free guide. Everyone is welcome!\]**
## Amar Es Para Siempre
*Amar Es Para Siempre* is a telenovela out of Spain. It is a continuation of a previous telenovela, titled *[Amar En Tiempos Revueltos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-en-tiempos-revueltos/)*, and it takes place in Madrid in the 1960s and 1970s. This was an unstable moment in history for Spain, which saw the death of longtime dictator, Francisco Franco, and the subsequent push for a democracy. The show covers this period through the trials and tribulations of the Gómes family, a multi-generational, tight-knit group running a bar in the middle of Madrid.
If you visit the show’s LWTV page, you will notice a few things that will probably make you hesitate before diving headfirst into the Luimelia fandom. First, there are two dead queers listed for the show. It is true that *Amar Es Para Siempre* begins with the death of the queer couple from *Amar En Tiempos Revueltos*. They tragically die in a fire and it was definitely not a good move on the part of the writers. This leads into the second point that may make you hesitate: the show’s score. It sits at a whopping 24.67 points (out of 100).
But hear me out! This show is a telenovela. They pretty much cover every trope in the book and it starts off on an awful foot with the death of two queer characters. All of these things hurt the show’s score. Not to mention, there are *a lot* of episodes (like, almost 2,000) and Luimelia doesn’t come into play until the show’s seventh season. Relative to the amount of episodes, the queer characters don’t get a lot of screen time. But I have good news…
## How to Watch Luimelia
If you want to watch the entire show, beginning to end, and you happen to know Spanish, you can watch all episodes on [Antena3’s ATRESplayer](https://www.atresplayer.com/antena3/series/amar-es-para-siempre/). But if you don’t have the time (or patience) for that, queer fandom has a solution. It is possible to watch only the Luimelia storyline, with auto-generated English subtitles, for the [seventh](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlfrRHGr7lxcbmZHpGliwS6bIKIPzSTy0) and [eight](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlfrRHGr7lxcYhXPQK5xRdgJmcKFzDo2A) seasons of the show. (These Youtube playlists include auto-translated subtitles and, if those aren’t working for you, feel free to message me [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems) or find me on [LWTV’s slack channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) for other suggestions/playlists).
\[UPDATE: Since originally writing this article, ATRESPlayer has released a new 4-episode series titled *[Luimelia77](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia77/)*, which is a mash-up of all the Luimelia scenes from Amar Es Para Siempre. Of course, these episodes total 2 hours while the COMPLETE run of Luimelia scenes runs 15+ hours but it might be a good solution if you just want an overview of their story.\]
Before jumping in, I need to warn you that there is A LOT of content for this couple (and by “warn,” I mean that you should be very excited). Even though they are only a portion of the telenovela’s story, they still get tons of screen time, especially once the couple started spreading in popularity across the world. The Luimelia-centered Youtube playlists add up to 12+ hours, with other playlists (which include each individual character’s entire story) covering 15+ hours. This is one of many reasons why I love this couple. Their story has been given the weight and time it deserves. They get equal coverage compared to other straight couples on the show. Watching the playlists for this couple feels like watching an entire show focused on the epic love story of these two women and I can’t recommend it enough.
Their faces show that they were clearly *very* excited to meet each other.Here’s the basics: Luisita, the blonde, is part of the Gomés family. She works as a manager at the local nightclub, King’s, while also helping out at her family’s bar down the street. Although she has had a few relationships with men, she spends most of her time focused on helping out her family. Because of this, she is a bit sheltered from the realities of life outside her beloved neighborhood.
Enter: Amelia Ledesma. She is new to the neighborhood and is currently working as a maid at the local hotel while trying to build her career as a cabaret performer. She has much more experience with the outside world and moved to the area to escape some dark parts of her past. As she starts visiting King’s more and more, Amelia and Luisita start to become very good *friends…*
## \#Luimelia
So, that’s the Luisita and Amelia we know and love from *Amar Es Para Siempre*. They deal with all kinds of trouble that is relative to the 1970s: arrests, homophobia, harassment. Again, there is *15+ hours of Luimelia-specific content* from the telenovela. But, there’s another version of Luimelia that has been grabbing at the hearts of the fandom more recently…
Introducing… Luimelia in the current day!
Before you get confused, let me explain. Antena3, the network for *Amar Es Para Siempre*, quickly realized that they had something important on their hands. The couple of Luisita and Amelia spread like wildfire across the world. People have been falling in love with their storyline from countries on every part of the globe. Thankfully, they decided to act on this sudden popularity.
They decided to work with the creators of *Amar Es Para Siempre*, as well as the actresses ([Paula Usero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) and [Carol Rovira](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/)), to retell the story of Luimelia as if they met in the current day.
The result? A spin-off web series (called [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)) focused on the story of Luisita and Amelia, meeting in Madrid in the year 2020. The series explores what their relationship would look like if they dealt with modern issues, instead of the issues of the 1970s. The characters are basically the same (and even Gomés family members make cameos) but they are modernized. Luisita is still struggling to find her place in the world and Amelia is trying to become an actress.
Although I recommend watching the entire *Amar Es Para Siempre* storyline before jumping into the spin-off, the web series has already released [one season](https://www.atresplayer.com/series/luimelia-english-subtitles/) and the first episode of the second season is dropping TOMORROW. ATRESplayer has already announced that there will be a third season as well. Here are the promo shots for their second season, to give you a little extra inspiration:
https://twitter.com/LuimeliaINTL/status/1291779657642184704?s=20
The spinoff even created social media accounts for these versions of [Luisita](https://www.instagram.com/luisitagomezs/) and [Amelia](https://www.instagram.com/amelialedesmaof/), where they just post cute couple pics and muse about their lives. The content never ends, folx!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9MO63XI7nW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Now, keep that good news in mind when I tell you a bit of bad news. Just a few weeks ago, Paula and Carol announced that they will be leaving *Amar Es Para Siempre*. After this season, Amelia and Luisita will leave the neighborhood to continue their lives elsewhere (although they may make guest appearances). Keep in mind that Paula and Carol are still working on the spin-off web series, which will have at least two more seasons.
The end of that video touches on something I haven’t even covered yet: these actresses really care about their characters. They have spent 2+ years learning about the fandom (and 15+ hours acting for them, don’t forget) and hearing about how Luimelia have changed lives. The queer fandom community has, as always, embraced them and the amount of care and passion they put into our beloved characters. The show includes really great lesbian *and* bisexual representation and they work to make sure everyone feels seen in the fandom as well. They had a hand in picking the storylines, wardrobes, and even music for the #Luimelia web series. They are always looking to do Luimelia justice. I am grateful that another one of our beloved queer couples is portrayed by such generous actresses!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBxeASSiw-w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## Bottom Line
This show has changed my outlook on soap operas and telenovelas. Admittedly, I’m someone who has always run off of TV show angst. I love drama and watching my favorite characters go through it before eventually reconciling. But I never thought telenovelas were for me… until Luimelia. Before, I didn’t have the patience to watch straight people go through all types of un-relatable drama. But with Luimelia, it was thrilling to watch the ups and downs of their journey (even though excruciating breakups and triggering mental institutions) because I always knew they would end up back together. Their love is stronger than any telenovela drama!
Here is one more taste of Luimelia. Warning: LOTS OF SEXUAL TENSION!
https://youtube.com/Tgy1M1m_sZg
(Make sure to turn on Youtube’s subtitles!)Feel free to reach out to me in the comments, [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems), or on [LWTV’s Slack channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) to share in the joy of Luimelia. Just as my queer fandom friends have passed this story on to me, I hope to pass it all on to you.
May we all find our Luna de Cartón one day…
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Amar Es Para Siempre, Carol Rovira, Luimelia, Paula Usero
---
### [2020 In Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/2020-in-review/)
**Published:** January 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Trying to recap 2020 feels like a lost cause. But here's what we've done.
**Content:**
I stared at this blank page for a very, very long time.
Back when we started, I did a monthly review. I stopped in August 2018 because there was so much being added and updated, there was no point. But at the same time, it’s the end of the most turbulent year for the since since Lexa died. Even just looking at the [overall view of 2020](http://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2020), it’s … different.
## By The Numbers
Let’s start with a quick look at what we’ve done:
- **154** news posts
- **4** post authors
- **8** data editors
- **788** characters added (13% decrease from 2019)
- **27** characters died (35% decrease)
- **412** shows added (5% decrease)
- **120** shows started (6% decrease)
- **108** shows canceled (23% decrease)
Numbers are down all around and this is good and bad. We’ve slowed a little in adding new shows and characters, in part due to fewer new shows, but also because we’re running lower on shows to add. I have a spreadsheet of things to add and it’s gone from 45 shows to 13 right now, which is the lowest it’s been since I started.
But then…
Traffic is up. A lot. Over a 120% increase from last year for both visitors and page views. Our most popular posts from 2020 (excluding posts from other years) are:
- [Guide to Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/guide-to-luimelia/)
- [Q&A with “Motherland: Fort Salem”‘s Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/qa-with-motherland-fort-salems-amalia-holm/)
- [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 24, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-almost-family-series-finale/)
- [Things We Love: Intense Non-Kisses](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/things-we-love-intense-non-kisses/)
- [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 4, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-little-fires-everywhere-on-hulu/)
Overall, the most popular posts are Tracy’s Queerest Things, so clearly she’s going to have to keep up with that.
## The Meaning Behind the Numbers
Normally I could look at that kind of thing and sort out a vague idea of stats in relation to everything else… except …
Everything is a mess. All my 2020 predictions for stats got thrown out, and I’ve no idea where to begin for this year.
## What We’ve Done
Now, besides all of that, we’ve done a lot here! We’ve got fewer than 600 450 (!!!) actors left to review and update. This has been ongoing since December 2017, and takes a lot of time and effort. We’ve also added in some backend code to speed up saving complex data (let’s be honest, a lot of our data is super complex, thanks Sara Lance), and most of my work on the site has been to clean up the code structure so it’s easily updatable.
Publicly we also added in a [list of all the dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/), complete with how many days passed between them and the previous death. That was Nikki’s Christmas Present. We’ve also better optimized the math and trendlines, so you can get a better idea of how many queers we expect to die in 2021 (20, if math was the only factor).
There are also more people in our [Slack group](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) (you’re welcome to join!) which has led to more people working on the site, writing posts, and adding data. This also brought us to some API tweaks for better inclusion in places like [WikiData](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65659302). You may have seen us popping up as a reference. That was a lot of work, but super fun to do. On our backend, we also check data from WikiData to help ensure our information is up to date.
## What We *Didn’t* Do
We didn’t go to conventions. Seriously. Not a one except for TGIF/F (who is taking 2021 off). We did remote for Outfest and SDCC and a few other things (Tracy moderated [a RED panel for CloudCon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-brazilian-web-series-red/)), but everything was pretty much shelved. Weirdly that’s about it. We have less to write about, but we still managed to find content to report on for you and to update in the database, so.
## What’s Next for 2021?
Not a bloody clue. I’d say ‘business as usual’ but I’m not sure what that means anymore.
My Wishlist is that we all get vaccinated, it becomes safe to travel, and conventions are back on. I don’t know when that will be, but I’m hoping by summer.
Which means…
## What do *You* Want?
Is there anything you’d love to se us add? Content we’re missing? Ideas for [APIs](https://docs.lezwatchtv.com/api/) we should add? Events we should cover?
Give us a shout in the comments or come poke us on Slack.
And above all, please have a happy and safe 2021.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Roundup
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 29, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-brazilian-web-series-red/)
**Published:** June 29, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I hosted a panel for the very first time and it was for one of my favorite shows, the Brazilian web series RED.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I hosted a panel for the very first time and it was for one of my favorite shows, the Brazilian web series *RED*.
It’s been really hard to keep on top of everything since our house fire. We’ve been dealing with all of logistics and settling into our temporary home (while also needing to keep on top of work) so my #QTIwlw posts may be a little short for a while. I hope to get back to my regular TV watching regime soon!
[*RED Panel*](https://www.twitch.tv/videos/662278291) – QFX CloudCon \[Streaming\]Last Thursday I was having a challenging day feeling like nothing was getting fixed or finished in any area of my life. Then that night our team got a ping on [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) asking if one of us could moderate a *RED* panel for [CloudCon](https://www.qfxevents.com/cloudcon), the QFX virtual con. Their moderator dropped out last minute. I thought Nikki was the perfect person to moderate since she knows Portuguese, has experience interviewing people on her former podcast and is a *RED* fan. Unfortunately, she had a scheduling conflict (and so did Mika), so even though I’ve never moderated a panel ever, I agreed to do it.
The panel was 3pm the next day.
The next morning I woke up thinking, “Did I agree to moderate a panel last night?” I’ve been on a lot of panels so I’ve experienced good and bad moderation. [Hillary Esquina](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-hillary-esquina-creator-of-passage-the-series/) sent me an example outline and Nikki helped with questions. RED co-creator, Germana Belo, chatted with me on the phone so I could verify my facts were accurate. I knew I had to keep all my fangirling on the inside and be 100% professional.
I think it went pretty well! I felt good about the flow of conversation and Germana, Ana and Luciana all said such beautiful things they made it easy.
## Abbreviated Highlights
**Did Ana and Luciana have amazing chemistry from the start?**
All: Yes!
**Which season was the hardest to write?**
Germana: Season Five.
**Will the fans be happy with the way the series ends?**
All: We think so.
**When will we get to see *Shades of RED* 4 and *RED* season six?**
Germana: Sometime in 2020.
For all of the details, watch the panel online! For some reason, the beginning is muted, but skip ahead and the sound eventually kicks in.
https://youtube.com/HJpc-czypYc
Thank you, [QFX](https://www.qfxevents.com/) for reaching out to us. Doing the panel for *RED* was an experience of a lifetime! I feel so lucky to have had a conversation with these amazing women about such a beautiful show.
Let’s see, we have within 6 months to wait for Season 6? In the meantime here is the trailer for *RED* season 6 to hold us over.
**This week:** I promise I will recap *The CHI*‘s season three premiere episode because it was the gayest one they’ve ever done. Kevin’s mom and her girlfriend got married!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** RED
---
### [Zoey's Extraordinary Season Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/zoeys-extraordinary-season-two/)
**Published:** January 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's back! More singing, more dancing, and more moving on with life after everything feels over.
**Content:**
The first two episodes of the new season have aired, and they are just as powerful as the first one.
A-
Season two tackles the life changes after death, with the same musical aplomb as the first. After the 2020 we’ve all had, this show will hit more people harder though.
## Previously…
When the show first started, I was [a cautious fan](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020s-midseason-offerings/). The show got 5 stars from me, because [Alex Newell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-newell/) is a main, regular, character and I love Alex and their singing. But the caution comes from the fact that my father died in February 2019, and the plot was about a dying dad, and … that’s a little too close to home. I ended up having to watch the show in about 10 minute chunks, as some songs would kick me in the feels and turn on the waterworks.
The first season ended with the dad dying (honestly I thought he’d magically survive) and the whole end of the episode being people singing just gutted me.
## The New Normal
Watching the family deal with a dead dad, needing passwords and arguing with banks about estates, really hit me harder than I expected. I spent a lot of 2019 (and until taxes 2020) dealing with my Dad’s taxes. Much like Zoey, being a tech person helped me crack into his laptop and email rather easily, but it was a trial to explain to everyone “No, I can’t ask Dad for his password, he’s *dead*.”
I may have gotten a little brutal to those poor people, but yes, that scene was as real as it gets. That is actually what it’s like. There were other aspects that I found a bit of a stretch, but this is a show about people singing.
## What Changed
Lauren Graham is out. She had to split time with her other show (*The Mighty Ducks*, no not a joke), so Joan is off to Singapore! She’ll likely be back. Joan being away is a little sad, since her bitchy boss with a heart of chrome was incredibly effective as a counterpoint to Zoey’s often insufferable optimism. They don’t really have a work-realist hard-ass to kick the company anymore.
This actually reflects itself in the story! Lief (Michael Thomas Grant, now a series regular) is the new manager, but he also was in love with Joan, so he struggles to achieve success on many levels. He makes rookie mistakes, understandably, and causes a lot of drama for the company.
ZOEYS EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST Zoeys Extraordinary Distraction Episode 202 Picturedl r Alex Newell as Mo Skylar Austin as Max Jane Levy as Zoey Clarke Photo by Sergei BachlakovNBCLionsgateSpeaking above love, Zoey (predictably) picked Max over Simon, and that is disappointing. Simon is, by far, a more interesting person and likely a better boyfriend, but it was pretty obvious that was going to be the call. Ah well. Max, currently unemployed, comes up with an idea with Mo (Alex Newell), and that has some drama too. Mo doesn’t want to start a business with Max due to a bad experience with how he acted in a previous business relationship.
## Where’s It Going?
Season one was all about Zoey learning to accept the fact her father would die, while juggling being in love with two unattainable guys.
Season two is about her picking a guy and picking up her life again after her father died.
Overall, it’s a solid start to the sophomore season, and one I recommend. My biggest worry was that the show will hit too hard for the number of people who’ve lost loved ones this last year. The good news it they’re still treading lightly on that topic, and they haven’t touched COVID yet at all. It’s with a delicate hand that they cover moving on after loss.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
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### [2021 Queer TV Predictions from Team LezWatchTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2021-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/)
**Published:** December 31, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Happy New Year's Eve! Once again, the LezWatchTV staff makes 2021 Queer TV Predictions and sees how poorly we did with our 2020 predictions.
**Content:**
For the third year in a row, the LezWatchTV staff put together **2021 Queer TV Predictions** and revisited our **2020 predictions** to see how well poorly we did.
## Wow, What a Year
Who knew when we [put our 2020 predictions together](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2020-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/) [a year ago](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2020-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/) a deadly global pandemic was in our future. Our hearts go out to everyone who has been devastatingly affected by COVID. With vaccines here and a regime change (for folks in the US) in the near future, I am feeling optimistic for the first time since March. TV has always been a comfort and escape for me in hard times — this year more than ever.
## Our 2021 Queer TV Predictions and 2020 Analysis
---
Mika Epstein, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief### Mika’s 2020 Predictions
> [\#LWTV2020Predictions](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LWTV2020Predictions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) by Mika ([@Ipstenu](https://twitter.com/Ipstenu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)):
> -@ArielaBarer will be back on [\#ODaaT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODaaT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and be Elena’s college roommate
> -Mainstream TV will add more regular queer characters
> -More transgender actors will play cis characters
> –[\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will fix season 2
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1212130668299399168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
### Mika’s 2020 Prediction Commentary
> In my defence, COVID causing a premature shutdown to … everything (and more or less why my beloved ODAAT is canceled), made the numbers weird. However! Mainstream has been inching along with more queer characters *and* we’ve had more trans actors playing non-trans parts. *Charmed* is a TBD though it looks like we’re getting a non-binary character.
>
> Mika
### Mika’s 2021 Queer TV Predictions
- ***Batwoman*** will bounce back, with [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) bringing new life into the fun show.
- Queer death will remain higher than the average (8 per year) but on par with the trend line (predicting 25 per year). That is significantly **lower** than the bloodbath of 2016 (45 characters).
- Speaking of that, there are going to be a lot of cancellations in 2021 as the fallout from COVID.
- All reboot shows (like ***Head of the Class***) will include at least one queer regular from now on.
- The CW will hold true to every show on their network having a queer regular. Yes. **Every show on CW**.
Tracy Levesque, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief### Tracy’s 2020 Predictions
> [\#LWTV2020Predictions](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LWTV2020Predictions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) by Tracy (@liljimmi):
> -We’ll see at least 1 more OG L Word character on [\#TLWGQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TLWGQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> -Avalance will have a relationship-leveling up event on [\#Legends](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legends?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> -The rest of [\#CrisisOnInfiniteEarths](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will have very little queer content.
> -Read for more!
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1212131884160946177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**This was my full 2020 list:**
- We’ll see one or more original L Word characters make appearances on *The L Word: Generation Q*.
- Sara and Ava will have some kind of major relationship-leveling up event (moving in together, marriage or please not a baby) on *Legends of Tomorrow*.
- The rest of *Crisis on Infinite Earths* will continue to disappoint us with very little queer content.
- We won’t get any bad-ass Thundergrace using powers together scenes on *Black Lightning* this season.
- Cazzie will go through ups and downs on *Atypical* season 4, but they will remain together and happy overall (I know the show hasn’t gotten renewed yet — this is wishful predicting).
### Tracy’s 2020 Prediction Commentary
I got 2 correct. TINA! appeared on two episodes of The L Word Generation Q in January 2020. Crisis had no queer content, and in my opinion, was the least fun Arrowverse crossover ever.
Fortunately, I was wrong about Thundergrace, BUT [*Black Lightning* got canceled](https://tvline.com/2020/11/20/black-lightning-cancelled-season-5-the-cw/) which is devastating. It will start airing its fourth and final season in February. Just when Thundergrace gets to the point of ass-kicking girlfriend superheroes the show ends, UGH! I was generally disappointed with the level of Avalance content on Legends last season. In previous seasons we got so many great moments but in 2020, aside from a “babe” here and there, we didn’t get much. Now that they’re in a long-term relationship I hope the writers don’t stick them in a romance-less rut.
This leaves Cazzie. I am scared for *Atypical*, y’all. So many shows got renewed then got canceled because of COVID. I really hope *Atypical* season 4 goes into production. After essential workers and high-risk folks get the vaccine can we send a round to the cast and crew?
### Tracy’s 2021 Queer TV Predictions
- We’ll meet Tina’s girlfriend Carrie on ***The L Word Generation Q***. Bette and Tina will still have OTP chemistry together, but nothing will actually happen between the two of them this season.
- ***The Wilds*** will NOT turn into Dude Island in season two. The show will remain primarily focused on the girls.
- By the end of 2021, TV production will be back to pre-COVID levels, but there will still be some cancelation casualties.
- Debbie and Sandy will end up together on the ***Shameless*** series finale.
- Cazzie will go through ups and downs on ***Atypical*** season 4, but they will remain together and happy overall (Again, wishful predicting! It worked last year, right?).
Nikki T, Staff Writer### Nikki’s 2020 Predictions
> [\#LWTV2020Predictions](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LWTV2020Predictions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) by Nikki ([@GayCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)):
> -Charlie on [\#LegendsofTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsofTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will ID as queer
> -Emma will break our 💔by messing up her relationship w/ Nico on [\#Vida](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vida?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> -The [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) wedding will be better than it would have been in 2019
> -Read for more!
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1212135348626698240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
### Nikki’s 2020 Prediction Commentary
> I seem to be getting worse at this game as each year goes by. I got 0 out of 4 this year but I do think I would have finally gotten WayHaught right if COVID-19 didn’t happen. I’m still disappointed that Charlie in LoT never fully identified as queer but, in good news, Emma and Nico got a happier ending than expected!
>
> Nikki
### Nikki’s 2021 Queer TV Predictions
- This is the third year that I am saying this, but I believe that 2021 will *finally* bring the WayHaught wedding that we have all been waiting for and it will be perfect. And [Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) will be in a suit.
- Ryan Wilder is going to take [Kate’s girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/) on [***Batwoman***](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/).
- The [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-suarez/)/[Dani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dani-nunez/)/[Finley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-finley/) love triangle in ***The L Word: Generation Q*** is going to blow up in everyone’s faces. Sophie and Dani will break up and Dani will at least *attempt* to get with [Bette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bette-porter/). (Bold prediction, I know.)
- [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and [Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/) will get engaged on ***Supergirl***. Alex will get everything she has ever wanted and we will all cry happy tears.
## My IRL Hopes for 2021
Like everyone else in the world, my biggest hope is for the pandemic to end in 2021. It will take a long time for life to be “normal” but I hope folks can go back to their jobs and we can travel and see each other at conventions again.
The growing LezWatch community brought me so much joy in 2020. As of today, we have 131 members in [our Slack account](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)! Chatting and obsessing over queer TV with fans from all over the world has provided a level of connection I haven’t been able to get in other ways this year. We had two group watches: *Happiest Season* and *The Prom*. It was so much fun to laugh and snark my way through those movies with other LezWatchers.
### HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS!
Goodbye, 2020. Hello, 2021! Stay safe, wear a mask, and as always, watch lots of queer TV to see if our 2021 Queer TV Predictions come to fruition.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** New Year, Predictions
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### [Queer Beats - January 1, 2021](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/queer-beats-january-1-2021/)
**Published:** January 1, 2021
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we finished out 2020 with news of a new season of The Wilds and fandom-related holiday content.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we finished out 2020 with news of a second season of The Wilds and some fandom-related holiday content.
Happy new year to all my Queer Beats readers! 2020 has been a tough year. On top of all the completely life-altering events of the world, it was made even harder by the fact that we couldn’t gather with our fandom friends as usual. But, as always, I am grateful for my online fandom community who helped me through. Here’s to a better 2021, full of peace, health, and many cons!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
[Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) visited herself on a billboard and it was very cute:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJWHE7dDiPw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, here’s another sneak peek at the new season of Batwoman!
> New look. New [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Season 2 premieres Sunday, January 17! Stream next day free only on The CW.
>
> — Batwoman (@CWBatwoman) [December 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1340703602529202178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) for Playboy!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJKU0rfs_6D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
I don’t have any real B99 news to report on but [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) posted this cute edited movie trailer for [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) and it made me miss her.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJWwxtPg3kc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
Season 2 of Feel Good is already wrapped which means we are one step closer to getting to watch it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CI-oGKPHuQW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Haunting of Bly Manor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-bly-manor/)
Sadly, there are apparently no current plans for another *Haunting* series.
https://twitter.com/flanaganfilm/status/1341803099766149122?s=20
## [Her Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/her-story/)
[Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/) got married and, yet again, I am absolutely obsessed with the wedding pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJFPrfwHs1W/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
In case I wasn’t already completely in love with these two…
https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1340735909252145152?s=20
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
[Noelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/)‘s drawings of Catradora are very important to me.
> Merry Christmas and happy holidays, everyone ❤️✨ [pic.twitter.com/7f7wR8IxX0](https://t.co/7f7wR8IxX0)
>
> — ND Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) [December 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1342494425881055233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
[Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/) thanked everyone for their support after he came out as trans earlier this month!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJB7a2mBlgi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
Amazon Prime’s newest hit show, The Wilds, is officially coming back for a season 2!
> We've heard you're obsessed with the cast of [\#TheWilds](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheWilds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), so we got them together to let you know: the feeling is mutual ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/zoOoHrqFYy](https://t.co/zoOoHrqFYy)
>
> — Prime Video (@PrimeVideo) [December 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1341821692423761920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, the cast is giving us some extra queerness. Shannon Berry (who plays Dot) let Twitter know that she’s queer:
https://twitter.com/shangraceberry/status/1343843692243644417?s=20
And [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/) hinted at her own identity:
https://twitter.com/miahealey2/status/1336604033415442432?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amalia Holm, Batwoman, Elliot Page, Feel Good, Haunting of Hill House, Javicia Leslie, Jen Richards, Mia Healey, Nafessa Williams, Taylor Hickson, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Wilds
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### [The Final Times "The Facts of Life" Was Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-final-times-the-facts-of-life-was-gay/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We've finally reached the end of "The Facts of Life" and honestly the last two seasons are the bad.
**Content:**
As of season 7, Tootie is (finally) 16, Natalie has decided to not go to college after her father’s unexpected death, and Jo and Blair are still trying to figure out what to be. This is also the season that introduces George Clooney as layabout George Burnett, the handyman and elevates itty bitty MacKenzie Astin to regular. And? This is when it gets really obvious that Charlotte Rae will be leaving. She’s gone for half the season, and you barely notice.
Except that it seems there’s surprisingly less gay when Clooney is around.
I guess we can make a joke there…
Anyway, the heteronormativity of the final seasons aside, we were still able to fine some fun gay moments in the final seasons of *The Facts of Life*. And no, it’s not about the mullets.
Double DatingIt’s time for George’s high school reunion and he wants to impress the girl he longed for. So he gets Blair to fill in as his snazzy date. Only Blair is double booked, and has to get Jo to help her try to get out of it.
Yes, her brilliant idea was to pull Jo into the closet. Jo ends up borrowing one of Blair’s dresses and going with George as his Duchess fiancé. Blair eventually shows up and they pretend to be twins.
Empty NestersIn the end of season seven, Natalie and Tootie (temporarily) move out, leaving Blair and Jo alone. Of note here, Blair has redecorated and Jo let her.
The rest of their conversation is banal as possible. They talk about the weather, Mrs. Garrett, farming, Stocks, and the Mets.
I can find no heterosexual explanation.
Gayer than the MulletSeason eight begins with Mrs. Garrett getting married and leaving. She’s replaced by Queer Coded Beverly Ann Stickle. No really.
She has short hair. She wears pants (shorts) and suspenders. She drives around in a Winnebago. She also had a disastrous first marriage.
Made for Each OtherAfter Beverly Ann accidentally wipes Blair’s guy-rating app (yes, Blair invented Facebook), Jo reimports the code with a few tweaks, making the ’10’ Blair went out with a 2, and the 2 Jo went out with a 10. The irony? The original-10 guy is basically a male version of Jo.
Of course it ends with the girls dating the boys for a while, but come on. Jo’s Blair’s perfect guy.
Blair SportsAs graduation from Langely looms, Blair has all sorts of requirements to finish off. Like she has to get a job for work credits (she slings tacos) and she has to play sports! Bring in Jo!
Of course, Jo accidentally breaks Blair’s ankle, resulting in Blair being more of a princess than normal and Jo doting on her.
Sha-la-la La-la-la La-la-la-la’sTeen Idols (from the 60s) Bobby Rydell and Fabian show up and claim they used to live in the house where the girls now live. Beverly Ann has a flashback of life in the 60s, where in she plays the beatnik boarding house owner. The girls show up in the most predictable character archetypes possible.
Jo is Rizzo, Blair is Pinky, and I just cannot explain that dream sequence. The girls have a ‘hit song’ called “Hot Rod Lover” and do a full dance sequence and sing and I gave up to the giggles.
Jo vs Jo-JoOne of Lisa Welchel’s unrecognized talents is as a ventriloquist. Once, she pulled Jo into her lap and pretended to use her for a dummy. So logically the next step is …
Yes, she made a little dummy that looks just like Jo and she did a total Jo voice. But that’s just what friends do. I totally have dummies made of my best friends so I can enjoy their presence when they can’t be here…
Legal EagleIt’s the Friday before the LSATs and Blair has not studied at all. Not one iota. Why? Because she was going to pay her way into school. At least that was the plan before the dean at Langley Law (yeah) informed her that they require she get a 42 (out of 48) on the LSATs.
Queue the montage of Blair and Jo studying together.
In the end, Blair crams for 14 hours and then goes to take the exam while letting Jo sleep in. How does she do? In the final episode of the season, Blair got a 42 and got into Langley Law. And Jo? She leaves Peekskill for LA!
Hey, SailorIt’s a reverse costume party where Jo is in a tux and her date (Rick) is in a dress. And her dad shows up. But before then, Blair admires Jo.
Sadly Jo was out on a date with Rick, whom she ended up marrying, but Rick was really like a male Blair, only less snooty (he was a good looking, relatively wealthy, talented musician). And yes, Blair married a male Jo. Teen Mika is still mad.
There’s no one else like BlairEarlier in season 8, it was established that Jo hates hospitals. So naturally when Blair’s hurt, that’s where she is. And she’s not complaining at all. In fact, she’s comforting Casey (Jo’s boss and Blair’s boyfriend), because they both love Blair.
One of the gayest scenes without Blair in it! Speaking up gay, how about the fact that Jo *snuck back* and was there to wake up Blair?
And the rest of the episode was all about Casey confessing his love, but that works well when you remember he’s a Jo-analogue.
“I’m One of Them”If this was any other show, this would be the true confession. Instead, what it is, is Jo trying to talk Sandy (the suicide counsellor) out of … committing suicide … Blair hears Jo is on the roof, that it’s a suicide attempt, and runs to help.
There are actually 3 more episodes after this, but basically Tootie’s going to London (with her fiancé, Jeff), Natalie moved to SoHo (no word about if Snake is coming), Jo got married (I know!!!), and Blair bought Eastland. But for me? This is where it ends. A declaration of love.
That brings us to the end! The show did get considerably less gay as the girls got older, sadly, and the big hair (and shoulder pads) made it easy to forget what you were watching. The halcyon days of the show’s peak absolutely was the three years where they were in high school and lived in that small storage room. At the end, the show set up multiple spinoffs (for Natalie and Blair at least), but really all that happened is … Blair bought Eastland, made it co-ed, and the show ended.
Some things never change, though. Jo and Blair forever loved to pit against each other and torment each other. They never passed up a chance to see the other one embarrassed, but they were never far from each other’s sides when they were in need. It’s been two (almost three) years since they announced a reboot, and I can only hope they keep it as gay as possible.
Oh and if you were wondering about the movies and the bonuses like *Facts of Life Down Under*? Well that’s a binge for another day.
If you want to have *The Facts of Life* all to yourself, so you could reminisce, [pick up the complete DVD collection via Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00OAIHHRC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00OAIHHRC&linkCode=am2&tag=ipsteorg-20&linkId=584a68d3e7c9cd443f8e7687108b45df).
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Facts of Life
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 28, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-toni-the-wilds/)
**Published:** December 28, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Happy holidays, everyone! My favorite present this year was The Wilds on Amazon. I was hooked after one episode and loved the queer characters.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**… Happy holidays, everyone! My favorite present this year was *The Wilds* on Amazon. I was hooked after one episode and loved the queer characters.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)* – Season 1 \[Binge-Watch\]I didn’t know much about this Amazon Prime original series, but as the excited binge-watching spread throughout [the LWTV Slack community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/), I decided to give it a try.
In episode one a group of 9 teenage girls are riding a fancy plane to an “empowerment retreat” in Hawaii. After having watched every NXIVM documentary in existence my wife was like, “It’s DOS Jr.” Soon the plane takes a nosedive and the girls wind up stranded on a deserted island.
At this point, I thought I had the show figured out. It was *Lord of the Flies* but with a diverse group of girls including an obviously gay one named Toni. The acting and dialogue was very basic teen drama, but entertaining so I figured I’d keep going. By the end of the episode, Rachel Griffiths informed me everything I thought I knew about the show was wrong and I was hooked. I binged the rest anxiously waiting to see every layer as it was revealed.
The show is addictive and really well done. Characters you think are mediocre are that way on purpose and you see why later. I’m not giving anything away, because every reveal so satisfying, but I’ll talk about the gay part a little bit.
Toni is the out lesbian on the island and although she has some anger management issues, she’s a great character. All of the girls have at least one episode dedicated to their backstory and episode four is Toni’s turn. In her flashbacks, we learn about her relationship with her girlfriend Regan.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1343306424064106498?s=20
The relationship didn’t last (see anger management issues above), but it was nice to have a cute teen queer couple without a coming out story attached to it.
Not to say there are no coming out stories in this show.
I’ll leave things there.
I highly encourage y’all to watch it AND it will have a season two.
**This week:** My plans for the New Year’s long weekend is to watch the 6th and final season of [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/). I’m sad it’ll be over but excited to see what happens with Mel and Liz. Fingers crossed we get to add the show to our [Love List](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes).
> FINAL SEASON | RED SEASON 6
> 18.12.20 • 8 p.m. (BR) [pic.twitter.com/xga82VALN6](https://t.co/xga82VALN6)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [December 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1340049357962436611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Shameless US, The Wilds
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### [First Look at Snowpiercer Season Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2021/first-look-at-snowpiercer-season-two/)
**Published:** January 20, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Don't let 2021 be like it is on Snowpiercer!
**Content:**
If you missed *[Snowpiercer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/snowpiercer/)* season one and you like post-apocolyptic end-of-the-world drama with lesbians, you should loop back and check the show out. And let me explain why…
Warning: This post contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2
## Previously, on Snowpiercer
There is a movie version of this show, but both are based on the French graphic novel of the same name. The premise is simple: Global warming is killing the planet, so scientists get together and figure out how to make things cool down. Except… They accidentally trigger an Ice Age. As the world gets colder and colder, the rich Mr. Wilford makes a train he calls *Snowpiercer*, and sells space to it for all his rich friends. Of course a train needs guards and people to maintain it, so there are First and Second Class passengers, literally. There’s also Third Class, where the grunts live.
The day the train is set to leave Chicago, a group of a hundred or so refuges force their way onto the train, becoming the Taillies. Life is rough enough in 3rd Class, but for the Tail? It’s miserable. They try uprising, it fails, and as they plan for another revolution, the unthinkable happens.
Murder.
And guess what? The only damn detective on the whole freakin’ train is in the Tail. So they haul him up to solve the crime, and it turns out to be waaaaay worse than anyone thought. Plus there’s that pesky revolution thing about to happen, and just as everything comes to a head … a second train is spotted.
## Trainsbians
One of the secondary plots on the show is about Bess Till, a guard who always wanted to be a police detective and is, thus, very interested in the murder case. Her interest evolves in time to realizing she’s on the side of the Tailies, which does not actually help her relationship with Second Class fish maintainer (and diver), Jinju. Their relationship arc concludes in season one, but at the end, Bess is standing tall, proud of herself and the work she’s done.
If only the train hadn’t been boarded by that other train…
## Now What?
And now we’re on to season two!
The train has been boarded by ‘Mr Wilford’s train, and Melanie is outside trying to decouple. Which means she has no idea that her daughter (believed dead) is actually working with this other train. With the trains stopped, she has less than 15 minutes to decouple (if the train is idle for longer, it will never start up again) while her daughter is checking to make sure Snowpiercer is worth her time (it is, otherwise this would be a very short season).
Meanwhile, outside, Melanie has discovered it’s snowing. Now this is remarkable because it’s been too cold to snow for 7 years. She manages to get back on the train but it’s on the Wilford side (powered by Old Alice, the original train), and surprise surprise Mr. Wilford is alive! He’s also played by Sean Bean, so I immediately wondered when he was going to die.
Layton’s fragile democracy is in serious doubt and while Bess is trying to help, it’s a total cluster fuck. Everything they worked for in season one is is jeopardy, and no one knows where this next revolution will take anyone.
Whew.
## In Summary
A-
Season two gets a solid score with the fantastic upheavals and new characters. It would be even better if Bess had more screen time, but her new plot is perfect.
Season one was a slow ramp up to the real story, but season two jumps right in with the drama and wildness of a proto-democracy vs a totalitarian rule, and the world is nothing more than 200 train-cars in a frozen waste. Melanie’s daughter is alive, as is Mr. Wilford, and gosh is everything confusing and dark. And I want to be clear, Rowan Blanchard (whom you may know from *Girl Meets World*) is brilliant here.
The show remains a terrible/beautiful allegory to 2020, reflecting on our worst patterns of behaviour that, sadly, we’ve seen to be true too many times this year. No longer is it the Tail vs the rest of the train, it’s now Snowpiercer vs Mr. Wilford.
Or is it?
Check out the return of *Snowpiercer* on January 25th, 2020, on TNT.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Snowpiercer
---
### [New Feature: Time Between Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/new-feature-time-between-death/)
**Published:** December 23, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The year is coming to an end, and we are always moving forward with data representation.
**Content:**
This was on Nikki’s request list for me for years, and I finally had the breakthrough needed to conceptualize the code in a way that won’t slow the site down terribly.
What Nikki wanted to know was ‘how long is the longest time between deaths?’ and I would always say “about 5 years.” However that’s inexact for everyone, and it bothered me a great deal. I thought if I was going to show a metric like that, it should have at least some context.
We now have a [**raw list of death** ](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/)which includes how many days passed since the previous death! This means, the longest timespan between character deaths is **1429 days** ([1980-05-27](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/#1980-05-27) to [1984-04-25](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/list/#1984-04-25)). The shortest timespan is **0 days** (multiple characters have died on the same day).
But more than that, you can now look and see “Oh the last death was 3 days after the previous”:
An important item of note is that this list includes people who don’t stay dead. Yes, Sara Lance has 3 entries. The reason for that is that while death *can* be impermanent (for sci-fi/fantasy stuff mostly), it still is a moment that punches us in the gut and makes us hurt.
As always, the in-box is open if you have stats or data you’d like to see represented in another way. Give a shout in the comments, use the contact form, or come by Slack and shout at me.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Death, Statistics
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 14, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-debbie-and-sandy/)
**Published:** December 14, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I start the eleventh and final season of Shameless with Debbie and Sandy and try not to complain about Marina screen time on Station 19.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I start the eleventh and final season of *Shameless* with Debbie and Sandy and try not to complain about Marina screen time on *Station 19*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 11 Episode 1 “This is Chicago!” \[Catch-up\]We’ve made it to the 57th and final season of *Shameless*. It’s actually the 11th but it feels like more.
I was one of the people getting yelled at by Frank in the “previously on” recap because I forgot everything from the last season except for Ian and Mickey’s wedding. He reminded me the season finale ended with Debbie running from the cops who showed up at the Gallagher house to arrest her for statutory rape. Debbie was sleeping with an older woman and her teenage daughter, Julia. It was consensual, and Julia is less than a year younger than Debbie, but she wanted to get back at her so she called the cops.
I guess the cops caught her, because this season she has an ankle monitor on her leg. It also looks like Sandy moved into the Gallagher house and Debbie and Sandy are girlfriends now.
Debbie is trying to get her handyperson business off the ground and gave it the unfortunate name, “Debbie Does Everything.”
Things are off to a rocky start only made worse by Debbie discovering her profile on the sex offender website. The site had Julia down as being 7, not 17 so now people are going to think she’s a monster. Sandy does notice her mugshot pic is hot though.
Sandy is proactive and creates an Instagram account **@DebbieHotLesbianConvict** to promote her business.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1338304706582605826?s=20
Sandy made lemonade out of Debbie’s mugshot and gave her business a boost. Now there’s only one useless gay Milkovich living in the Gallagher house.
She also turned the whole thing into something else.
“I’m only seven.” Oh, *Shameless*, you never run out of new and creepy things to say.
I like Debbie and Sandy being a thing. I feel like Debbie has been bouncing around for years romantically and another gay Milkovich in the house feels like a good fit.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 4 “Don’t Look Back in Anger” \[Live\]I created [a thread of Maya and Carina’s entire relationship](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1331681089912524805?s=20) on Twitter for the Internet’s viewing pleasure and realized I complain about the lack of Marina screen time A LOT. It’s really repetitive and boring and I am going to try to do better…**after complaining this one last time**!
I thought Carina getting upped to series regular meant she would have a bigger part on the show, but instead we’re getting the screen time sandwich – a minute or so at the beginning of an episode and another at the end. In the middle, Maya spends more time talking to Andy about her relationship than she does being in her relationship with Carina!
Okay I got that out of my system, I will find new and insightful Marina things to talk about.
It’s morning in the Bishop/DeLuca/Herrera household and Carina has turned the kitchen into an Italian specialty market. That sounds like heaven to me, but Andy and Maya are being all weird about it.
> Carina can dry her pasta in my kitchen any time. -T[\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/6kqKsKH22y](https://t.co/6kqKsKH22y)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1338235701675126788?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my gosh, Maya choked out that, “I love you.” like she practiced it 10 time in the mirror first.
Later, Maya is power-lifting hoses and processing her relationship issues with Andy.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1338270973892710400?s=20
Omg can we please have one Honeymoon period episode before going right into issues?
I do understand where Maya is coming from. I have my own battles with not repeating parent behavior when it comes to my wife and kid. It’s hard and I fight it every day. But I agree with Andy, being conscious of it puts you miles ahead of the person you’re trying not to be (who mostly likely never admitted to or took responsibility for their behavior). You have to go all-in and try to be better. You can’t work on it by not going home and avoiding your person.
Maya eventually does go home and I was scared it was going to be a bad scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1338274669506535424?s=20
At first I was scared it was going to turn into a big fight over cheese, but it transitioned to cute in the end.
This show is going to kill me.
**This week:** It’s the Station 19/Grey’s mid-season finale this Thursday. We won’t get another episode for months so I hope it’s good!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Shameless US, Station 19
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### [On Tap for 2021 on US Primetime](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/on-tap-for-2021-on-us-primetime/)
**Published:** December 16, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
That feels weird to type. 2021. Usually by December I’m getting a feel that a year is over and we’ve had new TV to watch so there are new shows to dissect and discuss and … well. A lot of those plans are just gone. While shows have started filming (and we’ve gotten new episodes of *The Good Doctor*, *All Rise* and many more staples), we’ve had a lot more loss than I could have ever predicted.
TV’s taken a beating, with a lot of stellar and surprising freshman series having the rug yanked out from under them. We lost a lot of shows (especially teen ones) due to the prohibitive cost of filming with COVID precautions and the delays that would make the traditional TV “Cast a 20 year old to play 12!” trope really obvious and not in a good way.
But. There are shows still coming back that you may want to watch.
## Already Back
These shows are back already and ready for you to tune in:
- [*All Rise*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/) – Lola and the courts are dealing with a COVID world, and Judge Benner is dating online!
- *[American Housewife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-housewife/)* – Did you forget that the BFF was a lesbian? Yeah don’t worry, so does everyone else.
- *[Big Sky](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-sky/)* – Network TV finally has a non-binary character. However… the series is about sex trafficking and it can be tough to watch.
- *[The Conners](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-conners/)* – Still queer ancillary (and that is so early ’90s it hurts), it’s back and on winter hiatus
- *[FBI: Most Wanted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fbi-most-wanted/)* – Still out there, still with a casual queer regular.
- *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)/[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – The two hour ‘every episode is a crossover’ show now comes with vagina art and french toast.
- [*Nurses*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/) – Another Canadian show imported to NBC, there’s a regular lesbian nurse and the first episode had lesbians of the week.
- *Shameless* – Tracy probably isn’t looking forward to watching the final season, but it’s back.
## Coming Soon
Next we have shows that haven’t yet aired but have planned to:
- *[All American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/)* (18 Jan) – The kids are going to be seniors. Will they achieve their dreams?
- *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* (17 Jan) – New Batwoman, but still queer. I’m so excited for this!
- *[Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)* (26 Jan) – They’re still on a ‘queer guests’ platform, but that guest is Dre’s little sister played by Raven-Symone, and that’s many kinds of alright.
- *[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* (8 Feb) – Back for it’s final season (SOB!) all I want now is a ThunderGrace spinoff. Outsiders, anyone?
- *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* (24 Jan) – A new trans character is joining the show, but I still want Nico back.
- *[Grown-Ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* (21 Jan) – When we last left the show, resident promiscuous bisexual, Nomi, was about to give birth. Nothing is mentioned about that in the press release (it’s about Zoey wondering if dropping out was the right choice), though, but actor Emily Arlook is still listed as a main so we shall see.
- *[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* (21 Jan) – The last season was not queer enough, but maybe they’ll come back around.
- *[Mixed-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mixed-ish/)* (26 Jan) – Sure so far only the grandma is a lesbian, but there’s still hope!
- *[Nancy Drew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nancy-drew/)* (20 Jan) – A supernatural creeper, the show is safe for chickens like me to watch, and has an ongoing queer romance.
- *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* (20 Jane) – Please don’t ask me to explain the plot!
- *[The Rookie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rookie/)* (3 Jan) – With a gay male cop, the show still is a bit Queer of the Week, but it’s a decent cops in LA series.
### Filming But Not Announced
And related, the following shows have begin filming but we don’t have airdates yet:
- *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – And Caity Lotz is directing again!
- *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Yeah they’re filming! Expect more queer adventures and misadventures.
- *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – The witches will return!
- *Girls5Eva* – When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents, and shoulder pain, but can‘t they also be Girls5eva? One of the girls is a lesbian dentist.
- *Home Economics* – A new show on ABC. A lesbian mom and her wife struggle to make ends meet as they work low paying jobs, but is critical to helping her successfulish brothers.
## Back but Over
The following shows were back but already finished their run. Still if you’re looking for something to make your Yuletide gayer, you can fill your backlog with:
- *[Coroner](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coroner/)* – A CBC (Canadian) show, this was on The CW and has two recurring/regular lesbians. Made by some of the best writers in Canada, it’s must-watch for me whenever it’s on.
- *[Saved By The Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell-2020/)* – The queen bee of the school is trans, and she’s amazing. No caffeine pills needed.
- *[Transplant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transplant/)* – Another CBC show, this one aired on NBC, about a doctor from Syria. The queers were all ‘of the week’ but still a great show. It’s already been picked up for season 2.
- [*One Day at a Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)– You can watch the final season on CBS All Access (soon to be Paramount+). If you haven’t yet, please do. It was a great show and I’m still mad it’s over.
- *[Pandora](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pandora/)* – I know the hijinks of cool kids in space and school isn’t for everyone, but season 2 really ramped everything up and held nothing back.
## But What About…
If you’re wondering about *thirtysomething(else)*, and other shows that were promoted at the various press events, a great number did not get picked up. COVID.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Coming Soon
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 7, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-maya-and-carina-shacking-up/)
**Published:** December 7, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Maya and Carina shacking up creates vagina art and French Toast angst on Station 19 and I got a preview of The Prom at a drive-in.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Maya and Carina shacking up creates vagina art and French Toast angst on *Station 19* and I got a preview of *The Prom* at a drive-in.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 3 “We Are Family” \[Live\]The show opened with a cute scene of Maya and Carina shacking up. You can already tell Maya is having monogamy angst. Her personal brand for 3 seasons has been “I don’t do relationships” and now she has a girlfriend in her kitchen cooking her a breakfast she can’t drink from a cup.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1334882732242038784?s=20
I would have preferred their opening scene to be getting negative COVID tests then attacking each other, but “French Toast as good as sex” is what we got.
I was wondering what was on the table causing Maya to have that “Oh, no.” look on her face.
Is it the box? Is it the bag? Is it the table nicely set for two when she usually has her breakfast in a to-go cup? Whatever it is, Maya’s transition from “Monogmy’s stupid” to “in the shack” with a girlfriend is going to be a bumpy ride.
Later, Andy and Maya are riding in a fire truck together and Maya lets loose a big Shondaland speech about freaking out over her perfect Italian girlfriend.
> "I just need to be able to call my equally dark and messy best friend when I'm freaking out over vagina art and French Toast…" [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HMsHypa9qe](https://t.co/HMsHypa9qe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1334885435613569025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
To be honest, I would be freaking out over Vagina Art and French Toast as well.
I really hate the cliche of women best friends getting into a friendship-ending fight over a guy or a career and that’s what happened last season. Can TV not do that anymore or at least make the fight last a week and not an entire year?
At the end of the day, Andy busts into Maya’s office and gives a Shondaland speech about how they are both broken and messy and need to be friends again.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1334889629422673920?s=20
Hooray! Andy and Maya have FINALLY made up. But how will Andy’s moving back in affect Maya and Carina shacking up?
To distract me from worrying about what bad things may happen, I’ll look at these fanservice tweets.
> We'll take all the Marina!! [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@D\_SAVRE](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5SXZRhEvAg](https://t.co/5SXZRhEvAg)
>
> — Station 19 (@Station19) [December 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1335645187402592260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Anyone: \*Mentions Marina\*
> Us: “Yes, we’re listening” 😍 [pic.twitter.com/s0OBM1CfF1](https://t.co/s0OBM1CfF1)
>
> — Station 19 (@Station19) [December 4, 2020](https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1334670653790842881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*The Prom* – Movie \[Drive-in\]I live with two big musical theater fans. My kid is a theater major at the Philly performing arts high school and my wife plays musical soundtracks on the regular. When [The Prom made its debut at the Macy’s Day Parade](https://youtube.com/cdEgtl5f8e8) my wife jumped on buying tickets. We saw the show on Broadway and were in the second row. We all loved it and the soundtrack has been on heavy rotation ever since.
https://youtube.com/cdEgtl5f8e8
When I heard Ryan Murphy was making a movie version I was so excited! The story is perfect for a teen lesbian rom-com musical. As casting went on I got a little skeptical. James Corden was playing the main gay male character and I’m not a big fan of Nicole Kidman, but I was still looking forward to it.
While I was Googling air dates, movie showtimes popped up! The Prom was playing a week early at a drive-in near us! Of course, my musical theater family bought tickets and watched it from our car last Friday.
**Quick review:** I enjoyed it and thought it was a great adaptation.
Andrew Rannells playing straight made up for James playing gay, and everyone sounded great. I loved the movie’s ability to fill in some gaps and add more backstory. My favorite addition was seeing Kerry Washington play a homophobic Olivia Pope.
I didn’t like how they cut a couple of the songs short. I love the end of “The Acceptance Song” where they are all wearing “We’re All Lesbians” shirts and they cut that part out completely. Also, the main character, Emma, was a lot cheerier and less resistant to being forced into the spotlight than the musical version Emma. I thought it changed her character too much, but if I only had seen the movie version, it would have felt fine.
I encourage you all to watch it when it comes out on Netflix this Friday. It’s really fun and super gay. If you want to watch it with others, we’re doing a LezWatch Group Watch this Friday. [Join our Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) for all the details!
https://youtube.com/TJ0jBNa6JUQ
**This week:** The eleventh and FINAL season of *Shameless* is back, and yes there’s gay in it. I’ll give you all an update next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19, The Prom
---
### [Farewell "One Day at a Time" - I Miss You Already](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/farewell-one-day-at-a-time/)
**Published:** December 9, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is it. Our show is over. There will be no more new episodes of One Day at a Time. So thank you to everyone who made those 46 episodes.
**Content:**
The news dropped yesterday. The show is officially over. I had a sneaking feeling that’s where it was going, based on a Twitter chat I had with Gloria Calderón Kellet. But the show is officially over.
> It's officially over. There will be no new [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) episodes. But there will always be 46 episodes that we got to make that live FOREVER. Thank you to this beautiful cast. Our dedicated crew. And to you, our loyal fans. We loved making this for you. Thank you for watching. [pic.twitter.com/sTMorHSu1w](https://t.co/sTMorHSu1w)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [December 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1336447639634644993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1336447944447250433
## How did we get here?
We all knew back in March that things were very chancy. PopTV was shutting down most shows (*Flack* anyone?) and with the situation as murky as it was with Netflix and streaming, there was far less hope than we’d had before.
To put it simply, without POPTV, or some similar small network, it was unlikely we were going to get another season. For as long as Netflix was blocking streamers (2022), it was going to be nigh impossible to pay for the show.
The long and the short of it is … Netflix’s restrictive deal (about not getting to go to another streamer for 5 years post cancelation) is why we’re here. This does not mean it’s Netflix’s fault, or CBSViacom, or even *ODaaT*‘s. This is just business, and what seemed like a great deal turned out to be not so much.
I have a feeling that, between this an the debacle over Marvel shows on Netflix, IPs are going to be a little more prudent about cutting deals with streamers. If the production company doesn’t have their own streamer (Sony, who produces *ODaaT*, notably does not), then they may push for more ownership and rights of the re-airing.
## What Happens Next?
Now we say goodbye. We don’t get a wrap up episode even, so instead I’m going to tell you all how **I** see the end of *ODaaT*.
- Schnieder and Avery have a beautiful baby girl and name her after either Lydia or Penelope. Little Lupe seems like a perfect baby name.
- Alex keeps working in fashion to the point that he has to decide if he’s going to keep playing sports or not. After the totally predicable shenanigans, he decides to follow his heart and leave the baseball team.
- Alex and Nora will eventually break up. They’re 14-15, it’s expected. Everyone loves Nora, though, so she still hangs around the family all the time.
- Dr. B and Penelope expand their practice. With COVID, they’re working crazy hours but come through the other side with flying colors.
- Speaking of Dr. B, no he never actually defines his relationship with Lydia, and they’re both perfectly happy that way. We never find out what happened with the in Cuba, save that they went together. It drives Penelope up the wall sometimes, but she accepts it because…
- Penelope and Max have their perfect (for them) relationship that is not traditional at all. They are very happy together, and while there’s a scare when Max goes ‘missing,’ he’s fine and it does not make them decide to get married or even move in together.
- Elena goes to Stanford. By the time she’s ready to go, she and Syd have decided that the LDR really isn’t going to work and have a tearful goodbye. But when Elena gets to her dorm to meet her roommate she sees…
- *CARMEN*! Elena’s BFF is there and is her roommate. They hug and promise to be each other’s wingman for the next phase in their lives.
And since no one can tell me otherwise, that’s what happened.
## Thank you
I want to thank everyone on the set of *One Day at a Time*. You were always so generous with your hearts and so open to being the show I personally needed so much. You were there for me when I needed to laugh. You made me feel like I was part of your family when I came to see a taping. You were a bright light in a pretty terrible 2019-20.
Whatever happens next, this show created a culture of openness and inclusivity that I hope will spread around to every part of TV production. The good they put into the world far surpasses what anyone could expect.
Thank you again. I will be your fan for whatever you make next.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [Queer Beats - December 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-december-6-2020/)
**Published:** December 6, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Elliot Page came out as trans and we will love and protect him at all costs.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Elliot Page came out as trans and we will love and protect him at all costs.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Waiting for this show to come back is starting to feel like torture now that [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) is really making me fall for this couple…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CITwIS0jHmg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
The CW announced that Black Lightning’s next season will also be it’s last which is, to put it lightly, heartbreaking.
> BREAKING: The CW's [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to End With Season 4
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1329849898754306050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Finding Forrester](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Forrester)
In the most shocking news of the week, NBC is developing a Finding Forrester series with a *black lesbian lead*.
https://twitter.com/MerDerLover23/status/1331026852643803139?s=20
## [The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us)
This is EXTREMELY EXCITING!!! HBO is adapting a series based on the video game “The Last of Us,” which has a queer female lead.
> ‘The Last of Us’ Adaptation Ordered to Series at HBO
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1329862339651223552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Yet again, One Day at a Time is at risk (you can read more about it in [Mika’s post](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/one-day-at-a-time-needs-a-home-again/)).
> Breaking: ‘One Day at a Time’ is searching for a \*third\* home as ViacomCBS has opted to not move forward with a fifth season on any of its networks/platforms. Details: [pic.twitter.com/kC97hs6hMw](https://t.co/kC97hs6hMw)
>
> — Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) [November 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/1331372022325149697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
We are getting closer to the release of season 6 of RED!
> Tá chegando…[\#redseason6](https://twitter.com/hashtag/redseason6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ZGd6gMliXQ](https://t.co/ZGd6gMliXQ)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1329868602879733760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
[Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/) came out as trans this week with this beautiful message on his instagram page.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CIQ1QFBhNFg/?igshid=ipoa9l0hqgyh
His wife, along with many other friends and colleagues, publicly supported him on social media. I’m not crying, you are!
> "Elliot’s existence is a gift in and of itself. Shine on sweet E. Love you so much," Emma Portner wrote.
>
> — HuffPost (@HuffPost) [December 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1334003015091695616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Elliot Page, Finding Forrester, Javicia Leslie, Meagan Tandy, One Day at a Time, RED, The Last of Us
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 30, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-hightown-and-we-are-who-we-are/)
**Published:** November 30, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It was a quiet week for new TV, so I decided to do something I've been putting off for months -- write about two shows I didn't like, Hightown and We Are Who We Are.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it was a quiet week for new TV, so I decided to do something I’ve been putting off for months — write about two shows I didn’t like, *Hightown* and *We Are Who We Are*.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)I’m usually a “If you don’t have anything nice to say, keep your mouth shut.” type of person when it comes to queer-centric shows. We have so few, and if I don’t like it I don’t want to be a jerk because I’m sure it’s someone’s cup of tea. But there are two shows I watched in 2020 I should have liked from their premises, but did not — *Hightown* and *We Are Who We Are*. If you’re a fan of either these are my personal opinions and I apologize in advance!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)* – Season 1 \[Live\]On paper, *Hightown* sounds amazing. It’s a crime drama starring out queer actor [Monica Raymund](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/monica-raymund/) as Jackie Quiñones, a lesbian National Marine Fisheries Service Agent in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Jackie is a hot mess who makes her way through queer female tourists coming through town every week like a revolving door. Before the show aired, I said “sign me up!” But as we started watching my wife and I were like, “Wow, this is bad.”
I think showrunner Rebecca Cutter wanted to make *The Wire* Cape Cod edition
I love Provincetown, my wife and I have been going there on the regular since the 90s. It’s a tiny beautiful town on the tip of Cape Cod and the queerest place on earth. At night especially, queer folks make up the majority of people walking around and it’s glorious mix of queer women, drag queens on bikes, gay dudes, queer couples with kids and everyone else on the gender/sexual orientation spectrum (unless it’s Bear Week, then it’s mostly bears).
I’m not completely naive, I know Cape Cod has been severely affected by the opioid epidemic, and the Cape is not the same place in the off season as it is in the Summer, but the show makes Provincetown look like Hamsterdam. As a visitor, the only thing you hear about is bike theft (looking at stats, theft *is* the number 1 crime in Ptown). However, Jackie finds a dead woman’s body on the beach in front of The Provincetown Inn.
Showrunner Rebecca Cutter’s idea for Jackie was like a lesbian Don Draper.
> I was literally just driving and I kind of got the image of this queer female Fisheries Service Agent who’s kind of like Don Draper as a woman with these real appetites and unapologetic and really tough.
>
> Rebecca Cutter, Showrunner
Unlike Don Draper, Jackie does not try to hold it together on the outside. The girl’s a sloppy mess. She wakes up in the morning and washes down some pills with a beer left out on the counter from the night before and ends up drunk and high with a different girl every night. I loved a flawed protagonist, but Jackie’s a wreck. One night she crashes a car while trying to drive with one hand and bang a girl with the other while drunk and high on coke.
Where would you be driving off to after the bars close at 1am in Ptown? There’s no where else to go. There are plenty of sneaky spots to have debaucherous shenanigans in Ptown, you don’t need to drive off to another place.
Jackie’s fish police partner Ed bails her out, but things are not looking good for her.
Ed tells her going into rehab is her only chance of a judge not convicting her with a felon. Jackie is surly about it, but she does goes to rehab against her will.
Meanwhile Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit (CCINU) detective Ray Abruzzo (who I like to call “offbrand McNulty”) is investigating the murder of the woman who washed up on the beach because it looks to be drug related. He is also involved with Renee Segna played by Riley Voelkel from *The Originals*. In *Hightown* she doesn’t play a bisexual witch, she plays a stripper who is the longtime girlfriend of incarcerated drug kingpin Frankie Cuevas Sr.
I was like, “Does Cape Cod even have a strip club?” I Googled and found[ there was one and it closed June 2019](https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190509/cape-cods-only-strip-club-to-close).
## Why I didn’t like *Hightown*
My wife and I hate-watched it every week. I feel like this show was a queer bait and switch. I tuned in for a hot lesbian cop lead and got a very male-gazey show focused more on the straight characters and story lines. Also, the show loved to put Jackie in proximity of naked dudes. And not in a fun, gay Ptown way, it was a creepy “Let’s put a ween near a lesbian’s face because that’s hilarious, right?”
The dialogue was downright terrible and too much time was spent on offbrand McNulty who I could care less about. There were also more explicit straight sex scenes than queer ones. In my opinion, the show was like, “Yeah we have a lesbian lead, but we’re going to work hard to please straight viewers who don’t want to see gay stuff.” I tried finding evidence of anyone queer involved with the writing of the show, but I couldn’t find any. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but the show feels like a queer show written by straight people.
I have to admit though, I still like Jackie even though she’s pretty terrible.
**My wife:** “You like a messy butch disaster.”
She knows me well.
*[We Are Who We Are](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-who-we-are/)* – Season 1 \[Live\]Again, on paper this show sounded up my alley. Chloë Sevigny plays Sarah, a US army Colonel (where she’ll enevidably be in uniform a lot) with a hot wife named Maggie played by out queer actor [Alice Braga](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alice-braga/). They move to an Italian military base with their teenage son Fraser where he makes friends with another army teen named Caitlin and together they navigate queerness and teen army life.
I’m not going to be polite here, I hated it.
It was created by Luca Guadagnino known for *Call Me By Your Name*. That should have been my first clue, because I didn’t like that movie. I feel like Luca fancies himself a brilliant cinematographer, but in my opinion the random freeze frames and uncomfortably long slow motion scenes were like something from a senior film school project. I would be more forgiving if the story and characters were engaging, but I found them to be unlikable and creepy.
Fraser and Cate/Harper are supposed to be 14 years old (that’s my kid’s age). I don’t think it’s okay to have 30 year olds involved with 14 year olds. But looking at Luca Guadagnino’s cinematic history, it seems to be something he is into.
Maggie is the only voice of reason regarding their son.
Sarah on the other hand, is practically pushing them together.
I think Fraser is a more realistic portrayal of an angry teen than, like, Tess on *This is Us*, but he is over the top horrible to Sarah.
Sarah never does anything about it. Every time he is awful she doesn’t discipline him at all. She also lets him drink a lot of wine. It’s weird. I really disliked his character.
Maggie does have an affair with Cate/Harper’s mom and that’s interesting.
But the affair doesn’t really go anywhere and Sarah’s almost lethargic in her feelings about out. Which is fine, but everyone’s indifference towards each other left me feeling not emotionally attached to anyone on the show.
The only character I did find interesting is Cate/Harper. The queer teens are very label-less when it come to sexual/gender orientation, and it’s in line with my kid and their friends (or they use ALL the labels). In my opinion, watching Cate/Harper navigate who they are was the best part of the series. Also they are played by [Jordan Kristine Seamón](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jordan-kristine-seamon/), who is from Philly. I’m always psyched when an actor is from Philly!
I usually try to stay positive in general regarding queer content, but I would like those 8 hours of my life back.
**This week:** Thank goodness *Station 19* is back this week! I am going through Marina withdrawal.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Hightown, We Are Who We Are
---
### ["One Day at a Time" Needs a Home ... Again](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/one-day-at-a-time-needs-a-home-again/)
**Published:** December 2, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I feel like I'm writing this for the 3rd time, but ... we need to save ODaaT again because everything is sucky in 2020.
**Content:**
After the first season, [*One Day at a Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)was picked up for a [joyful second season](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rejoice-one-day-time-renewed/), which I was lucky enough to see being filmed a few times ([including the finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-finale-taping/)). There were posters and billboards put up and people watched. But. After season two aired, Netflix got cagey and quiet and it was pretty clear to everyone that the show was on the bubble.
So fans like us spoke up and asked to [save *One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/support-one-day-time/). It took Netflix 2 months to [renew the show for season 3](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/netflix-renews-odaat-season-3/), which was a bad sign for those who understood [how Netflix does things](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/understanding-cancellations-on-netflix-why-we-lost-everything-sucks/) (the longer between binge dump and renew, the more nervous we all get and with good reason). But season 3 [dropped in January 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/odaat-season-3-coming-soon/), was officially [on the bubble by March](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/its-all-about-the-numbers/), and [canceled just days following that announcement](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/netflix-canceled-one-day-at-a-time/).
I took it very hard. The same week the third season dropped, my father died unexpectedly. I saw a lot of my dad in Penelope. A single parent who didn’t always get their weird kids, but loved them all the same. The show reminded me how similar every family is, and how loving we all are in our own ways. I actually was in Japan when the show was released and I watched an episode lying in the dark in my Dad’s apartment, on a futon, wondering if life would ever be the same again, and knowing it never would be.
Then a miracle happened. [We got more](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/we-get-more-one-day-at-a-time/)! PopTV picked up the show, but it was very odd.
## Why is the show so hard to keep?
Understanding why we have to keep saving *One Day at a Time* is directly related to Netflix and their unorthodox method of handling shows.
Sony produced the show, but Netflix paid for the show in it’s entirety for three season (plus profits to Sony) and for Netflix this was not actually a great deal. You see, for Netflix to make a profit, the show had to not only draw in viewers and keep them, it also had to draw in *new* viewers. Now, Netflix doesn’t tell a show how well it’s doing in that way, which leaves producers in a black box situation. They just don’t know if they’re okay or not, until Netflix says anything.
The other thing that makes the setup difficult is that Netflix’s deal includes a lockout for other streamers. This happened to *Daredevil* as well. Once the show was canceled on Netflix, it could not go to another streamer for five years. *ODaaT* was canceled in 2019, so we have to wait until 2024 to add the show to a streaming network like CBS All Access. No matter how dumb we all thought it was, that was the contract signed and that was the agreement made.
In 2019, PopTV picked up *ODaaT* with re-air rights on CBS (which included CBS All Access) in order to help afford things. And in 2020? We started filming and we went to see the show and we celebrated and then …
## COVID Happened
After four episodes were filmed, I got a message from the crew letting me know that I would not be allowed to come to the next taping as planned, because of COVID concerns. My reply was “Anything to protect national treasures Rita Moreno and Norman Lear.” It was March. We knew things were going to get bad. They got worse.
In the middle of all this, a weird thing happened on PopTV. *Flack*, which was supposed to air a fully completed season 2, was canceled basically right before airing. At the same time, it canceled *Florida Girls*, which had been renewed the previous October, *and* an upcoming comedy titled *Best Intentions*. At that time, only *ODaaT* and *Schitt’s Creek* (which was in it’s final season) were still on the network.
Weird right?
Well down comes November and suddenly *ODaaT* is canceled and PopTV is dumping everything original. And we do mean **everything**. Like other shows they were working on just vanished, even to-series ordered shows like *Mother Mary*.
## Okay so what the heck happened?
A tl;dr summary is this:
- Netflix canceled the show and refused to let it go to another streamer (as is their right)
- PopTV (with a hand from CBS) picked it up
- COVID put a pause on taping
- PopTV had budget woes and punted all their shows
- CBS is in the middle of transforming CBS All Access in to Paramount+
- Netflix *still* won’t let ODaaT go to a streamer
- ODaaT isn’t quite big enough for CBS to want to take for linear (over air)
- Sony (the production company) is one of the few who don’t have a related linear network
That’s where we’re at.
It’s all down to money.
## Now What?
Well. We tweet again that we need to `#SaveODAAT` and we tell people to watch the show on CBS All Access, for as long as it’s there, so more people watch it. Basically we need more people to watch the show so CBS maybe changes their mind. It’s kind of a weird moment, since on the one hand now would be the right time to re-air all of the show (it’s not like we’re going anywhere, right?) but also it’s hella expensive to film and a show that is critically acclaimed but has moderate viewers is not really enough to justify paying for.
It’s a conundrum.
PopTV was really the best place, but they’re reshuffling everything and won’t be doing scripted TV.
Now. Before you panic about Isabella being cast on the reboot of *Head of the Class*, both shows would be able to be filmed without conflict. Which means that … there **is** hope.
> Sadly, the news is out.
>
> I'm not sad just yet, y'all. We still have some hope for new homes. Hang tight, my loves. You know that if I go down, I will go down swinging for this show (& cast & crew) I love. [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MoreODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoreODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RepresentationMatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [November 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1331375555464237056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1331377043179593728
So let’s get out there and `#SaveODAAT` one more time.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [The Queerest Thing I Watched Last Week – The Vida Series Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-vida-series-finale/)
**Published:** June 1, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On Pride month eve while the country expressed its rage, the Vida Series Finale aired. This week is dedicated to Tanya Saracho, Vida and its part in making the world better.
**Content:**
On Pride month eve while the country expressed its rage, the *Vida* Series Finale aired. This week is dedicated to [Tanya Saracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho), Vida and its part in making the world better.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
It feels wrong to write about television while the nation is exploding with anger and frustration over police murdering Black people with little to no consequences. But media has a place in combatting systemic racism and prejudice and Vida did its part in that.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “Episode 22” \[Live\]Emma and Nico cutely wake up on the couch together the morning after Emma was sick from taking the abortion pill. Emma says she hadn’t slept that soundly in a long time and thought it was because she fell asleep with the TV on.
I love the warm glow of the TV too, Emma.
As I’m trying trying to savor every minute of this last episode, I’m watching Emma be sweet to Nico and hoping they kiss and make up. They almost do.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267466911736094720?s=20
Ugh, a kiss fake out. That’s okay, I knew in my heart Tanya wouldn’t let the Emico Nation down on the *Vida* Series Finale.
Their couch time is interrupted by an ominous phone call. My wife and I just knew it was about Victor trying to take the building and we were right. Emma marches down to Victor’s church where Lyn was in attendance and waits for her moment to confront him. She calls him out on the building and Lyn looks totally surprised. He says he’s doing it to protect his girls from Vida’s ghost and her evil gay ghost germs. Emma lets Victor and the entire congregation know “Que soy marimacha” and it is glorious.
She also lets everyone know Victor’s a wife-beater and a deadbeat dad, but I guess being queer is worse because they all start trying to pray the gay away.
Lyn tells Emma to get out of there and hangs back to tell Victor Emma is not perverted and calls their father/daughter relationship off.
Emma rides away in a car share, but makes the driver let her out while she starts having a panic attack. She makes her way home in a mixture of anger and nostalgia as she walks past the buildings we’ve come to know during the three seasons of the show. We thought she was going to be won over by the neighborhood and prepare her fight for the bar, but instead she busts into Nelson Herrera’s office. Remember that guy? The creepy real estate developer who went after the building in season one? Emma wants to know if his offer is still on the table.
Meanwhile, back at the bar, Monica shows up with surprise lunch for Eddy!
They eat burritos together and it’s delightful to see Eddy shyly react to getting romantic attention. Eddy deserves some happiness after two seasons of tragedy.
Lyn gets back to the bar all excited to tell Emma she broke up with Victor and is ready to fight. But Emma is in “Full Ice Queen Mode” and lets Lyn ramble and drops her bomb after she stop talking. She’s done, Lyn has betrayed her, she’s tired of fighting and she’s ready to sell the building to Nelson. All she needs is Lyn’s signature. Lyn tries to defend herself, but Emma has turned listening off and leaves.
Later, when the bar is in full swing a keg is kicked and Eddy has to go to the back to get a new one. On her way out she gives Monica a friendly smile and Monica interprets that as an ask for “help.” Monica follows Eddy and is surprised when the look was just a regular smile. Monica still makes a move.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267508058017746954?s=20
Ser was so good in this scene. They completely nailed portraying a person who is surprised and flattered by a gorgeous woman being interested in them, but is not ready to move on from the person they are still in love with but can’t be with anymore. It was heartbreaking and sweet and I hope to see Ser in more shows soon.
Lyn runs into Doña Lupe in the hallway and winds up sitting at her kitchen table, letting all of her problems spill out while Doña Lupe works her magical spells. Finally, Doña Lupe tells Lyn the truth about her father.
> The truth comes out. "Vidalia called the police and she sent Emma away to protect her." [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SjWybBVxn0](https://t.co/SjWybBVxn0)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267516890123042822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This *is* the *Vida* Series Finale and it needed a big reveal.
All of this time Emma thought her homophobic mother sent her away after she was caught messing around with a neighbor girl, but actually it was Victor’s homophobic rage she was trying to protect her from.
Downstairs at the bar, Emma tells Nico she’s given up on the bar. She’s confident Lyn will land somewhere, but Emma doesn’t know what she’s going to do. For the first time in her life she doesn’t have a plan.
Emma goes out to smoke and Nico makes a grand romantic proposal.
> "Come have no plan with me."
> Thank you, [@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for the grand romantic gesture I was hoping for. ♥️ [\#Emico](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Emico?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aPIxZIa7WV](https://t.co/aPIxZIa7WV)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267519122755256320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I loved everything about this scene — the way it was shot, Emma seemingly answering “yes” with a kiss and there is almost nothing I love more on TV than a queer grand romantic gesture.
What I didn’t love was Emma and Nico getting box-blocked again by Lyn, but the sisters needed to have it out. Lyn wants to talk to Emma and this time she is not going to let her get away. She literally chases her down the stairs and through the bar to talk to her. When Lyn brings up family Emma tells her she was disposable and never a part of the family. Lyn then tells her the truth about Vida.
> Emma finally finds out the truth about why Vida sent her away. 💔 [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nd6InkxU1G](https://t.co/nd6InkxU1G)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267521855327436801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Emma runs outside crying and Lyn follows her again.
In a heart-wrenching scene, Lyn begs Emma to not give up on her. She is the only person in her life who has never given up on her. In front of the bar, a couple of drunk dudes are getting a little rowdy, and Emma says she should go deal with it. After she walks away she turns back and asks Lyn if she’s coming. The sisters walk together, the camera pans up to the Vida sign and that is the end of the *Vida* Series Finale.
Yesterday Tanya posted this to Twitter.
> It feels so wrong to try to celebrate or observe anything that has to do with Vida ending right now. How can I say goodbye? The world is on fire.
>
> — Tanya Saracho (@TanyaSaracho) [May 31, 2020](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho/status/1267088002544570371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I understand why she would feel this way, but I truly believe media, including scripted fictitious characters and stories, have the power to move progress forward. And *Vida* did that in a beautiful and organic way.
When I interviewed Roberta Colindrez before the season 3 premiere, she told this story of being on a panel with someone she admired for risking her life to fight homophobia and transphobia.
> This is why showrunners like [@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and shows like [@VIDA\_STARZ](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) matter especially now. Media is a piece of the puzzle of moving progress forward. Its cancellation is a great loss to many communities. 💔 Thank you, Tanya, so much for what you brought to the world. -T [pic.twitter.com/D6BxStCbv4](https://t.co/D6BxStCbv4)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1267525605744132096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We’ve said a million times representation matters, I believe representation saves lives.
Non-Latinx queer folx may have tuned into Vida for the queer content and stayed learning more about gentrification, Latinx culture, activism and politics. Some straight folks may have learned more about queer culture. Through shows like Vida with queer PoC showrunners, writers and actors we get to know people not like us. Fear of “The Other” helps fuel prejudice and TV shows introduce us to people we may not have the opportunity to know in our day-to-day lives.
It’s not a magic cure for hundreds of years of racism and violence, but it helps move progress forward.
**Tanya, it’s not wrong to observe how this show ending is especially hard right now or celebrate the three amazing seasons you brought into our lives.** Thank you for bringing such a beautifully diverse cast of queer characters to television that some people saw themselves on the small screen for the first time in their lives. Thank you for telling these stories with honesty, beautiful cinematography, writing, acting and music. And thank you most of all for Emma. How can a character look so hot no matter what she’s doing?
**I will miss this show forever.**
**This week:** It’s the Legends of Tomorrow season finale and I have so many episodes behind! I need to catch up.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Vida
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 23, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-station-19-season-4/)
**Published:** November 23, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Maya and Carina make their Station 19 season 4 debut as they navigate their relationship during the pandemic.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Maya and Carina make their *Station 19* season 4 debut as they navigate their relationship during the pandemic.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 2 “Wild World” \[Live\]I love Maya and Carina so much it scares me.
I enjoy being into a ship, but all my recent faves have gone away — Petra and JR (series ended), Edie and Amanda (cancelled), Dom and Darlene (series ended), Sanvers (I don’t want to talk about it)… I hate the pain of it so much I work hard to keep my emotions in check to prevent myself from falling for a new one. But the minute I saw Maya meet Carina in that bar last season I was a goner. Their chemistry trajectory flashed before my eyes and I knew no amount of emotional detachment could stop me from falling in love with them.
However, one thing I know from watching over 2 cumulative decades of Shondaland shows is Ms. Rhimes does not allow her couples be happy forever and that scares me. Historical evidence says this will not end well.
Well, there’s nothing I can do about it now but embrace it and enjoy the ride. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Since Maya and Carina are both essential workers, they’ve been following COVID social distancing protocols and have not seen each other in person for three weeks.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1329807067222339584?s=20
How can two people have this much chemistry over Facetime?
1. The way Carina says “imposible.”
2. Maya in her cute, short sleeve fire captain shirt.
Later, Bishop is in the Firehouse workout room with Jack hanging around and I got instantly scared. Why is she being so nice to him? Is the show making these two flirty because Maya and Carina can’t be together? Why is this show messing with me??
It was a false alarm.
I usually don’t like jealously, but yes, PLEASE LEAVE!
Later, while riding around with Dean searching for a tiger on the loose (someone wrote this episode after watching *Tiger King*), Maya talks about how much she misses Carina.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1330566718314438658?s=20
I didn’t see the possibility of a quarantine-induced queer U-haul plot coming, but I’ll take it!
Elsewhere on the usually very straight part of the show, Andy is reunited with her cousin, Michelle. She had been separated from her mom’s side of the family since she was a kid because her father led her to believe her mom was dead (instead of the truth that she abandoned them). While chatting, it’s revealed her cousin is not straight!
> Not only did we get cute [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) content on last week's [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) they added a new queer character to our database: Andy's cousin Michelle! [pic.twitter.com/7MxKC3KGkr](https://t.co/7MxKC3KGkr)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1330561497978777607?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope Michelle is in more episodes.
Over at Grey Sloan, Carina has a breakdown in front of Ben, because she has had so many patients die alone from of COVID. She hates how so many people are forced to deal with this pandemic alone including herself.
> "Go get your girl." [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KsfrNFUD0I](https://t.co/KsfrNFUD0I)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1330567539844321282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yes! “Stop quarantining alone” motivational speech number two. This means we will probably only have to live through one episode of Marina processing forced separation.
Later, after the Tiger was caught (of course in the firehouse — where else in all of Seattle would it go?), Maya is on the phone when she gets a surprise visitor.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1329854122749784069?s=20
I’m not gonna lie, I felt a moment of panic during the long pause after Maya asked Carina to move in with her. But her saying she was going to ask the same thing then revealing the Rapid COVID tests from behind her back was just perfect!
I was so worried we would spend multiple episodes of Carina and Maya not being able to see each other, but instead they’re moving in together! After that scene [Danielle Savre](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE) tweeted out the best inside joke tweet ever:
> It’s official! Marina is moving in together ❤️🔥 [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ANvozHio1V](https://t.co/ANvozHio1V)
>
> — Danielle Savre (@D\_SAVRE) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1329604249420894208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s so good, y’all I can’t stand it. Will Marina break the Shonaland curse? Did I just jinx it by typing that out? We will just have to see the rest of *Station 19* season 4 to find out.
**This week:** Since it’s Thanksgiving week here in the US with no new episodes, I’m going to do something I’ve been putting off for months — write about two shows I watched and didn’t like: *Hightown* and *We Are Who We Are*. Stay tuned.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19
---
### ["Saved By The Bell" is Back](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/saved-by-the-bell-is-back/)
**Published:** November 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Starting today is the revival of "Saved By The Bell" and it's worth watching. Even without caffeine pills.
**Content:**
When you wake up in the morning and the alarm gives out a warning and you don’t think you’ll ever make it on time. By the time you get your books and give yourself a look you’ll get to the corner just in time to see the bus drive by.
I actually watched *Good Morning Miss Bliss* since I had an unrequited crush on Haley Mills, so when they made an ongoing story called *Saved By The Bell*, I tuned in. And I was somewhat disappointed. The show was funny, for it’s time, but it was also really not-funny. It was a laugh then and not so much now. And let’s just not talk about “The College Years.” Oh sure, they had some great episodes, like zit cream that turned your face burgundy, and of course who could forget Jessie on pills.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DquyFWC7JCY
Did you know that was supposed to be actual drugs and not caffeine pills? Good times.
Let’s be clear, though, this is not a *Degrassi* or even a *Boy Meets World*. The show never seriously tackled anything, it was all about getting away with stupid things and facing no consequences. *Saved By The Bell* was fun and lighthearted and kicked the fourth wall away with panache. You don’t watch the show and think “Yeah, that changed my life!”
But hey, we’ve got a new series, and it’s on Peacock, so I settled in to watch the screeners.
Warning: The rest of this post contains spoilers for the first season of SBTB.
## Zack Attack is Back
At about the 3 minute mark, I muttered “Well I still hate Zack, so that’s okay.” The premise is Zack Morris (yes, that guy) wound up the Governor of California. Looking at the state, I can honestly believe that. But unlike Schwarzenegger (our most recent celeb-turned-gov), Zack *sucks* as the governor. Like super sucks. He ‘accidentally’ gets a bunch of BIPOC schools closed, cause he’s trying to cut the budget, and gets tricked into bussing the kids to schools like (drumroll please) Bayside!
While some of the Karens on the PTA are upset, Principal Toddman (John Michael Higgins, who is great in the role) points out he has no control over anything, don’t blame him, and they’re coming, so all the Bayside kids have to be ‘buddies’ to the poor kids from Douglas High. It goes about as well as you might think.
Now, a quick recap about your old favs:
- Zack and Kelly are married
- Slater is the football coach and is super creepy
- Jessie Spano is the school counsellor and married to a handsome idiot
And the new kids?
- Mac Morris is rich, entitled, and just like his dad
- Lexi is popular, the queen bee, and has a reality show about being trans
- Jamie Spano is handsome, athletic, and a total idiot
- Daisy Jimenez is the ‘star’ kid who breaks the fourth wall and is from Douglas High
- Aisha Garcia (also from Douglas High) is her BFF and an athlete
- DeVante (also from Douglas High) is constantly scouted by Slater wants to be in the musical
## The Reboot … Works
I’m not a huge fan of reboots, honestly. I am aware that me, who loves *One Day at a Time*, saying that is hilarious. But the thing is I like a reboot that takes on the flaws of the original and kicks them to the side. Well, that’s what this show does! If the original *Saved By the Bell* was a show today, then we’d probably all have a hashtag `#BaysideSoWhite` and skip it.
I’m impressed. They make fun of the adults, but this time it’s actually funny. They actually named someone “Joyce Whitelady” (whit-lah-dee, but yeah). They call out racism and biases. They point out privilege and favouritism. And … it’s actually a good show.
##### Screener Review On *Saved By The Bell*
A modern revival of a campy show manages to balance the original into an update worth watching. Dial in to Peacock starting November 25 (today!) to watch the sitcom.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Saved By The Bell
---
### [Queer Beats - November 20, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-november-20-2020/)
**Published:** November 20, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we got our first look at Ryan Wilder in Batwoman and we got prepped for new Luimelia content!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we got our first look at Ryan Wilder in Batwoman and we got prepped for new Luimelia content!
## [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)
I wish I could accurately describe how much joy new Luimelia photoshoots bring me…
> Get ready for [\#luimelia77](https://twitter.com/hashtag/luimelia77?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> New photoshoot…it's wonderful.
> Shared by @.Concha Gonzalov and @.CAROL ROVIRA on their IG page.
>
> This couple is full package of surprises. Cool pictures. [pic.twitter.com/hSHobpsTVD](https://t.co/hSHobpsTVD)
>
> — kana (@kanas\_123) [November 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/kanas_123/status/1329395911022182401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Don’t forget that Luimelia ’77 (the “montage”) is dropping this weekend! Here’s a new promo:
https://twitter.com/ATRESplayer/status/1329446844208967686?s=20
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
If you’re enjoying As Five as much as I am, this is your reminder that they have been making lots of extra content including a podcast!
https://twitter.com/LimanthaFans/status/1329235047493341186?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Our first sneak peek at Ryan Wilder!!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHyLy-hjCBr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Charmed is adding a trans character! Which is great and will hopefully bring back the show’s queer fandom that has been long lost at sea!
> We're so excited! Welcome to the coven [@thejjhawkins](https://twitter.com/thejjhawkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😍😍😍😘🥳 [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Charmed Writers (@CharmedWriters) [November 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/CharmedWriters/status/1328790877209124864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Mapleworth Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mapleworth-murders/)
We were gifted with another cute queer quarantine wedding this week!
https://twitter.com/janinebrito/status/1328784176296964101?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
As usual, [Danielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) and [Stefania](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) are providing the Maya/Carina content we all crave:
> One hour until I’m live tweeting the new episode of [@Station19](https://twitter.com/Station19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!! [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/CQl79Mg1qt](https://t.co/CQl79Mg1qt)
>
> — Danielle Savre (@D\_SAVRE) [November 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1329575748269535234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar Es Para Siempre, As Five, Batwoman, Charmed, J.J. Hawkins, Janine Brito, Paula Pell, Station 19
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 16, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-zelmare-and-swanee/)
**Published:** November 16, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I've been quiet for a few weeks, but I'm back with Zelmare and Swanee on Fargo and the premiere of Station 19.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I’ve been quiet for a few weeks, but I’m back with Zelmare and Swanee on *Fargo* and the premiere of *Station 19*.
Hi folks, I’m sorry I haven’t written in a few weeks! Queer TV has been pretty quiet, but I also fainted on Halloween morning (the Dr. was like “some people faint” ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ ). My face lost a fight with the bathroom floor and gave me a black eye and a concussion. My brain has been pretty foggy, but my face and head are feeling much better now.
Check this out though! My kid got a black eye (playground accident at school) days before the 2016 election and I got one days before the 2020 election.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHV4lqlj5Gh/
I’m not a person who believe in “signs” but these are quite the bookends to our current nightmare administration. I hope my busted face ushers in the climb out of the fresh hell we’ve been living through.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 5 Episode 3 “Changes” \[Live\]*This is Us* has been focusing on the adults and COVID since season five started a few weeks ago. However, Tess had some screen time after her parents discovered a video she made with a friend airing their school grievances.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1328396488599285761?s=20
I love following Tess’ story because my kid is in the same grade, and I imagine they go to similar Philly schools. If they were Tess’ friend they would TOTALLY make this video with her. But they would have probably thrown in the finger for extra drama. To be honest, they wouldn’t get in as much trouble with me as Tess did with Beth and Randall, but I am not nearly as intimidating (in the best way possible) as Beth is.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 4 Episode 1 “Nothing Seems the Same” \[Live\]The return of *Station 19* has been a bright spot in my pandemic haze. It’s like a glimpse of pre-COVID normalcy where my current favorite TV ship lived. Not only was the show coming back, Danielle and Stefania have been spoiling us with the cutest content leading up to the three-hour crossover premiere event!
> Obsessed with Marina sharing their favorite Season 3 scenes 😍 while we get ready for our watch party! What are your favorite scenes? [@D\_SAVRE](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/A8hCorKFj2](https://t.co/A8hCorKFj2)
>
> — Station 19 (@Station19) [November 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1326645803369246722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
With this and the fact that Stefania was upped to a Station 19 series regular, I buckled in for what I thought was going to be three hours filled with quality #Marina content.
This is what we got.
> This is all the [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) content we got during a three-hour-long [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premiere event! Please let there be more this week! [pic.twitter.com/nEvfzRml00](https://t.co/nEvfzRml00)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1328172692567154690?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
OMG they didn’t even talk to each other!
I was so disappointed.
*[Fargo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fargo/)* – Season 4 Episode 8 “The Nadir” \[Catch-up\]My wife and I love *Fargo* and watch it every season, but this one was difficult for us to get into at first. It’s a lot of dudes arguing and shooting at each other — way more dudes than other seasons. The thing I love about Fargo is there are interestingly-written women heroes in every season. This season is about multiple mob families in 1950s Kansas City, Missouri. When the mob stuff is happening (which is most of the time) I stop paying attention.
Even though they don’t get as much screen time as other seasons, true to the *Fargo* brand, there are many quirky and intriguing female characters. Two of them are **Zelmare and Swanee**: prison escapee girlfriends.
Zelmare learns her sister, Dibrell, has taken money from a loan shark, Loy Cannon (played by Chris Rock), so she and Swanee break out of prison to help her pay him back.
Zelmare and Swanee don’t consider themselves criminals, they identify as outlaws which they explain to Zelmare’s niece, Ethelrida.
> "Ain't nothing organized about our crime, 'cause our crime is freedom." [\#Fargo](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fargo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FargoFX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FargoFX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Zelmare](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zelmare?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Swanee](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Swanee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3N3jGec4PL](https://t.co/3N3jGec4PL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1328416222807994380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In true unorganized crime fashion, they steal money from Loy and give it to Dibrill’s husband Thurman to pay Loy back with his own stolen money. Of course, Loy figures this out. He tracks down Zelmare and Swanee at their hotel and forces them to do a hit job for him on a competing mob family. After they complete the job, Loy sends them on their way on a train to Philly. But the authorities are after them too and they force Loy to reveal their location.
The cops swarm the train station and a big shootout happens.
> Zelmare and Swanee: Doomed outlaw girlfriends. [\#FargoFX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FargoFX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Fargo](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fargo?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PY67Bf3id2](https://t.co/PY67Bf3id2)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1328138431470460928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
As soon as this scene started I said out loud, “Oh, no I’m going to have to add them to the death ticker.” I was half right. Swanee was shot and Zelmare got away. At least she got to die with a gun her her hand like she wanted.
**This week:** Please please please, *Station 19* writers, give us Marina content this week!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Fargo, Station 19, This is Us
---
### [Queer Beats - November 13, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-november-13-2020/)
**Published:** November 13, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Maya/Carina, Marceline/Bubblegum, Luimelia, and Limantha are all back and gayer than ever!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Maya/Carina, Marceline/Bubblegum, Luimelia, and Limantha are all back and gayer than ever!
## [Adventure Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time/)
Cartoon Network released the trailer for the newest episode of Adventure Time: Distant Lands… and it’s focused on [Marceline](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marceline-abadeer/) and [Bubblegum](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-bubblegum/)!
> Marceline the Vampire Queen and Princess Bubblegum return to the Glass Kingdom to face their past 👸🧛♀️ [\#AdventureTime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdventureTime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#DistantLands](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DistantLands?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) – [\#Obsidian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Obsidian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) streaming Nov. 19th only on [@HBOMax](https://twitter.com/hbomax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#HBOMax](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HBOMax?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Marceline](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marceline?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#PrincessBubblegum](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrincessBubblegum?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Glassboy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Glassboy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Bubbline](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bubbline?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/e8IDG9vb5g](https://t.co/e8IDG9vb5g)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [November 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1325874563662680064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)
Quite the week for us Luimelia fans! First, the actresses reunited:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQ50MwleH_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And today, we finally got the Luimelia 77 announcement!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHh9ZFxKkKg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We don’t have all the details yet, but it looks like it will be a “montage,” narrated by [Paula](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) and [Carol](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/), that will tell the story of Luimelia using their scenes from Amar.
> Las cosas hay que contarlas desde el principio y más si es una bonita historia de amor 😍 ¡Revive la relación de [@AmeliaLedesmaOf](https://twitter.com/AmeliaLedesmaOf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) y [@LuisitaGomezS](https://twitter.com/LuisitaGomezS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) con nosotrxs! 💥❤ [\#Luimelia77](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luimelia77?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) el 22 de noviembre estreno solo en [\#ATRESplayerPREMIUM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATRESplayerPREMIUM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🥐➡
> [pic.twitter.com/oF6S7U98C4](https://t.co/oF6S7U98C4)
>
> — atresplayer (@atresplayer) [November 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/atresplayer/status/1327246982503669760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
The Malhação spin-off finally premiered on Globoplay! Look out for the return of Limantha angst.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHgUf96HfLR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Thought I could get through one week without getting hype about Batwoman? Think again. WHO IS WILDER’S LOVE INTEREST?
https://twitter.com/JaviciaBR/status/1326689704310411264?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
The BEST news for Black Lightning fans!
> ‘Black Lightning’ Ups Chantal Thuy To Series Regular; Actress Talks Season 4, Asian And LGBTQ Representation In The Superhero Genre
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [November 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1327302937232633856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)
The six small words that blew up the entire queer fandom this week:
> Actually Buffy should have dated Willow.
>
> — alyson hannigan (@alydenisof) [November 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/alydenisof/status/1326714621168914432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Functional](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/functional/)
The web series, Functional, is getting a season 2!
> We want to thank everyone who helped us share and our countless doners who made this possible ❤
>
> And we are proud to officially announce that [\#FunctionalSeason2](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunctionalSeason2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is coming your way!! [pic.twitter.com/mWFvM2ipb6](https://t.co/mWFvM2ipb6)
>
> — Functional Series (@functionalserie) [November 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/functionalserie/status/1324766042732724224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Suranne Jones posted this ode to Anne Lister:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHQRy_UhkOO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gossip Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gossip-girl/)
Everyone is talking about the upcoming Gossip Girl reboot. Apparently is will be much more diverse this time around!
> Gossip Girl show-runner Joshua Safran teases the reboot will be "very, very queer and involve a diverse group of people… this time around the leads aren't white."
>
> Kristen Bell will also return to narrate the series. [pic.twitter.com/TUoJx4sKDL](https://t.co/TUoJx4sKDL)
>
> — Film Updates Back-Up (@TheFilmUpdates) [November 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheFilmUpdates/status/1326316253326143489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
[Danielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) and [Stefania](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) are back to inject some joy into our lives:
> Obsessed with Marina sharing their favorite Season 3 scenes 😍 while we get ready for our watch party! What are your favorite scenes? [@D\_SAVRE](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/A8hCorKFj2](https://t.co/A8hCorKFj2)
>
> — Station 19 (@Station19) [November 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1326645803369246722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The live tweeted the return of Station 19 and, as usual, talked about how much they love each other:
> Okay, this is also everything I love about [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and so much more 😭❤️ [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Danielle Savre (@D\_SAVRE) [November 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1327063184830734337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
UA is getting a season three!
> Oh my god! We're back! Again! It's official. Production for S3 of The Umbrella Academy begins in February [pic.twitter.com/tZxyezzCOc](https://t.co/tZxyezzCOc)
>
> — Umbrella Academy (@UmbrellaAcad) [November 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/UmbrellaAcad/status/1326192896907702274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Adventure Time, Amar Es Para Siempre, As Five, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Chantal Thuy, Functional, Gossip Girl, Malhação, Station 19, The Umbrella Academy
---
### [Queer Beats - November 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-november-6-2020/)
**Published:** November 6, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, do you remember Halloween? It seems like that was weeks ago but our favorite casts really showed up.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, do you remember Halloween? It seems like that was weeks ago but our favorite casts really showed up. To be honest, I considered skipping this week’s post because of the mess that is the American election. But, I figured we need a distraction now more than ever! So here’s some queer TV news for ya!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
Let’s start with my personal favorite news of the week: [Megalyn Echikunwoke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/megalyn-echikunwoke/) and [Dianna Agron](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/diana-agron/)‘s Halloween celebration.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDde7SHK5v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDb4WrgaST/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Meanwhile, the Batwoman cast continues to love each other. They celebrated Halloween together (along with many other Vancouver-based CW cast members):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHDpBEPDmA8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/CamrusJ/status/1323015808688115712?s=20
They watched the elections together:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLXSeTjPQE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also [Javicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) continues to give us Batsuit content!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHO2n4tj_DX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’m sorry if you’re sick of the Batwoman content but I am openly obsessed with the possibility of this couple:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLgOGdjrQh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Gentleman Jack is officially filming again!!!
https://twitter.com/listerswen/status/1323639359019638790?s=20
## [Malhação](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/)
This is possibly a tiny spoiler but this gif is a reminder that the Malhação spin-off, As Five, is being released in just over a week and, yes, Limantha will be there.
https://twitter.com/asfivegifs/status/1324375779774517248?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
AbnormallyAdam’s interview with [Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/) is out!
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
The Riverdale girls went as the PowerPuff Girls for Halloween:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHB3pN5rIey/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) shook us all by going as Nura Nal for Halloween:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHCWgKRAIdC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And she even blessed us with a TikTok!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG_ahDSAjgT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And, like I mentioned above, a lot of the Vancouver-based CW casts were at the same Halloween party. Scroll for a picture of [Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/), [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/), and Candice Patton:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHENqhPhjEp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
One more important trio:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOBmFXDf4w/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amalia Holm, Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Gentleman Jack, Javicia Leslie, Malhação, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Maines
---
### [Historical Primetime Popularity](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/historical-primetime-popularity/)
**Published:** November 18, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As hard as it is to collect proper data, we're making a go at figuring out if queer content make your show popular.
**Content:**
Last week I talked about how the reality of popularity is an unknown, unless we have unbiased data sources and transparency about collection and coalition. In light of the unknown, we do have some data we can review.
## The Nielsens
Since 1950, the Nielsens have collected data on the most popular TV shows and have made it relatively easy to get an idea of the top primetime shows per year.
I took the top scripted shows in 2015-16 season and made a list of which had queers and if those characters were dead. Since some shows have queers of the week (*NCIS* for example), I chose to mark the difference between no queers in the season with ‘None’ and no queers *ever* as ‘Never’. I compared that to the last solid list available, which happens to be 2018-19 (the 2019-20 season is technically over, but the data is not yet collated).
**2015-16**
ProgramQueers?**Dead?***NCIS*NoneN/A*The Big Bang Theory*NoneNever*Empire*RegularYes*NCIS: New Orleans*RegularNever*Blue Bloods*NoneN/A*Grey’s Anatomy*Regular, Recurring, GuestNo*Criminal Minds*RecurringNever*Scandal*GuestYes*The Blacklist*RecurringNo*How to Get Away with Murder*RegularNo*Blindspot*Regular & GuestYes*Chicago Fire*NoneNo*Code Black*Regular, RecurringYes*Chicago Med*GuestYes
**2018-19**
ProgramQueers?**Dead?****The Big Bang Theory**NoneNever*NCIS*NoneN/A*Young Sheldon*NeverNever*This is Us*RegularNever*Blue Bloods*NoneN/A*FBI*GuestNever*The Good Doctor*GuestYes*Manifest*RegularNo*Chicago Fire*RegularNo*Chicago Med*NoneNo*Bull*NeverNever*Chicago P.D.*NoneNever*New Amsterdam*NeverNever*NCIS: New Orleans*RegularNever*Grey’s Anatomy*Regular, GuestYes*Mom*RegularNever*Hawaii Five-0*NeverNever*NCIS: Los Angeles*NeverNever*9-1-1*Regular, RecurringNone*The Conners*GuestNone*God Friended Me*RecurringNever
Key:
- None = No queers appeared (or died) this season
- Never = No queers appeared (or died) ever to date
Also of note: The reason there are more shows listed in 2018-19 is because scripted TV outperformed reality TV (and sports) significantly more in that season than compared to 2015-16.
## Growth or Decline?
I went ahead and took the data from between those years as well to more clearly show the differences. Or rather… the lack there of.
2015-162016-172017-182018-19Shows with Regulars6877Shows with Recurring4432Shows with Guests4334Shows with Death5312Other than 2015-16 having a bit more death, the numbers for linear TV are surprisingly flat. There’s really very little variation for the last four years.
## What about Streamers?
This is where it’s ugly. Netflix did release some data, and technically the Nielsens have been tracking them since 2017, the two sources disagree greatly on the conclusions. Also if you look at the various reports (Forbes, Time, etc) on what’s popular, it changes.
So here’s, according to Netflix, the popular scripted shows and how they’re doing from this most reason year compared with 2017 (the first year we had data):
**2017**
ShowQueersDead?*American Vandal*NoneNone*Suburra: Blood on Rome*NoneNone*Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life*MentionedNone*3%*RegularNone*13 Reasons Why*RegularYes*Marvel’s Iron Fist*GuestNone*Anne with an E*GuestNone*Ingobernable*Regular, Recurring, GuestYes*Travelers*NoneNone*The Keepers*NoneNone*The Crown*NoneNone*Neo Yokio*NoneNone*A Series of Unfortunate Events*NoneNone*GLOW*NoneNone*Friends from College*NoneNone*Ozark*NoneNone*Big Mouth*Regular, RecurringNone*Dear White People*Regular, RecurringNone*Disjointed*NoneNone*Orange is the New Black*Regular, RecurringNone*Stranger Things*NoneNone*Narcos*NoneNone*Ozark*NoneNone*Marvel’s The Defenders*GuestNone*MINDHUNTER*RegularNone*Black Mirror*NoneNone*Grace & Frankie*GuestNone*Fuller House*RegularNone*Atypical*RegularNone
**2020**
ShowQueers?Dead?*Orange is the New Black*RegularYes*The Witcher*NoneN/A*Stranger Things*RecurringNo*The Umbrella Academy*RegularNo*Money Heist*RegularNo*You*RecurringYes*Sex Education*RecurringNo*Dead To Me*RegularNo*Elite*RegularNo
This is a notable departure from Linear content already. Only *one* show (*The Witcher*) this year has no queers, and that’s based on a book series that was turned into a video game, and you can look up criticism on the portrayal of BIPOC, disabled characters, and women in general from the source material. In opposition to Netflix’s other high-fantasy series that came out this year (*[Cursed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cursed/)* based on the Arthurian legends), *The Witcher* lacks the nuance of representation. And both fall flat with ‘historically accurate costumes.’
But the point is that with regards to scripted TV, Netflix absolutely has success with queer content. In fact, six of the shows in the 2017 list went on to add queer female, trans, or non-binary characters. That means out of 28 shows over half (20) eventually added queer characters.
## Queers Make Good TV
Okay, okay, I’d love to say this is obviously proof that queers make good TV. But I think, from Netflix at least, we can see that part of their driving success can be found in embracing queerness. Of course, they have some room to do better, as the [recent collapse of peak TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-disproportionate-collapse-of-peak-tv/) is showing us. If you go back through those shows and identify the BIPOC or female led series, you will be sorely disappointed.
But.
By our reckoning, the *top ten* shows on Netflix that were on air in 2020 are significantly different.
1. *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*
2. *The Politician*
3. *Atypical*
4. *Valeria*
5. *Dear White People*
6. *Trinkets*
7. *Feel Good*
8. *Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings*
9. *Teenage Bounty Hunters*
10. *Family Business*
Our list? A lot more diverse than theirs, and includes more non-English series. It’s also a lot more niche, which has been the bane of queer content for a long time. That said, we’re also limited by the offerings that have queer content, and that speaks more towards what we’re given. Is queer content found in more niche shows simply because more niche shows have queer content? It’s a little chicken-egg.
The ultimate conclusion though is that quality queer content will not hurt your show. Popularity will come regardless, so take a chance.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Netflix, Statistics
---
### [Fake News and Popularity](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/fake-news-and-popularity/)
**Published:** November 11, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Determining what is and is not popular is not as easy as looking at a list, due to the uncertain nature of the data sources.
**Content:**
I spend a lot of time correlating the statistics of shows with queerness, their (relative) success, and the relationship to the volume of queer characters on screen to the deaths of said characters. With that, however, are some notably flaws to the process.
## The Flaws
First of all, there’s no collective database of **all** TV characters, internationally, and their deaths. IMDb is built to record and collate the actors and their works, not the characters per sey, which results in a way to get a vague idea of how many actors a TV series might have, but not their characters. This is especially true of any animated series, wherein a smaller number of actors play a larger set of characters.
The second major hurdle is that while linear media is well tracked by the Nielsens, the same cannot be said of streaming media. Netflix, for example, is not particularly keen on sharing the specifics of viewers. In addition, they have what I can only call the most asinine metric for viewership, which is that if you watch **two minutes** of a show, you count as a viewer. Or rather, you count as someone who chose to watch a show. And with other streamers this is insurmountable, as Amazon, Disney+, and Hulu *share nothing*. “Just trust us when we say this is popular.”
The third hurdle is directly related to the second. In lieu of any actual data, any attempt to connect the dots between a show that is popular and a show with queer characters that is popular forces you to use things like Rotten Tomatoes or IMDb, where the general populace ‘votes.’ And while that sounds great, the sad truth is that nuance is lost with their scores. A show is either good or bad, and there’s no chance to identify what was wrong with it. In addition, it’s important to question the user base.
The fourth hurdle is just that: demographics. That is, who is leaving the grade? While we don’t have great demographics for Rotten Tomatoes, what we do know is that people who self-report using it to grade shows are 50-70% male, and roughly 30% are 24 and younger. It is not unreasonable to extrapolate from this and assume that most people leaving grades are cis-white men, under 40 years of age. That heavily skews the results, and you can make some predictions based on that user base as to which shows will be down-graded into oblivion.
Finally, our fifth hurdle is history. And that is, we have no blessed idea what was popular on streaming media in years past, due to a lack of information. Without honest, unbiased, 3rd party tracking, we can never know this. Allowing people to self-report success leads to lies and fabrications of conclusions that no one can argue.
## The Water Cooler vs The Binge
When I started working for The Man (I used to work at a Bank), there was a concept of the Water Cooler. On ‘smoke breaks’ people used to congregate with coffee or water, and chat about the most popular TV shows of the era. *Seinfield*, *Friends*, *ER*, and the like were all incredibly well discussed. We didn’t have DVR back then, and while some people recorded a show to watch later, most of us had appointment TV where we might have even unplugged a phone so we could watch our favorite shows and their season finales. After all, if someone had called me when Aaron Echolls popped up behind Veronica Mars in that season finale? I would have missed the moment!
Fast forward a mere 15 years, and we now have to ask “Hey, have you watched X yet?” with a different mindset. it’s no longer “Did you watch so we can chat?” but “Did you watch or are you saving it to binge?” We voluntarily tag ourselves with `#spoilers` to warn our friends who cannot live-watch *Wynonna Earp*, and sometimes we get into fights as to if revealing something from a finale 4 weeks ago is a spoiler or not.
There are good and bad take aways from this. There’s nothing wrong with binging a series, first of all. I’ve been known to sit and watch all of a season for shows like *One Day at a Time* in one day. At the same time, when some shows drop, I’ll watch one episode a day, or even a week, just to make it stretch out. This is more true now with the COVID related quarantine, as I do fear the day I get through the ‘good’ television I have backlogged and have to step into the mediocre or flat out bad TV.
Interestingly enough, streamers have started to experiment with paced releases. Netflix is releasing each episode of *The Barrier* one week at a time. Amazon Prime did the same with *[The Boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-boys/)*, and found themselves the object of much hatred and vitriol. It’s hard to say if this is a success yet or not, especially with increasing prices for streamers. What we can say is that our viewing habits have changed significantly from the days where watching a comedy in no particular order was the norm, to main-lining it all in an afternoon was expected behaviour.
## What Can We Connect?
The ultimate question we have, though, is can we draw a line between shows that are popular and shows that have queerness? Can we track the growth of the popularity of queerness successfully and reliably based on unreliable data? Can we ever actually know the truth, or will be always be anecdotally grasping at straws?
I believe the truth will be in a service **like** the Nielsens, where in a 3rd party collects and reports. But with that said, the Nielsens need to grow and change as well. They only check a small slice of the pie and use it to extrapolate, doing so within strict boundaries. I know they do it because if you expand those limits it becomes hard and harder to see, but it’s work they will need to do, if we want to see more than the same old shows over and over again.
We need to look at the world we’re in and have it properly represented in the world we see on TV, if we want to move beyond a world where the most popular shows are all the same.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [Queer Beats - October 30, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-october-27-2020/)
**Published:** October 30, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman gave us everything we ever wanted: Javicia Leslie in the batsuit, Javicia Leslie doing stunts, and a season 2 premiere date.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Batwoman gave us everything we ever wanted: Javicia Leslie in the batsuit, Javicia Leslie doing stunts, and a season 2 premiere date.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Literally half of this week’s Queer Beats content is Batwoman-related but I don’t care. It’s just SO exciting! First, we finally got a season 2 premiere date:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG7zukuJgS1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And, arguably *more* importantly, we got to see [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) in her batsuit for the first time!
https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie/status/1320835499574124546?s=20
She looks *amazing* and spoke with Variety a bit more about the important of Batwoman’s new look:
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1320814203301732354?s=20
Also, here’s Nicole Kang’s reaction after seeing the suit for the first time:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3NTNgDDcS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And, as a special bonus, [Javicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) showed us her stunt practice:
https://twitter.com/JaviciaLeslie/status/1321551167005069313?s=20
## [Champions](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/champions/)
[Fortune Feimster](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fortune-feimster/) got married this week and shared the very sweet pictures with People magazine:
https://twitter.com/fortunefunny/status/1320473559752273920?s=20
## [The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
CAOS’ next and final season will drop on Netflix on December 31.
https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1320726883747524609?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
I’ve really been missing the MFS cast so here is a new interview and photoshoot with [Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/).
https://twitter.com/StarryMag/status/1319759029288226816?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amalia Holm, Batwoman, Fortune Feimster, Javicia Leslie, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
---
### [The Relationship of Growth and Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-relationship-of-growth-and-death/)
**Published:** November 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Understanding the growth (and decline) of characters on air, and how that relates to the number of character deaths
**Content:**
Now that we have the stats on how many characters there are per year, people wanted to know how the stats on characters on air relate to death.
## The Cliff
Pretty much everything looks like the top of the state of Virginia. That is, it’s a slow ramp up, a spike, and then an abrupt drop:
- Characters on Air
- Death per Year
- Shows on Air
- The US state of Virginia
Just by looking at them side by side, you can see that there are more spikes with death per year than shows or characters on air. The latter two are clearly gradual climbs ending with a COVID related cliff. That’s why we have to also study the percentages as well as the raw numbers.
YearCharactersDead% Dead2020706172.41%2019872384.36%2018957383.97%2017861384.41%2016773455.82%2015701395.56%Thanks to that table, you can see that 2015 and 21016 are objectively the worst years for character death, even though there is only one character death difference between 2015 and 2017, but over a full percentage point difference. And similarly, 2017, 2018, and 2019 have the same number of dead characters, but the percentages are notably different.
## Is it Growth?
To understand why the percentage of characters who died appears erratic, it helps to look at the overall growth in percentages instead of raw numbers.
YearCharacter Growth
PercentageDeath Growth
PercentagePercentage
of Dead Characters2020-19.04%-55.26%2.41%2019-8.88%0.00%4.36%201811.15%0.00%3.97%201711.38%-15.56%4.41%201610.27%15.38%5.82%2015n/an/a5.56%Through this, we can see that while the death ‘growth’ was flat between 2017, 2018, and 2019, the nearly 9% drop of characters from 2018 to 2019 is the cause for the reverse in the percentages of dead characters in those years.
## The Lexa Line
When I study these numbers, I consider 2016 to be the Lexa Line. That is, it’s the demarcation where everything did not so much change as became more clear. When you look at representation in shows-on-air per year, the growth surpassed the trend line in 2013 (the year before we began this site). When you look at representation in characters-on-air per year, the jump happens also near that time, with an astounding 39.76% growth in characters on air from 2013 to 2014, and then **again** with a 48.83% jump between 2014 and 2015.
That means our peak growth occurred in 2015.
And the growth of death from 2014 to 2015? A mind boggling 77.27% change.
77% more characters died in 2015 than 2014.
We only saw a 49% increase in characters on air for that same period.
## Character Death Rates are Unrelated
The conclusion here is a little strange.
The number of queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who die on TV are not directly related to the number of those characters on-air in the same calendar year. There is, of course, a small relation. More characters means more death. But at the same time, there were spikes of death in 2004 and 2007 that only exist there, and not in shows or characters on air.
In other words, we *cannot* say that we *only* saw an uptick of character death in 2015 due to the higher number of characters.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [The Disproportionate Collapse of Peak TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-disproportionate-collapse-of-peak-tv/)
**Published:** October 28, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The shows hit hardest by cancellations are the ones we need the most.
**Content:**
At the start of the month, I posted about the 2020 numbers for TV and how terrible they were. We’re seeing more and more shows canceled every day. In fact, since I wrote that, more shows were canceled.
## The Gold Standard: Money
In a recent interview for [TV’s Top 5](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tvs-top-5-inside-the-state-of-star-trek-with-franchise-captain-alex-kurtzman), Alex Kurtzman was asked about how his budget for Star Trek had changed due to COVID. And Kurtzman dropped a bomb that freaked out the hosts: PPE alone has added between $300,000 and $500,000 to **each and every** episode.
This is flatly obvious why shows like *[GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)* (with wrestling scenes) and *The Society* (with it’s massive group scenes) were canceled. It also does explain the turn-around on *[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)*, which is expensive to produce to start with (Cobie Smulders is a more star, y’all, and they have Camryn Manheim as a *supporting* character! Plus Portland ain’t cheap). A lot of teen series, similarly, are getting the axe because by the time it’s safe enough to film again, those suckers are aging. Sure you could due a time-jump, but that doesn’t work for every show.
But above all else? It’s very much the money. Only people with deep pockets are going to be able to handle this. And that means the Golden Age is probably over.
## Golden Age: Quarantined
Just 18 months ago, we were living in a rarefied era. The [Golden Age of Peak TV was limitless](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/). With the advent and popularity of Streaming Media, we were eclipsing the peak, over and over, doubling the number of scripted series between 2012 and 2019.
The folks over at FX have been keeping tabs on Peak TV numbers since before their network boss John Landgraf coined the term. Their math worked out to a 15% **drop** in shows from 2019 to 2020 (per [RollingStone](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/covid-precaution-protocol-budget-netflix-cancel-peak-tv-1075454/)). So with 532-ish scripted shows in 2019, we’re looking at 450 in 2020, and I would not be shocked to see the number drop even more.
But there’s something odd about the shows getting second chances and the ones being sent to production at all.
Let me explain it this way. *Dexter* is coming back. *Stumptown* is not.
## Golden Gains, Lost
If that just made you Spock the Eyebrow and ask “Wait, Dexter can’t be a cheap show. Those actors are well known and the show had a lot of close contacts and high production values…”, you are not alone. In fact, RollingStone noticed too:
> It’s tough not to notice that most of the un-renewals so far (as well as abrupt cancellations for relative newcomers like Netflix’s *Teenage Bounty Hunters*) have been series about, and often made by, women. As the cuts go deeper and wider, odds are that all kinds of shows will suffer similar fates. But when it comes time to green-light new series under these conditions, it feels like stories from and about underrepresented voices, or stories told in unique ways, will have a much tougher go of it.
>
> [“Has Covid Leveled Peak TV?” – Alan Sepinwall for RollingStone](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/covid-precaution-protocol-budget-netflix-cancel-peak-tv-1075454/)
It was only in the last 20 months that we were finally breaking the moulds and getting more, riskier, TV made by and about underrepresented voices. Hollywood has always been quick to cancel shows like *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* and *[The Baker and the Beauty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-baker-and-the-beauty/)* citing underperforming ratings while simultaneously not putting in the effort to promote the series. This is especially true for streaming services like Netflix.
In fact, here’s a Netflix *only* bloodbath for the last two (2) years:
- *GLOW*
- *Teenage Bounty Hunters*
- *Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina*
- *I Am Not OK With This*
- *Marianne*
- *Spinning Out*
- *The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance*
- *Santa Clarita Diet*
- *Anne With An E*
- *Jessica Jones*
- *The OA*
Those are all shows about and/or produced by women. And while Netflix has produced a record 113 new shows for 2020, not all are women led, and some are already canceled (or unlikely to be renewed). Even *[Giri/Haji,](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/giri-haji/)* new this year, got the axe.
## It’s not Just Netflix
I don’t want people to think that this is only Netflix. Certainly, [Netflix has a massive TV problem right now](https://www.insider.com/netflix-tv-shows-cancelled-ending-2020-9), but this happens on ABC, NBC, and basically everywhere except the CW right now. I’d like to think that the CW learned from the whole [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/cw-hell/) drama in 2016, and has come ’round to “Oh hey, women like action shit too!”
But the reason a lot of us point at Netflix as the canary in the coal mine is that *historically* Streaming has been where the misfits find a home. A show no one would take a chance on had hope on Netflix or Hulu. Got canceled early by Fox? Come on over, *Lucifer*!
And those days are going away, perhaps a victim of the binge dynamic. Netflix is taking fewer chances, and so is everyone else.
## The Dark Ages Loom
I’m aware I’m ending this on a hella somber note. There likely won’t be a good, effective, vaccine until spring 2021. Even though some network TV shows are coming back (and honestly I’m still shocked about *Dancing With The Stars*), it’s obvious they’re only going to put money into high performers that don’t cost the bank. And how those shows look? Well tune in to CBS next week, because *NCIS* and *All Rise* are coming back.
But I have this feeling that, if CBS has to pick between those shows, they will go with the ongoing star power of Jethro Gibbs, over Judge Lola Carmichael.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Netflix, Statistics, Stumptown, Teenage Bounty Hunters
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### [Queer Beats - October 23, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-october-23-2020/)
**Published:** October 23, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week gave us some much needed good news: more Euphoria episodes, a lesbian vampire show, and a potential Tegan and Sara show.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week gave us some much needed good news: more Euphoria episodes, a lesbian vampire show, and a potential Tegan and Sara show!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
I don’t know about you, but I’m really missing Atypical these days. These pictures of [Brigette Lundy-Paine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) made me feel a little better though…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiAVYYlxow/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Away](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/away/)
In a surprise to *no one*, Netflix cancelled yet another show with beloved queer characters.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1318418375366901761?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I’m completely obsessed with the Batwoman cast this year. They seem to be having a good time on set and are fueling my [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/)/Ryan dreams:
https://twitter.com/danversolsens/status/1317883306273394688?s=20
Speaking of Ryan, she had her first official appearance in the Batgirl comics this week and we got a few more details about her life!
https://twitter.com/_DCBRASIL/status/1319339731533037569?s=20
Anyway, here are more cute pictures of the cast on set:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnshcBhzu7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGnrA3JDq0A/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Euphoria surprised us all and announced that they will be releasing two new episodes in December!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiwpnlFgtI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [First Kill](https://deadline.com/2020/10/emma-roberts-produce-ya-vampire-series-first-kill-netflix-1234598255/)
I have beef with Netflix these days, but I am excited to see this new show about lesbian vampires. Let’s hope this actually happens and doesn’t get cancelled after one season!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGkvDj1Mj06/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
We are one step closer to more episodes of Gentleman Jack!!!!!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGsDFi_Bpjd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
This week, the women of color on the cast of GLOW released a statement that they sent to Netflix executives before (what was supposed to be) the show’s final season. It seems that their concerns were well-received and things were moving in the right direction for the show’s final season. Then, Netflix cancelled the show (insert eye roll here). You can read the women’s original letter and some of the cast’s personal statements below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiC1fiFSsB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiB3vYJh53/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)
Again, I don’t watch scary things but [Kate Siegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-siegel/) keeps making it harder for me to stay away from these shows.
https://twitter.com/k8siegel/status/1319344829789278209?s=20
## [High School](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_School_(book)#:~:text=High%20School%20is%20a%202019,pop%20group%20Tegan%20and%20Sara.&text=It%20was%20published%20three%20days,the%20duo%20recorded%20as%20teenagers.)
PAGING THE TEENAGE VERSION OF MYSELF! Tegan and Sara’s memoir is potentially being turned into a TV show and it will be produced by Clea Duvall and if that’s not a queer person’s dream, I don’t know what is! For the record, I am equally as excited for this as an adult but my teenage self would have probably completely lost her mind over this.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1318598736474296321?s=20
## [LA’s Finest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-finest/)
Another show with a queer lead gone…
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1317907073900945409?s=20
## [Malhação](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/)
We are just a few weeks out from the premiere of the new Malhação spin-off series and we have more pictures of Limantha to help us wait!
https://twitter.com/gikariwarrior/status/1319121862908149765?s=20
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Potentially the most perfect crossover of my interests??
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1318306340884803586?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Okay, hear me out, what if we get a crossover movie of [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) and [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) kicking ass and kissing girls?
https://twitter.com/MELANlECAVILL/status/1317915146153492480?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Away, Batwoman, Chyler Leigh, Euphoria, First Kill, Gentleman Jack, GLOW, High School, Malhação, One Day at a Time
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 19, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-monsterland-plainfield-il/)
**Published:** October 19, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Continuing the Halloween theme, I recap the Monsterland Plainfield, IL episode starring queer faves Taylor Schilling and Roberta Colindrez as lawyer wives who bring co-dependency to a whole new level.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, keeping with the Halloween theme lately, I recap the *Monsterland* Plainfield, IL episode starring queer faves Taylor Schilling and Roberta Colindrez as lawyer wives who bring co-dependency to a whole new level.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Monsterland*– Season 1 Episode 5 “Plainfield, IL” \[Live\]My wife and I started *Monsterland* when it came out at the beginning of October and we stopped watching it pretty quickly. It starred some of our favorite actors which is what drew us in, but it seemed over-the-top creepy with little redeeming story. I don’t mind some gore, but this felt full of gross-out violence for no reason and not in a fun horror way. After dropping to the bottom of my watch list it popped back up to the top when I found out there was an episode with Taylor Schilling and Roberta Colindrez playing wives. As the resident LezWatch extreme Horror watcher (“extreme Horror” = too much for [Melanie](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/)) I volunteered to take the episode on.
I wasn’t looking forward to watching two queer faves have horrible torturous things done to them, which is what I expected based on the other episodes, but I was presently surprised by a comedy-horror vs. horror-horror story. I loved *Monsterland* Plainfield, IL.
The story follows the 16 year relationship history of Shawn (Roberta) and Kate (Tayor). They met at law school in the city and followed the road of life to Shawn getting a fancy job and the two of them having a kid and a big house in the suburbs. The story takes place mostly in the present day starting with a 15 year anniversary celebration.
I was watching and bracing myself for the other horror shoe to drop. When was a sinister monster going to pop out and eat their faces off? But it kept progressing like an interesting queer drama. Throughout the episode you flash back to previous points in their relationship and it’s revealed Kate battles bipolar disorder and it has been hard on them as a couple. I do not feel good about mental illness being a vehicle for horror, but what do other people think? It seemed somewhat disrespectful to people actually dealing with mental illness, but should I suspend this because it’s essentially a zombie horror story? I dunno.
I won’t give the rest of *Monsterland* Plainfield, IL away completely, but let’s say the lesbian co-dependency trope plays a hilarious part in the story. Do you stick it out with your partner no matter what? Even if they’re not 100% alive?
**This week:** I hope to catch up on the newest season of Fargo so I can give you all an update on its queer characters.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Monsterland
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### [Queer Beats - October 16, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-october-16-2020/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite casts celebrated Spirit Day and #Marina got dressed up to vote.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite casts celebrated Spirit Day and #Marina got dressed up to vote.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Lots of our favorite actors posted about [Spirit Day](https://www.glaad.org/spiritday) and I can’t include them all here, but I thought this video was particularly cute:
https://twitter.com/CamrusJ/status/1316910788028846080?s=20
## [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)
[Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) recently finished filming for an upcoming show called Family Law. I am beyond excited for her to play a queer character again!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGVSNhplxZT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, she posted this photo of her with her on-screen wife and I’m not sure I’m ready for how cute this couple is going to be:
## [Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)
[Bex Taylor-Klaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bex-taylor-klaus/) got married this weekend and the pictures are *amazing*. Be sure to visit Bex’s profile for more happiness!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGV5FBog_PX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Doc McStuffins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/)
The Doc McStuffins creator, Chris Nee, revealed a new group of inclusive animated shows aimed at preschoolers.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1316831734919393280?s=20
## [The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)
This week, [Kate Siegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-siegel/) talked about what she thinks [Theo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/theo-crain/) and [Trish](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/trish-3/) are up to now!
https://twitter.com/swiftsvillaneve/status/1315727924763467778?s=20
## [The Mindy Project](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mindy-project/)
As far as I know, this show currently has no confirmed queer characters but I’m just putting it here to try to manifest one…
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1316453920370241537?s=20
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Another particularly cute #SpiritDay post…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGN43HWhXlP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, speaking of ODAAT (and, therefore, Norman Lear), there is a new Fried Green Tomatoes TV series in development. This automatically stresses me out because I’m running on the assumption that this will not be as queer as it *should* be, but I’m just going to trust Norman Lear on this one. Also of note, the original book author is on board as an Executive Producer and Lear said he is going to “modernize” the story. \*crosses fingers\*
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1316442397816037378?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
And the award for the most iconic image of the week goes to…
https://twitter.com/spampistefania/status/1316835521243480066?s=21
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Doc McStuffins, Family Law, Haunting of Hill House, Kate Siegel, Station 19
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### [Binge-Worthy Shows: More LezWatchTV Staff Picks](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-more-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/)
**Published:** August 29, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Chances are you blew through your TV watchlist a while ago. No worries, the LezWatchTV staff is here with more binge-worthy show picks.
**Content:**
We’re eight months into 2020 (though it feels more like ten years) and chances are you blew through your TV watchlist a while ago. Way back in March [the LezWatchTV staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) put together a selection of [binge-worthy shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/) that varied from quick binges to marathon long watches. There have been some new seasons and new series released since our initial list, so here are some more binge-worthy shows that we have been watching.
## More LezWatchTV Staff Picks of Binge-Worthy Shows
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*[Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)* (9 seasons and counting) / [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/) (2 seasons, 3rd season on the way)**Carmel, Site Editor** – I started watching the Luisita and Amelia storyline on Nikki’s recommendation and I was immediately drawn in. *Amar Es Para Siempre* handles a lot of themes I would expect to see in a telenovela or soap opera, but it was interesting seeing these topics through the lens of 1970s Madrid. Luimelia’s relationship is dynamic on its own but throwing in the challenges of the time period made the emotional journey all the more impactful. It also made the *\#Luimelia* reimagining of the couple in 2020 all the more enjoyable. The spin-off series does some really great fan service in season one and has really brought a light and fun energy so far in season two.
**Nikki, Staff Writer** – As many know from my “[Guide To Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/guide-to-luimelia/),” I spent half my summer in quarantine falling hard for Luisita and Amelia from *Amar Es Para Siempre*. I am a big fan of family dramas but have never been particularly called to telenovelas. Luimelia changed all of that. It was impossible not to become addicted to the ups and downs of their relationship and their passion for one another. Although [Paula Usero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) and [Carol Rovira](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/) have recently left Amar, we are lucky to still be getting new episodes of the second season of *\#Luimelia*, their spin-off web series, with a third season to come!
[The Boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-boys/) (2 seasons, 3rd season coming soon) Warning: Scenes of explicit violence, drug use, suicide, sex, and/or abuse occur regularly. Not intended for children or sensitive viewers.
**Mika, Co-Editor in Chief** – *The Boys* is not for the tenderhearted. It’s brash, offensive on many levels, disgusting, and absolutely hard to stomach. Originally created by Garth Ennis, who is not a subtle or shy writer, the series dives into exactly how terrible superheroes would be if they really existed. This is gory, gross, upsetting, and weirdly fascinating. If you’re somewhat masochistic, then you’ll enjoy this series. Season two is coming soon.
[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)**Tracy, Co-Editor in Chief** – *The Chi* is [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/)‘s gritty drama about life in Chicago’s South Side. It centers around three teenage best friends, Kevin, Jake and Papa. Kevin’s mom Nina has a girlfriend and it’s treated as not a big deal. The show just completed its third season so if you decide to binge, you have 30 episodes to enjoy. The first two seasons do not have a lot of queer content, but the third makes up for it by introducing five new queer characters. It’s like Lena Waithe looked at the show, decided it wasn’t gay enough and turned the queer content up to 11. The third season begins with Kevin’s mom Nina marrying a girlfriend we hadn’t met before named Dre. We also meet Trig and his wife Imani. Trig is Jake’s older brother who is trying to gain custody of Jake after their other brother is killed. Imani is a badass and she and Trig have one of the most loving relationships I’ve ever seen on TV. Imani being transgender is organically revealed on the show and her backstory is interwoven into the show’s plot in a beautiful and non-sensationalistic way. In addition to these major characters, the third season is sprinkled with queer jokes and fun moments. All this being said, a lot of tragically horrible things happen on The Chi. If you generally avoid shows with violence and sexual assault, you may want to sit this one out, but otherwise, I recommend it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1290391334361104396
[Dead To Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/) (2 seasons, 3rd and final season soon) **Melanie, Site Editor** – A female-centered dark buddy comedy, *Dead to Me* is fun in Season 1, but it’s even more satisfying in Season 2 when wallflower Judy meets a new friend at the retirement home where she works
**Nikki** – I was definitely late to the *Dead To Me* fandom, but that’s because the queer-baiting nature of season 1 scared me away (I know the creator is out writer Liz Feldman, but I have TV trust issues). But this season introduced [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/) as Michelle and all my fears were silenced, with the added bonus of the newest queer character being played by a queer actress. The second season deepened the “friendship” between the lead characters, Jen and Judy, but my personal favorite part was Michelle’s sweet nature amongst all the show’s main drama.
**Tracy** – This show is SO GOOD. The subject matter is murder and lies, which sounds really dark, but it’s so funny. My favorite part of the show is just when you think it’s going to fall in line with the usual tropes it doesn’t. It breaks all the rules usually followed when TV tells women’s stories and it does it in a way that’s not preachy or a learning lesson. It’s subtle and completely clever. Jen ([Christina Applegate](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000775/)) and Judy ([Linda Cardellini](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/linda-cardellini/)) play the two main characters and they have PHENOMENAL comedic chemistry. Judy and Michelle (Natalie Morales) also have great romantic chemistry. I absolutely loved the fact there was no coming out story line. Sexual orientation was never mentioned or processed. Even when Jen finds out about them getting together, she’s happy for her without asking, “What, are you gay now?” like we’ve seen on television 100 times before.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1259183103773376513
[Hitmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hitmen/) (1 season)**Mika** – It’s [Mel](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317329) & [Sue](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sue-perkins/) (known to most Americans from The Great British Baking Show) as hitmen! They’re as inept as anything and make every possible mistake out there. But it’s brilliant and hilarious. This already showed in the UK, and is finally available for Americans. Each episode is goofy and slap-your-knee funny.
[Little Fires Everywhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/little-fires-everywhere/) (Mini-series)**Nikki** – This was the breakout show of the quarantine so far, for me. I’m still shocked that this show came out while the world was (mostly) shut down (March feels like a year ago), but I definitely remember that I looked forward to new episodes every week. As someone who did not read the book, I was pleasantly surprised to see that extremely timely topics were explored in depth through the shows two main matriarchs: Reese Witherspoon’s Elena and Kerry Washington’s Mia. The show highlights the racial prejudices and biases that existed (and still exists) in small towns, all while unraveling the arson-based mystery that’s presented in the first episode. Good stuff!
**Tracy** – When my wife and I started *Little Fires E*verywhere on Hulu I thought to myself, “This is an enjoyable drama.” Then as each episode passed the story got deeper and more layered until we were obsessed. The cast gave really amazing performances. I highly recommend adding it to your pandemic watch list.
[Love, Victor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-victor/) (1 season)**Mika** – A spin-off of the movie *Love, Simon*, this series tackles a young Latinx man who has his entire life uprooted and, oh yeah, he might be gay. And it sucks. He hates Simon, the cool guy for whom everything worked out, because his life is just not that easy. Thankfully he makes friends who help him along the way, but it’s not an easy journey. This show gets a second season where we’ll get to see the fallout of coming out.
https://twitter.com/LoveVictorHulu/status/1291781148637421568
[Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/) (5 seasons, 6th “final final” season in the works)**Carmel** – The 5th “final” season just dropped on Netflix and they’ve already announced a surprise 6th “final final” season. This show has everything; titular queer character, badass ladies, cool fight scenes, CSI, buddy cops, family drama, a unique spin on Christianity, sex, sarcasm, and therapy. If that doesn’t make you at least a little bit curious then perhaps these gifs will
[Mapleworth Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mapleworth-murders/) (1 season)**Melanie** – This mildly raunchy spoof of cozy mysteries is perfect if your attention span is limited these days. Installments are streamed weekly in a trio of bite-sized episodes on mobile app Quibi, featuring small-town amateur sleuth Abigail Mapleworth. In addition to solving local murders with her niece and procrastinating on her mystery-novel writing, Abigail enjoys sensible shoes, “sharing expenses” with other ladies, and pet rescues.
[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/) (1 season)**Nikki** – I had been reporting on MFH’s main couple for Queer Beats for months, so I have to admit that I was sold on this show before ever pressing the “play” button. Any way you look at it, Raelle and Scylla make a cute couple. But I was not expecting to become so sold on the show itself as well. With its alt-history storyline, it makes for a perfect binge to distract you from the alt-history world that seems to be growing outside our windows. And, honestly, I have never been drawn to war-type stories but I became pretty attached to the trio of Raelle/Tally/Abigail and their willingness to do what it takes to keep each other safe.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1252270751585128448
[Slo Pitch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slo-pitch/) (1 season)**Carmel** – When I see [Knox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/k-knox/) and [Gwenlyn Cumyn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gwenlyn-cumyn/) on a project I already know I’m going to like it. This delightful romp dropped earlier this month bringing some much needed laughs during a time of stress. The series episodes are great, but the extra innings episodes… \*chef’s kiss\*
[Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/teenage-bounty-hunters/) (1 season)**Carmel** – It’s an enjoyable show with a fun relationship between the twins, Sterling and Blair, and their bounty hunter boss/new bff, Bowser. Religion plays a big part of the show and I really like how it pokes fun but never in a hurtful or disrespectful way.
**Melanie** – Just as its title suggests, this show is an irreverent high school romp across several genres, perfect for a summer binge. The comedy is pretty broad, but the show takes on some serious themes along the way, ending in a twisty cliffhanger that leaves you wanting more.
**Mika** – It’s new and on Netflix, and it’s an incredibly fun watch. With 10 episodes, you can binge this campy teen dramedy that turns and twists with Telenovela levels of crazy, and laugh the whole way through. It even has a great gay-reveal that isn’t the biggest “What the actual WHAT!?” moment of the show (but is pretty close).
[Trinkets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/trinkets) (2 seasons)**Melanie** – Now is the perfect time to jump on this Netflix series based on a YA novel about a trio of girls who meet in a Shoplifters Anonymous meeting: a new (and final) season debuts August 25th.
[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/) (1 season, 2nd season on the way)**Nikki** – I started this show on Tracy’s request and I did not regret it! I think I binged it in two days (it’s only 8 episodes) and laughed the whole time. This show, another Lena Waithe creation, provides a comedic look into queer Hollywood life through the eyes of the main character, Hattie. Something about Hattie drew me in from the start, whether it was her insistence on always doing things her way or her passion for old movies. Either way, this show’s season one finale is one of the best I have ever seen. Highly recommend!
[The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/) (2 seasons + more to come)**Carmel** – I think the best part of this series is how each of the siblings thinks they have their own life under control when really each of them is a hot mess. The beauty is when all of their hot mess selves come together to create one giant volcano of a hot mess family.
**Melanie** – If you watched season 1 of this super(anti)hero series for Ellen Page and found yourself disappointed that her character was kind of a bummer, this season will be better, I promise.
**Tracy** – My wife and I watched *The Umbrella Academy* season one last year and liked it okay, but found it a little boring and a chore to get through. Also, I know it’s my gay bias, but it felt weird to see [Ellen Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-page/) playing straight and her season one love interest was the bad guy which made her already depressed character even more painful to watch. When season two rolled around recently I wasn’t excited, but it’s my second job to watch television so I stepped up to the task. We LOVED season two.
A little case of amnesia fixed Vanya’s problems. She didn’t know how depressed and isolated she was so she was free to fall for a lonely Dallas housewife in an unhappy marriage. Overall, season two was totally engaging and its use of music is phenomenal. While getting through season one was a chore, we had to hold back from binging too many episodes of season two in a row. Highly recommended!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1290001144924835845
[Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/) (1 season)**Mika** – Okay, okay I know. It sounds incredibly daft. Except one of the geniuses of *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)* made this and it shows. There’s a lot of science and flashbacks and fighting (lots of fighting) and yes, some gay ladies kicking ass. It makes for a totally entertaining romp with nuns and nunchucks vs the evil priesthood a great binge.
[Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/) (1 season)**Tracy** – *Vagrant Queen* is hilarious, campy and so much fun. Elida, the main character is amazing. She’s fierce, witty and has the dreamiest eyes. Amae is her spaceship pilot love interest and the two of them have great chemistry. I’m not a fan of slow burns — I would rather get to the getting together part sooner and have more actual relationship screen time. However, the slow burn on this show is so entertainingly obvious it’s a delight. I loved every moment of innuendo and near-kiss leading up to their first actual kiss in the second to last episode. I also enjoyed [Tim Rozon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747653/) as Isaac. He is pretty serious as Doc Holliday on [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/), and seeing him play a less intense, funny character was refreshing. It was a fun watch, but also sad because I knew this season was it. If you love Sci-fi comedies and cute wlw ships, give it a go. But you may want to skip if the heartbreak of ending on a never-to-be-resolved cliffhanger is too much
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1289999283534667776
We wish everyone health and serenity as we continue to adjust and navigate life during the pandemic. Stay safe, friends and if you need other queer tv-loving people to chat with during this hard time [join our Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). There you can talk about everything from TV to video games, Queer Parenting to podcasts.
Also, let us know what your binge-worthy shows are by listing them in the comments.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Amar Es Para Siempre, Binge Watch, Carol Rovira, Dead to Me, Ellen Page, Gwenlyn Cumyn, Hitmen, K Knox, Lena Waithe, Linda Cardellini, Little Fires Everywhere, Love Victor, Lucifer, Luimelia, Mapleworth Murders, Motherland: Fort Salem, Natalie Morales, Paula Usero, Recommendations, Review, Slo Pitch, Staff Pick, Sue Perkins, Teenage Bounty Hunters, The Boys, The Chi, The Umbrella Academy, Trinkets, Twenties, Vagrant Queen, Warrior Nun
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 12, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-haunting-of-bly-manor-on-netflix/)
**Published:** October 12, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I haven't posted in a couple of weeks because I didn't have much to report, but last Friday The Haunting of Bly Manor on Netflix dropped and changed that.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks because I didn’t have much to report, but last Friday *The Haunting of Bly Manor* on Netflix dropped. I recap that and other queer content I’ve seen here and there.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[L.A.’s Finest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-finest/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live-ish\]*L.A.’s Finest* is a TV spin-off of the *Bad Boys* movies first airing on Spectrum TV last year. Because of pandemic-related production suspensions, Fox picked it up as part of its Fall lineup. Well, something good came out the fresh hell we’re in because L.A’s Finest is a fun buddy-cop action/comedy/drama I’m totally here for.
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba play Syd and Nancy (good one) — detective partners in the Los Angeles Police Department. We get to watch them kick ass, get into trouble, deliver witty one-liners and experience typical police-related drama. It’s a prefect “forget we’re in a living nightmare for an hour” show.
Syd’s is a cliche, no attachments, “I like getting laid but I won’t make you breakfast and you need to leave first thing in the morning,” relationship-averse character. In episode 1 we learn she may be anti-relationships, but she doesn’t discriminate based on gender!
This makes an already fun show more fun in my opinion.
*[Lovecraft Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lovecraft-country/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “I Am.” \[Live\]I am OBSESSED with *Lovecraft Country*. It is so many levels of amazing I have a hard time putting it into words. It mixes sci-fi, horror and drama with the real-life horror of Jim Crow era America. I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to follow the story (I have a hard time understanding sci-fi plots), but the show is more than aliens and multiverse travel. Each episode has a different atmosphere and focuses on a different character or set of characters.
I haven’t written about it because while it has some queerness around the edges, there aren’t any non-cis male main queer characters. Yet.
In episode 7 the character Hippolyta goes on a multiverse journey which was some of the best television I have ever seen in my life. Her first stop is 1920s Paris to dance with Josephine Baker.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1315431397130108930?s=20
She has fun flirting with men and women and hanging out with Josephine Baker and Frida Kahlo, two of the biggest bi queens in history.
Meanwhile, another character Ruby, gets involved with a man named William who is the henchman, ex-boyfriend and bodyguard to Christina, the daughter of a leader of a cult-like secret organization. Ruby and William’s relationship is complicated, but Ruby eventually discovers it’s even more complicated than she thought.
Turns out William is in a coma and Christina has been using his body to carry on a relationship with Ruby.
I can’t tell if there is any body-swap queerness happening here. I think Christina is using Ruby to get what she wants and Ruby continues to have a sexual relationship with “William” but not Christina. It’s not clear if Christina has developed real feelings for Ruby or if she is just manipulating her.
Yeah, I’m not convinced. I do not trust her AT ALL. We have one episode left to find out.
I HIGHLY recommend *Lovecraft Country*, but with a caveat: **the show is in the horror genre and horrifically violent things happen to characters on this show**. If that is something you want to avoid seeing, you should skip. But if you’re a fan of horror please watch what is, in my opinion, the best show on television right now.
*[The Haunting of Bly Manor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-bly-manor/)* – Series 2 \[Streaming\]I absolutely LOVED *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*. Theo Crain is one of my favorite queer characters of all time. I’ve watched the entire season 3 times and I’ve watched a few of the episodes more times than that. When I heard there was going to be a second season with a different house and completely different set of characters I was very skeptical. How could I love a *Haunting of* season without Theo Crain and will it have any queer characters?
I am here after a within 24-hours binge to tell you all, yes, you can enjoy this season with different characters, and yes, two of the main characters are queer.
Many members of the cast from Hill House are also in Bly Manor, like Victoria Pedretti (Nell/Dani), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Luke/Peter Quint), Henry Thomas (Hugh/Henry), and yes, my fave Kate Siegel makes an appearance as a bad-ass bitch in one very important episode. I ultimately enjoyed seeing them play different people.
The story centers around Dani, an American teacher who runs away to England to leave her old life behind. She gets hired as a nanny for two orphaned siblings who live at the super creepy Bly Manor in the middle of nowhere. Oh, and she got the job because the old nanny tragically died in the lake on the property. She joins the rest of the Bly staff: Hannah Grose the housekeeper, Owen the chef and Jamie the gardener/groundskeeper.
In case you couldn’t tell from the 80s overalls, Jamie is one of the queer characters.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1315444789521928192?s=20
Jaime is snarky and sarcastic and I love her.
I’m not going to give the rest of the story away because it’s definitely worth the watch, but I’ll let you all know Dani and Jamie “grow close.”
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1315648322762350592?s=20
Jamie calls Dani “Poppins” after Mary Poppins, and it’s the perfect nickname.
Even though *The Haunting of Bly Manor* on Netflix was a lot queerer than Hill House, I still liked Hill House better. I thought it was more well done overall, and I’m more drawn to emotionally distant queer characters than sweet ones (I know this is a ME thing and not the show’s fault). Also, if you’re horror adverse, you’re in luck because I found *The Haunting of Bly Manor* to be way less scary than Hill House. There’s some creepiness and ghosts, but I thought it was more supernatural drama than horror. Like one of the characters says, “It’s a love story not a ghost story.”
**This week:** I’ll be over here re-watching Hill House for a 4th time and maybe I’ll get up the courage to write about *We Are Who We Are* which I find to be a real nightmare.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** L.A.’s Finest, Lovecraft Country, The Haunting of Bly Manor
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### [A Comedy Series To Make You Smile](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/a-comedy-series-to-make-you-smile/)
**Published:** October 14, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Sideways Smile" takes you on a madcap journey of self discovery, art theft, dildos, and brownies.
**Content:**
Alex is a normal med student. She has a boyfriend, a goofy queer roommate, and oh yeah, she’s never had an orgasm.
That’s the start to *[Sideways Smile](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sideways-smile/)*, a new series making the festival circuit this year. In this short series, we get to follow along as Alex learns not just how to love her pussy but understanding fetishism, racism, bias, and the true nature of diversity.
The crew behind *[Sideways Smile](https://sidewayssmileseries.com)* was made up of 95% women, femme, non-binary, trans and/or POCs, and the actors are mostly POC, Asian Americans.
> We use comedy to tackle some relevant and serious topics like anti-blackness in the Asian community via a Scarlett Johansson talk show, the white man/asian woman phenomenon via a Get Out parody, destigmatizing sex work via historical references to Saigon bar girls in the 1970s and overall an arc around queerness, identity and representation.
Now before you think this is preachy or anything like that, it’s not. In fact, if you liked [*These Thems* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/these-thems/)or *[BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)*, then you aboslutely will enjoy *Sideways Smile*.
## Laughter is Intersectional
One of the things that puts me off most modern sitcoms is that the joke is someone. While critically lauded and celebrated, *The Big Bang Theory* leans heavily on ‘nerds are funny because they’re different.’ Sometimes they delve into ‘Penny is funny to nerds because she’s not a nerd.’ But at the end of the day, their one and only queer female character existed to be a one-shot foil to Raj, in the shape of an arranged marriage.
That’s the sort of joke that has a potential to be funny, when being a lesbian isn’t the joke. They could have built a whole season arc around Raj finding the perfect woman who is smart, and funny, and then have a mid-season reveal be ‘oh she’s a lesbian.’ Instead, it was one episode, and the rest of the ‘lesbian humour’ is Amy being in love with Penny.
In order to make laughter sustainable, to give it that deep payoff that kicks your funny bone, you have to make the laughter come from some place authentic. When a joke is ‘you’re funny for being different’ it loses anyone who is perceived as different. But when a joke is ‘we all have funny moments’ you can let down your guard and laugh with the jokes. No longer are you being laughed *at*.
And it’s that magic that *Sideways Smile* delivers on. Be it a hat tip to *Get Out* or a sex-positive party gone sideways (as it were), the joke isn’t that Alex is Asian or Charlie is gender fluid. The joke is everything that made us believe the world was only ever two things when it’s really a gingerbread person of possibilities.
I promise that’s a joke that makes sense when you see the series.
My point is that *Sideways Smile* pokes fun, sometimes dangerously but never cruelly so, at our preconceived notions of what is and isn’t ‘normal.’ It makes us rethink who we are while we laugh. And that? That’s the kind of comedy I can get behind. The joke is humanity, and we’re laughing all the way as we try to find our place in this insane world.
## Where to Watch
Of course, the downside to all this is the series is not (yet) available to watch everywhere. So if you’ve been holding off going to virtual filmfests, this is your reminder: You will absolutely get to see madcap series like this at them!
https://vimeo.com/428255083
There’s still time this year so go (virtually) to one of the [upcoming screenings](https://sidewayssmileseries.com/screenings) and be prepared to laugh and learn for an hour.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Sideways Smile
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### [Queer Beats - October 11, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-october-11-2020/)
**Published:** October 11, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Netflix made 2020 worse by cancelling Teenage Bounty Hunters and GLOW, but at least we still have Sarah Paulson.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Netflix made 2020 worse by cancelling Teenage Bounty Hunters and GLOW, but at least we still have Sarah Paulson.
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
AppleTV announced a season 2 premiere date for Dickinson, dropped a new trailer, *and* renewed it for a season 3!
https://twitter.com/Dickinson/status/1314235393240301569?s=20
## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
Yet another thing to write in our Netflix burn book: GLOW was cancelled despite already being picked up for a final season. Here are [Sunita Mani](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sunita-mani/) and [Shakira Barrera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shakira-barrera/)‘s reflections on what the series meant to them:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGA0UK1lgfS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CGAxV_IJOFJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
\#Luimelia season 2 may be over but ATRESplayer dropped the “Making Of” behind-the-scenes video and it is *very* good.
https://twitter.com/ATRESplayer/status/1314977751951171585?s=20
## [Lumberjanes](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7078540/)
Attention [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/) fans: Noelle Stevenson’s comic series, *Lumberjanes*, is officially in development as a TV show at HBO Max.
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1313631720281985025?s=20
## [Malhação](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malhacao/)
This is me officially coming out as a Limantha fan! I recently watched this couple’s scenes just in time for the upcoming series, [As Five](https://www.instagram.com/portalasfive/), which will feature the same main characters from this season of the show.
https://twitter.com/LimanthaFans/status/1314278240140382210?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
While we wait for MFH to continue filming the much anticipated second season, you can get your dose of [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) with this new interview!
https://youtube.com/cgXMjPiM4-c
## [Ratched](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ratched/)
Sarah Paulson truly is the gift that keeps on giving. Watch here as she talks about some of her iconic wigs!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CF2vqerHG2z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/teenage-bounty-hunters/)
Not only did Netflix cancel GLOW this week, but they *also* cancelled Teenage Bounty Hunters, a show that quickly gained popularity within the queer community.
https://twitter.com/PaulTassi/status/1313852178491154432?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Creator Emily Andras, [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/), and [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) got together to discuss the show’s queer legacy:
https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1313901464473923585?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** As Five, Dickinson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, GLOW, Kat Barrell, Luimelia, Lumberjanes, Malhação, Sarah Paulson, Taylor Hickson, Wynonna Earp
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### [New Feature: Characters (and Shows) Per Year](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/new-feature-characters-and-shows-per-year/)
**Published:** October 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Want to know how many characters are on air in a given year? Want to see how well your favourite TV station is doing? We have more stats for you!
**Content:**
One of the features I’ve been looking to add, now that we have a decent way to track what characters are on air for each show per year, is the automatic graphing of the data. It’s fine for me to plunk numbers into Google Docs and generate lists and graphs, but I always want this to be easier for anyone else to get at the data and play with the numbers. The second step to that process is the new graphs you can find on the site.
## Characters Per Year
On the Character Statistics page is a new sub-section called “[On Air](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/characters/on-air/)“, where you can find this graph of characters per year. This screenshot is from the dev site, so it’s about 2 months out of date right here, but the numbers are pretty close to accurate. You can see that since 2018, the number of characters on-air has started to drop. 2020, the last item, is lower than expected, though we can blame COVID for that one.
## Shows Per Year
On the shows page there is also a new sub-section on “[On Air](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/on-air/)” (below the pie-chart showing you the percentage of all shows) and, similarly, it shows you how many shows are on air for each year. And no, you’re not hallucinating that drop either.
But wait…. there’s more!
### Shows Per Year *Per Country* **and** *Per Network/Station*
Want to know how many shows are on air for each year in each separate country or network? Like … [how’s the USA doing](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/on-air/?country=usa)?
Yeah, I got you like that.
Now some of the stats look a little odd like [NBC’s on air chart](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/on-air/?station=nbc), where you might expect the trend to drop more, but it’s actually still going up:
But the cool factor is that the graph only shows the years the network (or nation) has actually had shows on air! Which means you also get [the CW showing it’s superiority](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/on-air/?station=cw).
Also yes, I fixed the weird wobble with trendlines.
## Are There Stats You’d Like to See?
None of this would have been possible without viewers like you!
Give a shout in the comments, come to our Slack and speak up, or if you’re really into coding, [Pull Request are always welcome](https://github.com/LezWatch/lwtv-plugin/tree/production/statistics).
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Queer Beats - October 2, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-october-2-2020/)
**Published:** October 2, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor continue to be a bright spot in this year and Amy Acker confirmed what we knew all along.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Sarah Paulson and Holland Taylor continue to be a bright spot in this year and Amy Acker confirmed what we knew all along.
## [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)
If you were anywhere near social media this week, you will know that this happened:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFyL05SlLlX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [All American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/)
If you are an All American fan, you will be happy to see that [Chelsea Tavares](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chelsea-tavares/) was bumped up to a series regular!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1311705106958766082?s=20
## [Amar A Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
Miss seeing [Macarena Achaga](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) on your screen? Good news, she is now joining the new season of “Luis Miguel: The Series”!
https://twitter.com/DebutHome/status/1310956145125752832?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I can’t even put into words how much joy the Batwoman cast is bringing me these days. First, we got a sneak peek at Batwoman’s new look:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFlKJHtBaRU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Then, we got this cute video of [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) and [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) on set together:
https://twitter.com/BatwomanBR/status/1309825241871536130?s=20
AND we got these overwhelmingly beautiful pictures of Javicia outside of her trailer. What could be better?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFsAhTEhOaA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)
I was pretty upset when Deputy was cancelled purely because I didn’t want to lose [Bex Taylor-Klaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bex-taylor-klaus/)‘s character. But good news! They have been cast as another non-binary character in an upcoming pilot:
https://twitter.com/IBexWeBex/status/1311820441384710144?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
This week on [Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) and [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/)‘s podcast, they are interviewing [Erin Daniels](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erin-daniels/)! So, if you find yourself missing Dana (who doesn’t?), be sure to listen to this episode for a dose of nostalgia.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFuZyHhjGb1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
As we know, One Day at a Time is about to get a big chance with their debut on CBS. This week, we also found out that, due to COVID-19, season four is officially “done” and now we are waiting on season 5 pick-up news. This is frustrating but hopefully the show gets a big push from the re-airing on a major network!
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1311323067491053570?s=20
## [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
I know we, as a fandom, were all already in agreement on this but [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) also agrees that Root is *obviously* alive:
https://twitter.com/SapphicGraphix/status/1311649978268422145?s=20
## [Ratched](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ratched/)
As usual, [Sarah ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-paulson/)[Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) and [Holland Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/holland-taylor/)‘s relationship is a bright spot in this horrible year:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFnFgE2neNU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/deliascult/status/1310325705042001921?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp was nominated for a People’s Choice Award and here’s Melanie Scrofano being cute about it:
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1311815608565149701?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** All American, Amy Acker, Batwoman, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Chelsea Tavares, Erin Daniels, Macarena Achaga, One Day at a Time, Sarah Paulson, The 100, The L Word, Wynonna Earp
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### [Exclusive Interview with Elizabeth Hammerton from CW's Pandora](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/exclusive-interview-elizabeth-hammerton-pandora/)
**Published:** September 30, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season two of Pandora is coming this weekend, and just in time we have the goods on a new character in this exclusive interview.
**Content:**
The CW © 2020 The CW Network LLC All Rights Reserved
*[Pandora](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pandora/)* is one of the CW shows that was easy to miss. It showed up last summer with little fanfare, and looked like just another campy CW Sci-Fi summer import. But just like *[Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)* was so much more than “just” a campy, goofy, fun series, *Pandora* is a deceptively deep show.
Like a number of sci-fi shows, *Pando*r*a* takes advantage of the genre to address issues like slavery, racism, and sexuality without all of our ‘real world’ hangups. The step-removed from who we are allows us to look at the flaws in ourselves with less prejudice and fewer barriers. Of course, it’s also a romping, stomping, combat and caper laden series that’s fun to watch.
One of the best things about *Pandora* is that they trust the audience. While you’re thrown into a new world, they waste little (if any) time trying to comfort you and explain everything. Instead, you’re expected to pick it up as you go, and it works.
Before season two airs on **Sunday October 4th**, I had the opportunity to interview Elizabeth Hammerton, who plays a new character named Aleka — an alien who strikes up a connection with Jax, first as a friend and then as something a little more.
## Interview
Warning: This interview contains mild spoilers for season 2 of *Pandora*.
**Mika Epstein:** How did you find out about Pandora? How were you cast? Because your new \[to the show\] this season.
**Elizabeth “Lizzy” Hammerton:** I got sent an episode — I actually auditioned for another part, which would have been for one episode this season, and then they said that I wasn’t right for that, but could I come back in tape for another part. Which was Aleka, the part I play. She’s in three episodes and has a bit more — and she has a slightly bigger role in terms of — her and Jax have a beautiful storyline running throughout \[the season\]. I love sci-fi, so it was an absolute dream to do it. It was a lot of fun coming into a cast that was already established, as well, and sort of slotting in and bringing — I’m playing a character which is part of a species we haven’t seen that. That was really fun. I’m really excited.
**Mika:** Do you have a lot of makeup you wear?
**Lizzy:** 3.5 hours work of prosthetics. I have, like a long wig. I have ears. I have this sort of thing on my forehead. I mean, it was amazing to do because there’s something so exciting about playing a role that you can look at yourself in the mirror and saying, “Oh my God, this is completely different from who I am!” You know, when you do sci-fi, part of what the joy of it is to be able to transform and and play characters, that are so far removed from who you are. The physical transformation was with a big draw.
Pandora Season 2 Elizabeth Hammerton as Aleka Photo The CW © 2020 The CW Network LLC All Rights Reserved**Mika:** What is Aleka like, what *can* you tell us? I know that the season hasn’t aired yet. \[…\] All we know is you’re a new character, you’re a love interest for Jax. Is there anything you can tell us?
**Lizzy:** So she is part of a species called the Sumi, she’s obviously not human. She finds herself at the academy. And essentially, immediately sees Ja, is obviously attracted to her, but they also strike up a beautiful friendship. It’s not just — it’s deeper than that. And then in classic sci-fi style, she’s a badass woman who helps save the world.
**Mika:** That sounds absolutely fun. Do you get to do combat scenes?
**Lizzy:** I did yeah! Which was a lot of fun. It’s insane, I mean it was my first day on set and they go “Okay, so obviously Aleka is very good at fighting.” And myself, I was like “Eh!?” because I am so bad at stuff like that. I’m so malcoordinated. But we had amazing stunt guys helping us look like we were good.
**Mika:** Well, that’s the trick of it.
**Lizzy:** Exactly. I think it’s gonna look really cool. Camera angles and great stunt guys.
**Mika:** Are you enjoying being on the show this season? I’m assuming yes, because you certainly sound excited.
**Lizzy:** Yeah, it was an amazing set to be on, because it’s be most collaborative, exciting, fun set. Everyone loves the show and everyone is just having a ton of fun doing it. And that’s infectious. And everyone — you’re working hard, but it doesn’t really feel like work when it’s “How fun is this?” when you’re getting to be on a spaceship and fight? It’s just a lot of fun. It was a really, really pleasure.
**Mika:** That’s actually something that the regular cast talked about at San Diego Comic-Con. It’s so fun and they don’t feel like it’s work because everyone’s having a great time.
**Lizzy:** I think also because it quite a young cast, we’re all kind of similar ages. We had some American, some Brits, some Australian. Kind of from everywhere. We were in Sophia together, shooting the show, which was just so much fun. Everyone just really, really loved the story and love the characters and loves what the show’s about.
**Mika:** Did you know, going in that you were going to be, in part, a love interest for Jax?
**Lizzy:** Yes, I did. I when you audition was, that I was gonna be her love interest. Because it’s sci-fi, quite a lot of the terminology \[was so complex\] I hadn’t read all the scripts yet. Quite a lot of the terminology, I don’t know what I’m talking about in terms of talking about other planets. So are the speeches and everything. There are certain tells, because I am an alien, you’ll see in the show.
But, for example, the role of women and being a wife as a Sumi, and things like that and how that plays into her love interest with Jax. I sort of didn’t really fully understand – until I read the script – this sort of dynamic in the role of a woman. I knew she was a love interest, but I didn’t know the exact story line, exactly what was gonna happen, and what actually happened and what it meant to her and everything. But I did know going in that there was gonna be going to be something there, romantic.
**Mika:** On the Star Trek world, they call that the techno babble scenes. And everybody complains that they have no idea what they’re saying. But as long as they sound good, it’s OK.
**Lizzy:** That’s all that matters. I know, and it’s such a thing with sci-fi as well, you have to completely believe and know what you’re talking about. It’s obviously not human terminology. That was quite kind of fun, trying to get your head around what you’re actually — like different planets. What does that mean? And all this kind of stuff.
**Mika:** I was gonna ask what was the hardest part about playing Aleka? But it it it may be the techno babble.
**Lizzy:** Yeah, on the hardest part, playing her, I think particularly, she’s got this amazing sort of control and stillness and strength — which I just so lack, that I get so easily flustered and she doesn’t. It was especially in scenes of high intensity or fight scenes. She’s done this before. She knows how to fight. She knows how to kill someone. And I obviously don’t. Trying to kind of maintain that that kind of control and make it look believable, but then also ensure that she has moments of weakness, the moments of pain. I think sometimes, when you get the sort of strong characters, it’s quite easy just to play them on one level. And actually no one is “one” thing, you know. You can be the most capable, in control person in the whole world, but there will be moment that you feel weakness, moments that you feel insecurity, and moments that you feel deeply. Trying to find the level and the balance of that, to make sure that she is truthful and feels real, I think, was probably the biggest challenge of playing her
**Mika:** \[…\] Tell us about you. How did you get into acting?
**Lizzy:** I was born in London, which I meant that I was lucky enough to be in a city where we have a huge theatre world. From a really young age, I was really fortunate that my parents took me to the theatre. I didn’t really know that you could do it as a job until I was a teenager. I don’t know what— I think I wanted to be a doctor for a while, but I kind of didn’t realize, I thought “I don’t know what I like to do.” I think I probably did a play and then like I had another job in the day. When I was a teenager, I was about 14 I was part of the youth theatre and that sort of kicks off there. Then I left school, went to university and then went to drama school in London and then graduated and just sort of, like every actor with just auditioning for things. Did in the old bit here and there. And then I was really fortunate that I booked Pandora.
**Mika:** So this is your first American TV show.
**Lizzy:** Yeah. Yeah. That’s exciting. I felt very lucky to be there.
**Mika:** Have you have you had the chance to work on other projects?
**Lizzy:** I’ve done … No, really. To be honest, I’ve done like the old short film, but majority of my work, almost all my work has been theatre.
**Mika:** What kind of theatre do you prefer? Like musicals?
**Lizzy:** I wish I was talented enough for a musical. Unfortunately, I’m not. I can’t sing or dance, so I’m not there. Unfortunately, not there. I think the great thing about theatre, and the reason why I love it, is that there is nothing like the feeling of sharing something with a group of people, and having a group of strangers and you as the actor there and through the course of, like, two hours that you both go on this journey together. I think it’s like amazing, amazing feeling, and it’s really sort of get a huge belt from it. Because of that, I love when I can do shows that the audience is quite intimate. I was doing a show, it was me and another actor — it was just a two-hander — and we doing it in fairly kind of intimate spaces? Quite stripped back. And that was just the most amazing, because it’s also very much just about you on the other actor and the audience, in this connection that you will have.
**Mika:** That sort of projection that you have to do in your stage acting to really connect with the audience, do you think it helped you because of the prosthetics you had to wear as Aleka?
**Lizzy:** I think it probably did. I think also, because it was so far removed from who I am, it means that the moment you step on set, you’re kind of — you’re standing differently and you’re holding yourself differently and it’s not just the thing of like, “Oh my God, I look completely different.” It’s like you *can’t* move your forehead the same way because you’ve got prosthetics on your forehead and I have a long hair and because of that, you stand a certain way. But that was also very helpful because we did quite a lot of green screen, which, you know, you don’t have anything there, so you have to use your imagination to try and envision something. Actually, having any kind of clear appearance change, I think was something really to hold onto when you’re staring at like a green screen, which is meant to be some portal or outer space. Also looking around the other cast members, that everyone looks completely different and is in amazing hair and makeup. I think that that definitely did help.
**Mika:** What’s been your favourite onset experience on Pandora?
**Lizzy:** I think I would have to be in the final episode of the season, not to give any spoilers away, but there was a big group of us together. And it was the first time I work with a lot of the cast. I’d seen them on set, but I hadn’t really done the group scenes. Essentially we spent two days altogether, as like a little crew. It was just so much fun. And it kind of worked well, because the whole thing about the season is we are all coming together. We’re all different species rule, we all have different back stories. And then by the end of season, we’ve all sort of come together and that’s exactly what happened.
That was exactly my shooting experiences. I spent a lot time with Priscilla my first couple of days, which was lovely, and we kind of got together. We got to know each other, which kind of helps with the storyline. We obviously meet in the show and I had never met her \[before\]. I met her first day, both getting makeup together, we’re both like “Hi!” And then, as the show and filming went on, we got to know each other a bit better, like we do in the show. My final day of shooting, finally episode ten, all of us together. That was a lot of fun. I felt very sort of, that was one of those moments when you \[get to say\] “I can’t believe I’m getting to say this is my job.” I’m just with a group of really lovely actors, pretending we’re in space. I mean, you can’t get much better.
**Mika:** Had you had you seen any of the episodes of the show before you started filming?
**Lizzy:** Yes, I’ve seen a couple of them. I hadn’t watched the whole season, but I’ve seen a couple of episodes. I was lucky as well, coming in of a new species , because I didn’t have — I could kind be of whatever I decided on and whatever I saw as concrete could be correct. I wasn’t having to mould my performance to anything that happened in season one, which was quite exciting and a little bit like intimidating as well. But I’d watched a couple of episodes, to get an essence of the show and to understand kind of the essence and the sort of style of it. And then obviously also to put name the faces of those when I was talking about them, I knew who I was referring to.
**Mika:** So you got to kind of create the vibe for the Sumi people then?
**Lizzy:** Yeah, I did. It helped as well, you’ll see in season two, the men, the Sumi men, have a real look. And I look completely different from \[them\], which is a stylistic choice from the writers and the director. Little things like that. I always find with a character, it’s kind of a bit like it’s a jigsaw and you’re finding little pieces to put together to create a full, fully embodied character.
Some of these pieces are missing until you’re actually on set and you’re seeing anything from like, the set design. You can envision how you think your house is gonna look, but until you’re there and you see what the designers and the directors have decided, you can’t really set in stone anything. And it was the same with, the other Sumi characters.
My first day, we had a group scene of me and a couple of of male actors. I had a moment of like, “Oh, okay, so this is even more — the fact that I am peroxide blonde, the fact that I’m really fair, and they’ve all got darker complexions than me. Okay, that’s interesting. I wonder where have I come from? Why do I look completely different? That has to mean something.” That was really that was really interesting. So although I did have a lot of freedom in terms of coming up with my own thoughts about how the Sumi women are, and the Sumi people, it helps seeing the other actors as well, to finish that jigsaw piece.
Pandora Season 2 Elizabeth Hammerton as Aleka Photo The CW © 2020 The CW Network LLC All Rights Reserved**Mika:** I’m also a sci-fi aficionado. I grew up on *Doctor Who* and *Star Trek*. \[…\] One of my favourite things about Sci-Fi, and it’s even more noticeable in British Sci-Fi, is that they get to challenge the norms of how we perceive the world just by picking it up, plunking people in space and saying “And now we’re going to tell a story where all your conceptions might be wrong.” Did that impact how you played Aleka? Knowing that you had just this this absolute freedom to *not* be human?
**Lizzy:** Yeah, I think it did. Definitely. Maybe without me even realizing it. What I love so much about Aleka, and especially Aleka’s relationship with Jax, is the fact that … You’ll see in the season. It’s so beautifully done, because it’s just about two people who have a connection, who have both intrigued by each other, both kind of desperate for the other one. It’s just beautifully…
I’m completely swallowing my words here. What I’m trying to say is, what I loved about it, is it wasn’t made a big thing in terms of \[gender\]. It’s about these two people that both have an attraction and a connection. Sadly, I think the only reason why there wasn’t made a huge thing about it was because we’re in space, and I’m an alien, and that’s a human. So it’s like “Well an alien and a human have connected,” and that there is an intrigue from both of them. But the intrigue is there because, maybe, she’s an alien, she’s human. Maybe that’s the intrigue.
It’s not. It’s completely person to person, that’s where the connection lives. But because of, you were saying, because I’m not a human being, we don’t fall into the traps of this— make a huge thing about the fact that two people have just enjoyed each other’s company. I thought that was that really, beautifully done. I think the writers have done really, really, a really beautiful job of that.
**Mika:** That’s absolutely one of the reasons I kept watching the show was that they just kept making it *not* a deal. Who was in love with whom, \[or\] who didn’t like whom, it just *was*.
**Lizzy:** Exactly! We don’t have to explain it. I think that’s the thing, which I loved. Sometimes bad writing is when the cast is constantly having to explain stuff. It’s boring and it feels disrespectful, and it feels fake. In this show, what’s beautiful about it is that literally Jax walks in, and Aleka sees her and goes “Who is this woman?” Jax has the exact same reaction to Aleka, and they strike up beautiful friendship. Then it becomes something more.
**Mika:** I was going to ask, because I knew that the majority of the cast doesn’t get to wear cool prosthetics, if you were jealous of that, but now I have to ask it slightly differently. Are you jealous of the less time that other cast members get to spend in the chair than you?
**Lizzy:** You know what? When I was in the makeup chair at six AM, and I was in there for three hours, and then Oliver comes in 20 minutes before he leaves on set, and has a bit has a hair gel and that’s it. I did look at them and think, “I mean, this is great, but I’m quite envious that you don’t have to stay here for three hours and then take it all off of the end of the day.” Although I couldn’t complain because Ben Radcliffe has lot as well, and he has been there for two seasons. I was like, “You know what? I’ll bite my tongue.”
**Mika:** Apparently, Ben can put the whole makeup on his makeup artist by the end of last season. If you get to go back for season three, you should ask him about that.
**Lizzy:** 100%. That’s so funny. Yeah, him and his contacts, he had had someone to put in his contact because he still couldn’t do them in season two. \[…\] I say that as though I could do it. I think of anyone was putting anything in my eye, I would immediately go like that as well.
**Mika:** Who is your favourite person to work with on set? And I always know this is the “Who’s your favourite child?” question which is just deadly. Who did you get to have the most fun working with?
**Lizzy:** It’s so annoying when people say this, because you’re like, “No, surely not.” But I couldn’t pick one. Everyone was lovely, and everyone as well had a really great work ethic, that they’re here to work. But then also I think a show like this needs a fun energy. I think it has such a sort of young, excited energy. And that was absolutely the case on set. I mean, I worked most with Priscilla, and the body of my scenes are with her. So that was lovely. Lots of our scenes are just me and her. So you kind of really get to know her. She’s an amazing actress, and she was a dream to work with. But then the boys as well, a lovely, and Nicole who Jazz in it now, she was also great. So, yeah, I couldn’t choose. Don’t make me choose!
**Mika:** If you could be any other character on the show, male or female, doesn’t matter, who would you pick?
**Lizzy:** Oh, that’s so hard. I mean, probably Jax, I think, because she’s quite badass. Which I kind of love. Priscilla is so good at it, so I wouldn’t ever dare. But \[Jax\] knows what she wants. But then there’s a real, emotional truth to her. She feels and she has emotion. She’s not black and white. That is so compelling to watch, but then also she’s just a badass, which I’m here for. So probably Jax. But maybe always, playing Aleka, I’m always going to say Jax.
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**Mika:** We’re a TV site, so we like to ask the TV questions. What are your favourite television shows to watch?
**Lizzy:** Okay. Okay. What have I been watching recently? That I … It’s the classic *[Fleabag](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fleabag/)*.
**Mika:** Oh, that was so great.
**Lizzy:** Especially the Brits. We’re just like [Phoebe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/phoebe-waller-bridge/). [Jodie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/), we love you. That was just — I saw it, the play, years ago in the monologue. So I saw Phoebe Waller-Bridge do that. And then it obviously became a TV series, and it was amazing. So *Fleabag*’s amazing. *Killing Eve* as well.
**Mika:** We love *Killing Eve*.
**Lizzy:** Oh, it so good, isn’t it?
**Mika:** I mean, how often do you get a show that’s actually about a sociopath? And she’s a compelling, drawing character that you start to care about?
**Lizzy:** I know it’s amazing like that. It’s such a credit to Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, but also Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s writing. Because it’s — you’re completely right. You totally fall in love with both characters, and you’re really backing them, even though, you know she’s sociopath and she’s a murderer.
**Mika:** So she has a few faults?
**Lizzy:** Yeah, we love her. And then \[Jodi\] and Sandra. And again it goes back to that thing of, like, that show’s amazing because her and Sandra Oh’s friendship and love/hate animosity going on. But it’s not really made a huge thing off. And that’s so, so much better.
**Mika:** We spent hours talking about that bus scene, trying to break it down. Like, “Wait, what does this even mean?” And just that it’s unanswered is delightful.
**Lizzy:** Yeah. Yeah, I completely agree. It’s subtle on at leaves question, which is the mark of great writing.
**Mika:** Good stories leave good questions at the end.
**Lizzy:** Yeah, and you want more? You keep wanting more.
**Mika:** I am gonna wrap this up with one more question. \[…\] How’s your quarantine going?
**Lizzy:** Oh, you know what? It’s relentless. It’s absolutely relentless. I felt so lucky to be able to go abroad to film this, because it was a change of scene. But we also in London, in the UK, our Prime Minister has just put in a 10 PM curfew. Everything closes at 10 now. So that’s something that everyone is like trying to come to terms with.
After Sophia I was stuck at home for 14 days, because it’s on the list of places you have to quarantine, so that was very boring. But we got through. Came out the other end, but yeah, I think I share everyone’s opinion when I say that it just seems to be going on forever. And it’s relentless.
**Mika:** It is, really. Have you found any hobbies or such to do to keep yourself entertained? And to keep your craft up to date? Because you can’t go out and do theatre or see these things.
**Lizzy:** It’s really hard. When you’re stuck at home, not really doing anything, it’s hard to find the motivation to do anything, and I think that’s something I definitely struggled with at the beginning of locked down when I was thinking “I have this abundance of time, but I’m not doing anything useful.” But then I think that you have to remember we’re in the midst of worldwide pandemic, give yourself a break. It’s okay. Like the rest of the population, I obviously took up baking and cooking. I was like another baker. We don’t need any more cake, but I was just feeling everyone.
**Mika:** What kind of baking do you do? I make bagels personally.
**Lizzy:** Oh, I’ve never tried bagels!
**Mika:** I have family from New York, and I live in California, so I really jones for a good, chewy bagel. And, ah, the secret is lye, which is terrifying.
**Lizzy:** A couple of my friends who are Americans say that in the UK you could not find a good bagel. They just don’t exist.
**Mika:** It’s true. But at the other end, you can’t find a good scone in America.
**Lizzy:** So I guess it’s kind of, which do you want. But I’m like “A bagel is a bagel” and they’re “No nonononono. No, you have not lived until you try to proper New York bagel. It is not what you have over here.” Maybe we need to do a swap? I could send over scones, you could send over bagels. Maybe that’s the way to do it. Scone with some clotted cream and jam. \[…\] they’re amazing, and it’s stodge and carbohydrates and sugar and it’s amazing.
**Mika:** And they’re so terrible for us. And those are all the things I’m not supposed to be eating.
**Lizzy:** They so good. And when it’s raining in London, and it’s cold. Things like that get you through. \[…\]
**Mika:** Thank you so much for this time. I had a blast talking to you and I’m even more jazzed to see what we’re gonna get in season two. Is there anything you’d like our audience to know about you, about this show or just anything at all that I haven’t asked that you’ve been dying to say.
**Lizzy:** Not really. I’m really excited for everyone to see it. And I hope the fans love it. And I hope that people connect with it and that people kind of love it as much as we love making it. That’s all we can really hope for when you when you do a show. I feel very lucky and and excited to be welcomed into the family.
**Mika:** Well, may I say from the fans? Welcome to the family. We can’t wait to see you.
**Lizzy:** Thank you so much. And it was so lovely to meet you.
*Pandora* returns this **Sunday, October 4th, 2020**, on the CW. You can catch up on season one [via the CW website](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/pandora/).
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Elizabeth Hammerton, Pandora
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### [Top 7 Blonde and Brunette Duos](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-blonde-and-brunette-duos/)
**Published:** August 24, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's sunshine and gloom in hair edition with this countdown of the top 7 blonde and brunette duos in queer lady TV. Did your favourite make the cut?
**Content:**
It’s a tale as old as time, possibly invented to make life easier for fan-fiction writers. Whenever you have a same sex couple, they must have different hair colours. This is not *always* true, but it’s so common that TV Tropes actually has a page dedicated to the [Hair-Contrast Duo](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HairContrastDuo). So today we’re going to talk about my other favorite thing and bring you my top 7 blonde and brunette duos.
If you read my post about the top [7 Grumpy/Cheerful pairings](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/), or even Tracy’s [8 Wall Make-out Scenes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/), you might have noticed a proliferation of this. The requirements to be listed are simple:
1. You must be a *canon* ship (sorry Rizzles)
2. You must be an actual relationship (sorry Alex/Sara)
3. You must have a blonde and brunette (sorry Korrasami)
## Honorable Mentions…
Before I give you the list, there are some shows and characters we love that I didn’t add because I had given myself an arbitrary limit.
- Gabrielle and Xena *([Xena: Warrior Princess](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)*) *–* One of my personal favs, I know. There is an argument to be made that they’re not canon, but I will fight any one of you who makes it.
- Laura and Carmilla ([*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)) – Depending on the season, Laura could be a blonde. I think she’s a brunette though.
- Alice and Dana ([*The L Word*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)) – If I didn’t hate this show so much I’d probably add it, but even if I did like the show, I don’t know that they were game changers.
- Barbara and Tabitha ([*Gotham*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/)) – While I’m not a super fan of the show and it’s tendency towards torture porn, Babs and Tabs certainly do have something wild and evil going on.
- Piper and Alex ([*Orange is the New Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)) – I’ve never watched the show. I don’t like prison shows. But at the same time, the entire plot is someone telling their fiancé “I once went to prison because of my girlfriend.”
Talia and Susan – [*Babylon 5*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/babylon-5/)While their relationship was so short that you could have blinked and missed it, telepath Talia Winters and curmudgeon Russian Commander Susan Ivanova were a surprise pairing. Susan hated telepaths, but somehow Talia wormed her way into her cold, Russian, heart.
Seriously you explain this scene in a heteronormative way
Talia was revealed to be a sleeper agent and eventually her brain was dissected so all we got was one beautiful night together.
Brittany and Santana – [*Glee*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)Did you know that this wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the fans? While their pairing had a lot of weird missteps along the way, and their wedding was co-opted by the gay guys, Brittana had a happy ending after all and probably some gorgeous genius babies.
Theyre just gals being pals right
Without overthinking it, Brittany was just bisexual. And Santana actually got a complex coming out sequence. Plus she got to be on Broadway.
Callie and Arizona – [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)Doctors in love, Calzona may have gotten less screen time than their straight counterparts, they were still the best ship on that show by leaps and bounds.
Playing softball like proper lesbians
At least until there was an accidental pregnancy, a lost leg, and a move to New York that didn’t make sense. Twice. I guess you could say that’s a happy ending.
Lauren and Bo – [*Lost Girl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)Also kind of hitting the doc/cop pairing, our favourite succubus found her match in the smart doctor. How clever was Lauren? Well she made the Morrigan human via a cunnilingus applied poison.
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They could be a little out there, but that’s what kind of fun you were in for on *Lost Girl*.
Gail and Holly – [*Rookie Blue*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/)Look, I will ship these two until the day I die. Gail Peck, our grumpy cop who hates everyone, and Holly Stewart, our sweet medical examiner who totally got Gail to switch teams just by being awesome, are one of my favourite blonde/brunette pairings.
She threw the bat
I hold firm by my belief that they got back together.
Petra and JR – [*Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)I didn’t think this would even make the list, and then, when I rewatched Petramos (okay, fine, when I watched *JTV* for the first time), I realized just how awesome they were. Petra is one of the more nuanced and complicated characters on TV, and not just a one-note villain.
I love the hashtag so much
I hope they get a happy ending, and I can’t wait to find who JR shot.
Clarke and Lexa – [*The 100*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)How could I **not** include a pair that got a convention named after them? Much like our *B5* duo that started the list, we just did not get enough time with Clexa. People are unlikely to forget Clexa any time soon and with good reason. We got a Romeo & Juliet story for a modern age, and sadly it ended about as well as that tragedy.
*Yu gonplei ste odon*
Until we meet again, Lexa.
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Whew! What about you? Who are your favourite blondes and brunettes?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Babylon 5, Glee, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, The 100, Things We Love
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### [Top 8 Wall Make-out Scenes.](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/)
**Published:** April 25, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We have our particular things we love when it comes to favorite TV couples. What is the thing I love? It's when a couple makes out against a wall. Here is a list of my favorite wall make out scenes for you all to enjoy!
**Content:**
> Never have I been thrown up against a wall and kissed hard.
> -Molly from *The Four-Faced Liar*
Us fans have our particular things we love when it comes to favorite TV couples — height differences, enemies then girlfriends, grumpy paired with cheerful, etc.
**What is my thing? I love it when a couple makes out against a wall.**
I think it’s because so often wlw sex scenes are shot in slow motion through gauzy curtains while music from the Lilith Fair second stage plays in the background. We’re not shown to be as physically passionate as opposite-sex couples and that has always bothered me.
To quote Kia from the movie *Go Fish*, “What would you rather our collective lesbian image be? Hot passionate say yes to sex dykes or touchy-feely soft-focus sisters of the woodland?” I know that over two decades old quote is now outdatedly monosexual, but you get the point.
Here is a list I put together of my favorite wall make-out scenes for you all to enjoy!
Christine and Sam [*Love Daily*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-daily/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Christmas Dumplings” This is a single episode from a series where every episode is about a different couple. It was such a cute and perfect little story. This scene is a classic “one time thing, never happening again” secret kiss. Spoiler alert: it happens again.
If you haven’t seen this yet, **[you can watch the episode online](https://www.go90.com/videos/7KExRfmsXCx)**.
Emma and Izzy [*You Me Her*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-me-her/) – Season 1 Episode 3 “No Penetration” Early on in Emma, Izzy and Jack’s triad relationship, you learn Jack was unaware that Emma (who is married to Jack) had relationships with women prior to their marriage. Later on in the series, Emma thinks she may be a lesbian and not bisexual (that is still up in the air as of now).
This scene is from Emma and Izzy’s first proper one-on-one date and you can see Emma’s enthusiastic about being with a woman again. I also love that they’re drinking cheap booze in the rain and Emma pulls Izzy into a doorway to kiss her.
Cat and Sam [*Lip Service*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lip-service/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Episode 4” I miss Cat and Sam. I especially miss Sam because I’m a sucker for a lesbian cop.
If you haven’t watched *Lip Service*, **[you can watch the series on Tello](https://www.tellofilms.com/series/lip-service)**.
Callie and Arizona [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 6 Episode 12 “I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked” I loved Calzona, but I felt like they got fewer and less intense scenes their straight co-workers hooking all over the hospital. This one was wasn’t bad, except it ended up with Callie having chickenpox, which is why she’s hot with a fever.
Carlota and Sara/Oscar [*Cable Girls (Las Chicas Del Cable)*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Feelings” I love when a couple goes on a caper or does an act of low-stakes vandalism for a good cause. These two throw a rock through Carlota’s oppressive parents house, run off, and then celebrate by making out. Fine by me!
Sara and Alex *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Crisis on Earth-X Part 1” When Sanvers broke up I was really sad. I knew there was probably going to be a Sara Lance / Alex Danvers hookup during the big Arrowverse crossover and it was exactly the fun scene I needed at the time. I loved the two of them drinking and bonding at Barry and Iris’ rehearsal dinner. And I absolutely LOVED the fact that we cut to the two of them making out right after Joe’s sappy speech.
Sara’s hand on the wall is a nice touch, too.
Petra and JR [*Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 11 “Chapter Seventy-Five” Petramos is one of my all time favorite queer ships. I think Petra and JR have amazing chemistry. This scene was from when Petra had a dream about being with JR before their actual relationship. Petra had that dream on her mind for a couple episodes. I loved how they would randomly cut to the dream and then Petra would have that look on her face.
Naomi and Emily [*Skins*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/) – Season 3 Episode 9 “Katie and Emily” This is my number one favorite.
It starts with the, “identical twin (or clone) having to dress as their sibling (or clone) and the girlfriend instantly knowing it’s not them,” trope. At that point, Naomi is still in the not accepting her sexuality phase and she tells Emily she’s going away for the Summer to spend time by herself. She nonchalantly says, “Let’s just be friends.” As Naomi walks away, Emily says, “I’ll Miss You.” Then Naomi comes running back to kiss her and her whole tough facade comes crashing down.
The first time I watched it, I really didn’t see it coming. I thought it would be 10 more episodes of “we’re just friends,” but no, she kisses her right there in the school.
That’s my list, I know I must have missed some! **If you have a favorite wall make-out scene, let me know in the comments.** If I can find it online, I’ll make you a GIF.
### Update: Bonus wall make-out scenes!
[HappyRealist3](https://twitter.com/HappyRealist3) brought a couple of scenes to my attention on International Kissing Day no less. These are two wall make-out scenes that would have totally made the cut, but I wrote this post before I saw these series. Thank you, **Happy Realist**, for these awesome suggestions!
Liz and Mel [*RED*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Sensações” I love this one, because it’s the culmination of over a season of Mel not giving in entirely to an affair with Liz. Also Mel spends the first half of the episode walking around town all angst ridden (sad Mel is still so cute) and winds up at Liz’s apartment.
Emma and Cruz [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Episode 4” That GIF is just a short cut because the scene is pretty NSFW and I don’t want Google to flag us again.
In this episode Emma is doing some recon on competing bars in the neighborhood when she runs into Cruz and her queer posse. She winds up hanging out, dancing and drinking with them all night.
By this time we’ve figured out that Emma and Cruz have history and we know Emma has intimacy issues. I love that Emma lets her mean bossy bitch guard down for a moment to hook up with Cruz.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Cable Girls, Couples, For Fun, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Lip Service, Love Daily, Makeouts, RED, Skins, Supergirl, Things We Love, Vida, You Me Her
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### [Things We Love: Intense Non-Kisses](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/things-we-love-intense-non-kisses/)
**Published:** September 19, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Sometimes the slightest physical touch or an interrupted kiss has the greatest impact. Here are some intense moments that make us yell at our screens and ship the characters harder.
**Content:**
Kisses are great, but a non-kiss moment can be just as hot. These are instances of physical contact between characters that are full of electricity and leaves us wanting more. Whether it’s first realizing an attraction or a kiss interrupted, the slightest bit of physical contact can have the greatest impact. The tension is palpable!
Here are some of my favorite intense non-kiss moments:
Basically all of [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)The majority of Eve and Villanelle’s close interactions could fall into this list.
Valentina almost kisses Juliana – [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)It is no wonder this couple got their own spin-off, [Juliantina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/juliantina/). These two have chemistry and they are just starting to realize it. Valentina has Juliana close her eyes and *feel* her presence. They almost kiss, but get interrupted before it happens.
Honorable mention, when Juliana teases a kiss after Valentina talks about living together.
Paige and Alex dancing – [Degrassi: The Next Generation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-tng/)Paige and Alex have been spending more time together and starting to get closer. What better way to express that tension than through dance? Two women dancing is not necessarily queer, but the second that hat and extra closeness happened this became extremely queer.
Root and Shaw’s first encounter – [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)I know flirty torture interrogations aren’t for everyone but you have to admit there is some very serious sexual tension here.
Cheryl and Toni almost kiss – [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)I’ve never seen the show, but I’ve seen this Choni *almost* kiss several times. I remember queer twitter shouting when it happened live. They were so close!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/976975081497821185?s=20
Wynonna interrupts WayHaught – [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)This happens A LOT so I’ve picked two instances that I’ve seen Earpers share the most.
Season One, outside of Nedley’s office. The beginnings of WayHaught and trying to play it cool in front of Wynonna.
Season Three, gun competition. Season three started off with a bang with guns, revenants, and a very flirtatious WayHaught going strong.
Spencer and Ashley’s almost first kiss – [South of Nowhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/south-of-nowhere/)Spencer is just figuring out that she likes girls. She and Ashley are attracted to each other but it’s a big step for Spencer. My favorite part of this scene is that it is clear that Spencer wants the kiss to happen but she also recognizes that it is a big step moment for her. When the kiss is interrupted by a surprised yet understanding Aiden, he offers to leave but Spencer she realizes that this isn’t how she wants her first kiss with Ashely to happen and she chooses to leave.
Luisita helps Amelia with her corset – [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)I literally yelled when I saw this scene. I then proceeded to send fangirl with Nikki in all caps. The sexual tension in this scene, while slightly predictable being a telenovela and all, was the exact moment I started shipping Luimelia.
https://youtube.com/Tgy1M1m_sZg
Willow and Tara move a vending machine – [Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-the-vampire-slayer/)This is Tara’s introductory episode and it just happens to be the one with the least dialogue of the whole series so a lot of Willow and Tara’s interactions are “spoken” through body language and queer eye contact. This couple made television history and this is the scene where it all started. Two witches combining forces to move a vending machine across the room. Their magic warmed our hearts by moving some cold drinks.
Batwoman saves Sophie – [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman)
Batwoman comes in swinging with the tension between Kate and Sophie in the pilot episode, thus setting the tone for the rest of the season. All we wanted was for them to kiss!
What are some other non-kiss moments of tension that you love? Feel free to reach out to me in the comments, [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/itsjustCarmel), or on [LWTV’s Slack channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) to share your thoughts.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Amar Es Para Siempre, Batwoman, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Choni, Juliantina, Killing Eve, Luimelia, Palex, Person of Interest, Riverdale, Shoot, South of Nowhere, Spashley, Things We Love, Wayhaught, Wynonna Earp
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### [2020 By The Numbers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020-by-the-numbers/)
**Published:** October 7, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's starting to look like 2020 will be a bloodbath for cancelled shows.
**Content:**
Every year I like to sit and look at the numbers. How good are we doing on TV? Is representation improving or not? And over the years, I’ve come to learn a lot about the intertwining strands that make up representation. It’s more than just “Are we getting more shows?” We have to look at how many we lose and how many we gain, and also how many are making it past a first season. Sure, total queer deaths matter a lot, but so does the whole show being shuttered.
2020 is a little weirder than most years, for reasons I’m sure you all know.
Literally as I was working on my quarterly review of all shows on-air (making sure they were still on air, updating characters on-air listings, etc), the news dropped that *Stumptown* was canceled. Our disaster bisexual was not the only show to get the boot (albeit one of the few to get it after renewal was announced). A number of bubble series that had ended 2019 looking ‘okay’ were suddenly canceled.
I actually started the night with 396 shows ‘on air’ in 2020 and ended with 376. 20 shows. And I know that doesn’t look like a lot, but I do this check every 4 months. That means in the last four months we lost at least 20 shows.
Okay so let’s talk about how and why this bloodbath played out.
## COVID vs Productions
I’m going to start big here. COVID messed everything up. Properly, shows shut down filming in March to protect people like National Treasure, EGOT Rita Moreno. Many dramas, especially those with significant post-production work, were able to finish, but the same is not true of sitcoms which tap only a couple months in advance, at best. That’s why we got a conclusion to *Batwoman* but we’re still not sure where Elena’s going to college on *One Day at a Time*.
This puts a number of shows in a precarious position. Normally it’s considered gauche to leave a show in renewal limbo. Production companies and managers want to keep actors are to move on to the next gig, when their current one ends. Sometimes contracts are weird, like *Mindhunter* was put on ‘indefinite hold’ in January 2020 (before all this) but all the actors were released from their contracts. That effectively canceled the show, without having to say those words.
The mickey of it all is that there really aren’t any new shows to go to right now. Movies are different, since they can lock things down and isolate the cast and crew. A TV show though films very differently than a movie, and it doesn’t really lend itself to that, unless you want to make every TV show have a Very Special Big Brother season. And most actors would balk at that.
Some of us, myself included, had assumed this meant more bubble shows would just be pended until things were safe to film again. But as spring waned into summer, we started seeing a distressing trend.
## You’re renewed … Wait, no you’re not!
It started with Netflix. Shows that had been greenlit for a new season were suddenly canceled. Take *The Society*, which dropped it’s first season in May 2019. It was renewed by July, and was set to return to filming in March 2020. The show was originally put on hold until September 2020, but by August the show was canceled entirely.
In fact, a higher-than-normal level of Netflix shows were all getting the axe. Shows that had decent, but not stellar, first seasons were canceled, instead of letting them run another one.
When *Stumptown*, which had been renewed, was canceled on September 16th, a cold chill ran down my spine. ABC cited COVID and serious delays, which is legit. The show films in Portland, and it’s unlikely that’s going to be possible any time soon. And cancelling an expensive (lots of great actors there) show seems logical. Free up those actors to go do something else.
But where are they going to go?
## Where does that leave us?
We already know that the [number of shows on air with queer rep has been dropping since 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/). And [representation itself is stagnating](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/growth-of-representation/). The trend is continuing with a significant lack of new series, and a nearly dead even number of canceled:
YearNew
ShowsCanceled
ShowsNet
Gain/Loss20209591+52019122138-162018146164-182017134133-1201612897+31201511587+28International metricsBut there’s a scarier thought I had in the middle of the night.
How many US based shows in 2019 and 202 were canceled after one season? I excluded mini-series and web series from this, to get a better idea of how traditional linear media was doing.
YearTotal ShowsCanceled after
one season202022415201924820Now, you may think that 20 and 15 isn’t that bad. It’s only around 7% of all shows. But that’s just today. More shows are being canceled every day and there’s no end in sight. Also that means 15% of all new shows don’t make it more than a season, if that (NBC, I would still like to see the rest of the *Abby’s* episodes).
## Conclusion?
I feel like this:
And not just because *Stumptown* was canceled.
This year, shows like *Wynonna Earp*, that got a late start thanks to IDW drama, and still had to shut down filming. *One Day at a Time* did a few episodes sans audience (I miss them so much y’all) and then an animated special but what happens now? Those ‘bubble’ shows that (IMO) don’t deserve to be on the cusp are all at risk. It’s not just COVID, but finances. How much do they have to pay people to wait for a safe time to film? Buildings are empty. And while it’s not like they’re going to be used, or that people have places to go to work,
My prediction? We’re going to see more cancelations every week until there’s a vaccine, and even then some shows (especially ones with kids) are not going to come back.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Queer Beats - September 25, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-september-25-2020/)
**Published:** September 25, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we celebrated Zendaya's history-making win and learned that it's finally time to say goodbye to Supergirl.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we celebrated Zendaya’s history-making win and learned that it’s finally time to say goodbye to Supergirl.
## [Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/)
We all miss Abby’s, the NBC sitcom with a bisexual lead that was cancelled after one year. So it made me happy to see that [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/) still gets to see how that show impacted our community!
https://twitter.com/nataliemorales/status/1308052315744669697?s=20
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
First, give me a moment to just scream about how [ZENDAYA](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) WON THE LEAD ACTRESS EMMY FOR HER QUEER CHARACTER IN EUPHORIA WHICH ALSO MADE HER THE YOUNGEST ACTRESS AND ONLY SECOND BLACK ACTRESS IN HISTORY TO WIN THAT AWARD!! Okay, I’m calm again. In less exciting news, HBO announced that Euphoria will not even start *filming* until 2021 but they will be releasing a special Covid episode in the meantime.
https://twitter.com/IndieWire/status/1308033236090720256?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
First, the news that [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) will be playing She-Hulk… and now this? As a major Orphan Black stan (aka it’s my all-time favorite show), I am so excited to see that we will be getting a second season of the audio series. If you haven’t listened yet, I highly recommend it! Lots of Orphan Black-style mystery *and* lots of queerness!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFSxi1QFtyz/?igshid=96al1zzp913s
## [Pretty Little Liars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars/)
Ah, back to the reboot that no one asked for. It was officially picked up for a full series with the title “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin.” Should be interesting!
https://twitter.com/PLLTVSeries/status/1309184529026826241?s=20
## [Ratched](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ratched/)
Ratched dropped on Netflix last week and already has everyone talking. Here, the cast read from a 1940’s Guide to Hiring Women:
https://youtube.com/iSd5IrtbPcY
Also, [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) was Harper’s Bazaar’s October cover star!
https://twitter.com/harpersbazaarus/status/1308378425728667648?s=20
## [Razor Tongue](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlML81phU1My81RbNUQpHADaGZB4hgI5A)
[Rain Valdez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rain-valdez/), known for her work on Razor Tongue, will be starring in a trans-led romcom called “Re-Live”! All I ever want is more queer-led romcom’s so I’m very excited!
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1304457148303368193?s=20
Also, Rain made history with her Emmy nomination this weekend:
https://twitter.com/eentertainment/status/1307878671982694401?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
[Madelaine Petsch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/) will be documenting the return of Riverdale on her Youtube channel!
https://youtube.com/eyU89NJ04GU
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
It is finally time to say goodbye to Supergirl. The CW announced that the next season will also be its last. Although it may feel like time to put this show to rest, I know we will all feel the loss of these queer characters heavily. [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) meant as much to [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) as she did to us:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFdrvsWA5E6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, history was made with the addition of [Nia Nal ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)(Dreamer) to the cast. I am forever grateful for the time we got to spend with her (and for the addition of [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) to the cast)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFdQmXWgrKE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Abby's, Chyler Leigh, Euphoria, Madelaine Petsch, Natalie Morales, Nicole Maines, Orphan Black, Pretty Little Liars, Rain Valdez, Ratched, Razor Tongue, Riverdale, Supergirl, Zendaya
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 21, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ratched-season-1/)
**Published:** September 21, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After binging Ratched season 1 in a day I'm not sure "enjoyed" is the word I'd use for it, but one thing is definite -- Sarah Paulson was phenomenal.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after binging *Ratched* season 1 in a day, I’m not sure “enjoyed” is the word I’d use for it, but one thing is definite — Sarah Paulson was phenomenal.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Ratched](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ratched/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]I was really looking forward to *Ratched*. I loved the concept: the origin story of Mildred Ratched 15 years before she worked at the Oregon psychiatric hospital we are familiar with from *[One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Flew_Over_the_Cuckoo%27s_Nest_(film))*. Plus it’s a Ryan Murphy production led by queer fave Sarah Paulson with Cynthia Nixon playing her love interest. What’s not to like, right? A binge later, words like “love” or “enjoy” are not ones I would use to explain how I feel about the show, but it definitely had an effect on me.
A few minutes into *Ratched* season 1 I realized this was going to be twisted and gory *[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* Ryan Murphy, not *[Hollywood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hollywood/)* Ryan Murphy. That’s okay, I like AHS and I can handle some gore. Mildred Ratched arrives at Lucia State Hospital in 1947 Northern California where she manipulates her way into getting a job and eventually becoming head nurse. The reasons why are slowly revealed throughout the season as we learn more about her life and backstory. I won’t spoil those details here.
Meanwhile, the head doctor of Lucia, Dr. Richard Hanover (real name Dr. Manuel Bañaga) uses new and unsettling experiments to treat “mental illnesses,” such as Lily Cartwright’s lesbianism.
Lily, along with a few other patients, are part of a hospital event where Dr. Hanover is going to perform lobotomies which he is presenting it as a revolutionary miracle cure in front of the press. That was horrifying. I had to have my hands up in front of my eyes for a lot of it while I thought about what a twisted f\*ck Ryan Murphy is. The patients were getting the procedure for lesbianism, “melancholia” (depression) and “dreamyness” (ADHD). It was brutal to watch people be tortured for “conditions” that are not at all bad or treated in a completely different way now.
The press stunt was intended to impress the Governor of California to help support his “war on mental illness” so they could secure more state funding. Cynthia Nixon plays Gwendolyn Briggs, the Governor’s political campaign manager. She meets Mildred in the hospital lunch room and lets her know “she’s not into sausage.”
Is “I don’t eat extruded meats” 1940s code?
Gwendolyn is a lesbian in a marriage of convenience with a gay man named Trevor. For some reason Gwendolyn is drawn to Mildred and talks her into abandoning her bologna to accompany her for an oyster dinner. Is asking a woman out to eat oysters 1940s code?
The dinner had Big *[Carol](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/)* Energy.
https://twitter.com/Most/status/1306965769352347648?s=20
After helping Mildred “make love to the ocean” with her mouth, she naturally senses a vibe and takes her to a secret “women’s bar” in the woods.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1307737714591178752?s=20
Well, that didn’t go as planned.
Back at the hospital, the lobotomies didn’t go as planned either. It brought out gayness in one of the other women which Mildred discovered when she caught her and Lily together. After that they put the women through “hydrotherapy” which consisted of trapping them in a metal tub and making the water hot enough to cook the gay out of them.
The brutal conversion therapy, creepy gory violence and weird sex stuff was all very hard to watch. I was around six episodes into *Ratched* season 1 and I still wasn’t sure if I liked the series or not. I was also on the fence about Mildred. Are we supposed to be sympathetic to her? She did have a traumatic childhood, but she wasn’t a good person. She commits a lot of unforgivable crimes along the way for a questionably altruistic goal. Should I be shipping her and Gwendolyn? Gwendolyn seems like a really nice lady and Mildred comes with a ton of scary baggage.
At some point I gave up and figured, “This is Ryan Murphy and I need to accept the show for what it is.” I threw my hands up and gave in to the general awesomeness that is Sarah Paulson and Cynthia Nixon.
## Things I did love about Ratched season 1
**The performances were phenomenal**. Sarah Paulson was perfectly intense and controlling one minute and timid the next. The entire cast did such a good job. The actors are what kept me the hitting “Next Episode” button.
**The sets were GORGEOUS** and I absolutely loved the colors and how the shots were framed. Also I love me some Hitchcock-style split screens.
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**The witty one-liners were hilarious**. Even though this series was dark as hell, there were still some funny moments. I had to stop everything and make a Gif after Nurse Bucket said this.
## Conclusion
This show has stayed with me since finishing it and I guess that’s a sign of its merit. I do give it the official “worth watching” flag, but only if the viewer is okay with gore and graphic depictions of barbaric gay conversion therapy.
Watch it to learn Mildred’s backstory and to find out why people are using the peach emoji 🍑 when they Tweet about it.
*Ratched* Season 1 ended on a “to be contributed” moment, so it looks like there will be a season 2.
**This week:** Wow, I need something fluffy to watch after that! *LA’s Finest* to the rescue!
https://twitter.com/LAsFinestFOX/status/1308013144757940224?s=20
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Ratched
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### [DC FanDome: Batwoman Begins](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/dc-fandome-batwoman-begins/)
**Published:** September 23, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time for the world to meet the new Batwoman! Season one left us with a lot of questions, and then we got even more! What's next for the caped crusader? Find out from DC FanDome!
**Content:**
I was planning to do a quick summary of the 40 minute panel, but at the end of the day I have a lot of feelings y’all.
Okay. Let’s be real. This off-season has been *wild*. It’s IN-FORKING-SANE.
Just as we were getting settled and delighting in the success of the series, Ruby Rose left the show. *Batwoman* has been a success for the CW, but also for representation. Having a queer lead as a queer main character is (still) groundbreaking, and *Batwoman* is the only such show to get a second season since *Ellen*.
Yeah, I know.
But there were a lot more trials than just fighting the cultural homophobia in TV production. Getting to use Batman at all has been a crazy struggle. Long terms fans have heard about the Bat-Embargo, and it’s no joke. Caroline Dries had been told over and over that she would not be able to use Batman at all, but somehow managed to bookend her season with the Bat himself.
Beyond just the trials of using Gotham, a world *every* fan seems to know, *Batwoman* tackles diversity and inclusion and family through a very queer lens. Mary and Kate are sisters by choice, and even the death of Mary’s mother (and the evil that Kate’s dad has become), they remain as such. The concepts of found family is nothing new to the queer community, as so many of us find ourselves bereft of the blood relations who won’t accept who we are. Related to this is the collective fan love for Alice, someone who lost everything and now finds it’s not going to be back the way she wanted it.
We also have the stuggles of Sophie, a bisexual black woman. It’s hard enough to be a black woman in America, but to add in queerness? Even from the very first episode, we knew what Sophie sacrificed. How different will her world be now that she has chosen to take that risk and be openly queer to her family? What will the cost be for her?
Of course we also have to ask … how will that impact the new Batwoman, Ryan Wilder!?
## Season Two
The second season has two big pillars. First of all, where the heck is Kate Kane? There’s a comic called “Whatever happened to the Caped Crusader” and I’m expecting an episode title to riff on that. We’re not going to know right away, either. All we know is that Kate *isn’t* dead, but the characters don’t know that for sure, and there will be a good part of the season devoted to them trying to figure all this out. They’re going to have different theories about the disappearance and what it means.
And intertwined with that, we have Ryan Wilder. She’s new to the world of DC and has a lot against her.
> She’s been a statistic for injustice since the moment she was born. The system was not made for this person. She will constantly battle against the system. All throughout, she’s battled through it her whole life and she will continue to battle against it as Batwoman.
>
> Caroline Dries
Ryan cares about the characters who are overlooked by the hospitals and the Crows, just like Mary does. She’s a crusader for the overlooked community. Nicole Kang is excited for that, as it will tie her and Ryan closely.
Meanwhile, Sophie came out and is going to have a lot to deal with. Sophie has finally learned why it’s so important to have Batwoman, and why Batwoman has to keep her identity secret.
Rachel Skarsten thinks Alice is going to be “peeved.” I would have said ‘pissed off’ but clearly Rachel’s more demure than I am. Regardless, Alice’s lovely plans are all foiled and now her sister is just *gone* and yet there’s still Batwoman!?
Without Kate actively around, the sister triangle with Mary-Alice-Kate will be flipped upside down. Will Mary and Alice go to war or become best friends? Who knows!
And of course Luke took forever to accept Bruce’s cousin, and now he has to trust some random kid off the street? It’s going to be hard for Luke, and he’s going to be pushing back a lot more.
## Some Fan questions
Including an interview with Javicia Leslie (which is at the end of this post), there were some fan questions.
*As a Black trans woman, your casting of Javicia truly helped me feel seen. Honestly, this is a big win. My question is … Have you done any costume fittings yet?*
Alas, they have not. They’ve done everything they can prepare, but COVID. That said, they’ve talked about how important it is for a Black Batwoman to become “… a *sista* when she becomes Batwoman,” as Javicia put it. “More of a natural texture of hair and things like that.” She’s also been sending Caroline fan art she loves.
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It’s also important that they not hide what makes Ryan so awesome with the suit. Much like Kate came out as Batwoman, Javicia’s Ryan will come out and come into her own both with the design of the suit and her actions.
*How will the new character bond with the Kane family?*
“I don’t see the Kane family really liking Ryan,” said Javicia. Which is legit. Commander Kane didn’t like Batwoman before, and he’s sure not going to like this street criminal/vigilate upstart version. Plus everyone’s going to be missing Kate.
Caroline agreed, but had a slightly different take. “I think Ryan will, ironically, ultimately unite the Kane family, whether or not they realize it. There are all of these strands of connections that she brings to them that allows them to continue interacting and having changing dynamics.”
*What would everyone like to see happen with Sophie next season?*
Rachel would like to see “A love story with Alice.” Oh Rachel. We love you. Everyone on that cast clearly adores her too, and in their own way, their characters love Alice. Except maybe Mary.
Camrus Johnson (Luke) wants to see Sophie embody the Commissioner Gordon role. Have her rise to power and be helping protect this new, Black, Batwoman. And also take over Gotham.
Nicole Kang (Mary) wants them to be kiki-buddies, which Meagan Tandy also wants. She loved their banter, and would like to have that with the new Batwoman. Of course, Meagan also notes that she won’t like Ryan (or the new Batwoman) at first. But Caroline noted that Ryan will help Sophie come out of her shell. So that will be interesting!
## Introducing Javicia
We have finally gotten to see Javicia Leslie and y’all, she’s as excited as I am!
She found out she got the job when her agent called her up and asked to speak to Ryan Wilder. She identifies heavily with the hot mess she and Ryan are, and she’s a sporty girl who loves cooking and plants.
Producer Caroline Dries said it felt like destiny, that Javicia was meant to be Ryan and they knew within 5 seconds of watching her audition that she was the one. Besides just embodying the ideal they had for Ryan, Javicia also sent in an ‘athlete reel’ showing off her physical chops for the job. “I told her, you had me at tire flip,” said Dries. “She just brings everything: intellect, emotion, heart, athleticism. Everything you want in your hero”
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**Javicia Leslie:** You know, when I read the character description, it was definitely me. I love the idea that she is goofy meets badass meets a person that doesn’t like to be told what to do, a person that does not like to follow the rules. It’s really hard for me, sometimes, when it comes to “You have to do it this way” as Javicia, versus what you have to do as an actress and you’re trying to present yourself. I love the fact that Ryan is just who I am. A hot mess.
I’m really into action. This has literally been my dream. It’s so funny because in May I did an interview and I said “One of my future goals and one of my biggest dreams is to be a superhero.” I wanted to be a black superhero, you don’t get to see those too often. And then a month later I become the first black Batwoman.
I think that really hits the nail on the head. It says to speak your dreams, speak your affirmations, and truly know that whatever you want to do and you continue to go towards it, it can happen.
I also just — I love that it’s action. I love that I get to kick ass. I’m really into Muay Thai. I started Muay Thai like two years ago but then, when I had to go to New York for *God Friended Me* I just moved into kickboxing, because those classes are a lot easier. I was laying off all my stress into the bag instead of a person. Being able to do that every day on set is gonna be super dope.
**Trish Bendix:** And you know I’m curious, as a Black woman, as a bisexual woman who’s stepping into this role, taking on an iconic character that we celebrate because she’s a part of the LGBTQ community, but especially like you were mentioning, being a Black woman to take on a superhero role that has never … Batwoman has never been black before! How does that feel and what– you know, it seems like fans are so excited and they couldn’t have been more thrilled to see that you were stepping into the role. I’m curious about what you’ve seen from other people and does that add any stress or just add to the excitement?
**Javicia:** No, no, no. Honestly, it feels like an honor. It’s funny because I was looking at Instagram and I was just kind of scrolling through new followers and I saw all these rainbows in the bios. I just felt so … I felt like a representation. I felt like exactly what I always wanted to be, which was a role model.
I felt honoured. I feel excited. I feel like there are so many little Javicias that don’t have voices, little Black girls that didn’t have a voice, little bisexual, bicurious, lesbians, gay, everything that just didn’t have voices! And I feel honoured to be able to be a voice for my community and the *entirety* of my community.
And then to play a character that represents my community in the same way? That’s not a common thing as an actress, to be a part of a community and play a character of a community. It feels really powerful. With everything that’s going on right now, this is what we need. We need to see representation.
I’m so thankful to Caroline \[Dries\], I’m so thankful to Sarah \[Schechter\], I’m so thankful to Greg Berlanti and everyone on the WB. This is what’s needed. Not just for me — I’m looking at the entire cast of *Batwoman* and it is just representation. My mom and I are sitting in the living room and we’re just watching the show just like “Oh my goodness!” You see characters of all different races and ethnicities. It’s just not common and I’m really honoured to be a part of it.
So *yeah* I’m excited. I’m very excited, as you can tell.
**Trish:** No that’s good because now we’re going to let your new family loose on you and ask you a couple of questions and get to know you!
**Javicia:** Speaking of family, I’m so honoured to be a part, to join a family that is so welcoming. When I went on Instagram, Grant Gustin has me up on his Instagram. It’s amazing.
**Trish:** Okay so who wants to start with Javicia, just to get to know her a little bit?
**Camrus Johnson:** Yo! We love you so much. You’re just so nice!
**Nicole Kang:** Yeah!
**Javicia:** It’s so cool because Brandon was like “You have Camrus on that show? He’s gonna have your back.” And I already knew Meagan \[Tandy\]. Nicole Kang, you have your picture.
**Camrus:** We were all family before you even joined, so it’s like it really cements it now that you’re here. My question is, because of your shirt and your plant, is your favorite color green?
**Javicia:** My favorite color is actually blue.
**Camrus:** That’s my favorite color!
**Meagan Tandy:** Who was your biggest influence growing up?
**Javicia:** I am obsessed with Eartha Kitt. I’m obsessed with Nina Simone. I am obsessed with Kerry Washington. Obsessed with, of course, Reese Witherspoon. Just actresses that really transformed and then, not only did they transform, they ended up using their platform to take everything further. Not just themselves, but to create opportunity for others. One of my main reasons for being obsessed with Eartha Kitt and Nina Simone is because they use their art for activism. And i just think that that’s so important. Those are like my huge influences.
**Camrus:** Do you do anything outside of acting? Is Muay Thai like your main hobby or do you write, do you sing?
**Javicia:** So … I tap.
**Caroline Dries:** So Batwoman’s gonna need tap boots.
**Nicole:** We’re gonna do a dance off!
**Javicia:** I’m obsessed with cooking. My plans for this summer was to start my online cooking show, which I don’t think is gonna happen now. I’m an insane plant mom. \[gestures behind her\] This is Diana Ross. And inside of Diana Ross’ pot is Tracy. \[Turns the camera\] This is Chaka, we have Jimi Hendrix, we have Huey P. Newton. Over there is Marvin Gaye, Cher.
**Nicole:** I’m obsessed! You and Rachel are a match made in heaven.
**Camrus:** You’re gonna get along very well.
**Javicia:** I know Rachel’s obsessed with dogs and I have my Yoda Budda over there somewhere \[points off camera\]. I’m a huge nature, plant fanatic.
**Rachel Skarsten:** What made you want to be an actress?
**Javicia:** Because I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to do, I wanted to do everything in the world, I was just like “How about I play — how about I’m an actress and I can just play everything in the world?” I wanted to be a lawyer, I wanted to be a doctor, I wanted to be a professional cheerleader, I wanted to be a writer, and there were just so many things I wanted to do and I’m like — I’m a Gemini, there’s no way I can just settle on one thing. So, why even chose to settle on one thing? Just be an actress and you can literally be anything you wanna be.
**Sarah Schechter:** Javicia, you had like a real job, too, before you started acting, didn’t you? You were helping people.
**Javicia:** Yeah, I used to work for the Army, paying soldiers that were stop-lossed in Afghanistan. So I paid them for the time that their contract ended, to the time that they were able to come back home. I’m a military brat, so I have so much love for our soldiers.
**Caroline:** As a kid, did you have a superhero? A real life superhero that influenced you?
**Javicia:** She’s in here now, my mama. My mom. \[shouts off camera\] Mom! She raised my brother and I, she’s Army, she’s done two tours in Iraq and .. she is super woman to me. Matter of fact, she’s Batwoman. I call her Batmom.
**Rachel:** Okay but really importantly. Coffee or tea?
**Javicia:** Ooh. It’s kind of both. It’s coffee right now.
**Rachel:** You can’t answer both! If you could only have one.
**Javicia:** I could only have one? So we’re just gonna choose what I’m drinking right now, which is coffee.
---
Will I miss seeing a Jewish superhero? Yes. But it’s not like they’d done anything with that yet (I was kind of looking forward to a very special Hanukah episode, I won’t lie). Plus getting to see the world change just a little bit more is far far more important to me.
Besides. Who says Ryan *isn’t* Jewish?
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Batwoman, DC FanDome
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### [Queer Beats - September 18, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-september-18-2020/)
**Published:** September 18, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Harley Quinn and The Chi were renewed (yay!) but, annoyingly, Stumptown was not.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Harley Quinn and The Chi were renewed (yay!) but, annoyingly, Stumptown was not.
Before we start, be sure to check out Mika’s posts for all things related to the [DC FanDome](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/dc-fandome-beyond/)! If you weren’t able to tune into the virtual convention, Mika has you covered!
## [Amar A Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
[Bárbara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barbara-lopez/) and [Macarena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) continue to treat Juliantina fans with fun new content:
https://youtube.com/pUjq47aA9bM
## [Barbelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/barbelle/)
This new series has the potential to be very interesting! And is being directed by one of the stars of Barbelle!
https://twitter.com/knox_x_x_x/status/1305568344414789638?s=21
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Filming for season two of Batwoman is officially underway and [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) is ready to start her new starring role:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEuvkLEl4Rn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, for fans of the Batwoman comics, they cast Safiyah for the new season:
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1304100698364149760?s=20
## [The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)
The Chi was renewed by Showtime!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1303422876603875329?s=20
## [Chicago Fire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chicago-fire/)
[Adriyan Rae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/adriyan-rae/), who you may know from [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/), was recently added to the Chicago Fire cast:
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1305613663290548224?s=20
## [Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/)
Jeremy Tardy, who portrayed Rashid on Dear White People, announced that he will not be returning to the show for the final season due to pay disparities. In his statement, he mentions that some of his colleagues initially stood with him to demand equal pay, although we do not have further information on whether or not these other cast members will continue to work on the show.
https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Tardy/status/1304498705853079552?s=20
## [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
At least these two shows will be coming back soon:
https://twitter.com/shondaland/status/1306677038443495424?s=20
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
We *finally* have news on Harley Quinn: it’s renewed for a third season but will be moved over to HBO Max!
https://twitter.com/hbomax/status/1306973250954489857?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
New Legends cast member alert!
https://twitter.com/trandomGO/status/1304846465265696768?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Jennifer Beals ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/)went on The Pants Pod this week and it looks super cute:
https://twitter.com/katemoennig/status/1305989998630453249?s=20
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
I wouldn’t say this video is *news*, per se, but it does feel important to share:
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1305355350132928514?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Again, I may be stretching the definition of *queer news* here, but in my very queer world, THIS IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT NEWS:
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1306688969061605377?s=20
## [Ratched](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7423538/)
Cynthia Nixon will be playing the love interest on this long-awaited new series starring [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/):
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKcf0khHmT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
The Riverdale crew is back together to start filming the new season!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFKoTnvAGq6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, this is a reminder that Vanessa Morgan is pregnant in real life and it will be interesting to see how they incorporate (or hide) that in the show.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CFI673-neW7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)
This news is especially rude because it feels like the rule of “no takebacks” should be applied here. Stumptown was cancelled even though it had been previously renewed. Pour one out for another bisexual lead gone.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1306392092256669696?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Supergirl released some deleted scenes last week, including this one with Dansen. I have some feelings around how the show managed to cut one of the only scenes where these two are actually seen *touching*, but I’m grateful we finally got to see it in the end:
https://twitter.com/MELANlECAVILL/status/1302328180515188738?s=20
And I know this is especially cruel for me to post after that Dansen scene and this video comes with a Sanvers-style trigger warning but… [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/) recorded some fan videos this weekend that included some Sanvers memories:
https://twitter.com/sarahhsawyer/status/1304894818770845697?s=20
## [Take My Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/)
[Brittani Nichols](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittani-nichols/), who is on our site for her guest role on Take My Wife but is also responsible for tons of queer content as a writer, will be developing a new show with Issa Rae’s production company! I can’t wait to see the result!
> That’s me. I’m Brittani Nichols.
>
> — B N (@BisHilarious) [September 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/BisHilarious/status/1305547411142533120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/)
The Walking Dead announced tons of new content, both with the main show and with a spin-off:
> Our site MIGHT be experiencing some heavy traffic for some reason. So in the meantime, here's the full AMC press release: [pic.twitter.com/ZwnSaz4J6o](https://t.co/ZwnSaz4J6o)
>
> — The Walking Dead (@TheWalkingDead) [September 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheWalkingDead/status/1303721835456917506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Adriyan Rae, Bárbara López, Batwoman, Brittani Nichols, Cynthia Nixon, Dear White People, Floriana Lima, Grey's Anatomy, Harley Quinn, Jennifer Beals, K Knox, Legends of Tomorrow, Macarena Achaga, Ratched, Riverdale, Station 19, Stumptown, Supergirl, The Chi, The L Word: Generation Q, The Walking Dead
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### [DC FanDome: Beyond](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/dc-fandome-beyond/)
**Published:** September 16, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's a mad dash beyond FanDome as we cover three of the panels from DC's stand-alone convention. Sit back and hear about them now.
**Content:**
Instead of going to the pre-filmed San Diego Comic-Con, DC pulled out entirely and spun up their own thing. When you hear that, you think “Are you insane?” Why would anyone want to roll their own instead of the common collective? And then you want to put up 48 hours of content and give people 24 hours to watch it!?
Surprisingly enough, it actually worked out. In fact, I’m going to say it worked out better than SDCC Online. DC woke up to common sense, split their Fandome into two separate events (TV and Movies on different days!). This still left everyone with gobs and gobs of content to watch, and figuring out what was queer and what wasn’t? I couldn’t do it before watching, and worse everything was only available for 24 hours.
I will say the biggest reason I think this was more successful? Closed Captions! I do a lot of transcription for this site (and others), and I’m going to be honest here, my hearing is not what it was. Closed Captions are immensely helpful for me! They’re also the bare minimum you can do for inclusion of Deaf or Hard of Hearing fans. They love your content, please keep captioning. In addition, the inconsistent editing issues from SDCC did not exist, which was really a blessing. It felt well organized and compiled.
So instead of a recommended schedule and bunch of followups, you’re going to get this recap post. Of course, there is Batwoman, and she gets her own post because I’m the biggest Batnerd on the staff.
## *[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)*
> The moral arc of the universe bends towards justice.
> — Martin Luther King Jr.
Actor/filmmaker Robert Townsend moderated the panel, playing homage to the 90s (seriously everyone was dressed up) and talking about when things were lit. The cast talked about the importance of people supporting them (family) and of representation. Just seeing Sidney Poitier on the screen is why we have Cress Williams. But it also takes a lot of hard work, courage, and determination to stand up and do what it takes to be an actor (especially when you’re black and female).
They also spoke about the current state of the world (pandemic, quarantine, BLM). If you’ve watched *Black Lightning* you know the show doesn’t shy away from being political. The actors on the show do so as well, reflecting again the need for that representation. We have to be able to see ourselves, but for White people, we need to see other people and other stories. Opening our eyes to the world as it is, and having that mirrored on television will help shape us as a society. And we have to keep working.
All of those things are why people like *Black Lightning*. It’s a show that speaks to us, that turns the camera to the truth of living in America, and resonates with everyone. It lets people learn what it’s like for others in a way that isn’t preachy or over the top (well, as much as a superhero show can be).
And of course … Thundergrace.
Nafessa wants to keep seeing the show be relevant, to keep abreast of the world and what’s happening in it. At the same time, it would be on fire if Gambi *finally* made Grace her own supersuit! She also answered a question, if we would get to see a ThunderGrace Wedding. As she laughed, Nafessa said she tried and they almost got there. Their love is complicated but Nafessa absolutely wants to see it.
## *[Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)*
This panel was the shortest (20 minutes) but also came with a warning. Which is fair, since it started with a lot of cursing.
For those of you who slept on the show, it’s a cartoon for adults, and in season two they give us `#harlivy` — yes, that’s right, TV canon now has Harley and Poison Ivy as a couple. While that’s been true in the comics for a long time, having it be explicit (and we do mean explicit) on screen is meaningful.
The journey of Harley has always been important. She starts out as Joker’s sidekick/abused girl-toy. While it’s clear she loves him, he doesn’t love her the same way and treats her pretty terribly. In this story, Harley has had her fill with Mistah J, and ends up in bed with Ivy. And Ivy actually cares about Harley, and trust Harley with her life… just not her heart.
It’s complicated, right?
“It is unusual,” said Lake Bell (Ivy), “because we’re not in the room together. So we kind of fall in love through this weird virtual experience.”
They also swear. A lot. It’s wonderful. No one can believe they let them get away it, and yet they get lines like “So this is the Bat Cave! And that must be where you f\*\*k the bats!”
We still don’t know if we’ll get a season three, but they want to continue with the Harley and Ivy relationship more than getting the Joker a girlfriend. As it should be.
## [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Unicorns, encores and aliens … oh my!
We love our whacky timetraveling dipsticks (seriously they are). In fact, they’re so silly the panel started with a blooper reel, which included…. that kiss scene. So here, the gif I know you want.
Great! On to the rest, which is no less goofy. Like… Season five was a lot about Sara and Ava learning how to co-captain, so what’s next? Do Sara and Ava have a five year plan? Jes Macallan (and probably everyone else) is sure that *AVA* has one. A very detailed one. Jes thinks “\[Ava\]’s just trying to domesticamicate \[Sara\].” And Caity Lotz confirms Sara just lives in the moment.
The cast loves the weird stuff just as much as we do, though. And they loved the TV episode, where Caity was a Shatner-esque Kirk captain to Jes’ Spock-ish version.
Coming in season six, Sara will be having her own, solo, adventure. This will be a departure from the normal ensemble endeavors, and the writers are looking forward to slowing things down a little. They’ll be delving into their own version of aliens, so that’ll be fun.
Things you’d want to know? While there’s no musical episode planned, the cast is 100% down for it. Also they’re all aware how special their show is, how weird and wonderful it is, and they don’t take a single space-time second for granted. The writers do wish they could get an ’80s episode, though, just so Caity can breakdance.
Us too, Legends. Us too.
**Categories:** Announcements
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 14, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-woke-season-1/)
**Published:** September 14, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Just when thought I would have nothing queer to write about this week, Ayana from Woke season 1 saves the day.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, just when thought I would have nothing queer to write about this week, Ayana from *Woke* season 1 saves the day.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Woke](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/woke/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Oaktown Get-Down” \[Live\]I really thought I wouldn’t post an article today. It was Saturday and I hadn’t watched anything with queer in it yet. My wife and I watched the movie I’m *Thinking of Ending Things* (WTF was that??) and tried *Coastal Elites* (nope). After that I needed a brain cleanser, so we started the new Hulu series *Woke*. Not only did we love it, it also had a main lesbian character.
*Woke* season 1 is about a black cartoonist named Keef Knight (based on series co-creator [Keith Knight](http://www.kchronicles.com/)) whose strip, *Toast and Butter*, appeals to a mainstream crowd. The strip is about to go into wide syndication and Keef is on the verge of reaping the rewards of his success. He meets Ayana, a reporter for *The Bay Arean*, and she makes a comment on the strip’s social commentary. Keef doesn’t agree and tells her he likes to “keep things light.”
Later, when flyering for his panel at a local con, the cops swarm Keef and throw him to the ground. It turns out they mistook him for a robbery suspect and let him go, but after that incident, he is forever changed. Now he’s woke and no matter what he does to try to go back to “sleep” he can’t.
The show creatively uses animation to have objects like a trash can and a Sharpie talk to Keef. It’s really topical and funny and we binged all of Woke season 1 in 2 days.
I totally thought Keef and Ayana were going to hook up. Ayana helped Keef go from “keeping it light” to getting real. But the show surprised me in episode 4 when we learn Ayana has a girlfriend.
I love the fact there was no big coming out or, “Surprise! Gay!” scene. It was revealed in a completely organic way.
In episode 5, Ayana invites Keef to present his new work at the *Salon du Noir* she’s throwing in Oakland. Keef’s roommate, Clovis, a typical womanizing dude character has his eye on Ayana and tries to chat her up at the event.
“Bitch, I’m gay.” needs to be a t-shirt.
Ayana has other problems to deal with, like her recently former girlfriend kissing on a new girl in front of her.
Ayana trying to hold it together while MCing the salon is hilarious.
At the end of the night, Ayana is still fuming over her ex and Clovis runs her through a little visualization exercise to get over her.
> "So you still gay?"
> "Yeah, man. Very gay."
>
> Clovis helping Ayana get over her ex is hilarious. -T [\#WokeonHulu](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WokeonHulu?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/My3y129eUH](https://t.co/My3y129eUH)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1305513444423204864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Even though he asks her if she’s still gay at the end, the two of them form a buddy friendship. I like lesbian/str8 guy friendships portrayed in the media because it’s definitely a thing that happens a lot in real life.
It turns out Ayana is not totally innocent in the ending of her relationship, but you’ll just have to watch *Woke* season 1 to find out how.
**This week:** Wow, there is nothing on the TV schedule this week. I may have to watch something I haven’t seen off [the LezWatchTV binge lists](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-more-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/).
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Woke
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 3, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-umbrella-academy-season-two/)
**Published:** August 3, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I finally sad-watch Vagrant Queen, binge-watch The Umbrella Academy season two and relive my Jr. High crush dreams with The Go-Go's documentary.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I finally sad-watch *Vagrant Queen*, binge-watch *The Umbrella Academy* season two and relive my Jr. High crush dreams with The Go-Go’s documentary.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)*[Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “All Old Things Must Pass — Part 1” \[Binge-watch\]My wife and I started going back to our office (we had work done on it while it was empty). It’s just the two of us, and I am thrilled to be back because it means I can resume my regular TV-watching schedule! I do a lot of my TV-watching at work because I can code and watch TV at the same time. Best job ever.
I had fallen so far behind and one of the first shows I chose to watch was *Vagrant Queen* because I saw so many people fanpersoning out over it. I went in knowing it was already canceled, well aware it may be a sad-watch.
*Vagrant Queen* is funny, campy and so much fun. Elida, the main character is amazing. She’s fierce, witty and has the dreamiest eyes. Amae is her spaceship pilot love interest and the two of them have great chemistry. I’m not a fan of slow burns — I would rather get to the getting together part sooner and have more actual relationship screen time. However, the slow burn on this show is so entertainingly obvious it’s a delight. I loved every moment of innuendo and near-kiss leading up to their first actual kiss in the second to last episode.
> Elida and Amae finally kiss. [\#VagrantQueen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VagrantQueen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is so funny and these two are so cute. I'm really sad it was canceled. 😢 -T [\#SaveVagrantQueen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveVagrantQueen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Poc8Qd5a9h](https://t.co/Poc8Qd5a9h)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1289999283534667776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I loved the “covered in crap” comment to keep things from getting too cheesy.
I also enjoyed [Tim Rozon](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0747653/) as Isaac. He is pretty serious as Doc Holliday on *Wynonna Earp*, and seeing him play a less intense, funny character was refreshing.
It was a fun watch, but also sad because I knew this season was it. If you love Sci-fi comedies and cute wlw ships, give it a go. But you may want to skip if the heartbreak of ending on a never-to-be-resolved cliffhanger is too much.
*[The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)* – Season 2 Episode 4 “The Majestic 12” \[Streaming\]Last week in the [LezWatchTV Editors Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) channel (the channel for everyone who enters data into the site) there was a lot of “not it!” for *The Umbrella Academy* season two. My wife and I made it through season one and found it to be a little boring, but liked it okay, so I volunteered ourselves for the task.
I know it’s biased, but it feels weird to watch Ellen Page play straight and her season one love interest was the bad guy which made her already depressed character even more painful. Well, that’s nothing a little case of amnesia can’t fix!
The siblings are all thrown back to the 60s and Vanya (Ellen Page’s character) lost her memory, so she doesn’t know how depressed and isolated she was. It was like watching a completely different character now in control of her powers. She also has an affair with a lonely Dallas housewife who is in an unhappy marriage.
> I know this is my gay bias, but I feel like everything is right in the TV Universe again now that Ellen Page's character is queer on [\#TheUmbrellaAcademy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheUmbrellaAcademy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) PS. Season two is really good! -T [pic.twitter.com/C87vAMKMuC](https://t.co/C87vAMKMuC)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1290001144924835845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In my opinion, *The Umbrella Academy* season two was so much better than season one. It was totally engaging and its use of music is phenomenal. Last year getting through the season was a chore, this time we had to hold back from binging too many episodes in a row. A few folks in the Editors channel thought so too and a wound up watching it over the weekend.
*The Go-Go’s* – Documentary \[Streaming\]When I was in Jr. High I would rent this Go-Go’s VHS tape from the video store over and over again. When the video store went out of business, I even bought it from them.
I didn’t know it consciously at the time, but I was completely in love with Gina Schock.
My 13-year-old mind I was like, “She plays the drums and I play the drums so I really admire her.” Now looking back I know exactly what was going on. She was my biggest Jr. High crush and I still love her to this day.
I especially loved this video for *Turn to You* where they are all in drag and Belinda Carlisle (in drag) almost-kisses Jane Wieldin! That definitely gave me feelings I didn’t understand back then.
https://youtube.com/gc-WHZ0AH50
Showtime just came out with a [Go-Go’s documentary](https://www.sho.com/titles/3463368/the-go-gos) and I watched it yesterday.
When it got to the part where Gina joined the band all of those Jr. High feelings came back, and WOW, I was knocked over when Gina revealed this little fact.
> Y'all. I was so IN LOVE with Gina Schock in Jr. High (and I still am). I almost fell out of my chair when she said she and Jane were girlfriends for a hot minute after she joined the band. The Showtime [\#GoGosDocumentary](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoGosDocumentary?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is GREAT. -T [pic.twitter.com/Kuw8fhn6No](https://t.co/Kuw8fhn6No)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1290006602632687618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Learning Gina and Jane were girlfriends for a moment was like finding out the character you were in love with and always thought was queer being made canon 40 years later!
The documentary was great. I loved learning about all the *Behind the Music* drama. If you are a fan, I highly recommend watching it.
https://youtube.com/GsiRfL11I08
**This week:** It’s about time I start recapping Wynonna Earp! I will get on that for next week.
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Umbrella Academy, Vagrant Queen
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 24, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-chi-season-3-finale/)
**Published:** August 24, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Chi season 3 finale ends an intense, beautiful and heartbreaking season. I let you know how all the queer characters wound up.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *The Chi* season 3 finale ends an intense, beautiful and heartbreaking season. I let you know how all the queer characters wound up.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 3 Episode 10 “A Couple, Two, Three’” \[Live\]Wow, this season has been a lot and I can’t believe we’re already here at The Chi season 3 finale episode! I’m going to write this recap as if we’re going to have a fourth season, because [Lena Waithe thinks there will be one](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/the-chi-season-4-renewed-canceled-lena-waithe) and we should try to manifest the things we want, right?
## The Mayoral Race
Last week, Jake, with an assist from Roselyn, gave Camille’s campaign a mysterious file with what I imagine to be incriminating evidence powerful enough to take Otis down. Camille didn’t use it and Roselyn wants to know why.
I find it hard to believe a politician wouldn’t use any legal method available to take their opponent down, but it’s nice to believe in integrity. Also, Camille knows Roselyn has ulterior motives.
Camille knows exactly what Roselyn is up to.
I’m also here for their enemy flirting.
> I really hope Roselyn is back next season, because I ship this. -T [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheChiFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChiFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/mzHO3iVlxk](https://t.co/mzHO3iVlxk)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1297956922436595712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Camille lost the election to Otis, but I really hope her and Roselyn are back next season.
## Jake’s Custody Battle
Trig, Imani and Jake show up for Jake’s custody hearing, but Otis does not.
Now the three of them get to be a family!
Later Jake asks Imani what what “manslaughter” means because it must have come up at the hearing.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1297713732374716417?s=20
I absolutely loved this scene.
We find out later custody comes with a cost for Trig. Otis drops by their apartment to let them know he didn’t show up to the hearing on purpose and now they are indebted to him. While Otis is busy being the mayor Trig is now in charge of his “street business.” This makes me so sad because Trig wanted to change his life and now he’s stuck.
I’m really looking forward to seeing what happens with their family next season.
## Hot Stripper Moment
The season started with Nina and Dre’s wedding and ended with Emmet and Tiffany’s wedding. While Emmet is having an awkward bachelor spa day with his dad, Emmet’s mom threw Tiffany a proper bachelorette party. During the party, a police officer knocked on the door. I was like, “Oh, no. What now?” because it wouldn’t be the first time the police showed up in this episode. My wife said with confidence, “It’s a stripper.” but when the door opened a woman cop was standing in the hall.
> I have never found a stripper to be hot…until now. This moment has forever changed me. -T [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheChiFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChiFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Qm37rK6LAc](https://t.co/Qm37rK6LAc)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1297709411180449793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Omg.
I have never in my life found a stripper to be hot. I appreciate the work they do and admire the athleticism needed for the job, but I always thought of it as a thing straight guys are into and I’m personally not into it. Until now. I think women in uniform are super hot and a hot cop stripper with tattoos — it never occurred to me this could be a thing! Thank you for changing my life, Lena Waithe.
## The Wrap Up
This season was filled with unspeakable tragedy, but *The Chi* season 3 finale ended on a generally positive note for our queer characters. We had a sweet montage of cute moments including one with my favorite TV queer moms.
> [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season three was intense, beautiful and heartbreaking. Despite all the tragedy, the queer couples ended on a generally happy note. I hope we get a season four. ♥️ -T
> PS. I wouldn't hate it if the stripper came back too. [pic.twitter.com/7DncdNKMUa](https://t.co/7DncdNKMUa)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1297966229232197633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The episode ended with Keisha running through a panic attack. It was a glimmer of hope she will survive the abduction. Hats off to Birgundi Baker, it must have been so difficult to play her character this season. She did an amazing job and [to quote her](https://twitter.com/BirgundiBaker/status/1297713218966548483?s=20), I hope it helps “Normalize therapy for black teens.”
> You betta run KIESHAAAAAA!! You got this girl!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you [\#thechi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/thechi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#seasonfinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/seasonfinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#season3](https://twitter.com/hashtag/season3?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#gratful](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gratful?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Birgundi Baker (@BirgundiBaker) [August 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/BirgundiBaker/status/1297715846589030401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**This week:** I’ll admit it, I’m scared to recap *Wynonna Earp* because I barely know what’s going on. But now that *The Chi* is over I should give it a shot.
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Chi
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 31, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-teenage-bounty-hunters-season-1/)
**Published:** August 31, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Teenage Bounty Hunters season 1 becomes my newest binge-watch obsession and I May Destroy You thankfully defies the trans rejection trope.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Teenage Bounty Hunters* season 1 becomes my newest binge-watch obsession and *I May Destroy You* thankfully defies the trans rejection trope.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[I May Destroy You](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-may-destroy-you/)* – Season 1 Episode 11 “Would You Like to Know the Sex?” \[Live\]*I May Destroy You* did not have a lot of non-cis-male queer content, but Michaela Coel’s exploration of sexual consent in the modern age was a unique piece of TV storytelling. I highly recommend it (with a trigger warning caveat). The story centers around Arabella (played by Michaela Coel) and her best friend Terry. While out at a cafe with Bella, Terry gives a cute waiter named Kai her number, and the two of them wind up going on a spontaneous date.
While they’re on their date, a server fanpersons out on Kai. Terry wants to know what he does to have such enthusiastic fans, but he stays vague so she goes to the bathroom and Googles him. She finds out he’s a musician and transgender. Terry sits back down at the table and Kai can tell she did some research.
Terry looked super uncomfortable, but she stayed.
Ugh, I thought it was going to be another rejection story like when Alex’s mom from *[Runaways](http://Runaways)* rejected Paul on *[9-1-1: Lone Star]()*. But on the next episode (the season 1 finale) we saw Kai and Terri being cute on the couch while they and Terri’s friends watched the debut of her first commercial acting gig.
This show doesn’t give you a ton of cute, happy moments so I was very surprised and relieved!
There is [no official news on a season two](https://www.newsweek.com/i-may-destroy-you-season-2-hbo-bbc-michaela-coel-another-season-1527162), and the finale wrapped things up like it was intended to be a one-season show. If there is another season, I hope Kai is in it.
*[Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/teenage-bounty-hunters/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]Multiple people told me this show was up my ally and they were right.
I love ridiculous teen comedies filled with drama and *Teenage Bounty Hunters* season 1 is exactly that. It’s about fraternal twin sisters Sterling and Blair, who stumble into becoming bounty hunters. It takes place in Georgia and the twins attend a rich, conservative, Christian private school. It’s an interesting spin on your typical high school comedy. The kickass bounty hunting juxtaposed with usual teen drama is perfect, especially when one bleeds into the other. The show has a sprinkling of serious moments as well and, of course, some queerness on top.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1300093947650473985?s=20
If you need a break from anything intense you’re watching right now, give *Teenage Bounty Hunters* season 1 some of your attention. It is super fun.
**This week:** I know, I’m procrastinating recapping *Wynonna Earp*. I swear I’ll give it a try soon!
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** I May Destroy You, Teenage Bounty Hunters
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 7, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-trinkets-final-season/)
**Published:** September 7, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Trinkets final season dropped recently so I decided it was a good time to binge-watch the whole thing.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *Trinkets* final season dropped recently so I decided it was a good time to binge-watch the whole thing.
[](http://rwrd.io/azytoys?c)Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Trinkets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/trinkets/)* – Season 1 & 2 \[Binge-Watch\]I decided to watch *Trinkets*, one of Melanie’s picks off the newest [Binge-Worthy Shows: Staff Picks List](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-more-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/). I love teen dramas and the *Trinkets* final season dropped a couple of weeks ago, so I figured the timing was good.
I liked it fine. In my opinion, it’s not as good as *Everything Sucks*, *Atypical* or *Teenage Bounty Hunters*, but it’s a basic, enjoyable 2-season high school series. The best thing about it is the main character Elodie is a lesbian who has never had to come out. She was able to be herself from birth which is the experience of my kid and their peers. I’m really excited to see Gen-Z grow up and start creating content, and this feels like a preview of that.
Elodie is a new kid in town and she meets classmates Mel and Tabatha at Shoplifters Anonymous. The three of them become fast friends. They deal with relationships, typical teen drama and stealing stuff throughout the series.
Elodie has never had a relationship before (just a big crush on a friend at home) and Mel and Tabatha try their hardest to be her wing women. Throughout the series, Elodie has some romantic storylines. Her first relationship in season one is with a musician named Sabine. To be honest I can’t stand Sabine. She obnoxiously uses her marginal fame to seduce Elodie, but she’s a manipulative flake who gives her attention one minute and ignores her the next to make out with someone else. I get the free-spirit who doesn’t believe in relationships and that’s fine, but she pressures Elodie to steal for her and that is totally uncool.
Nope! You’re taking romantic advantage of a kleptomaniac and your songs are corny. I don’t like you.
At the beginning of season two, Elodie ends things with Sabine (I won’t tell you how, you’ll have to watch to find out) and later meets a shy clarinet player in band class named Jillian. Jillian is the exact opposite of Sabine, she’s introverted and dorky, but cute. She looks a lot like Tara from Buffy, but with curly hair. Watching the two of them have a conversation is painfully awkward, but they hit it off and eventually kiss.
We find out later Jillian took off because she’s not out yet.
Elodie, who has always been out, doesn’t want to be a secret at first, but then agrees to ride the coming out train with her. I don’t hate this, because I think some sneaking around plot can be fun.
Things progress in a cute and tame way for these two until Sabine rolls back through town. Ugh!
I won’t give the ending away, you’ll just have to watch the *Trinkets* final season to see how this triangle pans out.
**This week:** It’s [Labor Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day) in the US, which means I’m at the end of a 3-day weekend. It’s been a nice break with absolutely beautiful weather here in Philadelphia. I hope you’re managing to have some good times wherever you are in the world.
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Trinkets
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### [Things We Love: Mean Girls and the Villainess](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/things-we-love-mean-girls-and-the-villainess/)
**Published:** September 9, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** They'll stab you in the back, sometimes literally. Let's celebrate the queer ladies we love who don't exactly express love in a conventional way.
**Content:**
Okay okay hear me out.
As Tracy pointed out, we sometimes love [things we hate in real life](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/). This is totally true. There are a lot of characters on TV who I would detest if I knew them in real life, but I love their stories and, yes, sometimes their crimes. Which means a logical extension of that is the evil, bitchy, dark, outright mean women.
I don’t mean bossy women like Ava Sharpe, I mean women who would legitimately cut you or leave your body in the woods. Mean women, the women who will accept being the bad guy for the greater good, nuttier than squirrel poo, and some legit serial killers that will never be ‘good’ are on my list of the bad ones I love to watch.
Here are some of my favs:
[Queen Maeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/queen-maeve/) (*[The Boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-boys/)*)Everyone on this show is totally insane. Like 100%, batshit, everyone is a terrible person. And the thing about Maeve is that she’s a Supe. A Superhero. She could kill you without thinking about it just because she sneezed. And yet, with Maeve you can’t help feeling a little sorry for her. She’s totally been brainwashed to believe she really is this amazing Amazon, and she’s closeted because she’s terrified of what will happen if people find out. So she lets Homelander murder and is absolutely a party to it herself.
Maeve may be a knock-off Wonder Woman, but seeing her start to realize she’s not who she thought she was is enough to get me to dial in to season two.
[Cheryl Blossom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cheryl-blossom/) (*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*)Doesn’t everyone keep their dead twin brother around the house? Cheryl’s crazy. In case you forgot, she tried to boil a football player (Chuck Clayton) alive in season one, and she’s shot enough people with her bow and arrow that really she needs to be in charge of the Southside Serpents. And while she certainly has just cause for being how she is, the girl is in need of some mental support that is, perhaps, outside the creepy Blossom mansion.
Even though Cheryl’s six kinds of crazy, she and Toni are why I hang on to *Riverdale*.
[Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/) (*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*)Emma isn’t *really* the bad guy, but she sure shoulders that burden. Someone has to be the bad guy in life, making the hard choices and difficult calls to save the business and the family. Emma is, in so many ways, the hero we need but don’t deserve, and it’s because she is willing to do what it takes to succeed that people call her a villain.
Of course, she could also stomp on most of us and tell us to lick her feet, and we’d probably do it.
[Villanelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/villanelle/) (*[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)*)She is, literally, a killer. She’s a sociopathic obsessive who is in love with the woman trying to capture her (at least at first), and she kills without remorse. In the most recent season, she kills her protege for being weak. Villanelle is not even close to a single shade of grey known to exist, and she’s probably never going to be reformed. But that’s okay. We wouldn’t have her any other way.
A killer with the heart of a killer whose name implies a villainess, how could I omit her?
[Petra Solano](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/petra-solano/) (*[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*)Petra is a reformed evil. In the first few seasons, she’s so very one-note that she’s easy to hate. She’s getting in-between people, causing their love to fail, and just messing everything up. Except as time goes by, you begin to realize that she’s actually a fantastic, if a little Type A, person. She has a huge heart, she just is very particular about how she likes things. That may be why she became a ‘villain we love’ — that and she’s not actually a villain.
From mean girl to clitourist to happily bisexual ever after, Petra’s story is awesome.
[Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/) (*[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*)Sure there was a concerted effort was made to redeem Root as the show carried on, but the reality is that her morals are absolutely her own, and they aren’t what most other people would think of as ‘good.’ Killing people for being ‘bad code’ is something she had to be coached out of, and she really only did it because of her love for The Machine.
It will always delight me that the AI had ‘better’ morals than Root did.
[Margo Hanson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margo-hanson/) (*[The Magicians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-magicians/)*)The baddest bitch you’re ever going to meet, Margo is who she is and she literally does not give a damn if that bothers you. Oh boo, hoo. Suck it up, buttercup, and grab your clit because Margo is going to give up an eye to get things right, and she absolutely will be cruel to you while she does it.
While *The Magicians* ended, Margo is now and forever my High King.
[Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/) (*[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/))*Tracy was all over me to watch this show, and when the season 5 finale (with that big reveal) was airing and she was out at a concert, I was tapped to live tweet for it. I had watched one (yes one) episode before that, so a lot of my tweets were “Who is this? Wait, why is everyone freaking out?” I took the break to watch the whole show (much to the amusement of my coworkers) and fell in love. With Rose. She’s the absolutely evil, no jokes here. She’s vicious and cruel and kills people and gaslit poor Luisa, and OMG she was a terrible human… and at the end I was really hoping she’d *also* have amnesia and wake up a better person. Bridget Regan played her to perfection.
Ah Sin Rostra, I miss you so.
Who didn’t make the list? Who are your favourite criminals? Speak up in the comments and let me know!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Jane the Virgin, Killing Eve, Person of Interest, Riverdale, The Boys, The Magicians, Things We Love, Vida
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### [Queer Beats - September 4, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-september-4-2020/)
**Published:** September 4, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Juliantina returned, Star Trek: Discovery announced two new queer characters, and Batwoman started filming again!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Juliantina returned, Star Trek: Discovery announced two new queer characters, and Batwoman started filming again!
## [Amar A Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
I may not be in the Juliantina fandom (yet) but even I know a fandom-rocking video when I see one:
https://twitter.com/gomezdebility/status/1299506058436763648?s=20
> I can't believe it's August 2020 and im watching Barbara and Maca laughing and being cute together.
>
> I NEED THE MOVIE OKAY I LOVE THEM SO SOOOOOOOOO MUCH
>
> LIVE BARBARENA [pic.twitter.com/Z0m6DcHPjh](https://t.co/Z0m6DcHPjh)
>
> — bea (@zwanheda) [August 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/zwanheda/status/1299503204925931520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/fearmyqueerness/status/1299465498921492480?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
New writer alert! Maya Houston (who is queer) has joined the Batwoman writing staff!
https://twitter.com/elcincodemaya/status/1294375029493231616?s=20
In additional good news, Batwoman just started filming season two and I am VERY EXCITED!
https://twitter.com/carolinedries/status/1301353171084693505?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine announced that we will have to wait until next year for new episodes. Earlier this year, the show announced that they would be re-writing any previously written episodes in light of the continued Black Lives Matter movement. Hopefully, this extra long wait will result in meaningfully written episodes!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcVXleA0gx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Her Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/her-story/)
[Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/) and her fiancé continue to be extremely cute:
> Apparently my fiancé is a lesbian stan first and my partner second. Good to know. And for real, how come I’m always cast as straight? 😆 [@autostraddle](https://twitter.com/autostraddle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aN60sNO47F](https://t.co/aN60sNO47F)
>
> — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) [September 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen/status/1300918229670346752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
[Yael Grobglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) posted this Petramos throwback pic:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpQNlKhaDk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The extra #Luimelia content literally doesn’t stop coming! This week’s episode featured a (very meta) documentary created by [Luisita](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisita-gomez/), where she gets to interview her favorite wlw ship from her favorite telenovela (I told you, it’s meta). You can view the full documentary at [www.lureliawikifans.com](http://www.lureliawikifans.com).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEpFGHCCehK/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Mindy Project](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mindy-project/)
Niecy Nash (now [Niecy Betts](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/niecy-betts/)) announced that she just got married and the photos are beautiful!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEkLbNOpNNs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
[Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) is pregnant! That baby will definitely be surrounded by lots of love!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEcRbflhmrt/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pretty Little Liars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars/)
Apparently, there’s a PLL reboot in the works from the creator of [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/). It would be with completely new characters and absolutely no one asked for this, so all I can say is that it better have good queer content!
> 'Pretty Little Liars' Reboot in the Works From 'Riverdale' Boss (Exclusive) [pic.twitter.com/J0KOKnrpX7](https://t.co/J0KOKnrpX7)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1301253256673472514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Star Trek: Discovery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)
I know almost nothing about Star Trek but I literally screamed when I saw this announcement:
> Welcome Blu del Barrio and [@ianaIexander](https://twitter.com/ianaIexander?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to the [\#StarTrekFamily](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrekFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! They will be playing Adira, Star Trek's first non-binary character, and Gray, Star Trek's first transgender character in [\#StarTrekDiscovery](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StarTrekDiscovery?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3. Learn more about Blu in this [@glaad](https://twitter.com/glaad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Q&A: [pic.twitter.com/WroJ32n7Cp](https://t.co/WroJ32n7Cp)
>
> — Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/StarTrekOnPPlus/status/1301219701440143360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) and [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) talked with GLAAD about WayHaught and how it has affected the discovery of their own queer identities:
> Our own @meg\_townsend talked to [@WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@katbarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@dominiquep\_c](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about the campaign to save the show, the impact of Nicole and Waverly on them as queer actors playing queer characters, their dynamic together as actors, and more. [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — GLAAD (@glaad) [September 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1300958321743196161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Batwoman, Blu Del Barrio, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Ian Alexander, Jane the Virgin, Jen Richards, Kat Barrell, Luimelia, Nicole Pacent, Niecy Betts, Pretty Little Liars, Star Trek Discovery, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 19, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-march-19-2018/)
**Published:** March 19, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, we all go on Stef and Lena's couples retreat together. Jane the Virgin has its queerest episode ever and Hen confronts her ex.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we all go on Stef and Lena’s couples retreat together. Jane the Virgin has its queerest episode ever, and Hen confronts her ex.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 18 “Just Say Yes” \[Live\]*The big day has arrived, folks. It’s Stef and Lena’s couples retreat!
At family dinner’s Lena’s all “we don’t have to go” which starts the two of them bickering. Mariana puts a stop to it.
When your own kids are encouraging you to work on your relationship, you know it’s bad.
Stef and Lena arrive at the retreat, and it’s already off to a heterocentric start.
Stef is amused by the mistake and says, “It’s no problem; I’ll be the man.”
After Bill and Beth give them each envelopes containing their assignments for the weekend, Stef says one the funniest lines in Fosters history.
First retreat activity – Goat Yoga! Why is this a thing? “Goat healing energy?” Really?
You know when you’re the only queer couple at a thing and everyone there says annoying things to you? That’s what’s happening to Stef and Lena.
I think the guy’s on to something.
They then try a canoeing exercise which goes terribly wrong. Stef and Lena argue about the canoeing and about being there in general, when Bill and Beth walk up.
I would totally be Stef in this scenario. I would hate to be stuck in group therapy with a bunch of couples I had nothing in common with, let alone do goat yoga and all the other retreat activities.
In group therapy, Stef is obviously relating to another women with a challenging relationship with her dead father. Meanwhile, Lena pretty much says she doesn’t know what’s going to keep them together after all the kids leave. Damn, that’s bleak, Lena.
That night Lena’s given the assignment of writing a X-rated letter to her “husband,” and Stef does not react well.
Shouldn’t this be the only fun part of the retreat? Private time with your wife away from the kids without any group activities or goats? If I were Lena, I would be pissed.
Stef leaves her wife to go get some air outside (why do people on TV always need to get some air), and runs into the metaphorical ghost of her dead dad. She talks to him, has an Epiphany, and tells herself she’s not ashamed.
Stef then goes back to the room where Lena is drinking champagne alone. She tells her that Tess moving in next door brought up old feelings of shame, and when her and Lena “make love” (gross), she has feelings of what they’re doing is wrong.
Ok, I know I’m a cynical jerk, but don’t you think this would have been something that came up already in 16 or whatever years of being together?
I guess Stef and Lena “made love” even though it was all off-screen implied.
In the morning, Stef has her husband assignment of proposing to her wife again. Stef does it and actually looks happy about it.
Retreat end.
*[*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 19 “Many Roads” \[Live\]*I’m sorry, but 2 hours of *The Fosters* is too much for me to recap. In this episode not much happens with Stef and Lena, but we jump ahead years into the future after all the kids have graduated high school. I guess Stef and Lena worked things out.
What should I give this week’s **Stef and Lena passion Index**?
1. - Their kids had to talk them into going on the retreat.
- They failed the canoe test.
- They argued about the canoe test and the retreat in general.
- Stef flat-out rejected Lena’s x-rated letter assignment.
- They processed shame issues and hugged.
- They did it (I guess).
- They had a legit nice proposal scene with a kiss.
I’m gonna give it 3 out of 5 sad sponges because of all the fighting. However I’ll make the 3rd sponge flaming hot for the retreat bang.
*[*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 1 Episode 9 “Trapped” \[Live\]*How in the world did I not notice each episode had a theme before? Now that I see it, I feel like I’m being hit in the face with it every 10 minutes.
Last week’s theme was about being trapped, and Hen confronted Eva about her trap of a custody suit as a manipulative move to try to get back together.
> Hen confronting Eva on last week's [\#911Fox](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911Fox?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Amazing performance by [@AishaHinds](https://twitter.com/AishaHinds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) -T [pic.twitter.com/QEE95xrQVJ](https://t.co/QEE95xrQVJ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/975721802616975360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I really think shows should hire me to be their **queer parent realness consultant** because I have some questions.
Is Hen Denny’s legal parent, meaning, did she second parent adopt him after he was born? Did Eva sign away her parental rights? It seems to me that she did, because Hen says, “You couldn’t sign those papers to give him away fast enough.” If all that is true, then did Ren step-parent adopt him? With only one legal parent, Ren could have adopted him which would make the two of them his legal parents. At that point, Eva has no legal relationship to Denny, and I can see no way a custody suit could go anywhere.
All that being said, Hen still made a giant mess sleeping with Eva. The Finale is this week! We’ll see what happens.
[*Life Sentence*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-sentence/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Re-Inventing The Abbotts” \[Live\]While Aria/Stella is helping her mom with some gardening, her mom feels it appropriate to tell her the best part about kissing a woman.
Girl, I agree 100%.
[*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) – Season 2 Episode 15 “Chapter Twenty-Eight: There Will Be Blood” \[Live\]During a very tense Blossom family dinner, Cheryl’s uncle tells this story of his travel adventures.
Oh my gosh, that made me laugh out loud.
[*Jane the Virgin Person Who’s Not Going to Worry Until There’s Something to Worry About.*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 13 “Chapter Seventy-Seven” \[Live\]Wow, this was the queerest episode of *Jane the Virgin yet*! I had a hard time keeping up with it all.
Jane joined a writing group to deal with her writer’s block. There, she tells the group she’s used up the one great story she had to tell. They say she can tell it again, but maybe from a different perspective. The group leader then gives everyone the assignment of telling a life event from the perspective of a side character.
Meanwhile, Petra is happy to receive a “come see me ASAP” text from JR.
She shows up at JR’s office all dressed up, but oops, her mom is there.
Petra wants to know if JR wants to come by later for more “strategizing,” but JR thinks they need to have a talk instead.
Oh no, it’s the classic “one time thing” trope, however I have faith it’ll happen more than one time.
Jane is working on her side character project when Rafael hands her Luisa’s deposition from back when she accidentally inseminated Jane. Jane then decides to tell the show’s origin story from Luisa’s perspective. Wow! Luisa is back. I had been so wrapped up in [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/petramos) I almost forgot about her and Rose. Besides, a show can only have a max of two queer characters at a time, right?
Luisa tells the story of the night before the insemination. She had sex with her wife before going to a party Raf was throwing. We get to meet Luisa’s ex-wife, Allison, for the first time and it’s [Kennedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kennedy-buffy/) from Buffy! So meta-gay.
Luisa goes to the party alone, and “she” is there. And by she, we mean Rose, Luisa’s most recent step-mother.
After the party, Luisa comes home to discover her wife in bed with her assistant!
Later in Luisa’s story she explained feeling like she was doomed to be like her mother. She was going to end it all and throw herself in the Ocean when she got a call from Rose. Knowing Rose loved her talked her off the ledge.
Back to present day. In his quest to find his birth parents, Rafael finds Luisa working at an Inn. She has his papers from the orphanage he was adopted from. When they talk Rose says she’s happy, sober and finally done with Rose, however, she doesn’t have the papers anymore. Rose does know who his parents are. She tells him to go ask her, but don’t tell her where she is. She wants to move on from her.
Over in Petra and JR Land, they think they’ve figured out who the blackmailer is — Petra’s ex-huband Miloš. But that turns out to be untrue. Finally they figure out it was Petra’s verbally abused assistant, Krishna, all along. She is the only one who would know all of this information about Petra and have access to plant the incriminating screws. JR and Petra confront her and she escapes out the window, leaving a note behind.
Mystery solved!
Rafael does visit Rose in prison to get information about his birth parents, but she wont give it up until he give her some information as well.
With this exchange and Rose saying “I love you, I always will, never doubt that” in the flashback, I think they are setting it up for the two of them to have more plot together.
Petra’s off the hook for murder, therefore she and JR have no continuing need to work together. It’s time to say goodbye.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/975564418342846465
Omg, the Jane the Virgin writers are torturing us, although I know we all half love it.
In summary, this episode had SEVEN queer female characters!
Most network shows act like more than two is too many, like queer stories take away from straight ones or somehow make a show less engaging and entertaining for a wide audience. This episode proved that is not true. Also, I’m hoping it wont be the last time we have more than two recurring queer characters on a single episode. I’m confident Petra and JR are not over, and they are setting us up for Rose finding out where Luisa is.
[*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) – Season 2 Episode 3 “Day 422” \[Streaming\]Marissa opens up an envelope with powder in it, and Maia gets some on her hand. The floor is evacuated and a team in full hazmat suits come to rescue them. Marissa tells one of the officers he should come out for drinks with them if they make it out alive.
It turns out to be baking powder, and all is well. Marissa and Maia go out for drinks, and the officer shows up! Marissa pulls Maia into the bathroom and explains the officer dude is into HER. Maia is like, “What? No, I’m not interested in him.” Marissa encourages her to make is clear to the dude that she’s gay. So she does just that.
That scene was so funny AND at the end of the episode, you see Marissa and the dude kissing in the elevator. Good for her!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)Wow, the Fosters and Jane the Virgin had so much queer in it, I felt like I wrote two novels. Tonight, it looks like Avalance is back and fingers crossed for Gina Rodriguez appearing in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. I can’t wait to add her to the site!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Jane the Virgin, Life Sentence, Riverdale, The Fosters, The Good Fight
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### [Critical Representation: The LGBTQ+ Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/critical-representation-the-lgbtq-legend-of-vox-machina/)
**Published:** September 2, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When I said "How do you want to do this?" I didn't expect it to end with my favourite non-scripted show becoming fodder for this site.
**Content:**
“Do you want to watch Critical Role?”
My wife (the D&D nerdy one) asked me (the slightly less D&D nerdy one) that one Thursday night. I’d noticed her watching it before, on the times I was home in the day. This was a Thursday evening, though. I declined and watched my sports ball. A few months later, though, baseball was over and I asked if she wanted to watch the big TV instead of her laptop? I didn’t really mind it, but I liked being with her. As episodes went on and on, I slowly looked up from my book and to the show.
These people were being paid to be the nerdy idiots like we were around a table? How bizarre!
And then I asked “Wait, who’s Mollymauk?” And my wife went into the whole history (no spoilers!) and I interrupted her. “Hang on … *how* many episodes?” I asked.
“You’re only 50 episodes back. But there are over 100 from campaign one.”
There was a lot to watch.
To be clear, I’m still not caught up with campaign one. We just got to the fire plane where they’ve gotten armour for Pike. I have watched all of campaign two, however. I was dithering about watching campaign one until those crazy nutters over at Critical Role did the impossible. They kickstarted a TV series.
## What is Critical Role?
*Critical Role* is a weekly streamed tabletop game. It was born from a home-brew/Pathfinder game a group of friends played and was teleported to Geek & Sundry’s network. Since then, it’s become a phenomenon, for D&D geeks at least, with over 200 episodes of dice rolling goodness. It has romance and love, death (real death, some characters die forever), fighting impossible odds, and of course rolling dice to decide one’s fate.
They’ve gone from a kitchen table brunch to a small shared studio to their own production company that currently pre-tapes an COVID-safe show that you can watch every Thursday night at 7pm Pacific. This is why I’m perpetually sleepy on Friday mornings. In their own words:
> What began in 2012 as a bunch of friends playing RPGs in each other’s living rooms has evolved into a multi-platform entertainment sensation, attracting over half million viewers every week. Now in its second campaign storyline, the show features seven popular voiceover actors diving into epic adventures, led by veteran game master Matthew Mercer.
## From Tabletop to Amazon
On March 4, 2019, they started a [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/criticalrole/critical-role-the-legend-of-vox-machina-animated-s) to make an animated special. They’ve already successfully made a comic book series with Dark Horse, gotten official D&D supplement books for their world printed, made art books, and more. The next, logical, leap is to go from Geek Chic to Mainstream with something everyone can watch.
It took about 40 minutes for them to raise the money to make the bare minimum. It was an hour to make $1 million (yes **million**). They quickly hit stretch goal after stretch goal and were making not just a single special but a series. By the end they crested $11 million dollars **and** got backing from Amazon to double the number of seasons being made!
That means my Thursday Date Night (look, don’t judge me) has moved from “Mika watches an unscripted show she can’t add to LezWatch” to “Mika is studying so she can properly cover a massively queer friendly series for LezWatch!”
Oh yes. It’s queer friendly.
## Space for Everyone at the Table
I don’t want to spoil people about things, but I want it to be known that there are queers all over this damn series. Two of my favourite characters in campaign one (Shaun Gilmore and Allura Vysoren) are queer. There’s even more than one main character who’s queer. When you get to campaign two, there are queers everywhere, from out and out lesbians to non-binary and everything else.
While I know some people are upset about the representation (two of the bisexuals end up with opposite gendered partners), I want to stress that these are relationships that evolved by players. It’s not like writers sat down and chickened out, it’s people who played a game and let their characters foil off each other, and let the story take them to a place they wanted to be. If it’s not clear, I refuse to hold a tabletop game that started as friends getting drunk on mimosas to the same level I would hold a series written for network television.
After all, Network TV would never have a the courage to make a ruler of a land non-binary (as well as being– well … spoilers):
> Correct!
>
> — Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) [September 9, 2016](https://twitter.com/matthewmercer/status/774153275725656065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And with that in mind, I was absolutely delighted with the representation in campaign two. The Mighty Nein (not nine, nein) have queers aboard. Do they make some bad gay jokes? Yes. They do. And since it’s a live game, you see people making terrible jokes that fall flat and sometimes are offensive. But we’re *not* going to see that on the animated series.
## Don’t Forget to Love Each Other
Matt ends every game with his tagline “Is it Thursday yet?” And every Pride month, Matt also says “Don’t forget to love each other.” These are people who do not condone bullying (yes, I’m aware of the recent Critter community drama), and they do their best to keep that the norm. There are missteps, because they’re humans. But I believe their heart is in the right place.
My point being. They try. Hard. They work hard. They love us, and I may tease some characters for being my disaster gays, I feel pretty gosh darn seen when I watch the show and these nerdy ass voice actors aren’t being told to remember me, they just do it naturally.
## Quick FAQ!
**How queer is this show going to be?**
Moderately. Gilmore is all gay all the time in all the ways, and there are two bisexual main characters (I’ll let you figure out who when you watch) plus a lesbian and bisexual recurring character. I have no reason to think those recurring characters won’t be in the show, given how important they are.
**Who are the characters?**
The main ones you need to know:
- **Pike Trickfoot** (gnome cleric, Ashley Johnson)
- **Keyleth** (half-elf druid, Marisha Ray)
- **Percival “Percy” Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski de Rolo III** (human gunslinger, Taliesin Jaffe)
- **Grog Strongjaw** (goliath barbarian, Travis Willingham)
- **Scanlan Shorthalt** (gnome bard, Sam Riegel)
- **Vex’ahlia** (half-elf ranger, Laura Bailey)
- **Vax’ildan** (half-elf rogue, Liam O’Brien)
Vax and Vex are twins. Laura and Liam share a birthday. It’s fun.
**Do I have to watch all 115 episodes (373 hours) of campaign one to understand the show!?**
No! Please don’t panic. I’m doing it because I’ve become a critter and I’m fascinated by the show. There are plots of the game that will be in the show, so you’ll be watching what many of us have seen played out. It’s an adaptation.
**Do I have to know D&D?**
Not at all! There will be no dice rolling on the show.
**It’s a cartoon. Is it good for kids?**
One of the characters likes to cast his lightning spell from his groin region, calling it ‘dick lightning.’ So. Maybe? Depends on your kids. There’s actual death in the show, though, so I would call this “aimed at young adults and up.”
**When is the show coming to air?**
It was supposed to happen Fall 2020. It’s running late thanks to COVID.
**Where can I watch the cartoon?**
It’ll be on Amazon Prime.
**If I did want to watch the whole campaign, do you have any advice?**
First, it’s 300+ hours, so while I think it’s perfect for two or three a week in lieu of TV (thanks COVID), be prepared to have a long haul. I’m not even to the 80s yet! Also, in my experience, the first part of the show is hard to watch due to low production values. It’s all closed captioned, which helps a lot. Around episode 30 or so of the first campaign, things really start to gel properly.
Also remember you’re going to watch the first campaign in animated form, so if you really want to, you can cheat and jump to campaign two. It’s “only” 102 episodes to catch up to where we are on live airings.
Finally … it’s okay if you just jump in and watch. Seriously. No one will judge you.
**Where can I get the super cool “Don’t Forget to Love Each Other” shirts?**
[From the CritRole store](https://shop.critrole.com/collections/featured-items/products/dont-forget-to-love-each-other-shirt)! They also have one for the [UK](https://shop.critrole.co.uk/collections/t-shirts/products/dont-forget-to-love-each-other-t-shirt) and a [mug for Australia](https://shop.critrole.com.au/collections/all/products/dont-forget-to-love-each-other-mug).
## Still Interested?
Check out the behind-the-scenes
Now…
*WHO IS ON THE TAL’DOREI COUNCIL!?*
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Critical Role
---
### [Queer Beats - August 7, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-august-7-2020/)
**Published:** August 7, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, A League of Their Own was ordered to series but, sadly, High Fidelity was cancelled by Hulu.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, A League of Their Own was ordered to series but, sadly, High Fidelity was cancelled by Hulu.
## [A League of Their Own](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/a-league-own-reboot-ordered-series-at-amazon-1306264)
In very good news this week, the new reinterpretation of the beloved movie, *A League of Their Own*, has been ordered to series by Amazon. For the record, I don’t know if this will be the title of the series, but I have been looking forward to this possible series for SO long because I was a big fan of the movie and also [Abbi Jacobson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbi-jacobson/), who is a co-creator. Other cast members include [D’Arcy Carden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/darcy-carden-2/), [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/), [Melanie Field](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melanie-field/), and [Kate Berlant](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-berlant/), so it’s bound to be good.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjy0ALHcdz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
We are all still mourning the loss of [Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/). [Heather Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/heather-morris/) shared some of her favorite Brittana moments with fans this week:
> Heather talks about her favorite Glee scene to shoot. It was posted on a public forum, thought we’d share. Very sweet Naya mention.
>
> Source: full vid to the sweet fan this was sent to. [pic.twitter.com/w0MDOxYtZX](https://t.co/w0MDOxYtZX)
>
> — Naya Rivera Team ミ☆ (@NayaRivera\_Team) [August 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/NayaRivera_Team/status/1289950137909796864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [High Fidelity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)
Hulu cancelled High Fidelity this week (which was a mistake, in my honest opinion). This remake of the original movie (and book) featured [Zoe Kravitz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-kravitz/) as a bisexual lead and was *so* good. I’m sad we will not get to see more!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDh_CwMp0_d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
ATRESplayer announced the premiere date for the second season of #Luimelia: August 16th!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDbEvi-jXgV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Just going to drop these here…
https://twitter.com/LuimeliaINTL/status/1290260237828710400?s=20
They also released a new clip to get us even more excited for the new season:
> La amistad a veces es todo un reto… ¿Te atreves a jugar? 😜
>
> El 16 de agosto, ESTRENO de [\#Luimelia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luimelia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) DOS en [\#ATRESplayerPREMIUM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ATRESplayerPREMIUM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🥐
>
> 👉 [@silma\_lopez](https://twitter.com/silma_lopez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) y [@Aliciarub](https://twitter.com/Aliciarub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OjYswEnnoU](https://t.co/OjYswEnnoU)
>
> — atresplayer (@atresplayer) [August 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/atresplayer/status/1290267707691028482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This next post also had me laughing all week. For those who have already watched the first season of the spin-off, you will understand the #Laurelia joke here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgTyXFCK2z/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
AS A FULL-BLOWN STEVEN UNIVERSE AND [SHE-RA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/) STAN, THIS CONVERSATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME:
> I sat down with Steven Universe's [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and She-Ra's [@Gingerhazing](https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to look back at the impact their work has had, the importance of representation and their hopes for the future. I'm so incredibly proud and hope these two inspire you as much as me.
>
> — matt-moen (@SkinnyMcT) [August 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/SkinnyMcT/status/1291156366900506624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) started a cooking IG account! I have gotten a lot of joy from watching her recipe stories so I am glad she will be putting them all in one place, while continuing to center BLM activism on her main page.
> Ok after many requests,I’m putting all of my attempts to cook & quartile recipes in one saved place- ‘azietriescooking’ on insta. I wanted to keep my personal page focused on BLM/activism,but I do really love the interactions with you all around cooking!:) So go to that page!😬❤️ [pic.twitter.com/zig9i2CKHe](https://t.co/zig9i2CKHe)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [August 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1290027610794156033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
Who is into our newest Netflix couple?
> ❤️🧡💛💚💙 [pic.twitter.com/RfmawUJMZ2](https://t.co/RfmawUJMZ2)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [August 5, 2020](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1291082253192192001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Well, Wynonna Earp certainly had the queer fandom talking this week!
https://twitter.com/moryan/status/1290365692131397632?s=20
Showrunner Emily Andras spoke with TVLine and gave us more behind-the-scenes details on *that* scene:
> Readers gave this week's [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) an average grade of "A+" — get scoop on the big twist and the filming of that "10 PM Cable" love scene [pic.twitter.com/JSkaTD9tDr](https://t.co/JSkaTD9tDr)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [August 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1290271918365396992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, the song playing during *that* scene was written by a queer artist, which is important.
https://twitter.com/wavesjess/status/1290215519765708800?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Abbi Jacobson, Azie Tesfai, Heather Morris, High Fidelity, Luimelia, Naya Rivera, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe, The Umbrella Academy, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - August 14, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-august-14-2020/)
**Published:** August 14, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, details about DCFandome continue to be released and Ruby Rose explains the reasoning behind her Batwoman decision.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, details about DCFandome continue to be released and Ruby Rose explains the reasoning behind her Batwoman decision.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
In case you’re still not over [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)‘s quick exit from Batwoman, she took some time to explain her decision and support the future of the show:
> Ruby Rose decided there were several reasons for her to depart her lead role on The CW's [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [August 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1293389295156432897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [DC Fandome](https://www.dccomics.com/dcfandome)
DC recently announced that they are presenting a virtual con experience on August 22. Details are slowly coming out, but it sounds like it will be a 24-hour event that includes a virtual environment where it feels like you are walking around on a convention floor. Here is the original list of guests (although more have been added):
https://twitter.com/nightwaynes/status/1291758212560101376?s=20
And, this morning, they released the official schedule!
> ‘The Batman,’ ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Previews Part of Massive DC Fandome Schedule
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [August 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1294257589837062144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Get Even](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/get-even/)
Get Even fans will be happy to see this behind-the-scenes video from the BBC drama:
> wlw nation make some noise
>
> — thorn (@wlwnation) [August 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/wlwnation/status/1293766939769106432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Her Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/her-story/)
I don’t know about y’all, but I’m always looking for some good news to combat all the bad these days. I was *so* happy to see this engagement announcement from [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/). Congrats, Jen!
> There’s no way I can sum up all that I’m feeling, so I’ll simply say this: I am now engaged to be married to my favorite person ever and my joy could drown the world. 💍💖 [pic.twitter.com/lMyM0ObuE2](https://t.co/lMyM0ObuE2)
>
> — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) [August 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen/status/1293310035003547648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [High Fidelity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)
I am still mad about Hulu’s cancellation of High Fidelity. So, I will admit, it felt good to see [Zoe Kravitz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-kravitz/) take a little extra jab at them on an IG comment from [Tessa Thompson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-thompson/):
> ITS ZOË UNFOLLOWING HULU THEN SAYING THIS FOR ME YEAH HULU YOU’RE OVER [pic.twitter.com/1xBVzIRZpI](https://t.co/1xBVzIRZpI)
>
> — tris (@vvhitelotus) [August 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/vvhitelotus/status/1291903454861025280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Homecoming](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/homecoming/)
Here’s your weekly dose of [Janelle Monae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janelle-monae/) being beautiful:
> WAP from the future 🛸 TY [@Shape\_Magazine](https://twitter.com/Shape_Magazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) &
> 📷[@DanaScruggs1](https://twitter.com/DanaScruggs1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QW2RsFsUtU](https://t.co/QW2RsFsUtU)
>
> — Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) [August 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/JanelleMonae/status/1292877722314653696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
We are only TWO DAYS AWAY from the first episode of the newest season of the Luimelia spin-off. Be sure to check out the newest trailer below and also look out for my “Guide to Luimelia,” which will be posted here on LWTV tomorrow!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CDyPG4YK0Gx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, it looks like we will be getting new music from Carol in the new season. I can’t wait!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD1NdCMB5Tf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
The Owl House, a “kid’s” show on Disney+, solidified the main character’s identity as bisexual on a recent episode of the show. It was always important to the show’s creator to eventually include queer characters. Be sure to read this whole thread on Twitter!
https://twitter.com/DanaTerrace/status/1292321440696422400?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
As if we don’t get enough cute Wayhaught content on the show itself, [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) and [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) continue to be cute on social media:
https://twitter.com/CloneNic/status/1292657619354746881?s=20
Also, bless the behind-the-scenes content from SYFY:
https://twitter.com/waverlyearq/status/1292854675885248513?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Get Even, High Fidelity, Janelle Monáe, Jen Richards, Luimelia, Ruby Rose, The Owl House, Zoe Kravitz
---
### [Queer Beats - August 28, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-august-28-2020/)
**Published:** August 28, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Netflix cancelled multiple shows with queer rep but at least some of our other shows may (safely) film again soon!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Netflix cancelled multiple shows with queer rep but at least some of our other shows may (safely) film again soon!
## [Altered Carbon](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/altered-carbon/)
Our queer characters did not fare well in the recent string of Netflix cancellations…
> Netflix has cancelled ‘Altered Carbon’ after 2 seasons
>
> The decision not to renew the cyberpunk series starring Anthony Mackie was reportedly made in April and was not impacted by the pandemic
>
> (via [@DEADLINE](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) | ) [pic.twitter.com/UVlOTRR2kE](https://t.co/UVlOTRR2kE)
>
> — Fandom (@getFANDOM) [August 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/getFANDOM/status/1298704044202946561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
In case you weren’t already excited enough about the next season of Batwoman…
> The significance of becoming the first Black [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) isn’t lost on Javicia Leslie [pic.twitter.com/P4JBXqCBDW](https://t.co/P4JBXqCBDW)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [August 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1298437525275578370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, look at [Javicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/)‘s necklace here. Please wait while I wipe my tears.
> A Javicia com o crachá da equipe de filmagens de [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Está vindo aí!
> 📸 javicia via Instagram Stories [pic.twitter.com/NiWQ0rj2NO](https://t.co/NiWQ0rj2NO)
>
> — Batwoman Brasil (@BatwomanBR) [August 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/BatwomanBR/status/1297986708680650752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
A new [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) interview!
https://twitter.com/WITBTV/status/1297350354594496512?s=20
## [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
[Sara Ramirez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-ramierez/) came out as nonbinary this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEZak3AHwjG/?igshid=nqt1t1ffcpfe
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
Harley played FMK with friends but we all know who truly has her heart…
> Harley Quinn played a round of FMK between Wonder Woman, Superman, and Batman at [\#DCFanDome](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCFanDome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and got pretty graphic about it. [pic.twitter.com/Q4GmUpTGhr](https://t.co/Q4GmUpTGhr)
>
> — IGN (@IGN) [August 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1297360701443506179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [I Am Not Okay With This](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-am-not-okay-with-this/)
I am definitely not okay with this cancellation news…
> ‘THE SOCIETY’ and ‘I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS’ have been cancelled by Netflix.
>
> (Source: Deadline) [pic.twitter.com/dCfvYVRdWw](https://t.co/dCfvYVRdWw)
>
> — Movieflic.⭐⭐⭐ (@movieflicUg) [August 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/movieflicUg/status/1297072194435067905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
For the record, The Society also had (male) queer rep so that’s, count ’em, *three* Netflix cancellations of shows with beloved queer characters.
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
I can’t say this is necessarily “news” but [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) have been hanging out a lot and providing us with cute content during this pandemic so it felt worthy to share:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUyqCJFd9V/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
The last episode of Luimelia’s run on [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/) aired this week and the actors who play Luisita’s parents posted goodbyes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEV_-ltn1_v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEUR1QDH2lg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Time to officially focus on the spin-off! They keep creating new online content for the series and have now added a Lurelia stan account, run by Luisita herself. In case this very meta joke is going over your head, be sure to watch the spin-off series to get in on it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEXDLLqhQwo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
According to [Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/)‘s post, MFS will begin filming again soon! This is not only good news for us MFS fans but also for all Vancouver-based shows (assuming their film set follows proper precautions successfully).
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEYRhhmpGpx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Good news is so rare these days that I literally screamed when I saw this news:
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1298697523222032387?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
This week’s episode of Wynonna Earp is the mid-season finale… and, by mid-season, I mean that we have to wait until 2021 for new episodes.
> Ahead of Sunday's midseason finale, [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has released a teaser for the SECOND half of Season 4 😱
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [August 27, 2020](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1299063930384506883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Altered Carbon, Amar Es Para Siempre, Batwoman, Black Lightning, I Am Not Okay With This, Luimelia, Motherland: Fort Salem, Nafessa Williams, One Day at a Time, Sara Ramirez, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - August 21, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-august-21-2020/)
**Published:** August 21, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we say goodbye to Luimelia on Amar Es Para Siempre and Choni get ready to "reign supreme" next season.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we say goodbye to Luimelia on Amar Es Para Siempre and Choni get ready to “reign supreme” next season.
## [All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)
There is some drama happening behind-the-scenes of All Rise. Many writers have left the series due to a negative culture regarding race in the show and in the writers’ room.
> “We had to do so much behind the scenes to keep these scripts from being racist and offensive,” said @ShernoldEdwards. Inside the writer’s room of “All Rise,” where a diverse writer’s staff say they were ignored and disrespected. Many of them left.
>
> — Nicole Sperling (@nicsperling) [August 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/nicsperling/status/1296422863394799616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)
[Paula Usero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/) and [Carol Rovira ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carol-rovira/)(aka [Luisita](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisita-gomez/) and [Amelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-ledesma/)) left Amar Es Para Siempre this week. It’s very sad but thankfully we still have the #Luimelia spin-off to look forwards to.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFXJ2Eh2uV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Meanwhile, in [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/) world, we keep getting blessed with extra BTS content:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9WKVsBrQC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CD9nYQOC3_A/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, I think we all deserve this treat of Paula being asked “On a scale from 1-10, how would you rate Carol’s kissing?” and Paula responds with a quick “TEN”!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFQlL7BEOn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Carmilla fans are in for a *treat*! [Natasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) and [Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) will be doing a reading of the entire original Carmilla book over the next couple weeks.
> ⚡ SURPRISE ⚡
>
> To celebrate the 6th anniversary of [@carmillaseries](https://twitter.com/carmillaseries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), we present a reading of the original novella by [@baumanelise](https://twitter.com/baumanelise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and @natvanlis. 🎉
>
> Swing by for a chapter a day until September 3. 📖
>
> Buckle up creampuffs & go watch chapter 1 now! [pic.twitter.com/e6zAK7UhpN](https://t.co/e6zAK7UhpN)
>
> — KindaTV (@KindaTV\_) [August 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/KindaTV_/status/1296162689199280129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [DC Fandome](https://www.dcfandome.com/)
So, DC Fandome, which was supposed to be a 24-hour event happening *tomorrow*, has suddenly shifted gears and now will be spread over two days. Everything relevant to this website (aka queer TV) will now be on September 12.
> DC FanDome is being spilt into two events – one taking place on August 22 and the other on September 12.
>
> August 22: All movie and games panels will take place over a 8-hour period.
>
> September 12: The rest of the event, including DCTV panels, will be showcased. [pic.twitter.com/B4zOMicrKi](https://t.co/B4zOMicrKi)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [August 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1296101294189551617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
The creator of Riverdale, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, posted this sneak peek of Choni at prom and promised that they will “reign supreme” in the next season:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDH7IWnCXW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) spoke up about her Supergirl character, [Kelly Olsen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/).
> Kelly Olsen is an intersectionally marginalized character. Black, gay, and a woman. She is important. And I feel honored to play her. I will fight harder for her and the visibility of these characters in media. I hear you all. And I take it very personally ❤️ Love you guys 🥰
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [August 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1294335351788470272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Missing Vida like the rest of us? Good news! Creator Tanya Saracho signed an overall deal that will allow her to create more Latinx and (assuming, with her history) queer content!
> .[@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is getting into business with UCP, signing a development deal with the studio, a division of Universal Studio Group
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [August 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1296122823736299520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/)
Warrior Nun was picked up for a second season by Netflix!
https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1296069404275417091?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** All Rise, Amar Es Para Siempre, Azie Tesfai, Carmilla, Elise Bauman, Luimelia, Natasha Negovanlis, Riverdale, Warrior Nun
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 17, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nina-and-dre/)
**Published:** August 17, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Nina and Dre's new marriage has been dragged through Hell on The Chi this season, but it looks like their relationship may survive.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Nina and Dre’s new marriage has been dragged through Hell on *The Chi* this season, but it looks like their relationship may survive.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*The Chi* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)– Season 3 Episode 9 “Lackin’” \[Live\]This season of *The Chi* has been rough.
There is so much I love about it. The uptick in interesting and engaging queer characters is fantastic. I’m enjoying everyone’s stories — Emmet and his new restaurant, Kevin and his friends navigating teen stuff, Trig and Imani trying to get custody of Jake, the Otis vs. Camille mayoral race showdown — they are all engaging plot lines.
I wish the Kiesha kidnapping story didn’t exist.
I get bad things happen, but abduction, sexual abuse and torture seem out of scope for this show. There are a lot of gritty realities portrayed really well on *The Chi*. But this type of kidnapping is extremely rare, and in my opinion, has been shown to us to gratuitous levels.
I do love that Kiesha got away and killed her abductor. I also think they are doing a good job of showing the grim process of reentering “regular” life after escaping a captor. But why after all that did they have to shoot Ronnie?
I’m done with the general grievances portion of my recap, on to the queer.
---
Nina and Dre had one premiere episode of happiness and since then things have been tough on their brand new marriage. There was something Dre said in an episode which made me afraid Lena Waithe was channeling her own marital problems. Then I saw this Tweet from [Autostraddle](//twitter.com/autostraddle):
> Why should you support Autostraddle's fundraiser? Because if we stop existing, you'll never get an answer about whether or not love is a lie! [pic.twitter.com/SGcF7JAEdD](https://t.co/SGcF7JAEdD)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [August 12, 2020](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1293568649060646913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I had really been out of the loop.
https://twitter.com/carmencitaloves/status/1293646251066568704?s=20
Finding this out made me really worried for the survival of my favorite TV queer moms’ relationship. I can’t even imagine the level of stress Nina and Dre are under, but in this episode, the loving connection we saw during their wedding came back a little bit.
Nina and Dre attended some kind of Women’s Healing Circle thing in a Chicago park in the dead of winter (aka my Tenth Circle of Hell) and talked about what their biggest burdens are.
> "You like fixing broken women. This woman in particular. You hit the jackpot." [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/hCdpQ50KPx](https://t.co/hCdpQ50KPx)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1295432485854162944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That was sweet. It looks like there’s hope for Nina and Dre after all.
One last thing, this happened a couple weeks ago, but I had to give it a shout out. Otis’ wife Roselyn dropped this queer surprise.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1290391334361104396?s=20
I’ve watched this video about 20 times and it always makes me laugh. I wonder how many takes she did of “I said I was sorry” to capture the perfect one.
**This week:** I’ll be trying to survive another week of the apocalypse. I hope you all are doing what you can to stay safe and sane. ❤️
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Chi
---
### [Sacrificing For All Mankind - ComicCon@Home 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/sacrificing-for-all-mankind-comicconhome-2020/)
**Published:** August 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Nixon's Women discuss the sacrifices made and the future path of a universe where America was not the first to the moon.
**Content:**
I love science fiction. I love NASA. I love the moon. For me, the Apple+ series[ *For All Mankind*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/) was one of the best gifts, and no questions the best series from Apple+’s debute season. Mixing real people with fictional, the series explored what would happen if the Soviets landed on the moon first, and how would America have to change?
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## The Sacrifice of Women
In season one, the stories that captivated me were those of Nixon’s Women — the first female astronauts. We had Molly, the first woman on the moon, who realizes she has to sacrifice her freedom to be a figurehead for the future of woman. There was Dani, the first black woman on the moon, who literally sacrificed herself (breaking her arm) to save Gordo’s future. Tracy, Gordo’s wife and fellow astronaut, has to find her way to being a parent, wife, and astronaut all in one. Margo, the (eventual) flight director, struggles with her desires and her past, as well as giving up parts of herself just to be this one thing she loves.
And then we have [Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellen-waverly/), our lesbian, who is torn between two worlds. She desperately wants to fly, it’s been her love and passion all her life. But she also is in love with a woman in a time before the Equal Rights Amendment, when the Red Scare was more than just about rousting out Communists. Ellen wants to be in space so much that she fakes a marriage just to be able to fly among the stars.
When Ellen does come out, to the dying Deke Slayton, she is cautioned to never let anyone know.
> To simultaneously hold two equal desires in very separate hands and how to navigate that \[…\] The opportunity to be an astronaut came out of nowhere, and I’m not sure up until that point if she’d even — likely hadn’t because there’d been no representation — considered it as a possibility. To suddenly have this thing thrust upon her that becomes the pinnacle of aviation, of science and exploration, and for then it of course to inevitably lead to huge personal risk. Huge fear, huge sense of fraud and pretence, which of course takes away from the pure enjoyment and pure satisfaction of achieving those goals of not only becoming an astronaut but of then getting to go to the moon.
>
> Jodi Balfour (Ellen Wilson (née Waverly)) – [For All Mankind | Comic-Con@Home 2020](https://youtube.com/bnZjxBGr2fU?t=958) (15:58)
All the women must sacrifice themselves, but it’s in ways familiar to all women. Women are often conditioned to accept this part of the emotional labor of self-sacrifice.
> This \[sacrifice\] is one aspect of playing Dani that came to me very easily because as a woman, as a black woman, you sort of learn to engage the world this way. You walk into a room and gauge the temperature of ‘how much of my real self can I bring to this environment?’ You take a look around the room and see ‘am I the only black person here?’ These are just truths about living life as me that no one ever taught me explicitly, you’re just seeped in it.
>
> Being Dani is very much akin to being Krys. She’s navigating what she can’t say and when she can’t speak up.
>
> Krys Marshall (Danielle Poole) – [For All Mankind | Comic-Con@Home 2020](https://youtube.com/bnZjxBGr2fU?t=675) (11:20)
## What’s Next
Revealed at SDCC 2020, Season two jumps us ten years in the future. Reagan is now President, the Cold War is burning hot, and we’ve sent plutonium to the moon. What could possibly go wrong?
It’s strange to think that in a 1983 where we have women on the moon, we would still vilify Jimmy Carter. He was, after all, the man who pushed science and had solar panels on the White House. But at the same time, when we think about how this version of our world has Russians and Americans on the moon together, and how there’s so much tension between them, perhaps it’s not so surprising after all.
Well, it involves guns on the moon, and it involves a future where we do not ask Mr. Gorbachev to tear down the wall. It’s actually thrilling, terrifying, and entrancing.
When will we get to see this series? I don’t know. They have not yet released dates, and I happen to know first hand they were filming back in April. Logically it stands to reason that Apple wouldn’t be so cavalier to give us a trailer without a completed project, so my guess would be this autumn/early winter.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** For All Mankind, SDCC
---
### [Queer Beats - July 31, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-july-31-2020/)
**Published:** July 31, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Luimelia announced a partial goodbye, while Wynonna Earp and Wayhaught finally returned to us.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Luimelia announced a partial goodbye, while Wynonna Earp and Wayhaught finally returned to us.
Before we begin, be sure to check out [Mika’s posts](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/ipstenu/) reporting on the recent ComicCon@Home event to hear all about the queer TV happenings from those panels!
## [Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)
I have to be real with y’all… since we last talked on Queer Beats, I have fallen down a VERY BIG spiral into this Spanish telenovela. The show features the couple known as “Luimelia” (or [Luisita](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisita-gomez/) and [Amelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-ledesma/)). This couple has made me realize why straight people love telenovelas and soap operas so much. I am FULLY ADDICTED to their drama. I hope to do a full “Guide to Luimelia” one day, so look out for that!
Unfortunately, I didn’t have great timing and *today* it was announced that the couple will be leaving the show. Thankfully, they are still filming the web series spin-off that focuses on the couple, so we still have that!
> Nuestras [\#Luimelia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Luimelia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@PaulaUsero](https://twitter.com/PaulaUsero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) y Carol Rovira, tienen un mensaje para los fans de [\#AmarEsParaSiempre](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmarEsParaSiempre?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [\#LuimeliaForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuimeliaForever?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HhWhg5flnr](https://t.co/HhWhg5flnr)
>
> — Amar Es Para Siempre (@A3AmarSiempre) [July 31, 2020](https://twitter.com/A3AmarSiempre/status/1289199146331787267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
If you don’t know Spanish, the basic message here is that, although they are leaving Amar Es Para Siempre, they are still excited to continue telling the Luimelia story in the web series (which will run two more seasons). And no, I can’t discuss the fact that they almost cry at the end of this, because I will *also* cry.
Both actresses honored the characters on IG as well:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTyDIGih2s/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDTyFe_BSOy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Burden of Truth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/)
Burden of Truth was renewed for a fourth season!
> We’ll see in season 4! We’ve been renewed! [pic.twitter.com/polRj1Khmn](https://t.co/polRj1Khmn)
>
> — BurdenofTruth (@tvburdenoftruth) [July 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/tvburdenoftruth/status/1285623089074769923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) gave us a behind-the-scenes look at the Pants Podcast and not one bit of this surprised me:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC6XHZYDRoZ/?igshid=1g3onjwvxc8so
## Paper Girls
Paper Girls, a comic book series with a main queer lead, will be coming to Amazon!
> Amazon has given the green light to a series based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's graphic novel 'Paper Girls.'
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [July 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1286315207879467008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
So, the Emmy nominations came out this week. As usual, there has been lots of drama and discussion over who was selected (and, more importantly, who wasn’t). Queer characters were included (such as [Zendaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/)‘s [Rue](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rue-bennett/) and [Linda Cardellini](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/linda-cardellini/)‘s [Judy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/judy-hale/)) but, for me, the biggest blind spot comes with the lack of nominations for the cast of Pose. This cast deserves nominations and it’s truly crazy that none of the women on the show were nominated.
https://twitter.com/MrsPhilPerry/status/1288169082722942977?s=20
^ That’s how I feel about it.
In better news, Trace Lysette, who guest starred on Pose, is set to produce a new docuseries about the trans community in America!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDM-yjNhVm9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, good news from Steven Canals!
> ‘Pose’ Co-Creator Steven Canals to Develop Gay Rights Activism Limited Series at FX
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [July 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1285273535070507011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
I’m not personally in this fandom but I can only imagine how happy people are about this news…
> We're so excited to welcome [@spampistefania](https://twitter.com/spampistefania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as a series regular on [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 👏
>
> — Station 19 (@Station19) [July 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/Station19/status/1288890589518299136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
In case anyone needs a Sanvers fix…
https://twitter.com/florianalima/status/1288252851852939265?s=20
## [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
We don’t know what’s happening with a possible season two of this show yet, but the cast continues to grace us with behind-the-scenes content from the first season:
> I had recorded the whole song for the Exemplar but we had time limitations so only the first verse and chorus made it to the show. Here is a snippet of me rehearsing, feeling, letting it go 🤍 [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@CBC](https://twitter.com/CBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@UtopiaFallsTV](https://twitter.com/UtopiaFallsTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#StreamUtopiaFalls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StreamUtopiaFalls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RenewUtopiaFalls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RenewUtopiaFalls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#UtopiaFallsMarathon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UtopiaFallsMarathon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AX4Ufo3Ry4](https://t.co/AX4Ufo3Ry4)
>
> — Humberly Gonzalez (@HumberlyG) [July 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/HumberlyG/status/1284995490799587330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp (finally) returned last week and, although the show has given us many gifts, one of the best ones is [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/). She has continued to share her personal journey with the fandom in the most beautiful way:
https://twitter.com/TracyEGilchrist/status/1286766836357316608?s=20
I mean, how cute is this??
> Shoutout to all 30-year old baby gays! 🌈🦄 [pic.twitter.com/TLMNz4e4tD](https://t.co/TLMNz4e4tD)
>
> — Klang (@\_klaaaang) [July 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/_klaaaang/status/1286859284718870531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, we got a new [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) interview!
> New [@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) interview! [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaWatchParty](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaWatchParty?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — 🌈 JoJo 🏳️🌈 (@HaughtBarrell) [July 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/HaughtBarrell/status/1288228666921672706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar Es Para Siempre, Burden of Truth, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Floriana Lima, Humberly Gonzalez, Kat Barrell, Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Paper Girls, Station 19, Stefania Spampinato, Trace Lysette, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Content For The Children -- ComicCon@Home 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/content-for-the-children-comicconhome-2020/)
**Published:** August 26, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two stories of getting queer from paper to film on cartoons couldn't be more different. Brought to you from San Diego Comic Con.
**Content:**
The last panel (for me) of San Diego Comic-Con was[ LGBTQ Comics and Popular Media for Young People](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qewL4-7m08s), moderated by Cort Lane.
I often say that one of my driving reasons behind this site is to make it easier for people to see themselves on TV. We all want, and deserve, representation, and for some of us it’s easier than others to find that fictionalized version of ourselves. But one place we all share the struggle is in youth oriented media.
To put it flatly, there are not a lot of LGBTQ+ tv shows for young people. In the US, this is directly related to the long standing censorship of television, where showing ‘happy’ queers wasn’t allowed until the late 80s/early 90s, and even then it had to start with coming-out stories. In fact, a number of stories are still about a young person coming to terms with their sexuality.
Now, there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s a fairly universal story in our heteronormative society. Most of us grew up in a world where being queer wasn’t seen, and it certainly wasn’t seen on cartoons and kids shows as a positive thing for a long time.
Thankfully times changed, shows evolved, but with very few exceptions it’s a struggle.
## Unicorns and Ponies
Noelle Stevenson (*[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)*) and Michael Vogel (*[My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic/)*) had different versions of the journey to putting queer characters on their shows. On *She-Ra*, Stevenson basically convinced Netflix to product her friends-to-enemies-to-friends-to-lovers slow-burn fanfic. Meanwhile, Vogel had to ease in two characters who were barely non-coded, and only got away with it likely because the characters pre-existed in the comic.
In the panel, they talked about their journey (starting at roughly 11:34 in the video). I’ve included a transcript below the video.
https://youtube.com/qewL4-7m08s?t=694
## Transcript
\[…\]
**Cort Lane:** I think it would be fair to say that, Noelle, you’ve had some of that experience yourself. Since we’re in animation now you — well congratulations on five absolutely triumphant seasons. Thank you. This is the power and this is almost a personal question for me, but I think it speaks the larger topic. For me after watching the five seasons and re watching them it occurred to me that again for me Catra is the most complex young queer character on television I’ve ever seen. The audience they start out hating her and then they begin to understand her and finally end up loving her and want happiness for her. That’s a massive arc so, as much as everyone’s an Adora fan, how do you how do you develop Catra as such a compelling queer character?
**Noelle Stevenson:** I had a big hunger for a type of character that I wasn’t really seeing in media. It’s kind of like Brittany said, you know, just like creating the work that you always wanted to see and and reflecting that however you can. I found myself gravitating towards a lot of characters who were really, really messy and they just have a lot of anger. I just saw this like kind of messy conflict wrapped up inside that character.
And most of time those characters were male and that was like the version of that character that people seem to be the most comfortable with, and I related a lot to this characters, especially when I was younger. But I noticed that when it came to female characters, people tended to go about like if they did something wrong even say mean or unpleasant in some way. People would be like “oh she reminds me of like a mean friend that I had,” and I was just like never — I want that kind of cathartic character that gets to be angry, gets to be messy, gets to just like have all these complicated emotions wrapped up in her.
And at the same time, I want this to be a lesbian romance that isn’t like super cute or like super fluffy all the time. I want it to be meaningful and I wanted to connect with people and for them to see themselves in it. So I ultimately want it to be positive, but I wanted it to have conflict and I wanted it to be a little bit of a just that kind of like dynamic relationship that I don’t think that we always get to see, especially with lesbian characters just because they are so rare. I think for Catra it just became a very like a very personal story honestly. Like I think there’s a catharsis and watching characters express the anger and express like that, just pure rage I think that’s not acceptable for us to express in our lives but like this has to go somewhere. So I think we can get that through watching fiction through through absorbing these stories and that can be something that it soothes a part of me at least to make that.
I think that the reaction to her character, it kind of shows that a lot of people see themselves in her. Most of us have not tried to destroy the world and that response to that anger. But to watch somebody who reflects that darkness in us, and then also watch her have a redemption arc and that she can get better and change, I think it’s important to show that, especially for young kids who might be wrestling with a lot of that themselves in their own lives
**Cort Lane:** That’s really beautiful and interesting. Staying on animation, Michael last year at this time during Pride Month you helped bring great characters Aunt Holiday and Auntie Lofty to the series My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. Can you talk about them and the publishing start for them, and how you brought them into television and in such a massive franchise like My Little Pony?
**Michael Vogel:** What was great about Pony is the relationship between the show and the fandom from the very get go was such that as the fandom sort of picked out background characters that they really liked, they would decide that these characters were a couple or those characters were a couple. Even though The Powers That Be maybe weren’t fully okay with going, there the storyboard artists would kind of do things in the background.
There were always these characters that were sort of background queer, which is something that any LGBTQ kid growing up sort of recognizes. It’s those characters that exist between the cracks, or are undefined in relationships, that we all relate to and are drawn to. Just getting those little steps where you get people comfortable, as frustrating as it is ,that’s something that you have to constantly try and push against and do.
When Nicole Dubuque and I were doing a publishing program for Hasbro with Little Brown called the Ponyville mysteries, there’s one of the characters — a popular character, one of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Scootaloo — who like, who she lived with had never really been defined in the show. We kind of just asked if we could give her two aunts. And we got the permission so we did it which, first of all, trying to just trying to write very succinctly two women characters who are both aunts, who live together, and making it clear that they are a couple and not sisters is like — You’re like going over every word to make sure you get it right without going “actually this couple that lives here.” But we did it, people noticed it, it got some level of attention.
Fortunately when Nicole took over the show running duties for the final season with Josh Haber, since she and I had created those characters, she asked if she could bring them in, and they were in there. It’s kind of funny to me that this or any of these kind of like background characters parental figures would ever get so much attention in animation. It’s just it kind of speaks to the lack of diversity on this front that even having like a characters two aunts show up in the show for like a few minutes just caused this massive up swelling up. Like gay characters and Pony in the positive and the negative, but that was kind of the process.
It started in publishing into the series, and it was just a bunch of people who were part of the LGBTQ community, allies to the LGBTQ community, kind of like just continually pushing on that envelope to try and like just get it a little a little bit further. I think it’s really nice, although I wish that there is even more that could have been done on Pony. I think it’s nice that, as we like rounded out the final season of this iteration, we at least got the opportunity to have some out characters exist which is a struggle for a lot of people
**Cort Lane:** Not to make about me, but I had a similar experience on Marvel Rising, when we introduced America Chavez’s two moms. There was this social justice warrior backlash on social media that we didn’t really care about that much, but I regret that we couldn’t have done more. We sort of ran out of time and, not to like totally fangirl on a comic-con panel, but to Noelle. I think that there was this amazing moment, because as an animation executive watching She-Ra for the whole — I mean, from the get-go I was like “this is the gayest show I’ve ever seen on every level” and I loved everything about it.
There was always sort of this like “we’re gonna go right up to that edge and we’re not gonna go over it and without getting into any spoilers for people who haven’t seen She-Ra, although I don’t know why you wouldn’t have seen it all yet, by getting to the end of it and watching Catra and watching Adora and seeing how that all results — as a gay animation lover actually seeing those things that are constantly coded just kind of said out loud — I was not prepared for the emotional reaction that I would have to that, which I think just speaks to help. I mean, I’m an adult animation nerd, living and working in this industry, but to any kid, any queer kids sitting at home watching something like that — like just kudos to you it was amazing. I burst into tears I cried for a day.
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**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, SDCC, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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### ["We're going to be alright" - LGBTQ Characters on TV - ComicCon@Home 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/were-going-to-be-alright-lgbtq-characters-on-tv-comicconhome2020/)
**Published:** July 29, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Figuring out what's next means taking a long, hard, look at what's happened and understanding what's lacking.
**Content:**
In 1994, a simple TV show aired on ABC. It was 19 episodes and got canceled and yet that show has never been off the air. Reruns on MTV were how I was introduced to it, by my college roommate in our freshman year, and it was for me the first time I saw a main character who was queer and a kid. And to this moment, 25+ years later, a day does not go by that the glorious Wilson Cruz doesn’t hear how much Ricky Vasquez meant to someone.
There was a lot that changed since 1994. In 1994 there were 52 characters on-air that were queer. Not all were out yet (not even Ellen had come out at the time), some were still queer coded, they were closeted, they were queer for laughs, rarely did continuing plot lines have much to do with that.
But then there was Ricky Vasquez, and it was a true watershed moment.
## Well, at least ….
In Vito Russo’s 1981 book The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the Movies, he states that the history of queer representation on television is basically saying “Well, at least…” By this, Russo means:
- at least the queer didn’t die
- at least the queer got a kiss
- at least the queer wasn’t the joke
It wasn’t until the 1980s that things started to shift. That was when the Federal Youth Suicide Study came out and people realized that the constant *negative* representation of queers was detrimental to our mental health. I’m pretty sure the entire readership of this site just went “Well yeah, no shit!” As ridiculous as it seems that they needed to do a study on that, the outcome was that shows began to take steps to reduce suicide.
They started to have one-shot characters to demonstrate tolerance, but they did so in a very ‘white saviour’ way. The queers were there to come out, the story was primarily for the cis/straight characters, the queer was unhappy, and they didn’t know any other queers. It was an incredibly tiny baby-step, but one that had us move from the hated to tolerated and finally to accepted.
[Wilson Cruz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wilson-cruz/) was poigineitnly aware of the impact of his character.
> I was fully aware of how important that this role \[of Ricky Vasquez\] was going to be for people. Because I understood how important it was going to be **for me**. I understood how much I wanted and needed to see myself and my lived experience represented in some way, so that I could know I was gonna be alright. That my life mattered. That stories like mine were worthy of being told.
>
> Wilson Cruz –[ LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? | Comic-Con@Home2020](https://youtube.com/Xe86B_9TF2g?t=255) (4:15)
Fast forward to the 2000s and the world is hardly recognizable. If you’d scooped me out 1994, when I still more-or-less unsure if I was a lesbian, bi, a tomboy, or what, and dropped me into 2020 and said “Check out TV!” I probably would have lost my mind.
In [1994 there were 52 characters](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/1994/characters-on-air/) who were (or would become) queer female, non-binary, or transgender on air, only 32 were out. Of those, 4 were transgender, 2 identified as male, 1 was dead, and 5 were on *Sailor Moon*. [In 2020, we currently have 532](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/characters-on-air/) queer female, non-binary, or transgender characters on air. A **923%** increase.
## Show, Don’t Tell
We’ve clearly come a long way. But even in recent memory, *[Once Upon A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/)* had a failed organic relationship between [Mulan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mulan/) and Aurora. I call it failed because it was unrequited, as poor Mulan helped Aurora find her prince. The relationship was impossible to ignore, and it later paved the way for the actual queer relationships the show had later, it was frustrating at the time to have it be the 2000s and we were still queer coding!
By contrast to Mulan and Ricky, we have shows like *[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)*, where the inimitable [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/) was in a revolutionary Russian Nesting Doll of perfection.
> I’m a woman of trans experience playing a woman of trans experience written by a woman of trans experience and also being directed by her, and her sibling, who wasn’t out yet, but who is now *also* a woman of trans experience. It was the most beautiful layered cake of all these amazing flavours.
>
> Jamie Clayton – [LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? | Comic-Con@Home2020](https://youtube.com/Xe86B_9TF2g?t=719) (11:59)
Only four years later, *[9-1-1: Lone Star](http://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star)* started out with a bang that [Brian Michael Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brian-michael-smith/)‘s character is trans and living in Texas as a trans black man. And he wasn’t special for being trans, but for seeing things when no one else did, which made his talents and, yes, his trans-ness as an asset to the team. At the same time, they didn’t shy away from the difficulties his character, Paul, had with dating.
> What I liked especially about the dating episode specifically was that he explained what his fears were. He was connecting with the other guys in the group not because “I’m trans and you know” it was like we’re all talking about our problems and he felt like he could open up because they also had their own issues. It was more like connecting in a brotherhood — a fraternal kind of way, which was great. He goes on the date and they allowed me to change the language too. He was going to talk about his experience with his date.
>
> At first it was “There’s something I haven’t told you” or “There’s something you should know” and I was just like no. And they let me change \[it to\] the words that I would use. “There’s something we haven’t talked about yet.”
>
> Just that small tweak took away the whole secretiveness and reveal and all that baggage that came with prior representation of trans people. It’s just like “Hey, this is part of my life. There’s something I want to talk about. I want to get comfortable with you first.” \[…\]
>
> And what was even more brilliant was that they didn’t show the conversation! The audience had to go to the commercial break thinking ‘what did he say!?’ ‘how do you describe that?’ ‘how do you talk about that?’
>
> Exactly! I want you to think about how difficult that is before you just assume that people need to disclose to you, and we just owe it to you. I want you to think about how challenging it might be because you never know how that person is going to deal with that information. If you’re going to be safe or not. If you’re going to be hurt or not. I love that we left that to the audience to take that journey with us.
>
> Brian Michael Smith – [LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? | Comic-Con@Home2020](https://youtube.com/Xe86B_9TF2g?t=1223) (20:23)
Part of the reason this changed, part of how we grew, was not just having queer characters on the screen but writing them *as* realistic queers. The actors speaking up certainly help, and on shows like *Sense8* where J. Michael Strazinsky (JMS) was known for encouraging actors to speak their voice and specifically wrote the way the character talked, it changes the impact.
Part of why we still want trans actors to play trans characters is that the writers rooms are not (yet) fully representative of queers. For many years, having a single woman was seen as ‘enough,’ putting the entire burden of fair representation for female characters on the shoulders of that singular woman in the room. And it was the struggle of the firsts, those heroes who represent the queer characters for the first time on our TV, that they had to not only be the actor but the advocate for themselves for us and for our future.
## What’s Next?
We’re making steps. *9-1-1: Lone Star* is on Fox, a channel not known well for acceptance or supportiveness to the queer life. But they make it harder and harder for someone to sign anti-trans legislation when the people are watching Paul Strickland in their living room, every week, and he ha become a part of their family too.
We also have the powerful series *Love, Victor*, about a young Puero Rican boy who comes out, and the struggles therein. And those stories, our stories, are still crying out to be told.
> I’ve always had young LGBTQ people of color at the front of my mind, because we’ve been so invisible for so very long. I want to champion them every chance I get. I think audiences are still craving that, no matter what, I mean *no matter what* the time is, we’re all looking for these shows.
>
> Wilson Cruz –[ LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? | Comic-Con@Home2020](https://youtube.com/Xe86B_9TF2g?t=326) (5:26)
So what’s next?
More of this. We need more queer BIPOC, more non-binary, more depth and breadth of experiences. We need to be more than *just* the tropes and clichés. We need intersectionality. We need trans disabled people, immigrants, and more of everything that is out there in the world. The more we have it on screen, the harder it is to ignore and the harder to hate.
But this is needed not just in front of the cameras but behind as well. We won’t get our stories told until we are able to turn the gaze into one that is truly representative. The reason a show like *Vida* resonates so much with us is because it tells a story by the people who know the story best. The people who lived it.
You can watch the entire panel, and I strongly recommend you do, on YouTube right now: [LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe86B_9TF2g&feature=youtu.be)
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Lone Star, Love Victor, My So Called Life, Once Upon a Time, SDCC, Sense8, Star Trek Discovery
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### [Inclusion: The Final Frontier - ComicCon@Home 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/inclusion-the-final-frontier-comicconhome-2020/)
**Published:** August 12, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Imagine a future where we are all judged on the content of our character, and where hope for equality has become reality. Over 50 year later, Star Trek still delivers on that dream.
**Content:**
An oft discussed aspect of genre content is their ability to take current issues and filter them through a safer, more subtle lens. While we can argue the success of said subtlety, few franchises have been as relentless and dedicated to the goal of using their voice as a message as *Star Trek*.
From it’s inception, with a black woman on the bridge and an Asian man at the helm, Gene Roddenberry’s vision for the future has always been one of hope: that the future, our future, could be found in peace, and with peace we would explore the stars. It’s a simple dream, a simple goal, and fans of *Star Trek* can tell you that from day-one, inclusion was the goal.
One of my fondest remarks about the series had to do with Patrick Stewart’s casting. The (new) captain of the enterprise was bald, and someone complained that would they not have solved baldness in the 23rd century? Roddenbery’s reply was that by then, no one would care about baldness anymore.
It’s that kind of hopeful future that draws me back, time and again, to the world of the Enterprise. And this is not to say it’s perfect, by any means. The fact that they pulled back on the rumoured plan to make [Seven of Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/seven-of-nine/) explicitly queer on *Voyager* rankles me to this day (they did manage to sneak that in to the end of season one of *[Picard](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-picard/)* mind you). Still, it was clear to me that our 21st century mindsets were preventing the dream of Roddenberry. Networks wouldn’t permit queerness like that.
At this year’s Comic-Con@Home 2020, the casts and producers of two of the current series talked about what it means and how important it is to carry on that message.
## *Discovery*‘s Message
Two of the main characters on *[Discovery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)* are gay men in a relationship, both played by openly queer men. While we see the ups and downs of their relationship (having a work/life balance when you live at work is hard to begin with, and let’s be honest, Stamets is a workaholic), there is no doubt that we also see their love.
It was a no-brainer for Star Trek to include this representation, because from the beginning, Star Trek was about using their voice to share the message. Executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Heather Kadin discussed how they feel about working on a show where the message is so important.
> **Heather Kadin:** I think we’re all so proud to be working on a show that has a message that really matters and really resonates. I think anyone who does what they do on this side of the camera, on the other side of the camera is hoping to say something. And I think what’s great when you’re working on genre is you often get to say things about current events, and mask them so they don’t feel like medicine, or that you’re being taught something. And I think in the case of Star Trek, thematically it’s just been baked into what Star Trek is about a better hope, about equality, gender equality, racial equality, sexual equality.
>
> **Alex Kurtzman:** Star Trek, really since its inception, has always… it’s endeavored to speak to the vision that we are all fortunate enough to live in every day. It’s unfortunately not the vision that the rest of the world is living in, but we live in this perfect world where, as Heather said, everybody really is united, and a lot of the differences that are dividing us these days are gone. So Star Trek United is an effort to bring awareness to many of the organizations that are critical right now, Black Lives Matter, the NAACP. A lot of our cast speaking to that, Star Trek speaking to it. The goal is not really to promote Star Trek, but to promote these organizations, and to use our platform to be able to bring greater awareness to these very, very important messages and places.
>
> [Star Trek Universe Virtual Panel | Comic-Con@Home 2020](https://youtube.com/JDGNY8EosSI?t=208) – 3:28
## *Discovery*‘s Focus
But it’s not just the EPs who are aware of the import. The cast of *Discovery* is equally cognizant of the reality that yes, it’s sci-fi, but the meaning of showing a future where they can be accepted is painfully important. And it’s not just the message of acceptance, but of accountability and aspiration. We still have a ways to go to make the world (even Star Trek’s) a better place for everyone.
> **Michelle Paradise**: How important is it to you to continue the tradition of Star Trek taking a social and political stance as you enter Season 3.
>
> **Anthony Rapp**: Yeah, I mean, I think it’s everything. I mean, Star Trek, of course, is fiction, it’s science fiction, but it’s always meant to imagine a future and a world in which people are valued for who they are, the content of their character, not the color of their skin, not their gender, not their gender expression, not their age, and you know, in this explosive time it seems more resonant now than ever that we help shine a light on all of those issues. And it’s not always doing it like, it’s not shining a light like super vividly all the time, it’s just part of the fabric of it, and that by itself is leading the way I think.
>
> **Wilson Cruz**: I think what I’m grateful for is the fact that Star Trek has always been this aspiration for our society, for our country, that it has always set a goal, and that it’s been our job to help not only imagine that future, but to create it. And so, I think going into Season 3 we have an opportunity to really have a conversation about the world that we wanna create, and how each of us has a responsibility to create it together. So I’m grateful for the history that Star Trek has created in terms of giving us something to aspire to, and so I hope that we continue that with Season 3.
>
> **Michelle Yeoh**: I just want to say that tradition’s just part of our DNA. And we just have to continue to strive together for what we believe in, for what is right. We know what is right or wrong, and we have to do it together. Yes.
>
> **Mary Chieffo**: And that’s pretty much–continuing that. Just striving, and something that I’ve been really been thinking about, my gratitude for being a part of this franchise is that, it’s about the infinite combinations of diversity. That our work is never done. That there’s still representation and visibility yet to be seen, and so I’m really grateful to be a part of a franchise that champions that, over and over again. And the work isn’t done, but it’s pretty exciting.
>
> **Mary Wiseman**: I think that one thing I value about, specifically our version of Star Trek is that we don’t make assumptions that we’ve already reached perfection, that we allow that there’s more to do within ourselves, and within the Utopia of the Federation and beyond. And I think that’s a really important message to hear right now because there are a lot of people who assume some of these issues are resolved, and they’re not. So I love that about our show, and I think it’s important, it taught me a lot about how to engage -in my reality at this time.
>
> **Sonequa Matin-Green:** Thank you for that, Mary, I wanna piggy-back and say that I think a story like this, piggy-backing on what everyone has said, a story like this that can give us an example of what that future might look like. I think it, at least I hope that it really holds us accountable, and shows us, as Mary was just saying that, as both Marys were saying that the work is not done, and that it’s about confronting ourselves, and really confronting each other. And we see that in the story within the legacy of this franchise. So that’s really what’s gonna propel us forward is confronting ourselves truthfully, and confronting each other, exposing ourselves in a way like we haven’t before. So I hope that we contribute in our iteration, I hope that we contribute moments to the movement in that way.
>
> [Star Trek Universe Virtual Panel | Comic-Con@Home 2020](https://youtube.com/JDGNY8EosSI?t=1734) – 28:53
## *Picard*‘s Acceptance and Inclusion
One of the greatest gifts at the end of season one of *Picard* was their brief moment with Seven and Raffi. When panel host Dominic Patten asked Michelle Hurd and Jeri Ryan what they wish could be brought from the Star Trek world to ours, there was no hesitation in their answers.
> **Dominic Patten:** This is a question for Jeri and for Michelle. And this if from, I have to say, someone who really lucked out when they got their Twitter handle, it’s from Starfleetboy. What is the one thing that you wish could be brought out of the Star Trek world, or universe I guess, into the real world?
>
> **Michelle Hurd:** Oh, my gosh.
>
> **Jeri Ryan:** Ah, acceptance.
>
> **Michelle:** Inclusion.
>
> **Jeri:** Inclusion, yeah.
>
> **Michelle:** Literally what Patrick just said you know that the understanding of how valuable life is. Like can we all look out for our brothers and sisters? Can we all just take the moment to understand that our differences are actually our strengths?
>
> **Jeri:** Exactly.
>
> **Michelle:** It’s what makes us a strong species, that we have all these different thoughts, these different looks, these different opinions, these different ways of handling ourselves in the world, of walking down the street. I’m so thankful that I’m part of an organization that gets it. We always talk about Star Trek holding a mirror up to society, perhaps society needs to look at us, and start replicating what we’re doing. Because we’re trying to tell the stories to heal.
>
> **Jonathan Frakes:** Gene Roddenberry said, “In the 23rd Century there will be no sexism and no racism, and no hunger and no greed.”
>
> **Michelle:** Let’s make it happen.
>
> [Star Trek Universe Virtual Panel | Comic-Con@Home 2020](https://youtube.com/JDGNY8EosSI?t=4569) – 1:16:09
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** SDCC, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek Picard
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### [The Great British Hitmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-great-british-hitmen/)
**Published:** August 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** No one's left their cake out in the rain for this comedy about a pair of hitmen who should be doing anything else.
**Content:**
Okay I know this isn’t new in the UK, but if you live in the US, getting to see Mel and Sue in *Hitmen* has been nigh impossible. This all changes tomorrow when *Hitmen* hits the Peacock!
## Who are Mel & Sue?
If you’ve ever seen the original *Great British Baking Show* with the two women non-judges, then you’ve seen Mel & Sue. Mel Giedroyc (the straight blonde) and Sue Perkins (the lesbian brunette) are a comedy duo who have been working together for years. They’re hilarious and play well off each other in ways that make everything they do fun to watch.
I’ve been a huge fan of Sue since forever, and adore the deadpan insouciance she wields like a scimitar. Knowing that she was in yet another series, where she was gay again, really was a no-brainer. And this time with her partner (platonic, y’all) Mel? Well I was going to dial in no matter how hard it was.
## What’s Hitmen?
Imagine if the two least capable people in the world became hit men.
HITMEN Birthday Episode 101 Pictured l r Mel Giedroyc as Jamie Sue Perkins as Fran Photo By Sky UK LimitedBest friends Jamie and Fran are trying to make their way in the world with only each other to rely on. They also just happen to kill people for a living. Fueled by their antics and frivolous bickering, each job inevitably gets derailed, leading them into bizarre misadventures, full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.
The first episode is more concerned with Fran’s birthday than the various characters who they need to kill. No one’s going to come to and by the way, Fran has a totally inappropriate crush on her competition.
## Our Call? Watch!
Besides it having a queer main character, it’s funny. Really funny.
A-
Goofy, silly, and fun, Mel and Sue have a rapport as perfect as Saunders and Lumley. They play off each other perfectly and made a comedy about hitmen actually hilarious.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Hitmen
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 20, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-burden-of-truth-season-3/)
**Published:** July 20, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Imani shares a story from her past on The Chi and I let y'all know what Luna's been up to after binging Burden of Truth season 3.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Imani shares a story from her past on *The Chi* and I let y’all know what Luna’s been up to after binging *Burden of Truth* season 3.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Burden of Truth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/)* – Season 3 \[Binge-Watch\]I finally sat down to watch *Burden of Truth* season 3. I like the show, but the last season was a little boring so I wasn’t anxiously awaiting its return. Once again an evil corporation targets innocent people with devastating consequences causing super lawyer Joanna to fight the good fight in her small home town. It’s pretty much the same story as the first two seasons, but this time it was better. Molly is out of the picture, Luna is older and she is working for Joanna doing lawyer stuff. Before I knew it, I couldn’t stop hitting “Next” at the end of each episode.
Luna starts working alongside Kat, a young associate at Joanna’s law firm. From the first minute I saw those two together I thought were going to be a thing. They had good chemistry and were spending a lot of screentime together. Finally at the end of Episode 5 “Crisis of Faith” Luna and Kat kiss in a hot tub.
> I liked Luna and Kat working together this season, but I wish more than this happened. -T [\#BurdenOfTruth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BurdenOfTruth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PWnh6MZo6e](https://t.co/PWnh6MZo6e)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1284920112064200710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m not sure what Kat meant by “she won’t care until I let you down.” Like, was Kat planning on letting her down? Is that what she does in every relationship?
I was so prepared for a forbidden workplace romance with sneaking around and making out in supply closets, but it didn’t happen. Luna and Kat were completely dropped after that kiss and they barely worked together any more.
At the end of the finale episode, we have an 8 month time jump, and during a montage of Joanna talking to her soon-to-be-born baby, we see Luna at Law School cruising a girl.
Okay, well, that summarizes Luna’s season three romance.
I still enjoyed *Burden of Truth* season 3 and I like seeing Luna become a grown-up. No decision has been made on a 4th season yet, but I’ll keep an eye out.
[*The Chi* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)– Season 3 Episode 5 “Terror Town” \[Live\]I am really enjoying this season of *The Chi*. I’m happy the moms have a bigger role and I am absolutely in love with Imani and Trig. However, I HATE the Keisha storyline. I am mad at the show for making us watch her be held captive and tortured. And when she finally breaks out of her kidnapper’s house during the blackout, why did they have her fall on the ground to be caught again? She’s a track star, she should have sprinted away to save herself! They ended the episode without giving away the outcome, so maybe she will get away next week.
Now that I have aired my grievances, back to the queer report.
Trig has been trying to gain custody of his little brother Jake and the first social worker home visit didn’t go too well. Trig lost his temper, there’s an electrical outlet hanging out of the wall and Imani needs to get a proper license for the barber business she’s been running out of their apartment. These things can be fixed, but later when Trig comes home, Imani is packing her things and says she’s going back to [Kankakee](https://citykankakee-il.gov/). She doesn’t want her past to hurt Trig’s chances of getting custody of Jake. Trig doesn’t know what she’s talking about so she confesses to an incident from her past.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1285217757357842432?s=20
Imani’s story was heartbreaking, but I love how Trig is there to love and support her.
I think it’s rare for television to depict true sincere love, but *The Chi* nails it with these two.
I really really hope Keisha beats up her kidnapper and gets away next week. I’m going to be upset if she is recaptured and tortured for more episodes.
**This week:** It’s my birthday week (the big 5-0) so I am going to take the week off. See y’all in 2 weeks!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Burden of Truth, The Chi
---
### [New Comedy Series: Life is Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/new-comedy-series-life-is-easy/)
**Published:** July 22, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Life is anything but easy when you and your BFF swap bodies.
**Content:**
Over the weekend, a new series dropped on Revy.
Have you ever asked yourself “What would Freaky Friday be like if they were adults and the opposite sex?” If so, this is the show to check out!
BFFs Curtis (he/him, homosexual white man) and Jamie-Li (she/her, heterosexual Chinese-Pākehā woman) share the same birthday and are basically the same person. They’re both lovable idiots who can’t plan for the future and thirst for fuqbois. They’re also not great people, and wouldn’t know ‘woke’ if it kicked them in the junk.
So of course the universe decides they should get blasted on lines and swap bodies.
##### Screener Review On *Life is Easy*
With diverse queer rep and complicated simple characters, the webseries proves that life is anything *but* easy.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up star
## More Than Just “Freaky” Friday
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
The duo spend their joint 25th birthday as a wild affair. Drinking and drugs and and a little B&E with a random tinder bloke. After sampling his ‘special concoction’ they wake up in each other’s bodies. It’s no surprise their first experiment (after Googling a way out of their predicament) is masturbation.
But it’s not all fun and (sex) games for the duo. Jamie-Li is the kind of mixed-race Chinese girl who thinks that being ‘exotic’ is a compliment. Once she’s in Curtis’ body, she is is delighted to try out the world as a cis-white man, but comes face to face with homophobia. Including Curtis’ own internalized! As for Curtis, he finds out first hand what mansplaining is like, and how it feels to be treated as even more second class than a gay man.
The besties will find out they don’t know each other’s lives (or themselves) as well as they thought they did.
## Watch on Revry
If you’re in for a little raunchy sexy fun with a serious look into what makes us the same and different, check out *Life is Easy*.
Revry will air the episodes on Sundays (starting the 19th) at 8 pm ET/PT over their free 24/7 channel. You can watch Revry on [The Roku Channel](https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/5533d10eaeca55af8258f5703ae7c89f), Stirr’s [channel 84](https://stirr.com/watchnow/externallinearfeed-02-04-2020-02-04-2020), Xumo’s [channel 463](https://www.xumo.tv/on-now/9999296/revry?sort=a-z) or Samsung TV Plus’ channel 1226. If you want to binge then sign up for [Revry Premium](https://watch.revry.tv/subscribe), which costs $6.99 a month or $59.88 annually ($4.99 a month), each with a seven-day free trial.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Life is Easy
---
### [Queer Beats - July 17, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-july-16-2020/)
**Published:** July 17, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Aisha Dee spoke up about off-screen diversity and we all start prepping for SDCC.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Aisha Dee spoke up about off-screen diversity and we all start prepping for SDCC.
## [San Diego Comic Con](https://www.comic-con.org/cci/2020/athome)
Before heading into this week’s news, I want to point everyone towards Mika’s SDCC post that covers everything queer-related at SDCC’s upcoming virtual convention! Check it out!
> Sure we're all going to be at home for it, but you can join me in enjoying Comic-Con@Home for [\#SDCC2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ! Here's my schedule advice for you.
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 15, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1283414951479119872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
[Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) spoke out about diversity *behind* the camera of The Bold Type and brought much needed attention to the issue of supporting creators of color off-screen, especially on a show that prides itself on diversity on-screen. She also touched on [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/)‘s current storyline that lots of fans have recently been speaking out about. She has joined the list of many actors of color who have spoken up about the lack of diversity in the Film&TV industry recently and I am grateful for her bravery! Her co-stars, Meghann Fahy and Katie Stevens, reposted her words as well.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrq65djxDf/?igshid=cr5p077mkczw
## [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)
We all know that the lack of LGBTQ+ focused holiday movies is an very big issue for our community. Hopefully, *A Holiday I Do* will change that! Funds are currently being raised ([through Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613751248/a-holiday-i-do-feature-film)) for a queer holiday film starring [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) (of [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/))! Hopefully, it will eventually be picked up by a bigger network.
https://twitter.com/OldAintDead/status/1283785199432503296?s=20
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
Heartbreakingly, [Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/)‘s body was recovered from Lake Piru this week. I am still in shock that we lost Naya and I know it is weighing heavily on the queer TV fandom right now. She meant so much to so many of us and [Santana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/santana-lopez/) was truly a world-changing character. She gave a voice to the voiceless. Our thoughts are with Naya’s family and friends, especially her son who she so lovingly saved.
Many of her friends (especially from the Glee cast) have posted in honor of Naya’s life. There are many to check out on your own, but I will post one from [Heather Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/heather-morris/), who played the [Brittany](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brittany-pierce/) to Naya’s Santana on Glee.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCrVhOjjG04/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Rest in peace, Naya. Thank you for always being so supportive and generous with your love for the LGBTQ+ community. We will never forget you or your beautiful voice!
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Okay, I honestly don’t have any information on where these pictures come from but I do know they are from a photoshoot of Sandra Oh and [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) and I also know they are VERY CUTE!
> VAI SE FUDE [pic.twitter.com/Aw3yA5r6DJ](https://t.co/Aw3yA5r6DJ)
>
> — carulina (@oksanapolastri) [July 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/oksanapolastri/status/1282722913284763653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) posted this cute #FBF photo:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCfMkQ-FZk1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Sarah Shahi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-shahi/) was on [Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) and [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/)‘s podcast this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCq0RQHJYO7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
The trailer for Lucifer’s next (and final) season has been released:
https://youtube.com/3mTh2joPPj8
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Ali Liebert, Heather Morris, Jodie Comer, Killing Eve, Lucifer, Naya Rivera, Sarah Shahi, The Bold Type, The L Word
---
### [San Diego Comic-Con 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/san-diego-comic-con-2020/)
**Published:** July 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're a week away, so let's help each other find the queerest content for Comic-Con@Home #SDCC2020
**Content:**
This year, the original plan was for LezWatch to send Tracy to SDCC! However it’s happening over her birthday when she’d planned a magnificent vacation overseas. Neither of those things happened (thanks 2020), and now we’re but a week away from what will be an at-home SDCC! Since this means anyone and everyone can watch the panels, I thought I’d get you started by sharing my schedule of queer friendly TV content for you to enjoy at home!
This post has first an explanation of how **you** can watch at home (probably US only, sorry) and what I think should be on your schedule.
## How It Works
The [full schedule](https://www.comic-con.org/cciathome/2020/programming-schedule) spans four days and is available online. You can make your own schedule via [Sched.com](https://comiccon2020.sched.com), just make an account and put everything you want to watch on there. There’s an app too, and you can just log in and search for things like “LGBT” or “Motherland Fort Salem” and fill out your to-do.
All the videos will be on ComicCon’s YouTube page: [youtube.com/user/ComicCon](https://www.youtube.com/user/ComicCon) and many of them have the YouTube link for that specific panel up already!
## Thursday
10:00am – 11:00am[Star Trek Universe Virtual Panel](https://sched.co/d203)1:00pm – 2:00pm[The Women Behind *Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet* – ](https://sched.co/d217)
[Collaboration Across Gaming & Television to Create A Successful Crossover](https://sched.co/d217)3:00pm – 4:00pm[*The Boys* Season 2](https://sched.co/d221)5:00pm – 6:00pm[LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next?](https://sched.co/d22q)I don’t know how queer the *Mythic Quest* panel will be, but it’s got [Ashly Burch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashly-burch/), who besides being one of my favourite guests on Critical Role also plays a queer character on the show. Also it’s a hella fun show. *The Boys* is unlikely to be super (heh) queer, but one of the main characters is secretly queer, so we’ll see.
## Friday
10:00am – 11:00am[Lights, Camera, LGBTQI-dentity! Never Alone](https://sched.co/d3rh)1:00pm – 2:00pm[Water, Earth, Fire, Air: Continuing the Avatar Legacy](https://sched.co/d3st)5:00pm – 6:00pm[Unboxing *Pandora*: Season Two On The CW This Fall](https://sched.co/d3uG)To be fair, Avatar is unlikely to be super queer, and Lights, Camera is not TV specific, but both have enough crossover in the Venn diagram of this site that I’ll be there. I’m also planning to check out a couple maybe-queer(?) panels, for shows I’ve not seen screeners yet.
## Saturday
2:00pm – 3:00pm[*For All Mankind*](https://sched.co/d4yC)2:00pm – 3:00pm[Women Rocking Hollywood 2020: ](https://sched.co/d4xs)[Supporting Female-Helmed Film and TV](https://comiccon2020.sched.com/mikaepstein/event/4ef12c189ea9a8b3a43975648e11c904)4:00pm – 5:00pm[The Stars and Executive Producers of ABC’s *Stumptown*](https://sched.co/d4ym)5:00pm – 6:00pm[SYFY: *Wynonna Earp*](https://sched.co/d4zP)Jodi Balfour will be at the *For All Mankind* panel, and she plays our queer who stayed on the moon, alone, at the near-end of the first season. That ending was so damn powerful, I can’t wait to see what’s next! And I’m sure I don’t have to explain why *Stumptown* and *Wynonna Earp* are there, eh?
## Sunday
10:00am – 11:00am[*Motherland: Fort Salem*: A World of Magic, Action, and Intrigue](https://sched.co/d5xw)12:00pm – 1:00pm[*The 100*](https://sched.co/d5yl)2:00pm – 3:00pm[LGBTQ Comics and Popular Media for Young People](https://sched.co/d5zD)Sunday is, historically, a light day anyway. Last year I was all done by lunch. This Sunday? *Motherland: Fort Salem*, which thankfully has a new season coming up. I can’t wait to get a look at our crazy witches! The Comics and Popular Media panel will include some of our favourite queers (like [Noelle Stevenson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/)!!!).
## What’s On Your Panel List?
Are you planning on dialing in? What’s on your SDCC Must Watch panel list? Give a shout in the comments and I’ll see you there, at home.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** For All Mankind, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, Noelle Stevenson, Pandora, SDCC, Star Trek Discovery, Stumptown, The 100, The Boys, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - July 10, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-july-10-2020/)
**Published:** July 10, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are celebrating our new Batwoman but also keeping Naya Rivera and her family in our thoughts.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we are celebrating our new Batwoman but also keeping Naya Rivera and her family in our thoughts.
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
Earlier this week, [Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/) went missing from a boat on Lake Piru in California, where she was swimming with her son. This news is so tragic and heartbreaking. Naya means so much to the queer community because of her role as [Santana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/santana-lopez/) on Glee. She still hasn’t been found so let’s keep hoping for some kind of miracle. For details and updates on the story, you can follow this thread:
https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Childs/status/1281347632359632898?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
WE HAVE OUR NEW BATWOMAN! LOOK AT HER! I love [Javicia Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/javicia-leslie/) already and am already attached to her new character.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCZgy-ohkjp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Lest we all forget just how important this casting is…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCbuo3hh1WZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I also wanted to include this tweet from Matthew Cherry, who touches on an issue that still permeates the industry:
> One of these days we’re gonna have a conversation about how a lot of these progressive TV casting choices aren’t also being reflected behind the scenes in the Hair, Make up and Styling departments as well. One day tho.
>
> — Matthew A. Cherry (@MatthewACherry) [July 8, 2020](https://twitter.com/MatthewACherry/status/1281013672668573696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
Netflix announced that the next season of Sabrina will also be its final season:
> 'Chilling Adventures of Sabrina' ([\#CAOS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CAOS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) will end its run with its upcoming Part 4
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [July 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1281031521059520512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Dead To Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)
Netflix *also* announced that the next season of Dead To Me will be its final. Here’s to hoping that [Judy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/judy-hale/)/[Michelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/michelle-3/) are end game!
> ‘Dead To Me’ Renewed For Third & Final Season; Creator Liz Feldman Inks Overall Deal With Netflix [pic.twitter.com/5H9uHckVGM](https://t.co/5H9uHckVGM)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [July 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1280187031050522624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)
Next week, The Fosters cast are coming back together for a family reunion! It will be streamed on People’s website to raise money for charity.
> [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Family Reunion is ON! The Cast will read the original pilot – joined by some of your favorite special guest cast members over the years! All to benefit [@TheActorsFund](https://twitter.com/TheActorsFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Stream exclusively on & on 7/16 8pm EST 5pm PST! [pic.twitter.com/bxoRTmYs6W](https://t.co/bxoRTmYs6W)
>
> — Bradley Bredeweg (@BradleyBredeweg) [July 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/BradleyBredeweg/status/1280546711597768710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
My hope from last week was answered and both sides of the Vita/Virginia letter reading (involving [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) and [Nicola Coughlan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicola-coughlan/)) were posted online and, let me tell you, it did *not* disappoint:
> For [\#PrideInside](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideInside?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): Award-winning actress and LGBTI+ ally Jodie Comer reads the beautiful first letter from Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf. A touching and passionate exchange and part of a two part reply with the wonderful [@nicolacoughlan](https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), which we'll play tomorrow. [pic.twitter.com/WkdQhxlNmf](https://t.co/WkdQhxlNmf)
>
> — Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) [July 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/AmnestyUK/status/1280200004561506306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> For [\#PrideInside](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideInside?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): LGBTI+ ally [@nicolacoughlan](https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) reads the impassioned reply from Virginia Woolf to Vita Sackville-West, read yesterday by the enchanting Jodie Comer. Letters made possible by The Society of Authors as the Literary Representative of the Estate of Virginia Woolf. [pic.twitter.com/VY8qcUWoDK](https://t.co/VY8qcUWoDK)
>
> — Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) [July 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/AmnestyUK/status/1280562562871025664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Maisie Richardson-Sellers spoke with E! this week about the type of diversity she would like to see in the film and TV industry:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCMs5OCArFI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dead to Me, Glee, Javicia Leslie, Jodie Comer, Naya Rivera, Nicola Coughlan, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Fosters
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-chi-season-three/)
**Published:** July 6, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I recap the first three episodes The Chi season three which is by far its queerest season yet.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I recap the first three episodes *The Chi* season three which is by far its queerest season yet.
This is turning into, “Some of the queerest things I’ve seen in the last few weeks, because what is time anymore?”
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “Foe ‘Nem” – Season 3 Episode 3 “Buss Down” \[Catch Up\]Last year, during *The Chi* season two, one of the stars [Tiffany Boone made public allegations of misconduct by her co-star](https://www.indiewire.com/2020/02/tiffany-boone-jason-mitchell-chi-statement-1202211844/) (who played her boyfriend Brandon on the show) Jason Mitchell. He was soon fired after that and Tiffany left the show. I feel bad for Lena Waithe having a [\#MeToo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_Too_movement) event happen on one of her shows. This is 100% speculation by me, but she seems to have been way more involved this season because the queer factor went from 1 to 11.
I never liked Brandon and my wife and I were placing bets on how they were going to write his character off when we started up *The Chi* season three episode one. To our pleasant surprise, it kicked off with a lesbian wedding! Kevin’s mom Nina was marrying her girlfriend.
> Kevin's mom married her girlfriend on [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#NinaAndDre](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NinaAndDre?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😢♥️ [pic.twitter.com/yIi73Jduga](https://t.co/yIi73Jduga)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1280144526414417922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But wait a minute, that’s not Karen, Nina’s girlfriend from season one and two. The woman she just married’s name is Dre. I guess we did a time jump to reset the show after two main characters left. It couldn’t be too far in the future, because the kids are still teens, but I guess you can meet a new lady and marry them within a couple of years.
Right after the ceremony, Kevin jumps on a bus to attend Brandon’s funeral. Killing the character off was our first guess. The show did a good job of honoring the character, while still providing some implied commentary on the actor’s behavior in future episodes. Now Kevin and Emmett have to run back to the wedding reception after the funeral. Emmett was Brandon’s food truck business partner and he’s dedicated to keeping the food business alive. He’s also catering the wedding which he does a really bad job at.
The wedding was a wonderful queer-positive event, with funny lesbian jokes and commentary thrown in. One thing I really love about the show is Kevin has never had any issues with his mom having girlfriends even if his friends don’t totally get it.
Nina and Dre have a lovely wedding and an even better Honeymoon.
But all of that happiness is gone when at the end of the episode, Kiesha, Kevin’s older sister is seemingly kidnapped from a bus stop.
In ***The Chi* season three episode two, “Brewfurd,”** we learn more about Jake’s oldest brother, Trig. At the end of the last season Jake’s (one of the 3 teen main characters) older brother Reggie was killed and we learn Jake’s mom gave Otis Perry (businessman and the head of the 63rd Street Mob) custody of Jake in exchange for $5,000. Up until now, we didn’t know Jake had another brother, but now he and his girlfriend Imani are in Chicago to get his brother back. Trig tells Imani the story of them growing up, and how he left home when Jake was 8 after his father lost his job and his mom started hanging out with a bad crowd. At this point Jake doesn’t know if Trig is alive or dead.
After this scene, Imani says she’s getting dressed because she wants Trig to take her out. When we see them out it’s at a really swank-looking gay bar. While Imani is off somewhere one of the patrons hits on Trig.
What I liked most about this scene is Imani came out to the audience as transgender without saying it out loud or with a big sensationalist reveal. Up until now, Trig and Imani have been a loving couple with ups and downs and they introduced us to one of their relationship challenges in an organic way.
In ***The Chi* season three episode three, “Buss Down,”** the episode starts with Kevin, Papa and Jake trying to look for Kiesha at her boyfriend’s gang house. The three of them are chased away pretty quickly. Meanwhile, the moms are frantically flyering the neighborhood and asking everyone if they’ve seen Kiesha.
Jake having restarted his relationship with his brother Trig, asks for his help. He is reluctant at first, but agrees to do it. Trig and Imani being more experienced gangsters get a lot farther than the three boys did.
> Imani gave me Root feelings with the two guns in this scene. I love her. -T [\#TheChi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheChi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/GMfuGZxIrP](https://t.co/GMfuGZxIrP)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1280206872994349056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
OMG, Imani knew how to win me over Root style with two guns.
They don’t find Kiesha, but they do find a lot of girls in that house against their will. That haunts Imani for the rest of the episode.
I am not happy about the main plot being Kiesha missing and probably something terrible happening to her while her moms are distraught and trying to find her. But I do love the introduction of two new queer characters and having all the overall queer screen time turned way up. I’m also in love with Imani and I hope we get to see her rescue those girls.
**This week:** It’s the *Hightown* season one finale on Sunday and I guess I’m going to force myself to finally write about it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Chi
---
### [Queer Beats - July 3, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-july-3-2020/)
**Published:** July 3, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Janelle Monae delivered us new pictures while also speaking about diverse representation on tv and Wynonna Earp finally released a new trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Janelle Monae delivered us new pictures while also speaking about diverse representation on tv and Wynonna Earp finally released a new trailer!
Before we begin, I just want to shout of LWTV’s Alexa Skill. As someone who already knew this skill existed, I was still blown away by hearing it in action. Be sure to add it to your Alexa to hear Queer Beats in a whole new way!
> Have you checked out our Alexa Skill yet? It’s pretty cool! -T [pic.twitter.com/2UmwHJDZev](https://t.co/2UmwHJDZev)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1278763684597248001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Good Trouble has always covered the Black Lives Matter storyline with weight, importance, and grace. In case you didn’t know already, Patrisse Cullors is one of the writers on the show, which highlights the need for more diverse writers rooms.
> Entertainment is a powerful medium. As a writer on Good Trouble, @OsopePatrisse continues to highlight the realities of police brutality, systematic oppression and Black JOY! The stories we see on our screens should reflect the world we live in. [\#BlackLivesMatter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2aVbIteVPw](https://t.co/2aVbIteVPw)
>
> — Good Trouble (@GoodTrouble) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble/status/1276578128635314176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
The creator of Harley Quinn reassured fans that the very popular [Harley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/harley-quinn/)/[Ivy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poison-ivy/) couple would come back in season three:
> What are the plans for [\#HarleyQuinn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HarleyQuinn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3?
>
> — SYFY FANGRRLS (@SYFYFANGRRLS) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/SYFYFANGRRLS/status/1276647210034311175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Homecoming](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/homecoming/)
This definitely doesn’t have to do with Homecoming but a bunch of new (and very cute) pictures of [Janelle Monae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janelle-monae/) were released by GayLetter this week and… if that’s not a plug to watch Janelle’s new, queer show, I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS!
> ALL. BLACK. LIVES. MATTER🌈🌸🌺
> H✌🏾PP🤸🏾♂️ 🅿️R🦵🏾D E 🛸F.A.M. 💜🧡💛💚❤️💓especially to my trans family 🗣I LOVE YOU and promise to do more to show that 🗣Watch Disclosure [@gayletter](https://twitter.com/GAYLETTER?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🌺 [pic.twitter.com/kwEnaLKKgI](https://t.co/kwEnaLKKgI)
>
> — Janelle Monáe👽🚆🤖🚀🪐 (@JanelleMonae) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/JanelleMonae/status/1276643142377201664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Janelle was also part of a really great THR round table this week:
> "This was the first script where it didn't specify "urban" or "Black." I'm obviously very proud of who I am… \[but\] there was just an amount of freedom that I felt like I had in that." [@JanelleMonae](https://twitter.com/JanelleMonae?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on her 'Homecoming' role. Watch more from the Drama Actress [\#THRRoundtable](https://twitter.com/hashtag/THRRoundtable?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [pic.twitter.com/cT7aULBMzx](https://t.co/cT7aULBMzx)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [June 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1277397871873015808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
For a virtual Pride event, [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) and [Nicola Coughlan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicola-coughlan/) read queer love letters from Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. This is particularly important to me but I didn’t catch it live so if anyone has a recording, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!
> The 'Killing Eve' star and 'Derry Girls' actor will read the back-and-forth letters as part of 'Pride Inside'
>
> — NME (@NME) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/NME/status/1276588536335040515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Almost all of the cast of GenQ joined LesbiansWhoTech at their Pride Summit this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6wxf7JWCW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
[Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) hung out and took a pottery class together this week. And, as Margx pointed out on our [LWTV Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) this week, their hair colors make up the colors of the bisexual flag!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_aFe2FXNy/?igshid=8uznylx7gqgn
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a big Ariela Barer fan. I was super excited to see her on the Coming Out Podcast this week. In it, she talks about what it’s like to almost always act against a queer ship, even though she is queer herself! This topic is important to me, considering I still can’t link out to her on LWTV. LET ARIELA PLAY QUEER 2K21!!
> We're closing out [\#PrideMonth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrideMonth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with an amazing guest: @ArielaBarer of [@marvelsrunaways](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@Atypical](https://twitter.com/Atypical?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 😀 Ariela tells us some hilarious stories; plus, what it's like to play straight opposite not one, not two, but THREE queer ships! 😂📺🏳️🌈 [pic.twitter.com/7fnrZzeucZ](https://t.co/7fnrZzeucZ)
>
> — Coming Out Pod: a 🏳️🌈 podcast (@ComingOutPod) [July 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/ComingOutPod/status/1278394826363289600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
Never Have I Ever was renewed!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCHLbrmlIcA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
[Taylor Schilling](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-schilling/) confirmed that she is in a relationship with Emily Ritz… just in time for the end of Pride month!
> Taylor Schilling confirms romance with musical and visual artist Emily Ritz. 🌈 [pic.twitter.com/8kP3JrNhyL](https://t.co/8kP3JrNhyL)
>
> — Pop Crave (@PopCrave) [June 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1277453436322226178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
This is a blessed week because I get to report on all my favorite actors! This week, [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) performed “I’ll Cover You” (from Rent) with Brandon Dixon. Fun fact: MJ has played the role of Angel in productions of Rent and you can catch more videos on Youtube!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CCAPBL3DjBz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And while we are here, Angelica Ross was featured in Interview Magazine and the photos are AMAZING.
> Angelica Ross for Interview Magazine photographed by me, Malik Aamir [pic.twitter.com/12I9jh9S2g](https://t.co/12I9jh9S2g)
>
> — Malik Aamir (@KingMalik\_) [July 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/KingMalik_/status/1278455303894454275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)
Twenties was renewed for a second season!
https://twitter.com/LenaWaithe/status/1276608588002127872?s=20
## [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)
SYFY broke a lot of hearts this week after cancelling Vagrant Queen…
https://twitter.com/Jemga/status/1276621455694782464?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
It was a big week for Wynonna Earp fans. After an *epically* long wait, we finally got our first trailer for the new season!
Also, this cute little Pride Month commercial was released, which includes [Dominique ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)talking about how [Waverly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/) helped her realize her own sexual identity.
https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1277612769458733056?s=20
While we are on that topic, Dom also posted a lengthy statement on her Instagram in honor of Pride Month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCE_xUAAxsl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Ariela Barer, Caity Lotz, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Good Trouble, Harley Quinn, Janelle Monáe, Jodie Comer, MJ Rodriguez, Never Have I Ever, Nicola Coughlan, Ruby Rose, Stumptown, Taylor Schilling, The L Word: Generation Q, Twenties, Vagrant Queen, Wynonna Earp
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### [Fight For Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/fight-for-vagrant-queen/)
**Published:** July 1, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's got style, camp, and a chance to be saved. Let's fight for "Vagrant Queen" and get our show another season!
**Content:**
A lot of people slept on this one. I get it. It looks incredible goofy. The costumes may feel very late 1990s-looks-to-the-future with the giant boots, and all the aliens are bipedal humanoids, more or less. I can see some people rolled their eyes and walked away.
Well I’m sorry to inform you that if you like sci-fi, Wynonna Earp, BIPOC gayliens, and Tim Rozon, then you are missing out. The show did get canceled (literally the same week we got the airdates for *Wynonna Earp*) but you still need to loop back and watch this show.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## Vagrant Queen?
Elida is former queen turned scavenger who’s been on the run since her throne was stolen as a child. She is played by triple threat (singing, dancing, acting) Adriyan Rae and is the aforementioned queen. The series follows her, via flashbacks, explaining how she was a child-queen (with all the problems therein) who was betrayed by someone she thought was a friend Commander Lazaro (played with simmering sliminess by Paul du Toit).
Her life is fine as is, she’s making do, but then her old buddy Issac (that would be sans-moustache’d, but lovably scruffy Tim Rozon) shows up and says her mother’s alive! Issac has his own drama. He’s from Earth, which is basically a fable to the people in this universe. An astronaut, he was sucked away from his home and wants to get back, but he always wants to help Elida. Joining them on the trip is the one person who can actually manage and pilot their ship, Amae (Alex McGregor), who gets accidently tangled in everything and sticks around because she totally has the hots for Elida.
Along the way to find her mother, the trio crosses paths with Lazaro again and again, and his plans have gotten worse. Like way worse. Like ‘are you *trying* to destroy the universe, buddy!?’ worse.
Oh and I mentioned gayliens right?
VAGRANT QUEEN All Things Must Pass Part II Episode 110 Pictured l r Tim Rozon as Isaac Adriyan Rae as Elida Alex McGregor as Amae Photo by Riyaaz DalvieVagrant ProductionsSYFYSeason one sets up the slow-burn romance (I cannot tell you how many times Issac and I shouted at these lovable idiots) and while we end on a cliffhanger, we know that the two are finally *finally* on the same page.
## My Favourite Episode: No Clue
Now I know the show’s canceled but I need to talk to you about this episode. “No Clue” is the eighth episode of the season and it is hands down one of the best episodes of TV I’ve seen all year. Yeah, 2020 is a rough year for new scripted TV, but this show took all the things I love and blended them into a puree of perfection.
1. There’s a mystery
2. All our idiots are drunk/hungover
3. Space cops are not amused
4. There’s pizza delivery in space
5. Secret passageways
6. At least one murder
7. Sexual tension out the wazoo
8. Alien infections
As the episode begins, our idiot heroes are trying to plan how to take down Lazaro on their newly re-captured ship, and decide that some alcohol will help the plan. Spoilers? It does not. In fact, it results in Issac ordering take out. This trips the space cops on to them, and they would like the debts paid off, please and thank you. No money? Time for the impound!
VAGRANT QUEEN No Clue Episode 108 Pictured l r Alex McGregor as Amae Tim Rozon as Isaac Adriyan Rae as Amae Photo by Marcos CruzVagrant ProductionsSYFYWhile our gang vies for time (pizza anyone?), the lights flicker, a gunshot is heard, and one of the cops dies. The one who was sick with ‘the flu’ naturally. Now what? We have mystery on our hands, and if you thought being drunk or hungover was bad for planning, it’s worse for solving a murder. Especially when *another* debt-cop ends up dead, the delivery guy needs to use the loo, and then we find out it wasn’t the flu. It’s worse.
Every single scene is played with note-perfect humour. It balances being goofy with actually moving the plot forward on multiple levels. And it, no questions asked, the best episode of the season.
You can watch “No Clue” (and in fact all of the episodes) on [NBC.com](https://www.nbc.com/vagrant-queen/video/no-clue/4160965) or [SyFy.com](https://www.syfy.com/vagrant-queen/videos/108-no-clue).
## Fight for Vagrant Queen
Now I know it’s canceled.
https://twitter.com/Jemga/status/1276621455694782464
But we don’t give up for shows that are worth having, do we? No, queers, we do not. There is a chance that a streamer might pick this up!
So here’s what you need to do: Tweet out why you love this show using the hashtag `#SaveVagrantQueen`
Tell people about how it’s a BIPOC lead gaylien who struggles with her past and falls in love and has a goofy sidekick. Tell your friends about the show. Heck, show them “No Clue” first and then go back. Did you love the cinematography where they freeze-frame and move the camera around? Talk about it!
While you’re at it, have a listen to the podcast [Dispatches from Xija Station](https://xijastation.podbean.com) (who had [Adriyan Rae help with a charity fundraiser](https://twitter.com/XijaDispatchPod/status/1275602243849523200)!).
This show is a little campy, a bit slapstick, but it’s a lot of fun and has more heart than you can possibly imagine. It’s a show that should be on your radar, and I really want you all to grab it before it’s too late.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Vagrant Queen
---
### [Will Web Series Techniques Go Mainstream (Again)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/will-web-series-techniques-go-mainstream-again/)
**Published:** July 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Webisodes and web series all come from discarded traditional filming techniques which are being re-adopted now. What innovations will be next?
**Content:**
For it’s season *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)* had a special pandemic episode, where they filmed everyone in their own homes. Each character set up their laptop in a room and filmed their scenes individually. The recordings were all sent back and stitched back together to make a cohesive episode. Similarly, *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* filmed a little pandemic webisode where we saw everyone dealing with the isolation and distance, with a little help from Schnieder. There was also a special pandemic episode of [Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mythic-quest-ravens-banquet/), where we saw how everyone in the tech company dealt with the pandemic and isolation.
## What Has Been Done Before
While some tout this as an incredible innovation, anyone who’s watched a web series back in the 1990s is thinking this is all pretty familiar. In fact, up through today, a staple of web series is a story told in the ‘vlog’ style, where one character talks directly to the camera. Of course, that traditionally leads to other people walking in on the vlogger while they records, and shenanigans ensue.
This is not the first time Hollywood has lifted a page from popular web series. Everyone from *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* to *Rookie Blue* and even the Matrix series have produced a webisode or two, filling in the gaps and making us think a little more about the ever expanding fictional universes.
And, truthfully the style of vlogs is not something only done by web series. A great many linear/traditional TV shows and movies have leaned on the concept of speaking to the camera without breaking the 4th wall. That kind of style had, by in large, fallen by the wayside.
## Different Filming Styles
Originally TV shows were filmed like plays. People walked in, watched the recording as a live audience, and the entire show was filmed in order, start to finish. Many sitcoms still hold by this. For example, *One Day at a Time* films in front of a live studio audience with a traditional multi-camera setup.
The show is like a play, where you see the rooms from the front only, but there are three to five cameras, all at different angles, recording at the same time. The audience is encouraged to laugh, and their reactions are recorded on a separate track to be inserted later on to the finished product. Many dramas, however, use a single-camera filming. This means they film the entire scene from one angle, re-set, and film it again with the camera in a new place.
Of course, there is room for both. Popular sitcom, *The Office*, was notable for using both a single-cam technique but also filming as if they were being live recorded, as if it was a documentary. Other series use a combination of single cam with a secondary unit recording but not from a static position.
Now the obvious reason for web series to lean back on ‘talk to the camera’ head on method is cost. If you only have one camera, limited time, and limited money, you’re going to do the most efficient and effective way to film. Thankfully for them, in the last two decades, video quality from cellphones have become absolutely astounding. Even movies like *The Avengers* have included scenes recorded on an iPhone. Of course, this does not always translate to high quality *audio*.
## Different Storytelling Styles
The most important aspect of alternative filming methods, however, is that it forces change on how the story is told. Even something as simple as long walk-and-talks like we saw on *The West Wing* made dramatic shifts into the message the story told. Innovation like we saw in *I Love Lucy* (yes, *I Love Lucy*) changed the style of a sitcom and how we connected to the story. Away went the simple ‘it’s like a play’ and in came the the tricky timing for ever expanding bread and stomping grapes.
As we learned more, we added in more special effects. Any fans of classic *Star Trek* remembers laughing at the characters being thrown left and right when the ship was hit by missiles, but also how inauthentic it looked. We improved the sets, so that those scenes looked more and more realistic, and then tackled the green-screen issues when filming ‘in cars.’
But all of this changed how the story was told. Making things more ‘real’ brought us closer and made us part of the story. As our technology changed, with FaceTime and Zoom calls, it is only logical that our stories will in turn change again.
## What’s Next for Filming?
It’s going to be a while before we get back to the set. We know that. Will a multi-zoom call like *All Rise* become the norm? Will we split-screen conversations? Will we take the Zoom ‘green screen’ concept to allow us to film with everyone in their own home and splice things back together? Will everyone be animated for a while? What about computer generated ‘deep fakes’? We could take the videos we already have and make the characters do anything, with the dialogue being filmed new per episode!
Of course nothing replaces the nuance and grit of filming. No amount of CGI trickery is the same as the connection that happens when actors all gel together, play off each other, and elevate a script and a direction into something greater than the sum of it’s parts. I have faith we will return to that.
What I know right now is that we have the technology to keep telling stories in progressive and interesting ways that don’t detract from the heart. And the creative geniuses behind television and movies are going to find a way to keep on telling us those stories. When all this is over, they will use those new techniques to tell new stories in even more new ways.
But maybe, right now, it’s okay to vlog again for a little bit.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** All Rise, One Day at a Time
---
### [Queer Beats - June 26, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-june-26-2020/)
**Published:** June 26, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Council of Dads was cancelled, Lucifer was renewed, and Catradora continues to live on through quarantine!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Council of Dads was cancelled, Lucifer was renewed, and Catradora continues to live on through quarantine!
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
In the wake of the reinvigorated Black Lives Matter movement, Brooklyn Nine-Nine has decided to rewrite all the episodes that were previously written for season 8.
> [\#Brooklyn99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to Scrap All Episodes Written for Season 8, [@terrycrews](https://twitter.com/terrycrews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Says: 'We Have to Start Over' [\#BrooklynNineNine](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrooklynNineNine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [June 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1275599402686484481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Council of Dads](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/council-of-dads/)
Council of Dads was cancelled at NBC which makes me VERY SAD! This show was like a queerer version of Parenthood.
> ‘Council of Dads’ Canceled After One Season at NBC
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1276323571342675978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
The first episode of Pants podcast (with [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) and [Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/)) is up!
> We've [\#DroppedOurPANTS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DroppedOurPANTS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) again! [\#PANTSpod](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PANTSpod?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with [@katemoennig](https://twitter.com/katemoennig?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@Leisha\_Hailey](https://twitter.com/Leisha_Hailey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🏳️🌈👖❤️ Did you know [\#KateHasAThingAgainstGrass](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KateHasAThingAgainstGrass?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ? Prod & edited by [@RachelShelley](https://twitter.com/RachelShelley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#iTunes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/iTunes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — The Pants Pod (@ThePantsPod) [June 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/ThePantsPod/status/1275719443440599040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
Lucifer has been renewed for a sixth and final season!
> Lucifer has been renewed for a sixth (and now final) season at Netflix after it was previously announced the show's fifth season would be its last. [pic.twitter.com/6dj1lYSnye](https://t.co/6dj1lYSnye)
>
> — IGN (@IGN) [June 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1276244038035935232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
A plug for CloudCon’s Red panel happening at 3pm today! It will be hosted by our very own [Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)!
> .[@LBollina](https://twitter.com/LBollina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Luciana Bollina and Ana Paula Lima [@APLimaa](https://twitter.com/APLimaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) internationally award winning actresses and Germana Belo [@\_germana](https://twitter.com/_germana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) the award winning writer of the acclaimed web lesbian webseries RED [@red\_brasil](https://twitter.com/red_brasil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will be appearing [@qfxcloudcon](https://twitter.com/qfxcloudcon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🥳 👏 👏 👏 [pic.twitter.com/6qLVPkQOm0](https://t.co/6qLVPkQOm0)
>
> — conagentC (@conagentC) [May 27, 2020](https://twitter.com/conagentC/status/1265767631203647488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
As usual, the She-Ra cast continues to deliver the goods. This week, [Aimee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aimee-carrero/) and [AJ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amanda-joy-michalka/) did a live reading of some major Catradora scenes:
> AJ and Aimee read the original script of Heart: Part 2 on the Up All Night stream. (1/2) [pic.twitter.com/uGUzUM2DzO](https://t.co/uGUzUM2DzO)
>
> — Princesses of Power (is semi IA) (@spopsite) [June 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/spopsite/status/1276016159423451138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Noelle followed that up by posting the original version of the script:
> The script AJ and Aimee read yesterday was the record draft of the finale script, which changed a lot in boards! However, y'all missed the original draft of the script, in which Adora was even more of an idiot [pic.twitter.com/jkMoLd2xJW](https://t.co/jkMoLd2xJW)
>
> — ND Stevenson (@Gingerhazing) [June 26, 2020](https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1276329971045117952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Aimee even jumped in to give some options for “wow”!
https://twitter.com/aimeecarrero/status/1276359285811761152?s=20
## [South of Nowhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/south-of-nowhere/)
Shoutout to LWTV team member, Carmel, for bringing this new haircut to my attention:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBzeUJEnYis/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) and her husband will be performing for Cloudcon to raise money for The Trevor Project!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBwZh7CAdar/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chyler Leigh, Council of Dads, Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Lucifer, Mandy Musgrave, RED, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 22, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-mini-series-mrs-america/)
**Published:** June 22, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I rise out of the ashes to finish my post on the queer parts of the Hulu mini-series Mrs. America.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I rise out of the ashes to finish my post on the queer parts of the Hulu mini-series Mrs. America.
You may have noticed I didn’t publish a **\#QTIwlw** post last week, or if you were really paying attention, it did post unfinished for a few minutes. I was in the middle of writing my post when my kid started yelling from downstairs. **Long story short:** our dryer caught on fire and the fire department had to come and put it out. The wife, kid, cat and I made it out fine, but we are displaced for about 3-4 months as our house gets gutted and renovated.
It was one of the scariest experiences of my life (and I’ve been held up twice) followed by a very overwhelming week of navigating Insurance, adjusters, cleanup and restoration companies. We’ll be okay and luckily we get to stay in an Air B&B right on our block so we are surrounded by the support of our very awesome neighbors. I do miss our TVs though. In the meantime, I’ll make due with streaming services, because the mission to document Queer Television must go on!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Mrs. America](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mrs-america/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]The Hulu mini-series Mrs. America is loosely based on the story of the movement to ratify the [Equal Rights Amendment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment), and the conservative backlash led by [Phyllis Schlafly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Schlafly), played by Cate Blanchett. It’s a star-studded cast of actors playing real-life people and fictitious characters on both sides of the ERA fight.
Every episode starts with a disclaimer: **“Some characters in the program are fictional and some scenes and dialogue are invented for creative and storyline purposes.”** But from what I’ve read, the writers did a lot of research into the actual events that took place. I think the show did a good job of telling history while addressing layered and complicated personal issues behind the scenes for everyone involved.
I embarrassingly know very little about the 70s feminist movement. I think I took one Women’s Studies class in college and probably skipped a lot of it. It was very interesting to look back at it from today’s perspective. Now more people are aware of Intersectionality and the need for it to be woven into every progressive and equal rights movement. Then not so much.
[Margaret Sloan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Sloan-Hunter) is one of the real people portrayed in the series. She was a Black feminist, lesbian, civil rights advocate and one of the early editors of Ms. magazine. This is what happened when she tried to pitch a story on tokenism in the workplace.
She is promptly ignored after that.
There was also a camp of feminists, most notably [Betty Friedan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Friedan), who did not want to include lesbians in the feminist movement, because in her words, “Homosexuality…is not, in my opinion, what the women’s movement is all about.”
Another real-life person portrayed on the show is [Brenda Feigen-Fasteau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brenda_Feigen). She was a prominent ERA proponent who debated Schlafly many times on TV. Her husband at the time was also a vocal ally of the women’s movement. In **Episode 5 “Phyllis & Fred & Brenda & Marc”**, Brenda meets Jules, a photographer played by one of LezWatch’s favorite actors, [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) at a conference in DC.
Since Gloria Steinem is busy that night, Brenda winds up hanging out with Jules and breaking into the Watergate pool. It’s not long before they’re doing more than just swimming around.
Back at home, Brenda’s husband Marc can tell something’s up and asks her if she slept with anyone in DC. She’s like “I didn’t sleep with a man…” From that, he figures out it was a woman.
Marc is okay with it because he’s a hip feminist dude and wants to give her the freedom to explore her sexuality. However, he also lets her know he wouldn’t be so open-minded if it was a guy. Um, okay.
Back at the Ms. magazine office, the host of “The Tomorrow Show” invited Brenda and her husband to debate Phyllis and her husband on National TV. Team ERA thinks this is great because Brenda is the poster child for a cis straight married feminist.
That look of queer panic on Brenda’s face. Joke’s on you, Bella Abzug, Brenda’s not done making out with Jules.
> A slice of queer history represented in Hulu mini-series [\#MrsAmerica](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrsAmerica?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) To quote Roberta Colindrez (re: Brenda and Jules)"our chemistry onscreen was Magnifique." [pic.twitter.com/JXuJq2XkVv](https://t.co/JXuJq2XkVv)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1275068228050411527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I guess Jules wasn’t a one-time, “we had too much to drink” event.
I loved seeing Margaret hanging out at the queer bar too! I hope the real life Margaret found her people in Oakland.
Brenda and Marc fly out to LA to do the show and Brenda discovers something else about herself — she’s pregnant. She tells Marc and he’s excited, but Brenda not so much. She confesses to the hot lesbian photographer in the room.
Marc’s like, “I thought you were just looking to experiment.” Brenda presses pause on the conversation because right now they need to look like the perfect straight feminist couple for national television.
Even with everything going on, Brenda and Marc slay the debate.
After it’s over they resume their talk.
That didn’t exactly answer his question, but Brenda loves Marc, and with a baby on the way, she’s going to stay with him.
At the end of the episode, Brenda is washing dishes with Gloria and trying to be all-in with her new role as mom-to-be. Since the debate, Gloria learned about Jules and brings it up.
> I thought this scene was so sad and reflected the experience of so many people in the past who tried to make the queer parts of themselves disappear. -T [\#MrsAmerica](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrsAmerica?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YszLPGxsy4](https://t.co/YszLPGxsy4)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1275105076051423296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Brenda’s sadness really got to me in that scene. She’s saying it was just a phase, but you can tell from the pain in her voice it’s not.
**Margaret Sloan-Hunter** moved to Oakland where she established the Women’s Foundation and helped organize the Berkeley Women’s Center and the Feminist School for Girls. She also published a series of thirty-eight poems called “Black & Lavender” in 1995. Sadly she died in 2004 at age 57 of a long-term illness.
**Brenda Feigen** published a memoir, called “Not One of the Boys: Living Life as a Feminist.” According to the book, her real-life timeline matched closely with the show. Although her first experience with a woman was not with a photographer names Jules, it did happen around that time as well as her pregnancy. Brenda divorced her husband in 1990 and now lives in California with her wife Joanne Parrent.
**This week:** I’ll try to make it another week without a disaster happening, but with 2020 I can’t make any guarantees. I may muster the strength to write about *Hightown*. Spoiler Alert: I don’t like it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Mrs. America
---
### [Queer Beats - June 19, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-june-19-2020/)
**Published:** June 20, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week delivered new interview content for Pride month and Betty got renewed!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week delivered new interview content for Pride month and Betty got renewed!
## [Anne with an E](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anne-with-an-e/)
This week, Amybeth McNulty tweeted this…
> Well, I think I just accidentally came out hahaha happy pride month lovelies🏳️🌈❤️
>
> — Amybeth (@AmybethMcnulty) [June 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/AmybethMcnulty/status/1273331038975135746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/betty/)
THIS NEWS IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART!
> 'Betty' Renewed for Season 2 at HBO
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [June 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1273708109740019713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)
[Raven-Symoné](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/raven-symone/) got married this week!
> Raven-Symoné announces her marriage to “a woman who understands me” 💛 Congrats to the newlyweds! [pic.twitter.com/vHZvwVkMJg](https://t.co/vHZvwVkMJg)
>
> — Two Bees TV (@twobeestv) [June 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/twobeestv/status/1273650924330848261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
The Bold Type cast was on the celebrity version of Family Feud this week and they played against a group from RuPaul’s Drag Race.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbE_0XjDd0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
[Sherry Cola](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sherry-cola/) was interviewed by NBCLX about her role on Good Trouble:
> Actress and comedian [@shrrycola](https://twitter.com/shrrycola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) talks to LX News about her role as a gay Asian-American woman in ‘Good Trouble’ and how it's breaking barriers for Asian Americans and the queer community.
>
> — LX News (@NBCLX) [June 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/NBCLX/status/1273382447133188096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) and [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) are starting a new podcast!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBd5C5qD3uE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
The Pose cast is raising money for queer charities while virtually celebrating Pride month! Be sure to tune in next Friday or donate to the charities if you are able.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBl6UFRjNsE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
While we are on the topic, I would recommend following [Indya Moore](https://www.instagram.com/indyamoore/) and [MJ Rodriguez](https://www.instagram.com/mjrodriguez7/) on Instagram, who both use their platform to highlight issues and struggles within the black and trans communities.
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
In case you weren’t already in your feels about Catradora, Netflix posted a nice little video to remind you of why you should be:
> How She-Ra vs. Catra blossomed into She-Ra 💘 Catra [pic.twitter.com/awQ9zKq1wo](https://t.co/awQ9zKq1wo)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [June 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1273326960215617536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) continues to use her voice for good during Pride month:
> 'Supergirl' star [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is using her platform to "lift up the experiences of people of color and queer people of color" to celebrate [\#Pride2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). 🏳️🌈
>
> — Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) [June 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1273259506470760448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She was also interviewed by Variety this week:
> On Variety's [\#PRIDE](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PRIDE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) impact list is [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), who made headlines after suing to ensure her right to use female restrooms in her school. 6 years later she is the first trans superhero on TV in [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OihuPAUMuc](https://t.co/OihuPAUMuc)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [June 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1273317158634663936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
QFX CloudCon has continued to announce guests, including [Humberly Gonzalez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/humberly-gonzalez/), [Devyn Nekoda](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/devyn-nekoda/) and Kate Drummond. Check out [their site](https://www.qfxcloudcon.com/) for more guests announcements for this virtual con!
> We are taking submissions for fan questions online for most of our panels. If you have something to ask Humberly, Devyn or Kate for the Utopia Falls panel, please submit it below! [pic.twitter.com/JGtTfc2a3N](https://t.co/JGtTfc2a3N)
>
> — QFX Virtual Events ミ☆ (@qfxcloudcon) [June 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/qfxcloudcon/status/1273988640100810754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Betty, Kate Moennig, Leisha Hailey, Nicole Maines, Pose, Raven-Symone, Sherry Cola, The Bold Type, Utopia Falls
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### [Queerly Copland](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerly-copland/)
**Published:** June 24, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** On understanding why cop shows are prevalent on TV, and why the first two non-comedy queer-named-and-led series are about law enforcement.
**Content:**
Last week I was looking into the split of shows where the show is named for the main character, when said character is queer. They were an even split of comedy and cop. While this straight line wavered considerably when I looked at more and more queer led (though not titularly so) shows, it did make me wonder why *cop* shows.
Now, I know that saying ‘Batwoman is a cop show!’ can be a little divisive, and it may seem like a stretch, but the reality is that it’s not. It’s showing us ‘heroes’ who fight crime. Even so, the first drama on the “Big Three” networks that was headlined by a lesbian character was *Tommy*. And it was a cop show. And no, I don’t think that’s a coincidence.
## Copoganda
It’s not a secret that the police shaped Hollywood. For decades, television has pushed ideas that cops (and by extension the military) are for the most part troubled heroes. Even if there’s a problem one week, it rarely carries over to the next. There are few, if any, bad shootings, and the cops who are found guilty are the ‘rare’ bad cop.
Anyone looking at the real world in 2020 would probably snort-laugh, disparagingly, at the concept.
> At 8 p.m. on Saturday, at the same time CNN, MSNBC, and FOX News were airing live coverage of the nationwide protests against police violence, cable audiences also had other options for what to watch. On PopTV, there was a marathon of *NCIS: New Orleans*. On WE, *Criminal Minds*. On WGN, *Blue Bloods*. On Ion, *Law & Order: SVU*. And on USA, a marathon of *Chicago PD* that began 11 hours earlier and continued until Sunday morning, followed by an episode of *CSI*.
>
> [Cops Are Always the Main Characters](https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html) By Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture
It’s not an accident. Even shows like *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* are incredibly effective propaganda machines. We look at *Law & Order* and *CSI* and see heroes trying to save us. With *Brooklyn *Nine-Nine** we have a chance to watch the hijinks of an incredibly diverse band of police that are culturally different and safe to laugh at.
Steven Thrasher in particular derided *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and said it was “a way to really keep people accepting the police and to get them not to question the institution.”
The police story is something indelible in American television. Armed with a gun and his true heart, an officer steps forth to do right. Television glamourizes the ideas about policing that, perhaps ironically, are fundamental in dividing the United States. And this is all at the behest of the all-enchanting dollar, both in drawing in an audience with action, and with funding.
## Make Us Look Good
Everyone has a wish to look ‘good’ on TV. We want the LGBTQ+ characters to be the heroes because, after 60 years of having queers on TV, it’s only been the latter half where we began to *regularly* be the positive stars. So for the police to want to be portrayed in a positive light is both understandable and, to a degree, laudable.
Back in 1910, the International Association of Chiefs of Police condemned the baby movie industry, and adopted a resolution to formally state as much because “the police are sometimes made to appear ridiculous.” They were, of course, referring to things like the Keystone Cops.
Related to this, in 1915 the Supreme Court argued that the censorship law in Ohio, which forbad negative representation of the police in television and movies, was not, in fact, a violation of rights. This changed 37 years later, but the gist then was that movies weren’t going to get First Amendment protection.
What we see today on television is primarily due to the 1950s show *Dragnet*. The actor, and creator, Jack Webb made a deal. The LAPD had veto rights on the scripts in exchange for access to equipment, fast-tracked permits, and off-duty officers to play extras.
> For all its pretensions to accuracy — each episode began with the sonorous promise, “Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true” — the version of the LAPD that Webb presented was the one \[LAPD chief William\] Parker wanted the world to see.
>
> [How Police Censorship Shaped Hollywood](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/) by Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
## Acceptable Uniformity
There is a drive in all of us to be accepted. We want to be seen as good people so that others will be inclined to give us the benefit of the doubt. We want to encourage the next generation to keep pushing and moving us forward. Part of this means we want, on a basic level, to be integrated visibly in all aspects of the world. From the barista to the dentist, queer people are everywhere in our lives, so should we not be also in the police?
At the same time, it’s impossible to untangle the relationship of queer rights (or truly any rights for any minority) from antagonism with the police. Stonewall was a riot, first and foremost, and Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell was the official United States policy on military service by queers from 1994 to 2011. Even so, DADT was considered *progressive* at the time, because the alternative was simply to not permit queers to serve at all.
Having queers in the police has brought us to an interesting, if depressing place. If we work under the assumption that the police are still pressuring (be it via money or other methods) Hollywood to have a majority of positive portrayals of the police, then it stands to reason that the police see a benefit to having queers on the fictional force. The obvious benefit is that by pushing the conceit that ‘most cops are good cops’ and showing that some cops are queers, it draws a line of ‘the good queer cop.’
A somewhat less obvious benefit is that by giving the queer minority a positive representation within the police, it engenders a feeling of trust. Queers are more likely to trust their own, and believe that the same-ness of their shared queerness will be more important to the queer police officer than the uniform. In short, just like everyone else, we’re being trained to trust the police, thus furthering their agenda of generally positive representation.
## Queer or Cop
What the propaganda machine does its best to disguise is the reality that when a real person joins the police, they are forced to adopt the archaic but ongoing Irish Machismo of the force. This is a common underpinning of the fictional force as well, but it’s always painted in a positive way. A character is not giving up their self identity and uniqueness, they’re finding strength and power in the uniform and the brotherhood.
This creates an inequality of shared identity. The uniform, which has provided for the fictional character a veneer of acceptance and found-family, becomes more important than the unchangeable aspects. A queer will always be queer, but they may not always be a cop, and yet the uniform and what it represents is now more important.
Furthermore, this reinforces the claim that most cops are good cops. If a queer character is show with positive representation, is always the hero, and is a cop, then it stands to reason that it really is just ‘a few bad apples.’ Of course, this isn’t true, and it’s been demonstrably proven that a police officer who is a minority will generally side with the police rather than their ‘otherness.’
There are shows out there which challenge the narrative. Both *[Homicide](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/homicide-life-on-the-streets/)* and *[The Wire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wire/)* are two examples which tackle the racial and sexist ideologies of the police, showing us the nuanced complexity of being an ‘other’ while also being part of the mainstream majority. Still, for queers it’s not until we look at a show like *[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* that we clearly see the injustices by the police. Yet even then, a series about women in prison often ends with any queer officers choosing the uniform over their queerness.
## So Why Cop Shows?
Both *Batwoman* and *Tommy* are shows where the title character, our main character, is a queer who fights crime. Part of Kate Kane’s story is that she wanted to serve, like her father, and yet made the daring choice to be the ‘other’ and not lie about being queer. As remarkable as that story is, the end result is still that Kate joins the ranks of superheroes, donning a costume and embracing the same fight as her father.
Unlike Gotham, where we see all cops are bad cops, Abigail ‘Tommy’ Thomas leads a diverse group of police officers and tries to change the world. She too is shackled by the same backstory. Her father was a cop, her grandfather, and so on. Tommy always wanted to be a cop, to be the kind of good person she saw, and to make up for the bad ones. And in Tommy’s Los Angeles, many cops are good cops.
From both we learn that if a queer woman can embrace the strict lines of what being ‘the police’ means, she can have success. But both warn us that if she steps out of those lines, if she deigns to have a love life, if she goes against the boys’ club, she will be discarded. This quickly becomes a win-win situation for the propaganda machine. Join or die becomes the mantra, and in order to have a successful series with the support of the police, the character further the police-positive narrative.
This makes a cop show, or a vigilante show, a ‘safe bet.’ The main character is sexually off-limits by being a queer woman (in both *Tommy* and *Batwoman*, they are lesbians), and thus ‘one of the guys.’
> \[*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*\] Series co-creator Dan Goor originally imagined that Capt. Raymond Holt (Andre Braugher, securing his place in the fictional police hall of fame) would be a character whose career was constrained by homophobia. But Jon Murad, a technical adviser for the show, pointed Goor to the example of Charles Cochrane, the first New York City police officer to come out as openly gay. Murad convinced Goor that an officer like Holt might have been embraced as proof of the department’s progress, but in the process, might have been turned into a mascot and denied the opportunity to do real police work.
>
> [Blue Lives: Pop Culture’s Minority Cops](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/28/blue-lives-pop-cultures-minority-cops/) by Alyssa Rosenberg, Washington Post
In both Batwoman and Tommy we have our safe mascots, making it no surprise at all that the first non-comedy shows to be named for their queer-female main characters, are both about law enforcement.
## Further Reading
Looking to understand more about the history of police in Hollywood? Here are some places to get you started:
- [Protests against police brutality spur reflection on TV cop shows Social Sharing](https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tv-cop-shows-criticism-1.5606342), by Jessica Wong – CBC
- [Normalizing Injustice](https://hollywood.colorofchange.org/crime-tv-report/), by Color of Change and the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.
- [How 70 years of cop shows taught us to valorize the police](https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/3/21275700/police-show-procedurals-hollywood-history-dragnet-keystone-cops-brooklyn-nine-nine-wire-blue-bloods), by Constance Grady – Vox
- [Cops Are Always the Main Characters](https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html), by Kathryn VanArendonk – Vulture
- [How Police Censorship Shaped Hollywood](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/opinions/2016/10/24/how-police-censorship-shaped-hollywood/), by Alyssa Rosenberg – Washington Post
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Tommy
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### [The Limits of Headlining](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-limits-of-headlining/)
**Published:** June 17, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While queer characters are on every type of show out there, the ones where they get to headline a show named for them are limited in scope.
**Content:**
We’ve actually had a bit of an explosion (in the good way) when it comes to shows where we have queer women as the named-lead (i.e. a titular character/show). We went from a meagre three (with none on air) to seven (with three on air) just in this year alone.
Yet with this year’s cancellation of *Tommy* and the impending hurdles that *Batwoman* will face with their re-casting, I took a look back at the kinds of shows where we have queer women as the named-lead and realized they were specific kinds of shows. That is, there actually are only two genres of shows that get to be named for the main (queer) character, and neither have a great track record.
## Make ’em Laugh or Make ’em Fight
That’s right. There are only two choices if you’re going to name your TV show for your lead queer female:
ComedyCrimefighting*[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)**[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)**[The Ellen Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ellen-show/)**[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)**[Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/)**[Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)**[Awkwafina is Nora From Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens/)*And it gets worse when you look at their longevity:
ShowSeasons*Ellen*5 (Ellen came out in season 4)*The Ellen Show*1*Abby’s*1 (unfinished airing)*Batwoman*ongoing (1 shortened season has completed)*Awkwafina is Nora From Queens*ongoing*Tommy*1 (canceled)*Harley Quinn*ongoing (season 2 is airing now)This marks *Batwoman* and *Awkwafina is Nora From Queens* as the second and third shows to be named for it’s queer female lead that’s made it more than one season. Even then, *Ellen* only lasted one full season as an openly gay show, and *Batwoman* is in the midst of a recast. *Awkwafina* was renewed, but thanks to COVID, no one knows when it’ll be back.
While the lack of longevity of queer female led and named shows is certainly a problem, it brings up another one when you look at the topical nature of those shows. That is, why are we only having two types of shows?
## Limited Genres
Right now, we have 39 separate genres, from Action and Horror to Telenovelas and Westerns. There’s a significant amount of crossover in those genres, though. In fact, here are the genres for the shows we’re talking about:
ShowGenres*Ellen*Comedy*The Ellen Show*Comedy*Abby’s*Comedy*Batwoman*Action, Crime, Drama, Superhero*Awkwafina is Nora From Queens*Comedy*Tommy*Drama, Family, Police*Harley Quinn*Animation, Crime, SuperheroMost shows are really either a Comedy or a Drama. In fact ..
GenreRaw CountPercentageComedy51335%Drama84257%That leaves us with 8% of all shows *aren’t* a Drama or a Comedy. Comedies don’t generally have multiple genres unless they’re also aimed at a specific audience or are animated. But when you step into the world of Dramas, you start to have more granular definitions.
With all those granular definitions, you would think the spread for queer female led and named shows would at least break out into totally different sub-genres, but at the end of the day our two shows are both about a lesbian who puts on a suit and fights crime.
## Does This Go Beyond?
The next question we have to ask is what it we go beyond just the named and led shows and into shows that are, unequivocally led by queer women, non-binary, or transgender characters?
Let’s just look at an incomplete what we have on-air today in the USA (excluding web series):
ShowPrimary GenreNotes*All Rise*DramaOne of the secondary main characters*Almost Family*DramaOne of three main characters*Awkwafina is Nora From Queens*ComedyMain character*Batwoman*DramaTwo of the main characters*Harley Quinn*AnimationMain characters*High Fidelity*Comedy, DramaMain character*Hightown*DramaMain character*How to Get Away with Murder*DramaMain character*Motherland: Fort Salem*DramaOne of three main characters*Pandora*DramaMain character*Pose*DramaMost of the characters*Roswell: New Mexico*DramaMain character*Stumptown*DramaMain character*Tommy*DramaMain character*Vagrant Queen*DramaTwo of the main characters*Vida*DramaTwo of three main characters*Why Women Kill*DramaTwo of the many main characters*You Me Her*DramaTwo of the main charactersThis list is incomplete, and of course, there are a lot more shows with queer mains who aren’t the ‘Meredith Grey’ of their show, but that is rather the point. Meredith isn’t queer. And the show that had the main queer of all of Shondaland was about crime and death. Yes, there’s a queer regular on *NCIS: New Orleans*, but you wouldn’t know it to watch, and she is not the primary character.
And even with all that, any show that has only ‘drama’ as the main genre is also about crime or the law in some way. *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, which we love with all our hearts, centred around death and the subsequent legal drama. The whole reason the sisters in *Almost Family* got together is that their father committed a crime.
I actually had to work hard to find shows on the list that didn’t involve war, crime, or death (*[High Fidelity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)* and *[You Me Her](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-me-her/)*). However we should note that why most of these shows are locked in to those topics, they are also incredibly diverse. So why are the headliner shows limited to two slots?
## The Safe Genres
I’m in the middle of researching why cop shows are so prevalent in the first place, but it has not escaped my notice that the primary reason we only have Comedy or Crime is that those are *safe* genres.
It’s okay to laugh at (and with) queers. In fact, it’s laudable if your show happens to be as well written as something by Norman Lear. Lear practically invented how to make topical comedy work, and Dan Levy’s *Schitt’s Creek* is the heir to his goal. We watch their shows and we laugh, and then we think about what we laughed at and why. We laughed at Archie Bunker because he was a bigot and made the fool, and we thought about why we laughed at him and then we looked at our relatives.
Comedy allows us to excuse missteps with humour. While some are laughing with the characters, others laugh at, and one can dismiss any offence. A good show does it by using comedy to highlight the problems. A bad show does it to make us all laugh at things that aren’t funny and feel better for it.
As for crime, well there’s a whole other issue altogether. It’s not your imagination that there are an awful lot of cop shows out there on TV in the US today. This kind of propaganda is intentional. It’s meant to make us feel connected to and sympathy with the police. In some ways, this has to do with the lack of a visible standing army in the United States. The attraction to things like *G.I. Joe* and even *Voltron* as kids shows where people go out and are the chosen (self or otherwise) heroes who save the world isn’t uniquely American, but it sure is prevalent here.
A queer being a police officer tells us the white lie that we’re normal and accepted in all things. We know this isn’t true. Thankfully, both *Batwoman* and *Tommy* do not actually keep on that angle. Both face adversity because they’re queer, and it’s a part of their character makeup.
## Where Do We Go?
It’s obvious we need more nuanced shows. It’s fine for a show to have some death or criminal drama (watch *Vida* again if you’re not sure how to do it right), but that shouldn’t be the be-all and end-all. We need some ‘regular’ dramas. How about a medical drama staring a queer female? Legal dramas are also good. Some telenovelas where the queers are the leads and not the sisters (or the villains) would be an improvement.
There just has to be some way better for our shows to go than being limited to jokes and guns.
What are your ideas?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Batwoman, Tommy
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### [Queer Beats - June 12, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-june-12-2020/)
**Published:** June 12, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week was full of surprises, like a Noelle Stevenson fic and a Station 19 reunion!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week was full of surprises, like a Noelle Stevenson fic and a Station 19 reunion!
If you read my Queer Beats post from [last week](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-june-5-2020/), you will know that I focused on Black voices from the queer TV community that spoke up about the mistreatment of Black actors in the industry. Many also participated in the Black Lives Matter protests that continue to happen across the country. I will continue to cover these issues in Queer Beats and, if you are able, please consider donating to [Bail Funds or Mutual Aid organizations](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fpdRY5fwoyt04Il6y9bToWjv4wUaIoMAQERoE2A140U/edit#gid=2000819637) in support of the BLM movement.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Batwoman rumors have been swirling since it was announced that [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) would be leaving the show. One particular rumor got the fandom really riled up, which was the possibility that [Kate Kane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) would be killed off to make room for a new character to suit up as Batwoman. This was particularly cruel because, as we all know, the “Bury Your Gays” (or Queers) trope is extremely triggering for us. Thankfully, we can all trust in Caroline Dries, because she made sure to let everyone know that BYQ will *not* be happening on her show:
https://twitter.com/carolinedries/status/1270747593539063809?s=20
## [Harlots](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harlots/)
Harlots was cancelled by Hulu:
> [\#Harlots](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harlots?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has closed up shop at Hulu. The streamer has opted to cancel the period drama after three seasons
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [June 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1270762730774020096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)
But Hightown was picked up for a second season!
> We're just getting started. We're wicked excited to announce that [\#Hightown](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hightown?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has been picked up for Season 2. [pic.twitter.com/xjcy4ykxKb](https://t.co/xjcy4ykxKb)
>
> — Hightown (@HightownSeries) [June 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/HightownSeries/status/1271117554451283969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
I’m still sad about this…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBGybhagObc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
[QFX’s virtual convention](https://www.qfxcloudcon.com/) is coming soon and they have been making guest announcements, including a Lost Girl panel!
> Say hey to your faevorite succubus! Joining us on 6/27 and 6/28, Anna Silk will be participating in 1-on-1's, videograms and autographs! Panel date TBD. [\#LostGirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LostGirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/8GwQWRfr85](https://t.co/8GwQWRfr85)
>
> — QFX Virtual Events ミ☆ (@qfxcloudcon) [June 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/qfxcloudcon/status/1270776592571281408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The ODAAT animated episode is coming out this week and it’s going to be SO GOOD! Everyone get ready to scream over the featured guests…
> Titled "The Political Episode," the animated take on [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will feature familiar guest stars and a "Mi Tierra" parody song.
>
> — REMEZCLA (@REMEZCLA) [June 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/REMEZCLA/status/1271120023491416071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
[Indya Moore](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/indya-moore/) continued to bring awareness to the violence that Black trans people face:
https://twitter.com/IndyaMoore/status/1271287759332761602?s=20
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
If you are in the She-Ra fandom, you will know that things got crazy this week when it was discovered that [Noelle Stevenson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/), the showrunner, wrote a fic that was posted on AO3. Never give a queer fandom a challenge because y’all know they will meet it! So they found the fic and it’s amazing and here it is in case you haven’t read it (also, yes, that is her art):
https://twitter.com/owldee/status/1270590322242797569?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
[Danielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) and [Stefania](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) are just the gift that keeps on giving! They scheduled another IG Live session this week but, SURPRISE, they were actually in the same place!
https://twitter.com/gaytheron/status/1271201075295588354?s=20
They continued to answer questions…
https://twitter.com/itsnotme0022/status/1271200077613338624?s=20
The whole thing is still up on Instagram but here are a few more pictures to make you smile:
https://twitter.com/LOVINGSTEFANlA/status/1271384787706621952?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Sometimes, amongst all the darkness, there’s a little bit of light. And that’s how I felt about this news. This week, [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) came out as queer and talked about how Alex’s coming out storyline made her realize that there was some truth to it for her as well. I use the term “queer” liberally because she also discussed disliking labels. I’m glad she felt supported enough by the fandom to come out and I just LOVE HER A LOT!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBMn7GzgVsG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWEVtXADyq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Chyler Leigh, Danielle Savre, Harlots, Hightown, Lost Girl, One Day at a Time, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Station 19, Stefania Spampinato
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 8, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-mini-series-hollywood/)
**Published:** June 8, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Ryan Murphy's mini-series, Hollywood, explores what could have been if people in charge chose to be on the right side of history.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Ryan Murphy’s mini-series *Hollywood*, explores what could have been if people in charge chose to be on the right side of history.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Hollywood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hollywood/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]Full disclosure, I didn’t watch this last week (my wife and I binged it a couple of weeks ago) but it is relevant to what is happening right now so I wanted to write about it.
The mini-series, *Hollywood*, is a fictitious retelling of the showbiz industry in post-World War II 1940s. Some of the characters are real people like actors Anna May Wong, Hattie McDaniel, Rock Hudson and Tallulah Bankhead, and agent Henry Willson. Some are based on real people (Ernie West is based on real-life gas station pimp Scotty Bowers) and a few others are completely made up.
The story centers around young aspiring actors Camille Washington, Jack Castello and Rock Hudson, Camille’s filmmaker boyfriend Raymond Ainsley and Rock’s screenwriter boyfriend Archie Coleman. Raymond (played by Darren Criss) is trying to get ACE Pictures (based on Paramount Pictures) to green-light a movie called *Peg* based on real-life actor [Peg Entwistle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peg_Entwistle) who committed suicide by jumping off the “H” on the famous Hollywood sign. Meanwhile, as a black actress, Camille is tired of only getting cast as servants and wants a leading role. Raymond has the idea to rewrite the movie under the title “Meg” so the lead actress could be anyone.
The movie written by Archie a black gay screenwriter and directed by Raymond who is half-Filipino has an uphill battle getting green-lit at ACE, but they are eventually able to get it done. Camille does an amazing job at auditions and winds up landing the lead role. Raymond also recruits Anna May Wong, a real-life actress for the movie and Rock Hudson gets a tiny part because his audition was really terrible.
Woven throughout the series is the story of Hollywood’s not so secret underground queer world. All of the folks rumored to have been queer are treated so as fact in the show. For example Hattie McDaniel (played by Queen Latifah) and Tallulah Bankhead.
What I loved most about the series was the exploration of how things could be if executives chose to do the right thing, actors were hired on merit, sexual predators in power were challenged and stopped and people were given the chance to be their real selves.
[Hattie McDaniel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_McDaniel) was the first black Academy Award winner in history, but she had to sit at a segregated table in the back and did not get to celebrate afterward with the rest of the *Gone with the Wind* cast because the party was at a whites-only venue. [Anna May Wong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_May_Wong) was the first Chinese-American movie star but got passed over for the lead Chinese role in *The Good Earth* when they gave it to a white actress instead. Countless queer actors had to remain in the closet while still being subjected to predatory agents’ (like [Henry Willson](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a32365574/who-was-henry-willson-rock-hudson-hollywood-netflix/)) casting couches.
I know it was a fiction, but I loved seeing a Hollywood do-over in honor of the actors, directors, writers and other folks of showbiz past who were run over by racism, sexism, sexual assault and homophobia.
We all like to think we would have done the right thing during moments in history when people fought back against injustice. But when I see people criticizing protests and riots happening now while at the same time, praising the Civil Rights Movement and its leaders of the past, I’m like, **“This IS the Civil Rights Movement. It’s happening right now.”**
Equal rights progress has not been made when people remained quiet. Queer people rioted at Compton’s Cafeteria, Stonewall and the San Francisco City Hall riots in 1979. Police can not continue to murder black people without consequences and expect everyone to remain peaceful and complacent.
I know the mini-series *Hollywood* is a feel-good series about what could have been, but at this moment in history think about what could be. It is imperative all of us who wished we would have made the right choices in the past **[do the right thing right now](https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html#victim-memorial)**.
---
**PS.** I had to include this Gif of Archie and Anna May Wong, because I felt very seen.
It is literally what happens every time a 100% Asian person finds out I’m half Asian. The ones I’m related to love to go on and on about how not Filipina I look. I’m like, “Yes, mom, you’ve told me that 1,000 times already.”
**This week:** The upcoming TV schedule looks pretty quiet. I think it will be another “Queerest Things I Saw in the Last Few Weeks” post next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Hollywood
---
### [A Lack of Intersectionality](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/a-lack-of-intersectionality/)
**Published:** June 10, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Looking at the numbers of Intersectionality on shows, we still have a long way to go.
**Content:**
A little over three years ago, we began our intersectionality project here. The goal was direct and to the point. We wanted to make a way to highlight ([and reward](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/introducing-intersectionality/)) television shows that provided positive intersectionality, as a means to illustrate the qualitative growth of representation on television. That is, we wanted to help people find content on television that showed multiple aspects of themselves in a positive light.
In 2018, we completed the backend work and added content for all on-air US based shows, which allowed us to[ include the data in show scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/introducing-intersectionality/). Last year, [after an enlightening panel on Disability Representation in Media](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-must-be-intersectional/), I spent more time looking into our stats and making sure we had things marked as best we could.
In light of the world today (and a prod by Nikki to finish), I’ve looped back to see what the result of the data are, and I can honestly say I’m disappointed.
## Statistics
While I’ve added in a new sub-page for [intersectionality](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/intersectionality/) to our statistics on shows page, it doesn’t give you the full picture.
Source [Intersectionality Statistics](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/intersectionality/)You see, that graph is for all shows, total, in every nation. To narrow the pie for you just a bit, let’s get at a smaller slice and look at *just* the United States.
The United States alone makes up 59% of all television shows we have listed on this site, with 874 shows. If we remove all webseries, there have been 662 shows from the United States with queer characters of any sort. Of those, 208 are on air (or were on air for the 2019-2020 season).
Only [42 of all those shows have some kind of positive intersectionality](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_intersectionality=disabilities%2Cdiverse-cast%2Cgender%2Cimmigrants%2Cinterracial%2Cpoc-centric%2Creligion&fwp_show_nations=usa&fwp_show_on_air=yes&fwp_show_format=tv-show).
Under 20% of all US based shows on air today have positive intersectionality. Only 34 shows have no death. 32 have no trigger warnings, which brings the number down to 14.9%. And of those 32, here’s the breakdown:
Intersectionality TopicShowsBIPOC Centric14Interracial Relationships13Diverse Cast11Gender Presentation5Immigrants2Religion2## 20-15%
That’s it. Twenty to fifteen percent of all US based shows on air today have positive, intersectional, representation.
Two are cop shows (both with queers being cops) and neither have killed off any queers:
- *Brooklyn 99* – being a comedy, it doesn’t delve too deep into death and it’s unlikely they’ll kill off Rosa or any of her various girlfriends
- *FBI: Most Wanted* – frankly I’m waiting for this one to kill off the queer cop’s partner
Still. That’s 20% at best of shows in the US, and that in no way, shape or form represents the world we live in and the people we see.
I do need to point out that this doesn’t mean we’re not seeing Queer BIPOC on other shows. These numbers mean we aren’t seeing *positive* representation from them. *Law & Order* (pick one, all of them are listed here) is never listed as a show with positive representation, even though they actually have a BIPOC police chief in *[Law & Order: LA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-la/)*.
## The Hope
There should be no surprise when Shonaland shows top this list, though perhaps ironically it’s not for *Grey’s Anatomy*, which has only one rule for casting.
> “Shonda’s only rule is drug dealers and pimps cannot be black,” said Dr. Zoanne Clack, a black writer for the show who also practices medicine. Even the episodic roles — a gay African-American, a young Hispanic couple — are multicultural.
>
> [‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Goes Colorblind](https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/08/arts/television/greys-anatomy-goes-colorblind.html) – 08 May 2005 by Matthew Fogel, The New York Times
The problem faced by *Grey’s* is that their queer female characters have been predominantly white. An exception to this is of course Sara Ramierez’s Callie Torres, and it is in fact her marriage (as rocky as it was) to Arizona that gives them a positive flag for interracial relationships. Of course, the marriage was pretty much the pits near the end, with cheating and divorce, but the end ‘grand gesture’ with Arizona heading off to NYC to be with Callie keeps the flag in play.
The term ‘colorblind’ is never actually used in the article, which tracks with how the shows produced by Shondaland are made. That is to say, they cast people on their shows without skin color being a factor. Even the indomitable Christina Yang was created without a last name. That was only conferred on the character after Sandra Oh tried out for the part.
The other bright spot is that the total number of intersections is *higher* than the number of shows. This is due to shows like *One Day at a Time* which have multiple intersections. It’s a good sign to have 1.5 intersections per show that has one. Of course two per show would be better.
And finally, the best news is this number is climbing. More shows are showing a reflection of the world we live in, and this is only good. The shows that represent us are the shows that address our world and make us feel seen, and those are the shows we should be watching.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
---
### [Queer Beats - June 5, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-june-5-2020/)
**Published:** June 5, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, cast members from many tv shows spoke up about the treatment of Black people within the television industry.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, cast members from many tv shows spoke up about the treatment of Black people within the television industry.
Before launching into this week’s news, it’s impossible to move forward without recognizing the protests happening across the country right now. Hundreds of thousands of people have protested against the racism present in this country’s police force, most recently evidenced by the murders of Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd.
As a white woman, I want to make sure I am using all of my (albeit small) platforms to amplify black voices and resources to support the Black Lives Matter Movement. Although diverse representation is something I have always strived for in Queer Beats, I am aware of how particularly important it is to raise black voices and *queer* black voices during this time. Therefore, this week’s Queer Beats will focus on the many Black voices from our beloved queer TV shows who are bravely sharing their own stories of racism and mistreatment within the TV industry.
Ways you can help the Black Lives Matter movement with your time, money, or signature can be found [HERE](https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/). And in celebration of Pride Month, consider donating to fundraisers for [Tony McDade](https://www.gofundme.com/f/in-memory-of-tony-mcdade)‘s family, [Iyanna Dior](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/1268186148251111430), and the [Okra Project](https://www.paypal.me/theokraproject).
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) joined the protests this week and compared it to her role on Black Lightning:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA1lnSejOL6/?igshid=48th5z798e02
## [The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)
Candice Patton (of [The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)) will rightfully require donations for her participation in future diversity panels.
https://twitter.com/candicepatton/status/1268797379420884994?s=20
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
Samantha Marie Ware, a former cast member on Glee, responded to Lea Michele’s tweet about the murder of George Floyd. She called out Michele for her treatment of fellow cast members on the set of the show.
https://twitter.com/Sammie_Ware/status/1267632171570745345?s=20
[Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) (from [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)) called out the harmful wording of Lea Michele’s apology.
https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1268231048518709248?s=20
And Amber Riley, also from Glee, joined the conversation:
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1268397277267103744?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Although not related to the protests, I still want to recognize that it was announced this week that Maisie Richardson-Sellers will be leaving [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/). I was devastated by the news, as Charlie is one of my favorite characters, but it is particularly heartbreaking to lose a character of color from the show right now. I would like to note that it does *sound like* it was Maisie’s choice to leave to pursue other projects and I hope the fandom continues to show her support in her future work.
https://twitter.com/maisie_rs/status/1268281716726050816?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
There’s institutional racism present in all television networks, but I don’t think it is any secret that it is a particular problem within the CW shows. It is important to recognize the work many of the Black actors on the CW have put in to highlight these issues, support one another, and fight for equality within their industry.
https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1268552364824371203?s=20
[Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) has been vocal about her mistreatment on Riverdale (and has been for many years). It is particularly brave on Vanessa’s part to speak on these issues and risk her own job in doing so.
https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1267086887535153152?s=20
https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1267835002882056195?s=20
https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1268231377679417347?s=20
https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1268231919851970560?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
During Pride month, it is important to remember that we need to lift up our Black trans siblings. They face an extremely high level of violence from police, other citizens, and through institutionalized transphobia and racism. [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) and [Roxy Wood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roxy-wood/) took to Instagram Live to answer questions on this issue:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_DChTArKE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week. Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Glee, Legends of Tomorrow, Nicole Maines, Riverdale, Vanessa Morgan
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### [Queer Beats - May 29, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-may-29-2020/)
**Published:** May 29, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite casts keep delivering on virtual content during the pandemic.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite casts keep delivering on virtual content during the pandemic. I have two weeks to cover so let’s get to it!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
To be honest, I still can’t believe this is real but the news broke last week that [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) will no longer be playing Batwoman on the tv series. I won’t get into the reasoning behind the decision because no one knows the true story but I am pretty devastated about this change in such a beloved show. But, I do think season 2 still has the potential to be really great. I can’t wait to hear about who they cast in the role and we already have the guarantee that it will be another LGBTQ+ actor!
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1262941637023432704?s=20
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1264971995202170886?s=20
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1265814001558204420?s=20
Meanwhile, [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) (who will continue in her role as [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/)) posted a “Year in Review” on her IG page, full of set memories from Batwoman.
## [Gentefied](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentefied/)
In some *good* news this week, Gentefied was renewed by Netflix!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAWHD1fFCEW/?igshid=cr8za25f3wd9
## [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harley-quinn/)
A bit of a spoiler, but some good things happened on DC Universe’s Harley Quinn show recently. One of the show’s writers shared the piece of the script that changed it all:
https://twitter.com/PMSchumacker/status/1261472692957351938
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
The L Word cast and crew got together (virtually) to support GLSEN:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbBGS2jfTP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)
Your reminder that [Josie Saltzman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/josie-saltzman/) is pansexual:
https://twitter.com/BryantmKaylee/status/1264630438770999298?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
Motherland: Fort Salem was also renewed for a second season, which means I can finally stop dreading the idea of another one-and-done show and actually watch the damn season!
https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1262805885513953280?s=20
[Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/) took to IG to celebrate and answered from questions about playing a LGBTQ character:
https://twitter.com/twittaislitta/status/1264589333404811264?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
The *full* Orphan Black cast did a live read for charity and it was amazing. They read two episodes from season one to raise money for LGBTQ+ organizations. And yes, [Tatiana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) and [Evelyne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/evelyne-brochu/) have just as much chemistry on zoom as they do in real life.
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
I haven’t talked about my favorite web series in a while! QFX is doing their own [virtual con](https://twitter.com/qfxcloudcon) and the RED cast and creator are among the few guests announced so far!
https://twitter.com/coral2gem/status/1265767631203647488?s=20
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
I couldn’t even begin to cover all the amazing press and interviews that have come out since the final season of She-Ra aired. The show is so good that there is so much to discuss. For an overview of the response, I definitely recommend going through creator [Noelle Stevenson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/)‘s [Twitter page](https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing), which is just full of behind-the-scenes tidbits, amazing fan art, and interviews with her and the cast.
Today, the official show page released this “Making Of” video about the show, which includes interviews with Noelle and some of the voice actors.
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1266419136617299969?s=20
## [Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)
Stumptown was renewed! Huzzah for another show with a queer lead making it past the one season mark!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1263645319134433280?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
There’s not much to talk about when it comes to Supergirl these days but I do feel like we all deserve this video of [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) being cute and winking and stuff:
https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1262414857388711940?s=20
## [Tuca & Bertie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tuca-and-bertie/)
Tuca & Bertie has been saved! The show was picked up by Adult Swim after its cancellation at Netflix:
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1263870827159838720?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Vida is officially ending this weekend \*cue tears here\*. This show was vibrant and beautiful and made me feel seen. I am sad to see it go but want to celebrate how good the show’s three seasons were. It also gave us one of my all-time favorite couples, Emico. [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) and [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) got together this week for an hour-long IG live which is definitely worth your time:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CAv5LfUgFNw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Mishel also spoke with TVLine about what to expect for Emico in the future:
https://twitter.com/MichaelAusiello/status/1265055545309851648?s=20
Also, I’m just obsessed with everything and anything to do with these two:
https://twitter.com/fangirlish/status/1262155950674378752?s=20
## [The Young and the Restless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-young-and-the-restless/)
The best thing to come out of the Batwoman recast is that many queer actors are volunteering themselves for the role, which is generally just fun for our community. But the conversation has even led to some actors coming out, like [Camryn Grimes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/camryn-grimes/):
https://twitter.com/camryngrimes/status/1263973826078990336?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Gentefied, Mishel Prada, Motherland: Fort Salem, Orphan Black, RED, Roberta Colindrez, Ruby Rose, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Stumptown, Taylor Hickson, Vida
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### [Why I Love What I Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/why-i-love/)
**Published:** May 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sometimes we all just need to love what we love. And I love a lot of television shows.
**Content:**
Today is my birthday and instead of some deep dive into the meaning and lessons we can learn from stats and ratings and hidden suggestions, I decided to go into why I love what I love.
If you go to my[ profile here](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/ipstenu/), you can see a list of shows that I love. This was a sneaky feature we added two years ago, to better explain to everyone what kind of fans run this site. So here are my favourite shows.
## Honorable Mentions
I try to keep the ‘shows I love’ to under 7, just for readability, but there are a lot of shows there that I love and either add and remove, or just don’t add for … reasons. If the show is a ‘Show We Love’ then it’s absolutely one I love, but there are also some extras that need a hat-tip.
*[Veronica Mars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veronica-mars/)*I do love *Veronica Mars* very much, and I delighted in the mystery of the revived series. The original series has so much to love, with a tough girl trying to be a person when no one wants her to, except her totally awesome dad.
However in retrospect, there’s a lot problematic about the show. First of all the queer rep on the show is pretty mediocre, even for the time. Secondly, the show leans heavily on sexual assault as motive. Third, the reboot really just … ended badly. I don’t even ship Logan and Veronica, and I was left snarling. Why can’t Veronica be *happy*!?
*[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)*The important thing to remember here is that this is a *kid’s* show. It’s not meant to be super deep like a night-time drama (though I question if they’re deep…). The Doctor is weird and fun and saves the day. Sometimes they don’t save everyone, but the Doctor always tries. The Doctor is clever and kind and sometimes, yes, mean, but the Doctor is a good person at heart. Hearts. Both of them.
Above all else, *Doctor Who* is fun. I mean, who doesn’t love farting demons and waving at fat?
*[Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)*If this show was a *little* more queer lady, I’m sure it would bump someone off the list. Now, for a show with an over the top campy lead, David Rose, you might think it was queer for laughs. Spoiler alert? The laughs aren’t about sexuality. And it gave us the world’s best explanation about pansexuality ever:
For David Rose alone, I love this show.
*[Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/)*If you take away the last season, I love this show. The four season long story of one of the secondary main’s, Gail Peck, resonated with me. She was mean and grumpy and didn’t like people. And then she had everything go wrong (kidnapping, nearly loosing her job, terrible parents, a distant boyfriend) in a short year. It culminated with her cheating on her boyfriend, facing down her kidnapper, and then literally the next episode meeting a quirky pathologist who changed her life.
*Rookie Blue* is on really all my lists, and I will forever head-cannon that Gail and Holly get back together.
*The Young Riders*It’s not a show that’s on the site. But this show was something I was obsessed with. I lived in the woods at the time, didn’t get most TV stations unless the weather was perfect, and we didn’t have the internet except for a dial up modem I could use a couple hours a day. And what did I do? I looked up TV Guide recaps of this show because I had a massive crush on [Yvonne Suhor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yvonne-suhor/).
She died of cancer in 2018. Not terribly long before that, I’d tweeted about how she was one of the women I had massive crushes on growing up. To my surprise, her family saw the tweet and let her know! She was flattered. And less than six months later she died and I was heartbroken. [I posted about her passing](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/yvonne-suhor-founder-of-arts-sake-and-star-of-young-riders-dies/), and found out later that her family quoted from it at her funeral service.
So since this is my birthday post, I get to say that *Young Riders* will forever be an honourable mention to ‘Shows I Love’ because of Yvonne.
## My Favourite Shows
*[Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)*From that same era as *Veronica Mars*, we have the pinnacle of kick-ass powerful woman. By which I mean Willow Rosenberg. Our wee little Jewish lesbian witch goes from awkward loser to super-powered hero over the seasons, and were it not for the death of Tara, I’d rank this higher.
But… like JK Rowling, Joss Whedon’s personal problems leak over and he burns a lot of what he touches. Don’t dig too deeply into the underlying concepts of *Dollhouse* or his treatment of female stars. You don’t want to know. Better to sit back and remember that this show did a lot for representation. I mean, they did have a lesbian main character. That says a lot about the time period.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*My unyielding love for *Vida* (and believe me, I love it like crazy town) is so complicated. I love it, I get mad at it, I cheer for everyone and yell at everyone. Without question, Tanya Saracho is one of the best storytellers and creators on the planet. The show also tends to rend my heart on a regular basis. I want to love Emma, but she is so hurt all the time…
There’s one episode left this week, and all I ask is Tanya not destroy me. But I’m pretty sure she will, and I’ll love her for it.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*Like everyone else, Ruby Rose was not my first (or even tenth) pick for the indomitable Kate Kane. By the time the first season ended, I loved her in the role and I’m going to miss her.
*Batwoman* edges out *Legends of Tomorrow* (and it’s a close call) because I love the comics. So much. I re-read them semi-regularly, and I just delight in the depth and heroism. Batman was always my go-to guy to pretend to be when we played Supers (I made my grandmother be ‘Robin’, I was a weird kid) and having Batwoman be a lesbian just made it perfect for me.
When I saw the preview of *Batwoman* at SDCC last year, I was so happy I cried a little. It was nearly everything I’d wanted in a CW version of Batwoman, and I hope that they keep that going next season.
*[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)*Look. I love a kid’s show. A lot. My lock screen right now is this:
https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1264350073158156288
This simple kid’s show built on the steps of *[Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)* and [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/), delivering a 300k slow burn childhood friends to enemies to friends again to lovers whose magic kiss saves the freakin’ universe! The whole plot turned out to be two useless, disaster lesbians who can’t just tell each other they loved each other all the time.
And then it subverted pretty much every single trope. Children sacrificing themselves to save the world? Nope! It was the parents, every single time. The adults (eventually) took the burden and blame for the universe, and we got a happy ending.
[*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)Even if we never get to see the reboot (and [Javier Grillo-Marxuach’s script is online for you to read whenever you want](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d37bAT99s_tT8U2ssJHBB9ss4eNU6ghG/view?fbclid=IwAR3KOmN80Auxxrb1Z7wEtGGKbbcAEQ9MnlojX44s5i3qkU13qxqWMukO99c)), this show will always have a place in my heart. I remember the wee hours of the morning, seeing it show up on syndication, and suddenly I thought “Wait, this is the hero series with two *women*!?” I’d never gotten that before. I always had to pick one dude to ‘be’ when I was a kid, running around the playground (Han Solo, FTW), or be the *one* (yes one) female character (even Wonder Woman, who did not fascinate me as such as Batman).
From classic tropes like “Xena has a doppelgänger” to episodes like “A Day in the Life” (“Hower’s mine! She’s yours.”), the show hit that crazy wild groove of a wild New Greeceland warrior princess and her partner (not sidekick) the Battling Bard of Potedeia. For a just-coming-out lesbian, it gave me hope that TV would get better and better.
And you know what? It totally did.
*[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)*There was a period of time where, when I was depressed, I watched one of three movies over and over. Today, when I’m sad or just need a happy place, I rewatch this series.
I don’t know how to explain how much it means for me, but it’s finally a sitcom that I can watch and laugh with. I don’t feel like anyone’s being laughed at more or less than anyone else. They all have their moments where they’re the butt of the joke, but those jokes all come from a place of love. Sure we laugh at Elena’s lack of style, but we also mock Alex’s obsession with it. Penelope’s frugality is funny and tragic.
The show is pathos yet mingled with the classic comedy of the Golden Age of Radio. Basically? It’s funny and serious and perfect in every day. Also? I’m just a bit in love with Justina Machado and Gloria Calderon-Kellet. Like Victor, I have a type.
When this show gets back to taping before a live audience, I will be there to watch and cheer them on.
Why do you love what you love? Have a shout in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, One Day at a Time, Rookie Blue, Schitt's Creek, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Veronica Mars, Vida, Xena Warrior Princess
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### [Q&A with "Motherland: Fort Salem"'s Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/qa-with-motherland-fort-salems-amalia-holm/)
**Published:** May 19, 2020
**Author:** Cheryl Chen
**Excerpt:** With the finale on the horizon, it's time to chat with the face of the Spree and peer into the complex world of Motherland: Fort Salem.
**Content:**
This week, we approach the season finale of *Motherland: Fort Salem*, a show that has ignited a prolific global fandom in but a few short months – all of whom are collectively holding their breath for what comes next.
*Motherland*, created by Eliot Laurence, was originally to be a book series and so an entire world full of witchy powers, politics, war, history, and intrigue has been mapped out. I am so here for that!
In the first few episodes we are immediately introduced to a complex world landscape at play as we follow four young witches training as cadets in the US military. In this world, witches are the main military force globally. But, the catch is that all witches are forced to conscript for life into the military once they turn eighteen. Meanwhile, there are the Spree who are fighting to free witches from the military construct but do so by committing acts of mass terror against civilians.
Nothing is clear cut or black and white in *Motherland*. There are moral grey areas abound and it’s part of what makes the show so intriguing. There’s endless fodder for discussions around idealism, gender norms, morality, love, and justice – you know, your everyday lunchtime topics!
And to top it all off, with the characters [Scylla Ramshorn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/scylla-ramshorn/) ([Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/)) and [Raelle Collar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/raelle-collar/) ([Taylor Hickson]()), *Motherland* has served up one of the best representations of a female queer couple in recent memory. With fans still raw from the tragedy that was `#Clexa`, the `#Raylla` relationship is giving life to a viewership that has been looking for meaningful, nuanced, and honest representation.
- Credit FreeformDavid Bukach
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*Motherland* has given us a couple where each character stands on their own, with their own complex story arcs, inner demons to battle, and layers that we peel back and reveal every episode. Not only that, their story doesn’t center around their sexual orientation – it’s a non issue, it’s just implied as part of the norm. That in itself is radical and reflects the world we hope to be.
This frees us up for a genuinely complex multi layered story, with twists and turns, of two young witches who fall in love against a backdrop of a world unfolding and a seemingly impossible unraveling of secrets, power struggles, and the survival of witches as we know it.
To learn more, we caught up with Amalia Holm (*Alena*, *Playground*) who plays the mysterious and complicated Scylla Ramshorn. Scylla and her parents were ‘dodgers’ – constantly on the run to evade the military conscription that many viewed as a death sentence. Tragically, the military caught up to them one day and killed both her parents. Left an orphan, we find out Scylla’s an agent for the Spree planted in the military’s cadet school. Her mission is to recruit Raelle to the Spree, but things do not go as planned.
- Credit FreeformDavid Bukach
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We crowd-sourced and compiled questions from the fandom across Instagram, Tumblr, and Twitter to compile a Q&A with Amalia. Here’s what she had to say:
**Scylla is such a complex character – we haven’t peeled back all the layers yet which adds to why she’s so intriguing. What was your process in developing Scylla as a character? How much did you know about Scylla from the start vs having to learn things as you went along?**
I didn’t know much about Scylla from the start (though more than you usually do when you get a role), but the scripts for episode 3 and 4 gave me a lot mainly because they helped me ask Eliot the right questions. To prepare for portraying her dodger past Eliot recommended me to watch *Running on Empty* (1988) with River Phoenix. This old jewel was nowhere to be found online so I walked for an hour to one of the two remaining video stores in Vancouver (Black Dog Video) to get it on DVD. I loved the movie.
**What would you say is the biggest challenge of taking on this role and your favorite thing about playing Scylla?**
Biggest challenge is doing the writing justice! The wicked humor, the darkness and the strive for good and love; her personality is my favorite thing about playing her!
**For Scylla and Raelle there seemed to be an immediate perhaps unexpected connection. What do you think drew Scylla to Raelle so strongly and how did that evolve over time? At what point do you believe Scylla realized that she has deep feelings for Raelle?**
There is something so grounded about Raelle, her non-existing need to be liked is a sign of strength that is magnetic to a social chameleon like Scylla. It’s beautiful when love pops up where you least expect it. It is so hard to know when Scylla realized that, from personal experience I think you always know it long before you admit it to yourself and at the same time it’s a growth. I can’t give you a specific time and place but it is definitely somewhere in the range of episode 3-5.
**What have been some of your favorite scenes you’ve filmed this season?**
I loved all the scenes in the prison cell ep 7-9. They were a big treat! Such juicy scenes.
**From another interview we know you study policy and security – how does that influence your interpretation/view of the Motherland world?**
Fun question! I guess my interest in these questions added to the excitement of closely watching an alternate world grow to be. The international power struggles at the Hague, old questions of democratic peace and protection (for who and from whom?), universal or national security and rules of engagement. I know the writers room is particular on these things! Me and writer Eli Edelson share a fascination for the theoretical base of psychiatrist Frantz Fanon and anti-colonialism that rhymes with the ideological base of the Spree.
**What was it like working with Taylor Hickson and the process you both went through to develop Scylla and Raelle’s relationship?**
It was fun and wonderful! We both got very invested in the relationship. We would discuss the script but we didn’t want to overthink or over talk it together so we would rather do our prep individually and show up to surprise one another in the moment. It was a calm yet intriguing working process!
**For season two (because we can’t imagine a world without it!), what would you want for your character in the future in terms of her relationship with Raelle, her role in society, and the ramification of her actions?**
Oh my, these questions are so hard. When I trust the writers like I do on this show I find it very hard to think forward on my character’s behalf. Whatever they put in Scylla’s way for a second season will be my path to concur and play with. I hope all good things in those three aspects you mention, but at the same time I am not sure that we would see results so quickly. I want for Scylla to continue to revise her analysis of the world and seek both good and happiness together with others as she is becoming a woman.
**What can you perhaps tease about Scylla and her relationship with Raelle for the rest of the season?**
They still love each other.
**What was it like on set in terms of the camaraderie? Any funny stories you can share?**
Lunch was always fun! Either in the big tent when we had lots of people on set or with the girls in or outside someone’s trailer. Episode 5 was a dream on that part because we had amazing weather on a beautiful location. The camaraderie was big both in and between cast and crew so great chats were always active, deep conversations, lots of goofiness and rewarding work!
**How would you pass the time between filming on set and when you had down time between shooting Motherland?**
Read and re-read the script, read books, cook, do little trips to Whistler (with my mum who came to visit for a week) and Victoria, go to a baseball game, windsurf, visit farmers markets, explore the cafes of the city, work out and have dinner with friends from cast and crew.
**What would you say has been your favorite part of this whole process of being involved in Motherland?**
The incredible experience of working on a production where everything is so well taken care of that you can spend all your awake time to dig deeper into character and discuss character dynamics with co-actors and the writers, directors and producers (who are all so available and kind). The Motherland production is the absolute best work experience I have had so far.
**Is this your first experience with a massive fandom? If so, what’s it been like living in the waves of comments, fan art, and social media buzz the past few months?**
Yes it is! It has been amazing, my only stress being that I want to give back in an authentic way and respond to it all. Still figuring out how to go about it! The fan art and the hashtags that cross my way are mind blowing beautiful and hilarious. I’m fascinated by and in love with the growing community!
**Now that social isolation is the norm, how are you staying busy and what are some of your favorite things to do right now throughout the day?**
I’m studying for my finals in the last course of my Bachelor \[degree\] and isolation has had the effect that I can participate more than usual due to it all now being online. My family is expecting a puppy so we are all discussing names in a group chat and over phone!
**Rapid fire questions!**
- Favorite foods to snack on?
- Beef jerky, all kinds of chocolate with more than 30% cocoa, carrots, nectarines
- Favorite binge-worthy shows you have watched?
- *Parks & Recreation*, *Succession*, *Normal People*, *Chernobyl*
- What has been on your music playlist recently?
- U2, Sigrid, Miss Li
- Any good book recommendations?
- *The Fountainhead* by Ayn Rand, *Conversations with Friends* by Sally Rooney
Watch the season finale of [*Motherland: Fort Salem*](https://freeform.go.com/news/clips/motherland-fort-salem-series-premiere) on Wednesday May 20th at 9 p.m ET on Freeform and Thursday the 21st on Hulu.
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** Amalia Holm, Motherland: Fort Salem
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 18, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-station-19-season-3-finale/)
**Published:** May 18, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Emma high on mushrooms is a delight on Vida and the Station 19 season 3 finale makes up for its previous cruel #Marina episode.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Emma high on mushrooms is a delight on *Vida* and the *Station 19* season 3 finale makes up for its previous cruel #Marina episode.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19]()* – Season 3 Episode 16 “Louder Than a Bomb” \[Live\]Y’all, I was stressed going into the *Station 19* season 3 finale. I haven’t let myself get this emotionally invested in a ship since Sanvers (and we all know how that turned out). I was so worried Maya and Carina wouldn’t have any screen time or if they did it would be about them being over. It didn’t help when this was literally the first lines of dialogue.
At this point, I was 100% preparing myself for disappointment. After watching decades worth of Shonda shows I thought, “Shonda’s telling me they broke up. Listen to Shonda.”
After that it was a lot of Andy, and I get it, she’s the central character (and I do love the fact there was a lot of Grey’s crossover), but I gave up on any #Marina content until Maya’s dad showed up at the Station and then trolled her on a site while she was dealing with an emergency bomb situation.
This is a really inappropriate time and place to yell at your kid, but here we are. I’m glad they fit in Maya finally accepting the truth about her dad, but it felt odd being shoehorned into an emergency scene. Whatever, I’ll take it.
Maya’s team’s lives are on the line and her dad won’t leave her alone. She orders him to leave the scene and he pulls her back by her ponytail.
That was the confirmation she needed to finally realize her dad is an abusive asshole.
Back at the Station, Maya is looking intensely at herself in the mirror and about to do something transformative. She cuts off her ponytail.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1262360240621748224?s=20
Wow, that was an intense scene and [Danielle Savre](https://twitter.com/D_SAVRE/status/1261113069448474626?s=20) had just one chance to get it right. Also, I was wondering if the ponytail pulling was a thing? Did Maya’s dad do that before in her backstory episode? Someone remind me if I missed it.
When Maya told Jack, “I ruined the best relationship I ever had because of him.” I felt a glimmer of hope — were we going to get a Grand Romantic Gesture/Take me Back scene? But after telling Maya “I’m sorry” can go a long way, she said “I’m sorry” to him. I panicked thinking *he* was the best relationship she was referring to. But when she turned down his invite to Dean’s houseboat gathering and left the station with a determined look in her eye, I allowed my hopes to get up again.
The last scene we see Maya in she is marching on Grey Sloan (looking super cute in her hew haircut and hoodie) and I couldn’t believe it was happening!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1261290579637526528?s=20
### I loved so many things about this *Station 19* season 3 finale scene:
1. The Grey’s 19-verse has enough bisexual characters to make this an all bi character scene (Shonda with the bi rep FTW).
2. I already mentioned how cute Maya looked
3. Teddy’s presence made me feel more confident Carina would take her back. After learning Teddy had lost her secret girlfriend (AKA the love of her life) she was a good person to be a cheerleader for love.
4. I love a queer grand romantic gesture so much.
5. I’ve been waiting for Maya to visit Grey’s all season!
6. We got “I love yous!”
7. We got to keep a ship for once.
I’m a very forgiving person, and just like Carina forgave Maya, I forgive *Station 19* for the mean episode before this one. Sometimes I get frustrated with myself for getting so emotionally invested in fictitious queer characters, but it’s who I am and sometimes we win.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “Love You Like a Sister” \[Live\]This episode of Vida had a lot going on, but the thing that brought me so much delight was seeing Emma high on mushrooms. Emma is so intense all the time and it must have been fun for Mishel to act like tripping Emma.
Here is a little High Emma Gif collection.
I won’t lie, that punch bowl stressed me out.
Emma looks so not herself in a good way.
Uh, oh, trippin’ Emma found Nico and brought her to the roof.
High Emma also made out with Nico and did…other stuff.
I can’t wait to see what the fallout from this is going to be!
**This week:** I swear I’m going to get to recapping *Hightown*, y’all! The pandemic has put me so far behind on my TV watching schedule, but I will definitely be tuning in live for the *Motherland: Fort Salem* season one finale this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19, Vida
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### [Queer Beats - May 15, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-may-15-2020/)
**Published:** May 15, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Dead To Me, Hightown, and She-Ra dropped new seasons.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Dead To Me, Hightown, and She-Ra dropped new seasons.
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
Just want to drop this here 🙂
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAMW2OlFCG8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And while we are here in the DCTV world, a bunch of the CW actors of color got together to honor Ahmaud Arbery. Among those in the conversation were [Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/), [Lesley Ann Brandt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lesley-ann-brandt/), [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/), [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/), and [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/). I am happy to see this group of women growing with every passing CW season and glad to see them come together in support of each other and to raise awareness on an important cause.
https://twitter.com/candicepatton/status/1258943719278960640?s=20
## [Dead To Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)
If you haven’t heard already, Dead to Me got a lot more queer in season two. Creator Liz Feldman (and out queer woman) spoke to LA Times about the new season. Beware of spoilers in the interview!
https://twitter.com/latimesent/status/1258843365526953986?s=20
## [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)
Hightown dropped early on the Starz app this week. Make sure to check it out! The lead, played by [Monica Raymund](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/monica-raymund/), is a queer woman (both in the show and in real life)!
https://twitter.com/HightownSTARZ/status/1259339225243111425?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
This week, [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) was on Stephen Amell’s podcast and talked about working her way up on the LoT set (while wearing a rainbow sweater, which isn’t relevant except that she looks cute in it):
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1261071366477869056?s=20
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The animated episode of ODaaT will be coming out on June 16th! And it already looks awesome!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CALvk-UBKF3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
\*takes deep breath\* The last season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power dropped this week. This show has been an extreme comfort to me and I’m pretty sad to see it go (hence why I am avoiding the final season).
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1261189874364944385?s=20
Creator Noelle Stevenson tweeted about the tattoo that many members of the cast and crew got together after they wrapped:
https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1261047410047868928?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
I don’t watch this show but I would be blind if I didn’t see the chaos that last week’s episode created in the fandom. Seems like things were thankfully resolved this week and, on another good note, [Danielle Savre](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-savre/) and [Stefania Spampinato](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stefania-spampinato/) did a live instagram chat! There doesn’t seem to be a complete recording but here are a few of the good parts:
https://twitter.com/ilyjodiec/status/1261136078242811904?s=20
https://twitter.com/lopezcapshaw/status/1261137550166671362?s=20
https://twitter.com/dykesavre/status/1261212131552194560?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I don’t know about you all, but this picture from [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/) really TRIGGERED ME as a Sanvers fan…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CALWT42HHc5/?igshid=o2dkre5z1bp9
And to honor the other half of the on-screen couple, [Chyler Leigh ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/)posted about her personal experience with bipolar disorder in honor of Mental Health Month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CADmeArAAtU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Caity Lotz, Chyler Leigh, Danielle Savre, Dead to Me, Floriana Lima, Hightown, One Day at a Time, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Station 19, Stefania Spampinato
---
### [The Life and Death (?) of Annalise Keating](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-life-and-death-of-annalise-keating/)
**Published:** May 13, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This week we say goodbye to one of the most groundbreaking, amazing, bisexual badasses out there. Here's to you, Annalise.
**Content:**
From the very first time we met Annalise Keating, she was a force to be reckoned with. She held control of a classroom and a courtroom with equal parts grace and power and fear. She was a marvel to behold, awe inspiring and someone to look up to.
For five seasons, we followed her on the Shondaland rollercoaster of ups and downs, twists and turns, never knowing which way she (or the story) was turning. Told in a mixture of flashbacks and flash-forwards, *How to Get Away With Murder* left us gasping for breath each week, wondering how each episode topped the previous, but knowing somehow it would. We knew that, no matter what, Annalise would come out on top.
Then, in the premiere of the final season, season six, we ended the first episode with a funeral. This, in and of itself, was normal for the show. Every season, at least one person died and we wondered how, again, we would all get away with murder.
This time, though, the dead was one Annalise Keating.
## A Different Anti-Hero
Unlike a great many main characters on mainstream linear television, Annalise is not a hero. She isn’t a ‘good guy’ or even a rakish rebel. Annalise is a black woman who takes on white America with the weapons at her disposal. She wears a wig to hide her natural hair, she dresses conservatively, in colours that are seen as acceptable. She married a white man.
ABCBonnie Osborne VIOLA DAVIS
But instead of hiding behind those trappings, instead of acting meek or smaller than she was, Annalise used her mind, her talents, and the assumptions others made of her to rise to the top.
This came at a great cost. She did sacrifice much of herself. She suffered and walked through fire, coming out alive and stronger, but pained. Annalise was an alcoholic, understandable following the tragic loss of her son, but she had a secret she had to keep from both sides of her life.
You see, in addition to every other challenge faced by Annalise, she kept one close to her chest. Annalise was bisexual.
## A Ground Breaking Character
When I found out that Annalise was bisexual, I was elated. We had a black woman, the lead character on a series, who was embracing all the complicated and challenging aspects of what it meant to be a bisexual black woman in America. Annalise kept her sexuality secret because the world is not okay with that. Neither her mother nor her university would accept her and be supportive, and we knew it.
As the seasons went on, we saw hints of this struggle. Her ex girlfriend, Eve, had moved on, even though she still loved Annalise, and the conflict was palpable. Eve struggled to understand why Annalise couldn’t come out, why she wouldn’t leave her husband Sam, even though he cheated on her. It was painful and clear to Annalise. Neither white nor black America was ready for that.
Finally, in season six, the stories were laid out for all. Annalise told her mother that her friend Eve was more than that.
## An Historic Coming Out
The confusion, the lack of understanding, is a story I’ve heard a million times. So many friends feel erased, that because they date or marry a man or a woman, they aren’t *really* a bisexual, and all the times before were just experimentation.
Of course that’s totally wrong. A bisexual woman who marries a man is still a bisexual woman. A bisexual man who dates a man is still bisexual. The love isn’t 50-50, it’s not half, it’s some. And while homosexuality is often ignored or dismissed as people being “just good friends,” the outright hostile fight against the basic reality of bisexuality can be even more damaging.
To have Annalise come out, to tell her mother she is both, made people cry with joy. To have her say that she and Eve were more than friends made people seen. It is, in fact, why I love making this site. I can help people see themselves and know they’re not alone.
## Is She Really Dead?
Even though the penultimate episode was called “Annalise Keating is Dead,” that is an unknown.
While as of the time of this post, we have Annalise flagged as dead, I honestly don’t know for sure if she is or isn’t. With one episode left to air tomorrow, I hold my breath wondering if she will throw back the curtain and rise like a phoenix from the ashes.
> I *am* scorned. I’m scorned by a system that doesn’t like when a black woman speaks truth to power.
>
> Annalise Keating, season 6 episode 14 “Annalise Keating is Dead”
Regardless of if Annalise is dead or alive, her character will have changed the world. In last week’s episode alone, we were witness to the myriad decisions Annalise had to make every day when going to court. From makeup and clothes down to her hair, we were gifted one last look at how many variables a black woman is faced with just to save herself and not make herself smaller.
We saw, one more time, Annalise coming out. This time she did so to an entire courtroom, stating boldly “I am a bisexual woman.”
The words have been said, and they will not be erased.
To Annalise Keating, the most badass and impressive bisexual lawyer I have had the pleasure of watching on television.
Long may she reign.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** How to Get Away With Murder
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 11, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dead-to-me-season-two/)
**Published:** May 11, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I binged Never Have I Ever season one and Dead to Me season two which helped scrub the cruel Station 19 Marina content from my brain.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I binged *Never Have I Ever* season one and *Dead to Me* season two which helped scrub the cruel *Station 19* Marina content from my brain.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*Never Have I Ever* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)– Season 1 \[Streaming\]My wife and I binged all of *Never Have I Ever* after our teenager and multiple people on the LezWatchTV Slack ([join us](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)) recommended it. We loved it.
The show is about the complicated life of Devi, a first-generation Indian-American teenager. It’s created by Mindy Kaling and inspired by her own childhood. Even though most of the actors looked way too old to be in high school, it felt real and messy just like actual teenhood.
One of Devi’s friends, Fabiola, has a super cute coming out arc.
As a first-gen kid of an immigrant parent myself, I really appreciated seeing this story told. I imagine many people who have not seen their experience on TV before will relate to it. Add it to your watch list, y’all!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 15 “Bad Guy” \[Live\]My [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Marina%20%23station19) report is a shitty one this week. It was about 2 1/2 minutes that started out great and ended up devastating.
Their storyline started talking about daytime orgasms (Carina is an Orgasm Scientist, so appropriate) and quickly turned into Carina trying to get Maya to process her dad abuse issues again.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1259170914933059584?s=20
Later they are hanging out and Carina just won’t drop it. I love Carina and she’s right about Maya being in denial, but you need to know when to stop pushing. If someone is not ready to face her entire childhood of mental and emotional abuse you can’t force them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1259552055510872069?s=20
Carina is trying to be supportive, but she is on the other side of dealing with her own father. Even though she has more clarity, she should understand Maya is in a completely different place. I do love how Carina is dedicated to being there for her even after she literally runs away.
Back at the station Maya is doing an angry workout and Andy talks to her because she is also processing who her father actually was. After his death she is finding things out about him which leads her to believe he wasn’t the great guy everyone thought. Maya blows up at her because she thinks her father was a saint just like her own dad.
Then later Jack comes into her office and dad stuff comes up again. The two of them get into an argument and instead of running away or kicking him out, she f\*cks him. I have to say, I was pretty shocked. I don’t know what her motivation was. Does she want to stay on brand as “broken” and unable to be in a relationship? Is she trying to sabotage her relationship with Carina because they are getting too close? Whatever it is it sucked, and I felt really let down by this writing choice.
At the end of the day, Maya comes home and Carina is still there waiting for her. It was a sweet gesture of support and Maya brutally crushed it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1259554940273516545?s=20
This was beyond the usual TV relationship angst, it was cruel. Also, many folks on Twitter thought Carina was about to say, “I love you.” before Maya lashed out.
I am so tired of getting emotionally invested in ships to have them ripped away. This one was particularly devastating because the characters had such great chemistry and seemed to have worked through their relationship-ending issues episodes ago. I let myself put by queer fan survival walls down and relax for a second and was punished in one of the worst ways possible.
I know it’s “just television” but scripted TV is the place I go to when real life is hard like the fresh hell we’re in right now.
[@Daburninator22](https://twitter.com/Daburninator22) said it well:
https://twitter.com/Daburninator22/status/1259185873389645824?s=20
There is one episode left this season. I really hope we don’t have to wait until next season to see what happens. Until we find out, I’ll try to be comforted by the real life actors being sweet to each other.
https://twitter.com/Ellie__14/status/1246027829462138880?s=20
*[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* – Season 1 Episode 12 “Cause of Death” \[Live\]Poor *Tommy* got canceled last week.
https://twitter.com/tvseriesfinale/status/1258137468664270848?s=20
It’s wasn’t the deepest or most complicated cop drama on TV, but I enjoyed watching a wise out lesbian Chief of Police solve all of LA’s problems.
Tommy’s story ended with her getting her job back within one episode. I knew she could do it!
Let’s pour one out for *Tommy*. We’ll miss you.
*[Dead to Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)* – Season 2 \[Streaming\]I didn’t watch *Dead to Me* season one when it came out last year. My wife did, and she put it on in the background to get ready for season two which just dropped recently. I got sucked in, and even though there weren’t any queer storylines, I loved the writing and the two main characters had as close a relationship as women can have without it being romantic.
Then Twitter let us all know [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/) is in season two AND is going to be in a relationship with one of the main characters. We binged all of *Dead to Me* season two within 24 hours.
The show is SO GOOD. The subject matter is murder and lies, which sounds really dark, but it’s so funny. My favorite part of the show is when you think it’s going to fall in line with the usual tropes it doesn’t. It breaks all the rules you usually see when TV tells women’s stories and it does it in a way that is not preachy or a lesson. It’s subtle and completely clever.
Jen (Christina Applegate) and Judy (Linda Cardellini) play the two main characters and they have PHENOMENAL comedic chemistry. Judy and Michelle (Natalie Morales) also have great chemistry.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1259183103773376513?s=20
I absolutely loved the fact that there was no coming out story line. Sexual orientation was never mentioned or processed. Even when Jen finds out about them getting together, she’s happy for her without asking, “What, are you gay now?” like we’ve seen on television 100 times before.
The creator and showrunner Liz Feldman, an out lesbian who has also written for *2 Broke Girls*, *The Great Indoors* and *The Ellen DeGeneres Show* said [the omission of a coming out story was intentional](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-05-08/netflix-dead-to-me-liz-feldman-christina-applegate-linda-cardellini).
> I’m married to a woman and I just was longing to tell a story about two people getting together and not having to explain it or talk about it or discuss it. Don’t get me wrong, there’s real value in a coming out story. I’ve told mine several times in so many iterations. It just wasn’t a story I felt like I needed to tell. What I haven’t seen and I thought could be interesting was just somebody living their life, being attracted to somebody, going for it and it just not being a conversation. Because of all people, Judy has the capacity to love all people and that does not need to be explained.
>
> Liz Feldman
Thank you, Liz Feldman, this is the story I want to see more of on television. This is why we need out queer content creators.
Watch *Dead to Me* season two. I feel confident you won’t be disappointed.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Episode 19” \[Live\]After breaking up with Nico last week, Emma has some rebound therapy by sleeping with Sam (the person she hooked up with on an app in season one) and their girlfriend.
In the morning, Emma is really judgy with Sam and Alex about open relationships, which I think is really rude, but she’s just projecting her own trust and betrayal issues.
Back at the bar, Emma and Nico still have to work with each other, and Nico isn’t handling it well. She’s drinking at work and being surly with customers.
“You don’t not matter to me.” is the best Emma can do.
Nico takes off work early to get herself together and when Emma goes out to smoke, she sees Zoe “consoling” Nico in her car.
Well, that stamped out any crumbs of sympathy Emma still had for Nico.
We’re already halfway through this season and I’m still hoping Nico will be able to break through Emma’s emotional fortress.
**This week:** I’ve been going on vacation to Provincetown regularly since the 90s so I can’t wait to see the new drama, *[Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)*. I’m interested to see how they’re going to turn one of the prettiest places on Earth into a gritty drama. I’ll report back next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Dead to Me, Never Have I Ever, Station 19, Tommy, Vida
---
### [Farewell (Again) to Will & Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/farewell-again-to-will-grace/)
**Published:** May 6, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A show that changed the game has made its final bow. Again. But should it have come back in the first place?
**Content:**
In 1998 a new show aired about [a gay man and his best friend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/). Today that doesn’t sound all that strange. We have a cop show where the main character is a lesbian. We have pretty much a queer regular on every CW show out there. Over on Freeform, we have a character who is the center of change for witches, and her being queer wasn’t really a factor. We have *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* for goodness sake. Gay characters are, much like real life, everywhere on television now, and representation is so different it barely looks like the world 22 years ago.
## The Puppy Change
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres’s character leaned on a counter and said “I’m gay.”
Those words had not been said in that way by a main character before. We hadn’t seen the journey, we hadn’t had the representation. And while *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)* only lasted a little longer after that “The Puppy Episode,” we saw the world change. Less than a year later, a gay man could be the lead for a show, albeit a comedy. His gay friend was a regular. They let Will have relationships (eventually), and that paved the way for the goal of the show.
Acceptance.
## Born of Acceptance
In 2017, eight years after the show gave it’s final bow, *Will & Grace* returned. The original series ending was, to put it mildly, not well liked. It ended with Will and Grace ‘breaking up’ and not talking for years until their children (yes) became friends and got married. Like many series, the ending missed a number of notes. People felt it was unrealistic that those two friends, who had been through thick and thin, would really not talk for 20 years because of their lives went in different directions.
The revival in 2017 retconned most of that. They undid marriages and pregnancies and deaths to bring us back to a state where the show was loved again. When the revival was announced, it was mentioned that the original idea of the series was to bring gay people into our living rooms, every week, so that it would be more accepted. More normal.
Regardless of your feelings of the show, and they can be very complicated, *Will & Grace* absolutely did what they intended to do. Week after week, people came to laugh with Will & Grace & Jack & Karen.
## Acceptance Isn’t Enough
The revival was not born of acceptance, though. We had grown and changed in 20 years. Gay was well on it’s way to being normalized, at least on television. And yes, we had serious flaws in representation ([you may remember how terrible 2017 was for death](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2017/)) but we also had ClexaCon and more and more shows on air. So why did they make *Will & Grace* again?
In a word: Trump.
This was never a secret. They were all so hurt and angry about how even though we were more accepted, it clearly wasn’t enough. While we shy away from political discourse here, it was without question that America had elected someone who hated queers and England wasn’t far behind. Things were bad, and *Will & Grace* coming back was to remind us that queers are just like straights.
Do we not laugh at the same things as straights? With a few exceptions, we do. And we want to be seen, just like everyone else. We want people to remember we’re people, to love us, to treat us like humans.
## The Revival Fell Short
While I greatly respect the cast and crew of *Will & Grace* for everything they did, much like the original finale their revival missed the mark. One of the storylines was a ‘reverse Puppy’, where Karen came out as straight after dating [Nikki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nikki/) (played by the amazing [Samira Wiley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samira-wiley/)). It felt like the bait-and-switch that is was, uncomfortable and punching down. It made fun of 20 years ago without lifting it up.
We laughed *at* the show, and not with the show.
WILL GRACE New Crib Episode 317 Pictured l r Eric McCormack as Will Truman Debra Messing as Grace Adler Photo by Chris HastonNBCMaybe the reality is that the time has passed for the humour of *Will & Grace*. We don’t need a show to exist to make a point. At this point, we need a show that exists simply to exist. It’s like Shonda Rhymes says, she’s not about diversifying, she’s about **normalizing**.
By making *Will & Grace* focused on a specific target audience, they lost the heart of the show. They held on too tightly to the past, where we needed to just have *a* moment of representation to force eyes open and diversify the television landscape. Now? Now we need to be normal. We need people to see us for who we are.
20 years ago, *Will & Grace* helped change the world. They set the stage for representation. And now, as they’ve taken their final bow, we can thank them for everything, appreciate what they did, and hope that television takes that groundwork to make something more.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Will and Grace
---
### [Queer Beats - May 8, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-may-8-2020/)
**Published:** May 8, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, HomeCon has released guests for their second virtual convention!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, HomeCon has released guests for their second virtual convention!
## [HomeCon](https://linktr.ee/homeconofficial)
Alright, let’s start with the extremely exciting news of another virtual con. The first version of HomeCon was a major success and it felt so good to connect with actors, creators, and fans from all over the world, especially after all our in-person cons were cancelled. Lucky for us, the HomeCon team is bringing us another convention on May 16-17!
Panels include our favorite stars from [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) ([Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)), [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/) ([Jessica Harmon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessica-harmon/)), [Dark Matter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dark-matter/) ([Zoie Palmer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoie-palmer/), [Melissa O’Neil](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-oneil/)), and [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) ([Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)). Make sure to clear your schedules for that weekend! (Also, if you are surprised about how casually I just dropped that Orphan Black information, I am too! It will be the highlight of my month!)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
If you ever need a quick brain break, there’s always [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/)‘s instagram page…
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_u8D92D-q_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/betty/)
Y’ALL!!!!!! Do you know about the new show, Betty, on HBO? Because, if not, you should! It’s a spin-off of the movie *Skate Kitchen*, which features the all-women NYC skateboard group by the same name. I love the entire concept of the show and, if you loved the movie, you will definitely love the first episode of the new show. Here’s two of the stars talking about it!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/B_lIYallXVa/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Broke](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broke/)
Broke was one of a few shows with cancellation announcements this week.
> Pauley Perrette Reacts to Broke Cancellation, Says CBS Sitcom "Healed" Her
>
> — E! News (@enews) [May 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/enews/status/1258394962938511362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
So this doesn’t actually have anything to do with Carmilla but both [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) and [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) are involved so I needed to get your attention. This week, [Gaby Dunn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gaby-dunn/) organized another virtual queer script reading for us all to join at home. It was AMAZING. It also included [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/), [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/), [Jes Tom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-tom/), [Alexis G Zall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexis-g-zall/), and [Brian Michael Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brian-michael-smith/). Aka A LOT OF PEOPLE WE LOVE! You can catch the whole thing on her [Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md2m_qi4Kjc).
https://twitter.com/gabydunn/status/1257153654169038848?s=21
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
\*insert sunglasses emoji here\*
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1258171692859355136?s=20
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
I’m not even going to comment on the fact that I haven’t watched this show yet. Instead, I’ll just drop more of the perfect content that I have been consuming on Twitter:
> I’m proud of YOU [@taylorhickson](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!! 🥺 You are incredible 🦋💖 thanks for putting words to our moment
>
> — Amalia Holm (@Amaliajaja) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja/status/1258149393854758917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
I miss Runaways. And Ariela Barer.
https://twitter.com/ArielaBarer/status/1256699659730313217?s=20
## [Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)
Tommy was cancelled which is particularly heartbreaking considering the main character was an out lesbian…
> [\#Tommy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tommy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): Cancelled; No Season Two for [@CBS](https://twitter.com/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)' Cop TV Series – V Series Finale [pic.twitter.com/BhKQuceYSp](https://t.co/BhKQuceYSp)
>
> — TVSeriesFinale.com (@tvseriesfinale) [May 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/tvseriesfinale/status/1258137468664270848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Alexis G Zall, Betty, Brian Michael Smith, Broke, Dark Matter, Elise Bauman, Gaby Dunn, Jen Richards, Jes Tom, Lesley Ann-Brandt, Motherland: Fort Salem, Natasha Negovanlis, Orphan Black, Stephanie Beatriz, The 100, Tommy, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 4, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-little-fires-everywhere-on-hulu/)
**Published:** May 4, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's a quickie recap week from Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu to Tommy drama and a Station 19 #Marina report.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s a quickie recap week from *Little Fires E*verywhere on Hulu to *Tommy* drama and a *Station 19* #Marina report.
I had a huge work deadline I needed to devote most of my time to this past weekend, so this Queerest Things is going to be all quickie recaps!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Little Fires Everywhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/little-fires-everywhere/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]When my wife and I started *Little Fires E*verywhere on Hulu I thought to myself, “This is an enjoyable drama.” Then as each episode passed the story got deeper and more layered until we were obsessed.
There are multiple queer characters and story lines.
The cast gave really amazing performances as well. I highly recommend adding *Little Fires E*verywhere on Hulu to your pandemic watch list.
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Mother Mycelium” \[Live\]Scylla has been in Witch Jail since the wedding and Anacostia hasn’t had any luck getting into her brain to see her Spree-related memories. To shake her up, they put a sleeping spell on Raelle and dragged her into Scylla’s jail cell.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1257346031483867136?s=20
The late-night girlfriend meeting worked and Anacostia was able to get in and see Scylla’s Spree origin story and get the location of Spree headquarters to plan a Witch Army attack. Anacostia also detected Scylla had some regret for what she did. She tells this to the other witch leaders, but they don’t seem to care. Maybe Scylla will have a chance to redeem herself.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 14 “The Ghosts That Haunt Me” \[Live\]Here’s my [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Marina%20%23Station19) *Station 19* report from last week’s episode:
- **Scene one:** 1 minute 20 seconds
- **Scene two:** 1 minute 9 seconds
Carina and Maya were having some Inappropriate For Work on the Taxpayer’s Dime time in Maya’s office when they were interrupted by a surprise visit from Maya’s mom.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1256980815747088386?s=20
Maya’s mom tells her she’s leaving her dad because he is abusive. She also apologizes for not intervening when Maya’s dad was abusive to Maya ([recap on that backstory](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-almost-family-series-finale/)). Maya is in complete denial of her dad being abusive and actually gives him credit for her ambition and life accomplishments.
They have another confrontation over this at the Station Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser and Maya storms off to her office. Carina also has an intense dad and tries to talk to her.
> "I am not in denial. I am pissed."
> Two more episodes left in this season. I hope Maya comes around to deal with the truth about her past. -T [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/qg168T3DcM](https://t.co/qg168T3DcM)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 3, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1256985812211830785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope Maya is able to face the truth about her childhood in the remaining two episodes of this season and her and Carina can live happily ever after.
*[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* – Season 1 Episode 11 “This Is Not a Drill” \[Live\]My wife: “You have to put the cartoon on your post next week.”
Closeup:
It’s so terrible it made us laugh.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 3 Episode 2 “Episode 18” \[Live\]Nico really messed up this episode. You do NOT betray Emma’s trust!
I still love Emma even when she’s being cold as hell. I wonder if Nico will be able to charm her way through the giant wall Emma just put up.
**This week:** Wear a mask, wash you hands and watch TV! See you next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Little Fires Everywhere, Station 19, Tommy, Vida
---
### [Queer Beats - May 1, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-may-1-2020/)
**Published:** May 1, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our quarantine was blessed with a new She-Ra trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our quarantine was blessed with a new She-Ra trailer!
## [Dare Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dare-me/)
Dare Me was cancelled which is upsetting because it was one of the few shows I actually watched *live* every week. If I’m being honest, I don’t think the network ever really tried to market it. Here’s to hoping it finds a new home!
> Exclu: [\#DareMe](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DareMe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has been canceled at USA Network after one season. It’ll be shopped to other outlets: [pic.twitter.com/oU8MEdxsD3](https://t.co/oU8MEdxsD3)
>
> — Lesley Goldberg (@Snoodit) [April 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/1255985630699335680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
This week on: “The Motherland: Fort Salem Cast Gives Us the Best Behind-the-Scenes Content”:
> after they pulled me out of this room, i could hear amalia’s racking sobs and wept uncontrollably in the hall- if that scene didn’t wreck you-you must be heartless [@Amaliajaja](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is baby🥺 [\#motherlandfortsalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/motherlandfortsalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — childish hambino (@taylorhickson) [April 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson/status/1255677162914340867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And no, I haven’t actually started this show yet, don’t @ me. It’s gonna happen soon.
## [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
Have you watch Never Have I Ever on Netflix yet? It’s a new Mindy Kaling show (creator/producer/writer) that features this *very cute* queer couple:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_i3zkLA-El/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Already missing ODAAT after the midseason finale? Don’t worry… because we are getting an animated episode soon!
> Tonight may be our midseason finale, but we have one more surprise for you all! An [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) animated special episode is coming this spring 💚 [pic.twitter.com/ulprWiJayc](https://t.co/ulprWiJayc)
>
> — One Day at a Time (@OneDayAtATime) [April 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1255153344948998144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Sound ALL THE ALARMS! There was an Orphan Black zoom reunion and it seems like there is something OB-related in the works. Peep that script on the left of the screen, which mentions both of Cophine’s names.
> ORPHAN BLACK REUNION HERE WE GOOO [pic.twitter.com/koWGFuj9D5](https://t.co/koWGFuj9D5)
>
> — bel 🎮 (@BelMaslany) [April 25, 2020](https://twitter.com/BelMaslany/status/1254160698051039239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
This tweet sadly reminded me that this next season of She-Ra is the last… but the trailer looks SO good!
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1255897200720318465
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Clexacon announced that it will be hosting a live online event with the full cast of Season of Love, including [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_ir8U_pp_L/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Dare Me, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Motherland: Fort Salem, Never Have I Ever, One Day at a Time, Orphan Black, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 27, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-vida-season-three-premiere/)
**Published:** April 27, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Tommy is in trouble with girlfriend problems on Tommy and the Vida season three premiere gives us the Emico content we deserve.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Tommy is in hot water with girlfriend problems on *Tommy* and the *Vida* season three premiere gives us the Emico content we deserve.
*[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Packing Heat” \[Live\]Tommy may be good at solving all of LA’s crime problems, but she’s not so great at managing the conflicts in her personal life.
The episode started out innocently enough, Tommy has Kiley over for dinner at her daughter Kate’s house so they could meet. Kate even remarked on liking seeing her mom happy with someone.
Extremely subtle levels of happy.
During dinner, a news story came up about Jovani Perez, a teenage rising baseball start who got arrested for illegal gun possession while stopping a robbery. Tommy doesn’t want to see the kid go to jail on a technicality while doing a good deed. But her opponents want the kid to be punished for illegally carrying an unregistered gun. Kiley is more interested in the baseball thing. She is a sports agent and keeping this kid out of jail and eventually representing him will earn her a piece of a multi-million dollar signing bonus.
Kiley even asks Tommy if she could arrange a meeting with Jovani. By-the-book Tommy is like, “Absolutely not.”
The menacing click an off-screen paparazzi’s camera — it often makes an appearance on our shows.
The next day, the photos and story come out in the tabloids: Tommy has a girlfriend and she’s delivering a future baseball star to her.
This is exaggerated and not true, but now the news is out there and it’s as good as true.
Tommy talked to Kiley about it and encourages her to stay away from the kid. Kiley’s like, “Yeah, no.” It’s exactly her job to form supportive relationships with kids like this and she’s not going to stop doing her job because her girlfriend’s the Chief of police.
This is not going to work out well for anyone.
With pressure from her team, Tommy puts out an official statement that she did not discuss the case with her Kiley. A few minutes later, a reporter confronts Kiley and gets her to say they did discuss it.
Uh, oh. Tommy is in trouble.
Tommy and Kiley have a sneaky meeting in a parking garage and Tommy tells her they can’t be together if she is going to keep supporting the kid. This seemed like a logical conclusion, right? Tommy could lose her job if they stay together, and to be honest, they just met and the passion is not flaming hot. It would not be worth losing her entire career to stay together. Still, Kiley was all, “You’re doing this just as we were starting to get serious so I’m taking it super personally.” Kiley, if you cared so much about Tommy vs. your career you could stay away from Jovani. Just sayin’
At the end of the episode, the kid is cleared and everything is fine crime-wise, but the shit is about to hit the fan for Tommy.
Great, the mayor initiated an ethics inquiry into the Tommy/Kiley thing. He has his own ethics issues to deal with too. Let’s see if Tommy can get herself out of this predicament.
*[Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]My wife and I binged all 6 episodes of *Feel Good* season one on Netflix in a day. It’s a semi-autobiographical comedy that aired on British Channel 4 written by and starring Canadian comedian [Mae Martin](https://www.maemartin.net/). Mae is an aspiring stand up comedian and recovering addict who moved to London from Toronto to start her life over. At one of her shows, she meets a woman named George, and they quickly start a relationship.
Up until now, George has identified as straight and is not out to her friends and family. This, plus the fact that Mae is still dealing with her personal issues leads to a lot of conflicts. I thought Mae was super cute, but she also got on my nerves. I think she was supposed to in an Abby from *Work in Progress* kind of way.
Overall, the show is engaging, funny and definitely worth the watch. Check out the trailer below and consider adding it to your pandemic binge list.
https://youtube.com/IA6zm_kt5iM
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “Episode 17” \[Live\]I don’t need to tell you all for the bazillionth time how much I love this show. It’s one of my absolute favorites, and while I am so happy and excited for new episodes, the fact that it’s the third and final season breaks my heart.
The *Vida* season three premiere burst out of the gate with quality [Emico](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Emico) content and continued with the engaging stories we’ve come to expect from Tanya Saracho.
I’m not going to recap every second of the show, because I want you all to go watch it, but here are some great lines from Lynn.
“Finger Fiesta” made me laugh.
It’s cute to see Emma and Nico so happy and filled with new relationship energy, but according to [the interview I did with Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/exclusive-interview-with-ser-anzoategui-and-roberta-colindrez-from-vida/) things are not going to stay smooth sailing for long.
I’m glad they didn’t drop the entire season at once, because I would have watched it all by now if they did.
Watch the *Vida* season three premiere on [the Starz App](https://www.starz.com/us/en/series/37707/episodes/57846?season=3) or DVR it from the Starz Network.
**This week:** *Legends*, *One Day at a Time* and *Station 19* all have new episodes. Fingers crossed for queer content.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Feel Good, Tommy, Vida
---
### [TV Statistics in the Time of Pandemics](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/tv-statistics-in-the-time-of-pandemics/)
**Published:** April 29, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's difficult to guess at anything for the rest of 2020, but we can say that this season has started out strong.
**Content:**
Every year around this time I start to make sense of the statistics and get a feel for if things are getting better or not. Last October, I determined that the [growth of representation had a downward trend through 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/growth-of-representation/) and I had begun to wonder if we were going to see a reversal.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic happened, and all my nice stats were thrown out the window.
## The Good
The 2019-2020 US TV season had a lot of incredibly strong shows that lead with queer characters. From ABC’s *[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)* and The CW’s *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* to NBC’s *[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)*, we’ve had a [record high of queer-led series](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-viability-of-queer-female-led-series/). Every single major network in the US has at least one TV show where a **regular** character is queer. If you look at Freeform and The CW, every single show on-air has at least one queer character who is a regular.
On top of that, the quality of these shows are improving. When I first looked at how various networks were doing, to try and understand if [The CW really was as impressive as it seemed](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-big-picture-us-network-tv/) (spoilers? it is), 2018 was surprisingly positive. This has carried through to 2020. On average, major US networks have **improved** show-scores by 28%. For on-air shows, they’ve improved an average of 37% and they’ve increased in all levels nearly across the board.
NBCABCCBSFOXThe CWTotalAvg. Score28%18%17%40%38%28%Avg. Score (onair)32%44%22%50%36%37%Characters25%29%26%20%72%35%Dead Characters-3%35%8%25%43%22%Shows22%14%18%11%33%20%Shows (onair)45%-7%33%-38%42%15%
Note: NBC went *down* with death by one character, whom we determined was mis-counted.Outliers, both ABC and FOX now have fewer shows on air than they did in 2018, and this number does *not* include the shows that were [canceled this year](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2020/canceled-shows/) (currently 42 overall, and 12 for network US TV).
## The Bad
A record number of shows with queer rep are on the bubble. And worse? Most US network shows had to stop filming mid-March, leaving their seasons in questionable states. *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* on PopTV had to stop filming before a live-audience for their final two episodes of the month, and this week’s episode is their mid-season finale with no set date for when they might pick up.
While *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)* on CBS is filming a special pandemic episode, and *[How to Get Away With Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)* had completed filming before the shutdowns occurred, not every show is so lucky. It’s known that *Batwoman* won’t be able to finish their first season as planned.
## The Unknown
Sadly, I can’t offer any predictions. I’ve been researching and studying network TV for years, and up until 2020 I felt like I was getting a good bead on how the system works.
No one knows anymore.
Normally when a show is waiting for their season pickup, people have a vague idea of which way the river will flow. When we see people released from contracts, it’s because there’s doubt for a pick-up. No one knows what’s going to happen, when we might get people in studios, when we might get a new season.
I can’t even offer you a feel-good except this.
The people who are making these shows aren’t going anywhere else, so *when* their series start up again, the odds are they’ll be able to return.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [Queer Beats - April 24, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-april-24-2020/)
**Published:** April 24, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the Bold Type got a season 4 return date and Motherland: Fort Salem continued to deliver on the content we deserve.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, the Bold Type got a season 4 return date and Motherland: Fort Salem continued to deliver on the content we deserve.
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
The Bold Type is coming back to us in June and I’m soooo happy!
> BOLD TYPE ANNOUNCEMENT! [@TheBOLDTYPETV](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ANNOUNCEMENT! This is not a drill! Season 4 returns June 11th on [@FreeformTV](https://twitter.com/FreeformTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) !!!
>
> — Katie Stevens (@thekatiestevens) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/thekatiestevens/status/1252668755777380353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
The power of blonde/brunette queer couples is strong…
https://twitter.com/internetalena/status/1253338142255403008?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
To celebrate Legends coming back this week, [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) and [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) went live on Instagram!
> Some Jes and Caity 🤩 [pic.twitter.com/UewS1i4QAy](https://t.co/UewS1i4QAy)
>
> — ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴀᴠᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ (@LgndsOfAvalance) [April 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1252813029521018880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
Another week, another missed opportunity to watch Motherland: Fort Salem. I say this @ myself who still hasn’t started it, yet fawns over all the gifs and clips on Twitter. Good thing lots of new cast interviews came out this week!
> Freeform’s new drama 'Motherland: Fort Salem' is worthy of your quarantine binge list. Check out our interview with Ashley Nicole Williams, Taylor Hickson, Demetria McKinney + Jessica Sutton [pic.twitter.com/LSRzqI8WNa](https://t.co/LSRzqI8WNa)
>
> — Glitter Magazine (@glittermagazine) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/glittermagazine/status/1252645589214310401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, check out this interview with [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/):
> Why [\#Motherland](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Motherland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s themes of female empowerment resonated so strongly with star [@taylorhickson](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [pic.twitter.com/nVxufTRdUC](https://t.co/nVxufTRdUC)
>
> — The TV Junkies (@TheTVJunkies) [April 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1252966690201243649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And in case you still haven’t had enough of Taylor…
> Train like a witch warrior, and show [@TaylorHickson](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) how many push-ups you can do in 60 seconds.
>
> Use [\#StayTheFFHome](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StayTheFFHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and we may repost you. [pic.twitter.com/sh5gLCrLmu](https://t.co/sh5gLCrLmu)
>
> — Motherland: Fort Salem (@Motherland) [April 21, 2020](https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1252642046046683136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
I’m listing this under Pose just because it currently has the *most* trans actors playing trans characters… but check out GLAAD’s list of shows in the past year that include these actors!
> Many during COVID-19 are looking for stories & characters to watch. We've compiled a list of the trans actors who have played trans characters on TV in the past year in time for Daytime Emmy's voting & FYC Emmy campaigns. Check them out. [\#TransLoveStories](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransLoveStories?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — GLAAD (@glaad) [April 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1253377505563676677?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I would also like to point out that this is something pretty easy to see [right here on LWTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/characters/?fwp_char_gender=trans-woman%2Ctrans-man%2Cnon-binary%2Cgender-queer%2Cdemigender%2Cgender-fluid%2Cgender-non-conforming%2Ctrans-non-binary&fwp_char_cliches=queer-irl). For MANY years back! Quick note: not everyone in that linked list identifies the same way as their character, but many of them do!
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I don’t know about y’all, but I miss [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)‘ presence in my weekly life so I was excited to see a new TV Junkies interview with her!
> [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on baking and getting through quarantine, as well as what's still ahead for Nia Nal this season: [pic.twitter.com/ZeYIgTnxpM](https://t.co/ZeYIgTnxpM)
>
> — The TV Junkies (@TheTVJunkies) [April 24, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1253676349555986434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Take My Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/)
I gotta say, I have been really enjoying [Cameron Esposito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cameron-esposito/)‘s social media presence during the quarantine…
> Queerantine Ep 1: THE CRUSH 🤡 [pic.twitter.com/YlJIiwZmEP](https://t.co/YlJIiwZmEP)
>
> — Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) [April 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/1252303520822226946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
Westworld has been renewed for a fourth season (and possibly will run for up to six seasons)!
> HBO has renewed [\#Westworld](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Westworld?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for a fourth season
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [April 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1252998129068191746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) read a very *special* message from Melanie Scrofano on her Twitter this week…
> F\*ck it, I left the bad word in. Always on brand- I love you [@MelanieScrofano](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and WE love you, Earpers. Always and forever xoxo. [pic.twitter.com/xRr1W2Ha1Q](https://t.co/xRr1W2Ha1Q)
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [April 19, 2020](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1251953338280808451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, please enjoy these pictures of Kat’s audition for [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/):
> Here they be! 6 years ago… stills from my [@wynonnaearp](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) auditions for Nicole Haught and Waverly Earp! Thank you [@emtothea](https://twitter.com/emtothea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for sending over these baby photos 😅🥰 [pic.twitter.com/jzq6nI808g](https://t.co/jzq6nI808g)
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [April 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1251585580493950979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Caity Lotz, Cameron Esposito, Dickinson, Jes Macallan, Kat Barrell, Legends of Tomorrow, Motherland: Fort Salem, Nicole Maines, The Bold Type, Westworld, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 20, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-twenties-season-one-finale/)
**Published:** April 20, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Scylla doesn't deliver Raelle to the Spree (defying evil balloon orders) on Motherland: Fort Salem and the Twenties season one finale is queer drama perfection.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Scylla doesn’t deliver Raelle to the Spree (defying Evil Balloon orders) on *Motherland: Fort Salem*, and the *Twenties* season one finale is queer drama perfection.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
** – Season 1 Episode 5 “Bellweather Season” \[Live\]It’s the day of Abigail’s cousin’s big wedding, and Scylla has explicit instructions from the Evil Balloon to get herself on the guest list. Raelle innocently wants to bring her, but Abigail says absolutely not. It’s her and her squad’s chance to impresses the bosses at this wedding and she doesn’t want Necro girlfriends messing it up.
Scylla is not pushing Raelle too hard for an invite, instead she’s making cute plans with her to run away to the beach.
Maybe she does want to run away from Witch Army life with Raelle.
Raelle gives Scylla a present. It’s a pretty cool sexy-weird bird skull corsage. In turn, Scylla gives her something too.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1252233017864548354?s=20
I think having the ability to send Raelle a message from anywhere will come in handy later.
Scylla gets back to her dorm room and admires her new bird skull when Evil Balloon makes an appearance. Evil Balloon is not happy with Scylla.
I really enjoy this show a lot, but they lose me with the Balloon. It’s so ridiculous. Do you think it’s on purpose, like some deep commentary on an innocent, joyful celebratory object unleashing violence on the masses? Honestly, I don’t think it’s that complex. It’s a silly-looking balloon of evil working for a terrorist organization named after a roll of candy.
Obeying Evil Balloon’s orders, Scylla sneaks in as a server then fire-shapeshifts back into herself. When the girls see her, Abigail is pissed. Scylla manages to evade “how did you get here” questions and walks off with Raelle who is too happy to see her to be concerned.
Sergeant Anacostia gives them a hard time when she sees them dancing together. Raelle defends her girlfriend for being there but gets pulled away by Tally drama. Anacostia warns Scylla to break up with Raelle or there will be consequences.
Later, they are super cute when Scylla thanks Raelle for calling her her girlfriend.
Seriously, these two had a million cute moments on this episode. I could spend hours making GIFs.
While Raelle is occupied with other Witch Army stuff, Scylla gets another talking to from the Evil Balloon. This time Tally sees her. Uh, oh! Tally now knows Scylla is working with the Spree.
The Balloon wants Scylla to bring Raelle to an exact location at 6pm. She did ask the balloon if she will be safe, so she does care about her well being. I still don’t know exactly what part Scylla is playing with the Spree.
Time’s ticking, it’s getting close to 6pm and Scylla asks Raelle to go with her to the beach where I assume she will take her to the Spree instead. Raelle says she wants to dance more first and Scylla says okay.
> "No matter what happens, I love you." [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Motherland](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Motherland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HIrRLNcfGh](https://t.co/HIrRLNcfGh)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1252270751585128448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They dance, Scylla has a relationship flashback montage in her mind, tells Raelle she loves her and lets 6pm pass.
Then the Evil Balloon shit hits the fan. Abigail finds her cousin dead, balloons attack everyone at the wedding and Scylla is nowhere to be found.
Wow! That was an eventful episode! Scylla is going to have to pay for her choices. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 1 Episode 8 “Living the Dream” \[Live\]I can’t believe we’ve already arrived at the *Twenties* season one finale! This season flew by.
The episode opened up with a *[The Graduate](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/)*-style seduction scene. I knew it was a dream sequence as I was watching it, but I thought for sure it was Hattie who was dreaming.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1251697060497235968?s=20
It wasn’t Hattie, it was Ida B! That’s a good twist.
Meanwhile, Hattie has been helping Nia get an audition for a new part on *Coco’s Butter*. Hattie helps Nia run lines and she’s really good. When they get to the actual audition, Nia is thrown off by getting a different iteration of the script to read from. Ida B. then asks her if she has a monologue prepared and Nia is like, “Of course.” She then proceeds to perform a monologue from one of Ida B’s unpublished screenplays. One of the screenplays Hattie was assigned to backup from Ida’s home computer.
Ida B thanks Nia for the performance, then tells Hattie she needs to talk to her outside.
She fires Hattie on the spot.
Before she leaves, Hattie places her own screenplay on Ida B’s desk. Bold move, Hattie. I guess she has nothing to lose.
Hattie then goes to the coffee shop where she goes to write and tries to apologize to Idena the cute server for how she treated her the other day.
> What other show is going to give you an honest conversation like this between two queer women? (Plus I think Idena ([@Shyshaner](https://twitter.com/Shyshaner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) is super cute). -T [\#TwentiesOnBET](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwentiesOnBET?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HyJIKHXqMg](https://t.co/HyJIKHXqMg)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1252027033699389441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I loved this scene because you never get to see a nuanced conversation like this between two queer women on television.
I think it’s okay to have a “type,” but when I was in my twenties my “type” was much more narrowly defined. My mind is way more open now and that is a good thing. If Idena and Hattie hit it off, have great conversations and chemistry, shutting it down just because Hattie perceives them to be too much of the same type could be a missed great relationship. That’s the message I got from Idena. I love Idena though and hope they do become friends in the future.
Hattie and her two straight besties go through other finale episode drama and at the very end, Hattie comes home to someone sitting on her (actually Marie’s) doorstep.
> PERFECT finale scene (scroll past if you don't want to get spoiled). I loved [\#TwentiesOnBET](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwentiesOnBET?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Thank you, [@LenaWaithe](https://twitter.com/lenawaithe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for this great series. ♥️ -T [pic.twitter.com/umq6F0MASY](https://t.co/umq6F0MASY)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 20, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1252032101651820546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
OMG what a perfect ending to the *Twenties* season one finale episode!
If you have not yet watched this series, now is the perfect time to binge. It is one of the only comedies on TV to center on a queer lead character (the first one for BET), super funny and quirky in a good way. I really hope it gets renewed.
**This week:** Raelle goes on the hunt to find Scylla, and hopefully, we’ll get some Maya and Carina content? They’ve been missing for the last two weeks.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem, Twenties
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### [Exclusive: Interview with Ser Anzoategui and Roberta Colindrez from Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/exclusive-interview-with-ser-anzoategui-and-roberta-colindrez-from-vida/)
**Published:** April 23, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** LezWatchTV Exclusive Interview with Ser Anzoategui and Roberta Colindrez from Vida where we talk about the third and final season of Vida premiering April 26.
**Content:**
Season three of one of LezWatchTV’s favorite series, *[**Vida**](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, **premieres this Sunday, April 26th**. I had the privilege of interviewing two of its stars, Ser Anzoategui (Eddy) and Roberta Colindrez (Nico), and got to ask several burning questions. Did they know season three would be the last? Does Eddy get to experience some fun this season? Would Emma and Nico survive quarantine together?
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## The Interview
**Tracy:** I want to get the first question out of the way. I am sure you have been asked this 100 times, but at any time during the production of season three did you know this was going to be the last season?
**Ser Anzoategui:** Yeah, before we started shooting we all knew. So we prepared. Each of us did our own thing, but I was preparing a lot for myself so when I was there I can just have fun with the crew, fun with the producers, get to play a prank here and there. It was just filled with joy. Everybody was savoring it. Like really enjoying a full meal together and giving props to the chef. It was really beautiful and bittersweet, and it was ugly, I was like. “\[Cries\] Someone hold me!”
**Roberta Colindrez:** We’ve become a family. We were all really sad and frustrated with the industry in general for canceling a brown show, but it wouldn’t be a group of Latinos if we weren’t resilient as f\*ck about it. “Okay, then whatever, it’s the last season, we’re gonna make it the sh\*t!” We took the optimistic route with it and made the most of it.
**Tracy:** I can’t even imagine how it must have been for you all, but I’m glad you were able to put a celebratory spin on it as well.
Before season two aired, I remember you all talking about how there was some negative pushback from the local community. Did that change at all? Did people watch the show and get to understand the show’s story better?
**Ser:** I think there are followers that may have checked it out to see, but just from reading the comments, they don’t watch the show. It doesn’t matter if they watch the show or not, the bottom line is anyone that’s making it besides them is a problem. If it’s not them creating stories for them by them then they’re not interested at all. And that’s always been Boyle Heights. Activism period. I lived in Boyle Heights, and they still protested against the show, it doesn’t matter.
**Tracy:** When the character of Nico joined the cast I thought she was the perfect addition to the show because she was outside of the family drama and Vidaila. She came in as a voice of reason and helped get the bar back on track. Now that she’s part of the business and part of the family and may be getting sucked into some of the family drama, how has that changed in season three?
**Roberta:** Nico has stepped into a situation where a lot of the professional drama is actually family drama. She’s done a really good job to make sure people were able to compartmentalize and take care of business and stay on task. That all catches up to her. She’s been unrealistic about her own circumstances, and in season three it’s going to be exciting for people to watch this character lose her sh\*t a little and not be so much fun.
**Tracy:** Beyond what we’re going to see on season three, far into the future, what would be your ideal ending be for Eddy’s relationship with Emma and Lyn? Where would you want to see them in the future as a family?
**Ser:** I would have to include some Green New Deal kind of storyline where they incorporate greener ways of doing stuff. It would be cool if as things progressed they were still part of each other’s lives. But open this door and it’s a whole new world that Eddy goes to, but it’s still part of the world of Vida. And Emma and Lyn could have other adventures that don’t necessarily have to do with maintaining the bar. “Okay, the bar is fine right now, what’s next?” It would be great if they could be supportive without having to fight. I dunno…could Vidalia come back from the dead? That would be kinda cool. And then be like, “You’re dating Monica?”
**Tracy:** Wait a minute, what?
**Ser:** Yeah, so Eddy is in a new relationship with someone else exploring all these things about gender and drag kings and things they weren’t able to do when they were just surviving.
**Tracy:** Eddy was devastated and grieving season one, and season two getting over the bashing so I have been waiting for Eddy to maybe have a new relationship and a life that was about doing fun things and not just getting past grief and suffering. Do we get to see that?
**Ser:** Yeah! There’s definitely a lot of fun and funny moments. And the whole love interest is like…Eddy hasn’t had anyone take an interest in her in a long time so it’s very foreign to them. They don’t know what to do with this attention. “Does she have something in her eye? Why is she looking at me like that?” That’s what’s great about it, that joy Eddy finally gets to have. There’s a moment where Eddy goes into the dressing room — they’re part of a Drag King troupe at the bar — and Eddy has seen Drag Kings and Drags Queens and trans people….it’s not completely foreign to her–
**Tracy:** Yeah, but maybe has not been in that scene.
**Ser:** Yeah, she hasn’t been able to explore fun at all, because she’s been trying to hold everything together.
**Tracy:** In season three what is biggest challenge in Emma and Nico’s relationship? AKA, how stressed do we Emma and Nico fans need to be going into season three?
**Roberta:** I think you should be absolutely stressed out. We’ve all dated people — it’s a couple weeks in and you’re like, “We’re the perfect couple. This came directly from God.” then you get to know the person.
For the Emico lovers out there, sit tight. People got skeletons in their closet, and it’s not usually a good thing. That’s really true for Nico.
**Tracy:** If the two of them were quarantined together for the pandemic would they survive?
**Roberta:** Yeah. For sure. What’s clear is Nico really sticks around, really fights for things, and is present and unafraid. They would survive the quarantine. Hell, yeah.
**Tracy:** There are out queer actors who have come out about preferring to play queer characters because it’s important to dispel the concept that playing queer is typecasting because we are real human beings who deserve representation. I’ve seen you in *Fun Home*, *The Deuce*, *Mr. Robot*, and of course, *Vida*. On all of those shows, you have played queer characters so I wanted to know what your take was on this philosophy?
**Roberta:** With anything that is personal and bleeds into your professional life you have to reexamine it all the time. My sexuality is not something I question, but it is something in my professional life that I have to examine all the time. I used to come from a place where I was like, “I don’t just want to play queers.” If straight people can play a queer and then the next role play a straight person or a parent why can’t gay people? I do think it’s much harder if you’re a gay person to not be seen as that’s the single thing about you. I wish one day we’ll be at a place where the first two words for a character role breakdown are not race and sexuality. I can’t wait for the day where they’re like, “This character is a bank executive,” and we find out she’s trans.
There was a conversation I had with a person who does amazing legal work around the laws against homosexual and trans people in Nigeria. She’s literally risking her life in a place where their laws are not kind to them at all and actually quite sinister. I was on a panel with her and I felt like, “How in the world am I here? She’s doing such important work, and I get paid to have sex with women on camera.” Afterward, I went up to her and said, “I am so humbled by even being in your presence. I admire you so much.” She was like, “Listen, people hate me. People see you in a television show, and they might not like you because they know you’re gay, but they like the character you’re hanging out with. Before they know it they’re fine seeing you in the scenes and then they’re laughing at your jokes and before they know it they actually kinda like you and can’t wait for you to be in the next episode. What you’ve done for them is introduce them to someone they weren’t willing to accept in their lives. You’ll have changed them in a way that I unfortunately never do.”
**Tracy:** I believe accurate representation saves lives. You’re doing good work.
Roberta Colindrez Mishel Prada and Ser Anzoategui on the set of Vida**Tracy:** Have you felt the impact of your character, and your presence as a queer person on the queer community? The thing I love so much about *Vida* is it has a real diversity of gender presentation representation and you don’t see that very much on television at all. Have you felt feedback from the community?
**Ser:** Well, I feel like I’ve been quarantining for a longer time, having to prepare for the role and then doing the press tours and things. So it’s been more online. I have people I don’t know who reach out to me and tell me what it means regarding my representation being non-binary or having someone like Eddy who is a butch lesbian who is Latinx. That is really huge. There has been a lot of support. It’s been great to see the press and how much the press has received the show and loved the show. I just wish more gay/LGBTQIA journalists could have focused more on *Vida*.
**Tracy:** We’ve tried our hardest.
**Ser:** Thank you so much for all your support. I do want to focus on the people who do, but I just notice there’s a little resistance from some people wanting to give credit to Vida for being the first to do stuff and being really groundbreaking.
**Tracy:** Shows beloved by the queer community have a lifespan that continues well after they’re over. What do you think Vida’s legacy is going to be?
**Ser:** I hope it continues where it’s cherished by everybody really touched by the show. That it goes beyond tensions and barriers we have within our own communities and can bring more conversations and break more barriers. Otherwise, let it show me what it’s going to be.
**Tracy:** Do you have any upcoming projects we can promote?
**Ser:** I’m writing. I want to produce and be in it, and if I can’t be in it, I want to produce regardless. I’m writing my own roles, I’ve got more than one script. I was going to do some standup comedy after the show came out. I don’t see that happening right now, but hopefully, I get cast in my own or another production. [Follow me on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ser_anzoategui/), I post videos on the daily. Until I can announce what’s next that’s where I’ll be.
**Roberta:** As we talked about, I do a lot of sh\*t that involves me being gay so that’s all good. *The New York Times* magazine did [an article on butch and stud identity](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/13/t-magazine/butch-stud-lesbian.html). It was really cool to be a part of that. *Vida* obviously at the end of the month. *Mrs. America* started streaming on Hulu, I’m in an episode of that playing opposite Ari Graynor. You should watch that because Ari Graynor is an incredible actor and I think our chemistry onscreen was magnifique. We were able to finish shooting the pilot for Amazon’s adaptation of *A League of Their Own*. I don’t know when they’re airing that but it’s something we can all, as people, as women, definitely queers and definitely people who wondered what the status of Latin people was back in the day can enjoy. It’s going to be great.
**Tracy:** My wife wants to know if you’re ever going to do Broadway again. She’s a big Broadway nerd.
**Roberta:** Someone just asked me a second ago if I preferred theater or film and I couldn’t answer that without feeling like I was going to get punished either way, but I do miss the theater. It’s the love of my life.
### Watch *Vida* Season Three this Sunday on [Starz](https://www.starz.com/us/en/schedule/STZ1/2020/04/26) and on the [Starz App](https://www.starz.com/us/en/buy).
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Roberta Colindrez, Ser Anzoategui, Vida
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### [New Queer Shows to Watch](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/new-queer-shows-to-watch/)
**Published:** April 22, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There's been a lot going on. All these shows are in their first seasons in 2020, and you should check them out since you've got some TV time on your hands.
**Content:**
We are making our way through a pretty messy world situation, and while we pointed you at some [shows to binge](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/), there are actually some new shows on right now that you may have missed because… well there’s a lot going on.
The other thing you may not have noticed is that a lot of networks are making it easier (and cheaper) to get in on their exclusive shows. Sure they still are going to charge you, and the cordless cable alternatives aren’t keen on you sharing with people outside your network, but there are some US shows you can and should check out for free right now.
## *[All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)* (CBS)
We jokingly call this Shondaland Lite. It’s an easy, for the most part, legal drama that is contained 90% to the courthouse and the life of Lola Charmichael. She was hand-picked by her mentor, Judge Lisa Brenner, who is played by the estimable Marg Helgenberger. Brenner is also a lesbian. *All Rise* is also going to film a special coronavirus episode, all from everyone’s homes, which should be super interesting. You can [watch it on CBS](https://www.cbs.com/shows/all-rise/), and I would give it a chance to fill that easy legal hole in your life.
## *[Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)* (Fox)
Note: This series was canceled in April 2020, so watch the one season with a happy ending.
This is the most cis white straight show out there, and it’s on Fox, and yet it also has a nuanced understanding of race relations and a non-binary officer in the form of Bishop. Played by out actor [Bex Taylor-Klaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bex-taylor-klaus/), Bishop’s story starts out happy and quickly comes to a complicated middle when they realize they’re not who they thought they were. This can be watched on [Fox and is free right now](https://www.fox.com/deputy/).
## *[Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)* (Apple TV+)
The real life of Emily Dickinson was one we all looked at and thought “yeah but isn’t that kinda gay?” Turns out it totally was, and the ‘just-good-friends’ straight-washing of history took its toll. That was until Apple said “you know, that is super gay, and we all know it, so let’s have fun!” You can think of it as *Gentleman Jack* light, but it’s up for [free on AppleTV ](http://apple.co/FreeForEveryone)right now.
## *[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)* (Apple TV+)
Another freebie from Apple is a sci-fi factual alt history. What if the USSR got to the moon first? I’m a huge moon nerd, and this one snuck up with some complicated queer rep. Deciding to stay in the closet to get to the moon, facing the Red and Pink scares, the first season ends with our queer lady making a decision no one should have to make. And no, I’m not talking about being out or not. This show really grows on you, and if you like space, go to [AppleTV and watch it now.](http://apple.co/FreeForEveryone)
## *[Indebted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/indebted/)* (NBC)
Note: This series is on the bubble and may not be renewed.
Yes, this one is the sitcom with Fran Drescher. The plot is Boomer parents lose their money and move in with their Gen X/Millennial son and his family. The typical jokes are how the Boomers are out of touch with the modern world and technology, the Millennials like their distance from their neighbors, and then there is the daughter. She’s a lesbian and basically has a new girlfriend every week. [The show is silly and fun and a good way to blast a half hour on NBC](https://www.nbc.com/indebted/episodes).
## *[Katy Keene](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/katy-keene/)* (Freeform)
Yet another CW show with good rep, Katy Keene’s BFF is a drag queen, but we’re not just here for the amazing Ginger Lopez. Pepper, whom everyone who read her in the comics will tell you was totally queer, *is queer*. In fact, last week’s reveal? She has a wife! And an open ‘relationship’ with a woman and a man. The show also gave us a three-men-threesome, so mad props to them. [Watch it on the CW app](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/katy-keene/).
## *[Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manifest/)* (NBC)
Note: This series is on the bubble and may not be renewed.
The heir to Lost, where every week is a new mystery that is and isn’t solved, spiralling up into an arc that teases more than it delivers … finally has a main character who is a queer woman! If you watched season one, the recurring flight attendant is absolutely a married lesbian. But it’s not until season two that we find out the person Saanvi was waiting for, and hoping would join her, was her married girlfriend. They kind of reconnect, and then it gets Manifestfully weirder. [Check out the show on NBC.](https://www.nbc.com/manifest/episodes)
## *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* (Freeform)
America, the Matriarchy. In this witchy fantasy/action show, you will have to get over the fact that the bad guys communicate via balloons and a couple Kool-aid drinking women in military school but it’s worth it. Every episode nudges the scales but you’re not always sure which way. Who’s bad and who’s good? It’s not quite clear, so [go watch on Freeform now.](https://freeform.go.com/shows/motherland-fort-salem)
## *[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)* (ABC)
Note: This series is on the bubble and may not be renewed.
Disaster bisexual, Dex Parios is … well … a goddamn disaster. Seriously. She’s an alcoholic with PTSD, raising her brother alone, trying to get over the war where she lost the man she was in love with. Spoilers? She’s a disaster in every sense of the word, and we love her for it. [Watch the disaster on ABC](https://abc.com/shows/stumptown).
## *[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* (CBS)
Note: This series is on the bubble and may not be renewed.
Yet another cop show. Edie Falco plays a lesbian cop from New York who takes over the LAPD with mixed results. Also mixed is her dating life, her family life, and basically everything except her friendship with her ex husband. Go figure. Falco’s portrayal is solid, and absolutely [worth a watch on CBS](https://cbsallaccess.qflm.net/c/1242493/764127/3065).
## *[Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)* (Syfy)
Note: This series is on the bubble and may not be renewed.
Campy and hilarious, the show offers fan fav Tim Rozon a chance to stretch his comedy wings. The characters are complicated and messy, fall in love, and are a freaking delight to watch. For anyone who loves wacky sci-fi, and this includes *Wynonna Earp*, you’re missing out on a great spring series with this. [Go to Syfy and tune in to the one queen](https://www.syfy.com/vagrant-queen).
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** All Rise, Deputy, Dickinson, For All Mankind, Indebted, Katy keene, Manifest, Motherland: Fort Salem, Stumptown, Tommy, Vagrant Queen
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### [Queer Beats - April 17, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-april-17-2020/)
**Published:** April 17, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite actors continued to entertain us from home, the Motherland: Fort Salem cast provided key behind-the-scenes moments, and Hightown got a new trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite actors continued to entertain us from home, the Motherland: Fort Salem cast provided key behind-the-scenes moments, and Hightown got a new trailer!
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Missing The Bold Type? No worries, [Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) is keeping us entertained with her ukulele covers:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_EEjhEj5N7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Hightown](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7718110/)
Many of us were convinced this show would never actually come out but an official trailer was released this week and it looks goooood!
https://youtube.com/naIEfaBJTLk
## [Little Fires Everywhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/little-fires-everywhere/)
I don’t know about y’all, but I’m full blown obsessed with this show. I entered it thinking there would be no queer storylines, but BOY WAS I WRONG! It is a mini series that is ending next week but I think a weekend binge is a great idea. [Isabel Gravitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabel-gravitt/) posted some cute photos in honor of last week’s episode:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_AwITTnZWl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, this wasn’t posted this week but I still think everyone deserves to see it:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Avn9PB3dC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
##
I got to be honest, I haven’t watched this show yet but seeing the cast interactions on Twitter is quickly changing my mind. They provide great BTS content like:
> We had so much fun shooting this scene ❤️
>
> — Amalia Holm (@Amaliajaja) [April 16, 2020](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja/status/1250591186043224065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
There’s honestly an unlimited amount of good content on [Amalia Holm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amalia-holm/) and [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/)‘s Twitter accounts so I definitely recommend following them if you are a fan of the show. In the meantime, here’s another BTS video:
> .[@Amaliajaja](https://twitter.com/Amaliajaja?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@TaylorHickson](https://twitter.com/taylorhickson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and Creator Eliot Laurence discuss Beltane, the power of sexuality, and [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in the fourth episode of [\#Motherland](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Motherland?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): After the Storm. [pic.twitter.com/SP7tf9ccPk](https://t.co/SP7tf9ccPk)
>
> — Motherland: Fort Salem (@Motherland) [April 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/Motherland/status/1248069396586573827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Never Have I Ever](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10062292/)
I’m a huge Mindy Kaling fan. Not only because her work is hilarious but also because we have the same birthday which makes us automatically connected. Anyway, she created this new Netflix show loosely based on her life and it looks like there will be a queer storyline!
> buckle up for some steamy teen romance. Never Have I Ever streams April 27. [pic.twitter.com/EDUYPhIN9q](https://t.co/EDUYPhIN9q)
>
> — Never Have I Ever (@neverhaveiever) [April 15, 2020](https://twitter.com/neverhaveiever/status/1250514230207545345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
ODaaT released a cut scene from last week’s episode where [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) tries to discuss “self-pleasure” with her Abuelita.
> If anyone knows how to get Elena to stop talking, it's Abuelita. 👀 Lydia reveals a little \*too\* much in this deleted scene from [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)… [pic.twitter.com/GFcf30dPkx](https://t.co/GFcf30dPkx)
>
> — One Day at a Time (@OneDayAtATime) [April 10, 2020](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1248641891417100291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Party of Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/party-of-five-2020/)
Party of Five was cancelled after one season at Freeform.
> ‘Party of Five’ Reboot Canceled After One Season at Freeform
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [April 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1251203536714633216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
GLAAD is putting on a fundraising event next weekend to raise money for LGBT CenterLink and to highlight the LGBTQ’s community response to the pandemic. Many stars are joining including [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) (from Pose) and [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) (from [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)) – two very important actors to me, personally. What I’m saying is: YOU SHOULD TUNE IN!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B_C-t_EgJhA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Speaking of MJ, she posted this cute video of her and her boyfriend dancing during quarantine:
> Sis thank you so much for the love and also thank you for protecting me as well with that love. We had so much fun and I’m happy I could share it with you all 🤟❤️💋
>
> — Michaela Jaé (Mj) (@MjRodriguez7) [April 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/MjRodriguez7/status/1249819727012257793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The New York Times did a piece on butches and studs and, while there are varying opinions on the content, I am excited that it was a topic that the NYT decided to explore in the first place. Some people who were interviewed include [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) (of Vida), [Roxane Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roxane-gay/), [Jenny Shimizu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jenny-shimizu/), and [Lea DeLaria](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lea-delaria/).
> "Not every butch has short hair, can change a tire, desires a femme." [@nytimes](https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) broke down the origins of "butch" and the expansiveness of the identity – tap the link for the full story!
>
> — Tegan and Sara Foundation (@teganandsarafdn) [April 14, 2020](https://twitter.com/teganandsarafdn/status/1250114366034210818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
During HomeCon last weekend, many got the chance to chat with their favorite stars individually. Check out this cute message from [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/):
https://twitter.com/0hhsusannah/status/1249048025441452032?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Hightown, Isabel Gravitt, Little Fires Everywhere, MJ Rodriguez, Motherland: Fort Salem, Never Have I Ever, One Day at a Time, Party of Five (2020), Pose, Vida
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### [Top Fanfiction Tropes in "Gentleman Jack"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/top-fanfiction-tropes-in-gentleman-jack/)
**Published:** April 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There's no denying that Gentleman Jack is hella queer, but it's also chock-a-block full of the queerest fan fiction tropes. Did your favourite make the list?
**Content:**
One of the coolest things about *Gentleman Jack* the series is that it’s based on a real person who had one of the most crazy, trope-y lives in the entire universe. She invented ‘queer coding’ which in her case was literally a secret code in order to write her diaries which included such gems as “Today I ate an apple and had six orgasms.”
How can you not love this lady?
I was recently at a live taping of the podcast History is Gay, and started making a list of all the crazy things that Anne Lister did that sounded like it was straight out of a fan fiction, but actually, legit, really totally happened!
They were *roommates!*While it doesn’t happen on the show, Anne was roommates with her first girlfriend!
At the tender age of 14, Anne Lister was sent off to boarding school for being generally super queer. Of course, it was an all girls boarding school, and Anne being Anne, she got into trouble for being, wait for it, really queer. She and another girl, Eliza, were sent to share a room in the attic (shades of *[Facts of Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-really-gay/)*) where they came up with the crypto-code Anne later used in her infamous diaries.
Eventually Anne was sent back home, presumably for being too queer for school. Eliza went ‘mad’ following their breakup.
Of course, Anne did end up moving her wife, Ann Walker, in with her at Shibden, so no matter how you look at it, they were roommates.
And, And, And …There are a lot of ‘And’ kind of tropes in fan fiction, by which I mean “[Blond and Brunette](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-blonde-and-brunette-duos/)” or “[Grumpy and Happy](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/)” or “[Toll and Smoll](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-couples-with-height-differences/)” and yes of course, “Butch and Femme” — Anne Lister and Ann Walker met a whole lot of those. They missed out on Docs & Cops, but only by a little since Anne studied science.
Interestingly enough, depending on how you look at it, Anne Lister is both the grumpy *and* the cheerful. She was super extra and wore black all the time to mourn her lady loves who married men, while Ann Walker tended towards brighter colors. On the flip side, Anne is always smiling at Ann.
Mary SueThe dreaded Mary Sue is controversial at best. After all, a million stories are told about the guy who is good at whatever without training, so why are people mad about the woman?
Right. Anyway, Anne was a landowner, smart, educated, well traveled, spoke multiple languages, and basically earned a million toasters by turning a number of women to the joys of lady loving.
Of course she might want to work on *how* to mention that…
Blogger/VloggerThe whole reason we know a lot about Anne Lister is that she wrote it all down. It would be the work of about ten seconds to figure out how to convert her escapades into a vlog or blog, and in fact that’s pretty much what happened with the series *Gentleman Jack*.
Anne was a prolific diarist, and yes, that gif is her going to record how many orgasms were involved in the sex that just happened.
> I owe a good deal to this journal. By unburdening my mind on paper I feel, as it were, to get rid of it; it seems made over to a friend that hears it patiently, keeps it faithfully, and by never forgetting anything, is always ready to compare the past & present & thus to cheer & edify the future.
>
> From Anne Lister’s journal entry of [22nd June 1821](https://www.annelister.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/anne-lister-diary-archive-1821-06-22.jpg).
Breaking the 4th WallIn the series, Anne turns to the camera to address us. This is somewhat controversial, but it’s a common enough trope in British tv series. That said, it’s not just Anne who looks at us in the show.
Even Anne’s sister gets in on the game of “Are you seeing this queer binch?” Inviting us all in on the fun of being a part of the story, the breaking of the fourth wall is a nice wink and nudge.
Too Many Ann(e)s!Anne and Ann. If you write fan fiction, or really any fiction with two same-gendered partners, you know the drama of ‘wait, which *her* is that.’ Thankfully Anne and Ann spell their names differently, but they’re not the only two Ann(e)s in the story!
Anne, Ann, Marian, Mariana, Aunt Anne, Aunt Ann, and on and on and on. No wonder Anne Lister had to use a crypthand code!
Anne Bangs Everyone (Female)I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but Sara Lance has nothing on Anne Lister. Even with a time-traveling spaceship, Sara doesn’t have as many affairs nor does she break as many hearts.
Liar. She’s done this a lot of times. With a lot of women. Including married ones. While the [official website lists five](https://www.annelister.co.uk/annes-lovers/), there are many, many, many more.
Also can we have the “Sara Lance meets Anne Lister” episode on *[Legends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* please?
Not A PhaseMany people, especially bi and pansexuals, have been told that it’s just a phase. It’s not.
Now, you can’t make someone be gay any more than you can make them be straight. The whole “One more and I get a toaster” joke is meant to be funny and cute and a recognition of that fact. Anne? Not only did she sleep with a lot of women, she also ‘flipped’ a lot of women, or at least introduced them to the possibility.
It worked with mixed results, but thankfully for many of us, Anne Lister knew she was not straight. Her feelings for women were her “god given right” and while she called it her “oddity” she also established that being queer is not a choice. It’s just who we are.
Hurt/ComfortA super popular theme for fan fiction is the ‘hurt/comfort’ story. That naturally involves someone getting hurt and someone else caring for her. One of the major themes in the series is Ann Walker’s sanity. Is she crazy? Is she just feeling the pangs of lesbianism and feminism in a repressed age?
Sadly the real answer is muddled and confusing. But Anne really did all she could for Ann, even if their road was rocky.
Just Gals Being Pals (AKA “Harold …”)The funny thing was … people knew. They absolutely knew she was a diarist, but they kind of also knew something was a little odd about Anne Lister, and her ‘really close friendships’ with women.
In and of itself, Anne’s sexuality (which she called ‘her oddity’) was more or less known by the locals.
That’s a lot of trope in one life, and I haven’t really dug deep into the show. If you’re interested in learning more about Anne Lister or even helping transcribe her diaries so more people can learn about the first western modern lesbian, go to [AnneLister.co.uk](https://www.annelister.co.uk) and join the fun.
Also don’t forget to listen to History Is Gay’s upcoming episode on Anne Lister (you can hear me answer the final question in the live part correctly, hey!), because we are, in fact, super queer.
And finally … what other fan tropes did you see in *Gentleman Jack*?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Gentleman Jack, Things We Love
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 13, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tommy-and-kiley/)
**Published:** April 13, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Scylla covers her tracks on Motherland: Fort Salem, Lorraine causes drama on Twenties and Tommy and Kiley have a couple of dates on Tommy.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Scylla covers her tracks on *Motherland: Fort Salem*, Lorraine causes drama on *Twenties* and Tommy and Kiley have a couple of dates on *Tommy*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Motherland: Fort Salem* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Hail Beltane” \[Live\]In this episode of Motherland, Scylla has to deal with the aftermath of putting a spell on her ex-boyfriend that caused him to commit suicide. It’s complicated further by the fact that Raelle was the one who found him and is having visions of his last visit with Scylla. When Raelle asks Scylla if she saw Porter the night before he died she flat out lies.
> Scylla is evading every question Raelle asks about Porter. This isn't looking good. [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Wpfb9c8sSE](https://t.co/Wpfb9c8sSE)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 11, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1249028804921757697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
“Let’s put him behind us” is just a spin on “stop asking questions.” This is not a good look, Scylla.
More bad news for Scylla: the Necros are going to perform a ceremony during the Beltane festival to find out Porter’s last moments while he was alive.
Raelle continues to have visions of Porter talking to Scylla. She knocks on her door to talk to her about it, but Scylla is busy putting a spell on the thermostat in the room where they’re keeping Porter on ice. She’s trying whatever she can to keep Porter quiet.
Meanwhile, “The Beltane festival part two: All the straight witches have sex with each other for Witch Army reasons” is happening. Raelle is obliged to go to the party anyway and makes a friend.
Cute, Raelle made a gay friend.
Raelle and her new gay best friend, Byron, are hanging out while everyone else is doin’ it loudly all around them. She asks him about love and what if you loved someone and they did something really wrong. He tells her if they’re worth it you fight for them. I wonder if he would say the same thing if he knew she was talking about the person who killed his friend Porter.
At the Necro communicating with dead Porter ceremony, they ask him if the Spree did this to him and he says no. When they ask him why he killed himself he says, “I was filled with an unbearable sadness.” the exact spell Scylla put on him. Scylla is off the hook.
The next day Raelle and Scylla talk and Scylla tells her she’s ready to tell her the “truth” but it’s not the entire truth. She admits to seeing Porter that night, but then makes up a story about him wanting to get back together and then blaming her secrecy on attachment issues because she’s a Dodger. Her story works on Raelle though because she’s more dedicated than ever to her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1249695111296024581?s=20
I love queer love. I love all the words coming out of their mouths, but I know there is something sinister happening. The queer fan in me wants this to be real in the end. Like Scylla is some kind of double agent or she has a change of heart, but I know I am desperation hoping.
That night, Scylla comes home and is happily surprised to find who she thinks is Raelle there waiting for her. That was not the case.
> The Spree aren't happy with the way Scylla's handling Raelle. I'm anxious to see what happens at the wedding this week. -T [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/IlwoWdgqmN](https://t.co/IlwoWdgqmN)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 13, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1249726550368493570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I guess Scylla must be into Raelle to some degree, because she’s not luring her to them as instructed. The message has been made clear to fall in line. We’ll see what happens at the wedding this week.
*Twenties* – Season 1 Episode 7 “What Would Todd Do” \[Live\]Not much progress has been made in Hattie’s love life. Things are still weirdly inappropriate with her boss and Lorraine is still playing games.
I got excited when Hattie started talking to the cute sever, Idina, at the cafe she sits at to write her screenplays. Idina asks her what she’s writing about. And Hattie says, “love.” They get into a whole conversation about types of love and Hattie admits her love interest would be like vintage Earth Kitt.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1249730797600411652?s=20
Of course, Lorraine has to come in and mess things up for my favorite new ship of 5 minutes. I thought Hattie and Lorraine were going to be a fun on-again/off-again relationship, but Lorraine has revealed herself to be a drama-stirring game player. I am not into it.
I was really into this episode in general though. Hattie, Marie and Nia made up a fictitious guy named “Todd” (like the dude version of “Karen”). Todd’s the mediocre straight cis white guy who walks into every room like he owns it. All three of them spend a day thinking ‘What would Todd do?” and move through the world with brazen confidence. I love this show.
*Tommy* – Season 1 Episode 8 “The Swatting Game” \[Live\]Hey! Tommy took some time out of her busy day saving LA for a booty call!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1249734344547205125?s=20
I’m still not into super into Tommy and Kiley, but good for her!
After an entire episode of saving everything like usual, Tommy had a second date with Kiley. In her charmingly snarky way, Tommy admitted to liking her.
She also got home sick when Kiley mentioned New York and told Tommy she’d give it a kiss for her.
I guess Kiley will be sticking around. I’m good with that if she makes Tommy happy.
**This week:** What week is this? What is time anymore? All I know is I’ll be watching queer TV and writing about it next week. Stay safe and healthy, everyone!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem, Tommy, Twenties
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-maya-and-carinas-vacation/)
**Published:** April 6, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We got to see some of Maya and Carina's vacation on Station 19 and met Scylla's ex on Motherland: Fort Salem.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we got to see some of Maya and Carina’s vacation on *Station 19* and met Scylla’s ex on *Motherland: Fort Salem*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “A Biddy’s Life” \[Live\]The Beltane festival is happening at Fort Salem which means a bunch of male witches visit the base to play lacrosse with their shirts off. Before the festivities begin Scylla gives Raelle a cute kiss goodbye, but in the background, a dude is menacingly watching them.
Said dude also gives Raelle shit during the Lacrosse game.
It looks like we’ve met Scylla’s ex-boyfriend and he was not happy to see her and Raelle together.
Later, dude confronts Scylla and we learn his name is Porter and Scylla ghosted him back in the day. He never got a chance to tell her how sorry he was about her parents getting killed because she disappeared.
He is also shocked she joined the Witch Army because she was very anti-army when they were together. She tells him people change, but he doesn’t believe it.
When Raelle sees Porter again she confronts him about their lacrosse altercation. He apologizes and says he was taking his feelings out on the wrong person, the right person being Scylla. He makes it clear they were previously in a relationship and warns her to not get too attached.
Is he being an angry, abandoned ex-boyfriend or honestly trying to warn Raelle her new girlfriend is an evil balloon-loving a terrorist?
While wandering through the Fort Salem’s Witch Herstory Museum, Porter is again lurking in the background staring at Raelle and Scylla. Scylla then takes them to a more secluded spot to finally talk about her family’s background.
> Meeting Scylla's ex-boyfriend during the Beltane festival finally gets her to open up about her family. But how much of what she's saying is true? [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/91wqjqoJ3e](https://t.co/91wqjqoJ3e)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1247168146085216256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I don’t know what to think here. The plot of Scylla joining the Army as an undercover terrorist to avenge her parents’ deaths is being made super obvious. Almost too obvious. I feel like the show has something up its sleeve here. But that can be me looking for another story because Scylla telling Raelle she’ll take her with her if she feels the need to run away again is super cute and I don’t want her to be evil.
That night Porter comes by Scylla’s room wanting to talk to her. He is not convinced she changed at all since her anti-Army days and practically accuses her of being a hate-balloon terrorist.
Scylla insists she has changed and actually starts to kiss him. At this point my wife was like, “he’s dead.” And sure enough, Scylla whispers a spell into his ear.
The next day he jumps off a building right in front of poor Raelle. She tries to save him with her medic powers, but she is unable to.
Okay, I have to come to terms with evil girlfriend.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 11 “No Days Off” \[Live\]Here’s my [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Marina%20%23Station19) *Station 19* report from last week’s episode:
- **Scene one:** 1 minute
- **Scene two:** 2 minutes
- **Scene three:** 1 minute 20 seconds.
Wow, y’all. Maya and Carina’s vacation had a whole 4 minutes and 20 seconds of screentime!
First Maya calls into the station wanting work stuff and Travis shuts that down.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1246966370216169472?s=20
I’m so glad Maya followed Travis’ directions, but how does he know she has a “gorgeous Italian woman?” Does Maya talk about her? Does Carina drop by the station with more lasagne? Why can’t we see this?
Carina is able to drag Maya out to the pool and she lets herself enjoy being on vacation until a dude walks up wanting to buy them drinks.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1247152735084056576?s=20
I find the “straight guys harassing women they don’t know are queer” trope annoying, but it was really satisfying seeing Carina get so much pleasure out of watching Maya beat that dude in a pushup contest. I also loved how direct they were with them.
In the last scene of Maya and Carina’s vacation, they are about to get it on when they’re box-blocked by a text on Maya’s phone. Back at Station 19, a five-alarm fire is happening.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1247153516642291712?s=20
I’m sad Maya had a panic attack on her vacation, but Carina was so sweet bringing her out of it.
I am super attached to these two and enjoyed their vacation moments. Please, Shonda, protect them!
**This week:** Wanna see what’s on TV this week? [**Check out our new calendar page**](https://lezwatchtv.com/calendar/) and never miss a show again!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem, Station 19
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### [Queer Beats - April 10, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-april-10-2020/)
**Published:** April 10, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we get to connect with all our fandom faves and friends, thanks to HomeCon.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we get to connect with all our fandom faves and friends, thanks to HomeCon.
## [HomeCon](https://homeconofficial.com/)
I’m going to start this post with the HomeCon announcement because it’s important and keeping us all sane this weekend. I am a little late to this because it started earlier today but it’s not too late to join in!
[Rachel Skarsten ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/)and Paul Amos generously decided to start this virtual convention to honor all the conventions that have been cancelled due to COVID-19. Starting today and lasting until tomorrow, there will be lots of panels from our favorite shows.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rzTe6HbFc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
In addition to the [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) panel with [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) and [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) (pictured above), there will be panels from [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/), [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/), [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/), [Shadowhunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shadowhunters/), [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/), [The Expanse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-expanse/), [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/), [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/), [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/), and many more! Be sure to tune in!
## [All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)
All Rise is going to be producing a virtual episode to keep things going during this break:
> CBS Drama ‘All Rise’ to Produce Virtual Episode Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1247215185716281346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Unfortunately, I cannot find a full recording of this, but this week [Meagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) has been posting many Batwoman-themed instagram stories, including a live stream including [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)! Meanwhile, Ruby comments of some of Meagan’s other videos…
https://twitter.com/softlcorp/status/1247254965015511040?s=20
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
[Suranne Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/suranne-jones/) posted this deleted scene from Gentleman Jack and I don’t think I’ve missed a show more in my life.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-heZW1hF9D/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
A lot of celebrities have taken to Cameo to raise some money, including [Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/briana-venskus/)!
> Have you ever asked yourself, "I wonder what it would be like if Briana Venskus ran through her apartment yelling Let's Go Lesbians!…"? Wonder no further! [pic.twitter.com/Xwoy4Ud840](https://t.co/Xwoy4Ud840)
>
> — Alex (@frameworkfitz) [April 6, 2020](https://twitter.com/frameworkfitz/status/1247276218728116226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)
The voice actors for [Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/korra/) and [Asami](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/asami-sato/) did a live reading of some Legend of Korra comics and honestly it was everything I have ever dreamed of:
https://twitter.com/caroldenvrs/status/1247298950798938112?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
With the cancellation of schools, student films are no longer being produced. To help, stars from our favorite Latinx shows (Vida, [ODAAT](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/), and [Gentefied](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentefied/)) are going to be reading their scripts on live stream!
> Coronavirus halted their student films. Latino stars stepping up to read their scripts
>
> — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) [April 9, 2020](https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1248174566603661312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Kat gave a little tour of her office space this week:
https://twitter.com/scrofantastic/status/1248202096282927104?s=20
## [Xena](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)
Xena: Warrior Princess will be getting a full-series marathon on SyFy!
> [\#Xena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Xena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#BattlestarGalactica](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BattlestarGalactica?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Get Full-Series Marathons on [@Syfy](https://twitter.com/SYFY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), Hosted by [@RealLucyLawless](https://twitter.com/RealLucyLawless?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@truTriciaHelfer](https://twitter.com/trutriciahelfer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/cSi7beScVK](https://t.co/cSi7beScVK)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [April 7, 2020](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1247563937945653253?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** All Rise, Avatar the Legend of Korra, Batwoman, Briana Venskus, Gentefied, Gentleman Jack, Meagan Tandy, One Day at a Time, Vida, Wynonna Earp, Xena Warrior Princess
---
### [Four Fictional Seders](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/four-fictional-seders/)
**Published:** April 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sometimes it's fun to think about what Passover would be like with each of our fictional families. Here are four Seder's I'd be up for!
**Content:**
Passover starts tomorrow night, which means Jews all over the world will be sitting down to the weirdest and smallest Seders we’ve ever had.
For those who don’t know, Passover is the time to remember the exodus from Egypt. Different families have different traditions, but they all revolve around the story of the Exodus, complete with plagues, parting the seas, and finally watching *The Ten Commandments* with Yul Brynner. Okay, maybe that last one is just mine.
Normally we all travel a lot to be with family and have a massively huge dinner, talk about the Exodus, drink wine, and generally have fun time celebrating being free. Some years it’s harder than others, and with the current lockdown, it’s going to be one for the record books. I know of people who are doing a web-cam Seder, while others will be quietly at home.
And that got me thinking about what Passover would be like for some of our favourite shows.
*[Buffy: The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)*While Willow was titularly Jewish, there wasn’t a whole lot of room for traditional holidays in Sunnydale. And really who could blame them? While a vampire can’t come in your house without being invited, there are other demons and monsters out there.
Thinking about Willow trying to have a nice Seder while Buffy has to kill a demon with the lamb shank is a fun idea.
*[Babylon 5](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/babylon-5/)*Susan Ivanova, space Jew, had a shiva (mourning) on B5 when her father died. It stands to reason she’d want to try and have a passover. While you don’t want to light a fire on a space station (Hanukkah is a little problematic), having aliens who are struggling with freedom and wars come to the same table would be an amazing story. It would fit in well with JMS’ world too.
I don’t know that the Narn and the Centauri would be very friendly at Seder, but I bet the Minbari would enjoy it.
*[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)*The non sensate, Amanita Kaplan, would have a hoot trying to wrangle everyone. She could have eight other people all in one. Or more, actually, since senseates can visit any other sensate they’ve met!
I always felt a little bad for Amanita, having to wrangle Nomi and those other crazy people. Let’s be real, Lito would be a handful on his own!
*[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)*Since Dr. B’s family doesn’t really like him, you know he’d guilt the Alvarezes into hosting a Seder for him. Of course, that might actually bring him and Lydia closer. That’s part of the magic of the show, of course. They all have so many stories that relate to each other.
Of course … Schnieder would tell everyone about his exodus from Canada. But as a bonus, cousin Pilar and her wife Susan could come over!
Of course that’s a drop in the bucket. Whose TV Passovers would you love to be a part of?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Babylon 5, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, One Day at a Time, Sense8
---
### [New Feature: Calendar](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/new-feature-calendar/)
**Published:** April 1, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Need help keeping track of all the queer shows on TV? We know how you feel. Let us help.
**Content:**
So you’re stuck at home, like everyone else, and you think there are only reruns? Guess what! There are still new episodes of shows with postive queer rep coming to your home nearly every week, at least for a while, so you should make a date night of it and check out some shows.
## What’s Included
It’s hard to keep up with everything that’s on TV. [Peak TV or not](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/), we have around 270 shows on air right now that have at least one queer female, non-binary, and/or transgender character on them! Of course, not all of those are shows worth watching. For the queers at least. I mean, who wants to watch every *Law & Order: SVU* just in case there might be a queer plot line?
But on the other hand, you really do want to know when the next *Motherland: Fort Salem* might be on. Basically you want to know what shows you can dial into and have a nice queer-tv and chill, right?
To help you out, we’ve created a calendar but it’s more than *just* a calendar.
[View the LezWatchTV Show Calendar](https://lezwatchtv.com/calendar/)
## Okay, yes, it’s a Calendar
You can go to our [calendar page](https://lezwatchtv.com/calendar/) and see this week’s new shows (not reruns). The list is a top-down, Sunday through Saturday list of the shows on air. Every show has a link back to the show page, so you can make sure that’s what you were looking for.
We made sure to highlight ‘today’ for you:
All times are US/ET relative, so 3pm ET is 8pm London for you *EastEnders* fans. I’m working on making it so you can change your timezone, but the drama of US shows airing different times in different timezones *sometimes* has been a headache.
You can navigate forward and backward, so if you wanted to look at next week, click that button at the bottom of the page!
## It’s also for shows…
Once we had all that written in, we wanted to add in something extra. Like if you *just* wanted to know when the next episode of *Motherland* was, you could go to the *[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* page and look on the sidebar:
We’re working out the kinks with shows that have non-alphanumeric characters in their names (like every *Law & Order* ever), but this should be working for most on-air shows.
## And then there’s Alexa!
This is where it gets really fun!
If you use Amazon Alexa you should install our [Alexa Skill](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078738KDJ/). Once you to, you can tell your Echo or Dot “Alexa, ask LezWatchTV what’s on TV today.” That’s right! Your Alexa enabled device will list what’s on today for you. I’m working to improve that so you can ask about specific days, but sometimes Alexa doesn’t understand what I meant when I say “Alexa, ask LezWatchTV what’s on June 15th?” and there’s only so much screaming at it that my cat can tolerate.
There’s also a lot more sneaky cool stuff in our Alexa skill that we’re rolling out slowly, so if talking to your computer is your jam, we’ve got you covered. Like “Ask LezWatchTV what shows are like One Day at a Time?”
## What Do You Want to See?
This is just a small start, we know. We’ve made our API (like everything else here) open to everyone, so if you’re interested in taking this code for your own work, or you want to hook in to us, read up on the [What’s On API](https://docs.lezwatchtv.com/api/global/whats-on/).
What are you looking for? What would make your life a little easier to figure out what shows to watch? Leave us a comment and let us know!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Site News
---
### [Queer Beats - April 3, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-april-3-2020/)
**Published:** April 3, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, boredom looks REALLY good on some of our favorite actors.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, boredom looks REALLY good on some of our favorite actors.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I wouldn’t normally say that I’m grateful for Tik Tok but suddenly I’m grateful for Tik Tok…
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aZ-9xDMhZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, I’m just still thankful for [Meagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/)‘s general online presence:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fSrdaj1OM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Listen, I’m not saying that Carolyn’s daughter should be queer but I’m not *not* saying it…
> Killing Eve season 3: Get first look at Game of Thrones' Gemma Whelan as Carolyn's daughter
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [April 2, 2020](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1245757185734463494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
About Tik Tok…
> Quarantine must be really good for tik tok business [pic.twitter.com/RGfqxX4Pvg](https://t.co/RGfqxX4Pvg)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [March 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1244346607002218496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
Something mysterious is happening with Assassin’s Creed and Lost Girl. I’m not a gamer but maybe this is my chance!!
> Hopefully, if all goes well, I will have a bonkers blow your mind announcement this week. Something that’s gonna make quarantine a little more interesting….
>
> Trust me. It’s huge. [@assassinscreed](https://twitter.com/assassinscreed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@lostgirlseries](https://twitter.com/lostgirlseries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Paul Amos (@PaulRogerAmos) [March 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/PaulRogerAmos/status/1244400743995650052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
Motherland: Fort Salem started up recently and everyone is already in love with the queer couple on the show!
## [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
Still thankful for these two as well:
https://twitter.com/devynnekoda12/status/1244373845093552128?s=20
## [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)
Vagrant Queen is a new show that we should all be watching for many reasons including the show’s co-writer…
https://twitter.com/MagsVisaggs/status/1244977198865489920?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Today on Things-That-Made-Me-Cry-This-Week…. this Melanie Scrofano thread:
> So….. on Dom’s Birthday I noticed she posted something. I tried to open it, but the site wasn’t responding. Today i was finally able to read it.
>
> Listen. I don’t need social media to know who Dom is. I am lucky enough to have known her for years. We’ve shared a lot of truths
>
> — Melanie Scrofano (@MelanieScrofano) [March 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano/status/1244346311329099784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) won the Audience Choice Award for the Canadian Screen Awards and her acceptance video was cute and sweet!
> You’ve voted… a lot (over 35 million times in total)!
>
> Now, introducing your 2020 [@cogecofund](https://twitter.com/cogecofund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Audience Choice Award winner….
>
> Congratulations [@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
>
> A big thanks to all the fans for voting [pic.twitter.com/Oma82wY74B](https://t.co/Oma82wY74B)
>
> — The Canadian Academy (@TheCdnAcademy) [March 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/TheCdnAcademy/status/1244430259379941381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And let this serve as your reminder that season 4 of Wynonna Earp is still coming for us:
> [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Season Four. We comin' [@SYFY](https://twitter.com/SYFY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). 'Cause y'all did that. [\#TacoParty](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TacoParty?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Z6d02Y4p9d](https://t.co/Z6d02Y4p9d)
>
> — Emily Andras (@emtothea) [March 28, 2020](https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1243735843359150081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Caity Lotz, Kat Barrell, Killing Eve, Lost Girl, Meagan Tandy, Motherland: Fort Salem, Utopia Falls, Vagrant Queen, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 30, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-march-teddy-and-allison/)
**Published:** March 30, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I am continuing to enjoy the Raylla content on Motherland: Fort Salem and completely surprised by the Teddy and Allison queer drama from the past on Grey's Anatomy.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I am continuing to enjoy the Raylla content on *Motherland: Fort Salem* and completely surprised by the Teddy and Allison queer drama from the past on *Grey’s Anatomy*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “My Witches” \[Live\]I’m still shocked (in a good way) when a show’s opening scene features the queer couple. I’m so used to waiting an entire episode for a few seconds of screentime.
> "I need to secure this area." [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UISzehPX1v](https://t.co/UISzehPX1v)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 29, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244398624961900544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They were cute, but for some reason, Raelle got all pissy when Scylla changed the subject when it came to talking about her parents. You just met each other and you are already mad about not wanting to process family stuff?
That night, Raelle is put on night guard duty as punishment for being late to inspection. While guarding, she meets Lieutenant Helen Graves. She is a Necro just like Scylla and Raelle asks her a bunch of questions. I guess it’s because the “special Necro in her life” is not a sharer of feelings.
Helen tells her Necros are spooky and secretive on a good day, and word on the street is the Army killed Scylla’s parents. She lets Raelle off guard duty and gives her some words of advice.
After she walks away, Helen does the light yourself on fire shapeshifting thing and turns into Scylla.
I don’t understand the fire shapeshifting yet. Is Scylla really one of the Spree and infiltrating the Witch Army as a cadet? Can all the Necros do this shifting thing and there’s something else going on? I don’t know, and I imagine whatever it is it’s bad news for Raelle, but I’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.
The cadets get to go off base to attend a Salem Witch Trials reenactment and Raelle’s core Witch posse meets her Necro girlfriend.
Scylla and Abigale are off to a great start.
Raelle and Scylla walk into the woods and Raelle talks about meeting the other Necro.
> "You think I'm weird?"
> "Like sexy weird. I like it."[\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XGBqZ6xEr5](https://t.co/XGBqZ6xEr5)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244418506722029568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
If Helen was actually Scylla she knew all of this already. Maybe shapeshifting into another person was her way of talking without having to talk as herself?
Scylla finds a dead bird and performs a spell on it to illustrate the fact that life and death are cyclical. She also apologizes for not opening up the other day.
> "You're so beautiful." [\#MotherlandFortSalem](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotherlandFortSalem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Raylla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Raylla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jMb7hMTaEL](https://t.co/jMb7hMTaEL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 30, 2020](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244419965773664258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I know there is trouble ahead for these two, but they are so cute for now.
Also, it’s very hard to take Scylla talking to an evil balloon seriously which is how the episode ended.
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing” \[Live\]It’s challenging to keep our database up with all of the women Hattie (and Lorraine) are hooking up with.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244442596031807489?s=20
Again on this episode, Hattie and Ida B’s professional relationship was very blurry. Ida B. sent Hattie to her house to put all of her old scripts on a thumb drive. When Ida came home they watched a documentary together and had inappropriate conversations for a professional relationship.
Hattie seems to be on board though.
I’m with Marie. Don’t do it, Hattie! She probably will though.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 10 “Something About What Happens When We Talk” \[Live\] Here’s my [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Marina%20%23Station19) *Station 19* report from last week’s episode: 30 seconds of screentime.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1243538846253539339?s=20
Going on vacation with Carina and Maya sounds like a lot of screentime, right? I’m sure they will be vacation blocked by work-related drama, so I don’t have my hopes up.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 16 Episode 19 “Love of my Life” \[Live\] Last week on Grey’s a few Grey Sloan doctors went to a medical conference. The theme of the episode was “Love of my Life” so I expected typical Shondaland run-ins and flashbacks. I was NOT prepared for the queer drama that lay ahead.
Teddy is hanging out at the hotel bar and runs into someone from her past named Claire. Suddenly we’re in a September 11th flashback and it’s revealed someone they both knew died in the Twin Towers.
Back in the present, Teddy tells Claire she had a baby. When Clarie asks her what the baby’s name is Teddy tells her “Allison” which is also the name of the person they knew in common.
Flashback again to 2001 New York City. Teddy is living with Claire and Allison (played by Sherri Saum AKA Lena from *The Fosters*) who are girlfriends.
At this point, I’m like, “Cool, Teddy had lesbian roommates back in the day.” Neat.
Allison says she has to go to bed early because she has a layout meeting at work the next morning. Just then Clarie gets a page and she has to go into the hospital. After she leaves, Allison invites Teddy to go to fancy breakfast with her at Windows on the World (to remind us she worked in the Twin Towers). When Teddy’s like, “don’t you have a meeting?” Allison says she made it up so she could invite her to breakfast.
Then this happens.
**O M G. I did NOT see that coming!**
Back in the present Clarie says she knew and how iconic was it when Allison first told her she found them a roommate she was thankful she was not a lesbian.
In another flashback, you get Allison and Teddy’s meet-cute story and all the “we can’t keep lying to Claire” angst.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244454463210958854?s=20
What Teddy did was really shitty. Can you imagine sneaking around with your roommate’s girlfriend while living in the same small NYC apartment together? To be fair, I’m sure many of us found ourselves in similar situations as young adults, but still!
Claire said she found out after she got Allison’s phone records from the day she died. The only person she called before she died was Teddy. She put 2 and 2 together after that.
Damn, Teddy! You had a secret girlfriend 20+ years ago you loved so much you named your daughter after her!
The next day, Teddy approached Claire one last time to apologize. She does owe her a big apology.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1244636788037124096?s=20
Claire was very forgiving and she’s happy now with her wife Clara in North Carolina anyway. Also, Teddy revealing she only loved Owen half as much as Allison — WOW!
Damn, y’all, that was a queer drama rollercoaster I didn’t see coming.
**This week:** What the world needs now is an entire episode of Maya and Carina on a happy vacation together. We’ll see what we actually get.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Motherland: Fort Salem, Station 19, Twenties
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### [Queer Beats - March 27, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-march-27-2020/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Tatiana Maslany blessed us with her voice and dancing... and we are sooo proud/happy/grateful for Dominique Provost-Chalkley!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Tatiana Maslany blessed us with her voice and dancing… and we are sooo proud/happy/grateful for Dominique Provost-Chalkley!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I want [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) and her sister to be friends so bad that I am now obsessed with pictures of [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) and [Rachel Skarsten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/) in-character together.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Cd9uzjYaO/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
You know what else I’m obsessed with? Pictures of [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DAIKSjjAC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, pictures of [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) as herself.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GDwZrDlkU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
A new [Nikohl Boosheri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) interview came out this week!
https://twitter.com/arianatweets/status/1242935407605473280?s=20
## [Hightown](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7718110/)
Monica Raymund announced the premiere date for Hightown, a very queer series that has been in production for many years and that WE JUST WANT TO WATCH ALREADY!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Ke9BHDVpf/
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
After confusing us last week, we finally have our answer: Killing Eve is coming back two weeks early!
https://twitter.com/killingeve/status/1243555878588026881?s=21
## [Merry Happy Whatever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/merry-happy-whatever/)
Merry Happy Whatever was cancelled by Netflix. I can’t say I’m surprised but I am sad because I really enjoyed the queer storyline!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ODEaHpmnC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
ODAAT came back this week and the cast was just as excited as we were!
> \*opens curtain\* The official [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) filter is here! 💃💄👓
>
> Use it now and tag us so we can see your beautiful faces! 📸: [pic.twitter.com/1qQkilcSfk](https://t.co/1qQkilcSfk)
>
> — One Day at a Time (@OneDayAtATime) [March 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1242135163087323136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/sheridan_pierce/status/1242298266244362240?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
What is better than new Tatiana Maslany content? I’ll tell you: NOTHING! Check out Serial Box for some recorded tapings of her reading books and answering questions.
> LIVE READINGS. Every night at 8P et/5P pt on @SerialBoxPub Instagram Live. Tonight: [@TatianaMaslany](https://twitter.com/tatianamaslany?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Retweet for a fleeting moment of sanity. [pic.twitter.com/tzOPzBX3m7](https://t.co/tzOPzBX3m7)
>
> — Realm (@RealmMedia) [March 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/RealmMedia/status/1242112289429315584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, on things-that-made-me-cry-this-week:
> tatiana maslany dancing to dancing queen, while wearing a support trans futures sweater is something so personal to me [pic.twitter.com/yd3UTuX0FE](https://t.co/yd3UTuX0FE)
>
> — ciel (@roseclrdbrochu) [March 22, 2020](https://twitter.com/roseclrdbrochu/status/1241854904454479872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
It was [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/)‘s birthday and [Madelaine Petsch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/) sent her best wishes:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-FWq7LAWlV/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
She-Ra is returning on May 15! How about we all just pretend for now that this isn’t the final season…
> Final season of [\#SheRa](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SheRa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres May 15, only on [@Netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/rAERnu8rhR](https://t.co/rAERnu8rhR)
>
> — She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (@DreamWorksSheRa) [March 17, 2020](https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1239971641234350081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
It’s always a good day when [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) posts on Instagram!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Dt281AN7q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-D848bgmFx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, I love our queer Supergirl power trio:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GcTdNgEs8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And if you want more Nicole Maines content…
> SURPRISE! We got the chance to talk to [@TheCWSupergirl](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) who plays [\#Dreamer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dreamer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Check out the FULL interview!
>
> — Crisis on Infinite Podcasts (@Infinite\_Pods) [March 23, 2020](https://twitter.com/Infinite_Pods/status/1242141560629874698?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Looking back, this was a good week for queer tv content. But nothing beats [Dominique Provost-Chalkey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)‘s birthday gift to herself: coming out! I think we are all equally proud of her and thankful that she felt comfortable enough to open up to the fandom. I’m super grateful that two such lovely actors represent our beloved WayHaught. I can’t wait for [Waverly Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/) to be back on my TV screen!
https://twitter.com/I_corq/status/1242521688228716555?s=20
You can find her full statement on the new [Start The Wave](http://www.startthewave.org/rainbow-waves/) website.
Emily Andras is just as proud as the rest of us:
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1242528518434689026?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Chyler Leigh, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Hightown, Killing Eve, Merry Happy Whatever, Nicole Maines, Nikohl Boosheri, One Day at a Time, Riverdale, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Tatiana Maslany, The Bold Type
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### [Let "Vagrant Queen" Fill Your Earper Longing](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/let-vagrant-queen-fill-your-earper-longing/)
**Published:** March 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Crazy chicks with guns ... in space! This upcoming SyFy show has all the camp and quips you've been missing.
**Content:**
It’s been a long year, Earpers, I know! We’ve had a rootin’ tootin’ rollercoaster of a show being canceled (or not) and then dead (or not) and then finally (finally!) back on it’s feet. But it’s still only filming, and as we get nearer to summer, you might be like me, and missing our quipping, irreverant, queer AF series with a crazy chick with a gun.
So good news.
You *really* want to get off your duff and watch *Vagrant Queen* on Friday.
## Vagrant What Now?
Based on the comics of the same name, *Vagrant Queen* follows Elida (Adriyan Rae) from child queen to orphaned outcast, as she scavenges the treacherous corners of the galaxy, always one step ahead of the Republic government out to extinguish her bloodline. When her old ‘friend’ Isaac (Tim Rozon) shows up claiming her mother Xevelyn is still alive, they head off with their new ally, Amae (Alex McGregor), to stage a rescue that will take her back into the perilous heart of her former kingdom and up against a deadly foe from her childhood, Commander Lazaro (Paul du Toit).
That’s a lot to take in, but you’re going to get space travel, fight scenes, betrayal, lies, tricks, romance, and everything you love about a show on SyFy. In fact, let’s go by the numbers:
- Sci-Fi theme
- Heists galore
- Grey-Hat complicated anti-heros
- Crazy chick with a gun
This is sounding good right?
## Great, But Will I Like It?
You’re here, and you’re still reading, so the odds are pretty good. And if you like *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* or [*Xena: Warrior Princess* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)or *[Firefly](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/firefly/)* or *[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)*, then you’re going to like this show. Quips and fists galore, this series is fun to watch and true to the comics.
Of course, if you also like stories with characters who just happen to be queer, then you’re also in the right place because this was created by a wonderful woman: **Magdalene Visaggio**. She’s the creator of *Vagrant Queen* as well as *Kim & Kim*, and Visaggio’s comics have been nominated for two Eisner Awards and three GLAAD Media Awards. And she’s trans. In 2016, she wrote a powerful essay about[ the problems with cis-creators telling trans stories](https://www.pastemagazine.com/comics/magdalene-visaggio/the-problem-of-cis-creators-writing-trans-narratives/) that I recommend every cis-creator read. She’s also got a [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/MagsVisaggs) (because queer stories do not pay the bills, as we all know) and I recommend you check that out.
Anyway, the other day I was telling my friend to watch it because it’s up her alley, and I added that the source material was hella gay. Mags replied to me:
https://twitter.com/MagsVisaggs/status/1235756729612328961
I am officially super excited.
## When’s It On?
*Vagrant Queen* starts this Friday, March 27th, on SyFy.
Tune in and give *Vagrant Queen* some love.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Vagrant Queen
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 23, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-motherland-fort-salem-premiere/)
**Published:** March 23, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I gave the Motherland: Fort Salem premiere a try and immediately fell in love and Twenties continues to be one of the best queer comedies ever on television.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I gave the *Motherland: Fort Salem* premiere a try and immediately fell in love and *Twenties* continues to be one of the best queer comedies ever on television.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Poor Wandering One” \[Live\]Here’s my [\#Marina](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Marina%20%23Station19) *Station 19* report from last week’s episode: 23 seconds of screentime.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1241392602412351489?s=20
They were an enjoyable 23 seconds. There was no crying, fighting or angst — just cute in the bed moments. But in this same morning in bed montage, Victoria and Dean got a platonic 25 seconds and Andy and Sullivan got 37 including a sex scene. Plus, they all got more screentime during the rest of the episode while Carina was back at Grey Sloan.
More. We deserve more. Please, Shondaland, give us more.
*[Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Say the Words” \[Live\]Supernatural shows are not my cup of tea, so I wasn’t anxiously awaiting the *Motherland: Fort Salem* premiere. But, as y’all know by now, I’ll watch almost anything with gay in it so I gave it a try.
**I LOVED it.**
The premise is the witches won the Salem Witch Trials and now we live in a Matriarchy. Okay, I’m on board with that. The show centers on 3 young witches drafted into the witch army to fight terrorist threats. Abigal is the gung-ho one who has completely drank the witch army Kool-Aid. Tally is the chipper one and Raelle is the surly one who doesn’t want to be there. Of course, Raelle was instantly my favorite.
Raelle soon meets Scylla, a somewhat mysterious recruit who says she doesn’t have to do regular army drills because she’s in charge of the dead. The two of them hit it off immediately and did a drug that looked like floating ecstasy. They get busted by drill sergeants and were ordered to stay away from each other, but that didn’t work.
Goodness, Freeform! The scene got a little NSFW after that.
I can’t wait to see more of this show! I will definitely be tuning in every week.
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “You Know How I Like It” \[Live\] What was our favorite charming hot mess, aspiring TV writer and showrunner’s assistant Hattie up to last week?
She’s still crashed at Marie and Chuck’s house.
She didn’t understand 3am was too late to text Marie she’d be having a guest sleepover.
She is also trying to climb the ladder at work even though she was warned by her co-workers the last assistant who tried to do that got fired in front of everyone. (Don’t worry she’s now working for a nice white gay man on the CW series *Vampire Babies* — I love how meta this show is!)
She approaches Ida B. with an ask for more responsibilities by pitching it will make her life easier. Ida actually gives her a writing assistant task to get the files for a real court case by the end of the day.
Hattie works her ass off getting those files (plus tampons and a smoothie) for Ida as requested. When she hands them to her she says they changed their mind and don’t need the files anymore. But she invites her to attend an advanced movie screening they’re having on the lot.
She attends the screening with Ida and it feels like a date. I didn’t think the show was going to go there, but it looks like it is. Whatever Ida is up to it is completely inappropriate.
I think I need to end each of my *Twenties* recaps with a Gif of a phone all from Hattie’s mom because she is hilarious.
**This week:** I don’t know what life will bring this week in these crazy times we’re living in, but TV will bring us the fourth season of *One Day at a Time* and the premiere of *Vagrant Queen*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem, Station 19, Twenties
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### [Binge-Worthy Shows: LezWatchTV Staff Picks](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/binge-worthy-shows-lezwatchtv-staff-picks/)
**Published:** March 22, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Right now life is surreal. If you're spending it stuck in your house with time on your hands, the LezWatchTV staff is here with our binge-worthy show selections.
**Content:**
During stressful and challenging times I always turn to TV to escape. Right now real life is scary and surreal, and if you’re spending it stuck in your house with time on your hands, [the LezWatchTV staff](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) is here with our selection of binge-worthy shows. We have deep cuts and crowd favorites, from quick binges to marathon long watches.
## LezWatchTV Staff Picks of Binge-Worthy Shows
---
## Carmel, Site Editor
*[DC’s Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* (4 seasons + season 5 airing now)If you don’t mind hearing a few phrases repeated over and over (“Vandal Savage”, “We share a psychic connection”) you should rewatch LoT seasons 1-4. The crew of the Waverider and the entire vibe of the show has come a long way.
*[Warehouse 13](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warehouse-13/)* (5 seasons)This show is definitely a romp. It may get serious at times but characters Pete and Claudia (Eddie McClintock and Allison Scagliotti) always bring the humor. I also highly recommend watching some of the show’s blooper reels and behind the scenes content
*[ClaireVoyant ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)* (1 season)This is my go-to Web series when I need a quick breather. Good for a short binge or watch an ep when you need a 10-15 minute break from reality. Great characters and top-notch shenanigans
*[Stitchers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stitchers/)* (3 seasons)Who doesn’t love a secret science program within a secret government program? Keeping track of all the science and secrets is a good distraction. Plus, more [Allison Scagliotti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/allison-scagliotti/) (always great. She’s a delight).
*[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)* (4 seasons + 5th and final coming soon)Great for viewers of all ages. Good for watching an ep here and there or binge a season if you have a few hours. Honestly, I think we can all relate with Mermista right now.
## Melanie, Site Editor
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* (3 seasons with more on the way)A modern-day western with supernatural bad guys, where the world is forever in peril and saving it is always a do-able thing. Bonus points for all those exterior shots of beautiful wide-open spaces.
[*This Way Up*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-way-up/) (1 season)A dark comedy that feels like a cross between Fleabag and Derry Girls, this show goes to some bleak places, but it never stays there long, and it always manages to find humor and hope in the absurd messiness of life.
*[Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dolly-partons-heartstrings/)* (1 season)If corny comfort-TV is your guilty pleasure, give this show a try. Each episode is loosely based on a Dolly Parton song, and it’s an anthology series so you can watch them in any order (and no, you don’t need to know the songs to enjoy the episodes). It’s a Hallmark movie world—but one where queer characters actually exist (see episode 2 “Two Doors Down” and Episode 4 “Cracker Jack”)—so you’ll probably cry your eyes out but then be filled with a surge of hope at the uniformly happy endings. Plus, each episode also allows you to enjoy a catchy tune or two and you’ll be reassured by the folksy intros from always lovable Dolly Parton.
## Mia, Site Editor
*[Everything Sucks!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/)* (1 season)I absolutely love this show and wish more people paid attention. Throughout all 10, half-hour episodes, we get a realistic, sweet and positive depiction of coming out in high school, discovering and accepting your queerness. For me even as a Genxer, *Everything Sucks* is beautifully nostalgic, but our 13-year-old also watched it multiple times. The soundtrack definitely strikes a significant chord with my Millennial friends. Although we only get one season, you can fully enjoy Kate’s story and won’t be disappointed with the final episode, or any episode for that matter. You should be watching this right now.
*[Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mindhunter/)* (2 seasons)Often when watching a TV show or movie, I think to myself, “That women is queer even if the show doesn’t know it, and the writers are disingenuously making her straight.” I have been more disappointed than not, but *Mindhunter* gives us Dr. Wendy Carr, an ambitious, intelligent 1970s forensic researcher based on a real-life forensic nurse who continues to prove that diverse viewpoints yield breakthroughs. Interestingly the real person is not a lesbian. Dr. Wendy Carr quietly takes charge. Season 2 was well worth the wait. I know some writer out there gets me when they play both Patti Smith and Joan Armatrading when the lesbians are on screen. FYI the show is about real serial killers so it won’t be for everyone.
*[Tipping the Velvet](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tipping-the-velvet/)* (Mini-series)I loved this book by Sarah Waters, and the three-part limited series from the BBC is pretty amazing. I’ve watched it several times, including on inauguration day 2017. A great escape into the word of historical fiction and lesbian life in 1890s England, I highly recommend binging. Without giving too much away, I’m team Flo and if you read the book, you will have a better sense of why. If you crave more after watching, you can check out *Fingersmith* for another historical lesbian romp from Sarah Waters.
## Mika, Co-Editor in Chief
*[Avatar: The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)* (3 seasons) In these trying times, we need something fun. Watching a homeschooled bisexual jock try to learn how to be the savior the planet needs while mastering her powers and dating for the first time is right up that alley. Korra’s story is aimed at teens and young adults but touches on everything from love and romance to dealing with PTSD. They do an amazing job making the show accessible to kids without dumbing it down. Plus her enemies to friends to lovers story with Asami is a sweet and sometimes raucous story. (For a bonus combo – watch *Avatar: The Last Airbender* first – it’s not queer on the show, but in the comics, they confirm that Kyoshi was a badass bisexual avatar)
*[Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)* (3 seasons) I love a good cheerful/grumpy combo, and that is Hollstein in a nutshell. Perky Laura Hollis is off to college. But surprise, there are monsters and demons and vampires and a very unhygenic roommate who can turn into a cat? It’s wild and crazy and while it’s only 3 seasons, there are a million 7 minute episodes per season. You’ll get the theme song in your head and then celebrate a happy ending at the end. (For another bonus, tune in to the Carmilla Movie afterward for a high stakes and amazing quality story that changes, well, everything).
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* (1 season) They may have had to put a pause on filming season two, but for a fun, sexy, romp through ye olde England, tune in to the rake herself, Anne Lister. This woman is amazing, and it’s based on her actual diaries which include such gems as “Today I ate an apple and had 6 orgasms.” The series has a murder mystery, politics, romance, sex, and a big gay wedding. If you’re nerdy like my wife, the frilly clothes they wear are amazingly accurate.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* (2 seasons + 3rd and final coming soon) Oh, *Vida*. The final season is coming up, so this is the perfect time for you to settle in and watch the first two. A complex story about coming home, finding out the life you thought was the truth was anything but, and learning what that makes you is told in a poignant and connectable way. It’s not *just* that half of us want Emma to dominate us and the other half want to get drunk with Eddy, it’s that every single moment of the show has a way to touch you and relate to you. What other show has taken my OTP, destroyed it, and then built an even better one!? I’m incredibly sad that we only get one more season, but I’m filled with joy knowing they have written us an end.
*[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* (3 seasons + 4th season coming soon) This is it. You knew I was going to tell everyone to watch my most favorite show in the world. I don’t know how to explain to people why I love this show so much. Maybe it’s simply because this is the sitcom I wanted as a kid? I’m a creature out of time when it comes to comedy. After all, my idea of a funny show remains the Jack Benny radio program. Yes, I have all of the known recordings. For me, ODaaT lets me laugh freely without feeling like I’m laughing *AT* anyone. I may wince when they make fun of Elena, but I also do when they tease Alex for being self-involved. Lydia reminds me of Taffy, my grandmother, and I have a million uncles who are just like Dr. B. And while I do say I love Elena to bits (seriously did they have a camera on teen me?), it’s Justina Machado’s Penny who rips my heart out every season. I cried when it was canceled on Netflix, and again when it was resurrected by PopTV. My only wish now is that we get a full season 4, and many more, in spite of everything else going on.
## Nikki, Staff Writer
*[High Fidelity ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-fidelity/)* (1 season)If you hear this title, think of the 2000 movie version of the book, and roll your eyes… I don’t blame you. But I’m here to tell you good news! This Hulu series twists the original story by placing Zoe Kravitz in the main role. Zoe truly shines as Rob, a record store owner, who reflects back on her previous relationships with both men and women. Even prior to the quarantine situation we are living in, this one-season series was easily binge-able
*[Atypical ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)* (3 seasons + 4th and final coming soon) The basic plot of this show is amazing on its own: 18-year-old Sam Gardner has autism spectrum disorder and the show follows him and his family as they deal with high school, relationship issues, and tough life lessons. Add in Casey Gardner – his younger sister who is struggling to figure out her identity after she switches to a private high school – and you have a perfect family drama. It is three short seasons so far and totally worth binging before the fourth and final season next year.
*[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)* (5 seasons)The. Greatest. Show. Of. All. Time. One insanely talented actress (Tatiana Maslany) plays *four* of the main characters. Cosima Niehaus quickly became a fan favorite. And who doesn’t love Cophine? (That was a rhetorical question. Cophine haters can go away.) The concept of this show is so addicting that you will easily binge all five seasons in no time.
*[Jane The Virgin ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* (5 seasons) I chose JtV as my marathon pick (100 episodes) because it truly has the heart, humor, and drama to keep you watching back-to-back episodes. The show plays off classic telenovelas, throwing the main character, Jane, into a whole mess of quirky storylines. The first episode plot? Jane, a virgin, gets accidentally artificially inseminated during a checkup and has to deal with the aftermath. Multiple queer characters and storylines will make all the tears you will probably shed completely worth it!
## Tracy, Co-Editor in Chief
*[I Am Not Okay With This](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-am-not-okay-with-this/)* (1 season so far)This is a newish show on Netflix. It’s about an angsty queer teen named Syd with supernatural powers. At 20 minutes an episode it is a very quick binge. The series is beautifully shot, and music is used so well to set the mood of the show. Also, Syd’s friend Stan may be my favorite straight, cis, teen male character of all time. It’s very horror-light so not too stressful to watch if you don’t like scary shows.
*[Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)* (2 seasons with more to come)This show is about a group of friends at a (nearly) all-girls highschool in 1990s Derry, Northern Ireland. It’s a town in the middle of the Northern Ireland conflict and centers around the girls dealing with that in addition to typical teen shenanigans. Sounds like a bummer, right? It is actually one of the funniest shows I have ever seen. The humor and wit is non-stop. The episodes are 20-some minutes long and there are only 6 episodes a season. You’ll finish the whole thing before you know it like looking down and seeing you’ve eaten an entire bag of potato chips. My one tip is to watch it with the subtitles and have Google at the ready to lookup [reference](https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/not-everyone-knows-rock-the-boat-dance-from-derry-girls-394926/)[s](https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/not-everyone-knows-rock-the-boat-dance-from-derry-girls-394926/)[ you may not know](https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/not-everyone-knows-rock-the-boat-dance-from-derry-girls-394926/).
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1165315308262973441?s=20
*[Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/)* (1 season + season 2 on now)*Boomerang* is a TV series written by Lena Waithe and produced by her and Hallie Berry. It’s a reboot of the 1992 movie and a really good drama about young professionals navigating life. It has serious moments but for the most part, it’s fun and engaging. There are 10 episodes a season and they are 30 minutes long. The best part is season 2 just started recently, so you can binge it and come out on the other side with a weekly show to watch.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* (15 seasons + season 16 on now) + *[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* (2 seasons + season 3 on now)Do you have time on your hands for nearly 400 hour-long episodes of television spanning 15 years? If so, I assign you the task of watching all of *Grey’s Anatomy* and its spin-off *Station 19*. Shonda Rhimes is a national treasure and *Grey’s Anatomy* set a precedent for diversity on television and in casting. It’s also a ridiculous nighttime soap opera. Why is this one of my binge-worthy shows? There are so many pop culture references from this series (“You’re my person”, the Post-It wedding, heart in an elevator, etc.) and we have 20 queer characters listed for the series in our database.
*Station 19* spun off of Greys 2 years ago and it is a true crossover show. Characters frequently appear on both series and there are a few cross-show relationships. If you make it all the way through you will be rewarded with one of the best ships on TV right now – Maya and Carina.
Stay safe, friends and if you need other queer tv-loving people to chat with during this hard time [join our Slack Community](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/). There you can talk about everything from TV to videogames. We even have a Queer Parenting channel.
We wish everyone health and sanity through this tough moment in history. Also, let us know what your binge-worthy shows are by listing them in the comments.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Binge Watch, Recommendations, Review, Staff Picks
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### [Queer Beats - March 20, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-march-20-2020/)
**Published:** March 20, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, something from Killing Eve is happening today, we are getting very close to the ODAAT premiere, and Nicole Maines talked about this week's episode of Supergirl.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, something from Killing Eve is happening today, we are getting very close to the ODAAT premiere, and Nicole Maines talked about this week’s episode of Supergirl.
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
I don’t know if I’m going crazy but I originally thought this was coming back in April but apparently it might be coming back TODAY?!
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1240756683934248964?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
It looks like [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) had fun with this week’s episode of LoT!
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1240090221351276544?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
We have a new ODAAT promo and we are less than a week out from the new season premiere!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B97L-bPhweP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This week’s episode of Supergirl was one of my all-time favorites and I could listen to [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) talk about it forever.
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1238568955926765568?s=20
## [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
We are still out here getting fed that sweet, sweet Sagelyn content.
https://twitter.com/HumberlyG/status/1238924315858481155?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
This is completely heartbreaking news for the LWTV staff but the new season of Vida will officially be the last. This show did so much for queer and latinx representation and, even though it will be missed, I am so glad Tanya and her team brought it to life.
https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho/status/1240640904194453505?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp has joined the many shows that have shut down filming due to COVID19.
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1239737929989271559?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Killing Eve, One Day at a Time, Supergirl, Utopia Falls, Vida, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 10, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dex-and-violet/)
**Published:** February 10, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alice continues to make a mess on Good Trouble and Dex and Violet are my new favorite ship on Stumptown.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Alice continues to make a mess on *Good Trouble*, and Dex and Violet are my new favorite ship on *Stumptown*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 12 “The Book of Markovia: Chapter Three” \[Live\]Anissa is still trying to keep Grace out of danger, but Grace is ready for some superhero action and proves it by starting a fight.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1224865068892008449?s=20
I found that scene to be a little awkward, but I liked it. I’m hopeful we’re on the road to Grace becoming not only a crime-fighting superhero but a series regular too.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “In Good Conscience” \[Live\]On this episode of, “Oh, Alice, What Did You Do Now?” her conscience is getting on her case.
I agree, ghost Alice’s conscience, stop with the lying already!
On the morning of Alice and Lindsay’s trip to Sacramento for a show, Sumi is hanging around with no weekend plans. So what does Lindsay do? Invite Sumi to join them.
Awkward road trip!
Alice now has to give Sumi a tutorial so she doesn’t accidentally topple her Jenga tower of lies. At this point, I’ve lost track of which lies were to Lindsay and which to Sumi.
Lindsay and Sumi are practicing their set, and Alice’s conscience is on stage with them too. The only thing to make this adventure more complicated would be if Joey showed up too.
Ta-da! Awkward level turned to 11.
At dinner that night the entire truth about the Joey/Jenny/Lindsay situation comes out. If you haven’t been keeping track, Joey says Lindsay broke them and Jenny up, and Lindsay says Joey stole Jenny from them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1225487335485321216?s=20
The truth turned out to be Jenny played them both. She lied to both Joey and Lindsay and neither of them is the bad guy. However, another truth came out — Alice knew Lindsay accused Joey of girlfriend-stealing.
Back at home, Joey confronts Alice about that lie. Alice comes clean and also tells Joey about Lindsay trying to kiss her weeks ago. Joey is fed up with the lack of truth-telling in their relationship and breaks up with her.
I am with you, Joey, I’m ready to break up with Alice too.
The only reason Alice would work so hard to not only hide things from Joey but also manipulate Sumi and Lindsay to stay away from each other would be because she’s into all three of them? Otherwise, none of this makes sense.
I feel like Alice is on a sitcom while the other characters (Mariana, Callie, etc.) are on a drama. Alice needs to be single for a while and get her shit together!
*[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)* – Season 1 Episode 13 “The Dex Factor” \[Live\] Miles and Grey have been working on infiltrating a car thief ring for a few episodes now. I don’t completely understand this storyline, but [Maddie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maddie/) from *Imposters* is in it and I’m happy to see her on my TV again. Now there is stolen heroin involved and they need Dex to go in and pretend to be a buyer so Miles can bust the ring. You would think they would get a Portland undercover cop to do this job, but no, it’s Dex.
Meanwhile, we meet an assassin-for-hire who is working for the people the drugs were stolen from. She has been sent to either get the drugs back, the money it was sold for or kill the person who took them.
She already found and took care of the drug courier.
I guess covering her victims with an off-brand Twister mat is her signature thing.
After her first meeting with the car thief gang, Dex drops into a bar where military folks meet up. Various military friends have been encouraging her to deal with her PTSD, and it looks like she’s making a baby step. Who does she randomly meet there? Violet, the foxy assassin.
A PI and an assassin — I don’t hate this.
In my opinion, the two of them have really great chemistry from minute one. Violet figures out Dex is ex-Marines and Dex pegs Violet as ex-Army. They bond over military stuff and instantly have a lot in common. Violet even lets Dex buy her a drink as long as she doesn’t make fun of her for it.
Someone in the *Stumptown* Writers Room knew how to craft a ship I will immediately fall in love with. It’s hard not to get Root and Shaw vibes from these two and [Shoot](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23RootandShaw) is my favorite ship of all time.
Dex gives Violet a ride to her Airbnb in her amusing car and Violet invites her in for a drink. The show makes sure we see the stack of Bender games in case we weren’t paying attention, and then Dex and Violet continue their conversation.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1226873644237959169?s=20
I love them.
The next morning, things are still cute.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1226878091705962496?s=20
I know where this is headed because Violet has been sent to get the drugs Dex is going to pretend to buy later that day, but I’m going to enjoy this moment in time for now.
Violet goes about the rest of her day doing assassin stuff while listening to [Joan Armatrading](https://youtube.com/yoCWUNUB3ro), and Dex prepares for the big bust with Miles and Grey.
The beginning of the fake drug deal goes smoothly, but when Dex leaves after dropping off the money, she runs into Violet outside.
Dex knows Violet isn’t really a medical salesperson now.
Knowing Violet is headed to kill everyone with Grey still inside, Dex’s only option is to fight.
That Dex and Violet fight scene could have been hot, but something I really like about this show is Dex is not an elegant fighter. Her fight scenes are a little sloppy and don’t always get the job done, just like her. This time she was able to keep Violet from killing everyone but she also runs away.
At the end of the episode, the bust is done, everyone is safe, Dex is at Grey’s bar and she receives a sea-breeze from a mysterious guest.
Oh my goodness a perfect ending to a perfect episode.
But now I’m in a gay panic, y’all. Did this show just make me fall in love with a Dex and Violet without a future? The sea-breeze at the end could lead to several episodes of enjoyable PI/assassin romantic angst, or they can drop it here. Or even worse the show could be canceled, there’s no definitive news on a second season yet.
I’m going to try to calm down and enjoy the two remaining episodes of the season.
**This week:** It’s a full schedule of regular shows. I hope something queer pops up on one of the shows I haven’t had anything to write about yet this year.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Good Trouble, Stumptown
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 17, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tommy-premiere-episode/)
**Published:** February 17, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The quiet week of queer content gave me a chance to cover the Tommy premiere episode, a new drama with a lesbian lead character.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the quiet week of queer content gave me a chance to cover the *Tommy* premiere episode — a new drama with a lesbian lead character.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “In Dreams Begin Responsibilities” \[Catch Up\]We’re two episodes into the new cop drama *Tommy* and so far we know Abigail “Tommy” Thomas is the first woman police chief of Los Angeles. She was appointed after the former Chief went down in flames after a sex abuse scandal (this sounds very similar to our new [real-life Police Commissioner here in Philly](https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-first-day-20200210.html)).
And she is a lesbian.
We also know she has a strained relationship with her adult daughter, Kate, who she had with a husband she divorced when Kate was 10.
But the most exciting thing we learned in the *Tommy* premiere episode is Diggle’s Wife (Lyla from *[Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)*) is into Tommy!
I have ALWAYS loved Lyla and I am so excited to see Audrey Marie Anderson play a queer character!
My wife and I are also big fans of Edie Falco, so I’m feeling optimistic about this show.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 4 Episode 13 “Chapter Seventy: The Ides of March” \[Live\]How have Cheryl and Toni been doing lately? Things are pretty chill after the extremely messed up “Cheryl is keeping her dead brother hidden in the house” storyline wrapped up.
Toni got revenge on the dude who sexually harassed Cheryl seasons ago. That was a nice “avenging your girlfriend” episode. All in all, Choni is good.
Remember Cheryl’s mom’s brothel, The Maple Club? Veronica and Cheryl reopened it as a speakeasy to promote Veronica’s maple syrup rum (gross). This rum is in direct competition with Hiram’s rum, so he sent his daughter and Veronica’s half-sister, Hermosa (played by the AMAZING [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/)) to go undercover and infiltrate their secret bar.
Hermosa pretending to be “Rosa” makes a date to talk to Toni and Cheryl at La Bonne Nuit which is now a dance club. They meet up and for no reason at all the three of them dance together.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1229202914314420224?s=20
Gratuitous Hermosa/Cheryl/Toni dancing scene? Yes, please!
It was a trap set by Cheryl and Toni, but that’s okay. I am happy *Vida* fans got at least one queerish scene during Mishel’s time on *Riverdale*.
**This week:** My wife and I will be making our way through the fifth and final season of *[Cable Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)* and the final two episodes of *Almost Family*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Riverdale, Tommy
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 24, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-almost-family-series-finale/)
**Published:** February 24, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I talk about the Station 19/Grey's Anatomy crossover ship that may break my brain (in a good way) and do a Sad AF recap of the Almost Family series finale.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I talk about the *Station 19*/*Grey’s Anatomy* crossover ship that may break my brain (in a good way), and I do a Sad AF recap of the *Almost Family* series finale.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “Into the Woods” \[Live\]I was just joining in [a Twitter conversation about how not queer Station 19 has been this season](https://twitter.com/roni1133/status/1230587524856340480?s=20) when this episode kicked that to the curb.
Maya Bishop is the new captain of Station 19, and she is having a hard time in her new leadership role. What team-bonding activity does she take the station on? Camping trip! On the trip, there’s a bear attack (by a poorly CGi’d bear) and it’s a whole thing, but that’s not what I’m here to write about.
During Maya’s struggle, we get flashbacks to her life in high school. Even though the show’s attempt at making her look like a teenager is distracting, we learn about her strict father and her relationship with another girl on the track team.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231664321433829384?s=20
**TL;DW:** Maya’s dad only showed her love when she was “the best” i.e. winning track meets. Otherwise, he was really controlling of her diet, practice schedule, etc. and mean to her if she wasn’t winning. It was to the extent that she dropped the girlfriend after her father freaked out on her when she lost a race after stopping to help the girlfriend when she fell.
Back in the present-day, the camping trip is cut short by needing to run a severed nose to Grey Slone Memorial (long story), and the team is no more bonded than before. Bishop is drinking her feelings at the local bar when Carina, our favorite bisexual Orgasm Scientist and Grey Slone Memorial doctor walks in.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231698617095852035?s=20
OMG!
OMG, y’all, I could have not come up with a better crossover pairing than Carina and Bishop. Orgasm Scientist and fire captain? YES, PLEASE!
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 12 & 13 “Permanent AF” & “Expectant AF” \[Live\] Buried on a Saturday, FOX gave us the *Almost Family* series finale, and while it was good to have closure for one of my favorite ships, it was still Sad AF to know we’ll never see them again.
Leon’s trial begins and Amanda delivers a great opening argument. I think Amanda’s opening argument may be my new sexuality.
Later, Edie sneaks in a conversation with Amanda.
They make plans to meet up at Edie’s hotel room later that night.
During Amanda’s visit, Edie comes clean about sleeping with Tim. Amanda’s not thrilled with the news, but she is Understanding AF and tells her she’s not going anywhere.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231749930156527616?s=20
Let’s be real here for a minute, Edie really does need to earn Amanda. She has patiently stood by her through Leon drama, Tim drama…let alone lesbian drama. Now it’s Edie’s turn to show commitment to this relationship. Even Victoria Cartagena agrees.
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1231389873057259520?s=20
The next day Tim and Amanda share a very awkward elevator ride where he tells her Edie is back on Leon’s defense team. Tim seems pumped about knowing something Amanda didn’t, so he goes on to brag about knowing other things as well. If he was referring to sleeping with Edie, Amanda informed him she did know about that and the two of them talked it out. That shut Tim up quickly.
Later when Tim and Edie are in the office, Tim tells her she should be with Amanda because she was honest with her in a way she never was with him. And just like that Tim is an Amandie shipper with the rest of us.
That night, Edie and Amanda are in Edie’s hotel room fantasizing about a future of birthdays, parenting Lorenzo and watching TV on the couch. It’s a super cute scene until…
Oh, shit! Don’t make out in front of big NYC windows! Ugh, now we’re in for a blackmail plot twist.
It starts with Amanda receiving an envelope with the pictures and a sticky note about going back to the negotiating table. Amanda is freaking out because if the relationship’s revealed the case is in jeopardy, she can lose her job and get disbarred.
They know Chad (the owner of Tim & Edie’s law firm) is behind the photos, but who tipped him off about Amandie? Tim swears it isn’t him and leaves one other person who would be motivated to use it as leverage in the case — Leon.
Edie tries to talk Leon out of exposing their affair, but Leon is only thinking of saving himself.
Leon is a self-centered, emotionless jerk about it like usual.
Before the trial starts up again, Edie and Amanda have an intense conversation in the hallway.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1231993773221175299?s=20
I absolutely loved Victoria Cartagena in this scene. She nailed the combination of sadness, panic and the need to hold it together, all while talking to her girlfriend she’s keeping secret from everyone in the building.
Immediately after that emotional scene, Edie pukes in a trash can. One millisecond later my wife was like, “Pregnant.” A pregnancy test confirms my wife was indeed correct.
### So how did the *Almost Family* series finale wrap up?
Leon surprises everyone by pleading guilty. We at home were not surprised, because something dramatic like that needed to happen to put all of the show’s conflicts to rest.
Edie quits the firm, and she and Amanda are free to live happily ever after.
We can only use our imaginations to figure out what happens next. Edie would have to tell Tim and Amanda she was pregnant, and I guess they would have a very modern co-parenting situation in the future.
Thank you, *Almost Family*, for organically incorporating a queer couple into your show and giving them a happy ending. We get so few happy endings for our characters (76 out of the 1,424 shows in our worldwide database), and even though the show was canceled, we can leave feeling optimistic about Amandie’s future.
My biggest thank you goes to [Victoria Cartagena](https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena) and the support she showed Amandie fans all throughout the series. I know our community can be a lot, but that is because we were raised without seeing ourselves realistically and positively portrayed in the media. Actors being cheerleaders for their queer characters and fans saves lives, and I am not exaggerating or being dramatic when I say that!
Also, of course she’s cool, she’s from Philly.
I’m going to leave you with a super sweet video Victoria made for the fans. Bye, Amanda and Edie, I will miss you.
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1231353335111876610?s=20
**This week:** All I want is more Carina and Bishop.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Station 19
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 4, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-maya-and-carina/)
**Published:** March 2, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Maya and Carina only have a Facetime conversation and it's level 11 chemistry on Station 19 and I am very charmed by Syd on I Am Not Okay With This.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Maya and Carina only have a Facetime conversation and it’s level 11 chemistry on *Station 19*, and I am very charmed by *I Am Not Okay With This*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* – Season 7 Episode 4 “The Jimmy Jab Games II” \[Catch Up\]Jake is feeling like he’s not young, reckless and fun anymore, so he decides to throw an office competition. During the game, Rosa and Holt are being extra competitive and try to throw each other off their game.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1233880978831134721?s=20
My favorite thing about this show is it never gets too cheesy.
The prize for winning the game is a day off and Holt is trying to figure out why Rosa wants it so badly. He “hacks” her (public to everyone) calendar and concludes Rosa wants the day off to propose to her girlfriend Jocelyn.
Oops, Holt was way off the mark.
In the end, they both leave the game to take the day off, but now she’s no longer with Jocelyn I wonder what is next for Rosa’s romantic life.
*[I Am Not Okay With This](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-am-not-okay-with-this/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “The Party’s Over” \[Streaming\]Folx on the LezWatchTV Slack ([join us!](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)) were chatting positively about *I Am Not Okay With This* after it dropped on Netflix last week so I decided to give it a try. One day and a full-season binge later, I loved it!
A Slack member described it as:
> It’s giving me vibes from so many other shows I love (stranger things, booksmart, heroes, dead like me) all wrapped with a bow.
I would agree and also add *[Carrie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074285/)* (my favorite horror movie) to that list.
It’s an angsty queer teen with supernatural powers goodness, and at 20 minutes an episode, a very quick binge.
It’s very beautifully shot, and I love how the music sets the mood of the show. Also, Stan may be my favorite straight, cis, teen male character of all time.
If this sounds up your alley and you have a free weekend, I recommend you binge it!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “Ice Ice Baby” \[Live\] All I wanted last week was more Maya and Carina. What we got wasn’t high in quantity, but it was in quality.
All of Seattle was stuck in a snowstorm last week and of course, *Station 19* had a woman about to give birth trapped inside the firehouse. Who does Bishop call for help? Seattle’s favorite Orgasm Scientist/OBGYN, Carina DeLuca.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1233536398373933056?s=20
Maya and Carina had more chemistry on that Facetime call than Bishop has had with anyone she’s been with on the show. I don’t even know what is going to happen when they actually get together. I’ll have a defibrillator on hand for when that happens.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 17 “Truths and Dares” \[Live\] Alice/Sumi/Lindsay (no more Joey, because they broke up with Alice) drama was back this episode!
Alice decided to be a grown-up and let Sumi know it’s okay with her if she wants to date Lindsay. I thought that was a mature move on Alice’s part (until I found out it was more of Alice’s ridiculous game playing), but now she’s greeted by Sumi and Lindsay making our in her kitchen in the morning.
Meanwhile, at a show, a fan named Ruby seems to have taken an interest in getting to know Alice.
Ruby makes it clear she does not want to get into a relationship and just wants to have fun and goes home with Alice. They have a good time with great conversation plus more.
I’m glad Alice is getting laid at least.
The next morning, Alice tells Ruby she had fun and asks if she wanted to hang out again sometime. Ruby tells Alice she likes her a lot but reiterates she does not want to get into a relationship. She needs to stay single right now.
At another show, Lindsay is nervous because a scout from Comedy B TV will be in the audience. This is an opportunity to get on the Network as part of their diversity program. The show goes well except for the fact Lindsay stole some of Alice’s material.
Again Ruby is at the show too and joins Alice, Lindsay and Sumi’s table after it’s done.
It turns out Ruby is the scout from Comedy B TV.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1234246260950958080?s=20
Uh, oh! It’s Alice vs. Lindsay for a spot on the network. I’m sure Lindsay is not going to be nice about this and Alice having slept with Ruby will be an issue. We’ll see what happens!
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 4 Episode 6 “To Peg or Not to Peg” \[Live\] Lately, Kat has been trying to find a no-strings, friend with benefits situation. First, she tried dating a woman she had nothing in common with and was sure she wouldn’t catch feelings for (which I think is a little cruel) but that didn’t work. She started to like her so she called it off.
Then she hooked up with a dude thinking she would enjoy the sex without the feelings part. I really thought we were going to have a homoromantic/bisexual story arc and was ready for it because our website has those options for sexual orientation. But then she developed feelings for him too after she pegged him (I love a pegging scene).
At the end of the day, Kat realized she is bisexual and told Jane and Sutton is a really sweet scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1233918396997283842?s=20
I loved how supportive Jane and Sutton were and I’m grateful for more bi rep on TV.
**This Week:** *Steven Universe Future* starts their four-episode wrap up this Friday. 😢
**P.S.** More Maya and Carina, please!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Trouble, I Am Not Okay With This, Station 19, The Bold Type
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 9, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-thundergrace-wedding/)
**Published:** March 9, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A surprise Thundergrace wedding is interrupted by a war on Black Lightning, Maya and Carina are a lot on Station 19 and Alice stands up for herself on Good Trouble.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, a surprise Thundergrace wedding is interrupted by a war on *Black Lightning*. Maya and Carina are a lot on *Station 19*, and Alice stands up for herself on *Good Trouble*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 15 “The Book of War: Chapter Two” \[Live\]Anyssa and Grace have gotten closer this season than I thought they would to becoming the crime-fighting superhero girlfriends I’ve always wanted. We haven’t witnessed a ton of relationship buildup like queer fans like to see, but their relationship has gotten more solid.
It’s all been enjoyable, but I have to say, this surprised me.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1235000688142237696?s=20
I know the possibility of everyone dying in a war may make you have a YOLO attitude, but it feels way too early for a marriage proposal.
It looks like Jefferson and Lynn think that too by the looks on their faces.
But whatever, I love them and they’re really cute in their wedding outfits. I’m on board for a spontaneous Thundergrace wedding.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1237007260519448576?s=20
Of course, their surprise wedding is interrupted by Wayne Brady, but on [LezWatch Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/), [Carmel](https://twitter.com/itsjustCarmel) reminded us Arrowverse weddings take several attempts before they actually happen. Tonight is the *Black Lightning* season three finale, and we’ll find out if the Thundergrace wedding happens or not.
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 7 “Satellite of Love” \[Live\]Last week’s episode opened up with a “Multiple Couples Having Morning Sex” montage with Maya and Carina were in the mix.
I’m at a loss for words.
The rest of the episode goes on with the usual disaster porn, inner-station conflicts and Maya’s inability to get people to listen to her. In the end, Carina learns Maya had a bad day and brings her some lasagne to cheer her up.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1235946060880777218?s=20
I know Maya is not the relationship type, but I want this to be the only becoming girlfriends speedbump for these two. Carina is tough and won’t put up with foolishness like this for long.
Also, is this just a thing for certain people? Is a surprise visit at work early on in a relationship something that freaks people out?
I guess it’s like the equivalent of saying “I love you” or meeting parents too soon.
Either way, I would like Maya to calm down now and appreciate getting to date the hottest Orgasm Scientist in town!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 2 Episode 18 “Trap Heals” \[Live\] As predicted, Lindsay shadily dissuaded Alice from trying out for the Comedy B TV gig. Fortunately, Ruby clued Alice in on what Lindsay is actually up to, and in a rare moment of frustration, Alice stood up to them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1237011595743694848?s=20
I love it when Alice actually advocates for herself and is not her usual doormat self.
Looks like the big comedy showdown will happen in season three this Summer.
*[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “To Take a Hostage” \[Live\] My wife and I enjoy watching *Tommy*. Tommy is the level-headed New Yorker who uses common sense and good old-fashioned diplomacy to get out of every dangerous situation. I bet she could even talk COVID-19 into dormancy with her kind yet firm words of wisdom.
With the way things are in the real world right now, that is fine with us. We’ll take a lesbian chief of police with the superpower to fix anything with her words.
At the end of a long day of successfully talking down a hostage situation, Tommy has a date with Kiley, the sports reporter.
I was already turned off by the aggressive measures Kiley went to get Tommy’s info. But I figured maybe she liked the attention. However, meeting these friends of her’s sealed the dislike for me.
I would have rushed through the rest of dinner and ran out of there if I were Tommy. But that’s not how Tommy rolls. Tommy is honest, direct and to the point.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1237023881678016512?s=20
I love how she bluntly says, “There is no chemistry.” like I have said on Twitter for countless ships.
This conversation made me dislike Kiley even more because when someone tells you they only want to be friends and you counter every statement with “no” that is disrespectful. However, my gut is telling me this is going to be an “Opposites Attract” situation and they will be more than friends.
**This week:** Will the Thundergrace wedding happen tonight? Will Maya chill out at let Carina be her girlfriend? Is Tommy going to see Kiley again? I’ll be tuning in to find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Good Trouble, Station 19, Tommy
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 16, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-twenties-on-bet/)
**Published:** March 16, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Twenties on BET is the comedy with a queer lead we need in our lives and I give the weekly Station 19 #Marina report.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Twenties* on BET is the comedy with a queer lead we need in our lives, and I give the weekly *Station 19* #Marina report.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Born to Run” \[Live\]The [\#Marina #Station19](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23marina%20%23station19) report from last week is a short one.
The station all went through an extra-long shift, and before it was over, a truck took out a group of bikers and killed almost all of them. It was a rough day for Maya and the rest of the team, and when their shift ended at 8 am, most of them headed to the bar. Maya gave Dr. Carina a call.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1238947301911035904?s=20
It’s sweet that Maya had Carina come over first thing in the morning. I loved Carina being caring and supportive when she broke down, but I would like some fun, happy, new relationship energy times with them, too.
I hate when shows go right from meeting to conflict and skip over the exciting part of new relationships. I really hope this is not what they are going to be moving forward — all conflict and no fun.
I also want Bishop to pay Carina a visit at Grey Sloan and make this a true crossover relationship like Victoria and Jackson’s. Bishop needs to meet the Grey’s Queer Posse.
*[Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\]I’ve been looking forward to *Twenties* on BET since it was announced last year. [Lena Waithe wrote this semi-autobiographical series 10 years ago](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/03/arts/television/lena-waithe-twenties-bet.html) when she was in her 20s and we finally get to see it now.
The series centers around Hattie, a young, Whitney Houston-obsessed, charming mess lesbian and her two straight girl best friends.
Early on in the pilot, you learn Hattie is dating a girl named Lorraine and she just got evicted from her apartment. You also meet her mom who is not at all like the mom on *Master of None*.
Hattie is an unemployed aspiring TV writer. Her two besties Nia and Marie are further along in their careers, and Marie lets her crash at her place and helps her get an assistant job with a TV producer.
I loved all the characters and got sucked into the series immediately. I’m enjoying the experience of Lena Waithe doing comedy. The show is so clever and funny, and I love how it uses classic movie music and Whitney Houston to set the mood.
The show airs on Wednesday nights on BET. There are 3 shows so far and they are only 20-some minutes long so it’ll be quick to catch up.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1239247175319785474?s=20
**This week:** Regular *9-1-1* is back tonight. We’ll see what Hen and Ren are up to.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Station 19, Twenties
---
### ["The Bold Type" Keeps Season Four On It's Toes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-bold-type-keeps-season-four-on-its-toes/)
**Published:** March 18, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
I can’t believe we’ve come this far. But here we are with *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* season four, and its penultimate episode “5, 6, 7, 8” is a powerful message that ties in the overarching themes of this season.
A lot has happened this season, so let’s recap:
- Jaqueline lost her job, got it back, and is ‘taking a break’ from her husband. They’re both cheating on each other.
- Jane came to terms with her boyfriend cheating and her high-risk for breast cancer. Also [trouty-mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/) is her big brother.
- Sutton’s past is haunting her, and she pissed off Alice Knight ([Raven-Symoné](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/raven-symone/)) and Oliver, but hey! She’s getting married.
- Kat didn’t get elected, but is still trying to make political change. Also she’s officially bisexual!
- Adena is back and still as complicated as ever, but she too wants to make change.
And of course, it’s Adena which is why we’re here.
## Kat’s Biggest Influencer
The character of Adena is very odd. She’s not in a lot of episodes, and yet she impacts nearly every decision Kat makes. From running for office to taking on senior management to publish a story against conversion therapy, Adena changed Kat forever.
THE BOLD TYPE – “Stardust” – Jane is overjoyed when her brother Evan comes to town. Adena turns to Kat for help in dealing with RJ, which causes trouble between Kat and the board. Richard returns from San Francisco, allowing him and Sutton to dive into wedding plans. This episode of “The Bold Type” airs Thursday, March 12, at 9:00p.m. ET/PT on Freeform. (Freeform/Laurent Guerin) NIKOHL BOOSHERI, AISHA DEEWe met Kat as a somewhat entitled rich girl who seemed content to float through life without a real target or an identity. Then she met the political artist and her world upended. Kat started to care about things more, including Adena, and began a journey where she is now an activist who uses her privilege.
Would Kat have tried pegging if it was not for Adena? Would she have stood up for trans rep in the NYC marathon without Adena? Would she have even worked so closely with an ex were it not for Adena opening her soul and making her care?
## Speaking Of History…
One of the things I love about *The Bold Type* is that they tie in the history of their characters over and over again. In this season, they tie in every previous episode of the season as they climb to greater heights. In this season, there are a number of actions that come back to create the full arc.
In fact, this whole season has been about speaking up and speaking truths. The women of *The Bold Type* refuse to be muzzled and voice their feelings and desires. They experiment and sometimes they make mistakes about putting things up their vaginas (seriously, vagina-havers, they are not supposed to smell like cookie dough!).
And even when they lie to themselves, they take ownership of those lies and their friends keep them honest.
## Where Will It End?
Is everything really okay with Jane and Pinstripe? Will Sutton move to San Francisco with Richard? What about her relationship with Oliver? And will Kat be content to be *just* the social media director when she could be so much more?
THE BOLD TYPE – “5, 6, 7, 8” – Jane decides to throw Sutton an epic bachelorette party, but the bride can’t quite bring herself to enjoy it. Kat learns info about RJ, which leads her to question the company’s morals. Jane faces some devastating personal issues. This episode of “The Bold Type” airs Thursday, March 19, at 9:00p.m. ET/PT on Freeform. (Freeform/Jonathan Wenk) KATIE STEVENS, MEGHANN FAHY, AISHA DEENo matter what, we know that the girls will be together and support each other.
Check out this week’s *The Bold Type*. It’s magnificent.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
---
### [Queer Beats - March 13, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-march-13-2020/)
**Published:** March 13, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are all just trying to get through these crazy times by drowning ourselves in queer TV news.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we are all just trying to get through these crazy times by drowning ourselves in queer TV news.
## COVID-19 Cancellations
Okay let’s get this part out of the way before we focus on better news. Because of the worsening virus, many events have been getting cancelled or postponed in an effort to stop the spread. Here’s a quick overview of some of those events:
https://twitter.com/paleycenter/status/1237906239008407559?s=20
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1238225691755393025?s=20
https://twitter.com/WonderCon/status/1238176802406719488?s=20
https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1237903236381708290?s=20
https://twitter.com/MediumBuying/status/1238456940658917376?s=20
Okay, now back to our regularly scheduled programming!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Last week’s episode was a rough one for [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/), but [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) made sure to reach out to fans and remind us all that we are never alone.
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1237061684218363909?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
These two are in all sorts of drama on the show right now, but at least [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) is still giving us drama-free behind-the-scenes pics!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9o2e2HjYpY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Impulse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/impulse/)
Sadly, Impulse was not able to find another home for future seasons.
https://twitter.com/LaurenLeFranc/status/1237173060689473536?s=20
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The ODAAT cast recording Flip the Switch videos is my new favorite thing:
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1237400879030042631?s=20
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1238127288631398407?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
You know what *hasn’t* been cancelled? Station 19!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1237797352427130881?s=20
## [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
Does anyone else love Brooklyn/Sage as much as I do? There’s no word on a season two yet but the official Twitter is thankfully continuing to post behind-the-scenes videos with our faves.
https://twitter.com/UtopiaFallsTV/status/1238086208317685761?s=20
## [Vagrant Queen](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10394778/)
I hope everyone is getting ready for SYFY’s new show, Vagrant Queen, featuring [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)‘s own Tim Rozon!
https://twitter.com/SYFY/status/1237064631153295360?s=20
## [Y: The Last Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8042500/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0)
[Elliot Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-fletcher/) has been added as a series regular on this new FX drama based on a comic book series!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1238152803685556227?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Impulse, One Day at a Time, Riverdale, Station 19, The Bold Type, Utopia Falls, Vagrant Queen, Y: The Last Man
---
### [First Look at Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/first-look-at-motherland-fort-salem/)
**Published:** March 11, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If warrior witches and a feminist dystopia is your kind of show, check out Motherland: Fort Salem.
**Content:**
The premise is an interesting one. In a dark and dystopian timeline, witches are not only real but they made a treaty with the burgeoning nation of the United States. With the aid of the supernatural, the revolution was won because of the power of witches.
Three hundred years later, society is led by women, but it comes at a price.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for an upcoming series.
## The Sacrifices of Daughters
In this world all witches, who bear the mark, must report to Fort Salem for training as the most powerful military force known to the world. There are legacies, witches who have served for generations since the accord was made, and there are the witches who live in the free states and volunteer. There are the enlisted who’d rather be anywhere else, and those who will sacrifice everything for their fellow witch.
But America isn’t the only country who has enlisted the supernatural, and no one is safe. Not all born witches want to be warriors after all. The Spree takes up arms against the status quo to be free, and who is right and who is wrong is a far more complicated answer than it looks.
## Empowerment
One of the main characters is, in fact, a lesbian. And guess what? It’s 100% accepted as normal, because it is. It’s simply another factor of who she is, and it’s not a concern at all. In fact, sex is normal and all the women are sexually empowered, taking ownership of what they want and who they want to be. That said, they’re also young adults, and make all the mistakes you’d expect them to make.
Of the four main young women, three are roommates and one is a love interest who is so, so much more.
Abigail Bellweather is the latest in a long line of famous Bellweathers. Abigail has to learn that the world she’s been destined to join isn’t as easy or as clear as she thought it was.
Sweet and naive Tally Craven is Abigail’s roommate. She could have avoided the war, being from the free states, but volunteered out of idealism and responsibility.
The third roommate is Rae Collar, our lesbian and unwilling warrior, gives us a complexity of a soldier who feels obligated to fight but harbours resentment over her mother’s death.
And then there’s Scylla Ramshorn, an older student … or is she? Scylla and Rae meet early on and strike up a friendship that rapidly becomes much more than that. Syclla will have to decide who is right and who is wrong, and who is worth fighting for.
As for the adults … Well Lyne Renee and her cheekbones steal every scene as General Sara Alder. And when you find out what is sacrificed for her, you’ll remember magic has a price.
## *Yes*, It’s Queer!
Now look, I know some people looked at this photo and thought “They must be queer baiting.” Trust me, they’re not. You’re going to get what you want, folks.
MOTHERLAND FORT SALEM Freeforms Motherland Fort Salem stars Taylor Hickson as Raelle Collar and Amalia Holm as Scylla FreeformFrank OckenfelsIs the relationship simple and easy? No it’s not. The show has a world at war and the women are in the military academy. Rae has a lot of baggage, but Scylla has an equally dark and complex backstory as well. Their histories are told and retold over the first five episodes in ways that make you question who is right and who is wrong.
We’re getting a complicated, messy, love story where the issue isn’t that they create obstacles for themselves, but that the world has built walls between them. Will Rae and Scylla break the walls down or will they be crushed? I don’t know yet, but I’m absolutely popping some corn to find out!
## Is This For You?
Let’s be honset here. The show is a little over the top. It’s a great match for a show like *[Siren](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/siren/)*, and that’s a show I slept on until it was almost too late. Being a fantasy, they’re not beholden to any pseudoscience that disrupts your immersion. While it never quite steps into *Xena* or *Legends* levels of campy, it’s not as serious as it might be on HBO. What it is, is fun. There’s humorous and darkness, a lot of teenagers being idiots and making bad choices, and witches.
Putting this simply, they have a *great* premise. And I won’t lie I love that it’s a total matriarchy which was something I didn’t realize I wanted quite so much. Heck, I went most of an episode without hearing a single male voice. You may not realize how rare that is, but even on *Supergirl* we don’t get women monopolizing the screen time that much.
If you like supernatural stuff, women empowerment, lesbian witches, and complex characters, then you should check out *Motherland: Fort Salem* next week on Freeform.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxC_UpC0iyk
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Motherland: Fort Salem
---
### [Queer Beats - March 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-march-6-2020/)
**Published:** March 6, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, all we truly want to talk about is the Station 19, Grey's, and Vida casts.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, all we truly want to talk about is the Station 19, Grey’s, and Vida casts.
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
We all *unofficially* knew this was coming but now it’s official. Almost Family is cancelled and our last goodbye to Amandie was a final one.
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1234621351295627270?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I am VERY INTO [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) and [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/) so I feel blessed by this picture:
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1234566488377290752?s=20
## [Beacon Hill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/beacon-hill-series/)
Fans of Beacon Hill will be excited to hear that [Crystal Chappell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/crystal-chappell/) and [Marem Hassler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marem-hassler/) will be at QFX East in May!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1234908000290312192?s=20
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1234910007642263557?s=20
## [The Brides](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11209990/)
So, this show doesn’t technically have any *confirmed* queerness in it but, it’s about a female vampire who keeps an “unconventional” family with other women AND Berlanti Productions is involved. I think it’s fair to say that there could be some queerness involved.
https://twitter.com/jetgirl78/status/1234877154929889282?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
I’m not crying at this picture of a teeny [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/), YOU ARE!
https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1234157604613439489?s=20
Speaking of Rosa, her (ex?) girlfriend was played by [Cameron Esposito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cameron-esposito/) and Cameron is putting out a book! Guaranteed to be very queer!
https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/1234599923452014592?s=20
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Less than two months out from these two coming back into our lives:
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1233444502213398529?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Jamie Clayton was on the Alleged NYC Podcast this week!
https://twitter.com/MsJamieClayton/status/1234924385263181825?s=20
## [The Last of Us](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_Us)
So this video game is great and also queer 👀
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1235849357238231041?s=20
## [The Magicians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-magicians/)
Sadly, this year’s season of The Magicians will be the last.
https://twitter.com/damianholbrook/status/1234872155168550913?s=20
## [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
I don’t watch [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) or Station 19 but I am already excited to read [Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)‘s recap of it because of these two:
https://twitter.com/brightcallisto/status/1233462654720712704?s=20
## [Steven Universe Future](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe-future/)
I’m certainly *not* happy to report this but the end is near for Steven Universe Future.
https://twitter.com/CNschedules/status/1234284760672894981?s=20
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
[Robin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/robin-2/) is confirmed for the next season of Stranger Things!
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I honestly couldn’t think of a better way to end my post this week than a section where the entire Vida cast looks super hot. I mean, come on. [Roberta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) and [Mishel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) acting out the Grease dance? WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN THIS?
https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems/status/1234100220461551618?s=20
LOOK AT THEM!
https://twitter.com/STARZPR/status/1234663418721755137?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Beacon Hill The Series, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cameron Esposito, Grey's Anatomy, Jamie Clayton, Killing Eve, Meagan Tandy, Station 19, Steven Universe Future, Stranger Things, The Magicians, Vida
---
### [It's Time for a Titular Check](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/its-time-for-a-titular-check/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're past just needing more main character representation. It's time to get titular, fam.
**Content:**
The other day I was talking to my wife about the UK buddy cop series, *[Scott & Bailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scott-bailey/)*, which stars two actresses I greatly admire. I mentioned that I enjoyed the series so much in part because it was a show where the titular characters were women, and yet everything else was a normal cop show. It was just turned slightly to be female first.
It got me thinking, though, about how all I really wanted out of television was for the same stories we’ve always been told, but to be turned slightly. [*One Day at a Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)(which I’ve watched more times than I can count) is exactly that. It’s a reboot with one important aspect changed.
And yet as we improve in our representation, as we get more and more shows with positive, leading role, representation, I’ve begun to see that we’re lacking in a very important, titular, way.
## What is Titular Anyway?
Putting aside jokes about boobs, titular simply means that the title is named for the star. Some examples of titular shows are ones you probably know and enjoy. *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* is a titular show, so is *Magnum, P.I.* and *[MacGyver](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/macgyver/)*. In fact, if you look at a number of popular shows in the 80s and 70s, you’d see a lot. *Starksey & Hutch*, *Scarecrow & Mrs. King*, *Columbo*, *Cagney & Lacey*.
For cop shows in particular, a buddy cop or a solo cop is generally given a title for their name. *Walker: Texas Ranger*. The same is true of non-ensemble lawyer shows like *[Matlock](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/matlock/)* or *[Janet King](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/janet-king/)*. When you have a show that revolves around a single person, it’s common to name the show after them.
Of course, there are exceptions like [*Diagnosis Murder* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/diagnosis-murder/)or *Seal Team* which both are vehicles for their stars (Dick Van Dyke and David Boreanaz respectfully). There are of course shows that are ensembles and named for them like *Scorpion* and ones like *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* which is clearly centred around Meredith but is very much an ensemble.
## Is Titularity Important?
With so many possibilities, it stands to reason that people don’t think having a show be named for the main character is important anymore. Does it really matter what *[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* is named when it headlines Christine Baranski? I feel that it does for two important reasons.
The first reason is that it’s about time. Look, we’ve had a hundred shows in the US where the show is named after the main character. Every single superhero show is named for the star or the team. *[The Defenders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-defenders/)*? Check. *[Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)*? Check. Equality is something we should strive for, but also by having that equal representation we get to my second reason.
Attention.
Both *[Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)* and *[Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tommy/)* started this year, and both have main characters who are queer. However in *Deputy*, Bex Taylor-Klaus’ [Bishop](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brianna-bishop/) is not a focal point every episode. Her recent coming out as non-binary and subsequent relationship troubles are important and addressed in the show, but they are clearly secondary to her boss, Bill Hollister, and even his daughter’s quince. *Tommy* on the other hand is about [Abigail “Tommy” Thomas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tommy-thomas/). There’s no way you can watch the show and focus on anything else. She is the primary character, and everyone else’s plots wrap around her. They exist to service her character growth.
Having a queer character be the ultimate core of a television show means you can’t look away. Without Tommy, the show falls apart. Without Bishop, the queers will walk away but the show will move on. Attention begets eyes, and eyes means people see that they, as queers, can be the spotlight.
## On Beyond Titular
There’s one other aspect of titularity that is often overlooked. Now I could throw a bunch of numbers at you to talk about this. Like right now, 10% of all TV shows on air in the United States that have *any* queer characters are named for the main character. If that’s extended to the primary team or group (i.e. *Grey’s Anatomy* or *The Simpsons*) that jumps to 23%.
And none of that is the point. Not even the point is that every single CW show on air right now has a queer regular character (I am aware of how problematic *Supernatural* is). Nor is the point that Freeform just had the most awesome love story between two men as their Valentine’s Day movie of 2020. It’s not even that
The point is that I can still count, on one hand, the number of titular shows that star a queer actor as a queer character. And right now, only one is on air: *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*. A year ago, we had two (*[Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/)* and *Batwoman*). Before that, we jump back to *Ellen*.
We laud (as well we should) shows like *Pose* for bringing in queer actors to play the diverse and complex characters. We congratulate (again, we should) *The L Word: Generation Q* for correcting many of the missteps of much maligned misrepresentation in the original.
Even if I take away the requirement to be titular, we still aren’t where we should be. For hard boiled detectives, yes we have *Stumptown*, but imagine if it had been named “Parios, PI” instead? Where’s our queer *Veronica Mars* or *Wynonna Earp*? Sure, the latter has amazing queer rep, but the star is and always will be Wynonna, not Waverly.
We’re past just needing raw representation. It’s time to get titular.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Tommy
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### [Queer Beats - February 28, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-february-28-2020/)
**Published:** February 28, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Vicki Cartagena said goodbye to Amanda, Caity Lotz directed LoT, and ATYPICAL WAS RENEWED!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Vicki Cartagena said goodbye to Amanda, Caity Lotz directed LoT, and ATYPICAL WAS RENEWED!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
In case you missed [Tracy’s recap](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-almost-family-series-finale/), Almost Family ended this weekend. Although I am super sad to see Amandie go, I was grateful for the way they wrapped up the storyline. And I’m even more grateful for the time we all got to spend getting to know [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/)! She left this message for Amandie fans before the finale:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1231353335111876610?s=20
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Well, this news feels like a giant weight has been lifted off my shoulders! Atypical was renewed for a fourth (and final) season which means we will officially get more Cazzie content. I don’t know about y’all, but considering our history with Netflix, I really did not think we would be getting a new season. BUT THANK GOD WE ARE!
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1231957112546189314?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Kate Kane opened her bar this week on Batwoman and the writers tweeted out this flyer:
https://twitter.com/BatwomanWriters/status/1230933336748482560?s=20
## [Gentefied](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentefied/)
The new Netflix show, Gentefied, premiered last Friday and one of the main female characters is queer and in an interracial relationship. Be sure to check it out!
I also want to pay a quick tribute to Camila Concepción, who was a prominent trans and Latina activist and a writer on this show. Sadly, she passed away last week, before the show premiered. It is never easy to lose a member our LGBTQ+ community, but Linda Yvette Chávez, one of the show’s creators, posted this loving tribute to Camila and reminds us of all the good she did while she was here with us:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B85oOIIgc4r/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Always remember that you are not alone and the National Suicide Prevention Hotline is always there when you need it: 1-800-273-8255.
## [Harley Quinn](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7658402/)
I’m always skeptical of this kind of news but, in the following interview, the showrunner of ‘Harley Quinn’ teases that Harley and Poison Ivy were not together in season one *only* because they were not in good mental spaces at the time. Hopefully this means we get to see the iconic couple together in season two.
https://twitter.com/The_GWW/status/1230868052561915904?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Good news for all us [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) fans. She had her directorial debut this week with Legends of Tomorrow and her episode *kicked ass*. Many news outlets covered this milestone and now we are blessed with loads of Caity content to read through:
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1232320254447144960?s=20
https://twitter.com/caitylotzarmy/status/1232000350523142145?s=20
https://twitter.com/TheMarySue/status/1232394839267766273?s=20
## [Love, Victor](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10166602/)
\*insert eye roll here\*
Disney+ has apparently decided that their Love, Simon spin-off was not “family friendly” enough for their platform so it is now moving to Hulu. I’m a bit confused about what they thought they were getting when they originally green-lit the project, but whatever. Here’s to hoping we will get some queer women or trans characters on the new platform.
https://twitter.com/AttitudeMag/status/1232237746321809408?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
A great to end this post and your week! Melissa Benoist posted this music video featuring the entire cast of Supergirl. It is super cute and includes all our favorites!
https://twitter.com/luthormcgra/status/1230912833329729538?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Atypical, Batwoman, Caity Lotz, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Victoria Cartagena
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### [Queer Beats - February 21, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-february-21-2020/)
**Published:** February 21, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Steph Beatriz fangirled over Dan Levy, Netflix dropped two new queer trailers, and we finally got a new Vida trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Steph Beatriz fangirled over Dan Levy, Netflix dropped two new queer trailers, and we finally got a new Vida trailer!
## [9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)
Can y’all believe we live in a time where where two trans men ([Leo Sheng](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leo-sheng/) and [Brian Michael Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brian-michael-smith/)) are playing lead characters on TV shows? WELL YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!
https://twitter.com/iLeoSheng/status/1230030320730173440?s=20
## [Acacias 38](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/acacias-38/)
The stars of Acacias 38 argued over their ship name:
https://twitter.com/JustBeeCharmer/status/1228133968349974533?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
As a major B99 *and* Schitt’s Creek fan, nothing made me happier this week than seeing these two fangirl over each other:
https://twitter.com/SchittsCreek/status/1229892482621722624?s=20
## [Feel Good](https://www.netflix.com/title/80241545)
Netflix dropped two new trailers this week for new shows that will include queer content. The first one is Feel good, which is a semi-autobiographical story about a wlw couple.
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1229790172650192896?s=20
## [I Am Not Okay With This](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9446688/)
The second Netflix trailer to drop this week for a show with queer characters is…
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1229421153636085765?s=20
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
I thought we already knew this but… [Rosario Dawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosario-dawson/) officially came out as bisexual! Yay, Rosario!
https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1229659472135507970?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
[Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/) received an Upstander Award at HRC’s Time to Thrive Conference:
https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1228536914682269697?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Nicole Maines *also* received HRC’s Upstander Award this week. Give all our favorite trans actresses *all* the awards, please and thank you!
https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1229518383055540225?s=20
And it looks like some of our favorite SG actors had fun with the SG instagram filter this week…
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
A NEW VIDA TRAILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1229783881580048384?s=20
Speaking of, our Vida and [ODAAT](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) queens are looking for Latinx TV pilots. Submit yours to The Black List now!
https://twitter.com/theblcklst/status/1229898680007675904?s=20
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
I have to admit, I don’t watch Westworld. However, I am tempted to watch literally anything that Tessa Thompson is in and *especially* when she is getting her face caressed by another woman.
https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1230546431951474688?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Lone Star, Acacias 38, Brian Michael Smith, Feel Good, I Am Not Okay With This, Jamie Clayton, Leo Sheng, Nicole Maines, Rosario Dawson, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, Vida, Westworld
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### ["These Thems" are Funny Like Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/these-thems-are-funny-like-us/)
**Published:** February 26, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're all trying to be who we are today. These Themes is a queer comedy dropping Feb 27th that will help you navigate how to identify when everyone wants to shove you in the wrong box.
**Content:**
You always hear people complaining that we can’t tell funny jokes anymore, or that being politically correct sucks the life out of humor. *[These Thems](http://www.thesethems.com/)* destroys that notion and manages to be educational and hilarious at the same time.
Filled with zingers worthy of the snappiest CW series, *These Thems* is a fun new series by Gretchen Wylder which tackles the complex world of being queer and trying to teach the straights a thing or two. In the series, four friends navigate New York City, coming out, learning about who they are and what they like and how they want to identify.
I talked to Gretchen about her series, the real life behind it, burlesque, *The L Word*, Tanya Saracho, and had basically the most laugh-a-minute interview ever.
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**Mika:** I’ve had the pleasure of actually watching your entire series already. I loved it! At first I was wondering, where is this going, and then it just became so much fun to go through this journey with all the characters. What was your inspiration for this series?
**Gretchen:** The direct inspiration was, I really wanted to put my energy into creating something that would benefit my community. I’ve been an actor for almost 2 decades and, honestly, I started writing the show the day after Trump was elected.
**Mika:** I can feel that.
**Gretchen:** I was at a place where the only thing that I can feel I can do to bring change is to create something that will make the world a better place for the people that I love the most.
**Mika:** I honestly think that you achieved that. So many of the situations that the characters face, they’re relatable because we’ve been there. That first scene with the explanations about non-binary and I sat there going “Yes! This is what our life is like all the time!” How did you manage to balance what we all see as the hilarious insanity of having to explain this over and over again, with the fact that we’re actually talking about something that’s serious?
**Gretchen:** I think the best way to educate is through humour. That was really important to me. I never wanted the show to feel like someone was being preached to, I didn’t want the show to feel like it was a boring lesson. It took me many many many re-writes and table reads in front of various New York audiences, to make sure the humour landed. A lot of it just based in reality. I’m sure a lot of us have had these conversations with people who aren’t queer, being like “this is this and this is this”. I think a lot of the humour just kind of lies in the reality of having to educate people.
Mika: At the same time there were a lot of \_almost\_ queer caricatures, just enhanced aspects of the queerness that we all know in love. There’s some people I felt they weren’t over the top, but they felt like they were attempting to be humorously \_near\_ the top. Was it difficult to balance the realistic representations without making them be laughed at, instead of having them be laughed with?
**Gretchen:** All of that credit goes toward my co stars and my director, Jett Garrison. One of my favourite things when I watched the show is just how beautifully nuanced everyone’s performances are. So much of that was Jett bringing that out of people and allowing us to play on set. And also because the characters are represented accurately. It’s just like we have a tap into our own humour, our own life experience. It didn’t even really feel so much like, “Oh, I’m playing a part a part” — it was “Oh, this is a version of me. This is something I’ve experienced.” Fortunately my costars and Jett and our producer, Sophia Clark, and pretty much everybody who worked on this, is a lovely person who has a great sense of humour. It just felt so natural because it is pulled from our natural life experience, really.
**Mika**: Of the characters, Vero carries so much of the emotional weight for the whole series. Halfway through it was jokingly thinking of Vero as sort of like the queer Jesus — “Everyone is going to come to me and I will explain all the things.”
**Gretchen:** \[laughter\] Sure! That’s funny!
**Mika:** It’s funnier when you realize I’m Jewish and you know my understanding of lesbian Jesus is very vague. Was it intentional to always have them be the centrepiece to be the guiding — “I’m gonna make all the things happen from the centrepiece of Vero.”?
**Gretchen:** There’s a fine line that I had to tread here because the cast is really intersectional, as we can see. Vero is the only character that was written as a person of colour. I think the backbone of our community are queer people of colour. They always have been specifically — I mean, pride itself was started because of black trans women — it was really important to me to make the character of Vero someone who was the creator of change in this series. So the person to kind of bring the world’s together.
At the same time, it is tricky, because that is a real struggle that queer people of colour have to deal with — where they do a lot of the emotional labor and are expected to educate, even when it’s never their job to educate someone else. That’s why it was also really important to me to address that specifically in episode three, where my character and Vero are talking. I directly address my privilege, Vero and I have a few lines of dialogue around it, and then the conversation concludes with “Not everyone is down to educate, you dig?” “Not everyone is down to educate, you dig?”
Vero also was inspired by my good friend Ellie Contant who passed away three years ago, and she was a big lesbian party promoter in New York City. She was so passionate about bridging the gap between the queer community. I kind of imagined Vero, like, what would Ellie’s energy possibly be like? What would she have been doing with her life, had she been around still? Vero to me is very much is grounded in that bridging the world’s energy.
**Mika:** It’s really lovely how much thought goes into comedy. Everybody says, “Oh, comedy, it’s got to be easy.” It’s insanely hard to talk about this stuff and you were very successful in telling these jokes without any sort of punching down going on. I never thought anyone was the butt of a joke. Well, not anybody queer. There might have been moments where I thought. Yeah, that’s the joke we’ve all made about everybody. What is your favourite scene in this whole series?
**Gretchen:** Oh, my God! You’re going to ask me that?
**Mika:** Yeah, I’m gonna ask that one because I have so many scenes that are some of my favourites, that I can still visualize. I want to know what stuck with you while you’re making this.
**Gretchen:** Oh, my God. Okay, well, you know …
**Mika:** I know they’re all your favourite child. It’s okay.
**Gretchen:** It’s so true. Well, as I’m marinating on that, I would like to say thank you for acknowledging that there isn’t any punching down. That was very intentional. It was also very intentional that nobody came across as a villain. Not any of the queer people, not any of the great people. Even though there are straight characters that learn their lessons, same with some of the queer characters in the show, you know, people mess up and learn their lessons. Nobody is vilified. And that was very important to me.
**Mika:** It absolutely came across.
**Gretchen:** Cool. Thank you. Okay, favourite scene, you know. Oh, my God.
**Mika:** It can’t be the favourite to film, the most difficult to work on…
**Gretchen:** You know, honestly, I love the burlesque number in the Club Cumming episode. “Listen to my pussy.”
**Mika:** \[laughter\] I had it playing audibly in my office because I was only one there when that song came up. I’m like, “I better put headphones on now, or I’ll have some explaining to do.”
**Gretchen:** \[laughter\] I love that moment because, first of all, that was like the most chaotic day to film. We had such a short amount of time in that space, and the whole burlesque number was filmed in 45 minutes.
**Mika:** Whoa!
**Gretchen:** The whole, yeah.
**Mika:** The whole thing?
**Gretchen:** Not the whole episode, the whole like before—
**Mika:** Oh yeah! I’ve seen actual tapings. I know how long these things take.
**Gretchen:** We got down to the wire and we were like, “All right, let’s slap some red lipstick on or put her and a dress and let’s move it.” It was super chaotic, but I love that moment because I love the character of Gretchen’s trajectory, from seeing her go from really insecure and confused and kind of sexually repressed, to then seeing this super liberated, completely life take over the top flirty sexual creature and embracing it and not feeling shame around it. Plus, it was really fun to just like, you know, be a tart.
**Mika:** Did you write that song?
**Gretchen:** I did not write that song. Natalie Tenenbaum is an incredible composer. She has worked with Tina Fey on the *Mean Girls* musical. She’s legit. And \[her and\] Kevin Wanzor did the music for that. I reached out to the two of them and said “This is where my character story is going. Do you have any ideas?” And they came back to me with “What if we do a song called ‘Listen To My Pussy’?” and I was like “My mother might die. I love this idea so much.” The two songs in the show, I did not write, and that’s pretty much like the only stuff that I didn’t write.
**Mika:** I was wondering, “Can \[Gretchen\] do music writing as well? How amazing that this \[series\] gonna get?”
**Gretchen:** Maybe one day!
**Mika:** Maybe one day! So a lot of early web series were done in this traditional like vlogging style. Like even *[Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)*, which is one of the more famous early web series, you were always right in front of a camera and somebody was recording. Did you ever consider doing something like that, or was this always “No, I’m gonna go out and be basically a regular television series just on a web series.”
**Gretchen:** You know, when I first started crowdfunding for this almost two years ago, I had no idea — This is my first film project. I had never done anything outside of the stage. I kind of thought it would be really low budget. Like camcorder feel. I just wanted to get these stories out there. I had no idea it would look as beautiful as it ended up looking. Once word got out about the show, and I did four table readings of the script as I was in the process of of rewrites, and during that time people just gravitated toward the project. I barely had to —that’s not true, I hustled a lot. Fortunately, the people who were drawn to the project were people that were really excited about it and passionate about it and wanted it to look as good as possible. Our crew is incredible, the production team is incredible. People really put their all into something, and nobody got paid what they should have been — what they deserve. The hope for future seasons is that people actually get paid money for creating the art that helped heal the world.
**Mika:** I am well versed with the difficulty of paying people with their worth for queer content. You know, you answered my next question, which was gonna be about your previous experience with filmmaking and cinematography because I walked into this thinking, “Oh, she must have done hundreds. I bet there’s stuff I’m missing.” This is your first film project that’s insane. Talk about hitting a home run in your first at bat!
**Gretchen:** Thank you. Honestly, I’ve always been of the mind set of go big or go home. I’ve been an actor for almost two decades, doing mostly musical theatre, and I knew that if I was gonna crowdfund, if I was gonna put my energy and time and everything into something, that I wanted it to be as great as it could be. No moment of this has been easy! It’s been the most difficult experience of my life for sure. There were many times along the path where I was like, “Oh, shit. I should have just made a short instead! What I’m doing?” But it’s .. if someone had told you how hard it was gonna be when you started, you never would have started in the first place. It was definitely that experience. By the time I was in it in the middle of it, it was already too late to turn around.
**Mika:** It absolutely worked. And I watch a lot of web series made by a totally varying skill level of producers. Everybody has the same heart, that they all really want to tell the stories we’re not seeing. That’s actually a lot of why we made LezWatch.TV, we wanted to make it easier for people to find these shows, to see themselves and find things. Can you remember when you first or if you ever saw someone that made you think “Hey, wait, that that’s more me.”
**Gretchen:** You know, *[The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)* was really powerful for me. As many faults as it has, it was the first time I saw representation of lesbians. But that being said, I identify now as a queer femme, \[and\] like the character of Gretchen in the show, I tend to date more masc presenting queer folk. So, butch lesbians, more masc non binary people, trans men. That really is not shown much in media at all. That was really important to me as I was creating this, I was like, damn what would have been easier for me when I was a teenager? I wish I could’ve turned on the TV or YouTube or whatever, seen someone having experiences like mine. You know, “Oh, I feel seen.” Here’s a feminine presenting, lesbian queer, identified woman who is having sexy, fun, interesting relationships with masc of centre people.
**Mika:** Have you seen *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*?
**Gretchen:** Yeah! I love *Vida*!
**Mika:** You described that and I was like “That sounds like season two of *Vida*!”
**Gretchen:** You know what? You’re so right. Yes. I love *Vida* and Tanya Saracho has been a really big supporter of *These Thems* actually.
**Mika:** She is great to have in your corner. I love her.
**Gretchen:** Yeah, she’s incredible and super inspirational. I look up to her a lot and I absolutely love that show.
**Mika:** I mean, if you say *Vida*, then you’re also saying that the first time you saw yourself was last year, and that’s crazy!
**Gretchen:** Right! We already filmed by that point, too. Absolutely. It’s totally crazy.
**Mika:** If you were given the chance, would you do *These Thems* all over again for traditional linear streaming media like Netflix or Hulu or CBS even … you might have trouble with them with a pussy song on CBS, though.
**Gretchen:** Listen, if I’m dreaming big here I would love — it would be great to end up on HBO, it would be great to wind up on Showtime and be great to wind up on a network where you know, we can get it good funding to tell these queer stories and to really blow out the world. To give more characters, more arcs, like, really, really expand the world in a big way. I would love to go that or, aside from that, like on the opposite side of the coin, I would love to go the *EastSiders* route, which was a web series that then got picked up. I would love to be able to do that, too, and for us to just plop our first season down on Netflix or Hulu or Freeform or whoever and for them to then fund our future seasons. You know, if HBO comes knocking and is like, “We want to refilm this.” I’d be like, “Great. Yes, thank you. It sounds good.”
**Mika:** It really does. I’m looking forward to when more things are on *television* television as opposed to … I’m trying to frame YouTube, because I still consider it television because I’m watching a whole series on YouTube or Vimeo wherever and it’s complete and its television. It’s just smaller streams. And I think that there’s always going to be a place for that. No matter how many amazing shows get moved over to traditional television, we’re gonna have this space where indie people are gonna want to get started. You think you’re doing the festival circuit right now? Is that right?
**Gretchen:** Yeah, we’ve been on the festival circuit. We had our world premiere at Inside Out. We just did the first episode there. We wrapped filming in December of 2018. So we really quickly started postproduction. We had our first episode ready, we did Inside Out. Then we screened the first three at Outfest LA.
**Mika:** Ah I missed that!
**Gretchen:** It was a blast!
**Mika:** It was the same weekend as \[San Diego\] Comic-Con. I was a little bit torn.
**Gretchen:** Yeah, for sure. Since then we’ve been screening mostly the full series at film festivals.
**Mika:** Where and when can people find the show? Because I know I’ve seen the whole thing, but not everybody has.
**Gretchen:** Will be dropping on YouTube on the OML channel. That has 500,000 subscribers right now. The date will be February 27th! You can go to [www.TheseThems.com](http://www.thesethems.com/) to watch or straight to Youtube at [www.youtube.com/onemorelesbian](http://www.youtube.com/onemorelesbian)
**Mika:** Asked this just in time.
**Gretchen**: Yeah, really! \[…\] we’re going to be dropping episodes on a weekly roll out with our finale corresponding with ClexaCon, which is super fun.
**Mika:** Are you going to be at ClexaCon?
**Gretchen:** Yes. The whole dream team will be there.
**Mika:** Oh, well, that’s gonna be great, because one of your actors is one of my favourite people to see all the time on television.
**Gretchen:** Oh, Vico?
**Mika:** All over the place. I’m watching trailers for new shows and I go “That’s Vico!”
**Gretchen:** I know, they’re a star.
**Mika:** They’re jumping right now. It’s amazing. Well, I will be at ClexaCon, and I will absolutely be thrilled to see there. Is there anything you really want to make sure people know about this show that I haven’t asked or just something that really makes the show. Besides “Listen to my Pussy,” which is now gonna just be like, that song was stuck in my head for days and now it’s back.
**Gretchen:** Awesome! Happy to be of cervix. \[laughter\]
**Mika:** \[laughter\] Oh that was great!
**Gretchen:** I hope that people can sense the love. I hope the people know that. above all else, this was made to bring education and positive representation to our community through a humorous lens and through a really loving, happy story line. Where we see young adult queer people leading happy, successful, fulfilling lives which, you know, is possible. And so it was important to have that represented in this.
**Mika:** And I have to ask the question that everybody hates but what are you working on next?
**Gretchen:** I am outlining season two, with hopes that some some fancy producer will see this. And I’ll be able to line up a pitch meeting with the hopes of selling the show. I’m also working on a one woman show that I have plans to put up in the spring or in Los Angeles.
**Mika:** Well, great. I will hope to be able to tell everybody where to catch your show when that comes out to Thank you so much. Gretchen. You were a a dream to talk to.
**Gretchen:** Oh, thanks. Same.
---
If you like original music, burlesque, and struggling queers finding themselves in this world, you’ll find that *These Thems* was made for you. You can watch it tomorrow! So don’t wait, go watch!
> It’s like a tomato. Is it a fruit, is it a vegetable?
In the end, we’re all these thems.
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** These Thems
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### [Ally Johnson’s “Butch Pal” Wants to Change the World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/ally-johnsons-butch-pal-wants-to-change-the-world/)
**Published:** February 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Because lesbians can do makeovers, too.
**Content:**
If you’re reading this right now, chances are you’ve heard of the show *Queer Eye*. And have you asked the question “Why has a female makeover show never existed?”
*[Butch Pal for the Straight Gal](https://butchpalseries.com)* is a mockumentary comedy series about the first-ever queer female makeover show. But it also so much more than that, because instead of relying on queer tropes and stereotypes, *Butch Pal* aims to change how we see ourselves, each other, and in fact where we see reflections of ourselves.
I spoke with creator and star Ally Johnson about what *Butch Pal* really is, what it’s really about, and how it’s going to change the world.
No. Really!
## It’s Non-Reality Reality
Unlike a classic mockumentary, *Butch Pal* takes the fourth wall head on. A traditional reality TV show rarely steps behind the scenes, giving you their alterna-crafted universe. Instead, *Butch Pal* pulls back the curtain, giving you a taste of what it would be like **if** we had this show.
> I wanted to make a show within a show. A comedy about what the female version \[of Queer Eye\] would be like \[…\] Any time I looked at talk online about what the female version would be, it usually came with a great string of jokes like, “Oh yeah we’ll just have a bunch of lesbians telling a straight girl to throw out her makeup and give her a rescue dog.”
>
> I wanted to find a space where both of us could live, where we *are* making people’s lives better and are teaching good values and female empowerment and self love, and all those good and important things that women need to be hearing right now but also telling that story in this comedic context.
>
> Giving it a little bit of a comedic spin allows us to have both of those things exist within the same space. You get to have fun with it, you get to poke a little fun at reality show and at those queer stereotypes, and also have an empowering message for women.
>
> Ally Johnson
## On Beyond Sterotypes
One of the biggest concerns anyone has about shows like this is that they devolve into punching down, where we’re making fun of the queerness. Instead of that, *Butch Pal* is making fun of our own preconceived notions of what each archetype of a makeover TV ‘character’ should be.
> \[I\] went with the dichotomy. I went the opposite of what you might expect for each of the expertises. For example, the grooming expert is Tegan who is the quote-unquote “granola” lesbian. She’s a little bit of a hippie, she doesn’t shower a whole lot, she’s all natural, she barely puts on makeup, and she doesn’t have a lot of hair products.
>
> That’s the person I thought would be great for a grooming expert because she would be teaching most women to scale it back rather than glam it up. I really thought that was a cool opposition for the show in general. \[…\]
>
> With the culture expert, too, originally she was supposed to be an introvert. And a person who never really liked the big trends, usually can be found at the front row of a tiny band that no one’s really heard up, super into comic books, board games. One of those people who’s just really eclectic and not really jumping on the bandwagon and isn’t always on the mindset that we need to be engaged in a conversation all the time, which would make for some awkward moments on camera.
>
> I liked exploring different people in the queer space, but also finding characters that were almost the antithesis of the expertises.
>
> Ally Johnson
## Our Own Preconceptions
Beyond just shaking off the normal for the delicious antithesis, *Butch Pal* makes us question ourselves. We all have these thoughts about people on reality TV that are, generally, not the kindest. We make assumptions about their actions and raison d’être that speak more of ourselves than of them.
> \[T\]he first person we’re making over is a woman named Meckayluh, and she is an instagram celebrity. She is somebody who, for all intents and purposes has a great life: she has a beautiful house, her wardrobe is incredible, she’s always at yacht parties. You think that she has this great life that she doesn’t need a makeover, but then the Fierce5 arrive and they’re like “Oh god, this woman needs help.”
>
> It was hard for me, I really had to investigate the character of Meckayluh and find a lot of three dimensional truth for her. On the surface, I had judgements on a person like that. “Why do you care so much about what other people think? Why do you need to post so much? Why do you need to stream everything that you’re doing? Why is she so attached to these shoes?”
>
> That’s inherently comedic for me, but to find the drama there with her of why she really feels so connected, what is underneath that. Finding the hurt that she feels, separating herself from social media, and why that’s there. Rediscovering herself and finding the parts of herself that she got rid of in order to become what she thought everybody else wanted.
>
> Ally Johnson
## A New Target
While smaller, indie productions have generally found a home on self-managed platforms like YouTube, Ally is reaching for the stars. She wants *Butch Pal* to be picked up by mainstream, and is treating her pilot exactly like classic linear pilot season used to work. She’s created the pilot, she has the show bible for four seasons, and she’s going to premiere at ClexaCon 2020 before hitting the circuit.
> I think that this show could be that show \[to break through with linear television\]. It’s queer, of course, so we’re gonna have our queer supporters that have been wanting and craving a show like this. They’re gonna be there to watch this.
>
> We’re also going to be there for straight women. They love reality type shows and having these empowering messages for women, and that makeover show — that applies to a lot of straight women too. But also it’s a comedy. A comedy is a great unifier. If you look at *The Office* and *Parks & Rec.* and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*, a lot of those shows have a very diverse range and demographics.
>
> We’re hitting three different demographics within the same show. This is why this should would be great for a network like Hulu. I really think that once we can get in that room and sell it, I think we could do really well. I think that we deserve that.
>
> Ally Johnson
In many ways, this dream may only possible because of the leaps made by shows like *Twenties* by Lena Waithe, which was originally a webseries and is now an upcoming, rebooted series on BET. We can begin on mainstream, and inspire the next generation of indie creators.
## The Reality of Reality
Being a tightly scripted show, it was still important to cast queer actors as queer characters for that authenticity. If, for example, down the road the show is less line-by-line scripted, then the improvisation needs people who exist in a queer space to reflect their truth to the camera.
> I know it’s a comedy about a reality show, but I did want the Fierce5 to naturally exude their characters. \[…\] I want these these actors to be able to portray these characters easily and be able to improvise easily and have it be very natural. To make those jokes that maybe a person who doesn’t identify as queer wouldn’t think of.
>
> I wanted that reality to be inherent in the person, as well as on the screen in the context of the character.
>
> Ally Johnson
While they filmed the pilot on a short time-span and a tight budget, *Butch Pal* still made room for every scene to have a by-the-book take and then one where the actors could do what they wanted. Ally hopes, in the future, she can be more loose with the takes, much like traditional series (like *One Day at a Time*) do with their takes.
## The Real Future
The reality is that *Butch Pal* wants to be the start of a movement where queer content crosses into more genres. We can move beyond cop and medical dramas, beyond comedy and mockumentaries, and well into things like horror series and just normalize queerness. We can look beyond someone’s entire being as queer and into them being people who happen to be queer. Casual representation.
> We can change the lives of women and people in that \[mockumentary/comedy\] format. People think that because it’s comedy, it’s just going to be funny and jokey. There is a space where we can have an empowering message in the context of and through the lens of comedy. I think it’s really important for people to know that the message is there and the comedy is there.
>
> Ally Johnson
By giving us a world where people are just who they are and queer, the Fierce5 will be helping us look inward. It’s not a factor of them being queer, but is a focus through which we can see our flaws and biases and come out reborn. Like a phoenix, *Butch Pal* will help us rise beyond.
## Check out Butch Pal
*Butch Pal* will premiere at ClexaCon. Until then, follow them on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/butchpalseries) and [Instagram](https://instagram.com/butchpalseries) as `@butchpalseries` and check out the trailer here:
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** Butch Pal for the Straight Gal
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### [Get Persuaded by "Rational Creatures"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/get-persuaded-by-rational-creatures/)
**Published:** February 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Talking to a dog, flashbacks, and letting silence speak for itself is all a part of why you should watch Rational Creatures.
**Content:**
We know there are hundreds of webseries, but for those of us looking for a nice, soft, queer, romcom, it can be hard to find. Thankfully there is [*Rational Creatures*,](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rational-creatures/) based on Jane Austen’s novel *Persuasion*.
I had the opportunity to enjoy a showing of the series and sit down with two of the creators at TGIF/F – Ayelen Barrios Ruiz Pagano and Jessamyn Leigh – to talk about the series, their inspirations, talking to dogs, and how Austen is still relatable, 100 year later.
## The Interview
**Mika:** I want to talk to you about *Rational Creature*s, [you’re crowdfunding for season two](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/rationalcreatures2), which is really super cool, so give me the elevator pitch.
**Jessamyn***:* It is a Jane Austen story based on \[her novel\] *Persuasion*, and it is what if it’s in modern day and much more inclusive. Almost all the characters are queer and \[the story looks\] at all the themes and issues that are really relevant from a work that’s a couple 100 years old.
**Ayelen**: It’s the cozy, queer modern Jane Austen tale you didn’t know you needed that it’s It’s a happy, queer romcom, which the world just needs more and more of.
**Mika**: You stated in another interview that you kept it to the spirit of modern people telling Jane Austen. Did you always want to do Austen? Or have you ever looked at anyone else like the Brontë sisters?
**Ayelen**: We, all of us individually, have done different shows with different authors and stories. Hazel, especially really loves the Brontë sisters, and was one of our co-creators. But this one, Jane Austen for me personally, really resonates. I fell in love with Austen first and Austen kind of exposed me to other literature so \[she\] always holds a special place in my heart. That’s why I wanted to tackle this one this time. But we’re not saying no to Bronte that might come in the future.
**Jessamyn**: I know Hazel has Brontë ideas. Amongst us, we’ve worked on a lot of literary inspired web series based on a lot of things, but I know both Anya and I started with different Austen stories. My first was *Sense & Sensibility* based and hers was *Northanger Abbey*.
**Mika:** I’ve seen them both.
**Jessamyn:** Austen is one of our faves, but obviously we’re open to doing other things as well. A big part of what started this one was just everyone who’s watched literary \[based\] web series is like “Where’s *Persuasion*? Everyone wants *Persuasion*.” So we were all like, “Well, we all kind of have ideas for it because everyone wants it, so obviously we think about it.” And happily it grew from there.
**Mika:** You said \[in another interview\] that one of the difficulties was getting out of Anne’s head— so much of the book is told from her internal perspective, which is why Ana has scene where she’s talking to her dog. Did you ever consider doing something like a voiceover like they do on many network series?
**Ayelen:** Yes and no. We wanted to step away from the blog’s style that a lot of literary inspired web series had. A voice over kind of felt, in some regards kind of vloggy. We’re not saying we won’t do that, but we wanted to challenge ourselves not to do that as screen writers. I feel like the nice thing about the traditional film cinematic style is you can tell a lot about the internal monologue through the way the camera is reacting.
**Jessamyn:** Especially since we were doing something away from vlog style, we wanted to work on how to do that as a way to stretch ourselves creatively and not just be like, “Well, it’s not a vlog anymore, but we’re kind of gonna convey the information in the same way.”
**Ayelen:** There’s there’s a scene in the end of episode two, where Ana first hears that Fred is back in town and the camera zooms in on her and we hear that the chatter in the background kind of dim away until we only hear the music. That was a cinematic way of trying to show her in her inner monologue. But like you said, there are points in the story where we do need to hear what she’s saying. And so talking to a dog was a handy tool
**Jessamyn:** You never know, we may use voice over in season two.
**Ayelen:** We’re not saying no to anything!
**Jessamyn:** We’re still in script revisions, so anything could happen.
**Mika:** One of the things I greatly enjoyed was how much of the series you left open to interpretation. You didn’t try to tell everything or even show everything gave us these these wonderful blank spots, so we didn’t get the complete picture. But that’s okay because that’s how you won’t get out of people’s lives — you get these moments. Was there going you had in mind with leaving those blank spots?
**Jessamyn:** It was mostly just because we wanted it to feel realistic. I know Anya has a specific pet peeve about this. And now I noticed that all the time you get annoyed when someone walks in on screen and they’re like, “Hi, my sister so-and-so. So glad that you work at that place!” You know, exposition can be done very poorly, and we tried as hard as we could to keep it to things that people would actually be saying, but also making sure the audience was gonna have enough information to not be lost.
**Ayelen:** It’s a challenge to show, not tell, right? It’s a huge part of our growth, as filmmakers, to really push ourselves to be showing what can be done. Those blank spaces are space for the audience to relate to our characters, for the audience to develop a relationship with the characters without being told X, Y, and Zed. Also part of it is some of those things that are left open are going to be discussed — we’re hoping are going to be discussed in season two. We don’t want to say this is how it is because we want to leave it open for ourselves, but also to see how our fans react to certain things. If there’s anything that stands out that we could work into our script.
**Mika:** It’s really rare in web series to have flashback episodes. I can count them on one hand right now. Was there a reason that you decided to show us Ana and Fred’s past, and have it be as a typical vlog style, instead of just having us see the card and not know what it was until he sees her walk in and goes “Oh”? Then we could make the connection. Was there a reason you wanted to show us that \[particular scene\]?
**Jessamyn:** A lot of it is because adaptations have never shown it. And even in the book, it’s pretty glossed over like, “Well, they were kind of almost engaged, and then when they weren’t because they were persuaded not to.” We wanted to be like, “Well, what happened? Like why?” And actually show that and show you a lot of how great they were — maybe not great, great, but how much they cared for each other, how into each other they were. \[It\] was all that much more painful to see the modern stuff. Vlog style was “Let’s do something from our roots.”
**Ayelen:** It’s a nod to our roots, how we became friends, how we started out as filmmakers. In 2011, which is when \[the flashback\] is, vlogs were huge. Vlogs are still huge.
**Jessamyn:** And the characters are about the same age as us. So it’s like us doing flashbacks to our own high school year. It’s painful, but also hilarious. Actually, at some point we were talking about making the show more mixed format. It was gonna have the vlogs of them. It was gonna have potentially some things that were like, “Louis is live streaming on Instagram.” And then it goes cinematic, but we ended up feeling like a lot of that just felt cluttering like we didn’t need it. But we did keep the vlogs.
**Mika:** How important is it you have openly queer actors playing were characters
**Ayelen:** Hugely important.
**Jessamyn:** Yeah. It wasn’t like a requirement we put in our casting call \[but\] it’s very encouraged. We want to cast a lot \[or queer actors\], not every single actor was.
**Ayelen:** We actually did questionnaires as a part of the casting process. Obviously they had to send in their reels and their audition, but we sent out a questionnaire just being like, you know, “Tell us a little bit more about you.” In a minute or so monologue. We don’t know a lot about them. And a huge part of that is like, “Are you gonna be a welcoming person on set?”
**Jessamyn:** And also “What personal connections do you have in story? Even if it’s not specific to your own character. Do you have an experience with anxiety or chronic illness or whatever is like that. What makes this story feel meaningful to you?” Because we wanted people were gonna be invested and also like, we can’t pay them that much. So they have to be — There has to be some element of passion project. Christina, who plays Ana, was actually telling us the other day that she was really excited about that form. It made her feel more like this is gonna be a project with people are invested and care, which was really cool to hear because we were just like, “this is a tool for us.” But it encouraged people who were auditioning too.
**Ayelen:** And acting is acting — you’re basically pretending to be someone you’re not. But if you could bring a little bit of your real life into that, that’s gonna make that performance a little bit more full. If you connect to certain parts of that character and you actually know through lived experience what they go through day to day, I think that’s gonna enrich the project. I think that makes it more realistic for our viewers.
**Mika:** All of your characters are your favorite. We know they’re all your favorite children. But is there specific character that you connect with more — that you felt more reflected \[in\]? Maybe the you from back then, or the you today, or you want to be?
**Ayelen:** When we were in the writing process, that was Ana. For a while I was like, “You guys I know I’m not gonna play Ana, but in my head, I’m gonna play Ana until we cast her.” Later on, especially when we were filming, there’s a lot of me and Ana. The fact that we’re both Latino women, I understand why she makes the decisions she makes. I think my heart goes to Ben, because I’ve been I’ve been the person who’s pining over someone else who clearly doesn’t see me right away. He holds a special place in my heart.
**Jessamyn:** I think my initial one that I, on the surface connect with, is bossy older sister, Marisol. Her personality is a lot like mine. As we dug into Ana more and more, I really get the sort of like quarter life crisis, feeling stuck and being in your twenties. “What am I doing? What I want to be doing with my life? What do I want? And am I going anywhere?” Because I’m kind of in that same position.
**Ayelen:** We’re the same age as the character.
**Jessamyn:** So even though her personality’s not a lot like me, I really understand where she’s at in life. It’s kind of cathartic to write someone else in that situation.
**Mika:** We watch a lot of television. Most of it is for what we’re doing on LezWatch, but we also have a lot of guilty pleasures. What are you guilty TV pleasures?
**Jessamyn:** I’d like to think that TV should not guilty, regardless.
**Mika:** I know, but I don’t know how to explain *Survivor* or *Project Runway* any other way.
**Jessamyn:** I do watch *Project Runway*. Yes.
**Ayelen:** *Survivor*! With the 40 seasons and winners!
**Jessamyn:** It’s amazing that *Survivor* is still on!
**Ayelen:** It was a great premiere.
**Jessamyn:** I watch *Project Runway*. I like the fashion more than the drama, but sometimes the drama is entertaining, too.
**Ayelen:** I really like *The Bachelor* and *The Bachelorette* and *Bachelor in Paradise*. I obsess over them too much. But then I also really like teen romance-y shows. Right now I’m really into *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*, because they has witches and other things I like.
**Jessamyn:** Yeah, I feel like my most trash fav was *[Shadowhunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shadowhunters/)*. Oh, it’s a hot mess, but I just enjoy a lot.
**Mika:** So crowdfunding! What’s next? Where can people find out about crowdfunding? Where should they go? What do you need?
**Jessamyn:** Well …
**Mika:** Money, obviously.
**Jessamyn:** \[laughter\] Yes, we need money and we need people to share. So like, even if you don’t have money — if you do, even just a dollar will add up fast. As of this interview \[Sunday Feb 16th\] we’re a little less than 2500 away from our goal campaign ends on Friday morning 9am PST. We’re in our last four or five days here. The address for the campaign is [https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/rationalcreatures2 ](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/rationalcreatures2)— You can get to it easily from any of our social media, we are `@rationalseries` on everything. Check it out. Follow it on Seed & Spark, cause then you get updates. And if we hit a certain amount of followers, we start getting some rewards from Seed & Spark. Share it, share it, share it so people know about it.
**Ayelen:** In our campaign, some of the pledges are really cool perks. Yeah. You can get a Polaroid photo that signed by the cast.That’s an original photo. We don’t have copies of that. You’re getting the original one. Stickers. We have a tote bag you can get. There’s lots of cool things.
**Jessamyn:** Even if you’re like starting at $5 you get a playlist. A little bit above that, you get secret Instagram access.
**Ayelen:** You can be the first to know.
**Jessamyn:** Even if you can’t give very much, you can still get cool stuff and support the show.
**Mika:** Do you have anything else that you think everybody should really know about *Rational Creatures* that I haven’t asked or that nobody’s asked you’ve just been dying to say?
**Ayelen:** I feel like we say everything all the time. You can’t get us to shut up.
**Jessamyn:** If you’re looking for romcom content, especially queer romcom content, this is a free show you can watch on YouTube. If you’re excited about *[Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)* or *“To All The Boys I Loved Before”* or you want aesthetic soft romcom content, take 20 minutes to watch our show.
**Ayelen:** Our show kind of in a lot of ways relates a lot to our lives. We all have families that are actually our friends. They’re like our made families. Relationships with our parents that — we love our parents. But ….
**Jessamyn:** Then we vent to our dogs about our problems!
**Mika:** My cat has heard all my life problems.
**Jessamyn:** To write the dog scenes, I just sat there and monologued my dog for a minute and I recorded on my phone and play it back to be “Okay. How do I talk to you?”
**Mika:** That’s how you write monologue scenes record yourself talking to your dog.
**Ayelen:** Perfect!
**Jessamyn:** Pretty much.
## Watch and Fund
You can watch season one for free right now on YouTube.
Jump on over to [Seed & Spark](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/rationalcreatures2) to help fund season two, and find out what happens next!
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** Rational Creatures
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### [Post Apocalyptic Mystery: After Oil](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/post-apocalyptic-mystery-after-oil/)
**Published:** August 30, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a dystopian future without oil (which is frankly sounding more likely every day), a young woman stumbles on a mystery that could change everything.
**Content:**
I like science fiction, mysteries, TV, and queer representation, so stumbling across the pilot for [*After Oil*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/after-oil/) is a Venn Diagram of perfection.
## Dystopian Reality
The concept is simple, if a little too real these days. After years and years of use, the world has just run so low on oil, it can’t sustain itself anymore. In the five years that have passed, Briar Dunlop took on the challenge of raising her younger sister and turned her paper route into a delivery service that brings rations to townspeople … for a fee.
Everything is working out alright, a little dangerous but nothing Briar and her Pahokee Riders can’t face. That is, at least, until her youngest rider, Earl, goes missing. Spurred by caring for her riders, Briar and her girlfriend Sarah retrace Earl’s last ride and make a rather gruesome discovery. But more than that, they may have stumbled upon a revelation that will change Pahokee forever.
What if there *is* more oil?
## Young Adult Fiction, Queer Audience
It’s not a secret that I love YA fiction. I read *The Hunger Games* and *Ready Player One*, and while I enjoyed the telling of those stories, it constantly annoyed me that I didn’t see young **me** in them. There was a smart young woman, sure, and the nerdy one with glasses or a dramatic birthmark, but where was the young queer? Where was the youth struggling with both her terrible world and her daunting reality?
While I’d love to say “dystopian novels are post gender/sexuality” that just isn’t the case. In fact, in a post-apocalyptic world, people might be even more obsessive about heterosexuality, as continuing the human race would ‘depend on it.’ If you’ve ever read Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series, she created a world that fell back through time due to lack of resources, and actually addressed those issues.
All this is to say, it’s rare to see a story where you find yourself represented just as you are. *After Oil* has a queer PoC protagonist who has a girlfriend (so no celibate ‘mom’ persona here).
## Check out the Pilot
While you may have seen it at ClexaCon, *After Oil* recently won Best Web Series at the [Kew Gardens Festival of Cinema](http://www.kewgardensfestivalofcinema.com). They’re also fundraising via [GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/2nj4s24s).
Want to see more than just one episode? You know how this works. Hit up [GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/2nj4s24s).
Good luck, *After Oil*. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the show!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** After Oil
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### [Queer Beats - February 14, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-february-14-2020/)
**Published:** February 14, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we all wish we were hanging out with the League of Their Own cast and Brigette Lundy Paine spoke about the importance of Casey.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we all wish we were hanging out with the League of Their Own cast and Brigette Lundy Paine spoke about the importance of Casey.
## [A League of Their Own](https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a29737234/a-league-of-their-own-tv-series-cast-plot-date-details/)
I don’t think there is anywhere on this Earth that I would rather be than in the middle of this League Of Their Own Cast…
https://www.instagram.com/p/B8aW-jNnAmX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
This interview may have been released yesterday, but it is already very important to me. Not only do I love Atypical, but I have seen firsthand the impact that [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/) has had on friends in the queer community who are still figuring out their identity. I love that the character had the same impact on [Brigette Lundy Paine ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/)as well. We don’t get enough opportunities to hear Brig speak about Atypical so I’m very grateful for this interview!
https://twitter.com/them/status/1228045704897159173?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
There has been an ongoing game night in Vancouver involving many of our favorite CW casts but it just got bigger. Camrus Johnson (from Batwoman) shared the last game night that included Supergirl, Batwoman, and Flash cast members. Yes, that’s Ruby Rose, Katie McGrath, Azie Tesfai, Nicole Maines, Rachel Skarsten and Meagan Tandy all in one room together.
https://twitter.com/heartsupergirl/status/1226622192689041408?s=20
I’m 99% sure this video is old (judging by Ruby Rose’s hair) but I saw it for the first time this week and therefore it is NEWS TO ME! I love Kate/Sophie and am waiting very patiently for them to get back together.
https://twitter.com/dreamerlotz/status/1226617261865291782?s=20
## [Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/)
The power of Lena Waithe! The Paley Center brought together the casts from two of her current shows: Boomerang and Twenties.
https://twitter.com/L_WaitheFans/status/1227085195976888321?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
[Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) was on Late Night with Lilly Singh and spoke about the importance of [Rosa Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) for the LGBTQ+ community.
## [Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)
In case you missed it, [Bex Taylor-Klaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bex-taylor-klaus/)‘ character came out as non-binary on Deputy this week. Bex spoke with TV Insider about the significance of that moment:
https://twitter.com/TVInsider/status/1228154406400643072?s=20
## [Lady Dicks](https://www.cbc.ca/television/cbc-announces-new-buddy-cop-drama-series-lady-dicks-1.5459457)
A new show is headed our way called Lady Dicks. I’m not sure how I feel about the title but it is co-created by two [Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/) women so let’s all pray for a Charlotte Sullivan appearance.
https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1227264810485723137?s=20
## [Law & Order: SVU](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-svu/)
This headline really buries the lead but, in this interview, [Jamie Gray Hyder](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-gray-hyder/) hints that her character may be queer and they *may* explore that side of her character in the upcoming season.
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1225453405897986048?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
[Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) will be joining [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) at Clexacon for another year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1226204099072360450?s=20
This week’s LoT episode gave us lots of good Avalance content. Jes spoke with Den of Geek about being the “final girls” and why Ava will never break up with Sara again.
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1227454521468735488?s=20
Enjoy these behind-the-scenes prom shots 🙂
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1227415831870500864?s=20
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1227415529238908928?s=20
## [Mrs. America](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9244556/)
The first full trailer for Mrs. America was released this week!
https://twitter.com/flyinvisible/status/1226672941896798209?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
[Judy Reyes ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/judy-reyes/)is back on ODaaT!
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1227097069560532992?s=20
## [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
Sex Education already got its third-season pickup!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1227106267694542854?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I know this is bad to say but I definitely enjoy the behind-the-scenes Dansen content wayyyyy more than the content we get on the actual show. Look how cute they are! #GAY!
https://twitter.com/beautyghost97/status/1227047957783969792?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) will be retuning to Clexacon with the cast of Season of Love!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1226928927790247942?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** A League of Their Own, Atypical, Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Boomerang, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Chyler Leigh, Deputy, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Jes Macallan, Judy Reyes, Lady Dicks, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Legends of Tomorrow, Mrs. America, One Day at a Time, Sex Education, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, Twenties
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### [Period Dramas Don't Get a Pass](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/period-dramas-dont-get-a-pass/)
**Published:** February 12, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I love me a good historical drama, but I don't give them a pass on killing queers. It's not about when you take place, after all.
**Content:**
I love a good period drama. Give me corsets and conflicts, inappropriately armed Celts, or a warrior princess in New Zealand, and I’m all in. I love the clothes and the combats, the grit and glamor, and the invariable wink and a nudge at the fourth wall when they have to address topics for a modern sensibility.
What I don’t love, in fact what I hate is when they straight wash, omit, misrepresent, or only show negative stories about queers, and hide behind the argument of ‘historical accuracy.’
## Historically Gay
As one of my favourite podcasts, [History is Gay](https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com/), reminds us on the 15th of every month, history is now and has always been gay. We’ve always been here, and we’re always going to be here.
It would be a lie to say our stories have always been happy. It would be a lie to say that today our stories always end happily. We queers are humans, and humans live lives of complex dramas where we make mistakes, we hurt each other, and we struggle to find peace, just like every other human.
But it would be a gross misrepresentation of our existence if our stories only told tales of our unhappy endings. Yes, we have been bullied and oppressed throughout history, but those aren’t our only stories. Not by a long shot.
## Historically Incomplete
When a period drama takes on the task of showing humanity, they do so with an advantage of television. On television, you have the control to show hidden stories without prejudice. You can tell a story of marginalized people positively even in the darkest times.
As time has progressed, and we have moved from the 60s to the 80s to the 2000’s and now to the 2020s, we have more power than we used to. We have the power to show our stories, contextually. While in the early days of television, we were hamstrung by the limitations of networks, in today’s streaming landscape we can show more.
If you look at *Downton Abbey*, their handling of a gay storyline was fraught with angst (proper angst) and tragedy, while keeping the humanity intact. Barrow was suicidal, he was depressed, he had a terrible time. For him, being gay was illegal. But the show made sure you felt for him and his situation.
The problem is that what we get instead are shows like *[Father Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/father-brown/)* (which is a much more light hearted drama) and they jump to the sensationalist view. The first four queer women you meet on that show were either murdered or the killers. The next was driven insane. The last (a woman who drops out of the convent to be with her best female friend) was moderately happy but her girlfriend doesn’t get her name spoken on screen. It wasn’t until the sixth season that they slowly began the turn into telling queer positive stories.
They have so much opportunity to tell these stories in a positive way, and instead they chose not to. Even Mrs. Marple has a well told, mostly positive, queer story (albeit one of the ladies is murdered). Christie shows that even with death, you have a way to tell stories like that with care and kindness.
## Historically Correct
This doesn’t mean I don’t allocate leeway to historical dramas. They’re always subject to the time and place of their existence, and they are obligated to a degree to portray things realistically. But at the same time, it’s 2020. We should no longer be **only** showing people the darker side of history, not even for Drama’s sake.
We should peel back the curtain and show the stories about how queers have always been here. Most recently this was done on Apple TV+’s *[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)*, where a lesbian goes to the moon. We’re told the story of her hard choices and sacrifices in order to achieve her dream. *For All Mankind* manages to balance the unhappy story of a closeted lesbian while still showing her entirely in a positive light.
## Historically Joyful
It’s incumbent on television today to reflect the truth. Television must honestly depict stories of merit or value, even if that value is just kids exploring a creek, because the world is not homogenous. Yes, the point of television is to entertain, but it’s also to inspire.
If you walk away from a movie, or a book, or a TV show and think nothing of the time you’ve spent, then the medium wasted their opportunity. We should be thinking about these things, and even cotton candy content has the ability to make us dream and imagine.
And because of that ability, that power, it’s important that television remember how to use its power to tell a new story that resonates. Make us feel, make us laugh, but tell our stories. Stop exploiting our stories and take a chance to tell us about the heroes too.
Trust me. We’ll watch.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Downton Abbey, Father Brown, For All Mankind
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### [Queer Beats - February 7, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-february-7-2020/)
**Published:** February 7, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Nikki is mad that Netflix took Spinning Out away from us.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Nikki is mad that Netflix took Spinning Out away from us.
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)
[Iyari Limon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/iyari-limon/) will be joining Clexacon this year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1224754621031370753?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Sadly, [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) will no longer be starring in Tello’s *I Hate New Year’s*.
https://twitter.com/tellofilms/status/1225451325485469696?s=20
## [Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)
A new series was announced for The Haunting of Hill House creator, Mike Flanagan, titled *Midnight Mass*. [Kate Siegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-siegel/) (who we all loved as Theodora Crain in HoHH) will be starring!
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1225130254714449920?s=20
## [Ray Donovan](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ray-donovan/)
Ray Donovan has been cancelled after seven seasons. [Kate Moennig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) was on this show as [Lena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lena/) before she stepped directly off of it and onto the set of The L Word: Generation Q (with the same bag, as [Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) likes to point out).
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1224811950732926978?s=20
## [Spinning Out](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/spinning-out/)
Netflix’s new show, *Spinning Out*, has been cancelled after one season which is a bummer because this show had all the things I like: [Kaya Scodelario](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaya-scodelario/), female athletes, family drama, and long-lost gays!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1224660882770341888?s=20
## [Swerve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/swerve/)
[Winny Clarke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/winny-clarke/) is also headed to Clexacon!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1224769697402372097?s=20
## [These Thems](https://twitter.com/These_Thems)
Vico Ortiz is also joining the Clexacon lineup! Along with co-stars [Shaan Dasani](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1224377131070820352?s=20) and [Nick Park](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1224422416056770560?s=20).
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1223335266112483328?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Kate Siegel, Natasha Negovanlis, Ray Donovan, Spinning Out, Swerve, These Thems
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### [The Viability of Queer Female Led Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-viability-of-queer-female-led-series/)
**Published:** February 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Representation isn't just how many characters are on air, but how many characters lead shows. The numbers aren't good.
**Content:**
In looking at the overall status of representation, it’s been very clear we’re currently losing more shows with rep then we are gaining new ones. In fact, at this year’s Winter TCAs, over 75 shows were discussed and only around 10 were clearly and obviously queer oriented. But when you look deeper, there were only 3 that were **led** by queers.
In the middle of the TCAs, the show *[Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mindhunter/)* was … quasi-canceled. Everyone was released from their contracts and the show was put on indefinite hiatus. And this made me start to think about the long term viability of shows that star queer women.
## Definitions
The tricky part of this is the definition of what is a queer female led show. I drew the lines as follows:
- The show must have been on air in the last 5 years
- The show must air on linear or streaming, but not web series
- The show must air in the USA
- The main character must be the headliner/star – examples: *Abby’s*, *Batwoman*, *Stumptown*
- For an ensemble show, the focal character must be queer – examples: *Pose*, *The L Word: Generation Q*
This meant I can’t count my favourite show, *One Day at a Time*, because the focal point of the show is Justina Machado’s Penny. That also excludes *Supergirl* because even with Nia and Alex, the star is Kara. *Runways* is also out because it’s a true ensemble that I can’t tell you who the main character is. My break down was “If I removed the primary queer character, would the show stand?”
Excluding web series is because I want to understand how the ‘general common public’ is viewing things. I love web series a lot, but for this metric, they’re to the side.
## Growth Or Decline?
After working this out, I sorted out that there are 15 shows (on average) a year that are primarily led by queer female characters.
If you only looked at the totals per year, your assumption would be that we were (past tense) growing and are currently on the decline. This holds true to the overall impression we have of TV shows with representation. 2020 has just begun so it’s incomplete, but it would need to add four more shows to, at minimum, keep even with the last two years.
But really the issue is that we’re seeing the same lack of growth we saw overall:
After two years of holding steady, we’ve begun a decline. There is a chance that we’ll get more shows near the end of the year, but there’s also a concern we’ll lose more. I’ll get to that in a minute.
## Peak TV
There are, at best estimates, nearly 500 scripted TV shows on linear and streaming networks combined. While the [unlimited bubble of peak TV ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/)doesn’t seem to be bursting any time soon, we still only see queer representation in roughly 25% of all *streaming* shows per year and 45% of all shows overall.
However that number (45%) includes shows that only have guests. Which is why it’s important to look at shows that headline or star queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters. Because when we do, we see that only 3% of all scripted shows in the United States have any queer content.
These show us that, again, representation overall has begun a downward trend. And remember, we’ve had a few years of [flat and declining representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-is-stagnant/) overall.
Which leads me to this:
The counts of how many shows are on air each year come from FX, who are stats nerds like me. I left 2020 blank because really we just don’t know, but a safe bet would be around 530 shows. Now we *aren’t* seeing the same growth you would expect with the overall growth, and worse, we never surpass 4% of all shows being queer led series.
I strongly recommend the next time someone tells you there are too many queers on TV, you inform them “Well, actually, fewer than 5% of all shows on US television are led by queer characters, and fewer than half have any at all.”
## Longevity
Another aspect comes when we ask, over the course of 6 years, how long do these shows last?
There are 28 separate shows that were on the air between now and 2015 which were led by queer female characters. Of those, 50% have ended. And of those that have been canceled, they run on average for 3 years.
There are always outliers, like *Orange is the New Black* and *How to Get Away with Murder*, but even just this five-year slice shows we’re not getting much growth and shows aren’t lasting all that long. It’s beginning to look like the time to add long-running shows is reaching its end, and if you don’t attract enough of an audience in one year, you won’t last.
## Conclusion
It’s not *all* bad.
We had a record gain of queer led shows in 2018, with 7 new shows. And of them, all but two (*Stumptown* and *Abby’s*) have been renewed. At the same time, *Abby’s* was canceled without getting to finish it’s run.
There’s also concern to be had over the Netflix model, where they don’t release their metrics and cancel shows after 3 seasons if they don’t bring in enough new subscribers. Network TV has always been quick to cancel underperforming shows, especially sitcoms, which is why *Abby’s* fate wasn’t entirely unexpected.
This makes me suspicious of the lack of risk and investment that network linear television is willing to take on something new. So many shows are reboots and remakes, but they’re not terribly risky. Sure, they made *Magnum P.I.* a Latino, but they have a reported dearth of representative writers on staff. *MacGyver* had a queer character and threw her away after less than half a season.
What we can conclude is this. Representation is stagnant, and that reflects on the volume of shows led by queers. In order to achieve any significant growth, we will need to take more risks and longer chances on things.
And with over 500 scripted shows out there, I think that’s a risk we should be taking.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** representation, Statistics, TV Networks
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 3, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-work-in-progress-season-one-finale/)
**Published:** February 3, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Team LezWatch recovers from the Work in Progress season one finale, Thundergrace is reunited on Black Lightning and Debbie ends her season on Shameless running from the cops.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Team LezWatch recovers from the *Work in Progress* season one finale, Thundergrace is reunited on *Black Lightning* and Debbie ends her season on *Shameless* running from the cops.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 10 Episode 12 “Gallavich!” \[Catch Up\]So, how did everything end up for Debbie on the *Shameless* Season 10 finale?
Debbie wakes up with Sandy in her bed the next morning and they’re pretty casual about it.
Their morning chill time is interrupted by the news that Ian and Mickey’s wedding venue is on fire.
**Backstory:** Ian is Debbie’s brother and Mickey is Sandy’s cousin. They have been in an intense on-again/off-again relationship since season one (they’re also my favorite gay male ship on TV) and today is their wedding day. It was a long journey to get here and Gallivich shippers were getting the special day they deserve. Mickey’s dad Terry, on the other hand, threatened to kill Mickey if he got gay married and he’s working hard to sabotage the wedding.
While the Gallaghers and Milkoviches try to figure out an alternative venue for the wedding, Julia shows up on Debbie’s front door. She says her mom kicked her out. Debbie tells her to go home and leaves to secure a place for the wedding. Julia asks Sandy who she is and she says, “I’m Debbie’s girlfriend.” Hmmm, okay.
After a series of ups and downs and twists and turns, the Gallivich wedding finally happens.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1223406990761832448?s=20
I absolutely loved it!
Sandy and Debbie dance at the reception.
They are very cute dancing alongside Ian and Mickey.
Julia winds up hooking up with Carl (appropriate) and everything seems fine until detectives show up at the Gallagher’s front door the next day.
It was a very Shameless ending for Debbie and her three women this season. We’ll see if the detectives caught up to Debbie when the next and final season airs in November.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 11 “The Book of Markovia: Chapter Two” \[Live\]Thundergrace reunited this episode and it was super cute!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1223049603555131392?s=20
I’m really happy Grace got the help she needed while away from Freeland. Can they please be regular girlfriends now and on their way to becoming crime-fighting superhero girlfriends in the future?
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 13 “Daylight” \[Live\] Alice is trying hard to keep Lindsey (her comedy mentor) and Sumi (her ex-girlfriend) from dating, I guess because it’s just too weird for her? I think she should stay out of it. Sumi and Lindsay are adults and can date whomever they want. But instead, Alice is doing trigonometry-level meddling to keep them apart.
First, she makes sure Sumi overhears her telling her mom that she and Lindsay are going to be at their regular bar hang that night. Then she sets a meetup with Sumi’s ex, Meera, at the bar instead.
I totally miss Alice/Sumi/Meera drama, but I think it’s shitty of Alice to use Meera like this. It’s also not cool to orchestrate two people running into each other who probably DO NOT want to. Remember, Sumi left Meera at the altar, they may never want to see each other again.
The whole point of this scheme is to show Sumi it’s weird for your exes to hang out and thus it is also weird to date your exes friends.
You know how else Alice could have shown Sumi this? WITH WORDS. Use your words, Alice!
*[Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)* – Season 1 Episode 8 “180 Almonds” \[Catch Up\] When we watched the original L Word back in the day after an episode finished the Tivo would switch to HBO to tape *Curb Your Enthusiasm*. It was a shocking pivot of subject matter. Now after *The L Word: Generation Q*, *Work in Progress* comes on and Abby is like a lesbian Larry David. Times have certainly changed!
*Work in Progress* is such a unique series with gender presentation representation we don’t see on other shows. It is brutally sad and honest while also being hilariously funny. As a Gen-X lesbian who started adulthood in the 90s, I relate to Abby and her friends. I am also in love with Chris. He is the sweetest, most patient and understanding person on the planet and a perfect opposite-personality companion to Abby.
The *Work in Progress* Season One finale was so heartbreaking. It sat with the members of Team LezWatch who watched it for the rest of the week.
I’m going to let LezWatchTV Editor [Melanie](https://twitter.com/AswellMel), recap it.
> I didn’t see The *Work in Progress* Season One finale as sad. It definitely wasn’t a happy ending, and it was sad Abby didn’t end up with Chris (also sad Abby dealt with it by lashing out at Chris), but as far as Abby’s story goes…she’s not dead. She got to the end of her almonds and she’s still here. Not for lack of (half-heartedly) trying, but still. I felt like the bonus almond Chris gave her was a hopeful note to end on.
Here is a behind the scenes video where Abby talks about how the show came to be.
https://youtube.com/c4bmkoCxUa0
If you haven’t watched it yet, please do! The folks at LezWatch who saw season one thought it was so well done we gave it the coveted **[Show We Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes)** designation. Fortunately for all of us, the show got renewed for a second season.
**This week:** *Legends of Tomorrow* is back (again), *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* is back and the new Series *Tommy* starts on Thursday!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Good Trouble, Shameless US, Work in Progress
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### [Queer Beats - January 31, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-january-31-2020/)
**Published:** January 31, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Nyssara fans got some treats, ODAAT finally returned to filming, and the Vida cast got matching tattoos.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Nyssara fans got some treats, ODAAT finally returned to filming, and the Vida cast got matching tattoos.
## [Acacias 38](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/acacias-38/)
I am always on the border of falling head first into the world of telenovelas, especially now that there are so many queer storylines being told. I haven’t fully fallen yet but this interview with [Aria Bedmar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aria-bedmar/) just put me one step closer to the edge!
https://twitter.com/acacias38_tve/status/1222516963043356672?s=20
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
We still have a while to go until Almost Family returns and, honestly, the thought makes me a little sad. We all got so attached to a couple that will be (yet again) taken away from us after one season *and* I’m still mad about the latest turn in the storyline. But, I’m still a big fan of [Victoria Cartegena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/) and am still thankful for her Twitter commentary on everything Amandie. Like this one:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1222527538523787266?s=20
For the record, I’m *also* fuming in this scene.
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
Nyssara fans, where you at?
https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/1222533038241771520?s=20
## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
[Yolanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yolanda-rivas/) is on the cover of this week’s GLOW comic issue!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B76uE3RpPor/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
TLWGQ may be finished with its first season but that hasn’t stopped me from staring at all these cute pictures from set:
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1221946804822052864?s=20
https://twitter.com/katemoennig/status/1221648406247919616?s=20
https://twitter.com/SepidehMoafi/status/1221457053757009920?s=20
I also think I have a full blown obsession with reading interviews with [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/):
https://twitter.com/jenniferbeals/status/1222037196258996224?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Our collective family, the Alvarezes, and our collective baby, [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/), have finally returned to us!
https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez/status/1222424130932244480?s=20
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1222025623419277312?s=20
https://twitter.com/onedayattimebr/status/1222257877160730626?s=20
## [Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
Nicole Pacent (also known for [Anyone But Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anyone-but-me/)) will be at QFX East!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1222928014331318273?s=20
## [Portlandia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/portlandia/)
Oh man, this movie is about to blow our minds, isn’t it?
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1220409873629884416?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I love this picture with every ounce of my being and also suddenly feel the need for a [Nia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)/Brainy, [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)/[Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/), and [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)/[Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/) triple date.
https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1221142099334066176?s=20
## [These Thems](https://twitter.com/These_Thems)
Gretchen Wylder of the upcoming webseries, *These Thems*, will be joining Clexacon in April!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1222580275089113088?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The Vida cast got group tattoos this week and it felt important enough for me to screen record and save for posterity:
As Tracy asked, “how does one look so good while getting a tattoo?!” There’s truly nothing [Mishel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) can’t do.
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Acacias 38, Almost Family, Arrow, GLOW, One Day at a Time, Passage, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q, These Thems, Vida
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### [We Were Waiting For "One Day at a Time"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/one-day-at-a-time-is-back-and-timeless/)
**Published:** January 30, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is it! Our show is back and let's have a ball with season four of "One Day at a Time"!
**Content:**
The first episode of season four of [*One Day at a Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)is locked and done, and I am happy to tell you that the show is as good as ever.
Actually the show is more popular than ever, with a crowd I’ve never seen before wanting to see them. Personally that’s the best thing ever, as it’s recognition that people wanted this show to return.
## Coming Home
They film in a totally new studio, which means everything had to be rebuilt. I remain in awe of everyone who was able to put the Alvarez’ living room back together again, and you couldn’t tell a difference. While there were a few nerves and bloopers from them, it was really like being in a time machine.
Isabella Gomez literally felt like she’d been in a pocket universe, stepping out and being Elena without any work. That kind of consistency in work on the show was only surpassed by the estimable Justina Machado. Scene after scene, take after take, they know where they’re going and exactly how their characters need to get there.
Of course there were some changes. Marcel Ruiz has grown again, both in height and in ability. Every year this young man gets better and better. Also better, and I didn’t think this was possible, were Rita Moreno and Stephen Tobolowsky, whose comic timing and casual brilliance were perfect. Todd Grinell’s Schnider was even funnier, too, with his cis-white ally-ship excellence.
## A New Home
Of course, things are new. As you’ve heard, Ray Romano (of *Everybody Loves Raymond*) fame was in the first episode as Brian the Census Taker. His character serves a brilliant function and I think manages to set the tone for the overarching theme for season four, as well as an introduction to everyone who doesn’t yet know the Alvarez family.
Also some things have changed a lot for our characters. Alex is 15, Elena is almost 18 and will be off to college next year (will she go to Yale?). Can you imagine what Penelope’s life will be like if it’s just her and Lydia? And speaking of Penelope, she’s achieved her dream of becoming a Nurse Practitioner, but is that going to be enough?
## Your Favourites Are Back
Besides the new guy and our beloved regulars, a number of the amazing guest stars are back. You’re going to see the return of Penelope’s therapy group, which includes the amazing [Nicky Endres](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicky-endres/) again.
> [ View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/B75K2Hwp_Ga/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) [And so great to meet @lezwatchtv in person! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜](https://www.instagram.com/p/B75K2Hwp_Ga/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading)
>
> A post shared by [ Nicky Endres](https://www.instagram.com/mxnickye/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) (@mxnickye) on Jan 28, 2020 at 10:19pm PST
Sheridan will be back too, and Syd and Elena had an argument that I’ve had myself with friends.
## But What About ….
Now that we’re on PopTV, the show is absolutely different. I’m not going to lie to you. I was surprised at how different the flow was when they shifted from no-commercials to having them. Instead of having super long scenes and letting things flow to a natural point, they had to tighten up each scene to make sure it told the right story in the right beats.
There were a couple blooper jokes like “Can we say that on PopTV?” and a meta joke or two in the episode itself. Speaking of, I know everyone wants to know about Cuba and are Schnieder and Avery really okay and what about Max showing up at the end of season three?
All I can tell you is that you’re going to enjoy what happens next. There are conclusions to some stories and beginnings of others.
I mean … Alex get’s a girlfriend, y’all! How will Lydia handle *that*?
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1222617229235126272
This is it, folks. This is our show, and let’s have a ball.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Isabella Gomez, Nicky Endres, One Day at a Time
---
### [The Queerest Thing I Watched Last Week - The L Word: Generation Q Season One Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-l-word-generation-q-finale/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, f*cking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming. This is The L Word: Generation Q season one finale recap.
**Content:**
On this special edition of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, fucking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming. This is *The L Word: Generation Q* season one finale recap.
*[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 8 “Lapse in Judgement” \[Live\] If you asked me two years ago if I wanted an L Word sequel I would have said, “Hells, no!” If you asked me a year ago if I thought the sequel would be any good I would have said, “I’m not feeling optimistic.” I am so glad I was wrong.
As a people, we experience a lifetime of getting by with [the crumbs mainstream television tosses us](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/lgbt-fandom-lesbian-crumb-grab/). We fill in the blanks and brace ourselves to be killed, written off or canceled. The only times we get shows with a mostly queer female cast of characters is when we do it ourselves by creating web series, or via the extremely rare show produced by a major network. *The L Word: Generation Q* is the show I wished the OG L Word was — a QUALITY show with, great writing and a sharp cast. I hope this is a turning point for queer-centric TV and we get more well-done shows revolving around many diverse queer communities.
**But, now let’s see how *The L Word: Generation Q* season one finale wrapped things up for everyone.**
### Bette Fucking Porter
It’s election night! The night we find out if Bette Porter will be the first female, biracial, out lesbian mayor of LA. Bette is making the rounds while Dani is keeping track of the results as they come in. Things are looking optimistic, but tight. Some wards they didn’t expect to win are going to Bette.
With one ward left to go, Bette and Dani go to Shane’s office (thank goodness they didn’t sit on that couch) and take turns frantically hitting refresh on a laptop like me trying to get tickets to a favorite band.
The last refresh brings bad news.
Poor Bette and mini Bette.
Just like on *The Bold Type* and *The Good Wife*, our main characters didn’t go on to have storylines where they’re in office. I bet it’s too big a thing for a show to take on unless it’s about being in office like *Veep*. Note for the future: bet against characters winning an election.
Pause for a snark moment — what the heck was Bette’s outfit about?
My wife was like, “Did she get that from the original L Word wardrobe?” Silver lapels: yes. Silver ascot: maybe. Both together: no. (TBH though Bette could wear a burlap sack and still look amazing)
Are robes on TV lesbians becoming a thing?
Anyway, back to the election night aftermath. The OG characters are having their weekly hang at Shane’s house and Shane asks Bette how she’s doing.
Bette’s great. Everything is JUST GREAT.
Meanwhile, during Dani’s lunch with her dad to tell him she’s running off to Hawaii to marry Sophie, he tells her his company stuck a deal with Milner months ago.
Dani tells Bette about the deal and crushes her optimism over the Opioid Task Force.
This sends Bette into a sadness spiral. She went from, “Everything is JUST GREAT!” to, “What was the point of doing any of this?”
Angie comes home to find Bette in a depression coma on the couch. With some prodding, Angie is able to get Bette up and out for a hike. After some scream therapy, Bette runs into Maya, one of the journalists who was at her party on election night and she asks her out.
Things are looking up for our Bette!
### Alice
After breaking up with Nat and Gigi, Alice is immediately trying to drown her sorrows in dating with some help from Shane.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1221927754133917697?s=20
Shane/Alice scenes are comedic gold.
Back at work, Alice’s show is on the line and she decides to forget the viral-hit bullshit and do the show she wants to do. She gathers her staff and gives a motivational speech before her last episode of the season (and maybe ever).
Alice wants writer [Professor Roxane Gay](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxane_Gay) as her guest, and smacks Drew down when he tries to propose a “compromise.”
During the interview, Alice talks to Roxane about the concept of being a “bad queer” and tells the story of her and her girlfriend bringing her girlfriend’s ex-wife into their relationship. Then, in soap opera realness, Nat walks on stage from the audience and delivers a big speech to Alice.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1222346372717916160?s=20
It looks like Alice got her viral video moment!
### Dani, Sophie and Finley
Oh my goodness, these three. SMH.
On election night Finley is skulking around behind the bar acting weird around Sophie.
Meanwhile, Sophie is still pouting over Dani not paying enough attention to her on the BIGGEST and busiest night of Dani’s career.
Listen to Micah, Sophie!
My wife and I own our own business and when one or both of us are out at a professional event there’s no time for being all coupley. It’s not a date it’s work. Sophie is lucky Dani took a moment to be a sweet fiance and tell her how beautiful she looked in the middle of election night chaos.
After that, Finley approaches Sophie wanting to talk. Finley tells her she can be a shit storm and she does not want Sophie caught up in that. She pledges to forget about what happened and not let it derail Sophie’s life.
Ctrl + z that kiss and stuff it down the memory hole, you two!
The next day Dani has her first day off in forever, but Sophie is still sulking like, “oh you have time for me now?” YES, yes she does have time now. Dani ignores that and makes a grand gesture.
She asks Sophie to run off to Hawaii the next day after the Alice episode is done. Sophie agrees even though her family is going to kill her.
Later Dani talks to her dad and tells him about the Hawaii plan. Her dad is a classist jerk about it and says Sophie is not good enough for her because she comes from a “broken home.” He tells her “When things get hard she’s going to leave you because that’s what she knows.” Dad may not be 100% wrong on that one.
At work, Finley and Sophie have a moment in the green room where Sophie tells Finley she’s going off to Hawaii to get married the next day. Finley’s all “Congratulations, that’s great” and then they bang anyway.
I know this is TV, but the office was still full of people and I didn’t see Sophie lock the door. Is no one afraid of getting caught having sex at work on this show?
Sophie went from having a possibly forgivable kiss during a high-emotion event (is her grandma okay btw) to being a full-blown cheater. I am just not buying cheating-level chemistry between these two. Can you have a firey romantic passion for someone who calls you “bud” like you would a toddler?
That night Sophie shame cries in bed with Dani and Finley visits the “priest” for confession after deciding to leave LA.
At work the next day, Finley tells Sophie she’s leaving that night to go home to Kansas City for her sister’s wedding. As she leaves, Sophie tries to go after her, but the show is about to start.
### Shane
At Bette’s election night party, Shane gets a phone call.
I know the call was bad news, but I laughed at this scene because of the interview Kathy Tu did with Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey on the [Nancy Podcast](https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/nancy/episodes/nancy-podcast-l-word-is-back). Y’all should listen to it. The specific reference to this scene starts at 27:25.
The bad news was Quiara was in the emergency room because she’s bleeding. Shane takes off to be with her and the worst is confirmed. Quiara had a miscarriage.
Back at Shane’s house she is taking care of Quiara but upsets her when she finds her packing up a box of baby things. Shane thought seeing those things would make Quiara sad, but she saw it in a different way. She thinks Shane feels like she dodged a baby bullet.
Quiara tells Shane she’s going to try to conceive again. She also says, “No one is going to love you because you’re incapable of loving anyone but yourself.” and then throws her ring at her.
I thought that was really harsh, and a big conclusion to jump to. I hope it’s hormones talking and Quaria and Shane will reconcile because I really like them together.
### Everyone’s Big End Montage
*The L Word: Generation Q* season one finale ends with a musical montage to P!nk. Here’s how they wrapped everything up
- Shane finds a stray dog eating out of the garbage and picks them up. I imagine this is step one in proving she can love someone other than herself.
- Bette, looking amazing, has a dinner date with Maya.
- Jordi and Angie are cutely hanging out together.
- Micah refuses to talk to Jose after discovering he has a husband.
- Nat and Alice are making out on one of her show set audience couches. Maybe having sex at work is an employee perk?
And finally, we have a classic “Running at the Airport” scene (that gave me [Domlene](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206380848225931264) feelings) with Sophie either meeting Dani to go to Hawaii or Finley to stop her from going to Missouri.
Who will she choose? We won’t know until season two.
## *The L Word: Generation Q* season one finale wrap up
I’m so glad the show got renewed and these are things I would love to see in season two.
- All the Tibette angst. I want Bette/Tina/Carrie/Maya drama that goes on for the entire season.
- More Gigi. I don’t know how she’ll fit in with Alice and Nat back to being a couple, but I love her and want her to be a regular character in season two.
- Alice keeps her show. I think the big Nat speech will be the viral content needed to keep it going for another season.
- Shane and Quiara to make up and get remarried.
- Bette starts her own non-profit to take on the Opioid Crisis. She should open a [Safehouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervised_injection_site), that would provide a lot of challenges for her to take on.
- More Finley backstory. The info leading up to TLWGQ said Finley was a former Olympic swimmer. That did not come up at all. I also want her to get her shit together, but just a little. I like her being a lovable mess.
- Sophie chooses neither Finley or Dani. Dani and Sophie should not get married, but I don’t think Sophie should be with Finley either. Everyone needs to sort themselves out.
- More OG characters! I want to see a parade of cameos from the original L Word.
I enjoyed this season so much, and so did everyone else on the LezWatch editorial team who watched it which is why we decided to give it the coveted designation of a [**Show We Love**](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes).
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 27, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-debbie-and-julia/)
**Published:** January 27, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Debbie and Julia go to Julia's homecoming dance on Shameless and Ava tries her best to be a supportive girlfriend after Sara returns from Crisis on Legends of Tomorrow.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Debbie and Julia go to Julia’s homecoming dance on *Shameless* and Ava tries her best to be a supportive girlfriend after Sara returns from Crisis on *Legends of Tomorrow*.
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It's Sunday night, we had folks over to watch The L Word: Generation Q finale and I have Jury Duty early in the morning. I won't be able to finish my L Word recap in time for this post. However, I am going to write a special TLWGQ Finale-only recap that will publish this Wednesday at 1pm ET. Stay tuned for that!
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Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 10 Episode 11 “Location, Location, Location” \[Catch Up\]You didn’t read my recap of *Shameless* last week? Well, too bad, you should have and I’m not going to remind you what happened.
Just kidding ([see what I did there](https://youtube.com/UaaNIpNXYeY)?).
Debbie is stuck going to Juila’s homecoming dance with her, and coincidentally, Julia’s mom (Deb’s sugar mama) Claudia’s birthday dinner is the same night. Deb tries to worm her way out of the dinner, but Claudia wants her to meet her friends and lays the guilt on thick.
Debbie agrees to the dinner but insists on picking the restaurant.
Now Debs is stuck in a classic sitcom “Managing Two Dates at the Same time” situation.
Julia buys her a tux for the dance and Mickey’s lesbian cousin, [Sandy Milkovich](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sandy-milkovich/), drops by the house while Debbie is trying to learn how to tie the bowtie. Luckily for Debs, she knows how to tie one.
I see what’s happening and I don’t hate it.
We just met Sandy this season btw. I think the show wanted to throw another gay Milkovich into the mix in time for Mickey and Ian’s wedding.
Debbie chooses a restaurant across the street from the dance venue and spends the night running back and forth between the two.
It falls apart when Debbie accidentally forgets to take off the boutonnière Claudia bought for Julia before sitting back down to dinner at the restaurant. Claudia catches on and walks across the street surprising Debbie and Julia at the dance.
Great, Julia’s not queer and was just messing around with Debbie to make her mom mad.
Julia and her mom devolve into fighting and Debbie slowly backs out of the room and gets the hell out of there.
That night, Debbie is sitting on the porch with Sandy talking about her crazy night and sharing a joint until this happens.
Okay, then.
Last night was the finale, I’ll let you know how it all worked out next week.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 5 Episode 2 “Meet the Legends” \[Live\] Sara gets back from the crossover to find a camera crew at the Waverider shooting a documentary. Ava thought it would be good for the Legend’s PR. Sara is not pleased.
Meanwhile, Ava doesn’t know how to support Sara after Oliver’s death. She’s not the most emotional Clone on the planet. Mona suggests writing her condolence card and Ava gives that a shot. As she brings it to her, she overhears the mysterious new guy Behrad talking to Sara about Oliver.
Poor Ava.
Her card is hilariously unemotional too.
Ava is trying, but she doesn’t know what the right thing to do is. She asked everyone not to mention the O Word around Sara, because she thought it would upset her. That turned out to be the opposite of what she wanted.
I feel bad for Sara, but it’s been very entertaining to watch characters involved in the crossover go back to their respective shows and try to explain what happened.
By the end of the episode, Ava figures out what Sara needs and gives it to her in the form of an emotional speech while fighting bad guys at the same time.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1221276378676498433?s=20
This show is the best.
In the end, the Legends save the day, the documentarians get their story and Sara gives them an end scene.
The best part about that scene is it was not in the script.
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1220112445735346178?s=20
Oh my goodness, I missed this show so much during its hiatus and I’m so glad it’s back.
This week — Look for my *L Word: Generation Q* season one finale recap on Wednesday!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Legends of Tomorrow, Shameless US
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 16, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-we-stan-domlene/)
**Published:** December 16, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Mr. Robot brings us a very special We Stan Domlene episode, I am pleasantly surprised by The L Word Generation Q and disappointed by Crisis on Infinite Earths.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Mr. Robot* brings us a very special *We Stan Domlene* episode; I am pleasantly surprised by The L Word Generation Q and disappointed by *Crisis on Infinite Earths*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Crisis on Infinite Earths* – Arrowverse Crossover Episodes 1-3 \[Live\] I was really looking forward to this year’s crossover. The Arrowverse now has more queer characters than ever before so I expected some quality queer content.
I was wrong.
Kate Kane, Alex Danvers, Sara Lance, Constantine, and Lucifer all made appearances and they barely interacted with each other! You would think there would at least be some entertaining awkwardness between Alex and Sara since they banged 2 crossovers ago, but nope.
We did get a few enjoyable surly Kate Kane moments.
Alex giving that look at the end was the queerest content we got on the 3 episodes they aired so far.
That’s how I am when people try to hand me a baby.
“New and Unfriendly” is Kate’s tagline this crossover.
Crisis is on a break until January 14, and to quote LezWatch’s own Nikki T, “The legends episode better be the gayest ep ever created” to make up for the total lack of queer content.
I highly doubt it will be.
*[The L Word Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Let’s Do It Again” \[Catch-up\]Back in the day, my wife and I watched every terrible episode of the original L Word as it aired. To make it more bearable, [we threw watch parties](https://youtube.com/S70ytgOU_fQ) every week and they were really fun. We had attendees meet, date and break up during the 6 seasons of parties.
When I heard they were going to have a sequel I was horrified. Why can’t we have a new and original queer drama on a major TV outlet? Why do we have to resurrect a show that was (in my opinion) really bad?
As production went on, I got more optimistic. It looked like there were better folks in charge of writing and production, and I absolutely love [Jacqueline Toboni](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/), so I decided to get the gang together again for another watch party and go in with an open mind.
**I loved it.**
The OG L Word had some good characters, but they weren’t given good storylines. This iteration seems to be fixing that. Like in this scene with Bette, Shane and Alice, you get the best of their chemistry together.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1204102431556157441?s=20
I loved this. It took the pieces of the original series that were good and made them better.
So, what is everyone up to 10 years later?
### Better Porter
Bette is running for lesbian mayor of LA and she is as a bad-ass bitch boss as ever.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1204105457402568705?s=20
Angelica is now 16, and despite all that “Attachment Parenting,” she’s still a combative teenager. Tina is only referred to offscreen via phone calls. She can stay there for the rest of the season, I found her character to be boring.
### Alice Pieszecki
Alice has her own TV Talk Show called *Alice*, and she’s dating a woman with 2 kids from a former marriage named Natalie.
I was excited to see [Stephanie Allynne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-allynne/) playing Nat!
### Shane McCutcheon
Shane doesn’t make it a full minute upon stepping onto the show before she’s banging a flight attendant.
Never change, Shane.
She can afford that private plane from selling salons in New York and Paris. But it seems she’s back in LA running from her wife Quiara. We don’t know what happened yet, but I look forward to finding out.
### Generation Q
The new cast is great and I love them all already.
- **[Dani Nunez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dani-nunez/)** – Big Pharma heiress and girlfriend of Sophie. She quits her dad’s company to go work for Bette Porter’s campaign.
- **[Micah Lee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/micah-lee/)** – Cute trans man and roommate of Dani and Sophie. He has a crush on the new building manager, Jose.
- [**Sarah Finley**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-finley/) – Finley is a Production Assistant on Alice’s show and is friends with the rest of the new main characters. She becomes pals with Shane after Alice sends her to her house to put a bed together.
- [**Sophie Suarez**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-suarez/) – Dani’s girlfriend and one of the producers of Alice’s show.
Of note, my wife Mia and I have the same West Elm coffee table as Dani and Sophie, so they are already nailing authenticity.
I’m looking forward to the rest of the season and I encourage you to watch it even if you didn’t see the original.
*[Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)* – Season 4 Episode 10 “Gone” \[Catch-up\]After the L Word party, I had to stay up to watch the *We Stan Domlene* episode of *Mr. Robot*.
Darlene finds Dom at her apartment after leaving the hospital and she tries to get her to run away to Budapest with her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206298537690054656?s=20
I thought the music and grabbing the bag back and forth seemed a little out of character for the snow. Then I realized this is *Mr. Robot’s* self-aware ironic attempt at a rom-com episode.
Dom resists, but eventually, Darlene is able to talk her into it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206302360924033024?s=20
Looks like it took smashing Dom’s only “friend” to finally convince her to run.
At a CT rest stop, Darlene wants to show Dom something, but she is doing her usual fretting when she needs to just stop and watch.
Darlene runs a script on her phone and soon everyone’s getting pinged with giant deposits added to their Ecoin wallets. All the money White Rose stole was evenly given back to the people. To quote Darlene they just, “Robin Hooded those evil motherfuckers.”
Also, someone made this observation during this scene.
https://twitter.com/AerielleSaguil/status/1204032864800526336?s=20
Good one, Sam Esmail.
They make it to the Boston airport and Dom runs into Dark Army fixer, Irving, promoting his book. Dom is completely freaked out thinking he is going to kill her, but Irving assures her she has nothing to worry about. The Dark Army doesn’t care about her anymore.
He also continues to prove The Dark Army has the best gaydar on the show.
They don’t need to run anymore, and when the boarding announcement is made for their flight Dom says she can’t go. She has too many responsibilities here. Darlene tries to convince her one last time by saying running away will be the best thing for her. But it doesn’t work.
Ugh, that teary goodbye killed me.
Dom leaves and Darlene proceeds to the gate as Carly Rae Jepsen’s *Run Away With Me* plays.
The music turns up louder and suddenly it’s *Mr. Robot’s* version of the classic rom-com ending airport scene. This show never does stuff like this and I was watching in disbelief — is this really happening? Are they going to give us a Domlene happy ending?
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206380848225931264?s=20
The answer is no. They just miss each other.
Darlene runs off to the bathroom having a panic attack, but she eventually calms herself down. Dom gets on the plane where, for the first time in five years, she falls asleep as it takes off without Darlene.
ARGH!
I know this is not that kind of show, and I appreciate it breaking its usual super dark and serious personality to give us this *We Stan Domlene* episode, but goddamit I just want them to be endgame!
The two-hour finale is next week and while I am not ready for this show to be over, I do want to find out what happens to them.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 8 “Fertile AF” \[Live\] Edie and Tim need more character witnesses for Leon, and since Edie’s mom, Genevieve, is one of his only friends, Edie approaches her about it. She says she’ll only do it if Edie comes clean to Tim about what’s going on with her.
She tells Edie she needs to live authentically. Edie concedes and it looks like they have a deal.
Even though Amanda tips Edie off on some dirt on her mom disqualifying her from being a credible witness, Edie finally tells Tim the truth.
The scene felt very real to me. You can feel the emotions from both Edie and Tim.
Tim asks Edie the big question.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206404867927019520?s=20
Wow. That was the Fall finale. Now we will have to wait to see what Tim, Edie and Amanda’s future will look like.
*[Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “180 Almonds” \[Catch-up\] If you’re watching the new L Word, I would recommend keeping your TV on and watching *Work in Progress* that airs right afterward.
It’s about Abby, a 45-year-old self-described queer dyke and her struggle with anxiety and despair. That sounds sad but it is done in an absolutely hilarious way.
https://youtube.com/ai8TD3aFn8M
The show is very relatable for me as a middle-aged lesbian. The gathering of friends at Abby’s house in ep. 1 looks like it could be at my house.
There are so show few shows with butch, masc of center and gender non-conforming queer characters in them and this one is really great. Highly recommended!
Tonight — it’s the *Good Trouble* holiday special aka Stef and Lena fighting with egg nog. That will be a good distraction from fretting about the *Mr. Robot* finale.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Batwoman, Mr. Robot, The L Word: Generation Q, Work in Progress
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 23, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-a-very-coterie-christmas/)
**Published:** December 23, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Stef and Lena pay a visit to Good Trouble for A Very Coterie Christmas and The L Word Gen Q continues to bring quality queer content.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Stef and Lena pay a visit to *Good Trouble* for A Very Coterie Christmas and *The L Word Generation Q* continues to bring quality queer content.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 10 & 11 “Nochebuena” & “A Very Coterie Christmas” \[Live\]A 2-hour holiday special with the entire Foster Adams family meant dusting off the sad sponge scale for Stef and Lena. Let’s see how our favorite bickering moms are during A Very Coterie Christmas.
Yup, still fighting.
This time it’s about Waze vs. Google Maps.
Meanwhile, Alice needs to save the Coterie for the holidays.
The Coterie’s lease is up, and the eccentric woman the lease’s name is in will only sign for an extension if she’s allowed to move back in. That is not an option. Alice is trying to hold it together in front of everyone, but not doing a very good job.
Also, Jazmine and Gael are spending their first Nochebuena together both estranged from their family.
They get a call that their grandfather (the supportive one) had a stroke and is in the hospital. Even though Jazmin refuses to go because the rest of the family won’t welcome her, Gael convinces her.
After a lot of uncomfortable interactions between Jazmin and her dad, they do get a chance to talk things out while everyone else is asleep.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1208837542721794051?s=20
Later, Stef and Lena get in the mood by throwing shade at Brandon’s parents-in-law.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1208840452557987840?s=20
Gross to doing it in your kid’s bed, but I don’t think I’ve seen the two of them be that into to each other before. The sad sponges are looking up!
But not for long. We should have seen this coming with all the talk about Stef moving to Sacramento for Lena and their phones being identical, but Lena sees a surprising message on Stef’s phone.
It’s the old “I Applied For a Job in Venezuela and Didn’t Tell You” trope. Even without a house full of children, Stef and Lena still have terrible communication skills. But I guess it’s not that big a deal. Lena tells Stef she saw the message and it’s cool if she wants to go to Venezuela.
I warned my wife I would be mad as hell if she secretly applied for a job that would take her out of the country for a year. But maybe Lena’s relieved she can concentrate on her first year in office without any distractions.
### Stef and Lena’s Sad Sponge Rating
- Starting off the episode fighting: Negative Sponges
- Passive-Aggressive statements about Sacramento on both sides: Negative Sponges
- Hiding the year-long job in Venezuela: Very Negative Sponges
- Doin’ it in their kid’s bed: Gross, but Positive Sponges
- Being cool with the Venezuela thing: Positive Sponges
- Being above-average nice to each other: Positive Sponges
#### I give them 3 sponges, one flaming hot for A Very Coterie Christmas Eve bang.
Elsewhere, Alice’s troubles are solved when Dennis steps in with a big check and saves the Coterie. The only contingent being Alice can’t let anyone know it was him.
Gael and Jazmin’s grandfather wakes up from the stroke happy to see his son and granddaughter together. Hopefully, this puts Jazmin and her dad on the road to a better relationship.
And there you have it — A Very Coterie Christmas tied up in a neat bow. Regular season two episodes start back up on January 15 in the new year.
*[The L Word Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Text” \[Live\]This show is truly the *Queerest Thing I Watch Every Week* lately. How are our characters doing this episode?
### Finley
After a night of “fudging” (that term creeps me out), Rebecca says she needs to leave in the morning even though she doesn’t want to. Finley’s like “Where are you going? I’ll go with you.” and is visibly freaked out after she tells her she’s going to Church.
By now, we’ve been able to extrapolate Finley had a homophobic religious upbringing forcing her to leave her family and run away to LA. It also looks like she is still dealing with a lot of internalized homophobia so it would make sense she would be freaked out by dating someone religious.
At work, she tells Sophie about it and Sophie makes her go see the church ([MCC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Community_Church) – a super queer-friendly Protestant Christian denomination) because it’s on her list of potential wedding venues. When they get there guess who the Minister (Pastor? Sorry, I don’t know anything about religion) is?
I honestly did not see that coming. Good one, L Word.
### Shane
As predicted, Shane bought the previous lesbian bar turned sports bar and Tess and Lena are going to run it.
Later, Shane meets up with Alice and Bette for lunch and introduces them to Lena.
I absolutely love the telepathic level of communication between Bette and Shane.
Of course, they want to know where Shane met Lena and she tells them *Atlas*, the sports bar she just bought to turn back into a gay bar.
Alice is really encouraging and Bette is judgemental as usual. But they give Shane these wise words of advice.
**Spoiler Alert:** She doesn’t listen.
Oh, Shane.
### Alice
Alice is concerned about Nat not having any friends, including her former best friend who is also her ex-wife.
But before the friend matchmaking happens, Alice has America’s Gay Sweetheart as a guest on her show — Megan Rapinoe!
Finley is all of us in that scene.
Alice brings up hanging out with Nat to Gigi and she looks confused but is okay with a potential hang. Nat, on the other hand, is pretty weirded out by Alice trying to get her and Gigi together for a friend-date. She’s also doubtful Alice will be 100% okay with it.
I do get where Alice is coming from. I think it’s really important for partners to have strong friendships outside the relationship. I often encourage my wife to go do stuff with friends, including one of her best friends who also happens to be her ex-girlfriend. And that has included trips to a spa.
In this case, it’s a little weird because Nat and Gigi are not on great terms. But I guess if there’s a friendship to be salvaged there, it’s worth a try.
### Dani and Sophie
Dani has been on rocky ground with her dad since leaving his company to work for Bette’s campaign. But her dad called to meet up and offered to rent out a super fancy and expensive ballroom for her and Sophie’s wedding. Dani is into it, but Sophie wants their wedding to be about them not him.
During the fancy ballroom tour, they find out Dani’s father already booked the room and set the date for their wedding. Of course, they get into a fight about it when they get home.
I’m with Sophie on this. If they take Dani’s dad’s money he is going to take full control of the guest list and everything else. A wedding should be about the two people getting married, and if you lose all control of the ceremony, it’s no longer your day.
### Bette Porter
We found out what happened to Bette and Tina.
I wonder when this happened? I guess we’re being led to think it was at least a few years ago.
On the campaign trail, things are going well. After (very reluctantly) switching Angela to a public school, she got the endorsement of the Teachers Union. And then a late-night visit from Felicity.
Uh, oh. Dani can’t unsee that, and as Bette’s fixer, she’s going to have to fix it.
Happy Hanukkah and happy Christmas to all of you who celebrate! I will see you next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [Queer Beats - January 24, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-january-24-2020/)
**Published:** January 24, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Legends of Tomorrow returned with plenty of BTS content, Ilana Glazer and Stephanie Beatriz talked about why they love being queer, and ODAAT is filming again!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Legends of Tomorrow returned with plenty of BTS content, Ilana Glazer and Stephanie Beatriz talked about why they love being queer, and ODAAT is filming again!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
Going to QFX East? You’re in luck because so is [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/)!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1218987010456682496?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Yesterday was the season premiere of The Bold Type and, even though [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) wasn’t in it, [Nikohl Boosheri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) posted some content to remind us all that she will be back.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7rrjOvnHYB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) released a new song and it’s cute and good for this Friday morning:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bynvKjmTb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)
Broad City might be over (\*cue tears\*) but [Ilana Glazer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ilana-glazer/) is still out here talking about how the show helped her embrace her queerness:
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1218235277078159360?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Speaking of shows that helped actors become more visible with their queerness, [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) talked about how she is proud to be queer and Latinx:
https://twitter.com/REMEZCLA/status/1219781735757631488?s=20
Also, here’s a nice picture of [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa/) to hold us over until the B99 premiere because somehow we are *still waiting*.
https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1220103704491298817?s=20
## [Gentefied](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10037034/)
I AM VERY EXCITED FOR THIS NEW NETFLIX SHOW!
https://twitter.com/gentefied/status/1219638048507428864?s=20
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Both Good Trouble and [Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/) were renewed by Freeform this week!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1218277588767916032?s=20
## [Grace and Frankie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grace-and-frankie/)
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda ‘grace’-d the Ellen Show with their presence this week and here are some of the good, gay highlights:
https://twitter.com/fondactivist/status/1218362472580689920?s=20
https://twitter.com/phoebewallerbr1/status/1218219324709777408?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
I’m sorry, I’m still not over the fact that Tina is back and that I’m apparently a Tibette shipper now:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7byFifFPE1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7eMi_tlspb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, I know people ship this couple so here ya go:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7h9YNwlVtq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Anyway, back to Tibette:
https://twitter.com/LaurelLHolloman/status/1219093143125016577?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Legends came back this week and it FELT SO GOOD! I thought the episode was one of their best yet and I love it even more knowing this wasn’t planned:
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1220112445735346178?s=20
Also, Emily Andras (of [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)) live-tweeted the episode:
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1219805378608816128?s=20
And this week on: Caity-Lotz-Is-Really-Hot:
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1219757819789893632?s=20
https://twitter.com/carlafowler16/status/1219760175646756866?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Y’ALL! LOOK WHO IS BACK!
https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez/status/1220093410956103680?s=20
These pictures make my heart feel full. Also Isabella looks like the real life version of that 😊 emoji which directly reflects how I feel inside.
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1220166453460000769?s=20
We also got some love between the Wynonna Earp and ODAAT showrunners this week:
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1219687630188601345?s=20
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1220210043037061120?s=20
## [Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)
Nothing I love more than some [Ronnie Lee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ronnie-lee/) love!
https://twitter.com/karenrobinson01/status/1220507091951128576?s=20
## [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
Okay, I haven’t once regretted my decision to stop watching Shameless last season until I saw these pictures:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7bbxL7h_mo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I mean… [Debbie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/debbie-gallagher/) in a suit? I didn’t know this was what I would be missing!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7g2EaHhXNr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This picture is very relevant to my wants and needs:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ozN3DgRWe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This is also relevant because I love me some [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) back story:
https://twitter.com/Supergirltvsite/status/1220102733606223872?s=20
## [Workin’ Moms](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/workin-moms/)
Finally, a new Workin’ Moms trailer!
https://twitter.com/reitcatou/status/1218205960604307456?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Broad City, Gentefied, Good Trouble, Grace and Frankie, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Shameless US, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q, Workin' Moms
---
### [Winter TCA 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/winter-tca-2020/)
**Published:** January 22, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Every year in February, the Television Critics Association has upfronts so the TV reporters can meet everyone. Welcome to the 2020 Winter TCAs.
**Content:**
It’s time again for the **Television Critics Association** winter extravaganza!
A holdover from the time when we didn’t have the internet, the TCA holds a Press Tour for everyone to come out and press the flesh with TV moguls and get the skinny on what’s new. It’s a whole week of crazy.
## TL;DR
I need to be real here, this is a *long* post and there’s a lot of stuff. If you just want to know what to add to your DVR for the queers, here are your lists.
And a great reminder here, is that *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* got a second season, as did *[The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)*, and *[Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)*.
#### On Now
- *[9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)* (FOX) – One of the firefighters is a trans man who transitioned on the job in Chicago (and is now in Texas).
- *[Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deputy/)* (FOX) – Bex Taylor-Klaus is a lesbian sheriff’s deputy. This is already airing.
- *[Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/zoeys-extraordinary-playlist/)* (NBC) – Alex Newell sings on this fantasy drama about a woman who can hear your inner songs.
#### Coming Soon
- *Clean Slate* (Peacock) -This drama by Norman Lear is about a Dad who does not expect the son who left 17 years ago to return as a proud trans woman (played by Laverne Cox).
- *Council of Dads* (NBC) – The dad dies, his friends fill in, one of the kids is trans.
- *Dispatches from Elsewhere* (AMC) – Eve Lindley plays the love interest, who is a trans woman ([source Deadline](https://deadline.com/2020/01/dispatches-from-elsewhere-jason-segel-sally-field-andre-benjamin-eve-lindley-amc-tca-1202833200/)).
- *Hightown* (Starz) – This is the formerly-know-as ‘P-Town’ drama, and the lead was originally billed as a lesbian. Yes, this has been on the plans for a couple years.
- *Indebted* (NBC) – Boomers move in with their Millenial son due to rising health care costs. The sister is a lesbian.
- *Motherland: Fort Salem* (Freeform) – Warrior witches, and there are lesbians.
- *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* (PopTV) – Just remember to add it to your DVR before March 24th! Also you’re not insane, the song is gone.
- *Snowpiercer* (TNT) – There were lesbians in the trailer so Y(train)MMV. Supposedly airs May 31.
- *Tommy* (CBS) – Edie Falco stars as a New Yorker lesbian who is LA’s first female chief of police. The show starts in February.
- *Twenties* (BET) – Lena Waithe’s story about a queer black girl and her friends. Starts in March.
- *The Watch* (BBCAmerica) – Pratchett’s Discworld comes to life, complete with a non-binary forensics expert.
#### Honourable Mentions
Honourable mentions you should check out because they’ll probably be good for queers.
- *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* (Freeform) – It has ancillary lesbians and the main character is a gay man.
- *Katy Keene* (The CW) – This Riverdale spinoff should have at least one queer, but I’m not 100% sure it’s going to be a qualifying one for this site.
- *Vagrant Queen* (SyFy) – The comic this is based on is super queer.
## ABC
In their executive session, Karey Burke talked about the current status of their existing shows. *[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)*, *Emergence*, and *Mixed-ish* are the most popular shows on ABC, picking up 200-300% bumps on digital. That’s awesome (I love *Emergence* even if there’s no queer rep … yet … I can hope).
As for perennials like *Grey’s Anatomy*, expect it to stick around until Ellen Pompeo wants to quit. And there will be more *Station 19* crossovers. *Modern Family* and *[How to Get Away with Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)* are finishing up, too.
As for the new shows they talked about …
ShowQueer?Summary*ThirtySomething(Else)*ProbablyA sequel has been ordered to pilot. I was too young for the original and now I’m too old for the followup. This will be about the kids from the original, who are now in their thirties. Excuse me while I have an old.*The Brides*UnknownThe brides of Dracula. Who is a character on the show, but it’s more about the women. It’s a ‘sexy contemporary reimagining’ show, with horror elements. *The Baker and the Beauty*UnknownA US version of the Israeli romantic comedy where a blue-collar baker strikes up a relationship with an international superstar.*For Life*UnknownA man wrongly convicted of a crime becomes a lawyer in order to fight for himself, as well as others. This is based on a true story.## AcornTV
A Brit based channel, you can pick them up on Amazon, among other places. They’ll be airing the [Miss Fisher Murder Mystery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries/) movie. This is a movie, it was released in theatres, so we won’t be covering it, but we’ll still watch it.
ShowQueer?Summary*Dead Still*UnknownA renowned ‘memorial photographer’ investigates the murders of his recently deceased subjects. *Deadwater Fell*UnknownA four-part mystery set in Scotland, starring David Tennant and Cush Jumbo.## Amazon
Yep, Amazon gets one this year! And they dumped a lot in one go. The *Lord of the Rings* series is still going ahead, too, as is *Wheel of Time*.
ShowQueer?Summary*Citadel*UnknownA spy series by the Russo Bros.*Cortes and Montezuma Project*UnknownThe show based upon the conquest of Hernan Cortes, who led a rebellious expedition to the heart of King Montezuma.*Last Days*UnknownA gripping sci-fi thriller where the world’s governments have secretly created a controversial plan to selectively colonize Mars in the wake of a dying Earth and the rise of AI. The series will follow one woman’s journey to explore the truth about where she came from, at the risk of losing everything she knows.*Small Axe*UnknownA 6-part mini series made with BBC-One*Jack Reacher*UnlikelyAnother spy series…This is the one that were Tom Cruise movies.*The Power*UnknownThe series is based on Naomi Alderman’s novel of the same name. Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to electrocute people at will. It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them. Coming alive to the thrill of pure power: the ability to hurt or even kill by releasing electrical jolts from their fingertips, they rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women. Soon enough nearly every woman in the world can do it. And then everything is different.*Untitled Tracy Oliver Project*UnknownA single-camera comedy following the lives of four black women – friends from their college days at NYU – as they navigate sex, relationships and chasing their dreams.*Daisy Jones & The Six*UnknownBased on a novel of the same name, about a band who vanished at their peak. What really happened?*Them*UnknownEP Lena Waithe – the first season of the horror series will center on the first Black family to move into an all-white neighborhood in the 1950s.*The Underground Railroad*UnlikelyCora, a slave on a cotton plantation in Georgia. When Caesar, a recent arrival from Virginia, tells her about the Underground Railroad, they decide to take a terrifying risk and escape. *Hunters*UnlikelyAl Pacino leads Nazi Hunters.## AMC
ShowQueer?Summary*The Walking Dead: World Beyond*UnknownYes, another spinoff of *The Walking Dead*.*Soulmate*LikelyIt’s described as being like Black Mirror, but love.*Dispatches from Elsewhere***Yes**Four ordinary people feel there’s something missing in their lives, but can’t quite put their finger on what it is, are brought together by chance – or perhaps it’s by design – when they stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life.## Apple TV+
Apple will also be producing a docuseries called “Visible: Out in Television,” by Wanda Sykes and Wilson Cruz. It will investigate the importance of TV as a medium that has shaped the American conscience, and how the LGBTQ movement influenced what we watch on TV.
ShowQueer?Summary *Little America*UnknownAn anthology series about immigrants.*Home Before Dark*UnknownA young girl moves from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury.*Central Park*UnknownAn animated series about a family of caretakers, who live and work in Central Park, end up saving the park, and basically the world.*Mythic Quest*UnknownA video game development studio explores the intricacies of the human condition through hilarious and innovative ways.*Defending Jacob*UnlikelyBased on the book of the same name, the plot is a detective realizes his 14 year old son might be a murderer.## BBCAmerica
ShowQueer?Summary*The Watch***Yes**Based on the Terry Pratchet Discworld series, this is a genre-busting series that follows a group of misfit cops as they rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. It’s described as “uniquely anarchic and thrillingly entertaining.” Jo Eaton-Kent is Constable Cheery, the ingenious non-binary forensics expert, ostracized by their kin and finding a new home and identity. ## BET
Lumped in with the ViacomCBS group is this gem:
ShowQueer?Summary*Twenties***Yes**By Lena Waithe, so you know this is going to be good, it’s based on a web series she made before. It follows a queer black girl, Hattie, and two of her straight female friends and examines friendship, finding love and messing everything up as they pursue their dreams.## BritBox
I’m waiting for *[Bletchley Circle: San Francisco](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bletchley-circle-san-francisco/)* to return for season two (which they are finishing up now).
ShowQueer?Summary*Mrs. Brown’s Boys*UnlikelyThis is a very Brit thing, but it’s a man in dress, playing a woman.*A Confession*UnknownMartin Freeman as Det. Superintendent Steve Fulcher, investigating a girl’s disappearance. Based on a true story.## CBS
There was a panel about *Evil*, a show by the Kings who made *The Good Wife/The Good Fight*. The show is still creepy evil and spooky to watch. Also it’s taught me that according to TV standards & practices, it’s okay to show a drowning baby on primetime, but maybe no so many guns. I’m still confused.
ShowQueer?Summary*Clarice*UnknownA little quid pro quo and this has been ordered to pilot. It’s probably unrelated to the *[Hannibal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hannibal/)* series from a few years ago. That one had queers so …*Tommy***Yes**Edie Falco is a New York cop who becomes LA’s first female chief of police. It’s politics and cops in one. And Edie’s character? A lesbian. Katrina Lenk will play someone who comes into Tommy’s life and becomes a “romantic partner” — not my choice of words there.*FBI: Most Wanted*UnknownSpinoff of the queer-less *FBI*. Expect crossovers ala Dick Wolf style.## CBS All Access
Meanwhile everything on CBS AllAccess is doing well and getting renewed. This includes *Picard*, and no you’re not crazy, season one starts *tomorrow*. Meanwhile, *[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* will be back, sans Maya, which makes it the first ‘Show We Love’ to lose that designation. Sorry, folks.
ShowQueer?Summary*Interrogation*UnknownA crime story told in a non-linear episodic structure that allows viewers to try and solve the case in any order they choose. They say to watch the pilot and then binge the rest in any order you want. *Picard*UnknownThe return of Jean-Luc Picard, the dog’s name is Number One and the series will touch on class, marginalization and disenfranchisement. Trekkies, rejoice!## The CW
First up, *everything* on the CW got renewed on January 7th, and *Katy Keene* (which will have at least one queer) got an additional 13 episodes. So we get more *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*! Of course this also means they’ve got nothing new, because the only open slot is *[Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)*, and they already have Arrow Jr in the wings.
ShowQueer?Summary*Walker: Texas Ranger*ProbablyJared Paledecki will start in the reboot of the Chuck Norris has been ordered to series.*Superman & Lois*ProbablyThe spinoff I’ve been calling “Mom, Dad, and Superbaby” is ordered to series. Given the events of Crisis, I guess it’s ‘and super babies’ now.## Epik TV
ShowQueer?Summary*Belgravia*UnknownWhen the Trenchards accept an invitation to the now legendary ball hosted by the Duchess of Richmond on the fateful eve of the Battle of Waterloo, it sets in motion a series of events that will have consequences for decades to come as secrets unravel behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest neighborhoods. ## Facebook Watch
Yes, Facebook has a streaming channel. Had. Has. They canceled a lot of their scripted works, but at the same time have a new season for the anthology show they made with Blumhouse TV. It looks like they’re ‘transitioning to unscripted fare.’ Read: Facebook is going to make more reality TV.
ShowQueer?Summary*Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones*UnknownThe story is from a Grimm Brothers tale, Elsie searches for the family she never knew after being abandoned as a child.## Freeform
ShowQueer?Summary*Motherland: Fort Salem***Yes**Warrior witches in America. It’s a dystopian story and there are lesbian witches. It’s fun.*Everything’s Gonna Be Okay***Yes** (but)The main character is a gay man, and he has some lesbian friends, but it’s not a whole lot.*Last Summer*UnknownAn unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers–’93, ’94, ’95–in a small Texas town when a beautiful and popular teen, Kate, goes missing and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.## Fox
ShowQueer?Summary*9-1-1: Lone Star***Yes!**We already know that this show will have queer because [Brian Michael Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brian-michael-smith/) is in it as a main character! While this is a spinoff of *[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)*, there are no crossovers planned at this time.*Filthy Rich*UnlikelyKim Catrell stars as a Southern Christian TV network star. This show will have singing and dancing. There’s no news on queers for this at all.*Outmatched*None YetDumb parents have genius kids. It’s like *Malcom in the Middle* meets *Young Sheldon* and sounds like a pretty straight forward ‘laugh at the smart kids’ show.*neXt*UnknownThere’s an A.I. that has gone rogue and kills people. One of the characters is a ‘reformed’ neo-nazi/white nationalist and Eliza (the A.I.) actively goes after him.## FX
They started out by saying *[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* was renewed for three most seasons. Good luck, Tracy, at least Sarah Paulson will be back. Also FX will be on Hulu for all Hulu subscribers soon. Rejoice for another way to watch *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)*.
ShowQueer?Summary*Devs*UnknownLily, a young software engineer, investigates the super secretive development division of her employer, a premiere tech company in Silicon Valley, which she believes is behind the death of her boyfriend. This is a limited series (i.e. mini series) that will air on FX on Hulu.*Mrs. America*UnknownThe story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), including the backlash led by conservative Phyllis Schlafly. The mini-series will debut with three episodes on FX on Hulu, with new episodes airing weekly thereafter.*Y*Probably (if it gets made)Still in production is *Y*, an adaptation of *Y: The Last Man Standing*, which absolutely has lesbians in the comic. But it’s been shuffled around a lot and no one can say for sure if this will get made or not.*Breeders*UnlikelyJust based on the title alone, you can get the idea what this show is about. Heterosexual parents who fail at everything are the crux of this comedy.*Dave*UnknownNo, not the movie about the guy who looked like the lousy president. This one is a about a guy who wants to be a rapper. Which will be part of the show. Kevin Hart is an EP on this one.## HBO
You may have heard about *Confederate*, a show about what if the Confederacy won the Civil War, made by the guys who did *Game of Thrones*. That show got a lot of negative press and has since been shelved.
ShowQueer?Summary*Avenue 5*UnknownThis comedy is about a cruise ship in outer space, with Hugh Laurie.*The Outsider*UnlikelyThis has already aired two episodes. It’s a Stephen King quasi-supernatural true crime thriller.*The Plot Against America*UnknownBased on Philip Roth’s alternative-history novel about the rise of antisemitism and fascism in 1940 America.*The Undoing*UnknownA couple whose lives get overturned by shocking events. This is a murder mystery/thriller.*I Know This Much is True*UnknownBased on the novel of the same name, Mark Ruffalo plays twins.## HBOMax
Yes, their weird streaming channel. Big notes here, first of all it *won’t* have everything HBO (or DC). Second, Cinemax is going to stop making original dramas. Third, Audience Network is going away.
ShowQueer?Summary*Love Life*UnknownAnna Kendrick as woman trying to find true love.*Raised by Wolves*UnknownYes, that one.*The Flight Attendant*UnknownThe terrifying story of a flight attendant who wakes up in the wrong hotel, in the wrong bed, with a dead man and no idea what happened.*Tokyo Vice*UnlikelyBased on a true story, American journalist Jake Adelstein travels to Tokyo to report on corruption within the Vice squad.*Americanah*UnlikelyBased on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best-selling novel, “Americanah” tells the story of Ifemelu (Nyong’o), a young, beautiful, self-assured woman raised in Nigeria, who as a teenager falls in love with her classmate Obinze.*Green Lantern*ProbablyIt’s by Berlanti, who does all the other DC supers on the CW.*House of the Dragon*LikelyA spin-off of *Game of Thrones*, due in 2022.## Hulu
ShowQueer?Summary*Madagascar*UnlikelyBased on the movie.*Trolls*Unlikely… Based on the movie.*The Great*UnknownThe comedy chronicles the genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th Century Russia and follows the wildly comedic rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great.*Solar Opposites*UnknownThe adult animated series centers around a family of aliens from a better world who must take refuge in middle America. They disagree on whether Earth is awful or awesome.*Crossing Swords*UnknownA goodhearted peasant lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle. His dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when he learns his beloved kingdom is run by a hornet’s nest of horny monarchs, crooks and charlatans. Even worse, Patrick’s valor made him the black sheep in his family, and now his criminal siblings have returned to make his life hell.*Normal People*UnlikelyAn adaptation of the bestselling novel by Sally Rooney tracks the tender but complicated relationship of Marianne and Connell from the end of their school days in small-town west of Ireland to their undergraduate years at Trinity College.*Little Fires Everywhere*UnknownBased on the novel of the same name, it’s about the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.*High Fidelity*UnknownA record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisits past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.*The Testaments*LikelyHulu bought the rights to the sequel to *The Handmaid’s Tale*, set 15 years later.*Untitled Comedy*UnlikelyAn untitled comedy staring Steven Martin and Martin Short.*Helstrom*UnknownA horror TV show set one of the Marvel universes, but we don’t know if it’s the TV universe (like *Runaways*) or the movie one.## NBC
*New Amsterdam* got picked up for three seasons, which is nearly unheard of. *Manifest* is finally coming back, but the first six episodes have no queers, so the heir to *Lost* is going to be losing me pretty fast. *[Days of our Lives](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/days-of-our-lives/)* is getting at least one more season.
ShowQueer?Summary*Council of Dads***Yes**Premiering March 10th, it’s the one about the dad who dies and three of his best friends fill in. If you like *Million Little Things* and *This is Us*, you’ll like this one. (NBC)*Indebted***Yes**I already gave a quick review on this, but it’s a mid-range comedy about Boomers moving in with their Millennial kids because of health care costs. (NBC)*Debris*UnknownJust ordered to pilot, two agents from two different continents, and with two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind. It sounds like *The Tunnel* meets *Lost*.*Young Rock*UnlikelyAn 11-ep, single camera sitcom about … the Rock! As a young man. I guess ‘The Pebble’ isn’t as catchy as a title, but you can smell what this show is cooking later this year.## OWN
ShowQueer?Summary*Cherish the Day*UnknownAn anthology series from Ava DuVernay that chronicles the romance of one couple – from the extraordinary to the everyday – with each episode spanning one day.## Paramount
ShowQueer?Summary*Coyote*UnlikelyA retired border agent is hired by a cartel.*Mayor of Kingstown*UnknownA “gritty drama” about a Michigan family at the center of several prisons and the law.*68 Whiskey*UnknownBy Ron Howard, it’s a comedy/drama about medical units in Afghanistan. Think of it like *M\*A\*S\*H* or “Catch 22.”## PeacockTV
NBC’s finally in the streaming game. Peacock will a free, ad-*supported* service, but the premium version of the service (with double the programming) is free-with-ads to cable subscribers. Non-Cable people pay $5 to get in, and for everyone pays $5 for no-ads.
ShowQueer?Summary*The Adventure Zone*UnknownBased on the McElroy Family’s wildly popular Dungeons & Dragons podcast and No. 1 *New York Times* best-selling graphic novel series, *The Adventure Zone* is a side-splitting and heart-filled fantasy animated comedy series that follows an unlikely, poorly equipped trio and their beleaguered Dungeon Master as they reluctantly embark on a quest to save their world.*Clean Slate***Yes**Old-school car wash owner, Henry (George Wallace), is thrilled that his estranged child is returning to Alabama after 17 years. However, Henry has a lot of soul searching to do when the child he thought was a son returns as the determined, proud, trans woman, Desiree (Laverne Cox).*Expecting*ProbablyEllie, a fiercely independent but perpetually single music manager, has always wanted a family but never found a man worthy of the role of “father.” That is, until her 39th birthday, when she decides to ask her gay best friend and co-worker, Jonathan, if he’ll be her sperm donor. When Jonathan surprises himself by saying “yes,” it sets off a chain of events that turn Ellie and Jonathan’s personal and professional lives upside down as they try to turn their “chosen family” into a biological family.*Division One*LikelyAn underdog women’s collegiate soccer team gets a new female coach — a former professional soccer player who’s fallen from grace — and must decide whether or not they’re going to take the risk of trying to be great.*MacGruber*UnlikelyA series based on the movie which is based on an SNL sketch.*Battlestar Galactica*UnknownAnother reboot. Kind of. It may be a spin-off?## PopTV
Everyone screamed about *One Day at a Time*. Well, maybe just me? *[Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)* is ending, which is very sad. *[Flack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/flack/)* will be back soon, though, and there’s more!
ShowQueer?Summary*[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)***Yes**Look, it’s new to Pop, so it’s new here. My most favourite sitcom is back on March 24th. So there you go.*Best Intentions*UnknownThis is about a teenager, his awkward single father who is the guidance counselor at his high school, and the all-too-smart women of their fumbling affections.*Mother Mary*MaybeAn Immaculate Conception comedy has been ordered to pilot. What would happen in today’s world if the most irresponsible and lazy human on Earth was impregnated by immaculate conception?## Showtime
There are a lot of documentary films from Showtime that we won’t be covering. Of what we do cover, *Shameless* is getting a final 11th season (which will air this summer!), *The L Word: Generation Q* gets season 2, as does *Work in Progress*. As for *[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)*, the 11th and **final** season airs this summer.
ShowQueer?Summary*Penny Dreadful: City of Angels*MaybeA spin-off of *[Penny Dreadful](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/penny-dreadful/)* that takes place in LA in 1938.*The Good Lord Bird*UnlikelyBased on the novel of the same name, it’s about a slave who unites with John Brown in Brown’s abolitionist mission.*Black Monday*UnlikelyAn American comedy television series based in the 1980s and follows the employees of second-tier Wall Street trading firm The Jammer Group in the year leading up to “Black Monday”, the day when international stock markets crashed in 1987. ## Starz
*Vida* season three will have a love interest for Eddy, so I’m excited about that!
ShowQueer?Summary*Power Book II: Ghost*UnknownA sequel to *[Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/power/)* with Mary K Blige.*Hightown***YES**Gary Lennon’s show about a woman trying to get sober and then she gets involved in a murder investigation. Jackie Quinones (Monica Raymund), a hard-partying lesbian in Provincetown, Massachusetts, aka P-Town; a federal Fishery Service Agent who uses her gun and badge to seduce tourist chicks. She’s none-too-enthusiastically putting in her time until she can draw a federal pension – but everything changes when she discovers a body in Cape Cod Bay, and finds herself at the center of the Cape’s gruesome heroin epidemic.## SyFy
ShowQueer?Summary*Resident Alien*UnknownA real fish-out-of-water story, the show follows an alien, whose ship crashes just outside a small Colorado town. Based on the comic, it looks like a fun comedy.## TBS
ShowQueer?Summary*Chad*UnknownNasim Pedrad plays a 14-year-old boy.## Telemundo
ShowQueer?Summary*The League of Pan*UnlikelyA Peter Pan syfy-esque drama, it continues the adventures of Pan and the Darlings.## TNT
ShowQueer?Summary*Snowpiercer***YES**After five years, two networks, and two show runners, *Snowpiercer* will be [released in May](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/snowpiercer-finally-gets-tnt-premiere-date-wild-five-year-journey-1269959). ## USA
Among other things, USA is picking up *The Biggest Loser* and the buzz is that they’re stilly pretty tone-deaf about the criticism on that show. Scripted shows are improving too.
ShowQueer?Summary*Briarpatch*UnknownThis 10-part anthology mini-series is going to be quirky and dark with a Tarantino vibe. Very noir and vintage, it’s adapted from a novel.*Chucky*UnknownBased on the movies, this has been ordered to pilot, and I for one will not be watching. That is the worst kind of show for me to watch, but if it’s your jam, I bet it’ll be awesome.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** 9-1-1: Lone Star, Batwoman, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Council of Dads, Deputy, Indebted, One Day at a Time, Tommy
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 30, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-l-word-generation-q/)
**Published:** December 30, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Wow, this week's episode of The L Word Generation Q was a lot and I am back from the holidays to recap it for you all.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, wow, this week’s episode of The L Word Generation Q was a lot, and I am back from the holidays to recap it for you all.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*The L Word: Generation Q* – Season 1 Episode 4 “LA Times” \[Live\]On this episode of *The L Word Generation Q,* our queer friends were very busy!
### Bette Porter
In the land of bad political career choices, Bette is waking up with Felicity in a hotel room. Felicity wants to process their relationship in addition to having a secret meetup bang.
Bette says all she wants is this right now, but you know that answer won’t satisfy her for long.
Later, Bette discovers she accidentally swapped phones with Felicity ([like Stef and Lena did](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-a-very-coterie-christmas/) on *Good Trouble* a couple of weeks ago) and now Dani needs to fix it.
Dani meets up with Felicity to get the phone and warns her their relationship will bring Bette’s campaign down if it’s exposed.
Dani is furious when she delivers the phone back to Bette. Why would she jeopardize the campaign for this DL relationship? She asks her why she’s even running in the first place.
It was pretty obvious that was the reason, but *The L Word Generation Q* finally said it out loud. Now we know what happened to Kit. RIP, girl.
In a Sativa-induced haze, Bette confesses everything to Shane and says she has to end things with Felicity — for the campaign and Kit’s sake.
### Shane
It’s Shane’s 40th birthday and she’s woken up from a dream about her soon-to-be ex-wife Quiara by a million happy birthday texts, but none from Quiara.
Later, after the regular OG Character hang, Shane has something to show Bette and Alice.
I think *The L Word Generation Q* feels the responsibility of correcting the past mistakes of its predecessor (for example its terrible portrayal of transgender characters). Killing off Dana, one of the most beloved original characters, was unforgivable. Shane naming the bar after her is a sweet tribute and the “obvious choice.”
Later while gettin’ high with Bette, Shane signs her divorce papers before heading to the bar.
Shane thinks they’re meeting up with Alice for a chill birthday hang but surprise!
Shane couldn’t have a 40th birthday without a party…and some drama.
Like Tess getting the truth out of Lena.
Alice told you not to shit where you eat, Shane!
And the biggest birthday surprise of them all — the brand new ex-wife she just signed the divorce papers for a few hours ago showing up to the party.
Wow, that is a lot to deal with on your birthday, but at least she got an amazing cake.
## Finley
After another night of “fudging the priest,” Rebecca invites Finley to dinner at her house with some other folks from the religious community. She can tell Finley is weirded out by the guest list.
Luckily for Finley, the doorbell rings before she has to answer.
I understand religion is Rebecca’s job, but I think she is pushing Finley too hard to confront all of her church baggage. It’s obvious Finley had a traumatic homophobic religious upbringing. I think Rebecca should let her deal with that on her own timeline. Saying stuff like, “we were brought together for a reason” — that reason being me bringing you back to church — is disrespectful IMO.
On the other hand, Finley needs to accept the fact that she’s catching feelings for Rebecca. If they’re going to continue to date, she needs to accept the priest-fudging thing.
At Shane’s surprise party, Finley starts pounding drinks.
Uh oh, Sloppy Drunk Finley is going to show up and make bad decisions.
She and Sophie chat about Rebecca, and Sophie thinks she should talk to her and be honest about how she feels. I don’t think Sophie meant right now in her super drunk state while Rebecca is having friends over for dinner. But Finley takes off on her bike. This is not going to end well.
Ouch, that was really painful to watch.
Drinking to deal with feelings Finley needs to get her act together.
### Dani and Sophie
The political mess Dani has to clean up after catching Bette’s late-night meetup with Felicity is causing her to be distant from Sophie. But later she climbs into the bathtub to talk with Sophie.
Dani says she’s been distant because when the two of them met, Sophie had a girlfriend she left Dani for and she’s scared she’ll leave her too. That seems very out of nowhere since the more obvious choice is the stress caused by being Bette’s handler, but okay.
Sophie jumps out of the tub to go get something.
That was super sweet.
Also, there’s a lot of “[you’re my person](https://youtube.com/r3d2Z_xoAJc)” talk on this show. *The L Word Generation Q* legal team should check if Shonda Rhimes has that trademarked because it was her thing first on *Grey’s Anatomy*.
### Alice
Alice has a big photoshoot at work for an article and she wants to look amazing.
At the office, Nat and the kids are with her and Gigi drops by too. At first, the journalist mistakes Gigi for Alice’s girlfriend. It’s not accurate, but it is a little foreshadowing.
At Shane’s birthday party the 3 of them are getting along really well.
Bette and Shane also get Alice a present. It’s a framed copy of the LA Times article and the hero photo is Alice and her entire family, including Gigi. Funny, that.
The three of them continue to get along EXTREMELY well.
And then this happens somewhere in the building.
Omg.
If you have ever read anything I’ve written, you know, as a lesbian mom, my biggest queer mom on TV complaint is we’re portrayed as sexless co-parenting robots who don’t even like each other. Well, *The L Word Generation Q* may have erased a couple of years of bad lesbian TV mom Karma. That was one of the most NSFW-ist queer sex scenes I’ve ever watched on TV! And they made it back to the party in time to see Shane blow out the candles on her cake.
Good job, TLWGQ, you get a standing ovation from me.
#### And there you have it folks, an episode of *The L Word Generation Q* where everyone got laid except Shane!
This week our New Years Day present is a new episode of *Almost Family*! I’m scared to see how life is for Edie after coming clean to Tim.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 6, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-alice-nat-and-gigi/)
**Published:** January 6, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alice, Nat and Gigi try to settle into their new relationship on The L Word Generation Q, and oops, Debbie is an accidental prostitute on Shameless.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Alice, Nat and Gigi try to settle into their new relationship on *The L Word Generation Q*, and, oops, Debbie is an accidental prostitute on *Shameless*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 10 Episode 8 “Debbie Might Be a Prostitute” \[Catch Up\] Yes, I’m still watching this show even though it’s so ridiculous and bad.
Debbie’s been doing this thing where she gets dressed up in fancy clothes and sits at a fancy hotel bar. One time while doing that she hooked up a lady named Claudia, and after they were done, she left Debbie an envelope full of money. Oops, she thought Debbie was a prostitute.
Only *Shameless* can give us an accidental prostitute storyline.
Debs goes back to the hotel to let Claudia know she’s not a prostitute and she actually liked her.
Claudia apologizes for the mix-up and tells her she likes her, too.
Looks like Debbie has a sugar mama! Who knows where this show will take this.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “Rehabilitated AF” \[Live\]Since confessing her relationship with Amanda to Tim, Edie has been having sleepovers at Amanda’s house, but sneaking out before Enzo wakes up.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1212848703209381895?s=20
I loved getting our first glimpse of Amanda without her glasses in this way.
Right before Edie leaves, Amanda tells her “15 years is as low as she’ll go.” This is not the stellar separation of work and personal Amanda agreed to earlier in the season, but here we are.
To continue the inappropriateness of the situation, Edie goes into negotiations with a plea offer equalling Amanda’s demand which took Tim by surprise. This is not good, y’all. The relationship alone is really dangerous to both of their careers, and they should not be making bedroom deals.
Edie is tired of sleeping on Julia’s couch the nights she’s not at Amanda’s, so she puts in a request for a relationship upgrade.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1213553407430189062?s=20
I love them very much, but this move feels too fast.
Edie performs her next queer female right of passage and meets Amanda’s ex-wife, Margaret. Margaret agrees with me and thinks they’re moving too quickly as well.
I’ll let [Victoria Cartagena](https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena) comment on this one.
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1212560458483425280?s=20
Margaret takes a page from Maggie Sawyer’s *Book of Dating Newly Out Women*, and suggests she let Edie explore first before settling down. Amanda ignores her advice, but I do love how they seem to have a good ex-wife relationship.
Things at work have been going terribly as Edie and Tim try to fake being in a relationship for their boss and the case. Leon makes a nighttime visit to the firm while Tim is up drinking brown liquor in his office, and Tim spills the beans on the situation with him, Edie and Amanda.
With this new knowledge, Leon fires Edie from the case.
Edie tries to change Leon’s mind, but it’s already done.
When Edie shows up at Amanda’s apartment with her luggage, she tells her she’s been dropped from the case, but not why. Edie’s upset, but glad she has Amanda to help her through it.
Uh oh, I see the glimmer of a “did I make a Uhaul mistake” look on Amanda’s face. I hope this mini move-in works out for them.
*[The L Word generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Labels” \[Live\]Let’s see what the L Word peeps are up to this week.
### Shane
We see Shane and Quiara waking up in Shane’s bed the morning after her birthday party. They look like they’re getting along great until Quiara drops this bomb.
She tells Shane she got donor inseminated. She’s not asking her to be a parent, but she does want to be with her.
Unless Quiara builds a fortress of nannies around the kid, there’s no way that will work. Plus Shane is good with kids and has a kind heart, she will wind up being a parent of some kind if they stay married.
Later, when Shane drops by Dana’s she scolds Tess for missing a liquor delivery even though the place is still swimming in booze from her party the night before.
Fair, Shane, you shouldn’t be giving Tess a hard time about trust.
Thankfully, Shane apologizes, but still, it must suck to clean up after the big party for your boss who caused your relationship to end.
Later Shane is at home when she hears a knock on the door. She thinks it’s Finley losing her keys again, but it’s Quiara. With a gift bottle of whiskey in hand, Quiara makes another plea for them to stay together.
Shane doesn’t give her an answer, but does she ask her to go to the closing night of Angie’s school play with her. For now, that is the level of commitment Shane is up for.
### Alice, Nat and Gigi
The morning after Shane’s party is a little rough for our brand new poly triad.
Y’all, I am all for this storyline. I don’t want to see anyone get hurt, but I love drama in my drama and this is top shelf.
Of course, the kids start calling for them, and there’s a comedic scramble to get clothes on and make an entrance plan for Gigi who is supposed to pick the kids up in 5 minutes. Alice even finds a stray piece of cake from the party amid the chaos.
Gigi seems good, Alice had a great time, but Nat is not fine.
Later Gigi comes back, and they all process what happened. Nat is upset that even though Gigi hurt her 2 years ago she still gets to hang around them. Nat is not over her pain from their breakup, but she still has feelings for Gigi. Gigi tells her she doesn’t want to do anything to mess with her happiness with Alice and goes to leave, but Nat tells her to stay.
It looks like a throuple peace treaty has been established. But, now they need to navigate how this three-person relationship is going to work.
They talk through things like swim meets, to be out or not and stuff like red carpets.
For now, they decide to hang out and have Thai food (without almonds).
Alice, Nat and Gigi all go to see Angie’s play, and the seating arrangements are as awkward as you can imagine.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1214235704101949451?s=20
During the performance, Alice makes an effort to have Gigi feel included.
Bette makes a face that says, “weird, but okay, cool,” and Shane looks dismayed.
I really really hope this relationship works out for Alice, Nat and Gigi. It would be great to have a healthy poly rep on TV. But this is a drama, so I don’t think it’ll be all smooth sailing for them.
### Finley
Finley wakes up passed out on Dana’s Bar office couch the morning after Shane’s party.
That couch sees action of all kinds.
Tess is struggling with sobriety after finding out about Lena having sex with Shane, and her sponsor suggests focusing on helping someone else. Hot mess Finley on the couch looks like the perfect person to give help to!
Tess takes her to the best hangover breakfast place in town and lets Finley know she’s been sober for 2 years. Finley doesn’t react as negatively as she did to Rebecca when she found out she was a priest, but she you can tell she’s taken aback. She explains that she doesn’t want to feel bad things and that’s why she drinks.
Later, Finley does an apology tour at Rebecca’s house, but it’s too late. Rebecca thinks they are not in the same place in life and Finley needs to deal with her shit before she can be in a relationship.
I thought Rebecca was being really condescending here, but she’s right. Rebecca and Finley are not in a good place to be together right now.
Finley calls her dad to talk and is surprised by him being at her sister’s engagement party. Finley didn’t even know she was engaged.
I was really surprised by the call. I thought Finley was estranged from her entire family, but I guess she is still friendly with her dad. It’s her mom and sister who have shut her out.
Finley shows up to help out at the bar since Lena is MIA and Tess pours them shots.
Oh, no! I’m always upset by Falling Off The Wagon storylines. I also love Jamie Clayton and don’t want to see her hurt.
At the end of the night, Tess and Finley are playing a sloppy drunk game of “Never have I ever” on the couch in Shane’s office. Don’t sit on Shane’s office couch! It’s the sex vortex of the entire city of LA. The couch works its inevitable magic and they hook up.
Oh, goodness. I really hope Tess doesn’t go down a booze hole with Finley. If she does I hope it only lasts for an episode.
### Dani and Sophie
Over at Dani, Sophie and Micah’s house, a box of delicious treats shows up at their door along with something else.
Did Dani’s dad think the treats would be enough to distract them from that asshole move?
Sophie’s sister Maribel is an attorney and takes a look at the document. She discovers a clause saying only biological children of Dani will be part of Dani’s family’s opioid dynasty. The biological children of Sophie will not.
Is this legal? When they second-parent adopt their children, they will both be their legal parents. I guess you can put anything you want in a prenup though. Dani is furious, and she and Sophie speed off to her father’s corporate headquarters.
Dani confronts her father and he says some shitty and homophobic things.
I LOVED seeing Dani stand up to her father. She was totally Bette Jr. in that scene.
On the drive home, Sophie tells her she’s grateful for Dani telling her dad off, but she wants her to process her feelings further. When Dani says she doesn’t want to right this moment, she pushes her.
JFC, Sophie, give her some space. She just said “fuck you” to her father for the first time in her life, give her a minute to process this on her own!
That really bothered me. People are different, some like to talk everything out the minute it happens (me), and others need to sit alone for a while and think about it first (my wife). This is not a sign of a relationship deficiency, but not respecting each other’s process is.
Dani goes into the office that night, but Bette is there working late too. Bette can see mini Bette is upset and lets her fall apart.
I love Bette and Dani’s dynamic. Maybe Bette can give Dani some advice because her dad was also not accepting of her. Either way, I hope Sophie chills out, and they can go into the wedding on smoother ground.
### Bette Fucking Porter
Bette has a secret meetup with Felicity to break up with her.
Felicity protests, but Bette has made up her mind.
That night at the closing night of Angie’s play, Felicity’s ex-husband again shows up to yell at Bette from a crowd. This time he shoves Angie and Bette Porter is not going to put up with that.
The episode ends with dude on the ground, Bette calling 911, and everyone in the crowd shooting video on their phones. This does not look good for the campaign.
This week *Stumptown* is back and so is our favorite disaster bisexual private investigator.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Shameless US, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 13, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tina-on-the-l-word-generation-q/)
**Published:** January 13, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I do a sad, post-probably canceled recap of Almost Family and the queer TV fandom freaks out over the appearance of Tina on The L Word Generation Q.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I do a sad, post-probably canceled recap of *Almost Family*, and the queer TV fandom freaks out over the appearance of Tina on *The L Word Generation Q*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 10 Episode 9 “O Captain, My Captain” \[Catch Up\]How ridiculous did Debbie’s accidental prostitute/sugar mama storyline get? Let me show you.
Claudia tells Debbie about her daughter in such a way to make her and the audience think she’s a little kid. But I knew that wouldn’t be the case.
As soon as Claudia asked Debbie to pick her kid up from school I knew:
- Claudia’s kid is an older teenager.
- Debbie is going to hook up with her.
Sure enough.
*Shameless* — predictably over-the-top as usual.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Courageous AF” \[Live\]First I want to say I am really sad this show got [effectively canceled](https://tvline.com/2020/01/12/almost-family-season-1-finale-saturday-cancelled-or-renewed/) last week. It’s being put out to pasture on Saturday nights to finish season one. They did the same thing to *[Ten Days in the Valley](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-days-in-the-valley/)* when it got canceled. Both of these shows are really good in my opinion, and it’s a big loss for our community.
We’ve gotten to the point where great shows with quality queer representation are getting made, but [we don’t get to keep them](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-is-stagnant/). I’ll miss Edie and Amanda and I’ll miss having a show with a queer ship I look forward to watching every week.
With a heavy heart, here is my recap of last week’s episode.
Amanda dares Edie to order a hemp latte at their local coffee shop and the barista is pretty flirty with her.
I was so excited to see Marianne Rendón (AKA [Jules](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-langmore/) from *[Imposters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/imposters/)*) playing the barista!
Edie sees this and decides it’s the time to take a page from Adena El-Amin’s *[Book of Dating Newly Out Women](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-23-2018/)* and bring up having experiences outside their relationship.
Let’s pump the breaks on where this is heading for a second.
Edie and Amanda finally get to be together, and Amanda’s already encouraging her to go have experiences with other women? In reality, they would be in the honeymoon phase. It would be a problematic honeymoon phase because Edie just broke up with Tim, but they would still be charged with new relationship energy.
Coming out later in life and only having queer experiences with one person can be an issue, but I think it would be something they tackle way down the line if the two of them evolve into a serious, long-term relationship. Opening things up after a solid history of trust and a strong bond is established makes more sense. But this is TV, and Edie trying to flirt with barista girl is more entertaining.
Worst pick up line ever.
Edie explains her girlfriend thinks she is a beginner lesbian and needs to have more experiences. If I were barista girl I’d be like, “Okay, here’s your drink. Bye!” But instead, she invites her to lesbian kickball. I guess kickball is the new softball (for real, I have been invited to a kickball game this weekend, but I’m not a sporty lesbian and will be skipping).
Edie shows up at kickball and does really well! After the game, the team is hanging out, talking about heading to a bar and throwing out queer terms like queer folks on TV do.
Y’all, “goldfish” is not a real term, is it? I feel pretty tuned-in to queer culture and I have never heard of it and neither has Google. I think the show made it up.
Skylar (barista girl’s name if you were wondering) explains “goldfish” is like the opposite of “gold star” — a queer woman who has only ever been with one woman, AKA Edie. I really hate terms that try to turn sexual orientation into a purity contest.
Edie goes out with the team and makes a clumsy and aggressive pass at Skylar. Skylar puts a stop to it and tells Edie she’s doing this to prove something to her girlfriend and that is not fair to her.
Serious words of wisdom from barista girl.
Later, Edie tells the whole story to Amanda while they’re being cute on the couch together.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1216444015496835075?s=20
However, things go south when Amanda brings up her ex-wife, Margaret, and her *Cautionary Tale of Dating Newly Out Women*.
Edie leaves the apartment in anger to “get air.” I should make a compilation video of every scene where a character “needs to get air.” It’ll be three hours long.
I really don’t like the fact that Edie got up and left without talking it out. It’s a bad relationship sign if the two people involved can’t communicate. Also, I think she’s overreacting to the Margaret thing. It’s a bummer of a way for the episode to end.
There are only a few episodes left of this show. Let’s try to see them out with a ratings boost! **Please tune in to watch this Wednesday.**
*[The L Word Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Loose Ends” \[Live\] Wow, this was a really good episode! Let’s get right to it.
### Bette Fucking Porter
It’s the morning after Bette pushed Felicity’s ex-husband down the stairs of Angie’s school and there’s a swarm of media outside her house.
Bette is falling apart and ready to quit the campaign. Dani tries to stop her as she heads out the door to tell the media she’s dropping out when someone surprises her on the other side.
I have a ring tone on my phone that’s Bette yelling, “Tina!” and that was literally me when I saw her.
I know I said I was enjoying offscreen Tina, but I was really happy to see Tina on *The L Word Generation Q* because I knew this iteration of the show would do a better job with her character.
The two of them talk about Angie and Jordi and the incident until Tina gets a call from what I’m assuming is her current girlfriend. Bette didn’t look very happy about that.
Meanwhile, Pierce can’t get past Bette’s lying and quits the campaign.
Brian Michael Smith is going to change the world by having a lead role on the *9-1-1* spinoff, *Lonestar*. So I’m not super sad about him leaving knowing we’ll get to see a lot more of him on that show.
I didn’t anticipate watching Bette and Tina in scenes together would make me feel so nostalgic for the old Bette and Tina. It was like a Bette and Tina do-over with better writing. They even had a little argument. Tina passive-aggressively brought up there not being space in their relationship for anyone other than Bette’s goals and career. She says she definitely put Bette’s life ahead of hers.
Doormat Tina is back.
We also find out Tina didn’t go to Kit’s funeral because it was right after they got divorced, and she didn’t think it was a good idea. Bette tells her she should have been there and I agree.
Later, Tina and Angie have a talk where Angie tells her all about Jordi. And gently asks her why Mama T needs to live so far away. Tina tells Angie she needed to leave to become a whole person.
I’m sorry, but I am not okay with that answer.
I get leaving a relationship to find yourself. Bette has a big personality and Tina barely had one, so yeah, moving out and divorcing Bette was what Tina needed to “find herself.” But you don’t abandon your kid. You suck it up, move across town and stay in your kid’s life while you work your shit out. It’s pretty unrealistic how understanding Angie is. My kid gets mad if I don’t pay attention while they’re doing something for the 10th time. There’s no way Angie wouldn’t have resentment towards Tina for moving away.
Also, everyone at team LezWatch thought she just moved a couple of neighborhoods away. It turns out [she moved to Toronto](https://www.advocate.com/television/2020/1/12/l-words-laurel-holloman-tinas-big-onscreen-reunion-bette)! How did she give Angie a driving lesson then? Whatever, it’s television.
It’s late, and Bette needs to make a decision. Dani gives her one last pep talk to encourage her to stay in the race.
She gets herself together, walks out her front door and gives a speech only Bette Fucking Porter can.
For the first time, Bette tells Kit’s story and the reason she is running.
With Bette’s decision made, and speech given, Tina feels her work is done and goes to leave. There are some nice “I love yous” and a hug goodbye.
“Please don’t go?” What is happening?
I was not into Bette and Tina during the Original L Word, but this version of Tina on *The L Word Generation Q* I can ship with Bette.
### Finley
It’s the day after Finley and Tess hooked up on Shane’s sex vortex couch and Shane walks into her office to see this.
Shane is mad and threatening Tess with firing her until she learns they both were drinking.
With that look on her face, you can see Shane finished Tess’s sentence in her head with, “until you fucked my girlfriend.” Shane lets her off the hook again, but I’m not sure how many more times Tess can use “you fucked my girlfriend” as a get out of jail pass.
Later, during Finley and Sophie’s bro night out, Tess has a “don’t make it weird” talk with her.
Finley takes her hooking up with friends lesson to heart, but as she walks away we see Tess pouring booze into her water glass. No, Tess, no!
Finley and Sophie continue to drink and hang out when Shane walks up and tells Finley Quiara is moving in. Which means Finley has a week to move out. Drunk Sophie tells Finley she can move in with her, but she and Dani already have a roommate. Maybe they both won’t remember any of this anyway.
In a peak gay moment, they dance to *Closer* by Tegan and Sara where it looks like they’re about to maybe kiss. My wife and I both yelled, “Nooo!” at the TV. Thankfully they didn’t.
Finley gives Sophie a ride on the back of her bike to her house where they both pass out on the couch. She didn’t hook up with anyone or show up drunk at Father Rebecca’s front door. I call the night a success for Finley.
### Shane
Shane and Quiara are on Angie duty while Bette is dealing with her shit storm. They drive her to the DMV to take her driver’s test and she passes! Shane tells her she can have the keys to her car and go wherever she wants. Angie chooses to drive to Jordi’s house.
When they get there Angie asks for some love advice from Uncle Shane and Auntie Quiara. They give her a pep talk and Angelica Fucking Porter-Kennard walks up to Jordi’s house and tells her the truth about being in love with her.
Oh my gosh, so cute!
Shane and Quiara are happy too and Shane is finally won over to the kid thing.
That was really sweet. I love Quiara and Shane together, and I think Shane is going to be a great dad. I’m just not sure what domestic Shane will look like.
## Alice, Nat and Gigi
Our favorite lesbian poly triad is at lunch comforting Alice who is furious over Bette letting her defend her on her show while still covering up the affair. The server sees this and thinks, “Cute, besties!”
Nat and Alice were not happy about Gigi outing them to the server.
They have an angry ride back to Nat’s house.
Gigi does not want to go back in the closet and thought they weren’t since they all held hands at Angie’s play. Nat is like, that was in the dark and we’re not coming out until we tell the kids and we’re never telling the kids. Alice is in the middle and could go either way, but Nat sees this as her taking Gigi’s side.
Gigi drops them off, angrily leaves and Alice and Nat talk it out some more. Alice thought Nat was being mean to Gigi, and Nat says she’s feeling overwhelmed.
Being with Gigi again is bringing up a ton of feelings for Nat — good and bad — and it’s a lot.
I get it, Gigi is her ex-wife, and they had kids together; it’s a lot of history. There were good times and betrayal they probably never worked though. Now she’s being forced to face all of this in the context of being in a throuple with her and her current girlfriend.
Y’all, I really want this to work out, but the previews aren’t looking good. Fingers crossed.
### Dani and Sophie
While Dani is dealing with Bette’s political meltdown, Sophie is still sulking about how she won’t process with her. Finley is also feeling bad about herself for drinking with Tess so what do they decide to do?
That’s a great idea, you two! No bad decisions will be made with that plan.
At Dana’s, Sophie and Finley are on their 4th shot and Finley accuses her of being a mean drunk.
After this Sophie is stuck on Dani not calling her pretty anymore. She mentions it like 10 more times. When did she stop calling her pretty? Last week when she told her dad off and then the campaign she works for collapsed? JFC, Sophie give Dani a break!
Late that night, Dani comes home to find Sophie passed out on the couch with Finley. I imagine Dani just wants to get some sleep, but Sophie then comes into the bedroom and, you guessed it, wants Dani to talk right then and there.
Dani is not in the mood to talk, especially with Sophie being drunk, but Sophie won’t drop it.
These two have to work this shit out before getting married, but I’m not feeling very confident about that right now.
This week – Crisis is back and I am not excited. But so is *This is Us*, *Good Trouble*, *Grown-ish* and *Batwoman* so maybe we’ll have some good queer content to make up for it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Shameless US, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 20, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tibette/)
**Published:** January 20, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Tibette, and everyone else has a bad day on The L Word: Generation Q and Newsflash: Batwoman is a lesbian.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Tibette, and everyone else on *The L Word: Generation Q* has a very bad day, and Breaking News: *Batwoman* is a lesbian.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 10 Episode 10 “Now Leaving Illinois” \[Catch Up\]I’m sure you’re all dying to know what’s up with Debbie’s Sugar Mama/Sugar Mama’s daughter love triangle. No? I’m going to tell you anyway.
Debbie’s doing both the mom and the daughter.
“You’re going south fast.” That’s a good one.
Claudia offers Debbie a cushy job being her housegirl at $30/hour, and the same day, Julia asks Debbie to her homecoming dance “promposal” style. Debbie is thinking economically and tells Julia there is no way she can go to the dance with her.
Good save, adding “emotionally” at the end, Debs.
Later, Debbie is about to give Claudia an answer to her job offer, but Julia is angrily stomping around in the kitchen.
That night Julia just shows up at the Gallagher house. She found it by tracking the GPS on her mom’s car Debbie was borrowing. She says she’s made up her mind and they ARE going to the dance together. Debbie reiterates her “NO” and Julia counters with a threat.
Looks like Debbie is going to have to go to the dance behind Claudia’s back.
In other *Shameless* news, [the next season will be it’s 11th and final season](https://tvline.com/2020/01/13/shameless-ending-renewed-final-season-11-showtime/). I’m more than okay with that. It’s time for this ridiculousness to come to an end.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 11 “Generational AF” \[Live\]I don’t want to talk about it.
*[The L Word Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Lose It All” \[Live\] This was definitely “The Conflict” episode. Everyone had challenges this week.
### Dani and Sophie (and I guess Finley too)
Dani is reeling from Pierce’s sudden resignation as Bette’s campaign manager and doing damage control while taking on interim manager duties. Sophie is sadly trying to get her attention while Dani does job stuff as usual.
Sophie then gets a phone call. Her grandma fell, and Sophie needs to meet her family at the hospital.
You know Sophie doesn’t mean it when she says it’s okay for Dani to go to work instead of the hospital, but we’ve already learned they’re terrible communicators.
Finley does show up with Funyuns and support.
Y’all, I know the show has been pushing these two together for the last two episodes, and I am NOT into it. In my opinion, they have great buddy chemistry, but no romantic chemistry. Plus Sophie is engaged, and Finley was there cheering when it happened! I don’t think either one of them would so easily betray Dani like that. Also, I don’t know about you, but my queer female friends are my friends, and I don’t want to sleep with them. Okay, maybe when I was 18-22 I did (and did), but not by the time I was their age.
Anyway, yes, I was right Sophie did want Dani to come even though she told her not to.
Sometimes Finley is so wise, but nobody listens to her advice.
Finley runs into Dani while she’s grabbing some clothes to bring back for Sophie. She also gives Dani a deserved guilt trip for going to work instead of the hospital. Dani’s pretty much like, “My life is important and you’re a slacker, so you should be there instead of me.”
That seemed to hit home because Dani does go back to the hospital with Finley.
At first, Dani is sweet and supportive, but that’s interrupted by a negative ad dropped by Bette’s opposition. Dani now has to go deal with that and leaves Sophie again.
At this point, I’m with Finley. Dani can take an hour off from Bette duty to support her fiance! If she keeps being this absent, she’s not going to be her fiance for much longer.
Finley goes to leave for the night and after an exchange of “I love yous,” Sophie pulls her back.
No. I say no to this!
There are so many things put in jeopardy by this kiss.
- Dani and Sophie’s wedding (which I think shouldn’t happen anyway).
- Finley’s friendship with both Dani and Sophie.
- Finley’s housing situation.
- Alice’s show (remember Sophie and Finley work there together).
- A general disturbance in the L Word Universe.
Sophie confesses the kiss to her sister and tells her she doesn’t need to tell Dani because it’s never happening again. Maribel gives her side-eye in response. We’ll see how this all goes down in the finale!
## Alice, Nat & Gigi
America’s favorite lesbian poly triad has settled into a somewhat normal routine. Gigi sorted the clothes in the closet by color and has generally picked up kid schedule duties.
Alice can’t make it for dinner that night, because she has a big meeting with the network. This leaves Nat and Gigi to hang on their own.
FYI, *Below Deck* is my favorite guilty pleasure reality show.
With that bit of foreshadowing, we can assume watching TV won’t be the only activity they’ll be doing without Alice tonight.
Alice’s big meeting with the network did not go the way she thought it would.
Now Alice has to work with that douchebag, Drew, to come up with a “viral hit” to save the show. Gross.
Meanwhile, at Chez Throuple, Nat and Gigi are getting some alone time to do all the processing they didn’t do when they broke up. Nat is regretting breaking up in the first place. She wishes she let Gigi apologize and not put the kids through their divorce.
This leads to a two-way, which I am sure is in violation of the “If it’s at sea it’s got to be three” rule.
Alice comes home after her shitty day ready to tell Nat all about it when she discovers Nat is not alone.
Alice is obviously not okay with this.
Nat and Gigi are all like, “Get in, this is cool, right?” But all Alice sees is two ex-wives being wives again. Nat wants the three of them to talk it out, but Alice is like, “no thank you.”
Alice takes off and goes to Shane’s house.
Nat leaves Alice a voicemail saying she needs time to figure out what she’s doing and what she wants. She also says she’ll call in a few days when she’s ready to talk. That is not a good sign. If she really wanted Alice to stay in the relationship, she’d be showing up on Shane’s door begging her to come back.
Days later, Alice meets up with Nat and Gigi to have a big talk. Nat and Gigi present things like, “We worked out our issues while you were staying at Shane’s and now we want you back.” Alice is not buying it. After living together in the house they used to live in as wives and working out old issues, they don’t need Alice anymore.
And with that Alice gets up and leaves.
I have so many mixed feelings about this. I really wanted the three of them to work out. But I also get Gigi and Nat needed to resolve past issues, and if that led to getting back together, that’s good, too. Also, if Alice breaks up with the two of them does that mean the characters won’t be back next season? That would make me upset because I’ve really grown attached to them.
## Bette Fucking Porter
Alice is absent from our weekly OG L Word character meal because she’s still mad at Bette, but Tina is there, and she and Bette are being a little Tibette couple-y.
Tina even asks Bette out to dinner that night, just the two of them. Bette tells her to come over to her house, and she’ll make dinner.
I’m really surprised by how much I want the two of them to get back together. I didn’t even like Tibette that much on the OG L Word, but this show has managed to pick out the best parts of their chemistry together and amplify it.
Shane can see what’s going on.
Bette Porter pulling the menopause card.
Bette makes a delicious looking dinner for Tina, and Tina tells her she wants to move to LA during her show’s hiatus to be closer to Angie. Bette’s like, “Cool you can stay here until you find a place.” and Tina stops her. She has other news.
Bette needs more wine after that bomb.
Tina then tells Bette she wants the 3 of them — Bette, Tina and Carrie — to tell Angie about the engagement. Bette is trying to be all “Congratulations, I’m happy for you,” but she is doing a terrible job at faking it. Looks like Tibette is not happening any time soon.
After the negative ad drops, Dani comes over to Bette’s to strategize. Dani wants to fight back, but Bette shuts that down. She wants to ignore it and go on with a clean campaign. Bette then offers Dani a drink after a shitty day.
I would say, “Yes, please.” to drinking whiskey with Bette Porter after a verbal smackdown too.
I see what you’re doing here, show. Dani has a crush on Bette Porter (don’t we all). But please don’t actually make this a thing. For Bette, it would be like hooking up with a younger version of yourself.
### Shane
Quiara and Big Daddy Shane go to an OB appointment where they will hear the baby’s heartbeat for the first time. Quiara gets emotional after hearing it, but Shane not so much.
Shane can’t even fake making an emotional babyface.
That night Quiara is sitting by herself at a restaurant, obviously being stood up by Shane. After she gives up and walks out, Shane comes running up and Quiara is pissed. Shane apologizes, saying it was a hard day and confesses she didn’t feel anything when they heard the baby’s heartbeat besides fear.
Shane better re-marry that girl quick, because I don’t think anyone else is going to be that understanding of Shane’s shenanigans.
*Batwoman* – Season 1 Episode 10 “How Queer Everything Is Today!” \[Live\] I don’t have enough time on Monday mornings to do a full Batwoman recap (I do have a job), but I wanted to share this breaking news.
You’re welcome.
Next week: It’s the *L Word: Generation Q* finale! Will all conflict from this week be resolved? We shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Batwoman, Shameless, The L Word: Generation Q
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### [2020 Queer TV Predictions from Team LezWatchTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2020-queer-tv-predictions-from-team-lezwatchtv/)
**Published:** December 31, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Happy New Year's Eve, everyone! Read the LezWatchTV staff 2020 Queer TV Predictions and see how well we did with our predictions for 2019.
**Content:**
## Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone!
Today is one of my favorite holidays. I love reflecting on the past year and looking forward to the next. This year, the LezWatchTV staff put together our **2020 Queer TV Predictions** and revisited our 2019 predictions to how well we did .
Mika Epstein, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief ### Mika’s 2019 Predictions
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1079853284914012160
### Mika’s 2019 Prediction Commentary
> 2019 was a jumbled year for queer TV. Queer deaths were down (I’m so glad to have been wrong!) and new shows with queers were up and making bigger risks. We got the first-ever bisexual actor leading a show about a bisexual character! However, the retention of those shows continued the downward trend since 2007. We may be getting a queer character in one out of every five shows, but we’re not *keeping* those shows around for more than a full season if that (RIP *Abby’s*). Also, I don’t think anyone’s happy about Alex’s love interest. Can I take that back?
>
> -Mika
### Mika’s 2020 Queer TV Predictions
- Ariela Barer will be back on *One Day at a Time* and be Elena’s college roommate
- Mainstream/linear TV will add more regular queer characters to shows
- More trans actors will play cis characters
- *Charmed* will fix season 2
---
Tracy Levesque, Co-Founder / Co-Editor in Chief ### Tracy’s 2019 Predictions
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1079848160934223873
### Tracy’s 2019 Prediction Commentary
I did pretty good, right? I almost got them all. Neko did come back on Charmed, but they reinvented season two (for the worse IMO) and got rid of Neko. This was one of my biggest disappointments of 2019.
### Tracy’s 2020 Queer TV Predictions
- We’ll see one or more original L Word characters make appearances on *The L Word: Generation Q*.
- Sara and Ava will have some kind of major relationship-leveling up event (moving in together, marriage or please not a baby) on *Legends of Tomorrow*.
- The rest of *Crisis on Infinite Earths* will continue to disappoint us with very little queer content.
- We won’t get any bad-ass Thundergrace using powers together scenes on *Black Lightning* this season.
- Cazzie will go through ups and downs on *Atypical* season 4, but they will remain together and happy overall (I know the show hasn’t gotten renewed yet — this is wishful predicting).
---
Nikki T, Staff Writer ### Nikki’s 2019 Predictions
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1079858417391583233
### Nikki’s 2019 Prediction Commentary
> 1 out of 4 isn’t bad. We were robbed of our WayHaught wedding this year but I do believe we will get it in 2020. Let’s hope ThunderGrace gets to fight together next year, too!
>
> -Nikki
### Nikki’s 2020 Queer TV Predictions
- Charlie on *Legends of Tomorrow* will identify as queer
- On *Vida*, Emma will mess up her relationship with Nico and will break all our hearts in the process
- We will get a queer *Star Wars* TV character
- The WayHaught wedding will be better and gayer than it would have been in 2019
## My IRL Hopes for 2020
One thing I would love to see in 2020 is for the LezWatchTV community to grow! 2 new editors [joined our team](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) – **Melanie Aswell** and **Carmel**. I am so grateful for the work they have done to grow our database. Also, our Slack community continues to become more active with queer TV fans. I love the friendly and supportive world we’ve created for wlw TV fans to chat in real-time. Especially during live-TV watching. [**Join us!**](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)
Also in 2020 members of the team will be at both [ClexaCon](https://clexacon.com/) and [QFX](https://www.qfxevents.com/), if you see us there please say hi! We love meeting and making friends with other fans.
Mika Tracy and Nikki at ClexaCon 2019
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** New Year, Predictions
---
### [Queer Beats - January 17, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-january-17-2020/)
**Published:** January 17, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, The L Word: Generation Q gave us lots of nostalgic behind-the-scenes goodies, Legends of Tomorrow gears up to come back, and #EarpNow is finally happening!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, The L Word: Generation Q gave us lots of nostalgic behind-the-scenes goodies, Legends of Tomorrow gears up to come back, and #EarpNow is finally happening!
Although I cover some of the news that has come out of the TCAs, be sure to keep a lookout for Mika’s future TCA-focused post for a full rundown of all things queer from the two weeks worth of events!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Black Lightning wrapped up filming yesterday and [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) posted some cute pictures to celebrate, including this one:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Y5SpJHhPu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Next week is finally the week that The Bold Type returns! I truly love this show so I am excited for all the storylines but, admittedly, nothing makes me happier than seeing [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/)‘s name included in teasers:
https://twitter.com/arianatweets/status/1216833594733187072?s=20
These teasers were also very queer? And I loved them all?
https://twitter.com/leanneaguilera/status/1217175362536239105?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Our fave women from Carmilla will be back at Clexacon this year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1217175854712807425?s=20
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1217174671424131073?s=20
## [Clink](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9140392/)
Has anyone watched Clink yet? Alexandra D’Sa has been added to the Clexacon list as well!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1217899392344248320?s=20
## [The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/)
These queer vibes felt important enough for me to share with The Good Place fans out there:
https://twitter.com/melissafumeros/status/1216741328425381890?s=20
## [Functional](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/functional/)
If you haven’t started watching this web series yet, you should! Our favorite angsty couple is here to remind you why:
https://twitter.com/functionalserie/status/1217915641270685696?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Phew, what a week for TLWGQ! First, they were renewed for a second season (along with [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)):
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1216769582565875713?s=20
Also
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
LOOK WHO CAME BACK! https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1216744210730311680?s=20
Everyone was pumped:
https://twitter.com/reginaYhicks/status/1216622537951477766?s=20
Our collective moms were reunited:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7PpYwplKBg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
[Laurel Holloman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laurel-holloman/) spoke with The Advocate about what it meant to her to come back:
https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1216573732736532480?s=20
Also, [Jennifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) and [Laurel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laurel-holloman/) did this cute interview together:
https://twitter.com/ShannonOConnor0/status/1216571381678133248?s=20
Our OG faves also made it onto the cover of The Advocate!
https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1197529326599770112?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The LoT episode of the crossover aired this week and, in classic LoT fashion, this happened:
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1217148769399033856?s=20
[Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) also posted this picture which I loved with every fiber of my being:
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1216988944228737025?s=20
Meanwhile, on the LoT set, [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) played in the snow:
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1216589755636277249?s=20
And Clexacon announced that Jes will be returning this year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1217129353005367297?s=20
But now, to shift focus on the upcoming LoT season, I can’t wait to see where the Avalance story goes!
https://twitter.com/MrsGameuse/status/1218003790839844864?s=20
## [Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mindhunter/)
I feel like I need to hide while delivering this news because I know it was a beloved show by many people in the queer TV fandom.
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1217627980270194689?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
ODAAT will be returning to us on March 24th!
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1216883422087397377?s=20
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
[MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) was nominated for Best Actress at the Critics’ Choice awards and, although she didn’t win, just watching her interviews brings me a lot of comfort:
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1216510528094273536?s=20
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
RED announced that their next season will be their final season, which is understandable but also *devastating*.
https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1216750915354537984?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
I finally finished Runaways this week and I am already missing that crew. To fill that void, Ariela Barer is still raising money for her queer film, if you are able to donate!
https://twitter.com/ArielaBarer/status/1217916232852066304?s=20
For the record, Ariela is another actress that I feel salty about not being in the LWTV database yet. Someone give her a queer role!
## [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
The next season of Shameless will be its last. It feels like the right time. I stopped watching when Emmy Rossum left but have been truly enjoying reading Tracy’s [weekly recaps](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tina-on-the-l-word-generation-q/).
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1217011988259385344?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Y’all, look how cute this picture is!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7URHtoAsaU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supernatural](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supernatural/)
Honestly, I never thought Supernatural would be included in Queer Beats but here we are! [Felicia Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/felicia-day/) will be joining Clexacon, who played a queer character on Supernatural!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1216782096838135809?s=20
## [Twenty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenty/)
[Lily Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lily-richards/), who you may recognize from Twenty or Season of Love, will be a guest at Clexacon!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1217854151616532483?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
*Finally*, after way too long, the Wynonna Earp cast and crew are back together again to film the new season. Just this idea makes me happy but I am also here for all this[ Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) content:
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1215808402254811138?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Jmnn7Bd-l/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7RtV2Vn1A3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/HollidaysStache/status/1216886537817903105?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7UN1DtHSZF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1217562280134463488?s=20
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7WXRLiAjVu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Carmilla, Clink, Functional, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Pose, RED, Runaway, Shameless, Supergirl, Supernatural, The Bold Type, The Good Place, The L Word: Generation Q, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Unlimited Bubble of Peak TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/)
**Published:** May 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Have we oversaturated the market with scripted dramas, or is the ever increasing mountain of TV a good thing for diversity?
**Content:**
Back in 2011, streaming media offered a scant six original series. By 2018, we had around 160 actual originals on streaming media. These shows run the gamut from comedy to drama and everything in-between, meaning there are options for everyone.
With to boom of streaming media, we have nearly 500 scripted television series on air today. This is more than double the total shows in 2002 (182), of which 75% (136) were for broadcast (aka linear) networks.
## The Second Golden Age
Since 2000, we have been in a so-called Golden Age of television. The original Golden Age began, according to *The Television Industry: A Historical Dictionary*, in 1947, with the show *Kraft Television Theatre*, and ended in 1957 with the last live show in the *Playhouse 90* series.
Arguably a second Golden Age occurred in the 1980s, but more scholars agree that the true Second Golden Age began in the 2000s. French scholar Alexis Pichard argued it was born of the combination of multiple elements:
1. an improvement in both visual aesthetics and storytelling
2. an overall homogeneity between cable series and networks series
3. a tremendous popular success
Pichard goes on to contend this was the result of the changes begun in the traditional networks in the 1980s, and improved on by cable networks like HBO in the 1990s.
## Climbing the Peak
Another name for this age is the more commonly known Peak TV. The [LA Times](https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-peak-tv-fx-2018-report-20181213-story.html) reported the growth in TV happening today is predominantly found on streaming media, eclipsing linear network growth.
Credit [LA Times](https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-peak-tv-fx-2018-report-20181213-story.html)Looking at 2018 alone, however, we can see that of those 160 streaming shows, roughly 40 contain queer female, transgender, or non-binary characters. That’s 25% of the shows. And studying the small increase from 2017, it’s possible that peak TV is slowing down just a touch.
## Practical Limits
Naturally that begs the question, have we reached the limit of Peak TV, and will we begin to see a decline in scripted television?
Certainly as a TV oriented website, we feel the pain of the sheer volume of shows to watch. Even if we only have to monitor a quarter of the shows, that’s still 125 shows a year in the US alone. That’s around 4000 minutes of TV, on average, per week. There are 10,080 minutes in a week, so you’d have to dedicate half your week to watching TV to keep up.
It’s impossible. And this is why many people wonder if we’ve reached the practical limit of television, where there simply is no more room.
Some people worry that when the Peak TV bubble bursts, we will see a regression to white, less daring television. After all, we are now in the strange place where many new shows are reboots (*Magnum P.I.*, *[MacGyver](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/macgyver/)*, *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*) and many are continuations (*[The X-Files](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-x-files/)*, *[Will & Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/)*, *[The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)*), while at the same time, fresh material is still able to find it’s footing simply because we are permitted so many options by so many stations.
Emily Andras Dominique Provost Chalkley and Katherine Barrell attend the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 12 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada Some show runners, like Emily Andras of *[Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)* and *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* fame, see it differently. They have hope for what happens next because with the expanding landscape, we have room.
> I think the days of having a show that gets forty million viewers, like *M\*A\*S\*H*, are gone. Networks are more in tune with the fact that niche audiences are where it’s at, to be honest. There is an audience for diversity in different types of shows, and I think those are the shows that are getting attention. \[…\] We need more different stories, I don’t think the same type of stories, the same reboot over and over and over again with white dudes is going to work. The straight male anti-hero, I feel like we’ve all seen that show.
>
> Emily Andras – ClexaCon 2019
## The Landscape is Changing
The world is different than the original Golden Age. It isn’t just that we have more stations and more possibilities, it’s that we’re taking those chances and telling the stories that would never have seen the light of day a decade ago. With queer content, we’ve stepped out of the shadows and shouldered the weight of success with aplomb.
Perhaps the end isn’t that we will reach a limit of television. Perhaps the end is that there is no limit, and there will be a television show for everyone.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - January 10, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-january-10-2020/)
**Published:** January 10, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, a slew of our favorite shows were renewed, Gentleman Jack began work on season 2, and Rosa Diaz is our daddy.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, a slew of our favorite shows were renewed, Gentleman Jack began work on season 2, and Rosa Diaz is our daddy.
I first quickly want to shoutout the GLAAD Media Award nominations which came out this week. [Check out the full list](https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8547522/glaad-media-award-2020-nominations) because I bet a lot of your favorite shows made it! Hopefully we see some of our favorite stars at the ceremony in April!
## [American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)
American Horror Story was one of many shows that got renewed this week:
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1215317510616121344?s=20
And, thankfully, [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) will be returning for the next season!
https://twitter.com/ahsfxdaily/status/1215372188288765953?s=20
## [Avatar: The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)
Clexacon announced the addition of Janet Varney to this year’s convention, known for her role as [Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/korra/).
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1213520520173572096?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
I really enjoyed this tweet from [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) because [Rosa Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) is, in fact, our daddy:
https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1214679159835783168?s=20
We also got a new B99 trailer this week!
https://twitter.com/nbcbrooklyn99/status/1215416838210719744?s=20
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Just seeing this face and knowing that it is coming back to us for another season makes me so unbelievably happy:
https://twitter.com/GentIemanJackTV/status/1214614313866018816?s=20
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Killing Eve was renewed for another *two* seasons!
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1213128525974257665?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Legends of Tomorrow also received good renewal news (along with other CW faves such as Supergirl, Batwoman, Nancy Drew, Black Lightning, All American, Riverdale, and Charmed). [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) posted this picture of the cast celebrating with some Beebos:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Czo2nF5pl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
[Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) also celebrated in her own way:
https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1215429909268447233?s=20
## [Mrs. America](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9244556/)
FX released the first official trailed for the new series, Mrs. America, starring Cate Blanchett:
https://twitter.com/FXNetworks/status/1215357441119928320?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
[Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) got married this week (congrats!) and one of her bridesmaids was [Madelaine Petsch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/), which was extremely cute for all the Choni fans out there.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7EiKl2ATCI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7HsYtJHitu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This was one of my favorite moments of the week: [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) and [Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) playing with some instagram filters between scenes on the Supergirl set.
https://twitter.com/I_corq/status/1214656490071560195?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Avatar the Legend of Korra, Gentleman Jack, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Mrs. America, Riverdale, Supergirl
---
### [Queer Beats - January 3, 2020](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/queer-beats-january-3-2020/)
**Published:** January 3, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Brigette Lundy-Paine was added to the QFX lineup, an old friend visited The L Word set, and Indya Moore entered Steven Universe.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Brigette Lundy-Paine was added to the QFX lineup, an old friend visited The L Word set, and Indya Moore entered Steven Universe.
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
Another week, another cute Amandie photo post from [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/)!
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1211735379193323525?s=20
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
QFX announced that [Brigette Lundy-Paine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) will be joining their convention in May. This is particularly exciting because it will be their convention debut!
https://twitter.com/StarryMag/status/1208070125934579712?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Tello films, known for making queer films and tv series, has added [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) to the cast of their upcoming movie, *I Hate New Year’s*.
https://twitter.com/tellofilms/status/1212422498249101312?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Autostraddle released this super interesting interview with Marja Lewis Ryan, the showrunner for the new L Word reboot. Of note: she discusses why fan-favorite Carmen will not be returning to the show!
> .[@autowin](https://twitter.com/autowin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) chatted with [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) showrunner @MarjaLewisRyan about period sex, why Carmen’s not coming back, and dating your neighbor. [pic.twitter.com/ZtFvgVtQMe](https://t.co/ZtFvgVtQMe)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [December 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1209154732377493504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In the sweetest news of the week, [Erin Daniels](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erin-daniels/) visited the L Word set and I could barely keep back the tears. And at Dana’s, no less!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6r4M5pF9l1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
As usual, I have found a way to include a post that isn’t necessarily “news” but is news to me just because someone queer that I like posted something queer that I like:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B61I_u5Fydw/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Passage: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
[Mandahla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/) shared her personal story with Bite the Bullet. She has always advocated for mental health and I have loads of respect for her and how open she has been about her life. It’s definitely saving lives!
> [@TwiistedRose](https://twitter.com/twiistedrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) On SUICIDE and HER VERY PERSONAL JOURNEY TO CONQUER IT. Video and editing by @oahfoah [@AmbeRiverA](https://twitter.com/AmbeRiverA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — BITE THE BULLET Stories (@B\_T\_B\_Stories) [December 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/B_T_B_Stories/status/1208834937836589056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Have I mentioned how much I love when my fandom worlds conveniently collide? This week, [Indya Moore](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/indya-moore/) joined the cast of [Steven Universe Future](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe-future/) as a nonbinary character and it just makes me SO HAPPY!
> shep was voiced by [@IndyaMoore](https://twitter.com/IndyaMoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), one of the stars of the FX series POSE! they are nonbinary, and use they/them pronouns just like shep! [pic.twitter.com/5p16ASWzlS](https://t.co/5p16ASWzlS)
>
> — justin 🧡🇵🇸 (@bubblegumrebel) [December 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/bubblegumrebel/status/1211104828069416960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Twenties](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8115582/)
Lena Waithe’s newest project has a premiere date! Mark your calendars for March 4th!
https://twitter.com/LenaWaithe/status/1210771790873550849?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp has finally started filming again which means we are all waiting with baited breath for new details. Emily Andras spoke with TVInsider and dropped some hints about the WayHaught wedding.
> For those that missed this:
>
> Andras knows how important the relationship (WayHaught) is to the fans. "I wouldn't be me if I didn't make you suffer a tiny bit…they are the couple of the show. They are the love affair of the show." [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Katie Cleek (@cleekers) [December 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/cleekers/status/1211666592603488262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Atypical, Passage the Series, Pose, The L Word: Generation Q, Twenties, Wynonna Earp
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### [2020's MidSeason Offerings](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/2020s-midseason-offerings/)
**Published:** January 1, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time for another look at some of the upcoming series and ask the real, burning, question: How queer are they?
**Content:**
It’s mid-season so it’s time for all those new shows to pop up and fill in for the failures of the start. Are you ready for some new series?
## *Council of Dads* (NBC)
I first heard about this at ClexaCon where they were looking for people on the street to be test-audiences. I spent some time trying to spot them, but failed. The early reports had this as heartwarming story in the vein of *[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* or *A Million Little Things*. The main plot is the Dad gets cancer so he asks his three best guy friends to step in and help Dad in case he can’t. In a non-surprise, he dies and can’t, so the men step up to fill the void. Of the three Council Dads, I’m fond of the curmudgeon and the gay doctor the most.
##### Screener Review On *Council of Dads*
One of the kids is questioning their gender, which wasn’t heavily touched on in the pilot but is still interesting. The story is a large ensemble, though, so it’s not *all* about the kids.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up
## *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* (Freeform)
A young gay man is trying to reconnect with his estranged father and half sisters, when said father dies of cancer. It’s a hell of a windup for the first episode, and now that poor kid is in charge of said half-sisters, one of whom has Autism. While the show has a little trouble in the first five episodes balancing the humour and the drama, it pulls it together and handles the insanity of the situation well.
##### Screener Review On *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay*
Besides the main character being a gay man, he’s a fish out of water so we don’t meet a lot of other queers until his boyfriend brings them into the fold. Also the show deserves serious points for actually casting an autistic girl as the autistic character and giving her some control over representation.
Queer Score: 2 Worth It? thumbs-up
## *Indebted* (NBC)
Fran Drescher leads this comedy about being broke adults forced to move in with their successful son. There’s a lot of jokes about the rising costs of health care, GoFundMe, generational differences, and Drake. It tries a little too hard to be funny, but the sister is a lesbian.
##### Screener Review On *Indebted*
Health care costs are the joke in this comedy about Boomer parents who are forced to move in with their Gen-X son.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? meh
## *Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector* (NBC)
I’m a huge mystery fan, and I was obsessed with the Lincoln Rhyme books for quite a while. They lost me around 2010 when I felt the stories were getting too fantastical, and the author had too many crossovers with his other books. Still, I loved the original movie (with Angelina Jolie and Denzel Washington) and this reinvention is similarly on-point with capturing the correct feel.
##### Screener Review On *Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector*
Sadly not a bit of it is queer. But the pilot doesn’t delve too deeply into anyone’s personal life so I’m holding out hope. The series looks to be a great heir to the *Sherlock*/*Elementary* throne.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? thumbs-up warning
## *Motherland: Fort Salem* (Freeform)
What if, just hear me out, what if 300+ years ago, before the United States was a country, the Boston Militia made a peace accord with the Salem Witches, promising them a place? And what if, 300 years later, we had witches in the military, women-only enclaves, and matriarchal societies. And lesbians. Sounds pretty cool, right? It really is. In fact there are barely any men with lines in the first two episodes. It gets super creepy super fast, but at the end of the five screeners, I wanted to watch more.
##### Screener Review On *Motherland: Fort Salem*
Three young witches in college have to get along and work together sounds light. The show is darker than I expected, and is a lot like *The Man in the High Castle* more than *Charmed*. Content Warning: there are ‘forced suicides’ in the pilot.
Queer Score: 4 Worth It? thumbs-up warning
## *Party of Five* (Freeform)
It’s the story you know told in a way you don’t. And fair warning here, The characters are annoying, but in realistic ways for teenagers and self-centred young adults. They make understandable mistakes in ways you do and don’t expect. And the parents being deported and not dead changes the dynamic of the tragedy. In a lot of ways, it makes it worse and more gutting. If you liked the original or not, this is worth the watch.
##### Screener Review On *Party of Five (2020)*
Five kids have to survive when their parents are deported by ICE and it’s about as as big a crazy messy disaster as you’d think. But it’s also much deeper than you might expect.
Queer Score: 3 Worth It? thumbs-up
## *Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist* (NBC)
Zoey gets an MRI and everything goes crazy. Now she can hear the internal thoughts in everyone’s head via music. So first of all, everyone’s who had an MRI can relate to that because those things are loud and terrifying. It’s quirky, goofy, and quite appealing, though you will have a few “Okay, Boomers” thoughts about a certain character. Peter Gallagher plays her father, and at first I thought it was a waste to have his character be limited, but then they busted out his amazing ability to sing and dance (I saw him as Skye Masterson in *Guys and Dolls* on Broadway many moons ago, he’s awesome). Plus it has [Alex Newell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-newell/) as her gender fluid DJ neighbour, belting out some tunes and I for one have missed that.
##### Screener Review On *Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist*
When Zoey suddenly can hear everyone singing out their true feelings, often at odds with their actions, she wonders if she’s going insane. It takes place in and around the Castro, so we can expect some more queers than just the fantabulous Alex Newell.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Council of Dads, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, Motherland: Fort Salem, Party of Five (2020), Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
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### [The New Streamers from 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-new-streamers-from-2019/)
**Published:** January 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We don't have unlimited pockets, and with two new high profile streamers, we need to figure out where to spend our queer bucks!
**Content:**
As 2019 wound to a close, two new high profile streaming services came to light. Both companies had deep pockets which resulted in higher than normal production values.
With the extra money, and the freedom to do more, one might think that these two streamers would have delved deeper into the world of representation. Sadly, they did not. And since we’re all trying to minimize how much we spend, we should all be aware of the queer value for our buck in these streamers right now.
## Apple TV+
In 2016, Apple started production on their series. Their initial offering of nine scripted dramas ran the gamut of education for kids to psychological thrillers. But of those nine, only two had significant queer characters:
TitleQueerStatus*[Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)*All overRenewed*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)*One character, subplotRenewed*Ghostwriter*NonePending*Helpsters*NonePending*The Morning Show*NoneRenewed*See*Exploitation onlyRenewed*Snoopy in Space*Subtext only
(Peppermint Patty / Marcie) Pending*Servant*NoneSeason 1 ongoing;
Renewed*Truth Be Told*NoneSeason ongoingI listed *See* as exploitation, because there’s a character (Queen Kane) who uses sex and masturbation to pray. It’s a ‘divine’ act like the ancient Greeks and Romans would have done, which doesn’t really make it queer. Since Queen Kane uses her servants for assistance, it’s not any sort of relationship either, making it exploitative.
So that means we have two shows with legit queer women who get queer plots, two with kinda-sorta hints, and five with nothing.
Further more, with all those shows only two feature a person of color as the primary lead: *Truth be Told* has Octavia Spencer as the main character, and *Ghostwriter* has a diverse set of four leads. Again, *See* has biracial main characters and a black lead character, but they are not really the primary characters who are expected to carry the show.
The end result? Apple TV+ sacrificed depth for production values. That said, the shows are actually overall quite good.
B
While Apple TV+ only has a 22% queer score, the quality of those two shows is so high it’s a streamer worth paying for. Or use your new Apple device to score a free trial and binge them.
## Disney+
It comes as no shock that Disney didn’t go gay. Their throw-away gay moment in *The Rise of Skywalker* alone should have told us everything we needed to know.
TitleQueer**Status***[High School Musical: The Musical: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series/)*Background charactersSeason 1 ongoing; Renewed*The Mandalorian*NoneRenewedBasically it’s what we expected. There are lesbian moms on *High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*, but they’re very much not the main characters. For all the world adores the baby Yoda on *The Mandalorian*, there’s not a drop of queer to be found on all of Tattoine.
Now it’s very possible that this will change. Disney shuttered their entire Marvel TV division, canceling everything from [*Jessica Jones* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)to *[The Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)*, and have shifted to their Marvel Cinematic Universe. This means some upcoming shows will be about the movie characters more than the TV ones. However their movies were pretty straight. They probably won’t even address Loki’s pansexuality and gender fluidity (in the comics, Loki is both a man and a woman … and a horse …).
They are making a TV series based on *Love, Simon*, and we can only hope Simon gets some more gay friends. There are also the rumours that Disney will make a Dr. Aphra series, about a lesbian archaeologist who worked for the rebels and the Empire during the original trilogy.
However. Right now? Not so great.
D
If you’re getting a streamer for queers only, skip Disney+ for now. Maybe later they’ll get gayer, but right now it’s not good.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Dickinson, For All Mankind, High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
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### [Talking "The Fortnight" with Cory Xenos](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/talking-the-fortnight-with-cory-xenos/)
**Published:** December 25, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ten years ago, we were all different people. But how much have we really changed? Cory Xenos answers this in an upcoming webseries: The Fortnight.
**Content:**
Not to be confused with the videogame, *The Fortnight* is an upcoming web series that takes us to a familiar trope and queers the tale. When Peyton’s struck with writer’s block, she absconds to a cabin to course correct, only to come face to face with the girl who broke her heart.
Taking time out of her busy schedule of editing the series, Cory sat down with us for a chat about how the series came to be, what influences here, and how our parents say things that stick with us for a long time.
*This interview has been edited lightly for clarity.*
## The Interview
**Mika:** Tell us a little about you. Where are you from and how did you get started in film?
**Cory:** I’m originally from Kansas, Kansas City and I moved to a really small town south of there call Lewisburg. Probably since the age of 7 or 8 I knew I wanted to be in the film industry. It as just a matter of, how do I as a queer female in a small town get out of here to do that? How does that happen? How do I pave that way?
I focused on theatre and film in high school and college. I went to university of Kansas, I went for a really long time because I wanted to make sure i was really prepared to do this thing. And I wanted to learn all the parts about everything. I felt it was more important to know a little bit about everything versus just only focusing on one aspect.
I moved out here to LA about nine years ago, this month actually.
**Mika:** Happy anniversary.
**Cory:** Thank you. It’s been really great. I did take a few years off. I was trying to get settled, and going from Kansas to California is a huge leap. I was really trying to figure out if this was what I want to do. Is filmmaking the thing I’m supposed to do?
The interesting thing about getting into \[film\] is a lot of people tell you no. Even if you’re just trying to be a PA. A lot of times they don’t understand why you just moved here, and they don’t think you’re reliable. It’s really hard to just get a door open to get in anywhere. It was frustrating, I was getting a lot of ‘no’s so I took a different route.
I was doing the Plan B to pay the bills and then I got into a relationship that was great, at the time, until it wasn’t. We just got to point where we weren’t growing in our dreams and the things that we wanted to do. We were stagnant. I thought that if I stayed in this \[relationship\], is that all there is for me? I feel like filmmaking is where I’m supposed to be. I feel like I have a voice to use. I need to do that.
So we broke up, it was a really bad breakup, but immediately after I got back into filmmaking. I started working on some LGBT webseries that were filming in LA. One being *[The Leslie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-leslie/)*.
I worked on season two of that with Kate Johnson. That was an awesome experience. I also worked on season two of *It’s Complicated* which is another LGBT webseries. Once I worked on those two, doors just started opening for me. I knew I wanted to be a creator but it was more *what* do I want to use my voice for? What stories do I feel are important to tell? How do I get the confidence to say, “Yes, I’m going to be a creator!” It’s a really big thing! But I’m there now. I’ve released a short film, I just released a feature film today, and now I’m doing Fortnight. It’s almost done.
It’s been a long journey, but it’s really exciting stuff.
**Mika:** I first heard about Fortnight and \[thought\] it was going to be a film, or did I mishear that?
**Cory:** You may have heard that. Originally I thought about making it a film, but I really love episodic content and I really wanted to play around with digging deeper into each of these things that are happening, in that episodic format. I was like, “I’m going to release this as a series. It feels right to do that.” We get 16 episodes of content. It’s pretty cool.
**Mika:** Webseries are a little different from a linear network in that when you write this, you’ve got the whole season out there for you. Does that change how you write?
**Cory:** It’s great because, for one I love having complete control over what is going to happen. I don’t have anyone in the writers room saying we should do this or this. I don’t have anyone over my head saying “Oh we don’t like this kiss, you can’t have that in this season” or you know — \[laughter\]
**Mika:** \[laughter\] Yeah, I know.
**Cory:** I don’t have to fight for those ideas that are there. It was nice to be able to lay it out from start to finish, knowing where I was going to end up with those characters. It wasn’t like “Alright, now we’re going to write the rest of this season, midway through! Now we’re gonna figure out where they go.” From the beginning I already knew where they were going, so that was really nice. That’s why I like webseries. You have more control and you can fully develop the ideas that you’re starting with.
**Mika:** It sounds like you’ve done a lot of aspects of this show. How many different hats did you get to wear during the production?
**Cory:** Pretty much all of them. I wrote it, I produced it, I was the cinematographer, I ran sound for a lot of it while I was shooting. I did get some help. We actually filmed in a cabin about an hour and a half north of here. There’s pretty much nothing up there, so getting people to come up was a task.
I’m also editing it, doing the colouring. I’m finding all the music. Music supervisor was something I always wanted to do and I just figured “Well when you do a webseries, you can do that yourself.” That’s a treat for me to be able to do that. Pretty much everything but acting. That’s not my forté, I’d rather be behind the camera.
**Mika:** What was your favourite role? Did you like the writing, the editor, or the colour adjustments?
**Cory:** Honestly, it’s a tie between the cinematography and the editing. For me, as a cinematographer, i think like a director but I’m able to do both at once. That’s a really beautiful process for me. But editing is where your story really happens. You shoot it, and you’re just looking at a bunch of this footage that doesn’t mean anything yet. And editing is where you get to *really* make it mean something, you’re putting in the music to hit those important moments. You’re choosing which moments that you shot and are really bringing out the story you’re trying to tell. That’s the best part.
Writing is not my best part. I say that because people say “Oh you’ve written these projects now, this and this and this” and I still don’t feel like a writer because that was never something I wanted to own. I just needed a way to get my story told. It’s such an important story to me that I don’t want to put it in someone else’s hands. I want it done a certain way.
There are things that only I know — \[The Fortnight\] is based on a true story — There are things that I know about the story that no one else could tell. They couldn’t tell it the way that I feel it should be told. Writing was just something that happened. I needed to get to the shooting part, to the editing part, and it wasn’t going to happen otherwise.
**Mika:** Seeing authentic stories told in authentic ways is really important to me. The majority of the shows I like to watch are ones where that is the case. Were there influences where you thought you saw something *like* your story being told?
**Cory:** This particular story, no. But the two shows that really made me feel like someone’s telling an authentic story, and that was what I wanted to do, growing up, *Dawson’s Creek* and *Felicity*. Those were two huge series in my life. I really felt like, especially with *Felicity*, that they were being authentic — up until the fourth season, then they got a little weird — they had a story that had a lot of heart, and I felt that it was the true journey of someone. This could be a real story. Those were kind of influences for me.
As far as the way that \[*The Fortnight*\] unravels, I don’t think I’ve seen anything like this. That’s the other great thing too, I feel like I’m putting something new out there. Which is queer! Which is great.
**Mika:** It is great. Webseries have been the forefront of diverse and inclusive television for almost a decade now. Ten years ago, if you wanted to see *us* on screen, you had to go a webseries. This is slowly starting to swing in a different way where we see more traditional television shows, like *Tales From the City* which Netflix just put on and *Vida* and other shows that are showing us a more diverse and realistic representation. Do you think that this is going to change the landscape for where webseries fit in?
**Cory:** It’s going to be interesting. I think we still have a strong place in webseries, no matter how much more content we’re seeing on traditional networks. I think where we’re truly getting the content that we fully feel is representative of us, I think it’s still going to be in webseries. It may make us work to up how we’re creating, maybe we’re looking for deeper stories or we’re upping our production values, because now we’re competing with network TV.
But the true fans and people who are searching for real content are still going to be coming to webseries. It may make it a little more difficult for us, but it’s kind of like a sacred place that no one can really touch.
**Mika:** We’ll get to see *The Fortnight* — it’s due out in January? Is that right?
**Cory:** Yes.
**Mika:** If you had one tweet to tell everybody why they needed to watch *this* webseries, what would it be?
**Cory:** Wow. How would I put that? “Love and life can change a lot in ten years … but how much *really* changes?”
**Mika:** That’s … that’s a really good question to ask ourselves!
**Cory:** That’s what I was telling the cast! we were shooting some promo photos, and I told them the direction I was going with \[The Fortnight\], because … you think that ten years ahead so much is going to be to be different in your life. You’re gonna respond to things in a different way, you’re gonna be ten year smarter, you wouldn’t make the same bad choices. But when you actually get there, think about ten years before now.
How different were you? Do you still make the same choices? Does ‘muscle’ memory come in to play when you’re just around someone you haven’t seen for ten years? Then all of the sudden you’re acting like you’re ten years younger. It’s things like that, that make this really interesting. We see \[the characters\] in the past, and then we see them in the present. And we see things happening that happened in the past just because we get into those situations where muscle memory takes over. It’s pretty interesting I think.
**Mika:** That sounds very interesting. It’s something that I think about a lot \[with television\], that we only get to see this small slice of characters. To get to see how we *don’t* change, and that realistic view of — You know when I see my parents I am twenty years old again. It doesn’t matter how old I get, I’m get to be stuck at about twenty.
**Cory:** Exactly. It’s been something I’ve been thinking about since I was a kid. There was a day where I asked my mom, I think she was 36 or 37 at the time, and I said “Mom, when did you start thinking like an adult?” And she started laughing and asked “What do you mean?” and I was like “Well I have a kid voice in my head but you have an adult voice. When does that change? When does that click for you?”
She said “I have the same voice I’ve always had in my head. I still think the same things I thought when I was younger. I might know more now, but I still have all the same thoughts that you’re thinking right now.”
I was like “Yeah, I don’t believe that.” And she was “You’ll see, when you’re thirty-something just think about it. You’ll see it doesn’t change, there are things that are innate in you that aren’t going to change, you just make different decisions.”
I thought that’s a concept we don’t ever think about. I want to put that into a script. So I was able to incorporate it into the story.
**Mika:** Do you think she’s right?
**Cory:** I think she’s right! I find myself still reacting to things in a certain way. When I see an episode of *Dawson’s Creek* I feel like I’m 15 again. I’m still having 15-year-old thoughts and I’m thirty-something now, how’s this happening? In a way, I think she’s right. I’m not going to make some of the same choices I did before, but yeah. I think, to a certain extent, she’s right. I get it now.
**Mika:** Our parents get smarter as we get older, I think.
**Cory:** \[Laughter\] It’s true!
**Mika:** We watch a lot of television, and of all the almost 2000 shows in the database, we’ve watched most of them. I’ve watched almost all of the webseries that we’ve added. But, like everyone else, I have my own totally guilty pleasures. I will not miss an episode of *Critical Role* or *Project Runway* at this point. What are your favourite shows on air now?
**Cory:** My number one guilty pleasure is *Are You The One?* on MTV. This year was great because it was all queer people. It was really nice. It’s my guilty pleasure. I love to study people, and I just really like seeing that many people in that many situations. It hooks me every time.
**Mika:** Is there anything you’d like to share with everyone about you or *The Fortnight*?
**Cory:** I think you should watch the Fortnight because we’re very includes. We have a trans non binary actor playing a trans non binary character. We have people of color, it is a queer show. I think that we’re telling a great story with a lot of heart, and I want a lot of people to feel included where they haven’t been included before.
## Catch *The Fortnight* in January
You can follow Cory on Twitter at [@coryx182](https://twitter.com/CoryX182) and The Fortnight itself at [@FortnightWeb](http://twitter.com/FortnightWeb)
You can watch the trailer now:
And don’t forget to watch *The Fortnight* when it drops in January.
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** The Fortnight
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### [The Bold Type Upended](https://lezwatchtv.com/2020/the-bold-type-upended/)
**Published:** January 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Is Jacqueline really gone? What happens next at Scarlet will be one for the legends.
**Content:**
As season three ended, everything was in an uproar. Jaqueline was gone, Andrew her assistant was having a break down, and everything looked terrifying.
When season four starts, everything is much, much worse than it looked.
## Bold Consequences
We knew that Jacqueline’s choice to have an all-inclusive issue was not going to go over well with RJ and the board. The old men on the board, whom Kat had tried to take on before and get non-degree’d people hired, react as badly as you’d think. After all, Jacqueline being an outspoken woman meant the board had a file an inch thick about all her indiscretions.
Jacqueline has never been an innocent, which is why I adore her and would drop everything to work for her. She’s bold, honest, and brave. She did everything right, and she knew it would have a cost. But the good news is that doesn’t mean she’s going down without a fight.
The bad news is that everything comes with a cost, and it may be more than anyone was ready to pay.
## Bold New World
Meanwhile our intrepid trio is bumbling through adventure while trying to follow Jacqueline’s footsteps. In turn they each take the lead and charge forward when the others stumble. It’s by sticking together that the ladies keep everyone’s head above water and survive the most dangerous moment in their careers.
Their friendship is one of the many reasons the show works. Women who stick together and have each other’s backs are the strength of *The Bold Type*, and when their worlds flip over its needed more than ever.
The subplot about Richard possibly leaving for San Francisco has not been forgotten, and Kat’s foray into politics inspires her more than ever before. This is especially true without Jacqueline, as someone has to stand up and be the voice of representation.
And speaking of voices, wait till you meet Jacqueline Carmichael.
## Be Brave, Be Bold
Season four looses none of the heart and drama that made the first three seasons of *The Bold Type* so drawing and obsessive.
A
Based on the first three episodes, season four is going full out to win your heart. Pop some rosé, friends, you’ll need it. And every episode has at least one new queer character!
Watch season four starting next week, January 23rd, and find out why `#scarlet` is trending.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
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### [Queer Beats - December 20, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-december-20-2019/)
**Published:** December 20, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, The Bold Type dropped a new trailer, Megan Rapinoe is going to be on TLWGQ, and we were given lots of Runaways bts content.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, The Bold Type dropped a new trailer, Megan Rapinoe is going to be on TLWGQ, and we were given lots of Runaways bts content.
## Hallmark drama
\*insert eye roll here\*
We are going to start off this week with all the Hallmark drama because it (rightfully so) encompassed many overlapping fandoms. If you didn’t watch all the drama unfold this week, Hallmark pulled a [Zola](https://www.zola.com/) ad because it featured a [queer wedding where two women kissed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pVnnGK6BP4) (and, you guessed it, they did *not* pull the straight ads) because some Conservative Moms were mad about it (and, you guessed it, I am not even going to give them the respect of linking to them). A lot of people were rightfully mad, including a lot of our fave queer and allied actors.
> Dear Hallmark,
>
> Is the loss of some of your viewers more important than the erasure of an entire group of people?
>
> (An open letter)[@hallmarkchannel](https://twitter.com/hallmarkchannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@billabbottHC](https://twitter.com/billabbottHC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Igj9HYby9G](https://t.co/Igj9HYby9G)
>
> — Elise Bauman (@baumanelise) [December 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/baumanelise/status/1206300310127468551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/)> I just spent 4 months with some of the most beautiful people I’ve ever worked with (a number of them queer) creating a Hallmark show. During this time there were discussion that lead me to believe things were moving in a positive direction towards more inclusivity and..(cont’d)
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [December 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1206300640810545153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)> Just going through some old emails from a [\#Hallmark](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hallmark?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) job I was “let go” from back in January. I had insisted on a LGBTQ character, an interracial couple and diverse casting. I was polite, direct and professional. But after the execs gave their notes on the script and NONE of my
>
> — Hilarie Burton Morgan (@HilarieBurton) [December 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/HilarieBurton/status/1206266089002479618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Hilarie Burton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hilarie-burton/)> Attn: [@hallmarkchannel](https://twitter.com/hallmarkchannel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Our stories matter. Ready for that follow through. [pic.twitter.com/0zB89F8AZi](https://t.co/0zB89F8AZi)
>
> — officially ali liebert (@AliLiebert) [December 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/AliLiebert/status/1206761837020119042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/)https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1206700893061754883?s=20
[Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/)Eventually, Hallmark reversed the decision. In my opinion, it took them way too long but I hope they learned a lesson and will give us more rep in the future. I know this whole situation was awful and triggering for a lot of us but, on the bright side, I was reminded this week of how many awesome queer people and allies we have leading our fandoms!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
As if the Amandie-less winter break wasn’t enough, Almost Family finished up filming their first season this week. Luckily, we have [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/) to post cute pictures to cheer us up:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1207053735450628096?s=20
Victoria also seems to be a fan of The L Word: Generation Q:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1206248447654944768?s=20
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Blooper time! I loved these… although, not going to lie, my first though was “I demand to see the full-length Cazzie bloopers, please.”
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1207359876109754369?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Our first Bold Type trailer of Season 4! I love this show and am highly invested in every storyline but y’all also know I’m not above screaming about the one Adena appearance.
> You have every right to freak out. The trailer for Season 4 of [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is here.
> Don’t miss the premiere January 23rd at 9p/8c on [@FreeformTV](https://twitter.com/FreeformTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/VqfWVpN2p2](https://t.co/VqfWVpN2p2)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [December 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1205548065244889088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Craig of the Creek]()
Craig of the Creek introduced a new non-binary character this week named Angel, voiced by Angela Lorenzana. This show was already on my list to watch but it just got bumped up a little higher!
https://twitter.com/scarynonbinary/status/1206467416567377920?s=20
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
Euphoria has officially been picked up for a second season!
https://twitter.com/EuphoriaHBONews/status/1206395012092706816?s=20
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
We are only two episodes into The L Word reboot and [Mia Kirshner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-kirshner/) is already starting some [Jenny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenny-schecter/) drama:
> Would you like to know what really happened to Jenny?
>
> — Mia Kirshner (@msmiakirshner) [December 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/msmiakirshner/status/1206707376268697600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, nostalgia kicked in this week when [Laurel Holloman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laurel-holloman/) wished [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) a happy birthday!
> happy birthday [@jenniferbeals](https://twitter.com/jenniferbeals?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) … big hugs!!!!
>
> — Laurel Holloman (@LaurelLHolloman) [December 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/LaurelLHolloman/status/1207345743012364288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Hannah Hart released a fun video where she played a chemistry game with [Katherine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-moennig/) and [Leisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/), [Arienne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/arienne-mandi/) and [Jacqueline](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/), and then [Rosanny](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosanny-zayas/) and [Leo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leo-sheng/):
And it was also announced that Megan Rapinoe (\*insert screams here\*) will be [Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-pieszecki/)‘s next guest on her talk show. There is nothing I love more than when my extreme love of women’s soccer and my extreme love of queer TV collide!
https://twitter.com/mPinoe/status/1207948391180718080?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
This is the (now weekly) part of Queer Beats where I take full advantage of this platform to just post pictures of cute people that I like.
> ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/q3xNgA3yAB](https://t.co/q3xNgA3yAB)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [December 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1206407115591405568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This section also serves as your weekly reminder that Maisie Richardson-Sellers isn’t on this site yet despite being an out-and-proud queer person IRL (with a cute girlfriend) and playing a character that should essentially already be queer. On that note, here is a cute picture of her and her girlfriend:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6OQC9YAagY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Have you been watching the third season of Marvel’s Runaways? It has shaped up to be my favorite season yet, which is unfortunate considering it’s their *final* season. Hulu seems to feel the same way as me:
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD
> NICO MINORU WITH A SWORD [pic.twitter.com/nFZYuorJVj](https://t.co/nFZYuorJVj)
>
> — Hulu (@hulu) [December 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/hulu/status/1206787464716636162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Annie Wersching is the resident queen of behind-the-scenes photos for this show and she certainly didn’t fail with these Deanoru wedding shots:
> Time for cake! 🎂💥🎂[@marvelsrunaways](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is streaming NOW on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 💚 [\#Deanoru](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Deanoru?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ilampyou](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ilampyou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1qFsfIxF1O](https://t.co/1qFsfIxF1O)
>
> — Annie Wersching (@Wersching) [December 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/Wersching/status/1205566559759945729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, I’m totally here for this Mom!Deanoru ship as well:
> DEANORU forever [pic.twitter.com/XK7aj6LPCg](https://t.co/XK7aj6LPCg)
>
> — Brittany Ishibashi (@BrittIshibashi) [December 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/BrittIshibashi/status/1205926920237404161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Dansen fans, rejoice! [Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) posted this cute video of her and [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) on set and it instantly made me want an entire holiday themed episode of Supergirl where Dansen deal with absolutely zero drama and just spend the entire hour acting cute and in love. Supergirl writers, do you hear me?
https://twitter.com/kellyolsens/status/1207746700481376258?s=21
## [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)
This show has continuously provided me with a weekly belly laugh so I love to hear [Abby McEnany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abby-mcenany/) talk about the work she and Lilly Wachowski are putting into accurately representing our queer community:
> "We really wanted to show queer life and the queer life that I see and that Lilly (Wachowski) sees in our communities." Comedian Abby McEnany teases what to expect from her new show [\#WorkInProgress](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorkInProgress?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [December 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1205563863548215296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Amongst all the Hallmark drama shined a beacon of hope: one of our fave showrunners, Emily Andras, pitched ideas for lesbian-centered holiday movies. It got even better when [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) joined in on the fun:
> I’m gonna go HOLLY and press that my physical comedy skills are wildly underestimated but would really shine bright here (i.e. a scene where I’m hanging Christmas lights and slide quickly off a roof, another where i can’t corral the pigs)
>
> — Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) [December 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1206327400188932096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Atypical, Craig of the Creek, Euphoria, Runaways, Supergirl, The Bold Type, The L Word: Generation Q, Work in Progress, Wynonna Earp
---
### [There's No Funding Like Web Series For the Holidays](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/theres-no-funding-like-web-series-for-the-holidays/)
**Published:** December 18, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Wouldn't it be nice to send your holiday money to a queer web series?
**Content:**
With all the drama running around with TV movies and holiday queerness, I thought it would be nice to have look at some web series you’ve probably never heard of … because they don’t exist yet.
Linear television (you know, those regular ‘channels’ we watch at home) is slowly making improvements with representation. Their work is incomplete, and the last decade has been filled with web series filling in that gap. Certainly *The L Word: Generation Q* is an improvement from the Death Valley of intersectionality that was *The L Word*, but that’s one show in a sea of ever-growing scripted television.
The size of the tv ocean makes it hard for newcomers to get in the door, and even to be seen. I decided I’d write about some series that were looking for funding and share them with you, but to my surprise I could only find two!
## Why Are They So Hard to Find?
I went to my usual staples, SeedAndSpark, IndieGoGo, and Kickstarter, to try and find series. On both SeedAndSpark and Kickstarter, as soon as I set the filters for LGBT television series who were ‘live’ (i.e. looking for funding) I got big old goose eggs. I grabbed the two I found on IndieGoGo and started a deeper dive on Patreon but that turned out to be even harder to find anything.
I’ve done searches like this before, and I’ve never had such a hard time finding shows. I went and threw up a tweet:
> Are you working on a queer webseries that's still being funded? Need a signal boost? @ me your links or email me at mika@lezwatchtv.com – I want to hear from you! – M
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1206382661691797510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But I sat there and wondered why was it so hard this time. Was it because it was year end? Was it because there are fewer series being made? I knew the latter wasn’t true, but as I went to look into the series I knew were coming out soon, I came to a distressing realization.
Most web series don’t have a web page. They have Twitter, sure, and Tumblr maybe, or a Facebook post, and then their YouTube or Vimeo link. But they don’t have a dedicated webpage that remains available amidst the ephemeral social media churn.
And all that means is that this post is incredibly incomplete! I know I’m missing your awesome, in progress, series, and I want to hear from you! Drop me an email about your series at `mika@lezwatchtv.com` and let’s chat. Because I do believe the future of intersectional and representational TV is in web series.
## Series in Need of Funding
I did mention the two, right? Here they are!
### *Little Roar and His Big Family*
Positive queer content for children is hugely important. So many of us have grown up without seeing ourselves on television, and without seeing our families. Elaine Wall wants to fix that. A married mother of a 3-year old and a 4-year old, she recognized that there were few series that reflected her family. Amidst the Baby Sharks, where were two moms. So she set about to solve this.
> *Little Roar and His Big Family* will be a webseries for preschool and young school aged children that follows the adventures of Little Roar, a five-year-old Tyrannosaurus Rex, his sister, Tiny Claw, and their two moms, Mommy and Mama Rex. Together, with a diverse cast of characters, the young dinosaurs will learn lessons about kindness and teamwork, as well as their ABC’s and 123’s.
[You can fund them via IndiGoGo until early January 2020.](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/little-roar-and-his-big-family#/)
### *The Fae*
Predominantly about a gay man, this series has a wild story. Originally it was going to be a variety show called *Faemily Style*. But then it pivoted and realized a high-concept fantasy/dramady would be even better.
> Mixing trenchant realism with surrealist fantasy, ***The Fae*** celebrates queer flamboyance as a magical force to be reckoned with. Think *The Outs* meets *Buffy* and *Harry Potter* by way of *Pink Narcissus*. The series follows Mark (Shelton Lindsay), a gay millennial who possesses all the trappings coveted by mainstream gay culture, who suddenly learns of magically queer beings called faeries – and that he might be one of them!
>
> The first season of ***The Fae*** explores Mark’s awkward first steps as he struggles to learn how to harness his faerie flamboyance in his everyday life. Just how much will Mark have to sacrifice to learn the true nature of his magical power?
[You can fund them via IndieGoGo until the end of 2019.](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fae-series-campaign-2-editing-episodes-1-2#/)
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Web Series
---
### [Queer Beats - December 12, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-december-12-2019/)
**Published:** December 13, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Kontrola and Functional released new episodes, Caity and Jes went to a hockey game, and the final season of Runaways is up and ready for you to binge!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Kontrola and Functional released new episodes, Caity and Jes went to a hockey game, and the final season of Runaways is up and ready for you to binge!
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Okay, so this does not actually have anything to do with Brooklyn Nine-Nine but [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) and [Dascha Polanco](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dascha-polanco/) are in it and I needed an excuse to share it. The trailer for In The Heights has finally been released!
> Turn up the volume on your dreams. [\#InTheHeightsMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/InTheHeightsMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), only in theaters Summer 2020! [pic.twitter.com/7bzYPgbnbI](https://t.co/7bzYPgbnbI)
>
> — In The Heights Movie (@intheheights) [December 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/intheheights/status/1205140250558906369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Control/Kontrola](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kontrola/)
This Polish web series has taken the queer community by storm and recently released its 6th episode.
## [Functional](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/functional/)
Another long-awaited web series, Functional, has released three episodes! Check them all out below:
> Did you catch our series premiere last week?? Subscribe to our channel and a catch a new episode this Thursday [\#QueerMedia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueerMedia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LatinosinFilm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LatinosinFilm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/iLkFrO5aiL](https://t.co/iLkFrO5aiL)
>
> — Functional Series (@functionalserie) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/functionalserie/status/1204128269299175424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Here’s your reminder that the Good Trouble holiday episodes are coming next week!
> We had a sneak peek at the Good Trouble holiday episodes coming to your screens on December 16th. It's a very Fosters holiday. [pic.twitter.com/BubMFqqIHS](https://t.co/BubMFqqIHS)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [December 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1204824543493312512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
Now that we have all finally seen the premiere episode of Generation Q, be sure to check out the cast’s interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
> "I was always searching to find a connection on television or movies, so I get the impact that a show like this has." [@Leisha\_Hailey](https://twitter.com/Leisha_Hailey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) hopes both audiences and the TV landscape will be impacted by [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#InStudioTHR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/InStudioTHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/GjJHpSFf9j](https://t.co/GjJHpSFf9j)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1204139403637141504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[To L and Back](https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/httpsstitchercompodcasttolandback/to-l-and-back), a L Word-focused podcast, interviewed the new cast members this week!
> “To L and Back” went live with the Generation Q cast and talked about about filming sex scenes, L Word origin stories, riding losing winning, falling in love with your best friend and so much more! [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/InodvCPl7x](https://t.co/InodvCPl7x)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1204098383847272448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Although I am always happy to see [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/), the crossover definitely made me more anxious to get back into LoT. Tala Ashe posted a picture of all our favorite women this week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B58W7WQAzoW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) went to a hockey game together and I’m really sad that I didn’t get an invite.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B6AQ0PnFjCp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
One day, all these pictures I share from Maisie’s account will be relevant to this site but, for now, they are just relevant to my heart.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B58Q6diAh9b/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Welcome [Sheridan Pierce](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sheridan-pierce/) to QFX!
> We are thrilled to announce that [@sheridan\_pierce](https://twitter.com/sheridan_pierce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is the newest member of the QFX family!! Come share a cookie with her in Tampa next May at [\#QFXEast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#SheridanPierce](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SheridanPierce?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Sydlena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sydlena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneDayAtATime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#DearWhitePeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DearWhitePeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFXEvents](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEvents?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFX2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFX2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/po940gjOSD](https://t.co/po940gjOSD)
>
> — QFX Events (@qfxevents) [December 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/qfxevents/status/1204095739732938752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
The new (and final) season of Runaways hit Hulu today and I can’t wait to get home after work so I can binge it all!
> 🔮 The darkness is taking over 🔮 [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3 premieres TOMORROW on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/aHznSEiaoQ](https://t.co/aHznSEiaoQ)
>
> — Marvel's Runaways (@marvelsrunaways) [December 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1205170524793344000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This week, the Supergirl cast continued to be the best and most brave cast out there. [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) opened up about her mental health condition and her new partnership with Be Vocal Speak Up.
https://twitter.com/chy_leigh/status/1204071630328217601?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Chyler Leigh, Functional, Good Trouble, Kontrola, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Runaways, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 9, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dex-and-liz/)
**Published:** December 9, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I stayed up way too late watching all of the Sunday night shows last night, so I only did a recap of Dex and Liz on Stumptown.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I stayed up way too late watching all of the Sunday night shows last night, so I only did a recap of Dex and Liz on *Stumptown*.
Oh my goodness, why did all of the best queer TV of the week all have to be on Sunday night? There’s no way I can get all of those recaps written this morning. I will do full recaps next week, but here’s my quick summary:
- **Supergirl Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 1** – Fun but not queer enough.
- **The L Word Generation Q Ep. 1** – So much better than the original.
- **Mr Robot ep 410** – ❤️😨😮😢
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Stumptown* – Season 1 Episode 8 “The Other Woman” \[Live\]Grey wanted Dex to get to know his new girlfriend Liz better, so when Dex learns she’s a “Craps Virgin,” she takes her to the casino. Dex’s ulterior motive is Liz’s beginner’s luck, but becoming friends with the girlfriend is important to Grey, so it’ll be a win-win.
Beginner’s luck pays off and soon Dex and Liz are rolling in shots and winnings. Dex wakes up the next morning to discover something unexpected.
Oops! I don’t think that’s what Grey meant by getting to know Liz better.
This is very on-brand with Dex’s entertainingly disastrous character. I wonder how she’s going to get out of this one.
This week: All the rest of the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Stumptown
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 18, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-darlene-and-dom/)
**Published:** November 18, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Darlene and Dom process their past on Mr. Robot, Edie processes possible parenthood on Almost Family and Casey processes gay panic on Atypical.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Darlene and Dom process their past on *Mr. Robot*; Edie processes possible parenthood on *Almost Family*; and Casey processes gay panic on *Atypical*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*Mr. Robot* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)– Season 4 Episode 6 “406 Not Acceptable” \[Live\]I have a confession to make. I know it’s not healthy or appropriate, but I want Darlene and Dom to live happily ever after.
I know Darlene ruined Dom’s life and now Dom has to work for the Dark Army or else they’ll kill her family. Also, we never really knew if Darlene hooked up with Dom to manipulate her or if she really liked her. But ships aren’t always logical, right? This show is super dark anyway, so what’s wrong with throwing in a problematic queer couple?
Dom has been sent by the Dark Army to track down Darlene and Elliot and surprises Darlene at her apartment.
Dom tells Janice from The Dark Army, Darlene won’t give up Elliott’s location, but she can get it from her phone. Janice replies, “Cool, kill her and take the phone.” Uh oh, now Dom has to shoot Darlene and we know she’s still into her because she was doing *stuff* while watching surveillance video footage of Darlene in a previous episode.
In an intense scene, Dom tries to shoot Darlene while Darlene begs her to see this is not who she is. She is not a killer.
Darlene insists they are taking the Dark Army down once and for all, and after that, Dom will be free and her family will be safe. At the last minute, Dom is unable to pull the trigger, and she knocks Darlene out instead.
When Darlene comes back to consciousness, she and Dom process the situation they’re in. They have less than an hour to figure out what to do. Darlene also drops this feelings bomb.
> I know it's illogical and wrong, but I ship Darlene and Dom. I can't help the way I feel. 😭 -T [\#MrRobot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrRobot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/dnIeZq5TRp](https://t.co/dnIeZq5TRp)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1195479477322702848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Is this real, or is Darlene using her again? I am naively choosing real.
Their storyline ends with Janice showing up at the apartment about to take Darlene’s phone and kill her when Darlene holds up a wiped phone. Now they need her alive to find Elliott.
Y’all, I really want Darlene and Elliott to defeat the Dark Army, save Dom so that she and Darlene live happily ever after. I know that’s a lot to ask from a show like this, but I’m asking for it anyway.
Also, I saw Carly Chaikin’s IG post (by clicking on the [\#domlene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/domlene) hashtag [@Daburninator22](https://twitter.com/Daburninator22) introduced me to) from the last day of filming *Mr. Robot*.
> Yesterday Grace and I had our last scene together 🙈 one of my favorite acting partners ever, who’s so giving and always present with me – and a bond that will always last ❤️❤️ [\#mrrobot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mrrobot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#domlene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/domlene?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Carly Chaikin (@carlychaikin) [July 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/carlychaikin/status/1151147644313624576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This means Darlene and Dom make it to the end of the series, right? This last season has been excellent so far and I can’t wait to savor the remaining episodes.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Five” \[Live\]Meeting Jefferson didn’t go well for Grace on the last episode, but we all know who the true Thundergrade shipper is on this show — Uncle Gambi.
> Meeting Uncle Gambi went much better for Grace than meeting Jefferson. But we all knew Gambi was a [\#Thundergrace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Thundergrace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) shipper. 😊 [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/atilMmXsaa](https://t.co/atilMmXsaa)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1196166006860845056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Uncle Gambi is going to cook Fettuccine Alfredo for Grace and make sure she doesn’t have a bad reaction to the vaccine Anissa gave her against the meta disease that’s going around. Meanwhile, Anissa is going to deliver the vaccine to the meta camp as Black Bird.
While Black Bird is on a side mission to bring a kid named Tavon back from camp to his parents, Odell is on her trail and convinced Black Bird is Anissa. This when a shapeshifting girlfriend comes in handy. Grace shapeshifts into Anissa when Odell makes a surprise visit and throws him off her trail because one person can’t be reading at home on the couch and out vigilante-ing at that same time.
Black Bird goes on to fight another day, but sadly, Tavon did not make it. Now Freeland has been pushed too far and folks are ready to fight back against the ASA.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Fake AF” \[Live\] You know when you’re first going out with someone you really like and you take them to your special places? That’s what Edie and Amanda did this episode.
Edie took Amanda to Brooklyn by the water because that’s where her grandmother would take her. Her Grandmother was the only one in the family who accepted her for her true self.
> "I wanted to see what it felt like to be somewhere with you where we didn't have to worry about getting caught every second."
> "How does it feel?"
> "Like I can get used to it."[\#AlmostFamily](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlmostFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Amandie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Amandie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/6c0c9R8Eow](https://t.co/6c0c9R8Eow)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1196189488344637441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Edie took Amanda to a park where her mom would take her to play chess and forget her troubles. There she dropped a bomb on her — Tim wants to have kids.
Amanda asks her what she wants and she says she’s confused. She was on a work/life train ride with Tim to Straightville when Amanda came along and confused her. Amanda asks Edie if she was happy with Tim before she met her and she says, “No, but you can’t expect life to be perfect.”
In addition to the Amanda factor, Edie told Julia she doesn’t have the intense drive to want kids in the first place.
Poor Edie. I have friends who stuck it out in unhappy situations for years because it’s what they thought they had to do. And throwing a kid into the mix only makes it 1000x worse. Sometimes blowing your life up is what it takes for everyone involved to eventually be in a happier place.
Edie gets “no one ever knows when the right time to have kids” advice from her mom and “lesbians can have kids too” advice from Amanda. At the end of the episode, Edie lands on telling Tim, “I want what you want.” Ouch, bad answer.
I know storylines like this are played out all the time on TV, but it’s one of life’s biggest challenges — settling for “unhappy but okay” or doing the hard work of dismantling what’s preventing you from being happy. We’ll see how Edie pulls through this.
[*Atypical* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)– Season 3 Episode 7 “Shrinkage” \[Streaming\] I’m still doing chill recaps of *Atypical* without giving away the most exciting scenes because **I WANT EVERYONE TO WATCH IT**! I want tons of people to binge-watch so it gets renewed for season 4. I already binged season 3 twice.
In this scene, Casey is having a case of gay panic the morning after Izzie made it clear she has feelings for her then stayed the night in her bed.
> "Yeah, of course you are. You were up fooling around with your friend all night."
> Gay Panic Casey is so cute. [\#Cazzie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cazzie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Atypical](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Atypical?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4d3QHsP57m](https://t.co/4d3QHsP57m)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1195393797712166913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The parents’ unknowingly suggestive comments are the funniest part of this scene.
The end of this episode is the greatest moment of the entire series. If you haven’t watched it yet, please do. You will not be disappointed.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Tell Me the Truth” \[Live\] *Batwoman* airing on Sunday nights is tough, y’all.
I watch *Batwoman*, *Supergirl* then *Mr. Robot* (or *Shameless*) on Sundays which only gives me Monday mornings to write about any of those shows, so I usually skip them (or delay a week like *Mr. Robot*). However, *Batwoman* was filled with so much gay goodness last night I had to get up early today to include it in my post.
I can not emphasize how enjoyable it is to have this show. Watching a superhero show with an unapologetically out lesbian main character is healing the collective souls of queer people who have been **starved** of representation their entire lives. I’m usually allergic to saying cheesy stuff like that, but look at me writing that sentence!
There was so much quality queer content in last night’s episode I don’t have time to recap it all. But here are two of my favorite moments.
Kate takes Sophie out to talk to her about the B word, but they’re interrupted by the homophobic restaurant owner. He asks them to leave for wearing sneakers, but we all know it’s really because he doesn’t want a queer couple in his restaurant. Kate is having none of it.
> Kate Kane — fighting crime and homophobic restaurant owners. 👊♥️ [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gw7i4vbNLX](https://t.co/gw7i4vbNLX)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1196397891260157958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Kate is saying out loud the things we wished we could have every time we’ve been confronted with homophobia. Her heroics are more than catching bad guys, she’s also fiercely standing up for our community.
At the end of the episode, Kate trolls the restaurant owner in the most amazing way possible.
That was so satisfying.
These are just two scenes from this episode filled with top-shelf queer angst and adventures. Please start watching this show if you haven’t already.
This week I’ll be keeping up with my full TV schedule, as usual, looking most forward to *Almost Family* and *Mr. Robot*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Atypical, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Mr. Robot
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-cheryl-and-toni-on-riverdale/)
**Published:** November 25, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I talk about the hot mess that is Cheryl and Toni on Riverdale, Freya makes a guest appearance on Legacies and Amanda and Edie say those three words to each other on Almost Family.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I talk about the hot mess that is Cheryl and Toni on *Riverdale*; Freya makes a guest appearance on *Legacies*; and Amanda and Edie say *those* three words to each other on *Almost Family*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “The Book of Resistance: Chapter One” \[Live\]Anissa spent most of this episode poisoned and sick.
The whole thing was strange. I feel the show is trying to get back on track with Anissa and Grace, but it doesn’t know what it’s doing. Anissa spent the first half of the episode hiding being on death’s door and acting like it was no big deal to Grace (even after Grace discovers her passed out on the floor).
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1198748476332478464?s=20
Grace is like, “You’re good? Cool, I’m going to take a shower. Call me if you need me.”
I rarely get sick, but when I do, my wife knows and she is really sweet about taking care of me. She’s not like, “If you need me you know where to find me.”
When things got really bad Gambi had to step in.
We did get this moment of Thundergrace cuteness, but it was only after Gambi left and gave Grace orders to watch over Anissa.
Our community wants to see girlfriends taking care of each other without a dude having to step in and provide instructions.
I do love this show and appreciate all the queerness included in it, but I feel it’s still not hitting the mark. We don’t know a ton about Grace’s past relative to all the other characters on this show, and key moments (like Anissa coming out as Thunder/Black Bird to Grace) all happen off-screen.
Every week I watch the show hoping it’s going to get better, but at this point, I think this may be as good as it gets for our ship. I hope I am wrong, but I am self-protectingly not getting my hopes up.
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 4 Episode 9 “So Long, Marianne” \[Live\]It’s a very special Thanksgiving episode of *This is Us*, and Tess is buggin’ over a “Who is your celebrity crush” meme that’s going around school. Tess isn’t out to anyone at her new school yet, and she is scared to post that Zendaya (Beth: “Spiderman Zendaya or HBO Zendaya?”) is her crush.
For some reason, she confides in Kevin (I get he has evolved, but still — most annoying character on the show IMO) about the meme and he encourages her to post the truth.
After she does it, she excitedly runs down to show Kevin the positive feedback she got from the post.
That was cute, and I’m very happy for Tess. But I’m telling y’all, in any Philly public school a Councilperson would send their kid to, this would probably not be a big deal.
I’ll put my cynical Philadelphian self aside and applaud the show’s cute coming out arc for Tess. Now, I want her to find a posse of queer friends.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Risky AF” \[Live\] Last week Edie maneuvered her way out of going to DC for her grandmother-in-law’s 80th birthday party, leaving her alone in NYC for the weekend.
While waiting for Amanda at the DA’s office, Edie hits it off with a kid practicing for a mock trial. That kid, Lorenzo, turns out to be Amanda’s son from a former marriage!
> Surprise! Amanda has a son and an ex-wife. [\#AlmostFamily](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlmostFamily?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Amandie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Amandie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KJwhJNeS7L](https://t.co/KJwhJNeS7L)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1198989626050039808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I guess that’s what Amanda meant by “lesbians have kids too.”
Now, instead of spending the weekend in DC, Edie is going to be at Amanda’s apartment helping her kid practice. Mock trial prep goes well and the kid kills it.
I love a stealth hand-hold.
Later, Edie comes by Amanda’s apartment to give Lorenzo an owl stuffie for doing so well, but Amanda is not in the mood to celebrate. She’s done participating in Edie’s double life.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1197354193406824449?s=20
You can’t go back after saying the L-word.
Edie arrives at her house to find Tim has come home early. Uh, oh! Tim confronts her about not being in the office working all weekend like she said she was. Edie lies and said she was out blowing off steam with friends because the baby stuff was getting to her. Tim doesn’t buy it and that is where we end this episode.
Edie needs to come clean and face the inevitable life blow-up she’s been avoiding. Maybe that’ll happen during the 2-night Thanksgiving special! Thanksgiving is the perfect time to drop a bomb like this.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 4 Episode 7 “Chapter Sixty-Four: The Ice Storm” \[Live\] Y’all. I can’t with [Cheryl and Toni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/choni) on *Riverdale* this season. An exhumed dead brother and a creepy doll are just two of the ridiculous, over-the-top things going on with this couple. I do not have the energy to recap this madness.
But here was a cute moment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1197920944460849157?s=20
I’ll let Madelaine recap this season so far.
> If I was Toni I would’ve peaced the f out of there the minute this all started [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@VanessaMorgan](https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Madelaine Petsch (@madelainepetsch) [October 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/madelainepetsch/status/1189703384137232384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 2 Episode 6 “That’s Nothing I Had to Remember” \[Live\] I am disappointed with the straightwashing this show and *Charmed* have gone through in their newest seasons. Penelope is gone and now Josie is with Landon?? I’m sorry Landon, but you are the oatmealy-ist character on the show and the two of them feel very thrown together.
An exciting thing did happen in this episode though! Josie needed a super-powered spell from a Michaelson witch, so she went to New Orleans to find Hope’s Aunt Freya!
> Josie went to New Orleans to find Freya! I love queer characters crossover meeting each other and I'm glad Freya and Keelin are still married. -T [\#Legacies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legacies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheOriginals](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOriginals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/zIGQStpkjZ](https://t.co/zIGQStpkjZ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1197926923508297735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Freya is from *The Originals*, which *Legacies* is a spin-off of. At the end of *The Originals* she and her girlfriend, Keelin got married. And in her conversations with Josie, we learn not only are they still married, but they also have a kid!
It was a treat to see Freya again and I love two cross-generational bisexual characters meeting each other from related shows!
Thanksgiving is usually a quiet TV week here in the US, but *Almost Family* has blessed us with a 2 night Thanksgiving special! I can’t wait to see the drama go down during that dinner!
https://youtube.com/CQnAPrBdd-s
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Black Lightning, Legacies, Riverdale, This is Us
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 2, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dom-and-darlene/)
**Published:** December 2, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It was a busy week of Thanksgiving eating for me, and I am currently obsessed with Mr. Robot so I decided to do a Dom and Darlene-only recap.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it was a busy week of Thanksgiving cooking and eating for me, so I decided to do a *Mr. Robot* Dom and Darlene-only recap.
Warning: This post contains spoilers! Also, Mr. Robot is pretty violent, if you don’t like violence, click away.
*[Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)* – Season 4 Episode 8 “408 Request Timeout” \[Catch Up\]**I am absolutely OBSESSED with this season of *Mr. Robot*.**
There are very few shows I’ll stay up late and drag my tired ass into work on Monday for, and this is one of them. It’s operating on a whole other level of television, and I am here for it.
I try to keep these recaps rated PG 13, but this one has a lot of blood and adult subject matter, so clutch your pearls and read on.
Last we saw Dom and Darlene, they were captured by Janice, The Dark Army’s favorite taxidermist, to crack Darlene’s phone and find Elliot. Dom and Darlene have a lot of issues to process and who knew Janice would be holding a couples counseling session!
When Janice first brings up their relationship, Dom acts like she doesn’t know what she’s talking about, but then Janice brings up *that* video.
Well, now that happened and Darlene knows what Dom does to her video.
Janice is a loathsome human, and every episode I fantasized of the moment she’d get taken down, but, WOW, Ashlie Atkinson does an amazing job of portraying her. She is a perfect bad guy.
Janice goes on to ask them about their relationship. She wants to know exactly what happened between the two of them.
Janice doesn’t believe her and picks out a knife from her taxidermy bag.
Darlene is still her smart-ass self even in the face of possibly being filleted by Janice.
I really didn’t need to make a gif of that, I just liked Darlene’s use of the term “cunt stick.”
Janice then immediately stabs Dom in the lung.
This season Dom is suffering from Female Agent Fall Apart Syndrome™. My wife complains about these highly trained, super-skilled female agents always being an emotional mess on TV. Like Eve on *Killing Eve* and Carrie on *Homeland*. Real kickass agents wouldn’t be crying all the time. It makes more sense with Dom since her entire life was ruined by The Dark Army, but still, I missed Agent Dom.
Janice makes a dramatic speech about Dom having 15 minutes left to live, and if Darlene gives up her brother, she’ll get her the care she needs. Then there’s the “You’ll kill her anyway.” “No, killing her is the last thing we want.” back and forth until Dom chokes out, “Don’t tell her anything.”
Janice says everything the Domlene fandom is thinking.
Darlene is not budging, so Janice kicks things up a notch and gets out her phone. She’s going to call her people, who have Dom’s family in captivity and tell them to kill them off one by one until Darlene tells her where her brother is. That move finally made Darlene agree to give her Elliot’s location.
One of Janice’s dudes goes to check the location out. He calls back from Elliot’s shrink, Krista’s apartment, where he does find a dead body, but no Elliot. That pisses Janice off and she accuses Darlene of lying. Darlene swears she wasn’t lying and Janice says the only way to know for sure is to start killing Dom’s family members.
Janice makes the call to get the killing started, but no one answers. From the floor, Dom tells Janice she should check her phone. She picks up Dom’s phone with 14 missed calls from “Lucky Irish Bastard” and calls the number back. It’s Deegan, an Irish mobster who I guess owed Dom a favor. He has Dom’s family, and they are on their way to the safe house. He also tells Janice he shot all her men in the brains.
Janice left is totally confused and then this happens.
There she is. Agent Dom is back!
Oh my goodness, I’ve watched that sequence about 20 times. It was one of the most satisfying payback scenes I have ever seen.
Darlene grabs the knife and cuts the zip ties off her and Dom. Dom calls the FBI for help and tells Darlene to go.
> Dom and Darlene, murder girlfriends forever. -T [\#MrRobot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrRobot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#domlene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/domlene?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KIx9Zf9aiU](https://t.co/KIx9Zf9aiU)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1199025433288826881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This episode is best summed up by this tweet by [@Daburninator22](https://twitter.com/Daburninator22):
> [\#MrRobot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrRobot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is literally the only show that could leave a lesbian bleeding on the floor and still have me believe the best is yet to come. What is happening!? [\#domlene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/domlene?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — I, Beebo | PhD in Lesbian Dance Theory 🍉🏳️🌈🦄 (@Daburninator22) [November 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/Daburninator22/status/1199112112389230592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Wow. Here are my thoughts. Did Dom feel confident the plan was working the entire time and faked being distraught? Was she trying to test Darlene to see if she was trustworthy?
My wife thinks I’m reading too much into it, and Dom was going to be distraught until she knew for sure her family was safe.
The official description of next week’s episode, “410 Gone,” is “we stan domlene.” I can not wait to see it!
This week: Mrs. Maisel is back on Friday! I wonder if Suzie is going to come out this season. Probably not.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Mr. Robot
---
### [Queer Beats - December 6, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-december-6-2019/)
**Published:** December 6, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the long-awaited BIFL series released its first episode, Legends of Tomorrow gave us a sneak peek into the new season, and we got our first look into Lena Waithe's newest show!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, the long-awaited BIFL series released its first episode, Legends of Tomorrow gave us a sneak peek into the new season, and we got our first look into Lena Waithe’s newest show!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
Here’s your weekly reminder that I love Almost Family and Amandie and [Victoria Cartegena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/) as [Amanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanda-doherty/) and Victoria Cartegena as [Renee Montoya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/renee-montoya/):
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1202204914203672576?s=20
## [BIFL: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)
The [first episode of BIFL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG72yVR5Uhk) is finally up on Youtube and I think it definitely lived up to the hype!
> EPISODE 1 IS LIVE!!
>
> A big huge thank you to all of our supporters who helped make this series happen ❤❤
>
> Let us know what you think in the comments [\#mondaymotivation](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mondaymotivation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LGBTQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LGBTQIA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#queercontent](https://twitter.com/hashtag/queercontent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#queer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/queer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#representationmatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/representationmatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#YouTube](https://twitter.com/hashtag/YouTube?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — BIFL: The Series 🍾 (@BIFLseries) [December 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries/status/1201577452029534208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Crisis on Infinite Earths](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_on_Infinite_Earths_(Arrowverse))
The annual Arrowverse crossover is finally here! Supergirl kicks it off this Sunday and make sure to keep a look out for this two-issue comic book companion series:
> Get the two-issue comic book series of [\#CrisisOnInfiniteEarths](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), in stores starting December 15! [pic.twitter.com/ZKmwva7IHH](https://t.co/ZKmwva7IHH)
>
> — Batwoman (@CWBatwoman) [December 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1202641282541203456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/)
I haven’t listened to this podcast episode with [Jacqueline Toboni](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/) yet because just a hint at the idea of [Sophia Bush](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-bush/) kissing other women throws my brain into a tailspin but, if your brain can handle it, definitely give this Easy reunion a listen!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5oF6DnpRT1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
The L Word press week is out in full force! The sequel show starts this weekend and we have been blessed by an overload of content from our OG crew. Check out any of their social media profiles to catch up and please let me know if you can answer the mystery of how none of them have aged.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5nO4aVlBif/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
A new Legends trailer means we are finally closer to a new season!
> They’re back! But first, they have to face the crisis. A new season premieres Tuesday, January 21 on The CW! [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (@TheCW\_Legends) [December 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends/status/1202679034116628480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Runaways put out this interesting sneak peek this week:
> 👀✨ [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) returns December 13 on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tLpCgK1yC3](https://t.co/tLpCgK1yC3)
>
> — Marvel's Runaways (@marvelsrunaways) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1202286448369647617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Is a Deanoru wedding in our future? If so, it looks like [Karolina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/)‘s mom supports it!
> All grows up. 👰🌈✨ 🌈👰[\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Dec. 13th on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)💥 [@VirginiaGardner](https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4n4FZVD8Un](https://t.co/4n4FZVD8Un)
>
> — Annie Wersching (@Wersching) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/Wersching/status/1202298441197477888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
This weekend is full of good queer TV content including the premiere of Steven Universe Future tomorrow!
> The wait is almost over… Only 3 MORE DAYS until we join Steven and the Gems in the FUTURE! 💎🚀
>
> Don't miss the full-hour special of [\#StevenUniverseFuture](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverseFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on Dec 7 at 8p!
> [\#stevenuniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#cartoonnetwork](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cartoonnetwork?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/leV5fieQ9M](https://t.co/leV5fieQ9M)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [December 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1202351977851752449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Swerve Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/swerve/)
If you are a fan of the web series Swerve, you will be happy to hear it is finally back for a new (and final) season.
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/1202613646372851713?s=20
## [Twenties](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8115582/)
We will be getting yet another Lena Waithe show next year: Twenties!
https://twitter.com/LenaWaithe/status/1201900509101080576?s=20
For those wondering, her last show, [Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/), was renewed for a second season which should also be out next year.
## [Work in Progress](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10417836/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
After the L Word: Generation Q premieres this Sunday, be sure to stick around to watch Work in Progress, another queer show from [Abby McEnany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abby-mcenany/).
> Allowing someone as funny and weird as Abby McEnany to make a show that opens itself up to all the facets of herself is such a gift to us all, making [\#WorkInProgress](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorkInProgress?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) a hilarious triumph of specificity. Read [@draw\_gregory](https://twitter.com/draw_gregory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s review here: [pic.twitter.com/LmJJ53bmDX](https://t.co/LmJJ53bmDX)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [December 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1202777177424576512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Workin’ Moms](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/workin-moms/)
Look who got picked up for a fourth season!
> SEASON 4, BITCHES! [pic.twitter.com/HeGg08FB4A](https://t.co/HeGg08FB4A)
>
> — Workin' Moms (@WorkinMoms) [December 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/WorkinMoms/status/1201579823929470977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, BIFL, Easy, Legends of Tomorrow, Runaways, Steven Universe, Swerve, The L Word: Generation Q, Twenties, Work in Progress
---
### [Check out BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/check-out-bifl/)
**Published:** December 4, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Found Family, toxic relationships, and intersectionality make BIFL the most real and least definable web series.
**Content:**
We’ve talked about *[BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)* before. I’ve been super excited to have the show added, and not just because [Mandhala Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/) is one of my favourite people.
## What is BIFL?
*BIFL* is one of those shows where if you asked me what it was about, I’d say “Well, people.” It’s like *Friends*, only it’s funny so it’s like *Living Single*, only it has queer rep, so really it’s like nothing and yet everything. It’s indefinability is why it’s so engaging though.
BIFL is everything and nothing. It’s all the people you know, in a fun-to-watch series that makes you laugh without guilt.
## Found Family
Thanksgiving just happened in the US, and a lot of us talk about Friendsgiving instead, having our non-family come over and enjoy a day of food and friendship. We do this because for a lot of people, finding love and acceptance from blood families can be hard. They don’t understand our being queer, or how that inherently is a political statement so by asking us to not bring up politics at the table, you ask us to be less than who we are.
Some of us love our friends as family, some like our family as we do our friends, and some are incredibly lucky to have both. BIFL tackles that world with intersectional representation. It looks at the strain of being in love with your best friend as something humours, but also tragic. Being misgendered by that well meaning ally? We’ve been there.
Having a show that tells these stories, keeps you laughing, and yet never punches down? It’s a miracle and a well welcome series.
## Watch the First Episode
You can watch episode one, “Nailed It” right now on YouTube. The rest of the episodes will air Mondays for six weeks.
Now. What *does* BIFL mean exactly?
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** BIFL
---
### [Queer Beats - November 29, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-november-29-2019/)
**Published:** November 29, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, immerse yourself in queer TV news instead of interacting with your family on the holiday break!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! I hope any Americans reading this had a lovely holiday where you successfully avoided all the bad members of your family. This week, immerse yourself in queer TV news instead of interacting with your extended family!
## Doctor Aphra
This week on IF-THIS-IS-TRUE-I-WILL-LOSE-MY-MIND:
> A ‘DOCTOR APHRA’ series is rumored to be in development for Disney+ (Source: ) [pic.twitter.com/ziZ5QJDlbq](https://t.co/ziZ5QJDlbq)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [November 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1198330696525402113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
For those who don’t know, Doctor Aphra is a comic series set in the Star Wars world that follows the life of an archeologist who also happens to be a queer woman of color. Sounds like a great character to lead a series, if I do say so myself!
## [How to Get Away with Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)
The final season of HTGAWM is currently airing and is, as usual, full of drama. [Viola Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/viola-davis/) tweeted this week about what she loves about her character, [Annalise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/annalise-keating/):
> I love that Annalise does not label love. She is open. Love [@PeteNowalk](https://twitter.com/petenowalk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for humanizing the LGBTQ community❤️❤️ [\#HTGAWM](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HTGAWM?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Viola Davis (@violadavis) [November 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/violadavis/status/1197721648079597574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
Everyone welcome [Zoie Palmer ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoie-palmer/)to the QFX East lineup!
> Say hello to our fae-vorite doctor and android [@ZoiePalmer](https://twitter.com/ZoiePalmer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! She will be with us next May in Tampa for [\#QFXEast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#LostGirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LostGirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#DarkMatter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DarkMatter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFXEvents](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEvents?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFX2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFX2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LaurenLewis](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LaurenLewis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheAndroid](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheAndroid?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#doccubus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/doccubus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ZoiePalmer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZoiePalmer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#jolene](https://twitter.com/hashtag/jolene?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/0NqSWf4Nqn](https://t.co/0NqSWf4Nqn)
>
> — QFX Events (@qfxevents) [November 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/qfxevents/status/1199032799090618369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Master of None](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/master-of-none/)
This is your yearly reminder to watch [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/)‘s Emmy-award winning episode of Master of None (“Thanksgiving”). Also, Lena and Young M.A. played “Would You Rather” and I have never been more entertained:
https://youtube.com/CHrzaXCIaBg
## [Mrs. Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mrs-fletcher/)
I hope no one gets mad at me for this but I had never heard of the HBO series, *Mrs. Fletcher*, before this week. Thankfully, I saw [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/) tweeting about her role in the show…
> You know how once YOU do something it no longer seems like a big deal (cuz “how could it be if I did it?”)? I appreciate these reminders that having trans actors playing trans characters who are leading good lives & finding love is still rare & important & cool. [\#MrsFletcher](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MrsFletcher?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jen Richards (@SmartAssJen) [November 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/SmartAssJen/status/1198845715331436544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
and that was enough to convince me to watch. I also found out that the cast is led by Kathryn Hahn and *really* didn’t need any extra convincing!
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
A new Steven Universe game is out on Apple Arcade! Now is your chance to help the Crystal Gems defend the universe!
> Let's get to work, Gems! ✨💪💎 Unleash the Light and help the Crystal Gems defend the universe against new Light Prisms!
>
> Download and play Steven Universe: Unleash the Light NOW on [@AppleArcade](https://twitter.com/AppleArcade?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 👉[\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#CartoonNetwork](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CartoonNetwork?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#UnleashtheLight](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UnleashtheLight?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ad](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ad?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/EuUsOtBzXE](https://t.co/EuUsOtBzXE)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [November 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1199734739659350017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** How to Get Away With Murder, Lost Girl, Master of None, Mrs. Fletcher
---
### [Sneak Peek: A Very Fosters Holidays](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/sneak-peek-a-very-fosters-holidays/)
**Published:** December 11, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Adams Fosters are coming to the Coterie for Christmas. What could possibly go wrong?
**Content:**
On Monday the 16th, *Good Trouble* is back for an exceptionally messy Christmas episode. Two episodes actually.
Warning: This post contains spoilers of next week’s episode!
Part one, **Nochebuena**, starts with a bang. Everyone has their secrets and problems. Alice is keeping a secret from the Coterie, Callie still hasn’t told the moms (called ‘stoner moms’ by one of the Coterie residents) about quitting the clerkship, and something’s up with Brandon. Jesus is ‘off traveling’ (the actor is filming a million romcoms for Netflix), Jude’s taken an ethics class and has hit the intellectualism hard. Meanwhile, Mariana’s volunteered everyone for a holiday festival for the underprivileged.
GOOD TROUBLE – “Nochebuena” (Freeform/Christopher Willard) SHERRI SAUM, TERI POLOAs one might expect from the Adams-Foster clan, everything is up in the air and messy. They have a dinner with the Hunters, remember that snooty family Brandon married into? And whose eldest son is dating Callie? And whose youngest son is fooling around with Jude? Right.
Meanwhile things are an uproar at the Coterie. Jasmin’s feeling extra sensitive about Gael wanting to spend Nochebuena with her for the first time in three years, and is sure it’s only because Gael’s not welcome at home since he came out as bi. And Alice. Oh my dear sweet Alice. Her secret is compounded by her habit to take on everything alone.
In part two, **A Very Coterie Christmas**, things start to come back together and the menagerie of weirdos we’ve come to enjoy get their houses in order. More or less. Things do come at a cost, and painful decisions have to be made. In fact a lot of difficult decisions are made. Someone leaves, someone stays, and someone changes a life status.
A
It’s a solid holiday outing from the Adams Foster Hunter Coterie clan. Everything is as messy as always, but the stories are told with love and respect.
Tune in to Freeform on December 16th to enjoy the egg noggy drama of a *Good Trouble* two-for.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
---
### [An Alt History Crisis](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/an-alt-history-crisis/)
**Published:** November 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How our fascination with 'what if' and alt-histories leads to the upcoming "Crisis on Infinite Earths."
**Content:**
There has always been a fascination with alternative histories. We, as humans, have a natural inclination to wonder, and it isn’t hard to understand why we wonder about “What If?” [What if the Nazis won](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-man-in-the-high-castle/)? [What if the Space Race didn’t end](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)?
Television, movies, and novels alike all discuss the possibility of the “What If?” It’s a popular trope in comics especially, because it gives us an opportunity to tell a story in a new way. In modern alt-histories, we have been addressing the stories sorely lacking in early stories.
## Alt Representation
While similar to them, alt-histories are different from [period pieces](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/period/), as well as from [utopian/dystopian stories](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/utopia-dystopia/). Early period dramas were notable for entirely omitting queer characters entirely, or using them as examples of undesired behaviour. That is, if a character was queer, they were likely evil. In older utopian stories, queers simply did not exist. In the dystopian, they were again omitted or punished because inevitably we needed more humans, and more babies, which ‘required’ heterosexuality.
But alt-histories have always been a bastion for experimentation and contemplation. Much like sci-fi and superhero stories, when you break down the walls of what we know as fact, we become more open and more free to talk about those other stories. Our stories. Queer stories.
And it is in such experimental fiction that we find our own stories told for the masses. It’s no secret that the X-Men are allegories for minority rights. It’s no surprise that so many queers become attached to superheroes for just that reason, but also because we can understand having secret double lives.
## Alt Else
In comics, readers are accustomed to fudging the timeline. “Twenty years ago, young Bruce Wayne’s parents were killed coming home from the theatre.” When I was a child, Joe Chill shot Bruce’s parents coming home from a movie. But before that, it was from the opera. When we watch TV shows like *[Xena: Warrior Princess](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)*, characters always said that Xena’s evil deeds happened ‘ten years ago…’ regardless of how much time had passed in the show.
Next month, the DC TV universe begins telling a well loved story from the 1980s, *Crisis on Infinite Earths*. In 2017 year’s *Crisis on Earth-X* story, they embraced the “What If?” nature of comics. We saw an alternate world where the Nazis won, and when in a prison camp [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) stands up as bisexual, regardless of the cost. The following year, we had *Elseworlds* where more characters were introduced to the Multiverse, including [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/).
While the DC TV Universe and the CW are well known for putting queer characters in every single original show on air (yes, every one), more shows that take on alternative histories are grabbing the opportunity. One might even say that the popularity of the *Watchmen* TV series is less so from the movie and more from our desire to see what would happen *if* we had heroes and supers and one of them tricked us into ‘peace’?
*[For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)*, by Apple+, includes the story of a lesbian astronaut. [Ellen Waverly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellen-waverly/) struggles with lying about who she is and passing as straight to achieve her dreams. While it would be easy to dismiss this as yet another patriarchal and homophobic story, they laid the foundation of the universe enough that we understand and empathize with Ellen and her choices, even when we don’t agree with them.
## Alt Crisis
*Crisis on Infinite Earths* is the upcoming sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event, starting Sunday December 8th with *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* (and followed by *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* on a special night, Monday the 9th). If you’re a comics aficionado, you’re versed in the basic concept. If not, let me explain.
The multiverse is based on the real world quantum physics theory that there are multiple universes. In the Arrowverse, this is a reality. Barry (*[The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)*) and Oliver (*[Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)*) are from Earth-1 (they discovered the multiverse so they get to be number 1). Supergirl is on Earth-38. People from Earth-2 come over to Earth-1 with disturbing regularity. There are many other Earths, all with quirks (Earth-15 was destroyed in 1986, Earth-19 has no coffee, Earth-30 is 100% vegan, and so on).
Confusing the matter somewhat, Batman is a myth on Earth-1 outside of Gotham, but absolutely exists, as does Batwoman. However, Supergirl tells Batwoman that her cousin, Superman, worked with Batman on *her* Earth, and he’s rather grumpy. We also have the seemingly ‘stand alone’ universe where *[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* takes place.
Still with me?
The basic plot (from the comics) of *Crisis on Infinite Earths* is that the Monitor must collect the ‘right’ heroes in order to prevent the multiverse from collapsing at the hands of his nemesis, the Anti-Monitor. At the end of the comics, however, the multiverse was destroyed and there was only one Earth. All the various iterations of Superman were combined, Batman’s second Robin was rebooted as Jason Todd, former thief (instead of former acrobat with a story near-identical to Dick Grayson), and a popular hero was killed.
## Alt Confusing
Now, these are comics. Barry eventually came back. So did Earth-Two’s Superman (Kal-L vs Kal El). And in fact the whole multiverse did. They had a second Crisis event (*Infinite Crisis*) where that was the point, and it seemingly killed one character, albeit briefly, before settling on killing a more popular one.
Bizarre back and forth stories like the are common in comics, and in fact make some of the most popular and thought provoking stories. They allow us to safely question who and what we are, and what we mean to be. And most of all, they let us talk about the stories denied us for years.
Superheros are, in and of themselves, alternative reality stories, after all.
## Alt Predicitions
I have my own theory about the Crisis, of course. These aren’t spoilers per say, but since it’s based on the comics, if you don’t want to be *possibly* spoiled you should stop reading here and just tune in to the Arrowverse’s *Crisis on Infinite Earths*, starting December 8th on *Supergirl*.
Warning: The rest of this post might spoil you about the Crisis Crossover
Okay! In the comic *Crisis*, Barry Allen sacrifices himself to save everyone else (more or less), leaving Wally as the Flash. Meanwhile, Kal-L (Earth-Two Superman), his wife Lois Lane, Earth-Prime Superboy, and Alexander Luthor of Earth-Three all retreat to a pocket dimension to live in paradise.
We know from *The Flash*‘s pilot episode that Barry vanishes following the *Crisis*. We also know from last season’s finale of *Arrow* that Felicity is brought into some sort of pocket dimension by the Monitor. However the actor who plays Wally West isn’t coming back to the Arrowverse any time soon, so having a direct copy of the comics is incredibly unlikely.
I think that Oliver and Felicity will be taking the place of Kal-L and Lois, sacrificing themselves (and ending *Arrow* which was planned anyway) in doing so. Barry absolutely will ‘die’ but instead of waiting 20 years to come back like they did in the comics, we’ll get an alt-Barry.
I also think that the Multiverse will finally combine, and all the CW Arrowverse shows will be on one Earth. This includes the *Black Lightning* Earth. It also means that Kate Kane and Alex Danvers will be on the same Earth, **finally**.
*Supergirl* Crisis on Infinite Earths Part One Image Number SPG509b 0093rjpg Pictured L R Chyler Leigh as Alex Danvers Melissa Benoist as KaraSupergirl Elizabeth Tulloch as Lois Lane Tyler Hoechlin as Clark KentSuperman and Ruby Rose as Kate KaneBatwoman Photo Katie YuThe CW © 2019 The CW Network LLC All Rights ReservedOf course, one of the best twists in the comic *Crisis* was that no one remembered the other Earths. If they did that, it would be difficult to explain Mia (Oliver and Felicity’s daughter), but if they properly time-displace her, she could take the place as Green Arrow.
Whew.
The only thing I don’t have a theory for is who ‘fills in’ as the Flash, since they’ve already had Iris and Nora. Hop on in the comments and give me your best theories for *Crisis on Infinite Earths*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Arrow, Arrowverse, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, The Flash
---
### [Queer Beats - November 22, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-november-22-2019/)
**Published:** November 22, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Fivel Stewart blessed us with a breakdown of that kiss, Cable Girls and Runaways announced their final seasons, and the Arrowverse Crossover released new trailers.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Fivel Stewart blessed us with a breakdown of *that kiss*, Cable Girls and Runaways announced their final seasons, and the Arrowverse Crossover released new trailers.
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
I continue to fall deeper and deeper in love with Amandie with every passing week. That couple has truly *rearranged my molecules* this TV season. So bless [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/)‘s heart for constantly posting the cutest behind-the-scenes pictures from set:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1197338715875692545?s=20
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
I’m sure I’m not alone in the fact that I’ve watch Cazzie’s first kiss approximately 100 times since the latest season aired. Although that scene will never get old, [Fivel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/)‘s behind-the-scenes take made it even better:
> Atypical star Fivel Stewart breaks down \*THAT\* kiss [pic.twitter.com/J9RspeaMOW](https://t.co/J9RspeaMOW)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1196557557902397440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, Fivel and [Brigette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) continue to hang out and post cute pictures of one another:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GFeNIAngF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
I know it’s shocking that I am posting about Arrow. I don’t watch the show. No queer characters have been added to the show since [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/). In fact, what I’m about to share isn’t even technically queer. But, you know what, sometimes good things just fall into our queer laps and we have to celebrate them! So welcome to the video that I watched most this week!
> What really happens when we suit up. 😝👯♀️🖤🍬 [pic.twitter.com/9vn5QyZnl8](https://t.co/9vn5QyZnl8)
>
> — Juliana Harkavy (@JulianaHarkavy) [November 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/JulianaHarkavy/status/1196834544726396928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
This week’s Batwoman episode was heavy. Kate and Sophie explored their past we finally got a look into Sophie’s side of things. Showrunner Caroline Dries and [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about this episode:
> Showrunner Caroline Dries and co-star Meagan Tandy open up about the freshman drama's big episode
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [November 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1196649322185658370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meagan has been very vocal about Sophie’s story and support for those who have gone through a similar journey.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5BZn-0DTTn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
TV Guide also hung out with Meagan and posted pretty pictures so check them all out on their instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5GNnpYnZab/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Cable Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)
Cable Girls will be back next year but, sadly, for one last season:
> Antes del adiós, habrá un hasta luego. La temporada final de [\#LasChicasDelCable](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasChicasDelCable?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) llega, en dos partes, en 2020. [pic.twitter.com/uHFgkEKS93](https://t.co/uHFgkEKS93)
>
> — Las Chicas del Cable (@ChicasDelCable) [November 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/ChicasDelCable/status/1197156853504970756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Good Trouble/[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) fans are in for A TREAT this holiday season!
> In a new SNEAK PEEK from the [@GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Holiday Special, Stef & Lena are ready to enjoy the holidays.
> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> Don’t miss it Monday, December 16th at 9p/8c on [@FreeformTV](https://twitter.com/FreeformTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/SftzuzxpWv](https://t.co/SftzuzxpWv)
>
> — The Fosters (@TheFostersTV) [November 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheFostersTV/status/1197665176649994240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Hitmen
I wish I could accurately describe how excited I am for this Mel and [Sue](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sue-perkins/) led sitcom:
https://twitter.com/bluedelliquanti/status/1197224283266670592?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
The original L Word women graced the cover of The Advocate magazine this month:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B5IcgsLnLsB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And we got yet another trailer for the upcoming show:
> i’ve waited 10 years for this [pic.twitter.com/W7T1qWiuH7](https://t.co/W7T1qWiuH7)
>
> — The L Word (@SHO\_TheLWord) [November 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1197575403428184064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)
[Carly](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carly-chaikin/) and [Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-gummer/) had to say goodbye to [Darlene](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/darlene-alderson/) and [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dominique-dipierro/) this week as Mr. Robot winds down:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-2W5NlPNo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Roswell, New Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/roswell-new-mexico/)
Nothing makes me happier than new [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/) casting news:
https://twitter.com/MsJamieClayton/status/1196493866288861184?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
As a major Runaways fan, I honestly don’t even want to talk about this right now. Season 3 will also be the final season and, no, I am not taking questions at this time.
> Marvel's Runaways announces season 3 will be its last in new trailer
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1196501138071273472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Here’s the trailer for season 3… how about we all watch this and just pretend like the show isn’t ending?
https://twitter.com/hulu/status/1196488237633527810?s=20
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
Steven Universe will be back on December 7th (as Steven Universe Future)!
> We 👏 have 👏 a 👏 date!!! Don't miss the premiere of [\#StevenUniverseFuture](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverseFuture?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) starting December 7th for a ONE-HOUR SPECIAL at 8p! 💎😭
> [\#stevenuniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#cartoonnetwork](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cartoonnetwork?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/RjLUAFajn9](https://t.co/RjLUAFajn9)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [November 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1197152645196189697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Brand new trailers were released this week for the “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover. The crossover will kick off with Supergirl on December 8th!
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) spoke with Access about her groundbreaking role on Supergirl:
> .[@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is a TRAIL 👏 BLAZER 👏
>
> — Access Hollywood (@accesshollywood) [November 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/accesshollywood/status/1196246645899268097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) gave a lovely interview about her role in *Season of Love* and how she overcomes her fears:
> "I realized I have to start saying “Yes” to things. Fear can hold you back for so long, and give you all of the reasons to say “no,” because it’s way easier." [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on how [\#SeasonofLoveMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeasonofLoveMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) helped her overcome her own fears. [pic.twitter.com/k4wPeLxzbe](https://t.co/k4wPeLxzbe)
>
> — Bridget Liszewski (@BridgetOnTV) [November 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/BridgetOnTV/status/1197151211847327744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Arrow, Atypical, Batwoman, Cable Girls, Good Trouble, Hitmen, Mr. Robot, Roswell New Mexico, Runaways, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Fosters, The L Word: Generation Q, Wynonna Earp
---
### ["Love Me Bait Me" Teaser from The Clexa Project](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/love-me-bait-me-teaser-from-the-clexa-project/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Starting in 2015, the number of queer female deaths on television, internationally, climbed to unexpected heights and started a movement.
**Content:**
At ClexaCon 2019, Tracy and I were interviewed as a part of an upcoming documentary by [The Clexa Project](https://theclexaproject.com). The concept of the project was to shine a light on the devastating impact that poor representation has on queer audiences.
> Although queer viewers are no stranger to heartbreak while watching film and tv, American networks failed us to a spectacular degree in 2016 when they killed off **43%** of queer women characters. Despite only making up between **2-3%** of all characters, lesbian and bisexual women accounted for almost **10%** of all television deaths.
## The Numbers are Real
Since the site began, we’ve been tracking the [death of characters, internationally](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/), which show the rather stark jump in deaths starting in 2015.
Overall, the average deaths per year is currently 7 (or 4.6% of all characters each year). Even if I restrict it to the last eleven years, the expected deaths per year are only 26.
As of today, we’re at 32 internationally.
But if you only look at the United States in 2019, out of 393 characters on air, 22 are dead. That means …
- 63% of all characters are from the United States
- 69% of all *dead* characters come from the United States
- 5.5% of all characters in the United States die
## The Impact is Real
One of the arguments we’ve made over and over is that representation matters. What we see on television reflects on how we see ourselves. If all we see is bad representation, including death, then it changes how we look at ourselves. When we only have femme, white, cisgender representation (which remains predominant in the United States), we think that’s all there is out there.
In isolation, what’s on TV and in books may sound like it shouldn’t matter so much. After all, it’s *just* the media. The problem is that for a number of us, growing up that’s all we had. We grew up watching a thousand cis, white, male heroes and no lesbians throwing batarangs. [Were it not for Nichelle Nichols, Mae Jemison would not be an astronaut](https://today.duke.edu/2013/10/maejemison).
Suicide rates for LGBT+ youth is at an all time high. While [research is being done](https://afsp.org/about-suicide/lgbtq-suicide-suicide-risk/) to better understand the causes, their work has not yet been updated past 2010. In the state of California, legislators have targeted the far religious right as the cause. And emboldening them is the sad reality that the right themselves are not introduced to positive queer role models via our media.
And enough is enough.
## The Breaking Point
When Lexa died, it was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back. It was why fans made a convention. It was why our website went from a few hundred characters to a few thousand. It’s why we still add more and characters, why we create new ways for people to understand the statistics, why we make it easier for you to find you.
Because if there’s one thing we truly believe here it’s that representation is important.
## The Teaser
You can watch the teaser for “Love Me Bait Me” now.
https://vimeo.com/363420892
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Documentary, Statistics, The Clexa Project
---
### [Queer Beats - November 15, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-november-15-2019/)
**Published:** November 15, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine celebrated a new season pickup, we were blessed with ThunderGrace content, and Elena Alvarez officially returned to us!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Brooklyn Nine-Nine celebrated a new season pickup, we were blessed with ThunderGrace content, and Elena Alvarez officially returned to us!
## [A League of Their Own](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/a-league-of-their-own-amazon-1202740815/)
Today on shows-that-aren’t-gay-yet, A League Of Their own added two more members to their cast!
> ‘A League Of Their Own’: Kelly McCormack & Priscilla Delgado To Co-Star In Amazon Pilot [pic.twitter.com/qjWHwhTY74](https://t.co/qjWHwhTY74)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [November 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1194032699708567553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
[Bárbara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barbara-lopez/) and [Maca](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) gave an interview about the impact of Juliantina:
> "We helped to start a change of consciousness" Bárbara and Maca about giving life to Juliantina (2)
>
> translations as always by our local hero ❤ [@beatnikcabello](https://twitter.com/beatnikcabello?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vfKVuhm1bx](https://t.co/vfKVuhm1bx)
>
> — jo εїɞ (@\_allthelilies) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/_allthelilies/status/1194822526024601601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
[Brig](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) is just out here trying to kill us all:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B40HcMklvOk/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)
The Beverly Hills, 90210 revival was sadly cancelled last week:
> Fox's has opted to cancel the summer [\#BH90210](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BH90210?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) revival
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [November 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1192592589519761409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) worked hard to give us that sweet behind-the-scenes ThunderGrace content:
https://twitter.com/bestofnafessa/status/1194685039818215424?s=20
> [pic.twitter.com/z5CGkqnlzo](https://t.co/z5CGkqnlzo)
>
> — Nafessa Williams (@NafessaWilliams) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/NafessaWilliams/status/1194864723789058048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, try not to cry at this video of Nafessa with a baby Thunder (for the record, I failed and definitely *did* cry).
https://twitter.com/bestofnafessa/status/1193219571915866114?s=20
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
NINE-NINE! Brooklyn Nine-Nine got picked up for another season and, no, you’re not going crazy, season 7 has not even been released yet!
> ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Renewed For Season 8 By NBC [pic.twitter.com/mgpARERK0t](https://t.co/mgpARERK0t)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1195036058091540480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The cast celebrated the good news:
> Good things come to those who w8. The [\#Brooklyn99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) squad will be coming back for Season 8 on NBC! [pic.twitter.com/bQsGYA4oG9](https://t.co/bQsGYA4oG9)
>
> — Brooklyn Nine-Nine (@brooklyn99) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/brooklyn99/status/1195037124342378497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> SEASON 8! [\#brooklyn99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/brooklyn99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#dreamscometrue](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dreamscometrue?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @nbcbrooklyn99 [pic.twitter.com/b3rTCpEWGT](https://t.co/b3rTCpEWGT)
>
> — Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1195047224863932416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
Never thought I would say this but Channel 4 announced that there will be a holiday-time crossover between Derry Girls and the Great British Bake Off. It will be called the “Great Festive Bake Off” and, as a massive fan of both shows, I am VERY EXCITED!
> No, you didn’t fall asleep in front of Netflix and have a crossover-episode dream again
>
> — Vulture (@vulture) [November 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1192537604664832000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
[Hailee Steinfeld](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hailee-steinfeld/) spoke with the Hollywood Reporter about our new favorite AppleTV+ show, Dickinson:
> "It's truly so complex." [@HaileeSteinfeld](https://twitter.com/HaileeSteinfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) opens up about portraying the relationship between Emily Dickinson and Sue Gilbert on [\#AppleTVPlus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AppleTVPlus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)' [\#Dickinson](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dickinson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> Watch the full interview: [\#InStudioTHR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/InStudioTHR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gty0JOnMsH](https://t.co/gty0JOnMsH)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [November 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1192888547436453889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)
[Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/) is down for a Glee reunion and pictures [Santana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/santana-lopez/) as a single mom, thus killing all of our Brittana dreams in one fatal blow.
https://twitter.com/LatestCelebNew5/status/1192519984955547648?s=20
## [Gossip Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gossip-girl/)
I have never watched a single episode of Gossip Girl in my life but I am suddenly very, very interested…
https://twitter.com/MichaelAusiello/status/1193927519633838085?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
MEET BETTE!
> I would trust Bette with my life [pic.twitter.com/4JUoqDW64l](https://t.co/4JUoqDW64l)
>
> — The L Word (@SHO\_TheLWord) [November 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1194011920690495493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Today on characters-that-aren’t-gay-yet, Maisie posted this cute picture of Charlie and reminded me of how much I *love her*.
https://twitter.com/maisie_rs/status/1195119020439220227?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The Alvarezes were reunited this week and began filming the new season of ODAAT:
> Time for family dinner! The Alvarezes were reunited for the first time since [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was picked up by [@PopTV](https://twitter.com/PopTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#VultureFestival](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VultureFestival?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Presented by [@att](https://twitter.com/ATT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). 📸: [@landonnordeman](https://twitter.com/landonnordeman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gRfbuYlofn](https://t.co/gRfbuYlofn)
>
> — Vulture (@vulture) [November 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1193754642615656448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And our fan favorite, [Elena Alvarez,](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) made an appearance (thanks to [Isabella](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/))!
> 👇🏼💃🏽🇨🇺 ❣️👓 🏳️🌈 📚👊🏼💘 [pic.twitter.com/75BUTu3teT](https://t.co/75BUTu3teT)
>
> — Isabella Gomez (@Isabella\_Gomez) [November 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez/status/1194030177442881541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
The women of RED were spotted spending some quality time together this week:
> Look at them 😍💜💜 [@APLimaa](https://twitter.com/APLimaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@LBollina](https://twitter.com/LBollina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RedWebSeries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedWebSeries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MeLiz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeLiz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wnF1eBjE4f](https://t.co/wnF1eBjE4f)
>
> — Cam 🌈Swearper Nuns (@ReyDanvers21) [October 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/ReyDanvers21/status/1184099042327957504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And soon, *we* will get to spend some quality time with them at QFX East!
> We're so excited to announce Luciana Bolina and Ana Paula Lima, from [@red\_brasil](https://twitter.com/red_brasil?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), will be joining us at [\#QFXEast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Come see them next May in Tampa.[\#QFX2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFX2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFXEvents](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEvents?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/sfJ2CPv9bL](https://t.co/sfJ2CPv9bL)
>
> — QFX Events (@qfxevents) [November 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/qfxevents/status/1195092181184372736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) teamed up with GLAAD to help share trans love stories:
> .[@TheCWSupergirl](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is helping us celebrate [\#TransWeek](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransWeek?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and wants you to share your trans love stories.
>
> Post them all week using [\#TransLoveStories](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransLoveStories?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/JbBlqVpH5h](https://t.co/JbBlqVpH5h)
>
> — GLAAD (@glaad) [November 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1194661049351446530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She also played Would You Rather with TV Guide (and gave a shoutout to one of our favorite [The 100 ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)characters):
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1195123107218034693?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Atypical, BH90210, Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Derry Girls, Dickinson, Glee, Gossip Girl, One Day at a Time, RED, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [GLAAD: Where We Are on TV 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/glaad-where-we-are-on-tv-2019/)
**Published:** November 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This year's report shows us that things are getting a little better, and GLAAD throws down the gauntlet for inclusion.
**Content:**
It’s autumn which means it’s time again for GLAAD to tally up their report on where we are on TV. The [“Where We Are on TV Report – 2019”](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv19) is out and this time GLAAD is throwing out an intersectional challenge.
## A Brief Overview
Before we jump into things, a few things to remember. This is generally a US centric report. While GLAAD does look into some international shows, it’s very skewed American.
Also the term ‘linear network’ refers to network television and cable. This is how it’s differentiated from ‘streaming.’ Network television is synonymous with broadcast.
### The Good
- 10.2% of regulars characters on broadcast TV are LGBTQ (up from 8.2%)
- Cable TV rep is similarly trending up
- Transgender representation is up roughly 40% from last year
- Lesbian representation is up 8 percentage points to 33%
- For the second year in a row, PoC LGBTQ characters of color outnumber white characters on broadcast television
- The top networks for LGBTQ regular characters are [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix/) (streaming), [Showtime](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/showtime/) (cable), and [The CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/the-cw/) (broadcast)
### The Mediocre
- Bisexual rep is down, percentage wise, but up numerically
- Racial diversity is up on linear TV but down on streaming
- 46% of regular characters (LGBTQ or not) are women, which is an improvement but still below the real-world number of 51% of the population being female
- 3.1% of regular primetime broadcast characters have a disability, which is a record-high while still wildly under-representing reality
### The Bad
- Todd Chavez on Netflix’s *BoJack Horseman* remains the lone asexual regular/recurring character (there will be another on the upcoming *Hazbin Hotel*, but that only makes for two)
- The only lead LGBTQ character on broadcast TV with a disability is Dex from *Stumptown*
- Half of all LGBTQ rep is on cable TV
- 6 cable TV shows make up 28% of all rep on cable
- Amazon and Hulu have *no* trans characters on their upcoming original shows
## Summary
This are getting better and more equal. Yes, we have a long way to go, and broadcast TV is still scared of making a majority LGBTQ cast (like *The L Word* or *Pose*). The disparity is even more stark when you remember that streaming media only makes up for a quarter of all LGBTQ characters. Cable also needs to spread out their characters more.
And what about GLAAD’s challenge?
> GLAAD is calling on the industry to make sure that 20 percent of series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series are LGBTQ by 2025. Further, we would challenge all platforms – broadcast, cable, and streaming – that within the next two years, at least half of LGBTQ characters on each platform are also people of color. This is an important next step towards ensuring that our entertainment reflects the world in which it is created and the audience consuming it.
We agree with this. You cannot make progress with representation if you don’t make it reflect the world around us. Inclusion is paramount. There’s a reason shows like *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* and *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* are our favourites. They tell stories we relate with, even when the characters aren’t us. Because stories are for everyone.
As queer viewers, we’re used to having to connect with characters who don’t directly reflect us. We see the cis-white-male protagonist, and we project ourselves as Luke Skywalker, Magnum, and anyone from a million other shows. When we did find a queer character, they were rarely ‘us,’ so much as an amalgamation of many of us. We got accustomed to not getting what and who we are.
Perhaps this is why we so readily attach ourselves to stories that are true but not about ourselves. I didn’t grow up with an autistic brother and star in track, but Cassie and Izzy’s story on *Atypical* resonates with me. I’m an Eastern European/Russian Jew, but *One Day at a Time* makes me think about how much everyone is like my family.
These stories, told with depth and heart, resonate. We’re drawn to them not out of desperation and projection, but because true stories are, quite simply, good stories. And better, having true stories with queers can be [demonstrably proven to attract a audience](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/what-the-queers-watch-changes-at-scale/).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD, Reports
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 11, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dex-and-fiona-x/)
**Published:** November 11, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** With Black Lightning and Almost Family on pause, it was a really quiet week. All I have is Dex and Fiona X hooking back up on Stumptown.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, with *Black Lightning* and *Almost Family* on pause it was a really quiet week. All I have is Dex and Fiona X hooking back up on *Stumptown*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Dex, Drugs and Rock & Roll” \[Live\]Dex drags Miles to a “punk show” and — surprise! — the musician, Fiona X is her ex.
Well, that’s a way for Hoffman to find out X is Dex’s Ex.
Dex fills him in: It was 10 years ago, they dated for 5-6 months, Fiona got signed, went off on tour and she hasn’t seen her until that show.
Later, Fiona tracks Dex down at Grey’s bar. She says she wants to hire her to be her bodyguard because she’s being stalked. Fiona’s manager guy does not think there is a stalker, he thinks she just needs someone to hang out. At this point, I’m like, “It’s him. He made up the stalker and he’s gaslighting her.”
Dex “Bodyguards” Fiona by spending time drinking in her hotel room, while Fiona aggressively flirts with her. I have to be honest, I do not like Fiona. I’m not into the aggressive ex character, they make me cringe. I also cringed when Hoffman interviewed her at the police station re: The Stalker and she changed the subject to his and Dex’s relationship.
Yes, Fiona, you’re such a tough nut to crack (hard eye roll). I thought that was rude, inappropriate and cheesy.
Speaking of cheesy, back in Fiona’s hotel room she plays a piano ballad cover of that terrible The Fixx song from the 80s, “One Thing Leads to Another” and it works its magic on Dex.
Post-bang, Dex drops this gem of a line.
That made me laugh. It was totally something Robin Scherbatsky would say.
Hoffman finds a stalker suspect and Dex is able to catch him in the act and get him arrested. Fiona wants to celebrate with a table covered in lines of blow, but Dex passes.
Later it looks like Fiona egged the guy on by sending him letters encouraging him to be her “protector.” Fiona’s defense is she’s spending too much time doing coke and writing creepy songs about Dex to even know what town she’s in, let alone write letters to a random obsessed fan.
Finally, everyone realizes it’s the manager (called it!). He’s arrested, Fiona goes off on tour after unsuccessfully asking Dex to come with her and Dex and Hoffman go bowling.
I’m really glad Dex had a queer storyline this episode, and it was good to learn more about her past relationship, but I was so turned off by Fiona I couldn’t get invested in it. I’m looking forward to seeing what other queer storylines Dex has in the future.
Finally FINALLY *Almost Family* is coming back for real this week! The wait has felt like an eternity!
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1192140830447939584?s=20
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Stumptown
---
### [GLAAD: Where We Are on TV 2014](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/glaad-to-have-lesbians/)
**Published:** October 1, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** GLAAD released their 2014 report on LGBT on TV and the Where We Are report has some interesting stats.
**Content:**
GLAAD released their [2014 report on LGBT on TV](http://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv14) and the Where We Are report has some interesting stats.
Overall, women and lesbians are down in representation compared to last year, but people of color are up.
- Women make up just 40% of series regulars, compared to 43% last year and 45% the year prior.
- Of all LGBT characters on broadcast TV, 28% are lesbians and 15% are bisexual
- Of all LGBT characters on cable TV, 25% are lesbians and 20% are bisexual
- There are no MTF characters on any TV show at this time
- There is **one** FTM character and it’s Cole from [The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/ "The Fosters")
The report was written before Chicago Fire killed off [Shay](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leslie-shay/ "Leslie Shay"), so NBC is about to lose points.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/lesbianstats.jpg)
***[Download the full report](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/GLAAD-2014-WWAT.pdf)***
It does provide us with some information to look forward to:
- Faking It will introduce new lesbian, Reagan
- The Flash will introduce two gay characters, one male, one TBD
- The Mindy Project will see the arrival of Dr. Jean Fishman who is a lesbian
- One Big Happy will feature Lizzy, a lesbian who decides to have a baby with her best friend through insemination
An overview of new lesbians we got last year:
- Arrow: Sara and Nyssa are set to recur next season
- Chasing Life: Brenna and Greer are teenagers in love
- Crossbones : Lesbian pirate Nenna and bisexual sex worker Rose
- The Following: FBI agent Gina Mendez is lesbian recurring character
- Hannibal: A lesbian character named Margot
- Hart of Dixie: Crickett, the co-leader of the Belles, a local historian group, is a lesbian who is married to a man rumored to be gay.
- Getting On: Patsy the nurse came out
- Gotham: Lesbian detective Renee Montoya and her bisexual ex-girlfriend Barbara Kean.
- Masters of Sex: Secret couple Betty and Helen was revealed
- Parenthood: Haddie was revealed to have dated a woman in college
- Switched at Birth: Literary editor Lydia is a lesbian
HBO also included lesbian, gay and bisexual characters on Shameless, Nurse Jackie, Episodes, Ray Donovan, House of Lies and Web Therapy. So they’re basically the gayest network around right now. Spanish-Language media seems to be getting more inclusive with gay men, but less women. The online world is way more gay-friendly, of course. Last year, Netflix premiered Orange is the New Black, which contains more lesbian, bisexual and transgender characters than nearly any broadcast or cable series currently on the air.
Looks like we’ve got our documentation work cut out for us!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD, Reports
---
### [GLAAD: Where We Are on TV 2016](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/glaads-tv-2016-report/)
**Published:** November 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Spoilers. 2016 sucks.
**Content:**
I don’t think anyone except a Cubs fan thinks that 2016 has been an okay year.
While we have more queers than ever on TV (4.8% on network TV in the US, which is the highest ever) we also have a new record for deaths, and 2016 isn’t over. Of course, our numbers are always a little off, since we count by calendar year and not the US endemic concept of a ‘season.’
Highlights from their [“Where We Are on TV” report](http://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv16):
- 4.8% of all series regulars on broadcast scripted primetime programming are LGBTQ
- Streaming media is, per usual, doing way better than broadcast
- Transgender characters have doubled their representation across the board
- Lesbians are down to 17% of all LGBTQ characters on broadcast (and 20% on cable)
- Bisexuals are up to 30% on broadcast (10 percentage points!) and 36% of all LGBTQ characters on cable
- Bisexual women still outnumber bisexual men, and most representations of bisexuals involve harmful tropes about being bi… still
- Gay men make up 49% of all LGBTQ characters
- Diversity in LGBTQ is still the pits – 71% are white on TV which ain’t right
They go on to talk about gender and race representation (which basically still sucks). You can [download the full report](http://glaad.org/files/WWAT/WWAT_GLAAD_2016-2017.pdf) and peruse it.
Keep in mind, they no longer list all the LGBTQ characters for you. But that’s why we’re here.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD, Reports
---
### [Queer Beats - November 8, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-november-8-2019/)
**Published:** November 8, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, many of our favorite couples hung out irl (Amandie, Juliantina, Kate/Sophie) and new trailers dropped for "Butch Pal for the Straight Gal" and "Season of Love"!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, many of our favorite couples hung out irl (Amandie, Juliantina, Kate/Sophie) and new trailers dropped for “Butch Pal for the Straight Gal” and “Season of Love”!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
[Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/) delivered more Amandie pictures this week and I AM VERY THANKFUL! I’m starting to love this couple so much that the classic queer-TV-fan fear of the sudden disappearance of one of these characters is creeping in. But for now, I am just excited for a new episode next week!
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1192140830447939584?s=20
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
It’s always a good week when there’s new Juliantina pictures:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4llirTjwLp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
The cast of Batwoman hung out to watch the latest episode of the show this week. As if that wasn’t cute enough on its own, [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) wore a backwards hat.
> Ya see [pic.twitter.com/YYPezG7NTS](https://t.co/YYPezG7NTS)
>
> — Camrus Johnson (@CamrusJ) [November 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/CamrusJ/status/1191209430810914817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Brigette Lundy-Paine came out as non-binary this week. They mentioned how scary it is to come out so every go show them some extra love!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4k6MXNF4y-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
We got a premiere date for season 4 of The Bold Type and it’s only a couple months away!
> You're gonna need a lot of wine for Season 4. The new season of [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres January 23rd on [@FreeformTV](https://twitter.com/FreeformTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/m9et5kMlP0](https://t.co/m9et5kMlP0)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [November 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1192534297057492992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)
Amazon has added [D’Arcy Carden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/darcy-carden/) and [Abbi Jacobson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbi-jacobson/) to the cast of their pilot based on *A League of Their Own*. There has been no official word on any queerness but if it turns out that there isn’t any, we will riot.
> Amazon's pilot based on 'A League of Their Own' is starting to fill out its lineup card with [\#TheGoodPlace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGoodPlace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star D'Arcy Carden ([@DarcyCarden](https://twitter.com/DarcyCarden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) [\#BroadCity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BroadCity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@abbijacobson](https://twitter.com/AbbiJacobson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [November 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1192664552636329984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Butch Pal for the Straight Gal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10459946/)
Butch Pal for the Straight Gal, a scripted spoof show based on Queer Eye, released a trailer this week! Be sure to donate to their fundraiser if you are able to!
https://twitter.com/ButchPalSeries/status/1192155062765858818?s=20
## [Dickinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dickinson/)
Dickinson was officially picked up for a season 2!
> Get ready for more seasons of [\#Dickinson](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dickinson?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [\#See](https://twitter.com/hashtag/See?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [\#ForAllMankind](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForAllMankind?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#TheMorningShow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMorningShow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [November 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1192771004491280384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Home and Away](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-and-away/)
The Home and Away fandom has been growing fast with the addition of Willex, a new queer couple that everyone has fallen for. New information on the couple appeared in New Idea, an Australian magazine:
https://twitter.com/lesgayvids/status/1191195179580936192?s=20
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
New casting announcements were released this week for Killing Eve. Of note is the addition of [Gemma Whelan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gemma-whelan/), well known for playing [Yara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yara-greyjoy/) in Game of Thrones.
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1192528898963202048?s=20
## [Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
Everyone’s favorite [Valkyrie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tamsin/) (and Batwoman Villain) will be at QFX East!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1191165314513412098?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
If this ODAAT hiatus has got you down and you live in the Los Angeles area, you’re in luck! The cast and crew will be doing a panel at Vulture Festival this weekend.
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1189013412237303808?s=20
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
AT&T sponsored a film lab project this year called “Hello Lab.” This project paired up professional writers, actors and filmmakers with upcoming artists who are hoping to break into the industry. Lena Waithe mentored a short film called *Spilt Milk* which stars [Dascha Polanco](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dascha-polanco/) (from OiTNB) and Zuri Adele (from Good Trouble) as exes who reconnect. The Hello Lab films are expected to drop on Youtube today but, in the meantime, you can watch the trailer and behind-the-scenes videos here:
https://youtube.com/sF_2nweDCcI
https://youtube.com/-bUvl_QUQdY
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
Y’all, the moment we have all been waiting for has finally arrived: [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) on Riverdale! She looks amazing already and, just gonna throw this out there, I wouldn’t be opposed to someone making a Mishel-on-Riverdale Youtube edit for me to watch.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4fq7ODhwRo/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I don’t know what to say about this tweet except that I *love* her:
https://twitter.com/MishelPrada/status/1192488864675332098?s=20
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
Stranger Things released their blooper reel this week and it included a few moments from our favorite, [Robin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/robin-2/).
https://twitter.com/Stranger_Things/status/1192124735812800512?s=20
## [Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)
[Dex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dex-parios/) finally kissed a girl this week! HOORAY!
https://twitter.com/StumptownABC/status/1191762097241112576?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Tello Films released the trailer for their much anticipated holiday romcom, *Season of Love*. It will star [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) and looks *so* good!
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/1192486901997023232?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Amar a Muerte, Atypical, Batwoman, Broad City, Butch Pal, Dickinson, Home and Away, Killing Eve, Lost Girl, One Day at a Time, Orange is the New Black, Riverdale, Stranger Things, Stumptown, The Bold Type, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 4, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-casey-and-izzie/)
**Published:** November 4, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Grace meets Jefferson for the first time on Black Lightning, Wendy meets Kay for the first time on Mindhunter and I try to recover from death by Casey and Izzie on Atypical.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Grace meets Jefferson for the first time on *Black Lightning*. Wendy meets Kay for the first time on *Mindhunter*, and I try to recover from death by Casey and Izzie on *Atypical*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Four” \[Live\]I was looking forward to Grace meeting the Lightning family, and in this episode, she met Jefferson.
It did not go well. Jefferson blew up with anger after learning Grace knows Anissa is Thunder and Blackbird. I’m mad too because I wish we could have seen her come out to Grace about her meta powers.
Grace freaks out over the yelling and shapeshifts into her tween self. I’m not gonna lie, friends, I thought it was super weird to see Anissa with tween Grace. I was like, “Change back! Change back!” Grace does shift back to her usual self and Anissa assures her she’s dedicated to her and their relationship.
That made me laugh.
I really hope Jefferson and the rest of the Lightning family warm up to Grace.
*[Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)* – Season 4 Episode 4 “404 Not Found” \[Live\]This season of Mr. Robot is so good, y’all! It reminds me of season one where every shot is cinematic perfection.
Our girl, Dom is trolling IRC for sex chats (like you would in the 90s) and invites a random girl she’s chatting with to her house. Random girl is played by [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) in a wig!
It turns out it was all a nightmare and didn’t really happen. But I still enjoyed this brief moment of disaster lesbianism.
*[Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mindhunter/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Episode 2” \[Streaming\] While *Almost Family* has been on hiatus due to Sportsball, I have been consoling myself with Wendy Carr on *Mindhunter*. In this episode, Wendy goes to the local Quantico dive bar and meets Kay the bartender who “plays for the other team.”
Those looks they shoot each other are perfection.
*[Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “Only Tweed” \[Streaming\] I was at a tech conference last Thursday until this morning and I have a confession to make. I spent a lot of it hiding in the Speaker Green Room (as a freeloader, I didn’t speak) binging all of *Atypical* season 3. I have not yet recovered from death by Casey and Izzie. In my opinion, The [\#Cazzie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cazzie) storyline is one of the best ever in the history of queer television.
As I was watching it, I was getting impatient with the slow burn and felt angry with the writers for stringing the build-up along for so long. Now that I’m on the other side, I understand I was wrong. The writers knew what they were doing and the payoff was so worth it.
I don’t want to give everything away, because it just dropped last Friday and I want everyone to see it! But here are all the cute Casey and Izzie scenes in this episode.
Paige organized a remote dinner party for Sam, and Casey brought Izzie as her date because Evan was working.
**Cute moment one:** Casey Introducing Izzie as her date.
Their height difference absolutely kills me.
**Cute moment two:** Casey’s gay panic face when Izzie scratches her back.
While I was watching, Casey’s panic face filled me with Queer Fan Trust Issues anxiety, but looking at it now, it’s so cute.
**Cute moment three:** Gretchen being literally the only person at the dinner who notices the chemistry between Casey and Izzie.
The look on Gretchen’s face says, “Am I the only one who sees this?”
**Cute moment four:** Gretchen saying she thought Casey and Izzie were a couple.
It was a very loud and defensive “What?” from the two of them.
This is just a taste of all the Casey and Izzie goodness *Atypical* gave us in season 3. Thank you, *Atypical* writers, for this gift.
I’m also happy to announce *Atypical* has been officially made a [Show we Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes).
Hopefully, I will have been brought back to life in time to watch the return of *Almost Family* this Wednesday! I can’t wait.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Atypical, Black Lightning, Mindhunter, Mr. Robot
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 7, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-premiere-of-batwoman/)
**Published:** October 7, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This is Us nails parenting a queer kid, Almost Family hooks me with the perfect queer ship recipe and after waiting for what felt like an eternity we finally saw the premiere of Batwoman!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *This is Us* nails parenting a queer kid in a low-key way. *Almost Family* hooks me with the perfect queer ship recipe, and after waiting for what felt like an eternity, we finally saw the premiere of *Batwoman*!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “They Can Never Go Home” \[Live\]Last week I was 50/50 on whether I’d be adding Abby to our database or not. This episode made that decision crystal clear.
Vince and Abby have an open relationship, and even though Abby hung the “I’m gettin’ busy” keychain on the door, Vince walked in anyway. He also offered to join. Abby and Pilar gave him a strong “go away” look and he got the message.
Abby and Pilar are out on another art date, and Pilar wants to make it an overnight.
Abby needs to call Vince to let him know she won’t be coming home, but otherwise, she’s in!
That scene was pretty hot, but I think doin’ it in the back of a taxi is grosser than a bar bathroom.
Abby and Pilar are full-on dating now! I’m really curious to see where this is going to go.
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 4 Episode 2 “The Pool: Part Two” \[Live\]The queerness in this episode was subtle, but as a once gay kid, and now the parent of a teenager, it hit home for me.
Tess wants to get a short haircut (let’s be honest, she wants a gay haircut), and Beth is not handling it well. She’s putting on a supportive face, but also telegraphing her fear of Tess’ future new look.
I can emphasize with both Tess and Beth.
As a young teenager, you want to make decisions regarding your self-expression. If your parents get in the way, you feel like they don’t accept the real you. From Beth’s perspective, the kid she’s known since birth is changing, and that is terrifying. Straight parents, even supportive ones, have to deal with feeling like their kid is suddenly not the person they thought they were. Eventually, both sides learn to love the kid’s authentic self, but it can be a hard and scary road.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1181212751030624256?s=20
After Beth sees her kid with her new haircut, she realizes it’s beautiful and more expressive of Tess’ authentic self. That’s a lot of what parenting is. Being terrified on the inside and trying your hardest to keep an open mind and be supportive on the outside until whatever you were afraid of is no longer scary.
*[Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Missed Connections” \[Live\] Did you all catch Dex reveal her bisexuality last week?
*Stumptown* is one of my favorite new shows. I am 100% on board with Robin Sparkles as a hot mess Private Investigator. And I am so glad they kept her character bisexual like she is in the comics. I can’t wait to see more!
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\] I had plans to watch this show eventually. I figured a show with an assistive reproduction plot would have queers in it. However, my family watches *The Masked Singer* every week, and pure inertia got me and my wife to watch the pilot live. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.
There were queer characters, but not in the way I thought they would be introduced on the show.
The show is about a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE aka a “fertility doctor”) who uses his own sperm to successfully inseminate dozens, maybe hundreds of patients. This turns countless strangers into half-siblings, including his own daughter.
The show’s three main characters are his daughter, Julia, who works for the RE clinic, her half-sib Edie and her other half-sib, Roxy. Edie is an uptight lawyer and in an unhappy marriage to Julia’s ex. She is also the queer one!
The entire set up is the perfect recipe for getting me hooked on a queer ‘ship.
**First ingredient, we’re introduced to a contentious relationship between Edie and Amanda Doherty, the foxy, queer DA.**
There are few tropes I love more than “Enemies to Girlfriends.”
**Next, they have a lunch where it’s obvious they’re both attracted to each other.**
Even though Edie acted like she didn’t like Amanda, she asks her out to a work lunch. Amanda is flirty, but Edie tells her she and Tim (her husband and work partner) are married. Amanda had no idea because they don’t act coupley.
I love how adorably awkward Edie is.
**Finally, Edie calls Amanda to meet up and kisses her.**
This entire arc felt like it was on fast-forward. On a CW show, it would have taken 8 episodes to get to this point. But I’m okay with getting right to the queer!
I’ll definitely be watching this show and reporting back on how Edie and Amanda’s relationship progresses.
*[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\] I’m not going to recap the premiere of *Batwoman* — [please watch the show](https://www.cwtv.com/shows/batwoman/?play=b570a6c4-8097-44bf-80df-e27eef815c15)! Instead, I want to write about how much this show means to me.
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1181007984635383808?s=20
I innocently tweeted how happy I was to watch a superhero show starring and named after a lesbian character played by an out queer actor for the first time in my life. I thought maybe 10 of my friends would like it.
https://twitter.com/LilJimmi/status/1180999820934291456?s=20
Wow, that escalated quickly!
A lot of men (or bots) are **extremely concerned** with me liking a show just because it has a gay lead and not because it’s good. Also, many of them felt the need to tell me it sucked, even though I don’t think most of them watched it.
Fellas, I want you all to know I give negative 1 million f\*cks what you think about me or the show.
We have multiple queer main characters on our CW superhero shows now: Anissa on *Black Lightning*, Sara Lance on *Legends,* and Alex and Nia on *Supergirl* just to name a few. They are great but don’t always get a lot of screentime, and their relationships and stories sometimes take a back burner to the straight characters. That’s fine, it’s *Supergirl,* not *Alex Danvers* and *Black Lightning*, not *Anissa Pierce*. But for the first time in history, it **IS** *Batwoman* — a superhero show where the titular character **is** the queer character and it means the world to me.
I can watch this show and not stress over the queer character dying at any moment or only getting 2 minutes of screen time the entire episode. Kate Kane will have full story arcs with ass-kicking and girl kissing. I finally get to enjoy what the straight dudes whining in my comments have their entire lives — a main superhero character I can relate to with her own show.
And you know what? Who cares if it doesn’t win Emmys? I get to enjoy cheesy, soapy, TV junk food like everyone else. That being said, I think the show is great. I loved it and nothing these dudes say can prevent me from living my best queer TV life.
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1181056555384475649?s=20
Tonight *Black Lightning*‘s back, and later this week, *Riverdale* and *Legacies*. I can’t wait to see what’s up with Thundergrace and meet Mishel Prada as Veronica’s sister!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Batwoman, Stumptown, The Deuce, This is Us
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 14, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-black-lightning-season-three-premiere/)
**Published:** October 14, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Anissa wastes no time in the Black Lightning Season three premiere, Edie and Amanda can't stay away from each other on Almost Family I'm finally on board with Mindhunter.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Anissa wastes no time in the *Black Lightning* Season three premiere; Edie and Amanda can’t stay away from each other on *Almost Family*. I’m finally on board with *Mindhunter*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “The Book of Occupation: Chapter One: Birth of Blackbird” \[Live\]I was so excited for the *Black Lightning* Season three premiere! It’s one of the CW shows I miss most in-between seasons.
After Anissa sees Grace on surveillance footage in leopard and old man form, she doesn’t waste any time going to the local fictitious lesbian pick-up bar. There she’s approached by a reporter named Jamillah Olsen.
These TV lesbian bars are full of women handing out pick-up lines. Can they please visit some of my IRL friends who take FOREVER to figure out if someone likes them or not?
Anissa asks her how to find someone who doesn’t want to be found (aka Grace), and no time is wasted waiting for the answer.
The absolute best commentary on this scene is from Grace herself as she watched the *Black Lightning* Season three premiere live.
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1181383296523091972
I LOVE when actors troll on Twitter as their characters.
I don’t know if we’re supposed to trust Jamillah or not, but for now, she seemed like a sweet and understanding break from loneliness for both of them.
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 4 Episode 3 “Unhinged” \[Live\] I am a proud Philadelphian, and since Randal, Beth and family moved to Philly, I am VERY CONCERNED with figuring out what neighborhood they are living in. From the listing last year (yes, I screenshot and read it), it looked like Germantown, but from this season’s fancy exterior shots, it looks more like Mt. Airy or Chestnut Hill. This matters because Tess is the same age as my kid (and they go to a school in Germantown), and I’m trying to figure out how accepting of the gay Tess’ school may be.
Randall would probably send their kids to magnet public schools (because that’s what politicians do in Philly) so there is a decent chance Tess’ school would have an LGBT/Straight alliance. But even if it does, middle school is the literal worst, and Tess feels like she is blowing her chance at a fresh start.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1183498399368265729?s=20
It’s okay, Tess, we’ve all been there.
My wish for Tess is to find a queer group of friends at her new school. That would make me so happy.
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Related AF” \[Live\] Oh my goodness, this show is delivering the queer goods.
Edie is defending her gross bio donor, who illegally inseminated countless women, and Amanda is on the other side, prosecuting him and his unethical acts. When the two of them are battling it out in the courtroom, it’s classic flirty combat, and I’m here for it.
Even though they’re on opposing sides in court, they still make time for dinner with drinks.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1183526988469936128?s=20
I know the “Lesbian Spectrum” is problematic, and I would NEVER make anyone define themselves on a scale, but I LOVE these two.
Later, after Edie delivers a blow to Amanda in court, they talk about it in the hallway.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1183531120102645763?s=20
Amanda can even make defeat look sexy.
This conversation, the making out, and Julia accidentally seeing them is the perfect formula to make this my surprise favorite new Fall show.
*[Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mindhunter/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Episode 6” \[Streaming\] My wife is so into Mindhunter and Wendy Carr I knew I needed to check it out. I’m about eight episodes into season one, and I get it.
The show is about the [real-life FBI behavioral division](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindhunter:_Inside_the_FBI%27s_Elite_Serial_Crime_Unit) who interviewed serial killers in the late 70s and early 80s to try to understand how they think. Wendy Carr is based on forensic researcher Ann W. Burgess who worked with the FBI on this project. Ann was not a lesbian, but fortunately for us all, the show made Wendy one.
Wendy is smart, foxy, mysterious and strong — the perfect TV lesbian to fall in love with.
The dudes on the show are intrigued by her, but they can’t figure her out. In this episode, we find out why she keeps her personal life so secret.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1183763911604166658?s=20
Wendy’s got a girlfriend!
Also, did anyone notice Wendy’s girlfriend is played by Lena Olin, who was Sabrina in *The Unbearable Lightness of Being*, one of the few movies in the 80s to have any wlw in it? I watched that movie many times when I younger.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 5 Episode 2 “Stranger Beside Me” \[Live\] Y’all, I really want to like Alex and Kelly. I want to fall in love with them so I can forget about Sanvers. I know I should have moved on a long time ago, but Alex and Maggie were so perfect their breakup still hurts. Unfortunately, I’m not feeling the chemistry between these two. They are too similar. They’re both sweet and nice, and I believe you need contrasting personalities to create good chemistry.
A couple I *am* in love with is Nia and Brainy, so I’ll talk about them first.
Nia is outgoing and fun; Brainy is serious and thoughtful: this is a good recipe for chemistry. Their morning breakfast scene is super cute too.
Meanwhile, at Alex’s apartment, breakfast time is awkward. Alex made a big breakfast of poached eggs, bacon, whipped cream, and blueberry pancakes. It turns out Kelly is deathly allergic to blueberries and doesn’t like poached eggs.
A character making that face over another person’s shoulder during a hug is a universal TV distress signal.
This scene points out how little Alex and Kelly know each other, and to be honest, we don’t know a lot about them together either. It feels like most of their new relationship energy time happened in-between seasons.
I’m not going to recap this episode and pull apart all of their scenes because I don’t want to dump on Alex and Kelly. I want them to work and be happy together, but I feel like the writing is off for these two.
After an entire episode of processing how little Alex knows Kelly, they come to a kind of breakthrough at the end, but it feels forced.
I really hope the writers turn this ship around because I want the best for them.
This week: I am LOVING the newest season of Mr. Robot, and I fingers crossed I’ll have things to report for Dom’s character.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, Black Lightning, Mindhunter, This is Us
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 21, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-edie-and-amanda/)
**Published:** October 21, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Abby and Pilar are still hanging out on The Deuce and Edie and Amanda continue to kill me (in a good way) on Almost Family.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Abby and Pilar are still hanging out on *The Deuce* and Edie, and Amanda continues to kill me (in a good way) on *Almost Family*.
This is going to be a quick one, folks! By the time this publishes, I’ll be in a plane headed back from a weekend in Boston for a wedding!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “This Trust Thing” \[Live\]We didn’t see Pilar in the last episode, so I thought maybe she and Abby weren’t hanging out anymore. I was wrong!
Vince is a mess since his twin brother was shot dead, and he is feeling neglected by Abby.
Abby finds a gun under their bed and confronts Vince about it. She’s okay with his illegalish shenanigans but draws the line at being in danger of mob retaliation. They get in a big fight, and Abby packs up and leaves.
By the end of the episode, Vince says he’ll get rid of the gun and begs her to come back. She does, but we’ll see he wins back her trust
*[Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Notorious AF” \[Live\] I have a feeling I haven’t had in a long time — being excited for a day of the week to arrive because of a TV ship. A few years ago, it was Mondays for Sanvers then Fridays for Petramos and now Wednesday for Edie and Amanda. I am absolutely smitten with them.
After another battle in the Judge’s chambers, Edie and Amanda take a moment in the hall to talk about their situation. Edie is in the “We have to stop” phase of the traditional coming out story arc.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1185377710627053568?s=20
The look Edie gives Amanda when she’s trying not to be gay with her KILLS me. It’s so cute.
Later, Julia meets with Edie to tell her she saw her and the DA making out at the courthouse. She’s mad this may jeopardize her father’s case. Edie says the usual things a character says in the We Have to Stop™ phase like, “It was a mistake.” and “It’s over.” Julia presses her, though.
Edie tells her to mind her business and storms out, but you can tell she is shaken by the conversation.
80% of the show goes on with no Edie and Amanda, and I fall into Lesbian TV Fan No-Trust Syndrome™. I’m worried they won’t get any more screen time, or this will be the end of their story altogether. We’re only three episodes in, so this show has not earned what little trust I give any TV shows.
Then Julie goes to Edie’s office to apologize for calling her out in the diner and asks her how she’s doing.
Edie is working hard to push Amanda feelings down with her We Have to Stop™ talking points.
Julia tells her she’s available if she ever wants to talk. As she leaves, I’m waiting for Edie to call her back to spill all her bi feelings for Amanda. She does call after her, but it’s to thank her. That was sweet, but I was bummed thinking it was so close to the end of the episode we probably weren’t going to get any more queer plot.
Then, much to my surprise, Edie pays a “We’re Done” visit to Amanda’s office.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1184782654656393217?s=20
I will sum up my feelings with this Tweet reply:
https://twitter.com/Brklynrox/status/1184851710990270465?s=20
This show is doing an almost too perfect job with this ship. There has to be someone in the writers’ room who knows what queer women love to see. I want to relax and enjoy it, but as a long-time TV watcher, I’m always bracing myself for it all to come to an end.
I’m going to try to just chill and enjoy it because it’s so good.
This week I will be playing a lot of catch up from being away, but I will be back next week to report what I’ve seen.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Almost Family, The Deuce
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 28, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-anissa-and-grace-are-reunited/)
**Published:** October 28, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Anissa and Grace are reunited on Black Lightning and Hen and Karen receive some devastating news on 9-1-1.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Anissa and Grace are reunited on *Black Lightning*, and Hen and Karen receive some devastating news on *9-1-1*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “The Book of Occupation: Chapter Three” \[Live\]Finally, it’s the moment we’ve been waiting for since last season — Anissa and Grace are reunited.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1188261250054131717?s=20
I’m thrilled this happened, and I hate when people pick on something good (including myself). Still, I wish something other than “Where the hell have you been?” was the first thing out of Anissa’s mouth.
I feel like queer female fans are easy to please (except when we’re terrible and difficult). Anissa has been searching for Grace since the previous season, and I wanted a big, romantic reunion scene. That’s what we want to see, and I don’t think it’s too much to ask for. I found this scene to be anti-climatic with a basic hug for an ending. There were some “I love yous” but it was more out of convincing the other person than romance.
I’m going to stop complaining now and look towards the future. Anissa made a beeline to Freeland’s lesbian pick-up bar and called things off with Jamillah. Anissa wants to do the right thing from the re-start with Grace.
I’m happy to see Anissa break old patterns and not make repeated relationship mistakes. I love good girlfriend modeling.
Anissa comes home to her sweet new apartment, and Grace is cutely sleeping in her bed.
I love soft ThunderGrace.
Can this please PLEASE be a real and honest start of the rest of their relationship?
Anissa and Grace are reunited, and Grace now knows Anissa is aware of her shapeshifting powers. Although Mika brought up in LezWatch Slack chat ([join us!](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)), it was Thunder who saw Grace shapeshift, not Anissa. Why wouldn’t Grace question Anissa about how she knows about her powers? Whatever, I put all my TV scrutiny energy towards the Philly realness on *This is Us*. I’ll give a superhero show a pass.
It’s time for Anissa to come out to Grace and the two of them to become Markovian-fighting superhero girlfriends. I want Mama Lightning to use her Meta scientist knowledge to help Grace control her powers. I want the Lightning family to become the family Grace never had. And above all, I want Anissa and Grace to finally have a strong and happy relationship.
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “Rage” \[Live\]I have to be honest, this season of *9-1-1* is ridiculous. The show is trying to find every outrageous disaster to throw at Station 118 without much plot beyond that. I have been obligation-watching it the past few weeks. Still, this episode, we did get a heartbreaking update on Hen and Ren’s conception journey.
At the beginning of the episode, Karen is thrilled because the doctor called telling her they collected 6 embryos from their IVF attempt. However, when Hen comes home later, the news is devastating.
Poor Karen. She is blaming herself and her old eggs and thinking they should call it quits.
I don’t know where they are going to go from here, but I know how hard TTC (trying to conceive) is on relationships, and I hope they come out okay on the other side.
Kudos to this show for doing some queer TTC research and mentioning they tried IUI ([Intrauterine Insemination](https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/intrauterine-insemination/about/pac-20384722)) first, which is factually accurate. They are one of the only shows on TV to get it right.
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 3 Episode 7 “That’s a Wrap” \[Live\] Last episode, Vince promised Abby he would get rid of the gun if she came back to their apartment. Well, he still has the gun, he’s just sloppily hiding it from her.
Abby had been legit super busy with work and saving the world, but Pilar is growing impatient being towards the bottom of her priority list. She stops by the Hi-Hat and asks Abby to please come to her next street art show.
Abby does go, but she shows up too late and misses it. Pilar is done.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1188496430203322368?s=20
I think Pilar’s decision to break up with Abby is extreme. I believe Abby is into Pilar, and all the life obligations taking up her time are legitimate. However, I get Pilar not wanting to be Abby’s side piece getting scraps of Abby’s time while she stays in a primary relationship with Vince.
Later, Abby discovers the gun hidden in one of their closets. And at the very end of the episode, Vince comes home to an empty apartment with all of Abby’s stuff gone and the gun sitting on the living room table.
Oh my goodness, and on the non-queer part of the show, the way Lori’s story come to an end completely shocked me. I wished more people I knew watched because I needed a support group after that.
Tonight is the very last episode of the series. Honestly, I do not know how this is going to end, and I am looking forward to finding out.
I’m very anxious to see what happens on *Black Lightning* tonight now that Anissa and Grace are reunited. Also, I will be at a conference this weekend with Mika, so next week’s post may be a little light.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Black Lightning, The Deuce
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### [What The Queers Watch Changes At Scale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/what-the-queers-watch-changes-at-scale/)
**Published:** November 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Revisiting Nielsen data after six months, understanding what queer families watch proves to be dependant on the quality and content of what is provided.
**Content:**
Since April of 2019, [Nielsen](https://www.nielsen.com) has tracked television viewing of LGBT couples. I took a look at what [we watch back then](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/statistics-what-the-queers-watch/), just to get an idea of what we were watching and how it was different from what the rest of the TV watching world does.
## A Caveat
As I said in April, the caveat to this slice of the pie is that Nielsen is **very** specific in that they are tracking *same gender couples (married or partners)*. In general, Nielsen statistics and data reflect couples and families, not individual viewers, and this is evident when you consider they call them Nielsen *Families* and not viewers.
Furthermore, because they are specifically looking at same sex couples (married or not) who live in the same household, the spectrum of queer relationships is not fully represented. That is, we wouldn’t see a couple where one member is transgender listed, and we may not see asexuals in a relationship with an opposite or different cisgender partner.
## Why This Matters
While there is still room to grow, this should be considered our first foot in the door of being recorded as a valid and useful metric for TV watching. We can speak, first hand, to the difficulties of getting related, useful advertisements on queer oriented sites. There simply is no queer woman centric ad resource like Google Ads. In fact, when you use Google Ads and say you want LGBT+ advertisements, you generally get ads for gay men.
Part of this is because women are seen as a less valuable resource. We, in general, make less money than our male counterparts. We’re seen as less reliable employees as we may be forced to take time off for child rearing purposes. This remains true even when both partners in a relationship are women, and have no plans for children.
Compounding that, queers in general have little visibility when it comes to how we spend our money and time. When we’re not being tracked, how can people know if television aimed at us is watched? If no one knows we’re watching, then we would again be considered high risk investments, and there’s an argument to be made *against* creating content for is.
Now that we are being tracked, we have data, and with data we can make predictions.
## Great, What *Do* We Watch?
When the Nielsen results first came out, the difference between what queers watched and what other groups (heterosexual families, Hispanic families, and African American families) was minimal. In short, we all watched more or less the same shows. Everyone watched *Grey’s Anatomy* and everyone watched *NCIS*, but more African American families watched *Empire*.
Overall, that particular metric has not changed. As of last week, everyone watched football on NBC:
***Show*****Overall****African American****Same Gender Spouse/Partner**NBC Sunday Night Football13.719.56But the numbers started to drift right after that.
**\#****Overall Viewers****African American****Same Gender Spouse/Partner**2FOX+NFLN THU NT FootballFOX+NFLN THU NT Football*The Conners*3Sunday Night NFL Pre-KickSunday Night NFL Pre-KickFOX+NFLN THU NT Football4*NCIS**Empire*Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick5*60 Minutes*Football NT America PT 3Football NT America PT 36Football NT America PT 3FOX+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK*This is Us*7FOX+NFLN THU NT Pre-Kick*The Masked Singer**60 Minutes*8*The Voice**60 Minutes**NCIS*9*FBI**All Rise**Grey’s Anatomy*10*The Voice (Tues.)**Chicago PD**911*The extrapolation to be taken from this is that overall people like to watch the same things. However if you look at the scripted shows that are watched by queer viewers, the common thread is that they are predominantly shows with either queer characters on regularly (*This is Us*, *Grey’s Anatomy*, and *911*) or shows that have at one point in time been supportive of queer characters/actors (*The Connors* – Sara Gilbert is a lesbian in real life). The aberration is *NCIS*, which has only shown negative portrayals of queer characters.
## On Beyond the Ten
All of this is good, and tells us that like begets like. That is, overall queer viewers want to watch shows with positive queer representation. But Nielsen goes deeper than that when it looks at the top 50 shows by week and season to date.
For the week of October 14 through the 20th, in 2019, 35 of the top 50 network TV shows watched by queers were scripted. Only ***8*** of those are shows we would consider to have regular, generally positive, representation of queer female, non-binary, and/or transgender characters.
\#**Program Name****Network**7*This is Us*NBC11*911*FOX16*Grey’s Anatomy*ABC17*God Friended Me*CBS30*All Rise*CBS37*The Good Place*NBC44*American Housewife*ABC50*Almost Family*FOXSome shows, like *The Good Place*, are contentious picks for positive representation. Conversely, *Modern Family* did make the top 50 but it has no queer female characters. *Bob’s Burgers*, similarly, does not have regular representation but when it does, it has positive representation. *The Simpson’s* is a separate matter all together.
## The Whole Season
Of course, week to week isn’t the only metric by which we should be measuring the viewing patterns of shows. From Nielsen you can also see the overall status for the season. From September 23rd through October 20th, 33 of the top 50 shows were scripted. Of the 33, there were only ***7*** shows that we consider to have consistent and/or positive qualifying representation.
**\#****Show Name****Network**7*This is Us*NBC8*911*FOX16*Grey’s Anatomy*ABC20*God Friended Me*CBS39*Stumptown*ABC42*American Housewife*ABC50*Batwoman*CWNow here’s for the amazing news.
Two of the top 50 shows this season are shows that are queer female headlined shows. They’re also the **only two shows** on air right now where the primary character (the main focus/headliner character) is a queer woman: *Stumptown* and *Batwoman*.
Yes, there are queer characters as mains for other shows (like *The 100*, *Supergirl*, and *911*). However all of those characters are on ensemble shows. This means they are ***a*** focus but not the primary focus of the show. When you look at *Batwoman* and *Stumptown*, the majority of every scene and the purpose of every plot involves Kate or Dex.
## If You Film It, We Will Watch
It’s clear that humans are humans and will watch generally the same content. We like sports, we like dramas, and we like sitcoms. Today, Nielsen is providing us with data that backs up the claims that queer people do, in fact, want to watch characters who represent themselves.
We want to see a bisexual detective. We want to see a lesbian superhero. We want to have lesbian paramedics and doctors, young adults finding themselves, the sassy neighbour, and the politicians.
We want to see ourselves, and if you give us those shows, we will come and watch and celebrate having them.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Nielsens, Statistics
---
### [Queer Beats - November 1, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-november-1-2019/)
**Published:** November 1, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Stumptown all got full season pickups!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Batwoman, Nancy Drew, and Stumptown all got full season pickups!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
This should have been in last week’s post but I didn’t see it in time… which is okay because that means I just got to stare at these pictures a little more this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4Azr6QhOMB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Another Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/another-life/)
Another Life has been picked up for a second season on Netflix!
https://twitter.com/kateesackhoff/status/1189248674150391809?s=20
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
I always appreciate a Nyssara throwback!
https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/1189286089044967430?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
We finally got what we have deserved all along: a full season of Batwoman! Shout out to [Nancy Drew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nancy-drew/) for getting the full season pickup as well.
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1187790964401815553?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
I’m a ThunderGrace stan. I’ve been long awaiting their reunion for a year now and I’m so happy it’s finally here. However, some fans have pointed out the major plot holes in their storyline, a major one being that we do not know when/how [Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/) found out about [Anissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/)‘s meta status. Adam Giaudrone, a writer for the show, took to Twitter to talk more to fans about this issue. I love when writers take the time to interact with queer fandom to truly understand where we are coming from. Check out Adam’s Twitter for more responses to other questions!
https://twitter.com/Nicada/status/1189401349839966210?s=20
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
QFX East announced a new guest for their convention next year: [Rutina Wesley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutina-wesley/)! I am so excited for Rutina to finally get a chance to experience the queer fandom in person and to hear about how her character, [Nova Bordelon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nova-bordelon/), is loved by all of us!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1189276181780205573?s=20
## [Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)
According to next week’s trailer, it looks like [Dex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dex-parios/) may finally interact with a female love interest. Ionna Gika announced that she will be portraying “Fiona X.”
https://twitter.com/ioannagika/status/1181636019373821952?s=20
Also in good news, Stumptown got a full season pickup! I hope this includes many more female love interests for Dex (or just one good one, both work)!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1188893382510120960?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) was on Grace Helbig’s show, Ladies First, to talk about Supergirl and her journey toward becoming the first trans superhero!
https://twitter.com/gracehelbig/status/1189234827960213505?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I’m always looking for an excuse to talk about Vida so here’s a video of [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) dancing on set:
https://twitter.com/Elvira04289/status/1189421921093308417?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Earpapalooza happened this weekend which means we got more content of the cast being cute. Here are some of my favorite moments:
https://twitter.com/PhantomOfWonder/status/1189382627968667648?s=20
https://twitter.com/cinnamontropic/status/1188598519130722304?s=20
Also, they are trucking along into working on season 4! They should be beginning to film soon and we can expect the new season in the Summer!
https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1189014101802049536?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Queen Sugar, Stumptown, Supergirl, Vida, Wynonna Earp
---
### [10 Times "The Facts of Life" Was Even Gayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-even-gayer/)
**Published:** October 30, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** You all must be totally shocked to find out that "The Facts of Life" got even gayer after they went to college.
**Content:**
Recently it was announced that *The Facts of Life* stars Kim Fields, Mindy Cohn, Lisa Whelchel, and Nancy McKeon are reuniting in *Light Up My Christmas* airing Dec. 1. Fields, who serves as the film’s executive producer, is behind the reunion of the former child stars who she calls “her sisters.”
I figured that was a sign. I needed to revisit the show we thought was gay.
## It should have been gay!
Last year I wrote about [the top ten times ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-really-gay/)*[The Facts of Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-really-gay/)*[ was gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-really-gay/), but I only concentrated on the high school years. Since then, my friend Chris sent me the DVDs of the whole series (including tv movies) so I began the great binge from the beginning and finally made it to … the college years.
Of note: In season five, there was a new character who was upper-middle-class and worshiped Jo, so she tried to be a thug like Jo. While she was in the opening credits (and thus main cast), you’d think she’d be the gayest thing. Sadly, she was barely used.
In the ClosetIn the first episode of season five, Jo has money trouble and has to move in with Blair (illegally, it’s a single dorm). This results in Blair being kicked out of the dorms, but it also had a great series of scenes including a number of people seeing Jo’s multiple flannel shirts hung up in Blair’s room, the tool sets, and everything else, and not thinking it to be out of place. And of course, there’s a requisite hiding in the closet scene.
That’s a lot of chiffon, Blair.
Merry ChristmasIt’s their first Christmas living at Mrs. Garrett’s and everyone’s going home except for Mrs. G and Jo. After Jo’s mother goes to Miami for work and her father is busy, she decides to stay. Blair and Tootie concoct a plan to buy her a plane to Miami, but Jo (of course) doesn’t want charity. So everyone leaves and Jo and Mrs. G plan a merry holiday together when there’s a surprise guest.
Nothing says Merry Christmas
Men in UnderwearBlair’s taking the gang to the ballet (to see Baryshnikov in Swan Lake) and Jo has opinions.
Let’s get ready to rumble!
Insecure BlairAs their first year at Langley continues, Blair struggles with being the little fish in a bigger ocean. She was the queen at Eastland, but Langley? Huge. And outgoing Jo is more popular now. But when Jo throws a party her own way, she doesn’t forget Blair and tells to join the fun and stop being so stuck up.
So Blair comes downstairs and shows a hidden talent.
Ventriloquism. The latest excuse to get your girl on your lap.
Jo’s ClosetIt’s time for another closet joke! This time, Blair needs some clothes to do something and asks Jo to borrow hers.
Is ‘dipping into the closet’ an old euphemism I didn’t know? It sure feel like it based on how Tootie’s mom is laughing back there.
Peach OrganzaAt the end of season five, the girls had their normal ‘we must all break up!’ fight. This one happens when Blair knocks over Jo’s disassembled engine, and Natalie ‘loses’ Tootie’s cat. But before that, Jo and Blair have to wear matching outfits *and* Blair loans Jo her car to run errands.
Yes, Blair’s in Jo’s plaid shirt. The jean skirt is her own.
That Lovin’ Feelin’One of the early episodes of season 6 has the gang taking a night on the town together in Blair’s car. Of note, Jo is driving Blair’s caddy. After some shenanigans, they end up parked and listening to the radio, which results in Blair and Jo singing “You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling” to each other, while Natalie and Tootie sing backup.
There’s *no* heterosexual explanation for that.
Dear AppleThis is one of my favourite episodes ever. The entire episode is about Jo using a computer to figure out if she and Blair should be friends. The plot starts when Jo forgets to tell Blair that the Helen of Troy contest was moved and a war between the two starts after Blair’s humiliated. Jo talks to the computer who, after listening to everything, comes to the logical conclusion.
After reading the results, Jo looks at Blair and crumples up the paper, throwing it away.
The WatchThe girls are always borrowing each other’s things. Jo needs a watch with a stop-watch so she can pace herself for a test. Naturally she borrows one of Blair’s 12 watches. After the test, Jo plays some pick-up basketball and breaks the watch. When Blair feels disrespected, they end up in court and end up having a bit of a heart to heart.
I do hope someone told the judge they settled.
The InterviewThe end of season five is a weirdly formatted interview episode. As season five got on, it was clear that Mrs. G was being phased out, and in fact she’ll leave at the end of the next season. The concept of this episode is someone’s writing a book about Women of Eastland, which leads to interviews with all the girls and Mrs. G.
Blair ends up talking about her best friend, Jo, who is brave and knows who she is.
And Jo talks about Blair, who always surprises her.
I’m just going to be forever smiling about the idea of Blair, bowling.
There’s a little more gay to be had, so there’ll be one more round of this. Weirdly it has nothing to do with George Clooney.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Facts of Life
---
### [Queer Beats - October 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-october-25-2019/)
**Published:** October 25, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, The L Word released a new trailer, She-Ra announced a new non-binary character, and Wynonna Earp fans raised over $10,000 for Spirit Day!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, The L Word released a new trailer, She-Ra announced a new non-binary character, and Wynonna Earp fans raised over $10,000 for Spirit Day!
## [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)
Calling all fans of The 100! If you’re sad about the show ending, you might be in luck! A pilot is being filmed for a possible prequel spinoff series:
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1187426318528286720?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
I’m still loving how much [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) interacts with fans about [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/) and [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/):
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1186112211145478145?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
Another trailer was released this week for the new L Word series! And I just want to say, I *really* need a friend like [Jacqueline Toboni](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-toboni/) in this trailer who will just automatically ask a new person if they are gay…
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1187415243540041729?s=20
[Sarah Shahi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-shahi/) confirmed that she will *not* be in the new show \[insert broken heart emoji here\] but it looks like her and Ilene are still hoping to make it happen!
https://twitter.com/sarahshahi/status/1187193730668695552?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The ODAAT crew are finally getting back together to start work on the new episodes!
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1186356255935197187?s=20
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
This is my absolute favorite news of the week! She-Ra will be getting a new character in the upcoming season (out November 5th) and they will be non-binary!
https://twitter.com/JacobTobia/status/1186375078654558208?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I’ve been really enjoying the (spoiler-free) behind-the-scenes content from this year’s crossover. Melissa and Grant are cute in this video but all I could focus on was [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) (aka [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) and [Ruby](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)) talking!
https://twitter.com/beautyghost97/status/1187160822885146629?s=20
I also keep talking about what a dream it would be for us to get an all queer women fight scene. The likelihood of that happening is slim but these pictures brought me a bit closer to it!
https://twitter.com/ThemysciraBound/status/1187176002604023808?s=20
Finally, [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/) celebrated Sanvers on her Instagram story this week and made us all cry a little:
https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems/status/1187544720974766081?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Emily Andras spoke to TV Guide about what themes we can expect to see in Season 4.
https://twitter.com/TVGuide/status/1186774950218211329?s=20
As Wynonna Earp fans do, they decided to #ChooseKindness again and raised $10,000 for GLAAD in honor of Spirit Day! Definitely not the first time this fandom has come together to do good and it certainly won’t be the last!
https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1187169310004908034?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, One Day at a Time, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Supergirl, The 100, The L Word: Generation Q, Wynonna Earp
---
### [First Look at "Kappa Force"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/first-look-at-kappa-force/)
**Published:** October 23, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sororities take on frat boy scum in this upcoming series from Revry.
**Content:**
Before the CW, there was UPN where most of us queer TV fans of a certain age watched *Xena* and *Star Trek* late at night. One of the delightful hallmarks of those days was a cheerful embrace of campiness with both quality and content. That is, we laughed at ourselves and our shows and we didn’t mind at all if you could see a wire, or the shows winked out at the audience. We revelled in it.
Revry brings that kind of fun back with their newest comedy, *[Kappa Force](https://www.kappaforce.com)*.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for an upcoming series.
## College Drama-ish
Sarcasm and self-awarewolves begin our story as the villain, The Douche, takes out a sorority girl in his quest to find and destroy the Kappa Force and the … something. Maybe the world? He’s not sure. From there, we’re introduced to a number of characters whose parents were all killed in a car crash via an anonymous drunk driver and a quest for sororities and fraternities.
Poking fun at every single college rom-com out there, the sisterhood of the traveling ass-kickers keeps you laughing at the right moments. You hate the right characters for the right reasons, you find humour in the morbidity of failure, and above all, you get to watch a self-described CW/MCU mashup of above average attractive people.
*Kappa Force* isn’t serious, and it’s the perfect binge for a lazy afternoon where you want an hour of uncomplicated fun.
Our score?
A-
Goofy, campy, tongue in cheek, and irreverently intersectional. The series is slightly more queer in general than queer female-focused, which is really the only thing keeping it from an A.
## Coming Soon
*Kappa Force* will be out on October 27th on [Revry TV](https://revry.tv). Until then, check out the trailer.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Kappa Force
---
### [Queer Beats - October 18, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-october-18-2019/)
**Published:** October 18, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, queer fandom celebrated Spirit Day, Atypical finally released a new trailer, and we got a sneak peek at Kate Kane's first love interest!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! Before we start, I want to note that it has officially been one year since I started writing Queer Beats. I am so thankful for Team LezWatch for inviting me into the crew and giving me this space to fangirl every week! And a big thank you to everyone who reads along. I love that these posts have lead me to even more fandom friends in the last year!
Now let’s get into it. This week, queer fandom celebrated Spirit Day, Atypical finally released a new trailer, and we got a sneak peek at Kate Kane’s *first* love interest!
## [Almost Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/almost-family/)
I’m a few weeks late but I finally started watching this new show on FOX and I love it. In case you are wondering why, it’s mainly because of these two faces:
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1181930239783587840?s=20
I highly recommend following [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-cartagena/) on twitter because she live tweets the show and it’s lots of fun!
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/1184634508823482373?s=20
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Atypical released a trailer for Season 3 and oh boy, it looks like we are in for a lot of [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/)/[Izzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzie/) angst!
https://youtube.com/bSbF25mXDyM
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
After a few weeks of focus on [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-moore-2/), it looks like [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) will be setting her sights on a new woman:
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1184552425895714816?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
The Bold Type cast celebrated Spirit Day with this video:
https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1184846661316726789?s=20
And I personally celebrated by fangirling about the Kadena content that [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) awarded us with this week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3e4cGdjaF0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3uqjYtjIR_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
[Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) and [Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/) celebrated Spirit Day as well:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3upBfzlHh5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
As usual, I know that Maisie isn’t on this site (yet) but I still want to celebrate all the cute queer things that she does!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pwmbsgl0P/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
I already mentioned this last week but I *love* seeing Choni in these costumes. I was glad to see a full-length shot!
https://twitter.com/leanneaguilera/status/1184236924409540609?s=20
## [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
The Gallaghers wore purple this week, too!
https://twitter.com/SHO_Shameless/status/1184864880458944512?s=20
## [SloPitch](https://twitter.com/slopitchseries?lang=en)
SloPitch officially finished filming this week which means we are one step closer to seeing the first season in the Spring!
https://twitter.com/SloPitchSeries/status/1183476809972801537?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Check out [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)‘ Spirit Day post:
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1184845231776247808?s=20
## [Warehouse 13](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warehouse-13/)
And a new addition to the Clexacon lineup was made this week!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1183829108754509824?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Almost Family, Atypical, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Shameless US, SloPitch, Supergirl, The Bold Type, The L Word, Warehouse 13
---
### [Things We Love: Superheroes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-superheroes/)
**Published:** October 16, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Everyone's batty over Batwoman, but we wouldn't have Kate Kane were it not for some remarkable heroes who paved the way for her. And we absolutely love them all.
**Content:**
There are few things to love more than a super powered (or super talented) individual who slaps on the skin-tight lycra and jumps to save the world. And more so, we love it when they’re queer.
With the advent of ***[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*** making history as the first [lead character](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/) who is a lesbian, played by a lesbian, and was out since day one, I felt it was important to look back on the ladies who love ladies and got us where we are today.
Let’s count up the ladder of the shoulders on which Batwoman’s success stands.
[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)Let’s start with where we are today. From the moment we saw her on last year’s Arrowverse crossover, I was all in. When I saw the premiere at SDCC, I was in heaven. Batwoman has been one of my favourites ever since she was reintroduced in *52*. Every Sunday I’m excited to get to watch her.
She’s the **first** main (headlining/titular) lesbian superhero and she’s the **first** lesbian superhero played by a lesbian. But she wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for people like …
[Nico Minoru](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/)Coming out stories are popular, especially with teens. Nico’s wasn’t the normal one. Oh, sure, we got her dating a boy, having her sister die, going Goth, finding out her parents are murderers, and then her friend falls for her … But that could happen to anyone!
Nico’s anything but your typical bisexual, and her road to understanding herself isn’t just tied to her sexuality, which is really nice.
[Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)Speaking of coming out … Alex is very super-adjacent. Her only extraordinary power is not realizing she was a lesbian all this time. Also her genius when it comes to science. She’s wildly overqualified to be Director Danvers of the DEO, but we’re glad she is.
I absolutely love her little gay panic here and that she was the first queer female coming out story we got on the CW.
[Karolina Dean](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/)It wasn’t enough to find out her father isn’t her father, Karolina had to find out her dad is an alien and her mom is a murderer trying to keep him alive. In the middle of all that? She realizes she’s not into boys.
You have to give her props for handling her sexuality *and* being her own personal Pride Rainbow as well as she has.
[Nyssa al Ghul](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nyssa-al-ghul/)Being a bad-ass assassin is a super power, and you can’t tell me otherwise. Nyssa is complicated, which happens when your father is the leader of assassins and your girlfriend dies in your arms so you throw her in a Lazarus Pit to save her.
Is Nyssa good or bad? Impossible to tell. What we do know is that she knows who she is, and just hasn’t deigned to tell us everything.
Ava SharpeOne day you wake up and you’re the director of the Time Bureau, charged with fixing time aberrations. Everything’s going okay, if you ignore the part where your former boss went loopy, and his *other* replacement is running around time and space with a bunch of misfits. Then you had to fall for her. And then you found out you’re a clone and all your memories are fake.
Poor Ava has to deal with a lot, too. Her girlfriend’s exes show up way too much, and said girlfriend shows up in a teddy in her office. But I’m pretty sure Ava didn’t mind that too much.
[Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)Who knew narcolepsy could be a superpower? By controlling her micro-naps to see the future, Nia turned into a force to be reckoned with. She can take a mini nap, predict where you’re going to throw a punch, and then just not be there. Pretty bad-ass.
Nia also broke barriers by being the first queer female superhero played by a real life queer woman. That makes it all the more poignant when she talks about coming out as a super, a part alien, and a woman.
[Grace Choi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/)Bartender by day, closeted meta by night, total comic nerd, Grace is a conundrum. She’s both alike and not her comic’s counterpart, and makes me wonder who she really is inside. Besides a walking intimacy issue poster child.
No matter how far apart they are, ThunderGrace keeps pulling each other back in. An episode later this season will have ‘teen Grace’ so we’re finally going to get some backstory.
[White Canary](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/)I challenge you to find me someone else who’s died as often as Sara and lived to tell about it. Sara is so self-assured about who she is, we can’t help but adore her. She even went to hell to help her clone girlfriend and built furniture with her. That’s love, y’all.
Oh Captain our captain, Sara Lance remains the best bisexual time traveling space captain assassin there is. She reminds us there’s no reason to be anyone other than who you are, no matter when you are.
[Thunder](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/)She comes with the stomp and changes the world. Like her name, Thunder charges into things head-first and without a look back. She’s bold, brash, and (thank god) bulletproof. Add in the fact that she’s a med student, you’ve got brains, brawns, and ethics all in one.
Thunder was our **first** main character lesbian superhero, and having her be bulletproof is icing on the cake.
## Who Are You Favourite Heroes?
As thrilled as I am for *Batwoman* (and let’s be serious, I’m ecstatic), we wouldn’t have her on the CW were it not for these wonderful predecessors. So remember to tip your hat to who came first. And if you’re me, you’re privately hoping Renee Montoya will show up as The Question on *Batwoman* before the season is over.
From coming out to out and proud, we have a wonderful variety of queer women and can (and should) celebrate all their firsts. From the first lesbian super (Thunder) to the first queer-playing-queer (Dreamer), we have more than I would have expected when I started this site.
The best news for you is all those shows? They’re on air. Check them out and enjoy the Worlds Finest.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, Runaways, Supergirl, Things We Love
---
### [Queer Beats - October 11, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-october-11-2019/)
**Published:** October 11, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite CW shows premiered, New York Comic Con and CarmillaCon provided lots of goodies, and the first three episodes of Passage dropped on Tello!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite CW shows premiered, New York Comic Con and CarmillaCon provided lots of goodies, and the first three episodes of Passage dropped on Tello!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Here’s your weekly reminder that [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/) and [Izzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzie/) are coming back to us soon:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XLirTgiUe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
^Look at that! Finally, the ability to link out to Batwoman on LWTV! The show premiered this week and was pretty much everything we had hoped for. [Rachel Skarsten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/) and [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meagan-tandy/) hit the press to discuss all things Batwoman.
https://twitter.com/MTVNEWS/status/1180995674743169024?s=20
https://twitter.com/BUILDseriesNYC/status/1181222984616468482?s=20
Here’s an extra photo series of Rachel and Meagan being cute:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3agc1fD-J0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
ATTN and Batwoman teamed up to create this video about women who have accomplished their goals even when people told them they couldn’t. This is the kind of good feels video I like to see on my social media feeds.
https://twitter.com/attn/status/1179440788599492608?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Gotta admit, I was not expecting Black Lightning to give us *so much* Anissa in the premiere. I personally loved it but [Chantal](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) was as not thrilled by her ([Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/)‘s) competition:
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1181383296523091972?s=20
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1181388001844322310?s=20
## [Black Mirror](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)
I have an unofficial goal to own all queer Pops (and by unofficial I mean I can’t stop myself from buying them every time I see one) and now I have these [Kelly ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly/)and [Yorkie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yorkie/) ones to add to my list.
https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1182038102149386240?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
I can see into the future… and it includes a Bold Type guest appearance by [Raven-Symoné](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/raven-symone/)!
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1182386713286643713?s=20
## [Butch Pal For The Straight Gal](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10459946/)
This week, we got our first Butch Pal Series trailer!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Sh5AFpAcG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
CarmillaCon happened and gave me major FOMO. Thankfully, the CarmillaCon instagram was there to fill in the gaps.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3XanlaARUx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Happy Halloween from Good Trouble!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3ZmmFzg4xD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
New L Word content never gets old.
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1181207209637810181?s=20
Also, seeing the original cast never gets old (and neither do they?).
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3S8_qllnRP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
It’s no secret that I love Maisie and think she should be on every magazine cover ever and, this week, DIVA fulfilled my dreams and featured her on the cover of their Black History Month issue:
https://twitter.com/DIVAmagazine/status/1180398473218285573?s=20
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
This is old news that I have unfairly neglected but TomboyX blessed us last month by featuring Vicci Martinez as one of their models (again). Shout out to [Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) for bringing this to my attention!
https://twitter.com/TomboyExchange/status/1169015969315991553?s=20
## [Passage The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
The wait is finally over! The first three episodes of Passage are finally up on Tello which means I will finally stop complaining about how [Mandahla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/) isn’t on LWTV yet! Definitely check it out and read [Mika’s review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/passage-the-sci-fi-show-you-didnt-know-you-wanted/) after.
https://twitter.com/passage_series/status/1180908250784550913?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
Riverdale was amongst the many shows that returned this week but first we got a new teaser trailer that featured [Cheryl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cheryl-blossom/) and [Toni](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toni-topaz/) dressed as Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn. Not gonna lie, that really got my attention!
https://twitter.com/CW_Riverdale/status/1180875363796144133?s=20
[Vanessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) posted this cute Choni pic to celebrate the premiere:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3aG7erHB-S/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, New York Comic Con brought us a bit more information about [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/)‘s new character on the show:
https://twitter.com/azalben/status/1180860535623094273?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
A new Runaways trailer! The season is still 2 months away but I am hype!
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1180188617177587712?s=20
The Runaways cast was also at New York Comic Con this weekend and I personally enjoyed this moment where [Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) said nice things about [Ginny](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-gardner/):
https://twitter.com/karolinaswitch/status/1180210487461593090?s=20
## [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
We are already being blessed with new She-Ra episodes soon…
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1180894235144462336?s=20
… including a Scorpia specific episode!
https://twitter.com/SYFYWIRE/status/1180890878266806278?s=20
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
Steven Universe will be returning post-movie with a “new epilogue limited series” called “Steven Universe Future.” TBD on what *epilogue limited series* means for the *future* of the series (see what I did there).
https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1180166043735662592?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I don’t know if this image broke the internet this week but it most certainly broke my mind. I think it took me a full 24 hours to heal. Bless [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) and [Ruby](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) for providing my bliss moment of the week.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Ye–wAlPP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Twenties](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8115582/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
Can my caption for this tweet just be !!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE [LENA WAITHE](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/) !!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://twitter.com/L_WaitheFans/status/1181754074787717121?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
The Wynonna Earp women made it to NYCC as well! Soon we will be in the year (2020) where we will finally get new Wynonna Earp content again!
https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarpPod/status/1181387695148453889?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Black Mirror, Butch Pal, Carmilla, Good Trouble, Legends of Tomorrow, Orange is the New Black, Passage the Series, Riverdale, Runaways, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Bold Type, The L Word: Generation Q, Twenties, Wynonna Earp
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### [Passage: The Sci-Fi Show You Didn't Know You Wanted](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/passage-the-sci-fi-show-you-didnt-know-you-wanted/)
**Published:** October 9, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sci-fi and paranormal lovers, rejoice! Representation Matters Productions and Tello Films brings us the next best series.
**Content:**
Warning: This review contains spoilers! Go watch it first if you don’t want any spoilers. Trust us, you’ll enjoy it!
I love sci-fi shows. When a new one pops up for the site, I’m always running to watch it as fast as possible because, in my heart of hearts, I’m that Trekkie girl who made a cardboard and styrofoam tricorder, LEGO TARDIS, and wore Spock ears for Halloween. I could quote *Star Trek* (the original series), knew who the Doctor was, and insisted on playing Han Solo.
This week, among the moments I was screaming for everyone to watch Batwoman, another series slipped in and stole my heart a little.
## Ghostly Science
*[Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)* is a sci-fi/paranormal thriller, five episodes, produced by Representation Matters Productions in association with and being distributed by Tello Films. The premise is that the government has a secret division that handles paranormal activities. In that world, Agent Ali Prader (played by the sublime [Shannan Leigh Reeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannan-leigh-reeve/)) has to balance her special abilities (she can talk to the paranormal) with the massive change in her personal life. Her wife Kate (the scene-stealing hero [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/)) has recently died.
Now with her new technician (a beautifully babbling [Mandahla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/), whom we are so happy to finally add to the site), Ali has to unravel a thread that could change the entire world.
Oh, and she can talk to the dead, so guess who’s around?
## The Paradox
The cool thing about science fiction (and speculative fiction) is that when it comes to television, they can be more daring. Pansexuality, cross-species romance, and rebuilding your lost love as an android is all something perfectly normal on a show in space. But even then, queer women don’t fare any better on a spaceship than they do on Earth.
Finding a story made for and by queers, where there’s no plot point about the character being queer? Good luck. Heck, it took Star Trek until they got [Tig Notaro in space](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jett-reno/) to pull it off. It’s like the old adage: It can have queers, they can be happy, and the show is good. Pick two.
*Passage* managed to take a dead queer and deliver all three.
## Techobabble
I have to detour for a moment and talk about my biggest bugaboo on any science show. From *CSI* to *Supergirl*, I get my panties in a twist over people screwing up science and technology. I shout a lot at the TV about how “That isn’t how it works!” whenever two people would use one keyboard to hack into a server (*NCIS*, I’m looking at you).
With sci-fi/paranormal, though, it’s a little different. I expect the world to be ‘not mine’ and therefore the science won’t be ‘real.’ So I never look at Star Trek and think “That’s not how it works.” Instead, I say “That’s not plausible.” Original Star Trek actually did it best, with simple, believable science. Don’t get me started about AIs though.
When I had the chance to talk to Mandahla Rose at ClexaCon 2019, she mentioned how hard the technology talk was. I am happy to tell you that not only did she not make it look forced, but she sold the science in every scene. I nodded and said to myself, “Yeah, that could be a thing.” and was not pulled out of the show to scream about bad science.
## Stellar Trifecta
And that really brings it all home for me. Shannan’s Ali sells every second of the struggle of a widowed single parent, which is made ever harder by Nicole stealing every scene as the ghost-wife who wants Ali to move on with the cute nerd. The writing doesn’t have that overly prosaic exposition dump, making you feel like you stepped into a comfortable universe you already know. Capping it off, the cinematography and effects being everything together.
The series ends with a pearl-clutching cliffhanger that I can’t wait to see resolved. I won’t get passage until I see season two of *Passage*.
## Watch *Passage* Now
[You can catch ](https://www.tellofilms.com/passage)*[Passage](https://www.tellofilms.com/passage)*[ on Tellofilms now](https://www.tellofilms.com/passage). Until you do, here’s the trailer to whet your whistle.
https://vimeo.com/354511302
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Mandahla Rose, Nicole Pacent, Passage, Passage the Series, Shannan Leigh Reeve
---
### [Queer Beats - October 4, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-october-4-2019/)
**Published:** October 4, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we are thankful that so many of our favorite shows announced renewals and premiere dates! Also, everyone go support RED!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we are thankful that so many of our favorite shows announced renewals and premiere dates! Also, everyone go support RED!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Oh man, this news made me so happy. A new season of Atypical will be coming to Netflix on November 1st! I cannot wait to find out what happens with [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/) and [Izzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzie/).
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1179048346238849034?s=20
And here’s a picture of them from the new season to remind you all of how cute they are:
https://twitter.com/Atypical/status/1179440912411193344?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
We are just mere *days* away from the Batwoman premiere. I can’t believe we made it. Here’s a new trailer that includes Kate kissing a mystery girl:
https://youtube.com/xana3fqo-B0
[Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) has continued her press tour to talk all things Batwoman:
https://twitter.com/BUILDseriesNYC/status/1178732808971403264?s=20
https://youtube.com/LN4YfjYBJgo
The rest of the cast is excited too! Meagan Tandy posted about some of the Batwoman signs she has been seeing around town!
https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1178488956901441538?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
This week on Nikki Misses [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/):
https://twitter.com/KadenaSource/status/1178785884352712704?s=20
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
A new trailer for Charmed Season 2 dropped this week:
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1177701123613974529?s=20
## [Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/)
DWP will be back for a fourth (and final) season!!
https://twitter.com/DearWhitePeople/status/1179440908854530049?s=20
## [Grand Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grand-hotel/)
Unfortunately, ABC also cancelled Grand Hotel this week:
https://twitter.com/soapsindepthabc/status/1179130831945814016?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
I’m desperate for LoT content. All the CW shows are returning (or premiering) this week and I will be missing this show and these two:
https://twitter.com/avalanceupdates/status/1178344887235821568?s=20
I’m also going to drop this here. Zarlie may not be canon (yet) but I can’t resist.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3K07H2gUtq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
The Season 6 crowdfunding campaign for RED has begun! If you love the show as much as we do, be sure to consider supporting them by visiting their Indiegogo page and donating!
https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1178800297738735617?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
We finally got a Runaways premiere date!
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1178702717818007553?s=20
## [Secret Bridesmaids’ Business](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/secret-bridesmaids-business/)
If you are Katie McGrath stan (as I know many of you are), you may want to check out this new Australian miniseries:
https://youtube.com/liZ4h3XikcA
## [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
The new season of Shameless is coming next month which means new promo images are being released. Here are some behind-the-scenes photos from our resident wlw queer character:
https://twitter.com/EmmaRoseKenney/status/1177711209388183552?s=20
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
*All* the new season announcements happened this week! Stranger Things will also be back for a fourth season:
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1178708353377345538?s=20
## [Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/armistead-maupins-tales-of-the-city/)
Freeform will be rebooting Party of Five and two new cast members were announced this week. One will be the trans, non-binary actor, [Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/garcia/), who you may remember from Netflix’s recent Tales of the City!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1179865232472064000?s=20
## [Transparent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/)
The Transparent musical finale dropped last weekend and we all had to say a tearful goodbye to the Pfeffermans.
https://twitter.com/transparent_tv/status/1177267839985569799?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The Vida fam is back together for season 3!
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1179578607426887680?s=20
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1179832264521203713?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Charmed (2018), Dear White People, Grand Hotel, The Bold Type
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 30, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-orange-is-the-new-black-series-finale/)
**Published:** September 30, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I write a bittersweet recap of the Orange is the New Black series finale and cover some quick queer moments in returning Fall shows.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I write a bittersweet recap of the *Orange Is the New Black* series finale and cover some quick queer moments in returning Fall shows.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Orange Is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Season 7 Episode 13 “Here’s Where We Get Off” \[Streaming\] In 2013, a show with a diverse cast and queer rep centered around some of the most marginalized people in society was groundbreaking. When OitNB hit Netflix, we were thrilled to finally have a series with not just one, but multiple queer ships and characters with a wide variety of backgrounds and gender expressions.
In my opinion, as the seasons went on, OitNB went downhill and degraded into torture porn. It lost its engaging and original storylines, and instead, tried to get away with depicting as gratuitously violent inmate abuse as possible. And then, in Season 4 when they killed the beloved queer character, Poussey Washington, I wanted to rage quit the show.
If it weren’t for this website and this column, I would have stopped watching. However, I powered on, and something began to happen — I started to like it again.
Maybe it was the change of venue, but season 6 was a turning point for me. We got a new setting and new characters like Daddy Duarte, Barb & Carol (not queer, but fabulously entertaining) and the show went back to its storytelling roots. There was still plenty of prisoner abuse, but it took a back seat to the lives and backstories of the inmates (also: kickball).
Now here I am, recapping the *Orange Is the New Black* series finale and it’s bittersweet. Years ago, I thought I’d be begrudgingly writing an angry wrap-up, but instead, I’m sad the show is over.
My wife and I usually hit “Skip Intro,” (sorry, Regina Spektor) but for this finale episode, we let it play. It was a chamber version of the theme song, which you can listen to in its entirety.
https://youtube.com/j6dhYEG7qXM
I usually only recap the queer parts, but this scene of the medical examiner driving away with Tiffany “Pennsatucky” Doggett’s dead body killed me.
Her story arc this season was so devastatingly sad. When the GED test results came back, I knew she got a passing grade before they revealed it. I know it’s realistic, but I wish she could have had a different outcome.
On the outside, Piper finished her parole and is now a free woman, and Zela got a new work gig in Queer Female Capital of America, Northampton.
Here’s the big, “Who will Piper choose?” setup. Will it be a cushy life in Northampton with a wealthy girlfriend, or struggling to make ends meet while your prison wife serves the remainder of her sentence?
Piper’s dad is Team Zelda.
I’m not Team Zelda. I don’t see a lot of chemistry between them, but I’m with Piper’s dad, her and Alex’s relationship has been tumultuous at best.
During an Alex visit, it looks like Alex may be Team Zelda too.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178402990291607552?s=20
Alex thinks the Ohio transfer is a good launching point for the two of them to go on with their separate lives, but Piper is still in it to win it. When Alex mentions the fighting and cheating and Piper replies with, “Haven’t we always?” there’s the answer, in my opinion. They may love each other, but they do not have anything close to resembling a healthy relationship.
After the brake-up visit, Piper wanders over to Larry’s apartment (which used to be hers and Larry’s) and cries to him about getting dumped. He too is Team Not-Alex.
**What’s the score now?**
- **Team Not-Alex**: 5 (including Zelda, me and Alex herself)
- **Team Alex:** 1 (Piper)
Also, in case you’ve been playing games on your phone and not paying attention, the show spells it out for you.
Thank you, show, for making that crystal clear.
Back at Litchfield, Alex breaks the news to Nicky that she’s being transferred to Ohio.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178412167768526851?s=20
Nicky’s line, “The fans are gonna just eat it up,” felt like a nod to us. And this scene felt like a real “goodbye” between the two actors.
The last 10 minutes of the episode fast-forwards to wrap up everyone’s storylines. Piper is on a road trip (to Northampton or Ohio?). Nicky takes over the kitchen as the new Red. Gloria is out of prison and back with her family. Maria is trying to co-parent from prison with her baby daddy and his new wife.
And my number one favorite part was Alex going to Ohio and seeing some of the inmates we haven’t seen for two seasons!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178435425016438786?s=20
It’s not like we got tidy wrap-ups for everyone, Big Boo and Soso are just living their prison lives, but seeing them again felt like closure.
And the endings continue: Blanca got the happy ending she deserved. Pornstache (I did not recognize him at all!) is raising Daya’s baby. Tasha (Taystee), with the financial help of Judy King, established the *Poussey Washington Fund* to help newly released inmates with financial literacy.
The ***[Poussey Washington Fund](https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/pwf/pousseywashingtonfund)*** is a real thing, and [you can donate to support it](https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/pwf/pousseywashingtonfund)!
> **The Poussey Washington Fund** will support eight preexisting non-profits to benefit organizations focused on social issues surrounding criminal justice and policy reform, immigrants’ rights and helping those affected by mass incarceration.
>
> –*The Orange Is The New Black* creative team
But what happened with Piper? Did she choose Zelda or Alex? Let’s take a look.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178450656312614913?s=20
I have a lot of feelings about this ending. Even though Piper has always gotten on my nerves, I wanted a definitive conclusion for Vauseman shippers. This was not that. What we can extrapolate from this one minute (only ONE MINUTE) scene, is Piper didn’t go to Northampton. She moved to Ohio, got a job at Starbucks, went back to school, and continued to try to make things work with Alex.
Will they make it? We don’t know because they didn’t even give us the audio of their visit! We have no idea what their conversation was. They could be rinse/repeating their pattern of cheating, mistrust, and fighting for the rest of Alex’s stay in prison. And after Alex is finally released, will they be able to adjust to life post-prison?
Y’all know my feelings regarding their relationship, but I’m a lover of OTPs and Endgames, and I know a lot of people were invested in Vauseman. For those folks, I imagine a future where Piper picks Alex up the day she is released and they live happily ever after.
While we’re at it, Nicky eventually leaves prison, flies to Egypt, gets Shani, marries her and they live happily ever after too.
There are very few shows I feel nailed the series finale — *Six Feet Under* being the best one of all. The *Orange Is the New Black* series finale was a good one. I will miss this show and these characters.
I’m going to end this recap with the finale end credits (scroll to 1:12). Goodbye, Litchfield. I’ll miss you.
https://youtube.com/5QGSTY4ZpOw?t=74
*The Deuce* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Normal Is a Lie” \[Live\]Abby, our favorite character from Old Saybrook, CT (my wife’s hometown), is at an art gallery opening where she meets a street artist named Pilar. Pilar is super flirty with Abby from minute 1 and invites her to see her art on Avenue A. Abby has to get to work, but maybe another time.
Ooooh, I just knew something was going to happen between these two, and I’m here for it.
Abby does cash in her rain check, and after they’re done perusing the art, she invites Pilar to a dance party.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178683696628535297?s=20
You go, Pilar. They dance and have fun at the party, but no more kissing or anything.
What do you all think? Is Abby maybe queer? I’ll be watching to find out!
*9-1-1* – Season 3 Episode 1 “Kids Today” \[Live\] There wasn’t a lot of queer in this episode, but we did find out Hen and Ren are actively trying to conceive (TTC)!
I could start a queer TTC rant, but I’m going to spare you all and let this one go. Plus, the show redeemed itself with this scene.
Finally, someone did some research on anonymous donors. And I LOVED Karen correcting Buck, making sure he understands it’s a donor and not a daddy.
I usually don’t like lesbian TTC plots, but I’ll give these two a pass since they already have a kid. Knowing this show, Karen’s probably going to give birth riding a shark during an earthquake caused by an erupting volcano.
*American Horror Story 1984* – Season 9 Episode 2 “Mr. Jingles” \[Live\] If you’ve been tuning into this 80s horror movie meets gay porn iteration of AHS, you know Montana has been flirty with Brooke since the first episode. In this one, Montana makes a move after Brooke shares the disastrous story of her wedding day.
Did you ever notice people on TV always need to “get some air?” Does anyone ever say that in real life? In this scenario, *air* is the cure for an unsolicited kiss from another girl.
*Grey’s Anatomy* – Season 16 Episode 1 “Nothing Left to Cling To” \[Live\] Amelia and Link were playing, “What’s a thing you’ve never done, but want to?” Amelia says, “Have a 3-way.” I guess if you want to pursue a 3-way and you work at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, the obvious person to solicit is Carina, the bisexual orgasm scientist!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1178703517219016704?s=20
Hitting on an OB is a comical way to find out you’re pregnant, but does that mean the pursuit of a 3-way stops? Just asking.
This week. One word. **BATWOMAN**!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, Orange is the New Black, The Deuce
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 23, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dear-white-people-season-three/)
**Published:** September 23, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We saw Poussey one last time on Orange is the New Black and I start recapping Dear White People season three.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we saw Poussey one last time on *Orange Is the New Black*, and I start recapping *Dear White People* season three.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Orange Is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Season 7 Episode 12 “The Big House” \[Streaming\]The last episode ended with an unhinged CO McCullough showing up on Piper’s doorstep to tell her about her and Alex. That let to Piper hooking up with Zelda soon after.
In this episode, McCullough tries to talk Alex out of breaking up with her.
She also tells her she went to Piper’s apartment and saw her with Zelda.
Alex is furious at McCullough for confronting Piper at her house. However, her fears over Zelda have now been confirmed.
Meanwhile back at Zelda’s sweet-ass apartment, Piper and Zelda’s snuggly morning after is interrupted by a call from Alex.
She takes her call and Alex apologies for McCullough showing up at her door. Piper is mad at Alex for lying to her face about McCullough, but Alex snaps back by asking about Zelda.
Piper travels to Litchfield to process this with Alex in person, and it’s a very sad, “where do we go from here?” conversation.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1175494056278921216?s=20
I don’t believe Alex had zero feelings for McCullough, and she’s putting all of the blame on the “fear of Piper leaving her” vs. her being drawn to women in need of rescuing. It’s totally unfair for her to say, “When things get hard, it’s easier for you to leave” because Piper was pretty faithful until she found out about the CO and ran back to Zelda.
On the other hand, Piper confesses to having feelings for Zelda and that would be terrifying if you were in jail and your wife on the outside hit it off with a fun, wealthy woman. Their conversation is cut short by the guards, and their future is left looking pretty bleak.
CO McCullough is not dealing well with being dumped and goes to the Warden to confess.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1175777303516893185?s=20
The not having acted on it part was a lie, but McCullough manages to get Alex a transfer to another prison.
McCullough delivers the news to Alex, and she doesn’t take it well.
The paperwork says she’s going to Ohio which puts yet another obstacle in way of relationship success for Alex and Piper.
In the last moments of this episode, Taystee is at a low point and considering suicide. Poussey comes back from the dead to talk her out of it in the form of a flashback.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1175780181430218754?s=20
I’ll never forgive the show for killing off Poussey, but at least we got one scene with her in this last season to remember her.
*[Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Chapter III” \[Live\][*Dear White People* season three is really queer](https://www.pride.com/tv/2019/8/08/dear-white-people-breaks-new-ground-black-lgbtq-representation), y’all! It’s mostly about Lionel and his journey finding a community of queer friends but meets a few new characters as well.
Lionel meets a new friend D’Unte while getting checked for STIs. D’Unte takes him under his wing and introduces him to the gay scene at Winchester U. The first place he takes him to is a ki at the queer fraternity house, “House of No Pi.”
Lionel thinks the name is funny, “Oh, like vagina-free zone.”
Gay men don’t like lesbians — haha that’s so hilarious!
Okay, that joke is tired, but in *Dear White People* season three, we meet a new transgender character named Genifer, and Kelsey gets some relationship screen time. Stay tuned as I recap more episodes!
We’re here, people! The new TV season starts this week! I will do my best to keep up as new shows and our old faves start to air.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Dear White People, Orange is the New Black
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 16, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-cable-girls-season-four/)
**Published:** September 16, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** BH90210 has a finale episode while The Deuce has a premiere one and Cable Girls season four is off to a very queer start.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *BH90210* has a finale episode while *The Deuce* has a premiere, and Cable Girls season four is off to a very queer start.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “The Camera Loves You” \[Live\]*The Deuce* is back, and we’re in 1985! I had my fingers crossed Irene ([Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/)) would be back and she was! She has gone from Sex Emporium manager to Porn camera person. There wasn’t a lot of her in this episode, but she got the best line.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1172643568411918336?s=20
Those may be the truest words spoken by a lesbian character in the entire history of television.
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “The Long Wait” \[Live\] This week on the Straightest OG *90210* Binge-Watch Ever, I made it to season two where we meet Emily Valentine’s character. Y’all didn’t tell me she had a *Fatal Attraction*-style story arc. Or the fact she dosed Brandon with “Euphoria.” Were you not allowed to say the word “Ecstasy” on TV in the 90s? Wow, her character is intense, but she made the show’s issue-of-the-week formula more interesting.
Now, for the new *BH90120* season one finale.
The gang made it to the wrap party, but Christine says the next hurdle is getting picked up. Tori thinks it’s in the bag, but actually it’s between them and a The O.C. reboot. Of course, I had to Google to see if there actually is an *O.C.* reboot in the works and there’s not.
At the party, Jennie asks Gabrielle about her marriage and says they hope they work it out because her husband is a great guy.
Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling as an intentional comedic pair (not an ironic one like in the original) are so funny. I really love how they react to all the Gabrielle stuff.
Tori manages to get a copy of the pilot’s testing results and the comments aren’t very flattering for the cast.
I guess Gabrielle was going for serious but it came off as funny. Much like the “drugs are bad” episode of OG *90210* when they went to the underground party.
Even though *The O.C.* did better in testing, Fox chooses *90210*! The gang is off to New York to promote the show, and while checking into the hotel, there is an awkward meeting between Christine and Gabrielle’s husband Chris.
Chris and Christine. Was that on purpose?
Later, Gabrielle tells her husband exactly who Christine is, but he already figured it out.
I guess he can just sense who the person his wife is having her sexual self-discovery with.
He took it pretty well, and didn’t get jealous or angry, but, his patience is not going to last forever.
What happens to Gabrielle and her marriage is just ONE of many cliffhangers we’re left with at the end of season one! Please listen to Jennie Garth and let Fox know you want more *BH90210*!
https://twitter.com/jenniegarth/status/1171966979088900096?s=20
*[Orange Is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Season 7 Episode 11 “God Bless America” \[Streaming\] Another episode and another round of Piper and Alex trying to hold their relationship together. Piper makes a grandiose gesture and mails Alex a shipping envelope full of little slips of paper, each with a reason why she loves her. Alex is supposed to open one each week for the rest of her prison stay.
Alex says she loves it, but later when Piper tells her she’s going to a fancy Gala as Zelda’s plus one, you can tell Alex is concerned about their growing friendship.
Piper and Sophia run into each other at their probation officer’s office and reconnect. I was so happy to see Sophia and know she is doing well post-prison. I appreciate the show tying up loose ends in this last season with single character appearances here and there.
Sophia does Piper’s hair for the fancy gala and tells Piper she’s happy she moved on.
Sophia is like, “No, you gotta let go of prison life.” Now that they’re out they are free to live the life they want. Piper insists she is dedicated to Alex and her relationship, but Sophia remains skeptical.
Back in prison, Alex again tries to end things with CO McCullough. She does not take the news well.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1173314337731153922?s=20
[Emily Tarver](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-tarver/) does such a good job of making McCullough rip my heart out. I feel so bad for her, but I guess those little love notes made Alex rethink their situation.
Back in the ICE prison, Shani’s deportation is imminent and she writes Nicky a goodbye note. I paused the video and transcribed it for you all:
```
Dear Nicky,They are taking me back to Egypt today. I wish I could have thanked you for adding a little bit of humanity to this place. It is people like you that keep people like me alive. You meant more to me than...
```
Just then an ICE CO comes to take her away. Shani quickly gets the note to the kitchen staff so they can give it to Nicky.
This segues into a Shani pre-prison flashback.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1173327215192412160?s=20
What we’re supposed to extrapolate from this is Shani’s family was going to commit her to death for being gay and to avoid that she escaped to the US.
Not to be a jerk, but I Googled the [Egyptian laws regarding homosexuality](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Egypt). I wanted to see if I was understanding things correctly. Female homosexuality is not specifically outlawed, but under morality laws, punishment can be up to 17 years in prison with or without hard labor & fines. I’m not sure exactly what she is walking into back home, but it is not good.
Meanwhile, Piper had a wonderful time at the Gala with Zelda and after Zelda walks her home, she asks if Piper is going to invite her in.
Even though it’s been made clear in the last couple of episodes Piper is attracted to Zelda, she stays true to Alex and turns Zelda down. Zelda is understanding and they say goodbye. Just as Piper opens the door to her apartment building, a very disheveled CO McCullough shows up on her doorstep.
Wow, McCullough looked so unhinged I didn’t recognize her at first! She tells her Alex thinks she’s being a good faithful wife while she’s actually running around with Zelda. She also says Alex has moved on — with her. Piper calls her crazy and threatens to call the police, but McCullough leaves on her own with these parting words.
I guess a scary visit from your prison wife’s sidepiece was enough to drive Piper into Zelda’s arms.
Back at Litchfield, Nicky gets the note from Shani and it’s as heartbreaking as you can imagine.
Ugh, that was so fucking sad. This show knows how to keep you in a perpetual state of despair.
*[Cable Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)* (*[Las chicas del cable](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)*) – Season 4 Episode 1 “Chapter 25: Equality” \[Streaming\] My wife and I finally started Cable Girls season four. The season opens up with a 1-year time jump and Carlota running for Mayor on a very progressive platform.
[Luis Jiménez de Asúa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Jim%C3%A9nez_de_As%C3%BAa) and [Victoria Kent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Kent) were real people. Luis Jiménez de Asúa, authored published text in defense of sexual and reproductive freedoms and Victoria Kent was a lesbian lawyer and politician who ironically opposed women’s right to vote.
In the progressive safety bubble of *The White Lady*, Carlota and Oscar dance and talk about the campaign.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1173378914305155078?s=20
They are so cute, but this is a telenovela, and things can’t stay sweet for very long. A dude comes up to Carlota and tells her opponent, Gregorio Diaz, wants to meet with her outside. Uh oh.
Carlota gets into his car (bad move number one) where he shows her photos of her and Oscar.
He threatens her saying he’ll give the photos to the press unless she drops out of the race. Carlota is pissed, and she says she’ll expose him for being a piece of shit. But he gets to her by saying she and Oscar’s lives will be threatened if their relationship goes public.
A blackmailer and a transphobic piece of shit.
That night, Oscar can tell something is wrong with Carlota. He thinks it’s just nerves over an upcoming debate on the radio, but Carlota has those photos on her mind.
Carlota and Gregorio go into the studio for their mayoral debate with Oscar, Carlos and the girls there to support her. With the debate underway, Carlota drops this bomb.
Carlota’s entourage is like, “Why are you doing this?” and instead of coming clean about the blackmail, Carlota says it’s about protecting her and Oscar’s relationship.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1173391973241237504?s=20
That scene is really cute, and I love a sweeping romantic gesture on television, but it’s not the entire reason Carlota’s dropping out.
The next day, Lydia goes to pick Carlota up and bring her to her wedding, and she’s not even dressed yet. The truth comes spilling out, and Carlota tells Lydia all about the blackmail and photos. Instead of going to her wedding, Carlota is going to meet with Gregorio at a hotel and get those pictures.
At the wedding, Lydia is bugging out because Carlota has not shown up and she assumes something has gone terribly wrong with the photo exchange. She finally tells Oscar and the girls what’s really going on, and they all head to the hotel to rescue Carlota. They, along with the police and hotel staff, storm into Gregorio’s hotel room to find Gregorio dead on the floor and Carlota holding what looks like the murder weapon.
That scene was telenovela perfection and I am SO here for it!
It looks like *Cable Girls* season four is going to be all about getting Carlota cleared of Gregorio’s murder. Pass the popcorn.
I get a little break this week before our shows start coming back for the Fall season. My wife and I are going to use the time to finish the new season of Dear White People and Cable Girls season four.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, Cable Girls, Orange is the New Black, The Deuce
---
### [Queer Beats - September 27, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-september-27-2019/)
**Published:** September 27, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the Emmys gave us multiple queer reunions and the Nikki and Nora universe expanded!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, the Emmys gave us multiple queer reunions and the Nikki and Nora universe expanded!
Before I start, everyone should check out Mika’s [Emmy Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2019-emmy-roundup/) because she covers all queer Emmy things that happened at the awards show!
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
In case you’ve forgotten (I’m sure you haven’t), there is a Juliantina movie in our future. Their popularity has really soared across the world and, in Mexico, they will be gracing the cover of Elle this October:
https://twitter.com/ccplus/status/1177398953811144705?s=20
The ship were together this past week which also means we got some cute content:
https://twitter.com/juliantina_PH/status/1177093222595608576?s=20
## [American Gods](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-gods/)
[Devery Jacobs](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kawennahere-devery-jacobs/) is the newest guest to be added to the QFX East guest lineup!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1176225638665117701?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
At this point, I am desperate for any ThunderGrace content I can get my hands on. They were unfortunately not included in the new Black Lightning trailer, but the news came out that we will get to see a young [Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/) this season!
https://twitter.com/stellalsmith/status/1176960703179173897?s=20
## [Nikki and Nora](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/)
In big queer TV news this week, Mandahla Rose and [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) (a real life couple, by the way) announced that they will be starring in a new series, Delta and Daisy!
https://twitter.com/DeltaAndDaisy/status/1175122458707288065?s=20
It will be a spinoff of the beloved [Nikki & Nora](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/) series. Be sure to visit their [IndieGoGo page ](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/help-us-fund-delta-daisy#/)to help fund the show!
https://twitter.com/NicolePacent/status/1175169182721142784?s=20
While we are on this topic, Mandahla was also announced as another QFX East guest!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1175126108204933120?s=20
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Did anyone feel themselves get gayer after looking at these post-Emmy shots of [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/)? Just me? Cool.
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1176872086691897344?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
I’m definitely a little late to this news but the Hollywood Reporter announced that [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) and Ilene Chaiken will be adapting *Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo* for Freeform, which is essentially a dream come true because I loved the book!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1174805415114280962?s=20
Also, this mini L Word reunion happened at the Emmys. As a [Shane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shane-mccutcheon/)/[Carmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carmen-de-la-pica-morales/) stan, I was *very* happy!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B2xKbd4Jwvs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
She-Ra’s creator, [Noelle Stevenson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/noelle-stevenson/), got married this week and let’s all just *sigh* over how beautiful the pictures are:
https://twitter.com/Gingerhazing/status/1175893017242132480?s=20
## [Veep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veep/)
Clea Duvall was at the Emmys (Veep) and so was Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) which led to this perfect *But I’m A Cheerleader* mini-reunion:
https://twitter.com/outmagazine/status/1175961984443080704?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
WayHaught fans, rejoice! [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) and [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) will also be at QFX East in May!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1176496424583946242?s=20
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1176496378404659202?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Black Lightning, Killing Eve, The L Word, Wynonna Earp
---
### [2019 Emmy Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2019-emmy-roundup/)
**Published:** September 25, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Emmys are over and they were actually pretty queer!
**Content:**
The odds of queer actors, characters, and shows winning an Emmy are pretty low since we generally don’t get nominated as much all that. This goes back to the low percentages of network shows where a main character (or subject) is queer.
## Comedy Series
Of the seven shows nominated, all had queer rep as at least recurring character. That said, some (*[Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/)*) had much better rep than others (*Barry*, *[The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/)*). The winner was *[Fleabag](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fleabag/)*, which has a lead disaster bisexual. Comedy, like sci-fi, tends to be a safer place to ‘play gay’ on TV still. It’s okay, after all, to laugh at the queers.
### Lead Actress
Only one actor nominated portrayed a queer character, and it was the winner: [Phoebe Waller-Bridge](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/phoebe-waller-bridge/) as [Fleabag](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fleabag/) on *[Fleabag](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fleabag/)*. This is indicative of television’s lack of risk taking, but also diversity. Every single nominee? Was white.
### Supporting Actress
Back to back wins for [Alex Borstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-borstein/) and her ‘we’re pretty sure she’s gay’ [Susie Meyerson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susie-meyerson/) on *[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)*. While we’re thrilled for Susie, she’s the only queer nominee for the category and she’s not *really* out yet. Our wish for season three? Susie gets a girlfriend and settles that argument.
Oh. And yes, Kate McKinnon was nominated but they said “for various characters” so who knows if it was for her queer ones or not.
### Miscellaneous Awards
- *Fleabag* really just swept a lot of things, getting a win for directing, writing, single-camera picture editing, and more.
- Out actress [Jane Lynch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jane-lynch/), got the win for Guest Actress in a comedy, and *Fleabag*‘s Kristin Scott Thomas was nominated.
- Best stunts in a comedy went deservedly to *[GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)*. All those bumps and blows worked for the best.
- My beloved *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* won for multi-camera picture editing in a comedy, for the episode “The Funeral”
## Drama Series
Neither *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* nor *[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)* got the win for drama. That went to *[Game of Thrones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/game-of-thrones/)* which should get some prize for not killing off all the lesbians. In fact, a lot of awards went to *Game of Thrones* for what is generally considered not to be their best season.
### Lead Actor
Billy Porter won for *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* and a more deserved win I cannot think of. His performance as Pray Tell is one of my favourite things about *Pose*. Oh let’s be honest, everyone on *Pose* is one of my favourite things.
### Lead Actress
[Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) won as [Villanelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/villanelle/) on *[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)* and queer lady fandom’s screams could be heard at 30 thousand feet. Also nominated was [Viola Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/viola-davis/) as disaster bisexual lawyer [Annalise Keating](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/annalise-keating/), and honestly I would have been happy if either won. But for Jodie to win was a surprise to me, since I didn’t think the mentally unstable sociopathic killer would ever get a nod.
### Miscellaneous Awards
- Ron Cephas Jones (who plays bisexual William Hill on *[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)*) was nominated for guest actor in a drama.
- [Laverne Cox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laverne-cox/) ([Sophia Bursett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophia-bursett/) on *[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)*) was nominated for guest actress. Cherry Jones won as Holly on *[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)*.
## Other Awards…
The biggest takeaway of the night was Jharrel Jerome, the first Afro-Latinx to win anything, took lead actor in a limited series for his portrayal of Korey Wise in *When They See Us*. Behind that was the best supporting actor in a limited series, which went to Ben Whishaw as Norman in *A Very English Scandal*.
- Hannah Gadsby won for outstanding writing for *Nanette*.
- *[Crazy Ex-Girlfriend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/)*, which has some pretty awesome bisexual rep won for best choreography in a scripted show for their performance of “Routines: Don’t Be a Lawyer, Antidepressants Are So Not a Big Deal” — they also won for the original lyrics and music for the song.
- *Queer Eye* won for outstanding directing and picture editing in a reality show, and structured reality show (which is basically winning their category)
- *RuPaul’s Drag Race* won for best hairstyling on a multi-camera series or special, and RuPaul herself won for best reality host. Oh and outstanding competition show. You know, nothing major.
- *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* won for best hairstyling on a single-camera series, as well as a handful of other nods for music.
- Netflix’s *[Love, Death, & Robots](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-death-robots/)* collected a lot of animation wins.
- *RENT* (the musical from Fox) won for lighting design/direction for a variety special, as well as best production design.
- Seth McFarlane won for voice actor.
- Patricia Arquette won for a straight role, but took the time to bring up trans rights on the stage and the memory of her sister, Alexis.
- Laverne Cox’s clutch stole the show in many ways.
Photo by Christopher PolkVarietyShutterstock 10405777cu Laverne Cox bag detail 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Arrivals Microsoft Theatre Los Angeles USA 22 Sep 2019Whew.
The queers did a lot better than we might have predicted, but we need a lot more rep in the mainstream awards if we’re going to slay more than the runway.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Emmys
---
### [Growth of Representation](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/growth-of-representation/)
**Published:** October 2, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Understanding the impact of canceled shows to characters on-air demonstrates a less close relation than one might expect.
**Content:**
Now that we have the data showing how [many characters are on-air per year](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-by-character/), we’re able to look at the representation and how it grows from year to year.
## Peak TV vs Queer TV
We already know a few things going on. First, [Peak TV’s growth isn’t over](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/). Scripted television continues to increase. With the advent of more and more streaming channels, networks are able to experiment with new formulas for story telling. They’re also increasing the sheer number of shows, scripted and not, with varying degrees of success.
And with the relatively news that Netflix is struggling to get more subscribers and the reports that they’re not attracting as much top talent, the spread of where we subscribe is only going to grow as well.
With that, one might think that the volume of Queer TV would grow commensurately, however that has been proven not to be the case. [Since 2017, the number of shows on air has ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/)*[decreased](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/)*.
As you can see, the basic ratio remains the same for shows, though the crossover of growth (where canceled outpaced new shows) occurred in 2017.
## Fewer Shows, Fewer Characters
It’s only now, with that new data, that we’re able to see the impact that has on characters on air. And when we look at all the data compared to it self, we can see that the growth of shows directly impacts that of characters.
It’s logical to have fewer characters on air if you have fewer shows. However, to have such a precipitous drop like this, where we’re behind last year by over 300 characters, is startling.
Given that we have 1.65 characters per show, the drop is double what one might expect.
## Characters and Death
As always, we also want to look at the impact this has on the number of dead characters per year. You would expect that growth to mimic that of the number of characters on air, however instead what we see is that death is a steadier line.
The implications here is that the number of characters who die per year has absolutely no relation at all to the number of characters. That relies somewhat on an assumption that the people making the decision to kill off characters have no data on the percentages.
YearCharactersDeadPercent2019529254.73%2018843344.03%2017817394.77%2016733466.28%2015689395.66%2014489255.11%2013451275.99%2012321175.30%2011306165.23%2010273124.40%200924972.81%The percentage of death clearly has no relationship to the volume of characters over all.
## Where does this take us?
Clearly my predictions for 2019 are not correct. We won’t get 300 more characters in three months. We still may get the ten more dead characters, as winter sweeps will be upon us before we know it.
One thing to note: those 300 characters do not have to be *new* characters. So there may be some returning favourites, but even so, many of those are already listed because they were on air for the 2018-2019 season.
I don’t know where the 2019-2020 season will take us, but at least I know we get *Batwoman*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [Celebrate Bi Visibility Day With These 12 Awesome Bisexual Characters!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/celebrate-bi-visibility-day-with-our-x-favorite-bi-characters/)
**Published:** September 23, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** To celebrate Bi Visibility Day, I wanted to highlight the characters I felt bring great bisexual representation to the small screen.
**Content:**
**Happy Bi Visibility day, everyone!** We still have a long way to go when it comes to visible, accurate and positive bi representation in media, but the optimist in me thinks it’s better than it has ever has been. With more actresses coming out as bi and advocating for their characters, we have more positive bisexual role models on TV than ever before.
On this day of celebration, I wanted to highlight bisexual characters I felt bring great bisexual representation to the small screen. It was really difficult pairing it down to a manageable number — that’s a good sign, right?
Grace Choi played by [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) on [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
We don’t know a lot about Grace yet, since she’s only been on a few episodes of *Black Lightning* season one, but we do know she has awesome chemistry with Anissa and she is totally out as bi.
I feel you, Grace, coming out to Asian parents. It is not easy.
It looks like the tweets the queer *Black Lightning* fandom sent into the Universe were answered and we’re getting more Grace in season two.
> I was really full of gratitude when I saw this. Thank you @cw\_blacklightning ❤️ Love you guys. And we’re a month away!! Mark your calendars! You ready for it?? 😊💕👌🏽Tues Oct 9 | 8C @ The CW [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheCW](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheCW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Hggsc3dxKx](https://t.co/Hggsc3dxKx)
>
> — Chantal Thuy (@Chantal\_Thuy) [September 11, 2018](https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1039592634065477632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am so ready to see what happens with Anissa and Grace when *Black Lighting* comes back on October 9.
[Mel Béart](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mel-beart/) played by [Luciana Bollina](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/luciana-bollina/) on [*RED*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
This one may get me in trouble. Mel does leave her boyfriend for a woman and I know that’s a negative bi trope, but I can’t help the way I feel — I love Mel. She’s an interesting character and totally caring and beautiful. She also doesn’t round to gay from bi when in a relationship with a woman even though her friend gives her shit for it.
*RED* is such a well done show in general, and Mel being a major part of what makes it so good, influenced me to add her to the list.
[Toni Topaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toni-topaz/) played by [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) on [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
When we learned Toni would be joining *Riverdale* in season two we were dubious. We were afraid she’d be the token queer female character on the show, but instead she turned out to be a respectfully written character and a great addition to the cast.
Toni’s story line with Cheryl coming out to her and the two of them eventually dating, has been really great. Cheryl is a classic high school villainous character, but Toni gets her and I love it. I especially loved the scene where Toni rescues Cheryl from the Gay Conversion Institution.
> Here is the big Toni rescuing Cheryl scene. It was so sweet and perfect. [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/H9vpuKmPhc](https://t.co/H9vpuKmPhc)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/979163855413751809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Fingers crossed there is way more Choni in season three (and they don’t cut their scenes) which premieres on Wednesday, October 10.
[Isobel Song](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isobel/) played by [Zoë Chao](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-chao/) on [*Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strangers/)
*Strangers* is a great web series that airs on Facebook Watch and it stars Isobel, a bisexual, biracial 20-something trying to get her life together.
In addition to the show never straying from visible bi rep, I also appreciate its portrayal of someone with a biracial identity. As a half-Asian person myself, I have always seen similarities between being biracial and bisexual: pressure on you to “choose a side,” the communities you are a part of not accepting you or taking you seriously as community member and not feeling like you belong.
You so rarely see this taken on in shows and I love *Strangers* for doing that.
[Nova Bordelon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nova-bordelon/) played by [Rutina Wesley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutina-wesley/) on [*Queen Sugar*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
Nova, the out bisexual activist writer of the Bordelon siblings, is a bold character on *Queen Sugar*. I think she also represents a portion of the bi spectrum we don’t see as much of on TV — a bi woman who mostly dates people of the opposite sex, but maintains a strong, out bi identity.
Another great thing about her character is she is played by Rutina Wesley who is engaged to her cute New Orleans chef girlfriend.
> [ View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BninkafAk1h/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading) [My 💜 @chef\_shonda…My calm before the storm…Happy Birthday my Queen! May your light shine even brighter today as you receive all the blessings this new birth year will bring….I love you…always more never less…🌈💝](https://www.instagram.com/p/BninkafAk1h/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading)
>
> A post shared by [ Rutina Wesley](https://www.instagram.com/rutina_wesley/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_medium=loading) (@rutina\_wesley) on Sep 10, 2018 at 2:40am PDT
I love it when queer actors play queer characters.
[Kate Littlejohn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-littlejohn/) played by [Susannah Flood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/susannah-flood/) on [*For The People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/)
Kate Littlejohn is one of my favorite characters on TV right now. She’s all serious, private and 110% focused on her work, but towards the end of season we start to see she is capable of having feelings. I love that trope.
At the end of season one we have Kate dating ATF agent, Anya Ooms, but also having feelings for her “arrogant on the outside and sweet on the inside” co-worker, Leonard. Who will she choose in season two? I have pledged to stay relationship agnostic for Kate and hope she winds up with the person who makes her happiest.
[Kat Sandoval](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-sandoval/) played by [Sara Ramierez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-ramierez/) on [*Madam Secretary*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/madam-secretary/)
Full disclosure, I haven’t watched much of Madam Secretary, but I wanted to include Kat because she is played by fierce out bi visibility advocate, Sara Ramirez. Also, she is a gender non-conforming bisexual/pansexual person which is a character rarely seen in the media.
I loved this moment when Kat comes out on the show.
> Happy [\#BiVisibilityDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BiVisibilityDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/42iY82an3I](https://t.co/42iY82an3I)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1043834949265248256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This scene seems to be a metaphor for Sara herself and her change in gender expression. I wonder if she had any influence on how it was written. I appreciate the character for having the patience to explain her identity, because I’m sure a lot of viewers at home had similar questions.
[Kalinda Sharma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kalinda-sharma/) played by [Archie Panjabi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/archie-panjabi/) on [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)
*The Good Wife* is one of my favorite shows of all time and Kalinda is one of my favorite characters. She’s the foxy, super smart and very private in-house investigator at Lockhart/Gardner.
Throughout the series she has casual relationships and encounters with mostly women and some men and she never waivers from a non-monosexual identity even though some of her bang-hangs would like her to.
I miss her character, and I’m not happy with the way the show gave her the fade away, but she will always be one of my favorites.
[Bo Dennis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bo-dennis/) played by [Anna Silk](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-silk/) on [*Lost Girl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)
We can’t have a favorite bisexual character list without our beloved bi succubus, right? When Bo came on the screen 8 years ago, there weren’t any characters on TV explicitly sleeping with and having relationships with both men and women like Bo on Lost Girl.
Lost Girl raised the bar when it came to queer folks getting screen time and sex scene equality on shows. It also kept its main bisexual love triangle going throughout all 5 seasons.
[Callie Torres](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/callie-torres/) played by [Sara Ramierez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-ramierez/) on [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
Callie Torres, the OG bisexual, is the longest running queer character on television appearing on 11 seasons and 239 episodes of *Grey’s Anatomy*. When she was dating women she still maintained a strong bisexual identity and said the “B word” many times on the show.
It’s so important to get the message across that bi folks are still bi no matter who they are in a relationship with. Being with a member of the same or opposite sex does not change your sexual orientation and Callie repeatedly made this fact clear on the show.
Also, after leaving Grey’s, Sara Ramirez (the actor who played Callie) came out as bi herself and became a vocal advocate for bi visibility.
[Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) played by [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) on *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*Sara F\*cking Lance — the unkillable, bisexual, kick-ass, former assassin, time-traveling captain of the Waverider and leader of the Legends. She is one of the longest running queer characters on the Arrowverse, and super out as bi.
Even while being started down by her Earth-X dad in a concentration camp, she still stays bravely out.
Sara is a bisexual lead character and the boss on a currently running network show. She’s also funny, strong and entertaining AF. I love her on *Legends of Tomorrow* and I can’t wait to see what’s in store for her character on the upcoming season.
[Rosa Diaz ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/)played by [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) on [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)I chose Rosa as my number one for a few reasons. I love her character. I relate to Rosa so much, I’m cynical, I hate talking about feelings, and I’m generally allergic to anything corny. She makes me laugh and nod in agreement on every episode.
I also love that the actor who plays her, Stephanie Beatriz, came out as bisexual and then became a fierce and vocal advocate for bi visibility. She attended ClexaCon this year and joined multiple panels. It’s so important for people to see out actors as supportive role models.
Finally, she advocated for her character to come out on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She said that she wanted her character to say the “B word” because that was really important to her and her character did just that.
Since then Rosa has had some great story lines including coming out to her parents and having a meet-cute with Alicia the ride-share driver played by Gina Rodriguez. There has also been plenty of hilarious scenes.
Thank goodness the show was saved by NBC after Fox cancelled it. I have my fingers crossed Gina comes back next season and her and Rosa get to date.
That’s my **Bi Visibility day** list! Which bisexual characters on TV do you love? Let us know in the comments.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, For the People, Grey's Anatomy, Legends of Tomorrow, Lost Girl, Madam Secretary, Queen Sugar, RED, Riverdale, Strangers, The Good Wife
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### [Queer Beats - September 20, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-september-20-2019/)
**Published:** September 20, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we found out that Angelica Ross will be hosting a presidential forum (thank god!), The Fosters will be getting back together, and ODAAT proved the haters wrong.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we found out that Angelica Ross will be hosting a presidential forum (thank god!), The Fosters will be getting back together, and ODAAT proved the haters wrong.
## [BIFL: The Series](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9664134/)
Have you been itching to finally see BIFL The Series? If you are in the Chicago area, you can go watch all the episodes at Reeling Fest, a LBGTQ+ film festival!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1173282598795325440?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
We are getting so close to the Black Lightning premiere! In the meantime, [Chantal ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/)has continued to give us some behind-the-scenes ThunderGrace content:
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1174077720701132800?s=20
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
I never even seen The Fosters but, as a diehard Good Trouble fan, this news is still *very exciting*:
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1174367708537921537?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
This new trailer for The L Word reboot got me really amped but being reminded that the premiere date is still so far away brought me back down.
https://twitter.com/sho_thelword/status/1174782586163515396?s=21
## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)
Jane Lynch recently won an Emmy for her guest role on Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and, in an interview this week, she dropped some info about an in-development TV show that will star her and Cyndi Lauper. Can’t wait to hear more about that!
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1173420401881468928?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Here’s to all the haters (aka Netflix)! One Day At A Time won an Emmy this week, despite the fact that it had been cancelled by Netflix earlier this year. Don’t forget to continue following the show in its new journey with PopTV!
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1173451207743950848?s=20
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
This news about [Angelica Ross](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angelica-ross/) hosting a presidential forum specifically about LBGTQ issues is truly music to my ears.
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1173628877517787136?s=20
While we are on the topic of Pose, the show won a lot of Autostraddle awards this week! Make sure to check out all the other winners as well:
https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/1174389023445372931?s=20
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
Can’t deal with the cliffhanger at the end of season 5 of RED? Don’t worry, production is underway for season 6 and it will start off right where the last season left off!
https://twitter.com/_germana/status/1174363012368601088?s=20
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
QFX announced this week that three members of the Runaways cast will be joining their convention in May: [Lyrica Okano](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/), Ariela Barer, and [Clarissa Thibeaux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clarissa-thibeaux/).
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1172598864253206530?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Deleted scenes from the last season of Supergirl were released this week and included was an [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)/[Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/) hospital scene that was cut. Not sure why the show actively chooses to give us less queer content but alas! At least we see it now!
https://twitter.com/TargaryenHalsey/status/1173829823447191552?s=20
There is also a lengthy gag reel which includes funny moments from all our faves:
https://twitter.com/dunnomaybeyou/status/1173343034844561409?s=20
## [Take My Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/)
We all miss Take My Wife and this article doesn’t make it any easier but [Cameron Esposito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cameron-esposito/)‘s thoughts on her divorce is definitely worth a read:
https://twitter.com/teganandsara/status/1172551734574534656?s=20
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
[Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) was featured in PAPER magazine this week and, if you think I will ever tire of seeing new pictures of Mishel, you are very wrong.
https://twitter.com/papermagazine/status/1169395970141913088?s=20
## [Work in Progress](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8999866/)
Another queer show! Hooray! Showtime gave this new series, created by Abby McEnany and executive produced by Lily Wachowski, a series order and I can’t wait to see more unique queer rep on my tv.
https://twitter.com/TheSecondCity/status/1174006194333245440?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
I feel like we have waited years for our Wynonna Earp Pops but we are finally getting closer:
https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1174127451829653504?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** BIFL, Black Lightning, Good Trouble, One Day at a Time, Pose, RED, Runaways, Supergirl, Take My Wife, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Vida, Work in Progress, Wynonna Earp
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### [Fall 2019 Preview – Network TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/fall-2019-preview-network-tv/)
**Published:** September 18, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The US is gearing up for another season, and this time three stations are bringing in new shows, but the CW is still ruling the roost.
**Content:**
It’s that time again for Network TV to begin in the US and this year.
## Returning Favourites
The majority of the shows on the CW have queers, if not all.
Monday*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* (Fox @ 8pm)
*[All-American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/)* (CW @ 8pm)
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* (CW @ 9pm)Tuesday*[Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)* (Fox @ 9pm)Wednesday*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* (CW @ 8pm)Thursday*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* (ABC @ 8pm)
*[The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/)* (NBC @ 9pm)
*[How to Get Away with Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)* (ABC @ 9pm)
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* (CW @ 9pm)Friday*[American Housewife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-housewife/)* (ABC @ 8pm)
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* (CW @ 8pm)
*[Fresh off the Boat](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fresh-off-the-boat/)* (ABC @ 8:30pm)Sunday*[God Friended Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/god-friended-me/)* (CBS @ 8pm)
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* (CW @ 8pm)
*[Madam Secretary](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/madam-secretary/)* (NBC @ 10pm)Coming back at midseason will be *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* (CW), *[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* (NBC), *[DC’s Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* (CW), *[Good Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/)* (CW), *[In the Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-the-dark/)* (CW), and *[Will & Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/)* (NBC).
## New Favourites
Then we have the new shows you’ll want to make time for.
Wednesday*Stumptown* (ABC @ 9pm)Sunday*Batwoman* (CW @ 9pm)Midseason will bring us *Council of Dads* (NBC) and *Katy Keen* (CW), both of which will have queer characters.
The number is actually four times higher than last year, which is great, but at the same time there’s clearly some room for improvement.
## What Are You Looking Forward To?
I’m so excited for everyone to watch *Batwoman* and I can barely wait the two and a half weeks left. Not that I’m counting down or anything.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Fall TV
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### [Queer Beats - September 13, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-september-13-2019/)
**Published:** September 13, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, the CW released new trailers, Indya Moore continued to be inspiring, and Orphan Black returned in a new audio series.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, the CW released new trailers, Indya Moore continued to be inspiring, and Orphan Black returned in a new audio series.
## [Amar A Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
The Juliantina fandom is still going strong and continues to get all the content they deserve:
https://twitter.com/JuIiantinaNews/status/1172231087126274048?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
Meanwhile, Batwoman fans finally got the trailer *we* deserve:
https://youtube.com/WOGTn3TT1Mw
Now that we are less than a month away from the premiere, the media coverage is ramping up and delivered these two [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) interviews this week:
https://twitter.com/batwomanupdates/status/1170790545825964033?s=20
https://twitter.com/ArrowverseNewsx/status/1171638615644024834?s=20
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Chantal](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) is heading back to the Black Lightning set! Always good news for us ThunderGrace stans.
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1170820081380724739?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
This week, [Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) reminded us all to get our CarmillaCon tickets before the convention next month:
https://twitter.com/baumanelise/status/1171896259390660614?s=20
## [Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)
A new Legacies trailer has finally been released. The show will be back October 10th!
https://twitter.com/poppoIIs/status/1172183524885110785?s=20
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
As usual, this isn’t necessarily *news*, but I felt like we all deserved to see it:
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1171152026647924736?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
OKAY EVERYONE! There’s a pretty big chance y’all are tired of hearing me scream about this but, unfortunately, it’s not possible for me to stop. The first episode of the [Orphan Black: The Next Chapter](https://www.serialbox.com/serials/orphan-black?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6bTal_LN5AIVkIjICh1v5gGCEAAYASAAEgKJz_D_BwE) audio series was released this week and hearing all the clones’ voices again was truly music to my ears. [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) continues to prove how talented she is and we were showered with all the OB-related articles this week:
https://twitter.com/insidethetube/status/1171532799213359110?s=20
https://twitter.com/serialboxpub/status/1171176458368245767?s=20
https://twitter.com/noradominick/status/1171544186916655105?s=20
## [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
Amy Acker will be at Comic Con Paris next month!
https://twitter.com/AmyAcker/status/1171975736086818816?s=20
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
[Indya Moore](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/indya-moore/) continued to inspire us all this week.
https://twitter.com/i_D/status/1172117697481588737?s=20
Indya wore images of murdered trans women on their earrings at an event this week. They continue to speak out against the treatment of trans women of color across the country and are willing to bring attention to the issue at all costs.
https://twitter.com/WomenintheWorld/status/1171399421457813509?s=20
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
In the most shocking news of the week, it was announced that [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) will be joining Riverdale! This is both a win and a loss for me because I quit Riverdale but I am always happy to have more Mishel content. So I guess I am going back to the show! Although, I wish she could visit the show as [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/) just to yell at everyone.
https://twitter.com/MishelPrada/status/1170882611943624704?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Considering this is from the last day of filming, this will probably be our first and only Deanoru behind-the-scenes content, but it’s still exciting!
https://twitter.com/karolinaswitch/status/1170765265673453568?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I don’t usually cover Supercorp news here because it’s not canon (yet), but this card from [Katie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katie-mcgrath/) to some Supercorp fans was pretty cute:
https://twitter.com/supercorpzine/status/1169998760916725761?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Carmilla, Legacies, Lucifer, Orphan Black, Person of Interest, Pose, Riverdale, Runaways, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 9, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-glow-season-three/)
**Published:** September 9, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We learn more about Alex's pre-prison life on Orange is the New Black and Yolanda and Arthie process relationship issues on GLOW season three.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we learn more about Alex’s pre-prison life on *Orange Is the New Black*, and Yolanda and Arthie process relationship issues on *GLOW* season three.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Picture’s Up” \[Live\]Y’all know what I’ve been doing? I’ve been watching the OG *90210* so I can get more context for this show. This is not *The Straightest Things I Watched Last Week*, but I’m 8 episodes in and we already tackled alcoholism, shoplifting, racism, sexual assault, and Brenda’s mom walking in on Kelly’s mom snorting blow in a bathroom.
Back to the new *BH90210*…
Christine has been distant since she and Gabrielle hooked up. Gabrielle asks if she’s been avoiding her, and she says no she’s just concerned with the HR implications of them being in a relationship. In fact, Christine wants her to sign a consent form.
Christine asking her to backdate it made me laugh. I love how “all business” she is.
Later, Gabrielle goes to Christine’s office to sign the form and figure out what it means.
Is Christine saying, via the form, their romantic relationship is over or will she keep going out with her if she does sign the form?
I don’t like how Christine is not answering any of Gabrielle’s direct questions, and instead, throwing it back at her like she is the one with issues.
If I can decipher this passive-aggressive transaction, Gabrielle thinks signing the form is Christine ending things, and Christine thinks Gabrielle’s hesitation to sign the form means Gabrielle feels regret and shame for having sex with her. It’s like the form is a relationship test. I hate this kind of game playing. Just say what you mean! Also — they had off-screen sex! I thought they just made out.
At the end of the episode, Steve brings up the consent form thing to the rest of the gang, and Gabrielle comes out about being asked to sign one herself.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1170413031978930177?s=20
I love Gabrielle coming out to everyone about being involved with a woman, but even more, I love her sticking to not being ready to pick an orientation.
So many people have a ton of angst over needing to figure out exactly “what” they are as soon as they start questioning their sexuality. YOU DO NOT NEED TO PICK AN ORIENTATION to be a valid queer person. Coming out is scary and stressful, and I wish part of that stress was not over immediately needing to know your exact orientation. I tell people, if they do find an orientation that matches how they feel, that will be obvious in time. Or it can evolve over time. It’s all good, and we’re all valid.
*[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)– Season 7 Episode 10 “The Thirteenth” \[Streaming\]Every episode of OitNB focuses on the backstory of one inmate’s life before prison, and this time it was Alex’s turn.
CO McCullough is experiencing some PTSD during the lockdown implemented during Lorna’s escape attempt.
You can tell Alex wants to comfort her while she’s silently freaking out, which segues into a pre-prison Alex flashback.
Alex is with her drunk and angry ex-girlfriend, Sylvia, at the Bowery NYC subway station. They’re having a heated argument and drunk and angry GF drops her phone on the train tracks.
Of course when Alex’s back is turned Sylvie jumps down to the tracks to get her phone. And of course, as soon as she does that a train is coming. I hate the “I’m on the train tracks and a train is coming” trope, but here we are! It’s like a cheap way to create tension.
Alex and a bystander pull her up to the platform in time and Sylvia cries with drunken regret.
It looks like Alex has a thing for fixer-uppers.
Meanwhile, back in the ICE kitchen, Nicky is trying to “colonize” Shani’s g-spot, and so far it’s not working out. Nicky emphasizes that Shani needs to be completely honest and not worry about hurting her feelings.
I think this is really sweet, but I also realize this is probably a misguided perception. I know nothing about the realities of life after genital mutilation and OitNB is not the most well-researched show when it comes to accuracy in their storylines. I’m not sure how to feel about what the show is doing here, but I do like how much these two are into each other.
Alex sees CO McCullough for another charger exchange, and McCullough says she’s embarrassed about Alex seeing her freaked out after the lockdown. Alex also sees McCullough has been burning her arms with cigarettes again.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1169776312975802368?s=20
This scene was so sad, but I also know it kicks Alex’s caretaker mode into high gear. It also kicks off another flashback.
We’re 6 months ahead of the previous flashback, and Sylvia has gotten her act together. Alex surprises Sylvie with dinner reservations to celebrate 6 months of sobriety, but she says she has plans with AA friends instead. Alex says she doesn’t feel like she’s a part of Sylvie’s sober life.
Uh oh, Alex is going to lose interest now that Sylvie isn’t relying on her. And to be fair, Sylvie’s also being kind of a jerk.
Alex decides to go out to a bar with her non-sober friends, and look who walks in.
I guess this is the location of their meet-cute.
Back in present-day, Shani gets a terrible letter back in ICE detention.
It says, “FINAL ORDER OF REMOVAL.” Ugh. Also, taking care of Red and Lorna has been dividing Nicky’s time with Shani.
Alex tries calling Piper and it keeps going to voicemail. She then decides to check out the social profile of the new friend Piper’s been spending time with.
Uh, oh, looks like Piper and Zelda are getting close. Time for another flashback!
The scene is Sylvia kicking Piper out of her and Alex’s apartment and yelling at Alex for cheating on her. Alex thought they were on a break after Sylvie disappeared for 3 days after a fight.
Yes, Alex, that is what’s going on. This episode has made it painfully obvious you’re attracted to girls who need rescuing.
Flashback over, Alex gets up, leaves her cell and shoots CO McCullough a, “follow me’ look. McCullough follows her into the shower room and there she asks Alex if she’s stupid to think what they have is a real romantic relationship.
The episode ends with Piper finally seeing the missed calls from Alex after a dinner out with Zelda. She calls Alex back, Alex sees it and hits the red button to send it to voicemail.
**This episode shows us:**
- Maintaining an in prison / out of prison relationship is hard.
- Now that Alex sees Piper having a life on her own she doesn’t feel needed and is self-sabotaging their relationship by getting involved with McCullough.
- Alex’s attraction to McCullough is strengthened by McCullough’s need to be rescued.
- Emily Tarver is a great actor and I’m so glad we get to see her in this storyline.
I would love another iteration of the show where Piper doesn’t exist and Alex and McCullough are the main ship. I SAID IT and I’m not sorry.
*[GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)* – Season 3 Episode 2 “Hot Tub Club” \[Streaming\] Y’all, I wasn’t into *GLOW* season three. I thought it was disjointed and had too many *[After School Special](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_school_special)* style “learning moments.” And Ruth and Sam? Really? Can someone come up with an original story line other than cool woman falls for a surly dude 20 years older than her? I think it may have suffered the Jenji Kohan season three slump.
Our queer couple, Yolanda and Arthie, did get some *GLOW* season three screen time.
The *GLOW* gang has a multi-month gig in Vegas and they are all staying at the casino hotel. Yolanda and Arthie are gettin’ it on and when it’s Yolanda’s turn to reciprocate, Arthie’s all, “No, I’m good.”
Another Jenji Kohan show with a case of Lesbian Bed Don’t Touch Me syndrome.
Yolanda takes off to get her hair done and complains to the stylist about “boyfriend troubles.” Arthie tracks her down and they both start having this pretend boyfriend conversation. Arthie says her “boyfriend” is acting like a middle schooler because “he” took off without saying why and should learn to communicate instead.
Okay, that line was funny. But Yolanda gets up and leaves the salon saying “she doesn’t need a boyfriend.” Harsh.
Arthie comes back to her and Yolanda’s hotel room (with a brand new haircut) and Yolanda’s finally ready to talk like a regular communicator. Arthie says the reason she won’t let Yolanda go down on her is because she feels too insecure and self-conscious.
Calling your girlfriend crazy after she made such an honest confession is the wrong move, but she does convince her that she thinks she’s hot. Looks like some talking is all it took, and Arthie lets her reciprocate.
Well, that was an easy solve.
I do appreciate the show addressing this issue, but it’s dealt with and resolved in minutes. Not that I want to sit through hours of lesbian processing, but if you’re not going to give decent attention to an issue like this, why go there at all? That is my summary of *GLOW* season three in general.
*[Veep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veep/)* – Season 5 Episode 6 “C\*ntgate” \[Binge-Watch\] In this episode, Selina’s daughter, Catherine, tries to come out to her but keeps getting interrupted.
**Try one.**
**Try two.**
**And the third time’s the charm.**
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1170695469875564546?s=20
Clea DuVall’s serious deadpan humor pairs brilliantly with the quick and vulgar jokes constantly flying around on this show. Her being in a relationship with Selina’s daughter is perfection.
Tonight, *The Deuce* is back with a jump to the mid-80s. We’ll see how VHS tapes affect the NYC porn industry and how the AIDS pandemic causes devastation on the characters.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, GLOW, Orange is the New Black, Veep
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 2, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-gabrielle-and-christine-kiss-on-bh90210/)
**Published:** September 2, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Gabrielle and Christine kiss on BH90210 and Shani comes clean to Nicky on Orange is the New Black.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Gabrielle and Christine kiss on *BH90210*, and Shani comes clean to Nicky on *Orange Is the New Black*.
Happy Labor Day, Labor Day celebrating people. Since this was a 3-day weekend for me, I didn’t recap everything I watched, but here are the highlights.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “The Table Read” \[Live\]Soon in this episode, we learn Christine’s asking Gabrielle out on the *Madame for Madame* app, was just a friendly invite for coffee, not a *date* date.
Gabrielle wants to jump up and run out of there, but Christine makes her stay by distracting her with the fact that the BH90210 cast photo’s going viral.
Later, the BH90210 cast has their first table read, and it doesn’t go that well. The 90210 gang doesn’t like the script.
And I thought jumping on an app 3 episodes in was an accelerated timeline.
Gabrielle finds Christine sitting alone at a restaurant bugging over the script rewrite, and they process their not-date from earlier.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1168547152139886592?s=20
The almost kiss trope! I do love that she opts for sober decision making. It’s nice to see that on TV.
That night Gabrielle is ready to make a sober choice.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1168549476463763457?s=20
Wow — Gabrielle and Christine kiss on *BH90210*! I love that this show is all in with Gabrielle and Christine.
I didn’t expect to like this show so much since I didn’t watch the original, but the mega-meta comedy is perfection. I feel like Gabrielle has forgotten she has a husband though. I’m sure she’s going to have to deal with that soon.
*[Orange Is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)– Season 7 Episode 9 “The Hidey Hole” \[Streaming\]Nicky made a little private area in the ICE kitchen for her and Shani to have alone time, but Shani still won’t let her reciprocate.
At this point, I’m thinking, “There’s something serious going on here.” And you know whatever it is it’ll be terrible because that’s how this show rolls.
Back at the main prison, Alex and CO McCullough are still in the illegal charger business.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1168561963640786944?s=20
As someone on Twitter pointed out, the hottest thing about Alex and McCullough’s scenes is both of their deep voices together. I would enjoy watching a three-way…conversation between them and Emma from *Vida*.
Shani comes clean to Nicky about why she doesn’t want to be touched, and it’s as horrible as you think. Shani went through a [female genital mutilation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation) ritual as a girl. Nicky apologizes for being a jerk about it before she knew, and Shani apologizes for not being able to be with her in that way.
*Orange* always manages to find a way to turn the bleak factor to 11.
Later, Piper visits Alex and tells her all about her woo woo retreat and her new friend Zelda and thanks her for opening up the relationship, but lets her know it’s not working for her.
I am so here for a conveniently-timed shot of McCullough skulking in the background during Alex and Piper’s visit. This is the kind of dyke drama I absolutely love.
Back in the ICE kitchen, Nicky runs an idea past Shani.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1168572434552971264?s=20
I think this is a really sweet gesture – with Shani’s enthusiastic sober consent of course!
Even though it’s inside a prison, and inevitably temporary, these two are a rare cute and romantic pairing. I’m really glad they gave Nicky a little happiness in the final season.
So far I finished the new seasons of *Derry Girls* and *GLOW* and finished my binge-watch of *Veep* and *Atypical*. This week my goal is *Cable Girls* and *Dear White People*. I’m feeling the pressure to get through all these streaming shows before our fave network regulars come back and new shows air this Fall.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, Orange is the New Black
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 26, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-derry-girls-season-two/)
**Published:** August 26, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I finish Derry Girls season two as quickly as a small bag of delicious potato chips and Alex & Piper grow further apart while trying to stay together on Orange is the New Black.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I finish *Derry Girls* season two as quickly as a small bag of delicious potato chips, and Alex & Piper grow further apart while trying to stay together on *Orange is the New Black*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Season 7 Episode 8 “Baker’s Dozen” \[Streaming\] Piper is on a women’s wilderness retreat while Alex is navigating what happened between her and CO McCullough.
Alex is vehement about shutting down whatever feelings McCullough has for her. Alex is trying to stay true to her prison marriage to Piper by not getting involved with the CO and trying to keep the phone charger business under the radar so she doesn’t get more time.
Over in the ICE kitchen, Nicky and Shani are still being cute.
People are never this happy on this show. You know something terrible is going to happen to one or both of them.
Meanwhile, on the sisterhood-bonding, animal hunting, getting to be one with nature retreat, Piper’s friend is trying to hook her up with her friend Zelda who is recently divorced from her wife. Piper and Zelda wind up rooming together and are put on retreat tasks together which makes her think Zelda is in on the hookup plan.
Zelda is like, “I’ve met your friend once,” and insists she is not in on the plan. The two of them do not hook up on the retreat, but they do wind up bonding and becoming friends.
Back at Litchfield, OC McCullough is feeling regret over forcing Alex into the illegal charger business and inappropriately kissing her, so she shuts their business down.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1165306780307611654?s=20
Alex’s steadfast determination to stay faithful to her prison wife didn’t last long! We soon learn she has a hard time staying away from a fixer-upper.
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “The Photo Shoot” \[Live\] On this episode, we get to see Gabrielle’s husband’s reaction to the Vegas kiss with Theresa the bartender. It’s not good.
I get it. I would be threatened if my wife had an “electric” kiss with Ali Liebert while on a business trip in Vegas. Even though her husband is not cool with it, Gabrielle knows this is something she needs to figure out.
Later, in a meeting with Christine the producer, Christine lets Gabrielle know she has a personal interest in “Andrea’s” storyline.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1165792305955201024?s=20
This is where I know I’m missing things not having watched the original *90210.* I don’t know who Christine is, or the significance of her being queer and the producer. Feel free to fill me in in the comments!
As Gabrielle’s ambassador to the queer community, I think Christine should slow things down. Jumping on a dating app sounds like step five, not one. I would start off with a list of movies and TV shows to watch. Maybe some low key queer hang out spots or events. Also, you know news would spread quickly the minute someone from our community spotted an actor on a queer dating app. But this is television and there are only so many episodes in a season. Things need to move quickly!
Later on, Christine checks in on Gabrielle’s “research.”
I’m glad Gabrielle is thinking about the tabloid implications for getting on a queer dating app, but it’s not getting her far in terms of “research.” How about something slower like going to a Brandi Carlile concert?
At the end of the episode, Gabrielle finally gets a ping from the app and it is…
Woah, it looks like, as a queer woman, Christine has taken an interest in Gabrielle herself. That wink at the end gives me the creeps, but maybe Gabrielle is into winks.
I also love the fake names shows come up with for wlw dating apps. “Madame for Madame” on this show, “Sapphire” on Orphan Black…can naming fictitious queer dating apps for TV be my job?
Wow, so this is where we’re going! I love the fact we’re getting this storyline. You rarely see middle age women navigating or discovering their sexuality after 40. I can’t wait to see what happens next.
*[Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Episode 1” \[Streaming\] My wife and I have a lot of streaming series to watch on our plate. We started with one episode of *GLOW* season three and one of *Derry Girls* season two and couldn’t stop watching *Derry Girls* until we finished the entire season.
The show is so funny, and I am entertained by every character. There wasn’t a ton of gay in this episode, but just enough funny lines to remind everyone Clare came out as a lesbian at the end of the last season.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1165315308262973441?s=20
I have to watch this show with the captions on and Google terms as I watch. This season I learned:
- **Craic** – News, gossip, fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation, particularly prominent in Ireland.
- **[Rock the Boat Dance](https://entertainment.ie/tv/tv-news/not-everyone-knows-rock-the-boat-dance-from-derry-girls-394926/)** – It’s a real thing in Ireland!
- **Boke** – Puke.
- **Baps** – Boobs.
Seriously, though, with only six 22-minute episodes a season it feels like we finished all of *Derry Girls* season two in the blink of an eye. Thankfully, we have season three to look forward to.
This week my wife and I are working on getting through GLOW. I’m not super into this season, but I’ll have some queer things to report on next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, Derry Girls, Orange is the New Black
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### [Queer Beats - September 6, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-september-6-2019/)
**Published:** September 6, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, many new convention guests were announced and DragonCon gave us a lot of good, sweet content.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, many new convention guests were announced and DragonCon gave us a lot of good, sweet content.
## [American Gods](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-gods/)
[Devery Jacobs](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kawennahere-devery-jacobs/), star of American Gods and The Order, will be joining Clexacon next year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1169374155143147520?s=20
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
Batwoman premiere countdown: 30 DAYS!! This week, we got a new full promo that proves the show will be as dark as expected:
In other news, I might *die* if I don’t get this:
https://twitter.com/PREVIEWSworld/status/1169614376971788288?s=20
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)
[Alyson Hannigan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alyson-hannigan/) posted this sweet [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/)/[Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/willow-rosenberg/) moment, which is conveniently timed with my current first-time Buffy watch (I know, I know, I’m approx. two decades late to the party).
https://twitter.com/alydenisof/status/1169332361013514240?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
[Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) will be at Love Fan Fest again (Natasha will also be there)!
https://twitter.com/lovefanfest/status/1166697993715822593?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
QFX added a few guests to their lineup this week, including [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/)!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1168959263202566149?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
[Clarissa Thibeaux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clarissa-thibeaux/) will be returning (with other members of the Runaways cast) to Clexacon!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1169641547719159809?s=20
## [RWBY](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rwby/)
Arryn Zech will also be joining QFX East in May!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1169316960141762560?s=20
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
I know Adora/Catra aren’t *technically* a queer couple but we all ship them anyway and we all deserve to see this mural:
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1167467014639648769?s=20
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
Steven Universe The Movie aired this week! SU creator, Rebecca Sugar, is honestly just as soothing to me as the show is so enjoy this behind-the-scenes content:
https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1169268947092475904?s=20
Also, [Erica Luttrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erica-luttrell/) will be going to QFX East!
https://twitter.com/QFXEvents/status/1169298502964449280?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
DragonCon happened and, by far, the most queer TV content came from the Wynonna Earp panel where Team WayHaught was out in full force. I mean, let’s all swoon over these pics:
https://twitter.com/Ashkayk/status/1168362014894436352?s=20
https://twitter.com/4everteamdamon/status/1168243297174859776?s=20
Question: how can I permanently live in the following dreamed up WayHaught scenario?
https://twitter.com/domthetinyvegan/status/1168561782757023744?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** American Gods, Batwoman, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, One Day at a Time, Runaways, RWBY, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe, Wynonna Earp
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### [Representation Must Be Intersectional](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-must-be-intersectional/)
**Published:** September 4, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In order for us to move forward and normalize what we see on TV, representation must be intersectional.
**Content:**
I spend a lot of time looking into the statistics of representation. I know things like 15% of all queer characters are played by openly queer actors. And even if you don’t have handy statistics at the tips of your fingers, I bet you can look at TV and point at some of the obvious areas where intersectional representation is lacking.
## Visible Representation
It’s easy to spot that PoC representation of queer characters is pretty bad, if you’re not on *Pose*. It’s similarly easy to count the number of visibly disabled characters you see on television. Just as we have actors playing roles outside their own ethnicity, we have a large number of non-disabled actors portraying disabled characters.
And when you draw the Venn diagram of disabled actors playing disabled queer characters, the numbers are even smaller.
## By the Numbers
As of August 2019, we have 378 queer actors playing 589 out of 3800 queer characters. There are less than 5 disabled characters this site, only one two of whom played by a disabled actor. If we tracked queer men as well, that number would be three. (NB: I was corrected, we had two characters played by disabled actors, however it remains true that neither are played by queer and disabled.)
The numbers are outright appalling, especially when you reflect on the numbers in our lives. I attended the Disability Panel at SDCC and learned that 20% of the total population identifies with one of the [13 types of ADA recognized disabilities](https://adata.org/faq/what-definition-disability-under-ada). However, only less than 5% of TV characters are disabled. Of those, the numbers of disabled actors playing disabled characters is even smaller.
And at the intersection of all that, queer disabled actors playing queer disabled characters?
We don’t have any listed.
## “Normal” Representation
Have you ever heard someone ask why we need to have a queer character on every show? Have you ever been told that having *one* queer character on one of the myriad *Law & Order* shows is enough? Have you ever listened to people complain that having a queer lead on a TV show is pandering?
They can be pretty exhausting to refute, but a fact all queers know is that seeing ourselves on television is often a rare occurrence. We grow up seeing aspects of ourselves and projecting the rest of our attributes on non-representative characters. We ship straight people together because, for many years, we had no viable alternatives.
We’re told over and over to be normal and that what we see on TV is normal.
All that does is reinforce the feeling that normal is what everyone else is, and what we are not.
## Normal is Intersectional
We hear a lot about ‘diversity’ – forced or otherwise – to explain the nature of inclusivity. But as Shonda Rhimes says, that’s the wrong word.
> *I really hate the word ‘diversity.’* *I have a different word:* **normalizing***. I am making TV look like the world looks. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people equal way more than 50 percent of the population. Which means it ain’t out of the ordinary.*
>
> Shonda Rhimes
The reality here is that the normal we see on TV, at least on non Shonda-land shows, isn’t actually normal at all. It’s a thin slice of pre-processed American cheese that isn’t representative of the world around us at all. We are, all of us, more than one small thing. We are a complex cross-section of all the things that make us unique.
Credit [GBA+](https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/gba-acs/approach-approche-en.html)Seeing ourselves on TV is more than just seeing the one lesbian or the one non-binary character. It’s seeing the one who dropped out of college, who moved around, who has depression, who isn’t Christian, whose parents are divorced.
Without seeing all those things, we cannot see ourselves. And not seeing ourselves is incredibly harmful to us, in our formative years and later on.
## Normal Responsibility
At the end of the panel, the moderator asked two questions that linger with me.
1. What role does fandom play in advocating for better representation?
2. How does disability identity affect someone’s participation in fandom?
The fan work collective, An Archive of Our Own, [won a Hugo this year.](https://archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/13528) Fandom is, and has always been, a legitimate way to express the love we have for a story or a movie of a TV show. This website itself is a labor of fandom love.
One of the responsibilities we’ve taken on is to document representation for queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters on television. By doing this, we hope that we make it easier for people to advocate for change. We make our systems available for researchers and teachers to educate others, for reporters to write articles on the growth of change (or lack there of), and for everyone to find themselves.
It’s our responsibility as fans to represent the normal world. And its our hope that this site will help in that.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Intersectionality
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### [Representation by Character](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-by-character/)
**Published:** September 11, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The feature most asked for by data lovers and academics is finally here. That's right, you can see what years a character was on air.
**Content:**
Whenever I talked to academics, they always asked for the same thing. “Do you have a breakdown of character per season?” Up until this summer, I said no. As of today, that answer is ‘yes.’
## Technical Hurdles
Besides the obvious concern of the monumental amount of manual work involved in entering and then maintaining a dataset like this, my concern was how to store the data in an easily coded way. The issues were:
1. Characters on multiple shows (aka The Sara Lance Problem)
2. Characters with multiple characters (aka The Soap Problem)
3. Characters with multiple roles per show (… Sara Lance again)
4. Actors with multiple characters per show (The Clone Club Problem)
5. Shows that don’t air in ‘traditional’ seasons (The UK Does What It Wants Problem)
Taking all that in, I decided the best way to approach the situation was to track the characters per show. After all, our site is about tracking the characters, which means we don’t need to concern ourselves with actor data quite as much (that’s what IMDb is for, anyway).
In addition, since we have a number of show that don’t follow the US ‘traditional’ season structure, I opted to track characters per year instead of trying to make things fit per ‘season.’
## Data Collection Woes
The next problem to tackle was how to get the data. You’d think I could just scrape IMDb for everything, but that site is oriented towards actors. When you look up actors on a show, it lists all the characters the actor played on the show, up to a certain point. This caused a problem when I got to animated series, and people voiced multiple characters (like on *The Simpsons*).
While I was able to collect most of the data from IMDb, web series and animation required me to deep dive a little more. The same was true of more rare and old series that aren’t fully documented on IMDb.
However, since IMDb did have most of what I need, I found it easiest to open up the full cast page for the show and add all the characters per-show.
## Years Appeared
As of today, all characters have a list on their page to show you what years they appeared for each show.
[Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)The show list is, clearly expanded now in order to make the data readable and understandable when a character is on multiple shows. It was also needed because some characters have been on TV shows for*ever*.
[Tanja Schildknecht](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tanja-schildknecht/)## Resultant Data
This data let us generate more useful ‘per year’ information. The [This Year](http://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/) feature has been totally revamped and updated for the modern web with a welcoming intro page and the ability to deep dive.
If you look at [Characters on Air for 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2018/characters-on-air/), you’ll see all the characters by name but also broken down by show. If you look at shows, you’ll see them broken out by name, by country, or by format.
## Representation Per Year
Having that data meant I could easily generate a list of the last 20 years of TV shows and how many characters we’ve had on air.
This data is from September 1, 2019, which means it’s *pre* the start of the US television season. That means that odd looking low of only around 500 characters on air will change as more new shows start and more new characters are introduced.
Like I mentioned in the [stagnation of representation back in June](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-is-stagnant/), numbers tend to jump a little. However doing all of this data adding meant I cleaned up a lot of incorrect data in general. We went from only 26 new shows in 2019 to 45, but down from 320 shows on air to 312. The only correct extrapolation thus far is the increase of dead characters and cancelled show.
## What’s Next?
Now that we have the data, it’s time to study it and understand what it actually means. With the data we have, we have the ability to break down how many regular TV characters there are versus how many guests. We can also look at a show per year and see how inclusive it is or isn’t.
If there’s data you’re looking for, give us a shout and we’ll see what we can do.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Statistics
---
### [Queer Beats - August 30, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-august-30-2019/)
**Published:** August 30, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we got a glimpse of Alice in the upcoming Batwoman, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and her partner released a queer music video, and Stumptown will most definitely be queer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we got a glimpse of Alice in the upcoming Batwoman, Maisie Richardson-Sellers and CLAY released a queer music video, and Stumptown will most definitely be queer!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
CW’s new show, Batwoman, premieres on October 6 (that’s 36 days away, for anyone who is counting). This week, we finally got some new art and a preview of Alice (played by [Rachel Skarsten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/)).
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1166394949354446848?s=20
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1164930297474871296?s=20
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Carmilla and [CLAIREvoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/) fans will be happy to hear that [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) will be returning to Love Fan Fest again next year!
https://twitter.com/lovefanfest/status/1166068390273925121?s=20
## [Dickinson](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8518136/?ref_=nv_sr_3?ref_=nv_sr_3)
AppleTV is releasing a new series about Emily Dickinson that looks pretty rad. Given the vague hints of queerness in the trailer, and Emily’s real life queer relationship, I hope the show fully explores a wlw relationship.
https://twitter.com/Dickinson/status/1166041016756916224?s=20
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Content from the new season of LOT is coming out (way too slowly for my personal preference) but, this week, some pictures and video were released of a (spoiler-free) scene involving Zari and [Ava](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-sharpe/):
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1166712812376211456?s=20
This jump into a fountain is pretty entertaining:
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1166554764710166535?s=20
I know Zari isn’t queer but, like, wouldn’t it just be super fun if she was? \*looks at LOT writers\*
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1166508506276487168?s=20
Speaking of characters who should be canonly queer, Clexacon announced this week that [Maisie](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5114966/?ref_=nv_sr_2?ref_=nv_sr_2) will be returning next year!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1164945519225053185?s=20
Maisie’s partner, the musician CLAY, released a new video that was directed and edited by Maisie herself! It is full of queerness and may or may not have made me tear up a little.
https://youtube.com/orAnlB3R85w
## [Stumptown](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10313066/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
ABC confirmed that Colbie Smulders’ character in the upcoming series Stumptown *will* be bisexual, as she was in the comics. Hooray!
https://twitter.com/BiDotOrg/status/1166170358514253824?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Dickinson, Legends of Tomorrow, Maisie Richarson-Sellers, Natasha Negovanlis, Stumptown
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 19, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-last-season-of-orange-is-the-new-black/)
**Published:** August 19, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I start recapping the final season of Orange is the New Black, and the Pose ladies have a girls' beach trip.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I start recapping the final season of *Orange is the New Black*, and the *Pose* ladies have a girls’ beach trip adventure.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Season 7 Episode 7 “Me as Well” \[Streaming\]Watching the final season of *Orange is the New Black* is bittersweet. When the show first came out it was remarkable. It was groundbreaking to have a show so diverse and full of queer characters telling the stories of some of the most marginalized people in society. I loved the first few seasons, but the show took a turn, much like Jenji Kohan’s other show *Weeds*, into gratuitous torture porn including the brutal killing of one of our favorite queer characters, [Poussey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poussey-washington/).
After they killed Poussey I wanted to rage quit the show. Literally, the only reason I stuck with it is that co-running this website makes watching television my second job. I kept hate-watching it, and to my surprise, things turned around in the sixth season. The show still has bad moments, but in my opinion, it has come back from its terrible low.
Now, we’re in the final season of *Orange is the New Black* and there has been a lot of queer content, especially in this episode.
Up until now, this season has been a lot of Alex and Piper trying to keep their marriage alive with Piper on the outside and Alex still in prison. Alex is also trying to stay out of trouble so she can get out as soon as possible but got forced by CO McCullough to illegally sell portable cell phone chargers.
Nicky has been getting closer to her ICE kitchen coworker, Shani. And in this episode, Shani tells Nicky about a dream she had. Nicky replies with her policy on other people’s dreams.
That seems to be fine with Shani.
I’m glad Nicky is finally getting a romantic storyline. That is at least for now, I’m not done the season yet, and I know bad things usually happen.
Meanwhile, after Piper went on a mini bender, Alex suggests they open their relationship so Piper can get physical satisfaction and not act out in ways that may violate her probation. Piper gives this a try, but it’s not working.
Meaningless sex with randos is not the solution for her. She’s going to have to find other ways to obey the rules assigned to her in post-prison life.
Back in the ICE kitchen, Nicky is navigating her new relationship.
For six seasons Nicky has been in the driver’s seat, but for the first time, someone else is taking charge. It’s fun to watch, and she does eventually stop protesting.
At the end of the episode, Alex and CO McCullough are doing one of their usual phone charger handoffs while Piper is leaving a message telling Alex the open relationship thing is not working.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1163428266654556160?s=20
Oh my goodness! We could all tell there was something brewing between CO McCullough and Alex, and to be honest, I don’t hate it.
I stopped being a [Vausman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vausman) fan early on in the series. In my opinion, Piper is one of the least interesting characters on the show, and Alex and Piper are way too dysfunctional to maintain a healthy relationship. On the other hand, CO McCullough is a really complex character, and I feel like we haven’t gotten to know her well until now.
Also, I broke my brain when I found out the actor who plays her, Emily Tarver, is queer in real life and in a relationship with OitNB co-star Vicci Martinez who plays Dominga “Daddy” Duarte. I’m glad we get to see Emily Tarver playing a queer character, but sadly, Daddy died off-screen in the first episode of this season, so we didn’t get to see her and her girlfriend acting together.
In real life, Emily and Vicci are so cute, and this show can be so bleak and depressing, I’m going to end this recap with one of their ridiculously cute videos.
https://youtube.com/g2SSPXvThtk
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “The Pitch” \[Live\]While Tori is trying to sell her ex-castmates on the 90210 reboot idea, Gabrielle confesses her Vegas kiss to Jason.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1163437404348456960?s=20
I love this IS an “exploring sexuality” arc and not a one-off Vegas kiss. This show incorporates clever commentary on how television has changed in 30 years. In the 90s this kiss would have been a one-time thing for ratings and would involve male gaze. This time it is actually turning into a queer plot which is what we always wanted back then.
On the set of *Fake Flash*, Jason mentions an actor needing to work something out via their character and this gives Gabrielle an idea. She tells Tori if she’s going to participate in the reboot, she wants to do it right this time.
The thing I love most about this show is the hyper meta-ness. Gabrielle says they can “cast queer” and do it right which is exactly what the show did on the pilot episode by casting Ali as Theresa, the 90210 superfan lesbian bartender.
Tori says she “couldn’t agree more,” and with that, Gabrielle is in.
That night, Gabrielle tells her husband she agreed to do the reboot, and she tells him why.
We cut to another scene before we could see her husband’s reaction. Hopefully, he was understanding.
Y’all, the only way this show could get more meta is if this is the real Gabrielle Carteris’ reason she agreed to the reboot. Wouldn’t that be amazing if that came out in an interview? It’s very unlikely because their “real” characters are highly fictionalized, but it would be fun.
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* – Season 2 Episode 9 “Life’s a Beach” \[Live\] After a few intense episodes, we got a totally fun, girls trip to the beach! The *Pose* ladies stayed in a sweet-ass beach house, handily smacked down some local transphobia, and Blanca had a really sweet date!
On the way home they all sang to En Vogue’s “Hold On” in the car and even Electra was smiling.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1162166562587062272?s=20
This week is the season finale, y’all! Doesn’t it feel like the season just started? I’m sad it’s over so soon, but I’m looking forward to what they have in store for us on Tuesday.
This week — the *Pose* season finale is Tuesday night and maybe my wife and I will finally make it through the final season of *Orange is the New Black* so we can move on to the big list of shows in our to-watch pile.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, Orange is the New Black
---
### [Queer Beats - August 23, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-august-23-2019/)
**Published:** August 23, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, The L Word: Generation Q dropped a trailer and queer fandom lost their minds.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, The L Word: Generation Q dropped a trailer and queer fandom lost their minds.
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
Ever since Gentleman Jack aired, Shibden Hall in England has seen a huge increase in visitors. Local fans will be happy to hear that the estate will now be allowing fans into the Lightcliffe cemetery tower which holds a plaque honoring [Ann Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-lister-2/)!
https://twitter.com/GentIemanJackTV/status/1162372636493713408?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
The trailer to end all trailers was released this week:
https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord/status/1164583290168324096?s=20
Legit question: how come [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/) does not age?
## [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel also released a trailer this week, complete with lots of [Susie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susie-meyerson/) content.
https://twitter.com/MaiselTV/status/1163495846953934853?s=20
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
I’m being very patient during this *very long* wait for new Orphan Black content but this week we were awarded with another clip!
https://twitter.com/serialboxpub/status/1163888491186577408?s=20
Heli Kennedy spoke with Serial Box about what to expect from The Next Chapter:
https://twitter.com/serialboxpub/status/1164557859683819528?s=20
## [Passage the Series](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passage-the-series#/)
LezRepresent Podcast interviewed Hillary Esquina this week about her upcoming Tello series, Passage the Series:
https://twitter.com/LezRepresent/status/1163223246814294016?s=20
LWTV also released an interview with Mandahla Rose, who is part of the Passage cast!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1164254793260503041?s=20
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
The second of season of Pose ended this week (sad), but we got this fun behind-the-scenes tidbit:
https://twitter.com/PoseOnFX/status/1164058977547608065?s=20
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I honestly *live* for new [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) content. This is a plea for [Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) to continue posting cute couple-y videos to keep us all alive until the new season.
https://twitter.com/George_Tesfai/status/1162595365968896000?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) attended Montreal Pride this week and looked as cute as ever:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1bz3n2ARvp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, we received news that Emily Andras is developing a new show with Syfy. Knowing her track record (and the plot of this new show), I would say there is a 110% chance there will be queer characters.
https://twitter.com/Snoodit/status/1162378486926831618?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Gentleman Jack, Orphan Black, Passage the Series, Pose, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - August 16, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-august-16-2019/)
**Published:** August 16, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our queer convention prayers were answered but our please-keep-Jenny-dead prayers were ignored.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our queer convention prayers were answered but our please-keep-Jenny-dead prayers were ignored.
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
If you are already attending Dragon Con this year, then you were probably excited to hear that [Anissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/) and her mama will be attending too!
https://twitter.com/DragonCon/status/1160990793487794177?s=20
Also, we got this treat from set this week:
https://twitter.com/amayajlwes/status/1161813628212981761?s=20
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Hooray! We will get *even more* Bold Type that usual next year!
https://twitter.com/aishadee/status/1161100110392172545?s=20
## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
I’m obsessed with the new season of GLOW which means I am obsessed with this couple:
## [Into the Badlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/)
A new Clexacon announcement! [Ally Ioannides](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ally-ioannides/) from Into the Badlands will be there!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1160961080274722821?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
Queer fandom was thrown for a loop this week by this tweet from [Mia Kirshner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-kirshner/):
https://twitter.com/msmiakirshner/status/1160801048157491200?s=20
I personally didn’t like [Jenny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenny-schecter/) but I also wouldn’t mind seeing her again. But Mia truly pulled a Jenny Move here!
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
More Dragon Con announcements! [Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) will be attending the convention in a few weeks as well!
https://twitter.com/DragonCon/status/1161354431625146368?s=20
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
This is your weekly reminder that ODAAT was saved and will be back on Pop TV:
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1162025760002990080?s=20
## [Passage the Series](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passage-the-series#/)
It looks like we are one step closer to finally getting to see the much anticipated new series, Passage!
https://twitter.com/tellofilms/status/1162076498695786498
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
This week, [MJ Rodriquez ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/)made history by becoming the first trans woman to win Best Actress at the Imagen Awards. I hope this starts a trend because she deserves *all the awards*.
https://twitter.com/theebillyporter/status/1161812270348996608?s=20
And, while we are on the topic of Pose, can we just talk about about these beautiful pictures of [Hailie Sahar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hailie-sahar/)? I have been watching [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/) as well which means I’m certifiably obsessed.
https://twitter.com/213Sahar/status/1161759269051437056?s=20
## [Rocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocko%27s_Modern_Life:_Static_Cling)
I know I am late to this news but the Rocko’s Modern Life sequel, Static Cling, includes a trans storyline! I blame being late to this story on the fact that this show was banned from my home as a child.
https://twitter.com/NetflixFilm/status/1159924190134308864?s=20
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
[Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) will be returning to Clexacon again this year to rep the Runaways!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1161729275797671937?s=20
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
EHCon happened this weekend which means we were blessed with days full of good content. Our favorite queer couples got together…
https://twitter.com/dutchstarbuck/status/1160308804078243841?s=20
… and played The Newlywed Game!
https://twitter.com/dutchstarbuck/status/1160205980656951300?s=20
The hashtag #EHCon2019 is full of good Wayhaught content if you need to get yourself caught up:
https://twitter.com/LizSnackHere/status/1160202206584479745?s=20
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, GLOW, Into the Badlands, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Passage the Series, Pose, Runaways, The Bold Type, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 12, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-ali-liebert-on-bh90210/)
**Published:** August 12, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Good Trouble brings the Alice/Joey/Lindsay drama, Professor Shane is in trouble on Grown-ish and we're given the gift of Ali Liebert on BH90210.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Good Trouble* brings the Alice/Joey/Lindsay drama; Professor Shane’s in trouble on *Grown-ish*, and we’re given the gift of Ali Liebert on *BH90210*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 8 “Disruptions” \[Live\]This mid-season finale opens with a character montage where we see Lindsay scored Alice a spot at the local comedy club to do her “tight five.” However, for some reason, Alice doesn’t want Joey to come to the show. Let’s rewind to find out why.
Joey gave Alice a really sweet gift of “Comedian, Bonvivant, Guinea Pig Enthusiast” business cards to show her they believe in her.
It’s a thoughtful gift and better than the typed out cards Susie made on *[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)*. I also had to Google “[Bonvivant](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bon_vivant).” It means “one who lives well.”
There’s still weirdness going on with Joey and Alice though. Joey asks Alice if she’s told Lindsay she’s in a relationship with them yet. Alice says no, but is also acting strange about needing to disclose that information. In my opinion, they’re both acting suspicious about a topic as matter-of-fact as who you’re in a relationship with, but let’s see where this is going.
Then we flashback earlier we’re currently in to see Lindsay helping Alice rehearse her set. They also talk the booker into giving Alice a spot. As Alice leaves we find out Lindsay already knows Alice is Joey’s girlfriend.
At this point the show is leading us to think Lindsay has obvious ulterior motives. But what exactly are they doing? My prediction was Lindsay wanted to go after Alice because they’re that kind of shitty manipulative person.
Later, in what I think is a fast forward from the first flashback, but previous to the scene at the beginning of the show, Alice shows up at the club early and Lindsay introduces her to the act of having a ritual before each show.
Oooh, shit. Here we go. Lindsay’s making their move on Alice.
Next we have a scene where we’ve caught up to “now,” aka the beginning of the episode with a medium flashback in the middle.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1160717882998894594?s=20
Dun dun duunnnnn. Joey told Alice Lindsay broke them and their ex-girlfriend up because Joey was dating Lindsay’s ex. But now Lindsay says Joey is the one who broke them and their ex-girlfriend up making Joey the bad guy. This is confusing and who should we believe? If what Lindsay said is true, it would explain why Joey was being weird. Were they hiding the truth?
Looks like we’re going to need to wait until the *Good Trouble* 2-hour Holiday Special to find out!
https://youtube.com/aPrGTx1XqDk
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 21 “Dreams and Nightmares” \[Live\]It’s the season two finale filled with lots of Zoey/Luca drama (yawn). However, towards the end of the episode, Nomi gets a phone call.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1160723126885462021?s=20
Oooh, shit again!
Is Professor Shane a serial student creeper? This is not good. We’ll have to wait until season three to see what the investigation is all about.
*[BH90210](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bh90210/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “The Reunion” \[Live\] I didn’t watch the original *Beverly Hills 90210* (I was a dedicated *Melrose Place* watcher instead). But one of my best friends was a huge fan, and she talked about the show all the time, so I feel 90210 adjacent. I thought I may watch the pilot for fun until my fave [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) posted she would be in it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0CBjBhgRm5
With Ali Liebert on *BH90210* I definitely needed to watch it, and I’m glad I did because it was hilarious.
*BH90210* is not a straight-up revival, it’s the actors playing parody versions of their current middle age selves. Like Matt LeBlanc on *[Episodes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/episodes/)*. In this pilot episode they’re all reunited at a 90210 con in Vegas (sans Shannen Doherty who pops in on a video feed). The panel scene gives con panel realness with Ali playing a fangirl named Theresa trying to keep it together during the Q&A.
That would be me asking Ali a question at a con.
After the panel Gabrielle makes her way to the hotel bar and guess who is a bartender there.
> Theresa confesses her 90s crush, drops the words "Suze Orman" and "Sapphic" and asks Gabrielle about her sexuality all under 50 seconds. Well done, [@AliLiebert](https://twitter.com/AliLiebert?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 👏🏼 -T [\#BH90210](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BH90210?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/prRuroaNqQ](https://t.co/prRuroaNqQ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1160735961380216832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Wow, Theresa cuts right to the chase! I love that Ali got to keep her septum piercing in while playing this character. I wonder if she had any part in dropping the lesbian pop culture references in this scene. This is turning into a Ali Liebert on *BH90210* recap, and I’m fine with that.
Later in the episode, Theresa and Gabrielle are still chatting and having a good time when Theresa makes a request.
I wonder if, “Will you fulfill a teenage fantasy of mine?” is the line Theresa uses on all the girls.
Goodness! That was pretty forward, but Gabrielle didn’t seem to hate it.
When Gabrielle gets home she almost confesses the kiss to her husband but doesn’t at the last minute. I really wonder if this is going to be a sexuality-questioning, coming-out arc for her or if this was a one-time thing. I’ll keep watching to find out.
*[Veep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veep/)* – Season 5 Episode 1 “Morning After” \[Binge-Watch\] I have been obsessed with *Veep* lately. I’m late to the party, but the show is so over-the-top inappropriate and hilarious and I love it. Last week I finally made it to season five where [Clea DuVall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/) joined the cast as Selena’s lead security detail, Marjorie.
Nothing gay happens in this episode, except for Clea DuVall and her character showing up, but I wanted to mention it because I’ll be including some episodes in my weekly recaps. They are so good.
I am currently drowning in shows: *OitNB*, *Cable Girls*, *GLOW*, *Dear White People*, *Derry Girls*, *RED,* and yes…I’ve been watching *Euphoria,* and it’s completely freaking me out as a brand new parent to a teen. Next week I may be mentally ready to do a season one recap.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BH90210, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Veep
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 5, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jane-the-virgin-series-finale/)
**Published:** August 5, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I was on vacation last week, but I still made time to watch the Jane The Virgin series finale and say goodbye to one of my favorite shows.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I was away on vacation last week, but I made time to watch the *Jane The Virgin* series finale.
Last week I was on vacation in Provincetown, one of the queerest places on Earth, and had a 24-hour visit from LezWatchTV team member, Nikki!
https://twitter.com/LilJimmi/status/1157398435659689985?s=20
I saw many queer things IRL last week, but the queerest thing I saw on TV was the final episode of one of my favorite shows.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Goodbye](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 19 “Episode One Hundred” \[Live\]When *Jane the Virgin* debuted in October 2014 I almost didn’t watch it. I read on either Autostraddle, or a website that shall not be named, it was going to have a lesbian character, but I couldn’t imagine liking a show about a straight virgin. I watched it anyway because back then there were fewer shows with regular queer characters, and TBH I would watch almost anything with gay in it. I soon learned this was not a typical comedic drama, it was magic.
I love soap operas, and this was my first time watching a telenovela-style drama. The show was female-centric, feminist, fantastical and completely over-the-top. I absolutely loved it.
When *Jane the Virgin* started, we had much fewer entries in our database than we do now. And this show has given us queer characters since the beginning. Rose and Luisa (the greatest love story of all time according to Rose) have been on the show since episode one.
Luisa, Rafael’s lesbian sister, was the one who accidentally inseminated Jane and made her a pregnant virgin. Rose was the primary super villain for all five years of the show. I think it’s fair to say the two of them had the most entertainingly dysfunctional queer female relationship in the history of television. Over the course of its run, *Jane The Virgin* gave us 15 queer female characters from main to guests, and in Season 4 Episode 13 “Chapter Seventy-Seven,” they had seven queer female characters in a single episode.
The greatest gift *Jane The Virgin* ever gave the wlw fandom is making Petra bisexual. We watch shows, sense a character is not completely straight, and tweet at show creators begging them to make them queer. We did this for Petra and the show said, “Okay, we’ll give Petra a girlfriend.”
Not only did Rosario Dawson join the show to be Petra’s love interest, but they had amazing chemistry, making them one of the [best queer female ships](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23petramos) on TV!
The *Jane The Virgin* series finale was hard. I am going to feel the absence of this show in my life. I’m not a crier, but I felt choked up the entire episode. Overall, the finale was mostly sentimental. You could also tell the actors were not completely acting as they did their final emotional scenes. To be completely honest, I wanted more telenovela-style drama but appreciated the closure and happy endings.
I especially loved Petra and JR getting the happy ending they deserved.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1156935627528638466?s=20
I absolutely loved this scene, and I may have watched it 20 times. I only wish there could have been more than 1 minute and 20 seconds of Petramos content in this episode, but I fully understand the title of the show is *Jane The Virgin* and not *Petra the Emotionally Challenged Hotel Boss*.
I will miss Petra and JR, Ro and Xo, Jane and Raf, The Narrator, Mateo, and the twins and especially Rose pulling off a fake face.
Goodbye, *Jane the Virgin*, see you in re-watches on Netflix.
So many shows are back: *Orange is the New Black*, *Dear White People*, *Derry Girls*…AND I’ve been binging *Veep* lately. After being away, I have so much to catch up on and write about this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Jane the Virgin
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 29, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-death-of-rose/)
**Published:** July 29, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alice and Joey are still trying to find their rhythm on Good Trouble, and we see the death of Rose (or do we) on Jane The Virgin.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Alice and Joey are still trying to find their rhythm on *Good Trouble*, and we see the death of Rose (or do we) on *Jane The Virgin*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 6 “Twenty-Fine” \[Live\]Alice and Joey should be in the New Relationship Energy (NRE) phase of their relationship. You know, that period time at the beginning where you can’t keep your hands each other, and you gloss over flaws because you’re so into the relationship. Yeah, that’s not happening on this show. Every sexual encounter Alice and Joey have is fraught with awkwardness and processing.
I want to like Alice and Joey and feel like I *should* like Alice and Joey, but I’m just not feelin’ it, y’all. IMO they have almost zero chemistry, and the beginning of their relationship had so many bumps in the road I feel like it’s destined to fail.
Coincidentally, my birthday was last week and this episode was about Malika’s 25th birthday party. Her party was a cacophony of performance art, and to be honest, my 10th circle of hell (with the exception of Davia and Dennis’ duet). My wife kept joking, “Oh, no, I’m going to have to change all of my plans for your birthday tomorrow!”
Alice does this for Malika’s party.
I understand when you’re in performance mode, you have the ability to be a totally different person than you are in day-to-day life, but this seems extreme. I love and support performance sexy Alice, but it feels really out of character to me.
But anyway, sexy Alice happened and now Joey can jump on her, but no, they have to process instead.
SMH.
I feel like every other couple on this show is having a sexy fun time except for Alice and Joey. I understand relationships can be complicated, but why does it have to be them and why this early on?
I think it’s time for the two of them to realize they a just not compatible.
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Baller](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)– Season 5 Episode 17 “Chapter Ninety-Eight” \[Live\]We’re at the third to last ever episode of *Jane The Virgin*, folks! I was still holding out for Petra and JR being endgame but starting to get nervous with so few episodes left. Then Petra learns JR’s mom died and the funeral is going to be in Miami that weekend.
Ah, the plot device to get JR back in Miami. Will Petra go to the funeral, reach out or randomly run into her? Raf dissuades her from option one.
I know Rafael is right, but this is a telenovela and almost nothing is off-limits. Petra winds up sending a note and flowers.
Meanwhile, Rose, the most notorious queer female villain telenovela character of all time escaped from prison last week and surprises Jane when she gets home. Rose wanted it to be Raf, but Jane will do for her diabolical plan.
Rose is such a fabulous villain.
What is Rose’s plan? She wants to meet up with Luisa at the premiere of *This is Mars*.
She makes Jane call Luisa and tell her to fly to Miami, and if she doesn’t or tells anyone about it, she’ll kill someone she loves.
Rose makes her and Jane dress up in Alien costumes so no one will recognize them at the event. They make it to through the party “leading up to our epic confrontation.”
> Rose the Supervillian's final epic confrontation (or is it?). [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Roisa](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Roisa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Jt7uGc3iHz](https://t.co/Jt7uGc3iHz)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1155846275071389696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That was a climactic death of Rose, but was is it really? Remember Roman Zazo from season 1? He was impaled on a statue too, but episodes later he came back to life via his twin brother. Was that the real Rose or one of the half dozen Rose impersonators? Would the real Rose go on such a risky mission?
If that is the end to our beloved villain, I’m okay with it. Getting impaled and then set on fire is a pretty epic way to make an exit. But I won’t be 100% convinced she’s dead until the last minute of the finale. All will be revealed this week!
*[Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)* – Season 4 Episode 6 “By the Spit” \[Live\] Nova is in Atlanta on her book tour and now accompanied by her former professor, Dr. Octavia Laurent, who has invited herself along for the ride. Dr. L is taking it upon herself to act as Nova’s publicist by signing her up for various events.
When Nova gets the news she’s been shortlisted for the National Book Award, she is super excited, and Dr. L does the classic soap opera “over the shoulder make an unhappy face during a hug.” She also disses the award by telling her she doesn’t need it for validation.
Later, she worms her way into one of Nova’s interviews and inserts herself into the conversation.
Great, now she’s taking credit for Nova’s success.
Dr. L adds to her list of manipulations by trying to drive a wedge between Nova and her family, trying to intercept an opportunity offered to Nova and generally being a lying piece of shit.
Nova FINALLY comes to her senses and sends the Dr. packing. Of course, she throws a tantrum before she leaves, saying things like, “I made you!” Bye, Dr. Laurent!
I rarely hate characters, but I HATED Dr. L. She’s pretentious, egotistical and manipulative. I really don’t like the fact that Nova let her into her life for even a minute. She was so obviously trying to tear her down while simultaneously riding her fame to her advantage. She’s an emotional abuser, and I really hope her arc is done.
Oh my goodness, y’all. The 2-hour *Jane the Virgin* SERIES finale is in two days! I am so not ready for it to be over, but I’m sure it’s going to be a fabulously over-the-top ending to an amazing show.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Jane the Virgin, Queen Sugar
---
### [Queer Beats - August 9, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-august-9-2019/)
**Published:** August 9, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we received news about multiple crossovers, The OA was cancelled, and The L Word hit the TCAs.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we received news about multiple crossovers, The OA was cancelled, and The L Word reboot hit the TCAs.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
We are inching closer to the Batwoman premiere (yay) so we are slowly getting more content.
> People aren’t always what they seem. [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres Sunday, October 6 on The CW!
>
> — Batwoman (@CWBatwoman) [August 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1157320255062126592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We also got further confirmation that Kate *will* be openly gay and will also be Jewish (as in the comics)!
> Batwoman producer promises Kate Kane will have girlfriends and go on dates
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [August 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1158158914430668800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> ‘Batwoman’ Gets Her “Bat”-Mitzvah At The CW – TCA [pic.twitter.com/j5bhdBVFwV](https://t.co/j5bhdBVFwV)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [August 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1158148770116198401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Freeform was honored in Variety’s “Power of Young Hollywood” issue and some of favorite actors from The Bold Type and Grown-ish were featured:
> THE POWER that Young Hollywood has. [@Variety](https://twitter.com/Variety?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s annual “Power of Young Hollywood” issue hit stands today! Freeform is honored to be recognized by the publication as an industry leader dedicated to diverse, outspoken storytelling. [\#POYH](https://twitter.com/hashtag/POYH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KAsRmIJX4K](https://t.co/KAsRmIJX4K)
>
> — Freeform (@FreeformTV) [August 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/FreeformTV/status/1158955000325820416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
We finally got confirmation that Black Lightning *will* be included in the next crossover:
> Cress Williams has seemingly confirmed that Black Lightning will appear in the ‘CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS’ crossover. (Source: ) [pic.twitter.com/RjChgoGSNe](https://t.co/RjChgoGSNe)
>
> — DiscussingFilm (@DiscussingFilm) [August 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/DiscussingFilm/status/1157689218971385856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The show has started filming again which means set selfies!
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1159540763442733057?s=20
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
The fandom has fallen head over heels for [Rue](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rue-bennett/) and [Jules](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-vaughn/) and, personally, I have also fell head over heels for [Zendaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) and [Hunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/).
https://twitter.com/euphoriaHBO/status/1158453494162100224?s=20
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
Excited for The L Word reboot? Cast and crew were at the TCAs this week to talk more about where the new show is headed.
https://twitter.com/jenniferbeals/status/1157685833375215616?s=20
## [The OA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-oa/)
The OA was cancelled this week and fans were not happy with Netflix (as usual):
> ‘The OA’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Netflix
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [August 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1158414953294061569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
My favorite topic: Orphan Black! EW released a preview of the new audio series and just hearing [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)‘s voice again was enough to make me cry tears of joy.
> Listen to Tatiana Maslany introduce a new clone in Orphan Black: The Next Chapter clip
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [August 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1158754915621199874?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
The Runaways cast announced a crossover with Cloak and Dagger in the next season!
> A message from the stars of "[@MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)" and "Marvel's [@CloakAndDagger](https://twitter.com/CloakAndDagger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)"… [pic.twitter.com/ItmTJadrpn](https://t.co/ItmTJadrpn)
>
> — Marvel Entertainment (@Marvel) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1156943905281077248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
[Maya Hawke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maya-hawke/) spoke with Huffington Post about the process leading into [Robin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/robin-2/)‘s coming out:
> “We started to feel like she and \[Steve\] shouldn’t get together, and that she's gay,” the actress told The Wall Street Journal.
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1159287576076963846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
The fact that these women are *this* beautiful isn’t news but seeing these pictures affected me as if it was!
> 👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾❤️ [pic.twitter.com/JBO3YSxCUI](https://t.co/JBO3YSxCUI)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [August 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1158773759353823233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Lightning, Euphoria, The Bold Type, The L Word: Generation Q, The OA
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 22, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-the-gay-one-on-stranger-things/)
**Published:** July 22, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Rhea Butcher is a guestbian on Good Trouble, I found out who's the gay one on Stranger Things and write part 6 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Rhea Butcher is a guestbian on *Good Trouble*; I found out who’s the gay one on *Stranger Things* and write part 6 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Good Trouble* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Happy Heckling” \[Live\]Alice goes to a local queer comedy night for some awkward networking and spots famous comic, Lindsay Brady (played by [Rhea Butcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhea-butcher/)).
Alice is a big fan and has always wanted Lindsay to follow her back on Instagram even though they are very “stingy with their follows.”
During Lindsay’s set Alice fangirls too loudly and pisses them off.
Lindsay rips into Alice with a barrage of comedic insults, and she is so humiliated she runs out.
Later she tells Joey what happened and they admit they have a history with Lindsay being an asshole.
Lindsay is the kind of person who will steal your girlfriend if they’re one of their exes. We all know *that* person, and Lindsay did it to Joey in the past. Gross. I’m always disturbed by people who are only attracted to people they can steal away from someone else to feed their egos.
Even though she’s afraid to show her face in the club again, Alice ovaries up and goes back the next night. Guess who she runs into in the bathroom?
They apologize for ripping into her but explain even happy heckling can derail your set. The rest of Alice’s friends enter the bathroom, and they do some speed networking. Alice gets to plug her Insta videos, and they all take pictures together.
That night Alice is thrilled Lindsay started following her on Instagram, but Joey is not feeling the same way. Not only did they publicly humiliate Alice, but Joey is not over their history of shitty behavior. Alice tells them she’s not about to become BFFs with Lindsay, just making a move that’s really good for her career.
I totally get what Alice is saying. Almost [all our faves are problematic](https://youtube.com/qEPrJtaIPrg) in some way or another, but success is all about networking and relationships. You have to weigh the price of not burning a bridge with violating your code of ethics. In this case, Alice was willing to pay the price of admission. Joey eventually chilled out but told her to be careful because they don’t trust Lindsay.
Later, Lindsay sends Alice a DM saying they are willing to help her work on a “tight five.” I only know what that means from watching *[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)*. Uh, oh, does this mean Alice is going to continue to form a relationship with Lindsay past this episode? Does Lindsay know Alice is dating Joey and are they up to their girlfriend-stealing shenanigans again? We’ll have to wait and see.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 18 “Nice for What” \[Live\]My daughter Josephine has recently gotten into *Grown-ish* and we have been binge-watching it together. When Nomi and Professor Shane kiss, Josephine says, “I don’t know whether to cheer or go EW!” Same, girl, same.
Nomi spent the night at Professor Shane’s, and she wants to get a ride with her to school. Dr. Shane says she can’t today.
Poor Nomi. Professor Shane inspires her to come out and immediately stuffs her into the closet.
Later, Professor Shane is at the school bookstore buying an old lady book, and Zoey nervously checks her out. She tries so hard to not reveal her knowledge of her and Nomi’s a relationship that she inevitably makes it obvious.
Nomi blows up at Zoey for the slip-up, and it turns into a big fight. Nomi is furious that Zoey may have messed things up for the two of them. But Zoey doesn’t believe Nomi is really okay with her and the Professor’s “non-traditional” relationship where she’s not allowed to tell anyone about it or be seen in public together.
Nomi goes to the Professor’s house to apologize to her on Zoey’s behalf and winds up facing the reality of her place in their relationship.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1153001765832404992
Nomi consistently makes the best decisions of all of the characters on *Grown-ish*, and I’m glad she realized Professor Shane’s terms were making her so disappointed in herself she needed to end it.
Is this the last of professor Shane though? The drama was fun, but I think it’s best for Nomi if she stays broken up with her.
*[Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)* – Season 3 Episode 7 “Chapter Sever: The Bite” \[Streaming\] I’m not a *Stranger Things* person. I thought season one was fine. Season Two I was like, “Why do people like this show so much?” And season three was better, but even though I grew up in the 80s, it was way too much nostalgia porn for me.
I knew someone was going to be the gay one on *Stranger Things* season three, and I put all of my money on Max. I was totally wrong!
I did not foresee Robin of Scoop Troop being the queer one at all!
In season four I would like them to have her meet a girl at the video store because that’s how I met my wife.
Otherwise, this is literally my recap of season three.
https://twitter.com/LilJimmi/status/1153010276083621888?s=20
*Vida* – Season 2 Episode 6 ” Episode 12″ \[Live\] ```
Dear, Tanya Saracho.Hi, it's been a few weeks. I've been traveling and busy writing about my feelings for Pose and the new Tales of the City. Rest assured it doesn't mean I love Vida any less.I have three things to say about this episode.First: I love a good pegging scene. Well done.Next, Hot Topic: Emma is a Le Tigre fan!
```
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1153015252155621377
```
Finally: As soon as Lyn told Emma to go get edibles from her purse I knew exactly what was going to happen. It was like watching a car crash in slow motion, and I could feel every thought going through Emma's head in my soul.
```
```
Mishel's acting, Lyn's pleading, the music...everything made this one of the most gut-wrenching scenes I've ever watched. Emma didn't have to say it out loud, you felt her thinking Vidalia has fucked her yet again from the dead. This time via a overspending ghost Lyn created.I have never felt more badly for Emma then in this episode.
```
```
At first I was really concerned with whose hand this was. But I soon learned this wasn't a big reveal of any kind, it was a gesture saying, "You will survive this."Thank you again, for another amazing episode of television.Love,TracyPS. Emma wearing glasses and working on spreadsheets is my new and maybe forever sexuality.
```
This week is my birthday week! For my birthday I’ll get a new episode of *Queen Sugar*. Happy 49 to me!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Stranger Things, Vida
---
### [Queer Beats - August 2, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-august-2-2019/)
**Published:** August 2, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we all cried over Jane the Virgin, fangirled over Jamie Clayton, and celebrated Orange is the New Black's final run.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we all cried over Jane the Virgin, fangirled over Jamie Clayton, and celebrated Orange is the New Black’s final run.
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)
It turns out that [Amber Benson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-benson/) will be returning to Clexacon this year so, if you missed her last year, you have a second chance to see her!
> What’s better than [@amber\_benson](https://twitter.com/amber_benson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at ClexaCon 2019? Amber Benson at [\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! Your favorite TV Wiccan returns to ClexaCon! Don’t miss this iconic guest!! [\#Buffy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Buffy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BuffyTheVampireSlayer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuffyTheVampireSlayer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TaraMaclay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TaraMaclay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BTVS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BTVS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gc69kaIa8u](https://t.co/gc69kaIa8u)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [July 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1156618062411501570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
We finally had to say goodbye to JtV this week and, I don’t know about you, but I was a mess. Our favorite queer couple each posted a tribute to their time on the show and their beloved characters:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0m4I9FhQPB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
> Thank you. It was a joy bringing Jane to life. I am so grateful to have had the chance. I’ve joined a family. I love you [\#JTVFamilia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JTVFamilia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#JRnPetraForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JRnPetraForever?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#PetramosEndgame](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PetramosEndgame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Rosario Dawson (@rosariodawson) [August 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/rosariodawson/status/1156789420093145089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
A few more casting announcements were made this week and they included a LezWatchTV favorite, [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/)! I’m personally very happy to see that the sequel is continuing to diversify its cast.
> The L Word: Generation Q announced Sense8 star @MsJamieClayton will be playing Tess, a no-nonsense bartender. Learn more about her character (plus more casting announcements) here: [\#GenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/lMgesd1DGc](https://t.co/lMgesd1DGc)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [July 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1156651985258582019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
We have a premiere date for season 3 of the Runaways! I’m excited to see the crew get more used to their powers.
> Save the date 💌 [@MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3 has a premiere date [pic.twitter.com/YHrj47Fw9L](https://t.co/YHrj47Fw9L)
>
> — TV Guide (@TVGuide) [July 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVGuide/status/1155255474440364033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
With OitNB ending, Netflix announced that they have launched an initiative to support criminal justice reform and immigrant rights… and it is named after [Poussey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poussey-washington/). Cue the tears. This is such a great way to honor a character that so many people loved.
> Orange Is The New Black has announced The Poussey Washington Fund: an initiative that will support pre-existing non-profit advocacy groups that focus on criminal justice reform, protecting immigrants’ rights & supporting women who have been affected by it [pic.twitter.com/l9enhJLGgA](https://t.co/l9enhJLGgA)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [July 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1154506410694041600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The cast also answered some tweets about the final season!
> ORANGE FOREVER. The [\#OITNB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) cast answers your Tweets from the final season premiere. [pic.twitter.com/k9pamZpTqO](https://t.co/k9pamZpTqO)
>
> — PopX (@PopX) [July 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/PopX/status/1155234430136406016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [She-Ra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
She-Ra is back TODAY! Watch this clip to get amped up or just jump right into the new season on Netflix!
> Adora just made a major discovery about her true identity… More to come in an all new season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, coming to [@Netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) August 2nd! [\#SheRa](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SheRa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/TFamOTdriB](https://t.co/TFamOTdriB)
>
> — She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (@DreamWorksSheRa) [July 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1156610474508554241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Jane the Virgin, Orange is the New Black, Runaways, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, The L Word: Generation Q
---
### [ClexaCon 2019: Interview with Mandahla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/clexacon-2019-mandahla-rose/)
**Published:** August 21, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Once you know the name Mandahla Rose you won't forget her. She took time to chat with us at ClexaCon about representation, superheroes, and how hard comedy can be.
**Content:**
While we haven’t (yet) been able to add her to our database, Mandahla Rose is one of the brightest and most authentic queer actresses out there. From openly sharing her story with others to genuinely caring about everyone she meets, Mandahla is the kind of actress who embodies every role she takes on and is the person you’d love to have a cup of coffee and chat with by the pool. She was also on our [short-list for Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-cw-amps-up-the-queer-with-batwoman/).
We had the opportunity to talk with her at ClexaCon in 2019.
---
**LezWatch.TV:** How have you seen the representation of LGBTQ content on television change in the last few years?
**Mandahla Rose:** I feel as though it’s changed greatly. I think I mentioned it in \[ClexaCon\] London that I’ve been in a number of projects and the high majority of them are queer. I just finished wrapping another short that is 9 — have you heard of *Los Angeles*? It’s nine short films that are written and directed by fifteen female filmmakers and I’m in one of those. Since I’ve been here \[in the US\], I got here three years ago, the roles that I keep getting offered are all queer, and they’re all with female filmmakers, mostly. In my experience from Australia to here, it is changing vastly and it’s really exciting because I feel as like we’re starting to make a difference, starting to get out there, starting to have people see us and recognize us.
**LezWatch.TV:** Do you worry that you’re going to be stereotyped in the US?
**Mandahla:** I don’t care. I really don’t care because I’m getting work and I’m doing what I love. I am bringing stories to life that matter because it represents who we are as individuals. If I get stereotyped, then that’s some white man’s decision, and I don’t need to work with that. I will get the work that I need.
**LezWatch.TV:** The acceptance of being an openly queer actor, how is it different here as it is to Australia?
**Mandahla:** I didn’t have a problem with being out straightaway. As soon as I realized who I was, I didn’t think my sexuality would at all— it shouldn’t alter my work. I’ve never been a person to hide who I am. Working in Australia and working here— Looking at my career here, I’m just working a lot more and they happen to be queer roles. But it I was working in Australia, I’d still be seeking it out. I don’t know what that film world is like right now, or where the queer world is at in the film world of Australia.
**LezWatch.TV:** Most queer actors have played at least one straight character. What’s your experience been?
**Mandahla:** I have a film coming up, \[*For the Love of Jessee*\], which is a straight film, and a friend of mine who’s in it said “You play straight better than the actual straight lead actor.” And I was like “Sweet!”
**LezWatch.TV:** How does it feel playing a straight character?
**Mandahla:** I was able to watch it a couple weeks ago. We went to Wickenberg, which is where we shot it in the desert in Arizona. It’s a very white, Trump supporting community out there, and I was the only person of colour. The only queer one I feel, except for two lesbians who were in the front. They actually ran up to me and they’re all “Hi! We recognize you’re one of us!” But how does it feel to play… it felt strange. I saw myself perving at this topless guy going “Mmmm yum.” And I’m like, “I believe what she’s saying!” That’s great, though, because that’s not me, that’s Sage. That’s whoever I am in some parallel universe. How does it feel to play straight … it’s fun. Because it’s challenging, because it’s not who I am anymore. But it’s still an acting job.
**LezWatch.TV:** We were talking yesterday, about the difference between comedy and drama. You’ve just branched out into doing comedy with *BIFL*, and with *Passage* you said. What has changed in your acting style when you start embracing more of the comedic roles?
**Mandahla:** A lot more doubt. I remember doing *Passage* and we had this day where I am Diana, completely a dork, a real geek nerd, and I’m falling for this girl and stumbling over myself and my luggage. I remember walking away that day, after I had wrapped and thinking I don’t know if I’m in the right career, I don’t know if this feels good, I don’t know what that was about. Because it’s something new that I’m not used to. You put me in something *dark* and serious and drama, and I’m there and I’m super invested and I will bring everything. Comedy? I want to do the same thing, but it’s unknown territory. Have you heard of *Butch Pal for the Straight Gal*?
It’s the lesbian *Queer Eye*. And I’ve just been cast in that as Sam, the interior designer. We had a two hour improv and it’s comedy and it’s so much fun. I walked away from it thinking “Comedy is fun!” and having this actual play with people and improv is fun. I’m looking forward to getting more into comedy to be able to open my craft more.
**LezWatch.TV:** You mentioned that you’re a superhero fan. You were on our personal short list for people we’d like to see play Batwoman. Do you have an iconic superhero role that you’d like to take on and be that person?
**Mandahla:** I auditioned for Batwoman and I was so sure I was going to get it. I love superhero. I would love to play a hero, but I would love to play a villain. To play someone really dark. Like *Killing Eve*, a beautiful dark serial killer. Like “Kill me, please.” I would love to play something that is a little more dark, maybe vigilante, like a vampire that’s gone rogue but kills other vampires. Something that’s dark but kind of — I’m a Slytherin. I want the fun dark stuff. Have a play with that, because it is fun.
**LezWatch.TV:** You’ve got three projects premiering here at ClexaCon. Do you want to talk about those and tell us?
**Mandahla:** Absolutely. So today we’ve have *Alice & Iza* screening. It is Guinevere Turner and I. I worked with Guinevere a couple of times. It’s wonderful to work with such an inspiring actress, and just to see her in her craft. We happen to have really wonderful chemistry, so playing with her and bringing *Alice & Iza* to life is wonderful. Guinevere plays Alice, and it’s her 1 year divorce-aversary and she goes to lesbian brunch, cause that’s what we do. Just to celebrate with her friends, but she doesn’t want to be there. I’m Iza and I’m standing there and we happen to meet and go home together. It’s about that connection and a one-night-stand and what just happens if you let something happen. That’s premiering today. I haven’t actually seen it on the big screen yet, so I’m really looking forward to that.
Tonight is the shorts, it opens with *Passage*, directed by Christine Baker and written by Hillary Esquina. That one’s a sci-fi queer — I like to use the word queer for those who don’t want to be recognized as lesbian — it’s a queer sci-fi comedy/drama. Nicole Pacent is in it as well, Shannan Leigh Reeve. I play Agent Diana Atwell. She’s the tech to Agent Ali Prader’s tact. Tactical, technical. Agent Ali Prader is a level three Caelus agent. She can integrate with and see all paranormal entities. It’s a huge world, and I’m excited to bring it to life. I think it will be really be really lovely to have sci-fi, queer, stories out there.
*BIFL*. I play Sarah, they/them/they’re. Ace lesbian. I keep wanting to say it’s the queer friends. There are four friends, in a house. We don’t know everyone’s sexuality. We want to get as much representation out there as possible. It’s a comedy with a — a drama with a lot of comedy, rather. And we get to see the first three episodes of them tonight, and the first two episodes of *Passage* tonight as well.
**LezWatch.TV:** What do you think makes for a successful queer project in today’s media?
**Mandahla:** As an actor, one of the things that’s most important to me, especially if it’s between two lovers — two people who meet and have a connection, chemistry is so important. If you believe it on screen, then I feel as though the story is going to be so much better and more wholesome because of it. When I first got on to the BIFL project, I remember reading that Daren Taylor is going to be the director. And I assumed he was a straight, white, man. So when I went to this coffee shop, instinctually my wall went up and I was all “Who is this straight white male who thinks he can direct a queer show?” So already I had this question going in there, “What do you think that you can bring to this that someone else who actually is in the community can’t?” And Daren walked in, and he’s this beautiful black man and I was just … we’re going to be fine. I think another key element in making something that is going to be successful is trying to incorporate as many woman, as many PoC, as many queer cast and crew as well. It’s a different set. It really is. I’ve worked on sets that are mainly male but recently I’ve been so lucky, so privileged to work on sets that are predominantly women and you only see one or two guys. And I was all “Cool, I do not feel threatened. I know who they are, I feel safe and I feel comfortable.” Unfortunately in this day and age we don’t realize, because it has been drilled into us so much, that to feel comfortable around a guy feels normal. So when you suddenly feel safe, it’s so much more noticeable that it’s a safe space. So I think chemistry and having predominantly women and PoC and queer, especially if it’s a queer story, which is what we’re talking about, then that is also a key ingredient. And people who believe in the story as well, not just the business side of it, but believe this is going to make a better world as well.
**LezWatch.TV:** You mentioned feeling safer doing productions with all women. When you’ve done productions with men, do you think that it holds you back as an actor, to be able to express your full range?
**Mandahla:** Yes. Which is why it’s really important to me that if I am working with a male, that I want to be able to actually spend the time to get to know them and feel safe with them. I want to feel comfortable to be able to ask the questions that I need to ask. Like if there’s nudity or there’s a sex scene, *why* is that important to the story? And if he can’t answer that in a way I feel is relevant to the story, then already my questioning of my safety is a bit more fractured. Working with someone like Daren that would ally, it is important in our community to have straight people that are allies. Straight white males that are allies, because we feel safer. I’ve had the privilege of working with makes, like *For the Love of Jessee* is David MacAbee, and he feels like a big brother. It’s the same with Daren, he feels like someone who can encircle me and I feel safe. It’s very few and far between that I find men that I feel safe and can trust. I feel more able as an actor to get to where I need to be with a female director than I would on my own. I can get there, just takes a little more work on my end.
**LezWatch.TV:** What are your feelings about the importance of queer representation for children and young adult television?
**Mandahla:** Oh my gosh, super important. Because that’s when we learn who we are and become who we are. If, at that age, we don’t have that positive representation, then how are we going to know what’s right in the world? If all we’re being told is straight, this is how it should be, the patriarchy is this way, women should be treated like shit, no. If children have that positive representation in any way, if people know that love is love is love is love is love, and it is from an early age, then our world could completely change. You get those young people to know that equality is everything, then they take that into the world and they spread that and then they have kids and they teach that? It’s this whole, wonderful, iceberg of equality and love. It’s super important. Especially as well, if you think about it, our memories and who we are doesn’t just start as a teenager or when we’re eight or even when we’re six. It starts in the womb. If you’re hearing that love is love is love in the womb, then you’re going to start your life with “love is love is love is love.” It’s important. Very important.
---
You can catch Mandahla in no less than three upcoming series: *BIFL*, *Passage*, and *Butch Pal for the Straight Gal*.
**Categories:** Event Coverage, Interview
**Tags:** ClexaCon 2019, Mandahla Rose
---
### [In From Outfest 2019: Queering the Script](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/in-from-outfest-2019-queering-the-script/)
**Published:** August 28, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's incredibly meta to talk about a documentary about queer female representation on television. And yet.
**Content:**
It’s incredibly meta to talk about a documentary about queer representation on television. And yet, here it is 2019 and we’re still in a place where we need to talk about the validity of our feelings and actions with regards to fandom.
This year at Outfest, *[Queering the Script](https://shaftesbury.ca/productions/queering-the-script)* debuted to talk about the history of queer female representation on television.
> Gabrielle Zilkha’s latest film gathers a dynamite roster of fans, creators, and actors for an incisive discussion of the sometimes inspiring yet often troubled history of queer female representation on television. Galvanized by the upsetting trend of stereotyping, neglecting, or outright killing-off of TV’s beloved queer characters, Zilkha’s subjects beautifully articulate their frustrations and their ideas for better, more accurate, more inclusive visibility. Featuring interviews with Ilene Chaiken (*The L Word*), Angelica Ross (*Pose*), Stephanie Beatriz (*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*), and more.
## The History of Queerness
Representation has always been thorny and fraught with contradictions and conflicting reports. For example, the Hays Code specifically applied to motion pictures, not television, which means it wasn’t directly the cause of television’s reluctance to show us queerness. That blame falls on the oft forgotten “Code of Practices for Television Broadcasters” which had similar restrictions (though also required news to be “factual, fair and without bias” and limited the number of commercials per hour).
The Television Code was halted as it was deemed a violation of the First Amendment in 1976, a full 15 years after the first queer female appeared on television. It wasn’t until 1983 that it was completely discarded, which tracks with the shift from negative representation in general.
## Slash Forward to Shipping
You can’t talk about queerness in media without talking about slashfic, which is to say stories that combine two characters together, in a sexual relationship. The name derives from the first known couple and how it was presented: Kirk/Spock
If you’re old enough to have seen those light-purple, mimeographed papers, then you saw the beginning of FanFiction.net and An Archive of Our Own. This kind of content was generally spearheaded by heterosexual woman and was hidden under tables until the 1990s, when the conflux of the Internet plus *[The X-Files](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-x-files/)* and *[Xena: Warrior Princess](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)* erupted onto the scene, seemingly Athenaesque, fully formed.
The term ‘shipping’ (from ‘relation**ship**‘) stems from people who had fallen for the newest will-they/won’t-they couple: Mulder and Scully. But, as *Queering the Script* notes, they also fell for Mulder/Krycek. And around the same time, *Xena: Warrior Princess* shouted her battle cry and everyone saw sparks between Xena and the battling bard of Potedia, Gabrielle.
## Queering the Fandom
*Queering the Script* covers all of that. From the old Yahoo email lists, through Xenite Retreats, and over to massive conventions like ClexaCon.
Courtesy of ShaftesburyIt brings home the reminder that we, as a fandom, are staved for positive, well written representation. It directly discusses why Lexa hit the community so hard. Much like we see our cons as a chance to be with family, the documentary is like listening to that same family talk about the things that brought us together in the first place.
## A Note of Data…
Since we cover international queer television, and this includes web series, our data on death is a little different than other outlets. When we look at the previous six years, the data is a little less positive.
YearCount201327201421201539201643201738201833The extrapolated number of dead characters (based on all previous years) for 2019 was 20 character total. That number was reached by July 28th.
Now, this is somewhat ‘balanced’ by the higher number of characters on-air, but the ratio is still disproportionate. We’re currently working on generating the precise data per year, in order to calculate this with more accuracy. The take away, however, is that while 2016 was the peak year, it’s not actually that much better now, and it’s still above the predicted trend line.
## Check out *Queering the Script*
It’s making the festival circuit right now and will be on Canadian TV after. Keep your eyes pealed and watch it where you can. For those of us in the community, it’s nothing new, but maybe sharing it with your friends and allies will help open their eyes.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Documentary, Outfest, Queering the Script
---
### [Queer Beats - July 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-july-25-2019/)
**Published:** July 26, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, all of us ComicCants were showered with new content from our favorite casts!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, all of us ComicCants were showered with new content from our favorite casts!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
To start off our Black Lightning content, we have a cast interview that gets interrupted by some Supergirl cast members and one with [Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) where she talks about ThunderGrace!
https://youtube.com/LcYoRp8Lp24
https://youtube.com/de_DkdQPL4c
Although she wasn’t at ComicCon, we were still blessed by a new interview with [Chantal](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) as well.
> Rapid Fire Questions (aka the 'Lightning Round') w/ [@blacklightning](https://twitter.com/blacklightning?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s @Chantal\_Thuy. Black Lightning S3 premieres Oct 21
>
> Listen to our full interview + read more here: [\#chantalthuy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/chantalthuy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#blacklightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/blacklightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#sdcc2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdcc2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#lindavista](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lindavista?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#montreal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/montreal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#vietnamesecanadian](https://twitter.com/hashtag/vietnamesecanadian?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#wcw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wcw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/raAjCjkQF6](https://t.co/raAjCjkQF6)
>
> — Cold Tea Collective (@coldteamedia) [July 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/coldteamedia/status/1154056424890228743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
Derry Girls will hit Netflix next week! For all of us U.S. fans, this season has been out for a while but we have not had access to it. I personally can’t wait to binge it!
https://twitter.com/jennyleighx33/status/1154076651862577154?s=20
## [Harley Quinn](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7658402/)
In one of the most interesting TV news to come out of ComicCon, DC is releasing a new Harley Quinn animated show… “for mature audiences.” The trailer features Poison Ivy which makes me hope for some potential queer action.
https://twitter.com/TheDCUniverse/status/1152790503303155712?s=20
## [Homecoming](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7008682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
I love Janelle Monáe so much and am beyond excited that she is coming back to our TV screens! She will be taking over the lead in Homecoming in season 2 and, although there has not been any mention of whether her character will be queer, a girl can dream, right?
> Janelle Monáe is set to headline the second season of Amazon’s psychological thriller drama series [\#Homecoming](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Homecoming?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [July 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1153714150691835905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
The season finale of JtV is happening next week (cue: my tears) and we aren’t the only ones who are sad:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Uw3vuJvSn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word: Generation Q](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7661384/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
The L Word reboot has released another group of casting announcements and, thankfully, it’s a diverse bunch:
> We have a new round of casting selections for The L Word: Generation Q for you – including trans actress Sophie Giannamore. [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheLWordGenerationQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWordGenerationQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/zGhkAZmndQ](https://t.co/zGhkAZmndQ)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [July 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1153734715070984195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The Legends cast hit ComicCon to discuss the big changes that next season will bring:
> [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 5 scoop: Astra Logue is the big bad! Plus, a new version of Zari's character, and "big things" for Sara and Ava! (Maybe babies?!)[@TheCW\_Legends](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#comiccon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/comiccon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#sdcc2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdcc2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/186v0cwMXd](https://t.co/186v0cwMXd)
>
> — ExtraTV (@extratv) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/extratv/status/1152351145764896771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I also just thought this was cute:
> The Canaries [\#CCSD2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CCSD2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@MzKatieCassidy](https://twitter.com/MzKatieCassidy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@JulianaHarkavy](https://twitter.com/JulianaHarkavy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/c6d2VA0u7n](https://t.co/c6d2VA0u7n)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [July 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1152637816590913541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
To gear us up before the new season, OitNB released some behind-the-scenes footage of their last season:
> It's not a goodbye, it's a see you later. 😢 [\#OrangeForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrangeForever?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2piV2oZkVG](https://t.co/2piV2oZkVG)
>
> — Orange Is the New Black (@OITNB) [July 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/OITNB/status/1153688731884257280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Will I ever get tired of including Orphan Black in Queer Beats? NEVER! Serial Box released a little teaser for their upcoming OB audio series. The fact that Cophine seems to be at the center of their marketing campaign is a *very* good sign.
> Delphine makes her [\#TuesdayTeaser](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TuesdayTeaser?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) debut in this [\#OrphanBlack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrphanBlack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): The Next Chapter reveal 🔬👀‼️🚨👯♀️ All the [\#Cophine](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cophine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and all the [\#crazyscience](https://twitter.com/hashtag/crazyscience?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is all coming soon! [pic.twitter.com/TeQoNECm1K](https://t.co/TeQoNECm1K)
>
> — Realm (@RealmMedia) [July 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/RealmMedia/status/1153736478478020610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
Steven Universe fans were treated to an all new movie trailer at Comic Con this weekend:
> WIGS FROM HERE TO SAN DIEGO 🦱✨ The [\#StevenUniverseTheMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverseTheMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) trailer is EXACTLY what we wanted, EVERYTHING we didn't even know we needed, and we CAN'T WAIT for September 2 💎💖🌟[\#CNatSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNatSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#CartoonNetwork](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CartoonNetwork?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#stevenuniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ComicCon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ComicCon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ComicCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ComicCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ALDEhiYu5C](https://t.co/ALDEhiYu5C)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1152327114995261441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cartoon Network also released a bit of the behind-the-scenes documentary that will be included on the movie DVD.
> Experience the story behind the [\#StevenUniverseTheMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverseTheMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! We'll have in-depth interviews with [@RebeccaSugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and the Crewniverse, exclusive behind the scenes of the process, and best of all, Lion the cat 🙀 🌟💖 Full documentary will be included in the movie DVD! [\#CNatSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNatSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Hz2Wi7pIy2](https://t.co/Hz2Wi7pIy2)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1152323907548078081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Mika, our trusty LWTV co-founder who attended ComicCon, caught a pic of this amazing SU cosplayer and I just wanted to make sure everyone saw it:
> This is the most awesome cosplay for [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PYnmLGQ8Vm](https://t.co/PYnmLGQ8Vm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1152318439299530752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This new Supergirl trailer really had everyone talking (especially those who love SuperCorp):
> Can’t escape what’s next. [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) returns Sunday, October 6 on The CW! [\#CWSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CWSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Supergirl (@TheCWSupergirl) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1152737453704384512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I was excited for any new [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/)/[Azie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azie-tesfai/) content and was glad to see this interview of them alone together:
> round table interview with Chyler and Azie from earlier today! [\#SupergirlSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SupergirlSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Fandomopolis (@Fandomopolis) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/Fandomopolis/status/1152806343910100992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But we were also blessed with many, many amazing interviews with the full cast. Watch them all below!
https://youtube.com/eZCz9cSrdK8
https://youtube.com/0fzNIxv7Bjw
> The reason she became [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was to save you. 💙❤️ We can’t get enough of this super sister squad in our [\#ETComicCon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ETComicCon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) photo booth! [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KvjbvmwUHV](https://t.co/KvjbvmwUHV)
>
> — Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) [July 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1152685317624750080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The Advocate interviewed [Ser Anzoategui](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-anzoategui/) about playing [Eddy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eddy/) on Vida. Eddy represents a group of people who are rarely seen on TV, so I am always glad to see them get more attention!
> “It’s a beautiful thing to play in Eddy — that you can rise above hate,” [@Vida\_Starz](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star @SerAnzoategui tells @TracyEGilchrist. [\#VidaStarz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaStarz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — The Advocate (@TheAdvocateMag) [July 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheAdvocateMag/status/1153381585955119106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
The new trailer for Westworld included one very interesting shot of Dolores and Charlotte cuddling in bed…
https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/1152675396695072769?s=20
## [Why Women Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9054904/)
We finally got our first look at Why Women Kill, a new show from CBS that features [Alexandra Daddario](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-daddario/) as a queer character!
> 3 decades. 3 marriages. Same problem.[\#WhyWomenKill](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhyWomenKill?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres August 15 only on [@CBSAllAccess](https://twitter.com/cbsallaccess?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/ESauDlzsps](https://t.co/ESauDlzsps)
>
> — CBS Studios (@CBSTVStudios) [July 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/CBSTVStudios/status/1154059145827373056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
The Wynonna Earp cast and crew hit ComicCon again, following the recent announcement about Season 4. As always, [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) and Mel together resulted in many fun moments:
> 🍭 [@WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@MelanieScrofano](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and Katherine Barrell's nerdy pleasures are making us soooo hungry [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/8DVuAUUkCq](https://t.co/8DVuAUUkCq)
>
> — TV Guide (@TVGuide) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVGuide/status/1152980434990579712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Kat on her take of a [\#wayhaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wayhaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) wedding and that great banter between Kat and Melanie [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#syfy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/syfy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#sdcc2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdcc2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/fmu1AOhQN2](https://t.co/fmu1AOhQN2)
>
> — d 🌼 (@ignalusaltz) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/ignalusaltz/status/1152736188618330112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Derry Girls, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Orange is the New Black, Orphan Black, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The L Word: Generation Q, Vida, Westworld, Why Women Kill, Wynonna Earp
---
### [SDCC 2019: Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/sdcc-2019-wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** July 31, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When life gives you lemons, Wynonna Earp brings lemonade and whiskey.
**Content:**
Few shows have had such a turbulent year as *Wynonna Earp*. This time last year, the show was renewed for season four *and* five. The crew was elated, as they should be. But as we know, when winter rolled around and there was no news of filming, the dire reveal was made. IDW was cash strapped, and it’s [because of the passion of the fans](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/out-of-purgatory/) did we get season four.
Emily Andras San Diego Comic Con 2019## Back to San Diego
Of course, the show knows how much we love it, and how much we are willing to put into it. So it was with great joy that the cast came back to San Diego to share the love with us.
> You’ve been waiting a long time, [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and you deserve a little something special. We can’t give each of you a sword, so consider this the next best option. [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3WjhOyFflG](https://t.co/3WjhOyFflG)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1152754216315711488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And in case you worried, the cast and crew missed us too. They came back to San Diego to share their love for us and tell us how much
## So … Now What?
Okay, let’s start a the start. We have a new world. The whole post-curse Purgatory is going to be very different for Wynonna, and everyone knows it. After she saves Waverly and Doc (because we know she will), what happens next? It’s a brave new place, and maybe it’s time to make happiness on the Homestead with a little WayHaught wedding?
COMIC CON INTERNATIONAL SAN DIEGO Wynonna Earp Panel Pictured l r Melanie Scrofano Katherine Barrell Photo by Evans Vestal WardSYFYThe thing is, they’ve just started breaking down season four, with Emily Andras cracking that the audience and their shouted suggestions were the writer’s room, but soon enough we’ll get filming and back to Purgatory in 2020. But what can we expect?
> We’re gonna make it the Earpiest season of Earp that ever Earped.
>
> Emily Andras @ SDCC 2019
That’s right, it’ll be fun and goofy and all the things we love about the show.
Just remember, there are a lot of different ways to be cursed.
## Hot Takes
- Melanie ‘forgot’ she had a sword and will suck using it, but that’s okay. It’s new for Wynonna too.
- Emily says Wynonna will be leaning on Nedley this next season
- “Maybe Nedley knows how to use a sword.” “Maybe Nedley **what**?!”
- Melanie and Kat, bickering about the WayHaught wedding being on the Homestead is peak WynHaught (which Emily chanted in the background)
- Queen of Vampires, Cantal loves being able to be hundreds of years old and, thus, superior to Wynonna.
- Casting wish list includes [Ksenia Solo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ksenia-solo/) (and everyone else from *[Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)*)
- The characters totally watch *Antiques Roadshow* and *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* (so about that crossover, Gloria?)
- Gus is in Boca Raton and not coming back now that she sold the bar (okay maybe not Boca, but you get the idea).
## Of Course It’s Not Over
And while the cast had their fun at Comic-Con, their adventures continued the next day:
> Did I leave Kat and Chantel behind at the hotel instead of waiting for them in airport limo: yes
> Do I regret it: also yes
>
> — Emily Andras (@emtothea) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1153001140382031872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But don’t panic! They made the flight:
> Great news guys they made it anyway [pic.twitter.com/7pDV4sCI8F](https://t.co/7pDV4sCI8F)
>
> — Emily Andras (@emtothea) [July 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1153005515666001921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** SDCC, Wynonna Earp
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### [In From Outfest 2019: To Be Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/in-from-outfest-2019-to-be-me/)
**Published:** August 7, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** From two reality TV producers comes a thoughtful and real new drama on Revry.
**Content:**
Since Outfest happens on the same dates as SDCC, and we haven’t yet invented a teleporter, it was a little challenging to catch everything and report on it.
This year, the stand-out series belongs to *[To Be Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/to-be-me/)*.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuscTKNXXu8
*To Be Me* is an original series from Revry, an internationally streaming, queer focused network.
Their newest series is about a young African-American from the mid-west who is struggling with gender identity. For Jordan’s close friend, Kaouri, it’s easy. She’s a woman and she’s finally who she always needed to be. But Jordan doesn’t feel like a gay man or a woman, and the truth of who is ‘me’ comes at a cost with friends and family.
## From Reality to Fiction
The series is the brainchild of two producers from ABC’s *The Bachelor*. Amanda Dash and Daan Jansen recognized how few and far between it was for positive, realistic, representation in the media. Taking their reality TV experience to task, they cast the series ‘backwards,’ first finding the unknown, trans actor, and then building the show around them.
It’s not often you see such an understanding of the lack of representation, and it’s unexpected to find coming from reality TV, but both Dash and Jansen demonstrated a clear and deep comprehension.
> As a TV producer in today’s society, I feel it’s not only my duty to cover the subjects that aren’t shown enough in mainstream media, but to tell stories that truly reflect the lives of my friends.
>
> Amanda Dash
> It frustrates me that people who are transgender or struggling with their gender identity, do not receive that love and support and have to live their lives in fear. During our research, I met so many amazing people that inspired me to do anything and everything I can to make sure that their stories are being told. All humans, no matter who they are, deserve love and support to be their true selves.
>
> Dan Jansen
The work paid off. Both the primary queer roles are played by openly queer actors. Jordan is played by a non-binary trans female actor, Kate Rose Wilburn. Their best friend is played by transgender model Corey Rae. These two actors bring a depth to the dissonance caused when your gender presentation isn’t who you are.
## For Your Consideration
*To Be Me* is campaigning for the Emmy’s Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama and the Outstanding Actor In A Short Form Comedy or Drama for Kim Estes (who plays Jordan’s father).
Between the focus, as the only show that is PoC-trans-centric and targets gender identity specifically, it’s made history already.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Outfest, To Be Me
---
### [SDCC 2019: Sneek Peaks](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/sdcc-2019-sneek-peaks/)
**Published:** August 14, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Not every show wants to tell you all the details about what's new. A lot have new and exciting experiences to let you feel your way through them.
**Content:**
Besides the previews, San Diego Comic Con is a great place to get teased. Some shows opted not to give us full premiers and went with sizzle reals and hands on experiences.
## Amazon Prime: *The Expanse*, *The Boys*, and *Carnival Road*
Amazon went all out with a custom Amazon Prime Video Experience, and experience is absolutely the right word. They built three immersive sets for you to explore and engage with, including *[The Expanse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-expanse/)*, *The Boys*, and *Carnival Road*. These weren’t for the faint of heart, mind you. Amazon chose to dive into the darker aspects of their worlds, taking on the psychological horror of their universes.
The Expanse Experience with Amazon Prime SDCC © Prime VideoThe hands-on experience lets you feel for a moment like you’re in the world with the characters, and while it wasn’t a bad thing, it certainly left us all thinking about the meaning and what’s next on those shows. They also had a tower ‘show’ where people ranted about Supes (superheroes – I misheard that as soups the food and was very confused at first). But even that delved into the seedier parts of life with superheroes.
It’s pretty clear Amazon’s going dark and not looking back.
## *[The Magicians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-magicians/)*
It’s difficult to point at this show and love everything about it. The first season involves a rather horrific assault, kills off a lesbian who turns out of be a goddess, and then goes hog wild with the darkness of human nature. It’s a tough show to enjoy, and fans are rightfully divided about the treatment of one of the most poignant love stories seen on a series.
I’m talking of course about Elliot and Quinten. While on a quest together, they essentially lived an entire lifetime together. They raised a family together, loved each other until one died, and then managed to find a key to help save magic. And at the end, they reverted to their young selves, leaving the viewer a little unsettled because the story wasn’t finished.
Like a lot of fans, I was split on my feelings of their story. When the series finally looped back around to it, admitting everyone’s love and asking who the hell gets that kind of test run, it was too late because the season was nearly over. And then Quinten, the cismale, white hero of the show, died saving the world.
That death was even more tumultuous. Quinten, you see, had struggled with thoughts of suicide and here they had him basically sacrificing himself, killing himself, for everyone else. That kind of moment is hard to swallow, even on the best days. While we can laud a show for taking the risk of killing their (self aware) conventional hero and constantly reinventing itself, we can feel hurt and betrayed for letting a character kill himself.
But the story isn’t that simple. John McNamara talked about it on the panel, saying that there are multiple ways to look at death. It’s inevitable, we all know that, but we have a choice to view it as something morbid or not. Every day we wake up, every hour and minute we exist, we’re that much closer to our own death. And while we can look at that with horror and fear, we can also chose to look at with the need to make our lives count, make our choices matter, and do what we think is best.
I can’t answer if Quinten’s death was ultimately him trying to commit suicide and succeeding, or him discarding his subconscious and being the hero he always dreamed of being. What I can tell you is that the pain from his death and the ripples it cast out will be felt by the characters on *The Magicians* for a while. They’ll be dealing with the loss for a while, even if they chose to do it with a four octave range, bitch.
## *Steven Universe: The Movie*
Oh my. Rebecca Sugar knows how to tease a person! From live performances to some interesting hints (“bolero” and “tap-dancing” come to mind), I can’t tell you a whole lot you don’t already know about this show.
Steven is now sixteen, and oh boy does life look complicated. The movie has a bunch of new, original songs, and a lot of changes are in store for our Gems. September 2nd can’t come soon enough!
Rebecca Sugar on guitar and backup SDCC 2019 © LezWatchTV## *Stumptown*
Cobie Smulders SDCC 2019 ABCImage Group LA
Let’s get this out of the way. Cobie Smulders answered a question on the panel, as to if Dex’s bisexuality would be kept. Given how much else had changed in the series (gender swaps, etc), it was nice to have the answer of yes. Dex’s sexual fluidity will be a part of the character.
Now, if you’ve read the comics, you’ll know that Dex is a hot, tragic mess. PTSD from Iraq, being the sole caretaker of her brother with Downs, and thousands in debt? She makes terrible choices (gambling to pay the rent), and this extends to her romantic life. Dex sleeps around, and it’s fitting with the character given what’s gone on, but it may be off-putting to some people.
I like to think of it as Smulders is being given the chance to play a hard boiled PI with the classic attitude we saw in *Rockford Files* or *Magnum PI* back in the day. Combine that with the source material being written by Greg Rucka, one of the few cis, hetero, males I trust to handle queer female characters (read *Batwoman* and *The Question* y’all), I think we’ll be okay.
## Snowpiercer
Based on the same comic that the movie is based on, this series follows a train running around the planet because the ice age has hit and being outside will kill you. Well awesome. From the clips seen, it looks entertaining, but dark as one might expect. There are some gruesome deaths (including frozen cattle), so don’t expect this to be an Agatha Christie type mystery when there’s a murder on the train.
## Watchmen
The problem with making a series about such a seminal series like *Watchmen* is that everyone who really wants to watch the show already knows the story. They’ve also probably seen the movie (which was either an impressive retelling or a travesty depending on who you ask) and are going to walk in to the new series pretty jaded. So instead of wasting everyone’s time trying to get people hyped up on the story, HBO went with an actual *experience* experience. There were multiple ‘pods’ around the Con (not in it) that let you get turned into, well, Dr. Manhattan. It’s certainly a novel way to get people’s attention, even if my first thought was they were portapotties.
## What did you see?
What’d you see (or hear about) at Comic-Con that really caught your attention?
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** SDCC, Steven Universe, Stumptown, The Expanse
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### [SDCC 2019: Previews](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/sdcc-2019-previews/)
**Published:** July 24, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Fresh from Comic Con are the previews we've seen and how queer we think they are. It's no shock who's top of the pile.
**Content:**
There are a lot of awesome things going on at San Diego Comic Con, but the previews and sneak peeks about upcoming television are paramount to us.
Please remember, I *can’t* give you spoilers. They made us promise, and I don’t want to spoil you on these shows. But I can still give you a rundown on what I saw and what I think you’ll like.
## *Batwoman*
The show starts before Elseworlds, so we don’t have *Batwoman* in the suit we know from the crossovers. That’s okay, since origin stories for superheroes are de rigour in all tellings, even movies. The series suffers from the heavy hand of a network mandated voice-over, something the CW has clung to since it’s UPN days when we used to tease it about the Veronica Mars Network Exposition Voiceovers. It’s not fully needed, but it’s normal for the show.
Rachel Skarsten as Alice Photo Kimberley FrenchThe CW © 2019 The CW Network LLC All Rights Reserved
*Batwoman* is very much like *Arrow* in that regard. It’s gritty, it’s filmed a lot in Chicago which is a joy for me, and they don’t shy from the dark parts of the universe. The action sequences were good and held up well, as did the acting. I felt like Luke Fox was heavily edited back from filming, but I suspect we’ll get a lot more of him later.
As for your fears about Ruby Rose? Chuck ’em. She understands how to play conflicted Kate Kane, and balance the “I need a lozenge” voice all superheroes use with the absurdity we all feel when they do it. Rachel Skarsten steals the show, as expected, but Ruby more than holds her own.
##### Screener Review On *Batwoman*
If you can’t tell, I think you should watch this! Fans of the comics, have no fear. This is a true-to-comics without being a same-as-comics retelling of the story, and is much closer to source than *Arrow* is.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
## *Emergence*
I wanted to like this more than I did. It seems a decent, middle of the road conspiracy procedural, with a sci-fi twist. But I have some doubts since it’s on ABC. While the acting and the writing is great, I get the feeling they’re trying to find something Shonda-esque to fill in for her missing rollercoaster, now that *[How to Get Away with Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)* is ending.
Instead, they got a lighter fare than they may have intended. It matches well with *[The Rookie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rookie/)* (the Nathan Fillion show), but I suspect the real target audience for a show of this depth and complexity isn’t on ABC.
##### Screener Review On *Emergence*
A detective mystery with a sci-fi bend, ABC’s series looks fun but may be too complicated for their usual audience.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? meh
## EVIL
This is not a show to watch for the faint of heart. Brought to you by the Kings (of *[The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)*/*[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* fame) they delve into the psychological and, let’s face its the super creepy. We’re talking *super* creepy. Taking on the supernatural, the religious, the non-believers, and ghost hunters all rolled into one, the Kings do it with their usual panache and style. This is far less legal than their other shows, but has enough of the quick writing we’ve come to love.
For me? This show is too much. It’s almost surprising that it’s on CBS, as I thought it would be a better fit for Netflix. It matches well for people who like *Dark Mirror* and that kind of series. It’s nightmare fodder for me, though, but I’m a well known coward when it comes to these things. If you like *The Haunting of Hill House* and *The Good Wife*, though, with a dash of *Person of Interest* and a jump out horror, this is for you.
##### Screener Review On *Evil*
A deliciously creepy Devil vs Daniel Webster tale. With great writing and acting, the only worry is if CBS’s audience will tune in.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? thumbs-up warning
## *Nancy Drew*
The modern retelling of the classic books is a very CW show. Like most of them, we get the thoughtful voiceover and the beautiful people. This take on the series is absolutely in the supernatural. Somewhere between Riverdale and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, it’s an X-Files light adventure into a town that may or may not be haunted by a ghost.
The pilot has absolutely no queer, sadly. They have a character named Ace, but no one knows why and he’s into Beth, the new girl. For me, the standout character is George. She’s awesome and sassy and worth watching. I do have hope that the CW will follow their usual pattern and slip in a queer or two, but we’ll have to wait and see.
##### Screener Review On *Nancy Drew*
A spooky take on the young adult novels, and well in keeping with the CW’s current pastiche.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? meh
## *Pennyworth*
If this had been a movie, I’d have liked it a lot more. But the balance of the show didn’t do it for me. Characters swore too much, and out of place, which was funny but also jarring. The filming felt more like a steampunk noir thriller than a historical based period one, and the characters all felt very flat. It’s possible it’ll get better as it goes on, but I’m just not sure.
##### Screener Review On *Pennyworth*
With some hard torture scenes and no queer in the pilot, I’d call it a pass. It’s a halfway decent caper series, but far too flat and dull for me.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? meh warning
## *Veronica Mars*
I recently re-binged the original series. In retrospect, the show had it’s rough moments with queer rep. There weren’t a whole lot of queer characters to look up to and point at as *good* rep. Still, when I look back at the third season, of which the first half revolved around a serial rapist at school, I’m struck by how *tight* the storyline was. Every single plot and thread looped back around and brought us to where we should have seen the perp ages ago.
That’s really the magic of *Veronica Mars*. The writing keeps everything so tight and honest, that us marshmallows will do anything to have a movie and another series. It’s just well told, even when it’s something you don’t want to see. Having one more season is balanced on the knife-edge of delight and terror.
##### Screener Review On *Veronica Mars*
Coming back to Neptune is like coming home, complete with the worry that maybe you shouldn’t have. For a show without any overt queerness in the pilot, it’s still got some of the best writing and some strong female characters. Keep in mind, there are only two characters in the series who never really change: Veronica and Dick.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Batwoman, Emergence, Evil, Nancy Drew, Pennyworth, SDCC, Veronica Mars
---
### [Queer Beats - July 19, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-july-19-2019/)
**Published:** July 19, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, #SDCC finally started, Legends of Tomorrow began filming again, and Kat Barrell graced the cover of Diva Magazine.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, SDCC finally started, Legends of Tomorrow began filming again, and Kat Barrell graced the cover of Diva Magazine.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
San Diego Comic Con is officially underway and one of the major stars this year is Batwoman! Her face has been spotted everywhere, from street signs to hotel keys to this elevator:
> We have arrived, and the elevators have judged us. [\#SDCC19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/851PA4KqPn](https://t.co/851PA4KqPn)
>
> — Fanboy Planet he/him (@FanboyPlanet) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/FanboyPlanet/status/1151598746603360256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Unfortunately, [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) made the announcement that she will not be able to attend due to filming conflicts with the show.
> Ruby Rose shares a video with us "Comic-Con. I love you, I appreciate you and I’m so sorry for anyone who is let down by this but I will make it up to you xx"[\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AFkB8kUAiD](https://t.co/AFkB8kUAiD)
>
> — Batwoman Updates (@batwomanupdates) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/batwomanupdates/status/1152088874153328640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This week, Entertainment Weekly also released an issue featuring all our favorite Arrowverse superheroes and cover options included our two favorite queer fighters:
> How [@CWBatwoman](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and the Arrowverse saved the TV superhero. Read our August issue cover story: Story by [@chancelloragard](https://twitter.com/chancelloragard?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/kSSKsA2vyl](https://t.co/kSSKsA2vyl)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1151528110074007552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I don’t know about you, but I’m still not over the fact that the CW is just pasting giant pictures of an out lesbian superhero all over the biggest comic convention in the world. Pretty cool!
## [The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)
I won’t spoil this for you, but if you are a Good Fight fan, you may want to read this:
> [\#TheGoodFight](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGoodFight?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): \[Spoiler\]'s Exit Confirmed (Exclusive) [pic.twitter.com/fTac4ZpGkp](https://t.co/fTac4ZpGkp)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1152014417610936321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
As I’m sure many of you have heard, both [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) and Sandra Oh were nominated for Emmys for their work on Killing Eve. I’m very excited about this so here’s a cute celebration picture:
> Congratulations my beautiful women! [@jodiecomer](https://twitter.com/jodiecomer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#fionashaw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fionashaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@KillingEve](https://twitter.com/KillingEve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (best show!) AND congrats [@fleabag](https://twitter.com/fleabag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#phoebewallerbridge](https://twitter.com/hashtag/phoebewallerbridge?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#fionashaw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fionashaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) x2 [pic.twitter.com/jH3O6f4qIR](https://t.co/jH3O6f4qIR)
>
> — Sandra Oh (@IamSandraOh) [July 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/IamSandraOh/status/1151192387911344128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
[Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) has had a big week! First, she graced the cover of Entertainment Weekly and got to punch through some glass:
> You guys. This. Is. So. EXCITING! Like dream come true exciting. Huge thank you to @entertainmentweekly for including @cw\_legendsoftomorrow and letting me punch through glass during my photo shoot. 👊 it's on sale starting tomorrow! [pic.twitter.com/bU75URVVUN](https://t.co/bU75URVVUN)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1151535170270351360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> This was our first test of smashing thru the glass. Felt super tuff. [@EW](https://twitter.com/EW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@TheCW\_Legends](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/T7Mx6PqybD](https://t.co/T7Mx6PqybD)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1151555801690988545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
EW also released a full behind-the-scenes video, including interviews with both Caity and Ruby Rose.
> Go behind-the-scenes of our badass Arrowverse cover shoot with [@StephenAmell](https://twitter.com/stephenamell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), Ruby Rose, [@MelissaBenoist](https://twitter.com/melissabenoist?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), Grant Gustin, and [@CaityLotz](https://twitter.com/caitylotz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), where they discuss their favorite scenes and more! [pic.twitter.com/tkAOGPLYRN](https://t.co/tkAOGPLYRN)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1151532888606871556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
You can read the full article here. Caity shares some insight into Sara’s new superpower and how it may affect her relationship with Ava.
> DC's [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star [@CaityLotz](https://twitter.com/caitylotz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) reveals Sara gets a superpower in season 5
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1151531022049251330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, Legends started filming again this week! Which means Caity is blessing us with all sorts of good Avalance content!
> I would like to thank Caity for continuing to feed us so well. 2 videos in a row of her and Jes 🙌 [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🥰😍 [pic.twitter.com/LMeAu0p9AF](https://t.co/LMeAu0p9AF)
>
> — ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴀᴠᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ (@LgndsOfAvalance) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1151344502893731843?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> I’VE MISSED THEM! 🥰🥰 [pic.twitter.com/stsglds5td](https://t.co/stsglds5td)
>
> — ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴀᴠᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ (@LgndsOfAvalance) [July 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1150907443896995840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Clexacon announced that both Ariela and [Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) will be returning to the convention next year.
> From giving us all the feels as Carmen on [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to saving the world as Gert on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), we are beyond excited to welcome @ArielaBarer back to [\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! [\#Runaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Runaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/DGNwNPrqBg](https://t.co/DGNwNPrqBg)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1151537205271236608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> She plays the badass fighter and leader [\#Nico](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nico?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and is half of one of our favorite TV couples [\#Deanoru](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Deanoru?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on [@hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! We are thrilled to welcome [@Lyricaforreal](https://twitter.com/Lyricaforreal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) back to [\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! [\#Runaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Runaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vl8BDXWHdj](https://t.co/vl8BDXWHdj)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [July 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1151521957244018689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
Here’s another reminder that the final season of OitNB will be released this month:
> Orange is the New Black goes out fighting in its final season
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [July 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1150889347866144768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Paper Girls](https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/paper-girls)
Paper Girls, a graphic novel that includes queer characters, was picked up by Amazon to be turned into a series:
> ‘Paper Girls’ Graphic Novel Adaptation From Legendary TV & Plan B Gets Amazon Series Commitment [pic.twitter.com/tkUQGD50CE](https://t.co/tkUQGD50CE)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [July 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1149473476178132993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
The Steven Universe Karaoke Party at San Diego Comic Con is up and running and suddenly Made of Jealousy.
> The Karaoke Party has BEGUN! Stop by the [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Booth (#3735) at [\#sdcc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdcc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) now until 7p to sing your favorite Steven songs on the Beach City stage! 🎤🎵💖🎸 [pic.twitter.com/80pRZI2jjb](https://t.co/80pRZI2jjb)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [July 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1151901331218751493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
This week, [Kat Barrell ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)graced the cover of DIVA Magazine, a European magazine for queer women.
> 🔥 [@WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) star [@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in our new issue [\#Win4Wynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Win4Wynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😍PLUS😍 [@MarikaHackman](https://twitter.com/MarikaHackman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@ShawkatAlia](https://twitter.com/ShawkataliA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @JenBrister @suziruffell @CatherineBohart 🌏 a [\#QueerTravel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueerTravel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) special AND SO MUCH MORE 📸 [@yvesbright](https://twitter.com/yvesbright?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Get yours: / [pic.twitter.com/AiJi7k8iER](https://t.co/AiJi7k8iER)
>
> — DIVA Magazine (@DIVAmagazine) [July 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/DIVAmagazine/status/1152147228439588865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In the article, Kat reveals that she is attracted to men and women.
https://twitter.com/scrofanhoe/status/1152155288990076929
Kat’s interview definitely made me pause to think about how grateful I am that she was cast as [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) and has made such an effort to connect with fans. As with anyone, Kat didn’t have to reveal this side of herself, but she chose to because she knows it will mean something to her queer fans. Thanks, Kat!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random. Make sure to keep an eye out for future SDCC updates from Mika!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Caity Lotz, Kat Barrell, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Orange is the New Black, Ruby Rose, Runaways, Steven Universe, The Good Fight, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 8, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-netflix-tales-of-the-city/)
**Published:** July 8, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I dedicate an entire post to all of my feelings about Netflix's Armistead Maupin's Tales Of The City, because I have a lot of them.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I dedicate an entire post to all of my feelings about Netflix *Tales Of The City* because I have a lot of them.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Armistead Maupin’s Tales Of The City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/armistead-maupins-tales-of-the-city/)* – Season 1 \[Streaming\]Early in my out life, I read the *Tales of the City Omnibus* which is a giant collection the first 6 *Tales of the City* books spanning 1978 -1989. The first 5 books were compiled from Armistead Maupin’s serialized column in the *San Francisco Chronicle* and the *San Francisco Examiner*. The last four were written as novels ending in 2014. I have read almost all nine books (I’m over halfway through the last one).
I loved these books. Although some of the language is dated and the characters are not racially diverse, Armistead included characters all along the sexual and gender orientation spectrum. This was pretty evolved for a cis gay dude from the 70s. The fun part was he always had secrets and mysteries interwoven into the stories in addition to day-to-day drama of queer life in San Francisco. I imagine people couldn’t wait to read the column every week to find out what happened next.
Since the books started in 1978 and ended in 2014, it’s one of the few real-time chronicles of the AIDS pandemic. This alone gives the books their place in the queer culture canon. I got a lot out of reading them, especially during a time when there was little all-genders-inclusive queer fiction.
In 1993, 1998 and 2001 there were TV mini-series made of the first 3 books. I watched them all when they came out and really enjoyed them. They were pretty scene-for-scene true to the books and did not stray from stories written by Armistead. A month ago, Netflix dropped their own 10-episode version of *Tales of the City* and I have many strong feelings about it.
## The Good
As I mentioned, *Tales of the City* suffered from a lack of racial diversity and the first three TV adaptations had a cis actor playing a transgender woman. The Netflix *Tales Of The City* iteration worked to fix that. Jake and Ben were played by actors of color and new characters of color who did not exist in the books (like Jake’s ex-girlfriend Margot) were introduced in the series. This was a big overall improvement. Also, hello — San Francisco is a diverse city! It’s not realistic to have a racially homogeneous cast.
Main characters Jake and young Anna Madrigal were both played by out transgender actors, and I think they did a phenomenal job. I found their storylines to be the most interesting and well done of the series. I also loved that they used the Philly Pride Flag at the end of some of the episodes (go, Philly).
## The Great
### Episode 8, “Days of Small Surrenders”
I thought this was a beautiful and brilliant episode of television.
We flashback to the 1960s when young Anna Madrigal (played amazingly by [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/)) arrives in San Francisco to restart her life as her authentic self. This episode covers so much ground including her start in San Francisco, making transgender friends and having a relationship with a police officer named Tommy.
Anna is in constant conflict with her friends for her ability to pass while they suffer daily from anti-transgender harassment.
And even though Anna and Tommy have an adorable meet-cute…
…the fact that he is a cop is a huge issue for Anna and her friends. The cops, including Tommy, were profiting off the abuse of transgender women. Anna, in turn, benefited as well from the gifts Tommy would buy her with the money he stole.
And even though Tommy accepted Anna, he made her keeping her gender orientation a secret a requisite for them being together.
All of this conflict comes to a head during [the Compton’s Cafeteria riot](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compton%27s_Cafeteria_riot), which was a real historical event that happened in 1966 in San Francisco and was one of the first recorded Queer riots in US history. Even though Tommy tells her to stay away, Anna comes to Compton’s to look after her friends and winds up getting swept up in the arrests.
This breaks Anna and Tommy apart, but before she leaves he gives her all of the money he stole from the queer people he harassed. She uses it to buy Barbary Lane for $13,500 and pay for her gender confirmation surgery.
This episode was well-written, beautifully acted and brilliantly complicated. It covered so many issues and queer history without being a lecture or an After School Special.
## My Verdict on Netflix *Tales Of The City*
To be honest, I did not like this iteration of Tales overall.
Warning: The following contains spoilers about the books!
This series did not follow the books at all. It was like the show creators maybe read the first few books, were given a list of characters and their sexual and gender orientations and told, “go make a show!” I know when you read books first it’s difficult to be objective about the show version, but not only did it not stay true to the books in the least, besides the positive things I mentioned above, it did not improve them.
If you use Anna’s age and Maryanne returning to San Francisco as markers, the show would be placed at the second to last book, *Mary Ann in Autumn* which was published in 2010. But you can assess the show is supposed to take place in present times from the cringy mentions of social media. By this point in the books, everyone had long moved away from Barbary lane. Brian was off driving an RV around the country, and Maryanne had already left her husband in CT.
One thing I didn’t like was how they turned Michael/Mouse from a bear to a muscle daddy. That gave me lookist vibes. Also, Jake and Mouse were business partners and owned the landscaping company together. I don’t know why switched Jake from being a business owner to a nursing student.
The plots felt disjointed and just plain boring. The wonderful thing about the books was Armistead’s ability to keep you reading to discover the next reveal. His mysteries and inter-woven character arcs were creative, like well-written soap opera. Why on earth did they not use any of that? Instead, the show would have brief periods of intrigue that would then get dropped.
My biggest complaint was how they handled the two main queer couples, DeDe and D’orothea and Ben and Mouse. DeDe and D’orothea were the only couple in the series to last throughout all nine books. They were happy. Why did the show choose to off-screen break them up? Ben and Mouse were happily married for the last few books of the series, but the show broke them up, too! Meanwhile, Brian and Maryanne never came close to getting back together in the books, but the show had them reunite like a straight rom-com. I found all that to be very disappointing.
The new characters they introduced, like Raven and Ani (the “influencer” twins), were ridiculous and unnecessary. They felt dropped in to appeal to “kids these days” although I don’t know a single person who has set up an Instagram account on a laptop.
I tried to think of the series as a standalone thing, independent of the books, but it was hard for me to completely divorce the two. Tales has its place in queer history. I think it could have been enhanced but still stay true to the stories. In my opinion, Netflix *Tales Of The City* did not accomplish that.
Next week, I’ll be back to recapping my weekly shows and writing my love letter to Tanya. Stay cool, everyone!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 15, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-candy-on-pose/)
**Published:** July 15, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We say an emotional farewell to Candy on Pose and a couple ladies from Nova's past make an appearance on Queen Sugar.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we say an emotional farewell to Candy on *Pose,* and a couple of ladies from Nova’s past make an appearance on *Queen Sugar*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)– Season 2 Episode 4 “Never Knew Love Like This Before” \[Live\]Candy is up to her self-centered shenanigans and crashes a category she is not appropriate for.
Candy’s surly attitude does make her hard to love, but everyone is really piling on her this episode.
Candy crashes a meeting of Ball MCs and insists they add Lip-Synch as an official category. Pray says this isn’t the *Gong Show* and denies her. Candy is so mad that she threatens Pray with a knife before making her exit. However, the next day, Candy is missing.
Lulu tells Blanca Candy has been turning tricks at a seedy hotel to make ends meet. Sadly, Candy is found dead at the hotel.
The community rallies to recover her body and give her a proper funeral. During the funeral, many characters have a scene with Candy’s ghost.
The ghost thing became a little over-the-top, but I loved it. I think it’s more difficult to mourn someone you had a complicated relationship with, and these scenes with Candy’s ghost let each character deal with that.
At the end of the the funeral the MCs announce they will be adding a lip-synch category in honor of Candy.
Candy’s ghost makes one last appearance and lip-synchs “Never Knew Love Like This” by Stephanie Mills.
> I loved this scene at the end of last week's [\#PoseFX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoseFX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😭 Long live Candy! -T [pic.twitter.com/QbyuYiI5Sb](https://t.co/QbyuYiI5Sb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1150776490524643328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It was the perfect ending to an emotional episode.
The brutal killing of a queer character is usually a tragic event that leaves us traumatized from yet another BYQ death. However, take a look at how it is done when you have a queer writing and production team. We never saw Candy get killed. If this had been written by straight, cis people, I would bet we would have seen it, and it would have been brutally violent. Most of the episode is about celebrating her life, as challenging as it was, and did not focus on tragedy.
Nearly 30 years later, [Violence against transgender women of color](https://www.hrc.org/resources/violence-against-the-transgender-community-in-2019) is still at crisis levels. This is a story that needs to be told. And this episode is a case study in how you can tell realistic queer stories without making it tragedy porn.
The only thing making me feel better after that episode was seeing [Angelica Ross](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angelica-ross/) (the woman who plays Candy on *Pose*) tweet this announcement:
https://twitter.com/angelicaross/status/1149027646644207616
I will miss Candy on *Pose*, but I can’t wait to see her in this new role! Long live Candy!
*[Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)* – Season 4 Episode 5 “Face Speckled” \[Live\]Last week I didn’t write about *Queen Sugar*, because I was too busy expressing my *[Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-netflix-tales-of-the-city/)*[ feelings](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-netflix-tales-of-the-city/), but 2 episodes ago Chantal happened.
> "if you want to talk…or anything."
> I loved seeing Chantal pop up at one of Nova's book signings. -T [\#QueenSugar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenSugar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SbZViCIuEj](https://t.co/SbZViCIuEj)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1150592945176940544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I thought that kiss was a little forward, but hello, Chantal, nice to see you again!
Nova did call her up later, but Chantal was annoyed Nova didn’t just stop by her place like she asked.
I didn’t totally understand why Chantal got so mad over the call, but this just added more to the conflict pile growing in Nova’s life since her book went public.
On last week’s episode, Nova got trolled on her book tour by a former professor named Octavia.
Nova goes to Octavia’s house to confront her and walks into a group of her students ready to analyze her book. Nova is angry at Octavia’s game-playing, but she joins in.
We soon realize Octavia was Nova’s [Professor Shane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paige-hewson/) back in college.
After a day of giving Nova a hard time, Octavia shoos the students out of her house and then switches gears into seduction mode. She reminisces about all the time they spent together back in the day, and it works like a charm on Nova.
Academic bullshittery and professors with over-inflated egos manipulating their students are not my favorite subject matter.
I do not trust Octavia at all. I think she was mad Nova didn’t mention her in her book and wanted to see if she could publicly take her down and seduce her in the same day. I find the whole thing creepy, but I’ll keep watching to see how this plays out.
I swear next week I will continue my love letter to Tanya Saracho in addition to recapping my weekly shows.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Pose, Queen Sugar
---
### [San Diego Comic-Con 2019: Queering the Schedule](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/san-diego-comic-con-2019-queering-the-schedule/)
**Published:** July 17, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The con starts today and it's time to make a good schedule for the long weekend.
**Content:**
The 50th anniversary of San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) starts today, and I’m headed down the coast to give you a front-line reporting of the queerest things from Comic-Con. This is the first time I’ve been at Comic-Con since the late ’80s/early ’90s, and I’m a mix of super excited and super nervous about how much things since my dad and I used to skip down and enjoy the comics.
Over the last 50 years, SDCC has gone from a bunch of geeks having a comic party to a full blown, five day, media convention. Back when I used to go, it was mostly comics with a dash of SciFi and fantasy TV thrown in. It was pre-Internet, so it was also the only place you could get some of the harder to find toys and comics from outside the US.
Now, of course, we’ve made friends and communities internationally. Technology has brought us closer. I can read translated manga on my iPad and buy comics while I’m on the train. Being able to bring my entire comic collection with me means I can read some of the more esoteric works wherever I am.
But there’s more to comics than just reading them. Nerds and geeks may be “in” now, yet there’s a joy to be had when spending a week with thousands of people who love the same weird stuff that you do. And with that in mind, I bring to you the queerest stuff on the [Comic-Con schedule](https://www.comic-con.org/cci/programming-schedule).
## Wednesday June 17th
Preview Night is the unofficial start of SDCC. Tonight, there aren’t as many things going on that are super queer except for the biggest thing for me about all of SDCC, except this.
**Time****Location**6:00pm – 10:00pmBallroom 20World Premiere Screenings of Batwoman and Pilot Screening of New Series Pennyworth Plus Special Sneak Peek Screening of The 100 and Rooster Teeth## Thursday June 18th
The first full day of programming delivers with a variety of topics. You’ll notice I’ve listed a few things that aren’t overtly queer. I listed *Nancy Drew* because everything on The CW has some queer, and the source material for *Sumptown* has the lead as bisexual. Fingers crossed.
**Time****Location**11:00 AMRoom 7ABSuperheroIRL: Avengers of Bullying and Injustice12:00 PMRoom 28DEEntertainment Is LGBTQ1:00 PMRoom 11Comics Censorship in 20192:00 PMBallroom 20Nancy Drew Exclusive Screening and PanelRoom 26ABComics Arts Conference Session #4: What Women Want: Agency, Desire, and Community in Comics4:15 PMIndigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego BayfrontSumptown Panel5:00 PMRoom 28DEPrism Awards: Diversity and Recognition in Comics6:00 PMRoom 28DECrush: First Love, New Comics Talent8:00 PMRoom 25ABCPsychology of Cult TV Shows## Friday June 19th
There start to be some tough choices to be made on Friday. If you value media (TV) over comics, then you’ll be at Veronica Mars. If you like comics more, go to Mutant Metaphors. Also if you don’t know Terry Moore, he and Greg Rucka are two of the only straight men I trust when it comes to writing queer female characters.
**Time****Location**10:15 AMRoom 6BCFDreamWorks She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, a Netflix Original Series11:30 AMBallroom 20World Premiere: Hulu’s Veronica Mars Revival11:30 AMRoom 26ABComics Arts Conference Session #6: Mutant Metaphors12:00 PMRoom 11CBLDF: Take PRIDE in Comics1:00 PMShiley Special Events Suite, San Diego Central LibraryLGBTQ+ YA Graphic Novels2:30 PMRoom 26ABComics Arts Conference Session #8: Queer Latin American Identity and Comics: A Conversation with LGBTQ Comic Creators from Latin America3:30 PMRoom 26ABChecking in with Terry Moore5:30 PMRoom 8A Life Illustrated: Memoirs in Comics6:00 PMRoom 9Creator Origins: A Candid Conversation on LBGTQ Comics Creation6:00 PMGrand 12 & 13, Marriott Marquis San Diego MarinaGay Geeks and Where to Find Them7:00 PMRoom 28DEQueer Fear7:15 PMRoom 6AUnboxing Pandora: The New Sci-Fi TV Series on The CW8:00 PMRoom 32AB10 Points to Slytherin: Why Good Fans Love Evil Creatures## Saturday June 20th
I would like to have some words with whomever made this schedule. Because someone put Wynonna Earp up against Black Lightning, and this is a devil’s choice for me! The Women Rocking Hollywood 2019 panel will have Gloria Calderón Kellet.
**Time****Location**10:30 AMBallroom 20Batwoman Pilot Screening and Q&A11:00 AMRoom 9Expanding the Black Comics Canon1:15 PMHall HWestworld III2:00 PMRoom 7ABWomen Rocking Hollywood 2019: Women-Powered Projects and the Push Towards Parity4:00 PMHall HEntertainment Weekly: Women Who Kick Ass4:15 PMBallroom 20Supergirl Special Video Presentation and Q&A5:00 PMBallroom 20Black Lightning Special Presentation and Q&A5:00 PMIndigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego BayfrontSYFY and IDW Entertainment: Wynonna Earp6:00 PMIndigo Ballroom, Hilton San Diego BayfrontSYFY’s The Magicians6:00 PMRoom 29ABBlack and Queer in Popular Media7:00 PMRoom 29ABOut in Comics Year 32: Tearing Down a Stonewall7:45 PMRoom 6BCFBrooklyn Nine-Nine## Sunday June 21st
The last day of the con is a partial day. We’ll all be exhausted and drained, but there’s still more to do!
**Time****Location**11:00 AMGrand 10 & 11, Marriott Marquis San Diego MarinaHow to Be a Nerd for a Living: Discovering Careers in Pop-Culture11:45 AMHall HRiverdale Special Video Presentation and Q&A12:30 PMRoom 2LGBTQ, Mental Health, and Comics2:00 PMRoom 4Diversity and Comics: Why Inclusion Matters3:00 PMRoom 4Super-Abled: Disability Representation in Comics, Movies, Games, and More## What Will You Look For?
Besides the Funko Pop of Wynonna Earp, what are you looking for from SDCC? Maybe I’ll get the breaking news for you.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** SDCC
---
### [Queer Beats - July 12, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-july-12-2019/)
**Published:** July 12, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Nikki takes a break from celebrating the USWNT to focus on the television world's preparation for SDCC and a new queer con announcement!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Nikki takes a break from celebrating the USWNT to focus on the television world’s preparation for SDCC and a new queer con announcement!
Before we jump into Queer Beats, I want to shout out the US Womens National Soccer Team who decided to not only win a World Cup trophy this week but also bless our little queer lives in every other way. Also, a quick shout out to my Twitter followers who have persevered through my soccer spam.
Additionally, a new queer convention was announced this week and it’s on the East Coast! [QFX](https://www.qfxevents.com/)! Of course, I am big fan of [FlameCon](https://www.flamecon.org/) (the other queer East Coast con, in New York City) but I love an opportunity to be in the sunny weather:
> Yes, yes! We're heading to The Big Guava, aka Tampa, FL May 29-31, 2020! Hope you guys had fun playing! Our website will be updated shortly with more announcement details and information! [\#QFXEAST](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFXEAST?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#QFX2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QFX2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2UDJmSuvzD](https://t.co/2UDJmSuvzD)
>
> — QFX Events (@qfxevents) [July 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/qfxevents/status/1149355749061124102?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
SDCC is getting as hype as I am for some new Batwoman content:
> [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) banners are already showing up in San Diego! [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WBSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WBSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (Photo courtesy of the amazing [@wayoutstuff](https://twitter.com/wayoutstuff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) from Den of Geek!) [pic.twitter.com/ha9JbwB2hH](https://t.co/ha9JbwB2hH)
>
> — Batwoman TV from KSiteTV (@BatwomanTVcom) [July 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/BatwomanTVcom/status/1149175595068088321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She even got her own TV Guide Comic-Con themed cover this week:
> .[@warnerbrostv](https://twitter.com/warnerbrostv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@TVGuideMagazine](https://twitter.com/TVGuideMagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) celebrate [\#SDCC2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with a special issue! Here's your FIRST LOOK at the [@CWBatwoman](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) cover, one of several exclusives you can snag for free at the DC Warner Bros. Booth (#4545). [\#DCSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WBSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WBSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/9RpUld6pPW](https://t.co/9RpUld6pPW)
>
> — DC (@DCOfficial) [July 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/DCOfficial/status/1148653011578826752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Check out the other covers for more of our favorite badass ladies!
A major announcement in the television world this week revolved around the creation of HBO Max, which will now be the VOD home to many shows, including future episodes of Batwoman. I’m not a fan of my favorite CW shows being split across multiple apps but we will have to deal with it:
> [\#BREAKING](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): AT&T announces "HBO Max," new streaming service coming out in 2020 that will incorporate HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, TNT, CW and TBS content, will be exclusive streaming home to "Friends" and "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" [pic.twitter.com/kTs8q13UD3](https://t.co/kTs8q13UD3)
>
> — Matthew Keys (@MatthewKeysLive) [July 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/MatthewKeysLive/status/1148644223022841856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
If you are enjoying HBO’s Euphoria, then you will probably agree that [Hunter Schafer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/)‘s performance opposite [Zendaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zendaya/) has been amazing. Here’s an article to reinforce what we all already know:
https://twitter.com/SLAwrites/status/1148049865013788673
## [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
Okay, okay, you got me, this has nothing to do with Grey’s Anatomy. I really wanted to list this under [One Tree Hill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-tree-hill/) because it was always my teenage dream for [Hilarie Burton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hilarie-burton/)‘s Peyton to be queer but I stuck with the show where she *actually* played a lesbian. Anyway, can the Hallmark Channel please make our dreams come true?
> Like will [@mPinoe](https://twitter.com/mPinoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) play my love interest in a Christmas movie?
> I’ve never seen anyone cooler.
>
> — Hilarie Burton Morgan (@HilarieBurton) [July 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/HilarieBurton/status/1149102955423043584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
Is it possible for me to see RED cast photos and *not* share them?
> [\#TBT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TBT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@APLimaa](https://twitter.com/APLimaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@LBollina](https://twitter.com/LBollina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/lovefanfest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🏳️🌈✨ [\#lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovefanfest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Meliz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Meliz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/uuzD0qAMrw](https://t.co/uuzD0qAMrw)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [July 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1149331189716725767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [\#TB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/lovefanfest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Cuteness overload w/ [@APLimaa](https://twitter.com/APLimaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@Isabella\_Gomez](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). 💕 [\#lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovefanfest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/d8g33qI9u5](https://t.co/d8g33qI9u5)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [July 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1148605474109087744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
A new SU poster means we are one step closer to the movie! Hooray!
> Steven Universe The Movie 🌟🎬 Coming this fall!
> [\#StevenUniverseTheMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverseTheMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#stevenuniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#thehypeisreal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/thehypeisreal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/dgHqqL7KAG](https://t.co/dgHqqL7KAG)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [July 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1148653291473186817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, if you’re going to be at SDCC, please make sure to sing “Stronger Than You” in my honor.
> 🎤🎵 Fans at this year's [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) can sing their favorite [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) karaoke tunes & take pics on the Beach City stage! Also at the SU booth: ticketed events including a costume contest, cast signings, and more [\#NecksLevel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NecksLevel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#CNatSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CNatSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UI9JktF9Ka](https://t.co/UI9JktF9Ka)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [July 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1148670159160258567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I think I might have an addiction to any potential [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/)/[Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-2/) (or [Mishel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/)/[Roberta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/)) content and I’m not going to apologize for it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzsN8Z4J7G3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzrqcx5hJK6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random. Make sure to keep an eye out for future SDCC updates from Mika!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Euphoria, RED, Steven Universe, Vida
---
### [Things We Love: Science Edition](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-science-edition/)
**Published:** July 10, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's a proven historical fact that we love science. And of course, we love the people who science too.
**Content:**
It’s a proven fact that all queers love science. It’s a historical fact we can prove with the very accurate diaries of a famous historical lesbian.
But it’s not just science we love, but the scientists. What’s more attractive, after all, than someone who’s passionate for test tubes, experiments, and gore? Turns out we have over 250 characters who love the science, and winnowing that down was practically a cage match. I could have kept it to just medical examiners and had a list.
So without further ado, here are my top *eleven* lab coat wearing badasses.
[Amanda Weston](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanda-weston/)She was on the short-lived, and oft-lamented show, *Todd & Becky*— I mean *[Stitchers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stitchers/)*. And yes, she was only a recurring character in the latter half. Still, the rockabilly medical examiner had enough sass and swagger for anyone.
Camille had no chance but to grow and be worth of her.
[Emily Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-grace/)It was a long, slow burn for it, but Dr. Grace finally figured out why she didn’t really connect with men. I know, shocker! It was sad that she left *Murdoch Mysteries* after her girlfriend died, but they were planning to go to England together anyway and win the vote for women.
She may be too grown up for toys, but we hope she found time for dating in London.
[Bernie Wolfe](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bernie-wolfe/)A former military doctor, Bernie was bloody tough, and cheating on her husband with her girlfriend. Times were tough, and Bernie came clean and broke off with both husband and fling. That left her free for the heart of Serena, which worked out after a kiss on the Trauma floor.
While Bernie and Serena’s relationship is wobbly at times, they’re on a soap, so we give our mature ladies some slack.
[Kerry Weaver](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kerry-weaver/)A cane, a cranky attitude, and a no-shits-given approach to management made Kerry Weaver a stand out character on *ER*. She was also a Delayed Born Lesbian, only realizing it later in life and being terrified to come out. But out she did, and thanks to a helicopter landing on her nemesis (twice) opened the Robert Romano Center for LGBT Health.
And then Kerry did the unthinkable. She got a happy ending.
[Elizabeth Macmillan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elizabeth-macmillan/)Even before Dr. Mac, as everyone calls her, came out, we all knew. She was a lady of a certain age in the 1920s, she wore hell out of a suit and tie, and she was the only person Phyrne listened to on *[Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/miss-fishers-murder-mysteries/)*.
Dr. Mac was the stand-out star of the series.
Gillian HuntA medical examiner with a motorcycle is all but a shoe-in for a list like this. Thrust into a world with angels, demons, and demented stuffed bunnies with really creepy songs, Gillian took it all in and decided to believe Riley about the world of *[Riley Parra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/)*.
That didn’t mean she wasn’t going to give Riley crap though.
[Callie Torres](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/callie-torres/)Breaking legs and breaking hearts, Callie Torres loved a lot of people at Grey-Sloane-whatever hospital on *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*. Her journey from weirdo living a supply closet to married mom wasn’t easy, but we loved every moment.
The B totally stands for Badass in Callie’s case, but also bisexual.
[Thirteen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteen/)Everyone lies on *[House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/house-md/)*, this is true, and Thirteen lied about having a terminal illness. That didn’t stop her from being the best of all the little cottages.
As far as the show goes, she had a happy ending. Sure, she’ll die of Huntington’s later, but at the close she’s alive and with a girlfriend.
[Lauren Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lauren-lewis/)Tricked into working for the Fae to save her girlfriend, who couldn’t be saved, Lauren got revenge in the best *[Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)* way ever. She stole the Fae Queen’s power via cunnilingus. I mean, that’s ballsy.
And let’s be honest. Who hasn’t let their ice cream melt while their succubus girlfriend washed a car and fulfilled several fantasies?
[Patsy Mount](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/patsy-mount/)I’m pretty sure the nuns at Nonnatus weren’t fooled by the tip-toeing between rooms of Patsy and Delia, but it’s the tough as nails and warm heart of Nurse Mount that kept bringing us back to *[Call the Midwife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/call-the-midwife/)*.
I mean, she moved to Scotland with Delia, her lady love, and they named their dog *Garbo*.
[Cosima Niehaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cosima-niehaus/)I’d be fired if she wasn’t on the list. She’s a lesbian (supporter) and without her, not a thing would have moved forward on *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*.
The most interesting thing about her is her sisters, but even so, she’s pretty damn interesting herself.
Who was your favourite lab coat sporting science nerd?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Call the Midwife, ER, Holby City, House, Lost Girl, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Murdoch Mysteries, Orphan Black, Stitchers, Things We Love
---
### [Queer Beats - July 5, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-july-5-2019/)
**Published:** July 5, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, all our favorites celebrated Pride and Earpers finally got our long-awaited news.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, all our favorites celebrated Pride and Earpers finally got our long-awaited news.
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
The fan-favorite Juliantina actresses celebrated Pride in style this week:
https://twitter.com/luthorsestra/status/1145090594806620162
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Black Lightning season three has started production! Here’s a clip of [Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) celebrating:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzhRBdjl4FD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
[Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) sported bisexual eye shadow at World Pride in NYC! Check out her instagram for many more photos.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYLsCMgHKs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
ODaaT is back and [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) got to celebrate at Barcelona’s LoveFanFest with all our other favorites!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzWJ2-uBfhF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
The Pose actors spoke about why Pride is still important…
> The stars of [\#PoseFX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PoseFX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) tell us why [\#pride](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pride?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is still important in 2019 [pic.twitter.com/kAw2lodalf](https://t.co/kAw2lodalf)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [June 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1144938566239186944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
… and they Grand Marshal-ed at Pride!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzWuGaKn_mC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
[Ana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ana-paula-lima/) and [Luciana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/luciana-bollina/) continued to look cute at LFF:
https://twitter.com/carolsno/status/1144921506960609280
And [Isabella](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) and [Luciana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/luciana-bollina/)‘s newfound love for one another really made my weekend.
> . [@LBollina](https://twitter.com/LBollina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@Isabella\_Gomez](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😍🌈 [\#lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lovefanfest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QPV7WIJtEa](https://t.co/QPV7WIJtEa)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [June 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1144952313137831938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Star Trek: Discovery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)
Star Trek: Discovery released a casting call for a non-binary character in season 3, which has the potential to be *really* exciting!
https://twitter.com/wolfchasing/status/1144595870488203264
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Here’s some quick [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/)/[Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-2/) content for your morning:
And some sisterly love:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzgnBSIhIIj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
THE NEWS WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR: filming for Wynonna Earp season four has officially been announced! It will begin filming in January 2020 and will air next summer.
> We're finally out of purgatory and know that we will be returning to Purgatory for season four of [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/lOTiQSOkeU](https://t.co/lOTiQSOkeU)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1146167315102179328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And as if Funko knew that Earpers deserved extra treats for all their fighting, they finally announced the Wynonna Earp funko which will be at San Diego Comic-Con.
> 2019 SDCC Exclusive Reveals: Wynonna Earp [\#FunkoSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunkoSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC50](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC50?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Q9VtJM4mdK](https://t.co/Q9VtJM4mdK)
>
> — Funko (@OriginalFunko) [July 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1146463755116711937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Isabella Gomez, Luciana Bollina, Nafessa Williams, One Day at a Time, Pose, RED, Star Trek Discovery, Stephanie Beatriz, Vida, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Strange History of Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/strange-history-freeform/)
**Published:** July 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** One channel, four names, a little forward. How did we get from Gunsmoke to Good Trouble in 21 years.
**Content:**
As of the 2018-19 season, Freeform’s tagline is peculiarly simple: A little forward. Combined with their new ad campaign the result was, shall we say, a little confusing. At least if you’re twice the age of the network.
What did “a *little* forward” mean? Where were they going? And how did they get there? How does a channel that talks about yoni eggs, orgasms, and married lesbians also happen to air *The 700 Club*?
## From CBN to the Family Chanel
In 1997, CBN (the Christian Broadcasting Network owned by Pat Robertson) branched out to cable. It was notable for being the first cable channel transmitted via satellite from its launch. Also for being rampantly televangelistic. *The 700 Club* aired three times a day, five days a week, and everything else was right-wing Christian.
They didn’t have enough religious series to fill the whole day, so CBN padded it out with other wholesome shows like *Father Knows Best* and *Gunsmoke*. Perhaps surprisingly, the channel did rather well.
By 1998, they rebranded as the CBN Family Channel and suddenly stopped using CBN in their ads and on-air announcements. Shortly thereafter, it started calling itself The Family Channel most of the time. A scant two years later, CBN had a problem. The channel made too much money, and was putting the non-profit nature of CBN in jeopardy.
That’s why, in 1990, they created a new company, owned by the Robertson Family, and introduced the weirdest stipulation. The contract explicitly stated that the channel was required to continue to carry *The 700 Club* in perpetuity. Plus it had to air at a time people might actually watch it.
## Fox Flatlines
As of 1988, the channel was in 92% of all US households who had a cable television subscription, which for a cable channel was pretty amazing. They’d dropped the 1950s reruns and filled in the time with modern dramas, some original series like *The Black Stallion* and a lot of weird game shows. They went public, aired more kids shows (though that went badly) and continued their rapid rise to households.
In 1998, Fox bought The Family Channel. For Rupert Murdoch, this was a savvy buy. A lot of people watched the station, and it gave him an in on people like Ted Turner, challenging Tuner’s networks and standing as King of Cable. Rebranding to Fox Family, they split the network to cater to kids in the day and adults at night. The classic TV reruns were finally purged and the channel aimed at people ‘plugged in to pop culture’ – preferably young urban families. This is when we got the 13 Days of Halloween and the 25 Days of Christmas program blocks.
But somehow Fox ran their golden egg into the ground. They came up with an original series that did mediocre at best, and never managed to strike the balance between older and younger viewers. So, in 2001, Disney bought the channel.
## A New Kind of Family
Disney started out by firing over 500 people and streamlining the network. They incorporated their assets from the Disney Channel and ABC (which they’d bought in 1996), and aimed at a slightly older audience. This actually did not go well at first. The purchase was considered a massive misstep. Their plan to market to college age students and young women, under the name “XYZ” was dropped, though … well we’ll come back to that.
It took Disney 5 years to complete their revamp. They adopted their new slogan, focused the programming on original drama and comedy shows aimed at young adults and teens, and only picked up series from the 1990s and beyond. In this, they found their success with shows like *Kyle XY* and *Pretty Little Liars*. And yes, they brought in wholesome lesbians with *The Fosters*.
## Finally Free
In 2016, they became Freeform. This was the first time since the 1980s that the network hadn’t had ‘family’ in the name, and it seemed telling. They were no longer shackled by the confines of a ‘traditional’ family structure. But also they understood that the name held them back. It made people think their channel was nothing but family orienting when, in reality, they were pulling in fantasy dramas like *Shadowhunters*.
Finally they’d found their niche, and in 2018 they announced their new slogan: A little forward.
> At Freeform, we’re purposefully and passionately moving our brand forward by defying expectations and dismantling conventions; busting stereotypes of theme, cast and culture in service to a more inclusive world on and off screen.
>
> Tom Ascheim, president of Freeform
## Becomers and Millennials
Initial claims were that Freeform was abandoning the Millennial. Of course, Millennials are now middle aged so targeting the current crop of college kids is a hefty market. They’re looking at people who use smartphones as naturally as their grandparents used the phone. They abhor traditional advertising and want stories told for their generation.
And Freeform is, surprisingly, delivering on this. With shows like *Shadowhunters*, *Grown-ish*, and *Good Trouble*, they’re embracing their new audience and managing not to exclude the old. Unlike the drastic mistake made when Fox dropped all the old reruns, Freeform’s picked up the trick of making a show targeted at one age group while remaining appealing to older ones.
## A Little Forward
The secret to ‘A little forward’ is to remember that life, itself, moves a little forward every day. We grow and change, we make mistakes, but we take each step as it needs to happen. If entertainment doesn’t grow and change, it won’t remain topical but worse, it won’t be entertaining anymore.
In doing this, in reaching to the not-kid-but-not-adult generations, Freeform has remembered that the audience grows too.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ABC Family, Fox Family, Freeform, The Family Channel
---
### [Out of Purgatory](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/out-of-purgatory/)
**Published:** July 2, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Without further ado, the fantabulous stars of Wynonna Earp will be headed to Purgatory to film season four in January.
**Content:**
For those of you who just want the good news, we’re on for season 4 of *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)*. It will begin filming in January 2020 and air that summer. Plus the stars will be at San Diego Comic-Con in two weeks.
## A Dry Season
Normally by July we’re talking about the upcoming season of *Wynonna Earp*, eagerly absorbing press photos and tidbits from Emily Andras and her glorious cast and crew, and looking forward to whatever joy we’ll derive from the (only two weeks away) San Diego Comic Con.
This year has been drastically different. January and February rolled around with zero information about the new season. This was odd for our friends, who love rilling us up and celebrating with us.
Finally though it was revealed. Season four was delayed and hadn’t started filming because IDW was broke.
## Money is Complicated
Television money is even more complicated. When you talk about making a television show, there are a number of sources that money comes from. The production company, the network, and the content owners all combine forces to pay for the rather expensive proposition of a TV show. In this expensive water, IDW had suffered an astounding loss.
The publishing division of IDW lost $801,000 in the third fiscal quarter of 2018. Losses like this followed into the fourth quarter and again into 2019 where by June it was revealed they’d had a net loss of $3.7 million in the second quarter. In order to supporting their flagging publishing division, there was a little robbing Peter to pay Paul going on between divisions. But it was very clear that IDW had overextended their pockets.
For those who have juggled money at that scale, it’s not abnormal to bolster a slugging division with money from another. However for Earpers the worry became clear. IDW did not have the money.
## Contracts Expire
In the middle of all this, the contracts for some of the stars were up. In fact, the four primary actors had their contracts expire. Since this was a fourth season, they were due a raise, which is the industry norm at that stage of a series.
Thankfully, the fanbase and the cast and crew were all-in when it came to the show. Billboards were purchased on Times Square. The stars continued to attend conventions and promise Earpers that they were still here with us.
Still, we couldn’t help worrying. All the hashtags in the world wouldn’t help the one place where help was needed. What the show needed was money. All the fan expression in the world couldn’t help when the issue was not that IDW didn’t want to invest in a show but that it *had nothing to invest*.
## Saved by SyFy
Mo Ryan reported for Vulture that it was an infusion from SyFy itself that saved the show.
> When things went sideways at IDW in recent months, the \[SyFy\] network made its support crystal clear by offering to pay a higher license fee for the program. Multiple sources confirm that Syfy ponying up those additional funds — a rare gesture from a network to a struggling studio — helped ensure the fourth season would get made.
>
> [Wynonna Earp Season 4 Is Finally, Actually Happening – Vulture by Maureen Ryan](https://www.vulture.com/2019/07/wynonna-earp-season-4-saved.html)
It’s difficult to stress how *rare* this is. SyFy has always been an odd-duck when it came to what they chose to (and not to) produce. For them to be so readily willing to chip in the money is a unicorn moment. And it’s a testament to the power of the fans, showing how much we wanted a show like this.
## But Season Five…
Astute, sharp eyed Earpers will have already noticed. We don’t know what’s going on with season five yet. There’s no word on when it may happen. There’s no word on *if* it may happen. We hope and prepare and here we stay, waiting and fighting for season five, and for now that’s all we can do.
We can also watch season three on Netflix, starting July 16th. And we will be on-site for Comic-Con to give you the latest news as soon as possible.
Until then, stay strong Earpers, and look for a twelve (12) episode season four next summer from our favourite crafty Canadians.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
---
### [Queer Beats - June 28, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-june-28-2019/)
**Published:** June 28, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week.... who are we kidding, all that matters is that JULIANTINA AND ODAAT ARE THRIVING!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week… who are we kidding, all that matters is that JULIANTINA AND ODAAT ARE THRIVING!
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
If anyone ever doubts the power of fandom, they should just look at the Juliantina fandom. These fans were so loud and so powerful that they managed to get not only a movie but also a SPIN-OFF for their favorite couple! The stars announced the news live yesterday:
> I've never seen someone more beautiful than this.
>
> This all thing is…just…wow!
>
> PELICULA JULIANTINA [\#SorpresaJuliantina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SorpresaJuliantina?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> HOY SORPRESA JULIANTINA
>
>
>
> — bea (@zwanheda) [June 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/zwanheda/status/1144290733257613314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
Batwoman has been added to the San Diego Comic Con lineup! Can’t wait to see what new updates we get in a couple weeks.
> A [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) panel and pilot episode screening are announced for [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 2019! RT if you're excited! [\#WBSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WBSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@BatwomanWriters](https://twitter.com/BatwomanWriters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OyiR7TrlbC](https://t.co/OyiR7TrlbC)
>
> — Batwoman TV from KSiteTV (@BatwomanTVcom) [June 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/BatwomanTVcom/status/1143202664244817920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gay Mean Girls](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumIQpNB6r816fZIaHw0mjl5VwcgFFicK)
Gay Mean Girls is [now streaming](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumIQpNB6r816fZIaHw0mjl5VwcgFFicK). This web series is based off a [2015 short film](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbPFV4WbBps&t) that went viral. Check it out on Youtube now!
https://www.thetvjunkies.com/gay-mean-girls-series-preview/
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
THE BEST NEWS OF THE YEAR!!!!! DALE, FAMILIA!!
> [\#OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneDayAtATime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) lives! The series will move to Pop TV for a new season premiering in 2020. [@TVMoJoe](https://twitter.com/TVMoJoe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) reports
>
> — Vulture (@vulture) [June 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1144342514847162368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
After the [latest season](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redseason5) of RED, I feel like any picture of these two together and happy is a real gift.
> Barcelona, ¡llegamos! 🇪🇸 Nos vemos este fin de semana en [@lovefanfest](https://twitter.com/lovefanfest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/BTnzK6B9GK](https://t.co/BTnzK6B9GK)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [June 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1144195104137236480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Honestly, this video is a blessing. [Mishel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) and Chelsea spending five whole minutes arguing about their favorite Vida ships in detail… what could be better? Also, their pained faces when talking about how much they ship [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/) and [Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-2/) were very relatable. DON’T MESS THIS UP, EMMA!
> Loved producing this piece with the lovely ladies of [@VIDA\_STARZ](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@MishelPrada](https://twitter.com/MishelPrada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@chelsearendon](https://twitter.com/chelsearendon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ! If you love the show definitely check it out🤗 [\#VidaonStarz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaonStarz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Lauren Sanchez (@laurensnchz) [June 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/laurensnchz/status/1142965029676781569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Batwoman, Gay Mean Girls, One Day at a Time, RED, Vida
---
### [We Get More One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/we-get-more-one-day-at-a-time/)
**Published:** June 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dale, ODAAT! We get season four and it'll be on PopTV!
**Content:**
If you don’t want to read any further then here’s the good news. *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* has been picked up for a **13 episode fourth season** and will air on [PopTV](https://poptv.com) in 2020. You probably get PopTV already if you have cable, so don’t panic.
## It’s been a tough year
*One Day at a Time* was [unceremoniously cancelled](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/netflix-canceled-one-day-at-a-time/) on March 15th, just over a month after the third season dropped. Netflix cited that it simply wasn’t popular enough (without ever providing data or statistics). And at the time we clung to a hope beyond hope that we would get a reprieve. The producers and writers wanted the show to go on, but even more, it became clear that other networks were interested.
The producers kept asking us to have hope, so we tweeted `#SaveODAAT` and we became perilously close to becoming an ODAAT Twitter account (sorry Tracy). We shared data and information, we cited what statistics we could, and we pushed our fan hearts onto the internet and demanded more.
Then in April we got news. CBS wanted *One Day at a Time*! We’d heard rumours and finally they submitted a bid to buy the show for CBS All Access, their online channel. The problem there was that the deal Netflix made with Sony in order to air the show included a veto. That is, Netflix had the right to block any move to a streaming network for the next two years, following cancellation.
## Hope Was Not Lost
Of course, you know what happened here. Netflix vetoed. They refused to let *One Day at a Time* move to a streaming network. They claimed the show was worth too much to let go of the streaming rights, but clearly not enough to keep airing. Even *Vanity Fair* argued that [Netflix should let go](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/04/netflix-one-day-at-a-time-cbs-all-access-save-odaat).
“We invested in three seasons and having a home at Netflix,” [VP Cindy Holland told *The Hollywood Reporter*](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-chief-defends-diverse-tv-slate-we-are-committed-stories-1205510). “We negotiated for specific rights in the deal, which we paid for. We paid for the show in its entirety, plus profits to Sony.”
At this point, the only hope we had left was a traditional linear network. Initially there was concern over Pop Network picking up the show. While Pop is certainly a great fit, it’s also relatively low budget. They don’t have the pockets of Netflix, and while owned by CBS there would need to be some assistance to afford the show.
As we began to doubt, Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce asked us not to. They continued to share news and articles where they said there was hope. And so, having faith in those wonderful people, we continued to fight.
## And then, a Thursgay Miracle
At 1:30pm Pacific time on June 27th, the news broke.
> WE'RE BACK!
> Thanks to every fan who made [\#saveodaat](https://twitter.com/hashtag/saveodaat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) trend worldwide, ONE DAY AT A TIME is heading to POP TV & we couldn't be more excited! We have many more stories to tell about & we can't wait to share them with you! Thank you [@sptv](https://twitter.com/SPTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@PopTV](https://twitter.com/PopTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#moreodaat](https://twitter.com/hashtag/moreodaat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oPsvXL7DC5](https://t.co/oPsvXL7DC5)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [June 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1144343672604917761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And there’s even better news. Remember how we worried about the finances? Well in order to let Pop afford the sow, CBS will get to air encore (read: repeat) airings of *ODAAT* in 2020 after Pop finishes the season. And? Pop will get the rights to air the first three seasons!
This is the best we could possibly have hoped for given the circumstances. We get to find out what happens in Cuba, we get to find out where Elena goes to college, and if Alex becomes a pro ball player or a Barbasol model.
Best of all? We get to keep the Alvarez family at least one more season. And if people watch, maybe more.
As Gloria said, Dale, ODAAT, Dale!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 17, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-elektra-abundance/)
**Published:** June 24, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Good Trouble and The Handmaid's Tale are back with new seasons, I do an all Elektra Abundance Pose recap and write part 5 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Good Trouble* and *The Handmaid’s Tale* are back with new seasons; I do an all Elektra Abundance *Pose* recap and write part 5 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Percussions” \[Live\]*Good Trouble* is back for season two, and our girl Alice is trying to gain self-confidence by practicing stand up comedy. It’s to an (almost) empty room, but baby steps, right? She also made a video to prove she’s now out and proud to try to win Joey back.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1142846895456477185
The video worked – yay, Alice!
Also, Joey came out to Alice about wanting to use They/Them pronouns. Yay to more non-binary rep on TV!
*[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “God Bless the Child” \[Streaming\]Remember this cheery, lighthearted comedy? The bleak AF *Handmaid’s Tale* has been back for season three for a few episodes now. At the end of season two, Emily escaped to Canada with June’s baby, hopefully, to be reunited with her wife and kid who made it to Canada years before.
Of course it’s not a big romantic reunion.
If you were reunited with your wife who you thought you may never see again and who made it back to you surviving being a Handmaid, mutilation, The Colonies, almost getting killed and escaping Gilead in the dead of night, don’t you think you would:
- Not make her take public transportation to meet you.
- Get there early and park in a garage so you’re there when she got off the train.
- Be happier to see her.
I know this is *The Handmaid’s Tale* and not a romantic comedy, but Luke was happier to see June on their mini-reunion last week. Just sayin’.
Emily spends a sad, awkward day at her wife and kid’s house filled with “emotional piano music.” Emily’s reunion with her son Oliver emotionally awkward too.
She cries through reading him a story about Spinosaurus, and Emily’s story line ends this episode with her and Sylvia silently sharing a beer on the porch.
I know Emily has been through a ton of trauma, but Sylvia is still wearing her wedding ring and marriage is about committing to a person through good and bad. She should be the one to help her with her reentry into non-Gilead life. I am hoping Sylvia is behaving hands-off because she’s being sensitive to how overwhelming this is for Emily, but I want them to be together in the long run, because that is what marriage is about.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 14 “Can’t Knock the Hustle” \[Live\] I’ll be honest, I like this show because I like *[Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)*, but otherwise, it fails [The Bechdel Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test) badly. The main character, Zoey, is really self-centered and privileged, and in this episode, she needs to get a Job job because her parents cut her off.
After passing up jobs she feels too good for, she eventually gets one, “Being paid to sit in a box, like human veal, dressed like an anime character,” at a high-end hotel.
There she unintendedly witnesses something.
Uh oh, it’s Nomi and professor Shane.
Zoey confronts Nomi and tells her it feels weird for her to be dating a faculty member.
I’m with you, Zoey, it does feel wrong.
But Nomi is angry and tells Zoey she’s being judgemental and condescending as usual.
Y’all, I’m trying to get past the teacher/student, big age disparity thing, but it’s still weird. Plus it’s Shane and I don’t trust her intentions. We’ll all just have to see where this goes.
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Worth It” \[Live\] This is going to be an all Elektra Abundance recap because she was amazing this week. Elektra is a mean condescending bitch, but I love her character very much.
Last episode Elektra had a mysterious new income source. This week we found out she has found the perfect career as a professional dominatrix.
It’s a very fitting job for her personality.
Dinner at the house of Elektra’s former children consisted of Slim Fast and popcorn with hot sauce. This will not do and neither will the lack of closet space. Elektra realizes this house is not for her and makes a dramatic exit.
After that, she assembles a new house — “The fiercest house ballroom has ever seen.” Her new *House of Wintour* crashes the next ballroom.
Pray kicks them out, but they’ll be back.
When the House of Wintour does return for their first competition they sweep the trophies.
Elektra has managed to claw her way back to the top again.
This show makes my wife and I very nostalgic because it follows our exact coming out timeline. The show portrays so well the determination to celebrate life during a time period steeped in the tragedy of the AIDS crisis.
The album [Red Hot + Blue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hot_%2B_Blue) came out in 1990. It was a compilation of Cole Porter covers and the music industry’s first major AIDS benefit. It wasn’t comprised of just the few out artists at the time; it was a wide range of bands who stepped up to support our community.
The first song on the album, *I’ve Got You Under My Skin* covered by Neneh Cherry, I think really captures the feeling of the time.
https://youtube.com/29J2B2FIgt0
Buckle in for the nostalgia train, because I’m sure this show will bring more up as the season continues.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Episode 11” \[Streaming\] ```
Dear, Tanya Saracho. It made me so sad to see Emma getting all those automated marketing emails wishing her a happy birthday while she's depressed and having a hard time getting out of bed or off the couch.
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I bet she's the kind of person who's all, "I don't give a fuck about my birthday." but I still felt so bad for her.Even as the day kept taking a crap on Emma, Nico knew the right things to do and say.
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Nico is totally the Emma whisperer.When Lyn realizes its Emma's birthday, she is all of us.
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Lyn trying to make a birthday celebration for Emma with booze and a personal concert was beautiful. I absolutely loved the entire end scene.
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Lyn is a fuck up, but she's trying, and she's really good at keeping the peace between Eddy and Emma. She also knows exactly what people need, emotionally from time to time.Thank you for showing people's multiple layers so well.Love,TracyPS. Emma dancing with a Beanie Baby is my new sexuality.
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Dear, readers, I am going to do something next week I have not done since starting this weekly column. The wife, kid and I are going on a road trip and I am taking the week off. I’ll see you all back here in two weeks!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Pose, The Handmaid's Tale, Vida
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 17, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-gentleman-jack-season-one-finale/)
**Published:** June 17, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Anne and Ann have a happy ending on the Gentleman Jack season one finale, Professor Shane is back on Grown-ish and I write part 4 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Anne and Ann have a happy ending on the *Gentleman Jack* season one finale; Professor Shane is back on *Grown-ish*, and I write part 4 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Burden of Truth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “The Rabbit Hole” \[Catch Up\] Who here feels like they’re creating angst between Luna and Molly for no reason? Luna has enough going on with her mom and David Hanley, why add this into the mix? I’m so tired of relationship troubles being the default go-to move for TV writers.
This did make me laugh though.
I am good with A/V stuff, but otherwise, my wife and I are the Least Handiest Lesbians on the Planet™.
Luna spends the episode telling everyone who will listen how she and Molly aren’t on the same page.
Like Taylor.
Yeah, *that* makes a lot of sense, Taylor. Molly and Luna spent an entire school year apart, and you think more time away from each other will bring them closer?
And Joanna.
The biggest living together issue is Luna wants to work, volunteer with the indigenous town watch, and peruse the lawsuit against her bio dad while Molly wants to go out and have fun. Like in the scene at the end of the episode where Molly doesn’t come home until morning.
This is where we are on this show — a one-way trip to Breakupville for Molly and Luna. At least that is my prediction.
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 8 “Are You Still Talking?” \[Live\]It was the *Gentleman Jack* season one finale, and all I wanted a big Anne/Ann reunion.
The episode starts with Anne leaving Paris and traveling around Europe until she arrives in Copenhagen. There she hobnobs with the elite and makes faux pas with royalty (for a minute there I thought she was going to bang the Queen of Denmark).
Back in Scotland, Ann is over her sister and brother-in-law. After she finds out Anne wrote to them and he purposely kept Anne’s address in Copenhagen from her and her sister, she makes a plan to go back to Halifax.
Meanwhile, back at Shibden Hall, Anne’s aunt is not doing well. She has gangrene (gross), and Anne’s sister, Yara, I mean Marian, has the doctor write a letter to Anne explaining the situation. Anne reads the letter and immediately starts the long, difficult journey back to Halifax.
We see where this is going. Ann is making her way back to Halifax thinking Anne is still in Copenhagen, and Anne journeys back thinking Ann is in Scotland ignoring her letter.
Anne arrives back at Shibden Hall ready to see her aunt on death’s door, and it turns out she’s “bright as a button.” Anne is furious, but while she’s in town, she should attend to some family business.
Ann gets back to Crow Nest and I’m yelling at my TV, “You’re both back, see each other already!” I’m so easily manipulated; I know this is exactly what the show wanted us to feel. Ann actually goes to Shibden Hall (while Anne is out of course).
Ann, GO, GET YOUR GIRL!!!
Anne is frustrated and yelling at the universe when Ann finally arrives for their big reunion.
I am eating this up, y’all. This is the 1800s lesbian romcom we deserve!
After some awkward conversation, Ann finally says what we have all been waiting for.
> "If you asked me to marry you again, I wouldn't say no."
> Anne Lister gets the girl. [\#GentlemanJack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GentlemanJack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#GentlemanJackHBO](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GentlemanJackHBO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gU4keKjAVK](https://t.co/gU4keKjAVK)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1138497965394485248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This scene was so satisfyingly perfect. After a long journey of finally getting back to each other Ann says, “Yes.” It couldn’t be any better.
The ending sequence of Anne and Ann getting “married” by exchanging rings and taking the sacrament together was also perfect.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1140266925253111814
I loved the sneaky excited looks and stealth hand holding. It totally brought that exciting feeling of being happily in love, but having to keep it secret.
I appreciate the fact that if the show wasn’t renewed, we would get a happy ending which is [disturbingly rare](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_tropes=happy-ending) for queer-centric shows. But the show was renewed for a season two — it’s a win-win! I can’t wait to see how married life is for Anne and Ann next season.
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 3 Episode 10 “Breaking Through the Noise” \[Live\]It’s *The Bold Type* season three finale and time to see what post-campaign life is like for Kat after she lost the election.
Tia wants to move on with their relationship, but Kat confesses she still has unresolved Adena feelings.
Tia is very understanding and tells Kat if she, “needs to figure things out with Adena, that’s fine.”
Wow, I’m very impressed by Tia being so reasonable, especially since this is her first relationship with a woman. You think the stakes would be emotionally high.
Kat heads to Adena’s pretty soon after that to do some “figuring things out.”
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1140288893612437505
Kadena fans rejoice!
Post their figuring things out session, Adena makes her desires clear.
Adena doesn’t pressure Kat into getting back together, but she also doesn’t want to lose any more time with her. Kat tells her she needs some time to think about it.
Now we have a classic, “Who will Kat choose” season finale.
As I expected, Kat breaks up with Tia.
Poor Tia. I hope she can someday add “out and proud lesbian” to her Twitter bio and find a nice girlfriend now that Kat helped her come out.
I fully expected Kat and Adena to get back together in a series finale, grand romantic gesture, but this happened instead.
Wow, Kat chose to stay single. Good for her knowing she needed to be alone to process the aftermath of losing the election.
Adena however also thought Kat was going to choose her because she took a staff photography job at Scarlet. Oh, snap!
Well, this is going to be interesting next season.
I think *The Bold Type* did a great job with Kat’s story this season relationship-wise. I wasn’t into the election thing, but I loved the new relationship and the return of Adena at the end. I hope they keep it up next year.
*[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Acting Up” \[Live\] Blanca and the House of Evangelista are back and we’ve jumped ahead to 1990. By 1990 I was out and can remember a lot of the events depicted in the series like Madonna’s *Vogue* coming out and the St. Patrick’s Cathedral protest by ACT-UP and Wham! (which happened in 1989, but that’s okay). I am probably the same age as some of Blanca’s children on the show. Now I’m old enough to be her mother.
Blanca has an appointment with Nurse Judy to interpret her latest labs. The news isn’t good. Her T cells have fallen below 200 and she’s gone from being HIV+ to having AIDS.
Poor Blanca. I know people who held on with low T cells until antiretroviral drugs were introduced in the mid-90s. Hopefully Blanca will be like one of them.
With the release of Madonna’s *Vogue*, Blanca thinks their underground community will finally have their moment. Others think it’s a pop star making money off the queer PoC community, but that does not dissuade Blanca from encouraging Angel to try out for a modeling contest. Angel needs professional photos to apply and a pro photographer tells her he’ll shoot her for free as long as he can take additional photos for his “Private collection.” Ugh, that does not sound good.
Meanwhile, Nurse Judy drags Pray Tell kicking and screaming to an ACT UP meeting.
We also got to meet Judy’s girlfriend, Wanda!
I really appreciate how this show pays respect to queer women being a big part of the AIDS activist movement.
The “private collection” shoot goes as horribly wrong for Angel as we thought it would. But after Angel fesses up to Blanca about what happened, she, Angel and Lil Papi go to the photographer’s apartment, beat him up and destroy the photos. I have to admit that scene was very satisfying.
With the good photos in hand, Angel brings them to the modeling contest and makes it to the next round. That made me so happy.
The show ended with these words in white on a black screen.
I have to admit it made me feel emotional. That time was painful, but it was also powerful. The queer community fought back and people finally started to listen. Realizing that was 30 years ago blows my mind, and I am grateful to this show for providing a history lesson for young queers.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 13 “You Decide” \[Live\] Grown-ish is back for the second half of season two, and two episodes in, we lean Nomi is still texting with Professor Shane.
Wow, I didn’t think Professor Shane would be back! Let’s see what the two of them are up to.
> Professor Shane is back for the second half of [\#Grownish](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Grownish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season two. [pic.twitter.com/8cP7h0RpGz](https://t.co/8cP7h0RpGz)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1140375559396089856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Am I being a giant prude here, because Professor Shane is making me nervous with creep vibes.
When Nomi asks her where they go from here, Shane tells Nomi that the semester’s over, and she’s no longer in her class (which makes them dating okay?). They reminisce about class for a minute, but Shane is glad class is behind them.
Oh, jeez, here we go.
This whole thing is giving me double dip feelings, because while I’m squicked out by Prof Shane I’m also completely entertained by this whole thing. It’s a low-stakes moral dilemma I’m willing to live with.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 2 Episode 4 “Episode 10” \[Streaming\] ```
Dear, Tanya Saracho. I loved Nico making her first entrance into the bar.
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I think Emma totally knew what her name was, but she played it all cool.At this point, I didn't know if Emma and Nico were going to be friends or more than friends. Knowing what I know now, the subtle flirtyness and Emma's low key crush vibes made for the best of slow burns.Like when Nico is laying our her vision for the bar menu, the flirting is beautifully subtle.
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They obviously have chemistry, but it's not rushed.I'm a sucker for a "running after someone before they leave" scene and loved Emma running after Nico to ask her to work at the bar.
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Emma and Nico's day-long date was a perfect way to establish Nico's character on the show.Brilliant work as always.Love,TracyPS. Emma looking back over her shoulder and talking about cocktails is my new sexuality.
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I know I said this week I was going to write about my strong feelings regarding the new *Tales of the City*, but there were too many other queer things to write about. Next week I will try to get to it. Also this week *Good Trouble* is back!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Burden of Truth, Gentleman Jack, Grown-ish, Pose, The Bold Type, Vida
---
### [10 Questions With ... Between Friends](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/10-questions-with-between-friends/)
**Published:** June 26, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As we grow and change, we eventually end up leading different lives from our friends. But sometimes, if we're lucky, we can keep a constant.
**Content:**
As we grow and change, we eventually end up leading different lives from our friends. But sometimes, if we’re lucky, we can keep a constant. In the case of the characters in *Between Friends*, they have a weekly dinner that lets them relive the drama with each other, and act as a comical therapy session for their hit and miss love lives.
Breena Hopper took some time out of her day to talk with us a little about this upcoming series.
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**LezWatch.TV:** Tell us a little about “Between Friends.” What’s the elevator pitch?
**Beth Humberd:** Between Friends is about an LGBT group of friends who are middle aged and are successful in their fields. You see how their lives play out when they have a weekly dinner to catch up. You see them tell about their week and then you get their friends comedic take on it.
**LWTV:** Who came up with, or how did you come up with, the idea of making a web series about therapy via group dinners?
**Beth:** It is truly art imitating real life. I am blessed to have a large group of friends that get together for dinner a couple times a month and have game night at least once a month. Several years ago, I jokingly said that I should write a story about the dynamic of our friendship and soon after I began writing the novel from which this show is based.
**LWTV:** What are your main characters like?
**Beth:** The core group of characters are made up of an actress, a judge, a lawyer, a detective, a bartender, and a few professionals in the medical field. They are vastly different in their educational and professional lives. We feel like we have a character for almost anyone. We have the bitchy character with a heart of gold, an out lesbian actress who feels like she has to carry a torch, a loyal to a fault best friend, a jaded character that doesn’t feel like life has ever smiled on her, and more. We hope to put forth characters that people love as much as we do.
**LWTV:** A lot of web series are about struggling, financially challenged, friends leaning on each other for support. Making your characters accomplished turns that trope on its ear. Did you do that intentionally?
**Beth:** No, this was not intentional. It is the dynamic of my friends and I wanted to show that life isn’t always about the struggle. It isn’t always you against the world. There are times and there are people who are genuinely happy and have good jobs and aren’t always in a bind, even within the LGBTQ community. I do feel like we don’t see that enough.
**LWTV:** On the Rebel Iris blog, you have a post about the under representation of bisexuality in the media. We fully agree with that sentiment, but also that the quality of the representation we get tends to be rather poor. Is this something addressed in your series?
**Beth:** Although I agree with everything that was published by Rebel Iris about bisexuality in media, none of these characters are labeled as anything. This is not something we have broached. Further into the novel, there is a character that is an established bisexual woman, but she is not in the first season. When the character is introduced, we want to do bisexual representation justice.
**LWTV:** How important do you feel it is to have openly queer actors playing queer characters?
**Beth:** Of course it is important for people who understand and get what we go through to play these characters but true allies, people who want to understand what we go through, who want to put our stories out, and stand by us are important too. In the beginning, it was our hope to fill out this cast with LGBTQ actors/actresses but at the end of the day you have to go with who has submitted and who fills these roles the best. It is still important to us for a majority of our cast/crew to be LGBTQ+.
**LWTV:** Were there other series that were your inspiration for this show?
**Beth:** None that were positive. The only inspiration for turning this novel into a show was the negativity portrayed on shows night after night around the time that Lexa died. The show is based on the reality show that my friends should have.
**LWTV:** Even though we’re not supposed to, everyone has a favorite character. Is there a character you specifically connect with?
**Beth:** For me, it would be Peyton because I have this goofiness and explainable ability to screw things up sometimes. This is a characteristic that Peyton seems to have been blessed with.
**LWTV:** How have you seen the representation of LGBTQ+ content, on television specifically, change over the last five years?
**Beth:** A few years ago, it seemed like the LGBTQ content was on the rise, only to have it fall in the most horrific of ways. We have a bury your gays trope, we have a con dedicated to what was done, that’s pretty much all that needs to be said.
**LWTV:** We watch a LOT of TV for the site but we also have our own guilty pleasures. What are your favorite TV shows?
**Beth:** As a tv fanatic, when all of the things went on with the lesbian and bisexual characters, I turned the TV off for the first time in my life. There was no point. I did not want to get attached when all of these things were being done so poorly with those characters. I turned to books. I started listening to audible. When Melissa Brayden becomes the creator of a show, let me know.
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Check out *[Between Friends](https://www.rebeliris.com/btfseries)* coming later this fall.
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** Between Friends
---
### [Queer Beats - June 21, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-june-21-2019/)
**Published:** June 21, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, GLOW released a season 3 trailer, Pose received some good news, and the full season of RED was released.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, GLOW released a season 3 trailer, Pose received some good news, and the full season of RED was released.
## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
I’m personally a very big fan of this show so I was excited when they added some queerness last season. It still doesn’t look like the [Yolanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yolanda-rivas/)/[Arthie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arthie-premkumar/) storyline will be front and center (unfortunately), but I was glad to see a kiss in the season 3 trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQaCxIJX0J0
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
Clexacon continues to announce guests for 2020’s convention and this week they anonunced [Lesley-Ann Brandt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lesley-ann-brandt/) from Lucifer!
> Being bad never felt so good. Just ask [\#Lucifer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lucifer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s resident [\#pansexual](https://twitter.com/hashtag/pansexual?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) demon Mazikeen! [@LesleyAnnBrandt](https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) once again brings the heat to [\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! [\#LuciferSeason5](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuciferSeason5?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LuciferOnNetflix](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LuciferOnNetflix?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Lucifans](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Lucifans?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Spartacus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Spartacus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Heartlock](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Heartlock?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/NlY2Cm4YIA](https://t.co/NlY2Cm4YIA)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [June 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1141042906138120192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
They also announced [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) which is particularly exciting because Sarah Shahi was announced last week, meaning we will likely be getting another Shoot panel!
> I. AM. ROOT.[\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[@AmyAcker](https://twitter.com/AmyAcker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#PersonOfInterest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PersonOfInterest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Shoot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shoot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Angel](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Angel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheGifted](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGifted?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#POI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/POI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Root](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Root?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RootAndShaw](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RootAndShaw?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Xk4HEpHo6z](https://t.co/Xk4HEpHo6z)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [June 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1141027881201668097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Pose did it, y’all! The premiere episode of season 2 was the most watched episode in the series’ history, which prompted FX to renew it for a third season.
> [\#Pose](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pose?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Renewed for Season 3 at FX [pic.twitter.com/J35tYOM3lM](https://t.co/J35tYOM3lM)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [June 17, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1140746394296147968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In related news, Janet Mock (who is a writer, director and producer on Pose), signed a deal with Netflix to produce content with them. Go Janet!
> I'm excited to announce that I am partnering with Netflix to tell stories on a global platform. So proud to join the ranks of digital content moguls as the first trans woman to call her own creative shots at a major content company. [\#girlslikeus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/girlslikeus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Janet Mock (@janetmock) [June 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/janetmock/status/1141337058696409088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
In case you missed it, RED released its fifth season this week. It is full of angst and longing, so be sure to rent it ASAP!
https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1141381871395397632
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** GLOW, Lucifer, Person of Interest, Pose, RED
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 10, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-burden-of-truth-season-two/)
**Published:** June 10, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Burden of Truth season two started airing in the US, election night's filled with queer drama on The Bold Type and I write a feisty part 3 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Burden of Truth* season two started airing in the US; election night’s filled with queer drama on *The Bold Type*, and I write a feisty part 3 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Burden of Truth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Salesman, Cheats and Liars” \[Catch-up\]*Burden of Truth* season two started airing in the US, and I was wondering how they were going to handle the small town story now that Joanna has moved to a big city. So far, they are showing the two stories in tandem, including Luna and Molly back in Millwood.
I guess it’s Summer break after Luna’s first year of college. Molly got an apartment with her settlement money, and Luna is staying with her. Now that the evil corporate environmental poisoning plot is behind them, what are they going to do now?
Luna gets the news statutory rape charges have been dropped against her biological father because of a technicality regarding her mom’s birth certificate. Luna leaves an angry voicemail for Susanna who comes to Millwood to talk to her.
Will Susanna and Luna’s father being evil be the thing that brings Susanna back to Millword and tie everything together?
Molly thinks going out should help them get over it, but Luna doesn’t look convinced.
They go out to the club and Molly is dancing and having a good time, but Luna leaves without saying a word and wanders home.
To be brutally honest, this show is not *The Good Fight*. I don’t think it can stand on its own as a “case of the week” legal drama. We’re going to need another corporate Big Bad to keep things interesting.
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Why’ve You Brought That?” \[Live\]Our favorite 1800s Shane, Anne Lister, is off to London to see her longtime sidepiece, Mariana to get over Ann rejecting her. It’s not going well; Mariana can tell Anne is still sad over it.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1137716121673588736
When we watched this my wife yelled, “Pick a lane!”
It’s true, Mariana can’t be mad Anne asked another girl to marry her when she is married to someone else. That fact is not stopping her from being jealous though.
1800s Shane is not going to wait around for you, Mariana.
They spend the rest of the visit fighting while various ladies send notes all requesting time with Anne.
Mariana can’t stop being antagonistic and Anne has enough so she leaves for Paris early. Meanwhile, in Scotland, Ann’s sister discovers Ann cut up her hand. Also, she and her husband have not brought Ann to a doctor for her anxiety but have been trying to marry her off to her brother-in-law’s broke-ass cousin.
This break up isn’t going well for either of them. We’ll see what happens tonight.
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Final Push” \[Live\] Last we saw Kat she was off on a walk with Adena to process their breakup.
Adena apologizes and tells Kat if she could do it again she wouldn’t have ran away from their relationship. This is intense news, but Kat starts getting texts about the imminent election and has to go.
The day before the election, Kat is catching Jane and Sutton up on her Adena situation.
I love “open-sure.”
The reality of winning the election and leaving *Scarlet* hits Kat when Jacklyn and Patrick talk to her about helping them find her replacement. Kat is walking around that night freaking out and ends up in front of someone’s door. Who will it be, Tia or Adena?
Adena ftw!
Kat unloads all of her fears and anxieties on Adena who is able to successfully talk her down. No shenanigans happen, but before leaving, Kat invites her to the election party.
It’s the big night and Tia and Kat are watching election results roll in at the party and start talking about post-election life.
I love a perfectly timed TV entrance.
The big moment is here. Kat, Jane and Sutton are hand-in-hand for the big announcement and…
I feel bad for Kat, but to be honest, I didn’t want her to win. It would splinter the show too much.
Hmmm, what is Tia and Kat’s future now the campaign is over? Also, who will Kat ultimately choose? I can’t wait to find out.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 2 Episode 3 “Episode 9” \[Streaming\] ```
Dear, Tanya Saracho. This episode was my second favorite episode of the season (I'm sure you already know what my favorite was). It organically covered so many aspects of queer culture, it was truly a work of queer art.I loved the episode starting strong with an Emma/Cruz sex scene so explicit I can't make a GIF of it. I complain queer sex scenes are always tame in comparison to the straight ones. You haven't let that happen on your show, and I appreciate it.I also appreciate how in the scene every time Cruz needs to switch it up, she does it with confidence. Just because something's not working, it shouldn't shred your ego. It's a good sex example to show.I thought Cruz tentatively asking Emma to go to her friend's wedding with her was pretty cute, and I was happily surprised when Emma said yes.
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Emma trying to be a good girlfriend is very entertaining. This scene between her and Lyn was so good.
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> I feel like in this scene Lyn is the fandom and Emma is trying to manage our expectations. -T [\#VidaStarz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaStarz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/qfHr6RhJ3S](https://t.co/qfHr6RhJ3S)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1138113397931872256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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Lyn's face was like a human heart eyes emoji and represented all of us who are shipping Emma and Cruz. I'm sure you already knew queer fandom is intense, and we can be really dogmatic about our ships. Here Lyn represents Team Emma and Cruz, but Emma is explicitly saying, "Don't love this so much for me." It can be hard for us to shift gears ship-wise, but I think you laid the groundwork so well for better ships to come.If Joan was an actual major I would have chosen it in college. I was thrilled when I learned Roberta Colindrez was joining the cast. This beautifully shot wedding was the perfect time to get our first glimpse of Nico decked out in best man drag.
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Now I want to talk about this scene from the wedding reception.
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> There is so much powerful stuff packed into this one scene. Thank you for this, [@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [\#VidaStarz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaStarz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nMyBz3Gb1p](https://t.co/nMyBz3Gb1p)
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> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1138120602592657408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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First, Cruz made me cringe so hard. Emma is like a feral cat, you can't just pull her into your lap. Agreeing to even go to the wedding was a major step, don't push it!Next, the conversation...I loved this so much. These are the words our community needs to hear. I absolutely hate policing within the queer community. There is nothing to be gained by trying to control how other people identify their sexual orientation, and in fact doing that is just another form of oppression. Also, If you want to limit yourself to only date people who are the gender orientation you are attracted to and whose sexual orientation is an identity you approve of, that is your choice, but you may be missing out on great relationships for no good reason.I believe the diversity of the queer sexual and gender orientation spectrum is a beautiful thing. One person's orientation does NOTHING to harm others, and I can not wrap my head around why people get so vicious towards people who are different from them. (BTW I identify as a lesbian.)From what I can tell by seeing my 12 year old daughter and her friends, the future is fluid and fabulous. Stick to your nonsensical prejudices and prepare to be left behind while the rest of us enjoy a diverse and beautiful life full of love.Whew, that was a rant. Tanya, thank you so much for that scene. And on behalf of the lesbian nation I apologize for anyone who gives you shit for it.Back to Emma and Cruz. I was horrified when Cruz said this to a whole table of people.
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That was so inappropriate and swiftly put an end to me being a member of Team Emma & Cruz. I 100% supported Emma leaving her and not looking back. I also, supported her running into Nico outside.
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Nico is such a good addition to the cast. She is like a voice of reason who anchors the rest of the characters while they are off on their very emotionally intense storylines. She is logical and rational. and I love that.Thank you, Tanya, for one of the most wonderfully queer episodes of television ever.Love,TracyPS. Emma yelling, "Stop saying baby queer!" is my new sexuality.
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This week *Pose*, *Queen Sugar*, AND *Jessica Jones* are back! Also, I have been watching the new *Tales of the City* and have a lot of strong feelings about it. Not all of them are good, I’ll write about it next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Burden of Truth, Gentleman Jack, The Bold Type, Vida
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 3, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-anne-on-gentleman-jack/)
**Published:** June 3, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Both Anne on Gentleman Jack and Petra on Jane the Virgin experience heartbreak and I write part 2 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, both Anne on *Gentleman Jack* and Petra on *Jane the Virgin* experience heartbreak, and I write part 2 of my 10-part love letter to Tanya Saracho.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Do Ladies Do That?” \[Live\]After being rejected by Ann and getting beaten up on her walk home, Anne has decided to write to Mariana, her long-time chick on the side, and leave town to go traveling on her own.
Meanwhile, Ann’s homophobia-induced panic has escalated to complete psychological breakdown levels. Ann’s friends can’t handle it, so they send for Anne. She arrives to help and says she’ll do what she can, but she’s still staying guarded.
After spending the night with Ann while she has full-blown panic attacks, Anne believes she needs medical help. She writes to Ann’s sister in Scotland and suggests they take her to the same doctor she took Ann to before. They agree to take her to see a doctor, but they’re going to find one in Edinburgh instead. Anne agrees to this, but before she leaves, she asks Ann to commit one more time.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1134883793045786625
Ugh, that was so sad, but Anne doesn’t waste any time writing her ex to tell her to meet up in London for two weeks.
Anne meets Ann’s brother-in-law and his mother when they come to take her to Scotland. They’re leaving in the morning, and Ann wants her to stay the night.
She does stay, but it’s a very sad last night together.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1134204570392039432
I totally do that thing Anne describes. I have perfected the art of tuning out the world around me when I’m in public in an obviously gay way, so I don’t see how people are reacting. The fact that she was able to do this in 1800s rural England is amazing, and this scene breaks my heart because she thought she finally found someone willing to tune the world out with her.
History is a spoiler, because we know Ann did commit to her in real life. I wonder how we are going to get there on this show. And, hurray, the show was renewed for a second season, so we will get more of Anne, Ann and Mariana’s story.
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Revival” \[Live\]Kat and Tia have finally settled into a comfortable relationship which means it’s the PERFECT time for Adena to come to town!
I am so here for this drama.
Kat texts her back and says she’s too busy to meet up. She’s with Tia now, and she needs to move on.
Meanwhile, the magazine needs a talented photographer for a shoot and guess whose name comes up!
Even though Jane’s conflicted, she agrees Adena would be the best person for the job.
I KNEW this was going to happen. I knew Adena would be working at *Scarlet* — it’s a perfect drama recipe.
When she breaks the news to Kat, Kat acts all chill about it. But we see how chill she really is when they have the inevitable “first time running into each other at work” moment.
> The first time Kat, Tia and Adena run into each other is just as awkward as you can imagine. [\#Kadena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kadena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tCw66YJcdO](https://t.co/tCw66YJcdO)
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> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1134911360943501314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That was amazingly awkward.
Kat’s chill went out the window after that.
Now Kat is wondering if Adena is her “Richard,” meaning Sutton and Richard broke up but then got back together and are happy.
When Tia and Kat talk about it later Tia asks her if Adena is a thing she should be concerned about. Kat says it’s weird and awkward, but Adena and she didn’t work, so no, its not a thing. Tia is a good sport and moves on.
After the photo shoot, Jane confronts Adena about why she broke up with Kat in Paris. Adena admits to feeling stuck in her house unable to travel or work, and it made her resentful. But now, she realizes it was the wrong choice.
Ooooh, we all see where this is going.
Jane tells Kat what Adena said, and it obviously has her second-guessing the “moving on” thing.
That night Kat finally meets up with Adena and tells her she never understood their break up.
> Kat and Adena finally meet up, talk about their breakup and go off for a walk. We all know what walking leads to… 😄 [\#Kadena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kadena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/i2rIIcGPlG](https://t.co/i2rIIcGPlG)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1135362531877433346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Uh, oh, the “let’s go for a walk” move — we all know what that leads to!
I personally love all of this. Maybe it’s because I’m not super invested in either ship; I just like the drama. This week should bring even more!
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Martian](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 10 “Chapter Ninety-One” \[Live\] Here we are, in the middle of a “moving away for a job” trope plot. I don’t like it, but Petra seems to be game for trying to make a long distance relationship work if JR takes the job in Houston. She is even trying on a Texas persona.
Meanwhile, on Jane’s story line, we find out her former professor and mentor, Marlene, is dating a woman!
That was a fun queer surprise.
On the third storyline this episode involving queer women, Luisa is trying to convince Raf she didn’t have anything to do with Rose’s bank accounts. She wants to be a part of Raf and his kids’ lives, but Rafael has been burned too many times by Luisa’s lies and refuses to believe her.
“The woman can forge faces, I’m sure she can forge a signature,” was brilliant.
Rose’s little minion, Bobby, encourages Luisa to visit Rose in prison to get to the bottom of this bank account thing and prove to Raf she’s not lying.
Of course, this is a plan orchestrated by Rose to talk to Luisa alone so she can work her magic on her. It works, and Luisa goes to the prison.
> "My prison girlfriend has nothing on you."
> "Oh, so you're dating?"
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> I love how over the top these two are. -T [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Roisa](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Roisa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vDg5JgCbrw](https://t.co/vDg5JgCbrw)
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> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1134220300919422979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
These two are one of the most dysfunctional lesbian relationships on television, and I love them. I feel we get a dysfunction free pass because it’s a telenovela.
Luisa DID sign those documents and is in possession of all of Rose’s bank accounts. She also now knows Bobby is working for Rose.
Back in Petramosland, Petra confessed to Jane despite acting all cool and supportive on the outside, she’s scared about what might happen if she and JR need to take their relationship long distance. Jane suggests she get a job with immigration in Miami. We discover that got Petra’s wheels turning when JR gets back from Houston.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1135527479152652289
Ugh, Petra! I know she means well, but you would think she’d know by now not to mess with JR’s career.
Later, Petra apologizes and JR accepts it, but all is not well.
> JR breaks up with Petra so she can have a fresh start in Houston. 💔💔😭😭 [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Jane](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jane?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Llvktcllrd](https://t.co/Llvktcllrd)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1135534966350200835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I have over 40 years of soap opera watching experience, and I still HATE relationship ups and downs.
Heartbroken Petra goes to Jane to tell her what happened.
Sad Petra kills me. And to add insult to injury, this happens.
I think the Jane the Virgin writers are trying to kill the Petramos fandom, and not in the good way.
At the very end of the episode, Luisa tires to explain to Raf that she did sign the papers to take over Rose’s bank accounts, but she was blackout drunk and didn’t remember. Raf does not believe her at all and rejects her again. That was one rejection too many, and finally Luisa is driven back into Rose’s control.
Oh boy, I wonder what Rose’s next move will be.
How great is it that this show has so many queer characters you can have two involved in a classic up and down love story and others in a criminal mastermind disaster relationship? It’s sometimes painful, but I appreciate it.
*Vida* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Episode 8” \[Streaming\] ```
Dear, Tanya Saracho. Congratulations on getting a season three! I hate the emotional roller coaster of waiting with our fingers crossed hoping our beloved shows don't get cancelled. It was a relief to know so soon we will be getting more of your amazing show.I don't know if the vagueness before season two regarding Cruz coming back was intentional or not, but I liked how it was kept somewhat of a mystery. This episode we found out she and Emma are still together.
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I love how you used shower sex as a metaphor for where Emma and Cruz are at. I agree shower sex doesn't really work. I've personally tried to make it happen, but it feels like I'm getting waterboarded. In a similar way, Emma is trying to be Cruz's girlfriend, but it's not really working.The zombie compatibility test was a good way to further show their incompatibility.
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FYI, both my wife and I want to be killed ASAP in any apocalyptic situation.
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Later, we're still kept guessing on Emma's intentions with Eddy when she confronts her about the legality of Vidalia's will.
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The only thing I'm not liking about this season is Eddy not being able to catch a break. Nothing is going her way. Now that I know season three is coming, I have hope she'll have some victories next year.This episode was a good set up for the next one, which I loved and can not wait to write about next week.Thank you, again, for one of the best shows on TV.Love, TracyPS. Emma requiring a contract is my new sexuality.
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This week the newest *Tales of the City* is dropping on Netflix on Friday. I am a big fan of the books. I’ve read them all except for most of the last one. I’m looking forward to seeing how this production does with their interpretation.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Gentleman Jack, Jane the Virgin, The Bold Type, Vida
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### [Why Can't We Let Lexa Go?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/why-cant-we-let-lexa-go/)
**Published:** March 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's not just that it's hard to let go, it's hard to accept that this is our reality. And the truth is that, after over 1000 days, we're not ready to let Lexa go.
**Content:**
It’s been three years and three days since [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa) died on *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/).* Since then, we’ve had billboards, multiple new organizations for LGBT fans, an explosion of queer content in books and television, two [ClexaCons](https://clexacon.com) in Las Vegas, and one in London. If anything has become clear, it’s that we as a community have absolutely not let the idea of Lexa go. We still care deeply about this event, even if we didn’t watch the show, and it still resonates.
## A Question of Intent
For lesbians of a certain age, we don’t think of Lexa when we think of a pointless, accidental, death, we think of [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/) from *[Buffy: The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)*. Before that, we can actually look at the very first queer female death on a TV show, [Julie Solkin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-solkin/), who died in 1975, running out into the street after her unrequited love.
There is a history of intentional deaths too, of course. Looking at the 1970s and 1980s, there are women killed in a rage by their lovers (male or female), criminals killed in prison, trans men and women murdered in hate crimes. And while we can be angry at those, they do often ‘fit’ with the story being told. If you see a show about women in prison, it’s unlikely to be happy.
Those deaths are not the same as the ones in shows like *[Torre de Babel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/torre-de-babel/)*, where a shopping mall was blown up and the lesbians were unintended victims. And it’s not the same as *[Seinfeld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/seinfeld/)*, where lesbian Susan (George’s ex) dies from licking the glue on his wedding invitations. Accidental and ‘for laughs’ in one.
## The Meaning of Death
What is it about those seemingly accidental deaths that hurt us more? I believe it’s because the deaths are dismissible by the masses. It’s a funny joke about how Susan dies on *Seinfeld* and it’s a non-event that the lesbians died on *Torre de Babel*. We’re taught to expect that lesbians will be killed, that bisexuals will be crazy, and that no one deserves a happy ending.
It’s much worse with the accidental deaths. There, not only are we expecting the terrible things, but they’re done flagrantly. They don’t matter. The death is dismissed and the characters move and grow, but we’re expected to forget.
Except it’s not. Not for us.
## The Numbers Matter
If you’re heterosexual or cisgender, and one part of a couple dies, you can change the channel. Kate Becket leaves *Castle*? No problem, you can watch another snarky detective and her boyfriend on another show. Care for a womanizing rogue with a heart of gold? There are dozens. Doctors, lawyers, musicians, you name it, they’re out there.
But if you wanted an artist forced to make brutal decisions of life or death, and a military leader who joined disparate tribes under one rule, well you really only had Clarke and Lexa. Vampires? *Carmilla* or *Adventure Time*. And once those shows ended, or the characters died, there were no replacements.
[Lexa’s death ](https://www.seriesfuse.com/lexas-death-still-matters/)*[still](https://www.seriesfuse.com/lexas-death-still-matters/)*[ matters](https://www.seriesfuse.com/lexas-death-still-matters/) because she gave us representation.
> ‘The 100’s’ Lexa was an incredible character for so many reasons. She was strong, badass, fearless, protective, compassionate, complex. She made you feel empowered. But the most important part? She made you feel represented. \[…\] When you see yourself in a character, and you watch them find happiness, you start to feel that you’re deserving of that too.
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> [Rachel Thompson, SeriesFuse ](https://www.seriesfuse.com/lexas-death-still-matters/)*[Why Lexa’s Death Still Matters Three Years On](https://www.seriesfuse.com/lexas-death-still-matters/)*
Nothing can replace Lexa and, beyond that, she happened at the right time. Lexa’s death happened when we were watching queer women die in record number. She happened when we’d learned to organize and connect with each other. She happened when we had Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook.
## A Legacy
One of the reasons ClexaCon has “Lexa’s Legacy” as their opening panel is that her death was representative of the ongoing impact of a ‘meaningless death’ and was a perfect illustration of how it persists. After Lexa died, the numbers increased and continued to be abysmal. It was only in 2018 that we dropped back to what I’d consider mathematically expected levels.
Since then, we’ve only gotten more and more organized. We’ve made more websites, like this one, documenting so that it’s harder to ignore the reality. We learned to stand up and demand we be counted, we pointed at the impact this negligence has on our psyches, and we refused to be stopped.
We can’t let go because something that shattered so many fans also brought them together in a way I never would have predicted. We got mad, we stayed mad and then we stayed together. We can’t let go because now this is us, the rage funnelled into friendship and joy. We’re still mad, but we celebrate the things we love in a louder voice than ever before. We can’t let go because we don’t want to let go of each other.
All we need now is to make it hard to ignore the impact. We need to make it so everyone else out there, every voice you’ve heard say “Oh it’s just one character” can’t be blind to the reality. These things matter to them, to us, to adults and children. We need them to not let go either.
## The Clexa Fan Documentary
Sometimes though it’s hard for us to put words to the feelings. If you weren’t invested in a fandom that was shattered, maybe you don’t quite understand what this did or why it hurt. Why does time seem to stand still for fans who won’t let go of a recurring character from a TV show? The Clexa Fan Documentary does a brilliant job of talking to some very well spoken people who can and do put feelings into words.
*Content warning: Footage of Lexa being shot between 00:45-01:00*
Evangeline is working on this for her PhD documentary project, hoping to complete by 2020. You can learn more about this undertaking on her website, [The Clexa Fan Documentary](http://clexafandocumentary.tumblr.com/post/180553430079/feeling-backward-the-clexa-fan-documentary), where she has also posted a [transcript](http://clexafandocumentary.tumblr.com/media/#feeling-backward-trailer-transcript).
## The Legacy Is Us
I was on the Lexa’s Legacy panel at ClexaCon London, and I will be again next month for ClexaCon 2019 in Las Vegas. What I’ve learned is the ultimate truth of Lexa is that her legacy is in all of us.
It doesn’t matter if you’ve never seen the show. Part of why you’re here, and we’re still here, and we will meet again and again at conventions, is because of Lexa. It’s because of Lexa we stay together. It’s because of our shared emotions that we support each other in the ways we choose to carry on her legacy.
And remember: *oso gonplei nou ste odon.*
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Bury Your Queers, Lexa, The 100
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### [Queer Beats - June 14, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-june-14-2019/)
**Published:** June 14, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, a lot of stuff happened but, honestly, the most important thing is that Orphan Black and Tatiana Maslany are coming back into our lives.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, a lot of stuff happened but, honestly, the most important thing is that Orphan Black and Tatiana Maslany are coming back into our lives.
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
I love and miss this show dearly so I was excited to see some of the cast at the ATX Television Festival. Both [Brigette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) and [Fivel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/) were there to discuss the future of Cazzie:
> ‘Atypical’ EP And Cast Discuss Authentic Representation Of Autism And The Casey-Izzie Romance – ATX [pic.twitter.com/c3zXCSlj0U](https://t.co/c3zXCSlj0U)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1137852893367754753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It definitely sounds like we will be getting some good queer content this season!
> "Casey now has these feelings for this girl, and it's incredibly confusing for her and season three she's figuring it out" -Brigette [pic.twitter.com/PdoyLA7Ejo](https://t.co/PdoyLA7Ejo)
>
> — Sara 🤡 {I'm a human rainbow} 🌈 (@rootlives) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/rootlives/status/1137781152465543168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
I’m still hype for Batwoman and hope you are too! If not, watch this new trailer of Kate Kane being… Kate Kane:
> It’s her time now. See Ruby Rose as [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), Sundays this fall on The CW!
>
> — Batwoman (@CWBatwoman) [June 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1138838369696342017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
So much good news this week! Including that Bold Type finale! This section has mild spoilers because I can’t keep myself contained when it comes to Kadena. But, based on the finale and this TV Insider article, it sounds like we can expect [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) to return next season which was truly a shock to us all.
> SPOILER ALERT: [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s showrunner is teasing what's next for Jane, Kat, and Sutton following the the finale.
>
> — TV Insider (@TVInsider) [June 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVInsider/status/1138614405460049921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) has always been a big Kadena supporter and I love that about her:
https://twitter.com/KadenaStudio/status/1138638076656459783
Anyway, I just feel like dropping this here…
> It’s HAPPENING! [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Kadena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kadena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5qTr0hsDnQ](https://t.co/5qTr0hsDnQ)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [June 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1138599721356935169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
The Gentleman Jack finale had everyone buzzing this week, so I decided to check out [Suranne Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/suranne-jones/)‘ instagram. Turns out she’s as great as her character, loves posting fan art, and poses with her giant thermometer:
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByddScxhzYF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## Glee
The biggest throwback of the week goes to Glee! [Heather Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/heather-morris/) and [Naya Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naya-rivera/) had a mini reunion on the podcast, Showmance, this week. Calling all Brittana fans!
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Many of our faves hit the streets for Pride parades this week including Zuri Adele and [Sherry Cola](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sherry-cola/) from Good Trouble!
> At Pride with these two amazing women! [@shrrycola](https://twitter.com/shrrycola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@ZuriAdele](https://twitter.com/ZuriAdele?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/abwVosGWzy](https://t.co/abwVosGWzy)
>
> — Joanna Johnson (@JoannaJohnson31) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/JoannaJohnson31/status/1137852453943037952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
We keep getting droplets of new information about The L Word reboot and it was no different this week. A new script page revealed two new characters, one who is trans.
> The L Word: Generation Q script page reveals new characters
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [June 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1138113903634894852?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Clexacon also released some big news this week: The L Word is coming to the con! I’m excited about this but also hoping this means yet another [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/) reunion panel as well.
> [\#ICYMI](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICYMI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Celebrate [\#TheLWord](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheLWord?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#LWordGenQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LWordGenQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at [\#ClexaCon2020](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with [@Leisha\_Hailey](https://twitter.com/Leisha_Hailey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) , [@katemoennig](https://twitter.com/katemoennig?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@sarahshahi](https://twitter.com/sarahshahi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [\#GenQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GenQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LWordReboot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LWordReboot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@SHO\_TheLWord](https://twitter.com/SHO_TheLWord?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> ClexaCon 2020 tickets go on sale Sunday, July 21! [pic.twitter.com/A7YrsESNfq](https://t.co/A7YrsESNfq)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [June 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1138859776987676673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
More pride parades! More of our favorites being cute and supportive!
> One Day at a Time was cancelled & they still showed up at [\#LAPride](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LAPride?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!
>
> This show, the people they represent & the stories they tell are too important. Just [\#SaveODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) already y’all.
>
> ([@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@MikeRoyce](https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @JustinaMachado [@sheridan\_pierce](https://twitter.com/sheridan_pierce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@toddgrinnell](https://twitter.com/toddgrinnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@MxNickyE](https://twitter.com/MxNickyE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@amBiSocial](https://twitter.com/amBiSocial?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) [pic.twitter.com/mwVo4yutZT](https://t.co/mwVo4yutZT)
>
> — Jamie Ziemba (@JBZwrites) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/JBZwrites/status/1137864248430776320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
RED ALERT!! If you don’t already know this about me, I am a major Orphan Black fan. It’s my favorite show ever created. I would probably sell my soul to the devil for more content. Life without it has felt empty and dull. It’s probably for the best that I have never been to an event that included the cast because I would probably blackout and Team LWTV would have to carry me out and it would be a whole embarrassing thing.
So, *imagine my surprise*, when [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) revealed a new project this week: an Orphan Black audio series! Many people were hoping for a movie announcement but, honestly, I’m still in shock that Tatiana has decided to go back to our beloved world of clones!
The new series will be set eight years in the future from the show’s finale and Cophine will “definitely play a big part in the story.” Did you hear that, y’all? Cophine is coming back into our lives!
> [\#OrphanBlack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OrphanBlack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Storyline Continues With Tatiana Maslany Voicing New Audio Series for Serial Box
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [June 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1139170843723018240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Russian Doll](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/russian-doll/)
Russian Doll got a season 2! Here’s [Natasha Lyonne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-lyonne/) celebrating in a very on-brand way:
https://twitter.com/nlyonne/status/1138569464608202752
## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
The good news just keeps on coming! We’ve known for a while that there will be a Steven Universe movie coming out, but this week the show revealed that it will be a musical!
> Steven Universe The Movie 🌟…🎵 is a musical!!!🎵
>
> Featuring all NEW songs by [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in collaboration with [@chancetherapper](https://twitter.com/chancetherapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@EstelleDarlings](https://twitter.com/EstelleDarlings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@PattiLuPone](https://twitter.com/PattiLupone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@UzoAduba](https://twitter.com/UzoAduba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@SoGallant](https://twitter.com/SoGallant?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@aimeemann](https://twitter.com/aimeemann?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and more [\#stevenuniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#cartoonnetwork](https://twitter.com/hashtag/cartoonnetwork?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/o40txH5BXO](https://t.co/o40txH5BXO)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [June 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1139158245879308288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
The Our Stripes Are Beautiful convention happened this past weekend and, thankfully for us, it is a LGBTQ+ themed convention so we got content from a lot of our faves. [Yael Grobglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) and [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/) did a Supergirl panel together.
> PHOTOS | 'Clearly had no fun at all at [\#osab](https://twitter.com/hashtag/osab?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) with [@florianalima](https://twitter.com/florianalima?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).' [\#FLOSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLOSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (via yaelgrobglas on IG) [pic.twitter.com/swj0kV1zjO](https://t.co/swj0kV1zjO)
>
> — Sanvers Central (@sanverscentral) [June 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1138191441702862849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
As always, Floriana had a lot to say about how much playing Maggie meant to her:
> "Maggie completely changed my life honestly."[\#FLOSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLOSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#OSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Pfft, nerd. #♥️ (@Andreia90) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/Andreia90/status/1137747119320850432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
My personal favorite moment from this panel is when Yael said she purposefully played Psi a little gay because… why not? A true ally!
> Turns out the scene was in fact gay so everybody say thank you Yael😌🏳️🌈….
>
> Yael about Psi: “I made it a little gay because no one told me not to.”
>
> — V (@TargaryenHalsey) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/TargaryenHalsey/status/1137791477356961792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/armistead-maupins-tales-of-the-city/)
Netflix released Tales of the City this week. Included in the cast is [Jake](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jake-rodriguez/), a trans man, who is portrayed by [Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/garcia/), a trans non-binary actor.
> Meet the trans non-binary actor changing tv with Netflix’s ‘Tales Of The City’ [pic.twitter.com/Em0iJ1dILS](https://t.co/Em0iJ1dILS)
>
> — i-D (@i\_D) [June 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/i_D/status/1138437243083862016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
In the quest to find Vida some award nominations (which would be very well deserved), we keep getting new content and interviews from the cast. Keep it coming!
> The stars of [@VIDA\_STARZ](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@MelissaBarreraM](https://twitter.com/MelissaBarreraM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@MishelPrada](https://twitter.com/MishelPrada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), discuss the show’s diversity on and off the screen on the latest [\#CTMPodcast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CTMPodcast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> Plus, why they think we don’t see more [\#Latinx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Latinx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [\#LGBTQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) representation in Hollywood. [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Pride](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pride?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1FRLxW319A](https://t.co/1FRLxW319A)
>
> — CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) [June 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/CBSMornings/status/1138553017307934722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
The Our Stripes Are Beautiful convention also brought back together fan favorites [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) and [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/). These two hadn’t seen each other in a while (cue me glaring at IDW) so it was great to see them together.
> Heyyy [\#earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ❤️… I’m working on BTS video from [\#OSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) convention in Paris! So here’s a little gift to wait patiently with this cute Dom Kat moment 😘😘🌈 [\#Wayhaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Wayhaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FightForWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@WynonnaEarpPod](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarpPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@WynonnaFans](https://twitter.com/WynonnaFans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/c1EKp16Rp0](https://t.co/c1EKp16Rp0)
>
> — Vicky B. artist (@vicky\_b\_artist) [June 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/vicky_b_artist/status/1138901328716079105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, Kat made everyone go a little mad (in a good way) by dressing cutely and making our dreams come true.
https://twitter.com/haughtaco/status/1137486277891284992
https://twitter.com/wayhaughton/status/1137541445613686785
## BONUS CONTENT
The best part of queer conventions are when all our favorites interact and our fandoms collide. So here’s a little bonus content (brought to you by [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/)):
> VIDEO | 'We're interacting!' (via isabella.gomez's IG story) [pic.twitter.com/WotpWRHdgx](https://t.co/WotpWRHdgx)
>
> — Sanvers Central (@sanverscentral) [June 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1137398821879721984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> VIDEO | 'Three interactions"[\#FLOSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLOSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (via isabella.gomez's IG story) [pic.twitter.com/h8TvGARv57](https://t.co/h8TvGARv57)
>
> — Sanvers Central (@sanverscentral) [June 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1137403928264531978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> PHOTO | Group shot on day 2 of OSAB, in Paris — June 9 [\#FLOSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FLOSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (via isabella.gomez's IG story) [pic.twitter.com/1djMtSytQk](https://t.co/1djMtSytQk)
>
> — Sanvers Central (@sanverscentral) [June 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1137634874066706432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Atypical, Batwoman, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Floriana Lima, Gentleman Jack, Glee, Good Trouble, Heather Morris, Isabella Gomez, Naya Rivera, One Day at a Time, Orphan Black, Russian Doll, Sherry Cola, Steven Universe, Supergirl, Suranne Jones, Tatiana Maslany, The Bold Type, The L Word, The L Word: Generation Q, Vida, Wynonna Earp, Yael Grobglas
---
### [Queer Beats - June 7, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-june-7-2019/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we fell in love with Vida and RED all over again.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we fell in love with Vida and RED all over again.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
Entertainment Weekly’s Pride Month issue featured [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/), our future Batwoman. She spoke about her personal identity and the public response to her casting announcement.
> Gender fluid Ruby Rose opens up about the backlash she's received for identifying as a lesbian
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [June 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1136332129435115521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
Our favorite dramatic telenovela was recently featured in JtV as holding their own personal Victoria’s Secret photoshoot. [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) gave us some great behind-the-scenes photos for Pride Month!
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/1135033779049848833
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
The fans spoke up again and Lucifer got a fifth season! The episode count is TBD but it will be their last season.
> Its official!!!!! THANK YOU [@netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@LuciferNetflix](https://twitter.com/LuciferNetflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) FANS!!! We love and appreciate our little angels 🙏🏽
>
> — Aimee Garcia (@Aimee\_Garcia) [June 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/Aimee_Garcia/status/1136763481762517001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
This week, LWTV co-founder, Tracy, went to a Queen Sugar premiere event in NYC. She blessed us with many amazing photos of the cast:
> Photos from the [@splitscreenstv](https://twitter.com/SplitScreensTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@queensugarown](https://twitter.com/QueenSugarOWN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 4 Premiere event. [\#QueenSugar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QueenSugar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/bzwxNrtZ47](https://t.co/bzwxNrtZ47)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1135359430416130049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This new casting announcement mentions a possible female love interest for Nova, aka we are very intrigued:
> ‘Queen Sugar’: Five Directors & Two Guest Stars Added For Season 4 Of OWN Drama [pic.twitter.com/JM7jUAszpB](https://t.co/JM7jUAszpB)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [June 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1136680673668882432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
My all-time favorite web series is finally back! For $1.99, you can now rent the first episode of season 5 on demand. The whole season will be dropped on June 18th for rent and, if you want to wait for the free streaming option, that option will be opened on July 17th! If you are interested in beautiful women loving each other in a beautiful foreign language, you will love this show.
https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1136059169830789120
## [Transparent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/)
After an off-season full of off-screen drama, Transparent will return for its final installment: a Musicale Finale!
https://twitter.com/PrimeVideo/status/1136316755469639680
## Vida
Anyone who knows LWTV knows that this was THE BEST NEWS WE COULD ASK FOR! No spoilers, but I’m convinced that Vida has the hottest queer couple on TV right now and no one can convince me otherwise. I am so excited to see more next season! Binge the latest season on Starz now!
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1134549286463496192
## [Why Women Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9054904/)
This new show, which will be including queer characters, has finally been awarded an August premiere!
https://twitter.com/MichaelAusiello/status/1135950797685121024
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Bridget Regan, Jane the Virgin, Lucifer, Queen Sugar, RED, Ruby Rose, Transparent, Vida, Why Women Kill
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### [Representation is Stagnant](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/representation-is-stagnant/)
**Published:** June 19, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Taking another year in review, representation on television is starting to flatten out. And not in a good way.
**Content:**
A year ago I wrote about [why it doesn’t ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/)*[feel](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/)*[ like it’s getting better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/). In that article, I explained that while we are, in fact, getting more shows, the growth has slowed and changed.
The issue with looking at the statistics in that way is that I was looking at things ‘mid year.’ If you’re an American, this makes sense. Most of our shows traditionally hit a pause for summer break starting around now. However with the advent of streaming media and year-round programing, this is no longer something reliable.
That means when you look at statistics mid-year, you get a partial view of growth.
## The Last Five Years
Taking in the complete view of the last five years, the first thing you should notice is that 2019 gained 111 shows on air from June to December. That worked out to be an additional 88 shows that started. Some of this numerical oddity is due to late cancellations and extensions from shows that were purported to be canceled and were not (like *Timeless*). We also lost an additional 59 shows and 22 characters.
**Shows On Air****Shows Started****Shows Ended****Dead Characters****2018**40511911031**2017**3491019133**2016**325937743**2015**299956738**2014**253754920It’s not surprising to see those numbers basically double (except for dead characters) over the summer, as September remains the time that most new shows are released. However even with that information the facts are pretty clear.
The number of shows with queer female, transgender, and/or non-binary characters is not increasing significantly. This indicates a slowing of the growth. In other words, we’re barely keeping pace with growth instead of exceeding it like we were in 2014 through 2017.
Even if you break it down to just shows airing in the US, the pattern remains the same.
This may be due to the [slowing of growth on TV overall](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-unlimited-bubble-of-peak-tv/). Even so, if we consider the statistics that tell us there were 8 more scripted television show in 2018 than 2017, you would expect to see a similar growth in shows with queer representation. That is, we would see the difference between new and cancelled shows match. Instead, we’re seeing the pace match. The lines are growing closer.
## June to June
Looking at 2019, we’re on pace to be similar to 2018.
**Shows On Air****Shows Started****Shows Ended****Dead Characters****2019**320265110**2018**29431449While we reached June with more shows on air, we’ve gained fewer and lost more. We also have more dead characters. This trend matches with the previous year, and seeing as 2018 held true to the changes from 2000 through 2017, I see no reason for this to not continue.
If I extrapolate the data change from the last year to this year, I predict we’ll end 2019 like this:
**Shows On Air****Shows Started****Shows Ended****Dead Characters****2019**4419912735If this year continues the trend of the last two, we’ll finally see the flip where, at year end, we’ll have lost more shows with rep than we’ve gained.
## Never Tell Me The Odds
There are a few bright spots that may cause this prediction to be wildly wrong.
The first, and most important, is the CW. With *Batwoman* coming out in the 2019-20 season, we have at least one show that is going to skew the numbers. In fact, nearly all of the CW shows now have at least one queer character. There are also a few queer oriented shows that have come out, like *Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City*.
There are also a number of other mainstream shows that are expected to have at least one queer character. However, networks have been less willing to take a long chance on shows. This is evident in what happened with *[Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/)* just recently. And the reality of Cancel Culture with scripted television is why that prediction has a pretty good chance of being true.
All that said, I **do** expect the prediction of dead characters to be wrong. After the spike of 2016, we’ve been dropping back down to high but more reasonable levels.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [Good Trouble is Back for Season Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/good-trouble-is-back-for-season-two/)
**Published:** June 12, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Finding peace of mind in season two of Good Trouble is harder than you might expect.
**Content:**
Next Tuesday, **June 18th**, *Good Trouble* returns for season two of people making terrible choices in romance, everyone dealing with being an adult, depression, sexism, racism, homophobia, the law, and tech companies.
## Previously …
When we left season one, Alice accidentally opted to come out to her parents, Dennis opted into care instead of committing suicide, Callie opted to break the law, Alice’s ex Sumi opted *not* to marry Meera (played by the amazing [Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/exclusive-interview-with-briana-venskus/)), Gael’s boyfriend opted to dump him while Gael struggled to balance his art and his job, Mariana opted to confess to making a spreadsheet of salaries for the company, Malika opted to keep fighting for justice, and Daveena opted not to move to Fitchburg.
Whew. That’s a lot for one season. And in there, we had visits from *The Fosters* characters like Jude-icorn, New Jesus, Brandon, and of course the Moms. It was a wild and crazy ride that we actually enjoyed.
Given how little we liked *The Fosters*, it was quite surprising that *Good Trouble* is so much better. Simply by moving the story to growing up and facing real world dilemmas, the show solved the biggest pain-point in its parent show. Instead of having the drama be over the top, they kept it all real and thus made it more relatable, enjoyable, and entertaining.
## Where We Stand
Season two picks up right where season one left off. We’re in the court case for Jamal Thompson, the young black man who after being shot in the back by police officers died because the police didn’t call for medical soon enough. Callie’s boss, Judge Wilson, was presiding over the case, and Callie had been punted off it for not revealing that she not only knew Malika, but lived in the same building.
Also we’re dealing with the fallout for Mariana, who was ‘saved’ by a very I-am-Spartacus moment after her spreadsheet of salaries went internally-public. The whole company at Spekulate was now aware of the gender and race discrepancies in pay, and while everyone was pretty sure it was Mariana who did it, no one knew for sure. But worse? People assumed she got away with it because Evan, the founder, was into her.
Everyone in the Coterie has to face the consequences. Gael has to decide about his art and who’s important to him. Callie has to chose between Gael and Jamie, and hopefully pass the bar. Dennis has to work the program with Daveena by his side, who’s struggling with her own choices about the man she’s been having an affair with forever.
And then there’s Alice, our resident building manager and just-out lesbian. Alice messed things up, twice, with her girlfriend Joey because she wasn’t out. Now that she’s out to her parents, who took it ridiculously well, she has to learn how to live life as an open lesbian. As we know, coming out the first time is hard, but it doesn’t really get a whole lot easier.
## What’s Next?
The first three episodes of season two keep up the pace from the first season. The legal cases are complicated and tight, the workspace drama is frustratingly accurate, and Alice does what pretty much all newly-public queers do.
It’s gaytastic, but Alice is Alice and stumbles over her feet. This especially comes to a peak in her first public performance. Episode three, “Doble Quince,” is about Gael’s sister, Jazmin, having her Quinceañera, and most (if not all) the storylines will cross there. Including Alice’s.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 27, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-tanya-saracho/)
**Published:** May 27, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After watching Vida season two twice, I decided the next 10 weeks of this column is going to be a love letter to Tanya Saracho.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after watching *Vida* season two twice, I decided the next 10 weeks of this column are going to be a love letter to Tanya Saracho. #NotSorry
Also happy Memorial Day and Mika’s birthday, everyone!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Let’s Have Another Look at Your Past Perfect” \[Live\]The Reverend Ainsworth is in town to visit Ann, who he assumed will accept him with open arms, but Anne is waiting for him ready to go 1800s Time’s Up on his ass.
He sends her letters, and she sends replies back saying, “I’m not feeling well, don’t visit.” But he is having a hard time accepting her answer. He puts together a scrapbook for her and hand-delivers it knowing she’s not up for visitors, but trying to find a way in anyway. She turns him away again, but he’s still not comprehending the fact that she doesn’t want to see him.
Anne pays him a visit and tells him she knows exactly what he did, and if he doesn’t leave them both alone she will expose him. When he says Ann wanted it just as much as he did, she gets more threatening.
Don’t mess with Anne Lister!
Even though Anne took care of him, Mrs. Priestley who is on Team Ainsworth is trying to get to Ann’s head. She makes sure she finds out two men got hanged for doing “illicit acts” with each other, and she would be ostracized from society if she continues to hang out with Anne. Nothing explicitly gay is said by anyone, but people make it clear they know what’s going on.
Ann freaks out and tells Anne to put the breaks on their plans to travel then move in together. Anne does her best to talk her down.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1133092324823715841
As great as that speech was, it didn’t do the trick. Ann thinks she should marry Mr. Ainsworth and see Anne on the side. Anne is absolutely not okay with that and leaves. On her walk home she gets gay bashed by a man who warns her to, “Leave Miss Walker alone.”
Poor Anne, she’s having a hard week. I know getting beaten up will not keep her away from Ann though.
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[Telenovela Writer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 9 “Chapter Ninety” \[Live\] Petra and JR are working on JR’s relationship with the girls, and it’s going pretty well. Now it’s time to level up to JR hanging out with them alone.
That made me laugh.
The one-on-one time experiment didn’t go well. JR took the girls for ice cream and wound up yelling at them because they were behaving horribly. Yelling is my parenting style too.
This causes a fight between Petra and JR.
To be fair, yelling at the kid often causes my wife to get mad at me.
Later Petra realizes JR never set any rules about what her place is with the girls, and she comes by JR’s work to apologize.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1133062447491895297
I loved that, “You are. Trust me.” at the end. I love them.
The next day when the girls are acting spoiled again, JR uses the iPad threat technique and it works like a charm. If only threatening to take electronics away worked like it does on TV, I would be a more peaceful parent. Everything is going great and the four of them are getting along like a happy family, so of course JR gets an ominous phone call from her mentor.
Nooooo, not the moving away for a job trope!
I know this is a soap opera and you gotta keep a certain level of relationship conflict going, but I love seeing these two resolve their issues like healthy grown ups. I’m not ready for a job to tear them apart. I really hope it doesn’t.
*[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Episode 7” \[Streaming\] I watched *Vida* season two twice already. And I’m going to do it again week-by-week as it airs so I can cover it here via a love letter to Tanya Saracho.
```
Dear, Tanya Saracho. You have managed to create a show with the best and most authentic queer representation on television. In addition to finally having a show I feel has truly been made for us, it is also beautifully shot and written. I love how this episode opens with The World's Saddest Orgy™ and Emma in full Femme Bitch Top realness. It's a bold way to open season two. It tells us this show will not get tamer as we get to know the characters better.I also like the twist of Eddy and Vidalia not being legally married.
```
```
We spend a lot of time trying to figure out if Emma has the capacity for feelings. With the marriage's legality in question, she has an opportunity to gain 50% control of the bar. Will she do this or will she honor her dead mother's partner? I love that Emma brought Eddy home after visiting her in the hospital.
```
```
Emma can feel real compassion for Eddy even though she has long term resentment for her mother. The show you created is all about complicated feelings. Feelings of not being the right kind of queer or Latinx. Being angry at your mom who kicked you out of the house for not being straight but having compassion for her widow. You show through these characters there is no right way to be anything. Everyone is valid as they are (except for predatory asshole Nelson), and no one should feel held to the rules of cultural policing. This is why I love your show. Culture is complicated, and no single person should feel the weight of representing every member of their community. We can only represent ourselve, and that is the definition of authenticity. The last scene was perfect. We all knew the bar needed to be named Vida, even Emma.
```
```
Thank you for this show.Love,TracyPS. Emma telling her Lyft driver to stop talking is my new sexuality.
```
This week should be a quiet week of regular shows before a whole bunch start up in June. I just hope I wont be writing about JR moving to Houston next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Gentleman Jack, Jane the Virgin, Vida
---
### [Queer Beats - May 31, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-may-31-2019/)
**Published:** May 31, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Abby's was unfairly cancelled, Nicole Maines and Nafessa Williams graced the newest issue of The Advocate, and Queen Sugar dropped a new trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Abby’s was unfairly cancelled, Nicole Maines and Nafessa Williams graced the newest issue of The Advocate, and Queen Sugar dropped a new trailer!
## [Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/)
This week, Abby’s was cancelled by NBC. Abby’s was a new sitcom featuring an out bisexual lead so it’s really heartbreaking to see it go.
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1134191766440153088
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
I don’t really have any major Bold Type news but I wanted an excuse to talk about my favorite, [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/), and her return… so here is [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) talking about the last few episodes of this season:
https://twitter.com/aishadee/status/1133541727107596288
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
[Nicole Maines ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)graces the cover of The Advocate next month and I love the photos already.
https://twitter.com/mainesnews/status/1131994129666400256
The issue also features [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) from [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) and focuses on queer superheroes!
https://twitter.com/bestofnafessa/status/1132380064883060736
## [Portlandia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/portlandia/)
I’m sure most of you already know this but [Carrie Brownstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carrie-brownstein/), one of the Portlandia leads, actually got her start in a Riot Grrrl band called Sleater-Kinney and they are about to release a new album! The first single is inherently queer as hell considering Carrie is queer, it was produced by St. Vincent (who is queer), and now Miranda July created the lyric video where she is flirting with Carrie. What could be better?
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
The new season of Queen Sugar is only a few weeks away and OWN finally dropped a [Nova](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nova-bordelon/)-centric trailer!
https://twitter.com/QueenSugarOWN/status/1131249901537390593
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I hope you are all watching Vida. I’m binging slowly because I love it so much but I definitely think this season is even better than the first. This week, [Mishel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) talked to Entertainment Tonight about her character, [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/):
https://twitter.com/etnow/status/1133858023867277312
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Abby's, Black Lightning, Carrie Brownstein, Mishel Prada, Nafessa Williams, Nicole Maines, Portlandia, Queen Sugar, Supergirl, The Bold Type, Vida
---
### [Queer Beats - May 24, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-may-24-2019/)
**Published:** May 24, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week on Queer Beats, we watched the first Batwoman trailer, many of our favorite shows got picked up for a new season, and the new Vida season dropped!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! I was traveling internationally last week so this post will include *two* weeks of queer TV content! This week on Queer Beats, we watched the first Batwoman trailer, many of our favorite shows got picked up for a new season, and the new Vida season dropped!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
As I am anxiously awaiting the return of Atypical and the [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/)/[Izzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzie/) slow burn, I am thoroughly enjoying the Instagram banter between [Brigette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) and [Fivel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxdo8BinrAx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
Can you believe that we are just going to be getting new Batwoman content from here on out? Last week, the CW released the first official trailer and it has me pretty hyped up.
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1129057671456235520
[Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) also had the chance to talk about Kate Kane’s backstory.
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1129114859512066048
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
The Bold Type women received a little announcement during their Upfronts presentation this week… A SEASON 3 PICKUP!
https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1128409104714571776
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Charmed is officially coming to Netflix this week which is great news for us slackers who fell too far behind and lost out on watching the show on the CW app…
https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1131199634456633346
## [Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/)
If anyone follows me on social media, you know that I am a huge Sophia Bush fan (I blame One Tree Hill). If you are also a fan, you’re in luck because she is featured in the queer women episode of Easy in the new season! Check it out on Netflix now!
https://twitter.com/SophiaBush/status/1128448879181983744
## [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
For all of you who have been loving this queer historical drama, you will be happy to know that it got picked up for a season 2!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1131640698019753985
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
I have been waiting *very* patiently for [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) to win an award for [Villanelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/villanelle/) and my patience has finally been rewarded! Yay Jodie!
https://twitter.com/BAFTA/status/1127680188203118592
Also, while we are on this topic, [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) and [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) had a real cute online interaction about Killing Eve this week:
https://twitter.com/AmyAcker/status/1129243045344567296
And we were also blessed with a selfie of these two! I miss seeing them on my screen.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0m8yfH3kH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/): Generation Q
The L Word reboot got an official title this week and… not many people are excited about it. What do you think?
https://twitter.com/Showtime/status/1131283238322921472
## [Mrs. America](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9244556/)
More of our favorite actresses, including [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/), have been announced as part of the cast for FX’s Mrs. America, a limited series starring Cate Blanchett. This series will revolve around Phyllis Schlafly’s push against the Equal Rights Amendment in the 70s. Although most of Schlafly’s work focused on equality for women, she was also openly homophobic so I hope this means we might get some queer characters to fight her!
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1128329200761495552
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
The newest (and final) season of OiTNB is coming on July 26!
https://twitter.com/OITNB/status/1131205575159820289
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Us Sanvers fans had our yearly nostalgia fest this weekend with the Ultimates convention where much of the Supergirl cast (including [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) and [Floriana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/)) got together to talk all things Supergirl. Although I try to keep Sanvers in the past and support Alex’s future (aka it’s too painful to think about Sanvers on a regular basis), it’s always fun to get new pictures and hear our faves talk about [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and [Maggie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) again!
https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1130149312430784512
https://twitter.com/Andreia90/status/1130108974039281666
https://twitter.com/zennie_fic/status/1130102277967097858
Prompted by an audience question, Chyler also had a lot to say about the reason she stopped engaging on social media. Online bullying is definitely a pervasive problem across fandoms and I think her speech is an important read! We should all just be nice to each other!
https://twitter.com/Buddha_aka_me/status/1130598579972825095
## [Tales of the City](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7087260/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1)
If you weren’t already excited about this Tales of the City remake, you should be now! [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/) has joined the cast as a young Anna Madrigal! (No spoilers for those who do not know the storyline yet).
https://twitter.com/TalesofTheCity/status/1128414936802234368
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
One of LWTV’s favorite shows is back this week: Vida! Team LezWatchTV is all obsessed with this show and it is our personal mission to get as many new viewers as possible! The entire season was released on Starz so start binging if you haven’t already!
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1131416962964213761
If that video wasn’t convincing enough, I would like to point out that [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) joined the cast this season so… you should definitely watch.
https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho/status/1128856390963875840
## [Whiskey Cavalier](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/whiskey-cavalier/)
This week, Whiskey Cavalier was cancelled by ABC….
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1128312244301979648
But now, in a twist of events, it might be un-cancelled? Stay tuned if you were a fan of this show!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1131603262325612544
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Atypical, Batwoman, Charmed (2018), Easy, Gentleman Jack, Killing Eve, Orange is the New Black, Supergirl, Tales of the City, The Bold Type, The L Word: Generation Q, Vida, Whiskey Cavalier
---
### [2019 Upfronts Again](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/2019-upfronts-again/)
**Published:** May 22, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time to talk about what's new-new for 2019! That's right, it's Batwoman, Motherland: Fort Salem, and more!
**Content:**
I honestly feel like I’m going over upfront every 4 months. February we got the renewals and the mid-seasons. Now it’s time for what’s *new*-new. Some of this we already knew, but it’s good to go over what we’re getting in the 2019-2020 season.
## Queer Up Front
These shows absolutely have the queer. Dial them into your DVR now.
### *Batwoman* (The CW)
Everyone on Team LezWatch is kvelling over this one. It’s Batwoman, y’all! The **fourth** titular TV show starring an out queer actress as an out queer character. Thats it. Four. And she’s my favorite super hero, so I’m just hoping Renee Montoya shows up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzNYUWX2eYY
(The four shows: *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)*, *[The Ellen Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ellen-show/)*, [Abby’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbys/), *Batwoman*.)
Oh and if that wasn’t enough, here’s 2 minutes of Batwoman.
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1129057671456235520
### *Council of Dads* (NBC)
Funny story. While we were at ClexaCon, there were folks asking if you wanted to watch a preview of a show. While no one on Team LezWatch got tapped to watch, we heard about it and pieced together it’s *this* show! So guess what? We can tell you it’s got queer! Should you watch it? Well. If you like *This is Us* then yes.
As the plot goes, Scott, a father of four who’s diagnosed with cancer. He assembles some of his closest allies — best friend Anthony, AA sponsor Larry, and surgeon Oliver, who’s also his wife’s best friend — to be “back-up dads” for every stage of his family’s life. The show is based on a memoir by Bruce Feller.
### *Motherland: Fort Salem* (Freeform)
It’s witches! This time, the AU spin is that to end the Salem Witch trials, the witches pledged to protect the United States. So it’s the Witch Army. And we’re off to Witch Military Academy for spells and soldiers. Oh, and queers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7IYcQ07v08
Legit, lady kisses in the trailer. You’ll know which one is the queer before the kiss though, it’s pretty much a spot-on guess.
## Queer By Nature
We’re pretty sure these shows will have some queer, and be downright shocked (and upset) if they don’t.
### Everything else on The CW
I know what you’re thinking but guess what? The CW is pretty much giving us at least one queer character on every show. *Katy Keene* will have one, though we’re not sure what form it’ll take. I’m betting that every single new show on the network is going to have at least one. If we’re lucky, it’ll be a queer **regular** character.
### *Stumptown* (ABC)
This is based on the graphic novel of the same name, by Greg Rucka. Rucka is well known in comic circles for the first run of Batwoman heading up *Detective Comics*. He’s good, folks. Smulders plays Dex Parios, a strong, assertive and sharp-witted army veteran with a complicated love life, a gambling debt and a brother to take care of in Portland. Her military intelligence skills make her a great P.I., but her unapologetic style puts her in the firing line of hardcore criminals and not quite in alliance with the police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwynrxEPSQk
Did we mention Dex is totally bisexual in the comics? Yeah. If she’s not bi here, we riot.
### *9-1-1: Lone Star* (Fox)
Yes, a spin-off of 9-1-1. Which has Hen. And it’s made by Ryan Murphy. You’ll probably get at least a queer-of-the-week here.
## Probably Some Queers
We’re not sure about these having any queers, but they have a strong possibility so we’re listing them.
## *Prodigal Son* (Fox)
A Berlanti drama, so y’know, there will be something queer, but it may not be female. Anyway, we have a serial killer and his criminal psychologist son. What could go wrong?
### *Everything’s Gonna Be Okay* (Freeform)
This has a queer cis-male lead, and hopefully he’ll have some lady queer friends. The plot is a 28 year old comes home to visit his single dad raising his sisters. And then the dad dies, and the young guy has to become the parent to siblings he barely knows. One of whom has autism. It actually looks pretty cute and fun.
### *Not Just Me* (Fox)
An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters. If that sounded familiar to you, it’s very much like *[Sisters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sisters-australia/)* that came up from down under. You can catch it on Netflix, and that version of the show has a bisexual sister. So here’s hoping!
## What Are You Looking Forward To?
With all the new shows, what are you looking most forward to? For me, it’s *Batwoman* hands down. But right after that? *Motherland: Fort Salem* is my kind of AU shenanigans. And then absolutely *Stumpt*ow*n*, because watching Cobie Smulders be a hard-edged PI looks great.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Batwoman, Council of Dads, Motherland: Fort Salem, Upfronts
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 20, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-alex-and-kelly-kissed/)
**Published:** May 20, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It was finale week last week! Hen and Ren have baby plans on 9-1-1, Choni escaped The Farm on Riverdale and Alex and Kelly kissed on Supergirl.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it was finale week last week! Hen and Ren have baby plans on 9-1-1.Choni escaped The Farm on *Riverdale,* and Alex and Kelly kissed on *Supergirl*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
This was a big finale week. Five shows I watch had their finales. Four only had short queer scenes in them, and the fifth, *The Good Fight*, had zero. Maia rode off to DC with Roland Blum, a Fentanyl pop in her mouth. I was not happy about that.
Now on to the queer things I did watch.
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 2 Episode 18 “This Life We Choose” \[Live\]I haven’t had anything queer on *9-1-1* to write about since Hen’s origin story back in November, but in this finale episode, Hen and Ren had a short scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130175968503619595
They are setting things up for a “lesbian couple trying to have a baby” story line next season. Let’s hope this show does it well because TV’s track record on lesbian conception is dismal.
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “TBT” \[Live\]Kat was (still is, I’m not sure) running for City Council and crushed out on her campaign manager Tia who professed to being a “boring straight girl.” When Kat told Tia she was getting flirty vibes from her, Tia insisted that wasn’t what she was doing and then quit as her campaign manager.
At the end of this episode, Kat shows up at Tia’s door to plead with her to rejoin her campaign. Tia then makes a big confession.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130184573038604290
I saw this one coming. She can’t be too closeted if she’s okay with making out with a girl on her stoop.
What is going to happen to Kat’s run for office now? If she does continue her campaign, I doubt she is going to win because that would throw an annoying wrench in the show. I do wonder if Adena is going to come back though. That would be interesting.
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Most Women Are Dull and Stupid” \[Live\] Anne and Ann took a trip to York to see not “provincial quack” Doctor Belcombe about about Ann’s “nerves, nervy…nerve businesses” (they probably mean depression). And also get away for some alone time.
Dr. Belcombe, who we learn is the brother of one of Anne’s bang-hangs, tells her she is the best remedy for Ann’s illnesses.
Who knew lesbian sex on the regular was the cure for what ails you.
Anne’s pretty pumped by this diagnosis. They tell Ann’s Aunt the good news and about their plans to travel around Europe. In turn, Ann’s Aunt has bad news. A letter came for Ann saying her friend Mrs. Ainsworth died, and her family is coming next week for the burial. Ann almost passes out from the news — there seems to be something else going on in addition to her friend’s death.
Later Ann tells Anne she thinks Mr. Ainsworth is going to ask her to marry her but won’t go into details. This is Anne’s worst nightmare come true, and she tells Ann she needs to make a decision on how she will respond to him by Monday morning before he arrives.
Finally, Ann tells her the whole story. Mr. Ainsworth sexually assaulted her in the past and now she thinks she under some kind of obligation to marry him. Anne is like, “Fuck that!” She insures her she has no obligations to him, and she is going to fix this situation.
I cannot wait to see what she decides to do to him!
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 22 “Chapter Fifty-Seven: Survive the Night” \[Live\] After what feels like an eternity spent in this Farmie cult storyline, Cheryl and Toni have finally wised up to the fact that Edgar Evernever is using The Farm to harvest people’s organs. Last episode Cheryl helped Toni escape, but she’s still stuck there. While she’s there, she discovers her dead brother Jason’s exhumed body. Ew.
Surprisingly, Betty’s mom helps Cheryl escape through a tunnel and makes her take baby Juniper with her. We learn later that Betty’s mom has been working undercover this whole time.
Yay, Choni is reunited and they and the Pretty Poisons fight the Gargoyle King bad guys on whatever plot Betty, Veronica, Archie and Jughead are on. Awesome, everything is fine, until this scene at the end.
Really? This is what we’re doing next season? Gross. Stay weird and confusing, Riverdale. We’ll see you in the Fall.
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[Stalker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 8 “Chapter Eighty-Nine” \[Live\] Petra and JR are working on getting their relationship back on track, but they also have to deal with Miloš who seems to be terrorizing Petra and the girls. Petra had security cameras installed everywhere, so she and JR need to make out ironically in the closet.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130501478685270018
The girls were acting weird, but I didn’t think much of it at that point.
Later, Petra’s security team shows her a video of the twins pointing a laser at JR’s head like a gun. It turns out they are the ones who have been sending the emails, and they made up the scary guy in their room. When Petra asks them why they did it, they said it’s because they want her to break up with JR because she’s a bad guy.
Petra tells JR the girls saw the whole cliffhanger scene from last season with Miloš and the gun.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130509143603896320
When Petra looked like she was going in for another breakup, I was like, “No, not again!” But thankfully JR steered their ship in the right direction. Fingers crossed she earns the girls trust like Petra earned hers back.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 22 “The Quest for Peace” \[Live\] There was a lot of Lex Luthor and fight scenes and mending relations between Aliens and Humans on this finale, but not a lot of queerness. Here is what we did get.
Brainy called Nia “astazing” (amazing + astounding) and told her he loves her.
I really thought they were going to kiss and I was sad when they didn’t.
Someone else did get a kiss though.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130516683595177984
Aw, that was cute. I’m so glad Alex and Kelly kissed. It’s nice to see Alex happy for once, and I hope they continue it next season.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 22 “The Source Awakens” \[Live\] The Charmed finale was a lot of demon Macy messing with reality but almost no Melko. At the end of the episode, Mel mentions:
That was so anti-climatic after an entire season of plentiful queer content. I thought that was going to be it, but then there was one last scene.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1130523787571671041
Mel doesn’t have teleporting powers. Did she back out behind that van?
I hope Niko is back for season two, they resolve their issues quickly, get back together, and continue as demon-fighting girlfriends with no secrets between them.
Tonight we have another finale — *Legends of Tomorrow* season two. Let’s see if they can top the giant Beebo from the last finale.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Charmed (2018), Gentleman Jack, Jane the Virgin, Riverdale, Supergirl, The Bold Type
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### [WebSeries to Watch For - ClexaCon Edition](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/webseries-to-watch-for-clexacon-edition/)
**Published:** June 5, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Did you miss the film festival for Clexa-Con 2019? Don't worry! Here's what you need to watch.
**Content:**
So you missed ClexaCon 2019. Or maybe you missed the film festival on Friday night. Don’t worry, we’ve got your back! Some are new, and some may be new to you, but it’ll get you through the summer drought for liner TV.
## New Series
The following series you haven’t seen because .. well .. they’re new!
### *BIFL*
I’m super partial to this one because I know the creators. But *[BIFL](https://www.bifltheseries.com)* is like *Friends* if *Friends* was funny (so basically a queer version of *Living Single*). Take people from all parts of the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, toss them in a house, add in a couple crushes, and you get *BIFL*. Hands down, the best moment is when the housemates are trying to explain that Sarah’s pronouns are they/them to a clueless guy who wants to know just what room Sarah’s in!
Oh and what does BIFL mean? Whatever you want it to mean.
### *Passage: The Series*
Do you dig sci-fi and paranormal type series? Then you want to check out *[Passage: The Series](https://www.centeredwebseries.com)* (not to be confused with the Mark-Paul Gosselaar series that’s coming soon). High quality filming, well acted, and a twist in the second episode that caught me by surprise, you can also find Shannan Leigh Reeve punching the hell out of things. Speaking with the dead is rarely so engaging as it is here.
https://twitter.com/passage_series/status/1106334606423457797
Oh. I have no idea why she’s the Lesbian Yule Log, but I’m down with it.
### *Centered*
It’s a hard sell when you pitch out-patient therapy as a comedy, but that’s what *[Centered](https://www.centeredwebseries.com/)* is. Darby’s out of rehab and into therapy while trying to not take life seriously. Which who can blame her? But stopping drinking was step one, and she’s got to walk the walk to get better. The pilot is out, so have a look!
I’m always biased towards a series in Chicago, too.
### *Functional*
Guillermo and Jazmyne are BFFs looking for success and acceptance while armed with few resources and little sobriety. This Latinx-based web comedy illustrates the highs and lows that the modern connected world has to offer.
https://twitter.com/functionalserie/status/1080012382473138176
I admit to having missed this one when it premiered, so I’m looking forward to seeing it!
### *Unqualified*
The first two episodes of this are out. A comedy web series following Mia as she navigates the challenges of lesbian dating with no help from her friend, Bridget, and her brother, Kevin.
And really, don’t we all feel this way once in a while?
## New To You Series
These series aren’t new, but they may be new to you!
### *I Put the Bi in Bitter*
Season three of this series is coming soon! It’s a cute and lighthearted comedy that follows a bisexual teenager and her lesbian BFF as they navigate high school, deal with friendship/crushes, and all the other shenanigans and awkward moments that come from being young.
It’s a majority female cast and crew, to boot!
### *[Kait & Nic](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kait-nic/)*
What happens when two queer BFFs, a bisexual and a lesbian, deal with anxiety, depression, dating, and a hot air balloon? You get *Kait & Nic*! Kait’s a shy lesbian, Nic’s an over-the-top biseuxal. Together, they navigate dating in NYC with their greek chorus of token straight girlfriends.
The whole season is only four episodes, and all four are worth it.
### *[Riley Parra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/)*
Supernatural? Check. Liz Vassey? Check! Creepy bunny song? Eeeee, check! Riley Parra is back to battle demons for season two, but this time she has her girlfriend’s help. Too bad she’s up against the Champion of Evil.
Yes, Liz Vassey of *Nikki & Nora* and *CSI* is playing the coroner. I’m sure she’s heard the jokes.
### *[Queering](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queering/)*
So there you are, out and trying to live your best life… And your mom comes out on YouTube. Worst of all? She’s got more social media cred than you do! Welcome to Harper’s hell.
I’m totally rooting for Harper’s mom, by the way.
### *The Centre* – Another Day in Paradise
Sometimes we want hard stories. *The Centre* certainly delivers with their third episode. Dr. Jessi has to find a way to tell her Partner, Leoni, that she is considering joining Doctors without Borders again in Namibia, after a letter arrives from the hospital.
The three episodes were made years apart, but they still have more continuity than most linear series!
### *[Gal Pals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gal-pals/)*
*Gal Pals* is a new comedy about the interwoven lives of a group of wlw living in Los Angeles…created by wlw living in Los Angeles. It’s *The L Word* for the *Broad City* generation. Season One follows Bee, whose self-destructive game of cat and mouse comes to a halt when she starts falling for one of her seemingly straight targets.
The two seasons are already out, so go forth and enjoy!
### *[Dyke Central](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dyke-central/)*
Another known fav, *[Dyke Central](https://www.dykecentral.com/)* is a sassy dramady about masculine-of-center Oakland roommates Alex and Gin. The first season sees Gin learning about herself as she flutters from woman to woman, while Alex attempts to sustain her seemingly-stable relationship with girlfriend Jackie, in the face of new life options. Surrounded by a diverse group of loving friends dealing with their own challenges, Alex and Gin struggle with staying true to themselves in a queer world ripe with opportunity.
You can watch it on Amazon now!
### [Twenty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenty/)
*Twenty* follows the story of Maya, her girlfriend Catalina, and her group of eclectic friends as they navigate careers, love, and life in their early twenties.
Season one and two are out.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** BIFL, Centered, ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2019, Functional, Passage the Series
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### [Vida Season Two - We Want You to Binge It](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/vida-season-two-we-want-you-to-binge/)
**Published:** May 17, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Vida season two drops next Tuesday and we're doing a giveaway to encourage you to binge the whole thing.
**Content:**
As a community, queer people suffer from a lifetime of not seeing ourselves on TV. When we do, it’s often a watered-down character who feels like they are written from a straight person’s view. And when it comes to queer people of color, the representation is even worse. All we want is TV that portrays authentic diverse queer people with equal weight to straight characters. ***[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)* gives us just that.**
 Roberta Colindrez as Nico and Mishel Prada as Emma in Vida season two## *Vida* is one of the few shows with queer Latinx people in front of and behind the camera.
Out queer show creator, Tanya Saracho has truly built the TV production world we want to live in with *Vida*. At the *Vida* season two world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, Tanya said *Vida* has an almost all Latina crew and writers room with many queer people involved throughout production. The actors expressed how comfortable, supported and safe they feel on set, and by the quality of the show, this environment enables them to do their best work.
 Tanya Saracho at the Tribeca Film Festival Vida Season Two World Premiere Having queer writers and actors brings the authenticity we deserve. The show has an array of gender presentations, personalities and views, just like queer people do in real life. With *Vida* we don’t need to default to one two-dimensional character, we have many with fully fleshed-out storylines.
## *Vida* has queer sex scene equality!
One of my biggest complaints about shows with queer characters is the straight sex is almost always more explicit than the queer sex. In straight scenes clothes come off and furniture gets broken while the same-sex scenes are tame and much shorter in duration. *Vida* does not do this. Instead of the camera panning to a window before implied sex, the queer sex scenes are daring and explicit. Finally, a show that understands two women don’t have sex in slow motion with their clothes on!
## The Binge *Vida* Season Two GIVEAWAY
### We want everyone to watch this show!
> **If *Vida* doesn’t get viewers, we don’t get season three. That’s a fact**.
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## *Vida* season two is binge-worthy
At the Tribeca Film Festival *Vida* Season Two World Premiere, I had the pleasure of watching the first three episodes of season two which were amazing! Not only did we have our favorite queer characters from season one, but they also added out queer actor, [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/), to the cast as Nico, a person [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/) meets at a gay wedding.
 Roberta Colindrez as Nico and Mishel Prada as Emma in Vida season two Regarding a very queer scene in *Vida* season two episode three Tanya said, “I’ve been waiting to write that scene for so long.” That is all I will say about the episode; you all will just have to watch.
In the meantime, here is the official trailer for *Vida* season two. Enjoy this for now, and then **binge the entire thing when it drops next Thursday, May 23**.
https://youtube.com/GmANN8aoTtE
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Giveaway, Intersectionality, Vida
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 13, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jo-and-chase-in-easy-season-three/)
**Published:** May 13, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the return of Jo and Chase in Easy season three, Anne and Ann 1800s hook up in Gentleman Jack and Maia makes an appearance in The Good Fight.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s the return of Jo and Chase in *Easy* season three. Anne and Ann 1800s hook up on *Gentleman Jack*, and Maia makes an appearance on *The Good Fight*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*The Good Fight* – Season 3 Episode 9 “The One Where the Sun Comes Out” \[Streaming\]We are 9 episodes into season three of *The Good Fight* — the last one before the finale — and this episode contained the queerest content of the entire season.
Maia looking cute in a winter hat.
Maia holding a dildo (for completely not sex-related reasons).
And this scene with Maia and Marissa.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1126882160835690497
The seconds-long pause in that scene felt like 10 years. I had so many thoughts running through my head. I’m glad nothing happened. I really like Marissa and Maia’s friendship, which Maia stuck a knife in by the end of the episode anyway.
I love *The Good Fight*; it is one of my favorite shows of all time, but I am not super into this season. I know you’re supposed to not like Roland Blum, but I can’t stand him. And the little time Maia has spent on the show has been working with him. Yuck.
There is only one episode left and we still don’t know who Maia was making out within the season three trailer they released before the show started up again. If that scene is not included in this week’s finale episode, I’m going to feel queerbaited.
I have zero evidence to support this, but I have a foreboding feeling Rose Leslie may be leaving the show. Maybe it’s Queer Fan Anxiety Syndrome talking, but she didn’t show up for the Paleyfest panel, she’s not in any of the promotional materials, and she’s been absent from multiple episodes this season.
I really hope I am wrong and she’ll be back with a bigger role next season; however, as a queer fan with trust issues, I am not feeling confident.
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Oh Is That What You Call It?” \[Live\]We’re 3 episodes into *Gentleman Jack*, and Anne Lister has made her moves on heiress Ann Walker. At first Anne’s affection seems like a financial and political move to help her keep her estate afloat, but now she does seem to have real feelings for her.
I gotta be honest, I find Anne’s aggressiveness to be creepy, and she is not 100% on board with telling the truth.
She’s done this MANY times before.
This episode goes from first kiss (and first other things) to a proposal.
I’m trying to think of a 1800s England UHaul joke.
Ann is into it, but she wants to wait 6 months to make sure it’s the right move. That sounds smart to me!
I’m fascinated by the real Anne Lister and her 27 300-word long diaries chronicling 27 years of her life. She wrote the gay parts in code which was cracked in the 80s. A lot of the plot comes right from her diaries, and the HBO website has an episode guide with [an excerpt from her diaries for each show](https://www.hbo.com/gentleman-jack/season-1/3-oh-is-that-what-you-call-it).
Another cool thing is they filmed the show at the actual Shibden Hall where Anne lived. I am digging learning some of the queer history we didn’t get growing up. Queer folks have always been around throughout history living on their own terms.
*[Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Spontaneous Combustion” \[Streaming\] *Easy* dropping last Friday was bittersweet. I couldn’t wait to see Jo and Chase in Easy season three, but since Netflix has a problem keeping shows past 3 seasons, I knew this episode would be their last.
I am not going to recap the episode in detail, because I don’t want to spoil folks before they get a chance to watch it. But I am going to write up a little guide for everyone who hasn’t watched the show.
*Easy* is a show where each episode focuses on a different set of characters in Chicago. The episodes are not interconnected, and you don’t need to see them all; however, they do continue season to season creating a little 3-episode arc for each set spanning over multiple years.
One of the stories is about Jo and Chase, a cute young lesbian couple. In season one they meet, season two they’re living together, and season three their relationship is at a crossroads. The thing I love so much about their episodes is that it’s the queer content we deserve! Their story feels very authentic like they’re people you know in real life. Also, the queer sex on their episodes is just as explicit as the opposite sex scenes in the rest of the series.
Here is a guide to watching the Jo and Chase episodes:
**Season 1 Episode 2 “Vegan Cinderella”** – Jo and Chase meet at a show and hit it off immediately. Chase tries turning vegan after she and Jo start dating
**Season 2 Episode 7 “Lady Cha Cha”** – Chase gets into burlesque and challenges Jo’s double standards about art, sex and feminism.
**Season 3 Episode 3 “Spontaneous Combustion”** – Jo and Chase’s lease comes up, and with it, some serious relationship issues.
If you watch the 3 episodes together, it makes a perfect queer show. But still, I’m aggravated we get this quality queer content in the form of crumbs. I wish they could have their own spinoff series.
Goodbye, Jo and Chase, y’all are endgame in my mind.
*Charmed* – Season 1 Episode 21 “Red Rain” \[Live\] There wasn’t a ton of Mel/Niko/Greta drama in this episode, but we did get this encounter between Mel and Greta at the hospital.
What will happen in next week’s season one finale episode? Place your Mel and Niko bets now.
This week *The Good Fight*, *Supergirl* and *Charmed* all have their season finales. Let’s hope they include some decent queer content!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Easy, Gentleman Jack, The Good Fight
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 6, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-alex-and-kelly/)
**Published:** May 6, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alex and Kelly come out to each other on Supergirl, Sara joins Ava's book club on Legends of Tomorrow and Mel comes clean to Niko on Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Alex and Kelly come out to each other on *Supergirl*. Sara joins Ava’s book club on *Legends of Tomorrow*, and Mel comes clean to Niko on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 13 “Egg MacGuffin” \[Live\]After spending a few weeks in relationship turmoil, we got a chill, Avalance being everyday girlfriends episode.
Sara is trying to be a more supportive girlfriend since working on their relationship in Ava’s Purgatory. Exhibit A: Sara joining Ava’s book club.
Sara needs to read a 500-page trashy novel in time for Book Club, and she gets it done by listening to the audiobook on double speed while running on the treadmill. That totally counts.
When she shows up at book club, Mona splits after a few minutes and Nora is unconscious which leaves Sara and Ava alone to discuss the book.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125115077999374341
A book club where you drink rosé and don’t actually read the books is one I would join.
The effort on Sara’s part is totally cute, and Ava seems to appreciate it. Who could have predicted when they resurrected Sara from the Lazarus Pit in a few years she’d be drinking wine and chatting about books with her girlfriend.
One last Avalance moment happened after Ava used a whip *Raiders of the Lost Ark* style while helping Nate and Zari out on a mission.
Date night sounds more exciting than book night.
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[Smooth Operator](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 6 “Chapter Eighty-Seven” \[Live\]Petra is working to prove her trustworthiness to JR and hires JR’s best Leona friend to fix her computer security issues. Petra wants to impress her girlfriend’s bestie so she stalks her Instagram to figure out her interests. That doesn’t go very well.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125131016937594883
It’s sweet JR seems to appreciate Petra trying to get to know her life better by meeting her friends. However, I would be tired of Petra always pretending to be someone she’s not to impress people. It was only when Petra was her real self with JR that she started going out with her in the first place. I get doing stuff you don’t usually do for your partner, but be your real self while you’re doing it.
Regardless, I was so ready to see Petra go to a dyke bar. Petra is prepping by wearing jeans for what might be the first time ever.
At the Truck Stop Petra is thrown into the most lesbian conversation ever with three of JR’s queer friends.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125167112547393536
Breakups, taking sides, cat custody…JR should have given Petra a primer first.
Petra’s trying her hardest to fit in, but Leona is not having it. Suddenly Jane shows up to talk to Petra about Raf. They have a little argument, but then Petra recruits Jane to enter the “Tatas and Tushies” dance content to show JR’s friends that she’s fun.
I have been to T & A dance contest at a lesbian club, and it was not nearly this entertaining. Everyone’s entertained except Leona who still looks like someone pooped in her cocktail.
At the end of the night, Petra offers Leona beer from the pitcher she won, and she’s still being a total bitch to her. Petra finally asks her what her problem is.
What Leona says is fair, although I think she’s operating on a regular show level and doesn’t realize she’s on a telenovela. I can sometimes be unforgiving if a friend has been done wrong.
Back at Petra’s place, JR’s mad at Leona for being such a jerk, but Petra is understanding of where she’s coming from.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125181203252953089
It’s another episode of Petra doing the right thing, and I love it.
However, the very next second the twins scream from their room. They say they saw a man jump out the window and run away. Uh oh! Who’s breaking into Petra’s suite now?
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 4 Episode 20 “Will the Real Miss Tessmacher Please Stand Up?” \[Live\] I don’t know if you all remember this, but there is a lesbian character on *Supergirl*. Her name is Alex (Kara’s sister). She really really really wants a baby. So much so she put in an adoption application a year ago at an agency somewhere, and after hearing nothing, got “The Call” just now.
Nikki and I have been stressing about this episode because the description said: “Alex gets a long-awaited phone call.” We knew that meant baby stuff, and I have been wanting that plot to disappear like Mon-El.
I would have been happy with the phone call being any of these things:
- “Your test results came back clear from all your off-screen dating.”
- “Your dry cleaning is done.”
- “Your sister Kara is Supergirl.”
But here we are with the “Alex desperately needs a baby” story coming back. I want brown liquor drinking, new gun toting, girlfriend having Alex back!
[Kelly Olsen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-olsen/), James’ sister, has been on the show for a few weeks now, and even though all signs point to her being Alex’s next girlfriend, I haven’t been writing about it, because nothing has really happened. Also, I have to admit I’m not 100% over Sanvers. They had so much chemistry from the moment they met. Kelly seems nice and all, but the same spark is not there. I support Alex though, and I will learn to love Alex and Kelly together if that happens.
For now, Kelly is accompanying Alex on her baby adventure.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125431737956405249
There is a lot to dissect here. First, it’s not like Alex signed up on the waiting list for a community garden. You don’t fill out an adoption form and then hear nothing until the baby call. To quote Nikki, “She probably drunkenly filled out the paperwork drinking whiskey one night and then forgot.” Next, Alex came out to Kelly (if she didn’t already know) by mentioning Maggie. Maggie mentions are always painful. Finally, this is a big life event to share with someone you met only a few weeks ago.
Next, we see Alex and Kelly in a hotel in Portsmouth. Where is Portsmouth? New Hampshire? They probably had to take a plane there, right? That’s a pretty intense first date. Alex is pouring all of her becoming a mom doubts and insecurities on Kelly. Although they barely know each other, Kelly is handling it in shrink stride.
I did think the scenes with Alex on the bed and Kelly on the floor were pretty cute. Maybe a shrink is the best girlfriend for Alex.
While Alex and Kelly are scrolling through strollers, she gets another call from the adoption agency. It doesn’t look like good news, and Kelly asks her what happened.
Now I feel like a jerk because even though I am not into the baby thing, I don’t want Alex’s heart broken…again. This exact thing happened to friends of mine. They got *The Call*, flew down to pick up the baby, and then the grandmother got the birth mother to change her mind. They were absolutely devastated. Now the show is putting Alex through this. Why does the show have to torture Alex during the only times she gets her own plot?
Back at Alex’s apartment on what is now a multi-flight, over 24-hour-long date, Alex tells Kelly she feels like the wound that finally healed from Maggie’s and her breakup is ripped open again. Kelly then shares a story of one of her past wounds and comes out to her in the process.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125445737318375425
I loved what Kelly had to say here. It was a lesson in resilience which Alex needs some of to get back to her former, kick-ass self. It was essentially, “You broke up with your fiancé, and that sucks. But mine died and I was able to be happy again. You will too.”
I am totally warming up to Alex and Kelly after this episode, but where do we go from here? I hope the show takes us in a positive direction for Alex.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 20 “Ambush” \[Live\] Last week I wrote:
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I love Niko being in on the supernatural stuff, but where is this going?
- **Option 1:** Niko figures out Mel put a spell on her, gets mad, marries Greta, and remains a detective on the edges of the show.
- **Option 2:** Niko figures out Mel’s spell or Mel confesses, they fall in love again, Niko leaves Greta (again), and they become a team of demon-battling girlfriends.
I vote for something that looks like option 2, sorry Greta!
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Well, I got close to my vote! I didn’t predict Niko would fall for Mel first. It’s two days before Niko and Greta’s wedding, and Niko shows up at Mel’s door to talk.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125454073296297990
I have to admit, I was really surprised by that scene! I thought there would be a couple of angsty episodes following Niko confessing she had feelings for Mel, but I guess you can’t stop supernatural destiny.
Maggie then walks in on them while they’re making out. I love Maggie’s commentary; she is so funny.
History is on schedule to literally repeat itself, but there’s the inconvenient fact that Mel needs to confess she altered Niko’s memories. That is not going to go well.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1125461974731632644
That went as expected.
I am actually relieved that is out of the way because I hate the “I’m lying to you to protect you” trope that plays on repeat on every CW show. Now that Niko knows everything maybe they will eventually be girlfriends with full transparency into each other’s lives.
But first, Niko has come down with a plague that is affecting the whole town. We’ll tackle that first next week.
This week, Maia is back on The Good Fight. I hope she gets plenty of screen time because, without her, I am not enjoying the show as much as I usually do.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl
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### [Queer Beats - May 10, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-may-10-2019/)
**Published:** May 10, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman finally got a series order, we got closer to new Queen Sugar and Vida episodes, and Katie McGrath is going to play a bisexual lawyer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Batwoman finally got a series order, we got closer to new Queen Sugar and Vida episodes, and Katie McGrath is going to play a bisexual lawyer!
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
This week in AHHHHH OMG news, Batwoman officially got a series order!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1125932348338470913
If any of you follow Queer Beats on a regular basis, you know I have been waiting and praying for this moment. I can’t believe we are truly going to get our out lesbian badass superhero! There is even an official Twitter page now with a new teaser:
https://twitter.com/CWBatwoman/status/1125921456527818752
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
[Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) was referenced on Jeopardy this week which is pretty cool, not gonna lie.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxPoV9-niIf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
Queen Sugar is almost back! If you are in the NYC area, the cast will be at the Split Screen Festival to premiere the new season.
https://twitter.com/mattzollerseitz/status/1126223508781060099
## Secret Bridesmaids
Secret Bridesmaids started filming which features Katie McGrath as a bisexual lawyer. If I didn’t have your attention before, I bet I do now! Also features Abbie Cornish being cute and Abbie Cornish-y.
https://twitter.com/FilmVictoria/status/1126280638565421056
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
We are one week closer to Vida season 2! THANK LESBIAN JESUS! Last week, they posted a trailer for the new episodes which looks as good as expected.
https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1123995570878676996
If you live in the Hollywood area, Tanya Saracho will be premiering the new season premiere and talking with Women in Entertainment.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxNGSSzAEA0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, Tracy from LWTV was lucky enough to attend the screening in NYC last week and took beautiful pictures of the cast. Excuse me while I cry about how much I love [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/).
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1124350198371758081
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Katie McGrath, Legends of Tomorrow, Queen Sugar, Vida
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### [Queer Beats - May 3, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-may-3-2019/)
**Published:** May 3, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Juliantina continue to say 'gay rights,' CLAIREvoyant is working on a season 2, and we might finally get Alex/Kelly content next week!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Juliantina continue to say ‘gay rights,’ CLAIREvoyant is working on a season 2, and we might finally get Alex/Kelly content next week!
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
[Bárbara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barbara-lopez/) and [Macarena](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) continued to give us all the gay rights this week. This picture is so beautiful that I think it cleared my skin. Again, please look on their social media for even more wlw content. There’s so much!
https://twitter.com/barbara_lopez21/status/1123370165738049536
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Have I talked about how much I miss Kadena yet? Well, I do and I truly cherish moments like there where we actually get to see [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) and [Nikohl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) together again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw3FjGKHOwI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [CLAIREvoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)
CLAIREvoyant is thankfully still working on getting us a second season!
https://twitter.com/clairevoyantsho/status/1122983133358374912
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
As usual, any information on The L Word reboot (sequel?) is slow to come but I do enjoy seeing pictures of the gals together again.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwu22rAHRJL/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Meanwhile, One Day At A Time is still getting screwed over and Netflix seems to still think it’s okay!
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1123240660872638464
## [SuperGirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I don’t know about you all, but I am certainly growing tired of the Alex/Kelly slow burn. To be fair, Azie has only been on the show for a couple episodes but it has been *forever* since we have gotten to see Alex show interest in anyone. This week, Azie threw some hints onto social media (and cute pics!) that maybe something is coming soon…
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Azie Tesfai, Bárbara López, CLAIREVoyant, Macarena Achaga, One Day at a Time, Supergirl, The Bold Type, The L Word
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 22, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-petramos-is-back/)
**Published:** April 22, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Petramos is back on Jane the Virgin, Toni tries to extract Cheryl from a cult on Riverdale and Mel comes out...as a witch on Charmed
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Petramos is back on *Jane the Virgin;* Toni tries to extract Cheryl from a cult on *Riverdale,* and Mel comes out…as a witch on *Charmed.*
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 11 “Séance and Sensibility” \[Live\]Sadly, it’s another episode without Ava.
The Legends have to time travel to the era of Jane Austin to save her novels from disappearing from history. There they discover Kamadeva, the Hindu god of love, masquerading as a hot carriage driver and messing with people’s 1800s reservedness.
For example, a bride declares her love for her family’s maid while walking down the aisle.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120051323960012806
This was a fun, but very straight episode culminating in an amazing Bollywood number. I enjoyed it, but I miss Avalance.
It looks like we will be getting Ava back tonight after she goes missing, and Sara finds her in a big box store.
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)– Season 3 Episode 2 “Plus It Up” \[Live\]Have the *Bold Type* writers been reading my recaps? I bet on no, but it’s fun to imagine. Because in this episode Kat discovers her fictitious lesbian bar hang, Wild Susan’s, is closing.
The Bold Type brings lesbian bar realnessMy commentary has been queer female bars are an endangered species, and while there are very few left, the show made it look like they’re a thriving meat market. I’m glad *The Bold Type* had this story line, and I have to believe “Wild Susan’s” is a tribute to NYC lesbian bar [Crazy Nanny’s](http://lostwomynsspace.blogspot.com/2016/09/crazy-nannys.html) that closed in 2004.
After talking to the owner, Kat finds out the bar is $42K in deep in fines, but they have only been brought up by developers who want to force them out.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120059742741835777
Kat gets the idea to throw a Queer Prom to raise the $42K to pay off Wild Susan’s fines. That’s really cute and great, but $42,000 is A LOT of money to raise in one night.
Queer Prom is super fun, but Kat is only able to raise half the money. At the end of the night, Kat approaches the district’s Councilperson and asks him if they can use the $20K for a partial payment on the fines.
Yeah, no. Like a few Councilpeople in Philly, he only cares about pleasing developers and thinks tossing the community some “open space” should be enough to pacify the neighborhood.
Kat can instantly tell this guy does not care at all about the community and goes home to Google him.
Okay, it looks like Kat is going to join the fight for Linda Zephyr to take the seat away from Lawrence “I don’t give a shit about lesbian bars” Reynolds. I’m here for that.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 18 “Chapter Fifty-Three: Jawbreaker” \[Live\]Y’all, I am so not into this “Cheryl joins a cult” story line, but here we are. At least Toni is on the same page as me.
Betty recruits Toni into The Farm cult busting club. She’s figured out they suck people in by convincing them they’re able to talk to their dead loved ones. Betty has video evidence this is not true and thinks if Toni shows the video to Cheryl, she’ll snap out of it.
Yeah, no such luck. Cheryl has drank the Kool-Aid.
Evelyn has caught on to Toni’s interfering, but Toni smacks that shit down quickly.
“Bitch, I love her.” is one of the best lines ever spoken on this show.
The video evidence didn’t work, so Toni tries another tactic.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1118935914879823872
Video evidence didn’t work and neither did sex. The Farm has given Cheryl an ultimatum: The Farm or your girlfriend. Cheryl is torn, but she’s going to side with continuing to see her brother Jason.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120108054412963840
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Dear Riverdale,
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Please, oh please, do not let Toni get sucked into the cult. I enjoy your show, but to be honest, this storyline is annoying. Please let Toni keep to her senses and go undercover to finally break Cheryl free.
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Sincerely,Tracy
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*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Person Whose Life is Back to Normal / Person Who Doesn’t Know What She Doesn’t Know](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 4 “Chapter Eighty-Five” \[Live\]We’ve had 4 solid episodes of Petra and JR broken up. I get these things take time, but this is the LAST SEASON. Get these two back together already!
The butt dial strategy from last week is still in full effect, and Petra is very needy of Jane’s consultation.
Petra calls and texts Jane all day for advice. It’s pretty cute, but Jane ignores her because she’s got her whole ex-husband back from the dead thing to deal with.
This is seriously how my daughter texts me if I don’t respond immediately.
Jane finally goes to Petra’s place where they promptly drink five martinis, and Jane helps Petra write a compelling text to JR. The text worked! JR says she’s willing to see Petra at her place at 6pm.
Petra knows she needs to have her game on. This is her big chance to win JR back.
Petra is headed out the door when she is met by her mother in the hall!
Great. Petra is going to one of the most important dates of her life and now she’s handcuffed to her evil mom. That’s not a good accessory to wear if you’re trying to win back your ex-girlfriend.
Petra makes it to JR’s door.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1118887210923651072
Even while attached to her mom who is enthusiastically telling JR all of Petra’s worst moments, JR still takes her back.
Yay! I’m so happy Petramos is back together. Also the “That I know” answer to Petra being a brunette is fabulous.
Now to deal with the fact that Petra is handcuffed to her mother.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1118699337326972928
I love how Petra ignored letting Jane know Michael was still there because she got pulled away by JR.
Also, let’s all take a moment to admire JR wielding an axe.
Have we all recovered from that?
Now that Petramos is back, how is the rest of the series going to play out? Endgame, please!
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)– Season 1 Episode 18 “The Replacement” \[Live\]It’s the first episode after Mel and Jada’s breakup, and Mel is stuck working Niko and Greta’s bachelorette party.
Of course they booked the bar Mel works at. I love that little wave Greta gives Mel.
I was ready to settle into 30 entertaining minutes of Mel at Greta and Niko’s party, but she left quickly to do some witch business with Maggie. As usual, Niko was lurking around with a look of suspicion on her face.
Later, Mel goes to Jada’s tattoo shop/Sarcana headquarters and finds Niko there after the place has been ransacked. Niko’s done with Mel’s suspicious behavior and demands she tell her what she’s been hiding.
Mel then finally comes clean to Niko about being a witch.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120335533056634880
Wow, now Mel no longer has anything to hide from Niko! Except there’s an alternate timeline where they were girlfriends together. I wonder when she’s going to drop that bomb.
Mel goes into the basement and finds a lot of dead Sarcana. Y’all, at this point I was so scared Jada was going to be dead. I saw us adding her as a dead character to the site flash before my eyes, but thank goodness Mel found her alive!
Jada tells her this is Fiona’s work, and she’s going to leave town to escape her. She says Mel and her sisters should do the same thing. Mel says they’re going to stay and fight. Jada tells her to be careful then zaps away.
It’s going to be The Charmed Ones vs. Fiona The Big Bad, but what is going to happen to Mel, Niko and Greta now that Niko knows Mel’s a witch? I can’t wait to find out.
Tonight — Sara and Ava have their “Ikea” episode on *Legends of Tomorrow.* At ClexaCon, Jes mentioned their reconciliation involved boxes, so I am very much looking forward to it!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, The Bold Type
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 29, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-avas-purgatory/)
**Published:** April 29, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It was a week of relationship processing! Sara and Ava worked on their relationship in Ava's Purgatory, Petra and JR dealt with trust issues and Rosa and Jocelyn took on work-life balance.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it was a week of relationship processing! Sara and Ava worked on their relationship in Ava’s Purgatory; Petra and JR dealt with trust issues, and Rosa and Jocelyn took on work-life balance.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 12 “The Eggplant, The Witch & The Wardrobe” \[Live\]I love it when TV characters do what we want them to do which is really rare. Usually, I’m yelling something at the TV like, “Tell her you’re sorry!” Instead, they turn around and leave. This episode opens up with Sara doing something I wanted her to do; she’s at Ava’s door checking in on her and trying to get her to talk about their fight. Yes, Sara, go after your girl!
Sara has a key and walks in to discover Ava’s not just avoiding her, she’s missing.
Sara brings Constantine and Nora back to Ava’s place to figure out what’s going on. Nora has a vision of Ava in a creepy Motel room and takes them there to find her alive, but only partially conscious.
Sara takes her back to the Waverider. Constantine explains Neuron is preparing to take possession of her body, but in order to make her willing, he sent her to Purgatory. Sara demands that Constantine send her to Ava’s Purgatory so she can bring her back. He does it, and we find out Ava’s personal nightmare is…Ikea.
This is hilarious and perfect, and I think it means Ava and Sara are perfect for each other because I think Sara would have a similar purgatory.
Sara finds Ava quickly, thank goodness, and quickly explains the situation she’s in. Ava asks if Neuron got Sara too, and she says no; she’s come here to rescue her.
Meanwhile, back on the Waverider, there’s annoying, Nate and Zari stuff going on, but Mick and Charlie are also making fun of Zari’s wind powers.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120686456274587648
Woah! There’s been so much Zari and Nate stuff happening lately I was completely surprised by Charlie asking Zari if she was straight! I slowed down the looks they gave each other after that ask for science.
These two have way more chemistry than Zari and Nate. I really try to keep my lesbian-colored glasses in check, but that ship seems so artificially thrown together out of nowhere.
Back to our canon queer couple trapped in Purgatory. Ava and Sara are put to a set of challenges in order to escape.
**Challenge number one:** Putting together a piece of furniture. We quickly figure out all of the challenges they face are about their relationship issues, and resolving them is how they’re going to escape Ava’s Purgatory.
Predictably Sara starts putting it together while Ava tries to get her to read the instructions first. As the wardrobe falls apart Ava says, “What a surprise. You followed none of the instructions and it didn’t work.” The conversation quickly transitions to the big fight that put their relationship on pause.
It makes sense Sara will stick to whatever she feels is right even if her girlfriend disagrees because she’s never had to navigate a relationship this serious before. In her mind, she’s working to save history, and Ava should just be on board with whatever she believes at the time. Ava confesses when they fight, she gets scared, goes into a corner and feels the need to defend herself. At the heart of this conflict is Sara needing to show Ava she’s still on her side even when they have a conflict.
I usually hate episodes where we “go to therapy” with characters, but these girlfriend discussions feel pretty real. I’m down with people working through and resolving issues in an entertaining Ikea Purgatory kind of way.
**Challenge number two:** The Choose a Mattress challenge otherwise know as “Being in a Long-term Relationship with Sara Lance Anxiety.” Ava is worried about Sara not wanting to commit to one person for the long haul. Sara says it’s not the one person thing, it’s the fact that she never considered having a future let alone a person to share it with. She convinced herself that was her fate and how she preferred to live.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120695243320459265
I love the line, “Let’s be honest, neither of us needs anybody.” They are both extremely independent women with intense, saving-the-world level jobs who could probably go the rest of their lives without a long-term romantic partner. However, they have found each other, and their lives are more enjoyable together. They are a pretty perfect combo.
**Challenge number three:** Every Day Domesticity. They’re in one of those fake Ikea apartments, and there’s a pile of dishes in the sink.
This would be one of my wife’s fantasies, too. I’m a terrible dish doer.
The trash falls over, lights go out, mail starts to pile up and the real issue behind this challenge emerges — Sara not being ready to move in with Ava.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122526040461590533
“Just tell me what you want me to say and I’ll say it” really stung. I hate it when people say that, because they don’t really want to understand why you’re upset, they just want the argument to end.
Does Sara really not get why Ava is upset by her lack of a commitment plan? I imagine in Sara’s mind she thinks she is doing her best by being in a love relationship at all — that was never on the table for her. For Ava, no plan means this could go away at any moment given Sara’s past relationship history. I feel like queer TV fandom has the same trust issues.
After Sara looks up and finds Ava gone, the door opens up and leads her to a warehouse filled with life-sized Ava Barbies.
It must have been so much fun to create all of the different Avas.
**Challenge number four:** Choose an Ava. This challenge taps into Ava’s internalized Clonephobia and Sara’s commitmentphobia. Creepy purgatory Gary is there encouraging Sara to pick an Ava, but Sara wants the real Ava.
With the store closing in 2 minutes, Sara runs into the As-Is room where she finds her Ava sitting on the floor.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1120709170368516096
Gary is all of us.
Sara and Ava dealing with all of their issues and getting back together brought Ava back from Purgatory. Queer love saves the day!
Now, can this PLEASE be the last time Sara and Ava have a breakup? Can they just be in a relationship with typical ups and downs? That would be very appreciated.
PS. Here are some great BTS videos from [Jes’ Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/jesmacallan/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwlSMpDl_Dv/
*[Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “I Was Just Passing” \[Live\]I’m probably the least qualified person to recap a British period series, but I will get past my aversion to costumes and oldy-time accents for quality queer content.
*Gentleman Jack* is inspired by the real life diaries of Anne Lister — 1800s female land owner and traveler with OG Big Dyke Energy™
Anne is back at home to escape lady trouble after a long period of traveling in Europe, and even though it’s 1832, she wants to find a wife. She refuses to marry a man and see women on the DL like her bang hangs are willing to.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122549283205652480
“Have we met?” made me laugh.
Even though it’s not my genre, I’m going to keep watching for queer history lessons.
*[Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Call a Spade” \[Catch Up\] Simone gets a surprise call from her God-sister Tay Tay who is stuck in a drunk tank 90 minutes away. She bursts into Tia’s room and interrupts her and her new girlfriend of three weeks, Rocky. Rocky’s annoyed, but Tia launches into action to get Tay Tay out of jail. The only problem is they need a car, so Rocky volunteers hers.
Rocky’s car becomes a running joke throughout the episode.
After they pull into a gas station to fuel up, Rocky can’t get the car started again. Simone assumes Rocky can fix it herself.
I can relate to this so much. I’m the Least Handiest Lesbian on the Planet ™.
This show is really good, everyone! If you’re not already watching you should start.
*[Shrill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shrill/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Annie” \[Streaming\] *Shrill* is based on the book *Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West* that stars Aidy Bryant as Annie, a journalist who learns to find herself and her voice with the help of the fat pride movement.
The show is funny, often sad, and so well done. I binged the whole thing in a day and was crushed when I realized there were only 6 episodes in the first season.
A bonus is Annie’s lesbian roommate, Fran, who gives off big Shane vibes.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122573314831081474
*Shrill* has been renewed for a season two and we’ll get 8 episodes instead of just 6. Look for it in 2020.
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Sad, Graying, 30-Year-Old Who Lives With Her Grandma and is $40,000 in Debt and is Spending her 30th Birthday in a Ditch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 5 “Chapter Eighty-Six” \[Live\] JR and Petra are back together, but not without trust issues. It is fair — Petra lied to JR about killing her sister, causing her to lose her job and pick up bartending to make ends meet. Anyone would need some time to regain trust after that, even on a telenovela.
JR is thrown into doubting Petra’s vow to never lie to her again when she sees an email to Milos on Petra’s phone saying she won’t testify against him if he gives her his share of the Marbella. Petra swears she didn’t write the email and is being set up.
Petra vows to prove to JR that she didn’t lie and spends the rest of the episode trying to find evidence that she didn’t write the email.
Petra is able to find video surveillance footage of her firing an employee during the timestamp on the email. Jane was there, too, and she corroborates Petra’s story.
Petra brings the evidence to JR, and she does finally believe her. After that Petra says she can’t run around finding supporting evidence for everything she does. JR has to be able to trust her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1121443020065390593
It’s another case of a character doing what I want them to do. When JR says “It’s hard to feel safe with you.” I fully expected Petra to angrily say something then turn away and leave. But instead, she says, “I’ll have to work harder then. To make you feel safe.” I was so glad she said that because when you have violated someone’s trust you do have to work to make them trust you again. It doesn’t happen overnight and with zero effort.
That being said, I do hope we don’t spend too many episodes with Petramos processing their relationship because it’s the last season and time’s ticking!
*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* – Season 6 Episode 14 “Ticking Clocks” \[Live\] There’s trouble in Rosa and Jocelynland. Rosa is having a problem obtaining work-life balance and Jocelyn is over playing second to her job. On the way out of town for a 2-week trip, Jocelyn springs a breakup on Rosa.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122859558769254401
Brooklyn Nine-Nine packs so many jokes into each scene, it’s almost hard to keep up. I love everything in that 53 seconds, from the college friends to Rosa’s voice.
Rosa is trying to carve out time to talk to Jocelyn while running around with Jake, but it’s not for good reasons. She tells Jake she’s going to get back together with her, fix all the things in her relationship, and then dump her because she is always the one to do the breaking up, not the other way around.
I agree with Jake, that is not a good plan. Also, I love the *Killing Eve* reference. I enjoy being pandered to sometimes
Of course, it comes out later that Rosa does want to get back together with Jocelyn for love reasons. She didn’t want to admit it because, “it’s weak and humiliating to love someone.” Oh, Rosa, way to stay on brand.
Rosa runs after Jocelyn as she’s leaving to go to the airport and makes an impassioned plea for her to stay and promises she will try to change.
That worked, Jocelyn misses her flight and decides to stay.
I dunno, to me it felt like they tossed a too easily resolved conflict in there just to give Rosa and Jocelyn something to do. [Cameron Esposito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cameron-esposito/) is such a funny comedian and I think they could do really hilarious things with her on this show. I hope she gets more interesting screen time in future episodes.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 19 “American Dreamer” \[Live\] Nia is my favorite on *Supergirl* right now, and I love watching her pick up superhero duty while Supergirl takes a break.
This scene was amazing!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122870619648008192
It’s been many episodes of humans vs. aliens, and Kara feels like they’re not getting anywhere by fighting. She gets the idea to put a face behind human/alien unity by interviewing Dreamer who is half human and half alien. Her interview is great and parallels a lot of what is happening in real life in the US.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122874636247687169
Will this be the thing that stops the persecution of aliens? I’m not sure, but I love seeing Dreamer come into her own as a superhero.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 19 “Source Material” \[Live\] I love living in a post-Niko knowing Mel’s a witch world. Niko is into learning all about magic and investigating the disappearance of the Sarcana with Mel. Mel begrudgingly lets her ride along.
Niko is getting a crash course in magic and magic lingo. I love Niko’s persistence and Mel’s feigned annoyance.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1122883157878091776
How long do you think it’s going to take for this working relationship to cross over into the danger zone? Niko left Greta for Mel once before, will she do it again?
At one point Mel does leave Niko in a closet (ha) to go do dangerous witch stuff. At the end of the episode, they meet up again, and Mel tries to tell her they can’t hang out anymore. Niko then makes a confession. She says she didn’t just change careers two years ago, she had a nervous breakdown.
Mel then gives her a ring that makes her immune to spells. She demos this by freezing everyone in the room while Niko remains unaffected.
I love Niko being in on the supernatural stuff, but where is this going?
- **Option 1:** Niko figures out Mel put a spell on her, gets mad, marries Greta, and remains a detective on the edges of the show.
- **Option 2:** Niko figures out Mel’s spell or Mel confesses, they fall in love again, Niko leaves Greta (again), and they become a team of demon-battling girlfriends.
I vote for something that looks like option 2, sorry Greta!
This week I will be at the [Vida Season Two screening ](https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/vida-2019)at the Tribecca Film Festival! I can’t wait to see a sneak peek of season 2 of one of my favorite shows. It’s not too late to get tickets if you live in the NYC area.
https://twitter.com/Tribeca/status/1117132881875406849
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Boomerang, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Charmed (2018), Gentleman Jack, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Shrill, Supergirl
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### [The Princesses of Power Speak for Themselves](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-princesses-of-power-speak-for-themselves/)
**Published:** April 24, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The show shies away from actively promoting anyone as LGBT, but thinks things are pretty evident anyway.
**Content:**
Season two of *[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)* will be released on Netflix this Friday, marking the return of the most LGBT friendly Dreamworks series to date.
Two of the other shows, *Voltron* and *The Dragon Prince* both suffer from the Bury Your Queers trope. In *Voltron*, the openly gay Shiro never had a romance on screen, his estranged boyfriend died off-screen, and got a throw-away wedding to a barely known man at the end. While on *The Dragon Prince*, it’s revealed in flashback that one of the princesses had two mothers, both of whom died defending their country.
## Not The ’80s Anymore
Based on the 1980s Mattel toy and TV show, He-Man, She-Ra was originally a ‘girl’ version of the cult classic. Equally beloved and derided, the show was about He-Man’s long lost sister, Adora, who was raised on another planet by the evil Horde. Once she found her power to also be She-Ra, the legendary warrior, she joined the Princess Alliance and rebelled.
In Noelle Stevenson’s remake, the show is far less classically heroic. Instead of relying on by-the-book formulas, Stevenson embraces the complex dichotomy of duality. Heroes are always villains, depending on how you look at it, after all, and Stevenson takes viewers into the grey areas of having powers, of ruling, and ultimately what it means to be a good person.
Noelle Stevenson Aimee Carrero WonderCon 2019 © LezWatchTVAt WonderCon 2019, Stevenson and the main cast took time to talk about the struggles of the characters. All the characters are growing up, and growing into their powers and roles, but those changing worlds of teen to young adult, coupled with phenomenal cosmic powers, is a difficult road.
Adora, for the first time in her life, isn’t just a simple soldier, following orders. Now she’s a leader, and she’s without her lifelong best friend. Speaking of Catra, that worthy is also learning how to be an effective leader, how to trust others, and how to balance her desire to have her best friend back and punish the princesses who stole her.
## Without Declaration
There is a quibble to be had with the show, however. While we we do have LGBTQ representation, with Spinnerella and Netossa, and purportedly Bow has two fathers, Stevenson has shied away from actively promoting the characters or the show as LGBT.
It’s difficult to miss the implications and overtones, particularly in season one’s episode “Princess Prom,” where in Catra and Adora enact everyone’s favourite 1980s rom-com fantasy. Catra, in a suit and undone bow tie, dancing with Adora, and of course dipping her.
Beyond that moment, Catra’s cohort in the Horde, Scorpia, is very queer coded as in love with Catra. When Scorpia emerges from her closet in a slinky dress, Catra is visible agog.
And yet, when asked about the representation, Stevenson simply said “I think the show and the characters speak for themselves.”
## She-Ra Returns April 26th
The Friends Quad (there are four…) go to war for seven more episodes.
If you happen to live in the LA area, there’s a fan screening tomorrow:
https://twitter.com/DreamWorksSheRa/status/1118947008465604608
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, WonderCon
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### [Juliantina and the Future of LGBT Representation in the Spanish-Speaking World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/juliantina-and-the-future-of-lgbt-representation-in-the-spanish-speaking-world/)
**Published:** April 9, 2019
**Author:** Karen Frost
**Excerpt:** While many Spanish speaking countries allow for gay marriage and same-sex civil partnerships, they are still far behind English speaking countries when it comes to queer television.
**Content:**
In the LGBT community, we commonly say as a tagline that representation matters. In fact, it more than matters: for some people, representation may mean life. According to the United States’ [National Alliance on Mental Illness](https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/LGBTQ), queer teens are six times more likely to experience symptoms of depression than their heterosexual peers and four times more likely to attempt suicide. According to a [2016 Centers for Disease Control study](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/65/ss/pdfs/ss6509.pdf), a staggering 32.8% of queer girls attempt suicide. According to [researchers at the University of Arizona](http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00918369.2017.1321888?journalCode=wjhm20), queer teens cope best with stress related to their sexual orientation by connecting with other queer individuals. Rather than trying to run from their sexuality or muddle through, they do best by embracing it and finding their community.
Finding that community teaches teens—and adults, too—that they’re not alone in their sexual orientation and provides them a social support network to cope with depression and feelings of ostracism. In several ways, LBGT representation on TV and in movies helps foster this feeling of community and safety: it provides role models, suggests possible positive futures, and encourages interpersonal connections online through fandoms. It also exposes heterosexual viewers, who may include family and friends, to gay rights issues on the road to more inclusivity.
Thus for many young LGBT individuals, representation means hope. It means a validation of their identity and the suggestion that their lives can be filled with more than discrimination and familial rejection. In places where they might not see another openly queer individual, the LGBT characters they see on screen represent a tangible connection with the global LGBT community.
In [another article](https://www.afterellen.com/tv/561731-latin-american-markets-are-the-future-of-lesbian-tv-characters), I discussed the sleeping giant that is the Latin American market for LGBT content in TV and film. With over 400 million Spanish speakers worldwide (more native speakers than native English speakers, in fact), there are a potential 12 million Spanish-speaking queer female viewers, not including speakers of other languages watching with subtitles.
The hunger within the queer female community for representation on Spanish-language TV is clear: in the last five or so years, any lesbian couple on Spanish-language TV has taken off like a wildfire on social media platforms, garnering massive international followings. Indeed, the viewership for Spanish-speaking lesbian TV couples has often dwarfed traditional Anglo TV pairings.
Jazmín Julieta Nair Calvo and Florencia Violeta UrtizbereaThe two most viewed YouTube videos for Argentina’s “Flozmin” (Florencia and Jazmín from the telenovela “[Las Estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-estrellas/)”), for example, have 12 and 10 million views, respectively, while Julia and Mariana from Mexico’s telenovela “[Las Aparicio](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-aparicio/)” have 12 and 9.9 million views. For context, these Spanish-language TV pairings are averaging three to five times more YouTube views than most of their English-language TV counterparts.
Much of the future growth of global LGBT representation on TV and in film could easily come from the Spanish-speaking world, but it will take a conscious shift on the part of content producers in those areas and a commitment to greater diversity and inclusivity. Presently, queer female representation on Spanish-language TV—at least from this American’s perspective—feels very similar to American TV 17 years ago: numerical representation is extremely poor, with lesbian couples only shown sporadically.
Physical intimacy between queer couples varies tremendously, from a peck on the lips to a modest roll beneath the sheets. But there’s hope: the exuberant popularity of most same-sex TV pairings in the last few years may prompt studios to add more couples in the future to capitalize on these pre-existing fandoms. The question is: will Spanish-language TV follow a similar pattern to English-language TV and begin introducing more LGBT representation, or will it continue to marginalize and ignore these pivotal storylines?
Enter “Juliantina,” the portmanteau of Juliana and Valentina from “[Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)” (“Love to Death”), a telenovela that recently finished airing in the US and Mexico on Univision and Las Estrellas, respectively. Juliantina is the first lesbian pairing on a Mexican telenovela from a major network that aired nationally during a popular hour. Juliantina offered LGBT Spanish-language TV viewers two almost totally unique things: 1) a depiction of two Spanish speaking teenage girls in a same-sex relationship, and 2) a happy queer ending.
Valentina Macarena Achaga and Juliana Bárbara LópezJuliantina is a queer storyline success story: Juliantina has a massive online following (including [a petition](https://www.change.org/p/eazcarraga-canal-estrellas-bardasano-spin-off-juliantina?recruiter=939116058&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi.pacific_post_sap_share_gmail_abi.gmail_abi&utm_term=share_petition&recruited_by_id=abdd3090-3acc-11e9-a09c-8347427f08ce) for a spin-off with well over 55,000 signatures and counting), and Juliantina fans helped garner the show the most TVyNovelas Awards (the Mexican equivalent of the Emmys) wins of any telenovela in history (14 wins of 15 nominations, including for both actresses involved in the pairing: Macarena Achagaand Bárbara López). If Juliantina was a test balloon for teenage LGBT representation on Mexican television, it flew high and proud.
The success of Juliantina, however, also underscores a massive deficiency in LGBT Spanish-language TV programming: based on LezWatch.TV’s database, which we totally admit is not 100% accurate and is certainly missing some shows, we were only able to conclusively identify three other Spanish language TV shows in the history of the world that included a female same-sex teenage relationship. These are Agusleria from Argentina’s “[Los Vecinos en Guerra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/los-vecinos-en-guerra/)” (“Neighbors at War,” 2013), Menesis from the US’ “[Mi Familia Perfecta](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mi-familia-perfecta/)” (“My Perfect Family,” 2018), and Crisana from Spain’s “Skam España” (“Skam Spain”, 2019). We only found one other queer teenager: [Alma Núñez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alma-nunez/) from Spain’s*“[Física o Química](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fisica-o-quimica/)*” (“Physics or Chemistry,” 2009-2011).
Let that sink in for a moment. The experiences of approximately 12 million people living in 20 countries have been represented on TV by—as far as we can tell—nine teenage characters (in three relationships) coming from four countries. All in the last decade.
It’s 2019. Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay, Spain, and Mexico all allow gay marriage. Same-sex civil unions are performed in Chile and Ecuador, with a limited form of domestic partnership benefits in Costa Rica. Laws are slowly changing; it’s time for societies to catch up. As argued in the opening paragraph of this article, representation is a major component in identity formation and community building, and it can save lives. The pronounced absence of queer visibility on Spanish-speaking TV—and the all but total absence of teenage queer characters—means that young adults are forced to turn to programming from the Anglo world, which doesn’t fully represent their own experiences at home, for exposure to characters with their same sexual orientation. They deserve to see their own experiences represented on screen in their own language.
Of course, the problem of teenage representation is by no means limited to just the Spanish-speaking world. We guess off the top of our heads that of the 30 countries we have catalogued in our database, probably only 15 at best have ever aired even a single queer female teenager on TV. Massive swathes of the world, from Europe to Asia, Africa to Latin America, have zero examples of teenage LGBT characters. There are 195 countries in the world today; 8% representation is nowhere near enough. But progress in the Spanish-speaking world, which has already dipped a toe into the queer representation waters, is a good way to start.
How can Spanish-language TV shows improve their LGBT young adult representation? Juliantina, Menesis and to a slightly lesser extent Agusleria show the way. They feature relatable, sympathetic young characters coming to terms with their sexuality in a realistic, honest way while also dealing with the varied reactions of their friends and family. The shows use their queer storylines to educate parental figures about the need for acceptance, support, and unconditional love for their queer children.
Juliantina resonates so strongly with queer viewers right now because the attraction and love between the characters is palpable. They overcame the challenges around them to be together. Ultimately, they are exactly what the queer female community, young and old, needs: love it can believe in.
We hope Juliantina gets a spin-off, because if the Spanish-speaking world doesn’t increase its LGBT representation immediately, it could be awhile until we see another couple like them.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Agusleria, Amar a Muerte, Juliantina, Las Aparicio, Las Estrellas, Los Vecinos en Guerra, Menesis, Mi Familia Perfecta
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### [ClexaCon 2019: We Are All ConFam](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/clexacon-2019-confam/)
**Published:** April 17, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another ClexaCon is in the books and it reminds us all that whether or not we were here, we are all family together.
**Content:**
Fandom is a strange creature. There are those who will follow certain actresses and actors to the end of the earth, and there are those who chose to keep their passion yoked tightly to a specific show or movie. Our fervour for content and quality leads us to attend multi-fandom conventions like ComicCon or DragonCon all around the globe.
Into that mix of a barrel of fandoms falls the inimitable ClexaCon.
## What Happens in Vegas
[Chicken Nipples](https://twitter.com/chckinnipples) at the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 13 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada
Ever April since 2017, hordes of LGBTQ female fans and their allies descend on Las Vegas, Nevada, for a long weekend of panels about their favourite shows. The panels and workshops vary from yoga and breakfast with the stars to live podcasts to help getting started as a writer for screen or books. There’s an artists’ alley where you can buy any shirt imaginable.
Oh yes, and there are panels for the stars as well. Alongside these 4000+ fans comes over 60 celebrities and industry insiders who willingly mingle and talk to the myriad cosplayers and media aficionados. They stay for photographs, autographs, and even the occasional one-on-one interview.
Unlike the ‘big,’ well known conventions like the aforementioned ComicCon, you may never meet a person who knows what ClexaCon is outside your circle (affectionally called your ConFam – short for Convention Family). Every year, ClexaCon grows, doubling from ~2100 attendees in 2017 to 4000+ in 2018. And the stars try to talk to everyone.
## Why We All Come
It does beg the question of why the stars come, but also why we fans trek to the desert from around the world. With attendees from Germany and Australia, we’re an international movement of LGBTQ content connoisseurs. We come for our friends and a chance to be the majority in a population, certainly. The comment ‘What’s *wrong* with the straights?’ can be heard nearly every time one of us returns from the Strip.
For the stars, it’s different. Unlike a later, more broad convention where they attend to promote and discuss their projects, they come to ClexaCon for the intimate relationship with people who care not only about their work, but them as people.
Jes Macallan at the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 13 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada [Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) found in talking to fans internationally, via Twitter but also at conventions, how much impact she has and also how close the relationship of her work is to the viewers.
> I feel like \[queer fans\] are the only fans I remember. \[…\] And I think it’s because we share real stories its not someone coming up to just get an autograph, it’s “Hi, I have this specific story” and “Hi, I make Merch and I’m trying to raise awareness for this specific cause,” and “I’m twelve and I came out to my dad.” I think for me, \[ClexaCon\] is different because it’s not just fandom, it’s stories. \[…\] It’s a super connection. It’s “You said that! That’s how I am with my wife.” Or “When they wrote that, that’s how I feel.” “This is like my partner.” These are my pronouns.” I’m learning, we’re learning, and to have that is just a completely different thing than a fan coming up and saying “I really like you, I think you’re a great actress.”
>
> Jess Macallan – ClexaCon 2019
## It Changes Us
[Sheridan Pierce](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sheridan-pierce/) was at her first ClexaCon and was blown away.
> I did not know that it would be so amazing. \[…\] Just interacting with all of the fans has been the best experience. Everyone has been so kind and nice and I just want to hug everyone.
>
> Sheridan Pierce, ClexaCon 2019
Sheridan Pierce Isabella Gomez at the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 13 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada
And even for return guests like Isabella Gomez, it’s refreshing to be in such a safe place with people who love her.
> Especially since the recent cancelation, it’s so nice to be surrounded by so much love. Getting to talk about these characters again, and not just be in the “Waaaaah” of it all.
>
> Isabella Gomez – ClexaCon 2019
## Creators and Deal Makers Come
By including the creators of content, from mainstream, linear networks like Noelle Carbone from *[Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/)* and Javi Grillo-Marxuach from *Lost* (and yes, *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*) to smaller, queer networks like [Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com) and even independent productions like BIFL, the connections made can extend and grow relationships, allowing for more content to be made.
Haviland Stillwell at the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 12 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada> The second I walked in, there was a really positive vibe. It’s a great place to bring people together, obviously from \[…\] many fandoms \[…\] but also creators as well. I knew I’d meet fans \[…\] but meeting so many creators in different venues, that was cool to be around.
>
> \[…\]
>
> The fan thing has become a huge thing \[…\] and Hollywood is noticing. That’s why many actors come to events like this. We love fans, and not just because we like people saying “We like what you’re doing.” It feels nice to get a pat on your back for doing good work, but also it’s a major part of viability in business.
>
> Haviland Stillwell – ClexaCon 2019
## Until We Meet Again
At the end of the day, when we look back at the all too brief time we are together, we remember the moments like actors surprising each other on panels.
Caity Lotz Katrina Law and Jess Macallan at the ClexaCon 2019 convention at the Tropicana Las Vegas on April 13 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada We will remember touching moments when panelists brought us to tears. We will remember dancing under the flashing chandelier in the Havana Room. We will remember singing together under her spell.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1117233447959818240
And above all, we’ll remember that everyone who came to ClexaCon, cosplayers and creators, fans and stars, are all ConFam together.
We will see you in 2020 at ClexaCon.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** BIFL, ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2019, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time
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### [Queer Beats - April 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-april-25-2019/)
**Published:** April 26, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Juliantina soared, Atypical keeps getting queerer, and Jane the Virgin said goodbye.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Juliantina soared, Atypical keeps getting queerer, and Jane the Virgin said goodbye.
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
Honestly, I couldn’t even post all the amazing content we have been getting from [Macarena Achaga](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) and [Bárbara López](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barbara-lopez/) even if I tried. They have been straight up *spoiling* us. I posted some of my favorites below but definitely check out their social media for more:
https://twitter.com/macapics/status/1120093336734437376
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwniXbJFoKR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Hooray for the queerest season of Atypical yet! It was announced this week that [Sara Gilbert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-gilbert/) will be joining the cast.
https://twitter.com/THEsaragilbert/status/1120701620247912449
And we keep getting clues from [Brigette Lundy-Paine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) and [Fivel Stewart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/) about their character’s upcoming relationship. I would say it’s a *potential* relationship but I feel pretty positive that we will be getting some good content next season.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwf1HFrnLS7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Have you been missing [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) as much as me? Well, to try to keep myself in good spirits, I am celebrating the fact that [Nikohl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) will be starring in a new LGBTQ movie! (By the way, I also think we should still have faith that Adena will be back…)
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1120750441707528192
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Rosa’s new relationship makes my heart soar in so many ways but LOOK AT THESE PICTURES! OUTRAGEOUSLY CUTE!
https://twitter.com/cameronesposito/status/1121500803863207936
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Here’s another real cute pic of some of our fave queers (and maybe one of our not-so-faves) on Good Trouble.
https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble/status/1121498625526435840
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
Jane the Virgin finished filming this week and everyone was a mess (including me). Be sure to check out [Yael](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/)‘s instagram for many tear-filled pictures! (Note: [Rosario](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosario-dawson/) is mysteriously not in any photos…)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwr5qn_BOp-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
My favorite goodbye post by far is from [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/), who honored her character with a donation to [The Trevor Project](http://www.thetrevorproject.org)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwr-TDjpszi/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
As you probably know, Legends had an amazing Avalance-focused episode this week full of nightmares, promises, and [Ava](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-sharpe/) dolls!
https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1120526858054000641
## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
POSE IS COMING TO NETFLIX! PUT IT IN YOUR CALENDAR!
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1120748298334162944
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Okay, not to bring up old wounds, but every year Sanvers fans come together to donate money to [True Colors United](https://truecolorsunited.org/) and every year [Floriana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/) gets really excited so please support if you can!
https://twitter.com/florianalima/status/1121065707213484034
Now, to focus on the present, Azie Tesfai posted this sweet post about David in the director role but all I could focus on is the fact that Azie and [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) are in a scene together and the fact that I miss seeing [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) smile!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwqMoPJly_t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Giant sigh. There’s still no movement on Wynonna Earp season 4. But, we got a new interview this week where Emily, [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/), and [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) talk about the importance of queer representation:
https://twitter.com/ChelseaCain/status/1120894207269277696
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Atypical, Bárbara López, Bridget Regan, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Trouble, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Macarena Achaga, Pose, Supergirl, The Bold Type, Wynonna Earp
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### [Statistics: What the Queers Watch](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/statistics-what-the-queers-watch/)
**Published:** May 29, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The release of Nielsen data for queer viewers demonstrates that queer television is complex, diverse, and intersectional.
**Content:**
Starting in April of 2019, the [Nielsens](https://www.nielsen.com) began tracking same-sex couple viewership. That is, they began to publicize what self-identified LGBTQ households were watching on TV.
Note: Nielsen is very specific in that they are tracking *same gender couples (married or partners)*. This is not yet fully inclusive of the entire LGBTQ spectrum.
A popular takeaway from this was that queer families watch pretty much the same thing every other family watches. Ratings showed that everyone likes *Game of Thrones* and basketball.
That seems strange, however, when compared with the obsessive attention to fandom that many queers have. For example, at ClexaCon it was clear that 25 years later everyone still loves Amber Benson. This experience amongst fans suggests that niche TV would be more popular. Looking at the stats from Nielsen, this appears not to be the case. Or at least, not significantly.
## Who are these people?
While the concept of Nielsen monitoring may seem archaic to many, the company touts itself to be a global measurement and data analytics company that “provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide.”
In short, they’re a reputable third party who counts everything everyone watches, organizes that data into something digestible, and spits it back out to tell you that, yes, 11 million people actually watched *Game of Thrones*.
These metrics are useful to TV companies because they know if 6 million people are watching *God Friended Me* but only 1.8 million watch *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, then they can adjust their spending accordingly charge more for the first show. By the way, those numbers are real so please go watch B99!
## Not everyone is counted
It’s important to note that there are only around 25,000 Nielsen households. That means their sample is roughly 0.02% of the actual TV owning population. There’s a great deal of extrapolation that has to happen here, but Nielsen groups people in panels in order to understand the data better. Basically they make sure they have a representative slice of America.
They have a lot of information about [being a Nielsen household](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/about-us/panels/ratings-and-families.html) (no you can’t volunteer, and no you can’t tell anyone you are one), and a new [Ratings Academy](http://ratingsacademy.nielsen.com) that explains what they do with the data and how they derive their ratings. Sadly, TV 101 isn’t complete yet.
In order to understand to make sense of the value of this data, you do need to know what ratings are. A **rating** is the percentage of households with a TV that watched a specific show. For example, if *Will & Grace* has a rating of 1.3, then 1.3% of all TVs tune in to watch it each week.
By the way, a **share** is the percentage of households with TVs that were turned on and watching that specific show. This means if *Will & Grace* has a share of 6, then 6% of all TVs that are already turned on are watching the show.
We’re only going to concern ourselves with ratings for the moment.
## What do we watch?
As mentioned before, a big takeaway for many people was that everyone pretty much watches the same big shows. The problem with this view is that it was simply comparing the top ten shows overall and relating them to same-sex audiences. And the flaw in that view becomes evident once we limit the data to only network television, scripted shows.
Anyone can go and look at the [top 10 shows for a week](https://www.nielsen.com/us/en/top10s.html) and get an idea as to the break down there:
***Show*****Overall****African American****Same Gender Spouse/Partner***NCIS*7.45.24.6*Blue Bloods*5.24.9N/A*Grey’s Anatomy*4.55.23.3*The Code*5.2N/AN/A*Empire*N/A12.7N/A*Star*N/A11.1N/A*Station 19*N/A5.1N/A*Modern Family*N/AN/A3.7*The Goldbergs*N/AN/A3.1Here we can see, yes, the overall popularity of *NCIS* and *Grey’s Anatomy* but also there’s a big jump in content watched by African American viewers. 12.7% of African American viewers watch *Empire*. There’s really nothing that same-sex couples watch that come close to the overall rating for *NCIS* (let alone the one for *Empire* amongst African American viewers).
This means that a smaller percentage of same-sex couples are watching the same shows as everyone else. And if there’s no one clear runaway winner (like *Empire* or *Star*), where are we and what **are** we watching?
## What *are* we watching?
Turning the data on its head, the number one show for same-sex couples is *The Conners*, followed by *Will & Grace*. Those shows aren’t even in the top **50** overall.
Here are the top 10 scripted shows on network television for the week of April 8, 2019:
**RANK****PROGRAM NAME****OVERALL****SAME GENDER SPOUSE OR PARTNER**1*The Conners*2.45.92*Will & Grace*15.46*The Big Bang Theory*4.24.88*Murphy Brown*24.313*Modern Family*1.63.914*Young Sheldon*3.73.819*Mom*2.63.320*Manifest*2.13.321*Grey’s Anatomy*2.23.222*This Is Us*2.73.2The rank column on the left is the relative rank for same-sex couples, including all shows (scripted, unscripted, sports, etc). There’s a significant disparity between the number 2 show for same-sex partners. In fact, the two datasets don’t hit parity really until you look at *Young Sheldon* and *The Big Bang Theory*.
But again we can see that the numbers are noticeably low, especially when compared to such clear hits as seen in the African American community. This is likely due to the fact that there simply isn’t a show that compares to *Empire* or *Star* on network television for the queer community. That is, there’s no show on network television that is queer centric.
## What about cable?
There’s actually nothing on cable either at the moment. The reason all the articles tout ‘everyone watches *Game of Thrones*‘ is because:
1. The premier for the final season was that week
2. It was the only non-re-run television show on cable at the time
Seriously. You get *Game of Thrones*, *Law & Order: SVU*, *Bob’s Burgers*, and *M\*A\*S\*H*. That’s it for television on cable watched by same-sex couples.
If we had the data for the heyday of *Queer as Folk* or *The L Word*, we might see dramatically different data. In fact, when the revival of *The L Word* comes out, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a 10% or more percentage of queer viewers flock to one scripted show on cable.
## Where are we then?
The ultimate question is that without a clear cut winner, what are the same-sex couples actually watching?
It’s clear that we are significantly diverse. We like a wide variety of shows. We do like queer-centric shows like *Will & Grace* or *RuPaul’s Drag Race*, but in lieu of a show aimed at us, we watch what everyone else watches.
This is actually good news for production companies. They don’t need to create a new ‘genre’ of shows in order to attract queer audiences. They can make a show just like they always would, have queer characters, and know it will be watched. Take *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* for example. While 1% of overall audiences watch it, 1.2% of *queer* audiences do. In other words, a larger percentage of the queer audience is watching. And while everyone watches *NCIS*, it’s more clear everyone likes *Grey’s Anatomy* in higher percentages.
With that in mind, instead of saying “everyone watches *Game of Thrones*“, a more accurate reflection would be “everyone watches Shondaland shows.” The intersectionality of that statement gives a person hope. Maybe we’ll get that queer-majority show one of these days, but it’s not bad to have a high number of shows to enjoy.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Nielsens, Statistics
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 11, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-juliantina/)
**Published:** March 11, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Juliantina and Amar a muerte took over my life last weekend, Shameless finally did something with Debbie & Kelly and Cheryl & Toni are still fighting on Riverdale.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Juliantina and *Amar a muerte* took over my life last weekend, Shameless finally did something with Debbie and Kelly, and Cheryl and Toni are still fighting on *Riverdale*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 9 Episode 13 “Lost” \[Catch-up\]For what feels like forever, Debbie and Kelly, Carl’s ex-girlfriend, have been hanging out, being flirty and getting close to each other in what looked like a lead up to the two of them hooking up. I haven’t been covering it because it’s annoying, but in this episode, something actually happened.
After a day of shopping and a little day drinking, Kelly and Debbie fall asleep on the couch together. Kelly turns around and Debbie kisses her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1103787529080315908
Debbie is really upset, and Carl is pretty sweet about it and makes her feel better at the end of the episode
They’re been coding Kelly super dykey this whole time, so I hope it’s temporary gay panic and Debbie doesn’t just get her heart broken. We have one more episode this season to find out.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 14 “The Book of Secrets: Chapter Four: Original Sin” \[Live\]Anissa is still on *The Case of The Missing Grace*. I’m with Jennifer, just find her already!
Anissa does get a lead from Gambi on the last known address of Grace’s younger foster brother.
When she knocks on the door, she can hear something that sounds like an animal or monster running away. She yells through the door at whatever is on the other side.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1104507994782556160
When I first saw that I was like whaaaaat is going on? Grace is a shape-shifter?
Later, Anissa goes back to the apartment all suited up as Thunder and kicks the door in. From her face and the sound of flies buzzing, something obviously stinks in there. She quickly finds the source — an eviscerated horse carcass. Gross!
Then Thunder, who Grace does not know is really Anissa, and dude, who Anissa does not know is really Grace, have a fight.
After fighting for awhile, the dude/Grace sounds like they shape-shift into some kind of roaring animal underneath a sofa and then leap out the window and run off before Anissa can see them.
We’re 14 episodes into this season with only 2 more to go, and STILL, it hasn’t been revealed exactly what is up with Grace. I want to just know what’s going on already!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 9 “Willful Blindness” \[Live\]The episode begins with a montage of people fighting with Alice and Meera in the mix. Uh oh, what is that all about? We’ll have to go back in time to see.
Five minutes later, we see Sumi, Meera and Alice at the kitchen table doing “wedding planning” which is really Alice doing all the work. We also learn Sumi and Alice have a lunch date with Alice’s parents the next day.
Sumi leaves for work and then Meera springs this on Alice.
Oh, Alice, no. Just no. Marianna’s look on her face is all of us.
We all know that’s not going to happen. I’m not confident the wedding itself will happen.
The next day, at closeted lunch with Alice’s parents, Alice’s mom is laying down the shaming questions with Asian mom realness.
I had a dinner like this at a Chinese restaurant with my mom just last week.
Alice’s mom inevitably asks the boyfriend question, and Alice blurts out that she is dating.
Well, that’s not a lie, but Alice’s parents are not going to figure out she’s gay from that news. Also, “dating” is a stretch, because they haven’t gone on that second date yet, but Alice does have plans to be a guest on Joey’s radio show.
Sumi tells Alice’s parents she’s engaged, but she makes up a fake guy’s name to stay in the closet. Still, it’s another way for Alice’s mom to compare Alice to Sumi. Every time I see my mom, I get a rundown on which of my cousins and their kids are doctors, on the honor roll, Summa Cum Laude, etc. Lesbian with average to below average grades and a queer website doesn’t get me many points with her.
Alice goes on Joey’s show and does the classic “I’m really funny and talented, but the first time I’ll act really nervous and do a terrible job, but the minute I let go and be my authentic self, my natural talent will come out” trope. Unfortunately, Meera is tuned into the station while Alice is expressing all of that honesty on the radio.
Ooooh, shit! Now we all know why they were fighting in the beginning.
After the show, Joey tells Alice a friend texted her because she wants Alice to make an appearance on her show. In other good news for Alice, it looks like she’s getting that second date.
Later, Alice is in her space working on the invites for Sumi’s wedding when Meera busts in.
Here we go, Meera and Alice have a blow out fight and Sumi comes by listening to them outside the room, but can’t hear exactly what they are arguing about. When she enters the room, they make up some BS about arguing over having games at her surprise shower or not.
Post-fight, Alice tells Joey she can’t go on her friend’s show because she can’t publicly tell jokes about Sumi. When Alice asks about that second date, Joey says it’s not a good idea.
To be honest, if I was Joey I would be running away from this entire situation. I don’t know, y’all, Alice has to grow 10 new ovaries to put Sumi behind her and go on with having a life of her own. However, [according to Sherry Cola](https://www.tvinsider.com/757508/good-trouble-season-1-freeform-alice-sherry-cola/), the actress who plays Alice, we’ll be seeing more of Joey, and Alice will find a spine. Hopefully, that will really happen.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 11 “Face the World” \[Live\] Okay, folks, let’s see how well I did with my Professor Shane predictions.
Nomi is calling whatever Professor Shane is doing “guidance and mentoring.” Okay, whatever, but it has inspired her to come out to her parents.
Nomi is having lunch with her parents when her mom makes a comment about all of the good looking young men at her school. She then asks Nomi if she’s met anyone special.
The next time we see Nomi she’s on Professor Shane’s doorstep to tell her the news she finally came out to her parents.
The second I saw Professor Shane framed in that shot where we can see over her shoulder and into her house, I knew there was another woman in there. I was able to see how this whole thing was going to unravel in that one second.
It started with Nomi expressing gratitude for Shane’s help and mentioning. Then she talks about the connection between the two of them, and Prof Shane replies with a, “can I give you a call tomorrow?” Nomi sees the girl on her couch, realizes she’s interrupted a date and walks off.
Shane walks after her and says she thought Nomi understood the situation they’re in.
So, a combo of my predictions was right — professor/student dating is a fireable offense, and Professor Hewson was going break Nomi’s heart Shane-style. 2019 Shane is still the same as 00s Shane.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 14 “Chapter Forty-Nine: Fire Walk With Me” \[Live\]Cheryl and Toni and still not getting along. All they do on this episode is fight.
Cheryl got into an argument with Principal Weatherbee while representing the Pretty Poisons, and Toni’s not happy about it.
For the first time in their relationship, Chery’s comes back at Toni with classic Cheryl bitchniess. Before now, Cheryl has always apologized when Toni was upset with her.
Later, Toni is going out and Cheryl is not joining her.
I hate it when people don’t use their words and say how they really feel. I just want them to stop fighting already. This is not fun.
*[Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)* – Season 5 Episode 7 “Shenanigans” \[Live\]Things aren’t going well in the world of Abbi and Lesile. Leslie is feeling like the two of them are in very different life stages.
“A Series of Wild Shenanigans” could be an alternate title for this show.
Leslie breaks up with her, and then for the rest of the day, Abbi takes a series of Instagram selfies to prove how adult she is. When she’s taking one of these selfies she gets stuck upside-down in an air shaft, and while she’s stuck, Leslie calls her.
She’s feeling bad about what she said to Abbi that morning and wants to apologize and try again.
That conversation is really cute and sweet, until Abbi tells her she needs her to call 911 because she’s stuck in another wild shenanigan. After that, Leslie breaks up with her for good.
At the end of the episode, Abbi is bummed about the 2nd dumping, but she likes the fact that the experience has opened her eyes to being attracted to women.
*[Amar a muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)* – Season 1 \[Online\]The queer internet has been all about [Juliantina](https://twitter.com/hashtag/juliantina) lately so I had to check it out. I promptly went down a hole of trying to watch the show with English subtitles. I can get the show on demand on cable, but not with English captions. I also couldn’t find any pay services with captions.
Then I conceded to watching only the Juliantina scenes people kindly captioned for all of us English-monoglots to enjoy on the Internets. One [YouTube playlist,](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8Q2uIDpW490wwqa5THTaI3RhTUnK0Mo6) a [Google Drive Folder](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18hP8UG5XFbH-JQU0HV8hwj3Jj3BaT_7c), a couple of [Twitter threads](https://twitter.com/_allthelilies/status/1103707261539540993), two transmigrations, some kidnappings, one hostage situation, a few shootings, an arrest, a faked death and SEVERAL hours of video-watching later, I made it through all of their scenes.
Now that I’m on the other side, I can say it’s pretty good.
The story is about a billionaire who, upon his murder, gets “transmigrated” into a hitman’s body while he is simultaneously getting executed on the electric chair. Meanwhile, the hitman enters the body of a professor. 11 episodes later, the billionaire’s daughter, Valentina, randomly meets the hitman’s daughter Juliana and they become fast friends.
Over the rest of the season, they get closer and eventually fall in love.
The great thing about their relationship is that it’s never portrayed in a sensationalistic or “for ratings” way. It’s a very sweet evolution of two friends who eventually fall in love. The actresses do a great job and have good chemistry together.
The frustrating thing about watching their story is at the end of the day it’s a soap opera, and it has all of the annoying tropes played out in every soap.
They have many kisses or near-kisses interrupted by anything from someone walking in, to catastrophic news of something terrible happening to a family member. There are also endless episodes spent in broken-up angst while unfortunate events, misunderstandings and legit grievances keep them apart.
They also go though a homophobic backlash as their friends and family members discover their relationship. A lot of it is really harsh, but the thing that makes this show different from then other classic coming out stories of the 90s and 00s is the people having homophobic reactions are criticized by their loved ones with really good logic. Also, the girls stand up for themselves in the face of their families’ disapproval.
The homophobes are definitely portrayed to be in the wrong, and eventually, some of them come around.
Valentina and Juliana’s love and dedication for each other stays intense and unwavering for their entire relationship even when they’re not *together* together. However, if you’re looking for happy couple satisfaction in this show, you are only going to get a few really great moments in a sea of angst.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 14 “Stand and Deliver” \[Live\] Not a lot of queer stuff happened in this episode, but Dreamer was just so cute as a brand new superhero.
I love how excited she is about the suit.
The people of National City seem to like their new super hero, too!
To be honest, Nia/Dreamer is the only character I’m really into this season. Except for Brainy, love him too.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 14 “Touched by a Demon” \[Live\] This episode begins with Mel tending to Jada’s arrow wound she got at the end of the last episode. She was attacked by witch hunters, and Jada assumes Niko is working with them. Mel then comes clean about the history-erasing spell she put on Niko.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1105156179343347712
I loved the line, “You Eternal Sunshined her.”
So, all this time, Mel could have kept her relationship with Niko and still protected her? Interesting. Also, Jada seems to be beginning to understand just how serious Mel and Niko’s relationship was.
Mel and Jada meet with Niko to get more information on the people who hired her. It turns out it wasn’t really Jada’s parents, it was Jennifer and Jerry Finch Jr. and the Finches are seeking revenge on Jada.
Then this little interaction between Mel and Niko happens.
https://twitter.com/cw_charmed/status/1105136813788856320
I absolutely LOVE these scenes with the three of them. When do we ever get this funny queer content on the regular? I wish queer characters and stories were low-key woven into most shows like this.
On the way to their mission to catch the Finches, Mel learns some surprising news.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1105163825727328258
Do you all remember Greta? She was engaged to Niko when Mel and her first met and she left her to be with Mel. Not only that, Niko had ex-sex with her while she and Mel were on a break. The dyke drama has been turned up to 11, and I am so here for it.
When the three of them get to the Finches’ location, Mel stops Niko in time, and she and Jada catch them. Jada also shows Mel a time spell trick where she can age things until they crumble apart.
Jada is telling her things the Elders should have shown her and now she’s thinking they kept things from her on purpose to keep her and Niko apart.
With every passing week, I become more team Mel and Jada, however, I feel like we can’t 100% trust Jada yet, because she has an anti-Elder agenda.
Ether way, I am enjoying this ride immensely.
One of my absolute FAVORITE shows, ***The Good Fight***, is back for season three on Thursday! I am so excited.
Also, the wife and I are going on a 5-day, childless vacation this week. This will be the first time we’ve spent more than one overnight alone together since the kid was born, so the recaps may be brief next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Black Lightning, Broad City, Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Riverdale, Shameless US, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 18, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-penelope-and-josie/)
**Published:** March 18, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Penelope and Josie work through issues during the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant on Legacies, Cheryl and Toni have quite a scene on Riverdale and Charmed brings us body swap gold.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Penelope and Josie work through issues during the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant on *Legacies*, Cheryl and Toni have quite a scene on *Riverdale* and *Charmed* brings us body swap gold.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 15 “The Book of the Apocalypse: Chapter One: The Alpha” \[Live\]It’s another episode, the second to last in the season, and Anissa is still looking for Grace. She goes to Gambi and tells her what she’s found so far: the old guy with the killer martial arts skills, the dead horse on the floor, and the old guy’s changing eyes.
Okay, she is a shapeshifter and her true form is an animal of some kind? Either way, Gambi gives Anissa a pep talk.
Gambi is the biggest Thundergrace shipper of the Lightning family.
Later, Anissa and Jen are having a rooftop talk, and she tells her all about the old dude and the horse. Jen asks her if she was high. She wasn’t high, but at that moment Anissa realizes Grace’s eyes did that changing thing too.
Yes! Finally, Anissa has made the connection and figured something out. Now she can come out to her as a meta too, and they can be superheroes together!
Jen is totally on board with this plan.
I was like, “Yay, Anissa can find Grace and this whole thing will be resolved.” But then that was it for Thundergrace content in this episode.
There’s only one episode left in this season, and I’m not even feeling confident Grace will be in it at all. We’ll see tonight.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Re-Birthday” \[Live\]It’s Davia’s (re-)birthday, and she’s having The Coterie gang go on a trivia/scavenger hunt/*Amazing Race* kind of thing. Sumi invites herself to be Alice’s +1 for the game because Meera’s out of town.
Sumi is up to her same old manipulative shit with Alice, and acting all girlfriendy while Meera is out of town. In the car Alice has a *Good Trouble* fantasy outburst over it.
I wish she would finally say something like this for real!
We all know this couple (and some of us have been the person on either side) IRL though, right? The ex who is still in love with the ex girlfriend who takes advantage of this and acts affectionate enough to keep them strung along.
Over the course of the night, Alice is cutesy and affectionate with Alice, like reminiscing about how they always have fun together and doing a big “I love you” after Alice eats a worm for points.
Davia makes a stop at a gay bar and issues the challenge is to kiss a total stranger or someone you haven’t kissed before for points. Gael walks over and kisses Alice. Alice says she needs a palate cleanser after that kiss.
Not cool, Sumi. Sumi goes off to get Alice a beer and Malkia is like, “WTH are you doing?” Malika asks Alice why isn’t this happening with Joey instead? Then Alice explains the real reason she didn’t want to go on the radio show is because she’s not out to her parents and she’s afraid Joey will judge her for that. Malika tells her to take the risk and find out instead of bailing.
Back at The Coterie, Alice and Sumi are eating ice cream, and Sumi has the TV look on her face like she has something serious to say.
Thank goodness Alice didn’t take the bait, but what is going on here, *Good Trouble*? Is Sumi having second thoughts about the wedding? Is she still really in love with Alice? Is she going to make a big confession to her about this? I’m not up for a “Who will Sumi choose?” season finale.
Later, Alice is in her room, trying to leave a voicemail message for Joey. She’s confessing the real reason she turned down doing her friend’s comedy show. At the same moment, Sumi is tip toeing up to her door.
Hopefully Sumi and Joey will get the message.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)– Season 3 Episode 15 “Chapter Fifty: American Dreams” \[Live\] It’s another episode, and Cheryl and Toni are still fighting.
Cheryl surprises Toni with a trip to Quebec for some quality girlfriend time, but Toni says she can’t go because the Poisons are going on a road trip.
It’s the classic, “I gotta go before we can resolve our issues.”
Later, Cheryl goes to La Bonne Nuit with a basket of baked goods to visit Toni at work and make up for their little fight. But she sees Toni she’s on stage singing with Veronica and for some reason, that seems to really piss her off.
Am I missing something here? Why would this make Cheryl so mad? Is it because she hates Veronica? Is she jealous of Toni singing? Is it the song?
The next day, Cheryl can’t find Toni and asks her Nana Rose if she’s seen her. Her Nana says Toni gave her some cash and said it was something called “rent.”
Cheryl visits Toni at work again and this time she’s down in the casino. She tells Toni she’s not there to see her, she’s there to gamble. Hmm, okay, but Toni looks very suspicious.
Late that night, after everyone’s left work, Cheryl goes to the casino again! This time it looks like she is trying to rob the safe. At this point I was like, “Cheryl, what are you doing?” Why on earth would she be robbing the casino?
Surprise! Toni is there to catch her in the act. I was like oh, no here we go with another fight, but then something else happened.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1106185971165548544
**Oh. My. Goodness!**
As soon as she said the “cuff me?” line I knew something was about to happen, but I did NOT think it was going to be this explicit! It looks like they’ve listened to our complaints and are trying to make up for the straight vs. queer sex scene disparity on the show.
So, when exactly did Cheryl and Toni plan this little role play rendezvous? Do you think it was over scones during the first visit? Was the “fetch me a Belini” command all a part of it? I’m going to choose to believe that’s exactly what happened.
After that I’m thinking they off-screen made up and will stop fighting now, but I was wrong.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1106668026680758272
I thought they were going to finally talk and work things out, but they broke up instead! This is not fun, Riverdale! You gave us a big Choni sex scene and then broke them up.
Toni is right though, Cheryl can’t handle not being in the power position and sharing her girlfriend’s time and attention.
The next day, Cheryl is playing croquet when Kevin comes walking up. She obviously summoned him to make a request.
Cheryl tells Kevin there is a musical version of Heathers that Riverdale High will be putting on, with her in the leading role. End of story.
Looking at [the trailer for next week](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRbW02v9J4s), it looks like Cheryl’s demands are met. I’m okay with that because I absolutely love the movie *Heathers*.
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 1 Episode 14 ” Let’s Just Finish the Dance” \[Live\] The Salvatore School is hosting the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, and this is a big deal to Lizzie which means it needs to be a big priority for Josie to help her get what she wants. Lizzie and Josie’s mom was Miss Mystic Falls back in the day and Lizzie has been dreaming of this day since she was little.
Whatever, Penelope wants to drag her away from Pageant prep and binge-watch and Chill in her room instead.
Ah, yes, the letter, which Josie STILL hasn’t read yet! Josie tells her she can’t because she needs to help Lizzie win the crown of Miss Mystic Falls. Her plan is the enter the contest and then throw her chance. Penelope thinks the whole event is patriarchal and stupid, and this plan of Josie’s is just one more example of living her life for her sister instead of herself.
Lizzie decides to drop out of the running after she finds out the head judge hates her, but she still wants The Salvatore School to take home the crown and chooses Hope to run in her place. Josie is obviously bummed by her decision, but Lizzie says it was purely made on the statistical chances of Hope winning vs. everyone else.
Later, Josie is at pageant rehearsal, and Penelope shows up to be her escort even though it was supposed to be MG.
**Will someone please read the freaking letter already!**
Penelope is pretty insistent on being in Josie’s life right now. There must be something important in that letter.
Penelope and Josie rehearse the dance for the Pageant, and it’s pretty cute.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1106936946255953921
“This is the death of feminism,” made me laugh.
Later, Josie confronts Penelope in the hallway because she’s figured out the pens Penelope gave everyone for the holidays has a spell on them and she can read everything anyone writes with them. She must have been reading her diary because she was able to tell her her thoughts on Miss Mystic Falls word for word. Penelope is like, “Yes, you caught me, but I’m only using the information for good, like trying to convince you to win Miss Mystic Falls.”
Why is it selfish, obnoxious and evil to try to get your ex-girlfriend/sometimes make out friend see how much of their time and energy is devoted to helping her sister to their own detriment?
It’s the big night, and Penelope is escorting Josie down the stairs when Josie tells her the big plan of falling down and taking out Hope’s biggest competitor like a human (witch) bowling ball. Josie tries to convince her to run for real and try to win this thing instead, but her pep talk doesn’t work.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1107293210341187584
Josie FINALLY reads the letter and learns Penelope is leaving the school. Surprise! Lizzie has known this whole time.
Finally, despite Penelope telling Josie this five million times, she realizes Lizzie’s complete self-centeredness is true.
I don’t know how it took Josie 14 episodes to come to this conclusion, but here we are. And now this epiphany has been made and Josie and Penelope can resolve their issues, Penelope is moving to Belgium.
On her way out, Josie asks Penelope to stay. She tells her for weeks she’s been looking for reasons to stay, but only found more reasons to go as Josie sacrificed her happiness for Lizzie over and over again.
She gives Josie the book used to record everything written by the magic pens and a final goodbye.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1106610147349139457
I hate the “I’m moving away” trope! It’s selfish, obnoxious and evil. Fingers crossed it’s not forever.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 4 Episode 15 “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” \[Live\]James was shot in his office and the bullet went through his spine, so the Supergang is in the hospital waiting and hoping he pulls through surgery.
Both Brainy and Nia are angry with themselves for not preventing this from happening, but Brainy is taking it especially hard.
OMG Nia kissed him to shut him up! I love these two, and I’ve been waiting for them to kiss for what feels like forever.
At the end of the episode, Brainy gives Nia the classic “we can never be together” speech.
Nia doesn’t look too convinced, and neither am I.
In other queerish news, we were all introduced to James’ sister, Kelly.
People are speculating that Kelly will be Alex’s new love interest. I’m not feeling it yet, to be honest, but I’ll wait and keep an open mind!
*[Charmed ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*– Season 1 Episode 15 “Switches & Stones” \[Live\] I was really looking forward to this episode since they started running the trailers because I love a body swap and a queer one makes it even MORE entertaining!
The episode starts with Mel and Jada on a mysterious trip to Ireland to retrieve a healing stone. Jada is keeping the purpose of the mission a secret from Mel, but after insisting she tell her, Jada concedes, but only if she promises not to tell her sisters.
The stone is to heal Charity’s sister Fiona who has been banished to a Hell-like state by the elders. They are able to get the stone, but only after Mel saves Jada from getting choked to death by possessed tree vines.
Mel and Maggie then have a fight over Maggie’s distrust of Jada. Mel thinks Maggie is being a baby and Maggie thinks Mel will never understand what it’s like to know what everyone else is feeling all day.
Since the two of them are having a hard time understanding each other, it’s the perfect time for a body swap! They wake up the next morning in each other’s bodies.
It looks like Maggie touched something that amplified her empath powers to body swap levels.
The actors do a phenomenal job playing the other character. My favorite part is when Maggie gets the chance to pretend to be Mel with Jada, she takes it.
But the second Mel encounters Parker she’s like NOPE!
There’s so much quality content on this episode, I can’t recap it all (plus I’m on vacation), but I encourage you to watch this show if you’re not already. Every week *Charmed* brings great queer content!
Tonight it’s the *Black Lightning* season finale. Fingers crossed for some ThunderGrace.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Legacies, Riverdale, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-rosa-and-jocelyn/)
**Published:** March 25, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Rosa and Jocelyn make their debut on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, the moms are back on Good Trouble and Cheryl and Toni work out their issues to song on Riverdale.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Rosa and Jocelyn make their debut on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, the moms are back on *Good Trouble*, and Cheryl and Toni work out their issues to song on *Riverdale*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 11 “Less Than” \[Live\]The moms are back, and Callie is taking them, Marianna and Jamie to Judge Wilson’s house for drinks. Callie preps the moms with a long list of things not to mention including The Coterie, religion, politics or anything controversial. This prompts a moms flashback.
Come on, Stef and Lena have been on screen for less than a minute and they’re already in a big fight. I thought *Good Trouble* moms were getting along better. If I wanted to see Stef and Lena argue, I’d re-watch *The Fosters*.
Meanwhile, back at The Coterie, Sumi is at Alice’s door eavesdropping on Joey telling Alice she has a policy of not dating anyone who is not out to their parents. Alice tells her she could have saved herself the trip and just ghosted, but Joey assures her she’s not doing that.
I dunno, Joey, Alice is cool and all, but I would have run FAR AWAY from this co-dependent ex situation two episodes ago.
Speaking of co-dependent exes, at that moment, Sumi walks right on in to Alice’s room.
Not only does Joey have to deal with Sumi being entangled in Alice’s life emotionally, she has to put up with her box-blocking her and then lying about it.
Sumi’s BS excuse for being there is needing to return a hair tie. Then she invites Alice and Joey to dinner with her and Meera. While Alice hesitates, Joey agrees to dinner. Oh, boy this should be fun.
The dinner is just as tense and awkward as you can imagine.
Sumi is still up to her shenanigans, and Meera is not happy. Meera also brings up Alice talking about Sumi on Joey’s radio show, but she’s not bothered by it.
Even though it’s painful to watch these four have dinner together, let’s think about this scene for a second. This show has enough queer characters on it to have a four person, all-queer dinner, and there’s still Stef and Lena over on one of the other plots! There are six queer female characters on this episode, and that is pretty cool.
The dinner goes on and so does Sumi.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1109593391661236230
That conversation causes a fight between Sumi and Meera, so Joey and Alice escape into Alice’s room to play Atari. Alice tells Joey they fight like this every night, but they’ll be more in love than ever in the morning. Joey is very skeptical to which Alice says, “I’m over Sumi” for the 87239485th time. Joey believes her, but she thinks Sumi is not over her.
Joey, put down the old skool joystick and RUN while you can!
Over on the other plot, Mariana and Callie make Stef and Lena sit down and tell them why they have been fighting all night. Stef is mad, because she is over Lena’s campaign for State Assembly. Lena seems to have more loyalty to her campaign manager, Cindy, than her. Cindy is also pressuring Stef to stay quiet in public, because retired cop wife is not a good look for progressive candidate Lena.
Later, when the two of them are alone together by the pool, Lena apologizes.
Stef says she’s probably going to say the wrong thing again in the future, and Lena tells she should not self-censor just be herself. The two of them make up and acknowledge the need to work harder than ever to stay connected because if Lena wins the election, she will be spending a lot of time in Sacramento.
Well, at least they made up. That’s an improvement over *The Fosters*.
I give this episode 2 out of five sad sponges.
Even though they kissed and made up at the end, they did spend most of the episode fighting like old times.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 16 “BIG FUN” \[Live\]It’s time for one of my favorite things — **a big musical episode**! This time we get to see Cheryl and Toni process their issues to song.
Cheryl is dealing with the situation by going into full-on angry bitch mode.
Toni, on the other hand, was recruited by Kevin to do the show’s choreography, and Cheryl is not happy about it.
The two of them angry sing and dance at each other over it.
Later Cheryl absolutely loses her shit when she sees Toni in the hall wearing red. “She invented red” at Riverdale High, so Cheryl tells her she has until Monday to leave the school entirely.
Toni works through her anger in song.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1109630404561174531
I absolutely loved that they kept true to Toni’s bi identity and had her do that scene with a man and a woman, but Sweet Pea? Really? I also love that Toni didn’t go through with it because I want her and Cheryl to patch things up asap.
Toni seems to think the same way, because she pays a visit to Cheryl (who looks like she’s sleeping in an outfit made out of curtains) with a cup of not-Drano to talk.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1109636254084354048
I’m not usually into the cheesier scenes on TV, but when Toni asks, “What was love like in your family?” I thought that was pretty poignant. We only found out Cheryl had feelings at all a couple seasons ago, and now she’s in her first ever relationship. Of course she’s going to turn to her go-to emotion of venomous bitch when things get challenging. It’s really sweet of Toni to recognize this and make the first move to work things out.
They kiss and make up (to song of course) and have a cute moment 10 minutes before showtime on opening night.
I feel like they gave us this little backstage scene on purpose, because they deleted it from last year’s musical episode.
Whew, I’m glad they made up, now let’s move on with more Choni capers and less angst.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)* – Season 15 Episode 18 “Add It Up” \[Live\] In this episode, a non-binary person named Toby checks into the hospital after they get into a snowboarding accident with their mom.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1109855720097370114
Taryn and Jackson do not miss a beat, but Richard needs some schooling on gender neutral pronouns.
Richard works through it being hard to adjust to things that are new to him, but he eventually tries. I imagine he represents many people who are being introduced to non-binary people and they/them pronouns for the first time.
Even though was a little *After School Special*-ish, I do appreciate Shonda for bringing non-binary representation to the masses. And besides the stuff with Richard, they have a story line like any other patient at Grey Sloan. Moving forward, hopefully Shonda will have more non-binary characters woven into the show.
*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* – Season 6 Episode 11 “The Therapist” \[Live\] Rosa has been dating a woman named Jocelyn and Captain Holt wants to have Rosa and Jocelyn over for dinner with him and Kevin. Rosa says thanks, but no thanks. She’s not having people meet her yet, because she’s still feeling things out with her. Ray’s skeptical, because he heard everyone met Jocelyn at their usual bar hangout. Rosa then admits the real reason is because Captain Holt can be judgemental sometimes.
Later, Rosa and Holt are in the break room with Hitchcock and Scully, and Holt reacts pleasantly and positively to every gross thing Hitchcock and Scully say in an effort to prove to Rosa how non-judgemental he can be. Rosa concedes.
Rosa and Jocelyn are finally out on a date with Holt when a random woman recognizes Jocelyn from a diarrhea commercial. She’s actually an actor hired by Rosa to play Jocelyn!
Holt expresses his disappointment that Rosa would go to such great lengths to keep her real girlfriend from meeting her in his way.
The next day, Holt runs into a woman trying to use the vending machine with an unsightly crinkly dollar.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1109971940008169472
How exciting to see Cameron Esposito as the real Jocelyn!
Rosa explains she avoided Holt meeting her girlfriend because she cares a lot about his opinion and she was afraid he wouldn’t like her. Hm, okay, but regardless, Rosa and Jocelyn are on for dinner with him and Kevin.
This week Jane the Virgin is BACK on Wednesday. I can’t wait to see what happens with Petramos since last year’s very dramatic season finale. Also, we created [Jane the Virgin Bingo](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/telenovela-bingo-jane-the-virgin/) cards for you all to enjoy!
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**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Trouble, Grey's Anatomy, Riverdale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 8, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-avalance-tango/)
**Published:** April 8, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Even though things are rocky for our favorite time-traveling girlfriends, we are treated to the Tango Avalance on Legends of Tomorrow and we learn why Rose gave Michael amnesia on Jane the Virgin.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, even though things are rocky for our favorite time-traveling girlfriends, we are treated to an Avalance Tango on *Legends of Tomorrow*, and we learn why Rose gave Michael amnesia on *Jane the Virgin*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 9 “Lucha de Apuestas” \[Live\]It felt like the Legends mid-season hiatus had taken an eternity to end, but here we are! I was so excited for Avalance and my favorite group of time-traveling heroes to be on my TV again.
The episode opens exactly where we left off. Ava and Sara are delivering the evil puppet to Time Bureau headquarters, and when they arrive, Ava is yelled at by Nate’s dad for not being at work while Mona let out the Kaupe. Serious Ava is angry at herself for running around with the Legends instead of keeping things in line at the Bureau.
Sara is going to fix everything for her girlfriend and that is really cute. But at this point, I was already getting a bad feeling about Ava and Sara. I just knew they weren’t going to get along this episode.
Sara and the Legends manage to capture Mona right before she time couriers Konane away. In captivity, Mona swears there were Men in Black who took Konane, and she was not the one who let him go. The security footage with her on it must have been altered.
Sara doesn’t believe her, but Zari thinks she may be on to a cover-up going on at the Bureau. Sara sends Zari to the Bureau to investigate while the rest of the Legends go to Mexico City to find Konane.
Zari discovers the video footage was edited by Nate’s dad, Hank. Mona was telling the truth; there is something sinister going on at the Time Bureau and Hank is a part of it. Now Sara is in a pickle because when Ava holograms onto the Waverider, she needs to explain why she has both Mona and the Kaupe in custody and didn’t tell her yet.
Uh oh, things are not good in Girlfriendland.
Sara gets dressed up and goes to the Time Bureau Gala so she can talk to Ava in person and explain what’s going on. She amazingly does this via a Tango.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1112885233555259392
Even though that Avalance Tango scene was great, the conversation didn’t go well. Ava just wants Sara to turn the Kaupe in, and Sara is not willing to do that.
Ava assembles an extraction team to get the Kaupe and put a stop to the Legends’ current mission in Mexico, but she is unsuccessful. Ava is understandably hurt by this whole situation.
At the end of the episode, Sara visits Ava with a container of snickerdoodles to try and resolve their conflict.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1113072565919117312
This scene was so well written it felt like a real fight. However, the part I didn’t like was the “I’m done” at the end. I’m done sounds like a breakup, not a fight, and I am so tired of TV couples endlessly breaking up and getting back together. I want at least one TV couple I can enjoy without the stress of breakup roller coaster.
I’m confident they will patch things up, but please, let’s not spend too many episodes on conflict. We have so few happy queer couples on TV I want to enjoy them not being a constant state of conflict.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 13 “Vitamin C” \[Live\] Here we are, folks! It’s the day of the big Sumi/Meera wedding. Alice is busy with wedding prep when her parents make a surprise drop-by with an engagement present for Sumi. In a panic, Alice makes up lies about Sumi being out of town. When Joey walks up Alice brings her into the lie as well.
Run, Joey, run now!
The lies keep going deeper when Sumi is almost exposed as the bride.
Finally, almost halfway through the episode, the “will they or wont they” moment arrives. For those of you who bet on Sumi calling off the wedding, you won! She did it over text.
I know Sumi and Meera were destined to break up, but hope this is not the last we see of [Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/briana-venskus/). I’ve enjoyed seeing her on this show so much.
Later we see Sumi in a wedding scene, but I felt sure it was a fantasy sequence.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115275781419294721
Whew, the wedding wasn’t real AND Alice finally made things clear with Alice. She doesn’t love her in a girlfriend way anymore and doesn’t want to get back together. Let’s hope this sticks.
Speaking of not wanting to be girlfriends anymore, Joey finally has a talk with Alice.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115280523293859842
I thought this was such a great commentary on passing vs. not, and it’s something we never see on TV. Thank you for that, *Good Trouble* writers.
I guess getting dumped is what finally pushes Alice to come out to her parents. That night she calls them up to talk to them.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115283398380204032
The sentiment of this scene is really nice, but completely unrealistic. I do think Asian moms have a mind-reading ability to figure out the secrets you’re keeping from them (my mom did this which pushed me to come out to her), but they would not be that loving and sweet after. Words like that would never come out of my mom’s mouth even if it was about a straight relationship. She doesn’t even have the basics like “I love you” down.
Still, it was a cute resolution to Alice’s season one story, and I’m looking forward to her post-out self in season two!
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[Mrs.?](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 2 “Chapter Eighty-Three” \[Live\]There wasn’t any Petramos this week, but we did have some [Roisa](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Roisa)!
Rafael and Luisa want to find out why Rose faked Michael’s death, gave him amnesia, and dumped him in the middle of Montana. However, she will only tell them if Luisa visits Rose in prison.
Raf and Luisa are at the station getting prepped by Michael’s former detective partner Dennis, and Luisa assures him she’s up for visiting Rose.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115290454558498817
“Never has the same face” made me laugh.
During the visit, Raf tries to handle it himself with Luisa in the shadows, but Rose gets under his skin. and Luisa needs to take over.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115297168045350913
“I had my Eileen face on…” only this show could work that into a sentence. Rose says she did it for her and Luisa, okay, but what is that number about?
Raf drives Luisa to a condo under a false name where she will be safe. As soon as someone declares something as “safe” on this show, you know it’s completely unsafe.
Later, Luisa gets a knock at her door from her neighbor Bobby. But it’s not actually a neighbor, it’s a member of the mysterious gang Rose assembled.
Oh man, what is his assignment? Is the pie drugged? What is going to happen? We’ll have to wait until Wednesday to find out.
This week I will be at ClexaCon! If you see me please say “hi!” And come check out two panels I will be on.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1114292738294468608
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1114954617396322305
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 1, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jr-shot-who/)
**Published:** April 1, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** JR Shot Who is finally revealed on Jane the Virgin, the Alice/Joey/Sumi/Meera drama continues on Good Trouble and we met Niko's fiancé, Greta, on Charmed.
**Content:**
I think I watch too much television. This weekly post is a lot to keep up with and I should start reading books instead. **APRIL FOOLS.** I LOVE Television! She is my second wife, and I am never leaving her!
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *JR Shot* Who is finally revealed on *Jane the Virgin*. The Alice/Joey/Sumi/Meera drama continues on *Good Trouble*, and we met Niko’s fiancé, Greta, on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 12 “Broken Arted” \[Live\]This episode opens with a meeting between Callie, Jamie, Jazmin and Gael about Jazmin’s discrimination case against the catering company she was working for. Jamie tells her the company is willing to settle for $10,000 if they don’t go to trial. If they do go to trial, it will be long and drawn out, and she may wind up with nothing in the end. Jazmin does not want to settle.
Elsewhere, Alice, Joey, Sumi and Meera are having their usual lesbian awkwardness at Gael’s art opening.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1112743837733187587
Hard eyeroll. Even though Sumi is implying she made a mistake with Alice, you know if they actually got back together, she’d be wanting Meera again in five minutes.
Also at the art opening, Jazmin tells Gael she’s changed her mind after meeting with the lawyer and now wants to settle. She says the money could help her get back on her feet. That’s too bad, I was ready for a fighting transgender job discrimination plot.
Alice is in a room at the gallery watching a video installation when Meera walks in and apologizes for being a jerk to her the other day. She says Sumi is her soulmate, and she gets jealous of her and Alice because they are best friends. Cue the flashback!
Oh, FFS, Sumi.
I have nothing to say about this confession, but Joey sums it up nicely.
So what do y’all think? Is the wedding happening or not? We ran a poll and Twitter thinks “No.”
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1110942919614038017
I’m landing on no as well. We’ll find out this week!
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[ Forgotten](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)* – Season 5 Episode 1 “Chapter Eighty-Two” \[Live\]It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for — the return of *Jane the Virgin*! While waiting in between seasons for my favorite shows, I’m usually super impatient for the next one to start up again. But since season five is JtV’s last, I almost didn’t want it to start yet. It’s the beginning of the end and that makes me really sad.
I did want to find out the answer to [\#JRShotWho](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JRShotWho) though. But before we got to that, the show explained the other giant reveal from the end of last season: Michael coming back from the dead.
Remember when Raf visited Rose in jail? That is when he found out Michael was still alive.
Ah, it’s all coming together now! But who is Michael now?
Rose electroshock-ed Michael into amnesia! In the flashback scene, Raf demands Rose tell him where Michael is, and she replies she will only tell him if he tells her where Luisa is.
Meanwhile, back at Petra’s apartment, we finally find out the answer to “JR Shot Who?”
I did not have Miloš anywhere on my JR Shot Who list. I actually forgot all about him.
At this point I would like to show you all my tweet of predictions I made after the finale last year.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/987732293757423617
I nailed the amnesia, but completely missed JR Shot Who.
Miloš says he was trying to get revenge for her getting him put in jail. Petra then realizes JR may have saved her life.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1112171232823267330
Petra starts to call the police, but Miloš tries to stop her by saying he owns two thirds of the Marbella because he scammed Luisa into donating shares to him while she thought she was contributing to a *Save The Ferrets* non-profit. He says if Petra lets him go, he’ll give the shares to her.
Petra seems to hesitate for a second, and JR is appalled. She’s like, “This guy just tried to kill us and you’re considering his offer?” She says the fact that she hesitated is the reason she can’t be with her. After they argue about this for a minute, they turn back to Miloš, and he is gone.
Petra and JR go to the police station to report him, and after they’re done, JR goes to walk away.
UGH, I hate seeing Petra so sad. I love them so much I want them to telenovela make up already.
Meanwhile, Luisa calls Raf because Rose has made contact with her in the form of hundreds of vegan donuts after Raf gave up her location in return for Michael’s.
So Rose will only explain why she fake-deathed Michael and gave him amnesia if Luisa visits her in prison.
Y’all, I know Rose and Luisa are the most dysfunctional, drama-filled couple on television, but I don’t care. This is a telenovela where we are free from the constraints abiding by a healthy reality, and I want them to end up together. I hope we get to see Luisa visit Rose next week!
Back at Petra’s apartment, she finds Miloš with infected gunshot wounds hiding in a giant stuffed bear. Miloš tells Petra he’ll sign the shares of The Marbella over if she gives him antibiotics and lets him go. She accepts his offer and makes him put it in writing. At this point we’re led to believe that Petra hasn’t changed, but soon we learn it was just a stalling tactic so he would stay put until the cops came to arrest him.
She also puts in last-minute a dig before he’s taken away and lets him know it was not the lesbian thing at all.
I love it when bisexual characters say The B Word out loud!
At the end of the episode, JR runs into Petra at her apartment when she’s there to get her stuff, and Petra makes a plea to give her another chance.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1111093190789087232
Sad Petra kills me.
I have faith JR and Petra will get back together because on a telenovela you can lie to your girlfriend about murdering your sister and she will eventually forgive you. But I hope we don’t have to wait for too many episodes for it to happen because this is the last season, and I don’t want to spend too much of it in Petramos angst.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 17 “Surrender” \[Live\] Niko texts Mel out of the blue because she wants her to come over to talk. Her sisters dissuade her, but in the next scene we see her at Niko’s doorstep. The door opens and we meet Niko’s fiancé, Greta, for the first time!
I’m not gonna lie, I think Greta’s cute. And I love the addition of a new queer character to this show!
Niko has a woman named Scarlet at her house who has escaped from a cult, and she thinks the Sarcana may be involved. Mel insists the Sarcana has nothing to do with it, and she makes a little slip as well.
Oopsie! Mel says she’s gotta go and jets out of there.
She visits Jada to see if Fiona can help Harry who had his powers taken away by the Elders. Jada says Fiona is too busy, and there’s nothing she can do to help Harry. The Keeper (Fiona) is her only priority right now, and how she and Mel feel about each other does not change that. She also says Mel should understand because she’s one of the Sarcana.
And that’s it, Mel breaks up with her. For now.
The sisters look into the cult thing and figure out it’s led by a soul-sucking demon played by Caleb from *Pretty Little Liars*. Maggie tried to go undercover but accidentally gets sucked into the cult for real. Maggie and Macy figure out where she’s located and go there to rescue her, but run into Niko who is also on the case.
Mel stops time, she and Macy rescue Maggie, kill demon Caleb and everything is easily resolved when Mel unfreezes Niko again.
Niko is going to catch on soon. Also, what will happen with Jada and Mel? We’ll have to wait a few weeks to find out.
Tonight – *Legends of Tomorrow* is back! I’m so happy to see my favorite time-traveling heroes on TV again.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Jane the Virgin
---
### [Queer Beats - ClexaCon Edition](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-clexacon-edition/)
**Published:** April 19, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Queer Beats is all about ClexaCon!
**Content:**
As some of you may know, Team LezWatch met all together (for the first time in person!) at ClexaCon in Las Vegas this past weekend. We had a blast covering as much queer content as possible all over our social media feeds. Here we are completely tired out on the last day:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1117585100894433280
(I will admit, I slept for 13 hours when I got back to Boston).
Besides seeing all my friends and attending panels, one of my favorite parts of CC is getting to see all my favorite actors have a good time, interact with fans, and even hang out with my favorites from other shows! So, this week’s Queer Beats is focused on behind-the-scenes ClexaCon seen through the eyes of the featured guests!
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/1117228493958311936
https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/1117227778607239168
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSZ0-5HhMn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwQlqfjHThU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNwXj3nWK8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwPw7qMHwhM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/)
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1118928076438552576
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1119106419280596993
https://twitter.com/baumanelise/status/1118224093608857601
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwPyoI_n8qg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLXKhLHdiF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner/status/1111099945325457408
https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner/status/1117924816378449921
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSpjzyjVwU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/Clarannette/status/1116971102478065664
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
https://twitter.com/alligatortearsq/status/1117268861542383616
https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez/status/1116835013188653056
https://twitter.com/sheridan_pierce/status/1116839087292313602
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwStz_xASNN/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Venice the Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/venice/)
https://twitter.com/RealNadiaB/status/1117161522180964352
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwYIzIXgwfQ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVkUaBg0jY/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwVcN9fl8eF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
(Stephanie Beatriz even commented “YESSSS so glad you went” on Mishel’s picture!)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSlbBhHbMg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwU0ZpNjLlr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
> .[@emtothea](https://twitter.com/emtothea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@bbferrar](https://twitter.com/bbferrar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) being their amazing Unicorn selves. So one big Unicorn or a thousand tiny Unicorns? [pic.twitter.com/nVrYhNuvso](https://t.co/nVrYhNuvso)
>
> — conagentC (@conagentC) [April 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/conagentC/status/1118212911569129472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Sneaky selfie to commemorate an incredible weekend spent with two of my favorite women and 1000 of our closest friends. We don’t like being told no almost as much as we love each other. Thank you [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for changing my life, and reminding me every day why we fight. [pic.twitter.com/Fpe4ZFOELT](https://t.co/Fpe4ZFOELT)
>
> — Emily Andras (@emtothea) [April 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1117683705487609856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/carolsno/status/1117124012855812096
## Crossovers
Finally, for my favorite moments, the times when actors from different shows gave us a mini crossover special!
https://twitter.com/LesleyAnnBrandt/status/1116871310611628032
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwK1KTsHFRz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwSqc_4D6N5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
> Vegas with both of my TV girlfriends?!!!! ✨🍾 see you at [@ClexaCon](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) !! [pic.twitter.com/u3Jc7XckHt](https://t.co/u3Jc7XckHt)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [April 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1116501338416984066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwPvWQXAPjr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
> I fixed your present 😎 [@ClexaCon](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — ＫＡＴＲＩＮＡ•ＬＡＷ (@katrinalaw) [April 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/1117019406846939136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Froggy!Dino being attacked by [@jesmacallan](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@katrinalaw](https://twitter.com/katrinalaw?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@BeeboTravels](https://twitter.com/BeeboTravels?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🦖🦖[\#LegendsofTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsofTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Beeboverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beeboverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ClexaCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vfgqVdGKtt](https://t.co/vfgqVdGKtt)
>
> — Froggy (@FrogPhoto) [April 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/FrogPhoto/status/1116888905859518464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNUl0uniAX/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNVPRGncL4/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random!
One final note: whether you were at CC or you couldn’t attend, please make sure to check out the online stores of all the lovely vendors that were at the convention! There was lots of amazing fanart that deserves support!
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Arrow, Black Lightning, Carmilla, Chantal Thuy, Clarissa Thibeaux, ClexaCon 2019, Crystal Chappell, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Elise Bauman, Isabella Gomez, Kat Barrell, Katrina Law, Lesley Ann-Brandt, Lucifer, Lyrica Okano, Mishel Prada, Nafessa Williams, Natasha Negovanlis, One Day at a Time, Runaways, Ser Anzoategui, Sheridan Pierce, Venice: The Series, Vida, Virginia Gardner, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Exclusive: Interview with Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/exclusive-interview-with-briana-venskus/)
**Published:** April 18, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** At ClexaCon I was fortunate to have an interview with Briana Venskus and asked her what it was like to play her first queer character on Good Trouble.
**Content:**
## Briana on playing her first out queer character on *Good Trouble*
If you’re like me, you’ve probably been a fan of out actor Briana Venskus since *Supergirl* or *Agents of Shield*. While we love her on those shows where her characters give off queer vibes, they are not confirmed to be other than straight. That changed when she joined *Good Trouble* playing [Meera](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/meera-mattei/), Sumi’s girlfriend and fiancé.
At ClexaCon last weekend, I was fortunate to have an interview with Briana Venskus and asked her what it was like to play her first queer character on TV and about Meera’s future on the show.
---
## The Interview
**Tracy:** Was *[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* your first role as an out queer person on TV?
**Briana:** It’s the first one where it’s blatant.
**T:** How did that feel for you? How did you feel finally getting to play that role?
**B:** It was great. Honestly, on *Agents of Shield*, they joke at it a lot and make hints of it. Which I think is hilarious, because I’m not fully developed in the sense where they would ever incorporate romantic interests yet. But if they ever did, it would obviously be a woman. It’s great. It’s nice to not just have it insinuated for once.
**T:** Beyond not insinuated.
**B:** Yeah, in an actual relationship and that’s just what it is. It’s great. It just blows my mind, it’s like any other relationship on TV, except it’s two women. And it’s the first time it’s ever happened to me in 12 years of acting in actual TV shows. It takes time. But other shows I’m on I play to that type. They clearly like an essence of it and a look and a style. They’re like, “Oh, this is a good direction and we know what it represents, but we’re just not going to talk about it.”
**T:** They’ll telegraph it to us.
**B:** Completely. They’ll feel seen without actually being spoken to. Which is kind of fucked up, but unfortunately in this country it’s baby steps.
 Briana on *Good Trouble* as Meera with her girlfriend Sumi played by Kara Wang **T:** I have to say as a fan, when I saw you were Sumi’s love interest I was psyched. Like, “Finally. Yes!”
**B:** I know, right?
**T:** It’s nice to see you in this different role of comedy/drama vs. shooting guns, which is also fun.
**B:** Tell me about it. When I auditioned for it Scott was the casting director. He is just the sweetest guy in the world. I just went in, and he said, “I can just tell you’ve been waiting for a role like this.” I was like, “Yeah, just putting my life on screen; I’ve been waiting for it.” It’s really fun.
Briana on *Good Trouble* as Meera with her girlfriend Sumi played by Kara Wang
**T:** So, next season, will we see Meera again?
**B:** I sure hope so.
**T:** Me too.
**B:** Every time I see the writers they’re like, “See you around. We’ll see you soon.” So I’m hoping. I can’t imagine they’re going to get away from that story line. It was such a closer of last season. And Sumi’s such an obnoxious brat.
**T:** She is a piece of work.
**B:** She is the worst. I’m just supposed to be so madly in love with her, just like, “This is the greatest person I’ve ever met, I love her so much.” Then I was like God, she’s a terrible human being. There is no redeeming quality about her what so ever.
**T:** She is the literal worst.
**B:** The actual worst. Love is blind, they say.
**T:** Did you watch *The Fosters*?
**B:** I did. I loved it. Peter Paige and Joanna Johnson… they’re such groundbreaking producers in what they do, especially on Freeform or ABC Family at the time. For it to be a Disney property and ABC…ABC has always been in the forefront. They have *Grey’s Anatomy* and the lesbian relationship on there, and they kind of dabbled in that over the years. But I think for them to take the reigns on Freeform being so progressive, like with *Bold Type* and now this show, they’re really making content that actually speaks to the generation that’s in the world right now.
**T:** Absolutely, I think *Good Trouble* is such a good show.
**B:** It’s bananas. You read the description and think, “How many things are they going to talk about in one episode?”
**T:** I don’t know if you noticed, but the episode the moms guest on had six queer women plus Gael and his boyfriend, so that’s eight queer characters in one episode. It’s phenomenal.
**B:** And the best part was their sexual identity wasn’t even questioned. It wasn’t about, “that person must be gay,” it’s just life. It’s just six queer people living their lives.
**T:** Everybody’s plot was different, too. Everybody had authentic stories going on.
**B:** I was very lucky to have been a part of it. I’m really excited for the Alice story line to move forward. Sherri does such a good job with that character. I’ve read a couple interviews about representation of first generation immigrants in America and how it is to be in America and be an immigrant or a child of an immigrant and come out. And it’s such a story line you don’t see on TV. Honesty, I think it’s one of the first ones.
**T:** I have an Asian immigrant mom, so I identified a lot with the things that were said. They were very realistic.
**B:** It’s cool, it’s one of those shows where I think it’s only going to do good. It’s great. I’m glad to have been a part of it for sure.
---
*You can watch season one of Good Trouble on the* [*Freeform website*](https://freeform.go.com/shows/good-trouble) *or Hulu. Season two is scheduled to premiere on Tuesday June 18.*
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvhxt20n_lf/
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Briana Venskus, ClexaCon, ClexaCon 2019, Good Trouble
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 15, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-15-2019/)
**Published:** April 15, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Last week, Sara on Legends of Tomorrow, Kat on The Bold Type and Petra on Jane The Virgin all talked about their off-screen ex-girlfriends.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Sara on *Legends of Tomorrow*, Kat on *The Bold Type,* and Petra on *Jane The Virgin*, all talked about their off-screen ex-girlfriends.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 10 “The Getaway” \[Live\]On this episode, Ava was taking some time off from the Time Bureau and the show. Sara had to go back the 70s in an RV to fix time. After her and Ava’s fight last week, it looks like she is trying to occupy herself with trying to outrun Nate’s dad and Time Bureau agents and not dwell on her current girlfriend situation.
In the mix is a cockroach looking bug that, once ingested, causes the person to tell the truth. Even though she mostly avoids it, it finally crawls up her nose (gross) and the truth comes spilling out.
> "I don't have a ship. I don't have a girlfriend. And I am the captain of a RV."
> Sara yells at Mona after inhaling the truth serum bug. [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AIRaYsVlDd](https://t.co/AIRaYsVlDd)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 9, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1115645141107269635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So Sara is not fine about their fight, or pause, or breakup, or whatever it is. I am hoping these two resolve their conflict quickly. Fingers crossed this happens tonight.
*[Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “The New Normal” \[Live\] The Bold Type is back for season three, and Kat and Adena are still broken up. After her new boss demands she post more on social media for her job, she makes a post, and Adena gives it a *like.* She then tries to make it look like she’s living an awesome life so Adena thinks she’s doing just fine.
The truth is, she’s not doing fine, and at the end of the episode, she finally makes an honest post about what’s going on.
> Kat gets real about her breakup with Adena. [\#Kadena](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kadena?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/G06eQ4O2st](https://t.co/G06eQ4O2st)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1116096235738419201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I wonder where things will go from here. I think Adena will come back to the show, but will they get back together again? I personally think Kat should move on, but we’ll see!
*[Jane the ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)[Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*[Courted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*– Season 5 Episode 3 “Chapter Eighty-Four” \[Live\]While we got some #Jetra bonding time in a tent, Petra tells Jane that she still hasn’t heard from JR. Jane gives her some advice.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1116709268487491585
At the end of the episode we find out the butt-dial tactic worked! JR called Petra back. I hope this is the start of these two getting back together. How that will happen I’m sure will be in a very telenovela way.
Wow, an entire week of off-screen exes. I hope some of them make their way onto their shows this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, The Bold Type
---
### [Queer Beats - April 5, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-april-5-2019/)
**Published:** April 5, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Atypical geared up for season 3, our favorite Canadians celebrated together, and so much good spring TV got so much closer to returning!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Atypical geared up for season 3, our favorite Canadians celebrated together, and so much good spring TV got so much closer to returning!
## [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)
I know most of us (including me) quit this show a long time ago but I think this trailer is worth a watch just because of how cute and gay all the women look.
> Face your demons. [\#The100](https://twitter.com/hashtag/The100?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) returns Tuesday, April 30 at 9/8c on The CW. [pic.twitter.com/F3NrG8lPN1](https://t.co/F3NrG8lPN1)
>
> — The 100 (@cwthe100) [March 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/cwthe100/status/1111311992789168128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
What’s better than one canary? THREE canaries!
> [\#Arrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): Get Scoop on the Birds of Prey-Inspired Episode Featuring All 3 Canaries [pic.twitter.com/2EzrnMqK6c](https://t.co/2EzrnMqK6c)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [March 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1111463953526329345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
Oh, wonderful readers, I wish I could fully express how much I love and miss this show. It was such a joy to see them back on set this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvt96eunvCB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Thankfully, [Brigitte](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) was not the only one back on set. [Fivel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fivel-stewart/) is back, too!
https://twitter.com/josiesquake/status/1112820628896198656
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
Keep the behind-the-scenes Batwoman content coming!
> Ruby Rose looks like a boss in first peek at photos from Batwoman set via [@MetroUK](https://twitter.com/MetroUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#shessoloverly](https://twitter.com/hashtag/shessoloverly?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 😍
>
> — Annie (@annchircop1) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/annchircop1/status/1113127706412179459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I wish I had more information on where the below image came from but all I have to say is that she looks like a *perfect* Alice.
https://twitter.com/TalkingBatwoman/status/1112054671533842432
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
This week in things-we-already-knew, Nafessa Williams is painfully cute:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvmTSdynNTg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Can you hear me sighing through the computer screen? Because I am definitely sighing. I was very happy to see [Nikohl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) at this Freeform event but we unfortunately did not get pictures of her with [Aisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/).
> All eyes on [@nikohl\_boosheri](https://twitter.com/nikohl_boosheri?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at the [\#FreeformSummit](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeformSummit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/LlcEzo7tWF](https://t.co/LlcEzo7tWF)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [March 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1111092321787904000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But if you want to read highlights of Aisha’s interview below, check out this whole Twitter thread!
https://twitter.com/kat_adena/status/1111357463821983744
## [Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/)
Boomerang gets a season two! Hooray!
> [\#Boomerang](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Boomerang?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#AmericanSoul](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmericanSoul?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Renewed for Second Seasons at BET [pic.twitter.com/NSx0FamRVe](https://t.co/NSx0FamRVe)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1113101870204104704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
The lovely and polite Canadian Screen Awards happened this weekend! Which means we got a lot of lovely [Natasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/)/[Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) content:
> We hear from @natvanlis and [@baumanelise](https://twitter.com/baumanelise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on how important it is to see their fans "have a safe space to be themselves."
>
> We have @ranisheen from [@TheKit](https://twitter.com/TheKit?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in the [@made\_nous](https://twitter.com/made_nous?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) red carpet lounge at the [\#CdnScreenAwards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CdnScreenAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Tune in now on our Facebook page. [pic.twitter.com/aJgletBcoZ](https://t.co/aJgletBcoZ)
>
> — The Canadian Academy (@TheCdnAcademy) [March 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheCdnAcademy/status/1112467762339827714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope the announcer was just as excited as I was about their outfits.
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1112560602445053952
And, finally, one of my favorite crossovers!
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1112505070472626176
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Can Charmed stop adding cute queer characters? Because my heart can’t handle it. (Just kidding, please never stop).
> Niko + Greta. ❤️ [\#charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tJsHmlT1wc](https://t.co/tJsHmlT1wc)
>
> — Ellen Tamaki (@ellentorii) [April 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1112576909022367746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
[Ashly Perez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashly-perez/) wrote an episode of Good Trouble *and* we got cute on-set pictures!
> Had the most fun on set the last two weeks filming the episode I wrote of Good Trouble. Very grateful ❤️❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/voPvQAZiMy](https://t.co/voPvQAZiMy)
>
> — Ash Perez 🤙🏽 (@itsashlyperez) [March 30, 2019](https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/1112107210522263552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Alert: Killing Eve is back this week! ALERT! The show celebrated with a premiere event that gave us lots of good, cute content:
> Just for tonight…in the same place, at the same time. [@jodiecomer](https://twitter.com/jodiecomer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has joined [@IamSandraOh](https://twitter.com/IamSandraOh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on the [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 2 Premiere Party red carpet. [pic.twitter.com/3q3SsrRp58](https://t.co/3q3SsrRp58)
>
> — Killing Eve (@KillingEve) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1112908055346335744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> STAB IN THE DARK: [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) stars [\#SandraOh](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SandraOh?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#JodieComer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JodieComer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) discuss theories about season one’s finale and look ahead to more assassin adventures in the second series. [pic.twitter.com/2HUjkJFb3A](https://t.co/2HUjkJFb3A)
>
> — AP Entertainment (@APEntertainment) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/APEntertainment/status/1113019240456622080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This article title is rude but I love them anyway:
> ‘Killing Eve’ Boss on Why Eve and Villanelle ‘Could Die in Any Episode’
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1113093979288080386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
I can’t believe we survived the LoT hiatus! We made it! And sadly ran right into an Avalance fight! Did anyone else get Cophine vibes from their fight, though? Just me?
> [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Boss Breaks Down Sara/Ava Twist — and How an IKEA Trip Figures Into Their Future [pic.twitter.com/DcfC3egsDH](https://t.co/DcfC3egsDH)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1112882643622780928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
This week, we learned that everyone is still working hard to #SaveODAAT but Netflix is ruining everything.
> [\#OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneDayAtATime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): Can CBS All Access Save the Cancelled Netflix Comedy? [pic.twitter.com/zDWdpwElJo](https://t.co/zDWdpwElJo)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [April 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1113201708983832576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
Queen Sugar was honored at the Image Awards and all our faves (read: [Rutina Wesley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutina-wesley/) and [Bianca Lawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bianca-lawson/)) were looking beautiful.
> Beauty and grace— @rutinaofficial 👑 [\#QUEENSUGAR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QUEENSUGAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ImageAwards50](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImageAwards50?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OnbL05aheM](https://t.co/OnbL05aheM)
>
> — Oprah Winfrey Network (@OWNTV) [March 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/OWNTV/status/1112184846007164933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> The beautiful and ageless, [@BiancaLawson](https://twitter.com/BiancaLawson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ✨ [\#QUEENSUGAR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QUEENSUGAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#ImageAwards50](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ImageAwards50?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4hwLPWjRXr](https://t.co/4hwLPWjRXr)
>
> — Oprah Winfrey Network (@OWNTV) [March 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/OWNTV/status/1112185135724560384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
I am being very patient but this picture is making the wait for season 5 nearly impossible.
> Começando a semana com uma imagem teaser da 5a temporada, que estreia esse semestre. 🤩 Aguenta aí que, em breve, teremos uma data!
>
> Starting off the week with teaser pic from Season 5, coming in this first half of the year. Premiere date to be defined soon! [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#REDS5](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDS5?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/zOQIVyZF5H](https://t.co/zOQIVyZF5H)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [April 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1112734857195479041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Our best baby, [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/), won the Canadian Screen Awards’ Audience Award! A major win for the WE fandom! Of course, she did the most Dom thing and invited [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) on stage with her.
> "We have the most incredible fan base of the most inspiring, beautiful human beings."
>
> Congratulations to [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for your Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award win at the [\#CdnScreenAwards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CdnScreenAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Earper](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earper?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Lk9OgLWMg0](https://t.co/Lk9OgLWMg0)
>
> — The Canadian Academy (@TheCdnAcademy) [April 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheCdnAcademy/status/1112534677418659846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Then, they proceeded to be cute together:
> Imagine me EVER being over this photo. 😅 [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#CdnScresnAwards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CdnScresnAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/7nR8AKbCni](https://t.co/7nR8AKbCni)
>
> — sam (@escaped\_reality) [April 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/escaped_reality/status/1112537614094159872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And Dom continued to be cute on her own:
> A quick clip from [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s chat with the press tonight. More to come later tonight. [\#CdnScreenAwards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CdnScreenAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FightForWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nB3O7esnv0](https://t.co/nB3O7esnv0)
>
> — The GATE (@TheGATE) [April 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheGATE/status/1112540389120995330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, we now have pictures of WayHaught as princesses and it’s honestly something I never thought I needed but that I will cherish forever.
> Here are the high res pics for those of you asking❤️❤️❤️ thank you for your constant support. We love you [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ! These are for you! More to come [pic.twitter.com/lxWB1DAoSk](https://t.co/lxWB1DAoSk)
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [April 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1113533134086189056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Arrow, Atypical, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Boomerang, Carmilla, Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Queen Sugar, RED, The 100, The Bold Type, Wynonna Earp
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### [Goodbye, Broad City: A Tribute to Abbi and Ilana](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/goodbye-broad-city-a-tribute-to-abbi-and-ilana/)
**Published:** April 4, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** It’s been one week since the Broad City series finale and I'm (barely) doing okay.
**Content:**
It’s been one week since the Broad City series finale and I am only now able to process my feelings about the end of such a meaningful show. Broad City reflected my city-dwelling mid-twenties life for the past five years and, although I am sad (read: devastated) to see it go, I find myself feeling overwhelmingly grateful for the way it captured such an essential moment in time for this generation.
## Goodbye, Shenanigans
For me, Broad City’s charm comes from its ability to make the most outrageous situations seem somehow realistic. For example, take the recent eye infection episode where Ilana develops a horrendous eye infection due to a drop of “water” from an apartment’s air conditioner. Her lack of a primary care doctor leads her to go to a veterinarian for treatment instead, which is honestly something I would consider if I happened to know a vet.
The chances of a droplet of air-conditioning fluid dropping straight into my eye and leading to a putrefied infection may be small, but the chances of me not having a primary care doctor due to a lack of job opportunities with good benefits is very high.
Although the way these storylines play out are a bit ridiculous in nature, the episodes are always grounded in this truth: 20-somethings trying to make it in a big city are often forced to live in a perpetual state of “barely making it.” But Broad City perfectly reflects the way this becomes a normal part of life. It’s not until the very end of the show that Abbi and Ilana consider the idea that maybe they deserve more.
## Goodbye, Broken Toilets
Some of my favorite moments from the show come from scenarios that I have actually dealt with in the past: inviting friends over to an acquaintance’s apartment just for laundry machine access, sprinting through the city for a breakfast sandwich, viewing sketchy apartment rentals, and not being able to flush my own toilet. I’m not sure if all others can relate to these things, but I’m here to tell you that there is a large portion of us for which this is a part of our everyday lives.
Which is why Broad City provided such a lifeline for me over the past five years. They were able to take these situations that are actually awful to deal with and make it funny. Abbi and Ilana dealt with failure with warmth and a willingness to let it all go. Always ready to move on to the next city adventure (because a new ridiculous situation is always bound to happen).
Sometimes we need to be reminded that we aren’t alone and we will get through it. So you lost your favorite sweatshirt? At least you didn’t put up “Missing Sweatshirt” signs that led to a local news report that claimed you were missing instead. Have a bad trip? At least you didn’t hallucinate in your local Whole Foods and end up spending $1500 that you probably don’t have. Hate your roommate? At least they don’t have a boyfriend who develops bed sores from sitting on your couch for too long. With Broad City, Abbi and Ilana were there to remind us that, while it could always be worse, friends can always make it better, too.
## Goodbye, Yellow Hats
Finally, the show felt so unique and refreshing in the way it was able to celebrate sex-positivity and queer identities. Abbi and Ilana’s sexual preference never felt like an after school special. In fact, they worked hard to make sure [they stayed true to character](https://www.instagram.com/p/BuejgMSHw21/?utm_source=ig_embed) when Abbi started dating a woman. Ilana was curious about her preference but never asked her to choose a label.
Meanwhile, Ilana has been casually in love with Abbi from the start of the show. This is portrayed in a way that is both taken seriously and used as a confidence-building tool between friends. Abbi would never have known she has an ass of an angel if it wasn’t for Ilana’s love! This nonchalance around queer identities is still rare on television but also an appropriate reflection of the growth of liberal attitudes in the younger generation. Amongst friends, I have been on the receiving end or witnessed many coming outs where the reaction is more of a “cool” than anything else. Broad City was one of the first shows to truly reflect this sentiment.
## Cheers to a queerer future!
So \*raises Ilana’s marijuana-infused cocktail\* here’s to Broad City and all the joy it has brought millennials (and others) everywhere for the past five years. As the final scene reflected, I am ready to pass the struggling 20-something baton to the next pair of angel-assed, freely-queer, city-dwelling best friends.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Abbi Jacobson, Broad City, Ilana Glazer
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### [Wynonna Earp Season 2 - Tonight!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/wynonna-earp-season-2-tonight/)
**Published:** June 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you're not too busy watching OitNB, there's also Wynonna Earp for you tonight!
**Content:**
It’s that time. The second season of fabulously campy, irreverent, and fun *Wynonna Earp* airs on SyFy tonight.
Yesterday, **Emily Andras** (showrunner), **Dominique Provost-Chalkley** (Waverly Earp) and **Katherine Barrell** (Nicole Haught) did a [Reddit AMA](https://www.reddit.com/r/actuallesbians/comments/6g569w/we_are_emily_andras_dominique_provostchalkley/).
Important things we’ve learned:
- Purgatory is in Canada, but right over the border.
- Kat promised “a whole LOTTA gay ;)” in season two. Emily said we’ll be surprised at how “freakin’ gay and female and crazy it is.”
- Emily offered to write a note to excuse a student from an exam: Please excuse due to WayHaughitis.
- Everyone things ClexaCon was one of the greatest events ever (and Emily will be back)
- There “could be” some more gay characters in season two.
- Kat’s favorite filming location was a strip joint ?
- Emily suggests watching with the lights on, unless you want to have a heart attack.
- How exited is Emily for tonight? “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
- Emily wants Sigourney Weaver to play a villain on the show.
- Dom’s a vegan.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/wes2_201_0110_mf_0671.jpg)
## Selected Questions and Answers
These are some of the best questions from the thread (yes, I read the whole thing). The best overview I can give you is that it’s clear Kat was not prepared to become a lesbian icon, but she’s handling it beautifully. And Emily is amazing. Just that. Dom was busy filming the [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) movie (talk about your lesbian fandom crossovers) but had some time for a few.
**chibijax** asked “How has playing queer characters affected how you see the world around you, the people in your life, and even yourself as an individual?” and Kat replied:
> Playing a queer character has just made me so much more aware of the imbalances still existing in our media. Once we started airing and I learned more about the bury you gays trope – you just cant un-know that information. It used to make me so sad and angry to see the statistics – but I’ve tried to channel that into fueling me to help be part of the solution. That sounds a bit corny but I just realized that just being “saddened” couldn’t be enough, I needed to use the “soapbox” of Wynonna to help change the landscape.
>
> One of the most special things about this on a personal level is the old friends who have gotten in contact with me and told me how much Nicole means to them, how it has positively affected the life of people I have known for years.
**ninja40428** asked about positive things being a good rep for the LGBTQ+ community, Kat replied:
> The interactions with fan have given me this whole new sense of purpose with my career. Playing Nicole and connecting with the amazing #WayHaught fanbase makes me feel like I can actually put some positivity into the world with what I do for a living.
And Emily said:
> Knowing you’re validating people’s lives and stories. xo It’s pretty amazing.
**dagrock** asked Kat “When first started this journey, did you expect to be this important to the LGBTQ+ community? What have you learned from this?”
> I did not expect it at all! I was very naive in my knowledge of how lacking we were for queer representation. I have just learned so much abut the POWER that comes from an underserved community rising up together. It has forever changed how i will work as a content creator knowing how important it is to create diverse characters and how much support those characters will have from the fans who feel their voices are finally being heard.
**shayjay** asked “Did you ever expected the impact Wayhaught had? Why do you think it happened?” and Kat replied:
> I never expected it AT all! Now that I’ve become much more educated on queer representation in the media and the bury your gays trope I understand why this relationship became such an important one for the community, and one so sorely needed. I’m glad I didn’t expect it though because literally every day it gets BETTER and surpasses my expectations being with you all! Ive never felt such love. I honestly think about you guys all the time and I am so incredibly grateful that you have embraced our show in such a loving and positive way
>
> I think it happened because for the first time in a long time we were able to see two fully three-dimensional characters who did not exist just to be the “token gay character” but to be fully fleshed out people who happened to be gay. That’s why I love Emily’s work so much – she just gets it and knows how important these characters are.
**latortua95** asked “Emily- what’s the most amount of pushback you’ve ever gotten from superiors or networks re: queer storylines?”
> The most amount of pushback I’ve ever gotten is: do not make her gay. And my answer was: I’m gonna.
>
> \*\*\*NOT ON WE btw…I have amazing execs at SYFY.
## Season Two Is Tonight
Tune in tonight for season two. It’s on SyFy (or Space) and you can check out the second trailer (with more WayHaught) on [SyFy.com](http://www.syfy.com/wynonnaearp/videos/wynonna-earp-season-2-trailer-2)
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Wayhaught, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Bold Type Isn't Over Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-bold-type-isnt-over-adena/)
**Published:** April 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** And let's be honest, we're not over Adena either.
**Content:**
It’s time for season three of *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* and let’s jump into things. Kat isn’t over Adena and neither are we.
Warning: This post contains mild spoilers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-49PxmY6zA
Season three picks up a month after season two. Sutton and Richard are facing the consequences of their couple-outing, Tiny Jane has picked her man from the Ben/Pinstripe triangle, and Kat is absolutely not over Adena yet.
The first episode of the season has the ladies dealing with a new boss. A new *male* boss, in charge of digital media in the wake of Jaqueline’s bold choice to publish Jane’s article about sexism in health coverage at Scarlet. Jane is tasked with writing an article to understand why the new guy is the boss, and learns things aren’t what they seemed.
FreeformPhilippe Bosse KATIE STEVES AISHA DEE MEGHANN FAHY
Meanwhile, Kat, the head of social media, has been on a bit of a personal social break, until the new boss points out it’s bad for her image and the companies. Of course, a broken heart has trouble being social. When she delves back in, who should like her photos but the absent Adena.
Coupling that with having to speak at the 10th annual Scarlet Summit, Kat has to start accepting the labels that have been thrown on her, like them or not. And putting her heart back out there when she’s faking being okay with everything is the hardest thing Kat’s had yet to do.
It’s time to be who Kat really is, and season three is going to give her that chance to find out what that means.
Tune in **Tuesday, April 9th, at 8pm** on Freeform to find out.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
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### [Statistics: One Show in Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/statistics-one-show-in-five/)
**Published:** May 1, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Understanding if representation is getting better depends a great deal on how many shows are representing us at all.
**Content:**
I’m sure you’ve heard the complaints that every TV show has to throw in a queer character here or there and the Diversity Police are forcing it on us. That always leads people to question how much representation we’re actually getting and, in fact, is it everywhere.
## Asking the Unknowable
On some levels this is an impossible ask, because there’s no global database of all TV characters on all shows. Yes, I know you’re thinking “But IMDb…” right now, and while they do track everything, they don’t have a way to generate the count of “How many TV characters have existed on scripted TV shows in the history of ever?”
Thankfully, there are resources like [Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/444870/scripted-primetime-tv-series-number-usa/), who keeps track of how many scripted TV shows there are per year, and recently published the number of original scripted TV series in the United States from 2009 to 2018.
As you can see, the number has increased from 210 to 495 over the last 10 years, which is actually a pretty incredible amount. The prevalence of streaming TV has caused the growth.
## Reflection
The obvious followup question is does that correlate to all shows with queer female, transgender, and non-binary characters. In order to do that, I checked our stats and factored in how many shows, internationally (including web series) we had on-air per year, and then how many US based TV shows (including streaming but not web series) we have per year.
For the most part, this matches the growth of TV directly. At least until last year…
That drop in 2018 is not your imagination.
The first takeaway we have here is that the reflection of queers-to-shows hasn’t changed much internationally in the last decade. That is, we’re seeing roughly the same percentage of shows with *any* queer rep as we have been for ten years. This means our conclusion is that the claim that every show is adding in a queer is incorrect.
The second takeaway is that the representation in America is actually [getting worse](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/).
## Regular Representation
Another burning question is how many shows have *regular* and active characters. In 2018 and 2017 we’ve had *roughly* 100 US shows with regular characters. This is a little tricky to track, since some characters aren’t regulars in that specific year. However the number of shows with regular queer characters actually tracks along with the main line of the number of US Scripted shows.
Which means this:
**One in five scripted television shows in the United States has a queer female, transgender, or non-binary regular character.**
## It Could Be Worse
The one ‘good’ takeaway here, when we look at that bewildering drop of US based shows with queers, is that the number of regular queer characters on US shows *has not* dropped. So while we have fewer shows, we have a higher percentage of shows with regular characters.
That’s not really the best trade off, though.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Statistics, US Television
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### [Even More Tales Of The City](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/even-more-tales-of-the-city/)
**Published:** May 8, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming to Netflix is the next installment in the "Tales of the City" franchise.
**Content:**
Back in 1993, they made a mini series called *[Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tales-of-the-city/)*, based on a series of novels written by Armistead Maupin. They were serialized in the San Francisco Chronicle and later the San Francisco Examiner before being novelized.
The TV series was ostensibly about Mary Ann, who moved to San Francisco from Cleveland, made a bunch of queer friends, and changed her life for the better. It was followed by two sequels, *[More Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/more-tales-of-the-city/)* and *[Further Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/further-tales-of-the-city/)*.
All of these series were critically acclaimed and well received. Maupin wrote about events as they were happening, which made them even more popular. Now Netflix is bringing the mini-series back with a new chapter.
## Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City
Set in present-day San Francisco, Mary Ann (Laura Linney) returns and is reunited with her daughter Shawna (Ellen Page) and ex-husband Brian (Paul Gross), twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career.
Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of [Anna Madrigal](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anna-madrigal/) (Olympia Dukakis), her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis are reprising their roles, which is great. After 25 years, Dukakis is bringing back one of the more iconic transgender characters on television. And with Ellen Page tagging along, we can expect more queers in these tales.
Ellen Page as Shawna Hawkins with Claire played by Zosia Mamet
*Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City* is a Working Title Television and NBCUniversal International studios production for Netflix. Lauren Morelli serves as Showrunner and Executive Producer, alongside Executive Producer/Director Alan Poul, and Executive Producers Armistead Maupin and Laura Linney. Working Title’s Andrew Stearn, Liza Chasin, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner executive produce.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Further Tales of the City, More Tales of the City, Netflix, Tales of the City
---
### [Out of the Badlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/out-of-the-badlands/)
**Published:** April 10, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** With season three, "Into the Badlands" comes to an end. Did it pave the way for more diverse TV, or is it a dead end?
**Content:**
*[Into the Badlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/)* is wrapping up it’s final season on AMC. It’s a show that hasn’t won awards for costumes or stunts. It hasn’t been lauded for diversity or depth. In fact, a great many people have never heard of it, or tuned out after the first season. And that’s a shame, because they don’t know what they’ve been missing out on.
Looking back at it, it makes sense. The first season gave us a patriarchal and abusive dystopia, where women were chattel, children were stolen from their homes, and it felt like there was no hope for our future. But from this beginning, the world opened and expanded, broadening the mind of Sunny, a man who accepted his place and role, and gave us the complexity and flaws of such a toxic kind of rule. Admittedly, the show didn’t hit its stride until season two, where a change of filming location and the addition of a seemingly buffoonish character gave us a balance.
With that balance, the show found its stride, dug deeper into a self-created mythos, and did something no other show had quite managed to do before. That is, they talked the talk and walked the walk. The show wasn’t just about the beefy white male hero, it wasn’t just about fancy fight scenes and amazing wire work, it wasn’t based on a book or comic, and it wasn’t given a budget of millions. Yet this show gave us entertainment on par with *Game of Thrones* for the grandiose and bold world.
## The Fights Tell a Story
It’s rare for a show to get a filming unit just for fighting, but from the start, *Into the Badlands* knew what they wanted to do. They wanted to celebrate Hong Kong Kung Fu styles, with the fantastical elements and the wires and larger than life motions. People being punched through walls, across rooms, and more. The bigger and bolder the better.
But the fights scenes were not gratuitous fight porn, as Daniel Wu put it. They had purpose. Al Gough explained this was all intentional.
> The fights are like musical numbers — they have to be showstoppers and plot movers. We would sit in the writers room and go “Why are we fighting?” And if there’s not a good character reason or story reason to fight then — if it’s to fix a plot hole, then it’s the worst reason.
>
> Al Gough, WonderCon 2019
By giving meaning to every fight they brought the art of stage combat to television in a way never seen before. In season three alone, they had over 40 separate fight sequences, which is more than most professional stunt fighters would see in a career. The fights were directed like dance performances, with the goal of telling a story.
## The Story is The Characters
Even with the fighting being so important, and the clothing being so important, the crux of all good stories are the characters. In the tenth episode of season 3, the Widow is taken to an alternate universe, where her adopted daughter Tilda is someone else. While playing a different version of herself was like doing season one all over again, it was also a way to show how important the characters were to each other. The different dynamic changed everything.
The reason Tilda and the Widow are hugely popular isn’t just because they’re badass women, but because they are complex and real characters. Sonny starts as an arm of The Man™, but comes to realize how much it’s wrong and needs to be changed. The Widow’s entire raison d’être is to burn down the patriarchy.
But Ally Ioannides hadn’t realized that the fans would relate to her character so much.
> It’s so incredibly humbling. I love that young girls can watch such a bad ass character on TV. I wish that I could have seen more characters like that, and I’m honoured to play her.
>
> Ally Ioannides, WonderCon 2019
Ally Ioanndes WonderCon 2019 © LezWatchTV## Intersectionality Matters
On set, you would hear multiple languages from Chinese to Gaelic (apparently swearing), and all of this was done with an eye to reflecting the world in front of and behind the camera.
> It’s something that we very much wanted to do. To us, the idea of diversity is that you see everybody. There are a lot of shows where it’s mostly white, and there are shows where they’re considered African American shows. What we wanted to do was it’s the world, it’s the future, we wanted to have that diversity.
>
> And it’s something you actually *have* to do. If you go into any studio or television network in Hollywood and say “We want to have a diverse cast,” they’re going to be “Great! Absolutely!” Nobody’s against it philosophically. It’s when you have to go and put it into practice, and that’s where it gets hard in terms of you have to find the people.
>
> Al Gough, WonderCon 2019
Gough actively had to actively ask, in Ireland, for black and Asian extras. And once he got them on set, they would have to train the assistant directors on how to properly utilize these extras, and not fall prey to their institutionalized racism.
This care is also reflected in how the cast interacts with fans. The reflection of themselves on the screen is important. By having Asian leads, black heroes with considerable power, and all races and by celebrating women as the physical characters as well as men, they again found the balance. No one wanted to write about ‘dicks,’ they’re not fun, and there’s a reason the final Barons are two women.
It boggles the mind that *Into the Badlands* wasn’t recognized for their diversity, which seemed effortless but, according to Gough was anything but.
## The Story Has An Ending
While the show is ending too soon, the producers have promised it will have an ending. It will be complete. There, sadly, won’t be a wrap up movie (no matter how many times we ask for a Netflix movie), but the story comes to a satisfying conclusion.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Into the Badlands, WonderCon
---
### [Queer Beats - March 29, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-march-29-2019/)
**Published:** March 29, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorites won at the GLAAD Awards, Petramos finally came back to us, and Runaways got a third season!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorites won at the GLAAD Awards, Petramos finally came back to us, and Runaways got a third season!
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Carmilla is still out here thriving and [CarmillaCon](https://www.carmillacon.com/) keeps adding new guests to their lineup! This week, [Sharon Belle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sharon-belle/) was announced as the newest guest:
> Yo yo lovely people. I have news! HINT it might have something to do with [@CarmillaCon](https://twitter.com/CarmillaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🙆♀️💃😘 [pic.twitter.com/4AFc4Knwjz](https://t.co/4AFc4Knwjz)
>
> — sharon belle (@sharongrumbelle) [March 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/sharongrumbelle/status/1108804037422530560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In related Carmilla (and [Clairevoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)) news, [Natasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) will be performing in NYC next week. Make sure to grab tickets while you can!
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1109124172456833024
## [Faking It](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/faking-it/)
Remember this show? It’s been a while but we were blessed with a mini reunion this week!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhFvx2hRCr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [GLAAD Awards](https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/30)
One of my favorite times of year… the GLAAD Awards! Well, at least half of them. 15 out of 27 total awards were handed out this week at a ceremony full of some of our faves:
> We're dead. The cast of @nbcbrooklyn99 is truly the best of the best. ❤️ [\#GLAADawards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GLAADawards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wSayxEmGxt](https://t.co/wSayxEmGxt)
>
> — GLAAD (@glaad) [March 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1111451169178550273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> At the [@glaad](https://twitter.com/glaad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) awards!! We’re nominated!! Fingers crossed! [@HayleyKiyoko](https://twitter.com/HayleyKiyoko?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@natasharothwell](https://twitter.com/natasharothwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BrentMiller](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BrentMiller?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SaveODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LesbianJesus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LesbianJesus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vB76MKVPwD](https://t.co/vB76MKVPwD)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [March 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1111455651245383680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvk1Z8zHcnn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
You can watch People’s red carpet interviews here:
> People Magazine is doing interviews on the Red Carpet. They're on Periscope [\#GLAADawards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GLAADawards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Escorpio 💙 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@ScorpioBert) [March 29, 2019](https://twitter.com/ScorpioBert/status/1111431857826988032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Some of my personal favorite shows, including [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) and [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/), won awards! I can’t wait to see who wins in the NYC ceremony on May 2.
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
JANE THE VIRGIN IS BACK! Boy, I didn’t realize how much I missed this show until they decided to punch me in the gut with these feels:
> Love is love. [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) premieres TOMORROW at 9/8c! Stream FREE next day on The CW App. [\#GoodbyeJane](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodbyeJane?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/LJI1lar09C](https://t.co/LJI1lar09C)
>
> — Jane The Virgin (@CWJaneTheVirgin) [March 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/CWJaneTheVirgin/status/1110647736628662275?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Yael](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) was also at PaleyFest talking about how excited she was when she found out about [Petra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/petra-solano/) and [JR](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jane-ramos/). I also feel obligated to tell you that, although there wasn’t much Petramos talk in the JtV panel, there were a lot of tears so definitely watch if you want to drown in your feelings about the last season. Also, Yael *really* loves [Rosario Dawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosario-dawson/).
https://twitter.com/yaelgrogbIas/status/1109574912497369088
And Nylon released an article about Petra this week, telling us what we all already knew…
>
>
> — Yael Grobglas (@yaelgrobglas) [March 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/yaelgrobglas/status/1110591246756511750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
If anyone thinks I have forgotten about RED, I haven’t. I think about this web series regularly. I get excited over any chance to talk about it. So, here is [Ana Paula Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ana-paula-lima/) speaking about how much the series has meant to her:
https://twitter.com/HappyRealist3/status/1109901693716709376
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
We finally got our Runaways season three announcement! Thank lesbian jesus!
> [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Renewed for Season 3 at Hulu That Will 'Deepen Connection to the Marvel Universe' — Watch Teaser [pic.twitter.com/gE8LoRzuhD](https://t.co/gE8LoRzuhD)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [March 24, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1109960403189153794?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
TV Guide interviewed a bunch of actors who play female Marvel superheroes and both our favorite Runaways gals made the list:
> "She has flaws. That's what makes a great superhero, someone who is able to use his or her weakness to their advantage, make it their strength," [@Lyricaforreal](https://twitter.com/Lyricaforreal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on playing Nico in [@marvelsrunaways](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HxLKQBOlrV](https://t.co/HxLKQBOlrV)
>
> — TV Guide (@TVGuide) [March 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVGuide/status/1109115014588190720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
The newest method of fighting for Wynonna Earp? Voting in the Canadian Screen Awards! Both [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) and [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) are nominated for audience choice but Kat has gracefully told everyone to vote for Dom so the votes are not split. Classic [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) move!
> Lovely humans! So many of you have msgd me re: [\#CdnScreenAwards](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CdnScreenAwards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🌟 Please don’t split the vote or worry AT ALL about this! I get to drink wine in a pretty dress w my ladies – i am gettin everything I want out of this night! Please vote [\#DominiqueProvostChalkley](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DominiqueProvostChalkley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) she deserves it!
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [March 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1110724060143644672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Meanwhile, Wynonna Earp already won an award for Best Make-Up and Joanne Jacobsen threw in a Fight for Wynonna call in her speech:
> Acceptance speech from Joanne Jacobsen 👏🏼👏🏼. [\#FightForWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> 🎥:[@TheCdnAcademy](https://twitter.com/TheCdnAcademy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Instagram. [pic.twitter.com/QWbKkWO6XQ](https://t.co/QWbKkWO6XQ)
>
> — Erika (@erika\_\_lee) [March 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/erika__lee/status/1111059705424695307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Make sure to tune in on Sunday for the rest of the awards! Hopefully, there will be more Wynonna awards to come!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Carmilla, Faking It, Jane the Virgin, Natasha Negovanlis, RED, Runaways, Sharon Belle, Wynonna Earp, Yael Groblas
---
### [Jane the Virgin Bingo](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/telenovela-jane-the-virgin-bingo/)
**Published:** March 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Jane the Virgin is back in a week and it's a beautiful day to play Jane the Virgin Bingo with Rogelio.
**Content:**
We here at LezWatch.TV are pretty tuned into the tropes that TV dishes out. But there’s one type of show that has more than their fair share of wild and out there tropes. *Telenovelas*. Accidentally married your long lost twin brother? You’re on a telenovela! Fell into a coma for three years, woke up and left your husband for his niece? Telenovela!
And our most favourite telenovela of them all is [*Jane the Virgin*](http://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/).
To celebrate their fifth and final season, which starts in one week, we have created **Jane the Virgin Bingo** for you!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Printable-Bingo.pdf)Its a beautiful free space with Rogelio[Download the PDF](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Printable-Bingo.pdf), print it up, and play **Jane the Virgin Bingo** with your friends. Or go for the grand poobah of them all and see if you can win on all the boards by the time the season is over.
[*Jane the Virgin* Bingo](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Printable-Bingo.pdf)[Download](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Printable-Bingo.pdf)
**Post your winning boards to Twitter using [\#JaneTheVirginBingo](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirginBingo) and we’ll send you some swag!**
*Jane the Virgin* returns to our screens for the final season on March 27, 2019.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Jane the Virgin
---
### [Queer Beats - March 22, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-march-22-2019/)
**Published:** March 22, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, every queer show seemed to produce good (and bad) news. Everything is covered from bed selfies to crossover photoshoots to convention panels, oh my!
## [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)
If you are a Clexa fan, you likely know about the mythical bed selfies that [Eliza Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eliza-taylor/) has teased ever since *the* fateful episode (that we do not acknowledge in this household). These photos have been in such high demand that they were recently auctioned off for therapy and raised over $4300! Fandom be crazy but I love that the money went to a good cause.
> We’ve been waiting so long for this 🤧 [pic.twitter.com/q25bv9I653](https://t.co/q25bv9I653)
>
> — Ryah (@aphxtics) [March 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/aphxtics/status/1107688277853777930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/) (and [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/))
In another fandom blowup this week, a new photoshoot was released featuring [Macarena Achaga](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/macarena-achaga/) (from Amar a Muerte) and [Brigette Lundy-Paine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brigette-lundy-paine/) (from Atypical). Talk about a crossover! There are many amazing photos but this one is my favorite:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvPWszknw0c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I know I’m late to this but Rose and Rosie recently made a reaction video to Juliantina scenes (talk about another crossover!) and it seems very cute. I have to admit I still haven’t watched their scenes but somehow I think I am already a Juliantina stan?
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
We are getting *very* close to the Bold Type premiere. As in it is less than three weeks away. I’m not sure I am fully ready to acknowledge the Kadena breakup but I certainly miss all their faces! Especially when they post cute selfies like this one!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvIiy2oll0N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I also miss them when they do cute things like sing really well and play the ukulele.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BvLGozyBujB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
Season 2 of CAOS is coming soon and they released a trailer!
> The Witch Is Back! Watch the Official Trailer for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Season 2
>
> — People (@people) [March 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/people/status/1107997467088510976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Coronation Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coronation-street/)
Insert eye roll here.I don’t even want to give this topic attention because it makes me mad but there was a death on Coronation Street recently and yes it was a queer character and yes the show doesn’t seem to want to acknowledge how this affects the queer community.
> [\#Corrie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Corrie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s Bhavna Limbachia hits back at backlash from LGBT community [\#Kana](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Kana?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/VJ70Y25Dhi](https://t.co/VJ70Y25Dhi)
>
> — Mirror TV (@MirrorTV) [March 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/MirrorTV/status/1108711102450405376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Gentleman Jack](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7211618/)
Gentleman Jack has already been highly anticipated and the new trailer only makes me even more excited.
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
Here’s a cute video of the Good Trouble cast talking about bisexual stereotyping!
> Bisexuality is a label and it's not up for discussion. [pic.twitter.com/RkLHR3nWes](https://t.co/RkLHR3nWes)
>
> — Good Trouble (@GoodTrouble) [March 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble/status/1107746186755096576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jann](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9080978/)
A new CTV show premiered this week called Jann, starring Jann Arden (a Canadian singer-songwriter). In the show, Jann is bisexual and, in real life, she came out as bisexual as well!
> "It's all about representation." [@jannarden](https://twitter.com/jannarden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) gets honest about the importance of opening up about her sexuality on her new show, [\#JANNonCTV](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JANNonCTV?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> Watch our full interview with Jann: [pic.twitter.com/9Z8KZU1AcI](https://t.co/9Z8KZU1AcI)
>
> — The Social (@TheSocialCTV) [March 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheSocialCTV/status/1108740043387080705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Just wondering if I can pay someone to paint this on the wall of my rental apartment….
https://twitter.com/FanKilling/status/1107987903723028480
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The fight for ODAAT is continuing but we have some of the best people on our side:
> I snuck off to LA, got dinner with [@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@melissafumero](https://twitter.com/melissafumero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> Steady plotting. [\#SaveODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3V9cfmqnou](https://t.co/3V9cfmqnou)
>
> — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin\_Manuel) [March 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1107870254846205952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
In news that I thought we already knew, [Taylor Schilling](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-schilling/) isn’t completely straight!
> I spoke to Taylor Schilling for [@TimesMagazine](https://twitter.com/TimesMagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) today [pic.twitter.com/BAL6FKDKxr](https://t.co/BAL6FKDKxr)
>
> — Fiona Lensvelt (@FionaWilson\_) [March 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/FionaWilson_/status/1106883495010422784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [PLL: The Perfectionists](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars-the-perfectionists/)
Oh boy, Pretty Little Liars is back! [Sasha Pieterse](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasha-pieterse/) sat down with The TV Junkies to talk about [Alison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alison-dilaurentis/)‘s new life and why she left [Emily](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-fields/) behind:
> There's a new mystery to solve with [\#PLLThePerfectionists](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PLLThePerfectionists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and star @SashaaPieterse previews what that means for a new and changed Alison: [pic.twitter.com/Rd5M4tXEB2](https://t.co/Rd5M4tXEB2)
>
> — The TV Junkies (@TheTVJunkies) [March 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1108014076951703552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
Choni has been heating up recently so here’s some extra content of [Madelaine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/) and [Vanessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) talking about the musical episode.
> I love this !!!! [pic.twitter.com/kIyS6sl9oP](https://t.co/kIyS6sl9oP)
>
> — stacie (@reneeblossoms) [March 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/reneeblossoms/status/1107694557255340032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Street Legal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/street-legal/)
[Yvonne Chapman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yvonne-chapman/) discussed her character’s story arc on this upcoming season:
> Yvonne Chapman on the passion that drives Mina on [@cbcstreetlegal](https://twitter.com/cbcstreetlegal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and how an ex may complicate things for her this season: [pic.twitter.com/TjlE0SrLHh](https://t.co/TjlE0SrLHh)
>
> — The TV Junkies (@TheTVJunkies) [March 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1107720919412363274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Remember last week when I talked about how Kelly and [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) may or may not be having eye sex? Well, they definitely were (disclaimer: in my personal opinion) and we better get used to it because Azie Tesfai is staying on for all of next season!
> [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Promotes [@AzieTesfai](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (aka James' Sister Kelly Olsen) to Series Regular for Season 5 [pic.twitter.com/iNaFIJe5lF](https://t.co/iNaFIJe5lF)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [March 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1106655601231167488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In related news: Nikazie is still a thing and is very cute. Also, I would like to point out that Azie was clearly filming with [Chyler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/) when this FaceTime occurred and you all can read into it any way you would like (read: more eye sex is coming).
> Mid day FaceTime Skype with my work besties ❤️❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/c2SvhpqiLj](https://t.co/c2SvhpqiLj)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [March 16, 2019](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1106977513417277440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Tales of the City](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7087260/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
I’m very excited for this show! Mainly because Ellen Page gets to play queer and gets to (hopefully) kiss [Zosia Mamet](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zosia-mamet/)!
https://twitter.com/TalesofTheCity/status/1108038315817746433
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The cast of Vida will be at the Tribeca Film Festival in May premiering the new season! But my real question is: why don’t they ever hold cool NYC events on weekends so that cool Boston people can join? (Read: me. I’m cool Boston people.)
> We'll rolling out the world premiere of [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 2 at [@Tribeca](https://twitter.com/Tribeca?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Film Festival! Join us for an exclusive screening followed by a conversation with [@TanyaSaracho](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and the cast. Get your passes at ! May 2nd at 5:30 in the SVA2 Beatrice room [pic.twitter.com/cWEof5ZTzu](https://t.co/cWEof5ZTzu)
>
> — @Vida\_STARZ (@VIDA\_STARZ) [March 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1107733411865772034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
[Kat ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)and [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) have been united and gave us all what we long for: a super cute WayHaught panel. They were both at Emerald City Comic Con this weekend and you can watch the full panel here:
They also stayed late to sign autographs which is not surprising at this point (because they are always very nice to fans) but still very touching:
https://twitter.com/NonnaWayhaught/status/1107448437383917568
Meanwhile, we are still fighting for funding for Wynonna Earp. Which is honestly a silly sentence to write because fans shouldn’t be in charge of this and production companies should be the ones being responsible with their finances but here we are!
> "They've taught us to fight for what we want. Now we want to fight for them." — [@MelanieScrofano](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FightforWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightforWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — E! News TV Scoop (@eonlineTV) [March 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/eonlineTV/status/1108482606478385153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Atypical, Azie Tesfai, Bhavna Limbachia, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Coronation Street, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Eliza Taylor, Gentleman Jack, Good Trouble, Jann, Jann Arden, Kat Barrell, Killing Eve, Macarena Achaga, One Day at a Time, Orange is the New Black, Riverdale, Sasha Pieterse, Street Legal, Supergirl, Tales of the City, Taylor Schilling, The 100, The Bold Type, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Perfectionists, Vida, Wynonna Earp, Yvonne Chapman
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### [So Netflix Canceled "One Day at a Time"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/netflix-canceled-one-day-at-a-time/)
**Published:** March 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Is there really so little room in business for love and laughter?"
**Content:**
I sat here with a blank screen for a while. I consider myself a good writer, but putting pen to paper, as it were, to explain how I feel about this news is complicated.
The not complicated part is that I’m upset. The show is great! It has amazing representation and depicts life in that perfect way that makes you laugh and enjoy the story.
On the complicated side, 2019 has been a series of personal ups and downs like a rollercoaster, and it’s only the middle of March. There are some really awesome things coming up this month and next, but at the same time there has been a lot of pretty horrible things.
So when I say I’m heartbroken, I am. I feel like a life-preserver I’ve been hanging onto this year has been ripped away.
## There’s Personal Pain
The Monday night before season 3 dropped, my dad died. It was completely unexpected and necessitated we fly out to where he lived — Japan.
Dad and I were close. It was just me and him for a while. We had family that lived with us, helped us, and we made it through the 80s together. He was a great Dad and I wouldn’t be here with LezWatch.TV without him. I’m certainly an emotional mess from his death, and I won’t be over it for a while.
The night the season dropped, I was hiding in the living room of my Dad’s apartment trying to come to terms with this horrible reality that I hated. I tried reading. I tried writing. I couldn’t sleep. So I lay on a futon and watched some of season three of *One Day at a Time*. It was calming and welcoming. I was safe for a couple hours. It was okay to laugh. It was an emotion I could be comfortable with.
## Inclusive Humor
I struggle sometimes when I try to explain to people why I love this show. It’s funny, it’s family, and there’s just something about it that comforted me. It’s just a good comedy, and I don’t like most comedy shows.
Comedy peaked around Jack Benny for me, where you had a flawed comic lead. The standard fair of comedy shows on air punch down. Even when the nerds are the stars, they’re the butt of the joke. You laugh *at* Sheldon, not with him.
Unlike that, Norman Lear created a world where you laughed at the stars because you were supposed to. Archie Bunker was the hero, but he was also flawed and sometimes a terrible human. When we laughed at him, we did it because he was in the wrong in a comical way.
The humor was inclusive. We were not just in on the joke, we were part of the joke. We could laugh at the characters for their oddities and laugh at ourselves for ours. That kind of humor was brought back in *One Day at A Time*. When we laughed, we were laughing with everyone.
## Did We Do Wrong?
Reading the news, I sit here and I wonder if there was anything else I could do. Could I have gone into debt and made a billboard? Should I have rallied fans more? Could we have organized more?
And then I wonder why Netflix did this. Why did they make it so hard to find the show? Where were the billboards and the subway cars? Why did it fall on fans and journalists to promote the show? Why did Gloria and Mike have to say, time and again, that their show needed watchers?
Looking at how it played out, with Netflix promoting inclusivity and telling us that our stories matter, I think there’s only one realization: Our stories matter, but they don’t make enough money to be worth being made.
The people who need to watch the show to see themselves were too small, and the people who needed to watch the show to learn empathy for the rest of us weren’t enough. In short, we didn’t matter. Money mattered. And while I fully understand that money is a necessary evil, it sure looks like Netflix is trying to have their cake and eat it too.
> It’s been a great honor to work with the legendary Norman Lear on *One Day at a Time*. I’ve personally spoken with Norman, and co-creators Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce, to express my gratitude to them, all the writers, the dedicated crew and the cast including the brilliant Justina Machado and dazzling Rita Moreno for creating a series with such humor, heart and humanity. This was a very difficult decision and we’re thankful to all the fans who’ve supported the series, our partners at Sony, and all the critics who embraced it. While it’s disappointing that more viewers didn’t discover *One Day at a Time*, I believe the series will stand the test of time.
>
> Ted Sarandos, Chief Content Officer, Netflix
There’s no replacement for this show. There’s no other lesbian Latinx with a non-binary sydnificant other. There’s no other multigenerational family in LA dealing with racism, romance, and growing up. There’s no other safe place to laugh when we need it.
## We Need to Laugh
I don’t know that I can say it better than Norman Lear did, so I’ll close this out with his words, and a hope that someone else picks up this show. Whoever does, we will be there and we will watch this show.
> Thank you for the outpouring of love. [\#saveodaat](https://twitter.com/hashtag/saveodaat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> To the beloved cast, crew, and fans of [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [pic.twitter.com/qboxcQPMq1](https://t.co/qboxcQPMq1)
>
> — Norman Lear (@TheNormanLear) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheNormanLear/status/1106291311005466624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## But It May *Not* Be Over
Here’s the thing. Sony (the studios who product the show) and the show runners are actively looking for a new home. We got the first hint from Mike Royce:
https://twitter.com/MikeRoyce/status/1106247358960955392
And the next morning, Gloria Calderón Kellett tweeted a call out to networks:
> Good morning networks. I’ve met with you in the past & you’ve said “If only we had [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)” Good news…. we can be yours! We can easily do a reset so that those not familiar with the show will get all the info they need. Call Sony. The fight continues. [\#saveodaat](https://twitter.com/hashtag/saveodaat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 👍🏽
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [March 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1106578085309112320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
To my friends who work on this show, know you have me in your corner. There’s a chance another network might pick up *One Day at a Time* and if they do, you know I’ll be there.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [Queer Beats - March 15, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-march-15-2019/)
**Published:** March 15, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Netflix decided to ruin everything by cancelling ODAAT and now we have to #SaveODAAT.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Netflix decided to ruin everything by cancelling ODAAT and now we have to #SaveODAAT.
## [Amar a Muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
I haven’t jumped on the Juliantina bandwagon yet (although I am a lot closer after Tracy’s [QTIWLW post](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-juliantina/)) but it’s hard to deny how this couple has taken the queer fandom by storm. They recently won *tons* of awards at the TVyNovelas Awards which is not only amazing for the show but amazing for the visibility of a queer couple on a telenovela!
> THEY ARE SO CUTE [pic.twitter.com/8mGdZ2QnCN](https://t.co/8mGdZ2QnCN)
>
> — Britttttttttt (@alyciadebdamnn) [March 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/alyciadebdamnn/status/1104923761927770112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/Conyyfloress/status/1105120292882522115
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
The Batwoman cast is still hanging out and having fun filming the pilot. This week, the cast seemed to get all the Batwoman comics as a gift, had fun finding their own characters in the pages, and hung out together on and off set.
https://twitter.com/BatwomanSpain/status/1105911318673047553
> Leading ladies! Ruby Rose wraps her arm around Batwoman co-star Rachel Skarsten as they enjoy a leisurely stroll between filming in Vancouver[\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Batwoman Updates (@batwomanupdates) [March 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/batwomanupdates/status/1104890916526088192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://www.instagram.com/p/Buzri00D0Ha/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We also got a few more updates about the storyline this week, including the fact that it will take place before Elseworlds and some updated character bios.
> New details on the [\#Batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) pilot reveal the timeline will take place before [\#Elseworlds](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Elseworlds?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! Revised character breakdowns as well! Check it out! This show is going to be AMAZING! [pic.twitter.com/gbiABatenn](https://t.co/gbiABatenn)
>
> — Batwoman.TV (@batwomantvsite) [March 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/batwomantvsite/status/1105883910318153729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Nothing better than this cute cast posting cute pictures together!
> This photo cleared my skin, paid my bills and singlehandedly dismantled the patriarchy. [\#charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AEnlMwoHsE](https://t.co/AEnlMwoHsE)
>
> — Ellen Tamaki (@ellentorii) [March 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1104917397150949376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Deputy](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8873996/)
Deputy, an upcoming drama on Fox, recently recast one of their two lead roles and announced that the new actor involved in the project will be [Bex Taylor-Klaus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bex-taylor-klaus/). This is particularly exciting because Bex identifies as non-binary. We do not know yet whether their character will also identify this way but here’s to hoping they do! We could definitely use more non-binary characters on our television screens.
> Whoop, there it is
>
> — (((bex))) free palestine (@IBexWeBex) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/IBexWeBex/status/1106328523537559552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
We are getting so close to the return of LoT! Phew, it has felt like a long wait. Here’s a new trailer for your enjoyment:
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
This week has been a roller coaster but the lowest point has definitely been Netflix’s announcement that ODAAT has been cancelled. As if this wasn’t bad enough, they tweeted this odd apology that insisted we do not “take this as an indication your story is not important” although that is exactly the signal they are sending…
> And to anyone who felt seen or represented — possibly for the first time — by ODAAT, please don’t take this as an indication your story is not important. The outpouring of love for this show is a firm reminder to us that we must continue finding ways to tell these stories.
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1106246672449863680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Obviously, the cancellation and this tweet sent the fandom world into a tailspin. All of the cast members tweeted about their disappointment. [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) posted a [heartfelt instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu_3zxFARbD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) and this tearful video:
> WE'RE GONNA GET ONE DAY AT A TIME ANOTHER HOME I SWEAR TO GOD WE'LL DO IT.
>
> [pic.twitter.com/Iv9tLBf0YP](https://t.co/Iv9tLBf0YP)[\#saveODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/saveODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — bea (@zwanheda) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/zwanheda/status/1106259583604006917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Lots of celebrities tweeted in support of the show, in hopes that it will be picked up by another network:
> [pic.twitter.com/mvxA4NziGZ](https://t.co/mvxA4NziGZ)
>
> — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin\_Manuel) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1106263340622536706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> One of the most beautiful moments I had on set of One Day At A Time was when I got to guest star. Rita Moreno invited myself and [@melissafumero](https://twitter.com/melissafumero?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) into her dressing room. [\#SAVEODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SAVEODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1106262247330869248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This was a devastating blow to me. I have said many times that I have never felt as represented as I did by [Elena Alvarez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/). She felt so real and like such a complete reflection of myself. And this was a result of having a diverse writers room, something that we have often asked for but are rarely given on television. The cast, writers, and showrunners cared so much about all the important causes covered on the show. It is such a loss for it to be cancelled by Netflix. But the fight isn’t over and we need to keep expressing our thoughts in the hope that another network is sensible enough to pick it up for another season!
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
Wow, didn’t think I would be writing about this show for a while! But we received some pretty big news this week:
> New ‘Orphan Black’ Series in Development at AMC (EXCLUSIVE)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [March 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1105498909915467776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Honestly, I’m still in shock and have not fully comprehended this. It’s pretty obvious that this would be a show without [Tatiana Maslany, ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)which definitely throws most of us off, but I have such a *deep and undying* love for this show that I am willing to give this potential spin-off the benefit of the doubt.
## [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
[Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) is on a roll with these convention announcements! She will now be attending Northern Fancon in May!
> ANNOUNCING the beloved [@AmyAcker](https://twitter.com/AmyAcker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) of @TheGiftedonFOX [@PersonInterest](https://twitter.com/PersonInterest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@ConManSeries](https://twitter.com/ConManSeries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) , Angel, Dollhouse, plus countless other film & tv favorites has joined the guest list for [@northernfancon](https://twitter.com/northernfancon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 2019!
> For tix head to [\#fancon5](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fancon5?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#northernfancon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/northernfancon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/v3oRhqJ73N](https://t.co/v3oRhqJ73N)
>
> — FANCON SOCIETY (@northernfancon) [March 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/northernfancon/status/1106261955428286464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
A small (but important) update on Supergirl. I would give a spoiler warning here but this information is entirely based on conjecture so take it with a grain of salt. Somewhat recently, Azie Tesfai started filming with the Supergirl crew and it was announced that she would be on the show in a recurring role as James’ sister, Kelly. She became fast friends with [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) and [Katie Mcgrath](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katie-mcgrath/) (which is really just a cute side note):
> I LOVE THEM SO MUCH OH MY GOD PLEASE THEIR FRIENDSHIP WARMS MY HEART [pic.twitter.com/GwaSLi5anw](https://t.co/GwaSLi5anw)
>
> — yana (@lenalvthr) [March 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/lenalvthr/status/1104090338480795648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She also loves Katie as much as the rest of us (another cute side note):
> Me when people ask about Katie McGrath 😂❤️ cc [@NicoleAMaines](https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/7gkjE7msaZ](https://t.co/7gkjE7msaZ)
>
> — Azie Tesfai (@AzieTesfai) [March 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai/status/1104163295739535361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Anyway, this all comes around to the fact that some photos were released from the upcoming Supergirl episode and there’s one important photo of her sitting with [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/).
> New [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) "O Brother Where Art Thou?" stills are here – including some shots of [@AzieTesfai](https://twitter.com/AzieTesfai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as James' sister, and a lot of hugging! See them all at KryptonSite: [pic.twitter.com/lhSIV6hjlH](https://t.co/lhSIV6hjlH)
>
> — KryptonSite (@KryptonSite) [March 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/KryptonSite/status/1105165897323278336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Now, I’m not saying something is going on there. But I am simply presenting the facts as they stand and letting you assume whether or not they are having potential eye sex in that first picture. (I would also like to submit [this instagram post](https://www.instagram.com/p/Btd0mIRl4Op/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) as another unrelated piece of evidence that I already love Azie a lot).
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
The fight for Wynonna Earp season 4 is still ongoing. Which has become especially daunting in the face of the ODAAT cancellation. But the cast, crew, and fans are not giving up! Billboards are still being placed in Times Square and the cast is regularly tweeting about the process:
> (Part 1 of 4)Want to let you all know that as Emily so beautifully said here – We DO see everything you Angel Earpers are doing in our [\#FightForWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) – please know that it feels like a delicate dance of how hard I can visibly push on social media and also remain respectful…
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [March 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1105174741910880257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
On a happier note, Melanie announced her attendance at the Empire Convention in Paris with this cute video!
> Can't wait to meet you all in Paris at the Empire Conventions, “Next Stop: Purgatory” event on Saturday, November 2nd and Sunday, November 3rd 2019.
> Website:
> Ticketing: [\#NSP](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NSP?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#NationalNappingDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NationalNappingDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/C6i7FCxYbO](https://t.co/C6i7FCxYbO)
>
> — Melanie Scrofano (@MelanieScrofano) [March 11, 2019](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano/status/1105134367641403394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amar a Muerte, Amy Acker, Azie Tesfai, Batwoman, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Charmed (2018), Isabella Gomez, Legends of Tomorrow, One Day at a Time, Orphan Black, Person of Interest, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Big Picture: Streaming Media](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/the-big-picture-streaming-media/)
**Published:** February 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Looking at the state of streaming media, it's actually not as good as it could be when it comes to diversity.
**Content:**
When we look at the streaming media, most people limit themselves to the networks who produce content *only* available on their streaming platforms, which right now targets three main sources:
- [Amazon Prime](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/amazon-prime)
- [Hulu](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hulu)
- [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix)
This is not say that networks like Tello or the defunct Seeso don’t matter. In fact, those are hugely important when we consider the parched landscape of representation on television in general. However, the channels most people are going to have in their home are one of those three.
## By the Numbers
There’s no hiding the fact that Netflix is going to win this by sheer volume.
**All Shows****On Air****Characters****Dead****Amazon**198835**Hulu**156475**Netflix**583516119Here’s the data in graph format:
It’s important to keep in mind that Amazon and Netflix have intentionally inflated their numbers with ‘originals’ that aren’t that at all. Take, for example, *Anne with an E*. That’s a CBC show that was ‘acquired’ by Netflix and gets flagged as a Netflix Original while it’s not.
We do our best to alert you to this by listing both networks on the show page, but Netflix loses at least 17 shows once we remove their ‘not really original originals.’ Still, it’s clear that Netflix is the top by volume.
## Understanding the Values
However, we know that volume doesn’t always mean they’re doing the best job. This is even harder to determine with streaming, since with network TV, all the stations have roughly the same number of spots for original content. They have a certain number of hours per day where they can air shows. Streaming doesn’t have any limitation besides their pocketbooks, so we cannot use percentages of shows with queers and without to come to a meaningful conclusion.
What we can do, however, is look at the breadth of the representation per station. This is what we did with [Network TV last year](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-big-picture-us-network-tv/), and how we learned that The CW is really amazing with their rep.
### Gender Representation
The first metric we use to compare is how is the gender representation on streaming media. Frankly? It’s bad.
**Cisgender****Transgender****Non-Binary\*****Amazon**62183**Hulu**4421**Netflix**14777On average, 86% of all queer characters on streaming TV are going to be cisgender. In fact, the numbers are so bad that the Non-Binary section is actually a combination of non-binary, genderfluid, and one intersex character. Hulu’s transgender characters are both trans women.
Hulu is the worst, with 93% of their characters being cis, followed by Netflix (91%), and Amazon is the best with 74%. That’s entirely due to *[Transparent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/)*. Take away that one show and they’re no better.
### Sexuality Diversity
The numbers get slightly better when you look at sexuality.
**Homosexual****Heterosexual****Bisexual****Pansexual****Queer\*****Amazon**46111826**Hulu**3321002**Netflix**101631158Again, I caveat that the queer column is collection of ‘everyone else’ because in general the numbers are terribly low. It includes self-identified queer and undefined characters. Even so, we can clearly see that most everyone is homosexual.
Netflix is the winner with diversity this time, though. Even though 62% of their characters are homosexual (Amazon 55%, Hulu 70%), they actually have a significant breadth of other sexualities.
## There is No Winner
Looking at everything, I cannot come to a conclusion of the ‘best’ streaming media service for queer rep. Netflix has the most shows, even if you remove their not-really-originals, and they have the best sexuality diversity, but everyone is so terrible with gender representation they all need to go back to school.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, Streaming Media
---
### [Dare I Say...it's Getting Better?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/dare-say-getting-better/)
**Published:** February 26, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** While real life in the US may be a complete shit show, 2017 TV is bringing a strange, unfamiliar feeling: optimism. I find myself relaxing, letting go of perpetual worry and enjoying shows.
**Content:**
## As a lesbian fan I have trust issues
When it comes to the shows and characters I love I always have my guard up. I keep my expectations set to low at all times and I’m perpetually ready for a show to get cancelled or a stray bullet to take out a character.
However, while real life in the US may be a complete shit show, 2017 TV is bringing a strange, unfamiliar feeling: **optimism**. I find myself relaxing, letting go of perpetual worry and enjoying shows.
As of this post, no queer female characters have died in 2017. And there are multiple shows on the air with main queer characters who get screentime and decent story arcs.
**I’m afraid to jinx it, but I think things may be getting better.**
## Here are the shows getting me to let my guard down.
### The Good Fight
[The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/) is one of my favorite shows of all time. It’s one of the few shows I needed to watch live with undivided attention. When I heard there was going to be a spinoff show with a main lesbian character I was pretty excited, but cautious. They did a bad job with Kalinda by giving her character the fade away. Also, the show was going to be streaming only on CBS All Access.
So far the show has exceeded my expectations. It’s just as well written and shot as the Good Wife. And Maia (brand new lawyer and Diane Lockhart’s goddaughter) and her girlfriend Amy (assistant state attorney) exist equally among the other characters. There’s no queerbait, no sensationalism and no big gay reveal. And the fact that it’s on a streaming platform gives the writers more creative freedom than a network show.
I really hope it survives the platform. I am going to follow my wife’s advice and just enjoy these 10 episodes for now.
### One Day at a Time
I watched the original One Day at a Time when I was a kid and this Netflix reboot with a Cuban family is really great. The show somehow pulls off having a laugh track and making you cry at the same time. It tackles serious issues like PTSD and dealing with the VA (the mom, Penelope Alvarez, played by Justina Machado from Six Feet under is a military veteran) and does them justice where other network sitcoms fall short.
The daughter Elena Alvarez (played by Isabella Gomez) has a coming out arc that is really well done. It’s sweet, funny and not 100% happiness and rainbows like is often the case in real life.
It has not been officially renewed yet, but the word from Netfilx is:
> To the best of our knowledge, Netflix has yet to publish a show that hasn’t gone past a first initial season, at least in the same category as this.
Fingers crossed it gets a second season, because I really want to see where they go with Elena’s character.
### Orphan Black
I love love love [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) and the fact that the final season is coming out this Summer makes me so sad. I am having difficulty coming to terms with never seeing Tatiana Maslany play these characters ever again after this season ends.
She does such an amazing job of playing multiple characters I honestly forget it’s the same person every time I watch it. And I find Cosima to be such an authentic lesbian character, she could totally be one of my gay nerd friends.
We’ll see what happens in this last season. My big hope is Cosima gets a season where she is not perpetually sick and weak. Orphan Black’s final season starts **June 10, 2017**.
### Sense8
[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) is a beautiful show in so many ways — the concept, the way it’s shot, the fact that it’s filmed on location all over the world and the characters. I love Nomi and Amanita who are definitely the healthiest and most loving couple on the show. Jamie Clayton and Freema Agyeman have great chemistry and their characters will do anything to protect each other.
Truth be told, I have a big crush on Nomi. I <3 queer computer geeks. My hopes are high that Nomi and Amanita will not get killed off, because the show was co-created by the Wachowskis and shows with queer creators are less likely to have dead queer characters (unless your name is Ilene Chaiken). I’m looking forward to season two coming out on **May 5, 2017**.
### Supergirl
I’ve watched a lot of queers on TV, and in my opinion, Alex Danvers’ coming out and subsequent relationship with Maggie Sawyer on [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) is the best in television history. The writing is so good. It really gets to the heart of what it can be like to come out, to yourself, your friends, family and co-workers. And all of this happens on a show with superheros fighting aliens.
Supergirl is delivering a queer relationship story to an audience that is starved for positive representation. I am not exaggerating when I say this show will save lives, if it hasn’t already. Another great thing is actors Chyler Leigh and Floriana Lima show so much support for their queer fans and they ship [\#Sanvers](https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23sanvers) hard on social media. All of this matters when it comes to improving how LGBT folks are represented on TV.
Alex and Maggie are also a ridiculously cute and kick-ass couple. Let’s hope we get many more seasons with these crime-fighting girlfriends.
### Wynonna Earp
I have to be honest, [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) is a little on the corny side for me (sorry!) and I have a hard time paying attention to the demon battling. However, like I did with Lost Girl, I mostly follow the relationship drama and that part is fun.
Wynonna’s little sister, Waverly, gets into an entertaining, slow burn relationship with local cop, Nicole Haught. At one point Nicole gets shot and she is wearing a bullet proof vest. I feel like this was a message to queer fans: we’ll protect our queer female characters.
The show was created by Emily Andras who was the showrunner for Lost Girl, one of the few shows in TV history to let a same-sex couple have a happy ending. She is also totally aware of the Bury Your Gays Trope and strives to do right by LGBT fans.
She [promises to have more Wayhaught](http://www.afterellen.com/tv/490411-wynonna-earp-creator-emily-andras-talks-wayhaught-survival/) in season two:
> The relationship is just cooking, and there’s so much ground left to cover with those two. I think Dominique and Kat are so exceptional on screen that we all just want more.
There’s no release date for season 2 yet, but it’s expected to start some time in 2017.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** It gets better, One Day at a Time, Op-ed, Orphan Black, Sense8, Supergirl, The Good Fight, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Master of None Thanksgiving Episode](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/master-none-thanksgiving-episode/)
**Published:** July 3, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Major Spoiler Alert! I am going to write about Master of None Season 2 Episode 8 "Thanksgiving." If you haven't watched it yet, stop reading, go watch it and then come back.
**Content:**
## Major Spoiler Alert!
I am going to write about [Master of None](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/master-of-none/) Thanksgiving episode – Season 2 Episode 8 “Thanksgiving.” If you haven’t watched it yet, stop reading, go watch it and then come back.
## I love Master of None
I am a first generation kid of an Asian immigrant parent, half Jewish and a lesbian. This puts me in a situation where I directly relate to almost nothing I watch on TV. I’m not complaining, though. I don’t need to relate to characters on a personal level to get emotionally connected to and deeply invested in a show (obviously), but when it does happen it’s really intense.
This is what happened when I watched the “Parents” episode from season one. I was blindsided — I felt sad, guilty, angry, validated and some PTSD all at the same time. You don’t see the real story of what it’s like have a huge culture gap with an Asian immigrant parent told on TV. They have a level of expectation that you as an American kid don’t fully understand.
**This scene sums it up:**
## Dev’s Lesbian Friend, Denise
Out lesbian actor Lena Waithe plays Dev’s (Aziz Ansari) lesbian friend, Denise. I was really hoping Denise would have a bigger role in season two. She wasn’t in a ton of episodes, but she co-wrote the Thanksgiving episode that centers around her, her family and her coming out process.
I loved this episode, and it’s a real testament to the effort Aziz Ansari puts into telling normally untold stories in a very real way.
## Getting It Right
The episode centers around Thanksgiving dinner over several years at Denise’s house with her mom, grandmom, aunt and Dev who attends every year because his family doesn’t do Thanksgiving dinner. It starts in the 90s when Denise and Dev are kids and ends in the present day.
Over the years you see Denise and Dev grow older and signs of baby dykedom start showing in Denise. She eventually comes out to Dev who accepts her immediately and then comes out to her mom who takes longer to come around. The story felt very real to me and it was one I imagine many queer folks could relate to.
I listened to [Aziz Ansari’s interview on Fresh Air](http://www.npr.org/2017/05/24/529815176/aziz-ansari-on-master-of-none-and-how-his-parents-feel-about-acting) and he said this when asked about Lena to co-writing the episode.
> I know when someone that’s not you tries to tell your story, especially when you don’t look like the person whose story you’re trying to tell, you’re going to screw it up. And the only way to get it right is to have them be as involved as possible. And that’s why I told her from the get-go – I said, you need to write this with me. And I’ll help you, and we’ll get this in shape and make it feel like the show. But you’ve got to make sure we get this right.
This seems so simple — have people who are subject matter experts on their own lives tell their own stories — but this is often not the case and unqualified writers get it wrong over and over again. The effort Aziz puts into producing an authentic show is one of the things that makes it so great.
## The Mythical Big Coming Out Speech
On screen, coming out is often this big moment accompanied by a speech, but that’s not usually how it goes down in real life. For me, my mom asked me an accusatory question I gave a short but honest answer and we didn’t talk much about it after that.
Denise comes out to Dev and her mom in the same way — during regular conversation that starts to go into relationship territory. She gives honest answers, not big speeches. Dev is accepting right away, her mom, on the other hand, takes a few years to come around.
## Getting to Know the “New” Person You Always Were
When Denise comes out to her mom she says, “I’ve always been gay. But I’m still the same person.”
When we come out to our parents, one of the hurdles they face is feeling like we are suddenly a different person they don’t know. If they were tuned in, they would have known our sexual orientation could evolve in any direction and this does not make us different people after it’s revealed. Actually, we are the people we’ve been our entire lives but now more our whole selves.
Part of our parents’ acceptance of us is coming to this realization: you’re still the same kid, but now I know you even better, and the queer thing isn’t as big a deal as I was raised to believe. The episode is able to show this so well since it take place over several years.
## More Denise, Please
I really hope Aziz gets a third season (and many more) to tell these stories. I’m a little nervous given the fact that Netflix cancelled a few shows lately with diverse casts and stories, but hopefully this show will be able to continue and give Denise a more prominent role.
I am going to leave you with an episode of the **[Nancy podcast](https://www.wnyc.org/shows/nancy)**, the awesome queer podcast produced by WNYC Studios. In this episode they interview Lena Waithe and she gives you more insight into Master of None.
### P.S.
This was my favorite scene in the whole episode. So funny.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Master of None, Review
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Feb 12, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-feb-12-2018/)
**Published:** February 12, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week Jane the Virgin gives the queer fans what they want, Arizona and the orgasm scientist get back together and The Fosters has a zero sad sponge episode.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Jane the Virgin gives queer fans the JR and Petra content they want, Arizona and the orgasm scientist get back together, and The Fosters has a zero sad sponge episode.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 13 “Both Sides Now” \[Live\] On another post-Sanvers episode of Supergirl, I’m not into it, but still watching.
While Alex is interrogating Purity, one of the World Killers, Purity digs deep into the Maggie-sized hole in Alex’s life.
At the end of the episode Alex and Kara are talking about their feelings over wings.
I’m glad the show hasn’t forgotten Maggie entirely, but ugh, it’s still painful. It’s not that I want her to be over it, but it’s such a bummer for her to go from one of the best, most ass-kicking queer characters on TV to sad and lost with not much plot. At least we now have other shows running with queer characters to compensate for the time being.
[*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 14 “Scars” \[Live\] On this episode we had some Stef having a panic attack at the supermarket and processing with her therapist over Tess, but nothing interesting enough to make a GIF over.
The one good thing happening on this show is [Elliot Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-fletcher/) and the performance he brings to this and every show he’s on.
Aaron tells Callie he’s willing to “come out” by allowing Callie to include his scars in a drawing she made of him.
This statement is what Elliot and other out transgender actors are doing every day. They are putting real faces and stories behind these characters and educating millions of viewers nuanced concepts around transphobia.
Otherwise, this week I wondered why I even bother with the **Stef and Lena Passion Index**.
We had:
It was a zero Sad Sponge episode.
[*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Black Jesus” \[Live\] On this episode of *Black Lightning*, Anissa beats up bad guys and Grace says the B word!
Yes! More bi rep with a character who isn’t afraid to say the word out loud.
[*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 12 “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” \[Live\] This episode starts with April posting the rules for a research funding contest. Twenty-five proposals will be picked to get $100K in seed funding; in phase two five projects will get a 1 million dollar grant; and one final winner will get 5 million dollars. Of course, everyone is scurrying around to draft these proposals in 3 days.
Jackson wants to do spray-on skin, and he’s acting pretty annoying and arrogant about it. Jackson’s mom, Catherine Avery, introduces him to Dr. Michelle Velez (played by [Candis Cayne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/candis-cayne/)), one of the country’s best plastic surgeons. She says they can greatly improve gender affirmation surgery for transgender women with a new technique using tissue from the peritoneum, and they want to enter the contest with this project. Jackson doesn’t know why they need him when the two of them can enter the contest themselves. Dr. Michelle says they can’t because she herself is going to be the patient.
Jackson would rather do his spray-on skin so his mom spends the rest of the episode trying to talk him into it.
Spoiler alert, she’s successful.
Meanwhile, Arizona is horrified by the infant morality rate in the US vs. Italy, birthplace of Carina the hot Italian Orgasm Scientist. Arizona asks Carina if she would like to be her partner on the study.
Carina asks “Your partner?”
Arizona answers, “Yeah, on the study.”
Carina replies, “Only on the study?”
Then this happens.
Yay! I was feeling confident these two would get back together, but I glad it finally happened. Please, Shonda, let this relationship be fun and last longer than half a season.
[*Jane the (Rafael) Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 10 “Chapter Seventy-Four” \[Live\] First, congratulations to Gina Rodriguez on her directorial debut this episode. She is a rock star!
https://twitter.com/BridgetRegan/status/962154305812746245
On this episode, JR tells Petra investigators found two loose screws on her sister’s balcony, and it doesn’t look good for her. Petra talks to the hotel maintenance guy. He says the screws need a special tool to loosen them, and Petra’s mom checked that tool out. Petra gets really upset when she learns her mother was with the twins when she did it.
Petra breaks down in front of JR who is now convinced she’s on the wrong side.
She texts the mystery person she’s working for and tells them Petra is not guilty. Mystery person texts back and says guilty or not, they had a deal. JR then throws the burner phone on the floor and stomps on it ending the deal.
Later, JR accompanies Petra while she’s questioned by investigators. JR tells her hopefully they’ll drop her as a person of interest and then she and her will go their separate ways to which the narrator says, “Hmmm. It looks like someone’s having trouble letting go (referring to Petra).”
When JR gets in her car she discovers a new burner phone.
Eek! It looks like whomever JR was working for has scandalous information about her. Will they be able to pressure her into changing her mind? I think the mystery person is Petra’s mom.
At the end of the show, it appears that JR has showed up at Petra’s door to give her some good news.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/962352664230146048
OMG. This is amazing. JR and Petra are happening! I feel like the writers have given us a gift. I absolutely can not wait to see more. And when will we find out who planted the two missing screws?
Tonight Legends of Tomorrow is back, and I can’t wait! I feel like the hiatus has taken forever. I hope to be able to report on some Avalance action next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Supergirl, The Fosters
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### [ClexaCon 2018 Day One Photo Gallery](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/)
**Published:** April 7, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A photo gallery of some of the panels and people of ClexaCon Day One.
**Content:**
Here is a photo gallery of some of the panels and people of [ClexaCon](https://www.clexacon.com/) 2018 Day One.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/stephanie-beatriz-2/)
Stephanie Beatriz – Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/nicole-pacent-3/)
Nicole Pacent – Aster from Anyone But Me
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/lgbtq-actresses/)
LGBTQ Actresses – Dot Marie Jones, Haviland Stillwell, Mandahla Rose, Stephanie Beatriz, Brittany Ashley, Nicole Pacent
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/gayasian-panel/)
Gaysian: Queer Asian Representation in the Media – Nicole Espinoza, Diane Chen, Maya Reddy, Chloe Tse [](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/anna-silk-2/)
Anna Silk from Lost Girl
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/haviland-stillwell/)
Haviland Stillwell – Out actor and singer.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/erica-luttrell-3/)
Erica Luttrell – The Voice of Sapphire from Steven Universe and Val from Lost Girl.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/lexas-legacy/)
The Lexa’s Legacy Panel – Lynn Sternberger, Rin L., Chandler, MeyerNicole Espinosa, [](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-2018-day-one-photo-gallery/wynonna-earp-2/)
The Wynonna Earp Panel – Emily Andras, Tamara Duarte, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Kat Barrell
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Photo Gallery
---
### [“Legends of Tomorrow” is Normalizing Queerness and it’s Awesome](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/legends-of-tomorrow-is-normalizing-queerness-and-its-awesome/)
**Published:** January 16, 2019
**Author:** Karen Frost
**Excerpt:** How the CW sparked a revolution and recovered, all with the help of some magical, time traveling queers.
**Content:**
Let’s talk about the CW for a moment. In 2016, the CW show “The 100” made what turned out to be a catastrophic decision: it killed off the popular character Lexa, sparking the biggest outcry in the queer female community since the killing of Dana in season three of “The L Word.” It was a watershed moment in queer female culture, one whose impact and importance can’t be overstated. Even mainstream, heterosexual outlets like “Vanity Fair” began talking about the toxic “Bury Your Gays” trope on TV and its deleterious effect on the queer female community. In consequence, much of Hollywood made a conscious decision to stop tokenizing its queer female characters and killing them off. In a very real way, Lexa’s death allowed for future lesbian characters to live.
No one learned more from “The 100”’s mistake than the CW itself. It started adding regular queer characters to all of its shows targeting that age demographic*.* [Kareema on “No Tomorrow”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/no-tomorrow/) (2016), [Alex and Maggie on “Supergirl”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) (2016), [Freya and Keelin on “The Originals”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/) (2017), [Thea on “Valor”](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thea/) (2017), [Cheryl and Toni on “Riverdale”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) (2017), [Ava Sharpe on “Legends of Tomorrow”](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-sharpe/) (2017), [Coop on “All American”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/) (2018), [Anissa and Grace on “Black Lightning”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) (2018), [Mel and Niko on the “Charmed”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/) reboot, [Nora West-Allen on “The Flash”](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-west-allen/) (2018), and [Ida and Poppy on “Life Sentence”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-sentence/) (2018). [Valencia was made bisexual in season three of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/) (2018) and to “[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/),” already replete with queer characters, the CW added even more, bring its total number of regulars to three, recurring characters to four, with a total queer count of 13 women to date.
Overall, the CW added at least 19 regular queer characters after Lexa’s death, and that doesn’t even count recurring and guest characters. Moreover, it’s both notable and significant that among ClexaCon guests, Chyler Leigh of “Supergirl,” Caity Lotz and Maisie Richardson-Sellers of “Legends of Tomorrow,” and Nafessa Williams of “Black Lightning” attended in 2018, while in 2019 Jes Macallan (“Legends of Tomorrow”), Chantal Thuy (“Black Lightning”) and Katrina Law (“Arrow”) will also be added. A mea culpa from the CW?
Credit [ClexaCon 2018](https://clexa-con.com/media/2018-photos)Many of the CW’s new same-sex pairs have been wildly popular in the queer female community, further proof that not only did the CW learn from its Lexa experience, but queer viewers were willing to provisionally trust the CW not to break their trust again. One of these couples is “Avalance,” the portmanteau for the pairing of Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe on “Legends of Tomorrow,” whose relationship started in season three of the show.
For those who haven’t seen it, LoT doesn’t take itself seriously. In fact, sometimes it feels like the writers drop acid before thinking up individual episodes. The legends as “Puppets of Tomorrow”? Check. A fuzzy blue plush toy named Beebo that saves the world by defeating a demon from hell? Check. The legends saving future President Barack Obama from a telepathic gorilla? Double check. But LoT is also queer as hell, and it does so in a way that normalizes queerness.
Sara’s character arc in general, and Avalance specifically, typifies the CW’s shift towards inclusivity. Throughout Sara’s time on both LoT and “Arrow,” she has had plenty of paramours of both male and female genders. Although these were fleeting affairs, none of which stuck until the arrival of Ava, they nevertheless showed positive bisexual representation: Sara didn’t fall into the trope [But Not Too Bi](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ButNotTooBi), nor did she fall into the trope of the sex-crazed bisexual. She was just Sara, and Sara couldn’t be tied down by anyone of *any* gender.
Although LoT is an ensemble show, Sara is the captain of the Waverider, the leader of the legends. Ava is the head of the Time Bureau, making her the bureaucratic boss of the Waveriders. These are not tertiary characters; these are central characters who play a central role in the show. Imagine if Captain Janeway of “Star Trek: Voyager” had been given a girlfriend, and if the crew of the ship had all been supportive of that relationship.
Then imagine if Janeway’s girlfriend had even accompanied the crew on its missions. That is the primary novelty of Avalance: that finally in the late 2010s it is possible for a female character in a position of leadership not only to lead, but to have a sustained, committed relationship with another female character who is also in a position of authority (in the last few years we’ve seen other queer female leaders, such as [Two on “Dark Matters”](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/two/) or [Dutch on “Killjoys,”](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dutch/) but their queer forays didn’t result in relationships). Moreover, that relationship is not based on titillation of male viewers, but the sincere desire to use chemistry between two characters and build a relationship from it, regardless of those characters’ genders. Because no one on the show made a big deal of Avalance, straight viewers were primed not to either.
Credit The CWBut Avalance also normalizes queerness just by showing the same (tropey, admittedly) relationship story arc that straight TV couples experience: an initial confrontation, a shared bonding experience, flirting, the first date, the establishment of the relationship, saying “I love you” for the first time, discussion of moving in together, having a sexy-turned-comical moment, etc. Things that heterosexual viewers take for granted in opposite-sex love stories are often not shown for queer love stories. While by now there have been multiple queer female TV couples that have completed most of the elements of this arc, it’s nevertheless still rare enough to feel novel. And LoT does it all with enthusiasm and fun. This is a show that genuinely loves its characters, and roots for its characters as much as the viewers do.
For 2019, LoT has committed to something that “Supergirl,” with its highly popular “Sanvers” pairing, did not: Jes Macallan has been made a series regular. This indicates LoT’s commitment to both Ava Sharpe and Avalance. What adventures await Avalance when Ava is on every episode? Who knows. Depends on what LSD gets dropped. But we look forward to seeing what Avalance can become. Will it reach the same sort of iconic status as the likes of John Crighton and Aeryn Sun on “Farscape,” Fox Mulder and Dana Scully on “The X-Files,” Olivia Dunham and Peter Bishop on “Fringe,” or Zoë Washburne and Hoban Washburne on “Firefly”? We hope so.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Legends of Tomorrow
---
### [A look back at "Sugar Rush"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/a-look-back-at-sugar-rush/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Sara Wolstenholme-Crompton
**Excerpt:** Before there was Skins there was Sugar Rush - 13 years later, the seminal series brought back all the memories at ClexaCon: London.
**Content:**
**Editor’s Note:** I had the pleasure of meeting Sara at ClexaCon London and talked about UK representation, breaking into the journalism industry, and of course, *Sugar Rush*. When she expressed interest in writing for us, I readily accepted. Are you interested in writing an article for LezWatch.TV? [We welcome your submissions.](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/submissions/) — Mika Epstein
Watching actor [Olivia Hallinan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-hallinan/)’s panel at ClexaCon gave me the urge to revisit her 2005 Brighton-set coming of age comedy, *[Sugar Rush](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sugar-rush/)*. I felt the sudden need to reminisce over the days of watching it on the lowest volume I could hear, after sneaking away in my room at age 15 because although I was out I sure as anything wasn’t ready to broadcast just how gay I was to my family, but just as I thought watching it again brought all those vivid memories flooding back. I was reminded of the feeling that there were other people like me out there, regardless of what my bullies told me. I also remember feeling represented for the first time in my life.
> [\#ClexaConLondon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaConLondon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) featured panel [@olivia\_hallinan](https://twitter.com/olivia_hallinan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [\#SugarRush](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SugarRush?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is happening right now in the Main Panel Room!! [pic.twitter.com/ooKNy46dBa](https://t.co/ooKNy46dBa)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [November 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1059048898629656577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
A risqué series, *Sugar Rush* aired on channel 4 between 2005 and 2006, the shows two seasons followed [Kim](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kim-daniels/) (Olivia Hallinan) a high school student as she comes to terms with her sexuality, falls in obsession with her best friend Sugar (Lenora Crichlow) and even masturbates with an electric toothbrush. Yes it is about as bonkers as you would imagine but it holds a special place in my heart and the heart of many baby gays of yesteryear. It grants a nostalgic glimpse into the lesbian representation of the mid 2000s on British television.
Kim and Sugar
*Sugar Rush* was in parts belly laugh funny, *you read the bit about the toothbrush right?* This isn’t just down to the two leads as the show features a number of hilarious performances from it’s extended cast including Richard Lumsden, Sara Stewart and even Spiderman himself, Andrew Garfield as Tom; Kim’s next door neighbour who has a not so subtle crush on her.
Saint and Kim
An array of interesting characters most notably [Saint](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/saint/), a sex shop owner who becomes Kim’s love interest, help keep the view interested in the plot development. This too is helped by a script filled with raunchy quips, dry one liners and a number of insane scenarios; raging from Kim catching crabs after sharing a towel with her adulterous mother and Matt, Kim’s younger brother painting himself blue.
*Sugar Rush* was years ahead of its time and the content continually proved that, it broke boundaries on British television and paved the way for shows like *[Skins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/)* which aired two years after its premier. LGBT representation on British screens at this time was scarce to say the least, we’d had the lesbian kiss on *[Brookside](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brookside/)* and Todd’s coming out on *[Coronation Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coronation-street/)* but it felt like soap operas were all we had. *Sugar Rush* changed this by being unapologetically queer, featuring a masturbation scene seconds into it’s premier, It broke boundaries and took no prisoners in its portrayal of teen life and sexuality, it was exciting.
Whilst dated and at times problematic *Sugar Rush*, on the whole is a funny and heartwarming tale of a gay teenager discovering herself whilst disastrously navigating the world of being in love with her best friend and I believe it’s well worth a watch, if not purely for nostalgia purposes.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Sugar Rush
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### [Why Our Big, Queer TV Weddings Matter](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/why-big-queer-weddings-matter/)
**Published:** February 28, 2019
**Author:** Karen Frost
**Excerpt:** How far have we come since Carol and Susan were married on Friends in 1996?
**Content:**
In January 1996, 31.6 million Americans tuned in to watch Ross Gellar’s ex-wife Carol marry her partner Susan on the culturally iconic show “[Friends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/friends/).” It was a landmark moment on broadcast TV, not just because it was 19 years before same-sex marriage was actually legalized in the United States, but because it was the first time on American television two female characters were shown getting married.
“Representation” as it relates to TV and film has to do with multiple facets of the minority experience. Do minorities see themselves portrayed on screen in the numerical proportions that they exist within society, for example? Are minority characters fulsome, three-dimensional characters, or are they two-dimensional stereotypes and props to support white male characters? Do the storylines of minority characters advance the character development of the minority character, or are the characters there only to further the non-minority characters’ development? Are minority characters given complex storylines that interweave with the storylines of other characters on the show, or are they repeatedly given the same types of storylines over and over again, often carried out in a vacuum away from the rest of the characters? And finally: do the situations that the characters face on the show match the situations faced by minorities in the real world?
When it comes to the depiction of queer women on TV, we have made varying degrees of progress on these representational issues. For example, while queer women are still not portrayed in proportion to their incidence in society (not even close), since the late 2000s and early 2010s we have seen a large shift from “blink and you missed them” characters played by guest stars during Sweeps Week to robust characters played by regular cast members.
Simultaneously, queer female characters’ storylines have evolved from a character’s storyline *being* her sexual orientation to a character’s sexual orientation being just *part* of a much larger storyline about how she interacts with her peers and her environment. This has meant in practice that the titillating lesbian lip peck from Sweeps Week has been replaced by actual emotional and physical intimacy for queer female characters. Put another way, storylines about lesbians in search of sperm donors have been replaced with stories about bisexual women captaining spaceships and lesbians running the local sheriff’s department.
What hasn’t changed, however, is the lack of same-sex weddings on TV. LezWatch.TV has documented 1,194 shows, mini-series, and webseries with fictional characters that are queer female, transgender, or non-binary, but of these only 20 regular TV shows showed an actual queer wedding. While it’s true that what small parts of the world allow same-sex marriage only started allowing it circa 2014, 20 is…anemic, to put it mildly. Moreover, many of those marriages didn’t last anyway.
Spoiler Alert!
On “[All My Children](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-my-children/),” Reese cheated on Maggie with a man the day before they got married, resulting in an annulment of the marriage. Callie and Arizona broke up on “[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)” (but maybe got back together off screen eventually? Who knows.), which is still better than when mobsters shot up Pepa and Silvia’s wedding on “[Los Hombres de Paco](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/los-hombres-de-paco/),” killing Silvia. Tonya and Dana broke up on “[The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/),” which was for the best, but then Shane left Carmen at the altar, as did Sophie to Sian on “[Coronation Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coronation-street/).” Kate died the day after she and Caroline got married on “[Last Tango in Halifax](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/last-tango-in-halifax/),” while the marriage between Esther and Kim on “[Hollyoaks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hollyoaks/)” devolved quickly and ended up with Kim being committed to a mental institution.
What remains—in terms of recurring or full-time characters getting married on-screen and staying married—on a regular TV series boils down to: Julie and Katherine on Amazon Prime’s “[Alpha House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alpha-house/),” Nicole and Charlie on Lifetime’s “[Army Wives](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/army-wives/),” Rita and Valeria on Italy’s Rai 1’s “[È Arrivata la Felicità](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/e-arrivata-la-felicita/),” Florencia and Jazmín on Argentina’s El Trece’s “[Las Estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-estrellas/),” Stef and Lena on ABC Family/Freeform’s “[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/),” Carol and Susan on NBC’s “Friends,” Santana and Brittany on Fox’s “[Glee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/),” Lizzy and Prudence in NBC’s “[One Big Happy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-big-happy/),” Freya and Keelin on The CW’s “[The Originals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/),” Nomi and Amanita on Netflix’s “[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/),” Ruby and Sapphire on Cartoon Network’s “[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/),” Cameron and Rhea on Starz’s “[Take my Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/),” and finally Clara and Marina on Brazil’s Globo’s “[Em Família](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/em-familia/).”
**This means that roughly 2% of all documented shows with queer female pairings showed a queer wedding, with a little over 1% obtaining happy endings.** These are terrible statistics.
To be fair, cis straight characters normally don’t have big, fancy weddings either (with notable exceptions like Bones and Booth on “Bones”) but then again, heterosexuals don’t need to see straight weddings on TV to have their sexual identity validated. The validation of heterosexuality is *everywhere*, from jewelry commercials to Valentine’s Day cards to “his and hers” everything. In addition to reflecting minority communities on screen, “representation” is also about sensitizing the majority community to minority issues and normalizing inclusion in society.
Studies have consistently shown that individuals who are exposed to LGBT individuals—whether in real life or on a TV screen—are less likely to hold homophobic beliefs. The fact that three states have already introduced anti-gay marriage bills this year highlights the significant need to show gay marriages on TV in order to de-stigmatize them. In a painfully tangible way, we need Hollywood to help us teach straight society that gay marriage didn’t kill the dinosaurs, and it isn’t the bogeyman that some people think it is either. It’s simply two people getting married, same as straight marriage.
2019 is already on track to be a big year for weddings. Charity proposed to Vanessa on “[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/),” Kate and Rana proposed to each other on “Coronation Street,” and Waverly possibly maybe proposed to Nicole on “[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/).” The big question is whether this portends a shift in representation trends. Will we eventually see more queer female weddings? One answer is to say that British soap operas for years have had same-sex female relationships that led at least to engagements, so we are likely seeing a continuation of longstanding trends there and nothing new. Another is to say that as more queer female characters are introduced onto TV shows, the higher the likelihood that we’ll see same-sex marriages, just based on numbers. For now then, it looks like the trendline is the same, but there is hope for the future.
The last point about fictional same-sex weddings is fans *want* to see them, just as they want to see first kisses, the first “I love you,” and other significant milestones in a relationship. Broader social points about representation and inclusion aside, it brings fans joy to watch two characters that they love celebrate their commitment in a loving, heartfelt ceremony.
There is a reason that fans write fanfic about weddings. A wedding suggests commitment and permanency. It suggests happily ever after. At the end of the day, fans are sentimental, and we want our big, queer weddings, darn it!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** All My Children, Friends, Grey's Anatomy, Los Hombres de Paco, Steven Universe, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 4, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-march-4-2019/)
**Published:** March 4, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The girls process Abbi's yellow hat on Broad City, Professor Shane goes THERE on Grown-ish and Mel and Jada level up their relationship on Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the girls process Abbi’s yellow hat on *Broad City;* Professor Shane goes THERE on *Grown-ish*; and Mel and Jada level up their relationship on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 10 “Wild’n Cuz I’m Young” \[Live\]By the end of the last episode, it was obvious Nomi was falling for Professor Shane, but I didn’t think it was going to be reciprocated. In this episode, Zoey is off making bad decisions and texting Nomi to join her. Nomi is in Professor Shane’s car after a night of queer culture immersion when she gets her texts.
Professor Shane says she’d like to keep hanging out, but she doesn’t want to keep her from her friends. She says these will be four of the best years of her life and she should go have fun. Nomi’s like, “Okay I’m going to go have an amazing time and I’ll text you after.”
She starts to leave, and then this happens.
Folks, I am not a prude by any stretch of the imagination, but when that happened I clutched my pearls. I really thought this was going down “in love with your teacher” trope road, but I did not think Professor Shane was going to be into it too. And I definitely did not think she would be the one to initiate a make out.
To be honest, I am having a hard time with the professor/student thing especially since Nomi is in her class which gives Shane a position of power over her and Nomi is 19 or 20, and Shane is in her 40s.
Anyway, back to our story. Zoey is being responsible for a minute at the apartment studying when Nomi comes home after 2am glowing from spending time with Professor Shane.
Nomi never tells Zoey who she is in like with, but she does talk her into blowing off studying and going out to celebrate.
Wow. I am very curious to see where this goes. Are they just going to start dating? Is this a violation of school policy and will Prof. Shane get in trouble? Or will this go down the Nomi experiencing heartbreak road which would be on brand for the real Shane.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)– Season 3 Episode 13 “Chapter Forty-Eight: Requiem for a Welterweight” \[Live\]Before *Rivedale* took a little break, Cheryl gave Toni an “I’m Sorry” gift of a girl gang Toni named the Pretty Poisons. Now Jughead’s upset because all of the female Serpents are defecting to Toni and Cheryl’s gang. Jughead thinks he can talk to Toni, get her to rejoin the Serpents and all will be back to normal. I don’t know why he thinks this will be an easy fix after he kicked Cheryl and Toni out of the Serpents in the first place.
Jughead’s talk with Toni doesn’t go according to his plan. There seems to be a glass ceiling in the Serpent family, and if Toni were to rejoin she would never have an opportunity to have a leadership position there. With the Pretty Poisons she is the gang leader.
I don’t know why Jughead thinks pushing Toni’s buttons about Cheryl is going to win her over.
Meanwhile, Cheryl is running a Pretty Poisons training session when Toni tells her about Jughead’s BS.
> I love this Pretty Poisons training session, although you can see Cheryl is having a hard time letting Toni be the real gang leader. -T [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2JKIrPlKox](https://t.co/2JKIrPlKox)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1102590713026527232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
You can see Cheryl is scheming something without consulting Toni first. I do like that the show is dealing with the fact that Toni is always in Cheryl’s shadow. I want Toni to have a personality and life of her own besides being Cheryl’s arm candy, and it looks like the show is trying to make that happen.
Cheryl has a posse of Pretty Poisons greet a couple Serpents as they leave Pop’s diner.
And then The Poisons beat them up.
When Toni finds out what Cheryl did she is rightfully pissed, and they have their second ever fight.
We’ll see if Cheryl can control her control issues.
*[Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)* – Season 5 Episode 6 “Lost and Found” \[Live\] This episode opens with Abbi snoring in Leslie’s bed. After she wakes up, Leslie gives her a present — a floppy yellow hat. Abbi puts it on and you can tell she’s unsure about it. To be honest, we’re all unsure about it because it’s a pretty dorky hat.
For the rest of the episode, Abbi’s yellow hat is a hilarious metaphor for her relationship with Leslie and her sexual orientation in general. Ilana is obviously jealous about Abbi and Leslie and hates the hat.
I absolutely loved this discussion about the hat. I thought it was a very *Broad City* way for Abbi and Ilana to process the issues Ilana is having with this new relationship.
> Abbi and Ilana process Abbi's new interest in "hats." 😂 [\#broadcity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/broadcity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/nEG8BDH1x1](https://t.co/nEG8BDH1x1)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1102615973578899457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
For the rest of the episode, the two of them are on a non-hat related adventure, but Ilana keeps giving Abbi’s yellow hat the side-eye and snarky comments.
At the end Abbi and Leslie are hanging out, and Abbi comes clean about not being into the hat. Leslie is totally cool with it and tells her she’s cuter without it anyway.
I love this discussion on accepting bisexuality (you don’t have to commit exclusively to hats to be with a girl) without a lecture or an *After School Special*-style learning episode.
We’ll see if Ilana eventually gets on board.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 13 “Manic Pixie Nightmare” \[Live\] It looks like Mel and Jada are leveling up their relationship to “toothbrush” status after Mel suggests keeping one at Jada’s place.
Later, Maggie uses her powers to figure out Mel’s sleeping with the leader of the Sarcana.
Maggie’s afraid “sex brain” is going to cloud Mel’s judgement, but Mel insists her judgement is just fine.
Later, Jada texts Mel that she has something urgent to tell her. Mel goes back to Jada’s apartment to find out what it is.
Mel asks her if she doesn’t want to see her parents and Jada shares her backstory with her. Her parents don’t know she’s a witch, and on top of that, they think she’s in a cult. She was really close to her family until she discovered her powers when down a self-destructive path and eventually ran away.
Then Jada pops this question.
That didn’t seem to go well, but by the end Mel has a change of heart.
Y’all, I think I’m becoming team Mel and Jada now. They are really sweet to each other, and Mel doesn’t have to keep her powers a secret like she does with Niko.
Suddenly, their cute and supportive conversation is interrupted.
Whaaat was that about? We’ll have to wait until next week to find out.
Tonight *Black Lighting* is back, AND on Thursday *For the People* season two starts! I can not wait to have Kate Littlejohn back on my TV!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Broad City, Charmed (2018), Grown-ish, Riverdale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-february-25-2019/)
**Published:** February 25, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I'm instantly hooked on Lena Waithe's new comedy/drama Boomerang, Alice almost gets some on Good Trouble and Abbi and Leslie hit it off on Broad City.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I’m instantly hooked on Lena Waithe’s new comedy/drama *Boomerang*; Alice almost gets some on *Good Trouble;* and Abbi and Leslie hit it off on *Broad City*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Boomerang](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boomerang/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Game Night” \[Catch-Up\] *Boomerang* is my new favorite comedy/drama. It’s co-written and produced by one of our faves, [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/), and it’s fabulous. The dialogue is so good, and the ensemble works really well together.
The show primarily revolves around the very privileged Simone Graham who works for her famous father Marcus Graham’s marketing company. Within the first third of the pilot episode, she quits her job and then tries to launch her own marketing company.
Simone has an eclectic group of friends including Tia, a lesbian stripper who Simone takes on as her first marketing project. Tia is a *character*, and nearly everything that comes out of her mouth is hilarious.
I can’t wait to see what happens with Simone and her friends for the rest of the season.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 7 “Swipe Right” \[Live\]The Coterie women (minus Callie) are trying an experiment picking dates for each other off an app. Malika is in charge of finding a girl for Alice.
They all have their dates at the same place and time (which sounds like it would take a lot of coordination). The dates are all going pretty badly except for Alice’s. Her date is named Joey, an interesting women with a radio show.
Alice actually takes the girl home and their first attempt at kissing is awkward. Alice explains she hasn’t dated anyone in years, but she gives it another try and does better.
After halfway through the episode everyone is getting laid, including Alice. Well, she was about to until she was interrupted by a knock on her door.
Oh, NO!
Of course Alice jumps up to see what Sumi needs, and of course, Sumi is in the middle of drama with her fiance and needs Alice to take care of her.
This is the absolute worst thing that could have happened during Alice’s date.
At this point I can envision everyone at home yelling at Alice to tell Sumi to get lost because she’s got another girl in her bed. It looks like that’s exactly what she does.
I’m so happy Alice stood up to Sumi and is having a good time with another girl. However, we all find out later this is not what actually happened.
Alice is obviously too distracted by Sumi’s visit and not able to be 100% present with Joey. We fast forward in time, and Joey is no longer there as Alice lets Sumi into her room where she proceeds to dump her issues all over her.
Not only does Alice help put Sumi’s ego back together, she also lets her sleep in her bed overnight.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1099379374405636103
Ugh, I knew it was too good to be true, and I also knew Sumi would go immediately back to Meera the minute she came calling.
I was about to give up on Alice ever finding a life of her own, until the very end of the episode when the women are all together in the morning comparing dates. Joey’s radio show is playing when they all hear Alice call-in. She asks if she has a song pick for a girl who messed up on a first date and would do anything for a second chance.
That was a cute ending. Let’s hope it’s another step towards Alice untangling her codependent relationship with Sumi.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 9 “Body Count” \[Live\]On this episode, Nomi is taking Shane’s, I mean her gender studies professor Hewson’s advice, and trying to learn about LGBT culture by going to a queer art exhibit.
Nomi goes to the show and they are doing queer performance art. She’s looking a little apprehensive, but she tries to settle in to watch the show.
Girl, I hear you, I have a really low tolerance level for bad performance art. Nomi winds up getting chased out of there by the screams.
Later, Nomi is on her laptop when Shane/Professor Hewson texts her. She asks her how the show went, and Nomi replies that it was loud.
Are professors texting students normal? It feels like it crosses a line to me.
Um, where is this going? I hope not where we think it may be going. We’ll have to wait and see what Shane /Professor Hewson has Nomi clearing her schedule for next week.
*[Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)* – Season 5 Episode 5 “Artsy Fartsy” \[Live\] There was a real treat in this episode of *Broad City*!
After an episode of usual Abbi hi-jinx and Ilana being super gross as always, Abbi falls on her face and winds up in the ER. Her ER doctor Leslie is played by none other than Clea Duvall! I’ve been in love with her since she played Graham in *But I’m a Cheerleader*.
Abbi and Leslie seem to be hitting it off, and before they part, Abbi asks for her phone number.
> I LOVED this scene from the last episode of [\#BroadCity](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BroadCity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 1 I've had a crush on Clea Duvall since forever and 2 the slow pulling back of the curtain was hilarious. -T [pic.twitter.com/mMYfNyZ4EF](https://t.co/mMYfNyZ4EF)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 23, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1099399295068004352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love this! I’m wondering since Abbi is bisexual in real life if she wanted her character to be bi before this last season ends. I am here for it, and I can’t wait to see what happens with Abbi and Leslie.
Legacies – Season 1 Episode 11 “We’re Gonna Need a Spotlight” \[Live\] On this episode of *Legacies*, the school is invaded by slugs that crawl inside your ear then cause you to lose all your inhibitions. What could go wrong?
Josie and Lizzie are back from their time away from the school and ready to be “better” versions of themselves.
Looks like “Saltzman Twins 2.0” does not include any room for Penelope.
Later, at Talent Show rehearsal, Josie is trying to hide from Penelope, but she finds her and hands her a note.
Ugh, I hate the “I wont read the letter you wrote me that probably has feelings” trope.
Soon after that, Josie gets invaded by the no inhibitions slug and she suddenly has self confidence and some bossiness usually attributed to her sister.
High on slug, Josie is willing to talk to Penelope.
> I love Penelope in the tux. -T [\#Legacies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legacies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Posie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Posie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/pdcMFHQRtN](https://t.co/pdcMFHQRtN)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1098986055800369152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They go off to a shack in the woods to find an urn and talk about the note.
> These two are a very entertaining pair of dysfunctional exes. -T [\#Legacies](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Legacies?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Posie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Posie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YW2HRvIiGo](https://t.co/YW2HRvIiGo)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1100081936268251142?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m enjoying the ups and downs of the #Posie roller coaster ride, but what are we to think here? Uninhibited Josie wants to be with Penelope but not be back in relationship with her?
By now folks have caught on to the slug thing. Hope and Lizzie find Josie and Penelope and get the slug out of her head.
So, what was in that note, exactly? We may never know, because at the end of the episode, when they usually wrap up everyone’s story lines, they left out Josie and Penelope. I hate when they leave the queers out of the follow-ups.
This week *Grey’s Anatomy* breaks records by becoming the longest-running prime time medical show on television! I am so happy for Shonda reaching this achievement, and I hope she continues to break more records.
> You picked us. You chose us. You loved us. Join us on Thursday for [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s record-breaking episode.
>
> — Grey's Anatomy (@GreysABC) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/GreysABC/status/1099833308006023169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Boomerang, Broad City, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Legacies
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### [Queer Beats - March 8, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-march-8-2019/)
**Published:** March 8, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Vancouver turned into Gotham, Jes Macallan and Tala Ashe attended London Comic Con Spring, and we really need to #RenewODAAT.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Vancouver turned into Gotham, Jes Macallan and Tala Ashe attended London Comic Con Spring, and we really need to #RenewODAAT.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
This is all really happening. Batwoman is really filming. Somebody pinch me. Pictures have been released from Vancouver this week where the show’s pilot is being filmed and it is all making me *very excited*.
https://twitter.com/DroneTactician/status/1103464235999289344
> GOTHAM CITY(‘Batwoman’ pilot) x Vancouver Art Gallery[@yvrshoots](https://twitter.com/yvrshoots?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@WhatsFilming](https://twitter.com/WhatsFilming?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#vancouver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/vancouver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/C8Ct1Ocac2](https://t.co/C8Ct1Ocac2)
>
> — doppelvancouver 🛸 (@doppelvancouver) [March 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/doppelvancouver/status/1103165660312399872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Light snow falling on [@VanArtGallery](https://twitter.com/VanArtGallery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) tonight as it stands in for [\#Gotham](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gotham?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) City. [\#bcfilm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/bcfilm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#hollywoodnorth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/hollywoodnorth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Vancouver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OloO4Xo5hX](https://t.co/OloO4Xo5hX)
>
> — Ben Miljure (@CTVNewsBen) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/CTVNewsBen/status/1103483176721145856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [BIFL Series](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries)
BIFL finally released a teaser trailer and it looks SO GOOD!
> …did someone say TEASER TRAILER?!?
>
> Happy Fri-yay y'all! 🏳️🌈❤️
>
> "Rebel Babe" courtesy of the lovely and talented [@LucyAndLaMer](https://twitter.com/LucyAndLaMer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) (yup she's a fan!)[\#lgbtqia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lgbtqia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#queercontent](https://twitter.com/hashtag/queercontent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#lucyandlamer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/lucyandlamer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RepresentationMatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#queerartists](https://twitter.com/hashtag/queerartists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#friyay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/friyay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#fridaymood](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fridaymood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — BIFL: The Series 🍾 (@BIFLseries) [March 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries/status/1101558678526713856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The series creators were also on the Unconventional podcast this week since the show will be premiering at Clexacon this April. Be sure to listen if you are excited for the series!
> This episode of unCONventional is all about the 2019 ClexaCon Film Festival!! Host [@DanaPiccoli](https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) chats it up with guests Chelsea Woods (If This is Wrong), Rachel Paulson (Good Kisser), Kelsey O'Regan and Anisha Adusumilli ([@BIFLseries](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) [pic.twitter.com/67gdlek3qQ](https://t.co/67gdlek3qQ)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1103679275205607424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)
I love [Abbi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/abbi-abrams/)‘s current Broad City storyline so much right now it *hurts*. Here’s the real-life Abbi and Ilana talking about the importance of the arc and their reasoning behind “the hat.”
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuejgMSHw21/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Butch Pal](https://twitter.com/ButchPalSeries)
Butch Pal is looking to create Queer Eye for queer women (full title: Butch Pal for the Straight Gal). They have now raised enough money to start production and they recently announced the addition of Mandahla Rose to their cast!
> UPDATE! The amazingly talented Mandahla Rose has officially joined the cast as our Design expert! Follow her at [@TwiistedRose](https://twitter.com/twiistedrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & get to know her by hearing her coming out story on episode 11 of [@ComingOutPod](https://twitter.com/ComingOutPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) w/ @NicolePacent & [@LaurenFlans](https://twitter.com/LaurenFlans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/o6WGwSV7cK](https://t.co/o6WGwSV7cK)
>
> — ButchPal (@ButchPalSeries) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/ButchPalSeries/status/1103807341252624384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
[Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-kwan/) has dealt with a lot of drama in Good Trouble recently. Read more about what [Sherry Cola](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sherry-cola/) thinks about her character’s arc and what’s to come:
> .[@shrrycola](https://twitter.com/shrrycola?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) talks about Alice's big episode on last night's [\#GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodTrouble?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and teases what's to come for her character.
>
> — TV Insider (@TVInsider) [March 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVInsider/status/1103336956384161795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
The more Killing Eve teasers the better! This week, Elinor Day (producer) gave an interview about what to expect in season 2. Definitely read the whole thing but this is one of my favorite quotes:
> In some ways, Villanelle sees the stabbing as a really good thing — an affirmation of Eve’s obsession or indeed love for her. And because these two women are very much circling each other for the first half of the series, you have a kind of push-me, pull-you of how they’re coming back toward each other — what signals they are giving each other and how the other one is playing with those signals, that they’re not immediately answering them, and that it kind of drives them both mad.
> Killing Eve series producer teases what's to come in season 2
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1103738714856009728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
[Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) and Tala were at London Comic Con Spring this past weekend and, as expected, the queers (aka Avalance and Zarlie fandom) were out in full force. Here’s the thing: I’m still not convinced Zarlie will happen. It might be a coping mechanism to save myself from being disappointed. Who knows. But I will leave some important Zarlie-themed Tala moments here for your own interpretation:
https://twitter.com/byeadora/status/1102001504821616640
> tala just told me that zari is going to be experiencing love next half of the season and thats something completely new for her i also brought up working with maisie as amaya/charlie and the difference and she said well zari LOVES amaya and she’s just growing to love charlie YALL
>
> — tish (@ASAMlSAT0S) [March 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/ASAMlSAT0S/status/1102168006677987328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [@talaashe](https://twitter.com/talaashe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) saying she has a lot of chemistry with [@maisie\_rs](https://twitter.com/maisie_rs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and talking about Zarlie, you're welcome [pic.twitter.com/0X5MGEgsBs](https://t.co/0X5MGEgsBs)
>
> — cam🌍 (@calzopelios) [March 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/calzopelios/status/1102332039523647489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Speaking of Maisie, it was her birthday this week! Here’s a very cute picture of her and her girlfriend!
> happy born day my love. endlessly proud of and inspired by you. [pic.twitter.com/0L1FDWxaKX](https://t.co/0L1FDWxaKX)
>
> — clay (@iamclayofficial) [March 3, 2019](https://twitter.com/iamclayofficial/status/1102290748404387840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Finally, in news I didn’t know we were expecting because I thought this was an automatic thing, Jes Macallan will officially be staying on as Ava Sharpe for the next season of Legends!
> Time Bureau’s director is staying in office
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [March 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1101566241003659264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
No real news on ODAAT because everything that happened this week is something we already know: the cast/creators/crew of this show are wonderful people and wonderful allies. If you haven’t tweeted #RenewODAAT yet this week, here’s three reasons why you should:
> “Joining the [@NOH8Campaign](https://twitter.com/NOH8Campaign?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) because we’re stronger together. Because love is love. Because all humans deserve to have their rights protected, to feel safe & to be given equal opportunities. And because love is so much more powerful than hate will ever be.” [\#ODAAT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ODAAT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s [@Isabella\_Gomez](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yEY1F3DKxs](https://t.co/yEY1F3DKxs)
>
> — NOH8 Campaign (@NOH8Campaign) [March 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/NOH8Campaign/status/1102682944185950208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> “We as Latinas have not had representation that accurately portrays us. The same is true with the LGBTQIA+ community.” – Gloria Calderon Kellett ([@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw))[@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is a trailblazing show that breaks barriers for [\#Latinx](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Latinx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LGBTQ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) visibility. [pic.twitter.com/h3lZ6Ap8V9](https://t.co/h3lZ6Ap8V9)
>
> — HRC (@HRC) [March 5, 2019](https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1103057749041139713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Hey [@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), we love you too! Thanks for this amazing [\#itgetsbetter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/itgetsbetter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) message 🌈: [pic.twitter.com/uFxiluEgZM](https://t.co/uFxiluEgZM)
>
> — It Gets Better (@ItGetsBetter) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/ItGetsBetter/status/1103735729677430784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Whiskey Cavalier](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/whiskey-cavalier/)
Whiskey Cavalier is a very new show that *certainly* got my attention when I saw Twitter gifs of \[mild spoiler alert\] [Bellamy Young](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bellamy-young/) kissing another woman in the show (I loved Mellie in Scandal so this was exciting for me). I also have harbored a huge crush on Lauren Cohen since her Walking Dead days so I was excited to see this tweet about her character:
https://twitter.com/LaurenCohan/status/1103497791093989376
It seems like Lauren’s character is queer-coded but has not acted on any queer activity yet. Here’s to hoping something happens soon!
## [Why Women Kill](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9054904/)
Alas, we got a casting announcement for the queer character on this new show! [Alexandra Daddario](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-daddario/) will be playing the “lesbian lover” of one of the main characters, Taylor. She will move in with Taylor and Taylor’s husband due to a stalker ex, but might be a “little crazy” herself. Jury’s still out on how this storyline will turn out.
> ‘Why Women Kill’: Alexandra Daddario Cast In CBS All Access Series [pic.twitter.com/wqlEMy2wuc](https://t.co/wqlEMy2wuc)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1103709914495479808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
As I reported last week, Wynonna Earp is still on a financial bubble for season four. It is still unclear how/when the new season will be funded. In the meantime, Earpers have banded together to cover Times Square in billboards to support the show. On Thursday, Melanie Scrofano (and Emily Andras) even put up their own billboard to thank the Earpers for their support!
> Thank you to those who went to Times Square for freezing in order to get this for us. We love you so much. Pass it on.
>
> — Melanie Scrofano (@MelanieScrofano) [March 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/MelanieScrofano/status/1103446742190698496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Abbi Jacobson, Alexandra Daddario, Batwoman, BIFL, Broad City, Butch Pal, Good Trouble, Ilana Glazer, Isabella Gomez, Jes Macallan, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Maisie Richarson-Sellers, Mandahla Rose, One Day at a Time, Sherry Cola, Whiskey Cavalier, Why Women Kill, Wynonna Earp
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### ["One Day at a Time" is On The Bubble](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/its-all-about-the-numbers/)
**Published:** March 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Why are we always fighting for the shows we love? Why is it a constant struggle to keep "One Day at a Time"? Why won't Netflix help itself?
**Content:**
Last year, the renewal of two fan favourite Netflix shows were up in the air. We knew that there were choices to be made, generally related to costs, and we were unlikely to get everything. In fact, it was entirely plausible and in fact likely that we might lose them both.
In the end, we lost the aptly named *Everything Sucks* but we kept *One Day at a Time*.
So why, today, are we fighting **again** for renewal?
## One Viewer at a Time
Shortly after season three dropped, showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett tweed some disheartening news.
> NEWS: Met with [@Netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) S4
>
> They made clear that they love the show, love how it serves underrepresented audiences, love its heart & humor, but…we need more viewers. They'll decide soon.
>
> I wish I felt more confident
>
> WHAT CAN YOU DO? Tell friends to watch! [pic.twitter.com/bkbqxp0qDC](https://t.co/bkbqxp0qDC)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [February 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1098336889470238720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
More viewers. *One Day at a Time* doesn’t have the mysterious, nebulous, viewers to be ‘enough.’ We don’t know what that magical number might be, we have no way of knowing how close the show is to that, and Netflix is anything but helpful.
## The Facts of Television
We have very few facts. Is this international audiences? Is it American? Is it that not enough new accounts immediately watch the show? The black-box that is Netflix is rarely more infuriating than when you just know ‘it’s not enough’ but when you tell your friends to watch it, they say they can’t find it. Which brings me to the next question.
Why is the burden of the show’s advertisement falling on the show runners and fans? Why is Netflix making it impossible to find a show unless you key in the specific name? Why do we not see it on our own ‘My List’ pages? If the show is being covered by digital and print media, lauded as one of the best sitcoms, why are there no ‘for your consideration’ billboards and bench signs?
But here we have Gloria being forced to ask us to watch, and required to tell everyone she meets about this show. That’s why she brings this up in interviews:
> “I had a really lovely meeting with Netflix \[executives\], and they talked about how much they loved the show and the underrepresented audiences it represents and about how the Twitter love is there for the show but that it’s not in line with the amount of viewership they would need for the cost. Whatever cost-benefit analysis they have, they just need more viewers in order to make it something they would consider. They made it clear that numbers aren’t everything, but they are a business. I get that. I just figured — I don’t know what I don’t know, but I do know that we need more viewers, so I will do what I did last year and let our audience know what little I know, which is [more people need to watch](https://ew.com/tv/2019/02/21/one-day-at-a-time-renew-plea-appreciation/).
>
> LA Times: [‘One Day at a Time’s’ Gloria Calderón Kellett on being the boss and the Netflix numbers game](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-gloria-calderon-kellett-showrunner-one-day-at-a-time-20190301-story.html)
## The Six Million Dollar Show
Television, be it traditional, cable, or streaming, runs by the numbers. Without viewers, without drawing new audiences, and without money, we cannot have our shows. In many cases, the costs can be offset or deferred by other parts of a company, but that is not a sustainable relationship. And viewership is a non-infinite pool from which shows must draw.
For streaming media, there’s a different issue with viewers. Traditional television, that airs a show at a set time every week, must always fight with other shows in the same slot. They’re in constant competition. Streaming, on the other hand, can be binged at any time, which means it’s not fighting for a share of viewers, but specifically *new* viewers.
We can infer from this that for a show like *One Day at a Time* to have that mystical ‘enough’ viewership, what Netflix really means is that it cannot draw from the existing pool of subscribers. Instead, it must be the raison d’eter for **new** viewers. And this is complicated by the fact that when someone new logs in to Netflix, they rarely see that show front and centre.
## Ally in the Family
As frustrating as this is, it remains clear that if falls to us, the people who love a show, to make it seen and heard and watched. We can complain all we want that the networks should promote the show more, that it should feature it more on their ‘shows you might like’ list, or that they should use the fans as proof that people should invest in their show. When the day ends, we can’t *make* that happen.
It becomes more painful when Netflix claims they *are* allies:
https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1101225530932682752
And yet they still place shows that matter, shows that tell stories in voices we rarely hear, on the bubble. This means there is a burden on us to fight for the shows we want. It sucks to say that, but it’s clear that Netflix won’t carry it further.
## Alvarez’s Angels
This brings us to the ultimate question:**How** do we fight?
The brutal reality is that we’re not millionaires. In fact, we fans of shows like *One Day at a Time* are likely to be people of colour, or LGBTQ+, or both. And that means we make statistically less money than our cis-het-white counterparts. We have fewer resources. Some of us can throw money for billboards and signs and airplanes. Not all of us can.
Here are some things you can do:
1. Social Media. Use the hashtags like `#RenewODAAT` and make sure you spell them correctly. Twitter counts capitalization as different trends.
2. Share the news. Found an article from a newspaper or magazine people respect? Share it. Get it out there that everyone likes this show.
3. Cross the streams. Are you shieing away from telling your developer friends to watch the show? Worried that your friends in a different hobby won’t get it? Tell them anyway.
4. Blog it. Give it a permanent home on your personal website to let it be known you dig it.
5. Take it offline. It’s the paradox for a streaming show, but tell people out in the physical world. Ride a bus and someone strikes up a conversation, ask them if they’ve heard of the show.
6. Donate in their name. The cast and crew of the show care deeply, and so do you, so donate in the name of the show to places like [The Trevor Project](https://www.thetrevorproject.org), [RAICES](https://www.raicestexas.org), and yes, [Puerto Rico Hurricane Relief](https://publicgood.com/media/cnn/campaign/survivors-of-hurricane-maria-need-assistance). Because they still need our help.
Above all, be vocal. Be loud. Be positive.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
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### [One Night With One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-night-one-day-time/)
**Published:** May 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An evening at the Paley Center with the cast and crew of "One Day At A Time" was magical.
**Content:**
As a big TV fan (I know you’re shocked), when I heard that *[One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-time/)* was added to the Paley Live schedule for 2017, I had to go. On May 4th my wife and I went to the Paley Center in Beverly Hills to see “An Evening with *One Day At A Time*.”
We’d been up there before, a few years ago for the *CSI* finale, which was a hectic and crazy affair with lines wrapping around the block. This was curiously less crazy and yet more family. Which I suppose is the point of the show.
The evening started with us watching an episode, the “Quinces” which was the season finale. I’ve obviously seen it before, but there is a magic that happens when you all watch something together. Suddenly the laughs become bigger, the tears fall faster, and you all share the message and the meaning in a simple sitcom. After that, the cast walked out on stage.
## The Panel
The moderator, who was perfectly lovely, started by accidentally reading Isabella’s last name (Gomez) when introducing Marcel (Ruiz), and that set off a series of jokes that didn’t stop until the end. Everyone was free with the quips, including Norman Lear who sat on the end looking like he was napping.
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- ![Isabella reacting to Rita calling Justina a "Little Shit"](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/IMG_0071.jpg "Isabella reacting to Rita calling Justina a "Little Shit" – LezWatch.TV")
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Schnieder’s actor (Todd) was on his honeymoon and sent a funny video instead. Next the prepped questions started.
### Why Now?
Norman Lear was asked why a Latino version of the show and why now, but he deferred to Brent Miller, saying “Brent asked me how about a Latino version of *One Day At A Time*?” Brent started to explain why, and Rita Moreno cut in asking him to tell us about the study.
Apparently there was a study done by Coca-Cola, where they were trying to figure out who to market to next. The fastest growing audience was single Latina mothers with two children. From there, everything fell into place. There was very little representation of authentic Hispanic families on TV. I believe they came up with three shows, one of which being *Jane the Virgin*), and none took place in Los Angeles.
Even the writers’ room is half Hispanic and half “human people” said executive producer (EP) Gloria Calderon Kellett. She and Mike Royce (whom Rita Moreno teased as being “not Hispanic”) as the EPs were the driving forces for a lot of things.
### On Being On the Show
Rita Moreno explained she’d always been a fan of Norman’s work, and when she met him, they became instant friends. Norman immediately made a joke Rita was now pregnant.
Isabella Gomez, our darling Elena, said that she met and started working with Rita and Norman before she really understood them as the legends they are. And that was good, because she would have been a nervous wreck otherwise. Instead, she demanded Rita become her mentor, and loved Justina Machado like a mother.
Marcel Ruiz was nervous, but Rita treats him like her grandson. That prompted Isabella to joke that Marcel was Rita’s favorite. Rita replied “I love little boys!” and brought down the house.
Justina Machado talked about how she and Rita had worked together before, which Rita claimed not to remember. Then Rita explained that for a group of people who had never worked together before, they had amazing chemistry and it had only gotten deeper. Justina went on to say that Rita broke down doors and everyone loved her. Rita attempted to say something nice about Justina, but Justina kept interrupting, prompting Rita to say “I’m trying to say something nice about you, you little shit!”
> Justina listens like no one I’ve worked with. She knocks me out. It’s so organic. I love her. But she is a little shit sometimes.
>
> — Rita Moreno
### Keep it Clean
Norman was the cause for the ‘no swearing’ rule for the show. That did not hold true for the panel, as Rita Moreno proceeded to say “Shit” as many times as possible. Rita was the one cast member who had a dirty word in the script, and it was removed. Rita pointed out she based Lydia on her own mother who would say “Change the shits” (sheets…).
By the way, if you want to feel like you were there, just read this recap filled with interjections from your sassy aunt, Rita Moreno, and *implied* dirty jokes by your grandfather, Norman Lear.
### As Different as the Two Schniders
Norman said that the shows weren’t the same at all. They had the same name, they were about a single mother and her family, and that was it. Unlike the original show, the remake planned out the season in advance. They crafted the storylines to flow. Since they knew everyone was going to binge the show, they didn’t have the advantage of making specific episodes topical. And yet they totally were.
And then. Finally. It was time for the audience.
## The Q&A
The questions started with a wonderful woman from Puerto Rico who was effusive in her thanks for the show. She saw her own family reflected.
Someone else asked about guest stars, and Rita Moreno went on record saying she hoped the show *wouldn’t* have a lot of guest stars. The heart of the show was family, not the big name of the week. Norman Lear mentioned that the only guest he really ever had was Sammy Davis Jr., and that was because Sammy wouldn’t stop bugging Norman about a gig! Justina Machado wanted the guests to be unknowns. “I’d like to be the show that helps discover great Latino talent.”
Another audience member asked if they worried about using too much Spanish. Gloria Kellett replied that if she said something in Spanish and the non-Spanish speaking writers laughed, it stayed in. After all, if she could look up “Bar Mitzvah,” they could Google. Mike Royce explained that comedy has a rhythm. “When a character speaks Spanish, you know when it feels right.”
A young man from Cuba said he learned about America from Lear’s shows, and we all cheered.
### Our Time Was Up
At this point, our time was technically up. The timer went off and the cast looked sad and the moderator looked sad, and I, who had raised my hand a few times, was sad.
And then a miracle occurred. Norman and Mike said to keep going and everyone would pick one more person to hear talk. So I raised my hand and Mike Royce pointed at me.
I stood up with the mic and started by mentioning that forty years ago, there was an episode of [*All In The Family*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/) about Cousin Liz. I could see Norman Lear startle a little, and the producers nodded. They knew where I was going. That was, I said, one of the first times many people heard about lesbians. And now, here, forty years later we have a show that is something I could have used as a kid. Where a family dealt with the change with love, where they struggled, but still they loved.
I thanked them for doing that here and now, when we need it more than ever. Because I run a website (this one) with my friend, and we track all the queer females on television. And there aren’t as many as you’d think, and few have happy endings. Many die. And knowing that wasn’t going to happen on this show gave us all hope. I did try to joke “She’s not dying, right?”
### A Few More Questions…
I admit the next ten minutes were a bit of a blur. Someone asked Marcel about the fame, and he said by the time he got back to school, all his friends had watched the show and wanted to know about season two. Another woman started to talk in halting English, until we all encouraged her to just use her native Spanish; she wanted to thank the writers. Rita joked that for those of the audience who didn’t understand Spanish, the woman had said wonderful things about Rita, while Norman asked for it to be repeated in Yiddish.
The cast was asked about how hard a job it was and had they every thought about not doing a multi-camera show. Gloria Kellett said no. The show was hard, yes, and the cast had to learn a new play every week and perform it for a live audience. But, as Rita pointed out, there’s a magic of working in front of a live audience.
The cast was also asked about their inspirations. Gloria explained that hers was her own life. That Cuban Americans in LA and San Diego don’t sound like those in Miami because of the multiple different kinds of Latinos in the area. They’re a melange. Even so, Justina Machado and Gloria Kellett’s *23 & Me’s* were nearly identical! Next season they plan to talk about race a little more; as Gloria said, “I didn’t know I was brown until we moved to California.”
## Socializing
The lights came up and we went down to try and meet the cast and crew. I immediately (accidentally!) bumped into Norman Lear so I shook his hand and said thank you. But we’d run so far over it was no more than five minutes before the cast was swept away. I didn’t get to say thank you to Isabella or Rita or Justina. But instead, I found myself thanked by many audience members. Some told them I’d made them cry a little. Others thanked me for saying what was in their hearts as well.
This includes Executive Producer Mike Royce! He stayed behind to talk to some of the audience, and took the time to thank me for saying that. That it helped them to hear they’d helped somehow.
Besides Mike, I talked to a few crew members. They too wanted to thank me, and we talked about how representation matters in so many ways. Seeing yourself on the television helps. A lot. This is true of queers but also single parents and Latinos and veterans and more. They talked about PTSD and being poor without being broke and on and on. It touched all of us in different ways.
## Afterwords
One of the reasons I like this show so much is that we’re not the joke. While it films in some of the same, traditional, manners as popular shows like *[The Big Bang Theory](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-big-bang-theory/)*, the main difference is the love. It was clear from the second they stepped on stage that everyone on that show likes each other. Rita Moreno was their brilliant, bawdy, hilarious aunt, teasing everyone (she called Justina Machado a “little shit” at least four times).
But with all the laughing and all the jokes, being gay isn’t the joke.
That’s been my biggest issue with *The Big Bang Theory* and other modern comedies. The joke is Sheldon and Raj and how they’re ‘weird’ or different. They make jokes that’s funny to like comics as an adult (it’s not), or that liking science makes you strange (it doesn’t). The joke is the fact that the main characters are weird.
There wasn’t a single joke that was about Elena being gay. There were jokes about everyone else, but the punchline wasn’t “Hur hur lesbian!” The joke was Lupe gave the wrong sex talk to the wrong kid *twice*. The joke was Elena watching *Twilight* for Kristen Stewart becuase “It sure wasn’t the plot.”
### What a Sitcom Should Be
I used to say that I didn’t think *One Day At A Time* was a sitcom. I’d say it was a comedy, but it’s not about situations, it’s about family. The more I think about it, the more I think it’s a sitcom in the truest form. The joke is the situation, not the people. And the people are in on the joke.
Maybe that’s why I can laugh at this show freely.
**Categories:** Event Coverage, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Live, One Day at a Time, Paley Center
---
### [Queer Beats - February 28, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-february-28-2019/)
**Published:** March 1, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten acted like sisters, Brooklyn Nine-Nin got renewed, and the end of Orange is the New Black got very real.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten acted like sisters, Brooklyn Nine-Nine got renewed, and the end of Orange is the New Black felt a lot closer.
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
The Batwoman cast is apparently already in love with each other and it’s making me even more excited for the show to (hopefully) drop this fall. I’m not going to include *all* the relevant Batwoman instagram stories here (there were so many) but do yourself a favor and at least follow [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) and [Rachel Skarsten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/) on Instagram to keep up to date on their developing twin relationship.
> 🎥 camrusj via Instagram Stories [pic.twitter.com/E90BiXHocs](https://t.co/E90BiXHocs)
>
> — Batwoman Brasil (@BatwomanBR) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/BatwomanBR/status/1099859171338579968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> 🎥 rubyrose via Instagram Stories [pic.twitter.com/NisrlCn52w](https://t.co/NisrlCn52w)
>
> — Batwoman Brasil (@BatwomanBR) [February 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/BatwomanBR/status/1100931623179161600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> 🎥 rachieskarsten via Instagram Stories [pic.twitter.com/GSwHXphkfm](https://t.co/GSwHXphkfm)
>
> — Batwoman Brasil (@BatwomanBR) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/BatwomanBR/status/1100564238542782464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh… and I love Kate and Sophie already.
> Kate 🦇 Sophie 🗡[\#batwoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/batwoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#dccomics](https://twitter.com/hashtag/dccomics?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#DCUNIVERSE](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCUNIVERSE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Arrowverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Arrowverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) w/ [\#rubyrose](https://twitter.com/hashtag/rubyrose?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/rtGMLWLRaG](https://t.co/rtGMLWLRaG)
>
> — Meagan Tandy (@meagantandy) [February 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/meagantandy/status/1101240615482712064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [BIFL Series](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries)
I’m getting more and more excited about this new web series so I wanted to highlight it here (even though I am a little late on this cute Mandahla Rose video). Keep an eye out for when they start releasing full content! It looks like it’s going to be good!
> 📣[\#MeetOurCastMondays](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeetOurCastMondays?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 📣
>
> The lovely Mandahla Rose ([@TwiistedRose](https://twitter.com/twiistedrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) talks about her character Sarah and what she's looking forward to in future seasons ❤[\#MotivationMonday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MotivationMonday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#wildrose](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wildrose?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#mondaythoughts](https://twitter.com/hashtag/mondaythoughts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LGBTQIA](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBTQIA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#webseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/webseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#queercontent](https://twitter.com/hashtag/queercontent?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#nonbinary](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nonbinary?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/rGzTTDsr1S](https://t.co/rGzTTDsr1S)
>
> — BIFL: The Series 🍾 (@BIFLseries) [February 18, 2019](https://twitter.com/BIFLseries/status/1097586530908925952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
To say my heart skipped a beat when I saw [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) would be an understatement (it probably skipped 4 beats and I should get it checked out).
> She’s got our vote. [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tbWZcEmzJf](https://t.co/tbWZcEmzJf)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1100817843665424384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Broad City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/)
In the interest of staying (somewhat) spoiler-free, let’s just say the fourth photo in this set is exciting for *reasons*.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BucSCAoFUhC/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Make sure to watch this outrageously cute video of the B99 cast to brighten your day. Nine-Nine!
> In true [\#Brooklyn99](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Brooklyn99?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) fashion, we waited 9 seconds to tell them the good news. 😏 We're coming back, y'all! [pic.twitter.com/T3ioSJcehi](https://t.co/T3ioSJcehi)
>
> — Brooklyn Nine-Nine (@brooklyn99) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/brooklyn99/status/1100902305858117637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Also, be sure to check out this piece written by [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) about directing her first episode of the show!
> Stephanie Beatriz on Directing Her First Brooklyn Nine-Nine Episode: 'I Asked Myself, What Would Ava DuVernay Do?'
>
> — Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) [February 28, 2019](https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1101247794705133568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Another week, another flurry of convention news. These three shining faces were announced as the first guests of Vancouver’s Love Fan Fest in September!
> Our second surprise of the day and second guest is @natvanlis !! [\#LFFVancoucer](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFFVancoucer?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) This [\#Vancouver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) event is going to be very special! Welcome! ❤️❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/w1J6TQIzyB](https://t.co/w1J6TQIzyB)
>
> — LFF Vancouver (@lovefanfestca) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lovefanfestca/status/1100130054334541824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> We're happy to announce [@baumanelise](https://twitter.com/baumanelise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as our first guest for [\#LFFVancouver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LFFVancouver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). We're going to enjoy so much with her! ❤️❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/DwtE0Wx9ev](https://t.co/DwtE0Wx9ev)
>
> — LFF Vancouver (@lovefanfestca) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lovefanfestca/status/1100126828658941952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> And to finish today's surprises…We are thrilled to announce [@anniembriggs](https://twitter.com/anniembriggs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will join us for the party that [\#LOVEFanFest](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LOVEFanFest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in [\#Vancouver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vancouver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will be! [\#Convention](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Convention?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LGBT](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LGBT?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Welcome!! ❤️❤️❤️ [pic.twitter.com/fjh9R8T4Jn](https://t.co/fjh9R8T4Jn)
>
> — LFF Vancouver (@lovefanfestca) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/lovefanfestca/status/1100131916358004739?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
[Natasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/), [Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/), and [Kaitlyn Alexander](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaitlyn-alexander/) will also be at LoveCon this weekend so make sure to keep an eye on that for new good content!
https://twitter.com/realisticsay/status/1100765477561864194
## Glamorous
The CW, as always, is working to diversify its lineup even more with the addition of Glamorous, a show with a gender non-conforming lead. This week, they announced that Ben J. Pierce (an openly gay actor) will be playing the lead character!
> The CW's gender non-conforming drama 'Glamorous' has found its lead [pic.twitter.com/Qgo2wmEUlc](https://t.co/Qgo2wmEUlc)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1100708138582528000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
*Listen*, as I said last week, I know the chances of Sophia Bush playing queer on JtV are very slim but I was still excited to see that she might be in a scene with [Petra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/petra-solano/)!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuNNVmBhZbl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
I’m still not over this photo shoot. Here’s a whole gif set in case you want to relive every moment of the behind the scenes video.
> The [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@EW](https://twitter.com/EW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) behind the scenes cover shoot is to die for. via [@giphy](https://twitter.com/GIPHY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Killing Eve (@KillingEve) [February 25, 2019](https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1100116277182517248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
I love bloopers and, more importantly, I love bloopers of my favorite queer couples!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BucLO4vj2Yp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And, in case you still aren’t convinced on just how badly Netflix needs to renew ODAAT, check out this interview with Gloria Calderon Kellett about the show’s valuable representation!
> .[@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellett ([@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) calls the show a "love letter" to the "latinx, LGBTQ, and veteran experience." She discusses the beloved [@netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) show and more in our exclusive interview! [pic.twitter.com/r9samZgb8S](https://t.co/r9samZgb8S)
>
> — HollywoodLife (@HollywoodLife) [February 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/HollywoodLife/status/1100538545981325313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
In case you needed a quick cry, check out this overview of how the OitnB cast reacted to the final days of filming:
> The final season of [\#OITNB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has wrapped. Here's how the cast said goodbye: [pic.twitter.com/UFlEcRmkVn](https://t.co/UFlEcRmkVn)
>
> — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) [February 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/THR/status/1100541528274075648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Oh boy, this was a surprise! Clexacon announced that it will have a full Runaways panel this year, complete with Deanoru, [Xavin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/xavin/), and Gert (aka Ariela Barer, who is queer in real life). I am beyond excited about this!
> There’s no doubt, everyone will be running to catch this fab four on the [\#ClexaCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) stage! Join [@Lyricaforreal](https://twitter.com/Lyricaforreal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@VirginiaGardner](https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @ArielaBarer and [@Clarannette](https://twitter.com/clarannette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as they discuss all things [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!! [\#Deanoru](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Deanoru?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Runaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Runaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/3inkwQZPoN](https://t.co/3inkwQZPoN)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [February 26, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1100455505254903809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Is there anything cuter in this world than [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) and [Katie McGrath](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katie-mcgrath/)‘s friendship? I don’t think so.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuRe2eog73d/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This tweet from Nicole made me laugh this week and it felt worth including here:
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1101229702327361536
Finally, very importantly, cue me selling all my belongings to go to Paris this summer:
> VIDEO | Don't miss out on the chance to meet [@florianalima](https://twitter.com/florianalima?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at the [\#OSAB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OSAB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) convention in Paris (via florianalima's IG stories) [pic.twitter.com/QVPLz4ulma](https://t.co/QVPLz4ulma)
>
> — Sanvers Central (@sanverscentral) [March 1, 2019](https://twitter.com/sanverscentral/status/1101285687716966402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Why Women Kill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_Women_Kill)
It was recently brought to my attention that this new series will have some queer characters! In a recent casting announcement, Reid Scott’s character description included this overview:
> He is a stay-at-home writer, married to Taylor, whom he finds alluring and exciting, constantly impressed by her fearlessness. He’s happy with their unconventional marriage, pleased that both have the liberty to sleep with other people as long as they don’t bring their playmates home. However, all that is about to change when Eli allows Taylor to let her lesbian lover crash with them for the weekend.
*Very* interesting. Read the full announcement below:
> EXCLUSIVE: Reid Scott has joined the cast of CBS All Access’ [\#WhyWomenKill](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhyWomenKill?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1100863066932047872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
There haven’t been any major updates about WE season 4 so the cast and fandom are still sitting pretty. Here’s a general update on why the show is currently in limbo:
https://twitter.com/moryan/status/1099088895323582465
In other news, DragonCon announced that Emily Andras will be attending this year’s convention!
> She’s fashionable, feisty, leading the [\#FightForWynonna](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FightForWynonna?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and a fabulous writer. Welcome back to [\#DragonCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DragonCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@emtothea](https://twitter.com/emtothea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! And yes, we will have another writer’s worskshop with Emily. Details pending. [pic.twitter.com/Oy6CEXGCca](https://t.co/Oy6CEXGCca)
>
> — 💐🌼Dragon Con 🌹🌺 (@DragonCon) [February 27, 2019](https://twitter.com/DragonCon/status/1100579892880728069?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, BIFL, Broad City, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Carmilla, Floriana Lima, Glamorous, Jane the Virgin, Killing Eve, Nicole Maines, One Day at a Time, Orange is the New Black, Runaways, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, The Bold Type, Why Women Kill, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Enjoy Sunday, Now With More Witches](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/enjoy-sunday-now-with-more-witches/)
**Published:** March 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tune in to AMC on April 7th for "A Discovery of Witches" - where a witch falls for a vampire who doesn't sparkle.
**Content:**
Last summer I talked about AMC’s incredible [Murder Lady Sunday](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/murder-ladies-the-killers-we-love/), and how they were making likeable (or at least watchable) killers their protagonists. While it’s true that *[Into the Badlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/)* is coming to an end this season, this spring AMC is bringing *[A Discovery of Witches](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-discovery-of-witches/)* to our screens on Sundays at 9pm, starting April 7th.
## Brit Witch
I’ve talked about *A Discovery of Witches* [before](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/coming-soon-uk-edition-lesbian-land-owners-witches-and-alex-kingston/), and to be honest it aired on SundanceTV already but I know more of you have AMC than SundanceTV so this is a good time for a reminder.
The plot, which is based on the books of the same name, is that the brilliant historian Diana Bishop is a witch in denial. After she accidentally gets her hands on an ancient manuscript at Oxford’s Bodleian library, which could explain the mysteries of the universe, she’s in a brave new world of magic.
Throw in the handsome and enigmatic geneticist Matthew Clairmont, who just so happens to be a vampire, a pair of lesbian aunts, and of course a love story, you get a wild eight episode run of taboos and extinction. Oh and of course ultimate sacrifice.
## Quick Witch
Don’t mistake this for a certain sparkly teen drama movie, though. We get Alex Kingston as an overalls wearing lesbian auntie who has to explain to Diana why she was kept in the dark.
There’s actual adherence to a sustainable mythos here. Yes, they take some liberties with ‘traditional’ retelling of magical worlds, but that’s not a bad thing. One of my favourite things is that the vampires are biased against humans, complete with calling them ‘warmbloods.’ While combining science and magic is something that can end badly (see *Blade* with Wesley Snipes), they handle it carefully and well here.
## Which Witch?
You may have noticed that this will air at the same time the CW airs *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)*. We have a head-to-head witch off in our future, and I’m sure you’re wondering which you should watch.
Both.
*Charmed* gives more of a plot to the lesbian, but *A Discovery of Witches* has a tight storyline and Alex Kingston. If you can only watch one on a Sunday, please record the other as you’ll enjoy them both.
Set your DVRs to AMC on April 7th at 9pm ET (8pm Central) and check out *A Discovery of Witches*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** A Discovery of Witches, Alex Kingston
---
### [Queer Beats - February 22, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-february-22-2019/)
**Published:** February 22, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, there were lots of fun convention announcements but, more importantly, we need to #RenewODAAT and #FightForWynonna!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, there were lots of fun convention announcements but, more importantly, we need to #RenewODAAT and #FightForWynonna!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
I’m still getting used to the fact that any news about this show is automatically queer news because the lead is a queer person (can you believe?!). This week, we found out that Dougray Scott will play Kate Kane’s father and the new director for the pilot will be Marcos Siega (David Nutter dropped out for personal reasons).
> ‘Batwoman’: Dougray Scott To Star In CW Pilot; Marcos Siega Steps In For David Nutter As Director [pic.twitter.com/d2dBsutCq6](https://t.co/d2dBsutCq6)
>
> — Deadline (@DEADLINE) [February 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1098032503418380288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Billions](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/billions/)
New Funko announcement time is one of my favorite times of the year and I was glad to see that, this year, the company added [Taylor Mason](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taylor-mason/) from Billions, a non-binary character and actor!
> Toy Fair New York Reveals: Billions Pop! [\#Billions](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Billions?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FunkoTFNY](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunkoTFNY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/CVYL6CDsAl](https://t.co/CVYL6CDsAl)
>
> — Funko (@OriginalFunko) [February 15, 2019](https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1096442812076380163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)
We got lots of exciting new Clexacon announcement this week, including this shocking addition of [Amber Benson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-benson/) ([Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/)) from BTVS! I never even thought about Buffy actresses coming to a current queer convention, so this is very exciting!
> She had us under her spell as one half of TV's first long term lesbian relationship and slayed all day as Tara Maclay on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She's ready to work her magic at [\#ClexaCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) so join us in welcoming [@amber\_benson](https://twitter.com/amber_benson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!! [pic.twitter.com/cFtKAdUi2J](https://t.co/cFtKAdUi2J)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [February 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1098696401964486657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
Is there such a thing as convention season? If not, it certainly feels like it with all the announcements this week! The first CarmillaCon announced major guests: [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) and [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/)!
> WHAT’S THIS YOU SAY? A CARMILLA…CONVENTION? 👀 👀 ’Twill be so delightful to catch up with some of my cast mates (more guest announcements will be rolling out!) in October and celebrate this little webseries that could with you all!
>
> — Elise Bauman (@baumanelise) [February 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/baumanelise/status/1098228725546713088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1098044615456772096
## [Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)
I still haven’t gotten the courage to watch HoHH but, as always, everyone’s favorite queer couple ([Theo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/theo-crain/) and [Trish](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/trish-3/)) has made it very tempting. Netflix announced that there will be a second season of this anthology show but, sadly, none of the original cast will be returning. Let’s hope they add some new queers!
> Netflix is bringing back "The Haunting of Hill House" for a second season
>
> — Vulture (@vulture) [February 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/vulture/status/1098631078791864321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
We are inching closer to the premiere of the final season of JtV. The show has given us so many good, gay moments so I loved when [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/) posted this photo of all our favorite queer women in one place!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuC-v2sl1Cy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Also, it’s no secret that I love Sophia Bush ([One Tree Hill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-tree-hill/) fan for life, suckers) so *imagine my excitement* when I found out that she will be a guest on the show! I know the chances are extremely small that she would be playing a queer character but a girl can dream!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuHLvCagPXg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/) Reboot
Woo, more L Word news! This week, The Hollywood Reporter released a new interview with Marja Lewis-Ryan, the showrunner for the reboot. She promised that the new show will be “a little browner and a little less cis” which is music to my ears.
> According to new showrunner Marja-Lewis Ryan’s first interview, The L Word reboot will feature a lot of Bette, Shane and Alice. It’ll also be “a little browner and a little less cis.” [pic.twitter.com/eEOqy7RAYC](https://t.co/eEOqy7RAYC)
>
> — Autostraddle (@autostraddle) [February 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1097896098704826368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Uhh excuse me while I faint over this cover. And the photographs inside. Please just do yourself a favor and read their interview about the newest season of Killing Eve. Or go out and buy yourself a copy. Or 80.
> [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is to die for! 🗡️ [@IamSandraOh](https://twitter.com/IamSandraOh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@jodiecomer](https://twitter.com/jodiecomer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) open up about TV's most mesmerizing relationship, and share intel on [@KillingEve](https://twitter.com/KillingEve?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season 2: Story by [@dansnierson](https://twitter.com/dansnierson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ZEdYlfWm0u](https://t.co/ZEdYlfWm0u)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [February 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1098628590940364801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
My favorite ODAAT teens are here to talk about acceptance and family for the It Gets Better campaign! I just wanna squeeze them!
Meanwhile, if you love joy and happiness, please go and tweet #RenewODAAT because I don’t think I could go on without this show. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I have never felt more represented by a character than I have by [Elena Alvarez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/). Not only does her family look a lot like mine, but this show even gives us queer fandom rep. What’s not to love?
> NEWS: Met with [@Netflix](https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) about [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) S4
>
> They made clear that they love the show, love how it serves underrepresented audiences, love its heart & humor, but…we need more viewers. They'll decide soon.
>
> I wish I felt more confident
>
> WHAT CAN YOU DO? Tell friends to watch! [pic.twitter.com/bkbqxp0qDC](https://t.co/bkbqxp0qDC)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [February 20, 2019](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1098336889470238720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
[Clarissa Thibeaux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clarissa-thibeaux/) ([Xavin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/xavin/)) will be joining Clexacon!
> Nothing says going all out for love than surviving a few thousand years underground in LA. Getting blown up. Trying to shape shift your way into your beloved's heart. But we will let [@Clarannette](https://twitter.com/clarannette?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) tell you more about how easy that is, at [\#ClexaCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!! [\#MarvelsRunaways](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarvelsRunaways?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/U5gejEvZ1A](https://t.co/U5gejEvZ1A)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [February 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1097949022801797121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
The announcement of [Ser Anzoategui](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-anzoategui/) to the Clexacon lineup, along with the already announced Mishel Prada, makes me *so very* happy!
> Queer parenting is never easy. Especially when the kids never knew you were married to their Mom… @SerAnzoategui is bringing [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Eddy to [\#ClexaCon2019](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaCon2019?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)!!! [pic.twitter.com/2lDaOfvhDf](https://t.co/2lDaOfvhDf)
>
> — ClexaCon (@ClexaCon) [February 19, 2019](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1097903852106539008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Sigh. I really wish I didn’t have to report on this one. Some scary news this week: the future of Wynonna Earp is in jeopardy. Recent news about the major losses of [IDW Publishing](https://boundingintocomics.com/2018/09/17/idw-publishing-has-huge-third-quarter-loss/) means that the funding for Season 4 of Wynonna Earp is not as secure, despite the fact that, yes, the show was already picked up for another season. The fandom has launched a new campaign to show SyFy just how much the show means to us. The cast has been tweeting as well:
> Mine too. ❤️
>
> — Tim Rozon (@realtimrozon) [February 22, 2019](https://twitter.com/realtimrozon/status/1098739561906167808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Dana Piccoli, the fandom’s Fairy Gaymother, joined in with a long thread about what the show has done for queer fandom:
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/1098735472581529606
By the end of the night, the fandom does what it usually does and the show was trending very high in the United States. I personally saw it get as high as number two!
> Trending #12 in the US….god, I forget how mighty we are until we are angry [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jydWUMJAMR](https://t.co/jydWUMJAMR)
>
> — Nora Dominick (@noradominick) [February 21, 2019](https://twitter.com/noradominick/status/1098726834898915334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I know the strength of the WE fandom and I truly believe that we will be able to fight for the show. But between this and trying to save ODAAT this week, it gets exhausting to always have to fight for good queer representation. I hope we get good news on both shows soon!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amber Benson, Batwoman, Billions, Bridget Regan, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, Clarissa Thibeaux, Elise Bauman, Haunting of Hill House, Jane the Virgin, Killing Eve, Natasha Negovanlis, One Day at a Time, Runaways, Ser Anzoategui, The L Word, Vida, Wynonna Earp
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### ["Good Girls" Digs in for Season Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/good-girls-goes-deep-and-dark/)
**Published:** February 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season two get dark and deep real fast.
**Content:**
B
If season one was about bad choices resulting in the wrong actions, then season two is about inaction and it’s consequences.
Season one of *[Good Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/)was marked by an ever deepening spiral of terrible choices followed by untenable consequences, solved by another horrific choice, resulting in an even worse consequence. The strength of the show was in making us empathize with the characters and their predicaments. This is also also its weakest point. That is, the more we felt for them, the worse decisions they’d make. The worse decisions they’d make, the less we would empathize, and yet the terrible outcomes would draw us back in.
By the end of the first season, it was a question of how bad could things get that we would stay with the moms. This branched out into their lives as well. In the final episode of season one, Ruby’s husband (the cop) found out about the robbery, and Beth’s husband was beaten and held hostage by Rio. The only ‘partner’ left in the dark was Annie’s once-and-again-ex.
Certainly not in the dark of the criminal on-goings is Leslie, the store manager and attempted rapist. And as we step into season two, his ulterior motives of being important and rich continue to make him not just unlikeable but downright repellant. Sadly, as the season continues, Leslie starts to feel a little more like an unnecessary friction. He’s not as physically terrifying as Rio, nor as emotionally fraught as the FBI agent, Jim Turner.
On the plus side, Rio becomes much more likeable in season two. The more we learn about him, the more is side of the story turns intriguing. And the tale is turned a little, where the moms stop making bad actions and start making bad non-actions. Instead of an action from a choice causing the terrible things, now it’s inaction that brings the bad outcomes for the good girls.
By episode three, the season picks up into high gear and they raise the stakes even more. Finally the threats become reality, and there’s a payoff for all that danger.
GOOD GIRLS Special Sauce Episode 107 Pictured l r Izzy Stannard as Sadie Marks Mae Whitman as Annie Marks Photo by Steve DietlNBCOn the gayer side of things, Agent Turner brings us to another queer character on the show. Sadly, Sadie’s gender non-conformity is less of an issue for the start of season two. There’s a peculiarly uncomfortable gender-reveal party that makes me wonder if the show really understands what it’s trying to do with Sadie. Of course, the bizarre events of said party certainly is worth the watch.
Still, *Good Girls* continues to be a show I’m interested in and enjoy watching but, like *Lost*, I wonder how long it might keep my attention. It’s a compelling story, driven home by the real-world issues of medically induced poverty and the deflation of the American Dream, but there’s only so long you can ask people to watch a show where the characters spiral deeper and deeper into self-created misery.
*Good Girls* returns on March 3rd for a second season of choices and outcomes.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Girls, Izzy Stannard
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 11, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-february-11-2019/)
**Published:** February 11, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We got a visit from Stef and Lena on Good Trouble, One Day at a Time season three dropped and Riverdale had it's queerest episode yet.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, there was so much queer content last week! We got a visit from Stef and Lena on *Good Trouble;* *One Day at a Time* season three dropped; and *Riverdale* had its queerest episode yet.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)* – Season 2 Episode 13 “Split Up” \[Streaming\]I finally finished *Runaways* season 2, and I actually enjoyed the finale episode. I thought it was a strong finish to the season.
At the end of the previous episode, Xavin told Karolina she was her betrothed. This one begins with Xavin telling her story of stowing away on a spaceship with alien royalty and making her way to Earth via a cool animated sequence.
TL;DR – prophecy says Xavin is Karolina’s wife. The end.
Karolina is like, “Woah, you zapped that animated short into my brain and slow down, I just met you.”
It’s like a bad lesbian second date when you’re both not on the same page.
Of course, this is the perfect time for Nico to walk in.
I am so here for this drama.
The gang doesn’t know what to do with Xavin and Karolina’s mom who are now crashing at Runaway Hideout Headquarters.
Xavin and Karolina’s mom stay back at the house while the Runaways go out to meet Chase and wind up in a game of cat and mouse with all of their parents.
Spike, I mean Victor possessed by Jonah, traps Karolina with some red light thing that prevents her from using her powers. He then takes her back to Chase’s house where they’re met by Tina and Stacey, also possessed by aliens. The whole thing ends with Karolina, Chase and Janet suspended in healing tubes ready for the aliens to transfer their energy into them.
And that’s that. We’ll see what happens in season three.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 12 “The Book of Secrets: Chapter Two: Just and Unjust” \[Live\]It looks like ThunderGrace have upped their relationship to Anissa having a key to Grace’s apartment level.
Additionally cute is the fact that Grace fell asleep reading Black Lightning and Thunder comics. Very Meta.
> She knows she's fly. Stream the latest: [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yhhP7yeEpl](https://t.co/yhhP7yeEpl)
>
> — Black Lightning (@blacklightning) [February 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/blacklightning/status/1093962807794679808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Another day on another date, Anissa and Grace are walking through a park after watching a movie, and Anissa spontaneously jumps into a game of double dutch. Is there anything she can’t do?
Grace tells Anissa she admires how spontaneous she is, and Anissa replies by saying she’d like to get to know her better. The conversation takes a turn with Grace saying Anissa is the one who is always taking off without an explanation, and she never questions her about it.
I don’t know if Grace means, “You would know me better if you weren’t doing mysterious stuff all the time,” or if she’s asking her to stay out of her business so she doesn’t have to explain why her skin freaks out.
Either way, Anissa doesn’t want to fight, but she does notice Grace’s eyes turning color.
Uh oh, Grace is having one of her outbreaks. She blames the eye color on the light.
Anissa tells Grace she’s been thinking about their relationship, and she wants her to meet her family.
Anissa notices a split second eye color change, but she doesn’t notice a pattern break out on Grace’s entire arm?
Grace just freaks out after that and takes off with Anissa standing there wondering what she did wrong.
I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the “Grace keeping whatever is up with her a secret” story line. We’re 12 episodes into this season, just tell Anissa already!
At the end of the episode, Anissa uses her key to let herself into Grace’s apartment and she is gone.
Are we really doing this? Do we really need to throw Grace taking off into the story? And how gone is she? She took her clothes, but her furniture’s all there and the locks weren’t changed. Did she just go on a trip? I hope we get answers tonight.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Parental Guidance Suggested” \[Live\]It’s the episode we’ve been waiting for, y’all — Stef and Lena on *Good Trouble*!
The girls are frantically trying to get The Coterie cleaned and ready for their moms visit, and in the process, Callie discovers Mariana is $20K deep in credit card debt.
Meanwhile Lena is giving Stef a “be nice” pep talk as they ride the elevator to the girls’ floor.
The elevator door opens and the girls think it’s their moms, but instead it’s a fire inspector there on an anonymous tip.
The comedic timing here really sets the mood for a hilarious episode.
The girls show Stef and Lena around and Stef keeps asking about The Coterie’s security. They keep insisting that the place is secure and they know everyone who lives there. When they show them the communal bathroom, a stranger walks out of the shower, and Dennis walks out after her.
This is my favorite version of Stef — no nonsense, “I’m not going to shake a random naked dude’s hand” Stef. I miss her.
Callie and Mariana show Stef and Lena the rest of the house including their loft where Lena discovers the bowl under one of the beds.
That made me lol.
Callie is mad at Mariana for running her mouth about The Coterie’s drama and making Stef anxious. Mariana says Callie’s projecting, but when you switch over to Stef and Lena, you see Callie’s totally right. Stef is worried Dennis is a sexual predator and Lena is trying to calm her down with a one-minute meditation. Stef decides to finish the cookie she’s eating instead of meditating, and SURPRISE, they’re pot cookies.
> Oh, not your average oatmeal raisin. 😂[\#GoodTrouble](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoodTrouble?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) // [@kirakosarin](https://twitter.com/kirakosarin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Sb5YfBtSpL](https://t.co/Sb5YfBtSpL)
>
> — Good Trouble (@GoodTrouble) [February 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/GoodTrouble/status/1092954211652984833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I LOVE the accidental drug dosing trope!
Unknowingly stoned Stef and Lena are so funny.
Dennis is holding a group improv session in the living room, and high Stef is game to participate.
“Please don’t touch me.” I love it.
While Stef is doing high improv and giving Dennis a hard time, Lena wanders off into Malika’s loft. There her weed high somehow morphs into an Ayahuasca trip where we flashback to Lena having a racist encounter during her campaign for State Assembly. Ugh, it’s horrible, but necessary commentary on how white supremacists are emboldened under this administration.
Towards the end of the episode all the tea is spilled: Callie and Mariana hate their jobs. Callie is sleeping with Gael. Mariana is deep in credit card debt, Callie and Malika’s relationship might get her booted off the legal case she’s working on, and Lena is considering dropping out of the State Assembly race.
The moms hand out some solid advice to the girls, and in return they talk Lena into not dropping out of the race.
The moms leave while a montage of inspirational quotes from everyone plays in the background and they make their final exit down the elevator.
I loved this episode. It was funny, inspirational — and I hate myself for saying this — touching. Stef and Lena were their best selves and I enjoyed seeing a grown up Callie and Mariana around them.
Why couldn’t we have seen more of this on *The Fosters*? Maybe Stef and Lena needed all of those kids out of the house before they could be nice to each other.
And now, the **Sponge Rating**.
Stef and Lena were generally sweet to each other for the entire episode AND they held hands and kissed on the elevator.
I give it 3 out of 5 sad sponges.
I hope we see Stef and Lena on *Good Trouble* again, because I love this iteration of them.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 12 “Chapter Forty-Seven: Bizarrodale” \[Live\]Holy Moly there was so much quality queer content on this episode, I could not keep up! I knew there were going to be some Choni scenes, but I did not have my hopes up based on the show’s track record. This episode delivered the queer goods.
It was written by out lesbian *Riverdale* staff writer [Britta Lundin](https://twitter.com/brittashipsit), and y’all should read [the tweets she made during the episode](https://twitter.com/search?l=&q=from%3Abrittashipsit%20since%3A2019-02-06&src=typd&lang=en) because they are the best.
We open up on Toni and Cheryl in a real bed after getting kicked out of the Serpents last week for their cat burglar shenanigans.
The next moment they get their SAT scores on their phones, and we get the first of many lesbian pop culture references in this episode.
**Lesbian pop culture reference 1** – [*Desert Hearts*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089015/), the 1985 movie about a soon-to-be divorcee and a ranchowner’s daughter. It’s also one of the first queer movies I ever watched.
They both got great scores and Cheryl is hoping it’s enough for her to get into Highsmith College, the school multi-generations of women in her family have attended.
Later, Cheryl meets with Headmistress Patricia of Highsmith College about being admitted to the school. Unfortunately she has some bad news for her.
**Lesbian pop culture reference 2** – [Patricia Highsmith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Highsmith) queer novelist known for *Strangers on a Train* and *The Talented Mr. Ripley*.
Cheryl is pissed by this news and pretty sure her mother is behind it. She confronts her mother at work (her dominatrix brothel, The Maple Club) and Mama Blossom tells her, “Highsmith will not be polluted by someone of her alignment.” She also calls Cheryl an aberration.
I love that Cheryl does not flinch when her mom is being a homophobic jerk to her face. She stays 100% focused and snarky Cheryl. Cheryl threatens her mom with exposing The Maple Club, but Cheryl’s mom is not worried because she’s given the school a ton of money over the years.
**Lesbian pop culture reference 3** – *[The Price of Salt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Price_of_Salt)* a 1952 romance novel by Patricia Highsmith that the movie *Carol* is based on.
At school, Cheryl sees Kevin looking sad and asks him what’s wrong. He tells her he wants to date Moose openly, but Moose won’t come out. He says Moose’s dad is not the biggest fan of their “persuasion.”
This is my favorite thing Cheryl has ever said. She also threw a reference to *The Talented Mr. Ripley* in her conversation with Kevin.
Moved by Kevin’s situation, Cheryl takes it upon herself to help him by giving Moose the “subtlest of nudges” which turns out to be anything but subtle.
> Oh, Cheryl, I know you were trying to help, but what did you do? [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/VdjVeFMk4e](https://t.co/VdjVeFMk4e)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1093326519252983810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cheryl calling herself “openly lesbian” and ending her announcement with Shepard’s Pie was so great, but girl, you outed Moose! She can be very clueless sometimes.
Toni is pissed.
> "You are the most important person in my life. I'll do whatever it takes to make all these things right." [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UjuuhKoh2h](https://t.co/UjuuhKoh2h)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1093345433454297089?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Finally we get to see Toni be more than Cheryl’s arm candy. Cheryl honestly looks really sorry for what she’s done and how it has affected Toni. It’s like she actually paused for a moment to see things from other people’s perspective.
Meanwhile…
**Lesbian pop culture reference 4** – *[The Girls in 3-B](http://www.curvemag.com/Reviews/228/)*[ by Valerie Taylor](http://www.curvemag.com/Reviews/228/). The book is not entirely queer, but it gets filed under lesbian pulp novels because of lesbian content.
Toni is willing to help Cheryl blackmail her mom but only if she keeps her promise to fix the mess she made with Moose.
Toni snaps pictures of Maple Club clientèle, and Mama Blossom catches them in the act.
Cheryl says, “Step down from the Highsmith Board, lift the ban on legacy students and we won’t make the photos public.” Again, Cheryl’s mom acts like she could care less and tells her Blackmail is way more illegal than the consensual activities happening between adults at the Maple Club.
Despite Penelope Blossom’s tough talk, she still doesn’t want her clients’ privacy compromised. So she does lift the ban, and Cheryl is free to be admitted.
Back at another one-on-one interview with the Headmistress, Cheryl executes step two of her four-part “Make things up to Toni” plan.
Does this mean they’ll be going to college together? Cute!
In other news…
**Lesbian pop culture reference 5** – Gina Gershon. Okay, this one’s a stretch. She’s not queer, but our **community** has loved her ever since she was in the movie *[Bound](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112565/)*.
https://twitter.com/brittashipsit/status/1093323289844363264
Cheryl meets up with Moose and apologizes to him in part three of her plan. He accepts her apology, and even though it was wrong, it was the catalyst for him to come out to his dad and finally spend a night with Kevin.
> Cheryl apologizes to Moose for outing him, and give him some advice about the bunker cot. 😄 [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Eqws8t1gZP](https://t.co/Eqws8t1gZP)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 10, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1094701448686915585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
That line about the cot made me laugh.
I’ll be honest, I don’t understand what the hell is going on with The Game and the Gargoyle King, but something bad happens forcing all of the parents to call their kids while they’re in the middle of a sex montage.
Then a whole thing happens with the Gargoyle King going after Kevin and Moose. The Gargoyle King turns out to be Moose’s dad, and he tried to stop Kevin and Moose because back in the day he was in love with Kevin’s dad. When this was discovered years ago, he was thrown into conversion therapy with the nuns, and they messed him up. It’s a lot of sad, meta, internalized homophobia gay drama.
In the last Choni scene, Cheryl delivers the fourth and final part of her plan to Toni.
> "Cheryl, this is the most badass and romantic thing you've ever done." [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/70nkNfvN3A](https://t.co/70nkNfvN3A)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 7, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1093584818162581505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I thought it was so sweet Cheryl gave Toni a girl gang to try to make up for getting kicked out of the Serpents.
And if you didn’t look closely you may have missed it…
https://twitter.com/brittashipsit/status/1093339931047387137
**Lesbian pop culture reference 6** – *[A World Without Men](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1906883.A_World_Without_Men)*[ by Valerie Taylor](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1906883.A_World_Without_Men). Another lesbian pulp fiction classic.
I loved this episode, and I have never said that about *Riverdale* before. Can Britta Lundin write all the episodes, please?
*Drunk History* – Season 6 Episode 4 ” Trailblazers” \[Live\]One of our favorite out actors, [Samira Wiley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samira-wiley/) portrayed Bessie Coleman on last week’s *Drunk History*.
> Bessie Coleman was the first African-American woman to get a pilot's license. And it wasn't easy. [pic.twitter.com/ZRCW5voibR](https://t.co/ZRCW5voibR)
>
> — Drunk History (@drunkhistory) [February 6, 2019](https://twitter.com/drunkhistory/status/1093162403590782978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love *Drunk History* and this week they are going to cover the stories of Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer and John Wojtowicz & Elizabeth Eden.
*[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 “The Funeral” \[Live\]Season three of *One Day at a Time* is finally here, and it opens up with a funeral.
The family gets the news Tía Ophelia has died, and none of them can remember who she is except for Schneider, of course.
We do learn Lydia’s been in a fight with her little sister, Mirtha, for over 20 years over a mantilla (a lace veil that passed down from bride to bride in a family). Because of this, Penelope has been estranged from her cousin Estrellita who was one of her best friends growing up.
Penelope is ready for this feud to end, and she threatens Lydia with telling the whole family she had a stroke if she doesn’t stop this stupid fight.
The family arrives at the funeral and begins a parade of amazing celebrity cameos. First we have [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) as Elana’s suspected gay cousin Pilar.
It looks like the family plays the “obviously gay but they’re not gay” game.
Penelope is like, “Yes, Pilar is gay, but just chill and don’t ask her about it.”
Then we have cameo number two. Lydia’s sister enters the room and it is…Gloria Estefan!
So great. Then right after that we got cameo number three. Penelope’s cousin, Estrellita, is…Melissa Fumero!
Meanwhile, Elana is trying the “I’ll come out to you and you’ll come out to me” tactic with Pilar.
Elana’s all “gay this gay that” and Pilar’s like…
Oh my goodness, this made me laugh, but I totally remember being newly out and everything being about gayness.
Later, at the post-funeral reception at the Alverez house, Elana corners Pilar in the kitchen and Pilar finally says she has a secret to confess.
Elana says she’s sorry she feels like she can’t be out, and Pilar is like, “Oh, no I’m out to everyone. The family just chooses to ignore it.” Elana takes this as a tragedy and tells Pilar she needs to come out to everyone right now. Pilar says she doesn’t really care, because they’re not going to change and she knows they all love her.
This is a pretty accurate explanation of the coming out process, although after over 30 years of being out, I still hit rainbow underwear levels every once in awhile.
Lydia, her sister and Penelope and her cousin fight over the mantilla for awhile when Pilar steps in.
Lydia thought it was just an “affectionate barbecue.”
After that giant misunderstanding, everyone agrees family is important, and they should never let anything come between them.
Estrellita makes a toast…
Oh, my goodness, that was the comedy cherry on top of an amazing premiere.
This was a prefect episode of television and a strong start to season three. Well done, ODaaT, well done.
That was a lot, y’all. Tonight it looks like Anissa is getting Gambi’s help to find Grace on *Black Lightning*. Also, *Supergirl* and *Charmed* come back, and I’m looking forward to seeing the continuation of Nia and Melko’s story lines.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Drunk History, Good Trouble, One Day at a Time, Riverdale, Runaways
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – February 4, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-february-4-2019/)
**Published:** February 4, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We get to learn more of Nia's backstory on Supergirl, the post-memory erasing spell Melko reunion happened on Charmed and we got a little Thundergrace cuteness on Black Lightning.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we learned more of Nia’s backstory on *Supergirl;* the post-memory-erasing-spell Melko reunion happened on *Charmed;* and we got a little Thundergrace cuteness on *Black Lightning*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 4 Episode 11 “Blood Memory” \[Catch Up\]I love that we got more of Nia’s backstory this episode!
Nia’s plans to go to her home town of Parthas to attend the annual Harvest Fest (which she never misses) are in trouble when all the flights there are cancelled. Kara overhears Nia telling her sister on the phone that she can’t make it and offers to drive her — Nia / Kara road trip!
On the way there, Nia tells Kara about her mom coming to Earth and falling in love with her dad. She also talks about how welcoming and inclusive the town is. Kara asks her if she loved living there because she’s half human and half alien, and Nia explains.
> Nia coming out to Kara on [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) s4e11 "Blood Memory." ❤️ [\#NiaNal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NiaNal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/px6XjZplZe](https://t.co/px6XjZplZe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 2, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1091737763802689536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Every time Nia comes out to someone it makes me so emotional. The thing I love most about her family backstory is it’s not wrapped in tragedy. So many of us were prevented from having happy queer childhoods and seeing it on TV fills me with joy.
One wrench in this happy family situation is Nia’s emerging dreaming powers. She tells Kara not to mention it because she hasn’t told her family yet. At dinner, Nia’s sister Maeve explains that one woman from each generation will inherit these powers.
Nia knows Maeve’s been waiting her entire life to get these powers. Nia does not want them, so she asks her mother if there would hypothetically be a way to give the powers to someone else. Nia’s mom says, “No, the chosen one doesn’t have a choice.”
The next moment, Nia’s mom passes out and then Nia too then falls into a dream state with her mom.
Nia tells her she’s not ready, but her mom says she is and will be stronger than she ever was. And then she dies. Poor Nia, and how awkward for Kara for this to happen on the random trip home with Nia.
At her mother’s funeral, Nia sees MAGA Children of Liberty people attacking Maeve as she’s speaking, before it happens, and saves her from harm’s way.
The memorial erupts into chaos. Kara Supergirls out to fix things, and in the middle of all this Maeve is only thinking about herself.
After all that is dealt with, Nia wants to talk to her sister before she and Kara head back to the city. Maeve is furious with Nia and all like, “You’ve known for months, why didn’t you tell me?” Nia says she was trying to figure out a way to transfer the powers to her, and then Maeve says this.
Her saying those words felt like stab to the heart. In the car later, Nia tells Kara Maeve was always her biggest supporter, but how can someone who supports you ever say words like that?
Kara is trying to comfort her, but Nia says she could never understand because she has alien powers and her sister doesn’t. Kara decides this is a good time to come out herself.
I love Nia’s shocked face when Kara takes her glasses off. The ridiculousness of the glasses is such a running Supergirl joke.
Back at home, Nia opens a box her dad gave her, and it looks like it’s her super suit.
I can’t wait to see her put it on!
In other queer Supergirl news, Alex had this haircut.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 11 “Witch Perfect” \[Catch Up\]I would like to start this recap by saying Rogelio De La Vega from *Jane the Virgin* is one of the only cis heterosexual male characters on TV I absolutely love, so I was thrilled to learn Jaime Camil was going to guest star on this episode.
Mel fesses up to Jada about joining her gang in order to infiltrate them, but Jada already knew.
> Mel comes clean to Jada about her original ulterior motives while Niko spies on both of them. I am so here for this drama. (Do Mel and Jada have a ship name yet?) -T [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/f4Ev2h6lS6](https://t.co/f4Ev2h6lS6)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1092243195885481984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Later, Mel is at the bar on a Sarcana mission with Jada to catch a rapist. Jada walks away for a moment, and Niko swoops in.
I’ve been waiting for the moment Niko and Mel see each other post-memory-erasing-spell, and the look on Mel’s face did not disappoint.
Mel and Niko’s conversation is made even more awkward by the fact that Niko’s been hired to investigate Mel’s new girlfriend.
> It's the scene we've been waiting for — Mel and Niko's first conversation since the memory erasing spell. [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/mL3aIdV7c6](https://t.co/mL3aIdV7c6)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 4, 2019](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1092438929700200448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love the “you don’t remember me, but I know you” trope.
At the bar, Mel told Jada Niko was “nobody,” but later Mel tells her the truth about her being a PI.
She also comes clean about Niko being her ex girlfriend.
I really like how chill Jada is about the ex girlfriend thing.
I absolutely love this dyke drama, and at this point, I’m not sure whose team I’m on. I love #Melko, but Jada and Mel are more honest with each other while Niko and Mel were very up and down. I’m just going to ride this ride for awhile and see where I land.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 11 “The Book of Secrets: Chapter One: Prodigal Son” \[Live\]Grace surprises Anissa with lunch while she’s in the hospital supporting Khalil after he had his spine ripped out by Tobias at the end of the last episode.
> Grace is always there for her. Stream the latest: [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/gveliNthNn](https://t.co/gveliNthNn)
>
> — Black Lightning (@blacklightning) [January 31, 2019](https://twitter.com/blacklightning/status/1091071237126844423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I loved this sweet gesture, and I’m with Grace. I also don’t believe, “everything happens for a reason.” You can also tell Black Lightning is not part of the Arroverse because she didn’t bring her a Big Belly Burger. Now I’m craving a burger.
At the end, before Khalil dies, Grace and Anissa have this moment.
Khalil dying was so sad, and I’m wondering what this means for Jennifer and her trying to keep her powers under control. I imagine she’s going on the rampage this week.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Playing the Game” \[Live\]*Sigh*, Alice, our favorite doormat is at it again helping Sumi and her fiancé plan their wedding.
She’s even willing to pay the registration fees for a wedding planning site. C’mon, Alice get your self esteem together and stop waiting on Sumi hand and foot.
She does have an anger fantasy moment.
Alice, this is a time when your inside voice should be your outside voice.
Meanwhile, I think it’s safe to say Malika is all of us.
Yeah, no, Alice, that’s not how it works.
Malika tries to talk Alice into having a spine and not let Sumi and the rest of The Coterie take advantage of her.
Sumi takes Malika’s advice and holds a house meeting where she tells everyone she’s not going to buy all the toilet paper anymore. No one really cares, and the meeting disperses.
Alice really hasn’t changed anything because by the end of the episode, the toilet paper is gone, and she’s back to helping Sumi pick out Bridesmaids dresses.
Will our girl ever advocate for herself? We’ll have to keep watching to find out.
This week on *Good Trouble*, Stef and Lena visit the girls at The Coterie, and it’s going to be hilarious.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Supergirl
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### [Queer Beats - February 15, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-february-15-2019/)
**Published:** February 15, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, our favorite ships got some Valentine's Day attention and Killing Eve released a season 2 trailer!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, our favorite ships got some Valentine’s Day attention and Killing Eve released a season 2 trailer!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
I’m starting to think [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) must be a *very* busy woman because we are always getting new interviews with her! It’s amazing! If you love pretty pictures and hearing Nafessa speak more about how proud she is to play [Anissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/), this article is for you:
> 29-year-old actress [@NafessaWilliams](https://twitter.com/NafessaWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) chats with V about being excited to play the very first role of a black lesbian superhero in a new TV show and working on set! Read more: [pic.twitter.com/FyG9lUybEV](https://t.co/FyG9lUybEV)
>
> — V Magazine (@vmagazine) [February 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/vmagazine/status/1096101225085497345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
No matter if/how you celebrated Valentine’s Day this year, the holiday is definitely good at delivering cute social media content about our favorite ships. Black Lightning delivered with this cute ThunderGrace graphic:
> Happy Valentine's Day! Stream the latest [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): [\#ThunderGrace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThunderGrace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/M59Igf4zNU](https://t.co/M59Igf4zNU)
>
> — Black Lightning (@blacklightning) [February 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/blacklightning/status/1096091958173405185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
In case anyone was wondering, I miss [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/). And I almost missed this picture on my news feed until I saw Adena’s name. But this post from Blair Imani is pretty cool! I know Adena is not a real life human but I’m proud of her anyway!
https://twitter.com/BlairImani/status/1094744969204555777
## [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
I really thought including [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) in my last Queer Beats was a one-time deal but here we are again! Amy will be on an episode of Grey’s Anatomy as Derek’s fourth sister. Most signs point to her not being queer but I am always happy with new opportunities to see this face:
> THIS JUST IN: [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Taps [@AmyAcker](https://twitter.com/AmyAcker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) to Play Derek's MIA Fourth Sister Kathleen Shepherd [@caterinatweets](https://twitter.com/caterinatweets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@GreysABC](https://twitter.com/GreysABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/IvWi07N4rv](https://t.co/IvWi07N4rv)
>
> — TVLine.com (@TVLine) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1095752145201065984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Woo, it has been a great off season for Killing Eve! Sandra has won many awards, we were blessed with a plethora of Sandra/[Jodie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/) pictures, and now look at these:
> Team [\#KillingEve](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KillingEve?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) looking good as hell at [\#TCA19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TCA19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/QUfjNTKK9H](https://t.co/QUfjNTKK9H)
>
> — Killing Eve (@KillingEve) [February 12, 2019](https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1095143657798332417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We also got the best collective Valentine’s Day present ever of Killing Eve’s season 2 trailer. It’s so *intimate and sensual*!
https://twitter.com/IamSandraOh/status/1096171462581342208
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
As my hard fought Give-Maisie-A-Queer-Role-So-She-Can-Be-On-LezWatchTV campaign continues, I would like to bring everyone’s attention to Maisie’s newest project: her short film titled Sunday’s Child.
https://twitter.com/maisie_rs/status/1095056252705505281
It actually looks like the [IndieGoGo](https://t.co/9KVqzafr73) page has already been fully funded, which is *amazing*. But keep looking out for other ways to support this awesome project!
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
The best Valentine’s Day post goes to ODAAT, which gave us this card:
> The perfect card to share with your Syd-nificant other [\#LoveIsLove](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LoveIsLove?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 🥰 [pic.twitter.com/Dn9Han7WFl](https://t.co/Dn9Han7WFl)
>
> — One Day at a Time (@OneDayAtATime) [February 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1096078458088800256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This was truly one of my favorite moments of the new season. If you haven’t checked it out yet, go watch on Netflix!
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
TV Guide has been running a [“Ship Bracket”](https://twitter.com/TVGuide/status/1095084135775907841) (which is playing with fire, if you ask me) to find out everyone’s favorite ship. They included many queer couples and Deanoru was doing very well, beating out Barry and Iris of [The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/), but eventually fell to Oliver and Felicity from [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/). However, the Runaways twitter was a good sport about it:
> In our bracket they always win. 💗🖤
>
> ————
> Karolina | —— \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
> ———— | | |
> |————| [\#DEANORU](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DEANORU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) |
> ———— | |\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_|
> Nico |———
> ————
>
> — Marvel's Runaways (@marvelsrunaways) [February 13, 2019](https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1095561091663294464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Sadly, a queer couple did not win the final bracket (but Jake and Amy from [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) did, which is arguably second best).
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
I know the cast of Vida recently had a TCA event but instead of reporting on that I just want to say LOOK AT [ROBERTA](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) AND [MISHEL](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/)!
> Season 2 coming this Spring! [\#VidaSTARZ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/VidaSTARZ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/urntdqHWP2](https://t.co/urntdqHWP2)
>
> — @Vida\_STARZ (@VIDA\_STARZ) [February 14, 2019](https://twitter.com/VIDA_STARZ/status/1095917391563780098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amy Acker, Black Lightning, Grey's Anatomy, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Maisie Richarson-Sellers, Nafessa Williams, One Day at a Time, Runaways, The Bold Type, Vida
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### [Things We Love: Couples With Height Differences](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/things-we-love-couples-with-height-differences/)
**Published:** February 14, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Things We Love when it comes to ships. This time it's a celebration of some of our favorite couples with height differences.
**Content:**
Once again, it’s time to talk about things queer womxn love when it comes to ships. We already covered [wall make out scenes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/) and [things I don’t like IRL](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-things-we-hate-real-life/) (my things) and [grumpy/cheerful](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/) & [blonde/brunette](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-blonde-and-brunette-duos/) parings (Mika’s things). Today I bring you **couples with height differences** (aka smol and tol).
Why do we love it when one member of a couple is taller than the other? I have thought a lot about it. Maybe it’s because it messes with traditional gender roles to have a woman be taller person in a relationship. There’s also something hot about a taller woman being a protector, but then it’s an even better twist when the shorter person is the “tougher” one.
To be honest, I really can’t put my finger on it, but it’s definitely one of the top things we love in our couples.
## **Here are some of my favorite queer couples with height differences.**
Cat and Sam on *[Lip Service](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lip-service/)*I love the pairing of Sam the cop and Cat the sweet but neurotic architect. There’s just something so cute about Sam having to bend down to kiss Cat.
Yorkie and Kelly from [*Black Mirror*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)
In this couple, Yorkie is the taller, shy and inexperienced person and Kelly is the short extrovert who brings her out of her shell. Flipping the cliche makes them even more cute.
Cheryl and Toni from *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*There is so much I love about Cheryl and Toni. There is really no couple like them on TV. Even though Toni is a long time Serpent and Cheryl comes from a Wealthy family, Cheryl is tough and not someone you want as an enemy. I also love how the two actors are good friends in real life and have [fought about which one is the top](https://youtube.com/_PlhNYkgcdo?t=340) in this *Riverdale* relationship.
Nomi and Amanita from *[Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)*
In my opinion, Nomi and Amanita are the healthiest, most loving and supportive queer couple on TV. I love the pairing of Nomi the tall computer geek and Amanita her passionate girlfriend who will do anything for her.
Jo and Chase from *[Easy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/)*I love in this scene, after their first date and a half, how Chase has to reach up to kiss Jo before she bikes off. These two are one of my favorite fictitious queer couples, because they feel very real. They’re like a couple I would be friends with in real life.
The third and final season was supposedly shot last Summer. There is no news on when it’s dropping on Netflix, but I hope we get more than one episode with them in it.
Waverly and Nicole from *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)*I love lesbian cops, and Nicole is the perfect, tall, protective, sweet and tough sheriff of Purgatory. Her and Waverly together are ridiculously cute and I cannot wait to see what happens with them in season four this summer.
Sara and Ava from *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*Praise Beebo for the *Legends of Tomorrow* writing team. They have given us one of the best shows and queer ships on television right now. Tall and serious Ava and fun and fierce Sara make such a perfect pair. They are one of the only couples I put my guard down for and just enjoy without fearing one of them will die at any moment. Well, Sara may die at any time, but I feel confident she’ll come back to life quickly.
Petra and JR from *[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*In this scene, Petra finally lets herself be vulnerable with JR and tells her how much she likes her. The scene is extra sweet because Petra, who is usually very put together, is in her pajamas just after stress-eating pickles. The height difference just adds to this falling away of Petra’s emotional walls.
They are my favorite ship on air right now, and while it makes me incredibly sad season five (starting March 27, 2019) of *Jane the Virgin* will be its last, I can’t wait to see what happens with these two. If they are not endgame I will flip a table or 10.
Alex and Maggie from *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*This couple is still painful to write about since they broke up last season, but I had to include them on my list. Alex and Maggie was my gateway ship that started my love of couples with height differences.
Maggie is the hot-headed cop who doesn’t take any shit, but is the shorter one of the two. This makes them extra cute to me. I’m still sad they were ripped away from us, but hopefully Alex will find love again.
Root and Shaw from *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*Big surprise, Root and Shaw, my favorite ship of all time, are my number one tall/short couple. I know I’m a broken record, but just look at them!
Shooting guns.
Walking down the street.
Shooting more guns.
Shaw is a short, nearly feelings-less killer and Root is a tall, intense, computer hacker and assassin. They’re the perfect couple!
Those are my favorites, but I am sure I missed some! Who are your favorite couples with couples with height differences? Let us know in the comments!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Mirror, Easy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Lip Service, Person of Interest, Riverdale, Sense8, Supergirl, Things We Love, Wynonna Earp
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### [Queer Beats - February 8, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-february-8-2019/)
**Published:** February 8, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Rachel Skarsten fulfilled our greatest villain dreams, Petramos reminded us why Jane the Virgin is worth the wait, and One Day at a Time returned!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Rachel Skarsten fulfilled our greatest villain dreams, Petramos reminded us why Jane the Virgin is worth the wait, and One Day at a Time returned!
First, I would like to point everyone’s attention toward [Mika’s recent post about the TCAs](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/tv-critics-association-winter-2019-press-tour/). The TV Critics Association Winter Press Tour is always full of good TV goodies, so be sure to read Mika’s post to hear about all your favorite shows!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
I literally choked on the water I was drinking while I read the following tweet:
> 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
>
> — Rachel Skarsten (@RachieSkarsten) [February 8, 2019](https://twitter.com/RachieSkarsten/status/1093683431215644672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I will keep things spoiler-free but [Rachel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-skarsten/) is going to be playing Alice and, if you’ve read the Batwoman comics, she seems pretty perfect for the role!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
There were many moments where we were blessed this week, but this was the one that started it all. More cute [Anissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/)/[Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/) pictures please!
https://twitter.com/blacklightning/status/1092498109807112192
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
\*casually tosses cute picture of [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) looking at Gina’s golden butt onto this page\*
https://twitter.com/terrycrews/status/1092544654887677952
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
Scroll through these [Yael](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) pictures for some good Petramos treats:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtUDRpwBgIX/
And in case that didn’t quench your thirst:
https://twitter.com/chvstains/status/1091112461393059840
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
ODAAT IS BACK! The full season dropped on Netflix last night so… what are you waiting for?!
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1093557688330407936
And if you are a ODAAT fan living near Barcelona, you’re in luck! [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) just got added to this year’s lineup!
https://twitter.com/lovefanfest/status/1092825459191099392
## [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
I get a lot of pleasure from adding unexpected shows into my news round-up every week. If you are a Shoot fan, you will be excited to hear that [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/) will be making her way to Armageddon Expo this year!
https://twitter.com/Armageddonexpo/status/1092165831973367809
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
We finally got a queer-heavy episode this week which was quite *heavenly*. Choni was also featured on Riverdale’s instagram page this week although, honestly, I’m not sure why they talked about all the straight couples but skipped right over both queer couples on the show…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtjTc4aFXJn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
A new Supergirl trailer was released and it looks like we will be continuing to learn more about [Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)‘s powers! Hooray!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpOU-hsBsr0
Admittedly, my first thought upon seeing the new villain was “can *she* kiss [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)?”
In another favorite moment of the week: [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) confirmed what we all already knew about [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/)… THAT SHE’S PERFECT.
https://twitter.com/sanversnews/status/1091412036599328768
## [The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/)
I stopped watching The Walking Dead before the killed the *last* queer character but I am always happy to hear about thriving couples on shows! [Eleanor Matsuura](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eleanor-matsuura/) spoke with Digital Spy about her fight to get better rep on the show:
https://twitter.com/digitalspy/status/1093177521280073728
If you happen to watch TWD and love this couple, tell me all about it ([GayCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/GayCrystalGems) on Twitter)! They look very cute and I want to hear more!
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Wynonna Earp came in strong this week with EIGHT Canadian Screen Award nominations. You can see the full list below but Melanie Scrofano was nominated for Best Lead Actress in a Drama Series and I can’t wait to see her back on a red carpet (read: can’t wait for her to be inappropriate on a red carpet).
https://twitter.com/Space_PR/status/1093516413627760642
The awards aren’t until March 31st so, in the meantime, be sure to vote for [Dominique Provost-Chalkey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/) for Audience choice [here](https://www.academy.ca/vote/)!
One last note: [Kaitlyn Alexander](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaitlyn-alexander/) will be creating Youtube videos again so make sure to subscribe to their channel ASAP, if you haven’t already!
https://twitter.com/realisticsay/status/1092461484393840640
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Amy Acker, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Isabella Gomez, Jane the Virgin, Kaitlyn Alexander, One Day at a Time, Person of Interest, Rachel Skarsten, Supergirl, The Walking Dead, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 28, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-january-28-2019/)
**Published:** January 28, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We were blessed with Kate Moennig on Grown-ish to help process Nomi's straight girl issues, we met Gael's sister Jazmin on Good Trouble and I opted for RENT: Live over Supergirl and Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we were blessed with Kate Moennig on *Grown-ish* to help process Nomi’s straight girl issues; we met Gael’s sister Jazmin on *Good Trouble*; and I opted for *RENT: Live* over *Supergirl* and *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)* – Season 2 Episode 12 “Earth Angel” \[Streaming\]Karolina and Nico finally made up with a kiss and a hug after Karolina gave Nico a pep talk about embracing her dark side because that may be a source of her power.
Okay, maybe now they can get their relationship back on track. But then, the person who has been creeping around Karolina walks into Karolina’s room in Gert’s form. She shape-shifts back to herself, and we finally find out who she is. Her name is Xavin and she’s waited her entire life to be with Karolina.
Woah! I did not see that coming (probably because I didn’t read the comics). Well, this is going to be interesting.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Allies” \[Live\]In this episode we met Gael’s sister, Jazmin, and she’s experiencing transphobia at her job and from their parents.
For the record, official LezWatch policy is **the T is NOT optional**.
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Girls Like You” \[Live\]Finally we got a Nomi-centric episode that passed the Bechdel Test. Zoey and Ana are having a problem with Nomi’s non-stop hookup parade leaving the apartment every morning.
When the girls talk to Nomi about it, they find out all of the women she’s banging are straight.
Nomi says it works out because women are curious in college, and she’s there to provide them that experience. Okay, it looks like we’ll be unpacking this for the rest of the episode.
Ana, being conservative, thinks Nomi is a monster and accuses her of being a misogynist. Zoey, on the other hand, is more diplomatic.
Nomi’s pals take various sides — why isn’t it okay for women to have sex for pleasure’s sake when men can? Why is Nomi only sleeping with straight women? Isn’t that just as bad as men who only target virgins to have sex with?
That night Zoey and Nomi hang out and Zoey witnesses Nomi working her magic with a random girl. When Nomi takes her home, Zoey urges her to tell the girl she’s going to ghost her after she sleeps with her. Nomi complies and tells the girl she’s not looking for anything serious, and she’s probably not going to call her ever. That seems to be just fine with her.
Later, Nomi tells Zoey she talked to the girl before hooking up, but for some reason, her saying she wasn’t going to take her home to meet her mom and dad messed her up. When the tables were turned, everything felt wrong.
To help her figure it out, Nomi went to her Gender Studies professor played by Shane, I mean, Kate Moennig!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1089898518062551040
It looks like Shane got to the bottom of it — Nomi only sleeps with straight girls to prevent a serious relationship from developing because she’s afraid to come out to her parents.
It looks like we’re going to get a “Nomi comes out to her parents” episode in the future.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)– Season 15 Episode 10 “Help, I’m Alive” \[Live\]Not much has been happening with Casey or Taryn lately, but it was so cute when most of the queer characters were in a scene together helping Levi get his contacts in.
I love it when a show has enough queer characters for them to do a scene together, but I think Levi is super cute in his glasses! I hope he doesn’t get rid of them.
*[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* – Season 6 Episode 3 “The Tattler” \[Live\]On this episode, we found out what happened to Rosa and Alicia (Gina Rodriguez).
That’s a bummer, I would have loved to see Rosa and Alicia as girlfriends, but I imagine Gina is too busy starring in a show, directing and being in movies. Slacker 😄.
*RENT: Live* – \[Live, kinda\]Last night I didn’t watch *Supergirl* or *Charmed* because my wife and child are RENTheads, so we watched *RENT: Live* instead.
I loved Kiersey Clemons as Joanne. Not only did she do an amazing job, it was also nice to have one of our favorite out queer actors playing a lesbian on TV.
https://twitter.com/RENTonFOX/status/1089725736351481856
The LiveNotLive thing was a little odd and not everyone’s voice was Broadway-quality, but my family and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Now I have to catch up on *Supergirl* and *Charmed* which means a double recap next week! Well, hopefully next week both of those shows will have queer content.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Good Trouble, Grey's Anatomy, Grown-ish, RENT Live, Runaways
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### [TV Critics Association Winter 2019 Press Tour](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/tv-critics-association-winter-2019-press-tour/)
**Published:** February 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time for a first look at the last seasons of beloved shows, as well as a peek as to what's new. It's the 2019 TCA Press Tour!
**Content:**
Twice a year, the [TV Critics Association](http://tvcritics.org) has a press tour where networks come out and talk to the press directly about their various shows. This can be a great opportunity to announce renewals but also to give people some insights as to what you should be looking forward to.
## NBC
While there was a lot of talk about *Superstore* and how no one wanted to do crossovers, the most interesting tidbit for LezWatch.TV readers will be that [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/) is headlining a show called *Abby’s*, about a woman who runs a bar in her backyard. And Abby? She’s not only the first Cuban American Woman to headline a sitcom, she’s the first queer one played by a queer actress.
Oh did I mention? Abby’s bisexual. I’ve seen the first three episodes and I’ll have more information for you about that later. For now, I’ll tell you this: you should check the show out.
## CBS
*[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)* is a show Tracy and I adore. We even like the straight people on the show and will watch for them. It’s back and it’s looking amazing.
https://twitter.com/thegoodfight/status/1090735732803522560
We’re wondering who is Maia’s making out with and cheering for Diane and her axe throwing. Oh also there will be a Schoolhouse Rock video for each episode *and* a musical episode. No wonder, there will be fewer episodes this year, but they’ll all be jam packed.
## Showtime
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* is coming back and the *[L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)* is getting that rumoured sequel. It’s been [officially ordered to series](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/l-word-sequel-ordered-series-at-showtime-1181541) and will produce eight episodes this year.
> Playwright and screenwriter Marja-Lewis Ryan serves as showrunner and exec produces alongside original series creator Ilene Chaiken. Stars Jennifer Beals (Bette), Katherine Moennig (Shane) and Leisha Hailey (Alice) are also on board to exec produce and will reprise their roles from the original series while also introducing a new ensemble of self-possessed LGBTQIA characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success on the east side of L.A.
>
> [Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/l-word-sequel-ordered-series-at-showtime-1181541)
Some other characters will also reprise their roles. Like Sarah Shahi.
## The CW
First up, the CW renewed:
- *Arrow,*
- *Black Lightning*
- *Charmed*
- *DC’s Legends of Tomorrow*
- *The Flash*
- *Legacies*
- *Riverdale*
- *Supergirl*
… and *Supernatural*.
Next, they ripped our hearts out with *Jane the Virgin*, reminding it this is the final season. But they also celebrated it, and explained they’ll revisit aspects of the series to help the characters come full-circle. The spinoff, *Jane the Novella*, will be narrated by Gina Rodriguez and have some of the characters we know and love.
https://twitter.com/thesurfreport/status/1091098624610562048
While it’ll be sad to see the people go, I’m looking forward to what’s next with the JtVerse.
## FX
Besides the surprising little smackdown FX gave to Netflix (calling into question the ratings obfuscation), the reminder that the Nielsens is measuring streaming media soon, and the mention of 496 scripted TV shows on air in 2018 (including streaming!), there was some actual queer TV news.
*Legion* is ending after this season and they’ve picked up *Y: The Last Man*, a comic book adaptation with a regular lesbian character. In the comics, her sexuality is kind of a not-issue (hello again the celibate lesbian), so we’ll see what happens there. *AHS* will be back and FX has ordered a lot of documentaries/docuseries which we generally don’t cover. This will include *Fosse* which is the true story of some really queer people from Broadway. I’m interested to see how queer they go with this.
## ABC & Freeform
There were a lot of announcements about returns and renewals. *Good Trouble* was picked up for a second season, and if you’d asked us about that a year ago, we would not have been excited as we are now. The final (half) season of *Shadowhunters* starts on February 25th, and *Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionist* starts March 20th and *The Bold Type* will be back April 9th.
Whew. It’s a rollercoaster I tell you.
**Categories:** Announcements
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### [Queer Beats - February 1, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-february-1-2019/)
**Published:** February 1, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, GLAAD announced their media award nominees, the TCAs brought lots of good queer news, and we finally got some new info about The L Word reboot!
## GLAAD Awards
It’s the most wonderful time of the year: the GLAAD Media Awards nominee list has been released! I personally love seeing this list because it’s curated toward exactly what we are interested in… queer content! You can view the full list of nominees [here](https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/30/nominees), but some LezWatchTV-themed standouts are:
Outstanding Comedy Series… [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/), [Crazy Ex-Girlfriend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/), [Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/), [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/), [Schitt’s Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schitts-creek/), [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/), and [Will & Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/)
Outstanding Drama… [Billions](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/billions/), [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/), [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/), [Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/), [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/), [Shadowhunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shadowhunters/), [Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star/), [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/), and [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
## Abby’s
The TCAs were this week which means we got lots of good new information on upcoming shows! This includes more verification that [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/) will be playing a openly bisexual character on the upcoming NBC show, Abby’s:
https://twitter.com/carolineframke/status/1090325841165176832
If the idea of this excites you (as it should), check out the trailer below:
https://youtube.com/AQ6LmX6wPfM
Pro Tip: If you want to hear more about the TCAs, make sure to check back on LezWatch.TV for Mika’s TCA roundup, coming soon!
## [American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)
[Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) is a gift that keeps on giving. This week, Sarah talked about how her and her partner, [Holland Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/holland-taylor/), met for the first time:
https://twitter.com/sarahpaulsbean/status/1088433805264773121
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
My eyes basically did that emoji thing this week when I saw these new Batwoman cast announcements. This cast is growing more beautiful and exciting by the day!
https://twitter.com/batwomanupdates/status/1089002985064185856
## Boomerang
[Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/) has been developing a comedy show for BET (based on a film of the same name) and, as she has always promised, it’s gonna be queer as hell:
https://twitter.com/LenaWaithe/status/1088970629234094080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1088970629234094080&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autostraddle.com%2Fpop-culture-fix-natalie-morales-will-play-an-openly-casually-bisexual-lead-on-the-nbc-comedy-abbys-447312%2F
## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Hi, I apologize for this freakout but THIS CHARMED PICTURE IS RUDE IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS:
https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1089728740937138176
## [The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)
Our moms are back together and ready to [visit their children in Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/stef-and-lena-get-into-good-trouble/).
https://twitter.com/SherriSaum1/status/1090365165097238528
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Sandra Oh continues to win all the deserving awards for her work on Killing Eve. And in her speech at the SAG Awards, she shouted out Lena Waithe for always believing in her.
https://twitter.com/tntdrama/status/1089712103068291073
## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
This week, the thing-I’ve-waited-84-years-for is *finally* getting more information about the upcoming L Word reboot. Showtime has officially given it a green light and all are favorites are in (including [Sarah Shahi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-shahi/)!). The show will be given 8 episodes and will premiere this year!
https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1091047286136815616
https://twitter.com/jenniferbeals/status/1091034778961408000
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
Waiting for the new season of ODAAT is already hard enough, but this clip of [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) and [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) bonding over their queerness is making the wait *so much harder*.
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1090362365370093568
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
If you’re missing your Deanoru content (join the club), enjoy this cute video of [Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) answering questions instead!
https://twitter.com/Marvel/status/1089900911692963842
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
This week, Supergirl featured a storyline dedicated to [Nia Nal ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)and her backstory, including answers to how her trans identity intersects with her Dreamer abilities. It was *so, so good*. Sometimes, Supergirl really knows how to shine.
https://twitter.com/MichaelAusiello/status/1089313288708648960
I am so excited about this whole storyline and the support it has received from the writers, cast, and fans. [Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) also took to Twitter to discuss how important Nia Nal’s story is to the trans community:
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1089877773550706690
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Charmed (2018), Ellen Tamaki, Killing Eve, Lena Waithe, Lyrica Okano, Nicole Maines, One Day at a Time, Runaways, Sandra Oh, Sarah Paulson, Sherri Saum, Supergirl, The Fosters, The L Word
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### [Stef and Lena get into Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/stef-and-lena-get-into-good-trouble/)
**Published:** January 31, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Next week, it's finally time for the Moms to visit their girls in LA. What could possibly go wrong?
**Content:**
Okay so we didn’t even get to hear their voices on the first episode, but on next week’s episode of *[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/good-trouble/)* will bring the Moms to the Coterie. That’s right, Lena and Stef come to visit their girls next week (Feb 5th) and see this lovely new commune where they’re living.
It goes about as well as you might expect.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
I wanted to stop my little recap at that, because what happens after is actually hilariously fun to watch. It’s a comedy of errors with everything from marijuana cookies, a Fire Marshall, coed showers, cancer, and toilet paper shenanigans.
The Moms are dealing with their own dramas in their empty-nest life. It’s not all sunshine and roses in politics, as Lena’s finding out, and Stef was a cop for*ever* and has to find herself again. It’s new and different, and they struggle not to be the Moms all the time.
This is harder because the girls hate their jobs, and are miserable. They’re both struggling with the secrets they have to keep. Callie knows a little too much about the judge, and Mariana knows way too much about the jerks she works with.
But of course everyone wants to put on the brave face and be the indomitable Adams Fosters. Thankfully, their nature as Adams Fosters is what brings them back together for a bit of a cheesy, heartfelt, confession.
GOOD TROUBLE Parental Guidance Suggested Callie and Marianas moms visit their new digs but even with all the Coterie residents on their best behavior things get out of hand Meanwhile Dennis reveals a shocking truth about his past This episode of Good Trouble airs Tuesday Feb 5 800 901 PM EST on Freeform FreeformEric McCandless MAIA MITCHELL SHERRI SAUM TERI POLO
Much like *[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)* itself, they get a little saccharine with the love. And much like the parent show, the parents *ain’t* getting some. In honour of Tracy’s sponge ratings, I am going to tell you that it ain’t much. In fact …
Theres no sponge in the credits and I miss that
That’s probably a generous sponge. We see Callie having sex more than anyone else. Actually I think we see Gael having sex more than anyone. For all Mariana goes out every night, she’s not having random hookups yet. Both of the girls are running from their problems in different ways. Serial monogamist, Callie, has sex with Gael but doesn’t want anyone to know. Mariana seeks attention in different ways.
As always, Stef and Lena are problem solvers, and it’s fun to have them around for an episode. Much like the Jude episode, they don’t over-use them and the Moms serve as another reminder that good trouble will follow you wherever you belong.
Check out the moms on February 5th and enjoy some *Good Trouble*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble, The Fosters
---
### ["One Day at a Time" Returns for Season 3](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/odaat-season-3-coming-soon/)
**Published:** January 30, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're back! It's everyone's favourite Cuban family, this time with 300% more Cubans as the extended family is in town for a funeral and a party.
**Content:**
The concept of *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* is simple. A single mom, two kids, a helpful grandmother, and a Schnieder. But just like the original concept was deeper and addressed the problems of its era, the reboot tackles the life of Cuban immigrants in a time when people scream hateful things and want to build a wall.
## Previously …
Season one of *One Day at a Time* was set in the frame of a Quinceañeras in the modern time. It was a story about marrying the old and new, about determining who you are in the midst of changing times. Becoming and growing into the you of 2017, finding yourself, and going forward. The goal of a Quinces is the step from childhood to adulthood. For many of the characters on the show, it was the step from ‘everyone’ into that of their own unique individuals.
One Day At A Time Photo Credit Mike YarishNetflixIn season two, I felt initially like the show struggled, because the arc was more subtle. It wasn’t until a few episodes in that we learned the visible arc was “becoming a citizen.” It was an interesting plot line to follow. My mother, like Schnieder, is a Canadian who became an American citizen. While she has no horrifying Zamboner story in her past, she did warn me not to throw the chairs onto the ice at a hockey game. Oddly specific, Mom.
However, it’s in little moments like that where *One Day at a Time* excels. It’s in a small joke about a bowling ball hitting someone in the head, a mention that Lydia is someone’s great love, and in a recording of *Scandal,* where we are reminded the Alvarez family is ours too. They’re messy, they’re imperfect, but they’re like our family can be. Maybe someone didn’t go to a funeral, maybe someone walked away from their daughter at her Quinces. They don’t always do what’s right, but they try to find their way.
That’s why, when rewatching season two, I realized the journey was less “who is an American?” and “who are **we**?”
Alex has to struggle with his visible minority status, a reality he was unprepared for. Elena will have to live with people who are going to hate her and not understand her for being who she is, even her own father. Penelope realizes that in order to be herself, she must stay on anti-depressants. And Lydia has to learn how to remain herself while becoming an American citizen and letting go of the home she fled decades before.
Of course, the answer always is found in their family. They misstep, they hurt each other from time to time, but their love and the fact that they care for each other keeps them together. Even Schnieder.
## Season Three
Unlike season two, I wasn’t able to go to any tapings. I have to up my bribe game clearly to move the schedule. But like you, I’ve seen the trailer:
https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime/status/1083370376741167104
I’ve also seen season three, otherwise this review would be pretty short!
Even just looking at the trailer, we can see how the characters are growing. Alex experiments with marijuana, Penelope gets a boyfriend maybe, Lydia builds a bridge with her sister (played by Gloria Estefan no less), Elena tries to be more respectful of Syd’s non-binary status and also moves into Phase 2 lesbian, with Doc Martens and ripped jeans.
Credit Ali GoldsteinNetflix
Of course, Elena hasn’t changed much at all, still missing the social cues and being all 100% out rainbow gay, and that is part of why we love her so much. She loves shows we love, like *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* and *[Battlestar Galactica](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/battlestar-galactica/)*. Our nerdy little lesbian grows and becomes exactly who she is. Changing without changing her essence. Her character arc is a great example of *One Day at a Time* returning to the formula that made season one work so well.
There is an arc for the third season, and you feel like each episode properly leads into the next. For binge-able TV, it’s a must to have a thread from each episode carry through. You have to touch on a plot in episode 2 and have it picked up again in episode 4, because the viewers are going to be watching all 13 episodes in three days or even one long afternoon on the couch.
The way we watch TV has changed, and *One Day at a Time* has grasped how to take the classic sitcom format and turn it into a show we want to watch all in a row like that. There’s a perfection that is not found in the ‘to be continued’ but in the partial conclusion of a story line. It reminds us that the story doesn’t end even when we reach a pinnacle. It’s just a moment to rest and to laugh and to climb again and again.
## The Threads Come Together
The third season starts out with a funeral, and my first thought was “Imagine if they’d ended last season just with Berto asking that question…” Thankfully the show runners aren’t as evil as I am, but the funeral begins to heal the rift between Mirtha and Lydia only to rocket us into the next problem.
What could go wrong at an art museum? Or an auction? How life changing could soft cheese be? Or a pair of shoes? Or a hotel room? Why doesn’t Penelope talk to her cousins? Is Alex going to get a girlfriend? Will Syd and Elena last? Will Penelope find the right kind of guy? Will we ever find out Schnieder’s first name?
The interwoven storylines gel in a chemical reaction that make you want to keep watching until you’ve seen it all. They drop a mention in an episode that shifts into the focus of another, two or three down the line. The story you think you’re getting is slightly different than the one you do get. The reveals are from different characters than you might expect. The hero is the fool, the fool the hero, and in the end we question what happiness is.
That’s the magic of this show. They take small things, a moment that everyone has, and remind us how much they make of us. And in season three, the questions of what are we and who are we change to what are we together? We know that family supports us, but our family and our loves make us happy. So where are we all, ultimately, happy?
You’ll have to watch season three to find out.
- Elena Penelope Alex
- Penelope and Ramona
- The extended Alvarez Clan
PS: Stephanie Beatriz is exactly as awesome as you think she is and we love Pilar. Also there’s a special guest star near the end of the season you’ll have to see to believe.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Isabella Gomez, One Day at a Time, Stephanie Beatriz
---
### [Abby's: Beers, Queers, and Cheers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/abbys-beers-queers-cheers/)
**Published:** February 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** NBC continues to make the turn into handling old school comedy without making everyone cringe. Check it out.
**Content:**
Coming this spring on NBC is a new sitcom I didn’t think I’d be telling you about, but here I am.
If you want to skip spoilers, then just trust me here and tune in on March 28th at 9:30pm. If you’ve already seen the news (dropped at the TV Critics Association back on January 29th), keep reading for some explanations and details.
Warning: This post contains very mild spoilers!
*Abby’s* is about an unlicensed, makeshift bar in Abby’s backyard. All her neighbours (aka the patrons) have to abide by 162 specific rules and regulations, defined by Abby, which include no cell phones and a nasty-drink penalty for losing a bet.
The titular Abby is played by openly queer actress, [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/), and you can probably guess where I’m going here.
Abby is bisexual.
She’s also ex-military, having served two tours as a Staff Sergeant in the Marines, and Cuban-American. In the pilot, her world is upended when her new landlord is less than keen on the backyard shenanigans.
This marks the second time a Cuban has lead a sitcom (Justina Machado and Gina Rodriguez are of Puerto Rican descent). Ever. And the first time we’ve had a queer Cuban played by a queer Cuban on a sitcom.
*Abby’s* is the fourth shown with a lead character who is queer, played by a queer:
- *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)*
- [*The Ellen Show*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ellen-show/)
- *Batwoman*
- *Abby’s*
This is pretty important folks. 2019 is *doubling* the number.
Based on the first two episodes, the show is fun. It’s an average sitcom, though it’s the first one filmed outside before a live audience, which is extra entertaining. The best news? The jokes aren’t about Abby being gay. Everyone *else* is made fun of for their assumptions, as a proper sitcom does.
I’m an incredibly hard sell on sitcoms, and I hate when the character I identify with is the butt of the joke. I enjoyed *Abby’s* and I look forward to watching more.
You can catch *Abby’s* at 9:30pm on NBC, starting March 28th. It’s paired up with *Will & Grace* and being given a great time slot, so please tune in.
##### Screener Review On *Abby’s*
It’s a common sitcom, updated for 2019, and embracing the queer as commonality.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Abby's, Natalie Morales, Previews
---
### [Queer Beats - January 25, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-january-25-2019/)
**Published:** January 25, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Stephanie Beatriz talked about Rosa and directing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, all our Choni questions were answered, and we finally got a sneak peek at Dreamer from Supergirl!
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Stephanie Beatriz talked about Rosa and directing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, all our Choni questions were answered, and we finally got a sneak peek at Dreamer from Supergirl!
But first, I just wanted to make sure that everyone here has seen this sexy music video that was produced by [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/). If you haven’t, it’s a really good mood to set for this Friday morning…
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) continues to be cute as heck and proud as heck of [Anissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCCcbznIfJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Unfortunately, there was no ThunderGrace in the latest episode of Black Lightning but, with the way we have been getting teased, there better be some good content coming up! [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) talked more about playing [Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/) with The TV Junkies:
https://twitter.com/TheTVJunkies/status/1087352938639622145
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
I love my weeks full of [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) content! She was featured in the New York Times (Sunday edition, might I add) and talked about directing Brooklyn Nine-Nine and playing [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/).
https://twitter.com/nytimesarts/status/1086455189240979456
My favorite line from this article:
> “In comedy you have the ‘straight man,’ who’s basically the deadpan, flat comedy partner,” Beatriz said. “And in ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ the bi woman is a straight man, which is hilarious.”
And here’s a couple more pics of Stephanie being cute and stuff:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs7IqfVAV20/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtBU0npgG-v/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)
Janelle Monae is calling everyone out who doesn’t watch Grown-ish yet and, therefore, we are all required to catch up ASAP.
https://twitter.com/JanelleMonae/status/1088502820528144384
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
This Killing Eve article includes the words “feral,” “intimate,” and “special relationship” so do with that what you will:
https://twitter.com/EW/status/1088481861632958464
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Legends continues to be a bottle of queer joy in this world, even when it is not on air! [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) gave us this little Avalance gem (not to mention, for diehard White Canary suit fans, her hairstyle here is very telling…):
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1088346987819339776
Also, I literally squealed *out loud* when I saw this painfully cute picture of Maisie Richardson-Sellers and her real-life girlfriend. And every single week I go to link to Maisie’s actor page here on LezWatch and every single week I get mad that she hasn’t played a canon queer yet! ZARLIE HERE WE COME!
https://twitter.com/iamclayofficial/status/1087916102871642113
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
I admittedly stopped watching OiTNB a season ago but, I don’t know, this picture is sending me…
https://twitter.com/LauraPrepon/status/1088470763693314048
## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
Coming in big with the plot twist of my week… we are getting fed with Choni content. Not only did Riverdale actually give them scenes alone together last week, but [Vanessa ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/)and [Madelaine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/) created another Youtube video filled with 15-minutes of them basically role-playing as their characters. Honestly, I think this should be mandatory for every queer couple on TV but what do I know about wlw fans? (Answer: Make me a consultant.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PlhNYkgcdo
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I have been waiting 84 years for this moment but we finally got to see a first look at [Dreamer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/)‘s costume!!!!!
https://twitter.com/Supergirltvsite/status/1086329926733553665
Have I mentioned how much I love [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)? And how much I love the Supergirl cast? Here’s another reason why:
https://twitter.com/chy_leigh/status/1088607269850238976
Finally, I just about fell off my chair because of this picture but I really want to send everyone into their weekend with the power of [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BtCX7nyg8AE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chantal Thuy, Chyler Leigh, Grown-ish, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Lena Waithe, Madelaine Petsch, Nafessa Williams, Nicole Maines, Orange is the New Black, Riverdale, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, Vanessa Morgan
---
### [Queer Beats - January 4, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-january-4-2018/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Batwoman received some good news, Nikohl Boosheri spoke about Adena's hijab, and Laura Prepon reminded us all what we miss most about Orange is the New Black.
**Content:**
Happy New Year’s and welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Batwoman received some good news, Nikohl Boosheri spoke about Adena’s hijab, and Laura Prepon reminded us all what we miss most about Orange is the New Black.
## [American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)
Let’s start things off on a good, holiday-themed note! [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) celebrated New Years with her partner, [Holland Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/holland-taylor/), and they looked mighty cute doing it!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFHYPbl0OC/?utm_source=ig_embed
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
We got some GREAT Batwoman news this week: the show was officially picked up to shoot a pilot episode! Which means we are one step closer to having a full-blown Batwoman show! This is a really great sign for the possibility of a future that includes Batwoman. I hope all goes well and I will be sure to keep you all up-to-date with any [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) behind-the-scenes content!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1080896940135436288
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Have I talked about how much I miss Kadena lately? Because I really miss them. Thankfully, we got a rare [Nikohl Boosheri interview](https://www.indiewire.com/2019/01/muslim-tv-characters-netflix-nbc-freeform-starz-1202031900/) where she talks about [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/). She had some really insightful thoughts about why Adena chooses to wear her hijab only some of the time:
> I remembered I shot a film in Beirut, and there’s actually quite a vibrant LGBTQ scene underground there. I met with women who had tattoos and wore hijabs sometimes but not all the time. In Beirut, it’s also not mandatory to wear the hijab. And so I thought, ‘Okay, then with this character, it has to be more about her freedom to choose, her freedom to express herself how she pleases and how she pleases that day.’
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Need a LoT fix? I’ve got you covered. Please enjoy [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) doing some backflips in the ocean:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1079558182723375105
## [Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)
We still have a long time to wait for the seventh (and final) season of OITNB, but luckily [Laura Prepon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-prepon/) decided to bless us with an [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-vause/) sighting this week:
https://twitter.com/LauraPrepon/status/1080844307119177733
## [Pretty Little Liars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars/): The Perfectionists
TVLine gave us [a first look](https://tvline.com/2018/12/28/pretty-little-liars-the-perfectionists-photos-spinoff-series-premiere/) at [Alison DiLaurentis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alison-dilaurentis/) in the upcoming Pretty Little Liars spinoff, The Perfectionists and it looks like she’s a professor!
I’m still very interested to find out what happened to her wife, Emily, and their CHILDREN!
That’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Batwoman, Caity Lotz, Holland Taylor, Laura Prepon, Legends of Tomorrow, Nikohl Boosheri, Orange is the New Black, Ruby Rose, Sarah Paulson, The Bold Type, The Perfectionists
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 21, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-january-21-2019/)
**Published:** January 21, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We meet Alice's ex GF and her new fiance on Good Trouble, say goodbye to Cece on Grey's and hello again as Niko returns to Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we meet Alice’s ex-GF and her new fiancée on *Good Trouble*, say goodbye to Cece on Grey’s, and say hello again as Niko returns to *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)* – Season 2 Episode 10 “Hostile Takeover” \[Streaming\]It’s been a few episodes of Nico and Karolina not doing anything but having the occasional fight, so the queerest thing happening on *Runaways* at the moment is a possessed Tina showing Janet how to use a “scary alien weapon.”
I’m still waiting for Nico and Karolina to have a 2 second hug, a handshake or anything besides a few sentences exchanged in annoyance.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “The Coterie” \[Live\]On this episode of Good Trouble, we meet Alice’s ex girlfriend, Sumi, and we learn Alice is still hung up on her. Sumi takes advantage of this in many ways. She takes her money and favors, and generally abuses the fact that Alice is still in love with her.
They throw a big party at The Coterie, and all night Alice is watching the door for Sumi so she can give her a birthday cake. When Sumi finally shows up, she’s there with her new girlfriend and, surprise — they just got engaged.
Poor Alice. But how great is it to see one of our favorite actors [Briana Venskus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/briana-venskus/) playing a queer character?
Later, Alice is in a room with Marianna and Davia drowning her sorrows in the birthday cake she baked for Sumi, when Sumi and her fiancée bust in.
Alice: forever the supportive doormat.
And then this happens.
Before you know it Alice is going to be planning the whole thing and paying for the caterer. I hope our girl eventually gathers enough self-esteem to be honest with Sumi.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “No Exit” \[Live\]At the beginning of this episode, Cheryl and Toni get home from a night of cat burglaring and say the l word to each other!
At school, the quarantine’s been lifted, but Moose and Kevin are still enforcing the “no physical contact” rule against Cheryl and Toni when they’re caught holding hands. They are not compliant.
And then at *La Bonne Nuit*, we learn Cheryl and Toni have a regular table.
All that and some girlfriend breaking and entering into Hiram Lodge’s house gave us a decent handful of Choni content. I’ll give you that, *Riverdale*.
*[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)– Season 15 Episode 9 “Shelter From the Storm” \[Live\]Well, Cece the magical, matchmaking lesbian’s arc came to an end this episode.
Thank you, Cece, for hanging around to help everyone with their love lives before dying in the OR.
In the 15 years Grey’s has been on TV, this is the first queer character to die on the show. That says something since the odds of surviving a stay at Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital aren’t very good.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Keep Calm And Harry On” \[Live\]This episode was all about extracting Harry from Tartarus. At the end of the episode, Mel and Jada kiss and someone snaps a picture of it.
Oh, snap! Detective Hamada is on the case! I may have gasped when I saw it was Niko.
Now we know how Niko is going to re-enter the show, and I love it! I see many episodes of fun queer drama ahead.
Tonight — Black Lightning’s back, and I’m hoping Anissa and Grace learn about each other’s powers soon!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Good Trouble, Grey's Anatomy, Riverdale, Runaways
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 14, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-january-14-2019/)
**Published:** January 14, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's been a very quiet week of queer TV, but the Derry Girls wee lesbian episode made up for it.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s been a very quiet week of queer TV, but the *Derry Girls* wee lesbian episode made up for it.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Episode Six” \[Streaming\]It’s the calm before all of the regular shows return, and on this little vacation I binge-watched *Derry Girls*. I loved the show and found it absolutely hilarious.
It’s about a group of teenage friends attending an all-girls Catholic school in Derry, Northern Ireland. It’s set in the 90s, so there’s a nostalgia porn element. The unique thing about the show is it takes place during the Catholic/Protestant conflict. I embarrassingly know little about this history, but I’m impressed by the show’s ability to pull off a clever comedy in the middle of that crisis.
The humor is quick-witted, and the comedic timing and acting is so good. I have to admit, I needed to watch with the captions on and Google some terms I didn’t understand (i.e. [Wain](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Wain), pronounced “way-in”), because of the Irish accents and slang.
In this episode, Erin (the lead character) becomes the new editor of the school newspaper, and while desperate for a decent story to publish, raids the “Searching for Myself” writing contest entries, and finds a student coming out story.
She publishes the article as “The Secret Life of a Lesbian” – despite head nun Sister Michael forbidding her to.
The dialogue on this episode had me laughing out loud.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1084862099908636672
I won’t give it away since it’s the finale episode of season 1, but we do find out who the Derry Girls wee lesbian is.
This week — Grey’s and *Riverdale* are back, but unfortunately I don’t have high hopes for queer female or trans content for either one of them.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Derry Girls
---
### [Queer Beats - January 18, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-january-18-2019/)
**Published:** January 18, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, The OC's Alex Kelly made an appearance, One Day at a Time finally released a trailer, and Vida (and vida in general) continues to be radically queer.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, The OC’s Alex Kelly made an appearance, One Day at a Time finally released a trailer, and Vida (and vida in general) continues to be radically queer.
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
[Newsarama](https://www.newsarama.com/43366-black-lightning-nafessa-williams-thunder-cw-dc-cw-crisis-on-infinite-earths.html) interviewed [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) about the second half of Black Lightning’s season. She teased lots of good ThunderGrace content and even gave a shout out to Batwoman!
> **Nrama**: Are there any DC TV heroes you particularly want to team up with?
> **Williams**: Yeah, I’ve been hearing about this Ruby Rose and Batwoman. That would be really, really cool. I would like to explore that maybe.
## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Everyone’s favorite office comedy is back with a vengeance, including promo pics with a lot of leg…
https://twitter.com/melissafumero/status/1081590223363031041
Melissa and [Stephanie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) also gave an[ interview with Latino USA](https://latinousa.org/2019/01/08/brooklynninenine/) about being “The Latinas of ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine.’ It’s a great listen that I highly recommend! Both actresses discuss their struggles to find their identity as Latinas and Stephanie touches on her decision to come out as bisexual.
## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
I know everyone is hardcore missing Petramos and thankfully [Yael Groblas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) finally threw us a bone from the set:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BshOkrugDcx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
We also finally got an airdate for the final season of Jane the Virgin! Make sure to cancel all plans on Wednesday, March 27th to tune in!
## [The OC](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-o-c/)
Here’s a major throwback for you: [Olivia Wilde](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-wilde/) gave a shoutout to her queer character from The OC, [Alex Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-kelly/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsdnks3He9F/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
I pretty much lost my mind this week when we finally got a new ODaaT trailer, complete with a [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/)/[Syd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/syd/) kiss!
We also got the episode titles for the season…
https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1086000890740322304
Someone please analyze these for me, ASAP.And, as a little bonus content, here’s a cute video of [Isabella](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/) and [Stephanie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) on set together!
https://twitter.com/melissafumeros/status/1082771526926172165
Anyone else getting Clexacon 2018 flashbacks?## [Passage the Series](https://twitter.com/passage_series?lang=en)
Clexacon announced that it will be showcasing Passage the Series at the 2019 convention, [Tello Film](https://www.tellofilms.com/)‘s “Pitch to Production” winner. To celebrate, they posted new promo shots of Shannon Leigh Reeve and Mandahla Rose.
https://twitter.com/passage_series/status/1085718442999775233
## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
If you, like me, are already missing Marvel’s Runaways because you binged the entire new season in a few days (not sorry), we thankfully still have the actresses who stan their characters as much as we do.
https://twitter.com/Lyricaforreal/status/1082769149779038209
## [SuperGirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
I’m a big SuperGirl fan and, therefore, I truly wish we were getting more good queer content. But I will take what I can get and if what I can get is a picture of [Katie McGrath](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katie-mcgrath/) punching me, I will most definitely take it.
https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1084933461817868288
## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
Last and certainly not least is Vida, one of my favorite shows of 2018. I lost my mind a bit this week (in the best way) when Clexacon announced [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/)‘s appearance because of how much I love her and her character, [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/).
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1083423225156120576
Also worth the read is [Out.com’s interview with Tanya Saracho](https://www.out.com/entertainment/2019/1/10/how-tanya-saracho-made-most-radically-queer-show-tv), Vida’s creator and showrunner. Out describes the show as “radically queer” and, in case you need even more convincing about how great Tanya is, here’s a quote from the article:
> When asked about why it’s important for Latinx writers to create Latinx characters (ergo, why it’s important for her to stack her cast and crew with femmes of color), she says, “You can just tell the difference.” She cites little dramaturgical details, like the fact that Emma’s fingernails are short so she can top her femme, another moment when a condom is placed over a vibrator, or another when a woman with a fluid sexuality is called “a tourist.” “Things like that are just micro, but they become so macro,” Saracho says. “That’s life. That is *vida*.”
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Jane the Virgin, Mishel Prada, Nafessa Williams, Olivia Wilde, One Day at a Time, Passage the Series, Runaways, Stephanie Beatriz, Supergirl, The OC, Vida
---
### [The Disappearance of "Mean Jean" and Other Pilots](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/mean-jean-vanishing-pilots/)
**Published:** January 23, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The mysterious untitled lesbian show will be no more.
**Content:**
I suspect your first question might be “What the heck is *Mean Jean*?”
As the West Coast half of LezWatch.TV, I do my best to get to any local tapings when they’re open for it. The amazing people at Audiences Unlimited reached out to me over the summer to let me know a new show we might be interested in was airing. At the time, it was an untitled show. For FOX. About a lesbian.
## The Untitled Lesbian Show
We’ve been seeing rumblings of this show for a while. The people behind *It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia* were working on a show about a woman, her ex-husband, and her wife, trying to raise a family. That sounded pretty interesting, and when the pilot taping was moved to be a day I could make, we decided to go.
Then I read the updated log line:
> A new untitled FOX comedy from the team behind “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” that follows a woman, her ex-husband, and her new wife who are working together to raise a family in middle America. Leah Remini stars as Jean, who considers herself a patriot who loves her country and firmly believes in everyone’s right to be left alone. Jean in many ways fits the stereotype of a typical conservative. However, she leads a very progressive lifestyle as she is now married to a woman (Kaitlin Olson). Together, they’re raising Jean’s two boys with the help of the boys’ father and Jean’s ex-husband who currently lives in the garage. Co-starring Rob Riggle.
I read that a few times and got a sinking feeling in my gut, that this would be basically a lesbian *Roseanne*, but not the good one, the bad reboot one.
Then things started to collapse in an odd way. The date of filming was changed three times. The first two I could make, but the last I would be on a plane across the Atlantic for work. With my deepest regrets, I let my friends know I was unable to make it, but please keep me on their list if the date changed again.
## The Beginning of the End
When a pilot episode reschedules filming over and over, I start to wonder if they’re making late breaking changes. Was there re-casting? Re-writing? What had gone wrong in rehearsals to make the delays happen? We never really found out why.
The date didn’t change, but weirder than that, the show vanished off the radar. All I was able to find out was that the show was “not going forward.” Thus the show is abandoned with nothing more than an IMDb credit to its history.
The reality is that it’s incredibly common for a show to make it all the way to pilot and never progress.
## Why Do Pilots Vanish?
This is not an uncommon occurrence. A number of amazing looking pilots drop off the face of the earth without any warning. They film, they edit, they end. Much of this depends on the type of pilot they are.
Shows are picked up for a variety of reasons. There are often new shows that are simply pitched as-is without a pilot being filmed at all, but since that doesn’t happen all the time, it may help to understand what the different types of pilots are.
- Standard pilot
- Presentation: If a show isn’t picked up by it’s premise, they may film a quick 1-day pilot
- Broadcast: This is the one we’re used to seeing, where the first episode is filmed in air-quality.
- Demo: Similar to the presentation, this isn’t meant to be aired. It’s low quality and shorter than a normal episode
- Backdoor pilot
- Spin-offs: You’ve seen TV shows that are spin-offs. Well, this is often how they get made. It was hugely popular in the 1970s and 1980s, where one stand-alone episode on a series would be really different, with brand new characters, and the new show would be picked up based on that episode’s results. *Batwoman* would be an example of this.
- Movie or MiniSeries: The other popular kind of backdoor pilot is a made-for-tv movie or short series. This is far more rare.
- Unintentional pilot – These are weird, but it helps if you remember that *The Simpsons* used to be a short on *The Tracy Ullman Show*, and from that became a series.
- Put pilot – This is a pilot the network has committed to airing, one way or another. That means if it films it will either see the light of day or the network will pay a lot of money.
- Unsold pilot – This is when we have a pilot that a film studio makes but is unable to sell to a network.
Unless a pilot is a put-pilot, we may never see it. Which means a lot of shows hit this wall and disappear. Pilots aren’t always made by TV networks, you see. This is best explained by the move of *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* to NBC. While the show aired on Fox originally, the studio that filmed it was owned by NBC. When the show reached 100 episodes, the threshold for syndication, it would cost more money for Fox to air. They decided not to pay, and the show was canceled.
Many networks would rather use in-house studios, ones they have an ongoing deal with, to keep costs low. They only pay the studio, after all.
## It’s a Gamble
It’s hard to tell from one episode if a series will work. While Netflix and Hulu often make put-series orders, that’s exceptionally rare. On streaming media, it’s easier for the whole show to get a full series without airing a pilot, as the ratings don’t matter until renewal. For network TV, however, the ratings are everything. Low ratings means it’s harder to sell advertising space, and network TV needs those to survive.
Being able to pick a winner TV show from a script is a phenomenal skill. Not all stories translate well to screen and much of a show’s success is based on the chemistry of the cast. That’s why those tests, where they check if two actors work well together, are so important. As are the test audiences who see what the creators can’t.
Finally it’s up to the network to decide the worth. It a network (or it’s executives) don’t like a show, or the premise, it’s never going to see the light of day. This is why some networks have nothing but the same type of shows, over and over. And the more toxic a network is … well. You get the idea.
In the end, it seems like a miracle any series gets made at all, with all those hurdles. So don’t be surprised when a pilot you hear about vanishes. It’s expected.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Fox, Mean Jean, Pilot
---
### [Join the Conversation -- Welcome to LezWatch.TV Slack](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/join-the-conversation-slack/)
**Published:** January 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We invite all of you to come join us on Slack and talk with fellow fans about TV and everything queer.
**Content:**
Have you ever wanted a totally queer and safe place to talk about the latest episode of *One Day at a Time*? Wanted some friends to fangirl over Ali Liebert with? Needed to gush about the new queer character you found on a random show in the middle of nowhere? Look no further! Your friends here at LezWatch.TV have opened up our Slack for everyone to join!
## What’s Slack?
Glad you asked! Slack is an online messaging group where people can chat in real time to others about, well, anything. It’s like a forum, only in real-time. They have a rather [business-skewed explanation](https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115004071768-What-is-Slack-) of their own, but basically it’s like having all your queer TV-loving friends in your pocket at all hours of the day.
## Why are we opening it?
We’ve had a Slack group since 2015, but it was just me, Tracy, Nikki, and a couple friends rattling around like lonely peas in a pod. Tracy came up with the idea of turning it into an open group where people could talk about TV and queer representation in a less clunky way than social media. Since Tracy and I are experienced community wranglers, we felt that we could manage this little world of queer positivity on the internet.
## Who can join? Are there rules?
Anyone can join! Obviously we’re queer-oriented, but anyone, no matter how you identify, is welcome. We’ve updated our [Code of Conduct](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/code-of-conduct/) to include some explanations of expectations. We want people to be positive, open-minded, and accepting of others. Be respectful of each other’s differences, don’t be mean or hurtful, and you’ll fit in just fine.
## How can you join?
Go to our [Slack Application form](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/) and fill in some details. We’re using the form to weed out spambots and track requests in a sane way. Also some of those answers will help us understand what changes we need to make to the Slack or the site in general.
Make sure your email is correct, as we’ll send your Slack invite to that address!
## Got Questions?
Leave us a comment and we’ll help you out.
Hope to see you soon!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Slack
---
### [Queer Beats - Golden Globes Edition](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queer-beats-golden-globe-edition/)
**Published:** January 11, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week on Queer Beats... the Golden Globes were gay af.
**Content:**
Welcome back to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week is a special “Golden Globes” edition of Queer Beats because there was just *that* much queer!
I’m not going to even pretend that I have enough original content to top the gorgeous looks and beautiful gay moments we received at the Golden Globes. Instead, inspired by one of my favorite shows, [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/), I will present this content to you in *categories*…
## The Category is… Looks
https://twitter.com/Netflix_CA/status/1082667426142175233
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsU6tQygrL-/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUGjwYFpCt/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsU3OeVBpoi/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUPUeKlGuD/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://twitter.com/InStyle/status/1082167117686947840
https://twitter.com/TheKit/status/1082073564734414848
https://twitter.com/jillboard/status/1082171145946710017
https://twitter.com/enews/status/1082071819635445761
## The Category is… Moments
https://twitter.com/RaquelWillis_/status/1082069623175041025
https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1082380968432992257
https://twitter.com/Lupita_Nyongo/status/1082160920627798018
https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1082056415961907200
https://twitter.com/RVoronaCote/status/1082051114630037510
https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1082047396173901824
https://twitter.com/badpostestone/status/1082107094688514049
https://twitter.com/rachelweizz/status/1082139231802273792
https://twitter.com/ReignOfApril/status/1082120025069273088
## The Category is… Friendship Realness
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsVGrOgH_fy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUQu6UhMh0/?utm_source=ig_embed
https://twitter.com/jameelajamil/status/1082144776579772416
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUcjM1lKM7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I hope you enjoyed the Golden Globes as much as I did but, if you didn’t watch, all you really needed to know was in this post.
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 24, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-24-2018/)
**Published:** December 24, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's Christmas Eve and all is quiet this week in TV, but I do have Runaways Season 2 and Holiday Help Desk for you all!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s Christmas Eve, and all is quiet this week in TV. I do have *Runaways* Season 2 and *Holiday Help Desk* for you all!
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Gimme Shelter” \[Streaming\]I was looking forward to Runaways season 2, seeing the kids figure out their powers and the evolution of Karolina and Nico’s relationship. I’m three episodes in to the season, and it’s okay so far.
The [\#Deanoru](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Deanoru) content is pretty minimal and that is disappointing. I would be fine with it if all of the kids didn’t have much in terms of romantic story lines, but Alex got a pretty big love interest arc. I get frustrated with shows when the queer characters aren’t treated equally.
They did have this brief moment in this episode:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1077215970257719296
I’m still enjoying the show and will keep watching. Hopefully, it’ll have more Deanoru content, but I am not feeling very optimistic.
*[Holiday Help Desk](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/holidayhelpdesk)* – Short Movie \[Streaming\]Our pal [Hillary Esquina](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-hillary-esquina-creator-of-passage-the-series/) has given us something the community has been repeatedly asking for — a romantic queer holiday movie!
Here is the synopsis of ***Holiday Help Desk***:
> When Lauren gets stuck working her IT job on Christmas Eve, a simple call for technical help turns into holiday magic.
I just watched it, and y’all, it’s so cute! I don’t know how she did it, but Hillary packed an entire queer romcom into 15 minutes.
[Holiday Help Desk](https://vimeo.com/308018261) from [Beleeve Entertainment](https://vimeo.com/beleeveentertainment) on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com).
**[It’s available now for rent or purchase on Vimeo. ](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/holidayhelpdesk/)**
Please watch it and support queer content creators!
This week — NEW *STEVEN UNIVERSE*! I can’t wait.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqYEYbwhB2j/
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Holiday Help Desk, Runaways
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 31, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-31-2018/)
**Published:** December 31, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Happy New Year's Eve! I spent my last days of TwentyGayTeen re-watching Theo Crain brooding on Hill House for the third time.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Happy New Year’s Eve! I spent my last days of TwentyGayTeen re-watching Theo Crain brooding on Hill House for the third time.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)– Season 2 Episode 1 “Rock Bottom” \[Streaming\]I’m continuing to make my way through *Runaways* and still enjoying it just okay.
I can’t put my finger on what I don’t like about it exactly. I think it’s the overall monotone acting across the entire cast. I feel like we don’t get to really know anyone because everyone’s personality is muted.
Also, Nico and Karolina so far have had very little screen time together. Karolina is always sneaking off to see her bio dad, and Nico is with the rest of the gang on missions. Nico had more conversations with Topher than Karolina in one episode.
When the two of them are together, Karolina spends time hiding her dad visits from Nico, or they argue.
They did have this nice scene in this episode.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1079766361197473793
I loved that they showed consent in this scene because they really messed up before when Alex asked Livvie for consent, and she said, “Don’t make this awkward.” I think it’s so important to portray consent as sexy, and not like if you ask for consent, girls will think you’re awkward and be turned off.
I am less than halfway through, so I will continue to watch with an open mind.
*[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Silence Lay Steadily” \[Streaming\]Over the Winter break, my wife and I re-watched *The Haunting of Hill House*. This was my third time watching the series, and I love it more and notice new cool details every time I watch it.
I think Theo Crain brooding against a wall represents the collective mood of the last 2 years regarding our political climate.
And this scene is us going into 2019.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1079741689055662080
Bring it, TwentyBiTeen, I’m ready for you.
It’s still pretty quiet this week, TV-wise. We do have another new episode of *Steven Universe*, and *Grown-ish* comes back on Wednesday.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Haunting of Hill House, Runaways
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – January 7, 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/queerest-things-watched-last-week-january-7-2019/)
**Published:** January 7, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Grown-ish is back and only queer-ish so far. Also, I weigh in on the Good Trouble premiere.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Grown-ish* is back and only queer-ish so far. Also, I weigh in on the *Good Trouble* premiere.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “Better” \[Live\]Grown-ish is back for season two, and out of the gate it looked like we were going to get a queer story line with Nomi.
Nomi tells Zoe she didn’t come out to her parents over the summer because she was afraid of losing their financial support.
I thought maybe we were going to launch into a coming out to your parents arc (which has been done a zillion times), but no. The rest of this episode and the entire next one were dedicated to Zoe’s boy issues.
I do enjoy this show, but it fails the [Bechdel Test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test) badly. I get the show is about Zoe, and boyfriends are a big deal. Still I wish they would have her be involved in other things as well. Hopefully that will happen later this season.
*[Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “DTLA” \[Streaming\]If you read my column, you’ll know I was not a fan of *[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)*. It’s fair to say I’ve been pretty mean to the show in my recaps (sorry, Fosters fans).
When I heard they were going to do a spin-off featuring Callie and Mariana, I was horrified. Not only was the show going to live on, I was probably going to have to watch it because it would most likely have queer characters.
Hulu and [the Freeform website](https://freeform.go.com/shows/good-trouble) dropped the *Good Trouble* premiere episode early last week. Also, I watched screeners of the first five episodes, and I have to confess — I loved it!
**Good Trouble is good, y’all!** While Callie and Mariana are still themselves, the show is very different. It reminds me of *The Bold Typ*e in that it’s young women navigating the start of their adult professional lives.
Callie is not as much of a disaster as she was on *The Fosters* which is very refreshing. Mariana is still Mariana, but watching her try to navigate the brogrammer culture at her new tech job is interesting, even though it’s painfully realistic.
The sisters move into a group house, called “The Coterie,” and this introduces a new group of diverse characters including multiple queer characters, such as Alice, the house manager.
Within the first five episodes, Jude and Stef and Lena pay visits to The Coterie, and it’s pretty fun to see them in this new environment.
The most exciting thing that happens is one of our beloved out queer actresses plays a queer guest character on the show. I won’t say who it is because she’s not listed on IMdB yet, but look for her in a few episodes!
Also, Girl Ship TV regular and [Queer As Fiction](https://twitter.com/QueerAsFic) co-host, Ashly Perez, is writing for the show!
https://twitter.com/itsashlyperez/status/1080204188234043392
**The** ***Good Trouble*** **premiere officially airs on Freeform tomorrow at 8pm Eastern / 7 Central.**
This week the rescued *[Brooklyn-Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* returns for season six on NBC! I’m excited for an entire season of an out Rosa Diaz!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Grown-ish
---
### [First Look: "Good Trouble" is Worth a Chance](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/first-look-good-trouble-worth-a-chance/)
**Published:** January 8, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's all a bit of fun and a lot of trouble when Callie and Mariana Adams-Foster move to LA and find out what it's really like to be an adult.
**Content:**
A
Based on the first five episodes, I’m pleasantly surprised at how much I’m looking forward to *Good Trouble*. If you haven’t already watched it online, give it a chance.
When *[The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/)* ended, Tracy and I were relieved. The show wasn’t one of our favourites, and it constantly confounded me as to how they could have so many excellent actors and such a blah show. At the end, I chalked it up to me not liking Brandon as a character, and the show being one of the remnants of ABC’s Family Channel lineup. But whatever the show was over! We were free!
Then they announced *Good Trouble*, a spin-off with Callie and Mariana.
After *The Fosters*‘ finale, I decided that the real problem had to be that the show didn’t fit in the the ‘A little forward’ motto of Freeform. I was hopeful that they’d address some of those issues with *Good Trouble*, but let’s be honest. I didn’t think they would. Still, when the screener landed in my lap, I sat down
## Is It Worth The Trouble?
I’m calling it a tentative yes.
The episode starts with Mariana Instagramming while driving, and making a questionable freeway choice on the drive to LA. The episode jumps back and forth in time a little, with the girls dealing with the results of a bad choice (note: watch where you park, folks), and making more and more bad decisions down the line.
It’s got a totally different vibe than it’s parent show, and the girls are fish out of water. Mariana has to deal with the old-boys network in tech, Callie is the state college grad amongst the Ivy League, and their apartment is a commune. It’s a mess, everything that could go wrong does, and they handle it about as well as you’d expect.
As for the queer? Well, speaking of those parents, they phone it in. Literally. They’re not on camera, nor do we hear their voices. That said, one of their fellow residents at the Coterie is a lesbian, and another is bisexual.
Based on the pilot, it’s got a good vibe and seems a lot less saccharine and boring than *The Fosters* was. *Good Trouble* premieres tonight, and you can catch a sneak peak already.
Give *Good Trouble* a chance tonight on Freeform. It’s a little forward.
##### Screener Review On *Good Trouble*
It’s possible the show is just better for being sans-Brandon, but it’s a more adult, and more realistic, experience of young adults making terrible choices. Plus? We’ve got a lesbian regular.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Good Trouble, Previews
---
### [Grown-ish is Back and Still Growing](https://lezwatchtv.com/2019/grown-ish-is-back-and-still-growing/)
**Published:** January 2, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season 2 of Grown-ish starts tonight, and it's definitely worth the time to keep watching these kids as they grow.
**Content:**
B+
Season two is off to a good start with the kids growing-ish a little more and stretching their wings.
If you’ll remember last season, Zoey from *[Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)* went off to college and was *[Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)*. Along the way of dealing with normal freshman year drama, she befriended bisexual Nomi. Nomi is that wonderful college contradiction. She’s not out to her parents, she’s not okay with her boyfriend being bisexual, and she’s not okay with her girlfriend being mad that *she’s* bisexual.
Oh, college, I don’t miss you a bit.
Season two picks up with the new school year. Zoey, Nomi, and Ana are roommates in college apartments, and it goes exactly as well as you’d think it would. There’s love, there’s drama, there’s missed connections and there’s stupid kids being, well, stupid kids.
Our resident bisexual is still not out to her parents, still making poor life choices, and still being as inappropriate as ever. In other words, Nomi hasn’t changed much at all, except in thinking that she’s a little more grown up.
Not a spoiler? She’s not. None of them are. And Sophomore year is just another year where the people who have your back are your girls.
Give *Grown-ish* an hour of your time tonight on Freeform for the first two episodes.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black-ish, Coming Soon, Grown-ish
---
### [Queer Beats - December 28, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-december-28-2018/)
**Published:** December 28, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, ClexaCon continued to drop big guest announcements, Deanoru celebrated the holidays, and we finally got a One Day At A Time sneak peek!
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, ClexaCon continued to drop big guest announcements, Deanoru celebrated the holidays, and we finally got a One Day At A Time sneak peek!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Last week, [ClexaCon](https://www.clexacon.com/) announced that [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) will be a guest at this year’s convention and we were all holding our breath for the other half of ThunderGrace. Thankfully, we got her!
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1076537854933626882
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
I hope everyone has enjoyed a week of bliss with 12 new episodes of Runaways to binge. Additionally, we’ve continued to get great Deanoru media coverage as well! We’ve got Christmas-themed Deanoru:
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1076848912470851585
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1076514411370737664
Princess-themed Deanoru from the official Runaways account that clearly ships them as much as we do:
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1077994230885298176
And [Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) has talked about the [Karolina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/)/[Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/) relationship in new interviews. She visited the Build Series for [a half hour long interview session](https://www.buildseries.com/video/5c1c34e2f50775263105e47d/), but here’s my favorite moment:
https://twitter.com/badpostrunaways/status/1076454675120033792
As I’ve always said, I stan actresses that stan our wants and needs!!She also spoke with TVLine ([full article here](https://tvline.com/2018/12/22/marvels-runaways-season-2-lyrica-okano-nico-tina-fight-karolina-romance/)) about why Deanoru is so important to Nico:
> I feel like after her sister passed, all Nico has known was darkness. She was alone, she was isolated, she didn’t have anybody to lean on, and when she reconnected with Karolina, she finally saw the light again. That is what Karolina is to Nico — she’s the light of Nico’s life, and as well as for Karolina, Nico guides her through the darkness. I think that’s why they make such a powerful dynamic. To Nico, Karolina is her only light now, especially with everything that’s been happening, so she really wants to make things work with her.
On a non-Deanoru topic (shocking, I know), Ariela Barer continues to be the best. I already love Gert but Ariela, who identifies as queer, continues to push that Gert may not identify as straight.
https://twitter.com/ArielaBarer/status/1077250617473589248
At this point, it is more believable that Gert is queer than straight.I’m also very much here for the Janet/Tina ship. Looks like Brittany Ishibashi is too!
https://twitter.com/lyrjcaokano/status/1078260741625401346
## [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
IMPORTANT REMINDER: One Day At A Time returns February 18. This week, we got our first picture from the new season and it includes much-anticipated guest appearances from Gloria Estefan, Melissa Fumero, and [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/):
LOOK AT THEM! I’M SO EXCITED!
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Merry Kat-mas! Enjoy these really cute pictures of [Kat ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)being cute just because she can:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br0eEJlh5V-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
And finally, Clexacon has continued to drop their guest announcements with the addition of Kat, [Dom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/), and Emily Andras.
https://twitter.com/ClexaCon/status/1076175472634064896
That’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Black Lightning, ClexaCon, Kat Barrell, Lyrica Okano, Nafessa Williams, One Day at a Time, Runaways, Stephanie Beatriz, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Projects and Pilots for 2019](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/projects-and-pilots-for-2019/)
**Published:** December 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're almost at 2019 everyone! Before we know it the new season will be upon us, so let's have a look at what's to come.
**Content:**
It’s weird to think that it’s pilot season already, but the reality is that US TV never stops. And with new shows filming this spring for airing in the fall, it’s absolutely that time of year. So here’s what’s being worked on that you might care about.
Of note, Greg Berlanti has a show pitched on pretty much every network. He pretty much always brings in queer, but unless the show is up-front talking about queer characters, I’m not going to list it in detail.
## ABC
There’s really nothing overtly queer on ABC coming up. The best chance is a Greg Berlanti project about a woman who moves to North Carolina and finds a criminal justice system run entirely by women of colour.
### Untitled Marvel Project
I put this with a caution. While the various Marvel supers are reasonably queer on Netflix, they are not on ABC. Which means this series, based on the lesser-known heroes, is probably going to be all queer-bait and no bite. It’s not really fair, though, since I’m going to be holding them up to *Legends*. Anyway, expect team-ups from people you’ve never heard from, including A-Force, Lady Liberators and Fearless Defenders.
## CBS
Everything is cop, cop, cop, medical drama, cop, cop, cop, political drama, cop, cop, cop. And yes, mostly male led. And very little hope.
That said, Gloria Calderón Kellet has two shows in the running and Mike Royce has one. Who are they? Why they’re my heroes from *One Day at a Time*, and just reading the bylines, I would not be surprised to see them slip a couple queers into the mix.
### Secret Six
Our best bet for rep is this. *Secret Six* is based on the DC comics, which stars Scandal Savage. For those of you who watched season one of *Legends of Tomorrow*, that’s Vandal Savage’s daughter. She’s not immortal, but she’s damn hard to kill. Also she’s a super big lesbian. I don’t know if she’ll be on the show, but if she is, expect the queer.
This is *not* made by Berlanti so I suspect it, like *Black Lightning*, won’t be in the Arrowverse.
## The CW
Okay okay okay you know what to expect here. Before we get started, there’s also a *Nancy Drew* series, about post-high-school Nancy dealing with murder. It’s probably not queer, but it’s the sort of show I like.
Also also! There’s a [*Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) spinoff about Jane narrating her books, which is a cool twist. *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* will be pitching a spinoff that is ‘very different’ from Riverdale, and I sure as jingle-jangle hope so!
### Batwoman
If you don’t know what this is about, I recommend you read [Tracy’s post on her debut](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-17-2018/) and [Nikki’s on how queer it is](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-december-14-2018/). Tl;dr? Batwoman is suuuuuuuper queer and we want a series.
### Glamourous
From Damon Wayans Jr. (*Happy Together*) and Jordon Nardino (*Star Trek Discovery, Quantico, GCB*) is the story of a gender on-conforming high school grad who gets the internship of a lifetime for a Manhattan cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube.
## NBC
While I personally have hopes for *Adversaries* that’s only because it has [Archie Panjabi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/archie-panjabi/) and I will follow her to the ends of the earth. I’m also personally interested in *The Bone Collector* only because the books were fascinating. There’s also a new one in the *Law & Order* series, called *Law & Order: Hate Crimes*, so I’m pretty sure we’ll have something there. Yay.
### The Inn Crowd
A gay couple open an Inn and divide a town. No idea on if they’re male or female. Openly gay actor, Jim Parsons, is an executive producer.
## Fox
Fox can be hit or miss when it comes to good representation, and recently they’ve lost the majority of their works due to cancelations. Their best queer rep went to NBC (that would be *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*). So here’s what we know.
### Hanging On
Multicamera comedy by Diablo Cody (*Juno*) & Sabrina Jalees (*Powerless*).
> Jalees is writing and potentially starring in *Hanging On*. In it, to escape the boredom of retirement and a strained relationship, Phyllis and her husband make a cross-country move from North Carolina and into a house across the street from their lesbian daughter and her new fiancé. Unexpectedly, moving far away from their old life and being inspired by their daughter’s relationship brings them closer together.
>
> Jalees, who has come out as lesbian, is eyed for the daughter rile. She also will co-executive produce. Cody will executive produce via her Vita Vera Films. Warner Bros. TV and Vita Vera Films will co-produce.
>
> [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2018/10/sabrina-jalees-to-write-possibly-star-in-comedy-project-at-fox-from-diablo-cody-1202484105/)
This could be interesting and I support lesbians making shows about lesbians.
### Mean Jean
Remember that Leah Remini as a lesbian Roseanne type show? The one where she lives with her wife, her ex-husband, and the kids? Right, it was filmed but rejected. Also, I was unable to see the taping (though I had tickets) due to the dates changing so many times.
### Sisters
Based on the Australian series, it’s about an only-child who finds out her famous fertility doctor father used his own sperm. Yeah. Ew. She has dozens of brothers, but only two sisters. The [original series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sisters/) has one of the sisters as a lesbian, so we shall see. This is a put-pilot, meaning it will see the light of day in one way or another.
### Triage
Ilene Chaiken and Zoanne Cleck (from *Greys Anatomy*) are making a medical drama. There will probably be lesbians. This is a script commitment with penalty, which does not mean we’ll see it, but they will film it.
## Honorable Mentions
While not on broadcast TV, there are some other new shows to keep an eye out for:
- *Y* from FX – Based on the comic “Y: The Last Man,” one of the main comic characters is a lesbian.
- *Game of Thrones* prequel from HBO – … Right. Probably not great rep.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW
---
### [Top 7 Grumpy/Cheerful Pairings](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/)
**Published:** May 23, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Everyone's got their things to love when it comes to TV couples. Mine? It's that beautiful grumpy/cheerful dynamic. Here is a list of my favorite grumpy cats and sunshine girls.
**Content:**
> You’re grumpy. It’s adorable.
Tracy loves when [ladies kiss against a wall](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/).
Me? I love the paradigm of a relationship where one person is sunshine and kindness, and the other just wants you all to die. Not to say I don’t adore a cute sunshine couple (like Willow and Tara) from time to time, but when I get to brass tacks, I want to see one person who hates everyone and one person whom everyone loves.
That’s right, **I’m Team Grumpy/Cheerful**.
My one rule here is that they had to be *real* couples. Sorry, Jane Rizzoli, you’re out.
## 7. Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune – *Sailor Moon*
This one only works if you know that they’re a legit couple in the real versions. Sailor Neptune, the girly one, is our anti-hero who is nearly always cold and angry. Sailor Uranus, the one in the suits, is the nice one. Which I personally appreciate as a plot-twist.
I remember being very confused that they were cousins in the dubbed versions in the US.
## 6. Ruby and Sapphire – *Steven Universe*
Tracy would probably hurt me if I left them out. Ruby is a grumpy guardian. Sapphire is royalty. They’re fire and ice, red and blue, and brains and heart. Together they live as Garnet because they can’t be apart. Thanks to Tracy, I own the book of them falling in love and being together, and I have to tell you, it’s beautiful.
I think I may actually like them separate more than I like them together.
## 5. Paige and Alex – *Degrassi: The Next Generation*
Their relationship may have ended terribly, but Canada’s greatest bisexual over-achiever, Paige Michalchuk, was always inexplicably cheerful. Even when she was failing out of college. By contrast, Alex Nuñez had a rough life on the wrong side of the tracks and was pretty much angry all the time.
They were so cute in high school, weren’t they? In the end, they grew in different ways and made up as friends.
## 4. Carmilla and Laura – *Carmilla*
Who doesn’t love a good, sulky, vampire? Carmilla is a hundreds year old vampire, Laura is a human creampuff who knows Krav Maga. Carmilla has questionable sanitary habits (which makes sense – she can’t die), and Laura is totally type A/OCD. But fate threw them together in Styria, and they somehow manage to survive everything to be together.
I’m hoping we get a second movie.
## 3. Xena and Gabrielle – *Xena*
I will fight you that they’re a real couple. *Xena* was hamstrung by the times. Everyone, including the actors, claim that they were married, so everyone needs to just give up that one. Now, Xena is a reformed warlord whom no one trusts and really doesn’t like people at all, even though she’s trying to do good. Gabrielle is the Battling Bard of Potedia, a bright and sunshine darling whom everyone loves.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Xena-kiss.gif)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Xena-kiss2.gif)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Xena-Kiss3-1.gif)
And my babies kiss a lot more than I remember.
## 2. Root and Shaw – *Person of Interest*
This may be a little stretch but Shaw’s Axis II personality disorder makes her mostly annoyed by people all the time. And she makes it perfectly clear she only hangs around with Team Machine for the dog. Until Root shows up. And Root is a cheery mayhem murderer who is basically Puck. She loves to antagonize Shaw, and once Root’s reformed a little, everyone likes her. They may not trust her, but they like her.
While the murder couple may have only gotten together on screen in Samaritan’s smut fic version of their lives, the fact that they also flirted like mad in the Machine’s version of the universe told us all the truth.
## 1. Gail and Holly – Rookie Blue
I knew when I started this, that my OTP had to be here. I am *still* salty about how this ended. We have Gail, a police officer known as the Ice Queen who has friends, but it’s pretty tenuous and she doesn’t seem to like them very much. And we have Holly, the medical examiner who is a nice and happy person. Together they filled multiple tropes: cop & doc, blonde & brunette, grumpy & happy, enemies to friends. All they missed was tall & small.
I will miss Officer Lunchbox forever.
---
That’s my list. What are your favorite grumpy/cheerful pairings?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Carmilla, Degrassi the Next Generation, Person of Interest, Rookie Blue, Sailor Moon, Steven Universe, Things We Love, Xena Warrior Princess
---
### [Murder Ladies - The Killers We Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/murder-ladies-the-killers-we-love/)
**Published:** May 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In honour of Murder Lady Sunday, let's celebrate some of our favourite killers.
**Content:**
In May, Sunday night became `#murderLadySunday` thanks to a number of shows that all had women … well … killing. And it’s not the old way, where these women were the villains. No, these are *hero* ladies, killing people, not taking anything, and being badasses.
So if you’re into that kind of thing, where women kill and don’t really feel bad about it, here are some good murder lady shows to check out. I’ve put them in order of gore as best I can, from least to most.
## [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) (The CW)
I have to start off with my darling, Sara Lance. There’s a reason she can wield the death totem, and it’s only *partly* because she’s died 3 times. Sara and her girlfriend(!!!!) Ava Sharpe are ass kicking badasses who can take down … well … anyone. The show’s on summer break, but when they’re back you can expect some fun loving destruction from our time traveling badasses.
## [*Siren*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/siren/) (Freeform)
I honestly did not expect to like this show. It didn’t strike me as our wheelhouse either, though I did dig where it was going with the darkness on Freeform. Well, tell you what, I owe my contact there a BIG apology (seriously, sorry!) because I was *wrong*. A bisexual, man killing, mermaid from a matriarchal society. I’m not joking.
## [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) (SyFy)
Killing demons counts, right? While technically only Wynonna can send them to hell, little sister Waverly’s got a shotgun and she’s not afraid to use it. With her and her girlfriend, Officer Nicole Haught, are going to make all the shit-eaters eat shit. The show will be back June 20th, just in time for Comic Con.
## [*Killing Eve*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/) (BBCAmerica)
Vilanelle, the assassin, is **barely** the hero, but watching her kill people, you can’t help but side with her a bit. She’s manipulated and manipulative, she’s clearly a sociopath, and I really kind of want her to win. Right now we’re taking bets on if she and Eve team up in the finale and turn on their handlers, who are not the best people.
## [*Into the Badlands*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/) (AMC)
While the first season feels a little sausage heavy, there are a lot of strong women on this show, starting with The Widow and Tilda. Tilda has a girlfriend (yay!) and is currently split from her mother (the Widow) but the signs are there that they’ll be getting back together. Everyone on that show takes lives, some in different forms than others, but this they have in common: I would not cross those women.
---
Whew! Who are your favourite queer murder bbs?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Into the Badlands, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Siren, Things We Love, Wynonna Earp
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 17, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-17-2018/)
**Published:** December 17, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After months of waiting we finally met Kate Kane on Elseworlds and where the crossover fell short on queer content, the Legends delivered on Legends of To-Meow-Meow.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, after months of waiting, we finally met Kate Kane on *Elseworlds,* and where the crossover fell short on queer content, the Legends delivered on *Legends of To-Meow-Meow*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)* – Season 7 Episode 9 “Elseworlds, Part 2” \[Live\]I love the Arrowverse crossover. This is the first year I watched it while completely caught up on all the Arrowverse shows. I loved the first night with the Barry/Oliver switch-a-roo and thought it was pretty hilarious, but what I was really looking forward to was going to Gotham.
After what felt like a year of waiting, we finally got to meet Kate Kane and Batwoman.
https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1072385494774800384
I think Ruby Rose did a good job as Kate Kane, and she was most natural when flirting with Kara.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1072491278988926976
I imagine that to be similar to her actual personality.
The suit reveal was pretty cool, too.
I was disappointed Batwoman didn’t have a bigger role in the crossover and was mostly only in this episode. I also wanted to see her interact with Alex, but unfortunately, Alex was only in the Supergirl episode.
We did get to see Kara x-ray her suit to see all her tattoos.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1072488116173324288
That was fun.
I have my fingers crossed the Batwoman series will go through because I want to see more!
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 9 “Elseworlds, Part 3” \[Live\]While I was entertained by Barry and Oliver this crossover, I was annoyed by how much they and their casts dominated all three nights. There was so little Supergirl, even on this night which was the *Supergirl* episode. She wasn’t even in the intro.
Supergirl is stuck in a DEO cell on an Earth where an evil Superman is at the DEO instead of her, and everything is backwards.
Alex has a sidebraid, and she’s in the closet.
I thought an alternative universe where Alex was closeted was interesting, especially when Kara uses it to break through to her.
Alex does come around to helping Kara, but it’s her same helper support lesbian role she usually has on *Supergirl*. Last crossover Alex got to have sex and ass-kicking adventures with Sara Lance; on this one she was just there helping Kara as usual.
The episode was disappointing. Superman (who I could care less about) got the most attention and the episode ended on Barry and Oliver with a few seconds of Batwoman.
I give this crossover a C. Next year I want more of the *Supergirl* cast in every episode and some actual plot for Alex.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 8 “Legends of To-Meow-Meow” \[Live\]What the crossover lacked in queer content, the Legends gave us on this mini meta crossover of itself.
On the last episode, Constantine completely messed up the timeline. Charlie investigated to see what happened to the Legends and discovers Sara Lance has died, and the rest of the gang are out to kill every magical creature with a vengeance.
Also, instead of the *Legends of Tomorrow*, they are called the *Custodians of Chronology*.
https://youtube.com/4t90ptFyjrY
The Custodians made this hilarious dig at the Crossover.
Charlie goes to Time Bureau headquarters with Zari Cat in a super cute pink backpack and shapeshifts into Gary to investigate what the heck is going on. She finds out Sara was killed by the evil unicorn from episode 1 of this season, and Constantine is in a holding cell.
Constantine un-catifies Zari for a moment, and she tells them Constantine broke time by breaking up with Dez. They need to undo that in order for the murdering Custodians to become the Legends once again. Constantine wants to protect Dez and Charlie wants to keep her powers, so they ignore Zari and choose to go back in time and protect Sara from the evil unicorn instead.
The fact that I am typing these words in a recap is reason number 61,874,651 I love this show.
The Custodians arrive at the Time Bureau and are after Charlie because their number one goal is to kill a shapeshifter. Charlie, Constantine, Mona, and Zari Cat duck into Ava’s office to hide and find her sitting there all in black and listening to the Indigo Girls in the dark.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1074686087333888000
Only Legends can make an alternative universe where a lesbian character’s girlfriend dying can be funny.
Ava grabs a big gun and helps Charlie, Constantine and Zari Cat escape to the jump ship. The 3 of them fly back to Woodstock to save Sara.
After Charlie kills the unicorn, things are still messed up, so she goes back to the Bureau to figure out their next step.
In this iteration, the boys are the ones who got killed, and Charlie needs to figure out who the Legends are now.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1074695389297676288
I could write an entire post dedicated to the *Sirens of Space Time*, but I’ll sum it up with: that was amazing, and I want a spin-off!
This time it’s the Fairy Godmother from episode 2 who killed Ray, Rory and Nate. Charlie goes back, prevents the Fairy Godmother from killing the boys, and they think they fixed it until they see Zari has turned from a cat into a puppet.
On this timeline, instead of the Custodians or the Sirens, they are *The Puppets of Tomorrow*.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1072497051362050048
I f\*cking love this show.
After that, Charile goes back repeatedly to fix events until all the Legends are alive and Zari is human again. But when they think everything is back to normal, Constantine gets a nosebleed and passes out. If he doesn’t go back and put his and Desmond’s relationship the way it was, this timeline is going to kill him.
Charlie is still fixated on keeping her shapeshifting powers, so she shifts into Ava and gets the Legends to go back to New Orleans to stop Constantine from putting things back to the original timeline.
The Legends are on the job, but Charlie learns they still have a shoot to kill policy when it comes to magical creatures. She comes to the realization that she’s the missing piece in each one of the timelines. The Legends never meet her, and they never get to understand that not all magical creatures are evil. While Charlie slows down their attack, Constantine un-breaks up with Dez, and they have a cute kiss that fixes the timeline.
All is well — Ava and Rory made up, and Charile has resigned to giving up her shapeshifting powers.
But the best thing that happened at the end was this exchange:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1074712820032385025
I love Zari’s eyeroll and Charlie’s big grin.
Holy shit, are they going to make [Zarlie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zarlie) canon? If any show has the guts to do it, it’s this one.
Oh my goodness, **that was one amazing hour of television**, and now we have to wait FOUR MONTHS for the show to continue. I can’t wait to see what the writers come up with for the second half of the season.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Chapter Forty-Three: Outbreak” \[Live\]Last week on *Riverdale*, all the cheerleaders dropped to the ground with seizures, except Cheryl. Cheryl brings Toni to her house, and while she’s taking care of her, asks her to move in.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1074160590766129155
That’s cute and all, but it would have been nice to see their relationship evolve to the moving-in point.
The Choni content is so sparse, a big move in proposal seems out of nowhere. I hope they can steer this Choni ship in the right direction in the second half of this season.
*[The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)* – Season 2 \[Binge-Watch\]My wife and I love Mrs. Maisel and we binged all of season 2 in a few days. It was easier to watch without wasting time holding out hope for Susie getting any love interest at all. Fortunately, Lynn Sternberger let us know it wasn’t happening for Susie in season 2.
https://twitter.com/LynnSternberger/status/1069476011295727616
I watch so much canon queer content these days that it seems like such a throwback to the 90s to have this obvious queer character with no explicit queer story lines. At the same time, Susie’s obvious queerness is the subject of many jokes.
A muff joke.
A beaver joke.
A closet joke.
Fair enough, those 3 were pretty funny, and I don’t mind gay jokes when I feel like the show is on the character’s side. However, one joke that’s getting old and should be put to rest is the repeated “people think Suzie’s a man” joke.
The first three times were a little funny, but after two seasons of this joke in almost every episode, it’s starting to piss me off.
I would be less critical if Susie wasn’t portrayed as a lonely, damaged lesbian with no personal life of her own who instead throws herself into making Midge a success. This makes all the “man” jokes told at her expense no longer funny.
Joel made a comment in season one proving he knows Susie’s not straight, and he tried used that fact to hurt her.
In this season, Midge made this comment showing Susie has never been with anyone which perpetuates the lonely lesbian trope.
An argument to keep Susie romance-free is this was the 50s, and gay people were sad and lonely then. I don’t buy this, because Edie Windsor was gettin’ some in the 50s, and author Sarah Waters has proven there have been queer folks throughout history. I don’t think Susie should be falling in love and getting married, but she could have gotten some action in the Catskills.
All that said, I do love this show. It’s clever, hilarious, and the budget upgrade made the sets even more spectacular. I’m half decedent of New York Jews (my aunt lives on the Upper West Side), and no other show portrays this culture like Mrs. Maisel does.
I adore this show, but every other main character has romance in their story lines except for Susie. In season 3 give her a girl or four that are compatible her character, and if not, stop it with the man jokes.
This week all the usual shows are on mid-season hiatus and I get a bit of a break. Also, for my wife’s birthday, the two of us and The Kid saw[ ](https://theprommusical.com/)*[The Prom](https://theprommusical.com/)* on Broadway.
Folks, **THIS IS THE QUEER ROMCOM WE’VE ALL BEEN ASKING FOR!** I know not everyone can make it to Broadway, but if you can, please go!
https://youtube.com/CdnrM3o_okc
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Supergirl, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 25, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-june-25-2018/)
**Published:** June 25, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Bold Type deals with some nepotism, The Originals has a big queer proposal and I say a sad goodbye to Sense8.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**; *The Bold Type* deals with some nepotism; *The Originals* has a big queer proposal; and I finally get to watch the *Sense8* finale episode.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) – Season 3 Episode 23 “Battles Lost and Won” \[Live\] I wasn’t going to include *Supergirl* this week, but since it was the finale, I guess I feel obligated to do so.
In the middle of Reign threatening total chaos and disaster, Alex is still baby obsessed and takes up Lena’s time talking about it, when they should be focused on saving the Earth.
Alex is 29, right? Most of my friends with kids had them in their mid-to-later 30s. Chill, Alex, there is time to date and find a potential partner who wants to have kids.
Alex continues to process single mom by choice-hood with Lena.
Yes, Lena, that is true! Focus on the crisis at hand, Alex!
What is the point of all this? Why does the show need to drill down on the “women can’t have a family and a career” thing? None of the dudes on the show are having this issue.
At the very end Alex is about to quit (and then I was about quit having any faith in this show), but then J’onn denies her resignation and promotes her to Director of the DEO. As Director she won’t be in the field as much and can have all the babies she wants.
Did they actually find a way to reset Alex’s character? Did Space dad fix this baby train wreck story line?
This is all is a bit of a stretch, but I’ll take it! If Alex and Ava are both on the crossover, they can have a lesbian Director convention.
Another exciting thing that happened was Mon El leaving the show!
Ok, writers you have a brand new season with everything in place to make it a good one.
Please take Alex’s baby obsession, put it in a little box and shoot it into space.
### And please, bring back this Alex!
 *The Bold Type* – Season 2 Episode 3 “The Scarlet Letter” \[Live\] Sutton is put in charge of a photo shoot, and there is a lot of pressure on her to do a good job to impress Oliver. Meanwhile, Kat is fretting over Adena looking for work in order to keep her visa. Kat learns Sutton needs a photographer for the shoot and tells her she should hire Adena.
Sutton thinks Adena is too artsy fartsy to do a straight-up product shoot, but Kat puts the pressure on.
Kat’s behavior made me really uncomfortable here. I own a business and do not mix friends with business. I think she should have dropped it when Sutton was obviously uncomfortable.
Sutton does wind up hiring Adena for the shoot, and while Adena has a moment of not taking direction from Sutton, she adjusts, apologizes and listens to her. In the end, the photo shoot is a success, and Oliver is impressed.
Later, Adena tells Kat she saw her and Sutton arguing about her and while she loved being a part of the Scarlet crew for a minute, she doesn’t want to ever come between them.
I love good girlfriend modeling on TV.
Think about it. We have so few queer couples on TV to look to for examples of healthy relationships. The ones we have either have a lot of drama (Grey’s, L Word), break up (Sanvers) or have their shows cancelled (Sense8). When we’re young and having our first queer relationships, most of us are winging it and navigating the experience of being in a same sex relationship with zero guidance.
It’s important for us to see girlfriends being respectful and honest with each other, and *The Bold Type* does this really well.
[*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/) – Season 5 Episode 9 “We Have Not Long to Love” \[Live\] I’m going to apologize in advance for this recap. I get annoyed when people who obviously aren’t familiar with a show weigh-in, and I’m about to do that right now! I’ve only watched this season of *The Originals* for Freya and Keelin so I barely know what’s going on.
Keelin was in the Middle East for a couple years, and during that time, she and Freya only saw each other via Astral projection (I guess that’s a step up from Facetime). At the start of this season, Keelin finally came back to New Orleans and her and Freya’s reunion was cute for hot minute. In typical CW fashion they had to break up soon after. Freya has a case of the eternal “needing to choose between family and girlfriend” conflict, second only to the “I have to lie to you to protect you” trope.
I had a feeling the break up wouldn’t last because: 1) they BYG’d big time with [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/), and 2) this is the final season. My gut says [\#Freelin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Freelin?src=hash) is going to be endgame.
After Keelin nearly dies, Freya pulls a big romantic gesture and proposes to her.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1009868852652662784
My favorite line was, “No more choosing between you and my family, because you are my family, Keelin.” I have picked up that Freya is always sacrificing her own life for her family, and I was glad to see her choose happiness this time.
What do you think, folks? Will we get a big queer New Orleans wedding? I hope so!
[*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) – Season 2 Episode 12 “Amor Vincit Omnia” \[Streaming\] My wife and I finally got a spare 2.5 hours to watch the Sense8 finale!
While it was confusing at times and a little cheesy at others, it was mostly the beautiful show I love so much. Sense8 is such a unique show, and I nominate Nomi and Amanita for healthiest, happiest queer TV relationship of all time.
I’m sad that we’re losing this amazing show with queer creators and quality queer representation. Hopefully the Wachowskis will go on to make more shows.
I’m not going to fully recap the finale because I want you all to watch it, but I will leave you with this cute [\#Nomanita](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Nomanita?src=hash) moment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1010989111111503872
GLOW season two drops on Friday the 29th on Nexflix, and this season there will be a queer female character! I am so here for it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Sense8, Supergirl, The Bold Type, The Originals
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 10, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-10-2018/)
**Published:** December 10, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Sara tries to mediate Ava and Mick's rocky relationship on Legends of Tomorrow and Josie and Penelope hate-kiss on Legacies.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Sara tries to mediate Ava and Mick’s rocky relationship on *Legends of Tomorrow,* and Josie and Penelope hate-kiss on *Legacies*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends Of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 7 “Hell No, Dolly!” \[Live\]Ava spent the night on the Waverider which is always cute.
Uh oh, by-the-book Ava is not on board with the ways things are done on the Waverider. She is astounded to find out they let Rory keep the magic diary.
We also find out Ava has a thing for serial killer trivia when the back of a cereal box has info on a New Orleans female serial killer she has never heard of before. It looks like they have another magical time monster on their hands, and they need to go back to 1856 New Orleans!
The victims of this serial killer were all wealthy blonde women, and Ava says that sounds like Mike the Spike, not the woman accused of the murders.
Ava’s face when she says “nope” is so cute.
Rory storms in accusing Constantine of taking the diary. Ava tells him she’s the one who confiscated it, and now it’s Time Bureau property. He looks pretty pissed. Sara says sorry, but Ava was just doing her job.
The Legends are on the case, but Rory is still mad at Ava. The two of the are fighting over the comm while Sara tries to keep the peace.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1071511757234073601
“Man Pants” made me laugh.
It turns out the serial killer they were looking for is actually a possessed doll! The doll fight scenes are hilarious, and Rory fries it with his fire gun. The doll is burnt to a crisp, but not completely dead so they can bring it back to the ship for questioning.
Ava’s happy Rory torched the evil doll and restored the timeline, but she’s not cool with the fact that he stole stuff during the mission
Sara surprises Ava and Rory with dinner in an effort to have to the two of them try to find some common ground.
Dinner doesn’t go so well.
I absolutely love that brilliant use of “The C Word.”
Sara’s attempt at achieving peace with Ava and Mick completely fails, and Sara is feeling bad about trying to force them to talk.
I feel bad for Ava when she deals with her internalized Clonephobia. I like her the way she is and don’t think she needs to loosen up.
Ava and Sara then notice tiny flour footprints on the kitchen floor. The serial killer demon has left the charred doll and found a new host. At that moment the ship’s lights cut out. Sara is hesitant to make the classic horror movie mistake of splitting up, but she needs to fix the lights and Ava wants to go catch a serial killer.
They give each other a quick kiss before going in opposite directions.
Ava and Rory find the serial killer demon, and it has possessed the Martin Stein doll Earth X Leo used last season.
I do not know how Jes kept a straight face filming that scene. The puppet does manage to stab Ava in the leg. Rory knocks evil puppet Stein off of Ava, and it disappears up an air shaft.
Meanwhile, another story happening this episode involves Constentine trying to undo his relationship with a past boyfriend he had to send to Hell for magic reasons. You learn his whole backstory of falling in love with Desmond in New Orleans, and it’s very sweet and sad. Constantine joined the Legends to try to run away from his feeling of guilt over Dez. I love Legends for bringing male bisexual representation to TV because that is pretty rare.
John and Amaya make an attempt to derail John and Dez meeting, but it doesn’t work. Zari tells them their meeting is fixed in time and erasing that will have catastrophic consequences. Again John goes back, and instead of preventing them from meeting in the first place, breaks up with Dez. As soon as Dez leaves John’s house, the timeline blows up.
The episode ends with everyone frozen except for Charile who can shape shift again and Zari who has turned into a cat.
Woah!
When we learned Legends wasn’t going to be included in the Elseworlds Crossover, they said not to worry because they were going to have a crossover episode with themselves! This is happening tonight, and I can’t wait.
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)– Season 1 Episode 6 “Mombie Dearest” \[Live\]I haven’t been able to figure out the Josie / Penelope situation on this show yet. The show started with them being exes and Josie completely hating Penelope (she even set her on fire). They’ve also painted Penelope as this stereotypical mega bitch character who is mean to everyone.
I keep waiting to find out why Josie has such strong hate for her, if Penelope really is an evil character or if there is more going on. We haven’t gotten definitive answers to those questions yet, but last episode we got a little more insight into why they broke up.
It looks like Penelope broke up with Josie because too much of her life was dedicated to her sister and that left little room for anyone else.
We also got this great line.
That made me lol.
On this episode, it’s Josie and Lizzie’s 16th birthday, and Josie is wrapped up in her sister’s boy drama and helping her get ready for a big dance. Oh, and their birth mother makes a surprise appearance and turns out to be a zombie.
Throughout the episode, Penelope trolls Josie every once in a while to tell her she needs to stop physically and emotionally waiting on her sister hand and foot. She insists she take time for herself and her own happiness.
Josie does take her advice and goes to talk to her bio mom (who she is named after) even though Lizzie is against it. However, that backfires when mom turns into zombie mom and buries Josie alive.
At the dance, Penelope notices Josie is missing, and when she runs into Hope who tells her they need to rescue Josie, she drops the bitch act and seems be really concerned about her.
Is Penelope just fronting bitchiness but actually still cares for Josie? Is Josie furious for being dumped by Penelope but still into her? I think things are leaning this way, but it’s still unclear.
After Josie is unburied and the day is saved, she runs into Penelope in the hallway and blames her for talking her into doing something for herself — she took her advice, and her mom tried to kill her. Josie says it’s not a bad thing to be a person who cares about other people.
Then this happens:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1071451917652508672
I love a good hate-kiss, but what does this mean?
According to [Kaylee Bryant](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaylee-bryant/) (the actor who plays Josie), “[Episode six is really where Josie starts to voice her opinion](https://www.etonline.com/legacies-kaylee-bryant-dishes-on-josies-emotional-reunion-with-mom-jo-exclusive-115083).” This leads me to believe it’s the beginning of a bolder Josie. We’ll have to keep watching to see what that means for her and Penelope.
TONIGHT — *Elseworlds* episode two AND the *Legends of Tomorrow* self-crossover episode! I’m so excited to find out what this is all about.
It’s a great time to be alive.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Legacies, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – December 3, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-december-3-2018/)
**Published:** December 3, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Sara personally delivered Ava's birthday present on Legends of Tomorrow and Tess came out to Randall and Beth on This is Us.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Sara personally delivered Ava’s birthday present on Legends of Tomorrow, and Tess came out to Randall and Beth on *This is Us*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 6 “Tender Is the Nate” \[Live\]Last week the Legends took Nate’s dad to 1920s Paris to catch a monster and save time bla bla bla. To be honest, I didn’t watch past the beginning of the show when it aired live because this happened:
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1067269964657278976
Oh. My. Goodness!
There is so much to say about this scene, so I am going to make a list.
1. **The scene was 2 minutes and 20 seconds long**. That may not seem like a long amount of time, but in TV time it’s huge. I record a lot of queer TV scenes, and they’re usually less than a minute and sometimes only a few seconds in duration. The fact that we got a scene that was as long as a straight one, is a big deal.
2. **It looked it was pulled from the pages of Avalance fanfiction.** I’m not a fanfiction person, but I imagine a lot of it going down (heh) exactly like this scene. The Legends writers are in tune with what our community wants, and they are giving it to us.
3. **It did not tone down queer sexuality.** I’ve always complained that [queer female couples are not shown to be as physically passionate as opposite sex couples,](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-wall-make-out-scenes/) and this scene went against that.
4. **Sara is trying to help Ava reclaim her birthday.** This is the thing I loved the most about this scene. Ava must have been given a fake birth date to go along with her fake childhood, and now that she knows the truth, she doesn’t want to celebrate it. Sara, being a great girlfriend, tries to fix this by making her celebrate her birthday with a grandiose sexy gesture.
5. **It’s peak Serious/Fun Avalance.** Sara surprising Ava with that outfit and a very special “birthday present,” at work — the place where Ava is most serious — was perfection. Ava’s, “Oh, sweet God” and “Are we really doing this?” was just so entertaining. I loved it.
6. **It was filled with comedy gold.** Not only was the scene enjoyable in a Avalance way, it was also hilarious. Frank Heywood steps in and interrupts them, and Sara has to Ninja around Ava’s office; it is so funny. This was my favorite comedy moment:
I’m so not used to having a scene like this for one of our ships, that it’s overwhelming! All I want is fair and equal representation, and the show gave us exactly that. Is this what straight people feel like every day?
I want to send the Legends writers a gift basket or something to show how much I appreciate this show!
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 7 “The Book of Blood: Chapter Three: The Sange” \[Live\]This was the second of an intense two episodes where Jefferson and Anissa had to save a baby from a creepy racist cult.
The episode was pretty serious, so I didn’t know how it was going to go from that to the domestic Thundergrace promo pics the show released before the episode.
However, near the end, we saw Anissa and Grace watching *Blackish* on the couch. Even though they looked cute, Grace was obviously having another one of her outbreaks.
Grace goes to the bathroom and, again, her skin starts to erupt into a pattern, and she takes medicine to make it go away.
Grace, you can’t hide whatever is happening to you from Anissa for much longer. Also, I want you to both know about each other’s super powers already!
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning” \[Live\]I was hoping Tess would come out to her parents last week, and she did!
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1068337548567695360
This was very sweet, and I think pretty realistic for two straight parents who are obviously not homophobic, but didn’t have their own daughter being not straight on their radar.
Beth and Randall didn’t talk much about it after that except for, “I didn’t see that coming,” because they are dealing with their own issues related to Randall’s campaign. Also, the flash forward to the future where Tess is an adult is staying very vague. I’m looking forward to seeing where all of this goes.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 8 “Bunker Hill” \[Live\]This episode we finally got some insight into Nia’s super power — she can see the future in her dreams. We also learned Brainy already fully knows the extent of her powers, but he can’t tell anyone because it’ll mess up time. Brainy does tell Kara and Alex that Nia can help them find current bad guy Agent Liberty
Brainy and Kara take Nia on their mission to find Agent Liberty and Brainy has to coach Nia into using her powers without explicitly telling her what they are.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1069425058827984898
I absolutely love Brainy and Nia and enjoyed seeing them finally work together to catch bad guys.
I was happy to finally get some progress on Nia’s superheroness, but when are we going to see her in the suit? I’m too impatient; I want to see full-on superhero Nia now.
This week, I will be in Nashville with Mika! If you are in the Nashville area, come to our night one of the *Elseworlds* crossover watch party! It’ll be **this Sunday, December 9, 7:00PM at** [**Bar Tenn at Holston House Nashville**](https://www.nashvilledowntown.com/go/bar-tenn).
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, This is Us
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### [Queer Beats - December 21, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-december-21-2018/)
**Published:** December 21, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Clexacon dropped some very important guest announcements, the moms of Riverdale out-queered their own show, and Deanoru delivered some much-anticipated angst!
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Clexacon dropped some very important guest announcements, the moms of Riverdale out-queered their own show, and Deanoru delivered some much-anticipated angst!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
For those of you planning to go to Clexacon, I’ve got some exciting news! This week, the event announced a new guest: [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/)! And she is just as excited as us!
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1075096900024614912
Now, we just have to wait patiently for that [Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) announcement.## [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
Attention all CAOS fans: the show was officially renewed for *two* more seasons!
https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1075043082842849280
Let’s hope this includes lots more [Susie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susie-putnam/) content!## [Fuller House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fuller-house/)
In my personally life-changing moment of the week: [Stephanie Tanner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stephanie-tanner/) has apparently been confirmed as queer on Fuller House???
https://twitter.com/autostraddle/status/1074719024150401024
Catch me rewatching Full House for all the queer child hints (that totally exist, don’t @ me)!## [GLOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/)
As I’m sure many of you know, GLOW introduced a queer couple last season: [Yolanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yolanda-rivas/) and [Arthie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arthie-premkumar/). Therefore, I’m hoping that we get some queer content in the [new GLOW comic series](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/glow-comic-book-coming-march-1170045) that was announced this week!
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
We finally have some [sneak peek photos](https://ew.com/tv/killing-eve-season-2-first-look-photos-eve-vilanelle/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=link&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=54697372-03AA-11E9-BDE5-D1F539982C1E&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_ew) into Season 2 of Killing Eve which seems to take place right where we left off: after Eve stabs [Villanelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/villanelle/).
**Published:** December 19, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bringing Timeless to a satisfying ending it's easy, but the Clockblocking writers took on the challenge and delivered a great finale.
**Content:**
I came late to *[Timeless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/)*. I always wanted to watch it, but ironically had trouble remembering to watch it. Yes, I have a DVR. Anyway, it wasn’t until season two that I watched the show, and when we had the wonderful [Ronald Regan episode](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/renew-timeless-tongue-in-cheek-time-travel-where-lesbians-live/), I fell in love with the twists, turns, and of course the representation.
Sadly *Timeless* was canceled after two seasons. Actually it was canceled after one but it was saved. They weren’t so lucky the second time, I’m afraid, leaving us on a cliffhanger of Rufus being dead and their future selves showing up.
But then another miracle happened. We got a wrap-up movie. Two hours to bring it all to a close and hopefully give us a happy ending.
Warning: This post is spoiler free, but discusses an unaired episode!
## The Miracle of Christmas
The movie picks up before the ending of the last episode, with Lucy (you’ll have to watch and see which one) writing in her journal. We immediately jump into the plot, which is obviously to save Rufus.
We learn a lot more about the effects of time travel, and why you don’t cross your own time stream. The mystery of Lucy’s notebook deepens, scarves are knit, paths cross and criss cross. Heroic decisions are made at a cost, like you’d expect, and then …
The ending is not what you’d expect. Oh, it totally is. We have an adventure and wrap everything up and time travel shenanigans that happen in the best ways when you pull people across timelines. Lucy finally flubs her great skill at coming up with fake names (“I’m Rachel Maddow and this is … this … I’m Lucy.”) But still.
I’m sure you Clockblockers have heard about how the finale leaves a door open. That it leaves hope we can have season three after all. It absolutely does, but I didn’t feel it was in an unsatisfying way. It’s a chapter closed on an interesting story.
## A Miracle of Happiness
To be honest, after the Regan episode, there was my perfect queer ending already, so all they had to do was save Rufus to make me happy. Everyone else getting a happy ending, more or less, was extra for me. They had all the great comments and quips (“Where we’re going, we don’t need gold” and “Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals”), they made fun of time travel and themselves, and it was wonderful.
And yes, Agent Christopher *finally* gets to time travel.
TIMELESS The Miracle of Christmas Part II Episode 212 Pictured Sakina Jaffrey as Denise Christopher Photo by Chris HastonNBC
Check out the finale of *Timeless* on Thursday night at 8pm on NBC, and say goodbye to a great show.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Recaps, Timeless
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 26, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-november-26-2018/)
**Published:** November 26, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** 9-1-1 gave us an amazing episode all about Hen's origin story and Randall's oldest daughter may have come out to Kate on This is Us.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *9-1-1* gave us an amazing episode all about Hen’s origin story, and Randall’s oldest daughter may have come out to Kate on *This is Us*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 2 Episode 9 “Hen Begins” \[Live\]This week we were blessed with a very special episode — **Hen’s origin story**!
The show rewound the clock around 8-9 years, because they mention the economic meltdown of ’08. When we first see Hen she walks into a fancy sales dinner.
Not only is it shocking to see Hen in that wig, it’s also shocking to find out she used to be a Pharma Rep! Hen is there to sell antidepressants to two executive dudes, however, she only wants to sell the product and not herself.
I can totally imagine Root or Shaw doing that exact thing.
Hen quits in the next scene, and then later pays a visit to her life coach so she can help her figure out what to do next. The life coach says a few times, “you have a **fire** within” (yes, yes we get it), she wants to protect the vulnerable and when you’re quiet and listen to your inner voice, all will be revealed.
Then the very next moment, life coach falls over, Hen calls 911, performs CPR on her, and as the paramedics leave, one of them tells her she probably saved her life. This show is anything but subtle.
Back at home, Hen is all excited and telling her girlfriend…Eva, not Karen, about it. She feels she has finally found her purpose in life and it’s to save lives.
Eva is skeptical about the Firefighter Paramedic career plan. She doesn’t think it’s the most inclusive of workplaces.
Hen, even with that wig they’re gonna know.
Hen tells Eva that she wants this more than anything, and needs her to want this for her too. Eva says, “If you want it I want it.”
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I think Hen and Eva have more chemistry than Hen and Karen.
Hear me out before you @ me! We have only seen Hen and Ren with a lack of passion, in a relationship crisis or Hen trying to convince Karen that she still loves her. We haven’t seen regular happy relationship Hen and Ren where they’re getting along and into each other. Hen and Eva on the other hand, we’ve seen with a lot of passion. Even if it’s negative they seem to be drawn to each other more strongly.
Also, can we talk timeline for a minute? This is at the most, 9 years ago and in this flashback they don’t seem to have a kid around and Eva is not pregnant. Eva also doesn’t seem to be at the height of her addiction. If she got accidentally knocked up while at rehab, that must have happened after this point in time, but when would that be exactly? Denny doesn’t seem too young. Maybe 5-6 at the youngest? If that is the case, then Eva goes downhill, enters rehab and gets pregnant within 3 years. What happened and what landed her in prison?
Back to our story. Hen has a training to be a paramedic firefighter montage set to The Runaways *Cherry Bomb* and loses the wig in the process.
I love the fact that the wig-burning scene is one of the only ones that had actual fire in it this entire series.
Hen graduates from the Firefighter Paramedic academy and shows up to her first day of work at “The 188,” aka the firehouse we are all familiar with. However, the Captain and all the guys working there are unfamiliar to us except for Howie.
The Captain also appears to be one of the sexist assholes Eva warned Hen about.
Hen is trying to be one of the guys, but the work environment remains hostile.
Telling your coworkers you like KStew is practically marching into work with a rainbow flag.
Captain Asshole is trying to make life miserable for Hen by not letting up on his misogynistic diatribes. Howie is the only person at the station who is standing up for her.
During a rescue we do get to see Hen and Athena’s friend meet-cute.
Athena invites Hen out for drinks and introduces her to her posse of diverse officers and firefighters. They hang out, drink and talk and Hen seems to be happy to have found some of her people.
The next day she marches into work and makes this speech.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1065074487039836160
That speech as amazing, but it did nothing for Captain Asshole.
At a rescue, Hen disobeys Captain A’s orders not look for a second crashed car Hen suspects to be somewhere beyond the site of the accident they are attending to. Howie risks getting in trouble and goes with her. They do wind up discovering a second car and successfully rescue a kid from it.
Even though Hen’s actions saved the day, she gets called into the Captain’s office when they get back to the station. She is sure she’s getting fired, but when she enters the office she is met by the Commander and a new Captain.
It turns out Hen’s colleagues had her back, many of them filed complaints against Captain Asshole and now he’s out of a job.
The episode ends with a Shondaland-like Hen voiceover.
I absolutely loved getting Hen’s backstory and learning Howie was such a good ally — I even tolerated his non-stop dad jokes. Thanks, Ryan Murphy, for a great episode!
*[This is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “18,615” \[Live\]On this very special Thanksgiving episode, Randal takes his family to serve food at a homeless shelter to support his political campaign, but his oldest daughter Tess stays at home because she says she’s not feeling well. Kate and Toby hang with Tess at their house and cook Thanksgiving dinner.
Well, it turns out Tess got her first period and Kate has a cool Aunt talk with her about period and relationship stuff.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1066060052392525825
Wow, Tess kind of came out to Kate.
Later, Tess tells Kate not to tell her parents.
I wonder if she is going to tell them next episode. I’m really looking forward to seeing where this goes.
This week there is nothing new coming up, but we are just two weeks away from the Arroverse Crossover and I am so excited!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, This is Us
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### [Queer Beats - December 14, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-december-14-2018/)
**Published:** December 14, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Ruby Rose's Batwoman finally appeared, we got a first look at new Deanoru content, and Zarlie created magic (according to Tala and Maisie).
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Ruby Rose’s Batwoman finally appeared, we got a first look at new Deanoru content, and Zarlie created magic (according to Tala and Maisie).
## [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-kane/)
Woohoo! Batwoman (Kate Kane) has finally made it onto LezWatch! This week, [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) made her much-anticipated debut as Kate Kane in the Elseworlds crossover. She may not have talked explicitly about being queer, but she *did* flirt with Kara a lot and pretty much proved that Kara has a thing for women with lots of money. The two seemed to get along off screen as well, as seen in these two Instagram posts:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrTKAZnnjhD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrUGEb5nOxf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Melissa’s second picture, which includes a smiley Ruby Rose, makes me excited for future crossovers with the Batwoman standalone TV show. This has not been officially announced yet but I did read about the casting calls[ here](http://www.thathashtagshow.com/2018/12/06/exclusive-batwoman-breakdowns-possibly-teasing-renee-montoya-lucius-foxs-son-flamebird/) and I have to say that I am very excited about these characters! Based on this and [other reports](https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/07/batwoman-tv-series-in-development-at-cw.html), it sounds like the chances of a Batwoman-led show is pretty high. Give us what we want, you cowards!
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/) continued her latest round of interviews this week and continues to drop little hints about Kadena. Admittedly, I had almost lost all hope for this wlw couple but signs are pointing to more [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/)/[Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) content in our future:
> “I know that people were very devastated with the end of season two, and obviously I was too,” she said. “I just cried and cried when I read that script, I kept saying to everyone ‘wait, where is this coming from, this makes no sense!’ because I just loved them as a couple. But Kat and Adina are not done, season two is very much the middle of their story in my mind.
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
We are officially in the black hole that is the LoT four-month long hiatus. I can feel the seasonal depression sinking in already. Luckily, the cast has continued to post behind-the-scenes content to keep us going. To keep this section under control, I’ve had to limit my highlights to anything *remotely* queer (don’t ask me to define that) but you should really be following the whole cast on social media already, you know? They deserve it! First, here is [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) “ugly twerking” with Maisie and Amy:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrLd61glxha/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tala clearly has the same Jes crush that we are all suffering from:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1073364203774402562
Jes stood up for Avalance kisses:
https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1072409744558694400
And Zarlie continued to be a thing! Honestly, this is the blessing of the week for me. Tala and Maisie (and other cast members) watched this week’s episode together and they even answered some fan questions:
https://twitter.com/escaped_reality/status/1072368921066520576
I’m serious about needing “Zarlie Magic” as my ringtone.They also acknowledged the fan favorite couple on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/talaashe/status/1072378047670693888
If you hear screaming coming out of the city of Boston, it’s just me!Tbd on whether I survive the hiatus.
## [Marvel’s Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
Us Runaways fans were fed good this week! In preparation for the December 21 season 2 premiere date, SpoilerTV released *[tons](https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/12/runaways-episode-201-204-promotional.html)*[ of pictures](https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/12/runaways-episode-201-204-promotional.html) which you can sort through OR you can peep all the good Deanoru ones below:
Not included here: tons of other pictures of both [Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/) and [Karolina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/) in a wide variety of reallll cute outfits. Even [Lyrica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lyrica-okano/) and [Virginia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-gardner/) took to Twitter to tease fans about upcoming Deanoru content.
https://twitter.com/Lyricaforreal/status/1072638509205413888
https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner/status/1071842749656240129
Their light/dark aesthetic is everything!!## Actors We Stan
This new section, “Actors We Stan,” simply highlights some of my favorite LezWatch actors doing some of my favorite things! I needed a section to include actors who appear on LezWatch (and therefore portray a queer character) but aren’t necessarily tied to one show. For example, I wanted to share this awesome video of [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) singing opera but couldn’t simply list it under [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) because she has now been involved in multiple wlw projects!
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1072967420665626638
Although, honestly, this seems like a weird trait that [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carmilla-karnstein/) would also share.Tatiana Maslany was [on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/trxd7c/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-tatiana-maslany---finding-empathy-for-unlikable-characters-in--destroyer--and--network-) to talk about her current movie and Broadway musical but all I could think about was how Cosima-like she was. Anyone else agree?
Meanwhile, America’s Favorite Lesbian, [Ellen Degeneres](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-degeneres/), showed a different side of herself in this [New York Times article](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/arts/television/ellen-degeneres.html). She talks about her upcoming stand-up special on Netflix (Relatable! Out December 18!) and why she has considered ending her talk show. I’m not sure if I could personally survive without it but I love the idea of seeing Ellen in new projects. There’s plenty of queer to go around!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Batwoman, Ellen Degeneres, Jes Macallan, Legends of Tomorrow, Lyrica Okano, Natasha Negovanlis, Ruby Rose, Runaways, Tatiana Maslany, The Bold Type, Virginia Gardner
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### [Statistics: The Deadliest Month](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-deadliest-month/)
**Published:** December 12, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Looking over the last eleven years, we've determined what the deadliest month is for a TV queer lady.
**Content:**
When I was at ClexaCon London, I was chatting with someone and they asked me what the deadliest month was, to be a queer lady on TV. I didn’t know, but guessed it was October.
Once I got home, I sat down with a spreadsheet and rounded up the numbers for the last 11 years. Why 11? Prior to 2008, the overall numbers of death were pretty low. 2000-7 deaths were 1/3 the numbers of 2008-18. I also left December 2018 at 0, since at the time of this post, there were no deaths in December. Yet.
## The Data
20182017201620152014201320122011201020092008January22243212220February01220002000March16443030211April05813330002May55331312200June31542120013July12353401101August00323210101September23433402011October68541323012November14231101200December00440233111Total213745392325161611712Okay, that’s a nice chunk of data. What does it mean?
## Unpacking the Data
The top two worst months ever were April 2016 and October 2017, with 8 deaths. Following that is October 2018 (6 deaths) and June and October 2016 (5 deaths each). So far my theory of ‘October sucks’ is looking pretty good.
But it’s hard to visualize things just from raw numbers, so I shifted to combining the data. This means I adds up the deaths per month from each year. In that way, we can count the total deaths for all the Octobers
**Total**January22February7March25April25May25June22July21August13September23October35November15December19Now you can easily see that with 35 deaths over 11 years, October is indeed the deadliest month. For those of you who are visual leaners, here’s a breakdown that may help:
October jumps out into the clear lead, with March, April and May tying it up.
## Conclusions
Surprisingly, there’s *no* correlation with sweeps. Per the Nielsens, sweeps are in November, February, May and July. February is actually the safest month overall. Of all of sweeps, May is the most dangerous, which makes sense as it’s the traditional end of a TV season.
Why are non-sweeps months more dangerous? Because the point of sweeps is to hook us and keep us coming back. If you kill off all your characters before then, we don’t keep watching. However, having spring be a large chunk of the data is logical. The end of a season is more likely to have big stakes and high costs. Since most queers *aren’t* main characters, they’re expendable.
The most amusing stat in all this is that [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) died twice in October.
Above all, we know that October is the deadliest month.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Bury Your Queers, Statistics
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### [Queer Beats - December 7, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-december-7-2018/)
**Published:** December 7, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Aisha Dee talked Kadena, Killing Eve got the attention it deserves, and the Legends of Tomorrow cast had Good Fan Fun at Fan Fest.
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Aisha Dee talked Kadena, Killing Eve got the attention it deserves, and the Legends of Tomorrow cast had Good Fan Fun at Fan Fest.
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
We are only a couple days away from the first Crossover episode! I can’t wait, especially because Batwoman is now being promoted more heavily. Below, you can see she appears in the trailer *multiple* times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vho3Rwbuu_o&feature=youtu.be
95% of this trailer features men but I’m staying positive through gritted teeth.She also (finally) got her own poster, too!
https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1070029974843940864
It’s a photo we have already seen, but I’ll take it!Finally, Melissa Benoist gave a super cute interview about [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) as Batwoman:
https://youtube.com/Igy5hDSOxi0
This is why I love the women of the Arrowverse.## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
On the topic of super cute interviews, I absolutely adored [Aisha Dee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-dee/)‘s recent [interview with nine.com](https://celebrity.nine.com.au//2018/12/04/19/36/aisha-dee-the-bold-type-interview). I highly suggest reading the whole thing because she talks about her close relationship with the other actresses on the show and even features some adorable clips of her as a child actress. Of course, I was personally the most interested in her comments about Kadena:
> I’ve never really been part of a ‘ship’ that people are so voracious about. There are times when I’m not fully equipped and it’s kind of overwhelming. But I think, in general, it’s been really beautiful to see people embrace this couple. Because, it’s so rare to see two women of colour in love, on TV, or in movies. So, I’m really proud to be, you know, one half of this thing that people are really vibing with.
> I think it’s been really special and there’s some pressure involved there. I don’t want to disappoint anyone, and I wanna make sure that we’re telling a story that feels real. But, above all else, it’s a story about love and it’s a story about two women who genuinely love each other.
I’m glad she feels our support! She even went onto Instagram Live to make sure [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/)/[Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) fans know she hears us and was also emotional about Kadena at the end of last season:
https://twitter.com/KadenaSource/status/1070505817038819328
Keep speaking up!## [Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which is returning on NBC on January 10, released this video where the B99 cast members are tested on their police knowledge. [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/), one of my personal favorite (b)icons, blew everyone else out of the water:
https://twitter.com/nbcbrooklyn99/status/1070688809413632005
Does anyone else feel like Steph is in character as [Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) here?Also, this isn’t really “news” (as usual), but it was cute, so enjoy this photo of Melissa Fumero and [Chelsea Peretti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chelsea-peretti/) lovingly looking into each other’s eyes:
https://twitter.com/melissafumero/status/1070126828868710401
I ship it and no one can stop me.## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Both [Ellen Tamaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-tamaki/) and [Melonie Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melonie-diaz/) blessed us with that sweet, sweet BTS content:
https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1069422496431071232
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBfwe9AGbs\
## [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
Thankfully, Sandra Oh is getting all the praise and recognition that she deserves. It was quite a week for her! She was named one of [EW’s Entertainers of the Year](https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1070019242072801280), as one of the hosts of the 2019 Golden Globes, and Killing Eve was named [Best of 2018 by iTunes](https://twitter.com/KillingEve/status/1070034635982168064). On top of all of that, both she and Killing Eve were nominated for Golden Globes!
https://twitter.com/BBCAMERICA/status/1070675338500497408
The only thing missing is a nomination for [Jodie Comer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-comer/)!The Killing Eve crew even celebrated together!
https://twitter.com/IamSandraOh/status/1070765400978309120
Everything seems so peaceful when they aren’t trying to kill each other!## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Alright everyone! Hold on to your hats because, as usual, Legends of Tomorrow provided us with the most wlw content this week. I even had to leave some things out (although, personally, I don’t think a 20-page Queer Beats would hurt anyone…). First, as I mentioned last week, half of the Legends cast took Fan Fest San Jose by storm. [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) met lots of cool fans:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1069497612053737472
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1069138339507462144
https://twitter.com/jeannettegragg/status/1068997422192283648
And, of course, [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) met them too:
https://twitter.com/skairipaqueen/status/1068946496412741632
Cutest cosplay definitely goes to this baby Black Canary.Courtney Ford even joined in on the fun to complain to Jes about her lack of autograph space on a show poster:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1069194614425436165
Meanwhile, away from the con, Jes reminded us of why we are all in love with her:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5OQctFb1L/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq2VDP8FAJb/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Finally, she posted this real cute picture of her with Caity and Tala.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrBQ6r3F_Hz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
For the Caity fans out there, she recently talked about Avalance and their role in the show. She spoke about how sometimes characters can get lost in their relationship but they are trying to combat that on the show. And I think they are doing a great job!
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1070607750399438848
Can we all agree that Caity’s knitting (crocheting?) cuteness is unbearable?She also posted a dancing portrait and, to be transparent, anything to do with Caity dancing makes my heart swoon.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrDyt36A5ph/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Now, I feel like I’ve kept quiet on my new favorite couple long enough. Truthfully, I usually avoid non-canon couples on Queer Beats to keep my focus on canon couples, but I am still convinced this could *become* a canon couple so let’s roll with it. I’m talking about Zarlie, people. They have so much potential! Plus, we have gotten so much good content in the last couple weeks, both on and off screen. First, Tala and Maisie were both interviewed about the Zarlie connection:
https://twitter.com/byeadora/status/1067526095816282112
Maisie has decided that Charlie is pansexual and now it is law, in my eyes.And Tala posted multiple pictures including Maisie on Instagram. These are receipts to prove that I’m not crazy!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq71NOmAbPh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://twitter.com/ejtlotz/status/1069658108505534465
It’s clear that they are trolling us. Right? RIGHT?Anyway, back to reality, I want to give a shoutout to one of my favorite fandom creators, [Paris](https://twitter.com/RaccoonPears). She creates custom Funko Figures for many wlw characters and, this holiday season, she created a bisexual pride version of Sara Lance. RT this tweet for a chance at winning her!
https://twitter.com/RaccoonPears/status/1070701596756099073
## [Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)
I don’t personally watch Lucifer but this Instagram post from Inbar Lavi (with [Lesley-Ann Brandt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lesley-ann-brandt/)) is clearly the sort of thing that all wlw fans deserve to see:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq5dIxRA8vl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
And, for my final thought, if you watched Orphan Black, the fact that this picture (from [Tatiana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)‘s Instagram story) made me cry shouldn’t be surprising.
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Aisha Dee, Batwoman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Caity Lotz, Charmed (2018), Ellen Tamaki, Jes Macallan, Killing Eve, Legends of Tomorrow, Lesley Ann-Brandt, Lucifer, Maisie Richarson-Sellers, Melonie Diaz, Orphan Black, Ruby Rose, Sandra Oh, Stephanie Beatriz, Tatiana Maslany, The Bold Type
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### [Things We Love: The Meet Cute](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/things-we-love-the-meet-cute/)
**Published:** December 5, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Maybe it's the coffee shop or the jurisdiction argument or the wrong delivery. However they meet, we know right away that it's love eternal.
**Content:**
Be they grumpy/happy, enemies to friends, or ‘just roommates,’ there are few things we love more than the greatest meet cutes. You know the scene, that moment when two characters meet for the first time and *everyone* sees sparks fly. It’s a romcom staple, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only genre where that happens.
Here are some of our favourite meet cutes.
Shoot – *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*Root and Shaw are our tall and smoll classic enemies to friends. They met on opposite sides of the game with an iron involved. Okay maybe that part is a little less classic than anything else. Two messed up individuals with serious issues meet on opposite sides of an AI war. Sparks were bound to fly, and we don’t just meet literally.
Who knew they’d be our favourite ship on that show?
Sanvers – *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*I know, I know. I’m sorry to bring this up. It ended horribly, I know, but when they met and we still ‘didn’t know’ Alex was a lesbian yet, and we saw her have so much more chemistry with Maggie in once scene than she had all season with Maxwell Lord (remember him?), we knew. We all knew.
We all hate how it ended, but Alex, our darling baby gay, we love you so.
Kadena – *[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)*The artist who boldly labels herself a proud muslim lesbian meets the bi-racial girl who hates labels. They both refuse to be anything other than who they are, and we love them for it. And unexpectedly, for straight Kat at least, they fall for each other.
Here’s hoping Adena comes back and those two work things out.
Naomily – *[Skins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/)*You don’t often start with the kiss, but that’s how it began for these two. Both girls think they’re straight, and obviously not so much or this would be a shorter post. There’s homophobia and a little love/hate thrown in for good measure.
We all just pretend cancer and all of *Fire* never happened. You should too. It’s better that way.
*Edit:* Since their ‘meet cute’ happened of screen, it’s possible this doesn’t count, but frankly I find an off-screen meet cute to be hilariously lovely.
Who doesn’t want “Muff-Munching Bitch” as a T-Shirt?WayHaught – *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)*The cop with swagger meets the girl who’s never left her hometown. When the tap at Shorty’s breaks, Waverly gives Nicole an accidental wet t-shirt show. Of course, Waverly is totally straight and Nicole is an unknown, but we all took one look and knew it was Haught.
The unkillable gay squad needs some rescuing, and hopefully no more Wynonna-Interuptus with that proposal!
ThunderGrace – *[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)*A bartender comic-nerd meets a scientist in the library and sparks fly. Of course, Anissa has a lot to work through before she can get where she needs to be for Grace, and Grace has her own secrets. Can these crazy girls make it work? I hope so!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2rg1nQ0A-U
Now that Grace is back in season two, and she’s started to demonstrate her own mysterious powers, it’s game on for the power couple.
Avalance – *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)*A jurisdiction turf war between a cloned head of the Time Bureau and the former assassin turned space and time captain of the Waverider. It’s the kind of story legends are made from.
https://youtube.com/mfT8EaCpFNg
Our girls are making the oddest distance relationship work, through the help of time travel and a lovable AI named Gideon who totally ships her captain.
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What about you? What’s your favourite meet cute?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Legends of Tomorrow, Person of Interest, Skins, Supergirl, The Bold Type, Things We Love, Wynonna Earp
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### [New Feature: Similar Shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/new-feature-similar-shows/)
**Published:** December 11, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're making it even easier for you to find new-to-you shows to watch this holigay season.
**Content:**
Have you ever come here to look up a show and thought “If only I could find another show like *[The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)*?” I’m happy to announce we’ve made it even easier for you to find similar shows!
At the bottom of every TV show, there’s a new section for **Similar Shows**, which lists out six shows you may also be interested in, if you like this one.
The list is autogenerated based on the following criteria:
- Show Formats (TV shows, miniseries, web series etc)
- Tropes (Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, etc)
- Genres (Action, Telenovela, Legal)
- Intersectionality
- Stars of Queerness (Gold, Sliver, Bronze)
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Also we built in a little override, since we think if you like *The Good Fight* you’ll like *The Good Wife* too.
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**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Site News
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### [Queer Beats - November 30, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-november-30-2018/)
**Published:** November 30, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Black Lightning got cuddly, Caity Lotz teased an entire fandom, and Runaways is back with a major glow up.
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Black Lightning got cuddly, Caity Lotz teased an entire fandom, and Runaways is back with a major glow up.
## [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)
One of the saddest anniversaries for the wlw fandom, it has officially been 1000 days since Lexa’s death this week. I admittedly had to pull my calculator out for this but that means it has almost been THREE YEARS! Although we will always remember her untimely death as one of the low points for queer fandom, Lexa sparked a movement that gave us [Clexacon](https://www.clexacon.com/) and began a conversation about LGBTQ representation on TV. On that topic, Evangeline Aguas, a PhD student, is working on a Clexa fan documentary and released the trailer this week!
https://twitter.com/ClexaFanDoco/status/1067436600676601860
This makes me “heavy sigh” but it all needs to be said!## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
I know I should really rename this section “Elseworlds” but I won’t let go of thinking about this crossover as the-one-where-Batwoman-is-introduced. We’ve gotten some great new stills this week:
The CW also finally released an Elseworlds trailer, although there is *definitely* not enough Batwoman for my taste:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ebyWI3sljg
If you squint hard past the heterosexuality you can see one (1) gay.Next, we got the episode summaries which *also* do not include enough Batwoman (just saying). It sounds like she will be introduced in the second crossover episode:
> THE ELSEWORLDS CROSSOVER CONTINUES IN GOTHAM CITY WITH BATWOMAN (RUBY ROSE) — With Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Barry (guest star Grant Gustin) still stuck in the other’s bodies, the two get a lead on John Deegan (guest star Jeremy Davies) and head to Gotham City with Supergirl (guest star Melissa Benoist) to figure out why their reality has changed. While there, they meet the mysterious Kate Kane (guest star Ruby Rose) who provides them with information that leads the group to Arkham Asylum. James Bamford directed the episode with teleplay by Marc Guggenheim and story by Caroline Dries (#709).
If you can’t tell, I’m feeling skeptical about Batwoman’s involvement in the crossover. But, I am staying positive and still cannot wait to see [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)‘s interpretation of such a beloved character! And if you live in the Nashville area, I have great news for you! Team LezWatch (the Mika and Tracy part) will be hosting an Elseworlds watch party on Sunday, December 9th. I will be there in spirit!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Black Lightning is back to feeding us that good wlw content with another ThunderGrace cuddling scene. We even had both [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) and [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) live tweeting along with the rest of us.
https://twitter.com/NafessaWilliams/status/1067578854221512704
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1067622169927196672
Chantal’s way of saying “EVERYBODY CALM DOWN!”However, I will admit that I was a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see the ThunderGrace kiss from these stills:
https://twitter.com/lgbtdaniela/status/1067153739151286272
I’m not a fan of cut wlw kisses but I’ll accept the cute cuddling for now.## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
So this isn’t technically “news” but I miss [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/)‘s face so please enjoy this cute picture of [Nikohl Boosheri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqvhYTRFDE9/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Don’t come at me about Adena’s role in the next season of The Bold Type because I’ll probably cry.## [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
This hella cute queer icon photo made me remember that I have no idea what is going on with that L Word reboot, but I’m happy to know these people are all hanging out together anyway!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqg6FJ8hCEM/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I would be grateful for some L Word reboot gossip though (wink wink).## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
So, let’s just jump right on into this. We all saw some things on LoT this week. Things we can’t unsee and would never *want* to unsee.
Oops I dropped that SorryFor the record, I personally cannot wait for Tracy to cover this on her [Queerest Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) post next week!
Looking back, I can see that the cast was teasing us about this moment:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1067166244904861696
The little Zarlie interaction probably made me pass out before I even got to “lingerie.”And even [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) was right there with us:
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1067268285350273024
Oh, sweet god.[Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) even retweeted some of the best fan reactions:
https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1068176052004913152
The lesbians are definitely *not* okay!!ANYWAY, back to the real world, both Caity and Jes were announced as guests at the Heroes and Villians Fan Fest in San Jose this weekend and, if you’re really into LoT, you should definitely check out the [guest list](https://heroesfanfest.com/sanjose/guests/) for a bunch of your other favorite actors.
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1067856754095083520
Check back next week for my favorite online convention content!## [Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)
You should know that I will never ever pass up an opportunity to talk about Orphan Black so, here I am, bringing “news” about a show that ended over a year ago! [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) was on Watch What Happens Live and answered a question about her favorite clone:
Honestly, I’ve heard her answer this question a million different ways and love her more for it. NO CLONE FAVORITISM!## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
Marvel’s Runaways *finally* dropped a trailer for the second season, which returns December 21. I am beyond excited for more Deanoru content and to see the teens all learn how to use their powers!
https://twitter.com/marvelsrunaways/status/1068218037986222080
A true glow up!Even better, [Virginia Gardner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-gardner/) hinted that we will be happy with the [Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/)/[Karolina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/) content this season:
https://twitter.com/VirginiaGardner/status/1068199267112611840
I stan actresses who stan their own ships.## [Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)
Pose has been getting tons of (deserved) praise since it aired last summer. It highlights stories that have been buried beneath prioritized cisgender, heterosexual storylines for far too long! This week, [MJ Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/) talked about how this show “feels like a form of activism”:
https://twitter.com/THR/status/1067181704937385991
## [This Is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)
A character on This is Us came out this week (no spoilers, check out Tracy’s [Queerest Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) post on Monday!) so Sterling K. Brown posted this sweet picture in reference to the new storyline:
https://twitter.com/SterlingKBrown/status/1067612268475686912
Gotta love a good, wholesome family!And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Lightning, Caity Lotz, Chantal Thuy, Jes Macallan, Legends of Tomorrow, MJ Rodriguez, Nafessa Williams, Nikohl Boosheri, Orphan Black, Pose, Runaways, Tatiana Maslany, The 100, The Bold Type, The L Word, This is Us, Virginia Gardner
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### [The Queering of Cartoons](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queering-of-cartoons/)
**Published:** November 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're getting better and better about giving our kids representation in the best ways, where they see queer couples every day.
**Content:**
Growing up, most of us never saw ourselves on a Saturday morning cartoon show. Maybe we pretended Pidge from *Voltron* was a girl, so we wouldn’t get stuck playing the Princess with our friends on the playground. And by the way, why were the girls always named Princess? Regardless, what we had were boys. Boys everywhere. Boys as the hero. Boys as the winner. Boys as the devil may care rogue with a heart of gold.
Today that’s not the case. Today, cartoons are making a case for quality content not just for women but for queers, and are slowly but surely moving the needle. This isn’t to say it’s perfect, a lot of things are still ‘blink and you miss it,’ but we absolutely are getting better. More and more queer artists are making the cartoons we wanted to see as kids, and in doing so, they’re bringing
## Why This Matters
I don’t have to tell you that representation matters. It matters if [Bert and Ernie](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sesame-street-needs-some-queers/) are gay, and it matters if [we say characters are gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/shes-gay-because-we-say-aint-okay/) outright. Being able to see yourself reflected in the media has a lasting impact on you as you grow. Not seeing yourself, and not seeing *positive* representation has a negative impact. If all we see are serial killers, victims, and otherwise disposable characters, we start to feel that we are those things. We’re unworthy of love or caring, because all we see in the media must be what people really think.
Those views are outright wrong. But their prevalence makes them damaging to adults and especially to children. Childhood is a constructed concept, and not something granted to all. Some children have to work from a young age, either inside or outside the home. When we introduce them, via cartoons and children’ programming, to a place where they can be more things, we inspire them. We give them hope and we let them see the world as it really is, even if it’s a safer version there of.
> It’s an obvious fact that the world looks like what it looks like, which is I don’t walk out and see a sea of white men. That’s not how the world looks to me, and that’s certainly not interesting.
>
> Shonda Rhimes
## The Background Queers
The biggest complaint I’ve seen about representation in children’s shows is that if often feels very ‘of the week,’ like they’re brought in to make a specific point, and then they vanish. Recently that’s changed to a new type of background queer characters. No longer are they the ‘very special episode,’ they’re now just organically part of the show.
Take, for example, *We Bare Bears*, a cartoon about three bear brothers. Grizzly, Panda and Ice Bear are trying to awkwardly find their place in society, and often end up interacting with humans in different ways. Some of those ways are a little silly, of course, but over their seasons, they’ve had multiple background lesbians.
Without any extra work, the bears included a happy pair of female newlyweds. This also happens on shows like *Star vs. The Forces of Evil*. The magical princess, Butterfly, comes to earth to gain maturity and while there she learns that everyone likes kissing. On the montage, we see men kissing men and women kissing women like it’s no big thing.
## Was That a Queer?
Very related to the idea of background queers is the one where people were queer all along, but it’s a surprise to the audience.
There are a lot of great examples of this. There’s *[Clarence](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clarence/)*, where one of his friends has a secret and it’s *not* his two moms (it’s his 6 toes on one foot). There’s also *[Doc McStuffins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/)*, where Thea and Edie learn a valuable lesson about being prepared. Now in Doc’s defence, every episode is about learning a lesson, so having one be taught to the lesbian doll parents is an amazing moment of equality.
But we also have shows like *[Avatar: The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/)* or [*She-Ra and the Princesses of Power*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/) where in characters are queer and it’s no big. The problem that happens with these shows is that sometimes they don’t make it obvious enough that the characters are queer. If you’d blinked at the wrong time, you wouldn’t spot the lesbians on *She-Ra*, just like it’s possible to miss the one on *[The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/)*.
And speaking of all that, we also have to consider shows like *Voltron: Legendary Defender*, where they release information that someone is queer, and then it’s a drive-by. If you hadn’t paid attention, you would have totally missed that Shiro was gay.
Sadly this was of questionable value to viewers. On the one hand, it’s great that we’re getting some non-drama about queer characters, but on the other hand, we don’t get to experience them being gay. Shiro’s a double edged bayard, however, because while it was a big reveal, it was barely a blip and could easily be ignored. Also there was a bury-your-gays to boot. [The creators are aware of their missteps with Shiro](https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/voltron-showrunner-apologizes-to-fans-following-outrage-over-gay-characters-storyline), though, so there is hope.
We need to be a little more obvious, which is why we need shows where it’s clear…
## Queers are Everywhere
This is the solution. Put queers everywhere, in ways that are obvious and crystal clear. Because finally we have the greatest of all, the shows where everyone’s queer and it’s absolutely not an issue. That’s right, we have a cartoon *L Word* and it’s name is our beloved *Steven Universe*. Unequivocally, they had the grandest biggest gay wedding of any cartoon, and we love them for it.
You can also see this on [*Adventure Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time/), where they didn’t hold back and gave the ladies a happy ending.
These shows started out by giving us the obvious queers. We always knew Ruby and Sapphire were a pair, but some people could have argued that their fusion of Garnet wasn’t romantic. That can’t be said anymore. And now that Princess Bubblegum and Marceline have kissed and gotten their happy ending, we can have no doubt of their love.
## It’s Getting Better for Cartoons
If you can’t tell, we’ve made amazing progress. I didn’t even touch on things like *[The Loud House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-loud-house/)* or *[Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)* or even adult cartoons like *[BoJack Horseman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/)*.
We’ve had years and years of cartoons that were exploitative and for laughs, just like we did with traditional television. While the heydays of Saturday morning cartoons are over, animated television has made great steps forward to including everyone. With every new show, the next generation gets a chance to see themselves on TV, just like everyone else. We’re making it easier for them with every gay marriage and happy ending, and I couldn’t be happier.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Adventure Time, Avatar the Legend of Korra, Clarence, Doc McStuffins, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Steven Universe
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### [Top 7 Wish Ships](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-wish-ships/)
**Published:** November 21, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** For all the ships we fanned that never sailed, this goes out to you. Did your favourite fan-ship make the cut?
**Content:**
We all have ships. We have canon ships and the not so canon ships, the OTPs and the OT3s and more. There are always ships we will ride and die for (mine is *Rookie Blue* Officer Lunchbox). But there are also ships that we wish so much would be real and just … aren’t. They’re the Wish Ships, once we wish would happen.
Now, there’s a whole big rant about how we absolutely deserve better, which we do. And Tracy and I will talk your ear off about how queerbaiting with these ships can be harmful to our development as people. The sad reality is that for the majority of television history, we just didn’t *have* ships so we made them up.
Making this worse, in the majority of ensemble drama casts, the women don’t interact much with each other. Look at *CSI* and think about how few episodes Sara and Catherine had paired together. It’s really distressing.
However. The impossible ship dream introduced a lot of people to my life. A lot of my good friends started from shipping. I love those people very much. So here are my top 7 fanon ships that should have sailed, but only did in our minds (and in fan fiction).
Supercorp – *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*This wins out over SuperCat for me, since we’ve got multiple seasons of unresolved extreme friendship. Mild mannered reporter Kara Danvers is secretly Supergirl. Her best friend is Lena Luthor (yes, of the Lex variety). Together, they make puppy dog eyes and buy each other extravagant gifts. I mean, Lena bought Kara’s company to make sure she kept her job!
Say what you like, they’re in love and I’m pretty sure Kara’s family is okay with it.
Janeway/Seven – *Star Trek Voyager*The funny thing about this is that there was a very popular rumour that Star Trek was going to introduce a gay character, right around the time Seven of Nine showed up. Sadly, Gene Roddenberry died, so we’ll never really know, and in fact had to wait for *Star Trek Discovery* to give us TV queers. Capt. Katherine Janeway and her Borg protege, Seven of Nine, had a relationship that was *supposed* to be mother/daughter, and was really more like … well … there’s a reason we shipped it.
It was shockingly easy to find a whole mess of gifs for this…
Swan Queen – [*Once Upon a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/)One is the Evil Queen and adoptive mother of Henry. The other is the Saviour and biological mother on Henry. And everyone ships them. A whole lot of people are pissed off about them too, for good reason. The show did a lot of queer baiting and playing up the relationship.
There’s an apple joke to be made about this ship, but I can’t bring myself to do it.
Rizzles – [*Rizzoli & Isles*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rizzoli-isles/)This one makes me so angry. They knew, they *absolutely* knew what they were doing, and they played it for kicks anyway. They even played being pretend girlfriends! Ugh. Jane Rizzoli was a tough Southie Boston cop, and her best friend was the educated and erudite coroner, Dr. Maura Isles. Together, they played softball, slept in each other’s beds, and agreed not to date each other’s men.
I blame Angie Harmon for the failure to launch.
Cabot & Benson – *[Law & Order: SVU](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-svu/)*I want to be a little more positive about this one, but I cannot. They baited everyone for years, and while Stephanie March was all for it (saying, and I quote, “I’m not saying we’re not…I’m not saying we’re not in love.”) we never got it. We just got ADA Alex Cabot and her glasses of justice, and Detective Olivia Benson, besties.
Those glasses though … Every time Cabot comes back to the show, she blows up the lesbians.
Jo & Blair – *The Facts of Life*How many teenaged lesbians in the 80s fell in love with these two? Jo came from the Bronx, rode a motorcycle, and wore jeans and leather. Blair came from upstate New York, traveled to Europe, hung out in the Hamptons, and drank champagne. They fought from day one, tooth and nail, and yet never once failed to have each other’s back or believe in the other.
They were absolutely my first ship.
Faberry – [*Glee*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)This one goes out to my friends of [TGI Femslash](http://tgifemslash.com), who originally bore the name **FaberryCon**, as well as my wife, who swears up and down this should have happened. And you know, when I re-watch the first three seasons of *Glee*, I get it. Quinn Fabray and Rachel Berry were more than just good friends. They fought over the same boy, Rachel had Quinn’s picture up in her locker, and everyone thought Quinn would come out. Instead, it was Santana.
I don’t know why this ship never sailed, but it should have.
What’s your favourite ship that never left port?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Glee, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Supergirl, The Facts of Life
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### [Queer Beats - November 23, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-november-23-2018/)
**Published:** November 23, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Stephanie Beatriz and Jameela Jamil created the Good Place, The Prom made us all cry over our mashed potatoes, and Steven Universe announced new episodes.
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Stephanie Beatriz and Jameela Jamil created the Good Place, The Prom made us all cry over our mashed potatoes, and Steven Universe announced new episodes. Since it’s Thanksgiving week here in the U.S., I wanted to start off this week’s post by giving thanks to LezWatch.TV for giving me the opportunity to write this column and to everyone who takes the time to read it every week. I say this often but I truly don’t know where I would be without fandom and I am extremely grateful to be part of this community!
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
We are officially less than three weeks away from the Elseworlds crossover which means increasing amounts of sneak peeks! This week, we got the first trailer footage of Batwoman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ojXMRuSC_w
Me during these 30 seconds: omgomgomgomgomg## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Bustle writer Tai Gooden wrote [an awesome article](https://www.bustle.com/p/how-thunder-on-black-lightning-is-changing-tv-actor-nafessa-williams-13101323?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=bustle) about [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) and [Anissa Pierce](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/). It covers all the reasons why we love Anissa, including the unique challenges she faces as a black, queer woman. I can never read enough positive reviews of Black Lightning and Thunder!
## [Brooklyn Nine-Ni](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)ne
I’m new to the Brooklyn Nine-Nine fandom (and not yet a part of [The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/) fandom) but I know a cross-fandom squeal-worthy moment when I see one:
https://twitter.com/nbcbrooklyn99/status/1063544589288521728
How many of us do you think can squeeze between them?I have only watched 3 episodes of this Brooklyn Nine-Nine but I am already a secret #Dianetti fan and truly loved this Twitter moment:
https://twitter.com/chelseaperetti/status/1064577617892794368
It’s definitely worth checking out this thread to see the responses from [Steph](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/) and the official Brooklyn 99 account.And, finally, we are getting some teasers about next season. Admittedly, part of the reason I started watching this show was because of [Gina Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gina-rodriguez/)‘s appearance as [Alicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alicia/) so I was excited when Michael Ausiello at TVLine brought up the topic:
> Regardless of whether Rodriguez’s Alicia returns (and that remains very much up in the air at this moment in time), *B99* will not be putting Rosa’s love life on the backburner in Season 6. Teases Beatriz: “I think particularly our LGBTQ audience will be really happy with the developments, and that’s all I can say.”
>
> Michael Ausiello
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
We didn’t get any major news out of the LoT fandom this week (except for the important news that Zarlie will probably be the death of me) but I truly enjoyed these gifs of [Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) and her responses:
https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1064341121331941376
https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1064440589616218113
These MIstresses gifs are totally newsworthy, right?And Jes also blessed us with some cute behind-the-scenes content with [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/):
https://twitter.com/avalancenews/status/1065235827536613377
I tried to write so many taco puns for this but they all sounded too dirty for my PG-13 Queer Beats vibe.## [The Prom](https://theprommusical.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAxNnfBRDwARIsAJlH29AhxDaZfZCYbmpJpzH1bqqcRgG1LmbKyM8Dtyf6j7AQVdYjPNrHGNQaAv4YEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds)
Okay, so this is not *truly* queer TV related but it happened on my TV and I loved it so I want to spread the holiday cheer. This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade featured its first ever same-sex kiss during a song from the upcoming broadway musical, The Prom:
https://youtube.com/K-4o1Hf47us
Catch me crying over my turkey this year.## [Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)
I feel like it is extremely important for all of you to know that I think Steven Universe is one of the best shows ever created… and I’m not even fully caught up yet! However, I am always happy to hear about new episodes of shows I love so I celebrated with SU fans about this Steven Universe: Diamond Days announcement.
https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1064572064256925696
## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Supergirl also aired a new Elseworlds trailer this week. However, I think us queers were all simultaneously too confused about [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)‘s wig and too turned on by her camo pants to really listen to anything being said.
https://youtube.com/rc4oMTTrbo0
I’m open to giving the braid a chance.## [Trans Day of Remembrance](https://www.glaad.org/tdor)
Tuesday, November 20th marked 2018’s Transgender Day of Remembrance. TDOR is a day to honor the memory of the trans identifying people who lost their lives this year due to anti-trans violence. Every year, it’s a stark reminder of the reality of transphobia across the world. Here are some of this week’s posts to honor TDOR:
https://twitter.com/IndyaMoore/status/1064920467465740289
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1064954874729779200
> “The circumstances we live in, which too often expose us to violence, are not of our own making, but are a product of a society that consistently and systematically discriminates against us.”
>
> — Them (@them) [November 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/them/status/1064867881236815872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
TDOR is a day to remember those we have lost but also an important chance to remember that the trans community cannot be erased or silenced!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Lightning, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Gina Rodriguez, Jes Macallan, Legends of Tomorrow, Nafessa Williams, Stephanie Beatriz, Steven Universe, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 24, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-september-24-2018/)
**Published:** September 24, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week we were given the gift of Anna Silk on Wynonna Earp and Debbie gets closer to her new lesbian welder friend on Shameless.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** we were given the gift of Anna Silk on *Wynonna Earp*, and Debbie gets closer to her new lesbian welder friend on *Shameless*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* – Season 3 Episode 10 “The Other Woman” \[Live\]On this episode Waverly and Nicole were only in a scene together for a minute, but we did get a treat — [Anna Silk](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-silk/) making a guest appearance!
At this moment I realized just how much I missed Anna Silk being on my TV. I love this, but who is she? Charlie and I have the same question.
Meanwhile Doc and Nicole are trying to get a book that may help them defeat Bulshar from Maeve, a teen spirit stuck in the fireplace where she used to live. While Nicole talks to Maeve because, “she’s good with teens,” Maeve leaps out of the fire and possesses Nicole.
Maeve tries to convince Doc to vampire kill Nicole and leave her the corpse to possess permanently, but fortunately Doc is able to resist her. Kat acting as possessed Nicole is hilarious.
Doc and Jeremy get the book. Maeve leaves Nicole’s body, but then her spirit leaps back into the fireplace and blows everything up.
Charlie rolls up in a fire engine to rescue Doc, Nicole and Jeremy from the burning house. He first pulls Doc out, and just as he gets him to safety, Doc turns around and kills him, vampire-style. Nicole runs out and sees what he’s done, and she is furious. She says if she ever sees Doc again she will kill him.
Over on the other story line, Wynonna and Waverly are trying to pass Kevin’s test of taking Bulshar’s arm from a radioactive Revenant. Waverly winds up using the ring to defeat the Revenant, and when Kevin comes back, she says the arm isn’t the weapon to defeat Bulshar; it’s Waverly and the ring.
Kevin says when Waverly takes her rightful place on her father’s throne; the garden gets sealed, and she saves the world. Wynonna then presses Kevin to tell her what then happens to Waverly.
That is not acceptable.
[*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 9 Episode 3 “Weirdo Gallagher Vortex”Debbie is really hitting it off with her new lesbian welder friend, Alex.
Like, really hitting it off.
It looks like Alex may no longer has a straight friend to hang out with.
Later Debbie talks to her brother Ian, aka “Gay Jesus/Gay Che” about it.
Although he semi-apologizes later, Ian is a dismissive dick about the whole thing. As “Gay Jesus” he should be more supportive of his sister and her experience. To be honest, I have grown tired of the whole Church of Gay Jesus story line. It’s just gotten weird and boring.
Debbie and Alex though, that is very interesting and I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes.
This week it’s the big *Wynonna Earp* season three finale! I feel confident Waverly is not going to turn to die, but how will the big Bulshar battle go down? We shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Shameless US, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 19, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-november-19-2018/)
**Published:** November 19, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Legends of Tomorrow gives us a perfect episode of television featuring Mini Avalance while Riverdale tosses us Choni crumbs.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Legends of Tomorrow* gives us a perfect episode of television featuring Mini Avalance, while *Riverdale* tosses us Choni crumbs.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 5 “Wet Hot American Bummer” \[Live\]For today’s *Legends of Tomorrow* recap, I would like to build the case that “Wet Hot American Bummer” is a perfect episode of television for queer fans, because it includes so many things we love.
### Thing one – Domestic Avalance
We are a people so starved of seeing ourselves doing every day things on TV that we absolutely LOVE it when we get to see queer couples being domestic. In the first scene of this episode, we got to see Sara and Ava watching a cheesy horror movie in bed together.
Ava looks it up and finds out the movie is based on a real life tragic events that happened at a Summer Camp in Maine in 1995. This sounds suspicious to Sara and she instinctively calls out for Gideon.
Sara forgetting she can’t summon Gideon when she’s not on the Waverider is such a cute moment. Ava’s smile and calling Sara “Babe” is fandom-pleasing perfection.
Gideon does call Sara up on her phone and confirms the kids disappearing from camp is suspicious timeline magical monster activity, and the Legends need to go back to 1995 to fix it.
### Thing two – Avalance adventure
Sara needs to end their date and go find the monster in 1995 which prompts Ava to mention how they almost got to spend uninterrupted time together. Instead of leaving Ava in 2018, she invites her along.
I love when Sara and Ava get to work on a time-fixing mission together.
Not only do we get a fun monster-battling-girlfriends adventure, we also get some interesting drama related to the fact Ava never had a childhood and therefore never experienced Summer Camp.
Sara needs to teach her things you learn as a kid like pinkie swears.
> I absolutely love Sara teaching Ava how to pinkie swear. [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/v8ugoGleVe](https://t.co/v8ugoGleVe)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 17, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1063884451233628160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
### Thing three – Serious vs. fun Avalance
As outlined in [Mika’s things we love post](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/top-7-grumpy-cheerful-pairings/), fans love a Grumpy/Cheerful paring. Sara and Ava go undercover as camp counselors in order to find the swamp monster, and the two of them have very different approaches to interacting with the campers.
I think many show writers believe they can’t have a happy couple on a show and keep things interesting at the same time — you have to have constant conflict to be entertaining. However on Legends, Sara and Ava’s relationship has evolved to Serious Girlfriends level, but they still maintain their individual personalities. Ava has not turned into only Sara’s girlfriend with no life or plot of her own.
Their opposing personality types are what keep things interesting and really funny as well. I do believe opposites compliment each other, and watching Sara and Ava deal with these girls in their own ways is very enjoyable to watch.
### Thing three – Sweet Avalance moments
Even though Sara and Ava are on a mission to kill a swamp monster, they still manage to have some sweet moments hanging out and talking. We learn some Sara backstory about loving Summer Camp when she was a kid.
Sneakily drinking and sharing stories, in addition to Ava throwing in a “my love” — it’s sweet moment perfection.
### Thing four – Mini Avalance
Sara tells Ava the only way they can get real information from the girls is to infiltrate their clique, and Constantine gave her a potion that will temporarily turn them into kids so they can do that.
This potion gives us a supernatural moment for Avalance and some conflict, because a little bit of conflict can be interesting.
Ava walks off, hurt by the fact that Sara didn’t take her cloneness into consideration regarding the potion, but later she gives her an “I’m sorry” bracelet to make up for it.
I love how Sara and Ava resolve their conflict. Usually on the Arrowverse any conflict is a relationship-ending event. Here Ava told Sara how it made her feel, and Sara apologized for not realizing sooner. I love good girlfriend modeling!
Sara convinces Ava to take the potion, but she’s worried it’s not going to work on her since she was created as a fully formed adult.
I love the circle back to the pinkie swear!
They take the potion and, hooray, it works for both of them.
While mini Avalance meet the girls for the first time, the campers are complaining about how bad the counselors are, especially “Lake Beast,” the nickname they’ve given Ava. Mini Sara is trying to get Mini Ava to join in on the dissing in order to win the girls’ trust.
The kid actors playing Sara and Ava do an amazing job of keeping their personalities while portraying them as tweens.
### Thing five – Avalance battling a Big Bad
After Mini Avalance finally discovers the real bad guy (the handsome young counselor), they have a big, Buffy-style battle scene where they defeat him.
Mini Avalance saves the day!
## Thing six – Big finale Avalance kiss
At the end of the episode, we are given the gift of a super sweet scene of Mini Avalance walking and talking before they transform back to their grown up selves.
> "I'm happiest with you." ❤️
> What a sweet ending scene for a fantastic episode. Thank you, [@LoTWritersRoom](https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for making one of the best shows on TV. [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#MiniAvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/MiniAvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#avalancekiss](https://twitter.com/hashtag/avalancekiss?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Exd9uOYHIC](https://t.co/Exd9uOYHIC)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1062183902347964416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**It’s a perfect ending to a perfect episode!**
Most of us never got a queer childhood. We didn’t get to do the usual things our straight friends did when they first experienced having romantic feelings. In fact, we usually spent our childhoods suppressing our thoughts, feeling shameful about the feelings we did allow ourselves to have, or trying to force ourselves to be straight.
Seeing queer childhood scenes is beautiful. I already regret how corny this sounds, but to be honest, it’s healing. When Ava says, “I’m happiest with you,” I imagine it dissolving some of her clone shame, and you can see on Sara’s face she’s proud to be the person Ava is happiest with.
**Other shows take note, this is how you do it! This is how you create a perfect episode of queer positive television!**
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “The Book of Blood: Chapter One” \[Live\]This episode opens with Gambi appearing to be ambushed and murdered. Inspector Henderson tells the Lightning family he’s been killed, but Jefferson refuses to believe it until he sees a dead Gambi with his own eyes. I’m with Jefferson, I think Gambi is still alive, too.
However, Anissa believes it and makes an unannounced grief booty call to Grace at her apartment.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1062547151845277697
Oh, my goodness, y’all! I am so used to queer women’s sex scenes being so tame on TV I forgot the bar *Black Lightning* set last season with Anissa. I LOVE that Anissa’s scenes get equal treatment to the straight ones (*Riverdale*, take note).
Post-bang, Grace is still not feeling confident about Anissa’s intentions.
Grace tells Anissa she can’t just drop by her apartment for comfort sex when she’s feeling sad.
Grace goes on to tell her she’s learned to depend on only herself and not let others in because of how her parents were. If Grace lets Anissa in and she ghosts her again, she could do her real harm.
I was literally yelling, “Just tell her you wont hurt her again!” at my TV. How can you say, “no” to those eyes and tattoos?
While Grace is in the other room, she has some kind of episode where her skin starts to move and a leopard-like pattern emerges.
I guess Grace is hesitant to start dating Anissa from a combination of not 100% trusting her and dealing with whatever supernatural thing is happening to her.
Does Grace know who she is and what her powers are? Or does she not know what’s happening to her and found a drug to suppress it?
I want so bad to fast-forward Thundergrace to happy, bad guy catching, superhero girlfriends, but I am also enjoying this evolution of their relationship. Let’s just not spend many more episodes in Relationship Conflict Land.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “Chapter Forty: The Great Escape” \[Live\]Meanwhile, on the other end of The CW spectrum, *Riverdale* is getting Choni so wrong.
Both Cheryl and Toni used to be interesting characters with a decent amount of screen time, but since they’ve started going out, they have little screen time and little personality.
In this episode Cheryl uses an euphemism when referring to off-screen sex.
Really, *Riverdale*? Why wont you just show the scene? It’s not like this show is tame with their sex scenes, in this very episode we saw Veronica and Archie bang against a locker.
The show did toss us this crumb of a 1.8 second long kiss.
I really do not understand why they are doing this. It feels like a show from 8 years ago the way they are treating Cheryl and Toni. Insult to injury is the fact [they cut a bunch of Choni scenes from the show](https://youtube.com/epJR9KOUgos) last season.
[**\#ChoniDeservesBetter**](https://twitter.com/hashtag/chonideservesbetter)**,** ***Riverdale*****. Get it together!**
*[BoJack Horseman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/)* – Season 5 Episode 7 “INT. SUB” \[Binge-Watch\]I’ve been on-again, off-again binging *BoJack Horseman* (I’m forever grateful to [Laura Markus](https://twitter.com/laura_markus) for encouraging me to watch this show), and I was so happy to make it to the episode where [Issa Rae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/issa-rae/) plays a lesbian!
Issa plays [Indra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/indra/), Diane’s therapist who makes it too obvious who she’s talking about when she gossips about her other famous Hollywoo patients.
In this episode she has dinner with her wife [Mary-Beth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-beth/) (played by Wanda Sykes), and their conversation provides narration for the entire episode as they both talk about their clients.
It’s so cute seeing Issa play a queer character, even if it is just her voice.
*[The Bisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bisexual/)*[ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bisexual/)– Season 1 Episode 1 “Episode One” \[Streaming\][\#TwentyBiTeen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TwentyBiTeen) hasn’t even started yet, and already *The Bisexual*, a series by out bi director, writer and actor [Desiree Akhavan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/desiree-akhavan/), has dropped on Hulu.
It’s about a woman named Leila who takes a break with her long-term girlfriend to discover her sexuality. After moving in with a straight male roommate, Leila takes him out to hang with her queer friends at a club.
> This is one of the most accurate scenes ever put on a screen. -T [\#TheBisexual](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBisexual?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/wTeYHirSdb](https://t.co/wTeYHirSdb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1064320341290426368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I thought that scene was so hilarious and ACCURATE!
I’ve only seen a couple episodes, but I am enjoying it so far. The show goes where we are usually too scared to, but in a good way.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 6 “Kappa Spirit” \[Live\]Last week the sisters cast the spell to erase Mel and Niko’s meeting from history, and Mel is depressed and not leaving the house.
The sisters eventually get her out of bed, and she helps them fight an evil sorority ghost from the 80. At the end Mel is still sad and tells Maggie how much she misses Niko.
> We miss Niko too. 😢 [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tSBcKmxWds](https://t.co/tSBcKmxWds)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1064356235963768832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope we don’t have too many Niko-free episodes. My prediction is she is going to randomly run into her, and I can’t wait to see what happens.
It looks like someone else misses Niko, too.
> 💔 [\#wheresniko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wheresniko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Ellen Tamaki (@ellentorii) [November 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1064357065701781504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s Thanksgiving week here in the US, but all that eating will not keep me from watching TV! To those who celebrate, Happy Thanksgiving! May all of your homophobic family members keep their mouths shut at the dinner table. See you next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, BoJack Horseman, Charmed (2018), Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, The Bisexual
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 12, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-november-12-2018/)
**Published:** November 12, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Deuce season two finale ends where it started and Mel and her sisters cast a spell to alter history on Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *The Deuce* season two finale ends where it started and Mel and her sisters cast a spell to alter history on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 2 Episode 9 “Inside the Pretend” \[Catch Up\]The Deuce season two finale started where we began with Shay passed out on Irene’s office couch.
Also, Barbara and Melissa didn’t have a reunion, but Melissa did get involved with Bobby’s very naïve son Joey. I think she is only doing it to take advantage of him.
And that’s it for our queer characters.
There is only one more season planned for The Deuce. It looks like we’re going to do another time jump and deal with more cocaine, AIDS, NYC real estate going up and how that affects the porn industry.
I hope our characters make it to season three.
*Legends of Tomorrow* – Season 4 Episode 3 “Dancing Queen” \[Live\]This episode was pretty fun with the Legends traveling back to 70s Punk London.
Nate stayed back in 2018 with Gary and Ava at the Time Bureau where Ava gave Nate a crash course in necessary paperwork.
That line made me laugh. I love a details-loving nerd.
Again, this episode didn’t have a lot of Avalance content, but Sara did pay Ava a visit at the Bureau at the end of the show.
They’re so cute — I love a serious / no inhibitions pairing.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 5 “Other Women” \[Live\]In this episode, Niko is still feeling consumed by Trip’s death. She is feeling guilty and like a terrible detective for not figuring out he was the Halloween murderer (which he wasn’t). Mel knows Trip was framed for the murders by the Elder, but she’s still playing along with the lie.
Later, Niko is questioned by a FBI guy, but actually he’s a shapeshifter demon assassin that is out for Niko.
When Mel picks Niko up from work, she learns she’s been put on leave.
Things are only getting worse for Mel’s girl.
That night, Mel is trying to distract Niko with dinner, but she has new news for her. Before he died, Trip left Niko a voicemail about Mel’s mother’s death.
Uh oh, that’s Mel’s mom and the two other Elders. Niko also says Trip pulled their files, but now they are missing.
Niko is catching on to the possibility that Trip was framed, and now Mel has a serious situation on her hands. She’s trying to get Niko to let it go even though she could not let her mother’s death go for months after she died.
Mel asks Niko to go away with her for the weekend, and right after she says yes, she remembers Trip has a cabin in the woods (one of the safest places on TV shows). Maybe that’s where he put the files.
Niko goes to the cabin in the dark with only a flashlight and finds the evidence. Shapeshifter dude is right on her tail and turns into Trip. Shapeshifter as Trip gets Niko to hand over the vials. He then knocks her out, and sets the cabin on green fire. Fortunately, Mel rolls up in time and is able to pull Niko out the cabin (#LesbiansLive).
Niko is asleep at the hospital while Harry and Mel are discussing the situation in her room. Harry has accurately determined Niko has a shapeshifter after her, and Mel should text the evidence pics Niko took in the cabin to herself and then delete them off Niko’s phone. Harry is banking on Niko forgetting she ever took the photos and forgetting the whole thing.
That does not sound like a realistic solution, and Mel is still concerned, because it will not protect her from the demon.
And she’s right, because moments later the shapeshifter comes in looking like a nurse and tries to kill Niko again. Harry and Mel are able to save her and bring her back to the Charmed house, but Mel knows they can’t keep her safe there forever.
Mel thinks it’s all her fault Niko is being threatened. She then has an idea.
Harry warns her about the unknown implications of doing this spell, but Mel insists on it anyway. She believes it is the only way she can protect Niko from the demon.
> Mel and her sisters casting a spell on Niko so her and Mel never met to protect her from a shapeshifter demon. What is going to happen to the two of them now? [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/h3hvQDMhn4](https://t.co/h3hvQDMhn4)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1062002152296640514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Ugh, that is so sad. But drastic things happen to couples on shows like this, and I love how the two of them as a couple are so normalized. Their queerness is not a focus of hardship — it’s the regular supernatural shenanigans that happen on these shows.
After Niko’s gone, Mel looks her up on social, and she seems to be happy. Mel tries to move on and go to work, but when she gets there, someone else is teaching her class. She realizes Niko was the one who woke her up when she interviewed for the job. She must have overslept and missed it altogether.
In the previews Mel still talks about Niko, so I’m sure this is not the last of her. I am interested to see how the history-changing spell messes up other things in Mel’s present. I also wonder what is going to happen when the two of them cross paths again.
Tonight, Sara and Ava go to Summer Camp on *Legends of Tomorrow* and I am so ready for it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Legends of Tomorrow, The Deuce
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – November 5, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-november-5-2018/)
**Published:** November 5, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Shay and Irene are not sustainable on The Deuce, Ava gets her own adventure with Nate on Legends of Tomorrow and Mel digs herself in deeper trouble with Niko on Charmed.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** Shay and Irene are not sustainable on *The Deuce*; Ava gets her own adventure with Nate on *Legends of Tomorrow*, and Mel digs herself in deeper trouble with Niko on *Charmed*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 2 Episode 7 “The Feminism Part” \[Catch up\]I’m a little behind on The Deuce, so I’ve got a double shot of Deuce for you today. 😄
Irene is still trying to get Shay to play house with her by keeping her holed up in her apartment. One morning, Shay wants to leave and get breakfast, but Irene tells her she can’t because Rodney will be looking for her.
When she gets home from work that night, Shay’s gone.
We all saw this coming, right? Locking your straight, prostitute, addict girlfriend in your apartment to hide her from a vengeful pimp is not an ideal situation to foster a healthy relationship.
First, Shay finds Rodney and gets drugs from him, and then later, Irene finds her turning tricks.
Ugh! Poor Shay and Irene. The whole thing sucks. I wonder if the two of them are going to have any more plot for the rest of the season.
*[The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)* – Season 2 Episode 8 “Nobody Has to Get Hurt” Something big happened on this episode — Barbara (Melissa’s girlfriend) returned from prison!
She confronts Larry, her former pimp, and lets him know she is pissed he never visited or even answered any of her letters. She makes him give her some money and then asks Darlene if Melissa is still out there. She tells her she’s with CC now and asks Barbara if she wants to know where she is. She says no because she doesn’t want Melissa to see her the way she is now, but she does want her to know she was asking about her.
Larry is clueless.
I love Darlene.
I wonder what the big Barbara / Melissa reunion is going to look like!
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 2 “Witch Hunt” \[Live\]There were zero scenes with Sara and Ava together, but the really cool thing is Ava had a story of her own with Nate. I thought it was great now that Ava and Sara are solidly in a relationship. Ava’s role is not only being Sara’s girlfriend (like Toni now is on *Riverdale*).
Also, Nate and Ava are an unlikely pair, and I loved how the show made it work.
My favorite moments of the episode were Ava’s *annoyed with men* face.
And her yelling at Gary.
*[The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)* – Season 5 Episode 4 “News Flash” \[Live\]This is the first time I’ve written about The Flash because it’s my least favorite of the Arrowverse shows, and there hasn’t been any queer ladies on it. Well, that changed last week!
It’s a long story, but Barry (who is the Flash) and his wife Iris (they were raised as siblings, it’s gross) were surprised to meet their future daughter, Nora, who time traveled to the present for Flash reasons. That’s what this season has been all about, Iris and Barry getting to know their grown daughter they didn’t know they were going to have.
On this episode, Nora is infatuated with an app called Spyn Zone that sends notifications whenever something newsworthy is happening in the city. The app is run by Spencer Young who just happens to be a former co-worker of Iris’ who she doesn’t like very much.
Oh, snap! If you haven’t caught on yet, Iris and Nora’s relationship is off to a challenging start.
Suspicious behavior is happening to people and Team Flash thinks it may be Spencer trying to create news for her clickbait app. They believe she may be a meta with hypnotic powers. To prove this they send Nora to talk to her with a Meta detector watch on.
Nora walks up to her, but she’s too busy fangirling and not listening to Iris in her ear or turning on the meta detector thingie.
Oh! Nora *likes her* likes her.
In the end, Spencer does turn out to be evil, but Barry and Iris having a queer daughter definitely makes the show more interesting!
*[Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)* – Season 2 Episode 5 “Do a Little Harm…” \[Live\]On this episode both Jack and Maya are flirting with the same girl and competing to get her number. The rest of the firehouse notices this and start placing their bets.
The betting was pretty funny, but in the end they both got her number.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 4 “Exorcise Your Demons” \[Live\]The sisters have a possessed Angela Wu problem on their hands, and they have called on the Elders to help them exorcise her demon. An Elder named Charity Callaghan arrives, and she tells them they need to kill the Demon which will inevitably kill Angela at the same time.
The girls want to do an exorcism instead and save Angela, but Charity says there is none of her soul left to save. Charity also tells Mel to keep an eye on her girlfriend. To the rest of the world, Angela is a missing person, and Niko and her partner Trip Bailey are doing detective work around her disappearance.
Mel tells Maggie she’s going home to figure out an exorcism spell, but she’s reminded by Maggie that she should be keeping tabs on Niko instead.
It looks like they’re safe with Niko, but Trip is another story.
Mel is so determined to save Angela; she takes her from the attic and drives her to a warehouse with Maggie. The rest of Team Charmed show up and Trip too, because he has caught up to their suspicious activity.
The sisters successfully kick the demon out of Angela and put her in a paint can. However, Trip sees this and thinks they are doing something nefarious with Angela. Charity zaps the gun out of Trip’s hand, but a large pipe falls on him and kills him. Mel is horrified, but Charity tells her, “She’ll take care of it.”
Later, Mel catches up with Niko and learns exactly how Charity “took care of it.”
Great, now Mel has two major, trust-destroying secrets she’s keeping from Niko. The worst part is in the previews for next week’s show — Mel wants to put a spell on Niko that will make her forget they ever met. Oh, no!
Last week was pretty light on the explicitly queer content, let’s hope this week brings the goods.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Legends of Tomorrow, Station 19, The Deuce, The Flash
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### [Queer Beats - November 16, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-november-16-2018/)
**Published:** November 16, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Black Lightning gave us the ThunderGrace content we deserve, Legends of Tomorrow blessed us with tweens, and Wynonna Earp won big!
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Black Lightning gave us the ThunderGrace content we deserve, Legends of Tomorrow blessed us with tweens, and Wynonna Earp won big!
## [Batwoman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8712204/)
I hope none of you are sick of hearing about Batwoman yet because the content won’t stop! We got another official look at [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)‘s Batwoman this week and she continues to look perfect in the classic wig/mask.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNwnE2Hrpg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’m so excited and I just can’t hide it!This picture was officially revealed by Entertainment Weekly along with a [full interview with Ruby and other members of the Arrowverse](https://ew.com/tv/2018/11/15/ruby-rose-batwoman-elseworlds-crossover-photo/?utm_medium=social&utm_term=F27258AE-E8F7-11E8-A98F-F6E24744363C&utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_ew&utm_content=link&utm_source=twitter.com). My personal favorite moment in the article is when Marc Guggenheim (consulting producer of the Crossover) describes her as “kind of a dick” and “swaggy” because it truly sounds like our beloved Kate Kane!
## [The Bisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bisexual/)
There is a new 6-part drama series titled “The Bisexual” that premieres TODAY on Hulu! It was created by [Desiree Akhavan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/desiree-akhavan/) (recently known for directing and co-writing the movie “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”), who is Iranian-American and identifies as bisexual. She was [recently interviewed by Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/for-desiree-akhavan-hulus-comedy-drama-the-bisexual-is-very-personal) where she spoke about the personal nature of the show. “The Bisexual” features a lead character that identified as a lesbian but begins to identify as bisexual after a breakup.
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
Meanwhile, The Bold Type apparently wants us to relive the pain of last season…
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqK83niHiku/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
OKAY WE GET IT. KADENA IS GOING TO BE THE END OF ALL OF US.## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
ThunderGrace fans have been #BLESSED this week! First, [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) teased us by posting this:
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1062045219812560896
We had no idea what we were in for.Then, the [Feminist Asian Dad blog](https://feministasiandad.com/2018/09/08/chantal-thuy-interview-black-lightning-grace-choi/) released an interview with Chantal where she touched on the outpouring of support that she has received from LGBTQ fans ever since she began portraying [Grace Choi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-choi/). And, to top it all off, both Chantal and [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) spent both east and west coast airings of Black Lightning retweeting and liking fandom tweets. Here is one of my personal favorites:
> THUNDERGRACE IS HAPPENING YALL, ITS THE GAYS TIME !!🌈🌈[@NafessaWilliams](https://twitter.com/NafessaWilliams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @Chantal\_Thuy [\#BlackLightning](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLightning?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/s0V4wDZAMB](https://t.co/s0V4wDZAMB)
>
> — V (@TargaryenHalsey) [November 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/TargaryenHalsey/status/1062533836972552192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Unfurl your ThunderGrace flags, y’all.## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
Sad about the recent Melko storyline? Have no fear because [Ellen Tamaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-tamaki/) took over the Charmed Instagram account to make sure we still got that sweet gay content.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNs3-KgeQd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’m in pain when I see them and I’m in pain when I don’t.## [Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)
Jane Villanueva will be back on our screens on Wednesday nights this Spring which is cool and all but really this is just the beginning of the end and I hate the thought. But, to save the day, [Yael Groblas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) posted some much needed Petramos content to cure us of our depression:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGUdSlAgn8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
GREAT distraction attempt, ladies.## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
This week, Legends aired one of my all-time favorite episodes of the entire show so far. Thankfully, the best part of having tween versions of AvaLance was that we also got tween behind-the-scenes content as well!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqL3M8nBrJj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
That second picture makes me emo.https://www.instagram.com/p/BqGU2_aBdIc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Remember when they had a fairy tale kiss?> okay but can we just discuss kid!Sara and kid!Ava doing their secret handshake because it’s adorable [pic.twitter.com/MR7rNuJsb0](https://t.co/MR7rNuJsb0)
>
> — jess™ 🫧 (@plinys) [November 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/plinys/status/1062465724495642624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Petition for [Caity](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) and [Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) to recreate this 2k18.## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
I have such a complicated relationship with Riverdale most days (re: [this article](https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/11/216897/riverdale-queerbaiting-joaquin-archie-kiss)). The show might not give us as much Choni content as we deserve, but thankfully [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) and [Madelaine Petsch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelaine-petsch/) have us covered.
> Hi. [pic.twitter.com/HqH1TwF9RM](https://t.co/HqH1TwF9RM)
>
> — Vanessa Morgan (@VanessaMorgan) [November 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/VanessaMorgan/status/1062770838598909952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> “time isn’t straight and neither I am” akdjshsh SHE DID THAT I’m screaming thank you vanessa 🌈🌈👭👩❤️👩 [pic.twitter.com/0SLj7pCvhC](https://t.co/0SLj7pCvhC)
>
> — luna ‧₊˚ ☾. ⋅ (@witchymunson) [November 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/witchymunson/status/1062773265264009216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And my personal holy grail: confirmation that Cheryl is, in fact, a lesbian. As a result, add this to my list of my fave bisexual/lesbian couples (filed right under Cophine, thanks).
https://twitter.com/yeeewhore/status/1062871826815115264
Petition for a Bughead-style Choni sex scene 2k18.## [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
First, I love Vida more than I could ever possibly put into words. Second, I REALLY love [Emma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-2/). And third, I love [Mishel Prada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mishel-prada/) in t-shirts (re: the following video). If that isn’t enough to convince you to watch this whole clip, you should know that it also includes Melissa and Mishel taking tequila shots and Mishel answering a question about straight actors who play LGBTQ characters:
I also want you to know that Mishel liked my tweet where I fangirled about loving her in t-shirts so I think we are in love now??## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
WYNONNA EARP IS OFFICIALLY THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE FOR BEST CAST EVER!!! Just kidding, they won for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Show which is even cooler!!! We are all so proud of our little sci-fi beans and got to revel in their smiles all night.
> Squad Goals 🙌 Check out the cast of [@WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) rolling deep. [\#PCAs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PCAs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oZPEisE9pG](https://t.co/oZPEisE9pG)
>
> — People's Choice Country Awards (@peopleschoice) [November 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/peopleschoice/status/1061786978629238784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> eu amo muito esse cast mano, tô muito orgulhosa af [pic.twitter.com/iCQaxWGXjk](https://t.co/iCQaxWGXjk)
>
> — jaq⁴⁴ (@rushsatzu) [November 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/rushsatzu/status/1061804092954234881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Omg you guys!! Here we were wondering if anyone actually knew who we were! You guys are incredible!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
>
> — ✌🏼Kat Barrell ✌🏼 (@KatBarrell) [November 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell/status/1061832988802015232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [@FlailerOfAScot](https://twitter.com/FlailerOfAScot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) may this sign never be forgotten. Its been aired on national TV. [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/D4BkG7HCP8](https://t.co/D4BkG7HCP8)
>
> — Haughtbreaker Nic 💛🖤 (@haughtbreaker) [November 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/haughtbreaker/status/1061821567988977664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Honestly, seeing them win made me tear up.Look, I could literally post PAGES of cute content from this night. But, my favorite moment was in this interview when [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/) chooses what Earper tattoo she would get:
A RAINBOW PEACEMAKER TATTOO? KATHERINE!And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Lightning, Chantal Thuy, Charmed (2018), Desiree Akhavan, Ellen Tamaki, Jane the Virgin, Kat Barrell, Legends of Tomorrow, Madelaine Petsch, Mishel Prada, Nafessa Williams, Riverdale, Ruby Rose, The Bisexual, The Bold Type, Vanessa Morgan, Vida, Wynonna Earp, Yael Groblas
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### [Clexacon London 2018: The Panellist](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-london-2018-the-panellist/)
**Published:** November 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Being on Panels gives you a different sort of insight than just watching them. I learned a lot from my fellow panelists at Clexa Con London 2018.
**Content:**
Besides just being press, I was also asked to be on two panels. I accepted, even though it meant I missed out on both Kat Barrell *and* Jamie Clayton in the press room.
If you’ve never been on a panel before, it’s a tricky thing. You have to balance out how much you want to talk with everyone else on the panel. You also have to keep in mind that sometimes you’re on a panel with people who have different views than you do, or who have similar projects.
Truth be told, I see those differences as a good thing, and think of these other sites who do similar work as **coopetition**. This is a term I use in my day job, to refer to other companies in my field. They’re not the enemy, they’re just people who do similar things in different ways. They’re also my friends and people I rely on when I have a question, because there’s no one else who understands the weirdness of trying to document queer characters for sci-fi shows who can body swap than someone who does the same thing.
While I couldn’t live tweet from the panels (that would just be rude) I can give you some of my thoughts from being on the panels and listening to what my peers said.
## Lexa’s Legacy
The opening panel of ClexaCon, in the big room, is always Lexa’s Legacy, where in we discussed the impact of Lexa. It’s been two and a half years since Lexa was killed off on *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*, and it’s safe to say the landscape of TV has never been the same.
> First panel of [\#ClexaConLondon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClexaConLondon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Lexa's legacy [\#OurFightIsNotOver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurFightIsNotOver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aCSS04Qleb](https://t.co/aCSS04Qleb)
>
> — lil tired ✌🏼 (@tiredangrylefty) [November 3, 2018](https://twitter.com/tiredangrylefty/status/1058663368683327489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Those of us on the panel, some were deep into the fandom. Others only found out when Tumblr lost their collective minds. Those overseas felt adrift, like they were the only survivors of a ship the rest of their nation hadn’t even been aware of. We all understood that what had happened was different. Unlike the eerily similar death of Tara on *[Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)*, Lexa happened in a time when the internet had brought us closer.
Back in 1994, we had no access to spoilers about [Kimberly ripping her wig off](https://www.thecut.com/2017/12/i-think-about-kimberly-on-melrose-place-ripping-off-her-wig-a-lot.html) on *[Melrose Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/melrose-place/)*. In 2003, we had newsgroups who slowly, slowly spun out of control asking why Tara had to die. But another 13 years later, we had Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and more. We had spoilers and we had knowledge. We’d been told for weeks that ‘our show’ wouldn’t betray us. That people were safe.
I think that, if the same thing had happened in 2003, we would have revolted in similar ways. I think that had we been fed the steady diet of lies, and had we had the same level of access and connection to the creators, where we could see their reactions, we would have done the same. Because now we knew, we really knew what it was like to be hurt and to suffer when one of the few characters we had was taken away.
Of course, when I look at other shows that had similarly dramatic deaths in [2015](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2015/)–[2016](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2016/), I wonder why there was no outrage from [Lillian Moss](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lillian-moss/)‘ death on *Murdoch Mysteries*, or Wendy Ross-Hogarth, Jeri’s wife, on *Jessica Jones*. And the answer is that Lexa hit us where we were most vulnerable. *The 100* is a show for young adults. As much as it pains me, some of the show’s fans weren’t even born when Ellen’s Puppy Episode aired. My fellow panelists pointed out that Lexa was a rarity – she was a strong, opinionated, leader. She gave the younger generation hope that they too could be those things. And then she was killed.
Does Lexa’s death still matter? Look at the fact that we’ve had two successful ClexaCons, and one pop-up ClexaCon London. Look at the people who ave become writers and artists and directors just to tell *their* stories. Our stories. Yes. Lexa’s death mattered and Lexa’s legacy is all of us.
## LGBT Fans Deserve Better Presents: Representation Matters UK
This panel scared me to be on! While I know a lot about British and UK television, that’s from a very *American* standpoint. Have I watched shows like *Coronation Street* and *EastEnders*? Of course. And I believe soaps like that gave my British born grandmother the words to ask my mother ‘Has Mika become lesbian?’ But my depth of knowledge is as shallow as a saucer of tea compared to my fellow panelists.
https://twitter.com/PlanetNationLBQ/status/1058758731650007040
Coming in to the panel, I’d made my notes of the stats I was likely to need. UK TV is ranked second at the moment on our site, with [119 shows and 380 characters](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/?country=united-kingdom). USA is first, Japan is third (all that Anime) and Canada comes in fourth. 26% of shows on the UK have at least one dead character, compared to 20% for the USA, 14% for Japan, and 17% for Canada. Looking at dead characters, 14% of recorded UK characters are dead, where as only 10% of characters in the US, 6.2% in Japan, and 6.8% of Canadian characters.
When you look at those numbers, you think that UK rep is terrible. It’s not. There’s an amazing amount of diversity on UK series, more bisexuals per capita for example, and a number of shows with positive intersectionality. Also you have to consider the types of shows. The US does record numbers with record channels. No other nation has this many stations, and 18% of US shows are actually web series. The UK? They have seven (7) web series total, making up 5% of all their shows.
And most importantly to me, the UK does most of their work on soap operas. They put queer rep on shows that everyone watches. Unlike soaps in the US, UK ones air in the evening. While their viewership is declining, we’re still talking about 8 million people on a weeknight watching *Coronation Street*. And don’t think it’s the only show pulling in those numbers. *Emmerdale* nets around 6.5 million a week, and BBC’s *EastEnders* clocks in at 5.7 million.
That may seem small to you. At its peak, *CSI* was hauling in around 25 million viewers, after all. But you have to adjust the numbers for the viewers. 25 million viewers works out to be 8% of all people in the United States. 8 million (which is twice over the population of LA, if that helps you), is **12%** is the United Kingdom.
Beyond just soaps, the lack of restrictions from such groups as the FCC, affords the UK considerably more freedoms. This is not to say that Ofcom doesn’t intervene, but their restrictions are fan more relaxed (even if they think ‘arse’ and ‘beaver’ are contextually 2 of the [47 naughtiest words on TV](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/read-what-ofcom-thinks-47-8987533)). They also only made homosexuality fully legal 50 years ago (1967), but even with that, it took until the 1980s for things to really turn around.
With that in mind, the poor representation in the early years UK television makes perfect sense. They literally couldn’t. But once they could, in the scant 30-odd years of freedom, the United Kingdom has far surpassed any other nation in normalizing queerness.
Conclusion? If you just look at raw numbers, UK rep has a lot of death and a lot of ways to go, but they also lead the way in important areas.
## Should you be on a panel?
If you get the opportunity to be on a panel, even if you think you’re not *the* expert, I think you should. Talking with people on the panel, listening to them closely, will teach you more about your subject than anything else. I greatly enjoyed my time on panels, and I’d happily do it again if asked.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Lexa, The 100
---
### [Queer Beats - November 9, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-november-9-2018/)
**Published:** November 9, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Clexacon spreads the fan love, the Legends cast loves each other as much as we love them, and Wynonna Earp prepares for a PCA appearance.
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Clexacon spreads the fan love, the Legends cast loves each other as much as we love them, and Wynonna Earp prepares for a PCA appearance.
## Batwoman
Another week, another blurb about [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)‘s Instagram content. A couple days ago, she posted some pictures of [Emily Bett Rickards](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4703025/). Let me take the time to tell you about my fan relationship with Emily. I admittedly do not watch [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/). I only have seen her as Felicity in the Arrowverse crossovers. But you know that feeling where you see an actress and know that you would love her the second you actually watched their show? That’s how I feel about Emily Bett Rickards. (For the record, this also happened to me with Caity Lotz. I now love her as much as everyone else after my recent Legends of Tomorrow binge). Therefore, I keep getting more and more excited every time she pops up in the wlw fan universe, like when Ruby Rose posted this:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp5BgvrnHwu/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Emily’s response: “This is war”## [Black Mirror](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)
There were rumors flying around this week that there was going to be a sequel to Black Mirror’s famous “San Junipero” episode because of [this Complex article](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2018/10/black-mirror-making-sequels-to-episodes). I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, in response, Charlie Brooker (Black Mirror’s creator) [cleared the air](https://www.thewrap.com/black-mirror-season-5-white-bear-san-junipero-charlie-brooker/) and said that there will not be any San Junipero-related episodes in the near future. We better not have to wait 49 years for a sequel!
## [The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)
As part of a Get-Out-the-Vote type initiative that many shows were endorsing over the past week, The Bold Type released a sneak peek of Season 3. I don’t know if it is just me, but doesn’t [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/) seem like she is upset at the beginning of this clip? Of course, my mind immediately turns to WHAT KADENA DRAMA IS HAPPENING?
> Here's your sneak peek at [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3. [pic.twitter.com/BkYvHsQpKb](https://t.co/BkYvHsQpKb)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [November 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1059512881589309440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
What do I have to do to make [Nikohl Boosheri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikohl-boosheri/) a regular again?## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
The CW listened to its fans this week (and our love for Charmed) by granting the show nine more episodes: a full season order! They sent the same award toward [All American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/) and [Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/), two new shows that also feature LGBTQ+ characters.
> .[@TheCW](https://twitter.com/TheCW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) orders nine more episodes of [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [November 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/EW/status/1060659621340332032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Nine more episodes worth of [Mel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mel-vera/) and [Niko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/niko-hamada/)! (hopefully)## [Clexacon](https://www.clexacon.com/)
Unfortunately, I did not go to Clexacon London so all of my news will be focused on a non-participant POV. But, thankfully, [Mika was able to attend](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-london-2018/) (and spoke at two panels) so she was able to fill us in on all the good ticket-holding details! Additionally, Clexacon has been uploading [full videos of the panels](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmZh2L1aCjJ1onRc-YE1Fwg) so that we can all feel like we were really there.
Here are some of my favorite social media posts from the weekend:
> I’m just adoring these ladies. [@TwiistedRose](https://twitter.com/twiistedrose?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and @NicolePacent are such amazing humans. The world is lucky to have them – M [\#clexacon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/clexacon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#clexaconlondon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/clexaconlondon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/JcepnSCUj8](https://t.co/JcepnSCUj8)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [November 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1059160045403979778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
As always, [Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) and [Mandahla](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4286857/) were there to spread the Clexacon love to the fans.https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/1058652181698555904
Reppin’ [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/) and [CLAIREvoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)!https://twitter.com/MsJamieClayton/status/1059089474783793153
I think everyone fell in love with [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/) this weekend.> .[@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and @MsJamieClayton [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Sense8](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sense8?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RepresentationMatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ahnipWs6Yu](https://t.co/ahnipWs6Yu)
>
> — conagentC (@conagentC) [November 3, 2018](https://twitter.com/conagentC/status/1058723982990565376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The crossover none of us realized we needed.On the topic of Jamie Clayton, [Gay Star News](https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/jamie-clayton-sense8-clexacon/#gs.h7yZm1c) also released a really great interview with Jamie where she talks about trans representation, [Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/), and her favorite TV shows.
## [Coronation Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coronation-street/)
Soap operas can be daunting. There are usually TONS of episodes and lots of excessive drama. But Coronation Street, a UK-based soap opera, has recently [featured its first lesbian engagement](https://inews.co.uk/opinion/coronation-street-kate-rana-lesbian-family-storyline-lgbt/) (and mixed-race family) so I suddenly see a super fan’s edit of only the [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-connor/) and [Rana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rana-nazir/) scenes in my future.
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
The Legends of Tomorrow content keeps on coming! One of the best things about having a cast that loves each other so much is that they hang out often and we get to see pictures and videos! This weekend, the cast attended a performance together at [Bacio Rosso](https://www.baciorosso.com/) and had lots of fun!
> [\#SquadGoals](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SquadGoals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at Bacio Rosso last night in Vancouver! [\#sheroes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sheroes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@jesmacallan](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/tozIZpasXG](https://t.co/tozIZpasXG)
>
> — best of jes macallan (@bestofjmacallan) [November 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/bestofjmacallan/status/1059152266643623937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
CAN THEY ALL FEEL OUR LOVE?> Look at the smile on all their faces 😍 I truly love them [pic.twitter.com/5ZYz3Dr7jv](https://t.co/5ZYz3Dr7jv)
>
> — ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴀᴠᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ (@LgndsOfAvalance) [November 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1059188936172421120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Bury me in their smiles.Meanwhile, the Legends of Tomorrow episode took us into punk-rock London this week and, as usual, the cast had a little extra fun with it.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpzybirA8Ly/?utm_source=ig_twitter_share&igshid=1ef9zul47k71l
I really hope the rumors of a possible musical episode are true…As I am sure most of you are aware, the LoT fandom has an obsession with arms. Pretty much any woman’s arms but, specifically, [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/)‘s arms. The fandom gets so excited when [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) is in tank tops that I am now convinced that the wardrobe department does it on purpose. And, if anyone ever doubts the power of fandom, this Caity tweet from this week should silence them:
> I always feel like my arms are too big so thanks for making me view them as a positive!
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [November 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1059841207210135553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Her response makes me want to happy-cry and encircle myself in her perfect arms for at least two hours.Finally, here’s a cute picture of [Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) being cute on the set:
> Sometimes work is good… sometimes work is great… but sometimes work is AMAZING! Today… was amazing. Thank you @lousupra for being patient with me… as if I didn’t already have massive respect for you… I am officially now..NOT WORTHY @cw\_legendsoftomorrow is back TONIGHT. [pic.twitter.com/P2q9IQuALn](https://t.co/P2q9IQuALn)
>
> — Jes Macallan (@jesmacallan) [November 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1059606812289159168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
For reasons.## [The Perfectionists](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7413448/?ref_=nv_sr_1)
I was honestly ready to put the [Pretty Little Liars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars/) universe to rest… but Freeform was not! This week, they released a sneak peek of their PLL spin-off, The Perfectionists, as part of the same Get-Out-the-Vote initiative that The Bold Type was involved in.
> Here's your [\#PrettyLittleLiars](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrettyLittleLiars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): The Perfectionists sneak peek. [\#PLLThePerfectionists](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PLLThePerfectionists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KKIKqei21Y](https://t.co/KKIKqei21Y)
>
> — Pretty Little Liars (@PLLonMax) [November 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/PLLonMax/status/1059515022026563584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The new show will focus on [Alison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alison-dilaurentis/) and Mona after they are forced to move back to another small-but-dangerous town. Earlier this year, [Marlene King promised](https://tvline.com/2018/05/31/pretty-little-liars-spinoff-alison-emily-relationship-explained-perfectionists/) that we would find out the current status of [Emily](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-fields/) and Alison’s relationship in the first episode.
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
We meet again, Wynonna Earp! This upcoming weekend, the cast will be at the [People’s Choice Awards](https://www.eonline.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards) to find out if all that fan voting has paid off!
> This crew is taking their talents to the [\#PCAs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PCAs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> Tweet us questions for the cast of [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & tune into E!’s [@peopleschoice](https://twitter.com/peopleschoice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)’s red carpet show on Nov. 11th 4p PT/7p ET to see if yours gets asked! [pic.twitter.com/WFlogt0hu0](https://t.co/WFlogt0hu0)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [November 1, 2018](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1058140894824665088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope this is Melanie Scrofano’s response if WE doesn’t win.Today is also the last day to back the IDW kickstarter to develop a new Wynonna Earp graphic novel written by Beau Smith and Tim Rozon. When they hit $100,000, they promised to add a new 8-page WayHaught comic (co-written by Beau Smith, [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/), and [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)) where WayHaught finds themselves caught in a freak blizzard.
> Four days and under $20K to reach the final(?) totally awesome Kickstarter stretch goal: a WAYHAUGHT COMIC with [@DominiqueP\_C](https://twitter.com/DominiqueP_C?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@KatBarrell](https://twitter.com/KatBarrell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) involved in the writing! Eeee! COME N GET IT [\#EARPERS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EARPERS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Update at via [@kickstarter](https://twitter.com/Kickstarter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Boo Hunter 🏳️🌈 #BLM #E4L (@boo\_in\_la) [November 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/boo_in_la/status/1059576482329022465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
\#WayCold pride is the new “cool” thing!And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Mirror, Caity Lotz, Carmilla, CLAIREVoyant, ClexaCon, Coronation Street, Jamie Clayton, Jes Macallan, Kat Barrell, Legends of Tomorrow, Mandahla Rose, Nicole Pacent, Pretty Little Liars, Ruby Rose, The Bold Type, The Perfectionists, Wynonna Earp
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### [ClexaCon London: 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clexacon-london-2018/)
**Published:** November 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A smaller, pop-up style con, the inaugural ClexaCon London event was positively brilliant. Distilling it into one article feels impossible, and yet I shall try.
**Content:**
Through perseverance, luck, and a lot of help from my friends, I was able to attend [ClexaCon London](https://clexa-con.com/london) as press and panelist. If you follow our Twitter, you were inundated with tweets galore from the Haught Panel, as well as Jamie Clayton’s and more. I did my best with photographs, and squeezed in a few interviews (though I was on stage when both Kat Barrell and Jamie Clayton were available).
## What’s ClexaCon London like?
Overall, ClexaCon London was a much smaller event than Vegas, with fewer guests, panels, and a smaller venue. In turn, it was far less of a line-con than people felt ClexaCon Vegas to be. Also everyone was exceptionally British, politely recommending we vacate the room after the last panel, thank you. Everyone was kind and friendly, as they are wont to be at such events.
Many people have said this before, and I won’t be the last, but my god. Walking in to a group of hundreds of people who are all just like you – queer – is a feeling that cannot be compared with anything else. For the first time in forever I was normal. I’m an old hand at cons and panels, but this was the friendliest. To steal from the inimitable Ms. Jamie Clayton, I felt like I was surrounded by my people. I was the majority.
This is not to say it was perfect. I spoke with many attendees, two of whom in particular were autistic and felt the crowds to be overwhelming. Even with these smaller amounts of people, I was constantly bumping into folks and sprinting from panel to panel to press and back again. I still made time for lunch with fellow journalists who are now friends, as well as some love from Eragon, the official comfort pup.
But let’s talk some more about what made ClexaCon London: 2018 so special.
## Officer Haught
My friend Jess H-D was the interviewer for Kat Barrell’s panel. It was Kat’s first time on her own for *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* panels. Kat divulged some secrets to us, like she was a film student before becoming an actor, and that she loves the Stetson. Don’t we all?
Among other things, she confirmed that the cast finds out about the episodes week to week. They film two episodes at the same ‘block’ time, and find out what’s new for their characters when they get the script. She’d wanted Nicole to have a nice family because she loves her character, but also adores Nicole and Nedly’s relationships. My best tidbit for you? Kat missed out on firearms training before filming started, and her first scene was the one where she pulled a gun on Champ.
My favourite moment came when a fan asked what kind of dinosaur Kat would be and she said a brontosaurus, or the cute Petrie from *Land Before Time*. As one might expect, Kat is sweet and kind and loves her fans as much as she is loved.
## Bisexual Representation in Media
There’ve been a lot of horrible people trying to remove the B and the T from LGBTQ+ these days, and frankly I’m having none of that. While we’re all under the queer umbrella, we’re all awesomely different. That’s part of what makes us so great, our differences. As a lesbian, I’m aware of how the media’s horrible portrayal of us for years is detrimental. I wanted to get better idea of how it felt being bisexual and how they see the media’s portrayal impacting them.
- Phoebe Kemp
- Nicole Pacent
- Heidi Lynch
- Marie Diane Grouchka l and Mariya Shcherbinina r
Two of the panelists were psychologists/therapists (Mariya Shcherbinina and Marie-Diane Grouchka) who spoke about the difficulties with treating queer patients as they can’t disclose their own sexuality. They also run a podcast called [Bi Positive](https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/bipositive/id1351323613?mt=2). There was one of the lead actors from an upcoming series, *[Avocado Toast](https://www.avocadotoastseries.com)* (Heidi Lynch – who made the web series about millennials being bisexual). She had just recently come out herself, and was surprised how few places just said the word ‘biseuxal.’ And of course there was the inimitable actor Nicole Pacent, who (among other things) has a podcast called [Coming Out with Lauren & Nicole](https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/coming-out-with-lauren-nicole/id1397585538).
As one might expect, a lot of the media is filled with negative tropes. There’s the promiscuous bisexual, the one who’s just experimenting, the one who gets erased because she’s with a man, the ones who *always* end up with men and never women, and so on. Accurate representation is hard to come by, and very little seems to make bisexuals feel like they’re included.
We clearly need to to better, because we deserve better representation for all.
## Jamie Clayton: Sensing the Need for Change
I have to preface this by saying much of Jamie is unrepeatable. Not because she says horrible things, but because she says so much so fast and is so quotable that I couldn’t keep up! She’s funny and bouncy and always moving. A laugh a second and if I didn’t adore her before, I would now.
https://twitter.com/MsJamieClayton/status/1058736003966529536
Some things you perhaps didn’t know about the most magnificent woman from *Sense8*? She was a makeup artist before she went into acting, and after *Sense8* filmed, she went back to work in a shop because she needed the money. Jess mentioned she’d love to see Jamie in a shop now, and Jamie delightfully informed us she could sell anything to anyone.
A fun tidbit for you, live-tweeting Jamie got me locked out of the Twitter account until I swapped back to my US number. *Apparently* I was tweeting too many photos and too much abnormal content. Oh Twitter!
Jamie Clayton is a national treasure and a sight to behold. She’s easy to talk to, warm, caring, and an amazing actor. I can’t want to see more from her.
## I Can’t Think Straight: 10 Years
Can you believe it’s been ten years since Shamim Sarif and Hanan Kattan groundbreaking film arrived? Along with star Sheetal Sheth, and panelled by Christin Baker from [Tello Films](http://tellofilms.com/), the trio told us about the difficulties that went in to making a movie that people wanted nothing to do with. From insane and incredibly creepy procuders/investors, to hotels refusing to let them stay, it’s honestly a miracle that the movie was made at all. Just as Shamim and Hanan’s life can be a movie, their movie could be one as well.
Beyond just the making of the movie, they told us about their lives and how they were changed by this one film. They told us what they we looking forward to working on next. Shamim wants to have her next novel, *The Athena Protocol*,
As both Shamim and Hanan are queer, I took the opportunity to ask them how they feel about the importance of queer actors playing queer roles. They both feel the matter is complicated. Yes, queer actors should play queer characters, but they shouldn’t be limited to *just* those roles. Indeed that is the problem that many trans actors face, where they are often barred from cisgender roles. In addition, Shamim pointed out the more annoying issue in Hollywood today.
> On a practical level, for sales and distribution, sometimes people want a name. And if the only name you can think of is Kristen Stewart and she’s busy that moment …
>
> Shamim Sarif
The main problem being there aren’t enough queer actresses with high profile resumes to front as needed for a film. Yet.
## LGBTQ Actresses
- Helen Oakleigh
- Mandahla Rose
- Nicole Pacent
- Victoria Broom
- Alicya Eyo
I’ve been to a lot of conventions. I’ve been to a lot of ones for work and for fun. I’ve never seen a panel on the main stage with four openly queer actresses. [Mandahla Rose](https://twitter.com/twiistedrose), [Victoria Broom](https://twitter.com/victoriabroom), [Alicya Eyo](https://twitter.com/alicya75), [Helen Oakleigh](https://twitter.com/helen_oakleigh), and [Nicole Pacent](https://twitter.com/NicolePacent) talked to us for an hour about what it’s like being out and still working.
For Alicya, who was on a soap, there was normalizing about being there. Alicya told a story about how an older woman came up to her in a store and was happy to talk to her, regardless of her character’s sexuality. It just didn’t matter. But even so, after Alicya was on *[Bad Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bad-girls/)* she wasn’t easily employable, even though she wasn’t out. Later on, when she did *[Emmerdale](http://emmerdale)*, she came out of her own accord.
Victoria thinks it’s most important that if a series or film is about queer characters, it *must* have a queer person working on it. Period. She actually now asks this when thinking about what to work on. But also she was very lucky in being cast on *[Marcella](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/marcella/)*, as she’d not known her character was queer until reading the script. More over, the character was treated like every other character, gay or straight. That said, she *really* wanted to play Batwoman.
Lucky Mandahla noted that 10 of the last 11 projects she worked on were queer. And she’s always been out. After Helen came out, she was told that she’d have a hard time getting work. Spoilers? She didn’t. She did work on stage a lot, but she paved her own, amazing, way. As for Nicole, she came out post *The L Word*,
## Nicole Pacent and Mandahla Rose
By the way. These two were all over the con. From crashing the trivia night on Saturday to being on multiple panels to spending hours and hours on the con floor just being with fans, I felt like every time I turned around, I saw one or the other. Nicole even interviewed con-goers for her podcast.
They both told us some very from the heart, personal stories, like Mandahla was a foster child and tried to take her own life. But by telling her story, her truth, she helped give a younger fan hope and a longer life. Mandahla is also working on a pair of webseries: *[Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-hillary-esquina-creator-of-passage-the-series/)* and *[BIFL](https://twitter.com/biflseries)*, both of which we’re greatly looking forward to. Nicole is also on *Passage*, and working a lot in more podcasts than I can even enumerate, and a play called *Love Octogon*.
On the LGBTQ Actresses panel, Nicole said she had a lot of feelings about the importance of openly queer actors to play queer characters. I asked her about this and she expressed the complexities of people portraying characters outside their own factions. It’s different than the more obvious clash of not playing someone of another ethnicity.
> In terms of LGBTQ characters it’s hard. I have two hearts, two minds about this. \[…\] there’s nothing like someone who actually knows \[what it’s like to be queer\] to be able to do that. And I love the fan reactions that I see to queer people playing queer characters. \[…\] I think that there’s a real power in that, that there isn’t necessarily when heterosexual people — hetero cis people — play queer characters. From an impact standpoint, I think that more queer people playing more queer characters is the way to go.
>
> Nicole Pacent
But Nicole also feels that from an artistic standpoint, they’re actors. And they should be able to play whomever they want to play.
> I do like to believe that as actors, our job is to be able to transform and to be able to embody different people and different experiences. It’s part of how we gain empathy ourselves and how we maybe loop those who are more closed minded into things.
>
> Nicole Pacent
Mandahla feels there’s a very fine line, because if we say queers should play queers, then the reverse becomes straights should play straights. But most importantly she said
> We’re more than our sexuality.
>
> Mandahla Rose
She can play straight, she has that talent, and that’s important. But it’s equally important to have queers play queers because of how rare it is.
## *Different for Girls*: Helen, Alicya, and Victoria
The other three actresses on the LGBTQ panel are also in a series together called *[Different for Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/different-for-girls/)*. I asked them about how they felt queer media on television had changed in the last few years. They all noticed it had changed for the better. They had characters in staple shows (like soaps and regular dramas).
> For those characters to go from being non-existent to being token to be being “Well that’s a bit bigger” to having a few scenes, maybe even a view episodes and slightly more and more rounded, to now. We’re starting to get the first shows which are mainstream, which have characters who happen to be gay and it’s not about them being gay.
>
> Alicya Eyo
They all felt it needs to go further, but they’re delighted to see how far it’s come and how much it’s being normalized. Victoria was so excited that her character on *Marcella* was lesbian that she shouted on the airplane.
> The more British television I watch, the more queer characters are showing up. And so it should.
>
> Victoria Broom
I noticed they all wanted to play darker, grittier roles. That felt strikingly at odds with one of the reasons their show was made. That is, *Different for Girls* was created out of frustration of seeing so many queer characters die. When I asked how they balanced that, Helen Oakleigh took the lead.
> When it’s a straight drama, you can do anything you want and you get the more interesting characters. But when it’s a queer drama, you’ve got a responsibility to represent people, because they’ve not been represented before. It’s very important you give that justice. If you go in as the serial killer or torturer who’s doing this and doing that, that’s what all queer people are like. You’re not saying that. It’s just a drama. If you’ve got lots of queer dramas then you can play the whole spectrum of roles.
>
> Helen Oakleigh
## *[CLAIREvoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)*
Finally it was time for the last panel, [Annie Briggs](https://twitter.com/anniembriggs) and [Natasha Negovanlis](https://twitter.com/natvanlis). They just had absolute fun. They’re such good friends and such wonderful people, and their love for each other showed.
At audience Q&A, our friend [Joe](https://twitter.com/FlailerOfAScot) asked about their favourite scene. Instead they told the story about their favourite behind the scenes moment. Being a poor web series, they sometimes had to rely on favours and borrow sets. One of the sets they used was from *Frankie Drake* (which is an excellent series) and Nat and Annie were sitting in the set bathroom (not a real one). As they were there working on lines, giggling about being in the bathroom, Annie started laughing more and more. When Natasha asked why she’d lost her chill, Annie pointed down. There, in the toilet bowl, was a turd. Was it real? Was it fake? They didn’t know.
> If you saw our [@ClexaCon](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) panel you’ll know what this means… [pic.twitter.com/eGXOMV0Upk](https://t.co/eGXOMV0Upk)
>
> — CLAIREVOYANT (@clairevoyantsho) [November 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/clairevoyantsho/status/1059133035025559554?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I can’t explain this any more than they did.
## The End of ClexaCon London: The Christmas Special
And then it was over. We laughed. We cried. We hugged. We absolutely took over the bar and lounge afterwards, but eventually we all made our ways to homes and beds and sad goodbye to a wonderful two days in London.
Thank you, ClexaCon, for such a wonderful pop-up event. I can’t wait to see you all again for Season Three in Las Vegas this April!
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Alicya Eyo, Annie Briggs, CLAIREVoyant, ClexaCon, Different For Girls, Helen Oakleigh, Jamie Clayton, Kat Barrell, Natasha Negovanlis, Nicole Pacent, Sense8, Sheetal Sheth, Victoria Broom
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### [Queer Beats - November 2, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-november-2-2018/)
**Published:** November 2, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Ruby Rose continues to tease Batwoman, Kaitlyn Alexander released their new music video, and our beautiful fandom honors their favorite characters with creative Halloween costumes!
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week in Queer Beats: Halloween Edition, Ruby Rose continued to tease Batwoman, Kaitlyn Alexander released their new music video, and our beautiful fandom honors their favorite characters with creative Halloween costumes!
First, I want to give a shout out to my all-time favorite Halloween costume that I saw online this year: [Elena Alvarez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) from [One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)! SO GOOD!
https://twitter.com/naideneeee_/status/1057649551136350209
I’ve gotta file this away as a future Halloween costume idea.## Arrowverse
Let’s start with some Arrowverse news. First, the Flash added [a queer character](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-west-allen/) (I am already obsessed and I don’t even watch the Flash… I’m sure [Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) will be covering this more on her Queerest Things post this week). Also, [EMILY BETT RICKARDS MIGHT BE DATING AISHA TYLER!?](https://www.autostraddle.com/aisha-tyler-is-either-dating-or-just-enjoys-kissing-her-good-friend-emily-bett-rickards-438191/) I’m not one to speculate on real people’s love lives but it seems like a real possibility and too important to leave out of Queer Beat this week.
## Batwoman
To be honest, this next picture was the highlight of the week. The holy grail. My new phone background. The sun to my moon. The light to my dark.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpaia21APg4/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Forever squealing about Melissa’s face.I am so unbelievably excited about meeting [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/)‘s Batwoman. Therefore, I hope you are all okay with me posting every piece of content we get from now and into eternity. Here’s some more:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpknYMQlLYq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
COOL, RIGHT?https://twitter.com/BatwomanSpain/status/1055781382436335616
Is that an American accent I hear? HELLO, KATE KANE!## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
My favorite part of Halloween is seeing all the amazing wlw costumes! Before I give my Black Lightning news, please peep the cutest thing in the world: a baby [Thunder](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpnYHOql-yP/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I’m not crying, you’re cryingMeanwhile, let’s also all let out a collective scream over this selfie…
https://twitter.com/Chantal_Thuy/status/1055898769022173185
[Chantal](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/) and [Nafessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) are clearly ThunderGrace stans, don’t @ me.## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
This isn’t technically Carmilla related but it is most definitely important to all Carmilla fans. [Kaitlyn Alexander](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaitlyn-alexander/) recently released their first official song off their upcoming EP and, even better, [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) directed the official video below!
Can I just live inside this music video?In other fun Carmilla news, you can officially preorder the upcoming novel online, which will be released in May 2019!
> Plan well in advance. Pre-order CARMILLA: THE NOVEL now.
> Two mugs to look natural on camera. Thanks for the tips, [@baumanelise](https://twitter.com/baumanelise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#creampuffs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/creampuffs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#carmilla](https://twitter.com/hashtag/carmilla?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#twomugs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/twomugs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YHVU4iRbOu](https://t.co/YHVU4iRbOu)
>
> — KCPLoft (@KCPLoft) [October 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/KCPLoft/status/1050755228968992768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Here’s to hoping the Carmilla content never ends.## [Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
The Charmed reboot has been showering us with Good Queer Content in all their episodes so far and [Melonie Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melonie-diaz/) decided to join in this week!
> Suspenders! @tankgirlyo [\#charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/F9MidoM0JK](https://t.co/F9MidoM0JK)
>
> — Melonie Diaz (@Melonie\_Diaz) [October 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/Melonie_Diaz/status/1056731448181370880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Helllooooo, Mel!Also, I don’t know when it became a thing for the writers’ room of shows to have their own personal Twitter accounts, but I am VERY GRATEFUL for it because of gems like this:
> Do you think Mel and Niko remembered to blow out those candles before they left to do the do? TUNE IN NEXT WEEK
>
> — Charmed Writers (@CharmedWriters) [October 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/CharmedWriters/status/1056759035842576384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
Have you all binged this show yet? It is the perfect amount of spooky for the Fall season, especially if you are scared of everything like me! Another one of my favorite parts of this show is [Susie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susie-putnam/), Sabrina’s non-binary friend. Not only is it really cool that there is non-binary representation on the show, but the character is played by [Lachlan Watson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lachlan-watson/), who also identifies as non-binary! You can read this really great Buzzfeed interview with them [here](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/chilling-adventures-sabrina-susie-lachlan-watson-lgbt), where they talk about how they got the role and why it is so important.
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
Meanwhile, on the gayest show on TV, we were alerted to the existence of the Time Bureau softball team (via Nate’s sweatshirt) and fans have already recreated the official sweatshirts so we can all be part of the team!
> Thanks one of our AMAZING FANS (aka our merch department) you too can now be a member of the Time Bureau's Softball League! Suit up Legends! Big ups to [@NicConrads](https://twitter.com/nicconrads?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for getting this out there so darn quick!
>
> — Legends of Tomorrow Writers Room (@LoTWritersRoom) [October 31, 2018](https://twitter.com/LoTWritersRoom/status/1057487061811290112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m an archivist and “we do things chronologically” is basically my motto.And, in my Maisie Sellers-Richardson obsessed mind, I have been fangirling over her [recent picture with her real-life girlfriend](https://www.instagram.com/p/BpfScTEgV_6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) and also over these first pictures of her new Legends character, Charlie!!!
https://twitter.com/LegendsLightnin/status/1057729748296720389
I think it’s a crime that Maisie is not on LezWatchTV yet. Someone give her a queer role!I was really hoping to see an AvaLance costume this year and my wish came true! Here is my favorite Legends Halloween costume:
https://twitter.com/madebykathryn/status/1057750074263064580
Spider-man approves.## Rent
How do you measure #20gayteen? In queer musicals, of course! [Fox has announced](https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/fox-rent-live-musical-casting-tinashe-kiersey-clemons-brandon-victor-dixon-valentina-1202677983/) that it will be producing a live version of Rent, a musical that is set during the AIDS crisis and features mostly queer characters. [Kiersey Clemons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiersey-clemons/) will be playing Joanne (my personal favorite) while Vanessa Hudgens will be playing her on-and-off-again girlfriend, Maureen.
## [SuperGirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Let’s talk about [Nicole Maines ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)(again). We all know that last week’s episode of SuperGirl wasn’t the best, but I was mainly disappointed that [Nia Nal](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/) did not make an appearance. Therefore, I had to get my Nicole Maines content elsewhere! This week, she talked to [People Magazine](https://people.com/tv/supergirl-nicole-maines-first-trans-superhero/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=peoplemagazine&utm_medium=social&xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag) about coming out, playing Nia Nal, and her first Comic Con experience. She also spoke with [NKD Mag](https://nkdmag.com/issue-89-november-2018/) and posted some pictures from that photoshoot:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpn7n2agU7c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
I hope we get a Nia Nal photoshoot when she finally gets her super suit!And I cannot resist a good Alex Danvers cosplay (I mean, could any of us really resist a good Alex Danvers cosplay?) so here is my favorite SuperGirl costume!
https://twitter.com/TargetChyler/status/1057783066297544704
Bonus points for actually looking like [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/).## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Finally, Wynonna Earp! You know, every single week, I think I will leave Wynonna Earp out of Queer Beats because it is not airing and there is not that much WE content in the news… but the show always proves me wrong! This week, they released a fun Halloween-themed costume guide to help out fans who want to dress like their favorite character:
Is a baby bump truly ever optional, though?There were so many good Wynonna Earp costumes on Twitter and especially some really great [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) costumes. I wish I could list them all here! But my favorite has to be Haught and [Gooverly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/). So perfect for Halloween!
> Don't eat the lipstick, Waves [\#HappyHalloween](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HappyHalloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#wayhaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wayhaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#gooverly](https://twitter.com/hashtag/gooverly?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#nicolehaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/nicolehaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/d168ikN42r](https://t.co/d168ikN42r)
>
> — 🎼Laura🏳️🌈 (@actionsalmon) [October 31, 2018](https://twitter.com/actionsalmon/status/1057752082650787840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Batwoman, Black Lightning, Carmilla, Chantal Thuy, Charmed (2018), Elise Bauman, Kaitlyn Alexander, Kiersey Clemons, Lachlan Watson, Legends of Tomorrow, Melonie Diaz, Nafessa Williams, Nicole Maines, One Day at a Time, Ruby Rose, Supergirl, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, The Flash, Wynonna Earp
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### [One Year of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/one-year-queerest-things-watched-last-week/)
**Published:** October 29, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Today I posted my 52nd weekly Queerest Things I Watched Last Week post which means I have covered a FULL YEAR of the queer things I watched on TV.
**Content:**
Today I posted my 52nd weekly *[Queerest Things I Watched Last Week](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-week/)* post which means **I have covered a FULL YEAR of the queer things I watched on TV**.
I build a lot of websites, but before this column, I hardly ever wrote for any. I loved chronicling and recapping all of the shows I’ve watched with queer content hoping someone out there will find new shows to watch.
I also hope at least a few people on the Internets think what I write is funny, although it may only be me. 😁
I have no plans on stopping, but on this day of reaching a full year of this column I wanted to do some reflection.
## Queerest things by the numbers
This is a database site, so here are some stats.
### 52
Weeks covered.
### 1
Bonus post for the *[Ten Days in the Valley](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/)*[ Finale Recap](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/).
### 0
Posts missed, even during holidays, birthdays, travel and vacations.
### 3
Late posts. I schedule the post to go live at 1pm Eastern time, but there was 3 times it was late. One I was writing up to the last minute and had to put it off by 10 minutes. The second was done on time, but the magic post scheduler robot messed up. The third was late by a few hours, because I was having fun with friends on a holiday weekend.
### 66
Shows recapped. I’ve written about and recapped 66 different shows and movies in the last year.
1. Legacies
2. The Haunting of Hill House
3. Charmed (2018)
4. BoJack Horseman
5. Burden of Truth
6. Grey’s Anatomy
7. Wynonna Earp
8. Shameless US
9. Cable Girls
10. Insecure
11. Adventure Time
12. The Deuce
13. Orange is the New Black
14. Queen Sugar
15. Strangers
16. The Bold Type
17. The Originals
18. Handmaid’s Tale
19. Professor Marston & the Wonder Women
20. Wedlocked
21. GLOW
22. Steven Universe
23. Nanette
24. Sense8
25. Supergirl
26. Person of Interest
27. Dear White People
28. The Fosters
29. Vida
30. Pose
31. For the People
32. RED
33. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
34. Station 19
35. Dirty Computer
36. Jane the Virgin
37. Legends of Tomorrow
38. Mary Kills People
39. The Good Fight
40. Riverdale
41. Santa Clarita Diet
42. You Me Her
43. 9-1-1
44. Life Sentence
45. Black Lightning
46. The Chi
47. Love Daily
48. Everything Sucks
49. Grown-ish
50. One Day at a Time
51. This is Us
52. Fresh off the Boat
53. Mr. Robot
54. Runaways
55. I Love Dick
56. Ten Days in The Valley
57. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
58. ANNE+
59. Godless
60. Easy
61. Arrow
62. Broad City
63. American Horror Story
64. Curb Your Enthusiasm
65. Madam Secretary
66. Will and Grace
### \#1 Most popular Queerest Things Post
The [**Ten Days in the Valley Finale bonus edition**](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/). Thank you, [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/)!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/)### \#1 Most popular “regular” Queerest Things Post
[**April 16, 2018**](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-16-2018/) which covered the *Legends of Tomorrow* season three finale and the Maia-centric episode of *The Good Fight*. That was a good one!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-16-2018/)---
I have thoroughly enjoyed writing this column covering the queer things I watched on TV. I hope my recaps need to get shorter and shorter, because we will have so much queer content on TV it’ll be hard to fit all on one post.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Site News
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 29, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-october-29-2018/)
**Published:** October 29, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Legends of Tomorrow season four premiere brings the AvaLance content, the inevitable happens on The Deuce and we get a Choni crumb on Riverdale.
**Content:**
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** the *Legends of Tomorrow* season four premiere brings the AvaLance content and we get a Choni crumb on *Riverdale*.
*[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* – Season 4 Episode 1 “The Virgin Gary” \[Live\]Oh my goodness, it’s the *Legends of Tomorrow* season four premiere and it gave us so much AvaLance content.
Things start off with the gang taking Paul Revere back to 1776 from a different British Invasion — the day the Beatles came to the US. They’re back on the ship and everyone is bored. They want to take on the mysterious monsters Constantine told them they released at the end of season three. Sara, on the other hand likes things being calm and is hoping there aren’t any monsters beyond the dragon he discovered. She thinks they should enjoy being heroes for once.
Their complaining is interrupted by a call from Ava at the Time Bureau.
I absolutely love Nate and the gang teasing Sara about Ava.
Ava says they need to report Time Bureau headquarters in DC immediately. Of course, Sara thinks they’re in trouble and assumes one of the Legends ratted them out to Ava.
The Legends are greeted by Gary when they get there and they try to force him to tell them if he told Ava about the dragon. Gary says that’s not what this is about and then – Surprise!
It’s a celebration of the Legends fixing the final Anachronism, and they are pinned with medals and everything. While the rest of the Legends celebrate, Sara and Ava sneak off for a “tour.”
> I love the cute looks Sara and Ava give each other in this scene when they sneak off from the party together. [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SbK6ae3XvW](https://t.co/SbK6ae3XvW)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1056644703104499712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In the next scene, Sara and Ava are in Ava’s apartment, I guess after just having finished “touring,” and Ava says she was hoping Sara would be spending more time in 2018 since they fixed all the Anachronisms. She was actually thinking maybe Sara would like to move in.
Sara doesn’t answer at first and Ava thinks she made a mistake and “hitched up the UHaul to the Subaru” too quickly. But then, it looks like Sara is ready to take the next step.
I love Sara allowing herself get in a serious relationship. I think it’s such a perfect evolution for her character.
Sara goes into the kitchen to get champagne, and guess who’s there — Constantine. Am I the only one who finds him and his corny Zippo lighter annoying (besides Ava that is)? Constantine’s all, “the dragon, monsters, bla bla…there’s no time to be playing house with Ava.”
Constantine is going to be the embodiment of the old, intimacy issues, I can’t get close to anyone because I’ll hurt them Sara. He’s going to be the nagging voice saying, “this is not you, you’re not the settle down type, you’re a relationship disaster just like me.”
Right now, Sara is telling him he’s wrong and when Ava comes into the kitchen she tells him he has to leave and next time use the doorbell. Ava’s like, “should I be worried about your ex-bang hang showing up in my kitchen?” Sara deflects by calling it their apartment and it totally works on Ava. I did like how Constantine called Ava “Sharpie.” I hope that sticks.
Sara and the rest of the gang all make their way Woodstock 1969 where they all get high and battle the first monster: an evil unicorn. It was amazing.
At the end of the episode, Sara fesses up to Ava about the dragon, and Ava being the best girlfriend, tells her she knows already and it’s okay.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1054571066436341761
I loved this scene so much, because it’s such good relationship modeling. Sara told Ava the truth and Ava was understanding. They also slowed things down with the moving in because it made sense, but they both expressed wanting the relationship to go forward.
My PTSD from being a lesbian who loves and watches lots of television is having a hard time not waiting for the other shoe to drop and have Avalance taken away from us at any moment. I feel like the show is trying to tell us, “Sara and Ava want this and it’s going to stay, enjoy it.” but I can’t help but keep my guard up.
I am enjoying Avalance and this show so much, I’m going to try to accept that we can have good things for once.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 3 “Chapter Three: Master Lowry” \[Live\]The sisters Lightning are having some sister conversation time, when Jennifer sees a picture of Anissa with Zoe B on Instagram. She thinks it’s a bad look for her, she needs to stop messing around and date someone she has a real connection with.
I absolutely love Anissa and Jennifer’s relationship. Their conversations are hilarious and caring too.
Anissa took Jennifer’s advice and stopped by Grace’s work to pay her a visit.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1056937078204829696
What the heck kind of cocktail is Grace making? It has so many ingredients. I’m glad Anissa is trying to win Grace back over, I love them.
This was the only Thundergrace content we got this episode, but I’m hoping it’s laying the groundwork for Anissa and Grace to get back together.
*[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Chapter Thirty-Eight: As Above, So Below” \[Live\]Where’s the Choni at, Riverdale? We’re 3 episodes in and we’ve only seen them hanging around in the background. They’ve barely had a conversation with each other.
In this episode, Veronica comes by to ask Cheryl and Toni to help her spread the word about her new Speakeasy.
They are super cute sitting in the chair together.
But why did their epic roadtrip have to be offscreen? And why are they being so timid with these two while we have to see the straight couples bone every episode?
I hope we get more substantial Choni content, but I’m not feeling optimistic.
*[Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “This Is the Part Where You Run” \[Live\]*Legacies* is a spin-off of *[The Originals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/)* which is a spin-off of *[The Vampire Diaries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/)*. I was late to the *The Originals* game, so I’m glad I have the chance to start off brand new with *Legacies*. I know enough about the main character, Hope Mikaelson’s for it all to make sense.
In the pilot episode, the twin daughters of the school headmaster, Josie and Lizzie, give a new student, Rafael, a tour of The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. When they peek into one of the classrooms, Josie’s ex-girlfriend Penelope is there and she has such a negative reaction you know things didn’t end well.
Josie being angry at Penelope runs throughout the rest of the episode with her throwing glaring looks. She hates her so much she wont even say her name.
And to make matters worse, Penelope tries to seduce one of Josie’s friends Milton and Josie walks in on it. Although I have to admit, I’m impressed by Penelope working a statement on non-binary sexuality into her seduction.
Then, towards the end of the episode, Josie gets so mad at her she lights her sleeve on fire with magic!
I’m liking the show fine and I’ll keep watching, mostly because I’m really curious to find out just why Josie hates Penelope so much.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Sweet Tooth” \[Live\]The thing I love the most about the representation on this show, is we have a main gay character and she is living her gay life without that being the subject of her life. That’s exactly the TV we want to see in the world.
In this episode Mel is dealing with having to hide the fact she’s a witch from Niko, which makes things messy when you’re trying to get your relationship with your girlfriend back on track.
Niko is interpreting Mel’s behavior as obsessing over her mother’s death again, which is the thing that broke them up a few months ago.
Mel is really hating having to lie to her girlfriend. I loved this scene where she compares keeping this secret to being in the closet.
> I love this scene where Mel compares keeping the fact that she is a witch a secret from Niko to being in the closet. [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/qoPPCIDXAY](https://t.co/qoPPCIDXAY)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1056953451178004481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In the end, Mel has agreed to keep it a secret for now, but I have a feeling she wont be able to for much longer.
This week the queerest thing I am most looking forward to is Mika’s reporting from ClexaCon London!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Charmed (2018), Legacies, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 22, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-october-22-2018/)
**Published:** October 22, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I fall in love with Theo and Trish on The Haunting of Hill House, 9-1-1 turns up the drama and #ThunderGrace is back on Black Lightning.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I fall in love with Theo and Trish on *The Haunting of Hill House*, *9-1-1* turns up the drama, and #ThunderGrace is back on *Black Lightning*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Awful People” \[Live\]Oh, y’all, there was some good Hen and Ren drama on this episode!
When the picnic scene with Hen, Ren and Michael started up I was like, “Oh, cute it’s Big Gay Picnic!” Just like the Big Gay Dinner on *Wynonna Earp,* all the regular/recurring queer characters ate together.
Big Gay PicnicBut then, look who shows up! It’s Hen’s baby mama, ex-inmate and ex-girlfriend Eva who she cheated on Karen with last season.
Ooooh, Eva, what are you doing creeping around Hen, Ren and Denny? Big Gay Picnic sees this and gets the kids away from Eva. Karen looks like she’s ready to fight her.
Oh, damn! Mia and I were screaming at this point; we love it when a show brings the dyke drama.
Eva also brought Denny’s biological father, Nathaniel, who Hen didn’t even know existed. Eva lied to Hen and told her she didn’t know who the bio father was and he didn’t know he had a biological son until now.
Okay, pause. If Hen “didn’t know who the father was,” then this means Denny was not planned. So did Hen meet her while she was pregnant? Later we learn Eva and Nathaniel met at rehab so I guess she got knocked up then and met Hen soon after that?
Anyway, now he knows and is perceived as a threat to Hen and Ren’s parenthood.
But would he be really? Eva signed away her parental rights when she went to prison. I assume at that point, Karen either second parent or step-parent adopted Denny. If Hen was already Denny’s legal parent when she was with Eva, that would make Hen and Ren Denny’s current legal parents. I guess a bio father who got the news he was a kid’s dad, could step in and sue for some kind of custody. I couldn’t imagine him getting very far if the kid was older and in a happy home.
I’ll stop with the gay parentsplaining — back to the drama!
Later, Karen gets off the phone with their lawyer and tells Hen, “We’re screwed.” Karen is pissed and mad at Hen for bringing that jailbait bitch back into their lives in the first place. Hen apologizes for the millionth time, but Karen is understandably still angry. This is a pretty giant mess they are in.
So how does Hen try to fix things? She stalks Eva! Hen sits in her car and watches Eva buy some drugs and take it into her hotel room. Why are you doing this, Hen? Creeping around Eva is what got you into this mess in the first place!
While she’s sitting in the car, Karen calls her.
Eek, Hen is lying to Karen about where she is! Why is this happening? This can’t be a good idea. Also, do people in LA really go for a drive to clear their heads? Driving in LA sounds stressful not calming.
Hen gets out of the car, goes up to Eva’s hotel room and starts pounding on the door until she hears a crash inside. Hen breaks the door open and finds Eva ODing on the floor. Hen takes out her phone to call 9-1-1 but then hesitates. I imagine she is thinking this could all go away if she just lets her OD.
Hen doesn’t go through with it, thank goodness, and calls 9-1-1. The paramedics come, give Eva some Narcan, and she is saved.
Wow, Eva just does not stop. Hen calls Eva’s parole officer and she’s going back to jail.
Towards the end of the episode we have a montage set to folksy music, with Athena giving a *Grey’s Anatomy* style voice over that includes Eva going to jail and Nathaniel meeting with Hen and Ren.
Gosh, that was easy. I thought we were going to drag this custody thing out for multiple episodes. I am relieved that wont be the case.
Whew that was a lot! I guess Eva being in jail means things will be more chill for the Hen and Ren family.
*[Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/hot-take-black-lightning/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “The Book of Consequences: Chapter Two: Black Jesus Blues” \[Live\]I was excited for this episode because I knew there was going to be some [\#ThunderGrace](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThunderGrace) drama.
Anissa took Jennifer’s “you need get back out there before you dry up” advice and went out to see a singer named [Zoe B](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-b/). Zoe is playing this really mellow, acoustic song, but Anissa is rocking out while everyone else is gently swaying. It was so strange and really funny.
Anissa, are you listening to another song we can’t hear? That, and the jumpsuit, cracked us up.
After Zoe was done singing, Anissa wasted zero time, made her way through the crowd and started chatting her up.
Omg, that line, Anissa.
Anissa then proceeds to tell her what happens.
Goodness, that sounds like a scene from a porn movie. Did a dude write that line? I know Anissa is going through an overconfident phase, but women are so rarely this aggressive with other women.
I wonder if young queer folks see all these ladies aggressively flirting and hooking up with each other and think that’s how the majority of queer women are in real life. They’ll be in for a shock when they find out the reality is you can go on multiple dates with a girl and not know if you’re actually dating or not.
Anissa spends the night with Zoe, but even though Zoe has “a million songs and a closet full of heels.” Anissa has to get to class and not even a ride on a private jet for dim sum in NYC entices her to skip.
Before she leaves, Zoe tells Anissa that she’s having a party tomorrow and she needs to come.
Anissa does come to Zoe’s party the next day and guess who’s on the catering staff — our girl Grace. Grace sees Anissa and Zoe together and Anissa gives her a casual, “hey, girl!” wave. Grace is not amused.
Later, Anissa finds Grace and tries to talk to her like everything’s casual. Grace is not having it.
I’m confident these two will be together again, but it looks like Anissa has to evolve from her current overconfident self first.
*[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Touch” \[Streaming\]The Haunting of Hill House was my newest TV obsession last week.
At its foundation is a really well-done drama. Dramas are my favorite type of show to watch — I love shows with intriguing relationships. Added to that is the horror genre, which I am not as into, but it’s so incredibly well written, shot and acted, I wound up enjoying that part too.
The show follows a group of five siblings, who mirror my wife and her siblings: two brothers and three sisters, one of whom is a lesbian. They all grew up in what is considered the most haunted house in America in the world of the show.
Each kid is affected by the house in a different way. The lesbian and middle child, Theo, has the ability to know what people are feeling from touching them, and because she has this ability, she wears gloves most of the time to prevent it from happening. It also gives her the classic, “lesbian with intimacy issues” trope.
In episode one we learn she is queer right away when she hooks up with a woman named Trish at a club.
Theo takes her home and after they’re done doin’ it, Theo makes it clear to Trish that it’s time to leave. Trish seems pretty bummed about it.
Many of the episodes focus on a different family member and episode three is the one that focuses on Theo.
In this episode, we learn via flashback Theo came out to her siblings when she banged one of the bridesmaids at her sister, Nell’s, wedding.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1053469547297230848
Later, Theo’s back at the club and sees Trish but completely ignores her. I guess she then has a change of heart, because a few days later, Theo calls Trish and invites her over.
Trish comes over even though Theo kicked her out after sex and then ignored her completely — that’s some dedication. I guess you can’t help it if you’re attracted to the emotionally guarded girl with magic hands.
Immediately after she arrives, Theo wants to make out, but Trish wants to talk. Trish is like, “I’m glad you called, but you completely ignored me at the club.” Theo apologizes, but then obviously hasn’t taken the Lesbian Processing 101 course.
Theo then proceeds to tell Trish all about her day. She spills out a lot of dark stuff that happened at her job as a child psychiatrist.
I guess that did the job for Trish and she was ready to make out again.
You’ll have to watch to see what happens to Theo and Trish, I don’t want to give it all away.
If you’re the kind of person who avoids horror, I can tell you the show is mostly straight up drama with jump scares and creepy stuff thrown in here and there. It’s not like *American Horror Story* where it’s nonstop gore. I know I’m not the best judge though because I have a high scare tolerance, but this show is so good I think most folks should give it a try.
Also, Mika (who does not like scary movies) and I loved the show and Theo and Trish so much, we gave it the coveted “[show we love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes)” designation.
*[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* – Season 8 Episode 6 “Return to Murder House” \[Live\]Speaking of horror, this year’s AMS is like a big crossover of different seasons.
This episode, which is also [Sarah Paulson’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/) directing debut, is a mashup between *Murder House* and *Coven*. It was fun to go back to a very self-aware Murder House and see those characters again.
Unfortunately Murder House gets bought by a queer couple, Grace and Elizabeth.
As soon as we saw them my wife and I were like, “Dead lesbians.”
They are both killed by Michael Langdon immediately upon moving in. Michael is the antichrist, and after they turn into ghosts, Michael incinerates their ghost selves.
So they’re twice dead and the 14th and 15th dead queer female character on TV in 2018.
*[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 4 Episode 2 “Fallout” \[Live\]Nia was a hero this episode and we haven’t even seen her in a super suit yet!
After the president was exposed as an alien, there has been a lot of anti-alien sentiment in National City. While Brainy is buying pizzas for the office at his usual pizza place, a computer hack causes his device that makes him look human fail and the pizza dude sees his alien self.
Pizza guy is an alienphobe and threatens Brainy with a baseball bat. Nia, who is there for coffee, steps in to stop him
Nia makes dude give Brainy his stack of pizzas and as they’re walking out, he tells Nia that she looks familiar and asks her if he knows her. She replies she doesn’t think so. And then I think Brainy tries to ask her out.
Nia is pretty much like, “Google me, you’ll find me.” But that look on Brainy’s face makes me think he knows her from the future. I’m very intrigued! I hope we get to see a Nia/Brainy date soon.
When Nia gets back to the office, she tells James about the assault and insists he make an official statement on the anti-alien violence happening in the city. He tries to dodge her request and she comes out to him to try to get him to see the severity of the situation.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1054361169744613376
Oh my goodness, this was so amazing. I felt like I was watching history being made and imagined transgender kids at home watching Supergirl and feeling represented for the first time.
James is still not getting it. He tells her he’s “been doing this for a long time” and needs to stay balanced in his reporting.
Nia then says this.
Mic drop.
I agree, there are no “two sides to the story” when it comes to innocent people being discriminated against and assaulted just for being who they are.
I love Nia so much! Her story line is my favorite thing on the show right now.
PS: Now I’m craving pizza.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Let This Mother Out” \[Live\]The sisters are trying to figure out if Harry, their Whitelighter (guardian angel who protects and guides witches), is lying to them since a being who identified themselves as their mother told them he can’t be trusted via a Ouija board.
Macy creates a truth serum and brings it home at the very same time Niko comes over with lunch and a present for Mel.
Of course, Niko’s travel mug looks exactly like the one Macy put the truth serum in.
This means Niko gets the serum and Macy takes her tea.
Mel is happy for the visit and the extra pickles.
And the present.
I think I got that album when it came out.
Niko’s gotta get back to the station, but before she leaves, it looks like she wants to tell Mel something.
Don’t worry, whatever it is is going to spill right out after she drinks the serum.
And it does.
> Niko on truth serum is pretty funny ("Frank, I cannot translate the Mu Shu Palace menu specials for you, because I am not Chinese!"), but something unfortunate popped out. Oops! [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4xGujaHaFm](https://t.co/4xGujaHaFm)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1054380084411408385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Rut ro, looks like someone had some ex-sex while Melko was on a break.
Mel starts telling Maggie all about it when she gets home, but there’s no time to process. They need to release their mother from the Ouija board.
Turns out, that wasn’t their real mom, much to the surprise of no one watching, and Harry is a good guy after all.
After fake mom is defeated, Maggie is ready to dish out advice on the Greta situation.
At the end of the episode, Mel is on the phone with Niko, and it seems like she doesn’t remember anything she said while on the serum.
I’m glad Mel took Maggie’s advice and decided to let it go. I wonder if Niko is going to put fake glasses back on.
**Tonight it’s the** ***Legends of Tomorrow*** **season four premiere!** I seriously haven’t been looking forward to the return of a show this much since the *Orphan Black* days. **I can not wait!**
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, American Horror Story, Black Lightning, Charmed (2018), Haunting of Hill House, Supergirl
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### [GLAAD: Where We Are on TV 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/glaad-where-we-are-on-tv-2018/)
**Published:** October 31, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time again to look at the GLAAD report of TV. Where We Are on TV 2018.
**Content:**
Every year, GLAAD does a report on where we are on TV. 2018 is no exception, and the [“Where We Are on TV Report – 2018”](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv18) publication was released on October 25th. Per usual, we have some big takeaways and some small concerns.
Remember, this is about US based TV for the most part.
## The Good
- 8.8% of regulars characters on broadcast TV are LGBTQ
- There are more PoC than white characters
- Trans and bisexual characters have increased
- There has been an increase in *male* bisexuals
- Cable TV rep is up
## The Mediocre
- Most of Cable’s uptick in characters comes from 6 shows
- Many of cable TV’s characters won’t be back next season
- The balance between male and female queer rep is fairly even (49% each)
## The Bad
- TV continues to underrepresent women, with only 48% of characters (compared to 51% in real life)
- There are no new asexual characters, none on broadcast TV, and the one on cable is on a canceled show
- Lesbian representation has not picked up since 2016, which was when the recent record highs of [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/characters/?fwp_sort=date_desc) kicked in
- A high number of streaming shows with rep were canceled
## What This Means
In general, things are looking better. We’re on track for a more ‘normal’ number of deaths (I predict around 25 characters for 2018 vs the 40s from 2016-17) and we absolutely have more people of color as queers. Black and Latinx representation is well up, finally, and while it absolutely could be better, it’s nice to see improvements.
Similarly, Univision is reporting that more Spanish language shows will include LGTBQ characters. Given that Mexico and Spain had two of the worst death rates until recently, it’s a positive thing to see it moving ahead.
Finally, in this year’s report, GLADD threw down:
> GLAAD is calling on the industry to make sure that within the next two years, 10 percent of series regular characters on primetime scripted broadcast series are LGBTQ. This is an important next step towards ensuring that our entertainmentreflects the world in which it is created.
>
> Sarah Kate Ellis President & CEO, GLAAD
Please [read the GLAAD report](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv18) and get up to speed with the changing landscape of queers on your TV.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD, Reports
---
### [Queer Beats - October 26, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-october-26-2018/)
**Published:** October 26, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, Atypical survives the Netflix chopping block, Carmilla comes to NYC, Caity Lotz acts smiley over Avalance, and Wynonna Earp proves to be one of the most generous fandoms, yet again!
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, Atypical survives the Netflix chopping block, Carmilla comes to NYC, Caity Lotz acts smiley over Avalance, and Wynonna Earp proves to be one of the most generous fandoms, yet again!
First off, GLAAD came out with their [2018 report](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv18) that “analyzes the overall diversity of primetime scripted series regulars on broadcast networks and looks at the number of LGBTQ characters on cable networks and streaming services for the 2018-2019 TV season.” This report is pretty important in showing us where LGBTQ representation currently stands and how it has grown over the years. Thankfully, representation has hit a record high this year!
## [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
This show about a high school student on the autism spectrum (and his queer younger sister, [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-gardner/)) has been renewed for a third season by Netflix. So, if you are like me and haven’t jumped on the Atypical train yet, now seems like a good time!
## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Based on all her #ThunderGrace [tweets](http://nerdsofpreypodcast.com/nerds-prey-exclusive-set-black-lightnings-nafessa-williams/)/retweets this week, [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) is for sure a Anissa/Grace shipper. But in this [interview with Nerds of Prey](http://nerdsofpreypodcast.com/nerds-prey-exclusive-set-black-lightnings-nafessa-williams/), she said:
> I think it’s a matter of being with who is best for her. That is in real life and in the superhero world being with someone who is the better person for Anissa. And I’m not really sure who that is yet.
>
> Nafessa Williams
Read the full interview for more on Anissa’s love life this season. Nafessa may think she’s slick, but we know she’s got Grace on the mind.
## [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
[NewFest](https://newfest.org/), New York’s LGBT film festival, started this week and continues until the 30th. If you are in the NYC area, you should definitely check it out because the schedule is full of great LGBT films… *including* [The Carmilla Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/)!! It would be so fun to watch it in a theater… almost as fun as [Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/)‘s announcement that she will be there!
> Start spreading the news! I’ll be in NYC this Monday the 29th for a screening of [\#TheCarmillaMovie](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheCarmillaMovie?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) at [@NewFestNYC](https://twitter.com/NewFestNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! 6:30pm start with a Q&A after the film. So go grab some tix, bring your appropriately worded questions, and I’ll see you there! [\#NewFest30](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewFest30?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/9Nw7mGanj8](https://t.co/9Nw7mGanj8)
>
> — Elise Bauman (@baumanelise) [October 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/baumanelise/status/1054433032797593600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Start spreading the news…## [Grace and Frankie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grace-and-frankie/)
Y’all, I am real upset about this. I love Grace and Frankie more than I love most things. What is better than watching Grace cuddle up in perfectly clean white sweaters or Frankie painting pictures of vaginas? Although I know these two will never be a couple, I still enjoy day dreaming of a different future for them. So, IMAGINE MY SURPRISE, when Jane Fonda casually mentioned that the original ending would have fulfilled all my dreams.
> “A couple of years ago the series ended with me an Lily getting married… we nixed that!” – [@JaneFonda](https://twitter.com/Janefonda?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on giving feedback for @GraceAndFrankiejane [pic.twitter.com/AmySVnSgPn](https://t.co/AmySVnSgPn)
>
> — BFI (@BFI) [October 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/BFI/status/1054836637988020225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The photo used for this tweet is downright rude.## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
WE MADE IT TO THE LoT PREMIERE!! CONGRATS TO ALL OF US!!! Not only were we blessed by *many* soft Avalance scenes, we were also blessed by lots of good press and social media content.
[Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) (Sara Lance) went to Access first to discuss all the “fun Avalance stuff this season.”
Please peep that cute Avalance smile at 1:44.She also went to DC Daily to talk about Sara’s newfound vulnerability. (The whole interview is good but skip to 8:45 for that good Avalance content).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZS8TKsoPQY&feature=youtu.be
If family and friends make you stronger, why don’t my arms look like Caity Lotz’s arms?On premiere night, Caity did us all a solid and live streamed the cast watching the episode together. You can see the entire Instagram story [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtUF8P8ao5Q) but I know we are all really here for the Caity/[Jes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) highlights so here you go:
> “My girlfriend is so annoying”- Caity
> “But I love you”- Jes [pic.twitter.com/Ql03wocOLY](https://t.co/Ql03wocOLY)
>
> — yen 🥀 (@agentoflot) [October 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/agentoflot/status/1054594898542813184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Your… WHAT?> I’m in love with both of them. [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/jFKqOJgU06](https://t.co/jFKqOJgU06)
>
> — sam (@escaped\_reality) [October 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/escaped_reality/status/1054593329671954432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I wish I had words for this…## [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
I’m not even fully caught up on Riverdale but I can feel the fandom’s desperation for more Choni content. On this week’s Sweetwater Secrets, [Vanessa Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-morgan/) teased the future love story between her character and [Cheryl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cheryl-blossom/).
Skip to 4:50 for the goods.## [Runaways](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/)
I have a pretty full-blown obsession with [Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru/) and [Karolina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karolina-dean/) so I am more than ready for this show to come back. Therefore, you can imagine my reaction when I read this quote from [Virginia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-gardner/) about #Deanoru next season:
> We were so excited about the aspect of the two of us dating at the beginning of Season 1 that Lyrica and I always had this thing that we were like even if they don’t write us to be together eventually let’s just keep low key flirting so the audience would pick up on it.
>
> Virginia Gardner
And, folks, that’s not even the full quote. Please read the rest of this [Newsarama article](https://www.newsarama.com/42433-runaways-season-2-will-be-action-packed-but-still-have-a-lot-of-heart.html) to drown in all the Deanoru feels.
## [Streamy Awards](https://www.streamys.org/)
The Streamys happened this past Monday and, as always, you can rely on these awards to include lots of good, gay online content. This year, [Anna Akana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-akana/) (known for playing [Amanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanda-weston/) on [Stitchers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stitchers/)) added a special qualifier to her call to action. Congrats, Anna!
> .[@AnnaAkana](https://twitter.com/AnnaAkana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) takes the stage to accept the award for [\#streamys](https://twitter.com/hashtag/streamys?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Acting in a Drama! 👏 [pic.twitter.com/XZ9ZwNVtfL](https://t.co/XZ9ZwNVtfL)
>
> — Streamy Awards (@streamys) [October 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/streamys/status/1054560137413685248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This moment is brought to you by your right to vote.## [SuperGirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
The real-life United States is a dumpster fire. National City is a dumpster fire. Good thing we have [Nia Nal](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/) (and [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)) to remind us that the good fight is always worth it.
https://twitter.com/NicoleAMaines/status/1054171603305558016
Where are the super heroes when you need them?!In brighter news, the CW hosted an awesome panel to celebrate the women from their superhero shows. It was so refreshing to hear all the women we love talk about the importance of representation and supporting other women, but this Nicole Maines moment really stood out.
https://twitter.com/skgway/status/1054418280054747137
Do y’all realize that she is barely 21 years old?! The future is bright.You can view the whole panel [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9ypyA1ceDU) and it is 100% worth the watch.
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Earpers are literally the most insane (read: potato licking), loving (read: accepting), generous fandom out there. The Wynonna Earp [Spirit Day](https://spiritday2018.causevox.com/wynonna-earp-fandom-spirit-day-2018/blog/initial-5-000-goal-smashed-66192) campaign, started by Earpers, has reached over **$23,000**! CAN YOU BELIEVE? And there’s still time to donate so check out all their prizes and donate what you can, if you can!
And that’s it for Queer Beats this week! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Anna Akana, Atypical, Black Lightning, Caity Lotz, Carmilla, Elise Bauman, Grace and Frankie, Jane Fonda, Jes Macallan, Legends of Tomorrow, Nafessa Williams, Nicole Maines, Riverdale, Runaways, Supergirl, The Carmilla Movie, Vanessa Morgan, Virginia Gardner, Wynonna Earp
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### [12 Days to ClexaCon London (and a surprise...)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/12-days-to-clexacon-london-and-a-surprise/)
**Published:** October 21, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time to pack because it's only 12 days to ClexaCon London, but now there's a twist. Your's Truly will be a panelist.
**Content:**
It’s 12 days to ClexaCon London. I’m busy packing since my wife and I are headed over early next week. Yes, it’s as stressful as you think for a Southern Californian to remember how to pack for ‘winter.’ I can’t find my gloves!
But amongst all that stress, the planning for press interviews, the organizations of bags and house sitting, I had to just throw one more thing on the pile.
I’ll be on two panels for ClexaCon London!
## Panelist
[](https://clexa-con.com/london/speakers-and-panelists/)After I was confirmed as Press, ClexaCon reached out and asked if I’d be up for sitting on two panels. While it’s absolutely going to make my Saturday extra crazy, I’m an old hand at conferences and panels. After all, my day-job involves me going out around the world and giving talks about software. Talking about TV shows I love? That’s going to be even easier.
### Lexa’s Legacy
> **Panelists:** Helen Alison, Astrid Ohletz, Diana Calica, Mika Epstein, Shelbie Cohen
> **Moderator:** Jess Kath
>
> March 3rd, 2016. A devastating day that sparked a community of likeminded fans to find our voice together and a movement to demand positive LGBTQ+ representation was born.
> The Lexa’s Legacy panel opened both the first and second ClexaCon with reflection on the immediate aftermath of that day and the incredible legacy it has left behind both in the fan community and on the media landscape. Here in London, members of LGBT Fans Deserve Better once again invite you to join us for a discussion and celebration with content creators around the enduring legacy of a character that has inspired the LGBTQ+ community to do and create extraordinary things. Our story is still far from over.
### LGBT Fans Deserve Better Presents: Representation Matters UK
> **Panelists:** Nur Ben-Hamida, Lola Keeley, Mika Epstein, Kerry Rush, Danielle Cox
> **Moderator:** Jess Kath
> Join LGBT Fans Deserve Better as they host a conversation to revisit some of your favorite U.K. shows with the best – and worst – of LGBT representation. From your favorite soap couples to *Skins* and everything in between, we’ll talk our favorite ships and most memorable LGBTQ+ moments past and present. We will also be presenting additional findings from our ongoing Euro Stats research project, where for the first time, we have collected data about the state of representation on European shows and their LGBTQ+ characters.
## See You Soon, London!
I’ll be in London proper in just 10 days, and I’m super excited to be back. I haven’t have a chance to see the city much for a long time. And with 12 days to ClexaCon London, I’ll be squeezing in a lot in a little time. This is an amazing opportunity for me, and I can’t wait to hear what you all think about queer representation on TV.
If you’ve got burning questions you think I should ask, leave a comment here or [drop us a line](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/). I can’t promise to get them in, but I’ll sure try.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Conventions
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 6, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-6-2018/)
**Published:** August 6, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's The Originals Series Finale and I finally get to see if I can mark the show with with a happy ending for Freya and Keelin also the girls go on a road trip on The Bold Type.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** it’s *The Originals* Series Finale, and I finally get to see if I can mark the show with a happy ending for Freya and Keelin. Also the girls go on a road trip on *The Bold Type*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
[*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 9 “Trippin'” \[Live\]Kat and Jane are helping Sutton get ready for her big trip to Paris when Kat gets some sexts from random girls. 
What cult would that be? The Cult of Aggressively Sexting Queer Girls?
Later, Kat meets up with Adena in the park to have a passionless conversation about the Scarlet website relaunch. Adena talks about going to MoMA to see the rest of an exhibit, and Kat’s all like, “I thought we were going to see that together.” Adena said she went last Tuesday, and Kat realizes she had a date that day.
Adena looks like she could care less if Kat went with her or not. If we’re supposed to ship these two, can the show make them like each other more?
Sutton needs to go to her mom’s home in Harrisburg, PA to get her original birth certificate so she can get a passport in time for the big Paris trip. It’ll take 12 hours and Kat and Jane are joining her even though Kat just had a website relaunch and Jane was just day drinking with Pinstripe and has deadlines to meet. Who cares — ROAD TRIP! I have to admit, I love a road trip episode.
Sutton arrives at her mom’s house, but she’s not home. They then head to Dicey Reilly’s, her mom’s usual bar hang that looks like it’s located in a run-down strip mall. Sutton’s mom is an alcoholic, and Sutton makes it repeatedly clear she was a shitty Mom.
Of course, Dicey Reilly’s has a lesbian bartender.
She proceeds to hit on Kat using the “let me show you how to hold the pool cue” move. Gross.
How in the world is Kat such a pussy magnet she has girls wanting to hook up with her in a bar in the middle of Pennsylvania on a weeknight?
I’m not even going to comment on this move, because Erica, co-host of the [Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast.](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/), summed it up best.
When Kat gets her bag, she sees her phone is blowing up with Tweets about the new site having comments turned off. Uh, oh! Adena left a concerned email, because she saw the tweets, too. Kat calls the truck fingering date with bartender girl off to deal with the website meltdown.
When Kat’s back home she tells Adena she’s tired of sleeping around and wants to be exclusive again.
Adena seems happy about Kat’s realization.
But then when Kat asks if Adena wants to go out for breakfast, Adena tells her she can’t because she’s busy with work. That seems reasonable to me, but Kat looks all hurt over it.
“Pensive Music” combined with the look on Kat’s face is classic Soap Opera foreshadowing.
What’s going to happen to Kadena in the season finale this week? I almost don’t care, I’ve gotten so bored with their relationship.
[*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/) – Season 4 Episode 13 “When the Saints Go Marching In” \[Live\]It’s *The Originals Series Finale,* and I was ready to see if I could give the show the rare “Happy Ending” indicator! But first, baby stuff, because you can’t have a married lesbian couple without a baby plot.
Okay, here we go. I’m going to start a same-sex female couple Trying to Conceive (TTC) rant. There are some queer couples who choose to have a co-parenting situation where they are moms and the kid’s donor has a father role in the kid’s life. However, this is much rarer than using a donor to conceive a child and parenting as a two-mom couple with no father in the picture at all, or the donor having a special relationship, but not a parent role. If you use a friend or relative as your donor, it’s called a Known Donor (KD). If you go with a sperm bank, it’s called an Anonymous Donor (AD) or ID Release Donor (ID).
I momsplained all that to say, if Freya’s asking Vincent to be their KD, she would not say “father.” If she does actually want him to co-parent with her and Keelin, that is a way bigger conversation she wouldn’t have without Keelin’ present. From the way she asked it, it sounds like she wants Vincent to be their donor.
Why do the words they use matter? Because it leads to ignorant people asking me, or my kid directly, who her father is. We both let them know she doesn’t have one.
Back to the show. Vincent comes back to Freya later to give her an answer.
Vincent’s out for now, but we’re less than halfway through the episode so he has plenty of time to change his mind.
The family all gets together for Klaus’ “funeral” (he has to die in order to save his daughter) complete with a laughing/eating/drinking montage set to music.
Klaus makes a tearful speech to his family and then walks off for some one-on-ones with specific family members.
With five minutes left in the episode, Vincent arrives, walks up to Freya and Keelin and tells them he’s in.
And that’s the last scene for Freelin. They get a happy ending!
This show is done, but it will live on in the next spin-off called [*Legacies*](https://tvline.com/2018/07/21/legacies-trailer-the-originals-spinoff-watch-video/). It will star Klaus’ daughter Hope Mikaelson and her classmates at the Salvatore School. Will it have any queer in it? We’ll have to wait until October to find out.
[*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Season 3 Episode 3 “Colder Weather” \[Live\]This week the gang is dealing with the loss of Dolls. Wynonna is drinking and Nicole and Waverly are taking care of funeral arrangements. When they meet with the funeral director, Nicole tells Waverly she doesn’t want to have a casket burial for herself. Waverly’s like, “You’ve thought about this?” 
Just about everyone who has been in a same-sex relationship can relate to that scene.
Waverly and Nicole go back to Dolls’ hotel room to find him something to wear for the wake. There, Nicole tells Waverly that Dolls was helping her try to solve a mystery from her past. She went to a music festival when she was young where everyone died except her. Her parents told her they all died in a fire, but Nicole now knows it was Bulshar. Nicole is upset that Dolls was helping her, but she couldn’t save him and is blaming herself for Dolls’ death.
Nicole tells Waverly not to give her that, “Someone stole my new puppy look.”
First, with all of the supernatural shit going on, Waverly thought Nicole was the “normal” one of their group. Then it seems like Nicole came back to Purgatory to become a cop for a reason, and if that is the case, there is no free will and what is the point of anything?
Nicole and Waverly open up a briefcase and find a letter for Wynonna from Dolls inside. They see something run by the window, even though they are 3 floors up, and a “hot goth” steals the briefcase and the letter inside and runs off.
Waverly thinks Doc knows Hot Goth and pushes him to tell her who she is.
That was hands down my favorite line of the episode.
Doc takes her to meet his vampire wife and she gives back the case.
Later they decide to have Dolls cremated so Black Badge doesn’t try to steal his body. They have a small burial and it’s really sad.
Later Waverly and Wynonna are sitting and talking by a fire. Waverly tells Wynonna that she doesn’t have a spot in the Earp burial plot. Wynonna says they can both be buried on the homestead, and “Don’t ask if Nicole can come, too.”
Waverly also gives Wynonna the envelope from Dolls, she opens it and it’s a picture of the whole gang eating and looking happy. Wynonna says it means not to give up, “Keep going. Keep fighting.”
Hard core indeed.
*The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon* – Season 5 Episode 160 “Hannah Gadsby” \[Live\]The TV at our little vacation house only got basic cable so we randomly flipped on The Tonight Show and were pleasantly surprised with [Hannah Gadsby](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hannah-gadsby/) as a guest! You can watch her interview below.
https://youtube.com/Vj2sMl1rps4
https://youtube.com/2aDq30UhBKM
This week: *The Bold Type* season finale and maybe I’ll finally get a chance to watch the new season of *Orange is the New Black*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Bold Type, The Originals, Wynonna Earp
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### [Queer Beats - October 19, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queer-beats-october-19-2018/)
**Published:** October 19, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This week, we finally get a glimpse of Batwoman, Legends of Tomorrow meets a murderous unicorn, and Emily Andras cares if you stay.
**Content:**
Welcome to Queer Beats, your weekly one-stop shop for queer television news! This week, we finally get a glimpse of Batwoman, the Legends meet a unicorn, and Emily Andras cares if you stay.
## Batwoman
Along with much of the queer fandom, I am beyond excited to see the introduction of Batwoman into the Arrowverse during December’s crossover episode. Naturally, I cling onto every sneak peek we are blessed with. That’s why I was pumped to see the debut of Batwoman’s suit last week:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bot3iS6n1zh/
Where can I find one in my size?Plus, the crossover is currently being filmed and we are getting additional glorious teasers including this picture from [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/):
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpBTY8RHpYN/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Either she just got out of the Batwoman mask or she’s trying out a really obvious secret identity à la Kara Danvers## [Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/)
Black Lightning recently started back up and this season is really looking promising. [Nafessa Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nafessa-williams/) (Anissa Pierce/Thunder) was looking good at Atlanta Pride this past weekend.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5nInGjl-W/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
I might start a petition for this look to be incorporated into Thunder’s disguise.## [Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)
Look, I have to be honest, I *can’t* watch scary movies/TV shows. I essentially refuse to go near them because I LIKE TO SLEEP. Sue me. But I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that this new Netflix show has a queer lady and I heard she’s treated well. That being said, definitely check that out if being terrified is your thing! \*insert judging side eye here\*
## [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
LEGENDS IS ALMOST BACK, Y’ALL!!! And they have been blessing us with sweet, sweet content in the week leading up to their premiere.
First, here’s Ava’s birthday cake (which was posted to celebrate Brandon Routh’s birthday)
> LET THEM EAT CAKE!!! A very happy birthday to [@brandonjrouth](https://twitter.com/BrandonJRouth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) one of the kindest hearted men in Hollywood… even if he looks very very hangry in this pic!! Happy happy big guy!!! [\#thiscakewasnotreallyonhisbirthday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/thiscakewasnotreallyonhisbirthday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#fakecake](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fakecake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#bts](https://twitter.com/hashtag/bts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/F7oNOIIdzp](https://t.co/F7oNOIIdzp)
>
> — Jes Macallan (@jesmacallan) [October 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/1049820854790418432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I feel giddy dreaming about our badass Sara Lance cutting out these little hearts for Ava’s cake.Then, we got an extended promo for the premiere which was full of murderous unicorns, fairy godmothers, and (most importantly) AvaLance kisses!
https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends/status/1052277521213878274
I’ve never seen one trailer so adequately represent an entire show before.As we all know, Legends is not going to be included in the Arrowverse crossover this year (We were robbed of perfect Sara/Kate Kane interactions but whatever). So, in typical Legends fashion, they put out their own trailer and talked about their own plans in this [TV Line article](https://tvline.com/2018/10/14/legends-of-tomorrow-season-4-crossover-episode-no-batwoman/).
> 😂 [pic.twitter.com/vs33mliPBl](https://t.co/vs33mliPBl)
>
> — Caity Lotz (@caitylotz) [October 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/caitylotz/status/1051906291948380160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Caity’s mom has got it going on.Finally, [Caity Lotz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caity-lotz/) (Sara Lance), [Jes Macallan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jes-macallan/) (Ava Sharpe), and Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer) attended Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend and gave us lots of good AvaLance content. My personal favorite moment was when Jes got jealous over any potential interaction between Sara and Batwoman.
> Caity talking about when she met Ruby and also…
> Caity: “Ava better watch out. I’m just kidding, aha”
> Jes: “I swear to god, I’ll break someone. I don’t care how gay or not gay she is, I will break her.” [pic.twitter.com/LETsJgjQ3g](https://t.co/LETsJgjQ3g)
>
> — ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅs ᴏғ ᴀᴠᴀʟᴀɴᴄᴇ (@LgndsOfAvalance) [October 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/LgndsOfAvalance/status/1051225535513165824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
Everyone should know that I love me some Red. Red wine, red nail polish, and *especially* RED the web series. RED, a Brazilian series that everyone should be watching, recently announced that it will have its first mini-con in Los Angeles in February.
> A message from [@APLimaa](https://twitter.com/APLimaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). ❤️ Join us for our first Los Angeles RED FAN WEEKEND, in February!
>
> Info/Tickets:
>
> Hosted by Production Resources L.A. @CaroleLowe [\#REDwebseries](https://twitter.com/hashtag/REDwebseries?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/vXxxbaepZJ](https://t.co/vXxxbaepZJ)
>
> — RED (@red\_brasil) [October 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/red_brasil/status/1051903083679236096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
You don’t even need to know Portuguese for this to convince you to watch this show.## [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)
Let’s get one thing out of the way: I *love* [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/). Which does not make me unique because she is one of the most beloved actresses in the queer wlw collective fandom (let’s not even speak about her Clexacon 2018 panel). So I love when other people get a chance to speak about how great she is, as [Jesse Rath did this week](https://www.thetvjunkies.com/supergirl-jesse-rath-interview/?platform=hootsuite).
Speaking of SuperGirl, I want to give a quick shoutout to [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) who has joined the show as TV’s first transgender superhero, Nia Nal. She shined in this season’s premiere and I think her character is really setting SuperGirl on the right path this season. Here she is talking about what this role means to the trans community:
https://youtube.com/qoXNDAYCTw0
Excuse me while I silently sob rainbows of happiness.## Tales of the City
Even more [queer cast members](https://www.glaad.org/blog/netflixs-new-tales-city-will-bring-us-diverse-queer-and-trans-stories-2019) have been announced for Netflix’s “Tales of the City,” an upcoming series based on Armistead Maupin’s popular novels ([and subsequent adaptations](https://lezwatchtv.com/search/tales+of+the+city/?&post_type[]=post_type_shows)). I could list all the amazing queer people involved in this remake but I might run out of space (Hint: it includes Ellen Page and [Jen Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-richards/)).
## [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
Oh, Earpers. You really know how to throw a convention (or multiple). This week in Another-Wynonna-Earp-Convention-That-I-Can’t-Attend, the cast seemed be as angelic as always at Earpapalooza in Minneapolis, MN. The convention is working on uploading full panel videos to their [Youtube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZy0IP4MtkhiFWC5rWAhvw/videos) and the “Ladies of Purgatory” panel is worth the watch. I dare you not to cry while Emily Andras says “you’re here and you stay.”
https://twitter.com/nikkie_trahan/status/1051507766135799809
What did we do to deserve this cast?## \#SpiritDay
Finally, it was Spirit Day this Thursday and some of our favorite shows, actors, and allies stood up to support LGBTQ youth against bullying. As usual, the Wynonna Earp crew showed up strong with this [Dom and Kat video](https://twitter.com/glaad/status/1052632900951261185) and another [major fan fundraiser](https://spiritday2018.causevox.com/wynonna-earp-fandom-spirit-day-2018/blog/initial-5-000-goal-smashed-66192). [Isabella Gomez](https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFrDtVAQWa/?taken-by=chavelua) and [the Shameless cast](https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFuLvfgJnF/?taken-by=shameless) wore purple. And, in case you missed seeing her face, [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) also posted about Spirit Day:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpE2wo4BkMA/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Tatiana’s support of LGBTQ rights is the most important thing about her.I also literally held back a scream when I saw [Floriana Lima](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/floriana-lima/)‘s face pop on my Instagram wearing purple (I’m all about Alex Danvers doing her single thing but I miss Maggie’s face).
https://www.instagram.com/p/BpFz_QlFgxM/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
SIGHAnd that’s it for my first Queer Beats post! Always thorough, always professional, never random.
**Categories:** Queer Beats
**Tags:** Ana Paula Lima, Batwoman, Black Lightning, Caity Lotz, Chyler Leigh, Haunting of Hill House, Jes Macallan, Legends of Tomorrow, Nafessa Williams, Nicole Maines, RED, Ruby Rose, Supergirl, Tales of the City, Wynonna Earp
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### [She’s Gay Because We Say Ain’t Okay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/shes-gay-because-we-say-aint-okay/)
**Published:** October 24, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're still not in the Good Place where someone saying a character is queer is enough.
**Content:**
Near the end of bisexual awareness week, one of the actors told Metro.co.uk that Eleanor, from [*The Good Place*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/) is bisexual.
William Jackson Harper, who plays Chidi Anagonye, said:
> There’s a million different possibilities and one of the things I think the show does well, and really kind of into, is the fact that Eleanor is super bisexual and it’s not something that we just focus on.
>
> It’s not the reason for the show and it’s not a thing that is harped on, it’s just who she is. I think that’s great to not just completely focus on one aspect of a person’s character because it seems to be the most buzz worthy thing in the show, or potentially buzz worthy thing on the show.
>
> I think it’s great. It’s not something we don’t talk about, she talks about it, and we all kind of accept it instead of, you know, go “hey let’s unpack that, let’s talk about it.”
>
> [Metro.co.uk ](https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/29/the-good-places-eleanor-is-super-bisexual-and-a-romance-tahani-not-off-table-7990740/) — The Good Place’s Eleanor is ‘super bisexual’ and a romance with Tahani is not off the table
And here’s the thing. That’s awesome, but it sucks and I feel like fans and bisexual are being cheated, because hinting at it, making it a wink-wink thing, isn’t good enough.
## Is it Subtext Or …?
One day, we won’t have to declare a character is queer. One day we won’t have to have clunky, expository lines that state people are bisexual or lesbian or transgender. That is, indeed, where I would love us to be. We aren’t there yet, and in fact we’re now in a curious place where people will tell the news “Oh, Valkyrie is totally bisexual in *Thor: Ragnarok*, but the scene didn’t make the final cut.”
Those things leave us feeling unsettled and uncomfortable. We know there is a different between saying “all [Senseates](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) are pansexual”, “[Xena and Gabrielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/) were married”, and saying “Eleanor’s clearly bisexual.” The first is obvious and backed up in-universe, the second is implied and clearly hampered by the times, and the last …
I played a game when I was at [TGIF/F](http://tgifemslash.com) – is it queerbaiting or subtext. I didn’t phrase it in that way, mind you. Instead I asked “Do you watch *The Good Place*? Is it really queer?” And the game was that I would guess in my head if someone would say yes or no.
So is what *The Good Place* is doing is queerbaiting or subtext?
## What’s The Difference?
My base example for this is that [*Rizzoli & Isles*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rizzoli-isles/) is queerbaiting, *Xena* is subtext. The difference being intent. *Xena* very clearly pushed as far as they could and made it as clear as they could that the show was hella gay. On the other hand, *Rizzoli & Isles* gave us gay looks and photoshoots with the principles handcuffed together, and always in bed together … but they were very clear they were never going to get together.
It’s obvious, in retrospect, when a show means to do this. If you look at *The Facts of Life*, it was absolutely not trying to be gay. Neither was *Charlie’s Angels*. And yet when we look back at it, we see clearly homoerotic subtext. There was just too much love for friendship to handle, and because of that, it overflowed into the queer.
We also do have to consider the restrictions placed on shows in certain eras. Everyone can tell *Xena* wanted to be gay. They had to sneak in kisses to get past network restrictions, they had to have a drag queen kiss Xena, and they had to send reporters to Ancient Greece just to interview the duo and ask them. They pushed and tried so hard, that we do award them with a subtext flag.
And *Rizzoli & Isles*? They get queerbaiting. Because certain actors and producers made it very clear that they were not comfortable with the lesbian fan base. To the point that they [pulled out of a convention](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/rizzlescon-tv-failed-us/) mere hours before it started.
## Why Does It Matter?
Representation matters. We can all agree to that. And while the end goal is to not have TV shackled by heteronormativity, with the base assumption that everyone is cis and straight, we simply are not there yet. We are not so rich in television that we can assume everyone is queer. I wish we were.
That we’re not means that, with things like Bert and Ernie or *The Good Place*, when statements are made that obviously characters are queer, it’s just not enough. It doesn’t matter how queer coded a show is, if they won’t take that step beyond saying it’s queer and actually give us on-screen proof that someone’s homophobic parent can’t dismiss, nothing will change.
Because that’s the reality of having an actor or a show runner say “This character is bisexual.” It’s easy to dismiss or ignore unless it’s backed up by something more. When we look at *The Good Place*, we see a show that dropped in hints where Eleanor makes quips about how much she finds Tahani attractive, or that her ideal man would be …
> “Stone Cold Steve Austin’s head on Tahani’s body.”
>
> “Or vice-versa”
They’ve even had them be ‘soulmates’ in a simulation.
## But is it enough?
No.
It’s not enough. It’s not enough to have Susie be coded lesbian on [*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/). It’s not enough to have Xena and Gabrielle wink at the camera. It’s not enough to have Eleanor imply her sexuality.
We aren’t secure enough, we have not yet broken out of the confines of compulsive heterosexuality, to make that sufficient.
We need more characters saying it or showing it outright. It sucks, I’d like to not have to, but we aren’t there *yet*. And until we do get there, the road to acceptance is going to have to be like characters showing they’re not Christian. Have a menorah. Have a passing comment about an ex-girlfriend. Have someone try to set their coworker up with their cousin, who happens to be the same gender.
But say it loud and proud until we’re there.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Queerbaiting, Rizzoli & Isles, Sense8, Subtext, The Good Place, Xena Warrior Princess
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 15, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-october-15-2018/)
**Published:** October 15, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Supergirl is back with Director Alex Danvers in charge, Shameless is confusing as ever and the Charmed Reboot debuts its first episode.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Supergirl* is back with Director Alex Danvers in charge; *Shameless* is confusing as ever; and the *Charmed* Reboot debuts its first episode.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)* – Season 9 Episode 6 “Face It, You’re Gorgeous” \[Live\]There wasn’t a lot of Debbie this episode, but she did get kissed by Jen Wagner, an actress who Lip is hired to be her sober companion played by Courtney Cox. It was weird and made no sense.
What the heck was that about, *Shameless*?
I don’t report on cis men in my weekly post, but this was Cameron Monaghan, the actor who plays Ian Gallagher’s, last episode. I am a big [\#Gallavich](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gallavich) fan. Ian was going off to prison, and the entire episode I was like, “How are they going to make Ian and Mickey endgame?”
First I thought Ian was going to run away to avoid going to prison and join Mickey in Mexico. But the show kept going on, and Ian didn’t run away. At the end of the episode, the family (minus Fiona because she was off being a fuckup) dropped Ian off at prison with a teary goodbye. It was one of these scenes where you can tell the actors were sad saying goodbye to their friend in real life.
Ian entered the prison, was brought to his cell, and I thought, “I guess this is it.” But then, this happened.
https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1051570154335850496
Y’all, I nearly NEVER cry at scripted TV, but I will admit I shed a few tears. **\#Gallavich is ENDGAME!** Shameless may suck with the queer female stories, but they did a good job with these two.
[*Supergirl* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)– Season 4 Episode 1 “American Alien” \[Live\]Director Alex Danvers is back, y’all!
I love ass-kicking, queer haircut, boss Alex. This episode mostly deals with her rocky working relationship with Brainy. Her and Brainy remind me of my relationship with my brother.
During some Danvers sisters time, Alex talks about dating.
Alex talked about dating and didn’t mention babies once! Did the *Supergirl* writers hear my tweets?
Also in this episode was [Nicole Maine’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) first scene as [Nia Nal](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nia-nal/).
Nicole was so perfect! Her character was like a breath of fresh air after such a lost and disappointing third season. I love the direction the show is going in with this new character.
Okay, *Supergirl*, so far so good, please keep it up.
*[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\]Even though it plays non-stop on the TVs at the gym, I never saw the original *[Charmed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed/)*. I am going into the
*Charmed* Reboot brand new.
In the beginning of the show we are introduced to Melanie aka “Mel,” her younger sister Maggie, and their mom Marisol.
Soon after that, Mel gets an urgent text from her mom in the middle of the night telling her to come home.
Oh, hello! Mel is in bed with a woman with glasses. I love when a show gets the queer intro over with in the first episode. It sets the bar high right away saying, “We’re not going to timidly tip toe up to queer intimacy over several episodes, we’re going to start here now.”
When the sisters make it to their mom’s house, they discover her dead.
The show then fast-forwards three months later and it looks like glasses has broken up with Mel during that time.
Glasses’ name is actually [Niko Hamada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/niko-hamada/), a detective with the Hilltowne police department. Oh, I LOVE a lesbian cop with glasses! I also love an interracial couple where both members are PoC. Too bad they are broken up…for now.
Both sisters discover they have super powers and Mel’s is the ability to stop time, which she does during a surprise visit from Niko.
Mel apologizes to Niko for what she said earlier and confesses to pushing her away after her mom died.
In true lesbian fashion this happens next.
Maggie does come home later talking loudly about demon dog, and Mel is trying to get her to stfu so her detective girlfriend doesn’t hear her.
Close call.
Later Maggie asks Mel, “Ex-sex or are you two back together?” Mel doesn’t answer, but I guess we’ll find out in future episodes.
Also, [Ellen Tamaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-tamaki/), the actor who plays Niko, posted this super cute Tweet.
> Hey y’all. Meet [\#Melko](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Melko?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). The best tv girlfriend around ❤️ [pic.twitter.com/NDZtQyS8Q6](https://t.co/NDZtQyS8Q6)
>
> — Ellen Tamaki (@ellentorii) [October 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/ellentorii/status/1051648914997342208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am totally digging this *Charmed* Reboot, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the season!
Tonight I am going to see [*The Good Fight* panel](https://twitter.com/thegoodfight/status/1050862524772495360) at PaleyFest NY, and I am so excited! I love both *[The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)* and [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) so much. If I get any inside scoop on season 3, I will definitely report back!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Charmed (2018), Shameless US, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 8, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-october-1-2018-2/)
**Published:** October 8, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I cover the Burden of Truth season one finale, Hen is trapped in a hole on 9-1-1 and Shameless sucks at lesbianism.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I cover the *Burden of Truth* season one finale; Hen is trapped in a hole on *9-1-1;* and *Shameless* sucks at lesbianism.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)* – Season 2 Episode 3 “Help is Not Coming” \[Live\]It’s the third episode into season two, and we’re still dealing with the giant earthquake. At the end of the last episode Hen fell down into a hole at the bottom of the wrecked hotel — lesbian in the hole! In this episode, Hen tries to save another firefighter, a kid and a dog she finds down there, while her colleges try to find and rescue her.
At one point Hen is thinking this may be the end, and she records a voice memo.
I was feeling pretty confident Hen would be okay, and indeed, she, the kid and the dog were rescued. The firefighter not so much.
The episode ended with a slow motion montage set to Bowie’s *Heros* of everyone being reunited with their loved ones including Hen, Ren and Denny. And, surprise! She brought home the dog.
Does this now put the cheating plot to a rest, and Hen and Ren can move on with their relationship? We’ll see.
[*The Deuce*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/) – Season 2 Episode 4 “What Big Ideas” \[Catch-up\]There hasn’t been a ton of [Irene](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/irene/) on *The Deuce*, but she does seem to be sweet on one of the dancers at Show Land named Shay who happens to be an addict.
After Shay passes out during a shift, Irene takes her to the hospital and pays for her to be in rehab for 28 days.
Melissa, however, knows what’s up.
This can’t go anywhere good, but I do want more Irene!
Melissa is one of *The Deuce*‘s queer characters from season one, but does anyone else recognize her from one of our other favorite shows?
She’s played by [Olivia Luccardi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-luccardi/) who also played [Gina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gina-2/), Kat’s ride share driver on [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/).
 [*The Deuce*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “All You’ll Be Eating Is Cannibals” \[Live\] I’ve got two Deuces for you today (ha ha).
28 days have passed and Irene picks Shay up from rehab, but when she drives her to Rodney’s to take her home, she realizes she can’t go back there. She tells her she’ll be back on drugs “in ten minutes” if she goes back to that apartment. Irene tells Shay she wants her to stay with her instead. Rut ro.
When Irene brings her to her apartment (which I imagine costs a million+ now), the thing we all knew was coming happens and she kisses her.
Oh, no, Irene. You should have listened to the advice Cece gave Taryn on Grey’s. This is a bad idea.
Irene asks her if it’s okay, and she answers, “It’s fine.”
> Oh, Irene, what have you gotten yourself into? This can't end well. -T [\#TheDeuce](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheDeuce?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ONIkvcw2Nv](https://t.co/ONIkvcw2Nv)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1049293615690866688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Irene then tells her she will take care of her, and she should find a different job.
Later at Show Land, Rodney comes around looking for Shay.
First, let’s take a moment to appreciate Roberta Colindrez in that jacket.
You know Rodney’s going to find out she’s staying at Irene’s eventually, and I am scared for them both!
[*Burden of Truth*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/) – Season 1 Episode 10 “Cause in Fact” \[Live\]
It’s the *Burden of Truth* season one finale and time to find out what happens to Molly and the other poisoned girls.
Molly and Luna go a few rounds of, “You need to go to Montreal, it’s your dream,” and “No, I want to be with you.” When the evil steel mill proposes a settlement offer, Molly’s ready to take it, but Joanna, Billy and the other girls think it’s too small. They proceed with the trial.
With that decision made, it’s now time for Molly and Luna to go another round!
Eventually, Joanna and Billy win a big-ass settlement for the girls. Now Molly can go with Luna to Montreal and be her sugar momma.
But first, they go on a road trip! They decide to go to the west coast to see the Pacific ocean.
And they drive off out of town and out of season one.
What do you think will be the plot of season two? Will Molly, Luna and the rest of the folks from Millwood still be in it, or will it only follow Joanna’s story to Winnipeg?
[*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 3 “Gut Feeling ” \[Live\]
Not a lot of queer stuff happened on Grey’s last week, but I feel like if there are two queer characters in a scene together, I should report on it.
Meredith hired Cece, the wise older lesbian, to be her matchmaker, and while she’s being attended to, she asks Grey a bunch of questions. Meredith is all Meredith about it — not wanting to answer her questions and needing to move along to her next patient.
After Grey leaves, Cece turns to Taryn.
Does this mean Cece is going to match-make for Taryn too? That would be fun to watch.
[*Shameless* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)– Season 9 Episode 5 “Black-Haired Ginger” \[Live\]Omg this show. SMH.
Shameless just doesn’t get lesbians right.
Since Alex dumped her on last episode, Debbie wants to win her back. She and Alex go to Patsy’s where instead of Debbie trying to convince Alex to get back together with her, Alex spills a lifetime of relationship grievances starting with her girlfriend from second grade.
After several hours of this, Debbie is done.
Hard eyeroll. Ha ha, yes yes, it’s a, “lesbians love to process joke,” but this show does not organically do gay jokes well. For the record, I hate talking about my feelings. Just sayin’.
Debbie gets up, grabs Franny and leaves without paying.
I really don’t know what point they are trying to make with this story line. About three times so far on this episode (and a bazillion times this season), people have either told Debbie she’s not gay, or Debbie has complained about people not believing she’s gay. I thought it was going to a “there’s no right way to be gay, and by the way you can be attracted to both men and women” place, but it seems to be doubling down on lesbian stereotypes instead.
Debbie comes home and makes this declaration.
Ah, okay, I guess “lesbianism sucks” is the point they’re trying to make. Ugh.
In Debbie’s next scene, she’s knocking on someone’s door.
Oh, look, it’s Fiona’s lesbian tenants, Nessa and Mel! I didn’t think we were going to see them ever again. Nessa bleached her hair, and I’m not feelin’ it.
Their reaction to Debbie’s question matches mine to this whole plot.
At this point I’m thinking, “Thank goodness, these two grown up lesbians are going to fix this train wreck with some decent advice,” but I forgot what show I was watching.
Debbie starts rambling on to Nessa about Alex, and she’s like, “Who’s Alex?” Debbie tells her she’s her ex-girlfriend and she accused her of “not being good at lesbianism.” Nessa says, “I don’t even know what that means.”
Good one, Nessa, but then Mel does this.
What the actual…there are so many things wrong about this scene. The first being, no one does this!
I guess that’s a positive message, but we sure took a twisted road to get here.
Finally, Nessa says the only sane statement on this episode so far, and she didn’t have to kiss anyone.
Wow. Shameless, you outdid yourself this episode. Where the F is this going to go now? I almost don’t want to know.
This week the first wave of our Fall shows are back: [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/), [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/), [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) and the new *Charmed* starts up. So much television! I’m looking forward to it.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Burden of Truth, Grey's Anatomy, Shameless US, The Deuce
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 13, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-13-2018/)
**Published:** August 13, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's The Bold Type season two finale episode and I'm ready to throw in the towel with Kadena. Also, Zoie Palmer makes an appearance on Wynonna Earp.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last** Week, it’s *The Bold Type* season two finale episode, and I’m ready to throw in the towel with Kadena. Also, Zoie Palmer makes an appearance on *Wynonna Earp*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/)* – Season 2 Episode 1 “We’ll Always Have Paris” \[Live\]It’s *The Bold Type* Season Two finale, and the women are finishing the season with a big trip to Gay Paree!
At Adena and Kat’s apartment, Adena is in the zone with work, but Kat has a red eye flight that night and wants to spend some time with her girlfriend before she leaves. Adena says, “That’s tonight” in a “I totally didn’t remember my girlfriend is leaving for a week-long trip to Paris today” way.
Wow, Adena forced “this is more important” out with all the conviction of wanting to get back to work.
Just then the phone rings with good news for Adena — she’s getting her visa!
I haven’t seen Adena show that much excitement…ever.
Adena tells Kat she needs to leave the country to re-enter it (okay), so why not go to Paris, because at the last minute, the whole cast is going to Paris!
While Kat and Adena stroll the streets of Paris, Adena runs into an art critic friend, Eliat. He’s all like, “Where have you been, girl? You disappeared,” grilling her about her work. Adena tells him she’s been working on something new, and he assumes she’ll be showing it at Coco’s (Adena’s ex who she cheated on with Kat) gallery. Adena says, “No, I’m not showing with her anymore.” The way she says it sounds like they’re not on good terms. She says they have to run and stops the conversation.
Adena didn’t answer the question, she just put an end to the Coco topic.
I think it’s totally reasonable for Kat to think there is some bad feelings between Adena and Coco from that interaction.
Later when Kat and Sutton are hanging out, she tells her about Adena no longer showing in Coco’s gallery, and she thinks it may be because of her. She tells Sutton, “Something just feels weird.” Yeah, Adena is being obviously weird about something.
So what does Kat do to figure what’s going on? She meets up with Coco! This cringingly reminded me of the time Alex stalked Maggie’s ex outside her hotel room to confront her — never a good idea!
Coco’s sassy and bitchy. I think I want to trade her for both Kat and Adena.
The next thing Coco says is, “Are we done?” Can we please up her to a recurring character?
Kat asks Coco if she is the reason she wont show Adena’s work. Coco tells her no in a “don’t flatter yourself” way. She says she would love to show her new work, but she doesn’t have any. Kat asks her if that is unusual for Adena and Coco says, “Very.”
Oh, snap! I guess Kat is the reason she’s not showing her work, but not for the reason she thought.
Later, Adena shows up in the hotel room all happy because she’s officially getting her visa, and Kat’s like, “Um, I did this crazy and impulsive thing and I should tell you.”
Adena’s pretty pissed and reiterates the fact that she and Coco had an amicable breakup. Kat tells her she wanted to make sure Coco wasn’t blackballing her, but she did find out from Coco that Adena hasn’t produced any new work since they’ve been together. This was new news to her because Adena and Kat have devolved into having the worst communication skills ever.
Adena explains that she and Coco had a very different relationship. They didn’t see each other that often, they were both busy and traveling. They didn’t live together like Kat and her do.
Kat’s like, “You had a lot more freedom, and that’s why you started producing more when we opened up our relationship.”
Let’s think about this situation for a second in the context of Kat and Adena actually having chemistry and a passionate relationship. If Adena and Coco were casually dating and doing their own things, they could have room to focus on work and not be distracted with each other. On the other hand, if Adena and Kat really fell in full-on love, they’d be high on new relationship energy and in the Honeymoon phase. It would be reasonable for the two of them to dis other parts of their lives while in this phase. It would be a positive distraction and love/work balance would even out after they got into the routine of their relationship.
That’s how they could have resolved this issue, but that’s not what’s happening, because Kadena sucks pretty bad.
Adena says, “Do you think I want to feel this way?” Kat answers, “I don’t know what you want.”
Adena wants more space, and Kat doesn’t want to go back to an open relationship. Their conversation is cut short because Kat has to get ready for the big Scarlet party, but then Kat goes into the bathroom and cries.
She should be crying in front of Adena to show her how she feels, but instead they hide so much from each other. For two people who can so openly talk about feelings for other people, they sure are terrible at talking about their feelings for each other.
Later Kat enters their hotel room wearing a sweet tuxedo jacket and Adena is not there. She gets a text from her saying she went for a walk to think.
At the party Kat fills Sutton and Jane in on what’s going on. As always, they try to cheer her up and tell her she inspires them to do great things, and they will always be there for her.
They enter the party, and that’s the end of season two.
Kat and Adena should just break up. I’ve gone from emotionally divested to annoyed by their relationship. It looks like that may not happen though, because filming has started for season three, and Nikohl Boosheri has been seen on set.
Maybe Adena could get hired by Scarlet, and that’s how she sticks around. That could be interesting.
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “No Cure for Crazy” \[Live\]Waverly and Nicole are looking around in the woods for clues into the big Bulshar massacre Nicole survived. Waverly asks Nicole if she ever considered asking her parents about it. Nicole says they were fed the fake fire story like everyone else.
Thank you, Emily Andras, for portraying non-sporty queer women on TV. Representation matters.
Just then Waverly’s old friend Robin comes running through the woods. We learn he’s back in town; he’s a park ranger and needs to see Nedley. I was really surprised Waverly introduced Nicole as “Officer Haught” and not her girlfriend, especially since Robin is gay. I wonder if they will come back to that.
Later back at the station, the Unkillable Gay Squad™ is looking into finding older satellite photos of the area.
They’re so cute working together.
Wynonna and Doc come back to get more bullets for Peacemaker. Wynonna approaches Nicole and tells her she knows about the whole cult survivor thing.
Waverly’s like, “no more secrets, right?” Then Nicole counters by bringing up the fact that Wynonna kept Mama Earp being in jail a secret for years. Waverly wants them to stop arguing and admit they’re both sneaky, and instead, have each other’s backs for a change? Wynonna concedes.
Meanwhile, Doc lets everyone know they are all out of supplies – no bullets or anything. Now that Dolls is gone, the Black Badge pipeline has left with him. Waverly has some good news though! Since they lost their phones in the woods, she went home and was able to dig up their old flip phones.
Wynonna then asks Waverly if she is ready to visit Mama Earp in prison. She’s doesn’t think so, but Wynonna gives her all her her Mom’s police files including audio tapes so she can comb through all the missing pieces.
Even though Waverly isn’t ready to visit Mama Earp, her flip phone to the past tells her Michelle Gibson (Mama Earp) is being transferred to a more secure facility, and they need a signature first. Waverly says yes, she’s on her way.
When Waverly arrives at the prison, Mama Earp is freaking out saying, “Kill the demon!” until the guard tasers her.
Back at the station, Waverly tells Wynonna that Mama Earp tried to kill her. This puts Wynonna into sister protection mode, and she’s off to the prison. Wynonna tries to confront her during the prison transfer, and mama Earp manages to escape and Wynonna manages to get arrested.
While that’s happening, Nicole is consoling her girlfriend.
Nicole has Mama Earp’s police file, and it says she was arrested for setting the Earp barn on fire. Waverly is like, “Who goes to prison for setting their own barn on fire?” Nedley steps in and confesses to pulling a lot of details from Mama Earp’s file. He wanted to hide the fact that Waverly was in the barn when she set it on fire.
At home that night Waverly is up listening to her Mama’s tapes.
Even though the subject is dark, let’s take a minute to acknowledge how cute domestic Wayhaught is.
Doc busts in wanting good whiskey, and Waverly goes out the to barn to get him some. Sure, go out to the barn by yourself at night, nothing bad will happen.
She goes out to the barn, and of course, Mama Earp is there lighting candles around a pentacle.
WTF is that??
Meanwhile Wynonna escaped arrest and finally arrived at the Earp homestead to save Waverly and entered the house to find…Dr. Lauren from [*Lost Girl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)??
> (Spoiler) Back the truck up, it’s Zoie Palmer’s appearance on [\#WynonnnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). I don’t know what the actual truck is going on here, but I can’t wait to find out more. [pic.twitter.com/qdqKiEnd0N](https://t.co/qdqKiEnd0N)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1028481647476449290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
What that actual truck is happening? Jolene’s baked good have turned the gang into Stepford wives.
I LOVED seeing Zoie Palmer make an appearance and I can’t wait to see what her character’s all about this week!
The wife and I did start *Orange is the New Black,* and the first episode of the season was so bad my wife was ready to quit the show. We persevered, but haven’t gotten to anything queer that I want to give attention to. We’ll see if it gets any better.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Bold Type, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 30, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-30-2018/)
**Published:** July 30, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, I'm on vacation, but that will not stop me from writing about Waverly getting kidnapped on Wynonna Earp.
**Content:**
Me in vacation modeOn this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** I’m on vacation, **but that is not going to stop me from writing my Queerest Things post**! Fortunately I only have *Wynonna Earp* to cover (I haven’t started OitNB yet), so I only need to take a few moments away from the beach.
Seriously though, the queerest thing I saw this week was the Provincetown Stop And Shop, which may be the gayest supermarket on the planet. I’m here in Ptown for **[Family Week](https://www.ptownfamilyweek.com/)** (the largest annual gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer-identified families in the world) which means the town is overrun with queer families and their kids.
I feel bad for all the kidless queers who randomly picked this week for their vacation and are now like, “Fuck, it’s Family Week.” I used to be one of you, and now here I am with my emo tween.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
[*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Season 3 Episode 2 “When You Call My Name” \[Live\]At the end of the previous episode Wynonna and Waverly got into a car accident. This episode opens up with Waverly getting dragged away from the crashed truck by some guy. 
Waverly’s kidnapper is a creepy-ass Revenant trapper who lives in the woods and steals women’s voices. The woman he previously kidnapped is in pieces laying around his house. It’s pretty gross. Meanwhile Wynonna has fallen down a cliff and is having a hallucinogenic conversation with Mama Earp.
Back at creepy kidnapper cabin, Nicole is texting and calling Waverly, and creepy kidnapper steals Waverly’s voice, answers one of Nicole’s calls and impersonates her on the phone.
There are tropes I enjoy and ones I do not. Leading people to think everything is fine when it’s actually a disaster is one I hate.
Nicole tells Dolls are Jeremy about her phone call with “Waverly.”
Another trope I hate is people unknowingly telling people not to worry about a situation when the person actually needs rescuing.
Nicole decides to go to the homestead to let Waverly know the team is going to regroup, and on the way a hunter who got lost and separated from his son flags her down. He says he’d still be lost if he didn’t see the wrecked blue and white truck.
At least it only took 22 minutes into the episode for Nicole to figure out something was really wrong.
Meanwhile, back at the cabin, creepy kidnapper lures a hunter (probably the dude’s son) into the cabin by shouting, “Help me!” in Waverly’s voice. He gets his throat cut by one of the kidnapper’s booby traps. Ugh, gross.
Nicole texts Doc that Waverly and Wynonna are in trouble. Back in the woods, Wynonna found her way to the kidnapper’s cabin. She’s now in a cage instead of tied up, and she voicelessly warns Wynonna of the booby traps laid out in the room.
I love this show’s ability to keep things funny even when a favorite character is kidnapped and locked up in a cage.
Wynonna makes her way to the cage. Then creepy kidnapper comes back, and she has to hide under the stairs.
Doc arrived at the truck and assessed that Waverly was dragged away and Wynonna walked away from the wreck. Over the com Jeremy tells them there are two outbuildings in the woods, one to the West and one to the North.
Nicole concedes, and the they proceed to the North.
Back in the woods, Wynonna confronts the kidnapper and tricks him into falling into a deep pit. After he lands, Waverly gets her voice back. Wynonna accidentally triggers one of his booby traps and is hanging upside-down from a tree when Nicole and Doc arrive.
The whole gang is back at the truck, and Waverly needs to further process the fact that Wynonna’s been visiting their Mama in jail and keeping it a secret from her. Waverly is so upset over it, she asks Dolls to take her to his truck.
Now someone needs go get Peacemaker which Wynonna left at the bottom of the rocky cliff after the crash.
While Nicole is climbing down, one of Bulshar’s demons cuts the rope. Wynonna grabs it and is miraculously able to hold Nicole up with a busted arm while she tries to retrieve Peacemaker. Meanwhile, Doc is trying to fight the demon, but it has the ability to disappear and reappear and knocks him out.
Then things get a little chaotic. Jeremy warns Waverly that Dolls is unstable over the com. Dolls starts fighting the demon. Nicole successfully gets the gun, but Wynonna is having trouble holding on to the rope. Waverly helps Wynonna with the rope, and they are able to pull Nicole back up. Dolls is using his dragon fire breath to kill the demon. Doc comes back to consciousness. Bulshar himself shows up, and Wynonna is about to shoot him with Peacemaker when she hears Doc yelling for her.
She runs back to the gang. Dolls collapsed on the ground and is not breathing.
Dolls is dead.
The episode ends with Wynonna and Waverly tearfully over Dolls’ body. Wynonna can’t accept his death until her hallucinogenic Mama shows up again and tells her she needs to let him go.
Goodbye, Xavier Pamela Dolls, we will miss you.
Wednesday is the last episode ever of *The Originals*! Will Freya and Keelin have a happily ever after? I will definitely be tuning in to find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 27, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-27-2018/)
**Published:** August 27, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Earpmas is here, Queen Sugar season three ends low on the queerness scale and I start to warm up to Orange is the New Black season six.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** Earpmas is here, *Queen Sugar* season three ends low on the queerness scale, and I start to warm up to *Orange is the New Black* season six.
[*Queen Sugar* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)– Season 3 Episode 10 “Here Beside the River” \[Live\]The *Queen Sugar* finale happened last Wednesday, and while I love this show with every fiber of my being, I wasn’t super into this season. I did not like the Nova and Remy story line. Remy is my least favorite character — he’s boring and Nova deserves someone with more personality. Also, Nova should NOT be dating Charley’s ex! There are plenty of other men and women in New Orleans to choose from.
Charley is my favorite, and while she had some good moments of peak Charley-ness, I wish there were more.
> F E A R L E S S. [\#QUEENSUGAR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QUEENSUGAR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5ssf3h1cY1](https://t.co/5ssf3h1cY1)
>
> — Queen Sugar (@QueenSugarOWN) [August 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/QueenSugarOWN/status/1032466273467215872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I hope she gets the mill back from Samuel Landry’s sister (who I DO NOT trust at all), and season four starts with Charley and the Queen Sugar empire in her hands again.
There wasn’t a lot of queer in this season. Charley’s investigator mentioned her ex-wife and Nova’s family asked if it was a man or a woman when they sensed she was seeing someone. However, I was happy to see Antoine make an appearance when Ralph Angel had to go to the police station.
Fingers crossed we get more queer and more Charley bein’ a boss in season four.
[*Orange is the New Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/) – Season 6 Episode 4 “I’m the Talking Ass” \[Streaming\] My wife and I had been putting off starting season 6, because the last couple seasons have been awful tragedy porn. But since we got *Handmaid’s Tale* over with, I guess it was time for something else to hate-watch.
During episode one my wife was seriously ready to quit the show, it was so difficult to watch. We took a break then started up again and it has gotten a little better. Everyone has been moved to the maximum security prison after the riots and this has introduced a whole new cast of characters with interesting back-stories.
In this episode we had this funny Vauseman scene.
> [\#OITNB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), I was so ready to quit you, but we stuck it out a few episodes and now I’m warming up to this season. -T [\#vauseman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/vauseman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/h7fCveWNJJ](https://t.co/h7fCveWNJJ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1032653438633603072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They are not my favorite characters on the show, but I really don’t know who my favorites are since they killed off Poussey.
We’re only up to episode four, so there’s plenty of time for things to go downhill again.
[*Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strangers/) – Season 1 and 2 \[Binge-Watch\]Mika wrote about seeing a [*Strangers* panel at Outfest](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-strangers-and-feminin-feminin/), and it sounded pretty interesting. I watched both seasons and I loved it!
The first season stars Zoë Chao as Isobel, a [Hapa](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hapa) late 20-something who is coming to terms with her bisexual identity. She also rents out her spare bedroom on AirBnB and nearly every episode involves her tenant of the week. The second season flips the formula after she moves to NYC and becomes the AirBnB renter at different locations.
This show is very queer, very funny and cleverly written with a non-stop list of celebrity cameos playing Isobel’s tenants. Also, I love having a Hapa protagonist who talks about her biracial identity on the show. As a Hapa person myself, I appreciate this so much.
Here is a funny clip from season one with guestbian, [Leisha Hailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leisha-hailey/).
You can [watch the whole series on Facebook Watch](https://www.facebook.com/StrangersSeries/).
[*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Season 3 Episode 6 “If We Make It Through December” \[Live\]Happy Earpmas, everyone!
I love a special episode. It’s Christmas and the Earp homestead is getting ready for the holidays. Wynonna and Mama Earp and decorating, and it looks like Nedley plays Santa every year while Nicole is cast as elf. Even though she’d rather be Santa, Nicole models her elf costume for Waverly, and I guess she finds her too cute in it to resist.
Nicole goes off to do her elf work, and Waverly tries to dig more information on who her bio father is from Mama Earp. Mama tells her the story to Waverly and Wynonna; she had an affair with and was in love with someone named Julian. He suddenly left, and nine months later she had Waverly. They also learn Bobo was there the night Waverly was born.
Waverly pries her for more info, but Mama Earp is not up for it.
Back in Elfland, Nicole is dealing with a kidnapped kid and we the viewers get to see where he’s been taken. It’s Bulshar’s creepy lab dungeon where captives are being force-fed green slime. Robin’s there, too. He’s the guy Jeremy thinks is ghosting him.
Meanwhile, Waverly is pointing a rifle down Bobo’s well because she wants to know more about her birth father, and he was there the night she was born. Bobo says Mama Earp had lost a lot of blood and passed out, so he took baby Waverly to Wyatt. He didn’t want her because the baby wasn’t his, but then Bobo threatened that he’d kill him if he didn’t take and protect the baby.
Bobo still didn’t tell Waverly who Julian is or if he’s still alive.
Back at the station Nedley is freaking out over the kidnapping. He has been depressed since the Vampires came to town, but this incident has put him over the edge.
I feel bad for Nedley, but picturing him curled up on the couch watching PLL made me laugh.
The team figures out the kidnap victims are being held at a factory and they split up and go to the factories in town. Wynonna and Charlie, the new guy in town, go to the right one and rescue all the captives.
The families are reunited with the loved ones at the station, and Jeremy sees Robin again and it’s so cute!
> Everything was gay and nothing hurt 🤗 [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oc9tRLQD2l](https://t.co/oc9tRLQD2l)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [August 25, 2018](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/1033167577160200192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Even though everyone is back and safe, Nedley is still with Nicole telling her what a bad job he did. She tries to reassure him that everyone has bad days, but it looks like he has mad a decision.
Nicole’s the new Santa and Sheriff in town.
Mama Earp gets to cook a real Christmas dinner for her family and their chosen family, and it’s really sweet.
After dinner Mama Earp pays a visit to Bobo down the well and throws him a rope in return for telling her where Julian is.
Back at the house, Waverly gets dressed up for Nicole in her own elf outfit and sings for her to make up for not properly celebrating her new promotion at work. It reminds me of the cheerleading scene in season two. I hope we get one of these scenes every season!
> The super cute [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Earpmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpmas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) scene. [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/7HE9VQNMAV](https://t.co/7HE9VQNMAV)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 25, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1033183069346390016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I know this has been said a million times on the Internet, but get yourself a girl who looks at you the way Nicole looks at Waverly.
I can’t believe we’re halfway through this season! It is definitely my favorite so far. I’m looking forward to seeing what Emily Andras has in store for us next.
This week, the wife and I will probably finish *Orange is the New Black* season six, and I’ll be here to give my opinionated season recap.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Orange is the New Black, Queen Sugar, Strangers, Wynonna Earp
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 3, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-september-3-2018/)
**Published:** September 3, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I give my Orange is the New Black season six recap and Wynonna Earp has a WynHaught-centric episode.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** I give my *Orange is the New Black* season six recap, and *Wynonna Earp* has a WynHaught-centric episode.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*Wynonna Earp*– Season 3 Episode 7 “I Fall to Pieces” \[Live\]It’s the annual [\#WynHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wynhaught) episode where our favorite Brotp are forced to work together, and it’s hilarious and entertaining.
The episode starts with Wynonna hooking up with Charlie in a firetruck when Nicole and Waverly make a political visit to the firehouse.
We learn Purgatory has a Pride!
The Unkillable Gay Squad needs to have a float at Pride.
Nedley gives Wynonna and Nicole the task of going through his secret closet of weird and maybe supernatural stuff. Wynonna’s not into it — she knows Nedley just wants them to learn to work together. Nicole is frustrated with her not helping and they wind up breaking a mirror while arguing. That broken mirror seems to have released a demon on the Earp homestead. Uh, oh!
Later, Nicole has a meeting with Bunny Loblaw, the town politician. Nicole needs her support in order to become Sheriff. Bunny comes over to Nicole’s house, and it’s not going well. Not only is Bunny allergic to Nicole’s cat, she’s also a homophobe.
Bunny tells Nicole she’s tired of the secrecy going on with the Sheriff’s department, and she thinks it’s bullshit. She knows there’s something going on. Nicole is unable to win her over even though she’s looking super cute in a tie.
Wynonna then busts in, and Bunny says she thinks she should be Sheriff instead because Wynonna comes from an original Purgatory family and tells it like it is.
While Nicole and Wynonna go off to argue about this, Bunny sees the demon thing in the window and passes out. They put in her Nicole’s police car to take her to the hospital, and while they’re preoccupied with arguing and not paying attention, two frat boys jump in her cruiser and drive off with Bunny still in the car.
They find the car at a biker bar and Bunny is locked inside. Nicole and Waverly go in the bar to find the frat boys so they can get the key from them, and discover the bikers have them tied up. Wynonna challenges the lead biker to a drinking contest in exchange for the boys.
This is, of course, an elaborate set up to get Nicole drunk, because drunk Nicole makes Wynhaught 100 times funnier.
Wynonna wins the contest, but the biker discovers she was cheating. Nicole was not, so I guess that makes her the true winner of the drinking game. Wynonna and Nicole evade the furious bikers and make it out of the bar, but they are now handcuffed to each other.
Running in the snow, they are ambushed by a group of lumberjack demons. They easily defeat them, but then are immediately captured by the leader biker from the bar.
It’s the demon thing that was resurrected by the broken mirror from Nedley’s secret closet, and now it looks like one of them has to marry him.
Meanwhile at the station, Waverly and Jeremy are trying to fix things by putting the mirror back together. That didn’t fix anything, because Wynonna and Nicole come running into the station with the demon thing on their heels. Waverly and Jeremy make cute tries to stop him, but it doesn’t work. However, they do figure out he’s an evil Gnome because they find a busted up Gnome statue with the other broken stuff from Nedley’s closet.
Monster Gnome still wants a wife as Waverly and Jeremy frantically try to put the Gnome statue back together.
Wynonna has no problem offering Nicole up as Gnome wife.
Waverly and Jeremy are finally able to assemble the broken Gnome just in time.
I love how Waverly and Jeremy put their hands up in the air after they completed the Gnome like they’re on *Chopped*.
Monster Gnome is reunited with Monique the lady Gnome statue, and the day is saved.
Later Bunny comes into the station and Wynonna is there cleaning up after the Gnome mess. Bunny tells Wynonna she will not be supporting Nicole for Sheriff because she’s “not our people.” Wynonna says Nicole is the right person to be Sheriff, because even though Bunny is a homophobic, xenophobic bitch, she saved her anyway. When reason didn’t work on Bunny, Wynonna threatened to send every monster in town to her house. That seemed to do the job.
Surprise, Nicole was listening the whole time and heard all the nice things Wynonna said about her. She comes in offering “hair of the dog” beers and a truce, all while looking super cute.
Wynonna and Nicole have a sweet chat, and Wynonna confesses to Nicole that she used to think she was an outsider, too.
After their talk, Wynonna gives Nicole a photo she found in Nedley’s closet of her right after Nedley rescued her from the Cult of Bulshar massacre when she was a kid.
Nicole goes into Nedley’s office and shows him the photo.
They then have a really sweet scene where Nedley tells her about how she got away from the massacre and how he kept an eye on her as she was growing up. Nicole says, “Everything good that I have in my life is because I came back to the Ghost River Triangle.” And Nedley tells her she’s like a daughter to him. They cry and hug and it’s all really sweet.
The show ends with Mama Earp leaving town to find Julian, and Wynonna finding out Doc is a vampire.
I loved this episode, and I hope we get a WynHaught-centric one every year.
*Orange is the New Black*– Season 6 \[Streaming\]Warning: Serious season six spoilers coming up. If you don’t want to be spoiled, click away now!
I gave up on *Orange is the New Black* a few seasons ago. If watching a ridiculous amount of TV was not my hobby, I would have abandoned the show after they killed Poussey. I don’t think endless torture porn is creative or edgy. I think it’s lazy, and in this case, misogynistic. I came into this season with the lowest of expectations, and during the first episode, my wife (who, for torture tolerance level reference, loves *Game of Thrones*) was ready to quit.
The first episode was surreal (much of it is told via Suzanne’s hallucinations) and not like the subsequent episodes. After the riot from last season, the guards were in revenge mode and taking it out on everyone who came from Litchfield minimum security. The scene that almost broke us is when the guards forced Gloria and Maria (two straight women) to kiss. I mean, wtf? Why do we have to be subjected to this violently forced, male gaze, bullshit? We stopped the episode and took a break.
After a day we started up again and honestly it got better. They reduced the usual cast of inmates and guards by half and sent them down the hill to the maximum security prison. There we were introduced to a new set of inmates and guards with new rivalries and personalities. The combination of new setting and new characters breathed life into the show and made it interesting again.
Some of the new characters from D Block### The Bad
The show still had plenty of torture. The guards at max were extra mean and out for revenge. Also, they had a game going the entire season called “Fantasy Inmate.” I imagine it’s like Fantasy Football (I’m not a sports person) where they picked inmates and got points for things they either did or had done to them — sex, violence, fights, etc. The winner got the pot of money at $100 a player. This caused the guards to put the inmates in situations to promote altercations.
I thought this was so fucked up. Some of the guards were crueler than others in order to score points. Occasionally a guard would question the ethical implications of the game, but for the most part they sadistically played it out the entire season.
Another story line that lasted throughout the season was Taystee being accused of and on trial for the murder of Piscatella after the riot last season. Piscatella was actually shot dead by a SWAT team member. The officers made a plan to blame it on the inmates, and after they were all interrogated, Taystee was the one who wound up accused.
Tasha gets support from the media and Black Lives Matter, but in the end she’s found guilty and it’s heartbreaking.
Tasha on trial### The Interesting
My favorite part of *Orange is the New Black* season six was Carol and Barb and the over 30 year long feud between C Block and D Block. Barb and Carol are sisters who were arrested for brutally killing their youngest sister and are generally horrible and manipulative people. In the present day Carol (played by Henny Russell) runs C Block, and Barb (played by Mackenzie Phillip) runs D Block.
Young Barb and Carol in a flashbackWe learn via flashback that Frieda used to be in max. She was in D Block and Carol sold drugs out of Frieda’s hiding place in the library. Barb was in C Block where she also sold drugs, but they had an agreement to only sell certain types of drugs respectively. Barb gets angry when Carol starts violating that pact and invading her territory.
I think they did a great job choosing the actors to play young Frieda, Carol and Barb.
Barb tells Carol to stop selling heroin and weed and stop stealing her customers.
Later Carol and Frieda arrive at the hiding spot to find it ransacked and all of the drugs (and Carol’s beloved Burt Reynolds poster) stolen. Carol is sure it was Barb, and she makes plans to retaliate at the kickball game.
Carol tackles Barb at the kickball game and confronts her over the stolen stash.
At that moment, Carol realizes it was Frieda who took the drugs.
Now that Frieda is back in Max (and Carol spotted her while she was getting transferred), she is in big trouble. Carol is out to get her. Frieda manages to get herself assigned to B Block, otherwise knows as “Florida,” where all the older and mentally ill inmates reside.
Carol and Barb’s gangs affect everyone on the cast, and it’s a running theme throughout the entire season.
### The Queer
So, what’s up with the queer characters this season?
Boo is only in one episode for a few minutes. Nicky is back, but mostly occupied with trying to keep Barb from waging a full-on war with Carol. Sophia makes a deal with the corporation that owns the prison and gets early release and a cash payout in return for never suing or telling the press how she was treated.
In the first few episodes you don’t know where Alex is and neither does Piper. Piper thinks she’s dead and she’s really depressed until Alex finally shows up. Alex was injured so badly in the riot that she needed to be taken to a real hospital and not prison hospital.
> [\#OITNB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), I was so ready to quit you, but we stuck it out a few episodes and now I’m warming up to this season. -T [\#vauseman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/vauseman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/h7fCveWNJJ](https://t.co/h7fCveWNJJ)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1032653438633603072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They spend the rest of the season being nice to each other, which is a welcome change. I stopped caring about them as a couple because: one, I find Piper to be an uninteresting character in general, and two, Alex and Piper are just not nice to each other. This season they had almost no physical scenes with each other, just kissing here and there, but at least they were romantically kind to each other.
We met a new queer character in Max, Dominga “Daddy” Duarte. She is Barb’s right-hand woman in D Block and manages her drug running. Daddy wound up in Litchfield Max for pimping and possibly helping cover up the murder of one of her girls — they don’t make that explicitly clear.
When Dayanara Diaz arrives in Max from up the hill, she is repeatedly beaten by guards and Daddy gives her some Oxy for the pain. Daddy also makes it known that she is into Daya. Daya gets hooked on the drugs, and eventually begins a relationship with Daddy. Later on she helps import drugs into the prison with the help of her mother Aleida and CO Hopper.
Towards the end of the season Gloria is transferred from C Block to D Block and reunited with Daya. When Gloria sees what’s going on with her and Daddy, she brings it up with her and Daya tells her she’s “gay for the stay.”
I don’t like Daddy, I lost any empathy for her after she served up one of the girls who seemed to really like her up to the guy pimps. Plus she got Daya hooked on Oxy which only gets worse as the season progresses.
However, after adding her to our database, I learned not only is [Vicci Martinez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vicci-martinez/), the actor who plays Daddy, a lesbian in real life (and came in third place on The Voice debut season), she is also [dating Emily Tarver](https://www.autostraddle.com/vicci-martinez-and-emily-tarver-a-k-a-daddy-and-co-mccullough-are-girlfriends-irl-427469/), who plays officer CO McCullough on the show. Vicci describes their relationship as “We are super in love,” and they are [the literal cutest](https://youtube.com/bLVexbfH6Js).
Okay, so I don’t like Daddy as a character, but I love they’re the second famous real life queer couple to come out of *Orange is the New Black*.
### The Ending
*Orange is the New Back* season six ended on a mostly positive note, which is remarkable, because the last few seasons have ended horribly.
Alex and Piper got gay prison married right before Piper left on early release.
It was ceremonial not legal, and we’ll see how much the commitment sticks while Piper is out and Alex is serving her remaining four years at Litchfield.
Piper discovered the kickball field and the fact that there were organized kickball games back in the 80s. The games were shut down since Barb and Carol had the Great Kickball War between C and D Block. Piper started a successful campaign to get kickball started up again.
Once again, Barb and Carol planned a battle for the final game, but Maria wasn’t up for a gang war. She approached CO McCullough before the game and asked her to make the captains re-pick teams. This allowed Maria to make the teams with a mixture of C and D Block members.
When it actually got to the moment when everyone had their their shivs out to start fighting, they got distracted by the game itself and kept playing. Everyone had regular kickball fun and there was no fight.
Kickball saved the day.
One reveal in the finale was the corporation that owns Litchfield is getting into the immigration detention center business. And as Blanca was released from prison, instead of being greeted by her sweet boyfriend who is there to pick her up, she goes right into the hands of ICE. This part was so heartbreaking. We got to know Blanca and her boyfriend better throughout the season, and I was so happy for her getting early release.
The actor who plays Blanca’s boyfriend posted this on Twitter and I thought it was sweet.
> Waiting for Season 7 of [@OITNB](https://twitter.com/OITNB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) like….[\#netflix](https://twitter.com/hashtag/netflix?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#OITNB](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#OITNB6](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OITNB6?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/h9jFTdG39b](https://t.co/h9jFTdG39b)
>
> — Miguel Izaguirre (@The1NOnlyMiguel) [August 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/The1NOnlyMiguel/status/1033086914742480897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So, what happened to Barb and Carol? They were suspiciously absent from the kickball game. If you’ve made it this far and you haven’t watched *Orange is the New Black* season six yet, I’m not going to spoil this part for you, because it’s pretty epic.
I was pleasantly surprised by the season — it was good. My wife and I found ourselves wanting to watch it and unable to stop even when it was getting late. It was like the early seasons of the show. The unfortunate reality is you have to get through a few terrible seasons to get here, but I hope the writers keep up this momentum because I’m back on board.
This week: *Cable Girls*, *Shameless* and *The Deuce* all come back. Who will have the most queer content? I will let you all know next week. My money’s on *Cable Girls*.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Orange is the New Black, Wynonna Earp
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### [10 Times "The Facts of Life" was Really Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/10-times-the-facts-of-life-was-really-gay/)
**Published:** October 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Allow us to take the good and the bad and show you 7 times "The Facts of Life" was really gay, up at Eastland Academy.
**Content:**
Every queer lady who was around and questioning life in the early 1980s can probably sing this song for you:
```
You take the good, you take the bad,You take them both and there you haveThe facts of life!
```
And when the news broke that someone was [considering a *Facts of Life* reboot](https://tvline.com/2018/08/03/the-facts-of-life-reboot-details/), a whole group of middle-aged queers shouted “Make Jo and Blair a couple!!”
For everyone else out there, it was a great big mystery to what on earth has us all so excited. After all, it’s yet another reboot, based on a spinoff of *Diff’rent Strokes* (yes with Gary Coleman), that takes place in an all girls boarding school in upper New York State. It sounds positively generic, and ‘kids in school’ has been done to death.
Heck, we were just on [LezHangOut](https://twitter.com/lezhangoutpod/status/1049668631825543168) to talk about this!
https://radiopublic.com/lez-hang-out-a-lesbian-podcast-GMBrMe/ep/s1!afea4
My dear queers, let me help explain the passion our generation has with this silly little show.
## The Setting
*The Facts of Life* takes place, as I said, in a boarding school. Eastland Academy is based in Peekskill, New York. This is, by the way, a real town in upstate New York (along the Hudson River), and there are many boarding school setups like this in the area. In the 1980s, it was still relatively common for well-off or upwardly mobile families to send their children off to school as young as 11. Basically 7th grade and on.
In this world, we originally have a boarding house where a group of girls all live, monitored by a house mother, Mrs. Edna Garrett. Girls of all ages live in the same house, sharing space an interacting, dealing with life and boys and peer pressure. The first season concentrated on seven girls and three adults.
But if you ask the queers, it *really* starts in season two when we meet Jo.
## Jo Polniaczek
In season two, we meet the new scholarship student, Polish, Bronx born, Jo. She arrives dressed head to toe in denim, and is straight away confused for a boy:
Seriously, why does Jo have tape hanging off her belt?In no short order we find out Jo doesn’t want to be at school, but was sent there because her single mother thought she was getting too serious with her first boyfriend, Eddie (who at 17 was in the Navy already). Jo has the highest grades on the entrance exam (her 98 beats Blair’s 96) and she’s very much not en vogue with the rest of the students.
## Blair Warner
By contrast to Jo, we have rich, blonde, Blair. Blair is smart, though she lacks common sense from time to time, and she’s absolutely stuck up on appearances. Her mother has been married three times, and Blair is the heiress to Warner Textiles. She’s incredibly proud of who she is (rich) and quite ignorant about everything else. Like cooking.
She’s never cooked a day in her life. This is not to say her life is perfect. Blair has lived through her mother’s multiple marriages and divorces, and doesn’t see her father (any of them) all that much. Plus her favourite grandfather (Judge Carlton Blair) was a member and supporter of the KKK.
## Ten Times They Were *Really* Gay
From day one, Jo and Blair were at each other’s throats. They bickered, they fought, they argued, but they also had each other’s backs. They believed each other always when it came to boys, though not always other things. They gave each other hell, but fought against anyone else who did it.
These top moments are from their high school days. There were many more, and if you check out our Twitter feed, you’ll see some that didn’t make the cut.
When they meetAfter that ‘delivery boy’ confusion,
Classic Enemies to Friends
Naturally Jo, who has a boyfriend, asks where the boys in town are at, makes Blair a fake ID, and they go to a bar. Of course, this ends up with the school van (which Jo hot-wired) getting destroyed, and now the girls have to live together. Oh gosh.
There’s a brief moment while they’re in jail together, and Jo comes to Blair’s protection.
Eastland is the new black?And they weren’t even friends yet.
Fighting Over BoysIn episode 3, season 2, Jo gets asked to a cotillion by a boy Blair likes: Harrison. When confronted by Blair (via proxy Mrs. Garrett), Jo immediately offers to back down in respect of Blair’s turf:
Respect!But Harrison turns out to be a heel and only wants to take Jo there to get laid. Jo socks him one (off camera) and high tails it home, confiding in Mrs. G. While she’s been gone, Blair has naturally been trying on Jo’s clothes, hoping to see what attracts men to her nemesis.
Blair is perfect
When Harrison comes back, he’s confronted by Tootie and Natalie (who want to know where Jo is) and then Blair (who wants to see if her new look entices the heel). Only Blair finds out exactly what a creep Harrison is, and wants to deck him.
Of course you know what you’re talking about. Lord help any Mister who comes between these two!
The BreakupAround the middle of season 3, the girls *finally* pay off the damages to the school van. This results in everyone getting new roommates and living in the normal dorms. Of course, they all miss each other, but no one wants to say it. Least of all Blair who wants to know how *everyone* is getting on. Mrs. G. knows the truth.
Mrs. G. is a total meddler. But when they have to clean up the old room and repaint it, shenanigans ensue. Jo ‘accidentally’ puts a paint tray down and Blair sits in it. Blair paints Jo’s face and then…
The epic fight. The part that gets me is the immediate moment of panic Blair clearly has when she thinks she hurt Jo.
When Jo doesn’t get the jobWhile Blair is dealing with her mother’s breast cancer scare, she still has time to be Jo’s friend. After Jo doesn’t get the job she wants at the bike shop, Blair offers some sage advice.
Those high waisted pants are pretty wrong… Good enough for Jo indeed.
Jo Doesn’t Want to Eat with BoysOne of Blair’s brilliant ideas was to have a box dinner plus date with the girls sold for charity, to raise money for starving people. That sounds lovely, right? Really Blair was using it to get a date with a new boy. While Jo is dragged into the mix, she makes an intentionally terrible box meal (in an oil filter box).
No dinner with anyone, thank you. When a boy actually bids on it, Jo ponies up $5 to shut him up and be left the hell alone.
Jo’s CousinSpeaking of Jo, her cousin Terry is two years younger and two tons more butch than Jo. She’s adorable, raised by a widower father and two older brothers, and asks the only girl she knows for help girling it up. Jo. Who is not prepared. So she calls her ace in the hole.
An expert who is always available for her Jo. Yet another example of Blair and Jo leaping to help each other. And I can’t possibly explain the way Blair answered the phone. Sadly the episode ends with Terry’s family not being okay with the new girl her, and there’s a lot of misogynistic garbage.
Blair Saves JoIn the fourth season, the show opens with the rude news that trickle down economics has caused a pinch, and Jo’s scholarship will cease to exist. After running herself ragged and trying everything she can, there’s only one option. The Warner Family Scholarship. Naturally Jo doesn’t apply, but just when she gives up hope, she finds out she won it. Immediately Jo thanks Mrs. Garrett, but it wasn’t she who submitted the application.
It was Blair.
Blair doesn’t care about pride? Since when?That look at the end is just so sweet.
Blair’s Abusive BoyfriendNo, he didn’t hit her. He was emotionally abusive, strung Blair along, cheated on her, and more. After he ditches her at a dance, he ‘apologizes’ by telling her there *might* be room in his car for a ski trip up to Vermont, but she has to call him back by 7 the next morning. Everyone tries to help her go the 16 hours without calling Chad, by any means possible. Which led to Jo doing this for Blair:
Can you believe Jo let that happen? But their plans didn’t really work, as Blair couldn’t sleep that night and thought about calling him. Of course Jo got up and caught her, and the two had a heart to heart. Blair finally confesses she liked that he didn’t think she was perfect.
Would Chad have stayed up all night with you? The two end up spending the night on the couch until 7:22am, and they celebrate Blair not calling Chad. Only for Chad to call and invite her along. Blair finally realizes she doesn’t want to go. When Jo offers to tell Chad no, Blair takes the phone and hangs it up for herself.
Jo wants to be a nunJo is about to go down to Yale for her first ‘college weekend’ with a boy and has put on a skirt to do so.
She looks great in jeans, though. But the mess starts when Blair’s step-sister Meg (played by the *Brady Bunch*‘s fake Jan) comes to visit, and reveals she’s joining a convent. Due to travel shenanigans, Meg drives Jo to Yale, and when her boyfriend has the mumps, Jo decides to spend the weekend with Meg. At a retreat.
Way to hide your feelings there, Blair.Worst of all, Jo decides she’s going to be a nun herself. Which leads to Blair goading Jo.
Jo has a mean right hook
Interestingly, not even Tootie breaking Jo’s things got a rise out of her. But Blair? In the end, Meg talks Jo out of being a nun (thank God), and Blair accepts Meg being a nun.
If you didn’t know this was about religion…Even in context, it’s incredibly gay.
GraduationOver graduation, the girls have to deal with their parents. Jo’s father is trying to pamper her mother to say thank you for single-mom raising Jo. Blair’s mother is pissed off her father blew off Blair’s graduation for work. When they calm their parents down, Jo has a small panic attack mere minutes before her valedictorian speech.
When Blair gives her a little reminder of the content, Jo remembers it’s about the people who support you, who help you, and who love you. Like Blair.
Friendship and love.I know they did the pink colour for all the flashbacks, but come on. Really?
What about you, fellow kids? What were your favourite Jo and Blair moments from Eastland Academy for Girls?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Facts of Life
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 10, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-september-10-2018/)
**Published:** September 10, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Cable Girls season three dropped and I watched it all in a day, Bubbleline is canon and I get hooked on Burden of Truth.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Cable Girls* season three dropped, and I watched it all in a day. Bubbleline is canon, and I get hooked on *Burden of Truth*.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
*[Adventure Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time/)* – Season 10 Episode 13-16 “Come Along with Me” \[Streaming\]When I heard about Princess Bubblegum and Marceline years ago, I watched the first couple seasons of *Adventure* *Time*. Even though they are cute, and the show is cute, there wasn’t enough queer content to keep me watching — especially with shows like *Steven Universe* on the air.
Since my Twitter feed blew up over Bubbleline during the series finale, I had to watch it. I didn’t know the details of what was going on, but I am really glad they gave everyone the parting gift of making Bubbleline canon.
> The big [\#Bubbleline](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Bubbleline?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) scene from last night’s [\#AdventureTime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdventureTime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) series finale. Thank you, writers! [pic.twitter.com/UETFnpoLkO](https://t.co/UETFnpoLkO)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1037118877057134592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
*[Burden of Truth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/) –* Season 1 Episode 5 “Witch Hunt” \[Binge-Watch\]*Burden of Truth* is a Canadian drama that already aired in Canada last winter and spring, but The CW has been airing it the US this summer. I read about it on Twitter, and because there’s a teen queer female couple on it, I decided to give it a try.
I was pretty hooked right away. A corporate lawyer named Joanna Hanley goes back to her small home town to defend a big pharmaceutical company after several high school girls there get sick, and they think it was caused by a vaccination produced by the company.
It turns out it wasn’t the vaccination, and Joanna is ready to head back to the city with a win on her hands, but then she starts to uncover an even more insidious conspiracy. As she gets deeper into the case, she uncovers secrets about her own family that dramatically change her life.
It’s a fun summer watch with just enough mystery to keep you hooked and entertained, but it’s not too complicated or serious.
https://youtube.com/dtug26XWI2o
Molly, the main girl with the mystery illness, has a girlfriend named Luna. At first I thought it was cool that they randomly had two main queer characters, but I didn’t think their relationship was too integral to the story. However, as the episodes progress, each girl has an important role in the show on their own and their relationship gets more focus as well.
This is a perfect example of how you can organically include queer characters in a show without their queerness being the main subject of their story lines. There are four episodes left to go, and it got renewed for a season two. I’m excited to see how this season pans out.
*[Cable Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)* – Season 3 Episode 3 “Chapter 19: Truth” \[Streaming\]*Las Chicas del* *Cable,* aka *Cable Girls,* season three dropped last Friday, and I was so excited! My wife and I binged the whole season in a day. I love soap operas and this show is the perfect level of straight up soap opera formula mixed with feminist themes.
This part wasn’t queer, but right out of the gate, we hit a square on the soap opera BINGO card.
Pablo has a surprise identical twin! His twin Julio is a womanizing, confident jerk — the exact opposite of Pablo. It’s so perfect complete with sub-*Orphan Black* quality “one actor playing two characters” filming.
Carlota and Oscar/Sara are living together now, exclusively. They are living in Carlota parents’ main house while Carlota’s mom stays at their other house. The house comes complete with a wait staff and a boatload of inheritance money. Miguel was an addict on the street until Francisco’s dad give him a job at his new club, “White Lady,” as long as he stayed sober.
While Carlota and Sara/Oscar are out at White Lady, they see Miguel. When they get home, Sara/Oscar asks Carlota if it bothered her to see him. She said no because of the way he left their relationship.
At the house Oscar is free to be his true self, and he looks amazing.
However, now that they live in a house with an entire wait staff, of course they get walked in on.
Carlota is giving zero fucks about being out and being an activist for women’s’ rights this season. It gets her into trouble later on, but I love her boldness.
There wasn’t a lot of focus on Carlota and Oscar/Sara’s relationship this season; they were steadily together the entire time, and while they remained friendly with Miguel and let him know they missed him, he didn’t rejoin the relationship.
I thought this was cool because it’s what we want, right? Queer relationships that are not in a constant state of conflict. They got to live freely as a couple and support each other along the way.
I’m going to save the end of my recap for next week, because I don’t want to spoil the cutest part just yet for folks that haven’t seen it.
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Waiting Forever For You” \[Live\]There wasn’t a ton of Wayhaught story line in this episode, but there was a super cute/funny moment during the Unkillable Gay Squad’s BGD (Big Gay Dinner). Waverly and Nicole host a Big Gay Dinner at the Earp homestead for Jeremy and Robin, and once again, Bulshar’s ring makes it back to Nicole.
> The funny [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) accidental not-proposal scene. [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XF3kLsaVCF](https://t.co/XF3kLsaVCF)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 9, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1038863856188248064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The disappointed look on Waverly’s face was so sad, but the scene was comedic perfection. I’m wondering if this is going to happen more than once this season.
[*The Deuce*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Our Raison d’Être” \[Live\]Season one starts with a little time jump to 1977. Vincent now owns a disco named Club 366 in addition to the Hi-Hat and French Parlor.
Melissa is now working for CC, and we did not see Barbara at all. Maybe she is still in jail.
The best surprise was [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roberta-colindrez/) making an appearance as Irene! She manages the Show Land Sex Emporium with Vincent’s brother Frankie. Vincent pays Irene a visit after he learns Frankie stole a bunch of money from the Show Land office.
I hope we see a lot more of her this season.
This week: *American Horror Story* is back! This one is titled *Apocalypse.* I can’t tell if there is any queer in it from the official trailer, but if there is I will definitely report back.
https://youtube.com/xKrpgJTS-Vg
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Adventure Time, Burden of Truth, Cable Girls, The Deuce, Wynonna Earp
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### [Web Series Spotlight: Rebecca Gold](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/assassinations-the-name-with-rebecca-gold/)
**Published:** October 3, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When an assassin goes rogue for a girl, all the rules go out the window.
**Content:**
This week a new web series, *Rebecca Gold* dropped, and I was lucky enough to get to watch the whole series. I’m here to tell you to watch it.
The premise is simple. A highly skilled assassin goes rogue when she encounters her high school crush. As one might predict, they run into each other on a case. Agent Nine goes off the rails when she doesn’t quite follow protocol with her crush.
Oh come on, you knew what had to happen, right?
But that’s where the story goes even weirder. See, instead of making this a romp comedy about missed connections (which don’t get me wrong, is fun as heck), *Rebecca Gold* turns left and goes dark.
It’s only five episodes, each five to seven minutes long, and they all fun. I watched them in a rush and wished I had more than 25 minutes to enjoy. The series is filled with geek jokes (from *Star Wars* to *Hitchhiker’s Guide* and everything in between) and the ending … Well. I’ll let you watch it for yourself when it airs.
Until then, check out the trailer and watch [*Rebecca Gold*.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rebecca-gold/)
##### Screener Review On *Rebecca Gold*
Lesbian assassins, pizza deliveries, and a fun adventure. The show is gold.
Queer Score: 5 Worth It? thumbs-up
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Rebecca Gold
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – September 17, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-september-17-2018/)
**Published:** September 17, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Molly and Luna decide to stick together on Burden of Truth, Issa gives a ride to a cute queer couple on Insecure and I finish up my Cable Girls season three recap.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Molly and Luna decide to stick together on *Burden of Truth*, Issa gives a ride to a cute queer couple on *Insecure,* and I finish up my *Cable Girls* season three recap.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*Burden of Truth*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/) – Season 1 Episode 7 “Ducks on the Pond” \[Live\]On the last episode of *Burden of Truth*, Art from *Orphan Black* came to town as a witness on behalf of the evil Steel company to testify that all of the girls have “Conversion Disorder” (aka it’s all in their heads) because of trauma they experienced after the suicide of their friend.
On this episode the judge dismisses the case because Joanna and Billy don’t have enough evidence against this Conversion Disorder diagnosis. After the trial Art (his real name is Calvin) runs after Molly and Luna and tells Molly he’ll give her Conversion Disorder therapy for free if she signs a NDA. Of course she signs it. Ugh, don’t sign stuff before letting your lawyer look at it!
Molly was buying Conversion Disorder, but is now still spasming as much as usual and is feeling like shit about it and not worth sticking around in this small town for. She drags the truth out of Luna about being accepted to McGill University and thinks she should go without her. She tells her she would be better off.
After Luna storms out, she marches into Billy’s office and tells him she doesn’t want to give up. She also tells him about the NDA. Armed with this new news, Billy thinks they have a chance because it’s clear Art/Calvin has nefarious motives. With new evidence, Billy and Joanna go to the judge, and she reopens the case!
By the end, Molly has a change of heart, and her and Luna get back together. It’s pretty cute.
> The cute scene of Molly and Luna deciding to stay together. [\#BurdenOfTruth](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BurdenOfTruth?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/ePLqoy2fxg](https://t.co/ePLqoy2fxg)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 16, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1041401432812003328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
There are only a few episodes left. I can’t wait to see how things work out for Molly and Luna.
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/wynonna-earp-s2-wayhaught/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Undo It” \[Live\]This was a time loop episode! I love episodes like this, however I have to admit I had a hard time following what was going on.
The show opened with a Wayhaught fake-out.
They were just trying to get Bulshar’s ring off, not each other – womp.
Okay, this was funny and cute, but I’m growing impatient with the sex scene disparity on the show. Wynonna gets to bang Charlie in a firetruck, and we have a Wynonna and Doc post-barn bang scene in this episode. For Nicole and Waverly it’s all been off-screen and implied.
I don’t *need* explicit sex scenes for Wayhaught, but if they are happening for the straight characters on the show, I want sex scene equality for the main queer couple.
We have two more episodes left to this season and I don’t feel confident we’re going to get it.
*[Cable Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Chapter 24: Destiny” \[Binge-Watch\]I saved the big finale episode for this week because I didn’t want to spoil it days after the season dropping.
The last two episodes of season three are a big, dramatic hostage situation at the phone company. The activists Carlota had gotten involved with are more radical than she knewm and they have the King and our girls, along with the rest of the phone company staff, trapped in the building with bombs planted everywhere.
Because they see Carlota as a traitor, they handcuff her and Sara/Oscar to a radiator right next to one of the bombs.
Of course the bombs do get triggered and everyone has five minutes to escape.
With death seemingly imminent, this happens.
> [\#CableGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CableGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) spoiler! Scroll past if you haven’t finished season three yet!
> ~
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> Sara/Oscar has a spontaneous “wedding” with Carlota right before bombs go off at the phone company building (they made it out okay). [\#LasChicasDelCable](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasChicasDelCable?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1xoMyOMads](https://t.co/1xoMyOMads)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 16, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1041424660250943490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love how the show gave us a “queer wedding” even though same-sex marriage and the right for transgender people to change their sex assigned at birth wouldn’t be legal in Spain until 70-some years later.
After everyone is safely out of the building before the big explosion, Sara/Oscar asks Carlota this.
I wonder what this means for season four if we get one.
*Insecure* – Season 3 Episode 5 “High-Like” \[Live\]I love *Insecure*, and I keep wishing they’d add a queer female character so I can add the show to the site. In this episode Issa gave a ride to a queer couple while driving for Lyft and it was pretty cute.
Then later at a party Kelli makes a Janelle Monáe reference.
Two queer female things on a single episode! Maybe Issa will have a new lesbian coworker if she gets a new job. I can hold out hope.
Tonight it’s the Emmys! Hopefully one of our fan favs will win.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Burden of Truth, Cable Girls, Insecure, Wynonna Earp
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### [Web Series Spotlight: Recon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/web-series-spotlight-recon/)
**Published:** October 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Freshman year can be killer - literally - in a new web series.
**Content:**
It’s October and everyone likes spooky things. So how about people spying on you while you’re in your first year away at college?
## Welcome to *Recon*
*Recon* is a web series, and you know the story. A small town girl finally gets a chance to go away to college, to study the topics she’s loved her whole life, and actually figure out what it means to *be* queer. That rings true for a lot of us. But unlike most of us, computer whiz Ava is at a special kind of college.
A *spy* college.
That’s right, she’s off at the mysterious Academy, dedicated to training young spies. Just as she finds friends and comes out of the closet, Ava discovers she’s being filmed. And those videos? Are up online.
Now Ava has to convince her new friends that she had nothing to do with this, because she’s going to need some help taking down whatever nefarious villain is invading her privacy. And whatever else is happening at the Acadamy. Like a missing teacher.
Whew. Freshman year is killer.
## Who’s Behind This?
The brainchild behind this series is creator and producer [Emma K. Drewry](http://emmadrewry.com), who’s story mirrors Ava’s. A little. From a small town in Connecticut, she’s a film student at USC in Los Angeles. Drewy’s freshman year was a lot less with the assassinations, but absolutely filled with experiences she loved.
> Recon is my pride and joy. I have always aspired to make content that brings people happiness, gives underrepresented communities on-and-off-screen, and lets its audience feel like badass spies in the process. I hope that *Recon* makes every closeted queer kid out there feel as empowered as it’s made me.
>
> Emma Drewry
Not only has she made *Recon*, she’s worked in the transmedia promotion and interactive extension for Pemberley Digital on their Emmy-winning franchise *Emma Approved*. She’s also worked as the transmedia editor on *Artificial*, Twitch’s first scripted episodic series.
 Cast and crew photo on the last full-cast day of shooting on set. Top row from left: Ana Ming Bostwick-Singer, Meredith “Kat” Wells, Justice Schiappa, Arjun Sarup. Middle row from left: Ursula Collins-Laine, Joré Aaron, Christa Troester, Emma Drewry, Jay Borgwardt, Isaac Sanchez. Bottom row from left: Miriam Sachs, KatieMichal Pullen (holding a kitten named April), Victoria Ortiz. Photographed by Miriam Sachs. Alongside her co-executive producers, Christa Troester and [Justice Schiappa](http://justiceschiappa.com), who are also among the writers, they’ve made fun spy dramady about growing up, becoming yourself, and learning how to kill.
## New Episodes Every Week
We’re just about halfway through the series, nine episodes in out of 20, with two released every Mondays and Thursdays.
Just remember. Big Brother is watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZnidh2rcgM
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Recon, Web Series
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – October 1, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-october-1-2018/)
**Published:** October 1, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the big, 2-episode Wynonna Earp Season Three Finale and Grey's is back with their queer characters.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, it’s the big, 2-episode *Wynonna Earp* Season Three Finale, and Grey’s is back with its queer characters.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
[*Burden of Truth*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/burden-of-truth/) – Season 1 Episode 9 “Home to Roost” \[Live\]
On this episode the lawyers representing the bad guys are planning their strategy. They chose to go after Molly (Luna’s girlfriend) first.
“The Gay Thing” strategy, is that like the Twinkie Defense?
I don’t know how The Gay Thing’s going to work out. All the other sick girls are straight and don’t have the “psychological pressures” of being closeted lesbians. Plus Molly and Luna are not in the closet anyway!
There is only one episode left, and I can’t wait to see what happens!
[*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 15 Episode 1 & 2 “With a Wonder and a Wild Desire; Broken Together Part 1 & 2” \[Live\]Grey’s is back for season 15! When people say to me, “That show’s still on the air?” I get it, the show has jumped many sharks; however, I want it to keep going because I think Shonda Rhimes is a legend, and I want her to have the longest running drama of all time.
If you remove all the animated shows from that list, Grey’s is now in 9th place. If it gets renewed for another season, it’ll jump to 6th place (passing *ER*). *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* and *NCIS* will need to go off the air first before she can climb all the way to the top, but I want to see her there.
On the big two-hour premiere, we saw all our queer characters: [Carina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carina-deluca/), [Casey ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-parker/)and [Taryn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taryn-helm/). Whew! I was glad all three of them got decent screen time. I was worried queer stories would be faded out without Arizona still on the show.
Taryn even got a very important life lesson (maybe the most important one) from a queer elder.
Will any of our three characters get a ship this year? I really hope so.
[*BoJack Horseman*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/) – Season 3 Episode 5 “Love And/Or Marriage” \[Binge-watch\]I didn’t have any interest in watching *BoJack Horseman* until I heard [a story on the Nancy Podcast](https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/nancy-podcast-asexuality) about it and [some very enthusiastic recommendations from folks on Twitter](https://twitter.com/laura_markus/status/1045346389738192898), so I decided to give it a try.
I did not like it. The animals having sex with humans grossed me out, and I thought the humor just trying to be over-the-top crude and not clever.
But then after powering through season one it started to get better and then it got good. The show turns into a really well-done drama vs. just an adult cartoon with dick jokes.
In this episode, BoJack and Todd crash a lesbian couple’s wedding rehearsal dinner, and while giving a speech, BoJack inadvertently talks one of the half of the couple, [Taneisha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taneisha/) (voiced by [Tessa Thompson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-thompson/)), out of marrying her fiancee, Karen.
He talks her back into it later and the wedding is on again.
I’m hooked on this show now. I’ll report back on any more notable queerness I see during the rest of my binge-watch.
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* – Season 3 Episode 1 1 “Daddy Lessons” \[Live\]Here we are, the big two episode *Wynonna Earp* season three finale! I’m going to do my best to interpret what the heck happened.
The show opens with Waverly and Nicole looking over Charlie’s dead body. They are deciding if they should tell Wynonna Doc Vampire-killed him or not when Nicole gets an SOS call on her radio. Nicole has to go deal with that and leaves Waverly with Charlie’s body.
Whew, that forehead kiss had Stef and Lena levels of passion.
I give it two sad sponges
After Nicole leaves, Waverly touches Charlie and the ring brings him back to life! Waverly is freaked out and runs out of the room.
Waverly saw the ability to raise someone from the dead as a sign that she needs to be the one to take on Bulshar. Wynnona is not cool with that and knocks her out, locks her in a box on her truck, and brings her to Nicole. She tells Nicole she needs to drive Waverly out of the Ghost River Triangle and keep her there so she’s safe.
Nicole says she can’t take a road trip right now because she’s the sheriff of a town under siege.
Just then Carlie comes strolling up. Nicole looks like she’s seeing a ghost because when she saw him earlier that day he was dead. Wynonna didn’t know he was dead, and she asks him to take Waverly out of town.
Charlie drives her, but not away and out of town; he takes her to her mother’s greenhouse. That seems like the worst place to be to avoid the whole end-of-the-world Bulshar showdown.
In the greenhouse Waverly starts talking to Charlie about Wynonna, but he wants to change the subject.
> “How about you tell me what you like best about Sheriff Haught?” [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PRdwgUSt4o](https://t.co/PRdwgUSt4o)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1046125617362726915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Waverly asks him about his family, and he says he doesn’t remember anything about them. He says he only remembers walking into Purgatory. At that point Waverly touches him with the ring, and they both see a flashback of him walking into the Fire Station telling the Chief he “only wants to help people.”
Just then Charlie hears a car pulling up and says they need to hide. It’s Doc, and he’s after Charlie. While hiding under a table, Charlie starts to remember more, and Waverly starts to clue into the fact that he’s not Charlie; he’s actually her father Julian!
Wow, I am bad at Sci Fi. I did not see that coming at all.
*[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* – Season 3 Episode 12 “War Paint” \[Live\]Waverly makes it back to the Earp Homestead where Wynonna has assembled an army of Revenants to fight Bulshar. Waverly tells her all about Carlie/Julian and Doc being evil vampire Doc. Wynonna does a few rounds of, “woah, I slept with your dad,” and Waverly says she needs to go find Nicole.
Meanwhile, Nicole is at Kate’s house after patching her up from a gunshot wound inflicted by Doc. Nicole is starting to worry about Waverly.
Then a bunch of Bulshar’s minions bursts into the house. Kate and Nicole knock them all out, but during the fight, Nicole gets stabbed in the side. While walking from Kate’s house to the Earp Homestead, Nicole passes out from the wound, and you see the feet of someone finding her. It turns out that someone is Doc, and he carries her the rest of the way.
They bring Nicole into the barn, and Julian says he can fix her.
Julian gives Nicole some angel reiki and heals her.
After that a lot of stuff happens. Bulshar and his army invade the Earp homestead, and there’s a ton of gunfire. Bobo captures Wynonna, and she almost gets her head chainsawed off. Then Doc helps shoot some bad guys, and Julian saves her. Bobo stabs Julian with his sword, and then Waverly kills Bobo with the ring she got back from Julian after he saved Nicole. Also somehow Bulshar lifted the Earp curse, but I’m not sure how.
Waverly tries, but she can’t resurrect Julian a second time.
Finally Waverly and Nicole are reunited. I never understand when a couple reunites on TV after one (or both) of them almost dies, and they’re not more excited to see each other.
> The [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) semi proposal scene from the [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season three finale. [\#WynonnaEarpFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarpFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/RpB9Gt1SjT](https://t.co/RpB9Gt1SjT)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [September 30, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1046382999707824128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I think that was a proposal scene. Waverly wants to put a ring on Nicole after losing her father. Of course Wynonna interrupts before we can hear Nicole’s answer.
Before the big battle Wynonna does shots with the Unkillable Gay Squad, but psyche — she actually drugged them so they will stay safe. All of them pass out except for Waverly, and the two sisters go to the steps to battle Bulshar.
Waverly pulls the sword out of the steps and hands it to Wynonna. The sword used to be Peacemaker, and it flames up in her hands. She impales Bulshar on the sword, but right before he dies, he manages to get a bite in Wynonna.
Waverly can’t get to her because she’s trapped on the steps. Doc runs in and is able to suck the venom out of Wynonna’s neck and save her. Waverly, however, gets dragged into the door at the top of the stairs by vines. Doc is somehow able to get past the force field around the stairs and goes in after her.
Wynonna goes back to the homestead and everyone is gone. She then goes to Shorty’s, and only Nedley is there. He says there’s no one left in town except the two of them. Wynonna tells him they’ve all been taken to the Garden, and she and Nedley need to get them back. Also, Nedley drops the “F bomb,” that was fun.
The end of season three.
Hm, okay, I don’t totally understand what’s going on, but I’m fine with a cliffhanger knowing we are getting a season four.
We’ll all have to wait and see if Nedley and Wynonna save the rest of Team Earp, and what Nicole’s answer is, next Summer on season four.
[*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 9 Episode 4 “Do Right, Vote White!” \[Live\]It’s the 100th episode of *Shameless*!
It’s breakfast at the Gallagher house and Debbie’s not there. Lip says she went out with friends to see a show last night. Frank, of course, thinks she hooked up with some guy, but actually she stayed over at Alex’s.
Ill make you waffles for breakfastDuring breakfast, Alex makes this proposal.
Woah, it’s only been a minute. *Shameless* can check Lesbian UHaul scene off its stereotype bucket list. This show has the ability to take something interesting and immediately turn it weird.
Debbie comes home and tells Carl she’s in love.
Carl tells her she can’t be a lesbian because she has a kid. All the Gallaghers are having a hard time believing Debbie could possibly be gay. But regardless of that, Debbie tells him they’re in love and moving in together.
Later we have a montage set to music of Debbie trying on clothes to make her look more dykey.
Even though I literally own this exact outfit (minus the handkerchief), *Shameless* can check a “trying to look more gay” scene off its lesbian stereotype bucket list.
Later, Alex and Debbie are hanging out and Alex is telling Debbie that she’s been engaged twice before (lesbian serial monogamist – check!) and then Debbie starts rambling about sex with dudes vs. sex with a woman.
That look on Alex’s face is like, “Oh no, straight girl alert — get me out of this relationship!”
Where are we at now… four stereotype checkboxes? The clueless straight girl saying ignorant stuff about sex with woman while sleeping with one? Where is this going? Are we supposed to believe all the Gallaghers telling Debbie she can’t be queer?
The next morning Alex is obviously disturbed and leaves without saying goodbye. When she gets back home, Debbie is still there and wants to know if she did something wrong. Alex tells her she mad at herself for falling in love with a straight girl. Debbie insists that she’s gay, but Alex doesn’t believe her.
And we end with checkbox five — falling for a straight girl.
Guess what, people can like more than one gender. I hope this show redeems itself and has Debbie, and everyone else, realizes she’s bi. We’ll see what happens next week.
This week: it’s the *Burden of Truth* season one finale, and *Station 19* comes back! We get to see what fire fighter Maya is up to.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** BoJack Horseman, Burden of Truth, Grey's Anatomy, Wynonna Earp
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### [New Feature: Statistics by Formats](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/new-feature-statistics-by-formats/)
**Published:** October 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ever wanted to know how many Canadian TV shows are web series? We're making it easier for you to get at the data you want!
**Content:**
While we call ourselves LezWatch.**TV**, the reality of TV is that not everything on TV is a TV show. And not everything that’s a TV show is actually on ‘normal’ TV. This is why we break up television show ‘formats’ into the following:
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/mini-series/) [Mini-Series (camera-movie-stand)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/mini-series/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/movie/) [TV Movie (camera-movie)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/movie/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/tv-show/) [TV Show (tv)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/tv-show/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/) [Web Series (camcorder)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/)
And one of our missions, beyond just getting all the data, is presenting it in a way that can help people understand the representation we’re getting.
Our newest addition to our site stats are **[Formats](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/formats/)**. But we didn’t stop at just getting you a list that 75% of the shows we cover are TV shows. No, we went that extra step so you can see that [54% of shows from Canada are TV Shows, and 38% are web series](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/?view=formats&country=canada). Were you curious to know how many mini-series had dead queers? As of this post, [it’s 10 (which is 19%)](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/formats/?view=tropes&showform=mini-series).
We hope this is just one more way we’re helping you get at the data you want in a way that’s clear.
As always, if you have an ideas about statistics or data, please leave a comment or [drop us a line](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Statistics
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### [30 Days Until ClexaCon London](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/30-days-until-clexacon-london/)
**Published:** October 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It’s 30 days until ClexaCon London and I am well chuffed to get to make this international trip happen.
**Content:**
It’s not enough to do ClexaCon once in 2018, we’re going to do it twice. That’s right, I’m going to [ClexaCon London](http://clexa-con.com/london/)! [Unlike Tracy](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/thirty-days-until-clexacon/), I’ve been to many a convention before. I used to go to San Diego Comic Con back in the 1980s, when you could easily get same-day tickets. But I’m going to say it.
## I’m nervous about ClexaCon London
While it’s true I’ve been to many international conferences, and spoken at quite a few, this will only be my third run as press and I’m still getting a feel for how it’s going. I’m also a baby photographer, and while Tracy’s filled my head with information about framing and color adjustments, I know I have a long way to go.
Thankfully I’m not worried at all about being around my people. Nerdy conventions and I are old friends. I’m even going to TGIFemslash again next year, so you know I love being around fangirls. I’ve been involved with online fandom for ages. I once did the header image for alt.tv.er (under the handle AthenaNike). I’ve been part of mailing lists, online role playing games, and more. Yes, I’ve written fan fic.
It’s going to be hard to separate the fangirl from the Girl Reporter, but I’ll do my best Lois Lane.
## What I’m most looking forward to
Representing LezWatch.TV as PressThis is still very new, and doubling work as interviewer and photographer is going to be exhausting. I know my photos won’t be Tracy Level, but I’m already prepping to interview some of those amazing guests.
Being with fansIt’s not as awesome as P-town, I presume, but being at conventions where I don’t have to worry about weird men making awkward advances, and where queer is the norm, is delightfully calming.
NetworkingI’ll bring stickers and pins along, but also I’m happy to talk with anyone about the site, the data, and what we can do to make it better. Tracy and I are open source and open data enthusiasts. We want it to be easier for everyone to find themselves on TV. If this is your thing, you can talk my ear off and I’ll take notes.
Meeting more new peopleI’m super excited to see Christin Baker of TelloFilms again (and maybe get more than a ‘Hey!’ in this time). I’m really hoping to get to meet Dana Piccoli, because I totally fangirl her writing. Of course I want to meet [Joe (@FlailerOfAScot on Twitter)](https://twitter.com/FlailerOfAScot), even though I don’t know much sign language at all. Don’t think you’re getting out of this without a hello, Jess Harris-DiStefano, because we’re gonna meet.
And I absolutely want to meet everyone there who I’ve talked to on Twitter, who follows us, and who maybe isn’t so vocal about things. You matter too, and as the friendly introvert of the team, I know how scary it can be to see everyone.
London
Look, I like London. I’ve been before (earlier this year in fact) and I’m excited to go again. If you’r going to spend some time in town, I recommend getting a [London Oyster Card](https://www.visitbritainshop.com/usa/london-visitor-oyster-card/). The Tube is easy (more so than NYC in my opinion) and it’s lovely to be able to just get around and go places. Like the British Museum. Or the Crime Museum of Scotland Yard (aka The Black Museum).
## Will I see you there?
I know it’s planned to be smaller than Las Vegas, but I’m hoping to see many of you there. Some old friends, some new, and some amazing artists and speakers.
See you in a month across the pond!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Conventions
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### [Yvonne Suhor, Founder of Art's Sake, and star of "Young Riders", Dies](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/yvonne-suhor-founder-of-arts-sake-and-star-of-young-riders-dies/)
**Published:** September 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Yvonne Suhor, actor and teacher, died of pancreatic cancer on September 27th.
**Content:**
On Thursday, September 27, [Yvonne Suhor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yvonne-suhor/) died due to complications with pancreatic cancer.
https://www.facebook.com/art.sake.1/posts/2225538084126474
She was an actor and teacher, having founded the Art’s Sake Film Acting Studio in Winter Park, Florida.
Yvonne was not someone I’ve found most people knew. She was never superstar famous like Josh Brolin (Cable from *Deadpool*), her co-star from *The Young Riders*. That’s how I came to know her. I loved that show and watched every single episode. Yvonne’s character, Louise McCloud, pretended to be a boy, Lou, and rode for the Pony Express. When the show ended, her character married her love interest, The Kid, and I was sad.
Because I absolutely had a massive crush on Yvonne.
## History Making
And I’m not bringing this up just because she was my crush. Yvonne is on LezWatch.TV because she played an important TV lesbian in the 1990s. Even if most people didn’t realize it at the time.
There was a popular show that my college roommate loved, called *[Northern Exposure](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/northern-exposure/)*. The plot was a New York Jewish doctor was sent to Alaska, and he was a fish out of water in the town named Cicely. One episode, he finally learned about the name of the town.
You see, the town was founded by two free-thinking lesbians. Roslyn and [Cicely](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cicely-northern-exposure/). The latter of whom was played by Yvonne. Her character was dying of an illness and sacrificed her life to save Roslyn’s. In doing so, she caused the town to come together peacefully.
I’d never seen a show that had the lesbians be revered like that. Yes, it’s a dead lesbian, and today I’d probably rant about how it’s stupid and we don’t need to be sacrificial lesbians. But in 1992? This was shocking and wonderful.
## From Actor to Teacher
At some point, she gave up on acting and decided to teach. By all reports, she was a well loved instructor. I’m thankful for the three seasons of TV I got to enjoy, and for her being such a nice person. I feel incredibly lucky to know that she knew I had a crush on her, and my heart goes out to her family.
I leave you with her advice for life:
> I’ve learned not to take things so seriously. My spiritual views break down to how I deal with relationships: Give to self; share with others. Play a part in humanity. Heal your inner child and help to heal others. You can’t fix anyone, but you can be a role model. All the adversity that one goes through was God’s gift, and there for a reason, so embrace it.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Northern Exposure, The Young Riders, yvonne suhor
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### [Sesame Street Needs Some Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sesame-street-needs-some-queers/)
**Published:** September 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The importance of queer Muppets and children's TV.
**Content:**
Like everyone else out there, I’ve read the [NYT article on Bert and Ernie](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/arts/television/bert-ernie-gay-sesame-street.html), where a former writer for *Sesame Street*, Mark Saltzman, was interviewed. He said that, as a gay man, when he wrote the famous duo he did so as a loving couple, taking inspiration from his own relationship with his partner. His rational?
> I didn’t have any other way to contextualize them.
This was immediately taken to mean that Bert and Ernie were gay, which Saltzman said was a misinterpretation of his words.
## Why did this blow up?
You’ll hear me shout time and again that *representation matters*. You’ve probably also heard me joke about how there’s a great gay migration every time there’s a new TV show with a queer character. And you’ve likely heard Tracy complain that queer baiting and queer-coding characters is detrimental.
The long and short of it is that we are starved for representation, and we grab on to whatever we can as soon as possible. Did two female characters share a moment? We will ship it. Because for the longest time, we didn’t have any other choices. We had to make up the queer in our heads and hearts.
*Sesame Street* has been pretty progressive and in tune with the world from day one. They’ve shown kids that being weird is okay, that having make believe friends is normal, and that death is weird and confusing. They’ve walked kids through divorces and all of the events that kids feel strongly about, but don’t have the words for.
Which is why I’m rather surprised to see everyone making these claims that Bert and Ernie *must* be gay, or *can’t* be gay. It seems a bit contrary to how they’ve handled everything else.
In fact, *Sesame Street*‘s original statement on the matter was shockingly non-inclusive, stating that Bert and Ernie are “best friends” and, being that they are puppets, have no sexual orientation.
They’ve backtracked on that stance, likely because everyone pointed at Kermit and Miss Piggy, and came out with a [new statement.](https://twitter.com/SesameWorkshop/status/1042197230583721989)
> Please see our most recent statement regarding Bert and Ernie below. [pic.twitter.com/gWTF2k1y83](https://t.co/gWTF2k1y83)
>
> — Sesame Workshop (@SesameWorkshop) [September 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/SesameWorkshop/status/1042197230583721989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Does it matter?
The big question to many of us is… does it matter if Bert and Ernie, or really any Muppets, are gay? Even the famous Frank Oz weighed in on it, in a slightly tone-deaf way:
> It seems Mr. Mark Saltzman was asked if Bert & Ernie are gay. It's fine that he feels they are. They're not, of course. But why that question? Does it really matter? Why the need to define people as only gay? There's much more to a human being than just straightness or gayness.
>
> — Frank Oz (@TheFrankOzJam) [September 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheFrankOzJam/status/1042118820142436352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Let me clear this up for everyone. Yes. It **absolutely** matters if a Muppet on *Sesame Street* is queer.
There should be some openly queers on that show not for any reason but because they’re **normal**. They’ve got an autistic Muppet these days, after all, which means they’re very much aware that representation matters. Seeing yourself, or even a bit of yourself on TV is hugely important to kids. There are a tonne of studies about this, all of which reiterate that when kids don’t see representation growing up, when they can’t see themselves, it damages their psyche.
## Should Bert and Ernie be gay?
I’m going to take a stance not everyone will agree with here and say no.
They’re best friends and that’s important too. Boys should see that two guys who aren’t related can love each other in a non-sexual way, and that’s also very important. My family absolutely gets that because our extended family is everyone we decided we love and keep in our lives, blood be damned.
Far too often, boys are told that loving each other is ‘gay’ (in the pejorative way), and they’re not supposed to express their emotions and feelings. This too is harmful to their development. It’s absolutely possible for two non-related men to love each other like family. That’s what close friendship is, after all. We love the people who bring meaning to our lives.
Having Bert and Ernie be two close friends who live together, who share a life, and who clearly love each other is no different than Chandler and Joey on *Friends*, and that is absolutely important too.
Thus my argument is not that Bert and Ernie need to be queer (though I certainly would support that), but that *someone* on the show needs to be queer. And if that means we leave our duo up for interpretation where they may be queer, but maybe not, that’s okay too. Its okay if it’s left to the viewer.
## *Sesame Street* needs some queers.
See, regardless of how you interpret Bert and Ernie, it doesn’t solve the problem at hand. *Sesame Street* does need a queer character, specifically a queer Muppet. And it needs one yesterday. Preferably someone we’ve known all along, and it just never came up. Snuffy or Slimey (Oscar’s pet worm) come to mind.
From working on this site, I can tell you that queer characters of substance for kids are pretty lacking. And positive queer representation in general is still well short of what it could be. Too many queers die, or are evil, and if we have just two queer characters on *Sesame Street*, then we have a chance to reach out to children and show them that this too is normal.
Until I can count the queers on children’s shows on more than one hand, we don’t have enough. Kids can handle homosexuality. It’s just love, and I hope all children are able to recognize that.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Sesame Street
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### [Tonight: The Bold Type Season Two Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tonight-the-bold-type-season-two-finale/)
**Published:** August 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's off to Paris for the ladies of The Bold Type in their spectacular season two finale.
**Content:**
Tonight brings us to *The Bold Type* season two finale, with the girls going to Paris for fashion week. But dresses and swag aren’t the only baggage they’ll bring along, as many of their struggles will be coming to a head.
## A Sense of Self
The underlying theme of the second season of *The Bold Type* has been about finding our places. Jane spent the first half of the season trying to find herself after leaving Scarlet, Sutton has to find who she is in her new role in the fashion department, and Kat is the first black (queer) department head. At the same time, Jaqueline, the boss we all wish we had, is fighting for her place in a changing Scarlet after turning down a seat on the Board.
But it’s also been about finding a place in love, at least for our main trio. Jane has found a boyfriend in hunky doctor Ben, while fending off the peculiar attention of the persistent Pinstripe. Sutton slept around until realizing she still loved Richard, only to find out it was too late and he’d moved on. And our baby queer, Kat, was experiencing lesbian life at full throttle, even though it perhaps wasn’t the best for her relationship.
Kat has also been coming into her own as all the things she is. Accepting herself as a biracial queer woman has been a rocky road. Just as hard, she’s been trying to find her place in a new position, and experiencing disagreeing with her boss for the first time. All this while navigating her first serious relationship, let alone with a woman.
## An Open Relationship
Relatively early into their romance, Kat and Adena decided to try an open relationship. They established fairly simple rules, and Kat quickly jumped into a world where women sent her snapchats of their vaginas. But as swiftly as Kat dove into this experience, she realized it wasn’t for her. She didn’t want to be with anyone else but Adena.
FreeformPhilippe Bosse
As Tracy noted in her [Queerest Things recap](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-6-2018/), Adena seemed positive about this change, but also a little distant. Kat began to question Adena’s sincerity, and more her commitment. Was Adena cheating on her? Or was she really going to the studio to work?
Interestingly, other than the time Adena worked at the Scarlet photoshoot, we haven’t seen her at work or any of her finished products. In fact, we’ve barely seen her working except in reference to her artist’s retreat.
Lurking behind this is the situation with Adena’s Visa. While we’ve already seen commercials and promo pictures with Adena in Paris, I have to wonder… How? If Adena’s in the process of waiting for her Visa, leaving the country and coming back (as an out and proud muslim lesbian) won’t be easy.
## Watch The Bold Type Tonight
Some of these questions will be answered tonight, and some will leave you wondering what’s next. Will Jane pick Ben or Pinstripe? Will Sutton find success or will that $500 charge for cocaine come back to haunt her? Will Kat and Adena figure out what’s actually going on? Will Jaqueline take on the Board?
While you’re waiting, [check out the sneak peek of Sutton’s first time in Paris](https://freeform.go.com/shows/the-bold-type/clips/s2e10-sneak-peek-sutton-in-paris).
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
---
### [45 Days Until ClexaCon London](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/45-days-until-clexacon-london/)
**Published:** September 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Putting queer women’s stories and voices on the big and small screen front and centre. This time, in London.
**Content:**
On November 3rd, 2018, the very first [**ClexaCon London**](https://clexa-con.com/london/) event will occur, and LezWatch.TV will be there to cover it.
## What is ClexaCon?
I used to joke that you’d have to be living under a rock not to know about this, but the reality is that there’s so much news, it’s easy to miss.
ClexaCon is the largest multi-fandom event for LGBTQ women and allies. There have been two ClexaCon events in the US and there’s one planned for 2019 (all in Las Vegas). It’s like Comic Con, only for queer women and the things they love and cherish. TV, movies, books, you name it, it’s there, represented and enjoyed.
This new European edition will be a more intimate event for the attendees, raising awareness about the differences in creative spaces and support for LGBTQ women in the UK in comparison to the US. All with the goal of inspiring more LGBTQ women to create more content.
## What’s it like?
Part of it will be like any convention, with people showing their art off and selling amazing things. A larger part is going to be the [panels](https://clexa-con.com/london/panels-and-workshops/). There will be fandom panels like the UK Wynonna Earp one, as well as content creation panels, acting panels, academic panels, workshops, [yoga](https://clexa-con.com/london/programming/yoga-with-elise/), and more.
There will be [meet & greets](https://clexa-con.com/london/programming/meet-and-greets/) with the stars, [photo opportunities](https://clexa-con.com/london/programming/photo-ops/), [autographs](https://clexa-con.com/london/programming/autographs/), and workshops.
## Who will be there?
I know that’s really what you want to know. Okay, here’s the current (as of today) confirmed lists.
**Talent:**
- [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/) ([*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/))
- [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) ([*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/), [*Clairevoyant*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/))
- [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) (*Carmilla*, *Almost Adults*)
- [Annie Briggs](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/annie-m-briggs/) (*Carmilla*, *Clairevoyant*)
- Sheetal Sheth (*I Can’t Think Straight*, *The World Unseen*)
- Briana Venskus ([*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/), [*The Walking Dead*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/), [*Agents of Shield*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agents-of-shield/))
- Mandahla Rose (*Forever Not Maybe*, *All About E*)
**Industry Reps:**
- Christin Baker (Producer, Director, [tello films](http://lezwatchtv.com/station/tello/))
- Shamim Sarif (Writer & Director, *I Can’t Think Straight*, *The World Unseen*)
- Hanan Kattan (Producer, *I Can’t Think Straight*, *The World Unseen*)
- Dana Piccoli (Writer, Moderator, Podcaster)
- Jess Harris-DiStefano (writer, producer, and currently the Head of Creative Programming at YouTube Space LA)
- Caroline Mitchell (writer, [*Emmerdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/))
- Debbie Moon (Creator, writer, *Wolfblood*)
- Delyth Scudamore (TV Development Executive, script editor on [*EastEnders*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eastenders/))
More are expected to be added as time goes on, so keep an eye out.
## Should I go?
If you’re in London already, a two day ticket is only $150 USD. I would absolutely go. Especially if you can’t get the funds to fly over to ClexaCon Las Vegas.
[**Buy Tickets Now!**](https://clexa-con.com/london/register/london-tickets/)
VIP tickets are already sold out. While many people claimed that a VIP pass is the only way to go with the larger Las Vegas event, this smaller venue should mean a bit less of a line-con for London.
> Whether you are a fangirl, a creator, an activist, or all of the above, ClexaCon offers something for everyone.
>
> Holly Winebarger
I’ll be there for ClexaCon London, and I hope to see you too!
## Press Release
**CLEXACON, THE LARGEST LGBTQ MULTI-FANDOM CONVENTION IN THE WORLD, IS COMING TO LONDON!**
***Putting Queer Women’s Stories and Voices* *on the Big and Small Screen Front and Center***
LAS VEGAS, NV – ClexaCon, the largest multi-fandom event for LGBTQ women & allies, is going across the pond this Fall for the first time ever kicking off ClexaCon London.
Building from the massive success of ClexaCon, which has taken place in Las Vegas, NV for the past two years, the European edition will bring together in London the best in queer television, movies, books, blogs and more.
The highly anticipated pop-up event will take place at the Novotel London West (Hammersmith International Ctre,1 Shortlands, Hammersmith, London W6 8DR) November 3-4, 2018.
The London chapter, while a smaller, more intimate version of the main event held annually in Las Vegas that hosts 4,000+ LGBTQ women and allies, represents a key geographical expansion for the iconic Con. Focusing on a more curated experience for its European attendees, ClexaCon London is committed to raising awareness about the differences in creative spaces and support for LGBTQ women in the UK in comparison to the US to inspire more LGBTQ women to create more content.
LGBTQ+ representation matters now more than ever. While there seems to be an overwhelming move towards diversity with LGBTQ-centric narratives and characters popping up in movies these past few years, still major studios are remaining behind when it comes to fully embracing a culture of inclusion.
In fact, GLAADS’s annual Studio Responsibility Index (SRI) recently noted a drop in the representation of LGBTQ people in films in the past year.
By allowing the LGBTQ+ community to tell their stories on the small and big screen, we not only allow viewers to have a more accurate view of society, but as well give LGBTQ+ individuals the chance to see themselves as integrated members of said society and showcase the universality of our lived experiences.
Sure, many Cons claim to be different, innovative and disruptive in some ways, but ClexaCon not only talks the talk but walks the walk, genuinely pushing the envelope forward for female LGBTQ+ representation in front of and behind the camera.
Ashley Arnold, Danielle Jablonski, and Holly Winebarger, the masterminds behind ClexaCon, are actively working to shift conventional thinking by continuing to advance the conversation about female representation in the film & TV world.
“We hope attendees leave ClexaCon London feeling empowered. We want them to know this industry, like all industries, is in desperate need of more diverse voices, “said Danielle Jablonski.
“Their voice matters. Pick up a camera, grab a pen, start writing, start creating because there are other people who care about what you have to say,” added Ashley Arnold.
High on the agenda at the UK Con is the urgent need to listen to LGBTQ+ voices to create more diverse content and to put queer female stories front and center.
To that end, ClexaCon London will feature a packed agenda of panels, meet and greets, photographs, and workshops from an elite community of LGBTQ gamechangers, industry tastemakers, media influencers and actors.
Aside from fan panels (including UK Wynonna Earp Fan panel), the event will also offer content creation panels, acting panels as well as academic panels.
Discussing the future of diversity, inclusivity and intersectionality in entertainment the panels will be covering a wide range of timely and trending topics from women’s voices (“Placing ourselves in the narrative: Queer Women and Fanfiction”) to non-binary & gender conforming people representation (“I have a Que(e)ry: where non-binary and gender non-conforming people fit within gendered, queer spaces), among others.
In addition, the organizers have added a London Tour on Friday, renting a bus and filling it with as many LGBTQ woman as possible.
Much like its US counterpart, ClexaCon London will gather under one roof the stars behind a slew of unique and original queer-centric narratives and LGBTQ-themed programs.
Celebrating the illustrious female individuals who make the entertainment industry’s progressive and prolific LGBTQ community so powerful and diverse, ClexaCon London’s Celebrity roster includes Elise Bauman (Camilla, Almost Adults), Natasha Negovanlis (Camilla, Almost Adults), Briana Venskus (Supergirl, The Walking Dead), Jamie Clayton (Sense8), Mandahla Rose (Forever Not Maybe, All About E), Hanan Kattan, Shamim Sarif, Annie Briggs (Carmilla, Clairevoyant), Sheetal Sheth (I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen), among many others.
“Whether you are a fangirl, a creator, an activist, or all of the above, ClexaCon offers something for everyone,” said Holly Winebarger.
Dedicated to lead the push for diversity, equality and inclusion of LGBTQ+ women in entertainment, ClexaCon London brings Europe’s diverse community of queer women together, providing a safe space and a valuable platform to amplify their voices and celebrate their many cultural identities. An empowering experience both professionally and personally.
For more information go to:
**Talent Confirmed**
Jamie Clayton (Sense8)
Natasha Negovanlis (Carmilla, Clairevoyant)
Elise Bauman (Carmilla, Almost Adults)
Annie Briggs (Carmilla, Clairevoyant)
Sheetal Sheth (I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen)
Briana Venskus (Supergirl, The Walking Dead, Agents of Shield)
Mandahla Rose (Forever Not Maybe, All About E)
**Industry Reps Confirmed** Christin Baker (Producer, Director, tello films)
Shamim Sarif (Writer & Director, I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen)
Hanan Kattan (Producer, I Can’t Think Straight, The World Unseen)
Dana Piccoli (Writer, Moderator, Podcaster)
Jess Harris-DiStefano (writer, producer, and currently the Head of Creative Programming at YouTube Space LA)
Caroline Mitchell (writer, Emmerdale)
Debbie Moon (Creator, writer, Wolfblood)
Delyth Scudamore (TV Development Executive, script editor on EastEnders)
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Coming Soon, Conventions
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### ["Of The Day" Magic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/of-the-day-magic/)
**Published:** September 19, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How we generate the show and character of the day.
**Content:**
If you follow us on Twitter, Facebook, or Tumblr, you’ve seen our daily posts of the show (or character) of the day. This is actually an automated script, programmed to trawl through shows and characters.
But it’s not actually as random as it seems. Not just every show or character is eligible, after all.
## Character of the Day
The character of the day has a few basic requirements.
- The character must be a regular or recurring character
- There’s a valid biography for the character
- We have an image for the character
- Cartoons can *only* be regular (i.e. main) characters
- The character must fit the ‘day’ guidelines, if it’s an awareness day
That last one is tricky. We actually do our best to take into account every [LGBT awareness day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_awareness_days). So if the day is September 23rd, which happens to be celebrate bisexuality day, we would only include a character who identifies as … you guessed it. Bisexual.
**Today’s Character of the Day:**
## Show of The Day
To pick the show of the day, we use the following criteria:
- The score must be over 50 points
- The show must be generally positive (no ‘thumbs down’ reviews)
- There must be at least one *regular* queer character
This is done to omit shows like *Law & Order SVU*, or other such queer-of-the-week type shows.
**Today’s Show of the Day:**
## Adjusting for the Skew
Of course, this doesn’t mean the system is perfect. There was a period of time where it decided that *Riley Parra* should be the show of the day at least once a week. For almost a month. After that, I set up a rule that a show or character could only be eligible if it hadn’t previously been featured in the last 4 months.
Also we’re still working out the kinks of certain awareness weeks that move from year to year.
If you’ve got suggestions for making this better, and more relevant, let us know in the comments or on Twitter.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Miscellaneous, Site News
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Nov 27, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nov-27-2017/)
**Published:** November 27, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Last week was pretty light on Queerest Things to watch. Some shows didn't air because of Thanksgiving and others are on mid-season hiatus. But here's what I got for y'all.
**Content:**
Last week was pretty light on **Queerest Things** to watch. Some shows didn’t air because of Thanksgiving, and others are on mid-season hiatus. But here’s what I got for y’all.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 7 “Wake Up” \[Live\] Nothing gay happened on last week’s episode of Supergirl, but I did enjoy Kara reminiscing about one of my favorite scenes from last season.
Oh, wait, she was sad.
I haven’t been looking forward to Mon El’s return. The thought of Alex losing Maggie while Kara gets her boring boyfriend back made me mad. However, I’m ok with how they did it. Please let him stay married and let Kara go on with her life.
2. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 3 “God Bless Her Rotting Soul” \[Catch up\] Nessa’s cranky girlfriend, Mel, wants her queer friends to move into Fiona’s newly vacant apartment, but Fiona already promised it to a tech guy. Mel found the tech guy in the hallway and told him the place was full of bed bugs causing him to run off.
I don’t know why the show is making Mel out to be such a villain.
In the end Fiona let her know she’s not putting up with her shit.
At the very end of the episode Fiona’s boring, annoying fiancé, Sean, from last season showed up. Blah, I hope this doesn’t get in the way of Nessa and Fiona’s, uh, friendship.
3. [*Runaways*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/) – Season 1 Episode 1 “Reunion” \[Live\] After the Internet let me know there would be a lesbian character on Runaways, I made sure it was on my watching radar. I watched all of the first 3 episodes HULU dropped last week. I’m not familiar with the comics, but I am thoroughly enjoying the show.
There wasn’t too much gay in the first 3 episodes, except this scene where Karolina watches 2 girls make out at a party, then takes her off bracelet and turns into a rainbow.
I guess that is pretty gay.
I really can’t wait to watch the rest of the season.
4. [*Queen Sugar*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/) – Finale Special \[Catch up\] My wife and I spent much of our Thanksgiving vacation binge-watching season 2 of Queen Sugar. This show is so good on so many levels and the season 2 finale was amazing.
Also, 2 weekends ago, actor Rutina Wesley who plays bisexual journalist/activist Nova Bordelon on the show, came out and announced on Instagram her engagement to her girlfriend Shonda.
> [\#OdeToLVAActingExercises LOLITA….Lolita….LIGHT of my LIFE….LIGHT of my LIFE…FIRE of my LOINS… FIRE of my LOINS…MY SIN….My SIN….MY SOUL…My SOUL….The tip of the TONGUE….the tip of the TONGUE….Takes a trip down the PALETTE…. takes a trip down the PALETTE….To tap lightly at THREE….To Tap LIGHTLY At THREE….LO…Lo…LI…Li…TA…Ta #StillRingsTrue #AlwaysMORENeverLESSISaidYES #SheFeedsMySOUL #IWasLookingAtHERAndFoundMyJOY #ImHavingAPrivateParty #LoveOfMyLIFEYouAreMyFriend #AllIHadToDoWasTurnAround @chef\_shonda #ILoveYouMoreThanWORDS](https://www.instagram.com/p/BboXcyXgMum/)
>
> A post shared by Rutina Wesley (@rutina\_wesley) on Nov 18, 2017 at 12:58am PST
Yay! Team LezWatch sends our congratulations!
On the finale special Rutina said this, and I can’t help but think she may be referring to her character helping her come out similar to the experiences of [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/) and [Rebecca Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rebecca-sugar-everything-right-world/).
> I’ve been trying to find the words of what Nova means to me…playing her, what it means. And it’s helped me embrace all those things about myself. And it’s made me love myself.
I may be wrong, but I like to think more queer characters on TV helps everyone come out, sometimes even the actors playing them.
That’s it for last week. This week is the big Arrowverse crossover. I’d love some Root/Shaw style shooting and flirting action between Alex and Sara. I hope they don’t mess it up.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Queen Sugar, Runaways, Shameless US, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Nov 20, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nov-20-2017/)
**Published:** November 20, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week the Danvers sisters go back in time, Larry David ruins a lesbian wedding and a cyber attack forces Arizona and Carina to work together to deliver a queerspawn baby.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the Danvers sisters go back in time, Larry David ruins a lesbian wedding, and a cyber attack forces Arizona and Carina to work together to deliver a queerspawn baby.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 6 “Midvale” \[Live\] The writers gave us and Alex a break by taking the Danvers sisters to their hometown of Midvale for a post-Sanvers breakup flashback episode.
The actors who played teen Alex and Kara did a really great job mirroring their mannerisms and looked a lot like them!
I am really disappointed Vicky Donahue (Alex’s best friend and childhood crush) didn’t make an appearance in the flashback, that could have been funny.
At the end Alex is not mean drunk anymore and appreciates the trip.
Maybe Sanvers fans will move past the first two steps of breakup grief: sad drunk and mad drunk.
2. [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curb-your-enthusiasm/) – Season 9 Episode 1 “Foisted” \[Catch up\] Julie Goldman plays a lesbian hair stylist named Betty, and of course, Larry gets in a random offensive/awkward altercation with her. Later he runs into her in Jeff’s office when she arrives to give Jeff a haircut.
Betty tells Larry about her upcoming wedding with her girlfriend, Numa (played by Nasim Pedrad), and he asks her all kinds of ignorant, gender-normative questions about the wedding. He insists Betty should be the “groom” and Numa the “bride.” This causes conflict in their relationship and in the end Numa threatens to kill him. The majority of Curb Your Enthusiasm episodes end with someone threatening to kill Larry.
And — BONUS — look who showed up playing Larry’s constipated assistant.
I love you, Carrie Brownstein.
3. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 2 “Where’s My Meth?” \[Catch up\] Fiona and Nessa grow closer while the show continues to paint Nessa’s girlfriend Mel as an unpleasant partner.
BTW, I had a “turkey baster” baby, and it’s not really done with a turkey baster. Just sayin’. Maybe instead of using fertility shots they should stop using an actual turkey baster.
I’m not sure how I feel about these two, but I do know how I feel about Nessa in that tank top.
4. *[American Horror Story: Cult](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* Season 7 Episode 11 “Great Again” \[Live\] On the season finale episode of *Sarah Paulson Screaming*, Ally Mayfair-Richards comes out on top, but is she up to something sinister herself?
This show had me doubting Ally every second, and it was so satisfying to see she was a master manipulator all this time. Watching her bring Kai down, move on with a new girlfriend and become a Senator was pretty sweet.
Did you see what they did there? (Sarah Paulson played Lana Winters on AHS Asylum.)
Even though I was happy Ally was in charge and no longer screaming, the whole time I kept telling my wife I thought she was going to come out as cult leader, and they implied that in the very last scene.
The green hood is the same one worn by the SCUM Manifesto women.
This season was really twisted roller coaster. It was extra stressful because it dealt with real-life phobias and the political nightmare we are in now. However I am 100% ok with how it ended. Overall it’s definitely one of my favorite AHS seasons.
5. *Riverdale* – Season 2 Episode 6 “Death Proof” \[Live\] Toni Topaz comes out to Jughead the morning after a “PG-13 grope session.”
6. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 8 “Out of Nowhere” \[Live\] On the mid-season finale episode of Grey’s, a cyber attack forces Arizona and Carina to work together to deliver a lesbian couple’s baby.
Ah, the set up for a classic bisexual love triangle plot. We’ll see how this pans out when the show comes back in January. In my opinion, between Arizona and Owen, there is no contest.
7. [*Jane the Virgin Published Freaking Author*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 6 “Chapter Seventy” \[Live\] Petra figures out that Carl was real and Luisa wasn’t hallucinating.
She didn’t tell Raff yet, but the “One of these people are going to die” teaser has finally been revealed. At the end of the episode Anezka is found hanged and the narrator lets us know it wasn’t a suicide. RIP Anezka. I’ll miss Yael Grobglas pulling an Orphan Black every week.
8. [*Broad City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/) – Season 4 Episode 7 “Florida” \[Live\] I forgot to mention this last week…I love Ilana’s shirt in this scene.
9. *Madam Secretary* – Season 4 Episode 7 “North to the Future” \[Live\] I’ve never watched an episode of Madam Secretary before; I only know it as “the show before The Good Wife.” But after Sara Ramirez broke the queer internet by tweeting about her new character, of course I had to watch.
> Can’t wait for you to meet Kat on Nov. 19! [\#KatSandoval](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KatSandoval?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@MadamSecretary](https://twitter.com/MadamSecretary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#CBS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CBS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/I0Yl0T6tne](https://t.co/I0Yl0T6tne)
>
> — Sara Ramirez (@SaraRamirez) [October 24, 2017](https://twitter.com/SaraRamirez/status/922842713099329536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I don’t know who anyone is or what’s going on, but I do know I love Kat’s outfits!
Here is a video clip:
https://youtube.com/4aGL85joF5I
I’m looking forward to seeing what happens with her character.
Next week, will Nessa and Fiona grow closer? What will Anezka’s death mean for Luisa? How annoyed will we be about Mon El’s return? Check back here to find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Broad City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Madam Secretary, Riverdale, Shameless US, Supergirl
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Nov 13, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-nov-13-2017/)
**Published:** November 13, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, we say goodbye to Sanvers, Grey's has its 300th episode and Fiona gets a new hot queer tenant.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, we say goodbye to Sanvers, Grey’s has its 300th episode, and Fiona gets a new hot queer tenant.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 5 “Damage” \[Live\] Well, the moment Sanvers fans have been dreading for months arrived last week.
But first, some breakup sex.
I have a lot of feelings about the breakup. I’m pretty bummed. I’ve been sad about it ever since Floriana announced she was quitting the show back in the summer. I felt like we finally had this decent lesbian relationship on TV so of course we couldn’t keep it. Then I went through the 10 steps of queer TV mourning starting with deadening your emotions to the loss of ANOTHER queer ship so you don’t get too depressed.
Now that it finally happened, I feel the writers did the best they could with the time Flo was willing to give the show. TV couples break up in all kinds of ways: fade away, move away, lying, cheating, death, etc. The kids/no kids conundrum is at least a thing that really happens in real life. I’ve had friends who were otherwise in love break up over the desire to have kids. My wife and I have had conversations similar to the ones Alex and Maggie had (although we wound up having a pretty cool kid). I guess if they needed to break up, but still be in a place where they loved each other this was the way to do it.
It’s still sad though, especially after seeing [what the writers had planned for Sanvers](http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/06/supergirl-alex-maggie-sanvers-breakup-floriana-lima-exit/) before Flo quit. I blame Casey Affleck, because why not.
### What I want to see next
I want to see Alex go on a big gay bender. The girl is pushing 30 and she has some catching up to do. We know she’s capable of having a wild side — I say, let’s see it! If Sara Lance is part of that all the better.
I’ll leave you with this post-Sanvers breakup interview with Chyler Leigh. I think she should get the Ally of the year award.
https://youtube.com/i0poB3XbsIM
2. *[American Horror Story: Cult](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* Season 7 Episode 10 “Charles (Manson) in Charge” \[Live\] On this episode of *Sarah Paulson Screaming*, two queer female characters get killed off: Bebe Babbitt and Winter.
Bebe’s plan to unleash female rage via Kai’s cult backfires; she confronts Kai, and Ally winds up shooting her.
Kai tells Winter that Ivy left to go to a cooking school in Paris, but she doesn’t believe him. She thinks Kai killed Ivy and asks Ally about it.
Bad idea, Winter. Ally gets revenge by convincing Kai that Winter is a mole, and he kills her.
Tomorrow is the finale, and y’all. I don’t know how this is all going to end. My hope is Ally is poisoning Kai with those Sloppy Joes and making him go insane, like Ivy and Winter did to her. Then she’ll take him and his cult down and move away with Oz.
3. *[Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)* Season 2 Episode 2 “Shogun” \[Binge-watch\] There may have not been anything explicitly queer in this episode, but this scene definitely made me gayer.
Mercy.
4. [*The Deuce*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/) – Season 1 Episode 8 “My Name is Ruby” \[Catch up\] I finished up season 1 of The Deuce. The bright side is none of the queer women died like I thought they were going to, but it ended on a real depressing note. In the second to last episode, Barbara and Melissa get caught robbing Johns. In this episode Barbara gets arrested by the Feds for drug running and ends the season in Jail. Melissa is generally lost after her pimp Reggie gets shot.
Season 2 is going to jump seven years after where season 1 left off. We’ll see if Barbara and Melissa are still around.
5. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 1 “We Become What We… Frank!” \[Catch up\] I’m going to be perpetually a week behind on Shameless. Fiona’s new building has a lesbian tenant named Nessa Chabon, and she’s hot! They’re playing not gay/not interested, but I still see the foreshadowing of something going on between these two.
Also, I’m a Gallavich shipper forever, but Ian is really cute trying to win Trevor back. I hope he eventually warms up to the idea.
6. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 7 “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story” \[Live\] It’s the 300th episode of Grey’s Anatomy, and I’m sorry to say it was not as fun as I wanted it to be. I love Grey’s special episodes: the musical, the alternative reality one, flashback episodes (except the military one a few episodes back, that was boring). But this was like a regular episode with some shoutouts to old characters thrown in. They did a quick nod to Calzona and Mark after Sofia arrived at Arizona’s house.
And did anyone else notice they are not even trying to make Arizona’s leg look prosthetic anymore? Check out the scene at the beginning when she’s painting.
7. [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Season 5 Episode 10 “Kevin Party” \[Live\] New Steven Universe episodes dropped online last Friday, and the kid, wife and I watched them all back-to-back.
Did anyone else catch Kevin using the pronoun “they” when referring to [Stevonnie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stevonnie/)?
This is one of the reasons I think [Steven Universe is one of the best shows on TV right now](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rebecca-sugar-everything-right-world/).
8. [*Jane the Virgin Heteronormative*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 5 “Chapter Sixty-Nine” \[Live\] This episode was really cool because it dealt with Jane finding out her boyfriend Adam is bisexual, and she grapples with her own biphobia. I thought they did a good job of taking on this issue and dispelling some biphobic myths.
Also, it turns out Carl IS real! Anezka and her mother messed with Luisa to make her commit herself and turn her shares of the Marbella to Anezka.
Poor Luisa! Maybe Rose will break herself out of jail and Luisa out of the psychiatric hospital.
That’s it for last week. Tune in next week to see what Alex is like in a post-Maggie world and find out what happens in the big AHS finale with Ally & crew.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Shameless US, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Deuce
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week - Nov 6, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-ive-watched-week-nov-6-2017/)
**Published:** November 6, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week on The Queerest Things I've Watched This Week Sarah Paulson screams for real, Sara Lance makes out with a queen and Queen Sugar ends a ship.
**Content:**
Welcome to **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** where every Monday I list out my queer TV watching highlights of the past week.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 4 “The Faithful” \[Live\] I’m really surprised we’re seeing Alex and Maggie in bed together so much this season. I thought the CW was too timid to go there with *Supergirl*, but here we are again.
I don’t know how they are going to go from this to breakup in one episode. And, Alex, I have a cure for your baby angst. Watch me pick lice eggs out of my kid’s hair, that’ll turn your biological clock off. #truestory
2. *[American Horror Story: Cult](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* Season 7 Episode 9 “Drink the Kool-Aid” \[Live\] My wife Mia and I call this season of AHS “Sarah Paulson Screaming.” On this episode of *Sarah Paulson Screaming* the dyke drama comes to a head when the 3 queer women have a throw-down.
The head shake for emphasis is a beautiful thing.
As Ally (Sarah Paulson) goes from a weepy, anxiety-ridden mess to a bad-ass she’s doing less screaming and more yelling. She’s also using more eye liner, maybe that’s where her powers come from.
### And alas, we have TV’s latest dead lesbian.
**RIP, Ivy.** I guess it doesn’t pay to join a cult and conspire with the Nanny you’re having an affair with to drive your wife insane.
3. *Ellen DeGeneres Show* – Season 15 Episode 40 \[Live\] Watch Sarah Paulson actually screaming her way through an American Horror Story-Themed Haunted House. It’s pretty hilarious.
https://youtube.com/fa6AkqJnIuU
4. *[Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “So Far” \[Binge-Watch\] Nova and Chantal break up. Womp womp. Chantal doesn’t do separating personal from the political.
5. [*Legends of Tomorrow* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)– Season 2 Episode 1 “Out of Time” \[Binge-Watch\] Up until several months ago, the only Arrowverse show I watched was *Supergirl*. I took on the project of watching all of them, from the beginning, [in the order that they aired](https://flash-arrow-order.herokuapp.com/). Yesterday I made it to *Legends of Tomorrow* season 2 where Sara Lance rolls around with the Queen of France.
What a great job, saving the world and making out with ladies throughout time.
6. [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – New Episodes Video \[Twitter\] Last week Peridot [“took over” the Cartoon Network Twitter account](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/925062992475185155) and collaborated with the Cartoon Network PR Twitter account to announce new episodes are coming on November 10! They released a preview video to go with it.
https://youtube.com/a\_YkhWZOjG0
> There are things that are impossible for me to explain, but I want to. -Pearl
If Pearl is being intense, it probably has something to do with Rose.
7. [*Will & Grace*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/) – Season 9 Episode 4 “Grandpa Jack” \[Catchup-Watch\] Jane Lynch and Andrew Rannells play counselors at a “Pray Away the Gay” conversion camp and it is hilarious.
https://youtube.com/XBsJAS2ui20
8. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 6 “Come On Down to My Boat, Baby” \[Live\] So Arizona broke up with hot Italian girl, because her kid is coming back?? The way Calzona’s kid has played out on Grey’s has always bugged me. But really, nothing on Grey’s makes any real life sense.
Can’t you have the kid living at your house and keep having sex with the Italian orgasm scientist? No, because as soon as TV queer women have kids in their life they become BORING.
Also, I applaud Grey’s for consistently delivering the bi rep, but did Carina really have to hook up with Owen? Yuck, he’s such an annoying bowl of oatmeal.
9. [*Jane the Virgin Sister Bear*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 4 “Chapter Sixty-Eight” \[Live\] Uh oh, it looks like Luisa is so intent on helping Rose escape prison she going to burn down the Marbella for the insurance money.
I wonder what is going to happen to her, and her imaginary friend, this week.
That’s it for last week. What will this week bring in Queer TV…we shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** American Horror Story, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Queen Sugar, Steven Universe, Supergirl, The Ellen Show, Will and Grace
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### [Riley Parra Returns Sunday](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/riley-parra-returns-sunday/)
**Published:** September 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It’s time for more demons with season two of “Riley Parra.”
**Content:**
Are you ready for another season of our angel-blessed detective from the bad side of town, her wonderful medical examiner girlfriend, and a healthy dose of angels and demons?
That’s right, it’s time for season two of [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/), the supernatural cop show by the wonderful people at Tello Films, written by Geonn Cannon.
I’ve actually seen season two (thank you, Outfest), and I can tell you that they upped everything. The quality, the stakes, and the creep factor. It took me days to get that song out of my head.
It’s not too late to sign up for [Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com/series/riley-parra) and watch the first season.
Bonus? The incomparable Liz Vassey co-stars, and Marina Sirtis guests as an awesome new character. She’s deliciously perfect.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Riley Parra
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### [First Look at NBC's 2018-19 Season: "New Amsterdam", "I Feel Bad" and "Mainifest"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/first-look-at-nbcs-2018-19-season-new-amsterdam-i-feel-bad-and-mainifest/)
**Published:** September 13, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Our first look at NBC's 2018-19 season, and we think it needs more queer rep.
**Content:**
We’ve had our first look at NBC’s 2018-19 season: *New Amsterdam*, *I Feel Bad*, and *Manifest.* My initial impressions are moderate to positive overall, but negligible to meh on queerness.
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
## *New Amsterdam*
This one interested me the most, as the preview trailer mentioned a “paternity ward.” I was (and still am) hoping this turns out to be a plot point, however there’s nothing more than the mention in the preview show in the first episode. I was an [*ER*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/er/) aficionado plus I watched the early seasons of [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/), and I can tell you this show is nothing like those. There isn’t the fast paced, driven, OMG we’re all going to die vibe at all. In fact, this felt like a step back to medical dramas of the 80s and early 90s, where we got as much time on the whole situation as the case of the week.
If you like *St. Elsewhere* type medical dramas, I think you’ll enjoy this one. I plan on watching this when it hits the air, as it’s got some serious potential to grow.
##### Screener Review On *New Amsterdam*
A heartwarming, pro-doctor/anti-insurance, feel good medical drama.
Queer Score: 1 Worth It? thumbs-up
## *I Feel Bad*
I feel bad that I didn’t like this show. I’m a really hard sell on comedy in general. I don’t like laugh tracks and I don’t like being the butt of a joke, which basically means I watch two or three US based comedies once in a while, and I only adore one of them (my beloved [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)). The premise is a working mom, talking real about her life and the various struggles with raising a family, dealing with her parents, and her husband, at the same time. The cast is great, the acting is great, and it just didn’t resonate with me at all. Probably because her work life made it seem like the nerds were the punchline.
If you like comedies in general, then you’ll probably like this one. It’s not my kind of show, and there’s no queer, so I’ll pass.
##### Screener Review On *I Feel Bad*
A married, working mom and the things that make her feel bad.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? meh
## *Manifest*
Ahhh yes. The *Lost* show. An airplane vanishes for five years, lands without anyone on-board aging, and then things get weirder. There are some serious plot-holes, but given the storytelling I suspect most will be filled in as time goes by. Kind of like *Lost*, you have to go backwards to go forward. Unlike *Lost*, *Manifest* is much more clearly about the people and their lives and how it all changes when you magically return.
If you liked *Lost*, you’ll like this. I didn’t really like *Lost* because it never answered my questions, and I’ll wait and see if this has any queers. It was a whole plane! You’d think they’d have at least one!
##### Screener Review On *Manifest*
People on a plane go missing for 5 years, even though no time passed for them. And then weird things happen.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It? meh
## Overall: Somewhat dissapointing
I mean this only for the queer representation. Last year, NBC brought back *Will & Grace*, and this year they saved [*Brooklyn 99*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/), but that seems to fill their queer quota.
[*Good Girls*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/) and *Rise* were the only **new** shows last year that had much of a queer rep, and both did go non-traditional ways (for network TV, anyway), by having a non-gender-confirming and a transgender character, both as students. As we know, *Rise* was canceled, though Michael got a happy ending and we’re all thankful for that. On *Good Girls*, Sadie isn’t really in it that much, serving mostly as a plot device for her mother. Which makes perfect sense, but still.
Not having *any* new shows with overtly queer characters is a curious choice, and not one I like.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** NBC, New Amsterdam
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### [August 2018 Roundup: The End](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/august-2018-roundup-the-end/)
**Published:** September 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time to close the door on monthly roundups. But don't panic! It may be the end of us recapping ourselves, but it's by no means the end of the site. I promise. It's all good.
**Content:**
Don’t panic! The site isn’t shutting down or anything at all like that. This is just the final monthly roundup post. Look, let me give you the monthly stats one more time and then I’ll explain.
- 15 shows added
- 37 characters added
- no characters died
## The Numbers Are Good
30 months ago, in March of 2016, I decided to spin up a little monthly recap of what we’d been doing, what had gone on, and what you might have missed. This happened right after Autostraddle’s amazing post of dead lesbians, when we were all fired up for good reason. At the time, we were adding more shows and characters than ever before and had very little by way of followers.
Fast-forward, and in 2017 we had … well a lot more people checking us out. People signed up for our mailing list, they followed us on twitter, they checked us out on Facebook. From 2015 to 2016, our traffic increased 192%. From 2016 to 2017, we had a 274% traffic increase. If I look at *just* the first half of the year, and assume we get no more traffic after July, we’re already at a 218% increase from 2017 to 2018. The real number will be closer to a 750% increase.
I think y’all like us.
## A Recap Isn’t Needed Anymore
With that in mind, and looking at our Twitter stats (which are also inching upwards), it’s a better idea to put our time and effort into making more features on the site and promoting the site in different ways. We’ve come this far without any advertising, and to be honest, we’re not going to be able to afford any in the near future. Which means we have to spend shoe leather instead of the mighty dollar, and spread the word.
This is a good thing, as it means I’ll have a little more time to concentrate on other things. Like interviews and events and making connections with people. But also it lets me look into things like signal boosting our show and characters of the day in a better way. Did you know those were driving us more traffic now that I slipped in the show’s hashtags? It’s the little things like that, which I can do if I get more time to spend on research to make people aware of the site and the work we do.
## New Features Will Still Be Posted
From now on, like we did with other new features like the show scores, we’ll post an article explaining what we did and why. A new kind of stats? You get a new post! That way, people will still be notified of what’s new here, just not in a wrap-up sort of thing. If we go to events (or are going), we’ll post about that and who to look for.
Events and interviews will, of course, get their own posts, and we cross link those from their related shows automagically already. Seriously, I’m crazy proud of getting that done. And if you’re worried about seeing what characters are newly added each month, we can work on that as a feature. Just let me know.
And don’t worry about adding more shows and characters. We *just* passed 1000 shows on August 29th (woo!) but I have spreadsheets with around 200 more shows, as well as an entire book (yes) of web series to get through. I have enough to work on for a long time.
## You Can Help!
We’re not asking for money. In fact, all we’re asking for is that you press a button a little to the side of your like button. That’s right, click the retweet/share button.
Every time you like a post, it does have a higher chance of showing up on the feeds of your followers. But if you *retweet* or share it, it absolutely will. Unless they blocked us. And really, do you want anyone to be your follower who isn’t a fan of LGBTQ+ TV?
You can also help by telling us what you think we can do better. Do you have an idea about an article? Do we have wrong information? Do you want to write something for us? Let us know! You can use our [contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/), or you can email us at `contact@lezwatchtv.com`
## Farewell Monthly Roundup, Hello What’s Next
So with that, I close out my 30th and final monthly roundup for LezWatch.TV.
Thank you all for reading, and I’ll bring you some more in-depth coverage of something even more gay next.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [Outfest Introduces Actor Fellowship](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/outfest-introduces-actor-fellowship/)
**Published:** September 5, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Outfest introduces the Anthony Meindl Actors Fellowship. A scholarship program for trans and non-binary actors.
**Content:**
Outfest is introducing the [Anthony Meindl Actors Fellowship](https://www.outfest.org/actorsfellowship/): A scholarship program for trans and non-binary actors.
Executive Director of Outfest, Christopher Racster approached Mr. Meindl to start this initiative that will provide five scholarships to trans and non-binary individuals to train at the Actor Workshop.
While details of the program are still being hashed out, you can sign up now to get updates.
## Representation Matters
When The CW announced they were looking for a lesbian actress to play the lesbian character of Batwoman, and went on to cast a trans actress to play a trans character, the LGBTQ+ community took notice. It shouldn’t be this rare, but only 14.6% of queer characters are played by openly queer actors. And only 2% of queer actors who play queer characters are trans.
Let me break this down with math.
*Note:* Please assume a standard margin of error of 1 to 2%, as all data was collected by hand.
We have 3020 characters at the time of this being written. Of those, 242 characters are trans characters. That means 8.1% of all characters on this site are trans. At the same time, only 55 actors on this site are trans. Even when you take into consideration the fact that trans actors are more likely to play multiple characters over time, they would need to average 4.4 characters apiece to make all our trans characters played by trans actors.
Now the good news is 14.6% of 242 is 35, so assuming that all trans actors play trans characters (which they currently do), 22.7% of all trans characters are played by trans actors. But even if I adjust for assumed human data input errors, I doubt I’d get over 25%.
The numbers are better for non-binary characters, where 60% are played by non-binary actors (this includes GenderQueer and Gender Fluid).
## We Exist
There are some more daunting facts. In the trans community, unemployment rates are three times those of cis people. Even though this scholarship is for only 5 people, it gives us a chance to bridge the gap. We can’t let *[Pose](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/)* be the only show that provides complete representation.
As Ian Harvey said, regarding the fellowship, “When we see accurate portrayals of our lives and the story is made with actors that share similar and authentic identities, it makes us feel like we exist.”
If you’re an actor, please apply for this fellowship. Be seen. Show the next person that we exist and inspire them to join you.
I promise, we’re here watching.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Outfest
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – August 20, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-august-20-2018/)
**Published:** August 20, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I only have Wynonna Earp Jolene to report on, because the queerest thing I saw was all the beautiful folks at FlameCon.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week,** I only have *Wynonna Earp* “Jolene” to report on, because the queerest thing I saw was all the beautiful folks at [FlameCon](https://www.flamecon.org/).
Warning: This post contains spoilers!
Wynonna Earp – Season 3 Episode 5 “Jolene” \[Live\] Wow, y’all this episode was intense and I loved it.
When the show opens, Wynonna has Mama Earp tied up in the barn. Wynonna is pissed, but Mama Earp begs her to listen to her for two minutes. She tells her a demon has been stalking Waverly since she was a baby and by the time she was six she knew it wanted to kill her.
The barn fire that got her arrested back in the day was really Mama Earp attempting to exorcize the demon. The exorcism failed, the barn caught on fire and the demon bound to Mama Earp. That is why she acts the way she does and not like Mother of the Year.
When Waverly touched Mama Earp during her visit she broke her bind with the demon and it escaped. Mama Earp came back to try to save her and she saw the demon, but she doesn’t know where it went. We all know — it’s Jolene!
Jolene is busy messing with everyone’s heads via baked goods, and I have to admit — I love it! I love seeing [Zoie Palmer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoie-palmer/) play this character. She is so different from Lauren in [*Lost Girl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/) and I am enjoying it so much.
Its the over the shoulder soap opera menacing hug face knife editionEveryone’s not convinced Mama Earp is telling the truth, but she tries to convince Waverly. Waverly does have a memory of seeing something demony in a mirror at school. When the correctional officer comes to get Mama Earp, Jolene greets him in the driveway with a pie and a knife and cuts out his tongue.
Back in the barn, they untie Mama Earp and she meets Doc. Mama Earp asks if he is her boyfriend and she changes the subject by mentioning Waverly and Nicole.
Mama Earp spends a lot of time trying to protect Waverly from the demon not realizing Jolene *is* the demon. Jolene sends the tongueless officer in and Wynonna shoots him with Peacemaker. She, Waverly and Mama Earp think he’s the demon and now he’s dead and they’re safe.
Even though they were both under the spell of Jolene’s cookies, I enjoyed seeing Wynonna and Mama Earp bond over whisky. I can see where Wynonna gets her snark from.
Mama and the girls go to Shorty’s and one by one, Jolene turns the gang against Waverly with her snacks. She can’t kill her herself, so she has to gaslight Waverly until she takes her own life. That part was so hard to watch, I felt horrible for Waverly the entire episode.
When Jolene works her evil bakery magic on Nicole she has gone too far.
Jolene’s evil, but I loved that they reenacted the beer spill scene from season one.
Jolene’s shit-starting ignites a bar fight and she watches from the stage while singing Karaoke. Wynonna and Mama wind up getting themselves arrested.
After Nicole’s finished throwing Wynonna and Mama in the jail drunk tank, she has an awful conversation with Waverly. I know it’s the scones talking, but I hated seeing Nicole be so mean the Waverly.
Later, after the scones have worn off, Nicole waits for Waverly in her room. Jolene comes in and tries hitting on her.
 I love the, “Are you even gay?” line, because Zoie Palmer is gay in real life.
After Nicole refuses her advances, she does some kind of spell and Bulshar’s ring comes flying back at Nicole. Jolene touches it and gets burned. That makes her even more furious and she picks up Nicole by the neck and throws her into the closet.
Waverly is wandering around in the greenhouse by herself when Jolene comes by to try to really mess with her head and finish her off.
Back in the drunk tank, Wynonna and Mama figure out that Jolene is the demon and talk Nedley into letting them out. Doc finds Nicole in the closet and lets her out. She tells him that Jolene is the demon.
Jolene is working her psychological evil on Waverly, but she isn’t successful, because Waverly knows Wynonna and Nicole love her. Waverly fights back and Wynonna busts in and shoots Jolene with Peacemaker. Jolene makes it out of the greenhouse, but gets caught in Mama Earp’s trap and gets eaten up by vines.
Whew! I’m glad she’s gone, but I will absolutely miss Zoie Palmer. Can she come back as a non-demonic Jolene?
After an hour of everyone being so mean to Waverly, it was a wonderful relief to get this super cute Wayhaught scene.
> It was such a relief to get this sweet [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) scene after such an intense episode! They are so cute. ❤️❤️ [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4wf3hJy1KL](https://t.co/4wf3hJy1KL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [August 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1030789282754179072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Holy moly, that was quite an episode!
This week it’s a very special holiday episode of *Wynonna Earp* — I can’t wait!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
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### [Did You Know About These Web Series?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/did-you-know-about-these-web-series/)
**Published:** August 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sometimes it can be hard to find your next great web series. We're here to help you!
**Content:**
Sometimes it feels like we write this every month. More Web Series that people sleep on, including ones that could use your help to exist. The problem is, of course, there are seemingly infinite series being created every day, and while that’s great, it can be exhausting to keep up. Thankfully, you have us, who are happy to help you answer “Yes!” if someone asks “Did you know about these web series?”
## On Air Now
Some shows, having had successful funding, are out now and you can enjoy them in full (or in part, as they are still releasing new content).
[*Parallel*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/parallel/)An entire series of “What if…” brought to you by Girl Ship TV. What if … we were assassins? Or there was no internet? Would we still be us?
[*Turnt*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/turnt/)Facebook Watch has yet another series, this one about a group of students dealing with today’s drama of queerness, money, cat fishing, and dear god the internet. Nothing makes me happier than the realization I was well out of high school when everyone got cell phones.
[*Gal Pals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gal-pals/)They’re just Gals being Pals. They’re the L Word for LA and the folks who like *Broad City*, based around the life of Bee, a lothario who chases straight girls and falls for one. Whoops.
[*Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strangers/)Also on Facebook Watch (what!? I know!), I really dig Strangers. Getting a biracial, bisexual, bi-costal main character is something astounding, and the entire series nails New York and the perils of becoming who you are beautifully.
https://www.facebook.com/StrangersSeries/videos/219226055436136/ [*Twenty*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenty/)It’s Maya, Catalina, and her group of eclectic friends as they navigate careers, love, and life in their early twenties. Basically, it’s *Friends*, only with queer people, so actual relevant. And no one’s Ross.
## Crowd Funding
Some series are still working to get made, or in the case of one of these, to finish (seriously, you left me on a cliff hanger!?).
[*Total Party Kill*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/total-party-kill/)I’m looking at you, you gamers who left me with a damn cliff hanger after four episodes! How could you? *TPK* answers the age old question “How well would my D&D party do in a Zombie Apocalypse?” I would personally appreciate you donating so I could watch the end, please and thank you! Hit them up on [Indiegogo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/total-party-kill-season-1-fantasy-horror).
*Only In New York*Two girls from the midwest move to the Big Apple. What could possibly go wrong? Not only is this an LGBT comedy, it’s staring two black women, a massively underrepresented group, and is filled with a diverse cast. Give them a hand via [Seed & Spark](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/only-in-new-york-a-new-lgbt-comedy-series-love#/).
*Cursed*Allie, a young witch, has been cursed. Everyone she loves will die. So naturally her best friend sets her up with a 500 year old cursed with immortality. That could be a hell of a lot of fun. Donate now on [Indigogo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lgbt-paranormal-web-series#/).
*Rational Creatures*This story of love, conquering your fears, and taking chances brings the world of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion” into the modern era. Covering everything from romance to mental health, the series has a bisexual lead and married lesbians. You can help them on on [Seed & Spark](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/rationalcreatures#story).
*RED*One of Tracy’s favorite web series (and with good reason), it’s the first Brazilian lesbian-themed web series. What happens when two actresses fall in love, and their fictional affair becomes reality? Well that gets you RED. They’re hoping to make season 5, so pull an assist via [Indigogo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/red-season-5-drama).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Fundraising, Gal Pals, Parallel, Strangers, Total Party Kill, Turnt, Twenty, Web Series
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### [Exclusive: Kaitlyn Krieg and Nicole Lee, Creators of Kait & Nic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-kaitlyn-krieg-and-nicole-lee-creators-of-kait-nic/)
**Published:** August 15, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** They're everything and nothing like their fictionalized selves. Kaitlyn Krieg and Nicole Lee divulge the secrets of Kait & Nic.
**Content:**
Over a nine month period, they went from blank page to a four episode series about two queer women, a lesbian and a bisexual, and their life challenges in New York City. Their characters, named Kait and Nic, struggle with dating, depression, parties, and being their true selves. We had the opportunity to have an interview with Kaitlyn Krieg and Nicole Lee about their series, *[Kait & Nic](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kait-nic/)*.
## Brought Together by Twitter
While Kaitlyn and Nicole knew each other before, their friendship began after Emily Andras (of *Wynonna Earp* and *Lost Girl* fame) replied to one of Nicole’s tweets. As two of the only fans of [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) they knew, they quickly became BFFs. Not long after, Kaitlyn was watching [*Barbelle*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/barbelle/), and wondered to herself that age old question.
> Why are Nicole and I not dating? Oh right, I have a cat.
>
> Kaitlyn
That simple thought spurred Kaitlyn to start jotting down notes until she had the shape of what became *Kait & Nic*. By October of 2017, they began drafting the series. They ran a successful fundraiser in January, started filming in March, and had the show up and done by June.
## Keeping it Real In Terror
Even though they worked over the two major US holidays, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Kaitlyn and Nicole set deadlines and kept each other honest. They didn’t want to see their passion project be just another case of people liking a great idea, but never following through. To achieve this success, they set a schedule, but were flexible about vacations and holidays, tackling the project with an awareness of the world around them.
While Kaitlyn was releasing their Indiegogo campaign, Nicole was on vacation in Hawaii. She was aware of all the messages from their supporters, but then one morning she received the [false missile alert](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Hawaii_false_missile_alert).
> I was having breakfast with my parents, and I’m like, “Is this the last meal we’ll have? I’m finishing this omelet.”
>
> Nicole
It’s that sort of savoir-faire you find, specific to New York, that underlies the entire series. While we’re watching two sometimes hapless queer women stumble through their lives in a *Seinfeld*-esque slice of life, we see them take everything life throws at them. While their characters are exaggerated versions of themselves, they’re also entirely identifiable. Unique and recognizable, it’s easy to connect with over the top Nic and depressed Kait because they reflect aspects of ourselves.
## Normalizing Inclusivity
Much like Shonda Rhimes works tirelessly to normalize the world in her series, Kaitlyn and Nicole embraced the diversity that is New York, and in fact the world, in their show. They did so not just by including multiple characters of colour and gender diversity, but also all body types.
> I think for me it was very important to me to have a plus size love interest because, as a person who does have a body image issues and not a lot of confidence, when you don’t see a body type that reflects your body it’s hard to feel like \[love’s\] something that you get to have.
>
> Kaitlyn
At the same time, they remained aware of the double standard of inclusivity. Would having Nic date only people of colour swing too far to the side that Asians only date other Asians? Would having her date a white woman perpetuate the myth that all Asians aspire to whiteness? It’s a complex situation, delicately balancing representation in a realistic way, pushing the needle further so we can see more of our world in our stories, while still addressing common tropes and clichés.
## Representation On All Sides
When casting the show, Kaitlyn and Nicole reached out to a queer group on Facebook, asking for extras. This lead to the majority of the cast being queer themselves, bolstering representation in another way. Currently only 14.5% of queer characters are played by queer actors, which matters too. While seeing queer characters on television gives hope and representation to ourselves, seeing queer actors inspires the next generation of actors to know they won’t be excluded for being who they are.
This also allowed them to draw from real life experiences when crafting the series. While Nic is an over the top version of Nicole, both actor and character have to face people asking her that inevitable question of “Where are you from?” as a code for “What *kind* of Asian are you?” Similarly, when Kait deals with a straight girl who’s experimenting, it resonates as most of us without gaydars has found ourselves in that predicament.
## Acceptance of Self
Even though Kait and Nic are exaggerated aspects of real people, they know and accept who they are. They’re self aware of their flaws, like Nic’s ‘go big or go home’ attitude with dating, or Kait’s tendency to vomit her flaws at the slightest suggestion. By showing queers who aren’t just size four, white femmes, they help to break out of the heteronormative mold and remind people that gaydar or not, you can’t tell by looking.
> I think \[…\] seeing actual queer people and not the stereotypes that they may have had in their head it really helped when I actually did come out to my parents. I think they were super supportive.
>
> Nicole
Twenty-four years ago, someone’s first glimpse of homosexuality might have been Ross’ ex-wife, Carol, and her lover Susan on *Friends*. Today, it can be a wonderfully quirky, if depressed, lesbian, and her bisexual, allergic to cats, BFF.
## Watch it Now
It’s not too late to watch the short series. The four episodes are a quick dance through a slice of New York queer life. Will Kait self-sabotage herself? Will Nic scare off women by coming on too strong?
Check out season one of *Kait & Nic*.
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Kait & Nic, Kaitlyn Krieg, Nicole Lee
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### [Batwoman is Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/batwoman-is-ruby-rose/)
**Published:** August 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The CW has picked the Arrow-verse's Batwoman, and it's Ruby Rose.
**Content:**
Or [Ruby Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruby-rose/) is the CW’s new Batwoman.
The news broke yesterday with TVLine and many others reporting on the Hollywood back chatter. It was confirmed by EP Caroline Dries shortly thereafter on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/carolinedries/status/1026886316875689984 Immediate reactions have been mixed. Yes, Rose has been out since she was 12 years old, but some people feel she was an ‘easy’ choice being a popular Hollywood actress at the moment. The internet can be a harsh place some times. Rose is an experienced actress. At the same time, there was absolutely no pick that was going to please everyone.
There’s a tremendous amount of pressure on Rose, and the CW, to succeed here. It’s important to recognize too that casting on any show really *shouldn’t* be just for fan-service. There are many more aspects that go into casting, including availability and the goals of a show. There’s also a need for things to gel properly with the cast.
The current logline for Batwoman reads as follows:
> Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope. Based on the characters from DC.
Love it or hate it, Rose’s casting marks the CW’s second out actress playing a queer character, following [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) being cast on *Supergirl* as a series regular next season.
---
It’s been a day. What are your thoughts about the casting of Batwoman? Have they changed? Do you think this is a good, bad, or mediocre choice? Let us know!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Batwoman, Ruby Rose, The CW
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### [Coming Soon (UK Edition): Lesbian Land Owners, Witches, and Alex Kingston](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/coming-soon-uk-edition-lesbian-land-owners-witches-and-alex-kingston/)
**Published:** August 10, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What's coming soon in the UK for queer TV? Two shows staring queers, one with them attached, and of course, Alex Kingston.
**Content:**
While we have a lot of TV series from the US here, there’s a surprising amount going on across the pond.
## Gentleman Jack
A period drama from BBC 1 (and HBO), set in 1832, it’s based on the real life of Anne Lister, a diarist, mountaineer and traveller. Oh and a *totally* open lesbian landowner. Her diaries contain more than 4,000,000 words and about a sixth of them—those concerning the intimate details of her romantic and sexual relationships—were written in a code she invented. After a lot of travel, she came home to take over her ancestral home in West Yorkshire. And get a wife. Because that’s what you do.
Anne (aka Gentleman Jack as the ladies called her) will be played by [Suranne Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/suranne-jones/), from [*Doctor Foster*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-foster/) fame. The series is expected to be released this year (initial reports said Autumn). Based on the subject being a lesbian, we’re tentatively giving it a hearty thumbs up.
## Cheat
A four part police drama miniseries from ITV, *Cheat* is about a case of academic deception that very quickly goes totally out of control. Doesn’t sound super queer until I tell you it’s a relationship between Professor Leah and her student Rose. The series purports to end with ‘fatal consequences’ so I predict a Bury Your Gays and a creepy student/teacher romance (sorry LezRepresent).
It looks like a story that could be fun, but also would be pretty depressing. It all comes down to how they play it. The show starts filming later this year, so an early 2019 airdate seems likely.
## A Discovery of Witches
Okay, I’m *super* excited here. From Sky 1 we have [Alex Kingston](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-kingston/) playing Sarah Bishop, a powerful lesbian witch. She and her partner (Em) raise Sarah’s niece, Diana, teaching her how to be a kick-ass witch and battle the forces of supernatural thingies. Sadly, the story is more about Diana than Sara and Em (boooo) but I can’t imagine they’d be so foolish as to waste a gift like Alex Kingston.
The show will air later this year in the UK, but they’ve made it clear it’ll be internationally aired. Medium gay levels expected. However it’s about a supernatural war, so I have a feeling that Em dies.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** A Discovery of Witches, Cheat, Coming Soon, Gentleman Jack
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 9, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-9-2018/)
**Published:** July 9, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Steven Universe makes history with Heart of the Crystal Gems, Kat's subconscious freaks her out on The Bold Type and we meet Yolanda, the new lesbian character on GLOW.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Steven Universe* makes history with *Heart of the Crystal Gems*; Kat’s subconscious freaks her out on *The Bold Type*; and we meet Yolanda, the new lesbian character on *GLOW*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
[*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Season 5 Episode 19 “Now We’re Only Falling Apart” \[Live\]Part one of the *Heart of the Crystal Gems* 5-night special starts right where we left off: Amethyst and Garnet just found out that Rose is Pink Diamond. Amethyst is all like, “Woah, Rose Quartz was actually Pink Diamond?” in a shocked but not upset kind of way. Garnet on the other hand is so furious over Rose’s lie, she unfuses into Ruby and Sapphire. Ruby tries to calm Sapphire down who is raging with anger — it’s a total reversal of their usual roles. During their argument, Sapphire is so mad she portals away.
> Sapphire portal-ing away after learning about Pink Diamond is so heartbreaking. [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/yPlGio1PoI](https://t.co/yPlGio1PoI)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1015964557137862659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Pearl and Steven chase after her to explain Rose’s motives and bring her back to Ruby. Pearl tells her, “You deserve to know everything.” Then proceeds to tell her the whole story.
Pearl was given to Pink Diamond to make her happy, but she never could because Pink was bored and unfulfilled running a colony. As they remotely watched the first Quartz soldiers emerge from the Earth Kindergarten, Pink wishes she could be there to see it in person.
Pearl says she can teleport them there, but Pink says they shouldn’t because Blue and Yellow Diamond will freak out if they find out. Pearl says they won’t find out because Pink changed her shape.
So it was Pearl who came up with the idea for Pink to change shape into Rose in the first place!
Rose is loving blending in and being perceived as a regular gem and not a diamond. Rose is ready to run off with the Amethysts, but Pearl stops her and tells her they can’t bring more attention to themselves. She suggests they go explore Earth instead.
At the end of a beautiful day spent seeing all of the wonderful things on Earth, Rose has a crisis. All of these great things will not survive her invasion.
After that experience, Pink tried convincing the other Diamonds to allow her to stop the colony and preserve life on Earth, but Blue and Yellow refused. Pink then decided to become Rose and eradicate all gems from Earth, but that changed when she saw Garnet the first time.
> “I imagine that I ran away and met you here on Earth. A Rose Quartz. And I’m not yours, but I make you so happy anyway.” ❤️ [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RainbowQuartz](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RainbowQuartz?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/PNedDvGsdw](https://t.co/PNedDvGsdw)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1016002272298455040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She wanted to fight for fusions like Garnet; she wanted provide a better, more free life for gems.
At this point Sapphire stops being mad and realizes Rose was following them.
Rose became Rose so should could live on Earth with Pearl forever, and Garnet inspired her to make that decision. Sapphire says she felt the same way when she first arrived on Earth with Ruby, then suddenly realizes she left Ruby in a fight and needs to get back to her right away.
They quickly portal back. When they arrive Ruby’s not there, but she left Sapphire a note.
[*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Season 5 Episode 21 “The Question” \[Live\]In part two, “What’s Your Problem?” Steven and Amethyst go looking for Ruby after she’s run away (according to her note), but most of the episode is centered around Amethyst and Steven processing Pink Diamond/Rose Quartz stuff. In this episode (part three) Amethyst and Steven find Ruby hanging out with with Greg on a hill by the beach. Steven asks her how she’s doing.
She says Sapphire was kind of right about everything. They stayed fused as Garnet, because Rose said they were the answer. Ruby went right from being a soldier to being Garnet, and she’s never had time on her own to think about herself because she was always checking in with someone.
Greg and Amethyst are down with Ruby’s new found freedom, but Steven is completely freaked out.
Greg tells Steven they can’t make Ruby be Garnet if that’s not what she wants. He eventually agrees to supporting Ruby’s quest for emotional growth and hands her a cowboy comic. Ruby says that’s what she wants – the open plain.
Greg drives them out to a field somewhere, and Ruby comes out of the van dressed as a cowboy. Amethyst morphs into a horse so Ruby can further play out her comic book fantasy. Ruby has a cute “finding herself” montage set to a song she sings about independence.
Late that night, Steven tells Ruby she seems really happy, and he’s sorry he tried to pressure her into fusing with Sapphire again. Ruby then tells Steven all that stuff she sang about wasn’t true; she did have fun, but she missed Sapphire the whole time.
Ruby says if she’s making her own decisions then she can decide to be with Sapphire, but it has to be different this time. Steven has an idea and shows her a page from the comic we can’t see.
In the next scene we’re back at the Crystal Gems’ beach house, and Steven enters the front door. Sapphire asks him if he found Ruby. He tells her with a very serious voice that she’s outside, and she has something to say to her.
Sapphire runs outside to Ruby who is still on a horse, in a cowboy outfit. Sapphire emotionally tells Ruby she was wrong and so sorry for all the things she said to her. Ruby says, “No you were right. Someone else told us we were the answer. But I don’t believe that anymore. At least not ’til I hear it from you.”
And then this happens:
> The most amazing thing just happened on television. This is history making. Thank you, [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Thank you. Thank you. -T [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RubyAndSapphire](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RubyAndSapphire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/QFDz5wPXoL](https://t.co/QFDz5wPXoL)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1014663752426369025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my goodness, I did NOT see that coming!
I really thought the series was going to end with Ruby and Sapphire making up in the last episode. I did not think we were going to get a big gem wedding! And how great is it that the episode’s title is “The Question” as a companion to “The Answer?”
[*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Season 5 Episode 23/24 “Reunited” \[Live\]Night five of Heart of the Crystal Gems was a double episode! The night before was Steven doing wedding planning and unbubbling Bismuth so she could be a guest at the wedding. This night was Big Gem Wedding night! The episode starts out with a musical number! Everyone’s getting ready for wedding, and Steven sings, “There’s an awful lot of awful things they could be thinking of, but for just one day let’s only think about love.”
And then, it happens — Ruby and Sapphire’s wedding!
> Here is Ruby and Sapphire’s wedding. I can’t even imagine how seeing something like this as a kid would have changed the trajectory of my life. -T [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#stevenuniversereunited](https://twitter.com/hashtag/stevenuniversereunited?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#RubySapphireWedding](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RubySapphireWedding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Z76JGdCQ30](https://t.co/Z76JGdCQ30)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1016069423575203847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am a [Steven Universe superfan](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rebecca-sugar-everything-right-world/). I love this show so much, and it is always exceeding my expectations. However, I have never fathomed that I’d be watching one of the sweetest lesbian engagements and weddings on a children’s show, on the Cartoon Network. Rebecca Sugar created a five-night special centered around the two major queer ships of the show: Pearl and Rose and Ruby and Sapphire (Garnet). This is literally going to save people’s lives.
I have repeatedly tried imagining how my life would have been if I had a show like this as a kid, but it is so far from what was my reality I can’t even start to do it. However, I can see what Steven Universe is doing for my 11-year-old kid and her friends. Her friends are a mix of queer, transgender, gender non-conforming, and straight allies, and they LOVE this show. Having a show like this with different characters you can relate to absolutely makes a difference.
Thank you, Rebecca Sugar, for doing this. I really hope you win an Emmy this year.
[*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Stride of Pride” \[Live\]There wasn’t any Kadena in this episode because Adena was away at a retreat, but Kat runs into Adena’s ex, Leila, while she was out karaoke-ing with the girls. Leila tells Kat that Adena said she could borrow her tripod, and she wants to know when she can come by and pick it up. 
I swear that Leila’s a troublemaker.
At the end of the episode, Friday night rolls around and this happens.
> Kat, WTF. Girl, you need to not to do this to our hearts. [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> Song: “Johny” by [@SofiTukker](https://twitter.com/sofitukker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/c3KxLGjaEd](https://t.co/c3KxLGjaEd)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [July 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1015045163796885504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Woah! I love dream angst as a plot device.
In the previews for this week they make it look like Kat confesses the dream to Adena and then Adena walks out of the apartment. I really hope they are misleading us like previews often do. Because dreams can be free-pass gifts from our subconscious and definitely not grounds for break up.
[*GLOW*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/) – Season 2 Episode 3 “Concerned Women of America” \[Streaming\]The wife and I binged all of GLOW season two in a few days. We really enjoyed this season and meeting the new cast member and lesbian character, [Yolanda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yolanda-rivas/). 
I hope we get to see more of her in season three.
This week — PRAISE BE it’s the season finale episode of *The Handmaids Tale*. Also, *The Originals* comes back from a short break, and I hope we have some Freelin wedding plans.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** GLOW, Steven Universe, The Bold Type
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 16, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-16-2018/)
**Published:** July 16, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Praise be: The Handmaid's Tale season two finale is finally here, Kat goes to imaginary lesbian bar number two and I cover a couple movies for a change.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, praise be: *The Handmaid’s Tale* season two finale is finally here; Kat goes to imaginary lesbian bar number two on *The Bold Type*; and I cover a couple movies for a change.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
[*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 6 “The Domino Effect” \[Live\]At the end of the previous episode, Kat was having a sex dream about Adena’s friend, Leila. Now Leila is texting Kat to invite her out to another fictitious NYC lesbian bar. Kat decides to go meet Leila at the imaginary lesbian bar and gets cruised hard as soon as she steps inside.
I do love this show for its honesty in portraying queer relationships, but these imaginary bars are over the top. I think shows like to pretend all bars are like gay male bars where people aggressively hit on each other and hook up in bathrooms. Women rarely hit on each other like that — you can be on a third date and still not know if a girl likes you or not. But it’s their show and they can create any queer social scene they want.
Kat is getting drinks bought for her left and right. Leila says it’s because Kat’s, “kind of a big deal around here.”
> Scenes from the imaginary lesbian bar (seemingly one of many in NYC) where multiple women buy you drinks. [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Uvc9RV03KD](https://t.co/Uvc9RV03KD)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1017798408332042240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I remember when a new person would join a scene. Yeah, people noticed and were excited, but they didn’t pounce on them like feeding time at a feral cat colony. Also, Leila introduced Kat as “Adena’s girlfriend.” It would be really rude for everyone to swarm on her like that when they knew she had a girlfriend.
Well, Kat gets to dancing with “Desperate For New Blood” Daniella, and the Footloose Prophecy™ comes true again.
> Just leaving this here. Stream this week’s [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) on , On Demand, or [@Hulu](https://twitter.com/hulu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
>
> Song: “Curious” by [@HayleyKiyoko](https://twitter.com/HayleyKiyoko?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/VgSw2TT0a9](https://t.co/VgSw2TT0a9)
>
> — The Bold Type (@TheBoldTypeTV) [July 11, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheBoldTypeTV/status/1017079821619249152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The bar may be imaginary, but making out with a girl to Hayley Kiyoko is 100% real life.
Ooooh shit, Kat! That was more than a dream, what is going to happen now?
Adena’s finally back from her retreat and Kat makes the return home of shame to meet her. It’s just as horrifyingly uncomfortable as you would imagine.
Adena senses Kat is being weird and asks her what’s wrong. Kat comes clean about the kiss.
I’m really glad Kat was honest right away, but then she says this.
Oh, Kat, those are your inside thoughts. Telling Adena you’re curious about other women is one thing, but letting her know you dreamed you banged one of her friends is unnecessarily cruel.
Adena can’t deal with this news, leaves the apartment, and avoids Kat’s texts for a little while.
Eventually Adena is ready to talk and the two of them meet up at Kat’s apartment. Adena begins by telling Kat she appreciates her honesty. Then she says the first time she kissed a woman there was fireworks everywhere, but for Kat there’s only been her.
Kat is scared it’s sounding like the beginning of a break up speech.
Adena knows they are in different places when it comes to relationships and being out, but still she doesn’t want to lose Kat and vice versa. So, where do they go from here?
Ugh, it’s so painful because it’s real. I know we all hate that one of our favorite queer TV ships is being taken down this road, but it is realistic.
I have spent some time thinking about my first girlfriend because of all the Kadena processing that has been going on the internets this past week. I was totally in love with her. Still she was my first girlfriend, and I was like her 3rd or 4th. I wound up leaving her after a few months for another girl who wound up being my first LTR (of almost 3 years). Kadena and Kat are older on the show then I was, and they are handling it like grownups with a lot of honestly and 1000% less drama than I did at 18.
I trust the writers, and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes.
[*The Handmaid’s Tale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/) – Season 2 Episode 13 “The Word” \[Streaming\]Blessed be, y’all, I made it to the ***Handmaid’s Tale* season two finale**! Our girl Emily has been through a lot this season. We got her horrifying backstory; she was sent to The Colonies; and now she’s been assigned to Josh Lyman from the West Wing as a new Handmaid. I feel like we’ve been led to not be sure about him — is he a bad guy or a good guy?
On the night of her first “Ceremony” with him, he lets her off the hook. But the next day Aunt Lydia visits and says, “Commander Lawrence says it went splendidly.”
Okay, so maybe he is a good guy because he is lying to Aunt Lydia.
Then Aunt Lydia practically tells Emily she’s lucky to be OfJoseph’s because she’s a lesbian pervert. Well, that’s the straw that broke the lesbian Handmaid’s back, and she’s had enough of Lydia’s shit.
> “God is merciful even to the most perverse and degenerate among his flock.” Emily giving “Aunt” Lydia what’s coming to her. (Warning: Don’t watch if you avoid violence!) -T [\#HandmaidsTale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandmaidsTale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#HandmaidsTalefinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HandmaidsTalefinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/okOUbNLA3h](https://t.co/okOUbNLA3h)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1018642132658216960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
When this happened, my wife and I yelled so loud our daughter was like, “What’s happening on your show?” from the floor above.
I am not a violent person, but watching Emily knock Aunt Lydia’s ass down the stairs was very satisfying.
Joseph is like, “Oh, shit what did you do?” He whisks Emily off in a car where we learn she doesn’t like Annie Lennox. Emily is completely freaked out and doesn’t know where he’s taking her.
Meanwhile, over at the Waterfords, there are fires going off everywhere. It turns out the Marthas set them all over the neighborhood and now June can escape with her baby via the Martha Underground. At the end of the escape route there is a car parked under an overpass. Joseph and Emily then get out of the car.
Joseph was a good guy after all; he brought Emily there to escape Gilead.
A truck pulls up to take Emily and June to freedom. Emily gets in, June hands her the baby but then instead of getting in herself, she slams the door. The truck pulls away, and June stays behind for her other daughter Hannah. That’s the end of season two.
Well, I am really glad Emily is going to Canada to be with Moira, Luke and hopefully her wife and kid. Her wife [Sylvia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sylvia/) is played by [Clea DuVall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/), so hopefully she’ll be in it next season.
However, I’m not going to completely celebrate Emily’s freedom yet. Many horrible things can happen between now and Canada.
*Professor Marston & the Wonder Women* – Movie \[Streaming\]I’ve been wanting to see this movie written and directed by the fabulous Angela Robinson since it came out, and [now that it’s on HULU](https://www.hulu.com/watch/1240565), I finally got my chance. I’m embarrassed to say, I didn’t know the backstory behind the people who created Wonder Woman, and I definitely didn’t know they were a long-term polyamorous triad. I absolutely loved the movie and found it to be well done and really fascinating. According to the interview with Angela below, she did a lot of research to make the story accurate.
https://youtube.com/DaGfUe4-tU4
I highly recommend it!
[*Wedlocked*](http://wedlockedthemovie.com/) – Short \[Streaming\]Two of my very best friends were in a situation where they wanted to get married, but they couldn’t because my one friend was still married and couldn’t get divorced. It was during the time before same sex marriage was legal nationwide. The whole situation was so uniquely shitty and frustrating at the time, my friend’s friend [Puppett](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3533815/) decided to make a short film about it. It was super cute and funny to see my friends portrayed by actors. You can [watch it on Seed & Spark](https://www.seedandspark.com/watch/wedlocked).
Tonight, y’all, four words — WYNONNA EARP SEASON THREE!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Professor Marston & the Wonder Women, The Bold Type, The Handmaid's Tale, Wedlocked
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 23, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-23-2018/)
**Published:** July 23, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The long awaited Wynonna Earp season three premiere is finally here, Kat and Adena give opening things up a try on The Bold Type and Freya and Keelin finally get married on The Originals.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, The long awaited *Wynonna Earp* season three premiere is finally here; Kat and Adena give opening things up a try on *The Bold Type*; and Freya and Keelin finally get married on *The Originals*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
[*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) – Season 3 Episode 1 “Blood Red and Going Down” \[Live\]I’m so excited to finally start covering one of my favorites, *Wynonna Earp*, in my weekly post! Here’s a confession though; I have a really terrible aptitude for understanding Sci-Fi. I can’t keep track of all the demons and other supernatural beings that inhabit Purgatory, and half the time I don’t know what’s going on. You’re not going to find frame-by-frame breakdowns and theorizing in my recaps, but you will get all the Wayhaught drama and cuteness. We start the *Wynonna Earp* season three premiere with Waverly and Nicole on the top of a roof acting like Root and Shaw lite with guns. They’re across the street from Pussy Willows where Wynonna is riding a mechanical bull.
They’re helping the team take out Revenants but are also getting distracted…with each other.
Wynonna is always there to interrupt.
The next morning, a tour bus of vampires cruise into town because why not? They glamour Nedley and put him under their spell.
We also get a cute Wayhaught waking up in bed scene.
Nicole in bed perfectly framed in amazing natural light is so cute.
Of course they’re interrupted again by Wynonna. This time she’s training loudly in the barn. Nicole gets a call about a crime scene, and they all go to check it out.
It’s back at Pussy Willows, and it’s pretty gross. Multiple dead bodies, lots of blood, and they have been arranged into a pattern.
Nicole says, “Black Badge Division’s been tracking these massacres since the 1920s. They call it the Cult of Bulshar.”
Nicole sees a pattern carved into one of the dead bodies and freaks out.
Waverly is in the bathroom while she thinks Nicole is having a panic attack in one of the stalls. While she’s waiting for her to come out, one of the vampires comes into the bathroom.
Uh oh! Wayhaught’s been glamored.
Meanwhile, Shorty’s has been invaded by the vampires and they capture Doc and glamor Jeremy.
You know what that means? Unkillable Gay Squad glamored by vampires edition!
Wynonna returns home to find vampires in the barn and runs inside to warn the Unkillable Gay Squad, but they are all under the vampire spell. Nicole knocks Wynonna out for killing the vampire in the barn, and they need to decide what to do with her.
The Unkillable glamored Gay Squad show up at the fancy vampire party.
Even glamored, Wavery and Nicole are still cute and funny.
Dolls finds Wynonna in the casket in the basement and lets her out. They figure out they need to kill the vampires in order to break the spell on everyone. They get to making stakes Buffy-style with a music montage.
Wynonna crashes the party, and her and Dolls initiate a vampire staking frenzy as the spell is lifted from the party guests.
The next morning Nicole and Dolls are back at the Pussy Willows crime scene and Nicole fesses up to Dolls about why she is so freaked out by it.
Woah! Well, it looks like we’ll be getting more Nicole backstory like we’ve all been asking for.
Across town Wynonna is driving Waverly home so she can tell her she’s been visiting their Mama in prison. Before they can really talk about it, Wynonna gets into a car crash (she did already have a round of whisky that morning with Doc), and they tumble in slow motion to country music.
After the truck has landed, a mystery person drags Waverly away while she is screaming for Wynonna.
Well, never a dull moment on Wynonna Earp.
At San Diego ComicCon this past weekend it was mentioned a few times that this week’s episode is going to be a doozy. We’ll have to see what happens to Waverly and Wynonna.
[*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 7 “Betsy” \[Live\]This week we got to see how Adena and Kat dealt with Kat kissing another girl. They did it over salad. Adena starts a speech about how she has a ton of experience with the ladies, and Kat has very little. She thinks Kat needs to explore, and if she doesn’t, she’ll resent Adena in the long run. Kat’s like, “What are you saying, exactly?” 
Adena then takes out the Power Point presentation she put together during the obvious many hours that she’s spent thinking about this and lays down the rules:
1. Weekends are Kadena time only.
2. Safe sex only.
3. No catching feelings. (I think this is the hardest one for same sex female open relationships)
4. DADT – No talking about hookups
I had a feeling this is where the show was going. I am not super emotionally attached to Kadena — I don’t think their chemistry is that great (don’t @ me), so I’m not mourning the loss of their exclusive relationship. I think it’s cool the show is exploring this side of queer relationships.
Kat tells her friends about this new development and says she thinks she’s going to do it. Sutton tells her to, “locate her inner sexual explorer and let that bitch out to play.” I love Sutton, she is my favorite.
Kat then hops on Tinder and starts swiping through ladies.
I find it unrealistic that Kat would immediately look for women to hook up with. I think it would be more organic than that, but this is a show where things keep moving along.
Later, Kat is on a road trip with Jane and Sutton, and she seems to be hitting it off with the Lyft driver.
After they’re dropped off, Kat tells Jane about the driver needing to reach across her to get a pen out of the glove compartment.
It looks like this is the first girl Kat will be doing some exploring with.
Kat meets up with the girl at her place and lets her know about her open relationship situation. The girl says it’s okay with her.
Kat and the girl hook up.
When they get down to doing it, it turns our the girl is a sub, and Kat has zero experience domming. After a lot of awkwardness Kat eventually steps up to the challenge. I love that the show had this scene, but it personally made me cringe TBH.
That night, Kat arrives home all giddy and sweaty ([Copyright Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/2018/07/19/season-2-episode-5/)) and wakes Adena up to tell her all about her sexual adventure. Adena made it crystal clear talking about hookups was against the rules, but Kat did it anyway. You all should listen to [Erica and Nikki’s commentary on this](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/2018/07/19/season-2-episode-5/) because they nail it perfectly. Kat has two besties she tells everything to. She can run and tell them all about it. Don’t bang one chick and then get your girlfriend you have a clear “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” rule with out of bed to give her all the details!
Adena acquiesces and lets Kat tell her about her adventure anyway. She displays a tenth level of emotional maturity while listening to her girlfriend talk about her first time being a dom.
Where do you all think this is going? Will Kat get this out of her system and come back to a monogamous relationship with Adena, will they settle into a happy open relationship or will Kat catch feelings for one of her bang hangs and break up with Adena? IRL my friends in open relationships have had things go in all of these directions. We’ll have to wait and see what happens to Kadena.
[*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/) – Season 5 Episode 11 “‘Til the Day I Die” \[Live\]The day of the big queer Freelin wedding has arrived, everyone! But first they needed to go through every tropy day of the wedding road block in a single episode.
#### Happiness guilt over family stuff
This is Freya’s very tired theme every episode.
#### Let’s get married today
And it’s not “go to the courthouse” married, it’s full-blown wedding married. No big deal.
#### Freya not being able to find a best man or someone to walk her down the aisle
At least on this show, it’s not for homophobic reasons.
#### Calling off the wedding for baby reasons
Are you fucking kidding me? Didn’t we get enough of this on *Supergirl*?
#### Reconciling at the last minute
The wedding’s back on, folks.
#### Freya’s brothers coming through to walk her down the aisle after all
I knew this was going to happen.
Then finally, they have the big wedding, but during most of the ceremony they had a voiceover from a straight plot running over it. I kid you not! Why in the world can’t the queer women have their moment?
Whew, at least they actually got married. Will they make it to the end of the series? We have two more episodes left to find out.
This week — *Orange is the New Back* is back on the 27th. My wife and I emotionally gave up on the show last season. Will it be better this season? We shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** The Bold Type, The Originals, Wynonna Earp
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### [One Vida at a Nine-Nine: Latinx TV is Changing the World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/one-vida-at-a-nine-nine-one-day-at-a-time-is-changing-the-world/)
**Published:** August 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Latinx TV is changing the world with an epic mashup of three amazing shows that can only be called "One Vida at a Nine-Nine."
**Content:**
I know it’s been hard to separate entertainment from politics these days, and realistically they’ve always been intertwined. The best comedy comes alongside self-reflection and realizations. But also we know that the shows we love need to address and reflect the world in which we live. Representation matters, and the creators of television are often working hard at making sure we see ourselves and our friends. The wisest of those shows knows they can’t do it alone, which brings us to the perfect amalgamation of *One Vida at a Nine-Nine*, or how Latinx TV is changing the world.
## One Vida at a Time
On June 19th, Gloria Calderón Kellett and Tanya Saracho, show runners of [*One Day and a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) and [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/), respectively, teamed up to help end family separation at the border, and to welcome asylum seekers in the United States. They named their project [**One Vida at a Time**](https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/bondfund?source=direct_link&).
> One Day at a Time & Vida are teaming up to end family separation at the border. Donate here to directly support legal services for detained separated parents and funding for their release. [\#onevidaatatime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/onevidaatatime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#keepfamiliestogether](https://twitter.com/hashtag/keepfamiliestogether?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/f3MQzv2Cj2](https://t.co/f3MQzv2Cj2)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [June 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/1009220238016069634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They went on to challenge all the writers rooms to stand up and speak out, bringing awareness to the problem. Shows from *Jane the Virgin* to *The Good Doctor* joined them in speaking out. They were even picked up by [Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/06/border-separation-raices-one-day-at-a-time-vida) after they marched wearing their wonderful shirts.
## One Day at a Nine-Nine
And then on July 10th, we found out the two wonderful Latina actors from [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)would be guest staring on *One Day at a Time*!
> CAN NOT EXPRESS HOW EXCITED WE ARE! [@everythingloria](https://twitter.com/everythingloria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) thank you for welcoming us. We’re having so much fun this week on the [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) set!
>
> — Stephanie Beatriz (@iamstephbeatz) [July 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/iamstephbeatz/status/1016749515259310081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This comes **after** Gina Rodriguez was on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* as a ride share driver who has a connection with Rosa. So really all we need now is someone from *Jane the Virgin* to show up on *ODaaT* and the circle is complete.
## One Step at a Time
The obvious non-obivious about all this is that representation matters, and shows like *Vida* (who cast *ODaaT* and *The Bold Type* writer Michelle Badillo as a guest) and *One Day at a Time* aren’t just talking the talk. They aim to change the world one day at a time, by showing us the people we’ve always seen in our lives on TV.
It’s no shock that some of our favourite shows are doing this. In fact, it’s probably because they’re being so inclusive that we’re so much in love with these shows. They are our world, and we see them and they see us, and it means even if the show is the darkest thing on the planet, we can tell it comes from the same heart we do.
One step at a time, shows with good representation are leading the way into the future of successful entertainment. They’re noticed by more than just the isolated fandoms. So make some noise and, like *Vida* and *One Day at a Time*, challenge your friends to watch these shows and pass it along.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, One Day at a Time, Vida
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### [Clockblockers Rejoice! Timeless Gets a Two Part Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/clockblockers-rejoice-timeless-gets-a-two-part-finale/)
**Published:** August 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Stop the clocks! Timeless will get a wrap up and close the loops. We can finally save Rufus and figure out what exactly Rittenhouse was doing. That's right, Timeless gets a two part finale.
**Content:**
Much like *Sense8* was canceled with a main character missing, the quiet gay-friend show, *Timeless*, ended their second season with Rufus in peril and their own future selves coming back to help rescue him. And then they were canceled. And, just like *Sense8*, the fans of [*Timeless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/) will get a wrap up. That’s right, the Clockblockers may rejoice as *Timeless* gets a two part finale.
## Previously, on *Timeless*
The idea of *Timeless* is straightforward. We have time travel, it’s real, but it has serious repercussions. In the first episode, we find out that there’s a group of people changing the past for their own benefit, and as our intrepid Clockblockers find out, correcting those changes doesn’t always work out the way it should. For example, in the first episode, the Hindenberg doesn’t blow up on landing. This ends up causing a series of events that erases main character Lucy Preston’s sister from existence.
Whoopsie!
These sorts of problems exacerbate, including changing who killed Lincoln and Heddy Lamarr getting the patent on wifi and becoming a tech billionaire. I’m personally for that one. The “Lifeboat” team travels through time, changing history and trying to stop Rittenhouse from doing whatever it is they’re doing, while no one really knows the whole story.
But one of the reasons the show was amazing was the absolutely casual way in which they handled the homosexual nature of Denise Christopher, the Homeland Security agent in charge of the “Lifeboat” team.
## The Day Regan was Shot
In the eighth episode of season two, we travel to Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was shot. The team assumes it’s Reagan they need to save but Rittenhouse is targeting a young police officer. Denise Christopher. Injured from the incident, Denise’s mother is trying to get her to quit the force, marry a polite young man, and accept her life. Of course, Denise knows she’s a lesbian, and in 1981 has only a few choices.
Since the lack of Denise would probably mean the Clockblockers would never exist, Lucy and Jiya pose as lesbian private detectives hired by Jodie Foster, who wanted to discretely handle the John Hinckley Jr. situation. When that doesn’t work, though they do catch Hinckley, they out themselves as time travellers and show Denise photos of her family.
Ever since the erasure of Lucy’s sister, Denise had asked Lucy to carry a USB drive with photos of her family, her wife and two children, just to make sure she’d never forget them. Lucy leaves the USB with Denise, who breaks off the engagement by coming out to her mother, something she had never done in the original timeline.
When they come back to the present, Denise admits that in the new timeline, she’d known they saved her life all that time. She also tells Lucy that the day she first saw a computer with a USB port, she couldn’t believe it. But not only hand they saved her by letting her know it got better, they gave Denise her mother, who had come to love and accept her gay daughter.
## We Get a Finale
Of course then the show was canceled. For a second time. I was sad, and had really hoped for a late renewal, because the show had been a [bit of a fun sleeper hit](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/renew-timeless-tongue-in-cheek-time-travel-where-lesbians-live/). Alas, that was not to be. Instead, on July 31st it was announced there would be a two-part finale wrap up for season ‘three.’
> WE LOVE YOU [\#CLOCKBLOCKERS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CLOCKBLOCKERS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! You made it happen! Your mission is complete, [\#Clockblockers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Clockblockers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) rule will be back for a two-part series finale on NBC.
> Thank you, thank you, thank you!
> We’re gonna [\#SaveRufus](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveRufus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/ITxptegsd2](https://t.co/ITxptegsd2)
>
> — Sakina Jaffrey (@sakinajaffrey) [July 31, 2018](https://twitter.com/sakinajaffrey/status/1024334107390685184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
If you can’t tell, they’re going to have to save Rufus, who was left back in 1888 San Francisco. But there’s a lot more to wrap up! How did Flynn get Lucy’s notebook (which she still hasn’t written yet)? Is Wyatt’s wife really pregnant and evil? Does Lucy love Flynn or Wyatt? How did Jiya master her time-visions? What is Rittenhouse’s real goal?
Whew. We have a lot to cover. Me? I just want to see Denise have a happy ending with her family.
Okay, and maybe figure out what Rittenhouse’s goal is!
## You have time to catch up!
There are only 26 episodes and they’re a fast watch, so you’ve got the time now to catch up on *Timeless*. If you like history at all, it’s a fun romp through time with quirky moments and in-jokes. They always use aliases that are hilarious to us and oblivious to the people in the moment. Though even Heddy Lamarr knows that the theme to *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* is beneath Langston Hughes.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Timeless
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### [July 2018 Roundup: Interviews, Conventions, WayHaught, and More](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/july-2018-roundup-interviews-conventions-wayhaugt-and-more/)
**Published:** July 31, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The month is over so let's have a look at our July 2018 Roundup.
**Content:**
It’s summer which means happy birthday to Tracy, it’s time for some Canadian action, a couple conventions, some WayHaught screen time, and more with our July 2018 roundup.
- 23 shows added
- 70 characters added
- 3 characters died
## Interviews With Everyone
This month, we’ve put our tape recorders out there and talked to a whole mess of amazing queer people. We’ve interviewed such cool folks as the historians from the [History is Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-ten-questions-with-history-is-gay/) podcast, the new series stars of [*Total Party Kill*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/ten-questions-with-total-party-kill/), and [Hillary Esquina from the upcoming series, *The Passage*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-hillary-esquina-creator-of-passage-the-series/).
We love talking to people about the brilliant work they’re doing with queer media and are always on the lookout for more. Please feel free to hit us up and [tell us about the cool things you’re up to](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).
## Convention Season
This month was both Outfest, up in LA, *and* San Diego Comic Con (aka SDCC). We weren’t able to make SDCC but we collected all the [pertinent queer TV news](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sdcc-2018-fomo-what-we-need-to-know/) for you. Big news? We’ve got *Charmed* coming to Sundays on the CW, where it’ll pair up with *Supergirl*, who’s introducing a trans character. Also the Arrowverse is planning to introduce Batwoman in this winter’s massive crossover event. I have a lot of [really excited feelings about this](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-cw-amps-up-the-queer-with-batwoman/), especially since they want to case a lesbian. And yes, I have some suggestions.
At Outfest, I attended screenings of [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-vida/), [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-riley-parra/), and [*Féminin/Féminin* and *Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-strangers-and-feminin-feminin/). It was a lot to pack in to three days, and I managed to talk to the cast and crew of some of the shows. I may be a little more in love with Tanya Saracho (of [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)) and [Liz Vassey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/liz-vassey/) (of [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/) but also [*Nikki & Nora*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/)) than I was when the week started.
## WayHaught
Our favourite goofy western is back, and this time it brought vampires who want the d– Sorry. I was channeling Wynonna for a second. [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) premiered at SDCC and was actually renewed for season four **before** the premiere officially aired. How’s that for good news? Of course, the first episode ended on a cliff-hanger of Waverly being kidnapped, but we knew she was going to be okay because we have an unkillable gay squad.
That gives us a whole season to do crazy things, though, so don’t think we can relax. If there’s anything we’ve learned, it’s that this show will pack a doozy.
## Bits and Bobs of Summer Fun
Speaking of surprises, *The Bold Type* continues to be a refreshing series in the second season, complete with frank talks about sexuality. So even if Jane’s lackadaisical relationship with deadlines gives everyone anxiety, we’re enjoying this one.
The nominations for the Emmy’s were announced, and while there was a lot of gay, I’m quite grumbly about the representation that was rewarded. The short version? [Nothing with hugely positive rep was rewarded](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/2018-emmy-roundup-how-queer-is-it/).
Later this month, Tracy will be speaking at FlameCon about how [Queer Fans Deserve Data](https://flamecon2018.sched.com/event/FYMq/queer-fans-deserve-data)
> How can data help with the current state of queer representation in the media? LezWatch.TV, an online database and queer entertainment news site, was started by two TV-obsessed lesbian web developers with the intention of cataloging and documenting queer female, transgender, and nonbinary characters, and their corresponding shows from TV, web, and streaming media. With that data, statistics are calculated on the state of international queer story representation, with the goal of providing free and easy access to information on the best shows with queer characters and stories in the genres fans want to see. LezWatch.TV is a story of fandom, passion, code, and the desire to see fair, equal, and positive representation for people like us on television.
If you’re there, cheer her on.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** FlameCon, Monthly Roundup, Outfest, SDCC
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### [Exclusive: Interview With Hillary Esquina, Creator of Passage the Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-hillary-esquina-creator-of-passage-the-series/)
**Published:** July 27, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Our community wants to see compelling shows with queer characters at the center of the story, and Hillary Esquina is doing just that with the scf-fi drama Passage the Series.
**Content:**
Our community wants to see compelling shows with queer characters at the center of the story; however, if we sit and wait for the mainstream entertainment industry to do that for us, we’ll be waiting a long time. We have to make our own shows, and Hillary Esquina is doing just that with the scf-fi drama *Passage the Series*.
The story of how *Passage the Series* came to be is a rom-com on its own, starring Hillary, Emily Andras, ClexaCon and Tello Films. The show is in the middle of [its crowdfunding campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/passage-the-series-fantasy-drama#/) to bring this series to season one reality. I was excited to sit down with Hillary to learn all about her show creating adventure.
## The Interview
**Tracy: In your best *TV Guide* synopsis, what is *Passage* all about?**
**Hillary:** *Passage* is about Janus Agent Ali Prader who is a wife, mom, veteran and also a paranormal agent for a secret division called Caelus. She struggles with her professional and personal life and balancing that. She basically begins to unravel a thread during this crucial shift in power that leads to some surprising twists.
**T: You have a unique story about how this whole thing came to be and how you were inspired to create and write the series. Can you talk about that a little bit?**
**H:** I’ve always been a storyteller. And after film school I got a lot of “No”s because the stories I had always involved LGBTQ — whether it was a lesbian lead, bisexual lead or whatever. And basically got told “No” all the time.
**T: Who told you “No” specifically?**
**H:** It was different companies. This was in 2006. Obviously there was *The L Word* and stuff like that, but there wasn’t a lot of stuff. I basically had done a couple cold pitches and had gotten some feedback. “Hey, this is a really good story, but we’d love to do it as a straight couple. I was like, “Nope.” Or I got told, “Bring it back in a couple years when a lesbian lead or a bisexual lead isn’t going to be so controversial.”
**T:** Wow.
**H:** Skip ahead to ClexaCon 2017. At that, Emily Andras was speaking and responded to a question with, “Don’t let anybody tell you that there’s not an audience for the stories we want to tell cause here we are.” That really stuck with me, because previously I’ve been told, “No one wants that.” Seeing ClexaCon and a huge room full of people who wanted that story was hard hitting for me. I met Christin, Bridget and all these other really amazing content creators and on my way home, basically wrote seven different story ideas. *Passage* happened to be one of them. When I saw Tello was doing the [Pitch to Production](https://www.tellofilms.com/page/pitch-production) contest, I was like, “I’m just going to go for it.”
**T: The idea for this story in particular, how long had you been thinking about it and creating it in your head before that moment at ClexaCon?**
**H:** I hadn’t, honestly. The specific story for *Passage* was new on the airplane ride home, the four hour flight. But I love fantasy, and I love scif-fi so a lot of the ideas stem from that genre. And out of all of them, this was the one that stuck to me, because Tello really focuses on strong female leads who are lesbian. And, of course, queer family representation is really important to me. So all of this within the genre of fantasy…it all came together in the course of those couple hours.
**T: Are there any shows you are a fan of that influenced the story at all?**
**H:** I really love the sci-fi genre, because you can have comedic and drama, you can have both worlds. Of course, *Lost Girl* and *Wynonna Earp* have been recently really fun shows for me, because that’s the shows I love to watch. *Firefly* is the same sort of thing where you can have action, drama and comedy. Those are probably my top three that are the shows that I would want to create.
**T: Is that the career you wanted when you went to film school?**
**H:** When I went to film school, I wanted to do storytelling — whether it was writing, post-production, directing — I just wanted to learn all aspects of it. I knew the basics of screenwriting and I had done a couple of pitches, but nothing to this extent. It was 10 years, and my career completely had done a 180. Now I get the chance to be able to go back to my roots of storytelling, but it’s the stories that I want to tell.
**T: Tell me what the Pitch to Production contest experience was like.**
**H:** Honestly, it was great. It was a little nerve-wracking at times because you’re entering your pitch, and you’re waiting to hear back. I heard that I was a semi-finalist then we had to put a together a video pitch which I had never done before to that extent. And then I found out that I won one random morning, and I was so excited but couldn’t tell anyone for so long. Honestly, it was like Cloud Nine after that. It’s super validating when you know you want to go into that field and then put yourself out there in a way I had never done before and then hear, “We loved your pitch. We’re going to work with you.” That was amazing. Everything that came from that is also really great. I got to meet some of the other semi-finalists and become friends with them. Christin, of course, has become a really good friend and a mentor. As we have developed the script I’ve been learning from her. It’s also a unique experience because it’s only the second year. I think as they grow, you are going to see some changes from what the first year went through to what I am going through. I would recommend anyone who wants to take that challenge, take that leap to go for it.
https://youtube.com/0Pb8G49a59s
**T: What date was it exactly that you learned you won?**
**H:** July 2017.
**T:** So it’s been exactly a year just about?
**H:** Yup.
**T: What has happened in that year, from winning until now?**
**H:** Everything! After I won, I basically wrote the first draft of the script, which of course is always rough.
**T:** For the entire season or just an episode?
**H:** The whole season. This season is going to be five episodes. They’re about 10 to 15 minutes long, depending on the episode. So I basically wrote the entire thing. A couple months later Christin and I did a back and forth with development and re-writes trying to find those really great moments and expand on them. It was really great to learn from her because she has such a wealth of knowledge and experience. In March we were like, “The script is locked; we’re going to do a read.” And we had a staged reading at ClexaCon. Which again, was one of those amazing experiences, because it was so cool to have actual actresses read it.
**T:** Was it the same actresses who are going to be in the series?
**H:** Yes! That’s a whole complicated, amazing story, because they were not supposed to be the original ones. There were actually different actresses involved in the beginning. So, yes, we had the staged reading at ClexaCon and got some really great fan feedback. It was really cool to hear some of the stuff they caught that I would have not seen just been involved with it so much. We had one final re-write, and then it was the producing aspect of it. Doing the location scouting, budget planning, script breakdown. Christin has been mentoring me throughout this whole process. It’s been cool to go through that, and now we’re crowdfunding.
**T: Where is it going to be filmed, exactly?**
**H:** We’re going to film in Richmond, Virgina. *Homeland* has shot there. The AMC show *Turn* has shot there as well. It has a really diverse and dynamic landscape, you can get the DC vibe if you want; you can get out in the mountains if you want, and they are really supportive of local web series. I was able to go down and meet a lot of people and get a lot of local people involved helping with really cool locations.
**T: So, the casting story, I want to hear about that!**
**H:** It’s really a unique thing. At ClexaCon, Christin was like, “I took care of it all, and I got all of these actresses set up for the stage reading.” Great. Everyone on board. We originally had two different actresses who were going to read for Ali, who’s our lead, and Kate her wife. Two days before the reading, a lot of schedules got changed so we actually lost the two actresses who were going to play Ali and Kate. [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/) came on board for Kate, and we had another actress lined up to play Ali. So the day of ClexaCon, the actress who was going to play Ali got stuck in traffic and Christin literally ran out of the room and grabbed [Shannan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannan-leigh-reeve/). Shannan came in and literally read the lead for five episodes of the series.
**T:** Oh my gosh.
**H:** Cold read. I got to talk to her for about five minutes before it just so she could understand some of the dynamics that were going to happen. It was the stars aligning, because the two of them had acted together in *I Hate Tommy Finch* so the chemistry came out really well. We were blown away by their performances. It kind of worked out, because it was like an audition. We loved them so much that we reached out, and we were like, “We loved you guys. Do you want to come on board as Ali and Kate?” And they did. Now we’re super excited.
**T: That’s amazing. These people are famous actors, and now they’re doing your show!**
**H:** Yeah, it still boggles my mind at times. Shannan and I have actually developed a really good friendship. Her and I have had conversations, because she wanted to know more about Ali to help with playing the role. But I’ve also learned a lot from her as far as producing from an actor’s side of things too. Like making sure that they have what they need to perform in this role. It really is stars aligning, because had it been anyone else, we probably would not have found our perfect Ali and Kate. And Shannan is Ali to a T.
https://youtube.com/bFz4Qkc7mjw
**T: Now let’s talk about representation of queer parents on television. Why was it important that you made your main character a parent?**
**H:** One, because I am a parent that’s first and foremost, but then two, I think there are lots of other parents out there who need to see more queer family representation. Yes, we have a lot of diversity on shows like *Modern Family* and *The Fosters*, but honestly, it doesn’t necessarily feel like it actually represents LGBT parents. The fact that we have this on TV is great, because it’s a welcome change in visibility and representation of families that differ from the overwhelmingly heteronormative. But I still haven’t seen any queer families that remind me of me, that remind me of me and my friends when we hang out. So I’m very thankful of the fact that they’ve started to do it, because I think if we didn’t have it on there, there would be a lot more controversy around queer parents. But we have way more to go.
**T: My wife and I have a daughter and I think representation is pretty dismal, honestly. Like Alex \[on *Supergirl*\] not being able to be a DEO agent and a parent. You can be both! Why is this a thing? So your show, in a way, is going to be chipping away at that trope?**
**H:** I hope a little bit. Everyone talks about how you connect with your lead character; somehow you always see yourself in the characters you write. Ali is very much not like me in the way that she’s a bad ass. But the one thing we do connect on is being a mom and wanting to protect her family. It was fun for me to be able to show you can have both, show that you can balance both, chipping away at that trope that says you have to be one or the other.
> They created ClexaCon because they wanted to bring everybody together, to showcase the stuff that was already airing, but also to inspire. And I’m literally living proof that you can inspire fans to become content creators.
**T: What are the next steps? What is the timeline like until it airs?**
**H:** We are currently crowdfunding — that goes until August 14th. Fingers crossed. The dream is that obviously we raise the goal amount and then we will hopefully shoot in early October in Richmond. There is no actual timeline yet for releasing the series, but I’m not so secretly hoping that we can release it at ClexaCon next year. It’s been such a part of the timeline: it was inspired at ClexaCon, the second one we had the staged reading. I feel it would be the perfect ending to release the first season at ClexaCon.
**T:** This is really a ClexaCon success story. The convention exists because we are queer people who want queer content. And part of that is we have to make it, because we can’t sit around waiting for people who don’t get us to make it for us. This is exactly what ClexaCon is about — us making content for our community.
**H:** They created ClexaCon because they wanted to bring everybody together, to showcase the stuff that was already airing, but also to inspire. And I’m literally living proof that you can inspire fans to become content creators. And I am very lucky that I won the Pitch to Production contest so I have a company behind me, and we have the connections to have actresses come on board. So it’s a little bit different than if you wanted to create your own content. But there are so many ways to create content with outlets like YouTube, and what people are already doing. I’m hoping more people see, “Hey, this is what one person did,” and get inspired to create more content and have it be that ball rolling. We’re starving for actual good representation, positive representation. Our lead is lesbian who does not hold back that she is one. Showcasing strong female characters with positive representation in a genre that a lot people never really get to see themselves represented in.
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And if you have a great idea for a show, enter **[Tello’s Pitch to Production Contest](https://www.tellofilms.com/page/pitch-production)**. They are accepting entries until August 19.
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Hillary Esquina, Passage the Series, Web Series
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### [The CW Amps up the Queer with Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-cw-amps-up-the-queer-with-batwoman/)
**Published:** July 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Alex Danvers won't be the lone lesbian regular on the CW anymore if we get our way. Not only will Batwoman be in the yearly crossover, but they're shooting for a series.
**Content:**
Earlier this year it was leaked that the annual Arrow-verse crossover would involve Batwoman. As it turns out, it’s so much more than that, as The CW amps up the queer with Batwoman, the series.
## Batwoman Begins
If you’re an older comic nerd, you remember that Batwoman (and Batgirl) were brought in to make Batman seem less gay. I mean, you had a single bachelor with his male ward and male butler living together, solving crime in tights. The Comics Code Authority really had their panties in a bunch about things being too queer, or too sexual, and it repressed a lot of creativity back in the day.
The original Batwoman was Kathy Kane, a female counterpart to Batman with a utility purse. She and her sidekick (Bat-Girl, Bette Kane who later went by Flamebird) challenged the Bat-boys and stole their thunder a lot in the 1960s. By the 1970s, their popularity fizzled and they vanished from the comics, replaced by Barbara Gordon as Batgirl. While in 1975 Batwoman came back for a now-and-then team up, she was never as active as she’d been.
Flashforward to May 2006, when DC comics had banged through their latest Crisis, killed a Flash, and made Superboy a retroactive continuity puncher. No, really, that’s what happened. Superboy punched the walls of his prison and changed the course of the universe, and they used to to explain all the inconsistencies and weird character development since the 80s. One of those things that changed post Crisis was Batwoman.
## Batwoman Forever
Kate Kane, daughter of Colonel Kane, is a Jewish lesbian who quit West Point after being outed. A woman with a difficult (of course tragic) past, who struggles to be who she is against all odds, Kate was by far more interesting than the lipstick toting Kathy had ever been. While met with cheers from the LGBT community, and outrage from the more puritanical, Kate’s appearance in the limited series *52* was popular enough to give her a run of her own in *Detective Comics* in 2011. From there, Kate went on to have her own self titled *Batwoman* series, piloted in turn by Greg Rucka, J.H. Williams, and W. Haden Blackman.
They took Kate Kane from a simple, rough sketch of a lesbian socialite into a full blown character, with depth and a story as tragic as Bruce Wayne’s, but still entirely different. We got to see her self destructive journey, something often denied Batman, and her unwillingness to accept the world as it was. She had a torrid affair with young officer Renée Montoya and years later proposed to Maggie Sawyer. Her idea of lesbian fashion didn’t begin and end with flannel, she sported tattoos and wigs to disguise her short hair. She struggled, she fell, and she picked herself back up time and again.
## The Batwoman Returns
Caroline Dries Credit [Deadline](https://deadline.com/2018/07/batwoman-tv-series-i-the-cw-lesbian-superhero-lead-caroline-dries-greg-berlanti-1202427678/)There have been rumours and whispers in the wings for a while now about how The CW wanted to do a new super series, this time about Batwoman. Gerg Berlanti, architect of the whole Arrow-verse, has teamed up with Caroline Dries, an out lesbian, not just to prep Batwoman for the epic Arrow-verse crossover event for the 2018-19 season, but as a full blown drama.
That’s right, before we’ve even see her debut, they’re workshopping this as a series. And not only are they casting, they’re actively trying to cast a lesbian to play her.
From [TVLine](https://tvline.com/2018/07/17/batwoman-cw-series-lesbian-actress-casting/), we know that they’re looking for an out lesbian actress, ages 25 to 29, of “open” ethnicity to play Kate Kane. With the potential to front her own series.
Currently the series is in script development, which means it’s *not* yet green-lit for filming. This is step one. They want to see the story. So let’s make some noise, because there is not yet a single mainstream show on network TV with the lead star as a lesbian. The CW does have lesbians in the main cast, yes, and bisexuals as one of the leads. And CBS has a show with an openly queer man playing a gay man, but there’s not a single show on air today with a lesbian as the headliner.
## On The Shoulders of Giants
It’s important to note that Batwoman isn’t the first regular character who’s a lesbian and a superhero as that honour belongs to [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) with [Anissa Pierce](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anissa-pierce/). And she won’t be the first main character who’s queer on an Arrowverse show, because we have [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)‘s [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and (of course) [*Legends of Tomorrow*‘](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)s [Sara “Can’t Keep Me Dead” Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/). The CW’s even had a biseuxal lead on another show for quite a while. You know which one I’m talking about.
But there’s something that *Batwoman* as a series will be that only one other show in the history of US network TV has been. She will be only the second **titular** main character to helm a show, and be openly queer from day one as character and actor. What do I mean by titular? That’s a show where the title is the name of the character. So think about these possible challengers to that throne:
- *Love, Sidney* – props [@AsWellMel](https://twitter.com/AswellMel) for this one, Tony Randall played the titular Sidney, who was absolutely gay, but they had to downplay it even though in the TV movie pilot he was
- [*Ellen*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/) – the show started about Ellen as straight, and she (and Ellen the actor) came out during the show which makes it a front-runner
- [*Will & Grace*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/) – the queer splits the headline with a straight woman, and he’s played by a straight man
- [*Lucifer*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/) – props to [@gay\_kinkylizard](https://twitter.com/gay_kinkylizard) for reminding me that Lucifer is queer though the actor is not (and the character wasn’t openly queer at the start unless you’d read the comics, but that’s really cutting it fine)
- [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) – technically yes, Vida is queer but she’s not the main character (and she’s dead…)
The winner is none of those, however. More than just being an openly queer character from the start, Batwoman will be the first one played by an openly queer **actress**. Remember, Ellen DeGeneres was not out when she started *Ellen*. There’s only one other show on regular US TV with an openly queer actor playing a queer character, and it’s Alan Cumming on *Instinct*. And there’s only one show where the main character is queer, played by a queer, and has her queer name in the queer credits as a big ol’ queer.
[*The Ellen Show*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ellen-show/).
No, not *Ellen*, her **other** show. The one you probably never watched. It aired in the 2001-02 season, did not do very well, and was consigned to the bin. This means it’s our second chance to get something right. To get a show starring a queer character as the headliner, with her damn name in the title.
That makes this the (potentially) third show ever to be about a queer character, starring a queer actor, and the second with their name in the title, and the *first* as a superhero. This is a lot of amazing things, and the only reason *Batwoman* is possible is those giants who made the great strides before her, including shows with queer showrunners and queer actors playing queer characters, like [*Pose*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/). All of these things matter so much.
## For Your Consideration…
Since they’re looking for basically any lesbian of the right age to play the part, I drew up a short list to start with. I did not limit myself to just lesbians, since I feel any queer woman can do this.
- [Zelda Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zelda-williams/) – Daughter of Robin, she’s played a bisexual on *Teen Wolf*, so she knows the genre.
- [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/) – AKA Carmilla. If you want to go for the super pale goth Kate, she could be the one.
- [Kiersey Clemons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiersey-clemons/) – A little on the young end, she could be a good innocent Kate.
- [Mandahla Rose](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4286857/) – In 2015 she was labelled the new lesbian Hollywood heartthrob, and looks like the scrappy street fighter Kate can be.
- [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/) – The other half of Carmilla fame, she can throw a punch *and* look like upper class Kate.
- [Caitlin Stasey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caitlin-stasey/) – She already knows her way around guns and ladies, just like Kate.
- [Shannan Leigh Reeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannan-leigh-reeve/) – A Tello Films regular with muscles for days. She’s already taken on the Riddler.
- [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/) – I know she’s already played a nurse on *LoT*, but wouldn’t that be fun having Sara Lance think she’s familiar.
- [Alyssa Ariel Perez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alyssa-ariel-perez/) – Fierce, fit, and knows how to play military already, she’s ready to be your post West Point Kate.
- [Tessa Thompson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-thompson/) – Give her the chance Marvel denied her, to play a queer on screen.
## In Other CW News
The new season of [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) is underway, with Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe. [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) is shaping up as well, and while there’s no news on the horizon for Maggie’s love life (which we absolutely do want to see), they have cast transgender actress [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/) to play investigative reporter Nia Nal.
From the casting sheet:
> Transgender woman, early 20s, open ethnicity. A confident, wunderkind of a fashionista. Once a political speechwriter, Nia is the newest addition to the Catco investigative reporting team. With her she brings sparkling wit and biting humor but under that banter-y, chic façade, lays a soulful young woman who has much to offer the world. A young ‘Cat Grant’ type.
I do terribly miss Cat Grant, so having someone with that tone back on the show would be a delight. Having it be Nicole Maines is awesome-sauce on top of the queer ice-cream.
And in non-Arrow-verse news, yes, Chantal Thuy **will** be back as Grace Choi on [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/).
## The CW Rises to the Occasion
Of all the basic US network channels, The CW is by far ahead of the pack. They aren’t just telling stories about one or two types of people, they’re working hard to tell them all, in honest ways. I’m looking forward to seeing what they bring us for the back half of twenty-gayteen.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Batwoman, The CW
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### [SDCC 2018 FOMO: What We Need to Know](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sdcc-2018-fomo-what-we-need-to-know/)
**Published:** July 24, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Have you got a case of SDCC 2018 FOMO? We do to, so here's what you might have missed and what you need to know.
**Content:**
So you didn’t get a ticket for the biggest comic book and sci fi convention of the year? We hear you! Missing San Diego Comic Con sometimes feels like you’re missing the greatest thing ever. It’s so hard to get a ticket, even for press, that there are more of is with FOMO than ever before. Thankfully with social media, we can all feel like we were there, even when we weren’t. So let’s get rid of some of that SDCC 2018 FOMO and talk about what queers want to know.
## The Power of Three: *Charmed*
The power of three is back, Sundays on the CW, with *Charmed*. This time, they’re bringing in a lesbian sister for reals, and not just a queer coded one. Not without drama, *Charmed* was on people’s radars after original star Holly Marie Combs [bashed the revival](https://twitter.com/H_Combs/status/956781792517701633).
And I understand this a lot. Seeing the work you’ve done be utilized to step up another series can feel like you weren’t respected or thanked. This is especially so when the revival talked about being a show with a “feminist twist,” implying the original wasn’t.
The thing is, we need a show like *Charmed* to come back and have powerful women fight back. The show goes so far as to explain *why* the “Power of Three” is needed: the weakest of men achieved the highest of power. Yes, it’s what you’re thinking. So while I do think the original *Charmed* was a feminist show, it was also a feminist-for-the-time show, and now there’s a chance to take the world and do more.
> These ladies still have this spell down! [\#charmed](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#charmedreboot](https://twitter.com/hashtag/charmedreboot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#sdcc](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sdcc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/HYhJjxF0bz](https://t.co/HYhJjxF0bz)
>
> — Maria (@Maria\_Alicia67) [July 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/Maria_Alicia67/status/1020022910579236864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Let’s support even more rep and celebrate the power of three, where 1/3rd is super gay.
## Gayliens with Two Hearts: [*Doctor Who*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)
Anyone who tries to argue that The Doctor isn’t queer can fight me. The Doctor is beyond such silly notions of gender, and this incarnation is played by consummate actress, Jodie Whittaker knows it.
> I don’t approach it as, ‘How would a woman play this role?’ because I just am one and I don’t know if a guy has ever gone, ‘How would a guy play this role?'” she explained. “You just are, and it’s your own point of view. So essentially, my energy, my approach to this is coming from a very instinctive place. It feels genderless to me because it’s never been engrained in that specific way, a woman behaves in a specific way or a man behaves in a specific way. The best thing about the doctor is I’m not playing either. I’m an alien. There’s really no rules. And I’ve got two hearts, so I can do whatever I want.
I feel the same way, Jodie! And I’m excited that you may get to see your TV wife.
> Jodie Whittaker meets the Doctor's wife, Alex Kingston at [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#DoctorWho](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DoctorWho?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/9XDwbzKkhR](https://t.co/9XDwbzKkhR)
>
> — Doctor Who on BBC America (@DoctorWho\_BBCA) [July 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/DoctorWho_BBCA/status/1020325555554533376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Wynonna Earp
The Earpiest Earps ever are back to San Diego, even if show runner Emily Andras had the worst series of flights ever to get there. Now, SyFy spoiled us, showing the US the season premier on the Monday *before* the actual Friday premier.
Call us Fandras, but *Wynonna Earp* has some of the most solid representation on cable TV out there. Emily ended season one with a finger flipped at the Bury Your Queers tropes, gave us love in an AU in season two, and in season three? Haught Elf.
> Did someone say Nicole Haught in an elf costume in the upcoming [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Christmas episode preview thanks to [@EW](https://twitter.com/EW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)? Have a holy jolly weekend, [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/tkdapzzXU6](https://t.co/tkdapzzXU6)
>
> — Emily Andras (@emtothea) [July 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/emtothea/status/1017979708770803712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Thanks, Emily!
Also pop the cork on your Purgatory Whiskey, folks. The most exciting news to come out of SDCC is **we’re getting a season four!** It will make watching season three even more enjoyable knowing we don’t have to stress over the show getting renewed.
Finally, another fun announcement is Funko is going to make WE Pops!
> This just in – [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Pop!s are coming!! [\#FunkoSDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunkoSDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4U5WiCEO0q](https://t.co/4U5WiCEO0q)
>
> — Funko (@OriginalFunko) [July 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/OriginalFunko/status/1020854859744940033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Gays In Space: [*Star Trek: Discovery*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)
Light up the disco balls, we’re back. After some pretty sketchy rep last year, complete with background queers, gay for pay, and bury your queers, *Discovery* has cast [Tig Notaro](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tig-notaro/) as a recurring character. I’m looking forward to seeing her on the latest *Star Trek* story, especially after seeing her in the [trailer for season two](https://www.cbs.com/shows/star-trek-discovery/video/C27A0B2A-7159-3C7A-3EAB-B8A6D4FCB578/star-trek-discovery-season-two-premiere-first-look-trailer/).
If you’re worried about that second season not being out until January 2019 (yes, *next* year), Lesley Goldberg (aka [@snoodit](https://twitter.com/Snoodit)) dropped that [there will be some Short Treks to tide us over](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/star-trek-discovery-spinoff-short-treks-set-at-cbs-all-access-comic-con-2018-1128754)
## The CW Superhero Roundup: *Batwoman*, *Supergirl*, and more
I’m not going to lie, I’m *super* excited about Batwoman as a character and a show. The CW took the opportunity of SDCC to disclose when their crossover event, which will introduce Batwoman, will happen. And it’s December. Happy Hanukkah!
> Star City. Central City. National City. Freeland. Gotham. There’s no place like home this fall on The CW. [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Supergirl (@TheCWSupergirl) [July 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl/status/1020352643061825536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I have a lot more thoughts about Batwoman, our second out and out lesbian super, which I’ll unpack for you later this week. Meanwhile on *Legends*, Caity almost sunk her ship by mixing her metaphors.
> ET [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) interview: [@caitylotz](https://twitter.com/caitylotz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@jesmacallan](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) are asked about [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and Caity hilariously mixes up her ship metaphors. [pic.twitter.com/Lc700wghAz](https://t.co/Lc700wghAz)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1021054568157929472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It looks like Ava and Sara’s relationship is going to be strong and steady next season and we are very happy for our favorite time-traveling, bisexual assassin. Also back? Maisie Richardson-Sellers, who played Amaya who absolutely left the show. How is she back? She’s now playing Charlie! A doppelgänger from an alternate universe. Of course.
Check out the Trailer they released at SDCC for season four. If you watch closely you’ll catch some Avalance cuteness.
https://youtube.com/VoSjI3N3\_rA
And [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) has cast a transgender actress to play the transgender character of Nia Nal (aka Dreamer). She will be played by [Nicole Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/), whom you may have glimpsed on [*Royal Pains*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/royal-pains/).
Nicole did a lot of interviews and was officially introduced on the Supergirl Panel.
> "We've had trans representation on television for a while but it hasn't been the right representation," says Nicole Maines, who will play TV's first trans superhero on [\#Supergirl](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Supergirl?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/P9BVkbUY96](https://t.co/P9BVkbUY96)
>
> — Variety (@Variety) [July 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1020877241071284226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
https://youtube.com/MBnbOlFQrA4
We are so ready for a transgender super hero!
## Miscellaneous Queerness
Here are some more important tidbits:
- [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) is having a movie!? And it’s a TV movie so we’ll cover it!
https://youtube.com/TlmfPB20Ln4
- Joss Whedon wants to reboot *Buffy The Vampire Slayer* with a black Buffy, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m leaning towards a ‘please no’ at the moment.
- The `#savetimeless` group of Clock Blockers is working to do just that, hiring helicopters to fly ‘Save [*Timeless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/)‘ banners over ComicCon.
- Madelaine Petsch and Vanessa Morgan from [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) talked Choni a bit and let us know there are multiple deleted Choni scenes in the *Riverdale* Season Two DVD extras!
https://youtube.com/oe97GAXmKHQ
- [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) had a big presence at SDCC and out bisexual hero Stephanie Beatriz opened up about how her character impacted her own relationship with her parents. https://youtube.com/hZI09E142Ss
Next year, we’re gunning for that press pass to give you hot-takes on the scene of the biggest comic convention. Ever.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Batwoman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Charmed (2018), Doctor Who, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, SDCC, Star Trek Discovery, Steven Universe, Supergirl, Timeless, Wynonna Earp
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### [My Mother The Queer and Other Classic TV Reboots](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/my-mother-the-queer-and-other-classic-tv-reboots/)
**Published:** August 19, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Some silly ideas for rebooting classic TV in a more gay way.
**Content:**
Looking at the previous season of US network TV and what’s coming next, there have been a lot of reboots and remakes. We already started with some on NBC *(Will &* Grace), Fox (*The X-Files*), and ABC (*Roseanne*). Next season, The CW has two (*Roswell, New Mexico* and *Charmed*), CBS kept one (*Magnum P.I.*), and Fox did a weird end run to steal one from ABC (*Last Man Standing*).
Everything looks like things we’ve had and seen before, a fact I was reflecting on when writing up a recap of the Upfronts back in May. So I dug deep into my head to come up with some fun ideas for queer remakes that would be nice to see. None of these are real, but if you wanted to make them…
## My Three Sons
A half-hour dramady, this would be exactly like the original (a single father with three sons), only in this remake, one of the sons is trans. In the original, the show was often a slice-of-life show, even having one episode devoted to the chaos of getting up and wrangling feeding three boys to get them out to school on time. By keeping the comedy devoted to normal household misunderstandings, this would help normalize families of different types. Speaking of…
## Green Acres
A married (queer, obviously) couple decide to give up the high-strung city life and move to the country. Except they both didn’t want to go. One wife wants to stay and loves it. The other one wants to go back to the city every chance she gets. The town is completely welcoming, but sometimes goes a little over-the-top. Like when they have the gay pride parade (the first one!) and it’s just our poor two queers walking through down followed by the high school band.
## Gillian’s Island
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailin’ lass, the Skipper brave and sure. Five queer people set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed. If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the Minnow would be lost. The Minnow would be lost.
The ship set ground on the shore of this uncharted desert isle, with Gillian, her Skipper too, the Millionaire and her wife, the movie star, the Professor and Mary Ann, here on Gillian’s Isle.
## My Mother the Queer
This one is super old, and only lasted one season, but there was a show staring Dick Van Dyke about a car that was his reincarnated mother, and she talked to him through the radio. It was hilariously non-sensical. In this remake, David Crabtree’s mother is reincarnated as a (you guessed it) young queer. This person knows everything about David, and remembers his entire life. They’re here to help David move on past some event and the regular sitcom hilarity ensues.
## What Classic TV Show Would You Like to See Queerbooted?
Are you an *I Love Lucy* fan who wants to see it gayed up?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Humor
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### [Out at Outfest with Strangers and Féminin/Féminin](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-strangers-and-feminin-feminin/)
**Published:** July 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Cette année, Outfest a combiné deux séries sur les choses qui nous rapprochent et nous aident à comprendre qui nous sommes. We are out at Outfest with Strangers and Féminin/Féminin.
**Content:**
When I first saw that Outfest was pairing up these shows, I was confused. Had they run out of time and needed to squeeze two into one? But when I watched the series, back to back, I realized Outfest had seen what I could not. They found the shows evoked the same general feelings about womanhood, community, and self-discovery. I’m very glad to having been out at Outfest with *Strangers* and *Féminin/Féminin*.
## Finding Ourselves
There’s a sensation, the day we wake up and find out we are strangers to ourselves. It’s something many queers have felt, under the ongoing onslaught of heteronormativity, that we are somehow different, possibly wrong, and we don’t really feel comfortable in our own skin. It’s in those moments, or days, or even years, where we find our tribes. The people who become a family, no matter how far apart we live, who build us up, who hold us when we cry, and who remind us that being strange is actually what normal is.
That feeling, of being alone inside and finding who we are, with or without our friends, is what [*Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strangers/) and [*Féminin/Féminin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/femininfeminin/) have in common. The two series are wildly different in their approaches to community, to finding one’s self, and to what being queer means. But at their heart, they remain the same. Stories of women helping each other, imperfectly, told by women, and shared with us all.
## Who are we? *Strangers*
[*Strangers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strangers/), an webseries that airs on Facebook, is about what happens when you let strangers into your life. Literally. But it’s also about about discovering the stranger in your best friend and sometimes in yourself.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0074.jpg)Zoë Chao and Meredith HagnerIn season one, struggling writer Isobel, a bi-racial bisexual, opens her doors, if not her heart, as she rents out her spare room on Airbnb, after breaking up with her live-in boyfriend. Isobel has to make some sense of her life, her newly shifting sexuality and uncertain prospects, all with the help of her trusty BFF, Cam, by her side. Of course, her relationship with the vibrant and eclectic Cam isn’t all sunshine and roses. There’s that time when Cam *may*be picked up the girl Isobel was trying to date, among others. But when Isobel’s kicked out by her landlord, they decide to move to New York and change their lives. Together.
Of course it’s not that easy, and season two has shown how hard it is to find the new-you when you’re clinging to the old one. And what happens when the person you lean on the most stops being there for you? They flip the story and now it’s Isobel, entering people’s lives for brief moments, trying to find herself and her home in the strange New York City.
## What are we? *Féminin/Féminin*
A French-Canadian drama, *[Féminin/Féminin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/femininfeminin/)* is as much about the community of queer women as it is finding out who you are when everything changes. A divorce, cancer, a girlfriend who has a boyfriend, a first love who has transitioned, and of course, hockey.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/DSC_0035.jpg)Kim LaferrierAn ensemble piece, *Féminin/Féminin* takes the time to bring us into the lives of a group of six Quebecois women who are different and yet make a family together.
A play on Jean-Luc Godard’s film, *Masculin/Feminin*, we enter the lives of these women via a faux-documentary and focus on their day to day lives. There’s moving, a group vacation, ice cream, and a cute baby lesbian at the ice cream store. And that’s just in the first 3 episodes of season two. Where other shows might attempt to sensationalize the queerness, director Chloé Robichaud embraces the reality of how these are just women, living their lives, loving other women.
It’s never that simple, naturellement. We’ve also got the awkward May/December romance that no one seems to understand, returning exes, and the kind of drama that happens organically when everyone knows each other. But just like with *Strangers*, in *Féminin/Féminin* we explore the meaning of self and the strangeness within ourselves.
## Where We’re the Same
That’s the heart of these shows. The essence of feeling ‘different’ and how it changes our interactions with the world. And the creators, Mia Lidofsky and Chloé Robichaud, both strove to tell stories about their lives and their worlds. For example, Mia actually is also bi-coastal and lets out her New York apartment as an Airbnb.
Three of the actresses, [Kimberly Laferriere](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kimberly-laferriere/), [Zoë Chao](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-chao/), and [Meredith Hagner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meredith-hagner/) were present for a Q&A after the airing. They talked about how the three of them came to their shows all through past connections. Laferriere had met Chloé Robichaud at [TIFF](https://www.tiff.net), while Chao had known creator Mia Lidofsky since nursery school and Hagner had similarly been friends since before she’d been an actress.
They also feel that it’s important their characters are all written as real, fully developed characters.
> At the end of the day, these are three-dimensional \[characters\] who exist in the world, and the hope is that people believe that they do.
>
> – Meredith Hagner
Adhering closely to their creator’s visions, the shows both manage to be incredibly consistent and bring voice to the subject matter without being overwhelmed by their worlds. In the case of *Strangers*, the actors have to compete with their third co-star, the city of New York itself, who is indeed larger than life.
Kim Laferrier Zoë Chao and Meredith HagnerBoth shows were able to benefit from a much larger budget in season two. *Féminin/Féminin* needed this in order to get all twelve people in the right shots, while *Strangers* needed to fit in NYC as well as a writer’s room. The extra money gave them all the freedom to grow properly and organically.
## Representation Matters
One of my big thoughts about these shows, which are both made by openly queer creators, is that representation now is so much more than *just* having shows about queer characters. As seen with The CW’s recent push to cast a queer actress as the titular *Batwoman*, there is a desire to have queers play queers, and with *Féminin/Féminin they have cast an openly trans actor to play their trans character. But at the same time, it often feels as if that’s as far as TV is willing to go. They will cast a trans actor, but few trans actors are given the opportunity to make the jump and portray cis characters.
With that in mind, I asked the actors the big question. Did they, who all identified as heterosexual, feel it was important to have queer actors play queer characters?
> I identify as straight, and my bisexual sister tells me “There’s no shame in that, Zoë.” But it’s something I’ve really grappled with, playing this part and wanting to play it as responsibly as possible. \[…\] While I don’t necessarily know all of the ins and outs, personally, I do identify with what it’s like to marginalized, and to be a woman of color and not be considered the mainstream. I think it’s really rad that Mia \[Lidofsky\] and Facebook and Refinery and Beachside have foregrounded a bi-racial, bisexual protagonist.
>
> –Zoë Chao
In talking to Zoë afterwards, it was clear to me that this is something she thinks about in her portrayal. She brings that ‘otherness’ which our culture forces upon those who aren’t cis, white, heterosexuals, and shares that in a way that is honest and reflective. Like me, she shares the two-sided appreciation of how we have listed almost 1000 shows. On the one hand, wow, 1000! And on the other … why *only* 1000?
If you’ve caught up with *Strangers*, the third episode addresses some of Isobel’s blindspots and how even being a bi-racial minority, she too has her moments of privilege.
## Watch The Shows
You can watch *Strangers* on [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/StrangersSeries/), and *Féminin/Féminin* is on [ICI](https://ici.tou.tv/feminin-feminin) (which is in French only). Those of us who are iffy to terrible at French, good news. The show will be available to American audiences, complete with subtitles, in two weeks. Keep an eye on their official [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/femininfeminin_officiel) for more news!
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Féminin/Féminin, Outfest, Strangers
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### [Out at Outfest with Riley Parra](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-riley-parra/)
**Published:** July 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's up to LA again for Outfest with Riley Parra, everyone's favourite supernatural cop show.
**Content:**
In continuing coverage of Outfest, the West Coast LezWatch.TV team went to LA again for the showing of season two of a supernatural cop drama by [Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com/): [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/).
## What is *Riley Parra*?
My wife has never watched it, but I described it as ‘a lesbian supernatural cop show with Liz Vassey’ and she was immediately on board. I was intrigued by the show when I heard about it, since it’s the kind of goofy sci-fi/fantasy stuff that’s right up my alley. I’m a huge fan of things like [*Xena*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/), [*Buffy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/), and of course [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/), so I tuned in to Tello Films for some irreverent fun.
The premise of the show is simple: Riley Parra is a detective for the crime-ridden No Man’s Land, a destitute part of town where she in fact grew up. Now she tries to be the cop the people need, but she wasn’t *quite* expecting to run into angels, demons, and a smoking hot medical examiner, Gillian Hunt, who digs her. At the end of season one, Riley has survived her first battle with a devil, and has to figure out where to go from here, and how to bring Gillian along with her.
Season two picks up right after season one, and Riley finds herself balancing friendships, a relationship, and of course that pesky old demon who wants her, the champion of Good, out of the way. People aren’t always who they seem to be in No Man’s Land.
## Made by and for LGBT
[Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com/) was founded in 2007 with the goal of telling stories for the lesbian/queer community.
The story of *Riley Parra* was written by [Geonn Cannon](http://www.geonncannon.com), who wanted to write a detective story that wasn’t *just* a procedural. Inspired by a random song he was listening to, he crafted a world of angels and demons, pitched it to Tello, who grabbed it and ran with it. Christin Baker, the director, did not read the books before, instead choosing to take the script and adjusting the story for television.
Liz Vassey Christin Baker and Geonn CannonMore than just making niche content, they want to monetize it, make it viable for people to create these shows we want to see.
> I saw a need ten years ago, and I think there’s still a need to support filmmakers and voices who aren’t always heard. We’re really lucky, now that they’re not killing us all the time, to have a lot more representation on screen. But I think there’s also a space for monetizing niche content.
>
> — Christin Baker, Tello Films
Her small company works hard to let those voices have space, where female led stories can take shape. Where LGBT stories can have happy endings.
## Behind the Scenes
While the cast isn’t entirely queer, they are all allies who want to see more representation on television. They’re also well aware of the political situation and the difficulties making a cop show in these times. The choice of casting Caitlyn Priest (who is white in the books) as a black woman was absolutely intentional, for example. And having the story address some of those situations, as much as you can in a 45 minute season, is complicated.
Marem Hassler and Liz VasseyThe cast also has amazing chemistry together, which goes a long way when you’re talking about a show that has to stretch credulity. Angels and demons aren’t always the easiest sell, but when a cast gels properly, it can make things as simple as an awkward hug or a run into a doorframe fit perfectly.
I spoke to Geonn (who has his own [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/GeonnCannon) where you can read exclusive short stories) about the world. Important to me is that while I greatly want to see stories by queers of queers, I feel that there are writers out there who can and do write great works about people who are not themselves. I asked Geonn the secret to writing lesbian stories, when he wasn’t one. It’s a hot take, possibly revolutionary, but “Queer women are people,” he said.
Star [Liz Vassey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/liz-vassey/) and co-executive producer [Kitty Swink](https://twitter.com/KitSwink) talked with me for a while after the showing as well. We’re all “Smurf blue” as Liz put it, so not only do we care about the world and the uncomfortable political climate we’re in, but it’s also inspiring us to do more and show more.
> In reference to doing things like \[[*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/)\], the writing was really fun, the cast was fun. Kitty’s involved, and I’ll do anything for her. But the biggest reason is because, and I’ve said this before in interviews, the fact that that pilot got out and has been watched so many times for [*Nikki & Nora*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/) tells me that there’s not enough representation.
>
> – Liz Vassey
We all ways better representation, positive non-death representation, and absolutely successful representation.
And season three? Yes. They’re working on it now.
## Subscribe to Tello Films
If you want to watch and support shows like *Riley Parra*, [subscribe to Tello Films](https://www.tellofilms.com/page/tello-premium). It’ll cost you about $55 a year, which is way less than Netflix and way more queer as well.
If you’re a creator, they have an open [Pitch to Production](https://www.tellofilms.com/page/pitch-production) (available until August 1st) where you can submit your web series to them and get help making your story a reality.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Carolyn-Marem.jpg)
Carolyn Ratteray and Marem Hassler
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/karl-kitty-maeve.jpg)
Karl E. Landler, Kitty Swink, and Maeve Quinlan
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Maeve-Carolyn-Marem.jpg)
Maeve Quinlan, Carolyn Ratteray, and Marem Hasler
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cast-thanking-crew.jpg)
Christin Baker, Cast & Crew thanking everyone
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Outfest, Riley Parra
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### [Out at Outfest With Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/out-at-outfest-with-vida/)
**Published:** July 17, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The cast and crew of Vida are just as darling and wonderful and whacky as you'd think they are.
**Content:**
Every year, LA plays home to [Outfest](https://www.outfest.org), the LGBTQ Film Festival. And yes, film includes TV, which naturally is why I and the wife trucked up to LA on a Sunday to get out at Outfest with [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) and catch a Q&A with the cast.
## You know we love *Vida*
It’s hard to find a more bold and brash story on tv these days, but *Vida* has pulled out all the stops. *Vida* unabashedly tells the story of a mother who failed her children, how all their secrets have spilled out across the community, and how death brings them back together as a final gift. At the same time, *Vida* embraces our flaws and celebrates our differences while reminding us all that we share a home.
As one of our [Loved Shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes), Vida holds a special place in our hearts, but I was delighted to find that people all over find the joy in representation. A woman talked to the cast about both the surprise she had when her small-town, Southern friends asked her about the show. Someone else proposed to Melissa Barrera (Lyn).
The conversation ranged from nudity to representation to how the word “authentic” only belongs to Mexican food. And it solidified with me the reality that not only do we love *Vida*, *Vida* loves us.
## Yes, *Vida* loves us too
Before the showing, I was standing in the air conditioned waiting room and the cast started to walk by. When Tanya Saracho popped in front of me, I quickly introduced myself as LezWatch.TV and she immediately remembered us. Which is good, because I feel like we’ve bonded over flan!
> Never nuts! 🍮
>
> — Tanya Saracho (@TanyaSaracho) [July 11, 2018](https://twitter.com/TanyaSaracho/status/1016857137685753856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The handlers, of course, hustled everyone through, but not before Tanya snuck in a hug (and a hello for my wife, who is not a hugger).
## The Greek Chorus
After we watched the finale, the cast and crew took some questions and talked about the show. There’s a lot of overlap with another show we love, *One Day at a Time*, in that they don’t explain things for the non-Spanish speakers. But where *ODaaT* is about Cuban Americans, *Vida* is about Mexican Americans, and there’s a whole different world and not everything is understood by both.
The language is universal though. Chelsea Rendon (Marisol) pointed out that you could turn the sound off and still know what was happening because of the actors. Somewhat related to this is how Tanya’s classical training utilizes Marisol as the Greek Chorus of the show. When the series starts, we see the world through Marisol’s eyes. She tells us what’s wrong. She serves this purpose for Emma, who begins her own change when she and Marisol wind up in jail together.
Tanya doesn’t shy away from anything, be it telling a story primarily of women, or showing nudity on screen. All the cast were informed about there being nudity on the show, before signing up, not because the writers were sure there would be, but because Tanya wanted the opportunity to be there.
## The Nudity and the Sex
Let’s go back to that for a moment. Everyone (except Marisol) got naked. But all of the nudity lacked the male gaze voyeurism so prevalent in many shows. If you look at Eddie’s scene, where she was naked in a bathtub, it wasn’t sexy in the slightest. But the scream underwater is something everyone can connect with, even if they’ve never done it. Just an urge to shout.
But where [Ser Anzoategui](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-anzoategui/) (Eddie) was excited to do a nude scene, Mishel Prada (Emma) and Melissa were both nervous about their own. It makes a person very vulnerable, but both felt better for having done it. As Melissa pointed out, everyone’s naked at home!
Meanwhile, there’s *that* sex scene to talk about. You know the one, in episode 3 when Emma hooks up with non-binary Sam (the amazing [Michelle Badillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-badillo/)). When else have you scene that kind of scene, again without the male gaze interrupting? Where there’s no shame in being who you are and liking what you like? Even if we do totally ship Emma and Cruz like no tomorrow.
## What about season two?
First of all, we get *more than six episodes*. Tanya couldn’t tell us how many (she didn’t know yet) but she did promise more than six. She also said she thought of the first six episodes as sort of a three hour pilot. An introduction to the world. Now, now the story really starts.
The writers room is bigger than ever, and I’m looking forward to season two of *Vida*.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Outfest, Vida
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### [Ten Questions With Total Party Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/ten-questions-with-total-party-kill/)
**Published:** July 15, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time to roll a D-20 and hope for no critical failures as we sit down for Ten Questions with Total Party Kill, a new webseries coming soon.
**Content:**
What? You haven’t heard of [*Total Party Kill*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/total-party-kill/) yet? Don’t be too worried. This series is a brand new one that actually doesn’t air until the 17th (this coming Tuesday), so you have a prepare yourself to find out the answer to the age old question “What’s it like to fall in love during an apocalypse?” We had a chance to talk with the creator and some of the cast of *TPK* and so we bring you ten questions with *Total Party Kill*.
## A Little Background
The series is the brain-child of Alyssa Appleton, who loves role-playing games (RPGs), sci-fi/fantasy, and dogs over cats. She wanted to make a series about gamers where they weren’t the butt of jokes, where curvy girls are heroes, and where they don’t hit all those god-awful tropes. She wears three hats (creator, executive producer, and lead – she plays Kat), and reached out to us about her wonderful show.
Of course we jumped on the chance to share the love, sneak a peek at the show, and try to get her, fellow EP Aaron Hammersley, associate producer (and cast member) Jennifer Karraz, to spill the beans on all their secrets. Along with cast members Alyssa Ariel Perez, Sascha Vanderslik, Kylie Marie Colucci, Chris McGahan and Quinn Knox, we’ve got the most chaotically fun q&a yet.
A total party kill (aka TPK) is a game where everyone dies. Usually this happens when the person running the game (aka your Dungeon Master, Game Master, or Director) decides that a reset is in order. TPKs happen to everyone. We love them, we hate them, but it’s all part of the fun when you pretend to be a half-elf rogue or a halfling monk, rolling dice and making up stories with your friends. I’ve been a long time gamer geek, so this kind of show is basically written for me. When Alyssa told me it was about a snarky and curvy girl who is into girls, I wondered why I hadn’t found a show like this before.
The answer is obvious. No one had made it yet. But in this era of *Critical Role* being must-see-tv for gamers and non-gamers alike, the world is, I think, finally ready to see some d&d heroes save the world without being the punch line.
## Ten Questions
**1. Where did you get the idea of having a streaming game be the window into the apocalypse?**
**Alyssa A:** A little background, I play streaming RPGs with a channel called [*Saving Throw Show*](http://savingthrowshow.com). There’s something incredibly intimate and special about gaming that way because an audience watches the action unfold in real time. Saving Throw is a completely independent channel with no sponsors – meaning it runs entirely off donations. And when people donate, they have the ability to give players dice re-rolls, or create situations or NPCs (non-playable characters the DM controls) which affect gameplay, giving them the ability to not only watch, but be part of the game.
I’d been wanting to write a web series about a group of gamers for some time but was having a hard time finding the exact story I wanted to tell or the format I wanted to use. Then, upon working intimately with a gaming livestream mixed with seeing other series that used a vlog-style format, I got the idea to use the POV of the stream to give it that intimate feel I described before. And, of course, because I’m such a sci-fi/fantasy nerd, the premise of having an apocalypse descend during the streaming of a game one night just seemed like too much meta fun to pass up, and the whole thing came together from there.
**2. YouTubeSpace’s Creative & Diversity Programming compared your show to “Buffy The Vampire Slayer” and “Carmilla.” What other shows (or non-show) influenced your storytelling style?**
**Alyssa A:** First off, I want to say I was so humbled that Jess over at YouTube compared us to those two ground-breaking series. [*Buffy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/) was the main reason I wanted to become a writer and actor when I was younger, and I’m a big fan of [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) and what that cast and crew were able to do with that story. I’ve heard comparisons to *Carmilla* quite a bit with this series, after all they share a fixed-camera format, both deal with supernatural occurrences, and both have some kick-butt queer heroes (or, as I call them, queeroes)… and it never fails to touch me when people say my work reminds them of something I enjoy.
I’ve definitely been influenced by many shows and artists – not least of all being the cast and crew of *TPK*. They are passionate, focused, talented, and some of the most open-hearted artists I’ve ever worked with.
The reboot of [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/battlestar-galactica/) showed me the importance of having flawed characters who can still be loveable, [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) built this strong, individual cast of personalities whose stories were intricately interwoven masterfully, [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) offers me a look into a complex lead character that’s angry and independent and aloof while also caring deeply for the people around her.
People like Christin Baker and Bridget McManus of [Tello Films](https://tellofilms.com) or Amanda Holland of [GirlShipTV](https://youtube.com/GirlShipTV) – kickbutt filmmakers focused on positive representation – excite me. Mindy Nettifee, one of my favorite modern poets, also gets my mind and heart going. She published a book on writing called [*Glitter in the Blood: A Poet’s Manifesto for Better, Braver Writing*](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1938912012/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=lezpress-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1938912012&linkId=8aca0b329612054ca598fe5fc53217b0) and I urge any artist in any medium to crack it open and give it a read. It’s influenced the way I structure story, how I build characters, it’s given me creative problem-solving strategies, and, my favorite, reminds me that the places that are the scariest to go are the ones I should dive into headfirst.
I’m a firm believer that, as artists, we have the great privilege of the works and paths of artists that have come before. It’s important to remember many of them paved a way for us. Phew, sorry, that was a ramble-fest. I get excited about stuff that inspires me.
**3. Most audiences are familiar with gamers via shows like “The Big Bang Theory” and “Scorpion,” where they’re the butt of the joke or something to mock. How is this different?**
**Alyssa A:** I desperately wanted to tell a story about gamers where they were nerds, and cool\[ish…\], and the heroes. We’re starting to see these characters emerge as the nerd is becoming more mainstream, and I wanted *TPK* to be part of that shift. Just as I wrote to tell a story with queer characters that wasn’t a coming out story or wanted to have a character in Kat that was a little curvier but didn’t spend the entire show cracking jokes about her body, I aimed to move beyond the trope of the “awkward nerd” and have three-dimensional characters that weren’t defined solely by their nerdiness.
**Chris:** I mean, lots of shows have gamer episodes- *Community*, the new *Voltron*, [*Freaks and Geeks*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/freaks-and-geeks/)…. I think we are moving past the idea of nerd stuff/jock stuff into this weird amalgam of fandoms. Even comic conventions have baseball card booths. Modern politics have really diminished the idea of a “fringe” and normalized everything. Think of this kind of like that, but with systemic racism, and we’re only murdering demons, not trying to ruin the lives of our fellow countrymen.
**Aaron:** One of the big reasons I came on to this show is the matter-of-fact or normal approach to the characters. Many times, even in the best portrayals of gamers there is a lack of honesty or realness. Most of the time we get characters that feel like middle America’s perceptions of gamers (stereotypes) instead of real people. *TPK* really focuses on their relationships to each other during great struggle, and how messy those relationships can be. People are never likely to suddenly treat each other differently in an apocalypse, and more likely, it will heighten all their feelings toward one another. For example, Stef thinks Kat wouldn’t let her go in search of Lacie because she doesn’t want to deal with her. This is a perfect illustration of the baggage of their friendship – baggage that won’t go away when the world is ending.
**Sascha:** One of the great things about *Total Party Kill* is that gaming is just a normal part of the characters lifestyles and identity. It’s never pointed out or made obvious in a way that makes the audience think they are doing something wrong or different. It’s just normal. It’s so refreshing to be part of something that lifts nerds/geeks up and makes them the heroes. They don’t get teased for what they like or who they are and instead get to save the day.
**4. I know you were concerned with the possibility of alienating non-gamers. Certainly gamers have a lot of lingo we love to use that befuddles our friends and family. What were some of the difficulties you faced with that?**
**Alyssa A:** While writing, I was constantly retreating back to a time where I was new to gaming and thought about what confused me and built from there. The backdrop of *TPK* is certainly the livestream and the game, but it’s just that, a backdrop. The main focus is this ensemble and their relationships to each other and the apocalypse. They’re fighting demons, fighting each other, making up, and making out. They do, however, sometimes game to figure out scenarios, and that was incredibly fun to write.
**Kyle:** I’m gunna say something sac-relig, so hold your buns for a second. I had never even seen a D&D board until I got on set! *GASP*. But luckily, my character \[Lacie\] doesn’t play, so I didn’t have to know much about it! She leaves that nerdery to the love of her life \[Stef\]. I will say though that non-gamers will not feel isolated in this gaming world. The relationships that our wonderfully talented writer Alyssa created for us will speak to audiences of all interests and backgrounds. These characters are funny, flawed, and fabulously human – so there’s really something for everyone to connect to.
**Quinn:** As a non-gamer who ironically has played gamers several times (my first main role in a feature was playing an angsty WOW gamer) I think *TPK* appeals to gamers and non-gamers alike. While the series’ premise is centered around D&D, the core of the story revolves above all around a core group of characters who share unique bonds within a friend group dynamic dealing with an unprecedented apocalypse. At heart it’s a story about friends dealing with a peculiar and intriguing crisis that turns everyone’s world upside down. I think incorporating gamer terminology and references to make the scenes authentic was important but also fleshing out the circumstances of the plot and character interrelationships was essential to getting the audience invested and captivated. I think because of queer component to *TPK* it creates a lot of interesting and unconventional relationships in a friend group that you might not normally encounter in a heteronormative network.
**Aaron:** While there is a lot of lingo and some inside gamer jokes, *TPK* was written to explore human nature. All our characters have the same emotions as everyone else and this show is driven by those dynamics.
**5. Other web-series, like “All For One” and “Carmilla,” make liberal use of meta commentary to help push the storyline, but also connect with the audiences. A show like “TPK” is perfect fodder for that kind of interaction. Did you think about having a voice-over or on-screen commentary to build that sort of rapport?**
**Alyssa A:** We utilize the chatroom within D4TNIGHT (this is the name of the group’s gaming channel), and have characters interact directly with chat – there are even characters within the chat that end up providing the group with books and information to help them in their fight to save the world. I wanted to keep the intimacy of the livestream, the channel, and the chat throughout the whole season.
**6. Dungeon Masters (myself included) are well known for having plans within plans for that inevitable moment when the players do something unexpected. What was the favourite moment you had planned for “TPK” that didn’t make it to screen?**
**Alyssa A:** Ah yes, that inevitable moment that happens multiple times every session, at least in my experience.
I think the following story is less about a moment that didn’t make it to screen and more about something unexpected happening and having to go along with it… As of now, we have only the first four episodes shot and ready for release – we start a crowdfunding campaign on August 1st in order to raise the rest of the money we need to shoot the rest of the season. There weren’t many moments in those first four that didn’t make it into the final cut, we stuck pretty closely to the script in production and post.
For those episodes, we shot with an incredibly small crew, all of us wearing multiple hats, and only had a single day of shooting. In a tech fluke, we ended up losing much of the footage from our fourth episode. We were able to recover enough from the takes we liked to make that episode work in post, but with a single camera angle, there’s nowhere to hide a cut. The team brainstormed and came up with the idea of utilizing digital glitches – which I was wary of at first but quite like now – to hide a cut in the fourth episode. Then we added glitches into the first three episodes and fully integrated them into the story. Indie filmmaking: sometimes you have to find creative ways to solve problems, and sometimes those solutions end up making something better than it would have been had you not run into the problem!
**7. Characters in a game always have a secret background to bring out at the last second and upend the story (hopefully with DM approval …). What little known skill would actually help you survive a REAL zombie apocalypse?**
**Alyssa A:** Hmmm… I’m pretty good with weapons. Not guns or anything like that, but staves, and swords and, as a fan of kickboxing and yoga, also my body. Knowing my neurotic self, I’d probably run for as long as I could before I had to resort to wielding machetes, because even though I can use all these things I’m not really a fan of violence, but it’s nice to know that I could, I guess?
**Aaron:** For me, flight. Both, to be able to put distance between me and baddies, and also freedom during a quarantine.
**Sascha:** I am amazing at solving puzzles. I feel like I would end up being the strategist and the person keeping everyone alive. I would come up with great ways to avoid/kill the zombies, and knowing me I would somehow figure out the cure or something, haha.
**8. In the pilot, the characters are playing against a Beholder. If the apocalypse HADN’T happened, how would they have played and would they have won without a TPK?**
**Alyssa A:** Oh, the Beholder. So many Beholder jokes on set. And Jamie loves Beholders. She probably would have insisted we try and befriend it to make it part of the party. We actually improv’d a bunch of takes where we played beyond what was scripted (which was fun because some of my actors didn’t know how so we had to do a five-minute crash tutorial) and I’m pretty sure I legit crit failed about 3 times out of the 5 or 6 takes we did. We were also fighting a giant and I kept trying to either slice his popliteal vein or climb up his leg, onto his back, and stab him in the eyes from behind. Once I succeeded on my Dex throw to climb up him but then failed so spectacularly in stabbing him that Chris (who plays the DM Chase) had me fall off him, into a pile of poop, and get pinkeye. Anyway, I digress. We don’t have a druid or sorcerer or warlock in the party (though there is a paladin), so trying to find a way to out-magic the Beholder’s magic probably wouldn’t happen. We’d likely have to somehow distract it long enough for our barbarian to get in close and… hope?
I like to think that Chase as a DM has what some DMs have, which is the tendency to be particularly sadistic when he’s describing a fight or what he’s going to do while sometimes doing all he can to prevent a total party kill. We all know those DMs. And we love them. Many hugs to all my DMs that do this.
**Chris:** They would not have survived. Not a chance. Chase built this one for a wipe- it was time to cleanse the board, let everyone reroll and let anyone who MANAGED to survive, retire and become an NPC for the next one.
**Alyssa A:** I was wrong. So wrong.
**Aaron:** TPK for sure. Our characters need the apocalypse to learn how to work together, without it, I’m afraid the group would perish against such a formidable foe.
**9. If you had to give each character a traditional D&D alignment, what would they be?**
**Alyssa A:** I’m so glad you asked this question, because I included alignments on our breakdown on Actors Access – that’s how big of a nerd I am.
- KAT – Chaotic neutral. Plays a rogue in game.
- DESIREE – Lawful neutral, on a journey to neutral good. Isn’t a part of the game but when she does end up jumping in, she creates a fighter.
- JAMIE – Neutral good. Plays a ranger.
- BRANDON – Chaotic good. Plays a barbarian.
- STEF– Lawful good, on a journey to neutral good. Plays a paladin.
- LACIE – Lawful good. Doesn’t really play.
- CHASE – Neutral, on a journey to neutral good. The DM.
- AYALA – Neutral evil; though, in her mind, she’s chaotic good.
**10. Final question! What are your IRL player classes? And full disclosure, I’ve been called a rogue for my technical debugging skills, but personally I identify as a bard.**
**Alyssa A:** I love this. I would 100% want to be some kind of sneaky badass rogue (huh, wonder why I made Kat play a rogue), but I’m way too neurotic to be that cool. Depending on the day, I’m probably a mama bear paladin or the ranger that’s in the forest talking to the animals. …I can’t really talk to animals. Much to my dismay.
**Chris:** Probably a goddamn Bard. most of my skill points are in charisma, intelligence and wisdom. I love playing Bladesingers- wizards with swords as foci are the BOMB. But, I’m sure that if the dice rolled me into an IRL campaign world, I’d have a lute, and I’d be singing spells.
**Aaron:** I’ll never tell!
## Watch *Total Party Kill*
You can watch *[Total Party Kill](https://www.totalpartykill.moonfruit.com)* on their [YouTube Channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChRy_w1gK0D3bh7VOpf37uQ) starting Tuesday July 17th. Check out their trailer now and don’t forget to tune in!
Follow them on:
- [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/totalpartykillseries) as totalpartykillseries
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- [Official Website](https://totalpartykill.moonfruit.com)
**Categories:** Interview
**Tags:** Total Party Kill
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – July 2, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-july-2-2018/)
**Published:** July 2, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On The Bold Type Kat and Adena go through a getting to know you better experience and I am blown away by Hannah Gadsby's Nanette.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** – Kat and Adena go through a getting to know you better experience on *The Bold Type*, and I am blown away by Hannah Gadsby’s *Nanette*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 4 “OMG” \[Live\] This episode is about Kat getting to know Adena and the queer female community better. Adena gets an invite to a party, and she’s not feeling up to going. Kat talks her into it because Adena knows all of her friends, and she hasn’t met any of Adena’s.
I feel like we the audience and Kat don’t know a ton about Adena and her past. Now that Adena and Kat have gotten pretty serious and are living together, it’s a good time to get to know your girlfriend well. Also, I’m the same way. I want to know everything about my wife’s past, because I’m a big fan. I pressured her into going to her 20th high school reunion, because I wanted to see what the people she went to high school were like. Spoiler alert: they were pretty boring, and I now understand why she didn’t want to go.
Kat and Adena arrive at the party, and it’s at a mythical “lesbian bar.”
This tweet by [@njnic23](https://twitter.com/njnic23) summed it up pretty well.
> Dear [@BoldTypeWriters](https://twitter.com/BoldTypeWriters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), inquiring lesbians of NYC want to know… WHERE THE HECK IS THAT BAR AND HOW DO I FIND IT? [\#TheBoldType](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoldType?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Nic ⚡️👵🏾🏳️🌈🇬🇩 (@njnic23) [June 27, 2018](https://twitter.com/njnic23/status/1011775804114657280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’ve been to all the queer female bars that are still standing in Manhattan and none of them look like this.
I do like the reminder that Kat is new to the whole same-sex relationship thing and doesn’t know a lot about the queer community. Anyone who has had the experience of being someone’s first girlfriend (or being the first girlfriend of someone already out) knows it is definitely an adjustment, and I love that they are playing this out on the show.
Kat asks Adena about the folks in the room.
Soon after that a friend grabs Adena and whisks her away into a lesbian black hole in the corner. At that point Leila, the party host, introduces herself to Kat. She tells Kat there’s a nice mix of fashion, art and music people all there because they heard Adena’s back in town. Then she says.
Oh my gosh, what a troll. It’s really disrespectful for her to try to plant a jealously seed in Kat’s head.
Kat’s getting clued in that her girlfriend’s popular, and she has probably banged half the room.
Later Adena thanks Kat for getting her to go, and Kat says it was nice to meet so many of her sexy, beautiful friends. Adena asks her why she’s saying “friends” like that.
For someone newly out, Kat made a perfect lesbian softball joke.
Adena dodges the question saying things like, “The past is in the past. It has no bearing on the future.” Then she changes the subject by having sex with her. Which is, fair enough, a great way to end a conversation.
I am a proponent of honesty. Kat says, “Open communication is good in relationships.” and I agree. I understand if there is something huge and personal you are not ready to share with someone, but the people you’ve been with in the past does affect your current relationship especially around discussions of safer sex. It should be treated in neutral, non-slut shaming way.
The events in your past up until the present do help form the person you are now, and there is nothing wrong with that even if you want to reinvent yourself. Dodging the question and not giving an honest answer of course gets Kat’s wheels turning.
Later Kat, Sutton and Jane are having a “what’s your number” chat.
I loved this discussion. Kat saying, “I don’t know what lesbians count as sex,” is such a real thing. People in general don’t know, and I love that they bring this up.
Kat tells them she doesn’t care what her number actually is, she just wants to know Adena better. And now that she won’t be forthcoming, she is starting to get suspicious.
Later, the ladies are out with Jane, and Kat bugs out when she sees Adena talking to a beautiful women she obviously knows. The women is a straight gallery owner, and Adena wants to know why Kat is being all weird about it.
Kat tells her she’s not a jealous or insecure person, but she is spinning out because Adena won’t be honest with her about her past. They get into a little argument about it at the bar, and Kat drops Coco’s name. Coco is the woman Adena left for Kat in season one. Eek! Bad move, Kat.
At home Adena explains that there is a lot on the line with her staying in the US to be with Kat, and she doesn’t want to scare her away with the implications of it all. She then tells Kat she loves her.
This felt a little early, but it’s still super cute. I like the way they resolved things at the end with an honest discussion. Kat didn’t get a number out of Adena yet. Adena said “a lot” and for now, that’s good enough for her.
2. [Hannah Gadsby](https://www.netflix.com/title/80233611) – “Nanette” \[Streaming\] This stand up performance popped up on my Netflix, and of course I clicked on it because I love lesbian standup. I was watching it at work and couldn’t really pay attention so I stopped 20 minutes in. A couple days later, I saw tweets popping up about how great *Nanette* was so I gave it another go, and, wow, I was blown away.
This performance is a powerful masterclass on homophobia, and you should all watch it right now.
But don’t take it from me, listen to Ellen Page:
> [Don’t know how to express the gratitude I feel to have seen @hannah\_gadsby’s #nannette live last night. One of the most moving and revelatory pieces of work I have ever had the privilege of witnessing. ❤️ (You can also see it on @netflix)](https://www.instagram.com/p/BksjeK9n64t/)
>
> A post shared by @[ ellenpage](https://www.instagram.com/ellenpage/) on Jul 1, 2018 at 9:42am PDT
Tonight starts FIVE NIGHTS of *Steven Universe* and I am so excited. I have many unanswered questions and I hope to get them all resolved this week. Plus my family will definitely be playing this:
> Will you win the [\#HeartOfTheCrystalGems](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HeartOfTheCrystalGems?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Bingo? 💗✨ [pic.twitter.com/GnRy8fcCoj](https://t.co/GnRy8fcCoj)
>
> — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) [June 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/cartoonnetwork/status/1012446871342772224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Hannah Gadsby, Nanette, The Bold Type
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### [2018 Emmy Roundup: How Queer Is it?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/2018-emmy-roundup-how-queer-is-it/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** For your consideration, we ask how queer is it as we look at the 2018 Emmy nominations. The answer is pretty much what you'd expect.
**Content:**
While Netflix leads the way with 111 nominations (the new record, beating out HBOs 108), the real question we want to know is … How **queer** is it this year? How many noms go to shows with any representation? How many go to shows with *good* representation? Basically, are we getting noticed? Let’s do this thing.
## The Positive
The following shows provide a generally positive representation of queers in a more than token way. And the actors here play queers in the same way on those shows.
- [*GLOW*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/) – comedy series
- [*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/) – comedy series
- Tatiana Maslany ([*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)) – lead actress in a drama series
- Sarah Paulson ([*American Horror Story: Cult*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)) – lead actress in a limited series or movie
- Alex Borstein (*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel*) – supporting actress in a comedy series
## The Okay
These shows are listed here because they have a few queer characters, but not many. They’re not queer **enough** in terms of representation, even if they’re really good shows.
- [*Game of Thrones*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/game-of-thrones/) – drama series
- [*This Is Us*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/) – drama series
- [*Westworld*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/) – drama series
- [*Black-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/) – comedy series
- [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curb-your-enthusiasm/) – comedy series
## The Bad
These shows are generally not ones we recommend you watch. Which sadly means actresses we love are stuck down here.
- [*The Handmaid’s Tale* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)– drama series
- [*Godless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/godless/) – limited series
- Alexis Bledel (*The Handmaid’s Tale*) – supporting actress in a drama series
- Merritt Wever (*Godless*) – supporting actress in a limited series
- Samira Wiley (*The Handmaid’s Tale*) – guest actress in a drama series
## Why So Harsh?
As Tracy put it “The Emmys are rewarding gratuitous rape with *Handmaid’s Tale* and *Godless*.”
This has always been the problem. We get a lot of great quality shows, but we also get ones that have seriously problematic premises or situations. Take *Godless*. It was supposed to be about women in a town with no men. Instead…
> Actually, I think the women came in third behind the horses in terms of screen time. -T
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [July 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1017460758140121088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So while we’re very happy to see so many shows with queer representation getting nominated, it really illustrates the problem of not getting enough **good** representation. For example, four of the seven drama series nominated have queer characters. Of those four, none are great for representation. The closest would be *Game of Thrones*, and that’s a stretch since they’re a tertiary plot. Four of the seven nominated comedy series also have queer characters, but of those, two are good rep.
Now, bear in mind, shows like [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) and [*Pose*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/) were not eligible, as the period is June 1, 2017 until May 31, 2018. That means *GLOW* only barely counts, since the second season is the one with queer characters, and it only just came out in June, making it ineligible. And *Mrs. Maisel* also is a squiffy count, since the character is not openly queer.
## How Queer Is It?
Not queer enough. And not queer *positive* enough. The shows that are getting recognition are ones where queers are murdered and raped. They’re shows where the women are sidelines to horses. They’re shows where the queers are background lamps to other stories.
Why wasn’t [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) nominated? What about [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)? At the very least, the first 2/3rds of the season counted. I know *Pose* missed the cut-off, but [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) and [*Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) didn’t. [*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/) has been flipping the script all season, why not that? [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) has been topical, well written, and outstanding in both seasons, but it’s only ever been nominated for their (albeit masterful) opening theme. I mean, why the hell not [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)?
The Emmy’s, yet again, fail to recognize works outside their own comfort zone. They exacerbate the echo chamber of the same old shows we’ve seen a hundred times over. They limit creativity by celebrating nothing new. Basically, the Emmy’s could use a serious shake up to catch up with everything else.
There’s better television out there, stories told in more unique ways, and the Emmy’s need to catch up with the times. The shows we love are the ones that more accurately reflect the world we live in and that includes ourselves. Reward the novel, the outstanding, and the diverse. Reward something new for a change.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** American Horror Story, GLOW, Orphan Black, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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### [Preview on Tonight's "The Bold Type" - The Domino Effect](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/preview-on-tonights-the-bold-type-the-domino-effect/)
**Published:** July 10, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Everyone's story takes an unexpected turn in tonight's "The Bold Type" - The Domino Effect.
**Content:**
My dearest darlings. I know we’ve all been worried about Kat and her sex dream with Leila. This will return in tonight’s *The Bold Type* – The Domino Effect, so let’s talk about what this means and where we’re going.
**Warning: This post contains mild spoilers about tonight's episode!**
> Jane is thrilled when her sexual assault article for Scarlet is nominated for a prestigious journalism award. Determined to prove herself to Jacqueline, Jane jumps at the chance to write a follow-up piece, until the story takes an unexpected turn. Kat struggles with whether to tell Adena a secret and Sutton is given a challenging assignment – styling Richard’s date.
This week, things are getting bigger and bolder for the ladies.
Sutton, still reeling from Richard’s girlfriend discovery, gets to spend a whole day with the woman. Which is not about to be fun for anyone. Especially when the new girl is really nice. Since Sutton’s story arc has been filled with bad decisions, it stands to reason that this assignment is going to send her down the road with Brooke yet again. Sutton’s behaviour has been a bit at-cost to her friendship, as they’ve been trying to carry her emotional load.
Speaking of people with a lot of baggage, tiny Jane is still looking for “the job” and while she has found romance in the arms of Dr. Ben, that doesn’t make up for the feelings of rejection. And yet, Jaqueline was right. Jane needs to grow and be bolder. Will writing a followup of the sexual assault story (which, let us not forget, is *Jaqueline*‘s story too) do that? Or will she remain a floundering freelancer?
And finally we have the story I know you’re interested about. Baby Bisexual Kat and her adventures in the Mythical New York Lesbian Bar (that doesn’t exist).
Okay. I *have* seen the episode, my lovelies. Last week I yelled that Kat has nothing to ‘confess’ about for having a sex dream. We’ve all had inappropriate sex dreams. This is a normal part of being human, and absolutely doesn’t mean we might cheat on our partners.
That said, Leila *is* in tonight’s episode. And she and Kat go out to the lesbian bar again, while Adena is still away at her retreat.
Deep breaths. Here’s a clip from tonight’s episode:
Kat is clearly catnip to the ladies. And where will this lead? We already know Kat and Adena have some confession, but would Adena *really* be that upset about a dream? Or Kat going to a bar without her? Or does she have a reason to distrust Leila? Or is something else going on?
I love Kadena, but this is also Kat’s first real relationship. Not just ‘with a woman’ but at all. Kat’s not been one for commitment before, and her old habits may resurface. Jumping right into that ‘practically married’ state isn’t for everyone, U-haul jokes aside.
You’ll have to watch tonight to find the answers.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Previews, The Bold Type
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### [Web Series To Watch Out For](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/web-series-to-watch-out-for/)
**Published:** March 15, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tired of regular TV and their lacklustre representation? We have a cure, and it's a click away. Check out some of the new and returning web series you should care about!
**Content:**
I may be occasionally (often) snarky about web series and their low quality, but truth be told, I don’t think we’d be making half the changes in representation without them. Works like Carmilla moved the needle a *lot* and while I tease, I’m not dismissive of their value.
If you’re looking for representation that is unabashedly direct, unapologetic, and unrelenting, then you need to check out some web series. Here are some that are I think deserve a look.
## All For One
If the title wasn’t a giveaway, [*A4O*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-for-one/) is a gender bent, modern era, telling of *The Three Musketeers*. If they were in a sorority. And all queer. It’s done by KindaTV, whom you may remember were part of the success of *Carmilla*. Even though it’s the vlog style filming, the quality is good, the acting and scripts are good, and most importantly, the queer is **great**.
Season Two is coming soon (March 21st) and you can catch them on the Twitters as [@A4OSeries](https://twitter.com/A4OSeries) or on their [Tumblr](http://a4oseries.tumblr.com).
## Twenty
An original series, [*Twenty*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenty/) is about Maya, a gay musician, prone to whirlwind romances. She’s trying to break out of old patterns, which may include being the supportive shoulder for her friends. The series was created by a queer director who, like you and me, wants to see positive representation.
Season two will be out May 7th. You can visit their [website](https://twentythewebseries.com/) or on Twitter as [@twentytheseries](https://twitter.com/twentytheseries).
## Tragicomic
[The Candle Wasters](http://www.thecandlewasters.com/tragicomic.html) are back with another Shakesperian romp for you! Like their other works, it’s multimedia (meaning theres a Twitter and Tumblr component as well), ‘based on’ Shakespeare’s *Hamlet*. There’s a webcomic too, and they explore sexuality, mental health, and of course, the awkward teenager experience.
There’s just the pilot right now, but watch it and like it and you’ll get more. FWIW, they did one of my favourite series, [*Bright Summer Night*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bright-summer-night/).
## Coming Soon…ish
- [ANNE+](https://anneplus.nl/en/home/) has only aired teasers, but their crowdfunding was a success and we expect to see them soon.
- [BIFL](https://www.facebook.com/BIFLseries/) (Breath In For Luck) debuted at TGIF/F. Their [trailer is up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2PmRYw0DZk) and, by all reports, the scripts look great.
- [Riley Parra](https://www.tellofilms.com/series/riley-parra) by Tello has finished filming season two, and this time with Marina Sirtis.
- [Total Party Kill](https://twitter.com/tpk_series) will debut at ClexaCon and this series is totally going to be up my alley – queers and tabletop!? I’m in!
## In Need of Help
- [Barbelle](https://twitter.com/BARBELLE_SERIES/) is working on writing season two but need a network to air on. Please [help them out](https://twitter.com/BARBELLE_SERIES/status/939272236753502209) if you can!
- [Gal Pals](https://www.galpalsseries.com) is also working on season two. Their fundraising didn’t hit the mark, so they’ve got an [Indigogo Campaign](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gal-pals-season-two-gay-lgbt#/) running.
- [The Girl Code](https://www.thegirlcodeseries.com) is about a group of girls who do science experiments you *really* shouldn’t be doing. They have [a teaser up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h53XjaHhdho), but no planned date of release.
Do you have a new or returning web series you’re looking forward to? Inquiring minds want to know!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** All For One, Tragicomic, Twenty, Web Series
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### [Smash Some Shit and Watch the Rage Room](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/smash-some-shit-and-watch-the-rage-room/)
**Published:** April 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Because we all need to blow off a little steam once in a while. Check out the new web series, Rage Room, tonight.
**Content:**
We’ve all had that feeling, right? Where everything is just too much and you can’t stand it any more and you just want to destroy some things and get it out?
Darla knows that angst.
Recently divorced, she’s used her alimony to open up a unique attraction in New Mexico: a shop where local can come and beat the hell out of inanimate objects. And she calls it the Rage Room.
This short, 6 episode web series it’s just 6 fun filled episodes of people breaking stuff to a killer sound track. It also touches on the things that break us, and how we can break back and maybe find ourselves again. Sure, you might need the help of Puja’s crystals, but you can also work through your troubles in a safe space. Literally. You have to wear a jumpsuit and face shield.
The idea for *Rage Room* comes from Summer Chastant, who also wrote and starred and produced the show. The director is Charles Herman-Wurmfeld, whom you may know from *Kissing Jessica Stein* and *Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde*.
Now you know I wouldn’t be talking about this if there wasn’t some queerness. In the 4th episode, a lesbian couple comes to the Rage Room to work out their issues. They’re certainly not the ‘stars’ of the show, but their episode has an adorable play on the heteronormative view of lesbians. You’ll know it when you see it.
Check out [Rage Room](https://www.rageroomshow.com). It’s quirky, it’s well filmed, and it’s hella fun to watch people break the shit out of their ex’s stuff.
Episodes will be released on Wednesdays, from April 4th (tonight!) through the 18th, at 7p PT/10p ET.
##### Screener Review on *Rage Room*
A fun series about smashing the hell out of things to feel better.
Queer Score: 2 Worth It?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Rage Room, Web Series
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### [A Whole New World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/whole-new-world/)
**Published:** October 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's not just you. We've done way more than slapped a fresh coat of paint on the site. We've made it epic.
**Content:**
We look different! It’s not just you, it was totally us.
This new theme was built from scratch by us. Tracy, and her co-worker Scott, came up with the design and implemented the layout. I wrote some of the weirder reusable code bits and sped up the processing. Together, we have made a beautiful, professional, fast website.
## The Design
I had only two thoughts about the design. First it had to be pretty gay, by which I meant it should celebrate queerness. The rainbow toaster, for example, should stay, and any color choices made should pair well with it. Also? I wanted to keep the pink.
Somehow Tracy took that, reviewed a million other media sites, and came up with a design we both loved.
> Hello, Tracy here 👋. A site redesign had been on my mind since Mika and I met up in Disneyland last March. Luckily, I co-own a web development company and was able to recruit one of my employees, Scott Wilson, to help. We looked at a lot of Entertainment Media sites. I wanted the new site to highlight the wealth of data we’ve accumulated in the 3 years since Mika & I first built it. It also needed to be a good platform for news and commentary on the state of LGBT representation in the media. Lastly, I want folks to easily find the shows that do a good job of showing our stories while not killing us off.
>
> What makes our site unique is Mika and I are both web developers with very complimentary skills. Combine that with our obsession with LGBT TV and we can build a really fabulous site.
## The Code
This is the boring part.
We did ‘cheat’ a little, using a starter theme. It’s based on [Underscores](https://underscores.me), but it was the one Tracy’s company uses, so it had a lot of extra bits and bobs already set up. What it didn’t have was the incredibly crazy code we had to cope with people like Sara Lance (3 shows, 2 actors, dead but alive), and shows like *The L Word* (where I had to write a ‘Yet another character who sleeps with Shane.’ hot key command).
There’s a code concept called DRY – it stands for “Don’t Repeat Yourself” and it’s meant to, well, write code that can be reused without having to rewrite it over and over, or having to remember all the hundred places you need to edit to make a change. The problem with that is you have to properly accommodate in the beginning for things like multiple actors or shows. That’s “The Sara Lance Conundrum” for you.
The other problem was that you don’t want code to run forever. That means when you tell your code “Get me a list of all characters from this show!” you want to set the number of possible characters, otherwise you’ll search your entire database every time. That makes a site slow. Most shows have less than 20 characters, but there’s one that absolutely does not. We call this problem “The Shane Clause” because of exactly what you’re thinking.
## The End Result
After a few weeks of work (in between family obligations and the work that pays us), we built out, tested, tweaked, tested some more, and cleaned up the whole design to present to you this. Our new theme.
It’s fast, it’s good looking, and it displays data just as fast (if not faster) than the old theme.
We hope you like it too!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Design, Site News
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Dec 4, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dec-4-2017/)
**Published:** December 4, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Even though I was at a conference last week, I managed to watch Crisis on Earth X three times and I'm pleased to include Alex Danver's walk of shame in this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week.
**Content:**
Mika and I were both at a conference last week, but I am happy to say I was able to get this **Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** done in time before my flight home today.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 8 “Crisis on Earth-X Part 1” \[Live\] Although I think they could have skipped the whole concentration camp scene, I thoroughly enjoyed all of the “Crisis on Earth-X” Supergirl/Arrow/Flash/Legends of Tomorrow crossover and watched it three times. I thought they were going to have Alex and Sara be flirty through the first 3 episodes and then have them hook up for half a second at the end of episode 4.
But, no! We got a drunk, wedding dinner, post-sappy toast make out session.
And a morning after sneak out of bed. Alex’s facial expressions here are priceless.
And we learn Sara and Alex did not once, not twice, but three times!
Throughout the rest of the episodes, Alex processes her angst over having a one-night stand for the first time and questions her decision to break up with Maggie.
Sara and Alex alternate between awkward interactions and kicking ass together which was totally hot.
When Alex wants to go off and save Kara herself, Sara tells her she can’t do it without the team. Alex blames herself for Kara and thinks she could have done more if she “weren’t so distracted.” Sara then tells her she understands that feeling of guilt because she lost her sister Laurel. After saying she just wants to save Kara and go back home to Maggie, Sara tells she should trust her instincts believe in her decision to break up with her.
In the end, Alex agrees with Sara and says there’s someone out there for both of them for more than just one night. They hug good bye and Sara walks off with Mick and he says one of my favorite lines from the crossover.
There’s so much I loved about the crossover. I feel like it was therapy for grieving Sanvers fans because we got to see Alex have a fun hookup, but also work through her missing Maggie throughout all 4 episodes. Seeing Alex make a new queer friend who had the shared experience of caring about a sister and losing a love of her life was really great. Unlike in real life where queer people have queer friends, out characters on TV are usually the only one with no other queer people to talk to about family and relationships.
I also loved the Leo and Ray relationship. I have always wondered why none of the out gay actors in the Arrowverse have ever played queer characters. This time we had 2 and they were so cute.
The funny one-liners throughout the series were hilarious. Like Arrow’s “super speed, I don’t have it” and Kara saying “gross” when finding out evil doppleganger Dark Arrow and Overgirl were married.
Good job, Arrowverse!
2. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 4 “F… Paying it Forward” \[Catch up\] Fiona and Nessa did some day drinking while discussing Fiona’s ex Sean coming back into town.
I can’t stand Sean, so I was glad when they did a Mon El and had him get married while he was away. Let all the exes dragging strong women down get married and stay married to other people!
Did you notice that Nessa was hanging out with the Gallaghers at the end?
I love that she’s becoming one of the gang.
That’s it for last week. What will this week bring in Queer TV…we shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Shameless US, Supergirl
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### [Understanding Cancellations on Netflix: Why We Lost "Everything Sucks!"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/understanding-cancellations-on-netflix-why-we-lost-everything-sucks/)
**Published:** June 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Understanding cancelations on Netflix, in a world where your Netflix isn't my Netflix, can be complicated and confusing.
**Content:**
In a recent [article by Vulture](http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-netflix-swallowed-tv-industry.html), they went “Inside the Binge Factory” to explain the magic of Netflix. In doing so, they helped us in understanding cancellations on Netflix as well as why they pick up who they do.
## Netflix is Watching You
It’s no secret that Netflix keeps a close eye on it’s viewers. Without needing to rely on external sources like the Nielsens, Netflix is in a unique position where *all* of their content is measurable by themselves. They monitor the number of people who binge a whole season, how quickly viewers do it, and that is turned into data to understand what the viewers want. Netflix grabs their verticals and can target the niche as well as the broad spectrum.
This has led to some awkward moments, like when they called out the 53 individuals who watched *A Christmas Prince* every day, for 18 solid days…
> To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18 days: Who hurt you?
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [December 11, 2017](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/940051734650503168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s magnificent in it’s creep factor. This means Netflix knows I watched [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)‘s finale twice, and I leave [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) on pretty much any time I’m feeling down and want some background love.
## It’s Not Your Father’s Demographics
This seems to hold up when we consider how Netflix looks at their big data. A decade ago, VP Todd Yellin thought he needed personalized demos to know things like age and gender and money. That’s what the Nielsens use, after all, and when it was a DVD service, so did Netflix when it wanted to recommend DVDs. But in doing so, they determined that age and gender had far less to do with choices than a person’s viewing habits.
> “Nowadays, in our modern world, hit play once and it tells us volumes more than knowing you’re a 31-year-old woman or a 72-year-old man or a 19-year-old guy,” Yellin says. Or, as Sarandos puts it, “It’s just as likely that a 75-year-old man in Denmark likes *Riverdale* as my teenage kids.”
>
> *— [How Netflix Swallowed the TV Industry](http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-netflix-swallowed-tv-industry.html) (Vulture)*
Instead of the traditional demographics by age and race and money, Netflix has what they call “taste clusters.” That is, they can make their programming decisions based on the massive gigs of viewing data and habits, not just the estimations network TV gets. And this means they know how many niche viewers they need to make a show renewable even if it’s only played to a small market, or to a specific nation.
## No More Pilots
Unlike traditional pilot season, where a show will film one (or two) episodes and the network makes decisions based on that, Netflix goes for broke with ‘for season orders.’ By the way, if you ever wondered why a first-episode on network TV often feels ‘off’ it’s because of how pilots work. Months can pass between taping of episodes 1 and 2, but also episode 2 will include any network mandated changes.
You don’t see that in Netflix because they film it all and then drop it all on viewers at works. It’s a go-for-broke mode that generally works well for them. In addition, they don’t have to worry about time slots and low-quality fillers. In the days before DVRs, networks fought for supremacy and often *didn’t* put their behemoth shows opposite each other. But once we got the magical digital video recorders, we could have [*CSI*](http://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi/) and [*Grey’s Anatomy*](http://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) on at the same time, and neither show suffered because we watched both.
## If It Fits, It Ships
All this leads us to the big question. How does Netflix decide what fits and what doesn’t? Why did we lose [*Everything Sucks!*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/) but keep *13 Reasons Why*?
The answer? They don’t have a ‘theme’ or a brand. And this is **weird** if you’re used to traditional networks. ABC, NBC, CBS, and even Fox aim at a broad spectrum of users. Oh sure, Fox is conservative and risqué (strange bedfellows indeed), CBS and NBC are staid and old school, ABC is Disney Channel parents (with Freeform being their millennials). When you look at the cable networks, you see that HBO, Bravo, and AMC want critical adulation and the Emmy, which is why shows like [*Imposters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/imposters/) don’t generally last long. A smaller audience is fine, as long as they get those sweet, sweet accolades. Even Starz falls into this with shows like [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/).
And Netflix just throws the rulebook out. They don’t have a theme or a style or a pattern. We might argue they want the acclaim, but then you have to remember they also have a bunch of really crappy series. No really, some of that stuff is what I’d call Sunday afternoon burn-off series (like *Saved by the Bell*) that you air when a baseball game is rained out.
But if they have no limits, how do we understand cancelations on Netflix?
## Why *Everything Sucks!*
Okay, let’s get to the meat of this.
Cindy Holland, Netflix’s vice-president of original content, was asked why one was renewed and the other was canceled. Both are relatively inexpensive to make, both had lower-than-expected viewership. So why did we lose one?
According to Vulture, *Sucks* only costs $1.5 million per episode, and around $15 million for the season. That’s two-thirds of the cost of one episode of *The Crown*, just to put it in perspective. Even so, the show didn’t generate enough interest.
> “It sucks that it didn’t have a broader audience,” Holland says, leaning into the pun. “We couldn’t get out of that core appeal.” But it wasn’t just that not enough people watched. Among those who did, “a smaller-than-average number were completing it,” Holland says.
>
> *— [How Netflix Swallowed the TV Industry](http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-netflix-swallowed-tv-industry.html) (Vulture)*
While overall viewership matters, Netflix weighs heavily how many people turn a show *off* midway through an episode or a season, and never return. Having a big audience with no one watching the whole show hurts it. In short, not enough people who started watching *Everything Sucks* finished it. And that sucks.
## We Take It *One Day at a Time*
On the other hand, people *did* watch all of *One Day at a Time*, which contributed to it’s renewal. But even so, the data only gives them 70% of the decision. The other 30% is the gut, which is a big reason why we get more of the Alvarez family.
> “It has a good audience,” Holland tells me. And yet, without getting specific, she seems to confirm a perception shared by the show’s production team and other TV-industry sources: Despite strong reviews, *One Day* has not become the breakout success Netflix had hoped. “We have been a little perplexed as to why its audience base hasn’t broadened beyond that core passionate fan base,” Holland says.
>
> *— [How Netflix Swallowed the TV Industry](http://www.vulture.com/2018/06/how-netflix-swallowed-tv-industry.html) (Vulture)*
A big factor too is that *One Day at a Time* crosses a lot of verticals. Latinx, family, LGBT, female, and it’s a different story than you’ll find anywhere. No, Netflix doesn’t crack open demographics like age or gender, but if you peek at social media and the other shows people watch, they can totally triangulate.
## Back From The Dead
This carries us to things like *Lucifer*, which Netflix saved for a 10 episode 4th season, and *Sense8* which got it’s wrap up movie.
Those are aberrations to many, appearing to be statistical outliers to the outside eye, but when you think back to the whole Netflix process, it starts to make sense. Both shows have an incredibly wide vertical. People from all different backgrounds like those shows, making it demographically diverse. They’re both also very vocal in the fandom region. It’s no surprise that *Sense8* said their finale was “For the Fans” after all.
Netflix was able to determine the cost of those rescues — and don’t fool yourself, they were incredibly high — is worth it. Remember, Netflix has *Lucifer* on it’s system for re-airs, so it had a damn good idea how popular it was. As for *Sense8*, the fans had a big hand in that one.
## When You Binge Doesn’t Matter
There’s some good news for late viewers. Netflix doesn’t mind when or how you watch the season. They care about if you watch, and finish, an episode, and if that carries you to the next one, even if that’s a week later. That said, they do consider the 28-day viewership. Essentially, they monitor how many people finish a show within a month of it’s release. They also like to know what shows new subscribers watch to understand what shows drive people to Netflix.
And how many people is that? Netflix won’t tell. Sure, they have over 125 million subscribers, but how many people is that? Maybe double. And with the international reach, there are shows that have been viewed by 50 million people.
That’s insane, but we won’t get the raw data on that, probably ever.
Unless of course you’re watching *A Christmas Prince*.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Everything Sucks, Netflix, One Day at a Time
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### [2018 Upfronts: Needs More Queer (Except for The CW)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/2018-upfronts-needs-queer/)
**Published:** May 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox and NBC are pitching their wares to the advertisers in the 2018 upfronts. Here's our view on how gay the 2018-2019 season looks for network TV. Spoilers? Not gay enough.
**Content:**
Upfronts, [as I mentioned before](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/upfronts-prepwork-brooklyn-nine-nine-lives-lgbt-shows-need-help-and-more/), are a time to check out what’s new and for advertisers to pitch their bucks. In the 2018 upfronts, as so far as the queer goes, I’m pretty underwhelmed with what I’ve seen.
Here we go, in order of their Upfront schedule.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
## NBC
I’m not sure what to make of their choices. First of all, they do technically have a new show in *[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)*, but that isn’t quite what I meant when I was looking for pickups. The rest of their shows just look really normal. Here they are with links to their trailers:
- *Abby’s* – A woman runs a whacky makeshift bar out of her house. Who wants to put a bet down that the season cliffhanger is she gets shut down by the officials? (Midseason)
- *The Enemy Within* – The CIAs greatest traitor, serving life in prison, is needed to solve a crime. (Midseason)
- *[Manifest](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwc27Lsr1EY)* – A plane vanishes for 5 year and lands like nothing happened. Shades of *Lost*?
- *[New Amsterdam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_5EvoL1Is)* – Medical drama. The cuts on this trailer felt super jumpy, but they performed a C-Section in the *paternity* ward, so …
- *[I Feel Bad](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMCbf-oWDe0)* – Sitcom about an overworked mom.
- *The Inbetween* – A woman can communicate with the dead. If you think you’ve seen this concept before, you probably have. (Midseason)
I’m putting money on ‘queer of the week’ for *New Amsterdam* and at least one pregnant trans-man. Which I have doubts will be handled well. There’s also going to be a 10 episode miniseries in 2019, by the folks who brought us *Downton Abbey*, about 1880’s NYC.
Oh and don’t forget that Sarah Shahi’s *[Reverie](https://www.nbc.com/reverie)* will be on May 30th! We’ve seen the pilot and we like it, but there hasn’t been any queer yet.
## Fox
There was a damn bloodbath at Fox this year, so they had a lot more holes to fill than normal. They chose to do this with white guys. Seriously. They still used images from *Pitch* (their baseball show that was canceled in 2017) and *24* (which… I forgot was even on, but also canceled) in their highlight real. Also their intro was all about Jamie Foxx jumping around and singing, which by all reports was hella awkward. Way to go, Fox.
- *[The Cool Kids](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1-lhUD9YfE)* – Three old guys in a retirement home are challenged by the new girl, Vicky Lawrence. One of the guys is gay.
- *[Last Man Standing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP-vqGmK5cE)* – Picked up from ABC, canceled **last** year, starting Tim Allen. Not queer friendly. Or minority friendly. Or woman friendly ….
- *[The Passage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rJ64J-gSbY)* – The government plays with a virus. What could go wrong? Everything, in this character-driven pandemic drama staring Zac Morris– I mean Mark-Paul Gosselaar. It’s a bit of *The Fugitive* meets something by Michael Crichton.
- *[Proven Innocent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rpbxfJxec)* – Lawyer. Lawyering. Midseason. This is not weird, by the way. Fox has to deal with baseball, so they do a lot more midseason. Anyway, it’s a heartwarming thing. Feels more like an NBC show, to be honest.
- *[Rel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsUa5ObfCMs)* – A self made success’ life falls apart when his wife sleeps with his barber.
For what it’s worth, Fox optioned a show based on the book series [‘The Dime’ which features a lesbian cop](http://deadline.com/2017/10/fox-the-dime-cop-drama-lesbian-lead-tony-joe-gayton-matt-reeves-1202181261/). I don’t see it *anywhere*. I do see a [new pilot-order for an unnamed series](http://deadline.com/2018/05/rob-mcelhenney-rob-rosell-comedy-pilot-order-fox-1202381433/) about a woman, her ex-husband, and **her** new wife. So we’ll see.
## ABC/Freeform
They did both ABC and Freeform in their upfronts, which were the first I’ve been given access to watch. I was super super excited. Can you blame me?
### Freeform
A quick note here, Freeform announced something that blew my mind:
> More than half of our directors are female, LGBTQ, or people of color. 60% of our writers are LGBTQ or diverse. And every single one of our executive producers are women.
No wonder they’re quickly becoming my favourite channel. Okay! Time for the shows:
- *Besties* – This is a coming-of-age relationship between two lifelong female best friends. (TBD)
- [*Cloak & Dagger*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZCs93cGcdY) – I’ve already seen the first ep. I like where it’s going, but I didn’t see any queer.
- [*The Perfectionists*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUZXF76_YYs) – It’s grownup [*Pretty Little Liars*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars/) (and it’s a spinoff). It **will** have some queers. But Tracy has to watch it. Not it!
### ABC
I got really excited when I saw *The Kids Are Alright* as a show… only to find out it’s a traditional Irish-Catholic family in the suburbs series. Should I tell them some of my best Irish-Catholic friends from Chicago were all queer as a three-dollar-bill? ABC has a *lot* of new shows, though!
- *[A Million Little Things](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz0dB5BInOk)* – A group of guys and their friendships. Bromance, not romance. This is ABC’s push to take on *This is Us*, and try and tear jerk. All about the fellows, no queer ladies.
- *[The Fix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkJhX-ccM5k)* – After an attorney goofs a big case, she retires. Then they call her back because they need her. No queerness spotted. (Midseason)
- *[Grand Hotel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsSMv0EcX04)* – Based on the Spanish series of the same name. Big scandals and drama. There was some queer looking between some ladies, but I suspect it’ll be Conditional Queerness only. (Midseason)
- *[The Kids are Alright](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5-0wgrWB9g)* – Not about lesbian moms, but an LA working class family in the 1970s. Do not expect any queerness.
- *[The Rookie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6dQHhvwSaE)* – Nathan Fillion is back, this time as a cop! The oldest rookie ever. This actually looked entertaining, and I will be upset if we don’t get at least one queer cop.
- *Schooled* – a 1990’s period sitcom, spin-off of *The Goldbergs*. They had to rework the whole thing, so I’m not sure what to make of it. (Midseason)
- *[Single Parents](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vujgmSPp0c)* – Single … parents. Help each other get laid. Missed opportunity if they don’t make any of the parents queer.
- *Take Two* – It’s like *Remington Steele* in a weird twist. A former star of a cop show shadows a private investigator as she vies for a potential comeback. Nothing was shown or mentioned at upfronts, so I think it may be DOA. (TBD)
- *[Whiskey Cavalier](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhYQU5eWdCo)*– A tough but tender FBI agent (male) gets to work with a badass CIA operative (female) to run an interdepartmental agency and save the world. Sparks and dramady flies. No really, they actually mentioned office romance. (Midseason)
## CBS
After they passed on *Cagney & Lacey*, my hopes settled on the *Murphy Brown* revival. And … that’s about it.
- *Fam* – A woman’s life is upturned when her sister moves in. Shenanigans ensue. (Midseason)
- [*FBI*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7oPFgb6VNE) – Dick Wolf is back, and this time his go-to is Missy Peregrym (from *Stick It* – the Gymnastics movie we all love – and *[Rookie Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rookie-blue/)*). It’s about FBI agents. Who could have guessed?
- [*God Friended Me*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6XfmicoyZw) – God friends a dude on social media and sends him on missions. This sounds like *Joan of Arcadia* a bit, crossed with *Kevin (Probably) Saves the World* (which stared Joan’s broken from JoA!).
- [*Magnum P.I.* ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMmv9JFOEB0)– A no moustache reboot of the Tom Select classic. Higgins is a woman though, so …
- [*Murphy Brown*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH_EiPC9FAM) – Murphy’s on air, and so is her son. Who’s conservative. Duelling shows!
- *The Red Line* – Noah Wyle’s back to Chicago, this time involved in a police shooting of an African American doctor. I was seriously wary about this until I realized it’s not **just** a Berlanti production, but also an **Ava DuVernay** one! Now I’ve got a little more faith.
- [*Happy Together*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Oqyv75His) – Old people get their cool back when a pop star moves in. I’m not making this up.
- [*The Neighborhood*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG9Hc_vFlTM) – Friendly guy from the midwest moves to California and finds out people are different.
## The CW
In no shocker at all, *Charmed* was picked up. The reboot? Will have a gay witch. *Legacies*, which seems like a successor to *Vampire Diaries* and *The Originals*, looks pretty promising too. There’s also *Roswell, New Mexico*, which is a remake of *Roswell*, and I get the gay-tingles when I read about it.
- [*All American*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGn8mkOgLwI) – Berlanti story about a kid from South Central LA who gets a spot at some rich, Beverly Hills, school.
- [*Charmed*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loWpbevW9xg) – Witches! And one’s a lesbian! Rejoice in the power of three!
- *Legacies* – A spinoff of [*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/), which was a spinoff of [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/).
- *In the Dark* – A blind woman is the only witness to a crime. (Midseason)
- *Roswell, New Mexico* – A woman returns home to her tourist trap town and finds out her high school crush is an alien. (Midseason)
## How Gay Was It?
Not gay enough! Seriously, with the exception of The CW, I’m pinning hopes of long-chances.
If you’re into math, check out Lesley Goldberg’s post on [TV Upfronts By the Numbers](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-upfronts-by-numbers-2018-total-volume-continues-slide-as-cancellations-rise-1113021). Cancelations are up and new shows are down.
Well that’s it for the 2018 upfronts. What are your thoughts?
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW, Upfronts
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### [Exclusive: Ten Questions with History is Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-ten-questions-with-history-is-gay/)
**Published:** July 5, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Did you know that history is waaaaay more gay than our textbooks like to tell? Gretchen and Leigh are on a two-woman mission to educate the world about just that. We've got ten questions with History is Gay.
**Content:**
I had the distinct pleasure of meeting the women behind the [History is Gay](https://www.historyisgaypodcast.com) podcast when we were both at TGIF/F. Since then, they’ve become people I chat with semi-regularly. When Leigh tossed the idea of a write up or an interview, I thought “Hell yes!” Which is how we come to this. Ten questions with History is Gay.
## Who is History is Gay?
In their own words:
> *History is Gay* is a twice-monthly podcast where two queer nerds use their passion for social justice, history, and storytelling to examine the overlooked and under-appreciated queer ladies, gents, and gentle-enbies from the unexplored corners of history. Because history has never been as straight as you think.
Gretchen and Leigh aren’t ‘just’ nerds, they have actual degrees in history, and know how to walk the walk. They research and provide well thought out discussions on how the history we’ve always known has had queers in it pretty much forever. They lift the rocks and poke the bears to find the truths we’ve always known in our hearts.
They don’t just talk about history, either. Every episode has a write up with notes and more information so you can educate yourself and be able to win at talking points with friends and family. Want to shut down your homophobic relatives at Thanksgiving? Binge listen to podcast episodes about Ming Dynasty art, the Revolutionary War, and more.
And no I’m *not* just saying this because I’m was the room for [Episode 5: Stars from a Bi-Gone Era](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-5-stars-from-a-bi-gone-era/id1327642994?i=1000404867825&mt=2&at=1010lMaT) (and you can probably hear me…)
### Leigh
> I’ve been obsessed with learning from the day I could hold a book. Research is one of my favorite things to do, which is what led me to a bachelor’s degree in History and pursuing a graduate program in Dramaturgy (which is basically being a researcher and historian for theatrical productions). In college, I focused my thesis research on religious women in the Middle Ages. When I’m not looking into queer history, I can usually be found engaging in queer fandom and talking comics.
### Gretchen
> I’ve been a big old nerd studying old things for over a decade. I have a bachelor’s degree in Ancient Languages and two master’s degrees, one in Theology and Church History and one in Classical Hebrew Linguistics and Rabbinics.
## The Interview
**1. How did you two meet and decide to team up for a podcast?**
**Leigh:** We met at TGIF/F 2017 and while at the convention, got talking about a bunch of nerdy stuff and mentioned that we each loved queer history. Then at some point in our shared Slack channel with other con-goers, Gretchen mentioned that she had wanted to do some sort of queer history podcast.
**Gretchen:** Yes! As an academic with a background in ancient history, I’d been frustrated for years about all the stories I heard about how ancient historians and archaeologists straightwashed history. Like the pair of Egyptian men who had been buried together in a tomb for eternity with iconography used for husband and wife pairs but all the archaeologists talked about them as ‘cousins’ or even ‘conjoined twins’ (Sure, Jan. Check out our podcast on Egyptian gender for more on that if you’re interested!). So I threw out the idea of wanting to do a podcast about all of those straightwashed stories; a couple of our mutual friends were interested in listening, but none wanted to be my co-host, so they said they’d ask around. I even reached out to a couple of Tumblr mutuals who are into ancient queer history but didn’t hear back. When that didn’t go anywhere for a week or so, I brought it up again in Slack and, fortunately, Leigh said she was interested. Which was great, because I was beginning to lose hope of finding someone!
![Marcia Brady saying "Sure Jan" as a gif - it's a very sarcastic meme](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1RuaI5I.gif "Marcia Brady saying "Sure Jan" as a gif - it's a very sarcastic meme – LezWatch.TV")
**Leigh:** At the time, I had been bouncing a few podcast ideas around in my brain and doing a queer history show was one, and so when she mentioned it that second time, I think I jumped on the comment thread going “Oh man, I’d totally do that with you. I’ve been wanting to make a queer history podcast.” And we both kind of reacted to it like, “If you’re joking I’m joking, but if you’re serious, I’m serious.” And then we decided to actually make it a thing. I think we took about 6 months of brainstorming and planning to get everything ready for launch, between researching our first few topics, deciding on the name and branding, theme music, etc, and in general nailing down our tone and how we wanted to work together. And we’ve been totally surprised by how it’s growing.
**Gretchen:** We thought it was just going to be a handful of our convention friends, but we have thousands of downloads and are truly global in audience. That’s so gratifying because reaching those who might not have access to this information themselves matters to us deeply. We want to give the LGBT+ community around the world it’s history back!
**2. There’s a lot of research and notes involved in your work, more so than any other podcast I know of! How long does it take you to prep for each episode?**
**Leigh:** I think it depends on the topic! One of the things we do best, I think, is finding a particular thread of something we want to talk about and then going on a ridiculous research binge where we find each of us writing 10-15 page outlines, essentially writing thesis papers for fun!
**Gretchen:** Absolutely! There’s a reason I came up with ‘gayvenclaw’ to describe what we do and how we work. We’ve even joked about basically doing the equivalent of multiple graduate level classes, which isn’t even really a joke. I’ve done about the same, if not more work for this podcast as I did when I got my masters degrees. The only difference is I don’t get graded on my podcast outlines and I can research whatever I want!
**Leigh:** Some episodes we’ll be reading and researching for a good two weeks depending on the complexity of the topic and how much information is out there, and then other times we need sort of a lighter research window. If life has gotten particularly busy, we’ll choose a lighter, more straightforward biographical topic to cover.
**Gretchen:** The biographies tend to take less time than the concept or time period focused ones, for sure. It’s much easier to distill a biography into talking points than, like, four thousand years of literary history!
**3. Have you had any big surprises while researching for the show?**
**Gretchen:** Finding out that I’m related to one of our podcast subjects, the Public Universal Friend was by far the most exciting find for me. I was reading along in their biography and came across the fact that their father’s cousin was Stephen Hopkins. When I read that, my jaw about fell to the floor because I’ve known since third grade that I was related to two signers of the Declaration of Independence: Robert Morris and, you guessed it Stephen Hopkins! So that makes Jemima Wilkinson, the Public Universal Friend, one of my relatives! Basically, the queer is in my blood all the way back to the founding of America. 😉
**Leigh:** One of my favorite people that we’ve discovered while researching for the show was a woman named Sor Juana Ines de La Cruz, a 17th century Mexican nun who wrote love letters and poems to this Vicereine of Spain who was her patron. She was a badass feminist and activist, and frequently told old dudes in the Catholic church to shove off with their misogynist attitudes toward her. We went into our episode on lesbian nuns and gay monks with broad ideas, and then coming across her was such a delight!
**4. I just learned a new term, “Dumbledoring,” in reference to characters who aren’t explicitly queer on screen, but are said to be so by cast and directors. How do you feel about this new kind of queerbaiting?**
**Leigh:** It feels like a complete cop-out to me. There is so much value and importance in expressly showing queer characters, and this just feels like an easy way for networks and producers to utilize the numbers and influence of a queer audience without doing the work to actually represent us. It feels very similar, I think, to the ways in which we only find out through extensive research and digging and scholarly analysis and interpretation that some of our favorite people from history were queer. Did you know Abraham Lincoln had a romantic relationship with his best friend Joshua? That Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr’s right-hand-man in the black civil rights movement was a gay man? That Frida Kahlo had multiple relationships with both men and women? You feel cheated out of that information, because it was never included in discussions about them in school.
That’s not just queerbaiting to me, it’s actually queer erasure, which I feel is somewhat even worse. At least with subtextually queer characters and interactions, you know that there’s no intention of it ever happening and it’s something that exists solely in fan-land (although producers and showrunners are taking advantage of such). But to take characters that are canonically queer, but never shown to be, and that element of their identity relegated to the shadows and whispers from behind the scenes. That’s exactly what we have dealt with for years and years in regards to historical figures whose true selves have been deliberately hidden from us. And, well, that just makes me mad.
**Gretchen:** To me, it depends on the circumstances. With a situation like Dumbledore, for example, it reads pretty clearly to me like a blatant attempt to get cookies (positive feedback) from queer audiences after the fact. The reality is that at the time Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series, other fantasy books had explicitly queer characters, even secondary ones. Plus the book series was making a shit ton of money and she had already solidified her place publishing-wise. There’s no reason she had to leave out Dumbledore’s sexuality in the text for censorship reasons or because she feared backlash. Representation in hindsight isn’t even erasure to my mind, because it isn’t canonical. I’m very much of the “if the creator/ultimate authority has no reason to leave it out of the text and only claims it in retrospect, it doesn’t ‘count’” mindset. You don’t get cookies for pretending something was there all along that you didn’t bother making explicit in the first place but could have without consequences.
When it comes to actors or creative minds who don’t have control over the final product, I feel differently. Take the situation with Valkyrie in *Thor: Ragnarok* for example (or even Ayo in *Black Panther*). There, the writer, director, and actor were all on the same page about wanting to make Valkyrie’s sexuality explicit on screen. However, the executives, the people with the final say, nixed it. (From what we know, something similar happened with *Black Panther*.) In such situations, I see actors and directors who were prevented from offering explicit representation talking about it as their way of letting the community know that they did what they could. They wanted it for us, pushed for it as far as they could, but were prevented from doing so by higher powers. In cases like these, they’re giving us the best they can, which is their interpretation and desire.
**5. We met at TGIF/F and I was one of the folks in the crowd for your 5th episode “Stars from a Bi-Gone Era.” While that (mostly) talked about the silver screen, I happen to know you both are *also* big TV fans. So cage match time. Which queer TV show would you ride and die for?**
**Leigh:** Oh man. I mean, right now and for the past few years I’ve been in a really intense [*Xena*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/) kick. It’s been my primary fandom for a while, and I will fight anyone who says “but it’s not really gay.” I can go on and on for days about the complexities of queer-coding vs queer-baiting and explaining to younger generations of queer TV fans that we had to take what we could get, and the fact that they were able to put so much queer content into this show and still deal with the censors is ASTOUNDING. If you’ve never tried, please do yourself a favor and enjoy *Xena*. I’m also really loving [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) and [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/). They’re just so witty and fun and full of heart (and in *WE*’s case, excellent cheese, which is perfect for my *Buffy* and *Xena*-loving self).
**Gretchen:** *Steven Universe* hands down. I don’t know why there aren’t more die hard fans—I think I met a handful at ClexaCon, but not nearly as many as I expect! That show has just about every possible queer representation you could ask for, and it’s all nuanced, complex, well-rounded, and multi-layered with other marginalities like mental health, neuro-atypicality, and racial diversity. Like Leigh, I also love (and review!) *Wynonna Earp*, too.[ *Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) is another ride or die show for me right now because Anissa Pierce is everything. Oh, and [*Legend of Korra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-the-legend-of-korra/).
**6. Who was the first queer (not queer coded) character you remember seeing on TV?**
**Gretchen:** Willow and Tara from *Buffy*. I wasn’t allowed to watch it at home, but I would sneak over to my friend’s house and watch it with her. For ‘some reason’ I really identified with nerdy Willow liking girls after having also had a relationship with Oz. That reason is because I’m bi, in case that wasn’t queer, I mean clear.
**Leigh:** I think the first expressly queer character I remember seeing on TV was Willow in *Buffy*. I had already had nascent queer feelings for Faith by that point, but seeing Willow and Tara get together on screen was exhilarating in a way I had never seen before.
**7. Would you rather watch a show like *Will & Grace* or *Queer as Folk*, which are explicitly about openly queer characters as the leads, or ones like *Black Lightning* and *The Fosters*, which star queer characters and yet aren’t so much about being queer?**
**Leigh:** I think we need a good mix of both. What I definitely don’t want to keep seeing is shows or media where there’s just one lone queer character, and it’s the same cis, white, thin femme character we keep seeing. I want my TV full of queers of different shapes and colors and lived experiences and genders! I want to see queer community reflected on screen, and we all know how rare it is that there’s one lone queer person without other queer friends and I feel like we don’t really get to see that a lot. There’s also a lot of specific culture to the queer community I’d like to see reflected on TV – let’s dive into queer characters being able to express their queer culture while at the same time being blended into the regular narrative of the story. The entire show doesn’t have to be about being queer and nothing else, but I think we’ve moved beyond the tropes of either coming out story or this character “just happens to be queer” and we never bring it up in a significant way.
**Gretchen:** Before anything else, I’m a sci-fi and fantasy nerd, so I’m all about genre fiction with queer protagonists. I grew up reading and watching SFF, so what I’ve always wanted more than anything is to be able to keep engaging in the stories that shaped me, but with more characters that represent my story and my community. Especially those people in the LGBT+ community who get less representation overall—nonbinary, ace, aro, bi/pan, and trans folks. I’ve joked in my writing elsewhere about going [‘full SJW’](https://www.thefandomentals.com/5-magical-shows-deserve-reboot/) when rebooting tv shows, and that’s what I want to see in my media: layered, intersectional representation of marginalized communities in nuanced ways. There’s definitely a place for shows about queer culture, experiences and identity, don’t get me wrong! I love that we’re getting more of those, too. But for me, I pretty much want “*Star Trek*, but everyone is queer in some way!” or, like, “Magical Ladies + Greek Mythology but the gods are pansexual, trans lady witches, and the magic has roots in African myth instead of Europe.”
**Leigh:** Ooooh, yes. I want this also. More SFF with all the queers as well.
**8. What’s your best (or favourite) queer TV related factoid? Mine is that trans women are more likely to play multiple queer characters than any other openly queer actors.**
**Gretchen:** I don’t know if this is true of television writing (it wouldn’t surprise me if it were true), but my favorite factoid about queer fiction is that novels that feature queer characters are more likely to be written by women.
**Leigh:** Something that surprised and delighted me is that I just recently learned that Francois Clemmons, the actor who played Officer Clemmons on *Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood*, is gay! Who knew, for all these years, that I was watching gay tv as early as Mister Rogers.
**9. Do you plan to have a queer TV episode any time in the future?**
**Leigh:** We’ve definitely discussed the possibility of doing some media-focused episodes, exploring what the landscape of queer representation in media has looked like in terms of a historical timeline. We know of a few guests who have a lot of passion for the subject that we’re hoping to bring onto the show to talk about things like the origin of the Hays Code and how queer tropes on television and in films came about. In order to see where we can go in the future for queer representation on-screen, we need to have a good understanding of where we’ve come from and how patterns emerged.
**10. Final question! You knew history was pretty damn gay going in. Is history even *gayer* than you thought it was?**
**Leigh:** We find ourselves constantly being surprised by what we find — while we knew history was super gay going in (after all, our tagline is “because history has never been as straight as you think”), we keep finding new rabbit holes to dive down into! We are always finding new and exciting things and people to add to our topics list. We already had a pretty huge one going in, but our world has only grown. The fact that so many of our topics have intersected and blended and crossed cultural lines is I think the most inspiring thing– that we can find such commonalities in queer behavior and culture across the entire globe says something about queerness being intrinsic to the human condition. I can’t imagine us ever running out of potential content, because there are so many facets to queerness and queer history.
**Gretchen:** In some ways yes, some ways no. No in the sense that the whole reason I wanted to make a queer history podcast is because history is so much gayer than most people think. But yes in the sense that the ways history is gayer than I thought constantly surprises me. The similarity of experience that transcends the differences of time and cultural context still blows me away. People have always been people, so at some level, even if we use different words and have different concepts, queer people have always been queer people. And I love that ever evolving, multifaceted tension between sameness and difference that is queer history!
## Listen to History Is Gay
You can listen to History is Gay twice a month on the usual suspects, including [Apple Podcasts](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/history-is-gay/id1327642994?mt=2&app=podcast&at=1010lMaT), [Stitcher](http://stitcher.com/s?fid=161596&refid=stpr), and [Google Play](https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Imhd5ske2co64ryvcfgp75nc26q?t%3DHistory_is_Gay%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16).
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Avatar the Legend of Korra, History is Gay, Podcasts, Steven Universe, Wynonna Earp, Xena Warrior Princess
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### [Harold, We're Lesbians Too!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/harold-were-lesbians-too/)
**Published:** January 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When LezWatchTV was on Harold, They're Lesbians, magic happened.
**Content:**
At the end of last year, Tracy and I got in touch with Erica and Nikki, who have the fabulous podcast [*Harold… They’re Lesbians*](https://soundcloud.com/user-647324979). We asked if they were interested in having us as guests, and they were. So early one Sunday, I got up and dialled in to a four-way recording about WordPress, LezWatchTV, and more.
We figured we’d be a segment on the show, but they said they had so much fun, they were devoting a *whole* episode to us!
Whaaaaaat!?
> HAPPY NEW YEAR, QUEERS! We are celebrating 2018 with a special interview episode with Mika and Tracy of LezWatchTV, one of our all-time favorite websites. We had so much fun this episode, so be sure to tune in to to hear us discuss gay statistics, femslash, and our favorite shows!
Can you believe it? You can listen to it right here on Soundcloud, or check them out on Apple’s Podcast app.
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We had a great time and would totally do it again. If you’ve got a podcast, [we’re available](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/) and willing.
Happy New Year, and Happy TwentyGayTeen!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Harold They're Lesbians Podcast, Podcasts
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### [June 2018 Roundup: Farewell Sense8, Hello The Bold Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/june-2018-roundup-farewell-sense8-hello-the-bold-type/)
**Published:** July 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The month is over and a lot happened. Catch up with our June 2018 roundup.
**Content:**
Rabbit Rabbit! It’s time to look back at our June 2018 roundup.
- 39 shows added
- 106 characters added
- 6 characters died
## Finale Farewells
June was incredibly bittersweet for us as we waved adieu to two shows.
### Fostery Infomercials
First, we said goodbye to [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/). While Tracy and I do tend to malign the show for it’s obvious flaws, we poured some drinks and watched the three-episode infomercial for Beaches– Oh, wait, no, we watched the three-night finale of the weird and messy Adams Foster clan.
The show ended with Lena running for office, Brandon marrying a Republican’s daughter, Judicorn nearly failing out of school, and Callie and Mariana deciding to live together in LA to help be closer to Jude… This also sets up a spinoff called *Good Trouble*. The new show is named from Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) who has often urged people to get into ‘good trouble’ to help save democracy. Since Callie’s off to be a lawyer, this is likely to a political show.
We’ll tune in and check if there’s any queer. Probably Stef and Lena will show up, and if we’re lucky, Aaron.
### *Sense8*ional Fan Serice
Oh [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/), I miss you already. Lana Wachowski hit a home-run with the finale of that wonderful show. It was absolutely fan service, and while I do think there was some mythos that could have been left out, they said the ending was “For the Fans” and they absolutely meant it.
I don’t know if there’s anything to say that [I haven’t already](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sense8-finale-beautiful-perfect-satisfying/). I just miss it and I probably will for a while.
## Welcome Back Ladies
At the same time, two shows we like a lot are back. [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) charged out of the gate strong. Kadena is clearly a focal point of the season, as is Kat’s race. The latter was something I’ve talked about with a lot of people, and it’s nice to see it being addressed. I personally was a little worried about the show, knowing the show’s creator left. Thankfully all my fears were unfounded.
June ended with season two of [*GLOW*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glow/) dropping. I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone, but yes, we get a lesbian wrestler. Finally. And she’s a hoot. It’s only 10 episodes, and they’re 30 minutes, so you can blow an afternoon watching the gorgeous ladies of wrestling. I felt like the second season improved greatly on the already fun season one. The pacing of the story was better, and it was a tight season.
## Sliding in More Stats
We’ve slipped in some stats improvements while we’re at it. Percentage calculations are better, but we’ve also added in a new measurement for death. You can now look at how deadly a station or nation is. Which means I can tell you that Telemundo killed off 100% of their queers.
But I can also show you how NBC has the most deaths overall of any TV network.
And finally, after a comment from Harold They’re Lesbians about percentages and a certain show with a 70.95 (that .05 was driving them mad), I rewrote the code that outputs the [show score](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/shows/) averages, high, and low, *and* I re-ran the score calculation on everyone. Guess what?
No one has a score of 0 anymore! Which is really okay. It should be a lot harder to get a 0. Just like getting a 100 should be incredibly difficult, you should be a show that *really* really sucks to get that 0.
Check out the new stats pages:
- [Death by Nations](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/?view=nations)
- [Death by Stations](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/?view=stations)
- [Stations by Tropes](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?view=tropes) (you can view each station, so [A&E by tropes](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?view=tropes&station=ae))
- [Nations by Tropes](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/?view=tropes) (ditto check out [USA by tropes](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/?view=tropes&country=usa))
## Summer Break Continues
It doesn’t really feel like a break if you ask me, but technically it is. *Elementary* is going strong and there are some shows across the pond to look forward too.
Stay tuned.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** GLOW, Monthly Roundup, Sense8, The Bold Type, The Fosters
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 4, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-june-4-2018/)
**Published:** June 4, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Moira and Odette's story on the Handmaid’s Tale is depressing as Hell, but good news -- the Pose pilot is fabulous!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Moira and Odette’s story on the *Handmaid’s Tale* is depressing as Hell, but good news — the *Pose* pilot is fabulous!
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*The Handmaid’s Tale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/) – Season 2 Episode 7 “After” \[Streaming\] Blessed be the fact this season’s halfway over.
This week on *Your Worst Nightmares Played For You in Slow Motion and Low Light*, Moira’s back and we learn via flashbacks that she was paid $250K to be a surrogate before the war.
She tells June all about it — it’s for a nice couple from England, and they’ll use her egg.
Back in Canada, Moira and Luke are learning about the bombing. The woman telling them all the news says she doesn’t know exactly who died. Moira talks to her afterwards and tells her she’s looking for someone else, her fiancé who was rounded up before the war. She leads Moira into a room full of records containing files of unidentified dead.
Moria flashes back to an OB appointment before she sits down to look through the files.
As soon as I saw the cute OB I knew she was the fiancé.
Moira takes the first book off the shelf and goes though page after page of photos of dead people with some information on location, but no name.
Hours later she’s still at it when Luke brings her dinner.
It’s the middle of the night and Moria’s still turning through pages when she has a flashback to her and Odette’s re-meet cute. Six months after giving birth to the baby, Moira is at some kind of outdoor market when she randomly runs into Odette. She asks for her advice on red wine, and Odette doesn’t have much to give because she’s a white wine girl.
Then in the middle of the flashback, the show edits in Moira flipping to Odette’s page where we see Moira weeping while staring at pictures of her dead girlfriend. You cut back and forth between Moira crying and Moira and Odette laughing and smiling at each other in painstaking slow motion.
I’m not going to even make a GIF of this because it’s bullshit.
At the end of the episode, names of the dead are being read out loud, including Odette’s now that she’s been identified. Moria places a photo of her and Odette on a makeshift memorial.
SMH at this show.
2. *Pose* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\] *Pose* is a brand new show from Ryan Murphy about the 1980s New York Ball scene. This show makes television history by featuring the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles, as well as the largest recurring cast of LGBTQ actors ever for a scripted series.
I watched the first episode and loved it! I would highly suggest you give it a watch.
Tonight, get out your sad sponges, everyone! It’s the start of the three-night Fosters finale nightmare! I’m gonna need some cocktails to get through this.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Pose, The Handmaid's Tale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 11, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-june-11-2018/)
**Published:** June 11, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I survived The Fosters Series Finale three-night event, Coco finds out her roommate Kelsey is a lesbian on Dear White People and Vida finishes season one.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**: I survived *The Fosters* Series Finale Three-Night Event; Coco finds out her roommate Kelsey is a lesbian on *Dear White People*; and *Vida* finishes season one.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 20 “Meet the Fosters” \[Live\] For The Fosters Series Finale three-night extravaganza, I tried doing a reaction video, but that didn’t work out. I felt really ridiculous reacting by myself, when it’s usually my wife (who hates being on video) saying all the funny things. Instead I did 3 video interviews with our kid, Josephine, to get the perspective of a person with two moms.
Here is night one.
> Pre-Fosters finale interview with the Kid. -T [pic.twitter.com/4x0C0ri69D](https://t.co/4x0C0ri69D)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 4, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1003781735820267520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I was very impressed we got a 7/8, I thought we’d be a 5 at best.
My favorite part was Stef and Lena vs. their future in-laws Jim and Diane. Jim and Diane are really conservative, which was funny, because Jim was played by Robert Gant who played Ben on Queer As Folk and is super gay in real life. Ben was one of my favorite QAF characters.
In one scene, Diane tells them of their family wedding tradition where they pair up opposite family members of the opposite sex to dance with each other. Is this a thing? Do people really do this? Since Stef and Lena are a lesbian couple, Diane says Jim will dance with each of them.
Snarky Stef is the best Stef.
For your enjoyment, here are all of Stef’s eyerolls from this episode
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2. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 21 “Turks & Caicos” \[Live\] First, the pre-episode Kid interview:
> It's almost time for [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) finale part two and I have another interview with my daughter, Josephine. -T [\#TheFostersFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFostersFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Queerspawn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Queerspawn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5OejG4qnYI](https://t.co/5OejG4qnYI)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1004143530946723841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I thought this one was kind of boring, it was mostly an infomercial for Beaches and gross Callie/Brandon will they/wont they stuff. Yuck!
3. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 22 “Where the Heart Is” \[Live\] Final pre-episode Kid interview:
> Folks, it's the last episode of [\#TheFosters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFosters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ever tonight and my last video interview with The Kid. Look for a fantasy/mystery/mermaid stuff show featuring two moms in the future. -T [\#TheFostersFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFostersFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/DXSmfYvNLg](https://t.co/DXSmfYvNLg)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 7, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1004514260993572866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
In this episode Stef and Lena got to have an adventure. It was the classic: while you’re skinny dipping in the ocean someone takes your robes scenario. They even smiled at each other and got to make out in the water a little bit.
Later they run into Jim and Diane while getting a replacement key.
At least the show gave them some normal, funny couple moments in the very last episode of the entire series.
At the wedding Lena reads a bleak poem on love accompanied by a Stef/Lena flashback montage comprised of 85% arguing and 15% happiness.
It stayed pretty true to their relationship.
The whole thing ended with the entire family leaving their empty house and moving to their various new lives, all in the Los Angeles area.
And there you have it.
The Callie/Mariana spin-off show is called *Good Trouble*, and it premieres in 2019. I don’t have high hopes for it, but I’ll be obligatorily watching the first episode when it comes out.
4. [*Dear White People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/) – Season 2 Episode 4 “Chapter IV” \[Streaming\] Every episode of Dear White People centers around a different character. This episode was about Coco, one of the leaders of the Coalition of Racial Equality student union. Coco is “strictly dickly,” but her roommate Kelsey tells her she’s a lesbian, and Coco thinks she’s coming out to her, when actually she just hasn’t been paying attention.
Kelsey finds out Coco is pregnant and helps her deal with it throughout the episode. I thought this episode was really well done overall. I highly recommend watching the entire series if you haven’t already.
5. [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) – Season 1 Episode 6 “Episode 6” \[Live\] This was the season one finale, and I am not ready for it to be over yet! Six, half-hour episodes is such a short season, and this show is SO GOOD.
Emma seems to have a moment of feeling actual feelings when she shows up at Cruz’s door.
Not only did Emma go to Cruz’s place, she also stayed the night!
Emma is like a feral cat who needs to be socialized into the ways of dating and intimacy, and Cruz is the Emma whisperer who has the kindness and patience to do that. I love them.
Throughout the episode Emma is coming around to the fact that her mom’s bar is the only safe space for the queer folks in the neighborhood, including herself. By the end she and her sister and dreaming up ideas for the bar.
Meanwhile Eddie is still in a bad way and gets beaten up at another bar, winding up in the hospital.
The episode ends with a beautiful and heartbreaking shot of Eddie in a hospital bed with the ghost of Vidalia holding her hand.
I NEED a season two. I need to know what happens to Eddie, Emma and Cruz, and the bar. A show of this quality is rare in general, but a POC-centric one with a high number of three-dimensional queer characters is a treasure. We can’t lose this show! Please, everyone watch and tell your friends to watch, too.
This week, The Bold Type is back, and hopefully I’ll have time to watch the Sense8 finale movie.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Dear White People, The Fosters, Vida
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – June 18, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-june-18-2018/)
**Published:** June 18, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Bold Type season two started and Kadena's relationship faces a hurdle, also Nikki and Erica of the Harold They're Lesbians Podcast finish Person of Interest and it brings up lots of feelings.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *The Bold Type* season two started, and Kadena’s relationship faces a hurdle. Also Nikki and Erica of the *Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast* finish *Person of Interest*, bringing up lots of feelings.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) – Season 2 Episode 1 “Feminist Army” \[Live\] The Bold Type is back, and I am so excited! I knew Adena was upped to a regular character, and I couldn’t wait to see what was next for her and Kat.
Kat is back from multi-week trip traveling the world with Adena, and we learn Adena is coming back to NYC on a three-month visa. Kat is all happy and smitten, and everything looks smooth sailing for Kadena. However, Adena is obviously uncomfortable when Kat is affectionate with her in front of her co-workers, and then she refuses to walk down the red carpet with her at a big Scarlet event.
At this point I’m thinking, “Uh, oh what’s bothering Adena?” I thought maybe she didn’t like PDA, she wasn’t as into Kat as Kat was into her, or she thought Kat was paying more attention to work then her.
At the party the true reason comes to light.
Oh my goodness, I did NOT see that coming!
It was absolutely brilliant. The fact that they didn’t pull out an old “queer relationship trouble” trope, and instead mentioned this issue that is 100% a real concern my friends have actually had, is a level of queer writing authenticity rarely seen on mainstream TV.
Good job, Bold Type! You’ve set a high bar for this season.
Also, spoiler alert, it’s no longer an issue by the end of the episode.
2. [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) – Season 3 Episode 22 “Make it Reign” \[Live\] I haven’t been recapping Supergirl, because there’s been nothing to report on. Alex has been demoted to everyone’s support lesbian and babysitter with no life of her own. However, I had to comment on the “Alex wants a baby” thing because I am so annoyed with it.
Alex just came out a year ago and went through her first big relationship and breakup. The next step is usually a period of sadness, but then she would start dating to make up for all those adult years of being in the closet to herself. I’m not saying she’d be hooking up with random people every night, that would not be in character, but she could get on Tinder and go on a date or two.
Instead, they have her trapped in this baby-wanting plot, and I hate it.
I’d rather Alex be surfing porn at work than an adoption website.
This is not the three-dimensional queer character we all knew and loved at the end of last season — the alien-shooting, brown liquor-drinking lesbian with the cop girlfriend who finally knew and was happy with herself.
**I want that Alex back!** Just because she’s single now it doesn’t mean she needed to lose her life and be faded to a baby-crazed background character.
`Dear Supergirl Writers,`
Hello. I am giving you the benefit of the doubt that your AK drama put a wrench in your lives and caused this season to lose its way. Bad things happen to all of us.
I wanted you to know you have my full permission to make Alex's wanting a baby plot disappear over the hiatus. You can start season four pretending it never happened. Remember how you did that with Kara and James at the end of season one? You can do that again.
Please give Alex a life -- have her date a little like adult people do. And if Maggie were to come back, that would be cool too.
I really have faith in you all that you can make season four better. Have a nice break, get some rest and then get to work writing the show we use to love.
Sincerely,
Tracy
PS. Just get rid of Mon-El and his gross beard.
3. [*Person of Interest*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/) – Season 4 Episode 5 “6,741” \[Streaming\] If you follow us on Twitter, you know we’re huge fans of the *[Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-erica-and-nikki-of-the-harold-theyre-lesbians-podcast/)*, and I have been absolutely loving following along as they watch all of *Person of Interest*, one of my favorite shows of all time.
Well, they made it to the end, and they produced a very special bonus series summary episode. Give it a listen, but only if you’ve already watched the entire series.
https://soundcloud.com/user-647324979/htl-bonus-episode-person-of-interest
There is something about this show and Root and Shaw that is so powerful. There is no other pairing I feel this intensely about on TV. Living through it again with Nikki and Erica has been so great. It was like rewatching it with them and a big group of friends who all get this ship. I loved chatting on Twitter about it with everyone each week. It sounds silly, but I’m sad it’s over (for the second time).
They also did another reaction video! This time for Season 4 Episode 5 “6,741” which is one of my favorite episodes.
https://youtube.com/-WtaT7IfWJs
That’s it for last week. Tonight is the Supergirl finale, and to be honest, I’m not sad to see this season come to an end.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Person of Interest, Supergirl, The Bold Type
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### [Why Doesn't It Feel Like It's Getting Better?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-doesnt-it-feel-like-its-getting-better/)
**Published:** June 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We have more and more queer shows on TV, but it doesn't always feel like that. Why not? Why doesn't it feel like things are getting better?
**Content:**
Let’s talk about numbers, my friends. Because in order to understand if things are getting better, we have to look at the numbers. And while, anecdotally, we wonder why doesn’t it feel like it’s getting better, we can’t *know* if it’s getting better or not without numbers.
One way to factor in if it’s getting better is to see if we’re getting more over all representation on shows or not. When I talked about [the big picture in US network TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-big-picture-us-network-tv/), I pointed out how overall representation was up, and so was the diversity of those things. But for a lot of people, the bottom line is simple. Are we getting more shows, yes or no?
## Yes, We Are Getting More Shows
Let’s be direct here. We *are* getting more shows, internationally. And if you just look at 2000 through 2018, you can see this really was a big jump starting around 2012, which coincided with an uptick of deaths.
Shows On AirShows GainedShows EndedDead Characters**2018**29431449**2017**3571019135**2016**325937745**2015**299956738**2014**253754920**2013**214573624**2012**181372414**2011**171392712**2010**150311811**2009**13320147**2008**12720148**2007**1162199**2006**1079129**2005**10823107**2004**9215714**2003**861094**2002**9411187**2001**10116188**2000**9920140You can see there that the number of shows on the air are going up. People who learn visually, don’t worry, I’ve got your back:
Shows with at least one queer character 2018 2000And for the death:
Shows with at least one queer character 2018 2000 with death stats## Do More Shows Mean More Queers?
There’s a flaw in the numbers that we must address. Those numbers are for all shows (TV shows, miniseries, TV movies, and web series). In addition, they don’t actually mean the show had a queer character in that year. In fact, most don’t. An extreme example is [*Doctor Who*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/). Love the show, but it’s been on forever, and it’s only had queers relatively recently. Also consider [*Law & Order: SVU*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-svu/), which has no regular queer characters, but certainly has had a lot of merry murderers and victims over the years.
In general, more shows having even one queer character means more queers overall. But in order to have actual progress, we need to make sure things are going up properly. So let’s look at it in a different way:
**Percentage of
shows gained****Percentage of
shows ended****2018**10.54%14.97%**2017**28.94%26.07%**2016**28.62%23.69%**2015**31.77%22.41%**2014**29.64%19.37%When you think about losing 26% of shows on air with queer characters, it’s incredibly daunting. But that same year, 28% of the shows on air were new. So really this demonstrates that there’s a lot of turnover, and that is *not* a good sign.
## The Turnover Is The Reason
Remember the original question here. Why *doesn’t* it feel like it’s getting better? Look at the numbers again. We are getting an increase, but most years it feels like it balances out. That is, we lose as many as we gain, with a generally small jump. But … What happens if I look at the numbers as percentage of increase or decrease, and throw in a trend calculation.
Trend line of show losses and gains as percentages from 1961 to 2018The bolder lines are the trend lines. A trend line is a line that shows you the general course of a thing. In this case, looking at the trend for shows gained, we can see it’s trending downward. At the same time, shows lost are trending upwards. They’re going to meet, probably by 2020 at this rate.
Which means if you think that representation **isn’t** getting better, you’re not insane. You’re noticing that we’re actually not getting that many more *shows*. It’s much easier to see if you *only* look at US based TV shows:
Trendline of US show losses and gains as percentages from 1961 to 2018Yikes, indeed. Since 2007, it’s been getting worse.
## What caused the false positive?
So why do the numbers look like it’s getting better? Web series. And Canada. But yes, we’ve crossed over into the not so great world where the loss is becoming more and more apparent.
We’re getting more queers, but we’re getting them on mostly the same shows. This may be indicative of trends in television anyway, wherein there’s a regression in ‘diverse’ TV shows (unless you’re a Shondaland show). But also it reflects how many long running shows exist, and how they too skew the metrics.
*If you want to see the raw numbers, I’ve [compiled them on Google Sheets](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YMKHgKBG25s-sOy0fc-zcVgdveGmEZL2n3m0LabSIp0/edit#gid=0). Feel free to make use of them. Numbers are accurate as of May 20th 2018.*
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** It gets better, Statistics, Trends
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### [Upcoming Web Series Who Need Your Help](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/upcoming-web-series-who-need-your-help/)
**Published:** June 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Not everyone has the deep pockets of network TV. We've found some upcoming web series who need your help to achieve greatness.
**Content:**
Friends, I’m going to talk to you about some upcoming web series who need your help. And I know it can be tiring, constantly having to stan and be super vocal for the shows where we have representation. They’re so few compared to the number of shows out there, we’re always on edge and arguing and fighting. There are roughly 140 out of 500 scripted TV dramas on US television today that have queer characters, but some of those are like *Law & Order SVU* which in my opinion doesn’t really count.
The point being, we’re *always* having to jump up and shout “Watch this show so we can have more!” And here I come, telling you that we’ve got *web series* to worry about too! Oh and they want your money?
Yeah I know. But for real here, I need to explain why this maters.
## Web Series Push Us Forward
I will cheer and celebrate shows like *The Bold Type* which showed women, queer and straight, having a frank talk about going down on women — and then showing it. And I will hoot when *Vida* embraces all aspects of sex and sexuality with a nearly devil may care flagrancy for people and their ‘tudes. But the sad reality is that shows like that, shows that give us more than that soft, sapphic, sisterhood sex scene are so few and far between that I can only name one major network TV show that gave us an out and out scene for women. *Person of Interest* had only one sex scene in the entire series, and they gave it to Root and Shaw, but even then it was the one scene and I still don’t know why they had the random plate stuff.
This means if you want to see places where people are just queer, without any hackney’d explanations or drawn out coming out stories, and just get some stories about people being who we are, you have only one place to go: The internet.
Web Series are where you get a bajillion Shakespeare-but-gayer series, or other literary inspired series (*Carmilla* counts, folks). The quality can vary between legit TV quality and cringe worthy, I will warn you, but what you will get that you *cannot* get anywhere else is the diversity. Want to watch a series about black women who own a TV network, only to run into their ex? Maybe you wanted one about immigration and running away from arranged marriages? Or what if you just wanted to see someone have a totally cringeworthy experience in flirting?
All that is found online.
## But They Can’t Do It Alone
Unlike TV shows on Netflix which get a ‘direct to series’ order and a reasonable budget to tell you to take life one day at a time, and unlike shows on network TV where you get a pilot and a change, these series run on a shoestring. The difference between a profitable series and a passion project is pennies. Which means they *do* need your help in a more direct way than other shows.
## For Your Consideration
- *BIFL: The Series* – The plot may be familiar to you if only because it sounds like a lot of romcom TV series we’ve all seen. Jill is in love with her BFF Chloe, but scared to say anything. Sarah thinks they should just kiss already! Not to mention there are men in love with men, women in love with men, and actual ace characters. After a New Year’s Eve party, someone hooked up, someone *almost* hooked up, and someone broke up. Oh no!
**[Fund them on Seed & Spark](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/bifltheseries?token=55a36781e402b5d6541c310a469d0f522cacbd9d336008d30dc208ff2d39a328#story)**
- *King Ester* – August 29, 2005, changed New Orleans forever. The city has returned, but it’s not what it was, nor will it ever be. Lives and history were lost, and cultures vanished. One of those stories is of Ester, transwoman who is on her way up but now must make a choice: stay or leave in the shadow of Hurricane Katrina. This drama touches on some of the forgotten people impacted by Katrina.
[**Fund them on Seed & Spark**](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/kingester)
- *RECON* – Finally, spies like us! College freshmen are trying to balance life, love, and being spies. So you know, something totally normal. Who doesn’t find their Netflix and Chill constantly interrupted by government conspiracies, I ask you?
[**Fund them on IndieGoGo**](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/recon-a-queer-web-series/x/699596#/)
- *[Sam and Pat Are Depressed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sam-and-pat-are-depressed/)* (Season Two) – I really enjoyed season one, and chatting a bit with Bri (who plays Sam) about web series, computers, and my monumental gaff importing actors to this site. They’re a comedy but they tackle mental illness with exemplary realism. Therapy isn’t bad at all, but why *can’t* we talk about that in public?
[**Fund them on Seed & Spark**](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/samandpat)
- *Sex is a God Thing* – This takes place in my old stomping grounds, Chicago, so immediately I was paying attention. Two women find out they’re sisters when their father falls gravely ill. But they have more in common than just blood. They’re *also* both lesbians, trying to figure out broken relationships with their family and with god.
[**Fund them on Seed & Spark**](https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/sexisagodthing)
- *Twisted City* – The brains behind [*Maggie Hale’s Corner*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/maggie-hales-corner/) takes on Dickens with a genderbent *Oliver Twist*ed story about Olive. Come along as she leaves behind her horrible job in Mudfog for the urban capital of Washington D.C. Once in D.C. Olive makes both friends and enemies, and ends up entangled in crime, manipulation, and mystery.
**[Fund them on IndieGoGo](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/twisted-city-a-charles-dickens-inspired-webseries/x/699596#/)**
I’m sure we’re missing some. Let us know in the comments about your favourite ‘coming soon’ web series that might need that signal boost!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Fundraising, Web Series
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### [Show We Love: Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/show-we-love-vida/)
**Published:** June 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There are over 900 shows to choose from and we think you should pick a show we love: Vida.
**Content:**
There are a lot of shows on TV these days and it can be hard to sort out the good from the bad from they “Why, god, why!?” One of the ways we try to help people find the best shows is via our [Show Scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/scoring-queer-shows/) where good shows get high scores, as they should. When Tracy and I both agree that a show is phenomenal for both quality and content, but also queerness, we mark it as a show we absolutely love. The newest show we love: [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/).
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
Tracy and I both love this show for everything that it is. We waited until the season finale to add it, but from the 3rd episode on, we were discussing the merits of *Vida* every week. In may ways, it was a no-brainer to give it that double heart of love.
## Sisters Returning Home
The original pitch of the show was pretty basic:
> Two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other. Circumstances force them to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and surprising truth about their mother’s identity.
And of course the surprise was their mother was married to another woman (Eddy, played by the amazing [Ser Anzoategui](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-anzoategui/)). But Vida’s second marriage isn’t the only great surprise the sisters face.
At the funeral, Lyn runs into her high school boyfriend, Johnny, who is engaged to a very pregnant Carla. The chemical attraction between Lyn and Johnny escalates, until he has to pick her or his fiancé. Meanwhile, Emma is struggling coming to terms with her own dissonance. That is, Vida kicked her out for being gay, and now Emma learns her mother was a big damn hypocrite.
## Where Is Home?
In the early episodes, it’s clear that Emma wants nothing more than to sell the failing bar (and attached apartments) and go the hell back to Chicago. But the longer she stays in LA, the more she is captured by her childhood home. There’s the bar where the girls grew up, but also Cruz, the girl she loved and lost her home over (not that Cruz knew that).
Cruz wants the bar to stay because she wants to keep her safe space. All the other bars tolerate the queers, but Vida’s was their home.
Lyn doesn’t mind sticking around, especially since it puts her back with Johnny, but she too grows up and realizes the damage she can cause. Her immature and reckless choices could destroy happiness for multiple people. And is Johnny worth that?
There’s also Johnny’s sister, Marisol, an activist who wants her part of LA to be safe for her people again. She sees Emma’s planned selling of the building to be an affront to the locals.
Finally we have Eddy, poor sweet Eddy, is ripped apart by the loss of the woman she loved. Her heart and home. And even with all that pain and agony, she makes room for two girls who have no idea who she is. Because they were Vida’s. Because they should be loved.
## A Story For Us All
I’m not Latinx. I’m a Jewish lesbian from Cleveland. But the story they weave in just six episodes resonates. Watching Lyn struggle and run away from being an adult in the absence of her mother touches all of us. Who hasn’t wanted to be nothing more than the child at a funeral, and not be faced with the reality that you are now stepping up to fill a void left by someone you loved?
Like Emma, who hasn’t felt blindsided by revelations to the family structure? We’ve all been there, finding out after someone’s dead the truth of their lives. Everyone is complicated, and sometimes we hurt people by keeping part of us away from them and trying to protect them.
And my poor darling Eddy exposes the raw grief we all have felt on the loss of someone we love. How everything just hurts all the time, and nothing makes it right, and it’s just gone.
The finale aired on the five year anniversary of my grandmother’s, Taffy’s, death. Not a day has gone by where I’ve not thought of her.
## Watch *Vida* on Starz
The first season is only six, 30-minute, episodes. It’s a blip on the radar. Barely three hours of some of the finest quality television you’ll see. It’s gritty, messy, and absolutely 100% real. It was renewed for a second season, so we’ll get to find out what happens to Eddy, if Lyn’s credit card fraud will come back to haunt her, and if Emma and Cruz can make it work.
Watch this show we love: *Vida*.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Shows We Love, Vida
---
### [Exclusive: Ten Questions With The Outtakes](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-ten-questions-with-the-outtakes/)
**Published:** June 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Women may rise when there's a camera and YouTube. Read our ten questions with the Outtakes, in an exclusive interview with these up and coming creators of queer web series.
**Content:**
School’s out for the summer, but it’s never too late for ten questions with [The Outtakes](https://theouttakesinfo.com/)
I’m a hard sell on web series in general, but I became a fan of The Outtakes after their [*Rome & Juliet* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rome-juliet/)series. This of course lead to me chatting them up on Twitter and the next thing you know, we’re having a quick email interview to ask then ten questions about why for art thou making a *Romeo & Juliet* web series!?
Rachel, Katrina, and Shannie are literary fans, reading everything, writing everything, and loving their cats (which if you knew mine sent the interview email to them with an incomplete first question, you’d find even funnier). Don’t let the fact that they’re young fool you. They pulled off a 50 episode web series, complete with original songs, as their first attempt.
> R&J aired from January 1st through June 21 on YouTube in 2017! It follows the story of Rome and Juliet, both struggling with an age-old family feud and the challenges of growing up, yet still choosing to fight for their love
## The Interview
**Shakespeare has a lot of plays to chose from, tragedy and romance and just fun comedy, which means you have a lot of options to pick from. But it’s also Shakespeare, and that has a lot of weight and notoriety. People know the Bard. So … why tackle that as your *first* go at a series?**
**Shannie:** I was looking through Shakespeare’s plays and trying to find one with a larger female cast, because we didn’t have any male actors we could reach out to. There really wasn’t a play that would work, and I decided if we were going to gender switch a cast Romeo and Juliet would be good one. Everyone knows it, and it translates really well into the high school world. The familiarity worked well for casting in a small town – it was hard enough to get people interested in a webseries as it was, and unfamiliarity would only add to that difficulty.
**Romeo & Juliet is actually one of the most popular plays to have been made into a web series. If you’d known that going in, would you have picked a different play?**
**Katrina:** We knew in the back of our minds that R&J was a popular webseries, but our goal wasn’t to be the best. When we were writing, it was the only play that all three of us had prior experience with (we were only in tenth grade!). We also wanted to give a “new spin on a classic tale,” as cliche as it sounds.
**Who wrote the screenplay and, perhaps more importantly, who wrote the music? (Rosie my dear!)**
**Rachel:** Shannie wrote the plot outline and had the original idea. Once she’d realized it was too big of a project for one person, she enlisted the other two of us! We wrote the screenplay together on a shared Google Doc over the course of eight months.
Shannie and Katrina wrote “Rosie my Dear” on the first day of drafting (it was never edited)! I wrote “Sworn by the Moon,” and the actress for Beth did the accompaniment music and the music for the trailer.
**In most productions of R&J, people focus on two big moments: the marriage and the suicide at the end. You didn’t. What inspired that change?**
**Katrina:** For me at least, the most important part of our “spin” was that Juliet ultimately wouldn’t choose to sacrifice her life for love. We were young and just starting to figure out relationships, and for the first time, we were experiencing the end of those relationships. When plotting Rome & Juliet, we changed the choice Juliet has to make at the end of the play from “sacrifice life or love” to “sacrifice future or love”; if she chose to stay with Rome, her parents wouldn’t have let her go to film school and her dream would end there. I think a lot of the time in romance movies, people are expected to choose love. While this is a romantic end and it makes for a nice story, sometimes (especially when you’re young) you need to let go of someone you love if your relationship is hurting you or others—it was really important to me that we portrayed a character who could make that difficult choice, especially in a queer relationship. There are enough stories about LGBT people who have lost their lives because of who they love. Juliet might not have stayed with her first love forever, but she’ll go on and chase her future and she’ll undoubtedly fall in love again. That’s the story we wanted to tell.
**Shannie:** We also wanted to make it more relatable for high schoolers, focusing on things like college and first love rather than marriage and suicide. We also didn’t want to cover suicide because we decided it was too big of an issue to cover with our limited maturity and experience.
**When I was in high school, we made a mini movie based on Star Trek (yes, I’m that kind of geek – and before you ask, I have it on VHS) — 3 weeks into filming, the student playing the captain was expelled, so our director had to rewrite the script on the fly. In the six months it took you to make the series, were there any outside forces that required surprise changes?**
**Shannie:** We made people sign contracts so they wouldn’t disappear and kept very constant communication to ensure we were working within people’s schedules but not just putting filming off.
**This was your first production *and* something no one you knew had ever done before. Had you done any sort of play or stage work before?**
Rachel: Yes, but we had never been in the position of writer and director before. We did a terrible video project on seed dispersal in 10th grade, but that’s really it! We’d been in shows at the high school but it was a completely different thing.
**How steep was your learning curve? That is, did you ever had those days where you thought it was all a terrible, terrible idea?**
**Katrina:** Every day! We had such limited experience in editing for both the script and the final footage. We learned a lot about filming as well—in fact, Episode 41 demonstrates that perfectly. At this point, you can see a shot we filmed on one of our very first days of filming. Then you can see here a shot we filmed basically right at the end of production; it is crazy to see the difference now.
**[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/the-outtakes-posing.jpg)Did any of your family or teachers help with the production?**
**Shannie:** No. It was not school affiliated, nor were our parents too keen on the project at the beginning. It was completely us.
**A lot of people are thinking about making their own webseries. Do you have any advice for a newbie looking to make their own series?**
**Rachel:** Do it! Just don’t do 50 episodes… 😂 Don’t focus too much on the end result, just focus on completing it.
**Katrina:** Definitely don’t worry too much about making something “professional.” We were really afraid at the beginning that people wouldn’t take us seriously if they found out how old we are—it turns out, this community isn’t all that judgmental. If you’re thinking of writing a webseries, and you do the work, the lit webseries community will welcome you with open arms.
**What’s your most memorable moment in the entire production? Good, bad, silly outtake?**
**Shannie:** The most memorable part of it all was the writing. We’d get together in our houses, at coffee shops, and even on the floor of our school hallway. It was also a really good day when we posted the first episode and people started to see what we’d been working on! It felt like everything had been dragging up to that point and suddenly it was real.
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Rome & Juliet
---
### [Sense8 Finale in LA](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sense8-finale-in-la/)
**Published:** June 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The glory of 20Gayteen continues with the Sense8 finale screener in LA.
**Content:**
Last night my wife and I got tickets (via GLAAD) to a preview screening of the *Sense8* finale in LA. We spiffied up, hopped in the ol’ hybrid, and went up through the wonderfull traffic hell of the 101 and the 5 to get to corner of Sunset and Vine. Cue the giggle fit.
**Mild spoilers follow. No major plot points revealed.**
## Not Press, Just Fans
There was press there, but we’re not (yet) on the GLAAD press list, so we went as fans. Members of the international cluster that make up the *Sense8* fandom. Thanks to LA traffic, we missed most of the red carpet, but the majority of the cast was in attendance and they were more that happy to greet everyone and wave and smile. They’ve probably seen the finale a few times, but they were as excited as we were, and as glamorous as expected.
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/969657580
## What’s Going On
Before the showing, which started a little late, we had people behind the show come out and talk to us about how much the show meant to everyone.
And then they told us all to get our phones out because we were about to see something amazing and we should share it with the world. It was Linda Perry, from *Four Non Blondes*. Singing. You know what song.
> Can you believe this? – M [\#sense8](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sense8?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/e612Zmiiz8](https://t.co/e612Zmiiz8)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1004922975391399937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
She then invited everyone up on stage and the whole damn audience sang that song.
> A whole audience for the [\#sense8finale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sense8finale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and we sang you know what song. – M [\#sense8](https://twitter.com/hashtag/sense8?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4PRYeV89fb](https://t.co/4PRYeV89fb)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [June 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1004967806763319296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## We Love Lana
My wife, who is absolutely not a Sensate, watched the whole thing and liked it. She liked JMS (she’s a *Babylon* 5 fan), and she and I both think that Lana Wachowski is one of the greatest directors in our time. The way Lana can frame a scene, to keep you on your toes, is mind blowing. She absolutely understands how you film for screen, breaking the mould from the static framing you see on most TV shows, and embraces the angles and shadows.
A lot of directors rely heavily on musical cues. They play a riff, or a song, and you know you’re supposed to feel. Or they lean on writing that is meant to be evocative but often comes across as cheesy. Lana doesn’t do that. She cuts back and forth between scenes, using our own encapsulated memories as an example. We don’t (usually) remember a scene, we remember the moments, the snippets of life.
For a series like *Sense8*, where you never quite know where someone is (because the Sensates can be in multiple places at once), she capitalizes on that. Lana leaves you wondering “Was he there or is that in her head?” You can’t help but think about who has to be in what room at what moment, and instead of doing it in a way that confuses you to the point of annoyance, she lets you live in the uncertainty and the moment.
She makes it like life.
## The Audience Loved It
Most people in the audience had not seen the finale. Those of us who had, you could tell because we laughed a second early, or got excited when we knew what was about to happen.
But so did the audience. When Lito screams about carbs or Nomi says she needs a ‘fucking cup of coffee,’ everyone laughed. When Sun and Detective Mun talk, everyone cheered. When Felix showed up, we hooted. We loved the hell out of that show, and we’ll love it again and again.
While the series ends ‘For the Fans’ they meant it. And we did too.
## Will We Get Another *Sense8*?
This question is two-fold.
Will we ever get another episode or season of *Sense8*? Honestly I don’t think so. I’m not sure I want one. I think this finale really does bring me an ending and a final chapter on the series. I feel like it ends and I feel happy for what we got.
For me the bigger question is will we get another show *like* our beloved *Sense8*? I don’t mean will the Wachowski’s make something else (because that answer is yes). I mean will more people embrace this kind of wild storytelling, with innovative expressions of family and world class cinematography? Will we get more shows where everyone is queer? Will we get more risky content? Will we get more quality content?
I hope so. I really hope we see something like *Sense8* again. I want to see this again and again and again. I want this to be the start of a new era where television sheds its skin and embraces it’s future. We see it with shows like *Into the Badlands* and *Vita*, where creators throw out the book and tell us an old story in a new way. We see it when a show like *One Day at a Time* reminds us that it doesn’t matter who you are, or where you’re from, but that we’re all the same in our hearts.
I’m sad that *Sense8* is over.
I’m excited to see the future.
## Go Watch The Finale
Let `#20gayteen` continue and watch the *Sense8* finale.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Sense8
---
### [First Look at "The Bold Type" Season Two: More Bolder, More Better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/first-look-at-the-bold-type-season-two-more-bolder-more-better/)
**Published:** June 12, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're back tonight! Our first look at "The Bold Type" season two is bold, brave, and filled with sex problems. Just like it should be.
**Content:**
Hello again, lovelies. Our ladies of *The Bold Type* are back and they’re as bold as ever. We’ve had a first look at “*The Bold Type*” season two and their first two episodes and we’re happy to say it’s just as amazing as ever.
I know that by now, most of you have seen the first episode on Hulu, but for those who have not, let’s be considerate of spoilers!
## New Writers and Show Runners
The biggest fear I had with season two was finding out there were new show runners and writers. A lot of shows suffered when the show runners changed between seasons one and two. You can definitely see a slight change in tone for *The Bold Type* but so far it’s in a good way. If you consider the season finale, which tackled rape and in-office sexual assault, this change is not only fitting but foretold.
One of the new writers is out writer (and actor) [Michelle Badillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-badillo/). You may know her from such shows we love as *One Day at a Time*. I’d like to think I can see her hand in things, as the subtle changes in character are not only fitting but well written. It’s got a style I like, and dispels my *other* concern that the new, darker, more Millennial direction of Freeform would cause this show to be lost. They’ve still got it.
## Kadena Is Back
Don’t panic here, Kat and Adena are back. Their relationship is not perfect, and some of the concerns we’ve had about Kat are coming to light. When I was at TGIF/F, people commented on how it was annoying and weird that Kat seemed to be so oblivious to her blackness and how that impacted her relationship with the police. Guess what? There’s a reason for it, and they go there. But more to the queerness, there’s clearly a little tension between our social media maven and the proud muslim lesbian.
All is not perfect in paradise, and it’s worse when Kat gets promoted. Work Kat is not the best girlfriend out there, which is understandable, but also very realistic to watch. Of course, Kat drops “my girlfriend” every damn chance she gets and I love her for it. And then there’s another romance problem. I won’t spoil it for you, but the Yoni Egg Magic has not been removed from season two.
## Jacquline, Jane, and Sutton Are Back
A lot of my friends worried because you didn’t get a lot of information for Jacquline in the promos. Don’t worry, she’s back too, and she’s as Jacquline as ever. I still love her hair so much and I’ve been growing mine out because of her. Seriously. She remains as supportive and amazing as always.
Of course Jane and Sutton are back. They’re still making all the hard decisions we’ve come to love and expect. Sutton’s love triangle remains in awkward play, and Jane’s complicated relationship with her friends due to her new job. They still pull each other into the closet (the Fashion Closet) and try to use tech to include their absent Jane. They still find a closet to talk in and help each other out, though. Of course.
## *The Bold Type* is Back
Basically the show is back and it’s not lost it’s touch. It’s walking the balance of goofy fun and serious talk about sex and real world problems. It’s very much a story for now, and worth watching.
Check out *The Bold Type* tonight on Freeform.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
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### [The Fosters Finale: Is This Where We Belonged?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-fosters-finale-is-this-where-we-belonged/)
**Published:** June 3, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's fine to close the door on the Fosters Adams with "The Fosters" finale this week on Freeform.
**Content:**
Tracy and I had a sordid relationship with *The Fosters*, which is to say, we don’t really love it at all. I mean, Tracy actually ranked the show’s passion index using the sponges of sadness. So when I tackled watching *The Fosters* finale, I did so with a drink in my hand and the baseball game score on tap.
## Freeform is Changing
One of the things I noticed at WonderCon, and with all the new shows on Freeform, is that they’re headed in a new direction. They’re stepping further and further away from the motif of ‘family’ and more boldly into an oft-forgotten target audience: 20-somethings. This feeling I had was reinforced by the ABC/Freeform/Disney upfronts, where they stated outright that they were focusing on Millennials.
With that in mind, *The Fosters* is a sort of janky fit. And more so, the planned spin-off of *Good Trouble*, staring Callie and Mariana, made me question the compatibility of the genial world of the Foster Adams family and the gritty noir of things like *Cloak & Dagger*.
At seven minutes in, Mariana busted out with calling someone a “bag of dicks,” I burst out laughing, and realized that they were bridging the gap. Similar to how *Grown-ish* also dips a toe into the adult world while people are still children, *The Fosters* is pushing their kids forward.
## The Fosters isn’t Changing
Some things have changed. Characters have progressed five years, Judicorn is now in college, the moms have a new foster kid (who is adorable), and Callie is a successful graduate. There are of course moments of drama, but for the most part it’s all still family oriented. It’s safe, it’s simple, and it’s alright. The thing is, that’s actually what made *The Fosters* interesting at first. Married lesbians who were simple and normal, even if their kids were absolutely insane. They helped normalize the idea that family is family.
When *The Fosters* started, Freeform was still known as ABC Family, and their tagline was “A New Kind of Family.” Now as Freeform, “A Little Forward,” they’re very much taking that to heart and showing us a path forward.
## A New Kind of Forward
That’s really what *The Fosters* finale is. It’s a finale, a closing of the door, and it’s a new sort of family in a new kind of way. This is the end of the simple shows on Freeform. And it’s a good ending to this part of the journey. Indeed, we belonged here, just a little bit, for five seasons. Now it’s time to let go.
Tomorrow night begins the first of three episodes that closes out *The Fosters* and gives us an opportunity to say goodbye to our (let’s be honest) boring family. Next up? Some *Good Trouble* with my most and least favorite of the kids. I hope they remember it’s not where they came from.
Watch *The Fosters* finale Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 8pm ET/7pm CT on Freeform. It’s good to say goodbye.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Fosters
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 21, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-may-21-2018/)
**Published:** May 21, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alicia and Rosa meet on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Anya "likes" likes Kate Littlejohn on For The People, Nikki and Erica from the Harold They're Lesbians Podcast react to Person of Interest and Arizona gets a weak-ass sendoff on Grey's Anatomy.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**. Alicia and Rosa meet on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*; Anya “likes” likes Kate Littlejohn on *For The People*; Nikki and Erica from the Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast react to *Person of Interest*; and Arizona gets a weak-ass sendoff on *Grey’s Anatomy*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*For the People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/) – Season 1 Episode 9 “Extraordinary Circumstances” \[Live\] This episode opens with Kate Littlejohn and Anya waking up in bed. Yay! I was hoping we’d see Anya again.
> "Now my warning. You're not going to work any time soon."
> Kate Littlejohn and Anya ❤️❤️ [\#ForThePeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForThePeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/dwdewPmRSm](https://t.co/dwdewPmRSm)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/997859821327208454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love your weirdness too, Kate.
The sun is out and Kate is not at her desk. The boys are freaked out over this and coming up with conspiracy theories until Kate walks in.
“Enjoying my morning” is the new “[Brunch](https://fangirlshirts.com/2018/04/27/doccubus-diner/).”
Kate Littlejohn and the boys are working on a case and not getting anywhere. Kate thinks they should have done a sting and Leonard asks if there’s still time to try that. Kate says no, the FBI would have to prep an op and Leonard’s all like, “How do you know this?” Seth says, “Anya taught her all the lingo.” Leonard has no idea who Anya is. Then Seth asks if Kate thinks Anya could help them pull together a sting on the fly, and Kate says, “She’s in the field tonight.”
A lightbulb goes off in Seth’s head and he puts two and queer together.
Seth says to Leonard, “You really didn’t know?” He’s obviously pissy that he didn’t even know who Anya was let alone the two of them were dating.
At the end of the episode, Kate talks to Leonard about it.
Ugh, I wish Kate was more enthusiastic than, “Yeah, I kind of do.”
I’m well aware that the show is gearing up for Kate and Leonard to hook up. They’ve been doing it all season long. Why else would Kate feel any pressure to tell him who she’s dating? I know it’s really important for bisexual characters to be seen dating both men and women, but Kate and Anya have such good chemistry! I have gotten emotionally attached to them, and I don’t want to let go.
The season finale is this week AND the show has been renewed for a season two! Fingers crossed [Caitlin Stasey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caitlin-stasey/) gets upped to a recurring role next year.
2. [*Handmaid’s Tale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Seeds” \[Streaming\] Ugh, this show is gross.
One of the many terrible things that happened on this episode was two Unwomen in The Colonies, Fiona and Kit, got married. What’s so terrible about that? It’s right before Kit dies of being worked to death. Congrats, *Handmaid’s Tale*, you have buried the latest dead lesbian on TV.
Here’s a clip from the “wedding,” I didn’t even want to make this GIF.
Only this show can make a lesbian wedding bleak as Hell.
3. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 24 “All of Me” \[Live\] Arizona Robbins is a groundbreaking character. She was the longest running lesbian main character on a drama series and she had multiple relationships, including her marriage to Callie, the longest running queer character on a drama series. This was her last episode ever on *Grey’s Anatomy*, and she did not get the farewell she deserved.
April, a character I also like, had her last episode, too, and she got a spontaneous proposal and wedding with her dude!
The gayest thing Arizona did this episode was wear a flannel shirt.
There was this moment.
Oh, snap!
Carina is saying what I feel though. I want to love this show for creating Arizona, but they didn’t give her as many scenes and stories as her straight co-workers.
They wrapped Arizona up with a weak, off-screen maybe getting back together with Callie.
> "No one in the history of my life has hurt me like Callie." This is Arizona's sendoff: a maybe offscreen getting back together with the person who hurt her most. I'm all for forgiveness (and even [\#calzona](https://twitter.com/hashtag/calzona?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) being endgame), but this is not the exit Arizona deserved. -T [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/Rvcft9ZaRX](https://t.co/Rvcft9ZaRX)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/997546181000683520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
“Well at least she didn’t die” is not enough for me. Our bar can’t be so low that as long as a lesbian doesn’t die on her last day that equals a happy ending.
They did pay tribute to Callie by playing Sara Ramirez’s version of *The Story* at the end of the episode. That’s nice and all, but Arizona is a historically significant TV character, she deserved more.
Hopefully, Carina, Taryn and Casey will all be back next year, and they will get more stories and screen time. But my hopes are not high.
4. [*Station 19*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/) – Season 1 Episode 10 “Not Your Hero” \[Web\] Maya’s doing her Wednesday night “self care” one-night bang ritual, and guess who she has over the night Andy is crashing on her couch? It’s Andy’s nemesis Charlotte Dearborn, one of the people she went up against for Captain.
Oopsie!
5. *Person of Interest* – Season 4 Episode 11 “If-Then-Else” \[Rewatch\] *Person of Interest* is one of my favorite shows of all time, and just like I nagged Mika into watching *The Good Wife*, I helped push Nikki & Erica of [the Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-erica-and-nikki-of-the-harold-theyre-lesbians-podcast/) (the official favorite podcast of LezWatchTV) into watching PoI.
I’ve been having so much fun following along with their live tweets and recaps. They are currently in my favorite season, season 4, and they hosted a group watch of my very favorite episode, “If-Then-Else,” using Netflix Party. I loved rewatching this episode, chatting with other PoI fans and N&E who were watching it for the first time.
Although I’m a little afraid Nikki and Erica want to break up with all of us after the episode’s traumatizing ending.
The best part is they shot a reaction video! Check it out.
https://youtube.com/9gbbm2C9OBQ
6. [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) – Season 5 Episode 22 “Jake & Amy” \[Live\] First, PRAISE BEEBO for saving this awesome show!
In this season 5 finale episode, everything is going wrong at Jake and Amy’s wedding and Jake puts Rosa and Terry in charge of getting Amy’s veil cleaned. They’re waiting for a carshare at the dry cleaners when Terry asks Rosa if she’s bringing anyone to the wedding. Rosa says no, she’s over dating. Terry thinks she shouldn’t give up.
Even if you close yourself off to dating, Terry thinks the universe will find a way to make it happen.
Just then, their rideshare pulls up.
Hmmm, looks like the universe is saying something.
Later, they realize they lost the veil and have the driver come back so they can see if it’s still in the car. Terry makes sure the driver knows Rosa is single.
https://youtube.com/NsDKREnHZAg
I love this so much. Watching a usually tough, emotionless character show feelings [Is My Kink](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/2018/05/03/episode-40/) (TM, Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast).
The veil is not in the car, but Alicia helps Rosa and Terry find it.
Terry eventually finds it on the ground covered in pee — womp.
Then Alicia and Rosa have this cute look exchange.
I LOVE them.
We are so lucky this show got saved, otherwise this would have been really sad to watch. Hopefully Gina Rodriguez will come back with the show next season.
7. *Vida* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Episode 3” \[Live\] I absolutely love Vida. I think it’s beautifully shot and written and the queer representation is fantastic. In this episode we learn more about Emma’s sexual orientation.
I knew in episode one that she had to be queer when she called her mom a hypocrite after learning she had a wife. Also it was super obvious she had a history with Cruz. I ship it 1000%.
This episode starts with Emma hooking up with a person she found on a dating app. Oh my goodness, I can’t make a GIF because it’s so NSFW, but it’s amazing. I always complain queer sex scenes are not as intense as straight ones on the same show, but Vida is obviously trying to right that wrong. Thank you, writers!
Emma comes home late from her bang hang and Lyn wants to know where she was. Emma tells her by pulling up their profile on the app.
I knew it too, Lyn.
Lyn asks her if she’s going to see them again, and Emma says she doesn’t do that. However, according to the previews, she sees Cruz again next week.
An emotionally unavailable, tough-ass, mean, bossy queer women [Is My Kink](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/2018/05/03/episode-40/) (TM, Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast), and I am so here for this.
Finale season continues this week with *For the People* and *The Good Fight*. Fingers crossed we finally get a follow-up on Maya’s cheating getting caught on tape.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, For the People, Grey's Anatomy, Harold They're Lesbians Podcast, Person of Interest, Station 19, The Handmaid's Tale, Vida
---
### [Sense8 Finale: Beautiful, Perfect, Satisfying](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sense8-finale-beautiful-perfect-satisfying/)
**Published:** June 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We've seen it and we have serious feels about the Sense8 finale.
**Content:**
Next Friday, a week from now, is the [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) finale and I, for one, am sad. But… I’ve seen the finale and I’m much less sad now. Or maybe I’m just sad in a different way. Don’t worry. **No spoilers**.
## It Was Beautiful
*Sense8* is the reason I let myself be talked into a Netflix subscription (I regret nothing) and in a lot of ways was a catalyst for this site gaining momentum. I’ve been a fan of the Wachowskis for a long time. *Bound* is one of my favorite movies, and as a former Chicagoan, I delighted in realizing I knew exactly where they filmed that and how much like my (then) new home they made it sounds. Similarly, I’ve been appreciative of JMS for many years. [*Babylon 5*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/babylon-5/) was a show I got into with my then girlfriend (now wife) and fell in love with Susan Ivanova. Can you blame me?
And who didn’t fall in love with *Sense8*? It brought the cinemagraphic artistry I’d come to expect from the Wachowskis and married that to the world building and science in fiction that JMS knew how to weave in so well. Amidst the stunning visuals was a potent combination of characters and plot, with hat tips to the classics as well as to us on the other side of the screen. The chemical reaction gave us a story unexpected and wonderful.
## It Was Over
But for all of us wondering how long the beauty could last, it was only two seasons.
To be honest, we don’t know exactly why *Sense8* was canceled. We have our theories, like there were issues on set resulting in Capheus being recast. Or maybe it was the money it took to film in such amazing locations. Or maybe it was something else. We just don’t know.
And we were stuck. Because Wolfgang was kidnapped and Nominata got engaged and was Raj going to figure out anything at all, ever!? How the hell was all that going to end!? What was the end? What happened? We raged, we ranted, we made sure all our Clusters knew how we felt. But we knew we were just crying into the void.
Except we *weren’t*.
We got a finale. We got a wrap up movie. And guess what?
## It Is Awesome
Mind. Blown.
We pick up not long after the series ended. Wolfgang is still in peril, the rest of the Cluster is in Paris, Whispers and Jonas are their prisoners, and they’re trying to take down the people who want to kill them and rescue Wolfgang.
If you’re thinking that’s going to be a little messy, you’re right. It’s wildly messy. It’s two and a half hours of twists and turns and mistakes and choices and actions and regret. People come back, people leave, people are heroes, people are villains, and it’s lovely. There’s humour and I certainly laughed a hell of a lot. But I also found myself swearing about as much as they did, cheering when Nomi kicked ass, and gasping.
About an hour in, I realized we had another hour and change to go before it was over, and I was suddenly Bug and just everyone’s stupid fangirl.
![Bug from Sense8 saying "Okay"](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/tumblr_oirepg9U7R1rbe1d9o4_r1_250.gif "Bug from Sense8 saying "Okay" – LezWatch.TV")
## It Has Answers
The finale **will** answer many (if not all) of your burning questions. You will know how many people actually knew about these sensates all along. You’ll see how many people learn (or don’t) and who takes it well (and who doesn’t). While it’s an end, and thus sad because of that, it’s a celebration. The characters take every moment to do so, and you can see the poignance and pathos of every moment.
Much like *Sense8* has always done, it brings you in and makes you feel like you are a member of a neighbouring cluster, visiting your friends, and sharing their lives.
Maybe that’s why the show was always so, so powerful.
The underlying story was family. Not just the one we are born to, but the ones we become reborn in and the ones we choose.
Next Friday, watch the finale. It’s an end worthy of the show.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Sense8
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 28, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-may-28-2018/)
**Published:** May 28, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The For the People season one finale leaves Kate with a choice, Vida continues to be the best new queer show on TV and I binge RED Season four in 2 days.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *For the People* season one finale leaves Kate with a choice; *Vida* continues to be the best new queer show on TV; and I binge *RED* season four in 2 days.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[For the People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/)* – Season 1 Episode 10 “This Is What I Wanted to Say” \[Live\] The *For the People* season one finale starts off with everyone (except Seth, Sandra and Allison) having a good time before work.
Later, Leonard walks into Kate Littlejohn’s office, gives her a box of silver binder clips and tells her he got a job offer to be the Solicitor General in Texas. Kate looks surprised by this, and Leonard asks her what she thinks he should do in her honest opinion.
Kate is obviously troubled by this, and it’s affecting her mornings with Anya.
Uh oh.
I am really trying to check my gay bias here. I LOVE Kate and Anya. I love how they met; their chemistry is real, and they feel like a really good match. However, the Kate / Leonard slow burn has been happening all season long, and I believe this is where the show is going — they are going to put these two together. My gay reflex is to be upset over this. Kate and Anya are so cute; please don’t make Kate pick Leonard.
But what if it was the other way around? What if Leonard was a female coworker who Kate had a Sara Lance and Ava Sharpe-style contentious relationship with while Kate was dating a dude she got along with pretty well. I’d be shipping her and the co-worker, right? They would be the OTP while the person she was dating was temporary.
Towards the end of the episode, Kate and Leonard meet up at their regular noodle house hang, and Kate comes clean about her opinion about Leonard moving to Texas. She has an adorable Kate Littlejohn list of, “Things I know you hate you can expect a lot of in Austin.” My favorite is, “The never-changing reality that it is surrounded by Texas.” According to her careful analysis, she comes to the conclusion that he should not go to Texas.
Then she gives this last reason.
He continues with, “If I had known–” but Kate cuts him off, tells him he made a good choice, gives him a kiss on the cheek, and leaves the restaurant.
Watching Kate cry is like watching [Shaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sameen-shaw/) show emotion. [Susannah Flood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/susannah-flood/) absolutely kills playing this character. Someone give her an Emmy.
The episode ends with Kate quietly crying on Seth’s couch while they watch Rocky IV.
I’m going to make a Kate Littlejohn style list to help form an opinion on who she should choose, because we all know Leonard’s not going to Texas.
- Dating co-workers is not a good idea.
- The co-workers dating trope can get boring quickly.
- Leonard is “boring, predicable, bland, callow, shallow, pretentious, sententious and whiny.” Words Kate used to describe him herself.
- Them both being A-type, super ambitious personalities is going to cause problems.
- Anya is super cute and does not work in the Prosecutors office.
All that being said, it is so important to show bisexual characters dating both men and women. It seems to me there is not a ton of representation of that portion of the bi spectrum on TV. I’m choosing to keep an open mind and be okay with whomever she chooses to be with.
To end this season finale recap, I am going to leave you with a montage of my favorite For the People scenes: Kate being mean to Seth. Enjoy.
> Seth on [@ForThePeopleABC](https://twitter.com/ForThePeopleABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has totally grown on me, but I still love scenes where Kate Littlejohn is being mean to him. [@SusannahFlood](https://twitter.com/SusannahFlood?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) does it so well. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a collection of Kate / Seth scenes 😁 -T [\#ForThePeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForThePeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#KateLittlejohn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/KateLittlejohn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/mjcjP5vxxL](https://t.co/mjcjP5vxxL)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/1000908633713111040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
2. [*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Episode 4” \[Live\] If you are not yet watching this show, please start. It is the BEST new queer show on television.
In this episode Emma is doing some recon on competing bars in the neighborhood when she runs into Cruz and her queer posse. She winds up hanging out, dancing and drinking with them all night.
While she and Cruz are talking, we learn the reason Emma left the neighborhood. Vida sent her away to live with her grandmother in Texas when Emma was 11 after she caught her kissing another girl. Then she sent her away a second time after she read Emma’s journals and poems.
I knew this must have been the reason. Her “unwoke dinosaur” mother dealt with her own gay shame by sending her daughter away after finding out she was queer. This really shows why Emma is so angry and makes me feel compassion for her. I mean, I already love her because emotionally unavailable, tough-ass, mean, bossy queer women Is My Kink (TM, Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast).
Later that night she and Cruz hook up. YES! I was waiting for this moment. But then something wrong happens to Emma, and she falls down.
She runs out the door while Cruz is getting her water.
I think she had a panic attack. My theory is something traumatic happened to her while she was sent away that has led her to her intimacy issues.
I hope we learn more next episode. There are only 2 more episodes left to this season. Who do we need to start lobbying for a second season because I need more of this show.
3. [*RED*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/) – Season 4 \[Streaming\] I am so smitten with *RED* after binging it all recently that I rented season 4 as soon as it came out and watched it in two days. This season was INTENSE, y’all. No spoilers this time, because I want you to support the show and [rent it on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/ondemand/redseason4/267906992). But I will say this, we get to meet Mel’s ex, Victoria, and that makes things interesting.
Here is the trailer, I don’t know how two humans can look this beautiful all the time.
https://youtube.com/wAkXbBFescI
This week: *Queen Sugar* returns! I can’t wait to see what Charley and the family are up to this season.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** For the People, RED, Vida
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### [Netflix's 2018 Summer of Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/netflixs-2018-summer-of-queer/)
**Published:** May 29, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's that time again, we're ready to release the queer for Netflix's 2018 Summer
**Content:**
Another summer, another round of Netflix releases that we’re probably going to sit and watch. That’s right, it’s time to look at Netflix’s 2018 summer releases. Here are some summer shows to help us out until network TV remembers not everyone likes baseball.
## [*13 Reasons Why*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/13-reasons-why/) (May)
Technically this already came out in May, but the ongoing drama is … well. Ongoing. In season two, we pick up with the characters dealing with the aftermath of Hannah’s death. They’re trying to heal and recover, the school goes to trial, and someone is trying to keep the truth hidden. Instead of tapes, there are a series of “ominous polaroids” which uncover a rather horrifying secret.
Honestly this show is hard to watch, and a great many people feel it glorifies suicide. Netflix has been attentive to this criticism, and created [13reasonswhy.info](https://13reasonswhy.info) to help people deal with bullying, assault, and abuse.
## [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) (June 8)
Oh, I already miss this show. This show is actually *why* I got Netflix. The show was canceled after two seasons, but we get a wrap-up movie which pits our cluster against Whispers and forces them to question who and what they are as Senseates. It’s all down to survival, and protecting each other.
All I know is it looks like they’re going to save Wolfgang, and if Nomi and Amanita don’t get married, I will hurt someone.
## *Glow* (June 29)
The Gorgeous Ladies of Wresting return for one more season of suplexes, body slams, and big hair. The 1980s period dramady (and yes, it pains me to say that) is all about a weekly lady wrestling show. And in season two, we’ll get Yoyo, “a Mexican-American dancer/stripper and out-and-proud lesbian” and rumor has it someone has a sexual awakening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwVOmTImfLA
What a feeling!
## Honorable Mentions
- *Luke Cage* may feature everyone’s favorite messed up layer, Jeri Hogarth, who is vaguely attached to the show via Jessica Jones.
- *Degrassi Next Class* has been working on Season 5, but apparently not filming. And no I don’t know what that means either.
- *First Ladies* is a Netflix movie with Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro. Jennifer is the president. Tig is her wife. I know!
- *Dear White People* came out at the beginning of the month (pre summer ‘season’) and had a coming out episode. So go watch that!
What are you looking forward to on Netflix?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** 13 Reasons Why, GLOW, Netflix, Sense8
---
### [May 2018 Roundup: Vida, Upfronts, Stats, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/may-2018-roundup-vida-upfronts-stats-and-brooklyn-nine-nine/)
**Published:** May 31, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The month of May brings us killer ladies, surprise queers, network upfronts, and yes, some death. But are you really surprised?
**Content:**
It’s time to look back on a month and get our May 2018 roundup.
- 14 shows added
- 61 characters added
- 8 characters died
## Murder Lady Sunday
New shows and seasons are starting up on the non-networks shows, like AMC, BBC America, and Starz. I’ll get back to that last one. Thanks to these new shows, we’ve got a new ‘thing’ – `#MurderLadySunday` – and it’s pretty much what you think. We have ladies who kill (which is why we have some more dead characters) but we’re kind of on the side of the killers. Much like we love our crazy Cheryl on *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*, we’ll go to the mat for Tilda (*[Into the Badlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/)*) and Villanelle (*[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)*).
## OMG! #RenewB99 Worked!
Can I pause for the happy stuff? Yes, let’s. *[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)* was unceremoniously canceled by Fox. A day later, it was picked up by NBC, and we all rejoiced.
The same cannot be said of *Lucifer* or pretty much everything else that Fox axed. It was a damn bloodbath. Which brings us to …
## Network Upfronts
For the first time, we were able to (partly) cover the upfronts. This is the time of year when networks drag advertisers out to NYC and try to convince them to buy ads. Weirdly, NBC is offering *less* space than normal, which I can’t understand at all, but there you are. The big takeaways from the upfronts is that with the exception of The CW, no one was really … upfront … about having queer characters.
I find it a bummer that here we are in 2018 and we’re still screaming at the networks for more queer regulars. Speaking of that. There was a story, optioned by Fox, called *The Dime*, about a lesbian detective. It vanished off the radar, and naturally I tweeted about it, trying to find out what happened. Lo and behold, the author of the book it was based on said Fox passed. They’re still shopping it around, though, and we will rally the queers as soon as needed! I’m a sucker for a good detective drama.
## Vida
I saved my new favorite show for last. *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, on Starz, is blowing my mind. The story is about two estranged sisters who come home for their mother’s funeral. Their mother owes a bunch of money on her building, the bar is going under, the books are a mess. Oh and she was married to a younger *woman*.
I’m a million percent team Eddy, but Cruz is my girl. I just adore her, and she’s barely had any scenes yet. If you get Starz, please watch this.
This show is real. Watching the girls go through the trauma of a dead parent, and in ways want to hide and be the kids again, is incredibly poignant. The show runner made the effort to cast queers as queers, too, which deserves all the love in the world. Just … remember it’s on Starz, so there are graphic displays of sex.
## Statistics
We gave the [statistics pages](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/) a scrub down and facelift:
Not only has the layout been tightened and modernized, but the content has been organized better. No more wondering what ‘barcharts’ means when you’re looking at the characters. Now you’ll see a list of the topic of the statistics, and it will load pies and bars and lists for you on one page. Just want to know about how [character sexuality is represented](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/characters/?view=sexuality) on TV? We got you.
## What’s Next?
What are you interested in? We love hearing about how people use the site and what we can do to improve the experience and the education of the world. And anything we can do to help you find yourself on TV, we will do our best.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [Why We're Mad When Shows Are Canceled](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/why-were-mad-when-shows-are-canceled/)
**Published:** June 6, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're angry, we're frustrated, and we don't have anything else to fall back up. That's why we're mad when shows get canceled.
**Content:**
I had a friend, a cis male heterosexual friend, ask me why we’re mad when shows are canceled. “We” meant us queers. After all, he said, as *I* am wont to point out, they’re just TV shows.
Well Chad (not his real name), the problem is that while they are ‘just’ TV shows, there **isn’t** another one to take it’s place.
## Heterosexual Shows are like Hyrda
Let’s say you’re interested in cop shows. And you really liked *Law and Order: Criminal Intent*. When that show was canceled, you were probably annoyed, but you had (at the time) two other shows in the same franchise to fall back on. Ditto *CSI: NY*. Looking for a comedy about some buddies in then mid to late 20s, and how their meddling families are involved in everything? Hmm. That could mean one of a dozen shows on the air today, plus a hundred more on Hulu and Netflix and Amazon Prime.
If you canceled one of those shows, there were replacements. Cut one down, three more are in the wings filming a new, thrilling, medical drama with some maverick young buck as the lead character, and a cold but secretly charismatic woman as his co-star.
Go on, try and figure out what show I just described. Did I mean *ER*? *Code Black*? *The Resident*? Maybe I meant a sitcom like *Scrubs*! Who knows!
We’re mad when shows are canceled because there’s only one.
## Bye The Numbers
I know I *just* posted about how things are getting better on Network TV. And really they are, please don’t get me wrong. But the shows are still incredibly rare.
When we look at shows with any queer rep in the United States for this year alone, we have some shocking numbers:
- [169 shows are on air](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/usa/?fwp_show_format=tv-show&fwp_show_on_air=yes) (out of roughly 300)
- 16 new shows started (out of roughly 50)
- 28 shows were canceled (out of roughly 80)
You don’t have to be a *Boss Baby* (which yes, is a new series on Netflix) to calculate that we’re losing more than we gain.
By the way, last year we lost 41 shows and gained 43 in the US.
## There Are No Backups
Let’s go over some things.
[*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) was canceled. Find me another sci-fi/fantasy show where *everyone* is queer, staring a trans actress, with a lesbian couple. The next best thing is [*Once Upon A Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/), which .. no. Also OUAT is also canceled. Maybe [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/), but everyone’s not queer.
[*Everything Sucks*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/) was canceled. Find me another teen-aged high school show with a coming out story. The next best thing on Netflix is [*13 Reasons Why*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/13-reasons-why/), and that is not at all the same thing. The closest after that is [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/), but that isn’t a story about school.
[*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) was canceled. Find me another cop show with positive biseuxal representation, that tackles race and sexuality and stereotypes in a respectful fashion. Thankfully it was picked up a day later, by NBC, but there’s nothing like it.
Are you starting to see the picture?
When we lose a show, we’re upset because there’s no replacement! We can’t just find another trans-female lesbian hacker. There’s no other AV geek waking up (metaphorically) at a Tori Amos concert. Not a single other show has a bisexual Latinx cop.
## Representation Matters
We’re upset because we want to see *ourselves* on TV. We want to see us, and we can’t. There are probably 200 shows with straight white male leads. How many have black bisexual women?
I’ll get your list started on that one, [*How to Get Away with Murder*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/). Now go find me another, Chad, and you’ll understand why we’re so upset.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Disposable, It gets better, Rants
---
### [Renew Timeless: Tongue in Cheek Time Travel Where Lesbians Live](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/renew-timeless-tongue-in-cheek-time-travel-where-lesbians-live/)
**Published:** May 17, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We really need to poke NBC about this, because Timeless may be the show Middle America needs to embrace the gay.
**Content:**
One of the NBC shows up for renewal but weirdly without any information yet is [*Timeless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/). And I really, really think we need to renew *Timeless*.
## It’s Underrated and Goofy
*Timeless* is one of those weird sleeper shows. I find it tricky to remember to watch (it’s on Sundays and that’s jam packed for me) but every time I do, I remember how much I enjoy it. I have always loved time travel shows. And I adore Goran Višnjić – he’s a masterful villain. But the show is just *goofy*. It embraces the hilarity of it’s medium, with characters pretending to be Langston Hughes working on his next epic: a musical about Alexander Hamilton. It sticks it’s tongue in it’s cheek and has two women claim to be the detectives, Cagney and Lacey.
The show goes for broke with the fact that, yes, it’s time traveling, and yes, Heddy Lamar is amazing, and yes, yes yes, have *fun* with this. How can you not be interested in a show that has fun with the clothes and the eras and the people?
## It Has a Regular Lesbian
And why do I care here? One of the main characters, though not *the* main character, is a lesbian. Denise Christopher is an Indian American Homeland Security Agent, who basically created the whole time travel troupe. She’s married, she has a kid, she’s estranged from her parents, and as we found out in the episode “The Day Regan Was Shot,” she knew about her future.
Seriously go watch the episode. It was good.
They even actually improved her life via time travel.
## We Need to Renew *Timeless*
But here’s the thing. We don’t know if we’re going to get more. And while this isn’t going to be a show we all scream about like *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, it’s exactly the kind of queer positive show we need on TV. The show is simple, it’s made for the masses. It’s smart without being condescending and it’s cute without being trite.
This show is the average, middle of the road, drama that should be able to plod along for five or seven years. It won’t break waves, but every week America gets a perfectly normal queer lady leading a team of heroes.
And that, that is timeless.
**Watch *Timeless*, seasons one and soon two, on Hulu.**
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Renew, Timeless
---
### [You Won't Believe Who Made These Web Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/you-wont-believe-who-made-these-web-series/)
**Published:** May 15, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four of my favorite web series ... made by young people. And you might not believe that once you watch these.
**Content:**
I want to highlight some of my favorite web series made by people who are young.
Younger than me, at least.
Kids get a bad rap for making a lot of ‘bad’ web series, and to be perfectly honest, yes, there’s a lot that’s pretty ‘eeeeeh.’ That said, there’s an equal percentage of work by ‘professional adults’ that is downright horrible, so all that proves is the average is the same.
I’ve picked four of my absolute favorite web series by people who are between 17 and 25. Restricting myself to four was incredibly hard, but it leaves me open to revise this later.
## The Candle Wasters: *[Bright Summer Night](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bright-summer-night/)*
To be quite honest, I enjoy most (if not all) of their series. In their own words, [The Candle Wasters](http://www.thecandlewasters.com) are four young women (and a token dude) from New Zealand, who create fierce, funny, feminist web series. They started doing this in 2014, when the youngest of the group was only 17(!!!), and have gone on to make four more series, which includes my (current) fav, *Bright Summer Night*.
It’s a retelling of *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, and was their first exploration of a non-vlog format. They nailed it, and it’s one of the series that totally changed my mind about the quality of young ‘kids’ and their web series.
The whole series is up on YouTube. It’s 10 episodes, and just about an hour long total.
## Rebecca Shoptaw: [*Middlemarch: The Series*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/middlemarch-the-series/)
This one is a little different. It’s not really ‘by’ kids, though it is by college students. Who are kinda ‘kids’ to me. [Rebecca Shoptaw](https://www.rebeccashoptaw.com/middlemarch-the-series/) wrote, directed, and produced this. She graduates from Yale this year (YALE!!!) and picked this novel because it had “healthier relationships are almost entirely free of the gendered power dynamics that too often shape the relationships in classic novels.”
Her work is amazing, and I expect to see her holding an award on a stage some Sunday evening in LA.
## Parafable: [*Hamlet the Dame*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hamlet-the-dame/)
I *almost* picked their [Sherlock Holmes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-adventures-of-jamie-watson-and-sherlock-holmes/) series, based on the awesomeness of the third season (seriously they did such an amazing job with that!). But this series demonstrated more the skills they’d learned with other series and overall was the winner. Parafable is a conglomerate of three other groups, Nixie Films (England), Remarkable, Singular, Curious Productions (Florida USA), and Quip Modest Productions (New York USA).
I single out this because it’s my favorite retelling of *Hamlet* to date. Really you won’t go wrong with their series. They’re all (or nearly all) LGBTQ+ and, while the skill level varies, the passion does not.
This ends badly, and has a terrible score on this site because pretty much everyone dies. But it’s *Hamlet* for crying out loud. The whole point is he’s a dumbass who runs around getting everyone killed.
## The Outtakes: [*Rome & Juliet*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rome-juliet/)
This is not a secret. I **hate** *Romeo & Juliet*. With a passion. I loathe how many web series I’ve had to watch that are based on that story. So few reach past the obvious, *West Side Story* retelling of loves crossed and how that’s the tragedy. And yes, I’m putting an R&J story on here, and you know what? You need to watch this.
[The Outtakes](https://theouttakesinfo.com/), you see, were in high school when they made this show.
Mind. Blown.
I was hella impressed by these kids, and I’m super excited to see what they do next.
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Do you web series? What are you favorites made by the under 21 set?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Bright Summer Night, Hamlet the Dame, Middlemarch: The Series, Rome & Juliet, Web Series
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 7, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-may-7-2018/)
**Published:** May 7, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** We catch up with Moira in Canada on The Handmaid's Tale, Arizona makes a major decision on Grey's Anatomy and I pay tribute to the first TV love of my life.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**: We catch up with Moira in Canada on *The Handmaid’s Tale*; Arizona makes a major decision on *Grey’s Anatomy*; and I pay tribute to the first TV love of my life.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)* – Season 2 Episode 3 “Baggage” \[Live\] This week on Our Worst Nightmares, we see what Moira’s up to in Canada. She is living with June’s husband and another roommate who doesn’t say much. She is also helping new refugees get acclimated to life in Canada.
She goes out one night to a club and bangs a random woman in the bathroom. After that’s done, she doesn’t want the woman to reciprocate or hang out at all.
She used her sex worker name. I guess Moira is having post-escaping the US intimacy issues.
After she gets home, her roommate makes a joke, and I laugh for the second time ever watching this show.
That was funny, but this show is still bleak as AF.
I swear I’m not a masochist, but I keep watching this show anyway. Let’s see what fresh Hell they bring us next week.
2. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 22 “Fight for Your Mind” \[Live\] First, this isn’t specifically gay, but I was happily surprised by Karev’s mom being THE BIONIC WOMAN!
Lindsay Wagner is my first TV love of my life. I must have been 7/8-ish years old and I was completely in love with the Bionic Woman. Jamie Sommers was my first big crush.
She was strong, had super hearing, and caught bad guys, but she was sensitive too. She is definitely the root of my love for TV ladies.
If it weren’t for The Bionic Woman, I may not be as TV-obsessed as I am today. Thank you, Lindsay Wagner, for all you have done.
Okay, enough of that. Back to Arizona and crew.
Arizona and Carina are still having the same issues they’ve been having for the last bazillion episodes. Will Carina bail? Will Sofia get all of Arizona’s attention while Carina pouts? Rinse repeat.
Sofia stole $1,200 from school, and Arizona broke into Sofia’s diary to discover she stole the money to buy a one-way ticket back to Callie in NYC.
Team We’re Leaving Grey’s (Arizona and April) talk about what she should do about Sofia’s thievery.
They’re setting us up for an Arizona exit to NYC, y’all.
By the end of the episode it looks like Arizona has made a decision. We peek in on Arizona and Carina in Arizona’s kitchen seemingly right after she tells Carina her plan.
> Arizona decides to move to New York with Sofia, but do you think she'll wind up back with Callie? Are Penny and Callie still a thing? Tell me your thoughts, [\#GreysGays](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysGays?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! -T [\#GreysAnatomy](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreysAnatomy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AXVeILqtQJ](https://t.co/AXVeILqtQJ)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [May 5, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/992811823199084544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m bummed Arizona is leaving Seattle and Carina for New York. I really like Carina and her together. Does this mean we’ll keep Carina for season 15? Also, do you think Arizona wind up back with Callie? Are Penny and Callie still a thing? We have two episodes left to find out.
P.S. Did you all catch this little exchange:
I thought that was pretty funny.
There are suddenly so many shows on Sunday night ([*Vida*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/), *[Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)*, *[Brooklyn Nine-Nine](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/)*, [*Sweetbitter*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sweetbitter/), etc.) it’s going to be hard for me to write it all up by Monday. I may be a week behind on all of those.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, The Handmaid's Tale
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – May 14, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-may-14-2018/)
**Published:** May 14, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I'm still spinning my wheels over just what the heck happened on Steven Universe "A Single Pale Rose" and I fall in love with RED the Brazilian web series.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, I’m still spinning my wheels over just what the heck happened on “A Single Pale Rose,” and I fall in love with *RED*, the Brazilian web series.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) – Season 5 Episode 18 “A Single Pale Rose” \[Live\] Ever since the last episode of Steven Universe, I have talking to anyone who will listen about [what the heck actually happened](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/what-the-actual-what-just-happened-on-steven-universe/).
Up until now, we’ve been led to believe Rose shattered Pink Diamond, except during “The Trial” where there was evidence that Rose may not have shattered her. Whenever Steven brought the topic up with Pearl, she got all freaked out and weird. In this episode Steven does it again. Pearl gets weird again but then sends him into her gem to go find her phone.
Journeying into Pearl’s head was trippy enough, but he goes deep into Pearl’s subconscious all the way to the memory of Pink Diamond’s shattering. Steven watches it all go down.
Ok, so Rose proposes a radical plan to Pearl — a plan that will change everything. Also Pearl mentions Rose’s status and her purpose. What is that supposed to mean?
Whatever the plan is, it’ll give Rose and Pearl the freedom to live together on Earth. This is still in line with Rose shattering Pink Diamond — is that the plan?
This scene is so cute, but what does she mean by “I can’t exactly shatter myself.”
O.M.G. ROSE IS PINK DIAMOND and PEARL WAS HER PEARL. That means Steven is half diamond. This can be the reason for Steven’s uncontrollable crying when he found the palanquin back in season 4. Pink invented the whole Rose persona so she could be a regular gem and not a Diamond.
Pink Diamond walks outside and grabs a handful of dirt and a single flower. Pearl takes the flower and Pink crushes the dirt into diamond shards.
This part I’m really stuck on, why did Pink eat the shards?
Before the shattering, Pink gives Pearl one last command — she can never speak of this again. This is why Pearl got so weird whenever Steven asked her about it.
Subconsciousness Pearl then hands Steven the phone, and right before he zaps back to reality, we see the shattering. I slowed it down so we can see what exactly happened.
Okay…Pearl morphs into Rose then pretends to shatter Pink Diamond. Did Pink poof away right before the moment Pearl as Rose would have shattered her for real? After she poofed did the fake shards remain (because gems don’t actually eat) as fake evidence? Pearl as Rose had the pink diamond in her hand after the fake shattering, where is it now? They went to the trouble of faking Pink’s death, but who was there to witness it?
I have so many questions.
This new development allows for a lot of interesting stories. Like, will we get the backstory on Pink Diamond and Pearl’s relationship, and how Pink came up with the Rose persona? What does it mean for Steven to be half diamond?
Also, thanks for the major cliffhanger! We have to wait until Summer for more episodes.
2. [*RED*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Sensações” \[Web\] *RED* is a series I heard a lot about and had on my to-watch list. The actresses who play the two main characters were at ClexaCon, and I was impressed by how great they were with fans. Then Nikki and Erica from the [Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/) talked about how much they loved it so I put it at the top of my list.
I started watching and was hooked instantly.
OMG, the two main characters, played by Luciana Bollina and Ana Paula, Lima have AMAZING chemistry.
I can’t even handle it.
I don’t want to give too much away because I want you all to watch! [The first 3 seasons are all on Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/redwebseries) and now is the perfect time to binge because season 4 is coming out on May 22 for pay or you can watch free, an episode a week starting June 12.
Here is the trailer for season 4. I can’t wait!
https://youtube.com/QJfyI35PwDA
At the time of this post’s publication, I will be on a plane to CA. I am going to be at a business conference all week, so I don’t know how much TV I will be able to watch. However, I will do my best to get it in.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** RED, Steven Universe
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### [Upfronts Prepwork: Brooklyn Nine-Nine Lives, LGBT Shows Need Help, and More!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/upfronts-prepwork-brooklyn-nine-nine-lives-lgbt-shows-need-help-and-more/)
**Published:** May 13, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Next week are the upfront, where we'll get to see what exactly these new shows will be like. I'm excited!
**Content:**
It’s been a wild weekend with cancelations, pick ups, and web series.
For the uninitiated, the concept of network ‘Upfronts’ are just weird. It’s basically a week where the networks announce all the things they’re keeping, cancelling, or picking up. They do this to get advertisers interested in what’s on their networks, and get the monies. Which is a nice trick.
Now upfront are *next* week, which means this week we got to hear all about what was and wasn’t getting picked up, and next week we’ll get to actually see clips, trailers, photos, and more from what did get picked up. Here’s your schedule
- May 14 – Fox, NBC, Univision
- May 15 – ABC
- May 16 – CBS, Turner
- May 17 – The CW
Now, on to what we know and don’t know:
## Rescued, Renewed, and Revived
I hope everyone’s with me going *hell yes* about [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) getting picked up by (of all places) NBC!
![Brooklyn 99: Rosa saying "Dammit this is amazing"](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Brooklyn99Insider-Rosa-Beatriz-Pie-is-amazing.gif "Brooklyn 99: Rosa saying "Dammit this is amazing" – LezWatch.TV")
Apparently NBC studios made the show, sold it to Fox, and hella regretted it. Can you blame them? Weirdly NBC has not made a decision about [*Timeless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/) yet. Insert some weird time-travel joke here. For what it’s worth, *Timeless* has a regular queer lady character, plus it’s incredibly self-aware funny. So, y’know, you should watch that if you like time travel stuff with a sense of humor and Goran Višnjić.
On ABC, they picked up basically everything made by Shondaland (except [*Scandal*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scandal/), which was a planned exit). This means Tracy gets another season of [*For the People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/). Also back will be [*Black-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/), but no word yet on *[Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agents-of-shield/).*
CBS? Well. They’re CBS. We’ll get more [*Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) and [*Star Trek Disco*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/), but their other surprise renewals haven’t been about the queer ladies so they don’t matter so much here. Of course, my wife and I grumbled about how people don’t appreciate [*Elementary*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elementary/), but that’s another story.
## Canceled (for real), or Passed Over
A lot of things got the ax. In fact we’re at 27 US TV shows with queer rep getting canceled. That’s large enough that I’m going to do math and make some charts to figure this out.
Important losses include:
- *[Everything Sucks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/)*
- *[The Expanse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-expanse/)*
- *[The Librarians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-librarians/)*
- *[Lucifer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lucifer/)*
- *[Quantico](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/quantico/)*
- *[Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rise/)*
- *[Valor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/valor/)*
I bet some of those shows were ones you didn’t even know had queer rep. Which is important.
A lot of shows, like the remake of *Cagney & Lacey*, *Chiefs* (which a friend of mine was working on), and more were passed over. This sadly includes my hero, Gloria Calderón Kellett’s *History of Them*.
> It is with a heavy heart that I share this: HISTORY OF THEM will not be on CBS. I love this Latinx family & this inclusive friend-group both on & off screen. We’re looking for another home for it — so keep those fingers crossed & send those good vibes our way!
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [May 12, 2018](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/995310348763779072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
There is still a hope for these passed over shows, but it’s a hard road and we wish them luck.
## The Ongoing Web-Series Sagas
It should be no shock that LGBT work is still out there on the web more than network TV. So I’m going to slip in a nod to a new comedy series, *THESE THEMS*, which looks hella funny to me:
I need to figure out some alert system for all these shows…
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Cancelation, For the People, Renewals, Timeless, Upfronts
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### [Not Cool: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is Canceled](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/not-cool-brooklyn-nine-nine-is-canceled/)
**Published:** May 10, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** All of us are Rosa today as we heard the bad news. This is not okay, everything is garbage.
**Content:**
*Update: Brooklyn Nine-Nine is [courting offers from NBC, TBS, Hulu, and Netflix](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/brooklyn-nine-nine-eyes-new-life-fox-cancellation-1110978). Keep tweeting!*
Per TVLine, [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) is canceled.
> Following a months-long hiatus, the Andy Samberg comedy returned in April to 1.9 million total viewers and a 0.9 demo rating, ticking up from its winter finale to deliver its second-largest audience of the season while marking a 14-1/2 month high in the demo.
>
> Source: [TVLine](http://tvline.com/2018/05/10/brooklyn-nine-nine-cancelled-no-season-6-fox/)
If you just read that and went “Wait a second, the numbers were **UP**??” then you’re in the right place.
The show runners have said that the season finale (Jake and Amy’s wedding) was not meant to be a *series* finale, but fans should feel good in the end.
We are upset. I was just ranting about not being able to capitalize numbers to express my indignation, and now I want to be able to even more!
How dare you, how very dare you cancel *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*!?
Currently all fans of the showThey took away one of very few network sitcoms with positive bisexual rep.
Recommended hashtag: `#renewb99` `#saveb99` `#renewbrooklyn99`
Get going BBNiners. And Stephanie? We love you. You’re perfect.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Rants
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### [What the Actual What Just Happened on Steven Universe?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/what-the-actual-what-just-happened-on-steven-universe/)
**Published:** May 11, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What the actual what just happened on Steven Universe!?
**Content:**
I’m sorry but I have to shout this: What the actual what!?
I blame Tracy and Courtney for hooking me on this show. But [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) is really one of the more brilliantly crafted shows out there. This is not to say it’s perfect, but it’s definitely one of our favourite shows for a reason. It’s *good*.
And with the last two episodes that aired in the beginning of May, all I can say without spoilers is *WHAT THE ACTUAL WHAT!?*
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
Seriously, spoilers ahoy.
## Bury Your Queers and Love
The beginning of the show, we have a dead mom character. [Rose Quartz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-quartz/) gave up her ‘life’ to make Steven, and he now has her gem. As the series continues, we learn that Rose was a part of the rebellion, destroyed their leader (Pink Diamond) who wanted to make Earth a slave planet, and dedicated her life to protecting the humans on Earth. She did this with her friends, which include [Garnet](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/garnet/) (a fusion of two different types of Gems) and [Pearl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pearl/), whom we discover was more than just ‘a friend’ and was in an open relationship with Rose.
Naturally Pearl takes it badly when Rose dies to give birth to a son (Steven) she had with a human (Greg Universe), and while she loves Steven, she hates Greg. I think that’s something we can all understand and empathize with. Over time, Pearl comes to terms with this, and grudgingly befriends Greg, but there remains an underlying sadness to her. She lost the love of her life.
Pearl gave up everything, helped Rose defeat Pink Diamond, thought they’d get to live together forever, and then Rose died and left her behind.
## The Twist
Except, as we found out on May 7th, Rose *didn’t* destroy Pink Diamond.
Rose **was** Pink Diamond.
Pearl was Pink Diamond’s pearl, assumed the form of Rose and pretended to kill Pink Diamond. They faked Pink’s death, allowing Rose to become Rose. Rose’s last order to Pearl was to never speak about it. That order literally meant Pearl was unable to tell anyone, ever, that Pink Diamond was not killed by Rose. Ever.
But wait…
## This Was Planned Since Day One
> New Steven Universe today! I'm so pumped! Reveals for the next layer of Rose's backstory… one of the first things [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@ben\_levin](https://twitter.com/ben_levin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) @Matt\_\_\_Burnett and I wrote way back, even before the show started production. it's been a long road here, please watch!
>
> — ianjq (@ianjq) [May 8, 2018](https://twitter.com/ianjq/status/993641677569982465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The moment I read this, I was shocked. I have massive respect for any show that plans their twist from day one, but extra massive props to this on a kids show. And I am even more impressed about the hints that have been layered in the show, like this recent one:
All along, we should have known Rose wasn’t real, that she was actually Pink Diamond.
## What Does This Mean For the Gems?
Pearl was totally manipulated by Rose. Literally Rose told her they couldn’t be together unless they faked Pink’s death. Yes, Rose wants to make Earth safe for humans, but she also is the one who has the human zoo. She plays on Pearl’s emotions and her tie of being Rose’s Pearl to get this accomplished. Moreover, it changes the dynamic with Garnet! She too was manipulated into joining the cause, being promised a safe place to be her criminal fusion.
And what does it mean that Rose told Garnet “No more questions” in the same way she told Pearl “Let’s never speak of this again.”
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/what-the-actual-what-just-happened-on-steven-universe/no-more-questions-1/)
[![Rose telling Garnet "No more questions"](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/no-more-questions-2-332x187.png "Rose telling Garnet "No more questions" – LezWatch.TV")](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/what-the-actual-what-just-happened-on-steven-universe/no-more-questions-2/)
Does this mean Garnet literally has been unable to ask questions about the war and the Crystal Gems’ goals?
## Where Do We Go From Here?
So far, all we know for the next episodes is that Garnet splits up:Which, again, I can’t really blame. They were all lied to by Rose all the time, and that just hurts.
I guess we’ll have to wait and see what the actual what has happened on *Steven Universe* this summer!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Steven Universe
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### [TGI Femslash Discussions (Part 1)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-discussions-part-1/)
**Published:** February 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The first round of important discussions at TGI Femslash.
**Content:**
I wasn’t going to break this out into separate posts, but the reality is we had so much to talk about.
## One Day At A Time
On the first day, I attended (of course) the *One Day at a Time* panel. Besides dropping nuggets of my experiences watching it filmed, I found my feelings of universalism to be reinforced. So many of us have a Lydia in their family. Many people known how it feels to not ‘appear’ as their ethnicity. There was even someone who used the “Pride & Prejudice” episode (where Penelope goes to the gay bar) as part of her thesis paper.
Beyond that, we talked about how it was problematic that Syd was a ‘girlfriend’ when she used they/them pronouns. Maybe in season three that can be revisited? Maybe even a dramatic “I don’t want to be your girlfriend” where it’s misunderstood. Syd wants to be her ‘them friend’ or ‘companion’ (*Doctor Who* hat tip there).
Having a show we all *liked* and wanted to talk about was great. So many of us thought that it wasn’t a show we would like, and it became the one where people called their mothers after to tell them they were loved. The story of an immigrant family that is so different than many of us felt so true to all of us because it proved how many things were universal.
This is not to say the show is perfect. I hadn’t realized how perilously close the to ‘white savior trope’ the show had fallen when they had Blanquita Elena be the one who so passionately tried to save her BFF Carmen.
I also learned a delightful new word – fremdschämen – which means to be embarrassed for someone else. And that is exactly what so, so many of us felt for Elena.
## Canon vs Fanon
I’m a massive data nerd. I went to ‘canon vs fanon’ thinking I’d get some information about new ‘ships I’d missed, and I wanted to hear about how people balanced the ‘ships they wanted with the ones they got. I didn’t expect to have a critical analysis about those things.
Essentially we all broke down how we really feel about fanon pairings. Starting with the first question, which was if our current ‘ship was canon or fanon, we were then walked down the line of thinking about what that meant. Would we still ship if they broke up? I had picked ThunderGrace, and knowing how I still ship Gail and Holly from *Rookie Blue* (shut up, they got back together), I knew I would. One person was our outlier and did not.
It got progressively more complicated from there. Some people felt they’d *stop* shipping if their ‘ship became canon, probably because we were nearly all burned on writers messing up pairings. I was the only person who said I’d stop shipping if the actors were pro another ship (or otherwise problematic). *cough* *Rizzoli & Isles* *cough*
That said, it was much more of an even split when it came to acknowledging that fandom itself had, at times, killed ‘ships for us. Also most of us *do* ship the straights (as I pointed out “Mulder and Scully” and a few people nodded).
The final question was would we rather have our ‘ships as canon or fanon. It was barely tipped towards canon and that quite surprised me. A number of the fanon side said it was because of that lack of trust, or that the canon ‘ships got super boring (I’m looking at you *The Fosters*).
It was incredibly interesting to see and hear people discuss and argue semantics over their ships, and what led to our decisions concerning them.
## Interracial Fandom
Finally I went to a discussion on Interracial Fandom. I, intentionally, sat on my hands and bit my tongue because I wanted to hear from people this impacted directly. I really wanted to learn and understand and help myself be a better ally, beyond telling people to watch the shows and love the ‘ships that aren’t white.
I feel like I got a master class in that.
While it was intended to be a talk about interracial relationships, and how they could be problematic or predominantly white/PoC, it quickly shifted into incredibly complex topics. For example, what about the differences between interracial and intersectional pairings, as well as intercultural. And how and why is a show like *Black Lightning* so markedly different in how it handles black police officers than, say, *The Flash*.
But also, how responsible is fandom, which was well agreed on to be rather racist, in making things better. Everyone knows why Maggie Sawyer was problematic (a non-PoC actor playing a PoC character), but how much of that is the actor’s fault, and how much is systemic to Hollywood? And while the issue was perpetuated with fan-casting (that is, fans casting their dream actors for roles), was that too a case where people cast predominantly white actors simply because of what the media told them to like? Why did we have to specify ‘Black Hogwarts’ just to get some serious PoC in there?
But what it really came down to was this, and I quote here, “We always look for representation \[…\] I want to see myself.”
And it cut me to the quick when a woman said “I’ve never felt beautiful in fandom \[because I’m black\].”
I really wanted to cry. It’s not a secret to me that fandom is hella racist. But I hadn’t know about things like fans whitewashing Korrasami. For example, apparently it’s a ‘thing’ to draw SuperCorp (Kara and Lena) as Korrasami (Korra and Asami). There are obvious parallels: Kara and Korra are super-human beings with phenomenal power, and both Lena and Asami are the highly educated genius billionaire CEOs with an older relative they adore being problematic and in jail. And both Korra and Kara are fish-out-of-water, in that Korra goes from the tiny tribal village to the big city, and Kara is an alien from Krypton. The stories are *very* similar.
But. So much of Korra’s identity is based on her being an indigenous person, that when you transplant it to Kara it falls the acid test. The simple fact is Kara *passes* as human, and has far fewer outward issues, simply because she is white. If Kara (or Clark) had been black, their experiences would have been so vastly different. A weird white girl is given much more lenience than a black one. The story fails.
And how much of that is due to racial fetishization? Are people finding white women attractive because we’re told to? We just don’t know.
## Heavy Discussions
It was actually a lot of heavy discussions about those things over the day. Enough that I spent much dinner thinking about it and writing down my thoughts. I intentionally went to panels about things I felt like I needed to hear. I don’t regret that, and in fact I was delighted in the quality of the conversations. It wasn’t an hour of us squeeing over shows we liked, but serious dissections and critical analysis of them.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Conventions, TGIFemslash
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### [One Day At A Time Finale Taping](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-finale-taping/)
**Published:** September 18, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Yes, we got to see the finale of the season. Pack kleenex.
**Content:**
If there’s only one episode to make it to for a live taping, it should be a season premiere or a finale. Since I’d made it to three (yikes!) other taping, I thought that the finale was the big one to shoot for. After the serendipity of events that transpired following the taping we didn’t get a seat for, I had two [Audiences Unlimited](https://audiencesunlimited.com) priority tickets and I saved them.
For the finale.
## Here There Be Tissues
About two weeks before the taping, Isabella Gomez tweeted this:
The last time anyone said that to me about the show, they were absolutely right. I put two packs of Kleenex in my bag, took a deep breath, went back for three more, and announced “Let’s do this thing!?”
Spoiler? We used three and a half packs. And we gave away some.
## Good People Made Magic
The week before the taping, Mike Royce, one of the executive producers, reached out to make sure we were coming. When I said we were using the 90% sure Audience’s Unlimited pass, he asked if we wanted VIP tickets. I’m not an idiot. I said yes, but he didn’t have to.
But Mike is really cool and nice and wants to make sure people who want to see the show get to see the show, which is the way it should be. I wanted to thank him so I whipped up a batch of macaroons, packed them with the Kleenex, and we went up to LA one last time for the summer. As we lingered with coffee, watching people walk by, we saw a familiar face in a fan (Kayse) and went to say hi.
Of course we were seated in separate sections. Still it was great to see more LGBTQ fans there. We even got to meet one of her friends after. I love meeting more people who love what I love (though I do need a day after to recuperate).
## You Know The Drill: No Spoilers!
Besides the fact that we cried, I can’t tell you anything. I can’t even show you a photo because looking at it, I worry it *might* give something away. It was a great episode. It was a good season finale. It makes me want season three. I feel so privileged to have seen Marcel and Isabella’s acting improve over the summer. I feel honored to be able to watch Rita Moreno from that close. I cried with joy seeing the representation of women and people of color working on this show.
After the episode, we were allowed to come to the set to thank people. Mike Royce accepted a box of homemade macaroons to share. Norman Lear hugged. Stephen Tobolowsky hugged. Marcel Ruiz high-fived. Isabella Gomez hugged (and is now sporting a pair of LezWatch TV pins). Todd Grinell hugged (especially when he found out I had made the macaroons by hand) and immediately put on a LezWatch TV pin. Gloria Calderón Kellett declared “oh you’re those ladies!”
And yeah, Rita Moreno hugged us too.
We are ded now.
## When Will It Air?
Season two is expected to air in January 2018.
Not even the cast knows the exact date, but that was the month bandied about. I wish I had some secret I knew to obliquely hint at, but I don’t.
## Season Three?
They don’t know if they get a third season yet. Rita said it would be a fucking shame if they didn’t. She also told people to use their fucking flash when taking her picture. Isabella and I lamented at [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)‘s cancellation and chatted about what happens when shows like *[Doubt](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doubt/)* get canceled and end on cliffhangers! Which sucks!
Okay. Now what?
Do you like this show? Do you want to see more queer?
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/queee-eeeeeer.gif)
Then you need to tell Netflix. They listen to social media, so tweet your heart out. Especially when you watch the new season. Tell them how much representation matters. Tell them how much seeing yourself matters. Tell them that even if it’s *not* you, it’s what you’ve wanted to see out there, because it’s *what* you see out there. Tell them it’s our world, and we want to see more of it.
And pack kleenex.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Live Studio Audience, One Day at a Time
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### [Yet Another Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/yet-another-day-time/)
**Published:** September 4, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We got to go to a third taping of One Day at a Time and it was just as much fun as the first two.
**Content:**
Whaaat? The third time?
This is one of the benefits of living in Orange County, California. Sure, it’s right wing as hell and there are a passel of crazies nearby, but it’s also about 75 minutes from Culver City, which is where [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) tapes. And since the cast and crew of the show are some of the most honestly incredibly nice people I’ve ever met, it’s easy to go up and catch a taping. On August 22nd, we did just that.
## We’re Star Adjacent (Again)
Just like last time, we pulled up to the gate and the guard recognized us. She was the same as last time and laughed with us when we joked how they always recognized me and not my wife. This was the second (and last time this season) we had VIP passes. Those are different because you don’t have to wear a wrist band and stick with the crowd. Instead, once you get your passes, you’re free to walk around the whole lot.
We were early so we sat by the commissary and hung out, people watched, and chatted about what we guessed the episodes would be like. Then around 4ish, we wandered over to the set, where we bumped into Todd Grinnell (Schnieder) who had brought a whole lot of his staff from [This Bar Saves Lives](https://www.thisbarsaveslives.com). Did you know that was his project!? Me neither!
When it was time to be let into the seats, we ran into our crew-member friend, who hugged us and we chatted about *Hamilton* a little (we’re all going, just different days). But then we heard “Hey, ladies!” and turned around to see Isabella Gomez ([Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/), yeah, I know you know). She not only remembered us but came over to hug us hello.
## This Is It (Again)
Just like the previous tapings, it started with the MC explaining what our job was (to laugh and react), and then a quick intro of what the show is about. We watched the video, which was clips of season 1, and then ‘what’s important from previous episodes in this season.’ **No spoilers**, as always, but I will say that one of those moments from the second season, and not an episode we’d seen filmed, made me laugh so hard I wheezed.
Then it was time for the episode! They film the scenes mostly in order, and it was a lot of fun watching this episode. The director was different from the other episodes (which is normal) and she had a very different style than anyone else I’ve seen. The episode still felt like the show, but the taping had a different beat. I find it absolutely fascinating to see how the myriad directors do this in a show that ends up being the same show that has the same vibe, but a different rhythm.
## The Stage (Again)
The friend of ours who works on the show invited us down to the stage after, and unlike last time, it was right away. That meant much of the cast was still hanging around. We helped them (and others) get photos with the cast, before chatting with Isabella a little and she is absolutely a sweet darling. Then we got to talk to Mike Royce again, who has become one of the people I quite admire in his unflinching honest and self-reflection. He’s really a good human, and the world needs more of those.
Speaking of good humans, Todd Grinnell introduced himself too us (how humble is it for one of a show’s lead actors to say “Hi, I’m Todd” as if we didn’t know?) and said he was sure he’d seen us before. We told him we’d been to a couple episodes before, and then I told him that the first one we’d seen, it was his moment that made me laugh so hard I hurt my throat. Being able to tell an actor to their face that their comedic timing was hilarious is a gift I was glad to give him.
Another good thing was to be able to tell Marcel Ruiz (Alex) how much we admired his growth as an actor. Also his height, because the boy is tall now! He too came up to say hello, having recognized us as repeat visitors.
## Goodbyes (Again)
Before we left, we said goodbye to Mike and I asked him if he minded a photo with us. Isabella heard this and insisted it happen, taking my phone for the shot. My wife said it should be in the kitchen, and Isabella said “By the toaster!” Which I ended up holding for the photo. Definitely one of the sillier but fun moments for us!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_0229.jpg)My wife Mike Royce and Me + a toasterYes the reflection in the toaster is Isabella.
As we were on the way out, Mike mentioned that he was going back to talk to some women from ClexaCon. I do regret not doubling back to say hello to them, but it was inching on 11pm and I don’t actual have a TARDIS yet. Maybe next time? ClexaCon ladies! If you’re going back to the show, ping me and maybe we can all team up? A big gay collection!
## There Will Be One More Again (We Hope!)
The glory of the VIP passes are not forever. Alas, there were none left for the finale, however [Audiences Unlimited](http://www.tvtickets.com) was so absolutely gracious to us and got us their Priority admission tickets. Those *do not* guarantee admission, and we know it, so fingers crossed that we get to see the finale!
I remain eternally thankful for everyone on *One Day at a Time* for getting us connected to get those tickets. I am super thankful to my employers who not only host this site but give me a reasonable amount of time off to be able to enjoy such things. With only one episode left to go (for us at least) I hope that Netflix sees how awesome and fun and important this show is, and gives them season three.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Live Studio Audience, One Day at a Time, VIP
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### [One Day at a Time Taping: Take Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-taping-take-two/)
**Published:** August 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another day at a time on the set of One Day At A Time.
**Content:**
The *original* plan was to go to the taping on July 5th before my trip to DC and Boston. That didn’t happen. What happened instead was something of a Hollyweird miracle.
## While You’re Here, Enjoy The View
Like most people, we used [Audiences Unlimited](https://audiencesunlimited.com) to get the tickets. [We used them last time and it was great](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-live-taping/). They’re free, but also first-come/first-serve. You book your tickets online, print them up, and come to the lot. You get a number in line and off you go. Except this time, the line was incredibly long. Last time, we were numbered in the 60s. This time we were 100 and 101. I didn’t think much of it until they told everyone from 115 and up that there was no seating for them. Then they told 105 and up… and then they told the rest of us.
*This was no one’s fault*.
It wasn’t because we were a little late (oh LA traffic, why you gotta be like that?), or that the company misjudged anything. *One Day at a Time* was the **only** show left filming that week, so everyone who’d gotten bumped from other shows the week before came over. The priority people are seated first, of course. That meant, however, that there were less than 70 seats available, and we were behind the cutoff.
While that sucked, Audiences Unlimited was incredibly kind and caring. They talked to us all, politely and respectfully, explaining that they just didn’t have the seats. I immediately thanked them and said not to worry, it happens. After all, I’d read the tickets which said that it may occur! Then they gave us ‘passes’ which let us pick another show (anything except *[The Big Bang Theory](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-big-bang-theory/)* or *Fuller House*) to attend.
## Keep On Doing What You Do
On the way to our impromptu date night, I called the number on the card and inquired about the finale, because I’m no fool. Then we went out for that date … and a few amazing things happened over the course of the next 24 hours.
First, a friend we’d made from the set (who said she’d meet us there) helped us get tickets for another night. It was incredibly kind of her, and my wife and I discussed possible appropriate thank you gifts. Then Audiences Unlimited contacted us and got us passes for another night (yes, a second one). I thanked them effusively and asked they please tell their management that the staff from July 5th were wonderful.
Well. Be still my heart! Because one more thing happened.
The show squeezed us onto the guest list. Mike Royce, who is quickly becoming one of my favorite TV people, put me in touch with the people who arrange for ‘special’ guests. The ones who don’t have to go through Audiences Unlimited and wait and hope for a seat. They asked what dates we were interested in, and then there we were. On a list.
## Hold On Tight We’ll Muddle Through
The funny thing is we basically had a month of knowing all this and not being able to tell people. Of course I told Tracy everything, and my cousin (who took my vague tweets as reason to worry about me, thank you CD, I love you too), but besides that, my wife and I kept super mum on the whole thing. I’m not a fan of lying to people about situations, but at the same time, I know that sometimes plans fall apart. Sometimes people change their minds. It just happens.
And as the day crept nearer and nearer and the ‘we’ll be in touch’ didn’t loop back around, I did get worried. I’m like that. I worry. Especially since they announced Mackenzie Phillips (from the original) would be guesting again. But I clutched my ’emergency normal tickets’ in hand and was patient.
Then came the email.
## One Day At A Time
I jumped out of my seat and fangirled.
## So Up On Your Feet (Up On Your Feet)
I took Tuesday off (yes, this was why) and we decided to head up at 2pm (aiming to be there by 4pm). We got there at 3:20 and pulled up the gate. The guard leaned in and looked at me (not my wife, who was driving)
Guard: Are you a VIP?
Me: Uh. Possibly?
Wife: Seriously? How does she know!?
Guard: She has that look.
And we were!
Yes, I need to not gnaw my thumb. They sent us to park, and then the security let us in. Yeah. With our phones an everything. We just … walked in.
We were super early so we wandered, slowly, to Stage 25, bumping into the young gentleman who’d been our contact. He said we could walk around or go to the commissary or the coffee shop and enjoy, but be back by 4:30-4:45. We went and sat in the AC for a bit, me taking notes for this post, and then began our meander over again. This time we ran into a lovely woman we’d met at the Paley Center, who had been instrumental in getting us the passes for the show. Of course there was hugging, and she told us it was a great episode.
Spoiler: They’re *all* great episodes, [Brent](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/theyre-good-dogs-brent).
## Somewhere There’s Music Playing
As with last time, I can’t tell you anything. You’ll get to binge the season in 2018 (probably January) and you’ll enjoy it with everyone then. Also, even though I had my phone, I couldn’t take pictures, not even of the empty sets. This is in part because *someone* recorded a part of the previous episode and leaked it on social media.
I have some pretty strong feelings about people who leak spoilers about a show. In the case of most network shows, the taping airs a few weeks before the airing, so a spoiler isn’t horrible. In the case of a show on Netflix, though, when it’s six months or so between taping and airing, a leak can ruin the show. And that’s just not cool, friends. If you’re told “Don’t take photos or videos” then you don’t take photos or videos.
Now. What I *can* tell you about the episode is that Rita Moreno blows my mind. She had a scene that was just not working. Anyone who acts will tell you that you just have a moment or a day when your brain is not cooperating. Rita had that in a scene and it took longer than usual to get through. When she did, she came up to the audience, took the MC’s mic, and explained sometimes it just doesn’t come. She may have dropped an F bomb (we all already knew Rita has a mouth like my grandmother). The audience clapped and told her we love her. Because we do.
I can also tell you that Justina Machado is brilliant and this was the episode with Mackenzie Phillips in it, so make of that what you will.
> So happy to be back on ODAAT! [\#Netflix](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netflix?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#NormanLear](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NormanLear?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#FunFunFun](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunFunFun?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Mackenzie Phillips (@MackPhillips) [July 27, 2017](https://twitter.com/MackPhillips/status/890377046244827137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Don’t You Worry None
I said the night was magical, and it was. Because *after* the show, Mike Royce came up and chatted to us. We talked about the episode and which one we’d be back for. He said it was good, but they’re all good, and we joked that for us, it’s like which of our favorite ice creams do we love most, but for him it’s like which of his children did he love most. We got to meet his wife, who recognized the name LezWatchTV, and thus began a hilarious conversation about how I was Mika LezWatch, this was my wife Mrs. Mika LezWatch, and the other person who runs the site is Tracy LezWatch.
Then we saw our friend, who asked if we wanted to meet Isabella. Of course we did. But Audiences Unlimited mentioned we had to leave, so we went outside and I texted her to explain why we’d vanished. She didn’t get the text, but the VIP Guest handler went and got her and then …
## We’ll Take It As It Comes
Note: I asked *before* I posted this if we could share the photo. Isabella was fine with it, and so was the exec producers. No spoilers!
But yes. We got to see the set a little and meet Isabella. Who is exactly as darling as you think she is *and* she doesn’t take a bad picture. At all. I’m on the right in the hot-pink shirt, my wife is on the left in the green and the scarf.
We hung out a little, chatting about the show and the episode we’d seen taped before. We also explained what the toaster meant on the website. We also got to talk a little with the crew and I found a fellow Jack Benny fan. And then, under the moon, we walked back to our car, grinning a lot and having had, indeed, a wonderful night!
## One Day At A Time
First of all, [TV Tickets (aka Audiences Unlimited)](https://www.tvtickets.com/) is the real deal. It’s not a scam. They’re also some of the nicest people out there. They have a weird, crazy job and they do it very well. I have nothing but respect for them.
Second, being nice in the universe does pay off, but so does being brave. Who would have thought that [speaking up at the Paley Center](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-night-one-day-time/) would bring us here? Speaking up, making sure that people knew that their work representing others was seen and appreciated, all of that matters. It’s like calling your senators, even though you know they’ll vote the way you want, just to thank them. You’re helping them and inspiring them to do more.
Thank you to everyone on *One Day At A Time*. We know it was probably a little thing for you, but it really was a wonderful thing for us. We appreciate the stories you tell so much, and I can’t wait for everyone to see what a fantastic job you’re doing with season two.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Live Studio Audience, One Day at a Time, VIP
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### [One Day At A Time: Live Taping](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-live-taping/)
**Published:** June 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Where in the West Coast team goes to LA to watch a taping of One Day At A Time, as part of the live studio audience.
**Content:**
One of the weirder parts of living in California is that you can go to live tapings. That’s right, when they tell you “This show is filmed before a live studio audience” what they mean is really people can ‘buy’ free tickets to the show, come to the set, and watch. After thinking about it for a while, my wife and I decided to see what it was like. Naturally we picked a show that had good reprsentation and was something I could write up for the site.
This entire review is *spoiler free*. Even if they’d said I could, I wouldn’t. I know the episode won’t air till January 2018, but I don’t want to ruin it for everyone. Trust me. You’ll enjoy it when it does air.
## This is it!
Have you ever seen the shots for the Sony Entertainment gates? You know this one:
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sony-hack-update.jpg)
That’s what you drive through to get to the show. They check your IDs and your tickets, check your name against a no-fly list, and then send you in to the parking lot. At this point, you have to leave your phones in your car, unless you have a visitor pass. I didn’t (dear Gloria and Mike – can I have one next time?) so I actually have no more photos to share with you. The one above isn’t mine. I’d dropped my phone in my rush to dig the tickets out of my purse.
Once you park, you go down to the ground floor and check in again. This time you exchange your tickets for a number stub (56 and 57), go through a metal detector, go through *another* security check, and then finally you go stand in a line just inside the studio. They tell you to get there an hour before filming, and I recommend 90 minutes. It makes for a long night, but if you want good seats, it’s worth it. Remember I mentioned visitor passes? They get the *best* seats. You don’t.
## This is life, the one you get
The taping started at 5:30 PM and at about 4:30 we were led to the set. There was a final bathroom pitstop. Once the show starts taping, you don’t get to leave, and the show often goes until 9:30pm. After that, we went to Stage 25, got one last reminder to behave, and in we went. We lucked out and got great seats in the second row, looking at the kitchen/dining area.
Because the show is a multi-cam setup, they have the sets arranged in a row. On the far right and left are the least used sets, or the ones they won’t use regularly, and as you move inwards, you get the more regular sets like the living room and the doctor’s office. On that day, the far right and left were special sets for this episode only. I sat next to a couple people with Visitor Passes, and frankly they were not great people. The woman directly next to me complained the whole time and actually left half-way through. She was replaced by a nice young woman from Anaheim who was there for her film class. We chatted some between takes.
## So go and have a ball
After we all sat down, there was music playing from a DJ in the back, and we were grooving to some cute ’80s songs. The MC came out to explain how the show worked, what we were expected to do, and to give us some feedback and answer questions. The gist of it is that you’re the laugh track. Those ‘awww’ and ‘Ooooooh’ and even ‘hissss’ moments you hear on the show? That’s us. So if you know me and hear my rather distinctive laugh on episode two, yes, that is me. Sorry sound people.
To warm us up, the MC told jokes, got some people to show stupid human tricks, and so on. It was certainly a strange experience, and I absolutely did not volunteer to be publicly embarrassed. Finally they showed us a quick 6 minute clip of the show to catch us up on plot points we needed to know for the episode to make sense. I can’t give you spoilers, so I won’t tell you what was deemed important for that night, but I *can* tell you the credit sequence they showed had some new shots in it.
## Straight ahead and rest assured
At 5:22 (I had my watch on) Norman Lear came out to say hello and talk to us about the importance of the show. Given that Netflix had *just* canceled *The Get Down* and *Sense8* (still mad about that), him talking about how important a show with Latin representation was a big deal. I realized that the more of us who come to the tapings, the better it is for the show. This is a way Netflix has to gauge popularity.
Next the cast came out and we all cheered. By which I mean we may have all lost our minds cheering. The MC pointed out everyone, from writers to camera people to directors. He made some pretty bad dad-jokes about one of the camera men, and during one break he did a whole running monologue of what the camera man was thinking. They could totally hear him, and started making fun back.
## You can’t be sure at all
The filming experience was interesting. Unlike the other TV shows I’ve seen filmed, they did the whole thing in order, front to back. This makes sense since some of the jokes were *even funnier* because of the setup. I’ll explain about that in a second. First of all, every scene is filmed at least twice, straight through. Now I say that, but in reality if an actor flubs a line, they may actually reset themselves and fix it, trusting the editing process. Sometimes the gaff is too big and they have to go back a few lines to reset. This mostly happened with scenes that involved a lot of physical motion.
> Blown away by this artwork of our beautiful cast done by my friend, the awesome cartoonist, [@dmeconis](https://twitter.com/dmeconis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Thank you, Dylan!! [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/EonpsFY3ys](https://t.co/EonpsFY3ys)
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [June 6, 2017](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/872129610233729024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Depending on the reaction of the audience to the show, some lines were totally re-written. Others were changed by pacing and enunciation. Quickly we learned if Rita didn’t like how she did a line, she’d ask for a reset. Most of the other actors only did if they forgot a line, which rarely happened.
## So while you’re here, enjoy the view
In between scenes and takes, we were free to chat and the MC kept us engaged by asking people to do stupid-human-tricks. At one point. “Woomp! (There it is!)” played, and we saw Rita and Marcel (Alex) dancing to it on set. At some point there was a crazy mashup of “Single Ladies” with the Andy Griffith theme “The Fishin’ Hole” and we all laughed and sang along (or whistled) because really, why not?
An R&B singer, who was studying film, sang for us, and Isabella (Elena) danced along. She even grabbed her phone and set it to flashlight so she could wave it like a lighter. The singer didn’t notice at first until we all pointed and then he too delighted. A young man salsa danced for us, and Rita cheered him on. Of course.
## Keep on doing what you do
There was one very long scene which took a long time to get through. They had to do multiple takes because a line didn’t work, or a joke wasn’t right, or allergies (poor Justina had bad allergies that day), and then it happened. Everyone, cast and crew, got the giggles. It started with a couple normal bloopers, like a flubbed line, but then it transcended into one of those things where everyone just had to laugh. Something fell in the background, someone made a face at themselves, and it took a little while to get everything under control.
Once they did, however, the scene was amazing. It reminds me that while I often think of Rita Moreno as a comedian, I do her a disservice. She makes you feel what she wants you to feel, and it’s clear she is the mentor of the cast in how she acts and how she recovers from her own blooper. Like calling Elena “Ellen” which resulted in them doing a ‘bit’ where Elena introduced herself.
## So hold on tight, we’ll muddle through
Once they got that scene finished, we got to eat. Oh yes, they fed us! It was vegetarian sandwiches for us, and they were pretty mediocre since they’d been sitting and waiting for an hour (so they got soggy) but it was very welcome to have a break and nosh. Some of the cast came up to say hi. Isabella’s friends all congregated where she was. Rita thanked the DJ for playing one of her songs.
After ‘dinner’ there were two more scenes, both very short compared to the mammoth we’d just seen. Again, they reshot a few times to get blocking and pacing right. And to take a joke from good to me laughing so hard I honk-laughed. I know, it was embarrassing, but the joke hit me in the funnies perfectly. We also got another repeat of Dre, our R&B singer, singing a ‘dramatic reading’ of a book another audience member had written. The book was called “Hidden in Egypt” and I don’t know anything about the plot, because somehow we all ended up singing “Hiiiiden! In Egyyyyyypt!” and it became a thing. We were singing it as we left the set!
## One day at a time, one day at a time
Then it was all over. It was a wrap and we cheered and the cast came out for curtain call and we cheered even more. We hooted and hollered, and it was, sadly, time to go. But then… My wife turned to me and pointed out Mike Royce was right over there. We’d had an opportunity to chat at [Paley Center](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-night-one-day-time/), and I wondered if he’d remember me, but I did want to tell him we’d made it and enjoyed the show. So I stepped to the railing and called his name. He looked around, confused, and then spotted me. I asked if he remembered me from Paley Center and his face lit up! He did!
We had a very brief chat where I told him we’d had a great time, and would try to come again. The episode was amazing (seriously – second episode of season 2 is great!) and I was going to write it up. “No spoilers!” I thanked him again and made sure not to take too much of his time, as it was getting late and I didn’t want to be the creepy fan.
## It’s a Wrap
What can I say but how fun it was? It was great to see the magic happen, and while I now know the whole plot, I’m sure I’ll laugh at it again when I see if for real. If you come out to LA, you should see if you can catch a live taping of a show. It doesn’t spoil a thing for you, and you’ll come out of it with a deeper admiration for people who put on a new 30 minute play every week, with only 5 days to do it all.
That’s right! They get *five days* to go from table read to filming. That’s crazy. They memorize and then forget everything. And they do it amazingly well.
Hopefully I’ll get to go a couple more times.
**Categories:** LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Filming, Live Studio Audience, One Day at a Time
---
### [Ali Liebert is Everything Right in the World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/)
**Published:** February 20, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After listening to Ali Liebert interviewed on Dana Piccoli's new podcast, I am convinced Ali Liebert is the future of positive change for LGBT characters on TV.
**Content:**
If you read my write up of [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/), you know I am a huge Ali Liebert fan. When she [came out a couple years ago](http://instagram.com/p/zGfxtCtfxT/), I was pretty excited. It’s the best when queer actors play queer characters.
Recently a tweet came up in my feed saying Ali Liebert was on episode one of Dana Piccoli’s new podcast [*Still Processing*](http://blog.bellabooks.com/2017/02/still-processing-podcast-episode-one-ali-liebert.html). Of course, I had to listen.
After finishing that podcast, I was convinced Ali Liebert is the future of positive change for LGBT characters on TV.
## She is the out actress of our dreams
Around 10 minutes in, Ali talks about coming out and how playing Betty on Bomb Girls, specifically, made her realize who she was:
> I had been gay-for-pay for many years playing many many queer roles and I just never really got it. I was like, wow, I really connect to these characters in such a deep way. And then Bomb Girls really was the final thing. It was like myself delivered to myself in a very gentle way. And after I had finished that show and had a moment to breathe I was like, oh my God, this is a real thing. And it was as scary as probably a lot of people feel when they’re realizing that they are. And also I was, you know, 30-something. It had been years coming and when I did decide to come out on Instagram, it was a very…it was something I really wanted to do and it felt really natural. Because I think that there is a responsibility when you are somewhat of a public person to not be ashamed. And, obviously, people can do whatever they want, but I think the more and more people who are out there being really proud to be gay and proud to be queer…I think it’s a really positive thing for youth and young people who may be struggling. And it’s not just about me and how it’s going to affect my career as an actress. Like, I don’t really give a shit. It was affecting me as a person, and it is who I am. So I felt really happy to do that and it’s just been getting better ever since.
As a lesbian fan, I long for out actors who are unapologetically, proudly, “I don’t really give a shit” out. I don’t want them to avoid or downplay their orientation for fear of “typecasting” or being labeled a “gay actor.” I agree with Ali that people can do whatever they want, and whatever they feel comfortable with, but backing away from queerness says there’s something wrong with being queer. Her being her boldly out self is a positive thing for youth and adults alike.
Also, how awesome is it that her character, Betty, helped her come out? Betty helped her in the same way she did for countless others. This makes my fan heart explode.
> I told \[the producers\] literally, if they hadn’t cast me, I don’t know where I’d be. Just sadly dating dudes wondering what the fuck is wrong with me. Why is nothing working?
**Thank goodness for Bomb Girls.** 🙂
## She is challenging the default orientation
Ali said this during the interview when asked about her favorite types of characters to play, and I think it is groundbreaking:
> I’m, literally, trying to play as many queer characters as possible. Like, if the writers haven’t written me in some lame boyfriend, I’m like, she’s gay though, right?…On every show I’m on, if it’s not already written in, I have a conversation with the creatives and I’m like she’s definitely gay, right?
Ali Liebert with Zoie Palmer on Lost GirlUnless explicitly determined otherwise, the default orientation for all characters is straight. Her wanting to change the default for her characters to queer is a game changer. Not only is she embracing playing gay, something actors of all orientations have shunned in the past, she is trying to make the default more of a reflection of real life. I really hope these conversations she has with show creators open their minds and enlighten them to the state of heterocentricity on TV.
## Ali is fighting for the equal representation we deserve
The attitudes Ali expressed in her interview are what we need to create positive change with LGBT representation on TV. She understands the importance of having queer stories and characters on TV and she’s running towards it.
It always bums me out when I hear a well-meaning actor talk about a queer character they are playing with, “It’s not just a gay story, everyone can relate to it.” What is wrong with it being a “gay story?” The queer experience is different from a straight one, saying it’s not is just untrue. I don’t believe people need to personally relate to a story to enjoy it. I don’t relate to 98% of the stories I see on TV, and I still love watching. If I can see an experience from someone else’s perspective, that’s a bonus, right?
I love that we have a queer actor who understands this and accepts the responsibility to get our stories out there.
A hearthrob (as Dana calls her and I agree), gay-for-pay actor turned gay for real being a game changer for LGBT representation on screen – I really couldn’t ask for more.
### I love you, Ali Liebert. You are the best!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Bomb Girls, Coming Out, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [Catherine Russell Loves Her Berena Fans](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/catherine-russell-loves-berena-fans/)
**Published:** March 10, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Adults in love and an actor who loves her fans. It's really most of what we want.
**Content:**
I hear most of you saying “Who the hell is that?”
If you’re not from the UK, the odds are you’ve never heard of [*Holby City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/holby-city/). That means you’ve probably never heard of Berena: [Bernie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bernie-wolfe/) and [Serena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena-campbell/). They’re a pair of ladies of a certain age, both doctors, both divorced with kids, who meet, fall in love, and (since they’re on a night time soap), shit happens.
## Adults in Love
For people who watch [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/), if you can make it through the toxic heterosexual bullshit of season two (seriously, why did they have Kara dump James for Mon-El?), then you’ve seen an adult in her twenties realize that, holy shit, she’s gay. It’s incredibly rare to see those things happen without some horrible external drama. I could probably count them on my hands, and two of ’em happened on [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/).
The point is that we really don’t get to see grown ups falling in love. One of my favorite parts of [*Battlestar Galactica*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/battlestar-galactica/) was the love story between President Roslin and Admiral Adama. Old people in love. There’s a melancholy sweetness that happens when people who are ‘past their prime’ fall in love. They lack the panicked rush we see with teenagers, that if they don’t do it now it’ll never happen. And yet this is so much more the case as we age. We know we’ll have fewer and fewer chances to do what we dream.
The Berena story also includes a hilarious seen where their coworkers held up signs, imploring Serena to tell Bernie what she feels and to kiss her.
## Catherine Loves Her Fans
Much like Chyler Leigh, Catherine Russell actually gets it. She understands the importance of her role beyond just being on a TV show. She understands that she is representing a people who generally speaking don’t get much. And when we do? Well. It’s not all great.
> But then if you don’t have representation – which as a lesbian, you don’t – then to be on primetime television and to see yourself is an occasion to hang out the bunting, light a sparkler, and shout “Hurrah, at last!
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcKE1OBy1E
When she talked to [What’s on TV last year](http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/news/holby-catherine-russell-on-kiss-serena-didnt-see-it-coming-402579/), Catherine was hopeful that the representation would be done right:
> … from the perspective of a lesbian viewer, there’s so little out there on regular TV that they can look at and go: ‘That represents me, there I am’, that I feel a great responsibility to get this right and I hope we are getting it right.
>
> And I think for those people it will be really quite significant.
>
> Over the years, gay men have had role models on TV shows, including Holby, but there are very, very few gay women. So I think and hope there will be a good deal of support.
>
> At the end of the day, love is love.
It is. And at Holby, we get to see it.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Holby City, Hope, UK
---
### [Rejoice! 'One Day At a Time' Renewed!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rejoice-one-day-time-renewed/)
**Published:** March 4, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Here to cheer up your weekend is life. This is life and we're gonna make it after all.
**Content:**
Excuse me while I squee like the fangirl I am but [*One Day At a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-time/) is renewed!
[Deadline reports](http://deadline.com/2017/03/one-day-at-a-time-renewed-season-2-netflix-1202036664/) that the five leads are returning as well. Also the show got some of the best reviews for a multi-camera comedy in a while. [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix/) doesn’t shell out ratings, but it must be doing okay. I’ve watched the whole series twice.
> The Alvarez's are coming baaaack!!! 🎉❤ [\#OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OneDayAtATime?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Season2](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Season2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Netflix](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Netflix?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XuagQou252](https://t.co/XuagQou252)
>
> — Isabella Gomez (@Isabella\_Gomez) [March 5, 2017](https://twitter.com/Isabella_Gomez/status/838187040315322368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Watch the video and sing along!
Since it seems to be filmed in front of a live studio audience, I clearly have to try and go to a showing with a sign that says LezWatch TV loves ODAaT.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Netflix, One Day at a Time, Renewals
---
### [The Bewhildering World of Yuri Anime](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/bewhildering-world-yuri-anime/)
**Published:** April 22, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The landscape of anime has changed for the better in the last few decades.
**Content:**
We cover cartoons here, and one of my oldest loves has always been manga and anime. When we got down to adding all the known queer animated females, I popped some corn and caught up on my old favorites like *Yu Yu Hakusho* and new loves like *[Hourou Musuko](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hourou-musuko/)*.
I knew, or had seen some of, the more classic weird anime. I was familiar with the traditional works where transgender characters were played up for laughs and where lesbians were super slutty or into twincest. The Big Bad Queers trope is well in play early on.
What I had somehow forgotten was that there’s a hunk of stories that read like they’re right out of fanfic.
Take, for example, *[Sakura Trick](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sakura-trick/)*. Two girls are bffs in middle school, but find themselves separated in high school. As they grow jealous over each other making new friends, they decide that they should do something together that they don’t do with any other girls. They should kiss! Or *[Sweet Blue Flowers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sweet-blue-flowers/)*, which is about childhood friends who reconnect in high school. Ones gay, the other isn’t. Or is she?
To be honest, a lot of early anime is homophobic and horrible. It’s outright transphobic in many ways and unpleasant to watch. But then .. then you have the weird gems like *[Revolutionary Girl Utena](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/revolutionary-girl-utena/)*, which makes no sense at all and are wonderful. Or the original Sailor Moon series, which is a heck of a lot gayer.
The weird world of anime has grown, just as live action television has developed. We’ve moved from being the evil weirdos to being totally normal. And isn’t that, after all, what we should have been all along?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Anime, Coming Out, Hope
---
### [Twenty Years of Toasters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/twenty-years-toasters/)
**Published:** April 28, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The world changed twenty years ago when Ellen came out to everyone.
**Content:**
If you’ve wondered why the logo of this site is a toaster, it’s from a scene in the infamous coming out episode of [*Ellen*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/), aka “The Puppy Episode.” The episode aired on Wednesday, April 30th, 1997.
In the episode, Ellen goes out to dinner with her old friend Richard, a reporter who is in town to cover a story. His producer, Susan, joins them for dessert and she and Ellen hit it off. Ellen goes back to Richard’s hotel room. He comes on to her and, uncomfortable, Ellen leaves. She runs into Susan in the hall and returns with her to her room. They continue to enjoy each other’s company until Susan tells Ellen that she’s gay and that she thought Ellen might be too. Ellen denies it and suggests that Susan is trying to “recruit” her. Susan sarcastically says that she’ll have to call “national headquarters” and let them know Ellen got away. (“Damn, just one more and I would have gotten that toaster oven.”) An agitated Ellen leaves Susan’s room and returns to Richard’s room, determined to have sex with him to prove to herself she is not gay.
The next day, Ellen tells her friends at the bookstore that she and Richard had amazing sex. She tells her therapist the truth, that she could not have sex with Richard. Ellen laments that she just wants someone that she clicks with. Her therapist asks if she has ever clicked with anyone and Ellen replies, “Susan.”
During the closing credits, Susan leads Ellen over to Melissa Etheridge, who confirms that Ellen is gay and, after completing the necessary paperwork, awards Susan a toaster oven.
Of course, Susan has a girlfriend, and it ends terribly for poor baby lesbian Ellen, but she’s gay and the world changed for all of us. Suddenly, there was a lesbian on television, and while the show was canceled for being “too gay” back in the late 1990s, it certainly did make a marked change in the number of lesbians we saw on TV.
Thank you, Ellen, for changing the world.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Ellen, Historical
---
### [Wynonna Earp Season Two Looks WayHaught](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/wynonna-earp-s2-wayhaught/)
**Published:** May 19, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Waverly's got serious game in season two!
**Content:**
In two weeks, [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) season two drop but for now we have the new trailer which looks like another season of demons, witty sarcasm, and … WayHaught:
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/wayhaught.gif)
You can watch [the whole trailer on IGN](http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/05/19/wynonna-earp-exclusive-season-2-trailer). Or [watch the video below](https://lezpress.objects.cdn.dream.io/lwtv/Wynonna-Earp-Season-2-Official-Trailer.mp4):
Don’t mind me, I’m just bouncing up and down and grinning like mad.
I love this silly little irreverent show. It’s cheeky and campy and a whole mess of demon killing fun.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Trailers, Video, Wynonna Earp
---
### [Keep Helping Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/keep-helping-wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** June 27, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tell your stories and make sure we get another season of Wynonna Earp!
**Content:**
So if you’re not dead after the last two episodes of [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) …
… and frankly, I understand if you are – the cheerleading scene was Emily Andras at her best – let’s have a serious talk.
## Wynonna Earp Is In Trouble
This is not the kind of show we get to keep for a long time.
I know, I said something bad, but it’s true. This is a show written by women, staring women, about women, with a healthy dose of snark at the patriarchal bullshit world we live in. It’s also on a third tier cable network that generally gets mocked for it’s name and it’s movies (Sharknado 3? Really?). It airs on a Friday night, which while is popular for [*X-Files*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-x-files/) levels of creepy shows, is also thought of as the Death Slot.
Basically it’s a show that has a lot going against it. Everything we like about it is a reason our universe would use as an excuse to cancel it, though those all boil down to this one: Not enough men would watch it.
## Women Can Save It
But there’s good news! You see, there are things we can do to make our campy, fun, dark show last a little longer. And [WynonnaEarpFans.com has laid out the guidelines to make it happen](https://wynonnaearpfans.com/2017/06/21/7-ways-for-you-to-support-wynonna-earp/):
1. Watch live and tweet
2. Rewatch on your DVR within 48 hours
3. Watch it On Demand
4. Watch on SyFy (the website or the app)
5. Tweet a bunch (and remember to use `#WynonnaEarp` when you do)
6. Buy season passes on Amazon/Hulu/iTunes
7. Tweet internationally!
That’s it! Seven steps everyone can do to make Wayhaught stick around.
## \#NoChill
Last season we used `#NoChill` to tweet our love for the show, and our voices were heard. So let’s do it again. Tell your story about the show and keep going. But as Bridget Liszewski reminds us:
> .. always remember Earpers have #NoChill, but it’s also a #PoliteNoChill. Let’s use our powers for good, keep things positive and show our support. Just remember it’s usually the reluctant underdog who against all odds becomes the hero! Now go to work #Earpers!
Maybe Waverly’s point of view is a little intense…
But let’s keep the story going. Here’s ours!
## We Watched In Paris
This is a true story.
Tracy and I were [in Paris for work](https://2017.europe.wordcamp.org) (I know, we have incredibly weird lives) and during the After Party, we were exhausted. It had been six solid days of work and the party was super loud and we were hungry and cranky. Tracy turned to me and said “I just really want to go back to my Airbnb and watch *Wynonna Earp*.”
We ran like Revenants being chased by Peacemaker and caught up with her family. If you saw four Americans, dressed up for a party, babbling about Wynonna and WayHaught on the Paris Metro that Saturday night… yes, that was us. Once we got back, Tracy and I ensconced ourselves in the living room and she bought the episode on iTunes (thank you VPNs).
Weirdly, Tracy and I don’t watch TV together. I live in California, she lives in Philly. When we’re in the same location, it’s usually for work and we’re super work busy (and at least one of us is at a hotel). Getting to sit down and watch the episode, for the first time, together was a rare treat that left me thinking about how we could simulcast …
I admit, we did get distracted by weird parts of TV. We talked about our likes and dislikes, and how we both hate the ‘fade to window’ at the end of the episode. Which will have to be it’s own post. I’d forgotten how fun it was to watch a show like *Wynonna Earp* with someone else, though. And watching it after a beautiful night in Paris was, in and of itself, a wonder.
## What About You?
What’s your Watching Wynonna Earp story?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
---
### [Degrassi: Next Class Today!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/degrassi-next-class-today/)
**Published:** July 7, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Whatever it takes, I know I can make it through ten episodes in one weekend.
**Content:**
Whatever it takes! I know I’ll watch all of this before I fly out to DC.
The new season of [*Degrassi: Next Class*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/) drops today and I’m super excited about my favorite trashy teen drama.
https://youtube.com/WJ6GOHq45ZA
What happened with Zoë and her crazy mom who doesn’t believe she’s gay? How will Rasha take this? She wasn’t keen on being used as a coming-out leverage, and she’s a refugee. And Tristan woke up from his coma, but will he be as happy to see his boyfriend, Miles, if they find out that Miles knocked up Lola? A fact even Miles doesn’t know! And is Hunter a terrorist? He did bring a gun to school, after all.
Also as with all new seasons at Degrassi High, it’s makeover time, breakup time, and drama time. We’re going to be saying goodbye to Maya (and her descent into angst and madness one hopes…), Zig, and the rest of the senior class. I’m looking forward to the next next class, though, and can’t wait to see who’s new.
After all… who’s going to be the new gays?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Degrassi
---
### [The Doctor is a Woman (And Why This Matters)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/doctor-woman-matters/)
**Published:** July 18, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We are the most civilised civilisation in the universe, we’re billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and its associated stereotypes.
**Content:**
The [thirteenth Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteenth-doctor/) on *[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)* will be a woman.
In a lot of ways, this doesn’t matter in the least. The Doctor is from Gallifrey and our silly gender constructs are meaningless, even if they still call themselves Time *Lords*. But on the other hand, it’s suddenly cannon that the Doctor really is a pansexual alien from another planet. And that *does* matter.
## Who Is The Doctor?
The Doctor has been 12 other people, 12 men, plus a ‘War Doctor’ (also a man). The Doctor was born on Gallifrey, stole a time machine, and went on adventure. The Doctor has been a father, multiple times, a grandfather, a friend, and a lover. The Doctor saves the universe. Over and over and over again. The Doctor ran away for fun and never looked back.
## The Doctor, Who is a Woman…
The Doctor has loved many people, men and women. Since the beginning of the show, they’ve been eccentric and goofy. They run around naked, they make jokes and tell everyone to behave, stop being pudding brains, and save the universe.
![[Jack kisses the Doctor]](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/tumblr_osru39RH9J1r1u2w8o2_250.gif "[Jack kisses the Doctor] – LezWatch.TV")
But the Doctor also married [River Song](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/river-song/), who herself was married 428 times (one for each gender). And River clearly was married to each of the three incarnations of the Doctor whom we’ve met. Which means she’s married to the thirteenth Doctor as well.
## Who Cares About Gender?
The Doctor doesn’t.
> We are the most civilised civilisation in the universe, we’re billions of years beyond your petty human obsession with gender and its associated stereotypes.
That is Doctor Who in a nutshell, though. They just don’t care. They’re going to have fun and tell a story, and the Doctor is a man, now he’s a new man, and now he’s a woman.
## Who Matters
So alright. If none of this matters, why does it matter? If the Doctor doesn’t care, and the writers don’t, then why do we? For the same reason this site exists.
*Representation matters*.
Seeing yourself reflected in the eye on the media **matters**, and seeing the Doctor as someone you can imagine yourself to be matters.
Not that it stopped me from pretending to be Han Solo or the Doctor or Batman as a child, but it’s a little easier and more accessible now. People don’t make fun of a girl who wants to be Wonder Woman quite as much as the girl who wants to be James Bond. It’s stupid, I know, but taking the wall down, just a little, to say “Girls, you can be the Doctor too” matters.
## Who Can Do More…
But this is an easy step. The doctor went from being a white man to a white woman, and that’s great, but it’s a small step. We need to go further, until people stop being idiots like [Roger Moore saying Idris Elba isn’t British enough to be James Bond](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11501529/Roger-Moore-in-race-row-after-claiming-Idris-Elba-could-not-play-Bond.html). We need to move beyond people getting upset that a black man plays Spiderman. We need to move further, push harder, and do more.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about this, and I really want River Song to come back with her “Hello, sweetie!” and for [Bill Potts](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bill-potts/) to be all “Blimey, you’re a … you now?”
But I also would like to see Bill as the Doctor. You know. Just once.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Doctor Who, Gender
---
### [The #FirstTimeISawMe Inspires This Site](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/firsttimeisawme-inspires-site/)
**Published:** August 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The first time I saw me, all of me, hasn't happened yet. But it's why I feel I have to make this site.
**Content:**
You may have seen the `#FirstTimeISawMe` hashtag trending on Twitter lately. It’s not *just* a [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix/) marketing campaign. No, Netflix teamed up with [Black Girl Nerds](https://blackgirlnerds.com) and iOne Digital’s Cassius publication get people to share stories of how they have or *haven’t* been represented in the media.
Obviously, yes, they started by talking about the Netflix shows that represent them, but it’s so so much more than that. The [roundtable discussion Black Girl Nerds had on the subject](https://blackgirlnerds.com/black-girl-nerds-discuss-firsttimeisawme/) alone is enough to make a person tear up.
## One Day at a Time
[Krissy Trujillo](https://twitter.com/katullys) filmed a bit with Netflix to talk about the first time she saw herself… On *One Day At A Time:*
> When you see yourself in what you're watching, it's powerful, validating, and sometimes… kinda weird. [\#FirstTimeISawMe](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FirstTimeISawMe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YiK4mkgvcE](https://t.co/YiK4mkgvcE)
>
> — Netflix (@netflix) [August 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/netflix/status/892429598004326400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## What about Me?
To be perfectly honest, I’ve never seen all of me on TV. I see my parents when I look at *Dharma & Greg* and I see my grandmother in the movie *Auntie Mame*, but me? Well. There are parts of me in [Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/willow-rosenberg/), parts of me in [Nomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi/), and parts of me in [Santana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/santana-lopez/). But an unapologetic, nerdy, writer/computer geek, sci-fi/fantasy loving, Jewish lesbian?
The closest I get is [Amanita](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanita-caplan/), which is really awesome, but I’m not black and there’s really a big difference there. Thanks, America.
That said, I’m okay not seeing *all* of me. I’m a pretty weird and unique individual. I love that about myself. And not seeing all of me tells me that there’s too much of me to contain in any one single other human. Basically, it reminds me that I’m inimitable. Seeing parts of me all over the TV, in characters like [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) and [Greer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/greer-danville/), in [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) and [Arizona](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arizona-robbins/), in [Holly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/holly-stewart/) and [Callie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/callie-torres/), is a good thing.
It’s okay to be too big to be contained in one character, and to see pieces of myself and my story in others. Each time someone new is created, another small part of the myriad bits of me becomes normal.
## Representation Matters
While the idea for this site was a bit morbid, a way to track good and bad shows for queer women, my ulterior motive was to document representation in general. That is, where are the pieces of me out there? Who are they? Why don’t I see more of me? Am I maybe looking in the wrong place?
By filling in over 1850 characters and 650 shows, we’ve managed to make sense of the insane. We’ve got a functional, sortable, usable database that anyone can visit to help find themselves.
I hope you can find yourself here.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [Discovering Star Trek](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/discovering-star-trek/)
**Published:** September 28, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While there are gay men on the new Star Trek show, there are no queer females. Still, a moment's reflection for the stars.
**Content:**
Let’s start here.
There are no (known) queer females on *Star Trek: Discovery*.
In the long and storied history of Star Trek, they’ve always been willing to step across the line and demonstrate that we can be different. They had a black woman as an officer on the original series, who had the first interracial kiss on network TV. That was ground breaking and earth shattering. But this was always a series about hope and the future and a chance that we can be better.
While historically they’ve been progressive, they’ve also shied away from outright homosexuality in their main characters until now.
## Gay Men Aboard
In the new series, which premiered on [CBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbs/) last Sunday and can be watched on [CBS All Access](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbs-all-access/), Anthony Rapp portrays Lt. Stamets, an “astromycologist,” or fungus expert, and Starfleet Science Officer who happens to be gay. His love interest is played by fellow *Rent* star, Wilson Cruz.
Yet, over it’s *cough* lengthy run, finding queer women on Star Trek is surprisingly hard. In 1987, series creator Gene Roddenberry stated that there would be homosexual characters in [*The Next Generation*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-the-next-generation/). That did not actually manifest, due in part to his passing.
## First: Lal
In 1990, the fourth season of *TNG*, the android Data created an android child. Lal. He built his child as gender neutral, allowing Lal to decide what gender and form to take in their own time. Lal decided to be a humanoid female. Sadly, Lal’s system fails and she dies, though Data keeps her memories in his own network.
But in 1991, Gene promised gay crew members would appear in the next season of *TNG*. Leonard Nimoy (Spock) was in full support and penned a 1991 letter to the *Los Angeles Times* saying, “It is entirely fitting that gays and lesbians will appear unobtrusively aboard the *Enterprise*—neither objects of pity nor melodramatic attention.”
But Gene died shortly after the interview and the gay characters never fully manifest.
## Erased: Soren
In the aforementioned fifth season, the episode “The Outcast” aired and we met a character named [Soren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/soren/). Soren was a member of an androgynous race called the J’naii, who saw the concept of gender primitive and offensive. Naturally Soren fell in love with Riker, and decided they were a woman. However their parents didn’t approve, and Soren was shock-therapied back to being agender.
It was clearly meant to address shock therapy as an ineffective and inhuman torture for gay ‘conversion,’ but the decidedly unhappy ending made it uncomfortable and in fact painful. Both too close to home and too far from satisfying, it was yet another dismal display of sexuality in space.
## Two Make One: The Trill
This brings us to the more peculiar situations (and one that made me ask ‘what does dead mean?’), because we have the Trill. A symbiotic species, the Trill are two creatures: a worm and a humanoid. The work lives, pretty much forever, and joins with a humanoid, to make the singular person.
In 1991, the episode “The Host” introduces the Trill. A handsome male symbiont becomes lovers with Dr. Beverly Crusher. When he dies, and is transferred to a new, female, host, [Kareel Odan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kareel-odan/), Dr. Crusher can’t get over the uncertainty of loving someone whose body changes like that when they die. Given the loss of her husband, this makes quite a bit of sense. That said, it still reeks of homophobia.
But once we met the Trill, we had to have [Jadzia Dax](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jadzia-dax/). It’s when we meet Jadzia, a “bisexual woman in the most far-reaching sense”, we learn that there’s actually a *Trill* prohibition about picking up with previous lives’ relationships. Like Dax’s previous host’s ex-wife, [Lenara Khan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lenara-kahn/). While they share a kiss, a relationship would put them in danger of being expelled from Trill, never allowed to return. After temporarily rejoining, Jadzia was ready to take that risk but Lenara decided it would be best to stay apart.
## An Actual Lesbian!
There actually is one actual lesbian. Ezri. No, not [Ezri Dax](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ezri-dax/) (whom is a pansexual like Jadzia before her). No, we’re talking about [Ezri **Tigan**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ezri-tigan/), who very clearly preferred women in the alternate “Mirror” universe. That’s the one where Spock has a goatee. In that universe, [Kira Nerys](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-nerys-mirror/) has a pansexual harem. One which Ezri does not wish to join.
## Only One?
And yet. Here we are in 2017, and for a show that’s been on since 1964, you’d expect to have a few more. Alas, Star Trek is progressive enough for TV’s first interracial kiss, but not enough to jump into the land where no man has gone before.
Maybe *Discovery* will breach that final frontier.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Historical, Star Trek, Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Star Trek Discovery, Star Trek the Next Generation
---
### [Support Riley Parra Season 2 on Indiegogo](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/riley-parra-season-2-indiegogo/)
**Published:** November 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Help support queer TV and help Riley Parra season two.
**Content:**
It took three years to make season one, but tello Films did it.
Now they would like [your help to make season 2](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/riley-parra-season-2-lgbt#/)!
The bane of queer TV is that it’s *hard* to get it made and funded. Even though tello Films is a full fledged production company, they actually don’t make enough on subscriptions to cover everything. And not for this show, which is heavy with special effects and stunts. They’re trying to raise $20k to fund this:
> Season 1 was tello’s first foray into producing a sci-fi/fantasy/thriller and this genre is one of Director Christin Baker’s favorite, and so we want to do it the right way. That means that we have to go a little bit out of our budget range. We actually didn’t have quite enough funds to do the special effects. We feel our story, acting and lighting are AMAZING but we don’t have the funds for great special effects. That’s why our goal is higher and we have even more awesome Guest Stars!
Guest stars like Marina Sirtis. Excuse me, tween Mika is screaming internally with delight.
You can donate via their IndieGoGo campaign:
(PS: If you donate a custom account, you can do it without receiving any perks, which actually saves *them* money!)
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Campaign, Riley Parra
---
### [Rebecca Sugar is Everything Right in the World](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rebecca-sugar-everything-right-world/)
**Published:** November 9, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** I fangirl out over Cameron Esposito’s Queery Podcast interview with Rebecca Sugar just in time for new Steven Universe episodes coming out on the Cartoon Network app tomorrow!
**Content:**
I fangirled out over [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/) after a podcast interview and now I’m doing it again with Rebecca Sugar just in time for new [Steven Universe episodes coming out on the Cartoon Network app tomorrow](https://twitter.com/CartoonNetPR/status/925062349572128769)!
## I am a Steven Universe Superfan.
I legit achieved this status when I got a Steven Universe tattoo. I would never get a tattoo of a thing created by another person, especially someone I have never met. However, I was so inspired by Rebecca Sugar and Steven Universe that I did it for the first time.
**I’m a big hit with my daughter’s 6th grade classmates.**
I have a pumpkins tattooed on my arm and shoulder, and I figured if anything bad ever happened with Steven Universe I could say Pumpkin is a cute pumpkin that blends in with my other pumpkins.
However, after listening to Rebecca interviewed on [Cameron Esposito’s Queery Podcast](http://www.feralaudio.com/show/queery/), I firmly believe I will never regret my tattoo decision.
## Rebecca Sugar is the out queer show creator of our dreams
Listening to Rececca Sugar talk about being bisexual and her coming out process was very sweet and inspiring.
> For so long I just assumed I couldn’t talk about it. I think…it has a lot to do with being bisexual. I didn’t realize I could be out as a bisexual person. …I thought I could only be out if I were with a woman.
I imagine this is an experience many bisexual people have had — feeling your orientation is defined by the person you are in a relationship with. I’m so glad she came to the realization that she can be out as bi no matter who she is with. Her willingness to be out is helping fight bi erasure and boosting bi representation.
She goes on to talk about her coming out journey and how the queer stories on the show were outing her, although she was not yet out in real life.
> There was a stretch of time where 100,000 children knew I was gay, and it was a conversation I hadn’t had with my family. It was very very strange. …But I’m also not gay, so it’s not something that anyone knew and yet everyone knew and I was in this really strange situation.
She talked about deciding to not be out about it in public for a while, because she feared people would think she was seeking attention, and as a shy person this did not align with her personality.
> The idea that I could be with the person I wanted to be with and be out — I had never understood that before. I thought it was a choice I was going to have to make that I would just be closeted forever if I was going to be with the person that I loved. I had just accepted that.
But the thought of being out and the happiness that came with it grew too strong for her to stay closeted. Because of that, along with feeling driven to champion queer content on family television, Rebecca [came out at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con](https://www.autostraddle.com/rebecca-sugar-is-bisexual-steven-universe-creator-comes-out-at-comic-con-346094/).
> I want to champion LGBTQIA content in G rated, family entertainment. I want to do that forever. …Part of that is I have to start talking about it.
## Rebecca Sugar is leading a quiet revolution.
Whenever I tell people about Steven Universe (which is all the time) I tell them it’s one of the most revolutionary shows on television today. I am constantly amazed by the stories and concepts honestly portrayed on the show that are not covered by children’s television elsewhere.
> ..including these characters and these themes in media for kids is so crucial. What you learn when you don’t see that, is your story isn’t interesting and it isn’t beautiful. …If your experience has been completely invisible in all kids’ media…\[and\] you see it \[on non-children’s programming\] and you know that it was for adults you still know as a kid ‘I wasn’t supposed to see that’ and that has a really profound effect on a kid. To know the that thing you relate to is not supposed to be for kids. What you learn is in a family-friendly, all-ages, appropriate world you’re not supposed to be there. And you internalize that so hard.
Can you imagine how our lives would be as adults if we saw our stories included in the TV shows we watched as kids? Part of coming out as an adult is getting the homo/bi/transphobic messages we grew up with out of our heads so we can be happy queer people.
By the time I was 11, I already got the message that being LGB or T was one of the worst things you could be. My daughter is 11 and her friends, who are all over the gender and sexual orientation spectrum, love Steven Universe and strongly relate to the characters and stories. They are confident in who they are and way more evolved about queer issues than I was at 21.
## Steven Universe helped Rebecca understand herself.
Much like [Bomb Girls helped Ali Liebert come out](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/), Steven Universe did the same for Rebecca.
> I love when people come to me and say that the show helped them come out, or brought them to a \[queer\] circle of friends. …It’s just so great…and all I can think is ‘me too!’
More and more I’ve come to realize representation matters not just to the people consuming media, but also to the people creating media. The power of positive, realistic stories for all diverse marginalized folks is so strong. More than ever it is important to see these stories included in as many shows as possible.
## “It is community not commodity.”
Rebecca talks about she wanted to change the world with her shows, bringing accessible art to kids in their homes. She then learned it was more about helping people find community.
> I want to radiate ‘I care’ out of this thing. …I really really care about this and I care about these kids and I want them to feel that in a way that I didn’t feel \[as a kid\], that I get to feel now.
## Please keep talking about it, Rebecca.
Rebecca talks about how being out still feels very new and doubts pop up in her head from time to time.
> It feels very ongoing and it still feels very tricky. There’s a voice in the back of my head saying ‘no one’s going to want to hear you talk about this, Rebecca, don’t do it.’ But I’d rather put my energy into making that voice smaller rather than feeding it all of the time.
People absolutely want to hear you talk about this, Rebecca! It’s so important for folks to hear from queer creators who create queer content. Listening to you talk about it is literally saving lives, I have no doubt about that.
From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank Rebecca Sugar for everything she has brought to television. She has changed the game when it comes to queer TV content for kids and brought to the screen other positive messages and important stories usually reserved for adult programming.
I’m going to leave you with “Here Comes a Thought.” I love this song and episode because it is introduces the concept of mindfulness and cognitive behavioral therapy in such a beautiful way. It’s something that kids and adults can both benefit from.
https://youtube.com/dHg50mdODFM
We are lucky to have Rebecca Sugar helping make the world a better place.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Cameron Esposito, Rebecca Sugar, Steven Universe
---
### [One Day At A Time Returns ... January 26th](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-returns-january-26th/)
**Published:** December 7, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Excuse me while I go shriek all excited.
**Content:**
Well.
I’ve officially lost my shit entirely. Mostly because their announcement video is absolutely fan-frigging-hilarious. I may have mixed my metaphors…
The date at the end? January 26th 2018!
I told y’all January 2018, didn’t I? Well. That was a massive guess on my part, but it was an educated one.
Oh and yes, that was a shot-for-shot copy of the original credits.
This is one of the very few comedies I still enjoy. It’s funny when it needs to be, serious when it needs to be, and balances the two out wonderfully. The cast and crew are incredibly sweet and nice. They’re giving and caring, and everyone loves Rita Moreno.
If you haven’t watched this show yet, I recommend a Christmas binge-watch. It’s safe for your kids *and* your grandparents, if that’s a concern.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time, Video
---
### [One Day At A Time - It Gets Better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-gets-better/)
**Published:** December 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Just when you thought they were funny for doing it old school, you realized they did it shot-for-shot!
**Content:**
So we all saw the video *One Day at a Time* did yesterday in order to [reveal the release date of season two](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-returns-january-26th/), right? You’re ready for January 26th?
Want to be more ready?
Want to think these crazy people are even crazier and cooler than you thought?
Check out this [shot-for-shot matchup](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/938918878381457408) of the original (1970s) credits to the reboot’s cover:
And another fan made this one!
https://www.facebook.com/ItsYazsi3/videos/1565059740247412/
By the way, apparently Instagram gets really shirty if you upload videos that might be copyright protected. I guess that’s fair, but it would be nice to get a warning.
If you liked season one, I think you’re gonna love season two.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time, Video
---
### [I Got 99 Problems but Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ain't One](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/got-99-problems-brooklyn-nine-nine-aint-one/)
**Published:** December 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How a cop comedy on FOX is making things normal.
**Content:**
Disclosure. I don’t really watch [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) very much. When I do happen to watch it, I enjoy it, but I don’t always remember to do so. I don’t know why, because I really do like it, but I’ve been very tetchy about comedy and cop shows lately.
I feel like I know a lot about the show, however, because of Tumblr.
## Diversity Normality Matters
If you google “Brooklyn 99 diversity” you’ll see dozens of articles talking about how amazingly progressive and diverse the show is. They don’t self-congratulate themselves for the work they do, while still tackling subjects as difficult as police violence. They have the ‘normal’ diverse characters (female detectives, jewish male lead, black boss, sensitive macho man), but then they take the extra step and have the sensitive macho man be black. And the boss? He’s gay. Two women are Latinx. It goes on and on.
They very simply, very quiet, address the reality of the world and remind us “Hey, we’re not all homogenous.”
## And Then …
On December 5th, the 99th episode aired, and the show didn’t pull punches.
[Rosa Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosa-diaz/) came out as bisexual.
If you’ve only seen Tumblr, you’d have assumed she already was bi (or a lesbian). She wears a leather jacket, she’s secretive, she loves puppies, she has a soft side and a big knife. She basically codes as queer. But she’d never *said* anything, one way or the other.
## Queer Actors
What makes this, to me, more amazing is that Rosa’s played by an [openly bisexual](https://www.autostraddle.com/actress-stephanie-beatriz-is-bisexual-blesses-us-all-345256/) actor: [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/).
Watching more and more queer actors get to play queer characters is delightful. Seeing The Ray and Citizen Cold (yes, Leo Snart) be queer men played by queer men, warmed the cockles of my withered heart. And having Stephanie Beatriz be able to play a bisexual latinx detective is just one more thing that gives me hope for 2018.
Television is again pushing us to normalize the world we see as the world we watch on TV.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hope, It gets better
---
### [One Day At A Time Season 2 Trailer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/one-day-time-season-2-trailer/)
**Published:** January 5, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The ODAAT trailer has us all excited for what's next!
**Content:**
The trailer *finally* dropped for *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* and then so did my jaw when I saw some of the scenes.
Remember how I was super lucky and went to the set and saw four episodes filmed? Well some of those episodes are in this clip!
What scenes? Here are some of them:
I can’t give you any spoilers (I’d like to be invited back next season) but I can tell you this: I believe I saw episodes 3, 9, 11, and 13 (finale) filmed. The first one is the one where Todd made me hurt my throat laughing so hard at his delivery. The finale made me cry.
Oh. And if you watched that and zeroed in on the scene where Elena loops a scarf around someone’s neck, you’re probably on the right website.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time, Trailers, Video
---
### [Support "One Day at a Time"](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/support-one-day-time/)
**Published:** February 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you want more One Day at a Time, you need to watch the show again, because now is the time Netflix decides on it's future!
**Content:**
On Galentines Day, [Gloria Calderón Kellett](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/963492395194003456) and [Mike Royce](https://twitter.com/mikeroyce/status/963598120260026369), the executive producers of my fav *One Day at a Time*, took to Twitter to tell us some shocking and important news.
These next few weeks are when Netflix decides if we get season three.
This means we need to **watch the show**. Again. And again. And we need to get our friends to watch it. Because the world needs more positive representation. Especially now. You know I love this show. It’s one of the things that made the summer of 2017 survivable for me. It gave me hope.
So if you want more of this:
Or this:
And especially if you want more of this:
Then turn on Netflix and watch *One Day at a Time* one more time.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [Netflix March Madness Face-Off](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/netflix-march-madness-face-off/)
**Published:** March 30, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Our final four were easy. So were our final two. But the winner takes all battle of best Netflix show rages on, and it's down to our favourite queer series...
**Content:**
As the sporty half of LezWatchTV, it falls on me to attempt a March Madness-esque throw down for Netflix shows.
The joke’s on me! I’m a baseball fan, not basketball, so this whole bracketing thing is lost on me. However I do know how the game is played. It’s a winner takes all match up, where you pick your favourite and get down to the final four. So thanks to Netflix, here are ours:
More or less, Tracy and I agree on the final four of [*Santa Clarita Diet*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/santa-clarita-diet/), [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/), [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/), and [*Everything Sucks*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/).
And then the murders began.
**Tracy:** For me *ODaaT* would knock out *SCD*. *SCD* is cute, but not amazing. Then *Sense8* would knock out *Everything Sucks*, then *Sense8* would win.
**Mika:** \[string of unprintable swear words\]
In my heart, I’d be *ODaaT* all the way:
But *Sense8* has backup:
So while Tracy and I have an epic throw down, who do you think would win: *Sense8* or *One Day at a Time*?
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Netflix, One Day at a Time, Sense8
---
### [The Big Picture: US Network TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-big-picture-us-network-tv/)
**Published:** May 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Picking into the nitty gritty is one thing. But let's look at the overall big picture of US network TV and representation. Spoilers, it's probably not what you thought.
**Content:**
When you get a lot of data, you’re able to generate a lot of statistics. Sometimes looking at them help us see how far we’ve come, and how far we have left to go. US Network TV is not the only source of queers on TV, but it’s small size and depth of data made it perfect to look at when determining if representation on TV was getting better or not.
The five major over-air (i.e non-cable) channels that make up US network TV are: ABC, CBS, Fox, The CW, and NBC.
They have the most history of consistent representation. That is, they have constantly had a catalogued character since they introduced any queer characters. In addition, they’ve had a lot of characters which gives us a better depth of data to draw from. For each of these stations, I’m going to look at the number of shows, the average score of those shows, the number of on-air shows, and the scores of those on-air shows.
## ABC
While ABC had a surprising number of qualifying characters between 1975 and 1985, we only go back to 1972 to get [*Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/owen-marshall-counselor-at-law/) and the episode “Words of Summer” where a lesbian comes out to save her friend (and lose her own job). Not a great ending, but she lived.
Overall, ABC has aired **69** qualifying shows, with an average score of **33.96**.
Currently they have **15** on air, and a score of **33.4**.
\[[Read more details on the gender/sexuality breakdown of shows on ABC](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?station=abc)\]
## CBS
At first I thought the first sighting would be October 9, 1977, when Edith’s cousin (the lesbian) died on [*All in the Family*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/). But then I remembered that George Jefferson, of [*The Jeffersons*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-jeffersons/), meets his old naval buddy, Eddie, who is now Edie, on October 1st of the same year! They both lost out to [*Executive Suite*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/executive-suite/), and the very first dead lesbian ever: Julie Solkin, who died in December 1976.
Wow. Wasn’t expecting that trip.
Since 1976, CBS has aired **56** shows with qualifying characters, and has an overall average score of **31.84**.
Only **12** are currently on air, but it has a healthy score of **35.4** for those shows.
\[[Read more details on the gender/sexuality breakdown of shows on CBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?station=cbs)\]
## FOX
Being considerably younger than some of the other stations, FOX’s first character showed up in 1987 on the much lamented [*Women in Prison*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/women-in-prison/) series. There wasn’t another until 1990 on [*21 Jump Street*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/21-jump-street/) … and she died. Not a great start, considering other stations had already jumped past the dead-queer trope. Overall, we’ve documented **46** shows on FOX, with an average score of **31.3**.
Currently **16** are still on the air, with an average score of **34.92**.
\[[Read more details on the gender/sexuality breakdown of shows on FOX](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?station=fox)\]
## The CW
Our babiest of network stations, the CW is a little harder to quantify since it used to be two other stations. It accidentally loses points because it lost Xena. But the CW has [Buffy The Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/), and has since day 1, so you know it’s alright. Overall, **30** shows have been tracked from The CW, with an average score of **33.28**.
Currently **12** are on air, with an average score of **36.66**.
\[[Read more details on the gender/sexuality breakdown of shows on The CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?station=cw)\]
## NBC
NBC is actually the home of one of our earliest queers. [*The Eleventh Hour*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-eleventh-hour/) was a medical drama in 1962! Since then, NBC has aired **64** shows with at least one recordable character, with an average score of **30.94**.
Currently **11** are on the air, with an average score of **34.79**.
\[[Read more details on the gender/sexuality breakdown of shows on NBC](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/stations/?station=nbc)\]
## The Results!
Looking at all that we can make the following determinations for US network TV:
- **Best On-Air Score:** The CW with 36.66 (CBS is second with 35.4)
- **Best Overall Score:** ABC with 33.96 (The CW is a close second with 33.28)
- **Most Shows On-Air:** FOX with 16 (ABC is right behind with 15)
- **Most Shows Total:** ABC with 69 (NBC is catching up with 64)
Some interesting points about all this, in running the data we found that:
- The CW has the most bisexuals (40) and the fewest characters (93) overall *and* are the most diverse sexually
- NBC has the most diversity of gender representation
- ABC has the most characters over all
- CBS has the most trans-female characters
- FOX is remarkably average in everything (they only rank first for on-air shows)
- There are *no* asexuals on network TV (I’m still hoping for Jughead on *Riverdale*)
If I had to pick an overall winner, based on all data, it’s **ABC**. If I look at everything relatively, based on their own data, it’s **The CW**.
I did not see that coming!
### Visually
For gender, **NBC** has the most colors, which means the most diversity. The CW has the least (followed by ABC and CBS), and indeed, has the least types of gender represented.
For sexuality, **The CW** has the most colors, which means the most diversity. NBC is a little hard to read, but it and CBS have the only characters who identify as ‘queer’ for their sexuality.
## What Does This Mean?
In all cases except ABC, the average show scores for US network TV are moving **up**. Given that ABC, NBC, and CBS were pretty much the only stations on US Network TV for a long time, it’s not surprising that their scores are so low overall. While ABC is the only station with a downward trend to show scores, they’re also the best overall score, and have had the most shows over all. Shondaland’s tenancy towards soaps messes the score up in a way that I don’t think fully reflects the depth of her contributions.
From this we can begin to mathematically prove that representation on US network TV is increasing. And that, I think, is a good thing.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, The CW, TV Networks
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### [Help Fund Carol's a Demon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/help-fund-carols-a-demon/)
**Published:** May 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** You can help fund Carol's a Demon, and get another awesome queer, supernatural show get made.
**Content:**
Do you like fun supernatural/horror? Not the silly stuff where people jump out at you and raaaaaaar and my heart is in my stomach. And not the gory blood *every*where and people laughing maniacally. No no, I mean *fun* supernatural comedy about a demon who wants to be okay because she’s in love with a nun, and a homebody lesbian who has to help save the world.
You know, like … Carmilla supernatural/horror?
Well my friends, have I got the show for you! It’s called [*Carol’s A Demon*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carols-a-demon/) and it’s a hoot.
## Carol’s A Demon
As they put it:
> When Sofia and her friends accidentally summon an optimistic demon named Carol, Sofia has to figure out if she’s willing help the 3,000 year old demon get into heaven by stopping the apocalypse or try to send her back to hell? *Carol’s A Demon* is a comedic webseries about friendship and what it means to be a good person.
We’ve seen the pilot ([and so can you](https://youtube.com/GeSuhjnFtZA)) and we like it.
## Help Fund Carol’s A Demon
They filmed the pilot, yes, but they need money to make the rest. And here’s where you come in. Toss them a buck or ten and help get another queer positive, queer friendly, queer demony show get made:
Happy Demons, folks!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Campaign, Carol's a Demon
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### [WonderCon 2018: Where TV Happens](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/wondercon-2018-where-tv-happens/)
**Published:** March 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** LezWatchTV goes to WonderCon and watches ... well ... TV. What did you expect? Check out my thoughts on Reverie, Cloak & Dagger, Lost in Space and more!
**Content:**
Well that was a heck of a weekend.
I’ve been to ComicCon before, back when it was actually, you know, about comics. WonderCon is a lot more and, if the name wasn’t a clue, is as much about fandom as comics. Not to say I didn’t make the rounds and tell people like Sergio Aragonés how amazing he was, or mention to Larry Hama that I maaaaaay have all of his original G.I. Joe comics in my office at home. I certainly didn’t break out into a sweat meeting Terry “Strangers in Paradise” Moore. Nope.
But much more than just some well deserved comic fan kvelling, WonderCon gave me an opportunity to get some feet on the ground for, what else, *television*.
We are a TV site after all.
There were a lot of time slots that crossed over. Like if I wanted to go to *Gay Geeks* I would miss part of *Reverie*. And basically my whole schedule was messy like that. I made some hard choices and concentrated on the programs that were most applicable to… us.
So here are some TV secrets from WonderCon.
## Sneak Peek
A lot of TV shows have sneak peeks where they show exclusive episodes of their shows to whet your appetite. Bad news first. There are not a lot of queers in what’s coming soon. At least not based on the first episodes, there are **no** queers coming soon. I know, it sucks. Good news? The shows look interesting. So hey, good TV.
### *Reverie* (NBC)
It has Sarah Shahi. She’s on my badge. I had to go.
The show has an interesting premise. Sarah Shahi is Mara Kint, a former hostage negotiator who has had a bad run of it after her sister and niece died at the hands of her sister’s whacko husband. A nice murder suicide for you. Mara’s been self medicating until her old boss Charlie, played by Dennis “Indeed” Haysbert, needs her help for his company. Apparently some people who use Reverie, a virtual immersion world, get stuck.
I mean. Who knew people would rather stay in online fantasy worlds than the real one.
After I stopped giggling about the many oddities of Shahi being in simulations all the time, I found I was a little undecided about the show. It’s not bad, but it feels heavy handed and like it’s trying a little too hard to dramatic. I’m not a fan of the special lingo used in the show, but at the same time I was entertained and delighted by the surprise twist at the end. For *Person of Interest* fans, you’ll grin evilly with me.
There were no queers in the episode, but the lead programmer pinged my non-existent gaydar as a little queer coded. Hah.
##### Screener Review on *Reverie*
Weird PoI vibes. Sarah Shahi can jump into my dreams to resume me at any time.
Queer Score: 0.5 Worth It?
### *Cloak & Dagger* (Freeform)
Yet another Marvel superhero story. Hoooo boy. The only Marvel comics I read as a kid were G.I. Joe and ‘Nam, so I’m not as up on it as I could be. I did have a brief X-Men phase, but was burnt out quickly with crossovers. And Spider-Man? I liked the cartoon.
All that is to say I don’t know the real origin story. I know a little, that Cloak can control darkness and teleport, while Light has daggers of light. And like everyone else in Marvel, they’re in New York. This version moves them to the Big Easy of New Orleans, and they acquire a richer tapestry to drawn from for the mystical nature of powers. This is not much used in the first episode, but there are hints of what it will be. They also didn’t make the black kid the homeless drug using one, so that was nice.
However. This is on Freeform. And this is *dark*. Like attempted rape, drug snorting, dark. Like I actually thought “Y’all are putting this on **Freeform**?!” It felt more like Netflix Jr. Which maybe reflects the next shift in what Freeform will be. Considering *Siren*, maybe this new *Cloak & Dagger* is their future.
##### Screener Review on *Cloak & Dagger*
Uneven but interesting enough to warrant watching at least two episodes.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It?
### *Lost In Space* (Netflix)
Danger, Will Robinson, this is not your momma’s robot. And it’s also not that weird movie with Joey from Friends. In fact, this show feels like *Earth-2,* a show I swear only I watched… The show isn’t paint by numbers, but it’s predictable in that you can see what’s coming next by the proper application of foreshadow. Like eye shadow, use just enough to accentuate, not obscure.
This is absolutely not *Ozzy and Harriet* in Space, and I enjoyed the show quite a lot. This time, they’re not alone, which makes it much more interesting. It’s going to be on Netflix on April 13 so get ready to get lost.
I’m giving this a .5 to queer because I think there might be some in the future. Pun intended.
##### Screener Review on *Lost in Space*
This is not your momma's Lost in Space.
Queer Score: 0.5 Worth It?
### *Siren* (Freeform)
I have a whole thing about this being about actual sirens and not mermaids, and I’m super nerdy… If you’ve read *The Odyssey*, then you know a mermaid isn’t a siren. A mermaid is half fish, half human, and sometimes sings but are generally helpful to men. A siren is, often, depicted as having evil intentions towards man. Sirens are also half-bird, and I recently read Emily Wilson’s translation of *The Odyssey*, who has [an awesome take on them](https://twitter.com/EmilyRCWilson/status/970406691375378432). Which is neither here nor there, but just a little background for you.
The point here is that a mermaid’s a fish person and a siren is a bird person. And in *Siren*, we have a combination of the two mythos. This isn’t a bad thing, and it does establish the world and it’s rules pretty quickly. But if you’re a Greek myth nerd like me, yes, you will have a bit of teeth gnashing.
*Siren* is right on that edge of this new idea Freeform has about being Netflix Jr. It’s not terrifying or jump out at you shock-horror. It’s not psychological horror. But it’s certainly dark. It also suffers from the same problems as *Cloak & Dagger*, and that it’s remarkably uneven. It’s trying to be a teen show *and* a dark scary one, and it makes it feel a little off.
But! The actor playing the siren/mermaid is actually really good. The whole wide-eyed look is perfect. And this marks two Freeform shows I’ve seen where men trying to assault women have ended up dead. In really horrible ways. I’m okay with that. *Siren* was not what I thought it would be based on those trailers, again in a good way. It was interesting enough that I gave it a second look and watched the next two episode screeners to be sure about my thoughts.
While there is a little queerbaiting (the girl/girl kiss you may have seen in the trailer makes a little more contextual sense after the first episode), it looks like a decent, kinda creepy, not for kids show.
##### Screener Review on *Siren*
Less schlocky than Sharknado, this is very much more sirens than mermaids.
Queer Score: 0 Worth It?
## Other Shows
There were a lot of other shows and panels that I made sure to check out and report back on, including ones we know have queer rep.
### *Black Lightning*
We saw tonight’s episode on Sunday. Right around the half-way mark I said “Oh no, X is the bad guy!” under my breath. The woman beside me eyed me and then, when the reveal was made at the end, she asked how I knew. First I watch a *lot* of TV. But second, it just all clicked. This episode is funny and balanced. And after the episode, we had a moment with the writing staff. Folks, I’m not messing around when I saw this is the most realistic superhero show on TV today, possibly ever. It writes people as people, it addresses problems we face today, and it doesn’t have monster of the week in the right way.
### *The 100*
The preview and q&a started nearly 20 minutes late, and Eliza was sick and unable to come, so I skipped out on this early to go to Gaaays in Spaaace. Which was the right call I think. Anyway. The preview was the first fifteen minutes, and what I can tell you without spoiling is that it is 100% Clarke. And damn if Eliza isn’t a good actress.
The downside is that I really am still so pissed at the show for everything they did, that I won’t watch this. It’s just not entertaining to me. The room was filled with a lot of queer fans, including someone dressed up in a giant chicken costume, dressed as Lexa, called … wait for it … Cluxa. So per usual, the best thing about *The 100* are its fans.
### *Into the Badlands*
We saw the trailer about an hour before you did. The majority of the time was a Q&A with some of the stars, including new ones for the upcoming season. One thing they all touched on was the fact that the show walked the walk with diversity. They made a show that was matriarchal and non white because, “The future isn’t going to be white male.” They did this because they wanted to see it, and instead of that being a line, they damn well did it. This show remains forward and feminist.
### *Timeless*
This is not a new show, but it is a saved show. We saw the first episode of the new season, and it brings up some new questions and problems. While that definitely counts as a sneak peek, since it’s not a premiere, the most I can tell you is Heddy Lamar makes the episode worthwhile. The meta jokes and in references to the future continue. Oh, and there’s a whole thing… I can’t tell you. But you either watched it Sunday or you’ll watch it soon. Just remember, their lesbian momma bear lives.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Cloak & Dagger, Into the Badlands, Lost in Space, Reverie, The 100, Timeless, WonderCon
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### [TGI Femslash Discussions (Part 2)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-discussions-part-2/)
**Published:** March 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** More deep discussions and thoughts fro TGI Femslash.
**Content:**
I know [I covered a *lot* of deep stuff on part one](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-discussions-part-1), but it only gets deeper. I’m actually leaving a lot out. Like all of the DIY Panels (what my WordPress friends would call ‘Hallway Tracks’) I didn’t take notes on quite like I did for the sit-down panels, but I still have a solid 20 pages (front and back) with it all.
## Women in Sci-Fi
I admit, I’ve been ‘out’ of Sci-Fi for a while. I was burned on it with the whole ‘Born Sexy Yesterday’ and ‘Disposable Ladies’ tropes. But in recent years, Canada has jumped up with things like *Dark Matter* and *Killjoys* to tell us all about how you can do sci-fi right again.
Before we got into just listing the shows we loved, we asked the big question. What is it about sci-fi that brings queer to the forefront? I feel that it’s the basis of Gene Roddenberry’s *Star Trek*, which is hope. We look at the shows and we see the future we want. A place where gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, none of it matters. We have hope for a better future.
I was quickly reminded it’s also the safety. Sci-fi lets us make allegories for hatred, by having xenophobic aliens. The genre is expected to be bold and wild, so they’re free to play with boundaries. And really, it stops feeling like sci-fi when we don’t have our pan-inclusive, accepting world, because the future must have those things.
That comes at a cost however. Mainstream media will ignore us, and the art. That allows it to be more wild, but without the accolades, there’s no money and no future, which is why we get early cancelations. Also, we can be too quick to judge our shows when they *don’t* go boldly. And do we go too far?
## Incremental Progress
This brought me to another panel, where we talked about the progress we are (or aren’t…) making. While we could all point at shows that push the needle of positive representation forward, there wasn’t a single show that hit all the marks 100%.
But. That’s actually okay. Because a step is not a leap, and previous works open doors for those that follow. As long as we don’t forget and ignore the past, we have a chance to keep moving forward and making what comes next better and better.
Not all steps are forward, however. Look at Subtext. Thanks to things like [the Hay’s Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Production_Code), we had such guidelines that “immoral” content was never to be shown in a positive light. While TV didn’t have the same rules as movies, they certainly did self-censor a great deal, to the point that even shows like *Xena* were forced to keep sexuality under wraps. And this didn’t always get better. Today, I would argue there’s actually more queerbaiting. Shows like *Rizzoli & Isles*, for example, were never going to give viewers the gay, but they played it the hell up.
As our expectations begin to change, where we are no longer satisfied with a wink-wink/nudge-nudge queer, we as a group start to demand diversity. We want to see ourselves. The intent of subtext was honorable, writers trying to find ways around the rules, but it’s time for the rules to change. Let ladies kiss. Let boys love. Move. Forward.
Sadly, we still need that representation to be visible. If you’re not going to tell us Jane is bisexual, then you need to show us that she is interested in men and women. You can make these things normal without being explicit, and still make it clear who is being represented.
## Social Media and Fandom
I didn’t really shy from the tough topics.
Social media and fandom has a big problem. When I was young, fandom was almost a dirty word. You fanned by yourself, hanging posters and reading magazines (or zines) and wrote terrible, terrible fanfic in your notebooks. If you were lucky, you went to cons where people dealt mimeographed fanfic under the table, like drugs. There were dial-in-BBs, pen pals, and possibly a club at school that got you teased.
When I stepped into the online fandoms, with things like **Xena Campfire Girls**, we were open to all opinions, but demanded respect of the community and the people within. I was able to dig up the comment that the “Subtext-friendly” mailing list said about people who didn’t ‘believe’ in subtext:
> That’s fine. We aren’t going to hunt you down and beat you or anything. You’re entitled to your opinion. I wouldn’t recommend you joining the list, however.
Now that said, look at the fandoms of today and what’s going on with Sanvers vs SuperCorp.
I freely admit to having been ignorant of this until TGIF/F, but in short, they’re having a war. If you like the fanon ‘ship of Lena and Kara, you can’t like the canon ‘ship of Alex and Maggie. Worse, some people in the Sanvers ‘ship argue that having the couple break up was as bad, or worse, than having one of them die.
Where went the respect we had for everyone’s ‘ship? What happened to protecting our community first? How did we lose our purpose?
Maybe it’s because there used to be lines between fanon and canon. We knew that fanon was on one side, and it was okay to be weird and to like those things, but they weren’t ‘real.’ Today, with our changed expectations and our desire to see change *now*, fans are less patient and more vocal. And fans have such ready access to fan-works, no longer needing to find **the** dedicated website for a specific fandom, which may not accept all works, we have another way to reach out and interact with show runners.
And perhaps this is not a good thing. At least, not until we can self-police ourselves better to not infight. We have to remember the history and not be silent when behavior crosses lines.
But that won’t be easy either.
## Overall, Deep Thoughts
It’s interesting to come out of a con with this many deep thoughts. I’ve been to a great many, comic and sci-fi cons, over the years, and I’ve never returned home thinking so much about the meaning of fandom. And that is incredibly important to me. It’s certainly a place for fun and silly behavior, but at the same time, we are self-aware of who and what we are, and our impact on the fandom world.
I think, all told, there should be more events like TGIF/F all over.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** Conventions, TGIFemslash
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### [TGI Femslash: Where We Love Ladies](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-love-ladies/)
**Published:** February 21, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three days with gal pals was well worth the price of admission.
**Content:**
Back in November or so of 2017, someone turned us on to an event called [TGI Femslash](http://tgifemslash.com). Billed as ‘a gal pals convention,’ it was originally known as [FaberryCon](http://faberrycon.com), a celebration of (believe it or not) [*Glee*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/glee/)! FaberryCon had five events (from 2013 to 2016) but morphed into TGIF/F, where all femslash ships could be cherished.
## Femslash
F/F is a term popularized by fan fiction circles, and simply means a ‘female/female’ relationship (or ‘ship’) pairing. The term is believed to have originated in *Star Trek* fandom circles. Boo and I reminisced over the smell of purple mimeographed clandestine fanfic, usually about Kirk and Spock, or Kirk/Spock. You see the slash?
Since ‘Slash Fic’ used to mean M/M fic only (i.e. male/male), the term femslash arose to distinguish those who loved to read about the ladies.
Let’s be honest here. Most of us have read at least one F/F fic. Maybe it was Xena/Gabrielle, sneaking in a read on Netscape in the back of the computer lab. Maybe it was OitNB. But a lot of people do read and enjoy fan fiction, because it tells stories they can’t find in ‘conventional’ media.
## A Convention
TGI Femslash is a three day convention all about, well, femslash relationships. But it’s more than just a group of queers sitting around and talking about their favorite fanfics. The convention was broken into ‘panels,’ loosely moderated conversations about certain topics, ranging from TV shows and movies to intersectionality and social media.
Besides that, there were open discussions (aka DIY talks) where we quibbled over comics, or the complexities of suggestions versus confirmations. We all had so much in common, and yet so much different, all because we liked some of the same things.
Finally there were the events. A costume contest (two people went as Doc Holliday), a vidshow where we watched fan-vids of some of our favorite shows, Club Femslah where we dressed up and danced, a live auction, and an open mic night! Yes, I took a break to play a fun D&D game. Ask me about my Dwarf Cleric’s name, why don’t you.
Whew! It was three jam-packed days of wall to wall femslash, where me liking TV shows (and comics and books) about women who love women was *normal*.
## Again?
Would I go again? Absolutely.
It was fun, I got the chance to speak to a lot of people and meet some of our Twitter followers in person. Which was hella cool. More cool were the conversations. I talked to people about everything from being old in fandom (mimeographed fanfic anyone?) to racism and staying in my own lane. I got more ideas about how people were looking for content, and what we could do to help them find it.
While there certainly was a division of the people who had been there ‘a long time’ and the ‘newbies,’ I found it no more so than any event. They were welcoming, friendly, entertaining, and above all, gosh darn nice. Since I know they met their fundraising goals for 2019, I expect to see them at the same bat time and hotel.
**Categories:** Event Coverage
**Tags:** TGIFemslash
---
### [April 2018 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/april-2018-roundup/)
**Published:** May 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The snow lingers into May and the death toll for 2018 is abnormally low.
**Content:**
It’s … spring? Right? So all this snow can stop. What doesn’t stop is time.
- 21 shows added
- 74 characters added
- 3 characters died
Of note, we did add a queer death into March. [Karen Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karen-williams-star/) (from *Star*) was confirmed as dead. That’s 4 so far for 2018. I’m starting to worry. A few years of record highs followed by a record low, usually means negative bounce backs are in our future.
## Coming and Going
It’s that time again. TV stations are annoying who is, and isn’t getting renewed. Coming back next year includes some of our favorites (*One Day at a Time*), our somewhat guilty pleasures (*Madame Secretary*), our shows we don’t even watch and how on earth is this still on (all shows with ‘NCIS’ in the name, plus *Supernatural*), and of course, our Beebos (*Legends of Tomorrow*).
Not everything gets another season though. I’m sorry to say farewell to the following (please turn on Sarah Maclachlan’s “I Will Remember You”):
- *[Casual](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/casual/)*
- *[Everything Sucks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/)*
- *[Las Estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-estrellas/)*
- *[New Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/new-girl/)*
- *[Once Upon a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/)*
- *[Scandal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scandal/)*
- *[The Librarians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-librarians/)*
- [*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/)
Currently a total of [25 shows with representation have been canceled in 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/).
*The Fosters* will be over soon, too. Guess we’ll have to live-tweet that one.
## Intersectionality
We’ve introduced a new aspect to generating show scores: [intersectionality](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/introducing-intersectionality/).
In order to get a flag for intersectionality, you must have **positive** representation of an aspect of diversity as it pertains to queer characters. We’re being super nit picky about it too, since having just *one* character of color isn’t enough to call a show racially diverse. I except some loud discussions about this in our future, but our goal remains simple.
Let’s make it easier for you to find yourself on TV.
## Sneak Attacks by Killers
A couple shows had unexpected queerness. [*Siren*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/siren/) has a mermaid (yes, I know that sirens and mermaids aren’t the same thing), who’s magical influence works on everyone. Yes, including the ladies. [*Killing Eve*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/) has a bisexual assassin, though honestly I’m not comfortable saying she’s bisexual as much as who-cares-sexual and just likes sex, indiscriminately. Both these shows have one big thing in common. They have a serious killer. Which does make me worry I’ll be adding “The Big Bad Queers” to the shows soon. The assassin kills because she’s hired to, the mermaid killed a dude who tried to take advantage of her. I’m not really upset about either of those things…
## Shout Outs
Big thanks this month to Lola, who sent us a list of shows we didn’t have. I’m still working on that. Super thanks to Laura, who made us a spreadsheet (*spreadsheet y’all*) with some help sorting out intersectionality! And a hat tip to everyone who pointed out we missed a bisexual on *Station 19*. Should have known Shondaland wouldn’t disappoint.
We love when people help us make this site even better.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 30, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-30-2018/)
**Published:** April 30, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Handmaid's Tale freaks us all the F out; Freya and Keelin are reunited on The Originals and CBS Sunday Morning has a timely feature on Janelle Monáe and Dirty Computer.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, The Handmaid’s Tale freaks us all the F out; Freya and Keelin are reunited on *The Originals* and *CBS Sunday Morning* has a timely feature on Janelle Monáe and *Dirty Computer*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)* – Season 2 Episode 2 “Unwomen” \[Live\] I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I am not a fan of *The Handmaid’s Tale*. I think too much of the show is dedicated to torture porn when it could be spent on characters and plot. And just because the subject matter is dark, that doesn’t mean it has to be literally dark. Some scenes are shot with so little light you can barely see anything. I’m still watching it though, mostly for [Samira Wiley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samira-wiley/).
This episode, partially focused on Emily/Ofglen/Ofsteven and her backstory, really pushed all our queer panic buttons. We see Emily where she is now — working in the Colonies which is an uninhabitable toxic wasteland. And we have flashbacks to Emily’s previous life as a university professor.
Things are going south at the University when Emily loses the teaching portion of job. The board is concerned she’s not “maintaining a healthy learning environment.” Her boss, Dan (who is also gay), lets her know how they came to that conclusion.
He thinks they should lay low for awhile and Emily says, “So, you thought it was time to hide the dykes.” Dan tells her that he took all the pictures of his partner down from his office.
Emily goes to work one day and finds Dan hanged in front of the school with the word “faggot” spray painted on the sidewalk. She decides it’s time to get the F out of the US.
Her and her wife Sylvia (played by [Clea DuVall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clea-duvall/)) and their kid Oliver are at the airport trying to get their flight to Montreal. ICE agents wont give Emily a boarding pass, because her wife is Canadian but she is not. She then shows him their marriage certificate. He says it’s good and she just needs to get a “border traffic bypass stamp.” Sylvia and Oliver get boarding passes and Emily gets a conditional pass.
Emily, Sylvia and Oliver meet with an ICE supervisor to get the stamp and he is asking Emily questions about the kid like, “You’re the one who gave birth to the child?” and, “Was it your egg or an implanted embryo.” These are just like the questions my chatty Lyft driver was asking me the other day.
The ICE agent tells Emily she’s not going to Montreal with them today, so she should just let them go. She then shows her her marriage certificate.
> Wow, [\#TheHandmaidsTale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheHandmaidsTale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) really pushed our queer panic buttons this week by enacting one of our worst fears. [pic.twitter.com/Hy4bqgdEl9](https://t.co/Hy4bqgdEl9)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/990271812088016896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This scene alone is enough to send my wife into a panic spiral (she’s the pessimist of the relationship). Really though, this is one of our worst fears being played out on TV.
Emily, Sylvia and Oliver have a teary goodbye.
Then Emily’s wife and kid go up the freedom escalator and leave Emily behind to the doom we all know lies ahead for her.
This scene is a hate crime, Handmaid’s Tale!
2. [*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/) – Season 5 Episode 2 “One Wrong Turn on Bourbon” \[Live\] Full disclosure, I have almost no idea what’s happening on this show, because up until this season I’ve only watched [the Freya and Keelin videos on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Freya+and+Keelin). But I’ll try to recap with my limited knowledge!
Keelin has been away from New Orleans for a long time and Freya is happy to see her!
That’s cute.
Later they talk about their future.
> Freya and Keelin are reunited. [\#TheOriginals](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOriginals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Freelin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Freelin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/NNd6rFmTlI](https://t.co/NNd6rFmTlI)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/990291684775907328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cute again.
But then Freya, who is a witch and not a vampire, does a spell thing, says she feels no magic here then tells Keelin she has to leave.
> Looks like Freya and Keelin's happiness is short lived. [\#TheOriginals](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheOriginals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Freelin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Freelin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/iWMvazJ4pL](https://t.co/iWMvazJ4pL)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 30, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/990961056137826305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
A classic soap opera, “everything’s great, no we have to break up because \[fill in the blank\].”
One thing I’ve been able to determine is Freya talks about her family all the time and there seems to be a lot of sacrificing her own happiness for the sake of her family. I find women get assigned that role too often on shows. This is the final season, so I hope they get a happy ending to make up for the way [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/) went down.
3. *CBS Sunday Morning* – Season 40 Episode 32 “#40.32” \[Live\] I like CBS Sunday Morning just fine, but they are not usually on top of the newest events in pop culture. So I was surprised they had a feature on Janelle Monáe the weekend after *Dirty Computer* and the accompanying [Emotion Picture](https://youtube.com/jdH2Sy-BlNE) dropped.
During the interview, the interviewer asked her if she was going to “settle the question,” which was a really weird way to ask if she was going to come out, to which Janelle said this:
Such a great answer! Statements like this save lives.
Here is the entire feature:
https://youtube.com/visFxBnvcKQ
That’s all I got. Still nothing on Maia on *The Good Fight* and *For the People* skipped airing last week. I hope we get queer legal drama action this week!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Dirty Computer, Janelle Monáe, The Handmaid's Tale, The Originals
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### [Sense8 Returns To Say Goodbye on June 8th](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/sense8-says-goodbye-june-8th/)
**Published:** April 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Time for the end and to say goodbye to our Cluster.
**Content:**
It’s time to say goodbye to [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/). That’s right it’s the finale, the ultimate swan song, the big goodbye, will be June 8th, 2018.
That’s right, we’ll find out what happened to Wolfgang, if Nomi and her family sort things out, if Will gets off drugs, and how all the clusters get together to fight and (we hope) win.
And then its …
## The End
Yeah, we’re not happy about it either. But …
## Could There Be More?
I need to put this out there before you get too excited.
I have been told that Netflix is still receptive to social media and fan influence. That means there is a *slim* possibility that if there’s enough viewership, we can get more episodes.
But.
While there certainly is evidence that the fan noise of ‘Save our Show’ got us the finale, and it got us *One Day at a Time* season 3, and lost us *Everything Sucks* (there was not a lot of fan noise for it), I do not think that a full blown season 3 of *Sense8* is practical.
Yes, the viewership didn’t make up for the production costs, but Netflix hasn’t ever stated that’s exactly why. And Netflix has been cancelling a lot of shows with relatively low production costs and moderate fanbases. We think. It’s not like the numbers are public like the Nielsen ones.
## Can We Do Anything?
Watch it again. Really between that and making noise on Twitter, that’s what we can do. But if you wanted to go that extra mile, email `globalcluster@netflix.com` and tell send them an letter or a video about how *Sense8* impacted you.
> But seriously, we're so excited for the Finale, and we could use the cluster's help!
>
> Wanna take part? Send us an email or video and let us know how Sense8 has impacted you: globalcluster@netflix.com 🌎🌍🌏
>
> — Sense8 (@sense8) [March 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/sense8/status/973629401429659649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It may not get us our show back, but you can be a part of the Cluster one last time.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Sense8
---
### [The Bold Type is Back (And So is Kadena)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-bold-type-is-back-with-kadena/)
**Published:** April 24, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A first look at season two and how life is getting even bolder for Kat, Jane, and Sutton. The Bold Type is back on Freeform on June 12th.
**Content:**
[*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) is back and the new trailer for season has dropped. From it we can determine the following: Life isn’t getting any simpler.
## Where We Were And Where We Are
Last season, Kat fell in love with a girl and got on the plane to be with Adena (and possibly quit her job…). Sutton finally got the job of her dreams, broke up with her secret boyfriend, and hooked up with a coworker who has a crush on her. And Jane? She finally had an orgasm and left her job to try something new.
When we catch up, Sutton still has her job (yay), there’s no mention of her boy troubles (but her boss, Oliver, was bumped to a regular), and now she’s paying for unexpected “party favours” (*only* $500? In NYC?). Kat’s back and her parents have met (or are meeting) Adena. I heart Kadena. And Jane… Jane’s not fitting in at the new place.
That’s a lot! And we’re missing sight of the fabulous boss extraordinare, Jacqueline. I know she’ll be back, but Best Boss Ever may not be willing to welcome Jane back with loving arms. It’s hard to say. Jane’s boyfriend, Pinstripe, will also be back in some capacity.
I’m looking forward to seeing how Kat navigates her first girlfriend, but clearly they’re pretty serious already. You can make your own U-Haul jokes, I know you know them. I’m also excited to see how her therapist parents handle this. They could either be awesome or … well. It’s a drama. I know what to expect. Lots of miscommunication and awkwardness.
By the way…. how is Adena coming back to the US? I thought her Visa was revoked…
## Season Two In June
The two-hour, season two, premiere will be on **June 12, 2018**. Make a unicorn martini and buckle up for the ride as these young women figure out the next step in their lives. Will Kat mature? Will Sutton stand up for herself? Will Jane experience another orgasm?
Find out this spring when *The Bold Type* is back on Freeform.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Coming Soon, The Bold Type
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 23, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-23-2018/)
**Published:** April 23, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Jane The Virgin season four finale delivers a major surprise, I fall in love with For the People and Grey's has fun with lesbian gratitude cookies.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *Jane The Virgin* season 4 finale delivers a major surprise; I fall in love with *For the People*; and Grey’s has fun with lesbian gratitude cookies.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*For The People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/) – Season 1 Episode 6 “Everybody’s a Superhero” \[Live\] If you’ve been watching this new Shondaland legal drama, you know [Kate Littlejohn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-littlejohn/) is a bit of a mystery sexuality-wise. She’s all about business, focusing on her work and being impatient with everyone around her.
Her co-worker Leonard tries asking her out repeatedly without any success until he asks her, “Are you not into guys?” And she replies, “It has nothing to do with gender.”
In this episode Seth brings Kate into a meeting with the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) to “back him up,” and instead she winds up siding with ATF agent Anya Ooms. After the meeting, Anya thanks her and asks her for her number in a flirty way. Kate gives her her card in a 100% business way.
That night Anya calls Kate wanting legal advice. Someone approached her confidential informant and asked them to kill someone for $5,000. She wants to go in there and arrest them, but she wanted to run it by Kate first. Kate tells her she doesn’t have enough solid evidence; they need the request on tape in order to make an arrest. Anya doesn’t want to blow her CI’s cover, so she’ll get an undercover agent to pose as a murder-for-hire and get the request on tape. Anya also wants Kate’s help on this.
After Anya and Kate pick their undercover agent, Anya wants to know if Kate wants to take a break. Kate refuses to stop working, and Anya asks her what her deal is. She asks her personal questions like where she’s from, where did she go to school, does she have pets? Kate says, “All of that sounds like stuff you talk about on a break.”
After more questions, Kate just puts on her headphones.
I love this scene because it’s the way my wife and I were when we met. I tried being friendly and flirty while she hard ignored me for months. Also I love the contrast of messy/clean desks.
When Anya and Kate are planning out the actual sting, Kate lets some personal information slip about where she went to school and what she studied.
On the actual sting operation, Kate is enjoying being in the van and thinks it’s more fun than doing boring lawyer stuff.
Kate is still not taking the flirt bait.
After the sting is a success, Kate is happy but says a very business-like goodbye to Anya.
That night, however, Anya calls Kate for more “legal advice.”
They go to the gun range like Anya proposed in the sting van, and Kate finally lets her guard down.
> First date vibes are strong! 😘 [\#ForThePeople](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ForThePeople?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/NaMX9kl6FL](https://t.co/NaMX9kl6FL)
>
> — For The People (@ForThePeopleABC) [April 18, 2018](https://twitter.com/ForThePeopleABC/status/986544876127965185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This was a perfect little episode of television. I absolutely love the these characters together. I hope we get to keep them for more than just one episode!
2. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 20 “Judgment Day” \[Live\] On the eve of 4/20, this episode of Grey’s was about half the hospital staff being stoned because Arizona passed out cookies she didn’t know had weed in them.
All of the stoned doctors eat snacks and process their various problems. Arizona is still buggin’ about the possibility of Carina leaving the country. Maggie asks her if it feels right with Carina.
Whoops! Arizona called Carina “Callie.” Is this some kind of foreshadowing of how Arizona is going to leave the show?
At the end of the day, Carina finds Arizona and tells her she heard about the cookies. Arizona was surprised she stuck around, and Carina says of course she wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye.
That seems to reassure Arizona.
There are 4 episodes left of Arizona, and I’m still not sure where things are going.
3. [*Station 19*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/) – Season 1 Episode 6 “Stronger Together” \[Live\] I just happen to keep this show running after Grey’s last week, and they randomly had a lesbian stuck in the street confess to her friend that she had feelings for her as she’s being rescued.
> Did anyone catch the random lesbian stuck in the street on that last episode of [@Station19](https://twitter.com/Station19?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)? She confesses to her friend that she has feelings for her as she's being rescued. It was pretty cute. -T [\#Station19](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Station19?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/4mglUtBsfx](https://t.co/4mglUtBsfx)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 22, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/988069256456802304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’ve only been watching bits and pieces of this show, and one of our followers let us know it has a [bisexual main character](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-bishop/)! I will have to add it to my weekly watching schedule.
4. [*Jane the Virgin SURPRISE*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 17 “Chapter Eighty-One” \[Live\] I spent all last week anticipating the *Jane The Virgin* season 4 finale, and wow, this one was a doozy!
We start with JR and Petra being all cute in bed.
Petra gets up to close the window. They made it really clear that we should be paying attention to the fact that JR likes to keep the windows open. JR is out of a job now that she’s been disbarred, so Petra makes a suggestion.
> "I didn't expect to feel like this about you. But here we are. And I'm in love with you." [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirginfinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirginfinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/KmaByESPbb](https://t.co/KmaByESPbb)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/987706855232294913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
JR said the L word! At this point I’m just enjoying all the Petramos cuteness. I know this is the finale, and things probably wont end well.
Later Rafael and Petra are talking, and Raf can tell something’s up with her.
I love the look on Petra’s face when she says, “I think I do.” Raf doesn’t see a problem, but Petra says she’s just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Rafael tells her to just let herself be happy.
Petra takes his advice and tells JR that she loves her, too.
> "I've never felt about anyone the way I feel when I'm with you. And I think I just quoted Dirty Dancing. But that's the kind of cheesy thing you make me do." [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirginfinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirginfinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/U4mPcPGrLd](https://t.co/U4mPcPGrLd)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/987720027259527168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Sigh, it’s all so great, but I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop as well.
While Petra is at Abla’s, I mean Alba’s party, she talks to JR on the phone.
Oh no, it’s the literal shoe. I knew the shoe actually being broken meant either Petra was lying, her mom broke the shoe to cause trouble, or something really bad was going to happen.
When Petra comes home, JR confronts her.
Finally, it all comes spilling out. Petra was lying that entire time. We got to see what actually happened that night.
> We find out what really happened the night of Anezka's murder. It breaks my heart, but I do love when [@yaelgrobglas](https://twitter.com/yaelgrobglas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) gets to do a Tatiana Maslany scene. [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirginFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirginFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/UfY9dY6e61](https://t.co/UfY9dY6e61)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/987764351787552773?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
This whole thing broke my heart, but I do love when Yael Grobglas gets to do a Tatiana Maslany scene (she even said “sestra”). Also, note, they’re showing us the open window again.
While JR is storming out the the hotel, she gets a call from Krishna in prison.
> The big [\#JRShotWho](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JRShotWho?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) season four finale cliffhanger scene. Who do you think it was? Any theories? [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirginFinale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirginFinale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/bMjPOeMlTq](https://t.co/bMjPOeMlTq)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/987772865939419136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
\#JRShotWho is pretty brilliant cliffhanger, but omg, who do you think that was? My theory is it was Anezka, she could probably climb through an open window. That way Petra didn’t really kill her in the first place, and now they have to deal with JR committing a crime in season 5.
I know I usually only recap the queer part of shows, but I would be amiss if I did not mention the big surprise at the end of the finale.
Rafael got disturbing news from Rose, and it changed his personality halfway through the episode. We didn’t know what it was until the very end when Raf asks Jane to come to his apartment.
Oh my f’ing God, it’s Michael. He’s alive! Wow! That is some cliffhanger.
**Thank you to the Jennie Urman and all the **Jane the Virgin** writers for an amazing season of television.** I can’t wait to see what they have in store for us on season 5.
I was disappointed we didn’t get to see the aftermath of Maia’s hookup on *The Good Fight* this week, but according to the previews, it looks like we will next Sunday! I’m anxious to see how it all will go down.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** For the People, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Station 19
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### [RizzlesCon - When TV Failed Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/rizzlescon-tv-failed-us/)
**Published:** September 23, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** They never had a chance, and what they pulled off was nothing short of a miracle. But RizzlesCon was a thing. It happened. It was also a disaster. And one I'm proud to say I was a part of.
**Content:**
Back in 2012, I worked for a bank and hated my job. When a friend asked if I would help her to run the website for a convention idea she had, I hesitated a little and decided why not. The event? RizzlesCon. A convention for fans of *[Rizzoli & Isles](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rizzoli-isles/)*. It was a time when we all loved the show, the dark humor and the fun plots, and especially the relationship between Jane and Maura.
Many fans volunteered to help, for nothing more than discounted tickets and a free book. We didn’t ask for or expect much, save to meet our friends and have a great time. In part, the events surrounding RizzlesCon helped me decide to quit my job and move on. I met wonderful people and had a marvelous time, including a memorable lunch with Tess Gerritsen and her husband.
But that story has a dark side.
You see, up until the day before the event, some of the stars of the show were expected to come. They were going to be on a panel and talk to us about the show. But… the day prior, the volunteers were told that they would not be coming, that their schedules had changed abruptly, and that was that. It sucked. The organizers scrambled to fill in the slots (bless Tess for jumping in!) and they took a massive social and emotional hit for a ‘failed’ convention. I distinctly recall there were weeks and months where they were blasted over the Internet and accused of everything from lying to embezzlement.
None of the accusations were true.
In light of the shit storm 2015 and 2016 have been, with more dead lesbians on TV than ever, and the recent news of AfterEllen’s demise to the patriarchy, I reached out to one of the organizers, Liv Moreno (perhaps better known as [@Adm\_Hawthorne](https://twitter.com/adm_hawthorne)) and asked if now, after all this time, would she be willing to tell her story. And to my surprise, she was.
Here, for what I think is the first time ever, is the story of what happened at RizzlesCon, from Liv:
> In 2011 and during what I would argue was the height of the fandom frenzy surrounding the TV show “Rizzoli & Isles,” my friend Joy approached me and two other women who were co-running a popular fandom blog for the show and asked us if we would be interested in helping her organize the first convention for the show.
>
> Naturally, we were all for it. R&I was our favorite show, and our favorite pairing was on it, Jane and Maura. Of course, Jane and Maura weren’t *really* together on the show, but the subtext was so strong that an almost literal cult had risen up supporting the two main character becoming involved in a romantic relationship with each other. Anywhere you looked in media, people were either asking the actors about the chemistry, or you would find advertisements of all kinds playing up the subtext between Jane and Maura and very nicely queerbaiting the lot of us.
>
> In the midst of all of that were the fans who truly adored the characters, the chemistry, and the potential for a romantic relationship. They were the same fans who had supported Olivia Benson and Alex Cabot, Captain Kathryn Janeway and Seven of Nine, and Xena and Gabrielle.
>
> Fandom is a tight knit bunch of people, and we tend to move together from one fandom to the next, and, within fandom, the lesbian and female bisexual fandom is smaller and tighter still. In R&I’s case, it was a strong but very vocal minority with a lot of recognition power online. We were the ones that made the show trend on twitter every Tuesday night, and we were the ones overpowering polls about who should be with who on the show. We were ratings and clickbait power, we were free advertising, we were untapped marketing potential, and no one would have disagreed with that.
>
> There was no secret among TNT’s public relations team that this online fandom, the Rizzles fandom, was their online base. It was also no secret to those of us running the more recognized-by-the-network blogs and websites that, though they liked to toe the line, they drew it at outright giving full credibility to Rizzles, and both sides knew they used each other to keep wheels greased and the online community fed the things that make fangirls swoon. I’m not proud of that fact, but it’s true, and I’m not going to deny it to make myself look better.
>
> So, it was with that knowledge, that ultimately Joy and I went into trying to organize RizzlesCon 2012.
>
> Notice we named it RizzlesCon. We actually discussed naming it something broader, but we settled on the name Rizzles in large part because we didn’t want to tread on potential copyright infringement. We decided to stick with Rizzles because, one, the largest base of those who were interested in attending the convention were part of the LGBTQ+ community and, two, Rizzles was already recognized among the entire fandom base.
>
> The mainstream media had started picking up on it, and, even though they weren’t using it exactly correctly, it was a good start to getting a brand solidified, which is something you need when you’re trying to get a convention off the ground.
>
> We started by reaching out to TNT PR, and, at first, they were very excited and open to the concept, but that didn’t last long. It only took a week or two for them to circle back to us and tell us that they would have to talk to their management more about it.
>
> From there, their management was more reserved on the idea, and told us we would need to work with Warner Brothers, who produces the show. TNT only broadcasts it. Eventually, we managed to get a contact at Warner Brothers PR, and they were helpful though not really interested. Essentially, Warner Brothers told us, “That’s such an interesting idea! It’s great that you’re very, very involved. Let’s work on a contract so we can work out a merchandising agreement.”
>
> We explained the whole thing was nonprofit, and Warner Brothers said, “Fine, but we want nothing to do with it,” and they gave us a list of things we could not do or else risk copyright infringement, which we followed to the letter.
>
> We emailed the PR people back and forth to make certain we didn’t infringe on anything we did because we couldn’t afford the over five thousand dollar price tag to buy the licensing rights to use actual “Rizzoli & Isles” logos and such. We made sure they were aware of what was happening and that everyone was okay with it, and, up until the night before the first day of the convention, they were more or less neutral on it from the outside looking in.
>
> We spoke with then executive produce Janet Tamaro, who was very supportive of the idea. We went through all the proper channels you have to go through to get the talent to come. We spoke with agents. We worked through deals for other people who were in real law enforcement and forensics to come speak to help add to the experience. We even reached out to the production team on the show to invite them to come speak. Joy spent her time, money, and resources working out deals with the hotel and getting people to fly in.
>
> As the convention started to come together, Joy and I quickly realized that this convention was more than about the show. It was about the Rizzles community, and the Rizzles community was LGBTQ+. Period. That was and is the community. Are there heterosexuals who enjoy the concept of Rizzles? Sure, of course. Do they contribute to the Rizzles fandom? Absolutely. However, at the core of the fandom, at the very essence of Rizzles, it was about the LGTBQ+ community, and, specifically, the lesbians and bisexual women who were searching to find a bit of something of ourselves in the media landscape around us.
>
> With that feeling in mind, we geared some of the content toward the community. We had a panel come in to speak about LGBTQ+ representation in the media. It had Sophie B. Hawkins and her partner Gigi Gaston, Adam Bouska who is the photographer for the NO H8 campaign, Kat Brooks, a few others of some renown, and Trish Bendix as the moderator. The No H8 campaign also scheduled a photoshoot at the convention, which was well received.
>
> Joy worked tirelessly to get the talent and to cover issues like liability insurance for the convention and, because the convention was non-profit, she did it because of her love of the fandom and the show. As for my part? Well, I had the pleasure of talking the convention up and helping her plan in any way I could and as she asked me to. If you had asked me at the time, I would have told you I was just the pretty face. Joy was the muscle.
>
> On the day we launched the website promoting the convention, we crashed the hosting server. On the day we launched ticket sales, we crashed *that* server and sold out almost all of our tickets. We eventually sold them all. Joy and I had guessed we’d be lucky to have 200 people be interested in attending. Imagine our surprise when that 200 sold out and more people were upset they didn’t get a ticket, and it wasn’t just a handful who were disappointed. We had people who had bought tickets who lived as far away England, Holland, Australia… they were coming from *all over the world*, and Joy herself lived in England at the time.
>
> Needless to say, there was interest in a convention for “Rizzoli & Isles,” especially one geared toward lesbians and bisexual women.
>
> Joy and I were over the moon when Sasha Alexander agreed to appear. The next was Lorraine Bracco. Eventually, we had almost everyone in the ensemble on our roster of attendees as well as some people in production who were willing to come in and talk about their craft and how it applied to the production of the show. All of this, of course, with the understanding that schedule conflicts might prevent them from coming, which is par for the course for any convention. We even had the executive producer, Janet Tamaro, on board to come, and Tess Gerritsen herself was going to be there, which was such a thrill.
>
> Each time someone said yes, we let our fellow fans know.
>
> It was amazing how quickly the news of this little convention spread. Dorothy Snarker mentioned us on her personal blog. It was up on AfterEllen.com, a few actors were asked about it during interviews, and we even had an actual print magazine mention us in a section about pop culture things happening in and around Hollywood. For two people who just wanted to do something neat for fellow fans, Joy and I were blown away by the relatively warm reception to the idea of this convention.
>
> Through the careful, meticulous planning of inviting talent and asking those in real law enforcement fields to come, through talking to fellow fans and dealing with the death threats and hate mail from so called fans, and through website breakups and personal breakdowns we kept both Warner Brothers and TNT fully informed with each step we took.
>
> Then someone at Warner Brothers, by our best understanding it was the head of PR at the time, decided that this was not an event that they were in any way okay with. We had almost all of the main cast with the exception of Angie Harmon, many of the guest stars, and a good number of the production team onboard, and, one by one, each actor had something come up. It took two weeks for all of the actors to find an excuse to bailout, and my heart dropped each time.
>
> The last to drop was Sasha Alexander.
>
> You see, in the land of Hollywood, if you’re an actor and the PR team from the production house who is in charge of your show says no, then you’re not going even if you want to, unless you have some insanely good contract.
>
> Joy and I received an email from the Senior Vice President of PR for Warner Brothers the night before the first day of the convention. I distinctly recall it was 6:30 pm, and Joy, some fellow convention goers, and I were at IHOP when the news dropped. The email was short and sweet. It read, “We regret to inform you that none of the cast and crew from ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ will be able to attend RizzlesCon.”
>
> Liv at iHopNone of the actors ever said it outright, of course. They couldn’t afford to, but it was clear based on the conversations had over the course of those two weeks in which they were dropping like flies that they were told not to attend by the powers that be because it would look bad. We were already gearing ourselves to tell the attendees about that portion, but we weren’t ready for the production house to keep even the crew from coming, which meant that Joy and I were left with 200 people who were expecting something we could no longer provide and no way to give them back anything of what they’d put in.
>
> They were already there. They had already spent their money to fly out to Anaheim, California and stay at this hotel in which this so-called convention was supposed to take place.
>
> Joy and I sent a response asking the SVP of PR for Warner Brothers what we should tell the 200 people who were there to show support and love for *Warner Brothers’* show about why they regretted to inform us that no one from the production could attend. What do we tell these fans who have come from all over the world to support the show and the fandom?
>
> Unsurprisingly, we received no response.
>
> To be perfectly honest, I had a small breakdown that night. Joy, for her part and because she’s very British, maintained a stiff upper lip, and I seem to recall downed some wine.
>
> What were we going to do?
>
> It was an untenable situation. Yes, we still had people coming to speak, and they were interesting people. We still had celebrities coming. Sophie B. Hawkins and Renee O’Connor were still coming, and, when you have Gabrielle there, how bad could it possibly be?
>
> The morning of that first day, we received a few bits of consolation. Sasha had told us and then did send her personal assistant over with some gifts to hand out, and, because the Rizzles fandom community for the show was so small, her assistant was actually a bit of a celebrity in the crowd in her own right. Lorraine and Sasha sent us personalized video messages, but we were under strict instructions to, under no circumstance whatsoever, play the video online anywhere. Joy had to sign contracts with lawyers to ensure complete confidentiality of the videos. Janet Tamaro sent us a basket of R&I merchandise to raffle off as a way of apologizing, and Tess Gerritsen did come.
>
> Tess Gerritsen saved us, to be perfectly honest, because she stepped up and filled the gap losing everyone from the show had left, and she did so with grace, humility, and real enjoyment.
>
> Tess GerritsenHowever, that morning, I didn’t know what to expect for the rest of the weekend. What I knew was that I had to face these fellow fans and explain to them why none of the actors or crew were going to be there. I knew that whatever I said would be put online, so whatever truth I spoke had to be carefully constructed to convey exactly what was happening. Fortunately, Joy and I had spent the better part of the night putting those thoughts together.
>
> In hindsight and a few conversations with insiders later, I realize that Warner Brothers was never really going to let this happen. In truth, we never really had a shot.
>
> I keep the recording of me and Joy sitting on stage that morning talking to those convention goers about what had happened. I remember sitting up there next to Joy and feeling physically ill. I had told her the night before that I would be the one to tell everyone. To me, that only seemed fair since I was the one who had spoken to the fandom the most about the convention, and, as I looked out over the sea of excited faces… and Tess Gerritsen’s appreciative and happy face …I internally asked myself why we had tried.
>
> Joy and LivThe production house who owned the rights to the show had never been friendly to us, especially after they learned our lineup of ‘other’ things at the convention. The network had completely ignored us. We knew both had a history of using the Rizzles fandom to get clicks on their site and ratings every Tuesday in the summer. All the while, half their talent had gone around being dismissive of us as a fan base without ever really having any repercussions from being so flippant about us.
>
> We knew our community wasn’t actually taken seriously, and I think that was our flaw, or, at least, it was my hubris. Deep down, I figured they were ignoring us anyway, so the likelihood that they would bother with a small little convention that wasn’t making any money off of their product wouldn’t cause them to bat an eye, but I was so wrong.
>
> They didn’t just blink; they balked.
>
> I’ll never be able to prove it, of course. Executives are smart enough to never put anything down in writing and actors know how to cover themselves even when they don’t agree with what they’re being told they have to do, but I will never doubt for a moment that our convention was lessened by Warner Brothers and TNT because it was, basically, a lesbian convention.
>
> I say lessened because it was still a great convention, and the 198 people who chose to remain once I made the announcement all said they never regretted going, but it’s not because of anything Joy and I did. It’s because of the community.
>
> As I said earlier, we’re a tight knit group, and we understand that we’re the underdog. We know what it means to be stepped on, ignored, and pushed aside as something not worth mainstream media’s time, and I think it was that understanding that bound us together. If Warner Brothers and TNT didn’t want us, that was fine. We didn’t need them.
>
> Further, I cannot and will never be able to thank Tess and her assistant enough for choosing to remain for more days than she planned so that she could interact and support the fans. Between Tess and other very talented and amazing people who could keep their word, we had a good experience, but I still think about that morning.
>
> I said something that morning that I try to remind myself of when I hear about things happening to other LGBTQ+/lesbian things, such as AfterEllen being effectively shut down, because it’s the only thing that makes me feel better when I watch media use us and throw us away. I said, “We have each other, and we have something in common, a shared interest, which you can’t ask for something better. … We’re a community. We’re a family.”
I will always look back at RizzlesCon as a fun time with a sad ending. Many of the people I met there are still my friends and we talk regularly. But like Liv, I look at how we’re being thrown away and I think that what Liv said is right.
We are a community.
**Categories:** News, Rant
**Tags:** Community, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
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### [Introducing Intersectionality to Shows and Scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/introducing-intersectionality/)
**Published:** April 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Introducing Intersectionality! A new way to help you find the shows you want to watch!
**Content:**
[Since we announced scores back in October](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/scoring-shows/), we’ve slowly been improving [show scoring](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/show-scores/) and how it works.
As the daughter of a mathematician, I take any sort of quantitative generation of statistics with seriousness. Unlike the simple mathematical computation of, for example, [a trend line formula of queer deaths over the years](/statistics/trends/), measuring the subjective notion of quality requires making what is known as a framework. The more complex these notions of value, regardless of how intuitive they feel, must be tailored not just to the data on hand, but the application.
In other words, in order to make show scoring valuable, we had to determine what sort of results we expected and desired. It’s just like making a pros and cons list to decide which action to take, or like those dating websites use to generate your match scores.
Over the last 8 months, I’ve spent considerable time reviewing the show scores and tweaking the values in order to make sure shows that are doing well and doing good things are properly rewarded. In that process, we are pleased to introduce the latest factor to go into the value calculations of shows: **Intersectionality**
## What is Intersectionality?
Intersectionality is a way to understand and identify how people from different walks of life, based on factors like race, gender, age, disability, and so on, are impacted in unique ways. No two people perceive the world in the same way, but moreover, no two *types* of people experience the world in the same way. By studying intersectionality, we can better see how the world affects us, based on what makes us unique. The belief is these things do not exist separately from each other, and instead are complexly interwoven.
Unlike pure feminism, intersectionality tries to correct dynamics that were often overlooked. For example, we cannot say gender alone determines a woman’s fate in society, but also her sexual identity, age, religion, etc.
Here, we attempt to use it to *celebrate* the positive intersectional representation demonstrated on some shows. For example, if a show is made up primarily of black characters, we would award it the intersectional flag of “PoC Centric.”
## How Does it Factor into Scores?
Unlike most other aspects of scores, like tropes and clichés, intersectionality is rare. It’s also much harder to retain. A Gold Star show (that is a show made by queers, intended for a queer audience) will never be able to lose that flag. But if a show having positive representation of a Deaf queer character kills off that character, then they would lose the “Disability” intersectionality flag.
Because of that, a positive intersectionality flag gives a show a bonus of 3 points for each flag, with a maximum of 15 points.
## How Many Intersections are there?
Currently we have seven.
- Disabilities
- Gender Presentation
- Immigrants
- Interracial Relationships
- Diverse Cast
- PoC Centric
- Religion
We’re still adding shows in to this, and our bar for acceptance is high. A show can’t just have a token religious character to qualify, it has to have positive religious representation of the queer character.
The new Intersectionality box on shows## What Kind of Shows Have This?
There are some that are fairly obvious. [*One Day at a Time*](/show/one-day-at-a-time/) and [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) both have the marker “POC Centric” as their casts are primarily made of POC, and the queer characters are also POC. [*Degrassi: Next Class*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/), a show that directly aims towards the topical, covers Religion, Interracial Relationships, Multiracial queer characters, *and* Immigrants.
On the other hand, [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) does **not** get rewarded for Disability (i.e. Arizona) because we did not feel this was a **realistic and positive** representation of a queer person with a disability.
## What’s Next?
We’re going back through all the shows and making sure each show has the appropriate (if any) Intersectionality flags awarded.
This is just one way we’re making it easier for you to find the shows *you* want to watch on TV.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Intersectionality, Scoring
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 16, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-16-2018/)
**Published:** April 16, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Legends of Tomorrow season 3 finale has the greatest fight scene ever, Jess and Heather make up on Mary Kills People, Petra is finally off the hook on Jane the Virgin and things are rocky in the house of Maia and Amy on The Good Fight.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the *Legends of Tomorrow* season 3 finale has the greatest fight scene ever; Jess and Heather make up on *Mary Kills People*; Petra is finally off the hook on *Jane the Virgin*; and things are rocky in the house of Maia and Amy on *The Good Fight*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Finale Episode 18 “The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly” \[Live\] My plane from Vegas landed early and I made it home just in time to watch the *Legends of Tomorrow* season 3 finale! I have to say, it’s a whole new experience watching this show after feeling like I spent the weekend with Maisie Richardson-Sellers and Caity Lotz.
The Legends go to the Old West to hide from Mallus and figure out what they need to do to defeat him. Of course, Mallus finds them and sends some of their enemies from throughout season three to go after them. That was super fun. I love random characters coming back for a finale.
Amaya and Nate go on one of their Ayahuasca-like trips and see that totem bearers need to stand interlocked in a circle to manifest a being strong enough to defeat Mallus. Sara thinks they need to find new totem bearers to do that properly, but Amaya thinks they *are* the right people to wield the totems.
Sara, Amaya, Nate, Mick, Wally and Zari give it a shot, but they have a hard time focusing and manifest something really gross that Mick promptly shoots with his fire gun. After that Sara is convinced she’s right, they need to find other people to use the totems.
Just then Ava portals in with a posse, including Jax!
While they’re all hanging out, Sara tells them they need to use the totems, and Ava says, “We’re here to help you, not replace you.” She seems to convince Sara that the Legends are the ones to do it since they have helped so many people throughout time.
After that, Ava and Sara also do a little L Word processing.
> "I wanted to ask you just, did you mean what you said the last time we saw each other?" [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/1C1MmJESkx](https://t.co/1C1MmJESkx)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/983739960426745856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We’ll have to wait until season 4 to see how that conversation ends.
Sara confronts an army of bad guys to tell them all to get out of town. They don’t like that message and start to attack. Ava then rides in on a horse and scoops Sara up and out of harm’s way.
A big battle scene commences, and Team Legends are able to successfully beat back the army of bad guys. However, soon after that Mallus arrives, and the Legends must join together to give birth to whatever the thing is to defeat Mallus.
And folks, that thing is — a giant Beebo.
Oh my goodness, I was crying laughing and trying to explain to my wife (she doesn’t watch the show) who the heck Beebo was.
Bravo, Legends writers. Well done.
The Beebo / Mallus fight scene is a wonder of TV cinematic excellence.
Beebo defeats Mallus and Damien Darhk along with it. I’m not sad about that; Damien Darhk was really getting on my nerves. However, people rarely stay dead on Legends.
Before Ava portals back to the Time Bureau, she says goodbye to Sara.
That’s it? Ugh, they’re making us wait until next season for more Avalance! Well at least we know Ava will definitely be back now that Jes Macallan has been upgraded to a series regular next season.
At the end of the show, all of the Legends are relaxing on the beach in Aruba where the season started. Nate says they should have invited Ava, and Sara says, “Oh, we’ve got plans. And until then, she busy fixing all those pesky anachronisms we left behind.”
At the very end, Gary and Constantine show up on the beach. It looks like the two of them have been spending time together. Constantine dumps the head of a dragon on the beach and says Mallus was not the only thing that got out when they let him out of his cage.
Well, there’s our season 3 cliffhanger.
I absolutely LOVED this season of *Legends of Tomorrow*. The show keeps getting better and better, and I can’t wait for season 4.
2. [*Mary Kills People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mary-kills-people/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Come to Jesus” \[Catch Up\] Naomi approaches Heather at school and doesn’t apologize or anything but tells her everything that happened at the party was her fault because she was being drunk and stupid. She encourages her to get back together with Jess.
Thankfully, Heather listens. She and Jess make up and get back together.
I feel like this story line is righting the wrongs of our queer teenhoods. I hope Naomi doesn’t create more trouble for them.
3. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 19 “Beautiful Dreamer” \[Live\] Wow, we got some Arizona and Carina this episode. It’s a miracle.
During a sibling fight between Andrew and Carina, Carina calls Andrew’s girlfriend Sam a stalker, and Andrew says, “it’s an actual monogamous relationship that goes past three months. So, if you ever get there please let me know.” This obviously has Arizona a little shook for the rest of the episode, thinking Carina may not be sticking around.
Arizona finally asks Carina if she is going to move away to another country because their research is almost done and she’s a free spirit.
Carina assures her that she is not going anywhere.
That is really sweet, but we all know that Arizona is leaving the show. There are 5 episodes left of season 14. What do you think is going to happen to Arizona? I bet she’s going to move away somewhere with Carina. Whatever it is, it better be a happy ending.
4. [*Jane the Virgin Girl on Fire Who is so Inspired to Write, Words are Pouring Out and She Can’t Stop Flowing, it’s Like ‘What Writer’s Block?’ Nobody’s…*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 16 “Chapter Eighty” \[Live\] JR tells Petra she got an email from the DA, and he wants to meet about the case. She thinks this means they are officially dropping the charges against Petra.
JR wants to celebrate.
Unfortunately, Petra has work and kid stuff to do which is a mood killer for JR.
After the meeting with the DA, JR reports back that they are not dropping the charges against Petra. They said Petra’s mother’s story checks out. Petra vehemently insists that her mother must be lying and does so while doing a little tribute to Hamilton.
JR tells Petra she will prove her mother is lying and get the case dismissed.
Right before JR meets Petra’s mother for questioning, she’s bugging out.
The narrator and the #Petramos fandom had the exact same thought at that moment.
When JR gets back to Petra’s, she tells her she caught her mom in a lie, and she thinks they’ll be ok. However, there is something that gave JR some doubt. Petra’s mom said Petra broke a heel while pushing Anezka, and when JR inspected the crime scene photos, there was a nick in the floor.
Petra is really upset that JR has any doubt. She goes and grabs the shoes she was wearing that night and shows them to her, heels intact. Petra is so mad that she tells JR to leave.
I know they’re fighting, but I love that Petra said “girlfriend.”
Later, JR tells Petra that she came clean to the DA about being blackmailed into framing Petra. Petra’s case is dismissed, but JR will be disbarred. Petra is overwhelmed by everything, and JR apologizes for not trusting her.
> JR comes clean to the DA about being blackmailed into framing Petra. Petra's case is dismissed, but JR will be disbarred. Petra is overwhelmed. ❤️[\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Jetra2](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jetra2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirign](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirign?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/hfXNOrTIug](https://t.co/hfXNOrTIug)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/985258059978207234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my goodness I love these two so much. The season finale is NEXT WEEK and look at this clip from the trailer!
JR in that shirt saying, “I’m in love with you” — I am not ready.
Has there been any news on Rosario Dawson and season 5? I would hate to lose #Petramos after this season.
Oh! I got so wrapped up in Petramos, I almost forgot the Friday Night Cliffhanger. Rose called Rafael from prison.
What does this mean? Will Rose and Luisa be in the season finale? We’ll see next week.
5. [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) – Season 2 Episode 7 “Day 450” \[Web\] Oh my gosh, y’all, this episode blew me away.
Democratic National Committee consultant, Ruth Eastman, pays a visit to Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart for a super top secret meeting. The DNC is interviewing nine law firms to find a legal team to impeach Trump after the midterm elections.
Ruth’s assistant Carine Minter is there, and she seems to be hitting it off with Maia.
Carine insists that she’s seen Maia somewhere before, and Maia tells her she’s Maia Rindell, daughter of Henry Rindell. Maia’s pretty sure Carine’s not going to want to keep talking to her after learning that fact.
Later, Maia, Amy, Marissa and Drew are on a double date.
Y’all, I thought Maia and Amy broke up, but here we are.
Drew blurts out it’s good to see they’re doing well, because Marissa told him the two of them were having problems. Maia’s like, “No, we’re doing good.” and Amy says, “Actually, we’re thinking of getting married.”
Um, that’s not what you said on the stand, Amy.
Suddenly, Drew jumps up and punches a dude in the face. He said it was for taking an upskirt picture of his girlfriend. Marissa thinks this is super hot, but the four of them get kicked out of the bar. Maia has an “aw, cute” look on her face and Amy looks really annoyed. Amy’s like, “We’re going home.” At home, Amy is judgey about Drew and makes it clear she doesn’t want to hang out with them again.
The next day Carine comes by Maia’s desk to talk.
So Maia’s background has not scared Carine away; it’s actually given them something in common. Rut, ro.
Marissa interrupts their conversation to invite Maia out dancing. Maia says she’s not sure, but maybe she’ll go alone because Amy has a trial coming up. Later on the phone, Maia talks to Amy about going out.
Maia goes out. She’s dancing with Drew and Marissa, but they are really into each other. Maia goes off to get a drink and look who shows up.
Carine tries to chitchat about their disgraced dads, but Maia wants to go dance instead.
Oh, no, Maia. Did you not watch *Footloose*? We all know what dancing can lead to.
Marissa and Maia take a break from dancing and Maia asks Marissa if she thinks she and Amy are boring. Then she tells her that she feels like she’s cheating by dancing with Carine.
Marissa asks her what she wants and Maia replies, “Sometimes I want stability; sometimes I don’t.” Then Marissa asks, “Of those, what do you want right now.” Maia replies, “That’s the question.”
Maia decides to be responsible and go home. While she’s waiting for her Uber, Carine comes up to say goodbye.
Oooooo, the *Footloose* prophecy came true.
The making out continues in the Uber until Carine’s boss calls.
She needs Carine to come in to Reddick, Boseman & Lockhart now. Carine literally stumbles in to meet her boss.
These naturally awkward scenes is one reason out of 100 I love this show.
Ruth tells Carine it’s time to pack up and head back to DC. Carine is all like, “Shouldn’t we stay a few more days?” because we know Maia is hiding around the corner somewhere. Ruth tells her to take a vacation.
Ruth tells her other assistant to clean things up and turn off the DNC cameras in the conference room. He tries to open the conference room door, but hmmmmm it’s locked.
OH NO, the cameras! I know Maia was cheating and all, but on camera? The girl could use a break after going to jail after her own father threw her under the bus.
Wow, y’all that was an amazing episode. It’s going to be a world of dyke drama next week.
6. [*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) – Season 5 Episode 17 “DFW” \[Live\] Gina walks in on Rosa swiping on a dating app.
Gina wants to know what happened to the woman she was dating.
Gina says, “You’re in luck because I have the perfect girl for you, and I’m texting with her right now.” Rosa says, “No, you are terrible at setting me up.” Gina insists now she knows Rosa is bi, that changes everything because she knows so many great women.
Later Gina brings Rosa into the briefing room and shows her pictures of different women. Of course, Rosa says no to all of them, but does concede to going on one date set up by Gina.
Rosa goes on the date with Trishelle, and it’s pretty terrible.
The next day, Rosa comes in, and Gina sees her setup was actually a success. She was really setting her up with Aubrey the bartender. Trishelle was just a decoy.
Rosa then admits Gina is a good matchmaker.
I’m excited to see when Gina Rodriguez makes an appearance. I hope it’s soon.
*Supergirl*‘s back tonight. I hope Alex is not just gay and sad in the background. Also, I’m going to see **[Stars](https://www.youarestars.com/)**, one of my favorite bands play during the *Jane the Virgin* finale so I gave Mika a quick tutorial (she doesn’t watch the show) and a GIF making lesson so she can take the wheel Friday night. Hold her in the light, everyone.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Mary Kills People, The Good Fight
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### [Back to the Badlands Tonight](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/back-to-into-the-badlands-tonight/)
**Published:** April 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Death, betrayal, kung-fu fighting, and powerful women. No, it's not Game of Thrones, it's way better. It's Into the Badlands, and it's back tonight!
**Content:**
[*Into the Badlands*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-badlands/) returns **tonight**!
I had a really hard time getting into this show at first, but after meeting some of the cast and crew at WonderCon, and being told by a great number of people that it was really that good, I gave it a chance again. I’m glad I did!
## What’s it all about?
First, hand wave yourself into a post-apocalyptic future. Okay good. It’s the future, everything went to shit. No one has guns, but there are still cars. No planes. When we start, Sunny is a Regent, the head of a Baron’s militia (called Clippers because they … clip … people). He goes to handle things and accidentally saves a boy, M.K., who gets super powers when he bleeds. The Widow, another Baron, wants M.K. for herself, and Sunny just wants to bail with his pregnant girlfriend.
Absolutely *nothing* goes according to anyone’s plans.
Look I know what you’re thinking. It sounds incredibly heterocentric, and to be fair, the first season really is. The bad guy is a white dude with a Southern accent that didn’t sound at all like my in-laws, but I’ll excuse because it’s post-apocalypse. There are sex workers and drugs and everything seems like a sausage fest.
And then … we have The Widow.
Everything’s better with powerful women who don’t take anything lying down. The Widow is awesome. She was a Baron’s wife, killed him, took over, and raised an army of women (called Butterflies and not Clippers). She’s amazing.
## What about the Queer?
Okay I know why you’re here. Why would I talk about a show that doesn’t have the queer? I wouldn’t! We have two! [Tilda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tilda/) and [Odessa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/odessa/).
In season one, Tilda, the head Butterfly, is somewhat interested in M.K. Probably because The Widow is as well. However in the beginning of season two, Tilda and The Widow free a bunch of Dolls (sex workers) and one of them is Odessa. The Dolls all join the Butterflies, like you do, and Odessa and Tilda hit it off, dancing around each other until I shouted “Kiss!” But Odessa doesn’t like that The Widow is making alliances with men (can’t blame her) and is going to leave until Tilda asks her to stay and Odessa kisses her.
Big sigh.
Season two gets dark, and Tilda and The Widow have it out. Tilda looses and end up imprisoned, but Odessa saves her and they run off together.
## What’s Next?
At the end of season 2, Veil (Sunny’s lover) was dead, and he was now a single dad, Bajie called for help from Azra, and Tilda and Odessa bailed on The Widow.
They aired the trailer at WonderCon (about 5 minutes before they showed everyone else) and I actually watched that before I saw the show. Yeah I know.
When we pick up in season three, Sunny is trying to avoid everyone but Henry, his baby, is sick. He has to team up with Bajie, who’s slipped into his old ways, and go back … into the Badlands. Which is not a great thing, because The Widow and Baron Chau are in an all-out war.
Meanwhile, Tilda and Odessa are playing in the forest. Now known as The Iron Rabbit, Tilda and Odessa are playing Robin Hood for Lydia’s refugees. You know it won’t last. All signs point to Tilda having her allegiances tested yet again, and since Bajie’s call to Azra brings some … unexpected results, that reconciliation may have to happen soon…
There will be new heroes and villains, epic fights on towers, new costumes, and a bunch of costumes that are amazing. Seriously, the work on this show… Just look!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/back-to-into-the-badlands-tonight/itb_301_am_0906_0589-rt/)
Emily Beecham as The Widow, Sherman Augustus as Moon – Into the Badlands \_ Season 3, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC
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Ella-Rae Smith as Nix – Into the Badlands \_ Season 3, Episode 2 – Photo Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/back-to-into-the-badlands-tonight/itb_301_am_0830_0083-rt/)
Maddison Jaizani as Odessa – Into the Badlands \_ Season 3, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/back-to-into-the-badlands-tonight/itb_301_am_0830_0066-rt/)
Ally Ioannides as Tilda – Into the Badlands \_ Season 3, Episode 1 – Photo Credit: Aidan Monaghan/AMC
Whew. The show looks as crazy as it’s ever been, which is bound to be fun.
Check out *Into the Badlands* season 3 tonight, Sunday the 22nd!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Into the Badlands
---
### [Web Series Not To Sleep On](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/web-series-not-to-sleep-on/)
**Published:** April 13, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four more web series you should check out to get your queer lady fix.
**Content:**
After I posted [Web Series to Watch Out For](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/web-series-to-watch-out-for/), people started slipping me a list of the ones I didn’t mention. So here we go with some finished web series you should check out.
## [Different for Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/different-for-girls/)
This is really a love it or hate it show. It’s sort of like *The L Word* compressed into five episodes. Pregnancies, cheating, kids, awkward relationships, and queer women playing queer women.
You can check out all five episodes on YouTube right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfZyEQ5cFtk&t=8s
And yes, that is Helena from *The L Word*.
Bit of warning, there are no closed captions. Sorry.
## [The ‘Other’ Love Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-other-love-story/)
The TGIF/F crew jumped on me to watch this one. To the point that I pushed it up to the top of the queue immediately (I’m not joking about having a book!). As was stressed, it’s an Asian positive queer romance. How many of those do we get? Spoilers, not a lot.
The show is up on YouTube, in it’s entirety, with closed captions!
This one will break your heart and heal it again.
## [Anyone But Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anyone-but-me/)
Technically this wasn’t ‘new’ to me. You see, this is one of Tracy’s favorites and I didn’t watch it until 2017. Don’t kill me, okay? There’s a reason this is Tracy’s favorite. It even has a happy ending, which was rare in 2008. It definitely moved the needle for web series in both quality and content.
All three seasons, plus a bonus are up on YouTube.
## [Red](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/)
More than seven people told me to watch Red! It was actually on my list (three below *Different For Girls*). I’d quickly watched it, enough to add it to the site, but now I took the time to watch it for real fun. There’s an American series that’s very similar, but this one feels less titilating to me. Not made for the male gaze.
Before you get scared, realizing it’s not in English, like *The Other Love Story*, this is captioned.
## What Do You Love?
What web series to you love more than life itself? We want to know!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Anyone But Me, Different For Girls, RED, The Other Love Story
---
### [Exclusive: Interview With Erica and Nikki of the Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-with-erica-and-nikki-of-the-harold-theyre-lesbians-podcast/)
**Published:** April 12, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** While we were all at ClexaCon, I interviewed Erica and Nikki, the hosts and creators of the Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast. Learn about how the podcast came to be and the behind the scenes story on how it's produced.
**Content:**
## The Women Behind the Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast
Erica and Nikki are the hosts and creators of the **[Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast](https://haroldtheyrelesbians.com/)**. Every week they report on queer media news and have TV recaps with hilarious and insightful commentary. It is my favorite queer podcast, and I make sure to catch every episode and tweet along as I listen.
[](https://www.bonfire.com/let-the-gays-run)Mika and I also had the privilege of being [interviewed on the podcast](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/harold-were-lesbians-too/), and since I knew I would be meeting Nikki and Erica in person at [ClexaCon](https://www.clexacon.com/) this past weekend, I returned the favor. I wanted to interview them and learn how the podcast came to be and get the behind-the-scenes story on how it’s produced.
**Also, we’re excited to announce the launch of their [“Let The Gays Run” merch campaign](https://www.bonfire.com/let-the-gays-run) to raise funds for The Victory Institute.**
**[The Victory Institute](https://victoryinstitute.org/)** provides LGBTQ leaders with the training and skills necessary to run for office and win.
[Buy a Shirt and Support the Victory Institute Now!](https://www.bonfire.com/let-the-gays-run/)
---
## The Interview
**Tracy: You two are a couple, correct?**
**Both:** Yes.
**T: When did you meet and how did you meet?**
**Nikki:** We originally met on Tumblr.
**T:** You are Tumblr lesbians.
**N:** Yes.
**Erica:** The original.
**N:** I don’t even know how it happened. We had a lot of the same interests.
**E:** This was back in in 2011.
**N:** Tegan and Sara was the main thing. Then I saw a picture of her, and I was like, “I’m just gonna message her. Not a big deal.” We started talking and then it just happened. That was six years ago pretty much exactly. She was living in Texas about to move to Oklahoma and I was in Boston. So, it was a mistake. We started talking and I was like, “Oh, no.”
**E:** We didn’t start dating before we ever met. We had planned to go to ACL (Austin City Limits), which is a music festival in Austin, Texas, and we planned to meet up there. And then we did, and…stuff happened.
**N:** It took off. We started dating, and it was long distance for like three years.
**T:** Oh, wow.
**N:** Really tough. One summer she lived in Boston with me, but besides that we were spending all our money flying back and forth. We saw each other once every three months probably.
**E:** For two and a half years.
**N:** Dedication. Once she graduated, she moved to Boston. We’ve been living together since…
**E:** The end of 2014.
**T: Did you come into the relationship established that you were both TV people?**
**Both:** Yes.
**E:** At least fandom people. Nikki way more than me in terms of TV. But I literally created a Tumblr because I was stalking Tegan and Sara.
**N:** My whole childhood was TV. Obsession from the start. And I went to school for film because of it. I went to Emerson in Boston, and I studied media studies with a focus in television studies. I went for production, and then I was like, “I can not do film production.” I was on student sets and was like, “Never mind!” I just want to talk about it all the time. So, yeah, I was always really into TV.
**E:** I don’t know if it takes a certain kind of personality to be in a fandom, to obsess over things. It’s just the way we are and the way you are and everyone here \[at ClexaCon\] is. I think I’ve always been that way, and then Nikki basically was like “I watch this show, watch all of this show.” And I was like “Okay, I’ll do whatever you say because I like you.” So I just watched a ton of television. We watched *Gilmore Girls*, and all of *One Tree Hill* and stuff like that. And then when queer story lines started really taking off, we naturally gravitated towards that.
**N:** Also, watching TV used to be a way we connected long distance. We would both watch at the same time and be on the phone.
**E:** “One, two, three hit play. Oh, wait pause, I have to go to the bathroom, pause pause pause.”
**N:** It’s always been a part of our relationship. Fandom definitely and then it grew from there.
Erica Tracy and Nikki at ClexaCon 2018**T: How did the podcast come to be? What is the evolution of that?**
**E:** It’s funny because it’s so simple. For a long time we wanted to do something in the fandom world we’re living in.
**N:** I used to write fanfiction. I did Cophine.
**E:** Nikki wrote a pretty good Cophine, did a little bit of Swanqueen.
**N:** Oh, Swanqueen. Not good. Mistakes were made, it’s okay.
**E:** We co-authored a tiny Swanqueen for a very short period of time. And then, maybe two years ago, we tossed around the idea of creating a website.
**N:** We really wanted to start something like LezWatchTV before we knew. We were like, “Let’s do this, let’s start a list!” And we made 10 people and were like, “No, no, no, this is so much work.”
**E:** We did not have the skills or the resources.
**N:** When we did find your website we were like, “Oh, my god this is exactly what we wanted,” and we didn’t have to do the work — huzzah!
**E:** I was literally at work listening to a podcast and thought, “We should do a podcast.” These are things we talk naturally about all the time. Let’s put a phone in front of us and record it. We have access to a phone; we have access to a computer, and we have things to say. What else do you need to make a podcast?
**N:** She has always been someone who really wants to contribute and put herself out there. I’m very introverted so I was like, “No, I don’t want myself out there at all.” She always wants something new to do so she’s always pushing to be doing something. Every week she would come home and say, “I want to do a podcast.” And I was like, “No. Period. I’m not doing it.” Probably after the fourth time, I thought I was being slick, I was like, “Okay, we’ll record one,” thinking she’ll see how bad it is. Then she won’t want to do it, and I’ll win. So we recorded the first episode, and it was fun. It feels so good to talk about it; it’s therapeutic. The added layer of talking to other people — it’s like being at a convention every week. A group of people that care enough to talk about these issues.
**T:** You gave in and did it, and it backfired.
**E:** It’s funny you tell it that way. I remember her being really supportive the whole time.
**N:** I was trying to trick you.
**E:** Then we just sat down and did it. I think the first thing we ever talked about in our practice run was *Orphan Black*. In terms of, how we decided to format our show, that took a bit to formulate. It took a couple of trial runs.
**N:** It just so happened that summer season had really great shows for us to cover. [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) was in the last season; [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) was in the second; and then [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) was our other. I felt like it was a natural group of shows to be talking about on a podcast because it was bringing a lot of perspectives. We don’t want to be covering only a certain —
**E:** Like cis, white characters.
**N:** That is something we think about a lot.
**T: I’m familiar with the [Harold They’re Lesbians Meme](https://memedocumentation.tumblr.com/post/136322720365/explained-harold-theyre-lesbians-meme). How did you choose that name for the podcast?**
**E:** I was a creative writing major. Obviously not that creative because I stole the title from an already existing meme. We played around with a couple of ones. *Trash Queens*, *Fan Trash*, then I was just like, “What about Harold They’re Lesbians?” To me it’s this funny meme that’s basically “these people are obviously queer and when people don’t realize that it’s ridiculous.” That’s part of the queer experience anyway; it’s really frustrating to be gay sometimes. Our show is an attempt to basically be “here are the queer shows you should be watching, look how queer they are and it’s great.”
**N:** I liked it from the start.
**E:** And it was something people already identified with.
**T: Production-wise do you think about this all week? How much of your life does this take up?**
**E:** It takes up a lot.
**N:** Throughout the week we have a document we use to pull stuff together. But then obviously every week we have to be watching these shows.
**E:** That’s the most difficult part.
**N:** Especially with *[Lost Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lost-girl/)*. We were a little ambitious covering all the seasons before ClexaCon.
**T:** I dunno, I’m pretty proud of you for doing it.
**E:** I definitely feel accomplished, and it definitely feels worth it for the *Lost Girl* panel. When we’re not in season with shows there’s stuff we have to fill. Like now we’re only doing [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/). [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) is on hiatus. We have to figure out other things that we’re going to watch.
**N:** Also the editing. Because I have the film background, I do the editing. During the week, we record at night, and then at 6am the next morning, that’s when we put it out. We have to watch a show, record and edit all in one night. That’s a huge thing for me, because we want to put out a quality product, but we only have so much time. We wish we had more time to dedicate to this.
**E:** What we put out is as much as we can do. It is 100% amateur.
**N:** But it’s part of the show.
**E:** We like that it’s hokey, and sometimes the sound is off. Whatever, we like that about it.
**N:** We want it to feel like a conversation.
**T: What has audience response been like for the show?**
**E:** Positive, all positive. Every week it grows a little bit more than the last episode.
**N:** We’re averaging 500 listens per episode.
**E:** It’s way more than we ever thought we would have. When you put something out, you expect to get some sort of response, but maybe that didn’t fully register because we got a response and we’re like, “Why are people listening to this? Why has this garnered some type of following?” Even here people will come up to us and say, “We love your show,” and it feels like the weirdest thing that’s ever happened. To get this positive feedback is really validating.
**N:** Building a community.
**E:** It feels like we’re a part of something.
**N:** It’s like making new friends. We have all these friends now that we know on Twitter who talk to us every week.
**E:** About other things, too. Not just about our show. We started this podcast because we wanted friends.
**N:** Queer friends who watch TV.
**T: On the show sometimes your discussions get a little heated. Off the show are they more heated?**
**N:** Probably.
**Both:** \[Laughs\]
**N:** I can feel when we’re bickering, and I’m like, “They don’t want to hear this.”
**E:** I can feel when Nikki feels that we are bickering, and I can tell she’s like, “We need to stop fighting.” Then we’re like, “Pause.”
**N:** Sometimes we do pause when it goes one for too long, and I’m like, “You need to stop.”
**E:** We have so many different opinions on who we ship and who we like the most, which I think is fun, and it’s always been that way.
**N:** You should have heard us during *Lost Girl*. We were on opposite sides of the couch yelling about Docubbus and Valkubus. By the time we get to the show we’ve discussed it. Although honestly, I don’t know how much we prep for those conversations because we want it to be natural. Sometimes we will start a conversation–
**E:** And we’re like, “Save it for the podcast! Save it for the podcast!”
**N:** I like having the real arguments on there because that’s how fandom is. People argue about that stuff, and it’s all about being able to respectfully disagree.
**T: What is a show each one of you loves and the other one hates?**
**N:** *Lost Girl*.
**Both:** \[Laughs\]
**E:** Listen, I take back every bad thing I’ve said about *Lost Girl* after the panel. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/), I love *Grey’s Anatomy*, and Nikki hates the show.
**N:** Hate’s strong. I don’t like the show generally.
**E:** You don’t know anything; your taste in TV is terrible.
**N:** I need you to accept it’s a literal soap opera.
**E:** What’s wrong with that?
**N:** There’s nothing wrong with a soap opera, I just feel you don’t recognize that it is one.
**E:** You don’t know quality television.
**T: What do you see for the future of the podcast? If you had your wish list dream of where the podcast could go, where would you want it to go?**
**N:** I would like to keep growing and using it for good. The Maggie stuff with *Supergirl*, that really was a big turning point for us. Recognizing that we do have the platform to provide healing. Not everyone has someone in their life that they can talk to.
**E:** And we hear that a lot. People tell us, “I have no queer friends, and this is what I tune in to.”
**N:** And this stuff is, obviously, so important to us. Representation on TV — people may not recognize the importance, but we know the importance of it. How something like the Sanvers break up can devastate a really big group of people. It’s therapeutic for us to be able to talk about it, and people are listening and using it to heal too.
**E:** I would like to reach more people, but it’s more important for us that, for the people we are reaching we’re giving them quality content. We want to have as many people listening to us as possible, but it’s way more important that whoever is listening to us…what we are putting out is relevant and helpful and healing.
**N:** More interviews. I have a dream of doing more interviews with creators. We have a segment idea, we would like to do a creator spotlight where we talk about a person who created something throughout history. Queer people behind the scenes.
**E:** As people we’ve grown since the podcast started in terms of putting ourselves out there and doing something that is a little bit uncomfortable, especially for Nikki over here who is sensitive and scared of things. As the podcast develops, we do too. And the only way for the podcast to develop further than what it is now is if we develop personally. Some of that is stepping outside our comfort zones which we’ve already experienced with this \[ClexaCon\].
**N:** And being here is inspiring me more about the queer creator. It’s just so rare. I would like to highlight that more, because we get queer story lines because there are queer writers in the room. That is something we would like to cover more.
---
Catch the [Harold They’re Lesbians Podcast every Thursday](https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/harold-theyre-lesbians-podcast/id1254294886?mt=2). And if you like, listen to the LezWatchTV interview, below.
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Podcasts
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 2, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-2-2018/)
**Published:** April 2, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, Ava's big secret is revealed, Cheryl and Toni have their first kiss and I get hooked on You Me Her.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Ava’s big secret is revealed, Cheryl and Toni have their first kiss, and I get hooked on *You Me Her*.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 16 “I, Ava” \[Live\] Sara is trying to have some “me time” away from the Waverider, but on her way out, Gary time couriers onto the ship looking for Ava. He’s worried about accidentally walking in on her and Sara while they’re doing whatever, but Sara says he doesn’t have to worry about that.
Oh, Gary, you and the rest of the Avalance fandom.
Gary’s buggin’ because Director Sharpe hasn’t been to work in a few days, and he’s worried something bad may have happened to her. Sara says, “Don’t worry, Gary, because we’re going to find her,” and off go Sara, Ray and Gary to find Ava.
They start at the Time Bureau and search through Ava’s office. Ray hacks into her computer and discovers someone remotely deleted her personnel file from the Time Bureau database while on the Waverider. Sara finds a birthday card from her parents in Fresno in her trash and decides their next stop is to Mom and Pop Sharpe in Fresno.
After they arrive and sit and chat with Ava’s parents, Sara can tell something is not right. They are too *Pleasantville* perfect, and they don’t seem to know much about Ava. Sara threatens them with a knife, and they confess to being actors.
The three of them head back to the Time Bureau, and at this point Sara thinks Ava is the one who erased her file and was lying to her this whole time.
There they run onto Ava wearing sunglasses and not looking 100%. She asks what they’re doing at the Time Bureau, and Sara explains Gary was worried about her missing for a few days so they went to investigate.
When Gary asks Ava where she’s been, she says she went to visit her parents in Fresno. Sara knows that’s not true. Ava says she needs to get back to work and walks off. Sara thinks they still need to figure out what the real deal is with her and shows Ray and Gary that she swiped Ava’s Time Courier.
Ray scans her courier and the only suspicious thing they find is her first mission to 2213 which is a designated “no-fly zone.” The only way you can get there is with the Time Bureau mother ship, which Sara is more than willing to hijack to go see what’s in 2213.
After they take off, Ava is informed that the mother ship has been stolen. She says she’s going to go after it personally.
They arrive in Vancouver 2213 and soon realize there are several people walking around that look just like Ava.
Sara is pretty freaked out.
It’s like being at a Pride parade. Get it, surrounded by exes? Heh.
Gary’s now thinking Ava’s big secret is her being a robot; however, Ray figures it out.
A clone! It’s Orphan Black of Tomorrow! That’s not so bad, we all know from [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) you can be a clone and still be lovable.
Sara, Ray and Gary sneak into the Ava clone factory.
Does this mean the perfect woman is a lesbian? Just sayin’.
Sara is thinking she should have known Ava was too good to be true, but Ray, forever the optimist, tells her just because she’s a clone it doesn’t mean what they had wasn’t real.
Ava catches up to them, sees one of her clones, and passes out.
**Ray said Clone Club!** Oh my gosh, I LOVE the nod to *Orphan Black*.
After Ava comes to, it’s evident she blocked out the clone thing but does feel the need to confess to Sara where she was while “missing.”
Ava wasn’t missing, she was on a bender.
Ava sees an army of her clones and is now questioning her whole life. If her memories are all manufactured, does this mean she’s not a real person?
Aw, such a sweet pep talk, but now they have to sneak out. Ava puts on an Ava clone uniform and pretends to march the Legends out at gun point. One of the clones catches on, and then of course they have to have a big clone fight scene.
Sara and Ava fighting together is super hot. I just want them to be kick-ass, time fixing girlfriends.
After Ava knocks out the last clone, she makes a decision.
According to Sara’s trademark smirk, the suit is fine by her.
They make it back to the Waverider. Gary gets his memories of the clones erased, and Ava and Sara process why Ava had no idea she was a clone. Why does she have no memory of 2213, who erased her file, and why has this purposely been kept secret from her?
Sara thinks Rip is responsible for this and she is going to find him.
**I have so many questions.**
- If Ava clones are created as adults (not born via surrogate like LEDA clones on *Orphan Black*), does this mean Ava is only four years old?
- Do all the Ava clones get programmed with different memories?
- Are all Ava clones queer?
- What is Rip’s relationship to our Ava?
I am absolutely loving this story line and I can’t wait to learn more tonight.
2. [*Santa Clarita Diet*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/santa-clarita-diet/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Going Pre-Med” \[binge-watch\] After reading [Natalie Morales’ interview in the Advocate](https://www.advocate.com/current-issue/2018/3/13/latina-actresses-stephanie-beatriz-and-natalie-morales-are-future), I decided to give *Santa Clarita Diet* a try. It took me a little while to get into it because I thought it was a little silly and trying too hard to be funny. However before I knew it, I had fallen for the zombie comedy and binged both seasons. Drew Barrymore does such a perfect job playing a suburban zombie mom. Her comedic delivery is so good, I totally laughed out loud a bunch of times.
Anyway, Natalie Moreales plays a cop and towards the end of season 2, they heavily allude to her being in a relationship with her dead co-worker’s wife, Lisa. In this episode it became canon.
If you’re in-between shows, looking for something fun to watch and don’t mind a little gore, check out *Santa Clarita Diet* on Netflix.
3. [*You Me Her*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-me-her/) – Season 1 Episode 1 “Cigarettes and Funions and Crap” \[Web\] I’ve seen *You Me Her* mentioned here and there on the Internets, and with the release of season 3, I decided to check it out. Oh my goodness, I love it. I was instantly hooked.
It’s about Emma and Jack, a suburban couple whose sex life has grown boring. On the suggestion of his buddy, Jack decides to hire an escort to recharge things (because that makes sense). The escort is Izzy, a college student who is new to the escort business (and Chloe Price from *Rookie Blue*). They meet and Jack is so nervous he doesn’t go through with anything except a little making out.
He comes home and tells Emma what happened. She’s mad, but then I didn’t expect what happened next. She makes a date with Izzy herself and meets her at a bar. They wind up fooling around under the table then Emma confesses to Izzy that she is Jack’s wife. In the bathroom she tells her she just wanted to find why Jack liked her. Izzy’s like, “Did you find out?” Emma says yes and then this happens.
Turns out Izzy is not the first woman Emma has been with; she is actually the fourth! Jack had no idea, and from this point forward it’s Emma that wants to bring Izzy into their relationship so they can be a triad. Emma and Izzy have really good chemistry, and it’s very intriguing to see how their relationship evolves.
4. [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) – Season 2 Episode 16 “Chapter Twenty-Nine: Primary Colors” \[Live\] Last we saw Cheryl she was stuck in a gay conversion asylum. Luckily, Toni figured that out in this episode, and with the help of Ronnie and Kevin, they make a plan to rescue her via the “secret gay hookup tunnel” leading to the institution. Cheryl is crying at movie night when Toni busts in. The two of them have a big rescue/first kiss scene, and it is sweet and perfect.
> Here is the big Toni rescuing Cheryl scene. It was so sweet and perfect. [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/H9vpuKmPhc](https://t.co/H9vpuKmPhc)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 29, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/979163855413751809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m glad they didn’t drag the conversion camp story line on for too long. It was a treat to have that all resolved within an episode.
5. [*Mary Kills People*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mary-kills-people/) – Season 2 Episode 3 “Twin Flames” \[Live\] I really like *Mary Kills People*, and I was happy season 2 finally came out in the US. Last season Jess struggled with her classic “straight best friend who you’re in love with but only leads you on to keep you emotionally around” plot. This season I was so happy she got a nice, new girlfriend named Heather.
I was hoping that would be the end of Naomi (the straight friend) messing with Jess, but we all know that wasn’t going to happen. Of course Naomi gets jealous when Jess is not at her emotional beck and call. I swear this plot was taken from my wife’s actual high school experience.
They throw a party one night when Mary (Jess’ mom) is out killing people, and Naomi pulls a drunk kiss move on Jess in front of Heather.
It’s such a cliche scene — someone ambush kisses another person in front of their partner then they leave before they see a clear “get off me” move. Sigh. I hope Jess and Heather patch things up and Naomi leaves her alone!
I’m leaving for ClexaCon on Thursday — **the queerest things I’m going to see this week is y’all’s faces!** How will I be able to attend, report on the Con, sneak in some shows and make my post on Monday? Stay tuned!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Legends of Tomorrow, Mary Kills People, Riverdale, Santa Clarita Diet, You Me Her
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – April 9, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-april-9-2018/)
**Published:** April 9, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's the Queerest Things I Watched Last Week ClexaCon week edition! It's was an amazing and super queer week, but I didn't watch a lot of TV, so I'm going to be brief.
**Content:**
It’s the **Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** ClexaCon week edition! It’s was an amazing and super queer week, but I didn’t watch a lot of TV, so I’m going to be brief.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 17 “Guest Starring John Noble” \[Live\] In this episode the Legends + Ava need to save young Barrack Obama from getting killed by Grog.
Later Ava confronts Rip about why he kept her clone-ness a secret from her. He kept saying she was special, and the Time Bureau needed the perfect person like her for the position.
Then she asks him how many Avas have there been before her.
Knowing there were 11 dead Avas before her has left our Ava feeling pretty shitty.
Towards the end of the episode, the Legends come up with a plan to battle Mallus, and Ava is not down with it because it breaks the rules.
Sara runs after her and tries to get Ava to see things her way.
Then she tells her she loves her, but Ava feels like there is no real “her” to love.
Omg, Jes Macallan does such a good job of making Ava look so sad.
Here is the entire scene.
> Sara tells Ava she loves her and it's sweet, but sad. 😢❤️ [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/LA0aDJ2mFQ](https://t.co/LA0aDJ2mFQ)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [April 3, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/980971475044847617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Tonight is the season finale, and I’m predicting a big “I love you, too” make up scene because this amazing thing was announced last week.
> Wahoooooo! Thank you for supporting [\#AvaSharpe](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaSharpe?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Happy we get to fight the bad guys together for another season! 🙏🤗🤛💪👍 Lets do this [@caitylotz](https://twitter.com/caitylotz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ❤️❤️❤️
>
> Legends of Tomorrow: Jes Macallan Upped to Series Regular for Season 4 via [@TVLine](https://twitter.com/TVLine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jes Macallan (@jesmacallan) [April 3, 2018](https://twitter.com/jesmacallan/status/981313544229564417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my gosh, do we get the ass-kicking, time fixing girlfriends we’ve always dreamed of? It feels too good to be true, but I really hope it is.
2. [*Jane the Virgin Girl in Love*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 16 “Chapter Seventy-Nine” \[Live\] Rafael brings the twins over unexpectedly early to Petra’s after JR has spent the night. It was not the ideal way to meet them, and JR tells Raf she didn’t want to meet them at all because she’s not a kid person.
Raf tells Jane he’s concerned about this, and she suggests the four of them hang out so they can get to know JR. Hang out night comes, and Jane is trying too hard and asking JR a lot of questions. JR says she doesn’t like tests, and she is going to ask the next question.
I love the looks on Jane and Raf’s faces.
Jane can tell JR doesn’t really like her, and later she confronts JR in the elevator and tells JR she cares about her liking her because Jane knows she’s important to Petra.
JR is disturbed by this because she learned she was important to Petra through Jane and not from Petra directly. Petra’s playing it cool again, and JR wants her to be real.
JR says she’s willing to meet the kids if they got serious.
Does this mean JR’s here to stay? I hope we get to keep Rosario Dawson for the next season like we did Jes Macallan.
My plane lands at 7:26, and I hope I can make it home in time for the Legends of Tomorrow season finale!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow
---
### [Praise Beebo: CW Renewals](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/praise-beebo-cw-renewals/)
**Published:** April 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The CW has renewed some of our queerly favourite shows.
**Content:**
Per [THR](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/riverdale-flash-supernatural-10-cw-renewals-1098997), the CW has renewed the following for another season:
- [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
- [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) (no news about Jes being on for season 4… JES IS A REGULAR FOR SEASON 4)
- [*Jane the Virgin Renewed*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) (may be the final season)
- [*Crazy Ex-Girlfriend*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/) (also may be the final season [per Rachel Bloom, season 4 is the end](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/crazy-girlfriend-end-season-4-rachel-bloom-says-1099019))
- [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) (who do we bribe to get Chantal on as a regular or a more regular recurring?)
- [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) (no news about Lena …)
To be decided in May:
- *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* (hasn’t started the season yet either)
- [*Life Sentence*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-sentence/) (moved to the time slot of death – Friday – so it’s probably not going to make it)
In addition…
- CW will start showing original programming on Sundays now (previously they were Mon-Fri only)
- *Supernatural* will never die and gets another season
- The all girl *Supernatural* spin-off has not yet been decided
Praise Beebo!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BhCneabn7yg/
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** The CW
---
### [March 2018 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/march-2018-roundup/)
**Published:** April 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's supposed to be April showers. All I know is March Madness is on, and TV is still weird.
**Content:**
It’s rained a lot in March, at least here in SoCal. Tracy’s been getting thunder snow. That Groundhog really did a number on us all.
- 22 shows added
- 89 characters added
- 1 character died
You may notice the lack of queer deaths in March. Yeah, us too. It’s sort of scary, to be honest.
## TV is “Back”
The Olympics are over and … wait … What’s March Madness? Seriously? We’ve got another month of sports? Ugh! The Olympics were on NBC, and pretty much everyone pauses for that. But only CBS puts its TV on hold for March Madness.
Shows that came back or started include:
- [*Jessica Jones*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/) – lesbian Jeri Hogarth has a meatier role this season.
- [*Good Girls*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-girls/) – a bunch of moms rob a store, and one of them has a queer kid
- [*Rise*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rise/) – Ted Mosbey an english teacher takes over a theater department, which includes a trans masculine student
- *Siren* – Angry fish ladies vs a town. Nothing queer yet, but it’s Freeform so hedge your bets.
## MIA
You know what’s missing from that list? [*Heathers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heathers/). After the school shootings in Florida, Paramount opted not to air the pilot. They’ve also removed the sneak peek from their website. I don’t know if that was planed anyway, but it seems odd.
I did watch it, and I was not impressed. I don’t know that there will ever be a good time for that reboot, or even if we needed one. It’s absolutely a case of punching down, and not something I recommend.
## Renewed at Last!
Thank you thank you, *One Day at a Time* got renewed. I have on good authority this was because of fan noise. In other words, everyone’s tweets and posts and petitions are why we get another summer (January) of Alvarezes. Tracy and I are already planning for her to come out and stay with me for a few days and see at least one episode being taped. Fingers crossed!
## WonderCon
I went to WonderCon! As Press! I got over my abject fear of that around day two when I made some connections with amazing people. By day three, I had my feet on the ground and knew where I was going with all this. Next year I need to do more interviews. It’s hard to figure out ahead of time which shows I should do that with, since our focus is so small.
Best moments? I can’t pick one. I enjoyed it all, especially meeting people and talking to them about what they liked about TV or didn’t.
## Better Show Sorting
In the ongoing effort to make sure you can find yourself on television, we’ve improved the show listing page to include a toggle for on-air. That’s right, if you want to watch a medical drama on TV without death or trigger warnings, you can now [fine tune your list to do just that](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_format=tv-show&fwp_show_genres=medical&fwp_show_worthit=yes&fwp_show_on_air=yes&fwp_show_death=no&fwp_show_trigger_warning=none). Whew.
## Coming Soon …
[Tracy is off to ClexaCon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/thirty-days-until-clexacon/)! If you go, say hi to her. She’s the photographer in the giant toaster logo shirt.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Netflix Renews One Day at a Time For Season Three](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/netflix-renews-odaat-season-3/)
**Published:** March 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is it! We get another season of the show! Dale Netflix, dale ODAAT!
**Content:**
Y’all, I’m so excited I could spit!
And I want to tell you something *very* very important. Are you listening?
**Social media made this happen**.
If it wasn’t for you, all of you, who tweeted and retweeted and signed petitions and shared articles, we would not have another season of this amazing show.
So thank you. All of you. Because we get more of this:
https://twitter.com/ODAATwriters/status/978430099929235456
I love these crazy idiots so much. You don’t even know.
Congratulations to my friends on the cast and crew of *One Day at a Time*. I’ll see you this summer, if not sooner.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
---
### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 26, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-march-26-2018/)
**Published:** March 26, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, Ava saves Sara again; the 9-1-1 Finale brings reconciliation for Hen and Ren; and Petramos finds happiness after Petra is finally herself with JR.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Ava saves Sara again; the 9-1-1 Finale brings reconciliation for Hen and Ren; and Petramos finds happiness after Petra is finally herself with JR.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 15 “Necromancing the Stone” \[Live\] The *Legends of Tomorrow* writers blessed us with a Sara and Ava waking up in bed scene.
> I wished for an [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) waking up in bed scene, but didn't think we'd actually get one. And look — here we are! I also love Sara being honest about John while cutely reassuring Ava. -T [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/NhvZF56jz1](https://t.co/NhvZF56jz1)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/976082555010240512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I really love how Sara is honest about sleeping with John, while cutely reassuring Ava. Good girlfriend modeling, Sara.
Ava goes off to work and the Legends go about their time-fixing ways. While they’re not looking, Sara puts on the Death totem and gets possessed by Mallus. Uh oh! Mallus-possessed Sara is busy shutting down Gideon when Ava holograms in.
Death totem, Mallus-possessed Sara doesn’t want to process the GF conversation.
Ava finds the other Legends and is like wtf?
Great, now she has to go find Sara’s ex-bang hang so he can help save her.
Ava and Gary successfully find John, and before they can even explain why they’re there, he’s already figured out she’s succumbed to Mallus. He let Ava know he gave Ray instructions to kill her if that ever happened. Ava says she wants to save her, not kill her, but she has the Death Totem.
That changes things.
John says he would usually have to cast Mallus into himself to rescue her, but since he already has a link to Sara’s soul, he won’t have to do that. Ava’s all, “What does that mean,” and John explains their souls have been one which leaves a metaphysical connection if you know what I’m sayin’.
Ava replies that she and Sara also share a very very strong metaphysical connection. Gary puts two and two together.
John sits down to astral project into whatever dimension Sara is in and Ava says, “You’re going after Sara; I’m coming with you.”
Ava saying “start chanting” with that face is my new sexuality.
They start to enter whatever world Sara is in, but then Mallus kicks them out. John isn’t proving to be much help at this point.
Ava is annoyed with John — he isn’t getting anywhere, and he has a dismembered foot but no phone. She can’t understand why Sara would ever sleep with this dude in the first place.
Ava takes this time to revisit the GF conversation with Gary.
The three of them are trying to figure out how to locate the Waverider, and Gary launches into a big story about Dungeons and Dragons. Through Gary’s D&D story, they figure out they can locate the Waverider by locating the Death Totem.
Meanwhile in Possessed by Mallus Land, Nora Darhk is giving Sara the classic “come to the Darhk Side” speech. She tells Sara she was born to wield the death totem for Mallus.
Ava, John and Gary find the ship. Possessed Sara uses the voice of Astra (the victim of one of John’s exorcisms gone wrong) to mess with John. John uses that to get close to Sara and try to pull a exorcist move, but it doesn’t work.
The Legends figure out only the fire totem will beat possessed Sara, and Amaya says Mick needs to do it since he is fire obsessed. Mick says he’s not a hero, but Amaya, who has always believed in Mick, talks him into putting the totem on. He puts it on and gets the ability to create and throw fireballs with his hands — cool!
Mick uses the fireballs to knock possessed Sara out.
Ava runs over to her for a quintessential someone is in an alternate universe being encouraged to become evil while their loved one is back with their body saying “come back to me” scene.
> Ava saves Sara again. -T [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/CzSIr6IMem](https://t.co/CzSIr6IMem)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/977526967259090945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I would expect more than a hand on the shoulder after bringing your girlfriend back to consciousness, but whatever.
Sara apologizes to her team for being a jerk while possessed and then goes back to her room to have a talk with Ava.
Uh oh, it’s the classic, Arrowerse I’m \[fill in the blank\], you deserve better and now I have to break up with you (for now).
Ava protests but eventually concedes to getting dumped and leaves the Waverider.
That was frustratingly sad, but then they really stabbed Avalance fans in the heart with this ending scene.
I’m hoping they reconcile quickly and Ava gets her girlfriend spot back, there are only three episodes left in season three.
2. [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) – Season 2 Episode 16 “Chapter Twenty-Nine: Primary Colors” \[Live\] Cheryl has a sleepover party so she can have Toni stay overnight.
> Almost. -T [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Choni](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Choni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/qzGnS8T3Vc](https://t.co/qzGnS8T3Vc)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/976975081497821185?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oooh, so close!
Later Toni shows up at the Blossom house, and Cheryl’s horrible mother tells her Cheryl has gone to an overseas boarding school.
In reality, she’s been sent to an institution for straight conversion therapy.
Oh, no! Poor Cheryl. I hope Toni breaks her out of there.
3. [*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 1 Episode 10 “A Whole New You” \[Live\] It’s the 9-1-1 finale episode for season one! Time to see what happens with Hen and Ren.
On a job, Hen is talking to Howie about Ren.
I don’t find that exchange very promising to be honest. If Hen is trying to reconcile with Karen, but still has major doubts about who she is, that is not good.
Also, has anyone else noticed they didn’t fight a single fire this whole season?
Karen isn’t returning Hen’s calls, so she finds her in the grocery store parking lot where she knows she goes shopping every week.
I want the two of them to work it out, but I think Ren needs more than an “I love you.”
In the end, Ren has a change of heart, because she comes home.
Hen better not mess up this second chance. Also, where’s the kid?
9-1-1 got a second season, and I hope we get to see where their relationship goes.
4. [*Jane the Virgin Daughter*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 14 “Chapter Seventy-Eight” \[Live\] First, I’ll address the big cancer elephant in the room. I try to avoid cancer storylines on TV. One of my best friends died of cancer-related issues ([you can read about it on my neglected personal website](https://www.thetracyl.com/got-nickname-lil-jimmi/)) and I hate having to revisit those feelings. It took me a long time after she died to even watch hospital shows again.
I knew it was coming in this episode, and I was dreading it. However, it’s *Jane the Virgin*. I knew they would do a good job, and they did. They showed how people deal differently when a loved one gets a cancer diagnosis. Jane went into research mode; Alba got angry; and Rogelio was quiet and supportive. Also, the scene in the medical supply store when the clerk told Alba he knew someone with a similar diagnosis and started talking about how brutal the treatment was — that was something we experienced so many times while our friend was sick.
The writers did well by this story and I appreciate that, even if it’s hard to watch.
### Now, on to Petramos.
We begin with Petra practicing a call to JR in the mirror. Rafael just happens to be outside the door listening in, so of course Petra refers to JR as “Jane.”
Oh, the perfect set up for a classic “Three’s Company” comedic mix up. I love it.
At Casa Villanueva, Raf is freaked out thinking Petra has romantic feelings for Jane. Before he can tell Jane about this, Petra shows up at the front door with soup. Raf is seeing this nice gesture through a new lens.
So funny. Petra goes to the kitchen and gets a text from JR.
While Petra is in the kitchen texting, Raf tells Jane that he thinks Petra has feelings for her. He says he overheard her saying she wanted to ask Jane out and that she needed to “speak her truth.”
When Petra returns, they confront her.
Petra’s disgust is hilarious. Like the rest of us, Jane and Raf have a lot of questions.
Before she leaves, she wants to make things abundantly clear.
That annoyed look Petra gives Rafael before leaving is priceless.
Even though she didn’t want to talk about JR with Raf and Jane, she later goes to Rafael for advice. Petra’s totally out of her element and she thinks Raf may be able to give her some tips since he used to be a player.
> Petra going to Rafael for JR advice. 45 minutes later she lets him talk 😂 -T [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/5WNbctMJFP](https://t.co/5WNbctMJFP)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/977559136597692417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love that we get to learn how Petra feels about JR via this monologue. She thinks JR is a player, and if she’s real with her, it’ll scare her off. Oh, and the sex is on another level.
Petra gives Rafael’s grand romantic gesture move a try and it fails pretty bad.
> Taking Raf's advice, Petra has a romantic gesture fail. -T [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/aD3V9s2dtH](https://t.co/aD3V9s2dtH)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/977566308492611584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love Rafael, but she shouldn’t have gone to a straight guy for lesbian woo-ing advice. After crashing her car while spying on JR and her date, JR confronts her.
Petra lets loose a string of vulnerable honesty, and Petra ends up confessing that she just likes JR.
That night Petra is in bed, in yoga pants, stress eating pickles and feeling like she blew it, when there’s a knock on the door.
The grand romantic gesture move did work on JR, but it was honesty, not flowers and champagne.
To be honest ice queen Petra is hot too, but I get what she’s saying.
And then [**\#Petramos**](https://twitter.com/hashtag/petramos) fans get their episode happy ending scene.
> Oh my goodness, these two! ❤️👩❤️💋👩 -T [\#Petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/YuIYshb8C5](https://t.co/YuIYshb8C5)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/977365984892899329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Yay! That ending was so sweet and satisfying. They are currently my favorite queer couple on TV.
Tonight we get Orphan Black-style Ava clones and I think we may find out her big secret. Also, next Monday I’ll be making my last QTotW post before ClexaCon!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale
---
### ["You Me Her" Returns Tonight](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/you-me-her-returns-tonight/)
**Published:** March 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Polyamory was never easy. It gets weirder when you factor in divorce and polyfidelity. How do you not lose the "me" in all of it along the way? "You Me Her" picks up in season 3 tonight.
**Content:**
Season three of [*You Me Her*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-me-her/) begins tonight.
Season two was pretty tough for the throuple. They came out to their friends as a thing, but Emma started to realize her path was going in a different way. Jack and Izzy want a baby, Emma wants … to be a lesbian.
Surprise!
As the season ended, Emma hopped a plane and flew off to that haven of Birkenstocks, Seattle.
Season three picks up a few months later, with Emma and her ex together again in Seattle, while Jack and Izzy are sorting out being a more conventional couple in Portland. But as Jack is settling the divorce, Izzy wants them all together again, and Emma … Well. She still doesn’t quite know all of what she wants.
Whew.
Oh and there’s that subplot about the heterosexual couple and their kids and the husband (Dave) isn’t picking up his share of the work while the wife (Carmen, played by [Jennifer Spence](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-spence/) of [*Exes and Ohs*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/exes-and-ohs/)) tries to start a magazine. And Izzy’s BFF Nina is working on her paper about men and why they suck.
A lot is going on in these crazy lives.
*You Me Her* is a bit of a weird show. It’s a show I call “Good, but not my kind of TV.” The constant pull and push of their relationships, while incredibly realistic, is not my cuppa. All the same, every time I dial in to watch it, I find myself fascinated and, yes, entertained. As you should be with good TV.
If anything, having a TV show that doesn’t sensationalize throuples, slut shame bisexuals, or deride people figuring out their sexuality later in life is a show to be celebrated.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JiLgEnICUE
Check out *You Me Her* tonight on Audience at 10pm.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Previews, You Me Her
---
### [February 2018 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/february-2018-roundup/)
**Published:** March 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Winter still lingers, but the thaw is coming.
**Content:**
Before I jump in to things, I wanted to remind you that there’s a little time left on our giveaway. You could win a free [3-day pass to Clexacon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/win-3-day-pass-clexacon/)! Best of luck!
- 16 shows added
- 71 characters added
- no characters died
## Olympic Delays
Most shows take a break for two weeks in February, every four years, because we come together as a nation blah blah blah SPORTS! I like the Olympics. If I could watch Curling and Luge all year round, I’d be super happy. At the same time, it’s sucky to have a little break when you’re getting into shows.
And yet women’s hockey. And snowboarding. And have you *seen* the arms on some of those lady figure skaters?
Still, this means *Supergirl* and *The Flash* are on hiatus. And weirder than that, *Legends of Tomorrow* took over *Supergirl*‘s slot on Mondays. Yeah, we have no idea what they’re smoking. At least the ongoing Avalance romance and awkward flirting of Sara when she’s not so cocky was there for us. And we still have *Black Lightning* for our super hero rep. Bisexual Grace Choi and lesbian Anissa Pierce bring us such joy.
## TGIF/F
I went to [TGIF/F](http://tgifemslash.com) (aka TGI Femslash). My mind was blown. I learned so much and while I posted about my [overview of what it was like](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-love-ladies/), I had to make two *separate* posts about the sessions! The [first post went up yesterday](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/tgi-femslash-discussions-part-1/) and the second will be next week. There was so much to talk about and so much to love. I met so many wonderful people, I certainly plan to be there next year.
## New Features
In an effort to make it easier to help you find the shows you want to watch, there’s a new ‘warning’ on the show listing. A small skull and crossbones, which will alert you that the show has dead characters:
You may wonder why a show would have death and *not* a trigger warning. That’s because not all deaths are horrific, and not all shows rip out our souls in bad ways. The 100 gets the warning because that season (you know the one) went beyond the pale.
In addition, we now have an easy way to sort shows by death. Or not. You can now [search shows that have no character death](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_death=no). With that in hand, I was able to make it so you could show all the posts we don’t love, or all the shows without stars, or without trigger warnings. Whew.
Finally? New stats! You can drill down so if you wanted to know the breakdown of, say, [Canadian characters by sexual orientation](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/nations/?country=canada&view=sexuality&format=bar), we’ve got your back.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 12, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/the-queerest-things-i-watched-last-week-march-12-2018/)
**Published:** March 12, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week Petra and JR finally get together and it's not a dream! Also Sara and Ava work on their nonverbal communication skills, there's trouble in the house of Hen and Ren, and more!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, Petra and JR finally get together, and it’s not a dream! Also Sara and Ava work on their nonverbal communication skills, and there’s trouble in the house of Hen and Ren, and more!
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 13 “No Country for Old Dads” \[Live\] My wish came true — we got to see Ava the next morning on the Waverider.
> Ava waking up on the Waverider. "Hey, Ava. You look great in what you were wearing yesterday." [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/atKkNvLOWO](https://t.co/atKkNvLOWO)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/971023502060015616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love Zari in this scene; she is so funny.
The three of them learn Ray has been taken hostage by Damien and Nora Darhrk, but they don’t know where he is.
Later, Rip and Kid Flash show up on the ship, and Rip asks Ava what she is doing there.
It’s obvious Ava doesn’t want to talk about her and Sara’s relationship in front of Rip. Why is that?
Rip finds out anyway when he walks in on Sara and Ava having a discussion about their nonverbal communication skills.
> "At least our nonverbal communication skills are off to a good start." [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/oncK8WCJhk](https://t.co/oncK8WCJhk)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 9, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/972103910088413189?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Later after Ray is safe and back on the ship, Ava has a call with Time Bureau Director Bennett, and during the call, he is killed by Gorilla Grodd. While Ava stands in shock, Rip informs her that she is now in the highest position of command, making her Time Bureau Director. He then asks her for his old job back.
Ava and Rip say their goodbyes and head back to the Time Bureau.
> "Well I wish we could stay longer, but my boss was just murdered by a gorilla." [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/uqyW2Jon5d](https://t.co/uqyW2Jon5d)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 9, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/972112136708218880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Well, there’s a bombshell. What’s in file 354-Z? What is “the truth about Ava?” And why did Gideon call Rip “Director Hunter?”
It’s been fun seeing theories fly around the Twitter machine. My thought is: what about Ava would be so upsetting to Sara that she couldn’t find out about it? I think it would need to be something about her sister, Laurel, but I don’t know what it could be. Whatever it is, it’ll follow the usual “hide something from someone to protect them” Arrowverse plot. They have done this story times a million on all their shows.
2. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 17 “Makeover” \[Live\] Well, one good thing happened on the show last week, Aaron made an appearance. I’m so annoyed at Callie for not getting back together with him.
What did you expect, Callie? Did you want Aaron waiting around for you while you insert yourself into everyone else’s problems?
Wow, y’all. Last week was pretty dismal for the **Stef and Lena Passion Index**. We had:
And that’s it. Not even a handshake. For that reason I give them ZERO sad sponges. 
They’re gonna need that couples retreat to give their relationship some CPR.
3. [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) Season 1 Episode 7 “Equinox: The Book of Fate” \[Live\] Mama Lightning tells Anissa she needs to go on a date, so she gives Grace a call at the end of the episode.
I miss you too, Grace. That message was very cute. I hope we see her this week.
4. [*The Chi*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/) – Season 1 Episode 8 “Wallets” \[Catch Up\] Kevin’s moms send him on a grocery run, and while he’s doing that, his friends ask him about having two moms.
I really loved this conversation, and it gave us some backstory into Nina and Karen.
5. [*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 1 Episode 8 “Karma’s a Bitch” \[Live\] Did I miss that every 9-1-1 episode has a theme? Last week’s was the full moon and this week it was Karma. I didn’t notice a theme in other episodes, but maybe I wasn’t paying enough attention.
On this episode one karmedic thing happens after another. Each time it happens Hen makes a different “Karma is a \[fill in the blank\]” statement. However, we all know Karma is coming for her after cheating on her wife last episode.
Hen comes home intending to tell Karen what she did. My wife and I were on the edge of our seats waiting to see how Ren would react. But then this happened instead.
> Wow, this scene on this week's [\#911onFOX](https://twitter.com/hashtag/911onFOX?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) was intense [@traciethoms](https://twitter.com/traciethoms?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & [@AishaHinds](https://twitter.com/AishaHinds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) bringing the [\#HenAndRen](https://twitter.com/hashtag/HenAndRen?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) drama. I hope they work it out, even with a bump in the relationship road I'm sure they're a more stable home then Hen's ex. Loving this story. -T [pic.twitter.com/nELiTDa4Yr](https://t.co/nELiTDa4Yr)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 9, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/972198263859408897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my goodness! Poor Karen; what a way to find out. I do hope they work it out. Even with a bump in the relationship road, I’m sure they’re a more stable home then Hen’s ex.
6. [*Life Sentence*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-sentence/) – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Live\] Aria from Pretty Little Liars is on a new CW show. It’s a different take on the devastating illness genre. Aria (her actual name’s Stella on the show) has a terminal cancer diagnosis and lives her life as if she could die soon. Then surprise, she’s cured, and further surprise, her family has been hiding all their dark secrets from her. Now that she’s going to live a long life, the facade her family has built comes crumbling down. Like the fact that her parents are breaking up.
In addition to dealing with her parents split, she walks in on this.
This could play out entertainingly, we’ll see how it goes.
7. [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) – Season 2 Episode 14 “Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Hills Have Eyes” \[Live\] While Bughead and Varchie go on a ill-fated couples trip together, the other folks in Riverdale go to see *Love, Simon*. The movie brought up some serious feelings for Cheryl, and she makes a confession to Toni Topaz the town bisexual.
> Cheryl coming out to Toni on [\#Riverdale](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Riverdale?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) s2 e14. I liked how they used them seeing [\#LoveSimon](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LoveSimon?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) as a catalyst for Cheryl coming out. [\#RepresentationMatters](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RepresentationMatters?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) -T [pic.twitter.com/WvwtyTood0](https://t.co/WvwtyTood0)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 11, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/972918577895497728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m not 100% in love with Rivedale, but I did like and appreciate this scene. Also, even though it was blatant cross-promotional marketing, I did love how seeing *Love, Simon* was the catalyst for Cheryl to come out to Toni. Representation matters, yo.
8. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 14 “Games People Play” \[Live\] I’m sure you’ve heard the sad news by now that [Arizona and April’s characters are not going to be on Grey’s past this season](http://deadline.com/2018/03/greys-anatomy-jessica-capshaw-sarah-drew-exit-abc-medical-drama-1202316987/). They announced this on International Women’s Day which was an ironic bummer.
Arizona is one of the longest running lesbian characters on mainstream, network TV. Even though her stories and screen time have been up and down, losing her is a real disappointment. I really hope there will be queer main characters on the spinoff show *Station 19* and the new legal drama coming up soon, *For the People*.
Anyway, it looks like they’re already giving her the fadeaway, because Arizona and Carina didn’t get much screen time on this episode. They worked on their project a little bit and then did this in the middle of the episode.
And then we didn’t see them again. It’s not like thousands of queer fans wouldn’t have loved to see the “something else” Carina had in mind.
9. [*Jane the Virgin and Rafael*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 12 “Chapter Seventy-Six” \[Live\] This show, y’all! It is one of my favorite queer things happening on TV right now.
JR and Petra are working together to discover who JR’s blackmailer is. JR gets in her car to discover a new burner phone. The person on the other end of the phone texts JR to meet them alone and gives her an address. JR agrees to go there alone and doesn’t tell Petra about it.
When JR shows up at the location, Petra soon runs up saying she can’t trust her. Suddenly, JR plants a real, non-dream kiss on her.
Back in the car, Petra explains she was the one who planted the new burner. It seems Petra was still having trust issues. She had to see if JR would tell her if the blackmailer contacted her again. JR said she didn’t tell her because Petra had been stressed out lately, and she didn’t want her to mess things up. Either way, JR says she’s been followed all day and has to act as if she seduced Petra to throw them off.
After getting a text from JR’s mom they go visit her. There they get a text from the blackmailer asking what was up with the kiss. Petra is concerned they won’t buy the seduction thing, however JR’s not worried about it.
Back at the Marbella, Petra is cute and happy texting with JR, and Jane wants to know who she’s giggling over.
At the end of the night, JR and Petra are working on figuring out who the blackmailer is, and Petra asks her if she needs to stay over. You know, to sell the whole “you seduced me” scenario.
> The big moment finally happened! The scene where JR and Petra finally get together (and it wasn't a dream) on this week's [@CWJaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/CWJaneTheVirgin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 👏🏽 Thank you, [@JaneWriters](https://twitter.com/JaneWriters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) for these two. ❤️ -T [\#JaneTheVirgin](https://twitter.com/hashtag/JaneTheVirgin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#petramos](https://twitter.com/hashtag/petramos?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#Jetra2](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jetra2?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).0 [pic.twitter.com/zZ6sK7JxfF](https://t.co/zZ6sK7JxfF)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 10, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/972519092648374278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It finally happened! Petra and JR slept together, and it wasn’t a dream. Petra’s “That wouldn’t be the first line you’ve crossed” and JR shooting looks with that smile are killing me. Petra and JR have fantastic chemistry and [Yael Grobglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-grobglas/) and [Rosario Dawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosario-dawson/) are doing an amazing job.
10. [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) – Season 2 Episode 2 “Day 415” \[Streaming\] This episode was so stressful. It was Maia’s trial, and I knew from the trailer Amy would be taking the stand. The scene was intense and heartbreaking.
Amy says she asked Maia if there was something wrong with her father’s fund. Colin asks her if she answered. She said no, she didn’t say anything, but she nodded. Maia writes “untrue” down on paper and shows it to Lucca. Then Colin asks Amy if she and Maia talked about marriage. She looks surprised by the question, but then answers yes. Colin wants to know who proposed (it was Maia) and if she proposed after the indictment (yes she did). This brings into question if Maia wanted to marry Amy so Amy wouldn’t have to testify against her. Colin brings up the fact that Amy said no to Maia’s proposal, and he wants to know why.
Ugh, this whole thing was so sad, including when Maia came home to their apartment that night. Amy says she’s sorry, but she was under oath. They argue a little bit about if Maia nodded or not, but in the end Maia turns over and stays silent.
I think they’re over, which is really sad. I really loved them as a matter-of-fact queer couple.
By the end of the episode, Maia’s dad is caught and her and her mom are off the hook. We’ll see what happens to Maia now that she doesn’t have this issue looming over her and she can just be a lawyer.
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That was a lot, and there is more to come! Brooklyn Nine-Nine comes back soon, and the wife and I are watching Jessica Jones along with all our regularly scheduled queer shows. I will be very busy writing it all up for you all.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Black Lightning, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Life Sentence, Riverdale, The Chi, The Fosters, The Good Fight
---
### [In the Queer TV News: Jessica Jones, Grey's Anatomy, and More](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/in-the-queer-tv-news-jessica-jones-greys-anatomy-and-more/)
**Published:** March 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Grey's looses gays, Jessica Jones has some more bad days, and why the heck isn't One Day at a Time renewed yet!?
**Content:**
International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’sachievements throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace.
Well now that we have that out of the way, let’s get to the TV stuff! A lot happened all of the sudden so we felt we all needed a roundup.
## Jessica Jones Season Two
Netflix usually drops ’em on Friday. They did *[Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)* on Thursday *because* of International Women’s Day! She’s back, still full of rage, and ready to punch babies and steal their booze. What? It’s been a long day for her.
In even cooler news, show creator Melissa Rosenberg hired nothing but **women** to helm the season’s 13 episodes.
So crack a beer for our favourite tortured hero and remind her she’s the hero we want her to be:
## One Day at A Time Pending Renewal
I really can’t believe this but the show I love, *One Day at a Time* has **not** been renewed yet!
This show isn’t for everyone, but I really do think it could be. Plus in season 2, all of their directors were women, PoC, or both.
> Fun fact about [@OneDayAtATime](https://twitter.com/OneDayAtATime?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) SEASON TWO:
> Our directors were ALL either women, POC or BOTH
> Our writing staff is 50% female and 50% POC & 20% LGBTQIA+
> Our guest cast was 61% female & 50% POC & disabled
>
> Inclusive in front of and behind the camera. Watch some episodes tonight!
>
> — ♥ Gloria Calderón Kellett ♥ (@everythingloria) [March 6, 2018](https://twitter.com/everythingloria/status/971148637676818432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Seriously. They get it. They’re not perfect, but you gotta take it one day at a time.
## Greys Gays Takes a Hit
Oh honeys, I’m sorry. But I’ve got bad news. Jessica Capshaw ([Arizona](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arizona-robbins/)) and Sarah Drew (April) are leaving [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/). Their contracts were not renewed. We want to know why Owen’s still there, but … well. Here’s hoping Arizona get’s out alive!
https://twitter.com/lenalvthr/status/971825212307263490
I mean …. Did they have to do it on International Women’s Day?
## In Non Queer But Still Queer News…
Alex Cabot is back on [*SVU*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-svu/) and that sonic boom you heard was a million fic writers running off to write Cabot/Benson fics.
> .[@Mariska](https://twitter.com/mariska?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@MarchStephanie](https://twitter.com/MarchStephanie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BTS](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BTS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) of [\#SVU](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SVU?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) today! 😍 [\#CabotItBack](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CabotItBack?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 💕 [pic.twitter.com/qoaYTplzTD](https://t.co/qoaYTplzTD)
>
> — Mariska Mission (@MariskaMission) [March 7, 2018](https://twitter.com/MariskaMission/status/971403823284617216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
PS: Don’t forget to watch *A Winkle in Time* this weekend. This is not a movie to sleep on.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Grey's Anatomy, Jessica Jones, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, One Day at a Time
---
### [30 Days Until ClexaCon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/thirty-days-until-clexacon/)
**Published:** March 6, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** It's 30 days until ClexaCon and I'm very excited to attend. However, I'm going to be honest and let y'all know I've never been to a Con before, and I'm a little scared.
**Content:**
I’ve attended, spoken at, sat on panels and organized many tech and business conferences. I feel very comfortable and in my element at these events, but today — **30 days until [ClexaCon](http://clexa-con.com/)** — I’m going to come right out and say it.
## I’ve never been to a Con before, and I’m a little scared.
BAM reunion at ClexaCon 2017My first experience being a fan of a female/female TV relationship was Bianca and Maggie on [*All My Children*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-my-children/). It was Christmas Eve 2000 when Bianca came out and 2004 when Bianca and Maggie kissed for the first time. I learned my first ship name: BAM (Bianca and Maggie) and found my first online fan community, the now dead bamfans.com. I also started reading the AMC recaps for the first time on AfterEllen.
Even though I had this entry point into queer female fandom, I continued to consume shows on my own and grow an encyclopedia of characters, shows and ships in my head.
It wasn’t until I met Mika and we decided to make this site that I really entered the world of wlw (a term I didn’t know until relatively recently) fandom. I’ve onboarded pretty quickly. I’ve spent a lot of time in online communities over the last 20 years, and I was familiar with needing to learn community terms and acronyms.
I’m a friendly extrovert, but still intimidated about going to an event I’ve never been to before for the first time. Ultimately I know I will have a lot of fun, but I’m still nervous and wanted write up **what I wish to get out of my first trip to ClexaCon**.
## What I’m most looking forward to
1. Representing LezWatchTV as Press I will be attending ClexaCon with a press pass, and I will make it my job to write, tweet, interview and shoot photos as much as possible, to keep our LezWatch audience up-to-date on everything happening at ClexaCon. This is the biggest annual event for our community, and I will take covering it very seriously.
2. Being with my people. I’ve been around groups I’m affiliated with before: queers, tech geeks, music nerds, etc. but I’ve never been around this version of “my people.” I’ve never been immersed in a community of folks who understands the importance of quality queer representation in the media. I want to fangirl out with people who also have emotional attachment to too many fictitious characters. This will be a first for me, and I’m really looking forward to it.
3. Meeting Online Friends IRL. Along this website adventure, I’ve made some friends I’ve never met in person, and I can’t wait to do so at ClexaCon.
**1. [Erica and Nikki from the *Harold, They’re Lesbians* Podcast](https://twitter.com/HTL_podcast)** I love the HTL Podcast; every Thursday morning my wife and I listen to it in the car after we drop our kid off at school. Then I have to tweet my reactions when I get to work. They’re like an audio version of my [**Queerest Things posts**](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-week/), but more hilarious and entertaining.
If our projects were beings, they’d be BFFs, and I’m looking forward to geeking out over shows and data with them.
4. [**Joe, @FlailerOfAScot on Twitter**](https://twitter.com/FlailerOfAScot)I happened to have studied ASL (American Sign Language) and Deaf culture for a number of years, so when one of Joe’s signed videos popped up in Twitter, it caught my eye. His tweets are great and insightful, and he’s going to be on the **Disabled LGBT Representation in the Media** panel at ClexaCon.
Many hearing people do not know ASL and BSL (British Sign Language) are completely different — even the way the alphabet is signed. Joe knows some ASL, and we’ve tried communicating a little via video. Hopefully we’ll be able to make communication work in person.
5. [**Twitter Friends!**](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/followers)I love having conversations with LezWatch Twitter followers, and I’m hoping to meet folks in person! If you see me, feel free to come right up and talk to me.
6. Networking. Of course, I’ll be there promoting **LezWatchTV**. I’ll have pins & stickers to give away. I’ll also be there to see how other people and groups can use our site as a resource. Mika and I are open source enthusiasts, and we want our data to be helpful and share it with the world. If our database can be of benefit to your project, find me and we’ll talk about it.
7. Finally: Fangirling. Ok, I wont lie, I’m really excited for the panels and guests. [Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/) from [*Person of Interest*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/) is my favorite queer character of all time; Root and Shaw is my number one queer ship. I may have paid for a photo with Amy Acker and Sarah Shahi. I’m going to play it cool, but I will be freaking out on the inside.
## My Guest Wishlist
I fully understand how hard it is to organize an event and scheduling guests must take it to a whole new level. I have much respect for the ClexaCon organizers and am thankful for the work they do. I know if an actor is of interest to the queer female fan community, they’ve probably been contacted, but I still hold out hope some of my missing favorites will be announced.
1. Rutina Wesley 
I absolutely love [***Queen Sugar***](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/). I think it is one of the best shows on television right now. I wish Rutina Wesley would join the LGBTQ Actresses panel and give us a preview of what’s in store for Nova Bordelon on season three.
2. Deedee Magno Hall, Estelle and Michaela Dietz 
I am a *Steven Universe* superfan. The show is so important to kids and adults alike, and I would love to see a SU panel with the actors who voice the Gems.
3. Rebecca Sugar 
[I think Rebecca Sugar is a genius](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/rebecca-sugar-everything-right-world/) who created one of the most revolutionary shows on television. My daughter is 11 and her friends, who are all over the gender and sexual orientation spectrum, love [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) and strongly relate to the characters and stories. They are confident in who they are and way more evolved about queer issues than I was at even at 21.
4. Tatiana Maslany 
What can I say, [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/) is a phenomenal actor, and [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) is one of my favorite shows of all time. She could do a solo *Orphan Black* panel since she played most of the characters. A Tatiana/Evelyn/Ksenia panel would be amazing.
5. Ali Liebert 
Last, but far from least, **my number one guest wish for ClexaCon is [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-liebert/)**. [It’s no secret that I think she is the best](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/). She has done so much for quality queer representation on TV as an actor, and I’d love to see her speak at the event.
## Tips
To prep for my first Con, I’ve been listening to the **[UnConventional Podcast](https://clexacon.podbean.com/)**, reading the **[ClexaCon Forums](http://clexa-con.com/forum/)** and looking out for advice from former attendees.
**Here are some great Twitter threads I have found with tips:**
> Raise your hand if [@ClexaCon](https://twitter.com/ClexaCon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) will be your first con experience. I have some tips for you newbies.
>
> — Dana Piccoli (@DanaPiccoli) [February 21, 2018](https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/966354116518842370?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> Someone recently asked if they upset me at a con. The answer is always "not really," but it's a fairly common question, so here comes an advice thread on interacting with guests at cons. (Disclaimer: Not every guest feels like I do.)
>
> — Ayu (@soymilkpudding) [February 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/soymilkpudding/status/966003205799841799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## See you there!
I’m so excited to attend my first Con. If you spot me, please say hi!
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** ClexaCon
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – March 5, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-march-5-2018/)
**Published:** March 5, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week Sara and Ava have their first kiss and we all freak out. Also, the Olympic hiatus is over and my regular shows come back.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** Sara and Ava have their first kiss and we all freak out. Also, the Olympic hiatus is over and my regular shows come back.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 12 “The Curse of the Earth Totem” \[Live\] It happened, everyone!
### Sara and Ava became canon and the Internet rejoiced.
Ray, Amaya and Mick are trying to figure out how to defeat Mallus and Mick mentions Sara’s going on a date because she’s been “texting some guy.”
The Legends need to go find and collect the Earth Totem. When Sara hears this, she tells them she’s going to skip this mission.
Mick’s comments crack me up.
Later, in Star City, Sara and Ava finally have their first date.
It starts off a little awkward, the two of them are usually kicking ass and fixing time, not sitting and talking at a restaurant. Ava sets a “no work talk” rule, and they do their best.
Being two bosses on a date together, it doesn’t take long before their respective jobs need their attention. Gary shows up at the restaurant, and Ava pretends to go to the bathroom so she can talk to him.
While that happens, Sara sees the Waverider crash land outside. Sara throws some money on the table and takes off. Date over.
When Sara gets to the ship, the Waverider is a mess. She’s annoyed and feeling like she can never have a “normal” life.
They fix up the Waverider and go back to 1717 Bahamas to get the Earth Totem from Blackbeard. While that’s happening, Ava zaps herself on board to confront Sara about her dine and dash. Their fight culminates in their first kiss.
> "I don't want you to be normal." Here's the video of Sara and Ava's first kiss. Happy Tuesday. -T [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/W0XtoC0YR8](https://t.co/W0XtoC0YR8)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 27, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/968533684574973952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I did enjoy this fight then kiss scene, but I have to say I’m a little disappointed. I wanted the first kiss to be more romantic than comedic. Oh well, the show has plenty of time this season to make up for it.
After kicking pirate butt together, Sara and Ava talk about their failed date at the end of the episode.
> "So you got a room on this ship or…" Sara and Ava's last scene on [@TheCW\_Legends](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3 episode 12. -T [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/El34qJlNOf](https://t.co/El34qJlNOf)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 27, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/968574944157323264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
So great. In the previews for tonight’s episode, Ava is on the ship. I hope we get a scene of her waking up there.
Another bonus last week was Katrina Law (who plays Nyssa, Sara’s first love of her life) tweeting this out after the episode.
> [pic.twitter.com/TtDpHvKX4c](https://t.co/TtDpHvKX4c)
>
> — Katrina Law (@katrinalaw) [February 28, 2018](https://twitter.com/katrinalaw/status/968651848222523393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Oh my gosh, that is so funny. I love when actors play along.
2. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 16 “Giving Up the Ghost” \[Live\] On this episode of Stef hates everything, Lena tries to kiss on Stef and gets rejected. After that she brings up the couple’s retreat Stef’s mom bought them.
I have never agreed with Stef more.
The next day, Stef and Lena are fighting about Tess, again. They fight a little too loudly because Tess’ son can hear them in the hallway.
Whoops! Not quite the way he should have found out.
Later, Tess shows up at the front door wanting to talk to Stef, and Lena lays down the law.
You go, Lena. I know Stef is going through a thing, but I would not have put up this nonsense and Stef’s crappy mood for this long.
Stef overhears the conversation, and after another round of processing, Stef agrees to go on the retreat. Going on a couples retreat sounds like a 10th circle of Hell, and we’ll be going there with Stef and Lena – yay! I hope it’s entertaining at least.
Which brings me to this week’s **Stef and Lena Passion Index**. We had:
Turning your back to your partner (without a kiss or even a “good night”) then extending your hand far behind you to hold hands with them is literally the least amount of physical affection you can give someone. For that reason I give this episode one sad sponge. 
Mika was wondering if we’re going to need negative sponges.
3. [*The Chi*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/) – Season 1 Episode 7 “The Whistle” \[Catch Up\] Kevin’s moms, Nina and Karen, made an appearance in this episode! Kevin got invited by a girl to go roller skating, and his moms decided to go along.
The middle schooler embarrassment experience is universal.
4. [*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 1 Episode 7 “Full Moon (Creepy AF)” \[Live\] This episode was all about wacky things happening during a full moon and how it affects first responders. Some of it was silly (multiple women going into labor during a pregnant mom yoga class), but part of it revolved around Hen. In this scene on full moon eve, she and Karen talk about “Lesbian Bed Death.” Has that term ever been mentioned on a network show before?
> "Like, don't you feel the magic when we're cuddling?" 😂[@911onFOX](https://twitter.com/911onFOX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) takes on Lesbian Bed Death. If you're not watching this show, y'all should start. -T [pic.twitter.com/VEJmuOL5OM](https://t.co/VEJmuOL5OM)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [March 2, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/969622814385983489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The next day Hen gets a call from her ex Eva who is now out of jail. Eva is very flirty on phone, and it’s obvious Hen is tempted.
At the end of full moon day, Hen is driving while talking to Athena (Angela Bassett) on the phone. She tells her she’s headed home, but we all know she’s not. It looks like Hen can’t stay away from the ex and winds up at her front door.
It looks like there’s no LBD there. Wow, lots of Dyke Drama, and I love it!
5. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 13 “You Really Got a Hold on Me” \[Live\] Not much gay happened on Grey’s return except for Arizona telling Maggie how great sex is with Carina.
Maybe instead of just talking about Carina, she could actually be in the episode. I hope she shows up next week.
6. [*Love Daily*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-daily/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Christmas Dumplings” \[Web\] To make all these GIFs and videos for you fine folks, I spend a lot of time sitting through commercials on the CW website. A commercial came up for a show on go90.com called “Love Daily,” and in it was a clip with two women. It looked cute so I decided to check out it. Love Daily is one of those shows where each episode is a stand alone story. It’s composed of 12 short films about 12 different love stories taking place throughout the 12 months of the year.
This episode features Christine and Sam who both work at a Chinese restaurant.
Spoiler alert: it happens again. Their story is really sweet; I recommend watching. You can [check it out on the go90 website](https://www.go90.com/videos/7KExRfmsXCx).
7. [*Jane the Virgin Ghostwriter*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 11 “Chapter Seventy-Five” \[Live\] *Jane the Virgin* was one of the shows I was most looking forward to after the Olympic hiatus was over. What was going to happen with Petra and JR?
Jane is at Petra’s having brunch with her and the kids when the cops show up to arrest Petra for murdering her sister. At the station Jane and Jane meet each other for the first time while waiting for Petra to be released on bail. When Petra gets out JR vows to “get her off.”
Later Petra and Rafael talk and she explains to him how her mother is framing her. Rafael asks her if she knows where her mother is and she says, “no, but we’re looking.” Rafael wants to know who the other person in “we’re” is.
I love these flashes of Petra’s JR dream, but when are the two of them going to hook up for real? I thought it would be this episode, but after JR fesses up to the whole being hired by an unknown person to frame her thing, Petra is pissed. JR tells Petra everything. While working for the DA, JR tampered with evidence to help convict a domestic abuser. The anonymous person knew this and used it as leverage to hire JR to frame Petra. JR doesn’t know who this person is (they both suspect Petra’s mother), but she apologizes to Petra and vows to get her out of this. Petra is furious and tells JR she’s going to get her disbarred.
Later, while Petra is calling to try to get JR disbarred, she sees a photo in the file JR gave her. It’s a photo of someone using their right hand and her mother doesn’t have a right hand.
She goes back to JR and says she doesn’t trust her, but she is her only hope of getting to the bottom of everything. To prove her trust, Petra tells JR she has to get the screws dismissed as evidence. JR makes it happen, and at the end of the episode, they are working together to figure out the anonymous person on the other end of the burner phone.
I love the two of them on the same side working together! I can’t wait to see what happens next.
8. [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) – Season 2 Episode 1 “Day 408” \[Streaming\] I LOVE this show so much, and I’m thrilled it’s back! The “previously on” recap of the first season using T\*ump quotes was horrible and perfect.
The show returns at Carl Reddick’s funeral, and we meet Carl’s daughter and Adrian Boseman’s ex-wife, Liz Reddick, played by the fabulous Audra McDonald. Liz wants the name taken off Reddick-Boseman and the wheels start turning on a plot by Diane and Julius to make her a partner at the firm.
Meanwhile, Madeline Starkey (Jane Lynch) shows up at the funeral and pesters Maia about her father. She says if she tells her where her father is she will get the prosecutor to drop changes against Maia and she wont have to go to prison. Maia is smart and audio records everything Madeline said and plays it for Lucca.
Lucca, Maia and Starkey spend most of the funeral and reception going back and forth about what evidence Starkey has and if Maia will help her find her father.
I really love the scenes with these three. I imagine they must be fun to shoot.
Maia and Lucca do learn Maia’s father had a bank account in Dubai and Starkey had a photo of the woman who picked up money from that account for him.
After some fuzzy flashbacks, Maia remembers it’s her tennis coach Rosalie. It seems Maia had an, um, close relationship with her.
It also seems like Maia’s dad may have had an affair with her as well. Between Maia’s bad memory and Starkey’s messing with her, it’s hard to tell if it really happened. Either way, the quest to find her and Maia’s dad is going to be interesting.
In the “On this Season of the Good Fight” preview there was no Amy at all. That is disturbing. She is going to be on next week’s episode, but I hope she is on more than that.
Tonight — more #Avalance making Mondays great again. I hope I’ll be busy with plenty of GIFs to make tomorrow morning.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Grey's Anatomy, Jane the Virgin, Legends of Tomorrow, Love Daily, The Chi, The Fosters, The Good Fight
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### [The Queerest Thing I Watched Last Week - Bonus Ten Days in the Valley Finale Edition](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/)
**Published:** January 8, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Ten Days in the Valley Finale was so good and I had so many things to say about it that I decided to dedicate an entire post to it. Once again, Ali Liebert is the best.
**Content:**
The Ten Days in the Valley Finale was so good that I didn’t want it to be buried at the bottom of my weekly Queerest Things post. I had so many things to say, I decided to dedicate an entire post to it.
## [*Ten Days in the Valley*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-days-in-the-valley/) Finale – Season 1 Episode 9 “Day 9: Re-Cast” and Episode 10 “Day 10: Fade Out” \[Live\]
**Serious spoilers below. Stop reading if you don't want to find out about the finale!**
Oh my goodness, y’all, this two-episode finale was epic! We were finally going to find out who kidnapped Lake, who killed Gus, who Red is, who the Big Bad is, and why detective Nickole got this bloody nose.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdmNJuKlebv/?taken-by=aliliebert
The episode starts with Lake safe and being questioned by Bird. Bird shows her a collection of photos including Gus and asks her if any of them was the person who took her. She evades the question, and the woman from child protective services stops the interview. During the break, Lake sees Commander Gomez through the glass window and tells Jane, “Mama, he was there I saw him.” Jane freaks out, makes irrational decision number 8234, grabs Lake and runs out of the building.
I thought Gomez was the big bad, but then I second guessed it. They made it look too obvious that he and his brother were corrupt. But, ok, one mystery down: Gomez had Lake kidnapped. He also told Amira to feed more information to Jane’s TV crew via her relationship with Mackenzie.
This scene passes some kind of Bechdel test: two queer characters having a conversation about another queer character on a show with mostly straight characters.
What do you all think of Amira? Is she being conditionally queer and only in a relationship with Mackenzie so she can do her corrupt boss’ dirty work? I was thinking you couldn’t keep up a relationship that long faking it — Mackenzie referred to her as her “girlfriend” in episode 8. But really, it’s only been 8 days. They started dating in episode 2 and this scene happened in episode 9. I like to think she is a mole but still likes Kenzie.
Meanwhile, Jane makes bad decision number 8235 and takes Lake to Skid Row instead of the beach. Then she makes bad decision 8236 and takes her to her drug dealer’s apartment. This poor kid is going to need some serious therapy.
The detectives catch on to the fact that Jane ran off with the kid, and Gomez orders them to go after her.
Detective Nickole is on the case!
Ohai, detective Nickole! Where have you been the last couple episodes? I guess you were busy doing…stuff.
Detective Nickole and crew make it to the drug dealer’s apartment and frees Lake. Jane had her locked in a wine storage room where she was giving her lessons from the Jane Sadler School of Lying.
Because Jane ran off with the kid, detective Nickole had to arrest her.
I tried to live tweet about detective Nickole and handcuffs without sounding like a creep, but I gave up.
At this point, Nickole is driving with Jane in her car, and I’m thinking to myself, “Wow, we’re getting a lot of Ali Liebert time, cool! Maybe Jane escapes and that’s how Nickole gets the bloody nose.”
They are driving and talking then Nickole says this:
**Wife! She said “WIFE!”** Now I’m thanking Ali Liebert in my head for convincing the show producers to make her character queer. I thought it was only going to be a thing fans knew. I didn’t think it was going to be canon on the show.
Then this happened:
End of episode 9.
**Wait, WHAT?? NICKOLE IS THE KIDNAPPER!!**
I did not see that coming at all. And I loved it. Ali gets to be a bad guy. I like my characters complicated. I’m thinking about how Ali felt getting to play the character everyone at home is trying to figure out. Then my wife says to me, “You know she could get killed.” Oh no, please no BYQ on this show.
### On to episode 10 – the 10th and final day in the Valley.
The episode starts, and we’re still in the car with Nickole and Jane. Through a series of flashbacks we see Nickole right after she kidnapped Lake and killed Casey. Nickole delivers an unconscious Lake to detective Bezic. During a stop at home to clean the blood off herself, we get to meet the wife.
Hi, honey, just showering up after a quick kidnap/murder.
After all that killing and kidnapping detective Nickole needs a cigarette.
**Omg, detective Nickole is “Red,”** the allusive boss of the “Lick Crew” — the group of dealer-robbing narcotics agents who were also the subject of Jane’s show.
Still driving in the car, Jane tells Nickole about Lake seeing her kidnapper at the police station. She brushes it off as “kids get these details wrong all the time” and calls it paranoia.
**More flashbacks:**
- Nickole was at the bar when Quinn O’Farrell was killed.
- She put Lake in the trunk of the car the night Gus was shot.
- Commander Gomez was behind it.
Nickole stops to buy cigarettes even though Jane found a full pack of “Red Luxe” in the car. When Nickole gets back in the car, and tosses another pack of Red Luxe on the dashboard, Jane starts to catch on.
At this point they are obviously not driving to the police station. Jane is all “where are we going?” Back at the station, Bird is getting suspicious. Bird turns Nickole’s tracker on and goes after them.
Nickole takes Jane to a lovely ocean view where she proceeds to tell her everything: she’s Red, she took Lake, she locked her up in a house full of rats, and she’s the reason Gus is dead. Then they get in a fist fight and the mystery of the bloody nose is solved!
Nickole tells Jane her plan to make it look like Jane attacked her forcing her to shoot her. Just after Nickole pulls out her gun, Jane throws dirt in her face and jumps down the hill.
> Who saw this coming!? [\#TenDaysInTheValley](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TenDaysInTheValley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/b5z8e4iPqg](https://t.co/b5z8e4iPqg)
>
> — TenDaysintheValley (@TenDaysInValley) [January 7, 2018](https://twitter.com/TenDaysInValley/status/950004658122231808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Bird catches up to them and confronts Nickole.
He gets her to fess up about Rosa Garcia and the Gomez brothers. She explains how Commander Gomez found out about the Lick Crew and made them do all his dirty work. Bird arrests her after she says she will never testify against Gomez for fear of what he would do to her and her wife. Arrested, but not dead – whew!
Bird then finds Jane down the hill and gets her to a hospital. At the hospital, Ali gives Jane a tell-all cassette tape from Quinn.
Bird and Jane come up with a plan to take Gomez down. The one brother turns on the other, and Elliott Gomez gets arrested.
The series ends tied in a nice little bow which feels too nice and out of character for the show. My theory is they re-shot the last 5 minutes during the hiatus when they found out the show would probably be ending.
### Why are these episodes so important?
While I love and appreciate the great straight allies who play queer characters, these episodes show how important out queer actors are to LGBT representation on TV. [Ali Liebert wants to play queer characters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/) and [advocated for her character to be queer on this show](https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/2197371/uiconf_id/37028752/entry_id/0_pnzxfftf/embed/dynamic). Even as a bad guy, her character was treated respectfully. She didn’t get killed. And while I don’t need my bad guys to be sympathetic, they gave her a backstory showing why she was in the Lick Crew and later one of Gomez’s soldiers. She wanted to protect her wife.
Also, how amazing was it to see our girl Ali in this role? I can’t imagine what it’s like to act out a fist fight with Kyra Sedgwick.
Thank you, Ali, for bringing more queer rep to our screens.
Surprise Im the bad guyI loved the show overall, it was creative and clever with great LGBT representation (6 queer characters total). I’m sad it wont continue, but as a stand-alone series it was pretty great.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Ali Liebert, Recaps, Ten Days in The Valley
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Feb 26, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-feb-26-2018/)
**Published:** February 26, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Olympics still put a lot of Queerest Things to Watch Last Week on hold, but Legends of Tomorrow and Everything Sucks helped fill that void.
**Content:**
The Olympics still put a lot of **Queerest Things to Watch Last Week** on hold, but *Legends of Tomorrow* and *Everything Sucks* helped fill that void.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 11 “Here I Go Again” \[Live\] Wow, y’all, I think this was one of the best Legends episodes ever. It reminded me of the If-then-else episode of [*Person of Interest*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/), but with more humor.
Zari finds herself stuck in an hour-long time loop that ends with the ship blowing up at the end of each iteration. Every time the loop repeats, she tries to figure out what is causing the ship to explode. She follows each member of team Legends to see how they are involved and winds up discovering personal information about them.
In one loop Zari and Ray/Atom follow Sara onto the jumpship and discover she’s there to have a private call with Time Agent Ava. It’s obvious Ava is being flirty, but Sara won’t pull the trigger on inviting her to the ship.
I loved this so much. It was a natural scene of 2 people getting to know each other in the lead-up to a relationship. It was cute and perfect.
After they find the bomb, Zari seals herself and the bomb in a room and gives each Legend an inspirational speech based on what she learned about them.
It turns out the whole thing was a simulation run by Gideon so Zari could come to realize she needs to commit to joining the team. It was a very The Machine move by Gideon. Gideon explains this to Zari in her human form while Zari is unconscious. I love when we get to see Gideon as a person.
At the end of the episode Zari gives Sara some advice.
[\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash) is my favorite queer thing happening on TV right now. It’s an organic relationship arc without any coming out element. It’s the kind of story queer people want, and Legends is giving it to us.
Tonight it looks like Sara and Ava will finally be going on a date. I can’t wait! In the meantime here is a video of Sara and Ava’s jumpship call.
> Knowing Sara has been hiding in the jumpship to talk to Ava makes me very happy. Here's their call from Season 3 Episode 11 "Here I Go Again." I love [@TheCW\_Legends](https://twitter.com/TheCW_Legends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! -T [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#AvaLance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AvaLance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/TUgDwc5taW](https://t.co/TUgDwc5taW)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 20, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/965969121178542080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
2. [*Everything Sucks*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/) – All of Season 2 \[Binge-Watch\] This show dropped 2 Fridays ago on Nextflix and immediately Twitter started chatting about how good it was. My wife and I jumped on it and stayed up late watching the entire first season.
It was SO GOOD! The show is a coming-of-age story, set in the 1990s, revolving around Kate and Luke, two kids in the high school AV Club in Boring, Oregon.
The series starts in 1996 with Luke O’Neil, a freshman at Boring High. He and his friends are seen as nerds and social outcasts. They join the AV Club where Luke meets and develops a crush on Kate Messner, the principal’s daughter and a sophomore. Kate, however, starts questioning her sexuality and has a crush on drama student Emaline Addario, who is dating fellow drama student Oliver. Kate starts getting harassed after Emaline spreads rumors of her being gay around the school.
To negate this Kate agrees to go out with Luke.
The running story throughout the season is the hate between The AV Club and Drama Club. They put their rivalry aside when they decide make a movie together directed by Luke. Meanwhile, Kate’s father Ken starts a relationship with Luke’s mother Sherry, which complicates matters for Kate and Luke.
Kate eventually comes out to Luke and ends their relationship. Luke remains her friend and even though he’s still in love with her, he’s supportive of her coming out journey.
This show nails Kate’s coming out experience so well, and 14-year-old [Peyton Kennedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/peyton-kennedy/) does a phenomenal job with the role. I didn’t have a hard time in high school (I didn’t know I was gay yet), but my wife went through experiences similar to Kate’s and so many scenes hit home with her.
The show stabbed me in the heart in a good way, and the best part was a happy ending. Don’t watch the video if you don’t want to be spoiled.
> I can't stop thinking about [@EverythingSuxTV](https://twitter.com/EverythingSuxTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). Even though I'm a legit middle-age woman I feel stabbed in the teenage heart (in a good way). -T [\#EverythingSucks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/EverythingSucks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/AbZBN2I4cb](https://t.co/AbZBN2I4cb)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 19, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/965624288870092800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
The season ended with a real cliffhanger; I hope that means we’ll be getting a season 2.
**P.S.** McQuaid looks so much like my brother did in the 90s, and it was tripping me out.
McQuaid vs Tracys brother Gregory
3. [*Cable Girls (Las Chicas Del Cable)*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/) – Season 2 Episode 4 “Guilt” \[Binge-Watch\] I knew Cable Girls had a transgender story arc in season two. To be honest, I was a little worried how it would be treated because the show is half soap opera. However, when we got to the scene where Sara/Oscar tells Carlota about their childhood and how they are feeling, it was really emotional and well done.
> I knew [\#CableGirls](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CableGirls?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) had a transgender story, and I was a little worried how it would be treated because it is a soap opera after all, but this scene was really emotional and well done. 😢 ❤️Ana María Polvorosa did a really good job 👏🏽 -T [pic.twitter.com/pGNoNAEEDZ](https://t.co/pGNoNAEEDZ)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 24, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/967477436437925888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
We made it to the end of season two and are now all caught up. I enjoyed this show so much; I was sad when we found ourselves with no more episodes to watch. It looks like there will be a season three, but if not, I’m gonna be like…
I know many folks love the Olympics, but I’m ready for it to be over and have my regularly scheduled queer shows back. I hope I have a lot more to write about next week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Cable Girls, Everything Sucks, Legends of Tomorrow
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### [Win A 3-Day Pass to ClexaCon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/win-3-day-pass-clexacon/)
**Published:** February 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** To celebrate 500 followers on Twitter, we're going to give one lucky person a 3-day pass to ClexaCon and it could be YOU!
**Content:**
OMG! I didn’t even have this prepped, which is soooo not me. Blame the USA v CAN Hockey game last night, okay? I’m half Canadian. I was rooting against myself and for myself. Seriously, did you see the game!?
Right! ClexaCon! Turns out we have an extra ticket. And Tracy and I have been trying to think about what to do with it. Then Tracy’s wife, Mia, came up with a brilliant idea. Give it away.
We decided if we hit 500 followers on Twitter, we’d do it.
Guess what we hit?
You can win a three-day pass to [ClexaCon](http://clexa-con.com)! **You’re on your own for getting there and where you sleep**, and we take no responsibility for fangirl fainting when you see amazing people like Caity Lotz or Sarah Shahi (or Ali Liebert – fingers crossed she comes). But 3 days surrounded by your big queer fan fam can be yours, just by [entering our contest](https://gleam.io/XPMNW/lezwatchtv-celebrates-500-followers).
How? I’m glad you asked! You can follow us, leave a comment here, use Facebook, or a number of other ways. Doing more gives you more chances to win. You have until noon EST on March 2nd (that’s a week from Friday) to enter.
[LezWatchTV Celebrates 500 Followers](https://gleam.io/XPMNW/lezwatchtv-celebrates-500-followers)
The winner will be randomly selected and receives one 3-day pass with:
- General Admission for Friday, Saturday & Sunday
- Unique ClexaCon badge & lanyard
- Admission to all general panels, artist alley, and exhibition area
- Admission to Ascension: The Official ClexaCon After Party
- A Film Festival Weekend Pass
Good luck everyone and may the odds be in your favour!
(If you can’t see the embed, [visit our contest page](https://gleam.io/XPMNW/lezwatchtv-celebrates-500-followers)).
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** ClexaCon, Contest
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Feb 19, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-feb-19-2018/)
**Published:** February 19, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Wow, I only have three Queerest Things I Watched Last Week. The Olympics put a lot of shows on pause. Here's what I got for y'all.
**Content:**
Wow, I only have three **Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** since the Olympics put a lot of shows on pause. Here’s what I got for y’all.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 10 “Daddy Darhkest” \[Live\] I’ve mentioned before that I embarked upon a multi-month project of binge-watching [all the Arrowverse shows in synch](https://flash-arrow-order.herokuapp.com/). I made it all the way to this season, but The CW doesn’t allow you to stream all of the episodes from the currently airing season. For *Arrow* and *FLASH*, I’ll wait for this season to be over and then watch them all on Netflix. However, for *Legends of Tomorrow*, I broke into an Amazon gift card so I could watch every show from this season and be 100% caught up.
***Legends of Tomorrow*** is, hands down, my favorite of the Arrowverse shows.
An obvious reason is [**Sara Lance**](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) – the kickass, biseuxal, time-traveling, assassin Captain of the Wave Rider. She is the prefect balance of tough, independent, strong, funny, snarky and kind. And I love that she gets more action with women and men throughout time than the rest of the Legends combined. She is the patron saint of this website and one of my favorite queer characters of all time.
I also like all the male characters on this show which, to be honest, is a rare occurrence for me. They are all funny, quirky and don’t spend time mansplaining and questioning Sara’s authority. All the dudes respect her leadership, which is refreshing on a super hero show.
The other women on the show are kick-ass and interesting in their own ways. Overall, the show takes itself the least seriously of the Arrowverse and I appreciate that. There’s the usual fighting Big Bads but also campy humor and creative uses of time travel as a plot device.
I was so happy the show was back last week after what felt like an excruciatingly long mid-season hiatus. The best part of the show right now is the build up to Sara and Ava’s relationship.
At the start of the show, Ava hologram calls Sara and gay Leo’s commentary is so cute.
> Ava's call from the last [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) episode and Leo's cute commentary. -T [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/mAXzChaFCI](https://t.co/mAXzChaFCI)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 14, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/963825541211152386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’ve been enjoying Earth-X gay Leo being part of the gang since the big crossover, but alas, he’s going back to his Earth to propose to his cute boyfriend. I hope they have a wedding, and the Legends are invited!
Also, Sara hooks up with John Constantine from Arrow on this episode. I love that the writers do her bisexuality justice by not forgetting she’s into dudes, too.
At the end of the episode, Sara calls Ava back, and she is being cute on the holophone. Even Gideon’s in on it.
> Sara Lance's call with Ava part 2. [\#LegendsOfTomorrow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LegendsOfTomorrow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Season 3 Episode 10 "Daddy Darhkest" -T [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Avalance?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SiqIkUtfCz](https://t.co/SiqIkUtfCz)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [February 15, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/964263543892783104?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I am digging the slow-burn, but at the same time we’re almost halfway through the season, let’s get to it already!
2. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 15 “Mother’s Day” \[Live\] Oh, Fosters, I keep obligation watching you.
On this very special Mother’s Day episode (a holiday that is 3 months away), Stef’s mom comes for a visit and winds up going to a queer girl bar with Stef and Tess. Stef is a stick in the mud the entire time (no surprise) while her mom (played by the amazing Annie Potts) dances with the ladies.
Mariana figures out exactly what’s going on with Tess and says one of the funniest lines in Fosters history.
Oh my gosh, that made me laugh out loud.
The kids throw a Mother’s Day brunch for Lena, Stef and Stef’s mom. They give Stef’s mom a star named after her, and Stef and Lena get a “Harmony Soul Retreat.” I was chatting online with Mika at the time and instructed her to never buy me a star or harmony retreat. Ever.
But the most miraculous and amazing thing about the 3 month early Mother’s Day Brunch was Stef and Lena looked like they actually liked each other!
Which brings me to this week’s **Stef and Lena Passion Index**.
Hold on to your kitchen sponges, because this week we had…
I’m grading this on a bit of a curve, but I’m giving it 4 sad sponges. 
3. [*Cable Girls (Las Chicas Del Cable)*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Feelings” \[Binge-Watch\] I’ve been watching *Cable Girls* and enjoying it so much I wanted to get my wife into it. After some nagging, we sat and watched season 1 last weekend, and she was instantly hooked. I started over again with her from the beginning.
There is so much I love about this show. I’m a fan of soap operas, and this show has a good balance of soap opera formula and decent quality. It’s women-centric and tackles feminism in 1920s Spain, without being too heavy-handed or overly simplistic. Throw in the queer characters and stories, and it’s the perfect recipe for a show I will love.
In this episode, Carlota and Sara kiss in the street after doing a little vandalism to taunt Carlota’s oppressive parents.
I love post-hi jinx kissing in the street scenes.
That’s all I’ve got. We have another 6 days of Olympics to go, but hopefully there will be more queer things for me to watch this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Cable Girls, Legends of Tomorrow, The Fosters
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Feb 5, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-feb-5-2018/)
**Published:** February 5, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** There aren't many The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, but I have a lot to talk about what I did see. Like my firefighter wish is granted and The Fosters was actually entertaining.
**Content:**
There weren’t many **Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, but I have a lot to say about what I did see. Like my firefighter wish was granted, and The Fosters was actually entertaining.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *The Fosters* – Season 5 Episode 13 “Line in the Sand” \[Live\] There were actually some funny moments on this episode of The Fosters. While the kids did stuff I didn’t pay attention to, Stef has plans to go out to dinner with Tess (high school crush/neighbor) and Jenna (funny friend who is flirty with Tess). To make this dinner even more awkward, Tess’ husband asks Stef to talk to Tess because “something is up with her.” That something is a case of the “I may be gay.” Stef winds up sick in bed and sends Lena in her place.
The dinner was hilarious. Stef is texting Lena from her sick bed at home.
Stef and Lena look happier together on Lena’s phone lock screen then they ever do on the show.
The texting continues as Stef tries to get Lena to box-block Jenna.
It’s not really working.
Lena tries saying things like “So…marriage, right? It is not easy.” She goes on to say you have to work things out for the kids, and the grass isn’t really greener. Jenna is all you can’t stay in a marriage when you’re not happy.
Lena comes home frustrated with the whole thing and says if Tess wants to explore her sexuality, it’s none of her business. She says she doesn’t care and neither should Stef. It looks like Stef does care because later when Tess wants to talk about Prom, Stef tells her she needs to either talk to her husband or knock it off.
I am 100% on board with someone having an affair before this show goes out. I like drama in my fictitious drama, and this show has been a snooze-fest with the adult queer women.
Let’s see what we have for **The Stef & Lena Passion Index** this week.
They’d get points for the kiss, but the push away and back turn cancel some of it out.
I give it 1 sad sponge. 
2. *Black Lightning* – Season 1 Episode 3 “Lawanda: The Book of Burial” \[Live\] On Black Lightning last week, Anissa is at a bookstore trying to do research on her newfound powers, and we got to see her and Grace’s meet-cute!
At a bookstore talking about nerd stuff and comics…how perfect is that? Grace tells Anissa about a Cosplay party at the a bar she works at and invites her to go.
Anissa gets dressed up in spandex and goes to the party. Meanwhile Cheena…I mean Chenoa walks in on the two of them dancing, and she’s PISSED.
Well those two are over, but that’s ok I know Grace is Anissa’s girlfriend in the comics.
Later, the Lightning family is in the hospital after Jennifer’s boyfriend is injured, and Lynn can tell there’s something up with her daughter. She also recalls the story of Anissa coming out to her.
She said the word “lesbian!” That word is almost never said on TV in a non-joking way.
Mama Lightning is trying to dig into what’s going on so Anissa tells her that she and Chenoa broke up. Mom’s not buying it, she knows there’s something else.
I love this show. Anissa’s gayness is matter of fact, but it’s not the source of her troubles and even mom knows it. I wonder if she’ll react with silence then hugs when she finds out Anissa has superpowers.
3. [*9-1-1*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/) – Season 1 Episode 5 “Point of Origin” \[Live\] Folks, [I called it back in January](/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jan-15-2018/). The TV Universe heard my female queer firefighter request, and Hen was revealed as a lesbian on this episode!
During a conversation between Hen and Athena, you learn Hen has a ex in prison who called and told her she urgently needs her to visit. You also learn that Hen currently has a wife, and she adopted Hen’s son who Hen and the ex had together.
The reason for the urgent visit request is Eva has a parole hearing coming up, and she wants Hen to testify. Hen definitely feels torn, also she hasn’t told the wife about the prison visit yet.
Later in the park, we meet Hen’s wife, Karen, and she’s Joanne from RENT!
Karen is not happy that Eva is up for parole or the about the fact that Hen went to go visit her.
I am very intrigued by Hen’s backstory, and I can’t wait to learn more and see how it all unfolds.
4. [*Jane the Virgin Failure*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/) – Season 4 Episode 6 “Chapter Seventy-Three” \[Live\] While Petra is talking to her lawyer, Jane Ramos, Jane makes it known that she has an ex-girlfriend!
That entire statement is so meta.
Peta tells her that she wants to call her “JR” instead of Jane, because she already has a Jane in her life. Jane doesn’t like that and says if she calls her JR then Jane is going to call Petra “Peter.” We all know JR is working for someone who is an enemy of Petra, but we don’t know who it is yet. Whoever they are, they want JR to get a copy of blueprints from Petra.
Later JR comes over to Petra’s place with a bottle of wine to thank her for getting her mom an appointment with a memory specialist. While they’re hanging out, I guess Petra talks about her conflict with Jane a bit too much because JR says this.
Woah! Also, don’t you feel like this whole scene on the couch with the wine is trying to get the audience to ship these two? At least the queer audience, including myself, is going to fall for it.
Especially with lines like this.
I know JR’s a bad guy, but I ship this 1000%. Characters can switch from bad to good 10 times on this show. It is a telenovela after all.
With encouragement from JR, Petra makes up with Jane.
OMG they already have pet names for each other. But, oh no, now JR’s going to turn the blueprints over to whoever she’s really working for. I don’t know if it’s going to be Rose, or the cops, or she’s going to pull her face off and be Rose. Either way, I am thoroughly enjoying [Rosario Dawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosario-dawson/) playing a queer character.
I’m excited to see where all of these stories go this week. AND countdown to 7 days until Legends comes back!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Black Lightning, Jane the Virgin, The Fosters
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Jan 22, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jan-22-2018/)
**Published:** January 22, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week agent DiPierro gets some action, Grown-ish takes on biphobia, we get a Tig surprise and Grey's is back with a new queer character!
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, agent DiPierro gets some action, Grown-ish takes on biphobia, we get a Tig surprise, and Grey’s is back with a new queer character!
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Mr. Robot*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/) – Season 3 Episode 9 “Eps3.8stage3.torrent” \[Binge Watch\] My wife and I finished our binge of *Mr. Robot* season 3 and I loved it. The show really got its groove back this season.
In this episode, Darlene makes a plan to seduce Dom and steal her badge so Elliott can gain access to the F.B.I. computer system and restore all of ECorp’s data. After meeting at their usual bar, Darlene goes home with her.
Rule-follower Dom was hesitant, but she winds up sleeping with Darlene.
After Dom falls asleep, Darlene tries to steal Dom’s badge from her safe, but Dom catches her. I’m not going to give it all away, but this leads to a world of hurt for Dom, Darlene and Elliott. In the finale Dom calls Darlene a terrible person and says all she deserves for the rest of her life is pure and utter agony.
I don’t know how to feel about Darlene. Was she 100% nefarious in her actions or does she actually care about Dom? My wife thinks Darlene took advantage of the lonely, socially awkward lesbian, and she deserves all of Dom’s hate. I think Darlene cares about Dom as a person, but not romantically and made this plan as a last-ditch effort to reverse the 5/9 hack.
Either way, I think [Grace Gummer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-gummer/) does a great job of playing agent DiPierro, and thankfully she didn’t die.
We’ll see what happens in Season 4!
2. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 11 “Invisible” \[Live\] On this episode of *The Fosters*, the passion between Stef and Lena is so intense it jumps off the screen.
Ok, ok, I know Stef is having panic attacks and going through stuff, but even on a good day these two barely like each other. It’s the last season, can one of them have an affair or something else interesting?
3. [*Grown-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/) – Season 1 Episode 4 “Starboy” \[Live\] On *Grown-is*h Nomi’s on a date with a girl at the school sports bar. After the girl finds out Nomi is bi, she accuses her of going through a phase.
Later Nomi is is dating a guy and she reacts poorly when she finds out he is bi, too.
I really love the way *Grown-ish* is taking on multi-levels of biphobia. I haven’t seen many shows do it in such a nuanced way. I really applaud the show for not sweeping it under the rug.
4. [*Fresh Off the Boat*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fresh-off-the-boat/) – Season 4 Episode 13 “The Car Wash” \[Live\] Tig Notoro made a guest appearance on this episode as Ms. Doris, a teacher Emery and Evan are trying to kiss up to.
Sigh, it’s sad to see a surprise Tig appearance the same week we got the bad news that [Amazon Canceled *One Mississippi*](https://www.facebook.com/tignotarocomedy/posts/10155290956777525). With that show gone and *Take my Wife* without a home, we have zero shows by lesbians with queer characters on a major outlet. Why can we never keep nice things?
5. [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) – Season 14 Episode 9 “1-800-799-7233” \[Live\] We’re back at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and the hack still has the hospital’s computer system down. While waiting in line to donate blood, Arizona is swiping left.
The Italian orgasm scientist doesn’t believe in online dating, but does she believe in dating Arizona again? I’m placing my bets on yes.
Later, new Intern Casey saves the day by hacking the hack and restoring Grey Sloan’s computer system.
Earlier, Casey told Miranda that he once hacked into the DMV.
I’m very Rosa Diaz, “talking about feelings is for losers,” when it comes to emotional TV moments. Usually it makes me cringe, but this scene really got to me. I loved it and I love Grey’s has a new transgender character played by out transgender actor [Alex Blue Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-blue-davis/).
Next week will Carina and Arizona finally get back together? Will Nomi deal with her own internalized bi-phobia, and will Alex get any decent plot on *Supergirl* again? Tune in to find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Fresh off the Boat, Grey's Anatomy, Grown-ish, Mr. Robot, The Fosters
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### [What is Past is Prologue](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/what-is-past-is-prologue/)
**Published:** January 10, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Thinking about why the Bard of Avon is so popular with web series...
**Content:**
Hands down, the most popular type of web series is a Shakespeare series.
In 2017 I watched around 100 series and the majority was based on the Bard of Avon. Of those, the most common play reworked was *Romeo and Juliet*. Which poses some problems for me. Mostly it’s that I really hate *Romeo and Juliet*.
I’ll explain in a moment, but first I want to address why Shakespeare is popular. Still.
## Common for the Common Man
Most of us read Shakespeare’s works in high school. Starting from junior high, at least in the US, they force feed us the simple, fun, and basic works. The first one I read in school was *Midsummers Night Dream*, followed by *Romeo and Juliet*. Then we got to read *Twelfth Night* and *Othello*, doubled back to see the various modern remakes of the stories, caught up with *West Side Story* and *Ten Things I Hate About You*, and so on.
William Shakespeare is hugely popular. Still. Unlike other classics we read, like Dickens or Hemingway or a thousand other white guys, Shakespeare turned entertainment on its ear and it’s end and made people laugh at the common. But more than that, he made us aware of the ambiguity of the world.
## Accessibly Obtained
Speaking of school… we all had access to Shakespeare and his works. Right now I have a complete collection of it all on my bookshelf. I don’t read it often, usually to grab a quote or remember a scene. I’m still faster flipping through the book than a Google. But as a student, especially in the pre-internet age, it was the most accessible and friendly work available.
If I told a teacher I wanted to read, say, *Titus Andronicus*, they’d happily help me out. Well. Maybe not that particular play, but certainly the others. The flip side is that when I asked about *Dante’s Inferno*, I got weird looks until I was a senior. Even so, they’d be willing to talk to me about the horrors of the play, How Shakespeare improved from a by-rote revenge drama that was over the top, and into the classic *Hamlet*.
## Open To Interpretation
One of the things that makes his works so popular, even 400 years after his death, is that they can easily be transmuted. And this is why web series pick it so often. With exception of the historical plays, and possibly the aforementioned *Titus Andronicus*, you can pick up Shakespeare’s works and plunk them down in any high school, any town, any world. The genders and races and sexualities are mutable and always have been.
Oh yes, Shakespeare’s audience was always in on the jokes of the cross dressing.
## Why I Hate It So
I don’t hate all of his works. I like most of them. I love how he tells *Hamlet*, and *Midsummers Night Dream* is a classic. Others make me sad, like *Othello*, or *Merchant of Venice*. And then I get really pissy when I read *Taming of the Shrew*. And yet I love *Ten Things I Hate About You*. Go figure.
But I really am tired, so damn tired, of *Romeo and Juliet*, because the majority of the interpretations miss that it’s full title is *The **Tragedy** of Romeo and Juliet*. It’s not tragic because the kids die, it’s tragic because of *why* they die. It’s not tragic love, it’s not even their death that makes it so. It’s the fact that the whole goddamned thing could have been avoided.
However. So so many retellings paint it as a sad love story. Even the way people tell about *West Side Story*, which absolutely ends in death and sorrow and sadness that could be avoided if only we learned not to be our parents, gets told as love. Have you noticed how when *Glee* did that as their musical, they skipped over how it’s about kids craving love and a place in the world so much that they literally die to get there?
Yeah.
I get that people pick *Romeo and Juliet* because it’s easy. Because we all know the story so well now, they can skip or gloss over some details and we will still follow along. But that doesn’t mean it’s the right thing to do for everyone.
## The Best And Popular Aren’t The Same
In 2017, Pricenomics took a look at the data and [determined the most popular play](“https://priceonomics.com/what-is-shakespeares-most-popular-play/”), based on performance, was *Midsummers Night Dream*, followed by *Romeo and Juliet*.
I propose that, when you’re looking to make your next web series about the Bard of Avon, you check out this chart and pick something you’ve not tried before.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/F92B961B-9BFD-4DB2-BFA4-4EC1FC1FFEB9.png)Flowchart from [Good Tickle Brain](http://goodticklebrain.com/home/2016/4/18/which-shakespeare-play-should-i-see-an-illustrated-flowchart)What if the reason the twins in *Comedy of Errors* never find each other is because one is trans? What if the *Merry Wives* were men and women, all queer? The histories would need a little work, but it could happen.
But … maybe take a pass on *Titus Andronicus*. It’s a little dark.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Shakespeare, Web Series
---
### [January 2018 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/january-2018-roundup/)
**Published:** February 1, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We made it through January, and what a wild month that was.
**Content:**
Welcome to 2018.
- 44 shows added
- 127 characters added
- 4 characters died
## Looking Back at 2017
2017 was a rough year. Not *as* bad for queer TV as 2016, but still pretty tough. Loosing Sanvers, *Orphan Black*, and *Sense8* hurt. There were some bright spots, though, like getting *One Day at a Time*, *The Bold Type*, a *Carmilla* movie, *One Mississippi*‘s second season, and *The Good Fight*. In fact, there was a huge amount of data that flowed into the site…
I mean, if you want it by the numbers:
- 33 characters died
- 97 blog posts were made
- 357 shows were added to the site
- 1180 characters were added to the site
- 2150 *actors* were added to the site
- 305 of the shows we track were on the air
- 76 shows were new in 2017
- 70 shows ended in 2017
That’s pretty cool, isn’t it?
## Actors? Actors!
This is all Tracy’s idea. She looked at the statistics of the site and pointed out people were looking for more information on the actors. So I took the data we had and wrote got to auto-populate 2150 actor pages. This did not work perfectly. There were a few glitches and some people got mislabeled (seriously — all the gay men were broken) but we’ve cleaned up the majority of the data. If you find people we’ve gotten wrong, please let us know and we’ll fix it right away. Tracy’s going through every single actor, by hand, to personally verify. It’ll take a while, but I promise we will get this right.
## No More BYG
Bury Your Gays (or Bury Your Queers) has been the name of a few tools we made for people. There’s the Amazon Echo Skill and a WordPress plugin that both went by that name. Yes. Were. Both have been renamed and rebranded to be more positive. This was because a few people got very confused about the intent, to the point that I actually had a phone chat with Amazon.
You can install [*LezWatchTV News*](https://www.amazon.com/Lez-Press-LezWatch-TV-News/dp/B078738KDJ) on your Echo and ask it all sorts of new things now.
## Queerest Things of the Week
Tracy’s been knocking it dead with her [weekly posts about the queerest things](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-week/) she’s watched in the previous week. She started it in November, and I love it. I make a point *not* to read it before she posts it, and then I run back and catch up on things I missed. She even gave [*Ten Days in the Valley*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-days-in-the-valley/) a special recap, because the finale was so amazing.
## OMG ODAAT!
I’m a geek. I was so damn excited for this that I went underslept and binged. Of course, it was the morning after my wife’s birthday, so I didn’t get to do it all in one go. That’s okay, it let me write a series of posts about the show. Sorry/not-sorry. If you haven’t watched [*One Day at a Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)yet, go do it. Yes, I know it’s about an Iraqi vet who’s a nurse, single mom, with two kids, and a weird mom, but it’s good. It’s beyond good. It’s great. You can read my reviews (complete with behind the scenes info):
- [Episodes 1-3](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-one-day-time-season-two-review/) (I was at the taping of ep 1)
- [Episodes 4-8](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-continued-one-day-time-season-two-review/)
- [Episodes 9-12](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-ongoing-one-day-time-season-two-review/) (I was at the tapings of eps 9 and 10)
- [Finale](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-final-one-day-time-season-two-review/) (I was at the finale taping)
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [A Super Fan's (final) "One Day At A Time" Season Two Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-final-one-day-time-season-two-review/)
**Published:** January 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Are you ready for this? Spoilers? I wasn't.
**Content:**
Are you ready? I wasn’t… And yes, I had to give this it’s own post.
**Spoiler Warning!! If you haven't watched the end of season two of One Day At A Time, this is your last chance.**
Seriously. Get some Kleenex (latinx – thank you Lydia) out. I went through two and a half packets.
## Episode 13 – Not Yet
This time we got a *lot* of the previouslies at the taping. We got most of the Max story, including the breakup. We got Elena having a crush and then a girlfriend (which finally explained to me why everyone kept hinting at an episode we’d not seen yet). We got the citizenship story. And yes, we got the stroke.
The second that aired, the entire room went silent. Like “Did they just …” shock washed over us all. The woman next to me had been there the previous week and said that not *everyone* was there this week. Which means there were some people who had *no* idea how it all ended until it aired. I feel so, so bad for them.
We were dead silent when the credits ran.
The whole set was two rooms, the waiting room and the hospital room. They’d taken down the normal living room and put up curtains to hide everything. All we could see was the waiting room at first. After the first scene of the waiting room, they pulled back the curtains and there was Rita, in the hospital bed. We all inhaled, collectively, as one. It was … Yeah.
### Everyone Was Amazing
Everyone’s scenes, their moments where they talked to Lydia, were so damn powerful. My wife and I talked about which one we loved the best, and kept going back and forth about our favorites. The Schnieder scene took the most time, but that said, they had to take down the set dressing every time and he had to put it all back up.
When we got to Elena’s scene about why she didn’t speak Spanish, I cracked and cried. That kind of ‘small’ rebellion is so, so common and familiar to so many of us before we come out. We’re angry and different and we just don’t know *why* so we pick something easy to fight. And Isabella got it right every time.
### Justina Machado Needs an Emmy
Speaking of … Most of the time, you get to see the same scene twice. At least. They tweak things, or get a new angle, or whatever. This episode, the scene where Penelope breaks down, was *one single take*. And yes, she about killed us all with feels. And I need to stress this: They normally do at least **two** takes of anything. I’ve never seen a single take like that and it blew my mind. Justina Machado is amazing and I am in awe.
Seriously, you know how people are saying that is an Emmy worthy performance?
*She nailed it in one take*.
That’s how good she is. Not a single hiccup.
I’m seriously in so much admiration of her, her talent, and you should be too. And when the audience stopped laughing or making any noise, know we were all holding our breath, enraptured by the god damned master class Justina Machado put out there for us that Tuesday night.
### A Dinner Of Dread
At that point we broke for dinner and snacks. The woman sitting beside us had missed Justina’s scene so we recapped it for her. When they came back to the scene, and we saw Rita in that dress, I promise you the entire audience held their breath. Every. Single. Person. That silence was legit.
Because we couldn’t tell if they were going to kill her off.
Seriously. Watch that scene and know this. **The audience couldn’t tell if Lydia was going to die.**
In every single take of Lydia saying “Not yet,” we erupted into applause and cheers. It was the most real and heartfelt “Oh thank god!” I’ve ever heard regarding a TV show. After the take, and as they reset, we all were crying and talking about how we couldn’t tell. I told my friends on set the same after. Hell, I told Normal Lear. It was that well done. Rita gave *nothing* away. Take after take after take, she hit that line and we erupted with joy.
They finally had to actually ask us *not* to cheer after that line for one take so they could get through it!
But that scene you see, where she says “Not yet.” That moment is a couple hundred people cheering because we were thanking everything we believed in that Lydia lived.
## The End (for now)
Whew.
I’m not doing this justice. I keep re-reading and thinking I should be telling you more about how they had few line-re-dos. Or how when we were on set after, I noticed the waiting room had real pamphlets. Or maybe that how the on-set party after was filled with us all being relieved and telling each other how much we’d been caught up in the story. Or maybe I should tell you how much Todd liked my macaron cookies.
Or not.
The thing is that it was a singularly haunting and beautiful experience.
Thank you, Char, for making connections for us. Thank you to the whole cast for being friendly and welcoming and real. Thank you, Rita Moreno, for the laughter and tears and the moment when you grabbed your breasts and demanded I take a photo (it’s still on my phone).
Thank you, Isabella Gomez, for always recognizing us and taking a moment to say hello, and for learning all you have about the community you now represent. Thank you, Marcel Ruiz, for the quiet conversations while everyone was being loud. Thank you, Stephen Tobolowsky, for your beautiful nebbishy perfection, and for your constant gifts to the Jewish community. Thank you, Todd Grinnell, for making me laugh so hard. Thank you, Justina Machada, for making me cry *every single week*.
Thank you, Mike Royce, for getting us the VIP tickets and inviting us onto the set after.
Thank you, Gloria Calderón Kellett, for everything. For this story. For this dedication to realness. For the hug too. For taking a LezWatchTV pin and recognizing us. Thank you for insisting this be told.
Thank you, Norman Lear, for always being who you are. Every day of our lives brought us to the moments we shared, collectively, on that stage. Every second we have lived led to that. And in so many ways, it makes all of it, all the horrible things that happened in 2017, hurt a little less.
Thank you, cast, crew, writers, and everyone who makes *One Day at a Time*.
I hope I get to come watch you film season three.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Jan 29, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jan-29-2018/)
**Published:** January 29, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This week on The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week Black Lightning is the best thing ever, Lena Waithe makes a guestbian appearance on This is Us and I introduce a new feature: The Stef & Lena Passion Index.
**Content:**
This week on **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, *Black Lightning* is the best thing ever, Lena Waithe makes a guestbian appearance on *This is Us*, and I introduce a new feature: **The Stef & Lena Passion Index**.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*The Chi*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/) – Season 1 Episode 3 “Ghosts” \[Catch up\] On this episode of *The Chi* we briefly meet Keisha and Kevin’s other mom Karen.
I love women in uniform. The scene is cute but short. I hope we get to see more of them this season. I would love for there to be lesbian moms on TV that actually like each other.
2. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 11 “Fort Rozz” \[Live\] While Supergirl is off with her girl gang in space, Alex is left behind with a broken leg to babysit Ruby. During an enthralling game of Trivial Pursuit, Alex gets a text.
Of course I paused the TV so I could read the text.
> Here it is, folks. -T [pic.twitter.com/MN8PG4xZ6r](https://t.co/MN8PG4xZ6r)
>
> — LezWatchTV 📺🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [January 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/955610901197082624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’m trying not to dissect this text too much, but I saddened by both the misuse of “your” and the “xo” at the end.
At this point I am just not into *Supergirl*. I used to look forward to Mondays, but now Alex has so little screen time and what she does have is taken up with babysitting Ruby and taking care of Kara. I miss Alex with her new gun, kicking ass with her detective girlfriend. I’ll keep watching, of course, but my TV excitement is now taken up by *Black Lightning*.
3. [*Black Lighting*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Lawanda: The Book of Hope” \[Live\] On this episode of *Black Lightning* we meet Anissa’s girlfriend, Chenoa, and it seems there’s trouble in paradise. Processing in bed (like lesbians do), Chenoa makes it clear that she wants more from Anissa than just bang-hangs.
There is so much I love about this scene. We are getting right to the gay. No slow-burn of a coming out/couple arc or a timid walk up to a sex scene. Right from the start they are in bed, post sex and acting like a real couple. On other shows, the women are almost fully-clothed and doing…I don’t even know what (i.e. “leg stuff” on *Pretty Little Liars*), but not what real couples do. I don’t need there to be big sex scenes on network TV shows, but I do want the queer couples to be treated equally to the straight ones. This so rarely happens, and I am thankful *Black Lighting* is setting this precedent right from the start.
Back at Casa Black Lightning, Jefferson and Lynn are accounting for their daughters’ whereabouts.
Anissa’s parents are obviously not into her since they can’t even remember her name. I think they are setting us up to not get too attached to Cheena…I mean Chenoa. I don’t think she’ll be around much longer.
Again, this scene is great. Anissa’s parents are talking about her girlfriend, and it’s no big deal. We won’t have to sit through episodes waiting for her parents to accept her, because we are already there. We so rarely get to enjoy an out queer main character with story lines that don’t revolve around coming out. She is the lesbian superhero main character of our dreams.
4. [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) – Season 5 Episode 12 “#IWasMadeinAmerica” \[Live\] On this episode of the Fosters it’s Stef’s birthday, and she’s still buggin’. Jenna, the only fun adult queer character on this show, throws a birthday party for Stef and meets her next-door neighbor/high school crush, Tess.
At the end of the party Jenna and Tess are still hanging out, and Stef yells at Jenna for being inappropriate with her. It seems maybe Stef is a little jealous?? I wish someone on this show would be inappropriate and breathe some life into the queer adult story lines.
Meanwhile, on Callie inserts herself into everyone’s problems, Callie tells Ximena her story made it to Huffpo, and Ximena gives her a too-long kiss.
No, just please no.
Also, to measure the white-hot heat that is Stef and Lena’s relationship, I decided to introduce a new feature to my Fosters recaps: **The Stef & Lena Passion Index**.
On this episode we had…
I’m giving it **2 out of 5 sad sponges**. 
5. *This is Us* – Season 2 Episode 13 “That’ll Be the Day” \[Live\] Yay, Lena Waithe made a random appearance on *This is Us* as a animal shelter staff person helping Kate pick out a dog.
I love that she said “wife.”
6. *Grown-ish* – Season 1 Episode 5 “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” \[Live\] Nomi disappointingly broke up with Big Dave because she couldn’t deal with the fact that he’s bisexual. Later she goes back and explains to him why.
I don’t know about you, but I have grown impatient with Nomi’s hypocritical biphobia. I’m glad Big Dave called her out on it, but I want more. I know this is a nuanced subject, and *Grown-ish* is doing a great job addressing it, but I’m ready for some After School Special-level justice now.
7. [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/) – Season 2 Episode 5 “Locked Down” \[Binge Watch\] My wife and I binge-watched all of *One Day at a Time* season 2. It was cute seeing Elena have her first queer kiss on this episode.
8. [*Cable Girls*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/) – Season 1 Episode 3 “Lies” \[Binge Watch\] I’ve also been binge-watching *Las Chicas Del Cable* (AKA *Cable Girls* on Netflix) and enjoying it immensely. It’s like *Bomb Girls*, but in Spain at a Telephone company. It’s perfect balance of soap opera without being too ridiculous. At least I’m feeling that way now in season one, things can always take a turn.
In this episode Sara, a manager at the Cable company, starts to get close to Carlota, one of the operators, and her boyfriend Miguel. Carlota and Miguel seem to have an open-minded relationship and Carlota tells Sara she sees chemistry between her and Miguel and she’s ok with that.
Sara then makes her feelings clear.
Ooooh, 1920s queer drama. Sign me up!
9. *Jane the Virgin Bud-Nipper* – Season 4 Episode 8 “Chapter Seventy-Two” \[Live\] Jane’s back from mid-season break and her kid Mateo, who just started kindergarten at a fancy school, made friends with kid with two moms.
Jane and Rafael are passing Ro & Xo’s address off as their own to get Mateo into this school. This is a move parents pull in Philly, too. The new friend wants to come over for a play date, and Jane and Raf try to pass Ro & Xo’s home as their own. The moms catch on and swear to keep it a secret. My wife thinks they are lying too because they vehemently insisted their kid go to Mateo’s house in the first place. We’ll see!
Wow, that was a lot of queer last week! Tune in to see what happens this week.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Cable Girls, Grown-ish, Jane the Virgin, Lena Waithe, One Day at a Time, Supergirl, The Chi, The Fosters, This is Us
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### [A Super Fan's (ongoing) "One Day At A Time" Season Two Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-ongoing-one-day-time-season-two-review/)
**Published:** January 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Part three of four - herein are two of the episodes I saw filmed and two I did not.
**Content:**
This next section, we saw *two* of the episodes.
**Spoiler Warning!! If you haven't watched season two of One Day At A Time, this is your last chance.**
## Episode 9 – Hello, Penelope
This was the first episode we saw as VIPs, and got to meet the cast a bit after. It was incredibly powerful. When Justina had the breakdown with Schnieder there were a lot of tears. They showed us a ‘previously on…’ that told us about Max, which was markedly different from the other episode. They told us the bare minimum we needed to know, which made perfect sense.
Now. I am actually sad that there were two scenes you didn’t see! First, there was a back-half to the scene in therapy, which included a quick ‘Schnieder’ joke, where Pam knew one. I loved it, but I suspect it got cut for time. So did the joke about how they had all these cookies for the snack after. “I don’t have no money for Milanos!” has been a joke at home for a while.
However, bigger is this. Penelope told Alex about the CPR class before it happened. There was a whole scene where she tells him, demonstrates by singing *Stayin’ Alive*, and he has that classic kid expression of horror. When Marcel delivered a “oh no”, the first take was a **long** pause. He held the beat and his face was a perfect expression of teen horror at ones’ parents. It was brilliant and showed just how much he’d grown as an actor. He got it *down*. After that, they did it quicker, and I realized they didn’t want to extend that scene, which is sad. I loved the delay. And yet, you didn’t even get to see it.
Marcel, sweetheart, you were amazing in that scene. We still talk about it at home, and you should get a clip for your reel.
In this episode, the scene with Rita in the confessional tore our hearts out. Also Rita had a lot of “trouble” with the scene. She didn’t like the pacing or phrasing of her words and it took her a long time to get it right where everyone agreed it was perfect. After, she came to apologize to us. She literally said “Sometimes it just doesn’t fucking come.” I shouted back “We love you!” Because it’s acting. It’s not easy.
There’s some banter between Lydia and the priest they cut out. Lydia was not happy that Father José was there and not her regular priest. I remember thinking it felt extraneous at the time, so I’m not shocked it was cut. Still, making it shorter did take away from the gravitas of Lydia crying to take away her daughter’s pain.
Justina and Todd’s scene, with her playing the recording, was shown to us on the cameras only. The set for it was outside our view, so we could only see on the screens above our heads. That’s a weird feeling, to watch on TV what you know is being performed outside your line of sight. I didn’t know it until this episode, but they actually *do* pre-tape some scenes! When there’s a green-screen or special effects needed, you don’t ‘watch’ it live, but they still record our reactions.
Todd’s line about the bowling ball was the second version of that joke. I remember telling my wife that I hoped they’d use that one, as it was hilarious. And Todd has a perfect delivery of it. The man is magic. If you listen carefully, you can hear me cackle early, and then more as the rest of the audience caught the joke.
As someone who’s been on anti-depressants for years, I had no problem spotting Penelope’s manic episode as it started, and predicted the subsequent crash. My wife and I grabbed each other’s hands and sucked in our breath. When Rita said “I will be here for you” I started crying.
If you’re wondering, watching people make out on stage in front of you isn’t weird to me, but then again, I’ve seen a lot of plays. Having them make out while Todd Grinnell goes through multiple jokes in order to figure out which one worked best *was* weird. Sometimes, when we as the audience are laughing, we laugh because it’s funny. Sometimes we laugh because we’re human, and we need to express some feeling. And sometimes we have to laugh at the absurdity of the moment.
## Episode 10 – Storage Wars
Before this episode, we saw the ‘previously on…’ with Elena as OG Schnieder, saying she was Butch. I **roared** laughing. It was seriously so perfect I was in tears. I think it bugged the guy sitting next to me. In fact, that whole opening sequence of Penelope asking about the garage, you can totally hear us both losing our shit and laughing over and over again. Rita Moreno’s face killed me and my wife was watching Marcel and Isabella.
This time, in the main episode, Justina cracked me up the most. It was *almost* Isabella, in the scene where she’s leaning on the lawn chair and Rita leers “Do you want to know what we did on that chair?” The flash of shock and then the hand wiping in the first take was hysterical. The trimmed down version is still funny, but I just love the long takes.
Still no. Justina won for how she just tossed Marcel into the garbage! I knew she’d be making him go in, but she just *vwoooop* tossed him! Of course, Marcel’s “***WE***” in the next scene was brilliant too. Seriously, my wife and I mimic him sometimes.
However, the greatest moment came when Justina and Rita are going at it, and they were re-doing part of that scene. Rita said “Call me **vieja** again.” indicating where to start from. Justina, who was still very much in the zone as Lupe, said “Oh yeah!” with so much exuberance it was startling. It was such a contrast to Rita that we laughed. So did Rita.
Cut scenes this time were mostly little things. They shortened up a lot of parts, trimming non-essential jokes. There was a longer one about the feather boa, for example. Also parts of the Elena/Schnieder conversations were removed. By the way, normally they film everything in order, like a play. This time they did the two scenes in Schnieder’s apartment back to back.
After the episode, we got to hang out on the set a bit and Isabella and I were joking about both of us wearing plaid shirts and how much she loved her new wardrobe this season (seriously, that yellow shirt was so soft!). It was at that point I realized she’d worn a skirt all through season 1 for her school uniform, but she wore pants through much of season two! Upgrade!
Here’s a secret I don’t think even they know I noticed. We were sitting on the front row, far right, which happened to be right where they filmed Elena in Schnieder’s apartment. Because of that, between takes we could see them talking to the directors, and I caught a conversation between Isabella and Gloria. Isabella was asking for clarification as to exactly what she was saying meant, because she wanted to be sure she got it right. Gloria was showing her, pointing at aspects of the set to illustrate.
I know it’s a perfectly normal thing, but getting to actually see them do that, to see them work on it and make sure it was right, was amazing. I know it sounds silly, but there really is something about seeing them create and develop that makes you feel even closer to the story.
I tell you, though. You can *really* hear my laughter in this episode. Like that hoot when Rita Moreno says there are no Bonds.
## Episode 11 – Homecoming
Elena and the dance, trying to be popular. We’ve all done stupid things like that, haven’t we?
When it started with Syd’s version of *We Didn’t Start The Fire* … Oh my god. That was just. Syd is adorable and I love them. But pretending to have friends and being popular always backfired, and my heart was in my throat. I worried that Syd would dump Elena for lying. It’s that TV thing, you know. It goes the dumping or the big admission that it’s okay to be weird. After all, Syd is weird.
Being friends with her teachers … My teachers signed my yearbook. Every episode that passes, my wife says “Watching Elena is like watching baby you.” Handy ma’am, nerdy, goes to Comic Con, flirts terribly, and flannel. I love Elena so much.
https://twitter.com/elmesart/status/957188210571935745
Side funny – I couldn’t figure out what Penelope was wearing in the scene under the stairs. I thought it was her graduation. I was close with the school though.
Oh and we are apparently going with #sylena
## Episode 12 – Citizen Lydia
They showed us the last scenes of this before the finale, but we did not see this filmed. I’m glad to not have seen it, though, since I would have been useless for a week, waiting to find out what happened at the end of this cliffhanger. Can you imagine going home after seeing that last scene? We also knew that Max was getting dumped, so that was a hell of a feeling.
Actually I think we saw about 10 minutes of the episode before the finale, so I feel like I knew everything that would happen and it *still* didn’t make the end better. I think if we’d seen Lydia on the floor, I would have lost it. Because the cast gave *nothing* away about this.
Yikes.
I watched this whole episode with this horrible dread because the finale… I have so much to say about that, it gets its own post tomorrow morning.
## To Be Concluded…
And you know what’s next? That’s right. The finale. Which needs it’s own post.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
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### [A Super Fan's (continued) "One Day At A Time" Season Two Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-continued-one-day-time-season-two-review/)
**Published:** January 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** On to the middle of the season! Where they again take out my feels for a ride.
**Content:**
Okay! This next section is one I’m least familiar with… As you’ll see. FYI, we have no real clue which episode we ‘missed’ when they had the overbooking issue, but we didn’t see **any** of the episodes in this section.
**Spoiler Warning!! If you haven't watched season two of One Day At A Time, this is your last chance.**
## Episode 4 – Roots
While we did not see this episode, before the finale we got clips about it. Also there was some mention of it in the 10th episode (Storage Wars), so I was prepared for much of this. I didn’t know at all about the B plot with the movies, but that is so everyone. We all sneak food into the movies. I’ve never been caught. Yet.
It’s totally believable that Lydia wouldn’t become a citizen. My mother didn’t until I was a teenager. Her mother didn’t for years either. Even though I was born in Ohio, there’s a part of me that will always be Canadian (Quebecois to boot, eh) because of that.
## Episode 5 – Locked Down
I knew nothing at all about this episode but just watching Elena as the Doctor was brilliant. I’m a *tiny* bit sad she didn’t go as the new Doctor, but this was filmed *before* she was announced. Alex’s Yiddish was adorable. This episode was practically written for Jewish lesbian me.
Elena’s awkwardness was so painfully delightful and Syd’s super nerd levels of zombie planning was the sort of thing I do. Still do. Probably will do tomorrow. Doesn’t everyone?
> You look cute on that high horse.
And Elena is just so horrible at expressing it and then she went for that beautiful kiss on the balcony. I clapped both hands over my mouth and cried.
## Episode 6 – Work Hard, Play Hard
Elena as OG Schnieder. We saw a clip of this before “Storage Wars” so I’ve known for *months* about that moment, and I’ve been *dying* to talk to people about it! Yes, it was as hilarious and wonderful as you think it is. And she was adorable.
Let’s go back. First of all, Elena trying to get 1000 subscribers on Twitch is harder than you think. But props for giving it a shot. Blanquita16 is possibly the greatest handle for her, though. When Schneider the Intern was calling on ‘Butch’, I knew what the punchline was already and tittered. It goes to show that even if you know what’s coming, the jokes still work. In fact, on some level they’re better.
## Episode 7 – Exclusive
The finale gave us some hints as to what this episode was about, but I had no idea about the end of that episode, with the Victor reveal.
That hurt.
The story of Dr. B and Lydia though, was adorable. We all knew she still loved Berto, and she always will. But we also know now just how much Dr. B loves her. I almost wanted to say this was a breather episode, and that bit at the end with Victor was the only heart wrencher, but it’s not. All of that unrequited affection and adoration, all that love, pours out of the screen.
And it all sets you up for what’s next…
## Episode 8 – What Happened
It’s funny. I know when Elena was ‘born’ (August 2001) and I know when 9-11 happened. And it never occurred to me that she was born and would have been a baby just then. And it never occurred to me that’s what the rest of the timing was for all of that. It really lays it all out there. How things broke with Victor and the family and how the best intentions destroyed them. Suddenly it was all there, like a tapestry, and I saw how they became what they were today.
You really did see exactly what happened.
And I thought I’d felt enough, had my heart stomped on enough by watching a family fall apart. Just then, when I thought that was it, Isabella walked in and shattered me.
She really, really wrecked me.
We know it’s not going to be perfect, her and her father. But they’re starting. And that’s a lot more than a lot of people can ever say.
## To Be Continued …
Next, I’ll tell you about two episodes we *did* see filmed, and the penultimate episode, which we didn’t.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
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### [A Super Fan's "One Day At A Time" Season Two Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/super-fans-one-day-time-season-two-review/)
**Published:** January 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Your resident One Day at a Time Super Fan is here to finally dish all the super secret, behind the scenes magic that went on in the filming of this amazing season. And so we begin!
**Content:**
OMG! *FINALLY* the season dropped and I can talk to everyone about this show!
I have been holding on to jokes since *summer*, folks! It’s been killing me! So I’m going to review *all* the episodes for you, but the ones I saw filmed I will give you sneaky behind the scenes tidbits. And before you ask, yes, I stayed up till midnight to watch the first three episodes.
**Spoiler Warning!! If you haven't watched season two of One Day At A Time, this is your last chance.**
Still here? Okay. This is not going to be a review of the *whole* season. I was informed I’m not allowed to stay up until 7am. However. I am going to tell you what I can about the first three episodes. And by the way, if you’re watching for Elena? You’ll want to watch the first three episodes.
## Episode 1 – The Turn
There was a bit of shouting when we realized this… See, we were there for this episode. But it was not the first one taped! This was the forth filmed, though it was the first one we got to see filmed. It was also the one that took the least amount of time.
I found it really awesome how they would redo lines, and give us funnier versions. They could tell from our laughter what was and wasn’t working. This episode was pretty fast, though. Except for Justina having an allergy attack, it zipped through.
The line about Elena looking like Anne Hathaway was a second take, and we all laughed crazy hard about it. When they got to the end and the girl said “It’s so great how Anne Hathaway stood up for that Mexican Family” – it too was a second take line. The first version was just “that white girl.”
Oh and the line that made me laugh so hard I hurt myself was Schnieder saying “Agree to disagree, sir!” He was so loud that first take, and so super serious that I really just lost it. You got to see the second take. My wife loved the pitch Isabella hit when crying “noooooo!” about being told she looked like Anne Hathaway, but her favorite moment was this:
> **Lydia:** You and your brother are different … shades. Papito is a beautiful caramel and you are white bread.
Interestingly, they had Penelope saying ‘white bread’ a couple times.
We’ve been singing “Dale blanquita!” regularly since this episode.
## Episode 2 – Schooled
We didn’t see this one filmed. And we didn’t actually know anything about this except what we’d seen in the promos. There were no spoilers that they showed us on the show. So when Elena talked about Victor not calling her… Oh, honey. Yeah.
> I want to hate him, but he’s still my dad.
We all know that one.
But that dance, Elena. We love it.
It’s great to see Elena starting up a GSA at school. And going to marches. This is all the expected, normal, perfect escalation of exactly who and what Elena is.
## Episode 3 – To Zir, With Love
Queer Bat Signal! Watch this episode! We all had an idea, since we’ve seen the stills with Syd, but this is *the* first episode to watch.
The second I saw the title I went OOOOOOOOHHHHH really loudly and annoyed a cat. Sorry about that.
This episode is perfect. And I was hella spoiled about it, because we saw clips of Dani and Syd before the season finale. I almost met Syd’s actor, but she left early. Still, there will be more Syd, as I’m sure you’ve figured out. Extra points to Isabella for blushing like she did, and being a wonderful awkward goof.
## To Be Continued …
Since we saw four episodes, there will be at least two most posts about the show like this, possibly three depending on how wordy I get about the finale — Oh let’s be serious. The finale gets it’s own post.
Still. The first three episodes of the season are so good, I wish I didn’t have to sleep.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** One Day at a Time
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### [Exclusive: Interview With Doc McStuffins Creator, Chris Nee.](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/exclusive-interview-doc-mcstuffins-creator-chris-nee/)
**Published:** January 18, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An interview with Chris Nee, the out creator and executive producer of Doc McStuffins about the groundbreaking episode, "Emergency Plan," featuring a two-mom family.
**Content:**
## The Woman Behind Doc McStuffins
Chris Nee is the Peabody and Emmy winning Creator and Executive Producer of *[Doc McStuffins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/)* (recent winner of the [NAACP Image Award](https://naacpimageawards.net/nominees-winners/) for “Outstanding Children’s Program”) and the Executive Producer of the new Disney Junior series, *Vampirina*. She is also one of my friends, and we are both parents in two-mom households.
When my kid was starting to watch TV, I was worried about the extreme heteronormativity of children’s programming. If she only saw opposite sex parents on TV, would she be getting the message there was something wrong with her family? My kid is now 11 and watching *Modern Family* and other “grown-up” shows, but I was still waiting for someone to put a kid with two moms or two dads on an animated show for younger kids.
**My girl Chris got it done.**
I was so happy Chris was able to have an episode of *Doc McStuffins* with a two-mom couple, Edie and Thea (also a wonderful tribute to Edie Windsor and Thea Spyer). I wanted to learn the behind-the-scenes story of getting this episode made from idea to air.
Luckily, Chris was generous in allowing me to interview her about the episode and what it means to her personally.
## The Interview
**What was the motivating factor behind having a two-mom episode?**
A basic tenant of the show is that we want to make sure every kid has a chance to see their lives represented on screen. As part of a two-mom family, I knew that my son rarely, if-ever, gets to see a family like his in popular entertainment.
**Was self-representation important for you in this episode?**
Sure. I wanted to make that kids like my own have a chance to see their families as a part of the greater fabric of our country, which is real life. And at some point it was hard to explain why we hadn’t done it. Our show is known for representing all kinds of people… and toys! We’ve done over 240 stories, and it was time for one of those stories to represent same-sex families.
**When did you have the idea to have an episode with a two-mom couple?**
The episode is, of course, not at all about a same-sex family. It’s a story about having an Emergency Plan. And over the years we’ve been working on Doc, the need for families to have emergency plans has come up over and over. Hurricane Sandy really made it so clear, and of course I live in Southern California, so we have a whole subculture of talking about what to do in the BIG ONE. So, I’ve wanted to do that episode for a really long time. Then, as we came into season 3, and DOMA was overturned, it seemed like a clear moment to say my marriage is legal and there’s no reason for it not to be represented. Since an emergency plan episode would focus on a family, it seemed like a perfect combination.
**How long did it take from pitch to production?**
Not long. No longer than any other episode.
**Was this pitched any differently from your other episodes?**
Yes. It was a big deal for Disney. It was a new step. So I went to the head of Disney Junior, and it had to be approved. But once in, they were in. Disney’s statement about it says it all. They want to reflect families that exist in our country, and around the world. We’re a part of that.
**Was there any pushback from the production company to make changes?**
No. And really, if you watch the episode, it’s not about the family. It’s about having an emergency plan.
**How bad was the backlash?**
It was certainly intense for me. Million Moms came specifically after me, and so did many of the other alt-right outlets. But, we also had so much support, and that outweighed anything else. Seeing families react to seeing themselves on screen brought us all to tears. Disney was really happy and as moved and proud as I was for what we’d done.
**Will we see Edie and Thea again?**
We see them in the background of other episodes, so we know they’re a part of the fabric of McStuffinsville, but when you cast celebrities it limits how you bring them in for small ‘keep ‘em alive’ moments. While I’m working with Wanda on another series and could get her to do her voice, Portia was all in for the episode, but not someone we’d ask to come back in for a line or two. So, it’s certainly possible, but less likely. But that has nothing to do with the content. The same can be said for characters like Gus who is played by Ludacris. We love the character, but we can’t just bring him back whenever we want. I have made sure Edie and Thea are visually represented so we know they are there.
**Because *Vampirna* is about celebrating differences, will we see any LGBT representation on that show?**
Honestly, I don’t know. The whole show is about making kids who feel different when they’re young know that they are just as amazing as every other kid. I think that applies to all kinds of kids, and teaches us important things about all kinds of families. And Disney has other shows for LGBT kids to watch, like the amazing *Andi Mack*.
**Thea** voiced by [Wanda Sykes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wanda-sykes/) and **Edie** voiced by [Portia de Rossi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/portia-de-rossi/)Thank you, Chris, for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to LezWatch. Catch both *[Doc McStuffins](http://disneyjunior.disney.com/doc-mcstuffins)* and *[Vampirna](http://disneyjunior.disney.com/vampirina)* on Disney Junior.
**Categories:** Interview, LezWatch Exclusive
**Tags:** Chris Nee, Doc McStuffins
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### [Who is The Hero in Heathers?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/who-is-the-hero-in-heathers/)
**Published:** February 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count.
**Content:**
It’s no secret I’m kind of looking forward to the upcoming TV series *Heathers*, which is a remake of the same-named film from 1988.
## Gently, With a Chainsaw
In the 1980s cult classic film, *Heathers*, the small-town Ohio school was ruled by three girls named Heather. They are rich, beautiful, and popular. They’re also feared and loathed, so when popular girl Veronica goes back to her nerdy ways and befriends outcast J.D., it becomes all out war. Simply bullying over slutty behavior escalates into murder, which encourages suicide, and finally J.D. blows himself up.
To call it a ‘dark’ comedy is putting it mildly. It’s outright demented and insane, but it’s also a very apt parallel to the hell that is high school. We see it as a slice of Americana, were we all have equal access to opportunities and our futures. In reality, high school is a ruthless hierarchical mirror of America. Look at politics today and then look at our schools. The powerful take all and leave little for the rest. At the time, people likened Westerberg High School to the Reagan and Bush (I) administrations.
> The conflict between democratic values and the social brutalities of 1980s consumer culture resides not just at the heart of the high school experience, but at the heart of 1980s American life.
>
> — Clare Connors
## Lick It Up
It’s 2018. It’s been thirty years since *Heathers* came out, and 80s faux-nostalgia is on the rise with shows like *Stranger Things* and movies like *Ready, Player One*. There are many opponents to this rapid, vapid, consumerism that becomes little more than ‘nostalgia porn’ (as [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/) creator Geonn Cannon describes it).
Remembering the times gone by as better is classic Americana. So to is the desire to return to when our own lives made sense, by illustrating the best moments. And yes, for a great many people, that’s high school.
*Heathers*, the original, turned that on its ear. Vis-a-vis black humor and absurdist humor, it presented us with a social allegory that was, I admit, missed by teenaged me the first time around. After all, I didn’t go to a school like that, and I didn’t see that degree of bullying. Except that after the movie, I started to realize that I did. I saw popular girls pushing their ideals on the rest. I saw, and was, ostracized for being weird. To the point that I found boarding school a welcome respite.
Still, I look at the resurgence of the 80s in popular media with amusement and tolerance. At least at first gasp. When I first read *Ready, Player One*, I found it entertaining. Then I recognized how limited it’s view on the 80s were. After all, where were the things that were popular to women? Oh, I know the point wasn’t that everyone got hooked on the 80s, but on the things that one specific guy loved about the 80s, but …
https://twitter.com/jfriedhoff/status/940247571309658113
There’s a lot more to the 80s than the male dominated vision we’ve been seeing.
## The Outcast Heathers
Amidst the concerns of faux-nostalgia, we have a major shift to the dynamic. In the original, the Heathers were white, cisgender, stereotypical beauties. In the remake, they are played by an Asian, a gender-queer ‘male’ (their terms), and a girl with a body like Martha Dumptruck from the original (i.e. a fat chick).
While at the outset, that seems like a clever conceit, to have the story change from the ‘normals’ to the ‘outcasts’ and to address how the unjust rule would adapt, it brings up a deeper concern. Few of us saw issues with someone rebelling against the norm. That is, Veronica’s war on the Heathers was understandable. She was angry and wanted to be herself.
But now, it’s the Heathers who are themselves, and Veronica will be fighting the disenfranchised. She’ll be struggling for ‘freedom’ to be herself from a ‘fatty’ – I’m quoting the NSFW trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B85lYenaxE
It’s rude, it’s crude, it’s impolite, and it left me with an odd taste in my mouth. Are we really far enough along to be targeting the targets as the bad guys? Is this, fundamentally, any different from [The Big, Bad, Queers trope](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-bad-queers/)?
At best, I can argue that the intent is to demonstrate how the privileged ignorant of the 1980s is now the ignorant minorities, obvious to the fights that happened to grant them the privileges they have now. But that just doesn’t hold water when kids are going to the Supreme Court to argue the right to use a bathroom. And it doesn’t ring true when children march against the oppressive administration.
This isn’t even to mention how tone-deaf the concept of JD’s in-school violence will seem in 2018.
So as much as I want to look forward to *Heathers*, every day that passes and every article I read makes me doubt my enjoyment of this remake more and more. Not everything deserves a re-imagining remake, and *Heathers* is the concept that would have held up by remaining more true to the original source. Or maybe, maybe, this story should have been left alone.
## Coming Soon…
The remake will air on March 7th on the Paramount Network. Let’s hope we don’t have to calculate the upchuck factor too much.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Heathers, Remakes
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### [Hot Take: Thunder, Lightning, and Black Lightning](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/hot-take-black-lightning/)
**Published:** January 17, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bring the thunder, bring the lightning, it's gonna be lit.
**Content:**
This is on the CW. It premiered last night (Tuesday January 16). And it’s a superhero show.
I know what you’re thinking, but *Arrow* isn’t involved. No, this is all [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/).
And if you’re not watching it, get to the CW and check it out.
## The Backstory
Back in 1977, Black Lightning was a new DC superhero who had the ability to shoot lightning out of his fists. And he was a black man, hence the name. If you’re rolling your eyes, don’t worry, the comic books do as well, to the point that Jefferson Pierce (the man himself) makes jokes about it too. Anyway, the basic story has always been that Pierce, a decathlete and Olympic Gold Medalist, comes back to his home town and sees that it’s in bad shape. There are gangs all over. So he decides to clean up the town.
This comes at great personal cost, which is basically comic book slang for “it messes up his marriage.” Pierce retires and, in the TV show, becomes a school principal. Of course things don’t last, gangs get worse, and he puts the suit back on. only this time his two kids turn out to *also* have superpowers. Thus, Black Lightning and his daughters, Thunder and Lightning, go to work.
Well. They will eventually. We’re starting from the ‘Jefferson puts the suit back on.’
## The TV Show
Okay, yes I know yes, it’s on the CW, but it’s *dis*connected from the Arrow-verse!
This actually concerned Tracy, who wanted to know if it was segregation or worse. After all, they were making it look like the black supers were left out. And let’s be honest, the Arrow-verse doesn’t have a *great* track record with inclusion beyond tokenism. I dug into articles, and it appears that the *Black Lightning* show runners didn’t want to be included. At least, not yet.
To be honest, I’d be happier if they never crossed over. It would feel like *The Defenders*, where Luke Cage spent much of his time looking like it might be nice to shove Mr. Iron Fist face first into a wall. Don’t let us stop you, Luke. But I’m prejudging my data. After all, I came up with the feeling that a well done show, staring black superheroes, wouldn’t fit in with the predominantly whiteness of *Arrow* et al.
I had to watch it first.
## Okay, so how is the show?
This is what you want to know, right?
Well. It premiered the Tuesday after Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Initial reviews (people who get the show in advance) were exceptionally positive. As 6pm rolled around, my East Coast friends started watching and I got excited.
https://twitter.com/hyleykiyokos/status/953451982601191424
Right? That’s the best news I could have heard. And then it went on and got better. Three hours later, my wife and I sat down to watch the best superhero premiere we’ve seen on the CW. Scratch that, on *TV*. And yes, I’ve seen a lot of superhero TV shows. It was, indeed, different from any other CW show.
In the first episode, it tackled racial profiling by police, hyper-masculinity, men unable to handle rejection, and violence within the black community. It was written the way people actual talk, not TV talk. They addressed gang violence. They used music by black artists.
> Why is he a vigilante, but those others are called heroes?
I mean…
## What’s Next?
First of all, no, I’m not spoiling. But here’s what we know from the UpFronts and such:
1. Both daughters will be fighting along side dad
2. Anissa is an ‘out and proud’ lesbian
3. Grace Choi, her GF, has been cast
And that’s all I’m telling! Just trust me, if this holds true to the comics then you’ll like where this is going. And I trust the show runners.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Black Lightning, Review
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### [Coming Soon To a Con Near You?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/coming-soon-con-near/)
**Published:** January 24, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Put on our press hats and roll out! We're going to conventions!
**Content:**
We run LezWatchTV out of our own pockets, so our ability to go to conventions is a bit hampered by the reality of bills and the like. That said, Tracy and I will be doing our level best to hit up some conventions and press the flesh.
I’ll be honest, part of this is just to get the word out. Hey, we’re here, we’re counting queers, get used to us. But also we want to be more of a part of the people who are doing amazing things, see what we’re missing, and make connections. We want to grow.
We’ve been applying for press passes to all events, so if you see us there with our phones out, asking for a ‘quick word’ that’s why!
## TGI Femslash
*February 16-18*
Since it’s in my proverbial backyard, I’ll be off to [TGI Femslash](http://tgifemslash.com) to soak in the slash, but also to talk to people about their favorite queer lady moments. The convention is for more than just tv, but I’lll be there for things like the *Steven Universe* panel. I’m hoping to meet some fans and get some information as to what people are looking for out there. After all, if we can help you find it, we’ll do our best to get it!
## ClexaCon
*April 5-7*
Yes, the [ClexaCon](https://www.clexacon.com). Tracy will be in attendance as a regular guest. I’m (sadly) unable to make it, but I know she’ll have a great time and meet some amazing people. There won’t be a booth or a table, but we have asked about maybe being able to put out some stickers and pins. If not, look for Tracy and ask her nicely for one.
## Universal FanCon
*April 27-29*
Tracy is nuts for doing two in a month, but she is! [Universal FanCon](https://www.universalfancon.com) is the first large-scale, 24-hour, inclusive event that celebrates the diversity of fandom and the diversity of fans. Tracy will be there! Be nice to her 🙂
## What Else?
While I used to attend [Comic-Con International: San Diego](https://www.comic-con.org/) back in the 80s (when it was called “San Diego Comic Con” and was actually about comics), we were just too late out of the gate to get tickets or press passes. Maybe next year.
[Wizard World Comic Con](https://wizardworld.com/comiccon/philadelphia) is up in the air right now. They have a Philly venue, but I’ve heard questionable stories about things.
[WonderCon Anaheim Comin-Con](https://www.comic-con.org/wca) is also a maybe. They have a site up for 2018, but all the data on Press Passes is for 2017. A little confusing.
If there are cons you think we should be checking out, please let us know. We’re clearly new at this!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Conventions
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Jan 15, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jan-15-2018/)
**Published:** January 15, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On today's Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, the last one of the 2017-18 mid-season hiatus, Runaways is done season one, The Fosters is back, my wife and I are back on board with Mr. Robot and I cross my fingers for a queer female firefighter.
**Content:**
Happy Martin Luther King Jr day! On today’s **Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, the last one of the 2017-2018 mid-season hiatus, *Runaways* is done season 1, *The Fosters* is back, my wife and I are back on board with *Mr. Robot*, and I cross my fingers for a queer female firefighter.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *Runaways* – Season 1 Episode 10 “Hostile” \[Streaming\] On the Season 1 finale episode of *Runaways*, Nico initiated a kiss with Karolina.
Nico likes Karolina back! I believe this is a departure from the comics, right? Comic readers let me know. Still, I’ll take it. The season ends with the teens running away. They got renewed for a Season 2 and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes.
2. *The Fosters* – Season 5 Episode 10 “Sanctuary” \[Live\] I know this is not a popular opinion to have, but [I am not a fan of The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/dont-rant-fosters/). My wife and I watch it obligatorily out of a sense of lesbian mom duty. We yell at the TV while watching Stef and Lena barely like each other as their gaggle of kids make one terrible decision after another.
I wasn’t sad when I heard the show was [coming to an end this summer](http://variety.com/2018/tv/news/the-fosters-series-finale-spinoff-freeform-1202652300/). But when I also learned Callie and Mariana were going to have a spinoff show, I was like, “Please let there be no queer characters so I don’t have to keep hate-watching it.”
Anyway, back to the show. While Callie inserts herself ONCE AGAIN into other people’s issues, Ximena comes out to her.
This is great, I hope she stays on the show for the rest of the season, but doesn’t go on to the spinoff so I don’t have to watch it. Maybe she could have her own show, TV needs more Latinx queer characters.
3. [*Grown-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/) – Season 1 Episode 3 ” If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late” \[Web\] Zoey gathers her friends to help her interpret Aaron’s “U up?” texts and Nomi introduces her to her “U up” bitch.
I really love how Nomi is so straight-forwardly bi on the show. I’m feeling hopefull that they’ll keep it up.
4. *Mr. Robot* – Season 3 Episode 4 “Eps3.3metadata.par2” \[Binge-watch\] My wife and I call *Mr. Robot* “Mister Robit” because of the way Murray on The Goldberg’s pronounces robot. We’re fans. We absolutely loved Season 1. Season 2 was a little weird and not as good, but I wound up liking it by the end. This season we just couldn’t get into it, but then we stuck it out through the first couple episodes and it got good again.
On this episode of *Mr. Robit* Darlene meets agent DiPierro ([Grace Gummer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-gummer/) aka Meryl Streep’s daughter) at a bar. Darlene has been MIA for a while and agent DiPierro wants information from her. Darlene makes her engage in small talk before giving her any information.
I loved it, because she asks Dom all the questions we want to know.
I knew it! I knew agent DiPierro had a relationship with someone other than Alexa.
5. *Fresh off the Boat* – Season 4 Episode 12 “Liar Liar” \[Live\] Nichole finally gets to hang out with Jackie, but lies [Vegan Cinderella](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/) style about her love for Jim Carrey, Third Eye Blind and other things Jackie dislikes.
By the end of the episode, Nichole fesses up to loving Jim Carrey and the rest. But the thing Jackie’s not cool with is Nichole not knowing a second language.
Third Eye Blind would have been my deal breaker.
6. *9-1-1* – Season 1 Episode 2 “Let Go” \[Live\] 9-1-1 is Ryan Murphy’s new firefighters/police officers/911 operators drama on Fox. The wife and I decided to check it out. The first episode was enjoyable enough, but the second one was not as good. The cast seems WAY overqualified for a show like this.
The reason I’m writing about it here is because I have fingers crossed firefighter, Henrietta ‘Hen’ Wilson (played by [Aisha Hinds](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-hinds/)), comes out soon.
I love women in uniformIf that happens, we’ll let you know.
That’s it for the the mid-season hiatus. I’m happy I was able to fill the time with queer things to watch. This week I’m looking forward to the return of regular shows and the new [*Black Lightning*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-lightning/). See you all next week!
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** 9-1-1, Fresh off the Boat, Grown-ish, Mr. Robot, Runaways, The Fosters
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Jan 8, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-8-watched-last-week-jan-1-2018/)
**Published:** January 8, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this week's The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week I report on post-holiday binge-watches, Shameless manages to completely piss me and my wife off and I need your help in deciding if we should add a character to the site or not.
**Content:**
On this week’s **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** I report on post-holiday binge-watches, Shameless manages to completely piss off me and my wife, and I need your help in deciding if we should add a character to the site or not.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* – All of Season 1 \[Binge Watch\] My wife and I devoured The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in two days. We really enjoyed it. It was clever, witty and funny, but did it have a queer character? **Y’all, I need your help making that decision.**
The show is about Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel (played by [Rachel Brosnahan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-brosnahan/)), a 1950s housewife, who decides to become a stand-up comic. Susie Meyerson (played by [Alex Borstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-borstein/)) works at a dive bar/venue where Midge gives a drunken, spontaneous performance. Susie recognizes Midge’s talent and becomes her manager.
Susie is coded really, really gay, but it’s never said explicitly on the show.
She dresses 1950s butch, and there is a running joke of people mistaking her for a man. She also tells Midge’s husband, “You’re barking up the wrong tree,” after he compliments her.
Mika and I have a standard of only adding cannon queer characters to the site, but I feel like this show has an obvious lesbian character even though it’s never said out loud.
What do you all think? Let me know in the comments.
2. [*Runaways*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/) – Season 1 Episode 9 “Doomsday” \[Live\] It took 9 episodes, but it finally happened, Karolina kissed Nico.
https://youtube.com/ccYE4wiHP14
The fact that the kiss was too long to fit in a GIF is a sign of progress. Nico looked a little “deer in the headlights” afterwards. We’ll see where this goes next week.
3. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 8 “Frank’s Northern Shuttle Express” \[Catch Up\] Shameless upped its queerest season ever game this episode by introducing another lesbian character. Everyone’s favorite butch dyke, [Lea DeLaria](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lea-delaria/), played Lip’s new AA sponsor, Barb.
Ok, so that was good. But then they effed it up at the end.
Fiona went on an all-day adventure with Ford the Irish carpenter and tried to kiss him, but he was not interested. That day Nessa and Mel had a happy hour at Fiona’s apartment building. We’ve known Nessa & Mel were trying to have a baby, going through fertility treatments, etc. Everyone at the happy hour was celebrating because BOTH Mel and Nessa were pregnant.
Guess who the donor is — Ford the Irish Carpenter. And guess how they conceived — Mel had IVF and Nessa had sex with him. Additionally, Ford is also a donor to a few of Mel & Nessa’s lesbian friends.
**That is NOT HOW IT WORKS.** 😡😡
There are so many things wrong about the lesbians getting pregnant story line this season. To be honest, most TV gets this wrong. Like, you only go to In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) if you’ve exhausted all other methods because it’s expensive and invasive. If you have a known donor, you could try the “turkey baster” method (done with a needle-less syringe, not an actual turkey baster). If there are no fertility issues, this is just as effective as doin’ it, and no one has to lose their Gold Star. This is how I got pregnant with my kid. Beyond that, there are more methods you can try before IVF, so it doesn’t make sense that Nessa and Mel “drew straws” to see who had to have sex with the Irish Carpenter.
I’d give them the two lesbians pregnant at the same time, I know people IRL who have done that. I’d give them a known donor who has donated to multiple same-sex couples in the same area, I know of situations like that, too. But having sex with your known donor…I’m not saying this has never happened in the history of lesbian moms, but **NO TO THAT**.
I know this is a sore spot for me. Honestly, I would prefer all the same-sex female couples on TV remain childless, because we are always portrayed as boring once we have kids and they get the whole TTC (Trying to Conceive) thing wrong.
And I know this is Shameless, a completely over-the-top show that does a decent job of queer representation, but this just made me mad. I’ve had people assume ridiculous things about me and my wife as lesbian moms, and I swear it’s because of the crap they see on TV.
4. [*I Love Dick*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-love-dick/) – Season 1 Episode 5 “A Short History of Weird Girls” \[Binge Watch\] I Love Dick is one of those shows I’ve been meaning to watch because I’ve seen it mentioned in the queer media, and I’m a fan of Jill Soloway’s work. My wife and I watched the first season and, folks, this show is weird AF.
I’m a fan of weird. I love David Lynch and John Waters. I’ve been to Annie Sprinkle’s live show (a short clip from one of her shows was featured in one of the I Love Dick episodes). But I think this show was too artsy-fartsy weird for me.
Chris, a New York City artist and filmmaker, accompanies her husband Sylvère to the eclectic, academic, artist town of Marfa, Texas where she becomes obsessed with Sylvère’s fellowship sponsor Dick (Kevin Bacon). Among Marfa’s residents is [Devon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/devon-i-love-dick/) played by Roberta Colindrez (who played Joan in the original Fun Home cast). They are a gender-fluid struggling artist who lives in a trailer next to Chris and Sylvère. Yara Martinez ([Luisa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisa-alver/) from Jane the Virgin) plays Devon’s sister Mercedes.
The only episode I actually enjoyed was this one where they give the backstory of some of Marfa’s residents including Devon.
I’ve been there, Devon. I can’t say I enjoyed watching the show, but if you’re into weird art intellectualism, you may dig it.
5. [*Grown-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/) – Season 1 Episode 1 “Late Registration” \[Live\] My family is a fan of Black-ish so we checked out this spin-off show Grown-ish on Freeform. I was happily surprised with a bisexual main character!
The show follows the Johnsons’ eldest daughter Zoey as she heads off to college and begins her journey to adulthood. She quickly makes a group of friends including Nomi, a Jewish freshman who hasn’t yet come out to her family as bisexual.
Her Uncle Bert is the Dean of Students and he keeps trying to help Nomi “find the right guy.”
I don’t know about you, but back when I went to school, it was the gay guys hooking up in the bathroom. I guess times have changed. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
6. [*Ten Days in the Valley*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-days-in-the-valley/) – Season 1 Episode 9 “Day 9: Re-Cast” and Episode 10 “Day 10: Fade Out” \[Live\] This finale was so amazing I dedicated [an entire bonus post to it](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/)!
Check it out: [**The Queerest Thing I Watched Last Week – Bonus Ten Days in the Valley Finale Edition**](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-thing-watched-last-week-bonus-ten-days-valley-edition/).
Whew! That was a lot for what was supposed to be a slow week. What else can I manage to watch this week before all the regular shows come back from hiatus? We’ll see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Grown-ish, I Love Dick, Runaways, Shameless US, Ten Days in The Valley, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Jan 1, 2018](https://lezwatchtv.com/2018/queerest-things-watched-last-week-jan-1-2018/)
**Published:** January 1, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Happy New Year, everyone! It was quiet week for The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week, but here is what I have for y'all.
**Content:**
Happy New Year, everyone! It was quiet week for **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**, but here is what I have for y’all.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *The Chi* – Season 1 Episode 1 “Pilot” \[Catch up\] I’ve been looking forward to The Chi, ever since I learned the amazing [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/master-none-thanksgiving-episode/) created the show. They dropped the pilot episode online and on the Showtime app, and my wife and I finally got a chance to watch it.
The Chi follows the lives different people living in the South Side of Chicago. The characters include middle school-aged kids, teens and adults who are all interconnected in some way. The first episode had me hooked immediately; the writing and acting is so good.
Check out the Teaser Trailer.
Nothing queer happened on the first episode, but I’m confident there will be queer characters on the show since Lena Waithe created it. I can’t wait to see what she has in store for the rest of the season.
2. [*Runaways*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/) – Season 1 Episode 8 “Tsunami” \[Live\] Karolina asked Gert to go with her to Chase’s house after he called them for help. Gert asked her why she didn’t want to go to his house alone and finally said what we all know out loud.
Thank you, Gert, now can this story gain some speed? Also, congrats to Ariela Baler, the actor who plays Gert on Runaways. [She came out on Twitter recently](https://twitter.com/ArielaBarer/status/794274717066674176).
3. [*ANNE+*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anne/) – Season 1 Episode 1 & 2 Teasers \[Web\] A follower posted this to the [LezWatch Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/lezwatchtv/), so of course I had to check it out.
ANNE+ is a super cute webseries in production in the Netherlands. It follows a 20-something lesbian named Anne in Amsterdam over the course of 4 years. Each episode focuses on Anne + the girl she is going out with at the time (ANNE+Lily, ANNE+Janna, etc.). The creators Maud Wiemeijer and Valerie Bisscheroux finished the first two episodes and just completed [a successful round of crowdfunding](https://cinecrowd.com/en/anneplus) to get the rest of the season produced.
I can’t wait to see it. Here are the teasers for episodes one and two.
https://youtube.com/7IOCOUDhKzc
https://youtube.com/L5l7OsJnpkk
Follow them on [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeBwj6OqNSC83p75Nthv4FA), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/anneplus.webserie/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/anneplus/) and [their website](https://anneplus.nl/) to find out when the full episodes will be out.
That’s it for last week. Will there be much to write about this holiday week? Tune in on Monday and find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** ANNE+, Lena Waithe, Runaways, The Chi
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Dec 25, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dec-25-2017/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Today being Christmas is not going to stop me from posting The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week! Even though last week was a pre-holiday week, I have a lot to report on.
**Content:**
Today being Christmas is not going to stop me from posting **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week**! Even though last week was a pre-holiday week, I have a lot to report on.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 3 Episode 9 “Beebo the God of War” \[Catch up\] It’s taken me a long time, but I am finally all caught up on Legends, and I was able to see what [\#Avalance](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Avalance) was all about!
I thought this episode was hilarious. A young Stein brings a Beebo toy (it’s like a Tickle Me Elmo) back to the time Vikings inhabited North America and messes up Christmas. The Legends need to fix this, and Time Bureau agent, Ava Sharpe, disobeys orders to go help them. Ava of course had a contentious relationship with Sara Lance at the beginning of the season, but now they are warming up to each other.
Sara did her patented “Oh, you’re not straight” smirk during a Viking dinner.
After their Christmas-saving adventure is over, Ava tells Sara she is going to report back to the Bureau.
During the big, Crisis on Earth-X crossover it was mentioned that there is someone out there for Sara “for more than a night.” Also, producers confirmed Sara would be settling down and [getting into a relationship with someone in season 3](https://www.cbr.com/legends-of-tomorrow-sara-love-interest-new-character/). Caity Lotz herself says she’d like to see Sara have “[not just a fling but like a real love relationship](http://www.ibtimes.com/legends-tomorrow-caity-lotz-confirms-plans-saras-new-love-interest-2614829).”
I can’t wait to see what happens when Legends comes back from mid-season break. It’ll be a nice post-Sanvers distraction.
2. [*Fresh Off the Boat*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fresh-off-the-boat/) – Season 4 Episode 10 “Do You Hear What I Hear?” \[Catch up\] On a very special holiday episode of Fresh Off the Boat, Nichole gets the phone number of the cute barista she has a crush on.
Meeting a girl at a cafe is 90s realness.
3. [*Runaways*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/) – Season 1 Episode 6 “Metamorphosis” \[Catch up\] Karolina had an almost coming out moment before her and Nico were interrupted by friends.
Instead of coming out she had a drunk awkward kiss with Chase after falling off a roof and turning into a rainbow. I know it took awhile for Karolina to have her coming out arc in the comics, but can it be a little accelerated for TV? I want to fast forward to the gay part.
4. [ *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brooklyn-nine-nine/) – Season 5 Episode 10 “Game Night” \[Random\] Like Mika, Brooklyn Nine-Nine is show I’ve enjoyed the times I watched it, but I don’t watch it on the regular. But now that Rosa Diaz came out, I had to watch those episodes. In this episode she comes out to her co-workers and eventually her parents.
There are a lot of funny lines in this episode.
Like when Boyle is the only one who knows, and he’s trying not to spill the beans.
And after Rosa comes out to everyone and tells them, they’re allowed a brief moment of questions.
Props to Brooklyn Nine-Nine for the positive bi rep! I hope we get to meet the girlfriend soon.
5. [Godless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/godless/) – All of Season 1 \[Binge Watch\] My wife listened to a [Fresh Air interview with the creator of Godless](https://www.npr.org/2017/12/16/571118003/fresh-air-weekend-director-spike-lee-godless-creator-scott-frank) and was intrigued. We also learned Merritt Wever would be playing a queer character on the show so we decided to give it a watch.
Two episodes in we were ready to quit. The show takes place in the town of La Belle, where the population is mostly comprised of women due to a mining accident that wiped out nearly all the local men. This could have been an opportunity to have a Western with a unique and original concept, but no. Most of the plot and screen time is devoted to the male characters, and there is a lot rape, gratuitous and disrespectful female nudity (and none for the men), and gruesome violence.
We wound up sticking it out for Merritt Wever’s character, Mary Agnes “Maggie” McNue and her girlfriend, town teacher (and former prostitute) Callie Dunne. Maggie’s husband was the town Mayor who died in the mining accident. Since then Maggie has chosen to dress in drag and try to (unsuccessfully) help the women wield their power in town.
Maggie and Callie have two crumbs of cute moments. Like when Callie is recalling their meet-cute.
But they spend most of the season in a Three’s Company type misunderstanding. Maggie thinks Callie is sleeping with Martha, the town painter. But, no! Callie was actually having Martha paint a picture of her that she was going to give Maggie as a present.
They air a lot of their dyke drama in the street.
They eventually make up (cute moment number two).
We stubbornly made it through the whole season, and while I can say no fictitious lesbians were killed in the making of the show, it was still not worth it. I took one for the team to let you know if you’re considering watching the show for the queer, don’t bother.
6. [*Ten Days in the Valley*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-days-in-the-valley/) – Season 1 Episode 7 “Breaking the Story” \[Live\] Ali Liebert was back in this episode!
We had…
Skulking in the background AliI dont know what youre talking about boss AliWielding a flashlight AliAnd my number one favorite:
Arms crossed dressed in all black and wearing a badge AliThat one definitely made me gayer than I was before I watched it. It also helped scrub Godless from my brain.
That’s it for last week. Will there be much to write about this holiday week? Tune in on Monday and find out.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Fresh off the Boat, Godless, Legends of Tomorrow, Runaways, Ten Days in The Valley
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### [December 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/december-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Looking back at 2017, we've done a lot! And we're going to keep doing more.
**Content:**
Another year is almost over.
First, the overview:
- 38 shows added
- 116 characters added
- 1 character died
## WordCamp US
What does that mean? Well… This site runs on [WordPress](https://wordpress.org). [WordCamps](https://wordcamp.org) are the official conferences of WordPress, where we all go and talk about it, teach about it, and learn about it. This summer and fall I traveled around the US using this site as my case study for quite a lot of things. If you’re into that sort of thing, the culmination of these talks is called [Lesbians, Damn Lesbians, and Statistics](https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/10/mika-epstein-lesbians-damn-lesbians-and-statistics/).
Not to be outdone, Tracy talked about normalizing the world and your company by being inclusive of all that we are. She explained it using the power of Shonda Rhimes in her talk, [Diversity Works](https://wordpress.tv/2017/12/10/tracy-levesque-diversity-works/).
Basically we’re big ol’ geeks here. In building this site, I learned a lot more about WordPress code, which is good. It is actually something I get paid to learn!
## Podcasts!
No, we’re not making one. We’d love to, but Tracy and I have a severe issue of not getting our shit together for that. No, instead we’re on *other* people’s podcasts!
We were supposed to be on [LezRepresent](https://lezrepresentpodcast.podbean.com) but there was a traumatic mic incident. We have to reschedule, which is always a trick when I end up getting up at 7am for a 10am eastern four-way with [Harold… They’re Lesbians](https://soundcloud.com/user-647324979). I’m not sure what I was thinking (and yes, I picked that time). Hopefully we’ll be able to work out a good time for LezRepresent as well as [Lez Hang Out](https://lezhangoutpod.com).
There are a lot of lesbian themed podcasts …
If you run one and are interested in two TV loving lesbians in STEM who built a site like this, [drop us a line](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/). If you want to hear what we sound like first, tune in to the January 4th episode of “Harold… They’re Lesbians.”
## Actors, Actors, Actors!
This is all Tracy’s fault. We were at the aforementioned WordCamp US and she turned to me. “We should change actors to their own posts.”
Now, there’s a long, dramatic, code talk involved, but basically she wanted to change up how we stored data for 2200 characters, and move it to something new. And it would be on me to write the code to migrate it. I won’t bore you, but we now have a [list of actors](/actors/) for you to peruse and (best of all) each actor page will show you all their characters and some vital details. We’re working on filling that out, as we have over 2000 actors.
If we have an actor wrong, please let us know. We made the choice to err on the side of the closet whenever it came down to their gender or sexuality. This was because the world is still not safe for all queers. I wish it was.
Still. At least I made Tracy lie down on the floor in the middle of the venue and wail about the complexity that is Sara Lance before I wrote the code. Hey, it made *me* feel better. And…
## Amazon
There was a little drama with our Amazon Echo skill (formerly ‘Bury Your Queers’). After three people left 1-star reviews, complaining it was hate-speech, I found I was unable to update the skill to write a new description. So I decided rewrite it entirely as a new skill, with some help from Amazon (they actually called me about it, they like the skill!). The cool news is you will be able ask it new things, like “Alexa, ask LezWatchTV what happened in 2017” and you’ll get a run-down on the year. You can even ask for specific months and days.
In a way, it was a good idea to take the time to make the code more positive. This site is, by in large, positive. We’re pro-life, certainly, but the death is a big aspect. By making it more ‘everything’ we’re able to show the good and the bad. Like how many characters we add a month (or year) and how many shows with queer female or trans characters are out there.
With that in mind, if you have an Amazon Echo (or a Dot) you should install the all new [LezWatchTV News skill](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078738KDJ/)! You can ask it all sorts of cool new things, including “Alexa, ask LezWatchTV if Laverne Cox is queer.” Oh yes. We did that. All thanks to Amazon owning IMdB and Tracy suggesting we reorganize actors.
## Character of The Day
If you follow us on Twitter, you might have noticed a new tweet that pops up twice a day, announcing the Character of the Day. That character is randomly generated every morning at midnight, and we have no idea who it’ll be. It probably needs some refinement, but for now, I’m happy to have someone randomly announced a day.
## Another Year in Review
We’ve learned a lot of about development on this site, but also in what people are looking for and how we can deliver. While we’re keeping track every month and making incremental improvements, I feel good that we’re going to run into 2018 with the same fervor and awesomeness as we’ve handled 2017.
I’m also super excited about *One Day at a Time* and *Jessica Jones* coming back in 2018!
Oh, and we’re going to start going to cons in 2018. See you there!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [TV's Intersectionality](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/tvs-intersectionality/)
**Published:** December 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** To truly become more diverse, TV has to start telling the stories of the rest of the world.
**Content:**
As the year draws to a close, I find myself looking back on how things have changed and how they haven’t.
More and more I think that we’re making small steps forward, but I see TV at a crossroads now. Sooner, rather than later, they’re going to need to step up and decide if they want to be real or if they want to hide.
## TV Is White
It is. It just is. Look at daytime telly, look at evening dramas, look at the comedies. If I were to ask someone on the street to name a network TV show that starred Latinx actors, I would probably hear [*Jane the Virgin*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/). Most people would leave out [*The Flash*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/), even though Cisco is Latinx. Black representation is somewhat better, but when you look at the 2017-18 season only, [Variety indicated it was mostly white and male](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/new-2017-18-tv-shows-no-diversity-1202436493/):
> *Variety* identified 46 lead and co-lead actor roles, and 42 showrunners and co-showrunners on the 39 new series ordered by the Big Five broadcasters for next season. Of the lead actors, only 20% were Hispanic or non-white, and only 35% were female. Of the showrunners, 10% were non-white or Hispanic and 29% were female.
To put it mildly, that isn’t very heartening.
## TV is Male
Looking at CBS, they’ve had a rough year. First their current flagship show, *Hawaii Five-0*, lost their three main non-white leads. One moved on in a planned way, but two left over the summer in a bit of confusion – they left because they weren’t being paid fairly, they felt. The new dramas meanwhile were *Seal Team* (staring a white man), *S.W.A.T.* (starring a man of color), and [*Wisdom of the Crowd*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wisdom-of-the-crowd/) (staring a white man). The new comedies? *Young Sheldon* (white boy), *9JKL* (white man), *Me, Myself & I* (white man).
Do you see a theme? I recently pulled *Wisdom* off my DVR due to the allegations against Jeremy Piven, but I was thinking about how the show starred three white people as ‘geniuses’ and two cops-of-color. It struck me as telling that they drew a line between ‘smart’ work being white, and ‘street’ working being brown. Of course, there are two men of color on the genius side. One was a criminal and the other is a Don King-esque money guy.
## Diversity is Intersectional
The reality of this is that the world is a lot more diverse than TV would make it seem. I live in Orange County California, and if you ever saw [*The O.C.*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-o-c/), you’d think it little more than a bastion of wealthy white people. I went on a stair climbing challenge with a bunch of people from the neighborhood on Thanksgiving, and the majority were not white. They were not rich. They weren’t even male.
When we talk about having diverse representation on television, we’re not talking about *just* seeing more women, or *just* seeing more people of color. We’re talking about seeing all of them, together, in the myriad ways we see them in the rest of the world. We’re talking about proud muslim lesbians like [Adena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/), and feminist Cuban-Americans like [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/), and even struggling Southerners like [Tig](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tig-bavaro/). We want to see hacktivist transgender lesbians like [Nomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi-marks/) and genderqueer fusions like [Stevonnie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stevonnie/).
But we want to see them all. All colors, all religions, all beliefs. We don’t want to *just* see criminals and killers or worse, dead. We want to see the world we live in, where we are all included and represented, so we stop being ‘weird’ and ‘abnormal.’
Because in the end, the only way to stop being see as aberrations is for people to realize that they’ve seen us, all of all, all along.
## We Must Do Better
Back in 2016, LGBT Fans Deserve Better attempted to push the “[Lexa Pledge](https://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/pledge/)” and asked writers and show runners to pledge to do better, to not just kill of queer characters needlessly.
Only 16 people signed it.
A number of creatives felt it would stifle their work. Others became afraid that networks would use this as an excuse to write in fewer queer characters. Some just disagreed with the premise, arguing it would be like asking them to kill fewer people of color.
It’s become clear that we can’t just say ‘stop killing people on TV!’ any more than we’ve been able to say ‘stop showing assault!’ A pledge to just do better in one aspect of our lives does less than one to say that writers, show runners, producers, and networks should all tell better stories. Do we need multiple TV shows about superheroes saving the world? Do we need seven different *Law & Order* type procedurals? Do they all need to tell the **same** story?
No. They don’t.
## Write The World’s Stories
When we’re learning to write, we often hear ‘write what you know.’ As we grow, we learn to write not just what we know, but what we want. It’s time to start that. Right what we know, that the world is complicated and messy and convoluted, but it’s diverse. It’s wild and irregular, and it’s beautiful. But also write what we *want* to see in the world.
That was the beauty, to me, of [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/). We saw the diverse world, how groups of people crossed into each other, and how we all impact each other. How we become better versions of ourselves, the more we see.
TV has the magical ability to bring those groups into our home. And they will be welcomed, because we will see exactly how much those ‘different’ groups are just like the ones we’re familiar with. TV shouldn’t stifle itself by telling the same stories, over and over again, in the same ways. TV should be daring. It should risk. And it should tell is the diverse stories of the world.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Tropes
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Dec 18, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dec-18-2017/)
**Published:** December 18, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** This episode of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week is dedicated to Jo and Chase of Easy, because I love them.
**Content:**
This episode of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** is dedicated to Jo and Chase of Easy, because I love them.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 8 “Icarus Fell and Rusty Ate Him” \[Catch up\] TV’s most dysfunctional triad is back and it’s making Veronica and Kevin question their identities. Kevin is bothered by how much Veronica is enjoying sex with Svetlana and it’s making him think he should give dudes a try.
Not much happened with Fiona and her lesbian tenants, but we did get to watch Nessa screw a motion sensor into a wall. 😍
The future vacant church occupant issue is not resolved yet, but it’s creating a lot of conflict between Fiona and Ian.
Hopefully, this will get resolved this week.
2. [*Easy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/) – Season 1 Episode 2 “Vegan Cinderella” \[Binge Watch\] My co-worker told me we should add the Netflix show, *Easy*, to the site so I binge-watched the entire thing last week. *Easy* is one of those shows where every episode is dedicated to a different slice-of-life story and the dialogue is done improv-style. There are some connections between the episodes: they all take place in Chicago and a few characters appear in multiple episodes. But for the most part they are stand-alone stories. Many of the episodes got on my nerves, but the episode dedicated to super cute lesbian couple, Jo and Chase — OMG, I loved it so much.
Jo and Chase have a meet-cute at a show and hook up that night.
They spend the next morning hanging out, talking and going to breakfast. Jo tells Chase she’s a vegan and that becomes a thing. After hanging out all morning they part ways and it’s cute.
The two start dating and Chase, a student, feels she needs to be more of a vegan, bike-riding, feminist like Jo is. She buys a bike and starts eating vegan. She also starts hanging out with her BFF less to do Jo things. Eventualy, Chase can’t sustain the vegan biking lifestyle and it all unravels.
After Chase’s facade is busted, Jo tells her she doesn’t need to be vegan for her.
It ends with Jo meeting Chase’s friends at a party at her BFF Amber’s house.
3. [*Easy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/easy/) – Season 2 Episode 7 “Lady Cha Cha” \[Binge Watch\] In season 2 we fast forward for all the characters. Jo and Chase are now living together. Chase is still a student and Jo has a job at an art gallery. Chase has gotten into Burlesque and wants to put together a show and perform with her friends.
Chase asks Jo if she’s cool with it and she says yes, but she is obviously having issues with trying to be a good feminist and her girlfriend performing burlesque.
They wind up having a blowup about it where Jo confesses to not being ok with the burlesque thing.
Later that night Jo apologizes.
In the end, Jo goes to Chase’s big show.
**I absolutely loved these 2 episodes.** For once we got scripted TV about queer women that was realistic, funny, entertaining and cute with regular conflict that got resolved. I feel like Jo and Chase are 2 people I would know in real life, and the way the actors played them was very real.
I also loved that the conflicts they had were not relationship-ending. On TV it’s always all or nothing, you are either 100% in love or broken up after any conflict. Jo and Chase talked through issues and worked it out like regular couples do. We hardly ever see this on TV in a realistic way.
The part that bums me out is we only get 2 episodes. We can’t have something this good in a quantity bigger than a crumb. I would love to see an entire series about Jo & Chase and their friends. Netflix, are you listening? **This is the scripted TV queer women want to see in the world.**
4. *Ten Days in the Valley*– Day 5: “Back To Ones” and Day 6: “Down Day” \[Live\] Ten Days is back and I’m so happy because I love seeing Ali Liebert on my television! It’s also a great show. Nothing queer happened in these 2 episodes, but I watched a video of an interview Ali did with the Advocate about her character. She did a “she’s gay, right” with the producers and they said sure!
I was glad I could add [Nickole Bilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nickole-bilson/) to the site.
That’s it for last week. What will this week bring in Queer TV…we shall see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Easy, Shameless US, Ten Days in The Valley
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### [The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week – Dec 11, 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queerest-things-watched-last-week-dec-11-2017/)
**Published:** December 11, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** On this chapter of The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week Shameless has their queerest episode ever, Nichole comes out at The Denim Turtle and Marge fails the Bechdel Test.
**Content:**
On this chapter of **The Queerest Things I Watched Last Week** Shameless has their queerest episode ever, Nichole comes out at The Denim Turtle and Marge fails the Bechdel Test.
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
1. *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* – Season 3 Episode 9 “Reign” \[Live\] There wasn’t a lot of Alex on this episode of Supergirl. The mid-season finale was focused on the big Supergirl/Reign battle. However, Alex did mention Maggie when she and Kara were having their 100th round of “are you ok?”
But we all know what the most exciting queer thing to happen on Supergirl last week was… **the return of Vasquez!**
Of course us fans did what we do and immediately shipped Alex and Vasquez. I love actor Briana Venskus’ response to this.
> I’m thoroughly enjoying the people who think I actually wish Vasquez and Danvers were a thing. Gals, cool your jets, Vasquez has a low key Bae she doesn’t even need to brag about ✌🏽❤️😛 [\#SupergirlCW](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SupergirlCW?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Briana Venskus (@TheVenskus) [December 7, 2017](https://twitter.com/TheVenskus/status/938650656780328961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I love actors who play along with the fans.
2. [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) – Season 8 Episode 5 “The (Mis)Education of Liam Fergus Beircheart Gallagher” \[Catch up\] Wow, y’all, this episode of Shameless was so delightfully queer!
First, Ian and Trevor got back together — yay!
And then Veronica and Svetlana did it…twice. It looks like TV’s most dysfunctional triad is back together.
Meanwhile back in Fiona and her lesbian tenants land, Mel does Fiona a favor and gets her the contact info of 2 artists who want to buy a vacant church down the street from her building. It looks like Mel & Fiona’s extreme hate/hate relationship is cooling down a little. I don’t know where they are going with this. At first I thought something was going to happen with Fiona & Nessa, but now I’m not so sure.
Then everything comes to a head with Ian and Fiona when they discover they are on opposite sides of the who should occupy the vacant church battle. Fiona wants it to be an art gallery and Ian wants it to be a homeless shelter for Trevor’s at risk queer youth.
I’m on team shelter. Hopefully we’ll see who gets the church next week.
3. [*Fresh Off the Boat*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fresh-off-the-boat/) – Season 4 Episode 6 “A League of Her Own” \[Catch up\] I’m not a regular watcher of Fresh Off the Boat. As a first-gen kid of an Asian immigrant parent, I wanted to like it, but I think it misses the mark. There’s comedy gold to be had there (my mom’s voicemails are hilarious alone), but instead the show is very traditional Americanized comedy.
Regardless of all that, I started watching this season because I heard Eddie’s best friend Nichole was going to come out. That story has been cute, and while binging a few episodes last week, I got to the one where she comes out to her parents.
She first comes out to her stepmom in a lesbian bar called “The Denim Turtle,” and it’s pretty sweet and hilarious. When the bartender realizes what is about to happen she gets everyone ready.
Then the big moment happens, and fortunately they get to pop the champagne.
Applause and Melissa Etheridge blasting; isn’t that we all wished happened after coming out to our parents?
4. [*The Simpsons*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-simpsons/) – Season 29 Episode 2 “Springfield Splendor”. \[Random On Demand\] I was a big Simpsons fan in the 90s but I dropped off watching since then. My wife and kid on the other hand, love the show and they watch it all the time. While the kid was watching last week I noticed Alison Bechdel on the screen! It was totally hilarious.
https://youtube.com/3-jJD\_QJx1Y
5. [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) – Season 2 Episode 12 “Camelot/3000” \[Binge Watch\] I’m making good progress in my [watch all the Arrowverse shows in the order they aired](https://flash-arrow-order.herokuapp.com/) project. My goal is to be all caught up by the time all 4 shows come back from mid-season hiatus.
I made it to this episode where Sara Lance kisses Guinevere the Queen of Camelot.
Sara definitely has the most game of all the Legends.
6. [*Arrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/) – Season 5 Episode 14 “The Sin-Eater” \[Binge Watch\] Also, during my Arrowverse-a-thon, I was pleasantly surprised to see [Rutina Wesley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutina-wesley/) on my screen as a bad-ass leader of 3 escaped female super villains.
I missed her in season 4 when she first appeared in Arrow. I wasn’t yet obsessed with Queen Sugar like I am now.
7. [*Broad City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/broad-city/) – Season 4 Episode 10 “Friendiversary” \[Live\] Ilana pulled a Sin Rostro last week!
I want to start a collection of pulling your head off to reveal your true identity gifs and randomly show one for [our 404 page](https://lezwatchtv.com/404).
That’s it for last week. Next week will Shameless be queer enough to hold us over while most shows are on hiatus? We’ll see.
**Categories:** Queerest Things of the Week
**Tags:** Arrow, Broad City, Fresh off the Boat, Legends of Tomorrow, Shameless US, Simpsons, Supergirl
---
### [Netflix and Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/netflix-and-queer/)
**Published:** December 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** There are some things to look forward to in the near Netflixy future.
**Content:**
2018 is around the corner. Thank goodness, I say, because 2017 has been pretty uneven. And thankfully, Netflix has some queer shows coming up in 2018 for us!
## [One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)
*Returns January 26, 2018*
I’m so excited I could shriek. *Finally* y’all get to see what I saw (part of) this summer! You have no idea how happy I am. Keeping these episodes secret for half the year has been killing me. My wife and I have been making jokes (at home only, Mike! I swear!) from the four episodes we saw filmed, as well as the clips we saw at the tapings. The first season ended with Victor, [Elena’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/) father, sodding off at her Quincés, that *comemierda*. What will season two bring? I can’t tell you, but I think you’ll like it.
## [Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)
*Returns March 8, 2018.*
When we last left our anti-hero, her lawyer friend [Jeri Hogarth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jeri-hogarth/) had lost her wife at the hands of her lover. We’ve seen Jeri here and there since, in the other Defender-verse shows. She seems to be doing alright. But then again, Jessica hasn’t upended her life in 23 months. God knows what Jessica will do to her.
## [Sense8](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/)
*Finale airs in 2018.*
If I was a betting woman, I’d say the finale for *Sense8* will be August 8th. All I want to know is if Nominta get married and if Wolfgang survives. Oh, fine, and if Lito gets to be happy and famous. Maybe just a little. I’m not happy that *Sense8* is ending. I get that it was super expensive to film, but it’s not like they didn’t know that from the proposals of the show.
## And Some Other Shows…
There are of course some other shows coming back to Netflix in 2018, and while they have queer female and trans characters, I wouldn’t go so far as to be *happy* about that…
- [*13 Reasons Why*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/13-reasons-why/) – It’s still unknown if the same characters will be back for the second season.
- [*Anne With An E*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anne-with-an-e/) – Their background queer may or may not be back.
- [*Degrassi: Next Class*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/) – Yael will be back in 2018 for season 5 of the Canadian school show.
- *[Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dirk-gentlys-holistic-detective-agency/)* – The new lesbian will return for the 2018 season.
- *[Las Chicas Del Cable](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-chicas-del-cable/)* – There should be more queer action in the coming season.
- *[Master of None](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/master-of-none/)* – Denise will be back!
- [*The OA*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-oa/) – Given that Netflix announced season 2 back in February, I would expect season 2 to drop without warning in December.
- *[Orange is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)* – Oh … sure. I’m sure this will be back.
Are there some Netflix returns or new shows you’re looking forward to? Give us a shout in the comments!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Jessica Jones, Netflix, One Day at a Time, Sense8
---
### [Supergirl: This Time, The Lesbians Live](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/supergirl-lesbians-live/)
**Published:** May 2, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The lesbians live but Supergirl can still do better.
**Content:**
I’m not going to try and outdo Punky Starshine’s [amazing recap of last night’s *Supergirl*](https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirl-episode-2x19-recap-hope-floats-378055/). She knows and says well exactly why it’s such an important episode. We got crazy white guys and threatened lesbians and none of it was actually about the lesbians being gay. This is not a recap of the episode. This is a recap of my feelings.
## My Heart Healed (A Little)
After the last year, where lesbian after lesbian dropped dead for questionable plot points, having a lesbian live was a wash of relief. Not only did Alex live, which intellectually I knew she would, she never stopped fighting. Alex tried to survive, but also she tried to get out. She did everything she possibly could.
Her sister and her girlfriend fought not over who loved Alex more, but who could save her. They both knew the other loves Alex. Their issues were bigger than just “You’re the interloper on my sister relationship!” and “You’re always beverdamming me, Kara!” They argued about the right things. The overlap of their working lives was causing friction in a bad way.
Having it all come to a head over Alex’s kidnapping was logical. They both tried to be the hero because that’s who they are, but they had trouble when their heart got in the way of their head. And in that friction, in the moment where they saved the girl they love, they saw themselves in each other.
## Supergirls Feminism Is (Still) A Problem
But… The following is a comparison of season one and season two.
In season one, Lucy Lane was considering leaving her career for Jimmy– James. In season two, Kara lost her job and had Mon-El.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-1a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-2a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-3a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-4a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-5a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-6a/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-1b/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-2b/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-3b/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-4b/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-5b/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/cat-v-monel-6b/)
I wish Cat Grant was here. Because the marked difference between the two is horrifying. Here’s what she told Lucy in season one:
> Now, look, I’m not immune to the allure of James Olsen wearing a shirt that is unbuttoned one too many. But a woman with brains who gives up everything for love inevitably finds herself staring into an existential abyss that men, babies and cardio bars simply cannot fill. You are a smart and accomplished woman who needs to work or you will lose your confidence, your sense of identity, and most importantly, your mind.
And in season two, Kara told Mon-El that being a reporter was who she was, and Supergirl was what she did.
> **Kara**: I don’t want another job. Reporting is my calling, I help people.
> **Mon-El**: Yeah, you know who else does?
> **Kara**: Who?
> **Mon-El**: Supergirl.
> **Kara**: It’s just that… when I write, I don’t need a yellow sun, it’s just me. Supergirl is what I can do, Kara is who I am.
And yet by the end of the episode, she’d lost her job and was okay with it.
## We Need More Equality
The show is called *Super**girl***.
This was the first episode in quite a while where Mon-El has been sidelined. No, I’m not exaggerating. I have math that backs up the defeminizing of the show. This episode had a little bit of Mon-El and no James. He wasn’t even at CatCo (a company he now runs) when Kara got the phone call. Instead we had to suffer through a pizza dinner with Mon-El talking about being a hero and … Well. Maggie and Alex speak for everyone with this:
Even with an episode about the women, we had to suffer through a bit of Mon-El’s redemption saga.
I think I speak for every woman who watches the show. *We don’t care.*
Seriously.
We watch *Supergirl* because it shows us women can be strong, the hero, and save the girl. We watch because of the love and bond between women, something that is absolutely real. We watch it because the show is about Kara Danvers being a hero who lost everything and still smiles and tries to bring hope to the world. We watch because we know how all that feels.
So while I’m thrilled we got one episode back, I need the show to remember it’s about the girls and women. Not the men. Do better.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Feminism, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Supergirl
---
### [November 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/november-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** December 5, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sweeps is over and we're not all dead yet, so there's that.
**Content:**
Late! Late I know. I actually scheduled this and forgot to press the button.
We made it through sweeps, which is more than I can say for a lot of TV characters. But first, the recap!
- 34 new shows
- 109 new characters
- 4 died this month
## Sweeps Week
Talk about sweeps
Sweeps brought us to [303 dead characters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/300-dead/), however, and no matter how you look at it, it’s not a good thing.
## New Features
Tracy’s started a new weekly feature, the [Queerest Things We’ve Watched](https://lezwatchtv.com/category/queer-week/). Every Monday she’ll give you a gay old recap of the shows she’s watched and how queer they are.
Meanwhile, I’ve been hammering away at some annoying backend things, like all the shows being sorted under ‘the’ instead of their real name. Also there’s been an upgrade to better images for the tropes and some magic to make things run more securely. And faster. Which no one care about but me, but suffice to say, we made the site faster.
## In Other News…
Amidst all the other news, allegations were made against Jeffrey Tambor regarding his actions on the set of [*Transparent*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/). On November 19th, he made the decision [not to return to the show](http://deadline.com/2017/11/jeffrey-tambor-leaving-transparent-sexual-harassment-allegations-amazon-jill-soloway-1202211711/). While a fifth season of the show is still planned, it’s not known what shape that will now take.
## What’s Next?
We’ve got some plans for 2018, but we’ll cover those at the year-end roundup next month. For now, it’s a constant refinement of clichés and tropes, and an endless update of data. On and on and on we go.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a book of web series to work through. No really. A book!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [November Sweeps for 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/november-sweeps-2017/)
**Published:** November 23, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Alright. Let's have a look at how this sweeps treated everyone.
**Content:**
**Warning: This post contains spoilers!**
November sweeps takes place from October 26 through November 22nd.
Back in 1954, Nielsen (who ‘rates’ how many people watch a show) mailed booklets to households across the country and asked them to record everything they watched on TV for a week. Quickly TV shows realized that more viewers equaled higher money for ad-space, and more people watched shows that grabbed headlines. And thus the concept of sweeps weeks were born.
## November Sweeps
Technically, Sweeps *only* includes network TV so, in no particular order …
- [*American Horror Story*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/) killed a bunch of people, but mostly white men (and we’re pretty much okay with that).
- [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) broke up Sanvers and brought back Mon-El. No one wanted that. Either of it. Even with Mon-El ‘safely’ married now.
- [*The Good Doctor*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/) killed a guestbian after her wedding (gee thanks).
- [*Designated Survivor*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/designated-survivor/) had a lesbian kill someone else.
- [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) went to Themyscira but [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) didn’t get to go. That’s probably a smart call. Sara and Antiope would never leave.
- [*Scandal*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scandal/) introduced a lesbian and blew her up in the same episode, because plot.
- [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/) had lesbian parents, with one giving birth while the hospital had no power (also Sofia came to live with Arizona just as she made up with Carina, who’s also sleeping with Owen).
- [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) finally gets points on the board as Toni Topaz came out as bisexual.
- [*The Young and the Restless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-young-and-the-restless/) are still going strong with Tessa and Mariah. I’m still quite surprised at that.
Honorable Mentions go to…
- [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) finally introduced their new lesbian characters.
- [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curb-your-enthusiasm/) brought out some queer for laughs.
- [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/) dropped some new episodes, in which they properly refer to [Stevonnie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stevonnie/) by gender neutral pronouns.
- [*Runaways*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/runaways/) was recently released on Hulu. Go watch it. They’re keeping in the queer character.
- *The L Word*, yes I know, but they have a show runner, and she’s not Chalkin. Marja-Lewis Ryan will oversee the ‘reboot’ – which is a new description. They’ve used sequel, revival, and now reboot. So I have no idea where this is going.
- *Godless* came out on Netflix and turned to not at all be the feminist show we wanted. (Seriously, someone figured out that [73% of the lines in the first episode were spoken by men](https://twitter.com/innesmck/status/933470195208908800), and the [Vox reviewer was upset she’d actually picked that show to review](https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/11/22/16687118/netflix-godless-review-jeff-daniels-michelle-dockery).)
- *Madam Secretary*, who introduced Sara Ramierez as Kat Sandoval. We don’t know if she’s queer yet, but my fingers are crossed.
I cant tell if I want to swoon or raid her closet## The Dead
You knew I was going to list all of them, right?
- [Cristina Salgado](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cristina-salgado/) / *[El Señor de los Cielos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-senor-de-los-cielos/)* (recurring character) / 27 October
- [Ivy Mayfair-Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ivy-mayfair-richards/) / *[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* (regular character) / 31 October
- [Esperanza Salvatierra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/esperanza-salvatierra/) / *[El Señor de los Cielos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-senor-de-los-cielos/)* (regular character) / 31 October
- [Yasmeen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yasmeen/) / *[Scandal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scandal/)* (guest character) / 02 November
- [Jenna Hensel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenna-hensel/) / *[The Good Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/)* (guest character) / 06 November
- [Bebe Babbitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bebe-babbitt/) / *[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* (guest character) / 07 November
- [Winter Anderson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/winter-anderson/) / *[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* (regular character) / 07 November
To be honest, I was expecting a lot more. There may be more as Thanksgiving delays a lot of reports. Still, losing 7 in that short a time is pretty rough. Some shows haven’t hit their finales yet for 2017 either, so don’t get too excited about the low number.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Bury Your Queers, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Sweeps Week
---
### [300 Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/300-dead/)
**Published:** November 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We've crossed a threshold no one was happy to see.
**Content:**
This week we crossed a milestone that no one was happy to see.
There are now 300 dead queer females in our database.
## By The Numbers
That means, [thanks to our statistics generation](http://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/), we know 13.53% of all queer characters we’ve found on TV are dead. The percentage feels lower since we’ve been adding in a lot of web series, and they tend not to kill off queers. So lets break this out a little differently.
Of the 300 dead characters, 122 were regulars on a TV show. So that means…
- 37.3% of dead characters were regulars
- 5% of all characters are dead regulars
- 11% of all regular characters are dead
There are only 80 dead recurring characters but …
- 26.6% of all dead characters were recurring
- 3% of all characters are dead recurring
- 14% of all recurring characters are dead
And of course that leaves us with 80 dead guests…
- 34.3% of all dead characters were guests
- 4.6% of all characters are dead guests
- 16% of all guest characters are dead
By the way, you may notice that adds up to 305 characters. Some characters (*cough* Sara Lance *cough*) have been on multiple shows, which means they get counted multiple times. So make the numbers a +/-5 for the sake of accuracy. It really doesn’t change the percentages much.
## How Bad Is It?
When you look at it, a 13% average doesn’t seem *too* bad, right? It’s just 13%. That’s probably less than the percentage of queer humans in real life. The problem is that we don’t have 13% of all TV characters as queer. If you’ve read the [GLAAD report on where we are](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/glaad-tv-2017/), then you know only 6.4% of all primetime regular characters identify as queer on network TV. And 13% of them die.
On average, 5 characters die a year. But that includes years where no queer characters die.
What if I told you that of all queer characters who have died …
- 9.6% (29) died *this year* ([2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2017/))
- 12.6% (38) died in [2015](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2015/)
- 14.3% (43) died in [2016](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/2016/)
Those are the three worst years for queer deaths. So while we’re gaining ground with more representation, we’re lost 4 since October to [*American Horror Story* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)alone!
## Sweeps
In fact, let’s look at sweeps.
November sweeps are from October 26 to November 22 this year. Seven (7) queers died in that the period. So far. We have another week to go before we’re clear. And if we really want to be pedantic, we would say 9, because *The Carmilla Movie* offed two on the 25th, but that was an earlier release date.
That means roughly 25% of all queers who died in 2017 did so *during sweeps week*. Just the other week on [*The Good Doctor*,](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/) we literally had a guestbian who existed to die moments after her wedding.
Not a good number.
## Is There Hope?
Actually yes.
The more attention we bring to this incredibly depressing topic and data, the more people are starting to shift. The death toll is likely to be less than last year, with more characters added. That’s *good* to see. We’re starting to move and not just portray queer females as transient guests who die. Of course, we have a long way to go.
Coming back to TV soon are some shows where I can tell you the lesbians *don’t* die, though. Like *The Good Fight* and *One Day at a Time*. Let’s hope network TV picks up on that soon.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Bury Your Queers, Death, Hope, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [GLAAD: Where We Are On TV 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/glaad-tv-2017/)
**Published:** November 15, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** GLAAD gives us a serious look of where we are and where we're going.
**Content:**
For the last few years, GLAAD hasn’t given a character breakdown. Given that we have over 2200 characters in the database, we understand why! But it’s November, so it’s time again for the [Where We Are on TV Report](https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv17).
## The Good
- 58 out of 901 **regular** characters on broadcast, primetime TV identify as queer. At 6.4%, that’s the *highest* GLAAD has ever found. There are another 28 recurring characters (which is the same as last year).
- Cable TV is doing well with 103 regular queers and 70 recurring. This is up from 92 and 50 last year, respectively.
- Streaming media has 51 regulars and 19 recurring queers, which is up 5 from last year.
## The Mediocre
- [Bisexuals](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/bisexual/) skew heavily to women, still, and make up 28% of all queer characters. 75 women and 18 men. This is down from last year.
- 24% of all characters are [lesbians](https://lezwatchtv.com/characters/?fwp_char_sexuality=homosexual&fwp_char_gender=cisgender%2Ctrans-woman), which is up from last year but still down from 2 years ago when they made up 33%.
- Transgender characters make up 5% of all characters, with 17 regular or recurring characters on all media platforms. Of those, 9 are [trans women](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/trans-woman/), 4 are [trans men](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/trans-man/), and 4 are [non-binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/non-binary/).
- Of the 173 characters on cable, 27 are not expected to return due to series cancellations, finales, being written off, etc.
## The Bad
- White characters make up 77% of all queer characters on streaming media.
- All three platforms tracked by GLAAD – broadcast, cable, and streaming originals – lacked significant LGBTQ characters of color.
- There are only two asexual characters on the shows GLAAD tracks, both cisgendered men.
- Only 43% of regular characters on broadcast TV are women, which is an underrepresentation the 51% of women in the U.S. population.
A note about the PoC representation. Netflix has one show where all the queers we’ve met are PoC. [*One Day at A Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/). While that’s great for that show, it’s somewhat galling that everyone else is white.
## Hot Takes And A Look Ahead
It’s not a shock that [Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/freeform/) is the ‘best’ channel for queer representation. They have 25 regular and recurring characters, and just renewed [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/) for another two seasons.
I’m annoyed no one mentioned this to me, but Spike Network has rebranded as Paramount Network and will be rebooting the cult classic movie *Heathers* as a series! This time including Brendan Scannel as non-binary Heather Duke. That’s the Shannon Doherty role from the original. Well fuck me gently with a chainsaw!
Starz is working on a new show drama called *Vida*, which will include some queer Latinx characters.
And … yeah. There’s a new *L Word*. Unlike the *Will & Grace*, *Roseanne*, or *X-Files* pickups, this is a **SEQUEL**, so it’ll get a new page, just like the *Degrassi*‘s do. Another problematic show on the horizon is *Pose* by Ryan Murphy, which is predicted to have many trans characters.
GLAAD didn’t mention this, but *Black Lightning* has cast Grace Choi, a lesbian Amazon in the comics, and love interest for Anissa Pierce. Two important things here. First, more queers. Second? They’re all being played by people of color. I sincerely worry, since this is a CW show, what that will mean and how it’ll play out. So there’s no talk about it crossing over with the Arrowverse so … maybe it’ll be okay?
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD, Reports
---
### [Dream TV Movies: Holiday Romance for Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/dream-tv-movies-holiday-romance-queers/)
**Published:** December 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Heteronormativity.
**Content:**
It’s that time again, where Hallmark and Lifetime pump out clichéd hack after tropey dreck of a Holiday Film. By which I mean Christmas. Well tonight is Hanukkah and like Dana Piccoli, we could use some queer romance:
https://twitter.com/danapiccoli/status/930454250139848704
Last year, [Dana came up with a few ideas](https://twitter.com/danapiccoli/status/930455579000229889), so here are mine!
## Christmas Movies
Even if you skip the old hat of “It’s a Wonderful (Gay) Life” concepts, Christmas movies are all a paint by numbers affair.
1. One character hates the holidays
2. One character is too busy to enjoy them
3. A cute child brings them together
4. Christmas Magic happens
You can mix and match a little, but that’s basically it for every single Christmas movie I’ve ever seen.
- A female Christmas Tree Farm owner, who hates the season, and the super busy business woman who just needs a live tree for her building (and damn it, she’s not the secretary, why is she always treated like one?). The ending is them owning the farm together, obviously, selling live trees.
- A little kid decides the semi driver who delivers presents is Santa. Plot twist? She’s a woman and falls in love with the kid’s (straight) single mom. Christmas Magic, the mom realizes love exists beyond gender.
- An asexual man is playing Santa at a Mall and hates that he has to subscribe to heteronormativity and have a Mrs. Claus. Mrs. Claus is pansexual, and has an unrequited crush on a gender fluid person working the makeup counter. The elves decide to conspire and make some Christmas Love Matches, ending with Santa’s Mrs becoming his BFF, and renaming her Ms. Claus – Santa’s cousin.
## Hanukkah Movies
This is a little harder, since Hanukkah doesn’t really lend itself to the same stories of love and family. Hanukkah is about fighting a war and then having magic oil. Most ‘heartwarming’ Hanukkah movies have been flat out weird. Look at *Full Court Miracle* (a Disney movie about a crappy Jewish school’s basketball team) or *8 Crazy Nights* (Adam Sandler – Animated).
Glamour [came up with a few movies](https://www.glamour.com/story/hanukkah-movies) that I’d actually like to see (the Barbra Streisand/Jeff Goldbum one looks amazing), but there’s literally no *great* or even seminal Hanukkah movie out there. Even the first ones I can come up with were impacted by Christmas impinging on the celebrations.
- A single Jewish mother whose wife died, meets a dashing ladies woman at a ‘Holiday Party’ where they bond over their dislike of Christmas music.
- The Hanukkah Miracle. A gay Jewish solider goes missing before Hanukkah after a raid gone wrong. His estranged family build a bridge and invite his agnostic boyfriend over for Hanukkah so he’s not alone. They teach him about how Hanukkah was the fight of a few against a larger group, and how they won. But the miracle was the oil, staying lit, until more could come home. Naturally the ending is the missing solider walking in the house just as everyone sings Ma’oz Tzur on the 8th night. Big gay kiss and everyone is happy.
- The candle maker in a small town is overrun by requests when a snowstorm prevents the shipment of Hanukkah candles from being delivered. Working day and night, she’s not going to make it until her ex-girlfriend (a former gambling addict) hitches up a team of dogs to a sled and braves the winter to deliver the supplies and bring a happy Hanukkah to everyone. The last scene would be them playing dreidel, only instead of swapping Gelt, they swap kisses. Awwwww.
## Other Holidays
Muslim Holidays are hard, because their Lunar Calendar system doesn’t lead to having a set ‘winter’ holiday. Eid Al-Fitr and Eid Al-Adha come to mind as the two ‘major’ holidays. Both involve giving to charity, so you could easily cannibalize the concepts of 80% of all Christmas movies and toss them in. Turning them into romance would just need a nice meet-cute. Like …
- Every year, two men meet at their Mosque, giving to charity. One of them is always giving perfectly seasonable gifts (school supplies in August, winter clothes in December, etc etc) and the other falls in love over the thought and care.
Wouldn’t that be nice?
I don’t know enough about other religious to do them justice but what about you? What winter holiday romances would you like to see queered up?
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Ideas, It gets better, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [Web Series Can Be Wobbly](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/web-series-can-wobbly/)
**Published:** November 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While the quality and consistency of web series can be wildly varied, the future is looking promising.
**Content:**
There are a lot of web series with LGBT characters. I have a book with hundreds that I’m working through, as well as a list of another fifty that we’ve yet to add. So I have to make a confession.
I don’t watch all of them.
Some I can’t watch, because they don’t exist online anymore. But more I don’t watch because they’re just *bad*.
> live your life with the confidence of a white gay who created a terrible web series
>
> — 𝚑𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚌 𝚙𝚒𝚡𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 🍉 (@mathewrodriguez) [October 20, 2017](https://twitter.com/mathewrodriguez/status/921479358333599744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Where It Goes Wrong
There are some obvious problems with a lot of web series. Acting, writing, and production quality are all seriously common issues. And you can generally only have two. Even when a show is lucky enough to get great actors and writing, the quality of the filming is a huge issue.
Take, for example, [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/). I love this show. It’s fun and funny and well written and well acted. But the production values? Why do you think we rarely saw fight scenes? Or vampires with, you know, fangs? The same holds true for [*Riley Parra*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riley-parra/) (another great supernatural show).
All this boils down to one thing.
Money.
## It’s Not *All* Money
Okay, it’s not actually all about the money, but a lot of it is.
Money leads to better filming and better quality of the final product. Money leads to paying actors, which inspires better people to join a show. Money leads to better equipment, better post production, better writing. If you get paid, you don’t have to worry about working a job and writing in the free time you have, which improves the writing. Same with acting and directing and everything else.
But even besides the money, the acting on web series, even when it’s by experienced actors, can be a bit odd. And that is because a web series has a totally different feel to a traditional TV show. A number use the ‘vlog’ format, of a static camera and the ‘leaving a video for friends’ concept. Those shows that break the format are usually recorded by iPhones and other non-professional devices.
The simple change from camera to computers and phones alters how one presents a performance. The way and matter an actor projects is different on TV and on stage. It’s different when you see a single camera or a multi camera project. The way you position yourself for the camera changes completely, and the way you pace your lines, overlapping or not, has to be different.
It’s not something everyone has experience with.
## Quality Concerns
The combination of those things, money and experience, has led to the precarious world of web series. They’re just *not* there yet. The quality varies wildly from the excellent to the “Oh god, do I have to watch this?” Unlike the early days of TV, and the horrible garbage of 80s and 90s sitcoms, web series can be made by anyone of any skill level. And it shows.
This isn’t always a bad things. Sometimes a series hits its groove and becomes amazing. Like the second season of [*The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-adventures-of-jamie-watson-and-sherlock-holmes/) took a sharp turn into awesome. They freed themselves of the vlog and mastered cuts and audio. It was amazing. Once in the new format, the actors began to excel and rise to the task. Getting to watch the growth was impressive and I felt as delighted as I did watching the actors from [*One Day At A Time* ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)grow.
Not all shows are created equal, however, and not all web series rise to the challenges.
## The Future Is Bright
At first, web series were made by experienced actors daring to reach out in a new way. Then everyone realized they could it. Of course traditional production companies got in the mix. But at its heart, web series were stories being told by people in new ways, the ways that the traditional TV shows never would.
For that alone, I think that web series will find their footing and we’ll see more and more good quality arrive. People will tell more and more stories that want to be told, and they’ll tell them better and better. Because the best art comes from those who dare.
All that has to happen now is they need to secure funding in non-traditional ways, and the world is the oyster of web series.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Hope, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
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### [Half A Life?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2015/half-a-life/)
**Published:** September 11, 2015
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** No hope for half a life. Half a show is more like it...
**Content:**
The seminal Renee Montoya story, pre 52, has always been Half A Life, where Two-Face outs her.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/gotham-central-007.jpg)Two-Face is not exactly sane, which isn’t saying much for Gotham. But when I heard Nicholas D’Agosto was cast as Two-Face’s mundane persona, Harvey Dent, boy did I pay attention!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/nick-agosto-gotham.jpg) D’Agosto‘s Dent was described as “handsome, warm and engaging,” constantly maintaining a sunny disposition even when dealing with the city’s seediest riffraff.
D’Agosto’s *Gotham* deal includes a series regular option in event of a potential second season.
I had a lot of hope for how this will play out, and if we would get that awesome story, because honestly, if you pick up *one* storyline in “Gotham Central” to read and love, and you like this site, then it’s Half A Life.
Instead we got Renee written off and her girlfriend turned into the psycho-bisexual trope.
Well done, Gotham.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Casting, Gotham, Press Release
---
### [Babs Comes Out](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/babs-comes-out/)
**Published:** October 18, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Come out as bi and dump the guy. Hey, it's an alternate universe anyway!
**Content:**
[Gotham’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/ "Gotham") been a bit of a slow burn show. It’s a good show, but not a great show, and I’m torn because I love the Bats and I love [Renee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/renee-montoya/ "Renee Montoya"), but I feel like I’m watching the last Batwoman comics, and they actually chased me away with their trite shit.
So to recap real fast, in episode 3 Renee busts in on [Barbara Kean](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/barbara-kean/), who’s pretty well baked for 10am on a weekday (in my next life can I be that wealthy?) and there’s sexual tension out the wazoo with those two. I mean, I know in cannon Babs and Jim have to have kids so that one can become Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, but there’s already a disconnect here since Renee and Barbara Jr. are supposed to be roughly the same age… So hey, maybe Kean will be Batwoman instead of Kate Kane? God knows it’s confusing, and they can’t just kill a Flash and reboot the universe because *The Flash* is on the CW.
Anyway. There’s this other idea that Barbara Gordon is actually Jim’s *niece*, and I do hope we go that way because that leaves us open to this world where Renee and Barbara Kean get back together. Because Jim? Was a total ass about her coming out and got dumped. She has way more chemistry with Renee, too.
It was a pretty realistic reaction, not just because he was mad that she slept with a coworker of his, but also that it was a woman and that does change the heteronormative reactions of people. I wonder if he’d have the same reaction if Barbara had said she used to date Crispus (Renee’s partner).
Congrats, Barbara, you get your own page in the database now that your confirmed!
Extra credit? Victoria Cartagena is pro-Question!
https://twitter.com/VickiCartagena/status/519511942466387968
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Gotham
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### [So we're getting Batwoman, right?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/batwoman-right/)
**Published:** September 25, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What happens when a comic book that isn't about the tights, capes, and masks comes to TV? If it brings along the coolest lesbian in the DC universe, it means we're watching!
**Content:**
What happens when a comic book that isn’t about the tights, capes, and masks comes to TV? If it brings along the coolest lesbian in the DC universe, it means we’re watching!
There was this insanely awesome comic called *Gotham Central*, about the detectives who worked in the city of the Bat. It was blisteringly good, complex, deep, and intelligent. It was what we comic book aficionados look for when we want to find an example of kickass to show the doubters what value there can be in the visual world of story telling.
One of the characters in the series was Detective Renee Montoya. When we first met her in the Batman books, she was just a regular cop. Then there was an earthquake in Gotham, making the city a no-mans-land, and President Lex Luthor declared it off limits. And Batman happened to be stuck outside of Gotham. The backstory is needed, because Renee befriended the on-again/off-again villain, Two Face, and worked with him during this time. Years later, Two Face puts her as a lesbian and kidnaps her so she can love him and be with him…. Look, he’s insane. We know this.
The point is when they announced *Gotham* was going to be about the story of Batman as a kid and not jumping ahead to teen/young man Bruce right after his parents died, we all perked up. They were already time shifting a lot of characters, aging them differently, and diversity being what it is, many of us hoped for Renee to show up.
She sure did! Renee is a detective working in Major Crimes and she’s a lesbian. In fact, she used to date Jim Gordon’s fiancé. Awwwwwwkkkkkward. Jim is, at this point, engaged to Barbara Kean, who in the comics becomes the mother of Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl. Renee and Jim butt heads as expected, but she and her new partner Crispus Allen, also pick fights with Harvey Bullock. If you know the comics, you’re having a titter right now.
Of course, Renee is not the main character, so her storyline is secondary. This is to be expected. It’s Jim’s story, not Renee’s. But part of what made the comics work was the ensemble nature of the cast and the lack of superheroes, so there’s hope yet. Her end of the case has to do with the possibility (likelihood) that Bullock framed a guy for the murder of the Waynes.
In her work on the case, Renee gets to see Barbara, which is exactly as weird and tense as you’d think it was. She pegs Jim for the frame, Babs blabs, and Jim and Renee have a tiff about that.
I mentioned Batwoman in the title because at last gasp in the comics, before the last reboot anyway, Renee was a masked hero known as The Question, and her ex-girlfriend was Batwoman. So the time juggling will be weird. Also there’s the problem of messing with a woman’s storyline for the sake of a man’s, but really Renee and Kate (Batwoman) were a very small part of their characters and having it removed changes nothing. If they bring the Half A Life storyline in, I’ll be very happy.
Renee wasn’t in the promo for next week, so we’ll see what happens.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Gotham
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### [Korrasami is Real](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/korrasami-real/)
**Published:** December 25, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
If you haven’t watched the last season of “[Avatar: The Legend of Korra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avatar-legend-korra/)” and you hate spoilers, you can watch all the episodes of Korra on Nick.com for free until January 5th.
Still here? Okay! Spoilers!
Look, [Bryan says it](http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace) and [Michael says it](http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/105916326500/korrasami-confirmed-now-that-korra-and-asamis), so you need to just get over the fact that the show ended with Korra and Asami going on vacation, together, to the spirit world, as a couple.
> It was originally written in the script over a year ago that Korra and Asami held hands as they walked into the spirit portal. We went back and forth on it in the storyboards, but later in the retake process I staged a revision where they turned towards each other, clasping both hands in a reverential manner, in a direct reference to Varrick and Zhu Li’s nuptial pose from a few minutes prior. We asked Jeremy Zuckerman to make the music tender and romantic, and he fulfilled the assignment with a sublime score. I think the entire last two-minute sequence with Korra and Asami turned out beautiful, and again, it is a resolution of which I am very proud. I love how their relationship arc took its time, through kindness and caring. **If it seems out of the blue to you, I think a second viewing of the last two seasons would show that perhaps you were looking at it only through a hetero lens.**
The bolding is mine. But I watched the whole of Season 4 over Christmas and I can tell you, start to finish, I thought “Oh, wow, are they really going there?”
When we meet her, Korra is actually struggling with her identity as the Avatar and how hard it is to master Airbending (the first season is called ‘Air’) and truly be the Avatar. But as Korra grows and changes and becomes her own person and not just the Avatar, things change. That’s the whole plot of the second season, changes. It’s even called ‘Changes.’ Korra finally comes into her own, but then the world changes and she has to start over.
Once we hit the third season, it was clear that the idea of Korra having a relationship with anyone was secondary, and that was good. It’s always a bit bleah when people have to end up paired off. Sometimes the happy ending is alone. The writers knew that Mako and Korra were only season 1 endgame, that they’d break up in season 2, and that worked well.
Which brought us to season 3, ‘Spirits,’ where Asami and Korra are still friends, but neither are doing much by way of dating. Season 3 ended with Korra being pretty much crippled and not wanting to talk to anyone of her old friends … except she was writing to Asami. A lot.
Yeah, there was no build up *at all* to the finale. I totally believe all you confused people.
Season four was a very weird slow build up, where Korra was struggling to find her own relevancy in a new world, Asami was trying to find her place and rebuild her life (her father… evil, subplot, my cabbages!), and then Korra vanished. Of course it was to go on a healing spiritual journey with everyone’s favorite, Toph, but when she meets with Asami again, they clash and they fight.
Asami was worried, Korra’s sorry, but they’re both clearly in that place where they care about each other and don’t know how to explain it. If you just look at the part where Korra *blushes* when Asami compliments her on her new haircut, you have to realize that these are cartoons. They went to the extra effort to show Korra’s reaction to Asami’s compliment.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/G0oVcJ3.png)
Korra does not react like this to anyone else, not even her ex-boyfriend, complimenting her.
This was a great year-end present to everyone who stuck by Korra, watched the show about a strong, capable, young woman be shunted off to the sidelines by Nick over and over, and finally now an ending that can give a lot of kids hope that they too will be loved for who they are. Gay, straight, bi, or figuring it out.
You can watch all the episodes of Korra on Nick.com for free until January 5th. [Go watch now](http://www.nick.com/legend-of-korra/episodes/).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Avatar the Legend of Korra
---
### [October 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/october-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** November 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As the weather turns cooler, we're ready for what's next here at LezWatchTV!
**Content:**
It’s that time again! Another spooky month is here and gone. Lets start with the basics:
- 42 shows added
- 153 characters added
- 2 characters died
## Death Returns!
It’s been a while, but yes, we have the dead again. *The Carmilla Movie*, which was excellent and you should watch it, offed at least two characters. We’re actually not sure of the numbers because the only openly queer dead were Elle and Charlotte. But it’s Carmilla, and everyone’s pretty queer and all those ladies were women Carmilla seduced and killed … If you can’t tell, we were pretty torn on how to handle this.
Three months without dead characters was pretty scary, I’ll tell you that.
## Site Cleanup
We were actually in the same town at the same time and able to work, so Tracy and I sat down and went over the site from top to bottom. Not code, content. We rewrote a bunch of pages and redefined ourselves thusly:
> **Counting All Queers Because All Queers Count**
>
> We watch every TV show with queer females to find the best representation of fully developed queer characters. Looking for something specific? Check out our database of 738 shows to find the ones you want to watch with the characters you’ll fall in love with.
Or as Tracy put it “We’ll watch everything everything so you only have to watch the good stuff.”
## Coming and Going
Dire news for *Ten Days in the Valley* fans! The show has been moved from Sunday to Saturday, and new episodes won’t air until December! I know! We’re angry too.
> All I want is a show I love to stay around.
That was Tracy’s lament as we discussed the likely cancellation. But if you don’t want the show to end (and we don’t), tweet and let everyone know that you want to watch the show. Also, you know, watch it. It’s an excellent mystery drama. Of course that same night, Ali Liebert retweeted Tracy’s promise we’d be watching:
> The wait will be painful, because it's such a good show, but we'll be there! -T
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 29, 2017](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/924773814508118016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Spoiler: Tracy is now ded.
While she recovers, I’m getting excited about *Glow*, which I’ve been binging to catch up on because… There will be a new lesbian character next season! Shakira Barrera is joining the cast in season two as Yolanda (aka Yoyo), “a Mexican American dancer/stripper and out-and-proud lesbian.” Even without lesbians, the show has been surprisingly fun to watch, so look for a thumbs up on that coming soon.
## Talking About Code
This is the boring part. I know. Tracy and I, however, are developers as well as fans. I’m actually a developer *because* I’m a fangirl, and learned to code because I wanted to build out a site. I’ve been doing this for over 20 years. Yeah. For us, putting the data on the site is only half the battle, because if it can’t be *used* properly, by you, it’s worthless. Last weekend I talked about the code at [WordCamp Philly 2017](http://2017.philly.wordcamp.org/), and how Sara Lance made it so hard to figure out how to build things and accommodate someone who’s died three times. Tracy recorded it and you can watch it here:
> Mika's WordCamp Philly Talk "Data-based sites or How Sara Lance Made Me Cry."
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 28, 2017](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/924370289156268033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
I’ll be talking about how and why we built the site in December at WordCamp US. If you’re going to be in or around Nashville on December 1st 2017, grab a ticket and [come to WordCamp US](https://2017.us.wordcamp.org). It’s only $40.
## What’s Next?
We’re a small-but-mighty site, and we’re working to get a little more recognition for what we provide. If you know of someone whom you think would appreciate our data (the stats, or anything else), please feel free to put us in touch with them. You can email us at `contact@lezwatchtv.com` and we’re both available for interviews, media requests, podcasts, etc.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
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### [Doubt: It Could Have Been Great](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/doubt-it-could-have-been-great/)
**Published:** August 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Doubt could have been brilliant and amazing and perfect. It wasn't, but you should still enjoy it.
**Content:**
If you blinked earlier this year, then you missed [*Doubt*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doubt/), one of CBS’s new ‘hit’ dramas. It only aired two episodes before it was whisked away into the bin of “Oops, our bad.”
And in the case of *Doubt*, that really really sucked.
## It Had Everything Going For It
At first, *Doubt* looked like a great show. It had some phenomenal actors (Dulé Hill, Elliot Gould, Laverne Cox), it had trans actors playing trans characters, and it had that quasi-*The Good Wife* legal shenanigans drama fun going for it. The premise was fairly straight forward: an unconventional law firm does this differently. They could take on pressing legal dramas of the week, and it had the potential to be brilliant.
The only thing I failed to mention was it stared Katherine Heigl.
## It Had Everything Going Against It
Look. I have nothing against her as an actor. She’s one of those actors that is smack-dab middle of good, though. There are some actors, like Elliot Gould and Dulé Hill and Laverne Cox, who can transcend their roles and steal your scenes. Then there are actors who, for some reason or another, end up as leads and they just don’t have that gravitas. Heigl, for me at least, is one of those. And they based the whole show around two of her plots, which is the other problem.
Heigl’s Sadie Ellis was the daughter of the wheelman — or wheel*woman* — of a revolutionary. Her mother went to protest the government, ended up being a part of the murder of a highway patrolman, and oops, she’s been in jail for 30 some years. Sadie was raised by Gould’s Isaiah Roth. Who Sadie’s mom is in love with.
But that’s not the soapy part that was the problem! It was the *other* Sadie-plot, where she fell in love with the suspect of a 24-year old murder.
## Soap Killed The Drama
The show died a quick death, I feel, because it relied too much on Heigl for those first two episodes. Yes, it was doing the setup, as most show do. The show was a heck of a lot better once you got to episode four, but… It’s really a struggle to get there.
I think if they’d balanced out the plot a little, drawn the reveal of Isaiah and Carolyn (Sadie’s mother) until later on, or maybe not had Sadie sleep with the suspect right away, it would have done better. The show was a curiously bad combination of having to get everything important in early, and having to draw it out for 12 episodes.
## Good News? You Can Watch It All!
If you have [CBS All Access](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbs-all-access/), you can watch all 13 episodes *right now*!! CBS put them all up after burning the episodes off from June to … well last week. I binged them all and I have to say, the show should have stuck around. It ends on a cliff hanger, for crying out loud!
I won’t spoil it for you, since I really do think you should watch it, but the shocking reveal at the end is both shocking and totally expected, *and* it was told in a way that even if you knew it had to be, you’re happy with how it happened.
But the real reason you should watch the show is Cox’s Cameron Wirth. Her character’s love story is, pardon the phrase, transcendent. As Autostraddle said, [it paints a better future for trans women](https://www.autostraddle.com/laverne-coxs-doubt-love-story-allows-trans-women-to-imagine-a-better-world-389725/), and thank god for it. We were cheering her on every single episode.
## Check Out Doubt
It’s 13 episodes, it has *no* dead queer females, it has happy endings for all of them (kind of…), and all the trans women characters are played by trans women.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Doubt, It gets better, Recommendations
---
### [Cucumber, Banana, Shonda](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/cucumber-banana-shonda/)
**Published:** June 22, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The erection hardness scale is actually a thing, starting at tofu. And that's how much faith I have in this.
**Content:**
Shonda Rhimes and Russell T. Davies are teaming up, and I for one am nervous.
Davies, best known to Americans for his run on *[Doctor Who](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)* and, of course, *[Queer as Folk](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-as-folk-uk/)*, also made a pair of short-series shows called *[Cucumber](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cucumber/)* and *[Banana](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/banana/)*. The names of the shows were in reference to the penile hardness scale. There was also a documentary, *Tofu*. The plot of *Cucumber* was basically a gay man and the lives of his friends. *Banana*, however, was broader in scope and actually had a few lesbians.
Apparently Rhimes and Davies have signed *Wonder Woman* writer, Allan Heinberg, to write a script for their new Shondaland dramedy pilot. *Adult Behavior*. It’s being described as a “a sexy, multi-generational, comedic drama” and yes, it’s based on the series I mentioned above.
So why am I nervous? Well, Shondaland is not necessarily a safe place for people. Lesbians walk into parking lots and vanish. They lose legs. People die on those shows. And Davies is not perhaps the best either, not for lesbians at least. He centers his shows around what he knows: gay men. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it means it’s unlikely to be lez-centric.
But. Shonda is very LGBT friendly. [Five years ago she said](http://www.whosay.com/status/shondaland/460562)
> I believe everyone should get to see themselves reflected on TV. EVERYONE.
She’s also aware of the Bury Your Queers trope, and while she did kill off someone on [*The Catch*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-catch/), Felicity was quickly brought back to life.
Last week, Tracy and I discussed things we hate ™ about TV, and we both agree that no one should get a pass. This includes *[Black Mirror](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)*, who killed but didn’t kill their queers. And it includes people who should know better, like Ilene Chaiken, who don’t get a pass on killing queers just because she’s famous for *The L Word*.
I worry about this show because I fear we’ll want to give Shondaland and Davies a pass for being good citizens of the TV Queerland. And no one should get a pass. If they mistreat queers, give us the big bad queers, or kill them, we should hold them up to the light.
Let’s just hope that they maybe give us some equal time as the gents, though. Because as Tracy and I admitted to each other at 3am, we’ll watch anything with queers in it. Even if it’s trashy.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Shondaland
---
### [YouTube Restricts LGBT Videos - Including Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/youtube-restricts-lgbt-videos-including-carmilla/)
**Published:** March 19, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** YouTube's new restricted mode is too much, too broad, and implies that there's something wrong with being queer. Spoilers: there's nothing wrong with being queer.
**Content:**
On Friday March 17th, YouTube rolled out a new thing called “Restricted Mode” – an optional feature to filter content. [Google explained](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en) they used “community flagging, age-restrictions, and other signals to identify and filter out potentially inappropriate content.”
The comments on YouTube (and the internet in general) can be a pretty negative experience. All that restriction sounds great, like it makes the internet less angry. The reality is that a lot of LGBTQ videos are included in videos that are restricted.
## Filtering the Gay
YouTuber NeonFiona took screenshots of what she found in a search with and without the filter.
https://twitter.com/neonfiona/status/842390135257874432
Interesting how all the LGBTQ stuff vanished. I did a quick check myself and found the same situation. And then Natasha Negovanlis (aka [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carmilla-karnstein/) from [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)) pointed out something else:
https://twitter.com/natvanlis/status/843463499808456706
Her series, which is way less adult oriented than *[Buffy the Vampire Slayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)* is currently restricted.
## Making It Harder Helps No One
I can tell you from personal experience how hard it is to find [web series](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/). Especially when it comes to finding PoC series. They don’t always have great websites, and they don’t even all have Facebook pages (which is a different rant du jour). Making it harder to find these videos is a massive disservice to a group of people who already feel marginalized and alienated.
The thing is, YouTube *isn’t* generally anti-LGBTQ. They’ve been a remarkably great place for non-mainstream media and self expression. Still, they now make it it hard for kids to find anything. As they say, “Computers in libraries, universities, and other public institutions may have Restricted Mode enabled by the system administrator.” Now they can lock out YouTube specifically, instead of using their own web filtering. This can be detrimental to people who can only look up these videos in libraries or at school.
In a past life, I worked at filtering content, and it was really *really* hard not to get false positives. Filter gambling and you accidentally blocked mlb.com, for example. By letting YouTube decide what gets blocked and what doesn’t, a school would be giving up their control and be unable to decide if they should block all neo-nazis or all hate speech, while allowing LGBTQ videos.
Unilaterally, the choice is made for everyone by YouTube who is using the ‘community.’ The exact same community that left so many horrible comments, that this had to be enacted in the first place.
## Undisclosed Censoring
The weirdest part about this, Google doesn’t *say* they’re blocking sensitive videos. They say they’re filtering “potentially objectionable content” but there’s nothing in there about politics, or sexuality, or health, all of which are what quite a lot of the censored videos fall under.
> Responding to the claims, a YouTube spokesperson told Gay Times: “[Restricted Mode](https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/174084?hl=en) is an optional feature used by a very small subset of users who want to have a more limited YouTube experience.
>
> “Some videos that cover subjects like health, politics and sexuality may not appear for users and institutions that choose to use this feature.”
>
> – *Gay Times:* [Is YouTube anti-LGBT? Some YouTubers say their videos have been restricted](http://www.gaytimes.co.uk/news/65814/youtube-anti-lgbt-videos-restricted/)
Health.
Health is restricted content.
## YouTube Needs to Revisit This
It’s really clear that while YouTube has good intentions here, letting you hide what you don’t want to see, they’ve taken too broad an approach. They’re blocking too much, too widely and too flagrantly. By lumping health and politics and sexuality, they’ve implied that those are bad things. And when you tell a people that they are bad for their sexuality, you hurt them, plain and simple.
Stop making it hard to find LGBTQ content.
It’s just that easy.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Censorship, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Rants, YouTube
---
### [Alex's Awkward Admission](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/alexs-awkward-admission/)
**Published:** November 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** My heart breaks for my tiny super cinnamon rolls.
**Content:**
Last week, Alex Danvers confessed to herself that she might be, y’know.
This week she came out. Like out out. Like the words ‘gay’ were said. Like mistakes were made.
Let’s be honest, folks. Last week sucked. It had this epic start and then it became the absolute worst it could have been. Things are terrible and tense and painful. But Monday night reminds us it’s not an S, it means hope. And it’s gay hope.
Not being able to say that you’re gay is something a lot of young queers struggle with. It’s hard to admit the words that change you forever. And Chyler Leigh, she handled it all. The awkward coming out to family, the anger and frustration, and that oh so disastrous kiss. I spent most of the episode going “Kara, my sweet dumb alien!” and “Alex, my poor cinnamon roll!” The show is called Supergirl, but this was super-queer as well.
So in the darkness of all this, a little light shines.
I can’t recap anywhere near as well as Punky Starshine (Valerie Anne)
> So Alex invites Kara to take a walk by the river, and Kara knows something’s up, but Alex is dancing around the words. Finally Alex decides to talk about Maggie instead. It’s easier that way. So she tells Kara that she has…feelings…for Maggie.
>
> She can’t really look directly at her sister while she says it. And Kara isn’t exactly jumping up and down about it; in fact, she has questions. Has she always felt this way? Has she ever been with girls before? Alex says no she’s never been with a girl, but maybe she has always felt this way. And then she talks about the truest thing, something that every single queer person I have ever talked to has been able to relate to: She’s seeing certain things from her past in a new light. That best friend she had in high school who she pushed away after a few too many confusing sleepovers? The Pink Ranger trading card she used to kiss goodnight before bed every night? (Oh was that one just me?) Maybe these feelings have been there all along, she just never realized what they meant.
No, not just you.
Read her recap [Supergirl Episode 206 Recap: You Can Feel Your Heart Breaking And That Means It’s Still Beating](https://www.autostraddle.com/supergirl-episode-206-recap-you-can-feel-your-heart-breaking-and-that-means-its-still-beating-358841/).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Out, Hope
---
### [The Fighting Binge](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/the-fighting-binge/)
**Published:** October 24, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We love "The Good Fight" as much as "The Good Wife" even though we desperately miss Kalinda.
**Content:**
I do things out of order.
I watched [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/) **after** I watched [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/), and while that didn’t ruin my enjoyment of it at all, it was a bit confusing in some places. So once I finished my [binge of *TGW*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/the-good-binge/), it was time to re-watch *TGF*!
## A New Beginning
Much like *TGW*, the show starts with new beginnings. A lawyer retires and a lawyer is born. And much like *TGW*, it’s a show heavily based in reality. One of the things that made *TGW* so fun to me was how it embraced Chicago. Similarly, *TGF* embraces America and our current malaise. It begins with the abject horror we all saw in the US on January 20th, which inspires Diane Lockhart to make a change.
Of course, the disastrous explosion of her god-daughter’s life ripples outward in a never-ended assault of the terrible reality. America? Is not in a good place right now, folks. And *The Good Fight* does not shy away from that concept.
## Embracing The New Media
Since *TGF* is on CBS All Access, the web platform, they’ve been afforded a liberty the word is unaccustomed to with network dramas. They have the ability to swear, to delve into concepts that are dark and deep, and to slap their own network in the face. While the swearing doesn’t really thrill me, and at times it detracts from the story, the adult storylines delighted me.
When I say ‘adult’ I don’t mean sex or rape (though that certainly is touched on), or anything steamy. I mean they went head-on against the fears of network television and tackled the concept of a show that had an episode pulled because it might upset Donald Trump. They used ChumHum (their Reddit/Google mashup) to handle the issues of free speech and censorship on the Internet. They up and up addressed the kind of disgusting harassment women are subjected to online.
## It’s Not Perfect
There are, of course, some issues. There’s a recurring trend for Diane and Marissa and Maia to be ‘heroes.’ Not so much Maia, who’s clearly their rookie, but Diane and Marissa have a somewhat inordinate amount of time being stars, except compared to Lucca. This is a problem because the show is about an African American law firm. The white savior trope is not exactly embraced, it’s not a constant, but it’s there enough that we noticed it with a serious wince.
In addition, I mentioned the swearing. It really does detract from the show because it feels like it’s forced in. As if they’re celebrating this freedom but they’re not *quite* sure what to do with it. Having gone back to watch *TGW*, I was far more entertained when they had to cleverly obfuscate language prohibited by the FCC (like with honking horns or sneezes).
## Could Have Been Gayer
For a show that featured a lesbian, it didn’t feel like we got enough about that. As much as I’d love to say “no one cares” these days, it’s not true. Just as Julius, the lone Trump voter of Reddick/Boseman, is subtly and not-so-subtly ostracized by many of the staffers for his choice, so should Maia have been for being gay. And for being white. And for being related to the reason a lot of people lost their savings. Instead, they all seemed pretty cool with her.
And to their credit, Reddick/Boseman does embrace the underdog and support minorities, but still. The only time anyone had anything negative to say against Maia’s sexuality was her ex-boyfriend. Which is one of those situations you kind of expect.
## I Have Huge Hopes
I do have some huge hopes for season two of course. It will air in 2018, no date released yet, and I have faith that it will tackle some of the current drama in the world. I’m looking forward to it. And it’s one of the few shows that addresses homosexuality with absolute normalcy. It’s refreshing.
With that in mind, we have added *The Good Fight* to the [list of shows we love](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=on). We hope you love it too.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Review, The Good Fight, The Good Wife
---
### [Watch The Carmilla Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/watch-carmilla-movie/)
**Published:** October 30, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Did you like Buffy and Veronica Mars, but wanted them to be more gay and have a happy gay endings? Watch Carmilla.
**Content:**
This will be (mostly) spoiler free.
If you want to be 100% spoiler free, then my review is simple: Watch the movie, you’ll like it. [*The Carmilla Movie*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/) is awesome. It’s fun, it keeps the charm of the [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) series, and it’s well worth the $10.
Want more? Read on!
## Breaking Free of Vlogs
The series was written and filmed in a vlog format, which had serious limitations as to what could be shown. Everything had to be framed in a way that made sense for the format, which meant action scenes and more were simply off limits. In addition the shoestring budget restricted what could be done, and much of the exposition had to happen via dialogue or the sassy closed captioning.
The movie, however, is a ‘traditional’ movie. It has embraced the freedoms without loosing a bit of the charm, sap, and camp that made the show so much fun.
## History Without Burden
Unlike movies like *The X-Files*, or even *Veronica Mars*, the team behind *The Carmilla Movie* has managed to craft a film that actually can stand alone. The most important aspects of the series are covered in a wrap up, and the other tidbits are fed as appropriate during the movie. By using their token white man, Kirsch, as sidekick-exposition, they were able to share the confusing in ways that don’t overwhelm and distract from the plot.
At the same time, the entire point of the movie is to embrace the history of the characters and bring new questions to light.
## An Open, Happy, Ending
While the movie ends with the particular adventure wrapped up, it leaves us with hope and a possibility for a sequel. It leaves us with questions about *how* did that one thing happen and *why* did that other thing happen? And who was that \[censored\] at the end? While some people may find the ending unsatisfying, I found it refreshing to have an open, happy, ending without all the answers. But I’m also a fan of *[Veronica Mars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veronica-mars/)* and I didn’t mind the cliffhanger ending of the original series.
## Watch the Movie
If you have the opportunity to and means to watch the movie, please do. You can buy it for $9.99 at or gift it to someone else to `#gayitforward`. We don’t often get to see a lesbian themed movie that has a happy ending, much less a supernatural themed one. But here, today, we have Carmilla.
Watch it.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Carmilla, The Carmilla Movie
---
### [LezWatch Retreat - 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/lezwatch-retreat-2017/)
**Published:** October 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Great LezWatch Retreat of 2017 is nearly over, and we've made a lot of headway into the future of the site.
**Content:**
Since Tracy and I live on opposite coasts, we do a lot of work in text, coming up with ideas, making notes in our to-do board, editing code, and developing in pieces. But I was recently in Philly for a conference, and it was the perfect opportunity to have an in-person sit down to go over everything on the site, determine our plans for the future, and if we were on the same page.
And maybe there was singing involved.
## Who We Are
One of the things that makes our site different is that Tracy and I are developers. We build the code we need to get the results we want. And what we *want* is a site that is the definitive, go-to resource for queer female characters on television, world wide. We also want to provide a way for people to find the positive LGBT+ female themed shows they want to watch. If you’re interested in sci-fi dramas, we should be able to help you find that.
## (Mostly) All Inclusive
The first step to reach that goal is, obviously, to add in the data. That’s going to be an ongoing process, as I recently found 80 or so web series we were missing, and I got a book that lists a lot of historical ones. But another important component to us was making sure we’re queer inclusive of not just lesbians or bisexual women. We’ve gone through all our content and done our best to make sure we’re always using inclusive terminology.
## Open Data
Another major aspect of our site is the fact that all our data is open. That is, if you wanted to download the stats, you can actually do that via our API. We spent a lot of time writing our code so that it could be done easily and automatically. When we add new data, our stats and APIs are updated immediately. Writing a paper or an article about queer females? We made this available for you.
All of the code we used to make this site is public, you can look at it on our [LezWatch Repository on GitHub](https://github.com/LezWatch/). And yes, you’re welcome to take anything you want. On Saturday, I talked at [WordCamp Philly](https://2017.philly.wordcamp.org) about the way we had our data drive the design of the code. Tracy Periscoped while I talked:
> Mika's WordCamp Philly Talk "Data-based sites or How Sara Lance Made Me Cry."
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 28, 2017](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/924370289156268033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Have Some Fun
It wasn’t all work and no play, though. Late Saturday night we had a jam session and I learned to play “Giant Woman” from [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/).
> Team LezWatch playing [\#GiantWoman](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GiantWoman?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#StevenUniverse](https://twitter.com/hashtag/StevenUniverse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@rebeccasugar](https://twitter.com/rebeccasugar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) -T [pic.twitter.com/uEnRqVy5se](https://t.co/uEnRqVy5se)
>
> — LezWatch.TV 📺 🏳️🌈 (@lezwatchtv) [October 29, 2017](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv/status/924456663792447490?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
It’s been a long time since I played and sang in public!
PS: We’re calling our band “Fred Universe” (Fred’s the cat in the middle)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fred-Universe-1.jpg)Fred Universe The LezWatchTV Steven Universe Cover Band
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Feminism, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Video
---
### [Carmilla: The Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/carmilla-movie/)
**Published:** October 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Love may have it's sacrifices, but a movie is a good reason.
**Content:**
You read that title correctly.
[Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/), the wacky fun YouTube sensation will be a movie. In theaters and everything, if everything goes well. Digital only if not.
According to Variety — [‘Carmilla’ Lesbian Vampire YouTube Series to Become Feature-Length Movie (EXCLUSIVE)](http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/carmilla-vampire-movie-1201880177/):
> The movie will be set five years after events of the current season 3 of “Carmilla,” which debuted in mid-September. In the film, Laura and Carmilla will have a brand-new mystery to solve. “It’s about the band getting back together, and them going on a fun, cool, sexy Scooby-Doo adventure,” said \[Jay\] Bennett.
Check out [the official movie site](http://carmillamovie.com) and cheer! You can preorder the movie through Vimeo’s VHX Service at [carmillamovie.vhx.tv](http://carmillamovie.vhx.tv/). If you just want the movie, it’s $9.99. If you want bloopers and commentary, it’ll be $14.99. If you want everything including extra content, it’s $20.99.
Also remember to watch Act 3 of the final season of *Carmilla*.
I guess they live.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Carmilla, Coming Soon, Movies, The Carmilla Movie
---
### [How We Got A Toaster](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/how-we-got-a-toaster/)
**Published:** October 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story behind the toaster logo.
**Content:**
The logo of this site is a rainbow toaster with two slices of bread. When you look at it in its smaller logo, it can be easily mistaken for a rollerskate or a funny little car. And that’s all perfectly logical, but it really is a toaster, and it’s all Ellen’s fault.
## One More And I Get That Toaster
Back in the 1990s there was a TV show called *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)*, staring Ellen DeGeneres. And one day, after Ellen herself came out as gay to the world, they aired the now-infamous “The Puppy Episode.”
The first half of the episode is a set up, where Ellen is meeting up with an old (male) friend, and they had some chemistry. But as Ellen quickly finds out, she doesn’t actually feel all that interested in him. She’s interested in his boss. Susan (played by Lara Dern).
A woman.
In the second half of the episode, Ellen is hanging out with Susan who, after hearing of Ellen’s disastrous ‘date’ with a male friend, admits that she thought Ellen was gay. Ellen, still claiming to be heterosexual at this time, says she’s not and becomes very flustered. She then accuses Susan of trying to ‘recruit’ her. Susan sarcastically complains she’ll have to tell National Headquarters that Ellen got away, and darn it, one more lesbian and she’d have been that toaster oven.
At the end of the episode, Susan brings Ellen to a coffee house where Melissa Etheridge ask her one question, “Are you gay?” When Ellen says she is, a very enthusiastic Etheridge has her sign papers and stamps pretty much everything, before handing Susan … a toaster oven.
## The Video
In case you’re a little bit visual, here’s the video:
My favorite part is how excited Melissa is at the end.
## So Why Not a Toaster Oven?
Because a toaster oven looks basically like a TV. When you add TV antennae to it, it’s worse. It was a box. But the toaster is close enough. And as we’ve added over 2000 queer female characters to this site, I’m sure we’ve got a toaster coming to us, one way or another.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Ellen, Historical
---
### [Scoring Shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/scoring-shows/)
**Published:** October 10, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Calculating the value of a queer show.
**Content:**
One of the goals Tracy and I have with this site is a way for people to know what shows are worth watching. While we have a simple ratings system and a thumbs up/down score, I kept thinking there had to be a way to *mathematically* dervice watchability.
I’m a bit of a geek.
But I think I’ve done it.
## The Calculations
Calculating that number required breaking down the data we’ve acquired into a demonstrably fair way. First I had to review the data we had on hand:
- Quality (1-5)
- Realness (1-5)
- Screentime (1-5)
Then I looked at the content we tracked that was not generally numerically bound:
- Tropes
- Cliches
- Death
- Thumbs (up/down/meh)
- Stars (gold/silver/bronze/none)
- Trigger Warning
- Do We Love It?
Some of this is subjective, but the combination overall balances itself out.
Then I gave points to the non-ratings:
- Thumbs
- Up +5
- Meh +0
- Down -5
- Star
- Gold +5
- Silver +3
- Bronze +1.5
- No Tropes +5
- Trigger Warning
- High -5
- Med -3
- Low -1
- Do We Love It? +5
The max score a show could get then is 35 points. The lowest would be -7 (3 for the q/r/s minus 5 for triggers and minus 5 for thumbs down). From that I generated a percentage.
Next I factored in character data. Death was ‘easy’ as I took the percentage of living characters and calculated the average. But I also calculated a percentage of characters without any clichés.
Add all three values together, divide by three, and you have a show score as a percentage.
## Examples
How does this actually work?
*Sense8* has a show score of 26.5 – perfect ratings, a thumbs up, *and* we love it, but only a bronze star – for a 74% raw show rating. It has a 80% survival ratio. In addition, one character has ‘no’ cliches which is a big ol’ .06%. Combined that gives the show a value of 54.13% (accounting for some rounding).
*The L Word* has a show score of 16 – low realness and quality hurt it. However it has a 96% survival rate, since only 2 of the 60+ characters are dead. That makes the overall value 54.68%
*Exes and Ohs* has a quite high show score of 24. It has a perfect survival score of 100% (no death!) which gave it the overall of 65.08%
*One Mississippi* had a higher score in season one, nearly 100%, but after getting a trope it dropped to 77.6%
## The Future
All this left me with a little bit of ‘wiggle’ room.
We use ‘stars’ to indicate the show’s status in a sort of ‘is this super gay’ way. Shows like *The L Word* are made by lesbians for lesbians. They get a gold star. Things like *Cucumber* are made by the queers in general for queers and is silver. Most everything else is just a generic TV show, but as I was doing the math here, I thought about the meaning of the stars.
This lead us to create a bronze star for shows made by queers but meant for everyone. This gave *Sense8* a bump. It brought up the interesting thought of if the straights made a show for queers, should that be a **negative**? Maybe. Right now the code for ‘bronze’ stars (made by queers for everyone) and ‘anti’ stars (made by straights for queers) are there, but we haven’t used anti yet. Hope we won’t.
What about how long a show has been on the air? Well that would give more points to soaps, who don’t really have great representation in the first place. Should we give a boost for the number of characters? Wouldn’t that give *The L Word* an unfair advantage when it’s really not that awesome of a show?
Also is a percentage the way to go? What if I just added everything up and left it at that?
Thankfully recalculating the scores is automatic when a show *or* character is updated.
## Can We Make It Better?
I’m sure I’ve forgotten some important calculations in all this. I’d love love to here where I could make this better. Please leave a comment and let me know.
And if you want to know what today’s currently highest rated show is? [You can sort shows by score](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_sort=high_score).
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Recommendations, Site News, Tropes
---
### [Twenty-One Days to Carmilla the Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/soon-carmilla-movie/)
**Published:** October 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Creampuffs! It's only a month until we get to see the Carmilla movie!
**Content:**
On October 27th, *The Carmilla Movie* will come to life and we will finally be able to watch it!
## Canadians? Rejoice!
Cineplex Events will air the movie on the big screen, but only in 30 cities in Canada. If you happen to live in America’s Hat, please visit [Cineplex’s page for *The Carmilla Movie*](https://www.cineplex.com/Movie/the-carmilla-movie) and pick up tickets. It’s a one-night-only event, October 26, 2017.
## Everyone Else, Get Online
For the rest of us, it’s off to VHX to buy the film (if you haven’t already, eh creampuffs?). Go to the [official Carmilla movie page](http://www.carmillamovie.com) to buy it. They have different bundles available, ranging from $9.99 to $20.99, and some extras.
By sheer luck, I’ll be at Tracy’s on a work trip, so we’ll be watching together (and probably live tweeting).
## Streaming Also Available
On October 27th, the movie will be available via [Fullscreen](https://www.fullscreen.com) for streaming at home. The stream will *not* be geoblocked! Fans around the world, rejoice! If you’re an AT&T customer, there’s a current offer to get a year of Fullscreen for free. I recommend you take advantage of it.
Until then, enjoy the official poster, taken by the amazing [Ashlea Wessel](http://www.ashleawessel.com):
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/tumblr_owy2cb3tET1tgwsqzo1_1280.jpg)
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Carmilla, Coming Soon, Movies, The Carmilla Movie
---
### [The Bold Type Gets a Two Season Pick Up](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/bold-type-gets-two-season-pick/)
**Published:** October 4, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Bold Type is renewed! It's renewed!
**Content:**
> Freeform announced today that breakout series *The Bold Type* has been picked up for two additional seasons, each consisting of 10 one-hour episodes. Amanda Lasher (*Togetherness, Gossip Girl*) joins the Universal Television series as executive producer/showrunner.
Whew. Thanks, Freeform, for the [official statement](http://freeform.go.com/shows/the-bold-type/news/the-bold-type-officially-renewed) on the matter.
If you’ve not yet watched [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/), please do. It’s quirky, it’s empowering women, and it has a [muslim lesbian](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/) who gets in trouble for shipping dildos, and the [straight girl who falls in love with her](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-edison/). The whole series is up on the Freeform app, or online. I caught up on my Roku setup, but you can watch on your iPad or whatever.
The show is entirely unabashed about everything, and while it has its faults, it’s a perfect summer enjoyment series. Frankly it’s my favourite Freeform series, ever since [*Chasing Life*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chasing-life/) was cancelled. Getting a show that has queer representation, handles immigration and deportation issues, bags on Trump, *and* addresses coming out in a way that reminds us how to be friends deserves your time.
And if you only want the super gay episodes, [you know we’ve got you covered](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/#episodes).
Check out *The Bold Type*. It’s better than watching [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/).
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** The Bold Type
---
### [Sense8 Season 2!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/sense8-season-2/)
**Published:** April 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We are all worth fighting for. Sense8 returns for Season 2 on May 5.
**Content:**
The whole reason I got Netflix was to watch this. I’ve since watched a lot more TV and a lot more queer TV.
*Sense8* is made by J.Michael Strazinski, of [*Babylon 5*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/babylon-5/) fame, and the [Wachowskis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wachowskis), known for *The Matrix* movies. The Wachowskis are both trans women, and one of the main characters of [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/), [Nomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi/), is a trans woman played by a trans woman. Everyone in the cluster is pansexual, but Noms identified as a lesbian beforehand.
The show is amazingly deep and complicated and respectful. The new season drops on May 5th, and will be a great binge weekend. So don’t call.
We are all worth fighting for.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Sense8, Video, Watch
---
### [September 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/september-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** October 2, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Fall has fell and we've turned over a new leaf. Okay, it was the same leaf. Just more colorful.
**Content:**
I nearly forgot this, but given what happened this month, I’m sure it’s understandable.
- 20 Shows Added
- 75 Characters Added
## New Month, New Season, New Theme
Oh me oh my oh gosh! We have a brand new theme. It’s slick, it’s fast, and it’s 100% ours. It was designed from the ground up to be exactly what we needed, and it does it all. Built to be visually stunning without detracting from the information, we’re that much closer to meeting our goal of being one of the best queer entertainment media sites out there. There will likely be *little* tweaks here and there, but welcome to the new world order.
## No New Dead Disturbs Me
I’m going to be honest here. It’s been 2 months since I’ve added any queer female deaths and I’m worried. We’re at 18 for the calendar year. Based on trend line projections, that’s all we *should* have had for 2017. There are three months left and network TV is picking up their new seasons, which makes me worry about a glut of incoming casual deaths.
## A Backlog Remains
While this month was a bit slow with new data, we still crossed the 2000 character mark and we’ll hit 700 shows in the next day or so. We have a lot of resources to trawl through, shows to watch and verify that Wikipedia was right, and YouTube clips to peruse to get those gifs. Part of why the last month was so slow was I had to tackle Welsh soap operas. Lucky for me I have friends who actually watch them.
## What Do You Think?
Do you like the theme? Think we should make changes? Found a show we missed? Please let us know!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Fall 2017 Preview - Daytime TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/fall-2017-preview-daytime-tv/)
**Published:** September 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Daytime drama disappointments.
**Content:**
I didn’t forget about this! Soaps are a taste I never acquired, and since they go on year-round it’s hard to peg a ‘season’ to any reasonable timeframe. With that in mind, good news for everyone. We have some lesbians again. I skimmed through the list of [soaps with LGBT characters](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_soap_operas_with_LGBT_characters), and it’s overwhelmingly male. Apparently gay (white) men are still more socially acceptable.
## Soapy Lesbians
My queer baiting lede aside, [*The Young and the Restless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-young-and-the-restless/) has finally succumbed to reality and brought in a young and restless lesbian. They had a suggestion that Katherine Chancellor was bisexual, way back in the day, but that was only hinted at. Not until 2017 did the show finally step up and gay it up. Their medically inclined friends over at *[General Hospital](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/general-hospital/)* have, meanwhile, been diagnosed with a severe case of cold feet. In 2016 they had a weird, kinda predatory, lesbian relationship with Kristina and her professor, Parker. Parker left to be with her wife, but she’s back now and sparks ‘may’ fly. But I doubt it. ## Not Much New Under the Sun
And yes, that’s it. That’s all we can tell you about American soaps for the 2017-18 season. I wish it could be more, but soaps aren’t known for being super progressive.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Fall TV, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless
---
### [Fall 2017 Preview - Cable TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/fall-2017-preview-cable-tv/)
**Published:** September 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** For those of us who haven't (yet) cut the cord.
**Content:**
Following our surprisingly disappointing reveal on how [there’s only *one* new Network TV show with a new queer female](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/fall-2017-preview-network-tv/), it’s time to look at cable.
## Different Pacing
The biggest difference between network and cable TV is that many cable networks don’t bother with ‘seasons’ in the same way. That means you get a lot of shows, like [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) or [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/), who have already finished their seasons (or summer seasons if you’re a Freeform show). What does this mean? There are basically fewer shows to be looking at. ## Summer Seasons Concluded
Looking back over the summer of 2017, we had some big moves. [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) concluded its bewildering seasons with some questions answered, others not, and a happy, alive, queer ending for Cosima and Delphine. I’d like to know where Shay wandered off to, but I’m not going to fuss too much. On the not-yet-over front, [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) didn’t kill their lesbians either! They came close with Nicole, but of course Waverly risked the entire universe to save her girl. Awwww yeaaaah. There are also some lead ups to next season, hinting at more of a backstory for Nicole. Over on Freeform, [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) continues with ramping up the stupid kids and parents who aren’t even in love anymore drama. Callie, of course, caused more damage to the family, New Jesus’s girlfriend made out with his sister (to help Mariana cover for her lack of a boyfriend), which earned them a queer baiting badge. And no, that was not a **good** thing. On their other pro-gay show, [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type), I am happy to say that while they did get a bit heavy with their finale, they also gave us a too-sweet coming out story with a Muslim lesbian at the center. If you didn’t watch it, please go back because Kat and Adena’s love story was given as much parity with everyone else. Also I may have a crush on their boss, Jaqueline. ## Returning Ladies
Thankfully there’s more to look forward to for 2017-18. If you don’t have extended cable, you may not have Starz, which means you may not have ever seen [*Survivor’s Remorse*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/survivors-remorse/). It’s billed as a comedy, which I highly disagree with. At best, it’s a dramady, with some incredibly deep topics. The new season started in August and M-Chuck (our lesbian) has some seriously dark stuff to cope with, so you have some catching up to do. The depressing [*The Walking Dead*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/) is still shambling along on AMC, and Tara’s alive. She’s the only surviving lesbian though. Over on Comedy Central, *Broad City* is finally back (yay!) and offers new guestbians. ## Old Show, New Queers
[*Top of the Lake*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/top-of-the-lake/) gets a second season, which is only weird because season one aired in 2013. This season is a new case, and it involves a mom who happens to be a lesbian. The anthology series *American Horror Story* brings us “Cult” which is about a Michigan lesbian who does not handle Trump as President very well. I think it’s a bit too soon for that one. [*Curb Your Enthusiasm*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curb-your-enthusiasm/) and [*Shameless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/) are both bringing in new lesbian characters, and [*Doctor Who*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/) will be back around Christmas to give us the new Doctor. Yes, a woman. Finally. Still not a ginger, though. If you want a ginger, go over to [*The Librarians*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-librarians/), where sexually fluid Cassandra is still happily alive and brilliant. ## New Shows?
Yeah. About that. Are there any new cable TV shows with queer females? 2017 is a serious regression year in a lot of ways, and not just the horribly soul sucking and daunting way that weather, politics, and anti-humanitarian ways have been. The majority of TV shows are staring dudes. And not just dudes, white dudes.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Fall TV, Survivor's Remorse, The Walking Dead
---
### [Carmilla Movie Trailer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/carmilla-movie-trailer/)
**Published:** September 10, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Carmilla The Movie, coming October 26, 2017.
**Content:**
You’ve probably already seen the trailer, but just in case, here’s the trailer for the [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) movie:
Now. We *didn’t* cover the [*Veronica Mars*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veronica-mars/) movie because that was released in Theaters. But this movie is a ‘made for Internet movie’ being released as Video on Demand. Which is basically the same as ‘direct to video’ which means it’s fair game for internet TV!
Hot diggity. Halloween, here we come.
Oh and that’s totally Dominique Provost-Chalkley from [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) as a kinda-creepy femme fatale.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Carmilla
---
### [Fall 2017 Preview - Network TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/fall-2017-preview-network-tv/)
**Published:** September 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming soon, some subjectively new TV on your bunny ears.
**Content:**
The new TV season is upon us and it’s time to take a look at the expected queer females of note.
Weirdly, the biggest ‘new’ things are old things back to haunt us. And no, I’m not talking about *The L Word*, friends.
## Old Show, New Season
Notoriously behind the times, the biggest comebacks this year are the bizarre and behwildering new seasons of [*Will & Grace*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/) and [*Rosanne*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rosanne/). Both are actually filming right now (and yes, you can catch a [live taping](https://www.tvtickets.com)), and both had a really weird track record with the gay. Karen suffered from bi-erasure to the point that I don’t think the cast even remembers she was bi. Rosanne the character said her show’s last season was from a book she wrote, making her mother gay when it was really Jackie. I have no idea what that means for the new season.
Also having another season is *[The X-Files](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-x-files/)*, which was so note-worn and bad, I stopped watching it about 4 episodes in. I loved the original, but the lack of continuity and characterization that made it hard to stomach in the 90s is now impossible. Worst of all, there are no female writers this year. Hard pass.
## Current Show, New Season
The CW continues to be network TV’s home for family friendly queers. From [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) to [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/), their superhero dramas are still running around, saving the planet daily. That said … Half of our beloved Sanvers has been dropped to ‘recurring’ status, and DC comics has a weird ‘no one can be happy!’ concept for their heroes that has me nervous. Their unrelated-but-also-comic-book-related show, *[Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)*, is [bringing in a biseuxal,](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/riverdales-bisexual-toni-topaz-yea-nay/) and has been hinting that Cheryl Blossom may have a sapphic adventure. In *[Jane the Virgin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jane-the-virgin/)*, the un-dead lesbian is still running around and don’t ask me to explain a telenovela.
Meanwhile, I’m giving a side eye to *[American Housewife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-housewife/)* over on ABC, for their lesbian character who may as well be a lamp. She’s not *bad* but it’s just perfectly mediocre representation. That said, I’m not sure she’d be any different if she was a heterosexual character, so there’s that. And at least they have *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*, though Arizona’s girlfriend just got punted from the show. Maybe she’s in the parking lot with Erica Haan? *[How to Get Away With Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)* is still getting away with not killing their main character, who happens to be bisexual. That said, the show is perilously close to torture porn… Over in their queerbaity *[Once Upon a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/)*, they’re promising new queers in the reboot. I’ll believe it when I see it.
FOX is back with *[Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star/)* and *[Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)*, both of which are … Well. *Star*‘s okay when it comes to queer representation, but the less said about *Empire* and the evil bisexual trope, the better. Speaking of not-talking-about-it-shows I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that *[Gotham](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/)* is not only still on the air, but it still has some queer females. And dead Barbara may not actually be dead. That’s nice, but I’m still not watching until Montoya’s back.
## New Shows!
Oh thank god! New shows!
Wait, what do you mean new show: singular?
Seriously? Out of the 80 or so new shows that’s it?
Apparently we get [*Life Sentence*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-sentence/) on the CW and the main character’s mom is making out with a woman and … did I miss anything? Nope? Okay then! One new show on network TV with queer females, and it’s a mid-season replacement.
However! *Ten Days in the Valley* will be on ABC and Tracy’s fav [Ali Liebert](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/ali-liebert-everything-right-world/) is in it. And she don’t play straight. So maybe they’re just being super quiet about it?
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Fall TV, Life Sentence, New Season, Rosanne, Will and Grace
---
### [August 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/august-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** September 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Summer is over and that means killing season starts soon!
**Content:**
Where to begin with August? Okay, let’s start with the usual!
- 100 new characters
- 29 new shows
- 0 new deaths
Now, on to the weird, wild and wacky!
## The Tweet Heard Round the World
On August 1st, as I was getting ready for an adventure, the official [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) account tweeted:
> Did you know that [@lezwatchtv](https://twitter.com/lezwatchtv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) is a database of queer women characters on television? Very cool!
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [August 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/892475051206955013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Cue a 600% jump in traffic to the site and Tracy and I loosing our hats over the awesome response we got from everyone! And especially the people who immediately shot me corrections and updates and notes and questions.
I’ve called the traffic uptick the “Peacemaker Effect.”
## On The Set – For Real
About two hours after that, my wife and I headed up to Studio City again for another two tapings of [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/). Yes, this is number two. But this one was special! This time [we got to meet and chat with Isabella Gomez and see some of the set](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-taping-take-two/). We went again to the set again three weeks later and got to hang out a little with people after that. And yes, Isabella remembered us.
## TV News
- Disney’s [*Doc McStuffins*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doc-mcstuffins/) had a [two-mommy family](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/disneys-step-forward-doc-mcstuffins/)
- The cast of *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* was [rather problematic](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/supergirl-try-less-problematic/)
- The *[Xena](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/)* reboot was [killed](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/bury-gay-xena-reboot/)
- While [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) is really bad, we [don’t rant about it much](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/dont-rant-fosters)
## New Site Features
This is the boring part of the post, I know. We moved to a new server, and so far things are slightly faster. Which is what you want out of a new server. I took the time to clean up the deployment system for new code, which is now 100% open source, licensed, and documented. That’s a big deal to us because *just* as important as the data itself is the idea that someone else could take what we’ve done and reproduce it. Anyone wanna make `themalegayze.com` ?
I also slipped in a new section on posts and show pages. If a show is tagged in a post, it’ll automatically add links at the end of the post. That way, you’ll be able to find what shows we’re talking about. The reverse is also true. If you visit a show page and we have posts about it, the last 5 will be listed for you to read.
## What’s Next?
TV season in the US is about to start, and there will be more gay out there. I’m sure that also means there will be more death. Hopefully the only record we set next month is 2000 characters and not 300 dead.
Also the season finale of *One Day at a Time* tapes on September 12, and if all goes well, I’ll be able to watch it filmed. Wish me luck!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Why We Don't Rant About The Fosters](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/dont-rant-fosters/)
**Published:** August 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The tl;dr here is that we just don't like it enough to give a proper rant about it.
**Content:**
I rant a lot about *Supergirl* and it’s problems, and Tracy pointed out that we sure don’t rant about *The Fosters* … and boy does it have issues.
## Why Mika Doesn’t Rant About the Fosters
I don’t like it.
This is hard to say, but I don’t. I should, as it’s basically the only show on TV with lesbian leads, but it’s hard to muster up a good rant about a show that’s so pathetic.
It wasn’t aways like this. In the first two seasons, it was actually pretty fun and cute and the family was interesting. And yes, it was all about Callie and the family settling in to her with them, and then the precious Judicorn. I naively assumed that once everyone’s character was established, we’d have a bit more balance with the moms and the kids and wouldn’t it be nice to have a show with a happily married lesbian couple?
### Drama, Drama, Drama
The problem is that the show fell right into that trap where ‘drama’ means ‘everything happens all the time!’ Callie gets into more trouble than anyone on *Degrassi* and makes worse decisions than anyone on a Fox or CW show. I get that drama keeps people interested, but it’s possible to have a drama and tension with a married couple.
Instead we have a married couple who don’t actually seem to like each other. Ever since the baby (which died, so yay, that’s fun) and the new Jesus, or maybe since Stef got shot, they’ve just been not happy together. In fact, they’ve been miserable.
### The Actors Love Each Other
This is what makes it weird, though. The *actors* have so much damn chemistry and attraction for each other that they could tell a beautiful love story. They could have had this be about a family who has to deal with outside sources of drama, like Callie’s father suing them for custody and actually make it be because they’re gay. Actually address that elephant in the room, hello. But in the end because they’re family, they keep in going.
But as characters? Stef and Lena fight *all the time*. They don’t seem to love each other at all, they pick on each other and always doubt each other’s love for them. And then the drama is all about the straight kids, which is, y’know, okay, they *do* outnumber everyone, but …
### It’s Just Not Fun
For all I want to like *The Fosters*, it’s just not a fun show. I’m basically hate-watching it at this point. I put off watching it on nights there’s baseball, and then pour a glass and grumble “The things I do for this site…” and press play on the DVR.
It’s not fun to watch, I don’t enjoy it at all, and I don’t rant about it because I simply cannot muster the energy to explain to anyone *why* it sucks so much. But it does.
## Why Tracy Doesn’t Rant About The Fosters
My turn.
As a community, we are hard on Supergirl. This site included. However, I don’t share the same emotional investment in Supergirl as many others do. For me it’s a fun show with superheros, aliens and the best queer story in TV history. I am a HUGE Sanvers fan and that’s what keeps me watching. The Mon-El stuff, the erosion of some of the feminist principles and the stupid shit Jeremy Jordan pulled at SDCC definitely annoys me. I roll my eyes and my wife and I yell at the TV, but that’s where it ends.
What I don’t understand is why we, as a community, aren’t as hard on The Fosters? I’m a lesbian mom, so maybe this one hits closer to home. But The Fosters riles me up way more than Supergirl ever has.
### Two Praises
There are some good things about The Fosters. It exists, there aren’t any other shows with queer mom leads. The show has Queer writers and creators. It is very inclusive and the work it has done to incorporate trans characters organically into the show is great. Also, I loved Jude’s coming out story.
### …and a Push
My biggest complaint is Stef and Lena just don’t like each other. They are 2-dimensional parent characters with almost zero passion for each other. They had a Craftmatic Adjustable Bed at the beginning of the series for New Jesus’ sake! I know that turned into a joke and they got a new bed, but why has the show done this to these characters? The actors have ridiculous levels of chemistry off screen, why do they kill that on screen?
My wife and I have 1 kid and not, what are we up to now — 5 plus Brendan’s ex’s kid in the shed? I know having so many kids would be a challenge, but my wife and I are able to parent and like each other at the same time. We are still kind to each other. Stef and Lena barely even hug, ever.
Why would this show with queer writers strip away the main queer characters’ sexuality and make them co-parents who barely show affection for each other?
Next is the ridiculous levels of tragedy porn the show throws at us every week. Every kid has multiple bad decision plots going on at once and it’s just not enjoyable to watch. I know the show would be boring if it was the literal Gaydy Bunch, but that doesn’t mean the drama needs to be turned up to 11 every episode.
The Fosters is a show my wife and I watch out of obligation. We feel a sense of lesbian mom duty to watch it, but we yell at the TV way more than we do when we’re watching Suprgirl. The only character I identify with is the sad blue sponge. It has to sit and watch the shit show that goes down in that house every week.
## Why We Don’t Rant About The Fosters
We rant about shows and things we *like* when they happen to be problematic or difficult to enjoy.
It’s hard to rant about this show because it’s just plain bad.
And that really should be a rant enough.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** The Fosters
---
### [Bury Your Gay Xena (Reboot)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/bury-gay-xena-reboot/)
**Published:** August 23, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The totally gay reboot of Xena is DOA.
**Content:**
Part of the massive fallout from [Lexa’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) death on [*The 100*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/) was writer Javier Grillo-Marxuach (also known for *Lost*) told everyone he was working on a reboot of [*Xena: Warrior Princess*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/). And best of all? He wanted it to be **GAY**.
In 2016 Grillo-Marxuach [told THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/xena-writer-opens-up-reboots-875759):
> There is no reason to bring back ‘Xena’ if it is not there for the purpose of fully exploring a relationship that could only be shown subtextually \[in the 1990s\].
We all clapped our hands and cheered! Here was a writer who was openly unhappy with the treatment of queers on television and who wanted to give us more.
## It Was Too Soon To Cheer
We counted our chickens before they were lain. In April 2017, Grillo-Marxuach announced he’d left the reboot back in February or so!
https://twitter.com/OKBJGM/status/848367884132687877
It wasn’t until this month that we got real news as to how dead the show was. NBC Entertainment president Jennifer Salke [told THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/xena-warrior-princess-reboot-dead-at-nbc-1031380) that said the proposed revival in its most recent form is dead.
> Nothing is happening on that right now. We looked at some material; we decided at that point that it didn’t warrant the reboot. I’d never say never on that one because it’s such a beloved title, but the current incarnation of it is dead.
## This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
I suppose it was too much to ask to get a totally gay reboot, and NBC certainly isn’t saying that’s why it was thumbs-downed. But. In a way I’m glad. Grillo-Marxuach was a champion of diversity and once he was gone, my heart worried that we’d actually get a super-gay Xena. And he’s very right. If we’re not getting a gay Xena, there’s really little point in rebooting the campy masterpiece.
And, as [the AV Club pointed out](http://www.avclub.com/article/nbcs-openly-gay-xena-reboot-dead-259739?utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing):
> Based on some comments from back when he left the project, it sounds like Grillo-Marxuach was concerned that NBC didn’t want to emphasize the romance angle as much as he did.
Would I rather have no reboot than a straight reboot?
Yeah, I really would.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Xena Warrior Princess
---
### [The Mediocrity of Marvel on Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/mediocrity-marvel-netflix/)
**Published:** August 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Given the opportunity to change the narratives, Marvel's The Defenders falls back to the boring tropes and storylines. Thankfully there's Jessica Jones.
**Content:**
Lets’ get this one out of the way before we get too deep, *Luke Cage* and *Jessica Jones* are the two best Marvel shows on Netflix. The rest are … eh.
The reason we watch them however is because of one [Jeri Hogarth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jeri-hogarth/). A lawyer, a not particularly great person, and yet she exists in all the shows, in some way, shape, or form.
## [Daredevil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daredevil/)
Marvel’s experiment on Netflix began with the story of Matt Murdoch, the Daredevil. A lower class white guy who gains heightened senses and skills when blinded. The problem with Matt is that he’s not a good guy. My wife, who is neither a comic book fan nor a superhero one, looked at him and announced he looked like a serial killer. In many ways, Matt is. He’s *not* a nice person. He uses his friends and abuses their friendships in order to achieve his goals.
While his goal, protecting Hells Kitchen, is laudable, he does this at the cost of his humanity and his support structure. His ‘mission’ is more important than the people within, and this is played out time and again in his show. In an effort to make him more appealing, they saddled him with White Catholic Guilt ™. But all that does is make him look like every other white-guy hero.
Matt does bad things for the cause of good and feels guilty about it. Shucky darn.
## [Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)
Next we have the turbulant and complex Jessica Jones. Oh. Jessica. Unlike Matt, she doesn’t have a disguise or a code name. She’s a broken woman due to the abuse of Kilgrave, who used mind control to make her his girlfriend. Yes, it’s exactly what you’re thinking. It’s exactly as horrific as you’re thinking.
Unlike pretty much every other superhero in the Marvel universes, Jessica is actually burdened by her superpowers. After all, she has super strength (and technically flying, but she’s no good at it), and she *still* couldn’t protect herself from one man who raped her. It’s an all too real moment that resonates with many people. And in opposition to hero like Spider-Man or Iron Man or the Hulk (or even DC’s Batman), not only can’t she live a normal life because of her powers, but she is fully aware of what she lost.
Jessica Jones drinks, she hides herself in a dark corner of a bar, deep in the bottle, because she knows she can’t protect people. Not even with all her strength. And she’s terrified of letting people in because they’ll hurt her more, and she them, so she drinks alone. She drinks and drinks and drinks and hopes she’ll forget *why* she’s so alone.
## Luke Cage
The only one of the shows without a lesbian (that we know of), Luke Cage is a hero for hire. Born and raised in Harlem, with all that means, Luke grew up in the heart of systemic racism. The series doesn’t shy away from the hard story either. It takes racism and the broken system and the injustice of the world and it punches it. Hard.
There are many things to love about the show, but my favorite was that there was no white savior. The story is told by the people who live in Harlem, the blacks and the latinx, and the mixed races. It’s the way the story should be told.
I should note, Luke Cage *is* queer inclusive, just not lezwatch levels of it. Jeri is around, but she’s only mentioned and doesn’t appear on screen.
## [Iron Fist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/iron-fist/)
Aaaaugh. Ugh. Ugh. Why?
Okay look. Danny Rand is the Immortal Iron Fist, a rich white boy who’s plane crashed in the mountains. Raised by monks, he learned to master his chi and became superpowered. Yay. The original character was conceived of in 1974, and sadly in 2016 he wasn’t reinvented like so many other things. Instead, they just left him as he was, and a story that was a bit paseé in the ’70s is incredibly old and moldy and bad in the 2010s.
The story of Danny Rand isn’t interesting. He’s rich, he’s white, he owns a business, and yet he takes his fight to the street. Iron Fist is an orientalist-white-man-yellow-fever narrative. Danny’s the poster child for white privilege and, much to everyone’s dismay, the show runners doubled down on the stupid. The lead actor quite twitter over the backlash and the producer complained he was just being ‘true’ to the source material.
Notice how I’m not talking about the show? I actually am. It sucked. It was boring, predictable, and racist.
## [The Defenders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-defenders/)
The whole reason I bothered to watch *Iron Fist* was for this show. The combo of the previous four. And you know what? It really sucks that the plot is so heavily reliant on the flawed myth of K’un-Lun. While in the comics, Iron Fist and Luke Cage teamed up, the same event here falls flat. Danny’s world isn’t enough to retain interest.
If it wasn’t for Sigourney Weaver as the bad guy and Jessica Jones as the erstwhile angry woman make it worthwhile. Luke Cage is great for calling Danny out on his white privilege (and it actually seems to stick) but at the same time why does the black man have to tackle the obvious task of teaching empathy to a Buddhist monk?
Sadly, *The Defenders* is missing the mark somewhere and feels like it’s a prelude. It’s a mini-series, and I’m not sure if it’s supposed to have a second season. As it stands, it’s reminding me that I don’t need to watch *Iron Fist* or *Daredevil* again.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** Daredevil, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Review, The Defenders
---
### [Could Supergirl Try Being Less Problematic?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/supergirl-try-less-problematic/)
**Published:** August 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Could they maybe try not to be in the news so much? That would be great.
**Content:**
Oh, *Supergirl*.
I want to love you. Your LGBT characters have been underused, your show has slowly been defeminized, and you sidelined Jimmy— James Olsen’s romance with Kara for a slave owning frat boy. But we could forgive all that. Really.
Then came Comic Con.
## Don’t Piss Off Shippers
SuperCorp is the ship of Lena Luthor and Supergirl. Mostly it’s due to Katie McGrath having chemistry with everyone, and we know it will never happen, but… Ships drive fans. When fans have a pairing, they get obsessive, and they love what they are going to love.
Now for some reason, Jeremy Jordan (Winn) sang a song about Kara’s new friend, Lena, and then went out of his way to sing/shout “They’re only friends! They’re only friends! They’re not gonna get together! They’re only friends.”
## Lets Go To Tape
Here’s the video:
It’s worth noting not everyone went along with the ‘joke.’ Katie McGrath looked incredible uncomfortable and in the full interview was clearly pro-shippers:
> The great thing about what we do is, like any art, anybody can read into it what they want and take from it, so you can see anything and take from it what you like. And that’s what’s great about this show. There are so many different ways to see everything. And if that’s what you see in it, you know, take it away. It’s art
## Why Are Queers The Joke?
Thats the question we all walked away with. And as [Dana Piccoli](http://danapiccoli.com) pointed out on Twitter…
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/889177981100466178
And at a certain point, we stand up and say “**ENOUGH**!”
Following the death of Lexa, we’ve been a lot more extra about this. So yes, *Supergirl* was going to get hell about this. It didn’t help that Jeremy Jordan’s first apology was tantamount to “[You all misunderstood me](https://www.instagram.com/p/BW34Yg_l-mP/)!” His follow up was along the lines of “[I don’t get why this was a thing, but it’s a thing. My bad.](https://www.instagram.com/p/BW3_Q3jFMOO/)”
## Now What?
I don’t know.
I feel like the little girl who threw away her Supergirl outfit during the Red Kryptonite episode. I’m constantly disappointed by the show, the writing, and the cast. At this point, I’m only watching for Chyler Leigh (Alex) and normally I’d be super worried about that, since Floriana Lima (Maggie) is a recurring character, but [Ausiello promises we’re okay](http://tvline.com/2017/08/02/elementary-season-6-natalie-dormer-moriarty-returns-spoilers/):
> **Question: Still worried about Alex and Maggie on *Supergirl*. Since Floriana Lima isn’t going to be on the show full-time, should I just assume Maggie turns down Alex’s proposal? —Cait
> Ausiello:** Have faith, Cait! My latest intel suggests that Alex and Maggie’s romance is far from over, even if Lima will only recur in the CW drama’s third season. In other *Supergirl* casting news, J’onn will have his hands full in the beginning of Season 3 when an aggressive White Martian named Da’rack comes to Earth on a particularly delicate mission — which, we assume, will not be handled delicately.
I’ll take that with a grain of salt. For now, though I’d just like them to stop stuffing it all up.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Supergirl
---
### [July 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/july-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** August 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another month in the books, and we're still kicking ass.
**Content:**
What a month. First, what’s new:
- 86 characters added
- 27 shows added
## The News
In July, we got *[Degrassi: Next Class](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/)*, the noise of an [*L Word*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/) sequel, the new [Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteenth-doctor/) is a woman, and the *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* renewal.
Whew. That’s a lot, isn’t it?
The Doctor being a woman meant we had to add her to the site, since she’s married to [River Song](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/river-song/) and already known to be queer. Of course, it brought up the age old question of ‘what is death?’ since technically the Doctor regenerates when they die… So are they ever really dead or not?
I got to talk about the site at the inaugural WordCamp DC, discussing how the site was built, why we used WordPress to power it and more. It’s nice to get to talk about passions and advocacy and how you make it all happen.
### Sad News
I was supposed to go to a taping of *[One Day At A Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)* last month, but that didn’t happen due to overbooking. Basically too many people had tickets to shows, and we got bumped. If all works out, I’ll get to go in August, so fingers crossed!
## Site News
Tracy and I spent some time in DC (where we were for work) going over our to-do lists for the site, and now we have a Trello board where we keep track of everything. It’s like we’re adults or something. Tracy’s taken charge of working on a new theme, but as that goes on, I’m streamlining the code to try to make it run faster no matter *what* theme we pick.
This also came with the enhancement of our Trigger Warnings. Instead of a binary on/off, there are now levels:
- WARNING! This show contains scenes of explicit violence, drug use, suicide, sex, and/or abuse.
- CAUTION! This show regularly discusses and sometimes depicts “strong content” like violence and abuse.
- NOTICE! While generally acceptable for the over 14 crowd, this show may hit some sensitive topics now and then.
We’ll have to go back through all the shows to flag them properly (and the Degrassi franchise may be getting a notice…) but the goal here is to make sure we warn people before they read details. While our show pages may be free of such topics in our reviews, people should know what they’re getting into.
Traffic on the site is consistently up, which I hope means you’re enjoying the content and the blog posts!
## Ads No More
You may have noticed the Google ads vanished. This happened after a complaint (by Google) about the content of [*How To Not*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-not/). There is some question as to if this complaint is about the content or the image, but my bet is on the image. Since there isn’t a safe way to know if the rest of the site content is ‘acceptable,’ we pulled all of them.
Currently all ‘ads’ are affiliate links, and we’re checking out possible alternatives. If you know of an LGBT friendly ad service that would be copacetic with our content, please let us know. Leave a comment or email me at `mika [at] lezwatchtv.com`
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Riverdale's Bisexual Toni Topaz - Yea or Nay?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/riverdales-bisexual-toni-topaz-yea-nay/)
**Published:** July 31, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Riverdale is going to have a bisexual, and I'm pretty skeptical about the whole thing.
**Content:**
After earning the “[queerbaiting](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbaiting/)” flag, [*Riverdale*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/) is going for the gold with a new character, Toni Topaz.
A bisexual member of the Southside Serpents.
## The Southside Whats?
Okay, lets have some history, folks. The Southside Serpents are the ‘bad guys’ in the Archie-verse. In the comics they’re a stereotypical fifties biker gang, often with hearts of gold. In the *Riverdale* series, however, they’re actually pretty lawless and are led by Jughead’s dad (he’s an accountant in the comics – nice role shift).
Basically they’re the bad guys here too, and in the season finale, Jughead accepted his role as one of their own, much to the consternation of his girlfriend, Betty.
## Who’s Toni?
In the comics, she’s a pink haired Latinx “disruptor” who has a huge appetite. According to executive producer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, on the show, she’ll be “a member of the Southside Serpents and she’s going to be a friend and confidant to Jughead Jones.”
And while in the comics, her bisexuality is heavily implied, Aguirre-Sacasa said that “is something that we’re going to explore.”
## Why Is Bi Bad?
It’s not! It’s that *Riverdale* isn’t exactly a show one looks to with pie eyed adoration for it’s LGBT characterizations. I mentioned queerbaiting, because they had a fake kiss between Veronica and Betty already. But even more important is the erasure of Jughead’s asexuality.
Okay, okay, Juggie is only ace in one of the Archie timelines, but it’s an important representation that’s been missing for a long time. And I was looking forward to seeing it on TV.
## Maybe They Won’t Mess It Up?
Yeah. No. *Riverdale* has already sidelined all their PoCs or made their stories secondary to white people (see Josie and the Pussycats as the backup band to Archie), queerbaited, and *now* they’re giving us a homewreaking biseuxal!
Did I forget to mention that?
> Bughead \[Betty + Jughead\] is pretty strong, and pretty undeniable, and pretty epic, but you know even the most epic of romances has trouble — and trouble often comes as a third party. So yes, it is conceivable that Toni will potentially test the limits of Bughead.
Awesome, I know.
## So That’s a Nay?
You bet it’s a nay. I want to be super excited about more representation on TV, more queers, and more people of color. But *Riverdale* has the setup for a damn train wreck. They may be able to pull this out of the ashes, but the nail in the coffin is that this show is on the [CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cw/).
Don’t hold your breath, kids.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Casting, Queerbaiting, Riverdale, Tropes
---
### ['Wynonna Earp' Gets a Third Season!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/wynonna-earp-gets-third-season/)
**Published:** July 22, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season Three! Season Three! We get season three!
**Content:**
Just like last year, San Diego Comic-Con is the place to be when *Wynonna Earp* is renewed! This time the announcement was made during the show’s panel and [it’s totally absolutely true](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/wynonna-earp-season-three-syfy-emily-andras-melanie-scrofano-1202503203/).
> We're coming back for Season 3, people! [\#RenewWynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RenewWynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#SDCC](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SDCC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/SwZgp0QVuS](https://t.co/SwZgp0QVuS)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [July 22, 2017](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/888886387587641345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
After we’re all done cheering and screaming, let’s take a moment to thank SyFy for letting us have a show with …
1. Strong female leads
2. A lesbian with a bullet proof vest
3. A coming out story
4. A crazy chick with a gun
5. A crazy chick with a bun (in the oven)
Seriously, it doesn’t happen enough.
## Bonus Funny
If you read the [official SyFy review from Friday](http://www.syfy.com/wynonnaearp/blog/how-hot-was-wayhaught-season-2-episode-7), you may have noticed this at the bottom:
> VERDICT: noRmally in our “vErdict” sectioN wE have an image that sums up hoW hot was the WaYhaughtNess with an absOlutely Noice n’ NAsty thermometer graphic. we decided to foRgo thIs imaGe, in favor of bringing you tHis very imporTaNt message. we lOve you Wynonna!
All those funny capitals spell out “RENEW WYNONNA RIGHT NOW”
That was the day before the announcement.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
---
### [Be Bold, Be Brave, Be Supportive](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/bold-brave-supportive/)
**Published:** July 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** You should be watching The Bold Type.
**Content:**
[Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/freeform/) may have secretly made it their job to create tv that Pat Robertson would hate.
Formerly [ABC Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc-family/), Freeform was created in 2016 and seems to be poised to make as many TV shows as possible that make the 700 Club (who owned it back when it was CBN and still gets aired late at night on Freeform) uncomfortable. They have some of the gayest shows out there, like the horrendously bad [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) (seriously, the parents don’t even like each other) and the weirdly quirky [*Stitchers*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stitchers/) and it’s lesbian pathologist.
Their latest offering is [*The Bold Type*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bold-type/). And you know what? It’s good!
## Women In Media
The basic plot is three women on their way up at a Cosmo/Vogue-esque magazine, with an online component. The byline, in its blindingly boring way, is as follows:
> Putting together a magazine is not an easy task, requiring a lot of teamwork to finish the job and get the publication on newsstand shelves. That’s why the staffers responsible for producing global women’s magazine Scarlet lean on one another as they try to find their own voices. While working together to publish each issue of the periodical, they struggle to find their identities, manage friendships and find love. The drama series is inspired by the life of longtime magazine editor and executive Joanna Coles, who serves as an executive producer.
Got that? Good. The show is way better than it sounds.
## Bechdel Test? Passed it!
The Bechdel test asks whether a work of fiction features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man.
Well this show passed it in the first scenes. The three young main characters are women in the early stages of their careers. They are young, bold, and struggling. Jane wants to be a serious writer, not just a personal essayist. Sutton wants to be more than a secretary, but she’s also banging a manager. Kat is the social media director who sees stories others don’t.
Of course they are BFFs and of course they support each other.
## Real Women Help Each Other
Did I say “of course”?
I know, that’s not normal for television, is it? TV women bicker over who gets the boy and backstab each other for jobs. This show does none of that. Not even the *Devil Wears Prada*-esque boss is evil. She’s supportive and encouraging of Jane. Kat’s boss is similarly helpful when Kat goes on a tirade. Sutton too.
The point here is that they do help each other.
## And It’s Queer
The first episode involved two plots of queer interest. First is Kat, who finds social interest in a story about an artist. When her bosses kibosh a story on a Muslim lesbian artist named [Adena El-Amin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adena-el-amin/), Kat pushes back and says the story will “click well.” In the end, Kat manages to save the story, it totally does perform well, and then something happens…
Kat starts to kind of click with Adena in a way she hasn’t before. Claiming to be straight, Kat finds herself a little confused about her feelings. Just when she decides to take a chance on this, she sees Adena kissing another woman.
Through her whole journey, though, her besties are supportive. No one says ewwwww or anything. Of course, no one mentions she doesn’t have to be a lesbian, that she could be bisexual, but still. They’re her proper friends.
## No Shame In Sex
That isn’t the only story, though. In the second episode, Jane has to write a story about sex and orgasms. Which she’s never had. Orgasms. Kat takes her to a sex therapist who suggests Jane figure out her ‘kinks’ by watching porn, and try a yoni egg.
Yes. The egg you shove up your vagina. It gets stuck. But before that, Jane, Kat, and Sutton talk about fantasies and how different women get turned on in different ways. Some like books, some like visual porn, and some like dirty talk. And some, like Jane, don’t know what they like.
But yes. Jane tries the egg, it get stuck, and it’s Kat to the rescue.
## The Women Aren’t The Joke
While the situation is funny, the joke isn’t the women. You laugh but not at them. You laugh with the absurdity of Kat packing up dildos for Adena to sneak back into her country. You chuckle over the awkward question Jane poses to her gynecologist about never having an orgasm.
But the women aren’t the joke. They’re bold. And they’re worth watching.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Bold Type
---
### [The Good Binge](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/the-good-binge/)
**Published:** June 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What I learned by binging The Good Wife.
**Content:**
I have one and only one reason for not watching [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/), and it’s simply that I’m not a Julianna Margulies fan. I’ve never really liked her. I didn’t in [*ER*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/er/) and I don’t now. She’s not the sort of actor I like. And given the rumors of her feud with Archie Panjabi, I like her less.
When I finally sat down to watch the series, I came in with a mild annoyance of the star and a desire to see a decent show about the law.
## Pilot
Tracy is belligerent. For years, since 2014 actually, she’s been trying to get me to watch the show. I remember hanging out in my hotel room in San Francisco, chatting about TV, and she brought it up. That was also the trip where we decided to make this site.
Over the last two years, Tracy kept dropping it into conversation, so I tried to watch the first episode. About ten minutes in, I gave up and turned it back off. It was boring. I didn’t enjoy it. The legal case was dull. Predictable. It was basic television.
## Double Jeopardy
But she kept telling me to watch it, and then [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) came out, which I did watch. Yes, I watched the episode that aired on CBS and I thought it was good. I love Christine Baranski, and I liked the new characters, and the legal cases were fun.
Every Sunday, our families watched the show, enjoying the plot and the people and, of course, the outright gayity of it all. It was good and clever and witty, and poked at how horrible the world is while giving me hope.
So naturally I tried again.
## Gloves Come Off
I’m a techie by profession. It’s what I do and what I enjoy, so one thing I hate is an inaccurate representation of technology. Zoom and enhance. IP addresses. Trace routes. Webpages. It all makes me cry.
They didn’t. Then they properly handled technology, religion, investigation, and the law. The human interest background chatter, Will and Alicia, I could do without. I’m not much of a romantic when it’s not queer, and Will was a slick lawyer. That’s not a compliment. But the law was interesting, and the cases well argued and compelling.
## Two Girls, One Code
Season four was weird. Some of the cases were great, but the storyline was weird. It waffled back and forth and that only got worse as the season went on. Then suddenly Elsbeth Tacioni came back in “Je Ne Sais What?” and Diane spoke French and Will got beat up by judges, and then the show swung back up to making sense and being fun again.
This was also when Cary and Alicia split and opened their own firm. Suddenly we got to see how absolutely vile Will could be. Sorry, I was never a Will fan. He was too Male Narrative for me, and often it felt like men were writing his interactions with him. He was supposed to be charming, but he was a sly, slimy creep.
## Dramatics, Your Honor
Speaking of slimy. David Lee. Wow. I love a good asshole, and David Lee was a great asshole. He oozed, he slithered, and he lied. Oh boy did he lie. I liked him. He was the sort of creep I could get behind hating on TV. Especially when Will died. Immediately you saw his true colors, how vile he and many of the lawyers could be.
But then weird things picked up again. Kalinda and Cary was a confusing plot line, and one I found rather unbelievable. He should have known she was playing him. and she could have done a lot better. That said, the war between Florrick/Agos and LG was brilliant. It got better when Louis Canning, played by the amazing Michael J. Fox, arrived to buy in and kick out Diane… Who joined Florrick/Agos.
## Shiny Objects
There was a lot confusing about season six. A lot. The plot line of Alicia running for office was odd, but it was in that moment I realized I understood the arc. The plot wasn’t a story about a woman rediscovering her own self following her husband’s ultimate betrayal. The plot wasn’t about seeing a woman succeed. It was something much more than that.
Oh we were watching the journey of a woman finding out who she was, but it was the *who* she was that was the story. I’m of two minds for season six. I liked the Alicia plots, but the Kalinda plot was really annoying and felt very out of character. They were clearly writing to keep the two actors apart and, since I knew a bit of that backstory, I was not pleased.
## End
If they’d had a title named “Slap” I would have used that.
Like many people, I hard heard the ending of the series was disappointing. That you didn’t find out who Alicia ‘picked’ and that Diane slapped her. It was in season six, when we finally got to see the inner workings of Eslbeth’s mind, and how Alicia tried to play her, that we saw the true Alicia. This developed over the next season and we began to see Alicia sell her soul.
Alicia became as evil as that which she hated in her husband in the beginning. Alicia had become, Kafka-esque, the cockroach. It was brilliant. It was beautiful. And it was all, every step, planned by the show runners.
Overall, I get why people liked the show. I did find it interesting and engaging, but very much not in the way I think Tracy did. Would I recommend you watch it? Yes.
You should watch it.
**Categories:** Commentary and Reviews
**Tags:** The Good Fight, The Good Wife
---
### [June 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/june-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** July 2, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Previews, live tapings, Paris, Sense8, Gooverly, Degrassi, and more! It's amazing we got anything done in June.
**Content:**
Here are June’s quick stats:
- 1 character died (out of 16 total for 2017)
- 44 characters were added to the site
- 22 shows were added to the site
## What’s New?
Not a whole lot on the code front. I’m working on a “When did they die?” feature for Alexa Echo’s and maybe a WordPress plugin. The idea of saying “Hey Alexa, ask Bury Your Queers when Lexa died.” is morbid. Due to travel and work obligations, we didn’t get to add as many new characters as we’d like. Don’t worry. We’ve found a whole new resource to scour through.
### *Gotham* Kills Barbara
While [Barbara Kean](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/barbara-kean/) is the only death for June, it’s a painful one. They really dragged that character through the mud and destroyed her.
### *Sense8* Got a Reprieve
This came out of nowhere. But yes, it’s true, it’s true! [We’re going to get a wrap up, 2-hour, episode of *Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/sense8-get-wrap-special/) and will finally rescue Wolfgang. Here’s hoping we get a Nomita wedding.
### *Wynonna Earp* Needs Your Help
While the second season is going strong, [*Wynonna Earp* could use your boosting on social media](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/keep-helping-wynonna-earp/). Help it get trending on Fridays and re-watch your DVRs.
### *Degrassi* Will Be Back Soon
Whatever it takes, you know *Degrassi Next Class* will be back on Netflix soon. How soon? Like July 7th soon!
## LezWatch In The World
This month was a peculiar month simply because we went **everywhere** and didn’t even mean to. Well. Kind of.
### Covering The Coasts
Tracy went to New York City see an early premiere of *Orphan Black* with the cast present.
> They were all so great and talked a lot about the importance of realistic, 3-dimensional LGBT representation.
>
> It was very emotional and the cast passed a pack of tissues around because they were all crying.
Later that same day, I went to Studio City (aka LA) to see a[ live taping of *One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-day-time-live-taping/), and had a chance to say hello to the producers.
### Team LezWatch Went To Paris!
Both Tracy and I went, for work, to Paris. I know. The hardships. Both of our jobs sent us, and naturally we took the time for a little LezWatch hang out. We even watched the second episode of *Wynonna Earp* together (spoilers: I closed my eyes when Waverly ate the spider and Tracy laughed). Then Tracy made me watch *Steven Universe* to seduce me into yet another show.
## What’s Next?
In July, Tracy and I will again be together for the inaugural [WordCamp DC](https://2017.dc.wordcamp.org). She and I make our living off WordPress, more or less, and obviously we like it or we wouldn’t run this site on it. Speaking of, I’ll be talking about using WordPress to power your passions and change the world. And yes, I’ll be talking about the Bury Your Queers trope and Lexa Deserved Better. If you’re in town, tickets are $40 for three days of amazing talks.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Sense8 To Get A Wrap Up Special!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/sense8-get-wrap-special/)
**Published:** June 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Against all odds, we get a wrap-up two hour special in 2018!
**Content:**
If there’s anything we should learn from [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) it’s that’s we’re not alone and we should never give up.
*Sense8* was [tragically canceled](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/sense8-canceled/) on June 1st, and we roared. We cried. We carried signs:
https://twitter.com/wolvereyes/status/878734423444860928
And we mourned the loss of the most diverse queer show on television. And then a miracle happened:
> Death doesn't let you say goodbye. 2 hour finale episode in the works. Tell your cluster. [pic.twitter.com/GHZgGuHwS0](https://t.co/GHZgGuHwS0)
>
> — Sense8 (@sense8) [June 29, 2017](https://twitter.com/sense8/status/880495946370568194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## We Get A Movie!
Oh fine, we get a two hour finale episode, where we (hopefully) save Wolfgang and get to see Nominta get married. And you may notice, Lana said “you NEVER know”
What does that mean?
Well, my fellow Sensates, that means we need to make ourselves heard! Watch *Sense8* over and over. Leave it on repeat in the background while you mop. But watch it. Get others to watch it. Change those numbers from ‘meh’ to ‘wow!’
But even more, *talk about this show*. I firmly believe that the reason the numbers are so low is that people don’t know about it. When the Lezwatch Cluster was in Paris, we saw billboards all over the subway systems for *Orange is the New Black*. I’ve never seen one for *Sense8*. And I know, having seen it happen over and over, that a show you don’t advertise doesn’t get seen.
## Be Loud, Sensates
Get on your social medias and tell your Cluster to watch this show.
Tell your friends why you love it. Tell them how watching people become who they are and struggle through learning they’re more than what anyone thought, tugs your heart. Talk about how Nomi and Amanita are a love story for the ages. Explain that love is more than who you were born to, and this show captures that perfectly.
But get up. Tell them. Talk about this show. Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, whatever you want. Smoke signals, if that’s what it takes. But get them watching. Get them *looking* at this weird, wonderful, amazing, show.
And remember. You **never** know.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Hope, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Sense8
---
### [Sense8 Canceled](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/sense8-canceled/)
**Published:** June 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Because they had too many hit shows, Netflix stupidly canceled one. Seriously. We can't believe it either.
**Content:**
This was unexpected and quite heartbreaking. But yes, *Sense8* has been canceled by Netflix. There will be no Season 3. We will never know if Wolfgang is rescued, if Whispers and BMO are defeated, or if Aminita and Nomi marry.
What the hell, Netflix!?
A queer show with queer characters made by queer women. It has people of color all over the place, drama, crime, sex, comedy, and it’s canceled.
Cindy Holland, vice president of the streaming video service’s original content, in a statement:
> After 23 episodes, 16 cities and 13 countries, the story of the *Sense8* cluster is coming to an end. It is everything we and the fans dreamed it would be: bold, emotional, stunning, kick ass and outright unforgettable. Never has there been a more truly global show with an equally diverse and international cast and crew, which is only mirrored by the connected community of deeply passionate fans all around the world. We thank Lana, Lily, Joe and Grant for their vision, and the entire cast and crew for their craftsmanship and commitment.
Thanks, Cindy, but we weren’t done yet.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Cancelation, Sense8
---
### [May 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/may-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** May 31, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Happy May everyone. 4 dead, 101 added, and 25 new shows. Plus Alexa? We've been busy.
**Content:**
More shows with queers were canceled than queer females died this year, so that’s a win, of a sort.
Before we get into this month, let’s have our quick stats for May:
- 4 characters died (out of 14)
- 101 characters were added to the site
- 25 shows were added to the site
## What’s New?
The news that Maggie Sawyer wouldn’t be a regular in the next season of [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) went over like a kryptonite balloon. [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) season 2 was released, and we’re all slowly, slowly binge watching it.
Mika got to see [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-time/) at the Paley Center (and you should [read the recap](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/05/08/one-night-one-day-time/) if you haven’t had a chance), and next month she’ll go see a taping. Meanwhile Tracy is going to see a pre-release of the primere of the series finale for *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, and everyone’s excited to see season 2 of [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) next month!
### Alexa Flash Briefing
Do you have an Amazon Echo? You can now add [LezWatch TV to your Flash Briefing](https://www.amazon.com/Lez-Press-LezWatch-TV/dp/B071LR2764/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-skills&ie=UTF8&qid=1496182932&sr=1-1&keywords=lezwatch)! There will be more soon, like a real skill, but that’s still being certified. Apparently that was a little harder than expected.
### New Feature: Sorting
We’re slowly rolling out new features, as fast we’re able to code them. The latest is the ability to re-order the results from the character or show archive page. If you wanted to see all the shows with dead queers, ordered by most to least deaths, you can! Apparently the most dangerous place for a queer female to be is a german prison, followed by New York city, as *[Hinter Gittern](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hinter-gittern/)* and *[Law & Order](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order/)* top the list of most deaths.
## What Would You Like To See?
As always the call is out to you! What features would you like to see on the site? If you have an idea for an Amazon Skill (or any kind of app), let us know! Better ways of sorting? Bring it on!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [The Lesbian TV Universe Giveth and Taketh Away](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/lesbian-tv-universe-giveth-taketh/)
**Published:** May 26, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Happy Memorial Day Weekend. No deaths, but some sad Sanvers News.
**Content:**
What do you want first, the good news or the bad news?
## Bad News
Florina Lima is having her role of [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) on [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) reduced to recurring for season 3. They say she’s “looking to pursue other opportunities” but the translation is probably “the writers concentrated so much on Mon-El she’s had sod-all to do, so she’s looking at other opportunities because an actor’s gotta work.”
> Maggie Sawyer ([@FlorianaLima](https://twitter.com/florianalima?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)) is returning to [@TheCWSupergirl](https://twitter.com/TheCWSupergirl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) next season, but there's a catch: [pic.twitter.com/QiOX6rK4wZ](https://t.co/QiOX6rK4wZ)
>
> — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) [May 26, 2017](https://twitter.com/EW/status/868210298213339136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
## Good News
Kat Barrell is having *her* role of [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) bumped to series regular for season 2 of *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)*.
https://twitter.com/moryan/status/868226600013312000
So there’s that.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Supergirl
---
### [TFW Your Show Betrays You](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/tfw-show-betrays/)
**Published:** May 24, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I want to like this show, but the treatment of gays has left me betrayed.
**Content:**
What do you do when you like a show, but you hate how it treats queers?
## Meet Father Brown
I’ve been binging [*Father Brown*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/father-brown/) on Netflix and I greatly enjoy the show. It’s a period drama of a Catholic priest solving crimes. And for that, it’s been great fun to watch. But it’s also killed three out of five queer females, and it’s five for five with them being evil.
I wasn’t planning to watch the show for the queers going in. It’s not like a show about a Catholic priest is high on my list of shows about the gay women, and when we ran into the first one, it was a surprise. Given the time period of the show, the 50s and 60s, it was handled with about as much care as I’ve come to expect. I know how messed up history is, after all. They had one lesbian, and she was infamous for being a hunter. Okay, one lesbian, and she was crazy but not because she was gay. I could live with that.
## It Got Worse
But in the last season, the one that aired in 2017, the show became suddenly sensationalist. They killed off gay men and women, they had a whole plot about a lesbian love affair book (“Lucia and Lulu” – a book that has appeared in multiple seasons), and then the lesbians were evil. A few episodes later, one was mentally ill and murdered others because of it. In order to prevent her suicide, the object of her love pretended to have feelings, so the killer could get help.
At that moment, I was torn. On the one hand, I hate when straight women play with the hearts of lesbians. On the other hand, I’m grateful she did it to save a live. On the other other hand, the whole “she’s crazy and gay” angle could have been avoided.
## Betrayed
It was a mess. I wasn’t happy at all. And while I still like the show, I find myself frustrated at the representation. I felt betrayed.
This feeling, this absentminded bigotry towards the queers is why I wanted to do this website. The casual negligence of throw-away queers, of them always being evil or dead, stands out in a show that is otherwise very supporting and welcoming.
While *Father Brown* never has their titular character speak ill of homosexuality, the silence speaks volumes, and makes it a show I have trouble enjoying.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Death, Disposable, Father Brown
---
### [Supergirl's Man Problems](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/supergirls-man-problems/)
**Published:** May 15, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Look, the more this idiot is on screen, the less everyone else is.
**Content:**
Tonight is part one of the finale for the second season, and while I’m excited to see Cat Grant again and I hope she knocks some sense into Kara, I’m worried. See, the show has a bit of a problem. While I’ve been vocal all season about the man trouble with *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*, I’m not the only one who’s noticed.
Let’s look at the evidence, shall we?
## The Marty Stu
February 28, Alex Cranz of Gizmodo/io9 said that [*Supergirl* Has a Mon-El Problem](http://io9.gizmodo.com/supergirl-has-a-mon-el-problem-1792806725)
> … before the term was bastardized to mean any highly capable female character, a Mary Sue often referred to characters inelegantly inserted into existing narratives and feel as though they were written by a very young writer—like ones who usually indulge in penning fanfiction.
>
> And Mon-El is starting to feel that way…
March 10, Amy Oates of Creators.co explained [Why “Supergirl” needs to fix its Mon-El problem](https://creators.co/@amyoates/4211559)
> Besides the all too troubling overtone of a white male love interest replacing a black one without much ado, Mon-El hasn’t done much to show he’s a good partner for Kara.
>
> He’s self-admittedly misogynistic, telling Winn in the latest episode, “Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk”, that “life was easier when I objectified women”. He has no real interest in saving the world – only impressing Kara and protecting her (something she needs no help with). And his complete reverse set of morals to Kara and his failure to treat her as an equal has set him up as the equivalent to a space frat boy.
March 14, Kylie and Gretchen of the Fandomentals stated [Mon-El is Supergirl’s Kryptonite](https://www.thefandomentals.com/mon-el-fixer-upper/)
> He’s a privileged white male from a toxic culture with a need to reform his toxic mindset. His arc is ‘douchebag becomes a decent guy’, to put it crassly. Which is…fine, we guess? It’s not a bad story to tell, even if pretty stale at this point. But this season already has an arc concerned with breaking the cycle of violence, overcoming an ingrained toxic environment, and shedding problematic cultural frameworks: M’gann.
>
> … we feel compelled to ask exactly what Mon-El contributes to this narrative that is not otherwise dealt with by any of the other arcs that touch on this same topic. His own arc does specifically involve sexism and entitlement, but is that enough to justify his inclusion, especially when this aspect gets buried under his role as Kara’s love interest?
M’gann’s plot vanished into the night as she heroically sacrificed herself, by the way.
## The Musical Hit the Wrong Notes
And it only got worse!
March 23, Valerie Anne of Autostraddle posted that [The “Supergirl” Musical Crossover Cemented Its White Bread Mon-El Problem](https://www.autostraddle.com/the-supergirl-musical-crossover-cemented-its-white-bread-mon-el-problem-373592/)
> At the beginning of the episode, Kara literally told Barry that Mon-El was her “nothing.” She was still angry at him for lying about being a murderous prince, and nothing had transpired to make that change. At the end of the musical story within the regular story, Iris and Mon-El kiss Barry and Kara awake, respectively. True Love’s Kiss or whathaveyou. And just like that, Kara forgave Mon-El. Totally forgiven, with a quick little, “Never lie to me again or I’ll kill you! Teehee!” Just because the Music Meister said so? Because everything is easier in a musical?
>
> … The stated purpose of the Music Meister was that he saw two people in different universes who happen to know each other and were having relationship troubles, so he wanted to bring them together to force them into True Love’s Kiss to remind them — and I quote — “Love is about letting yourself be saved.” Which I feel fairly certain is not what love is about? At least not only. At least not always. When he left I was a little surprised no one sang, “Well the battle’s done, and we kinda won?”
March 27, Caroline Siede of the AV Club posted that [*Supergirl* has a Mon-El problem ](http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/supergirl-has-mon-el-problem-252802) (heard that before!)
> … Mon-El is not a character worthy of as much time as *Supergirl* has given him this season … He’s not only filled the hole left by Cat Grant, but sometimes pushed into the narrative place of James, Alex, and J’onn too. In fact, at times it feels like Mon-El is a co-lead of the series.
>
> I don’t think the rise of Mon-El comes from a malicious place in the writer’s room, although it does have the unfortunate side effect of centering a white male lead in a show that used to focus on women and feature an interracial relationship…
## But it’s not just that!
The list goes on and on:
- [8 Reasons Supergirl Has Lost Its Way (And 2 Ways It Can Find It Again)](http://heroichollywood.com/8-reasons-supergirl-lost-way/)
- [Should Mon-El Die Before Season’s End on ‘Supergirl’? ](http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supergirl/should-mon-el-die-before-seaso-64245.aspx)
- [*Supergirl* Doesn’t Care for Fibbing](http://www.tvguide.com/news/supergirl-star-crossed-recap-mon-el-breakup/?ftag=TVG_Twitter)
- [Supergirl: How James Olsen Has Been Wronged](https://www.theyoungfolks.com/television/101723/supergirl-how-james-olsen-has-been-wronged/)
- [Supergirl Season 2 Has a Love Interest Problem](http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/supergirl/262398/supergirl-season-2-has-a-love-interest-problem)
- [Supergirl Season 2: The Curious Case of James Olsen’s Absence](http://www.hypable.com/supergirl-season-2-james-olsen-screen-time/)
- [What Is Happening to the Relationships on Supergirl?](http://www.theworkprint.com/supergirl-relationships-review-mr-mrs-mxyzptlk/123)
- [Where Supergirl Went Wrong](https://medium.com/@its42wallabyway/where-supergirl-went-wrong-cacc831f0e5)
- [Why Mon-El Belongs in a Supporting Role on Supergirl](http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supergirl/why-mon-el-belongs-in-a-suppor-64364.aspx)
Okay. What does this mean?
## Basically, We Don’t Like Mon-El
Actually, its more than that. We don’t *want* him.
TV Guide, just about the most mainstream you can find, said that the reason Kara keeps Mon-El around is that she’s lonely. Her sister finally has found love. James and Winn are busy being vigilantes. J’onn had M’gann for a while, before she vanished. Cat was gone.
But Mon-El the puppy was there, and she was again the last daughter of Krypton and she was alone. So she clung to the one thing there for her. And yes, that’s remarkably stupid, while still being depressingly realistic.
Still. The show has floundered this year, and all signs point back to our frat boy, slave owning, man whore moron. Mon-El.
## What Does This Have To Do With Lesbians?
Two big issues: limited screen time and the misrepresentation of healthy relationships.
It’s one thing to shortchange Alex and Maggie for James or J’onn or even Winn. They’ve all been there since day one. But to cut out everyone’s time for Mon-El, the most boring of them all, who reinforces terrible relationship values, is deplorable. The Valentine’s episode barely gave Alex and Maggie time, when the two plots could have been interwoven.
It’s almost like there are two shows. There’s the romance/cop drama with Alex and Maggie, and then there’s a stereotypical sexist romcom with Kara and Mon-El. Kara could have had a respectful relationship and been on double dates with Alex and Maggie. Or Kara could have gotten increasingly jealous of her sister and unconsciously sabatoged her relationship.
In short, the lesbians and all characters on the show suffer from the Mon-El problem. And if this show falls, it will be a long time before a mainstream show picks up a lesbian relationship again.
But there’s that other problem, the one of an unhealthy relationship. How can we laud a show for a realistic lesbian relationship while it presents what is essentially a man-child hounding a strong woman until she gives in as ‘true love?’ It sticks in your craw when you reflect on the disparity. It’s just uneven and uncomfortable.
So yes. Mon-El puts our queer hearts and our representation at risk.
He needs to leave.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Feminism, Relationships, Supergirl
---
### [April 2017 Round Up](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/april-2017-round/)
**Published:** May 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** April brought up 20 years of Ellen being gay, which is really quite astounding when you think about it...
**Content:**
April brought up 20 years of Ellen being gay, which is really quite astounding when you think about it…
- 34 Shows Added
- 100 Characters Added
- 3 Character Died
## Deaths This Month
2017 is off to a slow death-start. On TV at least. We missed a death last month. [Citlali López](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/citlali-lopez/) (from *[Ingobernable](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ingobernable/)*) died on March 24th. Here’s the death toll for April:
- [Schwester Therese](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/schwester-therese/) / *[Charité](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charite/)* (regular character) / 11 April
- [Annie Kaplan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/annie-kaplan/) / *[The Blacklist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-blacklist/)* (guest character) / 20 April
- [Moira](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/moira/) / *[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)* (regular character) / 26 April
## What’s New?
A conversation went something like this:
> **Tracy:** We should be able to dynamically list characters.
>
> **Mika:** What do you mean?
>
> **Tracy:** Like … We should be able to show all pansexual cisgender artists!
>
> **Mika:** All one of them?
As it turns out there are actually [two pansexual cisgender artists](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/?fwp_char_cliches=artist&fwp_char_sexuality=pansexual&fwp_char_gender=cisgender)!
And if you clicked that link, you’d be taken to a page that lists them, because we’re using [FacetWP](https://facetwp.com) to dynamically sort and order characters! That means the sidebar now allows you to sort characters and shows how you want. Within reason. I’m working on adding the data in sortable ways, so if there’s something we’re missing and you’re interested in, let us know!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Orphan Black Extended Trailer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/orphan-black-extended-trailer/)
**Published:** April 15, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is it. This is the end.
**Content:**
This is painful. This is the end. After this season, no more Sestras or Felix or crazy boy clones or anything else. No more forgetting the same person played four out of five people in a dance scene. No more Sarah, no more Cosima, no more Allison, no more crazy Helena being psychotic. No more.
*[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)* is ending, and we are sad.
It’s okay, Tracy. We’ll always be Sestras.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Orphan Black, Trailers, videos
---
### [March 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/march-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** April 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A belated March update. We got some things done!
**Content:**
We missed ClexaCon. There’s really no reason other than it was expensive and not at a great time for us. We’re going to try to go next year, though. Tracy’s still sulking about how awesome it looked.
- 23 Shows Added
- 104 Characters Added
- 2 Characters Died
## What’s New?
Renewals are all the rage! [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-time/) and [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/) both were renewed this month. And the second season of [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) was announced for June, which is also when the final season of [*Orphan Black*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/) airs (sorry Tracy).
We also finally had our first death of the year: [Eleanor Guthrie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eleanor-guthrie/) – March 5, 2017
## New Features
We did a lot behind the scenes this month.
### AMPlification
AMP is a Google project to speed up the web. We’ve had it here since January, but some work has gone in to making it look better and run faster.
### Bury Your Queers
On March 3rd, we released our first (and possibly only, lets be serious) WordPress Plugin: [Bury Your Queers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bury-your-queers/). Now you can easily list the latest queer female deaths on your own site.
### Open Data via APIs
We like statistics and that’s a big part of why we made this site. But just making a site with data doesn’t do as much good as letting people take the data and do what they want. So we’re doing just that by giving you a way to get at the data that doesn’t involve pretty pictures or layouts.
If you wanted to get an idea of how many queers died every year and plot out graphs and charts. You could go to stats on death page, select the data, copy it, and download it and format it. Or you could go right to the raw stats and download them.
- [Deaths per year](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-json/lwtv/v1/stats/death/years/)
- [Overview of all shows, with number of characters, deaths, etc](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-json/lwtv/v1/stats/shows/complex/)
- [Overview of all characters, with sexuality, gender, etc](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-json/lwtv/v1/stats/characters/complex/)
If there are data points you’re interested in, leave a comment and we’ll see what we can code up.
Also if you’re interested in how bad it really is, we’re working on [trendlines](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/trends/) to better understand how different reality is from what we expected.
And bonus? To make all of this easier for everyone to consume, we’ve [documented our APIs](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/api/)! If you see some data you’d like us to include in them, let us know. I obviously need more to code.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Wynonna Earp Season Two Trailer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/wynonna-earp-season-two-trailer/)
**Published:** April 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Let's go break a curse, ladies.
**Content:**
The trailer is out and it’s as bad-ass as I’d hoped. It’s cheesy, silly, campy, and looks like a hilarious romp in Purgatory.
https://youtube.com/p9XQc3aWp5U
Video courtesy [eOnline](http://www.eonline.com/news/840353/the-wynonna-earp-season-2-trailer-is-as-badass-as-you-hoped-it-would-be).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Trailers, Video, Wynonna Earp
---
### [A Very Earpy Summer ](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/a-very-earpy-summer/)
**Published:** March 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Season two this summer means 'June'!
**Content:**
While showrunner Emily Andras announced that *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatch.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* would come to Netflix in May, the show will actually be released in April to allow everyone time to catch up because of the rooten-tooten-est news of the day.
Season Two starts in June!
We only get 12 episodes, which is one less than last year, but at the same time the initial renewal was only for 10 episodes. Upgrade!
As for what the secon season entails, it’s all guesswork at this point. It’s all rumors and spoilers and hints, but I’m holding out for bulletproof vests and Ali Liebert.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Wynonna Earp
---
### [ICYMI: The Good Fight Was Renewed](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/icymi-good-fight-renewed/)
**Published:** March 22, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The show is coming back in 2018. We'll be here.
**Content:**
On March 16th, [CBS All Access](https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-all-access/releases/view?id=47308) announced it was renewing [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/).
The only downside is that we all still have to pay to watch.
## An Imperfect Fight
The show isn’t perfect. It’s not without its serious flaws, like a heavy dose of White Savior Trope. It’s a little too obvious that Christine Baranski’s Diane Lockhart is the hero of the story, and everything is skewed towards that. Which would be fine, except that the show takes place at a black law firm in Chicago.
And of course, where’s Amy? Maya’s girlfriend has been pretty invisible. You’d think we’d see her when Maya’s ex was posting lies about her online, but no, we didn’t. Then again, I have to give credit to the fact that Maya being gay is a non-event. That speaks well of 2017. And the rabid anti-Trump sentiment helps heal my shattered little heart.
That said. As someone who lived 15 years in Chicago, and as someone who’s watched more lawyer shows than I care to admit, the show hits the right notes. Chicago is a beautiful backdrop, and I have to hit pause while I giggle about various locations. It feels like Chicago, and the lawyer scenes are more accurate than anything else out there.
## Season Two in 2018
Season two premieres in 2018, provided we don’t all die in nuclear war first.
Like a lot of people, I’ll be canceling my CBS All Access Pass from the time season one is over until then.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Renewals, The Good Fight
---
### [TV Line: March is Gay Spoilers](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/tv-line-march-gay-spoilers/)
**Published:** March 14, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you keep reading this post, there will be spoilers for The Fosters and Supergirl.
**Content:**
If you keep reading this post, there will be spoilers for [*The Fosters*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) and [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/).
Tonight a new episode of *The Fosters* airs and TV Line has some spoilers for us:
> **I happen to think that Stef and Lena from *The Fosters* are one of the best married couples on television, despite their kids’ antics. I’d love to learn what’s coming up specifically for them. Any news? —JennR**
> “Tonight’s episode (airing at 8/7c on Freeform) culminates in a big, epic, romantic moment between Stef and Lena that is not to be missed,” executive producer Bradley Bredeweg teases.
Meanwhile, we’re sans Sanvers for a bit thanks to a week off. And while I’m super salty about Mon-El, I’m quite fond of Sanders. I vaguely Cat Grant make a derisive comment about women who threw their lives away and thought they were complete with a man, which is literally what Kara said at the end of the last episode. This isn’t to say Maggie’s Ride or Die devotion to Alex is perfect. Alex needed a smack to the back of the head because that could have been very very bad. Still, Mon-El has caused Kara to lose her job and career.
If this doesn’t end with Cat coming back to tell Kiera that she’s throwing her life away, I’m going to be disappointed.
Not disappointed me is what happened after I read the spoiler that we get to meet one of Maggie’s exes!
> **Can you tell us anything about *Supergirl*‘s “Sanvers”? —Emma**
> During my visit to *that* CW series’ set, Floriana Lima confirmed, “We’re definitely going to learn a bit more about Maggie and how she came out of that whole ‘coming out’ \[experience\].” What’s more, in the Monday, March 27 episode, “An ex-girlfriend (played by *Cedar Cove*‘s Hayley Sales) shows up, and it’s a shocking moment for Maggie to run into her — while Alex is with her,” Lima teased. “We are just walking outside of yoga class, and it was one of those moments where I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ve done that, run into an ex with a new partner!’” **Scoop quiz:** Now which half of “Sanvers” do you think is dragging the other to yoga?
Credit: [TV Line](http://tvline.com/2017/03/14/the-flash-season-3-spoilers-savitar-identity-revealed/)
Also Lynda Carter will be back. So you know, yay!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Sanvers, Spoilers, Supergirl
---
### [February 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/february-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** March 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The shortest month had a lot of behind the scenes work.
**Content:**
February is African American History month, and I spent a lot of it watching (or trying to watch) PoC queer TV. There isn’t enough of it, first of all, but I was distressed to find out how few PoC web series have decent web representation! They don’t have websites for the most part, relying on Facebook and word of mouth. That means when I added the shows in, I had to do a lot of guesswork for data, based on reviews and comments. Also I didn’t get to add as many as I’d hoped.
This month we added…
- 13 New Shows
- 48 New Characters
## Confession: I’m Scared
It’s been two months and no one’s died. I’m started to get really scared at what fallout spring sweeps will being us. It doesn’t help that I’m a little betrayed over how [*Supergirl* has become Supergirl+boy](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/02/27/mathematical-defeminization-supergirl/), and how little screen time a ‘Sanvers Centric’ episode netted us.
## Site News
The biggest thing that happened is we went back and put in *dates* for deaths. Not just years. Dates. Sadly there are a few characters where we were unable to find the exact airdates of their death episodes. So if you happen to know the airdates for these character’s deaths, please leave a comment!
- [Leila Sampaio](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leila-sampaio/) and [Rafaela Katz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rafaela-katz/) of *Torre de Bable*
- [Sondra Westwood](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sondra-westwood/) of *Pacific Drive*
- [Marina Ranieri del Colle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marina-ranieri-del-colle/) of *Terapia D’Urgenza*
IMdB was very helpful for a lot of this. It was about as much fun as you think and it turned out we had quite a few people labeled on the wrong year. Usually we were off by one, since we’d flag a person as died in the year 2000 when they’d really died in 1999 (most TV seasons are over the course of two calendar years). One was off by four years though. Whoopsie.
We did all this for a reason that will be revealed on Friday.
## Behind the Scenes…
Some nifty code things happened behind the scenes, to make loading data faster. This mostly mattered if you’re an aficionado of the [stats pages](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/). They now run better and faster, with a cleaner layout. It also was tweaked to let us pull up data in new ways. Eventually we’ll figure out how to get a way for you to download a spreadsheet with the data you want, so you too can write about how horrible it is to be a queer female on TV.
Uh. Yay?
## Welcome Back, Tracy!
Now that Tracy isn’t busy running a business, managing her family, *and* organizing the biggest WordCamp in the country, she’s back. WordCamp US is done and she’s been posting about TV and cleaning up the data on the site. Yay!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [The Mathematical Defeminization of Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/mathematical-defeminization-supergirl/)
**Published:** February 27, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We can be heroes as long as men speak.
**Content:**
Fans like to study and make charts. This website is pretty much proof positive that with enough time and determination, we will count anything to try and make sense of what we see. And much like the [math behind the deaths](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/03/29/the-walking-math/) on [*The Walking Dead*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/), a rather galling realization has come into being with the time *Supergirl* spends on its female characters.
## Sanver’s “Centric”
We were told that the upcoming ‘Valentine’s Day Episode’ of *Supergirl* would be Sanvers centric. While we did get some exposition, we got seven minutes of it. And that may seem like a lot, but this is show that averages 41 minute episodes, and that means not even a quarter was spent on the ‘centric’ plot of Alex’s first Valentine’s with a girlfriend who had a deep seated reason to hate it.
Maggie revealed that, at 14, she gave a girl a card and got outed and kicked out of her house.
That was barely the B plot of the episode. It was glossed over by a negligent Kara, who was so busy sorting out the two men in love with her, that she dismissed her sister’s girlfriend with a flippant ‘Maybe you should see if from her side.’
If there’s anything the show has established it’s that the Sanvers sisters would die for each other. They would move planets and risk everything for each other. They support each other because, for Kara at least, she lost her entire family at 11 and had nothing else. And Alex was pushed to be the good older sister and care for the weird alien (literally) who was dumped in her family. Thirteen years forged a bond with the two, and Kara was there for Alex when she came out and held her when she cried.
These women care deeply. So to have Kara not even ask what was going on to make Maggie act like that seemed wildly out of character.
## The D Plot
In the comic books, Maggie Sawyer is a divorced parent who lost custody of her daughter for being a lesbian. She got two whole comics that surrounded her problems, one of which she was able to explain to Superman the perils of being a lesbian in the 1980s. This was amazing. Comics didn’t do things like that. While the second issue was more about Superman and the super-villain of the week, the fact that half of a comic was devoted to Maggie’s coming out to Superman remains the second greatest lesbian moment in pre-52 DC comics. The greatest remains Renee Montoya in “Half a Life.”
Here though, we got a blip of a scene and while Alex did totally understand, it was incumbent in the plot that *Maggie* be the one who changed, and not Alex. It was *Maggie* who had to adapt, and not the two of them together trying to make their own new thing that was just them.
What could have been astounding was less than 2 minutes and then pushed aside.
## Two Thirds A Woman
The Tumblr account [That’s Just Supergirl](http://thatsjustsupergirl.tumblr.com/post/157769843830/dear-everyone-who-thought-dudes-took-up-too-much), run by fan Vv, felt like many of us, that the latest episode gave women the short shrift. And guess what? We were right.
First Vv did the hard math and sorted out that on average, women took up 63% of the speaking time on the show. Given that the show is named *Supergirl*, that seems fair. This is a show about women after all. But have a look at the chart:
Percentage of female speaking time per episode season 22×13, “Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk”, is shockingly low. As Vv put it:
> … women do dominate the conversation on the show – except in episode 2×13, where women only spoke for 14 minutes versus over 18 minutes for the men (56.2% of the talking time) – and with seven of those female minutes split across three characters
>
> So, yeah. Consciously or not, people noticed this disparity, and they were not happy about it. The Valentine’s Day episode on a female-centric, feminist-rooted show dedicated over 50% of its time to letting guys argue about who has the right to date a girl – a girl who is *the title character,* and while Kara spoke for approximately 7 minutes during the episode, only *29 seconds* of her voice were dedicated to the closing 4-minute scene that was, allegedly, the resolution to her own story arc and feelings.
In other words, if you felt that Mon-El was sucking up the screen time, you were right. And even more to the point those episodes where the speaking time of women fall under 60% are **all** Mon-El heavy.
- 2×04 – A Daxamite backstory that manages to suck up women’s speaking time, even though Roulette *and* M’gann had their own plot lines.
- 2×07 – Kara and Mon-El go to Cadmus labs.
- 2×09 – Kara goes to the planet of the Red Sun and Mon-El tags along.
- 2×10 – Livewire comes back, but Mon-El and James fight over who gets to save Kara.
- 2×13 – A ‘Sanvers Centric’ plotline that got as much time as Kara did!
## The CW’s Feminist Track Record Sucks
I hate to point fingers, but I’m going to. The CW has a terrible track record when it comes to women. The way everyone is treated on *The 100* not withstanding, look at the other superhero shows. *Flash* is about a white guy with powers. *Arrow* is about a white guy without powers. *Legends of Tomorrow* is about saving a white guy with a time machine. They all have secondary main characters who are people of color or minorities, but the brunt of the stories are all about the white men.
When the show was on CBS, *Supergirl* was an incredibly strong, women powered show. Now that Cat Grant is gone (and my god, I miss her), it’s like the knees of mature feminism have been cut out from under the writers, and they’re trying to appeal to young men or, worse, the mistaken ideal that women need a partner or a man to be complete.
*Supergirl* is about a woman. A hero. She’s the main character and should have her own plot that isn’t being lusted after by random men, or propping up everyone else. We should be watching Kara’s growth as a hero and a leader.
That’s sure as hell not what we’re getting, and the math backs it up.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Feminism, Supergirl, Tropes
---
### [A Year of We Deserve Better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/year-deserve-better/)
**Published:** March 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A year of deserving better turned out to have the most queer deaths of any year thus far.
**Content:**
A year ago today, [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) was killed off on [*The 100*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/), sparking fury and outrage like TV had not seen in a long time.
## Lexa Deserved Better
This December, I was having dinner with some friends in Philly and one mentioned [she’d never felt that hurt before](https://medium.com/@melchoyce/the-aftermath-of-the-death-of-lexa-a846fc003067#.edi5s2734). Here was a relationship, [Clarke](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/clarke-griffin/) and Lexa, where everything was set against them. They had to be on opposite sides of a war for their people, they had to make choices to put themselves second. And yet, against all the odds, it was clear they did have feelings for each other and they somehow managed to struggle back to where they were both in a safe place and could start stepping into a relationship.
And then Lexa was shot and killed by a bullet meant for Clarke.
Every single *[Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)* fan screamed. We’d seen it with [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-maclay/), after all. But for a lot of fans, especially younger than my *cough* 40-ish, this was their first experience with seeing queer women in love ripped apart like that. They found themselves faced with the cold hard truth that they’d been played by *The 100* and by Jason Rothenberg. They had been promised beautiful things, and they were hurt so badly that the fan community had to immediately post suicide-hotline numbers.
## But it’s just a show!
It was just a show. But it was a show that, for the first time, had a bisexual woman as the main character on young adult marketed product. It was a show that gave young people hope that maybe their future wasn’t to be hated. I find it unsurprising that teen suicides among queers has *dropped* since gay marriage was legalized in the United States. We’re human beings. We crave acceptance and feeling loved.
And when we turn around and see ourselves dying in every single television representation…
[Tracy said we have to stop grasping at the crumbs](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/02/18/lesbian-crumb-grab/). We have to demand better. We deserve better.
Yes, it’s just a show, but it’s endemic of our world, where women who love women aren’t allowed to be happy.
## Share Bury Your Queers
When I started working on this site, I knew I wanted to have a way that people could show solidarity with the pain these deaths have caused. I can write and write all I want about how being given a little hope and having it yanked away is damaging. I can talk to my friends about television rarely shows queer people with happy endings. I can make an entire website that documents, lists, codifies, and demonstrates that it’s safer to be on the Titanic than to be a lesbian on TV.
We aren’t the only site out there tracking queer females on TV. LGBT Fans Deserve Better has a [TV Database](http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/tv-database/). But there’s something I can do *here* that a lot of other people can’t. I can also make it easier for **you** to say you see this problem too.
If you have a WordPress site and you want to show people that a disproportional amount of queer females die on TV, if you want to list the last dead, or if you want to know who’s died today in years past, we have a way for you to do that.
[Bury Your Queers](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bury-your-queers/) is a WordPress Plugin. Go to your WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins, add a new plugin. Search for “Bury Your Queers” and install it.
Once activated, you can put a widget on your site to show the most recently killed queer female on TV, or if you want to remember who died on March 3rd….
\[lez-watch data=”on-this-day” date-format=”03-03″\]
You can do that too.
## We Deserve Better
39 queer females died in 2016. To date, [16% of all queer females on TV have died](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/death/).
Things need to change.
As humans, we deserve some happy endings. We deserve to see ourselves reflected in the media of the world in a positive light.
*We deserve better.*
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Death, Lexa, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [Happy Sanvers Valentines!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/happy-sanvers-valentines/)
**Published:** February 13, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A sweet, sweet day for Alex and Maggie.
**Content:**
*Edit: Apparently the Valentine’s Day episode airs the week after. This week, Maggie meets ‘the gang’ …?*
In tonight’s next week’s Valentine’s Day episode of *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*, expect a very special Sanvers day.
Alex’s coming out has been [inspirational to a great many people](http://www.tvinsider.com/112738/chyler-leigh-on-how-alexs-coming-out-on-supergirl-has-inspired-thousands/). Chyler Leigh has been devoted to doing this right by everyone, because she feels strongly that this is a story that needed to be told. Getting to see an adult who had no secret life, but just hadn’t realized she was queer, go through the story is something network TV really hasn’t done before. Thankfully, the show cast and crew are very aware of it.
Thus far, I’ve found both Alex and Maggie to be played nearly note perfect. The characters are who they are and while Alex is stumbling along the way to her solutions in herself, Maggie is listening and communicating.
But I can’t lie. I’m pretty stoked about a queer valentines!
From [EW](http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/24/supergirl-alex-maggie-valentines-day/):
> Here’s what we know: Alex (Chyler Leigh) is super excited for her first Valentine’s Day with a girlfriend, but Maggie (Floriana Lima) is not keen on the Hallmark holiday, which leads to their first real fight. But Maggie will make it up to Alex by recreating a special night — note the corsage on her arm!
>
> [](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/ew-sanvers.jpg)
There isn’t a whole lot more information at this point, but the episode will air today! February 13th! next week. Here’s hoping they can just drop the really boring Mon-El/Kara plot line. I’ve taken to calling him Mayonnaise.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Hope
---
### [25 Years of Gay for Sweeps](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/25-years-gay-for-sweeps/)
**Published:** February 7, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 25 years, very little has changed. Being queer is still played for ratings.
**Content:**
[LA Law](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/la-law/) pretty much made being Gay for Sweeps a thing.
In the episode “He’s a Crowd,” lesbian CJ Lamb (played by Amanda Donahoe) was helping Abby Perkins (Michele Greene) work on a case. Afterwards, CJ kisses Abby, who certainly doesn’t complain though she looks incredibly awkward.
This was the first same-sex kiss on network television and, as it turned out, it was done for sweeps and nothing more.
At the time, the producers swore they wanted to give more depth to CJ, but Michele Greene said it was a stunt. From that perspective, it worked. There were some protests from the right-wing, but only around 40 people called with complaints to NBC. Instead, the show got insane amounts of attention and ratings went up.
It was the first time the Great Gay Migratory Herd flocked to a TV show.
And in the end we were all played, just like we were in 2016 by [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/). CJ was written off to join the LPGA (I’m not kidding) and Abby ended up with a man.
In 25 years, very little has changed. Being queer is still played for ratings.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Historical
---
### [January 2017 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/january-2017-roundup/)
**Published:** January 31, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another month brings us more characters and shows, and finally we hit 500 shows!
**Content:**
Well. This year is off to a pretty shit-tastic start, isn’t it?
Real world politics aside, this is the first time in months I haven’t had to list out the newly dead lesbians. Then again, most TV shows were on hiatus, so the number of ‘new’ lesbians was pretty low. However the ‘new to you’ number is pretty high, since we started adding in a lot of web series.
- 146 New Characters
- 52 New Shows
You can see all the characters and shows added on the [archive page for January 2017](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/01/).
## 500 Shows!
We finally hit the 500 mark with shows, adding in my beloved [*Nikki & Nora*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/) as the honored number. I’ve known Liz Vassey for a long time (from my other fandom side-gig, I can tell you she is made of cool and exactly as sweet as you think she is). She also marched in the Women’s March in LA this month, so she walks the walk folks. For her, I made sure to give the little lesbian main-stream show that tried a special spot on this site.
## Site News
We have a satellite site, [LezWatch Commercials](https://lezwatchcommercials.com), which lists (you guessed it), all the queer female oriented commercials. It’s really small. We know.
We’ve also made public some data we’ve had for a while, and that is what *format* of show you’re watching. Like if you wanted to know how many web series we have, just check out the [Web Series page](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/)!
You also may have noticed the URLs on things became singularized. That is, shows moved from `shows` to `show`. That’s to make URLs make a little more sense.
## No Death
There were no LGBT+ Female characters who died in January 2017. Most US network shows were on hiatus until this week, so take that with a grain of salt.
## Hope
I know everything is pretty shitty right now, and you may be thinking that this site is a stupid idea. Shouldn’t we be out there protesting? It’s okay to want to take a break now and then. It’s okay to, for self-care, spend time on a silly site that lists all queer females on TV.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [When We Rise Again](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/when-we-rise-again/)
**Published:** January 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "... we don’t know what’s coming down the road ... reach beyond [your] own bubbles and borders and hold [yourselves] together ... Be fearless and get ready for a long, ugly fight."
**Content:**
[ABC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc/) will be airing a miniseries called *When We Rise*, telling the stories of the LGBT heroes who pioneered the offshoot of the Civil Rights Movement. Starting with the Stonewall riots in 1969 (and actually showing it was started by a blank trans woman, not that weird made up white guy in the movie), the series will tell the history of gay rights in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwvgMNE9ozg
The series is seventeen parts, with the first being two hours, starting on February 27th. Inspired by LGBT activist Cleve Jones’s memoir *When We Rise: My Life in the Movement*, it’s a miniseries to be watched.
We *aren’t* adding the show or characters to the site because they are all real people. The story is real. It’s based on real people who did amazing, real things. This site is for the fictional lesbians. But I will be watching the real stories of real people.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Historical
---
### [Show #500: Nikki and Nora](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/show-500-nikki-nora/)
**Published:** January 23, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We add our 500th show, and it's one of the seminal subversive lesbian classics. A show that almost made it on UPN.
**Content:**
I saved the 500th slot for something special. And I’m not just saying this because I happen to know Liz Vassey is made of cool.
[*Nikki & Nora*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/) is an amazing show with a stunning history. Back in 2004, [UPN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/upn/) gave a pilot commitment to the idea of a show about a pair of lesbian PIs in New Orleans.
> NIKKI & NORA (UPN, New!) – Writer/producers Nancylee Myatt (“Living Single”) and Leonard Dick (“Tarzan”) have landed a pilot commitment from UPN for a new drama about two lesbian private detectives based in New Orleans. The duo will executive the project for Warner Bros. Television.
This meant not that the show would be produced, but that a pilot would be. Sadly, 2004 was still too early for lesbians to star in a broadcast show, and UPN went with *[Veronica Mars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veronica-mars/)* instead.
In 2006, the pilot leaked and the internet, which as we all know is filled with lesbians, made a quietly loyal fan base. Even so, it took until 2010 for the producers and actors to try again, this time rebooting it as a [web series](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/) which aired in 2014.
An Indiegogo campaign successfully funded the first season, but sadly wasn’t powerful enough to garner the ability for a second season.
Even so. *Nikki & Nora* cannot be called a failure. It wasn’t a rousing success, certainly, but it was a start of things that cannot be stopped. Maybe in another 8 years we’ll be able to see it again. The further adventures of lesbians in the Big Easy.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Historical, Recommendations, Watch
---
### [Wynonna Earp - Season Two and More Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/wynonna-earp-more-gay/)
**Published:** August 9, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Other shows kill off their guest stars. Wynonna Earp invites them to ComicCon and makes a fan blog for them. Oh, and gets a second season.
**Content:**
At Comic Con last month, Wynonna Earp’s cast got the news that they were renewed.
You may notice that Kat Barrell, who plays Nicole Haught, is there. She’s not a main cast member. She’s a guest and she was brought along anyway, because the show knew how popular she was with fans. On top of that, she wore LGBT Fans Deserve Better shirts, a rainbow pin, and told everyone that she’d been unaware of the Bury Your Queers Tropes, but had since read up on them to understand it. Her character is being introduced to the comics, and we’ve been told Waverly will continue to sort out her sexuality and feelings for Nicole.
Whew.
In a time where other shows are killing queers left, right, and center, and where they get rid of any popular guest stars, we have Wynonna Earp bringing them to events and writing a secret blog about them.
Oh right! https://theroadtopurgatory.tumblr.com is Nicole’s in character blog. The password? Here’s a hint. You’ll find the password in this photo:
> FINAL CLUE [\#Earpers](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Earpers?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): the password to the [\#RoadToPurgatory](https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoadToPurgatory?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) website is clearly visible somewhere in this photo! [pic.twitter.com/prmQlGYIQA](https://t.co/prmQlGYIQA)
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [August 2, 2016](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/760607187227987968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Is it worth guessing? Yes!
> Also, ever have a conversation with a girl and find yourself unsure if you were talking about rabid werewolves or curses or whatever, or whether or not you should date? Is that just me? It’s just me.
The whole thing is from Nicole’s perspective, with screenshots of texts between herself and Waverly, and all sorts of tidbits.
Talk about knowing their audience.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Hope, Tumblr
---
### [Alex Danvers: Delayed Born Lesbian](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/alex-danvers-delayed-born-lesbian/)
**Published:** November 8, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It finally happened. The CW introduced a lesbian in a way that didn't make us all wince. And they did it twice.
**Content:**
I used to have a copy of a book called *Lesbianism Made Easy* by Helen Eisenbach. It went missing one move, but there were key insights in her hilarious take on the matter that stuck with me to this day. One of the ‘types’ of lesbians was the delayed born lesbian. That is to say, the person who was a lesbian all along, and one day woke up to realize that’s what she was.
Monday night, I watched that happen on network TV to [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) on [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/).
Let me set the stage for you, in case you don’t watch this absolutely adorable superhero romp.
[Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) is a cop. Out and loud. She’s been working with Alex on various cases since coming to work with National City PD’s Science Crime Department (look, people can fly, just go with it). And it’s not been a secret to anyone that the tension between Maggie and Alex was palpable. But this is TV, we’re pretty used to unresolved sexual tension and fanships being the things we make up in our heads.
Instead, what happened was we met Maggie’s ex and her current girlfriend (who got no name), and then in the season two episode “Crossfire,” Maggie admits she’s down in the dumps because she got dumped. Alex takes it upon herself to be a one-woman-cheer-squad to help Maggie feel better. And Maggie? Well she gives Alex an eye and says she’s sorry, she’d obviously misread Alex and thought Alex wasn’t into girls.
Very quickly Alex says she’s not.
Sounds familiar doesn’t it? In a hundred other shows, that would be it. We’d have the “I’m not gay!” defense and we’d move on. But instead, Alex started to really, *really* think about what the hell had just happened. She tried to talk about it to Kara, only to be interrupted, but we could see how Alex was really thinking about everything. What if she was different.
Then, in the closing scenes, she meets up with Maggie at the alien dive bar (which yes, it totally a gay metaphor) and they have the following conversation:
> Alex: My whole life has been about being perfect. Perfect grades, perfect job, being the perfect sister taking care of Kara. But the one part of my life I’ve never been able to make perfect was dating. I just never really liked it. I, I, I don’t know, I mean I tried. I got asked out but I never liked being intimate. I just, I don’t know, I thought maybe that’s just not the way I was built, you know? ‘It’s just not my thing.’ I never thought it was because of the other, the fact that maybe I… I mean I don’t… I don’t know. Now… now, I just, I can’t… I can’t stop thinking about…
>
> Maggie: About what?
>
> Alex: That maybe there’s some truth to what you said.
>
> Maggie: About?
>
> Alex: What you said…about me.
Of course Alex doesn’t say the word gay. She can’t yet. Most of us couldn’t at first, even when we had the most wonderful, caring, welcoming parents on the planet. Because to say “I’m gay” changes *everything* in a way you can’t ever take back. Even if you later sort out that you’re bisexual or pansexual or (yes) heterosexual, you’ve fundamentally changed how you look at the world and how it looks at you.
But there, we got a moment where a main character for a show has *started* to process the realization that there was nothing wrong with her all along, it was just that she was different than she expected. Alex had grown up with heteronormativity and always thought she was straight, because the perfect girl marries the perfect boy right? And here she is, faced with a girl who is none of that and yet still perfect and Alex realizes that she was wrong about herself.
That’s a horrible moment, by the way. The day you wake up and realize you’re wrong about yourself is shocking. How can you be wrong about yourself? And yet that’s how a great many people feel. They live much of their life under an assumption that’s just wrong.
Alex’s story is different for network TV. You normally don’t get to see this story at all. Looking back on some of the more famous lesbian discoveries late in life, you get things like [Kerry Weaver](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kerry-weaver/), who just figured it out, kept it a secret for a while, but moved ahead. And then there’s [Gail Peck](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gail-peck/), who just *bam* was a lesbian. But with Alex, and also with [Serena Campbell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena-campbell/) over in the UK, we’re finally getting that later-in-life shock of “Oh my god… This is me!”
It’s okay to not realize you’re not straight until you see someone of the same gender and think the thoughts you were ‘supposed’ to think about the opposite gender. It’s okay.
I want to end this with hope. Because hope is what the ‘S’ Supergirl wears actually means. Yesterday, [The Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/) posted an article about this gay storyline where the executive producer talks about this story and why they made the choice to have an older character work through this:
> Usually this kind of personal journey is explored on the small screen with a younger character, most often with teens in coming-of-age stories. But it was important for the *Supergirl* producers to be true to life and explore this with an adult character.
>
> “After talking to \[executive producer\] Greg Berlanti and doing some research on my own, anecdotally it seems like people who come out later in life come out because they’ve met someone,” \[Andrew\] Kreisberg says. “There’s a specific person for whom they’ve fallen. The idea that Alex who never really had a strong romantic connection with anybody and had come to dismiss it, and then meets Maggie and has her world turned upside down, it seems like interesting territory to us, that it wasn’t about a young teenager coming to grips with it. It was somebody who was an adult and in some ways had more to overcome on an internal level to get to the point where she could recognize that she has these feelings.”
>
> Source: [THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/supergirl-gay-character-storyline-944838)
Of course, we worry about the [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/) trope (who wouldn’t in 2016, a record year for dead female queers).
> The decision to add a lesbian character to *Supergirl* comes not long after several TV shows were criticized for killing off prominent lesbian characters — a controversial trend that became known as the “Bury Your Gays” trope.
>
> However, Kreisberg says that hasn’t factored into Alex’s narrative. “Well, they’re not dying, either of them, so we’re not really thinking about that right now,” he says.
>
>
>
> While Kreisberg admits he didn’t know about the term “Bury Your Gays,” he promises that producers made sure to “try to be as truthful and real as possible” when it comes to writing Alex’s coming out story.
>
> “Especially on a show like *Supergirl* where there are so many fantastical elements, we try to make sure that the emotions are as real and true to life as possible,” Kreisberg says. “That’s just the same litmus test that we apply to Alex’s coming out story. We just wanted to make sure we were telling the story in as respectful, educational, entertaining and thoughtful way as we could.”
So there we have some hope for the future. A main character lesbian with hope.
But that actually wasn’t why I referenced the article. No, I did it because of a comment made by KarenAn:
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/?attachment_id=5837)KarenAns comment on the THR articleYes, KarenAn’s 13 year old daughter. It’s okay that you feel like that too.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Out, Hope, Tropes
---
### [One Lesbian at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/one-lesbian-time/)
**Published:** January 13, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming out one day at a time.
**Content:**
Netflix has done it again with [*One Day at a Time*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-time/). The Norman Lear helmed remake of his classic sitcom is modern without being edgy, fun without being sappy, oh and they namedrop [Autostraddle](https://www.autostraddle.com/breaking-netflixs-one-day-at-a-time-shouts-out-autostraddle-but-youd-love-this-latina-lesbian-storyline-regardless-364959/).
But far more important than any of that is this. [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-alvarez/), the eldest daughter, is a lesbian. And she comes to this realization over the course of the season.
This was not a decision made lightly, either. It wasn’t just “Hey, let’s have a gay, kids!” Producer Gloria Calderon Kellet sat down with the actress and her parents to make sure they knew what she was getting into.
> “‘Just so you know, this is where we’re going with her character. If there’s any issues or problems with that, I need to know now. I need this to be something that you’re going to embrace and that you’re comfortable being the poster child for this.’ Because it doesn’t have enough of a voice, especially in the Latino community. We’ve never seen a 15-year-old girl come out on television before.”
>
> — eOnline [*One Day at a Time’s Coming Out Storyline Is A Breath of Fresh Air*](http://www.eonline.com/news/820230/one-day-at-a-time-s-coming-out-storyline-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air)
## Should You Watch?
Yes.
Should you watch this show? Yes. It’s 13 episodes right now, 31 minutes each, so enjoy a nice binge this weekend while you’re waiting for things like [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/), [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/08/09/wynonna-earp-more-gay/), and [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/) to come back.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Recommendations
---
### [Queer Positive TV: Degrassi: Next Class](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/queer-degrassi/)
**Published:** January 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The best Canadians kid show you may not be watching.
**Content:**
If you aren’t Canadian, Degrassi is probably an unknown to you. Originally billed as *The Kids from Degrassi Street*, the show has aired in various incarnations since 1979. Never once has it failed to touch on the awkward poignancy of growing up. They’ve had every type of kid imaginable on the show, from bullied to murderer, virginal to promiscuous, and of course every flavor of queer.
Unlike a great many shows, Degrassi doesn’t shy away from the difficult topics of first times, periods, masturbation, bisexuality, sexual assault, cheating, and more. And all those topics are touched on in season three of *[Degrassi: Next Class](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-next-class/)*, which was released on Netflix this week.
One of the newest characters introduced is [Rasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rasha-zuabi/), a Syrian refugee and a Muslim, who happens to be a lesbian. The setup is predictable. Returning senior, [Zoë](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-rivas/), had finally accepted her own homosexuality in the previous season and come out, much to the distaste of her mother (who thought it was a phase). In her coming out scene, we are introduced to Rasha, and I turned and announced “there’s the new lesbian.”
I was right, but it was a few more episodes before we find out that not only is Rasha gay, but she too likes Zoë. Of course, this is a drama, and the course of young love never runs smooth.
The teens of Degrassi make mistakes and they make choices. Some are as obvious as you’d think. Others do surprise you a little. Like [Adam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adam-torres/) (transgender male), who dates a strictly Christian girl. She insists God must have meant for Adam to be a boy, otherwise she wouldn’t be in love with him. Other times, you end up with Tristan who is so desperate to be loved, he sleeps with a teacher. He’s not the first. He won’t be the last.
The show tells, over and over, the recurring cycle of growth and adulthood. And it shows all the possible options in all the myriad ways they could occur. Take abortion. Of the eight unplanned teen pregnancies, four are aborted. Of those four, one is surprising in that all the character feels is relief. Yeah. They show all the ways women can be impacted by an abortion.
I call the show queer positive because it tackles tropes head on. Zoë’s mother insists she can’t be a lesbian because she doesn’t look one. Cue Zoë trading her bridesmaids dress for a tux, after seeing a couple young lesbians in army jackets. She’s still girly and frilly, of course.
Each of the new seasons is only 10 half-hour episodes, so a Netflix binge won’t take too long for you to catch up on the three seasons. Just remember, whatever it takes, they’ll make it through.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Recommendations, Tropes, Watch
---
### [2016 - A Year in Review](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/2016-year-review/)
**Published:** December 31, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We'd say 'Happy 2016' but frankly not a one of us really feels that way.
**Content:**
As the year ends, we can look back on 2016 with a pretty big review of thumbs down.
While more queer WLW characters were introduced than ever before, it was also the most deaths.
## Monthly Stats
- 33 new shows
- 66 new characters
## Yearly Numbers
- 4.8% of all series regulars on broadcast scripted primetime programming are LGBTQ
- 13.9% of all dead queer females in the history of TV died in 2016 – 32 characters
- 35.9% of all shows in the history of TV have killed a queer female
- 19.6% of all queer females in the history of TV have died
Now some of those numbers don’t look too bad. 35.9% of all shows sounds not terrible. The problem is we don’t really have a good number of how many TV shows (or characters) there have ever been in the history of ever. If we only look at 2015, there were 409 scripted TV shows, but that number isn’t additive. That is we can’t add it to how many in 2013 and 2014, because shows like [NCIS: New Orleans](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-new-orleans/) are on for a long time.
## The Dead
While the biggest death would have to be Root from [*Person of Interest*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/), the one with the most lasting effect was a guest character: Lexa from [*The 100*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/). Quite universally it’s been seen as some of the worst TV in 2016, the way it killed her off and the way the show handled the fallout. Ironically the character became the most popular, getting a Funko Pop toy and starting a movement.
Time to fire up Sarah McLachlan
- [Alexandra Harrison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexandra-harrison/)
- [Allie Novak](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/allie-novak/)
- [Ash Larsson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-larsson/)
- [Bea Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bea-smith/)
- [Bethany Mayfair](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bethany-mayfair/)
- [Bridey Cruz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bridey-cruz/)
- [Camilla Marks-Whiteman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/camilla-marks-whiteman/)
- [Cara Thomas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cara-thomas/)
- [Carla Niven](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-niven/)
- [Charlotte DiLaurentis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlotte-dilaurentis/)
- [Delle Seyah Kendry](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/delle-seyah-kendry/)
- [Denise Cloyd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-cloyd/)
- [Ella Johnson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ella-johnson/)
- [Felicity](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/felicity/)
- [Gina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gina/)
- [Helen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/helen/)
- [Julia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julia-exorcist/)
- [Julie Mao](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-mao/)
- [Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly/)
- [Kira](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-the-magicians/)
- [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/)
- [Manola Jimenez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/manola-jimenez/)
- [Marissa Kagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marissa-kagan/)
- [Mary Louise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-louise/)
- [Mimi Whiteman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mimi-whiteman/)
- [Molly Ryan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/molly-ryan/)
- [Nora Hildegard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-hildegard/)
- [Poussey Washington](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poussey-washington/)
- [Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/)
- [Roz Walters](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roz-walters/)
- [Sara Harvey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-harvey/)
- [Susan Jackson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/susan-jackson/)
- [Yorkie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yorkie/)
- [Zora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zora/)
- [Zoë Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-vaughn/)
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### ["The Good Wife" Spinoff Spins Up a Lesbian](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/good-wife-spinoff-spins-lesbian/)
**Published:** December 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A lesbian on "The Good Fight"? Let's hope the name isn't too literal.
**Content:**
While the breakout star (or at least most beloved character) from *[The Good Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/)* had to be Archie Panjabi’s [Kalinda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kalinda-sharma/), many fans were disappointed to hear that she wouldn’t be back for the spinoff, titled [*The Good Fight*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/).
We still don’t have Kalinda, but we do have a lesbian. From [TV Line](http://tvline.com/2016/12/16/the-good-fight-maia-lesbian-rose-leslie-cbs/), [Maia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maia-rindell/) is the goddaughter of Christine Baranski’s Diane, who gets caught up in a financial scam that forces them both to start a new career. Hence the new show.
> Sources confirm to TVLine exclusively that when The Good Fight premieres on Sunday, Feb. 19 at 8/7c, it will be revealed that the character played by Game of Thrones actress Rose Leslie is a lesbian. What’s more, she will have a steady girlfriend.
A lesbian with a girlfriend ([Amy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amy-breslin/), played by Heléne Yorke), and no bullets involved! Of course, CBS has a pretty abysmal track record with diversity. While Maia is a main character (and possibly *the* main character), it will be a TV rocky road to happiness.
I can predict with reasonable assurance that the relationship will be under some stress from the financial shenanigans. There will likely be a breakup or cheating or worse. It’s TV after all. They’re not much given to happy lesbian endings.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Press Release
---
### [November '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/november-16-roundup/)
**Published:** December 1, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** November was not as deadly as previously expected. So there's that.
**Content:**
November was the month of *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)* being super gay, with [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/) coming out and working her way through the stages of that.
- New Characters — 38
- New Shows — 17
We have the majority of shows added now, which means what’s left is a lot of Wikipedia searching for random shows we’ve never heard of, and a lot of YouTubeing of clips for said shows.
## New Features
Everything has been SEO this month, with a lot of work done to make the site rank better. None of which you probably care about, so you can ignore that.
## Lesbian Death Count
While October kicked us higher in the death toll, November was surprisingly quiet. In fact, no one new died in November and weirdly the CW (best known for kicking the “We Deserve Better” campaign into high gear following the death of [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/)) was the forefront. Between [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/), time traveling bisexual seductress, and Alex Danvers, baby lesbian, we’ve found a new trope!
## Bulletproof Gays
That’s right, there’s a new trend of lesbians being shot and not only living but getting the girl after. It happened with [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) over on [*Wynonna Earp*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/), shot by her girlfriend’s ([Waverly’s](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/)) sister, only to be wearing a vest and have their relationship outed by Waverly. Then [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/), wearing a vest over on *Supergirl*, got shot and realized life was too short not to kiss the girls you wanted to kiss.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup, Tropes
---
### [Newborn Syndrome](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/newborn-syndrome/)
**Published:** November 25, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Coming out doesn't always get the party started.
**Content:**
Back in the day, when [Callie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/callie-torres/) was a fairly newborn bisexual on *[Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)*, she met [Arizona](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arizona-robbins/) in a bar, kissed, and then Arizona found out how recently Callie had come out.
> Okay, see, this is what I try to avoid. You’re all exploring and experimenting and— Yay! This is a really exciting time for you. But, I work in Peds. I spend my entire day around newborns, so I try not to in my personal life. Thanks for asking though. I’m super flattered. Super.
Flash forward to 2016 and [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/), newly out to herself and her sister over on *[Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/)*, takes it upon herself to kiss the woman who encouraged her, [Maggie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/), and receives a similar talk.
> Well, we’re at really different places. And everything is changing for you. And everything is going to feel really heightened and shiny. And, um, you should experience that for yourself. Not just to be with me. And I shouldn’t get involved with someone who’s just fresh off the boat. Those relationships never really work out.
There is a lot of difference between the two. Arizona was very much against the idea of dating anyone newly out. In fact, her whole demeanor changed the moment she heard [Erica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/erica-hahn/) was Callie’s first girlfriend. On the other hand, Maggie was there as the first person to whom Alex came out, and was her lesbian god-mother, helping her come out to Kara.
The tone of the speeches are different. Maggie is encouraging Alex to get out there and be gay. Arizona, as we later learn, is very biphobic and much of the drama in her early relationship with Callie is that Callie’s not gay enough.
With both, however, there’s an underlying sentiment that feeds pretty similar. Experienced lesbians don’t want to date newbie lesbians. This can be true for a lot of people. In Arizona’s case, her worry was being used as an experiment. In Maggie’s, she just was well aware that she and Alex weren’t in the same headspace.
While it’s very painful to watch the newly out, in their moments of bravery, get shut down, it’s important to see that people don’t magically come out and are loved and embraced and trusted by all. That they’re turned down. That they struggle and make the mistakes we did. And it’s important to see that not everyone is the accepting kind of lesbian. It’s important to see that hate from heterosexuals, from family, isn’t the only pain you’ll be running into.
The newborn lesbian syndrome can be difficult to explain and portray, but it tells a journey that is equally as important and representative as anything else.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Coming Out, Tropes
---
### [October '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/october-16-roundup/)
**Published:** October 31, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another month, more dead ladies, and some new ones.
**Content:**
The weather turns cold and the gays come out of hiding for TV.
- New Characters — 79
- New Shows — 34
Sadly as expected, we surpassed the record for most dead WLW in a calendar year. 32.
On the other hand, [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) has arrived on [*Supergirl*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) (yay!) and there are two mature ladies on [*Holby City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/holby-city/) who have entered the fray as well.
## New Features
Better (slightly) search! You’ll notice you can now pick shows or characters for your searches, that should help folks narrow down on exactly what they’re looking for. It prioritizes titles first, so if you’re looking for any characters played by Ming Na, you’ll want to search for “Ming Na” in quotes. If you’re on character or show pages, the search will default to them.
## Modernized Logo
The logo has gone from a black toaster, to a spiral rainbow toaster, to a toaster with slices and flat colored rainbow, to a toaster with slices and much more vibrant colors. It’s a little subtle, but it makes the logo look less 1990s.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Death, Lesbians, Virtual Reality, and Hope](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/death-lesbians-virtual-reality-hope/)
**Published:** October 24, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Where in a show that otherwise would have been perfect is the tipping point for the most dead lesbians in a year.
**Content:**
I’m actually not happy about writing this, but not why you’re thinking.
On the Netflix show *[Black Mirror](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)*, they aired an episode that was about coming out, falling in love, and death. The episode “San Junipero” is an amazingly deep and complex telling of a future where the consciousness of the dead can be uploaded to a computer and spend their time as their younger selves.
In the computer world, [Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly/) and [Yorkie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yorkie/) meet, hook up, and fall in love. The problem is that in the real world, Yorkie has been in a coma for 40 years and her deeply religious parents won’t let her die. Her plan is to marry her nurse and he will euthanize her, allowing her to spend her afterlife in San Junipero.
By contrast, Yorkie is a widow who lost her husband after their son died. She has no plans to stay in San Junipero, even though she too is aged and dying. After meeting Kelly in the real world, they marry and she allows Kelly to die. Not long after, when her own death is approaching, she decides to join Yorkie and they spend eternity together.
It’s incredibly complicated, and it’s problematic. The parallels to heaven and the concept of just because there’s an afterlife, it’s all okay, cannot be avoided. At the end, we still have two more dead lesbians in 2016 (the current total is 32 by the way, thanks to this show and [*Masters of Sex*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/masters-of-sex/)). No matter that there’s no erasure of homosexuality, and no matter that it’s a big ol’ middle finger to the religious right, it’s *still* two dead lesbians.
And damn it, it was a good episode!
But I can’t be happy or even approve, because the wonderful story of love transcending space and time and even death included death. Which means part of the message is that lesbians can only have true happiness in death. You see how it’s a problem? It’s probably not the intended message, but that’s where the story went. It went to a dark place that death is the only refuge.
As much as I’d love to sit and cling to the last, hopeful moment of Kelly and Yorkie dancing, I’m left with a feeling of unease. That only in death will the truth of love be known. That the inevitability of death is where happiness lies. That I must accept that life is to be suffered through.
It’s impossible for me to watch the episode and chose to feel only hope. After the horror that 2016 has been, from record deaths and betrayals of queer women, to problematic representation, queerbaiting, abuse, and then our lovely US political climate, to have another death like this itches and burns. It’s a moment that should have been happy, but it was and will be tainted by the world that surrounds its airing.
While we all know the horse will throw a shoe, the prince will leave the princess, and the happy-ever-after is a myth, having death be that final moment rankles. Within the context of the show, and the episode, however, there was no other ending that would have been as close to happiness.
I can accept that, and still find the entire situation uncomfortable and unhappy. Because 32 women who loved women died in 2016, and two happened here.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Death, Tropes
---
### [Stand Against Bullying](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/stand-against-bullying/)
**Published:** October 20, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We are a website, and we are against bullying.
**Content:**
[Today is Spirit Day](http://www.glaad.org/spiritday). It’s a day GLAAD asks us to take a stand against the bullying of LGBTQ Youths. Among other things, [they’re trying to raise $100,000 for the cause](http://spiritday.glaad.org).
Why does any of this matter? While we’re about the fictional queer ladies, the real world is doing a pretty lovely job making what happens on TV seem normal. We’re dealing with one of the more deplorable election cycles in the US, and the basic human rights of LGBTQ people are being denied. We cannot possibly claim that the tenor of the real world isn’t impact that of our fictional obsessions.
And we’re not the only TV-Adjacent group that feels that way. Everyone from [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) has been pretty outspoken about all this. Most of the actors have taken photos of themselves in full support of Spirit Day, and people like [Layne Morgan](http://spiritday.glaad.org/layne-morgan) are making a plea for this as well.
Bullying shouldn’t be the norm.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/14615639_10155390194918840_198014917047969914_o.png) [](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/14707871_10155390196403840_7524072947519178902_o.png) [](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/14615790_10155390196373840_1856832076555219383_o.png)
Stand up.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** GLAAD, Spirit Day
---
### [Carmilla: The End](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/carmilla-the-end/)
**Published:** October 14, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Carmilla is over but it has yet to begin again. What will you sacrifice?
**Content:**
I know, I know! [There’s a movie!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/carmilla-movie/) Chill!
The end of season three for [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/) went up on October 13th and like most creampuffs, I binged the last 12 episodes. They’re only about 7 minutes each.
There will be mild spoilers, so if you don’t want them, come back later.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/CarmillaS3_KeyArt_Poster1.jpg)By [PapurrCat](http://papurrcat.tumblr.com/post/150312566302/the-new-carmilla-season-3-official-poster-is)It’s interesting how knowing that there’s a movie, I was still shocked when Laura died. It was just a shock of “Wait WHAT!?” and a good show of acting. It’s always great when a show can suspend you in their reality long enough that you forget what you know in the real-world. And getting that preview of the movie at the end was the cream puff icing on the cake.
How appropriate was it that Laura saved the world with a hug?
Carmilla’s a human now, which I’m okay with. I get that she got her mortality back and ‘won’ Laura back. It was quite Gift of the Magi to give up what they both wanted to save the other, and while Laura remained Laura, Carmilla really grew and totally deserved that happy ending.
I did find it odd that LaF and Perry ran off like they did at the end, but when I rewatched it, it was pretty clear that Perry was trying to cope and be Perry, and LaF was short an eye, so I’ll give her a pass. Also if the useless vampire was about to start mourning the death of the tiny gay creampuff, I’d get out of dodge. Fast.
And then there’s Kirsch… I don’t even know what to do with Kirsch. He just … Yeah. And Danny? What was up with her running off like that. Is she still alive (dead) out there? We don’t know. Maybe she’ll be back in the movie.
I am really excited about the movie by the way.
If you haven’t watched *Carmilla* yet, it’s all up online. Start with the [Season One playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbvYWjKFvS5rX2yv-k5AJ8oxPoZ9zHcpe).
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Hope
---
### [The Superman Phenomenon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/superman-phenomenon/)
**Published:** October 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** For whom is the story told? The story is told for thee. But primarily white, straight, men.
**Content:**
Around the time *Supergirl* announced the introduction of Maggie Sawyer (notably a lesbian in the comics) and that someone would be gay, they *also* announced that Superman would show up.
Guess which one gets the most press attention?
Don’t believe me? Let’s go to the Press Release for the first episode of season two (and please remember season one ended on a cliffhanger of a mysterious pod, crashing to Earth).
> THE CW HAS A NEW HERO AND SHE’S BRINGING SUPERMAN WITH HER — When a new threat emerges in National City, Kara/Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) teams up with her cousin, Clark Kent/Superman (guest star Tyler Hoechlin), to stop it. Kara is thrilled to have family in town but it leaves Alex (Chyler Leigh) feeling a bit left out. Meanwhile, Hank (David Harewood) and Supergirl are stunned by the pod that came crashing to Earth. Glen Winter directed the episode with story by Greg Berlanti & Andrew Kreisberg and teleplay by Andrew Kreisberg & Jessica Queller (#201). Original airdate 10/10/2016.
Nothing against Superman, but the show is named *Super**girl*** and it’s been categorically about the struggles of a woman trying to find her place in a mans world. It’s a show that resonated with young girls, who see the world as best against them, always in the shadow of men, and they think “I too can be a hero.” But the news? Oh no, they want to talk about how Superman will be there, and is he cute, and will he be the same character as he was in *Smallville*?
What gets lost is the hope for women and girls.
But also the loss is for queers.
What story possibly rings more true to the Superman mythos — a stranger in a strange land, who looks like everyone else but is totally different inside — than the mirror of homosexuality? And coming out in the shadow of Supergirl is one thing, but now it’s a coming out behind Supergirl *and* Superman?
The popular theory is that Alex Danvers (Supergirl’s adopted sister) will be the lesbian.
Alex giving Maggie a look credit [YVRShoots](http://yvrshoots.com)In the above photo, she’s looking at Maggie Sawyer in a way that made every fanfic writer on the planet ask “So they’re *already* in a relationship?”
Speaking of Maggie, she seems to be a strange combination of the Maggie we know from the comics and Renee Montoya. Unlike the comics, Maggie is an ally of aliens, saying that growing up as a Latina in Nebraska, she understands what it’s like to be an outsider.
And there we are again, aren’t we?
Superman will show up in the first two episodes of the season, which starts on October 10th on the CW. While I want to say I hope the ratings will be low so he goes away, I hope they’ll be high so the show stays on the air.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Casting, Coming Soon
---
### [September '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/september-16-roundup/)
**Published:** September 30, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** September means a new TV season in the US.
**Content:**
September 24th was our two-year anniversary. We had a very slow going, I admit, until 2016, when queer female deaths hit critical mass. 2014 was a low year, but after that we’ve had more than ever before.
Before we get into things, here’s our monthly status:
- New Characters — 151
- New Shows — 41
Those 151 characters include as many people from [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/) as possible.
Also TV season has started up in the US, so we’re waiting to hear who’s gay on the CW. Since it’s the CW, we’ll probably find out when they die.
## News
The biggest news in September was the death of AfterEllen. While the site will remain up, it will be run by heterosexual men and few of the existing freelancers will be continuing on (so far one). Making matters worse, after Trish Bendix (the former Editor in Chief) posted her [very personal (and approved of) farewell](http://trish-bendix.tumblr.com/post/150695653921/eulogy-for-the-living), she was fired two days early and denied her severance pay.
Four years ago, when WB/TNT [mistreated the organizers of RizzlesCon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/rizzlescon-tv-failed-us/), we didn’t really have the power we do now. We’d not yet amassed the ability to protest effectively. It’s harder when you’re spread around the world. But today we do, and we’ve not let AfterEllen go without a loud, proud, word.
## Behind the Closet
There’s a funny story about how lesbians eat data for breakfast. We managed to break some software on this site in a pretty phenomenal way that ended up requiring working with three separate companies, but it’s all working now. Suffice to say, lessons were learned and the server only crashed twice. The good news is that when you search on content, now you’ll get a little more relevant information.
Most of the work on the site this month has been behind the scenes. A few things to make *our* lives easier when updating and adding content. We’ve added in more links in more places too. The icons for clichés and tropes are all links! Now you can wiki-clicky until you’ve been on the site for six hours.
The one ‘big’ thing is the date based archives now include all data for everything. For example, if you go to look at [December 2014](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/12/), you’ll see all the posts made as well as characters and shows added. If you look at the years (like [2016](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/)) you’ll see everything for the year but *also* the death count for that year.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Farewell AfterEllen](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/farewell-after-ellen/)
**Published:** September 20, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another queer resource is saying goodbye.
**Content:**
On Friday, AfterEllen is shutting down.
Trish Bendix announced this on [Tuesday, September 20th, on her private blog](http://trish-bendix.tumblr.com/post/150695653921/eulogy-for-the-living):
> Over the last 10 years, I’ve published a lot of very personal things on [AfterEllen](https://www.tumblr.com/edit/www.afterellen.com). I’ve written things people didn’t agree with. I’ve written reviews of work created by peers that they didn’t necessarily love. I’ve written about being married and then not. I’ve published interviews that were painful to get through and worse to relive during the transcribing and writing process. But nothing has been as difficult as what I’ve had to write today.
>
> After 14 years, AfterEllen as we know it will be effectively shutting down as of Friday.
It’s painful to read. I have a storied relationship with AfterEllen. A billion years ago, they were tiny and asked me for images from a fansite I ran to use on theirs. Of course I said yes. For years and years, I followed them. From basic HTML to Drupal to WordPress and now… well. Now we say farewell.
You can hate what AfterEllen became, and you can disagree with some of Trish’s choices (goodness knows I have!) but the landscape of homosexual havens in the early 2000s was so very different than it is here in 2016. What AfterEllen gave us was a refuge beyond LiveJournal (yeah) where we could find kindred souls. The site gave us a place where we knew we weren’t alone.
Things have changed a lot. Back in the early and mid-2000s, you could make a living on your Google Ads. Now? Well. We don’t even come close to breaking even, but then again we’re not trying and we’re running this as a hobby site. Sites like Autostraddle wouldn’t have happened without AfterEllen, and I’m not sure we would have either.
Thanks for keeping things going even when times were hard, Trish.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Community, Hope
---
### [It's A Miscount](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/its-a-miscount/)
**Published:** September 19, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It was a miscount. 2016 is worse than we thought.
**Content:**
After last Friday’s post, a strange email landed in my inbox.
“You missed a few…” Actually we missed ten! This brings the record up to 29 dead for 2016 and 30 for 2015.
So 2016 is now officially in second place for “Worst year for dead queers” and we still have three months left.
## 2015 Additions
- [Margaret](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margaret-2/)
- [Wendy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wendy/)
## 2016 Additions
- [Allie Novak](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/allie-novak/)
- [Zoë Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-vaughn/)
- [Roz Walters](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roz-walters/)
- [Molly Ryan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/molly-ryan/)
- [Delle Seyah Kendry](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/delle-seyah-kendry/)
- [Manola Jimenez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/manola-jimenez/)
- [Sara Harvey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-harvey/)
- [Bea Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bea-smith/)
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Death, Disposable, LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [The 2016-17 Season Starts Soon](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/2016-17-starts-soon/)
**Published:** September 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's nearly time for US TV to start killing off more people. Are you ready?
**Content:**
Let’s be honest. Last season was tough for lesbians.
21 characters died in 2016. That’s actually *not* the worst year ever. 28 died in 2015. But hey, we’ve got a whole four months left. All 2016 has to do is kill off 2 characters a month to win it. Looking at the current political status of the world, that feels rather likely. Especially if you think of how [*Caramilla*‘s](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/caramilla/) airing it’s final season right now, and skews to ‘pretty much everyone’s queer.’ Taking on a headmaster who’s a God? No big. And … let’s not talk about *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*, save that [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) deserved better.
On the other hand, there have been some pretty phenomenal shows that have come out this year. Both *[Her Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/her-story/)* and *[Take My Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/)* made it to our coveted [Gold Star Shows Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/stars/gold/), and with good reason. While *Her Story* is a bit serious, they both handle the reality of female queers in a surprisingly touching way.
And even mainstream has a little bit of hope. Over on [*Legends of Tomorrow*,](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/) [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) is traipsing through history and seducing all the women she finds (not really, but kind of…) and [The CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cw/) promised to give us a lesbian on *Supergirl* (while introducing [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer-supergirl/) who is gay gay gay in the comics). Then again, super-hero shows have been pretty rough for WLW. Look at [Barbara Kean](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/barbara-kean/) over on [*Gotham*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/). She’s … Yeah. I don’t know. [*Rizzoli & Isles*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rizzoli-isles/) ended in the gayest non-gay way ever, with Jane and Maura headed off to Paris (seriously? are you even trying anymore?), so there goes another [queerbaiting](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbaiting/) show.
But again for the good news, *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)* was renewed! And the show was (thus far) treated our precious [Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/) and baby lesbian [Waverly Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/) with the greatest respect. Bulletproof vests. I mean, daaaymn. And the *Xena* reboot seems to be trucking along. Quietly.
If I had to predict anything for the back half of 2016, its this. We *will* lose more queer females. And we’ll be here to update you.
## The Dead: 2016
- [Alexandra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexandra/)
- [Ash Larsson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-larsson/)
- [Bethany Mayfair](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bethany-mayfair/)
- [Bridey Cruz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bridey-cruz/)
- [Camilla Marks-Whiteman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/camilla-marks-whiteman/)
- [Cara Thomas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cara-thomas/)
- [Carla Niven](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-niven/)
- [Charlotte DiLaurentis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlotte-dilaurentis/)
- [Denise Cloyd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-cloyd/)
- [Ella Johnson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ella-johnson/)
- [Felicity](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/felicity/)
- [Julie Mao](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-mao/)
- [Kira](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-the-magicians/)
- [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/)
- [Marissa Kagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marissa-kagan/)
- [Mary Louise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-louise/)
- [Mimi Whiteman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mimi-whiteman/)
- [Nora Hildegard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-hildegard/)
- [Poussey Washington](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poussey-washington/)
- [Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/)
- [Zora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zora/)
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Hope, LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Queerbaiting
---
### [August '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/august-16-roundup/)
**Published:** September 2, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Summer comes to an end, TV starts anew!
**Content:**
Another month zipped by!
- 18 new shows
- 74 new characters
The new TV season in the US starts soon, so we should be adding more and more ‘new’ queers! Can’t wait. Except for the part where they’ll probably kill more lesbians…
## New Features
Search! It’s better, it’s faster, it has no more Google Ads! Thanks to some fancy coding and a tool called [ElasticSearch](https://www.elastic.co), searches for data now actually finds the right data. Like actor names and show names are now working properly. That was a little tricky but I’m glad we got it right.
Shows also include airdates now, so you can know if it’s all over or not. Naturally this made it to the stats and we can tell you that 34.2% of shows on this site are still on the air.
Speaking of shows, the thumbs up/down/meh on the show listing pages are now clickable. So are the stars. We’re making it easier for you to fall into the rabbit hole.
Finally … the whole site is HTTPS thanks to [Let’s Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org). The NSA can’t spy on you looking up things here now.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [CW - Someone's Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/cw-someones-gay/)
**Published:** August 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Someone's gay on the CW, but is it someone new or someone old?
**Content:**
> A character on *The Flas*h, *Arrow*, *Supergirl*, or *DC’s Legends of Tomorrow* will be coming out this season.
>
> “One of the characters on one of the shows is going to be exploring their sexuality and coming out,” executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said at the Television Critics Association’s press tour on Thursday. “We’re very excited about that.”
>
> The producers declined to reveal the character, which show, and whether they were male or female. “It is a significant character,” EP Greg Berlanti said. “The only reason we wouldn’t \[say\] is we really want the audience to enjoy the character developments and not necessarily be ahead of the storyline.”
So says [EW’s Recap of the TCA press tour from Thursday](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/08/11/cw-superhero-gay-character).
We already know they’re introducing [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer-supergirl/) to *Supergirl*. While a whole lot of people are amped up, hoping for Alex Danvers, I’d bank my TV watchin’ odds on them using Mags as our coming out.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon, Press Release, Queerbaiting
---
### [July '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/july-16-roundup/)
**Published:** August 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Another month, another set of new shows.
**Content:**
This was a slow month. Too many WordCamps! I admit, I fell down a rabbit hole, trying to add in a way to track what years a show aired in a sane way.
- 21 Shows Added
- 52 Characters Added
You may notice the front of the site now lists, at the top, the latest four characters and shows added. The goal is to make it more obvious what’s being added and get you trapped in Wikiclicking.
We also added a [Resources](https://lezwatchtv.com/resources/) page so now you know what we’re using to sort out what next to add.
Hopefully more free time is coming so we can add more everything. Unrelated to any of this, [Apple is adding a Pride Flag emoji](http://www.apple.com/newsroom/2016/08/apple-adds-more-gender-diverse-emoji-in-ios-10.html)! Also they changed the gun to a squirt gun.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Take My Wife - Love, Laughs, Lives](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/take-my-wife-love-laughs-lives/)
**Published:** July 26, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two comedians are lesbians, married, and made a show that is and isn't about them. And no one dies. We're in.
**Content:**
The title grabbed us.
**Cameron Esposito promises ‘no lesbians die’ in new show *Take My Wife***
Well okay. That’s bold. And sadly different. According to our [current stats](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/death/), 2016 is the third worst year for LGBT female deaths with 21 (2013 has 23, and 2015 is the winner with 27). So a new gold star show gets added to the site
> … “If you watch a lot of television and you don’t know what could happen to lesbians if they don’t die, this is a show about that,” Esposito tells EW. “I promise you, no lesbians die in this show.”
>
> The single-camera series follows stars Esposito and Butcher, who wed in December 2015, as a married couple co-hosting a stand-up showcase. “What Rhea and I love about the show is that it’s about a couple that works together, first and foremost,” Esposito says. “We’re both comics, and that is where we wanted to approach the show form, as like a family business.”
>
> Credit: EW “[Take My Wife: Cameron Esposito talks new show](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/19/take-my-wife-trailer-cameron-esposito-rhea-butcher)“
Interested? We are! *Take My Wife* debuts on [Seeso](https://www.seeso.com/) August 11th, 2016.
https://youtube.com/D05IZ0iNbNg
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon
---
### [Supergirl to Introduce Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/supergirl-maggie-sawyer/)
**Published:** July 19, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hold on to your badges, we get another shot at superhero cops.
**Content:**
I was burned by [Gotham](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham/) and their flagrant misuse of [Renee Montoya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/renee-montoya/).
Last week, news broke that [Supergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supergirl/) (who is being moved from CBS to the CW) will introduce a new character. [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer-supergirl/). No, not that [Maggie Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-sawyer/) from [Smallville](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/smallville/) … well yes, the same character, but new. While the comic depicts her as a tall, blue eyed blonde woman who was married to a mysogynistic and somewhat abusive husband. This was back in the 80s, and he got custody of their daughter (it was very rare for fathers to get custody back then) because she was a lesbian. The character was a friend of Superman, and over time moved to Gotham to help their major crimes unit and was Renee Montoya’s boss.
For Supergirl, we’re getting Floriana Lima. And she’s a main character.
I have a lot of hopes and concerns about the role, but right now I’m really hoping they don’t dye her hair blonde, and just give us a different Maggie. After all, it’s a different Kara.
For those of us who remember Everwood: Damn you, Berlanti!
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Casting, Coming Soon
---
### [Bulletproof Vest Your Gays (And Renew Wynonna Earp)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/bulletproof-vest-your-gays-and-renew-wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** July 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We saved the gays! Can we give them season two?
**Content:**
The season finale of [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) aired when we were on vacation or on a business trip. When I got home, I took a while to watch it since I was exhausted. Even so, I knew that the show had given a big middle finger to that [Bury Your Gays](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/) trope.
They shot the lesbian, and she was wearing a damned bulletproof vest. She got kissed (again) and then her girlfriend got possessed by evil goo (look, you’re watching a SyFy show).
It’s been a few weeks though and we’ve had no word of renewal.
This is not a perfect show. But much like Buffy was for us in the 90s, [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/) is giving us a glimpse at a more positive and inclusive show. People are gay, people are straight. They need more people of color, yes they do, but again, this is a start. Let’s get them a season two so they can do more, and do better.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Death, Renewals, Tropes
---
### [June '16 Roundup](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/june-16-roundup/)
**Published:** July 1, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Summer vacation has begun and we've got more statistics and features for everyone!
**Content:**
June, Pride Month, has been a little difficult for most of us. There’s nothing we can say to make it better, only that we are still here, and will still be here, keeping track of LGBTQ+ representation on TV.
Since it’s summer, we’ve been running a little slower, but don’t worry. We’ve got massive lists of more things to add!
- 81 New Characters
- 29 New Shows
## 105 Trans Women
We finally made it through Autostraddle’s list of [105 trans women on TV](http://www.autostraddle.com/105-trans-women-on-american-tv-a-complete-history-and-analysis-216732/). In adding them, we were struck on a technicality. When adding [Gittel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gittel/), we had a transgender character who was killed for being trans, while being a flashback. Does this count as a “Bury your Queers” moment? After a great deal of thought, yes it does. Had she died of old age, it would not, but as her death was directly related to being transgender, it counts.
In somewhat related choices, trans characters played by trans actors are now flagged as ‘Queer IRL.’
We don’t have a list of trans men on TV, but we did pick out a couple actors we know who are FTM and regularly plan transgendered characters, and added them to the site.
## New Site Features
One major change… we swapped clichés and tropes. It was brought to Mika’s attention that “Bury Your Queers” was a trope, so shows now have tropes and characters have clichés. No big.
When we did that, we added in more [show statistics](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/shows/), making it easier for you to see how many shows were given the gold star of lesbian awesomeness and how many have trigger warnings.
Finally we added in a flag for shows with trigger warnings. When you look at the show list pages, if there’s a red alert icon, that’s why. The show may be something for you to skip.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [The Diversity (and Unoriginality) of Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/diversity-unoriginality-of-death/)
**Published:** June 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Death is overdone on TV, it's boring, and too many lesbians are still dying!
**Content:**
The folks at Vox shared some rather amazing work. They documented *all* the deaths on TV in the 2015-16 season!
When you look at [all the deaths in one chart](http://www.vox.com/a/tv-deaths-lgbt-diversity), and someone should nominate Caroline Framke for sainthood for doing this, some things become a little galling. First of all, the chart can sort white vs nonwhite, LGBTQ or not, and gender. There are (currently) 241 dead on US TV alone.
- 135 of the dead are males, which makes sense as more people on TV are men right now, making up 56% of the dead
- 99 are straight white males, which is just over 41%
- 58 are straight white females, giving us 24% of the dead
- 29 of the dead are LGBTQ, which is 21%
Now at first you might say that it proves more straights die. And that would be correct. Where this slips is in representation. As Vox points out, it’s about proportions.
> On this point of proportion, the statistics do back up those who cry foul on television killing off too many queer women. Unless we’re talking about *Orange Is the New Black*, shows aren’t likely to have more than one or two queer women characters recurring throughout a season; that certainly doesn’t hold true for straight white men, who still dominate cast breakdowns. So if this graph were to reflect the actual ratio of straight white male characters to queer women characters, that difference would almost definitely be far greater. A full 10 percent of deaths being queer women is astonishing given how few of them recur on shows in general.
The 10% is currently 9% but the point is still made.
Death is, in and of itself, quite overdone on TV these days. It’s no longer shocking and it doesn’t drive home the powerful message of costs or risks, since we rarely get to see the aftermath of the deaths. People on TV die and then they move on.
Of course, it’s not like that at all when we look at real life deaths. In reality, people are killed explicitly for being gay. Wouldn’t it be nice for some of us to get happy endings? Give us some hope, some safe places to retreat, just for a little while, and enjoy?
Sadly, in last month’s panel with SAG Writers, they [seemed stumped as how to handle the trope](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-trope-stumps-891596). And at the ATX panel on “Bury Your Tropes” it was sad to see writers arguing that they should be able to tell a story, and that [networks were now ‘scared’](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-atx-festival-901800).
Should LGBT+ characters die on TV? Of course. That’s never been the point of this. It’s never been ‘stop killing queers!’ It’s *always* been ‘stop killing queers disproportionately in ways that only serve to further someone else’s character development.’ Dramas thrive on conflicts, and good writing has good conflict. And in some shows, you expect people to die all the time. It’s their nature and that’s okay.
But then you get people who say this:
> “It is to sign a pledge that I will limit my storytelling, I promise I wont kill an LGBT character is going to limit my ability,” \[Krista Vernoff\] said. “There’s been huge progress and if we say, in the name of progress, we’re going to sign a pledge and limit our storytelling, we’re going to limit our progress.”
>
> – THR: [Bury Your Gays: TV Writers Tackle Trope, the Lexa Pledge and Offer Advice to Showrunners](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-atx-festival-901800)
She missed the points somehow… Here are the seven points on the Lexa Pledge:
1. We will ensure that any significant or recurring LGBTQ characters we introduce, to a new or pre-existing series, will have significant storylines with meaningful arcs.
2. When creating arcs for these significant or recurring characters we will consult with sources within the LGBTQ community, like queer writers or producers on staff, or members of queer advocacy groups like GLAAD, The Trevor Project, It Gets Better, Egale, The 519, etc.
3. We recognise that the LGBTQ community is underrepresented on television and, as such, that the deaths of queer characters have deep psychosocial ramifications.
4. We refuse to kill a queer character solely to further the plot of a straight one.
5. We acknowledge that the Bury Your Gays trope is harmful to the greater LGBTQ community, especially to queer youth. As such, we will avoid making story choices that perpetuate that toxic trope.
6. We promise never to bait or mislead fans via social media or any other outlet.
7. We know there is a long road ahead of us to ensure that the queer community is properly and fairly represented on TV. We pledge to begin that journey today.
The only two that might be ‘limiting’ are the first and fourth.
But shouldn’t *any* significant or recurring character have significant storylines and meaningful arcs? Isn’t that the point of having a recurring character? That they have something about them that resonates a little with your viewers and makes them wonder “Why are they introducing Bob here?” And not killing *any* character **solely** to further someone else’s plot is, again, making good TV. If you introduce someone and their only point is to connect to a main character and die, in order to push the main character somewhere, you’ve taken a cheap and easy road which gets us exactly where we are today.
We’re too used to death and it’s lost it’s impact in fiction.
Worse today, it often reflects the worst of us when we see people who are queer killed for that. And we turn on the news and see it again.
Look, we understand the reality of television. The person you cast as an old friend may not be available in three seasons. Or the plot you think of in season four should have been hinted at in season one, and now you have to retro-fit with some flashbacks that actually they cared about this all along. Those things are conveniences we all accept in TV land.
We’re asking you to try a little harder. Tell a story that isn’t just death. Make a character well rounded before you kill them. Have it impact *everyone*.
**Categories:** News, Rant
**Tags:** Death, Tropes
---
### [You Can't Fight While Killing](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/you-cant-fight-while-killing/)
**Published:** June 10, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The summary is Ilene Chaiken is a piece of work.
**Content:**
Oh Ilene Chaiken, you’re quite a piece of work.
In a recent interview with [People Magazine](http://www.people.com/article/empire-executive-producer-addresses-bury-your-gays), Ilene is portrayed as being one of the people fighting against the Bury Your Queers trope.
This is the same woman who killed off two lesbians and turned around to tell [Variety](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/empire-camilla-dead-kills-mimi-lesbian-death-the-100-ilene-chaiken-1201747811/) that her show wasn’t “part of that phenomenon or conversation.” She went on to remark that one of the lesbians was a fake lesbian and we should all be happy she was dead.
Putting that aside for a moment, she went on to tell People some impressively ignorant things:
> “In what I do, which is make popular entertainment, it’s been a lifelong battle for representation,” Chaiken, 58, tells PEOPLE. “I think there’s nothing more important than seeing ourselves reflected in the media, in our entertainment, in characters that speak to us. It means everything. It saves lives, it builds futures, it builds hope.”
>
> …
>
> “I wasn’t aware of it for the longest time,” Chaiken tells PEOPLE. “There is some legitimacy to the outrage. \[*The 100*\] didn’t know what they were doing. Now that it’s been flagged, I predict that it will change and change fast.”
>
> …
>
> “I don’t think it’s an excuse, but I don’t think it was done knowingly and consciously,” Chaiken continues. “Now that they’ve been made to understand what they’ve done, you’ll see it change.”
I don’t think anyone really believes she was ignorant of the trope. She spouts the line that we should see ourselves reflected in media, while having her lesbians killed off, written off, or sent to jail.
Even if we’re to give her the biggest benefit of the doubt, that she didn’t think it meant her, her remarks sound rather two-faced. She is somehow claiming that she’s part of the fight for positive representation while dismissing the claims that she perpetuates it. Chaiken is, in short, killing queers while arguing they should live.
There’s a right way and a wrong way to change your approach. It starts with “I didn’t think that my show fell to these tropes because …” and it ends with “However I can see why many people feel it does, and I will strive to do better in the future.” Chaiken isn’t even doing us the grace of lip service to this issue.
She’s seeking rewards and accolades for protesting a crime she’s guilty of.
As I said. What a piece of work.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [Can We Trust Wynonna Earp?](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/can-we-trust-wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** June 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's hard to trust when we've been betrayed 20 times already since January.
**Content:**
It’s 2016 and we’re all scared. There’s a new WLW pair on screen, the adorable WayHaught from [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/), and we’re all scared.
Even though [Emily Andras has spoken up about the tropes](http://www.afterellen.com/entertainment/490411-wynonna-earp-creator-emily-andras-talks-wayhaught-survival), we’re scared.
> So [\#wayhaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/wayhaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) just happened on [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) in ep 9. Taking bets on when officer Haught dies
>
> — Doc 😷 (@DocWhatever) [June 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/DocWhatever/status/737882183856164864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
But then Wynonna Earp’s official Twitter replied:
> Why would you do this.
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [June 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/738120453596684288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And when someone tweeted getting Nicole a bullet proof vest:
> Please, Officer Haught, you have to wear your bulletproof vest. We need you 💓 [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@syfy](https://twitter.com/SYFY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/rXWtCHBqel](https://t.co/rXWtCHBqel)
>
> — 🦙🐒εїɞ🤍❤️🩹✨Alida🦕🦖🌏☀️🍎💖👑 (@Lejonhaerta) [June 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/Lejonhaerta/status/737926662269095937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
They replied:
> Protect Haught at all costs.
>
> — Wynonna Earp (@WynonnaEarp) [June 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/WynonnaEarp/status/738107856495353856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And over on [SyFy.com](http://www.syfy.com/wynonnaearp/photos/bury-me-with-my-guns-on-season-1-episode-9), they actually posted a photo with a WayHaught caption!
Waverly rushes to the police station to file a complaint she doesnt have enough Haught in her life The Officer responds immediately with a kissAnd we’re all **still** scared.
Can anyone blame us? 20 LGBTQ women have died this year. It was 26 last year, which is the record, and we still have the Summer Season *and* the first half of the 2016-17 season to go before 2016 is over.
Even when people who have reason to know are telling us that no one dies in season one…
https://twitter.com/DanaPiccoli/status/738126483462426624
> No need to worry about [\#WayHaught](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WayHaught?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) & the queer ladies of Purgatory. My [\#WynonnaEarp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WynonnaEarp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) sources say they are in very safe hands. Trust [@emtothea](https://twitter.com/emtothea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Bridget Liszewski (@BridgetOnTV) [June 1, 2016](https://twitter.com/BridgetOnTV/status/738136088959541249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
And yet… we are all scared.
And we are likely to remain scared even though Emily said this outright:
> **AE:** **Give me a sense of what’s in store for WayHaught for the rest of the season? Can you assure fans they’ll be standing at the end?**
>
> **EA:** Whether they’re standing or not, they are certainly alive at the end of the season. They are really trying to make this relationship work and find out what this romance is. If it has legs, what it means. But they’re doing it in one of the most dangerous places on Earth right now. So, I’m not going to lie; there’s a lot of drama and danger coming their way. People get hurt, people get put through the wringer. But they are both very much alive and very much in love come the end of the season.
We know they survive.
They are both very much alive and very much in love come the end of the seasonWatch Wynonna Earp tonight on SyFy though. We can’t know if they’ll survive a second season unless they get one.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Hope, Tropes, Watch
---
### [May We All Be Gay!](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/may-we-all-be-gay/)
**Published:** May 31, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** May brought us life, death, and undeath for lesbians.
**Content:**
May kicked off with more dead lesbians. Because why not. We did the math of how many primetime, US network lady lovin’ ladies were offed this year, and 11 out of 36 died in 2016 alone. That’s 30.5%, in case you wondered. And while we did get the magical soapy rebirth of [Sin Rostro](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/) and the return of [Sameen Shaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sameen-shaw/), we lost [Bethany Mayfair](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bethany-mayfair/) and [Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/).
That last one hurts, but I still expect everyone on [PoI](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/) to die. It’s that kind of show. None of that exempts PoI of the Bury Your Queers cliche, of course.
It also looks like [Delphine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/delphine-cormier/) *may* not be dead. We have a witness who saw her alive, but that doesn’t mean she’s still alive. She is tentatively marked as dead still.
- Characters Added – 103
- Shows Added – 42
## Trans Women
Autostraddle, seeming to think we don’t have enough to do, published another list. This one is of the [105 Trans Women on TV](http://www.autostraddle.com/105-trans-women-on-american-tv-a-complete-history-and-analysis-216732/).
We actually will *not* add everyone on their list. A large number of the Trans Women were defined as drag queens or transvestites, whom we are not currently including on this site. Those are men who dress as women, and do not “identify” as women. Basically if the character self-identifies as a transsexual, MTF, or FTM, they’re added. It’s the self-identification that’s important. This does get messy when you consider cases like Chandler’s father, from *Friends*. Many sitcoms are similarly problematic because they omit self-identification.
## Statistics
With the upgrade to charts, we now (finally) have horizontal bar charts, which makes things easier to read. The colors are also brighter, which makes the death stats a little cheerier.
## Search
In order to allow searches to pick up everything, like actors and years and all that data, we’re using Google’s search. It works the same way as it used to, it just lets the results include everything.
## We Deserve Better
I’m aware of the turmoil surrounding the LGBT Fans Deserve Better movement, and in particular the website [lgbtfansdeservebetter.com](http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/) which has begun trademark proceedings on the term “LGBT Fans Deserve Better” among other things. There’s also the splinter group, [lgbtviewersdeservebetter.com](http://www.lgbtviewersdeservebetter.com), who made the billboards you’ve possibly seen in LA. It’s perfectly possible to support both groups. We just would hope you can look past the divergence and cease infighting.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Unbury Your Gays](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/unbury-your-gays/)
**Published:** May 24, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Some live, some die, and some un-die.
**Content:**
This has been an odd couple of weeks for our wee site. Mostly it was a powerful Monday last week.
Over the last weekend, we lost another lesbian. This one was on a canceled show, [The Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-family/), and the plan was to have her come back in flashbacks all through season two. Alas, [Bridey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bridey-cruz/) the lesbian lifestyle blogger in Maine is still dead.
But Monday. Oh my goodness.
First [Sameen Shaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sameen-shaw/) came back to [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/), which we expected, and had a rip roaring sex scene with [Root](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/root/). Which we also expected. What was unexpected was the details. Shaw had been kidnapped mid last season by the evil minions of Samaritan, a super computer AI who wanted to kill its rival, The Machine. Shaw seemingly gave her life to save Root in the greatest episode ever, “If/Then/Else,” but instead she’d been tortured for the nine months since her capture. In the torture, they ran Shaw through 6741 scenarios, trying to get her to lead them to The Machine.
Instead, Shaw killed herself in those scenarios. Every. Single. Time. But the most amazing thing about it is that she also saw *Root* as her safe space, and envisioned herself sleeping with the hacker/assassin. On the surface it seems like a cheap shot, give the lesbians a moment, but really it’s not. This is PoI telling us they see the tropes and want us to know, no matter what, that Shaw does love Root, as much as she is able to love anything. It was incredibly powerful.
As AfterEllen pointed out, this was not without it’s issues:
> We still have to go through the motions of Shaw dying onscreen *again*, though. And in that sense, they get to have the Tragic/Dead Lesbian cake and eat it too by avoiding backlash. I was in absolute disbelieving, furious shock until the final reveal, and while in general I don’t object to a show putting its viewers through the emotional wringer, in light of the wider context I don’t know how I feel about that particular instance or choice of emotional trickery.
>
> Source: [AfterEllen](http://www.afterellen.com/tv/488557-person-interest-recap-5-4-together/2)
That said. The reason this was necessary is that it’s not that Shaw doesn’t ‘like’ to show emotions, it’s that she *cannot* show emotion. The character has a personality disorder and doesn’t experience feelings like the majority of the world. So all the sweet moments, the romance as it were, in the episode were things Shaw lacks the ability to express. She doesn’t know how to say “I love you” and probably never will be able to. She feels, yes, but she doesn’t process them the same way as most people, and not as intensely. She understands them, but she’s apart from them. So there really are few ways for her to express, in-character, to us the depth of her ties with Root. And it’s simply this. Shaw’s safe place is Root, and she won’t hurt her.
Also we really do have to be cognizant of the fact that this show has been filmed and finished for longer than the whole recent debacle has been going on. They’ve been done filming for months. The final episodes were filmed in January, which means this episode was done back in 2015. We’ve actually known about this episode since October 2015. In light of the wider context, it predates them in one way and subverts them in many others.
We’ll have to see how it all pays off, but frankly I still don’t hold out hope that our heroes walk away from Season 5 of PoI. Not even Bear. Shaw comes back for realsies this week.
Over on Jane The Virgin, they flipped the trope. After Jane marries Michael, but before they have sex, he is shot while going to get ice. It’s reminiscent of a horror movie, and a recent lesbian death where the ice-getter returns to a dead lesbian. In this case, [Sin Rostro](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/) comes back from the dead to shoot Michael in the chest!
***Surprise!***
Just when you’d think we changed the percentage of dead lady lovin’ ladies back down to 25%, [Blindspot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blindspot/) went and killed off their main character lesbian, a PoC to boot, [Bethany](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bethany-mayfair/). That netted us back to 27.7% of all LGBTQ females on network TV being dead. When asked directly about the Bury Your Gays trope, the showrunner told The Hollywood Reporter it was “too late”:
> **Did you ever consider changing that trajectory following the recent discussions around the trope of killing gay characters off shows like *The 100* or *The Walking Dead*?**
>
> By the time *The 100* and everything had come out we were too far down the road to make an adjustment, basically. That’s brought to life something that is definitely a problem and I think our industry needs to be better. We need to be better and I’m glad that conversation is happening right now. But for us this felt too engrained in the DNA of the show to call an audible at that point. It was too late.
>
> Source: [THR](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/blindspot-mayfair-death-season-finale-893624)
They could have had her fake her death, like her girlfriend had, but no, they felt it was too late. In their defense, it was rather late to try and rewrite and re-film everything. Where they go from here is what matters most, but it’s still exceptionally unsettling to have them do this. They could have killed off the male lead for the same (if not greater) impact, and that might have settled the ongoing angst between the actors. Rumor has it they don’t get along.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Tropes
---
### [Videos: Why We Deserve Better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/videos-why-we-deserve-better/)
**Published:** May 19, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The fight is not over.
**Content:**
The minds behind [LGBT Fans Deserve Better](http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/) made a video that is really well done.
https://youtube.com/5CWHo\_72a-g
Meanwhile, this SuperCut does an excellent job of showing why we need to do better.
https://youtube.com/rbg-HMLUDBQ
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better
---
### [Lesbians Returning: Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/lesbians-returning-person-of-interest/)
**Published:** May 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** On Monday, the fourth episode of Person of Interest's final seasons airs. If you're not caught up, turn around. Spoilers ahoy!
**Content:**
On Monday, the fourth episode of *Person of Interest*‘s final seasons airs. If you’re not caught up, turn around.
Back in season four, the episode “If/Then/Else” aired and it was basically the single greatest episode in the history of ever. From confirmed lesbian attraction to The Machine running possible outcomes in a compressed mode, it was a masterwork. And it ended with Sameen Shaw ‘dying.’ The next few episodes involved everyone trying to find out if she was dead, especially Root who was quite in love with the woman. Never once did PoI downplay or dismiss this. Everyone understood the feelings Root had and were in support of her finding Shaw. After all, they too adored her.
Finally it was revealed that Shaw was alive and ‘well’ … if being tortured is well. In the year gap between seasons, we learned that Shaw would be back but also there would be a scene between her and Root that was exactly the kind of payoff people were hoping for.
> “I saw episode 4 of Person of Interest \[season 5\] and had a lot of people tweeting me about the Root/Shaw scene. Specifically, a lot of people are asking how long the scene is. It is about 70 seconds long and about 67 of those seconds are torrid. Okay? And then we have pillow talk.” – Matt Mitovich
Which explains this:Hello.
To be honest, I’m looking forward to the pillow talk.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** Coming Soon
---
### [25% Dead in America](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/25-dead-in-america/)
**Published:** May 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** LGBTQ females make up less than 4% of network TV characters. And a quarter of those are now dead.
**Content:**
That’s a startling number.
The [GLAAD TV report for 2015](http://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv15) gave us this information at the beginning of the 2015-2016 season.
> Of the 881 regular characters expected to appear on broadcast primetime programming in the coming year, 35 (4%) were identified as gay, lesbian, or bisexual. There were an additional 35 recurring LGB characters.
This is only American TV and only regulars, so while [our list shows that 16 female LGBTQ characters are dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/death/), we have to exclude a few.
When you read the full report, you see there are 35 recurring and 35 regulars (so that gets us to 80 LGBT characters on primetime for more than one episode). Of those 80, 23 are lesbians and 12 are bisexual females.
35 female LGBTQ characters on primetime.
On our list of 16, the following have to be excluded:
- [Ash Larsson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-larsson/) – Not on network TV, [Janet King](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/janet-king/) is on Australian TV
- [Marissa Kagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marissa-kagan/) – Victim of the week on [Elementary](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elementary/)
- [Kira](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-the-magicians/) – Victim of the week on [The Magicians](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-magicians/)
- [Felicity](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/felicity/) – Not included in GLAAD’s count
- [Alexandra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexandra/) – Not included in GLAAD’s count
- [Julie Mao](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-mao/) – Not on network TV, [The Expanse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-expanse/) is on Syfy
- [Zora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zora/) – Not on network TV, [The Shannara Chronicles](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-shannara-chronicles/) is on in syndication only
That gives us 9 who died in 2016 alone.
That’s 25% of all regular or recurring characters.
25% of all regular or recurring characters who are female LGBTQ are dead.
The number’s probably going to go up, since [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/) is back tonight, and I really don’t see everyone making it out alive.
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** GLAAD
---
### [April Roundup - We Pledge To Keep Going](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/april-roundup-we-pledge-to-keep-going/)
**Published:** April 30, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** April showers bring more dead lesbians and new features.
**Content:**
Hello again! Another busy month is in the books. The best news for the month was that this new thing called [The Lexa Pledge](http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/pledge/) was introduced, and showrunners have been signing it, promising to treat LGBTQ+ characters with more respect and awareness of the world. More on that in a bit.
Meanwhile, we’ve added a lot of new shows and characters, and while some of their data pages need more information, getting as much data out there is important.
- New Shows: 113
- New Characters: 263
And that includes all the dead lesbians and bisexuals from Autostraddle, shows from Wikipedia’s list of American TV shows with LGBT themes from [Pre-Stonewall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pre%E2%80%93Stonewall_riots_American_television_episodes_with_LGBT_themes), the [1970s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1970s_American_television_episodes_with_LGBT_themes), and the [1980s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_1980s_American_television_episodes_with_LGBT_themes).
## All The Dead
Yep, we got everyone from Autostraddle’s list added, and then a few more. There was a lot of reading of the lists from shows like [Prisoner: Cell Block H](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/prisoner-cell-block-h/) to get the most accurate list. I think we’ve read more about shows from random wikia links than anyone has a right to.
We left [Lucy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lucy-westenra/) (from Dracula) off the list since she’s not ‘dead’ but turned into a vampire. If she’d been dusted, she’d be dead, but ‘turned into the undead’ is different.
Our [statistics on death](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/death/) have been expanded to list out shows where no one died and shows where all the queers are dead. We felt those were valid data points people might want in a handier list.
By the way. Can you believe the CW killed off *more* lesbians? There were two who died on the 31st of March, right after we published our roundup.
> [Nora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-hildegard/) and [Mary Louise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-louise/), [The Vampire Diaries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/)
>
> Cause of Death: Suicide. They destroyed a magic sword together to prevent Nora from being forever trapped in it, knowing that destroying the sword would kill them both. They chose death rather than having to be apart with Nora trapped in the sword.
Credit: [Autostraddle](http://www.autostraddle.com/all-65-dead-lesbian-and-bisexual-characters-on-tv-and-how-they-died-312315/)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)
Not long after, two more lesbians died in a ‘murder/suicide’ that was a lot messier than all that, over on [Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/). And then? [Saints & Sinners](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saints-sinners/) killed a bisexual regular, while [The Catch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-catch/) introduced one, only to kill her off.
The Catch happens to be [one of the shows that signed the Lexa pledge](http://zap2it.com/2016/04/after-the-100-lgbtq-backlash-saving-hope-the-catch-and-others-sign-the-lexa-pledge/)… and killed off their bisexual soon after. Sherry White, who signed the pledge, later explained she’d signed it because she realized that she had propagated the trope, and wanted to [publicly acknowledge](http://lgbtfans.tumblr.com/post/143642772081/statement-from-sherry-white) she could, and would, do better going forward.
## Back to the Past
We’ve started working through lists on Wikipedia of ‘Special Gay Episodes’ which has allowed us to add shows like [The Jeffersons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-jeffersons/) and [Kate Loves a Mystery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kate-loves-a-mystery/). This means our numbers of death are *very* different from Autostraddle, who specifically did not add one-episode guest stars, unless they were of a notable significance.
Most of these shows are *not* worth watching unless you’re into it for historical reasons. For example, [Police Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/police-woman/) is so not worth it even though their lesbian episode was groundbreaking in that protesters managed to get it never re-aired. On the other hand, [All in the Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/) is totally worth your time, not just for the “Cousin Liz” episode, but for how it consistently changed people’s views.
## Accessibility
We also spent a couple days using [WAVE](http://wave.webaim.org/) to make the site more accessible to screen-readers. This mostly involved making all our icons properly render text for screen-readers. Everyone should be able to enjoy this site.
## New Features
Besides making the site more friendly, we’ve added in a couple new features you may like:
- Show listing includes icons for clichés (with text hover tips if you don’t know a skull means dead) and thumbs up/down/meh.
- Individual show pages and character pages include date of character death (if applicable).
- Shows with gold or silver stars mark that in all locations.
- You can also see a list of all [gold star](https://lezwatchtv.com/stars/gold/) or [silver star](https://lezwatchtv.com/stars/silver/) shows.
- Want to see a list of all shows with [thumbs up](https://lezwatchtv.com/thumbs/up/) or [thumbs down](https://lezwatchtv.com/thumbs/down/)? You can!
- The page for [statistics on shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/shows/) has begun.
- You can now see lists of most recently added [shows](https://lezwatchtv.com/newest/shows/) or [characters](https://lezwatchtv.com/newest/characters/).
- You can check out all [Regular](https://lezwatchtv.com/roles/regular/), [Recurring](https://lezwatchtv.com/roles/recurring/), or [Guest](https://lezwatchtv.com/roles/guest/) characters.
- Trigger Warnings are flagged on [Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/) (and a couple other shows) that touch on some heavy topics.
## Suggestions? Still Welcome!
Is there anything we’re missing that you think the site needs? New ways to sort characters and/or shows? Some big time items missing entirely?
We did have a suggestion to list deaths by ‘value’ — that is to say, was a character killed for manpain or was it a hero’s death? The problem, as we talked it out, was that Xena was a stupid death *and* a hero death and the call was just too subjective. We’re already subjective about if a show is worth it.
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Saving Hope Pledges to Treat LGBT Characters Better](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/saving-hope-pledge-to-treat-lgbt-characters-better/)
**Published:** April 25, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** One show says 'enough' and promises to try to do better. Publicly.
**Content:**
This wasn’t the news I was expecting today.
> With the backing of *Saving Hope* showrunner Adam Pettle, writer and co-executive producer Noelle Carbone, drafted a pledge outlining how the writers in their room will/won’t treat LGBTQ characters on any show they work on, currently or in the future.
>
> …
>
> 
Source: TV Junkies – [Saving Hope Writers sign LGBTQ Pledge](http://www.thetvjunkies.com/saving-hope-writers-sign-lgbtq-fan-pledge/)
**Categories:** News
**Tags:** LGBT Fans Deserve Better, Pledge, Press Release
---
### [The Spring of Our Discontent](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/spring-our-discontent/)
**Published:** April 20, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Death may not be the only way to dispose of characters, but the stories being told are not only repetitive and cliched, they are boring.
**Content:**
This spring TV season has been absolute crap for anyone who isn’t a straight, white, Christian, male.
Latest in a series of ‘What the hell?’ moves is ABC’s decision to not renew the contracts of two of its female leads on *Castle* (co-star Stana Katic’s Beckett and Tamala Jones’s Lanie, this after Penny Johnson Jerald’s Gates vanished last season). Maureen Ryan has gone so far as to call this the [Disposable Spring](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/tv-deaths-game-of-thrones-1201755683/) and brings up the following point:
> Even so, seeing so many prominent female characters exit at once is strange. Adding to that strangeness is the fact that now series leads are fair game… well, it’s very odd, to say the least. Not to mention disturbing. I’m finding it difficult to think of a heterosexual white male lead character in a drama who was written off his show or killed off in the last few months. I’m having trouble coming up with many instances of that scenario this spring — if any.
Something’s not right here. It may be as simple as a massive coincidence, but so far we’ve lost multiple female characters, most to death. The only “heterosexual white male lead character in a drama” that was killed off his own show in recent years is … Derek Shepherd from [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/).
What does this have to do with lesbians, you may be wondering? The connection is simple. Women are being treated as disposable characters on television. The stories being told lack depth and creativity. It’s simply that they are not giving the roles of ‘heart of the story’ and ‘integral to the plot’ to queer characters.
And while we can claim ‘anyone can die’ the facts do not support the claim. Percentage wise, more women, more people of color, and more queer characters die. And the stories those remaining characters are given are, rarely, of any great depth.
To quote [Maureen Ryan again](http://variety.com/2016/tv/opinion/tv-deaths-walking-dead-the-100-arrow-1201751968/):
> “Anyone can die” won’t be a truthful sentence until “any kind of character can be at the very heart of the story” and “anyone can run a TV show” are factual statements as well.
Clearly we’ve evolved beyond simple acceptance of people leaving shows. We all know TV is a business, but it’s a business that relies on its fans to be watched. And at this rate, there aren’t going to be as many people watching because they’re not telling the stories we want to see.
Good luck with that, ABC.
It’s time to start writing better stories.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Disposable, Tropes
---
### [March Roundup - LGBT Fans Deserve Better, New Features, More Statistics](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/march-roundup-lgbt-statistics/)
**Published:** March 31, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We've made it through a wild month.
**Content:**
We’ve kicked things back into high gear. Or higher gear. Following Autostraddle’s [post of 65 dead lesbians](http://www.autostraddle.com/all-65-dead-lesbian-and-bisexual-characters-on-tv-and-how-they-died-312315/) (which quickly went to 148), and the [29 who ](http://www.autostraddle.com/all-26-lesbian-and-bisexual-tv-characters-who-got-happy-endings-331601/)[got happy endings](http://www.autostraddle.com/all-26-lesbian-and-bisexual-tv-characters-who-got-happy-endings-331601/), the number of characters to add to this site skyrocketed. And we were inspired to keep adding more and more shows and more and more characters.
We actually have an in-house help doc (thanks to [WP Help](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/)) to keep track of it. Sort of. It’s depression central around here…
## New Characters and Shows
In March we’ve added the following:
- 74 new shows
- 199 new characters
We added all the ‘happy ending’ people first, and we have about 78 left from the 148 dead list. It takes forever because as we add each dead character, we’re trying to add all the ones who lived. And I don’t know if you knew this, but trying to figure out who’s a lesbian is hard without a database like this one! Also translating German is confusing. [Hollyoaks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hollyoaks/) gave me a headache.
We now have a number of transgender characters listed split as [FTM](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/ftm/) and [MTF](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/mtf/), as well as one [non-binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/non-binary/). Our feeling is that if, at any one point in time, the character identified as female, then they should be added. That’s why the [straight](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/heterosexual/) tag was moved from a trope to it’s own taxonomy. Our Character Editor gives us options for gender identity and sexual orientation. I tried to use the ‘best’ terms I could.
## New Features
Why do we want to track all this? We’ve gotten the [stats page](https://lezwatchtv.com/stats/) up and running with startling graphics (the ‘death’ column is a pretty big middle finger…), sorted out the new theme (it’s better on mobile), and packed even more information onto every page. The clichés have icons like  for ‘Freakout sex with a guy.’ They’re meant to be a little humorous.
## News In General
On the news front, the internet hit critical mass with lesbian deaths, thanks in part to the tragic and senseless death of [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) on [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/), and [Denise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-cloyd/) on [The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/). How big is this? Mainstream news has picked it up and companies like Maybelline have stopped sponsoring The 100. We did it, kids, but we need to keep going. As [Dorothy Snarker put it in an IndieWire article](http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/why-imaginary-deaths-matter-to-real-world-queer-women-20160328):
> Entertainment is not consumed in a vacuum. Particularly for LGBT people, who represent a minority population, television might be the only place where the larger straight world sees (or more likely realizes they see) us. So then how we are portrayed is integral to how we are perceived. If all people see is our tragedy, why would they ever think about our happiness? That then reinforces, in some people’s minds, that living as an LGBT person is an inherently unhappy experience. So then, there must be something wrong with us.
Nothing is wrong with us at all.
The birth of sites like [LGBT Fans Deserve Better](http://lgbtfansdeservebetter.com/) is a sign of how the times are changing.
## What’s Next?
At least 78 more characters need to be added. Then all our other lists we’ve collected have to be reviewed. Then we need to figure out a better way for people to submit corrections and additions. We have a [suggestions box](https://lezwatchtv.com/suggestions-welcome/), simplified down considerably, and any suggestions are welcome!
**Categories:** Announcements
**Tags:** Monthly Roundup
---
### [Minorities Are Not Disposable](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/minorities-are-not-disposable/)
**Published:** April 11, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** More deaths, more meaningless deaths, more unnecessary deaths.
**Content:**
This is not new. Nor is it news.
The last two weeks have been filled with not only two more lesbians dying on TV (*[Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)*), but the brutal execution of a chained black man (*[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*), followed by self-harm on prime time (*[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*), and a man being raped (*[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* …). The PoC female lead of a TV show was killed off so the actor could leave (*Sleepy Hollow*). And *then* there was the release of the first trailer for [Rogue One: A Star Wars Story](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg), which resulted in a lot of idiots complaining about how a woman was the star and how they didn’t get Star Wars movies with male leads anymore.
Deep. Breath.
Scream.
Whichever works for you.
## We’re Only Getting Louder
It’s 2016 and while maybe The CW would have hoped people would shut up about the [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/dead-queers/) trope, it’s actually gotten louder and broader.
You see, *Sleepy Hollow* killed off their lead character. A black woman.
Yes, the actor was leaving the show, but any writer with an ounce of innovation can think of a hundred ways to let her leave the show without killing her. And yet we repeat the drama from *Person of Interest*, who killed off their PoC female lead so the actor could go to another show a few years ago. Why did she have to die? For manpain.
Look. I’m not saying that people don’t die. On a show like *Person of Interest*, death is expected for all the characters (except maybe Bear and even then I wouldn’t hold my breath). And yes, *The 100* is a brutal show where characters die left, right, and center. You expect about 30% of the patients of the week on *ER* and *Grey’s Anatomy* to kick the bucket. Simply, you cannot just threaten characters and have viewers believe their lives are in peril if you constantly and consistently deliver us their success and survival.
That’s why no one worries when someone raises a gun at, say, Miss Marple. She’s not going to die like that. But that’s also why shows like *Downton Abbey* had to be free to kill off Sybil and Matthew. Without their deaths, the show lacks authenticity. Even on shows that are not about the horrors of the world, it’s impossible to show life without death. *All in the Family* handled death.
The issue is not, and never has been, the fact that lesbians die, or that minorities die. The issue is in their frequency, when compared to non-minorities, and the *manner* of their death.
## Look At The Numbers
As of April 10th, 309 characters on this site have been flagged as being a ‘main’ character. Of those, 84 are dead. That’s 27.2% of all main characters, dead.
Over on Reddit, empress-of-blandings [did the math for *The Walking Dead*](https://www.reddit.com/r/thewalkingdead/comments/3j94ai/character_deaths_by_race_spoilers_for_twd_all/) seven months ago and sorted out that 60% of all white characters on the show die, but so do 60% of all black characters. The trick of that is there were 28 white characters and 10 black.
Last year, [Fusion crunched numbers](http://fusion.net/story/119292/we-crunched-the-numbers-asians-are-severely-under-represented-on-tv/) and determined of of 800 main cast members on 100 network TV shows, just 52 (6%) are of Asian descent.
The obvious answer to fixing this is to make TV reflect the real world, not the world of TV producers. We know that representation in writers’ rooms is problematic at best. We know that Aaron Sorkin [kicked a female writer out](http://www.buzzfeed.com/kateaurthur/aaron-sorkin-alena-smith-yikes-newsroom#.xk6gPZyB5) of the room for arguing about a plot on *Newsroom*. We know that Jason Rothenberg was informed about the Bury Your Queers trope before that episode of *The 100* was finished (though he claims otherwise, multiple writers have said Tara’s death was specifically mentioned).
Don’t bother trying to figure out how many people of color are in writers’ rooms. It’s probably about the same as PoCs on the Oscars’ nomination board.
And don’t bother trying to math out how many of those deaths were horrific murders, or ‘oops, you’re in the way’ deaths like Tara. Even if we only count main characters, it’s distressingly high.
## Identity Erasure
I’m not trying to pick on *The 100*, but they’ve set themselves up for this. Lead actor Bob Morley is half-Fillipno. His character, Bellamy, was played by a white actor when portrayed as a child. They have, effectively, whitewashed him. And this is horrible when you realize Morely talked about his issues as a child, growing up as mixed race and the torment he received.
And then you look over at *Empire* and Ilene Chaiken, the showrunner, [outright said she didn’t think her show fell into the Bury Your Queers trope](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/empire-camilla-dead-kills-mimi-lesbian-death-the-100-ilene-chaiken-1201747811/):
> “I think that we aren’t a part of that phenomenon or conversation,” Chaiken tells *Variety*, adding that she’s been following the social reaction to other shows “very closely.”
She also said lesbians should be glad Camilla was dead. No, really. She said those words:
> “I would say that Camilla is not a lesbian character. Camilla was, if anything, an opportunist, which is quite different from being a lesbian. If anything, the lesbians should wish for a character like Camilla to be killed off since she just preyed on a powerful lesbian in order to fulfill her heterosexual ambitions.”
Same interview. Direct quote. Cue hands being thrown in the air.
She erased a characters sexuality (Camilla was bisexual) because she was opportunistic and had “heterosexual ambitions.” What, pray tell, does sexuality have to do with ambition? Could Camilla not be an evil bisexual with ambitions who was opportunistic and used her wife? The only answer I have is that perhaps Chaiken was trying to suppress people’s ire by only killing off one queer female instead of two?
Gotta tell you, that works about as well as *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* cutting out mention of two characters’ sexuality (they’re openly gay in the comics) because they didn’t want to be known as the show who killed off two lesbians.
Guess what? They still are.
## Parity Does Not Mean Pandering
No one is asking for shows to pander and give us happy endings all the time!
Emily Andras, showrunner for the new Wynonna Earp, was [interviewed and spoke about this issue directly](http://www.thetvjunkies.com/women-behind-canadian-tv-emily-andras/).
> It’s pretty gratifying that audiences are recognizing where we are falling short, and demanding that they see themselves on screen and have their own stories be told. Because honestly, at this point, how many more glossy shows about a middle-aged white anti-hero and the wife (slash mistress) who love him do we need anyway?
>
> \[…\]
>
> You can argue that this is a complicated issue. As a creator, showrunner and writer, my number one job is to keep the audience titillated and engrossed. To manipulate your emotions so that you stay engaged with my show. In short: I have to bring the drama. As much as fans might think they want to watch their favourite couple, whether straight or gay or other, end up happily holding hands on a couch eating cookies forever and ever amen, trust me…that is not compelling television.
>
> On the other hand, and this is not complicated: minorities are not expendable. Queer baiting continues to be a phenomenon that erodes trust with the very audience we as creators are hoping to engage. I don’t necessarily feel I ‘owe’ the fans anything, but I damn well hope I can deliver them a story that doesn’t rely on hackneyed tropes like “Bury Your Gays!” Do I promise to never kill a character who happens to be gay? Absolutely not. I write genre and all my characters have to be up for some seriously crazy shit. But I simply refuse to punish an LGBT character *because* of their sexuality. It’s not only hackneyed and boring, it’s verging on irresponsible. I believe we can do better, and by better, I merely mean “deliver more original storylines.”
Credit: [The TV Junkies](http://www.thetvjunkies.com/women-behind-canadian-tv-emily-andras/)
And that is exactly the point.
## Tell Good Stories
They owe us one thing: Tell good stories.
Of course it’s okay to kill minorities and queers. It’s not okay to dispose of them. And that is exactly what happened on *Arrow* when they killed Laurel Lance for the agony it would cause another character. It’s what happened on *The 100* when Lincoln was executed. It happened on *Empire* when Mimi was killed by her opportunistic wife. It happened on *Sleepy Hollow*.
Start telling us better stories.
We’re watching.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [The CW Went to Hell](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/cw-hell/)
**Published:** April 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It went to hell and we're all watching it burn.
**Content:**
Young children, come close. Back in the day, before the [CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cw/), we had the [WB](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/wb/) and [UPN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/upn/), two networks on the fringes of network TV. The WB had [Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/) while UPN had [Xena](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xena-warrior-princess/) (for syndication – it was made by USA). We barely had lesbians on TV back then. We migrated, from show to show and crumb to crumb, following the winks and nudges of possible lesbians.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/giphy.gif)
The WB aimed at teens, UPN aimed at young adults. They [merged in 2006](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_broadcast_TV_realignment), and aimed at both. Mostly teens, as things panned out.
CW has basically been the home to attractive, young, racially diverse, casted shows. And they’d sort of started to throw bones to the LGBT crowd.
In 2015, they were [lauded by GLAAD](http://www.glaad.org/nri2015) for having seven whole lesbians or bisexuals: [Sara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/), [Nyssa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nyssa-al-ghul/), [Clarke](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/clarke-griffin/), [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/), [Lusia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisa-alver/), [Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/), and [Charlie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlie-bradbury/).
Since then, Sara, Lexa, Rose, and Charlie died. Sara was resurrected, but the point remains.
This season (2015-16), there are eleven scripted shows on CW and five had at least one queer female: [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/), [The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/), Jane the Virgin, [The Vampire Diaries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/), and [Supernatural](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supernatural/). Technically Reign has lesbians, but they’re background characters, ordered to have sex by the king, and I refuse to count that.
Five shows.
All five shows have killed female queers. And we do mean killed. They either were murdered by another character or killed themselves. The remaining characters have all lost their love interests. Sara and Nyssa aren’t a couple anymore, Lexa died in Clarke’s arm, and Luisa’s lover died. Hell, The Vampire Diaries killed off their two recurring lesbians together on March 31st.
Five shows with couples became none.
None.
At all.
We started this site because we were tired of lesbians dying on TV. 2016 has killed off ten queer female characters in 91 days. It’s already tied with the previous worst year (2004). It’s only going to get worse.
The dead so far:
- [Zora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zora/)
- [Ash Larsson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-larsson/)
- [Julie Mao](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-mao/)
- [Carla Niven](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-niven/)
- [Nora Hildegard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-hildegard/)
- [Mary Louise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-louise/)
- [Rose Solano](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-solano/)
- [Denise Cloyd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-cloyd/)
- [Kira (The Magicians)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-the-magicians/)
- [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/)
There are expected to be two more in April. All I can say is that they better not be Root or Shaw.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [Thanks, "Arrow", For Killing Sara (Not)](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/thanks-arrow-killing-sara/)
**Published:** October 20, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you watched Arrow for the gay, you can stop watching. They killed her off. Literally.
**Content:**
More dead lesbians? Seriously? What the hell is wrong with the 2014-15 TV season?
[As *Arrow* executive producer **Marc Guggenheim** explains](http://tvline.com/2014/10/08/arrow-sara-dies-season-3-spoilers-oliver-felicity-romance/):
> The pain of the brutal plot twist was worth it because “the story implications for this development are so far-reaching for the show and affect all of the characters.” For starters, it launches the mystery of “Who killed Sara?” which “will drive us for at least the first half of the year,” the EP previews. “It will set Laurel on a trajectory that she’s never had before on the show. It will create all these other complications and dynamics that I can’t talk about because it would spoil stuff. It buys us a lot of story, and it speaks to all the things that we wanted to do this year in terms of Laurel’s character, in terms of Oliver’s character, in terms of Felicity’s character.”
Well. Thanks, but did you have to kill the bisexual? Look, I’m the last person to make a mountain our of the lesbian mole-hill, but that’s two women, let alone two LGBT, killed to further the plots of men.
The recurring theme of ‘It’s okay for women to die as a plot point’ is sending a message that we’re not as important. And yes, I’ve heard the argument that women *have* to die to make it important enough. I remember when Tara died on *Buffy*, and we all complained that they could have made Willow go evil in another way. It’s not endemic to lesbians, but it certainly feels like it is to women. Why do we have to die? Why is it okay that we die? Why is it okay at all?
Back in 1999, Gail Simone (before she was well known as being the awesome writer she is today) had a list called “Women in Refrigerators Syndrome” and it’s still up online today at as a list of all women in comics (just comics) who ended up beaten, abused, depowered, or what have you. It was galling then. It’s nearly been 20 years and it’s still depressing.
Can we please stop this? Shay and Sara died for someone else’s plot and it doesn’t make me want to watch the shows. It makes me feel like I’m a plot device.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [Pardon Our Dust...](https://lezwatchtv.com/2014/pardon-dust/)
**Published:** November 17, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Lez open for business!
**Content:**
Weeks of blood, sweat, and Shonda Rhimes induced tears are over and Lez Watch TV is finally officially open for business!
We want to become a database for all the lesbians on TV and we’re starting with the popular American shows with which we happen to be familiar. Of course we don’t know everything. Surprisingly, we don’t actually watch everything and to that end we’re welcoming your submissions. If you see things we’re missing, head over to our [Site Suggestions page](https://lezwatchtv.com/suggestions-welcome/) and fill in the deets!
We plan on *eventually* making that form super awesome and dynamic, showing on site and character pages and letting you submit updates per page, but as with all WordPress things, we believe in “release and iterate.” We know the site isn’t done. We know the theme isn’t perfect, and we know the code isn’t amazing yet. But we also know that this is so, so true:
And since we’re experienced in the WTF aspect of design, we’re okay with opening the site and using what happens next as a guide.
With no further ado, we welcome you to the greatest database of lesbians on television, in the entire universe.
Suggestions welcome.
**Categories:** Announcements
---
### [The Walking Math](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/the-walking-math/)
**Published:** March 29, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
I did some math on [The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/), since people have been complaining that it’s a show where everyone dies. And on the surface, yes, this is true.
I went to [The Walking Dead Wikia](http://walkingdead.wikia.com/wiki/Category:TV_Series_Characters) and pulled out some numbers. These are clearly not perfect, but it’s what I have to work with.
- 794 characters have been ‘named’ on the show (seen on screen I presume)
- 252 characters have died to date
- 3 characters are lesbians
- 2 lesbians are dead (leaving 1 alive)
Ready for the math? Here we go.
- 0.3% of characters on the show are lesbians
- 66% of the lesbians on the show are dead
- 31.8% of the heterosexuals on the show are dead
I do need to make some corrections though. 2 characters are gay men. None are known to be bisexual yet. That changes the number to 31.6% of dead heterosexuals. Both the gay men are alive.
The numbers are practically opposite. The 0.3% of lesbian characters is interesting of itself. That’s not really representational, but I’ll accept that many characters simply haven’t had their sexuality come up yet. I’ll even accept that they can’t tell us about some of the gays because it would screw up the plots.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/11htwg.jpg)
Beyond the numbers is the issue of representation. If you watch a TV show, you instinctively look for yourself. You look for people who make you feel represented. If you kill off 250 straight people, you have 539 left to look at and possibly connect with. If you kill off two lesbians, you have one left. And what if you don’t like that one? Now you have absolutely zero representation of yourself in the show.
And that’s why this matters.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [Critical Mass](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/critical-mass/)
**Published:** March 25, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Representation matters.
**Content:**
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/635934362053533238725036284_tumblr_o3y6q2sv4M1qi2mpqo1_1280.png)Credit kiriyeonWhy did the Internet loose it’s shit over Lexa?
Honestly I don’t know. I’ve been somewhat involved in the nature of lesbians on TV since Xena, give or take and I’ve never seen anything like this before. All I can assume is that we’ve finally hit critical mass and we’re just not going to take it anymore. In the wake of Lexa’s death, everyone woke the fuck up and realized that, as tongue in cheek as everyone can be, this is getting worse, not better.
This is just a small, small sample of the shit storm that keeps going.
- [Elyza Lex™, Riot Grrrl, and Creativity in the Face of Grief: A Fandom Love Letter](http://uncannyvalley.us/2016/03/elyza-lex-riot-grrrl-and-creativity-in-the-face-of-grief-a-fandom-love-letter/)
- [What TV Can Learn From ‘The 100’ Mess](http://variety.com/2016/tv/opinion/the-100-lexa-jason-rothenberg-1201729110/)
- [TV kills another lesbian character: What’s going on?](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/21/twd-the-100-lesbian-tv-deaths)
- [Bury Your Gays: Why ‘The 100,’ ‘Walking Dead’ Deaths Are Problematic (Guest Column)](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bury-your-gays-why-100-877176)
- [Queer women have been killed on television for decades. Now The 100’s fans are fighting back.](http://www.vox.com/2016/3/25/11302564/lesbian-deaths-television-trope)
Someone left a comment on [the EW article](http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/21/twd-the-100-lesbian-tv-deaths) that struck me:
> The 8 LGBT women killed off in 2016 represents roughly 28% of the LGBT women currently on network shows. The equivalent would be if 384 straight characters had been killed off network shows in 2016. If 384 straight characters had been killed off this year so far, wouldn’t you be pissed about it too?
Thats an impressive number and not in the good way…
[AutoStraddle made an infographic](http://www.autostraddle.com/autostraddles-ultimate-infographic-guide-to-dead-lesbian-tv-characters-332920/) to explain exactly why this shit is a problem (click to see it bigger and on AutoStraddle):
[](http://www.autostraddle.com/autostraddles-ultimate-infographic-guide-to-dead-lesbian-tv-characters-332920/)
I feel the need to point out that out of the 18,500 characters on TV, 383 aren’t straight. So the next time someone tells you “Well straights get killed off all the time” feel free to slap them with this. And that’s just shows that aired in the US.
We’re behind on that list of 148 dead lesbians on this site. We’re working at adding them all, but it’s a lot of work. We just got to Leila and Rafaela from Torre de Babel in (1998). I actually pushed to add all the *happy* lesbian and bisexuals first. We have a massive list of the dead, and of a lot of others to add. We *will* get through it.
One of the things we want to be able to do is generate stats like that. To that end, we’re organizing out database to include values for ‘main character’ and we should be able to apply that and get some more, pretty, stats for you.
Because representation matters.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [The Number Keeps Rising](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/the-number-keeps-rising/)
**Published:** March 14, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The number of dead lesbians on tv keeps getting higher and higher.
**Content:**
It started at 65. It’s over 180 lesbians or bisexual women on tv who are dead. And the number of total lesbians isn’t as high as all that. We’ve only added 127 to LezWatchTV, so obviously we have a lot of work to do. But even so, that number is staggering.
The Tumblr community [Queervolution](http://lgbtviewersdeservebetter.tumblr.com) came up with the following graphs to show how they died:
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0090.png)
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/img_0089.png)
Most die by gunshot.
Move over, Shay, Tara’s back and she’s taking over as our patron saint.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
### [Watercooler Moments](https://lezwatchtv.com/2015/watercooler-moments/)
**Published:** March 11, 2015
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Law & Order's 'bang' was worth a whimper.
**Content:**
When I was filling out the shows, I remembered [Law & Order](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order/ "Law & Order")‘s sole lesbian, Serena Southerlyn.
If you didn’t watch, Serena (played by Elizabeth Röhm) was in 85 episodes. In ep 85, her character was fired and her *second to last line* was “Is this because I’m a lesbian?”
GAH! Just GAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Series creator Dick Wolf wrote the scene and explained at the Television Critics Association press tour that he had asked Röhm “Do you want to go out with a bang or a whimper?” In his own words, the scene was “unabashedly a water-cooler moment. And the fact that we’re discussing it shows that I think it worked as a water-cooler moment.” The show’s main online chat room “crashed 15 minutes after the show was over.”
I’m so glad you’re pleased, Dick, but looking at it from our point of view it’s exploitative television.
**Categories:** Rant
**Tags:** Historical
---
### [Bring Out Your Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/2016/bring-out-your-dead/)
**Published:** March 11, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The trope has hit critical mass.
**Content:**
Autostraddle posted a countdown of [All 65 Dead Lesbian and Bisexual Characters On TV, And How They Died](http://www.autostraddle.com/all-65-dead-lesbian-and-bisexual-characters-on-tv-and-how-they-died-312315/)
Recently these things have come to a bit of a head, after openly lesbian guest character [Lexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lexa/) on *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)* was unceremoniously killed off. The tl;dr of the death is that Lexa and [Clarke](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/clarke-griffin/) had sex for the first time and, in the very next scene, Lexa was killed by a bullet meant for Clarke.
Making it worse, the showrunner touted this as ‘shocking’ (though it’s possible he was talking about the AI thing that had been implanted in Lexa… long story). Jason Rothenburg had been playing to the LGBT fanbase for a while. He’d been talking up how much of a good guy he was for making the world a place where sexuality and race weren’t issues. Then he turned around, killed off a lesbian, and said it was for the plot.
The problem with this is the dead lesbian trope.
A great many articles have been written about this problem. It’s certainly not the only one in this show, where the primary people of color are essentially a drug pusher, a mass murderer, a cripple in constant pain, a punching bag for the sake of ‘drama,’ or dead… Not really a good track record here. This isn’t to say the white people don’t have their own problems on the show, but giving the show a look as a whole, it’s pretty deplorable, even for the CW.
There are people calling for the show to be canceled, the show runner to be fired, or for someone to please stand up and admit they were wrong. All of those are valid responses. Me? I’ve dropped the show like a hot potato. Lexacru fans have raised over [$30,000 for The Trevor Project](https://www.classy.org/fundraise?fcid=625415), following reports that some people were so distraught over Lexa’s death, that they were considering self harm.
Anyone who wants to say “It’s just a TV show” should keep their opinions to themselves.
When you grow up without seeing *you* on television, ever, you tend to grasp at the representation you get. That’s why so many women my age remember Xena with great fondness, even now when we recognize it for the subtext and probably queerbaiting that it was. But it’s 2015 now, and **LGBT Fans Deserve Better**.
LGBT Fans Deserve Better Credit [Maryne](http://toodrunktofindaurl.tumblr.com)I read a great analogy I’m going to share here from [fearthewalkinglesbian on Tumblr](http://fearthewalkinglesbian.tumblr.com/post/140747742686/straight-people-die-all-the-time-on-shows-you):
> “straight people die all the time on shows, you were just being treated equally”
> analogies work best with dumbasses so let me use yet another one
>
> you got two people
>
> one of them has a plate and it’s filled with so many cookies you can’t even count how many there are on it, there’s so many of them they’re falling off the plate
>
> another one who has exactly one cookie on their plate
>
> you take one cookie away from each plate, to treat them equally, right? meaning equality to you is that one of them has absolutely no cookies left whereas the other one can still stuff his fucking face of cookies for the next 35 years to come
>
> this is the simplest way i can explain to someone with less ability to think than a 5th grader what’s the difference between formal equality and substantive equality if at this point you don’t understand you need to go back to the basics of critical thinking
That’s the crux of the matter. 65 lesbians and bisexual women are dead in TV history. That’s probably out of 150 open ones. Close to 50% of queer women on TV get killed. Something’s gotta change.
Some articles worth reading:
- [Boob(s On Your) Tube: “The 100” Proves There’s Nothing New Under The Sun](http://www.autostraddle.com/boobs-on-your-tube-the-100-proves-theres-nothing-new-under-the-sun-330407/)
- [On The 100, Our Heda Lexa, and LGBTQ+ Representation on TV](http://www.themarysue.com/our-heda-lexa-the-100-lgbtq/)
- [Why the Controversial Death on ‘The 100’ Matters](http://variety.com/2016/tv/columns/the-100-lexa-dead-clarke-relationship-13-1201722916/)
- [OPINION: A FEW MORE THOUGHTS ON THE 100’S LEXA](http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/03/07/opinion-a-few-more-thoughts-on-the-100s-lexa)
- [The 100 Pulled A Whedon, and It Was TERRIBLE](http://io9.gizmodo.com/the-100-pulled-a-whedon-and-it-was-terrible-1762884527)
- [Fans revolt after gay TV character killed off](http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-35786382)
**Categories:** News, Rant
**Tags:** Tropes
---
## Pages
### [The Greatest Database of Queer Female, Non-Binary, & Transgender TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/)
**Published:** October 1, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Because representation matters, we document TV shows with queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters to find the best fully developed LGBT stories. Looking for something specific? Search our database of 2275 international TV shows and web series to find shows to watch with queer characters you’ll fall in love with.
Our Database currently has: [7386 Characters](/characters/) [2275 Shows](/shows/) [649 Dead Queers](/cliche/dead/?fwp_sort=death_desc)
---
### [Show Scores](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/scoring-queer-shows/)
**Published:** April 13, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
We developed a mathematical method of **scoring queer shows** that generates a numeric score from 0 to 100 for all TV shows in the LezWatch.TV database. This is intended to help people identify shows that are ‘better’ for queer audiences than others.
## A Brief History
In June of 2017, Mika developed the first ‘formula’ that would later become show scoring while waiting in line for a taping of *One Day at a Time*. The system was soft-released in August, and by October 2017 [the first iteration of the scoring system was made public](https://lezwatchtv.com/2017/scoring-shows/). The formulas were tweaked and adjusted, in order to give more weight to important aspects of shows (and less to others), until March 2018, when the second major release was made. Since then, the calculations have been tweaked here and there to continue to reward positive representation on television in an automated, and balanced, manner.
After all the work adding in shows, seasons, and characters-by-year, the system got a heavy character based overhaul in August 2026. We now know **which years each character was actually on screen**, and the score finally uses it.
**Scoring System Last Updated: 25 August 2026**
## Example
Every show page has a section in the sidebar for “Is It Worth Watching?” In that section is a mention of each show’s score:
This score enumerates the contextual value of a show. The higher the score value, the better the show is for a queer audience. In order to give you an idea of the show outside our queer bubble, we also provide the TMDB score and the TVMaze scores, when available.
## How Scores Are Generated
Any time a show is updated (either by itself or by adding new characters to a show), the score is regenerated. The score takes into account four major aspects of any show:
- Show Ratings
- Character Survival Rate
- Character Values
- Tropes of Shows
Each of those produces its own value, and the four are averaged to give the overall show score. That average is what you see, capped at 100.
Three of the four are scored out of 100, with Show Ratings as an exception. Due to the sum of bonuses and penalties, it’s possible for a show to hit 115 max, which is why you might see a show at 100 even though it’s not ‘perfect.’
In addition, shows receive bonuses for having positive intersectional representation.
### Show Ratings
When a show is added, we review it’s inherent qualities and award it points based on the following factors:
#### Thumb Score
All shows receive an overall ‘worth it’ factor, called the Thumb Score. This is represented by a thumb pointed up or down, or a neutral face in the case of apathy.
**Scores:**
- Thumbs up: +10
- Thumbs ‘meh’: +5
- Thumbs down: -10
#### Basic Worth ([more info](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/faq/#h-worth))
We also evaluate the worth of the show for queerness. These ratings are subjective and self-contextual. That is, the realness of a show is not impacted by the fantastical nature of the show’s setting (like *Lost Girl*).
**Scores (0-5):**
- Realness – how realistic are the queers (contextually)
- Quality – how good is the show for queer people
- Screentime – how much screen time do the queer characters get
Those scores are added together and multiplied by 3 for a max of 30.
#### Stars ([more info](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/faq/#h-stars))
All shows have the potential to achieve star ratings based on the queer nature of their production. A show made for queer woman, by queer women, will be a gold star. Not all shows have stars, and the majority will not.
**Scores:**
- Gold Star: +20
- Silver Star: +10
- Bronze Star: +5
- Anti-Star: -15 (*note: no show has this yet*)
#### Trigger Warnings
Not all shows are for all people. Trigger Warnings reflect the possible problems with shows. If a show is actively detrimental to some viewers, with abuse, or excessive violence, it’s score is downgraded.
**Scores:**
- Low: -5
- Medium: -10
- High: -15
#### Shows We Love ([more info](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/faq/#h-hearts))
There are some shows that the Staff collectively decided are absolutely worth everyone’s time an attention. Those shows are rewarded appropriately.
**Score:**
- +40 points.
### Character Survival Rate ([more info](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/faq/#death))
This is a 0-100 value of characters who are alive based on percentages. If a show has 10 characters and 9 are alive, then it gets a 90. If 9 are dead, then it’s *The Walking Dead* and gets a 10. If they’re *all* dead, they get a 0.
### Character Value
The more characters a show has, the more they should be rewarded, especially if the character is positive representation.
Every character earns a base value from their role. That value is then **scaled** by the qualities of the character, and scaled again by **how long they were actually on screen**. All the characters are added together, and the total is converted into a 0-100 score.
This means *every* character contributes something positive, however small. A character can be worth less (a lot less if you keep killing off queers) but never below nothing. We exist to document these characters, and the score should never work against us for doing it thoroughly.
#### Role Types
There are three basic roles a character can have: regular/main character, recurring character, and guest character. The more regular and recurring characters a show has, the better. If a show only has guest characters, then the representation tends to be negative (like *Law & Order: SVU*).
**Scores:**
- Regular Character: +5
- Recurring Character: +2
- Guest Character: +1
Since we adjust based on years a character is on a show, a recurring character can gain some points.
#### Casting
Representation matters, and so does queers playing queers. We don’t award a show full credit for a queer character if it cast a straight actor in the role, and a trans or non-binary character played by a cisgender actor is a different thing from one played by a trans actor.
This is judged on the **first-billed actor**, who is the one who played the character for most of their run (for example, Sara Lance has 4 actors, but Caity Lotz is the first-billed). Where a character was played by several actors, the lead is the one who counts. Each character is measured against **one** standard, not both, so these never stack:
CharacterJudged onCast wellCast poorlyTrans or non-binaryTrans/non-binary casting×2**×0.5**Everyone elseQueer casting×2×1A trans character played by a cisgender actor is the only case where a show is actively marked down rather than simply not rewarded. Where we don’t have an actor’s information recorded, no judgment is made.
#### Character Clichés and Death
- No clichés at all: ×1.25
- Dead: ×0.5
For every character is played by an out queer actor or has no clichés at all, they are awarded additional points. There are also negative points awarded for poor representation.
Because death **scales** a character rather than subtracting a flat amount, killing a lead costs a show far more than killing a one-scene guest (which is the actual Bury Your Gays concern). It also means a dead minor character still counts for something rather than becoming a penalty.
This new scale replaces the flat bonuses we used to award.
#### Time On Screen
Each character is then weighted by how many years they appeared, relative to how long the show ran. A character present for four of five seasons counts close to fully; one who turned up once counts a little.
It’s deliberately **relative**. A five-year regular on a five-year show isn’t penalised for the show being short, and a five-year regular on a thirty-year soap still gets real credit for those five years. We’re measuring presence, not endurance.
Working out how long a show ran turns out to be the hard part, so we use the best source available for each show, in this order:
1. Our own recorded season count, for shows that have finished.
2. Actual per-season air dates, which handle seasons that straddle two calendar years, two seasons landing in one year, and revivals after a long gap.
3. The years between premiere and finale, less any known time off air.
4. The years between premiere and finale.
Whichever we use, it can never come out lower than the number of years we have characters recorded as appearing. If our own records say people were on screen across five years, then the show didn’t run for three.
#### Adding It All Up
Every character’s final value is added together, and that total becomes a score out of 100 but with **diminishing returns**. Each additional character adds slightly less than the one before.
The gap between a show’s first well-written queer character and its second is enormous. Between its twentieth and twenty-first, much less so. There’s no cap and no cliff, so a huge cast never stops helping, it just stops helping as much. This is what stops a long-running show with hundreds of brief characters from outranking a tightly-written one.
#### Show Format
The stakes on representation change based on the format of a show. For long running series (like soaps, *Doctor Who*, and the various *Law & Order*s), it tends to be more difficult to get extensive representation. On the other hand, web series are generally created with the intent of providing inclusive representation. TV Movies and Mini-Series have an incredibly low bar, since they’re a completed story and rely less on ratings to encourage more representation.
**Scores**:
- TV Series: No change
- Web Series: Divide score by 1.25 (90 becomes 72)
- Mini Series: Divide score by 1.5 (90 becomes 60)
- TV Movie: Divide score by 2 (90 becomes 45)
### Tropes of Shows
The types of tropes a show has also factors into this. There are **six** types of tropes:
- **No Tropes**: ‘No Tropes’
- **Good Tropes**: ‘Happy Ending’ and ‘Everyone’s Queer’
- **Maybe Tropes**: ‘Coming Out,’ ‘Big Queer Wedding,’ and ‘Subtext Only’
- **Ploy Tropes**: ‘Background Queers’, ‘Erased Queerness’, ‘Happiness then Tragedy,’ ‘Queer For Ratings,’ ‘Queer for Laughs,’ ‘Queer of the Week,’ and ‘Queerbaiting’
- **Bad Tropes**: ‘The Big Bad Queers,’ ‘In Prison’ and ‘Queerbashing’
- **Regular Tropes**: Everything else
In certain situations, a ‘Maybe’ Trope is a bad one. For example, ‘Big Queer Wedding’ when combined with ‘Queer for Ratings’ usually means the wedding was a one-off character we never saw again. On the other hand, if you combine it with ‘Everyone’s Queer’ then we have a very happy day indeed. Ploy Tropes are those we’ve deemed beneficial to a show for ratings more than positive representation, whereas Bad Tropes are just harmful all around.
Good and Maybe Tropes are worth 1 point, while Bad and Ploy are worth negative one. By adding them all together, and then dividing by the total number of tropes counted (minus the Regular Tropes), we get a value between 0 and 100. If there are more bad and/or ploy tropes than anything else, the show gets a 0.
Two shows never reach that calculation:
- A show tagged ‘No Tropes’, or with no tropes recorded at all, gets **80**.
- A show whose only tropes are Regular ones (nothing good, maybe, bad or ploy to weigh) gets **70**.
Additionally, if a show has the ‘Bury Your Queers’ trope, its trope score is **reduced**:
- Losing a queer character, with no happy ending: reduced by a third.
- Losing a queer character, but the show still ends happily: reduced by a quarter.
Occasionally a show is flagged for Bury Your Queers when the death doesn’t warrant the penalty in context. In those cases an editor can override it, and no reduction is applied. No show has that toggeled yet, though we did think about it for *Steven Universe*.
#### Related Bonuses
We award bonuses for positive intersectionality. If a show has been flagged for positive intersectional representation (such as showing interracial relationships, people of color, or people with disabilities), it gets a +3 bonus for each one, up to a maximum of 15. This rewards shows for featuring diversity of the world, beyond LGBT+, in a positive light. This score **is** impacted by the BYQ trope, as it is added to the score before that is calculated.
## In Conclusion
By combining these factors, we’re able to assign a quantitative value to the quality of a show.
None of this replaces watching something and deciding for yourself. It’s a way to sort several thousand shows into a useful order, and to be honest with ourselves about what we’re actually rewarding. We publish the formula rather than just the number so you can see what **we** think goes in to making shows great.
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### [Welcome!](https://lezwatchtv.com/welcome/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Thanks for signing up! We’re excited to get to know you, and we hope you enjoy queer TV as much as we do!
### What you can expect
- News about LGBTQ+ content on international TV
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### [Calendar](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/calendar/)
**Published:** October 25, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
## Week of September 20, 2026 – September 26, 2026
Airdates and times are subject to change without notice, and are shown for their original US/Eastern broadcast. Always check your local listings.
Airdate Calendar · US/Eastern
[Today](#ep-agenda-today)
- [Sun](#ep-agenda-2026-09-20)
- [Mon](#ep-agenda-2026-09-21)
- [Tue](#ep-agenda-2026-09-22)
- [Wed](#ep-agenda-2026-09-23)
- [Thu](#ep-agenda-2026-09-24)
- [Fri](#ep-agenda-2026-09-25)
- Sat
### Sunday, Sep 20
- 8:00 AM[Special Ops: Lioness](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/special-ops-lioness/) – The Unravelling (3×08)
### Monday, Sep 21Today
- 2:00 AM[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/) – Monday 21st September (55×173)
- 8:00 PM[All American](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american/) – Finish Line (8×12)
### Tuesday, Sep 22
- 2:00 AM[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/) – Tuesday 22nd September (55×174)
- 10:00 PM[R.J. Decker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/r-j-decker/) – Manos: Hands of Fate (2×02)
### Wednesday, Sep 23
- 2:00 AM[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/) – Wednesday 23rd September (55×175)
- 8:00 AM[Ted Lasso](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ted-lasso/) – Follow the Anger (4×08)
### Thursday, Sep 24
- 2:00 AM[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/) – Thursday 24th September (55×176)
- 8:00 AM[Star Trek: Strange New Worlds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/) – Tomorrow's Enterprise (4×10)
- 9:00 PM[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/) – 13 (13×01)
- 9:43 PM[American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/) 2
- 1:13 AM (13×02)
- Rauhnacht (13×03)
### Friday, Sep 25
- 2:00 AM[Emmerdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emmerdale/) – Friday 25th September (55×177)
- 12:00 PM[Slo Pitch (Crave)](https://lezwatchtv.com/?post_type=post_type_shows&p=98750) 2
- I'd Do Anything for Love (1×01)
- NFA's (1×02)
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### [Frequently Asked Questions](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/faq/)
**Published:** October 7, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Do you have LezWatch.TV Frequently Asked Questions? We have answers!
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- [Who are you?](#h-who-are-you)
- [What's your logo?](#h-what-s-your-logo)
- [What kind of characters and shows do you list?](#aioseo-what-6)
- [Where is \[show\] or \[character\]?](#h-where-is-show-or-character)
- [Do you list transgender characters?](#h-do-you-list-transgender-characters)
- [Why is this site called 'LEZ' watch TV if you include non-lesbians?](#h-why-is-this-site-called-lez-watch-tv-if-you-include-non-lesbians)
- [Why don’t you track cis-men?](#h-why-don-t-you-track-cis-men)
- [Why don't you list all characters who have threesomes?](#h-why-don-t-you-list-all-characters-who-have-threesomes)
- [Why do some shows have stars?](#h-why-do-some-shows-have-stars)
- [Why do some shows have hearts?](#h-why-do-some-shows-have-hearts)
- [What do the ratings mean?](#h-what-do-the-ratings-mean)
- [How do you determine if a show is worth watching?](#h-how-do-you-determine-if-a-show-is-worth-watching)
- [What is a 'show score'?](#h-what-is-a-show-score)
- [Why do some characters have two names?](#h-why-do-some-characters-have-two-names)
- [How sure are you that the actors you've marked as queer are queer?](#h-how-sure-are-you-that-the-actors-you-ve-marked-as-queer-are-queer)
- [What's "Bury Your Queers"?](#h-what-s-bury-your-queers)
- [You know Bill Potts from Doctor Who and Yorkie and Kelly from Black Mirror aren't really dead, right?](#h-you-know-bill-potts-from-doctor-who-and-yorkie-and-kelly-from-black-mirror-aren-t-really-dead-right)
- [Why don’t you list characters who are queer in the source material?](#h-why-don-t-you-list-characters-who-are-queer-in-the-source-material)
- [How does 'death' work as a statistic?](#h-how-does-death-work-as-a-statistic)
- [Are you affiliated with any other site/group?](#h-are-you-affiliated-with-any-other-site-group)
- [Are you an accredited press outlet?](#h-are-you-an-accredited-press-outlet)
- [Can I write an article for you?](#h-can-i-write-an-article-for-you)
### Who are you?
We are a [team of TV loving queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/) who [got annoyed by all the queer deaths](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/), banded together, and made a database.
### What’s your logo?
It’s a [toaster](https://lezwatchtv.com/faq/toaster/). With a rainbow. It’s a tribute to the toaster joke in the groundbreaking “Puppy” episode of [*Ellen*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/).
### What kind of characters and shows do you list?
We list LGBTQ+ female, transgender, and non-binary characters from international television, miniseries, TV movies, and webseries.
We list both [trans men](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/ftm/) and [trans women](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/mtf/), as well as [non-binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/non-binary/) characters and anyone on the gender spectrum who does not identify as cis male. Our database is inclusive the a diverse spectrum of the queer community.
Bear in mind, we *do not* list cis-male characters.
### Where is \[show\] or \[character\]?
The LezWatch.TV database is continually growing with new shows and characters being added all the time. If you notice something missing [please contact us](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/) and we will look into it. Don’t worry about spoiling us, the more info the better as it makes it faster for us to verify a suggestion, get pictures, and attribute actors.
### Do you list transgender characters?
Absolutely, yes.
### Why is this site called ‘LEZ’ watch TV if you include non-lesbians?
Because of the pun. Lez … Let’s … We thought it was cute.
While the site founders (Mika and Tracy) do identify as lesbian, we aim for this site to be as inclusive as possible with regards to the sexual orientation of characters included in the database.
### Why don’t you track cis-men?
At the risk of sounding flippant, we don’t want to.
We love our cis male queers, and some of us ‘ship them as hard as we do female characters. But we started this site to track female characters as we felt they were wildly underrepresented. As time went on, we broadened that to cover trans men and non-binary characters in order to be more inclusive of the myriad representations of the less tracked genders.
If you want to make a male version of this site, we would love to see it and link to it! You can use any of our code (all listed on our [resources page](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/resources/)) and turn it to suit your needs.
### Why don’t you list all characters who have threesomes?
The first time we really tackled this was with Mariana on *Good Trouble*, who had a threesome with a married couple. Since that is her one and only foray into the *possibility* of bisexuality, we don’t list it. Basically, a single sexual experience does not define people. If it did, every lesbian who had sex with a man would *have* to be bisexual. What defines a character is simply their overall actions after.
Or, as we often say, a single threesome does not a bisexual create.
### Why do some shows have stars?
We developed a star system to rank the level of openly queer show creators, story lines, actors and characters.
- **Gold Star** – A show with openly queer creators, majority queer characters, out queer actors and stories made for a queer female audience. Examples are [*The L Word*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/), [*Take My Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/take-my-wife/) and [*Pose*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pose/).
- **Silver Star** – A show with openly queer creators, queer characters and stories made for a queer female audience, but may have no out queer actors or also has a significant number of stories geared towards a non-queer female audience. Examples are [*Queer as Folk*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-folk-us/), [RED](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red/) and [*Steven Universe*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/).
- **Bronze Star** – A show with openly queer creators, some queer characters and plots, made for a general audience. We also use this star for shows focused on a queer main character and their stories but has no out queers involved with production or acting. Examples are [*Sense8*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sense8/), [*American Horror Story*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/) and [Janet King](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/janet-king/).
There is a secret ‘anti’ star, which we have reserved for shows that were made solely to pander to queers. Thankfully, we don’t have any of those yet.
### Why do some shows have hearts?
[A heart on a show](https://lezwatchtv.com/shows/?fwp_show_loved=yes) indicates it’s a show we officially love. We wanted to make it easy for visitors to find the best shows for queer representation. The criteria for getting a heart is a high-quality show with plenty of screen time given to positive LGBT characters and stories and no shock-value deaths.
### What do the ratings mean?
- **Realness** – Are the queer characters portrayed in a realistic manner? This is in regards to the characters’ queerness being representative of the experience of a real life queer people. Being an alien, superhero or an android does not factor into or affect this rating.
- **Quality** – Is the show good for queers? This is in regards to the show doing a good job of queer representation and showing queer characters as 3-dimensional people. Overall show quality also factors into this rating.
- **Screentime** – Do queer characters and stories get equal screen time compared to straight characters? This is in regards to how often we will see queer representation on the show overall.
### How do you determine if a show is worth watching?
The main factor in determining if a show is worth watching is if it’s a good, entertaining and enjoyable show overall. The personal opinion of the author does play a role in this decision. We try to have the final ruling made by a person who has watched and has in depth knowledge of the show whenever possible.
### What is a ‘show score’?
We mathematically calculate, based on all those ratings, the hearts, the stars, and the ‘worth it’ call, etc. a number value for a show. The maximum score is 100, which would require perfect ratings, a thumbs up, a gold star, *and* for us to love it, while also having no tropes and either all characters played by queer actors, or all characters having no cliches.
In addition, we use public APIs to bring in the scores from other, reliable, sites.
For more information, please [read our detailed description of how show scores are calculated](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/show-scores/).
### Why do some characters have two names?
That means they were introduced as one name and became another. Characters like [Adam Torres](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adam-torres/), [Nomi Marks](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi-marks/), and [Ms. Hudson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ms-hudson/) were all introduced as the gender they prefer. Others like [Moria/Max](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/moiramax-sweeney/) and [Coach Beiste](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/coach-beiste/) transitioned over the course of the show.
We strive to use the most recognizable name for the character. For example, [Remy Hadley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteen/) on *House* is better known as [Thirteen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteen/). This is the same reason we use ‘Coach Beiste’ instead of Shannon or Sheldon.
### How sure are you that the actors you’ve marked as queer are queer?
We only list actors as queer when they themselves have said so. This means statements in legitimate news interviews (i.e. not TMZ), their own tell-all books, or public statements. **If there’s any doubt, we don’t out.** This can result in the opposite problem, of course, misattributing heterosexuality and cisgender to known queers.
As of 2020, we changed our default for all actors to the “unknown” sexuality, until it can be confirmed in any direction.
We do our best to properly designate the actor’s preferred gender and sexuality, as well as pronouns. In some cases (like when they state themselves to be 48% lesbian) we default to queer. If you’re an actor and would like us to correct or modify your listing, [please let us know](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/). We would much rather define you by the terms you prefer.
And don’t worry if you want to use a term you think we don’t have. We’ll add it just for you. Everyone deserves to be who they are.
***We apologize in advance for any misattributions and will correct listings as soon as they’re brought to our attention.***
### What’s “Bury Your Queers”?
Bury Your Queers is also known as “Dead Lesbian Syndrome” or “Bury Your Gays”. It basically means a disproportionate number of queers on TV die.
In the early days of queers on TV, characters were not allowed to have happy endings. If they were lucky enough to end up in a relationship it was abusive, perverse, or one had to die at the end. This also happened, in large numbers, to queers who weren’t in relationships, making being a queer character on TV in the US more deadly than being on the Titanic.
These days, there’s a thinly veiled ‘justification’ that ‘everyone dies.’ They try to make it look like the queer characters are a noble sacrifice, so they can claim they didn’t kill off a character as a ‘punishment’ for being gay, but instead that they were too worthy for this earth.
The problem is that since the 1970s, queer people have been seeing their television representations be disposable. Many of us strongly feel that this constant reflection in the media has a *detrimental* impact on our self-worth. In short, we don’t like it and we feel it’s harmful.
### You know Bill Potts from *Doctor Who* and Yorkie and Kelly from *Black Mirror* aren’t really dead, right?
We know, and short of having a ‘kinda dead?’ category for the various sci-fi characters who are dead but only in body, we default to this: If the body is dead, then you’re dead. If your spirit moves to a new body, you’re a new character (and the old one is dead).
### Why don’t you list characters who are queer in the source material?
This usually comes up with the MCU, comics, Doctor Who universe … or the Buffy comics. We don’t count source material as TV canon unless the show itself does. When you get into comics (or manga) and books, a lot of content is left out or even outright changed. Heck, the MCU is clearly a separate universe than the comics! All this means to you is that we cannot rely on them being valid history for the tv show.
There’s also the fact that we don’t want to give ‘credit’ to shows for having queers when you can watch the show and not see a single hint of that. Few things are as disappointing as implied queerness that ends in straightness.
### How does ‘death’ work as a statistic?
We track death in two places. First, all shows have a tag ‘[dead queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/)‘. Secondly, all characters have a tag ‘[dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/dead/).’ On the [death stats page,](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/death/) the show data is taken only from the shows and the character data only from the characters *except* in the case of when a character is on multiple shows.
[Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/) died on [*Arrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/), but she’s alive (again) on [*Legends of Tomorrow*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/). Since she died but came back on *Legends*, only Arrow is listed as having killed a female queer. In that way, if Arrow kills off their remaining bisexual, [Nyssa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nyssa-al-ghul/), it would become a show with 100% death score, while Sara remains Schrödinger’s bisexual.
### Are you affiliated with any other site/group?
No. We are happy to know and support other LGBT entertainment, media and advocacy sites, but we are not organizers or members of any other groups or sites.
### Are you an accredited press outlet?
Yes. We have been accredited for events including San Diego Comic Con, WonderCon, ClexaCon (Las Vegas, Anaheim, and London), QFX, Outfest, and FlameCon.
### Can I write an article for you?
Absolutely! Head on over to our [Article Submissions](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/submissions/) page and let us know.
At this time, LezWatch.TV is a 100% volunteer run organization and we cannot offer payment for submissions. None of us are making any money off this site and we don’t run ads. The site is hosted fully out of pocket and via the generous donations of supporters just like you.
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### [Corrections](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/corrections/)
**Published:** June 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
At LezWatch.TV we care deeply about getting things right. This is especially true when it comes to representing gender, sexuality, and identity with the respect and accuracy everyone deserves.
If you spot a mistake anywhere on the site, we want to hear about it. Whether it’s a character’s identity, a misgendering, incorrect orientation label, or just a factual error, we take all corrections seriously.
**What We Correct**
We’re happy to correct things like:
- Misgendering or using incorrect pronouns
- Mistakes in how someone’s sexuality or gender identity is labeled
- Inaccurate character or plot details
- Actor or show info that’s wrong or out of date
- Typos, broken links, or formatting weirdness
If it’s wrong, we want to fix it.
**How It Works**
- We aim to review and address all corrections within 30 days but as a 100% volunteer project of love, sometimes we get a little behind,
- You’ll usually see the fix show up right on the page. No drama, just updated info and a tiny updated edit date on the bottom of the page.
- If the correction is sensitive or identity-related, we’ll do our best to acknowledge it with care.
**How to Let Us Know**
You’ve got a couple easy options:
- Use the “Suggest an Edit” link found on every actor, show, and character page.
- Or, head over to our contact form at [lezwatchtv.com/about/contact](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact) and send us a note.
We truly appreciate your help in making LezWatch.TV as accurate, inclusive, and awesome as possible. ❤️
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### [Mailing List](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/mailing-list/)
**Published:** July 30, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
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### [Contact Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/)
**Published:** November 2, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Co-founders Mika and Tracy are available for interviews and media appearances about the website, queer representation on television, and building this website from the ground up. You can reach us via email at `contact@lezwatchtv.com` or through the form below.
Are you interested in writing an article for LezWatch.TV? [We are ready and waiting for your submissions.](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/submissions/)
We welcome submissions and corrections to our content! Please do provide all details of any queer TV we’re missing, or have mislabeled. Knowing the character names helps us know what to concentrate on, and we don’t mind the spoilers.
#### We apologize for any actor or character misattributions of gender or sexual orientation and will correct listings as soon as they’re brought to our attention.
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We currently have a backlog of shows and characters to add. If you want to see if your submission is already listed, you can [follow our spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1W596yJz11ALCjfq2HMkmZO-PN765Q2rlFxfTSqu2G28/edit?usp=sharing).
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### [Privacy Policy](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/privacy/)
**Published:** April 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
LezWatch.TV (or ‘the site’) refers to this website, its services, and other related domains and subdomains thereof.
**Last Updated:** 8 April 2024
## Data Collection
Like most websites, LezWatch.TV collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. LezWatch.TV also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses. This information is *not* used to identify visitors, however, and does not disclose such information, other than under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information, as described below.
Certain visitors to LezWatch.TV choose to interact with the website in ways that require the gathering of personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information gathered depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, visitors who leave comments are required to provide a display name and email address. In each case, LezWatch.TV collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with the site. Information is not disclosed other than as described below. Visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
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All services *except* show scores have access to personal information. Show scores are generated by our server and only shares our information. They are included here for complete disclosure.
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LezWatch.TV reserves the right to share all requests and messages sent (for example via a contact email or via one feedback mechanisms), in order to help clarify or respond to the request or to help support other users (for example, use the information to contact management or representation to confirm the accuracy of the person making a request).
**Retention:** If a visitor leaves a comment or uses the content form, the message content and user’s metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so future comments can be recognized and approved automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue. 3rd Party services retain data per their own terms.
**Requisition:** Visitors who have left comments or used the content forms on this website or contacted the site via a contact form may request to receive an export file of the personal data held, including any data provided directly. Visitors can also request that we delete any personal data held. This does not include any data kept for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
**Requests for data and it’s deletion may be made via [LezWatch.TV’s contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).**
## Data Protection
LezWatch.TV takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
LezWatch.TV discloses potentially personally-identifying and non-personally-identifying information only to those of its managing members and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on LezWatch.TV’s behalf or to provide services available at LezWatch.TV, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those members may be located outside of your home country; by using LezWatch.TV, you consent to the transfer of such information to them.
LezWatch.TV will not rent or sell this information to anyone. Other than to it’s managing members as described above, LezWatch.TV discloses visitor information only when required to do so by law, or when we believe in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of LezWatch.TV, third parties, or the public at large.
## Data Regarding Subject Matter
LezWatch.TV is a site that documents representation of queer media. It also documents and catalogues those actors who portray qualified characters. Identifiable information is documented in the process of generating this content on LezWatch.TV, found on the listing page for actors, however all information is publicly available. At no time is privileged or private information permitted to be posted here, and any such data will be removed immediately upon discovery.
All data added is collected from public resources, and personal content (for example, pertaining to sexuality) is only added if publicly stated by the subject. This may result in inaccurate data being recorded, however exceptional effort is made to ensure that LezWatch.TV respects the privacy of its subjects. We encourage actors, their management, or their legal representation to [contact LezWatch.TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/) to correct any data found herein.
**Requests for data, amendments, and deletion may be made via [LezWatch.TV’s contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).**
### Personally-Identifying Information
Article 9(1) of the GDPR prohibits the collection of specific personal data, including sexual orientation. However exemptions are granted for personal data that was made public by the subject themselves, if the content is of substantial public interest, or if it is necessary for archiving purposes in the public interest.
Per LezWatch.TV’s current understanding of this law, data contained on this site that pertains to personal information of real people is **not** subject for removal as it is made in public by the subjects. That said, we will update any data immediately per the request of the subject matter (i.e. the actor in question), their management, or other legal representation. We believe that all humans have a right to be identified as they wish, and prioritize corrections.
## Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, LezWatch.TV may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in our sole discretion. LezWatch.TV encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
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### [This Year](https://lezwatchtv.com/this-year/)
**Published:** February 7, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The statistics for any given year that we have information on, with regards to queer/WLW television.
The content of this page doesn’t matter. It’s all auto generated.
To see years, go to `/this-year/2016` and so on.
It cannot be a ‘child’ page or it won’t work properly. Which is not a great fix, I need something better in the long run, I know
---
### [Statistics](https://lezwatchtv.com/statistics/)
**Published:** March 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The statistics on this page are calculated live, as new characters, actors, and shows are added to the database. As such, the full accuracy is dependent on the depth of data we have acquired. The more data we add, the more robust these statistics become.
If there are specific kinds of stats you’d like to see us add, [please let us know](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).
---
### [About](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/)
**Published:** September 24, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
## LezWatch.TV is the Greatest Online Database of Queer Female, Transgender, and Non-Binary Characters and Shows on the Small Screen
Our site catalogs and documents queer female, non-binary, and trans characters, as well as the TV shows, web and streaming media on which you can find them. With that data, statistics are calculated on the state of international queer story representation. Our site provides easy and free access to finding the best shows with queer characters and stories in the genres fans want to see.
If you want to find all the Westerns made by queer show creators that also has openly queer actors, LezWatch.TV has you covered.
## What makes this site different from all other TV recap/DB sites?
In order to make it easier for you to find the content you want to watch, we provide a detailed actor, character, and show database with additional narrative to provide a guide to the quality of each show’s queer representation.
Additionally there is news, editorials and exclusive content. Authors have dug into the far corners of small screen history to find queer female and trans characters. The team behind LezWatch.TV have consumed endless hours of shows, the good the bad and the “why?”.
We watch everything so you only have to watch the shows we hope you will enjoy.
## The LezWatch.TV Origin Story
 RIP Leslie Shay
On September 23, 2014, when it was revealed that [Leslie Shay](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leslie-shay/) was killed off on [*Chicago Fire*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chicago-fire/) we had had enough. We were tired of talking to ourselves about the consistent annihilation of queer female characters on TV.
And out of that moment we said there ought to be a way of documenting this…
A lightbulb went on and LezWatch.TV was born!
From humble beginnings in a pocket notebook to a robust database with thousands of shows, we’ve grown and changed and improved, all to make visible the representation we deserve.
---
### [Resources](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/resources/)
**Published:** July 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Co-founders Mika and Tracy are available for podcasts, interviews, and media appearances about LezWatch.TV, queer representation on television, and building this website from the ground up. You can reach us as `contact@lezwatchtv.com` or use our [contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/).
We are firm believers in Open Source software and data. Our data and code are available for all to use, per our [Terms of Use](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/). We have also made public all the resources we’ve used to generate the content for this site.
## Resources Available From This Site
The following resources are freely available for your use:
- Slack Hub: [Sign up to join](https://lezwatchtv.com/slack/)
- Amazon Echo Skill: [LezWatch.TV News](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078738KDJ/)
- Open [Rest API](https://docs.lezwatchtv.com/api) (includes access to statistics data)
- [LezWatch Github repository](https://github.com/LezWatch/) (access to all code used to build this site)
## Resources Used to Create This Site
### Software
LezWatch.TV is powered by [WordPress](https://wordpress.org). We built custom plugins and a custom themes, in conjunction with the following plugins:
- [CMB2](https://cmb2.io)
- [FacetWP](https://facetwp.com/?ref=91&campaign=LezPress)
- [Gravity Forms](https://www.gravityforms.com)
- [Jetpack](https://jetpack.com/)
- [Related Posts by Category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/related-posts-by-taxonomy/#description)
- [Yoast SEO Premium](https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/)
### Design
The site was designed by Tracy Levesque and Mika Epstein. The following libraries have been used:
- [Underscores](http://underscores.me/)
- [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com)
- [FontAwesome](http://fontawesome.io)
- [Symbolicons](http://symbolicons.com)
### Content
The following websites and books have been used to help populate the database for this site. In addition to these resources, information was found from people’s personal listicles on their blogs/tumblr/tweetstorms. We keep a running list of all ‘rare’ or hard to find resources on our [Amazon Wish List page](http://a.co/4FriQXd). Your support is well appreciated!
- “The Prime Time Closet” by Stephen Tropiano
- “Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 1996-2014” by Vincent Terrace
- [Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Television Characters](http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~wyatt/tv-characters.html) by David A. Wyatt – Copyright ©2008 David Wyatt
- [Is There Gay In It?](http://is-there-gay-in-it.tumblr.com/tagged/wlw)
- [Lesbian Interest](http://www.lesbian-interest.eu)
- LGBT Fans Deserve Better TV Database
- [Queerialized](https://queerialized.tumblr.com)
- [Web Series Wikia](http://web-series.wikia.com/wiki/Webseries_%26_Digital_Series_Wikia)
- The Yuri Nation’s [Yuri Anime List](https://yurination.wordpress.com/yuri-anime-list)
- [Wikipedia](https://www.wikipedia.org)
- [Autostraddle](https://autostraddle.com)
### Media
Images used on this site are copyright their respective owners, and are reproduced here in fair use. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed for criticism, commentary, news reporting, and research. No infringement is intended.
### Other Queer Media Resources
There are other projects dedicated to collecting information on queer media, including books and movies which we do not include in the LezWatch.TV database. Check them out!
- **[Lav and Noir](http://lavandnoir.com/)** – Celebrating black queer women in popular media.
- **[Lesbian Interest](http://www.lesbian-interest.eu/)** – Lesbian films list, webseries and TV shows.
- **[Queer Comics Database](http://queercomicsdatabase.com/)** – Discover your next queer read.
### Special Thanks
A special thanks goes to the following people for their donations of resources: C. Lema, M. Jay, A. Jorbin, and D. Smith.
---
### [Submissions](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/submissions/)
**Published:** November 16, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Thank you for your interest in writing for LezWatch.TV. We welcome submissions on the topic of queer media entertainment news and queer fandoms. Our goal is to be positive about representation and celebrate the good that has been and continues to be done for our community.
If you need some ideas to get started, here are some examples of submissions we welcome:
- Longform recommendations of shows you love, and why
- Why a specific TV show (or character) was personally meaningful to you
- Recaps of queer events (such as ClexaCon or other LGBTQ+ conventions)
- Listicles (i.e. “Top 10 times Xena was really gay”)
We prefer to highlight the positive things happening in queer fandom, and will not accept submissions bashing shows or media outlets.
**Payment**: At this time, LezWatch.TV is a 100% volunteer run organization and we cannot offer payment for submissions.
## Article Submissions
Article Submissions from people who wanna write for us!
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We love to find out about new shows and characters, but this form is for you to send in new stories you’ve written and want to share! If this is news about a new show, you’ll want to use the [regular contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/). If it’s about a missing character for an existing show, or a correction about a show/character/actor, we have a “Suggest an Edit” button on all pages. We love to hear from you!
Submit Article
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### [The Team](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/the-team/)
**Published:** October 29, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
## Co-Founders / Editors in Chief
 Mika and Tracy LezWatchTV Co Founders
### Who are the queer women behind the site?
LezWatch.TV Co-founders, Mika and Tracy, are WordPress developers, lesbians, and married. Just not to each other. Tracy owns a web development agency in Philly, while Mika wrangles WordPress for a webhosting company south of LA. Together, they fight crime! The crime of dead queer females on TV!
With tenacity, thousands of TV watching hours between them, and the help of a dedicated editorial staff, they have managed to document 7386 queer characters and 2275 shows.
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
## Staff Writers
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
## Editorial Staff
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
Tracy Levesque (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
America's favorite biracial, TV obsessed lesbian. Tracy will watch almost any show with queer female characters and has a lot to say about it. She is happy to have joined queer WordPress superpowers with Mika to build this site. She lives with her wife and kid in Philly.
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
Favorite Shows: *[Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)*, *[Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)*, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)*, *[Orphan Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black/)*, *[Steven Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/steven-universe/)*, *[Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)*, *[The Haunting of Hill House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-haunting-of-hill-house/)*
## Contributing Writers
Are you interested in writing an article for LezWatch.TV? [We welcome your submissions.](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/submissions/)
[Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
[Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
[Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/) (Co-Editor in Chief) [](http://liljimmi) [](https://www.thetracyl.com/)---
[View all articles by Tracy Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/author/liljimmi/)
---
### [Slack Registration](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/slack/)
**Published:** January 9, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
LezWatch.TV strives to create a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community to come together and discuss television, representation, and provide a welcoming, positive and accepting sanctuary. The LezWatch.TV Slack community is a place to chat with other wlw TV fans in real-time. For more information on Slack, please read the Slack Help Center article “[**What is Slack**](https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/115004071768-What-is-Slack-).”
**If you want to join our Slack, please fill out the form below** (we are using a form to weed out spambots). If approved, you will receive an invite via email.
### Please check your Spam folder for the invite email if you don’t receive it.
**Please read our** [**code of conduct**](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/code-of-conduct/) **before you join.**
## Slack Registration
Do you want to join the LezWatch.TV Slack Group? Awesome! We welcome everyone who wants to talk about queer TV stuff.
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**If you don’t receive your invite, please check your spam folder for it!**
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### [Code of Conduct](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/code-of-conduct/)
**Published:** January 9, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Last updated: **3 December 2022**
Please read this Code of Conduct (“Code”, “CoC”) carefully before using any services offered by LezWatch.TV
Your access to and use of our services is conditioned on your acceptance of and compliance with the Code. The Code of Conduct applies to all visitors, users and others who access or use our services.
**By accessing or using the services provided by LezWatch.TV you agree to be bound by the terms set out in our Code of Conduct. If you disagree with any part of the terms then you may not utilize or access the service.**
## Purpose
The purpose of LezWatch.TV group is to allow the LGBTQ+ community to come together and discuss television, representation, and to provide a welcoming and accepting sanctuary.
This community is open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, color, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), sexual orientation, gender identity, parental status, marital status, and political affiliation as well as gender expression, mental illness, socioeconomic status or background, neuro(a)typicality, or physical appearance.
**In order to keep the LezWatch.TV community a safe and welcoming space, you are expected to be kind, helpful, and respectful.** Assume the best of people and try to make things better, but by no means are you required to interact with everyone.
Our public services currently include:
- Comments on LezWatch.TV – open to everyone, with and without an account
- LezWatchTV.Slack.Com – open by application
## Our Expectations
We want the LezWatch.TV community to be a positive and inclusive place for LGBTQ+ multi-fandom. All users of the LezWatch.TV services are expected to be considerate of everyone and contribute to a collaborative, positive, and healthy environment. To that end, we require all users to:
**Be kind and friendly.** Avoid sarcasm and be careful with jokes — tone is hard to decipher online. If a situation makes it hard to be friendly, stop participating and move on.
**Be respectful and open minded.** Everyone comes from a different place and identifies differently. Just because you love a specific show, or identify with certain sexual or gender orientation doesn’t mean everyone else does. A show someone else likes may not be your cup of tea, but you should remain respectful and not dis things that make other people happy.
**Be inclusive.** All members of the LGBTQ+ community are welcome here. There is room for all of us.
**Be patient and welcoming.** Learning how to participate in any new community can be hard. Offer support if you see someone struggling or otherwise in need of help. Avoid unfriendly language or subtle put-downs.
**Be respectful of timezones.** Remember, this is a global community. Members may be in any time zone, so don’t send multiple pings if they’ve set themself as do-not-disturb or away.
## Prohibited Behavior
We expect that you will refrain from demeaning, discriminatory, or harassing behavior and speech. We ask everyone to review the concept of the [Paradox of Tolerance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance). **As a privately managed group, the LezWatch.TV Slack group is not beholden to “Freedom of Speech.”**
Harassment includes, but is not limited to: deliberate intimidation; stalking; unwanted photography or recording; sustained or willful disruption of discussion; inappropriate messaging; use of sexual or discriminatory imagery, comments, or jokes; and unwelcome sexual attention.
Furthermore, any behavior or language which is unwelcoming—whether or not it rises to the level of harassment—is also strongly discouraged. Much exclusionary behavior takes the form of microaggressions—subtle put-downs which may be unconsciously delivered. Regardless of intent, microaggressions can have a significant negative impact on victims and have no place in our community. If you feel that you are the recipient of unwelcoming behavior, please report it so that we can learn and improve.
Other inappropriate behavior:
- Threats
- Hate Speech
- Slurs (including name calling)
- Bigotry
- Pornography
- Spam
- Bullying
- Impersonation of someone else
- Violating someone’s privacy
Under no circumstances are you permitted to make public any private and/or personal information of anyone else, be they a member of the community or a celebrity. Everyone’s personal lives are their own business. While general speculation on the sexuality or gender representation of another person is understandable, it must be done so respectfully.
## Reporting Violations
Please contact the moderation team either via our [contact form](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/contact/) or via Slack DM:
- Mika: ipstenu
- Tracy: liljimmi
## Enforcement
We take your reports seriously. Those who don’t follow the Code of Conduct in good faith may face repercussions deemed appropriate by our moderation team.
This is how moderators generally handle misconduct:
1. **Warning** – For most first-time misconduct, moderators will remove offending content and send a warning.
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3. **Account Expulsion** – Moderators will expel people who display harmful and/or destructive behavior toward our community without further warning.
All actions will be taken on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of our moderators. In the event that an action is deemed to be extreme (such as catfishing, stalking, or targeted harassment), account access will be terminated immediately without grounds for appeal.
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## Changes
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to modify or replace this Code of Conduct at any time. What constitutes a material change will be determined at our sole discretion.
## Additional Information
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---
### [The Toaster](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/toaster/)
**Published:** August 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Since 1994, a hallmark sigil of lesbians has been a toaster oven. This is thanks to the TV show *[Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ellen/)*, and the infamous “The Puppy Episode.”
## The History
In the second half of the episode, Ellen is hanging out with Susan (played by Lara Dern) who, after hearing of Ellen’s disastrous ‘date’ with a male friend, admits that she thought Ellen was gay. Ellen, still claiming to be heterosexual at this time, says she’s not and becomes very flustered. She then accuses Susan of trying to ‘recruit’ her. Susan sarcastically complains she’ll have to tell National Headquarters that Ellen got away, and darn it, one more lesbian and she’d have been that toaster oven.
At the end of the episode, Susan brings Ellen to a coffee house where Melissa Etheridge ask her one question, “Are you gay?” When Ellen says she is, a very enthusiastic Etheridge has her sign papers and stamps pretty much everything, before handing Susan … a toaster oven.
## From Toaster Oven to Toaster
For a period of time in the 90s and early 2000s, it wasn’t uncommon to hear people joke “One more and I get that toaster!” Naturally people elevated that to things like “Forget the toaster, I’m going for the Ferrari!” It was just one of those things we joked about. Some people wore shirts and carried signs to parades, others just giggled when someone asked about buying a toaster.
Over time, the idea of a toaster *oven* faded into just a toaster. They’re not the same thing, of course, but toaster, toaster oven, and so on. It makes sense, right?
## What Is Our Logo?
It’s a regular toaster with two slices of bread popping out, colored in the gay pride stripes. Originally we attempted to use a toaster oven, but it looked too much like a television. While that makes sense for this site, it also would be a little confusing. There also was an idea of putting antennae atop it, but that looked weird.
The point of the toaster is a simple hat-tip to Ellen and the history of one more and maybe we’ll get that toaster.
---
### [Terms of Use](https://lezwatchtv.com/tos/)
**Published:** February 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
**Last Updated:** 16 August 2018
## The Gist
We, the website owners, run a website to collect the data on queer female characters on TV. We do this free of charge, offering both the information as a website itself and via WordPress plugins such as [LezWatch.TV News](https://wordpress.org/plugins/lezwatchtv), the Amazon Echo skill [LezWatch.TV News](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071SKYP22/), and other services that utilize our [Rest API](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/api/).
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Copy-written content is reproduced under fair use doctrines. If you find content on this site that you feel violates the DMCA or otherwise infringes on trademarks or copyright, please contact us at `webmaster@lezwatchtv.com` and will will remove the content.
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---
### [Glossary](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/glossary/)
**Published:** November 18, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sometimes understanding iconography and symbols can be difficult, especially if the language isn’t your native tongue. To help aid people who wonder what the various symbols on the site mean, we have created a glossary.
## TV Shows
### Tropes
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/background/) [Background Queers (lamp)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/background/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/true-story/) [Based on a True Story (ribbon)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/true-story/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/surprise-queer/) [Big Queer Reveal (nessie)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/surprise-queer/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-queer-wedding/) [Big Queer Wedding (wedding-cake)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-queer-wedding/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/bisexual-love-triangle/) [Bisexual Love Triangle (group)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/bisexual-love-triangle/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/) [Bury Your Queers (skull-crossbones)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/cliffhanger/) [Cliffhanger (mountain)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/cliffhanger/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/coming-out/) [Coming Out (toaster)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/coming-out/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/erasure/) [Erased Queerness (boomerang)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/erasure/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/everyones-queer/) [Everyone's Queer (fireworks)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/everyones-queer/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/fake-relationship/) [Fake Relationship (reminder)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/fake-relationship/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/forbidden-love/) [Forbidden Love (lock)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/forbidden-love/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/freakout-sex/) [Freakout Hetero Sex (sausage)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/freakout-sex/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gal-pals/) [Gal Pals (snowflake-alt)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gal-pals/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gaybies/) [Gaybies (baby)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gaybies/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-then-not/) [Happiness then Tragedy (theater\_masks)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-then-not/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-ending/) [Happy Ending (crown)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-ending/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/in-love-with-a-str8-girl/) [In Love With a Str8 Person (heart-arrow)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/in-love-with-a-str8-girl/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/prison/) [In Prison (fence-chainlink)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/prison/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/literary-inspired/) [Literary Inspired (books)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/literary-inspired/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/none/) [None! (trophy)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/none/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/outed/) [Outed (share)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/outed/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-laughs/) [Queer for Laughs (smile)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-laughs/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-for-ratings/) [Queer for Ratings (graph-line)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-for-ratings/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-of-the-week/) [Queer of the Week (escalator)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-of-the-week/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbaiting/) [Queerbaiting (star-of-life)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbaiting/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbashing/) [Queerbashing (location-target)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbashing/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/law-enforcement/) [Queers in Law Enforcement (badge)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/law-enforcement/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerspawn/) [Queerspawn (fish)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerspawn/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/secret-spouse/) [Secret Spouse (diamond-ring)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/secret-spouse/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/sex-workers/) [Sex Workers (censored)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/sex-workers/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/slow-burn/) [Slow Burn (campfire-smoke)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/slow-burn/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/subtext/) [Subtext (cannon)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/subtext/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/teacher-student/) [Teacher/Student Romance (apple-bite)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/teacher-student/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-bad-queers/) [The Big Bad Queers (jason-mask)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-bad-queers/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/unrequited/) [Unrequited (kleenex)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/unrequited/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/video-game/) [Video Game Inspired (game-controller-alt)](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/video-game/)
### Formats
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/mini-series/) [Mini-Series (camera-movie-stand)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/mini-series/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/movie/) [TV Movie (camera-movie)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/movie/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/tv-show/) [TV Show (tv)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/tv-show/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/) [Web Series (camcorder)](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/)
### Genres
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/action/) [Action (fencing)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/action/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adult/) [Adult (zipper)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adult/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adventure/) [Adventure (kayak)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adventure/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/animation/) [Animation (pen-nib)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/animation/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anime/) [Anime (leaf-angle)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anime/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anthology/) [Anthology (books)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anthology/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/biography/) [Biography (book)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/biography/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/children/) [Children's (blocks)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/children/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/comedy/) [Comedy (happy)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/comedy/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/cooking/) [Cooking (pan)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/cooking/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/crime/) [Crime (bag-dollar)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/crime/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dark-comedy/) [Dark Comedy (bookmark)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dark-comedy/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/drama/) [Drama (city)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/drama/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dramedy/) [Dramedy (yin-yang)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dramedy/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/family/) [Family (group)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/family/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/fantasy/) [Fantasy (castle)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/fantasy/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/holiday/) [Holiday (gifts)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/holiday/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/horror/) [Horror (zombie)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/horror/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/interactive/) [Interactive (viewmaster)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/interactive/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/legal/) [Legal (gavel)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/legal/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/medical/) [Medical (stethoscope)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/medical/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mockumentary/) [Mockumentary (camcorder)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mockumentary/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/musical/) [Musical (music)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/musical/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mystery/) [Mystery (fingerprint)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mystery/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/period/) [Period Piece (viking-helm)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/period/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/police/) [Police (donut)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/police/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/political/) [Political (fingers-crossed)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/political/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/procedural/) [Procedural (clipboard-pencil)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/procedural/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/romance/) [Romance (heart-arrow)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/romance/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/satire/) [Satire (octopus)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/satire/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/school/) [School (schoolbus)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/school/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sci-fi/) [Sci-Fi (ufo)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sci-fi/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/soap-opera/) [Soap Opera (soap)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/soap-opera/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sports/) [Sports (football)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sports/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/superhero/) [Superhero (asteroid)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/superhero/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/supernatural/) [Supernatural (ghost)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/supernatural/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/teen/) [Teen (game-controller-alt)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/teen/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/telenovela/) [Telenovela (theater\_masks)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/telenovela/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/thriller/) [Thriller (machete)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/thriller/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/utopia-dystopia/) [Utopian/Dystopian (fish-bones)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/utopia-dystopia/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/war/) [War (tank)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/war/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/western/) [Western (cactus)](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/western/)
### Intersectionality
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/disabilities/) [Disabilities (universal-access-alt)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/disabilities/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/diverse-cast/) [Diverse Cast (pencil-paintbrush-pen)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/diverse-cast/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/gender/) [Gender Presentation (yin-yang)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/gender/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/immigrants/) [Immigrants (statue-of-liberty)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/immigrants/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/interracial/) [Interracial Relationships (fitness-watch)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/interracial/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/neurodivergence/) [Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical (brain)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/neurodivergence/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/poc-centric/) [PoC-Centric (stanp-portrait)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/poc-centric/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/religion/) [Religion (church)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/religion/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/senior-representation/) [Senior Representation (blind-walking)](https://lezwatchtv.com/intersection/senior-representation/)
## Characters
### Cliches
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/abusive/) [Abusive/Violent (volcano)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/abusive/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/addict/) [Addict (pills)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/addict/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/inhuman/) [Alien (alien)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/inhuman/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/artist/) [Artist (art-palette)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/artist/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/athlete/) [Athlete (baseball-sport)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/athlete/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/bartender/) [Bartender (beer-mug)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/bartender/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/based-on-real-person/) [Based on a Real Person (gingerbread-man)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/based-on-real-person/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cartoon/) [Cartoon (face-id)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cartoon/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/celibate/) [Celibate (monk)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/celibate/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/closeted/) [Closeted (door\_open)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/closeted/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/conditional-queerness/) [Conditional Queerness (directions-u-turn)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/conditional-queerness/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cougar/) [Cougar (cat)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cougar/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/leo/) [Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc) (badge)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/leo/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/criminal/) [Criminal (spy)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/criminal/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cross-dresser/) [Cross-Dresser (clothes-hanger)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cross-dresser/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/dead/) [Dead Queers (rest-in-peace)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/dead/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/disabled/) [Disabled (universal-access)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/disabled/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/teacher/) [Educator (chalkboard)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/teacher/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/fictionalized-self/) [Fictionalized Self (fishbowl)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/fictionalized-self/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/firefighter/) [Firefighter (fire)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/firefighter/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/forced-transition/) [Forced to Transition (universal-access-off)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/forced-transition/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/gender-swapped/) [Gender Swapped (arrow-swap)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/gender-swapped/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/intimacy-issues/) [Intimacy Issues (running)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/intimacy-issues/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/news/) [Journalist Type (newspaper)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/news/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/phase/) [Just A Phase (turkey)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/phase/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/just-one-of-the-guys/) [Just One of the Guys (dumbbell)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/just-one-of-the-guys/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/lawyer/) [Legal Eagle (scales)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/lawyer/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/mentally-ill/) [Mentally Ill (brain)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/mentally-ill/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/non-human/) [Non-Human (unicorn)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/non-human/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/none/) [None (medal)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/none/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/parent/) [Parent (baby\_bottle)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/parent/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/politics/) [Politically Inclined (keynote)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/politics/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/promiscuous/) [Promiscuous (hot-tub-multi)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/promiscuous/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/queer-irl/) [Queer IRL (rainbow)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/queer-irl/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/robot/) [Robot (robot)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/robot/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/science/) [Scientifically Inclined (microscope)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/science/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/sex-worker/) [Sex Worker (butt)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/sex-worker/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/student/) [Student (backpack)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/student/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/superhuman/) [Superhuman (radioactive)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/superhuman/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/undead/) [Undead (ghost)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/undead/)
- [](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/vegetarian/) [Vegetarianish (carrot)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/vegetarian/)
---
## Actors
### [Benyapa Jeenprasom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/benyapa-jeenprasom/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** View, View Benyapa
**Content:**
A Thai actress and model under GMMTV. She has appeared in several movies and dramas, such as 2gether: The Series, Star in My Mind, and The Three GentleBros.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lilah Richcreek Estrada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lilah-richcreek-estrada/)
**Published:** September 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress best known for playing private investigator Julie Kovalenko in the comedy series *A Man on the Inside* and Dr. Nellie Cuevas on the medical drama *Chicago Med.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Alma Ekehed Thomsen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alma-ekehed-thomsen/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Danish actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Clara Rosager](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clara-rosager/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Danish film actress and model.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Samantha Melanie Coates](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samantha-melanie-coates/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Sammy
**Content:**
A thai-british actress and internet artist.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Nikita Parkin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikita-parkin/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A thai singer and actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Tanya Reynolds](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tanya-reynolds/)
**Published:** January 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actress, best known for her portrayal of Lily in the Netflix series *Sex Education*, Teresa Benelli in the Sky 1 TV series *Delicious* and as Rebecca Henshaw in the upcoming film *Fanny Lye Deliver’d*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aydrea Walden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aydrea-walden/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Aan Emmy-nominated television writer, a performer, and a creative consultant whose work can be seen on Netflix, Disney, and Nickelodeon, and more. She is the creator and star of the acclaimed web series BLACK GIRL IN A BIG DRESS, a period drama-inspired comedy that has earned a devoted fanbase for its wit, charm, and unapologetically nerdy joy.
Her voice is smart, funny, and sneakily heartfelt. Aydrea brings humanity and levity to complex characters, whether they’re hamsters in tiny capes or women navigating big historical wigs and even bigger emotions.
A former journalist and featured performer on THE MOTH podcast, Aydrea’s career reflects her passion for making big ideas accessible and emotionally impactful to anyone in the audience, whether she’s explaining wormholes to four-year-olds on ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST or exploring race and gender through comedy that resonates across ideologies on BLACK GIRL IN A BIG DRESS.
She recently served as Head Writer on the new PBS series PHEOBE & JAY, was Story Editor for HAMSTERS OF HAMSTERDALE, and channeled her own co-parenting experience into an episode of ICARLY.
Her TikTok channel, DISAPPOINTING MY ANCESTORS, turns bite-sized comedy into a community that bonds over cultural duality, family drama, and why no one should ever go camping.
She is also a speaker, reluctant golfer, and the proud human to two extremely needy cats who act as though they’ve never been fed. (Don’t believe them!!).
Aydrea has proudly labelled every charging brick in her house according to what room it’s supposed to be in—because chaos is inevitable, but being without a power source in reach doesn’t have to be. She makes an excellent clafouti pie and can probably be bribed with a scone.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Gillian Anderson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gillian-anderson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Gillian Leigh Anderson, OBE (born August 9, 1968) is an American-British film, television and theatre actress, activist and writer. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the long-running series The X-Files, ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies’ film The House of Mirth (2000), and DSI Stella Gibson on the BBC crime drama television series The Fall. Among other honours, Anderson has won a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. She has lived in London since 2002, after earlier years divided between the United Kingdom and the United States.
After beginning her career on stage, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully on the American sci-fi drama series The X-Files. Her film work includes the dramas The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), Shadow Dancer (2012), Viceroy’s House (2017) and two X-Files films: The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008). Other notable television credits include: Lady Dedlock in Bleak House (2005), Wallis Simpson in Any Human Heart (2010), Miss Havisham in Great Expectations (2011), Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier on Hannibal (2013–2015), and Media on American Gods (2017).
In an interview with The Daily Telegraph in March 2015, Anderson said that she was not closed to the idea of entering another same-sex relationship, adding: “To me a relationship is about loving another human being; their gender is irrelevant.” In [September 2026, she came out as pansexual](https://www.them.us/entertainment/celebrity/gillian-anderson-pansexual).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
---
### [Amy Landecker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-landecker/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Amy Lauren Landecker is an American film, stage and television actress. She is known for her supporting roles in films Dan in Real Life (2007), A Serious Man (2009), All Is Bright (2013), Project Almanac (2015), Doctor Strange (2016), and Beatriz at Dinner (2017). In 2014, Landecker began starring as Sarah Pfefferman in the Amazon Studios critically acclaimed comedy-drama Transparent.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Chris Patton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chris-patton/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American voice actor who has worked on a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series that have been dubbed by ADV Films, Funimation, and Seraphim Digital/Sentai Filmworks.
Chris has also written a vampire YA book *Scene Immortal*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Lilian Alejandra Valverde](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lilian-alejandra-valverde/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Raised in an Argentinian and Colombian household nestled in the bushy Perth Hills, Lilian had a warm and vibrant childhood full of trees and Spanglish. As a kid she enjoyed day dreaming about outfits, walking her gorgeous dog Ollie and practicing her flute as loudly as possible to match the salsa music that poured out of her dad’s shed.
Passion for performance and love for acting has always lived strongly in Lilian and this led her to spend her teen years at Marloo Community Theatre. Like all the cool kids! Her on stage debut was as Wolf No.5 in the *Jungle Book*, quickly jumping straight into Juliet Capulet in *Romeo and Juliet*… and hasn’t looked back since.
After many enriching experiences at the local community theatre and surrounding high schools, Lilian gained a place in the Diploma of Acting course at WAAPA where she reprised Juliet and played Catherine Carbone from *A View From The Bridge*. Upon completion, she gained a place at NIDA, and is incredibly excited to see where she goes next!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Emily Barclay](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-barclay/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British-born New Zealand and Australian actress who won an AFI Award for Best Actress for Suburban Mayhem. She has appeared in films such as In My Father’s Den, Legend of the Guardians, and The Light Between Oceans, and TV shows such as Glitch, Offspring, and Mr Inbetween.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Diana Popovska](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/diana-popovska/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Macedonian-born, award-winning Australian actor, filmmaker and playwright who trained at NIDA and the Atlantic Theatre School in New York City.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sarah Blades Bugatti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-blades-bugatti/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, voice over artist, and author.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Bonnie Jean Tyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bonnie-jean-tyer/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Based in North Hollywood, California, and originally from Lakeland, Florida – where she was raised by a pack of rednecks. They did all the usual stuff – hunting, fishing, mudslingin’, and, of course, dipping chewing tobacco.
After earning two BFA’s at Florida Southern College and delving into Classical Theatre in England, she hit the road in my ’99 Ford F-150, crossing the country to become what her family lovingly calls a “know-it-all lesbian” in the land of “cocaine & glitter.” Tyer is the Co-Founder to the Wanna Make A Movie Collective, a Drag King named Woody Banger, transformation enthusiast, and a crafty self starter in all things.
In the world of storytelling, she finds joy in creating projects about queer folk, social clashes, cowboys, and badass women. Her favorite thing about set life, aside from the snacks, is the exhilarating experience of playing with other brilliant actors and getting to call it work.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Steve Blum](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/steve-blum/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American voice actor of anime, animation and video games known for his distinctive deep voice. He provides the voice of TOM, the host of Cartoon Network and Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ron Rubin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ron-rubin/)
**Published:** May 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ron Rubin is an award winning actor, writer and voiceover performer. For over 30 years he has been one of the busiest voice actors in the country having voiced hundreds of cartoon characters in countless animated series as well as being the voice behind dozens of national award winning television and radio commercial campaigns.
Ron received the KARI Award for Best Commercial Performance in Television as well as being a two time nominee and finalist for the ACTRA Award for Best Performance in Voice.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Crispin Freeman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/crispin-freeman/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American voice actor, voice director, and screenwriter who is best known for voicing characters in English-language dubs of Japanese anime, animation, and video games.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Megan Shipman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/megan-shipman/)
**Published:** January 13, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Kayla Hardwick
**Content:**
An American voice actor, also credited as Kayla Hardwick.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Zorga Qaunaq](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zorga-qaunaq/)
**Published:** September 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress and artist, originally from Igloolik, Nunavut and based in Ottawa, Ontario. She is most noted for her regular role as Millie in the sitcom North of North, for which she and the other core cast members won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kat Cunning](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-cunning/)
**Published:** June 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A BFA graduate of the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, Kat’s credits include HBO’s *The Deuce*, *Les Liaisons dangereuses* on Broadway, and Cirque Du Soleil’s PARAMOUR. They are also a singer who performs under the name Kat Cunning.
An accomplished screen and stage talent, they appeared on Broadway as Emile in *Les Liaison Dangereuses* and in *Cirque du Soleil*.
2019 saw Kat make their musical debut with fan-favorite singles such as “King of Shadow,” “Birds”, and “For The Love.” Not to mention, they supported LP on a sold-out U.S. Tour and received praise from *Nylon*, *Teen Vogue*, *New York Times*, *Earmilk*, and more.
Kat, who identifies as non-binary (they, their, them), recently signed to Lava Records and released their first single under the new deal, “Supernova (tigers blud).” The single arrived in tandem with the season two premiere of the show where Kat’s character, Sabine, performs it in the opening scene.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Sophia Thomas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-thomas/)
**Published:** September 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress and voice-over artist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Cenophia Mitchell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cenophia-mitchell/)
**Published:** September 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A professional voiceover artist from New York.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Selene Wallekers](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/selene-wallekers/)
**Published:** April 2, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress known for Deadloch.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Jessica Brown Findlay](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessica-brown-findlay/)
**Published:** July 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jessica Rose Brown Findlay is an English actress, most widely known for her role as Lady Sybil Crawley in the ITV television period drama series Downton Abbey, and for her role as Emelia Conan Doyle in the 2011 British comedy-drama feature film Albatross.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Morven Christie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/morven-christie/)
**Published:** September 1, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Scottish actress and filmmaker.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Vanessa Vander Pluym](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-vander-pluym/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born in the beach city of Manhattan Beach and raised in Redondo Beach, Californian, Vanessa has the movie business in her blood. Her great grandmother was a silent movie actress and writer but her interest in performing & acting is all her own.
Vanessa attended the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) obtaining a mechanical engineering degree and was a member of Tau Beta Pi, an exclusive national engineering honors society.
A world class rhythmic gymnast, Vanessa competed for the United States for five years.
Vander Pluym is an expert in martial arts and has a black belt in Tae kwon do to show for it. Vanessa’s athleticism is also evident in her abilities as a circus performer, performing stilt walking, contortionist, and aerial acts, as well as in her current sport of roller derby.
As an actress, Vander Pluym is an all-around performer. She is a veteran actor of comedy, drama and action roles. Vanessa has performed motion capture for numerous video game characters and has appeared in an array of television hit shows and feature films including: NCIS: Los Angeles, Southland, Castle, Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Piranha 3D.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ravinnapa Vannarot](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ravinnapa-vannarot/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A thai child actress.
Known as Napa. Despite her young age she has embraced multiple corners of the entertainment world — acting, modeling, dancing and singing — and her well-rounded performance adds emotional depth to her roles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Nina Nutthacha Jessica Padovan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nutthacha-jessica-padovan/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A child thai actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Isabelle Whitehead-Nagy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabelle-whitehead-nagy/)
**Published:** April 2, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, known for Deadloch.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Missi Pyle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/missi-pyle/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Missi Pyle has made indelible appearances in numerous film and television projects over the past 20 years. An inveterate character actor with a penchant for big but quietly assured performances, Pyle smartly embodies characters with large personalities or outsized comedic personas, but without the frantic need to call attention to herself that mars so much broad humor. That combination of restraint and vividness is likely why she’s become a go-to staple of so many comedies on both the small and big screen, from guest turns in shows like *Friends*, *Two And A Half Men*, and *Inside Amy Schumer*, to stand-out appearances in movies like *Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story*, *Charlie And The Chocolate Factory*, and *Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay*. Similarly, she’s demonstrated strong dramatic work in films like *Gone Girl*, as well as her new viral contagion thriller, *Pandemic*.
Pyle was married to author Antonio Sacre from 2000 to 2005.
Pyle married naturalist Casey Anderson on September 12, 2008. The wedding was country-western themed and took place in Montana. Wedding guests included bandmate Shawnee Smith and comedian Steve Agee. Anderson’s pet grizzly bear, Brutus, served as his best man in the ceremony. Pyle and Anderson appeared in “Grizzly Dogs”, the October 22, 2010 episode of Dog Whisperer, in which they sought the help of Cesar Millan to rehabilitate their dog. Pyle confirmed their breakup in 2013.
Pyle “married” actress and bandmate Shawnee Smith in a faux ceremony at the All Love is Equal Launch Party in West Hollywood on November 18, 2009. The two actresses pretended to get married in support of repealing Prop 8 in California. Actor Hal Sparks dressed as a priest and performed the ceremony with them using rainbow-colored hula hoops as rings.
The drag queen “Pissi Myles” is named after her.
In 2026, she came out as bisexual:
> “I would say that I’ve been mostly in heterosexual relationships, but I have had others, and I think now that I get older, I’m just sort of like I’m looking for a person, or persons.”
>
> [*Shut Up Evan*](https://www.netflix.com/ie/title/82665559)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Karen Knox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-knox/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Knox is a Toronto and London England based actress who has worked and trained in both the U.K (L.A.M.D.A) and Canada. She plays “Veronica Vale” in Bell Fibe T.V’s BARBELLE. Selected screen performances include: Jessie Reyez’s Gatekeepers (Peter Huang/Mud Ruk Entertainment), That’s My DJ (D.W Waterson/Night is Y), Murdoch Mysteries (Peter Mitchel/CBC), Sinner (Stash Capar/Spy Films), Sugar Sisters (Katie Nolan/Babe Nation & Muse Entertainment), and Assassins’s Creed, Watchdogs, Far Cry, and Starlink: Battle for Atlas for Ubisoft.
She has performed across Canada, as well as in London’s West End. Selected theatre credits include: Stupid Fucking Bird (Vinetta Stromberg/Pop Up Theatre), The world premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s A Woman is a Secret (Andrew Shaver/Theatre Centre), Venus in Fur (Sam Gibbs/Tristian Bates Theatre U.K), The Things We Do For Love (Laurie Stevens/Odyssey Theatre) for which she received a Rideau Award Nomination for Best Actress, Taming of the Shrew (Tyrone Savage/The Storefront Theatre).
Knox is also an accomplished writer and director. Her production company, BOSS & CO released it’s first series in July 2017 on Bell Fibe T.V. She wrote and directed Case of the Massey Bodice Ripping in partnership with The Toronto Rape Crisis Centre in fall 2017 starring some of Canada’s top talent. Boss & Co has several other creative projects in development which feature female written/directed/driven content.
In 2012 she co wrote and directed the critically acclaimed The Loyalists for Single Thread, voted Toronto’s best immersive and site specific theatre company in NOW Magazine. In September of 2014 she directed Single Thread’s production of Much Ado About Nothing at Toronto’s historic Spadina House.
Knox is interested in internet eroticism, 15th century poetry, and good jokes.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Aline Laurent Mayard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aline-laurent-mayard/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A french activist, journalist and author of severals podcasts about womanhood, gender, sexuality and asexuality.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Arièle Bonte](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariele-bonte/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A french journalist whose prefered subjects are feminism, women’s rights, lgbtq+, sexualities
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
---
### [Émilie Caen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emilie-caen/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A french actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Catherine Shepherd](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/catherine-shepherd/)
**Published:** November 15, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Catherine Shepherd was born in 1975 in England. She is an actress and writer, known for *Paddington*, *Paddington 2*, and *Hyperdrive*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mercedes Assad](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mercedes-assad/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, she is known for FBI: International (2021), Ted Lasso (2020) and The Wrong Side of Town (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Annelise Heywood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/annelise-heywood/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A graduate of Arts Educational Schools London (ArtsEd), where she completed her training. During her training, Annelise was awarded the prestigious Lilian Baylis Award. Shortly after graduating, she made her professional debut in the acclaimed Apple TV series Ted Lasso
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Jiradapa Intajak](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jiradapa/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Pupé, PUPÉ Jiradapa
**Content:**
A thai actress and singer, former member of girl band BNK48.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pakamon Daraprarom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pakamon-daraprarom/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Sand, Sand Pakamon
**Content:**
A thai actress
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Thasorn Klinnium](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/thasorn-klinnium/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Emi, Emi Thasorn
**Content:**
A thai chinese actress and singer.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pattraphus Borattasuwan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pattraphus-borattasuwan/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Bonnie, Bonnie Pattraphus, Pussarasorn Bosuwan
**Content:**
A thai singer and actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mintita Wattanakul](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mintita-wattanakul/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mint
**Content:**
A thai actress and singer.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
---
### [Punnyaaphat Thanhomkul](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/punnyaaphat-thanhomkul/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A thai actress and trail runner
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sarah Steele](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-steele/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress. She is known for her role as Marissa Gold on the CBS legal drama series *The Good Wife* (2011–2016) and its CBS All Access spinoff series *The Good Fight* (2017–2022) and *Elsbeth* (2024).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Natalie Han](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-han/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress known for Yoo Kyung (2019) and Barbie: A Touch of Magic (2023).
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emma Adele Galvin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emma-adele-galvin/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Emma Galvin
**Content:**
She is an actress, known for A Perfect Fit (2005), The Big Bad Swim (2006) and Blue Bloods (2010).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Tipnaree Weerawatnodom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tipnaree-weerawatnodom/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Namtan, Namtan Tipnaree
**Content:**
A thai actress, singer and model. She has a major in acting and directing and got her master’s degree in Performing Arts.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
---
### [Rachanun Mahawan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachanun-mahawan/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Film, Film Rachanun
**Content:**
A thai actress. She won the 20th Seoul International Drama Award in the category Oustanding Asian Star for her work on Pluto
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pattranite Limpatiyakorn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pattranite-limpatiyakorn/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Love, Love Pattranite
**Content:**
A Thai actress with GMMTV, also known as “Love.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pansa Vosbein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pansa-vosbein/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Milk, Milk Pansa
**Content:**
Pansa Vosbein, nicknamed Milk, is a Thai actress under GMMTV.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Wanwimol Jaenasavamethee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wanwimol-jaenasavamethee/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** June, June Wanwimol
**Content:**
A Thai actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kanyarat Ruangrung](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kanyarat-ruangrung/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Piploy, Piploy Kanyarat
**Content:**
A thai actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Nannaphas Loetnamchoetsakun](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nannaphas-loetnamchoetsakun/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mewnich, Mewnich Nannaphas
**Content:**
A thai actress and singer former menber of girl bznd BNK48.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lechgang](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lechgang/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Youtuber and voice actress on *Inanimate Insanity*.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Virginia Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/virginia-gay/)
**Published:** December 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born in Sydney, Gay attended Summer Hill Public School and Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney as a drama and music student. She studied English literature and performance studies at Sydney University and was a member of the Sydney University Dramatic Society from 2001 to 2003. She left Sydney University and enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), at the Edith Cowan University, Perth, where she graduated in 2005 with an Advanced Diploma of Performing Arts. She won the Coles Myer Institute Vocational Student of the Year award and the prestigious Sangora Education Foundation Award for Vocational Education and Training.
In 2022 Virginia Gay wrote and performed in the play, Cyrano for the Melbourne Theatre Company. The play is a gender – flipped, modern re-imagining of Cyrano de Bergerac written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
---
### [Yasmine Al-Bustami](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yasmine-al-bustami/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Yasmine Al-Bustami is an actress who was born in Abu Dhabi and raised in Texas (she loves brisket and queso and says y’all a lot). She is of Jordanian-Palestinian and Filipina descent.
You can currently catch Yasmine in John Legend’s music video for Surefire which, along with all the other nominees in the same category, won MTV’s 2017 VMA’s Best Fight Against the System. Also check her out as Sasha in CW Seed and New Form Digital’s original musical series I Ship It which just finished filming its second season and is her second collaboration with badass filmmaker, Yulin Kuang. (Fun fact: season one of the series won Best Drama at the 6th Annual Streamy Awards!) Previous appearances have been on The CW’s The Originals, CMT’s Nashville and Freeform’s Switched at Birth.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Cynthia Zhou](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cynthia-zhou/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Chinese-Canadian actor, writer, and director. She was born and raised in Shanghai, and grew up in Vancouver. She has worked on various films and TV shows, such as AMC’s The Audacity, CBC’s Allegiance, CW’s Kung Fu, Charmed, and Amazon’s The Fire Inside.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Menglei Liu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/menglei-liu/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A bilingual actress based in Vancouver, born and raised in Beijing, China. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre at the University of Alberta, she moved to Vancouver on her own and has worked as an actor ever since.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Alex Hook](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-hook/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress, known for her role as Frankie in the Nickelodeon series “I Am Frankie” and has appeared in various films and commercials.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sillapintr Sillapachai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sillapintr-sillapachai/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Sangt
**Content:**
A thai singer and actress. She is part of the girl band FELIZZ.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Rattanawadee Wongthong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rattanawadee-wongthong/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mim Rattanawadee, Mim
**Content:**
A thai actress and model.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Juthapich Indrajundra](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/juthapich-indrajundra/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Jamie Juthapich, Jamie
**Content:**
A thai actress
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Rutricha Phapakithi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutricha-phapakithi/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Ciize, Apichaya Saejung
**Content:**
A thai dancer, singer and actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ploynira Hiruntaveesin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ploynira-hiruntaveesin/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Kapook Ploynira, Kapook
**Content:**
A thai actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ployshompoo Supasap](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ployshompoo-supasap/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Jan Ployshompoo, Jan, Janhae
**Content:**
A thai actress and singer
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [JingJing Yu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jingjing-yu/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** JingJing, JingJing Prariyapit, Prariyapit Yu
**Content:**
A thai actress and model.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Rachaya Tupkunanon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachaya-tupkunanon/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Minmin, Minmin Rachaya
**Content:**
Minmin is a thai singer and actress who was part of teh girl bank BNK48.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lottie Guntank](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lottie-guntank/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Australian voice actress. Lottie Guntank has been a featured craft host on Disney Channel Australia & Disney’s social media pages.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Emma Harvie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emma-harvie/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is best known for playing Chaya Batra on Seven Network ‘s RFDS and Megan in Colin from Accounts.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hayden Panettiere](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hayden-panettiere/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Hayden Lesley Panettiere was an American actress, model, singer and activist. She is known for playing cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC sci-fi series Heroes (2006–2010) and Juliette Barnes in the ABC/CMT musical-drama series Nashville (2012–present).
A native of New York, she first appeared in a commercial at the age of eleven months. She started a full-time acting career began by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live (1994–1997), and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light (1996–2000), then starring at age 10 as Sheryl Yoast in the Disney feature film Remember the Titans. Other roles include her portrayal of the title character in the true crime drama Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, Kairi in the Kingdom Hearts series, and Kirby Reed in the slasher film Scream 4. She received two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, for her work on Nashville in 2012 and 2013.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Siya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/siya/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Michele Sherman
**Content:**
A female rapper from Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, NY raised by her grandmother in the Eleanor Roosevelt projects. In 2014, she released two singles “One Hunnid” and “Real MVP”. She followed up with a Mixtape titled Better Late Than Never in 2015. She starred in the Oxygen reality TV series Sisterhood of Hip Hop (2014) from 2014-2016. With much anticipation, in 2016 she released her debut studio album “SIYAvsSIYA”, while filming the Netflix Original movie Deuces (2016). Rapidly thereafter in 2017 she went on to release an EP titled “Commitment”. During the same year she released “383-For Roosevelt” and landed the role as “Blaise” in the film The First Purge (2018). Siya recently worked closely with Lena Waithe and her label Hillman grad records under the Def Jam umbrella to release yet another album titled “Mixed Emotions”. She also became the star of the B.E.T hit scripted series Angel (2023), and guest starred in Station 19 (2018).
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Viivi Pumpanen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/viivi-pumpanen/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Finnish actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Finland 2010, and represented Finland at the 2010 Miss Universe pageant.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Tiia Louhevaara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tiia-louhevaara/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, known for Downshiftaajat (2015), Secret Lives (1999) and Maanantai (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Clare Perkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clare-perkins/)
**Published:** August 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actress known for her roles in “EastEnders” as Ava Hartman and in “Family Affairs” as Denise Boulter. She has been active in the industry since 1985 and has appeared in various television shows, films, and stage productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Harriet Walter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/harriet-walter/)
**Published:** September 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE is an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include *Sense and Sensibility*, *The Governess*, *Villa des Roses*, *Atonement* and *Man Up*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sophia Emberson-Bain](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-emberson-bain/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sophia grew up in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. She has lived in England, Los Angeles and Australia.
Sophia graduated university with a Bachelor of Laws degree before becoming a full-time actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ling Cooper Tang](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ling-cooper-tang/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ling-Hsueh Tang
**Content:**
Formerly credited as Ling-Hsueh Tang, Tang is a Chinese Australian actress. She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece in the hospital drama TV series All Saints, and has starred in many TV series since, including the 2024 British adventure series Nautilus.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kaarin Fairfax](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaarin-fairfax/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Kaarin Louise Fairfax is an Australian actress, director and singer who played the role of Dolour Darcy in two TV miniseries, The Harp in the South and its sequel Poor Man’s Orange.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Cara Delevingne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cara-delevingne/)
**Published:** September 1, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English model and actress. She signed with Storm Model Management after leaving school in 2009. Delevingne won the “Model of the Year” award at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014 and has appeared in shows for houses including Burberry, Chanel, Mulberry, Dolce & Gabbana, and Jason Wu.
Delevingne is openly queer. In June 2015, she confirmed she was in a relationship with American musician Annie Clark (St. Vincent). They separated in September 2016. In May 2018, Delevingne came out as genderfluid. In June 2019, she confirmed she had been dating Ashley Benson for over a year.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Jools Topp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jools-topp/)
**Published:** July 20, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dame Julie Topp was one half of the Topp Twins, a music comedy duo of New Zealand, the other member being her twin sister [Lynda Topp](/actor/lynda-topp). Jools Topp sang and entertained with her sister for decades, touring live music and comedy performances as well as TV and film. Both sisters were appointed Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Sara Rahman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-rahman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sara Rahman New York-based actor, voice-over performer and Youtube children’s host.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alice Hale](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alice-hale/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alice Hale grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, where she performed in shows at the renowned Peterborough Players and at Andy’s Summer Playhouse, a youth theatre that prides itself on staging original, collaborative productions.
In 2011, she moved to New York City to attend New York University’s prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. While at NYU, she trained at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Stonestreet Screen Acting Conservatory, before graduating in 2015.
Alice has appeared in web series, short films, and plays.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hannah Cheramy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hannah-cheramy/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Vancouver-born actress who has appeared in TV shows, movies and podcasts since she was 11. She is known for her roles in From, Van Helsing, Colossal and The Hollow Child.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jinkx Monsoon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jinkx-monsoon/)
**Published:** May 11, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Hera Hoffer
**Content:**
Jinkx is an american comedian, singer, stage & voice actress.
She won Ru Paul’s Drag Race in 2013 and then the All Stars edition nine years later.
In 2022, Jinkx released her third album.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Trans Femme
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Stephanie March](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-march/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Stephanie Caroline March is an American actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. She is best known for her role as New York Assistant DA Alexandra Cabot in the long-running NBC series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2019, she was named co-executive producer and star of the comedy feature The Social Ones.
March was born in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of John and Laura March, and has a sister, Charlotte. She attended McCulloch Middle School in Highland Park, and Highland Park High School, where Law & Order’s Angie Harmon, who also played the role of an assistant district attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, attended concurrently. After her parents’ divorce, her mother married Robert Derby. In 1996, March graduated from Northwestern University
March married celebrity chef Bobby Flay on February 20, 2005. She has appeared on four of Flay’s Food Network shows—Boy Meets Grill, Grill It! with Bobby Flay, Iron Chef America, and Throwdown with Bobby Flay—as a guest judge. According to media reports, March and Flay separated in March 2015 and their divorce was finalized on July 17, 2015.
On September 1, 2017, March married businessman Dan Benton in Katonah, New York.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Leah Pritchard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leah-pritchard/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kaelen Ohm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaelen-ohm/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actor, award-winning filmmaker, musician, and model. She is known for her role as Marielle Sinclair and has a background in creating music videos and documentaries.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Chloe Van Landschoot](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chloe-van-landschoot/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress, director, writer, dancer, and nurse. Van Landschoot began her career as a model and also worked as a nurse before attracting notice for portraying Kristi Miller, a third year medical student, in the MGM+ science fiction horror television series, FROM.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Pegah Ghafoori](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pegah-ghafoori/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Iranian-Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Fatima Hassan in the MGM+ science-fiction horror television series *From*.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Dieter Rita Scholl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dieter-rita-scholl/)
**Published:** February 18, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A German actor, author and female interpreter. Their main focus is on androgynous roles. They use all pronouns.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Rhea Norwood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhea-norwood/)
**Published:** July 17, 2026
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Content:**
Rhea Norwood was born on June 3, 2001 in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. Rhea is an actor, known for *Pride and Prejudice*, *Heartstopper Forever* (2026) and *Only Murders in the Building* (2021).
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Michele Austin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michele-austin/)
**Published:** July 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British actress. She best known for her role as Yvonne Hemmingway on ITV’s *The Bill*, for which she won the Screen Nation Award for Best Television Actress, and for her portrayal of Chantelle in *Hard Truths*, for which she won the National Society of Film Critics award for Best Supporting Actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Laura Louisa Garde](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-louisa-garde/)
**Published:** July 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A German actress and writer, born and based in Berlin. She studied at the Max Reinhard Seminar in Vienna/Austria and has worked with directors like Barbara Albert, Dustin Loose, and Özgür Yildirim. Laura is best known for her performances in the historic drama “Die Mittagsfrau” (2023), the drama series “Rampensau” (2019), and the award-winning short film “Sissi Ohne Franz” which she also co-wrote. She speaks fluent German, English, and French. Therefore in addition to being a working actor in Germany, she is seeking to work in France, the UK, and European co-productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Milo Flynn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/milo-flynn/)
**Published:** July 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Based in Quebec, Canada, this professional brings a range of practical skills and experience to each project. Skilled in Acting, Boxing, Comedy, Improvisation, Screenwriting, Voiceover, Milo Flynn has contributed to a variety of roles, meeting project needs and providing consistent results.
With a focus on Commercials, Feature Film, Theater, TV & Video, Voiceover, Milo Flynn has been involved in projects that align with these areas, gaining hands-on experience. This background supports a well-rounded approach to new challenges and tasks, making Milo Flynn adaptable across different project settings.
Milo Flynn has received credits for projects including Transplant, Transplant, showcasing their accomplishments and dedication to the field.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them
---
### [Anna Morreale](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-morreale/)
**Published:** July 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Anna Morreale is a multidisciplinary actor and artist currently based in Montreal. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, they have always understood the importance of art in one’s community and are eager to begin creating amongst the innovative artists who make up the Canadian theatre industry. Anna is consistently inspired by theatre that is unconventional, yet remains accessible to all. Their practice reflects this as well, through the employment of movement, performance art and collective creation as focal points in their work.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Laurence Dauphinais](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laurence-dauphinais/)
**Published:** July 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Laurence is a feminist creator who is interested in the notion of hybridity between forms and who claims the right not to be an expert in anything. She likes to think of innovative ways to stage content that is strongly rooted in reality and to create engaging experiences for an ever changing audience.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Erinn Hayes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/97652/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress and comedian who has played roles in various television series, which include Donna Gable on *Kevin Can Wait*, Sheila on *Guys with Kids*, and Harmony Flute in *Grimsburg*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Billie Hewitt-Pavlica](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/billie-hewitt-pavlica/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Billie is a performer and artist half Croatian and half English. She a long history of music, dance, and art. Drama has been her passion over the past four years and she hopes to pursue it in further education next year.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Lindsay Hicks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lindsay-hicks/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lindsay Hicks is a skilled comedic performer with experience in sketch comedy, musical theatre, improv, film, and Shakespearean and classical work.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Méghane De Croock](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meghane-de-croock/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An international fashion model and actress, originally from Belgium, born in Italy, and raised in Switzerland. She has been featured in various modeling campaigns and was listed among the “World’s 100 Most Beautiful Women” by Mode Lifestyle Magazine in 2016.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kate Woodman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-woodman/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Known for Eating Oysters, The Count of Monte Cristo (2024) and The Prodigy (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Fern Sutherland](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fern-sutherland/)
**Published:** June 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A New Zealand actress, best known for her roles as Dawn in *The Almighty Johnsons*, and Detective Sims in [*The Brokenwood Mysteries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-brokenwood-mysteries/ "The Brokenwood Mysteries").
She splits her time between New Zealand and Thailand, where she spends months at a time practicing Muay Thai in Phuket.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kirstyn König](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kirstyn-konig/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Vancouver based actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lily Collias](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lily-collias/)
**Published:** June 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress best known for her performance as Sam in the 2024 film *Good One*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brooke Lyons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brooke-lyons/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress. She is known for her roles as Amy in the 2008 film *Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins* and as Peach Landis in the CBS sitcom *2 Broke Girls*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Dre Hollingsworth](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dre-hollingsworth/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actor known for *The Chi* (2018), *CL: I Quit 180327* (2019) and *Marlee Matlin When You’re Smiling* (2020).
Dre is deaf, and was once [arrested in Las Vegas for “not following orders.”](https://blacknews.com/news/andrea-dre-hollingsworth-deaf-black-woman-awarded-1-2m-cop-violently-arrested-not-listening/) She sued and won.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Siena Werber](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/siena-werber/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Siena Werber is an American actress best known for her appearances in *Only Murders in the Building* on Hulu in 2024, *The Sympathizer* on HBO in 2024, and *Brand New Cherry Flavor* on Netflix in 2021. Her work spans comedy, drama, and thriller across some of television’s most notable recent productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Rosa Salazar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosa-salazar/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress. She had roles in the NBC series Parenthood and the FX anthology series American Horror Story: Murder House. She made her breakthrough as the title character of the film Alita: Battle Angel and starred in the series Brand New Cherry Flavor, which she also co-produced.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kanteera Wadcharathadsanakul](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kanteera-wadcharathadsanakul/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A thai singer and actor. She was a member of pop band BNK48.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mattea Conforti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mattea-conforti/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress. She made her debut as a replacement for the titular character in Matilda the Musical in 2015. On Broadway, she originated the role of Young Anna in Frozen and played Louise in the 2017 revival of Sunday in the Park with George. Conforti has starred in television shows such as Power, NOS4A2, and The Testaments. Additionally, she voiced Young Elsa in Frozen 2 and the titular character of Moon in The Ollie & Moon Show.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Grace Reiter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-reiter/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is an actress and writer, known for *Spooners* (2025), *Minimum Wage* (2024) and *The Chair Company* (2025).
Grace identifies as “queer adjacent” and she is still exploring what it means for her.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer Adjacent
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nana Mensah](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nana-mensah/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Ghanaian American actress, writer, and director known for her roles in *The Diplomat*, *13 Reasons Why,* *An African City*, *New Amsterdam*, *Bonding*, and *The Chair*. Mensah’s directorial debut, *Queen of Glory*, had its festival premiere in 2021, and was released in 2022.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Stella Everett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stella-everett/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Juilliard-trained actress known for her Broadway role in “Giant” and her appearances in various TV series like “Running Point” and “Evil.” She has also received the Fendi Vanguard Award for her promise in acting.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Katja Herbers](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katja-herbers/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Dutch actress. She is best known for portraying Dr. Helen Prins on the WGN America drama series Manhattan (2014–2015), Emily Grace in the HBO science fiction drama series Westworld (2018–2020), and Dr. Kristen Bouchard in the CBS/Paramount+ supernatural drama series Evil (2019–2024).
Herbers also played recurring roles in the FX spy thriller series The Americans (2015), the HBO mystery drama series The Leftovers (2017), and the Discovery Channel drama series Manhunt: Unabomber (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Inde Navarrette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/inde-navarrette/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophia Lillis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-lillis/)
**Published:** February 26, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She started her acting career at the age of seven, when her stepfather encouraged her to take acting classes at Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Manhattan. While studying there, a teacher recommended her for a role in an NYU student film. She then signed a deal with an agent and started auditioning for roles. She started out in short films but later landed her breakthrough role in the horror film *It* (2017). She has also starred in the films *It Chapter Two* (2019), *Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase* (2019), and *Gretel and Hansel* (2020).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Juliet Simmons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/juliet-simmons/)
**Published:** October 21, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Beginning in 2012 as a YouTube singer under the name jubyphonic, Simmons has accumulated 400,000+ subscribers with 1 to 8 million views on a single video. In 2013, she began pursuing professional voice acting at anime powerhouse Sentai Filmworks and has been cast in nearly 60 shows in under 5 years. This includes playing a supporting role in the 2016 national broadcast of *Akame Ga Kill* on the anime programming block, Toonami.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Chandler Lovelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chandler-lovelle/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and singer who has appeared in works such as *The Fabelmans*, *The Idea of You*, and *Delivery Girl (2019.)*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Malia Pyles](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/malia-pyles/)
**Published:** January 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Baskets* (2016), *Memoria* (2015) and *Bella and the Bulldogs* (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Deborah Estelle Philips](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/deborah-estelle-philips/)
**Published:** January 27, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Deborah Estelle Philips is a first generation American actress with Jamaican and Trinidadian roots. She is best known for her role as Katie Walker on the Power Rangers Time Force series. She has also appeared on hit television shows and films such as 7th Heaven, Days of our Lives, Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Company We Keep. Deborah has developed a passion for theater after performing in several LIVE on-stage productions with The Rock Church World Outreach Center in San Bernardino, CA and is now an American Immersion Theater actress in Northern California.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Isabella Boettcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-boettcher/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy Bullock](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-bullock/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Emmy Ross](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emmy-ross/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lucia Towers](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lucia-towers/)
**Published:** June 15, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress best known for her roles as Iris in *Twenty* and Hollywood in *Gal Pals*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lily Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lily-richards/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lily Richards was born on in Denver, Colorado, USA as Lily Claire Richards. She is an actress and director, known for Twenty (2017), Erin (2019) and Season of Love (2019).
Lily Richards is a Los Angeles based actress, writer, and director. She is the writer, director, and star of the hit web series “Twenty”. Twenty has been nominated for Best Indie Series at the Streamy Awards 2018, has over 62,000 subscribers and over 10 million views with mentions in Forbes, The Hollywood Reporter, Pride, Into, and Variety. She loves theatre and recently starred in the play, “A Small Group”. Some favorite theatrical roles have included Cabaret (Sally Bowles) and RENT (Maureen). Lily has also starred in several short films and can be seen playing the title role in the Myles Yaksich short “Erin” later this year. She also voices the role of the infamous villain, “The Tattered Woman” in the popular science fiction podcast, The Far Meridian.
Lily Richards is both a screenwriter and a playwright. After receiving a degree in acting and playwrighting from Emerson College in 2016, her first play, “The Silent Table” was selected to premiere at the Rarework’s Women’s Playwright Festival in Boston, MA. Her second writing endeavor was the hit web series “Twenty”. “Twenty” has been translated into over 10 languages, with more than 8 million views and a world wide fanbase. With the massive success of the show, Lily has developed two half hour comedy pilots with the intent to have her next project reach an even wider audience! She is also currently developing two horror features as well as an independent crime drama.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
---
### [Sarocha Chankimha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/freen-sarocha-chankimha/)
**Published:** April 6, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Freen Sarocha Chankimha, Freen
**Content:**
A thai actress and singer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Milin Watinthanakit](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/milin-watinthanakit/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Namneung Milin Watinthanakit, Milin Dokthian, Namneung
**Content:**
An actress and singer from thailand. Watinthanakit used to be a member of the thai idol band BNK48 and is now doing music solo. She majored in environmental science.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Charlotte Austin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/charlotte-austin/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A thai-british actress and beauty queen.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Engfa Waraha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/engfa-waraha/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mook
**Content:**
An actress, model and singer from Thailand. She won Miss grand thailand international in 2022 and ended up the first runner up of Miss Grand International this same year.
Engfa Waraha won several awards for her acting, several of which for the LGBT rights themed movie *The Paradise of Thorns*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Panthita Jencharoentham](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/panthita-jencharoentham/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mim Panthita Jencharoentham, Mim
**Content:**
A model and actress from Thailand. The 4 elements saga is her first acting credits.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lapisara Intarasut](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lapisara-intarasut/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Apple Lapisara Intarasut, Apple
**Content:**
Intarasut is an actress, singer and director from thailand. She majored in acting and directing at Sinakharinwirot University.
She started entering reality competitions when she was a teenager to help her family financially.
Apple (her thai nickname) released several songs, worked on many drama and sitcom and has been the regular host of different program. She also directed a few music videos and a couple of drama.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pathsitar Pheongkong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pathsitar-pheongkong/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Fame Pathsitar Pheongkong, Fame
**Content:**
A thai actress and nail artist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Thanthip Thaweesinthanat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/thanthip-thaweesinthanat/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mew Thanthip Thaweesinthanat, Mew
**Content:**
An actor and model from thailand. She studied film and digital media.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Orntara Poolsak](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/orntara-poolsak/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Looknam Orntara Poolsak, Looknam
**Content:**
A thai actress who worked with IdolFactory for a while. She had recurring parts in [GAP](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/%e0%b8%97%e0%b8%a4%e0%b8%a9%e0%b8%8e%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%b5%e0%b8%8a%e0%b8%a1%e0%b8%9e%e0%b8%b9/ "GAP The series ทฤษฎีสีชมพู"), or the [The loyal Pin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/%e0%b8%9b%e0%b8%b4%e0%b9%88%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%a0%e0%b8%b1%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%94%e0%b8%b4%e0%b9%8c-the-loyal-pin/ "The Loyal Pin ปิ่นภักดิ์") where she ended up being a fan favourite, as well as other idol factory shows.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Prompatcha Sanitwong Na Ayutthaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/prompatcha-sanitwong-na-ayutthaya/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Frung Prompatcha Sanitwong Na Ayutthaya, Frung
**Content:**
A thai actress
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Thitayaporn Presertsom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/thitayaporn-presertsom/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Fayfay Thitayaporn Presertsom
**Content:**
A thai actress and med studient at Princess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Amanda Sparey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amanda-sparey/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mandy Amanda Sparey
**Content:**
A thai actress and beauty queen.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Anastasia Martin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anastasia-martin/)
**Published:** January 30, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Caroline Harker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caroline-harker/)
**Published:** June 6, 2026
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Caroline Harker s an English actress known for her role as Dr. Caitlin Todd on the British soap opera *Emmerdale* and her appearances in several in British television series including *A Touch of Frost*, *Holding On*, and *Keeping Mum and Doctors*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Carolina Yuste](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolina-yuste/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Spanish actress. Her film credits include performances in Carmen & Lola , Quién te cantará and Sky High . She has also featured in television series La sonata del silencio and Brigada Costa del Sol .
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Paige Elkington](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paige-elkington/)
**Published:** February 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A model/actress and writer, known for Wobble Palace (2017), Mono (2016) and Relationship Status ( 2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aviva Mongillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aviva-mongillo/)
**Published:** June 15, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aviva Chiara Mongillo, also known as Carys, is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Alya Kendrick in the Family Channel drama Backstage and Juniper in the CBC sitcom *Workin’ Moms*. After the online success of “Princesses Don’t Cry”, she released the EP To Anyone Like Me on October 2, 2020, through Warner Music Canada.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ella-Rae Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ella-rae-smith/)
**Published:** July 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
English actor and model. Television credits include *Marley’s Ghosts*, *Clique*, and *Into the Badlands*. Film credits include *Butterfly Kisses*, *The Commuter*, and *Hobbs and Shaw*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chevonne Hughes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chevonne-hughes/)
**Published:** July 29, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cali born but was raised in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Boston University’s School of Theatre and also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Once she graduated from BU, Chevonne moved to Los Angeles. She has studied comedy, improv and sketch at various improv school in LA including UCB and Groundlings.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Isabella Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-day/)
**Published:** June 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress best known for her roles in *Cristela*, *Never Have I Ever*, and *Superstore*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Elaine Young](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elaine-young/)
**Published:** June 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress best known for her role as Allie in *Launchpad* and Seon-Young in *What Found Me in the Woods on a Night Like Tonight*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Grace Cassidy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-cassidy/)
**Published:** September 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in England and having lived in Vancouver, Canada, her first screen appearance was in TV drama Marian Again at age 11. Auditioning when she was just 13, Grace was one of the youngest ever actresses to train with the prestigious National Youth Theatre in Britain, which boasts names including Helen Mirren and Rosamund Pike amongst its membership.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kourtney Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kourtney-bell/)
**Published:** January 28, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American producer and actress, known for *It Follows*, *Good Samaritan* and *All American*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Andy Romano](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andy-romano/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrew “Andy” Romano, is an American actor, known for playing “J.D.”, an outlaw motorcyclist and right-hand henchman of the character Eric von Zipper in the 1960s Beach Party movies.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Jennifer Beals](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-beals/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jennifer Beals is an American actress and a former teen model. She is best known for her role as Alexandra “Alex” Owens in the 1983 romantic drama film Flashdance, and starred as Bette Porter on the Showtime drama series The L Word. Beals earned an NAACP Image Award and a Golden Globe Award nomination for the latter. She has appeared in more than 50 films.
Beals starred in Showtime Network’s The L Word, wherein she played Bette Porter, an Ivy League-educated lesbian. At Beals’ request, Bette was made biracial, enabling Pam Grier’s Kit Porter character to become Bette’s half-sister. Beals’ initial research for the part focused more on the woman’s profession as an art museum director than on her life as a lesbian; “I was much more obsessed by the work that Bette did, because she was so obsessed by the work that she did.” The series ran for six seasons and ended in March 2009.
Beals was the female lead in Fox’s TV drama The Chicago Code. Her character Teresa Colvin is Chicago’s first female police superintendent. The series was canceled after its first season.
Beals turned down an offer to appear on Dancing with the Stars, saying: “I am not a dancer. They asked me and I said ‘no.’ You could back up a truck to my door filled with cash and I wouldn’t do it.”
In 2013, Beals signed on for the main role of the ABC drama pilot Westside produced by McG and developed by Ilene Chaiken.
On March 10, 2014, it was announced that Beals would star as Dr. Kathryn Russo (character’s name is Dr. Carolyn Tyler) in Proof, a TNT supernatural medical drama about a hard-nosed surgeon, struggling with the loss of her teenage son, who begins to investigate that there may be life after death. The series ran from June 16 through August 18, 2015, and was produced by Kyra Sedgwick.
On February 27, 2017 the pilot for the new series Taken aired. Beals plays the leader of a small group of specially trained government operatives. This series is supposed to be the prequel for the character Bryan Mills in Taken and subsequent movies.
In 1998, she married Ken Dixon, a Canadian entrepreneur. On October 18, 2005, Beals gave birth to their daughter.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marisa Abela](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marisa-abela/)
**Published:** September 12, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress. She is known for her television roles in the BBC Two and HBO series Industry and the Sky One series COBRA.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lo Mutuc](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lo-mutuc/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Charlyne Yi
**Content:**
Lo Mutuc is a Korean-Filipino-Mexican-American actor, comedian, musician and writer. Their performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation.
Their screenwriting debut, the feature film Paper Heart, won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. They are also known for their role as Dr. Chi Park on the Fox medical drama House and as the voice of Ruby (one half of Garnet’s fusion) on the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Sagan Chen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sagan-chen/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chen’s first foray into the industry came in the form of a TV commercial for TCBY. After running at the camera over, and over, and over, and over again, smile plastered on their face and fake ice cream cone in hand, they knew they never wanted to do anything else.
Which is why they entered their freshman year at Dartmouth College planning to be a pediatric surgeon.
Sagan (they/them) is a NYC based multidisciplinary filmmaker, theater artist, actor, and co-founder of Multihyphenate Productions. Their theater work focuses on devised movement explorations and subverting the expected. Their award-winning series “Here We Wait” has been making its international festival circuit, garnering 31 nominations so far, including a win as Best Supporting Actress at Brooklyn Webfest and a Best Lead Actress Drama nomination at the IAWTV Awards. They are a co-star on HBO’s High Maintenance. In all their work, they strive for striking visuals and stylistic movement and framing, and to share the stories of the othered and underrepresented, with an awareness of intersectionality and representation.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Theirs, Them, They
---
### [Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yootha-wong-loi-sing/)
**Published:** May 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress from the Netherlands, she is known for Really Love (2020), The Price of Sugar (2013) and Het A-woord (2020).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Laura Berlin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-berlin/)
**Published:** May 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A German actress and model, known for her role as Emma of Normandy in Vikings: Valhalla. She has also appeared in films such as Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue and Emerald Green, and TV shows such as Notruf Hafenkante and Einstein.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Zay Infante](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zay-infante/)
**Published:** October 22, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Z Infante
**Content:**
Zay Infante is a singer, actress and writer.
She is working in theater, film, television and voice over.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Walnette Marie Santiago](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/walnette-marie-santiago/)
**Published:** June 8, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Walnette Santiago
**Content:**
Walnette Marie Santiago was born in San German, Puerto Rico, to Johirah Morato and Waldemar Santiago, both of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent. The oldest of five, who was raised in the Bronx, New York, began exploring her love for creative arts at the age of eight. She joined Starlite Dance Studio where she began professionally dancing salsa and hip-hop. Her mastery of the dances later proved to be beneficial in her new found love of acting providing a deep understanding for the level of dedication and discipline needed to create impeccable performances.
In 2008, her family moved to Alpharetta, Georgia. Two years later, while attending Georgia State University, her interest in acting peaked. In 2015, She began vigorously training and was scouted by multiple talent agents as a result of a riveting showcase performance. Within the first six months of her now, professional career as an actress, she consistently landed a series of co-star roles including ‘The Vampire Diaries,’ a pilot directed by Emmy award winning director, David Nutter and the hit award winning series, ‘Atlanta,’ to name a few.
After just a couple of years in the business, Walnette used what seemed to be another hidden gift, writing, to create a blog. In efforts to give back and inspire others, she uses the blog as an outlet and candidly expresses her journey as an actress. She believes that you should “be the inspiration you crave” and is actively working to do just that while simultaneously sharing her blueprint and creating captivating on screen performances.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Pat Crowley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pat-crowley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Patricia Crowley is an American actress. Crowley was born in Olyphant, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Helen (née Swartz) and coal mining foreman Vincent Crowley. Her sister Ann was also an actress.
Crowley starred as Judy Foster in the daytime version of A Date with Judy on ABC-TV in 1951.
Crowley made guest appearances in many television series in the 1950s and 1960s, including the pilot for The Untouchables, Crossroads, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Riverboat, The DuPont Show with June Allyson, Rawhide (with Clint Eastwood), Wanted: Dead or Alive (with Steve McQueen), The Eleventh Hour, The Roaring 20s, Mr. Novak, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, 77 Sunset Strip, The Tab Hunter Show, and The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Crowley has been married twice, first to attorney and entertainment agent Ed Hookstratten, whose clients included Elvis Presley, Johnny Carson and Tom Brokaw, and since 1986 to television producer Andy Friendly.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Toni Lamond](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/toni-lamond/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Patricia Lamond Lawman AM, CM, professionally known as Toni Lamond, is an Australian cabaret singer, stage and television actress, dancer, and comedian. She was given the nickname of “Lolly-Legs Lamond” by fellow performer Noel Ferrier after being voted as having the second-best pair of legs in television while appearing on TV show In Melbourne Tonight.
Lamond was born in Sydney in 1932, as Patricia Lamond Lawman. She began her professional career at the age of 10 when she sang on the radio while touring with her vaudevillian parents in variety shows, which included her actress mother Stella Lamond and father Joe Lawman. Her first stage performances were at the Tivoli Theatre in Sydney. Her first performances as a leading lady were with English comedian Tommy Trinder in The Tommy Trinder Show in 1952.
She has starred in Australian productions of Oliver!, Annie Get Your Gun, The Pajama Game, and Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and was a regular in a number of 1970s television shows, such as Number 96 and Graham Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight. She later compèred her own IMT, becoming the first woman in the world to compère a variety television show.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
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### [Natasha Junkermeier](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-junkermeier/)
**Published:** May 2, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
TBD
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Parrin Kasemchayamas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/parrin-kasemchayamas/)
**Published:** May 2, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Pareena Busayasiri, Pakpai,
**Content:**
A thai actress and model who did her master in Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University’s International College.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Natsha Taechamongkalapiwat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natsha-taechamongkalapiwat/)
**Published:** May 2, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Miu Natsha Taechamongkalapiwat, Miu Natsha, Miu
**Content:**
A thai actress. She studied at Chulalongkorn University’s School of Integrated Innovation which gave her the opportunity to study at UAL’s London College of Fashion, and ended up pursuing masters in london.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Loretta Schuett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/loretta-schuett/)
**Published:** May 2, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Lalina Loretta Schuett, Lalina, Lena Loretta Schuett, Lena, Lalina Lena, Lalina Schuett
**Content:**
A thai canadian actress who has been working with Channel 3, one of Thai’s big tv network, for over ten years.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Niwirin Limkangwalmongkol](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/niwirin-limkangwalmongkol/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** DoubleBam, BamBam, BamBam Niwirin Limkangwanmongkhon
**Content:**
A singer and actor from thailand
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Thitiya Jirapornsilp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/thitiya-jirapornsilp/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Baipor
**Content:**
A rising Thai actress and model
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Thanchanok Yutthasarnsiri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nene-thanchanok-yutthasarnsiri/)
**Published:** April 26, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Nene
**Content:**
A Thai actor that graduated from Sarasas Witaed Nimitmai School and went on to study at the Rajamangala University of Technology.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Natsiya Prommart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessie-natsiya-prommart/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Nitchanart Prommart, Neena, Jessie
**Content:**
A thai signer and actress
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Pattavaradee Laosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pattavaradee-laosa/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** tungpang
**Content:**
A thai singer and actress
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Eileen Weisinger](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eileen-weisinger/)
**Published:** August 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and stunt performer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarah Doerner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-doerner/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sarah was born in southern Indiana and spent her elementary school years there. She excelled in sports such as softball, basketball, and track + field. However, her true passion has always been in performing. From a young age she was singing, dancing, and even writing her own songs. She grew up listening to bands like Chicago and the Bee Gees, sparking her love and appreciation for all kinds of music.
In 2010 she moved to Denver, Colorado where she joined her first choir and started participating in school shows and musicals. She auditioned for Denver School of the Arts, a high school which focuses on the fine arts, where she majored in Theatre. There she started to transform her craft and her love of acting. After her acceptance into the school she began auditioning and performing in local and professional shows across the state.
Sarah now attends the Relativity School in Los Angeles, California where she is getting her BFA in Acting for Film and Television.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Sofía Campoamor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sofia-campoamor/)
**Published:** December 14, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sofía is a Music major from Washington, D.C. She sings with the a cappella group Mixed Company of Yale, where she is Assistant Music Director and Performance Director. She has worked on many Yale theater productions in a variety of positions, onstage and off. Recent acting credits include Odessa (*Water By the Spoonful*), June (*Marisol*), and Cineseas (*Lysistrata*). Sofía’s original music can be found at [https://sofiacampoamor.bandcamp.com/](http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=https%3A%2F%2Fsofiacampoamor.bandcamp.com%2F&t=ZjlkYWYyZDZiYWRlZjk3Zjc1OGQ1N2I1MTQ5MTZkNzM5YWE5OTc4NSxIRzIyMURPbA%3D%3D&b=t%3AB2J62Es8R439N3x7OeyVag&p=http%3A%2F%2Fmiddlemarchseries.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F157118535961%2Fintroducing-sof%C3%ADa-campoamor-as-celia-arroyo-sof%C3%ADa&m=1).
When she isn’t writing songs, she can be found wearing hats, eating Honey Nut Cheerios, or trying to bring Harry Potter into an academic discussion.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Laura Eklund Nhaga](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-eklund-nhaga/)
**Published:** December 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She enjoys art in all kinds of forms. Music, theatre, dance whatever. She might not be very good at all of them, but that’s beside the point. Laura tries to find beauty wherever she can and spends a lot of time daydreaming.
- twitter: [@onetowalkinthes](http://www.twitter.com/onetowalkinthes)
- instagram: [@vittusirkus](http://instagram.com/vittusirkus)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Demisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Dominique Provost-Chalkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-provost-chalkley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Dominique Provost-Chalkley is an English actress. They are known for their roles as Waverly Earp on the Canadian-American television series Wynonna Earp (2016–2001).
Provost-Chalkley began appearing on television in 2008 as a dancer in the ITV series Britannia High. In 2012, they starred as Vanya in the British thriller film The Seasoning House and was featured in an episode of the E4’s sitcom The Midnight Beast. In 2015, they played Zrinka in the Hollywood blockbuster film Avengers: Age of Ultron.
On stage, they played Holly in Viva Forever!, a jukebox musical about the Spice Girls that took place in West End from 2012 to 2013.
In 2016, they began playing Waverly Earp on the Canadian-American television series Wynonna Earp, a performance for which they received considerable fan attention; they have been noted for their performance of a bisexual character by the LGBT community. They also played a variety of guest roles in other television series, including on Murdoch Mysteries (2016) and 12 Monkeys (2017).
In 2017, they played a supporting role in The Carmilla Movie, a feature film based on the web series of the same name.
**Genders:** Non-Binary/Gender Fluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Chiamaka Glory](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chiamaka-glory/)
**Published:** January 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for The Boys (2019), #cliche (2015) and No Strings Attached (2014).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shailene Garnett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shailene-garnett/)
**Published:** April 25, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress and filmmaker. She is known for starring in a variety of television series, including the CBC Television series *Diggstown* and *Murdoch Mysteries*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Rebeca Miller](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rebeca-miller/)
**Published:** February 19, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rebeca Miller is originally from Seattle, where she performed with Seattle Civic Light Opera, Theater Schmeater, and Cinema Seattle before moving to New York City.
She is a graduate of NYU: Tisch where she studied at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School, Stonestreet Studios for Film/TV, and in London at RADA. She has also studied with RSC co-founder John Barton and the Labyrinth Theater Company.
Rebeca loves tacos, enjoys playing the bodhrån (Irish Drum), and rides a unicycle.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
---
### [Karla Mosley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karla-mosley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and singer. She starred on the Emmy-nominated children’s show Hi-5; she has starred in numerous plays and also had minor roles in several other TV shows and films.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Malaika Mosendane](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/malaika-mosendane/)
**Published:** May 8, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Malaika began her career in 2021. Her first acting role came in the Danish TV show ‘The Sommerdahl Murders’ and appeared on 2 episodes. She went on to act in a short movie titled ‘Mystery Meat’ as well. ‘Chosen’ was her first leading role in a series.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Monika Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/monika-smith/)
**Published:** November 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre and The Second City in Los Angeles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alisha Spielmann](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alisha-spielmann/)
**Published:** March 18, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Alisha received her BA in Music and Theater from St. Olaf College. She can currently be seen starring in the streaming series Producing Juliet by Writers Guild of America Award winner Tina Cesa Ward. Alisha has also been a part of the New York Theatre scene for quite some time and has been in over 20 full length theatrical productions both Off Broadway and Off Off Broadway (many award nominated) and numerous readings and workshops. Highlight productions include August Schulenburg’s Jane the Plain and Johnna Adams’ Sans Merci both with Flux Theater Ensemble, Mac Rogers’ Blast Radius with Gideon Productions, and Off Broadway in The Runner Stumbles with The Bleecker Company/Retro Productions. She is a Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble and a Company Member of Retro Productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Elizabeth McLaughlin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-mclaughlin/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elizabeth McLaughlin was born in Morgantown, West Virginia and raised in a small town outside of Tampa, Florida. Soon after moving to Los Angeles in 2007, she booked the role of ‘Massie Block’ in The Clique (2008). She is also known for her role ‘Alicia’ in Amazon’s Hand of God (2015), Pretty Little Lairs (2015) and November Christmas (2010).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bhavna Limbachia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bhavna-limbachia/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bhavna Limbachia is a British television actress. She is mainly known for her roles as Alia Khan in Citizen Khan and Rana Habeeb in Coronation Street.
When Bhavna was approached by producer Kate Oates about her lesbian storyline on Coronation Street she carried out extensive research and met with young Pakistani Muslim gay women who have been afraid to come out to their families. She explained: “I thought ‘well I’m straight and how do I approach this?’ so I went off and did some research with the extra element of her having the cultural aspect of her character and dealing with it.
She is of Indian Hindu background, her mother was born in India and her father was born in Kenya.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shanay De Marco](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shanay-de-marco/)
**Published:** November 29, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shanay is a Brisbane-based actress whose experience spans wide across the creative industries, especially in theatre, screen, music and dance.
Since graduating with an Advanced Diploma in Screen and Stage Acting, she has gone on to gain immense recognition within the acting realm. Her career highlights include taking home the win for Best Actor at the Short + Sweet theatre festival in 2014, as well as starring as the titular character in a one-woman play for 2High Festival.
A person of many talents, in addition to starring in *Two Weeks*, Shanay is currently immersed in *Dailies*, a self-developed TV series which she co-created, wrote, and stars in.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Gina Brillon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gina-brillon/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American stand up comedian.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Milana Vayntrub](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/milana-vayntrub/)
**Published:** November 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Milana Aleksandrovna Vayntrubis an Uzbekistan-born American actress and comedian is most recognized for featuring as Lily Adams in AT&T commercials. Vayntrub was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, and is Jewish. When she was two and a half years old, she and her parents emigrated to the U.S. as refugees, settling in West Hollywood. She started acting in Mattel Barbie commercials at the age of five.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kaya Scodelario](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaya-scodelario/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kaya Rose Scodelario was born in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, to Katia (Scodelario) and Roger Humphrey. Her father was English and her mother is Brazilian, of Italian and Portuguese descent. Thanks to her mother, Kaya grew up fluent in Brazilian Portuguese, as well as English.
At the age of fourteen, she auditioned for Skins (2007), the debut series for new channel E4 that would become known for casting real teenagers like her, who had no professional acting experience, rather than experienced adult actors. She won the role of “Effy Stonem” and joined the show in January 2007. Effy became a fan favorite for her ability to resolve testing life situations while keeping her head above water. After two seasons of Skins (2007), the series endured an overhaul at the end of 2007. Feeling that most of the characters had run their course, the writers wrote out every character except Effy.
She joined the elite agency Models 1 and soon was featured as the cover model for SuperSuper Magazine. She made her feature film debut with a role in Moon (2009), starring Sam Rockwell as an astronaut suffering from surreal encounters while on the moon.
In April 2014, during the filming of The King’s Daughter (formerly known as The Moon and the Sun), Scodelario began dating her co-star, Benjamin Walker. They became engaged on 28 December 2014, and married in December 2015. Their son was born in November 2016.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Kate French](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-french/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kate French was born in Flemington, New Jersey, and raised on Long Island with her two brothers. Her parents, Joan and William Robinson “Rob” French, were both fashion models.
In 2007, French landed her breakout role when she joined the cast of The L Word (2004) playing closeted lesbian actress and girlfriend of Jenny Schecter, Niki Stevens, appearing in seasons 5 and 6. French also appeared in South of Nowhere (2005) as Sasha Miller, a love interest of Aiden Dennison. French then appeared in two episodes of the teen drama Gossip Girl (2007) as Elle, a mysterious nanny. Roles in other television series’ including CSI: Miami (2002) and One Tree Hill (2003) soon followed. In 2009, French played a supporting role in the independent horror film Sutures (2009) and then a leading role in the independent romantic comedy Language of a Broken Heart (2011) directed by Rocky Powell.
French had a supporting role in the rock musical film Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) playing the role of Sid, a party girl and aspiring actress. French then starred alongside Jason Ritter in the short film, Atlantis, a romance film centered around two strangers who fall in love in the lead up to the final launch of the NASA space shuttle Atlantis and also has a leading role in the independent thriller The Red House (2014). French then had a supporting role in the independent film Channeling (2013). French has a role in the upcoming independent feminist film Farah Goes Bang (2013).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Meiling Melançon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meiling-melancon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Meiling Melançon, also known as Mei Melançon, is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie productions, television shows, and more than one hundred commercials as a model and actress.
Meiling Melançon was raised in mainly Japan, Hong Kong and Korea. She is of French, Chinese, and Japanese descent. As a child she traveled throughout Asia and Europe. At the age of five her mother taught her how to play the guitar, and she was later in a children’s band called Blossoms. In an interview with Giant Robot editor Eric Nakamura, Mei spoke about her nontraditional strict upbringing. She was not allowed to watch most films and television, only classics and that they were not allowed to listen to popular music due to religious reasons.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lindsey Middleton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lindsey-middleton/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lindsey Middleton is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role in the web series Out With Dad and its subsequent spin-off series Vanessa’s Story and Counseling Vanessa.
Middleton starred on Out With Dad for several seasons, from 2010 to 2017. For her role in Out With Dad (and its spin-offs Vanessa’s Story and Counseling Vanessa), she has received various awards and nominations, including an IAWTV Award for Best Lead Actress – Drama in 2015.
In 2017, for her performance in Counseling Vanessa, Middleton received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Program of Series Produced for Digital Media.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Khun Dew](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/khun-dew/)
**Published:** April 18, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Khun Dew is the drama director for Thailand’s Channel 3, one of the main producers of Girls Love content.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Cherry Khemapsorn Sirisukha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cherry-khemapsorn-sirisukha/)
**Published:** April 18, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Cherry Khemapsorn Sirisukha is a Thai actress. She has acted in a number of dramas, including *Kaew Tah Pee* and *Thur Kue Duang Jai*. Besides acting, she is also a model and a host She got Asia Model Festival Awards in 2011.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Ursula Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ursula-jones/)
**Published:** June 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ursula Jones is an award-winning author and actress. She has written many books for children, including The Witch’s Children and the Queen, winner of a Nestle Gold Award, The Witch’s Children go to School, winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, and the highly acclaimed The Princess Who Had No Kingdom. Ursula lives in London and France.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
---
### [Nicola Coughlan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicola-coughlan/)
**Published:** May 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicola hails from Galway, in the west of Ireland where she has been acting since childhood. She trained at both The Oxford School of Drama and Birmingham School of Acting.
She made her on screen debut in the controversial short *The Phantom Cnut* directed by Tom Collins; director of the Oscar nominated *Kings*. As a teenager she appeared in animated series such as *The Fairytaler*, and the title role in France 3’s *The Little Vampire*.
She has appeared in rehearsed readings for The National Theatre (New Playwright’s Workshop 2011), Duck directed by Stella Feehily and Max Stafford-Clark for Out of Joint at The St James’ Theatre. and Nadya by Chris Jury at The Park Theatre, which featured Phyllis Logan, Stephen Thompkinson, Michelle Terry, Shaun Prendergast & Dominic Mafham.
Most recently Nicola was chosen from 1,150 hopefuls to be one of seven emerging actors featured in the ‘Old Vic New Voices Festival’ last Summer at The Old Vic. She appeared as Jess in the two-hander Jess and Joe Forever by Zoe Cooper which received huge acclaim and a standing ovation on its first performance.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Angel Desai](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angel-desai/)
**Published:** June 6, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Angel Desai was born in Philadelphia, PA where her father and mother met while completing their medical training. The family moved to Riverdale in the Bronx, and then to Binghamton, New York where she was raised.
Desai started studying music at age 4, piano from age 6, and violin from age nine. She participated extensively in musical programs at Binghamton High School, including serving as concert mistress of the orchestra and as the solo vocalist in the jazz band. She attended Oberlin College, majoring in biopsychology and psychology, and was very active in the Conservatory, including as a member of the Oberlin Orchestra and as the vocal soloist with the Oberlin Jazz Ensemble.
Desai obtained her MFA from NYU’s Graduate Acting Program, and has since accumulated an extensive New York and regional repertoire; favorite roles include Sonya in “Uncle Vanya” and Ariel in “The Tempest.” She has been cast in several playwright’s world premieres, including works by David Schulner, Sunil Kuruvilla, Karen Hartman and Charles Fuller. In 2006, Desai played Marta in the Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s “Company”. Directed by John Doyle, the actors doubled as the orchestra, accompanying themselves while singing/performing the roles. The production was filmed for the 2008 season of PBS’s Great Performances (1971).
Desai has also been a soloist in several concerts and benefits, including the 2011 Lincoln Center Benefit for the Philippine Development Foundation and the 2011 International Theater Festival in Bucharest, Romania. Her jazz quartet, the Angel Desai/Oscar Perez Quartet, has performed in several venues around New York. She is a founding member of AAPAC, the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, dedicated to expanding the perception of Asian American performers in order to increase their access to and representation on New York Stages. She volunteers with the 52nd St Project, a non-profit organization in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York which provides theatrical education and opportunities for the children of that neighborhood.
Desai got her television break on the celebrated police procedural Law & Order (1990) with a guest starring role, and was thereafter brought back for several guest appearances on the show and two of its spin-offs. She has since had recurring roles on Damages (2007), The Event (2010), Dollhouse (2009), and Kings (2009) and guest appearances on Being Mary Jane (2013), Do No Harm (2013), The Good Wife (2009) and Eleventh Hour (2008), among others. Desai has been featured in several films, including Heights (2005), Black Knight (2001), Robot Stories (2003), and The War Within (2005).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Hers, She
---
### [Danielle Moné Truitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-mone-truitt/)
**Published:** April 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Danielle Moné Truitt was destined to entertain. She is the true definition of a Triple Threat. The actor, singer, and dancer hails from Sacramento, California where she studied Theatre and Dance at Sacramento State University before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in television and film. Truitt got her start in theatre, but is now starring in the lead role as Rebecca “Rebel” Knight in the new John Singleton Drama series Rebel on BET. The series centers around Truitt’s character, Rebel, an Oakland police officer, who struggles with life and career after her brother is killed by police and delves into the complexities of officers of color and the conflicts they have with their jobs, particularly now, while there is scrutiny over misconduct and police brutality.
Recently, Truitt was nominated for two Ovation Awards; the first for her performance as a lead actress in a play for The West Coast Premiere of The Mountaintop and the second, for her role in Dreamgirls. She packed the Rockwell Table and Stage venue for her self-produced one woman show Overnight Success, and also recently performed her one woman play, 3: Black Girl Blues to sold out audiences at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York. Some of her other stage credits include In The Heights, Neat, Aida, A Raisin in the Sun and Hair. Truitt has appeared on TV in guest starring roles on ABC’s Super Fun Night and FOX’s Mulaney. Her film experience includes her role as Kay, in FOX Digital’s feature film ETXR. Truitt made history when she joined the cast of the Academy Award Nominated Animation The Princess and the Frog as the video reference for Princess Tiana. She performed the body movements and facial expressions for the Disney Princess, ultimately giving Princess Tiana her persona and essence as well as performing a voice for another character in the film, Georgia.
Aside from performing, Truitt is a wife and mother of two young sons. She has a heart for people and for promoting change in our communities. Because of this, she started the BE. ETERNAL: The Thriving Artist Series that serves the artistic community by providing emotional and spiritual support. She produced an event entitled #MoreThanAHashtag – a night of open discussion and performance surrounding the misuse of police force and our role in activism to rekindle awareness towards injustice. Truitt truly believes that art has the ability to speak loud and to change the hearts and minds of people. She also partners in ministry with her husband at THE LIVINGROOM in Van Nuys, California. Their ministry works with Hope of the Valley to provide meals and encouragement to the homeless community in the San Fernando Valley, and they have worked with foster youth and boys’ homes. Truitt and her husband hold a monthly music/poetry/comedy event called MY FIRST FRIDAYS, where artists from all over come to perform. It has become one of the most popular events in Southern California. Truitt is managed by Cheryl Martin at CMA Entertainment.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Michael Sheen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michael-sheen/)
**Published:** August 10, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Welsh actor. After training at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in Romeo and Juliet, Don’t Fool with Love, Peer Gynt, The Seagull, The Homecoming, and Henry V.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Mark Doerr](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mark-doerr/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
He stopped pursuing acting work for many years when he co-founded Marksmen, a private investigations firm that specializes in intellectual property. He left the company at the end of 2005 to again pursue his acting career.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him, His
---
### [June Diane Raphael](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/june-diane-raphael/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
June Diane Raphael was born in Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, known for Unfinished Business (2015), Year One (2009) and The Disaster Artist (2017). She has been married to Paul Scheer since October 10, 2009. They have two children.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Kathleen Rose Perkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kathleen-rose-perkins/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Actress Kathleen Rose Perkins grew up in a small town in Michigan—about 40 miles outside of Detroit and got bitten by the acting bug in 8th grade when her English teacher suggested she be a performer. Since then, she’s never looked back. You may have seen the actress starring along Matt LeBlanc in Showtime’s critically acclaimed series, Episodes or saw her opposite Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike in David Fincher’s buzzed about movie GONE GIRL by Twentieth Century Fox Films. We caught up with the busy actress before season four of Episodes (premieres January 11, 2015) to dig deeper about how she realized acting was for her, what it’s like on the set of Episodes, how she prepared for the role in GONE GIRL—and the little known fact on what she loves about visiting 37 national parks around the US.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy Smart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-smart/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy Lysle Smart is an American actress and former fashion model. Smart began her career modeling in Italy and subsequently enrolled in acting school. Her first role in film was in director Martin Kunert’s film Campfire Tales. She has since appeared in numerous films, including Varsity Blues (1999), Road Trip (2000), Rat Race (2001), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Just Friends (2005), Mirrors (2008), and Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club (2014).
Her television work includes a recurring role on Felicity (1999–2001).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Larisa Oleynik](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/larisa-oleynik/)
**Published:** October 19, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Larisa Romanovna Oleynik
**Content:**
An American actress. Oleynik began her career as a child actor, first appearing onstage as young Cosette in a national touring production of Les Misérables. She was subsequently cast in the title role on the Nickelodeon sci-fi series The Secret World of Alex Mack from 1994 to 1998.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mireille Enos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mireille-enos/)
**Published:** April 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress known for the lead role as homicide detective Sarah Linden in the drama series *The Killing.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Olivia Elena Aguilar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-elena-aguilar/)
**Published:** April 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Olivia Aguilar
**Content:**
An actress known for All Rise (2019), Danger Force (2020), Lele Pons (2016), and For All Mankind (2019j
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Jean Tong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jean-tong/)
**Published:** March 28, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Jean Tong is a Melbourne-based writer, dramaturg and director “making work for stage and screen that is queer, irreverent, and genre-bending. Their brain is full of worms that want you to laugh and cry at all the wrong times.” They are an Associate Artist at Melbourne Theatre Company, and directed the world premiere of Benjamin Law’s adaptation of DYING: A MEMOIR for the company’s 2025 season, and their new play DO NOT PASS GO in 2026.
In 2025, jean was selected by Australians in Film and Screen Australia to take part in their Talent Gateway program, where they are developing their original pitches BETA MALE (series) and ELF HARM (feature).
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Cassy Ledger](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cassy-ledger/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cassy Ledger is an actress and director, known for The Adventures of Jamie Watson: and Sherlock Holmes (2014), Ravish Me Red (2016) and Hoot Hoot Hoot (2014).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sibongile Mlambo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sibongile-mlambo/)
**Published:** June 24, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Zimbabwean actress based in the United States. She is known for starring in Netflix’s *Lost in Space*, the Starz historical adventure television series *Black Sails* and in films *Honey 3* and *The Last Face*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Marissa Lenti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marissa-lenti/)
**Published:** January 21, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marissa is a voice actress, director, writer, and otherwise jack-of-all-trades production assistant at Sound Cadence Studios, FUNimation, Sentai Filmworks, and others!
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Biromantic
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Shari Sebbens](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shari-sebbens/)
**Published:** March 28, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Shari Lee Sebbens
**Content:**
Sebbens is a Bard and Jabirr Jabirr
actor & director.
At 19 she was one of ten young artists chosen for “SPARK”, the Australia Council for the Arts first theatre
mentorship program. From there she was accepted into the Western Australian Academy of Performing
Arts (WAAPA) where she completed a one year, certificate 3 course in Theatre. At the end of the year Sebbens
auditioned for and was accepted into NIDA. She has always had a passion for Indigenous theatre and
through her training and opportunities’ at NIDA and exposure to Sydney’s art scene she has (further)
developed her love for Shakespeare and film and television. In 2019, she was named Sydney Theatre
Company’s new Richard Wherrett Fellow, a prestigious career pathway opportunity for emerging and
developing directors.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Janina Gavankar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janina-gavankar/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Janina Zione Gavankar is an American actress and musician. Gavankar is also trained as a pianist, vocalist, and orchestral percussionist. She majored in Theatre Performance at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Gavankar’s roles include Papi, a lesbian lothario in The L Word; Leigh Turner, a cop with a big secret on The Gates; Ms. Dewey, the personification of a Microsoft branded search engine who comments about the user’s searches; Shiva, the namesake of the sought-after trophy on The League; shapeshifter Luna Garza on HBO’s True Blood; McKenna Hall on The CW’s Arrow; and Meredith Bose on NBC’s The Mysteries of Laura. She also played Diana Thomas on FOX’s supernatural drama Sleepy Hollow.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mallory Jansen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mallory-jansen/)
**Published:** March 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Australian actress and model. She is best known for playing Aida / Ophelia / Madame Hydra in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) television series *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Shequida](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shequida/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Gary Hall, also known as Shequida Hall or mononymously as Shequida, is a classically trained opera singer, songwriter, playwright, and drag artist, born in Jamaica. She attended Juilliard, where she studied with noted bass-baritone Simon Estes.
As the female character Shequida, she has been the USA Network’s spokesperson for Latin America. From 1997 to 1998 she played Wendi Mercury on the daytime television show One Life to Live. She starred in Daron Hagen’s Vera of Las Vegas for its world premier in 2003.
Her Off-Broadway show, Opera for Dummies, garnered a positive review in The Boston Phoenix, and was nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.
In 2008, Shequida appeared on the TV reality competition America’s Got Talent, getting into the Top 40 for the third season, but was eliminated, later saying in an interview that the experience “was very weird.”
Shequida has headlined in a summer show in Cherry Grove, New York in 2013 and 2014.
**Genders:** Undefined
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kelli O'Hara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kelli-ohara/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kelli Christine O’Hara is an American actress and singer. She has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway in many musicals since making her Broadway debut as a replacement in Jekyll & Hyde in 2000. She has also acted on television, film and opera, appearing with The Metropolitan Opera. In 2018 she made her West End debut.
O’Hara has received six Tony Award nominations, first for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the 2005 production of The Light in the Piazza. Her subsequent nominations were for The Pajama Game (2006), South Pacific (2008), Nice Work If You Can Get It (2012) and The Bridges of Madison County (2014), before winning the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in the 2015 revival of The King and I.
She has also played roles in television series, such as Masters of Sex and 13 Reasons Why, receiving a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her starring role in the 2017 web drama series The Accidental Wolf. She has appeared in films, such as Sex and the City 2, and operas, such as The Merry Widow and Così fan tutte.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [J.J. Fong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/j-j-fong/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
J.J. Fong is a New Zealand actress. She is best known for her roles as Alice Lee in the hit NZ television programme Go Girls, Betty in the programme Step Dave and Jessica in the acclaimed NZ web series Flat3 and its subsequent spin-offs.
The web series were created by her production company Flat3 productions which she co-owns and started with her mates Perlina Lau, Ally Xue and Roseanne Liang.
She is also currently portraying the role of Filipino New Zealander cosmetic surgical nurse Ruby Flores on the long-running and iconic NZ soap opera Shortland Street.
Fong received her first big break when she was cast as part of the main cast for Go Girls back in 2013.
Soon after realising the lack of diversity in New Zealand’s film and television industry her and her friends Perlina Lau, Ally Xue and director Roseanne Liang started Flat3 productions one goal of which is to give more opportunities to Asian New Zealanders and New Zealanders in general in the NZ film and television industry. Flat3 productions has gone to produced 2 successful web series Flat3 and Friday Night Bites. Where she portrays the character Jessica. Due to the first web series Flat3’s success the spin-off web series Friday Night Bites if now funded by NZ on Air and is released through TVNZ OnDemand.
She later starred on the main cast in the role of Betty on the popular, but short lived NZ Comedy-drama TV programme Step Dave.
Her friends independent of Flat3 productions also created the short film Sugar Hit.
She recently guest starred on The Brokenwood Mysteries and is part of the recurring cast of the famous NZ soap opera Shortland Street playing Nurse Ruby Flores.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aylya Marzolf](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aylya-marzolf/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aylya Marzolf knew from the moment that she could walk that she wanted to be a performer. If there was a stage in sight, that is where you would find Aylya. Raised between Indonesia and Hawaii with an American father and Japanese mother, Aylya traveled the world before age 6. One of her great escapes is horseback riding. She started dressage when she was only 5 years old and still rides often. Also a dancer, she teaches swing dancing and has won top 3 in competitions around the country.
Aylya started her acting career in theater with several plays with Hawaii’s professional theater group, Honolulu Theater for Youth. An advocate for continuous training, she is studying at the Michael Woolson studio. She has had tremendous commercial success with ads including American Apparel, Fit Pregnancy, Apple, Buick, Speedo, Pepsi, Mcdonald’s, and Corona.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Beth Triffon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/beth-triffon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Beth Triffon is an actress and writer, known for Ten Days in the Valley (2017), Dr. Ken (2015) and The Middle (2009).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Evey Reidy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/evey-reidy/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Evey Reidy is a Chicago-based actress, teaching artist, and self-professed Shakespeare nerd. When not teaching with The Viola Project, Evey serves as Director of Communications for Chicago Youth Shakespeare, where she is also a teaching artist, and has worked performing Shakespeare for students with the Boston Shakespeare Project. A proud graduate of Tufts University, Evey’s scholarly work has explored how Shakespeare writes about gender identity and mental illness. She is so grateful she gets to show Viola students all the ways Shakespeare can be vibrant, current, and accessible to them and to all!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Hers, She
---
### [Cat Simmons](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cat-simmons/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cat Simmons is an English actress, best known for her role as DC Kezia Walker in the long-running ITV drama The Bill. And for starring in Family Affairs as Scarlett Anderson. Simmons also plays a character called “Sista Twista” in a film called “Life & Lyrics”. She also made appearances in No Angels and Casualty.
The daughter of a singer and nurse, her father is Guyanese and mother is English.
Simmons trained with the Oldham Theatre Workshop and National Youth Music Theatre and studied at Pleckgate High School, Mathematics and Computing College.
Simmons has worked in numerous stage shows. Her work includes Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh’s Production of Oliver!, Mary Magdalene in Gale Edwards Jesus Christ Superstar, the Young Vic’s sell-out production of Langston Hughes’ Simply Heavenly as Joyce, she starred as the Princess in Aladdin alongside Ian McKellen. The production – the second in the Old Vic Theatre Company’s inaugural season under artistic director Kevin Spacey.
In 2005, Simmons collaborated with music group Three Levels and released a track called Rock U 2Nite.
Cat Simmons returned to the Young Vic in summer 2009 to appear in Ché Walker’s and Arthur Darvil’s musical premiere of Been So Long with nu-classic soul singer Omar Lye-Fook. The production then toured to Edinburgh Fringe Festival to showcase at the Traverse Theatre.
Cat was recently cast as Nancy in the 2011-13 UK tour of Oliver!, in the place of Samantha Barks, who was recently cast as Eponine in the Les Misérables (2012 film). Cat took the role from Birmingham in April 2012, and will continue it through to October 2012, finishing in Newcastle.
In 2016 Simmons appeared as Clemmy Staples in the ITV series Midsomer Murders episode 18.4 “A Dying Art”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sasha Frost](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasha-frost/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sasha Frost is a British actress who portrayed a Jakku villager in Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens.
Sasha trained at The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) Theatre Credits Include: Our Country’s Good (Tobacco Factory Theatres), Time is Love/Tiempo Es Amor (Finborough), The Cherry Orchard, All My Sons (Nottingham Playhouse), The Lightning Child (Shakespeare’s Globe), Gutted (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Suspension (Bristol Old Vic), Kick-off (Riverside Studios), The Fifth Column,The Canterville Ghost (Southwark Playhouse)
Television credits include: Defending The Guilty (Big Talk/BBC2), Sunny D (BBC3), Agatha Raisin (SKY1), Casualty, Frankie, Garrow’s Law, Holby City, Doctors (BBC), Privates (BBC/TwentyTwenty), Hollyoaks (LIME PICS), Beautality (6 Degree Media).
Film credits include: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (Lucas Film), Remainder (Tigerlily Films), Host (Welcome Home Films), Anti-Social (JRS Films), FIT (Stonewall)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarah Kants](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-kants/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sarah Kants was born in 1974 in Queensland, Australia. She is known for her work on Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008), Ashes to Ashes (2008) and Blue Heelers (1994).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Niamh McGrady](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/niamh-mcgrady/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Niamh McGrady is a film, stage and television actress from Castlewellan, County Down, Northern Ireland. She is best known for her parts as Mary-Claire Carter in Holby City and PC Danielle Ferrington in the psychological thriller The Fall.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chelah Horsdal](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chelah-horsdal/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chelah Horsdal is a Canadian actress. She is well known for her regular roles in the TV series’ Hell on Wheels, When Calls the Heart, and recurring roles on Stargate SG-1, Level Up, Arrow, and for her roles in the films Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Chelah grew up in the Vancouver community of Kitsilano. She has appeared in multiple films, television movies, TV series & over 75 commercials. Highlights have been numerous but, at the top of the list, has been working with Sir Ben Kinsley, Mandy Patinkin, Laurie Metcalf, Jean Reno, Jennifer Love Hewitt, John Lithgow & Paul Dinello….the list goes on and on.
Despite a busy work schedule, Chelah continues to study whenever she can find the time. Teachers Larry Moss, John Cassini, Ben Ratner & Ivana Chubbuck, among others, offer inspiration and new approaches for the moving target of art.
Although often working out of town, Chelah continues to proudly call Vancouver home.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jessica Harmon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessica-harmon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jessica Harmon is a Canadian actress. She co-starred in the slasher flick Black Christmas as Megan Helms. She is perhaps best known for her supporting roles in iZombie as FBI agent Dale Bozzio, Niylah The 100 and as Esrin in Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy. In 2010, she won a Leo Award for Best Performance in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series for her role in the television pilot Wolf Canyon.
Born in Barrie, Ontario, her parents are director Allan Harmon and producer Cynde Harmon; her brother is actor Richard Harmon.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ayesha-mansur-gonsalves/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves is a Canadian actress, born and raised in Toronto. She started her professional career as a dancer, having trained at the prestigious Alvin Ailey American Dance Center in New York City. She performed in both Toronto and New York as well as choreographing several pieces through her own company. After attending film school at the City University of New York, Brooklyn College, she turned her attention to the craft of acting and has been on screens in the US and Canada ever since.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tina Jung](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tina-jung/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Korean-Canadian actress.
She is most noted for her role as Sam in the web series You’re My Hero, for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.
A graduate of the York University acting conservatory, she has also had a regular role in the television series Strays, and a starring role in the film Queen of the Morning Calm, as well as guest appearances in Make It Pop, Kim’s Convenience, Suits, Second Jen, Hudson & Rex, Transplant and Shoresy
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Carrie Genzel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carrie-genzel/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Carrie Genzel is a Canadian actress and film producer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Josie Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/josie-davis/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
A Hollywood, California native, Josie Davis began her career at the age of three years old. She starred in numerous television commercials, and as just a child, she was cast as a series regular, on the hit television show, Charles in Charge (1984), rated number-one in syndication. Josie received three nominations for her performance on the series and also won the respected Youth In Film Award for her role as the adorable, shy and bookish, Sarah Powell.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Lolly Adefope](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lolly-adefope/)
**Published:** March 18, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An award-winning character comedian and one of the most exciting comedy actors to emerge from the UK in recent years. Her solo, multi character live shows have garnered 5 star reviews and led to sell out runs at both the Edinburgh Festival and London’s West End. Lolly’s extensive broadcast credits include starring in Loaded (Channel 4/AMC), Miracle Workers (TBS USA); Ghosts (BBC); Damned (Channel 4) and Taskmaster (Dave Channel). She has previously filmed and authored Sky short – Lolly Adefope’s Christmas, which was nominated for a Broadcast Digital Award. This summer saw Lolly co-star in the feature films – The Spy Who Dumped Me and Mission Impossible Fallout. Lolly was included in The Evening Standard’s 2018 ‘Progress 1000’ (the annual list of Influential Londoners), voted The Observer (newspaper) Rising Star of Comedy, 2017 and won both The Hospital Club’s Breakthrough Award, 2017 and The Chortle Variety and Character Award 2017. Lolly recently contributed a short story to the award-winning book, Feminists Don’t Wear Pink – and is currently developing her own broadcast projects.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lala Milan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lala-milan/)
**Published:** February 18, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The internet sensation turned actress that you may formerly know as “LaLaSizaHands89” now LaLa Milan has way more to her than just a great personality and sense of humor! LaLa, was born in Charleston, SC but shortly after, her parents relocated to Pittsburgh, PA where she was raised up until middle school. Charlotte, North Carolina was the next stop.
From there, LaLa attended E. E. Waddell Highschool and graduated in 2007. While in high school she participated in cheer-leading and track and field. Upon completion of high school she went to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and received her Bachelors of Arts in Spanish. Three days after walking across the stage she relocated to Atlanta, GA where she attended Empire Beauty School. She became a licensed cosmetologist, worked in retail for two years then switched to the insurance industry.
After working for AllState for a little over two years, she was able to leave her job and focus solely on her entertainment career via Instagram. LaLa is constantly working hard to make a name for herself in hopes of growing into something much larger than life itself!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her
---
### [Bárbara López](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barbara-lopez/)
**Published:** January 12, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Mexican TV actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her
---
### [Anna Cathcart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-cathcart/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Vancouver, Canada. She starred in the Television show Odd Squad (2014). In 2017 she was cast in Disney’s *Descendants* series as Dizzy Tremaine. In 2018, she starred as Kitty in *To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before* (2018). In 2019 she started filming the Brat show *Zoe Valentine* (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ashley Romans](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashley-romans/)
**Published:** September 17, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ashley Romans is an actress, known for I’m Dying Up Here (2017) and Christmas Crime Story (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Laura Mennell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-mennell/)
**Published:** October 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian actress known for her roles in *Alphas*, *Haven*, *Loudermilk*, *The Man in the High Castle*, and *Watchmen*. In 2011/2012 Mennell co-starred on the Sci-fi television series Alphas. Laura appeared as Charlotte Cross in the fifth season of the SyFy series Haven.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alison Jaye](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-jaye/)
**Published:** January 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Aimee, Shameless (2011) and Beach Pillows (2014).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kelcey Mawema](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kelcey-mawema/)
**Published:** October 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018), To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) and Superman and Lois (2021).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophia Ali](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-taylor-ali/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in San Diego, California, USA as Sophia Taylor Ramseyer Ali, she is an actress, known for *Faking It* (2014), *Truth or Dare* (2018) and *Everybody Wants Some!! … Penelope* (as Sophia Taylor Ali)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lulu Brud](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lulu-brud/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lulu Brud was born in High Point, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Entourage (2015), Pretty Little Liars (2010) and Ray Donovan (2013). She has been married to Justin Zsebe since November 3, 2013.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nina Rausch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nina-rausch/)
**Published:** February 13, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nina Rausch is artist who was born and raised in a small town outside Stuttgart / Germany. At the early ages of 4, she set foot on stage for the very first time. Many performances followed there after at her local theatre in shows such as ‘Pinoccio’, ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘Macbeth’.
Besides acting, she explored other art forms as well and excelled in music with the piano and the clarinet. She loved visual arts and made architecture her major in the last 2 years of German high-school.
After graduation, she relocated to the USA and enrolled at Northern Illinois University to receive her BFA in acting.
During her studies she had the wonderful opportunity to study at the legendary Moscow Art Theatre in Russia, for one summer.
Once finished with her degree, Nina relocated to the East Coast and began her professional career in the Big Apple.
2 years later, she realized that Los Angeles was calling her name and she packed her bags.
Now living in the heart of Hollywood, Nina has had the opportunity to work on many renowned films and TV shows and recently started developing 2 pilots of her own.
Writing has been an exciting new challenge she never thought she’d enjoy!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Miranda Rae Mayo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/miranda-rae-mayo/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Miranda Rae Mayo is an American actress and singer-songwriter originally from Fresno, California. She starred as Lacey Briggs on *Blood & Oil* and now appears on *Chicago Fire* as Firefighter Stella Kidd.
When not working, she stays active by running, cycling and practicing yoga. She is an avid music lover, playing cello, piano, singing and writing her own music. Whenever she finds time can be found at various jazz clubs listening to songs made famous by some of her favorite musicians such as John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and Billie Holiday. She is an aspiring philanthropist and donates to the following organizations: Reading for Kids, Peace Action West, Amnesty International, and Angel City Pit Bulls.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Rae McRae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rae-mcrae/)
**Published:** May 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rae McCrae is an actress, brand ambassador and bartender known for New York Girls TV: The Movie (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy James-Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-james-kelly/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy James-Kelly is a British actress represented by Sarah Spear and Grace Clissold at Curtis Brown. She is known for Coronation Street and ITV’s Jericho (2016 TV series). Before landing the role in Coronation Street, she attended The Blue Coat School in Oldham.
James-Kelly’s career began when she landed her first role in Britain’s longest-running soap opera Coronation Street as troubled teenager Maddie Heath, eventually becoming girlfriend to Sophie Webster (Brooke Vincent).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amber Tamblyn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-tamblyn/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amber Rose Tamblyn is an American actress, author, poet, and film director. She first came to national attention in her role on the soap opera General Hospital as Emily Quartermaine, followed by a starring role on the prime-time series Joan of Arcadia, portraying the title character, Joan Girardi. Her feature film work includes roles in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Grudge 2, The Ring, and 127 Hours; she had an extended arc as Martha M. Masters in the medical drama series House. She also had a starring role as Jenny on season eleven of the CBS sitcom Two and a Half Men.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ra Chapman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ra-chapman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ra Chapman is an Korean-born Australian film, television and theatre actress. She appeared in Wentworth as Kim Chang.
She is a recipient of the inaugural CAAP Director’s Initiative at Melbourne Theatre Company and is currently the FCAC Living Now Resident at Malthouse Theatre. She is known for her award-winning performance as Therese in David Williamson’s feature film *Face-to-Face* and for her role as prisoner Kim Chang in the Foxtel series *Wentworth.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Natalie Scheetz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-scheetz/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Natalie Scheetz was born in Orange County, California, USA as Natalie Ann Scheetz. She is an actress, known for Siberia (2013), Madison County (2011) and Zero Tolerance (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lindsey Haun](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lindsey-haun/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lindsey Haun was born in Los Angeles, in 1984. She started acting when she was 3 in a Little Caesars commercial. She was in Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993) and from then on, started to doing many other movies.
She is known for her role as Hadley on the HBO television series True Blood. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 2000 Disney Channel original movie The Color of Friendship as Mahree Bok, and has starred in the film Broken Bridges, for which she also recorded a portion of the soundtrack.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Megan Ketch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/megan-ketch/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Megan Ketch is an American actress, best known for her roles on film such as the 2013 romantic comedy movie The Big Wedding and the mystery television series American Gothic.
Ketch graduated New York University and in March, 2012 was cast in a lead role of ABC drama pilot Gotham. Later in 2012 she replaced Jennifer Esposito in CBS series Blue Bloods as Detective Kate Lansing. Her other television credits include A Gifted Man, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Good Wife. She made her feature film debut in 2013 comedy The Big Wedding.
From 2015 to 2016, Ketch had a recurring role in the CW comedy series Jane the Virgin. In 2016, she went to star in the CBS murder mystery summer drama series American Gothic.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Daisy Wood-Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daisy-wood-davis/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Daisy Wood-Davis is a British singer and actress. She originally comes from Bromley, south east London. Daisy started her career at an early age in various professional shows and has recently signed a record deal with Universal Music. She played the lead character “Laura” in the Olivier-nominated musical Dreamboats and Petticoats of which she gained rave reviews around the country and in the West End (Savoy & Playhouse Theatre).
During this show she recorded a cast album which has now sold over 60,000 copies, awarding it a silver selling album title.\[citation needed\] Daisy is releasing a single in the near future with Universal Music. Daisy has just finished playing Janet Weiss in the European tour of the musical The Rocky Horror Show.
She has also played Tansy Meadow in soap opera EastEnders, the sister of established character Poppy Meadow.
Since October 2014, She is currently playing the role of Kim Butterfield in Hollyoaks, the sister of Lindsey Butterfield.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rae Ellen Bodie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rae-ellen-bodie/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rae Ellen Bodie is known for her work on The Captive (2014), Taken (2017) and Beauty and the Beast (2012). She has been married to Fred Penner since 2016.
A graduate of the University of Calgary’s Theatre Program, Rae Ellen spent the first decade of her career working at the top theatres in Calgary, Alberta, performing leading roles at Alberta Theatre Projects, Theatre Calgary, Quest Theatre, Theatre in Exile – *Betty Mitchell nomination, Outstanding Actor in a Supporting role for The Orphan Muses* – and the Garry Theatre, where she originated the role of “Kate” in Governor General Award-winner Sharon Pollock’s Saucy Jack to critical praise.
Rae Ellen also began her teaching career in Calgary during this time, where she was offered an Acting instructor position at her Alma Mater, the University of Calgary, in 1997. After a year teaching at the U of C, Rae Ellen moved to Toronto, Ontario, to begin studies at York University in their acclaimed MFA-Acting Conservatory, where she finished at the top of her class and received a MFA in Acting.
Rae Ellen was also awarded a Graduate Diploma in Voice Teaching through the Voice Teacher Training program at York University.An internationally recognized and highly distinguished program, it is the only one of its kind in Canada, lead by worldwide voice specialist David Smukler.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emily Perry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-perry/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emily Perry was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for Home and Away (1988), Breakers (1998) and All Saints (1998).
Perry began her acting career in 1998 as a regular character for two years on the TV series, Breakers. In 2005, she landed a four-month recurring guest role on Home and Away, playing “Zoe McCallister”. Also in that year she played Nicki Walch on the mobile soap Random Place.
Perry has also worked for the Disney Channel, hosting the Disney Show and starred on Nickelodeon Australia’s Saturday Nick Television (SNTV).
Perry returned to Home and Away to reprise her role as “Zoe McCallister” (The Summer Bay Stalker) on 25 November 2005 and officially returned to Summer Bay on 16 May 2006.
Perry had a one time role on All Saints as “Deb” a teenager with cystic fibrosis in the second season.
Perry appeared in the music video for Paul Mac’s “Sound of Breaking Up”.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amberley Gridley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amberley-gridley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amberley Gridley is an actor, known for Skins (2007), Anguish (2015) and The Blackout (2014).
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Yaani King Mondschein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yaani-king/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
New York native Yaani King began her career off-Broadway in “The Alchemist” at The Classic Stage Company. She segued into film and television with “The Prince and Me” with Julia Stiles, and “Sex and the City.”
After studying at The Actors Centre in London, Ms. King moved to Los Angeles and almost immediately landed a series regular role on the hit TNT show Saving Grace with Holly Hunter. In addition to having appeared in numerous guest starring roles on shows like Criminal Minds, Major Crimes, Extant, CSI and the new SyFy drama The Magicians, she now has had a number of recurring roles on shows like ABC’s Blood & Oil, The Haves and the Have Nots and NBC’s Aquarius. Yaani has since entered the exciting world of Video Game voice-over and motion-capture when she was cast as Riley in the award-winning The Last of Us: Left Behind.
Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens, of Guyanese West Indian descent, Yaani spent her childhood watching her mother in theatre performing on stage. While attending LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in NYC as a teen, Yaani recognized acting as her calling.
In recent years, Yaani has combined her love for acting with her humanitarian work as a founding member of a group called Charitable Living with 10 other friends, with the mission to support foundations and charities in every way from fund-raising to cooking meals. King is also an active volunteer at Aviva Family and Children’s Services, mentoring young actors. In Yaani’s free time she enjoys spending quality time with her husband, actor Adam Mondschein.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Eliza Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eliza-taylor/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eliza Jane Taylor-Cotter, known professionally as Eliza Taylor, is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Janae Timmins on the Australian soap opera Neighbours (2005–08) and for her main role as Clarke Griffin on The CW series The 100.
For her role in The 100, Taylor was nominated for Choice TV Actress: Sci-Fi/Fantasy at the 2016 Teen Choice Awards.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marlee Matlin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marlee-matlin/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born and raised in Morton Grove, Illinois, Marlee started acting at the age of seven in the role of Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” at a children’s theatre company in Chicago. Deaf since she was 18 months old, due to illness and high fevers, she is also a prominent member of the National Association of the Deaf. Her longtime interpreter is Jack Jason.
After several years of performing on stage throughout Chicago and the midwest, Marlee was discovered in a Chicago stage production of Mark Medoff’s Tony Award-winning play, “Children of a Lesser God.” Following an extensive international search for the lead role, the producers of the film version selected her to star opposite William Hurt. It was a performance the film community chose to recognize in with its highest honor — the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 21, she became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar and one of only four actresses to receive that honor for a film debut.
Marlee makes her home in the greater Los Angeles area with her husband, law enforcement officer Kevin Grandalski.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Yara Martinez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yara-martinez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yara Martinez is an American television actress who is best known for her roles as Kelly in Hollywood Heights and as Dr. Luisa Alver on The CW series Jane the Virgin.
Martinez is Cuban-American but she was born in Puerto Rico. She was raised in Miami. Prior to acting, Martinez practiced ballet for ten years. She is the grandniece of prima ballerina Alicia Alonso.
She began her career on television with guest-starring roles. In 2007, she had supporting role in film The Hitcher. She later returned to television and had number of guest and recurring roles on dramatic series. She played Mariella Moretta in the TNT crime drama, Southland from 2009 to 2011, and Theresa Lopez on the ABC Family drama, The Lying Game (2012–2013). She also had recurring roles on Vanished, The Unit, Breakout Kings, and Nashville.
Martinez was regular cast member on the short-lived primetime soap opera, Hollywood Heights in 2012. In 2013 she began starring in the Amazon comedy series, Alpha House. In 2014, Martinez also was cast as recurring in The CW comedy-drama Jane the Virgin, and HBO crime drama True Detective.
Martinez portrays Ms. Lint in the Amazon series, The Tick.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Jane Sibbett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jane-sibbett/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jane Moore Sibbett is an American actress, writer, director, producer, mother, photographer, dancer, teacher, advocate and so much more! Her most notable roles are Heddy Newman on the Fox television series Herman’s Head, and Ross’ first ex-wife, the groundbreaking role of Carol Willick, who was one half of the historic, first lesbian TV wedding on the hit NBC sitcom Friends.
Sibbett started her acting career as Jane Wilson on the NBC soap opera Santa Barbara in 1986-87, for which she was nominated for a Best Newcomer Soap Opera Digest Awards. In 1989, she won the role of Laurie Parr on the CBS comedy The Famous Teddy Z, co-starring with Jon Cryer and Alex Rocco. The series lasted one season. In 1991, Sibbett was cast as status-conscious bombshell Heddy Newman on the Fox sitcom Herman’s Head, which quickly gained a cult following on the young broadcast network and lasted three seasons. Beginning in 1994, she played the occasional role of Carol Willick on Friends, a part-time stint that lasted until the end of the show’s seventh season in 2001. During her Friends association, Sibbett had regular roles on the short-lived CBS sitcom If Not for You (1995), playing the jilted fiancée of her former Herman’s Head co-star Hank Azaria, and in the second season of The WB’s Nick Freno: Licensed Teacher (1997–98), playing school headmaster Dr. Katherine Emerson.
Sibbett has appeared in more than 200 episodes of multiple TV series, including 21 Jump Street and The Nanny. She starred in the 1998 movie Noah alongside Tony Danza and Wallace Shawn as well as in 1998’s The Second Arrival, alongside Patrick Muldoon and Michael Sarrazin. She appeared in Dan O’Bannon’s 1992 film The Resurrected. She co-starred with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen in It Takes Two (1995), and the telefilm, Au Pair (1999).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rukiya Bernard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rukiya-bernard/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rukiya Bernard is an award-winning actress, writer, and director. Originally from Toronto, Bernard is of Kenyan and Jamaican heritage.
She wrote the play *Yoga For Black Women* and the short film *El Color Negro* (2020). She starred in Netflix/Syfy’s *Van Helsing* for three seasons, and for which she won at LEO Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has also appeared in the TV series *Supernatural*, *Nancy Drew*, *Travelers*, and the film *Wonder* (2017), among others. She also co-starred in the short film *Reel Women Seen*, which won the Jury Choice Award in the 2018 Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicole Muñoz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-munoz/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian film and television actress. She is known for her roles as Pamela in the film The Tooth Fairy, as Young Cody in the film Fetching Cody, and for her role as Christie Tarr in the Syfy television series Defiance.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Zamani Wilder](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zamani-wilder/)
**Published:** September 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for Ant-Man (2015), Flubbery Red (2014) and What I Did Last Summer (2012).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kandyse McClure](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kandyse-mcclure/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kandyse McClure is a Canadian actress born on March 22, 1980 in Durban in South Africa. She graduated from West Vancouver Secondary School in 1998. She is an actress, known for main roles in TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Hemlock Grove (2013), and from the movies Carrie (2002) and Seventh Son (2014).
McClure is married to musician Cylenz.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kristen Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kristen-bell/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kristen Anne Bell is an American actress and singer. She was born and raised in Huntington Woods, Michigan, and is the daughter of Lorelei (Frygier), a nurse, and Tom Bell, a television news director. Her ancestry is Polish (mother) and German, English, Irish, and Scottish (father).
In 2001, Bell left university to play the role of Becky in *Tom Sawyer*. That same year, she made her first credited debut in *Pootie Tang* (2001), but her scene was cut and her appearance exists only in the credit sequence. In 2002, Bell appeared in the Broadway revival of *The Crucible* with Liam Neeson and Angela Bettis.
At the age 24, Bell won the title role in *Veronica Mars*. This series received very positive reviews, and Bell received much attention for her performance. Bell and the cast of *Veronica Mars* were nominated for two Teen Choice Awards. She went on to reprise the role for the movie as well as the rebooted series.
In 2005, Bell starred in *Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical* (2005) in the role of Mary Lane. In 2013, Bell voiced the main character, Princess Anna of Arendelle, in the Walt Disney Pictures animated movie, *Frozen*, and performed the songs: ‘For the First Time in Forever’, ‘Love is an Open Door’, ‘Do You Want to Build a Snowman’, and ‘For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)’.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rebecca Metz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rebecca-metz/)
**Published:** July 5, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born and raised in Freehold, NJ, Metz is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. Television credits include *Better Things*, *Coop and Cami Ask the World*, *Lopez*, *Shameless*, and *Major Crimes*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jodie Turner-Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodie-turner-smith/)
**Published:** December 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress known for *Nightflyers*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Christina Cox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/christina-cox/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The youngest of three girls, Christina was born just outside Toronto. In addition to her film and television credits, Christina has appeared in numerous national theater productions, ranging from classical productions of William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night” to Jim Cartwright’s raw and dirty “Road”.
Christina completed the last of 13 episodes, as “astrobiologist Jen Crane”, in the FTVS/ABC series, Defying Gravity (2009), a one-hour drama about a team of astronauts on a six-year mission in outer space.
Prior to Defying Gravity (2009), she starred as “Vicki Nelson”, an ex-cop turned private investigator specializing in solving supernatural crimes in 22 episodes of the Lifetime series, Blood Ties (2007).
In addition to starring in several pilots, including the “most-watched-never-aired” pilot on You Tube; Nikki and Nora (2004), she co-created and developed an original script for Sony Television and Barry Sonnenfeld with her Nikki and Nora (2004) show runner Nancylee Myatt (South of Nowhere (2005), 3Way (2008)) and co-star Liz Vassey (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)).
Cox is married to Grant Mattos, a former NFL wide receiver for the San Diego Chargers. They eloped on October 1, 2010, soon after his return from Survivor.\[8\] They have a daughter, who was born in December 2013.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicole da Silva](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-da-silva/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicole da Silva is an Australian actress, best known for her roles as Stella Dagostino in the series Rush, and as Franky Doyle in the show Wentworth. She has made appearances in series such as Carla Cametti PD and Doctor Doctor.
Nicole da Silva was born in Sydney. Her family is from Portugal and has family living in Portugal and Brazil. Da Silva obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Nepean, now known as Western Sydney University.
Da Silva is probably best known for her role in the SoHo TV drama series Wentworth, in which she appeared for 55 episodes from 2013 to 2018 as Franky Doyle, a character played by Carol Burns in the original classic Network Ten show Prisoner, which aired from 1979 to 1986. Franky is in Wentworth correctional facility, a tough lesbian inmate battling against fellow inmate Jacs Holt for the position of top dog. Da Silva played this role in the first six seasons of the series, and in the opening three seasons her character was a central role before being released at the end of the third season, however, she did return for a limited supporting role in the fourth season, and again for the fifth season when Franky is wrongly imprisoned for murder and tries to prove her innocence. The first three episodes of the sixth season conclude her story before she left the series in 2018. This role got Da Silva the ASTRA Award for the Most Outstanding Performance by an Actor (Female) in 2014, and several other nominations.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Kelly McCreary](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kelly-mccreary/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kelly McCreary is an American actress, best known for her role as Dr. Maggie Pierce, Meredith Grey’s half-sister, in the ABC drama series, Grey’s Anatomy.
McCreary was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City in 2003. She began acting in college, appearing in numerous plays and commercials, before making her television debut on the PBS series Cyberchase.
She made her movie debut with a small role in the 2011 drama film, Being Flynn, starring Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore. In 2012, she was cast in her first major role of her career, on The CW medical comedy-drama series, Emily Owens, M.D., opposite Mamie Gummer and Aja Naomi King, playing the role of Tyra Dupre, a first-year surgical intern who is a lesbian. However, the series was cancelled after one season.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Joana Borja](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/joana-borja/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Portuguese actress who has appeared in films such as “No One Gets Out Alive” (2021), “Doctor Who” (2005), and “Traces” (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shalini Bathina](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shalini-bathina/)
**Published:** October 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, musician and producer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Eleanor Wyld](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eleanor-wyld/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eleanor Wyld was born in 1989 in Brighton, England. She is an actress, known for Frequencies (2013), Johnny English Reborn (2011) and Misfits (2009).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rhiannon Moller-Trotter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhiannon-moller-trotter/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rhiannon Moller-Trotter is a Canadian actress, producer, writer, director born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is known for her work on X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019) and Beastly (2011).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Carolyn Jania](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolyn-jania/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carolyn Jania grew up in Munster, Indiana even though she tells people she’s from Chicago. At age 15, she started studying at Second City Chicago and resumed her studies there after receiving her BA in Theatre from Butler University. Carolyn is really proud of Schmabaret, a cabaret/ variety show she created with her platonic life partner Adam Ceschin.
She is also one half of musical comedy duo, Buzz’s Girlfriend (which has over 5 million views on YouTube); and co-creator of Riding Buddies, a fully improvised web series featuring comedians from the LA improv community. You can also see her in things she didn’t create but is still very proud of like The Slutty Years, The Sleepover and Opus. She is so jazzed to be a part of Sunday Company!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Annie Clark](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/annie-clark/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrea “Annie” Clark is a Canadian actress and dancer who was born on June 4, 1992. She portrayed Fiona Coyne on *Degrassi*. Annie is trained in jazz, ballet, and hip-hop. She also plays the clarinet, guitar and piano. She has appeared in *The Listener, How to be Indie, Overruled!, Paper Scissors Glue, Roxy Hunter, Campus* and the *Secret of the Shaman* and had the lead role in the movie *Solo*. Then in 2014 she appeared in two new movies. She appeared in the movie *Teen Lust* as Denise co-starring with Jon Cor. Also she appeared in the movie *Not With My Daughter* as Abby Eco, co-starring with Erik Knudsen and John Ralston.
Annie graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute, a high school in Toronto, in 2010. She got accepted into the University of Toronto on April 25th, 2012, and studying film. Her former Degrassi co-star Sam Earle and her have a film class together. She has wrapped filming Degrassi as of 2012, due to her character graduating.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Eden Riegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eden-riegel/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eden Riegel is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress best known for soap roles on “All My Children” and “The Young and the Restless.” After making her Broadway debut at age 7 in Les Miserables, Eden has worked professionally on-camera and behind-the-mic for \*mumbles\* years (a lady doesn’t tell!) She took a brief detour to attend some university in Boston (yes, it was Harvard) and then was back at her first love, acting.
She is currently the voice of Kiara, Nala and Simba’s eldest child and future Queen of the Pride Land, on Disney’s forthcoming series The Lion Guard. Her interactive voice work includes playing Sherri Birkin in the newest Resident Evil game, Jane Austin in Saints Row IV, and Hitomi in Dead or Alive, among others too numerous to list.
As a former Broadway baby, she is an accomplished singer, and, in addition to her impressive commercial resume and animation and interactive credits, has been recording songs, jingles, singles, and such things as ADR, looping, dubbing and such for almost as long as she’s been alive. On-camera, she can be seen on your favorite streaming provider opposite Jack Black in Year One, opposite Sean William Scott’s “Steve Stiffler” in American Pie, or as Young Miriam in the DreamWorks animated feature Prince of Egypt. TV credits include NCIS, Castle, Rizzoli & Isles, Criminal Minds, and Hawaii Five-0.
In March 2007, Riegel became engaged to Andrew Miller, who had been a high school classmate of Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery on All My Children). Miller and Riegel married on September 30, 2007 and their first son, Jack Oscar Miller, was born on May 21, 2011.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Heather Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/heather-morris/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Heather Elizabeth Morris is an American actress, dancer, singer and model. She is best known for her role as Brittany S. Pierce in the Fox musical comedy-drama series Glee (2009–2015).
Morris was taking acting classes and actively pursuing an acting career when she was asked by Woodlee to teach the choreography for Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” dance to the Glee actors. At the same time, the show was looking for a third cheerleader, and Morris ended up landing the role of Brittany. Initially a background character who hardly ever spoke, the role grew as writers discovered Morris had a gift for delivering one-liners. Jarrett Wieselman of the New York Post opined that Morris had “emerged as one of the funniest second bananas on TV right now” and a LA Times writer mentioned having a “comedy crush on Morris, who plays the galactically dim Glee Club cheerleader Brittany”.
When a promotional clip for the episode “Sectionals” indicated that Brittany Pierce and Santana Lopez had slept together, Dorothy Snarker, writing for lesbian entertainment website After Ellen, praised the pairing, referring to them by the portmanteau “Brittana”. Snarker called the two her “new favorite Glee pairing”, commenting that: “While Heather Morris (Brittany) and Naya Rivera (Santana) have had minimal screen time, they’ve made it count. Heather in particular has brought the laughs as the Cheerio least likely to get a Mensa invitation. Never mind Finn and Rachel — I’m on Team Brittana now.”
Morris is married to Taylor Hubbell, whom she began dating when he was a college baseball player.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jess Salgueiro](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jess-salgueiro/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for *Workin’ Moms*, *Letterkenny*, and *The Boys*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Reagan Gomez-Preston](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/reagan-gomez-preston/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Reagan Amyre Gomez-Preston is an American television and film actress and voice actress. She played the role of Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom The Parent ‘Hood and Roberta Tubbs on Fox animated comedy The Cleveland Show. She has also reprised the role of Roberta Tubbs in occasional Family Guy appearances.
Gomez-Preston was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Puerto Rican mother, Cheryl Gomez, and an African American father, Bennett Preston. She has a younger brother named Kyle.
Gomez-Preston’s father, Bennett Preston, is a medical examiner/pathologist in Philadelphia. When Gomez-Preston was young her mother worked for the Detroit Police Department. Cheryl Gomez moved the family to Philadelphia. There Gomez-Preston was enrolled in acting, dancing, and singing lessons at Philadelphia’s Freedom Theatre. Her parents eventually divorced. In 1994, she moved from Philadelphia to Los Angeles with her mother and Kyle, so that Gomez-Preston could pursue an acting career.
Gomez-Preston began her acting career in The Parent ‘Hood, as Zaria Peterson. She guest starred on UPN’s One on One as Flex’s younger sister/Brianna’s aunt, Bernadette. Also, she was a guest host of the weekly music series Soul Train, aired in April 1996. She also played Francine opposite Holly Robinson Peete in the short-lived UPN sitcom, Love Inc. She is also a former cast member of The Amanda Show.
She voiced Roberta Tubbs, Cleveland Brown’s stepdaughter on the animated series The Cleveland Show from 2009 until the show’s cancellation in 2013. Since 2014, she has had a recurring voice-over role as the twin sisters Jenny and Kiki Pizza on the animated Cartoon Network television series Steven Universe and in 2016, she began a recurring role on Queen Sugar as Chantal Williams.
Gomez-Preston began dating model DeWayne Turrentine in 1995. Turrentine was a member of the hip hop duo Quo. The couple married on November 10, 1999. They have two children, a daughter, Scarlett Annette Turrentine (born May 13, 2007) and a son Tyger Attila Turrentine (born April 2, 2011).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nia Jervier](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nia-jervier/)
**Published:** May 29, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brooklyn born Trinidadian actress Nia Jervier is a graduate of the famed La Guardia Performing Arts High School, and The New School’s Dramatic Arts BFA program (in conjunction with the American Musical & Dramatic Academy). Jervier’s production credits include starring roles in *Once on This Island*, *The Taming of The Shrew* and *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* in the off-Broadway circuit.
After relocating to Los Angeles, Jervier made television appearances in Justin Simien’s *Twenties* and the pilot presentation for Anthony Hemingway-directed comedy series *Bros,* currently in development.
Her most recent credits include the award-winning Sundance comedy *Dear White People* (2014), and she appeared at the 68th annual Cannes International Film Festival to promote the independent short film *Ladylike* (2015). *Ladylike* is the inaugural production of writer/director duo Tiffany Johnson and Nick Williams of *A Tiff & Nick Scoop;* produced by Lena Waithe -producer of Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions acquired film *Dear White People*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jacqueline Joe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqueline-joe/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A New Zealand actress based in Auckland. Jacqueline won critical acclaim for her breakout performance as a lead in Jane Campion’s *[Top of the Lake](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/top-of-the-lake/)* in which she played pregnant 12-year-old, Tui, alongside Elisabeth Moss, which had two successful seasons.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sally Pressman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sally-pressman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sally Pressman is an American actress and dancer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Roxy LeBlanc on the Lifetime television series Army Wives.
Pressman was born Sally Pressman Bernstein in New York City. She is the daughter of Penny Ann Pressman and Jonathan Bernstein. Pressman’s mother studied fine arts and theater at Brandeis University and works for Christie’s Auction House. Pressman’s father is a lawyer and investor. She no longer uses her childhood name of Sally Bernstein professionally, preferring her mother’s maiden name.
As a child, she attended Spence School for girls in New York. She was classically trained in ballet and was a member of the Manhattan Ballet Company. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater studies from Yale University.
Pressman is best known for her role as Roxy LeBlanc on the Lifetime Television drama series Army Wives. She was regular cast member in the first six seasons (2007 to 2012). In 2013 she appeared in two episodes of season 7. With other members of the Army Wives cast, she joined the picket line on November 13, 2007 in support of striking writers. In 2013, she landed a lead role in an NBC comedy pilot Joe, Joe and Jane.
In 2013, Pressman was cast in recurring role as Candace Marcus, a daughter of Lisa Kudrow’s character, in the third season of Shonda Rhimes drama series Scandal. In 2014 she guest-starred in the episode of CBS series Person of Interest.
2014 she was cast of the fourth season in the ABC series, Once Upon a Time, and appeared in Shonda Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy as Young Ellis Grey in flashbacks. This role previously played Sarah Paulson in Season 6. In 2016, she guest starred in two episodes of The Catch, another Rhimes’ drama. Later that year, she was cast in a recurring role as Debi Mazar’s character’s love interest on Younger.
On October 19, 2010, Pressman became engaged to her longtime boyfriend David Clayton Rogers. The couple met at Lesley Kahn’s Acting Studio. The couple married on September 17, 2011
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Kelli Barrett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kelli-barrett/)
**Published:** July 2, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kelli Barrett is a Broadway and television actor who has appeared on shows including Younger, Fosse/Verdon, As the World Turns, Chicago Fire. She made minor appearances on The Good Wife, Person of Interest, Ugly Betty and Blue Bloods.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicole Olney](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-olney/)
**Published:** January 10, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for *Grown-ish*, *Yogurt*, and *Everyone I Love Is Dead*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shannon Chan-Kent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannon-chan-kent/)
**Published:** February 26, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian voice actress, singer, and dancer. She is best known for her roles as Silver Spoon and Smolder and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Misa Amane in the English dub of Death Note, and the Biskit twins and Youngmee Song on Littlest Pet Shop.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rumer Willis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rumer-willis/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rumer Glenn Willis is an American actress and singer. She is the eldest daughter of actress Demi Moore and actor Bruce Willis. She has appeared in films Hostage, The House Bunny, Sorority Row and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Rumer Glenn Willis was named after author Rumer Godden. Her mother, actress Demi Moore, hired a cameraman to videotape her birth. She has two younger sisters, Scout LaRue Willis (born 1991), and Tallulah Belle Willis (born 1994), as well as two younger paternal half-sisters from her father’s marriage to model Emma Heming, born in April 2012 and May 2014.
Raised in Hailey, Idaho, Willis enrolled as a freshman at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. In January 2004, she enrolled as a sophomore at Wildwood Secondary School in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California for one semester before dropping out.
She had guest roles in television shows Miss Guided, Army Wives, CSI: NY, Medium, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Hawaii Five-0 and Workaholics. Willis portrayed Gia Mannetti in ten episodes of the teen drama television series 90210 (2009–2010). In May 2013, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Willis will portray Zoe in the fourth season of Freeform’s teen drama series Pretty Little Liars.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maya Sondhi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maya-sondhi/)
**Published:** January 31, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British television actress and screenwriter. She was born in Birmingham, England. Whilst studying for her A-levels, she became interested in acting, attending the Midlands Arts Centre and then spending three weeks with the National Youth Theatre before going on to study at LAMDA. She has one child.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ibilola Rossi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ibilola-rossi/)
**Published:** June 30, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Lara Rossi
**Content:**
A British actress. She is known for her role as Arabela Seeger in the German-French-Italian-American television series Crossing Lines as well as the Finnish sci-fi movie Iron Sky: The Coming Race
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Erana James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erana-james/)
**Published:** December 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young actor.
She was in the Austalian series *My Life Is Murder*, and in the New Zealand comedy *Golden Boy*. She’s been an actor for several years, having made her movie debut in 2017’s *The Changeover*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jazmyn Simon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jazmyn-simon/)
**Published:** October 23, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress known for *Ballers*. She’s married to Dulé Hill.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Melissa Marty](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-marty/)
**Published:** November 21, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Melissa Marty was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. She is an actress, known for Notorious (2016), Dangerous Company (2015) and Jane the Virgin (2014).
Marty placed as a semi-finalist in Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008, competing as “Miss Caguas.” She then became a contestant on the reality show/beauty contest Nuestra Belleza Latina, and after weeks of competition and eliminations, she won the grand prize of over $100,000, a contract with Univision and earned the title of Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008.
She is a member of Mu Alpha Phi sorority. After winning Nuestra Belleza Latina she gained national exposure and worked as an entertainment host on shows on Univision, Galavision and the Telefutura network.
In 2012, Marty moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue an acting career. In 2014, she worked as a co-host of the morning show El Coffee Break on the Azteca America network until it was cancelled on April 18, 2014.
In 2015 Marty wed longtime boyfriend Nelson Rosa.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hayley Lovitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hayley-lovitt/)
**Published:** April 21, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hayley Lovitt grew up in small town Oklahoma and North Carolina. She began performing in theatre at age twelve.
She is most recognized as “Sage” the computer-brained mutant on “The Gifted,” a Fox/Marvel show. Other television credits include “New Amsterdam,” “Nashville,” “Sleepy Hollow”, and “The Originals” among others.
On film you can spot Hayley in roles such as “Donna” on “A Walk in the Woods” playing opposite Robert Redford and Nick Nolte and in flashbacks as “Janet van Dyne / The Wasp” in “Ant-Man” and in “Ant-Man and The Wasp.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shawna Hamic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shawna-hamic/)
**Published:** May 26, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shawna Hamic is a multifaceted artist with a body of work which spans over 2 decades. As a performer, Shawna has been seen on TV on such shows as *New Amsterdam* on NBC, *Bull* on CBS, *Watch What Happens Live* on Bravo, *The Tonight Show* with Jimmy Fallon & *Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,* also on NBC. You can watch her as C.O. Ginger in seasons 6 & 7 on the award winning Netflix original show *Orange is the New Black*. 2021 will bring the release of Shawna’s first major motion picture role in the feature film *Bruised* starring and directed by Halle Berry. She will also be seen as Pat Ast in Ryan Murphy’s *Halston* on Netflix.
On Broadway, she played Mrs Dees in the musical *The Last Ship,* written by rock icon Sting. Sting even wrote a song to open the second act (titled Mrs Dees Rant) just for Shawna. She’s toured the country as Madame Thenardier in the 25th Anniversary production of *Les Miserables* and as Trish in *Kinky Boots*. Once crowned the winner of the New York Musical Theater Festival’s *Next Broadway Sensation*, Shawna won a solo cabaret show produced at the famed Joe’s Pub in NYC.
As a photographer, Shawna has been published in Time, Rolling Stone, Elle, Dance, & Arrive magazines. As an visual artist Shawna creates works called Altered Books, recycling hardback books into original works of art. To check out Shawna’s photography and Altered Books please visit her creative website at [www.ShawnaHamicCreative.com](http://www.shawnahamiccreative.com/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maria Dizzia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maria-dizzia/)
**Published:** May 23, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress. Dizzia was nominated for the 2010 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in In the *Next Room*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jen Jacob](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-jacob/)
**Published:** May 22, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A New York based actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brianna Baker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brianna-baker/)
**Published:** April 3, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Chicago native. She studied and performed comedy at Second City and iO Chicago. She lives in LA now and loves the weather.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Cinthya Carmona](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cinthya-carmona/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress who has appeared in the movies and television series like East Los High as Brandie, Rush Hour as Dakota, and in Private Space as Rebecca. She, however, is most notable for her role Sophie Cardona in the tween drama television series Greenhouse Academy.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Cassidy Freeman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cassidy-freeman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cassidy Freeman (born April 22, 1982) is an American actress and musician. She is known for her role as Tess Mercer in The CW’s superhero drama Smallville and Cady Longmire in Longmire.
In September 2008, she began starring in The CW Superman-inspired drama Smallville where she played Tess Mercer after the departure of Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor and continued this role until the show ended in May 2011. In October 2009, Freeman appeared in the CBS police drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in season 10, episode four called “Coup de Grâce” (French for “Stroke of Mercy”), where she played Donna Grayson, an officer who witnesses her partner arrest, shoot, and kill a suspect who turns out to be his former off-duty partner. On January 13, 2012, Freeman was confirmed to be in The CW fantasy drama The Vampire Diaries as Sage in the third season.
Since 2012, Freeman has been starring as Cady Longmire in the A&E crime drama Longmire.
In September 2012 Cassidy married Justin Carpenter.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bahia Watson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bahia-watson/)
**Published:** May 22, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bahia Watson is an actor, writer, and musician. Independently she produces her own music under the name bahia bahia and writes poetry and short stories. She is best known for Clifford The Big Red Dog (2019), The Handmaid’s Tale (2017), Star Trek: Discovery (2017) Saving Hope (2012).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy Kersten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-kersten/)
**Published:** May 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy Kersten is an actress and producer, known for In Case of Emergency (2018), 9-1-1 (2018) and Gay’s Anatomy (2009).
Amy’s entertainment career was launched in rural Missouri – when she was cast alongside her dad’s 89’ Chevy as unnamed extras in a cult episode of Unsolved Mysteries. After a few less-than-stellar performances in local pageants, she then abruptly pivoted to a full-time serious actress at the wise age of nine.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Valentina Guerra](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/valentina-guerra/)
**Published:** March 14, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Valentina Guerra has always been an actor, even if acting hasn’t always been her profession. Born and raised in New York City, she performed in community theater and school productions from a young age. While her interests in math and science led her to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Aerospace Engineering, she was active in their theater program and completed a Concentration in Theater Arts. She briefly worked in the aerospace industry before returning to her true passion, and has since been formally trained in the Meisner Technique, become a full-time actor and has not looked back!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alysha Deslorieux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alysha-deslorieux/)
**Published:** September 23, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A member of the original company of the Broadway Production Hamilton. She also stared as Eliza Hamilton in the Chicago production.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Elizabeth Grullon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-grullon/)
**Published:** February 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A first generation American, born in Queens, NY to Dominican parents. Her mother is a school teacher and her father is a postal worker. She is the youngest of 3 children. She is an actress known for Scandal, The Catch and Criminal Minds as well as a voice actor known for Cartoon Network’s Close Enough.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarah Ramos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-ramos/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sarah Emily Ramos is an American actress who began her career as a child actress. She is known for her roles on the television series *American Dreams* and *Parenthood*.
Ramos was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father is of one quarter Filipino ancestry. Her mother is Jewish. She became interested in acting at a young age. Ramos began developing her acting abilities at the age of 9, entering into formal training at Center Stage L.A. “According to her mother, 11-year-old Sarah Ramos would go to bed each night pleading to get an agent — then wake up each morning asking about the status of her parents’ talent agent search.” She graduated from Columbia University in May 2015.
In July 2016 Ramos announced via social media that she is in a relationship with director Matt Spicer, who she has been dating since 2013 Ramos announced that she and Spicer were engaged in an Instagram post on July 30, 2019. In December 2020, Ramos announced via Instagram that she and Spicer married on October 25, 2020.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amanda Campana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amanda-campana/)
**Published:** July 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Italian actress, model, and makeup artist known for her work on *Bastardi a Mano Armata*, *Summertime*, and *Thegiornalisti: Riccione*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Erin Richards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erin-richards/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Erin Richards is a Welsh actress, best known for playing Molly Hughes in the television series Breaking In and Barbara Kean in the television series Gotham.
Richards was born in Penarth, Wales. She trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. She presented the Welsh language teen magazine show Mosgito for S4C and appeared in short films before landing significant roles in BBC TV programmes Crash and Being Human.
In 2012, she was cast in the FOX comedy Breaking In as an executive assistant with an exaggerated English accent. She co-starred in the role of Sharon in Gonzalo López-Gallego’s horror film Open Grave, alongside Sharlto Copley.
Since 2014, she has played Barbara Kean, the fiancé and later, antagonist, of James Gordon in the FOX Television series Gotham which acts as the prequel to the Batman universe before he becomes a hero.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Samantha Aucoin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samantha-aucoin/)
**Published:** March 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A canadian actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maddie Phillips](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maddie-phillips/)
**Published:** August 18, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Maddie was born and raised in Vancouver Canada until she was ten years old before moving then to Perth, Western Australia where her maternal family resides. Maddie played soccer for ten years and although she loved singing, creative writing, photography and pretty much anything else in the arts, acting was always her greatest love.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [May Simón Lifschitz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/may-simon-lifschitz/)
**Published:** June 9, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and transgender model of Danish and Argentinian descent. She is known from Netflix’s *Warrior Nun*, where she plays Chanel, and Danish productions *Wild Witch*, *Yes No Maybe*, and *Christian IV*.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hayley Hasselhoff](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hayley-hasselhoff/)
**Published:** September 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Classic beauty intertwined with incredible talent and a keen sense of style, Hayley Hasselhoff is one of Hollywood’s brightest rising stars. Starting at the young age of 14 Hayley began her modeling career, signing with Ford Modeling Agency as a plus size model. Her career immediately took off leading her to become the celebrity spokes-model for popular U.S. retailer Torrid and British retailer Syle369. Aside from her modeling, Hayley decided to focus on her other true passion, acting. Having previously been featured on BAYWATCH alongside father David Hasselhoff, Hayley was destined to make her mark in the acting world. While juggling her modeling career, she managed to star in ABC Family’s Huge created by Winnie Holzman, as the lead role “Amber.” From there she was featured on Disney XD’s Pair of Kings as “Sasha” and the upcoming musical comedy FEATURE Fearless as “Rebecca.” She most recently had a cameo in Sharknado 4 released July 2016.
After re-discovering her modeling career, Hayley went on to sign with Wilhelmina Models. She headlined a number of runway shows in 2014 UK Plus Size Fashion Week, Paris Pulp Fashion Week, and Sheego during Berlin Fashion Week (as part of its trade show Curvy is Sexy.) On top of headlining for some of the largest plus size fashion events, Hayley capped off the summer as the face of Yours Clothing’s summer range across the UK and took home the Best Plus Size Model Award at the 2014 British Plus Size Awards.
Hayley then went on to headline New York Fashion Week in 2015 for EDER + BERK and closed UK Plus Size Fashion Week, walking exclusively for mega e-retailer, Boohoo. In addition to being an ambassador for UK based event The Curve Fashion Festival (TCFF) and for the Plus Size Fashion Days in Hamburg, Hayley was also nominated for Best Model and Best Celebrity Female at the British Plus Size Awards in 2015.
Going on to be the cover star for 2015 Fall Fashion issue of SLiNK Magazine (UK) and Bello Magazine (US), Hayley earned a coveted opportunity to shoot the Persona Collection by Marina Rinaldi (exclusively for the “Hey Gorgeous” Fall 2015 look book) which was profiled on Entertainment Tonight. She topped off the year with a special project with Luisa Via Roma that was widely received by both the European and American markets.
With body image and health being of the utmost importance to Hayley, she was asked to speak at parliament in December 2015 on behalf of MP Carline Nokes to help pass the Model Law protecting models in the UK from going to unhealthy lengths to further their careers. She spoke alongside co-model Rosie Nelson, delivering the petition signed by more than 113,000 people to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
Most recently making her stamp as a plus size designer, Hayley has signed on to do a collection with UK plus size retailer Elvi. Her first collection will show in A/W 16. With the release of her collection Hayley has also signed on to be the face of The Curve Fashion Festival in Liverpool, UK (September ’16.) Where Hayley’s first runway show for her collection will be shown.
In recent months Hayley shot her S/S ’16 edits for Elvi’s collection. Her collaboration of her edits were released in March of this year. Hayley’s latest campaign was with mega-high street retailer Evans for the #Iamme campaign that featured the most influential plus size woman in the industry today.
Hayley has now taken on the role as mentor and judge on Next Top Models first all curve model competition for Top Model Scandinavia 2016. She has just finished her filming of a couple episodes in Lisbon, Portugal where you will get to see her hands on with the girls to help them succeed in the modeling industry and competition. The show is set to release this August 2016.
Hayley always makes time in her busy schedule for charities world wide. She was just named the 2016 international ambassador for charity Dancers Against Cancer in association with the Austrian Cancer Aid.
Hayley frequently tours modeling hot spots including Australia, Germany, Italy, Paris, and London promoting positive body image and confidence to young women and girls of all ages, races, and sizes. She also feels passionately about being able to share her experience in both street and high-end plus size fashion and hopes that these types of lines will soon be accessible to all plus size women.
Her message has been portrayed in recent features which have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Sunday Life, Seventeen, and Teen Vogue. She has garnered profiles on TODAY, Good Morning America, Entertainment Tonight, Lorraine Show and Access Hollywood Live (just to name a few.) Hayley also recently was noted as a guest Los Angeles contributor role for Australia’s TV show, Channel 7’s “The Daily Edition.” For Hayley, modeling has given her the power to have a voice and be an inspiration to other girls facing the difficulties of being plus-size. Giving back to her community is of great importance, leading to her involvement in multiple charities including Dancers Against Cancer, Friends of El Faro, The Make a Wish Foundation, and her foundation Teens Helping Teens which raised $167,000 for the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Felicia Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/felicia-day/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Felicia Day is a professional actress who has appeared in numerous television shows and films. She is currently recurring on the CW show “Supernatural”, and the SyFy series “The Magicians”. Her IMDB can be found here.
However, Felicia is best known for her work in the web video world, behind and in front of the camera. She co-starred in Joss Whedon’s Internet musical “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog,” which was ranked in the “Top 10 Best TV of 2008” by Time Magazine, Entertainment Weekly and People Magazine and won an Emmy in 2009. She also created and starred in the seminal web series “The Guild,” which ran for six seasons. “The Guild” won numerous awards for web video excellence, garnering a PGA nomination for best web series in 2011. She expanded the brand into numerous merchandizing opportunities, including a hit comic book series with Dark Horse Comics. Recently, costume and props from the show were admitted to the Smithsonian American History collection as examples of early web media pioneering.
In 2012 Felicia created a funded YouTube channel and production company called Geek & Sundry. Since launching in April 2012, the channel has garnered over 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube, and over 30k on the livestreaming platform Twitch. In 2014, the company was sold to Legendary Entertainment.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Skyler McIntosh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/skyler-mcintosh/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarah Deakins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-deakins/)
**Published:** March 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to British parents, multi award winning actor, writer, director, Sarah Deakins spent the first year of her life in Chicago, until her parents decided to move to Canada. She was heavily inspired by her artist stepmother growing up, deeply affected by her descent into Schizophrenia, and having lost this childhood idol to the streets, her work often illustrates the fragility and unexpected integrity of the disenfranchised and the downtrodden.
A graduate of the University of Victoria theatre program, Ms. Deakins has extensive stage and screen credits. An award winning short film writer/director, the first short she penned and starred in, “Late”, went to Cannes as part of Telefilm Canada’s “Not Short On Talent” Program, and more recently Deakins has collected over 25 awards on the festival circuit as the writer and director of “Greece”, produced by Brightlight Pictures. She is the writer/director of a multi award winning 1/2 hour pilot, “Yellow”, again with Brightlight Pictures, for a limited anthology series called IN PERSON, currently in development. Ms. Deakins is also developing a digital series inspired by her stepmother, about the people who fall through the cracks and those who try to help them, called HAPPENSTANCE.
Her feature film script VIOLET recently won the top prize in the 2021 Golden Script Competition, with an earlier draft placing in the top 40 of the 2020 Academy Nicholl Fellowship competition. The most recent draft of VIOLET garnered an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Screencraft Feature Screenplay Competition. Ms. Deakins makes her home in three main cities, splitting the year between LA, Toronto, and Vancouver.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mareya Salazar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mareya-salazar/)
**Published:** April 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian/Venezuelan transgender actress from Bathurst, New Brunswick. She was born into a Jehovah’s Witness Family and has since changed her spiritual beliefs to live her life as her authentic self.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jessie Hendricks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessie-hendricks/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American based on-camera actor and voice actor.
Jessie Hendricks (she/they) is a Los Angeles based on-camera and voice actor. Originally from Philadelphia, she graduated from MIT with a Masters of Science in 2020 and is a Senior Creative Producer at the Getty. She most recently appeared in the new Rescue Rangers film from Disney+ as the Borat Fan Con Fan.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Dominique Jackson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dominique-jackson/)
**Published:** June 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A trans fashion model, she was born in Tobago and moved to the U.S. in 1990 after deciding “enough was enough” with issues she was dealing with in her home country because of her gender identity.
*Pose* is her breakout role on TV.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melissa Hood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-hood/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Melissa Hood is an actress and producer, known for *Alphas* (2011), *Percy* (2020) and *On My Way Out: The Secret Life of Nani and Popi* (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Desi Lydic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/desi-lydic/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lani Desmonet “Desi” Lydic is an American comedian and actress who is currently a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. She also stars as guidance counselor Valerie Marks on the MTV comedy-drama series Awkward.
She got her start in the 2001 parody film Not Another Teen Movie. She also starred in the Spike mini-series Invasion Iowa alongside William Shatner, and the parody series The Real Wedding Crashers. She appeared as Shea Seger in the 2011 film We Bought a Zoo alongside Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and in the 2013 film The Babymakers with Olivia Munn.
Lydic also appeared as one half of a lesbian couple on an episode of the Disney Channel series Good Luck Charlie in 2014. She joined Trevor Noah’s lineup of correspondents for The Daily Show on September 29, 2015.
Lydic has one son with husband Gannon Brousseau.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Elyse Levesque](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elyse-levesque/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elyse Marie Levesque is a Canadian film and television actress. She is known for playing Chloe Armstrong in the Syfy original series Stargate Universe and the witch Genevieve in The Originals.
Elyse Levesque began acting at age 11, when she became part of a repertory company of young actors for the acclaimed children’s television series The Incredible Story Studio. In addition, she did commercial work, and went on to do a two-year stint playing the villainous Dr. Maxine Rich on the futuristic children’s series 2030 CE.
Following high school, Levesque traveled the world for two years as a model working in Taiwan, Japan, Italy, Spain, and France before returning to Canada to study fine arts. In 2006, Levesque moved to Vancouver, British Columbia to focus on a full-time acting career. She immediately enrolled in acting classes, and began to land parts in a number of television and film projects. She has taken on diverse roles ranging from Virginia (Cissy) Poe, the ailing wife of Edgar Allan Poe, in the Masters of Horror episode “The Black Cat”, to a flame-wielding bog witch in Flash Gordon. She has also made guest appearances in Smallville, Men in Trees, and a variety of other TV shows for both Canadian and American media markets.
She portrayed Chloe Armstrong, the daughter of a US Senator in the Syfy original series, Stargate Universe.
In 2014 she played the role of the witch Genevieve in the first season of The Vampire Diaries-spin-off The Originals.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Laura Benanti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-benanti/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Laura Ilene Benanti (born Laura Ilene Vidnovic) is an American actress and singer.
Over the course of her Broadway career, she has received five Tony Award nominations. She played Louise in the 2008 Broadway revival of Gypsy, winning the 2008 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Benanti then appeared in the stage musical Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown in 2010, winning the Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. She played Baroness Elsa Schräder in the 2013 NBC television production of The Sound of Music Live! and in 2015 began playing twin sisters Alura and Astra in the TV series Supergirl. Beginning in 2017, Benanti appeared as Edie Randall in the TBS comedy The Detour. Since 2016, she has had a recurring role as First Lady Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
On June 12, 2015, she became engaged to Patrick Brown. The two were married on November 15, 2015.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Annie Spoliansky](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/annie-spoliansky/)
**Published:** December 29, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Antoinette Rose (Annie Rose) is an American actress, born on December 18, 1992, with an Argentinean and Russian/Jewish background. She’s a California native who spent some years living in Fort Collins, CO as well.
She is best known for her role in MTV’s “*Faking It*” as Fabiana, the Brazilian lesbian in the third episode of the second season, “Lust In Translation.” Antoinette appeared on ABC Family’s show “*The Fosters*.”
Antoinette resides in Los Angeles, where she considers herself at home.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bianca Castro](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bianca-castro/)
**Published:** June 25, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Well known as Jiggly Caliente, the stage name of Bianca Castro, she is a Filipino-American drag performer from Queens, New York. Best known for being a contestant on Season 4 of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maybe Burke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maybe-burke/)
**Published:** June 21, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Maybe Burke is a New York based actor, writer, and human rights advocate interested in telling the stories that haven’t been told. Maybe received the 2017 Fresh Fruit Spirit Award for Fostering Pride, Survival, History, and Progress for their solo show, Love Letters to Nobody, which also earned them a nomination for the 2018 Doric Wilson Independent Playwright Award. As the Artistic Associate of Honest Accomplice Theatre, Maybe founded The Trans Literacy Project, in which they collaborate with trans artists, advocates, and activists to produce accessible videos that address questions about trans experiences.
**Genders:** Demigender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [J. P. Karliak ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/j-p-karliak/)
**Published:** May 3, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hailing from Dunmore, Pennsylvania (right next to the “Electric City” Scranton from “The Office”), Karilak been the voice of such iconic characters as Wile E. Coyote, the Tin Man, Willy Wonka, Kozo Fuyutsuki, N. Tropy, the Boss Baby, and the Joker. Karilak also played a bunch of Marvel heroes and villains like Loki, Hawkeye, the Vision, the nonbinary shapeshifter Morph from “X-Men ’97” and the exceptionally nasty Green Goblin in “Spidey and His Amazing Friends*.”*
Aside from VO, Karilak is the founder of Queer Vox (the non-profit academy for LGBTQIA+ voice actors) and the co-founder of voter registration org NerdsVote.
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Blue Chapman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/blue-chapman/)
**Published:** March 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chapman stars as JJ Perry on the new NBC drama “Council of Dads.”
Chapman was born in Ventura, Calif., in 2011. Following in his big brother’s footsteps, he decided at 7 to pursue acting. Chapman’s first project was a short film titled “L.A. Preschool,” written, produced and directed by Marla Sokoloff. He is also known for his roles as Zabeth in “Undone,” starring Rosa Salazar and created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg, and as Thomas in the upcoming “City of Ghosts” (2020), created by Elizabeth Ito.
In his free time, he loves to go on quirky adventures with his family, play baseball, take care of his bearded dragon “Duke,” and make guacamole.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him, His
---
### [Maddie Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maddie-taylor/)
**Published:** January 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, story artist and comedian, known for voicing Verminious Snaptrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy and Sparky in The Fairly OddParents.
In 2016, she came out as a trans woman and began transitioning.
In 2022, she [publicly stated](https://twitter.com/MaddieTaylor418/status/1526674742672969729) she was bisexual.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Yetide Badaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yetide-badaki/)
**Published:** January 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yetide Badaki is a Nigerian-born American actress. She is best known for playing Bilquis on the Starz series American Gods. She is a graduate of McGill University with a major in English Literature (Theater) and a minor in Environmental Science. Badaki also has a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from Illinois State University. She became a United States citizen in 2014.
In January 2021 Yetide [expressed how the “empowering” role on *American Gods* helped her find the freedom to be open about her own bisexuality](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/24/american-gods-season-three-yetide-badaki-goddess-bilquis-coming-out-bisexual/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/garcia/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A newcomer actor. His first role is in *Tales of the City* on Netflix.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Simone Miller](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/simone-miller/)
**Published:** April 5, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Simone Miller was born on September 22, 2005. Simone is an actress and singer/songwriter from Toronto, Canada. From a young age, Simone has always enjoyed being a performer and has sung since she was able to speak. Her love for the arts was evident when she would take every opportunity to act and sing wherever she could and to whoever would listen. Simone’s life in the spotlight began when she made appearances in shows like The Big Fun Crafty Show (Universal Kids) and Snapshots (CBC) as well as starring in commercials for major campaigns including Loblaw, The Shopping Channel, Plan Canada and The Wall Street Journal. Her first big break came about when she was cast as a lead character named Raign Westbrook in the “CBC Kids” Digital Original mystery and adventure series; Detention Adventure. Since then she has been cast as young “Dorinda Clark” in the Lifetime movie “The Clark Sisters” (executive producers include: Queen Latifah, and Mary J. Blige), the hilarious “Workin Moms”, and has recently finished filming CBC’s “Run The Burbs”, where she plays Mannix!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rhiannon Clements](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhiannon-clements/)
**Published:** May 19, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Doctor Who* (2005), *Death on the Nile* (2022) and *Hollyoaks* (1995).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Michelangelo Fortuzzi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelangelo-fortuzzi/)
**Published:** June 28, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A German actor, known for *Alles Isy*, *DRUCK* *Die Serie*, and *Tatort*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Devyn Nekoda](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/devyn-nekoda/)
**Published:** February 21, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A rising young star on the entertainment scene, Devyn Nekoda started dancing at the age of 2 with the Lisa Naves Dance Company in Simcoe Ontario where she continues to study ballet, jazz, contemporary, lyrical, tap, acrobatics and hip hop. Devyn also enjoys attending dance conventions where she gains experience from top choreographers from across the nation. Devyn is a natural on stage and has won numerous titles at regional and national events across Canada and the United States. On stage, she has had the privilege of performing with Edyta Sliwinska from Dancing with the Stars in the production of Dance Star at the Avalon Theater and toured southern Ontario with Tree House’s- Roll Play Live.
Her very first audition scored her a leading role in the movie American Girl “Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight”. More success quickly followed with recurring lead and guest lead roles on The Next Step – Season 2 and 3, Annedroids -Season 2 , 3 and 4, Max & Shred – Season 1 and 2, Degrassi – Season 14.
She played one of the lead roles, “Vanessa” on a series aired on the Family Channel in Canada as well as Disney Worldwide and Netflix in the US, called Backstage. In 2016 Devyn also worked alongside Jason Priestley and Molly Ringwald in another new TV series, Raising Expectations and shot the Disney Feature The Swap.
Devyn has also lent her talents to the Mishka project that will benefit several charitable organizations including: Little Warriors, An Ark of Hope for Children, The Unchained Project and Kids Help Phone.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Toks Olagundoye](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/toks-olagundoye/)
**Published:** August 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Nigerian actress. She is known for her role as Hayley Shipton in *Castle* and Jackie Joyner-Kersee in the ABC TV sitcom *The Neighbors*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Orlagh O'Rourke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/orlagh-orourke/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Orlagh is an energetic and hard-working individual looking to make an impact in the Entertainment and Marketing industry. She aspires to work in career fields such as Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, and Copywriting. Ultimately, she wants to head social media projects promoting television shows.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Daniela Colucci](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daniela-colucci/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Daniela Colucci is a Chicago- based photographer, cinematographer, actor and musician. She is known for Chicago P.D. (2014), The Chicken Song (2018) and Runner (2017)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarayu Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarayu-blue/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sarayu Rao, also known as Sarayu R. Blue, is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Angela on the Fox sitcom Sons of Tucson, as well as Dr. Sydney Napur on David E. Kelley’s Monday Mornings on TNT. She has also guest starred in a number of television series.
Rao’s first notable acting role came in the 2007 film Lions for Lambs, co-starring with Robert Redford, Tom Cruise, and Meryl Streep. She has had guest roles in numerous TV shows, such as ‘’Veep’’,Bones, The Big Bang Theory, HawthoRNe, NCIS: Los Angeles, and Two and a Half Men. In 2010, she had a recurring role as Angela on the Fox sitcom Sons of Tucson; the show lasted one season. In 2012, Sarayu was cast as Dr. Sydney Napur, a series regular on David E. Kelley’s medical drama Monday Mornings (TNT). In 2018, the actress became the lead in NBC TV series, I Feel Bad. It was cancelled after season 1. In the same year Rao was paired opposite John Cena in the NBC comedy Blockers.
Rao was born in Madison, Wisconsin, to a family from India. Her parents are Velcheru Narayana Rao and Nidadavolu Malathi, who is a writer of short stories and articles, in Telugu and English. She married Jonathan Blue, the Director of Creative Development at ReKon Productions. Rao attended West High School in Madison. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting in 2005 from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Claudia Logan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/claudia-logan/)
**Published:** May 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Tales of the City*, *The Deuce*, and *Random Acts of Flyness*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Julia Doyle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-doyle/)
**Published:** March 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A canadian actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kiah McKirnan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiah-mckirnan/)
**Published:** May 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kiah McKirnan is an actress, known for Mare of Easttown (2021) and Hidden Tears: Tanya (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
---
### [Angourie Rice](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angourie-rice/)
**Published:** April 28, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Angourie Rice is an Australian actress. She began her career as a child actress, coming to attention for her roles in These Final Hours and The Nice Guys. She is known for her portrayal of Betty Brant in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
Rice was named after a town in New South Wales where her grandmother lived. She was born in Sydney and lives in Melbourne, with her parents Jeremy Rice, a director, and Kate Rice, a writer, where she attended Princes Hill Secondary College graduating in 2018. She also lived in Perth for five years and in Munich, Germany, for one year before moving back to Melbourne.
In 2021, Rice was listed in Variety magazine’s coveted ‘Actors to Watch’ list, as well as their ‘Power of Young Hollywood list’. She played the role of Siobhan in Mare of Easttown opposite Kate Winslet. She noted that the Delco accent was hard to master and worked hard to tone down her Australian accent.
Inspired by her current book club activities, she runs the podcast The Community Library with an aim to democratize critical reading skills.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Anisha Jagannathan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anisha-jagannathan/)
**Published:** February 24, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor and musician based on Los Angeles, California, USA.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tiffany Boone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tiffany-boone/)
**Published:** April 8, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Boone currently resides in Los Angeles. She is passionately involved in youth arts education and women’s health issues.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Samantha Soule](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/samantha-soule/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress. She is best known for her role in the Netflix series *Godless*. She is also known for her roles in Broadway plays, such as *Dinner at Eight.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Parissa Koo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/parissa-koo/)
**Published:** May 26, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Koo is Chinese from her dad’s side and Persian from her mom’s, hence “Persianese”. Born in Los Gatos, CA, she was a member of a Jazz Choir which sang at Carnegie Hall in New York City and performed in numerous musicals.
Parissa is based in Los Angeles, CA singing and acting. She has played “Nina” in the “*In the Heights*” West Coast Regional Premiere, starred in the Hollywood Fringe Festival’s “*Killer Party: A Staged Reading*“, and co-starred on Disney’s “*Liv & Maddie*“.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Kyle Marie Colucci](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kyle-marie-colucci/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kyle grew up in The Middle of Nowhere, CA, but since she’s celebrating her 10th anniversary of living in LA this year, she now considers herself an official Angeleno. She studied acting at the University of Southern California and began her own indie-film production company, Pirate Gurly Productions, in 2017. In her own words, she’s “classy, sassy, and (a lotta) smart-assy.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ellie Grace Pomeroy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellie-grace-pomeroy/)
**Published:** July 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ellie Grace Pomeroy enjoys acting, dance, circus aerial work, crafting and horseback riding. She has appeared in The Afterparty (2022), American Horror Stores (2021) and Shining Vale (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophia Echendu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-echendu/)
**Published:** January 25, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A student at Columbia College Chicago, majoring in Social Media and Digital Strategy, Sophia Echendu has been a working actor since the age of 17 and continues to book roles on television.
She currently plays the role of ‘Mariah Kaminski’ on the new CW show ‘4400’. She is continuing to audition for various acting jobs to build her body of work as an actor, and loves working on creative projects within the entertainment industry.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kyndra Sanchez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kyndra-sanchez/)
**Published:** October 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Finding ‘Ohana (2021), Sesame Street, The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix series), Marry Me (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Madelyn Kientz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madelyn-kientz/)
**Published:** October 8, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Walker (2021), Big Sky (2020) and Adventures of Rufus: The Fantastic Pet (2020).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Andrea Bang](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrea-bang/)
**Published:** June 8, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrea Bang was born and raised in Burnaby, B.C. She grew up wanting to be a librarian, designer, fairy, teacher, cashier, critic, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, construction worker – and the list goes on. Since they didn’t offer a class in Vampire Slaying, she took the equivalent: a degree in Psychology, acting classes and spewing witty comebacks at objects with no reflection.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aidan Langford](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aidan-langford/)
**Published:** March 23, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
From IMDb: “Aidan Langford was born in Los Angeles and then he moved with his family to Dallas at the age of 3. There he began his career in Acting and Art. He has been nominated for various theater awards and his award-winning paintings can be seen at local galleries and downtown businesses. Aidan has a passion for Animals and Music and has a wise and wicked sense of humor. Aidan now lives in Los Angeles where he spends his time acting, painting and surfing.”
**Genders:** Undefined
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him, His
---
### [Aleks Le](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aleks-le/)
**Published:** February 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A voice actor known for voicing Zenitsu Agatsuma, Caiman, and Anos Voldigoad.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Isabella Roland](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-roland/)
**Published:** August 9, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Isabella Roland is a West Hollywood native. She graduated from Sarah Lawrence College after “concentrating” in History, French and Theat”re”. She is a professional writer and actor. She has worked on projects at NBCUniversal, Comedy Central Digital and Facebook Watch. She is a regular perfomrer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theat”er”. she have directed several productions from dramatic stage plays to sketch comedy and non-profit educational children’s programs.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emerald Rose Sullivan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emerald-rose-sullivan/)
**Published:** January 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A New York based actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Reggie De Leon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/reggie-de-leon/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Reggie De Leon is a chameleonic character actor who’s recurred as Paul, the silent sous chef in “MOM,” germaphobic roommate Zale on “Superior Donuts,” meddling Hawaiian Hotel Manager Danny on “Young & Hungry,” and as the obsequious assistant Wyatt on “Melissa & Joey.” Reggie’s also appeared in comedy sketches on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “Key & Peele,” and guest starred in countless other TV shows from “Modern Family,” to “Anger Management,” to “General Hospital” and “HOUSE, MD.” Reggie also stars as Shep, the flamboyant publicist in the Netflix film franchise, “Pup Star!”
As a Musical Theatre performer, some of Reggie’s stage credits include Iago in Disney’s “Aladdin” on Broadway and North American Tour, Angel in “Matthew Modine Saves the Alpacas” at the Geffen Playhouse, Jacob in “La Cage Aux Folles” at Sacramento Music Circus, and the Duke of Weselton in the opening cast of “Frozen – Live at the Hyperion” at Disney California Adventure.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Theo Germaine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/theo-germaine/)
**Published:** September 28, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A theatre, tv, and film actor from in Central Illinois. Theo uses both they/them/theirs and he/him/his pronouns. In high school, for Senior Bests, they were voted Most Likely to Join the Circus and Best Artist, but the yearbook club told them they weren’t allowed to be the best of two things, and they could only pick one.
In spite of the limitations of a small town and a small school, they left, and went on to study trapeze, aerial silks, aerial straps, fire breathing, fire eating, stilt walking, voice, music, physical theatre, dance, and acting, and didn’t look back. They split their time between Chicago and Los Angeles, and have been seen on stage at Steppenwolf, The Goodman, Writer’s Theatre, American Theatre Company, Timeline Theatre, and most recently, played a very unsettling Weird Sister in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of Macbeth, directed by Aaron Posner, and Teller.
On-screen, they appeared in the feature film ADAM, and co-starred in the pilot Work in Progress, two projects that received their world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019. They’ve also been seen in a variety of independent projects around Chicago, including a couple of web series via Open TV, and Full Spectrum Features, as well as being featured in Teen Vogue’s “7 Trans Performers Share The Challenges They Still Face and Their Hopes for the Future” alongside Nicole Maines and Ryan Cassata.
When they aren’t working, they spend their time learning a new skill, listening to metal, watching Star Trek, or dreaming up new, queer, trans, futures of the entertainment industry.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Cristina Valenzuela](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cristina-valenzuela/)
**Published:** December 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Cristina Vee
**Content:**
**Cristina Danielle Valenzuela** (also listed as **Cristina Vee**) is an Actress, voice actress, and voice director.
Cristina is known for her roles in many TV Shows, video games and anime such as Marinette Dupain-Chang/Ladybug in Miraculous Ladybug (aka Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir) Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon Crystal and others such and Pokemon, Lego Friends and WarioWare.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lake Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lake-bell/)
**Published:** May 11, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, director, and screenwriter. She has starred in various television series, including Boston Legal, Surface, How to Make It in America and Childrens Hospital, and in films including Over Her Dead Body, What Happens in Vegas, It’s Complicated, No Strings Attached, Million Dollar Arm, No Escape, The Secret Life of Pets, and Home Again.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melissa Fumero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-fumero/)
**Published:** May 26, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Fumero was born Melissa Gallo in North Bergen, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Cuban parents who moved to the U.S. as teenagers. She grew up in Guttenberg, New Jersey until age 6, when her family moved to Lyndhurst, New Jersey. At 19, she moved to New York City to attend New York University, from which she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama in 2003.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ashleigh Ball](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashleigh-ball/)
**Published:** September 21, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as Ashleigh Adele Ball. She is known for her work on the *My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic* series.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sarah-Nicole Robles](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-nicole-robles/)
**Published:** August 9, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, actress, and singer. Just starting her career in 2015, Robles has already begun to lend her voice to the Disney family. She provided the voice of Scarlet in Star Darlings, Judy in Billy Dilley’s Super-Duper Subterranean Summer, and additional voices in Olaf’s Frozen Adventure. She also voices Luz Noceda in The Owl House.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jessica-Snow Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessica-snow-wilson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jessica-Snow Wilson is an actress, known for Family Trap (2012) and Penelope, PCSA (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Charlet Chung](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/charlet-chung/)
**Published:** June 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Charlet was born in Long Beach, California as Chihye Takahashi Chung. Her family moved ten times before the age of ten and finally settled down in Diamond Bar, CA where she now considers her hometown. As her name suggests, she is the daughter of a Japanese mother and a Korean father who were immigrants and both received a masters and doctorate degree in Applied Linguistics and Economics from UCLA and Claremont Graduate School. She is fluent and literate in both Japanese and Korean because of her upbringing as well as her over 25 visits to both countries combined. She received a BA in communications and a minor in East Asian studies from the University of California, San Diego with the hopes of having a career as a news anchor in broadcast television.
It was, however, Charlet’s memory of first being discovered on an airplane at 5 years old by an agent who was trying to convince her mother to sign her along with her passion to perform and impersonate that motivated her to pursue a career in Hollywood. Upon graduating college, she was signed immediately by a manager and booked her first role on CBS’s *Cold Case* within 3 months of being signed.
Since then, she has exhibited her wide range of work from playing the young teen arch-nemesis, Candy on Disney’s *Shake It Up*, to eventually landing adult roles on shows such as Netflix’s *Grace and Frankie* and ABC Family’s *Mystery Girls*. Her most noted accomplishments include competing against 7,000 actors for a spot in the DISNEY/ABC television group talent showcase also known as the ABC diversity showcase where she was chosen and got to perform in front of 500 industry professionals at the El Portal Theater in Hollywood, California.
Currently, she has made her mark in the voiceover world, most notably for the character of Seraph, in Activision’s *Call of Duty: Black Ops 3* and as D.Va, a Korean pop-star in Blizzard Entertainment’s *Overwatch*. Charlet recurs on Cartoon Network on Craig of the Creek and FOX’s Family Guy and American Dad. She is also a series regular on Netflix’s Fast & Furious and Carmen San Diego.
When Charlet is not filling her days with acting, she loves to spend time and give back to her community through her local church and various charities in between every opportunity to travel with her family. She pledges to dedicate herself to organizations that focus on bettering the lives of humans and animals. Charlet is also focused on fighting for equality for women and minorities in entertainment.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rena Anakwe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rena-anakwe/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rena Anakwe is an interdisciplinary artist and performer working primarily with sound, visuals, and scent. Exploring intersections between traditional healing practices, spirituality and performance, she creates works focused on sensory-based, experiential interactions using creative technology. She is based in Brooklyn, New York by way of Nigeria and Canada.
Rena is a graduate of: the Interactive Telecommunications Program (iTP) at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts (MPS), The Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University (MFA) and New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business (BS.)
She is a 2020-2021 Abrons Arts Center, Jerome Foundation Performance AIRSpace Resident, a 2019 ISSUE Project Room Artist-in-Residence, a 2019 Abrons Arts Center (AAC) Sound Series commissioned artist, a 2018 Signal Culture Artist-in-Residence and has collaborated, produced and shown audio/visual/scent work at: ISSUE Project Room (NYC), CultureHub (NYC), NY Live Arts, Nublu 151 (NYC), Pioneer Works (NYC), Montez Press Radio @ Mathew Gallery (NYC), H0L0 (NYC), Mount Tremper Arts (NY), Green Space (NYC), Le Poisson Rouge (NYC), La MaMa E.T.C. (NYC), Danspace Project (NYC), MAD Museum of Arts and Design (NYC), TCC Chicago (CHI), MINKA BAX/Submerge, Knockdown Center (NYC), NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1(NYC), Les Nubians ‘Up Close & Personal’ Tour (VARIOUS), The Tank (NYC), CTM Festival (GER), the Museum of the Moving Image (NYC), Europe’s Capital of Culture in Turku (FI.) And was a guest curator for Knockdown Center’s ‘Sunday Service.’
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Georgia Hardstark](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/georgia-hardstark/)
**Published:** November 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American television host and podcast personality. She is the co-host of the true crime – comedy podcast My Favorite Murder along with comedian Karen Kilgariff.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Eleanor Matsuura](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eleanor-matsuura/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eleanor Matsuura is a British actress, who is best known for her roles as Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.
Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, and British films. She currently appears as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Matsuura features in the fourth series of the hit BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. She has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dreamfall Chapters.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Meera Rohit Kumbhani](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meera-rohit-kumbhani/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Meera Rohit Kumbhani is a theater, TV and film actor best known for her breakout series regular role of Zara on FOX’s WEIRD LONERS. Though she has a BA in Neurobiology from Berkeley, Meera Rohit Kumbhani spent most of her time honing her acting skills.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ana Golja](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ana-golja/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Muazana “Ana” Golja is a Canadian actress and singer. She is known for playing Zoë Rivas in the teen drama Degrassi: Next Class and Ariana Berlin in the TV movie Full Out.
Golja began her acting career in 2005 as Lucy in the Canadian police series 1-800-Missing. She later had small roles in the series Flashpoint and How to be Indie, before landing a part in the regular cast of Connor Undercover in 2010. In 2011, she played Liz in Clue. In 2010 with What’s Up Warthogs! she had her first major role as part of the main cast of that sitcom. She then participated in small projects and a web series before landing the role of Zoë Rivas in the Canadian teen drama Degrassi: Next Class in 2013.
In 2015, Golja played Ariana Berlin, in the TV movie Full Out: The Ariana Berlin Movie, a role which earned her a nomination for the Canadian Screen Awards.
Golja recorded the song “Feel So Good” for the Full Out soundtrack, produced by Roy “Royalty” Hamilton. As of January 2016, Golja was working on her debut EP. She released the EP, titled Epilogue over the course of several weeks in November and December 2017.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Linda Marlen Runge](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/linda-marlen-runge/)
**Published:** January 28, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A German actress known for her role as Anni (Andrea) Brehme in German soap Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Molly Ringwald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/molly-ringwald/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, singer, and author. She was cast in her first major role as Molly in the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life (1979-80) after a casting director saw her playing an orphan in a stage production of the musical Annie.She and several other members of the original Facts of Life cast were let go when the show was reworked by the network.
From the mid- to late ’80s, she was the reigning teen queen of mainstream films. She attracted the attention of screenwriter/aspiring director John Hughes who cast her as the protagonist of Sixteen Candles (1984), his wistful chronicle of suburban teenaged angst. The film was a hit, and so was Ringwald. Hughes would cast her in two more teen films, The Breakfast Club (1985) and Pretty in Pink (1986), both of which were hugely popular with teen audiences.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Erin Eldershaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erin-eldershaw/)
**Published:** April 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for *Female Therapy*, *Murdoch Mysteries*, and *Reign*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jordan Hull](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jordan-hull/)
**Published:** January 12, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jordan Hull is an actress known for her work on The L Word: Generation Q.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [India de Beaufort](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/india-de-beaufort/)
**Published:** August 25, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British actress and singer-songwriter.
She’s married to Todd Grinnell from *[One Day at a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-day-at-a-time/)*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ludwika Paleta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ludwika-paleta/)
**Published:** December 31, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ludwika Paleta is a Polish Mexican actress best known for her roles in Los exitosos Pérez, La querida del Centauro and Madre Solo Hay Dos.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sasha Pieterse](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasha-pieterse/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sasha Pieterse-Sheaffer is a South African-born American actress, singer and songwriter. She is known for her role as Alison DiLaurentis in the Freeform series Pretty Little Liars. Upon the success of Pretty Little Liars, Pieterse earned a supporting role as Amy Loubalu in the 2011 Disney Channel film Geek Charming.
Pieterse was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on February 17, 1996. Moving to the United States in 2001, she was raised in Las Vegas, before moving to Los Angeles. She became accustomed to a career in entertainment at an early age, as her parents were a professional acrobatic dance team who performed internationally. Pieterse was homeschooled and graduated at 14.
At six years old, Pieterse got her start in television, co-starring in 2002 as Buffy on The WB’s remake of the CBS sitcom Family Affair (1966–1971). She guest starred in the Stargate SG-1 episode “Grace” with Amanda Tapping as a little girl named Grace. In 2005, she appeared on an episode of House titled “Autopsy”, portraying Andie, a young girl with terminal cancer. That same year, she made her film debut in The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D as Marissa, the Ice Princess, and also appeared as Millie Rose for two episodes of the short-lived TNT series Wanted, alongside her former Family Affair co-star, Gary Cole.
Pieterse was 12 years old in December 2009, when she was cast in the Freeform teen drama television series Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017) as Alison DiLaurentis, the former “queen bee” of her high school clique. She had a regular role in the series from the first four seasons, until later became a main role in the fifth season, with one of the five girls. Since its debut, the series has received mixed reviews from television critics, but remained a relative success for Freeform, garnering a large fandom. Pieterse reprised her role as Alison, in the spin-off series titled Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists on Freeform in 2019. On Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, she portrays the grown-up version of Alison who is working as a teaching assistant at Beacon Heights University.
On December 22, 2015, Pieterse became engaged to her long-term boyfriend Hudson Sheaffer. They were married on May 27, 2018 at Castle Leslie in Glaslough, Ireland.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Diana Spieller](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/diana-spieller/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Diana is a college-educated millenial living in her hometown, Los Angeles. She loves cats, coffee, fluffy blankets and her friends and family, but most of all she loves acting.
With roots in musical theatre, Diana is currently navigating Hollywood, learning to produce and staking her claim in this business. Or whatever that means.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Olivia Nikkanen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-nikkanen/)
**Published:** January 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia Nikkanen is an actress known for The Society (2019), Supergirl (2015), and The Americans (2013).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Addison Holley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/addison-holley/)
**Published:** September 29, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian Actress who has been Nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards and one Canadian Screen Award for portraying Anne in Annedroids, an Amazon Original Kids Series.
A triple threat who began a professional career in both film and stage by the young age of six, she has had many opportunities to showcase her love for the entertainment field, beginning with her start as a trained dancer in all styles. This lead to commercials and TV/film roles, to her leading role in Annedroids for four seasons. In 2016, she played Mira Sorvino’s daughter in a star studded cast in the Canadian Feature “The Red Maple Leaf”. Addy continues to bring characters to life, as she enjoys her very busy Voice Acting career.
When not working, she is just a regular teen who loves hanging with her friends and getting to as many concerts as possible.
> My favorite part about Wishenpoof is playing a character I would’ve loved to watch as a young girl. The magical adventures she gets to experience, while also dealing with real life childhood situations, makes her the perfect kid for kids to learn from and admire. I’m also in awe of the visuals of the show, and c’mon… who doesn’t love a little wish magic.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ally Xue](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ally-xue/)
**Published:** May 13, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An optometrist by training, Ally Xue won public attention through her work as an actor. In 2010 she appeared in Gibson Group disaster tale *Eruption*, before joining forces with fellow actors Perlina Lau and JJ Fong — along with director Roseanne Liang — to create web series *Flat3*. The comical series is based around the occupants of an Auckland flat, with Xue playing the more reserved flatmate. After three seasons they followed up with *Friday Night Bites* — a collection of one-off stories based around the same characters. Xue’s acting CV also includes short film *Sugar Hit* and TV’s *Harry* and *Runaway Millionaires*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Olivia Cheng](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-cheng/)
**Published:** March 25, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia Cheng was born in Edmonton, Alberta. The dynamic actress was born to Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents, who were part of a co-founding group of parents that created the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association’s Mandarin program within the city’s public school system. She credits this for her ability to speak Mandarin and instilling a reverence for her culture. Her background has heavily influenced her breakout role in the Weinstein Company-produced series, Marco Polo (2014), which premiered on Netflix in December 2014.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Grace Brunson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/grace-brunson/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Grace Brunson is an actress, known for Twincidents (2017) and Mystery in the Keys (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Erika Henningsen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erika-henningsen/)
**Published:** May 6, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actor and singer. She is best known for her work on Broadway and for originating the role of Cady Heron in the 2018 Tony-nominated musical Mean Girls, for which she received an Outer Critics Circle Award nomination.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Elizabeth Maxwell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-maxwell/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She is a professional actress widely known for various roles in television series and films.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sanaa Lathan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sanaa-lathan/)
**Published:** August 18, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An american actress. Following her gratuation from Yale she went to work in Los Angeles where she started with small roles in differents television shows.
Since then, she earned acclaims and many nominations for her work.
Sanaa Lathan plays Lisa Arthur on HBO’s succession since 2021.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tawny Newsome](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tawny-newsome/)
**Published:** April 2, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A sketch and improv comedian, appearing as Chelsea Leight-Leigh in the Seeso Original series ‘Bajillion Dollar Propertie$’,’TvLand’s ‘Nobodies’, ‘The Comedy Get Down’ on BET, soon on IFC’s ‘Brockmire’ and ‘Sherman’s Showcase’ and as a frequent contributor on podcasts ‘Lovett or Leave It,’ ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’ and ‘Spontaneanation with Paul F. Tompkins’. Previously guest starring in NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire,’ USA’s ‘Sirens’ and Fox’s ‘Crisis,’ Tawny cultivated a cool trend of only appearing on TV while inside an ambulance.
She co-hosts the weekly comedy-meets-culture podcast ‘Yo, Is this Racist?’, as well as creating and co-hosting the limited series, songwriting collaboration podcast ‘The Supergroup’, both on the Earwolf network.
Before LA, she had mainly been writing and performing her work on the Second City Mainstage in Chicago. Or touring around with her bands (Four Lost Souls, Jon Langford) which produce quirky, outsider country music with a shifting lineup. Recently they had the pleasure of recording an album in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, with some of the original Muscle Shoals Sound session players. The eponymous ‘Four Lost Souls’, (produced for former Elvis bassist Norbert Putnam) is out now on Bloodshot Records. If you aren’t sick of her yet, her solo album ‘Too Proud to Steal’ is available on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mapuana Makia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mapuana-makia/)
**Published:** September 9, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
he Hawaiian born actress, singer and model first grabbed audience’s attention with a break out role in Cameron Crowe’s Aloha starring alongside Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams. Mapuana’s fluidity in performance to play between high level drama and snappy comedy is unmatched. Showcased in her stand out roles on Hawaii Five-O with Alex O’Loughlin and Netflix’s hit series Avatar The Last AirBender. Mapuana’s heart captivates on screen, as seen on her buzzworthy role alongside John Gabriel Rodriquez as the ghost of a fallen solider on Fantasy Island.
For her role in “Two Sentence Horror Stories” Leilani, who was originally written as a supporting role, was re-written to feature Mapuana as the lead in this episode. The writer Liz Alper says “She’s amazing, she breathes this, this is her story to tell.” (Honolulu Star Advertiser)
Mapuana is most recognized for her series lead role on Doogie Kamealoha M.D. on Disney+ as the loveable, stubborn, and quirky Dr. Noelani Nakeyama. Her career shows no signs of slowing down as she can be seen on a plethora of upcoming projects: On CW’s Family Law, Staff Sergeant with a heart of gold on AppleTV+’s Invasion, and a feature film with Academy Award Winner Sally Field-Mapuana is definitely one to keep on your radar.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Kate Mulvany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-mulvany/)
**Published:** March 9, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress, playwright and screenwriter. She works in theatre, television and film, with roles in *Hunters* (2020–2023), *The Great Gatsby* (2013), *Griff the Invisible* (2010) and *The Final Winter* (2007). She has played lead roles with Australian theatre companies as well as appearing on television and in film.
She has won several awards, including the Philip Parsons Young Playwrights Award for *The Seed* in 2004 and the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Play for her role in *Richard III* in 2017.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Izzie Steele](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/izzie-steele/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Izzie Steele was born in London, England. She is known for her work on The Black Hole (2016), Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (2016) and The Abduction of Jennifer Grayson (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Akilah Hughes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/akilah-hughes/)
**Published:** March 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Akilah Hughes is a writer, comedian, and YouTuber residing in Brooklyn, NY. She’s been a digital correspondent for MTV, Fusion, Comedy Central, Crooked Media, and more. A Sundance Labs Fellow, Akilah most appeared on the HBO series special Pod Save America. Her comedic YouTube channel, “It’s Akilah, Obviously!” has amassed more than 150,000 subscribers.
Hughes was born in Edgewood, Kentucky and attended Boone County High School in Florence, KY. She attended Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, where she graduated in 2010 with a B.A. in Broadcasting. In 2012, Hughes moved to New York City to pursue comedy. She attended the Upright Citizens Brigade.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Danice Cabanela](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danice-cabanela/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Isabel Kanaan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabel-kanaan/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Isabel Kanaan is a Second City graduate and Seneca College Acting for Camera and Voice alumna. She has been awarded the NBC Universal Bob Curry Fellowship. She is a member of CBC’s sketch comedy troupe Air Farce, the Canadian Comedy Award winning sketch troupe The Sketchersons, and Second City’s House Ensemble and Educational Company.
Filipino-born Canadian Isabel Kanaan was recognized as one of RBC’s Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, for her work as an actor and a fierce advocate for better representation of queer, immigrant people of colour in the media.
Kanaan began her acting career at the age of 10, when she was still in the Philippines. But when she immigrated to Burlington in 2008 at age 16, she felt discouraged because she didn’t see people like herself — a queer, immigrant, person of colour — on television.
She regularly performs with the Asian Canadian theatre company fu-GEN Theatre and the Filipino Canadian theatre company Carlos Bulosan Theatre. She even co-wrote and performed in CBT’s production Anak. She is also known for her lead role in the series Haunted or Hoax, which won the NYC Web Fest’s Audience Choice Award.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Outi Condit](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/outi-condit/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Outi Condit was born in Savonlinna, Finland as Outi Alina Condit. She is an actress, known for Savuna ilmaan (2009), Bordertown (2016) and Mogadishu Avenue (2006).
Outi Condit is a Helsinki-based actor, performance maker, and researcher working across a wide field of theatre and live art. Her work is driven by the notion of destabilizing bodily boundaries as a way of queering and multiplying bodies in/through/as performance. The practice reroutes corporeal actorly understanding and the apparatus of theatre in order to reconfigure bodies, agencies, and politics of “the actor” and “the stage”.
Many of her works have explored performances of power and intimacy, often troubling the divides between performer, performance and audience. Her interrogation of power and identity has led her to explore the performances of the virtual, viral, machinic, cyborg, and technomediated bodies, techno(dys)embodiments, and bodies of art that belligerently assemble themselves without clear boundaries between biological, technical, social, poetic and economic spheres.
She did an artistic doctorate in the Performing Arts Research Centre, University of Arts Helsinki.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** They
---
### [Kaytra Parkman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kaytra-parkman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kaytra Parkman is an American actress best known for playing various compelling and complex characters in award-winning indie films such as “The Last Protester” and “In The Basement”. She also garnered attention from the LGBTQ+ community for her portrayal of Jordan; an awkward and self-deprecating young women in the the digital series “The Flannel Channel.”
Born and raised in Southern California, Kaytra developed an interest in the arts at a very young age. By 12, she was taking professional acting and music classes in Los Angeles and creating & editing her own short films and online videos. Kaytra attended the competitive Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA) for four years, where she excelled at both academics and her daily performing arts classes. Due to her filmmaking and on-camera abilities, she was hired at the age of 15 as Host and Interview Correspondent for SweetyHigh.com’s online platform for several years, working with Cat Deeley, Cody Simpson, and Greyson Chance, among others.
Kaytra brings intensity, vulnerability and maturity to her performances, and naturally gravitates towards characters with mystery and edge. A self-proclaimed nerd, Kaytra is obsessed with space, has been known to cosplay her own creations from time to time, and is training to one day become a Jedi Knight.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Champ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/champ/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Champ is an actress, known for StudvilleTV (2012).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Katherine Fogler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katherine-fogler/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Katherine Fogler is a stage and screen actor, and a popular performer on the Toronto sketch and improv scene. In addition to her work in film and television, her stage roles include Miranda in Hart House’s *The Tempest*, Jessica in Chantal Forde’s *Perceptions of Love in the Pursuit of Happiness*, multiple characters in *Hairbrained* at The Koffler Centre, Tessie Hutchinson in *The Lottery* in NYC, and Liz in a recent The Secret Sessions production of *Shaun of the Dead*.
She is a member of the popular comedy troupe Not Oasis, which recently completed a sold out run of their acclaimed sketch show *Alone in this Together* at the Toronto Fringe Festival. Katherine Fogler studied acting at the Atlantic Acting School in New York in their professional conservatory program. She is also a graduate of the Conservatory Program at The Second City, where she later became an improv coach. Her work in The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova marKs her feature film debut.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [T’Nia Miller](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tnia-miller/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
T’Nia Miller is an English actress, known for her appearances in television series including Witless (2016–2018), Years and Years (2019), Free Rein (2019) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020).
Miller made her professional acting debut in 2007, in three episodes of the Channel 4 drama series Dubplate Drama as Nadine. She then made appearances in The Bill and Holby City, before her first starring role as JJ in the 2012 feature film Stud Life. After making guest appearances in British television series such as Babylon, Banana, Cucumber, Doctor Who, Guilt and Born to Kill, Miller scored her first starring role as DC Wilton in the BBC Three thriller series Witless, a role she played from 2016 to 2018. In June 2017, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Bev Lomax. In 2019, Miller was cast in the BBC drama miniseries Years and Years as Celeste Bisme-Lyons. Years and Years was created by Russell T Davies, whom Miller had worked with on the Channel 4 programmes Banana and Cucumber. In 2019, she appeared in the Netflix series Free Rein as Claire Wright, In 2020, Miller appeared in the Netflix series Sex Education as Maxine Tarrington, and later in the year, she starred in the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor as Hannah Grose. In 2021, Miller is set to star in the upcoming AMC series La Fortuna as Susan McLean.
Miller is part of the LGBTQ+ community. In an interview with STYLECASTER she said:
“It’s always a thing to come out. It’s just normal culture, which is why I’m now speaking out about as an older Black female. There are women my age who still don’t, for whatever cultural or family reasons, feel free enough to speak about their sexuality. For the younger generation, they’re not seeing any queer aunties or any gay uncles. That’s one of the reason I’m now kind of going, ‘Fuck it!’ I have nothing to hide. Here I am.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Demi Lovato](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/demi-lovato/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Demetria Devonne Lovato is an American singer, songwriter and actress. After appearing on the children’s television series Barney & Friends as a child, they received their breakthrough role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel television film Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010).
Since signing with Hollywood Records, Lovato has earned one number-one album (Here We Go Again in 2009) and five top-five albums (Don’t Forget in 2008, Unbroken in 2011, Demi in 2013, Confident in 2015, and Tell Me You Love Me in 2017) on the US Billboard 200. They have also earned seven top-twenty entries on the country’s Billboard Hot 100: “This Is Me”, “Here We Go Again”, “Skyscraper”, “Give Your Heart a Break”, “Heart Attack”, “Cool for the Summer”, and “Sorry Not Sorry”. Of their television credits, Lovato starred as the titular character on Sonny with a Chance from 2009 to 2011; was featured as a judge and mentor on the American version of The X Factor in 2012 and 2013; and appeared as a recurring character on *Glee*.
In their documentary, Demi reveals they’re using a dating app, and in their search for love, they’re looking for either a man or a woman. “I am open to human connection,” they explained about their choice.
On May 19, 2021 [Demi came out on Twitter as non-binary](https://twitter.com/ddlovato/status/1394913215994155009?s=20):
“Today is a day I’m so happy to share more of my life with you all- I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary & will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward”
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Kat Barrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-barrell/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Katherine ‘Kat’ Barrell is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her role as Officer Nicole Haught on the Syfy television series *Wynonna Earp*.
When Kat was little, dreams for her future were split between being a star basketball player in the WNBA and “the voice of the Disney characters”. Besides acting, Kat has produced a number of short films, and is branching out into directing, finding it the perfect marriage between her acting roots and business brain.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Celina Vicioso](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/celina-vicioso/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Celina is a Content Engagement Manager at NewBay Media.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Alicia Sixtos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alicia-sixtos/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alicia Marie Sixtos is an American actress best known for role as Maya Martinez in the Hulu series East Los High and her recurring role as Carmen in the ABC Family’s series The Fosters.
Sixtos has done many roles in many television series and movies including The Avengers, King of the Hill, Californication, CSI-Las Vegas, and General Hospital. In 2006, She had the lead role in the drama film Quinceañera. In 2014, She would portray the role of Carmen on the show The Fosters.
In August 2019, Alicia got engaged to her partner, actor Bex Taylor-Klaus [](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Sixtos).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Janet Varney](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/janet-varney/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Janet Varney is an Emmy-Nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer. In the animation world, she is lucky enough to be the award-winning voice of Korra on Nickelodeon’s critically-acclaimed standout hit The Legend of Korra, a role for which she continues to be invited to comic cons to give sweaty handshakes the world over.
She can currently be seen as the entitled and bitchy Becca on FXX’s You’re the Worst (consistently named as one of TV’s best current comedies), as wine-loving Denie in Christy Stratton Mann’s Everyone’s Crazy But Us, as Melina on Seeso’s Take My Wife, and recurring as her semi-snarky self on @midnight With Chris Hardwick. And beginning November 2nd, she can be seen fighting dark forces opposite John C. McGinley on indie darling IFC, in their new horror-comedy from Dana Gould, Stan Against Evil.
Janet spent seven wonderful years hosting TBS’s Dinner and a Movie and was a series regular on the beloved E! and Yahoo series Burning Love seasons 1 and 3. She recurred on HBO’s Entourage and showed up on hits like How I Met Your Mother, American Housewife, Maron, Shameless, Key and Peele, Kroll Show, Psych, Childrens Hospital, Bones, and Chelsea Lately. She also appeared in films such as Still Waiting, Drillbit Taylor, and Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (sporting maybe her weirdest movie hair to date). She also launched, produced and co-hosted for HuffPost Live, the Huffington Post’s news and conversation television network.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Skarlett Redd](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/skarlett-redd/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sharing a love for the drama and applause, Skarlett and Olivia are one in the same. She has a passion for writing angry feminist rap ballads while crying about living in her mom’s garage. Her biggest fears include getting into a car accident that causes her glasses to shatter into her eyes and for her high school students to find out about the times she was in BuzzFeed videos. Goal oriented, Skarlett keeps a short list of ways to maintain self-improvement: Remove makeup before bed, avoid retail clothing stores, and check for bias in the sources.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jazz Jennings](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jazz-jennings/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American YouTube personality, spokesmodel, television personality, and LGBTQ rights activist.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shakina Nayfack](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shakina-nayfack/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Originally from Southern California, Shakina enjoys an eclectic career as a performer, director, writer, producer, and social activist. She plays Lola on the Hulu comedy series *Difficult People* and is the founding Artistic Director of [Musical Theatre Factory](http://www.mtf.nyc) where she has supported the development of over 100 new musicals, including an autobiographical rock musical about her gender confirmation, Manifest Pussy. Shakina is a proud recipient of a Lilly Award (2015) recognizing the remarkable contributions to the American Theatre made by women, the Theatre Resources Unlimited Humanitarian Award (2016), The Drama League Directors Project Musical Directing Fellowship (2011) and Beatrice Terry Fellowship for women playwright/directors (2017). BA and Graduate Certificate: UC Santa Cruz. MFA, PhD UC Riverside.
**Genders:** Non-Gender-Conforming Trans-Feminine
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
---
### [Kathy DiStefano](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kathy-distefano/)
**Published:** March 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kathy DiStefano is an actress and writer, known for Last Life (2015), Blood Runs Black (2014) and Wasteland Walker (2015).
She and Elesha Barnette own a digital media production company named Puma Squad that specializes in supernatural, action and sci-fi scripted series featuring strong female leads. The company’s goal is to represent the diversity and strengths of women on and off screen.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Helen Oakleigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/helen-oakleigh/)
**Published:** March 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Helen is a versatile theatre and film practitioner. She has worked across a wide spectrum of disciplines and won awards across a range of fields including for work as an actor, writer and director and for new writing, Shakespeare and poetry. She has a unique training & experience.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, Them
---
### [Briana Rayner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/briana-rayner/)
**Published:** March 21, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Briana Rayner is an improviser, actor, voice artist, and classic typewriter enthusiast. She improvises with Virginia Jack Comedy, The Instant Theatre Company and Queerprov. Recent credits include The Flash, The Girl’s Guide, and the short films Stakeout, Mental and Resonance. She won Best Actress in a Short Film (Macabre Film Festival) and was nominated for a Leo Award for her work in “Bruised”. She spent five years as a dedicated clown-doctor in a long-term care facility telling purposefully bad jokes, singing songs, and tripping over her feet. In her spare time, Briana likes to bake and watch shark attack videos.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Sarah Dawn Pledge](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-dawn-pledge/)
**Published:** March 21, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A comedic and dramatic actress and improviser, who was born and raised in B.C.
She performs several improv shows a week around Vancouver with various groups, including The Fictionals (most notably in “Improv Against Humanity”), Queer Prov, and as a guest artist on the Main Stage at the Vancouver TheatreSports League.
Sarah has also worked in film and television. Her credits include a role on an award-winning webseries called The Girls Guide and Unfiltered: Live at the Improv Centre.
Most recently, she voiced a children’s animated feature film, The Adventures of Shadow and Ally, starring alongside Jamie Chrest, Ellie Harvie and Christine Lippa. The independent film is slated for a December 2016 release.
When she’s not busy playing make-believe, baking and talking to fairies, Sarah feels
fortunate to be an artist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
---
### [Haviland Stillwell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/haviland-stillwell/)
**Published:** April 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor, singer, writer director & producer, Haviland is known for her work on Broadway, in Film, Animation and Television. Haviland grew up in Georgia, attended The Paideia School and Ithaca College, studied improv at the Groundlings, and graduated, with honors, from New York University.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brittany Ashley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittany-ashley/)
**Published:** April 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
America’s lesbian sweetheart. She’s a writer, actor, comedian, and more.
Brittany Ashley hails from Chicago where she studied sketch comedy writing and stand-up at Second City. After the debut of her sketch show ‘Hindsight For Sore Eyes’, Brittany continued to write and direct all-female sketch shows all over Chicago: ‘It’s Pronounced Kevin’, ‘Courtney Cox’s Bangs’ and ‘It’s Still Pronounced Kevin’.
Now based in Los Angeles, she’s most well-known for video content she created while at BuzzFeed Motion Pictures. Her credits there include: creating/writing a period comedy called “Lesbian Princess” about a princess in the Middle Ages who isn’t out to her royal parents, writing BuzzFeed’s first monetized web series which was #1 on iTunes for months titled “You Do You” and writing/producing viral short films about topics like abortion and emotional abuse (“Unaware” garnered over 10 million views and 300K shares in less than a week).
She has recently acted in *Gente-fied*, a series by Macro, executive produced by America Ferrera, as well as SeeSo’s *Take My Wife.*
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Star Slade](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/star-slade/)
**Published:** April 20, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Star Slade has appeared in theatre and dance productions such as *12 Angry Jurors*, *Forgotten*, *Best Of Broadway*, and *Kaleidoscope*, and can be seen as Simone in Emerald Code, and as Victoria in Frontier with Jason Momoa. A classically trained ballet dancer originally from Lindsay, Ontario, Star belongs to several dance collectives where she follows her passion for learning various dance styles and genres.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rey Fukuda Salinas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rey-fukuda-salinas/)
**Published:** May 13, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
> tokyo, japan. los angeles, CA/USA. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.Santiago, Chile. Guatemala City, Guatemala. Oslo, Norway. and back to L.A.
Rey is a musician and activist. They are “a Japanese-paraguayan queer and transman dandelion” who gives back to the LA community.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Harmony Santana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/harmony-santana/)
**Published:** June 10, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American film actress. She is most noted for her appearance in the 2011 film Gun Hill Road, for which she garnered an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, and became the first openly transgender actress to be nominated for a major acting award in the United States.
She is of mixed Puerto Rican and Dominican heritage
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ayesha Saleh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ayesha-saleh/)
**Published:** June 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ayesha Saleh is an actress, known for The Neighbour (Eng) (2020) and The Neighbor (2020).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Aliee Chan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aliee-chan/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aliee is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. She nannies two little girls and has not brushed her hair since 2003.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Carmen LoBue](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carmen-lobue/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carmen LoBue is a proud intersectional feminist and artist who is passionate about creating stories that give voice to social and political injustice. They are a director, writer, actor and producer residing in NYC
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Kim Alex Hall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kim-alex-hall/)
**Published:** February 18, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and professional stylist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [B. Danielle Watkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/b-danielle-watkins/)
**Published:** April 24, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
B. Danielle Watkins, author, screen-writer, and film maker, was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. Growing up in Buffalo she was exposed to many different variations of the arts including stage, and film.
She began writing at the age of 9 starting with poems and short stories. In 2000, at the age of 15, Ms. Watkins had her first poem published in the “Poetry Gems” Collection presented by The Famous Poets Society.
In May of 2013 she was officially announced as the head of the Creative Writing Department for M.PoWeR Productions LLC, based out of Atlanta, Georgia. In October of 2014 “BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story” premiered to a sold out crowd in Atlanta, Georgia. While “BlacButterflii: The Saigon Ruse Story” was in pre-production Watkins tried her hand at producing, writing, and directing a religious LGBT theme film entitled “Kisses in the Wind” which was screened at the 2015 Outreels Cincinnati Film Festival presented by the Cincinnati Film Society.
Currently, Ms. Watkins is the writer/creator of a new web series entitled “Sinful Paradise”, the writer of a LGBT web series based on the novel by Natalie Simone entitled “Girls Just Don’t Do That”, as well as the writer and producer of the upcoming short film compilation “One Night”, which deals with trending topics in the LGBT community such as suicide, promiscuity, self-image, and isolation, and closing out 2015 with another religious LGBT theme short film entitled “I’ve Seen Love Die”. January of 2016 marked another mile stone when Ms. Watkins launched her own production company Dream N 1 Productions, LLC. Based out of Las Vegas, Nevada. In late 2016, Dream N 1 Productions produced its first major production (though Dream N 1 Productions, LLC houses “Kisses in the Wind” as well as “I’ve Seen Love Die”) entitled “Parallel The Documentary” based on B. Danielle Watkins’ time in Paducah, Kentucky at the inaugural Cinema Systers Film Festival. With these many projects underway Watkins has proven that being a novelist was just the beginning.
She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a Graduate of Winston Salem State University, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. She is a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. With whom she held many positions, including a state executive board officer for the state of Nevada.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Leiomy Maldonado](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leiomy-maldonado/)
**Published:** June 25, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Described as “electrifying”, “fearless”, and “inspirational”, internationally recognized vogue dancer and instructor, Leiomy Maldonado, has been wowing audiences and blazing trails since the age of 16. A Bronx, NY native, Leiomy was introduced to the dance form of “voguing” through New York City’s underground “Ballroom Scene”, an extravagant community created by impoverished Black and Latino LGBT youth to safely express themselves and revel in the allure of fabulous pageants and dance battles designed to mirror the wealthy lifestyles they so often dreamed of living.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rahne Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rahne-jones/)
**Published:** September 28, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rahne Jones is an American television actress. She made her television debut as Skye on Netflix’s *The Politician* in 2019.
Jones is originally from Silver Spring, Maryland. She was named after her father, Ronnie. After graduating from Paint Branch High School in 2005, Jones attended college at Radford University on a full basketball scholarship for her freshman year. She eventually transferred to University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she got her bachelors in English. After college, she worked as an inspector for the US Department of Homeland Security for 4 years before moving to NYC and pursuing theater.
Jones made her professional acting debut on the Golden Globe nominated television show The Politician which is envisioned to run for 5 seasons. She will return for the second season which began taping in November 2019.
Jones currently lives in NYC with her fiancée, Bridget.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jodi Balfour](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jodi-balfour/)
**Published:** November 15, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A South African film and television actress, known for her role as Gladys Witham in the Canadian television drama series *Bomb Girls*. She won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Lead Actress in a Television Film or Miniseries at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015 for her performance in the series’ follow-up television film *Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy*.
Jodi came out as queer in 2021 [on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CQxSaJypu2X/).
She has been in a relationship with [Abbi Jacobson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbi-jacobson/) since October 2020. They became engaged in June 2022.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Leo Sheng](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leo-sheng/)
**Published:** December 9, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Hunan, China, and raised by two moms outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Leo grew up as one of the only Asian kids in school. And, one of the only queer kids. Leo stood out from his peers, and for a while, struggled to really embrace it.
Leo came out as trans when he was 12 and started his social transition in middle school. With the support of a local group for queer and trans youth, Leo found a way to share his story and tell it in his own words. Through Instagram, Huffington Post Articles, and MTV Voices, Leo documented his medical transition and found a community of trans men and queer and trans people of color during his journey.
Since coming out, his activism has centered the narratives of trans people, particularly trans people of color; authentic representation in the media; and deconstructing gendered systems.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Lilan Bowden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lilan-bowden/)
**Published:** March 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lilan Bowden was born in Alameda County, CA. At Castro Valley High School, she got her start in theater and improv comedy and continued to pursue those interests at University of California, Irvine. After she graduated from college, she moved to Los Angeles and started taking classes and performing at Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She still performs improv and live sketch comedy, and has a comedy duo with her best friend called “Lilan and Wilder.”
Lilan starred as Bex Mack on Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack”. She has guest starred on a number of popular comedies including “Parks and Recreation”, “CollegeHumor Originals”, “Drunk History”, and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Cynthia Nixon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cynthia-nixon/)
**Published:** September 18, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and activist. For her portrayal of Miranda Hobbes in the HBO series *Sex and the City* she won the 2004 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She reprised the role in the subsequent films.
On March 19, 2018, Nixon announced her campaign for Governor of New York as a challenger to Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo. Her platform focused on income inequality, renewable energy, establishing universal health care, stopping mass incarceration in the United States, and protecting undocumented children from deportation. She lost in the Democratic primary to Cuomo on September 13, 2018, with 34% of the vote to his 66%.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lisa Haas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lisa-haas/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for *Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same* (2011), *The Foxy Merkins* (2013) *and Search Party* (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Arryn Zech](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/arryn-zech/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress best known for her role as Blake Belladonna from RWBY. She also voices the character Dr. Emily Grey in the longest running web-based series, Red vs. Blue, created by the Austin-based production company, Rooster Teeth. Arryn was born in Rota, Spain, but was raised in the city of New Braunfels, Texas.
During a GalaxyCon panel Arryn confirmed being into men and women is something she has in common with her RWBY character.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mia Healey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-healey/)
**Published:** December 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Sydney, Australia, graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 2018; *The Wilds* is her first major role.
Mia defined her sexuality as queer in [an Instagram Live with her The Wilds co-star, Shannon Berry](https://youtube.com/I3NOQFQhGX4).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nayo Wallace](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nayo-wallace/)
**Published:** December 25, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nayo Wallace is an actress who splits her talents between screen, stage and voice over. She is known for the Crazy Bitches film (2014) and TV series (2019). Her voice acting includes the animated series Care Bears Welcome to Care-A-Lot where she provides the speaking and singing voice for Harmony Bear. She’s also voiced and performed the motion capture for a number of characters in video games. On stage she performed the role of Sarabi in The Lion King on Broadway and in their first national tour. She was also a member of the LA and Vegas productions of Rock Of Ages.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Morgan Davies](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/morgan-davies/)
**Published:** January 22, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Morgana Davies
**Content:**
It’s been a busy time for Morgan, with a lead role in the enormously popular Series 2 of “The Girlfriend Experience”, a Starz Original Series, and a lead in the re-telling of iconic feature film ‘Storm Boy’.
He has also just finished filming the role of Oberon in Foxtel’s drama “The End”, by See-Saw Films.
Morgan made his screen debut at only seven years of age opposite Charlotte Gainsbourg in the Australian/French feature film ‘The Tree’. Directed by Julie Bertuccelli, the film premiered on closing night of the Cannes Film Festival and earned Morgan rave reviews. His performance was honored with a Film Critics Circle Award and AFI nominations in both the categories of Best Lead Actor and Best Young Actor.
The following year, Morgan appeared in ‘The Hunter’, an adaptation of the award-winning novel by Julia Leigh. The film, staring Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and saw Morgan again nominated for an AFI (AACTA).
Other credits followed, including a lead guest role in Steven Spielberg’s “Terra Nova” and the short film ‘Julian’, which took out the Crystal Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin Film Festival in the Generation KPlus category.
Morgan later appeared in “Devil’s Playground” for Foxtel (Director: Rachel Ward) and in Alice Englert’s short film ‘The Boyfriend Game’, which premiered at TIFF.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He
---
### [Alex Saint](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-saint/)
**Published:** January 30, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alex Saint is a Spanish model, make-up artist, and actress. She is known for her role in *Veneno* (2020).
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Franchesca Ramsey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/franchesca-ramsey/)
**Published:** February 9, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Franchesca Ramsey is an actress, comedian and video blogger with over 29 million views on YouTube and over half a million followers across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Her videos have been featured on MTV, The NY Times and The BBC.
Ramsey is an only child who grew up in West Palm Beach, Florida. She was using computers early, having a website in high school during the 1990s. She attended a performing arts high school, and studied graphic design in college, after trying acting but finding it emotionally painful, and even “abusive”. She moved to New York City in 2009 with her future husband when he got a scholarship to study law at St. John’s University.
In 2012 “Sh\*t White Girls Say…to Black Girls” was viewed 5 million times in 5 days, garnering coverage on MSNBC, ABC and Anderson Cooper. Most recently Franchesca worked as a writer and contributor for *The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore* on Comedy Central and is currently the host of the MTV web series *Decoded*.
Franchesca Ramsey married Patrick Kondas in 2013 and then got divorced from Kondas in 2019. Ramsey first publicly discussed being bisexual on National Coming Out Day, 2020.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lincoln Clauss](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lincoln-clauss/)
**Published:** February 22, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Prominent as a stage actor, Lincoln has appeared on stage in Burn All Night (American Repertory Theatre), Bat Out Of Hell off-Broadway at NY City Center, and Fly at La Jolla.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Gay
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Thomas Ochoa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/thomas-ochoa/)
**Published:** July 29, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Thomas Ochoa (he/they) is a genderfluid Latinx performer known for his appearances on iCarly (Paramount+), Home Economics, 9-1-1, and Debate Date ). In addition, his versatile drag persona Pocket Turlington is specifically calibrated for scripted on-camera work and is featured in the anticipated film God Save The Queens (feature). He has studied comedy extensively at both UCB and Actor’s Comedy Studio. Prior to performing he earned his B.A. in Design (Architectural History) from ASU.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Gay
**Pronouns:** He, She
---
### [Odín Maldonado](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/odin-maldonado/)
**Published:** August 17, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Ondina Maldonado
**Content:**
Odín Maldonado is a Spanish actor and singer. Maldonado has released an album in 2009 and has participated in many musicals.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Soko](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/soko/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and composer, born in Bordeaux, France as Stéphanie Alexandra Mina Sokolinski. She is known for Augustine (2012), Her (2013) and In the Beginning (2009).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brandon McInnis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brandon-mcinnis/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor and translator. He previously worked as a software engineer before pursuing a career as an actor after being convinced by his brother to do so. Some of his noteworthy roles include Finral in Black Clover, Yūta Hibiki in SSSS.Gridman, Gen Asagiri in Dr. Stone, and Sir Nighteye in My Hero Academia.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Jojo Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jojo-brown/)
**Published:** January 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jojo Brown is a TV, film, and stage actor of mixed Tagalog & Ashkenazi descent.
Most known for her breakout role as Mindy on Freeform’s hit new comedy *Single Drunk Female,* she also starred in the short film *Pink & Blue*, and has co-starred on *Younger*, *New Amsterdam*, *Billions*, *Manifest*, and *Broad City*.
With roots in the documentary-theatre scene of Chicago, she has a passion for telling stories that evoke the desire for truth and justice.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ramanique Ahluwalia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ramanique-ahluwalia/)
**Published:** March 25, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ramanique Ahluwalia is a British actor, writer and filmmaker of mixed British-Indian heritage.
She trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and the Upright Citizens Brigade in LA. She is now based in London, UK.
After moving back to the UK, Ramanique starred in *Ransom* for CBS, plus the award-winning short film *Heart’s Ease*.
Most recently, Ramanique played Jess in *Rebel Cheer Squad: A Get Even Series*, a BBC and Netflix production.
Ramanique’s work as a writer has been featured in theatres in the UK and US. Her spoken word piece ‘Other’ formed part of the movement production *Playground Lessons* in New York in 2017. The show explored queer identity and asked the question, ‘Can you see yourself in my experience?’. The piece also formed a part of SOLOFest 2019 at Warwick Arts Centre.
In 2019, Ramanique directed and produced the music video for ‘Blind’ by BBC Future Sounds Artist, Amrit Kaur. The video, released in July 2020 and described by Bobby Friction as “a video and visual of immense beauty” expresses Amrit’s internal conflict: the disorientating nature of feeling simultaneously connected, yet unrooted.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Mk Xyz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mk-xyz/)
**Published:** June 10, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Raised in Jacksonville, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina, MK xyz, who is of African American and Filipino heritage, was encouraged to explore two things she loved–singing and dancing–by her parents who were both dancers. She attended the Northwest School of Arts in Charlotte where she focused on musical theater and dance. When she was 14 years old, she came out and refused to reject who she was. At 15, she released her first EP independently.
Now signed to RZ3 Recordings/Epic Records, MK is preparing to follow up the success of her first single “Pass It” ft. G-Eazy with “One Time”. She describes “Pass It” as “a song you can cruise to and dance to, about what I go through when I’m not in the booth or rehearsals”. On the more sultry, trap/R&B end of the spectrum, “One Time” finds her singing “You right at the door to let me in / you ain’t wearing nothing but your skin…Tell me what you like and don’t play / you got me feeling right in the wrong way”. Her first EP will be released in March. It offers a mix of up and downtempo tracks, on which she shifts between “being very sweet to playful to very dominant and aggressive” says MK. “I’m not boxing myself in.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [L'lerrét Jazelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/llerret-jazelle/)
**Published:** July 31, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
L’lerrét Jazelle is known for 9-1-1 (2018), 4400 (2021) and The Chi (2018). L’lerrét is a queer, black, transgender woman born and raised in Baltimore, MD. She went to college in New Orleans, Louisiana. During her time there, she became well known for her commitment to social justice and advocacy, especially on behalf of transgender women of color.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Julia Lester](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-lester/)
**Published:** September 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Los Angeles native Julia Lester has been professionally acting since the age of five. Partial credits include recurring roles on CBS’s hit comedy “*Mom*“, Netflix’s “*Prince of Peoria*“, and go90’s “*Mr. Student Body President*“. She is best known to audiences as Ashlyn in the Disney+ original series, “*High School Musical: The Musical: The Series*“.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Heidi Sulzman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/heidi-sulzman/)
**Published:** December 3, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Heidi Sulzman was born and raised in Denver Colorado. She attended Arizona State University where she won 6 National Championships for Literature Interpretation while competing on the ASU Speech Team (Forensics). Since moving to Los Angeles in 1999 Heidi has worked steadily in film and television and theatre. In 2015 she was awarded the DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD for her Lead Performance in the play “One in the Chamber” written by Marja Lewis-Ryan (Ryan’s work also won for Best New Play).
She lives in Silverlake with her son Finn and wife Louise.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Peppermint](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/peppermint/)
**Published:** February 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Known by her stage name Peppermint or Miss Peppermint, is an American actress, singer, television personality, drag queen, and activist. She is best known as a fixture in the New York City nightlife scene and as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race.
In 2018 Peppermint made her Broadway debut in The Go-Go’s-inspired musical Head Over Heels playing the role of Pythio. She became the first trans woman to originate a principal role on Broadway.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Holly Austin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/holly-austin/)
**Published:** July 20, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Holly is an Australian Actress and Writer.
Not only a skilled performer, Holly is a writer for both stage and screen and generates much of her own work. In 2017, Holly was co-awarded, The Philip Parsons Award for playwriting with Adriano Cappelletta with whom she co-wrote the ABC Fresh Blood series Ultimate Fanj and the beautiful theatre work Ruby’s Wish, which toured nationally to The Sydney Opera House, Arts Centre Melbourne and Perth’s Awesome Festival.
As an actor she has a vast number of screen and theatre credits under her belt most recently including Virginia Gay’s Cyrano (Melbourne Theatre Company, Perth Festival 2023) and as Skye O’Dwyer in Amazon Prime’s series Deadloch.
She was co-awarded $10,000 through Queer Screen’s Inaugural Pitch Off Competition and won best screenplay at The Mardi Gras Film Festival for Butch, a queer comedy television series co-written with Zoe McDonald.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mia Morrissey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-morrissey/)
**Published:** July 20, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Australian Actor/Singer Mia Morrissey started performing at the age of sixteen, starring in the critically acclaimed short film Bat Eyes. She then immediately landed a lead role in channel 7’s musical series In Your Dreams, which shot in Australia and Germany for two seasons, for which she also wrote original songs.
Deciding to pursue training full time in 2016, she completed the prestigious 3 year WAAPA acting course.
Since graduating, she has portrayed Jade Lennox on Home and Away, Mimi in RENT at the Sydney Opera House, Nadiyah Zammit on Amazon Original series Deadloch and Laura Cunningham on Stan/Sundance series Totally, Completely, Fine. She was also set to play the titular role of Amelie in the musical Amelie at DTC, but unfortunately the show was indefinitely postponed as result of a COVID.
Additional screen and theatre credits include season two of Harrow, Channel 7’s Molly, Alice in Slasherland at The Old Fitz theatre and The Hope Song at the Flightpath theatre. She also produced and performed in Anything You Can Do, a cabaret bringing together female musical theatre performers to reinterpret roles originally written for men. Mia began developing her original one woman musical about the complexities of grief, In Loving Memory with the Hayes in 2020 and finally brought it to life on stage in 2022 with glowing reviews.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sara West](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-west/)
**Published:** September 20, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress, director and screen writer. She began her career with roles in short films and television roles. Her 2015 role as Liza Minnelli in television series *Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door* earned her a Logie Award nomination for Most Outstanding Newcomer.
Speaking of her role in *Neighbours*, West said:
> Cara has a bold, impassioned love for her family and I love that her intentions have, so far, always been good. I hope having the Varga-Murphys on telly will help better reflect the beautiful LGBTQIA+ community that I’m proud to be a part of and I can’t wait to share the family with you.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Miles McKenna](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/miles-mckenna/)
**Published:** January 29, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Miles McKenna is known for his comedic voice and LGBTQ+ activism. He recently starred in the hit Disney+ series Goosebumps based on the globally successful book franchise of the same name by R.L. Stine. Miles has headlined two nation-wide tours cultivating community for LGBTQ+ people that covered a total 35 shows. He has also starred in various projects like Hulu’s comedy series All Night, Amazon Studios’ Nocturne, and the independent feature Good Girls Get High.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Him, Them
---
### [Eva Everett Irving](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eva-everett-irving/)
**Published:** April 25, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and writer. Everett recently graduated and has now her Master of Fine Arts in Film & Screenwriting from York University.
She was recurring character Tina in [Orphan Black: Echoes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black-echoes/).
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Izzi Nagel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/izzi-nagel/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Blue’s Clues & You (2019), Don’t Hang Up (2022) and The Swearing Jar (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Gina Yashere](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gina-yashere/)
**Published:** January 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Gina was born & raised in London UK, of Nigerian parents, and previously worked as an elevator engineer for Otis.Gina has been a stand up and TV star in the UK for numerous years now, with appearances on iconic TV shows such as Live At The Apollo & Mock The Week, as well as creating & performing the hugely popular comedic characters, Tanya & Mrs. Omokerede on The Lenny Henry Show. She broke onto the American comedy scene with her appearances on Last Comic Standing (NBC), where she made it to the final 10, and then never went home!Gina went on to be named one of the top 10 rising talents in the Hollywood Reporter.
She is also known in the US for being the only British comedian to ever appear on the iconic Def Comedy Jam, as well as for her hilarious appearances on The Tonight Show (NBC) & Crashing on HBO.
Gina self produced 3 separate 1 hour Stand Up Specials, Skinny B\*tch, Laughing To America, & Ticking Boxes, two of which are currently streaming on Netflix. Gina’s 4th stand up special is also streaming on Netflix, as part of The Stand Ups, season 2, and is garnering rave reviews on the network. She is also regularly featured on Comedy Central as the British Correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
Gina is also an in demand voice artist. She has voiced characters in various animations, including Keisha in the British cult hit, Bromwell High, & Gravelle in the latest movie from the makers of Wallace & Gromit & Chicken Run, Early Man! She can be currently heard playing a starfish called Gareth, on the Children’s ITV show, The Rubbish World of Dave Spud. (UK) Gina has performed for audiences not just in Europe, the US & Australia, but she is in fact, a highly sought after comedian in Asia, making numerous sold out appearances in Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia & Hong Kong. It’s a wonder she found the time to pick up her 4th award in a row for “Best Comedian” at the recent Black Entertainment & Comedy Awards (UK).
Gina has performed numerous times at the prestigious Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal and Toronto.Feature films appearances have included Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and Mr. in Between, and she has also appeared on the West-End stage in The Vagina Monologues.
Gina also produced, wrote, and acted on the sitcom *Bob hearts Abishola*, which she co-created with Chuck Lorre.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brina Palencia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brina-palencia/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brina Michelle Palencia is an American actress and singer who voices a number of English-language dubs of Japanese anime shows. She provides the voice for Vi Graythorn in Case Closed, Tony Tony Chopper in One Piece, Eve in Black Cat, Honoka Sakurai in Suzuka, Ai Enma in Hell Girl, Kurumu Kurono in Rosario + Vampire, Ciel Phantomhive in Black Butler, Holo in Spice and Wolf, Juvia in Fairy Tail, and Ryoko Okami in Okami-san and Her Seven Companions.
In live-action work, she starred as Sophia in The CW’s short-lived science fiction romantic drama Star-Crossed, and she had a role as Ana in an episode of The Walking Dead. She starred as LuAnn in the indie horror film Lumberjack Man which was broadcast on cable television.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Erica Luttrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erica-luttrell/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Erica Luttrell was born on March 20, 1982 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Erica Shukrani Luttrell. She is an actress, known for Salvation (2017), Lost Girl (2010) and Steven Universe (2013).
Luttrell was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Tanzanian mother and an American father. Luttrell is the youngest of four girls. She can speak some French and Swahili. She began her acting career at age two in several Pampers and Cadillac commercials. At age nine, she had her first starring role in a television series. Her older sister Rachel Luttrell is also an actress, and is best known for her role as Teyla Emmagan in the science fiction TV series Stargate Atlantis.
Luttrell is best known for her role as Kara on the children’s television series Shining Time Station, and the voice of Keesha Franklin on The Magic School Bus. In 1997, she starred as Emelie Robeson on The New Ghostwriter Mysteries. In 2004, Luttrell was the voice of Candy on the short-lived Disney television series Dave the Barbarian. She also voices Sapphire in the Cartoon Network series Steven Universe, Glori in the Cartoon Network series Mighty Magiswords and Emily Kaldwin in the 2016 video game Dishonored 2. She also currently stars in the CBS sci-fi drama Salvation.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Jamie Gray Hyder](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-gray-hyder/)
**Published:** December 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and model. Hyder, known most recently for her voice and motion capture work for the role of Lieutenant Nora Salter in *Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare*. She also played Lucia Solano in Season 2 of *Graceland*, and the werewolf Danielle in Seasons 5 and 6 of *True Blood*.
[She came out in 2020](https://www.eonline.com/news/1144184/law-and-order-svu-s-jamie-gray-hyder-on-the-responsibility-of-representing-the-lgbtq-community), after her character Kat was revealed to be bisexual on *Law & Order: SVU*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Clarissa Thibeaux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clarissa-thibeaux/)
**Published:** December 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and model. She is known for her work on *Paradox Lost*, *Flight 666*, and *Night Rain*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophie Ottley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-ottley/)
**Published:** March 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Rearview (2017), Stud Life (2012) and Different for Girls (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lys Perez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lys-perez/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lys Perez was born and raised in Los Angeles. She graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California and started the corporate ladder climb. However, the emboldened racism, misogyny, and classism prompted by the last presidential election compelled her to unpack her creativity and be part of the content that is shaping change. After eight years in the corporate finance world, she decided to leave and dedicate herself full time to her passion for acting. She has since starred in numerous independent films and web series. As an artist, her goal is to empower women of color and members of the LGBTQ/Ally community through authentic storytelling.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Ash Palmisciano](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ash-palmisciano/)
**Published:** September 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actor who has appeared in *Emmerdale* as Matty Barton, the shows first transgender character, since June 2018.
Palmisciano previously appeared in Mum and Boy meets Girl.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Rachel Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-paulson/)
**Published:** November 18, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress from Tampa, she was born in the small town of Eustis, Fl. but she tells everyone Orlando, since no one knows where Eustis is. She’s [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-paulson/)‘s younger half sister, and the youngest in the Paulson clan.
Rachel attended a high school for the performing arts in Florida and then went on to earn a B.F.A in Theater from Florida State University. Rachel has also created/hosted several shows, including “Drink Responsibly”, a drunken, debaucherous version of “The View.” Rachel was also a significant contributor to “Shewired”, the now defunct online magazine, which featured dozens of Rachel Paulson celebrity interviews.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maria Sten](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maria-sten/)
**Published:** June 25, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Danish actress and filmmaker. She was Miss Denmark Universe 2008. Sten played the lead role of Jillian Hope Hodgson in the fourth season of the television show Channel Zero:The Dream Door.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Miri](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/miri/)
**Published:** July 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British musician and actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rain Valdez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rain-valdez/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in the Philippines and raised in Guam, Valdez moved to Los Angeles at 19 to pursue her dream of working in the entertainment industry. Valdez studied acting with Chick Vennera, UCB, Katt Shea and Noah Blake while waiting tables and working in post-production. After coming out as transgender, Rain’s first acting coach was Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor. Valdez has worked on Transparent as the Director’s Assistant and Coordinating Producer since 2015. In 2016, Valdez’s rom-com short Ryans, which she starred in and co-created with Natalie Heltzel, screened in over 15 film festivals domestically and internationally.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Kirby Bliss Blanton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kirby-bliss-blanton/)
**Published:** March 7, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and model. She is known for her roles as Kirby in the comedy film Project X and as Amy in the horror film The Green Inferno.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lilly Singh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lilly-singh/)
**Published:** February 11, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian comedian, actress, former talk show host, and YouTuber who formerly appeared under the pseudonym Superwoman, her long-time YouTube username. Born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, Singh began making YouTube videos in 2010.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Laura Prepon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-prepon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Laura Helene Prepon is an American actress, director and author. She rose to fame with her role as Donna Pinciotti in the Fox sitcom That ’70s Show (1998–2006). She is also known for her portrayal of Alex Vause in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019). Prepon made her film debut in 2001 with the independent drama Southlander. Her other films include the romantic drama Come Early Morning (2006), the comedy Lay the Favorite (2012), the thriller The Girl on the Train (2016), and the drama The Hero (2017).
In mid-2012, Prepon signed on to co-star with Taylor Schilling in the Netflix original comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, based on Piper Kerman’s memoir Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison. She was cast as Alex Vause, a former drug importer and girlfriend of Piper Chapman (Schilling). The series premiered on July 11, 2013. Prepon was a regular in the first season, but appeared in only four of the 13 episodes in the second season. She returned as a series regular in the third season.
In June 2017, a pregnant Prepon confirmed on Live with Kelly and Ryan that she and her fiancé, actor Ben Foster, were expecting a girl. Prepon and Foster married in June 2018\[37\] and currently live in New York.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Lydia Leonard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lydia-leonard/)
**Published:** August 3, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English stage, film and television actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ella Hunt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ella-hunt/)
**Published:** November 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress, known for *Intruders*, *Les Misérables*, *Robot Overlords*, and her starring role in Anna and the Apocalypse. From 2016 until 2018, she played the role of Ellie Marsden in the ITV comedy series *Cold Feet*. In 2019 she joined *Dickinson* as Sue Gilbert.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Carra Patterson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carra-patterson/)
**Published:** September 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carra Patterson is a theater & film actress based in Harlem, New York. Carra made her theater debut alongside Cynthia Nixon in the 2012 Broadway production of *WIT* and originated the role of Rena in the Broadway premiere of the 2017 Tony Award Winning production of August Wilson’s *Jitney*.
Patterson, who also played Tomica Woods in *Straight Outta Compton*, was a series regular in E’s *The Arrangement* and up next will star in the new series *Turner & Hooch* for Disney+. Carra’s additional notable credits include the HBO series *Lovecraft Country* and headlining the comedy pilot *Patty’s Auto* for Fox and Warner Bros.
Patterson is a graduate from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Anna Douglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-douglas/)
**Published:** March 7, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Toronto, Ontario, bred in Nashville, Tennessee, Anna began her acting career at age 5, starring in her first stage production by 7. Her TV and film career began shortly after in the re-enactment series It’s A Miracle (1998) and her first film “School Colors” (2000). She earned a BFA in Theatre Performance from the University of Evansville while continuing to star in short films and regional summer stock theatre. After attending The New Harmony Project in Evansville, Indiana, she moved to Los Angeles, appearing in several award-winning films \[A Trip to the Ocean(2012)\] and theatre with such companies such Circle X Theatre Co, Write Act Rep, and Sacred Fools Theatre Co., for which she won the LA Weekly 2014 Best Female Comedy Performance Award for her portrayal of the beloved Charles Schultz character Lucy Van Pelt in the world premiere of “Absolutely Filthy”, which went on to win both the Hollywood and NYC Fringe Festivals. Having always maintained her dual citizenship, Anna relocated to Toronto a few years later and has recently appeared in “Ransom”, “Workin Moms”, and the FX series “Mrs America”.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brittany Inge](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittany-inge/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A multi-hyphenate artist and activist from Laurel, MD. She is a graduate of Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, DC and Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. After graduating cum laude from Spelman, with a degree in music, Brittany began training and eventually, working as a professional actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Genevieve Angelson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/genevieve-angelson/)
**Published:** September 14, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American TV actress known for playing Caitlin Hobart on House of Lies, Det. Nicole Gravely on Backstrom, and Patti Robinson on Good Girls Revolt.
Her work has been featured in Elle Magazine, Town and Country, Refinery29, among others. She has performed on and off Broadway, including the Tony Award Winner for Best Play Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, and starred in multiple TV shows on cable and network television.
She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Wesleyan University with High Honors in Film Studies, and holds a Masters of Fine Arts from the Graduate Acting Program at NYU.
She schleps a worldweary dog back and forth between New York and Los Angeles.
His name is Jack Lemmon.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy Acker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-acker/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy Louise Acker is an American actress. She is best known for starring as Winifred Burkle and Illyria on the supernatural drama series Angel (2001–2004), as Kelly Peyton on the action drama series Alias (2005–2006), and as Root on the science-fiction drama series Person of Interest (2012–2016). As of 2017, she stars as Caitlin Strucker on the superhero drama series The Gifted, based on Marvel Comics’ X-Men.
Between 2012 and 2016, Acker portrayed Samantha “Root” Groves on the CBS drama Person of Interest; Groves became a regular character starting in the series’ third season.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lauren Ridloff](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lauren-ridloff/)
**Published:** April 21, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lauren Ridloff is an American actress and former teacher. She is known as a former Miss Deaf America (2000 – 2002), as Lauren Teruel. She’s also known for her 2018 Tony-nominated Broadway performance as Sarah Norman in Children of a Lesser God, and as Connie in the AMC Television series The Walking Dead.
Lauren Ridloff was born in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. She was born deaf to hearing parents, a Mexican-American father and an African-American mother. Her father Hugo was a counselor at University of Illinois at Chicago. He was also a musician, and Ridloff’s mother was an artist. Ridloff grew up in the Chicago community area of Hyde Park. Her parents thought their infant had a developmental delay, but by the time she was two years old, they learned that she was deaf. They learned sign language with her and enrolled her in Catholic school with hearing children.
Following Catholic school, she attended the Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, DC, where she was among deaf and hard-of-hearing peers. She began exploring the arts, starting with ceramics and becoming involved with drama. In a school production of The Wiz, she played Dorothy. She was also on the cheerleading team and became one of the first deaf American cheerleaders to compete internationally.
Ridloff was a fan of the TV series The Walking Dead, which had premiered in 2010, and submitted an audition tape to be cast in the series. She was cast as Connie and started her role in the show’s ninth season, which premiered in October 2018. In July 2019, Ridloff was cast in the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Eternals as the superhero Makkari, who in the comics is a hearing and white man. As part of director Chloé Zhao’s approach to broaden casting representation, the casting of Ridloff revises the character to be a deaf woman of color. The casting makes Ridloff the first deaf superhero in the MCU.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chloé Hayden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chloe-hayden/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chloé Hayden is an Australian award winning actor, motivational speaker, author, influencer and disability rights activist and advocate, the heart of which these all intersect being her passion for creating change, celebrating diversity, and pushing towards a better future.
Pushing half a billion views on her own social media, Chloé debuted her film acting career in short film “Jeremy The Dud.” Chloé stars as Quinni in the Netflix series “Heartbreak High” where she makes history by being Australia’s first mainstream Autistic actor, and one of the first autistic actors in history to play an autistic character. Her passion for pushing change is highlighted in “Embrace Kids” (Taryn Brumfitt). Chloé’s memoir and self help book “Different, Not Less” was released August 30th 2022.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Sarah Greene](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-greene/)
**Published:** September 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sarah Greene is an Irish actress and singer. Sarah became interested in acting when she saw Red Riding Hood along with her parents at the Opera House in Cork. A short time later she joined the CADA Performing Arts in Cork, where she took part in theatre plays and musicals until she was 19 years old. After leaving CADA Performing Arts she was trained at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, from which she graduated in 2006.
She appeared with Daniel Radcliffe in the theatre play The Cripple of Inishmaan. For her performance as Helen McCormick she was nominated for the Tony Award and the Laurence Olivier Award as best actor in a supporting role. In 2014, she appeared in The Assets. In Noble, she played Christina Noble. In 2014, she appeared as Saxon princess Judith in the television series Vikings. Judith should have become one of the main figures during the third season of the series; however, Greene refused because she wanted to appear on Broadway. In 2015, she played Hecate Poole in Penny Dreadful. In 2019, she began to play one of the leads on Dublin Murders, as Detective Cassie Maddox.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Christine Elise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/christine-elise/)
**Published:** August 22, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Christine Elise McCarthy is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles as Emily Valentine in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Kyle in the Child’s Play franchise, first appearing in Child’s Play 2. She will appear as herself in multiple episodes of the 2019 Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot – BH90210.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Megan Rapinoe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/megan-rapinoe/)
**Published:** December 22, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Megan Rapinoe is a women’s soccer player. She has played in three World Cups and one Olympic tournament with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team. She also plays for the Seattle Reign in the NWSL. She is not only known for her skills on the field. She has been widely applauded for her work off the field, including kneeling in protest of police brutality, fighting for equal rights, and speaking up for equal pay.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Roxane Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/roxane-gay/)
**Published:** January 26, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Roxane Gay is an American writer, professor, editor, and commentator. She is the author of The New York Times best-selling essay collection Bad Feminist (2014), as well as the short story collection Ayiti (2011), the novel An Untamed State (2014), the short story collection Difficult Women (2017), and the memoir Hunger (2017). Much of Gay’s written work deals with the analysis and deconstruction of feminist and racial issues through the lens of her personal experiences with race, gender identity, and sexuality.
Gay was an assistant professor at Eastern Illinois University for four years before joining Purdue University as an associate professor of English. In 2018, she announced that she was leaving Purdue to become a visiting professor at Yale University. She is a contributing opinion writer at The New York Times, founder of Tiny Hardcore Press, essays editor for The Rumpus, and co-editor of PANK, a nonprofit literary arts collective.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lynda Carter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lynda-carter/)
**Published:** November 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss World USA 1972 and finished in the Top 15 at the Miss World 1972 pageant. Carter is best known as the star of the American live-action television series *Wonder Woman*, in the role of Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, based on the DC comic book.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hayley Kiyoko](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hayley-kiyoko/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft
**Content:**
An American singer, dancer and actress. As a child model and actress, she appeared in a variety of films including Scooby-Doo! film series, Lemonade Mouth, Blue Lagoon: The Awakening, Jem and the Holograms, Insidious: Chapter 3, and XOXO.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Erica Piccininni](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erica-piccininni/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Erica Piccininni is an actress, known for Jersey Boys (2014), Hart of Dixie (2011) and Mad Men (2007). She has been married to Andrew B. Brettler since January 7, 2007
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kyana Teresa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kyana-teresa/)
**Published:** June 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian born actress and filmmaker, she is quickly making a name for herself in the Film & TV industry and shows no signs of slowing down. As an advocate for diversity and representation on screen, Kyana is dedicated to telling important and impactful stories in front of and behind the camera.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Justin Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/justin-kelly/)
**Published:** May 30, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Justin is a Canadian actor known for several popular television series including The Latest Buzz, Degrassi the Next Generation, Open Heart, Between, Wynonna Earp, and Hudson & Rex.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Linnea Currie-Roberts](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/linnea-currie-roberts/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Linnea Currie-Roberts was born in Victoria, British Columbia. She began performing in music festivals and plays at a young age and in 2007 she moved to Oakville, Ontario, to attend Sheridan College for Music Theatre Performance. Upon graduation, Linnea moved to Toronto where she currently lives and works as an actor and improviser.
Linnea also teaches music theatre, drama, and the occasional hip hop classes at elementary and middle schools across the GTA. You can find her performing in comedy venues all over Toronto, as the roommate crush in the web series All For One, or trying to sell you chicken sandwiches on TV.
Linnea once tweeted, “Just a reminder that a person’s sexual orientation isn’t determined by the gender of the person they are currently dating. I have a boyfriend I love and I am still queer. This shouldn’t still be such a hard concept to grasp. “
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Allison Scagliotti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/allison-scagliotti/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Allison Scagliotti was born in Monterey, California, USA as Allison Glenn Scagliotti. She is an actress, known for Warehouse 13 (2009), Redemption Maddie (2007) and Read It and Weep (2006). Her most recent television series is Stitchers on ABC Family (2015) where she plays the character Camille.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Mo Welch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mo-welch/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mo Welch is a stand up comedian and cartoonist. She appeared on *CONAN* in January of 2018 and in February of 2019. Her 10 part animated series *BLAIR* debuted on TBS Digital in January 2018.
Her comics have been published in *The New Yorker, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Vice*, and more. She starred in *Foul Ball* on CBS, Hulu’s *Coming To The Stage* and appears in season 2 of Amazon’s *Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street,* season two of *Life in Pieces* on CBS*,* and season 2 of *Corporate* on Comedy Central.
She was named an *Up Next* Comedian by Comedy Central in 2017 and a Comic to Watch by TimeOut in 2019. She has worked as a writer for Nickelodeon, TBS and CBS..
Mo has a 10-episode podcast on coming out called *Come Out, Come Out*. She is married to writer and producer Samantha Martin.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kate Siegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-siegel/)
**Published:** October 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kate Siegel an American actress and screenwriter. She made her film debut in *The Curse of the Black Dahlia* (2006). She made her television debut in *Ghost Whisperer* (2009). She is best known for her work in the slasher film *Hush* (2016) which she also co-wrote with her husband Mike Flanagan. Siegel also starred as Theodora Crain in the Netflix supernatural horror series *The Haunting of Hill House* (2018).
In 2008 she told GayWired.com that she identifies as bisexual: “I’ve been in relationships with women,” Siegel told gaywired.com. “I self identify as bi.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rosa Gilmore](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rosa-gilmore/)
**Published:** August 14, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Elementary*, *The Expanse*, and *The Handmaid’s Tale*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lindsey Gort](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lindsey-gort/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lindsey Gort was born in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Carrie Diaries (2013), Lucifer (2015), and Titans (2018). She has been married to Beau Laughlin since July 18, 2015.
On The Carrie Diaries she portrayed Samantha Jones.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Yael Stone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yael-stone/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yael Stone is an Australian actress. She has worked extensively in Australian theatre and has won two Sydney Theatre Awards. Outside of Australian theatre, she is best known for her portrayal of Lorna Morello in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black.
Stone moved to New York permanently in December 2011 and co-founded an experimental theatre company.After four months in New York, she was cast in the Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, a show set in a women’s prison.Stone plays Lorna Morello, a prisoner from New Jersey; her accent, a mixture of Brooklyn and Boston,was called “the most amazing accent on television” by a journalist for The New Republic,while another reviewer deemed the role to be Stone’s “breakout turn”. She reprised her role in the show’s second season, and was billed as a series regular in the third season.
She has also appeared on the web series High Maintenance.
In 2012, Stone married Australian actor Dan Spielman, with whom she lived in New York City. In July 2017, Stone announced that her marriage had ended over a year ago. Stone is also an atheist. Stone is currently dating AIME Mentoring founder Jack Manning Bancroft. On 23 November 2017, it was announced they are expecting their first child.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sara Waisglass](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-waisglass/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sara Waisglass is an actress who portrayed Frankie Hollingsworth, the younger sister of Miles Hollingsworth and twin sister of Hunter Hollingsworth, on Degrassi and Degrassi: Next Class. She is good friends with Sarah Fisher, Ricardo Hoyos, and Ana Golja.
Her career began at the ripe age of 7 where she landed the role of the adorable Jordy Cooper in Shaftesbury’s “Overruled” and spent three seasons charming audiences.
Sara brings to her work a natural instinct and ability that has served her well working alongside the incomparable John Malkovich and Romain Duris in “Afterwards”, as well as Rob Pattinson and Dane Dehaan in “Life”.
The award-winning Canadian Drama “Degrassi” has added to her pedigree as an actress on the rise. Her role as Frankie Hollingsworth over six seasons has cemented her as one of Canada’s finest young actresses.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lizz Anne Naughton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lizz-anne-naughton/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lizz Anne Naughton-Garcia is an actor, known for Animal Warmth (2017). She is a wife & mom, feminist, home chef and Philadelphia Sports Enthusiast.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kuroda Haruka](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kuroda-haruka/)
**Published:** September 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A London-based Japanese actress who is widely known for performing the voice of Noodle from Damon Albarn’s and Jamie Hewlett’s alternative rock virtual band Gorillaz during Phase 1. She was born in Kyoto, Japan.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lena Waithe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lena-waithe/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, producer, and screenwriter, best known for her role as Denise on the 2015 Netflix series *Master of None*. Waithe made history at the 2017 Emmys when she won an award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series on *Master of None*, becoming the first black woman to do so. The “Thanksgiving” episode for which she won the Emmy was partially based on her personal experience coming out to her mother. She is the creative force behind the Showtime series *The Chi*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ruth Bradley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ruth-bradley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sharon Ruth Bradley is an Irish actress. She is best known for playing Emily Merchant in Primeval (2011) and Karen Voss in Humans (2015–18).
She has also had recurring roles in Legend (6 episodes, 2006), The Innocence Project (8 episodes, 2006–07), Plus One (6 episodes, 2009) and Love/Hate (seasons 1 and 2). She won the IFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2007 for Stardust. Afterward, Bradley won a Best Actress award at the Milan International Film Festival 2010 for her starring performance in the film In Her Skin.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jamie Bloch](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-bloch/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Toronto to a South African-Jewish family, Jamie discovered her passion for performing at the tender age of 6. Starting on stage, she appeared in a number of theatre productions that brought her out of her shell and into the spotlight. But it soon became clear that film and television was where she really needed to be, and her love for acting blossomed into a lengthy resume of television and film credits 10 years in the making.
Alongside acting, Jamie’s passions extend to filmmaking as well. Her strengths as a writer inspired her to begin screenwriting and now, two years later, she will be debuting her skills both behind and in front of the camera in her upcoming short film, *Reflection*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Miss Benny](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/miss-benny/)
**Published:** April 24, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Ben J. Pierce
**Content:**
A trans performer born in Dallas, Texas. She began studying and professionally working as an actor at the age of eleven. Finding success in fields such as sketch comedy, improv comedy, and stand-up comedy, she created a YouTube channel in 2010 where she gathered an audience of hundreds of thousands of followers.
She played Casey, the first openly gay character on *Fuller House*.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Judy Reyes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/judy-reyes/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American television actress, best known for her roles as Carla Espinosa on the NBC/ABC sitcom *Scrubs*, and as Zoila Diaz in the Lifetime comedy-drama *Devious Maids*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ingrid Jungermann](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ingrid-jungermann/)
**Published:** July 25, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ingrid co-created the web series *The Slope* and created the WGA-Nominated web series F to 7th. They earned their MFA at NYU Graduate Film School and was one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 Faces of Independent Film and Out Magazine’s 100 People of the Year. Their debut feature, *Women Who Kill* (Tribeca All Access program, IFP Emerging Narrative Labs), premiered in competition at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, where they won the Jury Award for Best Screenplay.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Kelsey Lynn Stokes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kelsey-lynn-stokes/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A conservatory trained screen actor, and award winning producer.
Kelsey was born in Canada and spent six years living in Dubai, U.A.E. After attending the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, and Adelphi University, she earned her first starring feature film role as Penny in ‘April Grace’.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lauren Evans](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lauren-evans/)
**Published:** July 14, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Toronto to African parents, Lauren began performing and training as an actor at the age of five. Following the inevitable trajectory of many Canadian Actors, she graduated from George Brown Theatre school in 2001.
Working immediately and consistently on both stage and screen in Canada for several years brought her to a self reflective standstill, upon which she took a 2 year hiatus to live and work as a Monk teaching *Shin Sun Do, Meditation* and doing energy healing: all to take her Self and her art to greater depths.
Upon returning to stage and screen in 2006, Lauren had the fortune of being selected for admission into an actor’s summer intensive, taught by Alec Baldwin in NY. There she received the mentoring moment needed to follow the impulse she had as a child.
So here she is in Los Angeles, waiting for godot, traffic to move, and working on a lot of other people’s films.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alycia Pascual-Peña](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alycia-pascual-pena/)
**Published:** November 27, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A New York native and Spanish bilingual who began her entertainment career at the young age of three years old. After performing in SHINE’s acting, dancing, modeling, and singing showcases, Alycia became a successful quadruple threat.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emily Berrington](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-berrington/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emily Berrington is an English actress who played Simone Al-Harazi in 24: Live Another Day (2014)and Niska in the Channel 4 and AMC TV series Humans.
While studying there she had a part in the Almeida Theatre’s production of Children’s Children and Michael Winterbottom’s The Look of Love.
In 2013 she starred as Jane Shore in the period drama The White Queen and in 2014 she starred as Stacey in the BBC sitcom Outnumbered and as Simone Al-Harazi in the thriller series 24: Live Another Day. Her character on 24 had been planned to appear in two episodes, but that was expanded to seven. Her first major supporting film role came in the 2014 comedy film The Inbetweeners 2. In 2015 she began playing Niska in Channel 4 series Humans.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jaime Lamchick](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jaime-lamchick/)
**Published:** May 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, producer, and voice-over specialist.
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Olivia Olson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-olson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia Rose Olson is an American actress and singer-songwriter, mostly known for her voice roles as Vanessa Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb and Marceline the Vampire Queen in Adventure Time.
Olson was adopted at birth and raised in Los Angeles, California. She lives with her father, Martin Olson, mother, and brother. Olson graduated from Agoura High School in 2010. She is of Jamaican and Swedish descent.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Natasha Negovanlis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-negovanlis/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Natasha Negovanlis is a Canadian actress, singer, writer, and host of Macedonian, Greek, Métis, and Irish heritage. She is best known for playing the title role in the web series Carmilla (2014–2016), as well as the feature film based on the series.
Natasha is a multi-disciplined Canadian actress who gained notoriety in 2014 for playing the titular character in the Canadian Screen Award winning digital series Carmilla. Formally trained in music however, Natasha studied voice performance at McGill University before pursuing a professional career in acting. Now at it full time, Natasha also works as a digital content creator for Shaftesbury where she recently co-produced and co-created a new web series called Clairevoyant. She is also the host of KindaTV, their flagship YouTube channel and the home of Carmilla.
Her most notable accolades include: winning a 2017 Canadian Screen award for Fan’s Choice with over two million votes, as well as receiving nominations for a 2017 VH1 Streamy Award, 2016 Canadian Screen Award, 2015 VH1 Streamy Award, and a 2015 Shorty Award for her work as an actress.
But when she isn’t “breaking the Internet” so to speak, you can usually find Natasha volunteering as an improv teacher at her local centre for addiction and mental health, drinking too much coffee, or hanging out with her adopted rescue dog.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Hilary Jardine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hilary-jardine/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Native of Toronto, Canada, Hilary finished her theatre degree from Dalhousie University and made a new home for herself in the film & television rich city of Vancouver, Canada. Shortly after, she made her professional acting debut on USA network’s PSYCH in 2006.
Since then, Hilary has had the pleasure of working with director Larry Charles in feature ARMY OF ONE, starring Nicholas Cage and lead in E-One’s TEEN LUST, official selection at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014. She’s best known for playing James Wolk’s love interest “Tessa” in the entire season 3 of CBS’ ZOO, heavy recurring throughout SyFy’s VAN HELSING and ABC’s SOMEWHERE BETWEEN.
Hilary plays real life “Patty Beron”, one of Silicon Valley’s dot-com favorites in National Geographic’s mini-series VALLEY OF THE BOOM.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Andrea Cordova](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrea-cordova/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrea is a junior at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Her major is Mass Communication Electronic Media with a concentration in Digital media and a minor in Theater.
Through her schooling, Andrea found a passion for web design. Her first site was a blog on short films. What started with Tumblr and WordPress, soon evolved into coding pages from scratch through BlueHost and using templates like Twitter Bootstrap. On top of HTML and CSS coding, she is beginning to pick up on JavaScript.
As of July 2015, Andrea began to [live stream on Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/bsstreamteam/videos/all) part time. This is where she plays video games and interacts with a live audience. She started this with thoughts of making a business with her brother. The pair form a unique brother-sister duo that provides interesting content. They have just started on their journey and have many ideas for their future.
Through Twitch, Andrea’s eye for graphics design expanded. All graphics used on BSStreamTeam’s channel are all her original works(i.e. overlay’s and info panel banners). Her peculiar art style has granted her some commissions that are currently works in progress. These commissions include works for other Twitch streamers and Youtubers.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Darcy Rose Byrnes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/darcy-rose-byrnes/)
**Published:** June 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicknamed “D’Rose”, Darcy is an American and Irish actress. She is best known for her roles as Abby Carlton Newman on *The Young and the Restless*, Penny Scavo on *Desperate Housewives*, Princess Amber on *Sofia the First*, Ikki on *The Legend of Korra* and Maricela in *Spirit Riding Free* and she can be seen as Harper on *Big Shot*.
Darcy Rose Byrnes has been performing since she was only 3 years old, actively involved in theater and dance while also doing commercials. She landed her first TV role as ‘Abby’ in CBS’s soap opera series “The Young & the Restless” at the young age of 5 and grew up in that role from 2003 to 2008. Darcy Rose was Emmy pre-nom for her turn as Abby. During that same time, she also was a recurring guest star in “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
Darcy Rose is also a prolific writer who has written more than 200 songs and plays 20 different instruments. She has a passion for learning languages and is most fluent, besides English, in American Sign Language.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Freya Milner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/freya-milner/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Freya has been involved in the film and theatre industries in New Zealand since she was very young, having trained in ballet, contemporary dance and musical theatre since age 3. She has been coached in accents and acting by internationally renowned acting coach Miranda Harcourt since age 11.
Her first role was as a presenter on the Disney channel, aged 10, having been scouted out through her school, soon after which she was cast in the role of Jackie Meyer in Sir Peter Jackson’s ‘The Lovely Bones’ (2009). Over the next few years she was in a steady stream of lead and supporting roles in commercials for both New Zealand and American audiences, including a Smokefree ad directed by Taika Waititi, and a Verizon ad directed by Garth Davis (2012). In her final year of school Freya was cast in the lead role of Cissy Smith in the TVNZ 6 part miniseries ‘When We Go To War’ (2015), commemorating a century since WWI. She took a gap year in order to complete this project. Most recently she has worked on several web series and short films, most notably ‘Bright Summer Night’ (2016), a 10 part series by The Candle Wasters.
Freya has also worked behind the scenes in various production assistant, casting, and consulting roles, offering character perspectives for upcoming film “The Changeover” directed by Miranda Harcourt and Stuart McKenzie.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maddie Adams](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maddie-adams/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Madeleine Adams is known for her work on Black Christmas (2019), Power Rangers Beast Morphers (2019) and Mystic (2020).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Diana Chrisman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/diana-chrisman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Originally from the UK, Diana is now living in Toronto.
She trained in Musical Theatre for 3 years at one of London’s most prestigious drama schools; Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Prior to this, she attended the Six Month Acting Intensive Foundation course at The Oxford School of Drama.
She has been working professionally in the industry for over 11 years, with experience in theatre, musical theatre, variety shows, cruise ships, TV and film, web series, recording, voiceover, corporate and commercial work. Her varied career has taken her all over the world.
Her passion is really her work, exploring new creative opportunities, and learning about different parts of history when creating or playing a role. She also enjoys travel, going on adventures to explore new places, and learning about different cultures. Art and music are also dear to her heart.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aneesh Sheth](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aneesh-sheth/)
**Published:** June 14, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A singer, actress, producer, director, writer, and transgender activist.
Born in Pune, India and relocating to the United States at an early age, she quickly found a passion for music. At 6 years old, she began studying piano and by middle school she had also picked up the flute and began voice training. Having sung classically up through high school, she then attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts for Musical Theatre. After receiving her BFA, she enjoyed the tour life performing in various musicals including the Broadway National Tour of A.R. Rahman’s Bombay Dreams as Sweetie in 2006.
In 2008 Aneesh returned to New York University to pursue a Master’s Degree in Social Work and dedicated her time throughout the next few years working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth as a counselor with The Trevor Project and a patient advocate at Beth Israel Medical Center. After spending her life thus far in the Big Apple, she relocated to San Francisco in early 2010 and then to Seattle in 2013. She returned to the stage working with several regional companies including PlayGround SF, Playwrights Foundation, The Asian American Theatre Company, Village Theater and The 5th Avenue Theatre.
Now residing back in her hometown of New York City, she is most notably known as Carly in the critically acclaimed Public Theater production of Southern Comfort, which garnered six nominations, two Lucille Lortel wins and a New York Times Critic’s Pick. She has since returned to the Public as part of their Mobile Unit and Public Studio programs, as well as added NYMF, NAMT and Lincoln Center Theater Director’s Lab to her resume.
Aneesh made her network debut as a guest star on NBC’s Thursday night sitcom Outsourced (2011) and has since appeared in Hulu’s Difficult People and HBO’s High Maintenance. She also had a cameo in IFC’s A Kid Like Jake, alongside Jim Parsons. She recently recurred as “Lila” in Season 1 of NBC’s New Amsterdam.
Along with her work in theatre, film, and television, she is an event host, trans activist, panelist and committee member with many national organizations. In March 2013, Advocate Magazine honored Aneesh Sheth on their 40 Under 40 List.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Eve Lindley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eve-lindley/)
**Published:** September 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *All We Had*, *Mr. Robot*, and *Bottle in the Smoke*.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Daniielle Alexis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daniielle-alexis/)
**Published:** October 12, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ianne Fields Stewart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ianne-fields-stewart/)
**Published:** March 8, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ianne Fields Stewart (pronouns: she/her/they/them) is a black, queer, and transfeminine New York-based storyteller working at the intersection of theatre and activism. Their work and she are dedicated to interrupting the exclusivity of luxury by making things like entertainment, nourishment, and self care accessible to the most marginalized in their community. In a world that is constantly traumatizing Black bodies she believes that Black queer and trans people should have the space and time to center collective emotional, physical, and sensual pleasure.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Irene Rising](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/irene-rising/)
**Published:** June 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Irene Rising (formerly billed as Marky Irene) is an actress based out of New York City.
She recently appeared off-broadway as “Lady” in MCC Theater’s *Charm* by Philip Dawkins. Theater Mania praised the performance, highlighting that Irene “elegantly walks the line between comedy and gravity.” For her acclaimed performance, she was featured on YesBroadway’s “40 Under 40: Broadway Class of 2018”. In 2019, Irene appeared as Franny in Netflix’s *Tales of the City*, and worked on Max Vernon’s new musical *The Tattooed Lady* at New Dramatists. Irene has also appeared in New York productions of *insomnia* (S), *RIBS: a poetic docudrama* (Cali), *The Glass Menagerie* (Tom) and the short film “Occupied” (Charlotte). Irene is a respected transgender performer and proud advocate for her community. She is a member of Actors’ Equity Association and is represented by Avalon Artists Group.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jamie Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-clayton/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jamie Clayton is an American actress and model. She is known for starring in the Netflix series Sense8.
Clayton was born and raised in San Diego, California. Her father, Howard Clayton, was a criminal defense attorney, and her mother, Shelley, is an event planner. She moved to New York City to pursue a career as a makeup artist when she was 19. She is a transgender woman.
In 2011, she was honored by Out magazine as part of their annual “Out 100” awards.
In 2010, Clayton was the makeup artist and co-host on VH1’s first makeover show TRANSform Me. The following year, she played the recurring role of Kyla in the third season of the HBO series Hung. In 2012, Clayton played the lead role of Michelle Darnell on the Emmy Award winning interactive web series Dirty Work and the role of Carla Favers on the TV series Are We There Yet? She also narrated the audiobook for the young adult novel George about a young trans girl.
Clayton starred as one of the eight main characters in the Netflix original television series Sense8 that premiered on June 5, 2015. In Sense8 she played Nomi Marks, a San Francisco transgender female political blogger and hacker. Clayton said that she was primarily interested in Sense8 because of the opportunity to play a transgender character that was written and directed by a transgender filmmaker, but that she was also a fan of science fiction and J. Michael Straczynski in particular.
Clayton appeared in the 2016 film The Neon Demon, and the 2017 thriller film The Snowman.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kiley May](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiley-may/)
**Published:** January 20, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Hotinonhshón:ni Mohawk multidisciplinary artist from Six Nations reserve and is now settled in Toronto. She is an actor, screenwriter, educator, public speaker and author of the upcoming book “How To Love A Trans Girl”.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Jonovia Chase](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jonovia-chase/)
**Published:** March 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jonovia is a community organizer and producer. Her job involves producing special events, community initiatives, human rights and LGBTQ advocacy, & leadership development within organizations such as House Lives Matter & Hetrick Martin Institute, etc. She is also involved as a Ballroom Coordinator for hit show Pose FX.
As a community stake holder and leader within the House Ballroom and Transgender communities Jonovia continues to mobilize youth and Trans folks to raise awareness on health and wellness. More specifically, she aims to creating more voices for her community to unify and break systematic behaviors geared around stigma and the further marginalization of these communities. Humanizing the lives of people of Trans experience is what one of her most deep heart felt values are. She remains hopeful that the work being done by many will continue to affect the change needed in the world.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Precious Brady-Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/precious-brady-davis/)
**Published:** October 11, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Precious Davis is lauded both locally and nationally as an award winning diversity professional, social justice facilitator, and performance artist. She currently is the Assistant Director of Diversity Recruitment Initiatives at Columbia College Chicago, her alma mater from which she received a BA in Liberal Arts. Precious currently implements and oversees the Campus Wide Diversity Initiative and is the first woman of color to hold this position.
Davis finds deep meaning in engaging individuals in conversations surrounding bias, bigotry, and prejudice in their communities on the basis and belief that humans can coexist with one another positively through embracing each other’s differences and celebrating each others human diversity. With over 15 years of diversity training and leadership development experience Precious is a highly demanded speaker and panelist who has been featured at: The University of Chicago, Northwestern University, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Chicago Community Trust, and The Chicago School for Professional Psychology.
With passions in fashion photography, queer performance, and youth empowerment, Precious served for 3 years as the Youth Outreach Coordinator at The Midwest largest LGBT community center: Center on Halsted. Her work at the Center on Halsted involved and coordinated Youth programming surrounding HIV prevention, Transgender advocacy and LGBT leadership development.
Precious is known for her dynamic story. Such story tells the testimony of a young woman who searched long and hard to identity with her body, soul and how multiple experiences created pivotal sustainable moments that ultimately would create a path of transition. Precious’s testimony is a word in due season that resiliently shows the shamanic creative power of healing that exist in pain, beauty, and transition. Through the appreciation of diverse marginalized narratives in history, and the retelling of such narratives, Precious locates herself and juxtaposes that which is complex in order to ultimately find the inner power within us all.
As a native Nebraskan she has never lost her Midwestern charm. Precious also serves as serves as a facilitator and associate with The Illinois Safe Schools Alliance, About Face Youth Theatre, The National Conference for Community and Justice STL, TransTech Social Enterprises, Chicago House, and Lurie Children’s Life Skills program. She recently was awarded the prestigious “30 under 30″ award from The Windy City Times and included in the 2014 Trans 100 list. Precious recently opened for Jennifer Hudson at HRC’s #Turnitupforchange event, curated the season opener ” Transmopolitan Transgender Resilient ” for OUT at The Chicago History Museum, and recently was invited to attend ” Black LGBTQ Emerging Leader Day” at The White House. Precious is also currently engaged to Myles Brady.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Stephanie Nogueras](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-nogueras/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Stephanie Nogueras Deaf Puerto Rican American actor, model & ASL Instructor.
Stephanie is also an accomplished Hair & Petite Model with three Magazine Covers to her credit. She earned a Liberal Arts Degree from Rochester Institute of Technology; RIT in Rochester, New York. When she is not acting, Stephanie is teaching American Sign Language and mentoring families of deaf children all over in Los Angeles County. She is also consulting and ASL coaching for television shows/films.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sutton Foster](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sutton-foster/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sutton Foster is an award-winning actor, singer and dancer who has performed in 11 Broadway shows – most recently the revival of Violet – and originated roles in the Broadway productions of The Drowsy Chaperone, Little Women, Young Frankenstein, Shrek The Musical, and her Tony Award-winning performances in Anything Goes and Thoroughly Modern Millie.
She was first seen on television on Star Search at age 15, and has more recently appeared in Bunheads, Psych, Johnny and the Sprites, Flight of the Conchords, Sesame Street, Law and Order SVU and Royal Pains.
As a solo artist, Sutton has performed all over the country as well as internationally with her musical director Michael Rafter… featuring songs from her debut solo CD “Wish” as well as her follow up CD, “An Evening With Sutton Foster: Live at the Cafe Carlyle.” She has graced the stages of Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s, Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series, Joe’s Pub and many others.
In 2011 she received an Honorary Doctorate degree from Ball State University where she also is on faculty as a teacher and advisor to the Department of Theatre and Dance.
She stars in TVLand’s series, “Younger” created by Darren Star.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Sydney Morton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sydney-morton/)
**Published:** February 20, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actor, singer, dancer, writer, and entrepreneur.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tamara Duarte](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tamara-duarte/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tamara Melo Duarte was born in Toronto Canada and is perhaps best known for her recurring role as Rosita in the hit television series *[Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)*, Charlie on *[Degrassi: The Next Gen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/degrassi-tng/)*, and Mandy on *Longmire*.
She caught the performing and producing bug at a very young by watching then starring, and working behind the stage, in Folklore plays at the Vitoria Setubal Community Club of Toronto. At 14 she had her first appearance in front of the camera for several national commercials and later pursuing film and TV professionally at 18 While obtaining a Business-Marketing degree at Guelph Humber University.
Tamara has loomed into the Indie world with her thought provoking and gritty portrayals in up coming films like *Bottom of The World*, starring in Badsvillle, and having her debut at TIFF in *The F-Word*.
She was Associate Producer of her first film “Verona” directed by Laurie Lynd. The short film ran the festival circuit in the US and won “Viewers Choice Award”
When Tamara isn’t busy working in film or TV in all capacities she spends her time practicing yoga. Also writing, learning the guitar and singing.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tamara Podemski](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tamara-podemski/)
**Published:** March 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A multi-disciplinary artist born and raised in Toronto to an Ojibway mother and an Israeli father. She made her biggest mark with the film “Four Sheets to the Wind” when she won the Special Jury Prize for Acting at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, as well as an IFC Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 2008.
Though she is best known as a screen actress, Tamara’s stage career has spanned over 20 years as an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer, most notably starring on Broadway in the musical RENT. She also has an extensive recording career, having wrote and released 3 albums \[2 in her Native language and 1 under her own record label, Mukwa Music\], as well as licensing many of her songs to TV shows, films and documentaries.
She is a graduate of the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts in Toronto where she studied theatre, dance and music throughout its 10-year program. She is completing a degree in Aboriginal Studies and Hebrew Literature at the University of Toronto.
Since the beginning, Tamara has worked with her actress sisters, Jennifer and Sarah, producing, writing and facilitating multi-media workshops for Native Youth. She has traveled all over the world with them, and solo, promoting education, cultural awareness and self-empowerment through the arts.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tamberla Perry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tamberla-perry/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tamberla Perry is an actress from Chicago known for APB (2016), Boss (2011) and Crisis (2014).
On film, Mrs. Perry has appeared in Tapioca, Puzzled Love and Chasing Robert, and her television appearances include Boss, Chicago Fire and as the Illinois Lottery hostess on WGN-TV. Ms. Perry is a company member of MPAACT.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Tammin Sursok](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tammin-sursok/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tammin Sursok is a South African-born Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles on television as Dani Sutherland on Home and Away, Colleen Carlton on The Young and the Restless, and Jenna Marshall on Pretty Little Liars.
Sursok was born to Daryl and Julie Sursok in Johannesburg, South Africa. When she was four, her family immigrated to Sydney, Australia. Her mother, Julie, is a classically trained pianist and guitarist. As a result, Sursok was brought up surrounded by music. Early on, Sursok was involved with the Sydney Youth Musical Theatre where she pursued her interests in acting, music, and dance. She also studied at the Trinity Speech and Drama College. Sursok was educated at Ravenswood School for Girls, in Gordon, Sydney, studying speech and drama in her final years of school.
On 24 August 2011, Sursok married her boyfriend, actor, producer, and director Sean McEwen, in Florence, Italy.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tammy Macintosh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tammy-macintosh/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tammy MacIntosh is an Australian actress known for portraying Dr. Charlotte Beaumont in the medical drama All Saints and Jool in the TV series Farscape.
MacIntosh was born on 16 February 1970 in Perth, where she attended Morley Senior High School, Girrawheen Senior High School and Mount Lawley Senior High School. MacIntosh graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, a division of Edith Cowan University.
MacIntosh is married to Mark Yeats and they have a son, Benjamin.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tara Perry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tara-perry/)
**Published:** November 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer, known for The Fresh Beat Band (2009), 12 Hour Shift (2020) and Two and a Half Men (2003).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tara Spencer-Nairn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tara-spencer-nairn/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian actress best known for her work on the television series Corner Gas.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tavi Gevinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tavi-gevinson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tavi Gevinson is an American writer, magazine editor, and actress. She came to public attention at the age of 12 due to her fashion blog Style Rookie. By the age of 15, she had shifted her focus to pop culture and feminist discussion.
Gevinson was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in the suburban town of Oak Park, Illinois. Her father, Steve Gevinson, is a retired English high school teacher. Her mother, Berit Engen, is a weaver and part-time Hebrew instructor who grew up in Oslo, Norway.
Gevinson was the founder and editor-in-chief of the online magazine Rookie, aimed primarily at teenage girls.
Gevinson first acted in a short film, First Bass, in 2008, but became more visible in 2012. That year, she voiced a character in the animated short film Cadavar, which was long-listed for an Academy Award. Cadavar was directed by First Bass’s Jonah Ansell and co-starred Kathy Bates and Christopher Lloyd. In the film, she sang renditions of both Neil Young and Pet Shop Boys songs. Also in 2012, Gevinson filmed a role in Enough Said from director Nicole Holofcener. Gevinson is interviewed on screen in the 2013 documentary film The Punk Singer, talking about riot grrrl punk icon Kathleen Hanna. In 2014 and 2015, she starred in This Is Our Youth in Chicago and at the Cort Theatre on Broadway. In 2015, she made a guest appearance as Feather McCarthy on “Beware of Young Girls”, the seventh episode of the American comedy horror television series Scream Queens. She played Mary Warren in Ivo van Hove’s 2016 production of The Crucible at the Walter Kerr Theatre. Late that year, she played Anya in The Cherry Orchard at the American Airlines Theatre.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Taylor Bennett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-bennett/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Taylor Bennett earned her BA Theatre Studies: Acting degree at Emerson College.
She co-wrote and performed in a show for Son of Semele’s Company Creation Festival called “What Happened to Where I’ve Been”. Taylor’s appeared in two web series- “Ask A Stage Goddess”, with actress Carlease Burke and “Fire.” Some of her past theatre credits include “For Colored Girls”, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “Richard III”, “As You Like It” and “Twelve Angry Women”. Taylor studied under casting director Jamie Castro and she’s currently working on writing her own short film.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Taylor Foster](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-foster/)
**Published:** January 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Taylor Foster was born in Rowlett, Texas. She was raised in the small unincorporated community of Westminster, 50 miles northeast of Dallas. There, she lived 18 years on 13 acres of property with her mother, Cynthia , her father, Mike , and her brother, Matthew .
When she was three years old, she began tap and ballet training in the neighboring town, Anna. After showing dedication and love to the art, her parents began to take her into the city of McKinney to continue her dance training. She trained under Tracy Foster at Studio 511 until 2006. She went from the classroom to the stage early on, and began performing in competitions, dance theatres, and ballets around the state.
By the time she was at Taylor Dance Center, training under Susan Taylor and Carla Mullendore, she had won numerous awards for her competitive dance solos, as well as joined their performance team. She also began landing roles in ballets, performing many roles in *The Nutcracker* and other shows, such as Dopey in *Snow White*, Maleficent in *Sleeping Beauty*, and Swanhilda’s friend in *Coppelia*.
In 2011, Taylor decided to take her dance talents to a whole new arena – a hip hop crew. When she was 15, she followed Carla Mullendore to a studio in Farmers Branch and joined Cindy Capener’s hip hop crew, *House of Funk.* There, Taylor traded competitions and ballets for dance theatre performances and ‘gigs.’
Simultaneously, Taylor had begun to notice her comfort on the stage didn’t exclude the spoken word. She had joined theatre in school, and began performing one acts and musicals. In 2010 she attended a traveling convention called ProScouts in Dallas, TX. There, she met acting coach, Chambers Stevens, who invited her to come train in LA during the summers. Chambers helped Taylor take her talents from stage to screen, and she began traveling back and forth between Dallas and Los Angeles, accepting any opportunities or classes.
By 2012, Taylor had dropped the hip hop crew, and began teaching dance with Carla Mullendore at her new studio, *Dancer Strong*, in McKinney. Here Taylor competed solos once more under the Dancer Strong name, but continued to pursue her acting career. In the spring, she signed with a Dallas based talent agency, *The Horne Agency*, and began to book small roles in local music videos and commercials.
In 2013, Taylor left Anna High School and joined a dual-enrollment program at Collin College. In the fall, she booked the lead in her first feature film, *Saving Sloane,* originally called *Finding Glory*. She continued her education while she filmed, and spent long nights in Weatherford, TX playing as *Sloan Emerson*. She learned to ride a horse, how to hit her mark, and learned exactly what ‘craft services’ meant.
In 2014, Taylor continued to get her Associates of the Arts. After completing her basics, she joined the theatre program at Collin College for one semester, and performed in Arthur Miller’s *A View from the Bridge*, directed by Brad Baker. She trained under Baker for Musical Theatre, Gail Cronauer for Acting for Film, and Courtney Mulcahy for ballet.
After completion of her AA degree, Taylor planned to move in with best friend Kylie Mize and continue growing her resume in Dallas before moving to Los Angeles. However, in the fall of 2014, Taylor lost her best friend, Kylie, in a car accident. In January of 2015, at the age 18, Taylor moved to Los Angeles.
Taylor began auditioning for film/TV while being Chambers Stevens personal assistant. She joined every casting website she could, and went out for auditions as often as she was allowed. In her first year, she booked projects that included the feature film, *The Time is Right*, a local commercial for the LA County Fair, and a startup project *RainBro*, directed by Ryan Kaplan.
In 2016, Taylor signed with her first LA based talent agency, D.D.O. Under Anthony Boyer, she booked her debut gig as Becca in season 1 of Netflix’s *Dear White People*. Soon after her first episode, Taylor became a proud SAG-AFTRA affiliated actress.
While pursuing her true love of acting, Taylor also entertained her first love – dance. She continued training at local Los Angeles dance studios such as the *EDGE* and *Millennium*. More specifically, Taylor focused on her favorite dance form, tap. She trained under Angela Carter, Gregg Russell, and Ryan Lohoff. In 2017, Taylor joined Lohoff’s tap company, Rithem Dance Co. They created tap videos, as well as performed in Vegas for the Hollywood Vibe nationals. In the fall, she also booked a music video. She can be seen as a background dancer in *Neon Trees, Feels Good* video, directed by Roxanna.
While attending the Teen Choice Awards in 2017 with best friends Nik Whittemore and Lili Reinhart, Taylor met her talent manager, Kimberly Jago. Jago also represents Reinhart’s co-star, Ashley Murray. Jago gave Taylor her contact information, and by spring 2018, the two signed an agreement.
In fall 2018, Taylor attended her first Hollywood premier for *Severed Road*, directed and written by Benjamin Brown. *Severed Road* is Taylor’s first SAG feature in which she was cast. They filmed a couple days in Burbank, CA, but a majority of production was on location in Big Bear National Park. Severed Road premiered at the *Egyptian Theater*on Hollywood Blv. In November of 2018. (Distribution coming soon)
Shortly after leaving D.D.O., Taylor signed with Firestarter Talent, under Kara Solcum, Rachel Tolliver, and Nicole Dernersesian. She worked across Rudy Mancuso in the fall of 2019 on his Facebook Watch show, *Tempo, and i*n January of 2020, Taylor premiered in a co-star role on the hit show, *Criminal Minds*, in their final season.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-hickson/)
**Published:** March 18, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Originally from Kelowna, British Columbia, actress on the rise Taylor Hickson has steadily made a name for herself in the entertainment industry through the dynamic characters she has brought to life on screen. From starring as the sweet, girl next door, to a relentless assassin in training, and a strong-willed, apocalypse survivor, Hickson has proved time and time again she can do it all.
Hickson was most recently seen starring in the critically acclaimed indie drama “Giant Little Ones” \[Mongrel Media\] alongside Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan and Josh Wiggins. The film follows two popular teenage boys, Franky Winter (Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Darren Mann), best friends since childhood, who discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of Franky’s seventeenth birthday party. Hickson was a scene stealer as Natasha Kohl, Ballas’ sister who is ostracized from the rest of their classmates. “Giant Little Ones” premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to rave reviews with The Hollywood Reporter saying the film is, “…. beautifully acted story that manages to transcend quite a few – if clearly not all – of the coming-of-age genre’s clichés.”
On the television front Hickson can next be seen in the highly anticipated SYFY series “Deadly Class” (2019). Executive Produced by Joe and Anthony Russo (“The Avengers”) the series follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a high school for assassins during the late 1980’s counterculture. Hickson stars as gloomy goth girl Petra, one of the students at the School for the Deadly Arts. Hickson was also recently cast as the series lead in the drama pilot for Freeform “Motherland” (from “Claws” creator Eliot Laurence and executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick) which follows a secret government program that recruits witches to help with combat missions Additional credits for Hickson include appearing in Twentieth Century Fox’s “Deadpool” opposite Ryan Reynolds, MGM’s “Everything, Everything” opposite Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson, the indie thriller film “Residue,” and starring on SYFY’s apocalyptic series “Aftermath.”
Born and raised in Canada, Hickson’s career began at the age of twelve, singing alongside her father on stages throughout BC. As her passion for music deepened, she began writing her own material and graduated high school a year early to focus on her music career. She fell into acting after a relative encouraged her to audition for an agency at 16 years old. Once Hickson began auditioning, she landed roles right out the gate, one of the first being a part in the psychological thriller “Blackway” opposite Anthony Hopkins, Ray Liotta, and Julia Stiles. That was followed by a lead role in Canadian indie “Hunting Pignut” based on writer/director Martine Blue’s true-life story. The film centers around Bernice (Hickson) a 15-year old runaway trying desperately to uncover the mystery of her father’s disappearance. Hickson has been working non-stop ever since.
While acting and music are two of Hickson’s greatest passions, she also has a big place in her heart for charity and actively supports International Justice Mission and Free the Children, both of which focus on saving or preventing children being sold into child slavery and providing relief to children living in extreme poverty. Hickson has participated in food drives, raised funds for both organizations, and while in high school raised enough money to build a school for underprivileged children and provide them with school supplies.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Taylor Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/taylor-rose/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Taylor Rose is an actress, known for The Family Fang (2015), We Only Know So Much (2018) and The Good Wife (2009). Taylor holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tessa Rao](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-rao/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress born in New Zealand.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Theresa Tova](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/theresa-tova/)
**Published:** February 27, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Theresa Tova was born in 1955 in Paris, France. Theresa is known for her work on Akilla’s Escape (2020), Anne with an E (2017) and For the Record (2020). Theresa has been married to Bob Pearson since 1983. They have two children.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tonya Glanz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tonya-glanz/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tonya Glanz is an actress, writer, producer, director born in Alameda County, California, USA as Tonya Rachelle Glanz. She is known for Timeless (2016), Hightown (2020) and High Maintenance (2012).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/troy-leigh-anne-johnson/)
**Published:** October 8, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Let’s Scare Julie (2019), Big Sky (2020) and On My Block (2018).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Val Landrum](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/val-landrum/)
**Published:** January 14, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Val Landrum is a Portland based SAG/AFTRA and Equity Actress. Originally from Chicago, she received much of her training at the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre. She is a proud Resident Artist Company Member at Artists Repertory Theatre and long time Theatre Teacher Artists for Oregon Children’s Theatre. Val is a big fan of The Packers Football Team and Scottish Fold Cats.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Vannessa Vasquez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vannessa-vasquez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Vannessa Vasquez is an American actress. Vasquez began her career by working with singer-songwriter Frankie J on the reggaeton mix of his Billboard Hot 100 hit “Obsessions (No Es Amor)”. She was the lead actress in the independent horror and thriller film “Sorrow”, as well as an associate producer. She starred as Magdalena Cruz in “Sins of a Call Girl” and as Esperanza in “Narca”, directed by R. Ellis Frazier. She co-starred as Gracie in the action film “Misfire”, alongside Gary Daniels.
In 2014, Vasquez became one of the lead actresses in Hulu’s East Los High series, the first English-language Hulu series with an all-Latino cast. She plays Camila Barrios, a Mexican teenager dealing with the trials and tribulations of growing up in East Los Angeles.
Vasquez has appeared on the 102.7 KISS FM radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest and on Noches con Platanito, a popular Spanish talk show on Estrella TV, where she discussed her role on East Los High and participated in a Spanish-language game
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Varada Sethu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/varada-sethu/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Indian-born British actress, best known for playing DS Mishal Ali in the BBC apocalyptic TV Series Hard Sun. She has also featured in Now You See Me 2 as the assistant to Michael Caine’s character.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Wendy Wason](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wendy-wason/)
**Published:** January 31, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Scottish actress and comedian, Wendy launched her comedy career in 2004, getting to the final of Funny Women and semi-finals of So You Think You’re Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe the following year. She was already an established actress with roles in Coupling and the IT Crowd working with everyone from Chris O’Dowd and Nicholas Lyndhurst to Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. February 2014 saw Wendy nominated for best actress in Hollywood for British Hustle, the Toscars spoof.
Whilst her acting career continues, her comedy career has taken off. 2008 saw Wendy in America on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and was also the year she did her first one-woman show at The Edinburgh Festival: Things I Didn’t Know. Her charisma and wit ensured packed houses. After the success of that she returned with three further solo shows culminating with this year’s knock out show, Hotel California. She has performed in all the major UK clubs such as Just the Tonic, The Glee Club, The Comedy Store, The Stand, and Laughter House in Dublin. In 2012 she was invited to the New York Comedy Festival and charmed audiences there too. She currently performs as part of The Cutting Edge at The Comedy Store in London and has written and stared in her own sitcom for BBC Scotland – Half My Age Plus Seven, and she writes for the Huffington Post.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Willa Fitzgerald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/willa-fitzgerald/)
**Published:** October 23, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Willa Fitzgerald is an American actress. After first studying psychology for three years, Fitzgerald earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Theater Studies from Yale University.
She is known for her starring role as Emma Duval in MTV’s Scream. She has played cheer coach Colette French in the USA Network’s television drama series Dare Me and officer Roscoe Conklin in the Amazon Prime Video television series Reacher. Her other notable roles include Amazon Studios’ television series Alpha House, the USA Network’s drama series Royal Pains, and Netflix’s horror miniseries The Fall of the House of Usher.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Winny Clarke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/winny-clarke/)
**Published:** February 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A model and actress based in Toronto.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Zachary Sherry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zachary-sherry/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Zachary Sherry is a working actor and writer actively immersed in the creative world. His ultimate goal is to develop and star in high caliber productions seen by millions of people.
Zach debuted and starred in his own play, True Love, at Borough of Manhattan Community College. It will showcased at Winterfest 2021 (Hudson Guild Theatre).
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Zawe Ashton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zawe-ashton/)
**Published:** May 23, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Zawe Ashton is an English actress, playwright, director and narrator best known for her roles in Channel 4 comedy dramas Fresh Meat and Not Safe for Work and her portrayal of Joyce Carol Vincent in Dreams of a Life. She will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a role in The Marvels.
Ashton was born in Hackney, London. She is the eldest of three children born to a Ugandan mother, Victoria, and an English father, Paul Ashton. She attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from the age of six and was a member of the National Youth Theatre. She gained her degree in acting at the Manchester School of Theatre. Her maternal grandfather, Paulo Muwanga, was formerly President and Prime Minister of Uganda.
Her TV credits include Vod in the Channel 4 comedy Fresh Meat: Claire in the six-part BBC One / Netflix series Wanderlust. Journey Blue in Doctor Who, BBC. Katherine in Not Safe For Work for Channel 4.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chelsea Clark](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chelsea-clark/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chelsea was born in Toronto, Ontario where she took an interest in music at a young age (singing and then piano). While taking lessons she ventured into musical theatre and performed in Legally Blonde, A Christmas Carol, Aladdin and more. Chelsea was also in local operas such as: Carmen, Tosca and La Boheme.
As Chelsea was attending a master class at her music school the agent leading the class took an interest in her and asked her to audition. Soon after being signed she had her first role as Dhara on a season one episode of the ABC/Global hit show Rookie Blue (2010). She went on to play recurring roles in Life with Boys (2011) and The Stanley Dynamic (2014).
She’s starred in commercials for various products but is sometimes recognized as “the girl on the phone” in a 2015 Government of Ontario sponsored commercial against sexual violence tagged #WhoWillYouHelp.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Isabella Gomez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isabella-gomez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Colombian actress, who currently stars in the Netflix original series *One Day at a Time*, playing the role of Elena Alvarez. Gomez has previously had minor roles in both *Modern Family* and *Matador*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ciara Renée](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciara-renee/)
**Published:** August 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ciara Renée Harper, better known as Ciara Renée is an American actress, singer, and musician. She is best known for her roles on Broadway as The Witch in Big Fish and the Leading Player in Pippin, as well as portraying Esmeralda of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Paper Mill Playhouse and La Jolla Playhouse. She starred as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl in the CW series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, a spin-off of Arrow and The Flash. Her vocal type is mezzo-soprano.
Renée guest-starred on Law & Order: SVU in the fall of 2014 on NBC. Based on the Victor Hugo novel and animated Disney film of the same name, Renée took on the role of Esmeralda in a musical adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame at the Paper Mill Playhouse in association with the La Jolla Playhouse from March 15 to April 5 of 2015, a performance the NY Daily News described as “earthy and lovely”.
In March 2015, it was announced that Renée had been cast as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl in The CW’s spin-off series DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, an expansion of the network’s existing universe of DC Comics adaptations. She joins co-stars Caity Lotz, Brandon Routh, Franz Drameh, Dominic Purcell, Victor Garber, Wentworth Miller, and Arthur Darvill. Renée made a special guest appearance as Kendra Saunders on the first-season finale of The Flash on May 20, 2015.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Meisha Brooks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meisha-brooks/)
**Published:** August 23, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mechanical engineer, actress, and professional model. Meisha Brooks has spent half of her career in Japan and the other half in the USA. Intersections and the human story inspire her, and she has a passion for bringing products which intertwine digital and physical worlds from ideas into reality. She is particularly excited by technology which pushes the limits of the human experience.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maxine Peake](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maxine-peake/)
**Published:** October 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress. She is best known for her roles as Twinkle in *Dinnerladies* and Veronica Ball in *Shameless*, barrister Martha Costello in the BBC legal drama *Silk*, and Grace Middleton in the BBC drama series *The Village*, as well as starring in *Black Mirror* episode “Metalhead”.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amy Heidt](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-heidt/)
**Published:** March 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy Heidt is a Los Angeles-based actor, writer and director. A regular fixture at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, she’s written, performed and directed dozens of shows. She wrote and directed the short film The Last Ones, which is currently on the festival circuit.
As an actor, Amy has appeared in Hello Ladies, Arrested Development, The Office, the feature film Jim, the HBO award-winning Smell the Coffee, various Comedy Central projects, the short Leave Keys in Car from filmmakers Tessa Blake & Ian Williams, and numerous commercials and comedy videos.
Amy grew up in Mount Airy, NC, the youngest and most annoying regular performer at the Andy Griffith Playhouse. She studied Theater and Communication Studies at UNC Chapel Hill. While there, she directed an infamous production of Stephen Sondheim’s Company, from which she cut the song “The Ladies Who Lunch”. The local homosexual community expressed strong outrage. She also spent a year in an a cappella group, but asks that you withhold judgment and chalk it up to the misguided exuberance of youth, and also to the powerful narcotic force of unaccompanied eight-part vocal harmony.
Upon arriving in New York City, Amy attended GATE, an acting conservatory founded by former Stella Adler teacher Gregory Abels. She spent her time there immersed in acting, breath work, mask work, Alexander technique, yoga, tai chi, and other actory things that are fun to do but obnoxious to talk about.
Amy spent time performing in some of the best and worst Off-Off Broadway theaters in the city before finding a home at the UCB and ultimately moving to Los Angeles. She has written pieces for Slate, The Soundtrack Series and Bailout Theater at Judson Memorial, and is currently working on several new projects.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rachael Hip-Flores](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachael-hip-flores/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rachael is a professional actress living in Los Angeles and New York City. She was born and raised in Piscataway, NJ and graduated with a BFA in Acting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
Rachael is best known for her role as Vivian McMillan in the online series Anyone But Me. For her work, she received the IAWTV, Streamy and Indie Soap Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Dramatic Webseries. Rachael also received nominations for Best Lead Actress in a Drama for the online mini-series Good People in Love and Best Ensemble Cast for Producing Juliet. She has been seen on Gossip Girl as well as at the HBO New York International Latino Film Festival and the San Diego International Latino Film Festival as the titular character in the short film Lucrecia. Additionally, she can be seen in several videos produced and distributed by BuzzFeed Motion Pictures.
When not in front of the camera, Rachael is a proud Creative Partner with Flux Theatre Ensemble, helping to develop and produce transformative new works for the stage.
Rachael is also a produced playwright, director, dramaturg, teaching artist, and researcher.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Marianne Rendón](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marianne-rendon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress known for her role as Susan Atkins in the biopic film *Charlie Says* about the life of Charles Manson and as Julia “Jules” Langmore on a Bravo dark comedy television series *[Imposters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/imposters/)*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Anna McGahan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-mcgahan/)
**Published:** September 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress and playwright, who has appeared in Australian television, film and theatre. She is best known for playing the roles of Nellie Cameron in the Australian television series, *Underbelly: Razor*, Lucy in *House Husbands*, and Rose Anderson in *The Doctor Blake Mysteries*.
She received the Queensland Young Playwright’s Award in 2008 and 2009, and was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier’s Drama Award in 2010, for her play ‘He’s Seeing Other People Now’. She co-wrote the immersive theatre piece ‘The People of the Sun’ with Joel McKerrow, which toured Melbourne and Sydney in 2016 and 2017. In 2016 she was shortlisted for The Saturday Paper’s national essay award, the Horne Prize, while in 2023 she won The Australian/Vogel Literary Award.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
---
### [Madeleine Madden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madeleine-madden/)
**Published:** September 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress, she starred in Australia’s first indigenous teen drama, *Ready for This*, and in the critically applauded *Redfern Now*. She has also starred in *The Moodys*, *Jack Irish*, *My Place*, and *The Code*. In 2016 she starred in the miniseries *Tomorrow, When the War Began* which is based on the John Marsden series of young adult books. In 2018 she played Marion Quade in the miniseries *Picnic at Hanging Rock* and Crystal Swan in the TV miniseries *Mystery Road*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Susan Wokoma](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/susan-wokoma/)
**Published:** April 27, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Susan Indiaba Wokoma is a British actress and writer. She is best known for her roles as “Raquel” in the E4/Netflix show Crazyhead and “Cynthia” in Chewing Gum. Wokoma was listed as one of Europe’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2017 and named a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit by an international jury, later that year.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tara Joshi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tara-joshi/)
**Published:** June 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Unnatural History* (2010), *Warehouse 13* (2009) and *V Morgan Is Dead* (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sydney Meyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sydney-meyer/)
**Published:** April 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shantell Yasmine Abeydeera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shantell-yasmine-abeydeera/)
**Published:** September 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer.
An Australian Sri Lankan writer, actor and singer, she is currently residing in Los Angeles. In 2008 she fled the splendid shores of Down Under in search of where it was that she truly belonged, so she left with her laptop, a microphone and a small tube of Vegemite.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Justine Nelson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/justine-nelson/)
**Published:** February 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress from Canada. And many more things she hasn’t quite figured out yet.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shaina Feinberg](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shaina-feinberg/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Director and actress, she produces female centric works.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alysia Reiner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alysia-reiner/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and producer. Reiner is best known for playing Natalie “Fig” Figueroa in the Netflix comedy drama series *[Orange Is the New Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orange-is-the-new-black/)*, for which she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role as part of the ensemble cast.
She also works as a change maker for women, an advocate for women’s rights & climate change initiatives, and is an original member of [TIMES UP](https://www.timesupnow.com/), an ambassador for [GDIM](https://seejane.org/), and even started an eco-fashion initiative, [Livari](https://www.livariclothing.com/).
She’s spoken at The White House, The United Nations, Google, Cannes Lion, Women’s Media Summit, Collision, and countless film festivals and other events about breaking barriers for women in all fields, specifically the entertainment industry, and was awarded the Persistence of Vision Award by the Women’s Media Summit, the Sarah Powell Leadership Award by the Women’s Prison Association, the MUSE Made In NY Award from The Mayors office & New York Women in Film and TV, the Moves Power Women Award, the Pioneer in Filmmaking Award, the Collaboration Award from the Coalition for Women in the Arts and Media.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aya Ogawa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aya-ogawa/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Brooklyn-based playwright, director, performer and translator whose work reflects an international viewpoint and utilizes the stage as a space for exploring cultural identity, displacement and other facets of the immigrant experience. Cumulatively, all aspects of their artistic practice synthesize their work as an artistic and cultural ambassador, building bridges across cultures to create meaningful exchange amongst artists, theaters and audiences both in the U.S. and in Asia. They challenge traditional notions of the American aesthetic and identity by creating performances infused with a multiplicity of perspectives and languages, and by incorporating influences from outside the U.S. – of style, form, and content. As a theater-maker, they frequently uses a collaborative creative process with performers and designers and pushes the form with an eye not only on spoken text, but physicality, musicality, and interactivity.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** They
---
### [Julie Ann Earls](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julie-ann-earls/)
**Published:** October 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer, known for *Sideways Smile*, *Puffs: Filmed Live Off Broadway*, and *Old Faded Flag*.
She is an actor and singer, born to an Irish-American father and a Filipino mother.
> I always start off by saying something along these lines because it explains a lot about who I am. I grew up around two very different cultures and raised by parents who could not have been more opposite. My dad is the life of the party and doesn’t take bullshit from anybody. My mom, on the other hand, only drinks alkaline water and she’d rather stay home and garden.
>
> As a result, I’m a little bit of both of them. I have become a young woman with a very diverse world inside of her.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Nikki Lowe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nikki-lowe/)
**Published:** October 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for her work on *A Christmas Princess*, *The Innocence Files*, and *Women and Sometimes Men*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mandahla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mandahla-rose/)
**Published:** October 6, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mandahla Rose is an actress and assistant director, known for Forever Not Maybe (2018), All About E (2015) and Lowland (2018).
Mandahla is one of those lucky creatures who knew what she wanted to be since she was little: a movie star! She was booked for her first commercial in 2006. Her first short film was Priya in 2009 and in 2013 she was cast as E in her first feature, All About E. She moved to Los Angeles in 2016 and now has short films, web series and feature films on her resume.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Anisha Adusumilli](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anisha-adusumilli/)
**Published:** December 2, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A first-generation Indian-American born and raised in the Midwest. An artist from a young age, Anisha began studying Classical Piano at the age of 5 – having graduated from the Trinity College of London Program.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Wayne Burns](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wayne-burns/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hailing from Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada, Wayne is an actor and producer most recognized for his role as Lykos, the Prince of Athens, in the Syfy Original Series, Olympus (2015) created by critically acclaimed director Nick Willing, and as Terrance in Jeremy Webb’s Bone Deep (2014) for which he was nominated for Best Actor in a Short Film at the ACTRA Maritimes Awards.
A graduate of National Theatre School of Canada, Wayne has been featured on Canadian favorites: Mr. D (2012), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Baroness Von Sketch Show (2016), and Remedy (2014). He can also been seen in stand out supporting roles in the multi-award-winning films, Blackbird (2012), opposite Connor Jessup and Alex Ozerov, and All the Wrong Reasons (2013) with the late Cory Monteith.
Wayne produced and performed in Denis Theriault’s The Gift Giver (2017), which had its World Premiere at the 2017 InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, as well as the upcoming CBC short film Liar (2020) alongside Allister MacDonald.
Carrying dual citizenship with the US, Wayne splits his time between Halifax and Toronto.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Carey Embry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carey-embry/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carey Embry was born on 14 August 1968 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for *Silicon Valley* (2014), *House* (2004) and *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005).
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Gay
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Jasika Nicole](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasika-nicole/)
**Published:** March 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jasika Nicole Pruitt, known professionally as Jasika Nicole, is an American actress and illustrator from Birmingham, Alabama. She is known for her role as Agent Astrid Farnsworth on the Fox series Fringe.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Krystal Joy Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/krystal-joy-brown/)
**Published:** November 13, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American Broadway theatre and television actress best known for her portrayal of Diana Ross in the Broadway musical *Motown*. She is a two-time Adele and Fred Astaire nominee for best female dancer in a Broadway show
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Lauren Ash](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lauren-ash/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lauren Elizabeth Ash is a Canadian actress from Belleville, Ontario. She is also an alumna of both Second City Toronto Mainstage and Second City Chicago mainstage and is one half of sketch comedy duo “Cory!” She is a two-time Canadian Comedy Award winner for Best Female Improviser in 2006 and 2007 and has also won for Best Performance by a Female – Television for Almost Heroes in 2012, Best Comedic Play in 2008, Best Sketch Troupe in 2006, and in 2015 won Best Female Performance in a Feature Film for her role as Carol in the movie Dirty Singles.
Ash has played various roles in Scare Tactics as well as the Canadian TV series Almost Heroes. She had a recurring role in The Ron James Show and made guest appearances in Lost Girl, Cracked, Bomb Girls and Call Me Fitz. Other film and television credits include Video on Trial, Hotbox and the Academy Award-nominated film Lars and the Real Girl. She was also the voice of Sam Goldman in the animated Canadian series The Dating Guy. She was part of the American sitcom Super Fun Night alongside Rebel Wilson and Liza Lapira. She previously appeared in the first season Comedy Central series Another Period as Hortense, having taken over the role from Artemis Pebdani who played her in the pilot.
In 2015, she began starring as Dina Fox on the NBC sitcom Superstore.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Karen Fukuhara](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karen-fukuhara/)
**Published:** January 11, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, best known for her roles as Tatsu Yamashiro / Katana in the 2016 superhero film Suicide Squad and as Kimiko Miyashiro in the Amazon Prime original series The Boys.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Seychelle Gabriel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/seychelle-gabriel/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Seychelle Suzanne Gabriel is an American actress. On television, she portrayed Lourdes Delgado in Falling Skies and voiced Asami Sato in The Legend of Korra. She has also appeared in the films The Spirit, The Last Airbender, Honey 2, Sleight, and Blood Fest.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Maxey Whitehead](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maxey-whitehead/)
**Published:** July 10, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress who provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films at Funimation. She is generally cast as young boys or young girls; her most notable roles are as Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Dende from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Czeslaw Meyer from Baccano!, and Crona from Soul Eater.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Stephanie Young](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-young/)
**Published:** July 18, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Stephanie Young-Brehm
**Content:**
An American voice actress and singer primarily known for her voice-over work in English-language dubs for Japanese anime. Her best-known roles include Nico Robin in the Funimation dub of One Piece, Arachne in Soul Eater, Towa in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, Clare in Claymore and Olivier Armstrong in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alison Pill](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-pill/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alison Pill is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age twelve, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series The Book of Daniel (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Lieutenant of Inishmore (2006).
Pill had prominent roles in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), Plain Truth (2004), Milk (2008), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Midnight in Paris (2011), Zoom (2015), the television series In Treatment (2009), The Pillars of the Earth (2010), The Newsroom (2012–14) and American Horror Story: Cult (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sumalee Montano](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sumalee-montano/)
**Published:** December 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress who worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong Kong before starting her acting career. For TV and film, Sumalee has appeared on Close to Home, Days of Our Lives, Nashville, Scandal, The Young and the Restless, This Is Us and Veep.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bryce Charles](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bryce-charles/)
**Published:** June 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bryce Charles is a actress, singer, dancer and writer. She graduated from AMDA College and Conservatory of Performing Arts with a BFA in Musical Theatre.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kayden Alexander Koshelev](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kayden-alexander-koshelev/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Burbank, CA and then raised in the Chicagoland area, Kayden fell in love with acting and performing at a very young age. Kayden is a gifted student who also enjoys math, chess, art and coding. He loves a good video game, art tutorials and is currently geeking out on D&D! He spent a few years on a competitive dance and musical theatre troupe and loved being part of Second City’s Youth Troupe (Chicago). He’s grateful for the amazing teams at Paonessa Talent Agency, CESD and Brave Artists Management, whose support has allowed him to pursue his dreams!
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Ann Harada](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ann-harada/)
**Published:** March 1, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and singer who was first known for the musical *Avenue Q*, in which she originated the role of Christmas Eve, the heavily accented Japanese therapist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Anna Camp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-camp/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Anna Ragsdale Camp is an American actress and singer. She is known for her role as Sarah Newlin in [*True Blood*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/true-blood/), and her recurring roles in [*Mad Men*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mad-men/), [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/), and *The Mindy Project*. She is also known for her role as Aubrey Posen in *Pitch Perfect* (2012), *Pitch Perfect 2* (2015), and *Pitch Perfect 3* (2017). She made her Broadway debut in the 2008 production of *A Country House* and played Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of *Equus*. In 2012, she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play *All New People*. Camp played Jane Hollander, a researcher for the fictitious News of the Week magazine in the Amazon series *Good Girls Revolt*. She also had a role in the 2011 film *The Help*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alison Haislip](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-haislip/)
**Published:** February 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alison Fesq Haislip is an American actress and former television personality for *Attack of the Show!* on the first incarnation of the G4 network and the NBC reality singing competition show *The Voice*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Isa Briones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isa-briones/)
**Published:** February 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Briones is a british-american actress and singer. She was cast in Hamilton on brodway for the 2018 US tour and performed as both Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds. She played 5 characters in [*Star Strek: Picard*](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/star-trek-picard/ "Star Trek Picard") over 14 episodes until 2022.
Briones was born in London, England to Jon Jon Briones and Megan Briones (née Johnson) and she has a younger brother, Teo Briones. Her family members are all musical theater actors. She is Filipino on her father’s side and Swedish and Irish on her mother’s.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marquita Terry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marquita-terry/)
**Published:** February 28, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress best known for playing Winnie Barnes on USA High and Lisa Jones on Malibu CA.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Haley Lu Richardson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/haley-lu-richardson/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Haley Lu Richardson is an American actress. Following early television roles on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2013) and the ABC Family supernatural drama Ravenswood (2013–14), she acted in the coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen (2016) and the psychological horror film Split (2016).
Richardson has been crocheting since the age of eight, and has an Etsy shop where she sells accessories and crocheted clothing made from her own designs.
Richardson began dating Brett Dier in 2012, after they met on the set of Ravenswood. Richardson proposed to Dier in 2019. On the television program Busy Tonight, she said that she and Dier were not “romantic” people, and she had asked him to marry her casually over pizza. In 2022, Richardson announced that they had broken up two years earlier.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Adelaide Clemens](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/adelaide-clemens/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Australian actress. On television, she has played Harper on the W series *Love My Way* (2007), Valentine on the BBC/HBO series *Parade’s End* (2012), Tawney on the Sundance TV series *Rectify* (2013–2016), and Blake on the CBS series *Tommy* (2020). In film, she has played Xandrie in *Wasted on the Young* (2010), Ladybird in *Vampire* (2011), Heather / Sharon in *Silent Hill: Revelation* (2012), Catherine in *The Great Gatsby* (2013), Hazel in *To the Stars* (2019), and Carey in *The Swearing Jar* (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Caoilfhionn Dunne](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caoilfhionn-dunne/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Caoilfhionn Dunne is an Irish stage, television, and film actress. From Dublin, she was born in Finglas and attended the Gaiety School of Acting. On stage, she was nominated for the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for Outstanding Newcomer in 2013. In 2014, she was nominated for best supporting actress in a television series at the 11th Irish Film & Television Awards. Her film roles include Saint Maud (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Bailey Bass](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bailey-bass/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bailey Bass, a native New Yorker, Black and Belarusian actress, began acting and modeling at the age of 2, booking numerous Commercials and Ad Campaigns. At Age 13, after auditioning among thousands of young actors, she was cast as Tsireya, in James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, encompassing Avatar: The Way of Water which went on to become the 3rd highest grossing film of all time, and the upcoming Avatar’s 3 through 5. Soon after, she went on to lead AMC’s Interview With The Vampire, playing the iconic and critically acclaimed role of Claudia in what is undoubtedly one of her strongest performances to date.
Outside of acting, Bailey is an entrepreneur who launched her slow fashion concept BaiBai in 2022 which currently includes a jewelry line, BaiBai Jewelry. Her first collaboration with AMC sold out in just 3 weeks.
Bailey is also a tv/film producer, recently launching a production company. Under her production company’s slate Bailey’s efforts include projects across all mediums with the goal of sharing stories that highlight a number of important topics, such as giving voice to underrepresented communities, the earth & climate change, education, mental health and so much more.
In addition to her entrepreneurial efforts, Bailey is a dedicated earth lover, a philanthropist whose focus on sustainability exists at the core of every effort both on and off screen. She has spoken on the cause many times, most recently during the 2023 climate conference at the U.N.
Lastly, Bailey is also a songwriter whose music has been licensed for the screen and she continues to write, create and advocate. Bailey is represented by Rebel Creative Group.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Delainey Hayles](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/delainey-hayles/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British actress. She is known for her role as Claudia in the AMC television series Interview with the Vampire since 2023.
Hayles has appeared in various television series, short films, and stage productions, including the role of Lucy Pevensie on stage in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Jeanne Ní Áinle](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jeanne-ni-ainle/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jeanne Nicole Ní Áinle is an Irish actor and model. They were named a 2025 Rising Star Ireland by Screen International. Ní Áinle was born in Dublin, and is a Gaeilgeoir, having studied the Irish language since primary school. Ní Áinle studied theatre performance at the Inchicore College of Further Education.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Fiona Highet](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fiona-highet/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress known for RoboCop (1994), Goosebumps (1995) and Rookie Blue (2010). She has been married to Andrew Scott since 1990. They have two children.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Carolina Gutierrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolina-gutierrez/)
**Published:** August 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carolina Gutierrez is an American actress born in Barranquilla, Colombia. Carolina, who resides in Los Angeles, recently played the role of Marissa on the TV Show L Word Generation Q. She has also worked as the lead role of Sofia on the Amazon Prime web series Starlet Diner, the role of Valentina on the short film Lit Girl, a supporting role in the Web Series The Good Samaritans, the lead on the short film Bedroom Stories, a day player spot on the Amazon Prime hit show Goliath and the lead role on the short film Help Wanted. As a proud Latina transgender woman, Carolina has utilized her platform to advocate for trans rights. She has also worked as a producer, model and content creator for various media projects including music videos, commercials, and social media campaigns.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [London Thor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/london-thor/)
**Published:** October 11, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Korean American actress from Agoura Hills, California. London grew up in a family of filmmakers and from a young age found her passion in songwriting and acting. She is also an accomplished EDM writer and has worked with DJ’s such as Gareth Emery, Marcus Schultz, and Tydi.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jennifer Hsiung](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jennifer-hsiung/)
**Published:** June 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jennifer Hsiung is currently co-anchor for Toronto’s most watched morning show, CP24 Breakfast, which airs live Monday to Friday from 6 am to 9 am. She also cohosts CP24 Live at Noon. Headquartered at the iconic 299 Queen St. West building, CP24 covers local news from the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario, as well as national and international news. Owned by Bell Media (which also owns CTV News Toronto, BNN Bloomberg, CTV National and CTV News Channel), it is Canada’s only 24 hour news channel and has become one of the most watched in Canada.
Jennifer joined the CP24 family in September of 2020, and started out as a weekend anchor and reporter on a mat leave contract, often filling in to host the CP24 Breakfast show. She joined the CP24 Breakfast team in November of 2021.
Jennifer moved back to Toronto from Beijing in 2018 with her family, after having lived in Beijing, China for a total of 10 years. She is known for her work at CCTV’s English-language international network, CGTN (China Global Television Network). From the Academy Awards, film festivals and major Fashion Weeks, the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, to the inauguration of Barack Obama and the 2017 G20 Summit, Jennifer has covered a rich and diverse spectrum of global and national news events.
The Toronto native first moved to Beijing in 2006, and joined CCTV as a sports anchor. In the summer of 2008, she covered the country’s first-ever summer Olympic Games, and enhanced exposure to the Games by being one of the first few to report from many of the city’s newly constructed Olympic venues, such as the iconic Bird’s Nest Stadium and The Water Cube.
Hsiung also co-anchored for the network’s flagship arts and entertainment program, *Culture Express* (broadcast live Monday through Friday). She has conducted exclusive interviews with some of the world’s top sports and entertainment figures such as Kobe Bryant, Yao Ming, Stephon Marbury and American-born Chinese “King of Pop” Wang Leehom.
In 2015, the mother of three (who has always had a passion for performance arts and acting) started pursuing stand-up comedy in Beijing and has had early success. Hsiung recently made her televised comedy debut on Season 3 of Comedy Central’s *Stand-Asia!*, which premiered on August 14th, 2018 in 19 countries across Asia. Two months after giving birth to her third son she competed in the 2017 Hong Kong International Comedy Competition and was the only female to reach the finals.
Hsiung is also a professional emcee. In 2016 she was the emcee for the Young Presidents Organization’s (YPO) Beijing University, entitled “The Silk Road Reimagined”. In 2018, Hsiung served as emcee and moderator for the YPO “Edge” Global conference in Singapore, which was attended by Billie Jean King, the Prime Minister of Singapore and The Queen of Jordan
Since her return, Jennifer has performed stand-up comedy all over Toronto at venues such as The Rivoli, Comedy Bar, Absolute Comedy, Yuk Yuks (downtown), The Corner Comedy Club, and The Social Capital Theatre.
Hsiung is also a part of ACTRA. She played Ravager’s mom Mei in season 2 of “Titans” (Netflix). You can also soon watch her as detective Jesse Hooper in the first 13 episodes of “The Hardy Boys” (2020) on Hulu (December 4th, 2020 in the U.S.) and on YTV in Canada in 2021.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Wunmi Mosaku](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wunmi-mosaku/)
**Published:** January 25, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Nigerian-born British actress, known for her roles as Joy in the BBC Two miniseries Moses Jones and Holly Lawson in the ITV series Vera.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rachel House](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-house/)
**Published:** May 23, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House
**Content:**
Rachel Jessica Te Ao Maarama House is a New Zealand actress, acting coach and director.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Deepti Gupta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/deepti-gupta/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An award-winning actress and narrator who has worked in India, Singapore, Pakistan and the US. She is known for her roles in ‘Walkaway’, ‘Record/Play’, ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ and more.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Molly Ephraim](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/molly-ephraim/)
**Published:** July 20, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress who has appeared in films, television, and Broadway, Off-Broadway, and regional theater productions. She is known for her role as Mandy Baxter in the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing during its original run.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophie Harkness](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-harkness/)
**Published:** July 20, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Giovannie Cruz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/giovannie-cruz/)
**Published:** February 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Giovannie Cruz, originally an army brat from Fort Hood/ Killeen, is an artist, dog lover and family gal based out of Dallas, Texas. When not pursuing film or tv acting jobs, Giovannie sings female vocals with her cover band HighDefinition; genres including Top 40’s, Motown R&B, Rock and all. that. Jazz. Although Giovannie has a degree from the acclaimed University of North Texas in Vocal Performance-Opera, today, she is a student at Carol Hickey Acting Studio under Carol Hickey (Austin) & a member of Steven Anderson’s Actorswork community (Los Angeles/ Dallas). She has also studied film acting in Los Angeles under actor, producer and director Will Wallace at the Will Wallace Acting Company.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Olivia Macklin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-macklin/)
**Published:** December 9, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
From IMDb: “Olivia Macklin was born as Olivia Leigh Macklin. She is an actress, known for The Young Pope (2016), Radium Girls (2018) and Dead to Me (2019).”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Natalie Hoover](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-hoover/)
**Published:** January 13, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress based in Los Angeles and Dallas. She has done work for anime, video games, and other audio productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Fern Deacon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fern-deacon/)
**Published:** August 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Black Beauty* (2020), *Ackley Bridge* (2017) and *The Enfield Haunting* (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marin Ireland](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marin-ireland/)
**Published:** July 31, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marin Yvonne Ireland is an American stage, film, and television actress. In 2009, she won the Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for Reasons to be Pretty. From 2015-2019 she starred on the Amazon Studios original series Sneaky Pete.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Andia Winslow](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andia-winslow/)
**Published:** August 12, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andia Winslow is an Emmy, Telly and Society of Voice Arts award winning voiceover actor whose credits include documentary films, animated movies, televised award shows, museum exhibitions, international advocacy campaigns, video games, audio books, promos and commercials. In 2021, she was named “Voice Artist of the Year” by One Voice. She is the host of Doc World on World Channel (PBS) and a voice of NASA. Raised in Seattle and educated at Yale University, Andia dedicated time as a professional golfer, TV personality and fitness industry thought leader before rocking the mic full time. In 2006, she became the fourth African American to ever compete in LPGA Tour history and her innovative wellness efforts have been recognized globally, with Forbes calling her work the “Smartest, Sexiest Workout Videos Ever.” She makes her feature film debut as Ann Gregory in “Playing Through” (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marisha Ray](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marisha-ray/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, host, and producer. She is best known for her roles as herself, as well as her characters Keyleth and Beauregard, on the Dungeons & Dragons web series *Critical Role*. In video games, she has voiced Margaret in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax and Persona Q, Laura S. Arseid in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, and Miranda in Metal Gear: Survive.
She is married to fellow *Critical Role* member, Matthew Mercer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ashley Greene](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashley-greene/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ashley Michele Greene is an American actress and model. She is known for playing Alice Cullen in the film adaptations of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight novels.
Greene became engaged to Paul Khoury in December 2016.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brooke Vallone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brooke-vallone/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brooke Vallone was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Cryptic (2009), Noble Savages and Witchy Ways (2011).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicola Thorp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicola-thorp/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicola Thorp, also known as Nicola Sian, is an English actress. She is known for her portrayal of Nicola Rubinstein in ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
Thorp began appearing in Coronation Street as Nicola Rubinstein on 12 June 2017 as street villain Pat Phelan’s (Connor McIntyre) daughter. Thorp’s last appearance as Nicola Rubinstein was on 13 June 2018 at the conclusion of her storyline. On 11 November 2018, it was announced that Thorp would be reprising her role as Nicola Rubinstein in early 2019.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Constance Wu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/constance-wu/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Constance Tianming Wu is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Kathy on the web series EastSiders (2012–present) and as Jessica Huang in the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat (2015–present). In 2017, Wu was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
In 2014, after landing a role in one unsuccessful comedy pilot, Wu won the leading role in the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat alongside Randall Park. The series is loosely based on the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his book Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir. The series premiered in 2015, and Wu received critical acclaim for her performance. E! named her a breakout star of the 2014-15 television season. For her performance, she was nominated for Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and a Television Critics Association TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, both in 2015.
In 2017, she appeared in the Hulu anthology series Dimension 404, and was cast as lead character in the Warner Bros. film Crazy Rich Asians. Also that year, Wu was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
The #StarringConstanceWu hashtag meme inserts Wu’s image into movie promotional materials in order to highlight the paucity of Asian actors in starring roles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melanie Thompson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melanie-thompson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Melanie Thompson is an actress and director, known for Charlie (2017), Dimension 404 (2017) and Two Weeks Notice (2020).
Melanie grew up in Silver Spring, MD. She’s a big sister. She’s kicked soccer balls into goals from half-field. She could probably out-nerd your little brother on Star Wars trivia and is still waiting for her Hogwarts letter.
Melanie started writing at the tender age of five – it may have even been sooner than that. Her stories began as scribbled stick figures charting daring adventures; as she grew older, they transformed into thoughtful reflections on the struggles and beauty of life. As she experienced the power of film – and how deeply she was moved by honest, strong performances – she knew she wanted to bring her stories and ideas to life.
That passion led her to Los Angeles, where is confidently moving forward in her acting and writing career.
Melanie is a graduate of Emerson College’s highly selective BFA Acting program and has studied in Los Angeles at Ivana Chubbuck Studios at the Master level, The Groundlings School, Annie Grindlay Studios and Playhouse West. She is represented theatrically and commercially by Avant Artists and managed by Kjar & Associates.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melissa Duprey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-duprey/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Actor, comic, and playwright, Melissa DuPrey, is a Chicago native from Humboldt Park. After earning double Bachelor degrees from the University of Houston, she returned to Chicago to join the all-Latina theatre company, Teatro Luna.
Her one-woman show, SEXomedy, was developed during their monthly series for women of color in the arts and received a Chicago Reader Recommendation, a Member’s Pick, and had a successful debut Off-Broadway in New York. Her second solo show, SUSHI-frito, has also been critically acclaimed as part of MPAACT’s Signature Series for solo artists. Her subsequent solo works SEXomedy 2.0 and Good Grief are currently in development. Her full-length play BRUJAJA has been selected as part of 16th Street’s New Play Pop Up Reading Series for 2019.
She was selected as a new talent for the 2014 ABC Diversity Showcase in New York City. She has performed stand-up comedy in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
She is a featured actor in the Emmy-nominated web-series Brown Girls.
TV credits include appearances on “The Resident” (FOX), “Chicago PD” (NBC), and “The Chi” (Showtime). As a musician and active member of her community, she is dedicated to the preservation of Puerto Rican culture by way of the folkloric music, Bomba y Plena, with Africaribe and Las BomPleneras. She is currently an Ensemble Member at UrbanTheater Company, and the Director of Production and Community Relations at Free Street Theater.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Hers, She
---
### [Olivia Luccardi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-luccardi/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia Luccardi is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her roles as Alice Woods in Syfy’s horror anthology series Channel Zero: Butcher’s Block and as Yara Davis in the supernatural thriller film It Follows.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Allie Vazquez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/allie-vazquez/)
**Published:** February 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alexandra (“Allie”) Vazquez is a Puerto Rican multi-talented actor, singer-songwriter, and writer. She is an actress, singer-songwriter, and dancer born and raised in Northern New Jersey.
After spending years performing on stage productions from high school, to local theatre and community college, Allie took the leap of faith and went on to earn her Bachelor of Arts in Acting for the Stage and Screen from DeSales University (2020). Following an evidently rough, but abundant year, she was blessed to be signed with KMR Talent Agency (Theatrical and Commercial Divisions) and her manager, Kyle Luker from Industry Entertainment.
Her first television role was “Ana” in the pilot of “Only Murders in the Building” (2021), across comedy legend, Steve Martin. Additional credits include “Missy” on Amazon Prime’s “Harlem” (2022), and “Simone Richards” on NBC’s “Law & Order” (2022).
Besides her dedication to screen-acting, she also loves to sing and write original music mainly inspired by Jazz, R&B, Pop, and Indie. She’s a member of The Maker’s Ensemble, a Brooklyn-based theatre troupe dedicated to uplifting BIPOC and underprivileged individuals’ voices by creating accessible art through various mediums.
Allie’s identity as a Latina and member of the LGBTQIA+ community, and love for collaboration, motivates her to participate in and/or create projects with authenticity and passion and with others who want to do the same.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Alicia Minshew](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alicia-minshew/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alicia Minshew is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kendall Hart on the daytime drama All My Children.
From 2013–14, Minshew played Angelica Caruso on the soap opera web series Tainted Dreams. In 2014, Minshew played New York City reporter Sara Preston in the soap opera web series Beacon Hill. She was nominated for a 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series for the role
In October 2008, Minshew married Richie Herschenfeld, a New York City restaurant owner who is also the best friend of actor Thorsten Kaye, her long time on-screen husband. She is close friends with co-star Rebecca Budig. Minshew and her husband welcomed the birth of their daughter Willow Lenora Herschenfeld on November 4, 2009
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amber Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-jones/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amber Jones is an actress, known for Last to Love (2015), Entangled with You (2013) and Between Women (2011).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Giovannie Espiritu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/giovannie-espiritu/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Giovannie Espiritu was nominated alongside Academy Award Nominees Alfre Woodard and Amy Irving for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS at MethodFest for the Mynah Films feature film Fiona’s Script. Her PRIMETIME credits include a recurring role on ER (NBC), BONES (FOX), GILMORE GIRLS (ABC), and TRAUMA (NBC). She has voiced characters in international video games and cartoons, directed several theater productions at the Herbst Theater, and produced two films and a pilot through her own production company, Desert Rose Media.
She is also founder of the SFActorsWorkshop.com, a school for kids and adults who are serious about working in film & television. Her students have worked on shows such as TRAUMA, screen-tested for the Ben Stiller film Little Fockers, and are represented by the top agencies in the Bay Area and Los Angeles including JE Talent, Stars, Look, Marla Dell, All American Rascals, Clear Talent Group, William Morris Endeavor and many others.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them
---
### [Aya Cash](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aya-cash/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aya Rachel Cash is an American actress. In December 2015, she received a Critics’ Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her lead role in the FX/FXX series You’re the Worst.
Cash’s television appearances include Brotherhood, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Mercy, and The Newsroom. Cash was also a series regular in the 2011 Fox comedy Traffic Light, which ran for one season. She currently stars in the FX Network series You’re the Worst as Gretchen Cutler. She received critical acclaim for her performance, with the website The A.V. Club calling her acting in the second season “the best TV performance of 2015”.
Cash’s film credits include The Oranges, Winter of Frozen Dreams, Off Jackson Avenue, Begin Again, The Bits In Between, and The Happy House. She had a small role as Janet, Jordan Belfort’s assistant in The Wolf of Wall Street.
Additionally, Cash has numerous Off-Broadway credits, and in 2014 starred in the world premiere of Zoe Kazan’s play Trudy And Max In Love.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Toni Fields](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/toni-fields/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Toni Fields is an actor, model, voice actor, visual artist and an athlete. As a visual artist her medium of choice is graphite or pen. She has been doing portraits since her youth but loves exploring different styles and mediums such as oils and acrylics. Not only does she play Channing on the hit web series STUDVILLETV, but she is also a certified firefighter, artist, model, and athlete for the Women’s Football Alliance.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Eva Reign](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eva-reign/)
**Published:** October 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eva Reign was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. She became a GLAAD Campus Ambassador in 2017 before moving to New York the following year. Upon moving to New York, she worked as Assistant Editor at Condé Nast’s LGBTQ platform Them. writing articles on LGBTQ pop culture and issues. She then began working as Digital Media Manager for The Marsha P. Johnson Institute. Eva has appeared in commercials including Pantene’s #beautifuLGBTQ 2019 Pride campaign. She has also co-starred in upcoming short films such as “Salacia” and “Mary of Ill Fame” both directed by Tourmaline and executive-produced by Keanu Reeves.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Michaela Jaé Rodriguez ](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mj-rodriguez/)
**Published:** June 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** MJ Rodriguez
**Content:**
An actress best known for her works in *Nurse Jackie*, *Carrie Diaries*, *Dear Pauline*, and *Luke Cage*. She is also know for her Musical Theater credit as Angel Dumont Schunard in the Original Off-Broadway Revival of Rent in 2011. Rodriguez appeared in the movie *Saturday Church*, in which she played the mentor of a genderqueer teen finding himself through the contemporary ball scene.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Elizabeth Hinkler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-hinkler/)
**Published:** March 8, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Emily Hinkler and Elizabeth Hinkler are identical twin actors based in Los Angeles. They enjoy working separately as well as together.
Elizabeth Hinkler is a native Chicagoan based in LA. Co-executive of The Hinklers production company, their mission is to create a loving connection in a fearful world. Elizabeth believes it is her responsibility to humanize the stereotypes of marginalized and underrepresented people in our human family. Passionate about advocating for LGBTQIA rights, mental health, and persons with different abilities, Elizabeth’s work explores the intricacies of relationships, specifically, in how we navigate our way in the search for connection. The Hinklers’ work aims to encourage audiences to engage in these multifaceted, essential conversations about our responsibility and relationship to our world family.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ellen Tamaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellen-tamaki/)
**Published:** October 10, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ellen Tamaki was born as Ellen Torii Tamaki. She is an actress, known for *The Drowning*, *Inez & Doug & Kira*, and *Searching for Sally Mae*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shiva Kalaiselvan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shiva-kalaiselvan/)
**Published:** October 26, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Originally from South East Asia, Shiva left Malaysia to pursue an undergraduate degree at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. She graduated with a degree in Finance in 2006 and continued in Finance, working as an Investment Banker for three years in Milwaukee and London.
In 2009, with the craziness of the Banking industry, she was forced to leave Banking but used the opportunity to travel the world, making extended stops in Tanzania and Argentina where she volunteered to work with vulnerable children and adults with disabilities. After making it back to Malaysia, she reignited a high school flame and picked up where she left off in theatre years before finance.
Shiva received her MFA in Acting from Columbia University. In New York City, she has produced two theatrical productions with her first company Next In Line Productions LLC: *Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me* by Frank McGuiness and *Exposure* by Laura Zlatos; and had her off-broadway debut as an actress in Classic Stage Company’s *Nathan the Wise* by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, directed by Brian Kulick and stared F. Murray Abraham. Currently she is working on her first web content – a short 6 episode webseries written by some of the most exciting playwrights in the US.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Cynthia Hicks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cynthia-hicks/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cynthia Hicks is an actress, known for Cheese (2017) and Barbelle (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Elisabeth Röhm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elisabeth-rohm/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elisabeth Röhm is a German-American television and film actress. She is best known for playing Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn in the American TV series Law & Order and Detective Kate Lockley in the TV series Angel.
Röhm received her first TV acting role in 1997, as Dorothy Hayes in the American soap opera One Life to Live. She had a starring role in the 1999 BBC Northern Ireland miniseries Eureka Street, then portrayed recurring character Detective Kate Lockley in the first two seasons (1999 to 2001) of the TV series Angel. While appearing in Angel, Röhm also had a regular role in the only season (2000–01) of the Turner Network Television drama series Bull.
Röhm portrayed regular character Assistant District Attorney Serena Southerlyn through four seasons (2001–2005) in the television series Law & Order. She also portrayed deputy DA Amanda Taylor on Stalker. More recently, Röhm has received critical acclaim for her roles in two David O. Russell films, American Hustle and Joy.
Röhm recently completed a role on NCIS (season 14) with Mark Harmon, Netflix’s Flaked opposite Will Arnett and the film Once Upon a Time in Venice. The Oath is coming up next for her on Sony’s Crackle TV, as well as Love Is All You Need?, Will Gardner, and The Tribes of Palos Verdes with Jennifer Garner.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sherri Saum](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sherri-saum/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sherri M. Saum is an American actress. Saum is best known for her co-lead role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series The Fosters as well as a subsequent guest star role in its spinoff Good Trouble.
Saum was born in Dayton, Ohio, to a German mother and an African-American father. She got her start at a Model Search America convention near her home in Kettering, Ohio. She was discovered during high school, modeling mostly during summer breaks until she moved to New York to work full-time with the NY modeling agency Images Management. Saum attended Ohio State University in Columbus, and New York University in New York.
Saum began her acting career in the NBC daytime soap opera, Sunset Beach as Vanessa Hart, during the entire run of the series, from 1997 to 1999. In 1999 she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the show.
In 2012, Saum was cast along with Teri Polo in the lead roles of the Jennifer Lopez-produced drama series The Fosters for ABC Family. The series premiered on June 3, 2013. The series ended in 2018 after five seasons. She reprised her role in its spinoff, Good Trouble in 2019. In 2014, she guest starred in the NBC legal drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and in 2015 in the ABC series, How to Get Away with Murder.
On May 26, 2007, Saum married longtime boyfriend and former One Life to Live castmate Kamar de los Reyes in New York City.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Andrea Sixtos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrea-sixtos/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrea Sixtos was born in Alameda County, California, USA as Andrea Geraldine Sixtos. She is an actress, known for her role as Jocelyn Reyes on East Los High. She also appeared on the shows Saving Grace and The Cleaner. She made her television debut in 2006 on Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide.
She has three sisters, all of whom act. One of her sisters is Alicia Sixtos, who she acted with on East Los High.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Meaghan O'Connor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/meaghan-oconnor/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Meaghan is a Theatre and Film Major who has acted in her community for many years. Her most recent role was Simon Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar. She has been onscreen with Stuck in a Story in the past; portraying Willa in Charlottes Web Series and Lisette in Femmes Fatale.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rachel Brosnahan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rachel-brosnahan/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rachel Brosnahan was born on December 15, 1990 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA as Rachel Elizabeth Brosnahan. She is an actress and producer, known for House of Cards (2013), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) and Patriots Day (2016).
She has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in Television Musical or Comedy for the Amazon Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Victoria Atkin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-atkin/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Victoria Atkin is a English actress, born December 28th. She’s best known for Extinct, Hollyoaks and Assassins Creed. Originally training as a slalom skier, Victoria landed her first major television appearance and Series Regular role, shortly after graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Swiss Cottage in London.
She was cast as the first fictional transgendered teenager on British television, completing 134 episodes in the role. Atkin’s portrayal of her character Jasmine / Jason Costello, increased awareness for transgendered people in the media. Victoria visited Downing Street and met with Prime Minister David Cameron as well as working with Channel 4 executives to sign a memorandum of understanding to accurately portray transgendered people in the media. Victoria was nominated and won various awards for Best Actress in this role.
From this she has gone on to play a host of characters in multiple television shows in the UK and USA including the role of Feena in original sci-fi television series Extinct. In addition to her work theatrically Victoria is continually cast in motion capture and voiceover projects.
Victoria was cast as the first playable female Assassin on the next generation consoles for the Assassins Creed Franchise. Victoria is Evie Frye, the playable female lead character for Assassins Creed Syndicate, set in Victorian London. Victoria performed the full performance capture for the character, in addition to the voice. Victoria’s performance as Evie has been highly acclaimed in the gaming world. Since completing the full performance capture for Evie Frye with Ubisoft, Victoria has gone on to work with Warner Bros, Sony Playstation, Guerrilla Games, Respawn Entertainment, Monolith Productions and Blizzard.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jordan Todosey](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jordan-todosey/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jordan Todosey is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as the first transgender character, Adam Torres, on the long-running TV series Degrassi: The Next Generation and as Lizzie McDonald on Life with Derek.
Todosey is perhaps best known for playing transgender character, Adam Torres, in the Degrassi franchise, becoming the first actor to portray a transgender character in the show’s 30-year history.
For her performance, Todosey won a Gemini Award in 2011, for Best Performance in a Children’s or Youth Program or Series, and the two-part episode “My Body Is a Cage” has also been widely recognized, including winning a Peabody Award in 2011, citing that Todosey “beautifully portrayed” a transgender character.
When Todosey’s character was killed off from the series in 2013, controversy ensued, including a statement from GLAAD condemning the decision to kill off Todosey’s character, while also calling Todosey’s performance “authentic, multi-dimensional.”
Linda Schuyler, one of the show’s creators, defended the choice to kill the character, saying in a statement that Todosey’s storyline “will affect even more lives in an authentic way.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tatiana Maslany](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tatiana-maslany/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tatiana Gabriele Maslany is a Canadian actress. She is known for playing multiple roles in the science fiction television series Orphan Black (2013–2017), which aired on Space in Canada and BBC America in the US. For her performances in Orphan Black, Maslany won the Primetime Emmy Award (2016), the TCA Award (2013), two Critics’ Choice Television Awards (2013 and 2014), and four Canadian Screen Awards (2014–17), in addition to receiving a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. Maslany became the first Canadian actor from a Canadian series to win an Emmy Award in a key dramatic category.
She has also starred in television series such as Heartland (2008–2010), The Nativity (2010), and Being Erica (2009–2011). In 2013, she won the ACTRA Award for her portrayal as Claire in the film Picture Day and the Phillip Borsos Award for her performance in the film Cas and Dylan. Her other notable films include Diary of the Dead (2007), Eastern Promises (2007), The Vow (2012), Woman in Gold (2015), and Stronger (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bridget Regan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-regan/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bridget Catherine Regan is an American actress known for portrayals such as Kahlan Amnell in the television series *Legend of the Seeker*, Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner in *White Collar*, Dottie Underwood in *Agent Carter* and Sin Rostro on *Jane the Virgin*. She now portrays Sasha Cooper on the TNT drama series *The Last Ship*.
Born in Carlsbad, California, Regan grew up in an Irish American and Catholic family. She began acting as a child in North County productions of The Wizard of Oz at the La Paloma Theatre and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Carlsbad. Regan stated, “I went to a drama school in North Carolina and it was very focused on theater, particularly classical theater.” After college, she moved to New York City to pursue a professional acting career. She stated, “I don’t remember not wanting to \[be an actor\], to be honest. I don’t know. I just always wanted to be an actor.”
Regan is married to Eamon O’Sullivan, a writer she met in New Zealand while filming Legend of the Seeker. They have a daughter, Frankie Jean, born in December 2010. On November 17, 2017, Regan announced that they were expecting a second child.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Humberly González](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/humberly-gonzalez/)
**Published:** April 5, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Venezuelan born, Toronto-based actor. After graduating The National Theatre School of Canada, she debuted her on-camera skills in director Don McKellar’s short *It’s Not You*, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her TV credits include *Orphan Black*, *Shadowhunters*,*Saving Hope*, *Guilt Free Zone* and the upcoming CTV one-hour drama *The Detail*. Gonzale’s additional credits include the feature *Kodachrome* as well as a collaboration with Ubisoft as a motion capture performer in the video game *Starlink*, directed by Zeke Norton.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amber Lee Connors](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-lee-connors/)
**Published:** October 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, casting and voice director and script writer who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime and video games.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tamzen Hayes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tamzen-hayes/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tamzen Hayes is an actress and writer, known for *We Are Not Real People* (2015), *The Constants* (2016) and *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013).
Tamzen Hayes studied acting at The National Theatre Drama School in St Kilda and at Lee Strasberg in New York. Tamzen has worked in many various forms of theatre, from black comedy *80 Minutes, No Interval* at Theatreworks to performance art at Dark MOFO and with interactive theatre group The Boon Companions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nina Millin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nina-millin/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nina Millin was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Beyoncélogues (2014), Bad Moms (2016) and Diamond on Vinyl (2013).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Angela Carbone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angela-carbone/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
With a boundless sense of enthusiasm, dedication and appreciation Angela has quickly risen as an actor of international pursuits both large and small. Born in NY, raised on Long Island, and captivated by just about everything, Angela Carbone is a multidiciplinary child of design, acting, motorcycle appreciation, and metalworking.
After receiving her bachelor’s degree in Architecture and minor in Theater from Cornell University, Angela returned to her stomping ground of New York City to grow her career as an actor and designer. She continues to pursue her goal of making the last film on Earth. When not on screen, Angela nurtures other passions, including her loves of furniture crafting, welding, skeet shooting, poetry writing and pasta rolling. With a supreme interest in bringing truth, humor, levity, and depth to her projects and life, Angela is constantly employing herself to work hard and accomplish captivating things vastly beyond reach.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emma Maddock](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emma-maddock/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emma Maddock is an actress and producer, known for LA Web Series (2016), Lovers and Friends L.A (2017) and Charade (2016).
Growing up in Manchester, England, Emma became interested in the entertainment industry at a very young age. Every day after school she attended either, play rehearsals and performances, dance classes or band practice. She also enjoyed social events, taking part in sporting tournaments and the girl scouts.
All of these activities exposed her to many real life encounters, which she feels is important to an actor as it enables her to put herself into different circumstances.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jacqui Calloway](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jacqui-calloway/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jacqui Calloway is an actress, known for Monogamy S2 (2016), Circle and Cam girls (2014).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Victoria Mack](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/victoria-mack/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Victoria Mack is an actress, coach, writer and teacher who has been working as a theatre professional for over 15 years. She received her MFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she was awarded Tony Kushner’s Sylvia Kushner Memorial Award for Excellence. Her BA is from Columbia University’s Barnard College, where she majored in English Literature and minored in Film Studies, graduating magna cum laude with senior honors.
She’s had the privilege of an extremely varied career, having worked in theatre, film and television. She’s performed some of classical theatre’s greatest roles, including Rosalind, Eliza Doolittle, Desdemona and Lady Macbeth; as well as work-shopped and performed new plays with some of the best contemporary writers, including two world premieres by Theresa Rebeck and the Broadway production of David Ives’ *Venus in Fur*.
Victoria comes from a family of educators and has actively sought teaching and coaching opportunities throughout her professional career. In 2016 she decided to make teaching her primary professional focus.
She is a member of Actors Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA and has received her BPSS New York State Teaching Certificate. In 2016 she joined the National Alliance of Acting Teachers alongside such educators as Hugh O’Gorman (Cal-State Long Beach), Peter Jay Fernandez (The New School), Benny Sato Ambush (Emerson College), and Ron Van Lieu (Yale University).
Victoria currently lives in Savannah with her husband, dog Charlie, and cat Kali.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Staci Lynn Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/staci-lynn-fletcher/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An actress and stand up comedian. She is likely on stage right now.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Libby Osler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/libby-osler/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress who participated in the 2017 CBC Actors Conservatory Showcase. She is associated with various talent programs and has worked alongside other notable individuals in the industry.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sorcha McElroy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sorcha-mcelroy/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Sorcha is an actor based in Belfast. She began her training in 2020 with the National Youth Theatre, and since then has trained at Bow Street, the Lyric Theatre, and on the Bruiser Graduate Academy. She has most recently appeared in *Small Town, Big Story* on Sky. She received her first professional theatre credit on *Shared?* with Partisan Productions where she played a total of five characters. Sorcha has also starred in the official music video for “Shoulder Blades” by Ailbhe Reddy, with Collective Films
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Chara Aitken](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chara-aitken/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Chara Aitken is a Scottish actress based in Edinburgh and London known for *How to Get to Heaven from Belfast*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Judy Greer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/judy-greer/)
**Published:** November 13, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Judith Therese Evans, known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress, voice actress, comedian, and director. She is primarily known as a character actress, who has appeared in a wide variety of films.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Vic Michaelis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vic-michaelis/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American-Canadian improvisational comedian and actor. They have appeared on Dropout comedy shows including as the host of *Very Important People* (2023-present).
Vic was also the main character in *[Round and Round](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/round-and-round/ "Round and Round")*.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Itziar Martínez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/itziar-martinez/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Itziar Ituño
**Content:**
Itziar Martínez, also known as Itziar Ituño, is a Spanish actress best known for her role as Inspector Raquel Murillo in the popular television series “Money Heist.” She has been active in the entertainment industry since 1996 and performs in both Basque and Spanish languages
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Carolina Gómez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolina-gomez/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Colombian actress, TV host, model and former Miss Colombia and Miss Universe runner-up. She has appeared in several films and TV shows, such as *Acapulco*, *A corazón abierto* and *The Chosen One*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Lulu Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lulu-wilson/)
**Published:** August 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lulu Wilson is an actress known mostly for horror films, but she also starred in an episode of *Modern Love* (2021).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Danielle Galligan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-galligan/)
**Published:** May 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Irish actress, theatre maker, and poet. Early life and education. Galligan is from Rathfarnham, a suburb in South Dublin. Her mother, Lorraine is a beauty therapist who runs a salon and beauty school Galligan Beauty. Danielle was raised Catholic but now considers herself agnostic.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tisha Custodio](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tisha-custodio/)
**Published:** May 3, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Originally from the Philippines, Tisha immigrated to the United States at three years old, settling in California with her family. She discovered acting at a young age and enrolled in the Orange County School of the Performing Arts followed by multiple summers at Shakespeare Orange County where she studied alongside seasoned actors and also joined the CalArts intensive acting program. She has aspirations to continue her career into film and down the line run a production company of her own where she can create stories centered on diversity and the immigrant experience. She loves acting for the ability to step into another person’s shoes and explore their psychology. Diversity is important to her and she wants fans to watch her on screen and feel seen.
Tisha can be described as passionate and driven. Alongside acting, she is dedicated to her music, writing her own songs and playing the guitar and banjo, with goals of releasing a debut EP. When creating, she is influenced by American Folk and Jazz and inspired by musicians such as Madison Cunningham, Big Thief, and Sara Bareilles. She lives a sustainable lifestyle, focusing on Vegan and clean eating and being mindful of purchasing and consuming ethically sourced and sustainable products whenever possible. In her spare time she enjoys painting, reading, weight lifting, hiking, and rock climbing.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sofia Bryant](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sofia-bryant/)
**Published:** October 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sofia Bryant is an American-Finnish actress known for her work on CBS tv shows *The Good Wife*, *Blue Bloods* and *The Code*. She was cast as a series regular in NBC drama pilot *Suspicion* from The Path creator Jessica Goldberg, Universal TV and Keshet Studios.
In 2019 Sofia joined the cast of *I Am Not Okay With This*, Netflix’s YA series.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bobbi Salvör Menuez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bobbi-salvor-menuez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American artist, model, curator and actor. They are the founder of the Luck You artist collective in New York City.
Formerly known as **India Menuez**, they announced their current name on social media in January 2019. They identify as trans non-binary and use *they/them* pronouns.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Erin Fitzgerald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erin-fitzgerald/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian-American voice actress and actress. She is bilingual, speaking both English and French fluently. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, she has resided in Los Angeles, California since 2000.
On National Coming Out Day 2020, [Erin came out as pansexual](https://twitter.com/erinfitzgerald/status/1315312031671611394).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Nicole Talbot](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-talbot/)
**Published:** May 1, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicole Talbot is a singer and television, film, and musical theater actress. She found her voice and passion on stage and has been performing since age 5.
Nicole has appeared in *Inside Amy Schumer, I Am Jazz,* and dozens of professional and regional musical theater productions. She recently performed in Times Square as part of *Playbill Pride* alongside Grammy award-winning vocalist Mela Sarajane Daily and GLAAD’s National Rising Star, Jada Cato. Nicole is a National Anthem singer for the Boston Bruins and has performed the anthem at TD Garden for 19,000 fans and millions of viewers on NESN.
Nicole is a passionate advocate for transgender youth and played a major role in passing and protecting anti-discrimination legislation in Massachusetts. She is a founding Champion of The GenderCool Project and a former Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Youth Ambassador. She has been featured in New York Times Magazine, NBC News, Teen Vogue, The Mission Magazine, Boston Herald, HuffPost, and Megyn Kelly Today and in documentaries produced by HRC, Associated Press, NowThis, and .them.
Nicole is a prolific speaker and shares her story to move hearts and minds about transgender people. She has spoken at national conferences and benefits, for corporations, and other events, including *Sing Out Broadway* at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
In 2020, she was named the first recipient of the Trans Club of New England’s Trans Community Visionary Award.
Assigned male at birth, Nicole transitioned to living authentically as female in 2015 at age 13 with the support of her mother, other family members, friends, and her communities. She shares her story and lends her voice, time, and talent to support other transgender youth on their journey to living authentically.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Amber Friendly](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amber-friendly/)
**Published:** November 7, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amber Friendly is an American actress known for her roles in various television shows and films, including *The Morning Show* and *New Girl*. She has also appeared in several other series and movies, showcasing her versatility in both drama and comedy.
Originally from the land of cold winters and warm hearts, Amber is a Chicago-land native whose work has adorned both stage and screen. As graduate of the esteemed graduate acting program at the University of California, Irvine, Amber has spent much of her time in the arts both as a collaborator and beacon of support to those around her. Her screen work ranges from thrilling legal/crime dramas (*How to Get Away With Murder*, *Rizzoli & Isles*, *Scorpion*) to irreverent comedies (*Shameless*, *Parks & Recreation*, *Children’s Hospital*) with a few surprises sprinkled along the way (*The Veil* with Jessica Alba, *Klown Forever*, the sequel to the famous Danish TV show). Though she loves the adventure a creative life provides, Amber’s feet stay firmly on the ground.
She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sachiyo K](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sachiyo-k/)
**Published:** December 2, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Sachiko Hayashi
**Content:**
Sachiyo K is a japanese, hollywood based actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jessica Crockett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jessica-crockett/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jessica Crockett is an actress, known for Dark Angel (2000), which was groundbreaking as it was the first time a transgender actress portrayed a lesbian on US network television.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aisha Lomax](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-lomax/)
**Published:** February 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aisha Lomax is known for her work on Acceptance (2017), All About The Washingtons (2018) and Casual (2015).
Aisha Lomax has had the pleasure of appearing on S.W.A.T., Unbelievable, Casual and the award-winning web series, Poz Roz. As a budding producer, she has co-produced a short film titled Acceptance, which was featured on BET’s Star Cinema.
Aisha’s desire is to continue to be a part of works that not only reflect the times, but is doing something to move important conversations forward.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aisha Evelyna](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aisha-evelyna/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born to Canadian parents of Caribbean descent, Aisha grew up in a suburb north of Toronto. She completed two years of York University’s prestigious Acting Conservatory program, but left mid way through to pursue other endeavors, and now holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre from York University.
She made her debut network television appearance on Syfy’s 12 Monkeys and has since appeared in many network television and indie film projects. Her Short Film Accidentals, which she wrote, co- produced, and starred in, is now touring the festival circuit.
Aisha Evelyna now resides in Toronto
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Aimee Carrero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aimee-carrero/)
**Published:** May 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Dominican-American actress, voice actress and singer, who provides the voices of She-Ra in the Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Princess Elena on the Disney Channel animated series Elena of Avalor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Adrienne Warren](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/adrienne-warren/)
**Published:** April 7, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Adrienne Warren was born on 6 May 1987 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Woman King (2022), Dreamland and Blue Bloods (2010).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jen Landon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jen-landon/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Jennifer Landon is an American actress known for her role as Teeter on the Paramount Network series Yellowstone (2020–2024). She is also known for her role as Gwen Norbeck Munson in the CBS soap opera As the World Turns (2005–2008, 2010). For her part on the show, Landon won three consecutive Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series.
She is the daughter of actor Michael Landon and his third wife Cindy Clerico. Her brothers Mark Landon and Michael Landon Jr and her sister Leslie Landon are all actors. Her brother Christopher B. Landon is a filmmaker.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Nicole Zyana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-zyana/)
**Published:** January 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Actress and producer best recognized for her appearances in videos on BuzzFeed, particularly BuzzFeedYellow videos about relationships. She has also appeared in a number of television movies and shows like Pilot Season and Prosperity Lane. One of her earliest acting gigs was in 2014 portraying Kirsty in the web series Randy App.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Monte Marin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/monte-marin/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Stefa Marin Alarcón
**Content:**
Monte Marin is a vocalist, composer and multi-media performance artist born and raised in Queens, NY. Using an amalgamation of punk, experimental pop and classical minimalism with queer ethereal aesthetix and video collages, Monte builds worlds that offer a somatic decolonial respite for the misfits & displaced who are yearning for a sense of home.
Monte has shared their work/spirit/song with Queens Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Museo Del Barrio, National Sawdust, Rough Trade, Elsewhere, Nublu, BAAD!, The Sultan Room, NUEVOFest, Abrons Arts Center, Dixon Place, Tulsa Artist Residency, Cine Las Americas, The Vienna Festival, Power of the People Combined, Body Hack, Fierce Futures and more.
They studied euro-centric classical music for 20 years (Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts ‘07, Central School of Speech and Drama ‘10), were an Artist-in-Residence at TrueQué Residencia Artística, Slippage Residency at Duke University, a Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics EmergeNYC Fellow (2019) and are currently a Leslie Lohman Museum of Art Artist Fellow (2019-2020).
Their debut EP “Sepalina” was released on Figure & Ground Records in 2018.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Nicky Endres](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicky-endres/)
**Published:** January 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mx. (“Mix”) Nicky Endres has long defied convention. A **non-binary transfeminine**, **genderqueer**, and **genderfluid** martial artist and an adopted child, she\* has always challenged cultural categories to forge her own way.
As evidenced by her German surname, Nicky is a convergence of contraries: East and West, masculine and feminine, laughter and lethality. A character actor with a specialty for gender transformation, she is cast as much for her androgynous look as for her versatility; she is adept in both comedy and drama as well as in characters across the Trans\* and gender-fluid spectrum.
Nicky has enjoyed a wide variety of roles in film, television, and theatre: from vampires, assassins, and warriors to intellectuals, jokesters, and even ingénues.
Nicky grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and majored in English and Theatre at Lawrence University. She studies martial arts, enjoys hiking, video games, quantum physics, *Xena: Warrior Princess*, and also works as a graphic designer and digital artist. She is fond of dogs, dark chocolate, hair & makeup, and intricately-choreographed violence.
*\* Nicky actually uses all pronouns and an inclusive/nonbinary honorific: Mx*
- **Transfeminine**: Often someone assigned-male-at-birth (AMAB) whose gender identity is feminine but who may not identify as unequivocally female (as most binary-identified transwomen do).
- **Genderqueer**: A gender-expansive and inclusive term that describes the breadth of non-binary and non-cisnormative gender identities, including Transgender and Gender-Non-Conforming (GNC) identities.
- **Genderfluid**: When someone’s gender expression changes over time, or varies within different contexts.
*(Nicky will still play male roles so long as she doesn’t have to cut her hair!)*
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Lili Walters](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lili-walters/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Lili Walters is a Hungarian actress known for her roles in film and television, including the comedy Comrade Drakulich (2019), for which she won Best Actress in a Feature Film at Hungarian Film Week, the Gothic horror film The Invitation (2022), and the series FBI: International (2021).
Born in Budapest, Hungary, Walters is bilingual in English and Hungarian and remains based in Budapest, where she began her career with appearances in local productions. Her father is a ceramist of half-Irish and half-Welsh descent and her mother is a contemporary and classical dancer, influencing her early exposure to the arts.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Abbie Hern](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/abbie-hern/)
**Published:** July 27, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for The Twilight Zone (2019), The Pact (2021) and Through the Looking Glass.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brianne Tju](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brianne-tju/)
**Published:** March 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Brianne Tju was born as Brianne Ashleigh Tju. She is an actress, known for Grey’s Anatomy (2005), R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (2010) and Scream: The TV Series (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Michelle Christa Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-christa-smith/)
**Published:** October 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and stunt performer.
Michelle is a World Champion Baton Twirler, turned professional stunt woman, martial artist and educator.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Aliza Vellani](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aliza-vellani/)
**Published:** May 15, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian television actress based in British Columbia. Vellani is best known for her roles as Layla Siddiqui on CBC’s hit series *Little Mosque on the Prairie*, Marcy in the CW series *iZombie* and Sandeep in the revival season of the Fox series *The X-Files*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Skye P. Marshall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/skye-p-marshall/)
**Published:** January 26, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Chicago, Skye is a proud veteran of the United States Air Force. After her active duty enlistment was fulfilled, Skye returned home to Chicago and graduated from Northeastern Illinois University, with honors.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Communication, Media & Theatre (CMT Program). After graduation, she moved to New York City where she trained at Stella Adler Studio of Acting and the Broadway Dance Center, all while working full-time at a pharmaceutical marketing firm. That’s where she realized that a cubicle was her own personal “hell” and it was time for her to pursue her dream of acting in TV and Film. Skye now resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Her television credits include This is Us (NBC), 9-1-1 (FOX), The Fix (ABC), DC Comics: Black Lightning (TheCW), Major Crimes (TNT), Shameless (Showtime), Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), NCIS (CBS), The Mentalist (CBS), Dexter (Showtime)…and more. Skye also had the honor of starring alongside Sir Anthony Hopkins and Al Pacino in Lionsgate feature film, Misconduct.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Asha Bromfield](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/asha-bromfield/)
**Published:** September 9, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Asha Bromfield is an actress, singer, and writer of Afro-Jamaican descent. She is known for her role as Melody Jones, drummer of “Josie and the Pussycats” in CW’s *Riverdale.* She also stars as Zadie Wells in Netflix’s hit show, *Locke and Ke*y. Asha is a proud ambassador for the Dove Self-Esteem Project, and she currently lives in Toronto where she is pursuing a degree in Communications.
In her spare time, she loves studying astrology, wearing crystals, burning sage, baking vegan desserts, and taking walks to the park with her dogs Luka and Kyra. *Hurricane Summer* is her debut novel.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kyra Leroux](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kyra-leroux/)
**Published:** September 24, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born a friendly redhead, Kyra has always stood out in a crowd. Since her first word “Hi!” at nine months, Kyra has been comfortable speaking publicly and entertaining everyone. It was a natural progression to combine Kyra’s confident and outgoing personality with the performing arts.
Since booking her first role in the crime comedy series Psych at seven years old, Kyra has had a passion for acting. Since then, Kyra has gone on to act in guest roles in series such as ABC’s Once Upon a Time, History channel’s Six and Netflix’ Brand New Cherry Flavor, to name a few. She continues to learn, grow, and hone her craft at Vancouver’s esteemed acting school, McIlroy & Associates, training primarily with coach Beatrice King.
As Kyra has always been a dynamic storyteller, she began training in musical theatre at the age of 4. Some of her highlights throughout the years have been playing the title role of Alice in Metro Theatre’s outrageous pantomime Alice in Wonderland, Gracie Shinn in Gateway Theatre’s Music Man, and Buttons in Theatre Under the Stars’ Newsies. She also spent several years choreographing and performing in productions at her high school, where she graduated with straight A’s from the french immersion program.
Ever since her musical theatre classes introduced her to singing, Kyra has continued to devote time to her love of music. In addition to private lessons in singing and piano, she was deeply involved in the music department at school, playing alto saxophone in the concert band, trumpet in the jazz band, and singing with the concert and jazz choirs. She now puts her musical talent to use playing gigs around Vancouver and busking on Granville Island in the summer, where she sings and plays guitar in multiple groups.
Kyra started her very first dance class in a diaper just before she turned 2 and has been dancing ever since! Kyra is able to change styles between classical ballet, contemporary, modern, jazz, lyrical, tap, stage and hip hop, executing each performance authentically. Her charisma and stage presence most recently earned her the opportunity to dance on screen in Kenny Ortega’s Netflix Original series Julie and the Phantoms. Kyra’s extensive training in acting, dance, musical theatre and singing has led her to be a versatile and well rounded performer who has earned a reputation throughout the Vancouver scene as a hard working and enthusiastic artist.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Harley Quinn Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/harley-quinn-smith/)
**Published:** June 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Harley Quinn Smith is an American actress and musician. Smith has appeared in the film Tusk and starred in its spin-off Yoga Hosers, both written and directed by her father, filmmaker Kevin Smith. She is also the bass player and one of the singers in the bubblegum punk band The Tenth.
[In an interview with GLAAD’s Anthony Ramos](https://www.advocate.com/television/2021/6/16/cruel-summers-harley-quinn-smith-being-bisexual-and-playing-queer), Smith shared she is bisexual.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Keara Graves](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/keara-graves/)
**Published:** December 6, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Keara Kristen Graves is an actor, singer, and YouTuber from Toronto, Canada. She is best known for playing the lead role of ‘Leia’ on the television series *Lost & Found Music Studios*.
They started acting, dancing, and modeling at the age of 4. They are constantly training in acting and continuously booking new roles in television and film. She has a rapidly-growing following on her YouTube channel and posts new original content every week.
Keara only realized their passion for music after they booked their break-out role on *Lost & Found Music Studios*. Since then, her love of singing has only grown stronger, and she’s developed her signature vocal sound. They have expanded their skills as a performing artist as they now play the guitar and write their own original music.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Reneé Rapp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/renee-rapp/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actor, stage artist, and singer who rose to popularity after she won the 2018 Jimmy Award for “Best Performance by an Actress”, beating 40 other competitors for the award. She is also known for taking over the role of Regina George in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical Mean Girls in 2019.
In [a Nov 2022 interview with Vogue Magazine](https://www.vogue.com/article/renee-rapp-sex-lives-of-college-girls), Renee identified as a bisexual woman and said her character Leighton from The Sex Lives of College Girls helped her understand herself. In [2024, she stated she was a lesbian on Andy Cohen’s radio show](https://www.instagram.com/p/C14q2UVLHwp/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Georgie Stone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/georgie-stone/)
**Published:** September 6, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Georgie Sarah Jean Robertson Stone is an Australian transgender advocate who has made appearances on shows such as Four Corners, The Project and Australian Story, as well as various radio appearances
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jasmin Savoy Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasmin-savoy-brown/)
**Published:** June 20, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress best known for her role as Evangeline “Evie” Murphy on HBO’s *The Leftovers*. She also provided the voice and motion capture for Phin Mason / Tinkerer in *Spider-Man: Miles Morales*.
In 2019, Jasmin [talked with Out Magazine](https://www.out.com/television/2019/3/07/jasmin-savoy-brown-doing-it-queer-mixed-girls-everywhere) about being an out queer actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Asia Kate Dillon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/asia-kate-dillon/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Asia Kate Dillon is an American actor who plays Brandy Epps in Orange Is the New Black and Taylor Mason in Billions. Dillon identifies as non-binary and uses singular they pronouns. Their role on Billions is the first gender non-binary main character on North American television.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Kausar Mohammed](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kausar-mohammed/)
**Published:** November 23, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, comedian, writer, and voice actress. She is best known for her roles in East of La Brea, What Men Want, Little and voicing in Netflix’s Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous.
Her short film, *The Syed Family XMAS Eve Game Night*, was based on her real life experience of[ introducing her girlfriend to her family](https://movieweb.com/kausar-mohammed-interview/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Stephanie Beatriz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/stephanie-beatriz/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Stephanie Beatriz Bischoff Alvizuri is an Argentine-born American actress best known for playing Detective Rosa Diaz in the FOX comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
In July 2016, Beatriz revealed via Twitter that she is bisexual.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Futaba](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/futaba/)
**Published:** October 6, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Futaba Shioda
**Content:**
Futaba explores the wildly powerful space where art and social justice intersect. Through his experience as a queer, trans, Asian Diaspora artist and person, he feels that representation is **not** **enough**. We must directly uplift marginalized communities and their voices to ignite effective change.
A NYC-based film, stage, and musical actor trained in dance, singing, clowning, and devising, he offers education resources on art and activism.
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**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Emmett Preciado](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emmett-preciado/)
**Published:** February 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Emmett Claren
**Content:**
Emmett Preciado, formerly known as Emmett Claren, is an American transgender actor and singer-songwriter of Latin, Spanish, and Italian descent.
He was born in Merced, California but grew up in Chilton, Wisconsin. He started to seriously pursue his acting career after dropping out of college to physically transition. Emmett has been cast in a couple of series and got his first Principal Role in the Spring of 2019. He is currently a Recurring Co-Star on a major TV series and just shot his first Guest Star role on another major series.
Fun fact about Emmett’s last name: his former last name, “Claren,” was actually made up. He never knew his grandfather, meaning Emmett’s father didn’t know who *his* father was. On his dad’s birth certificate, “Claren” was the name written down. But in 2019, Emmett’s dad took a “23andMe” test and found his father and a whole side of the family they never knew about! The name on his birth certificate should have been Preciado, the name he now proudly goes by.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Kye Tamm](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kye-tamm/)
**Published:** March 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aspiring actor, musician, writer and illustrator. On the side, he’s also a pretty decent cook.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Em Grosland](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/em-grosland/)
**Published:** May 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
> Art has the power to change history not merely record it.
Grosland is passionate about work that challenges audiences, shifts paradigms, and serves to increase empathy in our culture.
Grosland is working to create a career that makes space for trans actors and patrons within traditionally cis-stories and environments. As well as work that emphasizes the humanity and strength in trans people as individuals and as a community. “Let us be the heroes of our own stories.”
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** They
---
### [Sasha A. Cohen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasha-a-cohen/)
**Published:** November 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young actor.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Raye Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/raye-rodriguez/)
**Published:** November 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The creator/showrunner/executive producer of Crunchyroll Studio’s High Guardian Spice.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Rizi Timane](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rizi-timane/)
**Published:** November 17, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dr. Rizi Nasele Bamaiyi **Timane** LCSW, DSW, is a female-to-male transgender entertainer, a licensed psychotherapist, and a Certified Trans-sensitivity and Diversity Trainer who advocates for transgender rights. In June 2018, he spoke at the United Nations Global Entrepreneur Summit on the need for greater trans awareness and trans workplace advocacy.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Madeline Wise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madeline-wise/)
**Published:** January 20, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Madeline Wise is an actor who lives in New York City. She received her BA from Bard College; she also studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is a founder of New Saloon Theater Collective and a member of The Actors Center.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brittany Lauda](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittany-lauda/)
**Published:** January 13, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brittany Lauda is a voice actress, casting director and voice director from New York. She is known for her work in video games, anime, and My Little Pony official apps by Hasbro. In addition to voice over, Brittany has a Shiba Inu who rules her life.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Demisexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Panromantic
**Pronouns:** He, She, They
---
### [BD Wong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bd-wong/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bradley Darryl “BD” Wong is an American actor. Wong won a Tony Award for his performance as Song Liling in M. Butterfly, becoming the only actor in Broadway history to receive the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Clarence Derwent Award, and Theatre World Award for the same role. He has since gained more notability for playing the roles Dr. George Huang on [*Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-svu/), Father Ray Mukada on *Oz*, Dr. John Lee on Awake, Dr. Henry Wu in the Jurassic Park franchise, and Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme in the film *Seven Years in Tibet*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** He
---
### [AzMarie Livingston](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/azmarie-livingston/)
**Published:** October 26, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ashley Marie “AzMarie” Livingston is an American fashion model, actress and singer who rose to fame after appearing on America’s Next Top Model: British Invasion in 2012. Livingston was cast to play the role of Chicken on the Fox show Empire.
She dated Raven-Symoné from 2012 through 2016.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tess Aubert](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tess-aubert/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tess discovered her passion for acting at an early age. She made her feature debut starring in Tim Cruz’s Instaland and can be seen in recurring roles on Netflix series Unbelievable and Alexa & Katie. As a queer woman of color, Tess pursues to help unheard voices claim their space on stage and on screen.
Though she mostly grew up in Paris, France, Tess now resides in Los Angeles, CA where she continues furthering her acting training at The Groundlings and at USC where she is also pursuing a minor in Gender and Social Justice.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Pearl Mackie](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pearl-mackie/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British actress, dancer, and singer. She is best known for playing Bill Potts in the long-running television series Doctor Who. Mackie is a 2010 graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Her first major television role came in 2014, when she played Anne-Marie Frasier in BBC One soap opera Doctors.
She came out as bisexual in 2020 on [her Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CB-bfqZAX6y/?igshid=4uyjbenf155z).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Brittani Nichols](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittani-nichols/)
**Published:** April 3, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American producer, screenwriter, actor, comedian, and writer. Her writing has appeared on HuffPost, Autostraddle, Jezebel, and Buzzfeed.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Isaiah Stannard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/isaiah-stannard/)
**Published:** February 28, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Isaiah Stannard plays Ben Marks (formerly known as Sadie) on NBC’s drama “Good Girls.”
Stannard most recently appeared in the feature film “Brad’s Status” with Ben Stiller and plays the lead role in the upcoming short film “Party Dress.”
Stannard first became excited about acting after playing Charlie in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” in his school play. His entrance into the business was through voice-overs, voicing cartoon characters as well as dubbing on foreign films and TV shows. Many know him as the voice of young Carl Sagan in the film “Star Stuff.”
Born and raised in New York City, Stannard attends the Professional Performing Arts School (PPAS), where he also studies voice and dance.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Keylor Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/keylor-leigh/)
**Published:** April 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Keylor Leigh is an actress and assistant director, known for Desert Shores (2018), monoGAYmous (2016) and The Muppets. (2015). Traveler. Hater of sleeves, mushrooms and minivans. Doer of things. Less talk, more action.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicole Pacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-pacent/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Best known for her role as ‘Aster’ on the award-winning LGBTQ series, *[Anyone But Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anyone-but-me/)* (Hulu), Nicole Pacent is a bisexual actor, writer, and host. A long-time activist for the LGBTQ community, Nicole has worked in queer media for more than a decade, acting in several projects for Tello Films, OML, and other queer-oriented production companies, and writing for Curve Magazine and AfterEllen (under its original editorial staff).
For her work on ABM, Nicole was awarded Best Actress in a Web Series in CherryGrrl.com’s Readers’ Choice Awards, and was twice nominated in the Best Supporting Actress category in Indie Intertube Awards, Indie Soap Awards, and American Soap World Awards. Nicole currently co-hosts the weekly podcast *Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole*, which gives queer people from all walks of life the opportunity to tell their coming out stories in the hope of educating, entertaining, and empowering listeners.
With over hundreds of thousands of downloads and appearances from LGBTQ celebrities like Stephanie Beatriz, Miles McKenna, and Kirsten Vangsness, *Coming Out with Lauren and Nicole* has become a go-to pocast for the queer community. In 2019, Nicole was hired to co-write the upcoming bilingual LGBTQ series from 163 Films, the company behind the award-winning Brazilian series, Red, which amassed over eight million views from over 145 countries.
A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Nicole has acted opposite Liza Weil, Melissa Ponzio, and Taye Diggs, and has collaborated as an actor on projects with *Dead To Me* showrunner Liz Feldman, *The L Word: Generation Q* showrunner Marja Lewis-Ryan, *Creed II* writer Juel Taylor, and long-time television and film director, Joel Zwick.
In her personal life, Nicole is an avid Harry Potter fan, a halfway decent amateur opera singer, a french toast connoisseur, and a professional helicopter parent to her dog, Dobby, and her cats Eva and Boo.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [River Butcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/river-butcher/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Rhea, RB, Rhea Butcher
**Content:**
River Butcher is a Los Angeles-based standup comic, actor and writer. Originally from the Midwest, he grew up skateboarding the mean streets of Akron, Ohio. His blue-collar brand of cool has endeared him to audiences nationwide, as he’s performed standup and appeared on shows such as The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, @Midnight and Conan.
River’s first television series, “Take My Wife” premiered as a critical hit and was reviewed by Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Vulture, IndieWire and countless other outlets. He was a recurring performer on the TruTv series “Adam Ruins Everything,”. His debut standup album, “Butcher”, and release with Cameron Esposito, “Back To Back: Live” both debuted at number one on iTunes. He was also named one of Variety’s Top Ten Comics To Watch 2017 at the Just For Laughs festival.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him, His
---
### [Nicole Amber Maines](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicole-amber-maines/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicole Amber Maines is an American trans girl who was featured in the HBO documentary ‘The Trans List’ and is the subject of the book “Becoming Nicole” by author Amy Ellis Nutt.
She took a case, Doe v. Clenchy, to Maine’s Supreme Court in June of 2013. She won her case, which set a precedent for transgender people to be allowed to use the bathroom of their choice.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Quei Tann](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/quei-tann/)
**Published:** September 16, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Quei Tann is an actress and trans\* activist, known for Dear White People (2017), Cam (2018) and Jelly.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alexandra Metz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-metz/)
**Published:** February 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Metz is an american actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Laura Zak](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-zak/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Laura Zak is a writer, actor, producer, and activist. She is the co-creator and co-writer of the Emmy-nominated and Gotham award winning series Her Story, and is a writer and voice actor for Amazon’s upcoming animated series Danger & Eggs. In 2013, Laura co-created and starred in the web series #Hashtag, which was identified by Indiewire as a potential “next Broad City’. Since then, Laura has appeared as an actor in many films, series, and music videos, including several videos on Buzzfeed, and in the upcoming film Spunkle.
Laura served for eight years as Campaigns’ Manager for Eve Ensler’s V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy and went on to study journalism at Boston University, creative writing at Northwestern University, and obtained a Classics diploma from St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ali Krieger](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-krieger/)
**Published:** December 9, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American soccer player for the Orlando Pride of the National Women’s Soccer League, the highest division of women’s professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women’s national soccer team.
On March 13, 2019, Krieger and fiancée Ashlyn Harris announced their engagement after nine years of dating. Harris is also a soccer player who plays with Krieger on the Orlando Pride and the national team.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophia Bush](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-bush/)
**Published:** June 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sophia Anna Bush is an American actress, activist, director, and producer. She starred as Brooke Davis in The WB/CW drama series One Tree Hill (2003–2012). She also starred as Det. Erin Lindsay in the NBC police procedural drama series Chicago P.D. (2014–2017).
Bush had major film roles in the comedy John Tucker Must Die (2006), the horror thriller The Hitcher (2007), the crime drama The Narrows (2008), the legal drama Marshall (2017), the action film Acts of Violence (2018), and the animated superhero film Incredibles 2 (2018).
In 2023, [Bush started dating professional soccer player, Ashlyn Harris](https://people.com/sophia-bush-and-ashlyn-harris-had-first-date-few-weeks-ago-source-exclusive-8362991). In 2024, she came out as [queer](https://www.autostraddle.com/sophia-bush-comes-out-as-queer-and-in-love-with-ashlyn-harris/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chyler Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chyler-leigh/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chyler Leigh West, known professionally as Chyler Leigh, is an American actress, singer and model. She is best known for her portrayal of Janey Briggs in the comedy film Not Another Teen Movie (2001), Dr. Alexandra “Lexie” Grey in the ABC medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy (2007–2012), and Alexandra “Alex” Danvers in the CBS/CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–present), subsequently appearing in the other series that make up the Arrowverse.
Leigh started acting at an early age and debuted in the film world at age 15 in 1997’s Kickboxing Academy. She started hosting in local TV shows and modeling; in 2001, Leigh nabbed the lead role in the box-office success Not Another Teen Movie as Janey Briggs. She also appeared in Marilyn Manson’s music video “Tainted Love”, a song which appeared in the film. She was ranked #65 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002. In 2002, Leigh was cast in two short-lived TV series: Girls Club, in which she played lawyer Sarah Mickle, and That ’80s Show, in which she played punk rocker June Tuesday. She then became a series regular on the ABC legal drama The Practice, but was let go at the end of the season due to budget cuts. Following that, she joined the cast of Reunion in September, 2005.
On July 20, 2002, Leigh married fellow actor Nathan West in Alaska. The couple worked together in 2000 on the television series 7th Heaven, playing Mary Camden’s (Jessica Biel) troubled friends Frankie and Johnnie. Leigh and West have three children – a son and two daughters: Noah Wilde (born December 2003), Taelyn Leigh (born September 2006),\[20\] and Anniston Kae (born May 7, 2009).
In ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Leigh first appeared as a woman in Joe’s bar who was noticed by Derek Shepherd while in the third-season finale, it was revealed that she was Lexie Grey.\[9\] She was made an official series regular for season four, and remained so until the eighth-season finale.\[10\]
Leigh also makes music with her husband Nathan West (East of Eli), under the name “WestLeigh”. They have performed covers and originals songs. In 2015, for their thirteenth anniversary they wrote “Love Lit The Sky”. On Saint Valentine’s Day 2017 they released a single “Nowhere” and then she take part in tours.
In October, 2015, she began starring, in a lead role, in the CBS/CW show Supergirl as Alex Danvers, who is the sister of Supergirl.
In May 2020, she came out on her website, Create Change, and discussed her hesitation to label her sexuality. She said her Supergirl character’s coming out storyline was a “variation of her own.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Onyx Keesha](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/onyx-keesha/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Onyx Keesha is a director and actress, known for Shower (2017), Church Hurt (2016) and her HER (2017).
Onyx Keesha moved to ATL to dive into the film industry and birthed Onyx Keesha Films – a queer centered film company that focuses on telling the stories of those not often heard. With several film festival wins, over one million total YouTube channel views and a platform to showcase some of the talents in the LGBT community Onyx Keesha Films has produced/directed Church Hurt tackling the subject of religion and sexuality, a lesbian Christmas Movie, a love story, and various web shows.
Onyx Keesha is the director of the Revry Original series 3030 which is a first for an African Amerian Woman Director on the huge network.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Troy Rockett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/troy-rockett/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Tai Rockett
**Content:**
Troy Rockett is an artist of African descent based in Oakland, CA. His poetry has been published by Saul Williams, online magazines, and several literary journals. Academically, his main focus has been Creative Writing and British Literature. However, within the last several years he has participated in many community art projects which has allowed him to branch out into other artistic expressions.
Currently, they perform with local Bay Area theater productions and independent film projects. They are a Teaching Artist with the Center for The Art of Translation. They are the 2013-2014 recipient of The Lesbian Writer’s Fund through the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice.
**Genders:** Unknown
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Blu del Barrio](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/blu-del-barrio/)
**Published:** September 2, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Blu del Barrio is a non-binary actor. Del Barrio was in their final year of studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art when they auditioned for the role of Adira on *Star Trek: Discovery*. Del Barrio has been acting in theater since the age of seven, and made their television acting debut in season three of *Star Trek: Discovery*.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Natalie Morales](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-morales/)
**Published:** March 26, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Natalie Morales is an American actress born in Kendall, Florida, USA. She starred in the ABC Family series The Middleman and had a main role on the first season of the USA Network series White Collar. In 2010, she appeared in the feature films Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps and Going the Distance. Morales also had a starring role in the Fox comedy series The Grinder and a recurring role on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation.
Morales appeared in Oliver Stone’s 2010 film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, a sequel to his 1987 film Wall Street. She was cast as Chelsea Handler’s best friend in Are You There, Chelsea? However, she left the series when the cast was replaced for creative reasons. Morales also appeared on Aaron Sorkin’s HBO drama, The Newsroom, guest-starring as Kaylee, the girlfriend of Dev Patel’s character, Neal. In 2013, Morales joined the cast of Trophy Wife as Meg, Kate’s best friend. In 2015, she joined the cast of the Fox series The Grinder. In 2017, she appeared in some episodes of the NBC series Powerless. Morales appeared as Detective Ann Garcia in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet.
On June 30, 2017, Morales revealed to social media that she identified herself as queer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Jaidan Jiron](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jaidan-jiron/)
**Published:** February 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress known for Legion (2017), New Girl (2011), and Supergirl (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ariela Barer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariela-barer/)
**Published:** May 8, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She recently shot a supporting role in the upcoming Hulu feature “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise” as well as a lead role in the indie feature “Disfluency.” She is best known for starring as Gert on Hulu’s Marvel series “Runaways.”
At 19 years old, she was already a veteran comedic actress when she leapt into the Marvel Universe. She recurred on the first season of Netflix’s Norman Lear revival “One Day at a Time,” opposite Rita Moreno and Justina Machado, and played Young Cece on several episodes of “New Girl.” Television credits include “Weeds,” “Modern Family,” “Liv and Maddie” and “Atypical,” amongst others. She also recently directed the short film “Jelly,” which will soon be entering the festival circuit.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Marquise Vilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marquise-vilson/)
**Published:** April 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marquise Vilson is an actor, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Ben is Back (2018) and Skin Deep the Series (2017).
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Alex Blue Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-blue-davis/)
**Published:** January 18, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alex Blue Davis is known for his work on Grey’s Anatomy (2005), NCIS (2003) and NCIS: Los Angeles (2009).
He and his wife are [foster parents](http://www.thejoyfulpurpose.com).
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Corey Rae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/corey-rae/)
**Published:** July 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Corey is a transgender activist, entertainer, model, public speaker, and writer who helps break social stigmas surrounding transgender women. Although born in California, she lived in New Jersey and New York for 17 years, and embarked on a one-way trip back home to LA in early 2017. Corey showcases her journey as a transgender woman through her writing, which illustrates her life experiences, as well shares the stories of other positive and unique LGBTQ+ members. She has a strong academic and personal knowledge of the LGBTQ+ community. Knowing that she became her own dream come true, Corey has her sights set on making a monumental difference for the transgender community.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jolie Jenkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jolie-jenkins/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress.
She is best known for portraying the live-action version of Rita Loud in the comedy television series *The Really Loud House* as well as the film *A Really Haunted Loud House*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hunter Schafer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hunter-schafer/)
**Published:** June 16, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American fashion model, actress, artist, and LGBT rights activist.
Schafer was born in Trenton, New Jersey, to parents Katy and Mac Schafer. Her father is a Presbyterian minister, and their family moved between churches and congregations in New Jersey, Arizona, and finally Raleigh, North Carolina. She has three younger siblings: two sisters and a brother.
While in high school, Schafer protested against the North Carolina Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act. On April 21, 2016, while she was a high school junior, Schafer was added as a plaintiff in the Carcaño v. McCrory lawsuit against the bill. In her senior year, Schafer was a semifinalist in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. She graduated from the High School Visual Arts program at the North Carolina School of the Arts in 2017, having transferred there from Needham B. Broughton High School.
Schafer planned to attend Central Saint Martins, an arts college in London, England, but deferred her enrollment after high school to focus on her career.
In 2019, Schafer was cast in the HBO series Euphoria, marking her acting debut. Aside from her leading role in the series, she also co-wrote an episode with the show’s creator Sam Levinson and served as co-executive producer. Additionally, she collaborated with him so that her character and the show’s story reflected her experience.
In an interview with Dazed, she says that [her sexuality is closer to what people would call lesbian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWfPyxFjTk).
Two years later [she further clarified](https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/13/hunter-schafer-bisexual-pansexual-sexxuality/), “I am like bi or pan or something.”
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Elsie Lovelock](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elsie-lovelock/)
**Published:** December 24, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elsie Lovelock is a British voice actor and singer who has been acting since the age of 16. She has been in many musical theatre productions and shows, both professional and amateur, and has worked as a host and entertainer professionally.
She has provided voices and song vocals for a plethora of different video games, animations, albums and projects during her time as an actress. Elsie has a dynamic, strong, emotive and extremely versatile voice with years of acting experience in theatre and voiceover. Her normal speaking voice is clear, mid-to-low in pitch with an East Sussex accent.
For singing, her voice is Soprano range, capable of adapting to every type of genre, with a very strong belt. Easy and pleasant to work with, she will deliver work punctually, take direction easily and strive to make her work the best quality it can possibly be.
With a fully equipped home studio, she continually works with clients from all over the world.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Fox Fisher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fox-fisher/)
**Published:** February 23, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor and artist from England. He and his wife Owl run My Genderation and are passionate about trans rights.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Trans Masculine
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [D'Lo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dlo/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
D’Lo is a Tamil Sri Lankan-American performer, writer, and community activist, who performs in America, Canada, the UK, Germany, Sri Lanka, and India. He starred in a golf commercial held for Connor Smiths luxury hotel The Shlanger.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Shannan Leigh Reeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannan-leigh-reeve/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Curious, entrepreneurial, and self motivated, Shannan wants to learn about many things, embrace many things, and be a generalist as well as a specialist.
Being the daughter of a Marine taught her self-discipline and perseverance, while simultaneously giving her the greatest acting lessons possible. Shannan got to grow up totally immersed in different cultures and worlds and as such, she slides seamlessly in and out of characters.
Shannan is known for being a “chameleon,” and a “Jill of all Trades.” She has performed globally acting, singing and doing stunts. She is told time and time again that her commitment to her work and her word makes her stand out in a crowd.
She is also a cofounder of [Beleeve Entertainment](https://www.beleeveentertainment.com).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mariel Taren](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mariel-taren/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, known for her work on *Rogue Warfare*, *ZombieCON* and *Last Night Was a Mistake*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Paris Jackson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paris-jackson/)
**Published:** April 15, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson is an American model, actress, singer, and musician. She is the second child and only daughter of Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe.
Paris says she loves people for people, and dislikes the designation ‘bisexual.’
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shannon Woodward](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannon-woodward/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shannon Marie Woodward is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sabrina Collins on the FOX sitcom Raising Hope, Elsie Hughes on the HBO science-fiction thriller series Westworld, and Dina in the video game The Last of Us Part II.
Woodward’s first on-screen acting job came in 1991 when she played the occasionally recurring role of Missy on Nickelodeon’s television series Clarissa Explains It All. She reprised this role twice during the show’s five seasons. Woodward next appeared in made-for-television films: Family Reunion: A Relative Nightmare (1995) and Tornado! (1996). In 1997, she played an uncredited role in the CBS miniseries True Women.
In 2007, Woodward got her big break in the series The Riches, which aired for two seasons (2007–2008) on cable network FX. She played the role of Di Di Malloy, the teen daughter and middle child in an American family of Irish Travellers. After The Riches ended, Woodward played the role of Leah in the film The Haunting of Molly Hartley.
Woodward shot the 2009 pilot Limelight, about a New York City school for performing arts, but the series was not picked up. That same year, Woodward had a recurring role on the final season of NBC’s ER, as Kelly Taggart, the younger sister of nurse Samantha “Sam” Taggart. She also starred in another teen thriller, The Shortcut.
From September 2010 to April 2014, Woodward had a starring role in the FOX sitcom Raising Hope, playing Sabrina Collins, a grocery store checkout clerk who is the love interest of the series lead.
It was announced in April 2017 that Woodward would appear in The Last of Us Part II, which was released on June 19, 2020. Woodward played Dina, main character Ellie’s friend and, later, love interest.
On February 24, 2021, [Shannon came out as queer on Twitter](https://twitter.com/shannonwoodward/status/1364728335054434310?lang=en).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Belissa Escobedo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/belissa-escobedo/)
**Published:** June 17, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Belissa Escobedo was featured in the ABC Discovers Showcase in 2018, for which she auditioned amongst thousands to be chosen for a group of 20. Through the showcase, Escobedo met Eli Gonda who cast her in his upcoming independent film, “Sid is Dead.” In her first pilot season, Escobedo booked ABC’s drama series “The Baker and the Beauty.” Additionally, she is currently shooting Quibi’s upcoming limited series “Don’t Look Deeper,” directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Escobedo is based in Los Angeles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mae Whitman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-whitman/)
**Published:** August 9, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mae was born in Los Angeles, California to Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction coordinator. She began her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial. Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school in Los Angeles.
Whitman made her first silver screen debut playing Meg Ryan’s youngest daughter, “Casey Green”, in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Among her notable childhood roles were that of “Patricia Whitmore”, daughter of the President in Independence Day (1996); George Clooney’s daughter, “Maggie Taylor”, in One Fine Day (1996); and the charming daughter, “Bernice Pruitt”, of Sandra Bullock, in Hope Floats (1998).
As she has grown older, Mae has made several guest appearances in television shows such as JAG (1995), State of Grace (2001), Desperate Housewives (2004), Grey’s Anatomy (2005) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), just to name a few, as well as some voice-over work. In 2015, she starred in the movie The Duff (2015) portraying a high school student who realized she is the approachable one, the designated ugly fat friend, the DUFF.
She[ came out as Pansexual on Twitter](https://twitter.com/maebirdwing/status/1427356091613007888) in 2021.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Nicco Annan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicco-annan/)
**Published:** July 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor known for his work on *[This Is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)*, *Half Sisters*, and *All About the Afterglow*.
Annan was raised in the NorthTown area of Detroit, Michigan. His mother is African American and was raised in the south, and his father is Ghanaian. He wanted to pursue acting from a young age and studied improv and theater from youth. When he was 17 he joined a dance troupe. Annan received his diploma from Cass Technical High School and studied musical theater at State University of New York-Purchase, where he received his bachelor of fine art degree.
In 2009, Annan’s friend recommended him for a role in Pussy Valley, a play by Katori Hall centered on a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Annan auditioned for and was cast as Uncle Clifford, the club’s non-binary owner. He developed a detailed backstory for the character and portrayed the role in several smaller runs as well as the full production at Mixed Blood Theatre in 2015.
When the play was ordered for a television adaptation by Starz, Annan again auditioned for the role of Uncle Clifford and was re-cast. The series, P-Valley, premiered in 2020 and Annan received critical acclaim for his season one portrayal. He was named to THR’s list of Best TV Performances of 2020.
Annan is openly gay. He resides in Los Angeles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Cameron Esposito](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cameron-esposito/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cameron Esposito is a standup comic, actor and writer.
In addition to her work as a nationally touring headliner, Cameron has appeared on NBC, CBS, Comedy Central, TBS, IFC, E!, Cartoon Network and HBO Canada. Cameron has appeared in films featured at the Sundance and SXSW Film Festivals.
Named a Comic to Watch by The New York Times, Variety, The Guardian, LA Weekly, Time Out Los Angeles, Jezebel, Los Angeles Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazine, Cameron hosts her own standup show, Put Your Hands Together, every Tuesday night at the famed Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles.
Cameron’s sophomore album, SAME SEX SYMBOL debuted at #1 on the iTunes comedy charts and was named a Best of 2014 comedy album by The AV Club, Consequence of Sound, Laugh Button and Paste Magazine. Cameron’s debut standup special MARRIAGE MATERIAL was released in 2016 and her first book is forthcoming from Hachette/Grand Central Publishing. Cameron is co-creator and co-star of TAKE MY WIFE, a television series which has gotten rave reviews from The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Vulture and Indiewire and is available now on Seeso.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Vico Ortiz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vico-ortiz/)
**Published:** October 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Puerto Rican actor and sword fighter, Ortiz was influenced by the arts from the moment they were born. Raised in a household of performers, they spent many nights around dressing rooms and backstage theaters in Puerto Rico. At age 11, they began fencing, and from being just a hobby, it quickly became a professional career. They had the honor of representing Puerto Rico around the world, including the Pan-American Games in Rio ’07. After graduating High School in Puerto Rico, they took a leap of faith, hung up their mask and sword, and moved to Los Angeles to begin their studies at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Promptly after graduating they came out to the world! Since then, they’ve had the pleasure representing Latinx Queers and working on several groundbreaking LGBTQ projects, including the Award Winning short “Vámonos,” Amazon’s “Transparent,” Freeform’s “The Fosters,” MACRO’s “Gente-fied,” and Rachael Cantu’s “You’re The Most”.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Theirs, Them, They
---
### [Quintessa Swindell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/quintessa-swindell/)
**Published:** April 5, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Quintessa Swindell is an American actor known for portraying Tabitha Foster in Trinkets and Amelia in Granada Nights. [Swindell identifies as non-binary/gender non-conforming](https://www.glaad.org/blog/meet-quintessa-swindell-non-binary-actor-about-take-hollywood-storm) actor and uses they/them/their pronouns.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Rekha Sharma](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rekha-sharma/)
**Published:** June 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian actress of Indo-Fijian descent, best known for her role as Tory Foster on *Battlestar Galactica*, and Ellen Landry on *Star Trek: Discovery*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ciara Riley Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ciara-riley-wilson/)
**Published:** November 8, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ciara Riley Wilson is an actor, dancer, and fashion designer born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After growing up in competitive dance, Ciara realized she also had a deep passion for acting, and decided to come to LA at the age of eleven in pursuit of it. Since then, Ciara has been in a variety of shows such as season one and two of LA’s Finest (Netflix & Fox), Speechless (ABC), and Bizaardvark (Disney). Early in her career, Ciara also worked on music videos for Chris Brown and Fifth Harmony as a hip-hop dancer. Her favorite acting endeavor is a lead role in the live action feature film “Kim Possible” (Disney), where she had to perform stunt work while playing the character, Athena, who changes from innocent to evil throughout the course of the film.
Outside of acting, Ciara is passionate about fashion and design, where she has taught herself to sew and embroider hand-crafted pieces. Influenced by the 70’s and sustainability, she has designed a number of pieces that feel vintage and modern at the same time, all while using reclaimed materials. Along with this, she has documented her life of acting and fashion on Instagram and Tiktok, both with the username @ciararileywilson. Ciara looks forward to creating her own brand one day to wear on the red carpets of her future projects.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Misia Butler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/misia-butler/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Misha Butler
**Content:**
Grew up in London. His TV credits include *Casualty*, and *Doctors* (BBC). He plays a leading role in the eagerly awaited Netflix/E4 series, *Kiss Me First.* *The Winslow Boy* marks his professional stage debut.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Jeanette Villafane](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jeanette-villafane/)
**Published:** June 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jeanette Villafane is a multi-dimensional creator bringing to life visions of performance art in a wide range of genres. She holds a B.A. in Film and Media Communications, and has first hand experience in being an artist manager. As an actor, poet, writer, director, and producer Jeanette really is a Jack of All Trades. Over the years she has produced several concert tours and music events, but now focuses her time on film and theater projects.
As a Latina herself, her roots called for her to make a bold and creative move by writing the screenplay “Sidewalk Prophets”. The project itself gave opportunities in the industry to Latin and Indian talent while also provoking thought-shattering stereotypes and enlightening hearts.
The next project was “Hear Me,” which she wrote and directed with the base of the story about the effects of verbal abuse via parents and how it can change a child into a bully. Another subject that was tackled was a written and performed monologue for TADA Theater entitled “One Moment of Please”.
Jeanette is also part of the spoken word performance/writers, The Full Circle, in which she has performed her published poetry piece “What Do I Stand for?” at the National Black Theater of Harlem. Other performed pieces include two published works, “Mermaid’s Dance” and “Insecure Is Me” at The Columbia University and various open mics through New York. In addition to acting, she also is currently in the works of creating a supernatural television series.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Tien Tran](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tien-tran/)
**Published:** September 3, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Known for her work on Work in Progress (2019), Candyman (2021) and Hot Date (2017).
In 2022, she joined the cast of *How I Met Your Father* and was delighted to finally be [gay for pay](https://www.instagram.com/p/CSZklU3n851/).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jackie Abbott](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jackie-abbott/)
**Published:** September 23, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jackie Abbott is a New York City actor & artist, born in Stamford, Connecticut. She once had an Irish stepdance recital on the stage where *The Maury Show* now films.
Jackie explored many careers in her childhood, mostly via fingerpainted portraits. Her parents now use them to insulate their attics.
On her FIRST ever AUDITi0N for a M@JOR role, she B0OKED it!!\*!~!! …It was Elizabeth Proctor in her high school production of *The Crucible*
She graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a Drama Award & sense of play intact thanks to four years of clowning.
She is currently dating Kate McKinnon
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Kirsten Rasmussen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kirsten-rasmussen/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A comedian, actor and director. She directed Extravagana Eleganza the all queer sketch show that won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Production 2019. She starred in Second City’s She The People which won a 2019 comedy award for Best Ensemble.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual/Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Madeleine Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/madeleine-morris/)
**Published:** May 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A voice actress known for voicing Akua Aino, Hibiki Sakura, and Hotaru Hoshikawa.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Katelyn Barr](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katelyn-barr/)
**Published:** January 5, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Texas-based actress, she works as a voice actress and scriptwriter for anime, as well as in theatre, film, and video games.
https://twitter.com/KBeeThatsMe/status/957727531536404484
https://twitter.com/KBeeThatsMe/status/1705765649828503598
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual/Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Anna Paquin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anna-paquin/)
**Published:** January 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Anna Helene Paquin is a New Zealand actress and the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win one. Born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Los Angeles during her youth. She completed a year at Columbia University before leaving to focus on her acting career.
On 1 April 2010, Paquin came out as bisexual in a public service announcement for the Give a Damn campaign as part of the True Colours Fund, an advocacy group organized by Cyndi Lauper dedicated to LGBT equality.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rutina Wesley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rutina-wesley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rutina Wesley is an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her roles as Tara Thornton on the HBO series True Blood and Nova Bordelon on the OWN series Queen Sugar.
Wesley divides her time between Los Angeles and Astoria, Queens. In November, 2017 Wesley announced her engagement to Shonda, a female chef from New Orleans.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jill Bennett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jill-bennett/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jill Bennett is an American actress. She may be best known for her role in the hit lesbian film And Then Came Lola.
She co-stars on the television series Dante’s Cove, as well as 3Way, a lesbian web series.
She has produced two different series, We Have to Stop Now which was shown at Frameline and Outfest LGBT film festivals, and Second Shot, which screened at The Dinah 2013, Outfest and won best feature at LFest in 2013.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bridget McManus](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridget-mcmanus/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bridget McManus is a television host, screenwriter, producer, director and award-winning performer. She created and hosted two television shows for the Logo Network; Bridget McManus Presents: That Time of The Month and the award-winning comedy talk show, Brunch with Bridget. She has also hosted the self-help series The Jam, The Stonewall Inn’s 40th Anniversary Benefit in New York City, and was a correspondent for the 8th International Gay Games in Cologne, Germany. Her writer and producer credits include the original mockumentary series McManusland, the romantic drama series Maybelle, the horror series Buyer Beware and satirical news series We Have Issues.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Fawzia Mirza](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/fawzia-mirza/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Using performance, personal storytelling & comedy to break down stereotypes across a multiplicity of identities: race, religion, sexual orientation, gender & defy the concept of the “model minority”. #Artivist
Co-wrote, produced and star in my first feature, Signature Move which world premiered at SXSW and won the 2017 Outfest Grand Jury Prize for Best US Narrative Feature. Signature Move was a 2016 Tribeca All Access program Fellow & Tribeca grant recipient of the LaboDigital/Los Cabos post production grant.
Featured in the Emmy-nominated, Gotham/Peabody/GLAAD award-winning web series Her Story.
Co-created, co-wrote, starred in web series like Kam Kardashian & Brown Girl Problems & short films like the award-winning The First Session, co-starring Parvesh Cheena and Mouzam Makkar (NBC Universal Short Film Festival Finalist), (AmPav Emerging Filmmaker Showcase Cannes), (Chicago South Asian Short Film Audience Award).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Eréndira Ibarra](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/erendira-ibarra/)
**Published:** January 28, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Mexican actress and casting director, known for *Sense8*, *Las Aparicio,* and *Ingobernable*.
[In a 2016 Interview](https://remezcla.com/features/film/interview-erendira-ibarra-sense8-las-aparicio/), Eréndira told remezcla.com “I’ve always considered myself a part of the LGBT community because I am a bisexual woman.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emily Goss](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-goss/)
**Published:** December 20, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emily Goss is a film, television, and theater actress. Her work in the psychological horror indie hit “The House On Pine Street” earned her 3 awards, and she has now won 5 awards for her portrayal of the bold, charismatic Louise in the period romance “Snapshots.”
Goss attended the University of Southern California and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She is also a graduate of USC School of Dramatic Arts and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Edalia Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/edalia-day/)
**Published:** September 8, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An animator, illustrator, poet and theatre maker based in Norwich. Trained at Lecoq and Alra, Day’s theatre is visually stunning, with physical comedy, interactive video projection and a child like sense of play at the heart of everything she makes.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chantal Thuy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chantal-thuy/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian actress born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. She is fluent in English, French and Vietnamese. Thuy has appeared on television series like “*Madam Secretary*“, “*Pretty Little Liars*” and “*Matador*“, and recurring as DC Comics’ character Grace Choi on the upcoming CW Network show “*Black Lightning*.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Camryn Grimes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/camryn-grimes/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Camryn Grimes was born in Van Nuys, California, USA as Camryn Elizabeth Grimes. She is an actress and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Swordfish (2001) and Magic Mike (2012).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Eman Ayaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/eman-ayaz/)
**Published:** November 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Eman Ayaz is known for The Christmas Spirit (2023), Homeschooled (2022) and Hunting Grounds.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Hannah Monson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/hannah-monson/)
**Published:** November 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress best known for her role as Kirstie Darrow in the ABC (Australia) drama *Glitch*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sara Cooper](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sara-cooper/)
**Published:** September 30, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Sara Ellis Holland
**Content:**
An australian actress and acting coach.
She founded cooper screen academy in 2010, who provides acting classes and training for film and television.
She worked as an onset coach for Deadloch in 2022.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amrit Kaur](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amrit-kaur/)
**Published:** November 6, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian actress, producer, and writer, best known for her role as Bela Malhotra on the 2021 HBO Max series, The Sex Lives of College Girls. She is a company member of Gracemoon Arts Theatre, Salon, and Gallery.
In an [interview with Teen Vogue](https://www.teenvogue.com/story/new-hollywood-amrit-kaur-interview-2023), she expressed her queerness
> I ask her if she’s spoken about her queerness before, and she expresses a sense of ambivalence for discussing it. “I think my sexuality is very clear in all the parts I play,” she says, pointing to her gay character in *Me, My Mom, & Sharmila*. “I get asked about it, but I’m like, ‘Just look at my work. I think you’ll know the answer.’ Acting is a job like any other job. If you can tell me the sexuality of your banker, then I’ll answer the question.” Fair enough.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Joey Soloway](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/joey-soloway/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Jill
**Content:**
Soloway is an American television creator, showrunner, director and writer. Soloway won the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival for directing and writing the film Afternoon Delight. They are also known for their work on Six Feet Under and for creating, writing, executive producing and directing the Amazon original series Transparent, for which they won two Emmys.
Soloway began their TV writing career on shows such as The Oblongs, Nikki and The Steve Harvey Show. They followed those shows by writing for four seasons on the HBO original series Six Feet Under, ultimately serving as co-executive producer. Six Feet Under ran for five seasons from 2001 to 2005. They received 3 Emmy nominations in 2002, 2003 and 2005 for Outstanding Drama Series.
Soloway later wrote episodes of Dirty Sexy Money, Grey’s Anatomy, and Tell Me You Love Me and was executive producer/showrunner for the second season of Showtime’s United States of Tara, created by Diablo Cody, as well as HBO’s How to Make it in America, created by Ian Edelman.
In August 2016, Amazon premiered a Soloway-directed pilot of I Love Dick, based on the novel by the same name by Chris Kraus. It was later picked up for a full season, which premiered on May 12, 2017.
In 2011, Soloway married music supervisor Bruce Gilbert, with whom Soloway had been in a relationship since 2008. They have a son named Felix Soloway Gilbert. Soloway’s older son, Isaac, is from a prior relationship with artist John Strozier. In 2015, Soloway announced being in the process of separating from Gilbert, and that Soloway was in a relationship with poet Eileen Myles, whom Soloway met through *Transparent*; their romantic relationship has since ended.
In 2020, Soloway [announced they had changed their name to Joey](https://www.instagram.com/p/CB6n0JAFO2_/) to better embrace their non-binary-self.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Ariel Mahler](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ariel-mahler/)
**Published:** October 30, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A trans filmmaker (she/they).
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Lea Robinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lea-robinson/)
**Published:** August 12, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lea Robinson is a transgender/queer/non-binary/butch, multi-racial identified actor. Robinson moved to the East Bay area of California seven years ago from NYC, where they continued their work in television, film and theatre. Robinson is a member of SAG-AFTRA and AEA and is represented by MadCatch Ent. (Robin McWilliams, manager), as well as MDT Agency in San Francisco (Rosemary Anderson). Robinson is a Diversity Educator specializing in teaching others about implicit bias, explicit bias, microaggressions, discrimination and restorative practices. They are a lover of cats, dogs, Xbox, spending time with family, working out and scary movies.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Ali J. Eisner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ali-j-eisner/)
**Published:** August 3, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian puppeteer, composer, director, photographer, creative producer and writer for children’s television. Eisner has created children’s content and performed on programs for The Jim Henson Company, CBC Television, TVOntario, NBC Universal, YTV, PBS, FOX Entertainment, Nick Jr and the Disney Channel.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Valeria Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/valeria-rodriguez/)
**Published:** December 9, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A voice actor known for voicing *Sucrose*, *Parona*, and *Strawberry Crepe Cookie*.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, She, Them
---
### [Melissa Jimenez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-jimenez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Mel D. Jimenez
**Content:**
Melissa Jimenez is known for her work on Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Office Christmas Party (2016) and Pick Up (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Selah Austria](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/selah-austria/)
**Published:** August 31, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor, known for Legacies (2018) and Cobra Kai (2018).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Amanda Poynter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amanda-poynter/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amanda Poynter is an adventurer, actress and Co-Founder of Kismet Ideas – A Lovely Production Company. Amanda is known for testing the limits and developing epic adventures that have led her around the world. She loves mentoring youth, which began in her home town of Mission Viejo and continued as she traveled the globe with her skateboard. Her experience skating with street kids in Szeged, Hungary – and this drive to travel, connect, and create – led her to build an after-school skateboarding program in Australia.
She believes life to be a grand adventure, which is why she wants to encourage others to dream big. She has landed lead roles in music videos, commercials, and film since following her dream of acting.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alyssa Appleton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alyssa-appleton/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alyssa grew up under the vast skies of New Hampshire before trekking off to Philadelphia, then London, to train as an actor and writer at the University of the Arts and the British American Drama Academy. A self-proclaimed nerd, she loves RPGs of all kinds, has a special place in her heart for sci-fi/fantasy stories, and is a proud Ravenclaw. She reads, bikes, kickboxes, rolls dice, fights with swords, and wears hats… generally not all at once. She prefers dogs over cats. Fight me, McGahan.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Ashley Alva](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashley-alva/)
**Published:** June 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ashley has loved acting since she was a kid. It’s been a lifelong passion which finally led her to pursue it as a career. She loves training in class and loves collaborating with like minded folks to create visually, and emotionally compelling stories. She has done several short films, a few Indie features, produced a short film, and co-created and starred in her show, *Lost N Found*.
You can catch her in the upcoming Netflix film *Bird Box*, starring Sandra Bullock. She is also running wild through the festival circuit, making an appearance in the Indie feature flick, *Sex.Sound.Silence*. You will hopefully catch a glimpse of her in more festivals in the short film, *Maw Kitty*.
It’s her dream to be a respected, full time working actor who gives more to the world by helping the less deserving and opening her very own cat cafe which will serve as a sanctuary.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alexis G. Zall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexis-g-zall/)
**Published:** March 4, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alexis G. Zall was born and raised in Scottsdale, Arizona in a cloud of chalk fumes and gym sweat. A gymnast since she was 23 months old (and competing until level 8), that was what the future held until she suffered a hamstring injury and cast as a lead role in her sixth grade school play. After that, the idea of becoming an actress took hold. After taking some local acting classes in Scottsdale, she (and her mother, Elizabeth Draper Zall) now reside primarily in Los Angeles. Alexis writes/produces/edits YouTube videos, while continuing her journey as an actress/producer in all forms of media.
Alexis came out as gay in her 18th birthday video on YouTube.
https://youtube.com/l3rnEUOyfcM
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Shylo Shaner](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shylo-shaner/)
**Published:** April 18, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shylo began her journey of storytelling as an actor hailing from Pine Hills, Orlando, Florida. She began honing her craft in the nationally renowned performance arts magnet program at Dr. Phillips High School under the direction of Karen J Rugerio who taught the likes of Wesley Snipes, Wayne Brady, Joey Fatone, Mekia Cox, and many others. Shylo competed in solo and ensemble categories at the Florida State Thespian Festival and Florida Theatre Conference many times winning Best of Show and a college scholarship for her acting. This paved the way for her to attend UCF Conservatory for Acting on a full academic and talent scholarship.
After college Shylo took a stab at the Big Apple. She landed a national children’s theatre tour that led her to sunny Los Angeles. Making Los Angeles home, Shylo soon became disenchanted with the lack of content for people of color in Hollywood. She especially noticed the lack of roles for women of color who weren’t a size two. With no safety net but with a master plan, Shylo took a detour on her journey as a storyteller and decided to go back to school for something almost as fulfilling. She received an MSN in Nursing at Charles R Drew in Watts and became a labor and delivery nurse. This gave her a secure footing to pursue her true love of storytelling.
After a meaningful conversation with a good friend who encouraged her to write the content she wanted to see, Shylo set out to do just that. With her sights set on creating more content for people of color and the LGBTQIA community, the fire in her belly has reignited.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Katharine King So](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katharine-king-so/)
**Published:** February 10, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Katharine King
**Content:**
Katharine King So (she/her) is a queer actor, writer, and filmmaker.
King So has worked in film & TV, videogame, theatre, and voice. Credits include The Recruit (Netflix), The Voyeurs (Prime), Transplant (CTV), Alert (Fox), Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Gotham Knights (Warner Bros), and The Braid (Curiosa Films).
She is represented by PLAY management.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Monique Candelaria](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/monique-candelaria/)
**Published:** September 8, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Monique Kathleen Candelaria was born February 11th in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Carla Bernadette Castillo and David Robert Candelaria. Soon after she was born her father joined the army and they moved to Bremerhaven, Germany where her brother, David A. Candelaria, was born. Monique also has 2 half brothers (twins), Ivan and Nathan Del Curto, which are a year younger than her.
After her father suffered from a brain aneurysm, making him a 100% disabled veteran, her family returned to New Mexico and her love for the arts began to flourish. As a child around the age of 7 she began singing in weddings and funerals. Realizing that singing is her security blanket she never pursued music as a career but kept it in her life as a passionate hobby. At 15 years old she became a dancer for a local television show in Albuquerque called, “Dance, Dance, Dance it’s a Teen Thing”. In 2009 she graduated from the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Theatre emphasis in Acting.
In [an October 1st, 2020 interview with Jax-Prince Sovereign Heaux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1nTTXZMeM4 "an October 1st, 2020 interview with Jax-Prince Sovereign Heaux"), Monique Candelaria said “spiritually, \[she is\] a two-spirited Heyoka empath who identifies as being a pansexual cisgendered female” and that “for whatever \[she is\], in any current moment, \[she wouldn’t be\] offended or take any kind of offense if somebody \[wanted\] to identify \[her\] as male or female.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, Them, They
---
### [Ceara Coveney](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ceara-coveney/)
**Published:** April 22, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress from Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK. She is known for The Wheel of Time (2021), Young Wallander (2020) and Hoard (2023).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Paula Andrea Placido](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-andrea-placido/)
**Published:** February 15, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Paula Andrea Placido in an Actor and visual artist. She known for her work as Calista on *Shameless*, Ava’s tenant in *Hacks* and Roxy in *The L Word: Generation Q*.
She was born in San Francisco de Macoris, Dominican Republic to an Argentine-Italian father and Colombian mother. She grew up in West Palm Beach, FL where she attended BAK Middle School of the Arts and Suncoast Community High school before moving to Los Angeles in 2010.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Chris Schermerhorn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chris-schermerhorn/)
**Published:** October 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Christine Rose Schermerhorn
**Content:**
Chris (She/They) is a transgender actress who made her film debut in New York City after studying at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She starred in the New Media series pilot Sorrow Tonine as Theophraste, an ominous ghost in purgatory, shortly after being on the set of her first film: El Mundo Más Allá. Not long afterward, she appeared in TruTV’s popular improvisation comedy, Impractical Jokers opposite comedian James Murray (Murr). After spending more than three years in New York City, she relocated to Los Angeles, California. She has appeared in multiple episodes of daytime television crime drama Corrupt Crimes, played Calvin in Henry Danger on Nickelodeon, worked in the movie Miss Arizona opposite Quantico’s Johanna Braddy, and starred in the indie-comedy Divos.
Chris is a proud LGBTQ+ performer who seeks to shed light on characters in media that don’t always live strictly within a gender binary. Representation in media can help garner more acceptance and mutual respect, which every person deserves.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Iz Hesketh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/iz-hesketh/)
**Published:** April 24, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A British actress and drag performer, best known on television for portraying Kitty Draper in long-running British soap opera, Hollyoaks.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tyler Ford](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tyler-ford/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An award-winning agender advocate, writer, and speaker, whose creative and critical writing on queer and trans identity inspires, comforts, and challenges a diverse spectrum of audiences. Crowned one of Dazed’s 100 visionary talents shaping youth culture in 2016, and writing for publications including the Guardian, Poetry Magazine, Rookie, V Magazine, and MTV ; Tyler’s sphere of influence is wide, reaching hundreds of thousands of people and helping LGBTQ+ folks feel more equipped to express themselves with confidence. From SXSW to Columbia University to Stadtkuratorin Hamburg, Tyler’s speaking engagements and performances are known to galvanize and educate.
Recently honored at the Village Voice Pride Awards as the “young person who best represents the future of LGBTQ+ advancement,” Tyler uses their unstoppable voice, passion, and heart to uplift and advocate for queer and trans individuals worldwide.
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Ellie Desautels](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ellie-desautels/)
**Published:** March 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A non binary/agenderflux actor who identifies as trans-masculine, known for Rise (2017) and Missed Call (2013).
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Angel Lorenzana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angel-lorenzana/)
**Published:** September 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Los Angeles resident working in animation. Their main work is Storyboarding but they are also an experienced Writer and Character Designer.
They’re more than happy to consult for projects involving Agender/Non-binary characters and stories.
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Elliot Page](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elliot-page/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Ellen Page, Ellen Grace Phillpots-Page
**Content:**
Elliot Page is a Canadian actor and producer. His career began with roles in television shows such as Pit Pony, Trailer Park Boys and ReGenesis. He starred in the 2005 drama Hard Candy, for which he won the Austin Film Critics Association’s Award for Best Actress.
On February 14, 2014, Page came out as gay during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s “Time to Thrive” conference in Las Vegas. In 2014, he was included as part of The Advocate’s annual “40 Under 40” list.
He married Emma Portner in January 2018.
On December 1, 2020, [Elliot came out as transgender on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/CIQ1QFBhNFg/).
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Daisy Eagan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daisy-eagan/)
**Published:** February 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Daisy Eagan started her early theatre training at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre’s Junior School where she had classes in acting, singing, and dancing in the early 1990s. She then went on to star on Broadway in “The Secret Garden” with Mandy Patinkin and Rebecca Luker. She became the youngest recipient to receive the TONY award for featured actress in a musical.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Julia Kaye](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-kaye/)
**Published:** November 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American artist and illustrator. Kaye currently works as a storyboard artist and revisionist at Disney Television Animation, and is the creator of the webcomic Up and Out. She has also done work for Maxim, Cosmopolitan, BuzzFeed, GoComics, College Humor, along with other graphic design work.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Adelina Anthony](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/adelina-anthony/)
**Published:** May 13, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Adelina Anthony is originally from San Antonio, Texas. She is a critically acclaimed and award winning two-spirit Xicana lesbian actor, writer, director, producer, teaching artist, and along with her wife, Marisa Becerra, a co-founder of AdeRisa Productions. The themes in her works address colonization, feminism(s), traumas, ancestral memorias, gender, health, race & ethnicity, immigration, sexuality, land & environment & issues affecting our two-spirit/ queer/ lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender / womyn of color / and people of color communities. She resides in California. Since 2001 she has been actively touring the national university circuit presenting solo shows, stand-up comedy, poetry readings, workshops and keynote speeches.
**Genders:** Two Spirit
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Benjamin Callins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/benjamin-callins/)
**Published:** November 4, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor.
**Genders:** Two Spirit / Trans Man
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Yasmine Aker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yasmine-aker/)
**Published:** April 9, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yasmine Aker is an actress, singer and songwriter based out of Los Angeles, California. She was born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Iranian parents and later moved to Canada. She began performing at an early age, starring in school plays and community events. She sang soprano with the Voices of Bahá Choir for a performance at Carnegie Hall, New York, during the Conference of the Arts 2002. She has a passion for public service and was awarded the TD Canada Trust Scholarship for Community Leadership.
Yasmine studied psychology at York University and the University of Western Ontario in London. After competing in the Miss World franchise as the titleholder, Miss London 2006, and Miss World Canada Photogenic 2006, she turned her sights back to her childhood dream of pursuing a career in film and television. She has starred in various motion pictures and television shows in Canada and the United States. Yasmine embarked on a solo singing career in 2009 with the Grammy nominated Canadian production team KUYA, who have worked with international stars such as Alessia Cara, Nelly Furtado, Akon, and Genuwine. She has since released three albums, her latest album titled “Unvarnished”. Her musical sound combines elements from her Middle Eastern roots, pop, neo-soul and electronica.
Yasmine moved to Los Angeles in 2011 to continue her work in film and television.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Wilson Cruz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/wilson-cruz/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actor known for playing Rickie Vasquez on My So-Called Life, Angel in the Broadway production of Rent and the recurring character Junito on Noah’s Arc.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Zach Barack](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zach-barack/)
**Published:** October 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A transgender actor, singer, and comedian from the northern suburbs of Chicago who is featured in film and television. He is credited as the first openly transgender actor in a Marvel film. He was born in Evanston, Illinois on November 17, 1995 and raised in a nearby suburb.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Zoe Terakes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoe-terakes/)
**Published:** October 12, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actor by profession who is famous for their work in Wentworth (2013), Janet King (2014), and The End (2020).
**Genders:** Non-Binary Trans Masculine
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Zoie Palmer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zoie-palmer/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Zoie Palmer is an English-Canadian actress most notable for her role as Dr. Lauren Lewis in the Showcase supernatural drama Lost Girl, and The Android in the SyFy science fiction series Dark Matter.
On March 9, 2014, Zoie Palmer came out publicly on stage as a lesbian during the 2014 Canadian Screen Awards when, after expressing gratitude for her Fan Choice Award for her performance on Lost Girl, she thanked her life partner, Canadian film producer Alex Lalonde. They have a son from Lalonde’s previous relationship.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Zuri Adele](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/zuri-adele/)
**Published:** September 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Zuri Adele made her series regular debut as Malika in Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” the much anticipated “The Fosters” spinoff.
As a theater actress, she has performed with the SITI Company of New York and Georgia Shakespeare. She has also participated in several classical and contemporary shows during her undergraduate studies at Spelman College and The British American Drama Academy, as well as UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, and Television, where she completed her Master of Fine Arts in acting.
Zuri grew up in Palo Alto, California, and Brooklyn, New York. Passionate about the liberation of people of African descent and equality for all beings, Zuri is excited about the impact of her character’s particular story at this crucial time.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Selis Maria Vargas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/selis-maria-vargas/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Selis Maria Vargas is an actress and director, known for The Emma Agenda (2017), 7 Minutes in Heaven and The Tap (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Emily Neves](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-neves/)
**Published:** September 28, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emily Marie Neves is an American actress, script writer and voice director known for her work on English adaptations of Japanese anime shows and films associated with Funimation and Sentai Filmworks/Seraphim Digital.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Anastasia Baranova](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anastasia-baranova/)
**Published:** March 19, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Anastasia Baranova is a Russian-American actress, best known for her starring roles as Jennifer “Scout” Lauer on the television series Scout’s Safari and as Addison “Addy” Carver on the Syfy series Z Nation.
In an interview with the Z Nation fan podcast, Zcast, Anastasia said of her character and herself, “Addy is bisexual, I am bisexual.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lisa Cordileone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lisa-cordileone/)
**Published:** April 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer, known for *Easy Abby*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Keight Leighn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/keight-leighn/)
**Published:** April 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Keight has been drawn to experimental theatre since becoming a part of the weird, possibly insane, high school drama clique her freshman year. At 16, she became the youngest to be offered an internship at Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater in New York City, which immeasurably expanded her education in Weird. Soon after, she started to create and perform short, theatrical opening acts for the rock band The Dresden Dolls, which she continued to do after she moved to Chicago to roll around on mats for four years. She graduated from DePaul’s Theatre School with a BFA in Acting and a BA in Philosophy. Keight was the Hollywood Fringe 2016 recipient of the OFace Award for Outstanding Performance for her role in A(partment) 8, which is probably why you are on this site reading this!
She took over the womanizing title role in Season 2 of the webseries *Easy Abby.* She is also the showrunner/creator of CCABAREIGHT, an experimental improv-based variety show, running every Friday at 11pm at The Clubhouse (mainstage); and if you’re lucky, you could find her every Tuesday in the shadows of the goth club Cloak & Dagger (named in LA Weekly’s Best of LA 2016), and she loves it all.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Emily Piggford](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-piggford/)
**Published:** January 1, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Emily Piggford was born and raised on Vancouver Island, B.C. and began acting at age 11 in musical theatre. Her interests in acting, singing, writing and dance eventually led her to earn a BFA in theatre from the University of Victoria. Following university, Piggford moved to Toronto to pursue screenwork. Select TV credits include *Killjoys,* *Michael: Every Day, Lost Girl*, and Netflix Original series, *Hemlock Grove.* Select film credits include feature film, *Guidance* (TIFF 2014) and short films *Still* (TIFF 2014) and *Frost* (TIFF 2012). Piggford earned a Best Actress Canadian Screen Award nomination for her role as Meagan in season two of *That’s My DJ*. Though Piggford has worked predominantly in film and TV since moving to Toronto, she maintained ties with Victoria-based multidisciplinary theatre company, Impulse Theatre, most recently performing/co-creating one-woman show, *ana*, (UNO Fest, 2016). She also toured with Canadian Stage’s “theatre noir” production, *Helen Lawrence*, performing in Toronto, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and deSingel in Antwerp. *Helen Lawrence* will take to the stage once more in Los Angeles, October 2017. Piggford is recently graduated from the CFC’s CBC Actors Conservatory. She’s also in the second season of *The Girlfriend Experience*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Connie Shi](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/connie-shi/)
**Published:** November 8, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A creative professional in Brooklyn, New York, who has worked as an actor, director and screenwriter.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Christopher Wehkamp](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/christopher-wehkamp/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Christopher Wehkamp is a prolific actor who brings characters to life in anime, original animation and video games for Netflix, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Gearbox Games, Hi-Rez Studios, Amazon Studios and more.
He’s also a trusted voiceover artist for international household brands like Pizza Hut, Marriot, AT&T, Samsung, SAP, Sempra Energy, Carl’s Jr., Blue Cross Blue Shield, Merrick Dog Food and Mary Kay Cosmetics.
Christopher’s popular voice acting roles include Shota ‘Eraserhead’ Aizawa (My Hero Academia), Takehisa Hinawa (Fire Force), Clover (RWBY), Katagawa Jr (Borderlands 3), Cutting Edge Ullr, Sun Wukong Infinite Shift and Trickster Loki (SMITE), Majora (Dragon Ball Super), Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney), Susumu Kodai (Star Blazers 2199), Solid Silva (Black Clover), Bastille (One Piece) and many more.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Bree Peters](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bree-peters/)
**Published:** August 8, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A tāngata Aotearoa actress, director and stunt performer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Natalie Gumede](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-gumede/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress. She is known for playing Kirsty Soames in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, from 2011 to 2013. She previously played China in BBC Three comedy show Ideal. She has also appeared in The Persuasionists, Emmerdale and Doctor Who among other television shows.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophie Nélisse](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-nelisse/)
**Published:** March 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Windsor, Ontario, her breakout performance was in the 2013 film *The Book Thief*. For her role in *The Book Thief*, she was nominated for 5 awards and won 3. Since then, she has appeared in various films and TV series such as Pawn Sacrifice (2014) and Close (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sam Rothermel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sam-rothermel/)
**Published:** December 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Samantha Rothermel
**Content:**
Sam is an actor, writer, and native New York cynic. She tried to be bold by double majoring in acting and English, but instead spends most of her time buried in books, procrasti-baking brownies and lemon ricotta pancakes, or wearing down the soles of her running sneakers. She’d like to thank Anya for dealing with her crazy schedule, Jeremy for not kicking her out of bed at night, and the rest of the cast for their continued spontaneity and joy for the work. While she is inept at most social media, you can follow her on instagram [@samrothermel](https://www.instagram.com/samrothermel/) and she’ll be sure to like all of your selfies, pictures of nature, and inspirational quotes.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Romantic Orientations:** Polyamorous
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Mae Martin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-martin/)
**Published:** March 19, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Based in the UK, Mae Martin is an award-winning Canadian comedian and writer whose most recent stand-up show Dope focused on addiction and was nominated for the main Edinburgh Comedy Award while earning four and five star national reviews. The show has since been turned in to a stand-up special for Netflix which recorded at Montreal’s Just for Laughs festival and is released on New Years Day 2019 as part of Netflix’s first global stand-up series. Mae is the co-host of BBC Radio 4 podcast Grown-up Land and their second BBC Radio 4 series Mae Martin’s Guide To… was nominated for a BBC Audio Drama Award. Mae is also the new host of Channel 4’s arts strand Random Acts and their first non-fiction book, a guide to sexuality for young adults, was released in May 2019.
Performing comedy since they were aged 13, Mae trained in improvisation and sketch comedy at the Toronto outpost of the internationally acclaimed comedy institution, The Second City. Notable alumni include Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carrell and Mike Myers. They received their first Canadian Comedy Award nomination at 15, and has since won for their writing on the sketch series The Baroness Von Sketch Show. At 16 they made their Canadian television debut on The Comedy Network’s Cream of Comedy, and was the youngest ever nominee for the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund Award.
Since moving to the UK in 2011, Mae has also been awarded Best international Performer at the Brighton Fringe and has been a finalist in The Hackney New Act of the Year Awards, The Musical Comedy Awards and the Amused Moose Laughter Awards. On UK television, Mae has performed on shows such as Sky One’s The Russell Howard Hour, Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, BBC3’s Live At the BBC and sitcom Uncle. It was Mae’s debut British TV appearance as the stand-up guest on BBC3’s Russell Howard’s Good News that first catapulted them into the consciousness of the UK’s online teen community. The clip gathered thousands of views on YouTube, and Mae has emerged as a bright new role model for nervous teens everywhere, gaining a vast and engaged following.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual/Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Nabila Hossain](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nabila-hossain/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nabila Hossain is Bangladeshi – American Actress who grew up in Dhaka & Boston. She is known for Inn Communication (2019), Sky High: Remote Learning (2020) and Brown Girls (2017).
For as long as she can remember she have been engaged in the performing arts — musical theater, acting, and Bollywood dance — and have appeared in stage musicals such as West Side Story, Hair, & Legally Blonde.
In 2016 she starred as Leila in Brown Girls, an Emmy-nominated web series. Inspired to pursue acting full-time, she moved to Los Angeles shortly after the show’s debut.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kylie Sparks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kylie-sparks/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
They are an actor and producer, known for *Pizza* (2005), *Squaresville* (2012) and *Weird Loners* (2015).
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual/Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Maggie Bain](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maggie-bain/)
**Published:** January 25, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Margaret Ann Bain
**Content:**
A non-binary voice-over actor, actor, and movement director. They are known for Deadly Pursuit (2008), Cold Kill (2017) and First and Only.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Gay
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Michelle Rojas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-rojas/)
**Published:** January 6, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Michelle Rojas is an American voice actor affiliated with Funimation from Dallas, Texas. Some of their major roles are Tohka Yatogami in Date A Live, Kō Yagami in New Game!, Nashiro Yasuhisa in Tokyo Ghoul and Toka Yada in Assassination Classroom.
Rojas married former Funimation social media manager Justin Rojas. Rojas is non-binary and uses she/they pronouns.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [JayR Tinaco](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jayr-tinaco/)
**Published:** August 1, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
JayR Tinaco is an actor, known for *Another Life* (2019), *Always Be My Maybe* (2019) and *Rake* (2010).
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [River Gallo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/river-gallo/)
**Published:** July 25, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Salvadoran-American filmmaker, actor, model, and intersex rights activist. They wrote, directed, and acted in the 2019 short film Ponyboi, which is the first film to feature an openly intersex actor playing an intersex person.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Sam Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sam-quinn/)
**Published:** May 18, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sam Quinn is a non-binary actor from Ponoka, AB, Canada. They studied at Red Deer College to attain a Bachelor of Applied Motion Pictures Arts Acting Degree and is now residing and training in Vancouver, BC. Aside from film acting, Sam is also very passionate about dance, painting, recovery, and making people laugh.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Natalie Liconti](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natalie-liconti/)
**Published:** April 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Natalie Liconti is a Canadian, non-binary performer. They are best known for their role as Sterling on Netflix/CW’s In The Dark (2020) and Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum (Canadian Screen Awards, Prix Iris, Catalonian International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival).
They have worked for *Just for Laughs* (Montréal), *JFL42* (Toronto), *The Rhubarb Festival* (Toronto), *SummerWorks Performance Festival* (Toronto). Their onscreen work can be found on major streaming platforms such as *Amazon, Netflix, Revry,* and *Freeform*.
They have been a resident artist at Camden People’s Theatre’s Starting Blocks Programme (London, UK), Nightwood Theatre’s Write From The Hip Program 2020 (Toronto), and trained with La Pocha Nostra’s Rebel Artists (Montréal, arts interculturels).
Natalie’s work has been presented across Canada and internationally at festivals such as *Printemps Numérique Festival*, *The Wildside Festival, ZH Festival,* and *Calm Down, Dear Festival*(Camden People’s Theatre: London, UK), *Workman Arts (Toronto).*
They explore the forms/methodologies of interdisciplinary performance, devised creation, collective-creation, and site-specific performance. Their work explores themes and questions around camp, popular culture, queerness, mental health, and dystopia/utopia.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Bevin Bru](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bevin-bru/)
**Published:** February 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cuban American SAG actress, writer, and dancer born and raised in Miami, Fl. by two moms. She is known for Batwoman (2019), Head Count (2018) and METRO (2017).
In [a May 4, 2021 interview with Entertainment Scoop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYKxHIkQ6Hg "a May 4, 2021 interview with Entertainment Scoop"), Bevin said what it meant to play Angelique Martin from Batwoman as a bisexual woman.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Trace Lysette](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/trace-lysette/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, best known for her role of Shea on Transparent. Lysette is openly transgender.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Mari Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mari-walker/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mari Walker has been working professionally since 2007. Her work has screened at over 140 festivals, won 53 awards and received 26 nominations. She has written around 643 pages of material and edited thousands of hours of footage over the course of her career. Her work has been screened over 1.3 million times online and have screened from New York to London, Chile to Seoul, and Los Angeles to Moscow.
She still doesn’t know how to cook or ride a bike.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Bethany Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bethany-black/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Described as “Britain’s only goth, lesbian, transsexual comedian”, Black is known for performing black comedy, dealing with controversial subjects. She adheres to a vegan diet.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Laverne Cox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laverne-cox/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
With various ‘firsts’ in her already impressive career, the Emmy-nominated actress, documentary film producer and prominent equal rights advocate, Laverne Cox, continues to make history in her career and significant strides in her activism. Debuting on the scene in the groundbreaking role of Sophia Burset, in the critically acclaimed Netflix original series “Orange is The New Black,” Laverne is the first trans woman of color to have a leading role on a mainstream scripted television show.
Laverne has earned numerous honors and award nominations for her work and advocacy, from being featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, to an Emmy nomination for “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series,” to a SAG Award for “Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.”
An advocate with an empowering message of moving beyond gender expectations to live more authentically, she was also named as one of Glamour magazine’s 2014 Women of the Year, one of The Grio’s 100 Most Influential African Americans, one of the Top 50 Trans Icons by the Huffington Post, and honored with the Courage Award from the Anti-Violence Project, and the Reader’s Choice Award from “Out” Magazine, among other accolades
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Carlotta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolle-lea/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carlotta is an Australian entertainer, cabaret performer and television celebrity. Often billed as “The Queen of The Cross”, she began her career as an original cast member and later Bardot-like star of the long-running male revue Les Girls (pronounced LAY-GIRLS) cabaret show, which started in 1963 in the purpose built and Abe Saffron-owned Les Girls nightclub building which stood on a prominent corner in the heart of Sydney’s Kings Cross, to the right of the famous El Alamein Fountain. The revue was performed entirely by costumed males in drag and Carlotta often performed spot-numbers as a singer and comedian. Carlotta came out as a transgender woman and rose through the ranks of the show to eventually become the show’s compere and its star
Carlotta was one of the inspirations for the film *The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert*. She had a few short breaks from Les Girls for international tours, but overall by the time she left the show for the final time in 1992 she had spent a total of 26 years performing with the troupe. She is a published author and has been the subject of personal memoirs.
Carlotta has also used the names Carol Spencer, Carol Byron, Carol Lee and Carla.
Carlotta was featured in the soap opera Number 96 in 1973 as Robyn Ross, the new girlfriend of Arnold Feather (portrayed by Jeff Kevin). In the story it was soon revealed that Robyn was in fact a transgender showgirl, a revelation that led to the character’s quick departure from the show. To preserve the shock ending to this storyline, the true identity of Robyn’s portrayer was kept secret from all but a few central cast and crew members of the series. Her scenes were shot on a closed set and Carlotta was credited as “Carolle Lea”.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Nandini Bapat](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nandini-bapat/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nandini Bapat is an actress and screenwriter, based in Los Angeles, CA. She recently appeared in the Netflix Original series, *Huge in France* and has a starring role in the horror feature film *Sunday Night Slaughters*, directed and written by Edward Payson.
As a screenwriter, Nandini focuses on genre-specific writing, particularly in science fiction, fantasy and superhero comic-themed work. She is also an active comic book writer. Nandini contributed to the upcoming *Menagerie: Declassified Anthology* released by MythDivision.
A self-ascribed nerd, Nandini enjoys reading comic books, playing *World of Warcraft* and attending comic book conventions in her free time. She has a Master’s degree from the University of La Verne and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Davis.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sandra Mae Frank](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sandra-mae-frank/)
**Published:** April 19, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and producer, known for Soul to Keep (2018), Multiverse (2019) and The Sound of Fear (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Olivia Baptista](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/olivia-baptista/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia Baptista is an actress and producer, known for Here We Wait (2016), Mr. Mayor (2021) and The Affair (2014).
The child of immigrants and a proud native of the Garden State, Olivia is a graduate of Dartmouth College – the first in her family to get a college degree. Following that, she set off to teach/perform Shakespeare in Bosnia & Herzegovina with the nonprofit Youth Bridge Global (with its stress on resolving residual conflict amongst the youth of the Balkan War through theater).
It was from that experience that Olivia saw firsthand the impact art – whether visual or performance based — can have on even the smallest of communities. That experience was also her first taste at real world producing. And she loved it. As a performer & creator, she is lucky and proud to say all of her films/series have been to top festivals (Cannes, Cinequest, Toronto, Austin etc.); and a few have found successful distribution deals. Both her dramatic and comedic work has been recognized for awards and she was recently nominated (twice) for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Growing Nowhere.
She loves all things “genre” (Orphan Black… Firefly…superhero anything) and strives to be a part of off-beat stories with compelling characters.
As a producer, she is determined to bring high concept ideas to life on low budgets – with the hopes of wide exposure so that markets thirsty for high-quality content can get it. Thus came her debut series – Here We Wait (featured in USA Today, Geek. corn, Tubefilter, 7th Matrix, and many more).
Her writing pulls from her own experiences, focusing on the female perspective and LGBTQ+ storylines, which led her and her writing partner to their next series – Deliver Us – to be set in Portugal.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Adelaide Kane](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/adelaide-kane/)
**Published:** November 23, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born in Western Australia in 1990, Adelaide Kane had been acting since she was 6 and got her first major role, in 2006, when she won the role of “Lolly Allen” on *Neighbours* (1985). She entered a Dolly Magazine Competition and won the role in late 2006. When she got the role, she and her family had to move from Perth to Melbourne, where “Neighbours” is filmed, she was in Year 11 at the time. In her free time, she enjoys singing and singing lessons.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Caterina Scorsone](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caterina-scorsone/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Dr. Amelia Shepherd on the ABC medical drama *Grey’s Anatomy* and its spin-offs *Private Practice* and *Station 19*. Prior to this, she made her debut as a child actor on the Canadian children’s program, *Mr. Dressup*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Elsbeth McCall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elsbeth-mccall/)
**Published:** June 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elsbeth is a Toronto-based television and filmmaker. She is a graduate of the film program at Sheridan College (2017) as well as the theatre conservatory training program at Humber College (2010). Her films, *Runaway* & *Perception*, have played festival circuits in Canada.
She has worked on many television and film sets in Toronto as an actor, director, producer, writer, assistant director and script supervisor. Some of her favourite projects include White Lie (Film Forge), Frankie Drake Mysteries and Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury/CBC), Avocado Toast (Guts & Gall Productions), and Jump, Darling (Big Island Productions). Elsbeth is currently slated as an associate producer on season 4 of Hudson and Rex (Shaftesbury/Pope Productions/City TV) as well as a director on Season 15 of Murdoch Mysteries (Shaftesbury/CBC) in January 2022.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Julia Bray](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-bray/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Julia Bray is an actor, creator, writer, director & teacher living in Portland, Oregon.
**Genders:** Non-Binary/Gender Fluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Lauren Landa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lauren-landa/)
**Published:** January 28, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Lauren Anne Landa
**Content:**
Born and raised in Los Angeles, in the last 16 years, Lauren has appeared in over One hundred Anime and video game projects and has worked with productions such as, Aniplex of America, Viz Media, Netflix, Nintendo, and more. She has been the voice of many fan favorite characters such as:
Annie Leonhardt (*Attack On Titan*), Sailor Neptune (*Sailor Moon/Sailor Moon Crystal*) Merlin (*Seven Deadly Sins*), Kyoko Sakura (*Madoka Magica*), Juno (*Beastars*), Kyoka Eden (*Scarlet Nexus*), Female Robin (*Fire Emblem/Super Smash Bro’s*) Karin Kanzuki *(Street Fighter V* ) Kasumi (*Dead or Alive 5*), Leila (*Fist of The North Star: Lost Paradise*) Tskuasa (*Tonikawa, Over the Moon for You*), Leia (*Tales of Xillia*) and many more!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Melissa Hutchison](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-hutchison/)
**Published:** January 28, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Melissa Hutchison is an American voice actress, who is well known for her voice role as Clementine in *The Walking Dead* and its sequels, for which she won *Best Performance by a Female* at the 2013 Spike Video Game Awards and was nominated for the 2014 NAVGTR Award *Performance in a Drama, Lead* respectively. She has also been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award for *Best Performer*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Shannen Michaelsen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shannen-michaelsen/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shannen has written and produced three webseries through her company Remarkable, Singular, Curious. She is a host and producer of the podcasts Pop Culture Pie and Daring Fables. She has also been on MuggleNet’s social media team since 2013 and co-hosts their podcast SpeakBeasty. She was a production intern for Disney’s advertising agency in 2016 and now works as a photographer for Amazing Pictures. Shannen wants to do anything that will allow her to tell a story.
**Genders:** Demigender
**Sexualities:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Brad Kurtz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brad-kurtz/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor who has worked on English anime dubs.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Faith D'Amato](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/faith-damato/)
**Published:** March 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress and writer, known for The Unofficial Update (2015), Team Unicorn (2010) and BAES Welcome (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kayleigh McKee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kayleigh-mckee/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Kayleigh Grace Clementine McKee
**Content:**
Kayleigh “Ghaspey” McKee is a transgender woman who has a deep passion for art of all genres and mediums as well as a uniquely varied vocal range. Born in a college town nestled in rural Illinois, she has since followed her passions to earn training and experience in many subjects, including audio production, editing, illustration, singing, and particularly voice acting.
Throughout the years, Kayleigh sought training in acting and singing, taking several major roles in musicals through childhood and college. Living in rural Illinois at the time, she built a home studio to be able to record professional quality audio from home, and with it gained experience for the craft by doing freelance jobs and independent works with other passionate people who guided her through the ins and outs.
Since deciding to pursue voice over as a career in 2017, Kayleigh moved to Los Angeles, received training in voice-over and dialect from the likes of the legendary Steve Blum, Eliza Jane Schneider, Phil Hulett, Debby Derryberry, Chuck Huber and Carroll Kimball, and gained Agency representation through CESD. Filled with passion for the craft, she has come to enjoy her ability to voice masculine and feminine as well as all roles around and in-between through hard work and careful training of her vocal capacity. This drive of pursuit has led her to performing vastly varried roles for high profile clients and award winning animations!
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Landon McDonald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/landon-mcdonald/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Landon Roberts McDonald
**Content:**
A professional voice actor and screenwriter. He has had numerous roles in various television series, films, and video games. A majority of those roles were for English dubs of Japanese anime, such as Kaiju No. 8, Buddy Daddies, and Jujutsu Kaisen.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Angela Chase](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/angela-chase/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Barry Yandell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/barry-yandell/)
**Published:** January 27, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor who has voiced in many English anime dubs, including Soul Eater, One Piece, and Fullmetal Alchemist He is also a stage performer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Carolyn Ratteray](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carolyn-ratteray/)
**Published:** April 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor, director, teacher, and creator based in Los Angeles, California.
She’s worked in off-broadway and regional theatres as well as in television and commercials, studied clown in London with internationally known performer, Angela De Castro, and then traveled to Celebration Barn in Maine to participate in a Devising Theatre Workshop.
Carolyn has been developing a solo show which examines the metaphysical dilemma of clowning as a woman of color. Currently, she is a Resident Artist at A Noise Within Theatre and Antaeus Theatre Company in Los Angeles and teaches acting at Pomona College in Claremont, CA.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Andrew Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrew-love/)
**Published:** January 26, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor.
He was previously married to voice actress [Emily Neves](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emily-neves/ "Emily Neves").
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [David Wald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/david-wald/)
**Published:** January 26, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor, ADR writer, and director. He has voiced in many English anime dubs, including Attack on Titan, Golgo 13, and Vampire Hunter D.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Marcia Cross](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marcia-cross/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marcia Anne Cross is an American actress. She acted in daytime soap operas such as *The Edge of Night*, *Another World*, and *One Life to Live* before moving to primetime television with a recurring role on *Knots Landing*. From 1992 to 1997, she starred as Dr. Kimberly Shaw on *Melrose Place*. Cross played the role of the conservative housewife Bree Van de Kamp on the ABC television series *Desperate Housewives* (2004–12), for which she was nominated for three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy, and a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She had a recurring role as President Claire Haas on the ABC series *Quantico*.
Cross was the long-time companion of actor Richard Jordan. Jordan died from a brain tumor in 1993. In 2006, she married stockbroker Tom Mahoney.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Julia-Ruth Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-ruth-smith/)
**Published:** July 10, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Actress, dancer, and tv personality known for *Are You The One?* and *Shortland Street*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mara De La Rosa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mara-de-la-rosa/)
**Published:** March 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mara De La Rosa recently executive produced, co-created, and co-starred in the web series, BAES Welcome! Her short films include I Don’t Love You (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival), BASTARD (Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival) and I Like Femme Lesbians (Outfest, Outfest FUSION Jury Prize Honorable Mention). She is also the producer of the short film Called Home (Outfest, NewFest NYC,).
She has completed fellowships with the Incubator Lab through Loyola Marymount University and Film Independent; as well as her fellowship with OutSet through Outfest.
Mara is also the co-founder of the production company, Becky and Baldwin, which have produced several films and plays. This includes I Don’t Love You, Other Plays (Collective Arts Incubator) and Real Love (Fountain Theatre). The show ran an extended show by popular demand, selling out every night.
Mara is an artist who is not afraid to push boundaries and make the world think in ways never thought of before. She believes in the importance of fighting for what you believe in, and raising awareness to world issues. She’s received The Presidential Citation Award for her work in theatre while raising awareness on world issues. She’s received other accolades for outstanding work in directing, playwriting, lighting design, and more.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Nina Sumter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nina-sumter/)
**Published:** January 25, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nina had early beginnings performing in theatre, avidly mimicking voices of people around her, and doing fandubs on YouTube. Known for her dramatic range of tonal versatility across the gender spectrum, she has diligently focused on building a unique reputation through a number of radically contrasting roles within Indie Animation & Video Games, Audio Dramas, as well as a number of Audiobook Narrations published on Audible.com.
As a transgender woman, Nina has overcome many hurdles as a performer including fully rebranding herself & acting career. She hopes that by publicly vocalizing her gender identity, she can be an inspiration to aspiring talent and encourage everyone to pursue their purpose in life without fear.
Outside the booth, Nina is a fun-loving geek, competitive Street Fighter player, and fervent anime fan. She also enjoys roleplaying games like Final Fantasy XIV and Dungeons & Dragons, talking psychology and improving her skills in life.
Nina currently resides in the Greater New York area.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Gia Kim](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gia-kim/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress known for *XO, Kitty* (2023), *Happy Ending* (2021) and *Burning Questions* (2021).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Mona Moriya](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mona-moriya/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mona is a recent graduate from Emerson College with a BFA in Acting. At Emerson, Mona was able to cultivate her passion for art and activism where she served as president of the Asian student union as well as performed and served on the board of Flawless Brown, a women of color artists collective.
In 2017, Mona was a part of the Core Company apprenticeship with The Orchard Project in Saratoga Springs, NY where she worked with musician Esperanza Spalding and assistant directed for Kathy Najimy. She also was mentored by Core Company Director Sherri Eden Barber on her play Nia resulting in a staged reading with Core Company members.
Mona recently moved to NYC this fall and is the current Global Exchange Apprentice at The Lark where she can further hone her passion for equity, access and inclusion!
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marisela Zumbado](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marisela-zumbado/)
**Published:** March 27, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress.
She is currently in a relationship with actress [Sherry Cola](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sherry-cola/ "Sherry Cola").
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Allegra Clark](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/allegra-clark/)
**Published:** January 23, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Allegra Clark is a Los Angeles-based trilingual actor and voiceover artist originally from New York City. After spending a childhood doing commercials and school plays in both French and English, Allegra studied theatre and Italian literature at Northwestern University, where she realized her knack for voice and accent work.
Allegra is most known for her roles in video games as Bloodhound (Apex Legends); Acheron (Honkai Star Rail); Beidou (Genshin Impact); Mitsuru (Persona 3 Reload); Dorothea and Shamir (Fire Emblem Three Houses); Josephine Montilyet (Dragon Age: Inquisition); Cynthia (Pokémon Masters); Boss (AI: The Somnium Files); and Marisa (Street Fighter 6). In anime, she is known as Maki and Miwa (Jujutsu Kaisen); Mother Spider Demon (Demon Slayer); Sonia (Pokémon Twilight Wings); Derieri and Matrona (Seven Deadly Sins); Pitohui (Gun Gale Online); Princess Kakyuu (Sailor Moon); Gin Akutagawa (Bungo Stray Dogs); Noel (Burn the Witch); and Semiramis, Atalante, and Reika Rikudou (Fate/Apocrypha). If you ask her to pick her favorite role, she will not pick her favorite child .
In addition to screaming into microphones in small padded rooms, Allegra also enjoys making excellent use of her fifteen-plus years of vocal training by serenading her cat. Sadly, Milo is scared of high notes and runs away, but it’s the thought that counts.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Laura Stahl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/laura-stahl/)
**Published:** January 23, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Laura Megan Stahl
**Content:**
Laura Stahl is a Jewish African-American voice actress, voice director and script writer based in California. She was born in
Oahu, Hawaii, USA on August 12, 1991. She is best known for her many voice roles in English-language dubs of Japanese anime and video games, including The Promised Neverland, Fire Emblem Engage, and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Reva Stover](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/reva-stover/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Reva Stover is a director, actor, playwright, and teaching artist based out of Philadelphia, PA. She has a BFA acting degree from the University of Central Florida. She has experience in musical theatre, Shakespeare, new works, and educational theatre. Additionally, she is a five-star thespian with the **International Thespian Society**.
Some of her most notable academic roles include Helene Johnson in the original production of *Spunk and the Harlem Literati*, adapted from Zora Neale Hurston’s short story, Minnie in *An Octoroon* at the University of Central Florida where she received a nomination for the best comedic actress from the Orlando Sentinel, and Tilly Evans in *She Kills Monsters* for which she received an Irene Ryan nomination. Her professional credits include several original roles. She worked with the Orlando Shakespeare Theatre as Fay in *Jump* for their New Works Play Festival. She ventured up to Dayton, TN to be the first African American actress in the historic and recurring play with music, *Front Page News*. She originated the role of Lil G for the Creede Repertory Theatre’s TYA touring musical *Best Foot Forward*. She also brought the role of Betty to life in the workshop cast of *Mannequin*.
During the 2020 Pandemic, Reva produced and directed her own play, *Thud,* via zoom. She also had her play, *Running*, produced by the Wings of Paper Theatre Company. She had several pieces commissioned for*154 Revisited* in conjunction with Revolution Shakespeare. In addition to writing, Reva spent most of 2020 teaching theatre to K-3rd graders with After School Activities Partnerships (ASAP).
In her free time, she enjoys experimenting in the kitchen, up-cycling discarded items, going on nature walks, writing and performing slam poetry, and making Youtube videos.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Lindsay Seidel](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lindsay-seidel/)
**Published:** October 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born in Dallas, Texas, USA as Lindsay Elizabeth Seidel. She is an actress, known for *The Final*, *Assassination Classroom*, and *Steins;Gate*.
She is sometimes credited as Elaine Wagner.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Julie Meghan Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julie-meghan-brown/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor and production assistant, known for her work on The Farm (2018), The Fortnight (2020) and When Wigs Fly (2017).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Clara McGregor](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/clara-mcgregor/)
**Published:** November 3, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Clara McGregor is an American model, actress, and social media personality. She is widely known as the daughter of Ewan McGregor and Eve Mavrakis.
McGregor attended New York University’s Tish School of the Arts, where she studied photography.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Ashley Renee Dixon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashley-renee-dixon/)
**Published:** January 19, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, comedian, and writer. She is best known for her work on Twenty (2017.)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
---
### [Kylie Watson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kylie-watson/)
**Published:** January 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress, interior designer and model. She is best known for playing Shauna Bradley in the Australian soap opera *Home and Away* between 1999 and 2002. She is now a successful interior designer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sohail Asghar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sohail-asghar/)
**Published:** November 11, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A famous Pakistani actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Beri Gerwise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/beri-gerwise/)
**Published:** January 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Swedish actress, musician, and rapper. She mainly works in the Hollywood Entertainment Industry and her acting performances have been released in English language films and Tv series.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [Deneen Melody](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/deneen-melody/)
**Published:** July 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A voice over and film actress located in Los Angeles, CA. She is known as the voice of Zoé Lee from the popular animated series, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, as well as other characters from a wide variety of animated series, anime, and video games. Deneen is also a professionally trained dancer, performance artist, and circus performer
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Presley Alexander](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/presley-alexander/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Presley Alexander is an openly LGBT+ (non-binary, lesbian) actor and social media personality. They came out on their YouTube channel when they were eleven years old, and ever since they’ve used their platform to bring attention to social causes like LGBT+ rights, mental health advocacy and political awareness. They are passionate about bringing representation to the roles they play and aim to be a role model for other LGBT+ youth.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** He, She, They
---
### [Jesse Leigh](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jesse-leigh/)
**Published:** May 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Chinese and American non-binary actor who was born in Woodland Hills, California. They grew up in Manhattan Beach while attending Orange County School of the Arts for musical theatre. Jesse has been acting since they were very young in plays, musicals, and commercials. They can be seen on *Heathers* (2018) on Paramount Network and *Foursome* (2018) on YouTube Premium.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Julia Lindon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/julia-lindon/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A writer, comedian, and producer. She is the creator and star of “Lady Liberty,” the TV pilot premiering at 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. In addition to her role on Comedy Central’s “Detroiters,” Julia has worked on the production team of Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Detroiters, and Last Man on Earth.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
---
### [Jaret Martino](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jaret-martino/)
**Published:** April 2, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jaret Martino began his acting career at age six in theatre and has gone on to appear in TV / Film productions, including The Middle, Law and Order SVU, 30 Rock, One Life To Live, Modern Family,Teen Wolf, and national commercial campaigns for Mastercard, Usher & Lady Gaga’s Tour Promo, Sonic, and T-mobile.
Jaret studied at Fordham University, as well as The Lee Strasberg Institute. Always placing an importance on education he continues to study with top industry professionals, such as Larry Moss. In loving memory of Gary Austin (Founder of The Groundlings), and Elizabeth Kemp.
Today his journey as an artist includes writing and producing Films in an effort to bring awareness to subject matters deserving attention. Jaret formed a Production company, and some credits include,”Driven The Documentary”, an empowering film created to inspire women, artists and anyone with a dream that feels impossible. Driven has played at film festivals worldwide, receiving support from companies such as Microsoft and Step Up!
Jaret Martino and Love Wins Productions is an original content and third party production company, designed for the 21st century’s changed media landscape.
Focused on raising awareness for subjects deserving attention. With a focus on women’s empowerment, diversity and inclusion and LGBTQIA messages.
Specializes in the development, production, marketing and distribution of talent-driven films, television, and digital media content. Jaret’s award winning films have been seen throughout the world in festivals and streaming platforms.
[He married Andrew Vass on July 13, 2024.](https://www.instagram.com/p/C9w62X_RRPG/?hl=en)
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
---
### [Marissa Longo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marissa-longo/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marissa Longo is known for her work on Lone (2017) and Rational Creatures (2019).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Gabe S. Dunn](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gabe-s-dunn/)
**Published:** April 3, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Gabby Dunn,Gabriel Shane Dunn
**Content:**
An American writer, actor, journalist, comedian, LGBTQ activist, and podcaster. He was a writer and director for BuzzFeed Video, but has since left to focus on his YouTube comedy show and podcast Just Between Us with his best friend and fellow former Buzzfeed writer Allison Raskin. Together they have published two novels, *I Hate Everyone But You* and *Please Send Help*.
Dunn hosts a separate podcast Bad With Money, in which he discuss money problems, debt and financial systems.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Daniel Luna](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/daniel-luna/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Creator of *Functional*, Daniel is a writer, producer, director, and actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** He, Him, His
---
### [Robyn Holdaway](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/robyn-holdaway/)
**Published:** September 19, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Robyn Holdaway is an actor, known for C.B. Strike (2017), Sex Education (2019) and Casualty (1986).
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Misha Osherovich](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/misha-osherovich/)
**Published:** October 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actor, filmmaker, and activist, known for their role in the film Freaky.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Liv Hewson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/liv-hewson/)
**Published:** December 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Liv Hewson is an Australian actor and playwright.
Hewson was born in Canberra and grew up in the suburb of Hughes. They attended Alfred Deakin High School and Canberra College. They began acting as part of the Canberra Youth Theatre. Hewson’s mother, Angela, is a public servant and their father, Tony, is a psychologist. Hewson has three brothers. Growing up, their family watched a lot of American television shows, such as The Simpsons and Futurama, which Liv said made it easy to act with a US accent.
Their written work includes “lots of re-imaginings of fairytales and mythology with a queer and dark slant.”
Hewson came out as non-binary at age 16. [They are gay and use they/them pronouns](https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/santa-clarita-diet-liv-hewson-way-non-binary/). In 2020, Hewson received the Human Rights Campaign Visibility Award for their LGBT+ advocacy.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Rivkah Reyes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rivkah-reyes/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rivkah Reyes (they/she, but mostly they) is a queer Filipinx-Jewish actor, musician, comedian, producer and writer from Chicago. They have been performing since the age of 4 when they picked up a guitar for the first time.
In the 4th grade, Rivkah performed on the NPR show From the Top, which eventually led to them being discovered and cast in the 2003 film School of Rock. Since their movie debut, Riv has been a prominent force in the comedy and theater scenes of Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
They have worked with The Second City in Chicago on several sketch revues and performed improv, sketch, and stand-up at iO, The Hollywood Improv, The Laugh Factory, Club Cumming and Las Culturistas’ I Don’t Think So Honey! Live. They are an alum of the School at Steppenwolf, The Second City and iO’s training centers, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2020, Rivkah released an article called “Confessions of an Obsolete Child Actor” about their journey from childhood stardom to adulthood lessons. Currently, Riv resides in Los Angeles and spends their days drinking tea, listening to lo-fi beats, and being a spooky witch.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Shobna Gulati](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/shobna-gulati/)
**Published:** September 21, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress and presenter. Gulati is known for roles like Anita in dinnerladies, and Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2013. From 2013 to 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime talk show Loose Women.
[They came out as non-binary in 2025](https://www.gaytimes.com/culture/ive-become-more-happy-coronation-streets-shobna-gulati-comes-out-as-non-binary/).
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [James Majoos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/james-majoos/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actor.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Sandra Espinoza](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sandra-espinoza/)
**Published:** March 17, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for *Marvel Avengers Academy* (2016), *Wonder Woman Abridged* (2017) and *Supreme League of Patriots: Issue 1, A Patriot Is Born* (2015).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Asexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bri Castellini](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bri-castellini/)
**Published:** December 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bri Castellini is the Film Community Manager for Seed&Spark, a graduate-level adjunct professor for digital media, an award-winning independent filmmaker, and, regrettably, a podcaster. She’s known for the 2017 short film Ace and Anxious (writer/director, 141k views on YouTube) and for her podcasts Burn, Noticed and Breaking Out of Breaking in, covering the USA television show Burn Notice and practical filmmaking advice, respectively.
She has been described by collaborators as a “human bulldozer” and is honestly kind of flattered. Full work history can be found on her website.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Biromantic/Asexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [Dawn M. Bennett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dawn-m-bennett/)
**Published:** September 29, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, known for her work on English anime dubs for Funimation and Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Demisexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Demiromantic
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kiana Lede](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kiana-lede/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kiana Ledé Brown is an American singer, songwriter, actress and pianist currently based in Los Angeles, California. She starred as Zoe Vaughn on the second season of MTV’s horror series Scream.
In 2011, Brown’s mother discovered Kidz Bop, a website for kids to upload and share videos of themselves performing. She uploaded a video of Brown performing an original number on the piano, with Brown selected as a finalist. After performing Adele’s “Someone Like You” to earn her a place in the Top 4, Brown won the 2011 KIDZ Star USA Grand Prize out of 45,000 submissions, the largest national talent competition for kids age 15 and under.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Katie Douglas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/katie-douglas/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
**Katie Douglas** is a Canadian TV Actress, known for Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town (2012), Compulsion (2013) and Spooksville (2013).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Brittany S. Hall](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brittany-s-hall/)
**Published:** December 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Brittany S. Hall was born on September 30th in Washington D.C. and raised in the D.C./MD area where she discovered her love for the performing arts. At an early age she began performing in school plays, community plays, and dance recitals. Brittany continued studying theatre high school into college, where she studied as a Theatre Major at Frostburg State University.
In 2011, while living in New York City, Brittany found a stage in Stand Up Comedy. She performed at one of NYC’s most popluar comedy clubs Laugh Lounge. After moving to Atlanta in 2013, Brittany found herself in front of the camera yet again, working under the stage name “Kamille Leai,” she appeared as a lead in a number of music videos with artist such as Migos, Trevor Jackson, Luke James, Tank, and The Dream.
Brittany returned to her passion of acting in 2014 after studying at Atlanta’s Premiere Actors Network. She appeared on series such as ABC’s “Ravenswood”, BET’s “Being Mary Jane” and a supporting role in the film Drumline 2 that premiered on VH1. In 2015, she was cast for the recurring role of “Rosalie” on the USA series “Satisfaction”. Her character returned for the second season as a series regular. It is also in 2015 when Brittany decided to stop working under her stage name.
In 2017, Brittany joined Season 3 of HBO’s Ballers as Amber. She was upped to series regular for Season 4 and 5. She also appears alongside Sanaa Lathan in Netflix’s original comedy “Nappily Ever After.” In 2018 Brittany founded [ACTORS PLAY LA,](http://actorsplayla.com/) a community organization and training studio for actors where she coaches and mentors other actors and filmmakers.
Brittany starred in her first lead role, as well as served as executive producer in [Test Pattern](https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt10121508?s=3ab67cad-3edf-eef8-609e-1871528d5a0a)**,** a feature film written and directed by Shatara Michelle Ford. The film was bought by Kino Lorber and released theatrically in 2021. She received a 2022 Independent Spirit award nomination for Best Actress for Test Pattern as well as a nomination for Best Actress for the 2022 Gotham awards.
Hall starred as a lead opposite BJ Britt in “Christmas Dilemma” on TV One and recurs on Season 2 of
David Makes Man on OWN. In January 2022, Brittany was cast a Series Regular in the Upcoming Apple TV Series “Dear Edward.”
Brittany balances her time between working in Film and Television while also working as a [SPIRITUAL COACH.](https://iambrittanyhall.coachesconsole.com/) Hall is currently based in Houston, Texas.
In 2025, Brittany [mentioned on @threads that she has only dated women since her 20s](https://www.threads.com/@iambrittanyhall/post/DS6TQx_EbQ2?xmt=AQF0pV8Q6wTXvg_qOYn0lVv2lXcQkDWI_en9D2K5nkv_4OmzAE3PYiuas8QgU22BqIn4J88&slof=1).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
---
### [Jenn Colella](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jenn-colella/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jennifer Lin Colella is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her work in musical theatre.
She received a Tony Award nomination and won the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and three regional theater awards for her portrayal of Annette/Beverley Bass in Come from Away. She reprised her roles in the 2021 filmed recording of the musical.
Colella identifies as “mostly gay”. Colella [became engaged to Mo Mullen in June 2022](https://playbill.com/article/broadway-veteran-jenn-colella-engaged-to-partner-mo-mullen) and they married October 4, 2022. On October 30, 2023, the couple announced that they were expecting their first child together. Their daughter, Morrison Caroline Colella, was born on February 14, 2024.
Coming to New York, she was told by people she respected to stay in the closet, as it might cause casting problems.After playing a lesbian in The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, she began getting more attention and felt it was time to come out.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Theo DeMarco](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/theo-demarco/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Theo DeMarco was born in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is a screenwriter, producer, and actor. Films screened at Sundance Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Fest, Pride Toronto LGBT Film Fest, and ClexaCon LGBTQ Film Fest.
Copywriter, social media strategist, and crowdfunding consultant with 9+ years of professional experience. Former editor in chief of an AdAge-recognized social strategy blog.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Dani Yourukova](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dani-yourukova/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dani Yourukova has spent the last few years being in student films for free, and attempting to accumulate an assorted variety of university education, ranging from a partial law degree, a BA in classics and philosophy, to classical singing (some of this has been successful).
They think Shakespeare’s work is pretty great, but also that The Candle Wasters have improved on a classic by making it less heterosexual. Dani’s expert opinion comes from having played Helena in a high school performance of *Midsummers* once. In their spare time Dani enjoys photography, dessert foods, learning the basics of different musical instruments, and meeting other people’s pets.
Dani identifies as genderfluid or genderqueer, and with no national identity in particular.
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Maeve Quinlan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maeve-quinlan/)
**Published:** October 22, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Maeve Quinlan is best known for starring as Megan Conley for 11 years in The Bold and the Beautiful and as Paula Carlin on South of Nowhere.
She also appeared in the web series Girltrash! (2007) and she co-created, co-produced, and starred in the web series 3 Way (2008).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Cynthia Jimenez-Hicks](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cynthia-jimenez-hicks/)
**Published:** August 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Filipino-Canadian film & TV & theatre actor, sometimes choreographer, often educator, and occasional producer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Martha Plimpton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/martha-plimpton/)
**Published:** July 12, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress, activist and former model. Her feature-film debut was in Rollover; she subsequently rose to prominence in the Richard Donner film The Goonies. She has also appeared in The Mosquito Coast, Shy People, Running on Empty, Parenthood, Samantha, Small Town Murder Songs, Frozen II and Mass.
Plimpton is an abortion rights activist, and is public about having had abortions in the past. She also advocates for LGBTQ rights, saying that[ trans rights and women’s health (including abortions) are linked](https://twitter.com/MarthaPlimpton/status/715682446910611456).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alexandra James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alexandra-james/)
**Published:** October 2, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alexandra James is known for *Sex Education* (2019), *The Break* (2016) and *Backstage* (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alison Thornton](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-thornton/)
**Published:** June 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Canadian-American actress. She is best known for playing Zooey Hernandez Frumpkis in *Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce*, and Lydia Spring in *Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marcia Strassman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marcia-strassman/)
**Published:** February 18, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marcia Ann Strassman (April 28, 1948 – October 24, 2014) was an American actress and singer. She played Nurse Margie Cutler on M*A*S\*H, Julie Kotter on Welcome Back, Kotter, and Diane Szalinski in the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melissa Lehman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melissa-lehman/)
**Published:** December 1, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An american stylist & actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Serena Koo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/serena-koo/)
**Published:** April 21, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Chinese Persian gorl living in this ridiculous LA world.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Juno Temple](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/juno-temple/)
**Published:** April 12, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is an English actress. She has appeared in the films Notes on a Scandal (2006), Atonement (2007), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), The Three Musketeers (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Magic Magic (2013), Afternoon Delight (2013), Maleficent (2014), Black Mass (2015), Unsane (2018), and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). Temple also has starred in the television series Vinyl (2016), Dirty John (2018–2019), Ted Lasso (2020–present), Little Birds (2020), and The Offer (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Lani O'Grady](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lani-ogrady/)
**Published:** February 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lani O’Grady (born Lanita Rose Agrati, October 2, 1954 – September 25, 2001) was an American actress and talent agent. She is best known for her role in the 1970s TV series, *Eight is Enough*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marion Ross](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marion-ross/)
**Published:** March 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American retired actress. Her best-known role is that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom *Happy Days*, on which she starred from 1974 to 1984 and received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bebe Wood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bebe-wood/)
**Published:** December 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Beatrice “Bebe” Wood is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Shania in the NBC television series The New Normal, as Shannon on the ABC television series The Real O’Neals, and as Lake on the Hulu Original series Love, Victor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Tessa Ehrman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/tessa-ehrman/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor, writer, and producer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Courtney Sauls](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/courtney-sauls/)
**Published:** November 30, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Naomi J. Ogawa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/naomi-j-ogawa/)
**Published:** November 30, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An English actress. She is known for her role in the Netflix series *Wednesday*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Niamh McCormack](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/niamh-mccormack/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Irish actress and model. On television, she is known for her role in the Netflix series *Everything Now* (2023). Her films include *The Magic Flute* (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophie Wilde](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-wilde/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Australian actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the Stan series *Eden*, the BBC series *You Don’t Know Me*, the ITV period drama *Tom Jones* and the Netflix series *Everything Now*. Her films include *Talk to Me* and *The Portable Door*.
She was named a 2020 rising star by the Casting Guild of Australia.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Morgana Van Peebles](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/morgana-van-peebles/)
**Published:** October 5, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Actress and daughter of Mario Van Peebles, Morgana speaks fluent French, dabbles in Spanish, and made her first appearance on the silver screen at the tender age of four.
Since then, she has found work in TV and film and has worked extensively with her father.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Leonie Whyman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/leonie-whyman/)
**Published:** September 28, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Whyman is a Makwarra Paakantji Wiradjuri actress and artist.
She creates music under the name LEO. She primarily uses a loop pedal, guitar and her singing
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kim Wayans](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kim-wayans/)
**Published:** September 22, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kim Wayans is an actress and writer, known for In Living Color (1990), My Wife and Kids (2000) and Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Karin Collison](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/karin-collison/)
**Published:** August 20, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Karin Collison is an award-winning actress and screenwriter (including a 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowship) known, from the age of 8, for her extensive work on stage and screen, in the US, UK, Europe, and Malaysia. She left showbiz for a few years, and explored other careers including journalism and — after getting an MSW — worked as a psychotherapist in private practice. While she was the Artistic Director of Santa Barbara’s Speaking of Stories (during which time the US Embassy commissioned her to mount Readers Theater in Kuala Lumpur as a post-911 outreach) she returned to the performing arts as an actress, director and writer.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Marissa Reyes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/marissa-reyes/)
**Published:** July 17, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress and is known for *Spirit Halloween* (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Steph Tisdell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/steph-tisdell/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aboriginal Comedian, proud Ydinji woman, Steph practices truth telling through jokes.
A luminescent presence on stage, her warmth and wit has been a hit with audiences ever since she won the Deadly Funny National Grand Final in 2014. Her award-winning shows sell out wherever she performs and she is fast becoming a ubiquitous presence on mainstream television, having appeared on Ten’s Stand Up for Christchurch Benefit, Just for Laughs Australia on the Comedy Channel, Hughesy We Have A Problem, and on multiple occasions as both an interviewee and presenter on The Project.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alyssa Wapanatâhk](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alyssa-wapanatahk/)
**Published:** May 5, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Wapanatâhk was born in Fort McMurray, Alberta. She is of indigenous heritage, and her family is part of the Bigstone Cree First Nation.
She played Tiger Lily in the 2023 movie *Peter Pan & Wendy*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Rhian Blundell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhian-blundell/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Known for Nobody Girl and Vampire Academy (2022).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Jasmine Di Angelo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jasmine-di-angelo/)
**Published:** April 9, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jasmine Di Angelo is an actor, writer, and SoulCycle instructor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Martha Hackett](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/martha-hackett/)
**Published:** February 18, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Martha Hackett is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Seska in thirteen episodes of the television series Star Trek: Voyager.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Vanessa Matsui](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/vanessa-matsui/)
**Published:** February 4, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Vanessa Matsui is a CSA nominated actor, writer, and filmmaker based in Toronto and L.A. Selected as a Sundance / YouTube New Voices fellow in 2019, Vanessa’s critically acclaimed hit web series Ghost BFF, which she wrote, directed for and starred in, has won and been nominated for multiple awards including Best Web Series at the LA Femme International Film Festival and the Austin Film Festival and has screened at festivals globally.
Ghost BFF Season One originally streamed on Elizabeth Bank’s Whohaha.com and both seasons can now be found on Shaftesbury’s KindaTV. Vanessa also co-created Crankytown.ca (NFB), an interactive website about getting your first period, where she wrote and directed award-winning short films and received a Gemini nomination for Best Digital Non-Fiction Program.
Vanessa is also an advisor with Sundance Co//ab. She attributes her love of storytelling to her extensive training in acting and improvisation; she studied the Meisner technique with the late Jaqueline McClintock, studied and performed as an improviser for 10 years in Montreal most notably at the Just For Laughs Festival with The Bitter End (a serialized, improvised sitcom). Select acting credits include roles on Letterkenny (Hulu), Shadowhunters (Freeform), Schitt’s Creek (CBC), and The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Neshla Caplan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/neshla-caplan/)
**Published:** January 25, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress who studied at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She has an MA in Musical Theatre.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Francesca Mills](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/francesca-mills/)
**Published:** December 26, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Francesca Mills is a British actress having played roles as Cherry Dorrington in television drama series Harlots as Earthy Mangold in Worzel Gummidge and as Meldof in The Witcher: Blood Origin.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Bia Seidl](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bia-seidl/)
**Published:** December 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bia Seidl is a Brazilian actress, known for her many roles in telenovelas.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kate Dion-Richard](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kate-dion-richard/)
**Published:** November 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Actress known for The Man in the High Castle, Debris, Death Note, Finding Mr Right 2, Tales of Tatonka (animated). Located in Vancouver, BC, Kate has worked in theatre and film/TV all over the UK and Canada. Graduate of University of Victoria and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Alyah Chanelle Scott](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alyah-chanelle-scott/)
**Published:** September 21, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress. She is best known for her role as Whitney Chase on the 2021 HBO Max series, *The Sex Lives of College Girls*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Yoshiko Ohta](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/yoshiko-ohta/)
**Published:** July 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yoshiko Ohta was well known for her voice actor roles in Japan. She was born in in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan. She voiced “Princess Sapphire” in *Princess Knight*, the first show in the LWTV database to have an implied gender queer character.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Melanie Rose Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/melanie-rose-wilson/)
**Published:** June 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Melanie Rose Wilson is a Canadian actor born in North Vancouver, and raised in both Southern BC & Alberta. She returned to BC to pursue acting full-time. In 2013, Melanie graduated the Acting for Stage and Screen Program at Capilano University and has been working in the Vancouver film & television industry since.
Melanie starred in the indie feature “All in Madonna” (Blue Lake Films, 2020) and has appeared on several hit TV shows including The 100, Batwoman, Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone, Siren, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Sophia Tatum](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophia-tatum/)
**Published:** June 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress. Her breakout role came in “I Am Not Okay With This.”
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Caitlin Hammond](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caitlin-hammond/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Caitlin is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Drama and a minor in producing. She spent three years of her training at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute and one semester at Stonestreet Studios.
Caitlin was born and raised in the suburbs of D.C. She now lives in Manhattan and plans to continue her career in NYC.
Caitlin is an award winning actress for film, T.V., and theater and also loves to direct and write. You can watch her in the new Starz drama *Hightown* and the hit series *FBI:Most Wanted* on CBS.
She also stars in *Sheltered* a dramatic short film that has screened at multiple festivals including the Los Angeles International Film Festival, Studio City International Film Festival, and the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
When she isn’t acting you can find her doing yoga, painting, eating tacos, or binge watching *The Office*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Danielle Verayo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/danielle-verayo/)
**Published:** January 24, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young actor from Canada.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Carly Thomas Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/carly-thomas/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carly Thomas Smith is an actress, known for Two and a Half Men (2003), Friends (1994) and Desperate Housewives (2004). She has been married to Jacques C. Smith since March 19, 2007.
Carly’s first big gig came shortly after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College when she was cast in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning Broadway musical RENT. “I was so lucky…that’s how I got my Equity card!” She’s racked up some pretty impressive Theater credits since then. When the musical We Will Rock You staged it’s first American production, Carly was handpicked by Queen’s Brian May & Roger Taylor, director Ben Elton & producer Robert De Niro for the role of “Oz.” Shortly after, she went on to play the role of “Lorraine” in the Las Vegas production of the Tony Award winning musical Jersey Boys. Most recently, Carly gave a performance of “Pearl’s a Singer” in the Pasadena Playhouse’s production of Smokey Joe’s Café, that inspired the show’s legendary composer, Mike Stoller, to say she was his “favorite Pearl.”
With guest appearances on hit TV shows like Revenge, Two & A Half Men, Desperate Housewives, Friends, and Star Trek: Enterprise, she’s proven she can stand toe to toe with some of the biggest name stars. While her work in Independent Films and Web-Series such as After School, A Detective Story, Young Americans and Front Seat Chronicles continue to display her depth as an actress and natural charisma on the screen.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Andréa Bendewald](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrea-bendewald/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrea R. Bendewald is an American actress best known for her role as Maddy Piper on Suddenly Susan.
Andrea is the daughter of Judith Bendewald and Mervin Bendewald, both of New York City, and the sister of Mason Bendewald.
Bendewald graduated from Wright State University. She was a bridesmaid at Jennifer Aniston’s 2000 wedding to Brad Pitt, and Aniston was matron of honor to Bendewald’s August 19, 2001 marriage to Mitch Rouse at the Saddlerock Ranch in Malibu, California. Actress Maria Bello and producer Kristin Hahn were bridesmaids. Andrea met her husband, Mitch Rouse, during October 1998 on the set of The Secret Lives of Men. Andrea also dated comedian Harland Williams with whom she costarred in the short-lived sitcom Simon.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Pablo Alamá](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/pablo-alama/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actor and voice actor.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Christopher Aguilar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/christopher-aguilar/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Christopher Aguilar grew up in Huntington Beach, California with his supportive parents and brother, Carlito, Maria and Carlyle. He was first discovered by Nance Management at the age of seven in a Paul Dean Martin Children’s Theatre production of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” where he played Charlie and later made his television debut on his favorite Children’s TV show “The Kidsongs Television Show” for PBS. He attended The Orange County School of the Arts, majoring in Music & Theatre with a focus on Drama. After high school, Christopher moved to Henderson, Nevada to begin a new journey.
He graduated from Richmond, The American International University in London with a BA in Communications and minor in Sociology. He worked with the educational program ‘Keeping Kids Fit’ at Vegas PBS, developed skills in on-air promotions marketing with Comcast Networks’ E! Entertainment and Style and gained agency experience with the Conventions department at Eastridge Workforce Solutions. While sitting in a cubicle, he felt compelled to act and studied with Jeremiah Comey and Tom Todoroff in Los Angeles. Inspired by actor Gael Garcia Bernal, Christopher set out to learn on the same training ground as Bernal by returning to England to study at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London where he graduated with an MA in Music Theatre.
Christopher made his television breakthrough on Showtime Network’s ‘Shameless’ in a scene where he shared his first on-screen kiss with William H. Macy. He has now dedicated his life to acting and aims to work with creative people all across the world. Along the way, he hopes to surround himself with like-minded individuals to create more programs to empower youth.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Aya Furukawa](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/aya-furukawa/)
**Published:** October 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Aya Furukawa was born in Vancouver, Canada. Raised Bilingual, she is fluent in both English and Japanese.
In her earlier years as a child, Aya worked on commercials, print ads, and made her acting debut on The Cabin in the Woods (2011). However, due to nerves, she did not further pursue acting until later years and focused on her talents in art/illustration.
While living in Tokyo for 2 months, Aya was scouted by a talent agency on the streets. However, due to not being a local, she was rejected. The incident sparked a new interest in her, and so, after returning to Vancouver, she signed with her former agency in 2018 and begun to work towards acting.
Since then, Aya has discovered a passion for the craft of acting and quickly booked her first recurring role as Sachiko in The Terror (2018).
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Valéria Barcellos](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/valeria-barcellos/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Valéria Barcellos is a multi-artist (singer, actress, DJ, performer, aspiring visual artist, and audiovisual artist). In addition to singing, she works with photography, video, and performance. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rio Grande do Sul (MAC/RS).
In January 2020, she was invited to curate the cultural intervention “Enter without (us) Crashing! – Visibility
TRANS at MACRS,” an event that also featured her photography exhibition entitled “What should I NOT wear?”
She is considered one of the pioneers of the “MPBTRANS” movement, a musical movement that combines issues of respect for gender, sexuality, and Brazilian popular music (trip magazine, 2016).
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Iona Vaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/iona-vaz/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A New Zealand based actor.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
---
### [Allison Case](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/allison-case/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
On Broadway, Allison originated the role of Crissy in the Tony Award-winning revival of Hair (Off-Broadway, Broadway, West End). Other Broadway credits include: Matilda (Miss Honey) Hands on a Hardbody (Kelli Mangrum), Mamma Mia (Sophie). Off-Broadway: Fly by Night (Miriam) at Playwrights Horizons, and originated the role of Nemo in Finding Nemo the Musical at Disney.
On screen she has recurring roles in HBO’s “The Young Pope” with Jude Law and Diane Keaton, and on USA’s “The Sinner.” Other TV credits include roles on “Nurse Jackie,” “Royal Pains,” “NYC 22.” A Southern California native, Allison is a graduate from UC Irvine and South Coast Repertory’s Professional Conservatory.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Max Amani](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/max-amani/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Born and raised in Tkaronto, Canada, Max has an Honours Bachelor degree in Musical Theatre Performance and attended high school at Etobicoke School of the Arts. Max has worked at Young People’s Theatre appearing in You & I, Adventures of Pinocchio and a Dora Award winning performance in One Things Leads to Another.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Camilla Damião](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/camilla-damiao/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, known for Mars One (2022) and Terra e Paixão (2023).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Emi Lo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emi-lo/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actor. They are primarily known for voice acting in anime dubs. Lo is often given the roles of younger female and male characters.
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexualities:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Panromantic
**Pronouns:** He, She, They
---
### [Ivory Aquino](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ivory-aquino/)
**Published:** August 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Filipina-American actress. She is known for portraying transgender activist Cecilia Chung in the 2017 miniseries When We Rise
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
---
### [Bronwyn James](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bronwyn-james/)
**Published:** November 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress known for her amazing roles in TV-series like “The End of the F\*\*\*ing World”,” Outlander”, and “Harlots”.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Non-Heterosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Amybeth McNulty](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amybeth-mcnulty/)
**Published:** November 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Irish actress based in Canada. She is known for her starring role as Anne Shirley in the CBC/Netflix drama series Anne with an E, based on the 1908 novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, and for her role as Vickie in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Renata Gaspar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/renata-gaspar/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Brazilian actress, humorist and presenter. Known for her work in comedy programs and, recently, in soap operas, the actress has already received nominations for important awards, including an F5 Award, a Brazil Quality Award and a Shell Award.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Bethany Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bethany-brown/)
**Published:** February 8, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American actress known for her work on *[The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)*, *[The 100](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-100/)*, and *Rogue*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** LGBTQ+
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Morgan Berry](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/morgan-berry/)
**Published:** December 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An American voice actress, actress, and singer.
**Genders:** Non-Binary/Gender Fluid
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Sahana Srinivasan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sahana-srinivasan/)
**Published:** December 29, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An actress, comedian, and filmmaker from Texas. Sahana hosted the Netflix original science show *Brainchild*, for which she was featured in Forbes, NowThis, Variety, NPR, Teen Vogue, *The Rachael Ray* show, and more. She has also hosted for comedians Emo Phillips and Ego Nwodim, and she was a finalist in the Funniest Person in Austin Contest. Sahana is known for her absurd characters and silly one liners about her cultural identity and life experience.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** She
---
### [Paco León](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paco-leon/)
**Published:** September 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Francisco León Barrios, known as Paco León is a Spanish actor, producer, and director. Born in Seville, his first television experiences were playing in the comedy “Mariquilla Ríe Perlas” and “Castillos en el Aire” on Canal Sur.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Nyla Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nyla-rose/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nyla Rose is an American actress and professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling, where she held the AEW Women’s World Championship. She also starred in the 2016 Canadian television series The Switch.
Rose became the first openly transgender wrestler in history to sign with a major American promotion in 2019. She is also the first trans wrestler to win a title in a major American promotion when she won the AEW Women’s World Championship the following year.
Rose is Native American, with Oneida heritage.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
---
### [Gulasatree Michalsky](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/gulasatree-michalsky/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Christine Gulasatree Michalsky
**Content:**
A compelling figure in modern Thai entertainment—melding modeling, film, and drama into a resonant trajectory.
Known for her bold aesthetic, multicultural background, and standout lead role in *Reverse 4 You*, she represents a fresh and inclusive face in Thailand’s evolving media landscape. With both screen presence and style credibility, Christine continues to attract fans across genres and borders.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mae Methakarn Anektanasuwan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mae-methakarn-anektanasuwan/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Thai actress, celebrated for her captivating performances and emotional depth. Mae has appeared in short films and dramas such as *Faces of Anne (2022)*, which screened at the Busan International Film Festival, and *Naughty Babe (2023)*, showcasing her versatility and range across genres.
Mae is admired for her authenticity, charisma, and ability to bring nuanced, relatable characters to life.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Claire Danes](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/claire-danes/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Claire Catherine Danes is an American actress and producer who has been a prominent figure in Hollywood for decades. She first became famous for her role as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series *My So-Called Life*.
Danes has won three Primetime Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. She received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Temple Grandin in the 2010 HBO biopic, winning an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Bif Naked](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bif-naked/)
**Published:** December 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bif Naked was born in New Dehli, India as Beth Torbert. She is an Indo-Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, writer, and motivational speaker.
Her musical career heights have taken her around the world on tour opening for a variety of artists such as Snoop Dogg, Billy Idol, Dido, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Foo Fighters, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, and many more. Her music has been featured in and on soundtracks for shows includingBuffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Moonlight, The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Ready To Rumble, The West Wing and Celebrity Deathmatch.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Pansexual
**Pronouns:** Her, Hers, She
---
### [May Hong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/may-hong/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
May Hong is a Korean-American model, actress, and artist. She has most notably modeled for designers including Eckhaus Latta, Marc Jacobs, and Gucci. As an actress, Hong has appeared on High Maintenance, Hacks, and Tales of the City.
Hong was born in South Korea and immigrated to the United States at age six. She was raised in Flushing, Queens, New York. Hong attended high school at Fiorello LaGuardia High School, where she studied art and cultivated an interest in printmaking. She received her bachelor of fine arts degree in printmaking from RISD.
Hong moved to Brooklyn after graduation and managed a photography studio. Her modeling career began when her friends Mike Eckhaus and Zoe Latta asked her to model for their fledgling brand in 2011. She continued modeling and eventually began to do commercials. She has modeled for designers including Adidas, Marni, Gucci, Telfar, and Marc Jacobs. She has also walked New York Fashion Week. Hong has walked in every Eckhaus Latta runway show.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
---
### [Natasha Forouzannia](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/natasha-forouzannia/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Natasha Forouzannia is a first-generation (Iranian/Panamanian) American TV/film/nonfiction writer, actor, creative and filmmaker whose work explores the emotional, cultural, and spiritual complexities of the American multicultural and immigrant experience.
Her storytelling moves fluidly across genres, spanning BIPOC, MENA, Latinx narratives, women’s stories, wellness and healing, sci-fi world building, expanding consciousness, mysticism, comedy and relationship-driven drama.
Whether grounded in reality or expanding into the metaphysical, Natasha’s work centers Truth, justice, transformation, the resilient nature of the human spirit and the power of compassion.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Kenjah McNeil](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kenjah-mcneil/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A multifaceted performer, Kenjah is a singer, songwriter, actress, dancer, and martial artist with over a decade of professional training and experience. Her diverse background, combined with studies in psychology, sharp intuition, and natural charisma, brings a distinctive depth and authenticity to her work. Whether on stage, in film, or on television, Kenjah is known for fully embodying every role she takes on.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mia Rodgers](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mia-rodgers/)
**Published:** December 29, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A british actress
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Jamie C. Ripley](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jamie-c-ripley/)
**Published:** December 29, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Amanda Ripley
Amanda C. Ripley
Jamie Ripley
**Content:**
Jamie C. Ripley is currently splitting time between Los Angeles and New York.
A recent graduate of Carnegie Mellon’s BFA Acting program, he recurred for three seasons on Mindy Kaling’s *The Sex Lives of College Girls* on HBO MAX in the role of Ginger — and was honored to be featured in the Disney Television Discovers: Talent Showcase, which aims to discover the next generation of actors on the rise.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Brianna Roberts](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/brianna-roberts/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Brianna Roberts is a passionate and versatile artist who has embraced her creativity from a young age. From capturing moments of her daily life with her mother’s trusty 2007 red Canon camera to commanding the stage in front of engaged audiences, she has always been drawn to the world of artistic expression.
Her journey in the performing arts began with community theater, where Brianna’s passion for the craft was ignited. This led her to pursue her dreams by attending a performing arts high school and college. Recently, she proudly graduated with a B.F.A. in Performing Arts from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design. As a member of the 2023 SCAD Senior Showcase, she showcased her exceptional talent and dedication to her craft.
Brianna’s most notable work includes co-starring alongside Laverne Cox and George Wallace in the series Clean Slate, a role that further solidified her presence in the industry. She also made a lasting impression in the SCAD Emmy Award-winning sitcom G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South), captivating audiences with her comedic abilities. Additionally, her performances in SCAD’s Mainstage production School Girls, where she portrayed the dynamic character Ericka Boafo, showcased her depth and artistry. Her dedication to her craft also shone through in her portrayal of Miss Patt in In The Colored Museum.
Beyond acting, Brianna is a screenwriter who writes everything from slam poetry to feature films. Her creative storytelling spans genres, allowing her to explore different forms of expression and expand her artistry.
In addition to her writing and acting pursuits, Brianna is a part-time model, with her work being featured in magazines and on social media. Her captivating presence and unique style have garnered attention and admiration.
With her recent graduation, Brianna is excited to embark on the next phase of her artistic journey. Now based in Atlanta, GA, and fueled by her unwavering passion and commitment to her craft, she is eager to make her mark in the industry and explore new avenues of creative expression.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [RhonniRose Mantilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rhonnirose-mantilla/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American singer, dancer and actress. She has been a dancer since she was four years old and she studied musical theatre at Baldwin Wallace University.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Kat Stewart](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kat-stewart/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Australian actress known for her roles in television series such as “Underbelly” and “Offspring.” She has received several awards for her performances, including a Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Bridgette Armstrong](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bridgette-armstrong/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born and raised in Queensland, Bridgette Armstrong grew up on the sunny beaches of the Gold Coast. Bridgette is an Australian actress best known for her breakout role Young Simone in the limited series One Night on Netflix Australia. She is also known for her role of Maisy in AACTA nominated short film Before we sleep, Bernie in the independent feature film Street and Storm in the short film Crossway.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Mikaela Binns-Rorke](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/mikaela-binns-rorke/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is a Celebrity Instagram Star. Up-and-coming model and influencer who has built a following of more than 80,000 fans on Instagram posting photoshoots
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Cherise Boothe](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cherise-boothe/)
**Published:** December 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, known for 42 (2013), Ricki and the Flash (2015) and Mortal Kombat 1 (2023).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [J.J. Hawkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/j-j-hawkins/)
**Published:** May 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and now a transplant to Los Angeles, JJ has ignored all their prejudices against Southern California to bring queer representation to the world of film and television. JJ uses his voice for those who can’t.
**Genders:** Transgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Jewel Staite](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jewel-staite/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress known for her roles in *Firefly*, *Stargate Atlantis*, *The L.A. Complex* and *Family Law*.
Jewel Staite was born in White Rock, BC, and raised in Vancouver, and has made a living pretending to be other people. If Sci Fi is your jam (Firefly, Stargate: Atlantis), then that’s probably where you know her from. Other popular works include The LA Complex, The Killing, The Magicians, and Quantum Leap. She currently plays a lawyer on the CW’s Family Law, but cannot legally represent you in real life.
Jewel’s professional career may be in acting, but one of her major passions is food: cooking and entertaining, searching for great recipes, finding the best restaurants, and traveling all over the world to satiate her never-quite-satiated appetite.
She’s also the wife to Tea Runners CEO Charlie Ritchie, and the proud mother to a precocious 8 year old boy who looks like his dad and behaves like his mom. Honestly, it’s like arguing into a mirror.
She also has three cats and a dog, and will not admit to which one she loves the most.
Jewel lives with her family in the lower mainland of British Columbia, the most beautiful place in the world. But she’s a little biased.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ambika Mod](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ambika-mod/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ambika Mod grew up in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, England. She is the daughter of Indian immigrants; her mother arrived in the UK when she was a child and her father arrived in his twenties. Ambika Mod attended Dame Alice Owen’s School and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in English Studies from St Mary’s College, Durham.
In Durham, Ambika Mod discovered theater and sketch comedy thanks to the University Revue, performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2015 and as president of the troupe in 2017.
Ambika Mod formed a duo titled Megan from HR with Andrew Shires. She regularly performs in theater in improvised comedies at the Free Association in London.
Early in her career, she worked as a personal assistant at Condé Nast as a day job while doing comedy in the evenings.
On June 23, 2022, she was chosen to play the lead role of Emma Morley opposite Leo Woodall in One Day, a British miniseries based on the eponymous novel by David Nicholls, published in 2009, as well as on the film adaptation , released in 2011. The series is broadcast on February 8, 2024 on Netflix.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Charlie Oscar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/charlie-oscar/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Charlotte Elizabeth Ramirez
**Content:**
An actor.
Some of their work includes Mothering Sunday, This Time Next Year, Doctor Who, The Stolen Girl, The Cosmic Order, and Aura.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Harriet Webb](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/harriet-webb/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actress, known for Big Boys (2022), I May Destroy You (2020) and Mr. Bigstuff (2024).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Oliver Wickham](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/oliver-wickham/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actor, singer, visual artist, and writer. They played Anna of Cleves in the Original Student Production of Six the Musical, beginning on 31 July 2017 until 14 October 2017.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Transgender
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
---
### [Emma Corrin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/emma-corrin/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Emma-Louise Corrin
**Content:**
An English actor. They portrayed Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fourth season of the Netflix historical drama *The Crown*, for which they won a Golden Globe and were nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. They subsequently starred in the 2022 romantic drama films *My Policeman* and *Lady Chatterley’s Lover* and in the 2023 thriller miniseries A Murder at the End of the World. In 2024, they played Cassandra Nova in the superhero film *Deadpool & Wolverine* and featured in the horror film *Nosferatu*.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Them, They
---
### [Issa Rae](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/issa-rae/)
**Published:** September 26, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
With her own unique flare and infectious sense of humor, Issa Rae’s content has garnered over 23 million views and over 200,000 YouTube subscribers (and counting). In addition to making Glamour Magazine’s “35 Under 35”, Forbes’ “30 Under 30” and Entertainment Weekly’s “Breaking Big” lists, Issa’s hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl was the recipient of the coveted Shorty Award for Best Web Show. Issa’s first book, a collection of essays, is a New York Times Best Seller and her latest project, Insecure, a half-hour comedy show for HBO, premiered in the fall to rave reviews and earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Issa has received national attention with major media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, ELLE, Seventeen, Rolling Stone, BuzzFeed, Fast Company, MSNBC, Essence, Fader, Variety and more.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Chita Rivera](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/chita-rivera/)
**Published:** January 11, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero Anderson
**Content:**
An American actress, singer and dancer who originated roles in Broadway musicals including Anita in West Side Story, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman. She is a ten-time Tony Award nominee and a three-time Tony Award recipient, including one for Lifetime Achievement
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Cat Gannon](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/cat-gannon/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Cat is a graduate of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
**Genders:** Unknown
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** She, They
---
### [Ming-Na Wen](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ming-na-wen/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Chinese: 溫明娜
Ming-Na is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She was in Coloane, one of the two main islands of Macau. Her parents moved to Macau in the mid-1960s, from mainland China.
Wen’s parents divorced when she was an infant and she moved with her mother, Lin Chan Wen, to Hong Kong. Her mother remarried, to Soo Lim Yee, and the family moved to New York City when Wen was four years old. After five years, Wen’s mother and stepfather relocated again, to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area, where they opened The Chinatown Inn restaurant, which is still operating. Raised in the suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, she attended Mount Lebanon High School and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986.
After starring in the acclaimed 1993 film The Joy Luck Club, she landed the role of Dr. Jing-Mei “Deb” Chen on the NBC drama series ER. She first starred in a recurring role during the 1994–1995 season before returning in 1999 as a series regular, remaining on the show until midway through Season 11 in 2004. Wen also played Chun-Li in Street Fighter and co-starred on the sitcom The Single Guy from 1995 to 1997.
In 1990, Wen married American film writer Kirk Aanes. They divorced in 1993. On June 16, 1995, Wen married her second husband, Eric Michael Zee.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Ashley Johnson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ashley-johnson/)
**Published:** December 13, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ashley Suzanne Johnson is an American actress. She became known as a child actor for her role as Chrissy Seaver on the sitcom Growing Pains. As an adult, her television roles include Amber Ahmed on The Killing and Patterson on Blindspot.
She is now well known for her voice acting on games such as The Last of Us, as well as various Critical Role productions.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Antea Rodríguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/antea-rodriguez/)
**Published:** December 6, 2025
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Antea Rodríguez is a Spanish actress, artist, and creative. A graduate in acting from RESAD, Rodríguez is known for roles in several theatrical productions and appeared in well known Spanish drama *Servir y Proteger*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Britne Oldford](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/britne-oldford/)
**Published:** October 25, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Originally from Toronto, Canada, Britne Oldford moved to New York City at the tender age of 18 to pursue her acting career. She is best known for the role of Cadie in Skins (2011) Alma Walker in American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) Peek-a-boo in The Flash (2014) Reagan in Hunters (2016) and Noa in The Path (2017)
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Andrea Nelson](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/andrea-nelson/)
**Published:** December 2, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An actress, martial artist and Cheffe.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Matt Pascua](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/matt-pascua/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Matt first discovered his passion for the performing arts in New York, where he studied acting and the Meisner Technique at the Neighborhood Playhouse, Stetson Studio, and the William Esper Studio.
While in New York, he began performing in staged readings, original new works off-off-Broadway, other independent theater, and later on in regional productions.
Simultaneously, he found work in viral videos, primarily with CollegeHumor. His involvement in the comedy website’s original video sketches ultimately opened the door to commercial, print, and voiceover opportunities, including spots for MTV, VH1, McDonald’s, and Nintendo, as well as print campaigns for Puma and the Meth Project.
His growing resume now includes independent film work and primetime credits on ABC, ABC Family, and Disney Channel.
Matt is a proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA. He is based in Los Angeles.
**Genders:** Cisgender Man
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him
---
### [Sterling Victorian](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sterling-victorian/)
**Published:** December 1, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A performer and songstress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Elise Bauman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elise-bauman/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Elise Bauman is a Canadian actress. They are best known for their role as Laura Hollis, the lead character of the web series Carmilla. She also co-starred in the 2016 film Almost Adults as Mackenzie.
Bauman began working professionally in the theatre from an early age. In 2009, she made the move to New York City to further her studies. They attended Circle in the Square Theatre School, where they were cast as Anya in the graduating classes’ production of The Cherry Orchard, performed on Circle in the Square Theatre’s Broadway Stage. In the fall, she returned to the stage once again in Red One Theatre Collective’s The Skriker, by Caryl Churchill, which garnered rave reviews and was rated 5 N’s in NOW Magazine.
Bauman currently resides in Toronto where she studies regularly with Shaun Benson and David Sutcliffe. She came out as bisexual in 2017.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
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### [Anika Noni Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/anika-noni-rose/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American singer and actress known for her Tony Award-winning performance in the Broadway production of *Caroline, or Change* and her starring role as Lorrell Robinson in the 2006 film *Dreamgirls*. She also voiced Tiana in *The Princess and the Frog*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
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### [Lucy Liu](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lucy-liu/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress, producer, and artist. Widely regarded as a trailblazer for Asian American representation in Hollywood, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Critics’ Choice Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. A prominent sex symbol in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she has been recognized for shifting Western mainstream beauty standards. In 2019, Liu became the second Chinese American woman to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Amy Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-morgan/)
**Published:** November 14, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Rebecca Lee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/rebecca-lee/)
**Published:** November 14, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rebecca made her West End debut in ‘The Pillowman’ at Duke of York’s Theatre, directed by Matthew Dunster. Her further theatre credits include the role of Franny and lead understudy in the critically acclaimed play ‘Small Island’ at the National Theatre. Screen credits include BBC’s ‘Beyond Paradise S5’, ‘Miss Austen’,’ ‘The Cleaner’, ‘Call The Midwife’, and ‘Malory Towers’.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Juani Feliz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/juani-feliz/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Juani Feliz is an actress born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the Bronx. Juani started acting at the age of 14 after getting involved in her first school play. With an immediate love for the craft, Juani spent her spare time after school figuring out how to become a working actress, and begged her parents to drive her around the city for open calls and acting classes. Within a year, Juani found her first talent manager and started auditioning and booking her first few roles in TV and film.
Juani’s acting took a backseat when she left NYC to attend Harvard. Wanting to explore the sciences in college, Juani studied Biomedical Engineering at Harvard. Right out of college, Juani worked at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Boston, where she worked on a clinical trial for a melanoma cancer vaccine and helped develop biomaterials and drug delivery systems. During this time Juani also completed a Master’s degree at Harvard.
Despite having a blooming career in bioengineering, Juani’s heart yearned to return to acting. She moved back to NYC in 2016 to pursue acting full-time. Since her return to acting, Juani has made it on the big screen with her roles in *The Purge: Election Year* and *Canal Street*. She has worked on various TV shows like *Blue Bloods*, *Power*, *Shades of Blue*, *One Dollar* and was one of 12 actors chosen to be a part of the *2017 ABC Discovers: NY Talent Showcase*. Before the pandemic, Juani filmed her first network pilot as a series regular on the ABC romantic drama *Until The Wedding* and filmed for a major supporting role in the upcoming feature film *Quiet In My Town.* Currently*,* Juani recurs as Isabela in Amazon’s new comedy series *Harlem*, from Tracy Oliver and Amy Poehler and will soon be seen in Ava DuVernay’s upcoming HBO Max series *DMZ*, opposite Rosario Dawson and Benjamin Bratt.
Juani’s goal is to play roles and tell stories that break the mold and defy the stereotypes of young Latina women in America, just as she has been able to do in real life. She hopes to use her artistic platform to inspire strength, confidence and possibility in women, people of color, the LGBTQ, and anyone that finds themselves fighting adversity in pursuit of their dreams.
In [a December 22, 2021 interview with with popculture.com](https://popculture.com/tv-shows/news/harlem-robert-richard-sullivan-jones-and-juani-feliz-on-playing-love-interests-in-the-prime-video-series-exclusive/), Juani’s said “I’m a lesbian in real life and I’ve seen all the love from the lesbian community.” regarding her character Isabela in *Harlem*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
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### [Amy Cudden](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amy-cudden/)
**Published:** November 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British actress, writer, and director known for roles such as *Casualty, The Bill, Vera, Doctor Who, PhoneShop, Holby City, Doctors, The Girlfriend Experience, The Midwich Cuckoos, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Father Brown, Mr Bates vs. The Post Office* and *Masters of the Air*, along with the films *Collider* and *Steve*.
On stage, she appeared in productions of *The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Metamorphosis, Messiah, Everyman, The Rover, Macbeth, Pillars of the Community, [A Midsummer Night’s Dream](https://coronationstreet.fandom.com/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream), Plasticine, Woyzeck, Shallow, The Village Bike, One Man Two Guvnors, Tonight@8.30, After Miss Julie, Occupational Hazard* and *The Trial of Anne Boleyn*.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Saige Holst](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/saige-holst/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Daughter of Poseidon, Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain and future companion to the Doctor.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** She, They
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### [Paula Usero](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/paula-usero/)
**Published:** January 1, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Paula is a Spanish actress and producer, known for Velvet Colección (2017), Amar Es Para Siempre (2005), #Luimelia (2020) and El olivo (2016).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
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### [Candela Pradas](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/candela-pradas/)
**Published:** November 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Cordoba actress based in Madrid, she debuted in the film “**Nada será igual**” by Victor Antolí. Recently she’s been in “**Mañana es hoy**” by Nacho G. Velilla and in the series “**Entrevías**” by Alea Media for Telecinco, “**La Ruta**” by **Caballo Films** for Atresmedia and ****“La Caja de Arena”**** by Buendía Studios for Atresplayer.
She is currently Joana in “**Respira**” by El Desorden Crea for **Netflix and Esther in Manual Para Señoritas de Bambú for Netflix.**
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Violett Beane](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/violett-beane/)
**Published:** November 7, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Violett Beane is an American actress. She played Jesse Wells/Jesse Quick in The CW’s *The Flash*, as well as Markie Cameron in the 2018 horror film *Truth or Dare*. From 2018 to 2020, she starred as Cara Bloom in the CBS television series *God Friended Me*. She has since starred as Imogene Scott in the Hulu mystery series *Death and Other Details* (2024) and as Evan Shepherd in the Prime Video crime series *Countdown* (2025).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Christopher Dylan White](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/christopher-dylan-white/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Christopher Dylan White is an actor. They guest-starred on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the episode “Transgender Bridge” as Avery Parker.
They have appeared in films such as *Miseducation of Cameron Post* (Sundance – Grand Jury Prize) and *Freak Show* (Berlin Film Festival). Their theatre credits include *Paris* (Atlantic Theatre Company), *The Bridge Play* (59E59). They made their directorial debut with the short film *A Delicate Place* which they wrote, directed and produced. They are a writer, director and actor based in New York City. They have two cats and an amazing partner.
**Genders:** Unknown
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** He, They
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### [Jess Graham](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jess-graham/)
**Published:** January 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Jessica Graham
**Content:**
Jess Graham is an actor, producer, writer, and director based in Los Angeles, California. They are known for their work on The Tangle, Chasseur, Monkeys, The Temptation Game, and Murder Made Easy. They have an extensive background in theater, and has been trained in Meisner. They are a co-owner of Damn Warrior Productions, an independent film production company.
Graham is a meditation teacher, and sex, relationship, and spiritual guide for couples and individuals.
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Them, They
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### [Dane Boedigheimer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/dane-boedigheimer/)
**Published:** August 26, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dane Willard Boedigheimer, DaneBoe
**Content:**
Dane Willard Boedigheimer better known by her stage name DaneBoe, is an American Internet personality, voice actress, writer, and animator. They are known for creating the web series The Annoying Orange and the spin-off television series The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange; she provides the voice of the title character in both productions.
**Genders:** Transgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She, Them, They
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### [Renika Williams-Blutcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/renika-williams/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Renika’s vibrant spirit is one thing people tend to remember about her. Shedding and sharing light and finding joy despite ones’ circumstances are things Renika lives by. Everything she’s passionate about involves social awareness, justice, strong women, and African American culture. She has made her art her activism thanks to the theatre community she has found in New York City. The arts community in Harlem, specifically, has given a home to her voice, her art, her activism, and her joy.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Maureen Edwards](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/maureen-edwards/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A New Zealand-born retired actress, notable for her small screen roles both in her home country and in Australia. She is best known for her role in A Country Practice as hospital matron Rosemary Prior and in the New Zealand serial Shortland Street as Dr. Hewitt.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Michelle Huirama](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-huirama/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A New Zealand actress known for The Last Tattoo (1994), Foundation (2021) and Xena: Warrior Princess (1995).
Huirama was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She is of mixed parentage, Australian, Tongan and NZ Māori descent, Ngāti Tamainupō. She returned to study Theatre and Film at the Victoria University of Wellington as a mature student before working in film and television in NZ and Australia. She took a 20-year sabbatical, retraining as a chef, only returning to acting when she relocated to London, UK. She has trained predominately in Meisner in London at the Actors Temple and The Meisner Institute, London.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Alex Newell](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-newell/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alex Newell Āoncè is an American actor and singer. He is best known for playing the transgender student Unique Adams on the Fox musical series Glee. As a singer, Newell released tracks with Clean Bandit, Blonde and The Knocks.
**Genders:** Gender Non-Conforming
**Sexualities:** Queer
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### [Alison Louder](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-louder/)
**Published:** December 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alison Louder is a Canadian actress who plays Sister Amy on Helix and Emily Levison on Being Human, both for SyFy. She was voted #3 Best Local Actress in Cult Montreal’s 2014 Best of Montreal poll.
On-screen, Alison Louder is most widely known for her work on the SyFy Network. She guest-starred as fan favorite Sister Amy on season two of Helix (SyFy and Sony Pictures), and previously had a recurring role for four seasons on the series Being Human (SyFy and Muse Entertainment) as Emily Levison, little sister of the werewolf Josh (played by star Sam Huntington).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She, They
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### [Bryn Apprill](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/bryn-apprill/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American voice actress affiliated with Funimation. Her voice acting career began in 2013, and since then, she has been providing voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.
She also acts under the name Tessa Whitten.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Bisexual
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### [Lizze Broadway](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lizze-broadway/)
**Published:** October 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Elizabeth Broadway is an American actress. After a string of small roles and guest appearances in various series, she had her breakthrough as Emma Meyer / Little Cricket Cricket in the Prime Video series Gen V.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Jo Newman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/jo-newman/)
**Published:** October 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, writer and producer who appeared as Jess Russell in the Femme Fatales episode “Jail Break”.
Born and raised in Western Massachusetts, Jo Newman moved to New York City at age seventeen determined to pursue an acting career. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Jo found inspiration in Sanford Meisner’s technique as a primary studio, then immersed herself in the Stonestreet School of Film and Television.
She has since appeared in numerous television shows such as Law and Order: SVU, Gossip Girl, Guiding Light, and The Sopranos.
She made her big screen debut in Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhall and Anne Hathaway and is hot off the set after shooting a fantastic role in the upcoming film, Lay The Favorite, starring Bruce Willis and Catherine Zeta Jones
In pursuit of more laughs (and work) Jo wrote and produced a comedy pilot entitled (Greetings From) Sunny Beaches, the behind the scenes of a reality show, which is now in the hands of some pretty fabulous people.
Jo especially enjoys character work, dark (and light) comedy, and making her co-stars laugh. She regularly attends improv class at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York and Los Angeles as well as scene study with Joyce Piven. Offscreen, Jo is a certified yoga instructor, spending much of her free time upside-down.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Deepa Parmar](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/deepa-parmar/)
**Published:** September 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A British South Asian actor and writer born in London and based in Melbourne.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Alison King](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alison-king/)
**Published:** November 25, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actress and model.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
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### [Romi Shraiter](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/romi-shraiter/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Canadian actress born in Tel Aviv, Israel. She is known for her roles in Ginny and Georgia, Little Bird and The Covenant.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Amari McCoy](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/amari-mccoy/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ethiopian born and California raised, Amari McCoy’s acting career began in print and commercials when she was just eighteen months old. At age 6, Amari made her television debut on A Little Help With Carol Burnett. Amari’s love for acting was sparked and her commitment to her craft has been unwavering ever since. Amari’s television credits include 9-1-1, Frasier, Goliath, How I Met Your Father, American Auto, and Waffles + Mochi. Amari’s most recent film credit was working with talented director, Tamika Miller, in Honor Student.
Amari also began her voice acting career at 6 years old, when she landed a recurring role in Disney Jr. T.O.T.S. By the age of 10, Amari worked as series regular in seven different animated series including Pretzel and the Puppies, We Baby Bears, Puppy Dog Pals, Hot Wheels Let’s Race, and three additional projects that have not yet been released. Amari has also voiced numerous additional characters for a variety of animated shows. In 2021, Amari lent her voice to the all-star cast of SING in the animated short Come Home, directed by Garth Jennings. She also landed roles in the animated feature films Sneaks and Fearless.
Amari is a joyous old soul with infectious energy who loves to make those around her laugh. Amari’s hobbies include spending time at the beach diving into the waves, sketching, sewing, singing, and hanging out with her puppy, Harley.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Inês Viana](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/ines-viana/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Inez Viana Duque is a Brazilian actress and theater director. Known for her versatile acting, especially in theater and television, she began her career in the 1980s.
She was married to Débora Lamm but they separated in 2022. In 2025, [they got back together](https://www.instagram.com/p/DKz_DsRyqca/?img_index=1).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
**Pronouns:** Her, She
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### [Kizi Vaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kizi-vaz/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Brazilian actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
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### [Lauren Tom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lauren-tom/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American actress. She began her career on stage, winning an Obie Award, and gained recognition for her role in The Joy Luck Club (1993). On television, she is known for her roles in the NBC sitcom Friends (1995–96), the ABC shows Grace Under Fire (1997–98) and Men in Trees (2006–08), The CW series Supernatural (2012–14), and the Disney Channel series Andi Mack (2017–19).
In animation, Tom has voiced Amy Wong in Futurama, Dana Tan on Batman Beyond, Jinx and Gizmo in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Minh and Connie Souphanousinphone on King of the Hill, Numbuh 3 in Codename: Kids Next Door, and Mrs. Maybank and Dr. Jamanpour on Hamster and Gretel.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
**Pronouns:** Her, She
---
### [Esther Kraft](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/esther-kraft/)
**Published:** September 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A German actress.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Kerry Fox](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/kerry-fox/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A New Zealand actress. She came to prominence playing author Janet Frame in the movie An Angel at My Table directed by Jane Campion, which gained her a Best Actress Award from the New Zealand Film and Television Awards.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Sophie Ward](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sophie-ward/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An English actress and novelist. Early in her career she played Elizabeth Hardy, the love interest of Sherlock Holmes in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes. She played Dr Helen Trent/Walker in British television police drama series Heartbeat in 40 episodes from 2004 to 2006. Ward’s first novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments, was published in 2020.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Homosexual
---
### [James Tom](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/james-tom/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** James Setsuo Tom, Jes Tom
**Content:**
A New York based actor, writer, and weird queer stand up comic, gleefully providing the nonbinary queer Asian American radical cyborg perspective that everyone never knew they wanted.
**Genders:** Non-Binary Trans Masculine
**Sexualities:** Queer
**Pronouns:** He, Him, Them
---
### [Lin Yin](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/lin-yin/)
**Published:** January 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lin Yin was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. After touring Australia in the principal cast of Anchuli-Felicia King’s ‘White Pearl’ with Sydney Theatre Company, Lin was cast alongside Sam Neill, Christoph Waltz and Miranda Otto in fantasy feature ‘The Portable Door.’ Soon after Lin joined the cast of award winning Singaporean TV series ‘Shero’ and Australian comedy favorite ‘Utopia,’ the latter which won three of its four nominations at the 2024 Logies. Lin now lives in Los Angeles and just wrapped her first US feature starring opposite RJ Mitte from ‘Breaking Bad.’
Lin has a Bachelor degree in Media Communications and Psychology from the University of Melbourne.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Heterosexual
---
### [Sarah Afful](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sarah-afful/)
**Published:** September 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress, known for The Perfect Score (2004), Smallville (2001) and Eureka (2006).
She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of British Colombia and trained at the Lyric School of Acting. Afful also trained at the Birmingham Conservatory which helped her become a part of the Stratford Festival ensemble.
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
### [Berta Galo](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/berta-galo/)
**Published:** September 7, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Spanish actress known for *La Moderna* (2023), S*ervir y Proteger* (2017) y *Si no te hubiese conocido* (2018).
**Genders:** Cisgender Woman
**Sexualities:** Unknown
---
## Characters
### [Melinda Winwood](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/melinda-winwood/)
**Published:** September 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An FBI Special Agent working the police on a case. She and Mel hooked up five years ago, and Mel ghosted her because it was not the best.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bai](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bai/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An usual customer of Grandma Bua’s dessert buisness.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Felix Britten](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/felix-britten/)
**Published:** August 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Felix is one of Elle’s cool, new friends in Season 2 attending the same art school. Felix uses they/them pronouns and a mobility device.
**Clichés:** Artist, Disabled, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Julie Kovalenko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-kovalenko/)
**Published:** September 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Julie is a resourceful and determined private investigator based in San Francisco, California. When tasked with recovering a stolen necklace from a nursing home, she devises a plan to infiltrate the facility by hiring an elderly, tech-savvy accomplice. Julie interviews and hires Charles in the end, who agrees to go into the nursing home to help. Julie takes on the role of mentor and strategist, training Charles for his undercover mission while helping him deal with his own complicated struggles.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Didi Santos Cordero](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/didi-santos-cordero/)
**Published:** September 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Didi (officially Deborah) is the director of Pacific View Retirement Community.
Didi is a kind, welcoming person who prioritizes trust and harmony within Pacific View.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ivy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ivy-4/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Pepper’s mom.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Christina Rasmussen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/christina-rasmussen/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bjørn and Susanne’s daughter, Nikki’s wife. Her death is the catalyst for the series.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nikki Rasmussen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nikki-rasmussen/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Christina’s widow.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Oscar François de Jarjayes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/oscar-francois-de-jarjayes/)
**Published:** May 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Due to her father’s desire to have a male heir but having five daughters, he decides to raise his newest born daughter as a boy so she can take his place as commander of the royal guards. Despite being raised and dressed as a boy, she is open about being a female but still uses her male position to gain freedom and rights not allowed to women at the time. She serves as the love interest of André Grandier, her servant along with Queen Marie Antoinette, who she guards. In addition, she falls in love with Fersen who loves the queen and earns the love of Rosalie Lamorlière. However, she ultimately returns Andre’s feelings for her and marries him. The two share one night of passion before Andre dies from his wounds, and later Oscar also loses her life during the French revolution.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Cross-Dresser, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Suki Panesar-Unwin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/suki-panesar-unwin/)
**Published:** July 19, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
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A business woman and parent, Suki is married to an abusive husband who went to prison for killing a platonic friend of hers.
That would probably strain a family enough, but Suki is also a closeted lesbian with internalized homophobia. She eventually married Eve and they have a child together.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Eve Panesar-Unwin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eve-panesar-unwin/)
**Published:** June 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The ex-wife of Stacey Slater, who she wedded in prison in a wedding of convenience in order to be released on probation.
At one point in 2018, Eve assaulted a man and was sentenced to 3 years in prison, this resulted in her losing her solicitor’s license.
In 2025, she married Suki and they adopted a child.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Legal Eagle, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Crowley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/crowley/)
**Published:** August 10, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A demon, he was the snake that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden and thus his human form also has snake eyes, which he usually covers with designer sunglasses.
Crowley has romantic feelings to Aziraphale.
**Clichés:** Non-Human
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Aziraphale](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aziraphale/)
**Published:** August 10, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Aziraphale is an angel who doubles as a rare book dealer.
He has lived on Earth since the dawn of creation. He guarded the East gate entrance to the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword, which he gave to Adam and Eve on their expulsion from the Garden out of concern for their well-being. He has grown to love the finer things of human life, enjoys haute cuisine and owns an antiquarian bookshop in London.
**Clichés:** Non-Human
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Cara Ward](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cara-ward/)
**Published:** January 15, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Cara is the youngest daughter of Elliot and Isabel Ward. She is the younger sister of Naomi, of whom she was close too growing up. They were both born in Little Kilton. When Cara was four years old, she met Pip and they have been best friends ever since.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pam-5/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Pam is a dentist. She is a quiet woman but is very protective of who she loves. She has been living with her grandma since her parent’s death, and has trouble letting herself be happy.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dokrak](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dokrak/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Dokrak is an artist who left her home after a disagreement with her father on some of his wrongdoing. She is a very empathetic woman and a bit idealistic. Dokrak is a rasy going woman and is very enthusiastic about food. While she is very honest and righteous, she has trouble saying no to her brother.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nene](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nene/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A illgetimate daughter of Khem who swore she’d get revenge on him after he ignored her and her mom all of her life. Her neglectful mother’s blamed her for Khem’s disinterest while Nene holds him responsible for her mother’s death. In her skewed view Dokrak’s entire family is to blame for her stolen chilhood. What she needs is a support system and therapy.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Oat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/oat/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
The owner of the Rim house bar where Drokak sings some nights. Oat is also a friend of Kawi. She comes from a rich family as well and knows what it is to have pressure be put on you.
**Clichés:** Bartender
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Natcha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/natcha/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
One of Dokrak’s coworker at Art&Us. She is very supportive of Dokrak and Pam.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Camille](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/camille-5/)
**Published:** September 12, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alice’s girlfriend.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alice Chilton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-chilton/)
**Published:** September 12, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Assistant Coach for the FC Richmond Lady Greyhounds.
At the age of 22 Alice tore her left ACL and spent a year rehabbing the injury only to tear her right ACL in her first game back and then tear the left again two years later. This was a career ending injury, after which point Alice moved into coaching.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Keeley Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/keeley-jones/)
**Published:** April 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Keeley Jones is a model-turned-PR- consultant who works with FC Richmond. She quickly becomes best friends with Richmond owner, Rebecca, while she juggles many relationships throughout the show.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Olive](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/olive-3/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Pepper’s mom, and the town’s grocer, which is why she is usually seen carrying a backpack or gatherer’s gear to collect fresh items for the community.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Laverne Cox](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laverne-cox/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Larry agrees to speak at an event for a sexual assault survivors’ group, which is being hosted by transgender activist and actress Laverne Cox. When they first meet, she doesn’t shake his hand because she has a cold (which makes germaphobe Larry delighted). When they’re on stage, though, she goes to hug him and he backs away to boos, even after he explains she has a cold.
**Clichés:** Fictionalized Self, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Jane Cohen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jane-cohen/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman who dates Rosie O’Donnell and Larry David.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Rosie O'Donnell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosie-odonnell/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Larry’s friend. She appears a few times in the show, famously in The Bowtie when she tries to make amends between Larry and the lesbian community after Larry makes offensive remarks. She is also a prominent character in the episode Denise Handicapped when she beats Larry up after he refuses to let her pay for lunch.
**Clichés:** Fictionalized Self, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ken](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ken/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A former hook-up of Larry’s (from before Ken transitioned), Ken explains Larry likes to have sex on the floor because no one wants to cuddle after, that way.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Arisuin "Alice" Nagi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arisuin-alice-nagi/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alice is a first year student and Shizuku’s roommate. She is a transgender woman.
Nicknamed Black Sonia, she has the ability to control shadows with her device, the Darkness Hermit. Her Noble Arts include Shadow Bind (影縫い), Shadow Walk (日陰道\] and Shadow Spot. Alice is a very nice person, though she does sometimes tease others. She is a good friend of Shizuku, who opens up to her. She is later revealed to be an assassin of the terrorist organization Rebellion as well as a member of Akatsuki, which infiltrated Hagun Academy.
She had a dark past, being an orphan who lost her friend Yuuri, and was taken into Rebellion by Wallenstein. She attacked Newspaper Club member Kagami and stole her research when she started to uncover evidence of the existence of Akatsuki. However, she turned against Rebellion, due to her friendship with Shizuku.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Mia Vega Alvarez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mia-vega-alvarez/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the nurses, she’s into Yosef.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Lisa Juracek](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-juracek/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A former nurse, she’s separated from her kids (who hate her) but this is her last chance to be a doctor.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nicola Petrovska](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicola-petrovska/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the nurses, she takes no shit and will tell the med students how shitty they are.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Summer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/summer/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A popular Christian girl who is navigating her faith and identity as she realizes she is a lesbian.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Olivia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/olivia-6/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The “new girl” at school who catches Summer’s attention and sparks her romantic feelings.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Millie Maktana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/millie-maktana/)
**Published:** September 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Siaja’s free-spirited Inuk friend and co-worker at the community centre.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Jasmine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jasmine-4/)
**Published:** September 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Clementine’s moms. Among other things, she is a scout leader.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Clementine's Mom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/clementines-mom/)
**Published:** September 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Clementine’s moms.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Zee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zee/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bambi’ ex girlfriend who died in a car accident.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Than/Tarn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tarn/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
The Captain Thara is a disciplined and well known police officer. She is good at her job but underneath it all she is still looking who killed her father and proof that the force covered it up.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cassandra Cillian](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cassandra-cillian/)
**Published:** January 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The magic-proponent mathematician and scientist Librarian is the happiest person you’ll ever meet. Cassandra had a horrible brain tumor, removed in the third season, and is our Prince Charming.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Charlotte Keene](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlotte-keene/)
**Published:** September 1, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An F-35 pilot serving in the United States Navy. Her parents died when she was young, and she and her brother Daniel were taken in by an aunt. Her plane was brought down on a mission to escort Tomahawk missiles aimed at Iran, and a cloud covered the planes in a gooey substance, leaving Charlotte with a TBI and memory loss.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Anna Thurman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anna-thurman/)
**Published:** September 1, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She works for Senator Rosalind Thurman drafting bills and legislation. She went right back to work on the Silo Pact after her cancer went into remission.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Max](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/max-3/)
**Published:** May 14, 2020
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A student at school.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Lola Lecomte](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lola-lecomte/)
**Published:** May 14, 2020
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A new student at the school.
**Clichés:** Addict, Mentally Ill, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Trish](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/trish-5/)
**Published:** December 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Margie’s fiancée, who is a nurse. She gets a little involved in the drama.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ant](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ant/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A friend of the girls and the owner of the lesbian bar they got at all the time.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Merch Owner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/merch-owner/)
**Published:** July 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She killed Katie in order to be with Mel (and for $50k).
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cassandra Knight](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cassandra-knight/)
**Published:** October 3, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Country singer who Tig is totally into. She invites her to be a guest on her radio show and it obviously makes Kate jealous. During the interview Cassandra asks Tig out.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jordan Li](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jordan-li/)
**Published:** October 11, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Given V as a baby, Jordan can change between two sexes in civilian life and have super agility and strength. They identify as bigender, despite their parents’ disapproval due to being born male.
When female, they have the ability to shoot energy blasts.
When male, they are indestructible.
**Clichés:** Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Bigender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Julie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-8/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Julie is part of Maël’s support group. She is dating Tom who is also ace and part of the group.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
---
### [Aline](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aline/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
The head of Maël’s ace support group. She is both aro and ace.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Sylvie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sylvie-2/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An astrophysicist who is sent by the ministère when the case of the week is surrounded by some unexplicable events.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tong](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tong/)
**Published:** August 25, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A member of the pr club who is taking photographs for the rallye, and who thought important to mention to Ongsa she is single.
**Clichés:** Artist, Student
**Genders:** Unknown
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aylin Kuea-ari](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aylin-kuea-ari/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Aylin is Ongsa’s cousin and classmate. She’s a misfit who doesn’t get along with people. She and Luna start dating.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Delilah St. James](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/delilah-st-james/)
**Published:** August 24, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A sex worker. When her friend and fellow sex worker, Brandy, is killed, she tells the cops the license plate of the care that Brandy left in.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Assa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/assa/)
**Published:** September 14, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A fellow ace student who approaches Maël when he is outed.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Ink](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ink/)
**Published:** August 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A photograph very kind and very stubborn.
**Clichés:** Artist, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pa/)
**Published:** August 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Pa is a straight forward woman, she is starting to get annoyed by Ink photographiing her too much.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mady Song](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mady-song/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A player for the Richmond womens’ team. She gets really excited when she learns there are unlimited free tampons in the ladies lockers.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Margy El Sharif](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margy-el-sharif/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A player on the Richmond women’s team.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jeerapha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jeerapha/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
The daughter of a friend of Aunt Phani. The two elder woman try to set Jeerapha with Fai.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gorya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gorya/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Gorya is a stylist. She can’t stand injustice and doesn’t let herself be pushed around. She can be a bit mean when she feels hurt and vulnerable or unsure about a situation. Gorya has known Prim since they were in school.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Noey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/noey/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A lawyer hired by Cheese and Wine.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Shasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shasha/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Shasha is a model. Her mother has put her throught the industry since she was very little. She is a big flirt, and very self confident. But also very lonely.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Min](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/min-2/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Min is the producer at Lady Bird. She is aloof and tend to not to want to cause trouble. She is only starting to realise new things about her sexuality, while not knowing how to deal with her narrow minded parents.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Praew](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/praew/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Praew is a photographer. She also works at Ant’s bar on the side. She is fiesty and a bit too impatient.
**Clichés:** Artist, Bartender
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Prim](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/prim/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Prim is a director at Lady Bird, the advertising company she created with Min. Prim is a bit of a workhaolic and has trouble putting work aside. She dreams of being able to shoot a movie.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bambi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bambi-4/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Bambi is Prim ex girlfriend who is trying to launch a fashion brand. She is grew up rich and very priviledged and is very bratty as a result and tend to think she can solve everything with her money. She got ptsd and survivor’s guilt from an accident she was in.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pae](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pae/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A friend of Zee.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sairoong](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sairoong/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An assistant at Lady Bird. She had a crush on Prim.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kris-4/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A singer from the group Krystal who performs at the club from times to times. Also an ex and friend of Sasha.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Baipor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/baipor/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Prim’s sister who eventually get an internship at Lady Bird.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Boom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/boom/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Praew’s old roomate who has feelings for her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fa/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ant’s future wife who deals with health issues.
**Clichés:** Disabled
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Airy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/airy/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Airy wants revenge on Bambi because of Zee’s accident.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Oil](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/oil/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A girl who hits on Min at the bar and befriends her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Claire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/claire-5/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A fellow model Shasha had a fling with.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Margot Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margot-williams/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Wolf’s half-sister, whom he didn’t know about (kind of … he hallucinated her as Sofia).
She called to let him know their father died, and had a one night stand with Dana
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alyssa Rogers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alyssa-rogers/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A bank robber, suffering from “Alice in Wonderland” syndrome.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tess Rogers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tess-rogers/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alyssa’s wife, she knew something was wrong with Alyssa, but didn’t realize how bad it was.
At the end of the episode, she finds all the money Alyssa had been stealing for her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Daisy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/daisy-3/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Daisy is friendly and trustworthy. She loves Scratch DJing. She’s one of Malibu Barbie’s best friends.
She asks Ji-soo out, who says yes.
**Clichés:** Artist, Athlete, Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ji-soo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ji-soo/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ji-soo is a friendly girl who loves taking photos, drinking juice, and LARPing. She also likes selfie museums. Ji-soo and Chloe were the first customers at Alex’s selfie museum, and they kindly let Alex use some of their photos for his brochures. Lya thinks Ji-soo is an “amazing” person. Ji-soo dislikes taking photos with Tiger.
When Daisy asks her out, Ji-soo says yes.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maewnam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maewnam/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Maewnam is a kind empathetic woman who always tries to help everyone. She is patient and hardworking. She has trouble with her more opportunistic parents who tries to push her into a buisness life she has no care for.
**Clichés:** Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Wan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wan-2/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Wan is a blunt person who isn’t used to the way of life of the people in the new neighbourhood. She is quickly rash when it comes to injustice, even if she doesn’t have the bigger picture which can easily get her in trouble. She left her job at a big company when she couldn’t stand her terrible boss to take care of her father’s grocery store.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Toonnam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toonnam/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A coworker of Mewnam who is dating Chompoo. She is very patient about her girlfriend coming out, not wanting to pressure her, but is feeling very hurt with all the pretending in front of Champoo’s mom.
**Clichés:** Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Chompoo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/chompoo/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A friend of Mewnam who is trying really hard to emancipate and be more honest to her overbearing mom, the neighboorhood haidresser. She has trouble opening up to the latter about her life and about dating her coworker Tonnam.
**Clichés:** Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Noey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/noey-2/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Wan lawyer friend. She is very kind and care a lot for Wan.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mahnmook](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mahnmook/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A new teacher at the local school, that used to date Wan when they were in university.
**Clichés:** Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Paintbrush](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paintbrush/)
**Published:** May 17, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Paintbrush strives to be a responsible leader that can earn victory for their team! The only problem is… they’re not the team leader, but that won’t stop them! Paintbrush is very compassionate and is always looking out for the best interests of friends and allies. Their strong leadership skills stem from a pragmatic approach to solving problems. That being said, they have little-to-no temper for those who slack. If you happen to anger Paintbrush… run.
*Jazzy Oliver voiced Paintbrush from season 3 episode 10 to season 1 episode 11 of Inanimate Insanity: Remastered. Lechgang has been voicing Paintbrush since season 1 episode 14 of Inanimate Insanity: Remastered.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Rumi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rumi/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Megan’s girlfriend (later wife) who is very well traveled.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jenab](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenab/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Part of a human trafficking ring, she’s the manager of the cleaners. She took the role so she could make enough money to bring her girlfriend to Canada, as she spoke better English. They are reunited and given an asylum path.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mina/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jenab’s girlfriend. They wanted to escape from their country, where homosexuality is punished, and ended up in a human trafficking ring instead.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alexa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexa-4/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lucy’s sister. In the future, Lucy wasn’t as supportive as she could have been. In the ‘now’ of 1999, armed with the knowledge that her sister is gay, Lucy tells Alexa it’s okay to be who she is, and supports Alexa coming out to their mom.
**Clichés:** Closeted
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Proud](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/proud/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Proud is a Wine’s junior she hires to help finding out who is selling out company information but she ends up clashing a lot with Tangkwa. She is a very blunt person.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lal](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lal/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Lallin is the new head of sales. She is a social butterfly and a very easy going person. She’ll try to get along with everyone and can find a way to be comfortable in almost every situations. She is very protective and tends to take a lot on her shoulders to protect those she love without asking for help. She is very patient but is very eager and gets excited very easily which can easily get her in trouble.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Wine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wine/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Wine is a no nonsense woman who is extremely precise about work. She has exceptional work ethic, but has a lot of trouble socially contrary to Lal. She really admires the latter’s ease with social situations when Wine herself is very introverted. She is extremely caring but has a lot of trouble expressing it, in part because of terrible past experiences and traumas who made her very cautious about opening up.
**Clichés:** Intimacy Issues
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tangkwa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tangkwa/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Tangkwa worked in the accounting department under Wine and really admires her boss work ethic.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cheese](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cheese/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Cheese is a baker and Wine’s best friend.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Medsai](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/medsai/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Medsai is the head of purchasing. She seems very easy going on a first look…
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hr employee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hr-employee/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A new hr employee
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [AK](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ak/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A tech genius and the creator of the robotic Cat Cops, who have the duty to keep werewolves and the HBI under control.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Megan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/megan-2/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ashley’s friend and fellow med student.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nod](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nod/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An old friend of Kaphrao. They were roomate during university. She realised she has feelings for Kaphrao.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kaphrao](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kaphrao/)
**Published:** July 8, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Kaphrao’s father was a worker for Fai’s father (Akanee). After he died Akanee took care of her. She was mistreated by a little Fai thinking she was there to steal her father’s attention. She is now a young woman who doesn’t let herself give up and gives as good as she gets, especially when it comes to Fai annoying her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fai](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fai/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Atjima ‘Fai’ Watinwanich is the youngest of the Watinwanich cousins. She an adventurer at heart, always travelling somewhere. She is fiery and very protective of her cousins. She can be a bit of a jerk at times, rather than communicate properly what she is feeling.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bua](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bua/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
The daughter of the chief of the island Lom and Blew hide’s on. She is interested in pursuing Lom romantically.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sienna](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sienna-2/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sienna was a Fabruary Pride with their friends Erica and Jazzy when Vic noticed that Erica had a cut on their arm. She took them to the medical tent where the drugs they had consumed caused them to act erratically as she tried to stop the bleeding. After she stopped the bleeding, Vic said that Erica would still need to go to the ER to get stitches and Theo called an aid car to take them. Sienna looked at Vic and said she had a darkness coming off her. Sienna then looked at Sullivan and said he was chasing something and to be patient, because he’d get it. Finally, she told Theo he was pining for someone.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Jazzy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jazzy/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jazzy attended February Pride with their wife, Erica, and their friend, Sienna. While taking a shortcut, they climbed a fence and Erica got snagged on the way over. They had taken some kind of drugs, so instead of seeking medical care, Erica attempted to sanitize the wound with hard seltzer. Vic found them before they could do this and took them to the medical tent, where she cleaned the wound and told them they’d need to go to the ER for stitches. Theo called an aid car to take them.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Erica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/erica-6/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A pride attendee who was cut on the arm.
Erica, their wife, Jazzy, and their friend, Sienna, came to Fabruary Pride. While taking a shortcut, they climbed a fence and Erica got snagged on the way over. They had taken some kind of drugs, so instead of seeking medical care, Erica attempted to sanitize the wound with hard seltzer. Vic found them before they could do this and took them to the medical tent, where she cleaned the wound and told them they’d need to go to the ER for stitches. Theo called an aid car to take them.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Kikka Granberg](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kikka-granberg/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A wealthy, self-assured “party lady” entangled in Pihlajakatu’s criminal underworld. Over time, she turns from a superficial “party girl” to a calculating, highly intelligent figure dealing with the consequences of her crimes behind closed doors.
**Clichés:** Addict, Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ansku](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ansku/)
**Published:** August 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Anna-Liisa “Ansku” Lahti’ is a prisoner who is serving her sentence in same prison as Mira and Viola Angervuo. She locks pregnant Mira to a freezer room because she envies Mira’s pregnancy due to Ansku giving away her daughter. After Viola gets on parole and Mira starts missing her and their son, Ansku comforts her by giving her Fazer Blue chocolate and peer support.
They end up having sex in Mira’s prison cell. Ansku asks a prison guard, Ulpu Ritala to take picture of her and Mira sleeping in spoon position with the goal of breaking Mira and Viola up. After learning that Mira is eligible for parole Ansku asks Ritala to put drugs to Mira’s bag so they wouldn’t be separated. When Mira goes to the court Ansku tells the truth and Mira gets parole while Ritala is imprisoned. Mira tells Ansku that she never wants to see her again.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fah/)
**Published:** June 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Farin, ‘Fah’ is Nam’s sister and a journalist.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Martha Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/martha-walker/)
**Published:** August 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
In charge of the electronics workshop in the Mechanical level. Walker has been a surrogate parent to Juliette since she was a teenage mechanical apprentice.
She used to be married to Carla McLain.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Carla McLain](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-mclain/)
**Published:** August 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The head of the Supply department, and the ex-wife of Martha Walker.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [David Schreibner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/david-schreibner/)
**Published:** May 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A student. He’s in love with Matteo.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Tai](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tai/)
**Published:** February 17, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A classmate of Lunella. Their pronouns are they/them.
They’re a member of the cool volleyball team.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Brooklyn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brooklyn-3/)
**Published:** March 8, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A friend of Lunella’s who is openly trans.
She is the captain of the volleyball team.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Heat Wave](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/heat-wave/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rory (aka Heat Wave) is one of Superman’s minor antagonists.
While she can be tough and rough around the edges, Rory does have has a softer side to her, especially around her girlfriend, Livewire.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Gender Swapped
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Livewire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/livewire/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Leslie Willis, also known as Livewire, is an antihero. She is a callous and violent criminal with electrokinetic powers, and an enemy of Superman and Agent Slade.
Livewire is known to be annoyed with people. She is also egotistical and somewhat sadistic, clearly taking pleasure on multiple occasions at inflicting pain on her opponents.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rebecca Kirkhope](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rebecca-kirkhope/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Joan and Ian’s only daughter. She cannot believe her mother has gone to Australia to figure out why Ian died there.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Frida](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/frida/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rebecca’s partner.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fran Levinsky](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fran-levinsky/)
**Published:** November 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
In *AHS: NYC*, Fran is a lab assistant with dangerous information about US Government’s experiments on people. She also Fran barges into *The Downtown Native* newsroom to talk to Gino Barelli along with two friends. The trio of lesbians are concerned and disappointed that the magazine only focuses on gay men.
The three women keep showing up at the editorial office until Barelli gives them a desk from which they can voice women’s issues.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Heidi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/heidi-3/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the founders of the little group, she and Ascher had a daughter together. She only wanted him for the baby, though.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cinta](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cinta/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Heidi’s wife. She’s not fond of Ascher.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dewey Largo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dewey-largo/)
**Published:** August 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The music teacher whom Lisa credited with proving that any piece of music could have the soul sucked out of it. He wanted gender reassignment surgery, but Dr. Nick screwed up and made him shorter instead.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Paula Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paula-kelly/)
**Published:** January 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A 42-year-old construction worker who accidentally got a nail shot in her arm. Paula initially tried to remove the nail herself because she didn’t want to risk getting fired for filing a worker’s compensation suit. At Station 19, an ultrasound was used to make sure the nail was removed safely. Once that was taken care of, she went back to work and said she planned on mailing the nail to her ex-wife without a note.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Squiddly Diddly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/squiddly-diddly/)
**Published:** May 5, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She owns a music store and speaks with a valley girl accent.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Gender Swapped
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Bobbie Louie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bobbie-louie/)
**Published:** May 5, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A business woman.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Gender Swapped
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Loopy de Loup](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/loopy-de-loup/)
**Published:** May 5, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A French-Canadian wolf who is Jabberaw’s clothing store co-worker. She is very deadpan and not so much polite.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Gender Swapped
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Tefé Holland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tefe-holland/)
**Published:** August 11, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Tefé is one of Ivy’s mentee.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Gender Swapped, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Frankie Stein (Live Action)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/frankie-stein-live-action/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The child of Frankenstein and child of Dr. and Dr. Stein and best friend to Clawdeen and Draculaura. Born just 15 days before Freshman Year, and assembled from some of the greatest geniuses in history, Frankie is Clawdeen’s roommate.
Frankie is made of different male and female body parts. Their brain was made from parts of the brains of Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Plato, and “a woman named Liz” who was not given credit for apparently creating the Internet, while their cerebral part is made a part of Alan Turing’s brain and the heart is from a fisherman.
**Clichés:** Gender Swapped, Non-Human, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman, Undead
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Frankie Stein](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/frankie-stein/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Frankie is a very talkative, friendly, chatty, and highly intelligent individual. They have an over-genius IQ, as they have the body parts of other geniuses. Frankie has a bold attitude and is normally very nice to other people; as seen in the movie, Frankie is willing to learn why people aren’t talking to them. Clawdeen also stated that they can use social media, in which Frankie thought they needed to use to be cool. They can be a bit naïve. Their parents created them to be very smart and good at a lot of things, sometimes even if they haven’t tried it before.
Despite being a little naive, Frankie is the most optimistic member of their friends.
Frankie and Cleo have romantic feelings for each other.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Gender Swapped, Non-Human, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman, Undead
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Raisin Cane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/raisin-cane/)
**Published:** December 16, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Raisin is the drummer of the Berry Fairies, occasionally being an additional voice for the songs. Raisin seems to be the voice of reason in the band as they are the first person to stand up for their bandmates and called out Sherry’s behavior. They are also very supportive of their bandmates, encouraging Cherry Jam to sing when Sherry leaves the group a few minutes before a concert. Raisin is fairly cheerful, and is very friendly to others.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Gender Swapped, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Kristi Miller](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kristi-miller/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A third-year medical student who got trapped in the mysterious Township, separating her from her fiancee. She is the de facto doctor for all the residents who are trapped with her, and manages the makeshift Clinic in Town.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fatima Stevens](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fatima-stevens/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Fatima Stevens (nee Hassan-Rostami) is one of the people trapped in the Township who lives in Colony House. She is in a loving relationship with Ellis Stevens, whom she eventually marries. While occasionally the trials and stresses of life trapped in the Town can get to her, she is a persistent voice of optimism and hope for those around her.
At some point, Fatima was ‘infected’ and eventually becomes a Creature.
Note: It is possible Fatima is still alive inside the Creature, but all evidence (such as her slowing heart beat) point to her being dead and her body being taken over by the parasitic creature.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Stacey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stacey-4/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Fatima’s friends.
Stacey is not seen after the Creatures’ massacre, meaning she was one of the 14 people that perished during the attack that night.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Marielle Sinclair](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marielle-sinclair/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A pediatric nurse and the fiancee of Kristi Miller, who disappeared after she became trapped in the Township. Like her fiancee, she becomes trapped in the Town with the rest of the passengers on the Grand Rapids Runner Bus. While this allows her to reunite with Kristi, she struggles to deal with her former drug addiction.
Mari was killed by the Smiley creature.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Julie Matthews](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julie-matthews/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jim and Tabitha’s daughter, like the rest of her family, she becomes trapped in the mysterious Township.
Julie was a fairly normal teenaged girl doing well in extraordinary circumstances until she became the target of the Music Box Monster. This left her with a strange, new, and frustrating ability: she is a Storywalker. A power which seems designed to grant hope just to destroy it; by reentering the Dungeon, she is able to temporarily transport to the past and see and interact with events which have already happened. This ability is random and largely futile; she can only see the past, but cannot change anything that has already happened.
**Clichés:** Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Dana Dang](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dana-dang/)
**Published:** October 29, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A neurologist, Dana has amassed a social media following by providing mental health tips and tricks. Dana’s younger sister, Olivia, died while she was in high school.
She dates paramedic Katie Rodriguez in season one, but they break up in season two.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Katie Rodriguez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/katie-rodriguez/)
**Published:** October 29, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A paramedic suffering from chronic pain after a gunshot wound. She dates neurologist Dana Dang in season one, but they break up in season two.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Asha Alahan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/asha-alahan/)
**Published:** February 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Twin sister to Aadi, she hurt herself using skin lightening cream once and has self-harmed.
Asha dated Nina, then Corey, and then Nina again. She doesn’t want to label herself.
Asha works as an EMT.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Imogen Heaney](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/imogen-heaney/)
**Published:** July 17, 2026
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Content:**
Imogen is a main character who originally has a crush on Nick, dates and breaks up with Ben, and later realizes she’s a lesbian. Her situationship with Sahar is left open-ended.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ivan Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ivan-garcia/)
**Published:** June 26, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young man struggling for acceptance with his family as he transitions.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Shauna Chalmers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shauna-chalmers/)
**Published:** August 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jimbo Jones’s former girlfriend and Superintendent Chalmers’ daughter.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Marcia Princess](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marcia-princess/)
**Published:** August 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Known as Martin Prince growing up, in a flash forward episode, she sends Lisa a Facebook friend request.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Lisa Simpson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-simpson/)
**Published:** August 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is the middle child and most accomplished of the Simpson family.
In various flash forward episodes, she has girlfriends as well as boyfriends. She’s even the US President.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Alice Wang](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-wang/)
**Published:** July 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The wife of May-Li. She is the mother of Henry, Jake and an unnamed daughter. She is the adoptive mother of two unnamed sons.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Luna Loud](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luna-loud/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of 11 siblings, she’s the rocker goth girl and has a crush on Sam, her bandmate. They eventually begin dating.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Fatima](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fatima/)
**Published:** July 31, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Fatima is a local journalist who wants to do the best for her neighborhood and isn’t afraid to hold politicians to the truth. She makes a romantic connection with Trig/Victor while he is running for office.
After Victor wins a City Council seat he proudly makes his and Fatima’s relationship public.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Britney](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/britney-2/)
**Published:** September 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Britney is Bakari’s sister and a musician. Jemma becomes her manager, but Jemma’s boyfriend Jake thinks Britney has ulterior motives.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nina Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nina-williams/)
**Published:** January 25, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nina is Kevin and Kiesha’s loving birth mother and a proud lesbian with clear rules and high expectations for her kids. Determined to shield them from the dangers of the city, she does all she can to keep them focused on their education and bright futures.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Roselyn Perry](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roselyn-perry/)
**Published:** August 3, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Roselyn is the estranged wife of Otis Perry (AKA Douda) and serves as his campaign strategist in his run for mayor of Chicago.
In season 3 episode 7 it’s revealed Roselyn had an affair with Otis’ secretary.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Meret Schande](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/meret-schande/)
**Published:** April 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Detective Assistant.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Liz Ritschard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/liz-ritschard/)
**Published:** February 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A police commissioner.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Linda Selb](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/linda-selb/)
**Published:** April 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A BKA investigator.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Herbert Garrison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/herbert-garrison/)
**Published:** June 3, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mr. Garrison was depicted primarily as a teacher until his dismissal, and then mounted a campaign that resulted in his election as President of the United States. Garrison is particularly cynical, especially in comparison with the rest of South Park’s adults, and he is one of the few characters to ever break the fourth wall on the show.
Mr. Garrison started out as a homophobic racist. Then he realized he was gay. Then he transitioned to being “Mrs. Janet Garrison” and was racist and sexist and pretty much crazy. She decided she was a lesbian for a while, before transitioning back to being a man. A straight, racist, asshole man.
The character is endemic of *South Park*‘s original, surrealistic, humor. But if you ask us, having to add him here is bullshit.
There’s a 90% chance that our gender and sexuality listing here is wrong, and that’s because the character has changed so many times, we’re just going with the last time we paid attention to the show.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Educator, Mentally Ill, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Marta de la Reina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marta-de-la-reina/)
**Published:** April 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Marta de la Reina is Damián’s second daughter , she is between Jesús and Andrés, who do not quite get along. She was married to Jaime Berenguer, who spends long periods away from home working as a doctor on a merchant ship. Marta hid a secret that explains the coldness of her marriage.
When the show begins Marta is working as the commercial director and manager of the store. She works side by side with her brother, Jesus. However, most of her day is spent with the girls who work in the factory, who call her Doña Marta.
After Jamie dies, she marries Pelayo Olivares, but it’s a marriage of convenience. She stays in the closet, and he gets a political boost.
**Clichés:** Closeted
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Fina Valero](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fina-valero/)
**Published:** March 10, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Fina is a young woman working two jobs. In addition to helping in the Queen’s house, since her father, Isidro Valero, is the Queen’s foreman, she works in the perfume store.
Everyone thinks she is single because of the attention her father requires, but nothing could be further from the truth. Fina is a lesbian and it will not be an easy road to hide her feelings.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cloe Dubois](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cloe-dubois/)
**Published:** December 6, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Close arrives in the colony representing Perfumerías de la Reina’s rival company, Brossard, after the rival comes to own 51% of the company’s shares.
She is a modern, bold woman with a confidence and style influenced by French society.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Josie Carrillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/josie-carrillo/)
**Published:** April 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A dedicated soldier and skilled helicopter pilot who is recruited into the Lioness program with instructions to infiltrate her own family
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cruz Manuelos](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cruz-manuelos/)
**Published:** September 11, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Force Recon Marine and rookie operative in the Lioness program. She’s sent to befriend Aaliyah, in order to infiltrate the supposed terrorist group.
It gets out of hand when she falls for Aaliyah, but in the end Cruz fulfills her mission, even though it means their relationship and friendship is ruined.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Aaliyah Amrohi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aaliyah-amrohi/)
**Published:** September 11, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The daughter of a suspected terrorist.
She and Cruz end up having a relationship, but since Cruz is there to befriend her and kill her father, it’s doesn’t end well.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Bobby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bobby/)
**Published:** October 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A CIA Special Activities Division operative and the team leader for the Lioness’s QRF.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Christine Chapel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/christine-chapel/)
**Published:** June 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nurse abroad the Enterprise, she has a fascination with ancient medical techniques (like stitches) and a romantic partner in every port.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Beth Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/beth-smith/)
**Published:** September 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bethany “Beth” Smith (née Sanchez) of Dimension C-131 is the matriarch of this crazy family. She is a lot more like Rick than she cares to admit. In the sixth season, she has a fling with the Space version of herself. She also might be a clone. It’s complicated, but this implies that at least two versions of Beth are into women.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Space Beth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/space-beth/)
**Published:** September 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A badass version of Beth who goes on epic missions in space. In the sixth season, she starts visiting the family a bit more, and ends up having a fling with regular Beth. She might also be the clone. It’s complicated.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Summer Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/summer-smith/)
**Published:** May 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Morty’s older sister, she regularly goes on confusing adventures with him and their grandfather.
Her sexuality is a little confusing. Some of her alternate universe versions are openly queer, and it’s heavily implied that she is as well.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Anna Pretorius](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anna-pretorius/)
**Published:** September 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Best friend of Martine. She’s in love with Martine, but the feelings aren’t reciprocated. She’s a suspect in the murder, but did not do it.
She does, however, evade the police for a good time.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sioned Rees](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sioned-rees/)
**Published:** June 17, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Daughter to Eileen Markham and Denzil Rees. Half-sister of Angela and Huwi-John, and twin sister of the late John Rees. Great niece of Marian and distant cousin of Cadno. Married to Ed Charles from 2016–2017. was engaged to DJ but he jilted her and ran off with his ex-girlfriend Non; they have since reconciled and now own the village deli Tamed.
She and Maya had a small fling (kissing) but Maya left with her long distance girlfriend.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Maya Cooper](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-cooper/)
**Published:** February 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A pharmacist, she bought the Y Salon to turn it into a pharmacy, but got a lot of pushback for the ‘English Only’ signs.
She moved to town to be with her girlfriend, whom she’d been in a long distance relationship. After joining the rugby team, she saved Sioned’s life and was welcomed in the town.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Britt Evans](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/britt-evans/)
**Published:** May 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Neé Monk, she is the sister of the late Brandon and half-sister to Garry Monk. Former partner of Teg, former parter of Gwyneth, separated from Siôn White. Mother of Chester, Catrin and Aaron. She runs the chippy and also owns Y Deri with Garry. Partner to Colin. Suffers from Bipolar Disorder.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Melanie Hansen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/melanie-hansen/)
**Published:** November 25, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Melanie is cool and a little distant with her coworkers. Two of her previous partners became commissioners, while her current is an overeager puppy. She met Helen in 2007 and began a relationship with her.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hannah Wagner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hannah-wagner/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Police Commissioner, who takes over her post in Schwanitz after the death of Lona Vogt.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Kasie Hines](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kasie-hines/)
**Published:** September 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The current Forensic Scientist for the NCIS Major Case Response Team out of the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., and the replacement for Abigail Sciuto.
She and Piper started dating in season 19.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Caline Bustier](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/caline-bustier/)
**Published:** July 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Caline is a pleasant, kind, helpful, and instructive teacher. Even though she is kind to her students, she can be stern if they misbehave.
She teaches French, literature, poetry, and history.
She was briefly turned into Zombizou.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Educator, Parent, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sofia Salinas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sofia-salinas/)
**Published:** July 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The stern executive director of Molly’s foundation.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Nele Garbow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nele-garbow/)
**Published:** July 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A police officer and the girlfriend of Miriam.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Miriam Schneider](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/miriam-schneider/)
**Published:** September 29, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The head of the nursing service of the surgical ward.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yasmin Kara-Hanani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yasmin-kara-hanani/)
**Published:** September 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Yasmin has had expectations placed on her since childhood and is tired of being underestimated. She chose Pierpoint as a way to prove her doubters wrong and show the world what an astute businesswoman she can be.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Bot](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bot/)
**Published:** June 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bot, labeled The Robot, formerly known as Bow and Bowbot, is a contestant on Inanimate Insanity Invitational. They competed on The Pinkers until “I Am Chocolate!”
While Bot was created to be a mechanical replica of Bow, including catchphrases the latter used to say programmed on them, their personality is different from the character they’re replicated from. They are much friendlier, more intelligent and self-reflective than their counterpart, while also not saying the typical valley girl words “like” and “totally” as frequently as Bow does. They’ve been shown to be a little more sarcastic as well, possibly picking the trait up from Nickel.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Robot
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Barbie Wire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/barbie-wire/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Barbie is an egotistical, narcissistic, and manipulative woman who has a bad temper and is rude, even to her own drug supplier. Very much like her brother, she has very arrogant, selfish, dependent, and demanding traits, and easily grows upset when things don’t go her way.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Beelzebub](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/beelzebub/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Beelzebub (AKA Queen Bee) presents herself as a highly extroverted and energetic party girl, as she proven to be optimistic, cheerful and loud, yet welcoming when it comes to being the host for her own parties. With her lively attitude, she keeps a bright environment for her guests, allowing them to heavily indulge in food and alcohol, such as her beelzejuice.
Despite Kesha being the speaking voice of Beelzebub, she does not portray her singing voice, as the latter is done by Rochelle Diamante.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Loona](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/loona/)
**Published:** July 9, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The receptionist of I.M.P. and the adoptive daughter of Blitzo.
Loona is a cynical and choleric young-adult Hellhound, who was adopted from an orphanage by Blitzo when she was nearing eighteen years of age. Loona is lazy and shows little interest in matters that are going on around her. She also has a short-fuse temper and is often rude and apathetic toward her colleagues, particularly Moxxie, though her ire seems otherwise indiscriminate. When not looking at her phone, Loona is usually scowling at anyone in view.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sienna Blake](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sienna-blake/)
**Published:** May 19, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The estranged twin sister of Dodger Savage. She had a daughter Nico with her twin brother Dodger and twins Sebastian and Sophie with Warren Fox. She had an affair with Darren Osborne and a relationship with Ben Bradley whom she later married. She also had an affair with Trevor Royle who was killed by her daughter Nico. She later also began a relationship with her half-sister’s former boyfriend Brody and later went on to have an affair with her former fiance and the father of her children Warren Fox.
When Summer tells Sienna she has a crush on her, Sienna pulls Summer in for a kiss.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Flower](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/flower/)
**Published:** October 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born Susan Montero, Flower was a member of the counter-culture revolution of the 1960s, typically identified as a “hippie” or “Flower child.” By her own confession, she has been part of several communes and cults in her lifetime and has enjoyed experimenting with recreational substances, such as weed and cocaine.
To the other ghosts, she has explained the main differences between the two was that the commune still let her wear their shoes and contact her family, which the cult did not. In both communities, she was married and in a “throuple” (a romantic relationship between three people).
Flower has spoken about relationships with other women, but as she has the attention span of a gnat and is an unreliable narrator at best.
Her ghostly ability is to make other people high by walking through them.
Flower was assumed to be sucked off (ascended to heaven) at the end of season 2, however they later found out she’d fallen into a well and gotten stuck.
Since returning, she and Thor resumed their relationship alongside Nancy as a throuple, though she and Thor would like to break that up.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Cholera Victim Nancy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cholera-victim-nancy/)
**Published:** October 30, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A brash, obnoxious woman who spends most of her time berating her fellow victims and thinking of ways to permanently move upstairs.
For years everyone thinks she’s just a random woman from Albany, but really she’s a princess who ran away from home.
And died of cholera.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Sophie Sanchez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-sanchez/)
**Published:** February 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A senior that Max has a massive crush on. They date for a while but she breaks up with Max by the end of season one.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Silver](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/silver-2/)
**Published:** January 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Silver is the costume designer for the school musical, Wellington. She and Max become increasingly flirty in season two and eventually kiss.
**Clichés:** Artist, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Max Baker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/max-baker/)
**Published:** February 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Maxine, Max to her friends, is a bubbly, super excitable ball of energy, who just wants to love and be loved. She’s super loyal and an incredible friend to the people that she keeps close.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Francine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/francine/)
**Published:** November 24, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Eve’s ex. She wrote a dissertation on eagles and got Eve and the guys hooked on them.
They broke up because Eve ghosted Francine when she cut out everyone she felt were not supporting her dream (including her family). But really, Francine always supported her, Eve was just too angry to see it.
They tried a second time, but Francine wanted to adopt and Eve did not.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mary Goskirk](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-goskirk/)
**Published:** June 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mother of Rhona (Goskirk), with whom she has a “strained relationship,” she’s a no nonsense lady. Mary is a lesbian and had a relationship with her neighbour, Louise, until Louise died of COVID.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ritchie Scott](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ritchie-scott/)
**Published:** December 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Richmal “Ritchie” Scott is Phil Mitchell’s lawyer. Ritchie used to be a stripper and used the money for her law school degree.
In 2022, it was mentioned that Ritchie has a wife.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kyle Slater](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kyle-slater/)
**Published:** August 21, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Born Sarah, Kyle used to date Sophie. Now they’re BFFs.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Ash Panesar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-panesar/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Irqa’s secret girlfriend. They’ve been dating for over a year.
She’s a doctor and refuses to visit her mother who’s dying of cancer.
As of 2025, she was engaged to a doctor.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Chanel Dupree DiMera](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/chanel-dupree-dimera/)
**Published:** August 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Coming to town after get mother stopped her credit cards, Chanel fell for siblings Johnny and Allie. She chose Allie in the end.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Fluid
---
### [François](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/francois/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ryusui’s faithful butler whose services were well sought out and coveted even before the Petrification. They are revived by the Kingdom of Science as they require a chef to pull through long sea voyages. Francois’s culinary expertise alongside their butler-ing and hospitality skills make them a crucial addition to the team.
Francois is an incredibly hardworking and driven individual, with an outstanding ability to work under duress, they truly take pride in their work and never fail to tackle any challenge that may arise.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Miki Evans](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/miki-evans/)
**Published:** April 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Eddie Chilhood’s friend. She has three kids and is a ranger who does her best to protect nature and her arboriginal heritage.
She does not pull her punches with Eddie.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Leo Long](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leo-long/)
**Published:** April 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leo is a journalist who ends up working with Eddie and Dulce on the case. They are good with technology and are pretty efficient at their job. They are sarcastic and not easily impressed.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Dulcie Collins](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dulcie-collins/)
**Published:** July 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dulcie Collins is a senior sergeant who works in Deadloch, Tasmania. She’s reserved, by-the-books, and stoic.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cath York](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cath-york/)
**Published:** July 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dulcie’s wife, former lawyer and town veterinarian.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Claire Connelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/claire-connelly/)
**Published:** September 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Claire is a therapist. She is also the head of the women’s choir of Deadloch and paints in her spare time.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah Brandl](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-brandl/)
**Published:** February 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Simon’s little sister, she moves to town and befriends a number of people. But she also is trying to figure out who she is. After a disastrous love triangle, she and Jenny start dating.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Harrington](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/harrington/)
**Published:** February 20, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A DEA agent, she is pragmatic about her job, but very goofy. She’s nonchalant best friends with her partner, Copano.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ffion Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ffion-morgan/)
**Published:** September 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A police sergeant serving the Wyvern Constabulary and the wife of senior Holby Ambulance Service paramedic Jan Jenning.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nicole Piper](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-piper/)
**Published:** February 6, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nicole comes ready and armed to inject a dose of energy into a room when needed. Her weapons of choice – humour, passion and a big heart, which she wears loud and proud on her sleeve. Her determination has driven her from a working-class upbringing through medical school to become Junior Doctor at Holby ED – one step closer towards her hard fought dream of being a Doctor.
Even though she fights the fight for what is most important to her she relies heavily on pleasing others. Their opinion cuts deep and she works twice as hard to prove them wrong even if it comes at the cost of her own wellbeing. But she needn’t punish herself with guilt, for self-forgiveness will allow her to focus on her career, friends and remaining true to herself.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ngozi Okoye](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ngozi-okoye/)
**Published:** February 6, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ngozi is a witty and confident international nurse who has just moved to the UK. Fun and bright, she cheers up the ED effortlessly with big sister energy. Her optimism is seemingly endless, and she’s able to separate herself from any issue and see the positive side to it. If you ever find yourself with a worry you can’t shake, reliable Ngozi will nip it in the bud with one powerful line of wise advice.
She doesn’t have time for drama or childishness, but instead of letting others annoy her, she takes it in her stride, and never moans. She finds it useless, preferring to face issues head on, becoming their master before they take hold. She’s strictly here to learn and earn… for a very special reason.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Jan Jenning](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jan-jenning/)
**Published:** September 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
In August 1989, Jan gave birth to her only son Ross. When Ross was young, Jan’s husband walked out on them. She struggled to cope with Ross’ behaviour and eventually left to start a new family with her new wife Ffion. In 1994 or 1995, Jan became a paramedic.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Suì-Fēng](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sui-feng/)
**Published:** February 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The commander-in-chief of the Onmitsukidō and the captain of the 2nd Division in the Gotei 13. Her lieutenant is Marechiyo Ōmaeda.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Madison Montgomery](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/madison-montgomery/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A poised and enigmatic neurologist at Garland General.
Madison excelled academically from a young age, graduating top of her class at Georgetown Prep before enrolling in a competitive combined undergraduate and medical school program at Banneker University. She later completed her residency at Johns Hopkins, establishing herself as a brilliant and dedicated physician.
Though she was academically driven, Madison’s personal journey was more complex. She came out as a lesbian in her late teens. Her mother and siblings offered unconditional support, but her father struggled with her identity—at first trying to set her up with the sons of his friends, before gradually learning to accept her and her desire to find “the right woman.” Madison’s first crush was a classmate in high school with a theatrical flair, confirming early on that her attraction to women was sincere and enduring.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Chelsea Hamilton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/chelsea-hamilton/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
As a young woman of means, Chelsea exhibits a penchant for living life to the fullest. She is not afraid to push boundaries, as evidenced by her casual attitude towards sex.
Chelsea comes from a prominent family. In addition to being the daughter of Dani Dupree and Bill Hamilton, she is the granddaughter of Anita and Vernon Dupree. This family background plays a significant role in shaping her character and the expectations placed upon her. Chelsea is close with her first cousin Kat Richardson, with whom she owns a business.
The central conflict in Chelsea’s life revolves around the tension between her mother’s expectations and her own aspirations. While Dani sees Chelsea’s modeling career as a way to vicariously live out her own abandoned dreams, Chelsea feels conflicted about this path.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Mei-Yin Li](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mei-yin-li/)
**Published:** April 4, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Chinese rebel leader from the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 3rd century who is feared throughout the Ark as the “Beast Queen”, after attempting to stop General Nerva in a multi-nation alliance. She later becomes friends with Helena Walker and falls in love with her.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Helena Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/helena-walker/)
**Published:** March 21, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Australian paleontologist from the 21st century who recently woke up on the ARK.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tiana 'Coop' Cooper](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tiana-coop-cooper/)
**Published:** October 10, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Spencer’s friend, Coop is a young lesbian facing harassment at school and at home.
She’s a talented musician but after running afoul of gang violence, she’s become interested in legal work.
**Clichés:** Artist, Legal Eagle, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Emily Ahmad](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-ahmad/)
**Published:** June 7, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An employee of the School District of Philadelphia and a co-worker of Janine.
**Clichés:** Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ash Bergeron](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-bergeron/)
**Published:** July 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The child of Liz, the peeds head of the ED. They have asthma.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Zola](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zola/)
**Published:** July 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A young woman who was told she has cancer. She admits she’s in love with her best friend before her laparoscopy, which reveals she has pancreatitis. The feelings aren’t fully reciprocated, but they decide to move messily into the future.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pasha Lukin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pasha-lukin/)
**Published:** July 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An ED patient. Their chart does not reflect their pronouns.
They come in with a cut on their foot from running in the lake (for exercise), but suffer from secondary drowning. They are revived.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Phoebe](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/phoebe-5/)
**Published:** July 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Neeta’s wife.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ollie de Ooievaar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ollie-de-ooievaar/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alfred’s close school-friend, a stork who grows up to be a lawyer, and later, after the defeat of Dolf, the first democratically elected president of Great Waterland.
Ollie is a girl during childhood, but a male when he is an adult.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Legal Eagle, Parent, Politically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Kristen Bouchard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kristen-bouchard/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A forensic psychologist who joins forces with David Acosta and Ben Shakir to investigate unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences.
Kristen has successfully split her personality between her work and home life. While working she is professional, logical and at times, seemingly lacking a sense of humor; Kristen also finds it hard to admit when she’s wrong or fully accept other people’s points of view due to her scientific background. She likes things to be her way.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Isabella](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isabella/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The mysterious, witchy leader of a dance troupe who shares a flirtatious and dark connection with Kristen Bouchard.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cori](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cori/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Leon’s wives. Leon happens to be David’s father. They live in a spiritual commune and practice strange rituals.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Esther](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/esther-3/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Leon’s wives. Leon happens to be David’s father. They live in a spiritual commune and practice strange rituals.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Serena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the newest staff members at Smokey’s, she is deaf and also Dom’s cousin. While working at Smokey’s, she catches the attention of Roselyn during one of her visits, sparking a romantic connection. Their relationship quickly grows serious, with Roselyn even learning sign language to communicate better with Serena.
**Clichés:** Disabled
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Natalie Trosper](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/natalie-trosper/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The daughter of Ron and Barb, and the sister of Seth.
She is engaged to Tara, with whom she is planning a wedding that becomes a source of tension between their two families, particularly when they request a last-minute venue change to Erebus, a “haunted barn.”
Warm and affectionate, Natalie feels a deep bond with her parents, especially Ron, and often defers to the preferences of the more controlling Tara.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-3/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Fiancée of Natalie Trosper, and the daughter of Terry and Nancy. Assertive and controlling in her relationship to Natalie, she often clashes with both families over wedding decisions, particularly when she and Natalie request a last-minute change of their wedding venue to Erebus, a “haunted barn.”
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rebecka Grace Chapin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rebecka-grace-chapin/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Originally introduced as one of Agnes’s classmates and closest friends, Becka Grove gradually becomes one of the most tragic figures in the series. Raised within the rigid social hierarchy of Gilead, Becka struggles with expectations surrounding marriage, sexuality, and obedience.
Becka kills her father, Richard Grove, after discovering his ongoing sexual abuse of girls under his care. She is arrested by the Eyes and nearly executed before her mother falsely confesses to the murder in order to save her. Following her release, Becka is married to Garth Chapin after his promotion to Commander.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Juleka Couffaine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/juleka-couffaine/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A student in Miss Bustier’s class at Collège Françoise Dupont. She is also the younger twin sister of Luka Couffaine.
After being locked in the bathroom by Sabrina Raincomprix (under the orders from Chloé Bourgeois) to prevent Juleka from participating in the class photo, she is akumatized by Hawk Moth and becomes Reflekta, a supervillain who turns people into copies of herself.
Eventually she becomes Purple Tigress, and helps Cat Noir and Ladybug.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rose Lavillant](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-lavillant/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rose is a sweet, cheerful, and naive teenage girl. With an optimistic and happy attitude, Rose cares for everyone around her, often showing much gratitude, and she likes helping them.
As Pigella, she retains her normal personality, remaining the cheerful and happy girl she is, something that helps her when it comes to using her power.
As Princess Fragrance, Rose is obsessed with Prince Ali and will stop at nothing to accomplish her goal to make him hers. She expects people to treat her like royalty, and is particularly enraged by people who take Prince Ali away from her or will not follow her. She also likes to sing and makes everyone under her control sing.
When akumatized a second time as Princess Fragrance, she, along with Lady Wifi and Reflekta, wanted revenge on Adrien for sending an ungrateful message. However, after learning it was his cousin Félix, the Punisher Trio aim their anger at him for making Adrien look like a monster. She will also “punish” anyone who gets in their way, such as hypnotizing Kim and Max.
When akumatized a third time as Princess Fragrance, she, along with Lady Wifi, Reflekta, Timebreaker, and Horrificator, want to expose Marinette’s secrets in hopes of saving her and to be friends again by forcing her to give them up by hypnotizing her with her perfume. She and the Gang of Secrets have no qualms putting bystanders in danger to find Marinette, such as hypnotizing them to find Marinette. Her desire to persevere their friendship is so intense that she, Reflekta, Horrificator, and Timebreaker chase after an illusion of Marinette instead of taking Cat Noir’s ring.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Zoé Lee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-lee/)
**Published:** July 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A teenage girl from New York City and a student in Ms. Mendeleiev’s class at Collège Françoise Dupont. She is also Chloé Bourgeois’s younger half-sister and André Bourgeois’s stepdaughter. She attended a boarding school when she was in New York, where she once lived with her mother.
Zoé has had multiple secret identities but primarily is known as Vesperia.
She also has a crush on Ladybug (Marinette Dupain-Cheng).
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Casey Goodwin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-goodwin/)
**Published:** February 7, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Casey is Evelyn Goodwin’s grandchild and offers to intern at Kat’s newspaper for the summer.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Shanly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shanly/)
**Published:** July 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dr. Naadiah’s wife.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dr. Naadiah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dr-naadiah/)
**Published:** December 16, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dr. Tom’s therapist, and for a brief time replaces him as Erica’s. She is direct, yet calm in her demeanour, although she becomes noticeably more agitated when expressing her concerns about Dr. Tom’s behaviour to their supervisor, Dr. Arthur. Her office is large, white, with a simple and very modern decor that Erica describes as “cold”. Naadiah puts her personal life before her work as a therapist, with another job, parties, a wife and a daughter.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Morph](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/morph/)
**Published:** May 3, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A shapeshifting mutant and member of the X-Men.
Morph is good natured, funny, witty, and pretty easy going, given the situation.
Morph does not use the term ‘non-binary’ as it was not well known in 1997 (when the show takes place).
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Vidalia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vidalia/)
**Published:** May 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mother of Lyn and Emma. Wife of Eddy, which her kids had not expected.
(Rocío López plays young Vidalia)
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kita Ikuyo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kita-ikuyo/)
**Published:** September 13, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The vocalist and secondary guitarist of Kessoku Band, who attends the same high school as Hitori. In contrast to Hitori, she is a cheerful, charismatic extrovert who has an active social life, to the point that her extroversion manifests as an overwhelming aura at times. She initially joined Kessoku Band to get closer to Ryo, whom she has a crush on, but fled after lying about her guitar playing skills. With Bocchi’s help, she becomes a decent guitar player in her own right, and soon settles on playing secondary guitar and providing the band’s main vocals.
Referring to herself as Kita Kita, her surname comes from the musician Kensuke Kita.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Skylla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/skylla/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the top executives of the evil organisation Agastia. During an executive meeting in the penultimate episode, she takes a strong liking to Wolf Bete (a wolfman monster whose male mind was placed into a female body during the first episode), whom she believed to be a woman due to the nature of Wolf’s body. She repeatedly attempts to seduce Wolf throughout the episode.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Promiscuous, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tsuyuzaki Mahiru](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tsuyuzaki-mahiru/)
**Published:** January 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Karen’s best friend and roommate who is very shy despite her great talent. Throughout her childhood, Mahiru was praised for her talent on the stage and with a baton, winning many awards. However, after transferring to Seisho Academy, she realizes how inferior she is compared to others and began relying on Karen as a means of support.
She began regaining her confidence after battling Karen in the “Revue of Jealousy”. She realises she can shine on her own talents and merits. Despite this, she is still admires Karen and dreams to become her stage partner, becoming jealous towards Hikari due to them being childhood friends. She harbours a crush on Karen as well.
She fights using a mace.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sasaki Shino](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sasaki-shino/)
**Published:** October 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A female student attending Butei High School in the Inquesta department who comes from the wealthy and prestigious Sasaki family and is descended from Kojirō Sasaki. Like her ancestor she is a practitioner of the Ganryū sword style and can even use Kojirō’s famous Swallow Cut technique. She first met Akari at a food stand where they share a leaf pie. She has since developed an obsessive crush on Akari to the point that she is willing to resort to violence in order to make Akari break off her amica relationship with Aria who she is extremely jealous of.
She is also known to stalk Akari and take candid pictures of her changing or in a swimsuit. She later becomes Shirayuki Hotogi’s amica after Shino passes her test and Shirayuki senses her strong feelings. Ironically, the two share similar traits: both have the appearance and grace of a yamato nadeshiko but their appearances belie their great skills as swordswomen, their mutual dislike and jealousy of Aria, they both come from influential families, they both harbor strong feelings for someone and they both have yandere-like tendencies.
Shino prefers to use a standard katana in battle but she also possesses an ōdachi called the Monohoshizao like her ancestor’s.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Mentally Ill, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ryomō Shimei](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ryomo-shimei/)
**Published:** September 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ryomō starts as a warrior and serves in the personal guard under Kannei unlike real history, which was in the exactly vice versa. She is eventually relieved of her duties to be appointed as an apprentice strategist to Sonken, whom she appears to have developed a crush on during their time spent together. She is also near-sighted in one eye, unable to see closely without her monocle, which Sonken bought to help with this vision problem.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hazuki Mina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hazuki-mina/)
**Published:** September 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A colleague of Genma’s, Mina is a Contractor with the ability to charge any object with energy, which she uses to create potent projectiles from scraps and turn her sword into a “lightsaber”. She also uses retractable wires similar to Hei’s. Her remuneration is to passionately kiss a man, which she appears to dislike due to “bad aftertaste”; such is her distaste that with even two mouth washings, she resorts to kissing another woman to remove the taste, though she hints to having a interest in women. She seems to specialize in wetwork, wearing a half-faced balaclava and wielding a wooden katana (which she transforms using her ability). After killing Genma in revenge for Yōko’s death, Mina disappears.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aquanaut Clio](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aquanaut-clio/)
**Published:** July 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A bisexual player who flirts with everyone, including Hyosuke (the token guy). She’s the Weapons Chief.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Shimabara Mitori](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shimabara-mitori/)
**Published:** July 16, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The ship’s physician and is very kind and friendly to everyone and is a constant flirt. Especially to Hyosuke even though she is married. When drunk, she likes to play with the captain.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Okudaira Akira](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/okudaira-akira/)
**Published:** April 9, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicknamed “Ah” by some of her friends, she is an innocent and cheerful girl and the childhood friend of Fumi. She acts as a main source of advice for Fumi.
Akira joins the drama club because her friend Kyōko is a member of it. She often talks about food as well as give advice. Akira is uncomfortable around scary stories or things that test her courage. Unexpectedly and unintentionally, Akira usually spills secrets about her friends to other people when they ask her questions about them. Her intentions though are pure without any vice, and only she only discusses them to help her friends out. However, this sometimes causes problems for her friends.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Manjōme Fumi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/manjome-fumi/)
**Published:** April 9, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A tall, shy girl prone to crying. Fumi returns to her childhood town and rediscovers her childhood friend, Akira, who used to protect her from bullying.
Fumi had her first romantic relationship with her older female cousin Chizu, with whom she had sex. Soon after Fumi moves back to Kamakura, she finds out Chizu will soon get married to a man she has never met. Not long after meeting Yasuko Sugimoto in the literature club, Fumi develops a crush on Yasuko, who later asks her out.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ikumi Kyōko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ikumi-kyoko/)
**Published:** April 9, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kyōko is a reckless girl who has eyes only for Yasuko. She is in the same class as Akira and is a member of the drama club. She is called ‘Princess’ for her charm and skills in sewing, art, tennis and acting. Many students look up to Kyōko in the same way Kyōko looks up to Yasuko. Kyōko is engaged (in name only) to Sawanoi Kō, a college student. This engagement was pushed for by Kyōko’s mother while Kyōko and Kō were still young, and not all of Kō’s relatives are happy about it.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Isabella Yamamoto](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isabella-yamamoto/)
**Published:** April 9, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Isabella is the mother figure to the members of ParaKiss. This tall Yazagaku student is the epitome of high class and femininity. Isabella inspired George’s very first dress during childhood, and often had the habit of taking every piece of clothing that he finished. As a child, she had always wanted dresses, and George was the one that fulfilled her wish. Isabella encourages Yukari when she needs it the most, whether it be regarding George or her abandoned studies.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Honshō Chizuru](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/honsho-chizuru/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A classmate of Kurosaki. She is an open lesbian and is often trying to get close to Orihime only to be thwarted by Tatsuki who would often attack her.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Grell Sutcliff](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grell-sutcliff/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Grim Reaper who initially worked as Madam Red’s butler. Grell and Madam Red formed a partnership in which they killed prostitutes. Grell wields a Death Scythe in the form of a chainsaw. After killing Madam Red when she refused to kill Ciel, Grell dons her red coat for the rest of the series.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ariga Makoto](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ariga-makoto/)
**Published:** September 9, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Makoto is a trans girl who makes her first appearance when she and Shuuichi are in sixth grade, though they are in different classes. Known as Mako-chan, though mostly only to Shuuichi, she too wishes to be accepted as a girl and shares Shuuichi’s interest in cute outfits; it is this that spurs Makoto to become Shuuichi’s close friend. Makoto realizes that due to her facial freckles and round glasses, she is not able to appear as cute as Shuuichi when assuming the appearance of her gender. Makoto wonders if her primary reason for wanting to be accepted as a girl is due to an attraction to men, something Shuuichi cannot relate to.
Makoto comes off as being mature for her age, and is able to think calmly and objectively while providing advice for her friends. She is a good listener, allowing her to get along well with both boys and girls her age, which often leads to her being an onlooker to what is going on in other characters’ lives. She is an only child and her parents run a bakery.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Giselle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/giselle/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the Twelve Apostles serving the god Hardy. She is a deity of the dragon folk, and she is also the second youngest of the 12 apostles. She considers herself a rival to Rory Mercury and is responsible for waking the Flame Dragon, to be exact she woke three Flame Dragons.
She is now an ally for Yonji’s gang and the JSDF.
**Clichés:** Alien, Cartoon, Non-Human, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tuka Luna Marceau](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tuka-luna-marceau/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A 165-year-old High Elf, though she is considered an adolescent by her race’s standards. She loses her father who sacrifices himself to save her when her village is attacked by a flame dragon, and since then travels with Itami and co. However, she has a hard time coping with her father’s death, and eventually begins to lapse into insanity, starting to view Itami as her lost father. But even after overcoming her loss with Itami’s help, she keeps calling him “father”\[6\] both out of habit and out of bashfulness about her true feelings for him. She has also entertained a slight crush on Mari Kurokawa.
**Clichés:** Alien, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sudō Momoko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sudo-momoko/)
**Published:** January 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A shy girl and best friend of Kazusa. Initially, she, like other girls, begins to be interested in relationships with guys, but as the story progresses, she becomes more and more aware of her desire and interest in other girls, that the first time she perceives as a simple misunderstanding of the reasons for the girl’s interest in guys.
Subsequently, she begins to develop a one-sided crush on Sugawara, whose potential feelings for Izumi depress her.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lisa Nova](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-nova/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A budding director whose short film ends up in the hands of a high-end producer who does her dirty. The Brazilian-born auteur seeks revenge and lives to regret it.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Mary Gray](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-gray/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lisa’s girlfriend/leading lady who is out for her own revenge for a mysterious on set accident that leaves her with only one eye.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tazzala](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tazzala/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Chief biologist of W.O.R.M.S. She and Zazzala broke up due to communication issues, but they eventually got back together.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Zazzala](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zazzala/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
CEO of W.O.R.M.S. She and Tazzala broke up due to communication issues, but they eventually got back together.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-9/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A woman Lizzy had a crush on. They go on a date, but Kate doesn’t want to continue going out after it turns out she’s Lizzy’s nurse. She does imply that there’s a chance when Lizzy’s no longer a patient.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Erica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/erica-5/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lizzy’s ex-girlfriend. After she finds out Lizzy’s held onto Erica’s stuff, Prudence convinces Lizzy to return them to Erica to get closure. When the two meet up again, it leads to Erica kissing her and Lizzy regaining interest. They plan another date, but Erica stands her up. She tries to convince Lizzy to give her another chance and she gets turned down.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dana Dufresne](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dana-dufresne/)
**Published:** January 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Host and judge of the “Miss Prim & Perfect” and “Little Miss Southeastern Michigan” beauty pageants
After voice actress Maddie Taylor transitioned, the show chose to have the character she voiced transition as well.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Iris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/iris-5/)
**Published:** June 15, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A woman Tina and Maya meet at a yoga class. She dates Hazel for a bit, but they break up after arguing at a fast-food drive-in.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Natalie Bowden](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/natalie-bowden/)
**Published:** June 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Anna’s daughter, Tom’s stepdaughter, and Zack’s older half-sister.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nevaeh Valentine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nevaeh-valentine/)
**Published:** June 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A mysterious young woman who targets both Zack and Natalie.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tina Yamada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tina-yamada/)
**Published:** January 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Cristina Yamada is a DJ.
She had a bit of a 3-way with a woman and her boyfriend, which resulted in Tina being ‘canceled’ on social media.
**Clichés:** Artist, Conditional Queerness, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ienaga Kano](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ienaga-kano/)
**Published:** January 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Formal, put together and polite, especially around the hotel guests, she always addresses others respectfully. She uses her medical background in order to carry out dismemberment and torture on those whose looks she wants to obtain.
She is extremely narcissistic and puts appearance above everything, to the point of torturing and eating ‘attributes’ she desires to possess. She does not feel remorseful over her actions and believes to have found the answer to staying young and beautiful forever.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Gina Mathison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gina-mathison/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Real name Tanis Rossi, Meg was the prosecutor in Gina’s case.
Gina and Meg were deeply in love but forced to live a hidden life because of the dangerous criminal history and law enforcement conflicts surrounding them.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Meg Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/meg-lewis/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Gina’s fiancee. She was murdered to hurt Gina.
Meg used to be known as Megan Sabata, a prosecutor for Gina’s trial. They met and fell in love before the trial.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tori](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tori-2/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of Maya’s blind dates. She talks about her allergy to coffee beans and her father’s job.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Stacey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stacey-3/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of Maya’s blind dates. She mostly wants to talk about work.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Melanie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/melanie-2/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of Maya’s blind dates. They end up not talking much.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jessica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jessica-5/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A girl Miranda dates after she and Leila break up. However, it’s implied that she and Miranda were seeing each other while Miranda and Leila were a couple as well.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lotus Daatura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lotus-daatura/)
**Published:** June 18, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Goalkeeper for the Gorotama team “The Roses.” They can create a smog that is hallucinatory when inhaled.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Eugenia Danglars](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eugenia-danglars/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Daughter of Hermine and the Baron Danglars (who conspired against Dantes), she is an opera singer, and Louise acts as her piano accompanist. They use their talents to leave and begin a life together.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Louise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/louise-3/)
**Published:** June 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A masseuse at the spa, who was in love with Orla. She gave Orla a kidney.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cori-Michelle Sage](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cori-michelle-sage/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A quiz savant who owns a chain of pharmacies with really annoying TV ads.
She has a severe blood phobia (also needles) and used to date her boyfriend’s ex girlfriend. Cori is also not opposed to a hookup.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Louise D'Armally](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/louise-darmally/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Eugenia’s pianist accompanyist and lover. They leave to create a life together as musicians.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Wan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wan/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A girl Lin dated in high school but who was seeing someone else. They cross path at a coffee shop years later.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Piu](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/piu/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A girl Lom dated in college.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jane-5/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Also an ex of Lom.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gun](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gun/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The daughter of one of Din’s big client.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gift](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gift/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Another of Lom’s exes.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aom/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An ex of Lom.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Blew](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/blew/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Catherine ‘Blew’ De Laina is the crown princess and eldest of the royal family, soon reigning monarch of Madelin after her father retires.
She is kind, curious and poised. Despite being thrown into a life on the run and accomodations she is very much not used to, she never complains and tries her best.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Edison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/edison/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Olivia’s nemesis. Or is she?
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dylan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dylan/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A girl with a boyfriend, whom Bee is ‘after.’ But then things happen.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Aya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aya/)
**Published:** May 26, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She really doesn’t subscribe to labels, and she doesn’t date Scorpios.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Olivia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/olivia-2/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bee’s roommate, bff, and drama queen.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bee/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A lothario who uses pictures of Jeff Goldblum to pick up straight girls on dating apps and then swoop in and save them.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-twenty/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A headstrong artist in her early twenties, trying to make it as a musician while balancing her personal life and her friends.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lom](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lom/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Wayo ‘Lom’ Watinanich is a police officer and a big flirt. She is a happy go around woman and used to date a lot. She is all for a little bit of mindless flirting to sometimes the annoyance of her cousins, whom she absolutely adore teasing.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-6/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Thippapha ‘Rose’ Amornjinda grew up on her father’s farm, playing with the neighbours’ children. As the smallest one, she was always the one being hovered on. When years later she is suddenly called home after her father get into an accident, she needs to figure out who she can trust.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Din](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/din/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Kasama ‘Din’ Watinwanich owns and runs a vegetable farms. A bit awkward and easily flustered, she is a very kind boss. She is close with Rose’s father who taught her a lot about farming when her own father passed away. Din is a very caring person.
She is the oldest of the Watinwanich cousin.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nam/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Apo ‘Nam’ Watinwanich is the executive vice president of the Glonal Monarch International Hotel. She is fair but very strict when it comes to her job and is a bit of a workaholic.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lada/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Chonlada is a brash and righteous young woman who always struggled finding a place amongst a family who never recognised her. Stuck wanting to protect her mother from her father, and not able to leave his reach, Lada still doesn’t give in to sabotaging the Watin group and chooses to do her job the right way.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lady Allura Vysoren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lady-allura-vysoren/)
**Published:** January 29, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A powerful wizard and member of the Tal’dorei council, she defeated a red dragon many years ago. Allura is the primary contact between Vox Machina and Sovereign Uriel Tal’Dorei.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Politically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Lady Kima of Vord](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lady-kima-of-vord/)
**Published:** January 29, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A member of the Tal’dorei council and a halfling Paladin. She has a dim view of the ‘heroes’ Vox Machina.
Kima is well known as a force for good.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Vex'ahlia "Vex" Vessar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vexahlia-vex-vessar/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Twin sister of Vax’ildan “Vax” Vessar, they are both half-elves with a tumultuous relationship with their father. Their mother was killed by the red dragon, Thordak “The Cinder King.”
Vex is a ranger-class adventurer, primarily using a bow as her weapon. She adopted a bear named Trinket, rescuing him and teaching him to fight along side her.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Keyleth of the Air Ashari](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/keyleth-of-the-air-ashari/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The future leader of her people, Keyleth is a half-elf druid who is on her journey to pass through her Aramente and become the leader of the Air Ashari. Along the way, she meets the future members of Vox Machina, and everything changes.
Keyleth’s mother never returned from her own Aramente.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human, Politically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Kaew](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kaew/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
She has been Din’s friend since high school and now works with her. Kaew is love with Din.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Buakiang](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/buakiang/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
She is an housemaid at Din and Rose’s farm.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mew](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mew/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Lom’s ex who is also a doctor.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Beam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/beam/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Beam is one of Lom’s coworker and she’s got her back.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Buahima](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/buahima/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
An ex of Lom who helps Blew and Lom get transportation.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bew](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bew/)
**Published:** June 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
One of Lom’s exes.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nora](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nora-4/)
**Published:** June 8, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sandy’s best friend and ex-partner.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Janine Nielssen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/janine-nielssen/)
**Published:** July 9, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sandy’s partner. After Sandy’s death, Sandy’s parents take custody of her and Janine’s daughter, Heather, but Janine manages to win the custody battle by the end.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Amber Ciotti](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amber-ciotti/)
**Published:** July 10, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The mentally ill, widowed stepmother of Connor and Jen. She became mentally ill after suffering a psychotic break after the suicide of her wife Justine.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Mentally Ill, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ana-3/)
**Published:** July 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Also known as Pamela, she’s a prostitute who maybe has feelings for Eva.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Gwyneth Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gwyneth-jones/)
**Published:** September 11, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Holistic masseuse working at the hairdressers. Ex-partner of Colin’s sister, ex-girlfriend to Britt Monk, ex-girlfriend of Garry Monk; mother of Gary’s son, dating and living with Siôn White. Hardnosed and willing to wear the tag of black sheep in the village.
**Clichés:** Artist, Dead Queers, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nicole Bingham](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-bingham/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nicole one day ran into Jukebox at her school after recognizing her from a choir competition. They then decide to go to a park where they catch up and eventually start developing feelings for one another forming a relationship. Their relationship seems to be perfect until Nicole’s mom catches her and Laverne expelling Laverne from Nicole’s life claiming Laverne was taking advantage of her. Both are devastated, but still decide to see each other behind their parents’ backs.
When prom comes, Nicole’s mom decides to set up a boy for Nicole to go out with. One day, when preparing to go to prom with each other, they meet up in a park where Laverne offers to get a pretzel for her.
Without Laverne watching, Nicole steals Kanan’s batch of drugs before Laverne comes back with the pretzel with both of them agreeing to meet up at the dance. She smokes the batch of drugs that she stole from Laverne without realizing that the drugs are lethal due to Kanan’s mistake. Taking the drugs she falls dead on the ground with her mother’s demands to open up the door while Laverne who has been waiting for her at the prom without being aware of her death.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Quinn Cox](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/quinn-cox/)
**Published:** July 8, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Surgical registrar
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Roberta Shaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roberta-shaw/)
**Published:** December 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Roberta Shaw met [Sally St. Claire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sally-st-claire/) on a dating app called Fireworks. On her profile, she stated that she liked “reading, rambling, and 80’s dance-floor classics”. Sally was initially reluctant about meeting her, but Sally’s best friend Neeta Kaur messaged Roberta, and set them up to meet for lunch at Esther’s Magic Bean. Roberta left early following an urgent matter she had to attend to. She later phoned Sally to reschedule their date at The Dog in the Pond.
On their second date, Roberta began to feel ill. Simone Loveday later approached Roberta about her planning application for outdoor seating. Roberta was feeling even worse, so decided to go to the bathroom. Whilst on her way there, she collapsed having suffered a fatal heart attack.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah Hoyt](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-hoyt/)
**Published:** June 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A junkie who met Vivian Arliss in rehab. They formed a close bond and eventually became lovers.
After Benson found Vivian and brought her in, Sarah turned herself in and confessed to killing Burlock, being subsequently arrested. She was arraigned for murder and later killed by Calvin’s father, because he felt Sarah was the reason Vivian could never get clean.
**Clichés:** Addict, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Velma Dinkley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/velma-dinkley-2/)
**Published:** January 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Everyone’s favourite teen detective, as a snarky teenager, who has a crush on murder suspect Fred Jones and Daphne Blake. Because her mother went missing years prior, Velma has horrific guilt-based hallucinations.
At the end of season 2, Velma is dead but a ghost. Amber suggests a way to bring her back, but it will only work on Halloween.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers, Student, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Caitlin Todd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/caitlin-todd/)
**Published:** June 6, 2026
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Dr. Caitlin Todds arrives in Emmerdale in 2025 as a mentor for students at the Hotten General Hospital. She returns to Emmerdale in 2026 and starts a relationship with Vanessa. The doctor’s return involves a tense storyline with Charity and nefarious plans that reveal themselves as the series progresses.
**Clichés:** Abusive/Violent, Criminal, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tracy Barlow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tracy-barlow/)
**Published:** January 2, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Tracy (who has used the surname McDonald, Barlow, Preston, Cropper and Langton over time) has been a resident of Coronation Street since birth (with a few exceptions), biological daughter of Deirdre and Ray Langton and adoptive daughter of Ken Barlow. She is currently the manager of Preston’s Petals and mother to Amy.
She has had numerous flings with women while in prison and a one-night-stand with Paula Martin outside of prison.
**Clichés:** Conditional Queerness, Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Carla Connor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-connor/)
**Published:** November 25, 2024
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Carla Connor (née Donovan, previously Gordon and Barlow) is the manager and majority shareholder of Underworld lingerie factory in Coronation Street, and wife of Peter Barlow. Born in 1975, she was the result of a one-night stand between Sharon Donovan and Johnny Connor, a married man who didn’t acknowledge her as his daughter until 2015.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Charity Dingle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charity-dingle/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Charity’s done it all, from sex work and jail time to sleeping with Zoe while married to her brother Chris. Whew.
She’s also known as Charity Tate, Charity Sharma, and Charity Macey, depending on when we are in the show.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Criminal, Parent, Promiscuous, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vanessa Woodfield](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-woodfield/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
The new vet in town and mother to Johnny.
She and Charity were engaged. Then Charity cheated on her and she left town to tend to her ailing mother.
After she and Charity broke up, Vanessa showed no interest in dating men, making her **likely** a lesbian.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lisa Swain](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-swain/)
**Published:** March 13, 2024
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
A detective who led the police investigation into the assaults on Nina Lucas and Seb Franklin which led to the latter’s death in May 2021.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Becky Swain](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/becky-swain/)
**Published:** November 12, 2025
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
**Rebecca “Becky” Swain** (née **Falconer**) was the wife of Lisa Swain and mother of Betsy. Lisa and Becky met when they were paired to work the beat together.
Becky was believed to have died in 2021 after being hit by a car while on active duty, then in the role as a detective under DI Costello.
Years later, a suspect mentioned Becky as he was being released. Almost a year after that, Becky was spotted at a walk-in clinic and later that day Becky and Lisa met again, face to face, after nearly 4 years.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sophia Crane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophia-crane/)
**Published:** April 4, 2026
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Dr. Sophia Crane arrives in Ferndale as the new Head of ED.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Polyamorous
---
### [Desi Montoya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/desi-montoya/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A freelance cleaner, she and her friend end up on the run, accused of a murder they only cleaned up.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aon Arisara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/arisara/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Aon is one of the ambassador’s daughter. She is completely enamored with Princess Anin, to the other great dismay.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rue Bennett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rue-bennett/)
**Published:** June 16, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A 17-year-old recovering drug addict struggling to find her place in the world and has no intention to stay clean.
She dies in the series finale due to overdosing from unintentionally taking painkiller medication laced with fentanyl.
**Clichés:** Addict, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Maxine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maxine-2/)
**Published:** June 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Allie’s late first cousin once removed on her mother’s side. She appears as a spirit when Allie leaves a bag of shrimp chips and a photo of Maxine on her bedside table. She left home when she was around Allie’s age and led an amazing life. She never came out to her family and feels uncomfortable about meeting with her parents again, but Allie encourages her to do so and they happily reunite.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-6/)
**Published:** June 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Allie’s girlfriend. Maxine invites Maya to the feast through Allie’s phone and, despite Allie’s initial concerns, it goes well.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Allie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/allie/)
**Published:** June 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A college student who’s celebrating the Hungry Ghost Festival with her family. While she’s out, she’s unsure about inviting her girlfriend, Allie, to the feast. When Maxine invites Maya to the feast, Allie gets upset, but Maxine tells Allie that she shouldn’t waste time hiding who she is and what matters more is that Allie is happy. Allie goes through with this and introduces Maya as her girlfriend to her family, which ends up way better than she expected.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah Cushing](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-cushing/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lana Lang-Cushing’s eldest daughter, Sarah befriended the Kent boys when they would come visit their grandmother.
After the Kents moved back to Smallville, she and Jordan becomes friends again and have recently started dating.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Charlotte Gaines](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlotte-gaines/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sheryll Barnes’ wife until Charlotte has an affair and they get divorced in season 5.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marie Moreau](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marie-moreau/)
**Published:** October 13, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shortly after Marie’s birth, her parents accepted Vought’s offer to inject her with Compound V, subsequently transforming her into a Supe and granting her superhuman powers and abilities.
When Marie was 10, her powers of blood control manifested during her first period. Unable to control her powers, Marie accidentally killed both of her parents, leaving herself and her sister, Annabeth, the only survivors of the accident. As a result of this, Marie was separated from her sister and relocated to the Red River Institute.
Marie enrolled at Godolkin University to become a hero, trying to atone her tragic past and make her sister change the way she saw her.
Nothing works out as it might.
Marie and male Jordan have a one night stand, but she and female Jordan still have feelings for each other.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Non-Monosexual
---
### [Emma Meyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-meyer/)
**Published:** October 9, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Shortly after her birth, her parents accepted Vought’s offer to inject her with Compound V, making her a Supe and giving her the power to increase or decrease her size (proportionally) by eating or vomiting.
Her mother became extremely controlling, even managing her body size: teaching Emma how to purge, keeping a food log, and constantly measuring her height and weight, giving her an eating disorder. Sometime later, Emma started a Youtube channel called “*Fun Sized With Little Cricket*,” where she would document her life as a young Supe.
In 2023, as a young adult, Emma decided to pursue her career as an influencer, furthering her education by enrolling at Godolkin University and majoring in performing arts at the Crimson Countess School of Performing Arts. As a freshman, she became roommates with Marie and close friends with her.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Matty Barton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/matty-barton/)
**Published:** September 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The youngest child of John and Moira Barton, he moved to Emmerdale with them whilst still a student. Born Hannah, his first years in the village were filled with bullying, drugs, and many emotional issues. He ditched her A-Levels and moved with his sister to London in 2012. In 2018, he returned as Matty, attempting to steal his birth certificate so he could legally change his name and gender. While he initially fought with his mother about it, they reconciled and he moved home to Emmerdale.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Nico](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-3/)
**Published:** January 12, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
After witnessing the murder of their neighbor, Nico is recruited to walk Will Trent’s dog, Betty. Nico is a runaway and estranged from their family so since then, they’ve moved in with Will.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Duffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/duffy/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Duffy is a married kangaroo (to Leiko) who was once part of an all-girl rock duo and who adopted her daughter Louisa when she was born. Duffy, a drummer, is a serious foodie who tests her creations at the Eat ‘N Greet.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Leiko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leiko/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Married to Duffy, mother to Louisa, she is the Chief Operating Officer of The Creation Station, a wonderfully quirky maker space, as well as its attached library. She pulls out her guitar at ALL the right moments. (A librarian and a rocker? Of course! Why do you ask?)
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hannah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hannah-5/)
**Published:** August 28, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A waitress at Jack’s bar, she’s very much not into men.
**Clichés:** Bartender
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mariah Copeland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mariah-copeland/)
**Published:** August 12, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brought to town to gaslight her biological mother, by pretending to be her dead twin, Mariah didn’t know she was actually a twin, stolen at birth. She also didn’t know she was gay. Those things happen.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tessa Porter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tessa-porter/)
**Published:** August 12, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An aspiring musician with a mysterious past who is befriended by Nikki Newman.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jesse](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jesse-2/)
**Published:** August 4, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Janelle’s non-binary friend from the debate team who butts heads with their religious and unaccepting mother, Jackie. Jesse helps Pat to learn how to address people with more political correctness.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ashley James](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ashley-james/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Patricia’s eldest child from her previous relationship as a teenager who is a therapist. She and her mother have a rocky relationship toward the beginning of the show due to their disagreement over Ashley being a lesbian, but Pat grows to accept her identity.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Philippa Eilhart ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/philippa-eilhart/)
**Published:** July 18, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The shapeshifting court sorceress of King Vizimir of Redania as well as Dijkstra’s partner in crime. She has close ties to the Brotherhood.
**Clichés:** Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ellie Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellie-williams/)
**Published:** February 27, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A 14-year old orphan who has never known anything but a ravaged planet, struggles to balance her instinct for anger and defiance with her need for connection and belonging… as well as the newfound reality that she may be the key to saving the world.
Ellie grew up as an orphan in the Boston quarantine zone and attended a military preparatory school, where she met and befriended Riley Abel. When Ellie was fourteen, the pair were both infected with the Cordyceps brain infection, where Ellie discovered she was immune. A friend of her mother’s and the leader of the Fireflies, Marlene, believed that she was the key to reverse engineering a vaccine. Marlene tasked Joel Miller, a smuggler, with escorting Ellie outside of the QZ. The simple drop-off turned into a year-long journey across America, and the two eventually formed a close bond.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cate Randa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cate-randa/)
**Published:** December 8, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Cate is a quick-witted young woman whose life is changed forever when she witnesses Godzilla attacking San Francisco in 2014. This event traumatizes her and she suffers from PTSD.
Her search for her missing father leads her to uncover his involvement with Monarch.
**Clichés:** Educator, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Winnie Landell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/winnie-landell/)
**Published:** June 2, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Winnie Landell is an executive for a major Hollywood network. She admits to sleeping with Jimmy’s dad and references being divorced from Beth
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Fluid
---
### [Ruby Rojas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruby-rojas/)
**Published:** July 13, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ava’s ex-girlfriend Ruby. She’s an actress.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ava Daniels](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava/)
**Published:** May 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A struggling 25-year-old comedy writer who was fired after a disastrous tweet, she’s handed off to Deborah to learn from the best.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Rosalind Warren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosalind-warren/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ben is shocked when his sibling reveals she is transgender and is taking hormones after 25 years of lying about who she is. Ben freaks out. Bailey implores Ben to stop being an asshole.
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rosalind came to live at her brother’s house to watch their sons while Ben and Bailey both quarantined due to their work.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Dayna Rutledge](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dayna-rutledge/)
**Published:** November 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A woman whose wife is giving birth to their child while a hacker has shut down Grey Sloan’s entire computer system. A few years later, they go to Station 19 after being injured. They return to the station again to volunteer at their health clinic.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Peggy Knox](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/peggy-knox/)
**Published:** November 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A pregnant woman who needs to give birth in the hospital while a hacker has shut down Grey Sloane’s entire computer system. A few years later, they go to Station 19 after being injured. They return to the station again to volunteer for their health clinic.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Taryn Helm](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taryn-helm/)
**Published:** May 5, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the new Interns on season 14. She’s in love with Meredith and says “Any minute now \[Meredith’s\] going to realize I’m the love of her life.”
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cass Beckman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cass-beckman/)
**Published:** November 8, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An attending truma surgeon at Seattle Presbyterian Hospital.
She is married to David Beckman. They have an open marriage and she has a separate relationship with a tennis pro. She also kissed Teddy Altman while they were having dinner.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Maya Bishop](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-bishop/)
**Published:** April 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Maya is a firefighter at Station 19 of the Seattle Fire Department. Maya has an innate competitive nature that results in her wanting to be the best at the station.
When asked about her method of self care she replies “Oh, lots and lots of sex, I highly recommend it,” Victoria then asks her, “New lady on the horizon? Spill.” She answers, “More like a series of ladies and gents… monogamy is for the weak, or the very, very dedicated.”
Throughout the show, she has encounters with women and men, but enters her first committed relationship when she falls for Dr. Carina DeLuca from Grey Sloan.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Firefighter, Mentally Ill, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Teddy Altman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/teddy-altman/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Teddy is a cardio doctor at Grey Sloan who served in the army with Owen. While attending a medical conference she ran into her old roommate Claire.
During the episode, it’s revealed Teddy was having an affair with Claire’s girlfriend Allison (who also lived with them).
Allison was going to break things off with Claire and move on with Teddy, but she died the next day in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Teddy considered Allison to be the love of her life and named her daughter after her.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jules Millin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-millin/)
**Published:** November 23, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jules is a surgical intern.
Jules was interviewed by a selection committee at Grey Sloan and selected to start out her internship there as part of the hospital’s new residency program that was designed to give an opportunity to “diamonds in the rough”, doctors who did not match or were fired elsewhere.
Jules was raised by drug addled artist/hippies and somehow emerged as the only real grown-up in the family. Because she always had to take care of herself and her parents, she can be a little bossy – but her heart is always in the right place. She’s not afraid to break the rules to save a life, and sometimes it gets her in trouble. She is empathetic and in touch with her emotions.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Amelia Shepherd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-shepherd/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The Head of Neurosurgery at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. She is the youngest sister of Derek Shepherd and was previously employed at Seaside Health and Wellness with privileges at St. Ambrose Hospital, in LA.
She relocated to Seattle and took over Derek’s job as the Head of Neurosurgery at Grey Sloan. While in Los Angeles, she relapsed and went to rehab. At one point, she was engaged to Ryan Kerrigan until his death, and had his son who died shortly after birth. Then she was engaged to James Peterson until she moved to Seattle. After moving to Seattle, she had a short-lived marriage to Owen Hunt. She was in a relationship with Atticus Lincoln with whom she has a son, Scout, and most recently kissed Kai Bartley.
**Clichés:** Addict, Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Terry Randolph](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/terry-randolph/)
**Published:** November 11, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A paediatric oncologist, she is the oldest childhood friend of Elizabeth Webber, from since before she transitioned. Terry was also sort of romantically involved with Elizabeth and she was her (Terry’s, pre-transition) first kiss.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Kristina Corinthos-Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kristina-davis/)
**Published:** September 5, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The daughter of mob kingpin and his attorney, she had her own reality show and slept with a professor.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Pam Horton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pam-horton/)
**Published:** November 15, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bartender at The Outpost. She and Ellen were dating on the sly back in the ‘70s, but broke up when Ellen chose space and a fake marriage.
In season two, Pam has graduated university and is a teacher and poet. She mails Ellen a book of her poetry and they meet up to have dinner. And sex.
Larry convinces Pam to leave for the sake of Ellen’s political career, and she does so. This lasts until near the end of Ellen’s first term as President. After Ellen comes out on national TV, she visits Ellen. They marry in 2001.
**Clichés:** Artist, Bartender, Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ellen Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellen-wilson/)
**Published:** November 15, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the first female pilots for NASA.
Ellen Waverly pursued her love of flying and adventure instead of a “dignified” profession worthy of her social status, much to her parents’ chagrin. She is gifted as a pilot, but her true talent is reading the people around her and getting the best out of them.
She began a fake relationship with a closeted man to hide her sexuality.
In season one, she secretly dated Pam the bartender, but they broke up when Ellen went on to stay in NASA. She married her beard, but when Pam rolled back into her life, Ellen had a lot of regrets. Still, her political aspirations kept her closeted.
Eventually Ellen and Larry marry, even having a child, but both remained closeted. Near the end of her first term as President, Ellen came out ahead of the news that Larry was gay. She was elected to a second term, passed Marriage Equality, and married Pam in a private ceremony in 2001.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Parent, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dane/)
**Published:** September 7, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A member of the Brotherhood of Steel.
Nothing is known about Dane’s past save for that they were not born into the Brotherhood of Steel, though how and when they were recruited is also unknown. In their military career, Dane has experienced living in the wasteland and knows the worst of how humanity can be.
In joining the Brotherhood of Steel, Dane was attracted to the idea of having “brothers” and “sisters” that supported each other, and values learning in school about technology. With Maximus, Dane is attracted to their fellow aspirant’s fortitude and has sympathy towards him over his misgivings at failing to become a knight as they both dreamed.
Dane is promoted to squire first, but someone apparently sabotaged their boot (putting razors inside) resulting in their reassignment to technician, and Maximus taking their place. Later it is discovered Dane did it to themselves, having been terrified to be a squire.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Jules Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-vaughn/)
**Published:** June 16, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A trans girl who quickly befriends Rue after moving to town.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Sofia Sideris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sofia-sideris/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Greek artist who works with Camille and with whom she is having an affair.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sharon Duval](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sharon-duval/)
**Published:** August 11, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An unhappily married bisexual, she fell for Julie Williams who had no interest in her. A few suicide attempts and a stint in a mental hospital, and Sharon left Salem with her husband.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tara Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-lewis/)
**Published:** December 23, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A forensic psychologist and Supervisory Special Agent.
She was once married, and currently is dating Rebecca.
Note: [Aisha Tyler feels Tara is pansexual](https://www.newsweek.com/criminal-minds-evolution-tara-lewis-pansexual-aisha-tyler-1763842), however this has not yet been confirmed by the producers.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Rebecca Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rebecca-wilson/)
**Published:** December 23, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Works at the DOJ, she’s Dr. Tara Lewis’ new girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Emily Foster](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-foster/)
**Published:** October 26, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An easy-going and confident paramedic.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Keisha McCalla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/keisha-mccalla/)
**Published:** April 4, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Having grown up on campus with her dad, an administrator at the University, Keisha is the life of the party and the unofficial mayor of Bringston University — knowing everyone and everything, despite only being a freshman. She is caught between opposing forces that kill her vibe: her job as an R.A. with besties who break the rules; a major as pre-med when she’d rather pursue a career as a choreographer; and a belief in casual relationships when deep down she wants something real. But in order to have the life she wants, she’ll have to do the work on herself.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Skye](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/skye/)
**Published:** May 3, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Granddaughter of a woman Coop is helping take care of, she’s social media savvy, opinionated, and will not play second fiddle. Coop and Skye’s first date is a disaster.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Victoria Sands](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/victoria-sands/)
**Published:** March 19, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A street-smart, sex-positive Animal Control officer from New Zealand and Amit’s work partner. She is often seen helping Amit come out of his shell in order to do his job. Next to Frank, she takes her job seriously.
Victoria and her coworkers are all in competition to date the hot veterinarian, Dr. Colette Summers. Later it’s revealed Dr. Summers is aware of the competition and she is not romantically interested in Victoria or Frank.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Roxie Alba](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roxie-alba/)
**Published:** November 12, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She is the 113’s lead paramedic and in-house physician.
Roxie grew up with very religious parents and had run away from home at one point. One night, she got drugged and was left for dead by her so called friends. When she woke up in the hospital, her parents were by her side and took her back home. It turns out her parents fully accepted Roxie for who she is.
She previously had a career in music.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Karen Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karen-wilson/)
**Published:** February 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hen’s wife.
She’s a laid-off rocket scientist and current stay-at-home mom to their two kids.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Henrietta "Hen" Wilson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hen-wilson/)
**Published:** February 2, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Firefighter and paramedic with a wife and kid.
She has a whole lot going on.
**Clichés:** Firefighter, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [JoJo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jojo/)
**Published:** May 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
JoJo (pronounced JeuxJeux) is a guest judge at Barney’s wrestling match. She and Zagan used to date.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ayesha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ayesha/)
**Published:** May 23, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The drummer for Lady Parts. She was kicked out of Mosque after telling an old lady to piss off (after being berated for her ringtone).
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Nikki Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nikki-vaughn/)
**Published:** December 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The 17-year-old daughter and only child of Angela Vaughn. A passionate artist with a gift for spoken-word poetry, Nikki is bold and fearless. She stands up for what she believes and has a strong sense of security in who she is. The recent death of her grandmother has sent her spiraling, but as she starts to form new friendships in Oak Bluffs, she starts to gain her footing again.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Edie Henley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/edie-henley/)
**Published:** August 31, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Edie is widowed cancer surviver coping with the regrets of life filled with lies. Wishing for “the end,” her daughter Kate moves her to a retirement community in Australia. Edie discovers there may actually be reasons to live and new purposes later in life.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Denise Bryson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-bryson/)
**Published:** May 5, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Former DEA agent who investigates drug allegations against Dale Cooper.
In the 2016 revival, she’s the FBI Chief of Staff.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Marshmallow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marshmallow/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marshmallow is a transgender sex worker who Bob befriends during a cab ride while he took a side-job driving a cab. Bob invites her and some of his other sex worker cab regulars to Tina’s 13th birthday party.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Yasha Nydoor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yasha-nydoor/)
**Published:** December 13, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A fearsome warrior known as The Orphanmaker. She asked to have her memory of her past life obscured, even the happy ones of her wife.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Non-Human
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jane-4/)
**Published:** May 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Jane is a brilliant cook. She has been in love with Lin since they were kids and is secretly very happy she is back. However the way Lin left to study in an other country without a word created some trust issues towards the other woman.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lin/)
**Published:** May 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Alin ‘Lin’ is a fashion photographer specialized in taking pictures of people. She moves back to her hometown after a relationship disaster. Lin is a very kind hearted, and a very commited person.
**Clichés:** Artist, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Charlie Morningstar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlie-moringstar/)
**Published:** December 24, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Charlie is the princess of Hell and daughter of Lucifer and Lilith. She is trying to help the overpopulation of Hell by opening a hotel to rehabilitate sinners so they can go to heaven.
*Charlie was voiced by Jill Harris (speaking) and Elsie Lovelock (singing) in the pilot.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vaggi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vaggi/)
**Published:** December 28, 2020
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Vaggi, formerly Vaggie, is Charlie’s best friend and girlfriend. She is the manager of the Hazbin Hotel. Her fiery temper impedes her aims to make Charlie’s dreams into a reality.
*Vaggi was voiced by Monica Franco in the pilot.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Disabled, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Songbird-17](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/songbird-17/)
**Published:** May 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Song hails from the Mycogen sector on Trantor’s Level 88. She was part of a religion known as The Inheritance, a sect that worshipped robots. Their faith was illegal and thought to be extinct.
In 12,392 Era Imperial, Song was a member of the Gossamer Court. For sixth months, she was the chosen courtesan for Cleon24 who had abdicated his responsibilities as Emperor. She spent her days with Day, supplying him with drugs and living with him on the grounds of the Imperial Palace. Unlike other courtesans, Song retained her memories of her time with Day. This did not sit well with Dusk, who reminded Day that courtesans had their memories erased for a reason, to protect state secrets.
As Day planned their escape from the Palace, Song questioned when he seemed to be so scared of Demerzel. Day revealed the truth to her that Demerzel was the last robot alive in the galaxy. When Demerzel came to fetch Day for a matter of state, Song made a blessing towards her that she recognised. While Day was absent, Demerzel arranged for Song to be removed from the palace, her memory erased, and returned to Mycogen.
Since then, she and Oceanglass-49 have become life partners.
**Clichés:** Sex Worker
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Oceanglass-49](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/oceanglass-49/)
**Published:** May 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Oceanglass-49 is a resident of the Mycogen sector and answered to Sunmaster-18. When they observed Cleon24 entering Mycogen, Oceanglass-49 was part of the group that cornered and surrounded him on his jet down. However, they found that the person they believed to be Cleon was a desperate man that Cleon had paid to wear his Claviger’s uniform and drive the jet down further into the sector.
She and Songbird-17 are life partners.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Caitlyn Kiramman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/caitlyn-kiramman/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Caitlyn was born and raised in Piltover. She belongs to a wealthy family, having an influential position at the council.
Caitlyn stands up in front of the Council with Vi to speak up about the brutal condition of the Undercity. Unlike other higher-ups in Piltiver, she wants to prevent a war with Zaun. However, before she can do anything, Jinx kidnaps her from her home.
*Molly Harris voices a young Caitlyn.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Disabled, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-14/)
**Published:** May 11, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alex used to date Cate in some way. She knew about Dani and was happy to hear that was in the past. However when Cate tried to express how she was at fault for the monsters coming back, Alex told her she needed help.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nat Kinkle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nat-kinkle/)
**Published:** March 24, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Professional Limo driver and friend of the Belchers. The Belcher family goes on a road trip with her to her ex-girlfriend’s animal sanctuary to return some of her things.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alex O'Ness](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-oness/)
**Published:** November 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hamlet’s partner, then ex, and sometimes confidant. His dad is really conservative so he can’t come out. He commits suicide.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Dead Queers, Disabled, Gender Swapped, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
---
### [Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kelly-5/)
**Published:** May 7, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The youngest child of Hal and Lois, at five years old, Kelly began to feel different about themself and believed they were hiding their feelings until they had a very bad day in fifth grade. They would often go to Hal for support, and at some point afterward, they came out as non-binary to their family.
Kelly is self-sufficient and is very adapted to the immaturity of their family. Unlike their older brothers, Kelly was very different and is the only child of Hal and Lois who has no history of crime, which is why they are considered untouchable in family conflicts. While they are a good student, and receive excellent grades, they seem a little unchallenged with school. Kelly is very close to their family and although they show some annoyance or indifference with their parents and some of their siblings, it is shown that they love them deeply.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Rossarin "Ros"](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rossarin-ros/)
**Published:** April 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is a nurse at Fahlada’s hospital and her boss’ biggest supporter of her boss
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Claire Bennet](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/claire-bennet/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An ‘evo’ (evolved human) with the power to rapidly heal. She dates her college roommate for a while, like you do. Claire died in childbirth because her unborn son absorbed her healing power.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jane-3/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Jane is a young women who quit her stable job to open her own shio pan bakery. She has a hard time fitting in with her father’s side of the family and facing her severe grand mother.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pie/)
**Published:** May 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Pie owns a magazine. She wants to hire Lin to photograph for her. She a desesperate buisness woman who has toed the moral line too many times to go back.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tawan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tawan/)
**Published:** April 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Tawan falls in love with the new girl at school, Ayla. However, issues in her life suddenly forces them apart. As an adult, she creates a personal security company.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-8/)
**Published:** May 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Kate is Lin’s ex fiancée. She comes from a family of money. She cheated on Lin, which droves Lin to leave what remains of her life in New York and go back home.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nikki Reynolds](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nikki-reynolds/)
**Published:** March 15, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A patrol officer, who is assigned to work with Elsbeth after Kaya Blanke is promoted to detective.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hope Jefferson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hope-jefferson/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A graffiti artist. She dated Rachel, who was in the closet, and got sick. Hope was angry about Rachel’s arranged marriage and took revenge on the dude.
In season 3, she and Rachel are married.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rachel Lucy Ferry](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rachel-lucy-ferry/)
**Published:** May 2, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hope’s wife. They started semi-secretly dating towards the end of the first semester of their senior year. Rachel’s family are fundamentalist Christians who arranged a marriage for her during her time in college.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ayla](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ayla/)
**Published:** April 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ayla is the insecure new kid at school until she meets Tawan. Once Tawan disappears from her life, she follows her passion as a singer in hopes that Tawan will find her once again.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Z](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/z/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Z is a low ranking angel. She is clumsy, and not very good at following instructions. She is however very kind hearted, and quickly grows attached to Jane. Z does not remember who she was in her first life.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nikki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nikki-3/)
**Published:** July 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Raven’s unpaid assistant. She comes from a wealthy background, but her father restricted access to her trust fund unless she has a job.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Kitty Song-Covey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kitty-covey/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A witty and sassy person in general. Unlike Lara Jean and Margot, who have a more serious disposition towards life, she is more cheerful and easy going. She also has a trait where she happens to be exhibiting in spades and is not afraid to speak her mind.
While Kitty has only dated boys, she has a mutual crush on Yuri for a while. She labels herself as bisexual in season 2.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Yuri Han](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yuri-han/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A rich, gorgeous social media star who is the daughter of two extremely successful parents: a high-powered businessman and the principal of K.I.S.S. She’s a paparazzi magnet, which means she has to keep her deepest secrets close to herself
**Clichés:** Closeted, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Juliana Porter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/juliana-porter/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Juliana is Yuri’s more than friend, identified by Baby in Yuri’s phone. She doesn’t get to come back to KISS because Jina Lim heard that the girls were “embracing”. Eventually, Julianna tells Yuri she is getting sent to another school, but the two find ways to reunite.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Vicky](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vicky-3/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Vicky is a baker and the daughter of the chief of police. She is her father’s favourite child and as such is spoiled and undiscuplined next to Thara.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mrs. Roop](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mrs-roop/)
**Published:** October 30, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
History teacher at Brighton Middle School, she’s married to a woman named Pam.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pam Roop](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pam-roop/)
**Published:** October 30, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Married to Mrs. Roop.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Liz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/liz-twenty/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Liz is Maya’s ex girlfriend. Used to be fun. A successful investment banker. Has become a truly horrible person in the last year.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Anne Shirley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-shirley/)
**Published:** December 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Anne is adorable and nerdy and also very poetic. She sings her own theme song a capella. She likes too many things and can never pick a favorite of anything. She loves life and people and jumps to conclusions easily.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Rose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-5/)
**Published:** April 22, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Beth’s girlfriend. When she finds out Beth is trans, she gets upset at Beth for hiding it from her. They later talk about it and say they love each other.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ratee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ratee/)
**Published:** August 30, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ratee is one of Fahlada’s patients, but she seems to be interested in being more.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ingfa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ingfa/)
**Published:** August 30, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ingfa is an actress that works with Earn. She is interested in getting to know her better.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Bow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bow/)
**Published:** September 2, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Dr. Bow is one of Lada’s best friends. She loves getting involved in office gossip but, ultimately, wants what’s best for Lada.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Earn Sanitada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/earn/)
**Published:** August 30, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Earn is a student who is trying to find her way in the world. She is very excited when she meets Fahlada, a medical student at the same school.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fahlada](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fahlada/)
**Published:** August 30, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Fahlada is a doctor who is just out here trying to live life and get over her ex.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dylan Easton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dylan-easton/)
**Published:** April 25, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A social worker in the ER. They fill in when Kiara is out.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Eleanor Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eleanor-davis/)
**Published:** April 25, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A firefighter for Drake County and the half-sister of Malcolm Crawford, who is the half brother of Jake Crawford.
She and Bodie are in REMS together (Rapid Extraction Module Support). While she’s treating Eve for concussion, she mentioned she was pissed at her best friend getting valedictorian but they made up later (and made out).
**Clichés:** Athlete, Firefighter
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Val Salerno](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/val-salerno/)
**Published:** February 19, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young bartender who dresses in both women’s and men’s clothing, depending on her mood.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Cross-Dresser, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mary Morstan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-morstan-2/)
**Published:** April 23, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An East Coast surgeon, Mary Morstan is the ex-wife of John Watson. Despite their split, she continues her work at the Holmes Clinic as its medical director and the two maintain a healthy working relationship. She serves as Watson’s voice of reason and attempts to rein in his more irregular techniques.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Wendy Hooper](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wendy-hooper/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jamie’s new roommate (after Sherlock with the fake death yada yada). She and Jamie totally have a thing for each other.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Jamie Watson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jamie-watson/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A new university student. She helps Sherlock after a while. She and her sister were in a car accident before university, and she doesn’t like to talk about it.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sherlock Holmes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherlock-holmes/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A consulting detective while at university. She plays a ukulele and is kind of weird.
And yes, she totally fakes her own death.
**Clichés:** Addict, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Disabled, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Demigender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Maya Avant](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maya-avant/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The first regular transgender character in the history of American daytime television, Maya’s boyfriend Rick is shocked when she comes out to him as a trans woman after he has proposed to her, and he freaks out. They eventually reconcile and do get married. They’re both pretty shitty characters though.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Wren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wren-4/)
**Published:** May 23, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Gladys’ partner.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Khun](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/khun/)
**Published:** April 18, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Khun is a producer and one of the biggest supporters of BEC’s artists, including Ayla.
**Clichés:** Fictionalized Self
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Boss](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/boss/)
**Published:** April 18, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
“Boss” (as she is referred to in the show) is the President of Ayla’s record label.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [The Mother](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/the-mother/)
**Published:** June 8, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mother of the Lacuna, she is the leader of a Sensate sanctuary. She’s also the mother of Whispers’ cluster, and Bodhi’s mentor.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Drea Stevens](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/drea-stevens/)
**Published:** February 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A classmate’s of Matilda. They start dating and go to prom together.
She likes the idea of dating people, especially women, but has no interest in sex.
**Clichés:** Disabled, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Homoromantic
---
### [Blaire Bennett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/blaire-bennett/)
**Published:** June 20, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
John’s cousin and the family activist. She lives with the family and serves as the Bennetts’ moral compass.
After she’s caught making out with her girlfriend, Sarah, she comes out as sexually fluid. This is eventually accepted by the Bennetts.
Blaire lectures the family for being bigots, she insists it is because of a lack of education and says Ted should go to school, she eventually proves her point to her aunt and uncle and Ted is sent to school. In an attempt to get kicked out of school Ted buys weed from Blaire, she tells him not to give any to John as he is only 16. John and Ted are eventually caught with weed and she takes the blame. It is revealed her uncle is charging her rent and that her aunt didn’t know that and feels betrayed by this information. Eventually she is allowed to continue to live in the house after she makes the boys promise “no more drugs”.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Fluid
---
### [Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-15/)
**Published:** June 20, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Blaire’s girlfriend.
They’re caught making out in Blaire’s room. At first, the Bennett family — especially John’s dad, Matty — aren’t especially welcoming. Both Matty and John’s mom, Susan, make offensive comments about Sarah’s Indian heritage, with Matty talking disparagingly about Indian food and then later getting in a debate about immigrants.
Things more or less work out, seeing as it’s Christmas.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Amanda Wagner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amanda-wagner/)
**Published:** April 23, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amanda Wagner is the chief of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. As a young officer, she discovered the boy Will Trent in a dumpster near his mother’s dead body. She gave him his name and took care of him for three weeks before surrendering him to foster care. Their next meeting would not come until 19 years later, when Will was unhoused and had been arrested for stealing food. This meeting would ultimately lead to Will becoming one of the Bureau’s star detectives.
Amanda was later killed by the daughter of the serial killer who had killed Will’s mother.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Mel Romero](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mel-romero/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Melody ‘Mel’ Romero is married to Catherine, and is a hard-charging detective with the Fort Lauderdale PD.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lucy Svensson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lucy-svensson/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Abigail’s youngest half-sister, her mother died when she was eight.
She works as a psychologist for the firm.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jerri Rifkin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jerri-rifkin/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Harry’s secretary and mama-bear.
Her inflexible belief in law and order crosses over to her treatment of Harry’s children as well as unwavering support for Harry even though she doesn’t always agree with his decisions and personal choices in life.
Jerri is married to Eleanor, and they have just celebrated their 30th anniversary. She’s also a gambling addict and was an alcoholic before transitioning.
**Clichés:** Addict, Legal Eagle, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Angela Montenegro](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angela-montenegro/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An artist tricked by Bones to work in crime solving, she’s a genius and invents amazing software to render 3D art.
**Clichés:** Artist, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Alix Kubdel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alix-kubdel/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alix is a tomboy. Tough, stubborn, reckless, and self-confident, she isn’t afraid of challenges or saying what is on her mind. At the same time, she can be kind and grateful, like when her father gives her the family heirloom and when Ladybug fixes it after it breaks. She can become emotional and hold resentment toward others if someone goes wrong because of them, like with her watch. After her Akuma is purified, she realizes her own fault of not taking better care of the watch, and she tells Ladybug that she’ll be more responsible with it.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [The Mayor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/the-mayor/)
**Published:** June 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The mayor of the town.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Celia Boyd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/celia-boyd/)
**Published:** April 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A member of the Peacekeeper Security Force on Mars. She has a string of one night stands.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nina Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nina-taylor/)
**Published:** December 5, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A new-ish detective to the Precinct. She is married with a kid.
In college, she played field hockey.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Graciana Diaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/graciana-diaz/)
**Published:** April 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Aleida’s daughter. She comes out when she tells her mom Aubrey broke up with her.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marilyn McGrath](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marilyn-mcgrath/)
**Published:** October 4, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A nurse practitioner.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Billy McCaskill-Whitley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/billy-mccaskill-whitley/)
**Published:** March 7, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Intersex child of Drew McCaskill and Harper Whitley.
Note: Billy is sometimes referred to as McCaskill-Whitley, or portmanteaued as McWhitley. Per IMDd, he remains credited as McCaskill **and** McCaskill-Whitley
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender (Intersex)
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Gia Te Atakura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gia-te-atakura/)
**Published:** July 7, 2024
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
The character was first introduced in 2017 as a teenager brought in for a heart condition and soon revealed to be the child of one of the doctors. Gia transitions off screen and returns to the hospital in 2022 as the new locum.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Eve Edwards](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eve-edwards/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Evelyn is a tenacious firefighter who prides herself on being fearless, but she regularly sobs at commercials. She fights side by side with childhood friend Jake Crawford on the fire lines.
**Clichés:** Firefighter, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Astrid](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/astrid-3/)
**Published:** April 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A swedish tourist that is presumed missing
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ebba](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ebba/)
**Published:** April 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Another swedish backpacker, also presumed lost.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gisèle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gisele-2/)
**Published:** July 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Gisèle can be abrasive and confrontational, but she cares very deeply for Caline and is willing to contain her anger for her sake.
She has a daughter named Harmonie.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Donna](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/donna-2/)
**Published:** October 25, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A prostitute who is arrested and in the same cell and Romy and Michelle. They become friends.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Elena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-5/)
**Published:** March 30, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A fashion influencer. She slides into Roxie’s DMs.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Eddie Redcliff](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eddie-redcliff/)
**Published:** March 26, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A detective from Darwin still reeling from her former police partner’s death. They are as rude as they are competent, and have no care for proper procedure.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-3/)
**Published:** March 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman in Amanda’s support group. They’re friends, and then they’re a little bit more than friends.
Amanda loans Casey a gun, which is used to kill Casey’s abusive ex husband.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Adelaide](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adelaide/)
**Published:** March 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A serial killer and the daughter of none other than James Ulster, the killer who took Will’s mother’s life.
She impersonates an FBI agent to gain Will’s trust and then tries to kill him. She also arranges a cadre of killers to harass him, out of jealousy.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Christina Dichiera](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/christina-dichiera/)
**Published:** November 14, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A young police constable who was recruited into a deep cover unit of the Victorian Police. She had a brief affair with the daughter of her unit’s commander.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Veda Gonsalves](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/veda-gonsalves/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Arch’s best friend, she owns a bar. Veda used to be a black hat hacker, but is now reformed. Mostly. She still does odd jobs for Arch.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Stephanie Jung](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stephanie-jung/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An island resident, working at Aérosoleil for the past eight months
Unknown to Arch, Steph has been dating Arch’s best friend, Veda.
Stephanie dumps Veda after she gets kidnapped.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Libby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/libby/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Libby is Madeline’s girlfriend. Madeline met Steve at the Peach Pit and invited him and Brandon to their home.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Madeline](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/madeline/)
**Published:** March 22, 2026
**Author:** NikkiT
**Content:**
Steve meets Madeline at the Peach Pit and discusses the issues he’s having with Brandon. Medline misreads the situation and thinks Steve is talking about his “boyfriend”, so she invites the two over to meet her girlfriend.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Talia Sandoval](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/talia-sandoval/)
**Published:** April 18, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A cook at The Brew, she went out with Emily for a while but had not come out to her husband. When she did, he kicked her out.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sophia Moore](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophia-moore/)
**Published:** March 14, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A girl who has a brief affair with Naomi and then kills herself by jumping off a balcony at a club while high on MDMA.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Simone](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/simone-6/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Simone has harboured secret hopes of becoming a novelist but most of her haphazard attempts have been shoved into her bottom drawer. Now, at the age of 40, she has finally written the one story she could never get out of her mind, and her debut manuscript has become an unexpected overnight success.
Of course, it’s not just *her* story.
When she was a teen, she and Tess dated.
It’s a little more complicated now.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Stella Dagostino](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stella-dagostino/)
**Published:** March 5, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A constable (later senior constable) in the Tactical Response team.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Franky Doyle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/franky-doyle-wentworth/)
**Published:** April 5, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Serving a 7 year sentence at Wentworth, she is the Top Dog at Wentworth.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kotobuki Seiko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kotobuki-seiko/)
**Published:** July 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A blonde who has a large crush on Ōtani. She is transgender and was assigned male at birth, and states that God placed her in a wrong body. She prefers to be called Seiko instead of Seishiro (birth name) because it sounds more feminine. She kissed Ōtani to confess her feelings while she is tending to Ōtani’s injury in the school infirmary. Ōtani got a shock when he found out Seiko’s birth sex, but still chooses to be her friend.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Lavinia Schlegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lavinia-schlegel/)
**Published:** March 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A suffragette, she’s in a marriage of convenience with her husband, as they both prefer the same gender in their romantic companions.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jess Harris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jess-harris/)
**Published:** April 17, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Mary’s teenaged daughter. She torments her little sister and splits her time between her mother and father’s houses.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Anne Harris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-harris/)
**Published:** May 4, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Anne is a DJ at the Haverford College radio station Siobhan meets when her band Androgynous, plays an on-air set.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Detective Grayson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/detective-grayson/)
**Published:** January 14, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A female detective in the Boston PD who assists in taking down and putting the teams marks in jail … not that she knows who they are.
When Elliot puts a hard press on her, she points out “Anyone who knows me, should have her \[points at Sophie\] asking.”
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Helen Blackthorn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/helen-blackthorn/)
**Published:** April 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A half-Seelie, half-Shadowhunter member of the Clave.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Karen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karen-4/)
**Published:** October 16, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A guarded drug dealer. She and Simone are dating.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Wayne](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wayne/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bartender at the Public Lass (not Pubic Ass), he’s generally unimpressed by everyone who comes there. Especially the Brovaries.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-5/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A sex worker that House brings on a double date with Wilson and his first ex-wife, originally to annoy them, however they get along quite well, and House ends up being the one annoyed.
*\*\*\* The character is described by Wilson as “a transvestite prostitute,” however, Sarah’s exact gender identity is unknown. \*\**\*
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sister Harriet](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sister-harriet/)
**Published:** March 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sister Harriet, born Rebekah Kreutzer, was a Kindertransport refugee during World War ll. She was sent to a Catholic convent in the United Kingdom along with other Jewish refugee children, where they were made to convert to Christianity. In her adulthood, she was recruited and trained to become Mi6 agents.She was from Germany originally, and her real name was Rebekah, and she’s Jewish. And when she was a kid living under the Nazis, her parents shipped her off to, apparently, a monastery in Britain, where she was given the name Harriet by her new caretaker, Sister Colin, and presumably became a nun.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Iris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/iris-4/)
**Published:** March 9, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A girl who got a heatstroke while at a convention. She met her girlfriend there another year !
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kurita Kaoru](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kurita-kaoru/)
**Published:** May 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hatched from Momoe’s egg, Kaoru was raped and assaulted by his kendo teacher when he sought out advice for being trans. This resulted in Kaoru killing himself.
As Kaoru is dead, he only exists in the egg world. He has a crush on Momoe, both when she dresses like a boy and a girl.
Note: The egg world is a place where only ‘females’ exist. Kaoru’s presence is not explained.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Wendy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wendy-5/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Brook’s wife.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Brook](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brook/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Brook is a patient that came in with her wife after suddenly going blind in one eye.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Monica McEvoy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/monica-mcevoy/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Gabby’s wife, she was unaware of the drug smuggling, but also illegally owned a gun that was her grandfathers’ in WWII.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gabby Kennedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gabby-kennedy/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The leader of a collective who lived on a tiny island near Saint-Pierre. She was murdered by another collective member for smuggling oxy, hidden in the home made honey.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dara-2/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Dara is a member of the central trio of characters investigating the death of their friend Greta alongside Saoirse and Robyn. She is a gay Catholic woman who lives at home and cares for her mother.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Niamh](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/niamh-2/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Dara’s childhood classmate and former girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah Franklin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-franklin/)
**Published:** November 1, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A first year associate at Jacobson Moore working with Olympia. Sarah is blunt, honest, and direct. An upwardly mobile political climber, Sarah’s pushiness at work can be to her disadvantage.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Vic Michaelis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vic-michaelis/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A performer on Dropout TV. They do not take the experience with the LAPD very seriously, which is par for the course.
**Clichés:** Fictionalized Self, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Isabela Delgado](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isabela-delgado/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Wife of Ramos, she’s in love with Roxy and plans to leave him for her. Of course he tries to kill Roxy, but accidentally kills the wrong woman and get his Diplomatic Immunity revoked. Isabela gets the girl.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Roxy Vasquez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roxy-vasquez/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Salsa dancer. Her boss attempted to kill her, because she was going to run away with his wife.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Madeleine Eparvier](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/madeleine-eparvier/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Madeline is a dress shop owner and alleged Nazi who befriends Claudia and eventually falls in love. Louis agrees to turn Madeleine, at her request, but she is eventually put to death by sunlight as punishment for Claudia attempting to kill Lestat.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Claudia de Lioncourt de Pointe du Lac ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/claudia-de-lioncourt-de-pointe-du-lac/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Claudia is a young vampire who was turned by Lestat after being rescued by Louis from a house fire.
Being turned at age 14, she never physically aged beyond that, even though her mind was considerably more mature. Frustrated by her limitations, and Lestat’s rules, she leaves to find more vampires which does not go well and she returns home.
Unhappy with her life with Lestat, Claudia plots to kill him. She and Louis leave to find the Old World Vampires, but Claudia is again unhappy with the coven in Paris. She eventually files her soulmate in Madeline, has Louis turn her, and plans to leave Paris, only to end up on trial for the *attempted* murder of Lestat.
Claudia is sentenced to death by sunlight, and vows to come back and destroy her killers.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Catherine Delacroix](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/catherine-delacroix/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
R.J.’s ex-wife and an esteemed investigative journalist for the newspaper that once employed him as a photographer
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Toni Wright](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toni-wright/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Dr. Toni Wright is a plastics attending. Toni has a history with Dr. Amelia Shepherd in medical school together. Amelia always thought Toni hated her. However, when they finally talk about it, Toni admits she avoided Amelia because she had a crush on her.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ivanna](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ivanna/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Ivanna is a street-smart, confident Russian market seller who provides crucial information and access to Twila.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Twila Hasbeck](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/twila-hasbeck/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Twila is a fearless American expat in 1970s Moscow who becomes a CIA operative after her husband is killed. She is a firecracker who uses humor and a bold, sometimes abrasive, demeanor to navigate life.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Finley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/finley-2/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A young woman in exceptional college debt from Stanford. She and her girlfriend decide to rob a bank, like Finley’s grandmother did, but it ends with Ava being shot and killed.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ava](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ava-3/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Finley’s girlfriend. She dies in their attempted bank robbery.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kara Willis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kara-willis/)
**Published:** October 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Married to Mary, she was murdered by the faction killing witches.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gina-9/)
**Published:** February 28, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A friend of Dee Dee’s. Dee Dee sets Gina up with Mona when she believes Mona is gay. Before Mona can explain the misunderstanding to Gina, she’s seen already flirting with another woman.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kikunojo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kikunojo/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Kikunojo of the Lingering Snow, more commonly referred to as Kiku, is a samurai from Wano Country and a retainer for the Kozuki Family, serving as one of Kozuki Oden’s Nine Red Scabbards. She is also the younger sister of Izou and the daughter of the dancing school head of the Hanayanagi School in Ringo.
She was born 42 years ago, but traveled 20 years forward in time at the age of 22.
Despite her reputation as a legendary *male* samurai as one of the Scabbards, Kikunojo describes herself as being “a woman at heart”, and thus lives and presents herself in a traditionally feminine manner
*Bryn Apprill voices younger Kikunojo in the English dub.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Dr. Trinity Santos](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dr-trinity-santos/)
**Published:** February 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Dr. Santos is a resident at Pittsburg Hospital. She can be very abrasive and too confident at times. She pretends to be mean but she actually cares deeply about others.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dr. Yolanda Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dr-yolanda-garcia/)
**Published:** February 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Dr. Garcia is a resident in trauma surgery and as such often comes down to the pitt. She is a no nonsense, somewhat rude, woman who doesn’t loose an occasion to flirt a little.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cece Parekh](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cece-parekh/)
**Published:** May 17, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Schmidt’s off and on girlfriend. Or fiancé. She slept with Reagan once.
*Ariela Barer played young Cece in two episodes and Jaidan Jiron played young Cece in five episodes.*
**Clichés:** Just A Phase, Parent, Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nightshade Malto](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nightshade-malto/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A Terran with a flair for the dramatic, Nightshade Malto defies typical classification, but that suits them fine. They’d rather show their love for the rest of the Malto family by supporting them though actions and deeds, rather than overt affection. Tinkering away on new gadgets and quiet reading of science fiction pleases them more than the more active games of their siblings. But when necessary, they can take to the shadows to dole out justice in service of other citizens who need protection.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Debra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/debra/)
**Published:** June 8, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A foreman and construction worker who works for Harrison (Michael’s ex).
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hunter/)
**Published:** December 24, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
They are the Fionna-World counterpart of Huntress Wizard, and was turned into a human during the events of “Come Along With Me”.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ellie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellie-6/)
**Published:** January 19, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sophie’s fiancé. Ellie proposed to her while on their trip to Turks and Caicos.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sally](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sally-3/)
**Published:** February 13, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Mandy’s girlfriend. She’s not really an arsonist, but she became one to impress Mandy (who is).
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Denise](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-5/)
**Published:** February 1, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A woman Dirt meets at the Wooly Ma’am, a gay speakeasy.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Phil Grayson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/phil-grayson/)
**Published:** July 7, 2024
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Phillipa (Phil) is a surgeon. She and Harper began an affair while both were still in relationships. As the affair progressed Phil ended her relationship with Ihaia, but Harper continued her marriage with Drew.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Maeve Mullens](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maeve-mullens/)
**Published:** March 7, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Maeve is brash, unapologetic, direct, dry and is a feminist lesbian badass.
She’s spent years with her long term partner with whom she decided to have a baby. After emigrating to the UK, Maeve found she couldn’t play happy families anymore and fell out of love, much to her partner’s dismay.
Ready for a fresh start, Maeve moved back to Ferndale followed by her ex, who she co-parents their son with.
Maeve has no time for red-tape and pointless rules, a trait which rubs many the wrong way.
**Clichés:** Addict, Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined, Vegetarianish
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nina Lucas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nina-lucas/)
**Published:** February 3, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Roy’s goth niece. She and Asha were dating until Nina kissed Asha’s brother.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Mandy Fisk](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mandy-fisk/)
**Published:** February 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An arsonist who was friends with another arsonist in a halfway house after they got out of jail.
She and her girlfriend set fires to be romantic on Valentines’ Day.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rachel Haddick](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rachel-haddick/)
**Published:** September 30, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Rachel owns a farm she is trying to sell to Cath, after leaving her husband Geoff for Elaine.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Bela Malhotra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bela-malhotra/)
**Published:** November 6, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An Indian-American student from Nutley, New Jersey, who wants to become a comedy writer and is sex-positive.
She comes out as bisexual in the end of the final season.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Erin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/erin/)
**Published:** April 16, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
After a devastating breakup, she locks herself up at home until an intervention gets her back dating. But is she dating too much?
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Elena Flores ](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elena-flores/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Special Investigative Unit’s tech analyst and SSA Garza’s niece.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Piper Elswith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/piper-elswith/)
**Published:** August 31, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Moon’s girlfriend for a while.
She’s a brilliant gymnast and Johnny Lawrence wants to recruit her for his dojo. Piper joins Cobra Kai instead.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marty](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marty/)
**Published:** June 14, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She doesn’t want to identify herself as anything, and she has trouble with everything.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Ginny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ginny/)
**Published:** April 30, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She’s a handy-ma’am and loves a good taco.
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yahima](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yahima/)
**Published:** September 8, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A dynamic indigenous character, originating from a Caribbean Arawak tribe, who embodies the nature of being two-spirited as well as what it means to have knowledge others will do anything to possess.
In the episode she appears in, Atticus is used to translate what Yahima is saying; but, by not having direct subtitles there was a lot the audience did not have the pleasure of discovering because Yahima goes into great detail about who ze is, where ze comes from, where ze learned the knowledge Titus yearned for and how ze was repaid for teaching him what he desired.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Two-Spirit
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Alexis Meade](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexis-meade/)
**Published:** May 30, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
After faking her own death in order to transition and take over half of MODE, Alexis was a quite complex character.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Lilis Joanca](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lilis-joanca/)
**Published:** November 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Fiancé of Clicky, whose father hates her and does not accept her as Clicky’s wife (though he does accept she is a woman).
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Emma Woodhouse](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emma-woodhouse/)
**Published:** November 18, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Our heroine. A student who has a lot to learn.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Meaghan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/meaghan/)
**Published:** January 1, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
At first she’s just trying to figure out her own sexuality. But then she does… and falls for a girl with a boyfriend.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jamie Morland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jamie-morland/)
**Published:** December 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Catherine’s sister and Isabella’s girlfriend, she sets Catherine up on a date.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Esther](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/esther/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A lesbian growing up in a town that doesn’t understand her. At least she has a best friend.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Angelique Martin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angelique-martin/)
**Published:** February 14, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Ryan’s drug-dealing ex-girlfriend for whom she went to prison.
Angelique is Ryan’s Kryptonite.
#### Casting Notes
- Kerensa Cooper played young Angelique in season two
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yamanashi Sumire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yamanashi-sumire/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The student council vice-president, she is a tall girl who has a crush on Yuzu.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rona Pricipa O'Lapanesta](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rona-pricipa-olapanesta/)
**Published:** March 18, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The princess of the Lapanesta kingdom who dreams of marrying a hero and soon develops feelings for Yusha, enrolling in her school.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Elizabeth Wilder](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elizabeth-wilder/)
**Published:** April 19, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A deaf surgeon and the newest Chief of Oncology hired by Max before he and Helen leave. She’s all in on the ‘coup’ to get New Amsterdam back.
While her sexuality is not explicitly stated, her dating app shows both men and women.
**Clichés:** Disabled, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ms. Mitchell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ms-mitchell/)
**Published:** May 29, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
After asking for a different doctor, she’s diagnosed with testicular cancer but is okay with that, since she was getting rid of them anyway.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Lois Landry](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lois-landry/)
**Published:** May 30, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Unknown to her family, whom she’s not seen in 6 years, Lois has transitioned but the black market drugs leave her in need of her reluctant father’s liver.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Serena Campbell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena-campbell/)
**Published:** October 3, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A consultant general surgeon and co-Clinical Lead of the hospital, she’s a force to be reckoned with. After she divorced from her husband she shared a kiss with Bernie. So that changed.
She left Holby not long after she learned Bernie had died overseas.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Greta 'Elsbeth Nighthawk' Wenders](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/greta-elsbeth-nighthawk-wenders/)
**Published:** June 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Daughter of Gunther, she claims to have killed her father via witchcraft, in part because he forbade her from seeing her lover, Persephone.
It was actually her mother.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [BMO](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bmo/)
**Published:** April 1, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Arguably both genderless and gender-non-conforming, BMO (abbreviated from “Be More,” phonetically spelled “Beemo”) is one of the major tritagonists of Adventure Time and is Finn and Jake’s living video game console system, portable electrical outlet, computer, music player, VCR, video player, video editor, roommate, camera, alarm clock, toaster, flashlight, strobe light, skateboarder, soccer player, tape player, chef, detective, and friend.
They make their appearance in the title scene of the Theme Song of every episode of Adventure Time, just as Finn and Jake pound their fists together. BMO is characterized as a loyal, trusting and helpful robot who is protective of Finn and Jake.
BMO uses both male and female pronouns at any point in time.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Robot
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Luna](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luna-2/)
**Published:** December 27, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A very down to earth, hippie girl.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sailor Uranus](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sailor-uranus/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sailor Uranus, a.k.a. Tenou Haruka, fights alongside her partner and lover Sailor Neptune. She possesses powers associated with the wind and sky, precognition, as well as sword combat.
*Sarah Lafleur voices her in the CWi English dub while Erica Mendez voices her in the Viz Media English dub.*
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sailor Neptune](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sailor-neptune/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sailor Neptune, a.k.a. Kaiou Michiru, fights alongside her partner and lover Sailor Uranus. She is an antihero: elegant, sophisticated, capable of sharp anger, occasionally cold, and fully dedicated to her duty as a Sailor Soldier. She possesses powers associated with the sea, precognitive ones, as well as powers granted by her magic mirror.
*Barbara Radecki voices her in the CWi English dub while Lauren Landa voices her in the Viz Media English dub.*
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sailor Star Fighter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sailor-star-fighter/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Leader of the Silver Starlights, Kou Seiya physically transforms from male to female when becoming Sailor Star Fighter.
*Melissa Hutchison voices Kou Seiya in the Viz Media English.*
**Clichés:** Alien, Artist, Athlete, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Sailor Star Maker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sailor-star-maker/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The most intellectual of the Starlights, Kou Taiki also transforms from male to female when changing forms.
*Erika Harlacher voices Kou Taiki in the Viz Media English dub.*
**Clichés:** Alien, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Sailor Star Healer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sailor-star-healer/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She was the guardian of Kinmoku and Princess Kakyuu along with the other Starlights. Like the other Starlights, Kou Yaten is female in her sailor form.
*Sarah Anne Williams voices Kou Yaten in the Viz Media English dub.*
**Clichés:** Alien, Artist, Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Emporio Ivankov](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emporio-ivankov/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Iva, for short, is the “Queen” of the Kamabakka Kingdom, known as “Okama King” and a “Miracle Person”, and is a commander of the Revolutionary Army, commanding the G Army which covers the Grand Line.
Iva can change genders at a whim and can transition others.
*Landon McDonald voices younger Emporio Ivankov in the English dub.*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Gender Non-conforming
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Desirée (Jeffrey)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/desiree-jeffrey/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sara’s younger sibling. Initially introduced as Jeffrey, she has not yet come could. But when Sara has a slumber party, Desirée and Sara plot to dress her up as Sara’s cousin and pretend to be someone else.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Closeted, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sarah Paulson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-paulson/)
**Published:** March 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Not really Sarah Paulson. A fantasy version thereof.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yamato](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yamato/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yamato is Kaido’s son but was assigned female at birth. As a child, he adored and idolized Kozuki Oden to the point that he decided to emulate everything about the samurai, from his beliefs to his appearance to even his gender. Yamato believes that the only way to fully embody Oden’s ideals includes being a man, so he began identifying as such. Since then, Yamato has identified as male and uses male pronouns. Even Kaido has recently acknowledged Yamato’s preferred pronouns, calling him his son.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Inazuma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/inazuma/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A newkama and the deputy commander of the G Army in the Revolutionary Army who serves under Emporio Ivankov.
As a man, Inazuma is mostly serious, calm and level-headed, almost emotionless. He only shows emotions during critical moments, such as relief when he thought that Ivankov survived his battle against Magellan, and panic moments later when he realized that Ivankov had been defeated by Magellan.
As a woman, Inazuma is warm and cheerful, in sharp contrast with her male persona. Also, regardless of gender, Inazuma seems to lack the general flamboyant disposition of an okama unlike most of the others.
As either personality Inazuma is very loyal to Ivankov, and will usually do nothing until given an order.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Morley of Fur](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/morley-of-fur/)
**Published:** October 1, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A giant and a newkama, as well as the commander of the West Army in the Revolutionary Army.
Morley ate the Oshi Oshi no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit that allows her to push and mold the ground as if it were made of clay.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Superhuman
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Bentham](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bentham/)
**Published:** May 7, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bentham, aka Mr. 2 Bon Clay, is an “okama” or “newkama,” a Japanese slang term for someone who is queer. He has a flamboyant attitude, and is prone to singing and dancing. His martial art style is called “Okama Kenpo” in the Japanese manga. Bon Clay ate the Devil Fruit, Mane Mane no Mi (Clone Clone Fruit) which allows him to transform into an exact copy of anyone he has touched. Mr. 2 Bon Clay’s swans form the shape of a two. He is defeated by Sanji but is considered a friend by the Straw Hat Pirates, even aiding them in their escape from Alabasta.
Mr. 2 Bon Clay is the only Officer Agent in Baroque Works without a female partner. This stems from the belief that, as an okama, he fills both roles by himself. Likewise, his name is a composite of a male Baroque Works agent’s number and a female agent’s holiday-based name. “Bon Clay” is celebrated in Japan on either July 15 or August 15 because of the use of a lunar calendar. It is a Buddhist celebration found on the last day of the Bon festival, honoring the dead. Lanterns are lit, and the Bon-Odori is traditionally danced.)
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Terri](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/terri/)
**Published:** April 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Her biological clock is ticking and she wants a baby, but is unlikely to carry one to term.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alphonne](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alphonne/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She works as a teacher at Saint Chapel Academy and is the homeroom teacher of Honey and Natsuko. She meets the principal’s wife behind his back.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers, Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Naoko Sukeban](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/naoko-sukeban/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The hulking, intimidating boss (“bancho”) of a girl gang named **the Sukeban** at Saint Chapel Academy who act as an inofficial campus police force. Despite her rough looks and personality, she has a crush on Honey and is as a result quite jealous of Natsuko. During Panther Claw’s assault on Saint Chapel, in revenge for the death of her entire gang and in order to protect Honey, she intercepts a deadly attack by Snake Panther and covers Honey and Natsuko’s escape, apparently at the cost of her own life. However, thanks to her toughness she returns in the final episode to take the final fight to Sister Jill, and later joins Honey at their rebuilt school.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pochi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pochi/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The wife of Saint Chapel Academy’s principal. She isn’t really a teacher of the school but she often can be found at the academy. She is lovey-dovey with her beloved Alphonne whenever she can be.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Phoenix Hathaway](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/phoenix-hathaway/)
**Published:** July 20, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Brooke is autistic and are shocked to learn about non-binary identities from Ripley, but feel that they relate to the identity and come out to Juliet and Imran Maalik at the school prom.
In the last season he chooses the name Phoenix as coming out as a trans man.
**Clichés:** Disabled, Parent, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Mara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mara/)
**Published:** March 6, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A struggling filmmaker.
**Clichés:** Artist, Fictionalized Self, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sophie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sophie-twenty/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sophie is another one of Maya’s love interests. A journalist. Down to earth, self assured, idealistic.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marie-2/)
**Published:** May 2, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A stylist who used to be married to Gus, but now is engaged to Anne.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Anne](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-3/)
**Published:** February 19, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Marie’s girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sammy Gutierrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sammy-gutierrez/)
**Published:** July 26, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sammy was born sometime in 2001, the daughter of Mr. Gutierrez and an unknown mother and also the sister of unknown siblings, and the granddaughter of an unknown grandmother.
Sammy’s family owns a ranch that supplies meat to the carnivores of Jurassic World. At an undisclosed time in the past, the ranch ran into trouble and Sammy’s family borrowed money from the Mantah Corp front lines. The company requested that the family send their daughter, Sammy, as a corporate spy to Jurassic World or everything they had worked for over the years would be taken from them since they asked for the money. While the family denies their request, Sammy, fearful that her family will lose the ranch, chooses to accept their request and offers to act as a spy for the company after being accepted at Camp Cretaceous. Sammy was fourteen years old when she enrolled at Camp Cretaceous.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yasmina Fadoula](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yasmina-fadoula/)
**Published:** July 26, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Yasmina is a track star that has won several medals. However, due to constant training, she has not had the time to have fun or really make friends.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vickie Dunn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vickie-dunn/)
**Published:** November 27, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the Hawkins survivors, she was in marching band and works as a nurse.
Vickie is extremely kind and bubbly, but can be oblivious to her classmate Robin’s pining for her affection. She is shown to share many of Robin’s quirks, such as her sense of humor, comparing Tammy Thompson’s tone-deaf singing to a Muppet.
Vickie is shown to be compassionate, volunteering to make PB&J sandwiches for the homeless at Hawkins High following the opening of the Gate – or what the town believed to be an earthquake. Vickie also shares Robin’s love of movies, saying she should’ve dumped her boyfriend when he critiqued *Fast Times* for having no plot.
Like Robin, she also has a tendency to ramble, telling Robin about how her boyfriend left her after the opening, before apologizing for sounding selfish and saying that she feels like her mouth is like a train that never stops. But this makes Robin and Vickie bond even quicker.
By the start of the next season, they’re dating.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Lucia (Luz)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lucia-luz/)
**Published:** March 25, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A young junior who is confident, bold and queer and loves to shake things up.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Pitohui/Elsa Kanzaki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pitohui-elsa-kanzaki/)
**Published:** September 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Elsa is a popular singer and songwriter. She is a former beta-tester for *Sword Art Online*, but did not log in on the day of the game’s official release due to certain circumstances, thus sparing her from the tragic fate from over 10,000 players for the next two years. Angry that she was not able to participate in the “death game”, she would gain a psychotic personality that would later develop very prominently in her *Gun Gale Online* avatar, Pitohui.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Mentally Ill, Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Clarence](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/clarence/)
**Published:** September 7, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
As Clarence is dying, Karen demands she give up her remaining magazines. Clarence demands a kiss in exchange and reveals she is female (and chose an androgynous avatar) and that she is bisexual.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Lura Thok](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lura-thok/)
**Published:** January 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lieutenant Commander Lura Thok is a Jem’Hadar-Klingon hybrid, who served as the first officer of the USS Athena and Cadet Master at Starfleet Academy.
Thok graduated from the War College in 3164, focusing in operations with special commendations in security and tactical training.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Educator, Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jett Reno](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jett-reno/)
**Published:** April 17, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Chief Engineer of the *U.S.S. Hiawatha*. During the Klingon War, she’s abandoned on an asteroid and single-handedly saves the lives of crew members for 10 months and 11 days before they’re rescued.
After being rescued, she joined *Discovery* full time.
During the war, Jett’s wife was killed.
After Discovery sorted out the whole dilithium crystal stuff and restarted Starfleet, Jett joined as a teacher in order to be with her partner, Lura Thok.
**Clichés:** Educator, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mary Morstan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mary-morstan/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She meets Jamie and Sherlock over a case concerning her missing father. She and Jamie go out for a while.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kaede J. Nouvelle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kaede-j-nouvelle/)
**Published:** October 5, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A talented student who passed the top grade in the high school transfer examination at Yurigaoka Jogakuin. She is half French and Japanese and has a noble family that draws the blood of both Japanese and French nobility. Boasts high intelligence, good personality, and high combat ability that overwhelms the Huge. Known as an impeccable Lily, Kaede has an over-the-top personality of “loving cute girls.”
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Shirai Yuyu](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shirai-yuyu/)
**Published:** October 5, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The Lily who represents Yurigaoka. She has battled the Huge at the forefront and has been successful in many battlefields. One of the most prominent Lilies at Yurigaoka Jogakuin with overwhelming combat power. She holds a rare skill called “Lunatic Transer” and has a lot of fans because she fights hard with mental instability. Although she was nicknamed “Shinigami”, because she lost her friend from her negligence, she overcomes the trials and grows into a great Lily.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hitotsuyanagi Riri](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hitotsuyanagi-riri/)
**Published:** October 5, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A refugee who was deprived from her home by the Huge. When her life was saved by Yuyu, she pursued her dream to be miraculously enrolled at Yurigaoka Jogakuin. Lily has the belief that even people with different opinions can understand each other. From this philosophy, she will fight with many Lilies and gradually emerge in the battle against the Huge. She a hard worker and works hard on everything. A little natural but bright and gentle personality. Her favorite food is Ramune juice.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kacie Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kacie-davis/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Peyton’s producer and good friend who loans the cabin.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nishina Toriko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nishina-toriko/)
**Published:** February 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A woman who searches Otherside for her missing friend Satsuki. She appears to be a college student. Both of her parents passed away, but she was a soldier in Joint Task Force 2, a special operations force of the Canadian army, and is familiar with firearms. She has long blond hair and is, in the opinion of Sorawo, “extremely beautiful.” Her character in the story is very positive, but she has a tendency to isolate herself from others, and has no friends other than Sorawo and Satsuki, who was Toriko’s tutor.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kamikoshi Sorawo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kamikoshi-sorawo/)
**Published:** February 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A sophomore at a university in Saitama Prefecture. She loves and has a wealth of knowledge about urban legends and real-life ghost stories. She enjoys exploring abandoned buildings, and discovered the existence of Otherside through a door she found while doing so. She doesn’t have many friends, but Toriko, who she met in Otherside, invites her to go there to explore, research, and earn money. Her mother instantly died in an accident, and her grandmother and father became devoted to a cult afterwards, causing her to repeatedly run away from home and explore abandoned houses to escape her disintegrating family, which was persuading her to join the cult, but after her grandmother and father died, she is now attending college on a scholarship.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [KK](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kk/)
**Published:** November 3, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
On *AHS: NYC*, KK barges into *The Downtown Native* newsroom along with Fran and Lita to talk to Gino Barelli. The trio of lesbians are concerned and disappointed that the magazine only focuses on gay men.
The three women keep showing up at the editorial office until Barelli gives them a desk from which they can voice women’s issues.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nida](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nida/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A teacher at the school, she and Bambam start dating.
**Clichés:** Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yamai Ren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yamai-ren/)
**Published:** October 21, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She has an uncanny romantic obsession and over Komi, constantly referring to her as a goddess and is extremely hostile towards people whom she thinks are too close to Komi, especially Tadano, as shown by her act of kidnapping Tadano and locking him in her house once, threatening to kill him. Her name is a reference to her yandere nature.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Mentally Ill, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sister Nana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sister-nana/)
**Published:** April 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Habutae Nana, she is a veteran N-City Magical Girl and Weiss Winterprison’s lover. In real life, she is a sweet girl who lives with Shizuku. She is dedicated to protecting the city and bringing a message of peace. She wears a nun-like dress as her Magical Girl outfit. Her ability allows her to enhance a person’s physical capabilities
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Weiss Winterprison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/weiss-winterprison/)
**Published:** April 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
AKA Ashuu Shizuku, she is powerful N-City Magical Girl, as well as Sister Nana’s lover. She wears a thick winter coat as her Magical Girl outfit. Her ability lets her create walls of any form, depending on the terrain.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nathaniel Hardin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nathaniel-hardin/)
**Published:** April 4, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She is the non-binary, gender-fluid personification of fly AF. Equally masculine and feminine, Nate brings another kind of hustle to Bringston that isn’t found on a field or court — she’s a thriving stylist and loyal above all. Her friends are her world, particularly her besties Simone and Keisha.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Genderfluid Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Casey Parker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/casey-parker/)
**Published:** January 18, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An intern who fixes the hack of the Grey Sloan Memorial computer system.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Unni](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/unni/)
**Published:** January 9, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Hwa-Yeong’s girlfriend.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kitty](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kitty-2/)
**Published:** October 24, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A yellow cat who is **The Last Monster**. Kitty possesses extreme strength and “power bows”, small bows with the elements imbued within them
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Veronica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/veronica-newtown-girls/)
**Published:** January 12, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Manager of a bookshop in Newtown, Sydney. Her dog, Louis, is the love of her life.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rosh](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosh/)
**Published:** January 15, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A member of the soccer team, she has a motorcycle and plays video games.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Scarlett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/scarlett/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Lea’s girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Anne Bonny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/anne-bonny-2/)
**Published:** October 13, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
One of the most famous female pirates, alongside her lover, Mary Read. They have a contentious relationship, at best.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person, Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Candy Caramella](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/candy-caramella/)
**Published:** September 12, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
**Candy** is often dramatic and moody, but cares deeply about their fellow aliens. Candy’s strong emotions cause them to act irrationally in some cases. Candy has a strong attachment to both friends and family, as shown in “Meet my Cousin.”
Candy plans on having gender adjustment surgery when they get back home.
In 2022, [producer Marc du Pontavice confirmed that Candy is non-binary](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr6Uz8tU4zI).
**Clichés:** Alien, Cartoon
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Jamie Doyle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jamie-doyle/)
**Published:** April 2, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A street pre-op transsexual teenager and freelance prostitute, as well as an acquaintance of Sister Peg.
It was presumed originally that Jamie was killed by a john, since sexual activity signs were still left from when Jamie was paid for sex by misophobic typecaster Gus Yoker. This was contradictory to Jamie being covered in an ornate drape and partly surrounded by lit candles.
It was revealed Bobby Douglas killed Jamie, hitting Jamie with his flashlight when being started from Jamie praying, as Bobby was there to burn the church confession box and vandalize it with graffiti. Bobby would later be killed in prison, and his motives were revealed to be him being molested by the bishop of the church.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Sex Worker
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Victor Ortega](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/victor-ortega/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A good friend of Isabelle and Peyton’s, but who also has a history with Peyton.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sloane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sloane/)
**Published:** October 15, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An intense but sarcastic staffer, Sloane is the most unflappable person at the store. They pretend not to care but are fiercely protective of their coworkers. Genderqueer, pansexual, and mysterious, no one knows much about them – and they like it that way.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Joey Riverton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/joey-riverton/)
**Published:** February 19, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A radio show host who goes on a Shyppr date with Alice. They hit it off, even though Alice obviously has issues with her ex girlfriend.
Joey changes their pronouns to they/them in season two.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Zoë Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-vaughn/)
**Published:** September 18, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Quick-witted, and armed with brains, and beauty, she’s an overachiever who’s always willing to lend a shoulder to a friend in need. She was drowned to death.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Carina DeLuca](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carina-deluca/)
**Published:** October 5, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Andrew (Andrea) DeLuca’s sister who Arizona picks up at a bar at the beginning of season 14. Arizona discovers she’s Andrew’s sister when he walks in on them hooking up on the couch. She’s a doctor and doing a study at Grey Sloan to see what female orgasms look like in the brain under an MRI so she can research how orgasms can help women with chronic pain.
Later she meets Maya Bishop from Station 19 and they start dating and evolve into Maya’s first serious relationship with anyone.
Carina’s character transitioned from recurring on *Grey’s Anatomy* to series regular on *Station 19* in season 4.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Fran Harris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fran-harris/)
**Published:** April 17, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Loud and foulmouthed, Fran is a party girl with a “f\*ck you” attitude and a rebellious streak. Often lacking subtlety, she is uncomfortable with talking about feelings and prefers to coast through life on whims, never taking anything too seriously.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sally Falcone](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sally-falcone/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A former mafia wiseguy, after her son was old enough, she left him to transition.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Pollyanna Whittier](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pollyanna-whittier/)
**Published:** November 18, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Our heroine, who always looks for the good in everything.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Homoromantic
---
### [Vanessa Holmes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-holmes/)
**Published:** April 27, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dr. Holmes is a tough cookie to crack in Episode 6 as she is the prime suspect behind Dr. Astrid Olsen’s death. But, who could blame her?
After Olsen rejects her offer for a partnership, the disrespectful TikTok video that she posted pushes Holmes over the edge, leading to her one-time killing act.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Miss Arcati](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/miss-arcati/)
**Published:** December 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A somewhat scattered medium.
**Clichés:** Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Emily Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-lewis/)
**Published:** December 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The most cinnamon of rolls! Emily is a Hospitality Major who loves Netflix.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Marian DuBois](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marian-dubois/)
**Published:** October 3, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Robin’s ex. They claim to be over each other. They’re not.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Joanna Little](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/joanna-little/)
**Published:** October 3, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Robin’s right hand woman and sidekick. She’s somewhat jealous of Robin’s ability with the ladies. But she’s in a committed relationship with her code.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Gender Swapped, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Amandine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amandine/)
**Published:** October 24, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Pauline’s childhood best friend who is now her partner. After Pauline gave birth, they have a daughter named Delphine.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Pauline](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/pauline/)
**Published:** October 24, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Phillip’s daughter who is now a young mom with her childhood’s frend & partner Amandine.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Philippa Gordon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/philippa-gordon/)
**Published:** November 19, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Phil is a good friend and roommate of Anne Shirley, and the girlfriend of Blake Jonas.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Non-Monosexual
---
### [Dahlia Burke](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dahlia-burke/)
**Published:** December 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A bailiff for court 802. She and Luke (who used to be a bailiff) are friendly and have lunch together. When Luke says he’s not interested in all the women who are eying him, Dahlia says she’ll take on that challenge, and gets a flirty smile back from a woman sitting across the way.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marshall Noble](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marshall-nobel/)
**Published:** October 23, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
*TBD*
**Clichés:** Gender Swapped, Just One of the Guys, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-4/)
**Published:** June 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Laura’s girlfriend who is cool and laid back. She finds J.P. and his friends amusing.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Laura Mercer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-mercer/)
**Published:** June 10, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
J.P.’s openly lesbian older sister who is a nurse and also appears to help care for the family. She has also been shown to be a body-positive person, referring to J.P.’s body as “beautiful” on more than one occasion. In “Jextra Perrestrial” she is shown to be in a same-sex relationship with a girl named Kat.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dirt Tobin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dirt-tobin/)
**Published:** April 4, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Dirtrude Gertrude “Dirt” Tobin is the older sister of Beef and Brian Tobin’s father.
Dirt is starkly anti-communist and rugged. Despite her age and living underground for 60 years, she is very agile and has good memory.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Princess Bubblegum](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-bubblegum/)
**Published:** September 3, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Princess Bonnibel “Bonnie” Bubblegum (often called PBand on occasion Peebles, P-Bubs, or other nicknames) is a scientist, inventor, and the ruler over the Candy Kingdom. She was outvoted by the King of Ooo in “Hot Diggity Doom” and later quit, until a rebellion against King of Ooo allowed her to reclaim the throne in “The Dark Cloud.”
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Marceline Abadeer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marceline-abadeer/)
**Published:** October 9, 2014
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Half demon, half vampire Queen rock star who is over a thousand years old.
Ava Acres voiced her as a child, and Cloris Leachman as an old lady.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Superhuman, Undead
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nicole Miller](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-miller/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Nicole was originally written in to the show to be a love interest of Maia, and she is now the fourth longest running character of Shortland Street.
Nicole arrive to Shortland Street in 2009 and after a long period of flirting she began a relationship with her boss, Maia. It was during this relationship that Nicole came out to her mother, Leanne, who threatened to disown her if she didn’t break up with Maia. Nicole remained with Maia and a year later Leanne arrives in Ferndale with a new pro-gay attitude and was approving of their relationship, but Nicole ended things with Maia after she learned Maia had cheated.
Nicole fell in love with Lana Jacobs in 2012 but the relationship never really had a chance to take off. She became Director of Nursing and briefly dated several coworkers including Bonnie and Harper.
In 2014 Nicole rekindled with Vinnie and the two had a son, Pele. Shortly after she suffered a brain bleed and after waking from a coma, suffered major problems with her mental fatigue. In 2015 Nicole married Vinnie and returned to work. In late 2016 Nicole had an affair with new nurse Ruby Flores. She felt guilty and soon enough confessed to Vinnie, but the affair led to major strain on their relationship. Their marriage ended in 2018 after Vinnie got a job in Singapore and Nicole stayed in Ferndale.
Nicole had a short relationship with Zara in 2019 and Leanne immediately expressed support of their relationship, much to Nicole’s surprise. After Zara, Nicole has a brief attraction with Marty until Maeve Mullens arrives in 2020.
Nicole and Maeve connect very quickly and the two marry in 2020 which is the first on-screen gay wedding on the show.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jess](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jess-greys-anatomy/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jess helps her boyfriend (who is also transitioning) reconcile with his father.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Brian Weston](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brian-weston/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Jess’ boyfriend, his father reconciles with him after his top surgery.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Patricia Ludmuller](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/patricia-ludmuller/)
**Published:** May 30, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Formerly Patrick Stephenson, a TV preacher, she changed genders and left commercial religion for a small town.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Parent
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Zoë Tate](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-tate/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Involved in a number of relationships with women and had hard-hitting stories such as schizophrenia, and the aftermath of conceiving a child during a schizophrenic episode. Zoë left town with her nephew and daughter in 2005.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Frida Kahlo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/frida-kahlo-2/)
**Published:** June 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A clone of Frida Kahlo, who is the most popular of the second generation of clones. She is shown to be a fan of skateboarding. She is a separate clone from the Frida Kahlo clone in the first season who appeared as a background character.
Frida is revealed to be queer in the episode “Sexy-Ed” when she confesses her love to Cleopatra.
Note: The historical Frida Kahlo was [bisexual](https://www.curvemag.com/blog/art/what-about-frida-kahlos-bisexuality/).
**Clichés:** Artist, Based on a Real Person, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Bianca Minola](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bianca-minola/)
**Published:** November 11, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bianca can only date it Katie dates. She’d like a few more options.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Biromantic
---
### [Cotton Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cotton-brown/)
**Published:** January 12, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Carlotta’s transgender daughter. She works at her mother’s salon and helps the girls kickstart their career.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Olivia Lord](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/olivia-lord/)
**Published:** March 31, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
An expert in Eastern medicine and Julia’s lesbian lover. She died during a facelift Sean was performing only to find out later that she was taking antidepressants which killed her during the surgery.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Zoit](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoit/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Zoit is a Padillikon. Their species are neither boy or girl until their 13th birthday.
**Clichés:** Alien, Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Leone Jinjur](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leone-jinjur/)
**Published:** November 19, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Based on The Cowardly Lion. They used to date Lin.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Demisexual
---
### [Shar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shar/)
**Published:** June 9, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A non-binary professor navigating the rocky transition from punk to parenthood.
**Clichés:** Educator, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ruthie O'Neil](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruthie-oneil/)
**Published:** June 9, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A semi-reformed party girl who is struggling to grow up.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Frankie Laurence](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/frankie-laurence/)
**Published:** October 23, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
TBD
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexual Orientations:** Demisexual
---
### [Sofia Lopez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sofia-lopez/)
**Published:** March 31, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A male-to-female transsexual who developed a romantic relationship with Liz.
**Clichés:** Intimacy Issues, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maggie Hale](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maggie-hale/)
**Published:** December 10, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Maggie is twenty three, and a journalist for a new up and coming news source in Washington DC. She grew up in the beautiful and quiet town of Helstone.
The younger of two siblings, Maggie is a very opinionated person with what she believes to be high morals. She’s a hard worker, fiercely independent, and proud. In her free time she likes to take photos, sketch, and read.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Demisexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Homoromantic
---
### [Roxanne Roberts](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roxanne-roberts/)
**Published:** October 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A beautiful college freshman and science nerd. Roxanne is optimistic, trusting, and ambitious. She loves taylor swift, romance movies, and dogs. Best friends with Serena, she likes Chris Nelson, the out of state student.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Demisexual
---
### [Yagyū Kyūbei](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yagyu-kyubei/)
**Published:** July 22, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
When Yagyuu Koshinori’s wife died right after giving birth to Kyuubei, he never remarried and raised Kyuubei as a strong samurai along with his father Yagyuu Binbokusai. As the head of the Yagyuu family was traditionally always male and Koshinori was afraid Kyuubei could not properly back the family name as a woman, he decided to raise her as a man.
This caused children to bully Kyuubei during her childhood. At the same time she met Shimura Tae, who beat up the ones who made fun of her and became an important part of her life. She admired Tae’s strong yet feminine personality and wanted to be just like her. When debt collectors physically abused Tae and her brother, Kyuubei attacked them to protect her. Kyuubei lost her left eye in the process, which filled Tae with guilt. She swore to Kyuubei that she’d become her new left eye.
Kyuubei later left with the ambition to become stronger than a man or a woman and even stronger than Tae. She underwent a rigorous training to achieve her goal, and later returned with the intention of marrying Tae.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Disabled
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Bibi Garvey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bibi-garvey/)
**Published:** September 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Bibi is the tough and straight-forward Garvey sister. She rallies her other sisters to kill John Paul.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Disabled, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Subaru (Mariko Misono)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/subaru-mariko-misono/)
**Published:** June 17, 2018
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Subaru is soft spoken, but has a very determined personality. As the leader of the Crimson Knights, she is frequently called upon to settle disputes both inside and outside of the guild. Though she is aware of the power she wields, she is fiercely dedicated to her position and refuses to let such power change the way she acts. Subaru is very protective of The World’s players, and does her best to make The World a place that everybody can enjoy. Her strongest supporters are Silver Knight and Crim.
In the real world, she is a paraplegic student. Her disability was caused by a car accident four years prior. She enjoys The World because she can do things there that she can’t do in real life, like walking and running.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Disabled, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hange Zoë](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hange-zoe/)
**Published:** July 5, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The 14th and current Commander of the Scout Regiment. They are formerly a section commander in charge of the Fourth Squad, until the death of the 13th Commander – Erwin Smith – who named the as his successor shortly before. Hange conducts research on Titans to the point of being obsessed with them. As a result, Hange is deeply interested in Eren Jaeger and his ability to transform into a Titan.
The series creator [directed the show](https://www.dailydot.com/parsec/fandom/attack-titan-snk-hange-hanji-gender-debate/) to use he/him and she/her pronouns equally.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers, Disabled
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Amy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amy-3/)
**Published:** July 10, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Amy is a new kid. She moved from New York City to Redcliffe.
She and Dee Dee are dating.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Disabled, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Catherine Meyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/catherine-meyer/)
**Published:** June 7, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Selina’s neglected daughter. Shy and unassuming, Catherine rarely confronts her mother about what upsets her, instead letting her mother’s dominant personality control their relationship.
**Clichés:** Parent, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marjorie Palmiotti](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marjorie-palmiotti/)
**Published:** June 9, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The head of Selina’s security detail, who looks similar to her. She later quits when she begins a relationship with Catherine.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maura Pfefferman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maura-pfefferman/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
A retired college professor of political science who comes out to her family as transgender.
She dies offscreen in the finale.
(Young Maura is played by Sophie Giannamore)
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Educator, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Kiyomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kiyomi/)
**Published:** December 2, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Alex’s biological mother.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sally St. Claire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sally-st-claire/)
**Published:** March 30, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Headteacher at the local school.
**Clichés:** Educator, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Morgane Guého](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/morgane-gueho/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The new school nurse. She and Sandrine fall in love.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Antoine "Toine" Wilkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/antoine-wilkins/)
**Published:** July 13, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Toine attended high school with Ralph Angel. In high school, he went by Antoinette. Ralph Angel protected Toine all throughout high school, and he feels indebted to him.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Amelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-4/)
**Published:** February 20, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
The laid-back mycologist hired by the DEA to gather information on the Blue Angel, also acting as a single mother and caretaker to her ill son, Wyatt.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Sadie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sadie-4/)
**Published:** March 31, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
Sadie is Van Montgomery’s football agent.
Reba unknowingly made a date with her and cancelled after finding out Sadie was a lesbian.
Sadie has no gaydar, and can’t find a woman to date. She’s divorced from a man and has two kids and a pet bird.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Four (Simesa Narawatthanawet)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/four-simesa-narawatthanawet/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A problematic, mean, fourth-year senior majoring in international business, who happens to be Jattawa’s soulmate.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jattawa Phiangpradapkhwan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jattawa-phiangpradapkhwan/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A 19-year-old first-year law student who has the special ability to control time
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Meg](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/meg-4/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Shelley’s new girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Shelley Morris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shelley-morris/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
The calm, artistic ex-wife of the grieving author Aggie Wiggs. As Aggie struggles with the loss of their son in a self-destructive way, Shelley paints her way through her grief in Brooklyn.
**Clichés:** Artist, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aggie Wiggs](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aggie-wiggs/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Aggie is a bestselling author who is unable to write her next book after the death of her young son and the crumbling of her marriage to her ex-wife Shelley. After a tech billionaire Nile Jarvis moves in next door, she pivots to a book about him unraveling his suspected murder of his wife.
**Clichés:** Artist, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ash](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ash-4/)
**Published:** December 29, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
She met Taylor at the campus queer speed dating and hit it of.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Leila](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leila/)
**Published:** April 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A South Asian-American writer just now owning her queerness.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/95252/)
**Published:** December 29, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Taylor is a no nonsense abrasive girl who clashes with Bella a lot when she first transfers on campus from england. Through it all they manage to bond quite a lot.
**Clichés:** Addict, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ginger](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ginger-2/)
**Published:** December 29, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
She is a volunteer of the campus woman’s center. She is an artist and an enthusiastic woman.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Stanley Hopkins](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stanley-hopkins/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A freshman criminology student. He loves Sherlock and the crimes and all of that. He wants to take Jamie’s place.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Demisexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Biromantic
---
### [Reb Keane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/reb-keane/)
**Published:** October 12, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rebel ‘Reb’ Keane is an inmate at Wentworth Correctional Centre who is sent to prison for a botched armed robbery alongside Lou Kelly.
While in prison, he struggles to raise money for top surgery.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Irene Adler](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/irene-adler-tajwash/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sherlock’s nemesis and love interest, insomuch aromantics have love interests.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Allison Bailey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/allison-bailey/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A crazed fan who hired Craig to pose as her husband in order to initiate a romantic and sexual relationship with Chelsea Hamilton. Allison’s obsession with Chelsea culminated in Chelsea’s abduction to a remote cabin in the woods of Virginia.
Allison was arrested and extradited back to DC.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tess](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tess-4/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Twenty years ago, she suffered an attack that left her either a number of issues. She’s tried to move past, to England, married and has children.
When she returns to Sidney, it all gets more complicated.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Vicki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vicki/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Tess’ wife.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bar Lady](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bar-lady/)
**Published:** December 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An attractive woman at a bar who takes Beau’s beer and then makes out with Beau in an alley. The hookup changes because Beau stinks.
No really, Beau reeks.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jules Gardner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-gardner/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An FBI agent assigned to the Colorado Springs field office who also happened to go to high school with Asta, Liv, D’arcy and Ben. Jules arrives in town having been assigned a case involving a series of gruesome murders that have occurred in and around Patience.
She is killed by the Mantis.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Selma Desai](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/selma-desai/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A passionate and driven journalist who teams up with Elisa to uncover the truth behind Lucia’s disappearance.
Her investigative skills and sense of justice make her a valuable ally.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Hannah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/hannah-6/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Selma’s girlfriend. She shows Selma information on social media that uncovers more to the mystery.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maureen Fitzpatrick](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maureen-fitzpatrick/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Brian’s wife. The lads rudely call her “thyroid”, due to her size. In the second series she embarks on other relationships, even though she is still married to Brian.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Londra Pennypacker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/londra-pennypacker/)
**Published:** December 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Londra is a local and friends with Beef. She owns a boat called the “Dirty Londra”. She’s in a relationship with Dusty, a woman from her boat crew, and they live together.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Chloé](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/chloe-3/)
**Published:** December 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is a French student who attends Echo Creek Academy, the same school Star Butterfly and Marco Diaz go to.
She and Jackie-Lynn are dating.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Donna](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/donna-5/)
**Published:** July 11, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A substitute teacher who feels Dee Dee is a talented actress.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Daidōji Sonomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/daidoji-sonomi/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Tomoyo’s mother, she has long been in love with Sakura’s mother (her own cousin).
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jesse Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jesse-walker/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A friend of Becca Bell’s who comes into contact with Pip and provides surprising information about the Bells.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Brandy Friday](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/brandy-friday/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A famous Black actress in Hollywood, Friday first came to fame portraying jazz artist Mary Lou Williams in the Astor Place Theatre play *Zodiac Suite*. She would later star in supporting roles in the comedy film *Hot Potato*, and alongside Ryan Gosling in the action film *Shockwave* before securing the lead role in the A24 independent drama *Sunk*, which was critically acclaimed at the Sundance Film Festival.
Whilst immersed in the Redream recreation of *Hotel Reverie*, when the simulation glitched she became romantically involved with an increasingly sentient digital AI clone of deceased actress Dorothy Chambers.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Dorothy Chambers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dorothy-chambers/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An actress in the 1940s, who committed suicide and was largely believed to be a lesbian.
An AI character based on Dorothy’s performance as Clara Ryce-Lecher, met Brandy Friday during the filming of a remake of Hotel Reverie. Brandy was her co-star, starring as Dr. Alex Palmer.
Initially, the AI version followed the script, but when Brandy accidentally called “Clara” by the name Dorothy, the character began to experience echoes of the real Dorothy, as Dorothy had infused much of her real self into the role. When Brandy became trapped in the simulation with Dorothy, Dorothy attempted to find an escape after Brandy revealed that nothing in the simulation truly existed. Dorothy successfully stepped outside the simulated movie set, encountered all the data related to the real Dorothy, and learned of her tragic fate. Eventually, she returned to Brandy and they started to get closer.
In order for Brandy to leave the simulation they finish the film, which resets Clara’s memories.
After the release of the movie, Brandy received a package from the production team, which contained a new simulation of Dorothy’s audition, and a phone, which allowed Brandy to call Dorothy. The new AI-version of Dorothy does not remember Brandy but listened with interest to what Brandy had to say and seemed delighted by the call.
**Clichés:** Artist, Dead Queers, Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cho Hyun-ju](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cho-hyun-ju/)
**Published:** January 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She participates as a player in the games in order to help fund her gender-affirming surgery.
*In the English dub, she is voiced by [Nicky Endres](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/nicky-endres/ "Nicky Endres").*
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Kirby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kirby/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Kirby is Barclay’s kid. They use neutral pronouns.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Deirta Thelyss](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/deirta-thelyss/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Essek’s mother and head of the Den Theylss, she is currently suffering from typhros, a mental disorder caused by how her brain handles all her past lives.
In a past life, she was very close to a woman named Janica.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers, Mentally Ill, Non-Human, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Zuala](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zuala/)
**Published:** December 13, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Zuala was the wife of Yasha [](https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Yasha_Nydoorin)Nydoorin and a member of the Dolorav tribe.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Camile Wray](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/camile-wray/)
**Published:** September 30, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Tau’ri human resources officer with the International Oversight Advisory, and was the primary IOA representative of Icarus Base.
**Clichés:** Alien, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Whiterose](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/whiterose/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
A legendary, time-obsessed computer hacker and leader of the Dark Army.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Chloe](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/chloe-10/)
**Published:** December 2, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Literal sunshine. Shares her Netflix password. Jill’s best friend and unabashed extrovert. Would definitely punch a clown for you. A human in puppy dog form; she has great intentions, and can be completely naive to the damage she sometimes does.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Aromantic
---
### [Alex](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-13/)
**Published:** December 2, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ollie’s mom’s wife. She is a good photographer.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jill](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jill-3/)
**Published:** December 2, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Uncomfortable, bi, might be in love with her best friend. Tries her best, but awkwardly. People pleaser, avoids confrontation at almost any cost. A total dork when she tries to be cool.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-2/)
**Published:** December 2, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Non-binary ace lesbian. No bullshit. Zumba and fashion enthusiast. A leader in every situation. Like a koala: Small, surprisingly vicious, and you just want to squeeze them.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Homoromantic
---
### [Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taylor-2/)
**Published:** January 6, 2020
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Sarcastic, smart as hell, and tired of your shit. Is struggling under the weight of an overbearing sister and a recent breakup. Always honest, even when it’s harsh. She deals with her anxiety by lashing out.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Jess](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jess-10/)
**Published:** December 1, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Jess is Sarah’s partner who travels a lot. Any pronouns is fine with them.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Genderqueer
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sam](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sam-15/)
**Published:** November 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Getting married to Clare. When she finds out Clare is having a ‘wobble’, she panics, but it works out in the end.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lousette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lousette/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She has a crush on Carl and talks to Molly about penis tucking.
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Marion Lavorre](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marion-lavorre/)
**Published:** November 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mother to Jester, this teifling is better known as the performer “The Ruby of the Sea.”
She has agoraphobia and stays inside the Lavish Château, where she works.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Mentally Ill, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Leylas Kryn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leylas-kryn/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leylas Kryn is the current Empress of the Kryn Dynasty. She has ruled for over six hundred years and has lived over 1,200 years.
She was consecuted (bound her soul to a Luxon beacon) and reborn multiple times. She has ascended to the level of Umavi, meaning multiple reincarnations have allowed her to discover her soul’s true purpose.
Her partner through multiple lifetimes is Quana Kryn, the current High General of the Kryn Dynasty.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Beau Lionett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/beau-lionett/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An abrasive human monk from the Cobalt Soul, skilled in martial arts and investigative work.
After she properly investigates a purported Krynn attack, Dairon conscripts her to find the truth.
Her given name is Beauregard.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dairon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dairon/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An elf monk with the Cobalt Soul, Dairon is very direct and blunt. She maintains focus despite distractions.
They are committed to the Cobalt Soul and willing to die to accomplish a mission.
Dairon’s pronouns are she/they.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Non-Human, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Yazmine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yazmine/)
**Published:** December 29, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Zara’s girlfriends. Zaara *almost* falls in love with Yazmine. It doesn’t last.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Janine Kishi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/janine-kishi/)
**Published:** October 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Claudia’s older sister, she’s uptight, nerdy, into science, and also into Ashley. After their grandmother dies, Janine comes out to everyone. Her grandmother already knew.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Michaela Robson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/michaela-robson/)
**Published:** November 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She and her girlfriend, Stella, conspire to get their fathers to retire so they can be together.
Their plan involves faking a haunting.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Stella Ellis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/stella-ellis/)
**Published:** November 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Their fathers don’t approve of their relationship, and Stella’s is horribly misogynistic. Stella and Michaela conspire to make him retire so they can be together.
Their plan involves faking a haunting.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lisa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-dog-people/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Adopts one of Rosie’s dogs (and steals her heart).
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cassie Clark](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cassie-clark/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A college student who did not need the ghost in her home!
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ali Spencer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ali-spencer/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Falling in love with Ruby, she and Ali moved to the village for a new life. After Ruby died, Ali left.
Ali died (offscreen) in a car accident.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Carol Cumberland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carol-cumberland/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A sensate from another cluster, she gives Riley more information on who Whispers really is. However she commits suicide because of her part in Jonas’ torture.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Scientifically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Sutra](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sutra/)
**Published:** June 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A member of Puck’s cluster. Thankfully she’s nowhere near as weird as he is.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Yrsa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yrsa/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A sensate residing in Iceland. She had contact with Riley while Riley was still a child, and the two later reconnected when Riley returned home to Iceland. She does not trust Jonas, believing him to be an agent that helps Whispers track down and kill sensates.
The whereabouts of Yrsa’s cluster is unknown. She mentions that one member of her cluster had passed away.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Sara Patrell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-patrell/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A girl that Will (of the August 8 Cluster) met as a child, and a sensate. She died when Will was a young boy, and became an unsolved missing-person case. Sara was captured and lobotomized by Whispers.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Lila Facchini](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lila-facchini/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A sensesate, she lives in Berlin and works for Fuchs, who is an antagonist of Wolfgang, a member of the August 8 Cluster. She identifies as Neapolitan and not Italian, and made a deal with the BPO, which somehow grants her immunity to their pursuit.
After double-crossing everyone, she is killed when Will shoots down her helicopter (with Whispers inside) using a rocket launcher.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers, Promiscuous, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Bodhi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bodhi/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Seems like a kind person, but sees BPO as so evil that even trying to make a difference in the world will do harm. Considers Riley to be too close to “their \[way of\] thinking,” and refuses to share much information with her.
Bodhi is part of the Lacuna, poised to be their next Mother, and has powers beyond that of a normal Sensate, including the ability to block without blockers and introduce herself to people she’s never met.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Sun Bak](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sun-bak/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A South Korean business executive based in Seoul and a burgeoning star in the underground kickboxing world, she goes to jail to protect her family, even though she’s innocent. She’s in Nomi, Kala, and Riley’s Cluster.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Criminal, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Angelica Turing](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angelica-turing/)
**Published:** May 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The mother of Sun, Riley, and Nomi’s cluster (aka the August 8 Cluster). She died after birthing them. Before, she was working with BPO to find her children.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Artist, Dead Queers, Scientifically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Riley Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/riley-blue/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Riley is an Icelandic DJ who is haunted by her past; she’s heavily involved in the drug trade after moving to London. She’s in Nomi, Sun, and Kala’s Cluster.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Artist, Intimacy Issues, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Kala Dandekar](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kala-dandekar/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A pharmacist and devout Hindu, working at a very successful pharmaceutical company in Mumbai. She marries the son of the CEO, even though she doesn’t love him, she loves her fellow Cluster Member, Wolfgang.
It works out in the end, though, and she gets the guys. Plural. Yay!
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Nomi Marks](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nomi-marks/)
**Published:** March 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
San Francisco transgender lesbian political blogger and “hacktivist” who finds herself linked to 7 strangers from around the world. She’s in a cluster with Sun, Riley, and Kala. And some guys. Together they take down BPO and Nomi and Amanita get married on the Eiffel Tower.
**Note:** All Sensates are considered pansexual due to the nature of their gifts.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Judy Hale](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/judy-hale/)
**Published:** May 9, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Judy is a woman Jen Harding meets at a grief support group where the two quickly become friends. Unbeknownst to Jen, Judy is the person who hit — and killed — her husband. She is a health care assistant and, unknown to those around her, has suffered five miscarriages.
At the end of the series, Judy is dying of cancer and plans to take a “permanent vacation” in Mexico. Her immediate life or death is intentionally left up for interpretation, however it is clear she will, eventually, die from the cancer.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Esther Zapico de Orbe](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/esther-zapico-de-orbe/)
**Published:** November 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A vivacious socialite who fuels scandal with whispered secrets and flirtation. She falls for her chaperone, Josefina.
**Clichés:** Closeted
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Josefina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/josefina/)
**Published:** November 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Esther’s chaperone and a close friend of Elena.
She and Esther fell in love with one another despite homosexuality being forbidden during that time.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Carol Sturka](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carol-sturka/)
**Published:** November 10, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American fantasy romance author based in Albuquerque, New[ ](https://pluribus.fandom.com/wiki/New_Mexico)Mexico. She is the author of the novel series “Winds of Wycaro”.
Despite her popularity, she secretly detests her novels and her fans, calling it “mindless crap” and calling them “a bunch of dummies”. She is one of thirteen people on Earth not affected by the hive mind, one of six who speak English, and the sole member of the known thirteen to be from the United States.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Helen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/helen/)
**Published:** November 10, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Carol’s manager and romantic partner.
Helen did not die from the virus itself. A fall outside a bar caused severe head trauma and she died in the hospital parking lot.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Danielle](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/danielle-5/)
**Published:** April 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Danielle is Nadja’s girlfriend and prom date who is going to Rutgers after high school graduation.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Derica](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/derica/)
**Published:** June 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An activist and aspiring model.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [War Woman (Holly)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/war-woman-holly/)
**Published:** March 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Not much is known about War Woman’s past, except that she came from a different age, possibly indicating she was thousands of years old by the time of her death.
War Woman was murdered by Omni-Man when he betrayed the Guardians.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [War Woman II (Connie)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/war-woman-ii-connie/)
**Published:** March 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Business partners with Holly (War Woman I), she adopted the mantle of War Woman after Holly’s death. But unlike Holly, she joined the supervillain organization “The Order.”
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Neeta Devi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/neeta-devi/)
**Published:** November 10, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The hospital’s new chief of emergency medicine who has moved to Toronto from the U.S. with her wife and child.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sunny Stuber](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sunny-stuber/)
**Published:** November 7, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sidekick to Bro Hartman and *The Talk Back* conservative podcast he hosts.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Layla Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/layla-bell/)
**Published:** November 7, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A production crew member at TMS.
She is mildly interested in Sunny.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Avery Parker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/avery-parker/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A transgender teen who is taunted by high school kids, and the bullying escalates to tragedy when they kill her. She’s misgendered for the whole episode.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Justice Briggs](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/justice-briggs/)
**Published:** November 6, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A journalism student who interviews Alex about her father, Martin.
When Justice writes that Martin plagiarized his work, Alex steps in to help, only to be blackmailed by Justice for a job.
Justice uses they/them pronouns.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Aleesha Morrison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aleesha-morrison/)
**Published:** October 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nora’s best friend at Horizen. Whil Nora fights against the system, Aleesha leans into it and quickly becomes a rising star, with promotions, a new apartment, and more.
In the end, it’s Aleesha’s quick thinking (and her secret spy training from Oscar Mayer Intel) that saves the AI world. After Horizen closes its doors, she goes to work for OMI in tech acquisitions. Which means she gets to go to Sibera and kick people’s asses.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Karina Silva](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/karina-silva/)
**Published:** October 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the high level rising stars at Horizen. She was impressed with how Aleesha manages to sway the board, and they went out drinking, which ended with them spending the night together.
Karina was also a secret agent for OMI. In fact, as an executive, she was a top-tier informant. However, when Aleesha leaked the files from her laptop, it led to Karina getting fired, and OMI lost its most valuable agent, who had been placed in a position that had been benefiting them greatly. When Karina came back to her bosses with the news that she could no longer be of help to them, they brainstormed about cultivating a new asset — Aleesha.
Of course, Karina’s failure could not be ignored.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Josie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/josie/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An experienced bud-harvester, Josie hates talking to cops.
Lauren and Josie are recently engaged.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Blaine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/blaine/)
**Published:** June 29, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Blaine is a secondary character appearing in “Wizard City”
Blaine followed Spader Petersen, and was jealous when Spader cast an affinity spell that sought Spader’s cousin Larry, who had been turned into a rock, instead of Blaine.
Later when Spader goes missing, Blaine seeks out their uncle’s help in finding out what happened to him.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Genderfluid Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Toga Himiko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/toga-himiko/)
**Published:** August 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A demented yandere-type girl able to assume the physical appearance of another with her Quirk Transform (変身, *Henshin*) which involves her drinking a person’s blood in order turn into that person, this ability later evolved to allow her to use the Quirk of whoever she turns into, provided that she has access to information about that quirk.
Himiko gave Uravity an impromptu blood transfusion, but at the cost of her own life.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Dead Queers, Mentally Ill, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Suma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/suma/)
**Published:** May 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Suma is overdramatic and exaggerated in practically every situation she’s in along with giving off a scared/fearful attitude when it comes to dangerous situations.
At some point of her life, Suma married Tengen Uzui, along with Makio and Hinatsuru. After she left the clan, her family journeyed to see Kagaya Ubuyashiki in order to fight as a part of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Suma was instructed alongside Makio and Hinatsuru by Tengen on his personal ideology: to put their own lives first, then respectable humans, and lastly himself. Later, when Makio questioned this in private as it went against what they had been taught as kunoichi, Hinatsuru assured her that as long as she was okay with it, Tengen would also approve of it. She also wished for the four of them to retreat from the front lines as soon as they defeated an Upper Rank.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Non-Human, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Mia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mia-6/)
**Published:** July 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mia is a passenger on the freighter, on route for the new colony. She bonds with Azi before going to her cryosleep.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Azi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/azi/)
**Published:** July 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Azi was one of the members of the planetary freighter ship Demeter 227. She is one of the few survivors who go marooned on planet Vesta after a solar flare damaged Demeter 227. On Vesta, Azi landed on a large fields along side Levi.
With Levi’s help, she built a camp and a garden. They were often attacked by large creatures, forcing them to defend themselves. After seeing someone activating Demeter 227’s emergency landing, she and Levi head out towards the ship landing spot. She frequently sends out a radio message seeking rescue.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Patty Bouvier](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/patty-bouvier/)
**Published:** July 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Patty lives with her identical twin, Selma, and works for the DMV. She nearly married a woman named Victoria, who turned out to be a cross dresser.
**Clichés:** Addict, Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Constance Harm](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/constance-harm/)
**Published:** August 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Judge Harm is a sadistic and unforgiving disciplinarian. She enjoys creating cruel and unusual punishments for defendants in her court, whether or not they’re even criminals.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/willow-3/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Whitney’s teammates.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tova](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tova/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A regular at the women’s centre.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Alicia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alicia-3/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The leader of the Essex College Women’s Center, Alicia is brash and bold. She and Leighton dated for a while, but broke up because she didn’t like being Leighton’s secret.
After Leighton came out they got back together at the end of Freshman year.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Johanna Constantine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/johanna-constantine/)
**Published:** August 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An occult detective, investigating the Dreaming.
*There are two versions of Johanna, one is a 18th century Lady, and the other is a modern detective, similar to John Constantine.*
**Clichés:** Criminal, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Desire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/desire/)
**Published:** August 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dream’s androgynous sibling who is all genders.
Desire is as capricious as the concept they embody, and regularly uses all pronouns.
**Clichés:** Non-Human, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Kacey Braithwaite](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kacey-braithwaite/)
**Published:** January 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Cat’s wife, she lives on the mainland and wants Cat to have a less dangerous job so they can have a family.
Her fate is in doubt at the end of the first season but she survives.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cat Braithwaite](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cat-braithwaite/)
**Published:** January 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A scrappy medic on the rig, she’s promised to quit her job so they can all be together and raise a family.
Probably should have done that before the Ancestor…
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Laura Peterson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-peterson/)
**Published:** October 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A news anchor for UBA, she’s openly lesbian, having been outed years before.
Laura was fired from a morning show when people found out she was gay.
She and Bradley get together and start dating. After Bradley moves in with her, their relationship sours and ends. Now Laura is working for a rival morning show on a different network.
**Clichés:** Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bradley Jackson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bradley-jackson/)
**Published:** October 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A local news field reporter turned *TMS* co-host on the whim of Alex Levy. She becomes a whistle blower as to the harassment and abuse going on in their network.
Bradley hides a lot of her past, and herself.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Criminal, Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sam Sharp](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sam-sharp/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A classmate of the Loud’s, and a bandmate of Luna’s. She seems to reciprocate Luna’s crush, even if Luna thinks Sam is out of her league.
They do eventually start dating.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [May-Li Wang](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/may-li-wang/)
**Published:** September 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A care worker at Ashdene Ridge. She is funny and kind. When someone is unhappy, she talks to them and tries to please them. She loves football and supports Liverpool going as far as taking part in the TV challenge choosing to watch the football in Endurance over the talent show programme. She and her girlfriend have adopted children, and plan to have some of their own.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lauren](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lauren-5/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An experienced bud-harvester, unlike her finance, she doesn’t mind talking to cops.
Lauren and Josie are recently engaged.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Patricia Hewitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/patricia-hewitt/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Patricia was a powerful and highly accomplished woman in her 50s, known for being one of the earliest female surgeons. Having built a distinguished career in surgery, she has since transitioned into a significant bureaucratic role within the healthcare system. With the upcoming hospital restructure, Patricia was set to become the new CEO of Shortland Street Hospital in 2001.
During her tenure, Patricia faced significant personal and professional challenges. She struggled with the fallout from her son Jack’s illness and eventual suicide, which deeply affected her. Additionally, a power struggle ensued when Victor maneuvered to replace her as CEO, a move she initially fought alongside Chris and Rachel.
The staff were shocked when it was revealed that the clean edged and married Patricia had previously been in a lesbian relationship for many years. Patricia’s heart began to fail and as the year ended it became clear she needed a transplant. The death of Judy’s boyfriend enabled Patricia to receive one but early the following year, she devastatingly lost her son Jack. After covering up Jack’s severe mental illness, Patricia decided it was best she stood down and she departed Ferndale.
**Clichés:** Parent, Politically Inclined, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kiki KeyLime](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kiki-keylime/)
**Published:** December 10, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A famous baker in Big Apple City, and one of the biggest names in the baking world, alongside fellow bakers The Peculiar Purple Pieman and Crabapple Jam. She achieved success in running “*Bite of the City*“, a baking competition show where she travels across Big Apple City to show off the talents of up and coming bakers.
Kiki is a kind-hearted and a positive person. Kiki is unlike her colleagues, the Peculiar Purple Pieman and Crabapple Jam, as she genuinely cares for her fans and loves to hear and talk to them as well as being kinder in general, however she’s still a busy celebrity on a schedule. She doesn’t mistreat her staff either unlike them.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Djovi Resmia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/djovi-resmia/)
**Published:** December 9, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A human with tan skin and dark brown hair. They are extremely competitive, driven by a need to prove themself to others even in situations when cooperation was more appropriate. They appreciate a challenge and desired to improve. Resmia enjoyed training with Kai Brightstar, as they consider Brightstar to be their only strong challenger in lightsaber combat
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Zara Chakraborty](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zara-chakraborty/)
**Published:** September 22, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Zara is a skilled cardiologist from India, but has been working in New Zealand as a taxi driver while she saves for her NZ medical registration exams.
She fled India after her marriage to her controlling husband became untenable.
She intended to bring her teenage daughter Rani with her – but her husband intervened at the airport and tragically had to leave her behind.
Zara is not giving up on her daughter, and continues to fight to bring her to NZ.
As a result of her abusive marriage, Zara has a strong distrust of men – particularly when they try and control other women.
She is an assertive woman with a strong social conscience. She is intelligent and articulate, and not easily cowed.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Monique](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/monique-2/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Monique was introduced during a Hungry for Love singles night, where she met Lionel Skeggins. She worked in the beauty business and was also studying law and literature.
While her relationship with Lionel fizzled out, she eventually dated Peter. Soon after, at a stand-up comedy event at Kennedy’s, Monique showed Lionel her passport while he was preparing to travel to visit Kirsty. Peter happened to see it and was shocked to learn that Monique had previously lived as a man. When it came time for Peter’s performance, he froze before blurting out the revelation to the audience, then turned it into part of his routine with a series of crude jokes.
To the surprise of everyone present, Monique took it in stride and laughed along. Peter went on to win the competition, a cruise for two, which he chose to share with Monique.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Libby Matchett](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/libby-matchett/)
**Published:** October 16, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Libby was a friend of Sage and was first seen when her and Sage attended a Pride event that was disrupted by members of the Ted Draper church group, an organisation openly opposed to the LGBT community and previously referenced by Maia Jeffries. During the incident, Libby and Sage were badly injured, with Libby being in a worse state suffering a stroke. She was diagnosed with brain death. Grieving and angry, Sage lashed out at two church members who were being treated in ED, talking on the phone stating they will target more.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Rhona Kelly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rhona-kelly/)
**Published:** March 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The tough, uncompromising Procurator Fiscal (public prosecutor). Rhona’s there to keep Perez in check and bounce work off him.
She and Phyllis used to be in a relationship.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Carol](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carol-4/)
**Published:** August 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mel’s girlfriend who used to be a witness in an investigation Mel was involved with.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Margot Park](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margot-park/)
**Published:** June 7, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Margot and Jake were a couple before and after his transition. She was not particularly happy that they pass as a straight couple after, and Margot realizes she’s not queer, she’s a lesbian.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Morgan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/morgan-2/)
**Published:** May 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Valentina’s partner and fellow Lavender It girl who makes it with everyone she can on the cruises.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Emily Levinson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-levinson/)
**Published:** March 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She’s cool with her brother being a werewolf.
**Clichés:** Addict, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Minimi Nimi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/minimi-nimi/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Extar who is partners with her girlfriend Noe. Rather than take the shape of a weapon, her Arm form causes her to grow to gigantic sizes.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Momokino Himeko](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/momokino-himeko/)
**Published:** January 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Himeko is a Student Council Member and Mei’s childhood friend and current right hand. She is from a very wealthy family, having a chauffeur and at least one butler. On weekends she can be seen wearing lolita fashion. She is stern, forward and jealous, and has quite a volatile personality. She is in love with Mei and is very possessive of her, becoming jealous when Yuzu enters her life. She has a small dog named Pucchi.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Phoenica Fleecity](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/phoenica-fleecity/)
**Published:** June 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Phoenica Fleecity XV, or “Feenie” for short, is the latest descendant of the Fleecity family and a best friend to Molly and Trixie.
Phoenica is book-smart, but other than that she is just “stupid”. In fact, she is so ignorant and terminally stupid that she actually thinks the word “stupid” itself is a swear word.
If she is threatened, she will politely ask the aggressor to apologize.
*[Phoenica was confirmed as being bi on Twitter](https://twitter.com/EpithetErased/status/1407570002472050688).*
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ichii Maina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ichii-maina/)
**Published:** August 23, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The least popular member of her band. She reciprocates Eri’s feelings, but is very subdued and restrained about it, likely due to her position as a star.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Historia Reiss](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/historia-reiss/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Generally a good person, she wants to have a nice life with Ymir, under the alias Krista Lenz. After Ymir left her, she revealed her true name and eventually became a queen.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Margo Starling](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margo-starling/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Morgans’ neighbor and JD’s wife. She’s having an affair with Gwen.
**Clichés:** Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Rebecca Sawyer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rebecca-sawyer/)
**Published:** June 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sammy’s mom and Mission Commander of the *Odyssey II*.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ruby](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruby-2/)
**Published:** February 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A bartender at the bar at Safe Space. She’s very direct and asks Mel out.
Ruby likes sports and is a witch in the Witchness Protection Program. When Mel becomes pregnant from her future self (long story), Ruby was by her side the whole way.
Sometime after that, and after Macy died to become the oracle, they broke up. Ruby felt it was too soon after Macy’s death, but also wasn’t ready to get married. Now she’s working at an LGBTQ+ center.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tina-4/)
**Published:** October 23, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Tina is one of Camille’s “full-service” assistants.
**Clichés:** Conditional Queerness, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Eva Brighi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eva-brighi/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is the ex-girlfriend of Giovanni. Eva and Eleonora quickly become friends, and together with Sana, Silvia and Fede they form the friend-group “Le matte” (crazy girls).
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [LaVerne "Jukebox" Thomas](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laverne-jukebox-thomas/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A major antagonist in seasons 3 and 4. She is a corrupt cop and the cousin of drug dealer and street thug Kanan. She’s ruthless and runs a side business, which includes using young punks to pull armed robberies. She’s not above taking lives.
She’s also Kanan’s cousin and Marvin’s daughter.
In the prequel, she’s played by Hailey Kilgore.
**Clichés:** Abusive/Violent, Artist, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Criminal, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Leota Adebayo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leota-adebayo/)
**Published:** January 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A smart and driven member of Task Force X who has a tumultuous friendship with Peacemaker. She was recruited by Amanda Waller to join the ragtag assassination team Project Butterfly led by mercenary Clemson Murn, set to take down the Butterflies’ invasion.
She is proficient with a pistol and earned her Binks-Fendelmire Strategic Combat Certification at the age of 14.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Keeya Adebayo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/keeya-adebayo/)
**Published:** January 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leota’s wife and co-parent to their fur babies.
She is supportive but reluctantly dealing with her wife’s new secretive government job.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mrs. the Polar Bear](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mrs-the-polar-bear/)
**Published:** September 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Penny the Polar Bear’s mum. She stays home.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dr. the Polar Bear](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dr-the-polar-bear/)
**Published:** September 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mother to Penny the Polar Bear, she’s a doctor.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Monica Beltran](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/monica-beltran/)
**Published:** August 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dr. Beltran is an attending pediatric surgeon. Still dealing with her divorce, she turned down Amelia when the other doctor asked her for a date.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Doyle Butler](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/doyle-butler/)
**Published:** October 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Known in the competitive sign-spinning circuit as “the Twirling Terror,” Doyle is a fierce but noble competitor, recognizing C.J.’s talent and ending the G.L.C. Sign Spinning Competition on good terms with him.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Jemanda Weeks](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jemanda-weeks/)
**Published:** October 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Doris’ secret (until the last season) girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Bartender
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Doris Wolfe](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/doris-wolfe/)
**Published:** December 19, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Formerly Doris Spaulding, she is perceived as a no-nonsense politician who will do just about anything to get ahead in life, often referred to as a “woman people love to hate.
She came out after bumping into Olivia at a “Ladies Night” – citing politics as why she’d not before. No one would elect a gay mayor, after all.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Parent, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marlena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marlena-2/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A ghost who visits Nell, waiting for her obituary to be written. She doesn’t like the first version Nell writes, and explains that what Nell had written about her is Marlena at her saddest. She had stayed in the closet without being true towards herself. She laments that she would have met her wife if she had been faithful to herself.
“Pretending to be someone you are not on screen is one thing, but pretending in your personal life is worse.”
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Victoria Walker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/victoria-walker/)
**Published:** March 21, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Helena’s wife, who dies before the series begins.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Penda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/penda/)
**Published:** April 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Carmen’s girlfriend.
Penda and Carmen were approached by Stabler and Reggie Bogdani demanding the drugs that were given to Carmen by Lance Flowers. When Carmen refused to hand over the drugs, Reggie held Penda at gunpoint until Carmen angrily gave Reggie the drugs. As Stabler and Reggie walked away, Penda burst into tears and Carmen hugged her.
When Carmen went into a restaurant to get some food, Penda waited in the car. As Penda waited, a drive by shooting occurred and Penda was shot. Unfortunately, Penda died from her gunshot wounds, deeply upsetting Carmen, who revealed to Bell that she had planned on marrying Penda.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Katagiri Ryūnosuke](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/katagiri-ryunosuke/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A devil (vampire).
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Undead
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Deena Craigyberg](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/deena-craigyberg/)
**Published:** September 30, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A customer at The Tram who takes a flirtatious interest in Remi.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rey/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A trans man in the psychiatric prison, falsely accused of murder.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sarah Webber](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-webber/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leslie’s wife and a doctor. She is dying to get pregnant, even if that means she does it behind Leslie’s back.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alison/)
**Published:** December 8, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is an artist and one of the residents of the Ashfield artist’s colony.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Yamato Mitsuki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yamato-mitsuki/)
**Published:** October 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mitsuki knows that she’s different. She thinks differently, seeing the world in patterns and codes. Highly intelligent, the Japanese government has fostered this genius, but it comes at a cost. Mitsuki struggles with the social elements of life, and is often seen as distant.
When she meets Hinata, they fall in love, but keep their relationship secret. After Hinata’s death, Mitsuki stops at nothing to seek revenge against whatever killed her one true love.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ida Davis](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ida-davis/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Formerly Daniel “Dan” Quagmire, military hero, she transitioned to Ida Davis.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Valentina Vega-Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/valentina-vega-vaughn/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Violet’s moms. She’s a paramedic.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cory](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cory/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Halo’s ‘vroommate.’
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sara Raynaud](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-raynaud/)
**Published:** June 7, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sara is the daughter of Guy and Béatrice Raynaud. Guy beat her and her mother, and she did not see him for a decade.
After school, she joined the police.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Angelina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/angelina/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman in love with her former boss, Agatha La Selva, one of the main villains of the plot.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rock Goldenblatt](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rock-goldenblatt/)
**Published:** December 8, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Charlotte’s child. Rock announced they weren’t any gender, and had a They-Mitzvah, a gender neutral Jewish celebration in place of a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah, for their 13th birthday.
Rock came out to their parents on TikTok.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Agender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Sara Gallardo Ramos](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-gallardo-ramos/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Maximo’s sister (and mother to Hugo, who is part of the frame story).
*Reynoso plays young Sara, while Marroquín plays older Sara.*
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Honoria Marable](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/honoria-marable/)
**Published:** January 1, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The younger sister of Dick and James. She is also very reserved, but with the visit from the American girls, she learns how to get out of her shell.
Especially when she and Mabel fall for each other.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Box](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/box/)
**Published:** July 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Technically the box the bears showed up in, but also a traveling box that uses they/them pronouns and makes a great quiche.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Van Palmer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-palmer/)
**Published:** December 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Vanessa, commonly referred to as Van, is the Yellowjacket’s goalie. At the time of the plane crash, she is in a relationship with Taissa.
When Van accompanies Taissa in an effort to find civilization she is attacked and thought to be killed by a wolf.
Van is killed by Melissa, stabbed through the heart.
**Casting Notes:** Lauren Ambrose plays adult Van beginning in season two.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Dead Queers, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [C Hemingway](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/c-hemingway/)
**Published:** February 28, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The supervisor of the Missing Persons Unit’s forensic imaging unit. C is smart, a great scientist, and cares for his elderly father. He also has social anxiety.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Samantha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/samantha-4/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Samantha tends to be fake. She acts nice at times but frequently tries to get under the skin of various members of MANG, likely a result of their shunning of her. She also makes racially insensitive comments often.
She has a crush on, and kisses, Abby, but then comes to the dance with a boy.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Tris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tris/)
**Published:** August 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
They are a student and are a peer tudor. And also Marcus Skateboarding buddy.
They grow close to Abby.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Abby Littman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/abby-littman/)
**Published:** August 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Abby is a friend of Max and Ginny. She is part of the MANG.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Bridget Westfall](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bridget-westfall/)
**Published:** April 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Wentworth’s new psychiatrist, appointed by the board who was concerned at the increase in self-harm and violence.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Wanda Mannering](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/wanda-mannering/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A tall black trans woman with brown eyes and dark brown curly hair, she had two nose piercings.
She was Dream and Delirium’s driver while they searched for their brother. She dies in a gas explosion.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Leslie Fisher](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leslie-fisher/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sarah’s wife who is a prosecutor for the DA. She’s desperate to solve a murder.
**Clichés:** Legal Eagle, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gwen Delvecchio](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gwen-delvecchio/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A real estate developer and Margo’s lover,
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Menah dos Santos](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/menah-dos-santos/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A shy teacher, she befriends Mara, who’s in a toxic relationship with a man, and decides to help her break free from it. The two eventually fall in love and must battle Menah’s brother’s brief prejudice. She proposes to Mara.
**Clichés:** Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Luana Shine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luana-shine/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman who has the big dream of inheriting her boss Cândida’s bar.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Mara Ramalho](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mara-ramalho/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mara is madly in love with her only friend and confidant, her best friend Menah. She is going through a difficult time in her life, trapped in a toxic relationship with a man who takes her money. Previously, she dated Nina.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nina-4/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She falls in love with Jonatas but still has feelings for her ex-girlfriend, Mara.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Amy Wong-Kroker](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amy-wong-kroker/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Amy is a klutzy girly-girl who likes to party a lot. She is kind of spoiled due to her parents being rich and she once had a time where she used to look down on the poor. After all, however, she is friendly and empathetic, and has a sense of justice and patriotism, but gets frustrated when in desperate and hard situations.
She constantly gets guilt-ridden and is always naive, falling for many things, including when she thought that Fry was actually interested in her, which he never was. Amy is also bad at placing and losing things such as failing to hide her wallet in her pocket fully only to have it stolen by people like Bender. She is rebellious against her parents in their many immoral schemes, once even to destroy twelve percent of the Milky Way to build a giant “mini-golf course”.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Marie Luise Krüger](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marie-luise-kruger/)
**Published:** September 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A former student of the Albert-Einstein School in Erfurt. She moves to her parents to New Jersey.
Marie Luise falls in love with her best friend, Karla. While it seems to be mutual, Marie Luise breaks up with Karla because Karla is really heterosexual.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vivian Vega-Vaughn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vivian-vega-vaughn/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Violet’s moms, she’s a paramedic.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alice Jordan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alice-jordan/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A married mother of three. Her husband hits on the woman who falls in love with her instead.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Patricia "Trixie" Chance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/patricia-trixie-chance/)
**Published:** July 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Wife of the neighbouring Vicar, she was a wild child in college, and had been having an affair with Chloe Selby (neé Jellop). After Chloe died in an accident, Patricia blamed the doctor and killed her.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Portia Effah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/portia-effah/)
**Published:** September 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The original producer of Lucy’s radio segment.
After Lucy miss-reads a moment and kisses Portia, she asks for a transfer. But the reason is not the kiss! Portia wants to ask Lucy out.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Celia Silva Gallardo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/celia-silva-gallardo/)
**Published:** September 7, 2025
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
An independent, self-assured, young non-conformist photographer and activist fighting to defend the role of women in society.
During the final episode of the series, the lead is narrating a recollection of the time that has past since the events of the previous episode. It is revealed that Celia was killed off-screen while in the field reporting on the war.
**Clichés:** Artist, Journalist Type
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jude](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jude-5/)
**Published:** September 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A corporate retreat manager, she sleeps with Lucy.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Laurita Valbuena](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laurita-valbuena/)
**Published:** September 7, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Laurita is the niece of Don Fermín, the owner of the tearoom. She begins to work as a saleswoman and is put in charge of marketing to relaunch the image of the the tearoom.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jenny Schecter](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenny-schecter/)
**Published:** November 16, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Throughout her duration on the series, Jenny went on a journey from the very first episode, which portrayed her as a selfish egotist; many observers have perceived her as a narcissist, and even as a borderline sociopath. This latter assessment was based early on around her recurrent lying and the fact she seems to excuse her own cheating in the first few seasons as a corollary of empowerment and as research for her book: which features an experimentalist female character who is evidently herself.
Kirshner has described Jenny as mostly being duplicitous and confused.[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Schecter#cite_note-diva-7)Jenny often acted “utterly impulsive”. Kirshner said it is very hard for people in the series and the viewers to like Jenny because she is “a very despicable character who lies, cheats, behaves and treats other people horribly for no reason, and is extremely selfish, self-indulgent and so terribly truthful… and she does not hesitate to hide any of it.”
Showrunner Ilene Chaiken decided to keep audiences guessing about Jenny’s sexuality. She stated that whilst sexuality can be fluid, that Jenny’s sexuality “definitely exists on the edge of fluidity”. This was because she had planned to have Jenny romantically involved mostly with females, but with some males too.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Mentally Ill
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Fluid
---
### [Bronwyn September](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bronwyn-september/)
**Published:** September 3, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jessie’s little sister. She wants to come out to her sister, but Jessie is distracted. Eventually she does.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sarah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sarah-16/)
**Published:** September 3, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Browyn’s ‘friend.’
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lisa Charnock](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lisa-charnock/)
**Published:** August 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A pickpocket on the ship, she ends up getting killed by a mark.
Lisa had tried to apologize to her ex, Layla, but honestly after you send your fiancee to prison, it’s a tough road to redemption.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Layla Mahmood](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/layla-mahmood/)
**Published:** August 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The owner of a fabric store, she spent 8 years in prison after being caught as a fence for her girlfriend’s pickpocketing ring.
Needless to say, while she still loves Lisa, she’s not looking for a reunion.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ravah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ravah/)
**Published:** August 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A non-binary Halem’nite who lived during the 32nd century in a pre-warp society.
Ravah set out on the Journey of the Mother Compeer, a race and test of devotion. The test was said to make the gods happy which then grant the people rain, and they succeeded. In actuality, the temple chamber was set to kill the winners.
Ravah was saved by the Discovery crew.
**Clichés:** Non-Human, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Adriana Delgadillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/adriana-delgadillo/)
**Published:** August 27, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Beltran’s ex-wife.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Albert/Alberta](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/albert-alberta/)
**Published:** December 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A singer in a band the Waynes’ brothers’ father was in. It’s just she’s not a he anymore.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Ellen Rodrigues](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ellen-rodrigues/)
**Published:** August 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Because she is so career-focused, Ellen lives a little disconnected from the world of personal relationships. She was an excellent student in high school and her time at MIT in Boston was no different. She finished her degree and completed a master’s degree in the United States. She was engaged Omar, an American, but her visit to Brazil leaves her uncertain about the directions she had planned for her life.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Keyla Romano](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/keyla-romano/)
**Published:** January 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Keyla Maria Romano was a classmate of Lica and Samantha. She had a child as a younger woman, and is now a struggling actress.
Keyla had a relationship with another woman in *Malhação*, however she has only dated men for any length of time.
**Clichés:** Artist, Just A Phase, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Waverly Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/waverly-earp/)
**Published:** April 20, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Wynonna’s little sister, she knows everything and has been researching the Revenants forever.
She’s also the daughter of an angel, so yikes.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Superhuman, Vegetarianish
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Shaila Handsworth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shaila-handsworth/)
**Published:** September 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The beleaguered prop-mistress, she and Phyllis are having an affair.
Her husband found out shortly before he was murdered.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Sam Simbler](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sam-simbler/)
**Published:** August 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sam is suing his school because he wants to use the boys’ bathroom. The school’s problem? Sam was assigned female at birth.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Simone (Elise)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/simone-elise/)
**Published:** June 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Charlie’s wife, she has a secret past that her wife (and friends) knew nothing about.
Her whole life she’s been an art forger. She’d more or less given it up when she met and fell in love with Charlie. Still, a mysterious woman coerced her into forging yet again, and then blackmailed her. Simone tried to run but was caught and confessed.
She was released after turning on her blackmailer (the same woman who’d ruined Jean’s life), and got back together with Charlie.
**Clichés:** Artist, Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Charlie Brodeur](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/charlie-brodeur/)
**Published:** June 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An art dealer in town, she is prickly but becomes friends with Jean.
Charlie is betrayed by her wife, Simone, who it turned out was using her for her shop. After Simone goes to jail, Charlie and Jean open up a new shop together.
When Simone is released, they get back together.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Annie Brennan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/annie-brennan/)
**Published:** April 23, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A police trainee and friends with Zander.
She can’t trust people after her ex girlfriend cheated on her. A lot.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sasha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sasha-3/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sasha is the Brovaries’ Back Catcher, married to Joanne and the youngest partner at her firm.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cara Varga-Murphy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cara-varga-murphy/)
**Published:** September 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A new resident on Ramsay Street, where she lives with her wife Remi and their sons, JJ and Dex.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Slug](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/slug/)
**Published:** July 2, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A hacker from Madripoor and member of Robbins’s gang. Slug is a former drag queen who wants to redistribute wealth from the privileged to the Chicago community.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Serena Chavez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/serena-chavez/)
**Published:** July 1, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A straight-shooting detective who comes from a family of cops and doctors.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jocelyn Lozando](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jocelyn-lozando/)
**Published:** July 1, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An LVFD officer and a former girlfriend of Serena.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sadie Mernier](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sadie-mernier/)
**Published:** August 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A model, she was desperately in love with her fellow model… who was straight. And got killed. It’s a surprise reverse lesbian death twist!
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Roo Russell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roo-russell/)
**Published:** June 18, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Roo is a CIA agent who works alongside Luke Brunner, Barry Putt and Aldon Reece. She is tasked with recovering Luke’s daughter, Emma. Roo often seen cracking jokes with Aldon Reece.
Roo is a gay woman who speaks about her difficult upbringing. She confronts Emma about familial complaints.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Elizabeth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elizabeth-5/)
**Published:** June 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is one of a group of two political scouts who comes to visit Leslie Knope and offers to help her run a City Council election campaign.
In her final appearance, she and her fellow scout inform Leslie that they’re searching for other political candidates. Leslie clearly upset by this accuses the two of sleeping with each other, Elizabeth clearly angry by this reveals to Leslie that she is in fact a lesbian before leaving.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Grace Devon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/grace-devon/)
**Published:** June 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ines’ ex. She bought a gun to protect Ines. Of course the gun was used to kill Ines, and Grace was arrested for the illegal purchase.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ines Mercedes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ines-mercedes/)
**Published:** June 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Goalkeeper for the Saint Auguste team, being scouted by professionals. She gets into a fight with Grace Devon (whom we later learn is her ex) and is Red Carded. At halftime, her team finds Ines dead in the locker room.
It turns out Brigitte shot Ines before the match with the gun Grace had bought Ines for protection.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Thirteenth Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/thirteenth-doctor/)
**Published:** July 18, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space in her dimensionally transcendental – “bigger on the inside” – time machine: the TARDIS. Time Lords have done away with such silly notions as gendered society so being male or female makes no difference to her.
She would like to be a ginger, though.
In a guest appearance with another Doctor, she says she should tell Yaz she loves her, but never does.
The Doctor regenerated into one of her previous forms (played by David Tennant), and is considered ‘dead’ as this incarnation is no more.
**Clichés:** Alien, Dead Queers, Intimacy Issues, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Rose Noble](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-noble/)
**Published:** November 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rose is Donna Noble’s teenage daughter. She has a plushie business, to try and make some money for her parents.
She find herself caught in the Doctor and her mom’s past when she offer shelter for an alien after their crash near london.
Rose may be non-binary, based on her partial absorption of the DoctorDonna meta crisis. She and Donna let go of the power in the end, as it would have killed them, to keep it.
She later began work at UNIT.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Carla Sunday](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-sunday/)
**Published:** May 12, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ruby’s mother who often fostered children.
She dated a woman named Claire at some point who introduced Ruby to the Beatles.
**Clichés:** Educator, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fugitive Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fugitive-doctor/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An incarnation of the Doctor who, against her will, worked for the Division on behalf of Gallifrey until she tried to desert her responsibilities, becoming a fugitive. Although both the Judoon and the Thirteenth Doctor’s own sonic screwdriver identified her as truly the Doctor, the Thirteenth Doctor was unsure how the Fugitive fit into her biography, as she had no memory of being the Fugitive Doctor, and the Fugitive Doctor in turn claiming to having no memory of being the Thirteenth Doctor, though she speculated she may have existed in the Thirteenth Doctor’s distant past, as a regeneration of the Timeless Child.
At any rate, after slipping away from her superior officer Gat, the Fugitive Doctor hid out on Earth using a Chameleon Arch, taking on a human identity as “**Ruth Clayton**“. She had her TARDIS buried near the lighthouse where she stored her true identity and trusted Lee Clayton to protect her, undercover as Ruth’s husband. Lee was also tasked with reminding her to *“Follow the light and break the glass”* when the time was right, as this would lead Ruth to return to the lighthouse, which she was made to recall from childhood, and finally restore her Time Lord memories.
**Clichés:** Alien, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Emily Malek](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emily-malek/)
**Published:** January 18, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Called Ofglen, she is Offred’s (the main concubine and protagonist) companion. She had a wife and child before the world changed, both of whom escaped to Canada. Ofglen was held back in the US because her marriage was rendered illegal in the new regime.
After being caught having an affair with a Martha, she undergoes genital mutilation to ‘cure’ her homosexuality. She steals a car and runs over a guard before presumably being shot and killed. However, Emily was captured and sent to the Colonies, an uninhabitable toxic wasteland where Gilead sends its “Unwomen.”
In the series finale, Emily reveals to June that she’s been in Bridgeport, a “hot spot for the rebellion.”
**Clichés:** Educator, Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rachel Norbert](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rachel-norbert/)
**Published:** May 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The wife of a client who slept with April.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Dagbjört](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dagbjort/)
**Published:** February 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Dagbjört eventually becomes Stella’s girlfriend and, at the end of the second season, is shot. While Stella is told she is dead, Dagbjört is still seen breathing at the end, and is badly wounded.
**Clichés:** Parent, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kat](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kat-6/)
**Published:** May 10, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
She and Ellie dated at some point.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dina/)
**Published:** April 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A patrolwoman of the community, living in Jackson, Wyoming, she is the free-spirited best friend and love interest of Ellie Williams by 2028, with her devotion to her tested by the brutality of the world they live in.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Jabberjaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jabberjaw/)
**Published:** May 5, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jabberjaw is an employee at the clothing store Magilla’s. She is Jabberjaw Sr.’s daughter.
She always makes snarky comments about how she “doesn’t get any respect”.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Yotsugi Megumi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yotsugi-megumi/)
**Published:** April 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A college student who happens to find a beautiful woman, Furuhashi Kotoha, abandoned in a garbage dump.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Vel Sartha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vel-sartha/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Rebel leader on a mission on Aldhani to steal a quarter’s worth of the local sector’s Galactic Empire payroll. Together with her fellow rebels Taramyn Barcona, Arvel Skeen, Cinta Kaz, Karis Nemik, and Imperial Lieutenant and inside man Gorn, they planned to infiltrate the Aldhani Garrison, steal the credits, and steal a Max-7 Rono freighter to escape in.
She was not pleased that Andor was brought in.
Later, she and Cinta assist the local Ghorman resistance leaders with a heist of their own. When a reckless boy disobeys orders and accidentally fires his blaster, hitting Cinta in the chest, Vel carts her lover’s body away in the back of a truck and tells Cinta’s inadvertent killer, “You’ll make up for this forever.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Criminal, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Cinta Kaz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/cinta-kaz/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A member of Vel Sartha’s team on a mission to break into the armory of the Aldhani Garrison on the Aldhani and steal the Imperial payroll.
Later on, while assisting the local Ghorman resistance leaders with a heist of their own, a reckless boy disobeys orders and accidentally fires his blaster, hitting Cinta in the chest.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Criminal, Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tasha Cordera](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tasha-cordera/)
**Published:** April 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Tasha is a sommelier who hurt herself while opening a bottle of wine.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Furuhashi Kotoha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/furuhashi-kotoha/)
**Published:** April 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman, abandoned near a garbage dump, who proposes a strange bet: Megumi will act as Kotoha’s lover until she can guess Kotoha’s real name.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ondine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ondine/)
**Published:** April 25, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
She is Joyce’s wife.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Joyce St. Claire](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/joyce-st-claire/)
**Published:** April 25, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Joyce has a sickle cell disease. She is brought in the E.R. after a flare up in the bus, and her calls for drugs to ease the pain makes the paramdics mistake her for an addict.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mona Hussein](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mona-hussein/)
**Published:** April 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Eldest daughter of the family, she often tries to pass as Italian.
She’s in a relationship with Gina.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Gina](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gina-8/)
**Published:** April 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mona’s classmate and secret girlfriend.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nina Rubin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nina-rubin/)
**Published:** April 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A detective.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Julia Grosz](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/julia-grosz/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A police inspector, she is Falke’s partner.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Elayne Trakand](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elayne-trakand/)
**Published:** April 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Elayne is the Daughter-Heir of Andor sent to train as a novice of the White Tower. She is a particularly inventive channeler, and has found several uses for new weaves, even as a novice, like the creation of beer.
Elayne dreams of being a Wavefinder, free in the sea, with Aviendha beside her.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aviendha](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aviendha/)
**Published:** April 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Aiel Maiden of the Spear. She was born to the Nine Valleys sept of the Taardad Aiel. Perrin Aybara finds Aviendha locked in a cage in Atuan’s Mill, chooses to release Aviendha from her cage, and the pair face Dain Bornhald’s Whitecloaks together. Aviendha proves an extremely capable warrior, and can easily defeat several Whitecloaks.
Aviendha and Elayne become lovers.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Siuan Sanche](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/siuan-sanche/)
**Published:** December 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An Aes Sedai, she serves as the current Amyrlin Seat.
She and Moiraine have a forbidden relationship.
*Kiera Chansa plays a young Siuan.*
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Politically Inclined, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alex Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-danvers/)
**Published:** November 7, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Initially highly closeted to herself, Alex is the adoptive older sister of Kara, aka Supergirl. Working for the DEO, she protects the world from extra-terrestrials. After seriously crushing on Maggie Sawyer, Alex came out to herself and then Kara, and finally everyone. Alex and Maggie dated and were briefly engaged until they hit a wall over wanting to have kids issues.
Eventually she meets Kelly Olsen. They hit it off and end up adopting a little girl and getting married.
(Olivia Nikkanen and Jordan Taylor play a young versions of Alex in *Supergirl*.)
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Melissa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/melissa-5/)
**Published:** March 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Melissa is one of the survivors of the crash of Flight 2525, struggling to survive in the Canadian wilderness. She and Shauna kissed while in the wilderness.
After being saved, Melissa faked her own suicide and began living under the name of “Kelly.”
She married Hannah’s daughter, Alex, and murders Adult Van.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Alex Finch](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alex-finch/)
**Published:** April 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Alex is the daughter of Hannah Finch. Her father is unknown.
Alex appears briefly in the adult timeline, where it is revealed that Melissa changed her name to Kelly and married Alex without her knowing that she was a[ ](https://yellowjackets.fandom.com/wiki/WHS_Yellowjackets)Yellowjacket responsible for her mother’s death. They have a young daughter together.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Nadine Lachere](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nadine-lachere/)
**Published:** June 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nadine threw wild drug-filled parties, usually while Theo was home in bed. Fearing for his welfare, Theo’s babysitter Gloria Ramirez abducted Theo. Upon discovering Theo was missing, Nadine called the police and the Special Victims Unit came to investigate. Nadine was nervous about the illegal drugs in her home but Benson assured Nadine their main concern was finding Theo.
After Theo was found safe and well, Nadine was eager to take him home but due to the drugs and messy home, Child Services had gotten involved. Theo was placed into a temporary foster care system while Nadine and her ex-girlfriend Fran Conway worked together to ensure that Theo had a more stable home environment.
**Clichés:** Addict, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Madeline Scott](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/madeline-scott/)
**Published:** March 17, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A lawyer specializing in wrongful convictions, driven by the experience of spending ten years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit.
**Clichés:** Conditional Queerness, Criminal, Legal Eagle, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Katie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/katie-electric-dreams/)
**Published:** January 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A gorgeous lesbian who loves her wife and wants to have sex all the time. In Sarah’s fantasy life, she’s dead. But also straight so …
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Annie Isles](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/annie-isles/)
**Published:** March 26, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
When her friend Frannie shows up, Annie insists it was just fooling around. It wasn’t. But she mistreats Frannie terribly before sorting it out.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Rosie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rosie-3/)
**Published:** March 20, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Odyssey ‘s engineer. She regularly plays in the “Boys, Butches, and Bi’s” card game.
Rosie is a recovering alcoholic.
**Clichés:** Addict, Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Freya Frostad](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/freya-frostad/)
**Published:** April 3, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A declutterring guru in a throuple. When her husband, Axel, is found dead in the hot tub , she and Taylor are under suspicion.
Ironically, it’s Freya’s hoarding in her storage unit that leads Elsbeth to find proof of multiple attempts on Axel’s life.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Marly](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marly/)
**Published:** October 22, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Margie’s partner who starts eavesdroping when seing Barney and Logs reminds her of their first date.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Margie](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/margie/)
**Published:** October 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Marly’s partner
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jules](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-4/)
**Published:** October 22, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
They are a soul who’s trying to pass over.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL, Superhuman, Undead
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Byrna Brilyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/byrna-brilyant/)
**Published:** March 31, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A finalist on Metropolis’s Most Eligible Bachelor/Bachelorette Contest. They became known for climbing Mount Everest seven times.
**Clichés:** Cartoon
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taylor-7/)
**Published:** April 3, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
In a throuple with Freya and Axel (Freya’s now dead husband).
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Shauna Sadecki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/shauna-sadecki/)
**Published:** March 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Shauna (née Shipman) was a member of a WHS Yellowjackets and one of the few survivors of the infamous plane crash that left her and her teammates struggling for survival in the wilderness. As an adult she is married to Jeff, who was originally the boyfriend of her best friend, a fellow teammate who did not survive, and has a teenage daughter named Callie. Her life drastically changes once again when the real events of what happened during her time in the wilderness are threatened to be revealed.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Ryan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ryan-3/)
**Published:** April 1, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Verderer’s sister’s non-binary child who is counting down to the day when they can escape the town.
They run a cat-speed-dating to help cats get adopted.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Andréa Martel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/andrea-martel/)
**Published:** February 12, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A talent agent in ASK talent agency, she slept with men before, but doesn’t plan to again. She’s also pretty much into kissing and sleeping with all the women.
**Clichés:** Parent, Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Colette Brancillo](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/colette-brancillo/)
**Published:** February 12, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Seeking a long term relationship, she turns down promiscuous Andréa for obvious reasons. They try dating after Colette turns out to be the company’s tax agent, but break up when Andréa kisses someone else.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Drew Seymour](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/drew-seymour/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Content:**
Adventurous, independent and a good listener. Drew is very supportive of her sister Alexis’ quest, though a bit more realistic about its outcome. Unable to live with her birth mother, she spent some time in foster care before being adopted.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
---
### [Geraldine](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/geraldine/)
**Published:** June 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Formerly Gerald, he loved his girlfriend’s “effortless femininity,” wanted to *be* her, and then did her best to live the dream, which makes Jeanette feel good about herself.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ginny Roberts](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ginny-roberts/)
**Published:** March 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ginny is suffering from episodic amnesia, so she forgets what she saw, but not before writing it down in her day planner.
Her inability to remember anything for more than three minutes at a time leads the nurses to believe that she is having a psychotic episode, and Ginny flees, rather than being admitted to the psychiatric ward. Rather than leaving the hospital, she jumps on the elevator and finds herself in Watson’s clinic.
Ginny claims something is eating her from the inside out. Turns out she has an ovarian teratoma: a tumour … with teeth.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Princess Anin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-anin/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
With her thai title : Mom Chao Ying Anilphat Sawetawarit (Than Ying Anin). The princess is kind and mischievous, often bringing her servant Prik into her pranks and games. She love climbing trees and playing around while being often called out by Lady Pin for not being careful enough. She is the youngest of her siblings and the apple of her parent’s eyes, which tends to result in getting away with pretty much anything.
Quick on her feet, and a remarquable study, Princess Anin quickly realises the meaning of her feelings for Pin. She is as rightheous as she is brave and while thoughtful, the princess will not fully realise the extent of her privileges next to others.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Simone Abara](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/simone-5/)
**Published:** December 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Taissa’s wife.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Taissa Turner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/taissa-turner/)
**Published:** November 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A plane crash survivor. In the present, she’s a politician who campaigns to be a New Jersey senator. Taissa helps Shauna cover up details about their past experiences.
*Jasmin Savoy Brown plays younger Taissa.*
**Clichés:** Athlete, Parent, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Evelyn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/evelyn-2/)
**Published:** January 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She is from the Southern United States. Initially, she disliked Homer due to hearing bad things about him from Patty, but after meeting in person, she and Homer discover that they have a lot in common and become friends, something that annoys Patty.
When Marge made Patty realize that her girlfriend was essentially the female version of her brother-in-law, Patty broke up with her. However, Marge eventually convinced Patty to give Evelyn another chance (reminding her the different between Homer and Evelyn is how they feel about Patty), and the two ultimately got back together.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Viola 'Vi' Marsette](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/viola-marsette/)
**Published:** May 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Robyn’s aunt, she lives with them and helps Robyn with her daughter.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vi](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vi/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A Zaunite, born and raised in the Lanes. When her parents were killed by Piltover enforcers, she and her sister Powder were taken in by Vander. After a series of events following a heist gone bad, Vi was separated from her sister and sent to prison, only to be released years later by a recently-dismissed enforcer who needs help hunting down a dangerous Zaunite criminal.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Princess Im](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-im/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
I’m not sure who she is to be honest. Princess Patt was her second.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lady Pin](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lady-pin/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
With her thai title : Mom Rajawongse Pilanthita Kasidit (Khun Ying Pin).
Lady Pin is reserved and polite. She will spend hours carve fruits, as Princess Patt taught her, when she is upset. The well-mannered Pin is very unhappy with Princess Anin’s carelessness, but she never leaves her friend alone to her own consequences and despite herself, often ends up going along with Anin’s plans. The two have been inseparable since the Princess offered her pinwheel and her sillinesss to a sad little Pin who just lost her parents.
Lady Pin is caught between her affection for Princess Anin and her care for Princess Patt who raised her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Princess Patt](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/princess-patt/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Princess Pattamika Kasidit is Lady Pin’s Aunt and guardian after the later’s parent passing.
She cares for her niece immensely and raises her with a certain strictness and rigor, that she believes being member of the Sawetawarit court requires. Being adopted into the family she is careful with the status and privilege she’s been granted, which is the reason she is so strict with Lady Pin.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lady Uangfah](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lady-uangfah/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Lady Uangfah is Anin’s cousin. She is kind and has an absolute moral rectitude. She is inspired by Anin and Pin’s story.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Eva Tamminen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/eva-tamminen/)
**Published:** September 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She had a romantic thing going on with her best friend Monica, at least until Eva’s ex-boyfriend knocked Monica up.
**Clichés:** Promiscuous
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Pansexual
---
### [Jutta Korhonen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jutta-korhonen/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An occupational safety delegate, she’s the father of Iida.
**Clichés:** Addict, Parent
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Donna Williams](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/donna-williams-2/)
**Published:** September 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A homicide detective in NYC who has the bad luck of picking up the death of Tim Kono. After finding out that her department is burying the case, and her wife listens to *Only Murders in the Building*, she assists the podcast.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sazz Pataki](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sazz-pataki/)
**Published:** October 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Charles-Haden Savage’s stand double from the *Brazzos* days, she also stole Charle’s girlfriend once.
When *Brazzos* is rebooted, she returns to be his double.
She also starts dating Jan (who tried to kill Charles) after she’s imprisoned.
Sazz is shot and killed at the end of season three, presumably mistaken for being Charles.
**Clichés:** Artist, Dead Queers, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Roz Russell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roz-russell/)
**Published:** January 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The salty, no-nonsense bailiff alongside Bull Shannon who had a world-weary view of the shenanigans in the courtroom during Harry Stone’s tenure.
She meets Dan again when detained, and gets him to help her investigate her fiancé, Loretta.
*Note: Roz was not portrayed as queer in the original “Night Court”*
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Remi Varga-Murphy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/remi-varga-murphy/)
**Published:** September 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A new resident on Ramsay Street, where she lives with her wife Cara and their sons, JJ and Dex.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Donna Freedman](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/donna-freedman/)
**Published:** September 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A secret bisexual, they never really did anything with the story-line, though she kissed Sunny.
Donna married Ringo Brown, only to have him die a month later. She moved to New York to go to fashion school.
**Clichés:** Artist, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Evynn Moore](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/evynn-moore/)
**Published:** March 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Catherine Fox’s protégés, she’s married to Tasha Lawson. She is an attending urologist who started her career working under Fox and is a leading expert in penile reconstruction.
Evynn knew that Tasha had alzheimer’s but didn’t tell the doctors, as it could prevent the liver transplant that Tasha needs.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tasha Lawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tasha-lawson/)
**Published:** March 19, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A political science professor. She has written three books and won the Margeaux Prize for Distinguished Faculty. She has also done political commentary for the local NPR station.
Tasha has alzheimer’s and needs a liver transplant due to primary sclerosing cholangitis.
**Clichés:** Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maxine Mortimer](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maxine-mortimer/)
**Published:** March 14, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A writer, who was the face of the name, which belonged to her long time lover.
When the real Maxine died, she took on the name at her lover’s request.
As Maxine is not as amazing a writer as the real Maxine, she’s been terrified to publish. When Lady Felicia reads Maxine’s works aloud, Maxine is brought back to the spotlight. This time, for her own work.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dana](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dana-4/)
**Published:** April 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the play testers. She acts as a company sponsored Twitch Streamer for a while, before she’s outed as a shill, and goes back to play testing.
Her sexuality was hinted at until the Everlight fight, when Jo attacks her and shouts “Die, lesbian!” Rachel is in love with her, and they start dating. Eventually Dana proposes.
Dana becomes a programmer and creates the most popular toolset in the company, Playpen.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Rachel](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rachel-2/)
**Published:** February 7, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A game tester and bug filer, she has ideas and wants to be more included in the development.
She also has a mad crush on her coworker, Dana. Who is initially oblivious, but once they get over that hurdle, start dating. She wants to be a writer but ends up being a business manager at Mythic Quest.
Rachel loves murder mysteries and Poirot, so when Dana proposes, it’s at murder mystery dinner she creates, just for Rachel.
**Clichés:** Just One of the Guys, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Filipa Gomes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/filipa-gomes/)
**Published:** April 12, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Also known as Pipa, she will do anything to stay in her mom’s good graces. She is fully closeted, even though she is dating a girl at her high school.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Marie Joséphine of Savoy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/marie-josephine-of-savoy/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A princess of France and Countess of Provence by marriage to the future King Louis XVIII of France.
She was regarded by Bourbon Royalist Legitimists as the titular ‘queen of France’ when her husband assumed the title of king in 1795 upon the death of his nephew, the titular King Louis XVII of France, until her death. She was never practically queen as, in real life, she died before her husband actually became king in 1814.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ayanna Bell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ayanna-bell/)
**Published:** April 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Squad supervisor of the OCCB task force and Stabler’s current partner.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Breanna Casey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/breanna-casey/)
**Published:** September 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Breanna grew up with the same foster mother as Alec Hardison, making them foster siblings. She worked multiple gig jobs before joining Leverage International. One of these was working social media for a concert promoter.
Parker taught her how to tail people when she was 11.
Throughout season 2, Breanna has an asexual-pride sticker on her laptop, making it most likely that she is asexual.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Asexual
**Romantic Orientations:** Homoromantic
---
### [Carla Furiani](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/carla-furiani/)
**Published:** May 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Carla is a new studient at Auguste Armand’s cooking institute.
Coming from a wealthy family, Carla is a bit of a brat and easily self centered. The sarcastic girl still ends up befriending Bérénice.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Coach Singh](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/coach-singh/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rugby Coach and former semi-pro player. She’s married to a tennis player.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tara Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tara-jones/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A Higgs student who befriends Elle.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Elle Argent](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elle-argent/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The new girl at Higgs (Harvey Greene Grammar School for Girls), Elle transferred from an all-boy’s school when they refused to call her Elle.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Darcy Olsson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/darcy-olsson/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Vibrant, and no-fucks-given, they’re dating Tara.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Naomi Russell](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/naomi-russell/)
**Published:** August 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Naomi is one of Elle’s cool, new friends in Season 2 attending the same art school. She instantly connects with Elle due to their shared experience being trans girls in their teens.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Isabela Benítez-Santiago](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/isabela-benitez-santiago/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Pushed as ‘the next AOC’ by Quinn’s mom. She’s an advocate of PoC and the poor, and Quinn’s mom wants her to mentor Quinn.
Quinn and Isabela hit it off and date for awhile until they break up because Quinn is moving too quickly in the relationship.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tye Reynolds](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tye-reynolds/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The most successful of her friends, Tye founded a popular app for “queer people of color” and is doing very well for herself.
**Clichés:** Intimacy Issues, Promiscuous, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Quinn Joseph](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/quinn-joseph/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
After working a proper job, Quinn quit to open a boutique. It’s struggling and her mother’s cash infusions keep her going.
A frequent dater, Quinn often goes from date to date, with most of the dates turning out to be horrendous.
At the end of the first season, she asks out Isabela.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Harley Quinn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/harley-quinn/)
**Published:** May 11, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
AKA Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, Harley Quinn was once the girlfriend and sidekick to the Joker. He abused her, mentally and physically, and she finally snapped.
Now she wants to be the Queenpin of Gotham.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Poison Ivy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/poison-ivy/)
**Published:** May 11, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
AKA Dr. Pamela Lillian Isley, she was a botanist who became a supervillain. She befriended Harley Quinn and later they fell in love.
Joker murdered her, but Harley’s tears brought her back to life.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Gloria McManus](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/gloria-mcmanus/)
**Published:** May 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Since the group disbanded, she has since become a dentist and come out of the closet. Now living with her elderly father, she yearns for more in life than looking in people’s mouths and giving her dad heart pills.
And that includes getting back with her ex wife.
A younger Gloria is played by Erika Henningsen.
**Clichés:** Artist, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sheryll Barnes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sheryll-barnes/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She’s an ex-NYPD detective with elevated street smarts.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sonia Fowler](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sonia-fowler/)
**Published:** August 21, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The third child of a very dysfunctional family, Sonia never knew her real dad – but mum Carol doted on her. She declared herself a lesbian after kissing Naomi.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Bernadette Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bernadette-taylor/)
**Published:** March 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Bernadette came to live in Walford in 2017 with her mother Karen Taylor and half-siblings.
She got knocked up by her boyfriend, resulting in a stillborn baby, and then realized she was in love with her best friend, Tiffany.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sah Brockner](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sah-brockner/)
**Published:** October 11, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A new paramedic. They are a cool character who never wants to be seen trying too hard, or showing their feelings, but they soon meet their match when working with boss Jan, who suspects a big heart is hiding somewhere inside their chilly exterior.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ashley Banks](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ashley-banks/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Youngest of the Banks children, she’s unimpressed by her family having to be ‘on’ all the time, and is interested in science and games.
She also has a crush on her friend Lucia, but Ashley hasn’t ruled out boys yet.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Nancy Gillian](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nancy-gillian/)
**Published:** May 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An EMT at the station, Nancy is smart, tall, sassy, but a little self conscious.
**Clichés:** Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Paul Strickland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/paul-strickland/)
**Published:** January 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A transgender male firefighter, who bravely decided to transition on the job in Chicago and has a gift for observation worthy of Sherlock Holmes
**Clichés:** Firefighter, Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Devon Scout-Hale](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/devon-scout-hale/)
**Published:** March 5, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mark’s sister.
Devon is sarcastic, intelligent, and laid-back. Her rationality and subdued character have led some fans to dub her “the only normal character on the show.” She is supportive to her friends and family, especially to her brother Mark, to whom she is the closest friend after the death of his wife. They both exude exhausted introversion and enjoy witty banter together, but Devon once confided that he could “depress” her.
She wants to help Mark uncover the secrets of Lumon.
**Clichés:** Artist, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Nico Minoru (Spider-Man)](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nico-minoru-spider-man/)
**Published:** February 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Nico was born to Tina and Robert Minoru in 2001 in Los Angeles, California, but her mother died during an early point in Nico’s life. Nico later got accepted to Midtown High of Science and Technology in New York City, where she lived with a foster family.
She became friends with Peter Parker after he was bitten by the spider, but didn’t know about the powers for a few months.
Both she and Peter wanted to ask out Pearl.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Maddy Murphy](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maddy-murphy/)
**Published:** February 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The cousin of Cara and Chelsea Murphy. She is a midwife who secretly helped Chelsea delver her baby.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Christine Rodd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/christine-rodd/)
**Published:** September 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Following the breakdown of her marriage to Allan Steiger, Christine realises that she is gay and she struggles to tell her ex-husband or their daughter, Pepper. It becomes even more difficult for her, when her sister takes the news badly. Christine becomes the head mechanic at Carpenter’s Mechanics and begins working with Janae Timmins, whom she does not get on with.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lindsay Corkhill](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lindsay-corkhill/)
**Published:** July 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Over the years, she went from a skint chip-shop worker into a gun-toting night club owner avoiding local gangsters. All her relationships went bad.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Zoé](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/zoe-9/)
**Published:** February 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Judith’s wife. They want to have a baby together, but faced homophobic doctors. When they found out that none of their embryos were viable, they sued for discrimination.
In reality, their embryos had been destroyed by activists and the hospital tried to cover it up.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Judith](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/judith-2/)
**Published:** February 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Zoé’s wife. They want to have a baby together, but faced homophobic doctors. When they found out that none of their embryos were viable, they sued for discrimination.
In reality, their embryos had been destroyed by activists and the hospital tried to cover it up.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Suzy Merton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/suzy-merton/)
**Published:** December 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Vanessa’s love interest. She as an event planner at *Take a Bow*.
They met when Vanessa hit Suzy with a car (technically Suzy popped out from nowhere…). A week later, they bumped into each other again and Vanessa bought her a drink to apologise for their previous encounter. The pair flirted over a drink and realised they enjoyed each other’s company so they agreed to go for another drink sometime.
Suzy died after a limo crash.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mila Petrovich](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mila-petrovich/)
**Published:** February 17, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The daughter of a very bad man, Anton. She is in love with Claudia and wants to run away with her. Anton finds out and kidnaps them both, only for Claudia’s father (and the LAPD) to ruin his plans.
Thankfully she and Claudia live, announce their engagement to Claudia’s delighted father, and Mila turns on her father, telling the FBI everything.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Claudia Hernandez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/claudia-hernandez/)
**Published:** February 17, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A young woman who has gone missing.
Her father pushes the police, to the point that he crashes their gala, wanting their help. Turns out she is in love with Mila, who is the daughter of a not-so-great guy, who kidnapped them both when Claudia and Mila wanted to run away together.
Her father is delighted to have her back, and to meet her fiancé, Mila.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jenny](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jenny-3/)
**Published:** February 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Coach Singh’s wife.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Viktor Hargreeves](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/viktor-hargreeves/)
**Published:** July 31, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
AKA “The White Violin”, AKA “Number Seven”, Formerly “Vanya”
In season one Vanya is a meek violinist with no apparent supernatural abilities, which somewhat alienated Vanya from the others. In reality, Vanya possesses the power to convert sound waves into destructive force, an ability their father suppressed with drugs to keep others out of danger.
This backfires creating season two. Vanya’s powers explode, the apocalypse happens, and Vanya ends up in 1962 with no memory and another impending apocalypse. Of course Vanya also finds love in a bored housewife, so it’s not all bad.
In season three, the Umbrella Academy are back in the right time, but the wrong universe. Vanya cuts his hair and takes the name Viktor, as that’s who he always was. His siblings take it very well.
In season four, Vik owns a bar and is distant from his siblings, while romancing every woman in town. In the end, he chooses his siblings and destroy themselves to save the universe and reset the timelines.
TJ McGibbon plays Teen Vanya.
**Clichés:** Bartender, Dead Queers, Mentally Ill, Queer IRL, Superhuman
**Genders:** Trans Man
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ienaga Kano](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ienaga-kano-2/)
**Published:** February 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A transgender woman and former doctor who feeds on the flesh of her victims to remain youthful and beautiful.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Will Sanders](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/will-sanders/)
**Published:** November 11, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Annie’s (eventual) ex.
**Clichés:** Gender Swapped, Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Genderfluid
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Panda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/panda/)
**Published:** February 3, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A woman in prison with Morgane, she offers information on marital arts in exchange for some sweet kicks and dental dams.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kira Yu](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kira-yu/)
**Published:** November 11, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
IT Specialist at Jacobson-Moore. While Matty tries to steal her fingerprints, Kira and Sarah strike up a more-than-friendship, helped out by Matty’s ‘helplessness.’
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Tia Clayton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/tia-clayton/)
**Published:** May 14, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Kat’s campaign manager. She keeps to herself quite a bit and is very closeted, to the point that she’d rather not be queer at all, but … well.
**Clichés:** Closeted, Politically Inclined, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lana Bélliard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lana-belliard/)
**Published:** January 31, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A 17 year old who is transitioning against the wishes of her family. After she gets into a fight with her father (who would rather she be dead), her friends and her brother help her fake her death so she can escape to Amsterdam.
Morgane agrees to pretend she didn’t see Lana, and lets the young woman escape to a new life.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Heterosexual
---
### [Jax](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jax/)
**Published:** January 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A kid who’s super into Jackass type stunts. They have a rough home life, and Paul takes them under his wing.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Student
**Genders:** Non-Binary
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Camille Duez](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/camille-duez/)
**Published:** January 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Married to Paul (and mother of Maël), she falls in love with Fanny, only to find out Fanny was following her because Fanny was the biological mother of Maël.
Camille kills Fanny when she learns that Fanny is planning to take Maël away.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Moon](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/moon/)
**Published:** August 31, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of Sam’s friends, Moon believes in building bridges. Raised in Encino Hills, she attends West Valley High School. Her parents are wealthy and are open-minded enough that her mother gave her marijuana for her birthday.
She used to date Hawk until he became a bully. Then she started dating Piper. After they broke up, she and Hawk reconnected.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Garree](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/garree/)
**Published:** January 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A human female analyst, married to Maree, and parent to KB on their homeworld of At Attin.
After KB and three other children went missing, Garree and Maree joined the other childrens’ parents in waiting for news from the safety droids searching for them.
When a droid arrived and informed the parents that the children had left the Barrier surrounding At Attin on a starship and that the Supervisor would not risk asking the Republic for help finding them, Garree became even more worried and brought up KB’s urgent medical needs.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maree](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maree/)
**Published:** January 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A human living on At Attin, after the fall of the Republic. She’s married to Garree and they have a daughter, KB.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Izzy Harris](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzy-harris/)
**Published:** February 9, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Eve and Gavin’s teenage daughter who lost her left leg in a car crash while being driven home by a neighbor.
Izzy fell into prehistoric times, and it’s all really messy. She has a crush on Leyla, in that time period, and they kiss, but who turns out to be a traitor.
In the end, Izzy returns to 2021 with her family.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Disabled, Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ruby Foxcroft](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ruby-foxcroft/)
**Published:** January 15, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Cara’s crush. When they run into each other at a party, Ruby drags here off to dance. After that, they’re dating.
**Clichés:** Student
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rana Habeeb](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rana-nazir/)
**Published:** October 2, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
All set to marry Zeedan, Rana is distant and uncomfortable around Kate. At least until she realizes she’s in love with her.
Sadly Rana was killed in a factory roof collapse before she could marry Kate *on their wedding day*, and never made up with her parents about being gay.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Intimacy Issues, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Kim Hwa-yeong](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kim-hwa-yeong/)
**Published:** January 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The Buddhist daughter of a devout Catholic.
Her dress falls off at her wedding, showing her massive back tattoo of Guanyin, the Buddhist Bodhisattva of compassion.
As the actual aggrieved party, Hwa-young withdraws the lawsuit, telling her father she is in fact a Buddhist and revealing her true love, her girlfriend.
Begrudgingly, her father supports her love.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Roxane Thiemen](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/roxane-thiemen/)
**Published:** June 7, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
A waitress and Sara’s girlfriend. She is a hacker with a mission.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sylvia Trench](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sylvia-trench/)
**Published:** December 28, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A passenger on the Orient Express, who is interrupted by the Doctor. He reads her love letter, and she reveals it was one she wrote to the woman she loves, to get back together.
In the end she tore up the letter.
She was also the very first Bond Girl.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Kendra Templeton](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kendra-templeton/)
**Published:** December 28, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of a polyamorous triad that wanted to have a baby via assisted reproduction.
She and Rose said they’d been together for six years and they were ready to have a baby. Evan was there to be the sperm donor. They wanted to use Rose’s egg, but have Kendra carry so they could both be part of the experience.
When Rose found out she was infertile, and Kendra and Evan still wanted a child, their relationship became up in the air.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Rose Filmore](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rose-filmore/)
**Published:** December 28, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of a polyamorous triad that wanted to have a baby via assisted reproduction.
She and Kendra said they’d been together for six years and they were ready to have a baby. Evan was there to be the sperm donor. They wanted to use Rose’s egg, but have Kendra carry so they could both be part of the experience.
When Rose found out she was infertile, and Kendra and Evan still wanted a child, their relationship became up in the air.
**Clichés:** Educator
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Izzy Garcia](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/izzy-garcia/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The athletic step-sister of Javi who becomes the new Green Ranger of the Dino Fury Rangers.
She starts dating Fern (who later becomes the Cosmic Orange Ranger) and they plan to go to university together.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Fern](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/fern/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Izzy’s rival and later girlfriend.
In *Cosmic Fury*, Fern becomes the Orange Cosmic Ranger.
**Clichés:** Athlete, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Student, Superhuman
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jay Copeland](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jay-copeland/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Jessica (better known as Jay) had a complicated life. She married Maia, separated, and then was murdered by a serial killer.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Maia Jeffries](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maia-jeffries/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
Maia had a rocky relationship with Jay, but married her in a civil union on Valentine’s Day 2006. They separated and Maia became a widow just over a year later. After that, she fell in love with Nicole, cheated on her, and left the show.
**Clichés:** Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Harper Whitley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/harper-whitley/)
**Published:** September 17, 2017
**Author:** Natalie
**Content:**
Harper arrived to Shortland Street after being involved with U.S. criminal syndicates. She was at a one point Acting CEO of the hospital and is now the head of E.D.
She was initially thought to be straight until she found herself falling for Nicole Miller in 2014. Despite some confusion around her own sexuality, Harper embraced her feelings and embarked on a loving relationship with Nicole which ended in heart-break when Nicole dumped her for her ex. Following that, Harper returned to dated men and would assert that Nicole was the only women she’d felt that way about.
Harper began a very tumultuous with Drew McCaskill. The two eventually married and not too long after Harper gave birth to an intersex child, Billy. In 2018, Harper found herself attracted to their new nanny, Dani Fox, leading to threesome between the three of them in a storyline which cemented Harper’s attraction to women.
She and Drew’s relationship continued to have ups and downs between 2018 and 2023. Their family grew to include foster son, Marley, and daughter, Skye. Harper has had many signifiant storylines including her own physical health struggles, Drew’s tax evasion, arguments over Billy’s gender, postpartum depression after the birth of Skye, and being attacked after discovering Marley’s rugby coach was a sex abuser.
In 2024, Harper began an affair with Phil Grayson but that affair ended and, eventually, Harper reconciled with Drew. Sadly, a mishap during a motorcycle road trip cause the couple to crash and Harper sustained catastrophic injuries. She died in the ED that she’d worked so hard to build.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Dead Queers, Parent, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Aoife Boyd](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aoife-boyd/)
**Published:** December 20, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A young woman who was murdered.
A year later, when her father gets out of prison, he holds the police station hostage to get the case solved. It turns out she was killed by a serial killer.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sadie Davenport](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sadie-davenport/)
**Published:** December 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ex girlfriend of Andy (the victim). Delia (the current girlfriend) thought they were getting back together, and bashed in Sadie’s headlight. Sadie was just picking up their shared cat. Also she’s a lesbian now.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ariane](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ariane/)
**Published:** December 14, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Ariane is first Louison’s usual cashier when she goes to shop, and then coworker when the other girl gets hired at the supermarket.
While she is a bit confused by Louison at first, she quickly grows to like her when she makes her job a lot more fun.
Ariane is a pretty chill woman who will get Louison’s favourite tp brand no question asked, but isn’t interested in being anyone experimentation.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Louison](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/louison/)
**Published:** December 14, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Louison is a newly diagnosed autistic mom who is currently struggling between her son starting le collège and a social worker being alerted by the school because she didn’t make a good impression on them after an incident.
She has a passion for meteorology.
**Clichés:** Disabled, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Alexia Maldini](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/alexia-maldini/)
**Published:** December 13, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Alexia is a very enthusiastic and understanding woman. And maybe a tad dramatic. She is a mountain guide who dreams of building a school to teach what she knows. Alexia loves the mountain and will fight for its preservation. She doesn’t mind if her and Emily are not on the same sides during a job at times.
**Clichés:** Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Emilie Karras](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/emilie-karras/)
**Published:** December 13, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Sent by the Lyon section de recherches, Karras is investigating the murders happening in the resort. She is a no-nonsense woman, strick with safety and health, which annoy her new partner major Loïc Servoz, and also a fan of fruit puree.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Agnès](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/agnes-2/)
**Published:** December 13, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
Emilie’s ex-wife who’s pissed at her and bad at not showing it. Even in front of their son.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Aunt Praline](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aunt-praline/)
**Published:** December 10, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Aunt Praline is Strawberry Shortcake’s kind aunt who lives in Big Apple City and acts as Strawberry’s parental figure during her stay. She is currently allowing Strawberry to live with her and is helping her to become the best baker in the world, even lending her niece her old food truck to help her get started. She often gives advice to Strawberry whenever she is struggling, feeling down or needs help.
She works for Mayor Molasses as chief of staff, and often has to play heavy assistance for him due to his ineptitude. One of her responsibilities is to listen to proposals for new projects and deciding to approve them.
She’s currently dating Kiki KeyLime.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Banoffee](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/banoffee/)
**Published:** December 10, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Banoffee is a famous fashion model and a major celebrity in Big Apple City. Her debut has her modeling for the Mint Gala.
**Clichés:** Artist, Cartoon, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Ceeli Durango](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ceeli-durango/)
**Published:** December 9, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of pilot Nash Durango’s parents. She lives on Tenoo together with her partner, Kryys Durango. They both watched their daughter race in and win the Kublop Classic.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kryys Durango](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kryys-durango/)
**Published:** December 9, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of pilot Nash Durango’s parents. She lives on Tenoo together with her partner, Ceeli Durango. They both watched their daughter race in and win the Kublop Classic.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Mandy Riljek](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mandy-riljek/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Mandy’s known as the “gossip queen” of the country club she belongs to and the gated community that she lives in. She was on the women’s committee at her country club with murder victim, Scarlett Marquesa, who was the chairwoman.
When Jane and Rigsby went to her to see if Victor, Scarlett’s husband, was having an affair with Asra Hadami, Mandy laughs off the idea, explains that Asra and Victor are just friends. Mandy then tells Jane and Rigsby that she thinks Victor was the one who murdered Scarlett—pointing out that while Victor’s a nice guy, most of the time when married women are murdered, it’s their husbands who murdered them, which Jane and Rigsby agree that she has a point on.
It’s later revealed why Mandy laughed off the idea of Asra having an affair with Victor: turns out that Mandy and Asra are lesbians and that Mandy’s been having an affair with Asra behind her husband’s back.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Asra Hadami](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/asra-hadami/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Victor Marquesa’s account manager and Mandy Riljek’s secret lover
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Constance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/constance-2/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The second chair of the orchestra where the murder victim Eleanor Ortega worked. She sat near her, and hoped to take her place. It is later discovered Constance was in love with her.
The murder weapon was found in her car. It is later revealed that the killer placed it there so that, with the first chair dead and the second chair incarcerated, the third chair (for whom the murderer had developed an insane obsession) took her place, especially since she was planning to leave the orchestra.
**Clichés:** Artist
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Kristin Marley](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kristin-marley/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An intern having an affair with Senator Melinda Batson.
Melinda suspected Kristin of cheating on her and followed her; finding out that Kristin had slept with Melinda’s father. Melinda confronted Kristin about the affair, and later killed Kristin with one of her stone bookends.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Melinda Batson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/melinda-batson/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A U.S. Senator who engaged in an illicit affair with her intern Kristin Marley. Her husband, Elliot, found out about the affair and agreed to be accused of sleeping with Kristin to protect her. Melinda suspected Kristin of cheating on her and followed her; finding out that Kristin had slept with Melinda’s father. Melinda confronted Kristin about the affair, and later killed Kristin with one of her stone bookends.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Politically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Ramona](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ramona-2/)
**Published:** July 6, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
One of Mallory’s friends. She loves to sleep with straight girls but had a nervous breakdown after her last one.
**Clichés:** Addict, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ana Lasbrey](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ana-lasbrey/)
**Published:** December 5, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
One of the doctors who worked with Paolo Macchiarini.
To accelerate the progress of her stem cell research, she joins Macchiarini’s team which implants biosynthetic tracheas in several patients. However, she starts to reconsider her decision to assist the surgeon after confronting the worsening condition of Andemariam Beyene.
Ana is a combination of two real life surgeons, Karl-Henrik Grinnemo and Oscar Simonson, who worked with the real life Macchiarini.
**Clichés:** Based on a Real Person, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Yasmine Shields](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/yasmine-shields/)
**Published:** December 4, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A mysterious businesswoman who arrives in Erinsborough, wanting to put on a light show. She later reveals she’s Heath Royce’s sister and likely has a secret agenda.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Elly Conway](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/elly-conway/)
**Published:** January 21, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Eleanor Leanna Rose Conway (aka Elly) had a very unstable upbringing – she never knew her father and her mother was always neglecting her, so she became very rebellious and also quite estranged from her family. Thus, it was a complete shock when Elly’s mother, Liz, turned up in Erinsborough, having not seen her sister, Susan in years and explained that Elly had been expelled from boarding school for smoking pot.
During adult Elly’s time on Ramsay Street, she had as complex a life as any other soap denizen, including…
- being pursued by evil ex-boyfriend Finn
- throwing said boyfriend off a cliff in self-defence
- having sex with Chloe, the smitten sister of her fiancé (Mark), just days before the wedding.
- got pregnant with Finn’s brother, Shaun, after a drunken one night stand
- had a long drawn-out cover-up of the child’s paternity
- explored her attraction to Chloe by dating her (whilst still pregnant)
- gave birth to baby Aster on Christmas Day, in the company of ex, Finn, and an escaped prisoner
- terrorised by Finn during his fatal rampage at Chloe’s then-husband’s island retreat
- sent to prison on wrongful conviction of Finn’s murder
- set free after Finn’s mother was exposed on bribery of the judge in an attempt to claim sole custody of baby Aster
- moved to Switzerland to raise Aster with Shaun
- returned to Erinsborough to proclaim she was finally comfortable identifying as queer, and to confess her love for Chloe and propose that they give their relationship another go in Sydney
- marrying Chloe…
The list only goes on and on.
**Clichés:** Educator, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Queer
---
### [Sherri](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sherri/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Rita’s wife. They just recently moved to the neighborhood. Sherri thinks Calvin is a landscaper and apologizes later at a party.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rita](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rita-3/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sherri’s wife. They just recently moved to the neighborhood.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Lynn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/lynn/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Jay’s partner. Their car work is totally not what they asked for, but they love their rainbow on wheels.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jay](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jay/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Lynn’s partner. Their car work is totally not what they asked for, but they love their rainbow on wheels.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Rukhmini](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/rukhmini/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
While much of her past is unknown, she became a raider/thief and attempted to steal the legendary Whip of Endless Flame for herself, but ended up getting herself trapped in the Lost City, thus forcing her to make it as her new home. Eventually, due to having stayed trapped for a very long time, she was somewhat driven mad by her loliness and this caused her to make small figures out of rocks, moss, and sticks so she could have company as well as friends to talk to.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Diya](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/diya/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Diya was a great thief and wife of Rukhmini of India.
Rukhmini and Diya were partners in crime and life until Rukhmini disappeared for 30 years, due to her being stuck inside the Lost City. This made Diya upset but was unable to completely move on from Rukhmini and their precious moments.
At the end of Padma’s wedding, when Diya’s plan is finally revealed, Rukhmini and Diya quickly patch up and Rukhmini promises to be back. As Pangea is forming and the earth is shaking, Rukhmini expresses concern for Diya and wishes to go back to her. Once Pangea is formed, Rukhmini and Diya get married and both wear their thali, or marriage necklaces, as a symbol of their love.
Rukhmini has to leave Diya a second time to save the world from Alfie and Rukhmini and Diya shared a beautiful farewell and Diya thanks her for giving her such a beautiful last memory, to which Rukhmini remarks that she will be back, just like before.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Criminal, Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Laura Mäkimaa](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/laura-makimaa/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Laura Mäkimaa (formerly Söder) is the eldest child of Eeva and Perti’s three children. Laura herself has two children, Jarkko and Kerttu. She got Jarko with the petty criminal Jake Byman and Kertu with her long-term spouse Kimmo Söder.
Laura dated Risto Nurme until she started dating Krisse Karr in the spring of 2009, with whom she later entered into a registered relationship. However, the couple broke up after a long-term relationship. Laura has had a really bad relationship with her mother Eeva from time to time. Laura has worked in many different professions in Finland, the Mediterranean and Venezuela.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Krisse Karri](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/krisse-karri/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
She dated Laura Mäkimaa and entered into a registered partnership but they broke up after a long-term relationship.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Allison Webb](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/allison-webb/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Allison and her wife married when she “was a man.” After her wife’s death, her in-laws challenge her right to the estate.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL
**Genders:** Trans Woman
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Maddie Nolan](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/maddie-nolan/)
**Published:** November 18, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Junior Officer Enforcer, loyal to Piltover and its people.
She and Caitlyn had a relationship but betrayed Cait by joining Ambessa. Maddie attempts to kill Cait, but is instead killed by Mel when Mel’s barrier spell reflects the bullet back at Maddie.
**Clichés:** Cartoon, Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc), Dead Queers
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Jules Shaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jules-shaw/)
**Published:** February 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leigh’s younger sister, a recovering addict she works at the exercise studio with their mother.
She accidentally meets Tommy and falls for her.
**Clichés:** Addict, Athlete, Educator, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
### [Mika Yasuda](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/mika-yasuda/)
**Published:** October 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A first-year surgical resident with classic middle-child syndrome after growing up in a family with eight brothers and sisters. Burdened with medical school debt, Mika is tenacious and focused on being the best she can be.
**Clichés:** Queer IRL, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Denise Fisher](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/denise-fisher/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A security person.
Initially, Denise told the police she was at the desk all night. She comes clean, admitting that once all the guests were checked in, she joined the party and had a few drinks. She had been crushing on Samantha for a while, and the two ended up making out. Denise worries she may have let a killer into the building by abandoning her post. She saw a woman she didn’t recognize exit the bathroom, and she tried to get her name, but the woman ran away.
**Clichés:** Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Bethany Reed](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/bethany-reed/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A hairdresser and parent. She fell in love with Monica, only to find out Monica didn’t care about her at all, and only wanted to be closer to Bethany’s son… who happened to be her biological child.
When Bethany found out, she killed Monica.
**Clichés:** Criminal, Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Bisexual
---
### [Vanessa Sampson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/vanessa-sampson/)
**Published:** November 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Ana’s wife. Their first child died from contaminated baby formula. She doesn’t want to go back to trial but ends up on the stand and wins the case.
**Clichés:** Parent, Queer IRL
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Ana Sampson](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/ana-sampson/)
**Published:** November 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Pregnant wife of Vanessa. Their first child died from contaminated baby formula. She wants to go back to trial.
**Clichés:** Parent
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Dayna Jurgens](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/dayna-jurgens/)
**Published:** November 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
A community college physical training (PT) instructor from Xenia, Ohio.
She dies, stabbing herself in the neck with a broken bottle.
**Clichés:** Dead Queers, Educator, Scientifically Inclined
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Leah Danvers](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/leah-danvers/)
**Published:** November 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Liz’s step-daughter, she’s dating Sheri.
Besides dealing with the sex tape she was making with Sheri, Leah wants to connect with her heritage and get her kakiniit.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sheri Gillard](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sheri-gillard/)
**Published:** November 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Leah’s girlfriend. Sheri got in trouble with her mom when her mom found her and Leah making a sex tape. Despite this, she continued seeing Leah.
Sheri and Leah spread paint on their faces and then joined a protest at the mine. When Leah got attacked, Sheri left instead of helping her.
**Clichés:** None
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Homosexual
---
### [Sam Wozniak](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sam-wozniak/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Sam wakes up after an office party in her boss’ office. She later finds her boss dead and cannot remember anything because of being heavily drunk. Since she had issues with her boss, she’s a suspect for the murder.
What actually happened is Sam tried to quit and wanted to go public with information about their product and her boss attacked her. Sam fought back and accidentally killed her boss.
While drunk, she makes out with Denise.
Technically Sam is guilty of manslaughter, but should be able to get off with self defense.
**Clichés:** Criminal
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Undefined
---
### [Aura](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/aura/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
Cala’s oldest daughter. She’s sold into slavery but decides to become a gladiator to have her own life.
**Clichés:** Athlete
**Genders:** Cisgender
**Sexual Orientations:** Not Straight
---
## TV Shows
### [Us รักของเรา](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/us-รักของเรา/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Dokrak falls in love with her dentist - and so does her brother.
**Content:**
Dokrak falls in love with her dentist P’ Pam, who works in the same university as her brother who also takes interest in her. Dokrak finds herself drawing for Pam while pretending Kawi is the one doing it. The two girls do hit it off and hang out a lot in parallel of Kawi trying to woo the dentist but P’ Pam find herself quickly falling for Dokrak, getting suprised by this empathetic girl who happens to be the daughter of the doctor who delayed her parents’ care after their car accident.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, YouTube
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Family, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [A Man on the Inside](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-man-on-the-inside/)
**Published:** September 17, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a Private Investigator, and becomes a mole in a secret investigation inside an Assisted Living Center.
**Content:**
A retired professor with a knack for snooping gets a new lease on life when a private investigator recruits him to go undercover and crack a case.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Eureka!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eureka/)
**Published:** September 11, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A young girl inventor designs inventions and contraptions in the hopes of making the world a better place and moving her prehistoric community into a more modern era.
**Content:**
The story of a young girl inventor who is way ahead of her time. Utilizing creative out-of-the-box thinking, she designs inventions and contraptions in the hopes of making the world a better place and moving her prehistoric community into a more modern era. With the help of her supportive parents, teacher, best friends (Pepper and Barry) and beloved pet mammoth Murphy, Eureka is learning to embrace that she is not ordinary. She’s *extra*ordinary.
**TV Stations:** Disney Junior
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Rose of Versailles](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rose-of-versailles/)
**Published:** May 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What if the captain of the Musketeers was a woman named Oscar?
**Content:**
This is one of the most well known shōjo manga in all of Japan. It’s referenced in pretty much every single high school manga that even mentions gender bending. Got a possibly gay kid in your manga? Someone will talk about this.
The plot is about Oscar François de Jarjayes, a girl raised as a man to become her father’s successor as leader of the Palace Guards. A brilliant combatant with a strong sense of justice, Oscar is proud of the life she leads, but becomes torn between class loyalty and her desire to help the impoverished as revolution brews among the oppressed lower class. Also important to the story are her conflicting desires to live life as both a militant and a regular woman as well as her relationships with Marie Antoinette, Count Axel von Fersen, and servant and best friend André Grandier.
**TV Stations:** Nippon TV
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Forhøret](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/forhoret/)
**Published:** September 14, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bjørn investigates the killing of his daughter. People around him believe she might have committed suicide, but he doesn't accept that. Both the stakes and the suspense rise relentlessly as Bjørn inches closer to the truth.
**Content:**
Bjørn attends a Jane Doe corpse in the morgue. It’s his estranged daughter, Christina. Bjørn cannot accept Frank’s verdict of suicide. He begins questioning Frank for further details. Over the course of the day, he successively interrogates people in Christina’s life. Nikki describes Christina’s work as a prostitute for a darkweb site, Blacknet. Mia partied with Christina and brought her into a drug dealing lifestyle. Drug lord, Sebastian provides further details of Christina’s lucrative Blacknet operations. CCTV from Sebastian’s nightclub shows she left with Rylander after midnight. Rylander points Bjørn to Holger, who had taken a mentor role with Christina. Holger had encouraged her in Blacknet, but she wanted to discontinue. Bjørn has become convinced that Christina did indeed suicide. He meets ex-wife Susanne to farewell their daughter’s corpse. Susanne reveals she had an affair with Frank, which began the previous Christmas. Bjørn now notices that Christina’s upper lip has a split frenulum. This implies her mouth had been clamped closed by her killer. Susanne alibis Frank for the time of death. Bjørn returns to Frank, accusing him of falsifying the autopsy report by omission. Frank claims their boss, Richard, had ordered him. Richard denies the falsification and provides his alibi during the time of death. Bjørn deduces that Frank also falsified the time of death, to give him Susanne’s alibi. Bjørn stabs Frank to death and is arrested for murder.\[3\]
Susanne is consulted by John, who wants to stop smoking. Susanne hypnotises John, who reveals he kills women and is due to kill another tonight. John abruptly leaves, while Susanne informs Richard of John’s threat. Richard is unwilling to open an investigation without substantial evidence. Conversely, Richard asks Susanne to have Bjørn certified as insane. Susanne successively interviews people. Charlotte confirms undocumented women have disappeared; she recalls Louise reported a kidnapped woman. Louise hesitantly describes her witness, Sapphire, who worked for Sebastian. Louise advises Susanne to consult Bjørn. On the pretext of psychologically assessing Bjørn, Susanne visits his prison and learns Sebastian/Bjark owns Lady Love. Susanne meets Sapphire, who eventually admits John kidnapped Julia for stealing from Lady Love. Susanne warns Sapphire that she may be John’s next victim. Sapphire runs off, leaving behind her phone. Susanne gets help from CC, who uses Sapphire’s phone to trace her to North Harbour. CC hands over a gun for Susanne. When spotted by police, CC surrenders, but they shoot him. Susanne continues following Sapphire, where she enters a psychologists’ convention. Susanne’s trail leads to Maja, who boards a train. Holding Maja at gunpoint, Susanne learns John has a boat back at North Harbour. Susanne finds Sapphire, but is also captured by John. Susanne had already hidden her gun in Sapphire’s jacket. John takes both women to a derelict building and ties them into chairs. Susanne is able to distract John long enough for Sapphire to get free and drop the gun. Susanne picks it up and shoots John. The women leave.
Some days later. Holger sees video of Christina’s murder by John. John must have been sent by Markus. Markus admits to ordering John to tail Christina. Markus contends that John killed her for his own reasons. John took video to show someone: it was a paid hit. Holger pressures Markus to reveal who helped. Markus runs downstairs and while struggling, Markus accidentally falls to his death. Holger hides the corpse in a storeroom. Markus’ phone shows messages from Liz. Liz helped Markus write contract with building supplier, ComTech. Markus’ CCTV shows him consulting with Otto. Holger fires Liz and meets Otto at North Harbour building site. From Otto’s answers, Holger deduces that Otto had sabotaged the site to hire ComTech instead. Otto points to Rupert as sponsoring ComTach, which would lead to Holger’s resignation. Rupert claims he would never align with Otto or Markus. Police arrive at Lang Towers. Holger describes Markus’ death, asks Rupert to erase the building’s CCTV. Holger is confronted by Richard, who wants to interview Markus about John. Police impound Markus’ car before Holger can search it for Markus’ meeting schedule. Richard barters for CCTV access, which shows Holger hiding Markus’ corpse. Holger arrested by Richard; Holger knocks Richard down. Richard’s phone shows meeting with Viktor. Viktor admits to owning ComTech and helping Marcus topple Holger. Holger accuses Viktor of conspiring to kill Christina. Viktor counters that they wanted to get rid of Christina, not kill her. Viktor sees news report of Markus’ death. He professes loving Markus. Camilla smuggles Holger into the hospital morgue, where he visits Markus’ corpse. Camilla reveals Holger’s not Elisabeth’s biological son, he’s adopted. Holger questions Elisabeth and Henrik. He learns of machinations to replace Holger with Rupert as CEO.
**TV Stations:** TV3
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** Denmark
---
### [23.5 องศาที่โลกเอียง](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/23-5-องศาที่โลกเอียง/)
**Published:** November 4, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Ongsa falls in love at first sight with the more popular Sun. However, she decides to approach her under the pseudonym "Earth". Will Ongsa reveal herself to Sun?
**Content:**
Ongsa’s high school life will never be the same when she carelessly tells her cute and cheerful classmate Sun “sweet dreams” using the Instagram name Earth. Unfortunately, the masculine name leads Sun to believe she’s talking to a guy, but Ongsa doesn’t want to lose the opportunity to talk to her. She chooses to keep it a secret and go on talking to Sun as Earth.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [ลัลล์ไม่ชอบไวน์ Enemies with benefits](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ลัลล์ไม่ชอบไวน์-enemies-with-benefits/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Lal and Wine, heads of their respective department at the same comapany, randomly fall into bed together after a work function and decide to keep the arrengement going.
**Content:**
Lal and Wine, heads of their respective department at the same comapany, randomly fall into bed together after a work function and decides, because they are idiots, to keep the arrengement going with no strings attached. Pretending at work that nothing is happening and try not to fall in love with each other ends up being harder than planned.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, YouTube
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Adult, Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [คุณวาฬร้านชำ Whale Store xoxo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/คุณวาฬร้านชำ-whale-store-xoxo/)
**Published:** August 20, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Wan inherits her father store and has to figure out how things work in the little community around town. Thankfully, she meets the more tactful Maewnam who will help her make sense of the people.
**Content:**
Right after quitting her job in a big city, Wan inherits her father’s grocery store in a her small childhood town. A new super market opening threathens the liveability of the little shop, and the young woman has to deal with grieving and trying to keep the store afloat. There, Wan meets Maewnam, a local teacher who after class opens her handywoman buisness and goes around helping and fixing whather she can for the local shops and people. As the two grow clother Maewnam will help the less tactful and social Wan get a sense of this little community
Meanwhile, Champoo is trying very hard to come out to her mother.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, Netflix, YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Girl Rules กฎหลัก...ห้ามรักเธอ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girl-rules-กฎหลัก-ห้ามรักเธอ/)
**Published:** August 22, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** The lesbian drama inside an advertising company.
**Content:**
The lesbian drama inside Lady Bird, an advertising company. Prim who is the director and manager of the company sees her ex come back hiring the company for a project to try to get her back. The model of the project Sasha is trying to win over Gorya, the company stylist who has harbored feelings for Prim for years while Praew a photographer gets a confused Min, the other owner and producer, to realise new things about her sexuality.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, iQiyi, YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Adult, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [To Be Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/to-be-me/)
**Published:** July 8, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** At the intersection of non-binary and transgender is me.
**Content:**
The story is about an African American who grew up in a very conservative, religious community. They come home to their father after four years and realize it’s time for them to share who they are with their friends and family. The story focuses on the struggle they are having with their gender identity and the beauty of defiance and how love can deepen relationships of all types. Navigating the complexities of gender can cause rage and resistance, but with support, one can find hope and fulfillment in places they may not have realized.
**TV Stations:** Revry
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Septo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/septo/)
**Published:** January 9, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What happens when you realize your dreams are no longer your own?
**Content:**
What happens when you realize your dreams are no longer your own? Promising triathlete, Jessica has trained her entire life and finally has a shot at the Olympics. When she meets Lua, the mysterious and confident surf instructor, Jessica realizes just how trapped she feels by her own life and her controlling father.
**TV Stations:** Revry
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Brazil
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Dating in Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dating-in-place/)
**Published:** December 20, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A short-form, queer comedy series about falling in love and dating during the time of COVID-19
**Content:**
Jo and Debika have been talking to each other for months over video chat. COVID-19 travel restrictions put their first in-person date on hold. Jo, a San Francisco resident, is ordered to shelter in place while Debika is ‘landlocked’, as Australia prepares to shut its international borders. The series follows the two women has they navigate virtual dating, interfering sisters and falling in love.
Told through the screens of four young women, this series explores dating in the ‘new normal’ brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
**TV Stations:** OML, Revry, YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Crazy Bitches](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-bitches/)
**Published:** December 22, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A girls' weekend away turns into a nightmare when, one by one, they are killed by their own vanity.
**Content:**
At The Wellness Retreat and Healing Spa Ranch mindfulness, meditation and self-love are the lessons are the goals. For those that don’t redeem themselves their snippy little ways will be the death of them.
In season one, 7 women and 1 fab gay guy head to a remote ranch for some R&R, but things go horribly wrong when one-by-one they are killed by their own vanity. The first night of wine and gossip goes well until old rivalries and misguided love affairs resurface. Then, the girls learn a dark secret: the ranch is the site of a murder of teen girls 15 years ago! The killer still runs free! Is this just a tall tale for the telling around a campfire, or is the mysterious killer still out there in the wood? When one of the girls turns up dead, stabbed with her own stiletto heel, the rest must uncover the killer to get off the ranch alive.
For season two, after the slaughter at Hallowed Spirits Ranch one or more killers remains on the loose, unbeknownst to a gathering of women at Ranch Wellness. A private spa in the mountains along the coast of California, the spa is an exclusive gathering place where a select group of women (and their GBFs) gather to ostensibly reclaim their relationship with mother earth and their own vaginas, but most of the guests are more interested in catty comments, cocktails by the pool and the cute staff in attendance. The new arrivals enjoy a beautiful first day in the sun. But a storm is coming and things turn dark when a guest drowns. The police are called to investigate what everyone assumes is an accident, but quickly the bodies begin to pile up. Wellness just might not be all its cracked up to be.
**TV Stations:** Revry, YouTube
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Comedy, Satire
---
### [North of North](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/north-of-north/)
**Published:** September 9, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young Inuk mother wants to build a fresh future, but in her small Arctic community where everyone knows each other's business, it won't be easy.
**Content:**
A young Inuk mother in an Arctic town tries to reinvent herself after a spontaneous public exit from her marriage to the town’s golden boy and her navigation through relationships, motherhood, and a new job.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Girl from Nowhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girl-from-nowhere/)
**Published:** May 9, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Nanno transfers to different schools and exposes everyone's different stories of hypocrisy.
**Content:**
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
**TV Stations:** GMM25, Netflix
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [Club Friday To Be Continued](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/club-friday-to-be-continued/)
**Published:** May 15, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** More true stories of people from Thailand.
**Content:**
Kind of related stories to Club Friday. They’re mostly sequels to stories that were told in the original.
**TV Stations:** GMM25
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Anthology Series, Asian Drama, Thai Drama
---
### [Club Friday The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/club-friday-the-series/)
**Published:** May 15, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** True stories of people's lives and struggles with romance.
**Content:**
This is a series of short stories based on a radio program called “Club Friday” where people call in to tell their stories. The stories told are true account of their life. Each episode is a different story.
Inspired by true stories from listeners who called into the Club Friday radio show to ask for advice about their relationships, the Club Friday TV series has been massively successful. The star-studded series explores themes of differences in points of view, language and age, which can sometimes cause problems in relationships. Each Series has a different story and cast.
**TV Stations:** GMM25
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Fake Relationship, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Anthology Series, Asian Drama, Thai Drama
---
### [Derry Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/derry-girls/)
**Published:** May 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The personal exploits of a 16 year old girl, her family and friends in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in the early 90s.
**Content:**
This show is about a group of high school girls and their families in Derry, Northern Ireland, set during The Troubles. [The Troubles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles) refers to a really violent thirty-year conflict that went on from 1968 to 1998, about the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. Arguably it started way earlier, but basically Ireland didn’t want to be part of the United Kingdom, but Northern Ireland still is. Even though Derry is in the middle of conflict, the show is a hilarious comedy.
The show is brilliantly funny. Among other things, there’s an English boy who has to go to an all girls’ school, because otherwise he’d get bullied. The four bolshy schoolgirls swear, rant, and of course, face down cynical nuns.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Good Omens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-omens/)
**Published:** June 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An angel and a demon must join forces to find a way to save the world as the end of time grows near with the approaching Armageddon.
**Content:**
A tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an eleven-year-old Antichrist, and a doom-saying witch.
It’s incredibly irreverent, goofy, and fun.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Happiness then Tragedy, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Fantasy
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
---
### [Doctor Who (2005)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-who/)
**Published:** October 2, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Time travelers, lizard people, lesbian maids, liquid lesbians, pansexual regenerations, and a sonic screwdriver. It's just Doctor Who for you!
**Content:**
*This article is about the revival series from 2005 on. There is currently no article for the original series.*
Fifty Years of Wholiganism and we finally got lesbians. Well we got **a** lesbian and a lizard. But she’s a woman, so she counts. And then we got a female Doctor…
Let me step back.
Doctor Who is about an eccentric yet compassionate extraterrestrial Time Lord (aka The Doctor) who zips through time and space to solve problems and battle injustice across the universe, traveling via the TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space), which is their old and occasionally unreliable spaceship that resembles a blue police phone box (but changes its appearance depending on its surroundings) and is much, much larger inside than outside.
Got it?
Most of the gay was male, including the fantastic Jack Harkness from [*Torchwood*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/torchwood/). That show was more adult, though, and those topics were permissible. Not so much on *Doctor Who*.
The first official lesbians we meet are about as non-typical as one might expect. Silurian lizard-woman Madame Vastra has a human wife, Jenny Flint, and they live in 19th century London and fight crime. In the Whoniverse, Vastra is the basis for Sherlock Holmes. Because Who. When we meet them, Madame Vastra makes a remark about how humans all look the same, and Jenny is offended, wondering why she hangs out with Vastra. At this point, Vastra tongue lashes out multiple feet to knock someone out and they smirk.
They did not shy away from that joke, folks!
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vastra-jenny.jpg)
Jenny’s backstory explains she was turned away from her family because of her “preferences in companionship”, and saved from attackers by Vastra, who took her on as an employee (maid). The Doctor was present at their initial meeting, during which he saved Jenny’s life. Eventually the two marry. Apparently if you let the lesbians marry, next thing you know we’re letting lizard people marry and it’s anarchy.
After that, we got evidence that River Song, the Doctor’s wife, was pansexual. And it was in 2016 that the Doctor had an openly lesbian Companion. But it wasn’t until 2017 that the Doctor **finally** regenerated as a woman. And yes, still married to River.
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/tumblr_p1j68aS5nb1rq49qyo3_540.gif)
Due to the nature of time travel, there is a lot of back and forth with the Doctor.
Each individual Doctor is listed separately. While, as a whole, one could consider the Doctor to be fluid (in gender and sexuality), we list each applicable Doctor based on their individual merits. For example, the Thirteenth Doctor identified as female, while Eleven identified as male. This can be nearly as confusing as the whole time travel thing.
**TV Stations:** BBC America, BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Supernatural
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [BIFL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bifl/)
**Published:** December 2, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What happens when everyone's in love and everyone's annoyed with no one making the first move? BIFL.
**Content:**
Jill is a little in love with her best friend Chloe and a little terrified to say anything to her about it, even though their roommate Sarah is both convinced that the feelings are mutual and sick to death of waiting for one of them to make a move.
The series is about intersectionality grounded in meaningful, real-life situations; both behind and in front of the camera, it’s about our communities being seen and heard.
BIFL is expectations, different shades of intimacy, and what it really means to love someone. Blood family versus found family and how toxic relationships can both manifest and disguise themselves. How identities intersect, how labels can matter but don’t have to, and how perception isn’t always reality.
**TV Stations:** OML, YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Queer Comedy, Webseries
---
### [McDonald and Dodds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mcdonald-and-dodds/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A shy and enigmatic Detective Sergeant is partnered with a wildly ambitious Detective Chief Inspector to solve crimes in the historic city of Bath.
**Content:**
DCI Lauren McDonald, a streetwise former Metropolitan Police investigator who arrives in Bath to head up the Avon and Somerset Police Criminal Investigation[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Investigation_Department)Department alongside DS Dodds, a shy and modest investigator who has not seen street action in over ten years.
**TV Stations:** ITV
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Under The Vines](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/under-the-vines/)
**Published:** April 23, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two city slickers who inherit a failing vineyard in rural New Zealand.. the only problems are that neither of them has ever done a hard days' work- and they despise one another.
**Content:**
Two step-cousins — Australian socialite Daisy Munroe and UK lawyer Louis Oakley — inherit a declining New Zealand vineyard, Oakley Wines, in the fictional Peak View wine district located in the real wine district of Central Otago. The joint heirs have no experience with wine-making or New Zealand rural culture, and each is having financial, social, and existential crises. They become interested in the winery’s future but frequently don’t see eye-to-eye. Furthermore, a neighbouring vineyard wants to buy Oakley Wines and unhappy that the inexperienced newcomers might stay.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** New Zealand
---
### [Interview with the Vampire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/interview-with-the-vampire/)
**Published:** March 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A vampire tells his epic story of love, blood, and the perils of immortality to a journalist.
**Content:**
*Interview with the Vampire* centers on the life story of vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac, as told to veteran journalist Daniel Molloy, to whom he previously gave an unpublished interview in 1973. An affluent black man in the 1910s New Orleans, Louis is romanced and later made a vampire by the charismatic Lestat de Lioncourt. But Louis struggles with his humanity, and the introduction of Lestat’s newest fledgling, the teenage vampire Claudia, only strains their relationship further.
In the present, Daniel begins to doubt the veracity of Louis’ story, noting differences from the earlier version.
**TV Stations:** AMC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Fantasy, Horror, Period Piece, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Caillou's New Adventures](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/caillous-new-adventures/)
**Published:** September 3, 2026
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** The adventures of a four year old.
**Content:**
Meet Caillou, the lovable 4 year old with a big imagination in a new, modern look. Caillou experiences all the wonders of being a child that audiences around the world can relate to: Learning at school, playing with friends, going on adventures or spending time with family. Preschoolers will feel right at home with trusted pal Caillou, his sister Rosie and all their family and friends as they experience the everyday adventures of childhood.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Queerspawn
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Cape Fear](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cape-fear/)
**Published:** June 26, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A happily married couple faces a growing threat when a notorious killer from their past, Max Cady, is released from prison and seeks revenge.
**Content:**
Max Cady, a vicious and unreformed ex-convict, is released from prison and sets about taking revenge on Tom and Anna Bowden, the married couple who represented him 17 years earlier in court, by using his knowledge of the law to evade punishment.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The fire โซ่รักอัคนี](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fire-โซ่รักอัคนี/)
**Published:** July 8, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Fai clashes hard with her father's new hire who happens to be her childhood rival... and ends up falling for her.
**Content:**
Fai, a heiress from south Thailand comes home and sees her childood rival Kaphrao coming back. The same girl she always blamed for taking some of her father – Akanee -‘s attention since he took her under his wing when Kaphrao parents who worked for him died. After a young Fai keeps picking on Kaphrao under the wrong influence of her aunt, Akanee makes the decision to move the younger girl out.
Years later, the two have to find a way to work together. Fai here and then makes it her mission to annoy the other girl to hell and back, but Kaphrao gives has good as she gets.
**TV Stations:** iQiyi
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** 4 elements
---
### [Darby & Joan](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/darby-joan/)
**Published:** August 5, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two lone strangers trekking on the road - a retired Australian policeman with a dog as his only company and widowed English nurse - meet each other and embark on an epic odyssey in the outback of northern Australia.
**Content:**
In the Australian outback, a retired Australian detective and a widowed English nurse work together to solve the mystery of her husband’s recent death.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Colin from Accounts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/colin-from-accounts/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A microbrewery owner and a student doctor are brought together by a car accident that injures a stray dog they agree to adopt, forcing them to navigate each other's vulnerabilities.
**Content:**
Ashley and Gordon are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog whom they name Colin from Accounts. Ashley and Gordon are flawed, funny people who choose each other after being brave enough to show their true selves, scars and all, as they navigate life together.
**TV Stations:** Binge
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [The F-Ward](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-f-ward/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Troubled interns get their last shot at Sydney's underfunded Pines Hospital, battling personal demons and past failures while treating patients in life-or-death situations.
**Content:**
Flawed but excellent interns are sent to the underfunded, under-resourced Pines Hospital, where the interns must overcome the expectations and challenges of their medical careers. They face final chances where the outcomes are life and death stakes.
**TV Stations:** Stan
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Alliance](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alliance/)
**Published:** September 10, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When the most popular Christian girl in school realizes she's a lesbian, she forms an Alliance with her male counterpart who has a very big secret of his own.
**Content:**
It’s 1994 and Summer has a big problem. She’s super popular, super Christian and super gay. Chase, the most popular guy in school, has excelled in every sport and even managed to get straight A’s despite his mom’s financial troubles. This year, Summer is cornered into becoming a part of Franklin High’s new Gay/Straight Alliance and Chase joins to look good on his college applications.
**TV Stations:** Google Play
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, School
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Grand Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grand-hotel/)
**Published:** July 11, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A look at the professional and personal lives of people working at a family-run hotel in Miami Beach.
**Content:**
Charismatic Santiago Mendoza owns the hotel, while his glamorous second wife, Gigi, and their adult children enjoy the spoils of success.The hotel’s loyal staff round out a contemporary, fresh take on an upstairs/downstairs story. Wealthy and beautiful guests bask in luxury, but scandals, escalating debt and explosive secrets hide beneath the picture-perfect exterior.
The show is based on the same-named Spanish series.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Scandal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scandal/)
**Published:** November 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In politics, everything is dirty.
**Content:**
Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to the president, is ready to move on with her life and opens her own crisis-management firm, but she can’t seem to shake ties with her past. Olivia’s staff includes Quinn Perkins, who has a complicated history, and hacker extraordinaire Huck. As she moves forward it becomes clear that, while her staffers may specialize in cleaning up the lives of other people, they can’t seem to do the same for themselves.
The show is one of Shondaland’s steamiest, twistiest, turniest, weirdest rollercoaster rides. And this is saying something since [*How to Get Away with Murder*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/) is pretty craycray. But it’s also the show where she’s killed off queer women.
Basically the plot is that Olivia Pope used to bang this guy, Fizgerald Grant III. NBD, he’s the President of the United States of America. Whoops!
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Gal Pals
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Political, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Once Upon a Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/once-upon-a-time/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Once Upon a Time" tells the story of a new world, one in which fairy-tale legends and modern life collide.
**Content:**
Someone convinced Disney to make a show about their characters in a twisted and demented way that kind of made sense for two seasons and then took a turn.
Sadly the show is known for queerbaiting. There’s sexual tension between Emma Swan and Regina Mills that is incredibly powerful, but it’s clear they’ll never go anywhere. Meanwhile, the show kept promising to throw a queer bone and the best they came up with was Mulan who had a crush on Aurora.
It’s was the worst drunken princess mashup ever and Mulan has never actually said a thing about it, it was all implied.
*Finally*, they gave the ship “Ruby Slippers” – Little Red Riding Hood (Ruby) and Dorothy Gale of the Silver Slippers fame (they’re silver in the book).
When they kissed, a rainbow broke out.
Not long after that, the show was rebooted and Robin Hood’s daughter hooked up with Alice, as of In-Wonderland Alice, and Robin Hood as in Merry-Men. That turned out to be the death note for this show, and it ended in 2018.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queer for Ratings, Queerbaiting
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Fairy Tales, Fantasy Drama, Literary, Queerbaiting
---
### [How to Get Away with Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The only people who get away with murder are the main characters. Everyone else is screwed.
**Content:**
Annalise Keating is a famous defense attorney and teacher, who is sexy, glamorous, unpredictable, and dangerous. And probably a killer.
As the show reveals everyone’s past in flashbacks, it takes a while to find out Annalise had a lesbian lover in college, who sticks around and shows up now and then to bail her out. The lesbian is about the only person who gets away with everything, escaping to San Francisco with her new girlfriend.
The show lives in the grey area, where everyone, from the lawyers to the cases, are shady and could be evil. Or not. You’re never sure how far down the rabbit hole anyone goes.
The series ends with a fast forward to Annalise dying as an old woman and teaching us all how to be strong.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [For The People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-the-people/)
**Published:** April 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Young lawyers are put to the test both personally and professionally as their lives intersect in and out of America's most prestigious trial court.
**Content:**
Set in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a.k.a. “The Mother Court”), this Shondaland series show follows six talented young lawyers working on opposite sides of the law and handling the most high-profile and high-stakes federal cases in the country. These young lawyers are put to the test both personally and professionally as their lives intersect in and out of America’s most prestigious trial court.
Best friends Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson) and Allison Adams (Jasmin Savoy Brown) serve as public defenders alongside Jay Simmons (Wesam Keesh) and their boss, Federal Public Defender Jill Carlan (Hope Davis). They face off against prosecutors Seth Oliver (Ben Rappaport), Leonard Knox (Regé-Jean Page), [Kate Littlejohn](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/kate-littlejohn/) ([Susannah Flood](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/susannah-flood/)) and their supervisor, chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Roger Gunn (Ben Shenkman).
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Legal Drama
---
### [The L Word: Generation Q](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word-generation-q/)
**Published:** December 9, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bette, Shane and Alice are getting on with their lives and careers, along with Dani Núñez, her girlfriend Sophie Suarez, their best friend Micah Lee and former Olympic swimmer Sarah Finley.
**Content:**
The L Word®: Generation Q is the sequel to the groundbreaking drama series, The L Word®. Returning cast members Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey resume their original roles alongside a new group of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing love, heartbreak, sex, setbacks and success in LA.
Ten years after we last left them, we find Bette running for mayor of Los Angeles; Shane as she returns to the city after a setback; and Alice learning to balance co-parenting with her fiancée Nat and Nat’s ex-wife Gigi and the rising success of her talk show. We meet PR exec Dani Núñez, her girlfriend and TV producer Sophie Suarez, their best friend and roommate Micah Lee, and the charming former Olympic swimmer-turned-assistant, (Sarah) Finley.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Drama, Queer Parenthood
---
### [Work in Progress](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-in-progress/)
**Published:** December 8, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Abby, a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship.
**Content:**
Abby, a 45-year-old self-identified fat, queer dyke whose misfortune and despair unexpectedly lead her to a vibrantly transformative relationship. When she falls in love with a trans man, everything changes.
Chicago improv mainstay Abby McEnany co-created/stars in this uniquely human comedy series.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Everyone's Queer, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
**Tagged:** Queer Comedy, Queer Drama
---
### [Yellowjackets](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowjackets/)
**Published:** November 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Wildly talented high school girls' soccer players descend into savage clans after their plane crashes in the remote northern wilderness. Twenty-five years later, they discover that what began in the wild is far from over.
**Content:**
In 1996, a team of New Jersey high school soccer players flew to Seattle for a national tournament. While over Canada, the plane crashed deep in the wilderness and the remaining team members were left to survive for 19 months.
*Yellowjackets* tells the story of the girls who survived the plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to warring, cannibalistic clans, while also tracking the lives the surviving women have attempted to piece their lives back together 25 years later.
Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher and Sammi Hanratty star as the teenagers, while Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis portray their adult counterparts as they reveal the truth about their survival.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queerspawn, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** 90s Retro, Teen Drama, Teen Horror
---
### [The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)
**Published:** September 29, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A series featuring intertwined stories about the lives and loves of a group of queer women in Los Angeles.
**Content:**
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bette.jpg)Bette always looked like she was about to cry
This long-running Showtime series features intertwined stories about the lives and loves of a group of lesbians and bisexuals in Los Angeles. The characters date, get into committed relationships, consider having families, hook up, break up, question their sexuality, stay in the closet, come out or sleep around — sometimes all of the above.
The L Word was the kind of show you kept watching, hoping it would get better, and it never did.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, Happy Ending, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Drama
---
### [The First Lady](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-first-lady/)
**Published:** June 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
**Content:**
A revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Michelle Pfeiffer as Betty Ford and Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, this series delves deep into the Ladies’ personal and political lives. Exploring everything from their journeys to Washington, family life, and world-changing political contributions, the impact of the White House’s women is no longer hidden from view.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Biography, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The End](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-end/)
**Published:** January 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three generations of a family with separate but intersecting obsessions - trying to figure out how to die with dignity, live with none and make it count.
**Content:**
Australian doctor Kate Brennan, a senior registrar specialising in palliative care medicine, is passionate in her opposition to euthanasia. Her mother, Edie Henley who lives in England, is just as passionate about her right to die. Kate must bring Edie out to Australia but places her in a nearby retirement village, which is her mother’s worst nightmare. Kate struggles with her own problems and children, while trying to find a way back to a relationship with her mother.
**TV Stations:** Showcase, Showtime, Sky Atlantic
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Dark, Dark Drama
---
### [The Chi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chi/)
**Published:** January 25, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A Chicago coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption.
**Content:**
On Chicago’s south side, an average day finds kids prepping for school as their parents head off to work, young adults trying to make a living, and the elders keeping an eye on things from their front porches. But in this tough neighborhood, real dangers threaten daily to squelch dreams, and the simplest decisions can have life or death consequences. The Chi is a timely coming-of-age drama series centered on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption, created by out lesbian Lena Waithe.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama
---
### [Shameless (US)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-us/)
**Published:** April 17, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Gallaghers, a scrappy, poor, dysfunctional family from the South Side of Chicago makes no apologies.
**Content:**
An American comedy-drama series adapted by John Wells based upon the British series of the [same name](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shameless-uk/). It centers around the Gallaghers, a dysfunctional family set in Chicago’s Canaryville neighborhood on the South Side.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Queerbashing, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Raunchy Comedy
---
### [Dexter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dexter/)
**Published:** September 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.
**Content:**
Orphaned at age three, when he had to witness his mother being brutally murdered with a chainsaw, Dexter was adopted by Miami police officer Harry Morgan. Recognizing the boy’s trauma and the subsequent development of his sociopathic tendencies, Harry has manipulated Dexter to channel his gruesome bloodlust into vigilantism, killing only heinous criminals who slip through the criminal justice system.
To facilitate covering his prolific trail of homicides, Dexter gains employment as a forensic analyst, specializing in blood spatter pattern analysis, for the Miami Metro Police Department. Dexter is extremely cautious and circumspect; he wears gloves and uses plastic-wrapped “kill rooms”, carves up the corpses, and disposes of them in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream to reduce his chances of detection.
Dexter struggles to juggle his double life. Although his homicidal tendencies are deeply unflinching, and he originally claims detachment (via narration), throughout the series he strives to feel and in some cases does feel, normal emotions and maintain his appearance as a socially responsible human being.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Baby Shark's Big Show!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/baby-sharks-big-show/)
**Published:** June 27, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Baby Shark and his best friend, William the fish, as they journey on comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove.
**Content:**
Baby Shark’s Big Show follows Baby Shark and his best friend William as they journey on fun-filled comedic adventures in their community of Carnivore Cove, make new friends, and sing original catchy tunes along the way.
**TV Stations:** Nick Jr.
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** South Korea, USA
---
### [Astrid & Lilly Save the World](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/astrid-lilly-save-the-world/)
**Published:** March 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's up to Lilly & Astrid to save the world when a portal to another dimension opens, leaving monster roaming into their worlds.
**Content:**
Best friends Astrid & Lilly accidentally open a portal to a another dimension that unleashes monsters in their world. Which means it’s up to them to find and vanquish them under the guidance of Brutus, a quirky monster himself. They now have to survive both High School and monster hunting.
**TV Stations:** CTV, SyFy
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Horror, Teen
**Nations:** Canada
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [Sight Unseen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sight-unseen/)
**Published:** June 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A blind former detective helps the police solve crimes with her agoraphobic helper.
**Content:**
Tess Avery is a former homicide detective in Vancouver, Canada, who, in the middle of a case, suddenly starts losing her vision. Within days, she is forced to leave her job after being diagnosed as clinically blind, due to the fast-onset genetic condition Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LOHN). Through the help of her visual guide Sunny Patel (aka Sunita Sharma), who works for a visual assistance app, she continues to help the police department solve crimes.
Tess tries to remain as independent as possible, while trying to navigate the world with her severe scotoma-type low vision as a consultant. Sunny tries to clear her name in a murder.
**TV Stations:** CTV
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Canada, USA
---
### [Tokyo Ghoul:re](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tokyo-ghoulre/)
**Published:** February 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two years have passed since the CCG's raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem.
**Content:**
Tokyo has become a cruel and merciless city—a place where vicious creatures called “ghouls” exist alongside humans. The citizens of this once great metropolis live in constant fear of these bloodthirsty savages and their thirst for human flesh. However, the greatest threat these ghouls pose is their dangerous ability to masquerade as humans and blend in with society.
Based on the best-selling supernatural horror manga by Sui Ishida, *Tokyo Ghoul:re* is a sequel to *Tokyo Ghoul*.
Two years have passed since the CCG’s raid on Anteiku. Although the atmosphere in Tokyo has changed drastically due to the increased influence of the CCG, ghouls continue to pose a problem as they have begun taking caution, especially the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree, who acknowledge the CCG’s growing threat to their existence.
The creation of a special team, known as the Quinx Squad, may provide the CCG with the push they need to exterminate Tokyo’s unwanted residents. As humans who have undergone surgery in order to make use of the special abilities of ghouls, they participate in operations to eradicate the dangerous creatures. The leader of this group, Haise Sasaki, is a half-ghoul, half-human who has been trained by famed special class investigator, Kishou Arima. However, there’s more to this young man than meets the eye, as unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly reminding him of the person he used to be.
**TV Stations:** BS11, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Fantasy, Horror, Supernatural, Thriller
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [O Maidens in Your Savage Season](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/o-maidens-in-your-savage-season/)
**Published:** January 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The girls in a high school literature club do a little icebreaker to get to know each other and one admits she wants to have sex before she dies. Little do they know, the whirlwind unleashed by that word pushes each of these girls onto their own paths toward adulthood.
**Content:**
When they were little kids laughing and playing together, Izumi Norimoto and Kazusa Onodera were like siblings. But as their bodies matured into middle school, Kazusa began seeing him as something different; unfortunately for her, so did the other girls. Ostracized, Kazusa had no choice but to distance herself from him going into high school. After joining the literature club, however, she finds friends that keep her mind occupied. Known throughout the school for reading aloud sex scenes in literature novels, the club’s reputation has kept all teachers from accepting the task of being their adviser.
During a discussion about what they would put on their bucket list, one of the girls says one thing: sex. This single word sends ripples throughout the five girls, as the thought of sex begins taking over their daily lives. And, after walking in on Izumi during a very private moment, Kazusa is sent into a spiral of emotion that forces her to face her true feelings for him. Now, with their hearts racing and the literature club facing immediate disbandment, the five girls must work hard to keep both their sanities and their club alive.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS-TBS, MBS, TBS (Japan)
**Tropes:** Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Every Time a Bell Rings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/every-time-a-bell-rings/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three sisters reunite in their hometown of Natchez, Mississippi and are surprised to discover their late father had planned one last scavenger hunt for them.
**Content:**
Charlotte, Emily, and Nora are sisters who reunite in their hometown of Natchez, Mississippi at Christmas after a long time apart, and their mother Donna couldn’t be happier to have them home for the holiday. Longtime friend Liam is also glad to see the sisters back in town, especially Charlotte. The trio is surprised to discover their late father had planned one last scavenger hunt for them to find their family’s wooden wishing bell, which was a beloved, annual holiday tradition when they were young.
Charlotte, Emily and Nora’s search for clues in the days leading up to Christmas, takes them to childhood haunts around Natchez that hold special meaning for them. In the process, their sisterly bond is rekindled and each learns an important lesson about what they want in life and in love.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Christmas, Holidays, Made for TV Movie
---
### [South Of Nowhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/south-of-nowhere/)
**Published:** March 15, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's not where you've been, it's where you're going.
**Content:**
*South of Nowhere* is an American teen drama television series about a family from Ohio who moved to LA. Shenanigans!
The close friendship between Ashley and Spencer led Spencer to question her own sexuality, a subject which created controversy before the show first aired. It was the first series on The N (now TeenNick) to deal with the subject relating to the primary characters. Parent discussion guides were available for each episode on The N’s website. The guides offered tips and questions about the topics raised in *South of Nowhere*, especially those centered around sexual identity, to use as discussion starters with teenagers.
The show ran for three seasons plus live webisodes created to accompany each episode in the season two storyline, and were seen exclusively through The N’s website on the Click.
**TV Stations:** The N
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mother-may-i-sleep-with-danger/)
**Published:** October 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A college girl introduces her mother to her girlfriend... who happens to be a vampire.
**Content:**
This TV movie is based on the 1996 original staring Tori Spelling. In this iteration Tori plays the mom.
The movie starts with Pearl being bitten by her girlfriend, who *forgot* to warn Pearl that she was a Vampire. Pearl freaks out, kills the girlfriend (who never gets a name), but we get a weird exposition about how Pearl is cursed and needs to fall in love. Apparently vampires in love feed off each other, killing no one. Pearl, however, is now the Alpha vampire of a girl gang and decides to use her powers for good. Killing dudebros.
Flash forward five years.
College girl Leah befriends a fellow student … Pearl. They fall in love her much to the dismay of Leah’s mother (played by the original danger-sleeper, Tori Spelling). Unlike unnamed vampire lesbian, Pearl explains she’s a ‘Nightwalker’ (which is the PC term for vampire). As Leah and Pearl’s love relationship grows, Pearl must work to keep her safe from her girl gang, who aren’t cool with the love thing, a guy named Bob who roofies people, and Leah’s mom who is not keen on the relationship.
Why did we give this show a worth it rating? Like Autostraddle writer, Valerie Annie says, it’s weirdly uplifting.
> "Weirdly, I think this is one of the most uplifting lesbian movies." [\#MotherMayISleepwithDanger](https://x.com/hashtag/MotherMayISleepwithDanger?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [\#BadLesbianMovieBrunch](https://x.com/hashtag/BadLesbianMovieBrunch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Valerie Anne (@PunkyStarshine) [October 1, 2017](https://x.com/PunkyStarshine/status/914565923536850944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
Sit back and enjoy, though keep in mind, while the lesbians so get a happy ending the evil vampires are still out there.
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Lifetime Movie, Supernatural Drama
---
### [The Ms. Pat Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ms-pat-show/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A woman from Atlanta finds herself in conservative middle America where she lives her life as a reluctant suburban mom.
**Content:**
The show is set in Ms. Pat’s real-life hometown of Plainfield, Indiana. It follows Ms. Pat’s fictional family, the Carsons: Pat; her husband; her sister; and Pat’s children.
Pat sometimes struggles to adjust with the changing times and ways of her conservative hometown in Indiana. Although blunt and sometimes hardheaded, Pat loves her family and has an open-minded side that helps her to succeed as a black woman in a suburban white neighborhood.
**TV Stations:** BET+
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Pennyworth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pennyworth/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The origin story of Alfred Pennyworth, a former special-forces soldier living in London and how he came to work for Bruce Wayne's father.
**Content:**
Pennyworth explores the early life of the titular Wayne family butler, Alfred Pennyworth, a former British soldier of the Special Air Service (SAS), years before the events of Gotham. After serving in the Malayan Emergency, he aims to form his own security company in an alternate history London, which combines aspects of the early 1960s with invented events and practices inspired by V for Vendetta, such as a modern civil war and televised public executions.
Alfred becomes a target of the fascist Raven Society, a group conspiring to take over the British government, and begins working against them alongside American agents of the No Name League, Thomas Wayne and Martha Kane, the future parents of Bruce Wayne.
**TV Stations:** Epix, HBO Max
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Willow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/willow/)
**Published:** December 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An unlikely group of six heroes sets off on a dangerous quest to places far beyond their home, where they must face their inner demons and come together to save their world.
**Content:**
20 years after vanquishing the wicked queen Bavmorda, the sorcerer Willow Ufgood leads a group of misfits on a dangerous rescue mission into the unknown.
*Willow* was canceled after one season.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Fake Relationship, Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Hailey's On It!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/haileys-on-it/)
**Published:** October 10, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A 14-year-old Hawaiian girl who dislikes taking risks and now has to overcome her insecurities and fears in order to save the world.
**Content:**
Hailey Banks is a normal 14-year-old girl from Oceanside, CA, who dislikes taking risks.
Her life gets turned upside down during her New Year’s celebration when she is visited by a scientist who hails from the future. From the scientist’s visit, Hailey learns that the completion of a long list of tasks she wrote will be the important start of a chain of events that will lead to her inventing a device that will be used to save the entire planet by reversing global warming. Now, Hailey must overcome her fears, complete impossible and impractical tasks, and face her feelings toward Scott, her best friend.
However, some of her accomplishments will be threatened by Chaos Bots, small robots from the future sent by a mysterious villain who wants to prevent her from finishing her list and saving the world.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Deadwood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deadwood/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
**Content:**
“Deadwood” is set in a mining town that was not part of any U.S. state or territory in the post-Civil War years, and thus was literally lawless. Deadwood attracts people looking to get rich after a huge gold strike, as well as those looking to capitalize on the lack of organized law in the town, built on land stolen from the Sioux.
There are a lot of people who enjoyed the show, and with good reason. It was well written and well acted.
The show was canceled in 2006 without a proper ending, but in 2019 HBO aired a 2-hour finale set ten years after the events of the series.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Western
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Period Drama, Western
---
### [Cold Case](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cold-case/)
**Published:** May 29, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she's assigned "cold cases", older crimes that have never been solved.
**Content:**
The Philadelphia homicide squad’s lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.
The show was really creepy with odd scenes where characters would see the dead person they were helping. In general, the show had amazing cinematography and handled the back-and-forth between times very well. Everyone was pretty open to every kind of relationship, too.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Police Drama
---
### [The Comeback](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-comeback/)
**Published:** December 28, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An ex A-list celebrity attempts to rekindle the flame of her once prominent acting career with nothing but a camera crew and some determination.
**Content:**
“The Comeback” tells the story of a B-list sitcom star so desperate to revive her career that she agrees to star in a reality television show called, appropriately enough, “The Comeback.” Cameras follow Valerie Cherish’s every move as she angles to keep her head above the Hollywood fray, even as she‘s woefully out of touch with modern show business. And in the madness that is network television, there is nothing braver than a 40-year-old ingenue who’s not quite ready to give up the spotlight.
There were two seasons: one in 2005 and one in 2014.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Satire
---
### [Curb Your Enthusiasm](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curb-your-enthusiasm/)
**Published:** August 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The life and times of Larry David and the predicaments he gets himself into with his friends and complete strangers.
**Content:**
“Seinfeld” co-creator Larry David plays a version of himself on the improvised series. He faces a constant barrage of life’s little annoyances, which in David’s sometimes well-meaning but terminally fumbling hands don’t tend to stay small for very long.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Edgy Comedy
---
### [Craig of the Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/craig-of-the-creek/)
**Published:** November 7, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Craig and his two friends, Kelsey and JP, go on adventures within a world of untamed, kid-dominated wilderness in the creek.
**Content:**
In the fictional suburban Baltimore/DC area town of Herkleston, Maryland, a boy named Craig Williams and his two friends, Kelsey Bern and John Paul “J.P.” Mercer, have their many adventures in the titular creek, described as a kid utopia of untamed wilderness in which tribes of children reign over tree forts and dirt bike ramps.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Kid's Animation
---
### [David Makes Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/david-makes-man/)
**Published:** November 10, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young prodigy living in Florida looks for a way out of his poor neighborhood.
**Content:**
“David Makes Man” is a drama series created by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney (“Moonlight”). Set in South Florida, this lyrical coming-of-age story centers on a teenage prodigy named David who lives in the projects but attends a magnet school for academically gifted youngsters.
David, played by newcomer Akili McDowell, straddles two different worlds, navigating between the streets that raised him and the school that offers him a way out of poverty. His balancing act comes at an emotional price which is portrayed in this original series on OWN that delves into issues of race and identity. It features an ensemble cast that includes Alana Arenas, Phylicia Rashad and Isaiah Johnson. Dee Harris-Lawrence (“Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and the Notorious B.I.G.”) serves as showrunner and executive producer alongside McCraney, Mike Kelley, Melissa Loy, Michael B. Jordan, and Oprah Winfrey.
**TV Stations:** OWN
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama
---
### [Lovecraft Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/lovecraft-country/)
**Published:** September 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young black man travels across the segregated 1950s US in search of his missing father, learning of dark secrets plaguing a town on which famous horror writer H. P. Lovecraft supposedly based many of his fictional tales.
**Content:**
Based on Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, *Lovecraft Country* follows Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors) as he meets up with his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and his uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father (Michael Kenneth Williams). This begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a paperback written by famous horror writer [H. P. Lovecraft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft).
*Lovecraft Country* is executive produced by showrunner Misha Green along with Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim, and David Knoller. It is a unique mix of drama, sci-fi, horror and action adventure genres with black protagonists.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama, Black Horror, Black Sci Fi
---
### [We Are Who We Are](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-who-we-are/)
**Published:** September 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two American teenagers come of age while living on an American military base in Italy.
**Content:**
Set in 2016, this coming-of-age drama series from Luca Guadagnino (*Call Me by Your Name*) follows two American teenagers as they explore their true identities while living on a military base in the seaside town of Chioggia, Italy.
The series explores friendship, first love, identity, and immerses the audience in all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager – a story which could happen anywhere in the world, but in this case, happens in this little slice of America in Italy.
**TV Stations:** HBO, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [Ben 10](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ben-10/)
**Published:** February 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story of Ben Tennyson, a typical kid who becomes very atypical after he discovers the Omnitrix, a mysterious alien device with the power to transform the wearer into ten different alien species.
**Content:**
Ben Tennyson, a ten-year-old boy on a cross-country summer vacation, with his cousin Gwen and their grandfather Max. On their first night camping in their grandfather’s RV affectionately named the “Rustbucket,” Ben finds an alien pod with a mysterious watch-style device named the Omnitrix. The device then permanently attaches itself to his wrist giving him the ability to transform into a variety of alien life-forms each with its own unique skills and powers. With his newfound superpowers Ben has to learn the responsibilities of being a hero. During their vacation, the Tennysons are attacked by various enemies ranging from space aliens to supernatural entities.
The series is also known as “Ben 10 Classic.”
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Animated Superheroes, Kid's Animation
---
### [Ben 10: Ultimate Alien](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ben-10-ultimate-alien/)
**Published:** February 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** With his secret identity now revealed to the world, Ben Tennyson continues to fight evil as a superhero with the help of the newly acquired Ultimatrix.
**Content:**
With the Omnitrix having been destroyed in the series finale of Alien Force, Ben Tennyson, now sixteen years old, must learn to master the powers of the Ultimatrix, a modified version of the Omnitrix which has the ability to evolve Ben’s alien forms into much more powerful versions known as “ultimate forms.” The series begins with the exposure of Ben’s secret identity to the world by J. Jonah “Jimmy” Jones, a young internet conspiracy theorist who deduces his identity by studying alien sightings in Ben’s hometown of Bellwood. Ben’s exposure polarizes public opinion, with younger fans idolizing him, and adults (particularly news anchor Will Harangue) deriding Ben as a menace to society. Ben is now forced to adjust to a new life that not only involves battling the forces of evil alongside his cousin Gwen Tennyson and his best friend Kevin Levin, but also his struggle against the pitfalls of his new-found fame.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Animated Superheroes, Teen Animation
---
### [The Last of Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-last-of-us/)
**Published:** February 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
**Content:**
*The Last of Us* is an American post-apocalyptic drama television series created by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for HBO. Based on the 2013 video game developed by Naughty Dog, the series is set in 2023, twenty years into a pandemic caused by a mass fungal infection, which forces its hosts to transform into zombie-like creatures and collapses society. The series follows Joel (Pedro Pascal), a smuggler tasked with escorting the teenage Ellie (Bella Ramsey) across a post-apocalyptic United States. Guest stars include Nico Parker as Joel’s daughter Sarah, Gabriel Luna as Joel’s younger brother Tommy, Merle Dandridge as resistance leader Marlene, and Anna Torv as Joel’s smuggler partner Tess.
The series guest stars Nico Parker as Sarah, Joel’s 14-year old daughter; Murray Bartlett and Nick Offerman (*Parks and Recreation)* as Frank and Bill, two post-pandemic survivalists living alone in their own isolated town; Storm Reid as Riley, an orphan in Boston; and Jeffrey Pierce (*The Last of Us* video games) as Perry, a rebel in a quarantine zone. Lamar Johnson guest stars as Henry and Keivonn Woodard as Sam, brothers in Kansas City hiding from a revolutionary movement seeking vengeance. Graham Greene guest stars as Marlon and Elaine Miles as Florence, a married couple surviving alone in the wilderness of post-apocalyptic Wyoming.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Post-Apocalyptic
---
### [Motherland: Fort Salem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/motherland-fort-salem/)
**Published:** March 18, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three young witches are trained to become powerful weapons for the American military.
**Content:**
In a women-dominated world, where the U.S. ended persecution of witches 300 years ago, three young women are off to Fort Salem to join the military.
The show is much more than just that, though, with a lot of political underplay.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural, Utopian/Dystopian, War
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** Supernatural Drama
---
### [Cruel Summer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cruel-summer/)
**Published:** June 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a small Texas town, popular teen Kate, is abducted. Seemingly unrelated, a girl named Jeanette goes from being a sweet, awkward outsider to the most popular girl in town, but by 1995 she has become the most-despised person in America.
**Content:**
The unconventional drama takes place over three summers in the 90s when a beautiful and popular teen goes missing, and a seemingly unrelated girl transforms from a sweet and awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town, eventually becoming the most despised person in America. Each episode is told from alternating POVs.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece, Teen, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [Good Trouble](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-trouble/)
**Published:** January 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Mariana and Callie move to LA and find out how much being an adult sucks.
**Content:**
A spin-off of [*The Fosters.*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fosters/) After graduating from college and moving to a community-style living space in Los Angeles, sisters Callie and Mariana navigate the beginning of their careers and the complicated relationships that come with residing in a new city.
Callie and Mariana’s group house, called “The Coterie,” introduces a new and diverse group of characters including multiple queer characters.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Young Adult Drama
---
### [Young Justice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/young-justice/)
**Published:** October 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Join the teenage superheroes as they save the world as well as deal with normal daily life issues.
**Content:**
Young Justice focuses on the lives of a group of teenage sidekicks attempting to establish themselves as proven superheroes as they deal with normal adolescent issues in their personal lives. The show corresponds to the present time of our world, “a new age of heroes.”
It’s got all your young favourites, like Robin and Superboy, but not in the Teen Titans configuration.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network, DC Universe, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Children's, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Les emmerdeurs](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/les-emmerdeurs/)
**Published:** April 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four people gain superpowers in the middle of WWII. They are now a key part of winning the war, if they manage to do with the side effects that go with them.
**Content:**
1942, in the overun by Nazi France, four young people running from the German Occupation accidentally acquire superpowers. Now part of the french resistance, they are not the recruits anyone expected. Not to mention each of their respective power comes with a set of side effects every time they use them. Lorraine goes blind, Solange passes out and Manu forgets everything that just happened. The Resistance wanted heroes, they got emmerdeurs (*lit*. *pains in the ass*).
**TV Stations:** YouTube Premium
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, War
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Traces](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/traces/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a case study turns out to be based on a student' dead mother, she works to bring a killer to justice.
**Content:**
While attending an online forensic course, young lab assistant discovers that the fictitious case study has a link to her past. With the help of two female professors she works on bringing a killer to justice.
**TV Stations:** Alibi
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [wtFOCK](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wtfock/)
**Published:** February 17, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Skam belgium. It follows the ins and outs of several teenage girls and boys in high school and beyond.
**Content:**
Skam belgium. It follows the ins and outs of several teenage girls and boys in high school and beyond.
**TV Stations:** GoPlay, Play4
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance, School, Teen
**Nations:** Belgium
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Heart to Heart](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heart-to-heart/)
**Published:** August 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After waking up from yet another heart surgery, Liddy starts hearing a voice telling her that she's probably about to die a virgin...and that's unacceptable.
**Content:**
Liddy wakes up after another heart operation to the internal voice – courtesy of David Tennant – of that vital organ. The heart knows what it wants and that is to live a little and not to die before losing her virginity; her object of desire is found in the form of a foxy nurse Kim, played by Siena Kelly.
**TV Stations:** Paus
**Tropes:** Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Avocado Toast](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/avocado-toast/)
**Published:** September 3, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ever wondered about your parents' sex life? What about when you need dating advice?
**Content:**
Ever wondered about your parents’ sex life? Neither did Molly and Elle until coming out and divorce forced them to learn about their parents’ new sex-capades.
After a lifetime of dating men, Molly (31, a grade eight teacher) surprises herself when she falls in love with a woman for the first time. When she finds the courage to come out as bisexual to her suburban parents, they empathetically reveal their own admission – they’re swingers and throw sex parties.
Meanwhile, Elle (33, a creative director) is reeling after learning her parents are divorcing and her mother, who also happens to be her boss, had an affair with a dude young enough to be Elle’s brother. To avoid the wrenching pain of her exploded family unit, Elle wages revenge in an eye-for-an-eye corporate takeover against her mother.
When Molly gets dumped, she reluctantly heeds dating advice from her sexually blossoming parents and clumsily embarks on the bisexual dating world while navigating her broken heart.
As life as they knew it crumbles away and their love lives and careers become precarious, it’s their codependent friendship that takes all the heat. Finally, when the pressure cooker blows, they are shocked to realize that the nuts haven’t fallen so far from the tree.
An intergenerational sex comedy exploring the comforts and awkwardness of sex from age 25 to 69. When it comes to millennials and baby boomers, these nuts haven’t fallen so far from the family tree.
**TV Stations:** OUTtv
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [The Librarians: The Next Chapter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-librarians-the-next-chapter/)
**Published:** September 1, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A time traveling librarian from the past unfortunately finds himself trapped in the present. Now he has a team of new librarians to clean up the mess he made, releasing magic across the continent.
**Content:**
A time traveling librarian from the past unfortunately finds himself trapped in the present. Now he has a team of new librarians to clean up the mess he made, releasing magic across the continent.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure
**Nations:** USA
---
### [YYY](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yyy/)
**Published:** May 17, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A sitcom about boys living in the same apartment together as they share lots of fun and laughs.
**Content:**
A sitcom series about boys living in the same apartment together as they share lots of fun and laughs.
**TV Stations:** LineTV
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [The Carrie Diaries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carrie-diaries/)
**Published:** January 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Carrie Bradshaw is in her junior year of high school in the early 1980s. She asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while navigating the worlds of high school and Manhattan.
**Content:**
A CW prequel to *[Sex and the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-and-the-city/)*.
The first season focuses on Carrie Bradshaw during her junior year of high school in 1984 as she explores life in New York City while interning at a fashion magazine, while the second season focuses more on her expanding life in the city as well as the lives of her friends.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Erased Queerness, Literary Inspired, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [Between Women](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/between-women/)
**Published:** January 26, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A web series about the lives of a circle of friends in the Black lesbian community of Atlanta, GA.
**Content:**
*Between Women* is a web series full of drama and a vibrant storyline. It focuses on a circle of friends in the Black lesbian community of Atlanta, GA. It covers a range of topics and is sure to capture the attention of every viewer that crosses its path.
*Between Women* was groundbreaking and one of the first web series to showcase the lives of LGBTQ women of color as they navigated life through a maze of friendships, transitions, love, motherhood, abuse and betrayal. From the very first episode, Daniel was never afraid to tackle the tough topics. From domestic violence to depression, to adoption and even death, *Between Women* gave you all of the realness.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Adult, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Queer Drama, Webseries
---
### [Calling In Drunk](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/calling-in-drunk/)
**Published:** January 24, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A straight girl and a gay girl get drunk and investigate life and that everything means.
**Content:**
A straight girl and a gay girl get drunk and investigate life and that everything means.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Relationship Status](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/relationship-status/)
**Published:** February 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An interweaving cast of 20- and 30-somethings navigate the complexities of dating and relationships in the modern age of social media.
**Content:**
An interweaving cast of 20- and 30-somethings navigate the complexities of dating and relationships in the modern age of social media.
**TV Stations:** go90
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Anthology, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Love Daily](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-daily/)
**Published:** March 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 12 short stories about 12 different love stories taking place throughout the 12 months of the year.
**Content:**
Love Daily is a series where each episode is a stand-alone story. It’s composed of 12 short stories about 12 different love stories taking place throughout the 12 months of the year.
One episode features Christine and Sam who both work at a Chinese restaurant and it’s super cute.
**TV Stations:** go90
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Anthology Series
---
### [Sex and the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-and-the-city/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Based on Candace Bushnell's 1997 book of the same name, the show follows the lives of four women in their mid-thirties forties whoremain inseparable and confide in each other.
**Content:**
A sex columnist, Carrie Bradshaw, and her three friends — Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda — explore Manhattan’s dating scene, chronicling the mating habits of single New Yorkers.
Set and filmed in New York City, the show follows the four women who, despite their different natures and ever-changing sex lives, remain inseparable and confide in each other. Starring Sarah Jessica Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw) and co-starring Kim Cattrall (as Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (as Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (as Miranda Hobbes), the series had multiple continuing storylines tackling relevant and modern social issues such as sexuality, safe sex, promiscuity, and femininity while exploring the difference between friendships and romantic relationships.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Friend Group
---
### [Veep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/veep/)
**Published:** June 7, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Vice President of the United States Selina Meyer, who finds the job is nothing like she expected, but everything her incompetent staff warned her about.
**Content:**
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Vice President of the United States Selina Meyer, who finds the job is nothing like she expected, but everything her incompetent staff warned her about.
“Veep” follows the new VP as she puts out political fires, juggles her public schedule and private life, and does everything within her limited powers to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the chief executive. Meyer’s trusted — and some not-so-trusted — aides include chief of staff Amy, spokesperson Mike, secretary Sue and right-hand man Gary.
When Selina’s daughter, Catherine, comes out, she has to deal with one more unexpected surprise.
The show’s quick and vulgar dialogue is not for everyone, but if you enjoy that kind of humor, it is laugh out loud hilarious.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Political
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Carnivàle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carnivale/)
**Published:** November 15, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny happens in the dust bowl.
**Content:**
It’s the mid-1930s, and we’re in the middle of the Dust Bowl, a time when sandstorms and disease were running rampant across the Great Plains. After his mother’s death, teenage fugitive Ben Hawkins is picked up by a mysterious traveling carnival run by an unseen force known only as “Management.”
Surrounded by magic, Ben reconnects with his long-dormant supernatural powers. Meanwhile, hundreds of miles away, an evangelical preacher is plagued with apocalyptic visions. What the two of them don’t know is that they’re set to become players in the great (and heretofore hidden) battle between Darkness and Light.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Period Drama, psychological horror, Supernatural Drama
---
### [Camping](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/camping/)
**Published:** October 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A supposed delightful, back-to-nature camping trip quickly becomes a weekend of tested relationships, heightened emotions, and memories everyone would rather forget.
**Content:**
Obsessively organized L.A. mom Kathryn plans a camping trip in honor of her husband Walt’s 45th birthday, hoping the get-together with old friends lessens tension in their not-so-happy marriage. As they arrive at the underwhelming Brown Bear Lake site with Kathryn’s meek sister, her holier-than-thou ex-best friend, and a free-spirited tagalong, the supposed delightful, back-to-nature camping trip quickly becomes a weekend of tested relationships, heightened emotions, and memories everyone would rather forget. Lena Dunham (“Girls”) is among the series’ writers and executive producers.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Drama
---
### [Capadocia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/capadocia/)
**Published:** July 12, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The stories of several women imprisoned for different reasons in an experimental penal complex in Mexico City.
**Content:**
In a Mexico City women’s prison where corruption runs rampant, attorney Teresa Lagos fights for rehabilitation and inmates’ rights…while facing a plan to use the prisoners for manuel labor. Ana de la Reguera, Dolores Heredia, Juan Manuel Bernal and Cecilia Suarez star in this drama series.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** In Prison, Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Mexico
**Tagged:** Mexican Drama, Prison Drama, Spanish Drama
---
### [Sam and Pat Are Depressed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sam-and-pat-are-depressed/)
**Published:** December 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Depressed roommates Sam and Pat help each other navigate the inherent awkwardness of therapy through profanity, humor, and take out.
**Content:**
Depressed roommates Sam and Pat help each other navigate the inherent awkwardness of therapy through profanity, humor, and take out.
Pat worries about depressing her therapist (like we all do) and then gets herself put on suicide watch because of poorly-timed nihilistic humor. Sam, on the other hand, thinks way too much about how long it takes her to introduce herself to new therapists. Sam often wonders if she is being rude to them (don’t we all?)
**TV Stations:** SeekaTV
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [RWBY](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rwby/)
**Published:** July 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The future-fantasy world of Remnant is filled with ravenous monsters, treacherous terrain, and more villains than you can shake a a stake at.
**Content:**
Pronounced “ruby”, the story takes place in the world of Remnant, which is filled with mysterious and malevolent creatures known as the “Creatures of Grimm”. Prior to the events of the series, mankind waged a battle of survival against the Grimm before discovering the power of a mysterious element called Dust which allowed them to fight back against the monsters. In the present day, Dust is used to augment people’s abilities and powers. Those who train to battle the Grimm are known as Huntsmen or Huntresses.
The series focuses on four girls, each with her own unique weapon and powers. Together, they form team RWBY (“ruby”) at Beacon Academy in the kingdom of Vale, where they are trained to become Huntresses alongside team JNPR (“juniper”), team SSSN (“sun”), team CRDL (“cardinal”), team CFVY (“coffee”), and various other student teams.
**TV Stations:** CrunchyRoll, Rooster Teeth
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Animation, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities
---
### [9 to 5](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-to-5/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A sitcom based on the 1980 film of the same name.
**Content:**
9 to 5 is an American sitcom based on the 1980 film of the same name. It features Rachel Dennison, Dolly Parton’s younger sister, in Parton’s role of Doralee Rhodes; Rita Moreno portrayed the Lily Tomlin role of Violet Newstead, and Valerie Curtin took the Jane Fonda role of Judy Bernly.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Classic, Sitcom
---
### [Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/les-petits-meurtres-dagatha-christie/)
**Published:** February 13, 2022
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Every episode of Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie is loosely based on one of her novels. and each season is set in a different time
**Content:**
Agatha Christie but french. Every episode of *Les petits meurtres d’Agatha Christie* is loosely based on one of her novels. Each season is set in a different time :
Season 1 was set in the 1930’s with the comissaire Larosière and the inspecteur Lampion, season 2 goes from the 50’s to the 60’s with the reporter Alice Avril, the commissaire Laurence and his secretary Marlène, and season 3 is set in the 70’s with la comissaire Gréco, the inspecteur Beretta and Rose, a psychiatrist.
**TV Stations:** France 2
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Period Piece
**Nations:** France
**Tagged:** Crime Comedy, French Comedy, Mystery, Period Comedy, Quirky
---
### [Only Murders in the Building](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-murders-in-the-building/)
**Published:** September 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three strangers who share an obsession with true crime suddenly find themselves caught up in one.
**Content:**
Three strangers share an obsession with a true crime podcast. After a murder in their building, the Arconia, they decide to start their own podcast that covers their investigation of the murder. Their investigation spirals out of control but they do manage to solve the case, only to have another death and then another.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Allegiance (CBC)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/allegiance-cbc/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A rookie agent working in Surrey, her hometown, who faces the limits of the judicial system as she battles to exonerate her politician father.
**Content:**
A rookie police officer, Sabrina Sohal, works to exonerate her politician father after he is unexpectedly arrested for treason. As she navigates this personal and professional crisis, the police procedural explores themes of racism, class, privilege, and the complexities of the Canadian justice system.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Canada
**Intersections:** Immigrants
---
### [Magic Of Zero](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/magic-of-zero/)
**Published:** August 23, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Three story about three couple that face both some natural, and supernatural challenges
**Content:**
Three stories about three couples who go through both natural and supernatural issues.
Fun fact, this was sponsored by a citrus-honey drink, with 0 sugar.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Anthology, Comedy, Romance, Supernatural
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Ted Lasso](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ted-lasso/)
**Published:** October 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A small-time college football coach from Kansas is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
**Content:**
A small-time college football coach from Kansas is hired to coach a professional soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Sports
**Nations:** USA
---
### [After the Verdict](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/after-the-verdict/)
**Published:** December 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Following a high profile murder trial, four everyday people try to piece together their lives again as they begin to question the case, the outcome and the day that changed their lives.
**Content:**
Four people finish jury duty on a high profile murder case, however, once back in their regular day-to-day lives, they start to question their verdict and begin their own investigations. That obsession with the case begins to impact their personal lives.
**TV Stations:** Nine Network
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Amphibia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amphibia/)
**Published:** November 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An ordinary girl finds a treasure chest that sends her to Amphibia, a world full of frogs, toads, and giant insects.
**Content:**
Ordinary Anne Boonchuy, 13, finds a treasure chest that sends her to **Amphibia**, a world full of frogs, toads, and giant insects. With help from Sprig, she must adjust to life in **Amphibia** and discover her first true friendship in her life.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Archive 81](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/archive-81/)
**Published:** January 29, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Archive 81 follows an audiovisual restoration expert, Dan, who gets hired by a mysterious company to digitize an archive of videotapes.
**Content:**
Archive 81 follows an audiovisual restoration expert, Dan, who gets hired by a mysterious company to digitize an archive of videotapes. He gets brought to a secluded area of the Catskills, where he will complete the work. Quickly, he realizes that everything is not as it seems.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Horror, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Half & Half](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/half-half/)
**Published:** December 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Mona and Dee Dee are half-sisters who share the same father. They are completely unlike each other, but they live…
**Content:**
Mona and Dee Dee are half-sisters who share the same father. They are completely unlike each other, but they live in the same apartment building, so disagreements are common.
**TV Stations:** UPN
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Barbie: A Touch of Magic](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/barbie-a-touch-of-magic/)
**Published:** August 21, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Barbie "Malibu" Roberts and Barbie "Brooklyn" Roberts discover a mysterious baby Pegasus on the beach in Malibu and work to find out where the magical horse came from.
**Content:**
Barbie from Malibu and Barbie from Brooklyn have enchanting adventures when they encounter a horse with magical powers. The horse, Peggy, needs their help with a mysterious mission. However, a wizard lizard named William, and Rocki the Glyph, want the special powers for themselves.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [IDOLiSH7](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/idolish7/)
**Published:** February 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An idol group, "Idolish7," consists of seven male singers, each with their own unique personality and background.
**Content:**
On her first day of work at her father’s small production agency, Tsumugi Takanashi was not expecting to be made the manager of the agency’s new male idol group. Though shocked that her father is trusting her with such a major project so soon, Tsumugi vows to do everything she can to support the seven young boys. After seeing how well the boys work as a team, Tsumugi meets with her father and learns that her first job as manager will be to cut four boys from the group. This is because her father believes seven idols are too much to manage, and the current top group, TRIGGER, only has three members.
After holding an impromptu audition, Tsumugi returns to her father and boldly declares that she refuses to cut anyone from the group, as each member has a unique allure which collectively enhances the group’s appeal. She returns to the boys and they are thrilled that none of them will get to miss out on their dreams. Together they become IDOLiSH7, and prepare to take on the fiercely competitive world of idols.
The second season is also called *Idolish7: Second Beat!*
**TV Stations:** BS11, KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System), SUN, Tokyo MX, TVA, TVQ
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Musical
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/passage/)
**Published:** October 6, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A paranormal operative and queer mom balances her personal and professional life during a crucial shift in power.
**Content:**
Agent Prader is a top paranormal operative for a secret division called Caelus within the government. They rely on her special capabilities to handle the different situations which can arise from interacting with paranormal entities. Ali is able to balance her professional and personal life –that is until she starts to unravel a thread that opens the door to a new crucial shift in power.
**TV Stations:** Tello Films
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [The Centre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-centre/)
**Published:** January 30, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A German drama, The Centre tells the stories of foreign, mostly African, girls and women living in Berlin, and their ways of dealing with living between two different cultures.
**Content:**
The Centre is a scripted drama series, written by Naomi Beukes-Meyer. It tells the stories of foreign-, mostly African girls and women living in Berlin, and their ways of dealing with living between 2 cultures. It is written for the web in English and German. The Centre is run by an African woman, living in Berlin, trying to make ends meet and her way of dealing with the German bureaucracy.
It is a no-budget project with a group of talented crew members and committed sassy actresses.
Each episode features a different story. Our first story deals with the tender love story between two young girls and their struggle to deal with family, religion and cultural values.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer, Queerbashing
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Germany
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** German Drama, Webseries
---
### [Be Here Nowish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/be-here-nowish/)
**Published:** October 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two struggling New York women who ditch their dead-end jobs and head to LA in a search for fun and spiritual awakening.
**Content:**
New York girls Sam and Nina meet at a party and become best friends. After they make a mess of their lives, they decide to head to LA. The plan is to hit up a plant medicine ceremony with a Shaman, hoping for guidance and direction. They experiment with various spiritual practices as they try to shed their old lives together.
**TV Stations:** Ora TV
**Tropes:** Gal Pals
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Don't Look Deeper](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dont-look-deeper/)
**Published:** August 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A high school student in central California sets off an unexpected series of events when she begins to doubt if she's human.
**Content:**
A high school student sets off an unexpected series of events when she begins to doubt if she’s human.
In near-future California, high school senior Aisha learns a dark secret about herself. She goes from dreams of graduation and college…to suddenly running for her life.
**TV Stations:** Quibi
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Mapleworth Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mapleworth-murders/)
**Published:** August 10, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A spoof of cozy murder-mystery shows like Murder She Wrote, featuring lady-loving amateur detective Abigail Mapleworth.
**Content:**
A parody detective series featuring the cases of a Miss Marple-esque mystery writer who solves the surprisingly many murders in her charming small town, with the help of her Australian niece Heidi and despite the ineffective efforts of the bumbling local cops.
**TV Stations:** Quibi
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The 'Other' Love Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-other-love-story/)
**Published:** March 16, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two young girls fall in love and they act on it without thinking twice There is a lot of stigma associated with such a relationship, but inside the heart, only love endures.
**Content:**
The ‘Other’ Love Story tells the tale of two women falling in love at a time when homophobia was still rampant in India. It is set in the 1990s, an era before the Internet and mobile phones took over our lives, when we still had to rely on love letters and landlines to exchange sweet nothings. The series traces the love story between two neighbours, Aadya and Aanchal, who live in Bengaluru. The dialogues are in English, Hindi and Kannada. This story follows how two neighbours meet, feel something and slowly find the courage to work on their feelings.
You can buy it direct from [JLT](http://jltplex.com/the-other-love-story/), or watch it on YouTube.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Romance
**Nations:** India
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Mom and Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mom-and-me/)
**Published:** February 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What's the best advice your mom ever gave you?
**Content:**
Having moved home after a break up, Rachel’s Mum encourages her to try online dating. Rachel agrees but only if her single mother tries it as well and so the series begins. Not your average mother-daughter relationship, Rachel and her Mum aren’t just family their friends, get to know them and hear their opinions on men, dating, sex and life.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Girl/Girl Scene](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girl-girl-scene/)
**Published:** January 27, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Girl/Girl Scene tells the stories of a group of young lesbian friends and their fun, wild and adventurous lives.
**Content:**
Evan is the soft-butch, throaty-voiced, tie-wearing, swaggering womanizer. 16-year-old Jessie is the newly realized lesbian. Zoë, Evan’s best friend, is a well-balanced mixture of insanely neurotic and insanely great comedic timing; Zoë is getting over a bad psychotic ex and does meditation and yoga to counterbalance all that negativity.
From problematic ex-girlfriends to new relationships, old friendships, long nights of partying, one-night stands and more, these girls lead exciting and drama-filled lives. These four lesbians break the conventional rules and their stories end up intertwined and the drama unfolds
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Sex Workers
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation
---
### [All in the Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-in-the-family/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** All in the Family is touted as the series that brought reality to prime-time TV entertainment.
Those were the days.
**Content:**
*All in the Family* revolves around Archie Bunker, a working-class World War II veteran living in Queens, New York. He is a short-tempered, outspoken bigot, seemingly prejudiced against everyone who is not a U.S.-born, heterosexual White Anglo-Saxon Protestant male, and dismissive of anyone not in agreement with his view of the world. Naturally, the world throws everything he hates at him.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happiness then Tragedy, Queer for Laughs, Queer for Ratings, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Classic, Sitcom
---
### [Adventure Beast](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-beast/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A brave zoologist, his spunky niece and anxious assistant explore the world while saving wild beasts in this adult animated educational-comedy series.
**Content:**
An adult-animated comedy series about life in the wild that takes us deeper into the wonders of nature than we probably should go. Each episode follows Bradley Trevor Greive, a semi-indestructible wildlife expertwho travels the globe studying and rescuing animals. Along the way, he shares with us truly astonishing, sometimes risqué facts that other wildlife shows would be too polite to mention.
BTG is joined on these expeditions by his fearless Junior Field Assistant andfavorite niece, Bonnie, and his fearful-of-absolutely-everything Senior FieldAssistant, Dietrich. Jungles, deserts, oceans, glaciers… no matter where the mission takes them, the team constantly finds themselves surrounded by all kinds of fascinating animals that are just waiting for the chance to kill them. And, every adventure is told through BTG’s unique voice and twisted view ofnature.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Breakout Kings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/breakout-kings/)
**Published:** May 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A squad of U.S. marshals team up with cons (former fugitives) to work together on tracking down prison escapees in exchange for getting time off their sentences.
**Content:**
Tired of the bad guys running free, U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli devise an unconventional approach to catching fugitives. They employ the experience and know-how of former fugitives Lloyd Lowery, Shea Daniels and Erica Reed, a special task force comprised of the three most elusive convicts Ray ever captured.
It’s a dicey partnership — one side of the law shaking hands with the other — but the motivation for the current cons is clear: With each fugitive brought back to justice, the team members earn time off of their sentences.
**TV Stations:** A&E
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Police Drama
---
### [Saint-Pierre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saint-pierre/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A Newfoundland police officer is exiled to the French island of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, where he solves local crimes with a local partner.
**Content:**
A sideways, darker, turn to *Death in Paradise*, a cop from Newfoundland Canada is exiled to a small French island after arresting a corrupt prominent politician who happens to be dating his ex wife.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Snowpiercer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/snowpiercer/)
**Published:** May 18, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set over seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, Snowpiercer centers on the remnants of humanity, who inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe.
**Content:**
Scientists tried to fix global warming and failed. Now it’s 2021 and the world is hell frozen over. The only survivors are on Snowpiercer, the great ark train. They circle a frozen earth keeping humanity’s last survivors alive — until a murder onboard threatens the established order.
The show aired two seasons and was canceled before they released the completed season 3. Fourteen months later, AMC picked up season 3 and 4, giving us a hopeful end.
**TV Stations:** AMC, TNT
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [A 90’s Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-90s-christmas/)
**Published:** August 19, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While celebrating her promotion alone on Christmas Eve, a workaholic lawyer is transported back to 1999 via a mysterious rideshare experience.
**Content:**
It’s a Christmas classic, with a Scrooge-y workaholic who gets tossed back into the GPS-less 1999 in her home town. Now with a chance to do things better, it’s up to Lucy to make better choices and bring happiness back to her life.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [100% Wolf: Book of Hath](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/100-wolf-book-of-hath/)
**Published:** August 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hath discovers the secret of werewolf power - Moonstone. She sends an army of creatures to attack Svenberg while she sneaks back in time to find the Moonstone Ring.
**Content:**
For Freddy and his ex-friends, werewolves integrating into normal human life has not worked out, but this fluffy pink were-poodle proves he is 100% Wolf when weird animals appear and a potent sorceress threatens his very existence.
Technically this is the second season to *100% Wolf: Legend of the Moonstone*. As it has a separate IMDb entry, we are treating it as it’s own show.
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV), Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Silo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/silo/)
**Published:** August 13, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Men and women live in a giant silo underground with several regulations which they believe are in place to protect them from the toxic and ruined world on the surface.
**Content:**
In a bleak dystopian future, humanity clings to survival deep underground within the confines of a colossal silo. Juliette, an engineer tasked with unraveling the mystery behind the death of a colleague, uncovers startling secrets that threaten the very fabric of their enclosed world.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Bad Sisters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bad-sisters/)
**Published:** September 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Garvey sisters are bound together by the death of their parents and a promise to always protect each other.
**Content:**
*Bad Sisters* (originally titled *Emerald*) is an Irish dark comedy thriller television series developed by Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer. Set in Dublin, it is based on the Flemish series *Clan*, which was created by Malin-Sarah Gozin. The series was filmed in Ireland.
A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, *Bad Sisters* follows the lives of the tight-knit Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another. When their brother-in-law winds up dead, his life insurers launch an investigation to prove malicious intent—and set their sights on the sisters, all of whom had ample reason to kill him.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Queerspawn, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Ireland
**Tagged:** Irish Drama
---
### [Bäckström (Sweden)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/backstrom-sweden/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Unscrupulous and arrogant murder detective Evert Bäckström finds himself with the hardest case he ever had when a skull pierced with bullet holes is found on an uninhabited island in the archipelago.
**Content:**
Evert Bäckström is a rock star among cops. Starring as a TV expert doesn’t help his ego or reputation. He thinks he’s a genius-and he is, at solving crimes. When a woman’s skull is found, it seems she was murdered recently, but DNA points to her death in the 2004 tsunami. Prosecutor Hanna Hwass believes it’s a mistake, but Bäckström sees a case only he can solve: a woman who has died twice.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV, TV4
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Sweden
---
### [FROM](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/from/)
**Published:** July 23, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A town with a hidden secret experiences strange occurrences that intensify at night. Mysterious forces disrupt everyday routines as residents try to preserve stability and community while attempting to comprehend their surroundings.
**Content:**
A nightmarish town traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
**TV Stations:** Epix, MGM+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Outlaws](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-outlaws/)
**Published:** March 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Seven strangers from different walks of life forced together to complete a community payback sentence in Bristol.
**Content:**
The story follows seven strangers from different walks of life who are forced together to complete a Community Payback sentence, set in Bristol. However, their luck changes when they discover a bag full of money, unaware that some dangerous people are looking for it.
**TV Stations:** BBC One, Prime Video
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [The Sandman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-sandman/)
**Published:** August 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.
**Content:**
A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandman follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic — and human — mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [The Change](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-change/)
**Published:** April 1, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sharp comedy series following 50 year old Linda as she goes through the menopause.
**Content:**
Linda, a 50-year-old working class married mother of two, is having an existential crisis. Who is she? What is she? Is this it? Convinced she’s got early onset dementia after forgetting what a shoe is called, Linda’s GP informs her it is, in fact, the menopause. Feeling invigorated and empowered by this information, Linda decides to claw back some of the time she’s spent doing ‘invisible work’ over the years (not all 3.5 million minutes, just 131,500 of them) to do something for herself… for a change.
Dusting off her old Triumph motorbike that she hasn’t ridden in 30 years, Linda sets off alone to the spectacular wilderness of The Forest of Dean – in search of an identity, a purpose, and tree she climbed as a child. Along the way she meets an array of eccentric locals, including the infamous Eel Sisters, an angry local radio presenter and a mysterious man who lives in the woods with a wild boar. What could possibly go wrong?
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Those About to Die](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/those-about-to-die/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series explores another side of Rome - the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most - blood and sport.
**Content:**
An epic drama set in the corrupt world of the spectacle-driven gladiatorial competition, exploring a side of ancient Rome never before told — the dirty business of entertaining the masses, giving the mob what they want most…blood and sport. The series introduces an ensemble of characters from all corners of the Roman Empire who collide at the explosive intersection of sports, politics, and dynasties.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Star Trek: Starfleet Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-starfleet-academy/)
**Published:** January 22, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Young cadets train to become Starfleet officers as they deal with friendships, rivalries, and romance, all while facing a mysterious threat to both the Academy and the Federation.
**Content:**
For the first time in over a century, Starfleet campus will be re-opened to admit individuals a minimum of 16 Earth years (or species equivalent) who dream of exceeding their physical, mental, and spiritual limits, who value friendship, camaraderie, honor, and devotion to a cause greater than themselves.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Sister Boniface Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sister-boniface-mysteries/)
**Published:** April 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The investigations of Sister Boniface of St Vincent's Convent - nun, moped rider, wine maker and part-time forensic scientist.
**Content:**
A future-set spinoff of *Father Brown* (don’t worry, it’s set in the 1960s), Sister Boniface is a Catholic nun at St. Vincent’s Convent in the fictional town of Great Slaughter in the Cotswolds. In addition to her religious duties at the convent, she makes wine and has a PhD in forensic science (and was a former Bletchly Circle code breaker in the war), allowing her to serve as a scientific adviser to the local police on investigations.
The three regularly featured police officers are Detective Inspector Sam Gillespie (revealed in episode 9 to be a former army officer), Detective Sergeant Felix Livingstone (on secondment from the police force of the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda), and Constable (WPC) Peggy Button.
**TV Stations:** BritBox
**Tropes:** Happiness then Tragedy, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mystery, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Rugrats](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rugrats/)
**Published:** May 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Adventures born from the colorful imaginations of Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Susie, and Angelica.
**Content:**
Adventures born from the colorful imaginations of Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Susie, and Angelica.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Ponies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ponies/)
**Published:** March 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 1970s Moscow, two secretaries at the American embassy become CIA operatives after their husbands are killed, uncovering a Cold War conspiracy.
**Content:**
Ponies (“persons of no interest”) is an American spy thriller television series created by Susanna Fogel and David Iserson for Peacock, and starring Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson. In 1970s Moscow, two secretaries at the American embassy become CIA operatives after their husbands are killed, uncovering a Cold War conspiracy behind the tragedy.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1970s, CIA Drama, Spies
---
### [My Hero Academia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/my-hero-academia/)
**Published:** January 4, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a world where everyone has super powers, one boy does not.
**Content:**
Izuku has dreamt of being a hero all his life—a lofty goal for anyone, but especially challenging for a kid with no superpowers. That’s right, in a world where eighty percent of the population has some kind of super-powered “quirk,” Izuku was unlucky enough to be born completely normal. But that’s not enough to stop him from enrolling in one of the world’s most prestigious hero academies
**TV Stations:** MBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Law & Order: Organized Crime](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/law-order-organized-crime/)
**Published:** April 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In the nation's largest city, the vicious and violent members of the underworld are hunted by the detectives of the Organized Crime Control Bureau. These are their stories.
**Content:**
Elliot Stabler returns to the NYPD to battle organized crime after a devastating personal loss. However, the city and police department have changed dramatically in the decade he’s been away, and he must adapt to a criminal justice system in the midst of its own moment of reckoning.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Police
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Launchpad](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/launchpad/)
**Published:** August 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Collections of short stories from underrepresented backgrounds.
**Content:**
A collection of 6 short stories per season from underrepresented backgrounds that were selected and provided with the opportunity to share their perspectives and creative visions that will show audiences what it means to be seen.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Industry](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/industry/)
**Published:** September 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Graduates compete for jobs as a London financial institution.
**Content:**
Graduates from all walks of life compete for a limited number of available full-time employment opportunities at Pierpoint, a top investment bank in London. The graduates include Harper Stern, a Black upstate New York native who uproots her life in pursuit of success, despite having lied about the university she attended, Hari Dhar, a state-school graduate and child of Hindi-speaking immigrants, Augustus “Gus” Sackey, a gay Black British graduate of Eton and Oxford, Robert Spearing, a white working-class Oxford graduate who is eager to please, and Yasmin Kara-Hanani, a privileged, well-connected child of Lebanese parents with an underachieving, drug-addled boyfriend.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Inanimate Insanity](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/inanimate-insanity/)
**Published:** May 17, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in a universe where inanimate objects live similar lives to humans, an object by the name of MePhone4, a parody of the iPhone4 has organized a competition for $1,000,000.
**Content:**
The story centers around MePhone4, a shrewd and sentient cell-phone that creates his very own elimination-based reality show! With an ability to generate challenges and obstacles of practically any scope, there’s seemingly no limit to what he can do!
Twenty contestants suit up to begin a crazy game and (hopefully) compete in fun-filled challenges, so long as everything stays on schedule! While the contestants may seem like simple lightbulbs, baseballs, and various other common items, they quickly prove that looks can be deceiving! Whoever fails to earn immunity is at risk of being sent off the show and into the unknown. In the end, one contestant will outlast all the rest and claim the million dollar prize!
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Mockumentary
**Nations:** Canada, USA
---
### [Hacks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hacks/)
**Published:** May 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A dark mentorship forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
**Content:**
Deborah Vance is a legendary Las Vegas comedy diva looking to appeal to a younger audience. Vance’s agent sends Ava, an entitled 25-year old, to help freshen up the material, and Vance begins mentoring her.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** Edgy Comedy
---
### [Helluva Boss](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/helluva-boss/)
**Published:** May 2, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How hard can it be to run a startup when you're literally in Hell?
**Content:**
Blitz is a classic demon Imp who sets out to run his own small assassin business with his weapons specialist Moxxie, his bruiser Millie, and his receptionist hellhound Loona. Together they attempt to survive each other while running a startup in Hell.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Dark Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Heartstopper](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heartstopper/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Love, friendship, loyalty, and mental illness encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make something larger.
**Content:**
*Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love.* When gentle Charlie and rugby-loving Nick meet at secondary school, they quickly discover that their unlikely friendship is blossoming into an unexpected romance. Charlie, Nick and their circle of friends must navigate the ever-relatable journey of self discovery and acceptance, supporting each other as they learn to find their most authentic selves.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance, School
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Teen Queer Romance
---
### [Hazbin Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hazbin-hotel/)
**Published:** December 24, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
**Content:**
Hazbin Hotel is the story of Charlie, the princess of Hell, as she pursues her seemingly impossible goal of rehabilitating demons to peacefully reduce overpopulation in her kingdom. She opens a hotel in hopes that patients will be “checking out” into Heaven. While most of Hell mocks her goal, her devoted partner Vaggie, and their first test subject, adult film-star Angel Dust, stick by her side. When a powerful entity known as the “Radio Demon” reaches out to Charlie to assist in her endeavors, her crazy dream is given a chance to become a reality.
The pilot was released on YouTube.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video, YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adult, Animation, Dark Comedy, Musical
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [HPI: Haut Potentiel Intellectuel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hpi/)
**Published:** January 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Morgane's 160 IQ has never really helped her in her everyday life. The police decide to bring her on board to help them track down and catch highly-intelligent criminals.
**Content:**
Morgane Alvaro is 38 years old, has 3 children from 2 ex-husbands, problems with authority, and, despite exceptional intelligence, works as a cleaning lady. One night, working at Lille police headquarters, she accidentally finds an important clue to a murder case, and, facing dismissal if the case is not solved, the superintendent assigns her to the case as consultant, much to chagrin of inspector Adam Karadec, who’s in charge of the case. Morgane dresses and acts inappropriately for her new job, often disobeys orders, has a difficult time managing her family life, and Karadec finds her nearly impossible to work with, but her flashes of brilliance are often crucial to solving the more difficult cases that the Lille detective squad deals with. In return for her work as a detective, the superintendent agrees to reopen the case of her first husband, who went missing after being arrested 15 years earlier.
**TV Stations:** La Une, TF1
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** Belgium, France
---
### [Granchester](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/granchester/)
**Published:** November 19, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
**Content:**
A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester.
Anglican priest and former Scots Guards officer Sidney Chambers and the overworked Detective Inspector Geordie Keating forge an unlikely partnership in solving crimes. Keating’s gruff, methodical approach to policing complements Chambers’ more intuitive techniques of coaxing information from witnesses and suspects.
**TV Stations:** ITV
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Everyone Else Burns](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everyone-else-burns/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How does an idiosyncratic family navigating modern life nowadays protect themselves from eternal hell fire?
**Content:**
An irreverent comedy set in a fictional Christian community and centred around a family headed by patriarch David. David, like his family is devoted to preparing for Armageddon and avoiding eternal damnation, although worldly temptations sometimes get in the way.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Dr. Stone](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dr-stone/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Senku and his friends try to rebuild civilization after humanity is petrified by a flash of light.
**Content:**
Several thousand years after a mysterious phenomenon that turns all of humanity to stone, the extraordinarily intelligent, science-driven boy, Senku Ishigami, awakens.
Facing a world of stone and the total collapse of civilization, Senku makes up his mind to use science to rebuild the world. Starting with his super strong childhood friend Taiju Oki, who awakened at the same time, they will begin to rebuild civilization from nothing…
Depicting two million years of scientific history from the Stone Age to present day, the unprecedented crafting adventure story is about to begin!
**TV Stations:** BS11, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Common Side Effects](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/common-side-effects/)
**Published:** February 20, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Former high school lab mates Marshall and Frances unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the government to suppress knowledge of a rare fungus secret that may contain the solution to cure all world's diseases.
**Content:**
The show follows two high school friends, Marshall and Frances, who reconnect and discover the Blue Angel Mushroom, a legendary mystery in the mushroom community that acts as a drug that can allegedly cure all illnesses. In the process, they also uncover a conspiracy involving Reutical Pharmaceuticals, Inc., one of the largest pharmaceutical companies and the government to suppress all knowledge of said drug.
**TV Stations:** Adult Swim
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Dark Comedy, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Midsomer Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/midsomer-murders/)
**Published:** January 31, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A veteran Detective Chief Inspector and his young Sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County.
**Content:**
Set in modern-day England, the stories revolve around the efforts of Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (and later his successor, cousin John Barnaby) to solve numerous murders that take place in the picturesque but deadly villages of the fictional county of Midsomer. The Barnabys have worked with several different sergeants throughout the run of the show: Detective Sergeant (DS) Gavin Troy, DS Dan Scott, DS Ben Jones, DS Charlie Nelson, and DS Jamie Winter.
**TV Stations:** ITV
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Erased Queerness, Gal Pals, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week, Queerbashing, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Evil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/evil/)
**Published:** July 6, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A skeptical psychologist and scientist join a Catholic priest-in-training to investigate the church's backlog of unexplained mysteries, miracles, and demonic possessions.
**Content:**
Skeptical forensic psychologist Dr. Kristen Bouchard, Catholic seminarian David Acosta and skeptical technology contractor Ben Shakir are hired by the Catholic Church to investigate purported supernatural events. As time passes, the three find their personal lives increasingly intertwined with such events – and with individuals behind some of the incidents, such as Dr. Leland Townsend, a rival forensic psychologist who seems obsessed with Kristen and her family.
**TV Stations:** CBS, Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Air เสน่หาวาโย](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-air-เสน่หาวาโย/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** When Lom intercept the abduction of princess Blew, the two women end up on the run, falling in love and foiling a political conspiration
**Content:**
Lom who is assigned to the protection of the visiting Madelin Princess accidentally interupts the royal’s abudction and execution by her own cortege. While on the run across Thailand from people determined to finish the job, the two woman will have to find a way to prove Blew is indeed the real princess, and not whoever is currently parading on tv pretending to be her, all while Lom is trying very poorly to keep herself from falling in love with the princess.
The third installation of the 4 elements saga.
**TV Stations:** iQiyi
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Everyone's Queer, Forbidden Love, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Political, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [My Adventures with Superman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/my-adventures-with-superman/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Clark Kent builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis, while sharing adventures and falling in love with Lois, a star investigative journalist, who also takes Jimmy Olsen under her wing.
**Content:**
The story follows Clark Kent, as he builds his secret identity as Superman and explores his mysterious origins, and Lois Lane, whom Clark develops a crush on and vice-versa, who is on her way to becoming a star reporter. Teaming up with photographer and Clark’s best friend Jimmy Olsen, the trio break the stories that matter and save the day against many villains in the city of Metropolis, while also contending with Task Force X and Brainiac, as well as encountering Clark’s Kryptonian cousin, Kara.
**TV Stations:** Adult Swim
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Chair Company](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-chair-company/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A family man investigates a conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at work.
**Content:**
William Ronald Trosper who investigates a vast and elaborate conspiracy after an embarrassing workplace incident
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Testaments](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-testaments/)
**Published:** July 3, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two teens in Gilead must navigate an elite preparatory school where obedience is brutally enforced. Their bond becomes the catalyst that will transform their lives.
**Content:**
##
Premise
Set in the dystopian theocracy of Gilead, and serving as a sequel to *[The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/ "The Handmaid’s Tale")*, it follows a new generation of young women, including Agnes, who has grown up entirely within Gilead, and Daisy, a newcomer from beyond its borders. Facing arranged marriages and lives of strict obedience, the series follows their coming of age under Gilead’s rigid rule.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Political, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Brand New Cherry Flavor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brand-new-cherry-flavor/)
**Published:** June 29, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Lisa Nova, an aspiring film director in the sun-drenched but seamy world of 1990 Los Angeles, embarks on a mind-altering journey of supernatural revenge that gets nightmarishly out of control.
**Content:**
Lisa, a young filmmaker, arrives in 1990s Hollywood to meet a well-connected film producer who has been impressed by her short horror film. Lisa signs a contract with the producer based on his promise that she can direct, but after rebuffing his sexual advances she is dropped from the film. Feeling powerless, she makes a deal with a witch to help her on a quest for revenge.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Period Piece, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Disabilities
---
### [The Way Home](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-way-home/)
**Published:** March 2, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A daughter gets to know her mom better with a little bit of time travel magic...
**Content:**
The Way Home follows a mother and daughter duo as they move from the big city to a small town. After going through a divorce and receiving a surprising letter from her mom, Kat Landry (Chyler Leigh) decides to move back to her home town with her wayward teenage daughter, Alice (Sadie Laflamme-Snow). When they arrive, Kat’s mom (Andie MacDowell) claims she did not send the letter and Alice quickly finds out that not everything in this town is at it seems.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dragon Striker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dragon-striker/)
**Published:** June 18, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A twelve-year-old farm boy discovers he may be the legendary "Dragon Striker", and joins a team of underdogs to take on the school champions, while fighting to prevent an ancient evil from resurfacing.
**Content:**
In an elite academy where sports and magic combine, farm boy Key discovers his ultrapowerful natural talent and learns he may be destined to become the legendary Dragon Striker. He joins the fierce goalkeeper Ssyelle to form a scrappy team of underdogs who take on the school champions. As Key struggles to control the raging dragon inside him and Ssyelle captains the team to a series of upset victories, they learn dark secrets of the past and uncover an ancient evil that threatens them all.
**TV Stations:** Disney XD
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Comedy, Family, Sports
**Nations:** France, USA
---
### [My Life is Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/my-life-is-murder/)
**Published:** July 9, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
**Content:**
The adventures of fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe, who solves the most baffling crimes as well as coping with the frustrations of everyday life.
**TV Stations:** Network Ten, TVNZ 1
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Queer of the Week, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Dramedy, Mystery
**Nations:** New Zealand
---
### [Le Comte de Monte-Cristo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/le-comte-de-monte-cristo/)
**Published:** June 16, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d'If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.
**Content:**
Unjustly accused of treason, young French sailor Edmond Dantès is imprisoned without trial in the Château d’If, a forbidding island fortress off the coast of Marseille. During years of imprisonment, a fellow prisoner, a scholarly abbot, educates Edmond in multiple subjects. Before dying, the abbot reveals where a vast treasure is hidden on a deserted island. Edmond escapes and, finding the treasure, assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo. He uses his wealth to exact revenge against his betrayers.
**TV Stations:** France Télévisions, PBS, RAI
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** France, Italy
---
### [A Storm for Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-storm-for-christmas/)
**Published:** December 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of people arrive at Oslo airport, some to welcome their loved ones, some to fly home to their families, and others who want to fly away and escape Christmas.
**Content:**
December 2022. A group of people arrive at Oslo airport. Some to welcome their loved ones, some to travel home to their families, and some to fly away and escape Christmas. But in one way or another, their Christmas mission goes awry. They are all stranded at the airport and the clock is ticking – only 24 hours til Christmas – so what do they do?
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Holiday
**Nations:** Norway
---
### [Awkwafina is Nora From Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/awkwafina-is-nora-from-queens/)
**Published:** March 20, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** With help from her dad and grandmother, Nora Lum navigates young adulthood in Flushing, New York with her cousin.
**Content:**
Raised alongside her cousin by her dad and grandma, Nora leans on her family as she navigates young adulthood in outer borough New York City.
**TV Stations:** Comedy Central, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Archer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/archer/)
**Published:** August 28, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.
**Content:**
*Archer* is an original animated, half-hour comedy following the exploits of eight dysfunctional secret agents, and employees of the International Secret Intelligence Service (ISIS), a fictional New York-based intelligence agency. The group consists of Sterling Archer, the show’s narcissistic, womanizing protagonist; Malory Archer, the retired agent-turned-ISIS director and Sterling’s snarky, emotionally distant mother; Lana Kane, Sterling’s love interest and mother of his infant daughter, and by far the most professional field agent at ISIS; Ray Gillette, the agency’s openly gay bomb specialist; Pam Poovey, the head of the agency’s Human Resources department who is often ridiculed by her peers; Cyril Figgis, a mild-mannered accountant-turned-agent; Cheryl Tunt, Malory’s delusional, psychotic personal assistant; and Dr. Algernop Krieger, a bizarre, morally bankrupt scientist with little regard for the well-being of his subjects.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Apples Never Fall](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/apples-never-fall/)
**Published:** July 16, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Delaney family seems happy but Joy disappears, forcing her husband and four adult children to reassess their family history.
**Content:**
Former tennis coaches Stan and Joy have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Animal Kingdom](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/animal-kingdom/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After a heroin overdose kills his mom, teenager Joshua "J" Cody moves to Southern California to live with his freewheeling relatives.
**Content:**
After a heroin overdose kills his mom, teenager Joshua “J” Cody moves to Southern California to live with his freewheeling relatives. The family’s matriarch is J’s estranged grandmother, Janine “Smurf” Cody, from whom he’s been shielded for years.
J soon finds out the reason for the isolation — Smurf and “her boys” make their livings through carefully planned armed robberies and other criminal activities. Prominent perpetrators are Smurf’s relatively level-headed right-hand man Baz and her three sons: mentally disturbed ex-con Pope, hyperactive drug user Craig, and suspicious Deran.
In order to stay alive, J must prove loyal to his beguiling grandmother, who rules with a borderline-incestuous love.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Andor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/andor/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A prequel to the Star Wars spin-off film Rogue One, the series follows thief-turned-Rebel spy Cassian Andor during the five years leading up to the events of the film.
**Content:**
Beginning five years before the events of *Rogue One* (2016), the series follows an ensemble cast of characters during the time that a Rebel Alliance is forming in opposition to the Galactic Empire. One of these characters is Cassian Andor, a thief who becomes a revolutionary and eventually joins the Rebellion.
The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [And Just Like That...](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/and-just-like-that/)
**Published:** December 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
**Content:**
The new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO Original series “Sex and the City,” from executive producer Michael Patrick King, follows “Carrie” (Sarah Jessica Parker), “Miranda” (Cynthia Nixon) and “Charlotte” (Kristin Davis) as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Friend Group, Revival, Sequel, Spinoff
---
### [Amar es para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A sequel to Amar en Tiempos Revueltos about life in Spain in the '60s, a decade in which the country suffered through significant changes and rapid growth. The series setting begins in 1960 and each season advances by one or two years until the series finale ends in the summer of 1983.
**Content:**
A sequel to *[Amar en Tiempos Revueltos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-en-tiempos-revueltos/)* that takes us directly to the years of the Spanish Civil War and the years of Franco’s regime. It features a great cast of young actors who are well known in Spain.
The series begins with an offscreen death of the lesbians from *[Amar en Tiempos Revueltos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-en-tiempos-revueltos/)* which erases their happy ending. However, in 2018, the character of Luisita Gomez was added. After her character was introduced, her ensuing storyline brought in a whole new group of queer fans.
The relationship between Luisita Gomez and Amelia Ledesma was so popular that a spin-off web series was developed focusing on the show’s beloved queer couple, [\#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/).
In later seasons the show introduces several queer characters including Victoria Quevedo, a lesbian fashion designer.
The show begins in 1960 and each season advances by one or two years until the series finale ends in the summer of 1983.
**TV Stations:** Antena 3
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Gaybies, Happy Ending, Outed, Queerbashing, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Alice in Borderland](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alice-in-borderland/)
**Published:** January 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of bored delinquents are transported to a parallel dimension as part of a survival game.
**Content:**
Arisu and Usagi are chasing the mystery of “Borderland” in order to return to their real world. They meet their friends, enemies, and the mastermind behind the “game” at a place that seems to be the key to unlocking the mystery. When all the cards are collected, will they be able to return to their real world?
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Sci-Fi, Thriller
**Nations:** Japan
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Alert: Missing Persons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alert-missing-persons/)
**Published:** February 28, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Nikki Parker joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person's Unit to help other people find their loved ones at the same time that she is looking for her missing son.
**Content:**
A procedural drama set in the Philadelphia Police Department’s Missing Persons Unit (MPU). Each episode features a heart-pounding, life-or-death search for a missing person that runs alongside police officers Jason Grant and Nikki Batista’s quest to find out the truth about their long-lost son.
Six years ago, while working overseas, Jason received the call that every parent fears – he and Nikki’s son had gone missing. From that moment forward, the lives of Jason, Nikki and their daughter were turned upside down. The frantic search to find Keith began and the mystery about his disappearance continues to this day.
Throughout the search to find Keith, Jason and Nikki’s marriage deteriorated and they grew apart. Jason moved into private security, while Nikki was promoted within the Philly P.D. to Head of the MPU, where she has been able to do for others what she wasn’t able to do for herself, bring a loved one back home. At the MPU, she leads a team of highly skilled individuals including Mike (her boyfriend), whom Nikki met when he was assigned to oversee the search for Keith; Kemi, who is proficient in many languages, highly discerning of visual clues, and uses her know-how as a shaman to take a holistic approach to her job; and forensic anthropologist C, who is a master at reconstructing the faces of those who have disappeared. Together, the team works to find the missing, abducted, or kidnapped, and help reunite them with their loved ones before it’s too late.
When Jason receives a possible proof-of-life photo that Keith is very much alive, he and Nikki reunite personally and professionally to continue the fight for their son.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Aldri voksen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/aldri-voksen/)
**Published:** June 28, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of childhood friends now have teenagers of their own.
**Content:**
We follow a group of friends from childhood when they get teenagers of their own in the house. As adults, they now meet their own youth at the door.
**TV Stations:** TV Norge
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Norway
---
### [Agatha All Along](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agatha-all-along/)
**Published:** October 31, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A spell-bound Agatha Harkness regains freedom thanks to a teen's help. Intrigued by his plea, she embarks on the Witches' Road trials to reclaim her powers and discover the teen's motivations.
**Content:**
Three years after being trapped under a magical spell in the town of Westview, New Jersey, at the end of the miniseries *WandaVision*, the witch Agatha Harkness escapes with the help of a goth teen who wishes to face the trials of the legendary Witches’ Road. Without her magical powers, Agatha and the teen form a new coven of witches to face the trials, while contending with some of Agatha’s old enemies such as the Salem Seven.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Dark Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Acapulco](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/acapulco/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young Mexican man's dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at the hottest resort in Acapulco. But he soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined.
**Content:**
A young Mexican man’s dream comes true he gets the job of a lifetime as a cabana boy at the hottest resort in Acapulco. He soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined and in order to succeed, he must learn to navigate a demanding clientele, a mercurial mentor, and a complicated home life, without losing his way to shortcuts or temptations.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Mexico, USA
---
### [4 estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/4-estrellas/)
**Published:** August 31, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Welcome to Hotel Lasierra!, a family business that has just received its fourth star... at the worst possible time.
**Content:**
The life of the hotel of the new family Lassiera and their employees, just as they get their fourth star.
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [#1 Happy Family USA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/1-happy-family-usa/)
**Published:** April 24, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the Hussein family, a non-suspicious patriotic and peaceful family, as they navigate the 2000s.
**Content:**
The series follows the maniacally upbeat Husseins – the most patriotic, most peaceful, and most definitely-not-suspicious Muslim family in post-9/11 “Amreeka.” With satire and absurdity, it redefines finding humor in hardship as they navigate the early 2000s under the watchful eyes of their terrified neighbors.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Immigrants, Interracial Relationships
---
### [Gal Pals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gal-pals/)
**Published:** December 31, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** What harm could come from hooking up with straight girls?
**Content:**
Bee is a jaded girl who plays a self-destructive game of hooking up with as many straight girls as possible. Her roommate and BFF, Olivia, disapproves.
Bee’s newest target is the fairytale romance-loving Dylan. Bee is determined to win the game, even though Dylan’s boyfriend, Gary, and–could it be?– feelings stand in the way. Will she listen to Olivia in time? Or is heartbreak on the horizon?!!!!.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [รักสุดท้าย My Safe Zone](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/รักสุดท้าย-my-safe-zone/)
**Published:** May 3, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Sometimes, the love you need has been beside you all along.
**Content:**
Alin and Jane are childhood best friend. They grew up together, living next door to each other. Unbeknownst to Alin, Jane has been secretly harboring feelings for her for a long time. One day, Alin leaves Jane to study abroad. Years later, after a broken engagement brings Alin home, they will face feelings long unspoken.
**TV Stations:** Channel 3
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Happy Ending, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [The Water นทีร้อยเล่ห์](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-water-นทีร้อยเล่ห์/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Lada who wants to impress her family who owns a concurrent resort, infiltrates Nam's Hotel. The later isn't impressed.
**Content:**
Chonlada who is the illegitimate child of the Watchara group CEO and spend her life trying to get the approval of a man who couldn’t care less about his daughter, gets herself hired in the resort of their conccurent the Watin Group managed by Khun Apo. While Lada starts by trying to get on the other woman’s nerves, quickly driven by her need to impress her boss who challenges her to prove herself, she ends up being the worst of spies but the best of employee and getting closer to Nam in the process.
This is the second act in the four element serie.
**TV Stations:** iQiyi
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Everyone's Queer, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [The Earth วิวาห์ปฐพี](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-earth-วิวาห์ปฐพี/)
**Published:** June 12, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** When Rose comes back to her family farm after her father accident, she pretends to be in a relationship with her childhood friend and farmer Din to push back the unwanted advance of the relantless vineyard owner who wants her land.
**Content:**
Rose, long gone abroad for her studies, comes back to her family flower farm in Chiang Rai when she gets a call that her father is in a coma. Back at home,Wasupol and his son from the Vineyard next door try to push to marry Rose using an old promess between the two families to get ahold of the land and expand their smugling business. Cue Din, childhood friend and owner of the vegetable farm next door who promised she’d keep and eye on his daughter when Teepakorn called her worried right before his accident. The two woman will have to relearn to know each other while avoiding trying to stop the plan of their neighbours.
This is the first part of the 4 elements saga. Or วิวาห์ปฐพี บ้านวาทินวณิช in Thai.
**TV Stations:** iQiyi
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Everyone's Queer, Fake Relationship, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Coffee House Chronicles](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coffee-house-chronicles/)
**Published:** June 14, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** An anthology web series exploring various ways LGBT people connect through the Internet, via social media, and in coffee houses.
**Content:**
An anthology web series exploring various ways LGBT people connect through the Internet, via social media, and in coffee houses.
With only nine episodes at this point, it’s hard to say how lesbian-friendly it is. There’s been one episode with two bisexual women and one with a woman dating a trans man.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Anthology, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Tagged:** Gay Male-Centric, Webseries
---
### [Euphoria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/euphoria/)
**Published:** June 16, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex, and violence.
**Content:**
“Euphoria” follows the troubled life of 17-year-old Rue, a drug addict fresh from rehab with no plans to stay clean. Circling in Rue’s orbit are Jules, a transgender girl searching for where she belongs; Nate, a jock whose anger issues mask sexual insecurities; Chris, a football star who finds the adjustment from high school to college harder than expected; Cassie, whose sexual history continues to dog her; and Kat, a body-conscious teen exploring her sexuality. As the classmates struggle to make sense of their futures, the series tackles the teenage landscape of substance-enhanced parties and anxiety-ridden day-to-day life with empathy and candor.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Dark Drama, Teen Drama
---
### [Symphogear](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/symphogear/)
**Published:** October 18, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou-the idol duo known as Zwei Wing, use their songs to power ancient weapons known as "Symphogears" to combat a deadly alien race called the "Noise."
**Content:**
Two idols, Kazanari Tsubasa and Amō Kanade, collectively known as Zwei Wing, battle against an alien race known as Noise using armour known as Symphogear, which uses the power of music to counteract the Noise’s destructive capability. However, Kanade sacrifices herself to protect a girl named Hibiki Tachibana, who ends up with a piece of Kanade’s Symphogear relic, Gungnir, embedded in her chest.
Two years later, Hibiki awakens the power of the Gungnir relic inside her body, gaining the same Symphogear armor that Kanade had. Using the power of song, Hibiki and her fellow Symphogear wielders must fight to protect the innocent and defeat those who would use the Noise for evil.
**TV Stations:** BS11, CTC, MBS, Tokyo MX, TVA, tvk
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Musical
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [The Secret Life of Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-secret-life-of-us/)
**Published:** August 28, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
The show revolves around a group of friends in their mid twenties to early thirties who live in a St Kilda block of flats in Melbourne Australia. Their interaction with one another, relationships with other friends and romantic interests, along with their personal and career development, are featured.
**TV Stations:** Network Ten
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [The Boys](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-boys/)
**Published:** July 27, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
**Content:**
When superheroes abuse their superpowers instead of using them for good, The Boys embark on a heroic quest to expose the truth about The Seven and Vought, the conglomerate that covers up their dirty secrets.
*The Boys* is set in a universe where superpowered people are recognized as heroes by the general public and owned by powerful corporation Vought International, which markets and monetizes them. Outside of their heroic personas, most are arrogant and corrupt. The series primarily focuses on two groups: the Seven, Vought International’s premier superhero team, and the titular Boys, vigilantes looking to keep the corrupted heroes under control.
The Boys are led by Billy Butcher, who despises all superpowered people, and the Seven are led by the egotistical and unstable Homelander. As a conflict ensues between the two groups, the series also follows the new members of each team: Hugh “Hughie” Campbell of the Boys, who joins the vigilantes after his girlfriend is killed by one of the Seven; and Annie January / Starlight of the Seven, a young and hopeful heroine forced to face the truth about the heroes she admires.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Outed, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Comedy, Crime
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Superhero show
---
### [The Great North](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-great-north/)
**Published:** March 17, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** The adventures of a single dad and his weird Alaskan family.
**Content:**
Following the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad, Beef, does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close — especially his only daughter, Judy, whose artistic dreams lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the local mall.
Rounding out the family are Judy’s older brother, Wolf, and his fiancé, Honeybee, her middle brother, Ham, and 10-year-old-going-on-50 little brother, Moon. While their mother is not in the picture, Judy seeks guidance from her new boss, Alyson, and her imaginary friend, Alanis Morissette, who appears to her in the northern lights.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [The Beast in Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-beast-in-me/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life since the death of her young son and divorcing her wife. Unable to write and a ghost of her former self, she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis.
**Content:**
Author Aggie Wiggs has receded from public life since the death of her young son and divorcing her wife, unable to write, a ghost of her former self; but she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis.
*The Beast in Me* is an American psychological crime thriller television miniseries, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys. Created by Gabe Rotter, the series follows an author (Danes) who begins writing a book about her new next-door neighbor (Rhys), a real estate executive who allegedly killed his wife.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [SKAM Italia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skam-italia/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** An italian version of the acclaimed and innovative Norwegian youth series Skam, which follows a group of teenagers in their everyday life of school, love and leisure time.
**Content:**
The Italian international remake of Norwegian *Skam*.
**TV Stations:** TIMVision
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** Italy
---
### [Miraculous World: New York - United HeroeZ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/miraculous-world-new-york-united-heroez/)
**Published:** November 20, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Marinette's class is headed to New York, the city of superheroes, for French American Friendship Week, but the American superheroes may find themselves in need of help while there.
**Content:**
For the French-American friendship week, Marinette and her class travel to New York, the city of superheroes! The perfect opportunity for Marinette to spend time with her friends, especially Adrien. In fact, he’s travelling with his father, Gabriel Agreste, who is particularly interested in a unique exhibition of a precious necklace holding an eagle talon… a jewel that could possess powers that Hawk Moth wants. Ladybug and Cat Noir will soon have to ally with the American heroes to defend them from their enemy!
The Miraculous World series is three TV movies based on the *Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir* series.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn, Subtext
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Superhero
**Nations:** France
---
### [Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/miraculous-tales-of-ladybug-cat-noir/)
**Published:** March 2, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Marinette and Adrien, two normal teens, transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir when an evil threatens their city.
**Content:**
Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste transform into their superhero personas, Ladybug and Cat Noir respectively, using magical jewels known as the Miraculous, when evil arises. The two work together to protect Paris from Hawk Moth (also known as Shadow-Moth as of Season 4), who covets and attempts to steal their powers by using his akumas, butterflies infused with negative energy, to transform Paris’ everyday citizens into supervillains when they experience negative emotions. All the while, Marinette and Adrien struggle with their feelings for each other, not knowing each other’s secret identities – Marinette is in love with Adrien but not Cat Noir, while Adrien is in love with Ladybug but not Marinette.
**TV Stations:** TF1
**Tropes:** Gaybies, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Romance, Superhero
**Nations:** France
---
### [Bel-Air](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bel-air/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** In West Philadelphia, born and raised, this drama reimagines the classic sitcom in a darker world.
**Content:**
Set in modern-day America, *Bel-Air* reimagines the beloved sitcom *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* through a new, dramatic take on Will’s complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [American Horror Stories](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-stories/)
**Published:** July 18, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A weekly anthology series where each episode is a contained horror story.
**Content:**
A companion anthology series to *[AHS](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)* where each episode is a standalone ghost story.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Aspergirl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/aspergirl/)
**Published:** December 14, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Louison finds out her son, Guilhem, is autistic. And so is she.
**Content:**
Louison finds out her son, Guilhem, is autistic. And so is she. During his first day of la sixième, the boy hurts a classmate and the school sends a social worker to investigate the household.
Aspergirl tries and doesn’t do half bad but it feels like the show tried to give Louison every ASD traits at the same time. It’s those little faux pas that at times doesn’t save the show from clichés. Guilhem hurting someone in his first day of school, how quick it took to get a diagnosis (ha!), etc. But, all in all, the show remains decent representation here and then (better for autism than it is at representing 10 year old girls somehow), and some situations I was able to relate to. On the queer front, while Ariane and Louison did not share enough screen time to justfy the sudden ‘I think I like her’, their interactions still rang true throughout.
Warning, the opening could activate photosensibility, with a changing title with a lot of image per second.
**TV Stations:** RTL Television
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Belgium, France
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Too Loud](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/too-loud/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Two big-headed, loud-mouthed kids get into hijinks working at a library.
**Content:**
Jeffrey and Sara are the loudest and clumsiest library volunteers in the world. But you can’t blame them – they were born with abnormally large heads! Each day at the library is crazier than the next, but somehow this duo always finds a way to have fun while getting the job done!
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [GAP The series ทฤษฎีสีชมพู](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ทฤษฎีสีชมพู/)
**Published:** April 6, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Mon is hired at Lady Sam's media company, the woman she has been looking up since they met as children, but Sam really isn't how Mon remembers her.
**Content:**
Ever since the honorable lady Sam came to her aid years ago, awed by her kindness, Mon has been idolizing the older girl. After she graduated, Mon is hired at Sam’s company and is surprised by the other woman distant and cold facade. As they grows closer both Mon and Sam’s feelings grow, but between them lies many obstacles like gender barriers, the age gap, and social class as Sam is a royal descendant.
Adapted from the light novel Gap : The Pink Theory. It’s Thailand first “Girl Love” tv serie.
**TV Stations:** Channel 3, YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Foundation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/foundation/)
**Published:** May 15, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
**Content:**
Foundation follows mathematician Hari Seldon, who predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire and establishes a Foundation to preserve knowledge and reduce the ensuing dark age from 30,000 years to just a thousand.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/strawberry-shortcake-berry-in-the-big-city/)
**Published:** December 10, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Join Strawberry Shortcake on a brand new adventure in Big Apple City. Follow the fun adventures of Strawberry and her friends as she tries to become the chef in a fun and exciting adventure
**Content:**
Strawberry Shortcake travels to Big Apple City, where all the biggest names in baking go to get their break. Along with her cute cat, Custard, she teams up with her new friends – Orange Blossom, Lime Chiffon, Lemon Meringue, and Blueberry Muffin – as well as their lovable pets. Together, the entrepreneurial girls run their fabulous food trucks and enjoy daily adventures filled with laughter and singing as they strive to bake the world a better place.
**TV Stations:** Family Jr., YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Family
**Nations:** Canada, USA
---
### [Gen V](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gen-v/)
**Published:** October 11, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Explores the first generation of superheroes to know that their super powers are from Compound V. These heroes put their physical and moral boundaries to the test competing for the school's top ranking.
**Content:**
Welcome to Godolkin University, the prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes—preferably with lucrative endorsements. You know what happens when supes go bad, but not all superheroes start out corrupt. Beyond the typical college chaos of finding oneself and partying, these kids are facing explosive situations … literally. As the students vie for popularity and good grades, it’s clear that the stakes are much higher when super powers are involved. When the group of young supes discover that something bigger and sinister is going on at school, they’re put to the test: Will they be the heroes or the villains of their stories?
The show regularly depicts gruesome violence and graphic sex acts.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair/)
**Published:** May 7, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Malcolm and his daughter are drawn into the family's chaos when Hal and Lois demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party.
**Content:**
Almost 20 years after the end of the original series, Malcolm now lives a happy life with his daughter Leah and girlfriend Tristan, having distanced himself from his birth family. Moreover, he has lied and told Leah that his parents Hal and Lois are deceased and he never had any siblings, while in turn keeping her a secret from them. He is forced to re-engage with the family chaos when his parents demand his presence for their 40th wedding anniversary party.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Be my angel ฉันหลงรักเทวดาของฉัน](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/be-my-angel-ฉันหลงรักเทวดาของฉัน/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Z is sent to Jane by Heaven's 'Lucky Point' app after she wishes to have someone by her side.
**Content:**
Jane is chasing her dream of opening a Shio Pan bakery. Jane turns to a merit-collecting application from heaven called “Lucky Points” and makes three wishes: a large sum of capital, a rental building at a great price, and someone who will love and stay by her side. Unfortunately, her accumulated merit points aren’t enough. And when a disapointed Jane accidentally sighs out loud with a “Can’t I just ask for someone?”, the system picks up that sentence and processes it as a new official request. The next morning, Jane wakes up to Z, a handsome angel who has been assigned to look after her for three months. However, this blessing from heaven comes with chaos as Z turns out to be a low-ranking, unskilled angel who can barely do anything.
**TV Stations:** iQiyi
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance, Supernatural
**Nations:** Thailand
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
---
### [Brilliant Minds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/brilliant-minds/)
**Published:** October 29, 2025
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Dr. Oliver Wolf, a gifted neurologist, applies his unconventional approach to treating puzzling psychological cases.
**Content:**
The show centers around Dr. Oliver Wolf, a highly gifted neurologist renowned for his unconventional approach to patient care and diagnosis. Throughout the series, he leads a diverse team of medical professionals as they confront intricate psychological cases that challenge their skills and ethics. The narrative weaves together various personal backstories and the impact of mental health on patients’ lives, highlighting both the triumphs and struggles faced by the characters in a high-stakes medical environment.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Secret of Us จซ่อนรัก](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-secret-of-us/)
**Published:** August 30, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Fahlada, a doctor, is still trying to heal her wounds after her last breakup. Until, suddenly, her ex walks back into her life.
**Content:**
Fahlada, a doctor, is haunted by the memories of her ex-girlfriend, Earn, who broke her heart. Their reunion forces Fahlada to confront her emotional scars and consider giving love another chance.
**TV Stations:** Channel 3
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Everyone's Queer, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [Heart Code สืบลับจับใจ ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heart-code-สืบลับจับใจ/)
**Published:** April 29, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A cop falls in love with the daughter of the officer who investigated her dad's murder 17 years ago.
**Content:**
A police officer’s daughter joins an elite training program when her father’s life is threatened and falls for her disciplined roommate Thara, but their budding romance is tested when buried family secrets surface that might be connected to the latter family’s tragedy. Entengled in an web of conspiracy, the truth might cost them the love they never expected to fall into.
**TV Stations:** Monomax
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Only You เพียงเธอ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/only-you/)
**Published:** April 11, 2026
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Ayla and Tawan fell in love in high school. Suddenly, Tawan disappeared from Ayla's life. Will Ayla's success as a singer draw Tawan's attention once again?
**Content:**
Another series featuring the well-known Thai Girls Love actress duo, “LingOrm”, it follows the story of Ayla and Tawan. They met and fell in love in high school but, suddenly, Tawan disappeared from Ayla’s life without a word. Ayla decided to follow her passion of singing in hopes that, one day, Tawan would notice her again.
**TV Stations:** Channel 3
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Forbidden Love, Happy Ending
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [The Loyal Pin ปิ่นภักดิ์](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ปิ่นภักดิ์-the-loyal-pin/)
**Published:** March 24, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Lady Pin and Princess Anin have known each other since they were kids. They will try to choose each other thoughout everything be it the princess leaving to study abroad, or their family looking for prospects for them.
**Content:**
In the 1950’s, Her Highness Princess Anin and Lady Pin have known each other since Lady Pin was brought to the palace by her aunt after the loss of her parents. As they grow, so do their feelings and Princess Anin’s determination to court her friend. With the help of her servant Prik, as mischievous as her princess, Anin will make the most to win Lady Pin’s heart – if she doesn’t already have it.
Despite a long separation, their family looking for potential prospects and their respective obligations, the two will find space at the Sawetawarit Palace for their love to grow and be nurtured.
The show is adapated from the book of the same name The loyal Pin or Pin Phak (romanisation of the thai title) by MonMaw (ม่อนแมว).
**TV Stations:** Workpoint TV, YouTube
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Period Piece, Romance
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [Reverse 4 You ดาวบริวาร](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/reverse-4-you-ดาวบริวาร/)
**Published:** December 30, 2025
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** One sister foretells the future, and the other controls time. When a promised love seems doomed to tragedy, the pair sets out to change fate itself.
**Content:**
Nineteen-year-old Jattawa seems like an ordinary first-year law student, but she has the ability to control time. Her younger sister Vivi has the ability to see the future. Lately, though, Vivi’s visions seem to be wrong. Therefore, she finds it easy to disbelieve her latest prediction that her soulmate is P’Four, a fourth-year international business major with a bad reputation. When their promised love seems doomed to tragedy, the two set out to fight fate.
**TV Stations:** Channel 3, Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance, School, Supernatural, Teen
**Nations:** Thailand
---
### [Project Green Gables](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/project-green-gables/)
**Published:** December 17, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Anne likes talking, so she should make a vlog!
**Content:**
Based on *Anne of Green Gables*, the series starts out with Anne Shirley, a seventeen-year-old foster girl, moving to the town of Avonlea. Marilla, her foster mother, suggests she take up vlogging as a creative outlet since Anne likes to talk so much. And so she does.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Finland
---
### [ted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ted/)
**Published:** June 20, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** It's 1993, and Ted the bear's moment of fame has passed. He's living back home with his best friend, John Bennett, and his family. While Ted may be a lousy influence on John, he's a loyal pal who will go out on a limb for friendship.
**Content:**
In this comedic prequel event series to the *Ted* films, it’s 1993, and Ted the bear’s moment of fame has passed. He’s now living back home in Framingham, Massachusetts with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett, along with John’s parents, Matty and Susan and cousin Blaire. Ted may be a lousy influence on John, but at the end of the day, he’s a loyal pal who’s always willing to go out on a limb for friendship.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Will Trent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-trent/)
**Published:** January 12, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta's overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.
**Content:**
Based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling books, the series follows Special Agent Will Trent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations.
Crime Drama Special Agent Will Trent was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s overwhelmed foster care system. Determined to make sure no one feels as he did, he now has the highest clearance rate.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Police, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation
---
### [Family Law (Canada)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/family-law-canada/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A group of flawed family members reluctantly work together at their father's law firm in downtown Vancouver.
**Content:**
Abigail Bianchi, a recovering alcoholic and lawyer, goes to work with her estranged father and two half-siblings. She has never worked in family law before, and suddenly finds herself having to manage not just her clients’ family dysfunction, but her own. She must learn to navigate working with her father and siblings she does not know as part of her probation, all while trying to maintain her sobriety.
**TV Stations:** Global Television Network
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama, Legal
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Paper Dolls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/paper-dolls/)
**Published:** June 28, 2024
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Paper Dolls follows a new girl group in Australia who is about to release their first album. Of course, nothing is actually as good as it seems.
**Content:**
Paper Dolls follows a new girl group in Australia who is about to release their first album. Of course, nothing is actually as good as it seems, and the girls are subjected to all sorts of trauma, mostly from the men they are surrounded by!
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [The Adventures of Jamie Watson (and Sherlock Holmes)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-adventures-of-jamie-watson-and-sherlock-holmes/)
**Published:** October 20, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A Gender flipped Sherlock Holmes.
**Content:**
It’s an all queer Sherlock Holmes (which let’s be honest, is pretty queer to begin with). Pretty much everyone is a queer female.
Jamie Watson, in her first year at SACU, rooms with the eccentric “consulting detective” Sherlock Holmes. She makes videos for her sister, Hannah, to let her know that she’s doing okay. Jamie begins helping Sherlock solve cases in their town that range from theft to murder. Sometimes, they get help from Jennifer Lestrade, an intern at the local police station.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [The Neighborhood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-neighborhood/)
**Published:** November 27, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A white-bread couple from the Midwest moves to the hood and turn to milquetoast when they try to befriend their rough, street-tough and intimidating neighbors.
**Content:**
Dave Johnson, the “nicest guy in the Midwest,” who moves his white family into a predominantly African American neighborhood in Los Angeles, where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness. That includes their new next-door neighbor Calvin Butler.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Deadloch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/deadloch/)
**Published:** July 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A feminist noir comedy set against a rural backdrop with a rising body count.
**Content:**
From the wickedly funny minds of Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan comes the crime comedy, *Deadloch.*
The Tasmanian town of Deadloch, a once sleepy seaside hamlet, is left reeling when a local man turns up dead on the beach. Two female detectives are thrown together to solve the case: Fastidious local senior sergeant Dulcie Collins and a rough-as-guts blow-in from Darwin, senior investigator Eddie Redcliffe along with their overeager junior constable Abby.
As the town prepares to launch the annual arts, food, and culture event—Winter Feastival—the detectives have to put their differences aside and work together to find the killer.
The backdrop to the crime mystery is the town culture war between the local, blue-collar residents and a recent influx of lesbians who’ve brought performance art and artisan farm-to-table dining with them. Meanwhile, there is multi-generational turf war between the town’s indigenous residents and white colonizers.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Dark Comedy, Mystery
**Nations:** Australia
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Australian Drama, Crime Drama, Dark Comedy
---
### [The War Between the Land and the Sea](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-war-between-the-land-and-the-sea/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity.
**Content:**
Barclay a low level UNIT (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) Staff finds himself, accidentally, at the center of an international crises when an ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity.
Note : The homo amphibian species, or homomorpha sapiens, can fluctuate genders.
**TV Stations:** BBC iPlayer, BBC One
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Political, Sci-Fi, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Drop Dead Diva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/drop-dead-diva/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Content:**
When beautiful but shallow model-wannabe Deb dies in a car accident, her soul resurfaces in the person of Jane, a queen-size attorney who is brilliant and well-liked … or the exact opposite of Deb. Now, by a twist of fate, Deb must come to terms with inhabiting Jane’s curvier frame in an ultimate showdown between brains and beauty.
It’s a bizarrely Kafka-esque legal story of love and self-acceptance. No matter who you want to dance with.
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queerbashing, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Watson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/watson/)
**Published:** March 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career at a clinic dedicated to the treatment of rare diseases. However, he soon finds that his old life is not done with him yet.
**Content:**
A year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career at a clinic dedicated to the treatment of rare diseases. However, he soon finds that his old life is not done with him yet.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Double Parked](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/double-parked/)
**Published:** August 7, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Nat and Steph both end up pregnant after a spur of the moment at-home insemination and a surprised successful IVF.
**Content:**
After another disappointing IVF meeting, Nat and Steph attempt an at home insemination in the tumult of Steph’s birthday party. They are left very dumbfounded when both of them end up pregnant.
**TV Stations:** +HR=E
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** New Zealand
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-wars-young-jedi-adventures/)
**Published:** December 9, 2024
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Kai, Lys and Nubs are apprentices sent by Master Yoda to train at the Jedi temple on the planet Tenoo under the tutelage of Master Zia. Together, they embark on adventures aboard the ship piloted by the skilled Nash and her droid RJ-83.
**Content:**
Set during the High Republic era, centuries before the events of the main Star Wars films, the show follows a group of younglings as they learn the ways of the Force, including compassion, self-discipline, teamwork and patience, to become Jedi Knights.
**TV Stations:** Disney Junior
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Clarence](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clarence/)
**Published:** June 3, 2016
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** The adventures of a 4th grader named Clarence along with his two best friends, Sumo and Jeff.
**Content:**
Clarence is a spirited boy who sees the best in everything. His unique perspective on life transforms even a mundane situation into one that is interesting or fun. Epic dirt fights, awkward crushes and secret tree forts are all par for the course for the youngster, who shares his experiences with his family and friends. That group includes his best friends, scrappy Sumo and cautious Jeff, patient mom Mary, and her laid-back boyfriend, Chad.
The show is kind of like the prototypical kids cartoons about life (think Caillou only you’re less likely to want to slap the kid silly…), but it took a lovely left turn by making a recurring lesbian mom duo voiced by Lea DeLaria and Tig Notaro.
Jeff Randell is one of Clarence’s best friends. His moms EJ and Sue have appeared in a handful of episodes. In “Jeff’s Secret” we find out that Jeff has six toes on one foot. But his parents? Not an issue at all.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Kid's Animation
---
### [Maze bakunetsu jikû](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/maze/)
**Published:** June 3, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young, shy, and soft-spoken girl with hidden powers, travels mysteriously through time and space into a fantasy world.
**Content:**
Maze wakes up in her house, everything is a wreck and she has amnesia. Before she can gather what has happened the girl Mill storms into her house thanking her for having saved her life. She tells Maze that her house suddenly fell down from the sky and crushed Mills pursuers under it. However before long they are both on the run from further pursuers who want their hands on princess Mill. They are only saved when Maze discovers that she has phantom light magical powers and can summon Mills family heirloom mecha. However her performance with the mecha is weak; that is until the sun goes down and she is turned in to a lecherous man. Soon other travellers join them as Maze tries to protect Mill and figure out what she is doing in this fantasy world.
As they make more friends during their journey, it seems that everyone wants to get intimate with the female Maze, and the male Maze wants to get intimate with every female!
**TV Stations:** AT-X, SBS, TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [The Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-family/)
**Published:** May 16, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The family is razed down and destroyed by disappearance. Or are they?
**Content:**
Missing for a decade, a politician’s young son, Adam Warren, was presumed to be dead. When Adam suddenly makes a shocking return, he is at first greeted with astonishment and joy. As the young man is welcomed back into the family, suspicions begin to emerge about his true identity, and long-buried secrets, heartache and betrayals are brought to the surface. Adam’s mother, Claire, found a way to turn the disappearance of her son into fuel for her political aspirations. Now that Adam has returned, Claire struggles to keep her imploding family together as the election for governor heats up.
The show was canceled after one season, which ended on multiple cliff-hangers.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Rookie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rookie/)
**Published:** October 23, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's Nathan Fillion as a cop!
**Content:**
Starting over isn’t easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan, who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of becoming an LAPD officer. As the force’s oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis. If he can’t keep up with the young cops and the criminals, he’ll be risking lives — including his own — but if he can use his life experience, determination and sense of humor to give him an edge, he may just become successful in this new chapter of his life.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police
**Nations:** USA
---
### [How to Get to Heaven from Belfast](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-get-to-heaven-from-belfast/)
**Published:** March 6, 2026
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Three lifelong friends reunite after the death of an old classmate turns a wake into a dark mystery.
**Content:**
*How to Get to Heaven from Belfast* is a dark comedy-thriller series created by Lisa McGee (the mind behind *Derry Girls*)
Three lifelong friends reunite after the death of an old classmate turns a wake into a dark mystery. They embark on a thrilling adventure across Ireland, piecing together enigmatic truths amid complicated lives.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** Ireland
**Tagged:** Irish Drama
---
### [R.J. Decker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/r-j-decker/)
**Published:** March 4, 2026
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.
**Content:**
R.J. Decker is a disgraced newspaper photographer and ex-con. He starts over as a private investigator in the colorful, if crime filled, world of South Florida, tackling cases that range from slightly odd to outright bizarre with the help of his journalist ex, her police detective wife, and a shadowy new benefactor, a woman from his past who could be his greatest ally… or his one-way ticket back to prison.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Riverdale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riverdale/)
**Published:** January 27, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A subversive take on Archie and his friends, exploring small town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade.
**Content:**
Archie Comics enters TV and while the show is much better than the really horrible TV movie (don’t look it up), it’s a dark ‘subversive’ take on the world. Everyone has hidden secrets.
They kept gay Kevin Keller, but Jughead is no longer asexual (or perhaps is not yet asexual), and the very first episode gave us a faux-lesbian kiss with Betty and Veronica. After one season it was too-soon-to-tell.
Season two got better with the addition of Toni Topaz as an out bisexual recurring character and the coming out of main character Cheryl Blossom. By the end of season two Toni and Cheryl were in a cute and unique relationship. Sadly Riverdale jumped the shark not long after and has been pretty weird ever since. How weird? Well, Cheryl kept the stuffed/taxidermied body of her dead twin in the basement.
The series continued to get even weirder and weirder, complete with allowing possession by queer ancestors so they could have sex and save the world from a meteor. And then they were all rocketed to the 1950s.
The show ends with Riverdale as a town, lost in time. They reboot from the 1950s and live out their lives from then on, ending happily, complete with everyone being a … quadrangle?
Technically everyone dies of old age at the end, but also everyone lives again forever in Pop’s diner, as 17 year olds.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Queerbashing, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Transformers: EarthSpark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transformers-earthspark/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A new species of Transformers must find their place and purpose among Autobots, Decepticons, and the human family who adopts them.
**Content:**
Fifteen years after the spacebridge to Cybertron is destroyed, ending the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, the Malto family relocates from Philadelphia to the small town of Witwicky, Pennsylvania. There, young Robby and Mo Malto witness the birth of a new breed of Earth-born Transformers called Terrans, who become emotionally-bonded to the two via special cyber-sleeves on their arms. Now adopted into the family and being mentored by Bumblebee, the Terrans work with the Autobots, the former Decepticon leader Megatron, the organization G.H.O.S.T., and the children to protect their new life from the remaining rogue Decepticons and other villains while finding their place in the world.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [6teen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/6teen/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Being sixteen in Canada isn't all that fun.
**Content:**
*6teen* takes place in a mall in Canada and is focused on teenager problems like first jobs and bank accounts, freedom, crushes, and everything else. Since it takes place in Canada, one of the kids is a Zamboni driver.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Teletoon
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Adventure Time: Distant Lands](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time-distant-lands/)
**Published:** September 3, 2020
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Adventure Time has a sequel with new adventures around other worlds.
**Content:**
Each of the specials will focus on different characters and continue the stories fans know and love from the distant Land Of Ooo. The first two specials are titled *BMO* and *Obsidian*, with the former centering on the adorable little robot and the latter following Princess Bubblegum and Marceline on a new adventure. They’re followed by the final two installments, titled *Wizard City* and *Together Again*—the last of which features a long-awaited reunion between Finn The Human and Jake.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [High Guardian Spice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-guardian-spice/)
**Published:** November 5, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Four fierce girls train to become great heroes at High Guardian Academy, where they form allegiances, uncover betrayals, and discover their true identities, while preparing to protect the world from an ominous unknown threat.
**Content:**
The lives of four fierce girls converge at High Guardian Academy, the one place where they can stumble comically toward adulthood while becoming the heroes they’ve always admired. As they master the ways of battle and sorcery, the foursome form allegiances, uncover legacies, face betrayals and discover their true identities while preparing to protect the world from an ominous unknown threat.
**TV Stations:** CrunchyRoll
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Monster High (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monster-high-2022/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Clawdeen Wolf arrives at Monster High with a dark secret. With the help of her friends Draculaura and Frankie Stein, she is able to embrace her true monster heart and save the school from total destruction.
**Content:**
The series follows Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Clawdeen Wolf, the respective children of Frankenstein, Dracula, a Werewolf and a Human, as well as other children of famous mythical monsters they navigate the hilarity of high school in the hallowed halls of Monster High.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Pluribus](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pluribus/)
**Published:** November 10, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a world overtaken by a mysterious wave of forced happiness, Carol Sturka, the only person immune, must uncover what's really going on - and save humanity from its own bliss.
**Content:**
Set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows author Carol Sturka, who is one of only twelve people in the world immune to the effects of “the Joining”, resulting from an extraterrestrial virus that had transformed the world’s population into a peaceful and content hive mind (the “Others”).
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stranger-things/)
**Published:** July 5, 2019
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** In the 1980s, a group of pre-teen friends must use all their nerd skills when one of their group suddenly disappears and weird things start happening in their town.
**Content:**
A sinister government conspiracy threatening a small town, a voracious monster trying to destroy our world, an otherworldly being just looking for a home that becomes a lonely boy’s best friend, etc. All the 80s movie tropes in one story. On purpose. In a good way.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Work It Out Wombats!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/work-it-out-wombats/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Three energetic wombat siblings solve problems and explore the Treeborhood.
**Content:**
The series follows Malik, Zadie, and Zeke, creative marsupial siblings who live with their grandmother (Super) in her treehouse apartment complex, known as the Treeborhood. Every episode features them encountering a problem of some kind and using computational thinking to solve it. In-between each of the episodes is a 90-second music video.
**TV Stations:** PBS
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dead End: Paranormal Park](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-end-paranormal-park/)
**Published:** June 16, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Two teens and a talking pug team up to battle demons at a haunted theme park and maybe even save the world from a supernatural apocalypse.
**Content:**
The adventures of Barney, Norma and magical-talking-dog Pugsley, as they balance their summer jobs at the local theme park haunted house while battling the totally real supernatural forces that dwell within it. Together with their guide to the underworld multiplane, a sardonic thousand-year-old demon named Courtney, they’ll face zombie mascots, demonic game show hosts, sleep-sucking witches and the scariest thing of all: their first crushes!
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Ridley Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ridley-jones/)
**Published:** July 13, 2021
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** Curious kid Ridley and her friends protect the Museum of Natural History’s treasures and keep its magical secret safe: Everything comes alive at night!
**Content:**
Six-year-old Ridley, alongside her mother and grandmother, is a protector of the museum she calls home. Keeping the exhibits safe takes a real hero, especially when the lights go out and the exhibits — from Egyptian mummies to stampeding elephants — come to life! Throughout her many adventures, Ridley finds that being a good protector, and leader, is about finding common ground and respecting others, no matter what our differences might be.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Firebuds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/firebuds/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** A group of kids and trucks go through the city and help keep it safe from danger.
**Content:**
Follow a boy and his fire truck in a fantasy world where talking vehicles live, work and play with the humans who drive them as they team up with their friends and teamwork to help their community.
**TV Stations:** Disney Junior
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Adventures of Serena Berg](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-adventures-of-serena-berg/)
**Published:** October 22, 2017
**Author:** Cameron
**Excerpt:** An LGBTQ+ literary webseries based on Cyrano de Bergerac.
**Content:**
Serena Berg is a tough transgender girl who kicks ass and takes names. She makes personal video diaries for her fraternity brother, who has moved to New York. When Serena’s best friend Roxanne falls for Chris, the new guy, she begs her to set the two of them up. Serena agrees, and finds herself wooing Roxanne through Chris. As time goes on, Roxanne must determine if Chris is really the one she’s falling in love with. Meanwhile, Serena is hiding a secret of her own, one that could change everything between her and Roxanne.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Khuda Mera Bhi Hai](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/khuda-mera-bhi-hai/)
**Published:** July 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Every human being in this world is God's creation. Indeed God loves all its being equally, yet we humans tend to create the boundaries of gender.
**Content:**
The drama revolves around Mahagul, a mother who gives birth to an intersex child named Noor, and the resulting challenges she faces in her family and society – where acceptance of the third gender remains a taboo. Noor’s father, Zain refuses to accept the baby and separates from his mother.
Mahagul is a conscientious, strong woman who envisions equal opportunities and fair treatment for her child like any other normal being. She provides him a privileged upbringing and education while challenging societal norms. She is joined in her mission by Noor’s tutor Mikaeel, who becomes his caretaker and treats him like his own son. Mikaeel also develops feelings for Mahagul.
The serial sheds light on the stereotypes, gender discrimination and marginalisation that intersex people face within Pakistani society, and their identity crisis.
**TV Stations:** ARY Digital
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Pakistan
---
### [Tactical Roar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tactical-roar/)
**Published:** July 16, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hijinks on an all-female military vessel.
**Content:**
In the near future, a hypercane has appeared in the Pacific Ocean, causing a series of worldwide climate changes. This storm, dubbed “Grand Roar” by people, has been stable for over 50 years. Climate changes make air travel and transport less reliable, and thus the world has begun reverting to a second naval age, particularly in the Asian region. However, the world’s condition also heralds the return of piracy and the growth of maritime terrorism, causing many large international companies to arm themselves and setting up their own private naval security forces.
At the outset of the series, Systems Engineer Hyōsuke Nagimiya runs into the crew of the *Pascal Magi*, one such maritime security ship. He gets into a few typical compromising situations before finally being introduced as a software engineer assigned to update the systems on board the ship. He meets his stepsister, the captain of the war vessel, Captain Misaki Nanaha, who treats him as a stranger. Although he refers to her as ‘sister,’ he still thinks of her as a woman nonetheless. During the duration of his duties, the ship is called into combat, where Hyosuke begins to understand the nature of the *Pascal Magi* and its crew’s battle potential as the vessel flings itself into the fight.
**TV Stations:** TV Kanagawa
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Utopian/Dystopian, War
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [The Stolen Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-stolen-girl/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A mother-of-two whose world is turned upside down when she agrees to let her nine-year-old daughter have a sleepover at her new best friend's house.
**Content:**
A mother of two finds life is upended when she agrees to let her nine-year-old daughter attend a sleepover at her new best friend’s house. The next day, upon picking her up, she discovers that the seemingly beautiful home is actually a holiday rental and her daughter has gone missing. The story follows a manhunt across Europe as she searches for her child.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Beyond the Gates](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/beyond-the-gates/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in the Washington metropolitan area, the serial centers around the Dupree family, a multi-generational affluent African-American family that lives in a gated community.
**Content:**
Set in one of the most affluent African American counties in the United States, you’ll find a posh gated community with winding tree-lined streets and luxurious mansions to call home. At the center of this community are the Duprees, a powerful and prestigious multi-generational family that is the very definition of Black royalty. But behind these pristine walls and lush, manicured gardens are juicy secrets and scandals waiting to be uncovered.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [One Night](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-night/)
**Published:** December 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is the story of three women whose bond was all but destroyed by the traumatic events of one night 20 years ago.
**Content:**
The series follows Tess, Simone and Hat, three friends whose lives have been changed by the traumatic events of one night in their home town twenty years previously. After that night, only Hat remained in the town, but they all reunite when Simone comes back to look after her father with dementia, and Tess brings her wife and kids from the UK to spend a year in Sydney. Without telling the other two, Simone has written a novel, One Night, about what happened to them. As it becomes a bestseller, the women relive the painful memories and discover old secrets.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Australia
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/adventure-time-fionna-cake/)
**Published:** October 1, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Fionna, her best friend Cake and the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov, embark on an adventure through the multiverse, dodging new threats and making self-discoveries along the way.
**Content:**
Fionna and Cake – with the help of the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov – embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. All the while, a powerful new antagonist determined to track them down and erase them from existence lurks in the shadows.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Leverage: Redemption](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/leverage-redemption/)
**Published:** September 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When someone needs help, they provide...Leverage.
**Content:**
The Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are back, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain.
**TV Stations:** Freevee, Prime Video
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Cliffhanger, Gaybies, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Resident Alien](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/resident-alien/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A crash-landed alien takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth.
**Content:**
After crash-landing on Earth in a small Colorado town, an extraterrestrial sent to wipe out humanity kills a vacationing physician and takes on his identity. He is asked to do an autopsy on the town’s doctor, who has died in unknown circumstances, and eventually takes over for the doctor at the town’s clinic. He wrestles with the moral dilemma of his secret mission, while also dealing with the mayor’s young son, who can see his true alien appearance. He develops compassion for humanity and ends up defending them from other extraterrestrial threats.
**TV Stations:** SyFy
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [White Gold](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/white-gold/)
**Published:** December 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in 1983, led by charismatic salesman Vincent who will happily break the rules if it guarantees a sale.
**Content:**
The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in 1983, led by charismatic salesman Vincent who will happily break the rules if it guarantees a sale.
**TV Stations:** BBC Two, Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Squid Game](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/squid-game/)
**Published:** January 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
**Content:**
In South Korea, Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father and indebted gambling addict who lives with his elderly mother, is invited to play a series of children’s games for a chance at a large cash prize. Accepting the offer, he is taken to an unknown location where he finds himself among 455 other players who are all in deep financial trouble. The players are made to wear green tracksuits and are kept under watch at all times by masked guards in pink jumpsuits, with the games overseen by the Front Man, who wears a black mask and black uniform. The players soon discover that losing a game results in their deaths, with each death contributing ₩100 million ($87,400 USD) to the potential ₩45.6 billion ($39.86 million USD) grand prize. Gi-hun allies with other players, including his childhood friend Cho Sang-woo and North Korean defector Kang Sae-byeok, to try to survive the games’ physical and psychological twists, while detective Hwang Jun-ho infiltrates the games as one of the guards to find his missing brother.
In the second season, Gi-hun, who had vowed revenge three years after winning the game, participates in it again to take revenge on the Front Man and end the game for good, and is joined by police officer Jun-ho, the Front Man’s brother. After assuming full control of the game following Il-nam’s death, the Front Man attempts to make Gi-hun see that there is no way he can end the games due to the true nature of people.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** South Korea
---
### [Vigil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vigil/)
**Published:** September 11, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death onboard a Trident nuclear submarine bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services.
**Content:**
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the fictional Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Royal Navy and British security services.
The Scottish police begin an inquiry and Detective Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) is forced to join the crew onboard to conduct her investigation. The Vigil must remain on patrol during the investigation in order to maintain the UK’s nuclear deterrent. Meanwhile, Amy’s ex-girlfriend Detective Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie) follows leads back on land. As the two pursue parallel trails, the case grows more sinister and broadens to include the highest levels of government and the British Navy.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Gaybies, Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Mystery, Police Drama, Scottish Drama
---
### [Féminin/Féminin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/femininfeminin/)
**Published:** March 5, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Content:**
A dramatic comedy about the lives and loves of six Montreal women in their 20s, filmed in French and with English subtitles.
Each episode taking us into one of their lives through a mix of tributes, portraits and playful allusions. You can watch it on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/84144076).
The second season has been released, without translations, on Canadian TV as well as French.
**TV Stations:** Vimeo, YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [The Mighty Nein](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mighty-nein/)
**Published:** November 22, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of criminals and misfits are the only ones that can prevent the kingdom from plunging into chaos when an arcane artifact capable of reshaping reality falls into the wrong hands.
**Content:**
The show follows a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars. But when a powerful arcane relic known as The Beacon falls into dangerous hands, they must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality itself from unraveling.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Mr. Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mr-robot/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A psychological thriller that follows a young programmer who works as a cyber-security engineer by day and a vigilante hacker by night.
**Content:**
Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker. He is recruited by the mysterious leader of an underground group of hackers to join their organization. Elliot’s task? Help bring down corporate America, including the company he is paid to protect, which presents him with a moral dilemma. Although he works for a corporation, his personal beliefs make it hard to resist the urge to take down the heads of multinational companies that he believes are running — and ruining — the world.
**TV Stations:** USA
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Computers, Dark
---
### [Matlock](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/matlock/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he's worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
**Content:**
The show centers on widower Benjamin Leighton “Ben” Matlock, a renowned, folksy and popular though cantankerous attorney. Usually, at the end of the case, the person who is on the stand being questioned by Matlock is the actual perpetrator, and Matlock will expose him, despite making clear that his one goal is to prove reasonable doubt in the case of his client’s guilt or to prove his client’s innocence.
**TV Stations:** ABC, NBC
**Tropes:** Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Coronation Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coronation-street/)
**Published:** April 7, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** One of the most popular soaps in Britain. It's simply about the people who live on Coronation Street, but they are anything but simple.
**Content:**
One of the most popular soaps in Britain, it’s simply about the people who live on Coronation Street. But they are anything but simple.
What *hasn’t* Britain’s longest-running soap covered since its 1960 debut? Even Prince Charles has appeared onscreen. The residents of Coronation Street are ordinary, working-class folk, and the show follows them through regular social and family interactions — with the occasional soap-worthy murder plot thrown in for good measure.
**TV Stations:** ITV
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British Soap
---
### [Salón de té La Moderna](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/salon-de-te-la-moderna/)
**Published:** September 7, 2025
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Set in 1930 in Madrid, the series follows young Matilde, who enters to work at the tearoom "La Moderna" in Puerta del Sol.
**Content:**
Salón de té La Moderna, or La Moderna, is a Spanish period television soap opera inspired by the book T*ea Rooms. Mujeres obreras* by Luisa Carnés. Set in 1930 in Madrid, the series follows young Matilde, who enters to work at the tearoom “La Moderna” in Puerta del Sol.
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Jurassic World: Chaos Theory](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jurassic-world-chaos-theory/)
**Published:** August 16, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Nublar Six discover live dinosaurs in California's wilderness.
**Content:**
Six years after *Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous*, members of “The Nublar Six” reunite and find themselves on an adventure to unravel a conspiracy that threatens dinosaurs and humankind alike and learn the truth about what happened to one of their own.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Station 19](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/)
**Published:** April 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A Grey's Anatomy spin-off focusing on a group of heroic firefighters of the Seattle Fire Department at Station 19 in their personal and professional lives.
**Content:**
The second spin-off to [*Grey’s Anatomy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/). Set in Seattle, the series focuses on a group of heroic firefighters of the Seattle Fire Department at Station 19 from the captain down the ranks to the newest recruit in their personal and professional lives.
The show centers around Andy Herrera, who was practically raised at Seattle’s Station 19. She is a confident firefighter who is also the daughter of Pruitt Herrera, the formidable head of the firehouse. Capt. Pruitt was Andy’s primary inspiration to become a firefighter and is a mentor to both her and Jack Gibson, the lieutenant at the station. Jack is as fearless as Andy is by-the-books, but when the two are together, sparks fly and opposites attract.
The two are joined by Maya Bishop, Dean Miller, Travis Montgomery, Victoria Hughes, and the station’s newest addition, rookie Ben Warren. Ben is Miranda’s husband from *Grey’s Anatomy*. The team also works closely with Seattle PD, often running into Andy’s former flame Ryan Tanner.
At the end of the series, Maya is running the station house, just like she always dreamed.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Firefighters
---
### [Eddsworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eddsworld/)
**Published:** March 25, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Edd is constantly getting himself into weird situations. Shenanigans ensue.
**Content:**
The brave adventures of Edd and his troubling group of friends as they tackle zombies, demons, clones and everyday life.
Edd is constantly getting himself into weird situations and hijinks that require a puny attitude and a great “edducation”. (Puns are Edd’s thing.)
The show was started by Edd Gould, and is kept alive by his friends after he died in 2012.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [9-1-1: Nashville](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-nashville/)
**Published:** November 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In Tennessee, dedicated emergency responders balance their high-stakes careers with the drama of a powerful local dynasty, where personal lives and professional duties collide.
**Content:**
Set in Nashville, Tennessee, the series follows the lives of emergency responders—including firefighters, paramedics, and police officers—as they face life-threatening situations.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Manual Para Señoritas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manual-para-senoritas/)
**Published:** November 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A romantic comedy set in 1880s Madrid, coinciding with the Alphonsine era and the Restoration period, depicting the social and cultural landscape of the time.
**Content:**
Elena Bianda is the most sought-after lady’s companion in the city. Despite her youth, she has already helped more than 20 young women secure proper courtships and engagements. Her success lies in her strict moral guidance for families while remaining attuned to the concerns of the young women she mentors—a delicate balance she has mastered flawlessly. Seeing her protégées walk successfully down the aisle is her life’s purpose. Everything changes, however, when she arrives at the Mencía household and finds herself responsible for three sisters.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Forbidden Love
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Period Piece, Romance
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Invincible](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/invincible/)
**Published:** March 28, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A teenager finds out his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.
**Content:**
When Mark Grayson finds out his father is Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on Earth, he thinks life couldn’t get better.
Shortly after his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and learns how to wield them with help from his father, who turns out to not be as heroic as he thought, as he hides a dark secret, which starts to slip when he brutally murders the members of the world’s greatest superhero team, the Guardians of the Globe.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Upload](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/upload/)
**Published:** October 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A man is able to choose his own afterlife after his untimely death by having his consciousness uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets used to his new life and befriends his angel (real world handler), questions about his death arise.
**Content:**
In the not so distant future, mankind has perfected uploading a person’s consciousness into a virtual afterlife of their choosing. When computer programmer Nathan Brown dies prematurely, he is uploaded to the very expensive Lakeview, but then finds himself under the thumb of his possessive, still-living girlfriend Ingrid. As Nathan adjusts to the pros and cons of digital heaven, he bonds with Nora, his living customer service rep. Nora struggles with the pressures of her job, her dying father who does not want to be uploaded, and her growing feelings for Nathan while slowly coming to believe that Nathan was murdered.
The series ends on a weirdly hopeful cliffhanger.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Scavengers Reign](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scavengers-reign/)
**Published:** July 15, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A damaged freighter survivors will have to learn the new rules of wild planet Vesta if they hope to make it to the crash site of the ship and survive this beautiful and dangerous alien world
**Content:**
Several members of the *Demeter 227* find themselves stranded on planet Vesta after the cargo ship is damaged. They will have to learn the new rules of this wild planet if they hope to make it to the crash site and survive this beautiful and dangerous alien world.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max, Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Sex Lives of College Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-sex-lives-of-college-girls/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four 18-year-old freshman roommates at Essex College in Vermont. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these sexually active college girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating.
**Content:**
From Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, this comedy series follows four college roommates as they arrive at New England’s prestigious Essex College. The girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their hormone-fueled lives on campus. The show covers their sexually active lifestyle as they deal with different struggles and hardships that college brings.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** College, School Drama
---
### [The Pact](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-pact/)
**Published:** July 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An unexplained death - and five friends bound together by a fragile pact of silence. What really happened that night in the woods?
**Content:**
Four friends, Anna, Nancy, Cat, and Louie, work in a 100-year-old family brewery in mid-Wales. The owner has recently retired, having put his son, Jack, in charge. Jack is a cocaine addict and treats his staff with contempt. During the centenary party, the four abduct the drunken, stoned Jack and drive him to the woods. They leave him after photographing him in a partly undressed pose. When they return to check on him, they find him dead. They make a pact not to disclose their involvement.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Sheriff Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sheriff-country/)
**Published:** October 27, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity and patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.
**Content:**
Sheriff Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity in Edgewater County while contending with her ex-con father Wes and her wayward daughter Skye. An early plotline focuses on the murder of Skye’s ex-boyfriend Brandon, a recovering addict
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Superbuns](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/superbuns/)
**Published:** October 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Some superheroes can leap tall buildings in a single bound, some can crawl up a wall, some grow wolf-sharp claws, and some have superhuman speed. And Superbuns? Her superpower is being kind. Super kind!
**Content:**
Some superheroes can leap tall buildings in a single bound, some can crawl up a wall, some grow wolf-sharp claws, and some have superhuman speed. And Superbuns? Her superpower is being kind. Super kind!
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [River City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/river-city/)
**Published:** July 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Drama series set in a close-knit Glasgow community.
**Content:**
The show follows the lives of the people who live and work in the fictional district of Shieldinch in Glasgow, Scotland.
Along the types of British soaps, this is a little more [*Holby City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/holby-city/) than [*EastEnders*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eastenders/). It’s really a soap though.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Scotland
---
### [Rational Creatures](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rational-creatures/)
**Published:** February 6, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A modern, queer, telling of Persuasion.
**Content:**
> I hate to hear you talking as if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures. We none of us expect to be in smooth waters all our days.
>
> Jane Austen, *Persuasion*
Charting your own course and falling back in love was never more complicated than in this modern remake of Jane Austen’s *Persuasion*. The series reflects the world around us now by including complex female characters, happy queer stories, mental and chronic illness, and a bisexual Latina lead.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Ramy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ramy/)
**Published:** June 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian migrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God, and his friends who see endless possibilities.
**Content:**
In a New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian migrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God, and his friends who see endless possibilities.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Power Book III: Raising Kanan](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/power-book-iii-raising-kanan/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Chronicling the early years of Kanan Stark.
**Content:**
Set in South Jamaica, Queens, in 1991, “Raising Kanan” is a prequel to the original “Power” franchise. This family drama revolves around the coming of age of Kanan Stark.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Pinecone & Pony](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pinecone-pony/)
**Published:** May 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series follows the adventures of Pinecone and her pony as they face trolls, giants, dragons and a dangerous rope bridge atop a valley.
**Content:**
The series follows the adventures of Pinecone and her pony as they face trolls, giants, dragons and a dangerous rope bridge atop a valley.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Peacemaker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/peacemaker/)
**Published:** January 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The origin of the DC superhero so dedicated to world peace that he is prepared to use force of arms to achieve it.
**Content:**
*Peacemaker* explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena reprises in the aftermath of Gunn’s 2021 film “The Suicide Squad” – a compellingly vainglorious man who believes in peace at any cost, no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Puppy Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/puppy-place/)
**Published:** November 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the adventures of dog-loving siblings and the pups they foster.
**Content:**
Charles and Lizzie Peterson have found the perfect way to foster their love of dogs — literally. The siblings take on the tough but rewarding task of fostering puppies and finding their forever homes. With every new pup, a new adventure begins.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Para - Wir Sind King](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/para-wir-sind-king/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sometimes, disaster is just one decision away from delight as four women in the Berlin-Wedding are searching for happiness in a world, in which light and darkness lie close together.
**Content:**
Four young women, best friends for life: Jazz, Fanta, Hajra, and Rasaq, grew up on the rough streets of Berlin’s Wedding district. They’re about to enter adulthood with uncertain futures ahead of them, but one thing is certain: They have big dreams. An accidental find gives them hope for quick money and a better life, but their friendship is put to the test.
When Hajra comes back after six months of youth prison, the four only want to enjoy the summer together. A little treat, as they would say it themselves. That’s why Hajra intervenes resolutely when she happens to get her hands on a bag of coke capsules. The girlfriends decide to sell the drugs, but the joy of the unexpected blessing of money does not last long. Because the actual owners will soon track them down.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max, WarnerTV Serie
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Teen
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Night Court (2023)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/night-court-2023/)
**Published:** January 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows judge Abby Stone, as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew.
**Content:**
The eternally optimistic Abby Stone follows in the footsteps of her revered late father, Judge Harry Stone, as she takes on the challenge of overseeing the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court.
Abby always sees the best in people and her passion for justice is undeniable. In her quest to bring order and dignity to the court and reign in its colorful crew of oddballs, she enlists former night court district attorney Dan Fielding to serve as the court’s public defender. Still exceedingly self-confident, Fielding must adjust to a new boss and a new job – defending the downtrodden. And, beneath his arrogant demeanor, there is an empathetic side to Fielding that Abby is determined to unearth.
They both must contend with Olivia, the court’s officious assistant district attorney. Driven and ambitious, she views the night court as a steppingstone on her way to bigger things. Neil is the court’s neurotic clerk who loved that his job came with low expectations. That is until a new idealistic judge showed up looking to push him out of his comfort zone.
Rounding out the staff is Donna “Gurgs” Gurganous, the night court’s sharp-witted bailiff. Gurgs takes her job very seriously and is fiercely protective of her night court colleagues.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Morangos Com Açúcar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/morangos-com-acucar/)
**Published:** April 12, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Morangos Com Açúcar is a reboot of the famous Portuguese telenovela that ran from 2003-2012.
**Content:**
Morangos Com Açúcar is a reboot of the famous Portuguese telenovela that ran from 2003-2012. This reboot follows a group of teens after the disappearance of a girl at their high school.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video, TVI
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Soap Opera, Teen
**Nations:** Portugal
**Intersections:** Immigrants, Interracial Relationships
---
### [London Kills](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/london-kills/)
**Published:** October 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The detectives of an elite murder investigation squad in London.
**Content:**
A spinoff of *Suspects*, the show centres around an elite murder investigation squad in London, headed up by DI David Bradford, an experienced detective whose judgement is called into question following the unexpected disappearance of his wife.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV, BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Invasion](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/invasion/)
**Published:** October 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence.
**Content:**
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity’s existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Ironheart](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ironheart/)
**Published:** July 2, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** MIT student Riri Williams returns home to Chicago, where she discovers secrets that pit technology against magic.
**Content:**
Following the events of the film *Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022*), MIT student Riri Williams returns home to Chicago where she becomes entangled with the enigmatic Parker Robbins / The Hood, discovering secrets that pit technology against magic and setting her on a path of danger and adventure.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-to-sell-drugs-online-fast/)
**Published:** February 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** To win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.
**Content:**
Moritz and his fellow friend Lenny Sander are attempting to rekindle Moritz’s love for ex-girlfriend Lisa Novak, through selling ecstasy online. Starting off as a small time business, it quickly spirals out of control and Moritz and Lenny learn to deal with the consequences of large scale drug trafficking.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Fright Krewe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fright-krewe/)
**Published:** November 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An ancient prophecy and a Voodoo Queen put misfit teens in charge of saving New Orleans from the biggest demonic threat it's faced in almost two centuries. But, honestly? Saving the world might be easier than becoming friends.
**Content:**
It all started during detention in a graveyard, when Soleil Le Claire, a girl who LIVES for horror, accidentally broke a spell on the Tree of Life and unleashed an ancient evil into this world. The spirit of Marie Laveau, voodoo queen of New Orleans, put her and four other kids in charge of saving the city from Belial, an ancient demon who feeds on fear. Luckily they’re not alone–each kid gets a special gift from voodoo spirits called Loa. Super strength is given to Missy, Maybe gets the ability to disappear into the realm of the dead, Pat can understand any language or creature, Stanley gets knowledge about anything he touches, and Soleil can summon fire. Later in the season, she develops air and water powers as well.
The ward they live in, the 13th and a Third, is known for fright tourism and Soleil’s always loved all the scary legends about her creepy little ward. So she’s beyond excited to find out the town’s biggest secret — that vampires, rougarous, ghosts, monsters and demons are in fact very real. The creatures have been secretly living amongst the humans for decades… but tensions between the rougarous and vampires have been high lately, and when Missy has to turn into a rougarou to survive a life-threatening injury, the kids can’t help but get mixed up in all of it. Our Krewe will have to hone their powers, figure out what Belial’s up to, keep the peace between vampires and the rougarous, AND figure out how to be a team because there’s no way they’d all hang out otherwise. But going up against local legends like the Feu Follet, swamp monsters, and demon hounds from the underworld is kind of a weird bonding experience, and our Krewe will realize there’s more to each other than they thought.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [FBI: Most Wanted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fbi-most-wanted/)
**Published:** January 29, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A division of the FBI is tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
**Content:**
A high-stakes drama that focuses on the Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Police
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Extraordinary Attorney Woo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/extraordinary-attorney-woo/)
**Published:** January 9, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo, who tackles challenges in and out of the courtroom as a rookie at a prominent law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.
**Content:**
Woo Young-woo is an autistic lawyer who is raised by her single father. She grows up with one friend at school, Dong Geu-ra-mi, an oddball girl who protects her from school bullies. She graduates at the top of her law school class at Seoul National University. Because she is autistic, law firms refuse to hire her. However, through a connection of her father’s, she obtains her first job at Hanbada, a large Seoul law firm. Attorney Woo’s intelligence and photographic memory help her to become an excellent lawyer, as she is able to recall laws and everything she reads, sees, or hears perfectly.
Being different from neurotypical peers, her manner of communication is initially seen as odd and awkward, and her strong emotional intelligence remains unrecognized. But as the series progresses, many of the people she meets, such as her supervising lawyer, Jung Myung-seok, her law school classmate and peer, Choi Su-yeon, and legal support staffer Lee Jun-ho adjust to her as she learns her craft as a rookie attorney. But she also encounters people who are prejudiced against her and others with disabilities, including her colleague Kwon Min-woo, who often tries to sabotage her.
Many of the legal cases in the series involve finely balanced legal issues and sometimes difficult ethical questions. Attorney Woo’s approach is often unique and helps resolve cases in unexpected ways. One storyline about Young-woo’s parents runs through the series and involves the rivalry between two major law firms, both chaired by female attorneys, Han Seon-young, CEO of Hanbada, and Tae Soo-mi, CEO of Taesan. Another storyline focuses on Attorney Woo’s budding romance with Lee Jun-ho.
Another theme that runs through the series is Young-woo’s special interest in whales. Her tendency to analogize situations she faces in her professional and private life with the lives and characteristics of whales and dolphins often surprises and confounds the people who surround her. Her eureka moments often coincide with fantasizing about marine animals.
**TV Stations:** ENA, Netflix
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Legal
**Nations:** South Korea
---
### [Das Boot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/das-boot/)
**Published:** January 3, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
**Content:**
An inexperienced U-boat crew has to survive a secret mission and a young German woman is torn between loyalty for her home country and the French resistance in the WWII drama.
The series is based on the 1981 movie, as well as the original book *and* the 1995 sequel, *Das Festung*.
This series includes rape and violence to women.
**TV Stations:** Sky 1
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, War
**Nations:** Germany
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** German Drama, War Drama
---
### [Annika](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/annika/)
**Published:** April 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The sharp, witty and enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed leads a new specialist Marine Homicide Unit (MHU) that is tasked with investigating the unexplained, brutal, and seemingly unfathomable murders.
**Content:**
Annika Strandhed is a Detective Inspector in the Scottish Police, recently transferred to the Glasgow Marine Homicide Unit. She brings her teenage daughter with her. The relationship between Annika and her daughter is the basis for the sub-plot across all the episodes.
Annika is of Norwegian ancestry, mirroring the original radio series.
**TV Stations:** Alibi
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Agatha Raisin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agatha-raisin/)
**Published:** June 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A former PR agent who solves crime mysteries in the Cotswolds village of Carsely.
**Content:**
Fulfilling a lifelong dream, Agatha Raisin retires early to a quaint village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively devious town.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV, Sky 1
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [The Next Step](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-next-step/)
**Published:** January 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As the A-Troupe dancers prepare for the regional dance competition, relationships and loyalties are put to the test at the Next Step studio.
**Content:**
“The Next Step” follows the members of a troupe from the titular dance studio, as they train for and compete in various championships. They deal with rivalries with other dance schools and drama among the team itself.
**TV Stations:** CBC Gem, Family Channel (Canada)
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mockumentary, Teen
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [No Good Deed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/no-good-deed/)
**Published:** September 26, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A story of three very different families trying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
**Content:**
When Lydia and Paul decide to move on from their empty nest to forge a new life, they list their gorgeous 1920s Spanish-style villa located in one the most desirable neighborhoods in Los Angeles — and the real estate frenzy begins. Multiple families all race to buy what they believe to be their dream house, convinced it will fix all of their very different problems. But as Lydia and Paul know all too well, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a true nightmare. As they struggle to hide the dark and dangerous secrets that linger inside their longtime home, Paul and Lydia begin to realize that the only way they’ll escape the past is to finally face it.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Terra e Paixão](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/terra-e-paixao/)
**Published:** September 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The saga of a woman, guided by the power of love and moved by the desire for justice, intersects with that of a family divided by ambition and many secrets.
**Content:**
The life of teacher Aline is transformed after the death of her husband Samuel), murdered by the henchmen of Antônio La Selva, the most powerful and feared rural producer in the southern Mato Grosso city of Nova Primavera. Even without having ever planted a grain, Aline does not give up on her late husband’s dream of turning her farm into a profitable business – counting on the help of Samuel’s cousin, Jonatas (who is in love with her) – and in this way enters a war with La Selva, who covets the widow’s lands.
**TV Stations:** TV Globo (Rede Globo)
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Telenovela
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [Schloss Einstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schloss-einstein/)
**Published:** April 24, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A show about students at a boarding school in Erfurt.
**Content:**
A long-running, popular German television series which is designed as a teenage soap opera. It portrays the lives of teenagers in Schloss Einstein, a fictional boarding school. The intended audience is 10- to 14-year-olds. The series combines the genres of comedy, action, drama, and natural science.
**TV Stations:** KiKa
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Children's, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Recipes for Love and Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/recipes-for-love-and-murder/)
**Published:** September 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tannie Maria sees food as "medicine for the body and heart". She envies romance as much as she enjoys cooking and eating. But it's death that shakes up Tannie Maria's life, when one of the correspondents to her column is brutally murdered.
**Content:**
When the local newspaper cuts her recipe column, Tannie Maria lobbies to take on the role of advice columnist. Things take an unexpected turn when a correspondent who writes to Maria about her abusive husband is found dead. Maria’s worlds collide as she begins working through her own mysterious past trying to solve the case. Maria joins forces with a local, risk-taking, rookie journalist, and sometimes rival, Jessie September, to investigate the murder and catch the killer — before the local police find more victims. But will they make too many enemies in the process and risk the perpetrator catching them first? Meanwhile, Maria comforts her readers by blending experiential advice with soothing recipes—truly chicken soup for the soul.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Mystery
**Nations:** Scotland, South Africa
---
### [The Good Ship Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-ship-murder/)
**Published:** August 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Former police detective Jack Grayling, now pursuing his dream of becoming a cabaret singer on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship, investigates a series of murders on board with the help of ship's First Officer Kate Woods.
**Content:**
Former police detective Jack Grayling finds his old life intruding on his job as a cruise ship singer, when murders begin happening onboard. With the help of the ship’s First Officer, Kate Woods, Grayling solves a series of unusual mysteries, against the sunny backdrop of the Mediterranean.
Each episode ends with Jack performing a song in the ship’s cabaret lounge.
**TV Stations:** Channel 5 (UK)
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Star Trek: Discovery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/)
**Published:** November 4, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Space, the final frontier. For the first time.
**Content:**
The series begins roughly a decade *before* Captain Kirk’s five-year mission — as portrayed in the original “Star Trek” from the 1960s — and in a separate timeline from the rebooted movies, the series follows the crew of the USS Discovery as they encounter new worlds and civilizations, delving into familiar themes and expanding upon an incident that has been talked about within the franchise’s universe, but never fully explored.
It’s a future/past Star Trek, where the tech is more advanced than [*TNG*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-the-next-generation/) but the story is before the original series. It’s quite fun, and since it films in Toronto, people like Kat Barell ([Nicole Haught](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/nicole-haught/)) show up from time to time. And yes, they do explain how Spock has a sister we’ve never heard of.
Initially, outside of our queer male leads, we only see background queers:
[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/vlcsnap-00002-3/)[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/vlcsnap-00006/)[](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-discovery/vlcsnap-00009/)But after the first season it gets much better for queer females.
In season three, the ship is thrown into the future where everything is even weirder.
**TV Stations:** CBS All Access, Paramount+
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [FUBAR](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fubar/)
**Published:** June 18, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a father and daughter discover they both secretly work for the CIA, an already dicey undercover mission turns into a dysfunctional family affair.
**Content:**
A father and daughter have both been working as CIA Operatives for years, but each kept their involvement in the CIA hidden from the other, resulting in their entire relationship being a gigantic lie. Upon learning of each other’s involvement in the CIA, the pair are forced to work together as partners, and against the backdrop of explosive action, and espionage, learn who each other really are.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/moon-girl-devil-dinosaur/)
**Published:** February 17, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Lunella takes up the mantle of Moon Girl and, with Devil Dinosaur, will fight for the Lower East Side when no one else will.
**Content:**
Lunella, a 13 year old genius opens a portal in new york city and finds herself befriending the dinosaure that gets out of it. Together they’ll protect their part of the city neither the avengers nor any other hero seems to care about.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel, Disney+
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Death in Paradise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/death-in-paradise/)
**Published:** August 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A detective inspector is transferred from London to the island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean.
**Content:**
A series of detectives come from London to the island of Saint-Marie in the Caribbean. In a cycle, they die and a new one comes to investigate the death. They’re constantly the fish out of water, and they’re made fun of. But they solve crimes, so that’s alright.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery, Police
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [CSI: Vegas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi-vegas/)
**Published:** July 1, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City (aka Las Vegas, Nevada).
**Content:**
Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City (aka Las Vegas, Nevada).
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Doctor Odyssey](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-odyssey/)
**Published:** November 8, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Max is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.
**Content:**
Max is the new on-board doctor for a luxury cruise ship where the staff works hard and plays harder. It’s all-hands-on-deck as Max and his small but mighty medical team navigate unique medical crises and each other, miles from shore.
The show exists in the same universe as the 9-1-1 universe.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feel-good/)
**Published:** March 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A deeply personal, dark but hilarious story about two young people navigating the modern-day landscape of love, addiction, and sexuality - and trying to form a meaningful and lasting connection.
**Content:**
Mae is a rising talent on the stand-up circuit and recovering addict whose addictive behaviors and intense romanticism dominate every single part of her life. When she meets pragmatic – but so far heterosexual – George, she’s smitten, and much to her surprise George feels the same. They embark on an intoxicating romance as Mae juggles relationships with her parents, fellow addicts in a drugs support group, her colleagues at the local stand up club, and most importantly tries to transform her relationship with George from an addictive one to a healthy one. But the real question is can Mae replace a toxic addiction to love with love itself.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Parks and Recreation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/parks-and-recreation/)
**Published:** June 12, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
**Content:**
Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in an Indiana Parks and Recreation Department, hopes to beautify her town (and boost her own career) by helping local nurse Ann Perkins turn an abandoned construction site into a community park. However, what should be a fairly simple project is stymied at every turn by oafish bureaucrats, selfish neighbors, governmental red tape, and a myriad of other challenges. Leslie’s colleague Tom Haverford, who delights in exploiting his position for personal gain, is as likely to undermine her efforts as to help her, while her boss, Ron Swanson, is adamantly opposed to government in any form, even though he’s a bureaucrat.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary, Satire
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Cleaning Lady](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-cleaning-lady/)
**Published:** January 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A whip-smart Cambodian doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her son, but when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she uses her cunning and intelligence to fight back, breaking the law for all the right reasons.
**Content:**
Based on an Argentinian series, *La Chica Que Limpia*, the drama centers on Thony De La Rosa, a Cambodian medical doctor, whose son Luca is diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening immunodeficiency disorder. Leaving her husband Marco back in the Philippines, Thony comes to the United States in search of urgent medical treatment for her son, but when the only matching bone marrow donor backs out and her visa expires, Thony finds herself trapped in Las Vegas, forced to support her son by working as a cleaning lady alongside her Filipino sister-in-law Fiona.
After accidentally witnessing a murder, Thony is recruited by mobster Arman Morales to use her medical skills as a “cleaner”, erasing evidence of the mob’s crimes. Crossing into a world of moral grey, Thony begins to live a double life, keeping secrets from her family while cleaning crime scenes and dodging the law, playing the game by her own rules in a dangerous criminal underworld.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [The Wheel of Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wheel-of-time/)
**Published:** December 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey.
**Content:**
Set in a high fantasy world where magic exists, but only some can access it, a woman named Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey.
Based on the book series by Robert Jordan.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Jellystone!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jellystone/)
**Published:** May 5, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Jellystone, features various Hanna-Barbera characters living in the park town of Jellystone where they can't help but make trouble for one another.
**Content:**
**Note:** There is conflicting information as to the canonical transness of the characters listed here.
The series is a reimagined take on the legendary Hanna-Barbera brand, focusing on a modernized ensemble of its characters as they live, work, and play together but have to solve the problems they have.
All of them have specific roles in the community. Huckleberry Hound is the Mayor of Jellystone, Yogi Bear is a surgeon, Cindy Bear is a genius inventor, Doggie Daddy is a lighthouse keeper who is overprotective towards his daughter Augie Doggie, Jabberjaw and Loopy De Loop work in Magilla Gorilla’s haberdashery called “Magilla’s”, Top Cat and the Hoagy’s Alley cats continue with their scam activities, El Kabong doubles as a teacher and superhero, Shazzan is a ticket seller at Jellystone Theatre and does various vendor jobs, and The Banana Splits are cartoonish criminals.
The episode “Sweet Dreams” claims that Jellystone is nestled between Lake Jellystone (no longer an ecological disaster since 2019) and New Bedrock according to Mayor Huckleberry Hound’s story to Augie Doggie in the style of a tourism commercial. In addition, Mayor Huckleberry Hound’s description for Jellystone has him advising any visitors to ignore the sign that says “Do not enter by order of the government”.
Season three reveals that New Bedrock is a rival town of Jellystone that is run by Mayor Dick Dastardly and Muttley and has The Really Rottens as notable citizens.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network, HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Pitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-pitt/)
**Published:** April 23, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Emergency medicine doctors juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and high emotions in this drama series.
**Content:**
The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble calling.
The series follows emergency department staff as they attempt to overcome the hardships of a single 15-hour work shift at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital all while having to navigate staff shortages, underfunding and insufficient resources. Each episode of the season covers approximately one hour of the work shift.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Equalizer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-equalizer/)
**Published:** May 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** McCall comes across to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is "The Equalizer" -- an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who's also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption.
**Content:**
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills as a former CIA operative to help those with nowhere else to turn. McCall presents to most as an average single mom who is quietly raising her teenage daughter. But to a trusted few, she is The Equalizer – an anonymous guardian angel and defender of the downtrodden, who’s also dogged in her pursuit of personal redemption. Robyn’s clandestine work remains a secret from her smart and observant daughter, Delilah, and her aunt Vi, who lives with Robyn to help her balance life as a working mother. Joining Robyn as champions of justice are William Bishop, her former CIA handler and longtime friend; Melody “Mel” Bayani, an edgy bar owner and a colleague from Robyn’s past; and Harry Keshegian, a paranoid and brilliant white-hat hacker. As Robyn aids the oppressed and exploited, her work garners the attention of shrewd NYPD Detective Marcus Dante, who doggedly seeks to uncover the identity of the vigilante known as The Equalizer.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Call Me by No-Name](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/call-me-by-no-name/)
**Published:** April 29, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A student at Eichi University, meets a beautiful girl who was abandoned at the garbage dump. She decides that she wants to be her friend, but she is rejected. She replies with another suggestion: be my girlfriend until you guess my name.
**Content:**
Megumi Yotsugi, a student at Eichi University, meets Kotoha Furuhashi, a mysterious girl abandoned at a dump. After being rejected as a friend, Megumi learns Kotoha is using an alias and accepts a strange bet: to be her girlfriend until she guesses her real name. As their temporary relationship deepens, Kotoha’s painful past emerges, forcing both to confront their emotions and understand what happiness truly means in this bittersweet love story.
**TV Stations:** MBS
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Romance
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Fallout](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fallout/)
**Published:** September 7, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.
**Content:**
The series depicts the aftermath of the Great War of 2077, an apocalyptic nuclear exchange between the United States and China. The series takes place in an alternate history of Earth where advances in nuclear technology after WWII led to the emergence of a retro futuristic society and a subsequent resource war. Many survivors took refuge in fallout bunkers known as Vaults, most being unaware that each Vault was designed to perform sociological and psychological experiments on the Vault Dwellers on behalf of Vault-Tec.
More than 200 years later in 2296, a young woman named Lucy leaves her home in Vault 33 to venture out into the dangerously unforgiving wasteland of a devastated Los Angeles to look for her father, who has been kidnapped by wasteland raiders. Along the way, she meets a Brotherhood of Steel squire and a legendary ghoul/bounty hunter, each having their own mysterious pasts and agendas to settle.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Tatort](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tatort/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Every episode features different detectives of a different city trying to solve a murder case.
**Content:**
A long running German crime series. Every episode features different detectives of a different city trying to solve a murder case.
**TV Stations:** Das Erste
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police
**Nations:** Austria, Germany, Switzerland, West Germany
---
### [Mythic Quest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mythic-quest/)
**Published:** February 7, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A team of video game developers navigate the challenges of running a popular video game.
**Content:**
The employees of the video game, Mythic Quest, are childish, immature, and yet have to push the first expansion of their game ASAP. It is an absolute disaster.
Season one used the sub-title “Raven’s Banquet” but this was dropped for season 2.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dix pour cent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dix-pour-cent/)
**Published:** February 12, 2017
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Ten percent of French humor can still be funny.
**Content:**
While the literal translation is “Ten Percent,” this French comedy is known as *Call My Agent!* and airs on Netflix.
Every day, Andrea, Mathias, Gabriel and Arlette, agents in the talent agency ASK (Samuel Kerr Agency) juggle tricky situations and defend their vision of the business. They skillfully combine art and business. Private life and professional life come to cross.
While struggling to save their agency shaken by the sudden death of its founder, the four agents take us behind the scenes of the wild world of celebrity, where laughter, emotion, transgression and tears constantly rub.
**TV Stations:** France 2
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** France
---
### [Reba](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/reba/)
**Published:** March 31, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Reba McEntire stars as the titular character in this smash sitcom about a single mom of three, navigating life in a Houston suburb.
**Content:**
Set in the city of Houston, Texas, middle-aged wisecracking Reba Hart has her life thrown upside down when she learns her husband, Brock Hart, had an affair and is expecting a baby with his young dental hygienist Barbra Jean Hart and that her daughter Cheyenne is pregnant with her boyfriend (later husband), high school cornerback Van Montgomery. With all of the new chaos and dysfunction, Reba attempts to get through with pre-teen daughter Kyra and son Jake.
**TV Stations:** The CW, The WB
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Wir](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wir/)
**Published:** December 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Have my dreams come true? Am I happy? The drama series is about the life and love of a group of friends in their thirties.
**Content:**
The focus of the series is on a group of friends who enjoy their lives as adults and question themselves whether their previous lives have gone as they hoped, or simply as the friends would like. In addition to the topics of children, home and career, everyone asks themselves whether life is really the fulfillment of happiness or whether you are on the wrong track. In addition to the unfulfilled love between Helena and Annika and the pragmatic relationship of Annika’s brother Maik with his wife Linh, the separated couple Mel and Emre also offers a lot of potential that keeps the clique on their toes.
**TV Stations:** ZDF
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Transplant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transplant/)
**Published:** October 20, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An ER doctor, who fled his native Syria to come to Canada, must overcome numerous obstacles to resume a career in the high stakes world of emergency medicine.
**Content:**
When Dr. Bashir Hamed, a charismatic Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, flees his war-torn homeland, he and younger sister Amira become refugees, struggling to forge a new life in Canada. But if Bash ever wants to be a doctor again, he must redo his medical training from the ground up and obtaining a coveted residency position is nearly impossible.
When a horrific truck crash nearly kills a senior doctor right in front of him, Bash saves the doctor’s life and earns a residency in the biggest Emergency Department of the best hospital in Toronto.
Yet for all Bash’s experience, it’s a tough road. Bash’s training is different, his life experience are unique to him and he’s not an exact match for his new colleagues, who include Dr. Magalie “Mags” LeBlanc, a ferociously analytical second-year resident who pushes herself relentlessly; Dr. June Curtis, a reserved, ambitious surgical resident whose loyalty doesn’t come easily; and Dr. Theo Hunter, a pediatric Emergency Fellow whose small-town upbringing is cracking wide open as life at the hospital changes his worldview.
The team works tirelessly to save lives and win the approval of the legendary head of the Emergency Department, Dr. Jed Bishop, all the while managed by sharp-eyed, acerbic Dr. Wendy Atwater and supported by longtime head nurse, the deadpan, confident Claire Malone.
Through it all, Bash tries to meet the demand of his new country and new job, while trying to pay the bills, raise his little sister and carve out a new life for them both in this unfamiliar land. It’s a journey that’s universal to people everywhere. Bash aims high and is determined to succeed, and those around are quick to see that his passion and hopefulness are contagious. But will his newfound life reject him, or will this “transplant” take?
**TV Stations:** CTV, NBC
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [The Summer I Turned Pretty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-summer-i-turned-pretty/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.
**Content:**
On an annual summer vacation to their family friends’ beach house, Belly reunites with her brother, and friends Jeremiah and Conrad, and she finds herself caught in a love triangle.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Rentnercops](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rentnercops/)
**Published:** July 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. With their immediate superior being a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.
**Content:**
Faced with staff shortages, the chief of a Cologne police department convinces two retired homicide detectives to come back into the force. With their immediate superior being a young woman, a generational cultural clash is inevitable.
**TV Stations:** Das Erste
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Police
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Queens of Mystery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queens-of-mystery/)
**Published:** April 26, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** English Detective Sgt. Matilda Stone probes mysteries assisted by her three crime-writing aunts Beth, Cat and Jane Stone.
**Content:**
Detective Sergeant Mathilda “Mattie” Stone moves back to her home town, where her three mystery-writing aunts are determined to help their beloved niece catch all the murderers.
So pretty much your typical cozy mystery series, but instead of one amateur lady detective pestering the local constabulary, there are three.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Neighbours](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/neighbours/)
**Published:** September 12, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The very white cul-de-sac on the very white street, in the very white suburb.
**Content:**
An Australian soap, it takes place on Ramsay Street, a residential cul-de-sac in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Erinsborough.
They were really sketchy about a lesbian storyline for ages, and swept same-sex kisses under the rug as ‘not sexual’ and ‘just teenage romance.’ Which as we all know is never sexual.
Still, near the end of the series, they did make a notable change to more positive representations.
After the series was canceled in 2022, it was picked up by Amazon in 2023 for their Freevee network but was canceled again in 2025.
**TV Stations:** Eleven, Freevee, Network Ten, Seven Network
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Elsbeth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elsbeth/)
**Published:** April 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Elsbeth Tascioni, an unconventional attorney, gives her singular point of view to make observations to catch criminals alongside the NYPD.
**Content:**
A “how dunnit” in the vein of Columbo (where the audience knows who did it and how, and watches the detective prove it), *Elsbeth* stars Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner, a charismatic and revered leader. Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke, a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery, Police
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Father Brown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/father-brown/)
**Published:** April 29, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A catholic priest who solves crimes. Yeah okay.
**Content:**
A British crime drama about a priest who solves crimes. In the 1950s. It’s actually a fun show all told. Based on the novels of G.K. Chesterton.
Sadly the majority of the queers in the first 6 seasons, be they male or female, were evil or insane. Not a great track record, even given the time period. Thankfully the later seasons improve greatly with much more positive, though often sad, storylines.
It is a murder mystery show, after all.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Harlem](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harlem/)
**Published:** December 16, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of four friends follow their dreams after graduating from college together.
**Content:**
A series following a group of stylish & ambitious girlfriends in Harlem NYC: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships & big city dreams.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Secret Spouse
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Comedy, Friend Group
---
### [Girls5eva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girls5eva/)
**Published:** May 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot.
**Content:**
When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the 90’s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents, and shoulder pain, but can‘t they also be Girls5eva?
**TV Stations:** Netflix, Peacock
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Musical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [SWAT](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/swat/)
**Published:** December 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Yet another crime drama about conflicted cops.
**Content:**
Based on the 1975 series, the show follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant who is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he’s tasked to run a highly-trained unit that’s the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
In May 2023, the series was canceled after six seasons at CBS, only to be renewed for a seventh and final season at CBS a few days later. The same thing happened at the end of the seventh season.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Crime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Frau Jordan Stellt Gleich](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/frau-jordan-stellt-gleich/)
**Published:** April 3, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Officer Eva Jordan seeks to enforce gender equality and equality in institutions and changing locations such as the fire department or nursing home.
**Content:**
Equal opportunities officer Eva Jordan fights with people who have very little left for the topic. In the fight against deadlocked role models and the disadvantage of minorities and marginalized groups, her team strengthens her back. Said team consists of the office softie Philipp, who is in love with his boss Eva, the disarmingly naive Renate and Yvonne, who shocks even hardcore feminists with their dialect.
In office, however, hardly anyone takes the team seriously, so that the four have to defend not only minorities but also their own jobs. Particularly aggressive and unscrupulous is Eva Jordan’s hard-hitting competitor Mrs. Sommerfeld, who leaves no opportunity to intrigue. In action for minorities, Ms. Jordan fights on many fronts. Whether it is the debut of a woman at the fire brigade, the admission of a man to the changing group or the demands of a wheelchair user who wants a ramp to the brothel.
No one is perfect. So it also happens that the Equal Opportunities Office itself has a complaint about harassment on the neck. When the lesbian employee Yvonne chats loudly about her sexual adventures in the elevator, a conservative and strictly Catholic administrative employee from the house can also feel harassed.
Mayor Brinkmann, who seems to come from a textbook for chauvinist bosses and makes no secret of his contempt for equality policy, is always good for Pointen. Eva Jordan also uses this to her advantage and wears an extra wide neckline to get her budget through with the mayor.
**TV Stations:** Joyn, Pro7 (ProSieben)
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Extraordinary](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/extraordinary/)
**Published:** February 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What is everyone had a superpower except you?
**Content:**
Ten years ago, everyone over the age of 18 got their superpower. But Jen, a painfully self-aware 25-year-old woman, is still waiting to get hers. She’d take anything at this point. Adrift in a big, confusing world and armed with nothing but a bit of hope, a lot of desperation and her flatmates, Jen begins her journey to find her maybe-superpower. But in doing so, she might discover the joy of being just kind of ok.
**TV Stations:** Disney+, Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Esta historia me suena](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/esta-historia-me-suena/)
**Published:** July 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An anthology series that handles family and youth issues in a familiar and optimistic tone and features a song that inspires the story.
**Content:**
Each stand-alone episode addresses family and youth issues in a familiar and optimistic tone and features a song that inspires the episode’s storyline. The storyline leads to reflection between parents and children and how to resolve them in everyday life. The song accompanies and supports that story. Most episodes feature a flash mob that highlights the featured song.
**TV Stations:** Las Estrellas
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Dragon Age: Absolution](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dragon-age-absolution/)
**Published:** December 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in the Tevinter Empire, the oldest of several human nations in Thedas explore the experiences of its different inhabitants.
**Content:**
This is Miriam’s Story…When a heist against the most powerful man in Tevinter goes south, an elven mercenary named Miriam (Kimberly Brooks) is forced into a desperate fight for survival. Now, to save herself and her friends, Miriam will have to confront the tragic past she’s spent a lifetime trying to escape.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba/)
**Published:** May 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After his family is killed, Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge them and cure his sister.
**Content:**
A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive – Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.
**TV Stations:** BS11, Fuji TV, GTV, GYT, KTV, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Fantasy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Class of '07](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/class-of-07/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the ten-year reunion of an all-girls high school, a group of women must find a way to survive on the island peak of their high school campus.
**Content:**
A comedy about a never-ending high school reunion with life and death stakes. When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the 10-year reunion of an all-girls high school, a group of women must find a way to survive atop the island peak of their high school campus. Now freshly entangled in decade-old drama, their greatest threat to survival isn’t the end of the world, but each other.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Creepshow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/creepshow/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Terrifying tales of murder and death.
**Content:**
An American horror anthology web television series, it is a continuation of the first two films in the Creepshow franchise, the series featured six episodes with two horror stories per episode.
**TV Stations:** Shudder
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Dark Comedy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Horror Anthology
---
### [Chicken Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chicken-girls/)
**Published:** January 3, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Rhyme and her friends - known by their 'ship name, "The Chicken Girls" - have been dancing together forever. But this year, everything's changing.
**Content:**
Chicken Girls tells the story of middle school student Rhyme McAdams and her friends – known by “The Chicken Girls” – have been dancing together forever. The show follows the girls with dance, friendship, crushes, and learning how to grow up. But as they begin their freshman year at Attaway High School, everything’s changing.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Family
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Comedy, Teen Drama, Webseries
---
### [9-1-1](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1/)
**Published:** February 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This show explores the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations.
**Content:**
9-1-1 is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear which follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: cops, paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers.
It explores the high-pressure experiences of police, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. They must try to balance saving people with solving problems in their own lives.
Henrietta ‘Hen’ Wilson (played by Aisha Hinds) is a lesbian firefighter with a wife played by Tracie Thoms (aka Joanne from RENT).
In 2023, the show moved from FOX to ABC.
**TV Stations:** ABC, FOX
**Tropes:** Gaybies, In Prison, Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** First Responders
---
### [9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/9-1-1-lone-star/)
**Published:** January 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A New York firefighter relocates to Austin, Texas with his son, where he works to save people's lives while trying to solve his own personal problems.
**Content:**
Nearly 20 years ago, Owen Strand was the lone survivor of his Manhattan firehouse on 9/11. In the wake of the attack, Owen had the unenviable task of rebuilding his station. After a similar tragedy happens to a firehouse in Austin, Owen, along with his troubled firefighter son, T.K., takes his progressive philosophies of life and firefighting down to Texas, where he helps them start anew. On the surface, Owen is all about big-city style and swagger, but underneath he struggles with a secret he hides from the world – one that could very well end his life.
Once in Austin, Owen meets the brilliant and wry chief paramedic Michelle Blake, as well as police officer Carlos Reyes. He then begins to assemble his new team of diverse and qualified candidates for Firehouse 126, including Marjan Marwani, an adrenalin junkie and badass firefighter who also is a devout Muslim; Paul Strickland, a transgender male firefighter, who bravely decided to transition on the job in Chicago and has a gift for observation worthy of Sherlock Holmes; and rookie firefighter Mateo Chavez.
Owen’s toughest challenge may be Judd Ryder, who, like Owen, was the sole survivor of the original 126 house after a rescue call ended in tragedy. A gruff cowboy to his core, Judd is married to Grace, a 9-1-1 call center operator, and struggles with PTSD, unsure if he ever can be the firefighter he once was.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** First Responders
---
### [Severance](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/severance/)
**Published:** March 5, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
**Content:**
Employees at the biotechnology corporation Lumon Industries, assigned to highly classified projects, must undergo “severance”—a medical procedure that implants a device in their brain ensuring they retain no memories of the outside world while at work and no recollection of their job once they leave. This results in two distinct personalities for each employee: the “innie,” who exists solely within Lumon, and the “outie,” who lives their personal life outside of work.
Severed employee Mark leads his coworkers Dylan and Irving at Lumon’s Macrodata Refinement department. Mark must balance the challenges of managing his department, including the onboarding of a rebellious new innie, Helly, and his increasing disquiet at the cult-like Lumon. Mark’s outie must deal with the personal tragedies that led to his decision to become severed, and the sudden overlap of his separate lives when mysteries from Lumon begin to intrude into his outie life.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/your-friendly-neighborhood-spider-man/)
**Published:** February 25, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The animated series follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU, with a journey unlike we've ever seen and a style that celebrates the character's early comic book roots.
**Content:**
*Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man* explores Peter Parker’s origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona. The series is set in an alternate timeline within the multiverse, where Peter gains his abilities through a temporal paradox caused by Dr. Stephen Strange time-traveling while he is fighting a symbiotic alien. Another change in this universe is that Norman Osborn becomes Peter’s mentor instead of Tony Stark, as happens in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s (MCU) main timeline.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Scrubs](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scrubs/)
**Published:** June 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, intern John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
**Content:**
*Scrubs* focuses on the unique point of view of its main character and narrator, Dr. John Michael “J.D.” Dorian for the first eight seasons, with season nine being narrated by the new main character Lucy Bennett. Most episodes feature multiple story lines thematically linked by voice-overs as well as the comical daydreams of J.D.
**TV Stations:** ABC, NBC
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Golden Kamuy: Hokkaido Shisei Shujin Soudatsuhen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/golden-kamuy-hokkaido-shisei-shujin-soudatsuhen/)
**Published:** February 11, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Retired soldier Saichi Sugimoto and Ainu girl Asirpa seek the hidden Ainu gold while hunting escaped convicts with tattooed maps leading to its location.
**Content:**
With two map pieces secured, Sugimoto and Asirpa continue their hunt for the remaining 22 tattooed convicts whose bodies hold the key to hidden treasure.
The series is a sequel to the Netflix movie “Golden Kamuy.”
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Western
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Star Wars: Skeleton Crew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-wars-skeleton-crew/)
**Published:** January 21, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four kids make a mysterious discovery on their home planet that leads them to get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy.
**Content:**
Roughly five years after the fall of the Galactic Empire (which happened in the movie *Return of the Jedi*), four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, and get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy. Finding their way home—and meeting unlikely allies and enemies—will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [La Brea](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/la-brea/)
**Published:** October 26, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A massive sinkhole mysteriously opens up in Los Angeles, separating part of a family in an unexplainable primeval world, alongside a desparate group of strangers.
**Content:**
When a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles at the site of the La Brea Tar Pits and Wilshire Boulevard, hundreds of people and buildings (including the distinctive Petersen Automotive Museum) are pulled into its depths. The survivors find themselves trapped in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land where they must band together to survive. The show follows one family (father, mother, son, and daughter) who are separated by the events and attempting to reunite. The father has visions providing glimpses of when and where his wife and son are. The sinkhole and the sudden appearance of the Teratornis has attracted the attention of the United States Department of Homeland Security who are studying a similar event in the Mojave Desert.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities
---
### [A Good Girl's Guide to Murder ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-good-girls-guide-to-murder/)
**Published:** January 15, 2025
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Pip Fitz-Amobi, a brilliant woman, is unsure whether schoolgirl Andie Bell was killed by her lover Sal Singh five years ago. How far will they go to protect Pip from learning the truth if Sal Singh turns out not to be the murderer?
**Content:**
Five years ago, schoolgirl Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend Sal Singh. Case closed. The police know he did it. Everyone in town knows he did it. But smart and single minded Pip Fitz-Amobi isn’t so sure and she’s determined to prove it. And if Sal Singh isn’t a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from the truth?
After solving the Andie Bell case Pip‘s world has been transformed by her actions, and not always for the better. Pip is determined to fix the fallout – and stay away from any more investigations. But as Max Hastings’ trial approaches, key witness Jamie Reynolds suddenly disappears and Pip finds herself in a race against time to find him. This new mystery will take Pip to unexpected places as she struggles with the idea of justice, straying even further from the ‘good girl’ she once was.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three, Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Dota: Dragon's Blood](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dota-dragons-blood/)
**Published:** January 6, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After encounters with a dragon and princess on her own secret mission, a Dragon Knight becomes embroiled in events larger than he could have ever imagined.
**Content:**
The sweeping fantasy series tells the story of Davion, a renowned Dragon Knight devoted to wiping the scourge from the face of the world. Following encounters with a powerful, ancient eldwurm as well as the noble Princess Mirana on a secret mission of her own, Davion becomes embroiled in events much larger than he could have ever imagined.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Call the Midwife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/call-the-midwife/)
**Published:** April 4, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late-1950s to mid-1960s.
**Content:**
A period drama series about a group of nurse midwives working in the East End of London in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The show follows newly qualified midwife Jenny, who joins an eccentric, lovable community of nuns who are nurses at Nonnatus House. Jenny is surprised to find herself at a convent — she thought she was being sent to a small private hospital — and is initially daunted by her surroundings, most notably the formidable Sister Evangelina and the unconventional Sister Monica Joan. But Jenny gradually begins to find her way and develops incredible friendships among the nurses, as they are drawn into the lives and homes of the women and families they treat.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British drama, Period Drama
---
### [The Madame Blanc Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-madame-blanc-mysteries/)
**Published:** June 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Antiques expert moves to France suspicious of how her husband died and uses her skills to aid the local police and simultaneously bonding with the town's popular taxi driver.
**Content:**
Successful Cheshire antiques dealers husband and wife Jean and Rory White have a cottage in the village of Sainte Victoire in the South of France. When Rory is killed in a car crash in the village, Jean realises all her assets have been pawned off leaving her penniless. She then travels to France to unravel the mystery of her husband’s death, his missing valuable ring and the identity of the woman with whom her husband was having an affair, solving other mysteries along the way with the help of local taxi driver Dom, local chateau owners Judith and Jeremy and the local Chief of Police, Caron.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV, Channel 5 (UK)
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Titans](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/titans/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A team of young superheroes combat evil and other perils.
**Content:**
*Titans* follows the young superheroes of the eponymous team as they combat evil and other perils. Disbanded when the story begins, the series sees the team return when the original and new members reform the Titans. The Titans fight crime throughout various locations, including Detroit, San Francisco, Gotham City, and Metropolis.
**TV Stations:** DC Universe, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Control Z](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/control-z/)
**Published:** May 24, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a hacker begins releasing students' secrets to the entire high school, the socially isolated but observant Sofía works to uncover his/her identity.
**Content:**
After a hacker begins releasing students’ most intimate secrets to the whole school, social order at El Colegio Nacional is turned upside down. Popular kids become bullied, outcasts gain status, and everyone is a suspect. Sofia, a social recluse and know-it-all with a penchant for deduction, must race against the clock to catch the hacker before he releases more secrets. Along the way, she will learn to make friends, have empathy for others, and she might even fall in love.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Telenovela
**Nations:** Mexico
**Tagged:** Mexican Drama, Technology
---
### [Chucky](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chucky/)
**Published:** November 11, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town's hypocrisies and secrets.
**Content:**
The series takes place after the events of *Cult of Chucky*. In the city of Hackensack, New Jersey, 14-years-old Jake Wheeler buys a Good Guy doll at a yard sale to use it in his contemporary art project. He later discovers that the doll is possessed by the soul of serial killer Charles Lee Ray, who in this form is known as Chucky. Jake soon becomes a suspect in a series of strange events involving the doll, who unleashes a wave of shocking murders around the town. Some of the boy’s classmates will also see themselves linked to these events. In addition, a series of flashbacks explore Charles’s past as a seemingly normal kid who somehow became one of Hackensack’s most notorious killers.
Starring mostly teenagers and advertised as a “coming of rage” story, the series tackles themes of sexuality, bullying, domestic life and murder. The main character, Jake Wheeler, finds himself prompted to homicidal acts by the doll while also struggling with his crush on classmate Devon and other issues that arise from being gay in unaccepting environments.
**TV Stations:** SyFy, USA
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sequel, Supernatural Horror
---
### [CSI: NY](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi-ny/)
**Published:** December 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** CSI head Detective Mac Taylor and his team solve crimes using forensic science in New York City.
**Content:**
A spin-off of [*CSI*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi/), taking place in New York.
The third permutation of the “CSI” franchise sets up shop in the Big Apple, where taciturn detective Mac Taylor and his new partner, Jo Danville, lead a crime-solving team. Taylor, a retired Marine who believes evidence holds the truth that people may try to cover up, finds balance in Jo’s empathy-driven investigative style. Their team includes spirited investigators like Danny Messer and wife Lindsay Monroe Messer, former coroner Sheldon Hawkes, and edgy detective Don Flack.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Harlots](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harlots/)
**Published:** May 16, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** London in 1763 is booming, and one in five women makes a living selling sex.
**Content:**
London in 1763 is booming, and one in five women makes a living selling sex. Women’s opportunity for economic advancement is to marry well or be a prostitute. The city’s brothels are run by canny, cruel businesswomen such as Margaret Wells and Lydia Quigley. The prostitutes are reviewed in Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies, which some of the women are seen reading in the premiere episode.
But there is a new morality in the air as religious crusaders demand the closure of brothels, and the constables are only too happy to launch brutal raids.
**TV Stations:** Hulu, ITV Encore
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Shakti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shakti-astitva-ke-ehsaas-ki/)
**Published:** July 12, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Saumya and Surabhi are close-knit sisters. While one is discriminated against by her family and society, the other sister stands up for her through tough times.
**Content:**
This story is about the struggle of a human being fighting for what is right. Surbhi wants everyone to know that Saumya is just as much a part of the society as everyone else and she is no different from the rest of us, that she is not an outcast and deserves to live a happy life and be loved the same way everyone else does. Surbhi demands answers from people as to why transgender people are treated differently and stigmatized through no fault of their own, striving for a change.
The show was cancelled after 1335 episodes.
**TV Stations:** Colors TV
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** India
---
### [Grey's Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/)
**Published:** September 29, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A long-running hospital drama centered on the personal and professional lives of surgical interns and their supervisors.
**Content:**
This long-running medical drama series started with a group of young doctors at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, who began their careers at the facility as interns. One of the young doctors and the show’s namesake, Meredith Grey, is the daughter of a famous surgeon. Grey struggles to maintain relationships with her colleagues, particularly the hospital’s one-time chief of surgery, Richard Webber, due to a pre-existing relationship between them – Webber and Meredith’s mother had a personal relationship when Meredith was young.
Over the years the show has had relationships between the doctors, either friendly or romantic, which create conflicts between their personal and professional lives. The show has introduced dozens of queer characters and some of the longest-running queer characters on television including Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins.
The show has a spin-off with crossover characters named [*Station 19*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/station-19/).
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, In Love With a Str8 Person, Slow Burn, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Medical Drama
---
### [The Deuce](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-deuce/)
**Published:** October 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A show abut the legalization and ensuing rise of the porn industry in New York, around Times Square created and written by David Simon and George Pelecanos who also created The Wire.
**Content:**
The Deuce is set in and around Times Square, New York in the early 1970s and later the mid-80s and tells the story of the legalization and ensuing rise of the porn industry in New York. The show was created and written David Simon and George Pelecanos who also created [The Wire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wire/).
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Caprica](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/caprica/)
**Published:** September 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set nearly 60 years before the popular "Battlestar Galactica" series, this prequel traces the progress of two prominent families, the Greystones and the Adamas, in the peaceful world of the 12 Colonies.
**Content:**
The prequel to *[Battlestar Galactia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/battlestar-galactica/)*, it was confusing and cryptic and weird and all the parts we didn’t love about BSG but ended up with anyway.
Set nearly 58 years earlier, it traces the progress of two prominent families, the Greystones and the Adamas, in the peaceful world of the 12 Colonies. An act of terrorism has tragic consequences for both families, which shapes the future of the battle for humanity.
**TV Stations:** SyFy
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [Mistresses (US)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mistresses-us/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Content:**
An American mystery drama and soap opera television series based on the 2008–10 U.K. series of the same name, about the lives of four female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships. Only gayer.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Originals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/)
**Published:** May 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Vampire/Werewolf hybrids, vampires, werewolves, witches, immortals, and a big war down in the Big Easy.
**Content:**
Klaus, the original vampire/werewolf hybrid, returns to New Orleans — which his family helped build — to investigate rumors of a plot against him, in this spinoff of [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/).
He finds his former protege, Marcel, reigning powerful over its inhabitants, causing growing tension in the supernatural community. Klaus’ brother, Elijah, joins him, and they learn that werewolf Hayley has fallen into the hands of a defiant witch who has life-changing information. In hope of reclaiming the city, Klaus and Elijah form an uneasy alliance with the witches to help further their cause.
Freya, a witch, and Keelin, a werewolf, are the queer female couple on the show. They don’t get a ton of screentime, but their scenes are decent and some of their episodes were co-written by lesbian writer, producer and actor [Michelle Paradise](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/michelle-paradise/).
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Supernatural Drama
---
### [The Rookie: Feds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rookie-feds/)
**Published:** September 27, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Simone Clark is the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy
**Content:**
The experiences of Simone Clark, who became an FBI agent at the age of 48 after a long career in education.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Legend of Vox Machina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-legend-of-vox-machina/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of the heroes of Exandria.
**Content:**
Based on the first campaign of the hit stream, *Critical Role*, the series follows the earlier days of the heroes who will eventually become known as “Vox Machina.”
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [EastEnders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/eastenders/)
**Published:** August 21, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Trials and tribulations impact lives in a close-knit community in London's East End.
**Content:**
The central focus of EastEnders is the fictional Victorian square Albert Square in the fictional London Borough of Walford. In the show’s narrative, Albert Square is a 19th-century street, named after Prince Albert (1819–61), the husband of Queen Victoria (1819–1901, reigned 1837–1901). Thus, central to Albert Square is The Queen Victoria Public House.
It’s one of the longest running soaps in the UK.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Fake Relationship, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queerspawn, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Demain nous appartient](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/demain-nous-appartient/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Following a violent explosion involving two boats in the south of France, a mother attempts to figure out what happened to her son and how the body of her long estranged sister ended up on the beach.
**Content:**
AKA “Tomorrow Is Ours”
The series follows the lives of several families and inhabitant of Sète, Hérault in France, at the edge of the sea and the Étang de Thau.
Following a violent explosion involving two boats in the south of France, a mother attempts to figure out what happened to her son and how the body of her long estranged sister ended up on the beach.
**TV Stations:** TF1
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Gaybies, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Thriller
**Nations:** France
---
### [The Dragon Prince](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-dragon-prince/)
**Published:** February 18, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two human princes forge an unlikely bond with the elfin assassin sent to kill them, embarking on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
**Content:**
In the magical land of Xadia, magic comes from six primal sources: the sun, moon, stars, sky, earth and ocean. When human mages create a seventh kind of magic — dark magic — they start capturing and harvesting the unique magical creatures they need as ingredients, which sparks a war between Xadia and the Human Kingdoms. Three kids from opposite sides of the conflict — two princes and an elven assassin sent to kill them — discover a secret that could change everything and decide to join forces and go on an epic journey. That trek could be their only hope of ending the war and restoring peace to both worlds.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation
**Nations:** Canada, USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships
---
### [Power Rangers: Cosmic Fury](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/power-rangers-cosmic-fury/)
**Published:** December 27, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When Lord Zedd returns more powerful than ever, Team Cosmic Fury takes to the cosmos to battle the emperor of evil, and save the universe as we know it.
**Content:**
The emperor of evil, Lord Zedd has returned more powerful than ever. However, a team of heroes stands in his way – the Cosmic Fury Power Rangers.
A direct sequel to Dino Fury, this includes most of the same cast.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Teen
**Nations:** Canada, Japan, USA
---
### [Sueños de libertad](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/suenos-de-libertad/)
**Published:** March 10, 2024
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** It's Spain in 1958 and Begoña Montes is a woman trapped in a toxic marriage, but with an optimistic and hopeful future due to her incessant search for freedom.
**Content:**
Begoña Montes flees through the forest with little Julia, her stepdaughter. Begoña is the new wife of Jesús de la Reina, the golden widower of the region, owner of an important toiletry products company, Perfumerías de la Reina. Begoña runs with the girl, when Jesús catches up with them and shoots them in cold blood.
A few months before, the events that triggered everything are clarified. Jealousy and fear awaken the beast that Jesús de la Reina carries inside and he begins to mistreat Begoña. To protect herself and escape from that hell, Begoña will begin a search that will blow up the good name of the Queen’s family and her ambitious company.
**TV Stations:** Antena 3
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Fake Relationship, Outed, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Attack on Titan](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/attack-on-titan/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After his hometown is destroyed and his mother is killed, young Eren Yeager vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.
**Content:**
When man-eating Titans first appeared 100 years ago, humans found safety behind massive walls that stopped the giants in their tracks. But the safety they have had for so long is threatened when a colossal Titan smashes through the barriers, causing a flood of the giants into what had been the humans’ safe zone. During the carnage that follows, soldier Eren Jaeger sees one of the creatures devour his mother, which leads him to vow that he will kill every Titan. He enlists some friends who survived to help him, and that group is humanity’s last hope for avoiding extinction at the hands of the monsters.
**TV Stations:** NHK G, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Harry Wild](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harry-wild/)
**Published:** April 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police detective son.
**Content:**
Literature professor Harriet “Harry” Wild is adjusting to retirement when she’s mugged. While recovering at the home of her son, a detective in the Dublin police, Harry gleans a clue for his current case. But when she’s rebuffed, Harry decides to solve the crime herself. Now working with her assailant, Fergus, Harry is Marpeling her way across the Irish countryside.
**TV Stations:** Acorn TV
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Ireland, United Kingdom
---
### [Piste Noire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/piste-noire/)
**Published:** December 13, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Maréchal des logis-chef Emilie Karras is sent to the Clairies, the ski resort she grew up in, after a body is burnt inside a worker's trailer.
**Content:**
Maréchal des logis-chef Emilie Karras is sent to the Clairies, the ski resort she grew up in, after a body is burnt inside a worker’s trailer. She will have to slalom between the family who rejected her, the corrupt politicians, the dubious hotel resort extension plans into the mountains and the really cute activist mountain guide who is trying to overthrow them, to find the culprits.
**TV Stations:** France 2
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** France
---
### [The Mentalist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mentalist/)
**Published:** December 6, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.
**Content:**
The series follows Patrick Jane, an independent consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based in Sacramento, California. Although not an officer of the law, he uses his skills from his former career as a successful, yet admittedly fraudulent, psychic medium to help a team of CBI agents solve murders. The real reason for Jane’s involvement with law enforcement is to track down the serial killer, known as Red John, who was responsible for the brutal murders of his wife, Angela Ruskin Jane, and his daughter, Charlotte Anne Jane.
Before the murders, Jane had a lucrative career as a con man, successfully posing as a psychic medium and enjoyed near-celebrity status. Five years before the events in the show’s pilot episode, he appeared on television to claim that his paranormal abilities helped the police profile a serial killer named Red John. Red John, angered by the perceived slight, murdered Jane’s wife and his young daughter in revenge.
Jane subsequently abandoned his career and teamed with the CBI, using his skills to help them solve various crimes. His main focus is on the cases involving Red John or Red John copycats. He admits to faking the supernatural aspects of his skills, often asserting that “there’s no such thing as psychics,” yet he has finely honed skills in cold reading, hypnosis, and picking pockets, as well as his intuitive observations and an immense insight into the human psyche and the behavior of witnesses.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dr. Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dr-death/)
**Published:** December 5, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An anthology series dramatizing the true stories of ambitious doctors whose medical malpractices led to disastrous consequences for those in their care.
**Content:**
An American true crime drama anthology television series created by Patrick Macmanus, based on the podcast of the same name.
The series dramatizes the real-life stories of medical professionals, particularly focusing on Christopher Duntsch, a neurosurgeon convicted of gross malpractice that resulted in severe injuries and deaths of patients, and Paolo Macchiarini, an Italian surgeon involved in unethical medical practices.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Medical, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kung-fu-panda-the-dragon-knight/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow Po, who partners up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade, to find a collection of four powerful weapons before a mysterious pair of weasels do, and save the world from destruction.
**Content:**
When a mysterious pair of weasels set their sights on a collection of four powerful weapons, Po must leave his home to embark on a globe-trotting quest for redemption and justice that finds him partnered up with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade. Together, these two mismatched warriors set out on an epic adventure to find the magical weapons first and save the world from destruction — and they may even learn a thing or two from each other along the way.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Kotikatu](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kotikatu/)
**Published:** November 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Following the lives of two families and their friends and neighbors throughout the years. They live in an apartment building in the center of Helsinki.
**Content:**
Following the lives of two families and their friends and neighbors throughout the years. They live in an apartment building in the center of Helsinki.
It is the second longest running Finnish drama television series after soap opera *[Salatut elämät](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/salatut-elamat/)*.
**TV Stations:** Yle TV1
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Finland
---
### [Arcane](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arcane/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart.
**Content:**
*Arcane* dives into the delicate balance between the rich city of Piltover and the seedy underbelly of Zaun. Tensions between these city-states boil over with the creation of hextech — a way for any person to control magical energy – in Piltover; and in Zaun, a new drug called shimmer transforms humans into monsters. The rivalry between the cities splits families and friends as *Arcane* brings life to the relationships that shape some of League of Legends’ famous champions including Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Jayce and Viktor.
Based on the world behind the game League of Legends, the animated event series features a complex world filled with moral decisions and suspenseful storytelling.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Matlock (2024)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/matlock-2024/)
**Published:** November 1, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Wealthy retired lawyer Madeline Kingston returns to practice seeking justice for the death of her daughter Ellie in the opioid epidemic.
**Content:**
Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia, a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice, Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian, the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills. As Matty endeavors to establish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside the firm’s younger associates – the charismatic Billy and the uber ambitious Sarah.
But it’s all a ruse. Matty is really Madeline Kingston and is investigating the firm to see who covered up the opioid crisis that resulted in the death of Matty’s daughter.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Stand (2020)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-stand-2020/)
**Published:** November 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
**Content:**
King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied by a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: the nefarious ‘Dark Man.’
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Horror, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [True Detective](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/true-detective/)
**Published:** November 14, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
**Content:**
***True Detective*** is an American anthology crime drama television series. Each season of the series is structured as a self-contained narrative, employing new cast ensembles, and following various sets of characters and settings
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [High Potential](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-potential/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Morgan is a single mom of three kids and, thanks to her exceptional mind, she is able to help to solve a crime as she rearranges evidence during her shift as a cleaner for the police department.
**Content:**
An American version of the French series *HPI*, the show centers on Morgan, a single mother with three kids who is a cleaning lady for the Los Angeles Police Department. She is also a high potential intellectual, with an IQ of 160. After figuring out a case using her unconventional mind, she becomes a consultant for the LAPD’s Major Crimes division.
A subplot involves Morgan using the LAPD’s help and resources to find out what happened to her first boyfriend Roman, the father of her oldest daughter Ava, who disappeared when Ava was a baby.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship, Queer of the Week, The Big Bad Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Friends & Family Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/friends-and-family-christmas/)
**Published:** November 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Overwhelmed by Christmas events and a surprise visit from her parents, photographer Dani asks lawyer Amelia for help. Pretending to date is the perfect solution until real feelings develop.
**Content:**
Daniella has recently moved to New York to pursue an art career and decides to stay in town to share the holidays with her circle of artist friends, instead of going home to see her sweet, if overbearing parents. Amelia is a talented entertainment lawyer trying to stay focused on her work after a broken engagement. When Daniella and Amelia are set up by their parents, they agree to pretend that they are dating, to appease them for the holidays. However, as they spend time in each other’s worlds, they soon build a connection that is deeper than either of them could have hoped for.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Shortland Street](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shortland-street/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A raunchy night-time soap in New Zealand.
**Content:**
A medical prime-time-soap from New Zealand, it was almost canceled due to low ratings, but since TVNZ had paid for a whole season, they aired it and found a hit. It’s one of the most watched shows in the nation.
The show’s production department received several complaints following the lesbian love storyline in 2011, but then again they gave us this ringer of a line:
> You’ll never guess what’s been happening in triage. Apparently everyone’s a lesbian.
>
> Bella
**TV Stations:** TV2, TVNZ 2
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queerspawn, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** New Zealand
**Intersections:** Senior Representation
---
### [El sabor de las margaritas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-sabor-de-las-margaritas/)
**Published:** July 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While investigating the disappearance of a teenage girl in a tight-knit Galician town, a Civil Guard officer uncovers secrets linked to a loss of her own.
**Content:**
Known as “Bitter Daisies” in the US, Rosa Vargas is a novice agent of the Civil Guard who arrives in the Galician town of Muriás to face her first case, in which she must investigate the disappearance of a young woman named Marta Labrada, lost in strange circumstances. Although everything indicates that Marta left the town on her own, Rosa goes further and discovers a dark secret that surrounds the small town of Muriás, where apparently nothing ever happens.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Spain
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [WandaVision](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wandavision/)
**Published:** October 31, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Blends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
**Content:**
Three weeks after the events of *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), Wanda Maximoff and Vision are living an idyllic suburban life in the town of Westview, New Jersey, trying to conceal their true natures. As their surroundings begin to move through different decades and they encounter various television tropes, the couple suspects that things are not as they seem.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Young Royals](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/young-royals/)
**Published:** January 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
**Content:**
When Prince Wilhelm arrives at the prestigious boarding school Hillerska he finally gets an opportunity to explore his true self and find out what kind of life he really wants. Wilhelm starts dreaming of a future filled with freedom and unconditional love far away from the royal obligations – but when he unexpectedly becomes next in line for the throne his dilemma is heightened as he has to make a choice. Love or duty.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance, School, Teen
**Nations:** Sweden
---
### [Warrior](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior/)
**Published:** March 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The lives of various parties living in San Francisco during the real life Tong Wars in the 1870s.
**Content:**
During the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
*Warrior* was canceled after season 2, along with all other Cinemax series. However it was picked up for a third season on HBOMax.
**TV Stations:** Cinemax, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [Undercover](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/undercover/)
**Published:** June 28, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two detectives go undercover, posing as a couple to get close to a crime boss and his wife, but things get complicated when the crime boss's wife falls for her new best friend.
**Content:**
When Belgian police find out that Ferry Bouman, the man behind a global ecstasy empire, is spending weekends with his wife at an unassuming campground, they send in undercover detectives Bob and Kim to pose as Peter and Anuk, a new couple renting their own weekend getaway across the lane from Ferry’s place.
Ferry’s lonely wife, Danielle, proves to be an easy target for Kim to befriend, but when Danielle’s feelings start to run deeper, Kim has to decide how far she’s willing to go for the investigation.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Belgium
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Um Himmels Willen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/um-himmels-willen/)
**Published:** January 1, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's nunsense as the mayor tries to take over the cloister and the nuns foil him.
**Content:**
A light hearted comedy about nuns who are constantly dodging attempts by the mayor to take over their cloister in order to create business opportunities for his party supporters.
**TV Stations:** Das Erste
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Family
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [The Umbrella Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-umbrella-academy/)
**Published:** July 31, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.
**Content:**
On October 1, 1989, 43 women around the world give birth simultaneously, despite none of them showing any sign of pregnancy until labor began. Seven of the children are adopted by eccentric billionaire Sir Reginald Hargreeves, and turned into a superhero team in what he calls “The Umbrella Academy”. Hargreeves gives the children numbers rather than names, but they eventually are named by their nanny robot-mother, Grace, as: Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Number Five (his only name), Ben, and Vanya. While putting six of his children to work fighting crime, Reginald keeps Vanya apart from her siblings’ activities, as she supposedly demonstrates no powers of her own. (Plot twist? She’s more powerful than anyone else.)
In the present day, Luther is a part ape who lived on the moon for four years, Allison is a famous actress, Vanya is a violinist, Klaus has a drug addiction, Ben, now deceased, is a ghost able to converse only with Klaus, and Diego has become a vigilante with a penchant for trouble. The estranged siblings learn that Reginald has died and gather for his funeral. Number Five returns from the future, chased by vigilantes, and reveals that a global apocalypse is imminent. Meanwhile, the reunited siblings try to uncover the secret of their dysfunctional family while beginning to come apart due to their divergent personalities and abilities.
Five warned his family (so, so many times) that using his powers to escape from Vanya’s 2019 apocalypse was risky. Well, he was right – the time jump scatters the siblings in time in and around Dallas, Texas. Over a three year period. Starting in 1960. Some, having been stuck in the past for years, have built lives and moved on, certain they’re the only ones who survived. Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which – spoiler alert! – turns out is a result of the group’s disruption of the timeline (déjà vu, anyone?). Now the Umbrella Academy had to find a way to reunite, figure out what caused doomsday, put a stop to it, and return to the present timeline to stop that *other* apocalypse. All while being hunted by a trio of ruthless Swedish assassins. But seriously, no pressure or anything.
It didn’t work out quite right as they jumped to the future and found they were all replaced by the Sparrow Academy.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Comic Book Inspired, Superhero show, Supernatural Drama
---
### [The Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-power/)
**Published:** April 21, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When girls and women everywhere develop the ability to produce electricity, the world as we know it is changed as woman fight the imbalance they were born into.
**Content:**
Suddenly, and without warning, all teenage girls in the world develop the power to produce electricity at will. It’s hereditary, it’s inbuilt, and it can’t be taken away from them. They rapidly learn they can awaken the Power in older women too. Soon enough nearly every woman in the world can do it. And then everything is changing.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Medium
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Religion
---
### [The Good Doctor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-doctor/)
**Published:** November 13, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An autistic doctor saves the world, one patient at a time.
**Content:**
Shaun Murphy, a young autistic surgeon who has savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join the surgical unit at the prestigious San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital — a move strongly supported by his mentor, Dr. Aaron Glassman. Having survived a troubled childhood, Shaun is alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him, but he finds his niche using his extraordinary medical skill and intuition to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
This is the kind of show I want to say is good, but it’s really just a paint by numbers/inspiration porn kind of show, where we feel better about watching someone with a disability be inspiring simply because they *have* a disability. It has some great actors who make it a good series and keep you interested, but the plot is predictable.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Full Monty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-full-monty/)
**Published:** November 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The original band of brothers as they navigate Sheffield and its crumbling healthcare, education and employment sectors, exploring the brighter, sillier and more humane way forward where communal effort can still triumph over adversity.
**Content:**
26 years after going the full monty, the gang are trying to navigate the changing times.
Gaz works as an orderly, lives in squalor, had a second marriage and divorce, and his daughter is just as much a delinquent as he is; Dave works as a school caretaker where his wife Jean is the head and their marriage is in trouble; Horse is desperately trying to claim his benefits; Lomper is married to Dennis and they run a café with a problematic name (Big Baps); Guy runs his own company; Horse struggles to get his benefits, and Gerald is retired.
**TV Stations:** Disney+, Hulu
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Skam France](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skam-france/)
**Published:** February 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow five french girls as they go to high-school. What could go wrong?
**Content:**
Skam France follows five french girls as they go to high-school.
**TV Stations:** France 4
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance, School, Teen
**Nations:** France
---
### [Slasher](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slasher/)
**Published:** June 5, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An anthology series featuring rampaging serial killers leaving carnage in their wake as their next victims fight to stay alive.
**Content:**
An anthology series with an overarching mystery storyline that will be resolved upon the season’s conclusion. Each season is centered on a masked killer with an unknown motive for killing their victims. The first season, retroactively subtitled *The Executioner*, was co-produced by Chiller and Super Channel, and centered on a mysterious figure billed as the Executioner who terrorizes the fictional town of Waterbury, Canada. The second season, subtitled *Guilty Party*, follows a group of former summer camp counselors who return to an isolated campground in order to retrieve the body of a murder they committed, before being targeted, one by one, by an unknown killer. The third season, *Solstice*, is centered on a group of neighbors who are targeted during the summer solstice period due to their complicity in not saving a murder victim who was killed one year earlier in front of their apartment complex.
**TV Stations:** Chiller, Netflix, Super Channel
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama, Horror
**Nations:** Canada
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Horror Anthology
---
### [Split](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/split/)
**Published:** December 2, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Anna has to rethink her sexuality when she falls in love with a woman.
**Content:**
On her latest set, thirty-year-old stunt double Anna falls in love with the actress she work with. Anna who thought herself happy with in her relationship see this new desire tumble everything down.
**TV Stations:** France.tv Slash
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Adult, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Star Trek: Prodigy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-prodigy/)
**Published:** October 28, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of teenagers steal a derelict Starfleet vessel and use it to explore the galaxy.
**Content:**
A motley crew of young aliens must figure out how to work together while navigating a greater galaxy, in search of a better future. These six young outcasts know nothing about the ship they have commandeered, but over the course of their adventures together, they will each be introduced to Starfleet and the ideals it represents.
The show moved to Netflix for season 2, after Paramount did some downsizing.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, Paramount+
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Raven's Home](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ravens-home/)
**Published:** July 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Though Raven Baxter is psychic, she never guessed that she would be a single mother living in an apartment with her twins, Nia and Booker Baxter, and her best friend Chelsea and her son Levi.
**Content:**
Now a divorced mother of two, Raven Baxter still catches glimpses of the future. She uses her power to help her be a better mother, a successful fashion designer and a good friend. She’s not the only member of her family who can see the future, though. Her son Booker has inherited the ability from her, using it to help him make sense of middle school and his new family life. Their visions sometimes collide, but they always figure things out together.
Also living in the Baxter house are Booker’s no-nonsense twin sister Nia and free-spirited Chelsea, Raven’s childhood best friend, who is the divorced mother of Levi, who is savvy and wise beyond his years. Raven and Chelsea work together to help raise their children.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Russian Doll](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/russian-doll/)
**Published:** February 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A cynical young woman in New York City keeps dying and returning to her 36th birthday party on that same evening. She tries to find a way out of this strange time loop.
**Content:**
Emmy-nominated actress Natasha Lyonne stars in this comedy-drama series as Nadia, a young woman who is trying to celebrate her 36th birthday party in New York City. But she gets caught in a mysterious time loop as she repeatedly starts her day in the bathroom at the party and dies some point after each time — only to immediately awaken in the bathroom unharmed as if nothing had happened.
She eventually meets a man named Alan who is experiencing exactly the same thing in a different event. The two of them work together to try to solve the mystery of the loop so they can move on with their lives.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Dark Comedy, Time Travel
---
### [Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-little-liars-original-sin/)
**Published:** August 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a brand-new set of Little Liars finds themselves tormented by an unknown assailant.
**Content:**
Twenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a brand-new set of Little Liars finds themselves tormented by an unknown assailant.
In September 2022, the series was renewed for a second season, retitled as *Pretty Little Liars: Summer School*.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Power Book II: Ghost](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/power-book-ii-ghost/)
**Published:** February 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The journey of some of Power's most controversial characters.
**Content:**
*Ghost* follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his desire to shed his father’s legacy comes up against the mounting pressure to save his family. Along the way, Tariq gets entangled in the affairs of the cutthroat Tejada family, adding further complications as he tries to balance his drug operations with his education, love life, family affairs, and mounting pressure from Cooper Saxe.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Orphan Black: Echoes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/orphan-black-echoes/)
**Published:** November 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** If you loved Orphan Black, you will love this spin-off! This show follows a few returning characters and adds in some compelling new ones. It continues the original show's exploration of the potential harm of cloning humans.
**Content:**
A spin-off to *Orphan Black*, this show takes place many years in the future and follows new main characters, but continues the exploration of cloning and its effect on society.
**TV Stations:** AMC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer, Gaybies, Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Canada
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Monarch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monarch/)
**Published:** March 18, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Romans have created a country music dynasty, but when their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicolette will stop at nothing to protect her family's legacy.
**Content:**
Dottie and Albie Roman lead a country music dynasty at the center of a multigenerational family drama. Daughter Nicky Roman does all she can to protect the dynasty’s reign in country music while ensuring her own stardom.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Musical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Las Pelotaris 1926](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-pelotaris-1926/)
**Published:** July 1, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Basque pelota was a men's sport... until it wasn't.
**Content:**
Basque pelota was a men’s sport… until it wasn’t. Chelo, Idoia and Itzi are pelota players who just want to win championships, 1920s social standards be damned! Although their main goal is to play their sport, all three of the girls get caught up in the seedy underbelly of gambling and sports betting.
**TV Stations:** ViX
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Fake Relationship, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** Mexico
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Life by Ella](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/life-by-ella/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story of a young middle-school girl as she takes a new outlook on life into a world that seems determined to break it down.
**Content:**
After a life-changing experience, 13-year-old Ella is eager to seize the day. As she learns to appreciate each moment, she faces the fears that once defined her—and encourages others to do the same.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Heartbreak High (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heartbreak-high-2022/)
**Published:** September 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.
**Content:**
An incendiary mural exposes everyone’s secret hook-ups at Hartley High. Its author, Amerie, has to grapple with the messy fallouts as a total outcast.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Australia
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Coroner](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coroner/)
**Published:** February 19, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A recently widowed coroner investigates unnatural, suspicious or sudden deaths in Toronto.
**Content:**
Dr. Jenny Cooper is a recently widowed coroner investigates unnatural, suspicious or sudden deaths in Toronto. She visits different areas of the city and experiences the diversity of Toronto. She taps into her heart and intellect as she solves cases with the help of homicide detective Donovan McAvoy, pathologist Dr. Dwayne Allen and his assistant River Baitz, and Alison Trent, Jenny’s assistant. All while doing her day job, Jenny deals with clinical anxiety, a teenage son named Ross, and working toward a prospective relationship.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Gaybies, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Police
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Canadian Drama, Medical Drama
---
### [Big Mouth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-mouth/)
**Published:** October 14, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An adult-animated comedy series about teenage friends who find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty.
**Content:**
An adult-animated comedy series about teenage friends who find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty. Even though it has a lot of adolescent boy humor, it also has clever feminist content and bluntly accurate sex education.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Religion
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Beacon 23](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/beacon-23/)
**Published:** January 2, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships.
**Content:**
Aster and Halan’s fates become entangled after they find themselves trapped together at the end of the known universe. Aster mysteriously finds her way to a lonely beacon keeper, on his lighthouse in the darkest recesses of space. A tense battle of wills unfolds as Halan begins to question whether Aster is friend or foe as her ability to disguise her agenda and motives could make her a formidable opponent
**TV Stations:** MGM+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Bang Bang Baby](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bang-bang-baby/)
**Published:** May 23, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Alice is a teenage girl who finds herself involved in the Milan's criminal underbelly for the love of her father. To cope, Alice will use her imagination, influenced by music, TV and pop culture of her time: the 80s.
**Content:**
Alice is sixteen years old and lives in a small town in Northern Italy. Her teenage life changes abruptly upon discovering her father, whom she believed dead, is still alive. For Alice, it is the beginning of a descent into hell. Out of love for her father, she dives headfirst into the dangerous mob world and becomes seduced by the charm that comes with crime.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Sex Workers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Biography, Crime, Period Piece
**Nations:** Italy
---
### [Murdoch Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/murdoch-mysteries/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Toronto at the turn of the 20th century needed a lot more cops who understood what the heck fingerprints are.
**Content:**
The series takes place in Toronto starting in 1895 and follows Detective William Murdoch of the Toronto Constabulary, who solves many of his cases using methods of detection that were unusual at the time. These methods include fingerprinting (referred to as “finger marks” in the series), blood testing, surveillance, and trace evidence.
Assisted by coroner Dr. Julia Ogden, Constable George Crabtree, and his somewhat doubtful superior, Inspector Brackenreid. At times, everyone finds Murdoch’s methods – and claims – somewhat astounding.
The show is incredibly irreverent and fun.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Literary Inspired, Outed, Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Period Piece, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Mystery, Period Drama
---
### [Velma](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/velma/)
**Published:** January 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The origin of the sleuth and member of the Mystery Inc. gang, Velma.
**Content:**
The series serves as an origin story for Mystery Inc., pitched as a “love quadrangle” between them. It primarily focuses on Velma Dinkley as she tries to solve a mystery regarding the disappearance of her mother, as well as the numerous murders of local teenage girls.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [Dead Boy Detectives](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-boy-detectives/)
**Published:** May 7, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Edwin and Charles are ghosts and take on cases to help other ghosts move on to their afterlife, while themselves running from both Death and their own trauma.
**Content:**
Edwin and Charles are ghosts and take on cases to help other ghosts move on to their afterlife, while themselves are running from both Death and their own trauma.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [De Volta aos 15](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/de-volta-aos-15/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** 30-year-old Anita has never fit in but, on a trip back home for her sister's wedding, her frustration comes to a boil. She believes that, if she was 15 years old again, she would do things differently. Her wish is her 2008-era computer's demand... she becomes 15 again!
**Content:**
Anita’s life isn’t going as planned so, while on a trip back to her hometown, she wishes she could get a do-over. What could go wrong?
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, School, Teen
**Nations:** Brazil
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Some Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/some-girls/)
**Published:** August 13, 2024
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** A group of 16-year-old British school girls get in all types of trouble revolving around school, sex, and relationships.
**Content:**
A group of 16-year-old British school girls get in all types of trouble revolving around school, sex, and relationships.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, School, Teen
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [Hospital Central](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hospital-central/)
**Published:** September 5, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Watch the work and lives of doctors and nurses in a Spanish hospital.
**Content:**
Hospital Central is a Spanish television series that follows the professional and personal lives of the staff of the fictitious Hospital Central in Madrid.
The love story of Maca and Esther was convoluted at best, mostly because each actress got pregnant. Maca’s had her written out for a couple months, while Esther’s two turned into plot points. They got together, broke up, and in the end Maca overcame her fear of flying and ran off to Buenos Aries to be with Esther and the kids.
**TV Stations:** Telecinco
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Renegade Nell](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/renegade-nell/)
**Published:** April 13, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Renegade Nell follows a woman in 1700s England who is just trying to live her non-traditional life in peace!
**Content:**
Renegade Nell follows a woman in 1700s England who is just trying to live her non-traditional life in peace! However, she’s a magnet for fights with men and, when she mysteriously inherits super strength during fights, she finds herself in even more trouble and falsely accused on murder.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Fantasy, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Clone High](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clone-high-2023/)
**Published:** June 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Historical figures who have been cloned and placed back in high school, including Abraham Lincoln, Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, John F. Kennedy and more, as they face the trials of normal teenage life.
**Content:**
A continuation of the original show.
Clone High is set in a high school in the fictional town of Exclamation, USA, that is secretly being run as an elaborate military experiment orchestrated by a government office called the Secret Board of Shadowy Figures. The school is entirely populated by the clones of famous historical figures that were created in the 1980s and raised with the intent of having their various strengths and abilities harnessed by the United States military.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Outer Range](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/outer-range/)
**Published:** May 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A rancher fighting for his land and family discovers an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming's wilderness.
**Content:**
Royal Abbott is a Wyoming rancher, fighting for his land and family, who discovers a mysterious black void in the pasture, following the arrival of Autumn, a drifter with a connection to Abbott’s ranch. While the Abbott family copes with the disappearance of their daughter-in-law Rebecca, they are pushed further to the brink when a rival family, the Tillersons, try to take over their land.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Under the Bridge](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/under-the-bridge/)
**Published:** June 28, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A fictional retelling of Rebecca Godfrey's book about fourteen years old Reena Virk's murder in 1997.
**Content:**
Through the eyes of writer Rebecca Godfrey and a local police officer Cam Bentland, the series takes us into the hidden world of Reena Virk and the group of girls involved in her murder in 1997.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Biography, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Servir y Proteger](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/servir-y-proteger/)
**Published:** January 1, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** The daily routine of a CNP police station on Madrid.
**Content:**
The series is about the day to day of a police station in a neighborhood south of Madrid. The cases investigated by police officers are less serious offenses, although they have a great impact on the lives of those affected: small conflicts of a social nature, with immigrants, evictions, or violence against women. With the police station as the center of the plot, it’s showing the characters, their problems, anxieties, hopes and joys.
Fresh off the Academy, talented rookie officer Alicia joins the police station in Distrito Sur. While she learns the ropes from veteran detective Miralles and streetwise agent Batista, she will try to find out the truth about her mother’s death.
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Happy Ending, In Prison, Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Crime, Police, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [We Are Lady Parts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-are-lady-parts/)
**Published:** May 23, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** An anarchic and irreverent music comedy following a Muslim female punk band - called Lady Parts.
**Content:**
WE ARE LADY PARTS shows the highs and lows of the band – Lady Parts – as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussain – a geeky microbiology PhD student, who’s on the lookout for love and is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist. Lady Parts’ fierce and enigmatic frontwoman Saira sees something in Amina. However, the other members – taxi-driving drummer Ayesha, cartoon-drawing bassist and backing vocalist Bisma and the band’s wheeler-dealer band manager Momtaz – are not convinced she is right for their band. Amina has never met girls like this before, and she’s soon swept up in their joyful, anarchic energy and punk spirit. But she becomes torn and caught up between two different worlds – that of her more strait-laced university friends led by her bestie Noor and the world of Lady Parts. Will she be the key to the band’s success? And – will she finally find a husband?
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Musical
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric, Religion
---
### [Fairfax](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fairfax/)
**Published:** June 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Animated series centering on four middle school friends on their quest for fame on L.A.'s Fairfax Avenue.
**Content:**
Four middle school best friends embark on a never-ending quest for popularity on Fairfax Avenue – Los Angeles’ pulsing heart of hypebeast culture.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dark Season](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dark-season/)
**Published:** June 26, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three children investigate strange goings-on in their school and protect it from such threats as a computer scientist with dreams of world domination and a mysterious group of archaeologists hoping to bring about the end of the century.
**Content:**
Third year secondary school girl Marcie and her two fifth year friends Tom and Reet becoming suspicious of the sinister Mr Eldritch, whose computer company arrives at the school and distributes free computers to all the pupils.
With the reluctant help of their teacher Miss Maitland they apparently defeat the threat of Eldritch, who disappears. However, the second three episodes tell of the actions of Miss Pendragon, who works for Eldritch and is attempting to revive the massive, secret Behemoth computer from its long-hidden location beneath the school.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Baby Reindeer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/baby-reindeer/)
**Published:** June 25, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story follows writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with a female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma.
**Content:**
Aspiring comedian Donny Dunn works as a bartender in a London pub. He offers a cup of tea to a customer, Martha, to cheer her up. Martha develops an attachment to Donny and begins to stalk him both in person and online. Years earlier, Donny is being mentored by TV writer Darrien O’Connor, who supplies him with drugs. The latter repeatedly sexually assaults and rapes Donny during drug-induced blackouts, until they break off contact. In the present, Donny reports Martha to the police for stalking, violence and threatening his parents. She is arrested and spends nine months in prison. Darrien and Donny meet again. Darrien suggests a renewal of their collaboration. Donny reluctantly agrees.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queerbashing
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Daisy Jones and the Six](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daisy-jones-and-the-six/)
**Published:** June 19, 2024
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** This show follows the story of Daisy, an aspiring musician, and The Six, a band trying to make it in LA.
**Content:**
This show follows the story of Daisy, an aspiring musician, and The Six, a band trying to make it in LA. As expected, the interpersonal relationships between the band members inspire much 70s-inspired drama.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Musical, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Black Mirror](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-mirror/)
**Published:** October 22, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
**Content:**
Featuring stand-alone dramas — sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia — “Black Mirror” is a contemporary reworking of “The Twilight Zone” with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world. Each story features its own cast of unique characters, actors, and directors.
While this show buried their gays, they actually have a happy ending in the afterlife.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4, Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Anthology Series
---
### [Abbott Elementary](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/abbott-elementary/)
**Published:** June 7, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A workplace comedy centered around a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
**Content:**
A group of dedicated, passionate teachers—and a slightly tone-deaf principal—are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where they are determined to help their students succeed in life.
Though these incredible public servants are outnumbered and underfunded, they love what they do and fight the odds stacked up against them—like the school district’s less-than-stellar attitude toward educating children—to give the students the best school life they can offer.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary
**Nations:** USA
---
### [All American: Homecoming](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-american-homecoming/)
**Published:** April 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young tennis hopeful from Beverly Hills and an elite baseball player from Chicag contend with the high stakes of college sports.
**Content:**
In this spin-off from *All American*, Simone Hicks leaves behind her boyfriend Jordan in Los Angeles and attends Bringston University, a historically black college in Atlanta, Georgia where she decides to pursue her dreams of being a pro tennis player. Also attending the school is Damon Sims, a fellow freshman who is navigating the college scene to pursue his dream of playing baseball for the university after rejecting an MLB draft to continue to play baseball for Bringston under the guidance of his coach, Marcus Turner. Also included is Amara Patterson, Simone’s aunt, who teaches journalism at Bringston.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sports
**Nations:** USA
---
### [X-Men: The Animated Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/x-men-the-animated-series/)
**Published:** May 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.
**Content:**
A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.
The series deals with social issues, including divorce, Christianity, the Holocaust, AIDS hysteria, and loneliness.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Ici tout Commence](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ici-tout-commence/)
**Published:** December 5, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** The history of a dynasty of chefs and the life of a school that will train future big names in gastronomy.
**Content:**
The story takes place in the prestigious Auguste Armand gastronomic institute, in the Camargue. The plot revolves around the students of the institute, as well as the professors and staff, and deals with the tough competition of the school, each other’s problems, lives and relationships.
**TV Stations:** TF1
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** France
---
### [I Bastardi Di Pizzofalcone](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-bastardi-di-pizzofalcone/)
**Published:** January 28, 2018
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A corrupt police department has to recover.
**Content:**
The police station in Pizzofalcone is in disarray after four agents were arrested, involved in drug trafficking. Their replacements have to fight an uphill battle.
The new assistant chief is Luigi Palma, forty years old with a jovial temperament, a quiet divorce behind him and an exclusive interest in work. Giuseppe Lojacono, unjustly dismissed from Sicily, is the most brilliant of the inspectors even if his family condition is depressing. Francesco Romano and the young agent Alessandra Di Nardo have been transferred because of their too rough ways: the first because of his because of violence, the second for her over familiarity with weapons. Only Marco Aragona is given the chance to stay.
Of the old team of Pizzofalcone, only the elderly Giorgio Pisanelli and the forty-year-old Ottavia Calabrese survived, each with serious family problems: a group united by the fact that they had nothing left to lose.
**TV Stations:** Rai 1
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Italy
---
### [Vida](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vida/)
**Published:** May 6, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A series about two Mexican-American sisters written entirely by a group of Latina writers, half of whom are queer.
**Content:**
Two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other and their family. Emma has thrown herself into her career in Chicago, while Lyn has floated around between men. Neither have had a guiding force in their lives for years, and neither has talked to their mother, Vidalia, in years.
When Vida dies (from a cancer they didn’t even know she had), the sisters return to their old neighbourhood intending to set things up and leave. Instead they find that the past wasn’t everything they thought it was. Vida was married, for example, to the bartender Eddy. A woman. This is particularly galling to Emma, who had been sent away from the family for being gay.
While Emma plans to sell the bar, and Lyn falls back into old patterns with her high school boyfriend, they both find out the family they left behind was more meaningful than they’d thought. Have they finally found the place where they need to be, with the people they needed all along?
This show is absolutely powerful and amazing. Unapologetically Spanglish, they touch on the Latinx queer community in a way no other show has.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queerbashing, Secret Spouse
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
---
### [The Other Black Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-other-black-girl/)
**Published:** September 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only Black girl at her company, so she's excited when Hazel is hired; but as Hazel's star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
**Content:**
***The Other Black Girl*** is an American comedy-drama mystery thriller television series based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
Nella Rogers is an editorial assistant at Wagner Books, a successful publishing house located in New York City. She often feels lonely, undervalued, and marginalized as a result of being the only Black woman working for the company. Nella is excited when Wagner hires Hazel-May McCall, another Black woman, and the two quickly bond and become friends. Shortly thereafter, Nella receives a mysterious message instructing her to leave Wagner Books. Cracks form in Nella and Hazel’s friendship after Hazel’s advice gets Nella in trouble with her boss and Wagner’s employees begin showing favoritism towards Hazel. This makes Nella question whether Hazel is purposely sabotaging her in order to advance herself.
Eventually, with the help of her boyfriend Owen and queer best friend Malaika, Nella begins uncovering Wagner’s dark history and sinister secrets.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama, Black Horror, Black Sci Fi, Black Thriller
---
### [The Conners](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-conners/)
**Published:** November 20, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A follow-up to the comedy series Roseanne (1988), centering on the family members of the matriarch after her sudden death.
**Content:**
After [*Roseanne*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/roseanne/) was canceled, they decided to do a spin-off without Roseanne.
After a sudden turn of events, the Conner family is forced to face the daily struggles of life in a way they never have before. This iconic family, Dan, Jackie, Darlene, Becky and D.J., demonstrates that laughter, conversation and love can overcome anything. The family grapples with issues including parenting, dating, an unexpected pregnancy, financial pressures, aging, and in-laws. Through it all, the fights, the coupon cutting, the hand-me-downs, the breakdowns — with love, humor and perseverance, the family prevails.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sequel, US Sitcom
---
### [Not Dead Yet](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/not-dead-yet/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Nell Serrano, broke, newly single and feeling old, who is working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. And some dead people come along for the ride.
**Content:**
Nell Serrano is an accident-prone American newspaper reporter who left her last job five years ago to move to the United Kingdom with a lover. She returns to the US when the relationship ends and tries to resume her journalism career as a newly single woman.
Serrano is assigned to write obituaries by her new employer, and begins to encounter ghosts of the people whose obituaries she is writing, whom only she can see and hear. The ghosts begin to have conversations with Serrano, and offer her advice on how to rebuild her life while also helping her write their obituaries by telling her their stories.
The ghosts then disappear after their obituaries are published.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [X-Men '97](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/x-men-97/)
**Published:** May 3, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them; they're challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
**Content:**
*X-Men ’97* continues the story of *X-Men: The Animated Series* (1992–1997). In both series, mutants are people born with superhuman abilities that generally manifest during puberty. The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes founded by Professor Charles Xavier to protect mutants and humans alike.
At the end of The Animated Series, Xavier nearly dies in an assassination attempt and is taken to space to be healed by the alien Shi’ar Empire. X-Men ’97 begins a year later and sees the X-Men facing new challenges without Xavier, under the leadership of their former adversary Magneto. As with the original series, X-Men ’97 combines action, soap opera-style drama, and exploration of serious topics.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Verbotene Liebe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/verbotene-liebe/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** The titular "Forbidden Love" was about twins separated at birth. It didn't get much better.
**Content:**
Initially based on original story and character outlines from the Australian soap opera *Sons and Daughters*, it evolved into a show of its own as the series progressed.
The show originally focused on two core families: the wealthy Anstetten family and the middle-class Brandner family. More specifically, it dealt with the story of Jan Brandner and Julia von Anstetten, two strangers whose fascination for each other leads them to fall in love, neither of them cognizant of the fact that they are twins separated by their parents. It is this story of forbidden love that gave the series its title.
**TV Stations:** Das Erste
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Ghosts (US)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosts-us/)
**Published:** October 21, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young couple's dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it's both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents.
**Content:**
*Ghosts* is adapted from the UK show of the same name.
Married New Yorkers Samantha and Jay Arondekar believe that their dreams have come true when they inherit a beautiful country house from Sophie Woodstone, a distant relative of Sam’s, only to find that it is falling apart and inhabited by ghosts who died on the mansion’s grounds and are now bound to the area until they can reach the afterlife. Jay cannot see or hear the ghosts, but Samantha can, after having a near-death experience.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Run the Burbs](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/run-the-burbs/)
**Published:** January 29, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young, bold Canadian family taking a different approach to living life to the fullest in the suburbs.
**Content:**
The Pham family live in a tightly-knit suburb in Toronto. Bolstering a diverse cast with quick, sharp dialogue, this show features a lot of laughs and heart, fun for the whole family.
**TV Stations:** CBC, CBC Gem
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Canada
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [So Help Me Todd](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/so-help-me-todd/)
**Published:** September 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A talented P.I. agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his mother, who is reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
**Content:**
A talented but directionless private investigator begrudgingly agrees to work at his overbearing mother’s law firm.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [NCIS: Hawai'i](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-hawaii/)
**Published:** September 24, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow a team of Naval criminal investigators who operate on the Hawaiian islands.
**Content:**
Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor Jane Tennant, who, with her unwavering team of specialists, balances duty, family and country, while investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the sun-drenched island paradise itself.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [ARK: The Animated Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ark-the-animated-series/)
**Published:** March 21, 2024
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** In a mysterious primeval land populated by dinosaurs and other extinct creatures, people from throughout human history have been resurrected.
**Content:**
Helena Walker is an Australian paleontologist on the 21st century Earth, becomes a grieving widow after the death of her wife, Victoria. One night, after drowning her sorrows in pills and wine, she wakes up suddenly to find herself in the middle of a vast ocean. Escaping from a large, charging shark, she soon washes up ashore on a strange island. Once there, she befriends a wild Dodo, only to discover it was being hunted by a Human male tribe hunter named Bob. After discovering the two arrived to this world in the same manner, Bob teaches Helena the way of survival.
With this strange new world filled with dinosaurs, strange technology, and warring tribes, Helena will do what it takes to survive and hopefully find a way to return to her world.
The series is based on the 2015 action-survival video game “ARK.”
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [Star Trek: Lower Decks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-lower-decks/)
**Published:** August 26, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Life on the least important ship in Starfleet is the most fun in the galaxy.
**Content:**
An original animated comedy series, focuses on the support crew serving on one of Starfleet’s least important ships, the *U.S.S. Cerritos*, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies, as they deal with changes in group dynamics, chasing promotions, and tons of sci-fi missions.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Black Cake](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-cake/)
**Published:** April 5, 2024
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Black Cake tells the story of an island girl who has to leave her past life and assume a new identity after a murder rocks her town.
**Content:**
Adapted from a novel with the same name, this show tells the dramatic and twisting story of Coventina Lyncook, who is forced to make a run from her home island after the man she was supposed to marry is murdered.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Immigrants, PoC-Centric
---
### [Rojst ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rojst/)
**Published:** June 3, 2022
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** In an early-'80s Polish town, a prostitute and a youth leader are found killed, but the police's handling of the case makes two journalists suspicious.
**Content:**
In an early-’80s Polish town, a prostitute and a youth leader are found killed, but the police’s handling of the case makes two journalists suspicious.
Each season covers a different case, the second season being called “Rojst ’97”.
*The show is called “The Mire” in English.*
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Poland
---
### [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hightown/)
**Published:** May 10, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Set in the world of beautiful but bleak Cape Cod, "Hightown" follows one woman's journey to sobriety overshadowed by a murder investigation dragging her into its fold.
**Content:**
Set in beautiful but bleak Cape Cod, “Hightown” follows one woman’s journey to sobriety, overshadowed by an unfolding murder investigation. Jackie Quiñones, a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent, has her free-wheeling life thrown into disarray when she discovers a body on the beach – another casualty of the opioid epidemic. To deal with the trauma, Jackie takes the first steps toward sobriety— until she becomes convinced it’s up to her to solve the murder. Now at odds with sergeant Ray Abruzzo, an abrasive but effective member of the Cape Cod Interagency Narcotics Unit, Jackie starts to spiral. And she’s not alone – Ray himself crosses more lines than he can count in the name of the investigation. The two of them, along with everyone else connected to the murder, all circle each other, and as their lives crash together, we’re reminded just how complicated – and deadly – our addictions can be.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Everything Now](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-now/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Mia is a 16-year-old girl from London who rejoins sixth form after a hospital stay due to anorexia nervosa.
**Content:**
When 16-year old Mia returns home after a lengthy recovery from an eating disorder, she is thrust back into the chaotic world of sixth form only to find that her friends have moved on with teen life without her. Along with an ever-evolving bucket list, three best mates and a major new crush, Mia throws herself headfirst into a world of dating, parties and first kisses, soon discovering that not everything in life can be planned for.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [As Five](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/as-five/)
**Published:** November 12, 2020
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** As Five is a spin-off of the 25th season of the Brazilian teen drama, Malhação. It follows the five main girls from the season titled "Viva A Diferença" and uncovers what their lives look like now that they are in their 20s.
**Content:**
*As Five* (aka “We Are Five”) is a spin-off of the 25th season of the Brazilian teen drama, *Malhação*. It follows the five main girls from the season titled “Viva A Diferença” and uncovers what their lives look like now that they are in their 20s.
The women all meet up again at the funeral of Tina’s mother. They have lost touch but are determined to be there for Tina during her time of need.
**TV Stations:** TV Globo (Rede Globo)
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Brazil
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sanctuary-a-witchs-tale/)
**Published:** April 5, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In modern times, Sarah Fenn practises her witchcraft in Sanctuary in peace until the death of a local boy sends everyone in a frenzy.
**Content:**
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale is set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real. For hundreds of years, witches have lived peacefully in the idyllic town of santuary until the suspicious death of a boy makes everyone suddenly suspicious of Sarah Fenn’s family, the local witch.
**TV Stations:** AMC+, Sundance Now
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Death and Other Details](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/death-and-other-details/)
**Published:** April 1, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Detective Rufus Cotesworth and his protégé, Imogene, dig for the truth on a Mediterranean ocean liner where everyone is hiding something.
**Content:**
Rufus Cotesworth finds himself on a luxury cruise liner when a locked-room-murder takes place. It’s up to him and his protégé, Imogene, to find the truth.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Carmilla](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/)
**Published:** May 8, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Small town girl Laura Hollis moved out to go to Silas University. When her missing roommate is replaced without explanation, Laura vows to find out what is happening.
**Content:**
A vlogging freshman investigates her missing roommate, which has nothing to do with her new roommate. A vampire. Well. It kind of does. It has to do with her vampire roommate’s mother. And giant brain-sucking monsters. And all sorts of weird things.
The show is incredibly gay and ironic. It’s only has three seasons, but the gif sets were heard ’round the world. They didn’t kill any queer characters, though they did turn one into a vampire.
The series is based on the book *Carmilla*, which is indeed the first vampire story ever, it takes place in Styria at Silas University. The plot gets really weird and complicated with a lot weird twists and turns. For example, the library comes to life and is put in the body of a former frat boy.
After three seasons, the show ended on a positive, happy-ending note. And then they made [*The Carmilla Movie*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/).
**TV Stations:** KindaTV
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Happy Ending, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Slow Burn
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, School, Supernatural
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** School Comedy, School Drama, Supernatural Drama, Webseries
---
### [Atypical](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/atypical/)
**Published:** September 12, 2018
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** When a teen on the autism spectrum decides to get a girlfriend, his bid for more independence puts his whole family on a path of self-discovery.
**Content:**
Sam, a teenager on the autism spectrum, has decided he is ready for romance. In order to start dating — and hopefully find love — Sam will need to be more independent, which also sends his mother on her own life-changing path. She and the rest of Sam’s family, including a scrappy sister and a father seeking a better understanding of his son, must adjust to change and explore what it means to be “normal.”
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
**Tagged:** Family Drama, Teen Comedy, Teen Drama
---
### [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vagrant-queen/)
**Published:** March 27, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** The last of a royal bloodline may not be the last after all. But will she survive to find out?
**Content:**
Elida grows from child queen to orphaned outcast, surviving by scavenging from the treacherous corners of the galaxy, always one step ahead of the republic government out to extinguish her bloodline. When her old friend Isaac shows up claiming her mother Xevelyn is still alive, they head off with their new ally Amae to stage a rescue that will take her back into the perilous heart of her former kingdom and up against a deadly foe from her childhood, Commander Lazaro.
After being shuffled off to late night airings, the show was canceled after one season.
**TV Stations:** SyFy
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Slow Burn, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi comedy, Space Comedy
---
### [Warrior Nun](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/warrior-nun/)
**Published:** July 4, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A 19-year-old paraplegic becomes the latest in the line of chosen warrior nuns. And all hell breaks loose.
**Content:**
Inspired by the Manga novels, *Warrior Nun* revolves around a 19 year-old woman who wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama, Supernatural Drama
---
### [Amar a muerte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-a-muerte/)
**Published:** January 12, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A tycoon's soul is reincarnated in the body of the hitman and, in turn, a killer's soul ends up in the body of a professor of anthropology.
**Content:**
The series is a complex story of destinies that intersect when a media mogul is assassinated on their wedding day, at the same time that a murderer in the United States is executed in the electric chair. The tycoon’s soul is ‘transmigrated’ into the body of the hitman and, in turn, the killer’s soul ends up in the body of a professor of anthropology. Now, both men will not only have to deal with a new body, but also adapt to a new spirit.
The media mogul’s daughter, Valentina, randomly meets Juliana, the daughter of the hitman who is on the run from the cartel her father was working for. The two of them hit it off and become fast friends. Their friendship organically evolves into more than that over the span of the series.
**TV Stations:** Univision
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Happy Ending, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Telenovela
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Batwoman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/batwoman/)
**Published:** October 6, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** The caped crusader of Gotham takes on the mantle of Batwoman to protect her city.
**Content:**
Three years after billionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego Batman disappeared, his cousin Kate Kane sets out to overcome her demons by protecting the streets of Gotham City as Batwoman and becoming a symbol of hope.
Kate Kane never planned to be Gotham’s new vigilante. Armed with a passion for justice and a flair for speaking her mind, she soars through the shadowed streets of Gotham as Batwoman. In a city desperate for a savior, she must first overcome her own demons before becoming Gotham’s superhero.
After Kate goes missing, Ryan Wilder picks up the cowl, determined to make Gotham better.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Fake Relationship, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Outed, Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Comic Book Inspired
---
### [Quantum Leap (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/quantum-leap-2022/)
**Published:** September 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A 'reboot' of the original where a new leaper is traveling through time, righting wrongs.
**Content:**
It’s been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it. At Ben’s side throughout his leaps is Addison, who appears in the form of a hologram only Ben can see and hear. She’s a decorated Army veteran who brings level-headed precision to her job.
At the helm of the highly confidential operation is Herbert “Magic” Williams, a no-nonsense career military man who has to answer to his bosses who won’t be happy once they learn about the breach of protocol. The rest of the team at headquarters includes Ian Wright, who runs the Artificial Intelligence unit “Ziggy,” and Jenn Chou, who heads up digital security for the project.
As Ben leaps from life to life, putting right what once went wrong, it becomes clear that he and the team are on a thrilling journey. However, Addison, Magic, Ian and Jenn know that if they are going to solve the mystery of Ben’s leap and bring him home, they must act fast or lose him forever.
The series was canceled after two seasons, ending with Ben still leaping, only now Addison leaps with him.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Stupid Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stupid-wife/)
**Published:** September 17, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** One day, Luiza wakes up and her worst nightmare has come true: she is married to Valentina (her enemy from law school) and they have a young son.
**Content:**
A Brazilian web series based on fan fiction, the story follows Valentina and Luiza. Valentina and Luiza met in law school but never got along due to different personalities and world views. One day, Luiza wakes up and her worst nightmare has come true: she is married to Valentina and they have a young son.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Gaybies, Happy Ending, Slow Burn
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Brazil
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Big Nate](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-nate/)
**Published:** May 23, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the adventures of titular protagonist, alongside his friends, in sixth grade.
**Content:**
The adventures and misadventures of Nate Wright, a semi-incompetent, spirited, and rebellious sixth-grader.
His friend group includes Francis, Teddy, Chad, and Dee Dee. Nate hates social studies teacher Mrs. Godfrey, whom he considers his nemesis and calls her names like “the school’s Godzilla”, and tends to run afoul of her, the firm Principal Nichols, and the ageing science teacher Mr. Galvin. At home, Nate lives with his single father Martin and girly older sister Ellen.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Black-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/black-ish/)
**Published:** May 5, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** A black father struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
**Content:**
A realistic sitcom, centering around an upper-middle-class black family in LA.
Dre Johnson has it all: a great job, a beautiful wife, Rainbow, four kids and a big home in a classy neighborhood, but as a black man, he begins to question whether all his success has brought too much cultural assimilation for his family. With the help of his father, Dre begins to try to create a sense of ethnic identity for the members of his family that will allow them to honor their background while preparing them to embrace the future.
There’s a spinoff of the eldest daughter in college, called [*Grown-ish*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/) and another about Rainbow’s life growing up called *Mixed-ish*.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Comedy, Sitcom
---
### [The Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-walking-dead/)
**Published:** March 15, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Can lesbians survive a zombie apocalypse? (Signs point to no...)
**Content:**
Based on the comic book series written by Robert Kirkman, this gritty drama portrays life in the weeks and months following a zombie apocalypse.
The show also kills of a higher percentage of queers than any other show around.
**TV Stations:** AMC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [A Million Little Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-million-little-things/)
**Published:** February 19, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** A group of friends becomes motivated to live fuller lives after the unexpected death of a close friend.
**Content:**
It has been said that friendship isn’t one big thing, it’s a million little things. That is certainly true for a group of friends from Boston who bonded under unexpected circumstances. Some have achieved success, others are struggling in their careers and relationships, but all of them feel stuck in life. After one dies of suicide unexpectedly, it’s just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living. Along the way, they discover that friends may be the one thing that can save them from themselves.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
---
### [A Discovery of Witches](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-discovery-of-witches/)
**Published:** September 21, 2018
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Vampires, daemons, witches and forbidden love. Sounds like fun!
**Content:**
Diana Bishop, historian and witch, stumbles across the magical document Ashmole 782 at the Bodleian Libraries and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he’s a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.
But we don’t care about that, as much as Diana’s gay aunts. I mean, really. Alex Kingston as a lesbian?
**TV Stations:** Sky 1
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Romance
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Swarm](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/swarm/)
**Published:** March 24, 2024
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Swarm is a satire of the fandom world that we live in. What happens when a fan's love of a pop star goes too far?
**Content:**
Swarm is a satirical horror comedy about what happens when a fan’s love for a pop star goes wrong. This show takes you into the head of Dre, a Ni’Jah superfan, who also struggles with her own past and familial relationships. She starts killing anyone who wrongs her or her favorite superstar.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gal Pals, Happiness then Tragedy, Unrequited
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Horror, Satire
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
---
### [Arrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/arrow/)
**Published:** October 3, 2014
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After 5 years presumed dead, spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns home a changed man determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
**Content:**
*Arrow* is about billionaire playboy Oliver Queen becoming Arrow the vigilante hero. He has no superpowers, but he is skilled in archery and fighting. Oliver learned his fighting skills while spending five years shipwrecked on Lian Yu, a mysterious island in the North China Sea, before returning home to Starling City
One of his girlfriends is Sara Lance (Canary) was also on the shipwreck and was rescued by Nyssa al Ghul to the island Nanda Parbat. There, Nyssa’s father Ra’s al Ghul trained her to become a super-secret assassin. Sara joined the League of Assasins and she and Nyssa became a couple.
Eventually, she ran off, joined Team Arrow and all was well until Nyssa went to bring her back to Nanda Parbat. When Nyssa finds her they kiss and that is how we find out Sara Lance is bisexual.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Arrowverse, Comic Book Inspired, Superhero show
---
### [Beef](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/beef/)
**Published:** March 18, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two people let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
**Content:**
Two strangers meet in a parking lot and start a deadly feud that affects their families and themselves.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Bob Hearts Abishola](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bob-hearts-abishola/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An American guy falls in love with his Nigerian nurse.
**Content:**
Also stylized as **BOB ❤️ ABISHOLA**, Bob Wheeler runs his family’s successful, highly-competitive sock company in Detroit with his mother Dottie and his younger twin siblings, Christina and Douglas. When the stress of the job lands Bob in Woodward Memorial Hospital, due to a mild heart attack, he is immediately drawn to Abishola Adebambo, his kind, hardworking Nigerian nurse. Despite their differences, Bob falls in love with Abishola and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Immigrants
---
### [Erinsborough High](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/erinsborough-high/)
**Published:** March 7, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What goes on behind the school gates of Erinsborough High during exam period, with the disappearance of one of the Year Twelve students sparking a number of revelations.
**Content:**
The series takes place during the Year 12 exam period, and explores issues that affect teenagers at school, including bullying, sexuality, parental and peer pressure, and teacher-student relationships. The episodes also focus on the revelations caused by the disappearance of a popular student.
**TV Stations:** 10 Play, My5
**Tropes:** Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, School
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [The Loud House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-loud-house/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Lincoln Loud is an eleven-year-old boy who lives with ten sisters. With the help of his right-hand man Clyde, Lincoln finds new ways to survive in such a large family every day.
**Content:**
Things are crowded in the Loud household, with 11 children — 10 girls and one boy — causing craziness in the house. As the only boy, 11-year-old Lincoln is in the middle of all of the chaos. Whether his sisters are giving him unwanted makeovers or he’s racing them to the couch to gain control of the TV, Lincoln is often getting involved in antics with his siblings. Lincoln’s best friend Clyde, who happens to be an only child, is jealous of Lincoln’s large family and is always willing to play his part in the schemes. Clyde has a crush on Lori, Lincoln’s oldest sister and self-proclaimed boss, who is dating Bobby, who holds many jobs — including lifeguard and mall security guard — even though he’s not very smart.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Tracker](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tracker/)
**Published:** February 17, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Colter Shaw travels the country in his old-school RV, helping police and private citizens solve crimes and locate missing persons--until his latest case changes everything.
**Content:**
Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist, roams the country as a reward seeker, using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Handmaid’s Tale](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-handmaids-tale/)
**Published:** January 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A dystopian drama web series created by Bruce Miller, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 seminal dystopian feminist novel of the same name.
**Content:**
*The Handmaid’s Tale* is an American dystopian drama web television series created by Bruce Miller, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 seminal dystopian feminist novel of the same name.
In the near future, fertility rates collapse as a result of sexually transmitted diseases and environmental pollution. With this chaos, the totalitarian, Christian theonomic government of “Gilead” establishes rule in the former United States in the aftermath of a civil war. Society is organized by power-hungry leaders along a new, militarized, hierarchical regime of fanaticism and newly created social classes, in which women are brutally subjugated, and by law are not allowed to work, own property, handle money, or read. Worldwide infertility has resulted in the conscription of the few remaining fertile women in Gilead, called “Handmaids”, according to an extremist interpretation of a Biblical account. They are assigned to the homes of the ruling elite, where they must submit to ritualized rape by their male masters in order to become pregnant and bear children for those men and their wives.
Alexis Bledel (of [*Gilmore Girls*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gilmore-girls-year-life/) fame) plays “subversive lesbian” handmaid, Ofglen. And Samira Wiley plays Moira, who was best friends with main character June/Offred before the fascist regime took over.
The entire premise of the show is really dreadful, especially since it came out right after the deplorable US election and the brutal attempts to destroy healthcare. It’s important to remember this was meant to be a *cautionary* tale.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Dark
---
### [Diagnosis: Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/diagnosis-murder/)
**Published:** May 8, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** You'd think a show staring Dick Van Dyke would be more gay.
**Content:**
Dr. Mark Sloan is chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital — and sometime consultant to the local police department. When he’s drawn into a case, he combines sleuthing and medicine to solve the crime. That crime is usually one his detective son, Steve, is working on as a member of the local police department. Dr. Sloan’s medical colleagues, including doctors Amanda Bentley, Jack Stewart and Jesse Travis, are also frequently drawn into his investigations.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama, Medical, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Pobol y Cwm](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pobol-y-cwm/)
**Published:** September 11, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The lives of the residents of Cwmderi – a Welsh speaking, agricultural community
**Content:**
The title means “People of the Valley” and it’s about people … of the Valley.
The setting for the show is the fictional village of Cwmderi, located in the real Gwendraeth Valley – an area lying between Carmarthen and Llanelli in south-west Wales, however unlike other soaps from the United Kingdom, little effort is made to create an authentic reflection of the intended locality – only a few of the characters speak with a Carmarthenshire accent.
Much of the show’s early activity took place at a nursing home, however storylines are currently centred on the village pub, Y Deri, and its adjacent small businesses and houses. Other frequent settings for storylines include the comprehensive school, Ysgol y Mynach, and a local farm, Penrhewl. There are two other villages close to Cwmderi, named Llanarthur and Cwrt Mynach.
**TV Stations:** BBC Wales, S4C
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** Wales
---
### [Secret Bridesmaids' Business](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/secret-bridesmaids-business/)
**Published:** September 27, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** The power of friendship comes to hand as three friends find this out through life and death situations.
**Content:**
A bride’s perfect wedding turns deadly after one of her bridesmaids unknowingly invites a malevolent stranger into their lives, triggering a deadly chain reaction that blows open a hidden world of secrets. As the thriller series unfolds, the power of female friendship could be the difference between life and death.
**TV Stations:** Seven Network
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [With Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/with-love/)
**Published:** January 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge Jr., are on a mission to find love and purpose.
**Content:**
Centered around siblings Lily and Jorge Diaz and their family, their stories play out over the course of a year through the framework of the most heightened days of the year… the holidays. The Diaz’s will weave in and out of the lives of seemingly unrelated people as they search for love.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [What We Do in the Shadows](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/what-we-do-in-the-shadows/)
**Published:** July 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who've lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.
**Content:**
A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who’ve lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.
The series is based on the feature film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mockumentary
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Fall of the House of Usher](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher/)
**Published:** October 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** To secure their fortune — and future — two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.
**Content:**
From Mike Flanagan, the creator of *The Haunting of Hill House* and *Midnight Mass*, a wicked horror series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege and power. But past secrets come to light when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman from their youth.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Queer Horror
---
### [The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel/)
**Published:** January 11, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel is a 1950s housewife who decides to become a stand-up comic, with the help of her gender non-conforming manager, Susie.
**Content:**
*The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* is an American period comedy-drama television series, created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (*Gilmore Girls*). It’s about Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan), a 1950s housewife who decides to become a stand-up comic.
It’s the late 1950s and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she has ever wanted — the perfect husband, two kids and an elegant apartment on New York’s Upper West Side. Her journey takes her from her comfortable life on the Upper West Side through the cafes and nightclubs of Greenwich Village as she makes her way through the city’s comedy industry.
Susie Meyerson (played by [Alex Borstein](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/alex-borstein/)) works at a dive bar/venue where Midge gives a drunken, spontaneous performance. Susie recognizes Midge’s talent and becomes her manager.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Shadow and Bone](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shadow-and-bone/)
**Published:** May 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.
**Content:**
Shadow and Bone finds us in a war-torn world where lowly soldier and orphan Alina Starkov has just unleashed an extraordinary power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the monstrous threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. But as she struggles to hone her power, she finds that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this lavish world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama, Supernatural, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Loki](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/loki/)
**Published:** June 9, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief.
**Content:**
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority (TVA), a bureaucratic organization that exists outside of time and space and monitors the timeline. They give Loki a choice: face being erased from existence due to being a “time variant”, or help fix the timeline and stop a greater threat. Loki ends up trapped in his own crime thriller, traveling through time and altering human history.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Love, Death & Robots](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-death-robots/)
**Published:** March 16, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A collection of animated short stories in various genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.
**Content:**
This show is not for everyone. In fact, it’s not for a lot of people. It’s Netflix’s first foray into clearly NSFW material. How NSFW? How about young Hitler being fellated by a Viennese sex worker.
A series of shorts, ranging from 6 to 18 minutes, you can burn through this really fast, but not everything is going to be to everyone’s tastes.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Anthology, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Jamie Johnson](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jamie-johnson/)
**Published:** August 2, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A 12 year old with talent dreams of becoming a professional footballer.
**Content:**
Jamie Johnson is a 12 year old boy who dreams of becoming a famous footballer. It may be the fantasy of most boys that age but Jamie has the talent to make his dreams come true. If only he could control his temper and stop being so distracted by everything else going on in his life.
**TV Stations:** CBBC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Family, Sports
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Jann](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jann/)
**Published:** March 22, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Welcome to celebrity life, Canadian style.
**Content:**
Jann Arden stars as a fictionalized version herself on a quest for renewed fame.
Her career’s at a standstill, since her inept manager can only land her gigs at farmer’s markets – the type where she’s paid in cheese. She gets a spot on a Cancer Fest fundraiser…. when Terri Clark cancels. Humiliations ensue at the concert when no one recognizes her without her backstage pass.
**TV Stations:** CTV
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [High School](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-school/)
**Published:** October 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Based on the autobiographical book High School by Tegan and Sara.
**Content:**
Based on musicians Tegan and Sara Quin’s best-selling memoir, *High School* is a story about finding your own identity—a journey made even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimics your own. Told through a backdrop of ‘90s grunge and rave culture, the series weaves between parallel and discordant memories of sisters growing up down the hall from one another.
**TV Stations:** Freevee
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Hidden Canyons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hidden-canyons/)
**Published:** August 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Seven residents of a beachside community navigate issues of modern LGBTQ+ life.
**Content:**
Seven residents of a beachside community navigate issues of modern LGBTQ+ life including infidelity, open relationships, mental health, family planning, and gender identity.
Each episode is roughly one (1) minute and can be seen on[ their website.](https://www.hiddencanyonsseries.com)
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Gaybies
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Functional](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/functional/)
**Published:** December 13, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Functional is a web series that focuses on two best friends, Jazmyne and Guillermo, who are trying to figure out life and find success as young, queer, and latinx people.
**Content:**
Functional is a LGBTQ-centered web series created, written, and directed by members of the latinx, poc, and queer community. It focuses on two best friends, Jazmyne and Guillermo, who are trying to figure out life as young, queer, and latinx people.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
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### [Dragons: The Nine Realms](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dragons-the-nine-realms/)
**Published:** March 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a world where dragons are now just a legend, a group of misfit kids uncovers the truth about where they’ve been hiding after a geological anomaly opens an immense, miles-deep fissure in the Earth’s surface.
**Content:**
Set 1,300 years after the events of How To Train Your Dragon, dragons are now just a legend to the modern world. When a geological anomaly opens up an immense, miles-deep fissure in the Earth’s surface, scientists from all over the world gather at a new research facility to study the mysterious phenomenon. Soon a group of misfit kids, brought to the site by their parents, uncover the truth about dragons and where they’ve been hiding — a secret they must keep to themselves to protect what they’ve discovered.
**TV Stations:** Hulu, Peacock
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation
**Nations:** USA
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### [Boruto: Naruto Next Generations](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boruto-naruto-next-generations/)
**Published:** January 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of Naruto's son, who is nearly as mischievous as he was.
**Content:**
Son of Naruto Uzumaki, Boruto, follows his father’s footsteps along with his friends to become great ninja. Throughout all their adventures, Boruto is determined to make his mark in the ninja world and live outside of his father’s shadow.
**TV Stations:** TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime
**Nations:** Japan
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### [Schmigadoon!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/schmigadoon/)
**Published:** April 10, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Josh and Melissa are a struggling couple whose lives are transformed when they get trapped in a magical musical town—with a mission they must complete.
**Content:**
Josh and Melissa are a struggling couple whose lives are transformed when they get trapped in a magical musical town—with a mission they must complete.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
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### [The Ghost and Molly McGee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee/)
**Published:** October 30, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A grumpy ghost named Scratch is eternally cursed to be in the presence of polar opposite Molly McGee, a cheerful tween.
**Content:**
Molly is an optimistic tween, who lives to make the world a better place. Scratch is a grumpy ghost, whose joy comes from spreading misery. When one of Scratch’s spells backfires, he finds himself forever cursed in Molly’s presence.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Will & Grace](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/will-grace/)
**Published:** September 21, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's more about gay men than gay women, but they did manage to have some.
**Content:**
Set in New York City, it focuses on the relationship between Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and his best friend Grace Adler, a Jewish woman who owns an interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, an alcoholic socialite, and Jack McFarland, a flamboyantly gay actor. The interplay of relationships features the trials and tribulations of dating, marriage, divorce and casual sex; as well as comical key stereotypes of gay and Jewish culture.
While the show ended in 2006 after an 8 year run, it was revived in 2017 following the election of Donald Trump. It was envisioned as part of the resistance. The revival was not a continuation of the original show, however, as Will and Grace lived together, Jack lived across the hall, and Karen was still rich.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, Erased Queerness, Gal Pals, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
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### [Our Flag Means Death](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/our-flag-means-death/)
**Published:** March 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The year is 1717. Wealthy landowner Stede Bonnet has a midlife crisis and decides to blow up his cushy life to become a pirate. It does not go well.
**Content:**
Based on the true adventures of 18th century would-be pirate, Stede Bonnet. After trading in the seemingly charmed life of a gentleman for one of a swashbuckling buccaneer, Stede becomes captain of the pirate ship Revenge. Struggling to earn the respect of his potentially mutinous crew, Stede’s fortunes change after a fateful run-in with the infamous Captain Blackbeard. Stede and crew attempt to get their ship together and survive life on the high seas.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Comedy, Period Piece, Romance
**Nations:** USA
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### [Private Practice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/private-practice/)
**Published:** March 31, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Even running away from Seattle won't save you from drama, Addison.
**Content:**
Let’s take one of the best characters from [Grey’s Anatomy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/greys-anatomy/), ship her off to sunny Southern California, and make her entirely unlikeable and boring. Not even the stone cold fox of Kate Walsh could save the show. It lasted a handful of seasons and then everyone got happy endings. Except Addison’s mother.
Addison’s mother, Bizzy, was a lesbian. And while Addison was the main character and thus everything revolved around her, the telling of the coming out was amazing. They handled Addison’s issues realizing what her past really had been, and they did a wonderful example of how she processed her mother’s subsequent death. In the end, Addison chose to protect the family name and did not out Bizzy after her death, in what is the most WASP episode of the show ever to air.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [4400](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/4400/)
**Published:** October 26, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 4400 marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last century all make a sudden return, having not aged a single day and with no memory of what happened to them.
**Content:**
4400 overlooked, undervalued, or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the last hundred years are all returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, PoC-Centric
---
### [Minx](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/minx/)
**Published:** December 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 1970s Los Angeles, an earnest young feminist joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
**Content:**
In the 1970s, a young feminist from Los Angeles joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first women’s erotic magazine. Through this unlikely alliance the characters discover meaningful relationships in the most odd places.
Though it was renewed for a second season, HBO canceled it in 2022.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Night Court](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/night-court/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The goings on of the night shift at a wacky Manhattan municipal court, Criminal Court Part 2, presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold T. "Harry" Stone.
**Content:**
The goings on of the night shift at a wacky Manhattan municipal court, Criminal Court Part 2, presided over by a young, unorthodox judge, Harold T. “Harry” Stone.
Honorable Judge Harry T. Stone is a young, hip, jeans-wearing liberal eccentric presiding over the night shift of a Manhattan courtroom — which means his views on various cases aren’t always normal, nor are his judgments. Helping him manage the chaos is not-so-bright yet softhearted courtroom guard Bull and egotistical prosecutor Dan Fielding. Also part of Stone’s crew are passionate public defender Christine Sullivan and calm court clerk Mac.
The show was awesome for it’s time, but as with so many things, does not hold up to a re-watch.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Legal, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Cheetah in August](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cheetah-in-august/)
**Published:** January 2, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A riveting story about a former high school track athlete who's distorted views on love, negatively affects the people closest to him.
**Content:**
August Chandler is a former high school track star who has developed a condition which he believe he is able to heal through sexual connection.
The journey of the main character, August, from his high school years into adult life is extremely interesting and current to the times of today. Sexuality, love, religion, psychology, and self-hate are all themes that are touched on throughout this series and it definitely raises awareness to societal issues that are often swept under the rug.
**TV Stations:** Vimeo
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Élite](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elite/)
**Published:** March 13, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The prized trophy was meant to be awarded to the best student in the class. Instead it became a murder weapon.
**Content:**
When three working-class teens enroll in an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, School, Thriller
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Alma](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/alma/)
**Published:** January 2, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After losing her memory in a bizarre accident that kills most of her classmates, Alma tries to unravel what happened that day and regain her identity.
**Content:**
After surviving a bus accident in which almost all her classmates die, Alma wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the incident… or of her past. Her home is full of memories that are not hers, and both amnesia and trauma cause her to experience night terrors and visions that she cannot clarify. With the help of her parents and friends, unknown to her, she will try to uncover the mystery surrounding the accident while struggling to recover her life and her identity.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Mystery
**Nations:** Spain
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Dash & Lily](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dash-lily/)
**Published:** January 2, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City.
**Content:**
Opposites attract at Christmas as cynical Dash and sunny Lily trade messages and dares in a red notebook they pass back and forth around New York City.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Buccaneers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-buccaneers/)
**Published:** January 1, 2024
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In the 1870s a bunch of rich American girls are trying to find a posh English husband during the London debutante season.
**Content:**
The arrival of a group of American women into 1870s London society results in a culture clash, with differing approaches to tradition.
Girls with money, men with power. New money, old secrets. A group of fun-loving young American girls explode into the tightly corseted London season of the 1870s, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash as the land of the stiff upper lip is infiltrated by a refreshing disregard for centuries of tradition. Sent to secure husbands and titles, the buccaneers’ hearts are set on much more than that, and saying “I do” is just the beginning…
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
---
### [Dead Ringers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-ringers/)
**Published:** December 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Mantle twins, identical from head to toe, are on a mission to change the way women give birth.
**Content:**
The Mantle twins, identical from head to toe, are on a mission to change the way women give birth.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Barons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/barons/)
**Published:** December 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 70s surf counter culture and commerce collide as a group of best friends, inspired by the ocean, create what will become iconic rival surf brands. Little do they know that their success will tear them, and their world, apart.
**Content:**
Two best friends, inspired by their love for the Australian beach, create what will become rival iconic surf brands. Little do they know that their success will tear them—and their worlds—apart. When their businesses go mainstream, the young rebels and their friends find themselves pulled deep into a world of corporate politics, jealousy, homophobia and racial tension. In selling their dream to the world, they create bitter, lasting rivalries.
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV), The CW
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Awkward](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/awkward/)
**Published:** December 27, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An unpopular 15-year-old gains immediate, yet unwanted, popularity at her high school when the student body mistakes an accident she has for a suicide attempt.
**Content:**
Social outcast Jenna Hamilton has a freak accident but it is mistaken for a suicide attempt because she had received a harsh “care-frontation” letter suggesting ways on how she could be less unpopular. She begins a blog that helps her deal with various teen issues such as boy troubles, peer pressure, and maintaining friendships. By making changes and embracing her misfortune, she grows up and becomes well known among her peers, for better or worse.
**TV Stations:** MTV
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Anna Pihl](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anna-pihl/)
**Published:** July 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A policewoman, who is doing her best at the job, but struggles to be there for her son.
**Content:**
Anna Pihl is a single mother who has moved to the big smoke of Copenhagen to take up a job as a rookie cop.
**TV Stations:** TV 2
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Police
**Nations:** Denmark
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### [Kanata no Astra](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kanata-no-astra/)
**Published:** June 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In the year 2063, eight high school students and a kid are flown out to Planet Camp, tasked with surviving on their own for a few days. It gets more complicated.
**Content:**
Also known as “Astra Lost in Space.”
The year is 2061, when space travel is now possible and commercially viable, and the students of Caird High School embark on their Planet Camp. But soon after Group B5 arrived at their planetary camp site, a mysterious and unforeseen sentient light sphere warps its 9 members into outer space, stranding them 5012 light years away from their home planet. With the discovery of an old, unmanned spaceship nearby, the students must stay strong, manage their limited resources and remain united in the darkness of space, so that all of them can survive their long and likely perilous trek back home aboard the Astra.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System), SUN, Tokyo MX, TVA
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Ash vs Evil Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ash-vs-evil-dead/)
**Published:** December 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ash, the aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter, has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons – personal and literal
**Content:**
Ash Williams works at the “Value Stop” as a simple stock boy. Also working at the store is his friend Pablo and the object of Pablo’s affections, Kelly. Ash has seemingly done very little with his life since returning from 1300 AD at the end of Army of Darkness, and the beginning of the series sees him living in a trailer and drinking alone in bars. However, Ash must soon renounce his routine existence and become a hero once more by taking up arms and facing the titular Evil Dead. Pablo and Kelly decide to join him on his quest to save humanity.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Comedy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Hotel Beau Séjour](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hotel-beau-sejour/)
**Published:** December 26, 2023
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Caught in an afterlife limbo, teenage Kato investigates her own mysterious death and unravels a web of secrets in her seemingly tranquil village.
**Content:**
After Kato wakes up in Hotel Beau Séjour and finds her own dead body in the bathtub, she realizes she’s only visible to a few select people. Do they hold the key to her murder or will dark secrets get in the way?
**TV Stations:** Eén, Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Belgium
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### [Oniisama e...](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-brother/)
**Published:** March 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A schoolgirl writers to her old teacher, telling him about her trials and tribulations.
**Content:**
*Dear Brother* follows the trials and tribulations of Misono Nanako, a young high school freshman who encounters plenty of drama at the exclusive all-girls Seiran School. She relays her struggles via letter to Henmi Takehiko, a young man who was previously her cram school teacher, and who Nanako refers to as “Oniisama” (brother).
**TV Stations:** NHK
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, School
**Nations:** Japan
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### [New Tricks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/new-tricks/)
**Published:** December 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama
**Content:**
The series focuses on the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) – a fictional division within London’s Metropolitan Police Service tasked with re-investigating unsolved crimes. UCOS primarily functioned with a senior police detective overseeing the work of three retired police officers who would handle each case, and who could bring in police support when needed. Each episode focuses on a different investigation, with characters often coping with problems at their age but using their wisdom to overcome hurdles in the original investigation of cold cases.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
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### [Round and Round](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/round-and-round/)
**Published:** December 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Rachel's stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents' Hanukkah party. Can Zach, the "nice boy" Grandma's trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow?
**Content:**
Rachel’s stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party. Can Zach, the “nice boy” Grandma’s trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow?
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Star Trek: Enterprise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-enterprise/)
**Published:** December 13, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A century before Captain Kirk's five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
**Content:**
A century before Captain Kirk’s five-year mission, Jonathan Archer captains the United Earth ship Enterprise during the early years of Starfleet, leading up to the Earth-Romulan War and the formation of the Federation.
**TV Stations:** UPN
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Frasier](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/frasier/)
**Published:** August 20, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hey baby, I hear the blues a-callin', Tossed salad and scrambled eggs.
**Content:**
Dr. Frasier Crane, a successful Boston therapist, moves to Seattle to get a new start on life; he has a radio talk show, which he uses to relay his wit and wisdom to others, but at times he struggles with his own problems with his salt-of-the-earth father, his pretentious brother and his friends and co-workers.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
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### [NCIS: New Orleans](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis-new-orleans/)
**Published:** September 25, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Naval crime in the big easy.
**Content:**
The third spin-off of *JAG*, it’s about Naval Criminal Investigative Services in … New Orleans. It’s not a deep show, and it stars yet another straight white guy. Wooo. But they’ve got an FBI agent investigating them, and she’s a lesbian, so that should be fun.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
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### [Monarch: Legacy of Monsters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monarch-legacy-of-monsters/)
**Published:** December 8, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set after the battle between Godzilla and the Titans, revealing that monsters are real, follows one family's journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to Monarch.
**Content:**
In 2015, one year after the re-emergence of Godzilla, half-siblings Cate and Kentaro Randa investigate their missing father Hiroshi’s connection to Monarch, the covert organization monitoring giant monsters known as Titans. Two generations earlier, Bill Randa and Keiko Miura are scientists involved with the early development of Monarch. Former Army officer Lee Shaw becomes a close ally to the Randa family across both time periods.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
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### [8 Simple Rules](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/8-simple-rules/)
**Published:** December 8, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When teenage girls become women their new curves throw dad for a loop.
**Content:**
The first season focused on Paul (John Ritter) being left in charge of the children after Cate takes a full-time job as a nurse, with comedic emphasis on his often strict rules concerning his daughters and dating.
While *8 Simple Rules* was renewed for a second season and production had begun, John Ritter’s sudden death on September 11, 2003, left the series in an uncertain position. After a hiatus, the series returned and killed off his character. James Garner and David Spade later joined the main cast as Cate’s father Jim Egan and her nephew C.J. Barnes.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
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### [2 Broke Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/2-broke-girls/)
**Published:** December 8, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two young women waitressing at a greasy spoon diner strike up an unlikely friendship in the hopes of launching a successful business - if only they can raise the cash.
**Content:**
The series chronicles the lives of two waitresses in their mid-20s (at the start of the series): Max Black, the daughter of a poor underclass mother and an unknown father, and Caroline Channing, who was born rich but is now disgraced and penniless because her father, Martin Channing, got caught operating a Bernard Madoff-esque Ponzi scheme. The two work together at a Brooklyn diner, soon becoming roommates and best friends while building toward their aim of opening a cupcake shop.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
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### [Legacies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legacies/)
**Published:** October 25, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's time for the next generation of vampires, witches and werewolves.
**Content:**
The town of Mystic Falls has a new generation of protectors in this spin-off of “[*The Vampire Diaries*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-vampire-diaries/)” and “[*The Originals*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-originals/).” The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted is home to Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter Hope, Alaric Saltzman’s twins Lizzie and Josie, and other young adults who are coming of age as witches, vampires and werewolves, nurtured to be their best selves and overcome their villainous impulses. Together, they rely on ancient folklore and tales to learn how to battle their far-reaching enemies and attempt to keep balance in the world.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** School, Supernatural, Teen
**Nations:** USA
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### [Scott Pilgrim Takes Off](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scott-pilgrim-takes-off/)
**Published:** November 28, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A 20-something Toronto indie rocker's adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.
**Content:**
The titular slacker and in a garage band named Sex Bob-omb with his friends. His life is turned upside down when he meets Ramona Flowers, an American girl who is recently single. But before their love can blossom, Pilgrim finds himself challenged by his love’s seven previous relationships, and must defeat them in over-the-top fashion.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Legends of Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/legends-of-tomorrow/)
**Published:** April 2, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A superhero team-up show and spin-off of of Arrow and The Flash starring everyone's favorite time-traveling bisexual assassin, Sara Lance.
**Content:**
Legends of Tomorrow is the fourth Arrowverse show. The show begins with time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter. After seeing what doom the future holds, he realizes heroes alone are not enough to prevent the impending catastrophe that threatens not only the planet, but all of time itself.
Tasked with recruiting both heroes and villains, Rip brings together a ragtag team of divergent talents from both *Arrow* and *Flash*. The original team includes the resurrected [Sara Lance](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/sara-lance/), Jay Jackson, Ray Palmer, Hawkgirl, Captain Cold and Heat Wave.
The great thing about this show is Sara Lance died on *Arrow* and they brought her back. The cast goes through a few iterations in subsequent seasons, but Sara becomes the captain of the Waverider and the show leader.
This is not a show that worries about its image. They’re not heroes, they’re legends, and legends will do what it takes to save history. Sometimes that means combining totems to become a giant Beebo doll that hugs a hell demon to death. Sometimes it’s being willing to give it all up, including your life … again … No matter what, the Legends are worth the ride.
The show was canceled on a cliffhanger in 2022, following a purge of a lot of shows due to the CW’s impending sale.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Blue Bloods](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blue-bloods/)
**Published:** February 10, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner, and patriarch of the Reagan clan, a multigenerational family of cops.
**Content:**
Tom Selleck stars as Frank Reagan, the New York Police Commissioner, and patriarch of the Reagan clan, a multigenerational family of cops. Frank’s oldest son is Danny, a seasoned detective and Iraqi War veteran who occasionally uses dubious tactics to solve cases. Daughter Erin, the lone female, is an assistant district attorney. Fresh out of Harvard Law, Jamie is the youngest member and “golden boy” of the family. Jamie gave up a lucrative future in law to continue the family’s tradition in police work and is asked to participate in a secretive investigation that even his father does not know about.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queerbashing, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Police Drama
---
### [Advocates](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/advocates/)
**Published:** January 15, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A satirical comedy about the employees of GULPTAB, a powerful LGBT advocacy group.
**Content:**
The series follows Iris, an irreverent young executive who plants stories, pushes campaigns, and clashes with the various characters she encounters. Adrian, Iris’s favorite co-worker and partner in snark, joins Iris in manipulating media, corralling unruly internet celebrities, and cheerfully hazing GULPTAB’s two new interns. Casey is a sexy but vain intern with more style than substance who sets her sights on Iris. Oscar is a high-strung, naive fanboy with a will of iron.
Over the course of Advocates, Iris and Casey’s relationship will ignite, Oscar will spread the joys of fandoms, femslash, and unbridled enthusiasm, and Adrian will face off with his ex-boyfriend, who happens to be GULPTAB’s biggest enemy.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [House M.D.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/house-md/)
**Published:** March 21, 2017
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** It's never lupus!
**Content:**
A Sherlock Holmes analog, Dr. Gregory House solves medical mysteries while being an unrepentant pill-popping pain in the ass of pretty much everyone. He plays mind games with colleagues and patients alike, including his best friend, oncologist James Wilson. You can call him acerbic or brutally honest, but the reality is he’s a narcissistic asshole.
He’d probably have been fired earlier but the reason he limps is because of his boss, and god damn it, he’s almost always right. It’s never lupus, after all.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/)
**Published:** May 29, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** If it can go wrong, it will.
**Content:**
Several friends own Paddy’s Pub, a neighborhood bar in Philadelphia, and try to find their way in the world of work and relationships. But often, they can’t get out of their own way, leading to uncomfortable situations, which usually worsen before improving.
The gang includes twin siblings Dennis and Sweet Dee Reynolds, along with their longtime friends, Charlie Kelly and Ronald “Mac” McDonald. Charlie lives with Frank, Dennis and Sweet Dee’s father, who has left his cheating, money-grabbing wife in an attempt to redeem himself after a history of doing business with sketchy people.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/for-all-mankind/)
**Published:** November 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series explores what would have happened if the global space race had never ended because the Russians landed first.
**Content:**
The first manned mission to the Moon during the Space Race in the late 1960s was a global success for NASA and the United States. But this drama answers the question: “What if the Space Race had never ended?”
In an alternate timeline, the USSR beats the US to the Moon; thus setting its first Russian cosmonaut, Alexei Leonov, on it. Dubbed as “Red Moon”, this event leaves NASA in devastation. This doesn’t mean those working there have given up as they challenge the Soviet Union a second time to show that there is no giving up on hope.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Space Drama
---
### [Praise Petey](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/praise-petey/)
**Published:** August 21, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Petey, a New York City "it" girl, has it all until her life comes crashing down around her, but she gets a new lease on life when she "leans into" modernizing her father's small-town cult.
**Content:**
Petey, a New York City “it” girl, has it all until her life comes crashing down around her, but she gets a new lease on life when she “leans into” modernizing her father’s small-town cult.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Good Place](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-place/)
**Published:** September 30, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.
**Content:**
When Eleanor Shellstrop finds herself in the afterlife, she’s both relieved and surprised that she’s made it into the Good Place. But it doesn’t take long for Eleanor to realize she’s there by mistake. She hides in plain sight from the Good Place’s architect Michael and his all-knowing assistant Janet. Her seemingly perfect neighbors Tahani and Jianyu and open-hearted soul mate Chidi help her realize that it’s never too late. With the help of her new friends — and a few enemies — Eleanor becomes determined to shed her old way of life in hopes of discovering a new one in the afterlife.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Subtext
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sex-education/)
**Published:** January 12, 2019
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** A sex therapist and her son struggle with growing up and falling in love.
**Content:**
Meet Otis Milburn – an inexperienced, socially awkward high school student who lives with his mother, a sex therapist. Surrounded by manuals, videos and tediously open conversations about sex, Otis is a reluctant expert on the subject. When his home life is revealed at school, Otis realizes that he can use his specialist knowledge to gain status. He teams up with Maeve, a whip-smart bad-girl, and together they set up an underground sex therapy clinic to deal with their fellow students’ weird and wonderful problems. Through his analysis of teenage sexuality, Otis realises he may need some therapy of his own.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending, Queerbashing, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
---
### [Monster High 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monster-high-2/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As they enter sophomore year at Monster High, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein face new students, new powers, and an even bigger threat that could not only tear their friendship apart, but could change the world forever.
**Content:**
Clawdeen Wolf is now a famous monster for saving Monster High from Edward “Eddy” Hyde Jr. She arrives at Draculaura’s birthday party with Frankie Stein, and is unhappy about the fame. Deuce Gorgon tells her that’s what popularity is like.
The first day back, everybody is hanging out when the werecat Toralei Stripe makes an entrance after studying abroad in Scaris, France for a year. She opposes both half-monsters and witchcraft at the school, showing her scars on her right arm from witches who’d attacked her in Scaris.
Sounds like Sophomore year is about to get interesting.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon, Paramount+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Monster High: The Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monster-high-the-movie/)
**Published:** November 3, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A half human and half werewolf finally finds a place where she fits, but, when a devious plan to destroy Monster High threatens to reveal her identity, she must learn to embrace her true monster heart and save the day.
**Content:**
Clawdeen Wolf is a biracial half-werewolf girl, born from human father Apollo and werewolf mother Selena. On her 15th birthday, she receives an acceptance letter to study at Monster High. Although reluctant, widower Apollo lets her attend, only if she hides her human side as officially humans aren’t allowed.
Upon arriving at Monster High, Clawdeen befriends Frankie Stein, a non-binary, brilliant Franken-monster, and falls in love with Deuce Gorgon, son of Medusa. She also meets Draculaura, daughter of Dracula; Cleo de Nile, Deuce’s ex-girlfriend and daughter of the Mummy; Lagoona Blue, a Colombian sea monster; and zombie Ghoulia Yelps. The school’s Headmistress Bloodgood invites Clawdeen, as daughter of an alum, to represent the students at a Monster High Council on the upcoming Founder’s Day.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon, Paramount+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Letterkenny](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/letterkenny/)
**Published:** December 28, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Wayne and his buddies get into scuffles with their small-town Ontario rivals.
**Content:**
First of all, thank you to Frances who tipped us off about this semi-obscure Canadian comedy.
They’re my favourite kind.
The plot is about people who get into scuffles with their rivals in a small town in Ontario, Letterkenny. Yes, it’s the name of the town. It’s got hockey and hicks and really is about as silly as you think it’s going to be. But it’s also fun.
**TV Stations:** CraveTV
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Superman & Lois](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/superman-lois/)
**Published:** January 19, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow the world's most famous super hero and journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.
**Content:**
After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, the world’s most famous superhero, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and comic books’ most famous journalist, Lois Lane, come face to face with one of their greatest challenges ever – dealing with all the stress, pressures and complexities that come with being working parents in today’s society.
Complicating the already daunting job of raising two boys, Clark and Lois must also concern themselves with whether or not their sons Jonathan and Jordan could inherit their father’s Kryptonian superpowers as they grow older. Returning to Smallville to handle some Kent family business, Clark and Lois are reacquainted with Lana Lang, a local loan officer who also happens to be Clark’s first love, and her Fire Chief husband Kyle Cushing. The adults aren’t the only ones rediscovering old friendships in Smallville as the Kent sons are reacquainted with Lana and Kyle’s rebellious daughter, Sarah.
Of course, there’s never a dull moment in the life of a superhero, especially with Lois’ father, General Samuel Lane looking for Superman to vanquish a villain or save the day at a moment’s notice. Meanwhile, Superman and Lois’ return to idyllic Smallville is set to be upended when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Family, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Malcolm in the Middle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/malcom-in-the-middle/)
**Published:** October 19, 2023
**Author:** Jamie Cox
**Excerpt:** A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
**Content:**
The series revolves around an 11-year-old boy named Malcolm, who is revealed in the first episode to be a genius with an IQ of 165, which places him in a class for gifted students. He is the third-born child in a comically dysfunctional family of four (later five) boys, of Lois and Hal.
As of the first season, their delinquent oldest child, 15-year-old Francis, has been sent away to military school, while his brothers 12-year-old Reese, Malcolm and 6-year-old Dewey remain at home with their parents. With Francis away, Malcolm becomes the middle child of the family. In season four, the character Jamie was added to the show as the fifth son of Hal and Lois.
The show’s early seasons centered on Malcolm dealing with the rigors of being an intellectual and enduring the eccentricities of family life. Later seasons expanded the show’s scope by exploring the family’s interactions with their extended family, friends and colleagues in more depth, as well as a series of continuing subplots detailing Francis’ misadventures at the military academy, from which he subsequently disenrolls to work in an Alaskan logging camp, before finally landing a job on a dude ranch run by an eccentric German couple.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [XO, Kitty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/xo-kitty/)
**Published:** October 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A new love story unfolds when teen matchmaker, Kitty Song Covey, reunites with her long-distance boyfriend at the same boarding school attended by her late mother.
**Content:**
Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she’ll soon realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it’s your own heart on the line.
The series is a spin-off of the successful *To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before* film trilogy.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Fake Relationship, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [Bleach: Sennen Kessen-hen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bleach-sennen-kessen-hen/)
**Published:** October 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Peace is suddenly broken when warning sirens blare through the Soul Society. Residents are disappearing without a trace and nobody knows who's behind it. Meanwhile, a darkness is approaching Ichigo and his friends in Karakura Town
**Content:**
Substitute Soul Reaper Ichigo Kurosaki spends his days fighting against Hollows, dangerous evil spirits that threaten Karakura Town. Ichigo carries out his quest with his closest allies: Orihime Inoue, his childhood friend with a talent for healing; Yasutora Sado, his high school classmate with superhuman strength; and Uryuu Ishida, Ichigo’s Quincy rival.
Ichigo’s vigilante routine is disrupted by the sudden appearance of Asguiaro Ebern, a dangerous Arrancar who heralds the return of Yhwach, an ancient Quincy king. Yhwach seeks to reignite the historic blood feud between Soul Reaper and Quincy, and he sets his sights on erasing both the human world and the Soul Society for good.
Yhwach launches a two-pronged invasion into both the Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, the home of Hollows and Arrancar. In retaliation, Ichigo and his friends must fight alongside old allies and enemies alike to end Yhwach’s campaign of carnage before the world itself comes to an end.
**TV Stations:** TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Bleach](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bleach/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bleach follows the adventures of Ichigo Kurosaki after he obtains the powers of a Soul Reaper — a death personification similar to the Grim Reaper — from another Soul Reaper, Rukia Kuchiki.
**Content:**
One of Japan’s more famous manga and anime, it follows the adventures of a hotheaded teenager with a magic sword. It takes place in the future, but in a particularly Japanese way so if you get confused about ‘when’ you are, you’re not alone. The manga was a huge hit, and so was the anime.
**TV Stations:** TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Cruel Instruction](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cruel-instruction/)
**Published:** October 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The story of Kayla Adams, a 16-year-old who was sent to a youth residential treatment center by her mother Karen Adams at the suggestion of a school counselor.
**Content:**
Inspired by actual events. The story of 16-year-old Kayla Adams whose mother, Karen, is advised by the school’s counselor to send Kayla to get treatment at a youth residential treatment center after she gets expelled from school. Kayla arrives at the Utah facility on the same day as her roommate Amanda, a treatment program veteran who knows exactly what the girls were in for. Led by headmistress Miss Connie, the staff uses draconian methods including force-feeding medications, arbitrary punishments, solitary confinement, verbal and physical abuse to keep the students in line. After being pushed to their limits and stripped of their lifelines, including any ability to freely communicate with the outside world, the two young women must band together to survive and fight to expose the abuse before it’s too late.
**Warning: There is a suicide attempt on this show, as well as abusive situations.**
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Battle Kitty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/battle-kitty/)
**Published:** October 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's small. It's fluffy. It rocks a fierce pink bow. It's no ordinary kitty. It's Battle Kitty, and Kitty is using its super-strength, monster battling intuition, and amazing accessories to unlock a new battle ground.
**Content:**
Set in a futuristic-medieval world, where warriors from around the world face off in a Battle Royale style competition, *Battle Kitty* follows the adventures of an adorable yet feisty kitten named Kitty, using magical bows instead of swords or axes, who along with their best friend Orc, embarks on a quest to become a great champion, by training to become a warrior, defeating all the monsters on Battle Island, and collecting their coveted keys. The duo face many obstacles and naysayers on their path to championhood, only to discover a surprise waiting in store for them at the Ancient Ruins.
*Battle Kitty* is an interactive show, similar to *Bandersnatch*, and allows viewers to make choices related to maps, quests and battles.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Interactive
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Anger Management](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/anger-management/)
**Published:** October 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ex-baseball-player Charlie is an anger-management therapist with small-group sessions at home. He has an OCD teen daughter, an ex-wife, and a sex buddy/therapist.
**Content:**
Charlie Goodson is a one-time minor league baseball player who struggled to take the next step because of his recurring anger issues. Thanks to a therapist, Dr. Kate Wales, Charlie was able to get his issues under control and finally make it to the major leagues. But he had a relapse during a big league game, breaking a bat over his knee in anger and causing a career-ending injury.
The incident inspired Charlie to return to school and become an anger management therapist. Charlie is divorced from his former wife Jennifer, on whom he cheated multiple times during his baseball-playing days. The two still see a lot of each other because they share joint custody of their teenage daughter Sam, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Charlie has a complicated relationship with Kate, who is not only his therapist, but also his “sex buddy”. He holds regular group sessions for court-directed anger-management patients in his home, and also does group sessions at an area prison.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Erased Queerness, Queer for Laughs, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Chair tendre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chair-tendre/)
**Published:** October 23, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sasha tries to start a new life in a new school after she learns that she is intersex. However, it turns out to be more difficult than expected to navigate both high school and a body that her peers don't understand.
**Content:**
Sasha faces the same problems as every other teenager growing up. But one day, it emerges that Sasha was born intersex.
While doctors have sought a medical solution and Sasha’s parents have tried to hide the ‘problem,’ Sasha is left terrified and angry and now has only one thing on their mind: to find their true identity – a matter that becomes more difficult when love becomes involved.
**TV Stations:** France.tv Slash
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Timeless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** We're going to go back in time to save the world!
**Content:**
The time travel show we keep meaning to watch…
When a mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, planning to use it to change past events to destroy America in the present, the only hope is a team of unexpected heroes composed of a scientist, a soldier and a history professor.
The trio must use the stolen machine’s prototype to journey back in time to critical events, being careful not to affect history themselves, while working to stay one step ahead of the villain who would unravel the timeline and understand the mystery driving his mission before it’s too late.
The show was canceled after one season but 3 days later was resurrected. Sadly, was canceled again after season two. On a cliffhanger.
NBC consented to give a 2-episode finale wrap up in lieu of a full season three, which did conclude most of the storylines.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, Religion
---
### [Star-Crossed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-crossed/)
**Published:** September 17, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** It's Romeo and Juliet, only with actual aliens.
**Content:**
When an alien spacecraft lands in 6-year-old Emery’s town, resulting in an immediate battle, she befriends one of the young Atrians, whom she helps until authorities capture him. Ten years later, a group of Atrian teens is allowed to enroll in the high school to test the ability of the two species to mix, and Emery learns that Roman, the boy she helped, wasn’t killed — as she had thought — but kept in an internment camp with the rest of the aliens. The two rekindle their relationship, while animosity continues to grow between the two communities, putting Roman and Emery’s bond — and the chance for peace — to the test.
There’s a big metaphor in the show, not played to it’s full potential, because the Atrians are *all* pansexual! They don’t pick mates based on gender. And we only see one of them who happens to be into the same gender.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Cliffhanger, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dark Angel](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dark-angel/)
**Published:** March 16, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest.
**Content:**
In a post-apocalyptic Seattle, Max Guevara, a genetically-enhanced super-soldier who escapes from a covert government military facility as a child tries to lead a normal life, while eluding capture by government agents and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters scattered in the aftermath of their escape.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Dystopian
---
### [Chasing Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chasing-life/)
**Published:** March 25, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** April Carver, whose world has just started to look up, is diagnosed with leukemia. With the support of her family and best friend, she might just be able to fight it.
**Content:**
Things are looking good for aspiring journalist April. Not only has the 20-something received an opportunity to impress her editor at the Boston newspaper where she works, but she also has a budding romance with attractive co-worker Dominic. Unfortunately, that’s when a big challenge starts. She is admitted to the hospital and learns from her oncologist uncle that she has cancer. Thus begins April’s journey to beat the disease while following her dreams for both her personal and professional lives.
April’s sister, Brenna, fell for a girl and came out as bisexual. Brenna’s character provided good bisexual representation on TV. She would argue with ignorant people who told her she couldn’t love men and women.
**TV Stations:** ABC Family, Freeform
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Cliffhanger, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Family Drama
---
### [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/utopia-falls/)
**Published:** February 21, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Each year, 24 candidates from different sectors are chosen to compete in The Exemplar, an annual performance competition. These candidates have to be 16-years old and are chosen based on their talent.
**Content:**
Utopia Falls takes place on Earth hundreds of years into the future. The last living colony on Earth, New Babyl, is separated into different sectors that focus on specific industries. Each year, 24 candidates from different sectors are chosen to compete in The Exemplar, an annual performance competition. These candidates have to be 16-years old and are chosen based on their talent. However, only one can win.
This show follows six of the chosen candidates on their journey through the competition. They come from a variety of different backgrounds but all hope to be crowned as the best performer of the year. On their first night at The Academy, five of them get invited to a secret party beyond the borders of the colony. Two of them discovery a mysterious underground archive filled with items from Earth’s history, including Hip-Hop music which draws the two students in.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Musical, School, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [The Imperfects](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-imperfects/)
**Published:** September 20, 2022
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A coming of rage story
**Content:**
Abbi, Tilda and Juan find themselves having to deal with *monstrous* side effects after the discontinuation of their medication – a product of an experimental clinical trial they all went through as children to help with the genetic disease they all share.
With the help of the Dr. Sydney Burke, they start a hunt for the scientist who is both the cause, and the solution to their problems.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Canada, USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Paper Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/paper-girls/)
**Published:** July 29, 2022
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A few hours after 1988 Halloween night, four 12-year old girls have to face a mission. Trapped in a complicated conflict, they will travel in time to save the world.
**Content:**
In the early morning hours after Halloween 1988, four paper girls—Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and KJ—are out on their delivery route when they become caught in the crossfire between warring time-travelers, changing the course of their lives forever. Transported into the future, these girls must figure out a way to get back home to the past, a journey that will bring them face-to-face with the grown-up versions of themselves. While reconciling that their futures are far different than their 12-year-old selves imagined, they are being hunted by a militant faction of time-travelers known as the Old Watch, who have outlawed time travel so that they can stay in power. In order to survive, the girls will need to overcome their differences and learn to trust each other, and themselves.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Reboot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/reboot/)
**Published:** September 21, 2022
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A reboot of their show forces a dysfunctional cast to deal with their unresolved issues in today's fast-changing world.
**Content:**
*Reboot* is about the dysfunctional cast of an early 2000s hit sitcom, *Step Right Up*, who must face their unresolved issues and navigate social media cancel culture when a young writer pitches a reboot of their show.
But it turns out everyone has some secrets of their own.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Cliffhanger, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sitcom
---
### [FlashForward](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/flashforward/)
**Published:** November 19, 2014
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** If everyone could see themselves in six months, would anything change?
**Content:**
FlashForward had a totally wild concept. A whole ton of people black out and experience ‘flash forwards’ where they see themselves in the future. I know, right!?
It was probably too high concept for ABC and got punted after one season.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Gaybies, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police, Procedural, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Scream Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scream-queens/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A semi-anthology series that centers on characters being terrorized by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.
**Content:**
Scream Queens is an American satirical black comedy slasher television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan. The first season stars an ensemble cast consisting of Emma Roberts, Skyler Samuels, Lea Michele, Glen Powell, Diego Boneta, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Oliver Hudson, Nasim Pedrad, Billie Lourd, and Jamie Lee Curtis, with Niecy Nash, Ariana Grande, and Nick Jonas in supporting roles. It takes place at the fictional Wallace University, and was filmed at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It follows a sorority, Kappa Kappa Tau (KKT), which is targeted by a serial killer using the university’s Red Devil mascot as a disguise.
Wallace University is rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority, is ruled with an iron fist by Chanel Oberlin. However, when the Dean states that sorority pledging must be open to all students, all hell breaks loose.
The second season was set in a hospital with Roberts, Michele, Powell, Breslin, Palmer, Hudson, Lourd, Nash, and Curtis reprising their roles with John Stamos, Taylor Lautner, James Earl III, and Kirstie Alley added to the cast.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Cliffhanger, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Horror
---
### [Stitchers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stitchers/)
**Published:** April 13, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A young woman is recruited into a secret government agency to be "stitched" into the minds of the recently deceased, using their memories to investigate murders.
**Content:**
There’s a mysterious government agency that has the ability to ‘stitch’ people into the memories of the recently dead. They use this technology to solve murders and mysteries.
Camille Engelson is the bisexual roommate of Kirsten and a talented graduate student of computer science. She was assigned to keep an eye on Kirsten in return for paying off her student loans and providing living accommodations. She has been trained by Cameron to operate the equipment guiding Kirsten through the stitch in his absence.
**TV Stations:** ABC Family, Freeform
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [Finding Carter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/finding-carter/)
**Published:** October 9, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Finding out you were abducted is always a bit of a shock.
**Content:**
Teenage Carter Stevens is confident, pretty and popular, traits that are usually handy in navigating high-school life. But nothing prepares her for the punch-to-the-gut news that comes out of an investigation into a party: Carter was abducted when she was 3, and the teen must return to her biological family, who thought she was gone forever. As Carter tries to forge a new life with her real mom and dad, a twin sister and a younger brother — and adjust to a new school and town — she vows to protect the single mother who raised her and is now sought by police.
**TV Stations:** MTV
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Second Serve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/second-serve/)
**Published:** April 2, 2021
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was transgender.
**Content:**
In 1976, Renée Richards is on the tennis court as a professional tennis player. The film flashes back to 1964, when Renée Richards is an eye surgeon named Richard Radley (both roles played by Redgrave). Radley has a successful career and a fiancée, but secretly cross-dresses at night. Unable to speak with his mother Sadie (Louise Fletcher), who is a psychiatrist, Radley consults his own psychiatrist, Dr. Beck (Martin Balsam), who advises him to grow a beard. This strategy works temporarily until Radley is drafted into the Navy, which does not allow beards. Following his discharge and a failed marriage, Radley undergoes gender reassignment surgery and becomes Renée.
Renée relocates to California, resumes her career as a surgeon and begins dating. After playing in a local tennis tournament in La Jolla, Renée is outed as transgender by a television reporter. In the ensuing controversy, Renée takes the United States Tennis Association to court, where she secures her right to play professional tournament tennis as a woman without being subjected to chromosome testing.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Outed
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Biography
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Everything Sucks](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everything-sucks/)
**Published:** February 19, 2018
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A coming-of-age story, set in the 1990s, that revolves around Kate and Luke, two kids in the high school AV club in Boring, Oregon.
**Content:**
This coming-of-age story, set in the 1990s revolves around Kate and Luke, two kids in the high school AV Club in Boring, Oregon.
The series starts in 1996 with Luke O’Neil, a freshman at Boring High with his friends McQuaid and Tyler, who are all seen as nerds and social outcasts. On the first day of high school, they join the AV Club, where Luke meets and develops a crush on Kate Messner, the principal’s daughter and a sophomore at Boring. Kate, however, starts questioning her sexuality and develops a crush on drama student Emaline Addario, who is dating fellow drama student Oliver Schermerhorn. Kate starts getting harassed after Emaline spreads rumors of her being gay around the school. To negate this Kate agrees to go out with Luke.
The running story throughout season one is the hate between The AV Club and Drama Club. They put their rivalry aside when they decide make a movie together directed by Luke, which would then be screened to the whole school. Meanwhile, Ken, Kate’s father starts a relationship with Luke’s mother, Sherry, which complicates matters for Kate and Luke.
Kate eventually comes out to Luke and breaks off their relationship. Luke remains her friend and even though he’s still in love with her, he’s supportive of her coming out journey.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece, School
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 90s Retro, Teen Queer Romance
---
### [100 días para enamorarse (Chile)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/100-dias-para-enamorarse-chile/)
**Published:** March 13, 2020
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Laura and Antonia's lives will undergo a radical change when they decide to distance themselves from their respective partners the same day and one of them signs a curious separation agreement.
**Content:**
Two friends make a pact with their husbands to separate for 100 days, at which time they must follow 10 strict rules and in the end decide if they want to continue together or not.
**TV Stations:** Mega
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Outed, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Telenovela
**Nations:** Chile
---
### [ER](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/er/)
**Published:** September 29, 2014
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Welcome to Chicago, where we throw helicopters on to homophobes and then name our LGBT centers after them.
**Content:**
ER’s had not one but **TWO** regular lesbians!
Look this was cutting edge for the mid 90s on network TV.
Maggie Doyle (Jorja Fox), a recurring character for three seasons, and Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes), a delayed born lesbian who eventually left the show with her girlfriend, was a main character. I loved *ER*. *ER* can be tracked down as one of the reasons I have the job I do today, and the life I have. I started using WordPress because of *ER*, or at least Maggie Doyle, so there will always be a place in my heart for the show.
But I stopped watching around season 9 because it just got to be too much effort. This was a pre-DVR world, and I would record the show, check on `weavered.com` if there was anything notable, and if not, I erased the tape. Yes, I said tape. So sadly I can’t give you much by way of reviews for Kerry’s paternity struggles and her later romance, but I can tell you that the Sandy/Kerry storyline was epic. The development of their romance was treated as normally as everything else on *ER*. They had a courtship phase, a romp-all-the-time phase, arguments about work and life, and everything else!
It was the first time I saw a bit of that aspect of myself on TV that wasn’t a ‘kids’ show, and it was pretty damn awesome.
Oh and the bit about the helicopter? Robert Romano was the misogynistic, homophobic asshole who ran the hospital for a while. He gave Maggie a shitty review because she wouldn’t go out with him and chased her from the *ER*. He also fired Kim Legaspi for being gay, prompting Kerry to come out to him. Then a helicopter cut off his hand. He didn’t become any nicer, and when Choppy the Helicopter returned to finish him off (I’m serious, a second helicopter landed on him), he left his fortune to the hospital. Kerry, in a fit of pique, used it to make the “Robert Romano Center for Gay, Lesbian, Bi and Transgendered Health Care.”
If you didn’t love Kerry before, you sure as hell loved her then.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, Happy Ending, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Interracial Relationships
---
### [Un village français](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/un-village-francais/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Traces the experiences of various residents of a fictional small village just inside the occupation zone during WWII. Deals with issues including collaboration, the Resistance, the fate of French Jews, and war profiteering.
**Content:**
In June 1940, German military forces invade the fictional village of Villeneuve, near the French-Swiss border in the department (province) of Jura, France. The village is put into disarray by the occupying German military, which quickly takes control of all aspects of Villeneuve life, including the subjugation of the local government and police. During the invasion, many residents are either killed or wounded, but the survivors attempt to rebuild from the carnage and try to make sense of the German occupation and the new order that has descended upon their village.
Each season corresponds to one year of the occupation, with the exception of seasons two and three, which jointly cover 1941. Stories are set almost exclusively in and around Villeneuve at locations like the school, private residences, police headquarters, German military and SS headquarters, brothel, government offices, local businesses, and surrounding farms and countryside.
**TV Stations:** France 3
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, War
**Nations:** France
---
### [Hung](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hung/)
**Published:** June 5, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** When you're well hung, you can only resort to the tools at hand.
**Content:**
Once athletic, popular and on the way to success, Ray Drecker’s life turns upside down: He’s an underpaid, unappreciated middle-age high-school teacher and basketball coach whose wife of 20 years just left him, and his twin children soon follow her out the door after a fire damages his rundown Detroit home. Grasping at straws, Ray attends a self-help class, where he learns the key to financial success is identifying a personal “winning tool,” advice that Ray takes quite literally, in hope of turning things around.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Outed, Queer for Ratings, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Empire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/empire/)
**Published:** March 31, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Who will own the hip-hop empire?
**Content:**
Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years, which prompts the sharks to circle. Without further damaging his family, he must decide which of his three sons will take over. His favorite, young Hakeem, is a gifted musician but values fame over hard work. Middle son, Jamal, is talented and shy but gay — embarrassing to Lyon. The oldest, Andre, is business-minded but lacks charisma. The reappearance of Cookie, his ex-wife, complicates things; she says he owes her for taking the fall for the drug-running that financed his early career.
The show is run by Ilene Chaiken (yes of *[The L Word](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-l-word/)*) but representation has been a little on the touchy side. The show killed off one queer woman of color (Mimi) via her wife, whom [Ilene says wasn’t a lesbian](http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/empire-camilla-dead-kills-mimi-lesbian-death-the-100-ilene-chaiken-1201747811/) at all but a predatory homosexual, and we should all be **glad** she’s dead…
> Speaking about Campbell’s character (who had sex with a man, Bryshere Gray’s Hakeem Lyon, in the scene prior to her death), Chaiken explains: “I would say that Camilla is not a lesbian character. Camilla was, if anything, an opportunist, which is quite different from being a lesbian. If anything, the lesbians should wish for a character like Camilla to be killed off since she just preyed on a powerful lesbian in order to fulfill her heterosexual ambitions.”
Representation has been somewhat problematic.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Erased Queerness, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama, Black Soap Opera
---
### [Undressed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/undressed/)
**Published:** March 26, 2017
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** MTV's dabbles into drama were sketchy at best.
**Content:**
An anthology drama that followed the relationships of young adults and teens in the Los Angeles area. The series was controversial for its frank discussions about sex, including depictions of promiscuous behavior between teens, as well as gay and lesbian relationships.
The series is notable for featuring early performances by a number of actors who went on to greater notability in television and cinema.
**TV Stations:** MTV
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, School, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Harry’s Law](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/harrys-law/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** An unlikely team with an unlikely law practice, with an unlikely location.
**Content:**
Harriet, a tough talker, is looking for a fresh start after being fired from her job as a patent lawyer. Harriet’s world collides with Malcolm, a young man trying to figure out life, and Adam, a legal hotshot who decides to leave his firm to work with her. Along with Harriet’s assistant, Jenna, the unlikely team starts a law practice in an unlikely place, a rundown shoe store.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Outed, Queer for Ratings, Queerbashing, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [St. Elsewhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/st-elsewhere/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** We all live in Tommy's snowglobe.
**Content:**
A medical drama, *St. Elsewhere* is somewhat the center of the TV universe, thanks to the series finale. It was pretty groundbreaking for it’s time.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, Outed, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Girltrash!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/girltrash/)
**Published:** May 29, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Five ass-kicking girls take on the criminal underworld of Los Angeles .
**Content:**
Set in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles with a dark but over the top Miami Vice vibe, ‘Girltrash!’ follows the story of five ass-kicking girls: tough-as-nails Tyler; her partner Daisy; con-artist LouAnne; and gang-bangers Misty and Colby, who try to get by any way they can, even if it means double crossing your best friend or former lover. A gang war is brewing. You’ll be asked to… pick a side.
The filmmakers ran out of funding before the project could be completed and the series remains unfinished.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Everyone's Queer, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Action, Crime
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Stumptown](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stumptown/)
**Published:** September 25, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A sharp-witted army veteran becomes a private investigator in Portland, Oregon, where she takes care of her brother.
**Content:**
Dex Parios is a sharp-witted military veteran, who struggles to get by and take care of her younger brother, in Portland, Oregon. She also struggles with PTSD from her time as a Marine in Afghanistan, where she worked in military intelligence until she was injured by an explosion which killed her childhood sweetheart and former lover. Burdened by heavy gambling debts and unable to hold down a steady job, she becomes a private investigator to solve problems where the police cannot get involved. Detective Miles Hoffman refers problems to her, and Grey McConnell, a bar owner and Dex’s closest friend, provides moral support and employs her brother Ansel at his bar.
After being renewed for season two, ABC canceled the show in September 2020, citing issues with filming during the COVID-19 pandemic.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [No Tomorrow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/no-tomorrow/)
**Published:** December 28, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** What if the world was ending? Or what if it wasn't? Is it worth it to live like there's no tomorrow?
**Content:**
Evie Callahan appreciates order, but with her relationship running on empty and her career stalled, she is starting to think that an overly managed life has its downsides. This existential crisis leaves the perfect opening for the charming and free-spirited Xavier to waltz in and bring a refreshing wave of romance into her life. Just one thing… he believes the human race has only a little more than eight months left before an asteroid blasts it out of existence. Evie enlists the help of her friends Hank and Kareema to decide whether Xavier is crazy, and — maybe more importantly — if that even matters.
The show was canceled after a 1-season 13-episode run.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [I Am Not Okay With This](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-am-not-okay-with-this/)
**Published:** February 26, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A teenage girl navigates the trials and tribulations of high school, sexuality, and super powers.
**Content:**
An irreverent origin story that follows a teenage girl who’s navigating the trials and tribulations of high school, all while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
While the show was originally picked up (quietly) for a second seasons, it was canceled in August 2020, citing COVID related issues with production.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [First Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/first-kill/)
**Published:** June 10, 2022
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter and both are ready to make their first kill.
**Content:**
When it’s time for teenage vampire Juliette to make her first kill so she can take her place among a powerful vampire family, she sets her sights on a new girl in town named Calliope. But much to Juliette’s surprise, Calliope is a vampire hunter from a family of celebrated slayers. Both find that the other won’t be so easy to kill and, unfortunately, way too easy to fall for.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Supernatural Drama, Teen Horror, Vampires
---
### [Santa Clarita Diet](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/santa-clarita-diet/)
**Published:** March 26, 2018
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Sheila and Joel's world unexpectedly changes when Sheila becomes a zombie and starts craving human flesh.
**Content:**
Sheila (Drew Barrymore) and Joel (Timothy Olyphant) Hammond are married realtors raising their teenage daughter in Santa Clarita, California. Their world unexpectedly changes when Sheila becomes a zombie and starts craving human flesh.
The show takes the zombie genre and turns it into an entertaining comedy.
After Shelia kills and eats Dan, one of her neighbors, his wife Lisa starts dating one of his coworkers, Anne Garcia, the sheriff’s deputy.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/zoeys-extraordinary-playlist/)
**Published:** January 7, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Singing and dancing are daily occurrences in this fantasy drama about what happens when you can hear the songs that express people's innermost thoughts.
**Content:**
If there’s a song in your heart, it will get in her head. Jane Levy stars in this high-concept drama as Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event, Zoey, who always preferred podcasts over pop songs, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her – her family, co-workers and complete strangers – through popular songs. At first, she questions her own sanity, but after getting some guidance from her musically adept neighbor, Mo, and making a breakthrough with her ailing father, Zoey soon realizes this unwanted curse may just be an incredibly wonderful gift as she connects with the world like never before.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Musical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Gotham Knights](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham-knights/)
**Published:** April 4, 2023
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Bruce Wayne is murdered and his adopted son forges an alliance with the children of Batman's enemies. As the city becomes more dangerous, these mismatched fugitives will become its next generation of saviors, known as the Gotham Knights.
**Content:**
In the wake of Bruce Wayne’s death, his adopted son Turner Hayes forges an unlikely alliance with runaways Harper and Cullen Row and criminal Duela when they are all accused of a murder they did not commit by the Gotham City Police Department and District Attorney Harvey Dent. Their attempt to clear their names and find out who really killed Bruce Wayne with help from Turner’s friend Stephanie Brown and classmate Carrie Kelley (who operated as Robin) as this mystery soon leads them to the Court of Owls. This unlikely group will eventually have to step up as the next generation of Gothams saviours, known as Gotham Knights.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Genera+ion](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/generation/)
**Published:** March 14, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A group of high school students explore their sexuality in a modern world.
**Content:**
A group of high school students explore their sexuality in a modern world. This tests their deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.
The series was canceled after one season.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [Jupiter's Legacy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jupiters-legacy/)
**Published:** May 9, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** It's time for the second generations of superheroes to step up and keep the world safe.
**Content:**
After nearly a century of keeping mankind safe, the world’s first generation of superheroes must look to their children to continue the legacy. But tensions rise as the young superheroes, hungry to prove their worth, struggle to live up to their parents’ legendary public reputations — and exacting personal standards. Based on the graphic novels by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, Jupiter’s Legacy is an epic superhero drama that spans decades and navigates the complex dynamics of family, power, and loyalty.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [M.O.D.O.K.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/m-o-d-o-k/)
**Published:** May 26, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** An egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.
**Content:**
An egomaniacal supervillain with a really big head and a really little body struggles to maintain control of his evil organization and his demanding family.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Naomi](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/naomi/)
**Published:** January 12, 2022
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A young woman begins her hero's journey.
**Content:**
When a supernatural event shakes her hometown of Port Oswego to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, with a little help from her fiercely loyal best friend Annabelle. She also has the support of her adoptive, doting parents, veteran military officer Greg and linguistics teacher Jennifer.
After an encounter with Zumbado, the mysterious owner of a used car lot, leaves her shaken, Naomi turns to tattoo parlor owner Dee, who becomes her reluctant mentor. While unfolding the mystery about herself, Naomi also effortlessly navigates her high school friendships with kids on the military base as well as well as local townies, including ex-boyfriend and high school jock Nathan; Annabelle’s longtime, loyal boyfriend Jacob; proud “townie” Anthony; and fellow comic book enthusiast Lourdes, who works in a vintage collectible shop.
As Naomi journeys to the heights of the Multiverse in search of answers, what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Cowboy Bebop](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cowboy-bebop/)
**Published:** November 19, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A ragtag crew of bounty hunters chases down the galaxy's most dangerous criminals. They'll save the world - for the right price.
**Content:**
A live-action series (based on the anime and manga of the same name), *Cowboy Bebop* focuses on the adventures of a ragtag group of bounty hunters chasing down criminals across the solar system.
An action-packed space Western about three bounty hunters, aka “cowboys,” all trying to outrun the past. As different as they are deadly, Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, and Faye Valentine form a scrappy, snarky crew ready to hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals — for the right price. But they can only kick and quip their way out of so many scuffles before their pasts finally catch up with them.
It was canceled after one season.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Crime, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [The Carmilla Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-carmilla-movie/)
**Published:** October 26, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Five years later, Laura’s plan is not happening when Carmilla starts being a vampire. Again. It’s time for a trip to Styria and some sacrifices.
**Content:**
A sequel to the webseries [*Carmilla*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carmilla/), it’s the continuing post-college adventures of a former-vampire with a heart of gold and her spunky journalistic partner.
Five years after they saved the world, Laura is a baby reporter and Carm is a layabout. Laura starts having dreams about Elle and Carm’s past, and Carm starts vamping out again. Naturally, everyone traipses off to Styria and faces down Carmilla’s victims and her ex in order to save Carmilla and possibly the world. Again.
You can buy the film at [carmillamovie.vhx.tv](http://carmillamovie.vhx.tv)
**TV Stations:** Fullscreen
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Supernatural
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Movie, Supernatural Drama
---
### [Doubt](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doubt/)
**Published:** January 12, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A soapy legal procedural.
**Content:**
A soapy legal procedural that started and ended in 2017.
Laverne Cox was broadcast TV’s first transgender actress playing a transgender main character on this show. Yay! Katherine Heigl was also on the show though so it really was no shock that it was canceled after two episodes, leaving 11 unaired. Then in the summer of that year, CBS played the episodes anyway, putting them up on CBS All Access.
It’s a good thing they did, because in the unaired episodes, Cox’s Cameron had a plot line! She also had the first sex scene for a trans woman on network TV. I know!
Everything was predictable and painfully obvious, but it was a halfway decent lawyer show. My one caution is the episode “Faith” talks about abuse and it’s dark and painful.
**TV Stations:** CBS, CBS All Access
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Queerbashing, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Total Party Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/total-party-kill/)
**Published:** July 12, 2018
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Humanities greatest critical fail.
**Content:**
A tongue-in-cheek webseries about a group of RPG players that must fight for humanity’s survival after they inadvertently broadcast the first night of the apocalypse on their livestream.
It was just a normal night, playing streaming D&D, when the world changed forever. It’s the apocalypse on livestream, with a group of D&D players who aren’t the best on rules being kept under quarantine by a lone solider. Now these friends have to mount up their own, real life campaign, save the world, and maybe get the girl.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Everyone's Queer, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Adventure
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Muscle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/muscle/)
**Published:** July 14, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** While it ended on a cliffhanger, no one watched so no one cared.
**Content:**
Muscle is an American television sitcom which aired on The WB from January 11, 1995 until May 24, 1995. It was set inside the fictional Survival Gym in New York City, and was a parody of prime time soap operas of the 1990s.
Survival Gym chain is in crisis when the founder dies and son Kent is arrested but he suspects stepmother Jayne. In soap opera fashion the gym’s trainers run the gamut from gigolo Gianni to struggling actress Cleo.
**TV Stations:** The WB
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dark Matter](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dark-matter/)
**Published:** September 29, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** In the dystopian 27th century, six people wake up on a deserted spaceship with no memory of who they are or what they're doing there. They reluctantly team up and set off to find answers with the help of a female android.
**Content:**
One of those fun SyFy/Canadian TV shows that everyone loves, but it’s weird and ends up canceled too soon.
One day, a bunch of attractive individuals wake up on a space ship and have no memory of who they are, or what they’re doing. They do remember how to pilot the ship and shoot things, which is good, because it turns out they’re actually renown space pirates and evil people.
For much of the first season, the crew stumbled along hitting up every possible space trope they could. In season two, they figured out a lot more about who they were, decided to keep their rebooted memories, and went the lovable-rogue path instead of the evil-killers one. Season three, the last season, had a full on Groundhog’s Day episode *and* a time travel one.
Surprise! Two used to be in love with the woman who created her, and had the Android built to look just like her. Then she lost all her memories of the event. Well, as the Android said, this is awkward.
The series ends on a crazy cliffhanger.
**TV Stations:** Bell Media, Space, SyFy
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Cliffhanger
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Canadian Sci-fi, Dystopian
---
### [The Girl In The Woods](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-girl-in-the-woods/)
**Published:** October 21, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Carrie escape's from her mysterious, cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door within the woods.
**Content:**
Monsters are real, kept at bay behind a mysterious door in a cult-like colony. Teenage runaway Carrie’s job is to guard that door, but when strange occurrences begin to shake the sleepy mining town to its core, she must enlist the help of new friends Nolan and Tasha. The group becomes an unlikely trio of monster slayers, determined to save their loved ones. As they fight back, Nolan and Tasha can’t help but wonder…can they really trust Carrie? Small towns sure can be Hell.
The series ended on a turnabout cliffhanger.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation
---
### [HawthoRNe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hawthorne/)
**Published:** September 30, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** A good nurse is hard to find.
**Content:**
A Jada Pinkett Smith medical drama, it was about Nurse Christina Hawthorne, the chief nursing officer at Richmond Trinity Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. She eventually becomes COO of the hospital, but is super passionate, advocates for patients and staff, even at the risk of her job. You know, stereotypical hero nurse.
She also has a thing with the chief of surgery, who wants commitment, and she’s unsure. They do get married, but the show ends on a cliffhanger in season three, after some infidelity, so … maybe Christina should have stayed single after all.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Cliffhanger, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/teenage-bounty-hunters/)
**Published:** August 18, 2020
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Sixteen-year-old fraternal twin sisters dive into the world of bail skipping baddies while still navigating the high stakes of teenage life.
**Content:**
Rebelling against their buttoned-up Southern community, sixteen-year-old fraternal twin sisters Sterling and Blair Wesley team up with veteran bounty hunter Bowser Jenkins for an over-the-top adventure as they dive into the world of bail skipping baddies and suburban secrets while trying to navigate high school drama — love, sex, and study hall.
While the show ended on a cliffhanger/reveal, and broke the top 25 for streaming tv, Netflix opted not to pick it up for a second season.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Comedy, Teen Drama
---
### [The Wilds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-wilds/)
**Published:** December 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of teens must survive after a crash leaves them stranded. There's just one twist to this thrilling drama - these girls did not end up on this island by accident.
**Content:**
A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep, and the traumas they’ve all endured. There’s just one twist to this thrilling Drama – Coming of Age … these girls did not end up on this island by accident.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-league-of-their-own/)
**Published:** August 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An adaptation of the 1992 film of the same name with new characters and story lines, about the formation of a World War II era women's professional baseball.
**Content:**
While World War II rages on, and our boys are fighting away from home, it’s up to the girls of the burgeoning All American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) to save baseball.
The series follows two girls, Carson and Max, who struggle through their lives to find who they really are.
The first season ended on a cliffhanger, and was going to get a final season to wrap the storylines up, however Amazon Prime canceled it on August 18, 2023, citing the impact from the ongoing SAG/WGA strike.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Cliffhanger, Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Fake Relationship, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gal Pals, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Period Piece, Sports
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Gender Presentation
---
### [You](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you/)
**Published:** September 25, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A clever bookstore manager relies on his savvy Internet know-how to make the woman of his dreams fall in love with him.
**Content:**
What would you do for love? For a brilliant male bookstore manager who crosses paths with an aspiring female writer, this question is put to the test. A charming yet awkward crush becomes something even more sinister when the writer becomes the manager’s obsession. Using social media and the internet, he uses every tool at his disposal to become close to her, even going so far as to remove any obstacle –including people — that stands in his way of getting to her.
**TV Stations:** Lifetime, Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Welcome to Utmark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/welcome-to-utmark/)
**Published:** December 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a small remote Norwegian town live: a corrupt sheriff, an alcoholic shepherd, a nature-loving bootlegger, a God-hating pastor and a grieving pimp.
**Content:**
A modern Western offering a glimpse at life on the edge of civilization, this Norwegian drama follows the denizens of Utmark, a remote village where the stark, breathtaking landscape clashes with the chaos and corruption brewing beneath the surface. When herder and bootlegger Bilzi comes to blows with alcoholic shepherd Finn, longheld secrets are brought to the surface, precipitating a chain of events that touches each of Utmark’s citizens. Meanwhile, as the adults bicker, backstab, and brawl their way through the barren wilderness, Finn and his wife Siri’s twelve-year-old daughter Marin struggles with revelations that will change her life forever.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Norway
---
### [Valeria](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/valeria/)
**Published:** July 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Valeria is a writer who's hit a dead end with both her writing and her husband. She finds solace in her three friends Carmen, Lola and Nerea.
**Content:**
Valeria is a writer in crisis, both with her novels and her husband. Thankfully, her three best friends, Carmen, Lola, and Nerea, support her through her adventures, whilst having ones of their own. Valeria and her friends are immersed in a whirlwind of emotions about love, friendship, jealousy, unfaithfulness, doubts, heartbreak, secrets, work, worries, joy and dreams of the future.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Upstart Crow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/upstart-crow/)
**Published:** July 28, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** How friends, family, history, and a rival created Shakespeare.
**Content:**
Satirical sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term “upstart crow”, influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.
**TV Stations:** BBC Two
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Two Sentence Horror Stories](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/two-sentence-horror-stories/)
**Published:** April 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An anthology series featuring updated tales of horror and haunting for the digital age, inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories.
**Content:**
An anthology series featuring updated tales of horror and haunting for the digital age, inspired by the viral fan fiction of two sentence horror stories.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Horror Anthology
---
### [The White Lotus](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-white-lotus/)
**Published:** November 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in a luxury resort chain, it follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
**Content:**
An all-star cast head to a resort and unleash their worst, most privileged impulses. The series is a sharp social satire following the exploits of various guests and employees of the fictional White Lotus resort chain, whose stay becomes affected by their various dysfunctions. A week in the life of vacationers is unravelled as they relax and rejuvenate in paradise. With each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees, and the idyllic locale itself.
Season 2 is set at an exclusive Sicilian resort and, similar to the first season, follows the exploits of guests and employees over the span of a vacation.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Ensamble Drama, Vacation Drama
---
### [The Orville](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-orville/)
**Published:** October 10, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** What could go wrong when you give Seth McFarlane a Star Trek parody?
**Content:**
A *Star Trek*-esque show by Seth McFarlane.
Down on his luck after a bitter divorce, Planetary Union officer Ed Mercer (McFarlane) finally gets his chance to command his own ship. Determined to prove his worth and start a new chapter, Ed discovers the first wrinkle in his plan when the First Officer assigned to his ship is his ex-wife, Kelly Grayson. As the new commander, Ed assembles a qualified — but eccentric — crew, including his best friend, Gordon, who has problems with authority but is the best helmsman in the fleet; Dr. Claire Finn; Bortus, an alien from a single-sex species; Isaac, an artificial life-form from a machine society; navigator John Lamarr; Alara Kitan, a young, inexperienced security officer; and Yaphit, a gelatinous creature.
While Bortus is called an “alien from a single-sex species” what this really means is Bortus is an alien from an *all male* species. This is no *[Ethan of Athos](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067165604X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=067165604X&linkCode=as2&tag=lezpress-20&linkId=5a3346c94060bfb53f190348c7073d49)* folks (which by the way, go read, it’s great).
The earlier seasons struggle with representation, and their treatment of Bortus is pretty divisive.
**TV Stations:** FOX, Hulu
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Ten Percent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ten-percent/)
**Published:** May 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Agents at a London talent agency scramble to keep their star clients happy and their business afloat after the sudden death of their founder.
**Content:**
Misha has decided to follow her absent father, Jonathan, and grandfather, Richard, in their talent agent career, arriving at London agency Nightingale Hart just in time to be spontaneously hired as an assistant when one is fired. Shortly after Misha joins, Richard dies, and Jonathan and another agent, Stella, discover the agency is struggling financially. Jonathan also struggles to keep his family from realising who Misha really is. Meanwhile, agent Rebecca is launching a production branch of the agency and falling for Margaux, the author of the book she’s set to adapt, and agent Dan tries to launch the career of their receptionist-turned-actress, Zoe – also while falling for her. Stella sorts through a different personal dilemma and supports old friend and self-sabotaging actor Simon. Misha starts to help Jonathan’s son Luke become a screenwriter. They all try to handle their temperamental celebrity clients while holding off the imposition of the American company who bought the agency.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Star Trek: Picard](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-picard/)
**Published:** March 26, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Picard's adventures post retirement are no less complicated than they were when he was a captain.
**Content:**
Following a retirement caused by Starfleet’s total mishandling of the Romulan evacuation, Picard is enjoying life on a vineyard. Of course, that peace is not to stay when he discovers Data may have a daughter.
The reality is even more complicated, touching on the lives of old friends and new. It’s up to one, 94-year-old cantankerous Frenchman to save the galaxy.
**TV Stations:** CBS All Access
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Ratched](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ratched/)
**Published:** September 18, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a dark ulterior motive.
**Content:**
*Ratched* is an American psychological thriller drama about the character of the same name from Ken Kesey’s 1962 novel *One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*.
It tells the origin story of Mildred Ratched (played by Sarah Paulson) becoming an asylum nurse 15 years before she worked at the Oregon psychiatric hospital we are familiar with from *One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest*. In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at Lucia State Hospital where the head doctor uses new and unsettling experiments to treat mental illnesses. Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of a dedicated nurse, but in reality, she is there to infiltrate the hospital system for reasons slowly revealed throughout the first season.
Cynthia Nixon plays Gwendolyn Briggs, the campaign manager for the Governor of California. Gwendolyn is in a marriage of convenience with a gay man and finds herself drawn to Mildred.
While *Ratched* was renewed for season 2, [Paulson does not know if it’s ever happening](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/sarah-paulson-american-horror-story-crime-story-1235331797/).
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Horror, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Dark, Gore, psychological horror
---
### [New Amsterdam](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/new-amsterdam/)
**Published:** May 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital.
**Content:**
Medical director Dr. Max Goodwin is committed to solving systemic health care issues at the hospital. Add in the grieving of his wife’s death, his responsibilities as a single father and his cancer still lingering in the rear-view mirror, everyone around Max must wonder how long he can sustain this impossible load. But “How can I help?” is not just Max’s catchphrase, it’s his reason for living. As long as he’s helping others, Max is able to find hope in the most hopeless of places.
While navigating their own personal journeys – Sharpe’s career shifts, Bloom’s reuniting with her mother, Reynolds’ departure, Frome’s struggle with body image and Kapoor’s upcoming grandchild – the doctors also strive to play out Max’s “How can I help?” mantra.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Medical Drama
---
### [Nord bei Nordwest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nord-bei-nordwest/)
**Published:** January 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hauke Jacobs, formerly Hamburg cop helps Schwanitz police officer Lona Vogt in their cases, while he works as the new veterinarian in town with their assistant's support Jule Christiansen.
**Content:**
Former Hamburg police officer Hauke Jacobs settles down on the Baltic Sea in the town of Schwanitz to work there as a veterinarian. He acquires an old habitable ship that becomes his domicile. Since the veterinarian has taken his own life in the place, he takes over his practice without further ado and hires the previous medical assistant Jule Christiansen. However, he cannot let go of his old profession and supports the local police officer Lona Vogt in her work, usually after the dead are found.
Over time, it becomes clear that Hauke Jacobs did not voluntarily visit rural loneliness. As an undercover investigator, he had testified in a trial against criminals, which is why he is now in the small place where everyone knows everyone and strangers immediately notice. After Jacobs’ “exile” is over, he decides to stay in Schwanitz and not return to the big city.
**TV Stations:** Das Erste
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Police
**Nations:** Germany
---
### [Mayans M.C.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mayans-m-c/)
**Published:** October 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When the American Dream fails, it's time to turn to a motorcycle gang.
**Content:**
The next chapter in the [*Sons of Anarchy*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sons-of-anarchy/) saga.
Set in a post-Jax Teller world, Ezekiel “EZ” Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the California/Mexico border. EZ, the gifted son of a proud Latino family and former golden boy, sees his quest for the American dream snuffed out by border violence. Faced with carving out a new identity for himself in his small town, EZ’s need for vengeance drives him toward a life he never intended and can never escape.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Komi-san wa, Komyushō Desu](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/komi-san-wa-komyusho-desu/)
**Published:** October 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An elite and aloof schoolgirl is in fact severely withdrawn and anxious about communicating with others.
**Content:**
***Komi Can’t Communicate*** (Japanese: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。, Hepburn: *Komi-san wa, Komyushō Desu.*)
On her first day attending the elite Itan Private High School, the story’s primary setting, Shouko Komi immediately receives an overwhelming surge in popularity due to the unprecedented, stoic beauty and refined elegance her classmates perceive her to possess. However, only Hitohito Tadano, an exceedingly average schoolboy who sits next to her, can have the opportunity to discover that, behind her *bishōjo* appearance, Komi has severe issues in communicating with others. So Tadano sets out to help Komi on her quest to find 100 friends.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [It's Pony](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/its-pony/)
**Published:** February 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A girl's best friend is a talking pony who lives in her apartment.
**Content:**
A normal girl’s life is made extraordinary by her best friend – an unpredictable, outrageous, and hilarious talking pony. No matter the complications he causes, Annie knows that everything is better when Pony is around.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's, Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Grown-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grown-ish/)
**Published:** January 6, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Grown-ish is a spin-off of the ABC series Black-ish and follows the Johnsons' eldest daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) as she heads off to college and begins her journey to adulthood.
**Content:**
Grown-ish is a spin-off of the ABC series Black-ish. The show follows the Johnsons’ eldest daughter Zoey (Yara Shahidi) as she heads off to college and begins her journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
She quickly makes a group of friends including Nomi, a white Jewish freshman who hasn’t yet come out to her family as bisexual.
The show is shot in a different style than Black-ish with a lot of Zoey talking directly into the camera. It has a similar vibe to The Bold Type comedy-wise.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Gaybies, Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, School
**Nations:** USA
---
### [gen:LOCK](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/genlock/)
**Published:** February 18, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a dystopian future Earth, an international coalition known as The Polity fights a hostile, autocratic invading force known as The Union.
**Content:**
Fifty years in the future, an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max, Rooster Teeth
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Danger Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/danger-force/)
**Published:** February 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Captain Man attempts to train kids on how to control their superpowers.
**Content:**
Captain Man has a new crew of superhero sidekicks – **Danger** **Force**. Captain Man and Schwoz create a fake school to train the kids to harness their uncontrollable superpowers to fight crime.
Cooper Barnes and Michael D. Cohen return as Captain Man and Schwoz in this spinoff of “Henry Danger.” The superhero and his inventor recruit four children to attend their Swellview Academy for the Gifted. The crimefighters-in-training try to harness their frequently troublesome and sometimes uncontrollable superpowers as they learn to work as a team. The students include Chapa, a girl who gains the ability of electrokinesis, Mika, who develops the ability of sonic scream, Miles, the brother of Mika who develops the power of teleportation, and Bose, who gains the power of telekinesis.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Family Drama, Superhero show
---
### [COBRA](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cobra/)
**Published:** December 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A major crisis threatens the stability of the UK, Prime Minister Robert Sutherland and his close team assemble the emergency committee COBRA in an effort to combat the situation.
**Content:**
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
**TV Stations:** Sky 1
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Political
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** British drama, Political Drama, Politics
---
### [Bienvenidos a Edén](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bienvenidos-a-eden/)
**Published:** June 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Are you happy? Do you want to be? Welcome to Eden.
**Content:**
Are you happy? With this question Zoa and four young, attractive and social media active boys and girls are invited to the most exclusive party in history, set in a secret island and organized by the brand of a new drink. What starts as an exciting adventure will soon turn into the trip of their lives. But paradise is not really what it seems… Welcome to Eden.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Bee and PuppyCat](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bee-and-puppycat/)
**Published:** June 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bee, an unemployed woman is living a normal life, until a grumpy companion named PuppyCat arrives. Follow Bee and and PuppyCat as they travel between reality and "Fishbowl Space".
**Content:**
Bee is a cheerful young woman in her early twenties who is habitually fired from menial, low-paying jobs. On her way home from a failed job opportunity, PuppyCat, a strange, mysterious creature, falls from the sky. She takes him in and, when he sees that she is broke and unemployed, PuppyCat teleports himself and Bee to an alternate dimension where they are given a job by TempBot, a gigantic, intelligent television screen. Despite the dangers that this line of temporary jobs would pose, Bee finds that she has a talent for the work and that it pays well enough for her to disregard the dangers.
An ongoing plot element of the series is PuppyCat’s past, which is shrouded in mystery. There are hints that he may be a space outlaw who was transformed by the Space King, who was angry over the pirate’s romance with his daughter. However, due to his anger, the magic meant to capture him instead turned him into a monster and he escaped. Another ongoing plot element is Bee’s romantic feelings for her friend Deckard, a talented chef who seems to harbor a crush on Bee but finds that this complicates his decision to pursue a cooking career.
In the episode “Donut” it’s revealed that Bee is a cyborg, a revelation that stuns Deckard. At the end of the episode he chooses to leave home to attend culinary school, still conflicted over the revelation and his feelings for Bee.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Banana](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/banana/)
**Published:** September 24, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Celebrates love without labels. Join eight different couples on their journey of love, heartbreak, sex, and drama.
**Content:**
Through eight stand-alone stories, this series follows different aspects of LGBT life. Each episode focuses on the unique storyline of a diverse character dealing with life, loves and losses. Scotty is a young lesbian dealing with unrequited love, while Dean harbors family secrets and has an affair with a mystery man from Newcastle. Sian is torn between her lover, Violet, and her overprotective mother, Vanessa. Helen has an ex who won’t leave her alone. This is a companion series to Russell T. Davies’ *[Cucumber](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cucumber/)*.
*Banana* offers an intriguing and often outrageous peek into the individual lives, loves and losses of a range of characters who are only glimpsed in Russell T Davies’s other show *[Cucumber](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cucumber/)*. The stories are beautiful, charming, witty and at times, heartbreaking, as they follow the lives of a wide variety of characters, be they gay, lesbian, transgender or anything in between.
**TV Stations:** E4
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Anthology Series, Queer Drama
---
### [Doctors](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctors/)
**Published:** April 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The daily lives of staff at a Birmingham medical practice, including their often-dramatic involvements with their patients.
**Content:**
Doctors is a British medical soap opera set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge, Birmingham. The soap follows the staff of both a Doctor’s surgery, University Campus Surgery, and their families.
The show’s storylines deal with the lives of staff and patients at the fictional Mill Health Centre and Campus Surgery. The format of each episode typically sees the doctors and nurses of the practice meeting their patients both at the surgeries and on house calls and dealing with their medical complaint, alongside the continuing storylines.
The series was canceled in 2023, with the final episode airing December 2024. The BBC cited “financial reasons.”
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Soap Opera
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [The Afterparty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-afterparty/)
**Published:** May 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** “The Afterparty” centers on a murder mystery. Each episode features a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
**Content:**
“The Afterparty” centers on a murder mystery. Each episode features a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual style and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [F*!#ing Adelaide](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fing-adelaide/)
**Published:** October 10, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When the matriarch of an unconventional family decides to sell the family home to rid herself of debt racked up by her ex-husband, she provokes existential crises in her children as they return to Adelaide to say farewell.
**Content:**
A 6 part series about three close but disparate siblings who reunite in Adelaide. But when they discover their mother is selling their childhood home, their middle class freedoms and sense of security is rocked and they are forced to confront a past that none of them can let go of it.
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV)
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [A Melhor Amiga Da Noiva](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-melhor-amiga-da-noiva/)
**Published:** April 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When best friends fall in love, everything changes.
**Content:**
Two friends, Fernanda and Juliana, realize that something beyond friendship is emerging between them. With the help of their friend, Daniel, the begin to move past their fears, accept what they’re feeling, and then a little trip changes everything.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Romance
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [Welcome to Flatch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/welcome-to-flatch/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows a documentary crew, who go to a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet and their idiosyncratic surroundings.
**Content:**
When a documentary crew sets out to explore the lives of residents in a small American town – their dreams, their concerns – they stumble upon the midwestern town of Flatch, which is made up of many eccentric personalities. It’s a place you want to visit and maybe even stay. If there was a decent motel. Which there is not.
The show is also known as “This Country”
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Las viudas de los jueves](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-viudas-de-los-jueves/)
**Published:** October 6, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** To everyone’s eyes, these five families are perfect and faultless. But behind closed doors, the darkest secrets are kept hidden. In the paradisiac estate of Los Altos de las Cascadas, looks can be deceiving.
**Content:**
Teresa comes home to find her husband Tano and two of his friends dead. The event shocks the other residents of the luxurious Altos de las Cascadas estate, who are quick to call it an accident. But soon, questions will arise about how “accidental” these deaths actually were, and will prove that nothing is as perfect as it seems in Altos de las Cascadas.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Wilderness](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wilderness/)
**Published:** October 5, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows a twisted love story, where a "happily-ever-after" life quickly turns into a living nightmare.
**Content:**
British couple Liv and Will seem to have it all: a rock-solid marriage; a glamorous new life in New York thousands of miles from their provincial hometown; and still young enough to feel that their whole lives are ahead of them. Until Liv learns about Will’s affair. Heartbreak is swiftly followed by another emotion: fury. When Will proposes a trip around America’s epic National Parks to give their relationship a fresh start, Liv knows just how to get revenge…Wilderness is a twisted love story, where a dream holiday and a supposedly “happily-ever-after” quickly turns into a living nightmare.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Sort Of](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sort-of/)
**Published:** December 23, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A gender-fluid millennial straddles various identities, exposing the identities and labels that are no longer applicable.
**Content:**
The journey of Sabi Mehboob, a gender fluid millennial who straddles various identities from sexy bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a large Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career. A coming-of-age story, SORT OF exposes the labels we once poured ourselves into as no longer applicable… to anyone.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
---
### [iCarly](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/icarly/)
**Published:** June 17, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** iCarly is back! Former teen internet sensation, Carly Shay, and her friends navigate the challenges of adulthood. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes things get kinda wacky.
**Content:**
Carly Shay navigates the next chapter of her life after success at work and college. The former teen internet sensation decides to restart iCarly with the help of her friends all the while facing the challenging of adulthood.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Futurama](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/futurama/)
**Published:** August 24, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.
**Content:**
The series follows the adventures of slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and is revived in the 31st century. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Turanga Leela and robot Bender Bending Rodriguez.
*Futurama* received critical acclaim throughout its run and was nominated for 17 Annie Awards, winning seven, and 12 Emmy Awards, winning six. It was nominated four times for a Writers Guild of America Award, winning for the episodes “Godfellas” and “The Prisoner of Benda”. It was nominated for a Nebula Award and received Environmental Media Awards for the episodes “The Problem with Popplers” and “The Futurama Holiday Spectacular”. Merchandise includes a tie-in comic book series, video games, calendars, clothes and figurines. In 2013, TV Guide ranked *Futurama* one of the top 60 Greatest TV Cartoons of All Time.
The show aired on Fox from 1999 to 2003, Comedy Central from 2008 to 2013, and Hulu in 2023.
**TV Stations:** Comedy Central, FOX, Hulu
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Special Ops: Lioness](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/special-ops-lioness/)
**Published:** September 11, 2023
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine is recruited to join the Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within.
**Content:**
CIA officer, Joe, attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the spear in the CIA’s war on terror. She enlists Cruz Manuelos, a female special operations Marine, as an undercover operative in the Lioness Program. Cruz is tasked with befriending Aaliyah Amrohi, the daughter of a terrorist financer who is on the CIA’s kill list.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Happiness then Tragedy, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** Military Drama, Spy Thriller
---
### [Home Economics](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/home-economics/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three grown-up siblings find themselves living at vastly different levels of financial security than each other.
**Content:**
A look into the heartwarming yet super uncomfortable and sometimes frustrating relationship between three adult siblings: one in the 1%, one middle-class and one barely holding on.
The middle sibling is a lesbian mom named Sarah played by [Caitlin McGee](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/caitlin-mcgee/) married to Denise played by [Sasheer Zamata](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/sasheer-zamata/).
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Gaybies, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Sitcom, US Sitcom
---
### [The Morning Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-morning-show/)
**Published:** October 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.
**Content:**
The cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning. Told through the lens of two complicated women working to navigate the minefield of high-octane jobs while facing crises in both their personal and professional lives, the series is an unapologetically candid drama that looks at the power dynamics between women and men, and women and women, in the workplace.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Owl House](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-owl-house/)
**Published:** August 9, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Self-assured teenage girl Luz discovers a portal to another realm where humans are not well-liked.
**Content:**
Luz is a self-assured teenage human girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to the Demon Realm. There she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda’s apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
---
### [Crossing Lines](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crossing-lines/)
**Published:** September 13, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A special crime unit investigates serialized crimes that cross over European borders, to hunt down criminals and bring them to justice.
**Content:**
Crossing Lines taps into the charter of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to mandate a special crime unit to investigate serialized crimes that cross over borders. Police officers, detectives, and the court hunt down criminals and administer justice. This team of unlikely colleagues travels through exciting European metropolitan locations to fight crime, giving birth to what resembles a “global FBI”.
**TV Stations:** NBC, Ovation, Rai 2, Sat.1, TF1
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** France, Germany, Italy, USA
---
### [Bocchi the Rock!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bocchi-the-rock/)
**Published:** September 13, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hitori "Bocchi-chan" Goto is a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar; she meets Nijika Ijichi and joins "Kessoku Band."
**Content:**
Extremely anxious and socially awkward Hitori Gotō longs to become a rock musician in spite of her struggles, whilst fulfilling her desires to one day make friends. She is suddenly given a chance to do so after she is taken in by Nijika Ijichi to become a member of the newly formed Kessoku Band.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, GTV, GYT, MBS, Tokyo MX, WOWOW
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy, Musical
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Disenchantment](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/disenchantment/)
**Published:** January 16, 2021
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A princess is annoyed at her imminent arranged marriage, when she meets a demon, and an elf, and things get rather exciting, and dangerous.
**Content:**
Princess Tiabeanie, ‘Bean’, is annoyed at her imminent arranged marriage to Prince Merkimer. Then she meets Luci, a demon, and Elfo, an elf, and things get rather exciting, and dangerous.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [All My Children](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-my-children/)
**Published:** September 28, 2014
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** All My Children was a daytime soap opera featuring the legendary Erica Kane played by Susan Lucci.
**Content:**
*All My Children* aired on ABC for 41 years, from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011. It was a quintessential daytime soap opera starring the legendary Erica Kane played by Susan Lucci.
Since Erica Kane is one of the most famous soap opera characters of all time, it was groundbreaking when her daughter Bianca Montgomery came out to her as a lesbian December 2000. In true soap opera form it took many episodes to get to that point.
From then on Bianca had many different relationships (each with loyal fandoms), babies, a terrible rape plot line, a brief relationship with a transgender lesbian rock star, a gay wedding, a gay divorce, a gay remarriage and a dead girlfriend.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Happiness then Tragedy, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** US Soap
---
### [The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-lost-flowers-of-alice-hart/)
**Published:** September 7, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young girl from a violent upbringing is orphaned and moves in with her grandmother on a flower farm.
**Content:**
When Alice, aged 9, tragically loses her parents in a mysterious fire, she is taken to live with her grandmother June at Thornfield flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family’s past. Set against Australia’s breath-taking, natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades. Alice’s journey as she grows from her complicated past builds to an emotional climax when she finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Uusi Päivä](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/uusi-paiva/)
**Published:** September 6, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The residents of fictional city, Virtaus, young and old, experience their lives, joys and sorrows.
**Content:**
*Uusi Päivä* is a drama-comedy series that tells about the lives, joys and sorrows of the residents of the fictional town of Virtaus, young and old.
**TV Stations:** Yle Areena, Yle TV2
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** Finland
---
### [Uusi Päivä - Tabula Rasa](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/uusi-paiva-tabula-rasa/)
**Published:** September 6, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A three episode spin-off of Uusi Päivä, it explores the subconscious of familiar characters.
**Content:**
A three episode spin-off of Uusi Päivä, it explores the subconscious of familiar characters.
**TV Stations:** Yle Areena
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Finland
---
### [Vihreät Valot: Väärät bileet](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vihreat-valot-vaarat-bileet/)
**Published:** September 6, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After signing a bad contract, the band Green Lights get into even more trouble than anyone expected.
**Content:**
They should never have gone to that party. The members of the Green Lights band are arrested on suspicion of a serious crime. The investigators reveal a network of lies that young adults of the band have become entangled in over the past week. Who can you trust anymore?
**TV Stations:** Yle Areena
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Finland
---
### [Ragnarok](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ragnarok/)
**Published:** April 26, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarok -- unless someone intervenes in time.
**Content:**
Edda, situated in the grand, breathtaking Norwegian nature, but the inhabitants of Edda are perhaps not all who they claim to be. With them, we experience a drastically changing world: melting poles, warm winters, violent downpours. Some might say we’re headed for yet another Ragnarok. Unless someone intervenes in time…
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person, Teacher/Student Romance, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** Norway
---
### [How I Met Your Father](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/how-i-met-your-father/)
**Published:** January 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
**Content:**
In the near future, Sophie is telling her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [El Ministerio del Tiempo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-ministerio-del-tiempo/)
**Published:** October 16, 2018
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Three officers from different eras work for a secret government agency, guarding Spain's past from time-travelling intruders trying to manipulate history for their own ends.
**Content:**
Three officers from different eras work for a secret government agency, guarding Spain’s past from time-travelling intruders trying to manipulate history for their own ends.
Basically it’s [*Timeless*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/timeless/) only as a telenovela.
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Acacias 38](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/acacias-38/)
**Published:** January 12, 2020
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A group of maids in 1899 and the bourgeois families for whom they work
**Content:**
A story about the wealthy and the poor that reflects the meeting of two worlds in a singular space: a doorway to Acacias 38. This building in a bourgeois neighborhood of a Spanish city is the setting for the adventures of the different characters: the Serna family, the Álvarez-Hermoso, the Hidalgo, the Palacios, their maids and their neighbors.
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [La trêve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/la-treve/)
**Published:** September 3, 2019
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** A police detective mourning a painful loss moves back to his peaceful hometown, only to be drawn into a murder case that dredges up dark secrets.
**Content:**
*The Break* is about Police detective Yoann Peeters who moves from Brussels with his daughter, Camille, to his home town, where the body of a young African football player was pulled from the river. The death is originally thought to be a suicide, but Peeters suspects murder.
**TV Stations:** France 2, La Une, Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Belgium
---
### [Las Estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-estrellas/)
**Published:** January 15, 2018
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** Five sisters have to work together to earn their inheritance.
**Content:**
Five sisters of different mothers gather on the occasion of the death of their father, Mario Estrella. In reading the will, they find that their parent imposes an inescapable condition to collect the inheritance: they must successfully run a “boutique hotel”, for a term of one year. Thus, Virginia, Lucía, Carla, Florencia, and Miranda have no choice but to learn how to deal with their differences.
While some people feel that the story is ‘too good to be true,’ including Flor’s alter-drop of her boyfriend and them subsequently staying friends, I laud the fact that Argentina gave us a happy relationship with happy endings and love. It’s okay to have everything in a soap be happy and sappy and perfect. If you’re already willing to accept the concept that five sisters have to work together to get their inheritance, what’s a little orphan adoption?
**TV Stations:** El Trece
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out, Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera, Telenovela
**Nations:** Argentina
**Intersections:** Disabilities
---
### [The Great](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-great/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Great is a historical and satirical comedy-drama television series very loosely based on the rise to power of Catherine the Great, Empress of All Russia.
**Content:**
A satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest-reigning female ruler in Russia’s history. The series is fictionalized and portrays Catherine in her youth and marriage to Emperor Peter III (amalgamated with Peter II) focusing on the plot to kill her depraved and dangerous husband.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Blind Gudinne](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blind-gudinne/)
**Published:** August 28, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A successful lawyer is out walking her dog when she discovers a dead body. A junkie, but soon the police have more than one murder to solve.
**Content:**
When a murdered drug addict is found, Commissioner Hanne Wilhelmsen initially thinks this is a routine case. But only a short time later, the lawyer of the murdered drug addict is executed. Since the main suspect is constantly silent, Wilhelmsen must conduct the investigation without any clues.
**TV Stations:** NRK
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Mystery
**Nations:** Norway
---
### [Fate: The Winx Saga](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fate-the-winx-saga/)
**Published:** August 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon's Winx Club (2004). It follows Bloom as she adjusts to life in the Otherworld, where she must learn to control her dangerous magical powers.
**Content:**
It’s a coming-of-age journey of six fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
Bloom, a fairy with fire powers, enrolls at Alfea and shares a suite with Stella, a light fairy; Aisha, a water fairy; Terra, an earth fairy; and Musa, a mind fairy. With the help of her friends, Bloom starts to learn more about her past. Meanwhile, ancient creatures called the Burned Ones return to the Otherworld and threaten everyone at Alfea.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama, Teen
**Nations:** Italy, United Kingdom
---
### [High School Musical: The Musical: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series/)
**Published:** November 22, 2019
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** The students from the school where the High School Musical films were shot stage a musical production based on the franchise.
**Content:**
Set as the “real-life” East High, where the original movie was filmed, a group of students countdown to opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.”
With meta references and some docu-style elements, it’s a modern take on the “classic” from 15 years ago. Show-mances blossom; friendships are tested, while new ones are made; rivalries flare; songs are sung; and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only high school theater can provide.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary, Musical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Full Circle](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/full-circle/)
**Published:** August 4, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
**Content:**
From Steven Soderbergh, this complex thriller traces the fallout from a botched kidnapping that exposes long-held secrets in present day NYC. The investigation uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Immigrants
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Person of Interest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/person-of-interest/)
**Published:** March 16, 2016
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** You are being watched. The government has a secret system, a machine that spies on you every hour of every day. Thankfully we have Root and Shaw.
**Content:**
It’s one part conspiracy theorist heaven, one part crime procedural, one part ethical drama, one part meta commentary on the entire world, and one part romcom. *Person of Interest* is the short of show you have to tell people “Not only does it get better, but it gets **amazing**.” One of the few shows that doesn’t collapse under the weight of it’s own mythos, PoI was neglected and confusingly under promoted by CBS.
Person of Interest centers around a reclusive billionaire genius computer programmer named Harold Finch, who develops a superintelligent AI computer system known as “The Machine.” It monitors all people and their activity and is capable of predicting and identifying people planning deadly crimes. The Machine identifies these people by issuing numbers that can be decoded to reveal Social Security numbers. The catch is The Machine can’t determine if the person is the perpetrator or victim of the crime.
Harold recruits a team to prevent these crimes from happening including a former CIA agent, police detectives, a genius hacker named Samantha “Sam” Groves (aka Root) and an assassin named Sameen Shaw. The love for this show is mostly due to Root and Shaw and their amazing sexual tension and eventual relationship of sorts.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Interracial Relationships, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Please Like Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/please-like-me/)
**Published:** January 16, 2017
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** The goal was to portray a set of circumstances that could happen to a young person but has humorous themes...
**Content:**
A ‘funny’ drama that shows real situations that could happen, only with a ha-ha overtone. It’s pretty weird.
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV)
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Everything's Gonna Be Okay](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/everythings-gonna-be-okay/)
**Published:** February 6, 2020
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** When their dad becomes terminally ill, his daughters have to cope with not only a devastating loss but also the realization that their older half-brother is the one who will have to hold it all together.
**Content:**
A neurotic 25-year-old still living at home with his single dad and two teenage half-sisters, one of which has autism. He is not particularly helpful in raising his siblings, but when their dad becomes terminally ill, the girls have to cope with not only a devastating loss but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to hold it all together. Navigating autism, budding sexuality, consent, parenthood, adolescence, family and grief, the heartfelt comedy will follow this imperfect family as they discover the importance of finding happiness in the middle of really difficult moments, one awkward conversation at a time.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Disabilities, Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [BoJack Horseman](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bojack-horseman/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett) is a washed-up former TV star from the 1990s sitcom Horsin' Around.
**Content:**
An adult comedy-drama cartoon about a horse named BoJack Horseman who is a 90s sitcom star has-been.
The series takes place mostly in Hollywood (later known as “Hollywoo” after the ‘D’ in the Hollywood Sign is destroyed in a romantic gesture), in an alternate world where humans and tailless anthropomorphic animals live side by side. BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett), the washed-up star of the 1990s sitcom *Horsin’ Around*, plans his big return to celebrity relevance with a tell-all autobiography that he dictates to his ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Alison Brie).
BoJack also has to contend with the demands of his agent Princess Carolyn (Amy Sedaris), the misguided antics of his freeloading roommate Todd Chavez (Aaron Paul), and his friend and rival Mr. Peanutbutter (Paul F. Tompkins).
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Tuca & Bertie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tuca-bertie/)
**Published:** November 10, 2019
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Tuca and Bertie navigate their friendship, careers, and relationships in the city of Bird Town.
**Content:**
Tuca and Bertie are 30-year-old best friends living in the city of Bird Town. They have always lived together but Tuca moves out (to an apartment two floors up) so that Bertie can live with her boyfriend, Speckle. Tuca and Bertie must navigate this new stage of their friendship while trying to survive a life and career in the city.
**TV Stations:** Adult Swim, Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [The Witcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-witcher/)
**Published:** July 18, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
**Content:**
As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it. Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to uncover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery. They must fight back, put everything on the line – or risk losing each other forever.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Fantasy
**Nations:** Poland, USA
---
### [Chantilly Lace](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chantilly-lace/)
**Published:** July 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An intimate exploration of the secret lives of women.
**Content:**
Several female friends gather at a Colorado Rockies vacation home over the course of a year. The women include Natalie, a film critic who is turning 40, as well as Hannah, an artist who is married to Natalie’s ex-husband. There is also Val, a woman in an unhappy marriage, and Val’s closeted lesbian younger sister Elizabeth, who brings along her photojournalist friend Anne. Rounding out the group are Maggie, a nun who is having a crisis of faith, and Rheza, a recent divorcée.
During the story, the group meets three times, with the first occasion being a celebration of Natalie’s 40th birthday. The second occasion is to celebrate one’s engagement, while the third gathering is to grieve one’s death. Throughout the gatherings, secrets are divulged, tensions are rehashed, and friendships are tested and reaffirmed.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Blacklist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-blacklist/)
**Published:** March 13, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her life uprooted when a criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
**Content:**
Raymond “Red” Reddington, a former US Naval Intelligence officer who had disappeared twenty years earlier to become one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, surrenders himself to FBI Assistant Director Harold Cooper at the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.. Taken to an FBI “black site”, Reddington claims he wishes to help the FBI track down and apprehend the criminals and terrorists he spent the last twenty years associating with; individuals that are so dangerous and devious that the United States government is unaware of their very existence.
He offers Cooper his knowledge and assistance on two conditions: immunity from prosecution, and that he wants to work exclusively with Elizabeth Keen, a rookie profiler newly assigned to Cooper. Keen and Cooper are suspicious of Reddington’s interest in her, but he will only say that she is “very special”. After Cooper tests Reddington’s offer in locating and killing a terrorist in the first episode, Reddington reveals that this man was only the first on his “blacklist” of global criminals, which he has compiled over his criminal career, and states that he and the FBI have a mutual interest in eliminating them. The mysteries of Reddington’s and Liz’s lives, and his interest in her, are gradually revealed as the series progresses. Each episode features one of the global criminals, and Reddington assisting the team tracking and apprehending them. The rank and name or alias of the featured criminal on the list is displayed at the start of every episode, with a few exceptions.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Police Drama
---
### [Billions](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/billions/)
**Published:** December 24, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance.
**Content:**
Shrewd U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades is embroiled in a high-stakes game of predator vs. prey with the ambitious hedge-fund king, Bobby Axelrod.To date, Rhoades has never lost an insider trading case — he’s 81-0 — but when criminal evidence turns up against Axelrod, he proceeds cautiously in building the case against Axelrod, who employs Rhoades’ wife, psychiatrist Wendy, as a performance coach for his company. Wendy, who has been in her position longer than Chuck has been in his, refuses to give up her career for her husband’s legal crusade against Axelrod. Both men use their intelligence, power and influence to outmaneuver the other in this battle over billions.
Taylor Amber Masonis a non-binary analyst at Axe Capital, who becomes close to Axe and is appointed CIO of Axe Capital. They are widely considered to be the first non-binary character on mainstream North American television.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation
**Tagged:** Corporate Drama
---
### [We Baby Bears](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/we-baby-bears/)
**Published:** July 12, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The bear siblings, Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear, in different locations around the world, on their journey to find a perfect permanent home.
**Content:**
The bear siblings, Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear, in different locations around the world, on their journey to find a perfect permanent home.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Watchful Eye](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-watchful-eye/)
**Published:** January 30, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young woman is thrust into a world of old money and deadly secrets.
**Content:**
The show follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Single Drunk Female](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/single-drunk-female/)
**Published:** January 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Samantha Fink, after a spectacularly embarrassing public breakdown, is forced to move back home with her overbearing mother to sober up and avoid jail time.
**Content:**
A public flame-out at a New York media company forces 20-something alcoholic Samantha Fink to seize the only chance she has to sober up and avoid jail time: moving back home with her overbearing mother, Carol. Back in Greater Boston, Samantha restarts her life, working at the local grocery store while surrounded by all of the triggers that made her drink in the first place. Confronted with remnants of her old life, including run-ins with her perfect former best friend, who is now dating her ex, Samantha sets out on a path to move past her worst self and figure out her best self. Kinda.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/grease-rise-of-the-pink-ladies/)
**Published:** April 30, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Grease is the word, but before there was Grease, there were the Pink Ladies. This is their story.
**Content:**
A musical, romantic comedy about the inception of the Pink Ladies, as they are know in the movie Grease.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Musical, Romance, School
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation
---
### [Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manifest/)
**Published:** October 22, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A plan gets LOST and comes back five years later. Everyone now has mysterious powers and secrets.
**Content:**
When Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they’re all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
The series was canceled by **NBC** in 2021, but picked up for a final, supersized, season by **Netflix**.
**TV Stations:** NBC, Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Class of '09](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/class-of-09/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** FBI agents who graduated from Quantico in 2009 are reunited following the death of a mutual friend.
**Content:**
The series takes place across three distinct time periods: The Past (2009), The Present (2023) and The Future (2034), focusing on the transformation of the U.S. criminal justice system, as it is altered by the rise of AI.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** FBI, Police Drama
---
### [Perry Mason](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/perry-mason/)
**Published:** July 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.
**Content:**
The series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. In 1932, Los Angeles is prospering while the rest of the U.S. is recovering from the grip of the Great Depression. Down-and-out private investigator Perry Mason is struggling with his trauma from The Great War and being divorced. He’s hired for a sensational child kidnapping trial and his investigation portends major consequences for Mason, his client, and the city itself.
Originally a mini-series, the show did well enough to be upgraded and renewed.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Star vs. the Forces of Evil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/)
**Published:** September 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Send a magical princess to earth to learn how to be be humane?
**Content:**
When magical princess Star Butterfly receives a royal magic wand for her 14th birthday, she proves to her parents that she is not ready for the responsibility that comes with it. As a result, they send her to a place that doesn’t have magic — Earth — in hopes that she will gain maturity. Upon her arrival, Star is given a family to help guide her, so she moves in with the Diaz family, which includes teenage son Marco. Star takes Marco with her as she battles villains — both in their high school and throughout the universe — as she attempts to protect her powerful wand.
At a concert, she find out everyone likes kissing.
**TV Stations:** Disney Channel, Disney XD
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Succession](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/succession/)
**Published:** May 30, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
**Content:**
*Succession* follows the Roy family, owners of media conglomerate Waystar RoyCo. The family patriarch, Logan Roy, has experienced a decline in health. His four children – estranged oldest son Connor, power-hungry Kendall, irreverent Roman, and politically savvy Shiv – all with varying degrees of connection to the company, begin to prepare for a future without their father and vie for prominence within the company.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Professor T.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/professor-t/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The eccentric but brilliant criminology professor Jasper Teerlinck is an advisor to the Belgian federal police in Antwerp. Although a valuable contributor, he drives everyone nuts because of his strange behavior.
**Content:**
The eccentric but brilliant criminology professor Jasper Teerlinck is an advisor to the Belgian federal police in Antwerp. Although a valuable contributor, he drives everyone nuts because of his strange behavior.
**TV Stations:** Eén
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Belgium
---
### [Emily in Paris](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/emily-in-paris/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young American woman from the Midwest is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things.
**Content:**
One year after moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-magical-revolution-of-the-reincarnated-princess-and-the-genius-young-lady/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Past lives, true love, and adventures. What could go wrong?
**Content:**
Despite her supposed ineptitude with regular magic, Princess Anisphia defies the aristocracy’s expectations by developing “magicology,” a unique magical theory based on memories from her past life. One day, she witnesses the brilliant noblewoman Euphyllia unjustly stripped of her title as the kingdom’s next monarch. That’s when Anisphia concocts a plan to help Euphyllia regain her good name. Little do these two ladies know, however, that their chance encounter will alter not only their own futures, but those of the kingdom…and the entire world.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, Tokyo MX, TVA
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [This Is Us](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-is-us/)
**Published:** January 29, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series follows the lives of siblings Kevin, Kate, and Randall (known as the "Big Three"), and their parents Jack and Rebecca Pearson.
**Content:**
*This Is Us* follows the Pearson family — two parents and their three children born on the same day as their father’s birthday.
The Pearson family’s generational story unfolds in this emotional drama. In moments of love, joy, triumph and heartbreak, revelations emerge from parents Jack and Rebecca’s past, while triplets Kate, Randall and Kevin discover deeper meaning in their present day lives.
Successful businessman and father Randall searches for information about his biological parents. Kate finds love and self-acceptance while battling obesity. Kevin is a sitcom actor who tries to pursue a more meaningful career.
Most episodes feature a storyline taking place in the present (2016–2018, contemporaneous with airing) and a storyline taking place at a set time in the past; but some episodes are set in one time period or use multiple flashback time periods. Flashbacks often focus on Jack and Rebecca c.1980 both before and after their babies’ birth, or on the family when the Big Three are children (at least ages 8–10) or adolescents; these scenes usually take place in Pittsburgh, where the Big Three are born and raised. Various other time periods and locations have also served as settings.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [This Way Up](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/this-way-up/)
**Published:** August 31, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An Irish woman living in London tries to cope with her life and family after recovering from a breakdown.
**Content:**
After a stay in rehab to recover from a breakdown, Aine, an Irish woman living in London, tries to convince everyone around her (especially her worried sister) that everything is absolutely fine.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4, Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** British drama
---
### [The Simpsons](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-simpsons/)
**Published:** July 13, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's the Simpsons. *Daaaaaaah*
**Content:**
One of the seminal FOX shows, The Simpsons revolves around the family the Simpsons who live in Springfield, somewhere in the USA.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Girlfriend Experience](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-girlfriend-experience/)
**Published:** October 17, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Who doesn't want to watch 13 episodes about transactional relationships with lawyers?
**Content:**
Inspired by Steven Soderbergh’s same-named 2009 film, the mini-series further develops the original premise of a young attorney in training who leads a double life as a high-end sex worker. Christine Reade is a law student in Chicago and an intern at one of the city’s top firms. A friend introduces her to the world of “transactional relationships,” in which a greater level of intimacy and control sets it apart from traditional escort arrangements. Captivated by its varied benefits, Christine must learn to manipulate her conflicting identities in order to get what she wants.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [T.O.T.S.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/t-o-t-s/)
**Published:** June 19, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Pip the penguin and Freddy the flamingo who tend the babies during their lives at a daycare-like transporting service nursery for infants.
**Content:**
The hilarious adventures of best friends Pip and Freddy, a tenacious penguin and a kind-hearted flamingo, who are the only non-stork delivery birds in-training at Tiny Ones Transfer Service (T.O.T.S.). As new members of the esteemed team, these junior flyers must take tender care in transferring baby animals – kittens, cubs, calves, bunnies, puppies and joeys among them – from the nursery to their forever families around the globe.
**TV Stations:** Disney Junior
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Rebelde](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rebelde/)
**Published:** January 5, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As Elite Way School starts a new term, a familiar enemy a secret society called the Lodge threatens to crash the musical hopes of the first-years.
**Content:**
A new version of Rebelde, the iconic young adult soap opera returns to Elite way School, now EWS, the international boarding school that was the birthplace of the now legendary RBD. Now a new generation of students enrolls in the school with dreams of joining the prestigious music program and win the Battle of the Bands to become musical stars.
Welcome to the EWS, the prestigious boarding school where the bumpy road to stardom isn’t for the faint of heart. Rebelde is the reboot of the beloved teen soap opera that spawned separate telenovelas in Argentina and Mexico in the early 2000s. Under the direction of Santiago Limón and Yibran Asaud, Rebelde develops within the hallways of Elite Way School, with a new generation of students, storylines and characters, (plus a few familiar ones that longtime fans will recognize). Over the course of eight episodes, Rebelde follows a group of students who are doing their best to win EWS’ Battle of the Bands, the key musical contest for them to succeed at the beginning of their musical careers. Along the way, love and friendship bloom between them while a mysterious secret society casts a shadow over their dreams of becoming the next big music star.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Musical, School
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Mixte](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mixte/)
**Published:** February 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 1963, the arrival of girls in the all boys Voltaire high at the start of the school year is a turning point.
**Content:**
Five years after mixed-gendered education is legalized in France, it’s Voltaire High’s turn to welcome girls at the start of the school year.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Fake Relationship, Outed
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, School
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** 60s Drama, French Drama, Period Drama
---
### [In My Skin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-my-skin/)
**Published:** April 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The coming of age story of 16 year old Bethan as she deals with the comical but painfully real anxieties and insecurities of teenage life.
**Content:**
Darkly comic coming-of-age story that follows 16 year old Bethan as she deals with the anxieties and insecurities of teenage life, along with the stark reality of a home life that is far removed from what she projects to her friends.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three
**Tropes:** Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [I Hate Suzie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/i-hate-suzie/)
**Published:** July 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A female celebrity has her whole life upended when her phone is hacked and a photo of her emerges in an extremely compromising position.
**Content:**
Suzie Pickles is a former teenage pop star and television actress. After her phone is hacked and compromising photos of her are leaked, Suzie struggles to keep her marriage to Cob together and protect her son Frank. Meanwhile, Naomi, Suzie’s manager and friend, attempts to keep her career afloat.
**TV Stations:** Sky Atlantic
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Heirs of the Night](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/heirs-of-the-night/)
**Published:** August 15, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The remaining five vampire clans in Europe are clinging to survival, and their future lies in the hands of a teenager.
**Content:**
Set in 1889, the story about the five remaining vampire clans in Europe who are training to survive. In their midst is Alisa who has the power to choose between eternal life as a vampire or for all vampires to live as humans.
A prophecy warns the five remaining vampire clans in Europe that they need to unite or else they will become extinct. Joining forces is easier said than done. The last decades the clans have been fighting each other in the clan-wars. Now the Elders will have to set aside their hostile feelings so their young Heirs can attend the vampire school that is created on the ship The Elisabetha. The Heirs will learn each other’s powers to become stronger than ever. They have to learn to trust each other and work together if they are to beat Dracula, who has awoken after a long sleep. The young Alisa of the Vamalia clan needs to accept that she has a special connection to Dracula through the Spark. The Heirs face challenges they have never met before like attacks from the feared Redmasks; vampires controlled by Dracula; steering through storms and face vampire hunter Van Helsing. They need to survive all challenges, because they’re on a quest and it’s up to Alisa and the Heirs to save the world from eternal darkness.
**TV Stations:** CBBC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy, Horror
**Nations:** Germany, Netherlands
---
### [Human Resources](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/human-resources/)
**Published:** March 29, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A workplace comedy set in the world of the creatures from Big Mouth.
**Content:**
A spin-off to *Big Mouth*, centering around the workplace of the various feelings and emotional creatures depicted in the series.
The spin-off pulls back the curtain on the daily lives of the creatures – Hormone Monsters, Depression Kitties, Shame Wizards and many more – that help humans journey through every aspect of life from puberty to parenthood to the twilight years. It quickly becomes clear that though the protagonists are creatures, they have a lot of humanity themselves.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosts/)
**Published:** November 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country home.
**Content:**
A young married couple, Alison and Mike, unexpectedly inherit the vast but crumbling Button House from a 99-year-old distant female relative of hers. The house is haunted by numerous squabbling ghosts from across the ages who died on its grounds, who are invisible and intangible to the living. Ignoring their solicitor’s advice to sell the property, Alison and Mike decide to move in and renovate it, with the idea of turning the house into a luxury hotel. At first, the ghosts are not very happy with their plans and conspire to get rid of the newcomers. After various failed attempts to scare them, one of the ghosts pushes Alison from an upstairs window, resulting in Alison being clinically dead for three minutes. When she awakes two weeks later from an induced coma, she discovers her husband has arranged a huge mortgage, and that she can see the ghosts due to her moments of death.
Initially imagining the ghosts to be an after-effect of her accident, Alison eventually accepts the truth and confronts them. Because neither she (for financial reasons) nor the ghosts (who are stuck there for eternity) can leave, both sides eventually agree that they have no choice but to coexist as best they can. Meanwhile, the house requires a lot of work, and Alison and Mike devise several schemes to assist their perilous finances.
A series with the same name and premise was created in the United States in 2021.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Fargo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fargo/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Based on the movie of the same name., Fargo chronicles tales of deception, intrigue and murder all mysteriously leading back to Fargo, North Dakota.
**Content:**
Fargo is an American crime black comedy drama anthology television series created and primarily written by Noah Hawley. The show is inspired by the eponymous 1996 film, which was written and directed by the Coen brothers. The Coens were impressed by Hawley’s script and agreed to be named as executive producers. The series premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX, and follows an anthology format, with each season set in a different era and location, with a different story and mostly new characters and cast, although there is minor overlap. Each season is heavily influenced by various Coen brothers films, with each containing numerous references to them.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Dark Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** Dark, Dark Comedy
---
### [Détox](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/detox/)
**Published:** January 9, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A family digital détox adventures
**Content:**
Roomates and cousins, Manon and Léa try a digital detox for a month after one can’t stop herself from cyberstalking her ex and the other suffers from a bad buzz caused by her terrible music manager.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Low
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [Baymax!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/baymax/)
**Published:** July 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The characters in the unique city of Big Hero 6 get their own series, packed with adventures.
**Content:**
Nurse/Robot Baymax helps the people of San Fransokyo. Everyone from someone needing help running the store to a young girl with her first period, Baymax is there.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/all-rise/)
**Published:** October 26, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
**Content:**
A courthouse drama that follows the chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of its judges, prosecutors, and public defenders, as they work with bailiffs, clerks, and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal process. Among them is newly appointed Judge Lola Carmichael, a highly regarded and impressive deputy district attorney who doesn’t intend to sit back on the bench in her new role, but instead leans in, immediately pushing the boundaries and challenging the expectations of what a judge can be.
After two seasons, the series was canceled on CBS, but OWN picked it up for season 3.
**TV Stations:** CBS, OWN
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Queer of the Week, Queerbashing, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Legal Drama
---
### [The Widow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-widow/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A woman's search to uncover the mysterious disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.
**Content:**
Georgia Wells’ husband Will died in a plane crash on a trip to the Congo in Africa. Three years later, she sees a man resembling him on a news story reporting civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and she travels to Kinshasa to uncover the truth. She starts to look for answers, particularly why her husband evidently faked his own death. The eight-episode series features multiple story lines and explores themes such as violence and corruption.
**TV Stations:** ITV, Prime Video
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Dystopia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dystopia/)
**Published:** May 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Group of Swedes, get into an abandoned factory deep in the wilderness for a game to push their physical and mental limits.
**Content:**
A group of young Swedes are forced to perform a post-apocalyptic role play live. The participants are pushed mentally and physically, something they all love. The gang finds an abandoned factory far out in the Swedish forests, abandoned in the 1980s in the middle of the Cold War. Once they arrive at the isolated place, unexpected things suddenly begin to happen, causing dark forces to be set in motion within and outside the group.
**TV Stations:** Viaplay
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Horror
**Nations:** Sweden
---
### [The Brokenwood Mysteries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-brokenwood-mysteries/)
**Published:** August 17, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd arrives on assignment in Brokenwood, a small town where memories - and animosities - run deep.
**Content:**
Detective Inspector Mike Shepherd is sent from Auckland to Brokenwood to investigate a local police officer. With a possible murder investigation underway that might link the two, Shepherd takes charge. After the investigation, Shepherd reassesses his life and decides to stay on indefinitely, even though it means a demotion to Detective Senior Sergeant. Brokenwood is a seemingly quiet country town where Shepherd, who has an unconventional approach to police work, is assisted by local Detective Kristin Sims, who is precise and efficient at her job, to solve murders. As the series progresses, the working relationship between the two moves from rocky to functional as they begin to appreciate each other’s talents.
**TV Stations:** Prime (New Zealand), TVNZ 1
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** New Zealand
---
### [The Undeclared War](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-undeclared-war/)
**Published:** May 24, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 2024, a leading team of analysts buried in the heart of GCHQ secretly works to ward off a foreign cyber-attack on the country's electoral system.
**Content:**
Saara Parvin has just started a one-year student-placement at GCHQ when a cyber-attack takes down some of the UK-internet and she joins the team examining the code of the malware.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4, Peacock
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [American Dad!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-dad/)
**Published:** August 6, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Related to The Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, this less slapstick absurd comedy is grounded in family stories and real-world issues.
**Content:**
Related to *[The Family Guy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-family-guy/)* and *[The Cleveland Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-cleveland-show/)*, this less slapstick absurd comedy is grounded in family stories and real-world issues. And aliens.
The series focuses on the eccentric upper middle class Smith family in the fictional community of Langley Falls, Virginia and their three housemates: Father, husband, CIA Agent, Republican, and breadwinner Stan; his wife and homemaker/housewife, Francine; their liberal, hippie, college-aged daughter, Hayley; and their dorky high-school-aged son, Steve. There are three additional main characters, including Hayley’s boyfriend/husband, Jeff Fischer; the family’s unusual goldfish, Klaus, who has the mind of an East German athlete; and Roger, the alien, who is a deceitful, self-serving master of disguise. Stan’s CIA boss, the Deputy Director Avery Bullock, is a recurring focal point.
**TV Stations:** FOX, TBS
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Sin huellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sin-huellas/)
**Published:** May 22, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two socially marginalized women end up as suspects of a murder whose crime scene they had just cleaned up.
**Content:**
In Alicante, lesbian freelance cleaner Desi and fellow Mexican workmate Cata are on the run after becoming the main suspects of murder in a crime scene they had proceeded to clean as part of their job, simultaneously chased by police agents and Russian hitmen.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Comedy
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Saving Hope](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saving-hope/)
**Published:** April 25, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** When there's nothing left to do, all we have is hope.
**Content:**
Surgeon Alex Reid finds herself in a state of shock when her charismatic fiancé — Chief of Surgery Charlie Harris — ends up in a coma. While she and a surgeon who has just arrived at Toronto’s Hope-Zion Hospital work to save Dr. Harris’ life, the patient takes leave of his body and begins wandering the hospital in spirit form. Harris ponders the true nature of his experience, while the other doctors in the facility continue to deal with complicated decisions that they face daily within their profession.
The show is a bit of a supernatural drama, in that we get to see the various souls of characters wandering around as ghosts or what not.
In 2016, the show runners took a pledge to treat all LGBT characters with greater respect. We tip our hats to them!
**TV Stations:** CTV
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Supernatural
**Nations:** Canada
**Intersections:** Religion
---
### [The Flash](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-flash/)
**Published:** December 2, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, and fighting crime in Central City.
**Content:**
At 11, Barry Allen’s life changed completely when his mother died in a freak accident and his innocent father was convicted of her murder. Orphaned Barry later becomes Detective Joe West. Now a crime-scene investigator, his dedication to learning the truth about his mother’s death drives him to follow up on every new scientific advancement and urban legend. When his latest obsession – a particle accelerator heralded as a world-changing invention – causes an explosion, it creates a freak storm and Barry is struck by lightning. He awakes from a coma nine months later with the power of superspeed. When he learns that others who have gained powers use them for evil, he dedicates himself to protecting the innocent, while still trying to solve the older mystery.
Arrowverse queers show up as guests for an episode here and there. Barry’s daughter from the future is queer, but she does not have any queer centric story lines.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Big Sky](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-sky/)
**Published:** November 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Girls kidnapped, creepy Oedipal relationships, and a small town mystery.
**Content:**
Private detectives Cassie Dewell and Cody Hoyt join forces with his estranged wife and ex-cop, Jenny Hoyt, to search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. But when they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the killer before another woman is taken.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [The Winchesters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-winchesters/)
**Published:** February 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An epic untold love story of John and Mary of how they not only saved their love but also the entire world.
**Content:**
Set in the 1970s, Dean Winchester narrates the story of how his parents, John Winchester and Mary Campbell, met, fell in love, and fought monsters together while in search of their missing fathers.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Period Piece, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Fantasy Island](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fantasy-island/)
**Published:** September 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** People who walk in with a desire, but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.
**Content:**
FANTASY ISLAND takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected. The resort is run by Elena Roarke, who set aside her own ambitions — and even the love of her life — to uphold her family’s legacy.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Walker: Independence](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/walker-independence/)
**Published:** February 15, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Abby Walker's husband is murdered before her eyes. On her quest for revenge, Abby crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins. Abby and Hoyt's journey takes them to Independence, Texas, where they encounter residents running from their own pasts.
**Content:**
Set in the late 1800s, this origin story follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West, as she crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins, a lovable rogue in search of purpose. Abby and Hoyt’s journey takes them to Independence, Texas, a small town with a big future.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Period Piece, Western
**Nations:** USA
---
### [History of the World, Part II](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/history-of-the-world-part-ii/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sequel to the 1981 film, History of the World: Part I.
**Content:**
A sketch comedy series that is a sequel to the movie, *History of the World, Part I*. Everything is irreverent, nothing is off the table, and Mel Brooks and co make fun of everyone they can. True to form, they lampoon everything.
The show does lean towards puerile and juvenile humour, and it’s certainly not going to be everyone’s taste.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Marie Antoinette](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/marie-antoinette/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the famed queen Marie Antoinette, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution.
**Content:**
Based on the life of the last queen of France before the French Revolution, who was 14 years old when she became Dauphine of France upon her marriage to the heir apparent, Louis-Auguste
**TV Stations:** BBC Two, Canal+
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Biography, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [The Longest Night](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-longest-night/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Centres on a psychiatric prison where a group of armed men aim to capture an incarcerated serial killer, but are met with resistance from the prison director.
**Content:**
A group of armed men surround the Monte Baruca prison and cut off communications with the outside. Their objective: capture Simón Lago, a dangerous serial killer. If the guards hand him over, the assault will be over in a matter of minutes. But Hugo, the prison warden, refuses to obey and prepares to resist the attack.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** In Prison
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Vampire Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vampire-academy/)
**Published:** April 16, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** n a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.
**Content:**
Rose Hathaway is a guardian-in-training Dhampir, and Lissa Dragomir, who is a Moroi princess, have adventures at the St Vladimir’s Academy, a boarding school.
The show lasted one season before being canceled.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Beyond Paradise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/beyond-paradise/)
**Published:** April 11, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** DI Humphrey Goodman takes up post in Devon. But with a high crime rate, maybe things will be louder than expected.
**Content:**
A spin-off of *Death in Paradise*, the series follows DI Humphrey Goodman and his life back in England with his fiancé, Martha.
Of course, life after Paradise can be difficult for anyone, but he’s got a capable crew and a duck named Selwyn to help him out, even if Humphrey is the universe’s most earnest, and awkward, detective ever.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Stella Blómkvist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/stella-blomkvist/)
**Published:** February 4, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A hard-nosed lawyer takes on mysterious murder cases. In Iceland.
**Content:**
Based on a series of first-person novels penned by the pseudonymous Stella Blómkvist, a hard-nosed lawyer who takes on mysterious murder cases.
Hired to defend a low-life thug accused of murder, lawyer Stella Blómkvist soon finds herself plunged into a violent political conspiracy that threatens Iceland’s very future.
**TV Stations:** Síminn
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Iceland
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Animal Control](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/animal-control/)
**Published:** March 19, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of Animal Control workers begin to see their lives complicated by humans and not so much by animals.
**Content:**
A group of Animal Control workers in Seattle begin to see their lives complicated by humans and not so much by animals.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** US Sitcom, Workplace Comedy
---
### [Wonder Egg Priority](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wonder-egg-priority/)
**Published:** May 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** While on a midnight stroll, a girl named Ai picks up an egg. A voice coaxes her: "If you want to change the future, you only need to choose now. Now, believe in yourself and break the egg." What awaits Ai after the breaking of the egg?
**Content:**
Ai Ohto is a junior high school student who is temporarily not attending school following the suicide of her close friend Koito Nagase. During a late-night walk, Ai is guided by a mysterious voice to a deserted arcade, where it then guides her to a gachapon machine that dispenses a “Wonder Egg”. That night, Ai gets drawn into a dream world where the Wonder Egg cracks open to reveal a girl, whom Ai must protect from a horde of monsters called “Seeno Evils”. When the voice tells Ai that saving enough people in this world may bring Koito back, she resolves to continue buying Wonder Eggs and protecting their inhabitants. Along the way, Ai meets three other girls in the same situation as her: Neiru Aonuma, Rika Kawai, and Momoe Sawaki.
There are some contradictory statements in this show, as it’s explained only ‘females’ can go into eggs, however Kauro is very much a boy. The episode with his backstory can be difficult to watch.
**TV Stations:** Nippon TV
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Drama
**Nations:** Japan
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Yellowstone](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yellowstone/)
**Published:** October 3, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.
**Content:**
The Dutton family, led by John Dutton, controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. The ranch is under constant attack by those it borders—land developers, an Indian reservation, and United States of America’s first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny, where land grabs earn developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world’s largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned by fracking wells and unsolved murders are not news, they are a consequence of living in the new frontier. It is the best and worst of the United States as seen through the eyes of a family that represents both.
**TV Stations:** Paramount Network
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Western
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Workin' Moms](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/workin-moms/)
**Published:** March 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow the lives of four women as they juggle love, careers, and parenthood.
**Content:**
Follow the lives of four women as they juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression, or an unplanned pregnancy – they face both the good and bad with grace and humour.
Kate is the flawed and fearless heart and soul of the series, who has stark home/life decisions to make. She relies on her closest friend Anne, a no-nonsense psychiatrist and mother of two, who is facing a massive family challenge. Charming and unpredictable Frankie livens any dark moment as she struggles with her own instability and relationship malaise. And sweet, former sorority girl Jenny seeks an uncharacteristically reckless awakening.
Together the friends fearlessly confront the polarizing and unexpected realities of being working moms.
**TV Stations:** CBC
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Woke](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/woke/)
**Published:** September 13, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Keef is an African-American cartoonist on the verge of mainstream success when an unexpected incident changes his life.
**Content:**
Woke is an American comedy web television series co-created by Keith Knight and Marshall Todd and starring Lamorne Morris. It is a semi-autobiographical story based on the popular comics of the show’s co-creator, Keith Knight, including “The K Chronicles” and “Knight Life” strips that feature his cartoon persona and narrative alter ego, Keef.
Keef Knight, the creator of comic strip *Toast & Butter*, is a Black cartoonist on the verge of mainstream success. He prides himself on ‘keeping it light’ and shies away from taking controversial stances. After being racially profiled by overly-aggressive policemen, the traumatized Keef finds that he’s able to see and hear inanimate objects talking to him. Now more tuned in to racism, and the everyday microaggressions he’d tried so hard to avoid acknowledging in every situation, Keef must figure out how to maintain his relationships and a career as a ‘woke’ Black man.
The show is live action with animated elements.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Comedy
---
### [Wellington Paranormal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wellington-paranormal/)
**Published:** November 20, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Sergeant Maaka and Officers Minogue and O'Leary are members of the Wellington, New Zealand, police. Their job is to investigate paranormal phenomena.
**Content:**
New Zealand’s favourite spooky investigators are back in business! Officers Minogue and O’Leary are keeping the streets of Aotearoa’s capital safe from the unexplainable in Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s *What We Do In The Shadows* spin-off. Made with the support of NZ On Air.
**TV Stations:** TVNZ 1
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Horror, Mockumentary
**Nations:** New Zealand
---
### [Tutta colpa di Freud](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tutta-colpa-di-freud/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Francesco, a fifty-year-old separated psychoanalyst, begins to suffer from panic attacks after the return back home of his three now adult daughters.
**Content:**
In “All Freaud’s Fault,” Francesco, a fifty-year-old separated psychoanalyst, begins to suffer from panic attacks after the return back home of his three now adult daughters.
The series is based on the movie of the same name.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family
**Nations:** Italy
---
### [Todo lo otro](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/todo-lo-otro/)
**Published:** February 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of thirtysomethings trapped in lives that aren't what they had dreamed of try to move forward and find their place in Madrid, Spain.
**Content:**
Known as “Dafne and the Rest” in the US, the show follows the misadventures of a tight-knit group of thirty-somethings who find themselves frustrated by love, work, and life in Madrid. After getting dumped and fired, Dafne thinks her life couldn’t get any worse…until she realizes that she’s also hopelessly in love with her best friend and roommate, César. Unfiltered, highly relatable, and darkly hilarious, this half-hour series, written and directed by Zamora, stars real-life friends whose characters band together through the messiest of moments in their quests to be loved and accepted.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Twenties](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twenties/)
**Published:** March 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Hattie, a queer African American woman, hangs out with her two straight best friends, as they all try to make their dreams come true.
**Content:**
After finding herself homeless and down on her luck, Hattie is fortunately introduced to Ida B., a powerful writer and producer who finds a soft spot for Hattie, giving her the opportunity to work on Ida B.’s show, *Cocoa’s Butter,* as an assistant. New to Hollywood and stumbling from relationship to relationship, Hattie searches to find her voice as a writer and the right girl.
Marie and her husband Chuck take in Hattie after she get’s evicted, but that proves to be only one shake up in their seemingly perfect relationship. At work, Marie is pitted against the only other Black film executive for a promotion.
Once a successful child performer, Nia is now a spirited yoga instructor who decides to get back into acting.
While they live separate lives, the girls lean on each other for guidance as they navigate their twenties.
**TV Stations:** BET
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Comedy, Black Drama, Black Queer Comedy, Black Queer Drama, Friend Group
---
### [The Premise](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-premise/)
**Published:** November 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Anthological series that uses the boldest issues of our times as a jumping-off point to tell singular, character-driven stories about the world we live in today.
**Content:**
Anthological series that uses the boldest issues of our times as a jumping-off point to tell singular, character-driven stories about the world we live in today.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Hardy Boys (2020)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-hardy-boys-2020/)
**Published:** June 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When the Hardy boys arrive in Bridgeport they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives, and in doing so, uncover something much more sinister.
**Content:**
*The Hardy Boys* follows two brothers, Frank and Joe Hardy, alongside their friends and father, trying to disclose the truth about something quite menacing happening right in their own town of Bridgeport.
In the first season, they uncover the mystery of who killed their mother.
**TV Stations:** Hulu, YTV
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Period Piece
**Nations:** Canada, USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [The Guardians of Justice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-guardians-of-justice/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When their seemingly fearless leader self-destructs, a team of troubled superheroes must confront festering evil in the world - and in themselves.
**Content:**
After defeating Robo-Hitler and ending World War 3, peace has been maintained on Earth for 40 years thanks to the alien superhero Marvelous Man. In 1987, this peace is thrown into chaos with Marvelous Man’s death. Marvelous Man’s former lieutenant, Knight Hawk, investigates his death with the help of the idealistic hero The Speed in order to prevent a nuclear war and World War 4 from breaking out.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, Video Game Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Slo Pitch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/slo-pitch/)
**Published:** August 4, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Beer leagues in Toronto were never so gay.
**Content:**
Long suffering and overly invested Coach Joanne attempts to take her underdog, queer slo pitch team all the way to the championships of their beer league. What’s on the line? Absolutely nothing but bragging rights, and maybe like a case of warm beer.
**TV Stations:** AMC+, KindaTV
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Sports
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Santa Inc.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/santa-inc/)
**Published:** December 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An elf working in Santa's Workshop in the North Pole dreams of becoming Santa Claus someday.
**Content:**
Candy Smalls is the highest-ranking female elf in the North Pole. When the successor to Santa Claus is poached by Amazon on Christmas Eve, Candy goes for her ultimate dream— to become the first woman Santa Claus in the history of Christmas.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Holiday
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Sacred Lies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sacred-lies/)
**Published:** September 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A teenager with no hands is suspected of knowing who killed her cult's leader and lands in juvenile detention.
**Content:**
A handless teen escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader.
**TV Stations:** Facebook, Peacock
**Tropes:** In Prison, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Supernatural Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/supernatural-academy/)
**Published:** August 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Mischa Jackson, who has been living in the human world and unaware she has supernatural powers, as she is taken to a magic school against her will.
**Content:**
Mischa Jackson/Lebron is a 16-year-old girl living in the human world with her mom Lienda. Her twin sister Jessa Lebron is a popular girl and Wolf-Shifter living at Supernatural Academy with her father, council leader Jonathon. Having been split up at birth, the twins have no idea of each other’s existence. Mischa, in particular, has no idea of the supernatural world—populated by Shifters, Magic-Users, Faeries, Trolls, Harpies, Vampires and Mermaids—and lives as a normal teenager in modern-day New York City.
Mischa has visions of wolves, dragons and strange doors, which she draws in her notebook. Her suppressed powers are slowly awakening. Deciding that she can no longer hide and protect her daughter in the human world, Lienda reunites Mischa with her sister and father and enrolls her in Supernatural Academy.
Though they have a rocky start, the twins quickly grow to love each other and forge an unbreakable bond. As their sisterhood is tested time and again, Jessa and Mischa will need each other and their friends if they are to stand a chance against the dark forces seeking to resurrect the Dragon King.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Red vs. Blue](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/red-vs-blue/)
**Published:** November 15, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The fate of the galaxy depends on Shatter Squad’s ragtag team of heroes.
**Content:**
After the Halo event of 2552, there is a brief but violent period of civil war among the humans. Two armies on opposite sides of a canyon, the Reds and Blues, fight in the most worthless piece of real estate in the galaxy.
**TV Stations:** Rooster Teeth
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Redo of Healer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/redo-of-healer/)
**Published:** March 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** "Healing magicians cannot fight alone" - or can they?
**Content:**
Also known as ***Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi*** (or simply **Kaiyari**).
Keyaru, who is exploited and sexually abused repeatedly by others due to being a healing magician, notices what lays beyond just his healing magic, and is convinced that a healing magician is the strongest class in the world. However, by the time he realizes his own potential, he is already deprived of everything. Thus, he uses healing magic on the world itself to go back four years into the past, deciding to redo everything and get revenge on the ones who abused, raped and exploited him.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System), SUN, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** Japan
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Pretty Hard Cases](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pretty-hard-cases/)
**Published:** January 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Guns and Gangs detective Sam and Drug Squad detective Kelly are heroes in their particular way: skilled, tough, determined, and entertaining, fighting to do good in a broken system.
**Content:**
The series follows two detectives in their early 40s: Sam, an uptight and by-the-book guns and gangs detective, and Kelly, a streetwise narcotics detective. Both are ambitious and accomplished in their own way excelling at work while struggling with their personal lives. They drive one another crazy, which interferes with their ability to work together.
**TV Stations:** CBC, IMDb TV
**Tropes:** Gaybies, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Plus Belle La Vie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/plus-belle-la-vie/)
**Published:** January 2, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A French soap where beauty is life.
**Content:**
The series follows the daily lives of the inhabitants of “Le Mistral”, a fictional neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy and less than wealthy families co-exist. It focuses on their evolving love lives and friendships evolve and on the criminal intrigues in which certain residents of the neighbourhood are involved.
**TV Stations:** France 3
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** France
---
### [Madagascar: A Little Wild](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/madagascar-a-little-wild/)
**Published:** May 27, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The early years of the Madagascar heroes Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, as they grow up in a rescue habitat at the Central Park Zoo.
**Content:**
The early years of the Madagascar heroes Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo, as they grow up in a rescue habitat at the Central Park Zoo.
**TV Stations:** Hulu, Peacock
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Manual Para Galanes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/manual-para-galanes/)
**Published:** February 9, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A lothario cannot get the one woman he wants to fall for him.
**Content:**
After suffering from a broken heart as a young adult, Yair invents a successful seduction method and is able to get any girl, money and fame. But he is not able to get Angie’s love, the woman that broke his heart.
**TV Stations:** Pantaya
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Metro Sexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/metro-sexual/)
**Published:** August 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Because genitals don't check themselves.
**Content:**
Filmed in mockumentary style, it starts with the serious premise that, thanks to dating apps, more people are catching sexually transmitted infections than ever before. The comedy episodes follow the lives of doctors Stephanie Huddleston and Langdon Marsh, who work at Metropolitan Sexual Health clinic.
**TV Stations:** 9Go!, 9Now
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary
**Nations:** Australia
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Madre Solo Hay Dos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/madre-solo-hay-dos/)
**Published:** March 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After realizing their babies were exchanged at birth, two women develop a plan to adjust to their new lives, creating a single family.
**Content:**
Madre Solo Hay Dos (Daughter From Another Mother) is a Mexican telenovela which premiered on Netflix in January 2021. The series tells of two very different mothers, whose babies are switched at birth, being forced to come together and raise their daughters in one family.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Fake Relationship, Gaybies, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Las Villamizar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/las-villamizar/)
**Published:** February 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three high society sisters are on a mission to avenge their mother, killed by the Spanish army
**Content:**
“Las Villamizar” is the historical drama that breaks all the rules, giving life to a historical period from the female point of view. A suspenseful thriller in which 3 sisters born in the highest class are on a mission to avenge their mother, murdered by the Spanish army during the independence era. They will have to fulfill missions that will bring them closer to their goal, putting their heart, their identity and their life at stake. As the story progresses, its main characters are torn between revenge and justice.
**TV Stations:** Caracol Televisión
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece, Telenovela
**Nations:** Colombia
**Tagged:** Colombian Drama
---
### [Locke & Key](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/locke-key/)
**Published:** June 27, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father's death.
**Content:**
After Rendell Locke is murdered at the hands of former student Sam Lesser, his wife Nina decides to move with her three children, Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode, to Matheson, Massachusetts, and take residence in Rendell’s family home, Keyhouse. The children soon discover a number of mysterious keys throughout the house that can be used to unlock various doors in magical ways. They soon become aware of a demonic entity that is also searching for the keys for its own malevolent purposes
In season two, the Locke family uncovers more magic within Keyhouse, while a new threat — the most dangerous one yet — looms in Matheson with plans of his own for the keys.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Love Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-life/)
**Published:** July 6, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The journey from first love to lasting love, and how the people we're with along the way make us into who we are when we finally end up with someone forever.
**Content:**
Darby Carter stumbles across her 20s as she navigates work and romance in New York City, often with the insecurities of youth bubbling to the surface. We first meet Darby in 2012 as an NYU grad living with three roommates: impulsive best friend Sara, Sara’s easy-going boyfriend Jim, and brutally honest friend Mallory. Each of Darby’s encounters brings her closer to finding her “person”, even if she doesn’t know it yet.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Krakowskie Potwory ](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/krakowskie-potwory/)
**Published:** June 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young woman haunted by her past joins a mysterious professor and his group of gifted students who investigate paranormal activity and fight demons.
**Content:**
Known as “Cracow Monsters” in the USA, a young woman in Kraków with a mysterious past joins a team of medical students led by an enigmatic professor who solve supernatural mysteries.
Alex meets a mysterious professor and his elite group of students. To her amazement, she discovers that, under the guise of scientific research, the group is doing something completely different. Alex becomes embroiled in a plot that confronts her with the world of Slavic beliefs, ancient monsters and bloodthirsty deities.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror
**Nations:** Poland
---
### [Intelligence](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/intelligence/)
**Published:** August 2, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An NSA agent teams up with a computer analyst to form a new cyber crimes unit in the UK's Government Communications Headquarters.
**Content:**
An NSA agent (David Schwimmer) is assigned to act as liaison to the cyber crimes unit in the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters, quickly antagonising the unit’s chief with his brash style and tendency to try to take over.
**TV Stations:** Sky 1
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [In From The Cold](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-from-the-cold/)
**Published:** January 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Exposed as an ex-Russian spy, an American single mom must juggle family life and unique shape-shifting skills in a battle against an insidious enemy.
**Content:**
During a European vacation with her daughter, an American single mom’s life is turned upside down when the CIA forces her to confront her long-buried past as a Russian spy who was also the product of a highly classified KGB experiment granting her special abilities. After a mysterious string of manic and murderous incidents suggests someone with her exact abilities is targeting innocent people, Jenny is forced out of hiding to stop this villain or risk losing the family and new life she has built.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Hitmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hitmen/)
**Published:** May 28, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Its madcap adventures when two inept contract killers have a go at it.
**Content:**
*Hitmen* is about two best friends trying to make their way in the world with only each other to rely on. They also just happen to kill people for a living.
Having stumbled into a career in contract killing, misfits Fran and Jamie are not your typical killers for hire. Working out of their scruffy van, each episode follows the hapless duo as they try to carry out their latest hit, inevitably derailed by incompetence, bickering, and inane antics. As each hit goes south, our (anti)heroes are thrown into one bizarre misadventure after another, each full of oddball characters and unexpected dilemmas.
Across the series, as the mishaps – and bodies – rack up, Fran and Jamie’s friendship is put through the wringer: while affable goof Jamie seems content to spend her days hanging out with her best mate, the more sensitive Fran starts to question whether it’s really the life she wants. Will their friendship survive their trials and tribulations? More to the point, as the jobs get increasingly dangerous, will they even survive?
**TV Stations:** Sky 1
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Fear the Walking Dead](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fear-the-walking-dead/)
**Published:** April 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A Walking Dead prequel/spin-off set in Los Angeles, following two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
**Content:**
A vgritty drama that explores the onset of the undead apocalypse through the lens of a fractured family. Set in a city where people come to escape, shield secrets, and bury their pasts, a mysterious outbreak threatens to disrupt what little stability high school guidance counselor Madison Clark and English teacher Travis Manawa have managed to assemble. A forced evolution, a necessary survival of the fittest takes hold, and our dysfunctional family must either reinvent themselves or embrace their darker histories.
**TV Stations:** AMC
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [DC Super Hero Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dc-super-hero-girls/)
**Published:** December 22, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Teenage versions of DC Comics superheroines both attend high school and fight crime to protect the citizens of Metropolis.
**Content:**
Teenage versions of DC Comics superheroines both attend high school and fight crime to protect the citizens of Metropolis.
The show focuses on six female teenage superheroes with secret identities: Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, Barbara “Babs” Gordon / Batgirl, Kara Danvers / Supergirl, Zee Zatara / Zatanna, Jessica Cruz / Green Lantern, and Karen Beecher / Bumblebee. The six girls meet at Metropolis High School and form a superhero team dubbed the “Super Hero Girls”.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, School, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Cobra Kai](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cobra-kai/)
**Published:** August 31, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 34 years later, LaRusso and Lawrence still can't get along. But they have a lot more in common than just karate and an ex.
**Content:**
The television series takes place 34 years after the original film and follows the reopening of the Cobra Kai karate dojo by Johnny Lawrence and the rekindling of his old rivalry with Daniel LaRusso.
It’s more than just 80s flashbacks and dealing dojos, as both men (and their families) learn and change.
After two seasons on YouTube Premium, the series moved to Netflix.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, YouTube Premium
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Martial Arts, Nostalgic, Sequel, Sports Comedy
---
### [Boca a Boca](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/boca-a-boca/)
**Published:** July 17, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a Brazilian cattle-ranching town, adolescents panic when they're threatened by the outbreak of a contagious infection transmitted by kissing.
**Content:**
Known as “Kissing Game” in English. After a party, a girl wakes up the next day with a slightly different hangover. She was infected with a virus transmitted through her mouth. In addition to the common dramas from the coming of age, teenagers in a rural town live with the panic of the virus and the fear that their secrets will be discovered.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [#Luimelia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luimelia/)
**Published:** August 3, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** #Luimelia is a spin-off, queer-focused web series from the Spanish telenovela, Amar Es Para Siempre.
**Content:**
\#Luimelia is a spin-off web series from the Spanish telenovela*,* *[Amar Es Para Siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)*. It focuses on the show’s beloved queer couple, [Luisita Gomes](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/luisita-gomez/) and [Amelia Ledesma](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/amelia-ledesma/).
However, there is a twist! *Amar Es Para Siempre* takes place during the 1960s and 1970s, with the Luimelia story focused in the 70s. This web series takes the two characters and transports them into today. The series takes place in 2020 and tells the story of what the Luimelia relationship would look like in today’s world.
Telenovela fans may recognize actors or characters from *Amar Es Para Siempre* and other popular soap operas taking #Luimelia to a new level of meta.
**TV Stations:** Atresplayer Premium
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Spain
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [The Casagrandes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-casagrandes/)
**Published:** March 19, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ronnie moves to the big city with her mother and older brother Bobby and meets her extended Hispanic family.
**Content:**
A spin-off of *The Loud House*.
Ronnie Anne Santiago moves to the big city with her mother and older brother Bobby and meets her extended Hispanic family.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Visions: The War Widow](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/visions-the-war-widow/)
**Published:** July 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A realistic, non-prurient portrayal of lesbian love, set in New York City during World War I.
**Content:**
Amy is a proper, but lonely housewife whose husband is away at war. She finds solace in a friendship with a more worldly female photographer, only to have her entire world turned upside down when the friendship becomes genuine love and she is forced to choose.
**TV Stations:** PBS
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Drama, War
**Nations:** USA
---
### [A Very Polish Practice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-very-polish-practice/)
**Published:** June 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Even weirder than the original. And worse.
**Content:**
Following some of the people from [*A Very Peculiar Practice*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-very-peculiar-practice/) to Poland.
**TV Stations:** BBC Two
**Tropes:** Erased Queerness, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Medical
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Absentia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/absentia/)
**Published:** February 26, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After being declared dead in absentia, an FBI agent must reclaim her family, identity and innocence when she finds herself the prime suspect in a string of murders.
**Content:**
FBI special agent Emily Byrne disappeared without a trace while hunting one of Boston’s most notorious serial killers, and she is declared dead in absentia. Six years later, she is found in a cabin in the woods, barely alive and with no memory of the years that she was missing. She returns home to learn that her husband has remarried and her son is being raised by the new wife, and she soon finds herself implicated in a new series of murders.
**TV Stations:** AXN, Prime Video
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Bones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bones/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and cocky F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth build a team to investigate murders often by examining bones.
**Content:**
The show is about Temperance Brennan, Bones, and solving crimes with science. The premise of the show is an alliance between forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth. Brennan is the central character and team leader of the fictional Jeffersonian Institute Medico-Legal Lab, a federal institution that collaborates with the FBI. This reflects the historical relationship between the FBI and scientists of the Smithsonian Institution. Set in Washington, D.C., the show revolves around solving Federal legal cases by examining the human remains of possible murder victims.
Dr. Brennan and her team provide scientific expertise and Special Agent Seeley Booth provides FBI criminal investigation technique. In addition to the prospective murder cases featured in each episode, the series explores the backgrounds and relationships of its characters. An important ongoing dynamic between Brennan and Booth is their disagreement about science and faith. Brennan argues for science, evidence, and atheism. Booth argues for intuition, faith, and God. The series is known for its dark comedic undertones, featuring human bodies in an advanced state of decay, which serve to lighten the gravity of the show’s intense subject matter.
Angela is an artist and uses her art with science to solve crime. She’s cool, but her sexuality vanishes. While Brennan and Booth were endgame, we were always hoping for Angela to swoop in there.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, Erased Queerness, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Kontrola](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kontrola/)
**Published:** November 8, 2019
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** What happens when you run into your ex in the airport, and you're a TSA controller?
**Content:**
Also known as “Control” the series is based on a short film about exes who meet up at an airport security check. One of them is the checker. The story winds back to how they met and ended up as exes.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Poland
---
### [The One](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-one/)
**Published:** March 16, 2021
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** One quick DNA test is all it takes to find your perfect partner, the one you're genetically made for.
**Content:**
Set five minutes in the future, *The One* is about a corporation with a DNA test to find your perfect partner – the one person you’re genetically predisposed to fall passionately in love with. Regardless of their current relationship status, people are tempted to find their genetically perfect match. The idea is simple, but the implications are explosive.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Secret Spouse
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [Wynonna Earp](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wynonna-earp/)
**Published:** April 20, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a badass troublemaker turns twenty-seven, she becomes the hero we all need.
**Content:**
The heir of Wyatt Earp keeps his legacy living on, by killing demons. Wynonna is Wyatt’s great granddaughter, and she battles demons and other supernatural beings.
To many, it sounds like [Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/) or something silly. This is a show that shouldn’t be missed, as it embraces it’s nature and balances the humour and tongue-in-cheek setting with heartfelt drama. It’s based on the graphic novel, and at the start Wynonna’s been away from the town of Purgatory (insert your own ‘Hellmouth’ joke here) for years. She returns on her twenty-seventh birthday and is endowed with one cool trick: she can kill Revenants with Peacemaker, Wyatt Earp’s gun.
The Revenants are the resurrected souls of the criminals who were taken down at one time by her great-grandfather. Wynonna teams up with sister Waverly, agent Xavier Dolls and Doc Holliday, the cursed-with-immortality best friend of Wyatt Earp, as they work to stop the Revenants from taking over Purgatory and escaping into the world.
**TV Stations:** SyFy
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Coming Out, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Secret Spouse
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural, Western
**Nations:** Canada, USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Skins](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/skins/)
**Published:** September 30, 2014
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Out of a dark British drama about of a group of self-destructive teenagers in Bristol, South West England, emerges one of TV's best dysfunctional lesbian teen relationships.
**Content:**
Oils lots of itSkins is a dark British drama about of a group of mostly self-destructive teenagers in Bristol, South West England. It’s unique in that the show devotes 2 episodes each to a single class with almost no crossover between them.
The 2nd group featured a lesbian relationship between Naomi and Emily (aka Naomily), which I think is one of the most powerful on TV.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Erased Queerness, Freakout Hetero Sex
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** High
---
### [The West Wing](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-west-wing/)
**Published:** February 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A show about being the president of the United States, working for him, and campaigning for him.
**Content:**
A show about being the president of the United States, working for him, and campaigning for him. Perhaps not well known for its treatment of women, but it is most of the most beloved shows in television history.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Political
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Les Combattantes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/les-combattantes/)
**Published:** February 20, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The destinies of four women intersect: Marguerite, a mysterious Parisian prostitute; Caroline, propelled to the head of the family factory; Agnes, Mother Superior of a requisitioned convent; and Suzanne, a feminist nurse.
**Content:**
September 1914. In recent weeks, the fights have been raging. In a small village in eastern France, a few kilometers from the German zone, four women find themselves projected into the heart of horror: Marguerite, a Parisian prostitute as mysterious as she is suspected of being a spy; Caroline, wife of Victor Dewitt, owner of a car factory, left at the front. She is propelled to the head of the family business, a colossal and unprecedented challenge for a woman of the beginning of the century; Agnes, Mother Superior of a convent requisitioned and transformed into a military hospital. Overwhelmed by the influx of wounded, Agnès is increasingly tormented and questions her life choices; and Suzanne, a young feminist nurse wanted for murder…
They are Les Combattantes: four exceptional women who go through a tragic moment in the history of France
**TV Stations:** Netflix, TF1
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Period Piece, War
**Nations:** France
---
### [Civil Wars](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/civil-wars/)
**Published:** August 16, 2017
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Eli Levinson and Sydney Guilford are top divorce attorneys in NYC.
**Content:**
A Steven Bochco drama about the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. It had a famously misanthropic opening credits sequence; in it, romantic photo albums were shown as the voice track played couples ripping into each other in court, as each of the show’s principal attorneys interrogated them, one by one, on the stand.
Two of the following three characters are lesbians. We can’t figure out which since no one has any useful information on the show!
Romy Walthall (Audrey Wilkes)
Martha Hackett (Helen Cashman)
Marcia Strassman (Marcia Kellogg)
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1990s, Legal Drama
---
### [The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-mighty-ducks-game-changers/)
**Published:** March 26, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After failing to make the cut to join the now powerhouse Mighty Ducks junior hockey team, a 12-year-old and his mother form a new team of underdogs with help from Gordon Bombay, the Ducks' original coach.
**Content:**
In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Children's, Sports
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Big Shot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/big-shot/)
**Published:** May 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school.
**Content:**
After getting ousted from the NCAA, a men’s basketball coach is given a chance for redemption with a coaching position at an elite private high school. He soon learns that the teenage players require empathy and vulnerability — foreign concepts for the stoic Coach Korn (John Stamos). By learning how to connect with his players, Marvyn starts to grow into the person he’s always hoped to be. The girls learn to take themselves more seriously, finding their footing both on and off the court.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** School, Sports
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Spartacus](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/spartacus/)
**Published:** April 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** I AM SPARTACUS!
**Content:**
The fictional series was inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.
When the lead actor was diagnosed with cancer, they made a prequel mini-series called [*Spartacus: Gods of the Arena*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/spartacus-gods-of-the-arena/). Sadly, he died and they went on with season two, recasting him. The show was incredibly bloody and gory, filled with sex workers and the like. There’s a lot of background rape.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Doom Patrol](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doom-patrol/)
**Published:** November 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of an idealistic mad scientist and his field team of superpowered outcasts.
**Content:**
*Doom Patrol* follows the unlikely heroes of the eponymous team who all received their powers through tragic circumstances and are generally shunned by society. Most members of the team were treated by the Chief, a medical doctor who gave them residence in his mansion to help protect them from the outside world. Their name derives from an earlier Doom Patrol team that was formed by the Chief.
The first members of the Doom Patrol to be introduced in the series are Jane, the dominant identity of a traumatized woman with dissociative identity disorder; Rita Farr, who struggles to prevent her body from turning to a gelatinous state; Larry Trainor, who has an entity of negative energy living inside of him; and Cliff Steele, whose brain was placed in a robot body following a car crash. The team is later joined by cybernetically-enhanced superhero Vic Stone.
When the Chief is captured by the malevolent Mr. Nobody, the Doom Patrol goes on a journey to rescue him. Along the way, they discover secrets about themselves and the Chief, who they eventually learn is responsible for the tragic events that gave them their powers.
After saving the Chief, they’re joined by Dorothy Spinner, the Chief’s daughter who possesses the ability to bring her imaginary friends to life. While the members of the Doom Patrol face their own personal dilemmas and contend with the truth about the Chief, Dorothy inadvertently endangers the world when her powers threaten to unleash an ancient entity known as the Candlemaker.
Dorothy’s battle with the Candlemaker reaches its climax and the Doom Patrol suffers a tragic loss when the Chief finally dies of old age. Though the Doom Patrol’s ally Willoughby Kipling salvages Chief’s head stating that his time isn’t over yet. In the aftermath, the team go their separate ways as they struggle with their identities when the arrival of Madame Rouge in a time machine sets them on a new path.
**TV Stations:** DC Universe, HBO Max
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Comedy, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Rig](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rig/)
**Published:** January 25, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of workers on a remote Scottish oil rig are due to return to the mainland when a mysterious fog enshrouds them and supernatural forces take hold.
**Content:**
When the crew of the North Sea stationed Kinloch Bravo oil rig is due to return to the mainland, a mysterious fog rolls in and cuts off communication with the outside world. The crew will be driven to the limits of their endurance and loyalties and will be forced into a confrontation with forces that are beyond their imagination
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [One of Us Is Lying](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-of-us-is-lying/)
**Published:** October 15, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Five high schoolers walk into detention. Only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
**Content:**
Five high schoolers walk into detention. Only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, School
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Gossip Girl (2021)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gossip-girl-2021/)
**Published:** July 26, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A new generation of New York private school teens using social media to spread gossip.
**Content:**
Nearly a decade after the conclusion of the original series, a new cast of Manhattan private schoolers takes the lead under the watchful eye of Gossip Girl, while demonstrating how much social media – and the landscape of New York City itself – has changed in the intervening years.
The new series is officially in the same continuity of the original *Gossip Girl* series. However, rather than a direct continuation of the story, it is instead set in the same world where previous characters existed and can be freely referenced and potentially reappear, but stars a different set of characters from a different point of view.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [Departure](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/departure/)
**Published:** August 8, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series follows investigations by the fictional Transport Safety and Investigations Bureau.
**Content:**
A high-octane conspiracy series that follows the mystery of Flight 716 – a passenger plane that vanishes over the Atlantic Ocean. In season two, it delves into a high-speed train accident.
**TV Stations:** Global Television Network, Peacock, Universal TV
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Canada, United Kingdom
---
### [Ginny & Georgia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ginny-georgia/)
**Published:** February 25, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy.
**Content:**
Angsty and awkward fifteen year old Ginny Miller often feels more mature than her thirty year old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller. After years on the run, Georgia desperately wants to put down roots in picturesque New England and give her family something they’ve never had… a normal life. But it’s not all carpool and Kombucha as Georgia’s past threatens her and her family’s new way of life… and Georgia will do anything to protect her family.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Comedy, Teen Drama
---
### [Leverage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/leverage/)
**Published:** January 14, 2023
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The rich and powerful take everything from you. We steal it back for you. Sometimes criminals make the best good guys. We provide ... Leverage.
**Content:**
Nathan “Nate” Ford is a former insurance investigator known for recovering millions of dollars in stolen property and chasing the most dangerous and elusive thieves in the world. When his son became ill, IYS, the insurance company he’d spent his career working for uses questionable ethics to deny coverage of a treatment necessary to save the child’s life, causing Nate’s son to die. Emotionally and financially devastated due to the expensive treatment and eventual loss of his son, Nate is approached by aerospace industrialist Victor Dubenich to recover stolen intellectual property by leading a group of thieves, all of whom Nate has previously chased. Nate initially disagrees, as the thieves all have reputations for being loners who do not cooperate with others; they include hacker Alec Hardison, ‘hitter’ Eliot Spencer, and a thief known only as “Parker”. Dubenich eventually convinces Nate to change his mind. While the job is successful, Dubenich double-crosses them and attempts to have them killed. Instead of fleeing, Nate persuades the team to retaliate, and further recruits the assistance of Sophie Deveraux, a formidable grifter, to put Dubenich out of business. Under Nate’s leadership, the group coalesces into a very effective unit, succeeding in ruining Dubenich’s business, clearing their names, and providing each thief enough money to retire from crime. Realizing their potential as a team, they approach Nate to continue under his leadership. Forced to choose between being a “white knight” versus the “black king,” Nate accepts on one condition: they will only target the corrupt and powerful to avenge ordinary people who have no other recourse.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Raw FM](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/raw-fm/)
**Published:** June 25, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** RAW FM is a radio station run for and by 'young people'. Call them teenagers, youth, Gen Xers, whatever. It's theirs. And this is their story.
**Content:**
A DJ at commercial radio station Rock FM is fired from his job, so he and his long-time friends Robert and the blind Zelda decide to start their own independent radio station. However, they are completely unprepared for the number of kids who show up wanting to be DJs — many of whom are quite lazy.
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV)
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Intersections:** Neurodivergence / Neuroatypical
---
### [Até Que a Vida Nos Separe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ate-que-a-vida-nos-separe/)
**Published:** December 31, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** The Paixão family runs a farm for wedding events and, to save their business, they throw weddings for all kinds of couples.
**Content:**
The Paixão family runs a farm for wedding events and, to save their business, they throw weddings for all kinds of couples. This includes queer couples.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, RTP1
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Portugal
---
### [The Witcher: Blood Origin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-witcher-blood-origin/)
**Published:** December 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Every story has a beginning. Witness the untold history of the Continent.
**Content:**
Set in an elven world 1200 years before the world of The Witcher, Blood Origin tells a story lost to time – one of seven outcasts who unite against an unstoppable power that took everything from them. Their blood quest giving rise to a prototype Witcher in a conflict that brings about the “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merged to become one.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Adventure
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Criminal Minds: Evolution](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/criminal-minds-evolution/)
**Published:** December 23, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** FBI's elite team of criminal profilers face their greatest threat, an UnSub who used the pandemic to build a network of serial killers.
**Content:**
The FBI’s elite team of criminal profilers come up against their greatest threat yet, an UnSub who has used the pandemic to build a network of other serial killers. As the world opens back up and the network goes operational, the team must hunt them down, one murder at a time.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Nurses](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nurses/)
**Published:** February 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series follows five young nurses working on the frontlines of St.Mary's hospital dedicating their lives to helping others, while figuring out how to help themselves.
**Content:**
Five young nurses work on the frontlines of a busy downtown hospital, dedicating their lives to helping others, while struggling to help themselves.
Grace Knight is a young nurse looking for a fresh start until someone from her past turns up who could jeopardize her career; Ashley Collins is a wild and unapologetic adrenaline junky who lives for the fast pace of the hospital; Keon Colby was a college football star who’s trying to prove he’s more than he was on the field; Nazneen Khan is the whip-smart daughter from a wealthy family in India who moved to Canada to reinvent herself and is now starting her first job ever; and Wolf Burke is soft hearted and playful, who has a secret that may find him in over his head.
**TV Stations:** Global Television Network
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Blockbuster](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/blockbuster/)
**Published:** November 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The last Blockbuster Video in America explores what, and who, makes a small business to succeed.
**Content:**
Timmy Yoon is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.
Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store is officially the last Blockbuster in America. He now has no choice but to take action to stay open and keep his friends employed. Timmy and his staff quickly come to realize that being home to the last Blockbuster might actually be exactly what their community needs to rekindle the human connections they lost to the digital age. It also unexpectedly reunites him with his long-time crush Eliza, who’s recently come back to work for him. Will this battle to preserve the past be the push Timmy needs to step into the present? His employees can only hope so.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Vale Tudo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vale-tudo/)
**Published:** March 13, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. And she pays it.
**Content:**
Vale Tudo was a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by Rede Globo from May 16, 1988 to January 6, 1989.
Fátima Accioly is a young, callous woman who wants to be rich and successful at any price. After selling her family’s house in the country, she heads to Rio and gets to know dress man César who is unscrupulous himself. Meanwhile, her mother Raquel stays behind without home and money, but finally tries to find her daughter in the big city. Both women come in contact with the rich Roitman family which changes their lives forever…
**TV Stations:** TV Globo (Rede Globo)
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Telenovela
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [Wednesday](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wednesday/)
**Published:** December 12, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
**Content:**
The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Family, Mystery, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Hunters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hunters/)
**Published:** February 23, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In 1977 New York, the Nazis have a plan.
**Content:**
A diverse band of Nazi hunters in 1977 New York City have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Carnival Row](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/carnival-row/)
**Published:** September 1, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As a serial killer preys on mystical creatures in a dark futuristic city, a detective on the case becomes the prime suspect in the murders.
**Content:**
A fantasy-noir set in a neo-Victorian city. Mythical creatures fleeing their war-torn homeland have gathered in the city, and tensions are simmering between citizens and the growing immigrant population.
A human detective and a fairy rekindle a dangerous affair in a Victorian fantasy world, where the city’s uneasy peace collapses when a string of murders reveals an unimaginable monster.
It’s another of Amazon Prime’s dark forays into an AU.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** Dark Fantasy
---
### [Ackley Bridge](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ackley-bridge/)
**Published:** April 17, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The merging of two schools causes plenty of problems for headmistress Mandy who has to deal with explosive fall-outs and problem pupils.
**Content:**
A gritty, funny, and truthful look into the daily drama of teachers, teenagers, and families whose lives and cultures collide when two schools are integrated after years of racial segregation in a small Yorkshire town.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Teen Drama
---
### [Promised Land](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/promised-land/)
**Published:** January 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latino families vying for wealth and power in California's Sonoma Valley.
**Content:**
An epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in California’s Sonoma Valley.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [PeePooDo & The Super Fuck Friends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/peepoodo-the-super-fuck-friends/)
**Published:** July 30, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A sex education series for teenagers, with a positive message on sexuality.
**Content:**
A sex education series for teenagers, Peepoodo and his **friend** explore sexuality in all forms and no taboos. A positive message on sexuality, that is unrestrained and without prejudices – culminating into one single message: Tolerance.
At the end of the first season, Peepoodo destroys the earth with his penis, and in the second season he, accompanied by Dr. Pussycat, Evelyne and Tuffalo board a spaceship, looking for a planet to settle on, finding the hostility in space.
**TV Stations:** Blackpills
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation
**Nations:** France
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Westworld](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/westworld/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A dark reflection on humanity where high-paying vacationers can indulge their wildest fantasies.
**Content:**
Westworld is a Wild-West themed “amusement park” for rich vacationers where they can play out any fantasy they wish with no consequences. Westworld is inhabited by “Hosts” — androids that appear to be very human. The show explores the lives of the corporation and employees who run Westworld, the visitors to Westworld and the hosts themselves.
The series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Produced by HBO, it is based on the 1973 film of the same name (written and directed by Michael Crichton) and to a lesser extent the film’s 1976 sequel, Futureworld.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Western
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Dystopian, Sci-Fi Drama
---
### [American Horror Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/american-horror-story/)
**Published:** November 17, 2014
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** American Horror Story is an American anthology horror television series where each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries.
**Content:**
Described as an anthology series, each season is conceived as a self-contained miniseries, following a different set of characters and settings, and a storyline with its own “beginning, middle, and end.” Some plot elements of each season are loosely inspired by true events. All the seasons have creative character or plot overlaps.
Most seasons have included queer female and transgender characters.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama, Horror
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Dark, Scary, Violent
---
### [Scènes de ménages](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scenes-de-menages/)
**Published:** October 24, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A remake of the spanish show Escenas de matrimonio
**Content:**
A remake of the spanish show *Escenas de matrimonio* that follows six couples in their everyday life.
Each episode is succession of very short sketches alternating between each couples.
**TV Stations:** M6
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** France
---
### [Nancy Drew](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nancy-drew/)
**Published:** October 17, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Based on the classic novels, the series is Nancy with a supernatural twist.
**Content:**
Nancy planned to leave town for college after high school graduation. Her mother’s untimely death stranded her, and now she’s drawn into a supernatural murder mystery. One her family may be at the core.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
---
### [Meta Runner](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/meta-runner/)
**Published:** October 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** In a future where video games are everything, young Meta Runner Tari must do whatever she can to uncover her past. E-sports, sci-fi, and video games collide in Glitch Production's first fully animated series.
**Content:**
In Silica City, all media and entertainment are mostly based around video games, not just serving as entertainment, but also jobs in live streaming and lifestyle. Among members of society are Meta Runners, individuals who have replaced their limbs with cybernetic arms that allow them to boost their gaming performance.
The series tells the story of Tari, a Meta Runner who was the subject of an experiment called Project Blue, led by Dr. Sheridan, a scientist who was commissioned by TASCorp. After waking up in an abandoned lab, Tari finds herself in Silica City with amnesia. The last thing Tari can remember is a sudden accident causing an explosion in the lab.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Columbo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/columbo/)
**Published:** October 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and ingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.
**Content:**
An American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department.
In almost every episode, the audience sees the crime unfold at the beginning and knows the identity of the culprit, typically an affluent member of society. Once Columbo enters the story (he rarely appears in the first act), viewers watch him solve the case by sifting through the contradictions between the truth and the version presented to him by the killer(s).
Episodes tend to be driven by their characters, the audience observing the criminal’s reactions to Columbo’s increasingly intrusive presence. The explanation for the crime and its method having played out as part of the narrative, most of the stories simply end with the criminal’s reaction at being found out.
The show aired on NBC from 1971-77, only to be picked up again by ABC from 1980-2003. The final season was a series of specials, spread out from 1990 to 2003.
**TV Stations:** ABC, NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Fire Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fire-country/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young convict joins a firefighting program looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence, he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.
**Content:**
Bode Donovan is a young convict with a troubled past. Hoping to redeem himself and shorten his prison sentence, he joins a prison release firefighting program in Northern California. He ends up getting assigned to his hometown where he must work alongside former friends, other inmates and elite firefighters putting out the huge fires that plague the region.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Good Fight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-fight/)
**Published:** December 16, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A sequel to The Good Wife picking up one year after its series finale.
**Content:**
The legal drama picks up one year after the series finale of [*The Good Wife*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-good-wife/) and centers on Maia, a young lawyer who becomes involved in a financial scam that wipes out the savings of her mentor and godmother, Diane Lockhart.
The show premiered in 2017 on CBS’s new streaming service. It was a smash hit, being picked up for an additional season.
Overall, the show does as good a job as its predecessor with regards to the law and weird cases. They have more leeway for darker subjects, like harassment and suicide, being on streaming media. No longer constrained by network standards, they have freedom. They chose to use not so much in sexual ways, but in depth of subject matter.
**TV Stations:** CBS All Access
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Legal Drama
---
### [Into the Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/into-the-dark/)
**Published:** October 16, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A horror anthology series with each episode inspired by a holiday.
**Content:**
*Into The Dark i*s a monthly horror event series from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum’s independent TV studio. Each feature-length installment is inspired by a holiday and features Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story. The series has explored nearly every facet of the horror genre, and with the latest installment presents a twist on gender roles in modern horror.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Cleaner](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-cleaner/)
**Published:** October 14, 2022
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** William Banks has made it his life mission to help people recover from addiction, just as he has.
**Content:**
*The Cleaner* is a TV show about a recovering drug addict, William Banks, who has made it his life’s mission to help rescue other people from addiction. He brings together a small team of recovering addicts to help him with this mission.
**TV Stations:** A&E
**Tropes:** Outed, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Outlaw](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/outlaw/)
**Published:** December 16, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Outlaw. Out. Law. Hah hah.
**Content:**
A legal drama that didn’t do very well at all. All of four episodes aired, and then they were canceled. NBC burned off the last four episodes and never spoke of it again. Hopefully they’ve learned not to make Dad Puns for TV show titles anymore.
Jimmy Smits stared as Cyrus Garza, a U.S. Supreme Court Justice who abruptly steps down from the position after realizing that the system he believed in was flawed. Garza now represents “the little guy” in his private practice, using his inside knowledge of the justice system to take on big legal cases and upset powerful people in the process. Outside the law. Except not really since he’s still a lawyer.
See? It’s not even a *good* Dad Pun!
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** In Prison, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [See](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/see/)
**Published:** September 3, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Far in a dystopian future, the human race has lost the sense of sight, and society has had to find new ways to interact, build, hunt, and to survive. All of that is challenged when a set of twins are born with sight.
**Content:**
In the early twenty-first century, a virus wiped out all but two million humans, those surviving having lost their sense of sight. *See* takes place several centuries later, where society has found new ways to socially interact, build, hunt, and survive without vision. In the mountains, Baba Voss, the Chieftain of the Alkenny Tribe, takes in and marries a woman, Maghra, who comes to the Alkenny seeking shelter. Baba Voss has been unable to father children, and the woman is three months pregnant when she first arrives.
The biological father, Jerlamarel, is an outlaw wanted by the Queen of the Kane dynasty of Kanzua Dam for the heresy of being “sighted” (the natural ability to see). Word spreads of Jerlamarel siring children, prompting a witch hunt for Jerlamarel and his young superior offspring. Baba Voss must protect both his family and his tribe against the Queen’s army.
*Note: This show includes scenes of sexual abuse and assault.*
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
---
### [Proven Innocent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/proven-innocent/)
**Published:** March 17, 2019
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** The emotional story of one woman's fight for the innocence of others, as well as her own.
**Content:**
The show tells the emotional story of one woman’s fight to prove the innocence of wrongfully convicted people. The legal drama follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by a fierce and uncompromising lawyer, Madeline Scott, who was wrongfully convicted in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession. Madeline runs the legal firm with her partner, Easy Boudreau, the very lawyer who helped set her free after 10 years in prison. Their team also includes investigator Bodie Quick and communications director Violet Price, who runs a true crime podcast that follows each investigation.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** In Prison, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
---
### [RWBY: Hyôsetsu Teikoku](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rwby-hyosetsu-teikoku/)
**Published:** October 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The four kingdoms of the world established academies that train young people to become huntsmen: warriors tasked with destroying the dangerous creatures known as Grimm.
**Content:**
Also known as *RWBY: Ice Queendom*
In the world of Remnant, a place where science and fairy tales coexist, human civilization is plagued by deadly monsters known as the Grimm. For a time, victory by the Grimm seemed all but certain, if not for the heroism of those sworn to protect humanity — Huntsmen and Huntresses. These warriors are trained and assembled into teams at schools like Beacon Academy, where Ruby meets Weiss and Blake — forming Team RWBY along with Ruby’s sister, Yang. While team RWBY studies to become the greatest Huntresses the world of Remnant has ever known, they are faced with a horrifying threat.
**TV Stations:** BS11, MBS, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [If These Walls Could Talk 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/if-these-walls-could-talk-2/)
**Published:** July 9, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three stories about lesbian couples who occupy the same house in different decades.
**Content:**
Three stories about lesbian couples who occupy the same house in different decades.
Each story is very reminiscent of the time-period.
- 1961 – Tragedy strikes an elderly couple when one dies, and the house was in her name.
- 1972 – A feminist lesbian questions what it means to be a feminist when she falls for a butch lesbian.
- 2000 – A couple struggles to have a baby.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Senior Representation
---
### [Magia Rekôdo: Mahô Shôjo Madoka Magika Gaiden](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/magia-rekodo-maho-shojo-madoka-magika-gaiden/)
**Published:** February 2, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A magical girl, Iroha Tamaki, searches for her missing sister in the mysterious city of Kamihama, where it is rumored that magical girls can achieve salvation.
**Content:**
Also known as *Magia Record* and *Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story*.
Rumor has it that if a young girl strikes a bargain with a white fairy, it will grant any wish her heart desires. However, in exchange, she will become a magical girl and must put her life on the line to slay fearsome and ferocious witches.
Tamaki Iroha, a kind-hearted middle schooler from Takarazaki City, is living proof that these rumors are true. Armed with a magical crossbow and the ability to heal injuries, Iroha seeks out the labyrinths where witches hide and defeats them before they can prey on humans. Yet Iroha has no memory of her wish, and even Kyuubey, the white fairy himself, seems to have no idea what Iroha requested of him.
One day, Iroha hears rumors of a city where “magical girls can be saved,” and finds herself on a sunset train to Kamihama City. Unfortunately, she discovers that the witches in Kamihama are far more powerful than usual. After veteran magical girl Nanami Yachiyo is forced to save her, Iroha vows to never return. But when a chance encounter with a tiny Kyuubey seems to trigger distant memories, Iroha is compelled to investigate the mysterious city despite the danger.
**TV Stations:** BS11, GTV, GYT, MBS, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Fantasy, Mystery
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [The Unlisted](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-unlisted/)
**Published:** January 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 13-year-old identical twins work with a group of underground vigilante kids to stop powerful governments from imposing global control over the world's youth.
**Content:**
13-year-old identical twins, Drupad and Kalpen Sharma, work with a group of underground vigilante kids to stop powerful governments from imposing global control over the world’s youth.
**TV Stations:** ABC Me
**Tropes:** Background Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Children's, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [The Watch](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-watch/)
**Published:** January 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A gritty, cyberpunk CSI story set in Terry Pratchett's beloved Discworld.
**Content:**
The series is inspired by the Ankh-Morpork City Watch from the Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. Set in the fictional Discworld’s principal city of Ankh-Morpork, The Watch was described by Terry Pratchett in 2012 as a “Pratchett-style CSI”; it has an episodic storyline, following the format of a “crime of the week” as tackled by the city’s police force under the command of Sam Vimes.
This series is a loose adaptation of the world, rather than a specific book.
**TV Stations:** BBC America
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
---
### [The Baby](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-baby/)
**Published:** July 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 38-year-old Natasha is furious that her closest friends are all having babies.
**Content:**
38-year-old Natasha is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. But when she is unexpectedly landed with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes. Controlling, manipulative, but incredibly cute, the baby twists Natasha’s life into a surreal horror show. As she discovers the true extent of the baby’s deadly nature, Natasha makes increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it. She doesn’t want a baby. But the baby definitely wants her.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Horror
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Ragdoll](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ragdoll/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Detectives look to untangle the case of someone who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.
**Content:**
The series follows the murder of six people who have been dismembered and sewn into the shape of a grotesque body, “The Ragdoll”. As detectives begin to investigate, the killer begins to taunt them.
**TV Stations:** Alibi, AMC+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
---
### [Queen Sugar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queen-sugar/)
**Published:** February 19, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Estranged siblings with very different personalities, try to put aside their differences to save the family farm in Louisiana after their father's death.
**Content:**
Based on the novel of the same name, the show tells the story of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Louisiana. At the center of the family are Nova, a queer journalist and activist; Charley, the wife and manager of an NBA player; and formerly incarcerated father Ralph Angel, who is searching for redemption.
Following their father’s death, the siblings must put their complicated lives aside so they can come together to save the family’s struggling sugar cane farm. Also involved in the farm are Aunt Violet and family friend Remy Newell.
The show was created, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, with Oprah Winfrey serving as an executive producer, and has the best representation of PoC queers on traditional television today.
**TV Stations:** OWN
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Queer as Folk (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-as-folk-2022/)
**Published:** June 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A diverse group of friends in New Orleans have their lives transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
**Content:**
A vibrant reimagining of the groundbreaking British series created by Russell T. Davies, exploring a diverse group of friends in New Orleans whose lives are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Feria: La luz más oscura](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/feria-la-luz-mas-oscura/)
**Published:** May 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two sisters see their world turned upside down when they discover a horrifying and otherworldly secret involving their parents.
**Content:**
What if two teenage sisters discover that their parents are murderers?
Eva and Sofia will have to face the horrible crime that their parents seem to have committed, which, before disappearing, has left behind 23 victims. This is the journey that Eva and Sofia will undertake in Feria, a small white village in the Andalusian mountains in the mid-nineties, where the inhabitants are not as naive as they appear. Where reality hides a fantastic universe.
The series is named ‘Feria: The Darkest Light’ in English.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Duncanville](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/duncanville/)
**Published:** April 7, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An average kid named Duncan dreams of making it big without having to wear a suit and tie to do so.
**Content:**
An average kid named Duncan dreams of making it big without having to wear a suit and tie to do so.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Chosen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chosen/)
**Published:** May 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A teenager finds her world turned upside down when she discovers the disturbing truth lurking in her sleepy Danish town.
**Content:**
Emma has always felt different from anyone else in Middelbo – a small Danish town that became world famous when it was said that a meteor entered the atmosphere and crashed into it 17 years earlier. Now, Middelbo is no longer what it has been, and the question is whether it has ever been what it pretends to be at all? When Emma accidentally discovers that the whole story of the meteor is a lie, a dangerous and improbable truth about the sleepy town reveals itself – something that is far more perilous and incredible than she could have ever imagined. Was it a meteor that hit the little town 17 years ago or was it something far more powerful? With this newly discovered realization Emma is forced to realize that she is on her own and that friends and society will not save her in a time of life where she needs them the most.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Denmark
---
### [Creamerie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/creamerie/)
**Published:** May 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A viral plague has swept the earth, and in a matter of weeks, it decimated 99% of men. The 1% were sent to The Facility in New Zealand but didn't survive. Or did they?
**Content:**
In the not too distant future, a viral plague has swept the earth. In a matter of weeks, it decimated 99% of men. The 1% were sent to The Facility in New Zealand but didn’t survive. Or did they?
When three Kiwi-Asian dairy farmers stumble across a man, the game changes for everyone.
**TV Stations:** TVNZ 1
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** New Zealand
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Dystopian comedy, Edgy Comedy
---
### [Diary of a Future President](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/diary-of-a-future-president/)
**Published:** February 9, 2020
**Author:** LauraLoo77
**Excerpt:** Follows the journey through the ups and downs of middle school, which set Elena on the path to becoming the president of the United States.
**Content:**
Elena is a 12-year-old Cuban American girl who attends middle school and must make her way through the personal and social pressures of adolescence. Told through Elena’s narration as written in her diary, the series follows the daily events of her life and her interactions with friends and family. She lives with her older brother, Bobby; and mother, Gabi, who develops a new relationship with Sam, a lawyer from her firm. Elena has a strong desire to become a president of the United States, which is made visible through flashforwards to her political campaign as an adult.
Unjustly cancelled before its time, this show is still worth a watch should you need something uplifting and fun.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Political
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Peppa Pig](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/peppa-pig/)
**Published:** September 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A little pig named Peppa and her younger brother George have journeys everyday with their family and friends.
**Content:**
Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals.
Peppa lives with her mummy and daddy and her little brother, George. Her adventures are fun, sometimes involve a few tears, but always end happily.
**TV Stations:** Channel 5 (UK), Nick Jr.
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [She-Hulk: Attorney at Law](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-hulk-attorney-at-law/)
**Published:** September 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered Hulk.
**Content:**
After being infected by her cousin’s (Bruce Banner) blood, Jennifer Walters —an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal cases—must navigate the complicated life of a single, 30-something who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.
**TV Stations:** Disney+
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Legal, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Young and the Restless](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-young-and-the-restless/)
**Published:** August 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Yet another soap about rich people. This time in Genoa City.
**Content:**
The Newmans and the Abbotts represent Genoa City’s upper class. Powerful businessman Victor Newman runs Newman Enterprises and has never stopped loving his former flame and wife, Nikki Reed Newman. Jack Abbott and his sister, Ashley, are closely connected with the Newman family, both personally and professionally. The battle supreme in Genoa City has been going on for years between Katherine Chancellor and Jill Foster Abbott. The Winters family, Williams family and recent newcomers round out the socially and ethnically diverse town.
The Mariah/Tessa storyline in 2017 and onward is actually totally worth watching, to the point that it moved this show from a thumbs down to a thumbs up!
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Erased Queerness, Freakout Hetero Sex, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
---
### [In the Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/in-the-dark/)
**Published:** April 5, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A blind woman is the only witness to a mystery.
**Content:**
Blind 20-something Murphy is drifting through life in a haze of drunkenness, and her only friends are her understanding roommate, Jess, and Tyson, a sweet teenager she met when he saved her from a violent mugging. Murphy’s life is turned upside down when, while out for a walk with her guide dog, she stumbles upon what she is certain is Tyson’s lifeless body in the alley outside her apartment. When the body disappears by the time the police arrive, and they don’t seem inclined to investigate, Murphy clings onto the only thing that can keep her together: figuring out what happened to her friend.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Rutherford Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rutherford-falls/)
**Published:** May 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A small town in the Northeast is turned upside down when local legend and town namesake fights the moving of a historical statue.
**Content:**
Two lifelong best friends, Nathan Rutherford and Reagan Wells, find themselves at a crossroads – quite literally – when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wakeup call.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Transparent](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/transparent/)
**Published:** June 12, 2016
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** An award-winning comedy/drama created by Joey Soloway who was inspired to write the show by their own Trans parent and her coming out experience.
**Content:**
This show is centered around a woman named Maura Pfefferman who comes out as trans to her family. As you follow Maura’s journey to becoming her true self, you meet dozens of queer characters along the way. Maura’s two grown daughters are both bisexual, and one may be finding her own gender identity. At one point you journey back in time to meet Maura’s aunt Gittel who was also a trans woman. Maura has a circle of trans women friends and you get to know them and their stories as well.
The show is wonderfully well done and one of the queerest on major streaming media. Creator Joey Soloway, who identifies as non-binary, was inspired to create the show by their own parent who came out as transgender. Soloway enacted a “transfirmative action program”, that made sure many trans people were involved in the series’ writing, production and acting.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Sex Workers, Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Virgin River](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/virgin-river/)
**Published:** August 28, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Seeking a fresh start, nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe moves from Los Angeles to a remote Northern California town and is surprised by what and who she finds.
**Content:**
Virgin River follows Melinda “Mel” Monroe, who answers an ad to work as a midwife and nurse practitioner in the remote Northern California town of Virgin River, thinking it will be the perfect place to start fresh and leave her painful memories behind. But she soon discovers that small-town living isn’t quite as simple as she expected.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Resident Evil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/resident-evil/)
**Published:** August 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets. Based on the horror franchise.
**Content:**
Year 2036 – 14 years after the spread of Joy caused so much pain, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and mind-shattering creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the sinister Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Annoying Orange](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/annoying-orange/)
**Published:** August 26, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Orange goes on an adventure with his friends.
**Content:**
The series follows an anthropomorphic orange who annoys fruits, vegetables, and various other objects by telling crude jokes and puns until their deadly demise. In addition, the show satires and parodies pop culture, including television programs and commercials, anime series, films, music, celebrities, politicians, fairy tales, video games; and internet culture, with a touch of off-color humor, surrealism and gross-out humor.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Adventure, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-high-fructose-adventures-of-annoying-orange/)
**Published:** August 26, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Adventure series of Fruit Gang who live on a fruit stand in a supermarket called "Dane Boe's"
**Content:**
he show follows the lives of Orange and his friends: the sarcastic Pear, the sassy Passion Fruit, the tiny Midget Apple, the eccentric Marshmallow, the unlucky Apple, the elderly Grandpa Lemon, and the sometimes antagonistic Grapefruit. The show diverges from the YouTube series in that the Fruit Gang lives on a fruit stand in a supermarket called “Dane Boe’s” (a reference to the creator Dane Boedigheimer) rather than in Dane Boedigheimer’s kitchen.
A reoccurring character from the *Annoying Orange* YouTube series called Nerville now runs the supermarket (mainly as the janitor), and is the only human who can talk to the fruit.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/she-ra-and-the-princesses-of-power/)
**Published:** November 13, 2018
**Author:** Margo
**Excerpt:** When Adora finds a magic sword she becomes the legendary hero She-Ra.
**Content:**
An orphan named Adora who leaves behind her former life in the evil Horde when she discovers a magic sword that transforms her into the mythical warrior princess She-Ra. Along the way, she finds a new family in the Rebellion as sheunites a group of magical princesses in the ultimate fight against evil.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Queers in Law Enforcement, Slow Burn, Subtext
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Fais pas ci, fais pas ça](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/fais-pas-ci-fais-pas-ca/)
**Published:** August 17, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The daily life of two neighboring families, the Bouley and the Lepic, with literally opposite educational methods. Despite their social and cultural differences, they are friends and do not hesitate to face common concerns.
**Content:**
The series follows the daily lives of two neighboring families, the Bouley and the Lepic, with opposite educational methods. The Lepic are rather “conservatives” and “cathos” while the Bouleys appear as “boboos”. Despite their social and cultural differences, the two families are friends and often face common problems. There is even a union between their families.
The first season is shot like a mockumentary.
**TV Stations:** France 2
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Mockumentary
**Nations:** France
---
### [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/never-have-i-ever/)
**Published:** April 28, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Loosely based on creator Mindy Kaling's real life, Never Have I Ever follows the teenaged life of Devi Vishwakumar, who is determined to have a perfect sophomore year.
**Content:**
Loosely based on creator Mindy Kaling’s real life, Never Have I Ever follows the life of a first generation Indian-American teenager, Devi Vishwakumar, who is determined to have a perfect sophomore year. She enlists the help of her two best friends, Eleanor and Fabiola, to upgrade their social status through new clothes, attitudes, and boyfriends. Unfortunately, her family and friends keep getting in the way of her plans to become popular.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, School, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships, PoC-Centric
---
### [Elliott from Earth](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/elliott-from-earth/)
**Published:** April 9, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young boy named Elliott finds himself and his single mother living on a spaceship called The Centrium packed with aliens from all corners of the universe.
**Content:**
A boy and his mum find themselves suddenly transported somewhere across the universe surrounded by an amazing array of aliens from new and unknown corners of the galaxy. While trying to work out who brought them there and why, they make a new home for themselves and encounter new friends, including Mo, the only other being from Earth – a dinosaur.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's, Comedy, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Summer Camp Island](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/summer-camp-island/)
**Published:** December 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of Oscar and Hedgehog, both of whom are attending the eponymous summer camp
**Content:**
Away from their parents, best friends Oscar & Hedgehog must summon all their courage to navigate mysteries and wonders of a magic sleep-away camp where camp counselors are popular girl witches, horses become unicorns, and monsters live under the bed. Not all camps offer the opportunity to swim with a talking shark in the swimming pool, crawl under the bed into a different universe, or make friends with the moon, but on Summer Camp Island, anything can happen.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Victor & Valentino](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/victor-valentino/)
**Published:** December 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two total opposite half-brothers search about the town for adventure and find strange and supernatural happenings.
**Content:**
In the small quiet town of Monte Macabre, two total opposite half-brothers search about the town for adventure and find strange and supernatural happenings with the help of their supernatural grandmother.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Mystery, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Little Ellen](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/little-ellen/)
**Published:** September 25, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The show explores the world through the eyes of a hilarious and unpredictable seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres.
**Content:**
Seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres is a hilarious, imaginative, and big-hearted kid navigating life in New Orleans alongside her wise and eccentric Gramsy, musical best friend Freckle, fashion-forward cousin Becky, and clever cat Charlie.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Big Queer Wedding
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Why Women Kill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/why-women-kill/)
**Published:** August 15, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three women in different decades deal with infidelity in the same way. Murder. It's in the title.
**Content:**
A darkly comedic drama detailing the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the 60s, a socialite in the 80s, and a lawyer in 2018, each dealing with infidelity in their marriages.
Although their roles in society have changed, each woman’s reaction to her husband’s unfaithfulness has not.
The series is an anthology, with different characters every season.
**TV Stations:** CBS All Access, Paramount+
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Dark Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Days of Our Lives](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/days-of-our-lives/)
**Published:** August 11, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.
**Content:**
Set in the town of Salem, this long-running soap opera follows the triumphs and tragedies of the Horton, Brady and DiMera families. Love and family stories intertwine with more suspenseful yarns, ratcheting up the drama quotient. Love triangles, murder, amnesia, rape, divorce, and other staples of the afternoon soap opera abound.
After 57 years on NBC, the show moved to NBC’s online streamer, Peacock.
**TV Stations:** NBC, Peacock
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** US Soap
---
### [It's a Sin](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/its-a-sin/)
**Published:** July 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A chronicle of four friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.
**Content:**
The series follows a group of gay men who move to London in 1981. They form a friendship group but the fast developing HIV/AIDS crisis in the United Kingdom impacts their lives. Over five episodes the group are shown living through an entire decade until 1991, as they become determined to live fiercely despite the threat HIV poses to them.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Loot](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/loot/)
**Published:** July 29, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After divorcing her husband of 20 years, Molly Novak must figure out what to do with her $87 billion settlement. She decides to reengage with her charitable foundation and reconnect with the real world - finding herself along the way.
**Content:**
Billionaire Molly Novak has a dream life, complete with private jets, a sprawling mansion and a gigayacht — anything her heart desires. But when her husband of 20 years betrays her, she spirals publicly, becoming fuel for tabloid fodder. She’s reaching rock bottom when she learns, to her surprise, that she has a charity foundation run by the no-nonsense Sofia Salinas, who pleads with Molly to stop generating bad press. With her devoted assistant Nicholas by her side, and with the help of Sofia and team — including mild-mannered accountant Arthur and her optimistic, pop-culture-loving cousin Howard — Molly embarks on a journey of self-discovery. Giving back to others might be what she needs to get back to herself.
**TV Stations:** Apple TV+
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jurassic-world-camp-cretaceous/)
**Published:** July 26, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
**Content:**
After winning a video game, dinosaur fanatic Darius Bowman is given the opportunity to visit Camp Cretaceous, an exclusive adventure dinosaur camp on Isla Nublar. Once there, Darius meets five other teenagers—Ben, Yaz, Brooklynn, Kenji, and Sammy—who were also chosen for the once-in-a-lifetime experience. However, when the dinosaurs break free from their habitats, the campers are stranded and forced to venture across the island without any help in the hopes of finding a way out and getting out alive.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
---
### [First Day](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/first-day/)
**Published:** August 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's Hannah Bradford's first year of high school. As a transgender girl, Hannah not only has to navigate the challenges that come with starting a new school, but find the courage to live as her most authentic self.
**Content:**
The series originated as a short film of the same title which aired in 2017. The miniseries retells elements of the short film. The series was filmed in Adelaide, South Australia including on location at Marryatville High School.
The series is about twelve year old transgender girl, Hannah Bradford, as she adjusts to high school at the start of a new year. She must navigates the social and personal issues of her early teenage years, while also dealing with the pressures of her gender identity, which is largely private at the beginning of the series. Overriding themes include the focus on identity and belonging, and the exploration of transgender rights.
*First Day* and the associated short film have received a positive reception for its representation of diversity in transgender children. The short film won an award for diversity from MIPCOM and won a Prix Jeunesse Gender Equity Prize in 2018.
**TV Stations:** ABC Me
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Australia
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Conversations with Friends](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/conversations-with-friends/)
**Published:** July 20, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two Dublin college students, Frances and Bobbi, and the strange and unexpected connection they forge with married couple, Melissa and Nick.
**Content:**
Frances, a 21 year old college student, navigates a series of relationships that force her to confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time. Frances is observant, cerebral and sharp. Her ex-girlfriend, now best friend, Bobbi is self-assured, outspoken and compelling. Though they broke up three years ago, Frances and Bobbi are virtually inseparable and perform spoken word poetry together in Dublin. It’s at one of their shows that they meet Melissa, an older writer, who is fascinated by the pair. Bobbi and Frances start to spend time with Melissa and her husband, Nick, a handsome but reserved actor. While Melissa and Bobbi flirt with each other openly, Nick and Frances embark on an intense secret affair that is surprising to them both. Soon the affair begins to test the bond between Frances and Bobbi, forcing Frances to reconsider her sense of self, and the friendship she holds so dear.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three, Hulu, RTÉ One
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
---
### [The Politician](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-politician/)
**Published:** September 28, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The politician aspirations of Payton Hobart.
**Content:**
Payton Hobart, a student from Santa Barbara, has known since age seven that he’s going to be President of the United States. But first he’ll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape of all: Saint Sebastian High School.
Every season will revolve around a different political race that Payton is involved in.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Political
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Okami-san and Her Seven Companions](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/okami-san-and-her-seven-companions/)
**Published:** July 18, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Ryoko-san and her friends at the Otogi Bank help classmates with their problems, in exchange for their help later on.
**Content:**
Set in the fictional Otogibana City, Okami-san & her Seven Companions follows the lives of Ryoko Okami (the eponymous Okami-san) and her friends, or companions, throughout their service as members of a “trading” club known as the Otogi High School Bank. At the start of the series, Ryoko and her partner, Ringo, are on a routine service assignment when an unseen stranger assists them. The following day, Ryoko encounters a boy in her class named Ryōshi Morino, a secret admirer of hers, on her way home from school. After being confronted by Ryoko, Ryōshi confesses his love for her and that he had been following her, a confession that is immediately turned down by Ryoko on the basis that he is weak.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, CTC, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, TV Saitama, tvk
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, School
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Koisenu Futari](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/koisenu-futari/)
**Published:** July 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two people who can't fall in love make a family.
**Content:**
The story follows two people who are aromantic asexual that start living together, Sakuko and Takahashi. During the series, we see how the two of them work to become a family and try to live in a world that expects romance from everybody.
Sakiko lives every day without involving romance and she doesn’t like how her mother always rush her to get married. One day, Sakiko visited a supermarket to check out her junior’s project. She met a staff from the supermarket who told her that “there are people who do not fall in love” which made her feel relieved. Sakiko later encounters words such as *Aromantic* and *Asexual*.
**TV Stations:** NHK
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [El Cazador de la Bruja](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-cazador-de-la-bruja/)
**Published:** July 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A fateful encounter between Ellis, a fugitive girl with amnesia, a troubled past, and supernatural powers, and Nadie, a feisty bounty hunter, leads to the two of them traveling south together in search of the key to unlocking Ellis's past.
**Content:**
Ellis is a murder suspect and finds herself on the run from an underground society called “Hunters.” At some point, she meets a bounty hunter Nadi who is initially after the bounty on her head but eventually decides to help her pursue the truth about her past. Although by doing so, Nadi calls the Hunters’ wrath upon herself, as well, she accompanies Ellis to the Hometown, where she was supposedly born.
The only clues they have are a mysterious stone given to Ellis by a fortune teller she was staying with, and Ellis’ notion that she has to go south.
**TV Stations:** TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Slow Burn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [The Eleventh Hour](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-eleventh-hour/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** Back in 1964, a show about psychiatry diagnosed someone with "lesbian tendencies."
**Content:**
The Eleventh Hour was an American medical drama about psychiatry.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Gentleman Jack](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gentleman-jack/)
**Published:** April 22, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in 1832 West Yorkshire, England, Gentleman Jack is inspired by the true-story and coded journals of the historical lesbian figure Anne Lister.
**Content:**
In 1832, Anne Lister returns to West Yorkshire following the dissolution of her relationship with a woman and commits herself to transforming the fate of her faded ancestral home, Shibden Hall. The charismatic landowner plans to reopen the coal mines.
*Gentleman Jack* is inspired by the true-story and coded journals of Anne Lister. Most notably for the time period, a part of Lister’s plan is to help the fate of her own family by taking a wife.
**TV Stations:** BBC One, HBO
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
---
### [Tom Swift](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tom-swift/)
**Published:** June 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A billionaire inventor is thrust into a world of sci-fi conspiracy and unexplained phenomena after the shocking disappearance of his father.
**Content:**
Tom Swift is a brilliant inventor, but somewhat immature. After his father Barton uses Tom’s experimental propulsion system to travel to Saturn, and mysteriously dies, Tom is thrust into a sci-fi, paranormal conspiracy. It will take every single ounce of Tom’s brains and talents to uncover what really happened to his father.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Q-Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/q-force/)
**Published:** September 2, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A handsome secret agent and his team of LGBTQ superspies embark on extraordinary adventures.
**Content:**
Steve Maryweather, AKA Agent Mary, was once the Golden Boy of the American Intelligence Agency (AIA), until he came out as gay. Unable to fire him, the Agency sent him off to West Hollywood, to disappear into obscurity. Instead, he assembled a misfit squad of LGBTQ+ geniuses. Joining forces with the expert mechanic Deb, master of drag and disguise Twink, and hacker Stat, together they’re Q-Force.
But, after a decade of waiting for their first official mission from The AIA, Mary becomes hell-bent on proving himself to the Agency that turned its back on him, and decides to go rogue with Q-Force. After finding their own case, and solving it on their own terms, they get the reluctant approval of The AIA, and are officially upgraded to Active Secret Agents in the field. But, that approval comes with one major caveat– they must put up with a new member of the squad: straight-guy Agent Buck.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gute-zeiten-schlechte-zeiten/)
**Published:** March 28, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A neighborhood in Berlin-Mitte is the scene of `Good times, bad times'. The series accompanies its protagonists through the ups and downs of growing up as well as their problems in professional and love life.
**Content:**
Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (“Good Times, Bad Times”), often abbreviated GZSZ, is a long-running German television soap opera, first broadcast on RTL in 1992. The program concerns the lives of a fictional neighborhood in Germany’s capital city Berlin. Over the years the soap opera tends to have an overhaul of young people in their late teens and early twenties, targeting a young viewership.
It has tackled with issues like homosexuality, incest, rape, drug addiction, various crimes, breast cancer, bulimia, underage drinking, adoption and mental illnesses.
**TV Stations:** RTL Television
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** Germany
**Tagged:** German Soap
---
### [Star Trek: Strange New Worlds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/star-trek-strange-new-worlds/)
**Published:** June 2, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series, the show follows the crew of the USS Enterprise under Captain Christopher Pike.
**Content:**
Before there was Kirk there was Pike. This series picks up when Uhura is a cadet, Spock is just engaged, and Pike is not in a wheelchair. With a contemporary take on the classic, and embracing the 1960s of the original, the series matches the tone and joy of classic *Star Trek*.
**TV Stations:** Paramount+
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Time Traveller's Wife](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-time-travellers-wife/)
**Published:** June 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The intricate love story of Clare and Henry has a unique problem... time travel.
**Content:**
A love story that follows the relationship and eventual marriage of Clare and Henry, which is complicated by Henry’s time travel disorder.
**TV Stations:** HBO Max
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Rising](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-rising/)
**Published:** June 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Neve Kelly is dead. Once she realizes that she has been murdered, she determines to find her killer and get justice.
**Content:**
Neve Kelly discovers she is dead. She’s scared and confused by this new existence. But, when she realizes she has been murdered, she’s furious. She’s determined to find her killer and get justice, believing that it was someone she knew.
**TV Stations:** Sky Max
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Love, Victor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-victor/)
**Published:** July 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation.
**Content:**
Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Hudson & Rex](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hudson-rex/)
**Published:** June 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Detective Hudson teams up with what his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex whom he prefers to humans because Rex doesn't talk his ear off.
**Content:**
Detective Charlie Hudson is a Major Crimes detective of the fictional St. John’s Police Department. He is partnered with Rex, a multi-scent trained German Shepherd with an excellent ear for unique sounds. Hudson grew up reading mystery novels and as a result always wanted to be a police detective. He is partnered with Rex after Rex’s K9 human partner, Constable Grace Lindsay, was killed pursuing a kidnapper and Rex was scheduled to be euthanized.
Rex’s keen nose and ears are instrumental in helping Detective Hudson advance the investigations in each episode. The duo receive assistance from Superintendent Donovan, Forensics Chief Truong, and IT Specialist Mills every episode in gathering and interpreting evidence.
**TV Stations:** CityTV
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [Irma Vep](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/irma-vep/)
**Published:** June 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, goes to France to star as "Irma Vep" in a remake of the French silent film classic, Les Vampires.
**Content:**
Mira (Alicia Vikander) is an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes to France to star as “Irma Vep” in a remake of the French silent film classic, *Les Vampires*.
When Mira arrives in Paris to immerse herself in the coveted role, an encounter with her former lover Laurie reignites dormant passions. Meanwhile, the project’s acclaimed director René Vidal struggles as production woes threaten to derail his vision.
Set against the backdrop of a lurid crime thriller, Mira struggles as the distinctions between herself and the character she plays begin to blur and merge. *Irma Vep* reveals to us the uncertain ground that lies at the border of fiction and reality, artifice and authenticity, art and life.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Mini series, Movie-inspired
---
### [Twee Zomers](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/twee-zomers/)
**Published:** June 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of friends, thirty years after a legendary pool party, reunite on a private island in the south of France.
**Content:**
A group of friends get together thirty years after one of the members died in an accident. A relaxing vacation changes into a nightmare, when some of the friends are blackmailed with footage from that terrible week three decades ago.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** Belgium
---
### [Amar en Tiempos Revueltos](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-en-tiempos-revueltos/)
**Published:** April 6, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Amar en Tiempos Revueltos (To Love in Difficult Times) was a series about the Spanish Civil War.
**Content:**
Amar en Tiempos Revueltos (To Love in Difficult Times) was a series about the Spanish Civil War.
It ended in 2012 but was sold and returned in 2013 as *[Amar es para siempre](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/amar-es-para-siempre/)* (Spanish for “To Love is Forever”). Which apparently means “for everyone but lesbians.”
**TV Stations:** La 1 de TVE
**Tropes:** Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Period Piece, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Historical, Spanish Soap
---
### [Vampire in the Garden](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/vampire-in-the-garden/)
**Published:** May 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young girl and a vampire queen search for Paradise.
**Content:**
One cold winter, humanity lost its battle with the vampires, and with it, most of where they called home.
A small population of survivors created a wall of light in a small town to protect them and give them a place to live in peace.
Momo lives a repressed life but still wishes to coexist with the enemy, the vampires. Fine, the vampire queen, once loved humans and disappeared from the battlefield. As war rages through the humans’ town, the two have a fateful encounter.
Once upon a time, humans and vampires lived in harmony in a place called Paradise. This is the story of a young girl and a vampire on a journey to find Paradise.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Fantasy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Venice: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/venice/)
**Published:** April 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An actress decided to make a soap for lesbians. She's the real MVP.
**Content:**
Venice is one actress’ commitment to telling a gay story the “right way.” The series was born out of Crystal Chappell’s popular character, “Olivia Spencer,” on the longest running daytime series in US history, “Guiding Light.” Olivia was a heterosexual businesswomen and mother who realized love is not confined to traditional paths. Chappell and co-star Jessica Leccia sparked passionate fan and media attention when their storyline, nicknamed “Otalia,” became one of the United States “it” romances.
Chappell was overwhelmed by letters and emails from people around the world reaching out to share their own stories and journeys. “The fans are what inspired this concept. There have been such great people who have come into my life because of this experience. The fans have shared their stories with me honestly and openly. I want to keep telling their story. That is why we are doing this. That is why this is so important.”
Yes, you read that right. An actress decided to make a soap for lesbians.
Venice the Series centers on the life of Gina Brogno – a single, gay, successful interior designer, living, loving and working in Venice Beach, California. It tells a diverse story through her family, friends and professional life. Gina is a strong, confident, and complex woman who navigates her relations with people through an intense yet thoughtful prism. Venice follows her experiences with her Ex-Love Ani, brother Owen, father The Colonel and myriad other characters that make up Gina’s network of relationships. The storyline offers the best of traditional soap romance, love stories, tragic happenings, and hairpin turns. But it is done in a new, savvy, and edgy format with unique character development, diversity of character, and tantalizing plot portrayal.
The show seems to never die and just keeps popping out a short season without warning.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [Tiny Pretty Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tiny-pretty-things/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The world of an elite ballet academy, charting the rise and fall of young adults who live far from their homes, each standing on the verge of greatness or ruin.
**Content:**
Based on the book by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton, *Tiny Pretty Things* is set in the world of an elite ballet academy and charts the rise and fall of young adults who live far from their homes, each standing on the verge of greatness or ruin. As Chicago’s only elite dance school, the Archer School of Ballet serves as the company school for the city’s renowned professional company: City Works Ballet. The Archer School is an oasis for an array of dancers: rich and poor, from north and south, and a range of backgrounds. Yet they all share a rare talent and passion for dance, a loyal sense of community… and when it comes to their dreams, no Plan B.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, School
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Stripper](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-stripper/)
**Published:** March 27, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This web series is based on a fanfiction story about Camila Cabello and Lauren Jauregui from the band Fifth Harmony.
**Content:**
“The Stripper” tells the story of Camila, a woman who works as a stripper at the Imperium nightclub. During the day, she works a corporate job as an assistant. One day, a famous businesswoman visits Imperium and falls completely in love with Camila, who goes by the alias Karla and wears a mask while she is dancing. The next day, at Camila’s company, she is introduced to her newest president: Lauren, the same businesswoman who showed her interest at the Imperium. With the help of her choreographer Wesley, and her friends Ally and Dinah, Camila/Karla will go through several situations to hide her true identity from Lauren.
This web series is based on a fanfiction story about Camila Cabello and Lauren Jauregui from the band Fifth Harmony.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Sex Workers, Slow Burn
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Adult, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Brazil
**Stars:** Silver Stars
---
### [The Astronauts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-astronauts/)
**Published:** June 22, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a group of kids are accidentally launched into space, they embark on an adventure of a lifetime to get back home.
**Content:**
Five children sneak onto a spaceship and the ship’s artificial intelligence Matilda sends them into space. The children have to find their way back to Earth while doing a space mission and attempting to keep the spaceship from breaking down.
**TV Stations:** Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Taagad](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/taagad/)
**Published:** June 14, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A series taking place in an army medical center located in a remote military base and following the bizarre characters and occurrences in the center.
**Content:**
Welcome to Battalion Aid Station 33, the most desirable place in the base. Two precast structures for sleeping, a joint shower, infirmary, vending machine and lots of hormones. This is the home of eight male and female medics who care for the paratrooper battalion located in the middle of the desert. Every medic wants to get there, every soldier wants a female medic to tend to him and, if you are neither, seven minutes in an air-conditioned room is something no one will refuse.
Everyone need the BAS medics, making them feel a bit above the others. Beyond the prestige and benefits, the medics bear a great deal of responsibility – they must maintain the battalion’s health, ensure ongoing medical care and treat the casualties in the event of battle. The soldiers’ lives depend on the medics’ real time performance. Each character at the battalion arrives from a different world. Their social status, education, background and dreams are so diverse, but in the army it’s all for one and one for all. The BAS is a family. A family that is about to be put to a test.
The BAS’ calm is shattered in the first episode, when a mysterious training accident reveals a soldier who loses touch with reality and goes on a shooting rampage. Dr. Alex, concerned by the incident, decides to perform blood tests on the unit’s soldiers despite objections from commanders in the field. The BAS medics, headed by Daniel, insist on investigating the matter and only get into trouble.
**TV Stations:** yes
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, War
**Nations:** Israel
---
### [Summertime](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/summertime/)
**Published:** July 13, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A modern love story, set during a summer on the Adriatic coast. An undeniable attraction unites Ale and Summer, two people from very different worlds.
**Content:**
In the town of Cesenatico, Summer and Ale are two people with opposite lifestyles. Summer is a very introverted woman; she hates the summer and decides to find a job at The Grand Hotel to financially support her mother as her jazz musician father has left for the summer to work abroad. Summer has two best friends, Sofia and Edo, and a younger sister named Blue. Ale is a man originally from Rome who is a famous motorcyclist. He has taken a break from competing with his racing team for the summer after a dangerous racing accident nearly kills him. His father is his greatest supporter and wants him to go back to racing once the summer is over; however, Ale has lost his interest in racing. Ale’s mother, Laura, is the manager of hotel where Summer works. Ale falls in love with Summer and tries to woo her.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Italy
---
### [Sky Rojo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sky-rojo/)
**Published:** March 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A fatal turn of events at a brothel sends three women haunted by their pasts on a wild run from their pimp and his henchmen.
**Content:**
Coral, Wendy and Gina go on the run in search of freedom while being chased by Moisés and Christian, henchmen of Romeo, pimp and owner of Club Las Novias. Together, the women embark on a frenetic race during which they will have to face many dangers. Their only plan: to stay alive for five more minutes
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Spain
**Triggers:** Medium
---
### [Space Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/space-force/)
**Published:** June 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Satirical comedy following America’s newest four-star general, General Mark R. Naird, as he takes command of America’s even newer military branch, the Space Force.
**Content:**
Air Force General Mark R. Naird’s career is flying high when he finally earns his 4th star, a promotion that he expects to come with command of his service branch. Instead, he is handed the dubious assignment of getting America’s new Space Force off the ground.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** In Prison, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Reality Z](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/reality-z/)
**Published:** June 24, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** As zombies attack Rio de Janeiro, reality TV show contestants hunker down in a TV studio where they must deal with more than flesh-eating hordes
**Content:**
A zombie apocalypse that imprisons participants and producers of a reality show called Olimpo, The House of the Gods. The studio becomes a shelter for those who seek salvation in Rio de Janeiro where chaos and hopelessness begin to rule.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Horror
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [Power Rangers: Dino Fury](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/power-rangers-dino-fury/)
**Published:** October 13, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the prehistoric power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with a new alien threat.
**Content:**
When an army of powerful alien beings is unleashed on Earth threatening life as we know it, a brand-new team of Power Rangers, fueled by the prehistoric power of the dinosaurs, are recruited to deal with the threat.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, Nickelodeon
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [NCIS](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ncis/)
**Published:** July 28, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Dudes solving naval crimes with the help of a smart, underutilized, woman.
**Content:**
A spin-off of JAG, NCIS is about the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Cops for the navy and marines. It’s possibly the most misogynistic show out there. Seriously, it’s creepy how bad it is to women (most of them, even main cast, die), and then there’s the creepy fact that Abby, who is cool, never seems to grow up.
Service Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs leads a group of colorful personalities in investigating crimes — ranging from murder and espionage to terrorism — that have evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Holby City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/holby-city/)
**Published:** October 3, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A spin-off of Casualty, this smaller hospital has just as big drama.
**Content:**
Sometimes styled as **HOLBY CI+Y**, it is a British medical drama television series. A spin-off of *[Casualty](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/casualty/)*, it follows the lives of the staff of Holby City Hospital.
In 2015, they introduced Bernie Wolfe, a bisexual surgeon, seemingly for the purpose of having one of the older characters come out.
Things were a little awkward for a while.
The show airs weekly. That means 52 episodes a year for 18 years and ongoing. It’s a lot.
After 23 seasons, the BBC announced in June 2021 that the drama will broadcast its final series in March 2022.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, Happy Ending, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Soap Opera
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Senior Representation
---
### [Four More Shots Please!](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/four-more-shots-please/)
**Published:** May 21, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four unapologetically flawed women live, love, blunder and discover what really makes them tick through friendship and tequila in millennial Mumbai.
**Content:**
The series chronicle around the lives of four unapologetically flawed women who have their own share of thick and thin of life yet empower each other. Damini Roy, the very successful journalist and start up founder wins four “fearless journalist” awards in a row despite the board posing hindrances for her but is never stable in her personal life and ends up losing Jeh, whom she truly loves because of some misunderstandings. Anjana Menon, a successful lawyer who constantly tries to get over her estranged husband’s budding romance with Kavya and ends up getting jailed because of drinking and driving while taking her sick daughter to the hospital. Umang Singh, a Punjabi PT teacher from Ludhiana, and a bisexual constantly tries to recuperate from the pangs of breakup she is given by her girlfriends. And last but not the least, Sidhi Patel, a very bubbly 23 year old virgin, tries to find out the true meaning of love under the constant interference of her overcritical mother Sneha.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** India
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Family Time](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/family-time/)
**Published:** May 21, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A working class family is bumped to the middle class after a winning lottery ticket.
**Content:**
After winning the lottery, this family bumps all the way up to the middle class.
One of the recurring characters is a lesbian, except she’s married and it’s very much a queer for laughs scenario.
**TV Stations:** Bounce TV
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Dollface](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dollface/)
**Published:** February 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** After breaking up with her longtime boyfriend, a woman tries to reconnect with the friends she lost during the relationship.
**Content:**
A young woman – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Demente](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/demente/)
**Published:** May 31, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When their son is kidnapped, everyone in Terersa and Joaquín families becomes a suspect.
**Content:**
Teresa and Joaquín will experience the worst tragedy of their lives: the kidnapping of their son Mateo. From that moment on, his entire family group becomes suspicious. Because in the game of a sinister mind everyone can be the culprit.
**TV Stations:** Mega
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Telenovela
**Nations:** Chile
---
### [Clifford the Big Red Dog](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clifford-the-big-red-dog/)
**Published:** May 5, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Emily has adventures with her big red dog, Clifford, who can speak to her.
**Content:**
A reboot of the classic books (and TV series) about a little red puppy that grows up into a huge dog.
Emily Elizabeth Howard, a young girl who owns Clifford, a big red dog whom can speak to her.
**TV Stations:** PBS, Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Kid's Animation, Reboot
---
### [Charité](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charite/)
**Published:** April 12, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The series describes the accomplishments of several famous German physicians and scientists at the prestigious Charité hospital in Berlin towards the end of the 19th century.
**Content:**
A six-part series about the renowned German hospital set in 1888 Berlin. It’s high on the historical accuracy, though fell to the Bury Your Queers trope by killing off their only lesbian character.
In Berlin at the end of the 19th century, Ida works as an assistant nurse at the world-famous Charité Hospital in order to pay off her debts to the medical facility. While there, she encounters brilliant physicians and discovers her passion for medicine as she comes to the realization that she is in the midst of one of the most important medical revolutions in history. Ida gets involved in a romantic relationship with wealthy medical student Georg Tischendort along the way. The drama series is based on an actual clinic in Berlin and features characters based on real-life doctors who worked there during the era.
There is a second-series sequel to *Charité* called *Charité at War*.
Fan [Lied](https://liedswords.wordpress.com/2017/04/11/die-existens-und-das-sterben-von-therese/) commented on the unfortunate death trope that keeps occurring, introducing a character as queer only to kill her in the next breath. She also helped us gather correct information for this show’s listing.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, RTL Television
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Period Piece
**Nations:** Germany
**Tagged:** German Drama, Medical Drama, Period Drama
---
### [City of Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/city-of-ghosts/)
**Published:** March 5, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of kids discover stories around their city by communicating directly with the ghosts who inhabit it.
**Content:**
Featuring a charming blend of animated characters and live-action settings, City of Ghosts is a documentary-style series about a group of ghost-loving kids in Los Angeles who learn about the rich history of their city through encounters with friendly neighborhood ghosts. In each episode — which is based on and voiced by real residents from different neighborhoods — the members of The Ghost Club help others learn to inhabit the present by communicating with the ghosts of the past. Elizabeth Ito, Emmy Award-winning director and writer on Adventure Time and creator of the Cartoon Network short Welcome to My Life, will serve as showrunner and executive producer.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's, Mockumentary
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Kid's Animation
---
### [Better Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/better-things/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An actress raises her three daughters while juggling the pressures of working in Hollywood and being a single parent.
**Content:**
Sam Fox is an actress, who is also a single mother raising three daughters — teenager Max, eccentric middle child Frankie, and spicy youngest daughter Duke — in Los Angeles. She also helps to care for her mother, Phil, who lives across the street. In addition to looking after her family, Sam tries to earn a living in the difficult acting industry while having time to have fun with friends and, occasionally, get in some private time with potential mates.
In addition to starring as Sam, Emmy winner Pamela Adlon is a co-creator of the comedy series, along with former “Lucky Louie” co-star Louis C.K.
In November 2017, after Louis C.K. confirmed the sexual misconduct allegations against him were true, FX canceled their overall deal with C.K. and his production company, Pig Newton. C.K. will have no involvement in future seasons of the series. That month, Adlon fired 3 Arts manager Dave Becky as her manager. Pig Newton and 3 Arts will no longer co-produce the series going forward after they were both removed from the conclusion of the Season 2 finale.
**TV Stations:** FX
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Edgy Comedy
---
### [Killing Eve](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/killing-eve/)
**Published:** April 9, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An obsessed security operative hunts for a sociopathic assassin.
**Content:**
The BBC is a mix of gut-churning horror filmed in a way that leaves no doubt as to what happened, in a grotesque way, without actually showing you any blood.
Sandra Oh is Eve, whose life as a spy is not adding up to what she had hoped it would be when she started. She is a bored, very smart, MI5 security officer who is very desk-bound. In her sights is assassin Villanelle, who is a very talented killer, mercurial in mood, who clings to the luxuries of her job.
Eve and Villanelle go head to head in a fierce game of cat and mouse, each woman equally obsessed with the other as Eve is tasked with hunting down the psychopathic assassin.
**TV Stations:** BBC America, BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Happiness then Tragedy, Literary Inspired, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom, USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Our Kind of People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/our-kind-of-people/)
**Published:** December 4, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A single mom risks it all and moves her family to Martha's Vineyard with hopes of taking her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs.
**Content:**
*Our Kind of People* takes place in the aspirational world of Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, a historical stronghold where the rich and powerful Black elite have come to play for over 50 years. The series, created by Karin Gist, is inspired by the 1999 book of the same name by Lawrence Otis Graham.
Strong-willed single mom Angela Vaughn sets out to reclaim her family’s name and make an impact with her revolutionary hair care line that highlights the innate, natural beauty of Black women, but she soon discovers a dark secret about her own mother’s past that will turn her world upside-down and shake up this community forever. The show is a soapy, thrilling exploration of race and class in America and an unapologetic celebration of Black resilience and achievement.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama, Black Soap Opera
---
### [Pivoting](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pivoting/)
**Published:** February 3, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When childhood friends Amy, Jodie, and Sarah lose the fourth member of their group, they band closer together — even as their lives seem to be falling apart.
**Content:**
After the sudden death of their friend Colleen, three middle-aged friends, Amy, Jodie and Sarah, decide that life is short and they must “pivot” their lives in new directions. As they each make impulsive choices in an attempt to find happiness, it strengthens their friendship.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [17.3 About a Sex](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/17-3-about-a-sex/)
**Published:** May 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** 17.3 year old is the world's average age for first experience. Is that early or late?
**Content:**
17.3 year old is the world’s average age for first experience. Is that early or late?
Seino Sakura who has been pure and serious has been asked to have relations in the first month of dating. Hara Tsumugi who has never liked anyone suddenly received a confession from her childhood friend. Minagwa Yuna has been in sexual relationship with five people and is currently dating an office employee.
This is the story of three different 17 year old high school girls who each begin to explore their “sexual values”.
**TV Stations:** AbemaTV
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Dynasty (2017)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dynasty/)
**Published:** January 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows two of America's wealthiest families as they feud for control over their fortune and their children.
**Content:**
Two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, feud for control over their fortune and their children. The series will be told primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds: Fallon Carrington — daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington — and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal — a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America’s most powerful class.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Family, Romance, Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Good Sam](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/good-sam/)
**Published:** January 14, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Good Sam focuses on Dr. Sam Griffith, a heart surgeon who gets hired into the role of Chief of Surgery after her father, also Dr. Griffith, falls into a coma following a workplace shooting.
**Content:**
*Good Sam* focuses on Dr. Sam Griffith, a heart surgeon who gets hired into the role of Chief of Surgery after her father, also Dr. Griffith, falls into a coma following a workplace shooting. In a twist of fate, her father awakes from his coma a few months into her new job, the job that used to be his. Sam struggles to prove to her dad that she earned her position and will not be intimidated by his antics.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
---
### [B Positive](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/b-positive/)
**Published:** January 20, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a single dad needs a kidney, the least likely help arrives.
**Content:**
Drew is a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into Gina, a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together, they form an unlikely and life-affirming friendship, as they begin a journey that will forever impact both of their lives.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Roswell, New Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/roswell-new-mexico/)
**Published:** April 21, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When a violent attack points to a greater alien presence, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose the aliens who live in Roswell.
**Content:**
Roswell is a simple little town where aliens with unearthly abilities live undercover among humans. But when a violent attack points to a greater alien presence, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose them.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Erased Queerness
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Charmed (2018)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed-2018/)
**Published:** October 14, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The power of three continues in a new series about three sisters who are powerful witches.
**Content:**
A reboot of the original [*Charmed*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/charmed/) series.
Mel and Maggie Vera suffer a shock when their mother dies suddenly, but before they have time to heal from their loss, another surprise shows up on their doorstep in the shape of an older sister — brilliant geneticist Macy — whom their mother never told them existed. The emotional stress takes its toll and the girls begin to exhibit impossible new abilities. An explanation comes from an unexpected place: the new chair of the women’s studies department. Harry Greenwood reveals that the three are powerful witches, and he is their whitelighter, there to advise and guide them as they battle dark forces.
In season two they fake their deaths and move to Seattle.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Reboot, Supernatural Drama
---
### [Guilt (UK)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/guilt-uk/)
**Published:** September 6, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Two brothers accidentally run over and kill an old man. Despite covering their tracks, their lives start to fall apart when neighbors and relatives of the dead man begin to have doubts about the way he died.
**Content:**
“It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up” goes the old saying. But that didn’t stop brothers Max and Jake from hiding their guilt after running into an elderly pedestrian during an inebriated drive home from a wedding, leading to a darkly absorbing tale of rascality and deceit that gets worse when Angie, the niece and closest relative of the hit-and-run victim, named Walter arrives.
Arriving in Edinburgh from her home in Chicago, Angie meets Max and Jake at Walter’s wake, where they have come to retrieve incriminating evidence. Angie and Jake hit it off, which complicates Max’s plan to escape justice.
**TV Stations:** BBC Scotland, BBC Two
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Mar de Dudas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mar-de-dudas/)
**Published:** May 8, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A family planning centre with a 'chose your own adventure' direction.
**Content:**
An innovative TV show, the series had viewers vote on plot lines (given two options) to direct the story.
The plot of the series takes place in a family planning center and revolves around permanent characters, such as a gynecologist, assistants, receptionist, etc. Through moral issues, suspense is the key to the episodes and the narrative plot. Some plot, for more veracity, was based on real events.
This series played a kind of role-playing game in which the public participates in the future of each episode and its characters. In the debates, with different guests, these moral issues were discussed.
**TV Stations:** TVE
**Tropes:** Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Family
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Queens](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queens/)
**Published:** October 20, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as legends in the 1990s hip-hop world.
**Content:**
Four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as legends in the 1990s hip-hop world.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Musical
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Saved By The Bell (2020)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/saved-by-the-bell/)
**Published:** November 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** It's alright, you'll be saved by the bell.
**Content:**
When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many underfunded high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the most well-funded schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the privileged Bayside kids (who never have a problem that can’t be solved in twenty-two minutes) a much-needed dose of reality.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family, School
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Highschool, Teen Comedy
---
### [Nissaga de Poder](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nissaga-de-poder/)
**Published:** May 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A wealthy family tries to secure its future by covering up any scandal, promoting interested marriages and controlling the greed of anyone around them.
**Content:**
All the families have secrets, even the Montsolís family, one of the most important in the Penedès. A story of passion, power and revenge of a mother who wants to protect her secret son, whom she has learned to love in silence.
**TV Stations:** TV3
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Telenovela
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Bombay Begums](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bombay-begums/)
**Published:** May 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Set in contemporary urban India, five women, across generations, wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises and vulnerabilities to own their ambition.
**Content:**
Five women across generations wrestle with desire, ethics, personal crises and vulnerabilities to own their ambition, in contemporary urban India. As glass ceilings are shattered, and hearts are broken, difficult choices have to be made. And as each woman strives to find her own truth, they find in each other an unexpected understanding, and the sliver of a bond.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** India
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Project Blue Book](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/project-blue-book/)
**Published:** April 30, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.
**Content:**
In this conspiratorial Sci-Fi thriller set some time after WWII and loosely based on the US government’s real life Project Blue Book, Captain Michael Quinn and Dr. Allen Hynek are tasked by the US Air Force to investigate reports of UFOs and debunk them, or at least come up with rational explanations for them. While Quinn, a smooth and tough military type, doesn’t care about anything other than doing the job he was given, at first, the more skeptical Hynek quickly becomes convinced that some kind of deadly conspiracy is afoot. Meanwhile, as Cold War paranoia spreads among the population, a charismatic blonde with an agenda of her own befriends Hynek’s lonely wife.
Dr. Hynek and Captain Quinn must delve further down the UFO conspiracy rabbit hole in their dangerous quest for the truth. Soon, cover-ups from the past (including at Roswell) collide with new UFO cases in the present (including at Area 51), forcing our duo to not only question the multi-faceted layers to a broadening global conspiracy, but the very nature and origin of UFOs themselves in an increasingly unstable world.
**TV Stations:** History Channel
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Period Piece, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Raising Dion](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/raising-dion/)
**Published:** October 23, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A widowed single mom discovers that her son has super powers and tries to figure out how to raise him safely and responsibly.
**Content:**
Nicole Reese is raising her son Dion alone after the death of her husband Mark. The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat, and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
---
### [Postcards From Buster](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/postcards-from-buster/)
**Published:** May 14, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Join Buster Baxter as he travels around the world with his family.
**Content:**
A children’s television series for children containing both animation and live-action that originally aired on PBS. It is a spin-off of the Arthur cartoon series. The show stars Arthur’s best friend, 8-year-old rabbit Buster Baxter.
Buster’s interests include eating anything, reading comic books, and playing video games. Buster’s personality is that of a fairly intelligent and curious child. He also believes that extraterrestrials are real. Buster’s parents are divorced; in this series, Buster is seen with his father, Bo Baxter.
**TV Stations:** PBS
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [DearS](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dears/)
**Published:** June 24, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Aliens crash in Tokyo and are integrated into society.
**Content:**
Exactly one year prior to the beginning of DearS, humanity made unprecedented contact with extraterrestrial life. Forced to crash land into Tokyo Bay when, en route to their home planet of Thanatos, their spacecraft breaks down, 150 humanoid aliens are naturalized into Japanese society and affectionately nicknamed “DearS”; a portmanteau of the words “Dear” and “Friends”.
Ikuhara Takeya is a temperamental seventeen-year-old Japanese student attending the fictitious Koharu High School with a strong prejudice against the DearS. Due to a childhood scare, he believes that the aliens are fake, worthless beings that have generated nationwide overhype and are secretly plotting to take control of Earth.
On his way home from school he discovers a homeless DearS who, after fainting and much to his annoyance, he feeds and shelters in his apartment. The girl, who he nicknames Ren, is infantile and friendly, and grows obsequious and dependent upon Takeya, a responsibility he tries to disassociate himself from. Her oblivious tenacity keeps her around, however, and over time, realizing Ren’s genuine care and empathy for him, Takeya has a change of heart.
The show is not great mostly because the work it’s based on isn’t. The DearS are a slave race, subservient and can’t make their own decisions. Also they’re all beautiful women.
**TV Stations:** Chiba TV
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Dear White People](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-white-people/)
**Published:** May 2, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Based on the movie of the same name, a diverse group of students at a predominantly white Ivy League college navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
**Content:**
Based on the movie of the same name, a diverse group of students at a predominantly white Ivy League college navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
The students are faced with a landscape of cultural bias, social injustice, misguided activism and slippery politics. Through an absurdist lens, the series uses irony, self-deprecation, brutal honesty and humor to highlight issues that still plague today’s “post-racial” society.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, School
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Black Drama, College, University
---
### [Dear Natalie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-natalie/)
**Published:** December 25, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A queer webseries inspired by A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
**Content:**
Inspired by *A Christmas Carol* by Charles Dickens. A vlogger has stopped giving advice and now just speaks to her sponsors. The meta commentary is pretty adorable. Three ghosts. Flashbacks. Happy endings.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Christmas, Literary, Webseries
---
### [Dear John](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dear-john/)
**Published:** July 3, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A divorced man tries to get his life back in order after losing everything to his ex-wife.
**Content:**
*Dear John* is about Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple’s son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Rego Park, Queens.
John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self-help group for divorced, widowed, or lonely people.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1990s
---
### [Dead to Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-to-me/)
**Published:** May 9, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A series about a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret.
**Content:**
Dead to Me is an American black comedy web television series created by Liz Feldman which premiered on May 3, 2019 on Netflix. The series stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini as two grieving women who bond during therapy.
The show is about a powerful friendship that blossoms between Jen (Applegate) and Judy (Cardellini).[ ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_to_Me_(TV_series)#cite_note-Cardellini-7)Jen is a recently widowed real estate agent trying to come to terms with her loss through therapy, exercise, and other methods. She uses anger and resentment as an outlet for her grief. She meets Judy, who is a part of a therapy group composed of bereft spouses. Jen is mourning her husband, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver, while Judy grieves for her fiancé, who died of a heart attack. The two characters face their loss differently as Jen finds herself in a dark place, struggling with her grief while Judy maintains a positive disposition. This difference quickly leads to a deep bond between the two. However, Judy keeps a dark secret that causes a disturbing plot twist. Jen becomes more unhinged as she unravels the mystery of her husband’s death and secret life.
Creator and executive producer Liz Feldman is an out lesbian known for writing Dead to Me (2019), 2 Broke Girls (2011), The Great Indoors (2016) and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She has been married to Rachael Cantu since April 14, 2013.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** Dark Comedy
---
### [Dead Of Summer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-of-summer/)
**Published:** October 3, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** When Camp Stillwater's dark, ancient mythology awakens, what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.
**Content:**
Summertime in the Midwest means another season at summer camp for teens, which usually promises the campers and counselors such experiences as first loves and first kisses. This time, though, the anticipated summer of fun becomes a summer of terror in this drama series set in the late ’80s. When a new owner reopens the previously closed Camp Stillwater, its ancient mythologies awaken, and evil pops up at every turn in the seemingly idyllic setting. With the evil happenings, the young people at Camp Stillwater can add first kills to their list of firsts for the summer.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Horror, Period Piece, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Horror
---
### [Dead End](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dead-end/)
**Published:** September 29, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A father/daughter criminologist team solves a mystery in their hometown.
**Content:**
Returning from America, Emma finds out her famous criminologist father is suffering from dementia. She sticks around to fill in as a CSI and finds more than just crime.
The show ends with a serious “what the heck?!” moment, proving everything was always a series of dead ends, and frankly, it’s awesome.
**TV Stations:** ZDF
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Germany
**Tagged:** German Drama
---
### [Les de l'hoquei](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/les-de-lhoquei/)
**Published:** October 10, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Seven young roller hockey players and their new coach will fight to save their club, while trying to find their place, both inside and outside the team.
**Content:**
Anna, a European champion, comes home to rehab her knee and gets tangled up with the local youth club. All the girls want is a new coach. All Anna wants is to avoid drama. Together, they’ll fight to save the female section of Club Pati Minerva, while trying to find their place, both inside and outside the team.
**TV Stations:** Netflix, TV3
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** School, Sports
**Nations:** Spain
**Tagged:** School Drama, Spanish Drama, Sports Drama
---
### [Daria in 'Is It Fall Yet?'](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daria-in-is-it-fall-yet/)
**Published:** December 8, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults.
**Content:**
A smart and cynical girl goes through teenage life as a proud outsider in a world of mainly idiotic adolescents and condescending adults. This specific TV movie explores the summer vacation of Daria and her classmates at Lawndale High between seasons four and five of the series
**TV Stations:** MTV, TeenNick
**Tropes:** Subtext
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Cleopatra in Space](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cleopatra-in-space/)
**Published:** May 1, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Teenaged Cleopatra is transported 30,000 years into the future.
**Content:**
A comedic adventure focusing on the untold story of Cleopatra’s teenage years. The story follows Cleo as she is transported 30,000 years into the future, to an Egyptian-themed planet that is ruled by talking cats and where she discovers she is the prophesied savior of the future world. In order to prepare for her role and mission, Cleo is sent to an elite academy where she has to train to take on the bad guys, figure out how to eventually get herself back home to Egypt, as well as tackling the highs and lows of being a teenager in high school.
**TV Stations:** Peacock
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Bravest Warriors](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bravest-warriors/)
**Published:** October 18, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Four teenage heroes-for-hire warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions.
**Content:**
Bravest Warriors is an animated web series set in the year 3085, that follows four teenage heroes-for-hire as they warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions. It was created by animator Pendleton Ward, also the creator of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Hangover
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Canada, USA
**Tagged:** Animated Superheroes, Teen Animation
---
### [The Awesomes](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-awesomes/)
**Published:** November 14, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An animated series about a team of not-really-superheroes.
**Content:**
An animated series about a team of second-string superheroes. When Mr. Awesome, leader of the greatest superhero team in history, decides to retire, and most of the major players go with him, Awesome’s son, Prock (short for Professor Doctor Awesome) steps up to field his own team of crime fighters. Prock’s team includes Frantic, who is the third-fastest man on Earth; Gadget Gal, who’s really an 85-year-old woman who looks 25, courtesy of a rejuvenation ray; and the Impresario, who uses a jewel in his turban to bring to life things he imagines (though his imagination is somewhat limited). Prock and his crew take on evil while trying to restore the team’s name to its former glory.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Animated Superheroes
---
### [3Below: Tales of Arcadia](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/3below-tales-of-arcadia/)
**Published:** December 24, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A pair of teenage royals and their bodyguard escape from their home planet and try to blend in on Earth.
**Content:**
After crash-landing on Earth, two royal teen aliens on the run struggle to blend in with humans as they evade intergalactic bounty hunters.
The show is a sequel to *Trollhunters*.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Adventure, Animation
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Animation
---
### [Daytime Divas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daytime-divas/)
**Published:** November 9, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Chronicles the daily fireworks that erupt between five female co-hosts of a daytime talk show.
**Content:**
Maxine is the creator and lead host of the popular daytime television talk show *The Lunch Hour*, which also includes co-hosts Mo, Kibby, Nina, and Heather. On-air, they are great friends, but behind the scenes, they live in a world of power struggles and super-egos. Meanwhile, Maxine’s former assistant, Anna, returns as the hard investigative journalist working for a great magazine, who wants to expose the truth about Maxine.
The gossip-driven, feud-festering worlds of real and imagined daytime talk shows mix in this scripted series, which features Vanessa Williams (“Ugly Betty”), Tichina Arnold (“Survivor’s Remorse”), Chloe Bridges (“The Carrie Diaries”), Camille Guaty (“Scorpion”) and Fiona Gubelmann (“Wilfred”) as the hosts of “The Lunch Hour.” It’s a long-running, hit talk show for women, filled with conversations about life, love, politics and, of course, juicy gossip. But off-camera, a sinister side of the industry emerges — a backstage world where power struggles, diva fits and steamy affairs are the norm.
As the drama of “The Lunch Hour” makes news, everyone is talking about it, including the cast members of the actual hit talk show “The View,” who guest star as themselves.
**TV Stations:** VH1
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Soapy Drama
---
### [Day 5](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/day-5/)
**Published:** January 25, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An unexplainable epidemic has swept across the globe affecting every human being. People are frantically searching for answers because if you fall asleep... You die.
**Content:**
An unexplainable epidemic has swept across the globe affecting every human being. People are frantically searching for answers because if you fall asleep… You die. How long can people stay awake?
After a fortuitous drug bender saves his life, addict Jake ventures out into the quiet streets… unaware that most of the world already died in their beds. Now, battling sleepless fatigue and encroaching delirium, Jake teams with a scrappy teenager, overnight doctor, and red-eye pilot to search for answers… and just maybe find a way to sleep again. Set in a world of insomniacs, late-shift workers and roving psychotics.
20 Minutes into the Future, the world is suddenly affected by a strange malady which causes the death of anyone who falls asleep. Five days later, humanity is on the brink of extinction as the remaining survivors binge on cocktails of drugs, sugar and whatever they can find in a desperate attempt to stay awake and stay alive.
**TV Stations:** Rooster Teeth
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, Utopian/Dystopian
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Dystopian
---
### [Christmas With the Darlings](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/christmas-with-the-darlings/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A woman helps a charming man look after his orphaned nieces and nephew during the holidays.
**Content:**
Just before the holidays Jessica Lew is ending her tenure as the assistant to her wealthy boss to use her recently earned law degree within his company, but offers to help his charming, younger brother look after his orphaned nieces and nephew over Christmas.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Christmas, Hallmark Movie, Holidays
---
### [Dates](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dates/)
**Published:** January 15, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An anthology series set in London, each episode focuses on one date.
**Content:**
Dates is a British television romantic drama series created by Bryan Elsley, who also created Skins. A London based dating anthology, each episode takes place on one date for two different people.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** Anthology Series, British Anthology
---
### [DARLING in the FRANXX](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/darling-in-the-franxx/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** In a world where future where humanity has been driven to endangerment by giant beasts, a strike force is assembled to destroy the monsters and save the world.
**Content:**
In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity is under constant threat from giant creatures known as klaxosaurs, which are sub-divided into at least four categories based on their size: “Conrad”, “Mohorovičić”, “Gutenberg”, and “(Super) Lehmann”.
Pushed to the brink of annihilation, the remnants of humanity are led by a mysterious organization known as APE to abandon Earth’s now desolate surface for the relative safety of mobile fortress-cities known as Plantations. To defend the Plantations, children called parasites are raised to pilot giant mecha known as Franxx, in boy-girl pairs. A team of ten parasites is assigned to the experimental Squad 13 of Plantation 13. One of them, Hiro, is a former pilot-candidate prodigy who can no longer synchronize with his partner and they both fail to complete the training program.
While skipping his class’s graduation ceremony, Hiro encounters Zero Two, an elite Franxx pilot with klaxosaur blood, red horns, and an infamous reputation as the “Partner Killer”. The rumor is that Zero Two’s partners will die after the third time. Despite this, after Zero Two’s partner is killed during a klaxosaur attack, Hiro volunteers to become her new partner, or “darling”.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, GTV, GYT, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Happy Ending, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Fantasy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Darker than Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/darker-than-black/)
**Published:** September 2, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** In Tokyo, an impenetrable field known as "Hell's Gate" appeared ten years ago. At the same time, psychics who wield paranormal powers at the cost of their conscience also emerged.
**Content:**
Ten years ago, a mysterious spatial anomaly now known as “Heaven’s Gate” appeared in South America, shortly followed by the opening of “Hell’s Gate” in Tokyo altering the sky and wreaking havoc on the landscape. The real stars disappeared, replaced by false stars. During this time, people possessing various special abilities—called “Contractors”—emerged, each capable of different supernatural feats. Each Contractor has a corresponding fake star, which reacts to their activities. As such, Contractors are usually identified by their star’s Messier catalogue number. Kept secret from the masses, these individuals are known to murder in cold blood, smothering unnecessary emotions with logic and rationality. Their incredible abilities, however, are gained at the cost of their humanity; Contractors are thus named because of an involuntary compulsion to “pay the price” each time their power is used, which can range from eating particular foods or completing meaningless tasks, to self-harm and change their bodies in peculiar ways. Various nations and organizations around the world train and utilize Contractors as spies and assassins, resulting in violent battles for valuable objects and information.
Following the disastrous Heaven’s War, the United States lost its dominant position as a superpower to a mysterious organization named the Syndicate. The story revolves around a Chinese contractor codenamed “Hei” as he undertakes various espionage and assassination missions in Tokyo under the direction of the aforementioned Syndicate. It eventually reveals a plan of the Syndicate to erase the existence of contractors, and a resistance put up by contractors from the Syndicate itself and various espionage agencies.
**TV Stations:** MBS, TBS (Japan)
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Drama
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Dark](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dark/)
**Published:** June 25, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed.
**Content:**
Children start disappearing from the fictional German town of Winden, bringing to light the fractured relationships, double lives, and dark past of four families living there, and revealing a mystery that spans three generations. The series follows Jonas Kahnwald, a teenager struggling to cope with his father’s suicide; police officer Ulrich Nielsen, whose brother disappeared 33 years earlier; and police chief Charlotte Doppler.
The story begins in 2019 but spreads to include storylines in 1986 and 1953 via time travel, as certain characters of the show’s core families grow aware of the existence of a wormhole in the cave system beneath the local nuclear power plant, which is under the management of the influential Tiedemann family. During the first season, secrets begin to be revealed concerning the Kahnwald, Nielsen, Doppler, and Tiedemann families, and their lives start to crumble as the ties become evident between the missing children and the history of the town and its citizens.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Germany
**Tagged:** German Drama, German Sci-Fi
---
### [Daredevil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daredevil/)
**Published:** June 13, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.
**Content:**
Matt Murdock is an attorney by day and a vigilante by night. Blinded in an accident as a child, Murdock uses his heightened senses as Daredevil to fight crime on the streets of New York after the sun goes down. While Murdock’s day job requires him to believe in the criminal justice system, his alter ego does not follow suit, leading him to take the law into his own hands to protect his Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood and the surrounding communities.
In the second season, he and his best friend Foggy Nelson dissolve their law firm and Foggy joins [Jeri Hogarth](https://lezwatchtv.com/character/jeri-hogarth/)‘s firm. They get back together at the end of season three, but the series was canceled after that.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Legal, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Marvel
---
### [Dare Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dare-me/)
**Published:** February 24, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Dare Me is based off the Megan Abbott book of the same name. It focuses on two high school cheerleaders and best friends, Addy and Beth, who have a tumultuous relationship.
**Content:**
Dare Me is based off the Megan Abbott book of the same name. It focuses on two high school cheerleaders and best friends, Addy and Beth, who have a tumultuous relationship. A new cheerleading coach comes to town, Colette, and suddenly Beth has to compete for Addy’s attention.
Although this is a show about high school cheerleaders, it is a dark take on the kind of drama, jealousy, and tension that can occur between teenage girls, especially when lines are crossed between friendship, love, and lust.
**TV Stations:** USA
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Freakout Hetero Sex, Gal Pals, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Subtext, Teacher/Student Romance
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, School, Sports, Teen, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Teen Thriller
---
### [Daphne](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daphne/)
**Published:** July 5, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Du Maurier's largely unrequited infatuations with American publishing tycoon's wife Ellen Doubleday and the actress Gertrude Lawrence.
**Content:**
In this BBC biopic, Daphne’s secret love life is explored, who is the author of *Rebecca*, *Jamaica Inn*, and many more popular beloved novels.
The film is based on personal letters and various biographies. Daphne calls herself “a boy in a box” and this revealing drama shows how her incendiary love life informed her writing. The film charts the story of Daphne’s unrequited passion for the beautiful, wealthy and glamorous American heiress Ellen Doubleday, and how the play she wrote about this forbidden desire led her to a life-changing love affair with the irreverent, fun loving actress Gertrude Lawrence.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Biography, Drama, Period Piece, Romance
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** Biopic, British drama, Period Drama
---
### [Tenko](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/tenko/)
**Published:** June 1, 2017
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** An uplifting drama about life in a prison camp.
**Content:**
The series dealt with the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women who were captured after the Fall of Singapore in February 1942, after the Japanese invasion, and held in a fictional Japanese internment camp on a Japanese-occupied island between Singapore and Australia. Having been separated from their husbands, herded into makeshift holding camps and largely forgotten by the British War Office, the women have to learn to cope with appalling living conditions, malnutrition, disease, violence and death.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, In Prison, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece, War
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Um Lugar ao Sol](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/um-lugar-ao-sol/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Separated in childhood, twins Christian and Renato grow up in completely opposite realities. When they come face to face, Christian's life is hopelessly transformed.
**Content:**
In Goiânia, twin brothers Christian and Christofer are born, lose their mother in childbirth and are left with their father Ernani, who, because of his situation, agrees to give one of his children to a rich couple from Rio de Janeiro, marking the separation of both of the twins when they are about to a year old. Christian is sent to an orphanage, while Christofer is renamed Renato by his adoptive parents. Both grow up unaware of each other’s existence.
18 years later, as he says goodbye to his dying his adoptive father, Renato discovers he is adopted and has twin brother from whom he was separated. Outraged, he confronts his adopted mother Elenice, who lies to him, saying that his brother and his biological father are dead. Christian, is forced to leave the orphanage for minors where he grew up, in Goiânia, and also discovers he has been separated from his brother. Dedicated to school and alone in the world and without prospects, becomes underemployed, Christian is forced to shelve his dreams, and only the existence of his brother seems to light up his life. In the hope of finding Renato, he decides to go to Rio de Janeiro. Before leaving he says goodbye to Ravi, his brother at heart, raised in the orphanage with him. Renato goes to Europe with a one-way ticket, willing to stay away from the life he has discovered to be fake.
Ten years later, Christian works as a street vendor at the door of the Nilton Santos Olympic Stadium in the hope of finding his brother. His only clue is a magazine clipping where a man identical to him is watching a match from the stadium’s grandstand. Christian meets Lara and falls in love with her. He gives up searching for his twin brother and decides to propose to Lara and start a small business. However, when Ravi is arrested for a theft he did not commit, Christian needs to raise the bail money and with no alternative, he agrees to do a cart for drug dealers and, inadvertently, incurs an even bigger debt. Threatened with death and with no way out, Lara tells him to sell what they have to free Ravi from prison and flee to her grandmother’s house in Minas Gerais.
During the escape, Christian randomly meets Renato, who has just returned to Brazil. After spending the early morning together and learning of his Christian’s debt, Renato goes up the hill in his place and, mistaken for him, is killed by the drug dealers. Identical to Renato, Christian emulates his brother’s personality and behavior, becoming his double. He decides to leave the past behind, and assumes the identity of Renato, with Ravi as his only confidant, he watches Lara bury the body that was supposedly his, and moves on to a new life, having to deal with the consequences of his choice.
**TV Stations:** TV Globo (Rede Globo)
**Tropes:** Big Queer Wedding, Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out, Gaybies, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Telenovela
**Nations:** Brazil
---
### [Kaijin Kaihatsubu no Kuroitsu-san](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/kaijin-kaihatsubu-no-kuroitsu-san/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** This is the story of those who fight secretly in the shadows of justice and evil's confrontation.
**Content:**
Known as “Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department” in English.
Throughout Japan, there are both evil secret organizations that seek to conquer the world, and superheroes who rise up to challenge them. One such evil organization, Agastia, operates out of a base hidden underneath a front company headquartered somewhere in Tokyo. Agastia’s attempts to conquer the world are often thwarted by the superhero Divine Swordsman Blader. This story focuses on Miss Kuroitsu, an assistant in Agastia’s Monster Development Department, responsible for creating a monster powerful enough to defeat Blader once and for all. However, this organization operates like any large corporation, as Kuroitsu and her Department are forced to fight for resources and funding with other Departments in the organization, make proposals to the board to justify their costs, or deal with their leader’s whims forcing them to redo their designs at the last minute.
**TV Stations:** Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, TV Asahi
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Dante’s Cove](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dantes-cove/)
**Published:** March 27, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A young gay couple must overcome dark, mystical forces conspiring against them, starting with a vengeful 19th century witch and her cheating warlock fiance.
**Content:**
This was an LGBT horror/soap opera that was one of the first series to air in the Here TV Network. Dante’s Cove is home to a sect dedicated to the supernatural religion Tresum. It’s trashy and fun featuring some surprising actor appearances. Best to watch with a group with commentary.
**TV Stations:** Here TV (here!)
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Drama, Queer Soap, Supernatural Drama
---
### [Danger & Eggs](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/danger-eggs/)
**Published:** January 2, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** In this fast-paced original animated comedy, teal-haired D.D. Danger and her best friend Phillip plan out an another amazing day but get distracted with a challenge to conquer by the world's weirdest abandoned water slide.
**Content:**
The show is about a girl named DD Danger and her best friend, a giant egg with a face, arms and legs named Phillip. They go on wacky adventures together in Chickenpaw Park, like riding an abandoned water slide, forming a band, inventing games, hanging out with raccoons and discovering a secret underground lab. DD is the latest in a long line of stunt people and she’s just as reckless and wild as they were, and Phillip is a neurotic and rules-following egg.
This is the first children’s cartoon to be co-created by an openly transgender person.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Tagged:** Kid's Animation
---
### [Dahoam is Dahoam](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dahoam-is-dahoam/)
**Published:** February 7, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Stories from the everyday life of the inhabitants of the fictional village Lansing in Bavaria.
**Content:**
*Dahoam is Dahoam* is about experiences of the inhabitants of the fictitious Upper Bavarian village Lansing. Tales are told from the family and everyday life, which among other things to the innkeeper family *Brunner*, the brewery family *Kirchleitner* and the family *Preissinger* rank. The action-bearing main characters form a tribe ensemble, which changes over the seasons again and again.
**TV Stations:** BR
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** Germany
**Tagged:** German Drama, German Soap
---
### [Dagger Kiss](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/dagger-kiss/)
**Published:** June 13, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Fantasy, magic and adventure with a lesbian twist!
**Content:**
Arden is devastated by the death of her true love, Mia, and tormented by the powers of dark magic with which she has been cursed. She leaves her home world to travel to modern Earth, in pursuit of the evil sorcerer Zareth. There she meets Katia, a no-nonsense tough girl. Arden convinces Katia to help her navigate this strange new land. As they battle their way through mysteries, magic, swords and daggers, these two women find it increasingly difficult to ignore their attraction to each other. Together, they set out to defeat Zareth before he can conquer both of their worlds. Watch the birth of an epic love story. Witness the rise of a legend.
**TV Stations:** Tello Films
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Fantasy Drama, Queer Drama, Webseries
---
### [Cyber Team in Akihabara](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cyber-team-in-akihabara/)
**Published:** June 3, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A young girl dreams of having her own PataPi mascot that can be customized with parts.
**Content:**
The protagonist of this anime is twelve-year-old junior high school student Hibari Hanakoganei living in Akihabara, a suburb of Tokyo in the year 2010. The current craze among young girls in Akihabara and probably all of Japan are electronic pets called “Pata-Pi.” Simply buy one, upgrade it with pre-set or custom parts, and show it off to friends and relatives! Hibari, however, seems to be the only girl in town who doesn’t have one and can only admire the PataPi owned by her best friend, Suzume, whom she has named Francesca and flamboyantly brags that he is “the best PataPi in the world!”
Late one evening, as Hibari is walking home, she sees a hill upon which a person is standing beside a tree at the peak and recognizes it as ‘her Prince’ (Crane) who has been appearing to her in her dreams. She runs towards him and he mysteriously vanishes. Suddenly a glowing sphere descends from the sky and lands on her palms. It materializes into a PataPi. She hugs it with all her heart. The adventure of Hibari and Densuke the PataPi begins.
**TV Stations:** TBS (Japan)
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Cutie Honey Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cutie-honey-universe/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Evil is on the rise, and it's up to Cute Honey to save it.
**Content:**
Honey Kisaragi is an android fitted with the Airborne Element Fixing Device, which allows her to transform into the warrior of love, Cutie Honey, among other forms. When her father is killed by the evil Panther Claw organisation, Honey teams up with the PCIS (***P**anther Claw **C**riminal **I**nvestigative **S**ervices*) to fight against them, unaware that its key investigator, Inspector Genet, is really Panther Claw’s leader, Sister Jill.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Cursed](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cursed/)
**Published:** July 20, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A teenage sorceress named Nimue encounters a young Arthur on his quest to find a powerful and ancient sword.
**Content:**
Based on the book of the same name, *Cursed* is a re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, told through the eyes of Nimue, a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake. After her mother’s death, she finds an unexpected partner in Arthur, a young mercenary, in a quest to find Merlin and deliver an ancient sword. Over the course of her journey, Nimue will become a symbol of courage and rebellion against the terrifying Red Paladins, and their complicit King Uther.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Curon](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/curon/)
**Published:** June 15, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A woman returns to her childhood home in northern Italy, which triggers terrifying hauntings.
**Content:**
The twins Daria and Mauro Raina return to their mother’s eerie small hometown, Curon in Northern Italy. Seventeen years ago, their mother Anna Raina fled the town, pregnant with the twins, after her mother’s tragic death. The three arrive at the family hotel, which has been closed ever since. After a cold welcome, it becomes apparent that no one wants Anna and her kids back in town, not even Anna’s own father, Thomas. In fact, the twins do not want to stay either, they are eager to move back to their home in Milan.
After some troubles on their first school day, Daria befriends the teacher’s daughter Micki Asper and they kiss after a late-night party by the town’s lake. When Micki’s Brother, Giulio hears the rumors that his sister could be a lesbian, he cannot believe this and confronts Daria and Micki. On the other hand, Micki’s and Giulio’s father, Albert Asper also seems to have some unresolved history with Anna Raina. Meanwhile, Micki struggles with the rejection from her former friend group and the trust breach of her former best friend Lukas.
Daria and Mauro discover that Anna had returned because of an incessant nightmare about the circumstances of her mother’s death. In the nightmare, Anna saw someone, who looked identical to her, shoot her mother and then turn to point the gun at her. Everything leads them to the town’s lake. The day Anna disappears, the twins begin searching for her and after going through a few troubling events, they finally solve the mystery of their grandmother’s death and uncover the secret surrounding the town’s lake.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Mystery, Supernatural, Thriller
**Nations:** Italy
**Tagged:** Italian Thriller, Thriller
---
### [Culpables](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/culpables/)
**Published:** June 17, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An Argentine miniseries focused on a group of friends and couples.
**Content:**
The miniseries is focused in a group of friends and their partners. Anibal and Daniela have two sons, and face a romantic crisis. Claudio and Adriana have no sons, and Claudio is unemployed. Perla, just divorced from an abusive husband, is married to Willy and has a lesbian daughter, Sofía. Chechu is a bachelor woman.
**TV Stations:** El Trece
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Argentina
**Tagged:** Argentine Drama
---
### [Cuffs](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cuffs/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A crime drama series depicting the lives of front-line police officers within Brighton and the surrounding area of Sussex.
**Content:**
A drama series depicting the lives of front-line police officers within Brighton and the surrounding area of Sussex serving within the fictional South Sussex Police service. It did not do well and was replaced by [*Holby City*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/holby-city/), which does much better with its middle aged lesbians.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British Crime Drama, British drama, Crime Drama
---
### [Cucumber](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cucumber/)
**Published:** September 24, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Modern gay life in Manchester.
**Content:**
The series focuses on middle-aged Henry Best, following a disastrous date night with his boyfriend of nine years, Lance Sullivan. Henry’s old life shatters, and he embarks on a new life with unfamiliar rules.
While primarily a show about gay men, it had some background non-cis male queer characters. They get more screen time in the sequel, [*Banana*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/banana/).
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Tagged:** British drama, Gay Male-Centric, Mini series, Queer Drama
---
### [Doctor Foster](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/doctor-foster/)
**Published:** January 29, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Dr. Gemma Foster's life unravels when she suspects her husband is having an affair.
**Content:**
Inspired by the myth of Medea, a wronged wife who poisons her husband’s new bride and kills their children, this drama is about Dr. Gemma Foster, who suspects that her husband is having an affair.
Dr. Foster seems to have the perfect life; she is a trusted GP, has many friends and a settled family — until her husband starts acting suspiciously. The doctor begins to think her husband is having an affair and decides to investigate, but the secrets she uncovers tear her world apart. Gemma’s life goes into turmoil as she gets closer to discovering the truth, with her family and patients all suffering as a result of the shocking events that unfold.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British drama
---
### [Cuckoo](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cuckoo/)
**Published:** May 6, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An upstanding British family is put on edge when their daughter marries a free-spirited American named Cuckoo.
**Content:**
A British father’s contented family life is upended when his daughter returns from her gap year married to a free spirited American slacker dude named Cuckoo.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** British Comedy
---
### [CSI: Crime Scene Investigation](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/csi/)
**Published:** May 23, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Series following an elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts as they work their cases in Las Vegas.
**Content:**
A dedicated group of forensic investigators at the Las Vegas Crime Lab works to solve often-grisly crimes in Sin City. Heading up the graveyard shift (an appropriate term in this case) is supervisor D.B. Russell, a “Left Coast” Sherlock Holmes who devours crime novels. Members of Russell’s team include Julie Finlay, Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle (the team’s moral compass), Greg Sanders and Morgan Brody. The investigative team works closely with Capt. Jim Brass — a seasoned detective who is a protector of CSI — Dr. Al Robbins — medical examiner — and quirky lab technician David Hodges. Previous leaders of the group include Gil Grissom and Dr. Ray Langston.
CSI re-wrote the book on crime procedurals, making it about the science. You name it, they investigated it. Despite the fact that one of the producers was openly gay, the show had an iffy track record with LGBT content.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Coming Out, Sex Workers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Crownies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crownies/)
**Published:** December 18, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Five young solicitors fresh out of law school face the pressures of a fast paced workplace highlighting the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilised society.
**Content:**
Crownies revolves around a group of solicitors fresh from law school, working with Crown Prosecutors, who are the public prosecutors in the legal system of Australia, working for the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
In a world that exists solely to see ‘wrongdoers’ brought to justice, and where the average age of the solicitors is 27, there is a big divide between these young solicitors and the barristers at the top. Yet they are the initial point of contact with the police, and it is they who do most of the liaising with the victims and the witnesses and recommend what goes to court.
The show produced a spinoff staring the lesbian character, [*Janet King*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/janet-king/).
**TV Stations:** ABC (Australian TV)
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Legal, Procedural
**Nations:** Australia
**Tagged:** Australian Drama, Legal Drama
---
### [Crowded](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crowded/)
**Published:** October 9, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An empty nest couple find out that their adult daughters want to move back home with them.
**Content:**
A newly-empty nest couple, Mike and Martina Moore, put aside their plans to relish their newfound freedom when their two grown-up, college graduate daughters Stella and Shea unexpectedly move back into their Seattle area home. The girls do not know what to do in the post-college life and decide to return home to discover. At the same time, Mike learns his retired father Bob and his stepmother Alice are staying in town rather than following through on their plans to move to Florida. The family has to learn to live together again, despite the reluctance of Mike and Martina.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** US Sitcom
---
### [Crossbones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crossbones/)
**Published:** October 3, 2014
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Set during the golden age of piracy in the 1700s and centers on legendary pirate Blackbeard.
**Content:**
*Crossbones* was about pirates and only lasted nine episodes. One of the pirates, Nenna, was queer. The series was based on the book *The Republic of Pirates* by Colin Woodard. Opinions are mixed as to if Rose was actually into Nenna or just using her for her money.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Period Drama, Pirates
---
### [Cross Ange](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cross-ange/)
**Published:** December 30, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A princess falls from grace and grows up to lead a rebellion once she learns the truth about the ignorance of racism in her land.
**Content:**
Through the development of groundbreaking information transfer and material generation technology called “Mana”, various problems, such as pollution and war have disappeared, and days of peace have arrived in the world. However, the people who receive the benefit of the Mana live in a false peace. Those who cannot use the Mana, referred to by the derogatory term “Norma”, who are seen as an opposition to structures of society, live in oppression. Because this is the norm, the people who use Mana do not question it.
The first princess of the Misurugi Empire, Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi, was convinced of the belief of exterminating the Norma. But when she turned 16, and was baptised, her elder brother Julio, exposed her as a Norma to the public. Angelise, who is bewildered by the revelation that she herself was a Norma all along, turns into a target of hate of the people in the blink of an eye. Ange is exiled to Arzenal, a military base where Norma are conscripted into service, and then starts her new life as a Norma soldier. As she struggles to adjust to her new identity, Ange’s now stormy life takes one surprising turn after another and she embarks on her quest to correct the world she lives in.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, MBS, Tokyo MX, TVA
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Animation, Anime, Romance
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Criminal Minds](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/criminal-minds/)
**Published:** June 15, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The cases of an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again.
**Content:**
An elite squad of FBI profilers analyzes the country’s most-twisted criminal minds, anticipating the perpetrators’ next moves before they can strike again. Each member of the “mind hunter” team brings his or her expertise to pinpoint predators’ motivations and identify emotional triggers to stop them. The core group includes an official profiler who is highly skilled at getting into the minds of criminals, a quirky genius, a former media liaison who manages to adeptly balance family life and the job, and a computer wizard.
One of the characters, Emily Prentiss, was written to be a lesbian, however, CBS apparently didn’t allow it.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Bury Your Queers, Queer of the Week, Queerbaiting, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Monsterland](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/monsterland/)
**Published:** October 19, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Encounters with Gothic beasts, including fallen angels and werewolves, broken people are driven to desperate acts in an attempt to repair their lives, ultimately showing there is a thin line between man and beast.
**Content:**
Encounters with mermaids, fallen angels, and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in Monsterland, an anthology series based on the collection of stories from Nathan Ballingrud’s North American Lake Monsters. It consists of eight episodes with characters and stories independent of each other.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Horror, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** Horror Anthology, psychological horror, Supernatural Horror
---
### [Scream](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/scream/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A serialized anthology series that follows a group of teenagers being targeted by a masked serial killer.
**Content:**
Scream is an American anthology slasher television series developed for MTV and VH1. It is based on the slasher film series of the same name created by Kevin Williamson and Wes Craven.
The first two seasons were situated in the fictional town of Lakewood, where a string of murders took place. At the center of those murders was Emma Duval (played by Willa Fitzgerald), a teenage girl who is somehow tied to the town’s dark past.
In April 2017, MTV announced that they were rebooting the series with the third season, with a new cast and setting.
**TV Stations:** MTV, VH1
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Drama, Horror, Supernatural
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Teen Horror
---
### [Creeped Out](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/creeped-out/)
**Published:** September 18, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A series of spellbinding, enchanting and intriguing tales.
**Content:**
A series of spellbinding, enchanting and intriguing tales. Each episode is a different story set in a different place and time, with different characters exploring their way through the unexplained.
**TV Stations:** CBBC, Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Horror
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Horror Anthology
---
### [You Make It Feel Like Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/you-make-it-feel-like-christmas/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Emma's ex-boyfriend and childhood best friend Aaron returns home after active military duty, making it his mission to get her home to celebrate their Christmas traditions.
**Content:**
Emma is a talented designer who curates handcrafted goods for her shop. The holiday season is especially busy for her and her business partner Liz, as they plan a Christmas Eve event for local artisans to showcase their work. Emma and Liz’s endeavour catches the eye of a design guru and TV Host Kate Marguiles who insists on sponsoring their event to more fanfare than the shop has ever seen.
Unable to resist the opportunity to showcase her shop and reluctant to spend the holidays – her beloved late mother’s favorite time of the year – with her out of touch military father, Tom “the general” Emma throws herself into planning and tells The General she won’t be home for Christmas much to his disappointment. When her ex-boyfriend and childhood best friend Aaron returns home after active military duty, The General informs him that Emma won’t be around for their Christmas Traditions.
Unwilling to disappoint The General, Aaron makes it his mission to get Emma home for Christmas and help her rediscover the giving spirit of the holidays.
This is also billed as “A Christmas Mission.”
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Christmas, Holidays, Lifetime Movie
---
### [A Picture Perfect Holiday](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-picture-perfect-holiday/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Gaby Jones, fashion photographer, takes a holiday retreat against her desire by advise of her friend. She will then find that there's more behind a photo when she meets wildlife photographer Sean.
**Content:**
Fashion photographer Gaby Jones is eager to make a name for herself and finally gets her chance when she lands a coveted job at a magazine. Encouraged by an editor to attend the annual Christmas Photography Retreat in the small town of Pine Falls to ramp up her skills, Gaby reluctantly signs up despite not being a huge fan of the holidays. When she arrives, she learns her rental has been double booked with wildlife photographer, Sean but soon discovers there’s more to a photo than what you see through the lens. As the two fall for each other, their life choices start to get in the way and the two must decide if they’re willing to take a risk in order to share a picture perfect holiday together.
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Christmas, Holidays, Lifetime Movie
---
### [Under the Christmas Tree](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/under-the-christmas-tree/)
**Published:** December 19, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Alma and Charlie crosses paths of each other, when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor's Holiday Celebration at right in Alma's back yard.
**Content:**
Marketing whiz Alma Beltran and Christmas tree whisperer Charlie Freemont cross paths when Charlie finds the perfect tree for the Maine Governor’s Holiday Celebration – right in Alma’s back yard. While they initially spar, romantic sparks soon begin to fly between the two women as the enchanting tree and some Christmas fairy dust from the town’s pâtissière extraordinaire bring out the best in them and spark each other to take leaps of faith and fight for love and Christmas magic.
**TV Stations:** Lifetime
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Christmas, Holidays, Lifetime Movie, Made for TV Movie
---
### [An Unexpected Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/an-unexpected-christmas/)
**Published:** November 28, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A speech writer makes a deal with his ex-girlfriend to pretend they're a couple to save his family's Christmas. It's not long before both the ruse and their feelings catch up with them.
**Content:**
Jamie travels home a week before Christmas but he still hasn’t told his family he broke things off with his girlfriend Emily, whom they adore. When Emily arrives in town unexpectedly for work, Jamie offers her a deal – he’ll get the Governor to deliver the Christmas Day address for her marketing campaign and in return, Emily will stay with his family for the week under the pretense she and Jamie are still together.
What follows is a week of awkward fumbling and near misses as Jamie and Emily try desperately to keep their true relationship status a secret. Eventually, their ruse begins to unravel. Just when it seems like Christmas has been ruined, Jamie pulls out all the stops to make things right, resulting in a very unexpected Christmas.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Hallmark Movie
---
### [Wedding Every Weekend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/wedding-every-weekend/)
**Published:** August 21, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Nate and Brooke are going to the same four weddings, four weekends in a row.
**Content:**
Nate and Brooke are going to the same four weddings, four weekends in a row. To avoid set-ups, they go together as “wedding buddies.” But what starts as a friendship soon becomes deeper.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Big Queer Wedding
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Hallmark Movie
---
### [Love, Classified](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/love-classified/)
**Published:** April 16, 2022
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A whirlwind blows back into the lives of her adult children, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop.
**Content:**
Emilia is a romance novelist who returns home after a long absence to reconnect with her children, who also are finding their own paths to love, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown’s local book shop. As Emilia tries to reconnect, Taylor and Zach explore new and past relationships through an app that boasts old-fashioned human connection by way of the classified ad. Zach is given a chance to heal old wounds while Taylor matches with Franki, a woman that changes the way she’s always thought about love.
**TV Stations:** Hallmark
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Hallmark Movie
---
### [One Tree Hill](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/one-tree-hill/)
**Published:** September 11, 2016
**Author:** NikkiT
**Excerpt:** I don't want to be anything other than what I've been trying to be lately. I'm tired of looking 'round rooms, wondering what I've got to do, or who I'm supposed to be.
**Content:**
A boy from the wrong side of the tracks, who is a half brother of a rich boy, has to play on the same basketball team. Wackiness ensues.
OTH was pretty much a stereotypical WB show, from the same era as *[Buffy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/buffy-vampire-slayer/)*, and it too was shuffled over to the new CW network. Young, pretty people with drama of the week, bed hopping, and broody angst.
**TV Stations:** The CW, The WB
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen
**Nations:** USA
---
### [SurrealEstate](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/surrealestate/)
**Published:** April 15, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Realtor Nick Roman and an elite team of specialists handle the cases that no one else can: haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away.
**Content:**
Real estate agent Luke Roman and an elite team of specialists handle the cases that no one else can: haunted and possessed houses that literally scare would-be buyers away.
**TV Stations:** CTV, SyFy
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
**Nations:** Canada, USA
---
### [The Normal Heart](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-normal-heart/)
**Published:** April 10, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A gay activist attempts to raise H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. awareness during the early 1980s.
**Content:**
A largely autobiographical play by Larry Kramer. It focuses on the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 1984, as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group.
**TV Stations:** HBO
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
---
### [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agents-of-shield/)
**Published:** April 7, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** The missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
**Content:**
A spin off of the popular *Avengers* movies, SHIELD (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division) is a bunch of people running around trying to protect everyone from crazy mutants and aliens. Only FOX has a lock on the term ‘mutant’ as it refers to this universe, so SHIELD calls them ‘inhumans’ and they’re not mutations and blah blah blah blah blah.
There’s always been something vaguely homophobic about that split in the Marvel world. Some people (Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, the Hulk) are turned into super-powered heroes, some people (Thor, Loki) are aliens, and some people (the X-Men) are mutants. Everyone hates the mutants, even the ‘turned’ heroes. There was a whole subplot at one point about how Reed Richards (from the Fantastic Four) was anti-mutant.
The show is also a paint-by-numbers Joss Whedon tropetastic adventure. Young brilliant girl who eventually becomes super-powered, is loved by all, and tries to save the world. Droll white dude as her mentor. Betrayal by a man she loves. Wacky genius sidekicks. Taciturn ass kicker. It’s not really ‘original,’ which seeing as it’s based on fifty plus years of comics is understandable. What Joss does do well is tell the story in an engaging way. But it’s not his best work and sometimes feels like he’s phoning it in.
In the comics, Victoria and Isabelle are a couple. Apparently ABC was afraid of backlash for killing off both their lesbians, so they omitted the relationship. Since they were explicitly gay in the comics, and they were meant to be gay on the show but they just didn’t want to address, we consider them so here as well.
> **It seemed like you were going to explore Isabelle being the late Victoria Hand’s (Safrron Burrows) love interest from the comics.**
> **Whedon:** There were versions, but it started to be irresponsible if we addressed it to not address it with more weight and time and energy.
> **Maurissa Tancharoen:** And then we would’ve been known as the people who killed off two lesbians on the show.
>
> Credit: [EW Interview](http://www.ew.com/article/2014/09/24/agents-shield-season2-spoilers)
In season 7 they did finally add an actual queer character.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queerbaiting, Queers in Law Enforcement, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Marvel, Superhero show
---
### [Iron Fist](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/iron-fist/)
**Published:** March 18, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** An over privileged white boy, missing for fifteen years, suddenly shows back up and is shocked no one believes him.
**Content:**
When Danny Rand was 10-years old, he survived a mysterious plane crash that claimed the lives of his extremely wealthy parents. Rescued by warrior monks, Danny grew up in the of city of K’un-Lun, where he endured harsh conditions, but also trained to be a fierce warrior. Years later, Danny returns home to New York, where he wants to reconnect with his past and take his rightful place at his family’s company, which is being run by his father’s former business partner. Danny hopes to restore his family legacy by defeating the people who threaten it.
An over privileged white boy, missing for fifteen years, suddenly shows back up and is shocked no one believes him. While this is the latest in a series of Marvel’s Defenders, shown on Netflix, it’s really not very good. [*Daredevil*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daredevil/) was more dramatic, [*Jessica Jones*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/) handled loss better, and *Luke Cage* was actually, you know, ethnically accurate.
They had a chance with this one, to play up the white savior/male privilege tropes and turn them on their ears. Instead, they appear to be perpetually confused why no one likes the white guys. A bit blind I feel.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Defenders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-defenders/)
**Published:** August 19, 2017
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Three misfit, complicated, unwilling heroes team up with a white guy who annoys everyone and saves Manhattan.
**Content:**
A spin-off/combo of *[Daredevil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daredevil/)*, *[Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)*, *[Luke Cage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luke-cage/)*, and [*Iron Fist*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/iron-fist/).
Four of Marvel’s biggest heroes are each working individually but have one common goal in mind — to save New York City. Burdened with their own personal challenges, Matt Murdock (Daredevil), Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Danny Rand (Iron Fist) realize that they likely won’t be able to accomplish their goals working solo. That realization leads them to team up and form **The Defenders**, a supergroup that is more equipped to save the Big Apple than the heroes would be if they continued to work on their own.
The show is incredibly predictable and obvious. This is probably because it relies heavily on the weakest of the four shows, *Iron Fist*, for the backbone of it’s mythos. Danny and his mess with Kun-Lun is boring because Danny himself is incredibly dull and uninteresting. Thankfully it’s boosted by the presence of the ever complicated and turbulent Jessica Jones. The reluctant, cursed, hero, Jessica just wants to solve her god damn case and get drunk.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
---
### [Luke Cage](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/luke-cage/)
**Published:** July 1, 2018
**Author:** Carmel
**Excerpt:** Because making a black man bulletproof is the most powerful statement one can make.
**Content:**
This gritty, action-packed drama follows the evolution of Luke Cage, a man with super strength and unbreakable skin caused by a sabotaged experiment. After a failed relationship with fellow superhero [Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/), Cage tries to rebuild a quiet life in Harlem, New York –until he is pulled out of the shadows and forced into a battle for his city. Along the way, Cage cannot avoid confronting his past, which he has worked hard to bury.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Jessica Jones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/jessica-jones/)
**Published:** April 8, 2016
**Author:** Carmel
**Content:**
**THIS IS A DARK SHOW!**
Okay? If you’re going to watch this, and frankly I think if you can you should, you have to be okay with this being a grown up show that will talk about horrible things happening to people. We’re talking non-consensual sex while being mind-controlled stuff here. This is not something you go into unprepared.
However.
Jessica Jones is the most female friendly superhero show on the planet at this moment. It’s amazing. It’s deep, and dark, and twisted, and just when you think you get it, you don’t.
Jessica is a broke, unlucky, super-power’d PI with PTSD following having been mind-controlled and forced to do some pretty unspeakable things. Her past comes back to haunt her, and she has to rise up and defeat Kilgrave. If she can.
She can. She does. It gets even crazier in season two.
One of the best things about the show, besides it’s unabashedly and unforgivingly feminist leanings, is that they re-wrote a character as a lesbian. And they did it properly. And they did it well, creating the first TV Universe, openly lesbian character for the franchise.
About damn time.
Yes, they kill off a lesbian. For that they get a down-check. This is still a show worth watching if you can watch it.
We totally understand why you may not.
The show exists in the same universe as *[Daredevil](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/daredevil/)*, *Luke Cage*, [*Iron Fist*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/iron-fist/), and *Punisher*.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Crime, Drama, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** High
---
### [The Crazy Ones](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-crazy-ones/)
**Published:** December 21, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Out-of-the-box Simon Roberts runs an ad agency with his Type-A daughter Sydney.
**Content:**
Simon Roberts, an unorthodox genius with a big personality, heads an advertising agency that has some of the biggest clients in the world. By his side is his partner — and daughter — Sydney, who is focused and ambitious but spends more time than she’d like babysitting her father. They work with a talented team that includes handsome Zach, neurotic art director Andrew, and deceptively smart assistant Lauren as — despite their eccentricities — they continue to take the advertising world by storm.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Workplace Comedy
---
### [El internado: Las Cumbres](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/el-internado-las-cumbres/)
**Published:** July 1, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** At a boarding school for troubled teenagers, located in an ancient monastery isolated from the world, the students endure a strict discipline.
**Content:**
At a boarding school for troubled teenagers, located in an ancient monastery isolated from the world, the students endure a strict discipline.
After a failed escape attempt, Manuel disappears in the woods at the hands of a mysterious man in a crow mask. Despite being subjected to strict discipline, Paul, Amaia and his other friends never stop looking for him. Their adventures lead to discovering that the old cult that inhabited the woods, the Crow’s Nest, is still committing crimes and Las Cumbres is more than just a school.
English Title: *The Boarding School: Las Cumbres*
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Teen, Thriller
**Nations:** Spain
---
### [Hot in Cleveland](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hot-in-cleveland/)
**Published:** November 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Three aging actresses move to Cleveland.
**Content:**
The series centers on three aging entertainment industry veterans from Los Angeles, Melanie, Joy, and Victoria. The three women find a more welcoming and less shallow and youth-obsessed community in Cleveland, Ohio, where, as seen in the pilot episode, their Paris-bound plane makes an emergency landing. They decide to stay and lease a home where sassy caretaker Elka still lives in the guest house.
**TV Stations:** TV Land
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Rebel Cheer Squad](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/rebel-cheer-squad/)
**Published:** March 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Schoolgirls form a group to expose bullies at their school.
**Content:**
The old DGM might have left Bannerman School, but their spirit remains, and there is still a need to get even, wrongs must be righted and injustice has to be fought.
**TV Stations:** BBC iPlayer
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** School
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Get Even](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/get-even/)
**Published:** March 8, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Four teenage girls at private elite school form a secret society to expose bullies.
**Content:**
Kitty Wei, Bree Deringer, Margot Rivers and Olivia Hayes form DGM (Don’t Get Mad) to expose the bullies at their school. However, when one of their targets is murdered by an unknown attacker and holds a note saying “DGM” in his hand, the girls realise somebody is trying to frame them for his murder.
**TV Stations:** BBC iPlayer
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Teen, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** British drama, Teen Drama, Teen Thriller
---
### [Shetland](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/shetland/)
**Published:** March 25, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** DI Jimmy Perez and his team investigate crimes within the close knit island community of Shetland.
**Content:**
DI Jimmy Perez and his team as they investigate crime within the close knit island community. In this isolated and sometimes inhospitable environment, the team have to rely on a uniquely resourceful style of policing.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Mystery
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [A Place to Call Home](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-place-to-call-home/)
**Published:** November 11, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia.
**Content:**
Set in rural New South Wales in the period following the Second World War, it follows Sarah Adams, who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh.
It’s a very popular show, and for good reason. It’s one of those fun period dramas that just ropes you in. They call it a “compelling melodrama about love and loss set against the social change of the 1950s.”
**TV Stations:** Seven Network, Showcase, SoHo
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Fake Relationship
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** Australia
---
### [Crazy Ex-Girlfriend](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crazy-ex-girlfriend/)
**Published:** January 17, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.
**Content:**
Rebecca Bunch is a Yale- and Harvard-educated lawyer, who works for a top New York firm. She freaks out when offered a partnership and bumps into Josh Chan on the street. Josh was her first love from summer camp in 2005 and she never got over the way he dumped her at the end of camp. Josh tells her he could not hack it in New York and is moving back to West Covina, California (“Just two hours from the beach, four hours in traffic”).
While watching a butter spread commercial, Rebecca decides to follow Josh in search of happiness. She hops a plane to L.A., gets a job at Darryl Whitefeather’s West Covina law firm, buys a house, and flushes all her depression and anxiety meds down the sink. She becomes friends with the firm’s paralegal, Paula, and begins an on-again-off-again relationship with Josh’s friend Greg, while trying to reconnect with Josh.
**TV Stations:** The CW
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Edgy Comedy, Musical
---
### [Crashing](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/crashing/)
**Published:** April 27, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.
**Content:**
The lives of six twenty-somethings living together as property guardians in a disused hospital, keeping the building safe in exchange for cheaper rent and a strict set of rules. The close personal relationships start to overlap, and the group navigates sexual tension and personal baggage before they are inevitably evicted.
**TV Stations:** Channel 4
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British Comedy
---
### [Cowgirl Up](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/cowgirl-up/)
**Published:** May 30, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Funny and hot women riding horses, shooting guns, and playing cowgirl.
**Content:**
Funny and hot girls riding horses, shooting guns, and playing cowgirl at the Double D Ranch? From the creator of [*3Way*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/3way/) and [*Nikki & Nora*](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/nikki-nora-nn-files/), comes this all-girl comedy western.
**TV Stations:** Tello Films
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Western
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Comedy
---
### [Courthouse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/courthouse/)
**Published:** November 3, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Every-day life in one courthouse, mostly dealing with trials and tribulations of people who are employed there - judges, district attorneys and public defenders.
**Content:**
A TV drama with lots of sex and violence, it followed the lives of the judges and lawyers and all the staff at a big-city courthouse in fictional Clark County. The court had a limited budget and an overcrowded case load, and the courthouse itself was falling into disrepair.
Courthouse’s idea of gritty moral realism is to divide the world into the good and the bad: Bad judges go to the opera while their charges die in jail; good judges have interracial affairs with members of their own gender; and the best judge of all rolls in from Montana looking like he just shot a Levi’s commercial.
It also had the first recurring African American lesbian characters on TV.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1990s, Legal Drama
---
### [Couple-ish](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/couple-ish/)
**Published:** April 12, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** When faking being in love has to become a real thing...
**Content:**
Dee is a biexual, non-binary Canadian illustrator, who finds themself locked into a lease they can’t afford. With the help of younger sister Amy, Dee thinks they find the perfect new roommate in Rachel, a queer British bartender. Things go awry in this character-driven comedy when, eight months later, Rachel claims Dee as a common-law partner to stop herself from being deported. When Amy, who is developing a crush on her sibling’s roommate, begs Dee to go with the plan, the group sets up a YouTube channel to prove Rachel and Dee are totally in love—and totally not just faking it for the government.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Everyone's Queer, Fake Relationship, Happy Ending
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Intersections:** Gender Presentation, Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Queer Comedy, Queer Romance, Webseries
---
### [Country Matters](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/country-matters/)
**Published:** February 20, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Romances from rural England following the first World War.
**Content:**
Based on short stories by A.E. Coppard and H.E. Bates, *Country Matters* portrays mostly tragic romance, set in rural England just after the first World War.
Each episode provides accurate and fascinating costume and set design to illustrate the class differences, living habits, and manners of Brits in various regions, giving viewers a deeper knowledge of the culture clash that has occurred within this tradition-bound society.
**TV Stations:** ITV
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** Classic, Historical, Period Drama
---
### [Counterpart](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/counterpart/)
**Published:** February 25, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A UN employee discovers the agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension.
**Content:**
Howard Silk works for a bureaucratic UN agency based in Berlin for thirty years, his station too low for him to be told what his work really involves. In fact, the agency is a crossing point to a parallel Earth, one that diverged from his world during the Cold War. Silk’s “other” self, his counterpart from the other side, is, among other things, a field agent who regularly makes crossings to retrieve “others” who have gone rogue. Factional in-fighting in the agency on the other side spills over on to this side, putting Silk and his comatose wife in danger.
**TV Stations:** Starz
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sci-Fi Drama, Thriller
---
### [Council of Dads](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/council-of-dads/)
**Published:** March 24, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A Dad dies and three of his best friends help fill in for a family who desperately needs them.
**Content:**
Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare. He calls on a few of his most trusted friends to step in as backup dads to help guide and support his growing family – just in case he ever can’t be there to do it himself. There’s Anthony, Scott’s oldest and most loyal friend; Larry, his tough-love AA sponsee; and Oliver, his dedicated doctor and his wife’s dearest friend. Together, they discover that there’s more to being a father than anyone could do alone – and more to being a family than they ever thought possible.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Coming Out, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Family
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Family Drama
---
### [Copernicus and Starr](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/copernicus-and-starr/)
**Published:** July 25, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A Romantic Comedy about two lovable losers and their journey towards making a real connection.
**Content:**
Julius Copernicus and Evangeline Starr are two web-crossed misfits searching for a meaningful connection in a hyperconnected world.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Coogan's Run](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coogans-run/)
**Published:** August 23, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A short series portraying six different people who all live in a town called Ottle; all played by Steve Coogan.
**Content:**
A short series portraying six different people who all live in a town called Ottle; all played by Steve Coogan.
**TV Stations:** BBC Two
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British Comedy
---
### [Conviction](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/conviction/)
**Published:** November 15, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A brilliant attorney and former First Daughter is blackmailed to heading a unit that investigates cases of wrongful conviction.
**Content:**
When lawyer and former first daughter Hayes Morrison is faced with the choice of taking a job with her nemesis, New York District Attorney Conner Wallace, or going to jail for cocaine possession — hurting her mother’s Senate campaign in the process — the choice is easy.
As part of the new Conviction Integrity Unit, Hayes gets the opportunity to put her intelligence to good use by helping overturn court decisions in cases where there is credible suspicion of a wrongful conviction. It doesn’t hurt that the new position gives her a shot at turning things around with her powerful political family in the process.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Legal
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Legal Drama, Political Drama, Politics
---
### [Continuum](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/continuum/)
**Published:** September 1, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Time travel, terrorists, and gadgets from the future brought to the present combine with evil mega corporations to make a fun crime/sci-fi show.
**Content:**
The series centers on the conflict between a group of terrorists from the year 2077 who time travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2012, and a police officer who unintentionally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the terrorist group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavors to stop them without revealing to everyone that she and the terrorists are from the future.
**TV Stations:** Showcase
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Action Series, Canadian Drama
---
### [Connecting ...](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/connecting/)
**Published:** January 20, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Ensemble comedy series about a group of friends trying to stay connected during a global pandemic.
**Content:**
An ensemble comedy about a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats as they share the highs and lows of these extraordinary times.
**TV Stations:** NBC, Peacock
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Ensemble Comedy
---
### [Condor](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/condor/)
**Published:** November 2, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A brilliant, young, idealistic CIA analyst finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy that kills everyone else at his office.
**Content:**
An American television series based on the novel *Six Days of the Condor* by James Grady and its 1975 film adaptation *Three Days of the Condor.*
A low-level CIA employee returns from lunch to discover that everyone in his office has been killed; on the run, he goes on to pursue the truth about who is behind the murders while continuing to dodge the hitmen who are after him.
**TV Stations:** Audience
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Action, Drama, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Action Series, CIA Drama, Police Drama
---
### [Complications](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/complications/)
**Published:** December 24, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** John Ellison, a disillusioned suburban ER doctor, finds his existence transformed when he intervenes in a drive-by shooting, saving a young boy's life and killing one of his attackers.
**Content:**
Dr. John Ellison is a disillusioned physician who is dealing with his emotions in the aftermath of his daughter’s death.
His situation changes, however, when he saves a boy’s life by intervening in a drive-by shooting. That experience turns him into an unexpected hero and — when he learns the boy is still targeted to die — leads him on a mission to keep the lad alive at any cost. Also dragged into the case are John’s wife, Samantha, who tries to support him while dealing with her own issues, and his by-the-book co-worker, Bridget, who must deal with the repercussions of his actions. Although trying to save a child’s life seems like the moral thing to do, John at times must compromise his principles and do what seems like the wrong thing to succeed in his mission.
**TV Stations:** USA
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama, Medical, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Common Ground](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/common-ground/)
**Published:** October 10, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** An anthology story of a town dealing with LGBT issues in three separate time periods.
**Content:**
This movie contains three short stories dealing with the theme of homosexuality. In “A Friend of Dorothy”, a woman joins the Navy during the 1950s and discovers lesbianism. In “Mr. Roberts”, a teacher in a 1970’s classroom struggles with his closeted gay status. Finally in “Amos and Andy”, a father wrestles with his own emotional acceptance of a present-day wedding between his son and another man.
**TV Stations:** Showtime
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Queerbashing, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Silver Stars
**Tagged:** Queer Drama
---
### [Coming of Age](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coming-of-age/)
**Published:** September 24, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Sixth-form students living in Abingdon enjoy a final romp with adolescence.
**Content:**
Sixth-form students living in Abingdon enjoy a final romp with adolescence.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, School
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Tagged:** British Comedy, Teen Comedy
---
### [The New Normal](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-new-normal/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A single mother's life after she accepts the offer to be a surrogate mother for a gay couple.
**Content:**
Bryan and David are a happy gay couple living in Los Angeles, with successful careers. The only thing missing in their relationship is a baby. They meet Goldie Clemmons, a single mother and waitress from Ohio. Goldie left her adulterous husband and moved to L.A. with her 9-year-old daughter Shania to escape their former life and start over. Jane, Goldie’s conservative grandmother, follows them to the city against Goldie’s wishes, thus causing havoc for her granddaughter and the couple. Goldie decides to become Bryan and David’s gestational surrogate, and naturally, her family gets involved.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs, Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Mugen no Ryvius](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/mugen-no-ryvius/)
**Published:** March 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Over 400 teenagers are stranded without adult supervision aboard a prototype space battleship after their astronaut training school is sabotaged by an outside group.
**Content:**
Known as “Infinite Ryvius” in English, the year is AD 2225. Kouji Aiba and Aoi Housen are serving as astronauts in-training in Liebe Delta which is located on the edge of the Geduld Sea. When saboteurs with unknown intents suddenly strike during a routine dive procedure, the space station plummets into the Geduld, a plasma field that links all the planets like a nervous system and crushes any ship that strays too far into it. With all the adults onboard killed, the young astronauts will have to survive this long journey home in midst of the growing tension amongst each other. Meanwhile the organizers of the sabotage look on and prepare to attack once more.
**TV Stations:** TV Tokyo
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Drama
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Comic Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/comic-girls/)
**Published:** January 20, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A bad manga artist moves in with a bunch of better ones to get better.
**Content:**
Moeta Kaoruko-(who goes by her pen name “Chaos”) a freshman in high school ranks a low score at the bottom of a reader survey, her comic editor recommends that she enter a special dormitory for manga artists. Kaoruko’s roommates are shōjo manga creator Koizuka Koyume, teen romance manga creator Irokawa Ruki, and shōnen manga creator Katsuki Tsubasa. The girls support each other as they work to create the best manga novels.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, KTV, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Coming Out, In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Collateral](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/collateral/)
**Published:** March 17, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** London detectives investigating the seemingly random murder of a pizza delivery man uncover a convoluted case of interlocking circumstances amid a cross-section of British society.
**Content:**
A four-part thriller set in London that takes place over four days.
When a pizza delivery driver is shot down in South London, Detective Inspector Kip Glaspie is left in charge of the investigation and refuses to accept the murder as just a random act of violence. As she investigates, she soon finds herself being drawn into the darker side of underworld London. At the same time, politician David Mars becomes embroiled in the events due to his rocky relationship with his unpredictable ex, Karen, and a vicar struggles to conceal her affair with the only witness to the shooting. Disparate worlds collide and become entangled as the investigation develops.
**TV Stations:** BBC Two, Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Crime, Police, Thriller
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Triggers:** Medium
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** British drama, Police Drama
---
### [Coisa Mais Linda](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/coisa-mais-linda/)
**Published:** May 4, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** After her husband disappears, meek Maria Luiza turns his property into a bossa nova club and comes into her own as an independent woman.
**Content:**
*Also known as “Most Beautiful Thing” (season one) or “Girls from Ipanema” (season two) in English.*
Set in the late 1950s, Coisa Mais Linda follows Maria Luiza, a young rich paulistana (born in São Paulo city), who moves to Rio de Janeiro to open a restaurant with her husband. Upon arrival, she discovers he abandoned her and ran off with all the money. Desperate at first, Malu will recover herself and pursuit a new a dream in the midst of the city’s vibration to the sound of the emerging Bossa Nova. In this endeavor, she will count on three incredible women: Lígia, her childhood friend who has a beautiful voice; Adélia, a black carioca (born in Rio de Janeiro) worker, with sheer determination and unshakeable strength, and Thereza, a modern and independent writer.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** Brazil
**Tagged:** Brazilian Drama
---
### [Queer as Folk (UK)](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/queer-as-folk-uk/)
**Published:** October 2, 2014
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Nowt's as queer as folk, after all.
**Content:**
The original *Queer as Folk* ran for one season (8 episodes) and two specials, for a total of 10 episodes.
The producers say that *Queer as Folk*, although superficially a realistic depiction of gay urban life in the 1990s, is meant as a fantasy, and that Stuart, Vince, and Nathan are not so much characters as gay male archetypes. This means it’s not much about lesbians at all.
**TV Stations:** BBC Four
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Gaybies
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
**Stars:** Bronze Stars
**Tagged:** Gay Male-Centric, Queer Drama
---
### [Code Geass](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/code-geass/)
**Published:** July 22, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Holy Empire of Britannia conquered the country known as Japan and now call it Area 11.
**Content:**
The story is set in an alternative timeline where the world is divided into three superpowers: the Holy Britannian Empire (the Americas; also called Britannia), the Chinese Federation (Asia), and the European Union (Europe and Africa; previously known as the Euro-Universe. Also known as Europa United in Akito the Exiled). The story takes place after the Holy Britannian Empire’s conquest of Japan on August 10, 2010 a.t.b., by means of Britannia’s newest weapon, the “Autonomous Armored Knight”, or “Knightmare Frame”. In turn, Britannia effectively strips Japan and its citizens of all rights and freedoms and renames the country Area 11 with its citizens referred to as Elevens.
Lelouch vi Britannia is an exiled Britannian prince, son of Emperor Charles zi Britannia and his royal consort Marianne vi Britannia. Lelouch has one sister, Nunnally vi Britannia. Marianne was brutally murdered in the palace and Nunnally, who witnessed the murder of their mother, was so traumatized she lost both her sight and ability to walk. Lelouch is furious with his father, believing his father failed his mother and sister by turning a blind’s eye to their mother’s death and failing to pursue their mother’s killer.
The story begins with Lelouch and Nunnally being sent as political pawns to Japan to lull the Japanese government into a false sense of security. After the siblings are sent to Japan, Japan is attacked and defeated by Britannia. With the ruins of Japan as a background, Lelouch vows to his Japanese friend Suzaku Kururugi that he will one day obliterate Britannia as an act of vengeance against his father.
**TV Stations:** MBS
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Literary Inspired, Unrequited
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Code Black](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/code-black/)
**Published:** April 2, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The staff of the LA County Hospital emergency room treats patients under difficult circumstances.
**Content:**
This medical drama follows the staff in the nation’s busiest emergency room as they cope with a staggering influx of patients, which can outweigh their limited resources, resulting in a condition known as code black.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Medical Drama
---
### [Modern Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/modern-love/)
**Published:** August 16, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Modern Love is an anthology TV series based on a weekly column published by The New York Times.
**Content:**
*Modern Love* is an anthology TV series based on a weekly column published by *The New York Times*. Each episode features a new love story and includes all types of love (romantic, platonic, and familial).
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Based on a True Story, Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Interracial Relationships
**Tagged:** Anthology Series
---
### [Closet Space](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/closet-space/)
**Published:** January 30, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Meet Tara and Jake: two teens living in different environments that don't understand them.
**Content:**
A ten-episode web series that follows Jake, a 17 year old evangelical who is questioning his sexuality in an intensely conservative household; and Tara, 17, a newly out, nonreligious lesbian navigating between her new life “out” in the world and her old life, still closeted to her family.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [The Closer](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-closer/)
**Published:** May 30, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Deputy Police Chief Brenda Johnson runs the Priority Homicide Division of the LAPD with an unorthodox style.
**Content:**
Brenda Johnson, an Atlanta police detective, moves to Los Angeles and heads up a squad that handles sensitive, high-profile homicides. Although she clashes with some colleagues, her skills as a CIA-trained interrogator prove invaluable in obtaining confessions.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Ratings, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Mystery, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Low
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Mystery, Police Drama
---
### [Clique](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clique/)
**Published:** July 19, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** When Georgia gets drawn into an elite university clique of alpha girls, her friend Holly becomes alarmed by her changing, erratic behaviour, and feels compelled to join - only to find this seductive world is deeply corrupted.
**Content:**
Best friends since age 11, Holly and Georgia are now roommates in their first year at university. Party girl Georgia is already pulling away from their friendship when she falls in with a clique of elite “it girls” led by the charismatic Professor Judith “Jude” McDermid. Holly is wary of these new friends, especially after one of them dies under suspicious circumstances, so she’s determined to expose the group’s dark side and save her friend.
**TV Stations:** BBC Three, Hulu
**Tropes:** Background Queers, Big Queer Reveal, Bury Your Queers, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Thriller
**Nations:** Scotland
**Triggers:** High
**Tagged:** College, Crime Drama, Scottish Drama
---
### [The Cleveland Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-cleveland-show/)
**Published:** June 2, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The adventures of the Family Guy (1999) neighbor and former deli owner, Cleveland Brown.
**Content:**
An offbeat animated sitcom about Cleveland Brown, a nice guy who leaves Quahog, R.I., for Stoolbend, Va., to rekindle his previously unrequited love for high-school crush Donna. Cleveland’s new life includes a disconcertingly flirtatious stepdaughter, a 5-year-old stepson who loves the ladies, some loudmouthed redneck neighbors, a British family that seems stuck in the Victorian era, plus a clan of bears living down at the end of the block.
**TV Stations:** FOX
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Claws](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/claws/)
**Published:** January 7, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Five manicurists at the Nail Artisan salon of Manatee County, Florida enter the traditionally male world of organized crime when they begin laundering money for a neighboring pain clinic.
**Content:**
This series is a midnight-dark, wickedly funny meditation on female badness set in a South Florida nail salon. It follows the rise of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures. Claws is about good women caught in bad places with worse men. It’s the story of hardworking women trying to get by in this economy, set against the surreal, bright, gritty landscape of Florida and the luscious, absurd, extreme excesses of the crime world.
**TV Stations:** TNT
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Gaybies, Happiness then Tragedy, Queers in Law Enforcement, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Crime, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Triggers:** Medium
**Tagged:** Crime Drama
---
### [Classic Alice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/classic-alice/)
**Published:** November 16, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A college student opts to make decisions according to the actions of characters in classic literature.
**Content:**
After receiving a bad grade on an essay, Alice decides to live her life according to different novels. At times comic, heartbreaking, and ridiculous, Alice learns about herself and others all through reading and living classic literature. She is joined in her adventures by her filmmaking friend Andrew and roommate Cara.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video, YouTube
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Webseries
---
### [Class T1T5 Series: Titan Academy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/class-t1t5/)
**Published:** June 7, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The lives of troublesome classes at a fictional prestigious private secondary school.
**Content:**
Also known as “The Titan Acadamy,” the series focuses on one of the classes at the school. In this class is JianHao Tan, a carefree, yet troublesome student, who is known for flunking his classes and his popularity of being the comedic relief around the school. He is constantly failing his exams, yet he almost passes every single time. The teachers don’t seem to care, as his mischievous behavior causes most of them to have horrible relationships with him.
**TV Stations:** YouTube
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, Unrequited
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy, School
**Nations:** Singapore
**Tagged:** Asian Comedy, Asian Webseries, Webseries
---
### [The Class](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-class/)
**Published:** September 18, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A 27-year-old is reunited with his childhood friends.
**Content:**
The series revolves around a core group of eight 28-year-olds who were all in the same third-grade class 20 years ago. A former classmate brings them all together for a party to celebrate his engagement with a girl he met in the class. However, she ends up dumping him at the party as the reunited classmates get to know each other.
The show only lasted one season.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, In Love With a Str8 Person
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Sitcom
---
### [Clarice](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clarice/)
**Published:** May 13, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A look at the untold personal story of FBI agent Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field about a year after the events of "The Silence of the Lambs."
**Content:**
The untold personal story of FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, one year after the events of “The Silence of the Lambs.” Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice’s bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. However, her complex psychological makeup that comes from a challenging childhood empowers her to begin to find her voice while working in a man’s world, as well as escape the family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.
After one solid season, the show hit snags when CBS wanted to move it to streaming only on Paramount+. Due to disagreements with MGM (who owns the IP), the series resulted in a single season.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police, Thriller
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Crime Drama, Police Drama, Sequel, Thriller
---
### [CLAIREvoyant](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/clairevoyant/)
**Published:** May 18, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Best friends and roommates Claire and Ruby pretend to be fortune tellers to make fast rent money and avoid eviction, but things get weird when Claire turns out to have real psychic abilities.
**Content:**
Brought to you by Annie Briggs, Natasha Negovanlis, and Dillon Taylor (yes, of *Carmilla* fame) comes the story of Claire. A nice girl who’s a writer doesn’t believe in woo-woo stuff … until she turns out to actually *be* a psychic.
Aimless and hung-over, Claire and Ruby are facing the fact that they’re about to be evicted, since they haven’t paid rent since goddess knows when. Instead of doing the responsible thing, the free-spirited Ruby cooks up a wild get-rich-quick scheme: scam people by becoming online psychics. The skeptical Claire is reluctant, but agrees to participate in a desperate bid to appease her restless wild-child best friend, Ruby, and oh yeah, avoid homelessness. Enter “THE SEER SISTERS”! Cosmonauts of INNER space!
Claire and Ruby’s fraud as the delightfully tacky “Seer Sisters” seems innocent at the start: “It’s for entertainment purposes ONLY!” But there’s a catch: Claire discovers she is actually psychic. This catalyzes the events of the first season, as Claire’s real extra-sensory abilities explode the Seer Sisters’ popularity while simultaneously attracting the ire of a secret cabal of malevolent psychics! Known as “The Seeing Eye” the cabal is hell-bent on harnessing Claire’s power for world domination. This propels Claire and Ruby on a journey of self-discovery, where they will have to learn to love themselves, trust each other, and kick some psychic ass!
**TV Stations:** KindaTV, YouTube
**Tropes:** Happy Ending
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Supernatural
**Nations:** Canada
**Stars:** Gold Stars
**Tagged:** Supernatural comedy, Webseries
---
### [The City](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-city/)
**Published:** May 8, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** "The City" picks up where "Loving" left off. After a rash of serial killings, several of Corinth, Pennsylvania's residents move to an apartment building in SoHo.
**Content:**
The survivors from the TV show “Loving” all moved to New York City for this Morgan Fairchild-driven soap.
The show is notable for having the first recurring transgender character on a soap, but the plot was dropped and the characters were written out, making it clearly a vehicle for ratings.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Queer for Ratings
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Soap Opera
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1990s, US Soap
---
### [Citrus](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/citrus/)
**Published:** January 13, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Step-sisters fall in love.
**Content:**
Aihara Yuzu, a fashionable, spontaneous and fun-loving city-girl, transfers to a new neighborhood and high-school after her mother’s remarriage to another man. More preoccupied with boys and shopping than studying, Yuzu struggles to fit in at the conservative girls’ school and frequently clashes with the student council—specifically Aihara Mei, the hard-working, beautiful but cold student council president. As it turns out, Mei happens to be Yuzu’s new step-sister and Yuzu finds herself having to share a bedroom with a girl she absolutely can’t stand. The series follows the evolution of the relationship between the two girls, with the animosity slowly lessening as the two begin to learn more about each other and confusion growing as Yuzu discovers that she is starting to develop romantic feelings for her new step-sister.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS Fuji, Sun TV, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Everyone's Queer, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [A New York Christmas Wedding](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/a-new-york-christmas-wedding/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn't denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.
**Content:**
As her Christmas Eve wedding draws near, Jennifer is visited by an angel and shown what could have been if she hadn’t denied her true feelings for her childhood best friend.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Happy Ending
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Holiday, Romance
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Holidays
---
### [Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/ghosting-the-spirit-of-christmas/)
**Published:** December 5, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Jess goes on the greatest first date of her life, but inadvertently "ghosts" Ben when she tragically dies in a car accident on the way home.
**Content:**
Following the best first date of her life, Jess is preoccupied with texting. She dies while texting, and wakes up as a ghost. She has to settle unfinished business. With the help of her best friend Kara, they embark on a hilarious, bittersweet and final adventure, so that Jess can ascend to the afterlife.
**TV Stations:** Freeform
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Comedy, Fantasy, Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast
**Tagged:** Holidays
---
### [Merry Happy Whatever](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/merry-happy-whatever/)
**Published:** November 28, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The Quinn family are a tight-knit bunch with a lot of traditions. Merry Happy Whatever follows the various family members and their significant others as each character deals with the complications of such a demanding family dynamic and the inevitable changes that life brings.
**Content:**
The Quinn family are a tight-knit bunch with a lot of traditions. Merry Happy Whatever follows the various family members and their significant others as each character deals with the complications of such a demanding family dynamic and the inevitable changes that life brings.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Holidays
---
### [The Christmas Lottery](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-christmas-lottery/)
**Published:** December 21, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A father who requests his three estranged daughters Diedre, Nicole, and Tammy to come home for Christmas for a big announcement.
**Content:**
The Davenport sisters have drifted apart over the years, but when their dad wins the lottery, all he wants is having his girls home for Christmas. Getting over years of resentment proves a big task but it’s pushed aside when their mother, who suffers from dementia, loses the ticket. They put aside their differences to help find the ticket and in doing so get over their differences and finally learn to come together.
**TV Stations:** BET
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Family, Holiday
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** PoC-Centric
**Tagged:** Holidays
---
### [Chivalry of a Failed Knight](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chivalry-of-a-failed-knight/)
**Published:** December 30, 2020
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Kurogane Ikki defies the odds that everyone thinks he can't do.
**Content:**
There exist few humans in this world with the ability to manipulate their souls to form powerful weapons. Dubbed “Blazers,” these people study and train at the prestigious Hagun Academy to become Mage-Knights; among the students is so-called failure Ikki Kurogane, the sole F-rated Blazer. However, when the worst student in the academy sees Stella Vermillion, an A-ranked Blazer who also happens to be a princess, naked, she challenges him to a duel with dire stakes—the loser becomes the slave of the winner. There’s no possible way that Stella can lose, right?
*Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry* follows the story of Ikki as he tries to prove his strength to a world that believes him to be the weakest, all the while gaining new friends, wisdom, and experience.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Action, Anime, Fantasy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Chio's School Road](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chios-school-road/)
**Published:** January 21, 2019
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Chio makes her way to school but encounters abnormal situations resulting in her creating unique solutions.
**Content:**
Chio makes her way to school but encounters abnormal situations resulting in her creating unique solutions.
Her solutions vary from day to day, ranging from strange conversations with her friend Manana, dealing with biker gangs, and performing death-defying feats of parkour.
**TV Stations:** BS11, GBS, KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System), Mie TV, Sun TV, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [China, IL](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/china-il/)
**Published:** March 8, 2017
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Steve and Frank Smith are brothers who teach the history department in the worst university in America.
**Content:**
An Adult Swim cartoon, the series takes place at The University of China, Illinois, dubbed the “Worst College in America” and located at the edge of town. The school’s poor reputation is celebrated by the school’s uncaring faculty and staff, constantly shown drinking while teaching and/or trying to avoid teaching altogether.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network
**Tropes:** Queer for Laughs
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adult, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Adult Animation
---
### [Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)
**Published:** September 29, 2014
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** A series about a group of women working in a Canadian munitions factory during World War II.
**Content:**
Youre never going to make out with me
Bomb girls is a 2-seasons + a [movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls-facing-the-enemy/) series about a group of women working in a Canadian munitions factory during World War II. Think Canadian Rosie the Riveter. It was supposed to be a mini-series, but people liked it so much they turned it into a series, then canceled it despite good ratings and threw us the [crumb of a bad movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls-facing-the-enemy/) to wrap it all up.
One of the main characters is Betty McRae, a total lesbian who doesn’t know it (for a few minutes at the beginning) and falls in love with her straight best friend.
**TV Stations:** Global Television Network, Reelz
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Freakout Hetero Sex, In Love With a Str8 Person, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Historical, Period Drama, War Drama
---
### [Bomb Girls: Facing the Enemy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls-facing-the-enemy/)
**Published:** September 4, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The follow-up movie to the Bomb Girls series following a woman at victory munitions as they contend with a saboteur in the factory.
**Content:**
Instead of getting a season three, *[Bomb Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/bomb-girls/)* got a medoicre wrap-up movie. They shoved everything into 90 minutes. From spies to blowing up the bomb factory, it was jam packed in the worst way.
We never found out what happened to Teresa, but Betty bought a house with the money she made boxing and Kate moved in with her, as a friend.
**TV Stations:** CTV
**Tropes:** In Love With a Str8 Person, The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Movie
**Genres:** Drama, Period Piece
**Nations:** Canada
**Tagged:** Historical, Period Drama, War Drama
---
### [China Beach](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/china-beach/)
**Published:** April 10, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The trials of a weary nurse, her friends and colleagues in a Vietnam War field hospital.
**Content:**
“China Beach” is set at an evacuation hospital/USO center during the Vietnam War. Nurse Colleen McMurphy is the principal character, pining for her true love, a married doctor, while dealing with the patients and other personnel at the base in the South China Sea.
The show is based on the book Home Before Morning (1983) written by the former U.S. Army Nurse Lynda Van Devanter. The show’s character Nurse Colleen McMurphy roughly follows Van Devanter’s experiences as a nurse in Vietnam.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Big Queer Reveal, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical, Period Piece
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** 1990s, Medical Drama, Period Drama, War Drama
---
### [Chilling Adventures of Sabrina](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/)
**Published:** November 1, 2018
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** When a teenaged witch turns sixteen, it's hell on earth
**Content:**
*Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* imagines the origin and adventures of *Sabrinathe Teenage Witch* as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonally in the vein of *Rosemary’s Baby* and *The Exorcist*, this adaptation finds Sabrina Spellman wrestling to reconcile her dual nature — half-witch, half-mortal — while standing against the evil forces that threaten her, her family and the daylight world humans inhabit.
Technically all witches engage in sexual magical rites with everyone (male, female, non-binary, etc). Outside of those rites, some characters demonstrate sexuality by choice, such as Ambrose and Zelda.
*The show only aired two seasons, but those were split into multiple parts.*
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Literary Inspired, Queerbashing
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Fantasy, Horror, Teen
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Supernatural Drama, Teen Drama, Teen Fantasy, Teen Horror
---
### [Childrens Hospital](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/childrens-hospital/)
**Published:** February 7, 2021
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** Explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors charged with healthy libidos. Their dedication to their personal lives is relentless, interrupted only by the occasional need to treat sick children.
**Content:**
Based on the award-winning Web series, “Childrens Hospital” focuses on a group of doctors, nurses and other staffers at, of course, a hospital for children. These doctors are a dedicated bunch — dedicated to their social lives, raucous senses of humor and healthy libidos, that is. Their focus changes only when, every once in a while, they are forced to treat a child. This addition to the network’s Adult Swim programming is definitely not for the youngsters.
**TV Stations:** Adult Swim, TheWB.Com
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Dark Comedy, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Dark Comedy, Edgy Comedy, Medical Comedy
---
### [Chicago Fire](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/chicago-fire/)
**Published:** April 3, 2016
**Author:** Tracy Levesque
**Excerpt:** The story of firefighters in Chicago, both on a personal and professional level.
**Content:**
As the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51 forge headfirst into danger, the choices they make can mean the difference between life and death. But from the relentless pressure of saving lives, an extended family is forged. Led by Chief Wallace Boden, Matthew Casey, Kelly Severide, and the others know — when it’s go time, Firehouse 51 lays it all on the line for each other.
Alongside the firefighters are paramedics Gabriela Dawson and lesbian character Leslie Shay. Shay dies in the season 3 premiere “Always” and was the catalyst for [creating this website](https://lezwatchtv.com/about/).
Dawson leaves Chicago after the season 6 finale “The Grand Gesture”, but briefly returns in the season 7 premiere “A Closer Eye”. She is seen again in the season 8 episode “Best Friend Magic”. Some new faces appear in the firehouse as the series progresses. Under the leadership of 25th Battalion Chief Wallace Boden, the firehouse family faces life or death decisions every day, but they treat each other like family, looking out for each other no matter what happens.
**TV Stations:** NBC
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Medical
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Firefighters, First Responders, Medical Drama
---
### [The Baby-Sitters Club](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-baby-sitters-club/)
**Published:** July 14, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A group of young girls start their own babysitting service.
**Content:**
Based on the best-selling book series, that follows the friendship and adventures of Kristy Thomas, Mary-Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, and Dawn Schafer as the middle-schoolers start their babysitting business in the town of Stoneybrook, Connecticut. The inspiring young girls with different backgrounds, personalities and opinions were brought together by a business venture they conceived and bonded through the friendships they forged in this contemporary dramedy that continues to champion friendship, female empowerment and entrepreneurship.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Family
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Still Standing](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/still-standing/)
**Published:** March 11, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Bill and Judy are not your average parents; the kids are the responsible ones.
**Content:**
A working-class couple in Chicago tries to instill good values in their three kids, Brian, Lauren, and Tina , but their own past experiences often conflict with the lessons they teach their children. Judy Miller is the attractive wife, who was wooed by Bill. Judy’s sister Linda continuously butts heads with Bill.
**TV Stations:** CBS
**Tropes:** Queer of the Week
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Romance
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Yankee](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/yankee/)
**Published:** March 13, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** On the run from the police, an Arizona man crosses into Mexico and gets deeply involved in drug trafficking, with the help of modern technology.
**Content:**
The story of Edgar Valdez, a young man from Texas who, instead of heading off to University with his friends, decided to cross the Rio Grande to become one of the most bloodthirsty assassins in the history of Mexican drug trafficking.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** The Big Bad Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Crime, Drama
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [The Murders](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-murders/)
**Published:** March 25, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A rookie Homicide detective's negligence in a fellow officer's death has her searching for redemption in her investigations.
**Content:**
Rookie Homicide Detective Kate Jameson is the biracial daughter of an ambitious and well-loved mother, and her dearly departed father who was a decorated Vancouver police officer killed in the line of duty. With the fight for justice deeply rooted in her, Kate’s only desire is to be a good cop like her father. She’s determined to make her mark in Homicide, the MPD’s most coveted assignment.
But things go horribly awry on her first day, when Kate breaks the number one rule of policing — never leave your gun unattended. Haunted by her fatal mistake, a driven Kate will seek to make amends through every case and ongoing investigation – including that of a mysterious killer with a particular obsession with Detective Jameson.
**TV Stations:** CityTV
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Police, Procedural
**Nations:** Canada
---
### [The Fungies](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-fungies/)
**Published:** September 12, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Long ago on prehistoric Earth, lived a bustling town of colorful mushroom folk-THE FUNGIES. Seth, a science-minded, 10-year-old Fungie kid, is fascinated by how the world works and wants to tell Fungietown all about it.
**Content:**
*The Fungies!* is set in a prehistoric and mythological metropolis of Fungietown in a strange prehistoric world inhabited by some fungi-looking creatures and occasional dinosaurs. The series follows the adventures of Seth, one of the town’s young mushroom inhabitants, whose love for scientific adventures often ends with him stirring trouble with the local inhabitants and learning to understand others.
**TV Stations:** Cartoon Network, HBO Max
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Comedy
**Nations:** USA
---
### [The Expanse](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-expanse/)
**Published:** April 2, 2016
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Prevent war between Earth and Mars? Why not!
**Content:**
Set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System, it follows United Nations under secretary Chrisjen Avasarala, police detective Miller, and ship’s officer Jim Holden and his crew as they unravel a conspiracy that threatens peace across the System and the survival of humanity.
Initially they’re looking for the missing Julie Andromeda Mao, who identifies as pansexual.
They were canceled after 3 seasons before they got more queer ladies (though they had more queer men!). Thankfully they got a save from Amazon Prime. Apparently Bezos really likes the show. They added more queer characters in the seasons produced by Amazon.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video, SyFy
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Intersections:** Diverse Cast, Interracial Relationships
---
### [The Bug Diaries](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-bug-diaries/)
**Published:** June 10, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follow along with a comic trio of slimy, crawly, and buzzy bug friends whose tiny world offers up huge adventures.
**Content:**
The Bug Diaries is an animated comedy series for preschoolers based on the witty children’s books by best-selling author Doreen Cronin and best-selling Illustrator Harry Bliss. The show follows a comic trio of slimy, crawly, and buzzy bug friends whose tiny world offers up huge adventures.
**TV Stations:** Prime Video
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queerspawn
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Animation, Children's
**Nations:** USA
---
### [Another Life](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/another-life/)
**Published:** August 1, 2019
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** When an alien craft lands on Earth but doesn't communicate in a way scientists can understand, astronauts are sent to make contact with the craft's homeworld.
**Content:**
An alien craft lands on earth and transforms into a towering crystal “artifact” that begins sending signals into space. Once the target of the signal is identified, astronaut Niko Breckinridge captains a mission to make contact with the planet while her scientist husband stays home to take care of their kid and lead the team studying the artifact.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** None!
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
**Tagged:** Aliens
---
### [Sideways Smile](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/sideways-smile/)
**Published:** October 6, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A young Asian-American woman begins a journey of self-discovery after reluctantly enrolling in a class to learn how to have an orgasm.
**Content:**
Alex fakes orgasms because she’s never had one. After Dara, her eccentric queer roommate, pushes her to “get to know her pussy better,” Alex reluctantly enrolls in a class to get more in touch with her body. Each week, Alex learns something new about sexuality and identity, and must reckon with whether she wants to be what society tells her an Asian American woman should be or carve her own path.
**TV Stations:** Vimeo
**Tropes:** Coming Out, Everyone's Queer, Sex Workers
**Formats:** Web Series
**Genres:** Comedy
**Nations:** USA
**Stars:** Gold Stars
---
### [So I'm a Spider, So What?](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/so-im-a-spider-so-what/)
**Published:** March 14, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A girl is reincarnated as a spider, trying whatever she can to live.
**Content:**
Also known as “Kumo Desu ga, Nanika?”
In a world where the battle between Hero and Demon Lord repeated itself time-and-time again an enormous space-time spell misfired and hit a certain Japanese high-school class on Earth, killing everyone. However, guided by what seemed to be a miracle, the students were all reincarnated into that other world. Though, while a handful were fortunate enough to become royalty, nobles, and other kinds of influential people, one girl was not so lucky. Being reborn as a spider monster of the weakest kind in a dungeon filled with vicious beasts, she is forced to experience extreme hardship. Even so, armed with nothing but her human knowledge and overwhelming positivity, she continues to press on and survive against creatures much stronger than herself.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System), SUN, Tokyo MX, TVA
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Comedy
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Riviera](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/riviera/)
**Published:** January 28, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Everything is not what it seems for the life of the rich. Which y'know, yeah.
**Content:**
After newlywed Georgina’s billionaire husband Constantine is killed in a yacht explosion, she is shocked to discover the fortune and lifestyle he maintained was surrounded by violence, lies, secrets and murder. She soon must step out of her comfort zone to protect the family and herself.
**TV Stations:** Sky Atlantic
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Otherside Picnic](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/otherside-picnic/)
**Published:** February 21, 2021
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Moments from death, Sorawo is saved by the mysterious Toriko in the world of the Otherside. Entranced by its beauty, she discovers that this dimension is inhabited by monsters once thought imaginary.
**Content:**
College student Sorawo Kamikoshi explores “doors” which randomly lead into Otherside—parallel worlds in which internet creepypasta and urban legends are brought to life. Sorawo nearly dies in one of these worlds while encountering a creepypasta monster, but is rescued by Toriko Nishina, another young woman who is skilled with guns and is looking for a lost friend. Sorawo and Toriko, with the help of another woman named Kozakura, return to Otherside to bring back artifacts and defeat the monsters, but the two are increasingly affected by the conditions of the worlds, meet other humans who are trapped in them, and find themselves increasingly affected by each other.
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, SUN, Tokyo MX
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Adventure, Anime, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** Japan
---
### [Água de Mar](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/agua-de-mar/)
**Published:** February 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The summer, the rebellion of youth, the adventures on the beach, the struggle for fame, the generational conflicts and the reunions that can happen... when you least expect it!
**Content:**
The story revolves around two brothers and a common love for both. In the past, Henrique Barahona was in love with Teresa, and when introducing her to his brother, Vicente, the two began to get closer to each other, even getting involved in a torrid romance. However, they end up going in different directions: Teresa goes to study classical *ballet* abroad, Vicente sets up a bar (“Hula Hoop”) on Praia das Conchas and Henrique decided to start a revolutionary School of Arts in the Barahona palace, for which he will need to unite with his brother, since the two stopped talking. This is a requirement of his mother, Helena Barahona, so that Henrique can use the palace to set up the school.
**TV Stations:** RTP1
**Tropes:** Coming Out
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Drama, Telenovela
**Nations:** Portugal
---
### [La Venganza de Las Juanas](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/la-venganza-de-las-juanas/)
**Published:** February 13, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Five women with the same birthmark set out to unravel the truth about their pasts and discover a tragic web of lies spun by a powerful politician.
**Content:**
Also known as “The Five Juanas” in English, five women, who have never met each other, unexpectedly find out that they share an identical birthmark. From that point on, they join forces to investigate the mystery behind their own births and to find the man who cheated on their mothers.
**TV Stations:** Netflix
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Sex Workers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** Mexico
---
### [Play for Today](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/play-for-today/)
**Published:** October 27, 2020
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A British television anthology drama series.
**Content:**
A British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration. A handful of these plays, including *Rumpole of the Bailey*, subsequently became television series in their own right.
Due to being a product of the 1970s, some of the terminology in this series is archaic and, ultimately, incorrect.
**TV Stations:** BBC One
**Tropes:** Bisexual Love Triangle, Literary Inspired, Queer of the Week, Sex Workers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anthology
**Nations:** United Kingdom
---
### [Hangyakusei Million Arthur](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/hangyakusei-million-arthur/)
**Published:** February 7, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A squad of avatars of King Arthur are assembled to travel through time and protect history.
**Content:**
The sacred sword Excalibur was created to judge a person’s ability to be king of England. Those whom the sword accepts will be called “Arthur” and will obtain great power. However, there was not a single Arthur, but many. Due to this massive creation of legendary humans, the world and its history began to be distorted. Now, with the aim of restoring the history of the world to its original course, six Arthurs, a master of the sword, a fighter, a sniper, a puncher, an alchemist and a shooter, will go to England. Their mission is to defeat all those who have managed to obtain a power from the sacred sword Excalibur and who are distorting the world.
The show is also called “*Million Arthur*” or “*Operation Han-Gyaku-Sei Million Arthur*“
**TV Stations:** AT-X, BS11, SUN, Tokyo MX, TVA
**Tropes:** Literary Inspired, Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Anime, Fantasy
**Nations:** Japan
**Triggers:** Low
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### [Krypton](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/krypton/)
**Published:** June 8, 2018
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Turn's out Superman's grandfather was kind of screwed.
**Content:**
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
**TV Stations:** SyFy
**Tropes:** Bury Your Queers, Erased Queerness, Literary Inspired
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Drama
**Nations:** USA
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### [Pam & Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/pam-tommy/)
**Published:** February 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** Follows the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's relationship, going back to their whirlwind romance that started with them marrying after only knowing each other for 96 hours in 1995.
**Content:**
Set in the Wild West early days of the Internet, “Pam & Tommy” is based on the incredible true story of the Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape. Stolen from the couple’s home by a disgruntled contractor, the video went from underground bootleg-VHS curiosity to full-blown cultural obsession when it hit the Web in 1997**.** A love story, crime caper and cautionary tale rolled into one, the eight-part original limited series explores the intersection of privacy, technology and celebrity, tracing the origins of our current Reality TV Era to a stolen tape seen by millions but meant to have an audience of just two.
**TV Stations:** Hulu
**Tropes:** Sex Workers
**Formats:** Mini-Series
**Genres:** Biography, Drama, Romance
**Nations:** USA
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### [The Neighbors](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/the-neighbors/)
**Published:** February 9, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** A New Jersey family moves to an affluent gated community composed entirely of extraterrestrials.
**Content:**
A family has relocated to a gated townhouse community in New Jersey called “Hidden Hills”. Upon their arrival, they discover that the entire community is populated by residents from another planet. Amongst their myriad quirks, these aliens identify themselves by the names of sports celebrities, patrol the community in golf carts, dress alike, receive nourishment through their eyes and mind by reading books rather than eating, and cry green goo from their ears. The aliens have assumed human form, but they can revert to their natural appearance by clapping their hands above their heads. They have been stuck on Earth for 10 years, still awaiting instructions to return home.
**TV Stations:** ABC
**Tropes:** Background Queers
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
**Nations:** USA
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### [Gotham Girls](https://lezwatchtv.com/show/gotham-girls/)
**Published:** February 4, 2022
**Author:** Mika A. Epstein
**Excerpt:** The adventures of the female superheroes and supervillains of Gotham City.
**Content:**
The adventures of the female superheroes and supervillains of Gotham City.
**TV Stations:** Warner Brothers
**Tropes:** Queers in Law Enforcement
**Formats:** TV Show
**Genres:** Animation, Comedy, Crime, Superhero
**Nations:** USA
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**Description:** Posts about From the LWTV Archives – A glimpse into queer TV history by highlighting moments, shows, and characters that eventually led to the queer representation we see on TV today.
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### [Azie Tesfai](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/azie-tesfai/)
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### [More Tales of the City](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/more-tales-of-the-city/)
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### [US Television](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/us-television/)
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### [Eliza Taylor](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/eliza-taylor/)
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### [Stranger Things](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/stranger-things/)
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### [Documentary](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/documentary/)
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### [Emmys](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/emmys/)
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### [Grand Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/grand-hotel/)
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### [Passage](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/passage/)
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### [Shannan Leigh Reeve](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/shannan-leigh-reeve/)
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### [Mindhunter](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/mindhunter/)
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### [SloPitch](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/slopitch/)
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### [Warehouse 13](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/warehouse-13/)
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### [Kappa Force](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/kappa-force/)
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### [Gossip Girl](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/gossip-girl/)
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### [The Clexa Project](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-clexa-project/)
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### [Hitmen](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/hitmen/)
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### [Roswell New Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/roswell-new-mexico/)
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### [Arrowverse](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/arrowverse/)
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### [How to Get Away With Murder](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/how-to-get-away-with-murder/)
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### [Mrs. Fletcher](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/mrs-fletcher/)
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### [Swerve](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/swerve/)
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### [Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/zoeys-extraordinary-playlist/)
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### [Party of Five (2020)](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/party-of-five-2020/)
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### [Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/lincoln-rhyme-hunt-for-the-bone-collector/)
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### [Everything's Gonna Be Okay](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/everythings-gonna-be-okay/)
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### [The Fortnight](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-fortnight/)
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### [Predictions](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/predictions/)
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### [For All Mankind](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/for-all-mankind/)
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### [High School Musical: The Musical: The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/high-school-musical-the-musical-the-series/)
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### [9-1-1: Lone Star](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/9-1-1-lone-star/)
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### [Deputy](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/deputy/)
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### [Indebted](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/indebted/)
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### [Tommy](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/tommy/)
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### [Shameless](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/shameless/)
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### [Clink](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/clink/)
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### [Runaway](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/runaway/)
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### [Supernatural](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/supernatural/)
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### [Downton Abbey](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/downton-abbey/)
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### [Gentefied](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/gentefied/)
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### [Schitt's Creek](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/schitts-creek/)
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### [Butch Pal for the Straight Gal](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/butch-pal-for-the-straight-gal/)
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### [Nicky Endres](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/nicky-endres/)
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### [Acacias 38](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/acacias-38/)
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### [These Thems](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/these-thems/)
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### [Kate Siegel](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/kate-siegel/)
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### [Ray Donovan](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/ray-donovan/)
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### [Spinning Out](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/spinning-out/)
---
### [A League of Their Own](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/a-league-of-their-own/)
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### [Lady Dicks](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/lady-dicks/)
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### [Judy Reyes](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/judy-reyes/)
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### [Sex Education](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/sex-education/)
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### [Rational Creatures](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/rational-creatures/)
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### [Leo Sheng](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/leo-sheng/)
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### [Brian Michael Smith](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/brian-michael-smith/)
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### [Feel Good](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/feel-good/)
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### [I Am Not Okay With This](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/i-am-not-okay-with-this/)
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### [Rosario Dawson](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/rosario-dawson/)
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### [Victoria Cartagena](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/victoria-cartagena/)
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### [Meagan Tandy](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/meagan-tandy/)
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### [Beacon Hill The Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/beacon-hill-the-series/)
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### [The Magicians](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-magicians/)
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### [Steven Universe Future](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/steven-universe-future/)
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### [Vagrant Queen](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/vagrant-queen/)
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### [Impulse](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/impulse/)
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### [Utopia Falls](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/utopia-falls/)
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### [Y: The Last Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/y-the-last-man/)
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### [Staff Picks](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/staff-picks/)
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### [Binge Watch](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/binge-watch/)
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### [Hightown](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/hightown/)
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### [Merry Happy Whatever](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/merry-happy-whatever/)
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### [All Rise](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/all-rise/)
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### [Manifest](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/manifest/)
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### [Roberta Colindrez](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/roberta-colindrez/)
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### [Little Fires Everywhere](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/little-fires-everywhere/)
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### [Isabel Gravitt](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/isabel-gravitt/)
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### [Never Have I Ever](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/never-have-i-ever/)
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### [Katy keene](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/katy-keene/)
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### [Taylor Hickson](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/taylor-hickson/)
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### [Dare Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/dare-me/)
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### [Dark Matter](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/dark-matter/)
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### [Betty](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/betty/)
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### [The Rookie: Feds](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-rookie-feds/)
---
### [Ghosts](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/ghosts/)
---
### [Fire Country](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/fire-country/)
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### [Night Court (2023)](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/night-court-2023/)
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### [Bob Hearts Abishola](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/bob-hearts-abishola/)
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### [Maude](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/maude/)
---
### [The Neighborhood](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-neighborhood/)
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### [I Love Lucy](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/i-love-lucy/)
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### [The Full Monty](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-full-monty/)
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### [Tracker](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/tracker/)
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### [Abby McEnany](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/abby-mcenany/)
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### [Mason Alexander Park](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/mason-alexander-park/)
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### [Quantum Leap (2020)](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/quantum-leap-2020/)
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### [Quantum Leap (2022)](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/quantum-leap-2022/)
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### [Hazbin Hotel](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/hazbin-hotel/)
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### [calendar](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/calendar/)
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### [Matlock](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/matlock/)
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### [Andor](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/andor/)
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### [Scrubs](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/scrubs/)
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### [Frasier](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/frasier/)
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### [Elsbeth](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/elsbeth/)
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### [9-1-1: Nashville](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/9-1-1-nashville/)
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### [Malcom in the Middle](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/malcom-in-the-middle/)
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### [Dexter](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/dexter/)
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### [Tara Maclay](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/tara-maclay/)
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### [The Mighty Nien](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/the-mighty-nien/)
---
### [Neighbours](https://lezwatchtv.com/tag/neighbours/)
---
## Genders
### [Cisgender Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/cis-man/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Cisgender Man.
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### [Cisgender Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/cis-woman/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Cisgender Woman.
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### [Transgender Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/trans-man/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Transgender Man.
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### [Transgender Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/trans-woman/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Transgender Woman.
---
### [Non-Binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary.
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### [Cisgender](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/cisgender/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Cisgender.
---
### [Genderfluid](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/genderfluid/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Genderfluid.
---
### [Genderqueer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/genderqueer/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Genderqueer.
---
### [Demigender](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/demigender/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Demigender.
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### [Agender](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/agender/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Agender.
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### [Undefined](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/undefined/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Undefined.
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### [Two Spirit](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/two-spirit/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Two Spirit.
---
### [Non-Binary Transgender Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-trans-woman/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Transgender Woman.
---
### [Non-Gender-Conforming Trans-Masculine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-gender-conforming-trans-masculine/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Gender-Conforming Trans-Masculine.
---
### [Non-Binary Transgender](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-transgender/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Transgender.
---
### [Non-Binary Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-woman/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Woman.
---
### [Non-Binary Transgender Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-transgender-man/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Transgender Man.
---
### [Androgynous](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/androgynous/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Androgynous.
---
### [Non-Binary Trans Masculine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-trans-masculine/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Trans Masculine.
---
### [Non-Binary/Genderqueer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-genderqueer/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary/Genderqueer.
---
### [No Label](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/no-label/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as No Label.
---
### [Gender Non-Conforming](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/gender-non-conforming/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Gender Non-Conforming.
---
### [Non-Binary/Gender Fluid](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-gender-fluid/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary/Gender Fluid.
---
### [Unknown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/unknown/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Unknown.
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### [Trans Masculine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/trans-masculine/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Trans Masculine.
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### [Trans Feminine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/trans-feminine/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Trans Feminine.
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### [Non-Gender-Conforming Trans-Feminine](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-gender-conforming-trans-feminine/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Gender-Conforming Trans-Feminine.
---
### [Non-Binary Trans Femme](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-trans-femme/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Trans Femme.
---
### [Non-Binary Intersex](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/non-binary-intersex/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Binary Intersex.
---
### [Two Spirit / Trans Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_gender/two-spirit-trans-man/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Two Spirit / Trans Man.
---
## Sexualities
### [Heterosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/heterosexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Heterosexual.
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### [Homosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/homosexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Homosexual.
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### [Bisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/bisexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Bisexual.
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### [Pansexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/pansexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Pansexual.
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### [Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/queer/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Queer.
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### [Unknown](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/unknown/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Unknown.
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### [Asexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/asexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Asexual.
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### [Non-Heterosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/non-heterosexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Non-Heterosexual.
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### [Demisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/demisexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Demisexual.
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### [LGBTQ+](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/lgbtq/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as LGBTQ+.
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### [Bisexual/Pansexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/bisexual-pansexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Bisexual/Pansexual.
---
### [Gay](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/gay/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Gay.
---
### [Fluid](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/fluid/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Fluid.
---
### [Biromantic/Asexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/biromantic-asexual/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Biromantic/Asexual.
---
### [Bisexual/Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/bisexual-queer/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Bisexual/Queer.
---
### [Queer Adjacent](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_sexuality/queer-adjacent/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Queer Adjacent.
---
## Romantic Orientations
### [Aromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_romantic/aromantic/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Aromantic.
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### [Biromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_romantic/biromantic/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Biromantic.
---
### [Panromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_romantic/panromantic/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Panromantic.
---
### [Demiromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_romantic/demiromantic/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Demiromantic.
---
### [Polyamorous](https://lezwatchtv.com/actor_romantic/polyamorous/)
**Description:** Actors who have played at least one queer female, transgender, or non-binary character on TV and identify as Polyamorous.
---
## Clichés
### [Queer IRL](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/queer-irl/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Queer IRL.
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### [Dead Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/dead/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Dead Queers.
---
### [Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc)](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/leo/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Crime Solver (LEO, Military, PI, Hero, etc).
---
### [Cartoon](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cartoon/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Cartoon.
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### [Parent](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/parent/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Parent.
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### [Scientifically Inclined](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/science/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Scientifically Inclined.
---
### [Firefighter](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/firefighter/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Firefighter.
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### [Journalist Type](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/news/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Journalist Type.
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### [Criminal](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/criminal/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Criminal.
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### [Sex Worker](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/sex-worker/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Sex Worker.
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### [Student](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/student/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Student.
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### [Alien](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/inhuman/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Alien.
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### [Politically Inclined](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/politics/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Politically Inclined.
---
### [Legal Eagle](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/lawyer/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Legal Eagle.
---
### [Addict](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/addict/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Addict.
---
### [Athlete](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/athlete/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Athlete.
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### [None](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/none/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of None.
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### [Vegetarianish](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/vegetarian/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Vegetarianish.
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### [Cross-Dresser](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cross-dresser/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Cross-Dresser.
---
### [Educator](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/teacher/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Educator.
---
### [Artist](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/artist/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Artist.
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### [Promiscuous](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/promiscuous/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Promiscuous.
---
### [Celibate](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/celibate/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Celibate.
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### [Just A Phase](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/phase/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Just A Phase.
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### [Just One of the Guys](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/just-one-of-the-guys/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Just One of the Guys.
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### [Mentally Ill](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/mentally-ill/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Mentally Ill.
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### [Closeted](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/closeted/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Closeted.
---
### [Abusive/Violent](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/abusive/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Abusive/Violent.
---
### [Intimacy Issues](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/intimacy-issues/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Intimacy Issues.
---
### [Bartender](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/bartender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Bartender.
---
### [Fictionalized Self](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/fictionalized-self/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Fictionalized Self.
---
### [Cougar](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/cougar/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Cougar.
---
### [Superhuman](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/superhuman/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Superhuman.
---
### [Conditional Queerness](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/conditional-queerness/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Conditional Queerness.
---
### [Based on a Real Person](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/based-on-real-person/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Based on a Real Person.
---
### [Forced to Transition](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/forced-transition/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Forced to Transition.
---
### [Gender Swapped](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/gender-swapped/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Gender Swapped.
---
### [Undead](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/undead/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Undead.
---
### [Robot](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/robot/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Robot.
---
### [Non-Human](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/non-human/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Non-Human.
---
### [Disabled](https://lezwatchtv.com/cliche/disabled/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who have fallen subject to the stereotypical cliché of Disabled.
---
## Genders
### [Cisgender](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/cisgender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Cisgender.
---
### [Trans Woman](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/trans-woman/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Trans Woman.
---
### [Trans Man](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/trans-man/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Trans Man.
---
### [Agender](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/agender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Agender.
---
### [Non-Binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/non-binary/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Non-Binary.
---
### [Genderqueer](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/genderqueer/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Genderqueer.
---
### [Genderfluid](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/genderfluid/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Genderfluid.
---
### [Demigender](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/demigender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Demigender.
---
### [Cisgender (Intersex)](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/intersex/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Cisgender (Intersex).
---
### [Hijra](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/hijra/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Hijra.
---
### [Unknown](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/unknown/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Unknown.
---
### [Fa'afafine](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/faafafine/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Fa'afafine.
---
### [Gender Non-conforming](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/gender-non-conforming/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Gender Non-conforming.
---
### [Trans Non-Binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/trans-non-binary/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Trans Non-Binary.
---
### [Non-Binary (Intersex)](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/intersex-non-binary/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Non-Binary (Intersex).
---
### [Hermaphrodite](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/hermaphrodite/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Hermaphrodite.
---
### [Two-Spirit](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/two-spirit/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Two-Spirit.
---
### [Genderless](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/genderless/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Genderless.
---
### [Genderfluid Non-Binary](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/genderfluid-non-binary/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Genderfluid Non-Binary.
---
### [Non-Cisgender](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/non-cisgender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Non-Cisgender.
---
### [Bigender](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/bigender/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Bigender.
---
### [Cogenitor](https://lezwatchtv.com/gender/cogenitor/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Cogenitor.
---
## Sexual Orientations
### [Asexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/asexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asAsexual.
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### [Bisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/bisexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asBisexual.
---
### [Heterosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/heterosexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asHeterosexual.
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### [Homosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/homosexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asHomosexual.
---
### [Pansexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/pansexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asPansexual.
---
### [Undefined](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/undefined/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asUndefined.
---
### [Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/queer/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asQueer.
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### [Fluid](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/fluid/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asFluid.
---
### [Non-Monosexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/non-monosexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asNon-Monosexual.
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### [Questioning](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/questioning/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asQuestioning.
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### [Not Straight](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/not-straight/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asNot Straight.
---
### [Demisexual](https://lezwatchtv.com/sexuality/demisexual/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify asDemisexual.
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## Romantic Orientations
### [Homoromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/homoromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Homoromantic.
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### [Aromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/aromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Aromantic.
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### [Biromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/biromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Biromantic.
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### [Demiromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/demiromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Demiromantic.
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### [Panromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/panromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Panromantic.
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### [Heteroromantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/heteroromantic/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Heteroromantic.
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### [Polyamorous](https://lezwatchtv.com/romantic/polyamorous/)
**Description:** A collection of fictional queer female, non-binary, and transgender characters who identify as Polyamorous.
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## TV Stations
### [ABC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ABC.
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### [Freeform](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/freeform/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Freeform.
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### [CTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ctv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CTV.
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### [CBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBS.
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### [Global Television Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/global/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Global Television Network.
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### [Reelz](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/reelz/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Reelz.
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### [NBC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nbc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on NBC.
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### [FOX](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fox/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on FOX.
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### [Showtime](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/showtime/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Showtime.
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### [SyFy](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/syfy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SyFy.
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### [Showcase](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/showcase/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Showcase.
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### [MTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mtv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MTV.
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### [Channel 4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/channel-4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Channel 4.
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### [BBC America](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-america/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC America.
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### [HBO](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hbo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on HBO.
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### [FX](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fx/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on FX.
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### [UPN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/upn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on UPN.
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### [The CW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cw/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on The CW.
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### [BBC Four](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-four/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Four.
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### [BBC Three](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-three/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Three.
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### [Logo TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/logo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Logo TV.
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### [Cartoon Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cartoon-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Cartoon Network.
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### [Prime Video](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/prime-video/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Prime Video.
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### [Sky 1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sky-1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sky 1.
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### [Antena 3](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/antena-3/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Antena 3.
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### [BBC Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-two/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Two.
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### [Nick.com](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nick-com/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nick.com.
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### [Disney Channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/disney-channel/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Disney Channel.
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### [Netflix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/netflix/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Netflix.
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### [The WB](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/wb/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on The WB.
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### [Network Ten](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/network-ten/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Network Ten.
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### [BBC One](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-one/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC One.
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### [TV Globo (Rede Globo)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-globo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Globo (Rede Globo).
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### [TBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TBS.
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### [ITV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/itv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ITV.
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### [ICI Radio-Canada Télé](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ici-radio-canada-tele/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ICI Radio-Canada Télé.
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### [The N](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/the-n/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on The N.
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### [Nine Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nine-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nine Network.
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### [AMC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/amc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on AMC.
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### [Fuji TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fuji-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Fuji TV.
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### [RTL Television](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rtl/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RTL Television.
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### [USA](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/usa/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on USA.
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### [TV2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV2.
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### [Colors TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/colors-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Colors TV.
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### [Tolo TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tolo-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Tolo TV.
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### [Channel 5 (UK)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/channel-5-uk/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Channel 5 (UK).
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### [Das Erste](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/das-erste/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Das Erste.
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### [Seven Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/seven-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Seven Network.
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### [Here TV (here!)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/here/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Here TV (here!).
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### [The 101 Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/the-101-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on The 101 Network.
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### [E4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/e4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on E4.
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### [Rai 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rai-2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Rai 2.
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### [Telemundo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/telemundo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Telemundo.
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### [Starz](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/starz/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Starz.
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### [YouTube](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/youtube/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on YouTube.
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### [Vimeo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/vimeo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Vimeo.
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### [A&E](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ae/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on A&E.
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### [Canal+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/canal/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Canal+.
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### [SundanceTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sundancetv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SundanceTV.
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### [SVT1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/svt1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SVT1.
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### [DR1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/dr1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on DR1.
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### [Telecinco](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/telecinco/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Telecinco.
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### [SoHo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/soho/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SoHo.
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### [TV Land](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-land/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Land.
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### [La 1 de TVE](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/la-1-de-tve/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on La 1 de TVE.
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### [El Rey Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/el-rey-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on El Rey Network.
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### [Lifetime](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/lifetime/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Lifetime.
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### [CityTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/citytv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CityTV.
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### [CBC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBC.
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### [Comedy Central](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/comedy-central/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Comedy Central.
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### [WGN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/wgn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on WGN.
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### [Bounce TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bounce-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Bounce TV.
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### [Syndication (USA)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/syndication/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Syndication (USA).
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### [KindaTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/kindatv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on KindaTV.
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### [ABC (Australian TV)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc-australian-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ABC (Australian TV).
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### [BET](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bet/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BET.
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### [Kanal 5](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/kanal-5/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Kanal 5.
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### [Sky Atlantic](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sky-atlantic/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sky Atlantic.
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### [TNT](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tnt/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TNT.
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### [Teletoon](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/teletoon/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Teletoon.
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### [TV One](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-one/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV One.
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### [Bravo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bravo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Bravo.
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### [Hulu](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hulu/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Hulu.
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### [SeeSo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/seeso/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SeeSo.
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### [Super Channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/super-channel/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Super Channel.
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### [STV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/stv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on STV.
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### [UTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/utv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on UTV.
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### [Eleven](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/eleven/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Eleven.
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### [ABC Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc-family/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ABC Family.
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### [Spike](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/spike/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Spike.
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### [RTÉ One](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rte-one/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RTÉ One.
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### [Sat.1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sat-1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sat.1.
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### [sixx](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sixx/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on sixx.
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### [SBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SBS.
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### [TV3](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv3/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV3.
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### [ATV-0](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/atv-0/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ATV-0.
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### [E!](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/e/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on E!.
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### [Audience](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/audience/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Audience.
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### [Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mbc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation.
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### [ZDF](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/zdf/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ZDF.
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### [TV 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV 2.
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### [CBS All Access](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbs-all-access/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBS All Access.
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### [France 3](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/france-3/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on France 3.
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### [Channel 1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/channel-1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Channel 1.
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### [History Channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/history/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on History Channel.
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### [Fullscreen](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fullscreen/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Fullscreen.
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### [France 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/france-2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on France 2.
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### [OWN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/own/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on OWN.
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### [FXX](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fxx/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on FXX.
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### [OUTtv](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/outtv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on OUTtv.
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### [TV Asahi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-asahi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Asahi.
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### [Nickelodeon](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nickelodeon/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nickelodeon.
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### [MBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MBS.
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### [TV Tokyo](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-tokyo/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Tokyo.
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### [NHK](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nhk/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on NHK.
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### [tvN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on tvN.
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### [KBS (Korean Broadcasting System)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/kbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on KBS (Korean Broadcasting System).
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### [tvk](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvk/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on tvk.
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### [AT-X](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/at-x/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on AT-X.
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### [SUN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sun/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SUN.
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### [TBS (Japan)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tbs-japan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TBS (Japan).
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### [CBC (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbc-japan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBC (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting).
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### [BS-TBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bs-tbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BS-TBS.
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### [Tokyo MX](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tokyo-mx/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Tokyo MX.
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### [TVA](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tva/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVA.
---
### [BS11](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bs11/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BS11.
---
### [GTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gtv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GTV.
---
### [GYT](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gyt/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GYT.
---
### [Asahi Broadcasting Corporation](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc-asia/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation.
---
### [Tello Films](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tello/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Tello Films.
---
### [PBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/pbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on PBS.
---
### [TeenNick](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/teennick/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TeenNick.
---
### [TVNZ 2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvnz-2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVNZ 2.
---
### [Disney Junior](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/disney-junior/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Disney Junior.
---
### [S4C](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/s4c/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on S4C.
---
### [BBC Wales](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-wales/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Wales.
---
### [TG4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tg4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TG4.
---
### [MTV3](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mtv3/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MTV3.
---
### [TVI](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVI.
---
### [El Trece](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/el-trece/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on El Trece.
---
### [Space](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/space/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Space.
---
### [Bell Media](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bell-media/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Bell Media.
---
### [Strike.TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/strike-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Strike.TV.
---
### [Ora TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ora-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Ora TV.
---
### [SeekaTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/seekatv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SeekaTV.
---
### [VH1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/vh1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on VH1.
---
### [CW Seed](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cw-seed/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CW Seed.
---
### [CraveTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cravetv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CraveTV.
---
### [Facebook](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/facebook/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Facebook.
---
### [Crackle](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/crackle/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Crackle.
---
### [DR](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/dr/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on DR.
---
### [ITV Encore](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/itv-encore/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ITV Encore.
---
### [Rooster Teeth](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rooster-teeth/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Rooster Teeth.
---
### [Flooxer](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/flooxer/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Flooxer.
---
### [Fox Spain](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fox-spain/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Fox Spain.
---
### [Rai 1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rai-1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Rai 1.
---
### [SBS2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sbs2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SBS2.
---
### [Síminn](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/siminn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Síminn.
---
### [go90](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/go90/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on go90.
---
### [Seed & Spark](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/seed-spark/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Seed & Spark.
---
### [M6](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/m6/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on M6.
---
### [Snapchat](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/snapchat/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Snapchat.
---
### [Mega](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mega/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Mega.
---
### [Paramount Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/paramount-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Paramount Network.
---
### [IFC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ifc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on IFC.
---
### [Super Deluxe](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/super-deluxe/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Super Deluxe.
---
### [OpenTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/opentv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on OpenTV.
---
### [Revry](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/revry/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Revry.
---
### [Neox](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/neox/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Neox.
---
### [Paramount Comedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/paramount-comedy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Paramount Comedy.
---
### [Nippon TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nippon-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nippon TV.
---
### [Chiller](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/chiller/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Chiller.
---
### [WOWOW](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/wowow/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on WOWOW.
---
### [Animax](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/animax/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Animax.
---
### [Chiba TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/chiba-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Chiba TV.
---
### [BSi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bsi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BSi.
---
### [MTV Brasil](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mtv-brasil/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MTV Brasil.
---
### [Comedy Central Latin America](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/comedy-central-latin-america/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Comedy Central Latin America.
---
### [Syndication (Japan)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/syndication-japan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Syndication (Japan).
---
### [TV Kanagawa](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-kanagawa/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Kanagawa.
---
### [TX Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tx-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TX Network.
---
### [KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/kbs-kyoto/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on KBS (Kyoto Broadcasting System).
---
### [Cadenatres](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cadenatres/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Cadenatres.
---
### [Telefe](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/telefe/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Telefe.
---
### [Channel 13](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/channel-13/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Channel 13.
---
### [Myx TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/myx-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Myx TV.
---
### [CTC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ctc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CTC.
---
### [SIC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sic/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SIC.
---
### [Disney XD](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/disney-xd/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Disney XD.
---
### [NRK](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nrk/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on NRK.
---
### [TVN (Poland)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvn-poland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVN (Poland).
---
### [CBBC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbbc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBBC.
---
### [NTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ntv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on NTV.
---
### [TV Osaka](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-osaka/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Osaka.
---
### [DC Universe](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/dc-universe/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on DC Universe.
---
### [TVS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVS.
---
### [Sun TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sun-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sun TV.
---
### [Teletama](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/teletama/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Teletama.
---
### [Gifu Hoso](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gifu-hoso/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Gifu Hoso.
---
### [Mie TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mie-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Mie TV.
---
### [TV Saitama](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-saitama/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Saitama.
---
### [TV Aichi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-aichi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Aichi.
---
### [TV Hokkaido](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-hokkaido/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Hokkaido.
---
### [TV Setouchi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-setouchi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Setouchi.
---
### [TVQ](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvq/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVQ.
---
### [Cartoon Hangover](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cartoon-hangover/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Cartoon Hangover.
---
### [YTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ytv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on YTV.
---
### [TVNZ 1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tvnz-1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVNZ 1.
---
### [Yahoo! Screen](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/yahoo-screen/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Yahoo! Screen.
---
### [Zee TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/zee-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Zee TV.
---
### [Indus TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/indus-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Indus TV.
---
### [NHK G](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nhk-g/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on NHK G.
---
### [YouTube Premium](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/youtube-premium/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on YouTube Premium.
---
### [GMA Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gma-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GMA Network.
---
### [BS Fuji](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bs-fuji/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BS Fuji.
---
### [RKB](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rkb/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RKB.
---
### [Univision](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/univision/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Univision.
---
### [KTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ktv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on KTV.
---
### [GBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GBS.
---
### [Family Channel (Canada)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/family-channel-canada/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Family Channel (Canada).
---
### [France 4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/france-4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on France 4.
---
### [Foxtel](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/foxtel/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Foxtel.
---
### [W](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/w/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on W.
---
### [Pop](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/pop/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Pop.
---
### [BBC Worldwide](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-worldwide/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Worldwide.
---
### [Movistar+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/movistar/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Movistar+.
---
### [Canal 5](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/canal-5/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Canal 5.
---
### [Acorn TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/acorn-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Acorn TV.
---
### [Nico Nico Douga](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nico-nico-douga/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nico Nico Douga.
---
### [SBT](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sbt/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SBT.
---
### [Las Estrellas](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/las-estrellas/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Las Estrellas.
---
### [ARY Digital](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ary-digital/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ARY Digital.
---
### [BBS](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBS.
---
### [SRF](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/srf/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SRF.
---
### [ORF](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/orf/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ORF.
---
### [vtm](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/vtm/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on vtm.
---
### [SVT](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/svt/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on SVT.
---
### [FOX (Netherlands)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/fox-netherlands/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on FOX (Netherlands).
---
### [Apple TV+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/apple-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Apple TV+.
---
### [TIMVision](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/timvision/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TIMVision.
---
### [TF1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tf1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TF1.
---
### [Disney+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/disney-plus/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Disney+.
---
### [OML](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/oml/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on OML.
---
### [CBC Gem](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cbc-gem/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CBC Gem.
---
### [Shudder](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/shudder/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Shudder.
---
### [BBC iPlayer](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-iplayer/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC iPlayer.
---
### [KiKa](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/kika/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on KiKa.
---
### [Peacock](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/peacock/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Peacock.
---
### [One 31](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/one31/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on One 31.
---
### [LineTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/linetv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on LineTV.
---
### [yes](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/yes/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on yes.
---
### [One Nine Five Lewis](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/one-nine-five-lewis/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on One Nine Five Lewis.
---
### [TV Norge](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv-norge/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV Norge.
---
### [Quibi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/quibi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Quibi.
---
### [ABC Me](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abc-me/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ABC Me.
---
### [Hallmark](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hallmark/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Hallmark.
---
### [9Go!](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/9go/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on 9Go!.
---
### [9Now](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/9now/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on 9Now.
---
### [HBO Max](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/hbo-max/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on HBO Max.
---
### [Spectrum Originals](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/spectrum-originals/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Spectrum Originals.
---
### [BRIC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bric/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BRIC.
---
### [JTBC](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/jtbc/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on JTBC.
---
### [MTV (Finland)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mtv-finland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MTV (Finland).
---
### [IMDb TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/imdb-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on IMDb TV.
---
### [Atresplayer Premium](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/atresplayer-premium/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Atresplayer Premium.
---
### [TheWB.Com](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/thewb-com/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TheWB.Com.
---
### [Adult Swim](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/adult-swim/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Adult Swim.
---
### [BR](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/br/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BR.
---
### [Pantaya](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/pantaya/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Pantaya.
---
### [Nick Jr.](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/nick-jr/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Nick Jr..
---
### [Paramount+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/paramount/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Paramount+.
---
### [VRV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/vrv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on VRV.
---
### [Cinemax](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/cinemax/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Cinemax.
---
### [Jetix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/jetix/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Jetix.
---
### [Canal Once](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/canal-once/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Canal Once.
---
### [IFT Network](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ift-network/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on IFT Network.
---
### [Sci Fi Channel](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sci-fi-channel/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sci Fi Channel.
---
### [Blackpills](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/blackpills/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Blackpills.
---
### [Universal TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/universal-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Universal TV.
---
### [BBC Scotland](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bbc-scotland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BBC Scotland.
---
### [Paus](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/paus/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Paus.
---
### [10 Shake](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/10-shake/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on 10 Shake.
---
### [AXN](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/axn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on AXN.
---
### [CrunchyRoll](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/crunchyroll/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on CrunchyRoll.
---
### [Toon Disney](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/toon-disney/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Toon Disney.
---
### [Viaplay](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/viaplay/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Viaplay.
---
### [RTÉ Two](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rte-two/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RTÉ Two.
---
### [Warner Brothers](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/warner-brothers/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Warner Brothers.
---
### [RTP1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rtp1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RTP1.
---
### [WarnerTV Serie](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/warnertv-serie/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on WarnerTV Serie.
---
### [Alibi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/alibi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Alibi.
---
### [AMC+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/amc-plus/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on AMC+.
---
### [TVE](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tve/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TVE.
---
### [AbemaTV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/abematv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on AbemaTV.
---
### [Sky Max](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sky-max/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sky Max.
---
### [Prime (New Zealand)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/prime-new-zealand/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Prime (New Zealand).
---
### [BET+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/bet-2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BET+.
---
### [Freevee](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/freevee/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Freevee.
---
### [Epix](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/epix/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Epix.
---
### [Caracol Televisión](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/caracol-television/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Caracol Televisión.
---
### [Joyn](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/joyn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Joyn.
---
### [BritBox](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/britbox/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on BritBox.
---
### [Channel 3](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/channel-3-hd/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Channel 3.
---
### [Eén](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/een/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Eén.
---
### [TV4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/tv4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on TV4.
---
### [+HR=E](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/three/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on +HR=E.
---
### [La Une](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/la-une/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on La Une.
---
### [Yle TV2](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/yle-tv2/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Yle TV2.
---
### [Yle Areena](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/yle-areena/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Yle Areena.
---
### [Ovation](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ovation/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Ovation.
---
### [France.tv Slash](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/france-tv-slash/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on France.tv Slash.
---
### [MGM+](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/mgm/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on MGM+.
---
### [Play4](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/play4/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Play4.
---
### [GoPlay](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/goplay/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GoPlay.
---
### [My5](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/my5/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on My5.
---
### [10 Play](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/10-play/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on 10 Play.
---
### [Sundance Now](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/sundance-now/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Sundance Now.
---
### [ViX](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/vix/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ViX.
---
### [Pro7 (ProSieben)](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/pro7/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Pro7 (ProSieben).
---
### [Yle TV1](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/yle-tv1/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Yle TV1.
---
### [Family Jr.](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/family-jr/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Family Jr..
---
### [ENA](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/ena/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on ENA.
---
### [Workpoint TV](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/workpointtv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Workpoint TV.
---
### [Monomax](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/monomax/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Monomax.
---
### [iQiyi](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/iqiyi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on iQiyi.
---
### [France Télévisions](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/france-tv/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on France Télévisions.
---
### [RAI](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/rai/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on RAI.
---
### [Binge](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/binge/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Binge.
---
### [Google Play](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/google-play/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Google Play.
---
### [Stan](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/stan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on Stan.
---
### [GMM25](https://lezwatchtv.com/station/gmm-25/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character that air on GMM25.
---
## Tropes
### [Bury Your Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/dead-queers/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Bury Your Queers.
---
### [Bisexual Love Triangle](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/bisexual-love-triangle/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Bisexual Love Triangle.
---
### [Queerbaiting](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbaiting/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queerbaiting.
---
### [Gaybies](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gaybies/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Gaybies.
---
### [Freakout Hetero Sex](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/freakout-sex/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Freakout Hetero Sex.
---
### [Big Queer Wedding](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-queer-wedding/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Big Queer Wedding.
---
### [Coming Out](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/coming-out/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Coming Out.
---
### [In Love With a Str8 Person](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/in-love-with-a-str8-girl/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope In Love With a Str8 Person.
---
### [Queers in Law Enforcement](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/law-enforcement/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queers in Law Enforcement.
---
### [Sex Workers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/sex-workers/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Sex Workers.
---
### [None!](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/none/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope None!.
---
### [The Big Bad Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/big-bad-queers/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope The Big Bad Queers.
---
### [Queer for Ratings](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-for-ratings/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queer for Ratings.
---
### [Queerbashing](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerbashing/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queerbashing.
---
### [Big Queer Reveal](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/surprise-queer/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Big Queer Reveal.
---
### [Background Queers](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/background/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Background Queers.
---
### [Queer for Laughs](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-laughs/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queer for Laughs.
---
### [Erased Queerness](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/erasure/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Erased Queerness.
---
### [Fake Relationship](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/fake-relationship/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Fake Relationship.
---
### [Unrequited](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/unrequited/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Unrequited.
---
### [Gal Pals](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/gal-pals/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Gal Pals.
---
### [Everyone's Queer](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/everyones-queer/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Everyone's Queer.
---
### [In Prison](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/prison/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope In Prison.
---
### [Happiness then Tragedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-then-not/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Happiness then Tragedy.
---
### [Happy Ending](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/happy-ending/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Happy Ending.
---
### [Literary Inspired](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/literary-inspired/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Literary Inspired.
---
### [Subtext](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/subtext/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Subtext.
---
### [Teacher/Student Romance](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/teacher-student/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Teacher/Student Romance.
---
### [Based on a True Story](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/true-story/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Based on a True Story.
---
### [Queerspawn](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queerspawn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queerspawn.
---
### [Outed](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/outed/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Outed.
---
### [Queer of the Week](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/queer-of-the-week/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Queer of the Week.
---
### [Slow Burn](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/slow-burn/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Slow Burn.
---
### [Video Game Inspired](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/video-game/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Video Game Inspired.
---
### [Secret Spouse](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/secret-spouse/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Secret Spouse.
---
### [Cliffhanger](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/cliffhanger/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Cliffhanger.
---
### [Forbidden Love](https://lezwatchtv.com/trope/forbidden-love/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the trope Forbidden Love.
---
## Formats
### [Mini-Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/mini-series/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character produced as a Mini-Series.
---
### [TV Movie](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/movie/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character produced as a TV Movie.
---
### [TV Show](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/tv-show/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character produced as a TV Show.
---
### [Web Series](https://lezwatchtv.com/format/web-series/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character produced as a Web Series.
---
## Genres
### [Animation](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/animation/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Animation.
---
### [Children's](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/children/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Children's.
---
### [Comedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/comedy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Comedy.
---
### [Cooking](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/cooking/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Cooking.
---
### [Fantasy](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/fantasy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Fantasy.
---
### [Horror](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/horror/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Horror.
---
### [Medical](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/medical/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Medical.
---
### [Procedural](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/procedural/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Procedural.
---
### [Romance](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/romance/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Romance.
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### [Sci-Fi](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sci-fi/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Sci-Fi.
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### [Soap Opera](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/soap-opera/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Soap Opera.
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### [Sports](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/sports/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Sports.
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### [Teen](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/teen/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Teen.
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### [School](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/school/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre School.
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### [Telenovela](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/telenovela/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Telenovela.
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### [Western](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/western/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Western.
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### [Period Piece](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/period/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Period Piece.
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### [Drama](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/drama/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Drama.
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### [Action](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/action/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Action.
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### [Crime](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/crime/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Crime.
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### [Political](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/political/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Political.
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### [Supernatural](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/supernatural/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Supernatural.
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### [Superhero](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/superhero/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Superhero.
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### [Mystery](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mystery/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Mystery.
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### [Thriller](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/thriller/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Thriller.
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### [Anthology](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anthology/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Anthology.
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### [Police](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/police/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Police.
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### [Legal](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/legal/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Legal.
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### [Adult](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adult/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Adult.
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### [Musical](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/musical/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Musical.
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### [Adventure](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/adventure/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Adventure.
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### [War](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/war/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre War.
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### [Utopian/Dystopian](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/utopia-dystopia/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Utopian/Dystopian.
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### [Anime](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/anime/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Anime.
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### [Dark Comedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dark-comedy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Dark Comedy.
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### [Mockumentary](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/mockumentary/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Mockumentary.
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### [Biography](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/biography/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Biography.
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### [Family](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/family/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Family.
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### [Holiday](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/holiday/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Holiday.
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### [Satire](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/satire/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Satire.
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### [Interactive](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/interactive/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Interactive.
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### [Dramedy](https://lezwatchtv.com/genre/dramedy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character with the genre Dramedy.
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## Nations
### [Scotland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/scotland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Scotland.
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### [USA](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/usa/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in USA.
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### [Canada](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/canada/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Canada.
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### [Brazil](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/brazil/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Brazil.
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### [New Zealand](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/new-zealand/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in New Zealand.
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### [Ireland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/ireland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Ireland.
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### [Norway](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/norway/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Norway.
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### [Germany](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/germany/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Germany.
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### [Wales](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/wales/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Wales.
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### [Finland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/finland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Finland.
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### [Portugal](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/portugal/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Portugal.
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### [Spain](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/spain/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Spain.
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### [Argentina](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/argentina/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Argentina.
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### [United Kingdom](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/united-kingdom/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in United Kingdom.
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### [Israel](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/israel/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Israel.
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### [Japan](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/japan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Japan.
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### [France](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/france/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in France.
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### [Australia](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/australia/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Australia.
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### [Mexico](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/mexico/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Mexico.
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### [Netherlands](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/netherlands/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Netherlands.
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### [India](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/india/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in India.
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### [Sweden](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/sweden/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Sweden.
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### [Denmark](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/denmark/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Denmark.
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### [Italy](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/italy/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Italy.
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### [South Korea](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/south-korea/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in South Korea.
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### [Belgium](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/belgium/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Belgium.
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### [Iceland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/iceland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Iceland.
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### [Chile](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/chile/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Chile.
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### [Poland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/poland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Poland.
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### [Philippines](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/philippines/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Philippines.
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### [Thailand](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/thailand/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Thailand.
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### [Pakistan](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/pakistan/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Pakistan.
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### [Austria](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/austria/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Austria.
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### [Switzerland](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/switzerland/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Switzerland.
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### [Nepal](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/nepal/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Nepal.
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### [Turkey](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/turkey/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Turkey.
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### [Singapore](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/singapore/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Singapore.
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### [West Germany](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/west-germany/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in West Germany.
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### [Hungary](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/hungary/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Hungary.
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### [South Africa](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/south-africa/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in South Africa.
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### [Colombia](https://lezwatchtv.com/country/colombia/)
**Description:** TV shows, movies, web series and miniseries with at least one fictional queer female, non-binary, or transgender character made in Colombia.
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