10 Lesbian Films and Shows With Happy Endings

As every queer woman who has ever logged on to Netflix knows, lesbians are rich in tragedy. The typical story arc for women who love women in film and television goes something like this: Girl painfully comes to terms with feelings for other girl. The exploration of these feelings costs girl her job/children/parental approval, and…

How Queer Do We Think Netflix’s “Godless” Is Going To Be?

On November 22, Netflix will unleash its latest piece of original programming onto our eager minds: a six-part Western called Godless. The series concerns the fate of a town where all the men died in a tragic mining/oil drilling/underground rave accident. THAT’S WHAT YOU GET FOR TRUSTING A WOODEN ELEVATOR, FRANKLY. This awful event leaves the…

Queer Vampires of Color in The Gilda Stories

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: It has come to the attention of this committee (the Queer Entertainment and Enlightenment Fellowship) that you have not yet read the classic lesbian vampire novel The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez. We must request that you take immediate action to rectify this situation, and then discuss it with us…