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“Happiest Season” Shows Queers Joy Is Sometimes Elusive
Happiest Season has big shoes to fill though there is really no other movie like it.
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Ellen DeGeneres and the Many Chances We Give Famous White Women
We give white women so many chances.
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A Queer Icon, a Terrible Boss: Why It Matters That Ellen Can Be Both
Queer people can and do hurt other people.
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Queerness Shines in “She-Ra” and Other Animated Shows
The message out there for young people was that straights get to have fulfilling personal growth and relationships—and queers and queer romance don’t exist.
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Does Taylor Swift Have to Be Queer for “folklore” to be a Lesbian Album?
Longing is, after all, queer.
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Naya Rivera Built a TV Legacy for Queer, Latinx People
“Santana validated me, and was the beginning of what led me out of the closet.”
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Feeling Sapphic: How Velma Shaped Lesbian Culture
“I always felt like Velma was sapphic.”
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“The Half of It” Isn’t Joking When It Says It Isn’t a Love Story
“The Half of It” seems to be more about the halfway happiness Ellie’s given.
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Concealed Pain: Why Are There so Many Lesbians Cops Onscreen?
Queer representation shouldn’t overlook, ignore, or become complicit in the painful history between queer people and cops.
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In the Muck: With “In the Dream House,” Carmen Machado Archives Queer Women’s Pain
“Our culture does not have an investment in helping queer folks understand what their experiences mean.”
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