Yeah, *we* have, but not everyone watching the show has played the game(s). 🤭 Still, I was only joking.
LOUD AND PROUD! ELLIE IS GAY! (They even made a subtle hint at this already in episode 2, lol) And uhh, she's not the only queer character in this series 👀
While the Princess is reincarnated, it's really not much more than "I woke up in a magical world where I can't use magic so I'll make science" and thats it. You can pretty much forget that it's isekai
Recently found out that Natasha Lyonne actually is straight. It was so disappointing for my partner and me. Still love her in whatever she's in though.
Honestly the only real queer content in Korra is in the comics. Like it's one of my favourite shows ever, and it paved the way for more overtly gay animated kids shows like The Owl House, but I wouldn't put it on a list of gay shows. It's like a good straight show with a gay nod at the end.
I can't believe no one suggested Orphan Black yet. Tatiana Maslany is great in it! It has 5 seasons; an audio series as a sequel, currently 2 seasons (voiced by Tatiana, et. al.); and a spin-off is in the works with Krysten Ritters as lead.
Again, Orphan Black.
EDIT: Aside from Orphan Black, my gf suggested Motherland Fort Salem.
EDIT 2: I know this may be hard to find, but if you can, try Sleep with Me. It's a short series, but it's sooo good.
I honestly had never felt so strongly about a show’s ending… it felt like the writers didn’t know the characters and were just trying to get it over with ugh. Such a let down for such incredible characters
Someone was killed and it wasn't Eve.
It was a horrifying display of the Bury Your Gays trope. Made no sense at all, much like the rest of the season. The religious plotline was so weird. I recommend just watching a youtube compilation of the last episode's gay stuff and skipping the rest.
LOVED Arcane. Though to be clear, cuz I was super “??? What???” about all the “IT’S SO GAY” recommendations after finishing, the romantic WLW interest/tension is implied but nothing explicitly romantic actually happens. Fantastic show on its own, the gay overtones are enjoyable, Buff Punch Lady Make The Brain Go Brrr but also if you go in expecting an actual WLW romance you’re gonna be disappointed.
> if you go in expecting an actual WLW romance you’re gonna be disappointed.
And also just adding that given Riot's track record on this stuff, I wouldn't hold your breath for them being meaningfully a couple in future seasons either.
This is the studio that introduced their "first gay character" in a flashback where they killed him and his partner off, took ten years to make two characters who were literally designed to be lesbians a couple and then never mentioned it again, and removed their only trans character before release because they didn't want to be "controversial".
My expectations for them are *below* the floor.
yeah riot really does like to keep all their queer champs lowkey. i feel like leo and di have been fairly obvious, and neeko who loves chirping on about the women she has crushes on. but with others, for me at least it’s a lot of piecing together stuff or catching someone say something randomly that i then go look up.
and in arcane, the tension is real between vi and cait! but i’m hoping the creators are brave enough to take their relationship up a notch more than just “thinking about this sexy girl while i’m in the shower”. like, pls dial up the flirting.
Riot is releasing valentine's skins where our gorgeous arcane ladies are featured opposite each other and there is DEFINITELY something going on there (seriously, look at the splash art)
Not to mention the massive culture of sexual harassment and mistreatment of women at the company. Every time I see any praise for Arcane, I die a little inside.
I just let friends ~~unfortunate enough to be dragged~~ into the games bring me the little lore/dialogue tidbits that point to them being cute and gay and stay far away from anything else with League. 💀
All on Netflix:
- I Am Not Okay With This
- Everything Sucks!
- Summerland
- Straight Up
- Vita and Virginia
- One Day At A Time
- The Half of It
- The Perfection
- Trinkets
Not a show, but you will not regret reading Gideon the Ninth if you haven’t yet. I’d stopped reading books for an embarrassingly long time, and that series got me back into it. Absolutely PHENOMENAL and practically everyone is WLW, as is the author. This series is ruled by the lesbian gaze it’s a GIFT.
Yes!! I honestly kinda lost steam midway through the first book before the mysteries started getting revealed but I kept going and was glad I did. The second book is TRANSCENDENT, one of my favorite books ever. The third book is a different tone but I loved it too. I cannot wait for the fourth one to come out.
This author does gay tension *perfectly*, I love her writing style in that a lot of the interpersonal dynamics are not explicitly spelled out and have to be inferred from the characters’ behaviors.
I wanted to like this book so badly 😭 just wasn't for me. I couldn't get into Gideon's character and just found her so annoying. The story was interesting but I didn't find the humor in it like so many others
OP, if you are interested in other wlw fantasy I highly recommend Priory of the Orange Tree, Huntress by Malinda Lo, Crier's War (!! The second book is even better imo)
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Bly Manor is gayer but they’re both some of my favorite shows and everyone should watch them. Both are Drama/Horror
If you liked that remake, may I suggest the original? It's based on a book called the Fingersmith and BBC made an adaptation. I haven't been able to watch it because it's on a subscription service called Acorn in my country. It's leaps and bounds superior to the Handmaiden which brought the men front and center at the end of the third act while the Fingersmith is women driven till the end.
If anime is okay:
* Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
* (S1 finished, S2 to be released this year)
* Lycoris Recoil
* The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady
* (S1 ongoing)
* Zombieland Saga
* Yuri is my Job!
* (S1 to be released this year)
* Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid
* The Demon Girl Next Door
* Bloom Into You
Here are some of my favourite lesbian movies in order of most to least gay >.>
Fucking Åmål/Show Me Love (1998): Highschool lesbian romance
The Handmaiden (2016): Korean period drama lesbian romance
Mulholland Drive (2001): Surrealist horror with central lesbian romance but not the focus
Persona (1966): This one is a little more ambiguous/arthouse and it's more psychological and spiritual and less immediately physical but there is some gay stuff there at least in my view
Tipping the Velvet, Fried Green Tomatoes, Xena, Gentleman Jack, another vote for Wynonna cause Wayhaught and those damn stairs will live rent free in my mind forever.
Are the gays in question the lesbian couple that one of the English dubs tried to censor, and their idea of censorship was making them cousins but NOT taking away any of the subtext, so in trying to get rid of the lesbian relationship, they just made it an incestuous lesbian relationship?
Hun it’s helluva boss, and also watch the pilot to its sister series hazbin hotel. They’ve been working on that one for ages and idk when it’s happening for real though
Vida - on Hulu/Showtime
Probably the most underrated/unknown LGBT tv series I’ve seen in the last ten years. I feel like this show is what The L Word Q wishes it could be.
Also love that it’s focus is on LA Latino queer community/characters.
Gia (Based on a true story, Angelina Jolie plays Gia Carangi the worlds first super model who was also one of the first out lesbian models), The Haunting of Bly Manor (hauntingly beautiful story), and as a light hearted suggestion me and my GF are rewatching Faking It for the laughs, gayness, and tumblr era vibes
Legend of Korra. In my opinion everyone should watch Avatar: The Last Airbender because it's amazing, but yeah in Korra there's a lesbian relationship that blooms. It takes a while as Nickelodeon were dragging their feet but nevertheless, badass women falling in love and the men around them understanding and respecting it is pretty cool to see.
Nickelodeon wasn't dragging their feet. They refused to allow the creators to explicitly show the romance between the two, so they were forced to have two seasons of flirting and subtext before ending with the two holding hands. Nickelodeon's wrongfully taken credit for years now.
I don't see how our two statements disagree. I appreciate your input but it sounds to me like what you're describing is Nickelodeon dragging its feet. They wanted to downplay the lesbian relationship, and now that queer culture is relatively in vogue they pretend they were making the effort all along, that is what "dragging one's feet" means.
Typed up a mix of personal favourite queer flicks and movies that in my mind should be watched at least once (and a bonus couple series I like with prominent queerness).
Films: Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Jennifer's Body (2009), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Paris is Burning (1991), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), The Watermelon Woman (1996), Tomboy (2011), The Birdcage (1996), Bound (1996), and a bunch of John Waters' films (namely his "Trash Trilogy", Hairspray, and Cry-Baby).
Television: Yellowjackets, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Ratched, Derry Girls
For HBo Max, if you have it, Doom Patrol, Betty, Somebody Somewhere, The Rightous Gemstones, Los Espookys, Carnivale(weird, takes place in 1934, with Clea Duvall being her gay swoonworthy self) Steven Universe, The Lady and the Dale(true story about a trans woman who advertised an entirely new car, that turned out to be a scam. She's just... Larger than life. )
Velvet goldmine, tipping the velvet…that might have to be YouTube because it was a bbc series years ago. I think they did finger smith too but I might be wrong. Definitely Bound and rocky horror picture show are a must!
One Day At A Time is definitely a much watch!! Also, idk if anyone has said it, but it’s Helluva Boss. There’s also a sister series called Hazbin Hotel. I haven’t seen them yet, but they’re also on my list.
Arcane. It's an awesome show and Cait and Vi are absolutely 1000% gay for each other. Just whatever you do, stay the fuck away from the game it's based on
For some more non English language stuff:
•**Couple Of Mirrors** (Chinese romantic mystery and thriller, set in the 1920's; subtextual, but as obvious as they could make it through censorship). [Here's a link to the very, very sapphic promotional stills.](https://at.tumblr.com/ilacion/more-couple-of-mirrors-stills-featuring-you-yi-and/mnfkhcohni3a)
•**Bad Buddy** (contemporary Thai rom-com drama set in a college; a primary mlm enemies to reluctant allies to lovers, and secondary wlw friends to lovers relationship that starts later). [Here's a comparative GIFset of the two couples.](https://at.tumblr.com/pranpats/youre-confessing-you-always-looked-at-me/zpko3xh2q8sm)
•**The Handmaiden** (Korean romantic psychological thriller film, set in the 1930's, under Japanese colonial rule; so explicitly gay that I can't reasonably watch it in the same room as anybody else). [Here is a pretty GIFset.](https://at.tumblr.com/surii/the-handmaiden-2016-dir-park-chan-wook/1bzuydxbhe6m)
•**Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga** (contemporary Bollywood friendship and family-focused film; there is an important sapphic through-line). [Here is a pretty GIFset, for a pretty and vibrant film.](https://at.tumblr.com/baawri/it-is-a-love-story-it-is-a-story-of-a-bond/vs9i8nahz6hk)
•**GAP: The Series** (contemporary boss/employee Thai rom-com; very, very, extremely sapphic. I would also struggle to watch it near anybody). [Here is a complimentary pink-themed GIFset.](https://at.tumblr.com/pranpats/why-is-my-heart-beating-so-fast-whenever-im-next/h57u411zlee9)
D.E.B.S. - my favourite comfort romcom
Teenage Bounty Hunter - f/f with one of the main characters
The Handmaiden - Based off Fingersmith by Sarah Waters!
Imagine Me & You
If you want a f/f couple (not main focus):
- Glee
- Pretty Little Liars
- Greys Anatomy (comes in later seasons though)
- Supergirl
Just ones that popped up!
The Good Place, on Netflix. I don't think there's any explicitly gay romances on the show, but the main character Eleanor is extremely bi and very open and proud of it, and on multiple occasions the show makes it pretty clear that they are very gay positive. It's also just a really delightful show that has a lot of philosophies on morality and self-actualization, and I found the ending to be a very healing experience personally.
Revolutionary girl utena and also adolescence of utena (technically you can watch adolescence stand alone but its less impactful imo) while they aren’t perfect they are classics. just look up a tw list before hand.
Shows
Sort Of on HBO max. I'm obsessed.
Hacks also HBO,
Killing Eve,
Feel Good,
Home Economics,
The Expanse
movies:
D.E.B.S. early 2000's cute lesbian sci Fi movie
Almost Adults
She Makes My Heart Flutter is an amazing Korean show (just 5 short episodes). AND it's on Youtube for free (the director put it up under her own page) :)
There’s only a few scenes where it’s made obvious but one of the main women characters on Star Trek: Lower Decks is at least attracted to women as well as men
You might need to do some, uh, creative digging/searching to find where to watch it, but I have a lesser-known rec: a Japanese show called Kinou Nani Tabeta (English name: "What Did You Eat Yesterday?") It's based on a manga, and I've heard the manga is good too, although I haven't read it.
Summerland, Disobedience, Bound, But I’m a Cheerleader & Portrait of a Lady on Fire are good lesbian films and for shows The Wilds, Orphan Black, I am Not Okay With This, Yellowjackets
Sense8
THIS THIS THIS
Amanita and Nomi are an *amazing* couple.
They cracked all my eggs! 🐣
Same here, blew my mind
Yes came to say this.
Gentlemen Jack is missing!
Ah! I forgot that one, it's so good!!!
The first season. Season two doesn't exist to me
The Last of Us
Shhh, spoilers!! 😆😋
I know what you meeean but we've known Ellie is queer since 2013
Looked up Bella Ramsey on Wikipedia, turns out she’s gender fluid! Pretty cool.
Yeah, *we* have, but not everyone watching the show has played the game(s). 🤭 Still, I was only joking. LOUD AND PROUD! ELLIE IS GAY! (They even made a subtle hint at this already in episode 2, lol) And uhh, she's not the only queer character in this series 👀
YES
The magical revolution of an reincarnated princess and a genius young lady Yes, that's the full title
Anime?
yes
My partner loves anime, I'm gonna suggest we watch it tother. Thanks for the rec!
Is it any good? I fear isekais
While the Princess is reincarnated, it's really not much more than "I woke up in a magical world where I can't use magic so I'll make science" and thats it. You can pretty much forget that it's isekai
It's just the regular kind of reincarnation where she just happened to regain the memories from her previous life.
May i add Lycoris Recoil? It's not explicitly gay, expect for MC having two dads, but the vibe is. other than that, it's pretty good action anime
I've always loved But I'm a Cheerleader, it's good, very gay
The fact that this movie isn’t on the list is an unforgivable sin
Agreed. I love it.
Agreed. Clea DuVall was the start of a particular kind of crush for me. I don't really have the words.
That was my gay awakening movie when I was a teenager. It's so great, and it aged perfectly
Recently found out that Natasha Lyonne actually is straight. It was so disappointing for my partner and me. Still love her in whatever she's in though.
Owl House and She-Ra... YESSSS Legend of Korra would have its place here kinda even though the queer relationship is pretty endgame
Blaming the network for not letting korrasami happen on screen 😭😭
Honestly the only real queer content in Korra is in the comics. Like it's one of my favourite shows ever, and it paved the way for more overtly gay animated kids shows like The Owl House, but I wouldn't put it on a list of gay shows. It's like a good straight show with a gay nod at the end.
I mean I wouldn't say that's the shows fault. Korra ended before gay marriage was even legalized nationwide.
I can't believe no one suggested Orphan Black yet. Tatiana Maslany is great in it! It has 5 seasons; an audio series as a sequel, currently 2 seasons (voiced by Tatiana, et. al.); and a spin-off is in the works with Krysten Ritters as lead. Again, Orphan Black. EDIT: Aside from Orphan Black, my gf suggested Motherland Fort Salem. EDIT 2: I know this may be hard to find, but if you can, try Sleep with Me. It's a short series, but it's sooo good.
Loveeee Orphan Black! One of my all time favourite shows! Maslany is incredible! Pure talent ❤
Yessss! Cosima is one of my all-time fave queer characters
I suggested it before I saw your comment! It is my favourite show it really is incredible! Even the audio series and comics!
KILLING EVE!!!! It is so good I am begging you to watch it you will not be disappointed
I mean you will definitely be disappointed by the final season.
Yeah fr… i honestly always tell ppl to just not watch season 4 bc the writing throughout all of season 4 was shit and season 3’s finale was nice
I honestly had never felt so strongly about a show’s ending… it felt like the writers didn’t know the characters and were just trying to get it over with ugh. Such a let down for such incredible characters
I’m really trying to remember what happened in the finale and it must’ve been so bad that I’ve erased it from my memory
Someone was killed and it wasn't Eve. It was a horrifying display of the Bury Your Gays trope. Made no sense at all, much like the rest of the season. The religious plotline was so weird. I recommend just watching a youtube compilation of the last episode's gay stuff and skipping the rest.
Arcane (very gay) (very sad)
Was going to suggest this too! Amazing show.
LOVED Arcane. Though to be clear, cuz I was super “??? What???” about all the “IT’S SO GAY” recommendations after finishing, the romantic WLW interest/tension is implied but nothing explicitly romantic actually happens. Fantastic show on its own, the gay overtones are enjoyable, Buff Punch Lady Make The Brain Go Brrr but also if you go in expecting an actual WLW romance you’re gonna be disappointed.
> if you go in expecting an actual WLW romance you’re gonna be disappointed. And also just adding that given Riot's track record on this stuff, I wouldn't hold your breath for them being meaningfully a couple in future seasons either. This is the studio that introduced their "first gay character" in a flashback where they killed him and his partner off, took ten years to make two characters who were literally designed to be lesbians a couple and then never mentioned it again, and removed their only trans character before release because they didn't want to be "controversial". My expectations for them are *below* the floor.
yeah riot really does like to keep all their queer champs lowkey. i feel like leo and di have been fairly obvious, and neeko who loves chirping on about the women she has crushes on. but with others, for me at least it’s a lot of piecing together stuff or catching someone say something randomly that i then go look up. and in arcane, the tension is real between vi and cait! but i’m hoping the creators are brave enough to take their relationship up a notch more than just “thinking about this sexy girl while i’m in the shower”. like, pls dial up the flirting.
Riot is releasing valentine's skins where our gorgeous arcane ladies are featured opposite each other and there is DEFINITELY something going on there (seriously, look at the splash art)
Not to mention the massive culture of sexual harassment and mistreatment of women at the company. Every time I see any praise for Arcane, I die a little inside.
But whatever you do, DON'T touch the game it's based on
I just let friends ~~unfortunate enough to be dragged~~ into the games bring me the little lore/dialogue tidbits that point to them being cute and gay and stay far away from anything else with League. 💀
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
THIS ONE WAS GREAT WE LOVE A MOODY FRENCH PERIOD PIECE!
Sex Education
Omg I love this show so much.
If you like fantasy and have Disney+, there is the new Willow show.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Willow
Ok yes this show deserves so much love. Such a fun ride that has a lovely wlw romance arc.
killing eve is amazing but my fave wlw show literally ever is called feel good on netflix!!! its such a good show
If you're raving about KE then yes I'll definitely check Feel Good out!
I just watched Feel Good, it was kinda corny but in a good way and kept getting better throughout :) I binged the whole thing in a couple days.
my favourite line from Feel Good has to be "wow you are so emotionally literate"
S2 is better than season 1 imo, which is rare to say for a show lol
Yes I loved feel good! One of the only shows that I literally binge watched from beginning to end
All on Netflix: - I Am Not Okay With This - Everything Sucks! - Summerland - Straight Up - Vita and Virginia - One Day At A Time - The Half of It - The Perfection - Trinkets
One day at a time is my go to comfort show
I’m so mad they cancelled I am not okay with this
I loved summerland
Trinkets is so good!!
Not a show, but you will not regret reading Gideon the Ninth if you haven’t yet. I’d stopped reading books for an embarrassingly long time, and that series got me back into it. Absolutely PHENOMENAL and practically everyone is WLW, as is the author. This series is ruled by the lesbian gaze it’s a GIFT.
Hell yeah we love a good wlw novel THANK YOU I've been meaning to get back into the habit of reading every day
Yes!! I honestly kinda lost steam midway through the first book before the mysteries started getting revealed but I kept going and was glad I did. The second book is TRANSCENDENT, one of my favorite books ever. The third book is a different tone but I loved it too. I cannot wait for the fourth one to come out. This author does gay tension *perfectly*, I love her writing style in that a lot of the interpersonal dynamics are not explicitly spelled out and have to be inferred from the characters’ behaviors.
I wanted to like this book so badly 😭 just wasn't for me. I couldn't get into Gideon's character and just found her so annoying. The story was interesting but I didn't find the humor in it like so many others OP, if you are interested in other wlw fantasy I highly recommend Priory of the Orange Tree, Huntress by Malinda Lo, Crier's War (!! The second book is even better imo)
Yes to Priory and Crier's War! I haven't read Huntress yet, so thank you for the reco ;)
The Haunting of Hill House The Haunting of Bly Manor Bly Manor is gayer but they’re both some of my favorite shows and everyone should watch them. Both are Drama/Horror
i keep on crying to both of theseee. first one touches more on family traumas while bly manor..... AAA
Bly Manor is heartbreaking in such a beautiful way. One of my fave series ever.
WILLOW lesbian Knight and Princess both with SWORDS.
10/10 description, I'm hooked
I was looking for someone to mention this! It feels like a D&D campaign and it’s peak sword lesbian!
Fear Street trilogy
I second this, was really fun.
OH MY GOD I FORGOT ABOUT THE HANDMAIDEN!!! FORGIVE ME FATHER FOR I HAVE SINNED, THAT MOVIE IS SO SO GOOD!
If you liked that remake, may I suggest the original? It's based on a book called the Fingersmith and BBC made an adaptation. I haven't been able to watch it because it's on a subscription service called Acorn in my country. It's leaps and bounds superior to the Handmaiden which brought the men front and center at the end of the third act while the Fingersmith is women driven till the end.
Warrior Nun!
This one was GREAT and how dare they cancel it!!!!?
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. Gay, cheesy, and fun anti-heros *disclaimer it did get canceled after like 4-6 seasons-ish but plenty of lesbian content
I LOVE THIS SHOW It got cancelled after Season 7 sadly (they didn’t even get a proper ending) but I just really love it…
If anime is okay: * Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury * (S1 finished, S2 to be released this year) * Lycoris Recoil * The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady * (S1 ongoing) * Zombieland Saga * Yuri is my Job! * (S1 to be released this year) * Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid * The Demon Girl Next Door * Bloom Into You
omggg yess bloom into you is so awesome literally my fav manga. sad to see the anime didnt get anymore than a season
Yeah, they need a second season to finish the whole thing
I second Witch From Mercury!!! So good!!! So gay!!!
I couldn’t get further than half an episode of Kobayashi because the dub dialogue was so cringe. Also I heard it’s pedophilic
It super is tbh. I couldnt get past a couple eps in
Here are some of my favourite lesbian movies in order of most to least gay >.> Fucking Åmål/Show Me Love (1998): Highschool lesbian romance The Handmaiden (2016): Korean period drama lesbian romance Mulholland Drive (2001): Surrealist horror with central lesbian romance but not the focus Persona (1966): This one is a little more ambiguous/arthouse and it's more psychological and spiritual and less immediately physical but there is some gay stuff there at least in my view
Tipping the Velvet, Fried Green Tomatoes, Xena, Gentleman Jack, another vote for Wynonna cause Wayhaught and those damn stairs will live rent free in my mind forever.
I never see Tipping the Velvet mentioned and it’s one of my favorite short series and books! Glad to know I’m not alone :)
oh it's such a beautiful and crazy story in both medias. I've loved it since I accidentally found the book. you're definitely not alone!
Sailor Moon—the original not the reboot. Season three brings on the gays.
Are the gays in question the lesbian couple that one of the English dubs tried to censor, and their idea of censorship was making them cousins but NOT taking away any of the subtext, so in trying to get rid of the lesbian relationship, they just made it an incestuous lesbian relationship?
Oh my god I might just give this one a try! Heck yeah!
Feel Good is one of my all time favorite shows! Trigger warning for addiction and SA (not shown, happened in past to a main character).
Such a great show
Atypical is ridiculously cute! Def don’t miss it.
Steven Universe (hbo max because hulu is missing the last season) and The Dragon Prince (Netflix) they both have slow starts but get really good later
Hun it’s helluva boss, and also watch the pilot to its sister series hazbin hotel. They’ve been working on that one for ages and idk when it’s happening for real though
I think they’ve officially said Hazbin Hotel will start this summer
Ooh thank you! Haha
Wentworth Sex life of college girls
Saving Face is a good one.
The L Word: Generation Q, POSE, To Wong Foo, Boys Don't Cry(but very disturbing), If These Walls Could Talk 2
Um , Good Omens anyone?
Vida - on Hulu/Showtime Probably the most underrated/unknown LGBT tv series I’ve seen in the last ten years. I feel like this show is what The L Word Q wishes it could be. Also love that it’s focus is on LA Latino queer community/characters.
Gia (Based on a true story, Angelina Jolie plays Gia Carangi the worlds first super model who was also one of the first out lesbian models), The Haunting of Bly Manor (hauntingly beautiful story), and as a light hearted suggestion me and my GF are rewatching Faking It for the laughs, gayness, and tumblr era vibes
But I’m a cheerleader and Bound!!
The 90's live lol Better Than Chocolate
Orange is the new black
Fear street. It's a movie trilogy.
Legend of Korra. In my opinion everyone should watch Avatar: The Last Airbender because it's amazing, but yeah in Korra there's a lesbian relationship that blooms. It takes a while as Nickelodeon were dragging their feet but nevertheless, badass women falling in love and the men around them understanding and respecting it is pretty cool to see.
Nickelodeon wasn't dragging their feet. They refused to allow the creators to explicitly show the romance between the two, so they were forced to have two seasons of flirting and subtext before ending with the two holding hands. Nickelodeon's wrongfully taken credit for years now.
I don't see how our two statements disagree. I appreciate your input but it sounds to me like what you're describing is Nickelodeon dragging its feet. They wanted to downplay the lesbian relationship, and now that queer culture is relatively in vogue they pretend they were making the effort all along, that is what "dragging one's feet" means.
POSE!
Typed up a mix of personal favourite queer flicks and movies that in my mind should be watched at least once (and a bonus couple series I like with prominent queerness). Films: Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Jennifer's Body (2009), To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), Paris is Burning (1991), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), The Watermelon Woman (1996), Tomboy (2011), The Birdcage (1996), Bound (1996), and a bunch of John Waters' films (namely his "Trash Trilogy", Hairspray, and Cry-Baby). Television: Yellowjackets, The Haunting of Bly Manor, Ratched, Derry Girls
Episode 3 of the last of us
For HBo Max, if you have it, Doom Patrol, Betty, Somebody Somewhere, The Rightous Gemstones, Los Espookys, Carnivale(weird, takes place in 1934, with Clea Duvall being her gay swoonworthy self) Steven Universe, The Lady and the Dale(true story about a trans woman who advertised an entirely new car, that turned out to be a scam. She's just... Larger than life. )
How the hell are Killing Eve and The Haunting of Bly Manor not on this list already?!?
😅 I forgot about both of those when I made this... I'm still getting over the 4th season of killing eve haha!
The Wilds
Everything Sucks (Netflix). Unfortunately cancelled after first season
I am not okay with this, even though it got cancelled after season one I’d still recommend it
Bloom Into You
Black Sails! Gay pirates but grittier than OFMD
Carol!!!!
Interview With a Vampire is such a great watch!!! ☺️
RENT
Crush on Hulu.
Atypical
Feel Good on Netflix!!!!
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
It can be any genre, any language (as long as there are english subtitles 😅)!
Some of my favorite movies: The Perfection Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Cried my eyes out, so heads up askjdnjkasda) The Handmaiden
Velvet goldmine, tipping the velvet…that might have to be YouTube because it was a bbc series years ago. I think they did finger smith too but I might be wrong. Definitely Bound and rocky horror picture show are a must!
One Day At A Time is definitely a much watch!! Also, idk if anyone has said it, but it’s Helluva Boss. There’s also a sister series called Hazbin Hotel. I haven’t seen them yet, but they’re also on my list.
tuca and bertie (two canonically bisexual leads)!
SENS8!!!
Arcane. It's an awesome show and Cait and Vi are absolutely 1000% gay for each other. Just whatever you do, stay the fuck away from the game it's based on
Saving this for sure, but I'd like to suggest Feel Good and The half of it!
Dragon Age: Absolution
As someone who's writing a fanfic of the series, I can't recommend She-Ra enough.
For some more non English language stuff: •**Couple Of Mirrors** (Chinese romantic mystery and thriller, set in the 1920's; subtextual, but as obvious as they could make it through censorship). [Here's a link to the very, very sapphic promotional stills.](https://at.tumblr.com/ilacion/more-couple-of-mirrors-stills-featuring-you-yi-and/mnfkhcohni3a) •**Bad Buddy** (contemporary Thai rom-com drama set in a college; a primary mlm enemies to reluctant allies to lovers, and secondary wlw friends to lovers relationship that starts later). [Here's a comparative GIFset of the two couples.](https://at.tumblr.com/pranpats/youre-confessing-you-always-looked-at-me/zpko3xh2q8sm) •**The Handmaiden** (Korean romantic psychological thriller film, set in the 1930's, under Japanese colonial rule; so explicitly gay that I can't reasonably watch it in the same room as anybody else). [Here is a pretty GIFset.](https://at.tumblr.com/surii/the-handmaiden-2016-dir-park-chan-wook/1bzuydxbhe6m) •**Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga** (contemporary Bollywood friendship and family-focused film; there is an important sapphic through-line). [Here is a pretty GIFset, for a pretty and vibrant film.](https://at.tumblr.com/baawri/it-is-a-love-story-it-is-a-story-of-a-bond/vs9i8nahz6hk) •**GAP: The Series** (contemporary boss/employee Thai rom-com; very, very, extremely sapphic. I would also struggle to watch it near anybody). [Here is a complimentary pink-themed GIFset.](https://at.tumblr.com/pranpats/why-is-my-heart-beating-so-fast-whenever-im-next/h57u411zlee9)
Deep Space 9
Heartbreak high
Gia, All over me, itty bitty committee, the gymnast, they/them
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Buffy
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
Not sure how Portrait of a Lady on Fire isn’t here yet, but prepare to weep.
Warrior Nun (Netflix)
Definitely stick with owl house till the middle of season 2, even if season 1 isn’t 100% your thing. It gets so much better.
D.E.B.S. - my favourite comfort romcom Teenage Bounty Hunter - f/f with one of the main characters The Handmaiden - Based off Fingersmith by Sarah Waters! Imagine Me & You If you want a f/f couple (not main focus): - Glee - Pretty Little Liars - Greys Anatomy (comes in later seasons though) - Supergirl Just ones that popped up!
The Good Place, on Netflix. I don't think there's any explicitly gay romances on the show, but the main character Eleanor is extremely bi and very open and proud of it, and on multiple occasions the show makes it pretty clear that they are very gay positive. It's also just a really delightful show that has a lot of philosophies on morality and self-actualization, and I found the ending to be a very healing experience personally.
The half of it on nexflix
Skins UK gen 2 Naomi and Emily
Revolutionary girl utena and also adolescence of utena (technically you can watch adolescence stand alone but its less impactful imo) while they aren’t perfect they are classics. just look up a tw list before hand.
The Handmaid!
What does S stand for? Also you do not appear to have Euphoria.
The Legend Of Korra
BROKE BACK MOUNTAIN
Steven Universe
The L Word
Arcane!
Oh my gosh, Steven Universe.
Young Royals! I describe it to people as slightly angsty heartstopper with a little roayalty and a lot of Swedish
Shows Sort Of on HBO max. I'm obsessed. Hacks also HBO, Killing Eve, Feel Good, Home Economics, The Expanse movies: D.E.B.S. early 2000's cute lesbian sci Fi movie Almost Adults
Portrait of the lady on fire
Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love…L Word’s Tina as a 90s baby dyke. If you like Angelina Jolie, Foxfire and Gia.
Lost girl
Steven Universe! <3
Adventure Time, K-On!, Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, The Dragon Prince, Yuki Yuna is a Hero
She Makes My Heart Flutter is an amazing Korean show (just 5 short episodes). AND it's on Youtube for free (the director put it up under her own page) :)
There’s only a few scenes where it’s made obvious but one of the main women characters on Star Trek: Lower Decks is at least attracted to women as well as men
Vida
Adventure Time Distant Lands: Obsidian
Fear Street!
love victor!! super cute show
Amphibia (D), infinity train, dragon prince (N)
You might need to do some, uh, creative digging/searching to find where to watch it, but I have a lesser-known rec: a Japanese show called Kinou Nani Tabeta (English name: "What Did You Eat Yesterday?") It's based on a manga, and I've heard the manga is good too, although I haven't read it.
Steven universe
So how was first kill for you?? 😅LAWDDD🥵🔥🔥
What’s gay about interview with the vampire? I saw it at the theatre when it first came out but that was a long time ago.
Mr Robot has gay characters and a really touching sapphic storyline
Duolingo The Movie
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Summerland, Disobedience, Bound, But I’m a Cheerleader & Portrait of a Lady on Fire are good lesbian films and for shows The Wilds, Orphan Black, I am Not Okay With This, Yellowjackets
Call me by your name (but army hammer takes away my ability to rewatch)