Arts & Culture :: Television

She kissed a girl!

She kissed a girl!

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Mar 26, 2019

For years we have wondered if Karen (Megan Mullally) on "Will & Grace" was really bisexual, or if that was just a trope. On the March 21 episode we discovered she is. She kissed a girl, and she liked it.

Bringing gay issues to the front burner

Bringing gay issues to the front burner

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Mar 12, 2019

We retreat into the safety of non-political TV as a break from our day job, which is writing about politics and the unending corruption, scandal, racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia and whatever else spews forth out of the Trump White House.

Inside Michael Jackson's private lair

Inside Michael Jackson's private lair

  • by David Lamble
  • Mar 12, 2019

HBO airs "Leaving Neverland" and "After Neverland," a three-part, five-hour docudrama-talk show featuring conversations with two men who claim to have been sexually abused by Jackson when they were grade-school-age children.

Founding sister of women's music

Founding sister of women's music

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Mar 5, 2019

LGBTQ feminist singer-composer-activist Holly Near, one of the founders of the 1970s Women's Music movement, is profiled in a new "American Masters" episode that premiered on PBS March 1.

Continuing saga of Jussie Smollett

Continuing saga of Jussie Smollett

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Feb 26, 2019

The Jussie Smollett story has been a lead news item on every network and tabloid outlet. The last time anything queer got so much MSM hype was when 49 LGBTQ people were murdered and 53 wounded as they danced at Orlando's Pulse nightclub in June 2016.

Lavender Tube in Black History Month

Lavender Tube in Black History Month

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Feb 12, 2019

It's Black History Month — unless you're in Virginia, in which case it's Blackface History Month.

Margaret as martyr

Margaret as martyr

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Feb 5, 2019

Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, is having her moment, a remarkable feat considering she's been dead for 17 years.

Sex & violence on the Lavender Tube

Sex & violence on the Lavender Tube

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Jan 29, 2019

We have been enjoying Netflix series we should have watched a year or more ago, like the superb British crime series "Paranoid," "The Five" and "Happy Valley."

New production of a classic musical

New production of a classic musical

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Jan 22, 2019

Fox will air a new, live production of the classic musical "Rent" on Sun., Jan. 27.

Seeing in the new year with Jazz Jennings

Seeing in the new year with Jazz Jennings

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Jan 15, 2019

We try to give TV series three episodes before we decide a show is irredeemable. We're trying to give 2019 at least a month before we make the same decision, but this new year doesn't look so shiny and fresh.

The Lavender Tube: 2019 preview

The Lavender Tube: 2019 preview

  • by Victoria A. Brownworth
  • Jan 1, 2019

We will still need lots and lots of scripted TV to distract and amuse us from the DC reality show in 2019.

Queer rebellion hits India

Queer rebellion hits India

  • by David-Elijah Nahmod
  • Dec 25, 2018

Filmmaker Jayan Cherian and his cast throw caution to the wind with the tale of a gay artist and a feminist who rebel against the societal norms of their conservative Indian city in "Ka Bodyscapes."

Best books of the year, 2018

Best books of the year, 2018

  • by Tim Pfaff
  • Dec 18, 2018

Gay literary fiction devotees await a new novel by Alan Hollinghurst the way fans of George R.R. Martin await his latest, if more politely.

Prince of Broadway

Prince of Broadway

  • by Brian Bromberger
  • Dec 18, 2018

"Harold Prince: The Director's Life" premiered on PBS' Great Performances series at the end of November, and is available for free streaming until the end of December.