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Desombre: I love all those movies! I was first inspired by the hilarious banter in Much Ado About Nothing. The enemies-to-lovers trope has always been my favorite, and the fact that Beatrice and Benedick’s rivalry is largely based on who can be the funniest in an argument is just incredible. Trying to bring all that humor and drama into a contemporary teen context was so much fun. I also think it’s so important to claim space for LGBTQ+ characters in retellings of classic literature, where...

Too Few Shows Doing Too Much Work By Jessica MasonJan 14th, 2021, 4:27 pm GLAAD’s annual “Where We Are In TV” report is usually cause for celebration and evaluation of television trends, as it generally shows gains in LGBTQ representation on television. But in the midst of a global pandemic that’s massively slowed down television production, this year’s report is more bad news than good. For the first year since 2014, the report showed a decrease in the percentage of LGBTQ+ character...

The latest entry in the sad white period lesbians genre, 'The World to Come,' has me exhausted with the limited stories we tell about queer women.

Y’all gave Barbie her girlfriend now give my homie Ken his boyfriend pic.twitter.com/uRhAEt72Z6 Now, I’m sure there will be some folks getting up in arms about this and I would like to remind them that Barbie … is a doll and a fictional character. She’s whatever we want or need her to be. If you want your doll to be gay, she is. If your Barbie is bisexual or pansexual, that’s her truth. For kids now and in the past, Barbie represents what they can be and can be whatever they want to b...

By Jessica MasonDec 24th, 2020, 5:15 pm The love of Frodo Baggins’ life was one Mr. Samwise Gamgee. Nothing in the entirety of the Tolkien canon, even Sam’s wife, will ever dissuade me from this fact. Frodo and Sam’s story is about love, no matter how you see it, but for many of us who adore the world of Tolkien, they were queer. So too were Merry and Pippin. And Gimli and Legolas. And Aragorn and Boromir probably had a thing that one time. Also, let’s not forget whatever was going on ...