Pop Culture

  • Picture of queer-coded villain Hades from "Hercules" lounging with a glass
    Steps to Becoming a Queer-Coded Villain
    Have you found yourself wearing an absurd amount of eyeshadow lately? Or perhaps been scheming more than usual? These may be signs the path of queer villainy is for you! Just what is a queer-coded villain? A queer-coded villain is a villain in media that is assigned stereotypical “queer” traits, such as men wearing makeup, …
  • Image shows three teenagers sitting against the rearview window of a truck. The two to the left are looking at the sky and the one farthest to the right is looking at the camera. They all look hopeful.
    The Miseducation of Cameron Post
    The miseducation of Cameron Post was written in 2012 by Emily M. Danforth. It’s the coming of age story of Cameron Post. It follows her life from the age of 9 to 16 as she deals with the loss of her parents, the realization that she’s a lesbian, and being sent to a conversion camp …
  • image is from Rafiki (2018). It shows two teenage girls looking at each other and smiling. Bright pink light engulfs them, there is bright purple and green light in the background.
    5 Queer Movies You’ve got to Watch
    Queer representation is incredibly important, just as representation is important for everyone. When we’re absent from media it can be painful, and when others don’t see diversity in media they end up being confused when they see it in real life (or worse trying to snuff it out). But representation for queer people is still …
  • Image shows 4 teenage girls standing in row in the hall of a high school. They have fifty's hairstyles and are all wearing pink bomber jackets. They all look non-plussed.
    Why do shows with queer women keep getting canceled?
    TV has been pretty keen on the ‘bury your gays’ trope, killing off queers in almost every genre, but now it seems they’ve upgraded to killing off whole shows. Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, Gotham Knights, The Watchful Eye, Willow, A League of Their Own (2022), Monarch, Vampire Academy, Reboot, Queer as Folk (2022), …
  • Queer Comedians to Watch
    With everything going on in the world right now, what we really need is a good laugh. Enjoying comedy should be a method of escape for everyone, but stand-up has historically been a very straight male realm — chauvinistic, homophobic, and transphobic jokes run rampant on stages around the country.  How can queer people get …