5 Straight Actresses Who Play Lesbian Characters
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by Katiee McKinstry
9M ago
It is extremely typical for lesbians to play straight characters on TV, it’s true. However, have you ever stopped and thought about the straight actresses who play lesbian and bisexual women? How does that impact the message of the show itself? You see this phenomenon with male actors like NPH playing Barney on How I Met Your Mother, but can you name a straight actress that plays a gay character off the top of your head? Likewise, why is it that when you can name the straight actress, we immediately assume that she is either 100% straight or 100% a lesbian? AfterEllen is here to question these ..read more
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Dead To Me’s Final Season Is A Tear-Jerker, But Not The Love Story You’d Expect
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by Katiee McKinstry
9M ago
Dead To Me’s final season aired on Netflix last November, and with it came all the water works. The show ending came with many bittersweet storylines, and our resident bisexual Judy was the lead on most of them. If you are a fan of the show, you know Judy is very open with her attraction to women, particularly evident with her ex-girlfriend, Michelle. However, is Michelle and Judy’s romance really the two women in this love story? WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD //TW: CANCER We have covered Judy in the past and analized how Dead to Me brought in Michelle and created lesbian and bisexual characters wi ..read more
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High School Season 1, Episode 7 Recap
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by Zinetta Hope
9M ago
Sara and Tegan Episode seven opens with Tegan listening to a song her and Tegan recorded while doodling Maya’s name on a cassette case.  Cut to a montage of Tegan sitting alone at her and Maya’s spot, sitting alone in class, looking around the cafeteria for her, and slipping notes into her locker each day.  Tegan slipping a note into Maya’s locker Tegan goes to Maya’s house and knocks on the door, receiving no answer. She walks to Maya’s bedroom window and places the cassette tape on the outside of the window.  While Tegan is sneaking back through her bedroom window, she hears a ..read more
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High School Season 1, Episode 8
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by Zinetta Hope
9M ago
Tegan and Sara The eighth and final episode of season one opens with a funeral reception for Patrick’s stepdad. Tegan and Sara are standing off to the side when Mary, Patrick’s mom, walks up and hugs them. She tells the twins that Patrick gave her one of their tapes and that she loved it, adding that Patrick is very proud of them.  Sara, Mary, and Tegan Patrick takes his mother to the car and tears up as she drives off. When he walks back inside, Simone asks Patrick how his mom is doing. He curses Buck out, saying he never should have let his mom marry him but he didn’t want her to be alo ..read more
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The Breakup – A Lesbian Short Film Review
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by Katiee McKinstry
9M ago
There are so many short films out there featuring lesbians and bi sexual women at the leads, and here at AfterEllen we do wish we could cover them all! However, today on the site we will be focusing on the indie 2023 short film, The BreakUp. The Breakup is less than ten minutes long, but has a lasting impact in those short nine (plus) minutes. The film itself dropped in February of 2023, about a week after its trailer was released; it is free to stream on YouTube, which we love to see. To release the short for free is a big deal because it makes it accessible to everyone – spreading love, rec ..read more
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Dykes to Watch Out For: A Sapphic Classic’s Audible Original Twist
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by Claire Heuchan
9M ago
Alison Bechdel’s iconic cartoon has been adapted into an audio drama. Dykes to Watch Out For ran from 1983 to 2008, documenting lesbian relationships, community, and politics for 25 years. It followed the story of Mo, an anxious but charming lesbian committed to her feminist politics, and her larger-than-life group of friends and lovers. Now Pulitzer-nominated playwright Madeleine George has brought this groundbreaking classic to a new medium, and a fresh generation of lesbians. It’s been a year since Mo last had sex. And she’s ready to meet Ms Right. The trouble is, nobody seems to live up t ..read more
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Dead Ringers, Episode 6 Recap: Born Again
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by Claire Heuchan
9M ago
Beverly and Genevieve kiss passionately in bed. Beverly asks Genevieve to stay. In the morning she’s painting the nursery, stroking her bump when the babies kick. She arrives at work alone, unsettled by a hologram of Elliot. All the while Beverly’s phone buzzes. Elliot leaves messages begging her sister to come back all through the day. And though Beverly gives women remarkable birthing experiences, she can’t stop thinking about Elliot. Beverly and Genevieve have a fancy dinner with the Parkers, celebrating the Centre’s success. Patient satisfaction’s through the roof, Beverly’s publishing gro ..read more
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Dead Ringers, Episode 5 Recap: Southern Hospitality
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by Claire Heuchan
9M ago
Elliot, bruised and bloody, sits in a car. A visibly pregnant Beverly steps out of a huge mansion, watching her. Beverly shakes her head. Silas carries a bag out to a distraught Elliot. Earlier, Silas is at home alone. He monologues about not writing, his anxiety and depression. Until Rebecca calls. She demands a puff piece about the Mantles and their new Birthing Centre in Alabama. Beverley watches Lenka’s baby Lenka strokes the head of her premature baby, sleeping in his crib. Beverly watches, cradling her own bump, calling the baby a miracle. Silas asks if she really believes in them. With ..read more
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Dead Ringers, Episode 3 Recap: Now I’m Nothing
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by Claire Heuchan
9M ago
Elliot walks into Beverly’s room, finds her sister and Genevieve sleeping. Beverly wakes up, disconcerted. And Elliot whisper’s a question: “What’s she like?” At the lab cells divide in a petri dish. A foetus grows. Elliot watches through the microscope, overjoyed. She’s still wired at the Mantle Parker Centre launch. Tom guesses she’s doing illegal experiments and Elliot points out he’s better not knowing. Susan at the Mantle Parker Centre launch Rich people mingle. Elliot does lines in the Centre, watching lambs in artificial wombs. Genevieve shares her coke, asking about the research. But E ..read more
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High School Season 1, Episode 5 Recap
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by Zinetta Hope
9M ago
Tegan and Sara playing guitar and singing Tegan and Sara are sitting on the couch when David asks why they’re at his house. Sara says that their mom is pissed because they went out and didn’t tell her. When David asks why they didn’t tell her, Tegan immediately spills the entire story. Sara gets mad at her and they start arguing. David tells them that they’re stuck with each other and have to figure out how to get along.  Once in their room, the twins keep fighting. Tegan says that she only went to the rave because Sara has been so upset lately and that she doesn’t care that they got in t ..read more
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