Matt Baume
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John Waters, Divine & the power of being shamelessly proud
Somehow, John Waters’s most family-friendly film is also his most devious.
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How “Rocko’s Modern Life” worked coming out of the closet into a kid’s cartoon in the mid-90s
In the mid-90s, they could only hint at homosexuality. Now things are different and our own modern lives make it possible for the existence of queer people to be acknowledged, rather than censored.
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It’s time to binge-watch “The Nanny” on HBOMax & realize just how LGBTQ-friendly it was
It’s a great time for a re-watch of the series that had heart, style, and great jokes — and also a surprisingly inclusive queer sensibility.
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Was Chandler from “Friends” meant to be gay? It seems he almost was.
If Chandler had been gay, would the show have been funnier? Would that have let them tell better stories?
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The gay secrets behind the classic TV sitcom “Bewitched”
It somehow comes off as queer without ever actually coming out. How is that possible?
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Republicans dodge metal detectors & tote guns in the capitol. Harvey Milk’s assassin did the same.
It’s hard not to note the parallels between Milk’s murder and Republicans avoiding metal detectors and pledging to carry guns into the nation’s capitol.
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Were the 1970s the most exciting time in history to come out of the closet?
Everywhere you looked there was queer revolution and power and pride.
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How Roseanne got away with a forbidden same-sex kiss in the ’90s
Now, we take same-sex kisses for granted on TV. But before we could get Tara and Willow on Buffy or the guys on Glee, someone had to push past the restrictions.
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How a gay dinosaur hunter ended up influencing a sitcom almost 100 years later
Giant animatronic dinosaurs accepted their son as he is in the face of tradition, all the way back in 1991.
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Queen Latifah & “Living Single” supported marriage equality in 1996
At a time when LGBTQ were the butt of the joke on TV, “Living Single” aired an episode about supporting a lesbian friend.
