So here we are. The final post on LGBTelevision: at least for now. While my time in this blogging course is drawing to a close, I have learned that I’d like to keep blogging in the future. While I’m not sure about keeping LGBTelevision as my only blog (there are tons of things I would… Continue reading What Comes Next? The Future of LGBT Representation

Hello all! It’s definitely sad to see the blogging period for my class winding down. I’m not sure whether or not I’ll keep blogging, but exploring these LGBT issues has made me aware and excited to possibly keep blogging about pop culture and representation somewhere: there are truly so many outlets where LGBT characters are… Continue reading More Than A Plot Twist: Trans Representation in Pretty Little Liars

This week, we’re going to have a singular post where we discuss the way fans “ship” male characters together (often called slash couples) that are canonically recognized as being straight. We’ll look at two popular TV shows among teen audiences: MTV’s Teen Wolf and The CW’s Supernatural. What I’ve done for today is searched the… Continue reading Canon Vs. Fanon: Slash Shipping in Teen Wolf and Supernatural

I said on Wednesday that my post today would be about the Sense8 fandom. Well, that is not going to happen. Today, we’re going back to The 100. We’ll revisit Sense8 on our last week together. Today’s post contains MAJOR spoilers for The 100’s newest episode. There’s something we really need to talk about. I… Continue reading Three Minutes: Death and “Burying Your Gays” in the CW’s The 100

Today’s post is coming at you super late: mostly because I needed Monday to watch a little bit more of today’s show for discussion. I apologize for the delay: this has just not been my week. But as the saying goes, better late than never. Today’s TV show is completely new to me. I’m only… Continue reading “We March With Pride” Representation in Netflix’s Sense8

Note: today’s post is major spoiler-free! I realized that many of you might not want to read Monday’s post if you’re not caught up on the show. I’ll work hard to make the rest of my posts spoiler-free or with as few spoilers as possible in the future. After a long week, we’re a day late:… Continue reading “Stop Erasing That For Sh*ts and Giggles”: Bi-Erasure and Bisexuality in The 100 Fandom

This week we’re looking at one of my favourite television shows right now (and of all time!): The CW’s The 100. The 100 prides itself as a show that is inclusive to characters regardless of their sexuality: this is something we’ll touch on in further depth in a couple weeks when we discuss an overview… Continue reading Meet Clarke Griffin: Bisexuality in the CW’s The 100

Think of the combination “teenage-marketed television show” and “LGBT representation.” Did you, per chance, immediately think of a certain show about singing teenagers? You wouldn’t be alone. For so long, Fox’s “Glee” was a major player in the game of LGBT representation among television shows for young people. I’ve got to confess something before we continue:… Continue reading Born This Way: LGBT Representation in Fox’s Glee

In Monday’s post, we talked about the canon of Pretty Little Liars on Freeform: how the couples Paily (Paige and Emily) and Emaya (Emily and Maya) provided representation of gay teenage girls on TV and opened up a realm of possibilities including the hinted-at pairing of Emily and Alison, known as Emison to the fans.… Continue reading “The Fans Are Gonna Love That!” Queer-Baiting in the Pretty Little Liars Fandom

Picture this: First-year Shannon sitting in her rez room three years ago, gobbling down Smartfood popcorn by the handful, and completely engrossed in a show about four girls trying to escape the wrath of the mysterious figure… “A”. When one of her favourite characters got in a relationship, she cheered loud enough to startle her roommate. When… Continue reading “This Is Who She Is”: Femininity, Sexuality, and Emily Fields in Freeform’s “Pretty Little Liars”