It´s time for Queer Eye for the gay woman
(The Guardian Culture News)

Netflix´s latest hit shows gay men supporting their straight counterparts, and is a joy to watch. But there should be a place for queer women in reality TV, tooIf you asked me to remember the first time I saw a queer woman on television - real or fictional - it would take me a while to pinpoint. Maybe it was Ellen Degeneres, who has been a staple on mainstream television since before I was born. Maybe it was the main character in Sugar Rush, the 2005 Channel 4 drama about a teenager who really fancies her best mate. Or maybe it was that Sex and the City episode in which Samantha realises she likes sleeping with women, too, and temporarily describes herself as a lesbian. Sure, there have long been queer women reflected back at us in pop culture, but not many. And certainly not ones who are realistic, complex or deviate from the cisgender, white mould.There is still a long way to go before multifaceted queer womanhood is properly embraced by the global mainstream Continue reading...