TVL Staff Picks: Favorite Queer Media
June 29, 2022by Cassilyn Ostrander
In honor of Pride month, we asked the TVL community to tell us their favorite queer media.
Here’s what the TVL team is checking out this month:
Movies:
“Luca (2021) by Disney/Pixar – (it’s) not explicitly queer but DEFINITELY queer coded” – Justin
The Watermelon Woman (1996) dir. Cheryl Dunye
Rafiki (2018), dir. Wanuri Kahiu
Set It Off (2016), dir. F. Gary Gray
Series:
Our Flag Means Death (HBOMax)
Heartstopper (Netflix)
RuPaul’s Drag Race All-Stars Season 7 (ParamountPlus)
Music:
“‘Pity Boy’ (2019) by Mal Blum. This is a really introspective album written by an awesome queer-fronted band about navigating relationships though a queer lens” – Mitchell
Tash Sultana
Orville Peck, Bronco (2022)
A Strange Loop, Original Broadway Cast Recording (2022)
The Knife, Shaking the Habitual (2013)
Books:
Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
Under the Whispering Doors by TJ Klune
Podcasts:
“‘Queer Serial. – each season is a serialized history of a different era in queer American liberation. The first season covers the history of The Mattachine Society.
It’s fasincating to dive deep into specific moments in queer history” – Cass
Kill James Bond
Las Culturistas
One From The Vaults
