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I haven’t seen the show, but I’d say to proceed with caution.
Snakes and Ladders • Season 1
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Netflix • Dark Humour Dramedy • 🇲🇽 Mexico • Fate Unknown
Tense dark comedy set in an elite Guadalajara elementary school, it follows ambitious prefect Dora as she navigates a scandal sparked by a playground fight among children of powerful parents.
The show is written by Lena Dunham and clearly adapted from her own life. But the real hook is its bait-and-switch premise, revealed only as mainstream conservative scandal gives way to a lesbian network operating in plain sight. It’s both intentionally a little boring and completely engrossing — a snapshot of a time in queer history often overlooked and forgotten.
Long Beach is portrayed as a drug-ridden city controlled by gangs.
- Queer representation: There is a small storyline in episode 3 where a woman catches her husband’s lover running away from their house and accuses him of burglary. The idea of the benevolent alien consciousness taking over humanity is unlike anything I've seen before, and the funny execution centering around distrustful Carol is amazing to watch
- Hacks • Season 4: It wasn't the queerest season of Hacks, but it was such a great season.
I watched one episode, and it hasn’t come up so far, but it’s nice to see such a positive, openly queer woman leading a crime show.
- Beyond the rainbow: Laci is a Black woman from Texas and has spoken a few times online about the importance of Black representation in media. Ira Sachs’ film takes script from a real conversation from December 1974 between Linda Rosenkrantz and photographer Peter Hujar, for an unpublished book Rosenkrantz was making about her friends in New York.
Still, Netflix quietly cancelled it after one season.
We’ll never understand it.
Invisible Boys
A tender, emotionally raw exploration of queer youth, Invisible Boys resonated deeply with viewers — which made its cancellation sting even more. It’s still a good story, but I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite on-screen lesbian romance of all time.
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Inclusive Screen Weekly #35: The Last of Us season 2 ending was perfect.
- Queer representation: The documentary features interviews with trainer Bob Harper, who is openly gay. Mainly because it’s just too much for one person to follow everything 😅. So there’s a main queer couple, some romantic tension with another woman, and it's all treated pretty naturally in the story.
Tremembé • Season 1
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Prime Video • Prison Drama • 🇧🇷 Brazil • Fate Unknown
Gripping Brazilian crime-drama miniseries set inside the infamous Tremembé Penitentiary Complex, where high-profile criminals live confined together.
It’s basically a giant muscle-packed fight for glory across Asia with some legendary athletes leading the charge.
- Queer representation: Promotion for the show and social posts highlight team Thailand player James Rusameekae as a proud queer athlete.
Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition • Season 1
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HBO Max • Baking Competition • 🇺🇸 United States • Fate Unknown
Cozy reality competition show where bakers and artists build over-the-top gingerbread creations in a whimsical holiday village, all competing to impress judges and win bragging rights.
So much potential…
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Inclusive Screen Weekly #40: The Ultimatum: Queer Love is the hot mess lesbians can’t stop talking about
Also this week: Proud of people for showing up in the Budapest Pride | Lafufus | A show idea about a woman pissed she was buried in a bra…
English Teacher • Season 2
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Hulu • Education Comedy • 🇺🇸 United States • Fate Unknown
The main character is a gay teacher and season 2 focuses on its relationship with Malcolm.
The contestants bring varied culinary backgrounds (from modern Mexican to fine dining), and the judging panel itself is diverse, featuring Black Master Sommelier Carlton McCoy and prominent female figures in the food world.
99 to Beat • Season 1
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Hulu • Challenge Based Competition • 🇺🇸 United States / 🇬🇧 United Kingdom • Fate Unknown
Chaotic game show where 100 people frantically try not to come in dead last in ridiculous challenges.
But with such wonderment comes the cruel hand of the AIDS epidemic. —WC
“RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Seventeen seasons into making her-story, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” spent 2025 doing what it does best: turning queer joy into a global spectator sport.
Their secret connection plays out in the shadows of 1950s Britain but there’s no hiding chemistry this explosive. His connection to protagonist Ray Garraty (Cooper Hoffman) is the emotional core of the film, non-romantic but deeply charged. This doesn't really affect the show itself, but it's worth mentioning in this list.
KPopped • Season 1
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Apple TV • Music Competition • 🇺🇸 United States / 🇰🇷 South Korea • Fate Unknown
Music competition show where big-name Western artists team up with K-pop groups to redo their hits in a K-pop style, then perform live in Seoul while the crowd votes.
She is initially in a couple with Topher, but comes out at some point in the show.