A Very Gay Christmas
As all you kittens well know, I’m always all about the ladies here at Surrenders. But, I hope this is also an inclusive space where gay, bisexual, trans and queer men and women and non-binary friends...
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Review: Happiest Season
If you’re a lesbian or queer women who likes Christmas, or you ever dreamed of kissing a woman under the mistletoe, or you made out with your bestie freshman year when you both stayed in the dorms over...
View ArticleStay Home for the Holidays
It’s almost cruel to ask us what we’re thankful for in this universally infernal year. In case you forgot, we’re in the midst of the first global pandemic in over 100 years. And this thing is only...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
Now swallow. pic.twitter.com/iX356QX40g— Ratched (@RatchedNetflix) September 19, 2020While I can’t necessarily recommend “Ratched” as a series, I still delight in the onscreen pairing of Sarah Paulson...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Dolly Redux
As I’ve already gone on and on about the absolute national treasure that is Dolly Parton, but suffice to say she deserves all that love and so much more. Not only did she make that $1 million donation...
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Happiest Horror
we did it clea.. Happiest Season horror trailer cut pic.twitter.com/kWEuhTwGa1— Erin Sullivan (@sullivem) November 12, 2020I cannot think of a better way to usher in the Christmas season and month of...
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Welcome, Elliot
You know how lots of us kind of roll our eyes at coming out stories, having seen them again and again and again and even in our holiday rom-coms. Well, the thing about that is they still matter. They...
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Review: Ammonite
Let me just put it all out there: “Ammonite” is the lesbian prestige period piece that FUCKS. The film starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan is ostensibly a semi-historical romance set in 1840s...
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My Weekend Crush
In general, we shouldn’t “stan” politicians. I know, I know – I have a lot of fun with Madam Vice President Straight Bette Porter. It’s no secret I’m a fan of my son-to-be former senator and incoming...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Shameika's Potential
Hey remember wayyy back in April when we thought, “Of course this thing will be under control by the election, if not the holidays! Of course!” You know, 700 years ago? Anyway, back then one of the...
View ArticleWill You Go to Prom with Me?
Well, remember when I bemoaned out lack of options for stories that center lesbians and queer women? Like, lesbian period dramas are great and all but how many can we watch? The good news is this year...
View ArticleOnce (Again) I Had a Secret Love
You know the one vignette in “If These Walls Could Talk 2” that starred Vanessa Redgrave and Marian Seldes as a longtime lesbian couple in the 1960s? I always fast forward through that story. Always. I...
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Gender Fuck Thursday: Gentleman Jack Edition
Now that’s what I like to see. Beloved fictionalized historical figures taking real-life modern issues seriously. After an extended delay because we’re in a goddamned global pandemic still, production...
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My Weekend Crush
Look, Christmas is coming. And if I could have one gift it would be...for the pandemic to end. For Trump to go to jail. For humans to finally band together to reverse climate change. For BIPOC, LGBTQ+...
View ArticleMusic Monday: Tegan & Sara Edition
Does it get much gayer than having Tegan & Sara sing the theme to your lesbian holiday rom-com? No, no it does not. For all the horrors and ongoing catastrophes of this year, it gave us a...
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The Casting Word
Can you believe the finale for the first season of “The L Word: Generation Q” aired at the start of this year? January 26, to be exact. Doesn’t it feel like that happened three years ago? What a decade...
View ArticleGoing to Bat
Want some more good and gay TV news for 2021? The first trailer for the new “Batwoman” series with new lead Javicia Leslie donning the Batsuit has arrived. While it’s undeniably awkward for a show to...
View ArticleSilky Smooth
More gay-ish TV news, but admittedly much much less gay than the last two day’s news. So if you’re a Canadian kitten, or did a lot of downloading and using VPNs, you are no doubt familiar with “Being...
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My Weekend Review: The Prom
Well, that certainly had some Zazz. And I’m not even a musicals person – not that there’s anything wrong with musicals. I was just a writer nerd and not a drama nerd in high school. So my natural...
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Happy Carol Aird Day
Sure, we may be living in a golden age of queer holiday rom-coms (much more on that later, I promise). But let’s not forget the O.G. Lesbian Holiday Romance – “Carol.” And on today, of all days (Hello,...
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