At the time, I had no idea how long this pandemic-induced isolation would stretch, but, regardless, I had evidence: a lifetime of searching for women-loving-women entertainment that often turned up empty results. But that finally seems to be changing. While the diversity of queer, female experiences is far from being comprehensively captured on TV screens , these lesbian TV shows are a great start. Embracing fully developed, complicated, lovable and sometimes unlikable queer characters is also an important part of being an ally. But thankfully, all eight episodes are currently streaming.

What Do Married Lesbians Call Each Other?



A Sleepover To Remember
Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Maybe that's the problem — things are fine. But it isn't exciting or even interesting any more. Our love-making is performed mostly out of habit. If he leaves the dishes expectantly in the sink, it makes me furious. Even the way he moves in bed makes me want to stab myself in the eye with a fork. Fork-induced eye injuries notwithstanding, these admissions don't necessarily mark Shelly's marriage out as unusual.


He Knew His Wife was Cheating. So He Arranged a Birthday Surprise She’ll Never Forget.
I don't remember the exact day Colin not his real name became part of my life. A fleetingly glimpsed neighbour I'd sometimes nod to, I knew he was a long-distance truck driver and I think he knew who I was. When our paths crossed, he would seldom meet my gaze. I don't even remember when I first heard his name. A familiar voice uttered it, though: my wife's.




Meeting women to date and marry is notoriously difficult for women seeking other females. Not only is same-sex love and marriage between two women so rarely represented in the media—there are still no equivalent rom-com meet cutes for women meeting women today—but the dating pool for queer women is just smaller roughly 5 percent of American females identify as LGBTQ. A friend of mine once ran a calculation in jest to prove that she and her wife statistically were meant to be, based on the exquisitely small percentage of potentially single, queer, Jewish women within her age group, alongside a smattering of other arbitrary qualities she liked.