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Lez Dish It Out! The AfterEllen Les/Bi News Roundup

Is everyone recovering from their Pride hangovers yet? Usually, July is a pretty quiet slow-down after all of the back-to-back events of June, but this one has been pretty busy. SDCC has come and gone, and this year it actually dropped some pretty exciting stuff for us! It’s no Clexa-Con, but we’ll take it. It’s a movie and TV-heavy month of news, since that’s what July is about. We’ve got a new YouTube series, a Wynonna Earp renewal, a Buffy sequel, and lots more, so lez get started! Lez Dish it Out! “Split” is the YouTube series to look out for. A new show with a bisexual protagonist is hitting the festival circuit this summer, and I got to watch the pilot episode. The short, ten-minute episode draws you in right away due to the plot, dropping enough details without over-explaining, and the lead is fantastic. Split follows a a young actress along two different parallel paths her life could have taken based on the results of one event, which also affects the gender of the partner she’s with. The entire crew behind Split is made up of women, to boot.

The pilot premiered in both Toronto and numerous NYC festivals in June. If you’re a New Yorker, you can still catch a screening on August 22nd at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. If you’re not, you can check out the trailer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DQ5o5eewB4&authuser=1 Buffy is getting a sequel series, but will we get representation? News broke last week that Buffy the Vampire Slayer was getting a reboot with a new slayer, who would be a woman of color this time, and that Joss Whedon would also be working on this new version. The reaction from the internet was a mixed, from outrage of Whedon’s feminist missteps to joy over a more Buffy (with MORE diversity!) and everything in between.

Midnight, Texas creator Monica Owusu-Breen followed up this news with an announcement on Twitter that this series won’t, in fact, be a reboot, but rather more of a sequel, a reflection of the same world twenty years later.

Now that that’s settled, our biggest question for this new “Buffy” is of all forms of representation. Let’s hope that diversity includes some lesbian and bi women, preferably ones who don’t spark the bury your gays trope by getting shot by an asshole. I mean, who’s to say this new slayer can’t be a lesbian? After all, there’s nothing we could use more of than more lesbian women of color on our televisions. Anyone got a Twitter hashtag for this movement?!

Hannah Gadsby needs a lot of naps. If you’re reading this and haven’t seen Nanette yet then what are you even doing here? Go watch and then report back. For the rest of you, check out this interview with the New York Times where she talks about how exhausting touring on this comedy routine has been, but also how rewarding. Gadsby also reveals that she wrote Nanette shortly after being diagnosed as ADHD and with autism spectrum disorder. Demi Lovato is healing and needs our support. Back in June, Demi Lovato dropped a song called “Sober” where she gets candid about the fact that after five years, she was no longer sober.

You might remember her diving pretty deeply into her addiction during her YouTube documentary Simply Complicated. She was was hospitalizedA few days ago she from what was rumored to be a heroin overdose, but a source later denied that was the cause. She’s in recovery now and internet trolls are mean, so spread the love.

“Wynonna Earp” has been officially renewed for season 4. Just in time for the season three premiere to air (which was filled with vibrant colors, lots of Wayhaught smooches, and VAMPIRES, so it was obviously glorious), the cast of Wynonna Earp announced at their first ever San Diego Comic-Con that they’ve been renewed again. Three cheers for more Wayhaught! Before you dive into the third season, be sure to check out all the reasons to love this lesbian couple. Also, this cast clearly had an incredible time at SDCC, so let’s just have a little look at some of that…

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And I will leave you with this adorable and fantastical game of Truth or Dare.

https://youtu.be/fhLxRmAWnMM The Charmed reboot has been revealed. Everyone who attended the Charmed panel at SDCC was treated to a screener of the pilot episode of the new series. Although we don’t have any feedback on that to share with you, we do have this too cute for words pic from Comic-Con to feel happy over until the episode drops in the fall.

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Tig Notaro moderated the Star Trek panel. Also from Comic-Com, it was a blast watching Tig Notaro moderate the Star Trek: Discovery recurring character Denise Reno panel. Notaro will also be appearing in the series in the second season on CBS All-Access as the Chief Engineer. We haven’t heard anything about whether or not Notaro’s character will be straight or not, but you’ll be the first to know when we do. We sure do miss One Mississippi, so let’s hope she gets to play a version of her true self. Here’s a video of that panel:

https://youtu.be/-k7XGBluxw4 Any Choni fans out there? Vanessa Morgan, AKA Toni Topaz was recently upgraded to a series regular for season three of the delicious CW series inspired by the Archie comics. During the Riverdale Comic-Con panel, Morgan gushed over shipping Choni (her character and Cheryl Blossom), but that there might be rough waters ahead for the two. Turns out a Toni/Cheryl/Josie love triangle might be in the works, and I am so here for that. Here’s the season three trailer:

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“Orange is the New Black” is back. We’re heading back to Litchfield for season six, and everything has changed. The new season dropped on Friday, and we’ll have a full review up soon, so report back! In the new season lots of the usual crew has been moved to max, and with that, of course, brings some new faces.

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Among them is a sassy, butch lesbian who goes by the name “Daddy”. She’s played by Vicci Martinez, which some of you might remember from an early season of The Voice. While you’re binging and waiting for our review, check out this interview Martinez did with Them. Orange is the New Black continues to do a phenomenal job of casting lots of lesbian actresses for lesbian characters. Side note: Martinez is dating co-star Emily Tarver IRL!

Rolling Stone has dubbed this the year of Hayley Kiyoko Getty

The magazine celebrates #20gayteen by doing a feature on our Lesbian Jesus and it’s so gay and so right. Read the whole story here.

Also, Taylor Swift brought Hayley on stage and they performed “Curious” together and it’s magical. Cue the flying rainbows.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BluR3-fBeVF/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_loading_state_control Keira Knightley is Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. Just finished watching this trailer for about the 50th time. This period piece follows the life of the actress, writer, and libertine. Read AfterEllen’s full writeup here, and watch the trailer below.

https://youtu.be/Mqdyyk-iOvY Chelsea Handler has joined “Will & Grace”… …as a powerhouse lesbian! Handler will play Donna Zimmer, who is introduced as a romantic interest for Grace’s sister Janet. This is all I need to know to be 100% in.

Also here is a photo of Sarah Paulson in Prada looking like a queen.

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That’s all I have for you ladies today. Have some fun in the sun and we’ll see you in lezboland next month! Drop a comment below and let me know if I missed your favorite news of the month.

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