5 All-Time Favorite Gay Everythings for Pride

TV, books, movies, video games, albums, and more.

Jun 16, 2026

Happy Pride, homos! I recently answered a question at a prestigious literary panel thus: “Oh, I don’t read or watch or play stories about straight people.” And this dude emailed me later and asked, “Can you even name five gay books that would be on a ‘favorites’ list?”

Yeah, motherfucker, I sure can. I can do even better than that. I can write a gay favorites list that is so long a WARNING banner just popped up telling me my newsletter’s gonna get “truncated in some email clients” because it’s TOO LONG. Five books. Please. Ask the guy who tried to TikTok punk me by clocking my New York Liberty hat and offering me a dollar for every WNBA player I could name. I walked away with all one hundred of the American cash dollars on his person that day.

Anyhoodle, here’s my 5 All-Time Favorite Gay Everythings.

I hope y’all are having the most empowering, supportive, fun, safe Pride possible! You know I’d love if you share your favorites with me in the comments (and don’t yell at me about Buffy or Xena)!

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TV (Drama)

A League of Their Own (Prime Video)
Gentleman Jack (HBO Max)
How to Get Away With Murder (Disney+, Hulu)
Killing Eve (Apple TV)*
Skins (Netflix)*

TV (Comedy)

One Day at a Time (Netflix)
Derry Girls (Netflix)
Girls5eva (Peacock)
Abbott Elementary (Apple TV)
Mythic Quest (Apple TV)

TV (Animated)

Star Trek: Lower Decks (Apple TV)
Owl House (Disney+)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Netflix)
Harley Quinn (HBO Max)
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Netflix)

TV (Fantasy/Sci-Fi)

Orphan Black (AMC+)**
Warehouse 13 (Netflix)**
Willow (Nowhere!!!! 😡)
Batwoman (HBO Max)
Pluribus (Apple TV)

TV episodes

How to Get Away With Murder: “Don’t Tell Annalise” (season 3, episode 4)
Gentleman Jack: “Are You Still Talking?” (season 1, episode 8)
Harley Quinn: “Something Green” (season 2, episode 13)
A League of Their Own: “Stealing Home” (season 1, episode 6)
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: “Return to the Fright Zone” (season 5, episode 10)

Books (Fantasy)

Roots of Chaos series, by Samantha Shannon
Legends and Lattes series, by Travis Baldree
When Women Were Warriors trilogy, by Catherine M. Wilson
Flavour Hacker duology, by Lavanya Lakshminarayan
One Last Stop, by Casey McQuiston

Books (Sci-Fi)

Teixcalaan duology, by Arkady Martine
Broken Earth trilogy, by N. K. Jemisin
As You Wake, Break the Shell, by Becky Chambers
No Shelter But the Stars, by Virginia Black
Mossa and Pleiti series, by Malka Older

Books (Romance)

In Her Spotlight (Out in Hollywood, #4), by Amy Spalding
Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous, by Mae Marvel
Cover Story, by Rachel Lacey
Behind the Scenes, by Karelia Stetz-Waters
Those Who Wait, by Haley Cass

Books (Non-Fiction)

Stone Butch Blues, by Leslie Feinberg
We Were Witches, by Ariel Gore
Coming Home, by Brittney Griner
The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, by Niko Stratis
Sister Outsider, by Audre Lorde

Books (Young Adult)

Ash, by Malinda Lo
This Poison Heart, Kalynn Bayron
You Should See Me in a Crown, by Leah Johnson
Juliet Takes a Breath, by Gabby Rivera
Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl, by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum

Albums

Tracy Chapman, Tracy Chapman
Rites of Passage, Indigo Girls
The Age of Pleasure, Janelle Monae
Take your pick of Whitney Houston albums + soundtracks
By The Way I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile

Video Games

Horizon Zero Dawn / Horizon Forbidden West
Skyrim
Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Stardew Valley

Movies (Drama)

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Desert Hearts
Carol
Moonlight
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Movies (Comedy)

Lesbian Space Princess
The Half of It
DEBS
Nimona
Bottoms

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