lbpqs:

it’s hard not to notice how blindingly white a lot of lbpq media is, so i decided to make this list for all the lesbian, bi, pan, poly, and queer women of color looking for representation. i’ve only read or watched a few of these myself, so while i can’t vouch for most of them personally, i did my best to avoid media with bigoted portrayals. i added pretty much everything i could find but if i missed something, send us an ask and i’ll try and add it!

MOVIES

• mosquita y mari
• pariah
• i can’t think straight
• saving face
• spider lilies
• yes or no 1
• yes or no 2
• gay mean girls (short film)
• black girl in paris (short film)
• miao miao
• the world unseen
• circumstance
• the chinese botanist’s daughter
• fire
• butterfly
• sancharram
• the incredibly true adventures of two girls in love
• bessie
• appropriate behavior
• reaching for the moon
• margarita
• mississippi damned

SHOWS

• the peculiar kind (webseries)
• dyke central (webseries)
• leslieville (webseries)
• the march family letters (webseries)
• empire (recurring)
• the fosters (main)
• grey’s anatomy (major)
• the wire (major + recurring)
• the l word (main)
• glee (main)
• pretty little liars (main + recurring)
• true blood (major)
• emily owens, m.d. (major)
• white collar (major)
• under the dome (main)
• orange is the new black (major)
• sense8 (recurring)
• person of interest (main)
• legend of korra (main)
• revolutionary girl utena (main)
• sailor moon (main)
• survivor’s remorse (main)

PEOPLE

• halsey (singer)
• bai ling (actress)
• samira wiley (actress)
• bessie smith (singer)
• stormé delarverie
• mabel hampton (activist, dancer)
• moms mabley (comedian)
• michelle rodriguez (actress)
• raven symoné (actress, singer)
• angela davis (activist)
• jewelle gomez (author)
• gladys bentley (singer)
• margaret cho (actress, comedian)
• sylvia rivera (activist)
• josephine baker (singer)
• audre lorde (activist)
• wanda sykes (comedian, actress)
• frida kahlo (artist)
• syd tha kid (singer)

BOOKS

• the color purple – alice walker
• ash – malinda lo
• huntress – malinda lo
• southland – nina revoyr
• the house you pass on the way – jacqueline woodson
• the second mango – shira glassman
• the telling – ursula k. le guin
• santa olivia  – jacqueline carey
• the children of gavrilek – julie kriton chandelier
• lies we tell ourselves – robin talley
• from the notebooks of melanin sun – jacqueline woodson
• afterworlds – scott westerfeld
• tell me again how a crush should feel – sara farizan
• not otherwise specified – hannah moskin
• silver moon – catherine lundoff
• fire – kristin cashore
• otherbound – corrine duyvis
• moon at nine – deborah ellis
• the shattering – karen healey
• the summer prince – alaya dawn johnson
• ask the passengers – a.s. king
• everything leads to you – nina lacour
• liar – justine larbaliester
• boyfriends with girlfriends – alex sanchez
• love and lies – ellen wittlinger
• she loves you, she loves you not – julie anne peters
• lies my girlfriend told me – julie anne peters
• when we wake – karen healey
• while we run – karen healey
• hard love – ellen wittlinger
• love hurts – malorie blackman
• kaleidoscope – alicia krasnostein & julia rios
• love is the drug – alaya dawn johnson
• the young elites – marie lu
• geography club – brent hartinger
• alex as well – alyssa brugman
• desert blood – alicia gaspar de alba
• the summer we got free – mia mckenzie

BLOGS

• difeminawoc​
• lgbtq-asians-united​
• biwoc
• queerwoc
• fyqueerlatinxs
• wocwholikewoc