May 31
Streaming Queer: June 2024
Andrea Marks Joseph READ TIME: 14 MIN.
"I Kissed a Boy" Season 1
The U.K.'s first ever gay dating show is going to be available to watch stateside! Dannii Minogue hosts this series, which follows the idea of lust first, then love. 10 single, queer men are matched up by experts to kiss in the first few seconds of meeting each other. Following their sexy introductions, all the men then live in a "Love Island"-style villa, where they can stay coupled with their assigned partner, or seek out alternatives. Of course there's the ache of rejection, the drama of betrayals and eliminations, and the steamy seduction of living together with so many other hot single men. An exciting "I Kissed a Boy" reunion episode will drop on the same day!
"I Kissed a Boy" Season 1 premieres June 15 on Hulu.
"Wreck" Season 2
We first met the "Wreck" crew on a doomed, twisted cruise ship where the staff was being hunted for sport by their billionaire employers. The show is truly equal parts horror and comedy, diving delightfully head-first into both genres. In Season 2, now that the survivors have made it back on land, we learn that some of them have tried to move on from their goal of exposing and bringing down the Velorum Corporation. Jamie (Oscar Kennedy), Vivian (Thaddea Graham), and some of their most loyal friends have been working to infiltrate the corporation's latest enterprise: an exclusive wellness festival with an underbelly of deranged, murderous motives. We reconnect with many familiar faces from Season 1, and meet a host of potentially suspicious characters in Season 2 – including Bradley Riches ("Heartstopper") and Niamh Walsh ("The Sandman"). If you're looking for something that's genuinely funny, campy, gay as hell with a rebellious spirit, and a clever murder mystery that delivers on gore, "Wreck" is about to be your new favorite show.
"Wreck" Season 2 premieres June 15 on Hulu.
"House of the Dragon" Season 2
Season 2 of this high-concept, high-budget fantasy series filled with family drama and fierce dragons will bring more intrigue, betrayal, and breathtaking visuals. The "Game of Thrones" prequel follows the events leading up to the decline of House Targaryen, centering a devastating civil war of succession. Queer fans are most looking forward to confirmation of the chemistry between Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (non-binary actor Emma D'Arcy) and Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke). Their relationship is called out in the trailer when Aemond (Ewan Mitchell) is seen saying: "Alicent holds love for our enemy. That makes her a fool." Matt Smith also returns as Prince Daemon Targaryen.
"House of the Dragon" Season 2 premieres June 16 on Max.
"Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution"
"The history of LGBTQ+ stand-up is ultimately about queer liberation," says Page Hurwitz, director of this hilarious and heartfelt documentary. "Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution" explores the history of queer stand-up comedy as "an instrument for social change over the past five decades." Through live stand-up performances, archive footage from the comedy scene, and personal stories from an "all-star roster," the film shows how comedians shifted the culture by challenging social norms and reflecting their lived experiences on stage. Comedians featured include queer icons Lily Tomlin, Wanda Sykes, Hannah Gadsby, Tig Notaro, Rosie O'Donnell, Margaret Cho, Bob The Drag Queen, and Trixie Mattel. Queer comedians Fortune Feimster, Guy Branum, Joel Kim Booster, Patti Harrison, and Mae Martin are also featured, as well as so many more!
"Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution" premieres June 18 on Netflix.
"Power of the Dream"
"It's bigger than basketball. You plant a seed and watch it grow." This documentary film is about the empowering true story of a group of professional women's basketball players who took on a WNBA team owner and rallied behind now-Senator Raphael Warnock, "forever changing the landscape of their sport and the course of U.S. politics." Produced by and featuring insights from 4-time WNBA Champion Sue Bird, "Power of the Dream" is the inspiring story of players rising up to stand together against injustice, as well as a brilliant insight into a sport that's filled with queer people, skyrocketing in popularity, winning spectacularly, and worth learning more about. Players featured include Layshia Clarendon, the first openly non-binary WNBA player and the first active WNBA player to have top surgery.
"Power of the Dream" premieres June 18 on Prime Video.
"Orphan Black: Echoes" Season 1
"How far would you go to discover who you are?" All four of the characters leading this complex, thrilling, suspenseful series are queer women. Taking place in 2052, in the same universe as "Orphan Black," 37 years since the end of the original series, "Orphan Black: Echoes" follows the life of the now-adult Kira (Dr. Kira Manning played by Keeley Hawes) and her wife, as they try to help a girl whose life is in danger. Krysten Ritter (Marvel's "Jessica Jones") stars as Lucy, who has no memory of her past following a bizarre medical procedure, and encounters a young girl who she suspects is a copy of herself. Queer actor Avan Jogia plays Jack, Lucy's boyfriend. Reprising their roles as queer characters in the original series are out actor Jordan Gavaris as Felix, and Evelyne Brochu as Dr. Delphine Cormier, who comes to help Kira on behalf of her wife, Cosima.
"Orphan Black: Echoes" Season 1 premieres June 23 on AMC+.
"My Lady Jane" Season 1
"My Lady Jane" is based on a book of the same title, which reimagines one of English royal history's most tragic heroines with a major, empowering, comedic twist. In this version of the tale, Lady Jane Grey, the young noblewoman who was Queen of England for nine days and then beheaded, instead saves herself and the kingdom. This historical tale is an absolute romp of high-stakes action, royal comedy, lust and banter from our reckless, independent leading lady. We're especially interested in King Edward (Jordan Peters), whose official character description is listed as "Likes: Pretty boys" and seems to be kissing another young man in the trailer.
"My Lady Jane" Season 1 premieres June 27 on Prime Video.
