Give the gift of gay TV.(sapphic screen)

Publication: Curve

Publication Date: 01-DEC-03

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COPYRIGHT 2003 Curve Magazine, Outspoken Enterprises, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 863-6538

LAST SEASON, IT SEEMED EVERY reality show--from Amazing Race to America's Top Model--had a lesbian in its cast, but this season, dykes are scant on television. Sure, Marin Hinkle plays Jon Cryer's lesbian ex-wife on CBS's Two and a Half Men, Portia de Rossi's (straight) on Fox's Arrested Development, and Pamela Anderson's cartoon porn Stripperella offers a modicum of Sapphic innuendo. But the most entertaining queer TV moments are now on DVD--what better bet for the gift-giving season?

If you've got a TV-lovin' girlfriend, DVD box sets are the bomb. There's Babylon Five, Deep Space Nine, Frasier, Cheers, Soul Food, Will and Grace, The Osbournes, and plenty of shows with Trek in the title. You can revive TV's rare African-American lesbian on two season sets of Dark Angel, get angsty with My So-Called Life or find feminism in the heartland with...

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