What’s your essential piece of queer pop culture?

To celebrate Pride Month, The A.V. Club staff is recommending our favorite queer projects

By Saloni Gajjar, Drew Gillis, Matt Schimkowitz, Emma Keates, Tim Lowery, Jen Lennon, Jacob Oller, Cindy White | June 25, 2024 | 12:00pm

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What’s your essential piece of queer pop culture?

Clockwise from bottom left: Liza Minelli in Liza With A Z; Julien Baker album cover; Shabana Azmi and Nandita Das in Fire; Dan Levy and Noah Reid in Schitt’s Creek Photo: IMDB; Julien Baker; Getty Images; PopTV

Everyone has an early or favorite memory of experiencing a queer project that felt transformative. It’s the TV show, album, film, or book you can’t stop recommending to people because it continues to dazzle you today. So in honor of Pride Month, we’re asking a simple, evocative AVQ&A: What’s your essential piece of queer pop culture?

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