10 Queer Fairy Tale Retellings Better Than the Originals

As a queer woman growing up, it was pretty easy to neg on all things fairy-tale. Perhaps I had reason to, as mockery of all things Disney has grown popular in recent years. The truth, though, was that no matter how eye-rollingly saccharine and over-the-top fairy tales were, my biggest criticism was that I couldn’t see myself or people like me in their pages or on my television screen. That bitterness put me off fairy tales right up until I discovered a pivotal genre: queer fairy-tale retellings. Queer retellings have grown increasingly popular over the years.