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Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

SBG 162: Challengers

Lez Hang Out | A Lesbian Podcast

Lez Hang Out

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.7545 Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Welcome back to Lez Hang Out, the podcast that would lovingly hand-feed you a churro.  This week, Leigh (@lshfoster) and Ellie (@elliebrigida) hang out and talk about why the 2024 box-office smash hit, Challengers, Should’ve Been Gay(er). Honestly, we went into this movie assuming it was going to be so much gayer than it actually was. All of the promos hyped the threesome and made the story sound super queer, which made us all the more disappointed when it just did not deliver. Luckily, we have plenty of ideas on how to fix Challengers so that it can be the gay movie we were advertised.   For a film by the same director as Call Me By Your Name, the queerness is way too subtle. Sure, there’s a threesome; but the film doubles down on both boys being into Zendaya’s character, Tashi, rather than each other. And beyond that one intense make-out, Art and Patrick never get together. There’s not so much a love triangle as there is a beard triangle, with each character equally in-the-closet. Between cringing at the poorly crafted CGI tennis balls and overly on-the-nose suggestive subtext, we couldn’t really understand why this movie got so much gay buzz. We get that everyone is desperate for queer crumbs; but the characters are not even likeable, there's barely any on-screen queerness and they somehow made Zendaya unattractive! While the film does provide an interesting take on sex and power (and on paper looks to be the tennis-equivalent of Heated Rivalry), it falls short on delivering any resolution to the sexual tension between Art and Patrick and never touches on Tashi’s sexuality at all.  We know one thing for sure, Challengers Should’ve Been Gay(er). Join our Patreon to unlock 25+ full-length bonus episodes, ad-free weekly episodes, mp3 downloads of our original songs, exclusive Discord access, and more! You can also support the show by shopping small at bit.ly/lezmerch & picking up Lez-ssentials songs on Bandcamp. Give us your own answers to our Q & Gay on Instagram and follow along on Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and BlueSky @lezhangoutpod. Email us @lezhangoutpod@gmail.com. Connect with us individually: Ellie Brigida (@elliebrigida). Leigh Holmes Foster (@lshfoster). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.

0:04.0

A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.

0:07.0

They think they're better than us.

0:08.0

Who do you think you are?

0:10.0

I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong.

0:11.0

She's punishing me.

0:13.0

You destroyed my family.

0:14.0

I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.

0:17.0

A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.

0:20.0

Let's hang out. Let's hang out.

0:22.5

Let's hang out.

0:23.4

And let's talk about what les is about.

0:26.0

Let's hang out.

0:26.9

And let's listen to two hesby and shout.

0:31.0

Let's hang out.

0:34.0

Hey, everyone.

0:35.1

Welcome back to Les Hang out.

0:36.1

I'm Ellie Bridgeta.

0:37.2

And I'm Lee Holmes Foster. And here's what's happening this week.

0:40.9

This week in the Lesdom is a place where we can touch base each episode about things

0:48.2

going on with the podcast or otherwise. In season nine, we are continuing to release our Patreon bonus episodes.

0:52.7

Our last episode was all about

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