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* EroticDream: Ida B dreams of her and Hattie having sex multiple times before they actually do.



* HomoeroticDream: Ida B dreams of her and Hattie having sex multiple times before they actually do.

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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Hattie's been with Lorrain and Ida B. While she's very butch, to the point of being [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]], both are quite feminine.

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* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Hattie's been with Lorrain Lorraine and Ida B. While she's very butch, to the point of being [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]], both are quite feminine.


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* RRatedOpening: The very first scene is of Hattie having sex with a woman (though without anything explicit).
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* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, often semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who's got a very femme style with very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.

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* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, often semi-homeless and with has a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who's got a very femme style with very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.
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* ButchLesbian: Hattie is a lesbian with a buzzcut with a very masculine clothing style and mannerisms. She's repeatedly [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]] due to this.

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* ButchLesbian: Hattie is a lesbian with a buzzcut with plus a very masculine clothing style and mannerisms. She's repeatedly [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]] due to this.



* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, often semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who has a very femme style who has very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.

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* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, often semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who has who's got a very femme style who has with very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.
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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* NoBisexuals: {{Discussed}}, as Hattie's friend Nia expresses skepticism that people can really be bisexual. The show however does not take this view, with Lorraine and Ida both being viewed as possibly bisexual (the former rejects labels though), given they have dated or had sex with Hattie though also men. Marie's fiance Chuck also tells her that he's bisexual, which she'd already known, averting this since she fully accepts that it's real, along with Nia and Hattie.

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* NoBisexuals: {{Discussed}}, as Hattie's friend Nia expresses skepticism that people can really be bisexual. The show however does not take this view, with Lorraine and Ida both being viewed as possibly bisexual (the former rejects labels though), given they have dated or had sex with Hattie though also men. Marie's fiance fiancé Chuck also tells her that he's bisexual, which she'd already known, averting this since she fully accepts that it's real, along with Nia and Hattie.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.
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Lesbian Hattie struggles with love, work and life generally alongside her two straight best friends Marie and Nia. A drama series broadcast on Creator/{{BET}}, it was created by Lena Waithe.

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Lesbian Hattie struggles with love, work and life generally alongside her two straight best friends Marie and Nia. A drama series broadcast on Creator/{{BET}}, it was created by Lena Waithe.
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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.
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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Hattie and Ida become lovers, while being [[OppositesAttract very different]] [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple from each other]]. Often this would be shown to work out swimmingly even so. However, they struggle due to their differences, with Ida also wanting to keep their relationship a secret initially. They later break up.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Hattie and Ida become lovers, while being [[OppositesAttract very different]] [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple from each other]]. Often this still would be shown to work out swimmingly even so. However, they struggle due to their differences, with Ida also wanting to keep their relationship a secret initially. They later break up.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They amicably break up in the end though.
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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who has a very femme style who has very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.
* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, often semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who has a very femme style who has very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.
* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: UnderstandingBoyfriend: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking break up however.in the end though.
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* ButchLesbian: Hattie, a lesbian with a buzzcut who wears very masculine clothing.

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* ButchLesbian: Hattie, Hattie is a lesbian with a buzzcut who wears with a very masculine clothing.clothing style and mannerisms. She's repeatedly [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]] due to this.



* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Hattie is visibly uncomfortable when her estranged dad, a stand-up comic, talks in his set of how if she's at all like him she'll have been with [[ReallyGetsAround many]] women.

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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Hattie is visibly uncomfortable when her estranged dad, a stand-up comic, talks in his set of how if she's at all like him she'll have been with [[ReallyGetsAround many]] women.been with many women]].



* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.

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[[caption-width-right:172:Clockwise from top: Hattie, Nia and Marie]]



* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiance Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.

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* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiance fiancé Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.



* GrammarNazi: Ida B's repsonse to Hattie sending a sexy text? Correct her spelling.

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* GrammarNazi: Ida B's repsonse response to Hattie sending a sexy text? Correct her spelling.



* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.

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* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, fiancé, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.



* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.

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* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, fiancé, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.



* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiance, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiance Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.

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* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiance, fiancé, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiance fiancé Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.
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Lesbian Hattie struggles with love, work and life generally alongside her two straight best friends Marie and Nia. A drama series broadcast on Creator/{{BET}}, it was created by Lena Waithe.

!Examples:
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Hattie is visibly uncomfortable when her estranged dad, a stand-up comic, talks in his set of how if she's at all like him she'll have been with [[ReallyGetsAround many]] women.
* ButchLesbian: Hattie, a lesbian with a buzzcut who wears very masculine clothing.
* ButNotTooBlack: Hattie accuses Ida of having it easier than other black people because she's light-skinned, with a more conventional style white people accept. Ida retorts that she's still had to endure great hardship breaking through the glass ceiling however despite that.
* ButNotTooGay: {{Discussed}} in regards to gay characters on TV series who often have a non-existent onscreen sex life. The show itself averts this-although not explicit, the very first scene is of two women having sex. Queer characters continue to have sex lives no less active than the straights.
* ComingOutStory: In a subplot, Marie's fiance Chuck admits he's bisexual and they wrestle with it as a couple.
* DisappearedDad: Hattie mentions at one point that her dad left years ago. It turns out that she hasn't seen him for ten years. Her dad then shows up out of the blue and wants to reconnect. It goes awkwardly, though they part on friendly, bittersweet terms.
* FriendsWithBenefits: Lorraine and Hattie had no commitment, but slept together sometimes, with an amiable relationship.
* GrammarNazi: Ida B's repsonse to Hattie sending a sexy text? Correct her spelling.
* HomoeroticDream: Ida B dreams of her and Hattie having sex multiple times before they actually do.
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Hattie is mistaken for male multiple times (once a trans man, maybe nonbinary too) as a result of her very butch style.
* LipstickLesbian:
** Lorraine, Hattie's sometime lover, is very femme with long hair, always made up and wears very stylish feminine clothing. She also dates men though and has rejected all labels.
** Ida B, whom she gets involved with later, is an elegant women with the same kind of tastes.
* MasculineFeminineGayCouple: Hattie's been with Lorrain and Ida B. While she's very butch, to the point of being [[LadyLooksLikeADude mistaken for male]], both are quite feminine.
* ModestyBedsheet: Hattie and Ida have the sheets around their chests after they have sex.
* NoBisexuals: {{Discussed}}, as Hattie's friend Nia expresses skepticism that people can really be bisexual. The show however does not take this view, with Lorraine and Ida both being viewed as possibly bisexual (the former rejects labels though), given they have dated or had sex with Hattie though also men. Marie's fiance Chuck also tells her that he's bisexual, which she'd already known, averting this since she fully accepts that it's real, along with Nia and Hattie.
* OpenMindedParent: Hattie's mom Esther is very accepting of her sexuality, even watching lesbian porn so she can understand her better (Hattie [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents finds that embarrassing]] and asks her to stop it, while saying it's [[GirlOnGirlIsHot for straight men anyway]]).
* OppositesAttract: Hattie, a working class ButchLesbian who is deep in debt constantly losing jobs, semi-homeless and with a plain-spoken manner, gets involved with Ida B, a wealthy executive who has a very femme style who has very refined taste. She's also Hattie's former boss, starting to date her right after she had fired Hattie to boot.
* {{Polyamory}}: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, agree they'll have an open relationship after he comes out to her as being bisexual. After this Chuck sees a guy he finds attractive, while Marie has sex with her handsome boss. It's Marie's permission for Chuck to explore his attraction toward men at first. The pair decide to break up though, but remain friends.
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Courtney, a white woman, imitates black vernacular a bit (calling black main character Hattie her “sister” for instance) and seems to hang out only with black people. They seem okay with it, although slightly put off at times.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Hattie and Ida become lovers, while being [[OppositesAttract very different]] [[MasculineFeminineGayCouple from each other]]. Often this would be shown to work out swimmingly even so. However, they struggle due to their differences, with Ida also wanting to keep their relationship a secret initially. They later break up.
* TechnicalVirgin: Nia claims she's saving herself for marriage, but only considers intercourse as “counting”, so that other sexual stuff is fine.
* AThreesomeIsHot: Marie and Chuck, her fiance, are both turned on by threesomes, watching a porn video of two men with a woman as their foreplay.
* TokenWhite:
** Courtney, a somewhat annoying woman, in the only white female regular on the show.
** Zach, Marie's boss, is the sole white guy.
* TransparentCloset: Marie says she already knows after Chuck, her fiance, comes out as bisexual to her. Hattie was also aware before too.
* UnderstandingGirlfried: Marie is very accepting and supportive after her fiance Chuck tells her he's bisexual (which she'd already known), even agreeing on an open relationship so he can see men too. They end up amicably breaking up however.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Series creator Lena Waithe says it was based on her own life somewhat, with main character Hattie her counterpart.
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