@safertohatethem and i don't know any good series, but here are some podcasts:
https://spektralfaden.wordpress.com/ (queer, autistic,i don't knit, but I love this podcast)
http://steintofu.de/ruehrcast/ (queer, trans, feminist)
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/ausdemrahmengefallen (also about way more than knitting)
http://scheitern.org/ (queers talking about stuff)
https://g4.podigee.io/ (explains CNC stuff)
http://thegeekycoven.de/ (feminism & fandom)
@safertohatethem and these 2 webcomics, in case that counts as reading (not fictional, mostly about the authors' lives):
https://comic.story-games.at/
http://bleistiftrebellx.tumblr.com/ (some english, some german)
@maunzikation boy this is thorough. thank you a lot for the suggestions! I'll look into those
@safertohatethem and then there's http://www.queerulantin.de/, a queer magazine. one of its issues is available as audio: http://www.queerulantin.de/?page_id=972
and books are hard, but some that i liked, ymmv:
http://zaglossus.eu/publikationen/alle/dorn
https://www.edition-assemblage.de/intertransexpress/
http://zaglossus.eu/publikationen/belletristik/keinmeer
http://www.suhrkamp.de/graphic-novel/olivia_vieweg/schwere-see_1311.html (ok that's a comic)