Results for: meet up
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A Very Sensible, Queer Guide to Sending the First Message on Dating Apps
14 first messages that will have you burning up your matches list (with queer pop culture references!).
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Dating as a Single Dyke in My 60s
Singlehood in my late 50s to early 60s feels like trying to climb a sheer mountain cliff armed with only a bottle of lube
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How to Successfully Flirt With the Babe of Your Dreams on Instagram
Any app is a dating app if you have confidence and a good selfie. Combine that attitude with Instagram’s many features for actually getting to know what someone is like and connecting with their life, and you’re halfway to adopting a cat with someone or just sucking their face off, whichever you’re looking for.
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How Ghosting Harms Queer Communities, According to a Philosopher
When I’m ghosted and when others like me are ghosted, it takes on an extra sting.
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I Used to ‘Compensate’ for My Blackness in the Dating World — Now I Embrace It
As a teen, my insecurities made me feel like my Blackness was something that dragged down my worth.
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How to Go on a First Date That Doesn’t Suck
Be who you are just as hard as you can. Also, be on time.
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Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try Lex and Get Sexy With Words
“The first months of Lex were frenzied and horny and I loved it so much. Even if I didn’t match with anyone I loved the energy. Now it’s people talking about longing and dread and looking for roommates?”
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How to Write a Swipe-Worthy Dating App Bio
You have to actually say something in your dating app bio! You just do, I’m sorry. Here is how and how not to do that.
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Traveling to Meet Your Long-Distance Online Crush: A Gentle Guide
It’s 2019 and the world is our hot gay oyster! But… how do you actually go about planning a trip to meet the faraway queer of your dreams?
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IRL Dating Is Canceled, but Animal Crossing Is Perfect for Cute Queer Dates
Sweetly enough, it’s possible to have a shocking number of cute ass dates on Animal Crossing. I’m lucky to be quarantined with my girlfriend, but we’re running low on date opportunities.
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PERSONALS App Brings an Old School Dyke Dating Format Into a Hot New Future, Thanks Instagram
Your favorite queer Instagram dating account has changed its name to be more inclusive, is creating an app just for you, and is hosting a party in NYC to kickoff its crowdfunding efforts Wednesday night, June 13! Read our interview with creator Kelly Rakowski for all the hot details!
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Your Guide to Writing the Perfect Gay Personals Ad and Finding Lesbian Love, Thanks to Herstory Personals
We asked Kelly Rakowski of Herstory Personals for some of the tips and tricks she’s gleaned about writing a good personals ad from playing matchmaker to the queer lonely hearts Instagram crowd, and she was happy to oblige.
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How to Write a Non-Monogamous Dating Profile
Here’s how to fly your consensually non-monogamous, polyamorous, consensually open relationship or whatever else flag in your dating profile so you get the best possible interactions from it.
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How to Take a Winning Thirst Trap: Your Detailed Multimedia Guide to Being Hot Online
Self-love. Indulgence. Horniness. Loneliness. Boredom. Revenge. There are many motives for posting a thirst trap!
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Back in the Saddle of Lesbian Online Dating with the Zoe App
“It really is a brave new world for single queer people, especially those of us in rural areas, because we can find one another as easily as being able to remember the password you need to download a new app.”
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If You Show Me Yours I’ll Show You Mine: Autostraddle Staffers’ Tinder Profiles
In my opinion, a good Tinder profile is more important than good hygiene.
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Public Personals: A Peek Inside the Queer Instagram Dating Experiment
An homage to all the unique ways queer women have marked themselves and dog-whistled each other throughout the decades, the witch bitch switches and the techno hippie hyperdykes from the queer classifieds of the 80s, only this time it’ll be instant and without the anonymity.
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Every Way To Find A Date, Ranked By A Shane
“First comes Twitter, then comes Snapchat, then comes texting nudes to a complete and total stranger.” Patty-cake to that one, kiddos.
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Be Your Best Self, With or Without Filters, and Make Instagram Your New Favorite Dating App
Figuring out how to use digital spaces is as powerful as living your best queer life, with certainty.
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Where Oh Where Are the Single Black Lesbians?
Honestly, while I’m open to diversity in the women that I date, I have found that usually out of 50 quick matches on OKC I might get three black lesbians.