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Playlists

The Ultimate Queer Workout Playlist To Get You Actually Excited About the Gym

If you’re anything like me, you’ve avoided The Gym because it’s a scary place.

Motti December 30, 2024
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Playlists

Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

The true meaning of sapphic yearning, as explained by a very gay playlist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 4, 2024 6 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie August 17, 2023 5 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: The Saddest Songs Ever, According to Queer Cancers

“Happy” Cancer season! Here are some songs to cry to, selected by a group of Cancers.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 26, 2023 35 Comments
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Countdown to Pride: 100 Songs To Get You Ready for Running Into All Your Exes Next Month

Get angry, get horny, get introspective!

Julie Gentile May 23, 2023 14 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: Welcome to My Dyke SoulCycle Class

Lifting weights half-naked in my apartment? That calls for 190 to 200 BPM house and pop music only.

Julie Gentile March 24, 2023 4 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: Crying in a Caftan, Smoking a Virginia Slim

Disclaimer, no, I don’t own a caftan. Yes, I wish I did.

Julie Gentile February 24, 2023 2 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: Queer as in F*CK YOU

The feeling of wanting to book a rage room and smash a lot of shit, or journal so hard you conquer weeks of pent up emotions in one go? That’s this playlist.

Julie Gentile January 19, 2023 4 Comments
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Playlists

Swaddle Yourself in This Queer Playlist for Cuffing Season

This playlist walks the line between the fun, playful crush energy that comes with any new relationship, and the contemplative mood that comes when conversations stop being about how cute you are and instead revolve around if you’ve also decided to take it more seriously.

Julie Gentile December 17, 2022 3 Comments
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Playlists Thanksgiving

Playlist: Songs for Vibing with Your Found Family on Thanksgiving

Here’s about seven hours of songs to play behind conversations and to fill the comforting silence of breaking bread over a tofurkey, ham, or whatever you like to stuff your face with.

Julie Gentile November 24, 2022 1 Comment
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Halloween Playlists

Let Me DJ Your Gay Halloween Party

If you’re planning on throwing a messy little gay Halloween party this month or need something to put on your speakers, allow me to present my gay little Halloween playlist. 100 songs curated to make you feel hot and festive.

Julie Gentile October 19, 2022 4 Comments
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Playlists

I’m Qualified To Make You a Love Songs Playlist Because I Was Mildly Famous on 8tracks

I’m not saying every playlist I make is everyone’s favorite, but I have been enjoying doing it since my days of repressed feelings, plaid skirts, and passive-aggressive after-school text posts.

Julie Gentile October 4, 2022 1 Comment
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Playlists

Playlist: Ethereal Songs For Going Beyond Reality

Listen to these songs while you’re destressing on a weekend, pretending to be a sea creature in the ocean, getting high on the floor of your bedroom, or looking to the stars to tell you what your life means.

Lily Alvarado September 24, 2022 2 Comments
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Proudly Trans, Proudly Horny

Pride means owning our horniness!

Abbie Jones June 11, 2022 3 Comments
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Summer Songs To Dance to During Pride When You Have an Unbearable Crush

“Girls Make Me Wanna Die,” a new single by The Aces, dropped today. So we made a playlist all about queer crushes.

Em Win June 8, 2022 2 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: I’m Turning 30 Tomorrow — Here Are 20 Songs From My Twenties

Every gay person has told me your thirties rule, and I BELIEVE it!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 29, 2022 6 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: Let’s Have a Middle School Dance Party

I asked queer adults to choose songs with the most middle school dance vibes, and the results smell like Axe bodyspray and taste like gum. Plus, read the real, true story of me kind of rudely rejecting a boy before my own 8th grade dance!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 10, 2022 11 Comments
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Playlists Valentine's Day

Playlist: Love Songs Gifted By Exes

I asked some of my friends whether they had any love songs that they still love today, originally given to them by exes.

Analyssa February 13, 2022 7 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: I Asked My Friends What the Most Romantic Song of All Time Is, And Now They’re All Mad At Me

A crowdsourced Valentine’s Day-ish playlist presents a broad spectrum of definitions of “romantic.” In other words: Here’s some romantic chaos.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 6, 2022 39 Comments
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23 of the Best Songs by Queer Artists in 2021

This was a great year for LGBTQ music and my gay little heart.

danijanae December 17, 2021 15 Comments
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