Italy’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ parental rights intensifies — plus more queer news.

If you’re white and still haven’t had that hard conversation with your relatives, wow you are out of excuses. Also: binging Battlestar Galactica at the end of the world, examining the Grief Industrial Complex, gay college sweethearts who broke the trend and miraculously stayed in love, and more!

Roxane Gay on Brittney Griner (if you haven’t read it yet — you should), asexual Sims, and the new 988 helpline isn’t necessarily the relief to police intervention that’s been promised.

Marking Brittney Griner’s 200th day being wrongfully detained in Russia, polyamorous parenting, the summer of Black queer music, and the long unraveling of the Republican Party.

Eva Kollisch and Amber Hollibaugh recently passed away.

A look at the history of queer Halloween celebrations and more LGBTQ+ culture and news.

Also, the anti-LGBTQ Leave Our Kids Alone movement showed up in LA, the history of pockets, and more queer culture + news reads.

Plus, fliers from 90s gay clubs, fantasizing about MILFs, and hot union summer continues.

As Banned Books Week nears, here’s who’s pushing for the bans and who’s fighting back.

Meanwhile, the U.S. wave of anti-LGBTQ legislation is not limited to red states, so don’t think for a second that it is.

Apparently, Taurus Szn is the best time of the year to be lazy and sexy, so buckle up for that. Also let’s start suing in response to these book bans. They’re violating 1st Amendment rights.

Congratulations to Andrea Long Chu for her Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, making ethical porn for Black women, and Republicans’ anti-trans assault actually has an Achilles heel.

Late-in-life coming out stories, books that feature abortions, and the “news” that Grimace is apparently a queer icon now.

A stunning photo essay of queer elders that will make your day. Also: Zaya Wade’s first magazine cover is here, crossword puzzles for abortion funds, and how far-right movements die.

Queer separatism never looked so good. Also: Honoring disability activist Judy Heumann.

Being gay and messy in your 20s is fun if you let it, so I’m wishing Lily-Rose and 070 Shake all the best. Also: a new podcast about gay music culture that I think you’ll love, and spotting a toxic boss while applying for jobs.

To get into even more detail, Alex was supposed to have a relationship with Stevie (that’s Lesbian Jesus Hayley Kiyoko to you). Also: Papayas are standing in the gap of abortion trainings for med students.

Also, let’s play a game: UFO or Christmas lights? Plus updates on Megan thee Stallion’s trial against Tory Lanez, getting high on mushrooms with your mom, and how to donate when you don’t have the money.

What we can learn about Toni Morrison’s advocacy against censorship during a time of increased banned books, so much queer international news from Cuba to Turkey to Italy, and the 250 best songs of the 90s.

The Jackson Water Crisis is rooted environmental racism (and how to help), lesbian luminaries of the South, the Latina legacy of gold hoop earrings, and yes — Jamie Clayton’s “Hellraiser.” Horror gays rise, your time is now.