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Lesbian Sex

How To Have Great Queer Sex in a Tent

The first thing I want to emphasize is that the goal of tent sex doesn’t have to be recreating the normal sex you have in a new location.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 7, 2025 3 Comments
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AF+ Crossword Has Unrealistically High Beverage Expectations

Thanks a lot, Brian Jacques.

Kate Hawkins and Rachel
June 7, 2025 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

‘And Just Like That,’ Miranda Is Failing at Dating Bingo

Miranda has discovered the joy of hate-watching, but is she any closer to discovering the greatness of Joy watching?

Riese June 6, 2025 16 Comments
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First Person

My New Year’s Resolution Was To Do More Drugs

I rang in the New Year with my friends, watching an endless stream of K-Pop music videos and eating lots of mushroom chocolate.

Vera Blossom June 6, 2025 2 Comments
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AF+ Friendship

My Queer Friends Are Mean About How Skinny I Am

Is it ever ok to comment on another person’s body? Also, we help a reader with a loud late-night roommate.

the team June 6, 2025
A triptych of the same image of Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe! director Kristiene Clarke getting kissed on the cheek at a film festival
Movie Features

This Trans Woman Has Directed 70 Films Since the ’80s

If you’ve never heard the name Kristiene Clarke, Jaye Hudson aka TGirlsonFilm plans to change that.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 6, 2025 2 Comments
Bobbi Salvör Menuez leans on a rolling stool as Jess Barbagallo pulls at their shirt in Bad Stars
Theater

‘Bad Stars’ Is a Play About Heartbreak, Storytelling, and Worms

I have seen Bad Stars twice now. Before it ends its run at Collapsable Hole, I will have seen it three times. I would see it five times if I could.

Maya Martinez June 6, 2025
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TV Reviews

‘Ginny & Georgia’ is Back with Its Best and Gayest Season

It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me giggle and kick my feet at all the extra queer content.

Valerie Anne June 6, 2025
collage of gay movies on hulu
Movie Lists

25 Lesbian Movies on Hulu That You Can Watch Right Now For Fun If You Want

Have you ever wondered which are the best lesbian movies on Hulu? Good news: we’ve got all of Hulu’s LGBTQ+ movies for all your needs related to women gazing into the eyeballs of other women!

Riese June 5, 2025 60 Comments
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Comedy

Michelladonna Does It for the Queens Baddies

The people’s prince Michelladonna brings a native New Yorker perspective to NYC comedy.

Motti June 5, 2025 3 Comments
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Movie Lists

Controversial Queer Films Your Group Chat Probably Fought About

Let’s look back on some of the queer films of the last 30+ years that were the most controversial within the queer community and argue about them all over again.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 4 Comments
Nicholas Alexander and Bobbi Salvör Menuez stand side by side in the woods in Adam (2019)
Movie Features

An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

Five years after its release, the cast and crew behind ‘Adam’ (2019) look back on the film, the controversy, and the culture that shaped both.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 15 Comments
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AF+ Movie Features

I Don’t Think You’re Stupid. I Just Think I Know More About Movies

“If I express that opinion, it’s not to say someone who did connect with the new film is wrong. We just had different experiences of a work of art based on our tastes, our personal experiences, and, yes, our knowledgebase.”

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 6 Comments
so gay for you
LGBT Book Reviews The L Word

‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More

‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show and an introspective, juicy celebrity memoir.

Riese June 4, 2025 1 Comment
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Book Features The L Word

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Kate & Leisha June 4, 2025 2 Comments
Da Brat and Jessica Betts
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Music

No Filter: Da Brat and Jessica Betts Release the Stud Anthem of the Summer

NEW DA BRAT? NEW DA BRAT! Plus, new music forthcoming from Keke Palmer and Kehlani too.

Christina Tucker June 4, 2025 1 Comment
VALERIE IN THE PARLOUR
First Person

I’m Finally Living the Friend-Filled Summers I Grew Up Watching On-Screen

I was always especially envious of the way movies depicted childhood summers, like in Now & Then.

Valerie Anne June 4, 2025 4 Comments
1 across / 5 letters / "___ the Vampire Slayer" (initial focus of "Buffering: A Rewatch Adventure")
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Watches Too Much TV

Is that a contradiction in terms?

Darby Ratliff and Rachel
June 4, 2025
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Community

As Trans People in Dallas, All We Have Are Each Other

Being trans in Texas right now, even in a relatively accepting location like Dallas, is a daily dose of utter madness.

Lisa Laman June 3, 2025 1 Comment
Miley Cyrus's new album Something Beautiful
Music

New Miley Cyrus Tracks, Ranked by How Likely You’ll Hear Them at Pride Parties

You know what, it actually is her “gayest” album ever…in the sense that queer people are absolutely going to eat this shit up. 

Stef Rubino June 3, 2025
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