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Demi Lovato is Non-Binary: Pop Star poses in front mirror in three photos, in a green suit, an orange suit, and back to the green. In each photo they have their signature pixie haircut.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Demi Lovato Is Non-Binary and Proud, Pop Icon Says “Keep Living In Your Truths”

“I am proud to let you know that I identify as non-binary & will officially be changing my pronouns to they/them moving forward.”

By Carmen Phillips | May 19, 2021 | 15 Comments
A close up of Samira Wiley looking very tired in a blue hoodie with her newborn daughter, George, in her arms.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Yes, Samira, “All the Way Tired” Seems like the Right Vibe for a New Parent

Personally I am scared of how gorgeous Hayley Kiyoko looks!! Also, I am thrilled to report that the soccer MILFs continue to be MILFs and Quinn Wilson, ever the innovator, using her dog camera to make selfie art.

By Christina Tucker | May 19, 2021 | 7 Comments
Two Penguins Hold Hands on a beach at sunset.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Even Lesbian Penguins Are Shacking Up, I Guess Everyone’s Ready For Hot Vax Summer

Police banned from NYC Pride until 2025, the joy of Black hair, the forgotten women who changed the face of journalism, we’re (probably) really gonna lose Roe v. Wade this time, and the expert COVID-safe guide to a horny, healthy summer.

By Carmen Phillips | May 18, 2021 | 12 Comments
Katie Mitchell in a red hoodie holding a puppet against a rainbow background with pizza and her dog
Movie Reviews

The Mitchells vs. The Machines: Abbi Jacobson Is The Queer All-Ages Hero We’ve Been Waiting For

The Mitchells vs. The Machines is genuinely hilarious and actually for really real gay.

By Heather Hogan | May 18, 2021 | 11 Comments
A composite photo of author A.E. Osworth and the cover of their book, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT.
Book Features

“We Are Watching Eliza Bright'”s Sixsterhood Is a Collective Narrator of Queer Possibility: An Interview with A.E. Osworth

When queer voices — especially those of trans people, and Black and brown people — are so frequently ignored or actively silenced, centering a narrator made up of them turned out to be an active effort.

By Lindsay Lee Wallace | May 18, 2021 | 2 Comments
Sue Bird in ESPN studios
Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Sue Bird Grapples With Being Hot Mom Age

The WNBA is back! Owl House is back! Janelle Monáe joins Knives Out 2! Good news abounds!

By Heather Hogan | May 17, 2021 | 2 Comments
Batwoman 214: Ryan and Sophie hold hands
TV Show Recaps

“Batwoman” Episode 214 Recap: And Justice for Some

I believe in loving loud and hard, but also holding the things you love accountable, especially when you know they’re capable of being Great. This show has given us greatness and I believe it still can, and that’s why this hurts so much.  

By Nic | May 17, 2021 | 16 Comments
Screenshot from Legends of Tomorrow Episode 603: Zari is surrounded by glitter and extending costume wings at the end of a singing performance.
TV Show Recaps

“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 603 Recap: Zari’s Got Talent

Ava and the Legends end up entering a reality competition singing show on their quest to save Sara, who is poisoned on a mystery planet.

By Valerie Anne | May 17, 2021 | 12 Comments
split screen: bette and tina happy on their porch, helena in the interrogation room
Podcasts The L Word

“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 608: Last Word

“You can trust someone not to kill you with a knife, but still not trust them with your feelings.”

By Riese | May 17, 2021 | 3 Comments
Tommie-Amber Price as Renee with blood on her face pointing a shotgun
Movie Reviews

“The Retreat” Is a New Kind of Lesbian Horror, Full of Catharsis and Dykey Swagger

Despite the real-life horrors queer women face, horror cinema has largely shown queer women as predators. The Retreat attempts to change that.

By Drew Burnett Gregory | May 17, 2021 | 2 Comments
In a hand-drawn image in the colors of greens and dark navy blues, a young Asian person with short hair stares at their own image sitting against a mirror inside of a closet.
Identity

How Tam Found Empowerment in the Closet

What are you to do when you are a Vietnamese asexual and aromantic woman who grew up in white, cishet, francophone-dominated Montreal in the 1980s and 1990s?

By Diamond Yao | May 17, 2021 | 5 Comments
A collage of 8 images of deep fried appetizers from your favorite chain restaurants
Quizzes

What Chain Restaurant Appetizer Are You?

This quiz will have you wishing you could drive to a suburban strip mall to plop down in a booth and order off a plastic menu.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | May 16, 2021 | 31 Comments
Charlie Kicks and Stone Castle
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Would Love It If We Made It

Pelvic pain during sex, changing experiences of love, the best solo sex of your life and more.

By Ryan Yates | May 16, 2021 | 7 Comments
In a three panel comic colored in pastel tones, the first panel reads: "I'm Your Dad Now by Rea Strapp." in the second panel two friends ask each other if any gay really has a good relationship with their fathers, in the third panel one of the friends says that they in fact do have a good relationship with their father — which means that, "Now I your Dad"
Webcomics

Reine #21: I’m Your Dad Now

Lesbians make the best father figures.

By Ren Strapp | May 15, 2021 | 1 Comment
Screenshot from Legacies: Bisexual witch Josie smiles as she goes in to kiss her queer werewolf gal pal as sparks literally fly behind them.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: When We Say Sparks Are Flying on “Legacies,” They Are LITERALLY Flying

Plus updates on New Amsterdam, Charmed, Nancy Drew, and Top Chef. Also “Gen Q: Season 2″… this summer perhaps?

By The TV Team | May 14, 2021 | 11 Comments
Shrill Fran and Emily sit together on the couch
TV Reviews

“Shrill” Gives Fran the Queer Joy She Deserves in the Final Season

I look at her and I see my killer body, my effervescent personality, my sweet determination, and even my quietest fears.

By Shelli Nicole | May 14, 2021 | 7 Comments
Mythic Quest queer gamers: Dana and Rachel sit on a couch with gamer headphones on smiling at each other.
TV Reviews

Mythic Quest’s Queer Season 2 Storyline Gets Gamer Girl High Score

The Mythic Quest queer storyline features Ashly Burch as game tester Rachel who has a big lesbian crush on her co-tester, Imani Hakim’s Dana.

By Valerie Anne | May 14, 2021 | 8 Comments
Dawn (Sara Bareilles), Wickie (Renée Elise Goldsberry), Summer (Busy Philipps), and Gloria (Paula Pell) in Girls5Eva gay
TV Reviews

Okay Tina Fey’s “Girls5Eva” Really Is Super Great and Super Gay

Girls5Eva is honestly hilarious — and it’s a lot easier to feel like you’re in on the gay jokes when you’re actually represented on-screen. 

By Heather Hogan | May 14, 2021 | 5 Comments
A composite of four photos of models wearing some really solid mommi-inspired shorts.
Queer Fashion Shopping

So You Want to Wear Shorts This Summer

We covered the return of the 90s and the 70s in our last edition, and you can expect to see that trend continuing here! The 90s influence is especially strong in the athletic short space — think Princess Diana and her iconic bike shorts. The 70s vibes are coming in hot with prints and patterns, which I personally am digging!

By Christina Tucker | May 14, 2021 | 15 Comments
the featured image for the story; our narrator in the love circle. Her hand is on the butch base's knee and she's got one eye open to look at them.
Poetry and Fiction

Trans Fiction, Trans Imagination: Notes on (AcroYoga) Camp

Sitting there, eyes closed, I could feel the subtle movements of the two people I was touching. To my right—someone I’d never met. I’d glimpsed basketball shorts, ragged tee, short hair. Muscular, athletic body. My hand on an unfamiliar, living knee.

By Nat Mesnard | May 14, 2021 | 4 Comments
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