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The Brovaries of Slo Pitch stand in front of home plate
TV Reviews

Warm Up For “A League of Their Own” With The Very Gay “Slo Pitch”

If you like queers, laughing, and Bad News Bears sports stories, have I got a series for you!

By Heather Hogan | June 16, 2022 | 5 Comments
Photo 1: A woman with long brown hair wears an orange satin slip dress. Photo 2: A woman with blonde hair wears a black mesh one-piece bodysuit with a cut out at the stomach. Photo 3: A woman with brown curly hair wears a green, brown, and off-white buttondown blouse.
Queer Fashion

Five Outfits for Alluring Lesbian Poets

Despite what you’ve heard about how lesbians dress poorly, a lesbian poet wearing 50 rings and three gold chains will have the girls throbbing.

By danijanae | June 16, 2022 | 2 Comments
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A+

A Sleep to End the Heartache

“She said all she’d ever wanted was to be a good mama.”

By Heather Hogan | June 16, 2022 | 43 Comments
People hold protest signs with phrases like "Protect Trans Kids" and "It's OK To Say Gay" and "We Are Permanent" written on them against a background of a Welcome to Florida sign and a palm tree
First Person LGBT Pride

I Thought About Leaving Florida — Learning About Our Queer History Convinced Me To Stay

The truth is, as hard as I ride for it now, there was a time when I couldn’t imagine living here anymore, too.

By Stef Rubino | June 16, 2022 | 9 Comments
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First Person Pets & Animals

Give It Time, Delphine

To really love anything, I think, is to run the risk of it not loving you back.

By danijanae | June 16, 2022 | 19 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading: The 2022 Lambda Literary Award Winners, Erotic Cookbooks, and More!

June is full of LGBTQ+ book releases, but make sure to preorder queer books all summer!

By Yashwina | June 16, 2022 | 4 Comments
Two girls lean across the table and kiss while a third woman watches somewhat angrily.
Movie Reviews

Tribeca 2022: “Petit Mal” Is A Lesbian Throuple’s Real Life Fiction

We are watching these three artists create drama together — which definition of drama is unclear.

By Drew Burnett Gregory | June 16, 2022 | 1 Comment
In Love Victor Season 3, Lake and Lucy stand next to each other with their arms crossed in a high school hallway. Lake is in a blue suit coat with a off white turtle neck and hair red hair in a ponytail. Lucy has a blunt brunette bob and a purple knit sweater with a bright pattern.
TV Reviews

Love, Victor’s Third Season and Watching Happy Gay Teens While Knowing Nothing Bad Will Happen

“Love, Victor” is the “To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” of Hulu’s gay rom-com empire, all soft feelings and Instagram worthy camera filters.

By Carmen Phillips | June 15, 2022 | 3 Comments
Arya Stark practices her swordplay on Game of Thrones
Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Maisie Williams Says Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark Was Queer OBVIOUSLY

LGBTQ+ video games for Pride, the best Pixar dads for Father’s Day, more peeps at A League of Their Own’s queerness, and more!

By Heather Hogan | June 15, 2022 | 1 Comment
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A+

A+ Roundtable: The Things We Carry

“I bring my favorite pen everywhere so I never have to use any other pen besides this pen.”

By the team | June 15, 2022 | 30 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Kehlani, There’s Literally No Gayer Caption Than “Six Years of Friendship, One Year of Love”

Also, is it possible that you forgot Gen Q was returning to us for a third season? I know I did!

By Christina Tucker | June 15, 2022 | 2 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Tribeca 2022: “Three Headed Beast” Tackles the Complexities of Open Relationships

No one is a villain and no one is wrong. It’s just often the natural progression of these kinds of relationships where people don’t talk things out.

By danijanae | June 15, 2022 | 1 Comment
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Lady Gaga Might Be Harley Quinn in “The Joker” Sequel, Give Harley a Girlfriend Already

Lady Gaga’s in talks to play Harley Quinn in a sequel to “The Joker” that will somehow also be a musical (?), important updates on Brittney Griner, and PS: Your hamburger buns are bankrolling a Christian Nationalist.

By Carmen Phillips | June 14, 2022 | 17 Comments
Gentleman Jack Season 2 Finale: Anne Lister and Ann Walker look affectionately at each other in the carriage
TV Show Recaps

Gentleman Jack Season 2 Finale: Queer Happy Endings Do Exist!

Sometimes you and your wife are the only people in the entire world who believe you should be together.

By Heather Hogan | June 14, 2022 | 24 Comments
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LGBT Pride

27 Big Brands Selling LGBTQ+ Pride Apparel in 2022, Loosely Ranked By Subjective Criteria

Another year, another chance for big brands to give money to big non-profits and remind us that love is love, love is for everyone, love unites, etc.

By Riese | June 14, 2022 | 18 Comments
The cover of "Exalted" by Anna Dorn features an illustration of hands holding a moon and a sun and illustrated stars against a purple background. The image is repeated three times.
LGBT Book Reviews

“Exalted” Review: A Delusional Astrologer and a Bad Gay Mom’s Stars Collide, Chaos Ensues

Exalted — a riotous new novel from Anna Dorn — is exquisite chaos.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | June 14, 2022 | 3 Comments
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Food and Drink LGBT Pride

How To Host a Restorative Dinner Party for Your Chosen Queer Fam

Over the past few years, I’ve learned a lot about how to curate and host a sacred queer space. It feels important to share some of the practical things I’ve learned so you can curate those spaces, too.

By Em Win | June 14, 2022 | 5 Comments
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By Nico Hall | June 14, 2022 | 5 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: My Crush Is Dating Someone Else and I Feel Very Jealous

You don’t always get the girl, and that’s okay.

By danijanae | June 14, 2022 | 7 Comments
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Gender

To the Trans Kids Reading This – Keep Glowing

You are eons beyond what they will ever imagine being possible. You are glorious, abundant, light personified.

By shea wesley martin | June 13, 2022 | 17 Comments
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