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Coming Out Roundtable: Like A Can Of Pringles, Once You Pop The Fun Don’t Stop

We’re getting ready for Coming Out Day. “I also passive aggressively came out to my parents by posting a Facebook status on National Coming Out Day sixish years ago? They…

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Oct 11, 2020

A close-up backlit hand holds a tiny model of a COVID-19 virus against a backdrop that reads ELECTION 2020.

news

Extra! Extra!: Where to Start, Trump’s Tax Avoidance or COVID Superspreading?

This week’s Extra! Extra! gives an update on the latest scandals from Trumpland, some reflections on what happened in Minneapolis this summer, another setback in the fight for Indigenous rights…

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Oct 9, 2020

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love + sex

Dating Download: Three Lesbians Try the XO Dating App So You Don’t Have to

Dating Download is a new ongoing series where Shelli, Dani and Drew try out the latest or most overlooked of dating apps so you don’t have to. Today they’re giving…

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Oct 7, 2020

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Into the A+ Advice Box #20: Reconsidering Your Perfectly Supportive Cis/Het Partner and More!

Making queer friends in quarantine, holding a candle for your ex, being out as bisexual at work, unpacking a past relationship with boundary issues, poly nesting feelings, roommates who make…

the team

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Oct 2, 2020

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love + sex

Let’s Talk About (Queer) Sex: Power Dynamics Are in the Eye of the Beholder

What do we feel our sexual IDs “mean” about us as “people”? Do they have overlaps with our sense of self outside of bed? Do we notice others assuming these…

the team

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Oct 1, 2020

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news

Extra! Extra!: What Would Happen If We Did Lose Roe v. Wade? Let’s Talk About It

This week’s Extra! Extra! turns to other areas of the news. Not because RBG’s death and the verdict on Breonna Taylor’s murder aren’t important. But because sometimes things are so…

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Sep 25, 2020

society + culture

Fashioned with New Language: A Conversation on Bisexual & Trans Shared Experience & Solidarity

“At the cultural level, in the US at least, when you say someone is bisexual, the image that automatically generates is of a cis bisexual person. The double erasure of…

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Sep 23, 2020

society + culture

How Did We Get Here? 6 Bi People on Coming to Their Identity for Bi+ Week 2020

“So many people come to the table with preconceived notions about bisexuality — namely that it excludes trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming folks — and if I was out in…

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Sep 22, 2020

A pro-migrant protest or rally, with multiple people marching and holding signs; two visible ones read "Migration is a human right" and "we are immigrants here to stay."

news

Extra! Extra!: In Search of an Order of Magnitude to Even Measure Trump’s Unforgivable Immigration Legacy

This week’s Extra! Extra! turns to some devastating immigration news and a look at women’s rights more broadly. This week also brought, perhaps unsurprising, news that the fossil fuel industry…

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Sep 18, 2020

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af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #19: Credit Card Debt, Potentially Moving with a New Partner, and More!

Stating your needs around masturbation in a relationship, moving on from an on-again-off-again relationship, your dad hasn’t worked through his homophobia, and more!

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Sep 18, 2020

news

Extra! Extra!: How Much Does Yet Another Trump Reveal Actually Reveal?

This week’s Extra! Extra! Offers more reflections on police brutality and delves into some damning news coming out of Trumpland. We also look at some LGBTQ+ news from around the…

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Sep 11, 2020

news

Extra! Extra!: In Which the Criminal Justice System Offers Justice for Who, Exactly?

This week’s Extra! Extra! brings us more news on abuses of power at all different levels of the criminal justice system. We also take another look at some of the…

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