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The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Bridget Matloff on What the Cameras Didn’t Show You

Bridget Matloff speaks on friendship with Gabby Windey, pressures of reality TV, thoughts on marriage, gender roles, and yes, haircare.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

Sep 8, 2025

FIRST PERSON

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to…

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

PARENTING & FAMILY

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I…

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

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I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to be noon.

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Anonymous

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Jul 23, 2025

parenting & family

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I thought, “I guess this is motherhood.” And probably would’ve died thinking that.”

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

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Step Into The Parlour, a Queer Shared Diary

The Parlour is a new weekly newsletter and column for paid members that invites you into a space for unfiltered, of-the-moment queer slice-of-life writing. Think of it like a diary…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 16, 2025

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I Don’t Want To Get Pregnant but I Keep Dreaming I Am

Plus, dreams about a groundhog riding a bicycle, a house where everything is wrong, and more mystic musings.

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Apr 16, 2025

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The Anti-Uhaul Couple With a 22-Year Age Gap Who Used to F*ck in Cars

Don’t get me wrong — AJ and Natasha would still f*ck in a roomy SUV if absolutely necessary.

Sex/Life

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Apr 15, 2025

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Dykes Discuss Apple TV’s ‘The Studio’

Two dykes discuss Apple TV+’s The Studio, their shared love of Seth Rogen, Chase Sui Wonders on Genera+ion, KATHRYN HAHN, and why Apple is anti-cigarette.

Drew Burnett Gregory and Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 11, 2025

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HELP! I’m Trapped in a Fartless Relationship!

Nearly two years of cohabitation and you still haven’t farted around each other?! Also, a reader’s gf might be exhibiting (and triggering) some disordered eating habits.

the team

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Apr 11, 2025

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Are You Coming to Our ‘Yellowjackets’ Season Finale Virtual Watch Party Tonight?!

Yellowjackets is best watched in a hive, so won’t you join me?!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 11, 2025

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Out the Movies: Is Gay Sex a Radical Act?

Bruce LaBruce aims to rewrite a classic Pasolini film, but has queer sex lost its bite in this new context?

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 10, 2025

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Our Birth Story Has Severe Features

Our birth story has everything: preclampsia with severe features, catheters, bloody explosions, ginger ale, nurses from heaven, a birthing ball used as a chair and the eventual debut of a…

Riese

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Apr 8, 2025