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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

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 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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A+ Crossword Turns the Tables On You

What do you call a number that can’t keep still?

Rebecca Goldstein

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Nov 25, 2023

a young happy lesbian couple holds each other in a kitchen. text reads "into the A+ advice box"

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Into the A+ Advice Box #93: How Can You Tell If She Has A Crush On You?

How do you build chosen family? Should you consider pursuing romantic connection when your friends have become more distant? And do we have ideas for your anniversary celebration? (We do!)

the team

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Nov 24, 2023

two people model autostraddle tee shirts. one of the models is wearing a nonbinary shirt that says "nb" and the other wearing a shirt that says "who all's gay here" words behind them read "SALE 50% off"

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Small Business Weekend SALE: 50% Off For A+ Members All Weekend

50% off is kind of a lot!

Nico

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Nov 24, 2023

A young school girl is seen carrying anither school girl as they try to navigate a flooded road after school hours just after the rain in Lagos, West of Nigeria on October 6, 2022.

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Love In A Sinking City: A Queer Timeline

“Today I am 28. It is 2023. In Nigeria, it is illegal to do the things I did freely at the beaches in Toronto; watch my queer friends kiss under…

Machi

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Nov 21, 2023

A desaturated collage: an image from Street Fighter, an image of Reed Erickson with two women, an image of Patti Harrison, and image of writer Daven McQueen as a child.

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Editor’s Notes: Trans Awareness Week

What can a publication do that tries to center trans people all-year-round?

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Nov 20, 2023

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A+ Crossword Get a Little Personal

I’m a big fan of whiteboards.

Kate Hawkins

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Nov 18, 2023

BOULDER, CO - MAY 01: John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. Patsy holds up a reward sign for information leading to the arrest of their daughter's murderer. Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post). Photo has over exposure stains on it.

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In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

“Legislators pass laws enabling families to control children and defund social services that support them, all in the name of protecting the wealthy, white, girl body. These policies, which are…

Stacy Grover

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Nov 16, 2023

a young boy is submerged in water surrounded by flowers, light streams up from the bottom of the photo in a blur

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The Flood Came Later

“I’ve always loved the water. Before top surgery, when my discomfort with my body was at an all time high, swimming was the one thing I could do that gave…

Jude Little

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Nov 15, 2023