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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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My Newly Engaged Straight Best Friend Is Being Gay Towards Me

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It’s Officially Baby Time But Oops I Changed My Mind

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May 8, 2026

a collage of layered transparent images, some of a woman kneeling in prayer, others of a woman pulling another woman's hair sensually and another of a woman cuddling with a partner

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Anonymous Sex Diary: Horny and Hooking Up at Divinity School

I texted my best friends, “I think studying religion is making me horny,” because I’ve been wanting to jump everyone’s bones (respectfully). A young queer woman chronicles a week in…

Guest

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Oct 24, 2023

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A+ Crossword Is Queer as Fuck

Did you hear the rumor about butter?

Rebecca Goldstein

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Oct 21, 2023

a collage of three images from tiktok, one is one of those button using dogs now saying "help," another is the weird animated pizza possum, and a third is a white gay in a bathrobe. over top, text reads: The Group Chat

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The Group Chat: Our Embarrassing TikTok Fascinations

“I think maybe TikTok thinks I am a gay man.”

The Editors

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Oct 20, 2023

the image features a collage of a woman going into kiss a man's neck. they are both Black. There is also an image of a laptop, all over a cloud of smoke, superimposed on the nighttime skyline of Johannesburg. Text in glowing white reads "anonymous sex diaries"

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Anonymous Sex Diary: I’m Putting My Career At Risk To Have Sex With My Boss

“But I’d risk it all for her.” A young trans man in Johannesburg is sleeping with his straight boss in secret, and falling more deeply for her every day.

Guest

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Oct 17, 2023

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A+ Crossword Has Seen Barbie Three Times (So Far)

I learned an important lesson on how to paint dogs.

Rebecca Goldstein

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Oct 14, 2023

an image featuring sex educator Luna Matatas who is a bright and cheerful woman wearing a dress here, as well as several collaged elements showing queers in a moment of intimacy, a person using a dating app, and a person holding a handful of sex toys. text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box

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Into the A+ Advice Box #90: Queer Sex and Desire with Sex Educator Luna Matatas

“So many people struggle with getting out of their head and into their body during sex.”

Luna Matatas

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Oct 13, 2023

The words "Anonymous Sex Diaries" glow above an image of a Black person's fingers stroking their bare skin. There are two discs containing birth control medication collaged onto the image.

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Anonymous Sex Diary: Don’t Be Scared to Touch Me

A nonbinary person finally receives an endometriosis diagnosis that explains their pain. As ey begin exploring treatment options that mitigate the pain, ey and their partner decide to try having…

Guest

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Oct 10, 2023

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