Pets & Animals

Queer people sure love their cats, dogs and chickens!

pets & animals

On Our Queer Urban Neighbor: The Pigeon

Is the pigeon, once respected but long maligned, finally having its moment?

Lauren Herold

Apr 17, 2026

an original watercolor by Wallace May featuring Gabrielle, a blond woman, sleeping with her small white dog Kimberly on top of her

first person

What To Know Before You Get a Dog

When you first meet her, scared and sick and alone, you’ll know that if you don’t take her with you she’ll probably die. Of course, she’s going to die either…

Gabrielle Korn

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Jun 2, 2022

Two mini snails are placed in front of metal walkers on a set with purple concrete (they are walking on the concrete) and miniature trees and a pink sky.

pets & animals

These Miniature Snails Are the Small Pocket of Joy You Really Need

I have a thesis about why snails are queer culture, but it comes down to this: there’s a snail in this post that will sleep on a perfectly recreated mini-bed…

Carmen Phillips

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Apr 30, 2022

Old Yeller, Sparky, Spike and Hooch, dogs who have died in movies

movie features

Bury Your Dogs: 37 Dog Characters Who Died In TV and Film, and How

From Old Yeller to Biscuit, paying tribute to the dogs that were ripped out of our arms by the lords of the teevee and cinema.

Carol

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Apr 1, 2022

a tiny black chihuahua snuggling in bed with hand drawn pink hearts all around the image

pets & animals

Top 8 Songs My Moms Sing To Me About Me

i love you you’re tiny let’s go outside and pee pee

Zucchini Arson Friedman

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Apr 1, 2022

An orange background. A grey and white tabby cat sits on an orange pillow. On the orange TV are two brightly colored birds.

pets & animals

Birds in the TV Is as Good as Birds in the Window

My favorite channels to watch are Birder King and Bird Bonanza.

Socks Bobbi

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Apr 1, 2022

TARANTULA! b-movie poster of a giant spider attacking a woman

pets & animals

Hey — We Need To Talk About Tarantulas

“Everyone loves a dog that can hoop, or a dog that can save a kid from a well, but no one, and I mean no one, loves a tarantula.”

Delphine Sade

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Apr 1, 2022

Feature image of our pets: Lola, Tubbs, Carol, Winona on the first row. Socks, Zucchini, Buckett and Mya on the second row

quizzes

QUIZ: Which Of Our Cats and Dogs Are You?

Are you a Lola, a Carol, a Buckett, a Socks, a Tubbs, a Winona, a Zucchini or a Mya? There is simply one way for you to find out and…

Carol and Riese

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Apr 1, 2022

A collaged image featuring Sadie, Nicole's girlfriend, and Mya the dog. Sadie is a white, butch woman with clear glasses and brown hair cut short and parted on the side. Mya is a fluffy malamute mix with a huge smile, big silly ears, and one brown eye and one blue eye. There is a background pattern of meat on pink. Sadie is holding a burrito plate away from Mya while Mya rolls on her back and attempts to charm some of Sadie's food away from her. There is another image of Sadie laughing while Mya smiles at the camera, having been confounded when trying to get some of Sadie's food.

pets & animals

A Review of Nicole’s “New” Girlfriend of Four Years by Their Dog Mya

“Since Sadie has come into our lives, the chance of meats dropping on the floor has increased from Zero to Some More.”

Mya Hall

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Apr 1, 2022

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