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Being Alone for the Holidays Isn’t a Failure

Sometimes it’s a boundary.

Titeänyä Rodríguez

Dec 25, 2025

recipes

Friendsgiving Challenge #1: Real Friendship is Working Around Everyone’s Dietary Restrictions

Kyle’s created a full Friendsgiving menu that accommodates about a dozen dietary restrictions, and she’s used an impressive graphing system to make it happen.

Kyle Cornforth

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Nov 16, 2017

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: The World of Queer Geekery

There are lots of great things about being a queer nerd, but maybe the best is that you get to be friends with other queer nerds. They’re really the best…

Mey

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Nov 16, 2017

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Artsy and Handcrafted Items Made by Women and Queer People

These are all gifts made by women and queer people, each one personally hand-crafted or designed, that you can gift to the discerning artist types in your life.

Raquel

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Nov 15, 2017

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: I Saw Mommi Kissing Santa Claus

To all of our mommis, mommi fans, confused bystanders watching this all go down, as well as those thinking about dabbling: this one’s for you.

Erin

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Nov 14, 2017

health

Three Masculine of Center Workout Looks for Hitting the Gym in Style

I love going to the gym, but finding comfy activewear that also reflects my gender is not easy.

Kat Williams

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Nov 13, 2017

recipes

Femme Brûlée: Pumpkin Pie

Despite all the potential for error, I do genuinely think it’s still worth it to make pies.

Reneice Charles

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Nov 11, 2017

health

5 Ways To Fight Back Against Seasonal Affective Disorder

I’ve been dealing with SAD all my adult life, and especially since I moved to the northeast where daylight lasts about as long as my lunch break from November to…

Heather Hogan

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Nov 10, 2017

money + work

You Need Help: Coming Out as Non-Binary at Work

Our gender is not a burden, the binary mainstream society is. You are wonderful, I’m so proud of you for reaching out. Take what works from my suggestions, and know…

Araguaney R. Da Silva

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Nov 9, 2017

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Being Alone for the Holidays Isn’t a Failure

Friendsgiving Challenge #1: Real Friendship is Working Around Everyone’s Dietary Restrictions

Holigay Gift Guide: The World of Queer Geekery

Holigay Gift Guide: Artsy and Handcrafted Items Made by Women and Queer People

Holigay Gift Guide: I Saw Mommi Kissing Santa Claus

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