Make Out Month

a tribute to the beauty of queer makeouts

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A Treatise on Bad Kissers

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Oct 30, 2025

MOVIE LISTS

The Best Lesbian Movie Make Outs of All Time

Happy International Kissing Day! Celebrate by revisiting the best lesbian movie make outs of all…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 6, 2025
FIRST PERSON

A Queer Coming of Age in Five Makeouts

Partying as a teenager is hard in New York City, where very few people have…

Pallas Gutierrez

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Jan 30, 2025
FIRST PERSON

My First Makeout Was Reenacting the Kissing Scene From ‘Cruel Intentions’

At 17, my lack of kissing was a sensitive subject for me. It wasn’t for…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jan 16, 2025
LGBT HISTORY

Making Out, Making Change: The History of Queer Kiss-Ins

For nearly 50 years, queer activists kissed each other as a form of protest.

Stef Rubino

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Jan 13, 2025
COMEDY

The Worst Places To Make Out

I believe parking garages are some of the most cursed liminal spaces of the modern…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 10, 2025
COMEDY

The Best Places To Make Out

The best makeouts are like an ocean — wet, open, endless.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 9, 2025
FIRST PERSON

The Music I’ve Made Out To: An Ode to Queer Kissing in Public

I believe in making out at the club, at the dance party, in the backseat…

Stef Rubino

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Jan 8, 2025
FIRST PERSON

What If The Girl You Make Out With On New Year’s Eve Becomes Your Wife?

“You tell everyone you see that night, including but not limited to all the friends…

Riese

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Jan 1, 2025

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