Results for: gay marriage
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‘All About Eve’ and the Gay Marriage of Careerism
Audiences have long read queerness onto Eve due to her obsession with Margo and a brief moment when she’s seen walking upstairs with her “roommate.” She fits into the trope of the conniving lesbian — a vampire feasting on Margo’s life instead of her blood.
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I Don’t Love Gay Marriage but I’m Officiating My Friends’ Gay Wedding
Oh, I love attending weddings. Yes, yes. Flirting with a bridesmaid is like a Top 10 activity for me. But marriage does not fit snugly into my personal definition of queerness.
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Fae Farm Is Your New Stardew Valley — Including, Yes, Gay Marriage!
If you like growing crops, fighting magical monsters, collecting stuff, and making a whole town fall in love with you, I’ve got some great news.
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Broke and Lonely? “Lavender Marriage” May Be For You!
Gen Zers who are tired of being “broke, single, and lonely” are drawn to the idea of a rebranded “lavender marriage” as a way to enjoy marriage’s practical benefits without all the sex and romance.
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Some Things I Didn’t Expect When Planning My Lesbian Wedding
2. I’m in not infrequent contact with a woman named Daphne who is renting me a Fancy Portable Toilet Trailer with air conditioning.
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I’m a Queer Bride on a Budget — And I Went to a Bridal Expo
Have you ever heard of a Bridal Expo? I sure hadn’t! And did you know there are wedding-themed porta potties?!
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Can the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center Honor the Rebellion’s Radical Roots?
Every federally recognized place, person, and object carries the asterisk of the violent history and present of the United States of America. But I’m still happy Pink Flamingos is preserved in the Library of Congress and I’m glad Yosemite can’t be turned into condos and I’m glad young people will take field trips to Stonewall.
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Get in Losers, We’re Getting Divorced
Divorce Week is a celebration of taking a life-changing step, of coming out the other side of devastating trauma and being all the better for it.
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Pop Culture Fix: Sports Gays, Lace Up! E.R. Fightmaster Is Starting a Podcast For You
E.R. Fightmaster and their friends are starting a gay sports podcast, Sara Ramirez is officially not returning to And Just Like That, the Spirit Awards honored The Last of Us, Candis Cayne and Danna Davis are launching a trans production company, and more.
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The Times I Stayed in the Closet While Wedding Planning
Planning a queer wedding isn’t without its complications, especially when you live in a place trying to push LGBTQ folks out of public life.
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Editor’s Notes: Divorce Week
Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much!
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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1608 Recap: Feel the Heat
“If they get a good song, this could be great,” I said to my girlfriend right before those iconic first notes began. It’s Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and these are two queens worthy of the song.
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Gay Me Up, Scotty: How Star Trek Failed To Boldly Go There
In addition to perhaps the most egregious split infinitive in the history of the written word, Star Trek, which celebrates its 44th anniversary this week, also committed crimes against its gay fans: it ignored them.
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Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce
“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”
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Kristin Cashore’s “Seasparrow” Continues The Great Graceling Gaying
Like all the Graceling books, Seasparrow allows the woman at its center to be angry, and hurt, and confused, and scared and messy and even downright unlikable sometimes. That’s what makes the series great!
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Documenting and Honoring Queer History Requires Imagination
Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories, a new book by cultural historian Diarmuid Hester, shows us what is possible when we consider space in this way.
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‘Rent’ (The Film) Is Best Performed Live (By You)
Rent will never be a perfect movie. And it never needs to be. Because Rent is best enjoyed singing it loudly at the top of your lungs, dancing until you break a sweat, and the collapsing exhausted against your couch with your best friends.
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Also.Also.Also: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” Is Relevant in New Ways During the Rise of Ron DeSantis
Also, let’s play a game: UFO or Christmas lights? Plus updates on Megan thee Stallion’s trial against Tory Lanez, getting high on mushrooms with your mom, and how to donate when you don’t have the money.
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You Need Help: I’m Too ‘Old’ for This New Generation of Queers
I’m so sorry the people you’re around have made you feel unwelcome because you don’t follow their narrow definition of what being a queer woman looks like.
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Lesbian Weddings on TV: From Carol and Susan to Bette and Tina
The history of lesbian weddings on TV: parents refusing to attend, wild ’90s hats, untimely deaths, a weed brownie rave on the Eiffel Tower, an impromptu prison wedding, the union of two solo gems and so much more.