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The Eras of My Bisexuality

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Lesbian Weddings

How To Set the Dress Code for Your Queer Wedding

We’re queering dress codes!

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Food and Drink

Let’s Get Really Into Leeks

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 8, 2024 5 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Going Downhill Fast

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Darby Ratliff January 8, 2024 3 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Coat Are You?

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“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1601 Recap: Get Immunized

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Drew Burnett Gregory January 6, 2024 8 Comments
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Movie Features

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Drew Burnett Gregory January 6, 2024 7 Comments
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AF+ Crossword is an Amorphous Thing

What’s big, gray and doesn’t matter?

Rebecca Goldstein January 6, 2024 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Raising Kanan Is Setting up a Peak 90s Black Girl Love Story

Coming out as a Black queer teen in the 90s can be messy business, but the connection between Iesha and Juke was genuine. And I think we have a Black love story in the making on our hands.

Carmen Phillips January 5, 2024 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Monica Gave the Gays Everything They Want in the “Salt Lake City” Finale

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The U.S. Occupation of Hawaiʻi Haunts the Pages of This Extraordinary Short Fiction Collection

It’s beautifully constructed from start to finish, and while the stories will get under your skin, it’s a welcome invasion.

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Breakups

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 5, 2024 6 Comments
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Puzzles

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Lesbian Sex

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Book Features

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Riese January 4, 2024 8 Comments
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Movie Lists

Actresses Born Before My Grandma Ranked by How Badly I Want Them to Top Me

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Drew Burnett Gregory January 4, 2024 22 Comments
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Food Lists

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TV Show Recaps

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