Editor’s Notes: Divorce Week
Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much!
Brittney Griner’s Jersey Retired at Baylor in an Overdue Homecoming Fitting of Her Greatness
Every outtake from the weekend, every interview, showcased Griner’s eyes shining brightly. The joy were palpable. It felt like an amends was made: the place that Griner had once loved, the place that she had found love, would finally feel like home again.
Uncertainty and Disquiet: My Non-Consensual Childhood Circumcision as a Trans Woman
At the time, I didn’t know that I was experiencing a contentious procedure that would leave me physically scarred and emotionally wounded. I did it because I was told I should. Decades later, I learned about assent in a postgraduate research course.
You Need Help: I Want To Ask My Couple Friends Out but Don’t Know if They’re Poly
“I have a crush on a lesbian couple I know, and I want to test the waters to see if they might be interested in dating, but I don’t want to make it weird if they’re monogamous.”
Vivek Shraya’s “How to Fail as a Popstar” Makes Failure Look Good
How to Fail as a Popstar embraces the limitations of its length and budget. Vivek Shraya and director Vanessa Matsui have crafted a work bursting with queer creativity, a story of artistic reality alive with artistic possibility.
25 Movies Just Perfect for Crying Through Your Divorce
Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no one is watching, it’s fine).
Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Had a Great Time Terrifying Conservatives With Her Gay-Ass Photo Shoot
I have the scoop on five different sapphic films coming out for you to know about, including: one with a lesbian-lovers-to-crime-partners plot line, Zach Braff working out his biphobia to the terrible tune of Chasing Amy, and conservatives are in tizzy of Kristen Stewart’s Rolling Stone cover.
Rumors of Our Lesbian Divorce Rates Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (But They’re Still Pretty True)
You may have heard that lesbian divorce rates are exceptionally high, and perhaps you may have found yourself wondering — are they really?
I Didn’t Know Existential Therapists Were a Thing Until I Got One
“I’m an easy host, a rake, a card, I’m bejeweled, I have a gay face. I want to love and be loved. If reaching is a kind of being, it’s a reaching toward.”
Twenty Years Later, “The Lion King 1 ½” Is Still the Gayest Disney Movie
The Lion King 1 ½ is a reminder that sometimes subtext is better — especially when it’s this texty.
Mini Crossword Is a Pink Lady
I failed my driving test after taking an abbreviated driver’s ed class.
Tiny Butch Shoes, Lightly Worn
A good pair of boots are LIFE okay??? Is that a gay opinion? Likely.
Quiz: Which Sad Song With a Dog Motif Are You?
Do you ever feel pathetic and disgusting in your unending loyalty? Do you feel an incessant need to be praised? Do you lash out in fearful aggression when backed into a corner? Then the dog motif may be for you!
Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “Desert Hearts” Celebrates Lesbian Patience and Persistence
Sex isn’t the only way to encourage people to be themselves. But, hey, it sure can be convincing.
I’m a Psychologist Who Didn’t See My Own Divorce Coming
Psychologists can see potential in every patient who is seeking therapy. I can’t look at my marriage without seeing all the ways we could still fix it.
Reine #57: Cool Girl Winter
“I can’t tell if I’m just too old or too isolated.”
AF+ Crossword Dreamed You Were a Poem
A duck walks into a bar and buys everyone a round.
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1607 Recap: The Hills Have Eyes
Ru makes a little “climb every mountain” reference in her teaser video causing Plasma to do-re-meltdown.
Boobs on Your Tube: The Mamas Are in Town for Dinner on “Good Trouble”!
Stef and Lena all these years later, never change. Also updates on: Hightown, Death and Other Details, the season three finale of Raising Kanan, and the series finale of La Brea.
Karol G’s “Contigo” Aches With the Longing of a Thousand Sapphic Suns
If you watched two Latinas fall in love with promises of not wanting to live life without the other, against one of the most infectious beats of the year, and all you could think about was if it counted as “queer-baiting”… you maybe missed the point?