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Sports

Notes From A Queer Engineer: Yuna Kim And The Physics of Figure Skating

Today we pause, momentarily, for a half-step sideways into the intersection of two other awesome international spectacles intermittently fraught with weird political controversy: science and the gayest Olympic sport since the IOC dropped wrestling.

Laura Mandanas February 7, 2014 32 Comments
Recipes

Wilder Hungers: Chinese New Year and Chococado Cake

Turns out it’s the year of the horse, which is my Chinese zodiac, so it was basically like my birthday party. Confetti was blasted on the roof.

Gabriella February 7, 2014 9 Comments
Gender

REFUGE Restrooms: New Website Helps You Find Gender-Safe Public Restrooms

We talked with Teagan Widmer about her new site for transgender, intersex, and gender noncomforming folks, and how YOU can help develop the app even further.

Mey February 7, 2014 4 Comments
Music Sports

Surprise: Tatu Not Having A Great Time At The Sochi Olympics

t.A.t.U. news! You have no idea how happy I am right now.

Stef February 7, 2014 33 Comments
LGBT History

8 Unintentionally Gay Vintage Wartime Posters

Reading lesbian subtext in everything since World War I.

Fikri February 7, 2014 25 Comments
Sex Toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Toyfriend Seti

The Toyfriend Seti is like a little satellite dish, if satellite dishes honed in on your clit.

Guest February 7, 2014 3 Comments
Community

25 Titles We Considered For This Story About Sappho

8. You Need To Watch This Video of Sappho Calling Out Congress From Thousands of Years Ago

Rachel February 6, 2014 25 Comments
Sports

Playing for Our Team: The 7 Out Gay Olympians at Sochi

There are only seven, and all of them are women. Let’s meet Team Gay!

A.E. Osworth February 6, 2014 22 Comments
Book Features

Two “New” Poems By Sappho Uncovered and Translated, Prove She’s Still Got It

After having been lost to the world for a couple thousand years, two poems written by Sappho have unexpectedly turned up in London following an anonymous collector’s submission to Oxford.

Laura Mandanas February 6, 2014 8 Comments
Shopping Valentine's Day

I Heart Valentine’s Day: The Gay Girl’s Great Big Gift Guide

Gifts for blackhearts, strawberry kisses, white knights, red hot lovers, hearts of gold, blue valentines, you and your girlfriend. Really it’s all in here. All of it. Try me.

Riese February 6, 2014 23 Comments
Relationships Valentine's Day

8 Great Long-Distance Dates for A Really Gay Valentine’s Day

Even if we can’t spring for round-trip tickets for two to a shared favorite destination or get enough time off work to visit for a long weekend, we can make it an adorable night.

Carmen February 6, 2014 42 Comments
Comedy

DeAnne Smith and Internet Addiction Quiz

“You’ll never see the color blue THE SAME WAY AGAIN because you’ll be genuinely HIPPOSHIT CRAZY and unable to process primary colors without COLLAPSING INTO A BUCKET OF TEARS.”

DeAnne February 6, 2014 33 Comments
Sports

6 Reasons Journalists Are Freaked Out About Sochi

“There are some real problems facing Sochi with regard to buildings actually having floors.”

A.E. Osworth February 6, 2014 6 Comments
TV Reviews

Black Canary is a Totally Bisexual Superhero on “Arrow,” Kissed A Hot Lady On TV Last Night

On last night’s episode of the CW show “Arrow,” super hero Black Canary was revealed to be queer.

Mey February 6, 2014 16 Comments
Movie Features

I Went to Futuristic Queerness with Sistah Sinema And I Loved It

Get ready to launch into a sci-fi future on film, as imagined by queers of color! Watch those films online and check out Sistah Sinema’s upcoming Valentine’s Day screenings.

Loraine February 6, 2014 10 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Janet Mock Returned to Piers Morgan Live Tonight: Here’s What Went Down

After being misgendered and disrespected by Piers Morgan last night, Janet Mock returned to his show hoping to get through to him on how hurtful and offensive he was being.

Mey February 5, 2014 47 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“The Fosters” Episode 114 Recap: We Could All Use Some Jesus Time

Stef is watering the bushes when Lena gets home from the doctor and says, “Have fun at the gyno?” Lena says, “It’s more action than I’ve gotten from you in awhile.”

Vikki Reich February 5, 2014 30 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Also.Also.Also: Laverne Cox Needs Our Help and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Vanity Fair’s Hollywood issue is getting better and Russia’s only getting worse.

Carmen February 5, 2014 15 Comments
First Person

From Russia, With Messy, Complicated and Sometimes Conditional Love

“Like Russia itself, my parents’ instincts are torn. My birth country can’t make up its mind whether it wants its culture to be a part of liberal Europe or conservative Asia, my birth parents can’t make up their minds between simply loving their only child and feeling like there is something fundamentally broken about me now.”

Zhenia February 5, 2014 27 Comments
Sex Toys Valentine's Day

30 Super Lesbosexy Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas

What to get someone for Valentine’s Day when you have no idea what to get someone for Valentine’s Day but you do like sex. Vibrators, strap-ons, robot cufflinks and more.

Ryan Yates February 5, 2014 15 Comments
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