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book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

4 Hours

QUIZZES

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

4 Hours

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

I Feel Bad for Not Being Bisexual ‘Enough’

Identity

Apr 23, 2026

community

Organizers From Black & Pink on Supporting Our Incarcerated Queer and Trans Family This Pandemic Winter

“Abolition isn’t just going to protests, which is a really important direct action, but also actively prefiguring the world we want.”

Mai Tran

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Dec 23, 2020

Viola Davis as Ma Rainey, in a gold headdress and a feather boa on stage. This is a still from Netflix's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" the latest entry into a queer history of the Blues legend.

film

Viola Davis Towers in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Giving Life to a Black Queer Legend

In Viola Davis’ hands, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” becomes a complex portrait of a queer Black woman hurricane whose footprints loom large over the last 100 years.

Carmen Phillips

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Dec 22, 2020

Mariel Hemingway and Patrice Donnelly in Personal Best.

movie reviews

Watching “Personal Best” Was the Main Way to Become a Lesbian in the ’80s and ’90s

Bend It Like Beckham could never.

Heather Hogan

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Dec 22, 2020

Toni and her girlfriend snuggle in the back of a truck on The Wilds.

television

Amazon’s “The Wilds” Brings Lesbians to a Deserted Island

The Wilds is sometimes cheesy, sometimes saccharine, all times dramatic as hell.

Valerie Anne

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Dec 22, 2020

love + sex

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: Baci

These three Autostraddle writers tried out Baci, a “premium robotic clitoral massager” by Lora DiCarlo that’s meant to mimic oral sex. Here’s how our clits are doing now!

Guest

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Dec 22, 2020

af+

“Vampires Are Descending on Los Angeles”: An A+ TV Team Fan Fiction

Buffy the Vampire Slayer teams up with Mayor Bette Porter to save lesbians in Los Angeles from vampires on New Year’s Eve.

The TV Team

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Dec 22, 2020

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Gal Pal Watch: Gillian Anderson Breaks Up with Peter Morgan, Rebounds With Cute Brunette

On the heels of Gillian Anderson’s breakup with creator and showrunner of The Crown, a new love enters Gillian’s life.

Stef

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Dec 22, 2020

Viola Davis smiles during a recent interview on 60 Minutes to promote Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Viola Davis Is Unapologetic About Portraying Ma Rainey’s Queer Sexuality

Also: Batwoman’s season two premiere photos, what even is television, Aubrey Plaza isn’t a “total psychopath,” The Laverne Cox Show, a lesbian couple in OWN’s First Christmas, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Dec 21, 2020