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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

9 Hours

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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18 Hours

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

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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18 Hours

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

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20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

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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

The cast of The Wilds stranded on the beach.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Amazon Prime’s “The Wilds” Is a Lesbian Dystopic Slumber Party

Films with Black talent to watch this holiday season, new trans characters on Charmed and Saved By The Bell, Wonder Girl with a Latina lead is coming to the CW,…

Heather Hogan

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Nov 18, 2020

Vanessa Hudgens as two different characters in Princess Switch

film

I Watched “The Princess Switch” And It Turns Out It’s Not About Being a Princess Switch

Much to my chagrin, this did not turn out to be a movie about Vanessa Hudgens and Vanessa Hudgens taking turns topping each other.

Stef

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Nov 18, 2020

Hayley Kiyoko stands against a plain white wall. She has a pink multicolor mask and she's died her hair a new color, in the shade family of strawberry blonde.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Let’s Play Gameshow Host — Hayley Kiyoko Dyed Her Hair, Said Name That Color

Plus: Niecy Nash and Da Brat had the gayest double date in history, and yep we’re still in love with Chef Melissa King.

Christina Tucker

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Nov 18, 2020

A woman wearing rollers and a red polka dot dress reclines on a bed with a cigarette, reading a copy of ODD GIRL OUT intently

literature

No Adam for Eve: The Quiet History of Lesbian Pulp Fiction

A look into the history — and present! — of mid-century lesbian pulp fiction.

Chloe Maveal

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Nov 18, 2020

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Is What You’re Doing Tonight as Cool as Making Custom Queer “Daria” Avatars?

How to spend Thanksgiving alone & love every minute, how to help with the two Georgia Senate runoff elections immediately (49 days left!), how to have personalized selected sex toys…

Carmen Phillips

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Nov 17, 2020

A troubled-looking girl biting her lip as she looks at the camera

coming out

You Need Help: I Just Came Out, and I Feel Weird

Coming out isn’t a magic trick that makes us suddenly understand ourselves completely.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 17, 2020

Nikohl Boosheri and Sarah Kazemy in Circumstance.

pop culture fix

Eroticism Isn’t a Distraction in Maryam Keshavarz’s “Circumstance”—It’s Vital

“If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 17, 2020

music

MALLRAT Is for Millennials Who Miss Emo & Their New Album Is the Balm We All Need

Emo is less of a genre than it is a state of mind. For MALLRAT, a queer and emotional three-piece band, it’s also a spiritual release, a community-builder, and a…

phoenix

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Nov 17, 2020