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I Can’t Believe ‘Hacks’ Has Me This Emotional About a Fictional 1970s Sitcom

What’s the right ratio between jokes and story in a show like Hacks? “Who’s Making Dinner?” contends with that question…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

May 1, 2026

collage of movies you can stream in the UK

MOVIE LISTS

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the…

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 right this minute!

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

The Latest

Quiz: Which Lesbian Arts and Crafts Are You?

Games

8 Hours

Things I Read That I Love #351: Girl Interrupted, The Best Free Bread, Small Pets

Literature

May 2, 2026

I Can’t Believe ‘Hacks’ Has Me This Emotional About a Fictional 1970s Sitcom

Television

May 1, 2026

May 2026: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+ and HBO Max

Film

May 1, 2026

My Girlfriend Won’t Give Me Her Money

Af+

May 1, 2026

politics + activism

Our Time to Shyne: WeHo’s First Woman of Color Councilwoman, Sepi Shyne, as Interviewed by Her Wife

Sepi Shyne is the first out LGBTQ+ Iranian-American elected anywhere in the world, the first woman of color ever elected to the City Council and cements the first female majority…

Ashlei Shyne

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Nov 12, 2020

a photo of the placid top of a lake. in the foreground are few rocks emerge from the water and in the background are mountains with studded with colorful trees

society + culture

Wild, Fat, Queer and Black: How I Became Free In The Mountains And Never Left

If you have ever met a mountain, you know that can’t nobody really own a mountain because they are too majestic, too strong, too beautiful to be tamed or owned.…

shea wesley martin

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Nov 12, 2020

asian person grabbing their head out of frustration while carrying a yoga mat over one shoulder

first person

The Angsty Buddhist: Chronic Pain & Trying Not To Be A White Yoga Lady

I’ve been told I should try to reclaim my ancestral healing practices, and this is something I would like to do. When I try to learn about Chinese things, it…

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Nov 12, 2020

A three-fold collage with photos of LaTosha Brown of the Black Voters Matters Fund, Stacey Abrams of Fair Fight, and Nsé Ufot of New Georgia Project.

news

Black Women Organizers Deserve More Than Just Your Flowers and Thank Yous

Black women didn’t save this democracy for you and we don’t need your “Thank Yous.” We need you to follow the example that Black women have set for more than…

Carmen Phillips

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Nov 11, 2020

The cast of the new Gossip Girl on the steps of the Met.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Gossip Girl’s New Boss Promises “Many Queer Characters” in the Reboot, XOXO

Oh my glob, the Bubbline episode of Adventure Time: Distant Lands; Selena Gomez will play trailblazing gay mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado; A New York Christmas Wedding features a queer couple; very…

Heather Hogan

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Nov 11, 2020

Ashley Benson with strawberry blonde hair overlooks her shoulder on a sunny balcony, she is in a see-thru black knit dress.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Ashley Benson Recommends Really Leaning Into the Mesh

Kate Moennig declared that “badass things happen in Philadelphia!” Also, Indya Moore with that Ivy Park drop, Stacy London birthday kisses, and Janet Mock is now and forever will be…

Christina Tucker

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Nov 11, 2020

A woman in Victorian period dress sits writing a letter with a fountain pen

love + sex

In Pandemic Times, I’m Having a Digital Victorian Gay Romance

COVID-19 turned our relationship long-distance. We’re getting through it with Jane Austen and love letters.

Shelly Jay Shore

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Nov 11, 2020

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Stevie Nicks Mashed “Edge of Seventeen” With Miley Cyrus’ “Midnight Sky,” Proving She’s Eternal

Scientists warn that the climate crisis could kill off great tits, how to break it to your family if you’re not comfortable risking coronavirus to come home for the holidays,…

Carmen Phillips

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Nov 10, 2020