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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…

Sally

8 Hours

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

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

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

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

The Latest

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

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

Film

8 Hours

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

sex toys

Take Me Home Tonight: Which Wet for Her Toy Are You Swiping Right On?

“Looking for a baby who wants to be pleasured and punished in the most loving of ways. I may look adorable, but I’m quite powerful and will make you shake…

Guest

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Oct 14, 2020

A multimedia collage with Walter Mercado as the central figure. He is wearing a crown with magenta milky way vibes in the background.

first person

Growing Up With “Mucho Mucho Amor”: How Walter Mercado Defined My Life

I grew up in a conservative family so I never really knew the words to describe who I was but when I saw Walter Mercado in his finery and elegance,…

Kristal Sotomayor

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Oct 14, 2020

Clea DuVall and Natasha Lyonne in But I'm a Cheerleader

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Jamie Babbit’s “But I’m a Cheerleader” Director’s Cut Will Stoke Your Homosexual Tendencies

Also: All the Bly Manor links you can handle, Demi Lovato’s new anti-Trump protest song, Megan Thee Stallion’s NYT op-ed, Stevie Nicks figured out how to use TikTok before I…

Heather Hogan

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Oct 14, 2020

Bex Taylor-Klaus and Alicia Marie Sixtos

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Bex Taylor-Klaus and Alicia Sixtos Got Queer Married, Good Things Do Still Happen!

Their dog Duggie was also in attendance.

Heather Hogan

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Oct 14, 2020

Cara Delevingne takes a selfie in her oversized closet. She's wearing a leopard print hoodie with a leopard print mask.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Cara Delevingne Reaches Double Leopard Print Stage of Quarantine

It’s time to check back in on Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson post break-up, Hayley Kiyoko is the cutest human GAP ad, Stacy London is cozy in glasses and in…

Christina Tucker

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Oct 14, 2020

film

Jenni Olson’s Films Are Now On Criterion — Butch Dyke Longing For the Moment

When Jenni Olson made these films, she wasn’t thinking about pandemics or quarantines or anything else this year has wrought, and yet there has never been a better time to…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Oct 14, 2020

The rapper/singer Chika is in a purple sweatshirt, sitting on a couch, and singing you a love song into a microphone. The roses behind her only further up the romance.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Break Out the Fainting Couch, Chika Is Singing Queer R&B Love Songs Like We’ve Never Seen Before

Elizabeth Warren’s Op-Ed on Amy Coney Barrett, 25 famous women on crying, is there a safe way to go home for the holidays? Plus, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher AND…

Carmen Phillips

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Oct 13, 2020