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The L Word: Generation Q

“L Word: Generation Q” Musical Episode’s Composers on Their Fight for an Emmy

On the bittersweet feeling of being Emmy-nominated for a series unavailable to stream.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 17, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie Features

Every Moment in “Mean Girls” (2024) Gayer Than the Original

Get in losers, we’re listing every moment in Mean Girls (2024) gayer than the original.

Rendy Jones January 17, 2024
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LGBT Book Reviews

“Brainwyrms” Is the Perfect Twisted Novel for Clive Barker Queers

There’s an undeniable playfulness in the way Alison Rumfitt presents sex, kink, and violence, but there’s also a seething rage underneath it all.

Juan Barquin January 17, 2024
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is a Utility Gay

Why do birds fly south for the winter?

Darby Ratliff January 17, 2024 1 Comment
Black queer Emmy wins in historic firsts, left to write: Niecy Nash-Betts, Ayo Edebiri, and Keke Palmer
TV News & Trailers

This Year’s Emmys Come With a Historic Wave of Black Queer Firsts

Niecy Nash-Betts, Ayo Edebiri, Rupaul, Karamo Brown, and Keke Palmer make the largest cohort of Black queer talent to win at the Emmys in a single year. That alone is breathtaking. It’s never been a lack of talent. It’s always been a lack of institutions willing to see that talent for what it is, when it’s plainly in front of them.

Carmen Phillips January 16, 2024 4 Comments
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Book Lists

Embracing the Dark Pleasures of Dystopian Literature: 10 Novels That Inspired Me To Write My Own

“I worked on this book between 2019 and 2023, years not exactly known for… incredible progress. In many ways, letting myself slip into another, imaginary world — albeit a worse one — was how I made sense of it all.”

Gabrielle Korn January 16, 2024 2 Comments
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TV Reviews

All Aboard! “Death and Other Details” Has Plenty of Queer Women On Its Murderous Cruise

In just the first two episodes, this show has some of the steamiest scenes I’ve seen in a hot minute.

Valerie Anne January 16, 2024 2 Comments
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Breakups

You Need Help: I Was in a Relationship With Someone Who Didn’t Like Me

Does anybody have experience feeling angry with a person after the break up and the anger kind of growing?

Em Win January 16, 2024 2 Comments
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Parenting & Family Style

Queer Mom Chronicles: Let’s Talk Mom Fashion

Admittedly, I’m still trying to figure out how my queerness factors into my mom style.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 16, 2024 14 Comments
Reneé Rapp Mean Girls press tour: Bisexual Icon on a talk show stage smiling at Stephen Colbert as he puts his head in his hands in mock exasperation
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Reneé Rapp Is Being Biconic on the Mean Girls Press Tour

Reneé Rapp has achieved bicon status, The Last of Us casting news, a trailer for Station 19’s final season, and more!

Valerie Anne January 15, 2024 3 Comments
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TV Reviews

The “Ted” TV Show Has Classic Crass Humor Plus a Queer Cousin

The offensive humor of the Ted franchise is called out by a queer character in the new TV series.

Valerie Anne January 15, 2024 15 Comments
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Gender

Top 10 Things I’m Looking Forward to After Top Surgery

8. Being slutty in tank tops and vests

Motti January 15, 2024 6 Comments
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Health

How To Engage With New Year’s Resolutions More Thoughtfully

I have to take a page from my time recovering from an eating disorder. The habits and encouragement found in supportive eating disorder recovery look a lot like the things we want to emulate in daily life.

Summer Tao January 15, 2024 2 Comments
Nikki Giovanni's face in close up, she appears to be thinking, collaged in front of old, orange-tinted, photos from her past.
Movie Reviews

“Going to Mars” Is the Queer Black Women’s Triumph That Nikki Giovanni Deserves

Nikki Giovanni so loves Black women that she never waivers that our strength can only be matched by the stars themselves.

Carmen Phillips January 15, 2024 16 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Only Makes Houses Out of Practical Materials

I should never have given my real email address to Rolex.

Kate Hawkins January 15, 2024 5 Comments
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TV Reviews

“True Detective: Night Country” Is a Mediocre Network Procedural Masquerading As Prestige TV

It’s not just that these narratives are harmful. It’s that they’re boring.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 14, 2024 70 Comments
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Food and Drink Quizzes

Quiz: What Sandwich Should You Make Right Now?

Do you experience sandwich indecision? Generalized lunch indecision? Take this quiz!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 14, 2024 6 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1602 Recap: B Team

Her sign should’ve read: “If you love drag on TV, don’t let your conservative families and shitty husbands vote against our rights.”

Drew Burnett Gregory January 13, 2024 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

The Traitors Is a Dramatic Game of Social Manipulation, What Does That Teach Us?

“The Traitors” demonstrates how groups of people define otherhood, rightly or wrongly, based in reality, assumption, fantasy, or some mix of all three.

Anya Richkind January 13, 2024 19 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Supports Queer Indie Bookstores

I’m reading a book about anti-gravity.

Emet Ozar January 13, 2024 1 Comment
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