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celebrities (vapid fluff)

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

“Now that I know that this book is coming out, and that I’ve chosen to share it with the world,…

Riese

5 Hours

Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You, All Us Saints, and The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

BOOK FEATURES

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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7 Hours

THEATER

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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7 Hours

theater

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

The Latest

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

5 Hours

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

7 Hours

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

8 Hours

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

first person

I Found My Family of Freaks

Every day, I get a little closer to having to say that final Goodbye to my gym family.

Stef Rubino

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May 14, 2025

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Reneé Rapp Keeps Teasing New Music

At long last, new music from Reneé. Plus, Megan Thee Stallion and Sandra Oh TOGETHER.

Christina Tucker

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May 14, 2025

6 across / 5 letters / Springtime fire sign for Kristen Stewart and Rachel Maddow

puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Full of Drama

Must be a fire sign.

Emet Ozar and Rachel

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May 14, 2025

lgbt book reviews

‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.

Gen

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May 13, 2025

A cropped version of an old photo depicting two women kissing

sex

The Mid-30s Divorcées Who Once Built a Sex Throne

From the friend zone to the throne room, a tale as old as time.

Sex/Life

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May 13, 2025

sex

‘Talking About Sex Gives Me Literal Hives’

“I’ve tried so many things. Closing my eyes while talking. Getting drunk. I just can’t get there.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 13, 2025

GLAAD 2025 Social Media Safety Index: An abstract photo of a woman lying on her bed looking up at her phone

politics + activism

GLAAD’s 2025 Social Media Safety Index Is Bleak — So What’s Next?

The internet is broken. This is abundantly clear to me not only as a queer person but as an editor for one of the few remaining online publications not owned…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 13, 2025