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In The Queen of My Dreams, a South Asian woman and a white woman kiss on a couch.
Movie Reviews

‘The Queen of My Dreams’ Captures the Creative Spirit of Bollywood and Queerness

The Queen of My Dreams doesn’t feel like a debut feature. 

Drew Burnett Gregory June 20, 2025 6 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

On ‘Poker Face’, Alia Shawkat Will F*ck Your Grandma

Alia Shawkat, Awkwafina, and Lauren Tom make for a very queer, very diabolical episode of Poker Face.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 20, 2025 3 Comments
Chuckie Lee, an incarcerated rapper
Music

Bending the Bars: New Album Showcases the Queer and Trans Resilience of Incarcerated Artists

Chuckie Lee is a Black trans rapper currently incarcerated in Broward County Jail in South Florida. Her track “Barbie Rockstar” celebrates the expansive queer and trans joy that persists even in the face of systemic oppression.

Lauren Herold June 19, 2025 2 Comments
The Marlin Beach Hotel
LGBT History

What If We Just Say No

Ft. Lauderdale Beach was home to the first explicitly gay beach resort in U.S. history.

Stef Rubino June 19, 2025 3 Comments
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Tima June 19, 2025
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AF+ Movie Features

Of Course Agnès Varda Was Bisexual

The reveal that Varda was bisexual should have filled me with the joy of a Gaylor finding a Karli Kloss sex tape. Instead, it felt like information I’d already known.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 19, 2025
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Politics + Activism

Most of Us Will Survive

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on U.S. v. Skrmetti, we have to fight for more than survival.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 18, 2025 5 Comments
A close up of Ayo Edebiri with a bloody lip in the movie Bottoms now on Blu-Ray from Kino Lorber
Movie Features

10 Things We Learned from the ‘Bottoms’ Cast Commentary

Bottoms is now available on Blu-ray through Kino Lorber, and it has a ton of extras that are sure to knock you out.

Rendy Jones June 18, 2025 1 Comment
A grainy iPad image of Kathryn Hahn with a hand behind her ear next to an image of Jinkx Monsoon with her mouth open freaking out.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Kathryn Hahn Gives Jinkx Monsoon Her Flowers

Also Kehlani shows off her abs.

Christina Tucker June 18, 2025
AF+ First Person

I Miss Feeling Hot

My surgeon informed me that I’d have to spend the rest of Pride Month with my hair pulled back, ointment gooped on, and absolutely no hotness allowed.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 18, 2025 1 Comment
9 across / 5 letters / Assists, in basketball please use an image of a queer WNBA player for this
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Craves Sexy Food

Name a better date night agenda than sexy food and Scrabble. I’ll wait.

Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel
June 18, 2025 1 Comment
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons at the 2025 American Music Awards held at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Penske Media via Getty Images)
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

‘Modern Family’ Star Aubrey Anderson-Emmons Is Bisexual, Making Melancholy Indie Pop Music

“people keep joking so much abt me being gay when I literally am (I’m bi)”

Riese June 17, 2025 3 Comments
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Culture Music

Liberation Weekend Was a Battlecry

Welcome to Liberation Weekend, a two-day trans punk music festival.

Charlie Girard June 17, 2025
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Sex

‘I’m Dating a Woman for the First Time and Can’t Go Down on Her’

“Whenever I try to go down on her I get grossed out by the taste and the smell. She is very clean so I know it is not a hygiene issue, and she is the only woman I have ever been with.”

Summer Tao June 17, 2025 28 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader

V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 17, 2025 1 Comment
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Pop Culture Fix

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Valerie Anne June 16, 2025 2 Comments
A still of Sally Ride in zero gravity from the documentary Sally.
Movie Reviews

In New Documentary ‘Sally,’ Sally Ride’s Secret Lesbian Partner of 27 Years Is The True Star

Sally Ride’s partner of 27 years, Tam O’Shaughnessy, is the true star of this film.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 16, 2025 3 Comments
a dream door into a tarot card
AF+ Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

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Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

We have to wait SO LONG for the next season. So, to tide us over, I have some queer books to recommend to you that will scratch some of the same itches.

Valerie Anne June 16, 2025 3 Comments
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Comedy LGBT Pride

My Platform if I Were Mayor of Pride Month

All sapphics must swear an oath on the Bible: if you don’t kiss your crush it’s because either party didn’t want to, NEVER because you were too afraid to ask

Malavika Kannan June 16, 2025 11 Comments
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