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‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

9 Hours

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

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 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

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

9 Hours

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

12 Hours

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

16 Hours

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

lgbt book reviews

“Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century” Centers the Wisdom of Disabled People

How many times have you heard that we’re “in a new world” recently? “Disability Visibility” challenges us to consider what a world with disability at its core can look like.

Carrie

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Jul 1, 2020

Rise Up Get Down: Join A+ to Watch the Replay with El Sanchez, Junauda Petrus-Nasah, Jes Tom, and Be Steadwell

meet-ups / events

You Raised $2K for Women for Political Change at Rise Up Get Down — A+ Members Can Watch the Replay!

On Sunday June 28, the anniversary of the start of the Stonewall Riots, we threw a little digital shindig to celebrate Pride as an uprising and to raise money for…

Nico

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Jul 1, 2020

playlists

Playlist: My Favorite Anti-Cop, Pro-Black Songs for the Revolution

These past few weeks I’ve been drawn to music that is anti-cop, anti-establishment, and/or pro-black. These songs span genre but mostly lie somewhere between punk and hip hop. They embody…

danijanae

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Jul 1, 2020

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Janelle Monáe Does High Art and Cara Delevingne Does Some Other Kind of Art I Think

Look, there are a lot of Janelle Moane in here, and also some real journeys of pride posts.

Christina Tucker

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Jul 1, 2020

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Wynonna Earp’s First Season Four Promo Photos Are Here and Heckin’ Queer (Obviously)

Pearl Mackie (aka Doctor Who’s Bill Potts) came out as bisexual, Glee filled its audience with mannequins???, a look inside a Black Lady Sketch Show’s writers room, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Jul 1, 2020

television

My Top 10 Television Shows: Heather Hogan, Lover of Love and Laughing

And a healthy dose of women in top hats.

Heather Hogan

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Jul 1, 2020

A hand drawn illustration of all the various astrological signs with a light blue cloudy sky behind them.

astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for July 2020: What Work Stands Before You to Learn to Love Subversively?

With another eclipse and Saturn moving back into Capricorn, we’ve got some work to do this month.

Corina Dross

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Jul 1, 2020

af+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 69, May/June 2020

“the sex bench is like all the flatware in beauty and the beast collecting dust waiting for somebody to come along and use it to feel purpose / meaning again”

Kamala Puligandla

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Jun 30, 2020