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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

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‘Do I Count As Bi?’

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Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

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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

webcomics

Things Are Hard! Here’s Some Queer Coloring Pages!

Times are rough, all around. Instead of my regular Grease Bats, I’m sharing some coloring pages that were rejected last month after an editor was “slightly offended” by the images.…

Archie

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May 30, 2020

tv show recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: That “Vagrant Queen” Slow Burn Got Turned All the Way Up

Plus updates on Betty, Burden of Truth, The Baker and the Beauty, In the Dark, and Siren.

The TV Team

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May 29, 2020

politics + activism

Asian Communities Must Desert the American Empire and Protect Black Lives

We have been drafted to protect white institutions that come at the cost of Black lives. We have been named a “model minority” to convince us that we’ve been saved…

xoai pham

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May 29, 2020

straddleverse

What Do We Do Now: An Open Thread on May 29, 2020

There is so much to feel. There is so much to be done. What are you doing, today, tomorrow, the next day, and the next?

Vanessa

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May 29, 2020

politics + activism

Extra! Extra!: There Must Be an End to the Long List of Names We Memorialize

This week’s Extra! Extra! honors all the victims – past, present and future. Oh it needs to stop – there must be an end to the long list of names…

the team

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May 29, 2020

straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Running Laps Around the Garden

“When life gives you Leonards, make Leonard-ade.”

Darcy

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May 29, 2020

girl laying down, plaid skirt up around her waist wearing purple cheeky underwear and yellow kneesocks. in the background is a case of beautiful buns, reflecting the shape of her cheeks

af+

S L I C K: Sad Girl Cruising

Sad girls trying to cruise in an all-girls Catholic School down in Bogotá.

Juli Delgado Lopera

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May 28, 2020

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: We Can’t F*cking Breathe

With the murder of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Tony McDade by the police and the threatened lynching of Christian Cooper weighing heavily on my mind, in lieu of our…

Carmen Phillips

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May 28, 2020