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Crafts & DIY Projects Holigays

Join Me in Making Some DIY Holigay Candles

The holiday season is quickly approaching so you know what that means… decor! gifts! homey things!

Em Win November 2, 2023 7 Comments
An empty white van in a parking lot with autumnal trees behind it.
Politics + Activism

Your Fear Doesn’t Matter

No amount of money given to the police or the military will cure the world of its dangers. It will, however, make things worse.

Drew Burnett Gregory November 2, 2023 31 Comments
mean girls in the audience onf a play
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: This “Mean Girls” Cast Reunion Short Film Is Brought To You By Wal-Mart

Get in besties, Lindsay Lohan is back at North Shore High! Also: “the radical queer horniness of While the Men are Away,” queer country music, Swiftie-beloved drag queen Taylor Sheesh and more!

Riese November 1, 2023 3 Comments
a split screen of Laura Peterson looking serious and Bradley Jackson crying in The Morning Show 309
TV Show Recaps

Dyke Drama on “The Morning Show” Reaches All-Time High

We open on Laura, trying to sleep after her long day of Doing Journalism™ and uncovering her girlfriend’s federal crime.

Christina Tucker November 1, 2023 7 Comments
Gigi Gorgeous and Nats Getty dressed as Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Meg Stalter dressed as an astronaut, and Hayley Kiyoko and Becca Tilley dressed as Glinda and Elphaba from Wicked
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Let’s See How the Queer Celebs Dressed for Halloween!

As usual, Janelle Monáe and Megan thee Stallion win Halloween.

Christina Tucker November 1, 2023 4 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for November 2023

Scorpio season is showing us what we don’t want to see. Feel your feelings and find your courage.

Corina Dross November 1, 2023
November 2023 collage of streaming tv shows
Movie Lists TV Lists

November 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got Lena Hedley topping women in space, Josie Totah playing queer in a delightful period piece, the “Black Cake” adaptation, the lesbian pregnancy thriller on Lifetime, new seasons of Selling Sunset and Rap Sh!t, and more!

Riese November 1, 2023 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Immediately Touched Its Forehead Too

Why do hummingbirds hum?

Emet Ozar November 1, 2023 1 Comment
HORROR IS SO GAY 2 over a television with a bloody handprint on it
AF+

Editor’s Notes: Horror Is So Gay 2

“I want the vibe to be 1980s slashercore mixed with nostalgic late-night sleepover vibes.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 31, 2023 8 Comments
A still from the movie Atlantics shows a Black woman with glazed over zombie eyes, sitting on the steps (it is repeated three times), in front of this image is the famed Scream mask, overlayed into a collage.
Movie Features

Can Black People Be Zombies?

This part essay, part research project started out as a joke. I wanted to know if one of the unexpected benefits of Black people always dying first in horror movies was that we could never be zombies.

Carmen Phillips October 31, 2023 6 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: An Estimated 105,000 Trans Youth Live in States That Have Banned Gender-Affirming Care

Plus, queer punks descend on Florida and more LGBTQ+ news and culture.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 31, 2023
a queer person wearing glasses and a pale pink blouse standing in the sunshine
Identity

You Need Help: Am I Erasing Bisexuality?

There are many people who will try to be strict about the definition of “bisexual” and “lesbian.” At times, I have been that person. I have also been a person who identifies as both at different points in my life.

Analyssa October 31, 2023 6 Comments
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TV Feature

Work and Class in “The Haunting of Bly Manor”

Woven throughout the series are thoughts on care and caretaking and who does that care and caretaking as well as domestic work.

Nico October 31, 2023 9 Comments
a group of protesters calling for a Ceasefire in Gaza line the streets of Brooklyn. one is holding a sign that says CEASEFIRE NOW
Politics + Activism

Palestinian Liberation Is Queer Liberation

Queer people are everywhere, and to wield homophobia as a tool to justify the oppression or destruction of others is in fact to just replicate hate, harm, and oppression, not fix it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 31, 2023 26 Comments
1. a woman strangling another woman in the vampire movie The Addiction (1995) in black and white. 2. a vampire woman covered in blood standing over another woman covered in blood. 3. two vampires in white nightgowns, and one is holding a knife. 4. a chained up vampire in Red Lips. 5. two women in Blood and Roses the lesbian vampire movie embrace each other. 6. a vampire looks in a mirror, wearing a white night gown in Female Vampire. 7. a vampire woman sits in a convertible car, wearing a red dress and black hat
Movie Lists

The Bloody History of the Lesbian Vampire in 20 Films

The phrase “lesbian vampire” might be one of the most titillating combinations of words in the English language.

Annie Rose Malamet October 30, 2023 7 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kristen Stewart Will Not Be Planning a Wedding Thank You Very Much

Kristen Stewart discussed her (lack of) wedding plans on “Watch What Happens Live.” Also: Bella Ramsey’s pronoun feelings, JoJo Siwa’s podcast and more!

Riese October 30, 2023 9 Comments
Collage of queer small business owners
LGBTQ+ Businesses Money + Work

These Are the Hot Tips Queer Small Business Owners Swear By

“I’ve seen behind the curtain of businesses I thought were levels above us to discover everyone’s faking it.”

Riese October 30, 2023 11 Comments
TV Reviews

Netflix’s New Reality Competition Series “Surviving Paradise” Worked For Me — Eventually

The one thing that kept me hooked was the rivalry between nonbinary contestant Tabitha Sloane — the one openly queer contestant on the show — and Lellies Santiago.

Anya Richkind October 30, 2023
1. The author's son as a baby, dressed as a pumpkin. 2. The author's son, dressed as a pirate. 3. The author and her son, dressed as Spider-Man. 4.
Halloween Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Halloween Is Just Another Reminder My Kid Is Growing Up

As a parent, Halloween is always such a mess of a holiday.

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 30, 2023 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Difficult to Please

Why are peppers the best at archery?

Amanda Rafkin October 30, 2023 1 Comment
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