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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Admittedly Does Not Know Much About Golf

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Darby Ratliff November 3, 2023 1 Comment
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TV Reviews

Neon’s Queer Puerto Rican Has Big Reggaeton Dreams, Its Impossible Not to Root for Her

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Carmen Phillips November 2, 2023 1 Comment
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Queer Fashion Shopping

19 Gay-as-Hell Winter Coats to Keep You Warm Inside and Out

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Carmen Phillips November 2, 2023 2 Comments
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Also.Also.Also: This Has Been a Deadly Month for Black Trans People

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 2, 2023 2 Comments
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The holiday season is quickly approaching so you know what that means… decor! gifts! homey things!

Em Win November 2, 2023 7 Comments
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Your Fear Doesn’t Matter

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Drew Burnett Gregory November 2, 2023 31 Comments
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Mini Crossword Immediately Touched Its Forehead Too

Why do hummingbirds hum?

Emet Ozar November 1, 2023 1 Comment
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Editor’s Notes: Horror Is So Gay 2

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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

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 31, 2023
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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
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Politics + Activism

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 31, 2023 26 Comments
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Annie Rose Malamet October 30, 2023 7 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

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