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an image featuring sex educator Luna Matatas who is a bright and cheerful woman wearing a dress here, as well as several collaged elements showing queers in a moment of intimacy, a person using a dating app, and a person holding a handful of sex toys. text reads: Into the A+ Advice Box
AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #90: Queer Sex and Desire with Sex Educator Luna Matatas

“So many people struggle with getting out of their head and into their body during sex.”

Luna Matatas October 13, 2023 8 Comments
Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall. She is bundled up in warm clothes, leaning against a car, the snowy alps in the distance behind her.
Movie Reviews

“Anatomy of a Fall” Is an Anti-Legal Drama With a Bisexual Protagonist

Most of us can agree that murder is wrong. More of us should agree the way our societies handle murder — handle all crime — is even worse.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 13, 2023 1 Comment
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Defying Gravity

I was going to tell a time-traveling joke here

Amanda Rafkin October 13, 2023 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer Singer-Songwriter and Poet Jamila Woods on Letting Go of Fear

Plus, Dev Hynes interviewed Zadie Smith (!!) and more culture and political news.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 12, 2023 1 Comment
TV Show Recaps

“No Man Left Behind” in Survivor Season 45’s Episode Three

Exactly what I hoped wouldn’t go down did in fact go down.

Anya Richkind October 12, 2023 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“The Fall of the House of Usher”: Who All’s Gay Here? Almost Everyone

For the next eight days, we’re obsessively recapping and analyzing every episode of the new Mike Flanagan Netflix horror series The Fall of the House of Usher, which yes, is VERY QUEER.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 12, 2023 16 Comments
Monster High 2: Frankie lies in their bed, smiling
Movie Reviews

Nickelodeon’s “Monster High 2” Celebrates Trans Joy With a Nonbinary Frankenstein’s Monster

These little monsters are breaking generational curses and making their own way in the world.

Valerie Anne October 12, 2023 1 Comment
Mia Polanco in the tv series Everything Now sits in a club, dappled in bisexual lighting
TV Reviews

Netflix’s Latest Teen Drama “Everything Now” Provides Very Queer and Honest Depiction of Anorexia

Everything Now finds an impressive balance: It doesn’t romanticize eating disorders, of course, but it also doesn’t sensationalize them.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 12, 2023 7 Comments
xecutive Producer and Executive VP of Production Marvel Studios Victoria Alonso attends the Ant-Man and The Wasp Quantumania world premiere at Regency Village Theatre in Westwood, California
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Ousted Lesbian Exec Refused Marvel’s Gay-Erasing “Quantumania” Edits, New Book Reveals

A new book details how former Latina lesbian Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso and her team refused to remove queer-friendly material from Quantumania. Also: Riverdale’s original time-hopping plan, a new Color Purple trailer, Lesbopalooza and more!

Riese and Carmen Phillips
October 11, 2023
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 12: Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger attend The Launch of The New Connected Watch by TAG Heuer at The Caldwell Factory on March 12, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for TAG Heuer )
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Soccer Stars Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger Are Indeed Divorcing, Thus Deeply Saddening the Lesbian Community

Soccer legend Ashlyn Harris has filed for divorce from soccer legend Ali Krieger, leaving the community mourning the separation of two exquisite jawlines and wondering if love is in fact a lie.

Riese October 11, 2023 12 Comments
Bradley and Laura pressing their foreheads together on The Morning Show
TV Show Recaps

“The Morning Show” Is Doing Gay Crimes AND Gay Kisses

For the first time this season, we see Bradley and Laura kiss! I would rate it a solid B, but we are improving!

Christina Tucker October 11, 2023 4 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Sara Ramirez Confirms Dating Your Best Friend Is Very Cool

Also, let’s all say hello to Rahne’s ponytail!

Christina Tucker October 11, 2023 9 Comments
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Coming Out

15 Creative Ways To Come Out to Your Family, Friends and/or the Entire World

You could come out to your Mom in the car while driving to the outlet mall, but alternately, you could come out to your Mom via interpretive dance.

Riese October 11, 2023 7 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Just Wants To Be Helpful

I can tell if someone’s lying just by looking at them.

Amanda Rafkin October 11, 2023
Our Flag Means Death Season Two: Black Beard stands behind a wedding cake, with a variety of other pirates behind him.
TV Reviews

The Gay Pirates of “Our Flag Means Death” Are Back and Gayer Than Ever!

So far season two is darker and moodier than season one, but it’s also somehow funnier, more queer, and more vulnerable.

Nic October 10, 2023 3 Comments
Screenshots from The Fall of the House of Usher: T'Nia Miller as Victorine, Kate Siegel as Camille, and a woman in a red cloak wearing the Masque of the Red Death.
TV Reviews

“The Fall of the House of Usher” Is a Queer Gossamer Web of Edgar Allan Poe

The good news is, just about everyone is gay in The Fall of the House of Usher. The “bad” news is, well, this is a horror series. Hardly anyone escapes unscathed.

Valerie Anne October 10, 2023 7 Comments
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Relationships

You Need Help: Your Wife Doesn’t Want Sex, but There’s Something Deeper Here

You are telling me one thing, which is that your wife and you communicate well and she cares for you, and then I am seeing something different, which is that your needs are continuously deprioritized in the relationship, and that seems to be how things play out when it comes to your wife’s actions.

Nico October 10, 2023 13 Comments
a protest against the police murder of Tortuguita in Atlanta
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Georgia Police Who Killed “Stop Cop City” Queer Indigenous Activist Tortuguita Will Not Face Charges

Despite an independent autopsy finding Tortuguita was shot over 50 times with their hands raised, no criminal charges will be brought against the cops.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 10, 2023 6 Comments
The words "Anonymous Sex Diaries" glow above an image of a Black person's fingers stroking their bare skin. There are two discs containing birth control medication collaged onto the image.
AF+

Anonymous Sex Diary: Don’t Be Scared to Touch Me

A nonbinary person finally receives an endometriosis diagnosis that explains their pain. As ey begin exploring treatment options that mitigate the pain, ey and their partner decide to try having sex again.

Guest October 10, 2023
VANCOUVER, CANADA - MARCH 31: Vancouver Canucks Pride Night jerseys hang in their dressing room before their NHL game against the Calgary Flames at Rogers Arena March 31, 2023 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images)
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: NHL Bans Pride Tape From Its Sticks, Creates Its Own Ice Cold “Don’t Say Gay” Policy

The NHL is taking a stand against Pride Tape and releasing troubling memos about “special interest groups.” Also: Big Brother UK returns with a trans housemate, Megan Rapinoe plays her last home game with the OL Reign, nipples at Paris Fashion Week and more.

Riese October 9, 2023 1 Comment
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