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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

Apr 29, 2026

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 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

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

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 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

The Latest

Evil ‘SAVE America Act’ Fails on the Senate Floor

News

2 Hours

The Surprisingly Tender Trans Storyline in ‘Normal’

Film

7 Hours

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

Apr 29, 2026

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

Apr 29, 2026

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

lgbt history

Black, Queer, and Here Without Apology: The History of BLK and Black Lace Magazines

When BLK first published, it was a 16 page black-and-white newsletter with a circulation of roughly 5,000. By the time it ended its publication it had grown into a 40…

Carmen Phillips

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Feb 13, 2020

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Straight People Apparently Wanna Make Their Marriages Gayer? How Sad for Them.

A mini-edition of “Straight People Watch.” Also, Roxane Gay’s favorite things of 2019, menstrual cups can save you, and the history of Playboy’s first black cover girl.

Carmen Phillips

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Feb 13, 2020

pets & animals

The Real Stars of New York Fashion Week Were These Dogs and Cats and Pigs

They’re beauty and they’re grace, they’re puppers from outer space!

Heather Hogan

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Feb 13, 2020

politics + activism

Warren Leads Autostraddle’s Politics Survey, Sanders Is Second and Everyone Else Is Far Far Away

Who do the LGBTQ+ women and non-binary people who took our Politics Survey plan on voting for in the Democratic Primary?

himani

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Feb 13, 2020

tv show recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 413 Recap: Stonewall Prep as Theater of Horrors

Mishel Prada is back as Hermosa and shares a dance with Cheryl and Toni.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 13, 2020

Always In The Middle: On Being Biracial & Bisexual

Perhaps my identity oscillates at times but in a world that attempts to force me to choose one side of a binary, I remain firmly in the middle.

Kirthan Aujlay

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Feb 13, 2020

a woman reading in a bright window with a plant nearby

literature

Lez Liberty Lit Is Locating Queer Desire

Finding queer desire in literature, why it can feel uncomfortable to read queer romance, two lesbian poets writing under the same pseudonym and more.

Ryan

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Feb 13, 2020

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe Keep Powering Each Other Up

Missy Elliott joins a new Cinderella adaptation, Batwoman casts a Nocturna (oh no!), Will & Grace cannot get bisexuality right, the cast of Pose is rightly honored again, and I…

Heather Hogan

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Feb 12, 2020