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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Why “Snack Closets” Are Essential Safe Spaces for Queer and Trans Youth

Plus, educators are fleeing Kentucky and Florida, Amy Schneider’s new memoir debuts, and more LGBTQ news and culture.

1. A young Greta Garbo in a fur coat looks forlorn as another woman grabs onto her arm. 2. Greta Garbo laughs at a dining table. 3. A young Greta Garbo lies down in a glamorous pose as John Barrymore kisses her cheek. 4. An older Marlene Dietrich dressed in black sits across a table from Spencer Tracy. 5. Marlene Dietrich holds a baby as one man has a hand on the carriage and another man holds up a flower. 6. A young Greta Garbo in a fur coat looks forlorn as another woman grabs onto her arm.

Movie Features

Watchlist: “The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood” Reveals the Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich Affair

According to Diana McLellan’s seminal book The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich did a lot more than meet.

Straddleverse

Welcome Our New Senior Editor, Drew Burnett Gregory!

Goodbye exclusively gay moments — hello exclusively gay lifetime.

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Relationships

You Need Help: How Do I Stop Bringing Baggage From My Last Relationship Into My New One?

This is where it gets really scary: Growing together requires communication.

The Yellowjackets line up for a pep rally before their lives as cannibals

Halloween

How to DIY a “Yellowjackets” Halloween Costume

A little fake blood goes a long way with these cannibalistic gay group costume ideas.

Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lunden Stallings and Olivia Bennett Marry in “The Royal Wedding of Lesbian TikTok”

The internet is delighted by Lesbian TikTok darlings Lunden Stallings and Olivia Bennett’s photos from their wedding this weekend! Also: mixed Hearstopper feelings, the impact of Saving Face, gay plants and more!

Laphonza Butler (left) sits beside her daughter, Nylah, and her partner, Neneki Lee. They're all sitting on a tan couch in front of a canvas of black girls playing double dutch.

Politics + Activism

Laphonza Butler Will Replace Dianne Feinstein, Becoming America’s First Black Lesbian Senator

The appointment, which California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed late Sunday night and will announce later today, is historic — though potentially short lived.

Food Lists

Ultra Garlicky Recipes To Make Your Kitchen Smell Like Roasted Heaven

In these recipes, garlic isn’t just a supporting ingredient; it’s the star.

A collage of overlapping book covers, left to right: Cinderella Is Dead, All Boys Aren't Blue, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Bluest Eye, and Gender Queer

Book Lists

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Why I Never Put Anyone in My Family “First”

To me, the concept of anyone being “first” in a family feels weird. We all have a hierarchy of needs, right?

Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Accepting Podcast Recommendations

Are *any* Halloween monsters good at math?

A collage over a pink sparkle background: Weird Barbie played by Kate McKinnon as both the rebel leader at the end of the Barbie movie and as the Birkenstock guide early in the movie. Then also, left to right: an Asian woman in a pink leather jacket, pink Birkenstocks, a Black woman in a pink dress, pink and orange patterned sweatpants, and black Birkenstocks.

Movie Features Queer Fashion

Style Thief: How to Dress Like Weird Barbie, the Most Lesbian of Barbies

How much pink is too much pink for one outfit, you may ask? Infinity.

A collage of six different pumpkin recipes for fall: pumpkin cinnamon rolls, pumpkin enchiladas, pumpkin bread, pumpkin ravioli, pumpkin ice cream, and pumpkin cake.

Food Lists

50 Pumpkin Recipes That Will Put Your Latte to Shame

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere! But mostly in your food.

October Streaming Guide collage Column One: Living for the Dead, Twin Flames Universe, Elite Column Two: Our Flag Means Death, Doom Patrol, Monster High 2 Column Three: Fall of the House of Usher, Everything Now

Movie Lists TV Lists

October 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got a new edgy British queer teen series, a very gay “House of the Fall of Usher,” Kristen Stewart’s gay ghost hunting show, a Twin Flames cult exposé docuseries with a fascinating LGBTQ+ elements and so much more!

Quizzes

Quiz: Which LGBTQ+ Glee Kid Are You?

Which of the many LGBTQ+ Glee Club members are you? Now is the time to find out!

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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for October 2023

There is a common misconception about Libra energy that it is “peaceful.” As we move into this fairly dramatic Libra season I’d like to reframe that. Libra is interested in restoring balance.

Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Chilled Red Wines for Early Autumn

Chilled reds are the perfect companion this time of year. They feel like leaves changing and light sweaters and playfully sticking your toes under someone’s butt to warm up.