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Hunter Schafer
Pop Culture Fix

Hunter Schafer Won’t Be Zelda, but She Might Be Joining the MCU

Another member of KATSEYE has come out, a new queer Lili Reinhart character coming to streaming soon, the trailer for ballroom reality show House on Fire, and more!

Valerie Anne June 9, 2025 34 Comments
a dominatrix
First Person

At 28, I Blew Up My Life To Train in Jiu-Jitsu and as a Dominatrix

Beneath the latex and leather is sacred work.

Mistress Eris June 9, 2025 3 Comments
TRANS LIBERATION NOW
Politics + Activism

As the Anti-Trans Attacks Keep Coming This Pride Month, Trans Resistance Rages On

I can’t think of a better time than Pride Month to celebrate our triumphs and rededicate ourselves to standing up for the liberation of everyone everywhere.

Stef Rubino June 9, 2025 2 Comments
Theater

The 2025 Tony Awards Gave These Queer Icons the Stage They Deserve

There’s no such thing as a straight Tony Awards. But the 2025 Tony Awards was notable for celebrating several queer people who really deserved it.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 8, 2025 1 Comment
a black hat that says gay chaos in small lettering on the head of a queer person who is looking down
Quizzes

Quiz: Which Gay Hat Are You?

Welcome to Hat Gay Summer! Take this quiz to find out which piece of headwear captures the essence of your soul.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 8, 2025 2 Comments
Sex

How To Have Great Queer Sex in a Tent

The first thing I want to emphasize is that the goal of tent sex doesn’t have to be recreating the normal sex you have in a new location.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 7, 2025 3 Comments
9 down / 4 letters / Honey wine (beverage that the "Redwall" books made 90s kids think would be FAR more prevalent in the adult world than it turned out to be)
AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Has Unrealistically High Beverage Expectations

Thanks a lot, Brian Jacques.

Kate Hawkins and Rachel
June 7, 2025 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

‘And Just Like That,’ Miranda Is Failing at Dating Bingo

Miranda has discovered the joy of hate-watching, but is she any closer to discovering the greatness of Joy watching?

Riese June 6, 2025 16 Comments
a pesron blowing a puff of smoke
First Person

My New Year’s Resolution Was To Do More Drugs

I rang in the New Year with my friends, watching an endless stream of K-Pop music videos and eating lots of mushroom chocolate.

Vera Blossom June 6, 2025 2 Comments
One image shows a thin person on the beach, the other shows someone with their knees pulled into their chest looking sad
AF+ Friendship

My Queer Friends Are Mean About How Skinny I Am

Is it ever ok to comment on another person’s body? Also, we help a reader with a loud late-night roommate.

the team June 6, 2025
A triptych of the same image of Sex Change: Shock! Horror! Probe! director Kristiene Clarke getting kissed on the cheek at a film festival
Movie Features

This Trans Woman Has Directed 70 Films Since the ’80s

If you’ve never heard the name Kristiene Clarke, Jaye Hudson aka TGirlsonFilm plans to change that.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 6, 2025 2 Comments
Bobbi Salvör Menuez leans on a rolling stool as Jess Barbagallo pulls at their shirt in Bad Stars
Theater

‘Bad Stars’ Is a Play About Heartbreak, Storytelling, and Worms

I have seen Bad Stars twice now. Before it ends its run at Collapsable Hole, I will have seen it three times. I would see it five times if I could.

Maya Martinez June 6, 2025
Ginny and Georgia feature option two sophie and max
TV Reviews

‘Ginny & Georgia’ is Back with Its Best and Gayest Season

It made me laugh, it made me cry, and it made me giggle and kick my feet at all the extra queer content.

Valerie Anne June 6, 2025 1 Comment
collage of gay movies on hulu
Movie Lists

25 Lesbian Movies on Hulu That You Can Watch Right Now For Fun If You Want

Have you ever wondered which are the best lesbian movies on Hulu? Good news: we’ve got all of Hulu’s LGBTQ+ movies for all your needs related to women gazing into the eyeballs of other women!

Riese June 5, 2025 45 Comments
Michelleadonna and a chonkalicious kitty cat
Comedy

Michelladonna Does It for the Queens Baddies

The people’s prince Michelladonna brings a native New Yorker perspective to NYC comedy.

Motti June 5, 2025 3 Comments
A montage of controversial queer films including Blue is the Warmest Color and Emilia Pérez
Movie Lists

Controversial Queer Films Your Group Chat Probably Fought About

Let’s look back on some of the queer films of the last 30+ years that were the most controversial within the queer community and argue about them all over again.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 4 Comments
Nicholas Alexander and Bobbi Salvör Menuez stand side by side in the woods in Adam (2019)
Movie Features

An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

Five years after its release, the cast and crew behind ‘Adam’ (2019) look back on the film, the controversy, and the culture that shaped both.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 15 Comments
Helen Hunt looks at Bill Paxton incredulously in Twister with the Out the Movies logo at the bottom
AF+ Movie Features

I Don’t Think You’re Stupid. I Just Think I Know More About Movies

“If I express that opinion, it’s not to say someone who did connect with the new film is wrong. We just had different experiences of a work of art based on our tastes, our personal experiences, and, yes, our knowledgebase.”

Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 6 Comments
so gay for you
LGBT Book Reviews The L Word

‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More

‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show and an introspective, juicy celebrity memoir.

Riese June 4, 2025 1 Comment
alice and shane
Book Features The L Word

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Kate & Leisha June 4, 2025 2 Comments
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