There are so many names I have been called that I now have taken on for myself. Call it reclaiming. I’m not sure what it is but it has largely to do with the work I’ve done on accepting my body for what it is, whether I love it or not.

“I saved this article when I was a closeted 17-year-old kid: I think this was the first time I realized what non-binary meant! Anyway, I’m 21 now, and now in college I get to dress like this every day and it’s fuckin awesome!”

Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.

If a date doesn’t suggest a meetup, does that mean they’re not interested? Should you break up over differences in how you relate to sex and desire? What’re tips for coping with treatment resistant ADHD? And more!

A new study shows that it does seem to get better for bullied gay kids, but doesn’t provide much insight into how we can make things better for them now.

In this week’s NSFW Sunday: naked chandelier orgies, lesbian porn crushes, and sex and communication.

Viola Davis ships Tegan and Annalise too, Olaf weighs in on Elsa’s sexuality, Lena Waithe is still hustling harder than anyone in Hollywood, a sneak peek at Stef and Lena on the Good Trouble Christmas episode, and more!

Ellie and Joel continue their journey west to find Uncle Tommy, and find a lot more than they bargained for.

(Bear training is also secretly for people who want to get wifed.)

Jess and Lupe have distinct but complementary go-to butch styles.

I hope Yellowjackets keeps teasing us, keeps planting “character Easter eggs” rather than plot ones, keeps revealing things that ultimately are easy to predict but difficult to swallow.

Bosco says that celebrity illusion is an important part of drag history, which isn’t a deep thought but I did find myself staring at her beautiful face, twirling my hair, and giggling “omg I love how you care about queer history.”

As we move into this new year, give yourself permission to ask yourself questions that you can’t immediately answer.

It doesn’t matter how many swooping camera moves you do if you’re not swooping over something worthwhile — Rules is what’s worthwhile.

This is a deeply feminist work, but it’s not sanitized, commodified feminism. The feminism here is raw, living, harsh and at times, violent.

Happy Gay Christmas!

WE KNOW, BETTE. WE KNOW!

They have one of those classic couple fights, the one that is like “what do you want?” “I wanted x” “fine, I’ll do X” “No I don’t want that anymore.”

Peacock’s new “re-imagining” of Showtime’s “Queer as Folk” is brimming with promise, exuberance and sex that is both groundbreaking and incredibly hot — and what I found myself wanting from the show was simply more of it.

“I could start a Youtube channel or a blog about disability rights and monetize it. FUCK. I don’t know how to turn it off.”