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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Causing a Hullabaloo

 Did you hear about the explosion at the French cheese factory?

Kate Hawkins September 4, 2023 2 Comments
Buffy and Willow at Sunnydale High; the Pretty Little Liars walking down the halls of Rosewood High, the Cheerios at McKinley High on Glee; Cheryl and Archie in a biology class in Riverdale
Quizzes

Quiz: Which Gay School Should You Have Attended?

It’s September! School’s in session!

Heather Hogan September 3, 2023 10 Comments
Food and Drink

My New Sunday Tradition Is an At-Home Affogato

Sundays are a time for rituals.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 3, 2023 5 Comments
Rachel Sennot, Ruby Cruz, and Ayo Edebiri in the movie Bottoms, standing in a high school hallway and making faces of disgust
Movie Reviews

“Bottoms” Punched Me in the Face (and I Liked It)

Bottoms is the gory gross gay comedy of my fever dreams.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 2, 2023 9 Comments
Fortuna wears a witch's hat and flashes a tarot card
Geekery

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood: A Tarot-Making Game That Explores Gender, Grief, and More

The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood is queer spooky season catnip.

Heather Hogan September 2, 2023 5 Comments
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Webcomics

Reine #51: How to Decide What to Wear to a Queer House Party

The consensus is in: there is no consensus.

Ren Strapp September 2, 2023 1 Comment
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AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Keeps Ridiculously Long Receipts

We all know about Murphy’s Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. But have you heard of Cole’s Law?

Rebecca Goldstein September 2, 2023 7 Comments
Victoria Monét's Jaguar II album cover, featuring Monét coming out of inky black water.
Music

Victoria Monét’s “Jaguar II” Is Fighting for Queer R&B’s Life

Very few have clawed their way to the status of being R&B’s up and coming It Girl, let alone while crooning about a preference for short fingernails or cracking a joke that “it’s a bisexual blunt, it can go both ways.”

Carmen Phillips September 1, 2023 2 Comments
Only Murders in the Building: Selena Gomez as Mabel on a date with Tobert
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Let’s Check in With Only Murders in the Building, Shall We?

It was also a slow week for the gays on The Chi.

Valerie Anne September 1, 2023
Collage: The Morning Show, Sex Education, Neighbours, Gen V. Second row: Happy Ending, Top Boy, Wheel of Time, Wilderness, Disenchanted, Special Forces
Movie Lists TV Lists

September 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got new seasons of Sex Education, Wheel of Time and The Morning Show, a Dutch rom-com centered on a life-changing threesome, a Neighbours reboot, a betrayed wife thriller and so much more!

Riese September 1, 2023 7 Comments
Environmental activists hold a rally and a march through the Atlanta Forest, a preserved forest Atlanta that is scheduled to be developed as a police training center, March 4, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. Intent upon stopping the building of what they have called cop city, the environmentalists were evicted from the forest in January, resulting in the killing by police of Manuel Teran, a young activist and medic.
Politics + Activism

“We Don’t Want To Live in a Police State”: Stop Cop City Still Needs Your Help

Don’t live in Atlanta? Don’t live in the U.S.? If Cop City gets built, it will still effect you. Activists have been fighting the creation of this proposed police training ground since 2021, and they need your help.

Nico September 1, 2023 23 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for September 2023

For me, Virgo season always conjures the smell of sharpened pencils and fresh paper.

Corina Dross September 1, 2023 4 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Would Also Like an Eponymous Cave

How did the hipster burn their tongue?

Kate Hawkins September 1, 2023 2 Comments
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Sigourney Weaver and Leah Purcell as lesbian lovers June and Twig
TV Reviews

Sigourney Weaver Plays a Lesbian Matriarch in “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart”

Sigourney Weaver and Leah Purcell play lesbians in this tale of secrets, lies, cycles of abuse, and the importance of found family.

Valerie Anne August 31, 2023 7 Comments
Aaliyah and Cruz stand together in the sunset in Special Ops: Lioness
TV Reviews

Taylor Sheridan’s “Special Ops: Lioness” Makes the Case for Queer Writers Rooms

Special Ops: Lioness is surprisingly queer and female-fronted — and it really makes you wonder if Taylor Sheridan actually knows any women.

Natalie August 31, 2023 13 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Gaylors Had an IRL Summit To Discuss Gay Taylor Swift Fan Theories — Here’s What Happened

Also, a photo series on Black queer joy at Carnival, and more gay news and culture.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 31, 2023 6 Comments
Always the Almost, If This Gets Out, The Charm Offensive, Red, White & Royal Blue
Book Lists

16 Gay M/M Romance Novels To Read After “Red, White and Royal Blue”

If you loved “Red, White & Royal Blue,” here’s 15 more gay romance novels, aka m/m romance, featuring two men doing cute and also erotic things together!

Riese August 31, 2023 28 Comments
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Quizzes

Gay Cartoon Nerds: Can You Match These Animated Characters to The Actors Who Voice Them?

Can you identify the queer actors behind these gay animated characters? Or the (for some reason) not gay actors behind other LGBTQ+ animated characters? If so, you’ll go far in life.

Riese and Heather Hogan
August 31, 2023 4 Comments
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Halloween

10 Gay Things to Do to Warm-Up For Halloween

A helpful list of things you can do to warm-up for Halloween so you don’t pull a muscle celebrating the holiday of our people. 

Heather Hogan August 30, 2023 1 Comment
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
LGBT Book Reviews

“Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh” Is a Fun Time-Travel Sapphic Romance

Can you fall in love with a girl when there’s a 200 year barrier between you?

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 30, 2023 1 Comment
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