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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
A black cat with a witch hat on his beautiful head
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
Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in embrace in a still from the forthcoming biopic Nyad
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: First Look Pics of Annette Bening and Jodie Foster in Lesbian Swimmer Biopic Nyad

SJP adopted the AJLT cat! Let Miley Cyrus rest! The hidden history of Harley Quinn! And more!

Heather Hogan August 30, 2023 2 Comments
Keke Palmer throwing a baseball in a black tank top with multicolored nails
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Happy Virgo Season to Keke Palmer ONLY!

Also, doesn’t it kind of always feel like it’s a Betts anniversary?

Christina Tucker August 30, 2023 4 Comments
PRIVATE PLEASURES: Authentic Lesbian Video. Featuring two lesbians kissing in a suit and dress; ON OUR BACKS: Entertainment for the Adventurous Lesbian, featuring a person with their back turned to the camera pulling off a leather jacket; Deborah Sundahl in a black leather bikini top
Lesbian Sex LGBT History

Remembering Deborah Sundahl, Lesbian Porn Pioneer

Two months ago, we lost Deborah Sundahl — a fierce, compassionate, and prolific queer elder.

Desirae August 30, 2023 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Reading Banned Books

Don’t interrupt me when I’m solving this puzzle.

Rachel August 30, 2023 2 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Questionable Life Choices You Can Make During Tomorrow’s Blue Supermoon

Your untethered choices during the Blue Supermoon in Pisces, a questionable and surely irresponsible horoscope.

Nico August 29, 2023 9 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Harley Quinn” Introduces Us to Harley and Ivy’s Villainous… Daughter?

I hope this isn’t the last we see of Princess Ladyfingers, but if it is, I’ll take comfort in knowing that she seems just as gay as her mothers. 

Heather Hogan August 29, 2023 2 Comments
a group of teens in the movie Bottoms stand in a hallway
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: I Have Never Been More Ready for a Movie Than I Am for “Bottoms”

Plus, fliers from 90s gay clubs, fantasizing about MILFs, and hot union summer continues.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 29, 2023 4 Comments
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AF+

I’ll Never Walk Away: Writing About Motherhood From Imperfect Circumstances

“In the summer of 2021, right after a trip to visit him and my mom, my dad called me. He sounded weird.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 29, 2023 14 Comments
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Relationships

You Need Help: My Partner and I Aren’t Having Sex — How Can I Still Foster Intimacy?

Sometimes in long-term relationships, our needs shift and/or our capacity to fulfill someone’s needs shift.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 29, 2023 9 Comments
In Singapore Sling (1990), a woman eyes another woman in black and white; in black and white, a woman holds a white cat; a woman looks up between someone's legs in Mademoiselle (1966); a woman sleeps in a bed in The Corruption of Chris Miller (1973); a woman emerges from water, being watched by another woman; Two women and an alien in a dress
Movie Features

Watchlist: “House of Psychotic Women” Pushed Me Out of My Horror Comfort Zone

Watchlist is a new series where I invite you to sample the hidden treasures of my personal viewing projects.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 29, 2023 5 Comments
Comedy

Ranking My Butch Girlfriend’s Hats

Plus, a photo of us making out while she wears her literal GAY RIGHTS hat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 28, 2023 25 Comments
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Sports

WNBA Week 13: The Aces Visit the White House, The Mercury and Storm Miss the Playoffs

Plus Carmen’s Fits of the Week are extra hot this time!

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
August 28, 2023 15 Comments
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Recipes

Have a S’Mores, Have a Brownie, Have a S’mores Brownie

Three perfect layers: A toasted graham cracker crust, a warm unbelievably chocolate-y brownie, and melted caramelized marshmallow just this edge of dripping down the sides. How else should you spend the last week of summer?

Carmen Phillips August 28, 2023 3 Comments
Sports

Let Jenni Hermoso’s Courage Be the Beginning of a Reckoning

It’s been a week since Spain soccer federation president Luis Rubiales forcefully kissed Jenni Hermoso at the World Cup trophy ceremony. His downfall should just be the beginning.

Heather Hogan August 28, 2023 10 Comments
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