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Gayle Rankin, Hari Nef, and Rad Pereira stare toward the camera with concern. Rankin wears a striped sweater, Nef a yellow blazer, and Pereira a blue patterned button down.
Movie Reviews

“Bad Things” Queers “The Shining” With Delicious Results

It’s noteworthy that Bad Things features two relationships with trans people, including a relationship between a cis woman and a trans woman. More noteworthy is how authentic their various experiences feel.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 17, 2023 2 Comments
Four screenshots of Keke Palmer in Usher's "Boyfriend" music video, she's dancing in white boxers and a white sport bra in each of them.
Music

Keke Palmer Dances in Boxers in Usher’s “Boyfriend” Video, a Well Timed Clapback to Her Ex

You don’t have to scratch especially deep beneath the surface for a queer line reading of Keke Palmer rolling around in a pair of boxers while crooning that someone’s girlfriend is going to be thinking about her at night.

Carmen Phillips August 16, 2023 11 Comments
Three images, side by side: Billie Eilish performing on stage, a screenshot of Billie's IG with the question Who is Your Celebrity Crush, and a screenshot of Billie's IG showing fruit in response to the question "Fruity?"
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Billie Eilish Fans Pose the Age-Old Question, Can You Soft Launch Your Coming Out?

If nothing else, these most recent image choices would raise an eyebrow of anyone fluent in the language of Extremely Online.

Carmen Phillips August 16, 2023 3 Comments
jodi lerner, lover cindi and tasha williams
Quizzes The L Word

If You Can Get 18/23 On This Quiz, You’ve Watched “The L Word” Too Many Times

It’s time to test your knowledge of the chart by seeing how many “L Word” dates and hookups you can remember!

Riese August 16, 2023 22 Comments
Aubrey Plaza's character Julie Powers in the Scott Pilgrim animated series teaser
TV News & Trailers

I’m in Lesbians with the Scott Pilgrim Animated Series Teaser

The eight-episode anime series brings back the whole cast, including Aubrey Plaza!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 16, 2023
Ava and Beatrice run from a monster in Warrior Nun
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Apparently 3 Whole “Warrior Nun” Movies Are in the Works

Jonquel Jones is your WNBA Commissioner’s Cup MVP, it’s the the 20th anniversary of Cheetah Girls if you can believe it, and more!

Heather Hogan August 16, 2023 6 Comments
G Flip and Chrishell Stause making out at a Taylor Swift concert
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Do We Think Chrishell Stause Is a Gaylor? I Could See It TBH

Celebrities simply MUST stop making podcasts, this is just too much!

Christina Tucker August 16, 2023 1 Comment
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Watching What Happens Live

RIP, boiling water

Rachel August 16, 2023 3 Comments
Victoria Monet in the "On My Mama" video in two side-by-side images: on the left, in a red bra and baseball cap, with baggy pants, on the right in an oversized white tee and green do-rag.
Music

Bisexual R&B Star Victoria Monét Is Giving Sexy Tomboy in New Music Video

If you just so happen to love it when queer girls dress up like a ’00s era Ciara or Beyoncé music video, “On My Mama” was made for you.

Carmen Phillips August 15, 2023 6 Comments
ashlyn and maddox kiss
TV Reviews

“High School Musical: The Musical Series” Ends With an Adorable Sapphic Romance

Ashlyn and Maddox, together at last!

Heather Hogan August 15, 2023 7 Comments
Thin Skin by Jenn Shapland
Book Features Queer Pregnancy

EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life

In an excerpt from her new essay collection Thin Skin, Jenn Shapland examines childfreedom.

Jenn Shapland August 15, 2023 22 Comments
a Black woman holds up a TRUMP INDICTED AGAIN sign in front of the US Capitol
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Trump & Crew Charged With Felony Racketeering in Fourth Indictment

Also, Ron DeSantis had a bad weekend :)

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 15, 2023 4 Comments
G-E-N-D-E-R blocks with someone pushing a * block into place
Gender

You Need Help: I Feel Disconnected From Gender As a Concept

“Identifying as a woman doesn’t feel right, but affirmatively identifying as ‘not a woman’ also doesn’t feel right.”

Riese August 15, 2023 35 Comments
A multi-layered collage of corduroy fabric, in dark brown, then red, and finally pink. On top of the pink fabric is the outline of a person's body with buttons outlining reproductive organs.
Health Lesbian Sex

Endometriosis No Longer Keeps Me From My Best Queer Sex

For the first time I was able to experience, without pain, the feeling of having my partner’s fingers inside of me and we found a new level of intimacy and excitement… How did I spend an entire decade of my life letting the medical system tell me that constant pelvic pain was acceptable?

Guest August 15, 2023 11 Comments
2023 inductee Becky Hammon attends the 2023 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Induction at Symphony Hall on August 12, 2023 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Sports

WNBA Week 11: Becky Hammon’s Hall of Fame Induction + Commissioner’s Cup Week

And, as always, Carmen’s fits of the week!

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
August 14, 2023 7 Comments
An illustration of two women's soccer players facing each other in their purple uniforms on the cover of Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute
LGBT Book Reviews

Cleat Cute’s Sapphic Soccer Romance Will Fill the World Cup-Shaped Hole in Your Heart

It can’t be good for your body to cut off lesbian soccer drama cold turkey. 

Heather Hogan August 14, 2023 7 Comments
Aubrey Plaza in a black suit and sunglasses / the mini-horse who plays Lil Sebastian
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Aubrey Plaza Brought Lil Sebastian to the Strikes

Plus also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: Archie comics’ first solo trans character, the lesbians of Heartstopper, what’s NOT next for Jodi Balfour and more!

Heather Hogan August 14, 2023 4 Comments
Nina Sayers in Black Swan looks into a mirror and has many reflections looking back
First Person Movie Features

How Many Times Did I See Black Swan in Theaters While Closeted? An Investigation

This task has sent me down a strange spiral of doubling and fractured memory underscored by a homoerotic hum MUCH LIKE THE MOVIE ITSELF.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 14, 2023 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Wants To Light Your Candle

How do you keep someone from stealing your bagel?

Kate Hawkins August 14, 2023 5 Comments
The eight possible results for this villains quiz: Harley Quinn Poison Ivy Catwoman Ursula Hades Captain Hook Lefou Catra
Quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer Cartoon “Villain” Are You?

I took some liberties with some of the Disney villains, but if they’re gonna queer code all their baddies, that means we get to do what we want with them!

Heather Hogan August 13, 2023 20 Comments
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