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Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
LGBT Book Reviews

Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 16, 2023 4 Comments
: A customer walks by a Pride Month merchandise display at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Target has pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise from stores or have moved the seasonal displays to lesser seen areas of their stores to avoid conservative backlash that has threatened workers’ safety. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer Target Employees on Just How Scary Pride Month Got

Over 184 vintage Pride photos for all my history heads out there, queer-owned beauty brands, and a near record number of women now believe that abortion should be legal under any circumstance.

Carmen Phillips June 15, 2023 4 Comments
The Terrible We by Cameron Awkward-Rich, surrounded by red and orange reaching hands and squiggles
Book Features

In The Terrible We, Cameron Awkward-Rich Makes Space for Bad Trans Feelings

How do we hold transness and disability together, rather than denying the ways the “bad feelings” like dysphoria and anxiety have historically been a key part of trans thought, art, politics, and media?

Lauren Herold June 15, 2023 2 Comments
Wanda Sykes using a microphone in I'm an Entertainer
Comedy

As a Queer Black Mom, I Strongly Relate to the Humor in “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”

I’m An Entertainer shows Wanda Sykes doing what she does best: making you crack up one minute and making you think the next.

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 15, 2023 1 Comment
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First Person

Overheating: Leaving My Home State of Florida

I have not given up on Florida, even if for now it is best we spend time apart.

Aster Olsen June 15, 2023 28 Comments
The documentaries Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria; I Hate New York; Your Mother's Comfort; Rebel Dykes
LGBT Pride Movie Lists

LGBTQ+ Documentaries To Watch This Pride Month That Aren’t the Most Obvious Ones

Featuring a lot of underground and underrated films, check out this list of three decades of documentaries about queer and trans lives.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 14, 2023 9 Comments
Nimona holds out her hand to the screen in the trailer for Netflix's adaptation of ND Stevenson's graphic novel
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Queer Shapeshifter Nimona Is Finally Coming to Netflix!

The first pics from Red, White, & Royal Blue; Elliot Page’s new queer film; and the first look at Wheel of Time season two.

Heather Hogan June 14, 2023 4 Comments
A collage of the author, shea wesley martin, in four different pair of Chino pants, each in a gold picture frame. shea is a fat black nonbinary person with glasses and a fade haircut.
First Person Queer Fashion

Porkchop’s Odyssey: On Fatness, Transness, and Pants

This snapshot sits on a shelf in the back of my mind. I keep it in an album called “euphoria.” It includes moments – me in my first bowtie at my college graduation, me on my wedding day, me in the mountains with my first jean jacket. In each, I am myself.

shea wesley martin June 14, 2023 22 Comments
STRONG BACK LEAD instagram account posting Niecy Nash saying "Girl, you have done it again."
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Did Need To Hear This Motivational Moment From Niecy Nash — Perhaps You Do Too?

Also, simply love when Janet Mock logs on. I will even accept ads! I don’t care!

Christina Tucker June 14, 2023 1 Comment
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
LGBT Book Reviews

Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth

When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?

Stef Rubino June 14, 2023 1 Comment
Megan thee Stallion performing in front of a Pride flag.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “If You a Bad B*tch, You Just a Bad B*tch!” Happy Pride From Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion’s Pride performance is one for the record books, the fight for queer nightlife in an era of police violence, and why conservatives are so mad that Biden flew a Pride flag at the White House.

Carmen Phillips June 13, 2023 3 Comments
Dylan Meyer and Kristen Stewart leaning toward each other on the Oscars red carpet
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Movie News & Trailers

Kristen Stewart and Fiancée Dylan Meyer Are Going to Gay Third Base (Writing a Movie Together)

In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Kristen Stewart dropped the news she’s writing a “stoner girl comedy” with Dylan Meyer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 13, 2023 2 Comments
Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles watch as their jerseys are lifted to the rafters.
Sports

WNBA Week 3: Legends Honored and All-Star Voting Commences

Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles have their jerseys retired — and you don’t want to miss Carmen’s very gay Fits of the Week!

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
June 13, 2023 16 Comments
a queer white woman looking pensively into the distance. she has long blonde hair with a grown-out undercut on the sides. a brunette woman with a widow's peak is hugging her from behind.
Dating

You Need Help: How Do I Convince My Girlfriend That I Care?

It sounds like she’s looking for something you just can’t give her, and that’s okay. Your life is very full at the moment. It’s not too full for the right relationship, but it may be too full for THIS relationship.

Darcy June 13, 2023 6 Comments
a woman shouting into a megaphone with a fist in the air, surrounded by broken glass and yellow arrows
LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

Gay at Work: Queer People and the Labor Movement

All these movements, whether for Black liberation, queer liberation, abortion rights, affordable housing, or labor, are intimately connected, and the struggle of queer labor organizers makes that abundantly clear.

Daven McQueen June 13, 2023 6 Comments
LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

‘Be the Change’ Creates Network of Care in Tennessee Prisons

Be the Change offers programs inside like support groups for trans women, addiction and recovery support, and those facing lengthy or lifetime sentences.

Adrian June 13, 2023 4 Comments
Brittney Griner walks up the court at a Phoenix Mercury game.
Politics + Activism Sports

Brittney Griner Was Accosted at an Airport, the WNBA and Phoenix Mercury Failed To Protect Her

How did the Mercury and the WNBA allow this to happen? Because, given the media attention that’s been swirling around Griner since her return home, this was completely predictable.

Natalie June 12, 2023 14 Comments
Two humans, one with long hair and one with short, embrace in a loving hug, fingers intertwined
Sponsored

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Summer flings are best when paired with sex toys — Eve’s Toys is here to help.

Ro White June 12, 2023 2 Comments
Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee accept their Tony Awards
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Nonbinary Actors Alex Newell and J. Harrison Ghee Make Tony Awards History

Megan Rapinoe says Sue Bird is the greatest athlete ever, Beanie Feldstein and Bonnie Chance’s wedding pics, and more!

Heather Hogan June 12, 2023 8 Comments
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 03: (L-R) Reality TV personalities Lexi Goldberg and Mal Wright of the Netflix program "The Ultimatum: Queer Love" attends Outloud at Weho Pride 2023 at West Hollywood Park on June 03, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Scott Dudelson/Getty Images)
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

What Are the Chaotic Queers of “The Ultimatum: Queer Love” Getting Up to Now?

We’ve got the scoop on who’s getting invited to the wedding, what Yoly told Mal before the reunion, who’s got a new girlfriend, how Vanessa feels about her edit and so much more.

Riese June 12, 2023 12 Comments
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