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Movie Features

Over Half a Century Before ‘Emilia Pérez’, the Story of a Gender-Fluid Gangster Was Done Right

Influential, puzzling, and still effective, Performance — now available in a new restoration from The Criterion Collection — is a reminder that the struggle between gender fluidity and traditional gender performance isn’t new.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 25, 2025
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Pop Culture Fix

Jen Tullock Confirms Severance’s Devon Has Always Been Queer, Probably Had a Hot Rugby Girlfriend

Devon from Severance has always been queer, The Last of Us drops character posters and a release date, Tawny Cyprus fell a little bit in love with Lauren Ambrose, and more gay news for you.

Valerie Anne February 24, 2025 1 Comment
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TV Reviews

The Final Season of ‘Harlem’ Gave Its Characters Happy New Beginnings

With a rushed marriage proposal and the return of a favorite character, Harlem comes to its premature end.

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Politics + Activism

Recent Challenges to Trump’s Anti-Trans Agenda Remind Us of Our Collective Power

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Stef Rubino February 24, 2025 1 Comment
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Movie Features Quizzes

Quiz: Which 2025 Best Picture Nominee Are You?

We’re one week away from the 97th Academy Awards and it has been quite the awards season. But which of the Best Picture nominees is most like you?

Drew Burnett Gregory February 23, 2025 16 Comments
TV Show Recaps

‘Southern Hospitality’ Provides a Nuanced Look at What It’s Like To Be Queer in the South

From young queer love to complicated coming outs to gay guy x sapphic friendship, Southern Hospitality is peak queer reality TV.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 22, 2025
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Politics + Activism

Hunter Schafer’s Passport Marking Her Male Confirms Trump Isn’t Just “A Lot of Talk”

Model, actress, and artist Hunter Schafer shared an eight-minute video on TikTok about receiving a new passport marked male.

Eva Reign February 22, 2025 1 Comment
Webcomics

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How do we stay focused when looking is hard? Do we ever get better at what we do — to examine this world, everyday?

Yao Xiao February 22, 2025 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1708 Recap: Popular

While ostensibly a mashup of Wicked, The Wiz, and The Wizard of Oz, this year’s Rusical is really more a parody of A Chorus Line.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 22, 2025 4 Comments
Devon in Severance 206
TV Show Recaps

Severance Episode 206 Gives a Whole New Meaning to ‘Outie’

Last night’s Severance episode may have just confirmed what we’ve been anticipating: This show is gayer than we thought!

Motti February 21, 2025 3 Comments
Issues Movie Lists

Two Lesbian Critics Rank Every Stephen King Film Adaptation

Autostraddle’s King Dykes are back to tell you where The Monkey ranks among 49 other Stephen King adaptations.

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AF+

My Girlfriend Has Money to Spare, So Can I Ask for a Loan?

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the team February 21, 2025 6 Comments
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Queer Fashion Shopping

Depressioncore but Make It Bright: What To Wear in Late Winter When You’re Sick of Neutrals

Consider this your guide to finding some color and cheer in these trying times — you deserve it!

Christina Tucker February 21, 2025 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Yellowjackets Episode 303 Recap: Nightmare on Elm Street

Well that was a wild final 10 minutes!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 21, 2025 92 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Sam Nordquist Loved His Family, Cooking, Dancing, Cats, and Nature

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Stef Rubino February 20, 2025 6 Comments
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Comedy

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Gabrielle Grace Hogan February 20, 2025 2 Comments
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Theater

Idina Menzel Returns to Broadway as a Lesbian in ‘Redwood’

Alas, Redwood is a missed opportunity to tell a meaningful story about grief, about nature preservation, and about a lesbian relationship.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 20, 2025 1 Comment
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Movie Features

How Do You Know If Your Desires Are Wrong?

Controversial French filmmaker Catherine Breillat has an oeuvre centered around the ways women are often betrayed by their own urges.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 20, 2025 15 Comments
still from Eat the Night, a queer French film
Movie Reviews

French Thriller ‘Eat the Night’ Is Like ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ but About Video Games

The film is a dreamy yarn, a queer coming-of-age story illuminated by the soft, lulling LED of a computer screen.

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

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