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Movie Lists TV Lists

August 2023: What’s New and Gay To Stream

Get ready to have your heart warmed by Season 2 of Heartstopper and “Red, White and Royal Blue” and we’ve also got a new Harlan Coben thriller teeming with queers, a gay revelation on the final season of “Breeders” and so much more!

Riese August 1, 2023 12 Comments
Sex

Service Tops, Bratty Bottoms and Pillow Princesses: Other Words You Use to Describe How You Have Sex

We’ve been talking about tops, bottoms and switches for a few weeks and today we’re doing a little glossary of the other words you use to describe how you have sex!

Riese July 31, 2023 53 Comments
Breanna Stewart (L) #30 and Brittney Griner #42 of Team Stewart speak during a WNBA All-Star Game media availability at Michelob ULTRA Arena on July 14, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Sports

WNBA Week 9: Brittney Griner Takes a Mental Health Break, League Injuries Linger

Plus Becky Hammon rewrites the ABCs.

Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
July 31, 2023 10 Comments
Bradley and Alex stare at each other in The Morning Show season three trailer
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “The Morning Show” Is Bringing Queer Chaos to Season 3

Sarah Paulson and Aubrey Plaza are headed to Broadway, Lizzo is a Legolas girl, and more!

Heather Hogan July 31, 2023 1 Comment
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Relationships

18 Really F*cking Cute and Gay True Stories About How You Met Your Partner

“In 2021, our parents ran into each other at Lowe’s and were basically like “Hey, my kid’s gay and mentally ill too!”

Riese July 31, 2023 12 Comments
First Person Music

10 Mountain Goats Songs, Ranked by Transness

I’m not alone in my obsession with finding themes of gender oppression and transformation in their raw, high-wire, indie-rock lyrics about tragedy, monstrosity, drugs, and sickness. 

E.E. Murray July 31, 2023 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Staying Up Until 3am Tonight

Why should you never break up with a goalie?

Rachel July 31, 2023 13 Comments
The eight jocks you can be on this quiz!
Quizzes

Quiz: Which Fictional Queer Jock Are You?

It’s the Summer of Gay Sport — and you deserve a little on-theme quiz!

Heather Hogan July 30, 2023 16 Comments
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Food and Drink

Messy Kitchen: Could You Set the Croissant Alarm?

She loves when I go a little feral with food.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 30, 2023 7 Comments
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Geekery

Hello Kitty Island Adventure Is Your New Animal Crossing

My Melody? Yep, she owns a gift shop and bosses me around! Badtz-maru? Mm-hmm, he has a comic book stand on the dock!

Heather Hogan July 29, 2023 3 Comments
A Queer Marxist Analysis of Barbie is written on top of a bride flag and two Barbie dolls
Geekery Movie Features

Marxist Barbie Discourse and the Weird Wide Web of Queer Video Essays

So what is there to do now that you’ve seen Barbie twice? I will be watching as many long, overly elaborate, documentary-style YouTube video essays about the subject as I possibly can.

Lindsay Eanet July 29, 2023 1 Comment
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Sex

13 Reasons Women In Lesbian Relationships Aren’t Having (More) Sex

“Lesbian bed death” does happen, and many lesbians feel they’re not having enough sex. But it doesn’t happen for the reasons you think it does, and it’s not necessarily the problem you think it is.

Riese July 28, 2023 77 Comments
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Recipes

A Peach Blueberry Cobbler for the Peak of Summer

The best thing I can say is to cut right to the chase: this cobbler is messy, juicy, syrupy summer fruit nestled in a cloud-like topping that’s somewhere between a buttery pancake and a just sweet enough biscuit. You want it.

Carmen Phillips July 28, 2023 18 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Queer Insta-Stalking Works Out OK Actually on “Grown-ish”

Also! Updates on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days and Nancy Drew!

Natalie, Valerie Anne and Nic
July 28, 2023
Janai caresses Amay's face in The Dragon Prince season five
TV Show Recaps

Queer Couple Janai and Amaya Get Even Cuter in “The Dragon Prince” Season 5

One of my all-time favorite action-adventure tropes is when there’s a very level-headed, stoic, calm and collected lady-hero — who goes absolutely feral when her girlfriend is in danger.

Heather Hogan July 28, 2023 4 Comments
The Crowded Room: Annabelle and Arianna lean in as if about to kiss each other
TV Reviews

“The Crowded Room” Blurs the Lines of Queerness

When we first meet Arianna, played by Sasha Lane, she seems like nothing more than Danny’s bold and bisexual bestie.

Valerie Anne July 28, 2023 1 Comment
a chaotic collage of a screenshot from the podcast, barbies getting intimate, queers kissing, and bees
AF+

The A+ Podcast That Is A Video, Episode 1: If You Kiss It, Then You Have To Eat It

“Because that’s when they get you, that’s
when they getcha.”
“In bed!”

The Editors July 28, 2023 13 Comments
TV Show Recaps

I Just Need Everyone To Know About Riverdale’s Patricia Highsmith Parody Called THE COST OF PEPPER

Also, it appears Archie Andrews is canonically bisexual! RIVERDALE IS THE GAY AGENDA.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 27, 2023 13 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“And Just Like That” It’s Miranda’s First Gay Valentine’s Day

It’s Valentine’s Day and Miranda’s got a date! Also Aidan Fuckin’ Shaw is back. >:(

Heather Hogan July 27, 2023 11 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: What It’s Like to Drive Cross-Country Trying to Visit Every Queer Bar

Also, more tributes to Sinead O’Connor, Disability Pride Month reads, and more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 27, 2023 3 Comments
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