If you’re white and still haven’t had that hard conversation with your relatives, wow you are out of excuses. Also: binging Battlestar Galactica at the end of the world, examining the Grief Industrial Complex, gay college sweethearts who broke the trend and miraculously stayed in love, and more!
Elizabeth Warren’s Op-Ed on Amy Coney Barrett, 25 famous women on crying, is there a safe way to go home for the holidays? Plus, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher AND first glimpses of a young Princess Diana in bomb “The Crown” trailer drop heard ’round the world.
Also: So many Coming Out Day goodies, a trans woman changed her name to Ellen Potter to troll JKR, witches want to know whose spell gave Trump COVID, how your emoji got queer, and more!
May our trailblazer Monica Roberts rest in power. Also: To the young girls watching last night’s debate — “I’m speaking” is a complete sentence; looking back at Sue Bird’s historic basketball career; and you sure can celebrate Cardi B’s divorce.
Angelica Ross being interviewed by Crissle in a flurry of Black queer and trans brilliance, how to make serious sense of yesterday’s SCOTUS push to re-evaluate gay marriage, could the parents of LGBTQ+ kids decide the election? And more!
Also: how a Black lesbian took down a racist, pandemic-partying fraternity in the deep south, what NOT to do for all those queer migraines you’re getting, gender neutral greetings on airplanes, queer girls are taking over TikTok, and more!
Even Parrots think we should defund prisons. Also: Storm Guard Sami Whitcomb Leaves WNBA Bubble to be with her wife during the birth of their first child (awww!), preparing for your annual seasonal depression, and what LGBT rights might look like under a Biden presidency.
Listen, it’s my belief that all witches are gay and that’s just a fact. “The Craft” witches are DEFINITELY all gay, if only because they inspired 25 years worth of gay girls! (Also: meet the lesbian who’s a closeted Trump voter, inside the movement to stop paying student loans, and why queer people get so many migraines.)
Happy Sunday! We’ve got cute gay weddings, a new-ish “Father of the Bride”, Amanda Nunes has a baby, Sarah Paulson has the greatest response for the next time someone asks you about your May/December relationship, nonbinary Helen Hayes Award winners and so much more!
Happy Sunday! Rosh Hashanah cheese plates, Roxane Gay on Audre Lorde’s legacy, autumnal sewing, RBG quotes, “Julie and the Phantoms” has a super cute queer romance, God — remember snack time in middle school?? And more!
Janelle Monáe’s “Turntables” now comes with a full music video, the radical queer publications of the 1970s, what do we do when the sky is Orange? And this is now officially a Naomi Osaka Stan Account.
Happy Sunday! Miss Major and Beck are having a baby, Lena Waithe has a cute LA office, queer women are finding their place in ballet, a recipe for strawberry and pecan scones to use up your sourdough daughters, and more!
Niecy Nash Says and Jessica Betts, Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman, and all your favorite grown-up gay love stories! Plus Canadian World Cup soccer star Quinn came out as transgender (congrats!!), and some ‘Pro-Sex, Anti-Fascist’ art to decorate your walls.
Netflix’s “Ratched” promises to make our Murder Me, Mommi nightmares into a very hot reality. Also, brand new music Janelle Monáe! And a deep dive on the history of protest in the WNBA.
Star Trek is finally officially trans! Plus virtual concerts by Brandi Carlile, women truckers for suffrage, Fawzia Mirza got married, “The Glorias” trailer is here, and more! Happy Sunday!
It’s been a long, hard summer: here’s a photo of Janelle Monáe’s new haircut + glasses just because! Also: Monáe is starring in the new “Gloria” movie coming to Amazon and here’s a first look; we have Niecy Nash’s wedding video; and so many links to read to carry you into the (almost) long weekend!
Betty from Riverdale Remains a Bisexual Queen! Your favorite rapper Chika with an in-depth profile you’ve never seen from her before, Naomi Osaka bringing Black Lives Matter to the US Open, and how to *actually* get your vote counted in this hellscape of an election.
The world IS on fire, but there is good news! Like, Marsha P. Johnson monuments, live kitten cams, Black babies dressed in Black Panther costumes, J.Lo’s nonbinary nibling, and so much more ❤️
These lesbian penguins! “Bring It On” nostalgia! And some vintage Carmen Maria Machado for your reading needs!
Also: Shania Twain in leopard print, Black girls supporting Black girls, Brandi Carlile duets with Kelly Clarkson, queer visual histories, and more! Happy Sunday!