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Dating

You Need Help: Should I Tell My New Date I Used To Follow Her on Tumblr?

I think that this probably happens to people a lot more than you’d think.

Analyssa September 20, 2022 2 Comments
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Sex Toys

When There Simply Isn’t a Face for You to Sit On, the Ora 3 Will Definitely Do

The default speed of the Ora 3 is similar to receiving extremely confident oral sex from someone who knows they’ll get you there eventually and isn’t in any hurry to make it happen.

Guest September 15, 2022 6 Comments
Photo 1: A periwinkle long-sleeved satin blouse with a pussy bow collar. Photo 2: A keyhole long-sleeved leather-look bodysuit. Photo 3: A sleeveless floral jumpsuit in pink and green. Photo 4: High-waisted zip-front track pants in black.
Lesbian Weddings Queer Fashion

So You Want To Go to a Wedding

I present to you some items that might inspire you, should you be invited to a wedding or similar dress-up event and you are sick of reaching for the same two or three things.

Christina Tucker September 9, 2022 13 Comments
Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Season Two FINALE: Long Distance Crushes with Elise Bauman

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called… a season finale! And to celebrate that ending, who better to come on and discuss the joys and successes of a long distance crush, than actor and queer person Elise Bauman?

Christina Tucker September 7, 2022 1 Comment
Two lovebirds hugging on a tree branch, and one looking at them in a distance. The birds are cute and small and green with yellow faces.
Friendship

You Need Help: How Do I Ask My Couple Friends To Hang Out With Me One-on-One?

Wanting to hang out with your friends separately as individuals rather than as couples is a perfectly reasonable request.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 6, 2022 10 Comments
A cartoon image shows Veronica from Archie Comics, who has long, black hair with bands and wears a yellow top with a plunging neckline. She leans back in bed against a pink pillow with red trim with her hands behind her head. Her lower half is covered by a pink blanket. Red hearts swirl through the air around her. A white and brown lamp is on her pink bedside table to the right. Against the black background, yellow text reads: "Power bottom."
Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: P Is for Power Bottom

Perhaps the power bottom is in the eye of the be(hole)der.

Ro White September 1, 2022 3 Comments
WITAD? in yellow is against a purple background. A photo of Chingy Nea's face in a close up is below. Next to the photo in a yellow bubble it says "Bottoming" with guest Chingy Nea" and then surrounding are various emoji stickers.
Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 209: Bottoming with Chingy

Let’s make some noise for the bottoms in the house! (It’s me, the bottom in the house.)

Christina Tucker August 31, 2022 1 Comment
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Breakups

You Need Help: I Can’t Get My Exes Out of My Head

We don’t need to be friends with our exes. One more time for emphasis. We don’t need to be friends with our exes.

KaeLyn August 30, 2022 7 Comments
WITAD? in yellow is against a purple background. A photo of Jordan Crucchiola's face in a close up is below. Next to the photo in a yellow bubble it says "Celebrity Crushes" with guest Jordan Crucchiola" and then surrounding are various emoji stickers.
Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 208: When Your Friends Don’t Like Your Partner

Bringing someone home to meet your parents is such a trope it’s become an entire genre of movie. But for many queer people there are two families to introduce to a partner: given and chosen. And sometimes the chosen family is scarier.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 24, 2022 2 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: Do I Owe a Girl From My Past an Apology in the Present?

Treat people better than you did in your early twenties, and eventually you’ll realize that you have nothing to feel guilty about anymore.

Abbie Jones August 23, 2022 16 Comments
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Special Episode: Mailbag Minisode #1

From how to have a first lesbian experience to how to be horny and demisexual! If you’re thinking hmm these queers seem to know what they’re talking about then go ahead and send in your own question!

Drew Burnett Gregory August 17, 2022 1 Comment
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Dating

You Need Help: Is Substance Use a Dealbreaker?

As someone who’s dealt with substance issues, my friends and my therapist told me to cut and run, so I did. And now I regret it.

danijanae August 16, 2022 15 Comments
In the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other against a teal background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of a pink piece of plastic shaped like a slide with a black bow on top. Waves are visible around the plastic.
Sex Toys

The WaterSlyde Aquatic Stimulator Will Never, Ever Compare to My First Love — a Pool Jet

The water was carried a distance away from the faucet, yes, but that distance was…absolutely nowhere near my vulva.

Guest August 15, 2022 2 Comments
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 207: Hygiene

Ah, bodies. These sacks of meat, bones and skin that we must drag around until we come up with a better way to get through this thing called life. We knew we needed to dig into this and who better to do it with than the one and only Samantha Irby?

Christina Tucker August 10, 2022 5 Comments
A pop art in the style of a 1950s comic of a woman laying in bed at night, she looks terrified. Above her in the dark is bright yellow lettering: L, Lesbian Bed Death"
Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: L Is for Lesbian Bed Death

Why did the term “lesbian bed death” stick around in the queer imagination? Well, it’s catchy. And it’s scary!

Ro White August 4, 2022 11 Comments
Six sex toys are against a light blue background. One is shaped like a pink starfish with a face on it; another is shaped like a black fortune cookie with a light pink stripe along the bottom; another is a dual-stimulation purple two with a long stem with a sphere at the end and a shorter stem with another, curved sphere at the end; another is shaped like a white seashell; two are shaped like yellow ducks with orange beaks and the last one is shaped like a bright pink rose.
Sex Toys

8 Clit-Stimulating Sex Toys That Don’t Actually Look Like Sex Toys

Do you need a sex toy that looks like a starfish, a seashell or a duck? Browse this list and get inspired.

Bunny McFadden August 4, 2022 5 Comments
WITAD? in yellow is against a purple background. A photo of Jordan Crucchiola's face in a close up is below. Next to the photo in a yellow bubble it says "Celebrity Crushes" with guest Jordan Crucchiola" and then surrounding are various emoji stickers.
Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 206: Celebrity Crushes

Celebrity crushes mean more to queer people than they do to straight people. They can be our first expressions of queer desire or our first expressions of gender envy. They can be a safe place to try out urges that aren’t ready for the real world.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 3, 2022 5 Comments
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Breakups

You Need Help: I Could Love Them, But They’re Leaving

Sometimes, someone comes along who starts to remind us what we want, what we deserve, just how sweet love can be, without being the person who has space to give those things to us long-term.

Darcy August 2, 2022 7 Comments
WITAD? in yellow is against a purple background. A photo of Grace Lavery's face in a close up is below. Next to the photo in a yellow bubble it says "Public Relationships" with guest Grace Lavery" and then surrounding are various emoji stickers.
Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 205: Public Relationships

This week we’ve brought on someone in a gaymous power couple: Grace Lavery! But being in a public relationship isn’t just the joys of ambitious4ambitious. There’s also the matter of boundaries and privacy.

Drew Burnett Gregory July 27, 2022 5 Comments
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Dating Pets & Animals Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 204: Partner’s Pets

Animals, like people, have their own personalities and should be taken on a case-by-case basis. (AKA wherein Drew bravely says that snakes are maybe a bit sexy thanks to a certain pop star.)

Drew Burnett Gregory July 20, 2022 4 Comments
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