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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: How to Have the Perfect Queer Zoom Date

How to have the perfect queer zoom date (because who knows when we’ll ever be able to touch each other with our bare skin again). Also: the distinct eras of sex talk by black women in hip-hop, Trekkies Assemble! Nichelle Nichols needs our support! And a round up of the DNC quotables in case you don’t want to stay up all night watching.

Carmen Phillips August 20, 2020 5 Comments
A collage of Jen Richards and her fiancée holding a cake in the Lex turquoise color. The cake reads "Congrats! Lex Loves Jen & Bekha"
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Jen Richards Promises That Her Engagement Isn’t a Lex Ad (But? Shoot Your Shot)

Dolly Parton, an Icon. Samantha Irby on the politics and love of sharing your fridge, Jen Richards promises her engagement wasn’t a Lex Ad (But also??), and a lot of food for thought about the Democratic National Convention.

Carmen Phillips August 18, 2020 5 Comments
A still from Cheryle Dunye's The Watermelon Woman. Two black queer women sit on a stoop at night, talking with each other.
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Rewatching “The Watermelon Woman” and Revealing in Cheryl Dunye’s Black Queer Joy

1997’s The Watermelon Woman is required viewing for 2020 (plus, Cheryl Dunye was fine then and is still fine now!). Compton has a legally recognized transgender district, Bay Area queers have a legacy of providing mutual aid for decades, Disney has bisexual lead characters, and so much more! Happy Sunday!!

Ari August 16, 2020 8 Comments
Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson gaze into each other's eyes lovingly on the red carpet, back in the before times when we could all go outside and touch our loved ones.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Holland Taylor and Sarah Paulson Are Doing Quarantine Like Two Introverts in Love

Holland Taylor spills the tea on quarantining with Sarah Paulson and if Peggy Peabody was actually gay. Also: Kamala Harris has picked a Black lesbian as her chief of staff, and a stunning collection of black&white photographs of trans women in 1950s Paris for all you history nerds (and fans of mid-century glamour!)

Carmen Phillips August 13, 2020 15 Comments
Kamala Harris smiles off to the side in front of the United States flag. Her resemblance to Bette Porter running for Mayor of Los Angeles is uncanny.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Kamala Harris Picked as VP, Officially Becomes Straight Bette Porter

Kamala Harris has become first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party. (Also, did you know, women of color are running for congress at an all-time high? I like to call it the “Squad Effect.”)

Carmen Phillips August 11, 2020 24 Comments
Ari's homemade graphic design (They're working on building their skills!) of the Schuyler sisters from Hamilton, posed in their infamous "Werk!" line with their right hands above their head, snapping in air, against a neon rainbow background.
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Working for Women’s Rights! WERK!

The Schuyler sisters are back to honor the women’s suffrage centennial, Pride week is coming to the Navajo Nation, Kae Tempest is nonbinary, and Queen Latifah on a motorcycle just because you deserve it. Happy Sunday, friends!

Ari August 9, 2020 3 Comments
The cast of Amazon's new series A League of Their Own, based on the movie of the same name, dressed in costume. From Left to Right: Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, D’Arcy Carden, and Gbemisola Ikumelo
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: There’s No Crying in Baseball but There Are Gays in Amazon’s A League of Their Own

An Officially Gay League Of Their Own!! Also: queers are now leaving “the big city” by choice, creating boundaries with your friends is especially important right now, and Michelle Obama on managing her depression.

Carmen Phillips August 6, 2020 14 Comments
Sarah Paulson as Nurse Ratched stares horrifically behind bars in captivity, with bricks behind her glowing yellow.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Sarah Paulson’s “Ratched” Trailer Will Haunt You, but in a Hot Way?

Horror homos gird your loins, Sarah Paulson’s “Ratched” prequel from Ryan Murphy is coming, and so far it looks great! Plus: Megan Rapinoe wants to be a dominant lesbian dolphin, and 13 cookbooks by LGBTQ+ authors of color to buy Right Now.

Carmen Phillips August 4, 2020 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday and Janet Mock Are Wearing Valentino

Happy Sunday! Janet Mock has gifted us with her beauty, some cool women’s suffrage photo galleries, astronauts came back to earth (did anyone tell them it was 2020??), Meryl Streep’s films ranked, and so much more! Get in here!

Ari August 2, 2020 3 Comments
Two very sad lesbians laying in their literal bed while contemplating lesbian bed death.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: I’ve Got a Joke About Lesbian Bed Death, and It Kills

Therapists on if Lesbian Bed Death is a real thing. Also: 1-in-4 LGBT people under 24 use non-binary pronouns, the horror and humor of Shirley Jackson, and if you do one thing today, please read John Lewis’ final words.

Carmen Phillips July 30, 2020 9 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Megan Rapinoe and AOC Joining Forces to Fire Up Your Dreams, Definitely Save America

Megan Rapinoe and AOC team up for a talk show you’ll absolutely want to watch! Plus, some gorgeous portraits of LGBT+ people over 50, the WNBA makes sure #SayHerName includes trans women, and what the hell does a Latinx show have to do to get an Emmy nomination, please!

Carmen Phillips July 28, 2020 4 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Protesting With the WNBA

The WNBA is back, and they’ve got things to say! Taylor Swift’s album is… good! Gucci has a nonbinary clothing line! Black trans folks are taking care of each other! Happy Sunday!

Ari July 26, 2020 8 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Get Your Engine Going for Queer & Trans Mechanics

The aftermath of covering protests in Portland, how the WNBA is honoring Breonna Taylor, France’s first transgender mayor and more!

Natalie July 23, 2020 15 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Remembering John Lewis

Honoring John Lewis’s legacy of good trouble, some quick looks at the violence from federal officers in Portland, an upset in the NWSL Challenge Cup quarterfinals and more!

Natalie July 21, 2020 6 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Getting Intimate (Consensually) With Lena Waithe!

Lena Waithe is using intimacy trainers, moms are still throwing gender reveal parties (but we don’t hate it), John Lewis and the fight for gay rights, and the Belchers have a song in their heart for you! Happy Sunday!

Ari July 19, 2020 1 Comment
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: How the Thumb Ring Became Gay Culture

Elena Delle Donne’s ongoing struggle with the WNBA, a collection of some of the most moving and queer tributes to Naya Rivera, Mrs. Frizzle’s queer legacy, and more.

Natalie July 16, 2020 11 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Will Thailand Become the First Southeast Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex Partnerships?

The WNBA’s abbreviated schedule for the season was released, new music from The Chicks is only a few days away after 14 years, a fund for Black trans women artists, and did the American Girl company steal the identity of a nonbinary astronomer for a doll??

Natalie July 14, 2020 12 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Swimming With Valentina Sampaio

Happy Sunday! Celebrate the swimsuit issue, watch a short film by FKA Twigs, learn about the founder of the MCC and find out which Pokémon character was supposed to be a lesbian??! Let’s get this bread!

Ari July 12, 2020 3 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Leonie Dorado Became Bolivia’s First Trans News Anchor in the Midst of a Pandemic, NBD

Gabrielle Bellot on having your existence up for debate, WNBA players on lockdown in Florida, the latest wave of Supreme Court decisions, Wales’ new queer bookshop and more!

Natalie July 9, 2020 2 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: What Do You Mean Dog Years Aren’t Real??

The WNBA’s new Social Justice Council, China’s drag queens, Kristen Arnett on Dorothy Allison — and did a certain celesbian intellectual elope with her girlfriend? 👀

Natalie July 7, 2020 12 Comments
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