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