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book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

2 Hours

THEATER

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

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MOVIE LISTS

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the…

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

theater

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 right this minute!

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

The Latest

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

2 Hours

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

3 Hours

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

Film

May 4, 2026

Born for the Spotlight: a woman in a pale pink top looks at a woman in a white dress in warm lighting with a vanity behind them.

tv reviews

‘Born for the Spotlight’ Should Be Your Next Queer TV Obsession

Born for the Spotlight follows a group of actresses as they navigate the Taiwanese entertainment industry while juggling their interpersonal lives. Think Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Big Little…

Rendy Jones

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Dec 5, 2024

Kristen Stewart arm wrestles a man as Robert Pattinson looks on in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two

movie features

A Queer History of the Twilight Saga

The Twilight franchise’s queerest impulses were found in its beginning and its ending.

Lisa Laman

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Dec 5, 2024

Spotify Wrapped pink border design with text that reads Long Distance Lullabies

music

12 Spotify Wrapped Microgenres AI Could Never Come Up With

I’m here to provide twelve alternate subgenres that actually mean something. To me, anyway.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 4, 2024

holigays

What Supplies To Buy for All Kinds of DIY Holiday Gift Projects

From clay projects to candle making, here’s what you need to DIY your holiday gifts this year!

Em Win

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Dec 4, 2024

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Ali Krieger Is Grateful For Your Love, Sick Of “Dishonesty and Misinformation”

And more queer celebrity updates from IG!

Christina Tucker

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Dec 4, 2024

movie lists

From ‘Calamity Jane’ to ‘Wicked’: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals

To celebrate the release of Wicked here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 4, 2024

queer pregnancy

Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn…

Riese

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Dec 3, 2024