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Tessa Thompson has long braids as Bianca in Creed, her hands are covering her mouth as she looks on in anticipation.
Movie News & Trailers

Tessa Thompson Is Not the Only Gay Reason to See Creed III

With Tessa Thompson’s face and Michal B. Jordan’s face, the Creed franchise has always felt incredibly bisexual to me. This special guest just seals the deal.

Carmen Phillips March 4, 2023 9 Comments
Drag Race 1510 recap: Ts Madison in a tight gold dress with orange hair sits backstage at Drag Race smiling at the queens.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1510 Recap: Séa-yoncé, Brie-yoncé, Grey-oncé

It’s Night of a Thousand Beyoncés! Or, as Anetra jokes, Night of Eight Beyoncés.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 4, 2023 4 Comments
In a sunny photo from 1976, a young woman stands on a balcony overlooking the shoreline and city behind her.
First Person

An Incomplete List of Things I Wish My Mother Would Do

46. Look at the menu beforehand.

Laneia March 4, 2023 51 Comments
Book Lists

12 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

A dozen books — from YA to romance to literary fiction to memoir — that center queer road trips all over the U.S. and abroad.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 4, 2023 13 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Is Going Back to Windows 95

What do you call someone who witnesses a robbery at the Apple store?

brooke March 4, 2023 9 Comments
NCIS Hawai'i: With their hands intertwined, Lucy looks up at Kate with her eyes filled with love. Kate is on the right wearing a blue v-neck t-shirt and Lucy is on the right wearing an olive green button up.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Lucy and Kate, Together Again on “NCIS: Hawai’i”

Plus updates on How I Met Your Father, The Watchful Eye, grown-ish, Truth Be Told, Station 19, and A Million Little Things.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
March 3, 2023 2 Comments
a collage of eight of the characters from within the post
AF+

A+ Roundtable: The Team Secretly Told Each Other Which 3 Characters Describe Them

“Christina is, energetically, equal parts over-the-top gay man and elder straight woman.”

the team March 3, 2023 48 Comments
Movie Features

Annette Haywood-Carter on “Foxfire,” Filmmaking, and Being a Queer Woman in Hollywood

After “Foxfire,” Annette was pushed aside and ignored. But she kept working — detours and frustrations included — and now she’s back with a new film and ready to move beyond for-hire jobs to direct the personal, artful work she should have been making for decades.

Drew Burnett Gregory March 3, 2023 14 Comments
The book matchmaking in the Archive: 19 Conversations with the Dead and 3 Encounters with Ghosts
LGBT Book Reviews

“Matchmaking in the Archive” Connects Today’s Artists and Queer Ancestors

This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.

Nico March 3, 2023 4 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are All Lit Up Inside

“I came for the lights and left wanting to know more about your Disney villain mom!”

Darcy March 3, 2023 6 Comments
A flag with 7 stripes: Dark purple, purple, medium lavender, off-white, light pinkish-purple, muted pastel pink, dark pink
Culture

Moon Lesbian Flag, Explained

There is a Pride flag called the Moon Lesbian Flag, meant as a contrast to the Sun Lesbian Flag, which is different entirely from the standard Lesbian Pride Flag. Let’s investigayte.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 3, 2023 43 Comments
A pink frame surrounds a photo of a mishloach manot, a gift basket specifically given to friends on Purim. The basket contains hamentaschen, a mask, noise makers, and other treats.
Jewish Holidays

Now Is the Perfect Time for Mishloach Manot

This tradition, which literally translates to “sending of portions,” involves creating care packages of food and drink to send to loved ones.

Lindsay Eanet March 3, 2023 5 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crosswords Is Lighting Incense

What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?

Rachel March 3, 2023
Aubrey Plaza and Jenny Ortega make deadpan faces on stage at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. Aubrey's in a bronze dress that also exposes her midriff.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: On Aubrey Plaza’s Lasting Reign and the Legacy of “Moody, Deadpan Latinas”

Also, ICYMI, a round up of the highs and lows in this week’s rollercoaster LGBTQ state bills, a Black feminist on what monogamy misses about patriarchy and capitalism, and more!

Carmen Phillips March 2, 2023 7 Comments
Taissa and Van in Yellowjackets season 2 are sitting on the floor of the cabin.
TV News & Trailers

Behind the Scenes of the “Yellowjackets” Set — Plus, New Photos From Season 2!

The set is full of (fake) blood.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 2, 2023 21 Comments
The Color Pynk by Omise’eke Tinsley
Book Features

Omise’eke Tinsley’s “The Color Pynk” Celebrates Black Femme Art for Survival

A beautiful commitment to and demonstration of Black femme poetics, The Color Pynk offers a radical alternative to the genre of the academic book, one that celebrates Black queer language as its own tactic of freedom-dreaming.

Lauren Herold March 2, 2023
Elliot Page, ASAP Rocky, and Julia Garner canoodle on a couch on the new Gucci Guilt ad campaign.
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Elliot Page Brings Bi Vibes and Throuple Times to Gucci’s Guilty Campaign

Elliot Page, A$AP Rocky, and Julia Garner are a fresh-smelling throuple in Gucci’s new ad campaign for “love in all its forms.”

Heather Hogan March 2, 2023 15 Comments
In the center of the image, there is a photo of a mixed race transmasculine person with a light beard and short, curly, blonde hair wearing a black T-shirt, an open, button-up tan shirt, glasses, a chain necklace, and a gold watch. They are standing outside and holding another person's face in their hands. The other person has short, curly, red hair and wears a black coat and dangling earrings. On either side of the photo, there are blue and white hearts.
First Person

A Transmasc’s Guide to Developing a Healthier Masculine Sexuality

There are some lessons we don’t have to learn the hard way when people have already done the work to teach us.

Dev Ramsawakh March 2, 2023 5 Comments
A woman looks on in delight and awe at the letters "AMA" in a glowing neon heart. they are set against a gradient pink and blue background with a cupcake on it. a glowing neon triangle and plus sign are in the bottom right corner
Meet-Ups / Events

Get Pumped: Our 14th Birthday A+ Ask-Us-Anything is on March 7th!

An annual, chaotic tradition.

Nico March 2, 2023 3 Comments
A collage of seven heart shaped images featuring seven different relationships on a pale pink background. The hearts feature photos of the seven relationships interviewed for this column: Kristen and Kayla, Beth and Sa’iyda, Yasmeen and Clio and their polycule, Adrienne, and Jenny, Evette and Teré, Amanda-Faye and Jo, and Sadie and Nico.
Lesbian Weddings

Blush and Bashful: What It’s Like To Be Queer and Engaged

If you’re wondering what some queer people who aren’t me are thinking about when it comes to getting engaged and wedding planning (or not wedding planning), this installment of Blush and Bashful is for you.

Vanessa March 2, 2023 13 Comments
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