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Three album covers (The National's High Violet, Erkyah Badu's New Amerikyah, and Hanna) are placed in front of a solid royal purple background
First Person Music

Three Songs for Three Heartbreaks

I was in love, then I wasn’t. One night, after a big fight. I got on my bike to make the short trek home and a song came to me.

danijanae February 15, 2023 6 Comments
The contestants of Love Trip: Paris posing smiling
TV Reviews

“Love Trip: Paris” Dares to Send Three Queers to Gay Paree To French Kiss Their Single Life Goodbye

“Love Trip: Paris” could be just another heterosexual reality TV dating experiment or another “Americans in Paris” show, but with its cast of four that contains a genderqueer lesbian, a sexually fluid mental health podcaster and a trans bisexual model/actress, it manages to transcend its basic roots to deliver a delightfully queer romp.

Riese February 15, 2023 4 Comments
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Culture

What Embracing My Soft Life Era Really Means

Living a soft life doesn’t mean I’ll live one free from strife or pain, rather I’m living a life that invites those emotions in.

Brittany J. February 15, 2023 4 Comments
Cheryl Blossom from Riverdale, cheering / Elliot Page in a tux / Santana Lopez from Glee in a cheerleader uniform
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Elliot Page’s Queer Cheerleading Movie Is Really Happening!

Rebel Wilson is creating a queer dating app called, er, Fluid? A Hogwarts Legacy alternative for trans witches and their supporters. And more!

Heather Hogan February 15, 2023 9 Comments
M. Crane is between two images of their book cover. The book cover is a simple plane of blue with a rippling human shadow on the cover and the title text I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF layered on top. M. Crane is smiling. They have long brown hair, tan skin, and are wearing a colorful button up shirt.
Literature

A+ Read a Fucking Book Club: I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

Join us for a Q&A with author M. Crane!

Nico February 15, 2023 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter:Yes, Dylan Meyer’s Valentine’s Day Post for Kristen Stewart Is Very Sweet

Also, Kehlani making a Kim Possible reference? Hell yes.

Christina Tucker February 15, 2023 1 Comment
The cover of Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni features two women having a picnic with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge
LGBT Book Reviews

“Sorry, Bro” Is an Ideal Bisexual Romance Novel To Read This Month

If you find yourself needing a bit of sweetness and charm in these early, dreary months of the year, Sorry, Bro is a perfect pick me up.

Christina Tucker February 15, 2023 8 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Hosting Game Night

What’s a vampire’s favorite ship?

Rachel February 15, 2023 7 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Goodbye to Beloved Digital Magazine Catapult, Being Weird and Indie on the Internet Keeps Getting Harder

Also, exploring the history of trans witches. And Miss Puerto Rico and Miss Argentina’s love story is the focus of a new Fenty ad.

Carmen Phillips February 14, 2023 6 Comments
A collage of torn paper in neutral tones of grey, beige, brown, and black. There are creases, tears, warps and paste layers like posters worn down on a brick wall. Some parts of the papers are aging brown and peeling out of the canvas. There are spray paint gestures in orange and pink as well. On top of the paper detritus is a ruby red ceramic tile that has been shattered into shards and then reconstructed into a heart shape. Some ceramic shards are also scattered around the canvas. Laid diagonal in the bottom right corner is a clear plastic ballpoint pen with a black plastic cap.
First Person

I Don’t Want To Write Beautiful Things

I am in the business of writing honestly, especially about the things that hurt — heartbreak, disappointment, shame, poverty.

Leah Johnson February 14, 2023 16 Comments
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Relationships

Heart Whisperer: How I Found My Way to a Love That’s Lasted 45 Years

In the autumn of 1977, I met the partner of my dreams, and we’ve been sailing through life together ever since.

Ellen Ziegler February 14, 2023 35 Comments
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AF+

Interview With My Fiancé: Kristen

In which we talk for a weirdly long time about who does laundry but also Yellowjackets, why a punk cover of “Mambo Italiano” is “our song,” and our sex drives.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 14, 2023 35 Comments
two women looking at one another not too happily. one is leaning against a brick wall.
Relationships

You Need Help: My Partner Keeps Saying We’re Going to Break Up!

The fact that you feel affected by what your partner tells you, even when they’re not their best self, is not inappropriate or bad. It’s human.

Darcy February 14, 2023 11 Comments
A Darker Wilderness: Black Nature Writing from Soil to Stars, edited by Erin Sharkey, featuring a Black girl in an open field holding a plate in outstretched arms
LGBT Book Reviews

“A Darker Wilderness” Carves a Space for Blackness in Nature

I held these words close as I walked through my neighborhood in a town named after perhaps the most famous colonizer in the Americas.

shea wesley martin February 14, 2023 5 Comments
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House & Garden Relationships

Homo Reno: 13 Tips for Keeping Your 5 Year Queer Relationship Intact While Renovating the House You Live In

Sometimes you are going to have to undertake a project during which it will be inevitable that you will scream at each other. My advice is to just kind of pretend it didn’t happen.

Nico February 14, 2023 27 Comments
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Puzzles

Word Search: Queen Latifah’s Reign

A career retrospective, but make it a word search.

Carmen Phillips February 14, 2023 5 Comments
A woman wades in shallow water with a pink and blue sky above her on an album cover that also says: Black Belt Eagle Scout, The Land The Water The Sky on it
Music

Queer Indigenous Musician Black Belt Eagle Scout Talks “The Land, The Water, The Sky”

If you’ve never listened to Black Belt Eagle Scout before, then 1. you should, and 2. you should be prepared for the sort of rapturous experience of listening to each song.

danijanae February 13, 2023 6 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Brittney and Cherelle Griner Are the Super Bowl MVPs of Our Heart

Sarah Michelle Gellar on her Cruel Intentions lesbian kiss, Tig Notaro roasts herself after Wheel of Fortune flub, and more!

Heather Hogan February 13, 2023 12 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“The Last of Us” Episode 105 Recap: It Ends The Way It Ends

Ellie and Joel meet up with brothers Henry and Sam to try to escape Kansas City and the wrath of Melanie Lynskey.

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February 13, 2023 4 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Speculative Short Fiction Collection “Sweetlust” Disturbs and Delights

This is a deeply feminist work, but it’s not sanitized, commodified feminism. The feminism here is raw, living, harsh and at times, violent.

Nico February 13, 2023 2 Comments
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