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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

6 Minutes

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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9 Hours

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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9 Hours

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

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Games

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I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

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Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

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af+

AF+ Mini Crossword Has Classified Underwear Intel

We would never betray our sources, even if they’ve won 9 Grammy Awards.

Darby Ratliff

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Oct 9, 2024

health

Testosterone Gel vs. Injections: Which Is More Effective?

I’m not a doctor or a scientist. What I am is a trans man whose own transition experiences have made me curious about how it all works.

Max Gross

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Oct 8, 2024

movie reviews

Monsters & Mommis: “Cat People” and “The Seventh Victim” Come Out of the Closet

The real horror is straight people.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Oct 8, 2024

"As with all lesbian drama, it’s complicated."

dating

‘The Girl I’m Vibing With Thinks I’m Still Into My Ex’

Queer relationships often don’t take the shape or trajectory of cis-heterosexual ones.

Summer Tao

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Oct 8, 2024

movie features

Possession, Heartbreak, Transition

During my most nervous-system-destroying breakup to date, I found myself feeling like an abandoned child, the victim of a broken contract.

Damien Kronfeld

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Oct 8, 2024

TODAY -- Pictured: Kate McKinnon on Monday, September 30, 2024 -- (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC)

pop culture fix

Kate McKinnon Moved to the Woods, Grows Her Own Food, Got Into Carpentry and Wrote You a Book

Kate McKinnon is living the lesbian dream and doing a press tour about her new middle-grade book, Agatha All Along ASMR, a peek into Heartstopper’s potential future, Ariana Debose’s new…

Valerie Anne

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Oct 7, 2024

book features

Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick Are Co-Authoring Sapphic YA Romances While Balancing Motherhood

With a toddler and another baby on the way, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick have to carve out space to keep making art together.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Oct 7, 2024

first person

I Was Naive To Think I Could Shape It More Than It Could Shape Me

“Young and naïve, I looked towards magazines, media and the Internet to tell me about the world. I imagined what it might look like when I grew up and became…

Bee Beardsworth

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Oct 7, 2024