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Lives of Great Men by Chike Frankie Edozien
LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Naija Lit: “The Lives of Great Men” Interrogates the Measures of Masculinity and Greatness

My internal identity journey as a black genderfluid person involves engaging with my relationship to masculinity.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu January 30, 2023 2 Comments
In the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other against a pink background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is a long, hollow pink dildo with ridges around the shaft and tentacles extending off the base.
Sex Toys

I Laid an Alien Egg Inside My Girlfriend With the G’lorp, So I Can Officially Say I’ve Tried It All

When I learned there are sex toys called ovipositors that allow you to lay “alien eggs” in your host, I had to try one.

Guest January 30, 2023 19 Comments
a fat person in an orange shirt benchpressing a barbell
First Person

Rethinking the Power of Movement, One Barbell at a Time

Up until a few months ago, I never felt very strong. I was a fat kid who grew into a fat teenager, and now I’m a fat adult.

Stef Rubino January 30, 2023 30 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Might Dust Her Trophies Later

noun — /ˈekˌsərpt/ — a short extract from a film, broadcast, or piece of music or writing.

brooke January 30, 2023 8 Comments
Several tarot decks made by queer creators
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Quizzes

Quiz: Which Queer Tarot Deck Should You Try?

Supporting queer creators is its own kind of magic!

meg January 29, 2023 21 Comments
A young blonde boy with a bowl cut in a Mouse Trap commercial from the 90s, a young boy in a backwards cap in an elevator for a Talkboy commerical from the 90s, a young boy pulling Nickelodeon's GAK out of his nose from a 90s commercial, and two young boys in a Creepy Crawlers laboratory with one wearing a lab coat and the other in a flannel in a commercial from the 90s
Comedy

Nine Boys From 90s Toy Commercials Who Have My Exact Same Energy

The boys in 90s toy commercials displayed an Exceptionally Dykey aesthetic, and to my younger self, that was Peak Cool.

Ro White January 29, 2023 9 Comments
Drag Race 1505 recap: Janelle Monae in a black and white striped long sleeve top, black gloves, and a black hat.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1505 Recap: Crazy, Classic, Luxx

This week’s guest judge is the one, the only, Janelle Monáe!!!

Drew Burnett Gregory January 28, 2023 4 Comments
Webcomics

Baopu #108: In Winter, Don’t Forget to Stretch

When your days feels like an endless rotation of social media and coffee… don’t forget to stretch, and don’t drink coffee by yourself!

Yao Xiao January 28, 2023 7 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Has Some Explaining to Do

Head’s up! There’s a hell of an editor’s note in here, so gird those loins.

brooke January 28, 2023 26 Comments
Gabrielle Union kissing another woman in the rain, pressed up against her SUV
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Gabrielle Union Makes Gay Dreams Come True on “Truth Be Told”

Plus! Updates on The Legend of Vox Machina and Fantasy Island.

Valerie Anne and Natalie
January 27, 2023 4 Comments
A still from the movie "shortcomings"
Movie Reviews

Sundance 2023: “Shortcomings” Tries To Explore Desirability Politics But Falls Short

This movie feels too scared to say what it really wants to say.

Shelli Nicole January 27, 2023 6 Comments
Images from Joyland and Slow side by side. In the first image a cis man rides on the back of a moped driven by a trans woman. In the second image a man and a woman kiss in bed.
Movie Reviews

Sundance 2023: “Joyland” and “Slow” Center Their Cis and Allosexual Characters With Surprising Success

Every story can be told, if it’s told right.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 27, 2023 3 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Splitting Wood With a Sword Like A Lesbian Avenger

“Cannot believe the M3gan sequel is not called Meg4n!”

Darcy January 27, 2023 3 Comments
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Music

Queer Fans Coming Out at Harry Styles Shows Makes for a Special Space

I have attended my fair share of Harry Styles concerts (12 and counting!) and of the last eight, I think I’ve witnessed at least three people come out.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 27, 2023 5 Comments
Sam Carmona, Chaz Lawrey, and Raven Sutton all making shocked faces on The Circle season 5
TV Show Recaps

Bisexual Chaos Reigns on “The Circle” Season 5

And now it’s time for our TV Team’s Resident Bisexual to rank her Circle faves!

Natalie January 27, 2023 3 Comments
Mareid Sullivan's book Lesbian Death is purple and features the words: “That I find it so anxiety-producing to create a project on the lesbian is precisely why I have written this book. I have written this book because I am not a lesbian. I have written this book because associating my work with lesbian makes me endlessly nervous. I have written this book because I find so much richness in lesbian histories and lesbian culture. I have written this book because I have spent endless hours in archives of lesbian activists, and I have loved every minute. I have written this book because lesbians have saved me, gave me a home, gave me language, showed me a future. I have also written this book because lesbian has been weaponized, used to instigate, justify, and perpetuate anti-trans violence and vitriol. I have written this book because I want the generations that worry that lesbian has been or is being forgotten to know that we remember. I have written this book because I feel myself holding on to the political and identitarian commitments that served me but no longer serve my students. I have written this book because I feel scared to be branded as a lesbian scholar (rather than a scholar of the lesbian). I have written this book because I cannot let lesbian go. Mostly, I have written this book because I really do love lesbians.”
LGBT Book Reviews

Mairead Sullivan’s “Lesbian Death” Tells Us Why the L Isn’t Disappearing

Mairead Sullivan’s new book, Lesbian Death: Desire and Danger between Feminist and Queer explores and aims to disrupt our contemporary anxieties around the disappearance of the term “lesbian” as an identity, political standpoint, and theoretical concept.

Lauren Herold January 27, 2023 10 Comments
Roasted kabocha squash on a plate with cheese, beets, and greens
Food and Drink

Winter Squash Is for More Than Just Soup

My top three as sauces? Sun in marinara, moon in pesto, and rising in butternut squash.

ashni January 27, 2023 8 Comments
Hong Chau in Poker Face wears a cowboy hat and looks at Natasha Lyonne in a truck bed.
TV Reviews

“Poker Face” Is a Delightfully Absurdist Murder Show With the Best Guest Stars

Natasha Lyonne stars as Charlie, a woman on the run who has an innate ability to know when someone’s lying, which comes in handy when she’s called upon to solve a string of cross-country murders.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 27, 2023 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Has a Sixth Sense About the Fifth Taste

And listen, she doesn’t have to explain herself to you! (But she will — she’s has the time and loves making new friends.)

Rachel January 27, 2023 3 Comments
In a still from the movie Imagine Me & You, two white lesbians hold each other in a hug while laughing. They are wearing classic 00s fashion, including a useless scarf and a short sleeved t-shirt over a long sleeved t-shirt.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: 00s Rom Comcore Is 2023’s Hottest Trend, Get Ready to Scream “You’re a Wanker, Number Nine!”

Sports networks will invest in literally anything before women’s sports, the correct way to apologize, and let’s go back in time to tell my catholic high school that the pope says homosexuality isn’t a crime after all.

Carmen Phillips January 26, 2023 10 Comments
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