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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “Class of 09” Is Sending Us Mixed Gay Messages!

Plus updates on Nancy Drew and How I Met Your Father.

By Valerie Anne | June 16, 2023 | 7 Comments
Natasha Lyonne and Melanie Lynsky sit across from each other in Variety's Actors on Actors interview
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Swoon Your Way Into the Weekend With Melanie Lynskey and Natasha Lyonne

They talk about Clea DuVall so much and I promise they will make you laugh within 45 seconds of clicking play. 

By Heather Hogan | June 16, 2023 | 4 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Lesbian Thriller “Jagged Mind” Is a Haunting Portrayal of Abuse

There’s something so scary about a time loop.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | June 16, 2023 | 1 Comment
A woman of color in a blazer in a workplace looks pensive. She has bleach blonde curly hair and multiple tattoos and is on the masc end of gender presentation
A+

Into the A+ Advice Box #84: Cheating With a Guy While Having Gender Feelings

If a date doesn’t suggest a meetup, does that mean they’re not interested? Should you break up over differences in how you relate to sex and desire? What’re tips for coping with treatment resistant ADHD? And more!

By the team | June 16, 2023 | 26 Comments
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
LGBT Book Reviews

Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

By Sa'iyda Shabazz | June 16, 2023 | 4 Comments
: A customer walks by a Pride Month merchandise display at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Target has pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise from stores or have moved the seasonal displays to lesser seen areas of their stores to avoid conservative backlash that has threatened workers’ safety. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer Target Employees on Just How Scary Pride Month Got

Over 184 vintage Pride photos for all my history heads out there, queer-owned beauty brands, and a near record number of women now believe that abortion should be legal under any circumstance.

By Carmen Phillips | June 15, 2023 | 4 Comments
The Terrible We by Cameron Awkward-Rich, surrounded by red and orange reaching hands and squiggles
Book Features

In The Terrible We, Cameron Awkward-Rich Makes Space for Bad Trans Feelings

How do we hold transness and disability together, rather than denying the ways the “bad feelings” like dysphoria and anxiety have historically been a key part of trans thought, art, politics, and media?

By Lauren Herold | June 15, 2023 | 2 Comments
Wanda Sykes using a microphone in I'm an Entertainer
Comedy

As a Queer Black Mom, I Strongly Relate to the Humor in “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer”

I’m An Entertainer shows Wanda Sykes doing what she does best: making you crack up one minute and making you think the next.

By Sa'iyda Shabazz | June 15, 2023 | 1 Comment
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First Person

Overheating: Leaving My Home State of Florida

I have not given up on Florida, even if for now it is best we spend time apart.

By Aster Olsen | June 15, 2023 | 28 Comments
The documentaries Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria; I Hate New York; Your Mother's Comfort; Rebel Dykes
LGBT Pride Movie Lists

LGBTQ+ Documentaries To Watch This Pride Month That Aren’t the Most Obvious Ones

Featuring a lot of underground and underrated films, check out this list of three decades of documentaries about queer and trans lives.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | June 14, 2023 | 9 Comments
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Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Queer Shapeshifter Nimona Is Finally Coming to Netflix!

The first pics from Red, White, & Royal Blue; Elliot Page’s new queer film; and the first look at Wheel of Time season two.

By Heather Hogan | June 14, 2023 | 4 Comments
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First Person Queer Fashion

Porkchop’s Odyssey: On Fatness, Transness, and Pants

This snapshot sits on a shelf in the back of my mind. I keep it in an album called “euphoria.” It includes moments – me in my first bowtie at my college graduation, me on my wedding day, me in the mountains with my first jean jacket. In each, I am myself.

By shea wesley martin | June 14, 2023 | 22 Comments
STRONG BACK LEAD instagram account posting Niecy Nash saying "Girl, you have done it again."
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: I Did Need To Hear This Motivational Moment From Niecy Nash — Perhaps You Do Too?

Also, simply love when Janet Mock logs on. I will even accept ads! I don’t care!

By Christina Tucker | June 14, 2023 | 1 Comment
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
LGBT Book Reviews

Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth

When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?

By Stef Rubino | June 14, 2023 | 1 Comment
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “If You a Bad B*tch, You Just a Bad B*tch!” Happy Pride From Megan Thee Stallion

Megan Thee Stallion’s Pride performance is one for the record books, the fight for queer nightlife in an era of police violence, and why conservatives are so mad that Biden flew a Pride flag at the White House.

By Carmen Phillips | June 13, 2023 | 3 Comments
Dylan Meyer and Kristen Stewart leaning toward each other on the Oscars red carpet
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Movie News & Trailers

Kristen Stewart and Fiancée Dylan Meyer Are Going to Gay Third Base (Writing a Movie Together)

In a conversation with Rachel Sennott, Kristen Stewart dropped the news she’s writing a “stoner girl comedy” with Dylan Meyer.

By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya | June 13, 2023 | 2 Comments
Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles watch as their jerseys are lifted to the rafters.
Sports

WNBA Week 3: Legends Honored and All-Star Voting Commences

Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles have their jerseys retired — and you don’t want to miss Carmen’s very gay Fits of the Week!

By Natalie, Heather Hogan and Carmen Phillips
June 13, 2023 | 15 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: How Do I Convince My Girlfriend That I Care?

It sounds like she’s looking for something you just can’t give her, and that’s okay. Your life is very full at the moment. It’s not too full for the right relationship, but it may be too full for THIS relationship.

By Darcy | June 13, 2023 | 6 Comments
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LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

Gay at Work: Queer People and the Labor Movement

All these movements, whether for Black liberation, queer liberation, abortion rights, affordable housing, or labor, are intimately connected, and the struggle of queer labor organizers makes that abundantly clear.

By Daven McQueen | June 13, 2023 | 6 Comments
LGBT Pride Politics + Activism

‘Be the Change’ Creates Network of Care in Tennessee Prisons

Be the Change offers programs inside like support groups for trans women, addiction and recovery support, and those facing lengthy or lifetime sentences.

By Adrian | June 13, 2023 | 4 Comments
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