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Money + Work

How I Went Broke and Then Broke Even in TikTok’s Dabloon Economy

Last week, I found myself, once again, in debt to a creature of the night.

Heather Hogan December 6, 2022 13 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Colorado Club Q Shooting Suspect Charged With 305 Counts, Including Hate Crimes

Why the US keeps running out of medicine, TikTok’s best of 2022, the Georgia Senate run-off, and more.

Heather Hogan December 6, 2022 8 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: I’m In Love With My Straight Best Friend

There will come a time when you see someone at the grocery store or in class and think “oh wow, they’re cute!” And then you’ll know: the hard work has paid off.

Darcy December 6, 2022 8 Comments
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Book Features LGBT History

Marika Cifor Wants You To Activate Your Nostalgia for ACT UP

Marika Cifor’s new book Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS explores how LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS archives shape our understanding of history.

Lauren Herold December 6, 2022 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Guessing Game: Masc Rhythms

How quickly can you figure out today’s gay little phrase?

Sally December 6, 2022 40 Comments
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Movie Features

Chase Joynt on “Framing Agnes,” Collaboration, and Finding New Ways to Tell Trans Stories

“What an extraordinary middle finger to the whole apparatus! And I include myself in that.”

Drew Burnett Gregory December 5, 2022 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Pop Culture Fix: “Yellowjackets” Promises Things You’ve Never Seen on TV in Season 2

Elliot Page is writing a book called PAGEBOY!!, the official Last of Us TV show trailer, more success for our own Drew Burnett Gregory, and more!

Heather Hogan December 5, 2022 7 Comments
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First Person

Finally — A Rainbow That Feels Like Home

I was in California for a conference when I heard about the Club Q shooting.

shea wesley martin December 5, 2022 5 Comments
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Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L And Back: Generation Q Edition” Podcast Episode 303: Quiz Show

“As someone who’s never actually been in a throuple, I do think that throuples could solve most problems on television.”

Analyssa December 5, 2022 5 Comments
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The L Word: Generation Q

Jacqueline Toboni Talks Rosie, Role Models, and Going Full Magic Mike in Gen Q

“I did dress up Jughead Jones for Halloween as an homage to the Autostraddle article.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 5, 2022 10 Comments
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Relationships

How I’m Rewriting the “Trophy Wife” Script As a Queer Trans Woman

I want to be treasured for my many wonderful qualities beneath the surface and held proudly by the person who chooses to date me.

Summer Tao December 5, 2022 3 Comments
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Food and Drink Holigays

Break the Kitchenette With Some Herbaceous Simple Syrups for the Holigays

I am going to suggest that you make a Christmas tree into a simple syrup for the holidays, and I will be right.

Nico December 5, 2022 21 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Getting into Position

Get ready for CROSSWORDING ACTION pew pew pew!

brooke December 5, 2022 9 Comments
Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish.
LGBT Book Reviews

“Men I Trust” Is a Beautiful Graphic Novel About Loneliness, Connection, and Capitalism

Tommi Parrish’s stunning new graphic novel Men I Trust is about two lonely women. It appears to be the story of their connection, but as it unravels it becomes darker, deeper, and, ultimately, in its own way, more hopeful.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2022 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Keke Palmer Announces She’s Pregnant During “Saturday Night Live” Monologue

Congrats, Keke!!!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 4, 2022 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Quizzes

Quiz: Who’s Your Dream Celesbian Couple?

Use this quiz to find not one but TWO whole famous queers to throuple up with!

Sally December 4, 2022 16 Comments
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Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Grown-Up Kids in Their Thirties and Forties

I’m 43 years old and I love to play!

Heather Hogan December 4, 2022 6 Comments
Webcomics

Baopu #106: A Cat Kind of Morning

Some lazy Saturday mornings belong to the cat.

Yao Xiao December 3, 2022 3 Comments
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Comedy

8 Ways Publix on a Saturday Night Is Exactly Like Going to the Club

1. There are hot people everywhere

Em Win December 3, 2022 6 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Is Furiously Writing Fanfic

…While listening to WAP on repeat.

brooke December 3, 2022 23 Comments
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