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Puzzles

Mini Crossword for Sweet Love

Rewards include a new film to watch, music to listen to, and the joy of recalling correct words!

brooke November 25, 2022 4 Comments
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First Person Thanksgiving

Why I’m Craving a Thanksgiving Sandwich 364 Days a Year

It’s November 2016, and I’m lonely and missing my family a lot more than I expected. I say I can’t come home for Thanksgiving for a mix of reasons.

Julie Gentile November 24, 2022 8 Comments
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Community First Person

We Need QTBIPOC Land Healing Projects

We have a responsibility to care for others. In land stewardship and land healing this means prioritizing accountability to Indigenous folks.

Gabrielle Lawrence November 24, 2022 9 Comments
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Playlists Thanksgiving

Playlist: Songs for Vibing with Your Found Family on Thanksgiving

Here’s about seven hours of songs to play behind conversations and to fill the comforting silence of breaking bread over a tofurkey, ham, or whatever you like to stuff your face with.

Julie Gentile November 24, 2022 1 Comment
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Puzzles

Word Search: Time for Zap Zap Action

Educational!

Sally November 24, 2022 4 Comments
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Book Lists Thanksgiving

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Read on Thanksgiving

If you have a pocket of time between tasks tomorrow or are just having a chill, quiet day, dive into some brilliant stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 23, 2022 11 Comments
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For the Kitchen Top You Maybe Have a Crush On

There’s something so sexy about watching someone cook with confidence.

ashni November 23, 2022 4 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Strange World” Features Disney’s Millionth First Gay Character

Brittani Nichols in the NYT, Jinkx Monsoon joins Chicago on Broadway, all new Criminal Minds, and more!

Heather Hogan November 23, 2022 16 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Keke Palmer’s Hair Hath Taken Me to a New Plane of Existence!

Also, okay, I’ll say it: I want to hang with Kehlani. She seems like a good damn hang!

Christina Tucker November 23, 2022 1 Comment
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Community Geekery

Why Queers Should Play Tabletop Roleplaying Games

Do you want to socialize without noise and too many strangers? Do you have a geeky streak? Then TTRPGs might be for you.

Summer Tao November 23, 2022 9 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Ready to Settle Down

In a gay way.

Rachel November 23, 2022 9 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Amy Schneider Wins “Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions,” Honors Her Wife

Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer in matching Brittney Griner sweaters, that adorable corn kid keeps winning, Twitter’s blow to accessibility, and more.

Heather Hogan November 22, 2022 3 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Dead to Me” Season 3 Is a Bittersweet Goodbye

The third and final season of Dead To Me is an ode to the platonic love between a queer woman and her straight best friend.

Valerie Anne November 22, 2022 9 Comments
Colorado Springs Club Q victims: Raymond Green, Derrick Rump, Ashley Paugh, Daniel Davis Aston and Kelly Loving
Politics + Activism

These Are the Five Victims of the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs

Four victims of the shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs have been named, including two Club Q bartenders, Derrick Rump and Daniel Davis Aston, as well as Kelly Loving, Raymond Green and Ashley Paugh, who had an 11-year-old daughter.

Riese November 22, 2022 10 Comments
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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Will Always Be My Special Holiday — And Not Just Because It’s When I Proposed to My Partner

On October 1, 2020, I bought her an engagement ring.

Sa'iyda Shabazz November 22, 2022 2 Comments
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Geekery

My 15 Gayest Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Encounters (So Far)

From tired butches to agender pansexual jelly!

Heather Hogan November 22, 2022 4 Comments
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Life Relationships

You Need Help: What To Do With This Meaningless, Single Life?

I want to try to hold space here for both: for your (and my, really) pain and for the possibility that you may not feel this way forever.

himani November 22, 2022 68 Comments
Bouquets of flowers and a sign reading "Love Over Hate" are left near Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on November 20, 2022. - At least five people were killed and 18 wounded in a mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in the US city of Colorado Springs, police said on November 20, 2022.
Politics + Activism

“I Can’t Stop Hearing the Shots,” Mass Shooting at Colorado Gay Club Leaves 5 Dead, 25 Wounded

Once again, a place that provides refuge to the LGBT community has been visited by violence and tragedy.

Natalie November 22, 2022 24 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Sagittarius Season 2022: What Are You Discovering?

After the intensity and transformation of Scorpio season, Sagittarius can feel like a warm, welcome invitation to movement, freedom, and expansion.

meg November 22, 2022 1 Comment
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Politics + Activism Thanksgiving

Immerse Yourself in the Work of Indigenous Writers With This Anti-Colonial Reading List for Thanksgiving

What you’ll find here is not just people writing about the ins and outs of what makes Thanksgiving the bullshit holiday that it is, but also people just writing about their cultures, about being who they are, about how they survive, what makes them keep fighting, and what gives them hope for the future.

Stef Rubino November 22, 2022 11 Comments
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