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Queer Fashion

New Balance 237s Changed My Life, Welcomed My Mid-30s by Correcting My Stride and Attitude

I’m four years into my 30s and all the bones in my body were finally going creaky. And of course, it just had to begin in my knees.

Stef Rubino October 21, 2022 19 Comments
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TV Reviews

“The Good Fight” Season 6 Gives Carmen a Girlfriend

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 21, 2022 5 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Queer Enough and Ready to Party

“My closet was haunted in college.” You and me both, friend!

Darcy October 21, 2022 4 Comments
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Movie Features

Long Live Eurosleaze

For all the queer art being made now, for all the films and the television shows and the webseries, I never feel as loved as I feel watching some micro-budget Italian horror film from 1975.

Alison Rumfitt October 21, 2022 5 Comments
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Into the A+ Advice Box #70: LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS

The team answers your questions about keeping those fires burning!

the team October 21, 2022 12 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

Jeanna Kadlec’s “Heretic” Is a Memoir for the Witches Who Grew From Good Christian Women

Heretic is part memoir, part cultural critique, part political analysis, and part history, all viewed through the queer lens of a woman who grew up in the Midwest trying her hardest to be a Good Christian Girl, before finally accepting she’s a lesbian and nearly gnawing off her own arm to escape before she could be burned at the stake.

Heather Hogan October 21, 2022 5 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Middle Age Lesbians Are Taking Over Club Soccer

Peppa Pig’s lesbian polar bears as a tool of war, when your houseplant obsession becomes a nightmare, and Netflix is going to start charging you to share your account.

Heather Hogan October 20, 2022 4 Comments
Aisha Dee in the woods on her phone. SISSY in red letters.
Movie Reviews

Finally, Horror Is For Black Queer Girls in Aisha Dee’s “Sissy”

Cecilia reminds us that whatever was living in you before you grew up doesn’t just vanish into thin air; it mutates and resides in your bones until it decides your body isn’t home enough for it anymore.

A. Tony Jerome October 20, 2022
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Book Features

A Queer Woman’s Place Is in the Horror Story

Domestic horror is gay as hell.

Daven McQueen October 20, 2022 3 Comments
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Culture

Queer Athens Is the First Greek LGBTQ Oral History Project

Our community needed a way to share queer history, so we made it happen.

Hella Tsaconas October 20, 2022 8 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading: So! Many! Queer! Books!

Meryl Wilsner’s new book has really really hot strap-on sex in it! Plus, more very important LGBTQ+ book news.

Yashwina October 20, 2022 5 Comments
Book Features

Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process

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Yashwina October 19, 2022 1 Comment
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Halloween Playlists

Let Me DJ Your Gay Halloween Party

If you’re planning on throwing a messy little gay Halloween party this month or need something to put on your speakers, allow me to present my gay little Halloween playlist. 100 songs curated to make you feel hot and festive.

Julie Gentile October 19, 2022 4 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Is Rebel Wilson Engayged to Her Disney Princess?

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: It’s Horse Girl Season

Also, another day, another banging Keke Palmer photoshoot!

Christina Tucker October 19, 2022 3 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Happy Birthday, Brittney Griner — You Are So Loved and Missed

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Heather Hogan October 18, 2022 5 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship

I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.

shea wesley martin October 18, 2022 7 Comments
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Coming Out

You Need Help: What If I’m Lying to Myself About Being Queer?

I absolutely remember this feeling. “Am I crazy? Am I just making this up to complicate my life?” The answer is, no, you’re not. You’re not making it up. It’s real, and it’s fine, and it’s gonna be amazing.

Casey October 18, 2022 30 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

In “Helen House,” Sorrow Is an Inescapable Specter That Transforms Our Lives

What’s not left up for interpretation is Upadhyaya’s ability to craft a ghost story that both feels thoroughly new and also reminds of something that’s hard to forget or run away from: “We all do things to keep the dead with us.”

Stef Rubino October 18, 2022 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

“The Owl House” Begins its End By Gaying Up Disney Beyond Recognition

These 45 minutes were gayer than every other LGBTQ Disney and Marvel thing in history, combined.

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