Into the A+ Advice Box #70: LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS
The team answers your questions about keeping those fires burning!
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.
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.
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 Queer Woman’s Place Is in the Horror Story
Domestic horror is gay as hell.
Queer Athens Is the First Greek LGBTQ Oral History Project
Our community needed a way to share queer history, so we made it happen.
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.
Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process
Poet and musician Sadie Dupuis talks new collection Cry Perfume, scent and memory, and using autocorrect as a co-writer.
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.
Pop Culture Fix: Is Rebel Wilson Engayged to Her Disney Princess?
The rabbit hole of Gaylor conspiracies, Neil Gaiman confirms those Velma/Hot Dog Water theories, Days of Our Lives’ first threesome, and more!
No Filter: It’s Horse Girl Season
Also, another day, another banging Keke Palmer photoshoot!
Also.Also.Also: Happy Birthday, Brittney Griner — You Are So Loved and Missed
Love stories for BG! Dr. Bronner, the soap person, came out! The best velvet couches for bisexuals! Horny ghosts haunting Texas! And more!
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.
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.
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.”
“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.
An Obituary for My Departed Vibrators
In remembrance of the buzzy little friends who saw me at my best and my worst.
Queer Sex Horror Stories: The Tale of the Dirty Dildo
We both froze as we heard what can only be described as…a queef of confusion.
Pop Culture Fix: Keke Palmer and Lizzo in “Sister Act 3”? Yes, Please!
Did Madonna try to steal Elvira’s girlfriend? Is Elliot Page’s cheerleading movie going to be as good as Bring It On? And more!
Quiz: Plan a Queer Fall Party and I’ll Tell You How You’re Cursed
There are lots of specifically queer curses out there. Like, perhaps, you are always matching with people on Tinder with the same name as you or, perhaps, you’re always calling your girlfriend the name of your ex-wife.