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Book Features

Author Meryl Wilsner on Writing MILFs, Age Gaps, and Twisting Tropes

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Christina Tucker October 11, 2022 13 Comments
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TV Feature

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Heather Hogan October 11, 2022 8 Comments
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Nico October 11, 2022 55 Comments
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Coming Out

You Need Help: I’m 49 and Questioning — Is It Too Late for Me?

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Darcy October 11, 2022 16 Comments
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Halloween

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Darcy October 11, 2022 7 Comments
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Travel

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Katie October 10, 2022 14 Comments
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TV Reviews

Nickelodeon’s “Monster High” Welcomes Trans Kids to Magic School

Trans actor Ceci Balagot plays nonbinary monster Frankie Stein in Nickelodeon’s new silly-adorable live-action musical-fantasy.

Heather Hogan October 10, 2022 2 Comments
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First Person

Empty Magic: Dessert

When I set out to write this series, I was expecting to come to some shining resolution documenting my now improved relationship with food. My relationship with food has improved, but it is not perfect.

danijanae October 10, 2022 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Madonna Is Bad at Basketball — or She Just Came Out as Gay on TikTok

Well, this certainly was not on my Sapphic Mad Libs BINGO card this week.

Heather Hogan October 10, 2022 19 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Is Aubrey Plaza Plotting Man-Murder in This “White Lotus” Trailer?

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Heather Hogan October 10, 2022 2 Comments
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Carly S. October 10, 2022 4 Comments
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Book Features

The Unspeakable Shadows of Nightwood

You fear Nightwood because of what it reveals about you.

Autumn Fourkiller October 10, 2022 4 Comments
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Movie Reviews

New “Hellraiser” Replaces Queer Subtext With Queer Characters With Mixed Results

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Drew Burnett Gregory October 10, 2022 2 Comments
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Food and Drink Quizzes

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Lucia October 9, 2022 13 Comments
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Book Lists

10 Queer Haunted House Books

Let’s get gay and scared!

Casey October 9, 2022 9 Comments
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Webcomics

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Yao Xiao October 8, 2022 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: These “NCIS: Hawai’i” Queers Are Too Adorable to Function

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Natalie October 7, 2022 14 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

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Darcy October 7, 2022 4 Comments
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First Person

I Rediscovered Fanfiction This Year and It Reconnected Me to My Inner Teen

The best version of myself wasn’t achieved through reinvention. It was achieved through acceptance.

Lily Alvarado October 7, 2022 5 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are As Gay As Velma

“Great day for all of us whose first foray into cosplay was wearing an atrocious tangerine turtleneck for half of second grade and saying jinkies a lot!”

Darcy October 7, 2022 6 Comments
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