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Ashley Benson in a beanie and also in a bathtub in a Jason mask in the horror film "18 & Over"
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Ashley Benson’s Back to Getting Slashed in the Woods in “18 & Over”

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Heather Hogan August 1, 2022 4 Comments
Images from new August 2022 shows
Movie Lists TV Lists

What’s New and Gay To Stream in August 2022

We’ve got the much-anticipated and very gay “League of Their Own” TV rebirth, a horror movie set at a gay conversion camp, the return of Never Have I Ever, the debut of the supernatural “Sandman” series and so much more!

Riese August 1, 2022 13 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for August 2022

August brings yet another once-in-a-lifetime pile-up of wild energy. Channel your restlessness toward what matters.

Corina Dross August 1, 2022 1 Comment
The album cover of PANORAMA by Hayley Kiyoko features Hayley with wet hair staring directly into the camera with a serious-sexy expression.
Music

Lesbian Jesus Rises! Hayley Kiyoko Gets Vulnerable on Sophomore Album “PANORAMA”

Hayley Kiyoko’s sophomore album, filled with passion, vulnerability, and heart, is out now.

Lily Alvarado August 1, 2022 3 Comments
Across, left to right: Carmen, a Black woman, sits against a concrete block graffitied with the word, "chula." She is wearing coral pants, birkenstocks and a black tee. Her hair is parted and curly and she is wearing hoop earrings and sunglasses. Viv, an Asian person, frowns at the camera with the sun behind them. They have green, buzzed hair and are wearing a black tank top. Drew, a white woman, takes a bathroom mirror selfie. She is wearing a short crop top revealing her stomach and is looking at the camera in a devastatingly mean manner. Her hair is long and curly. Shelli Nicole, a Black woman, poses for the camera, looking hot. She is wearing an orange tank and gold neckaces and hoop earrings and nose ring. She has a bag slung over her shoulder.
AF+

The Autostraddle Insider Issue 94: July 2022

“We were just kissing ON THE MOUTH and you wanna know if we are SISTERS?!”

The Editors July 31, 2022 13 Comments
A variety of Black plus size models in lingerie, left to right: A pair of legs in pink mesh underwear, a woman with vitiligo in a black matching set with a garter around the waist, a woman from behind with an afro and light pink panties, and a close up of black women in a red teddy
Queer Fashion Shopping

Hot Like Summer: A Lingerie Shopping Guide for Fat Femmes

Finding lingerie that fits your body might seem like not a big deal, but I firmly believe everyone deserves to feel good in their bodies. If feeling good means putting on a velvet teddy, then you should have that option available to you.

danijanae July 31, 2022 6 Comments
Yaz and Sammy kiss in he forest in Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous
TV Show Recaps

Hold Onto Your Butts, “Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous” Finally Got Gay

Friends to enemies to needing each other to stay alive to friends to girlfriends. Classic!

Heather Hogan July 30, 2022 30 Comments
A series of tiny replica novels laid out on a bright blue cutting mat with craft supplies splayed out around them
Book Features Crafts & DIY Projects

Honey, I Shrunk the Books: A DIY Guide to Making Miniature Book Replicas

Every time I finish reading a book, I get to work on its tiny counterpart. Now I’ve got a shelf full of minis that make me happy every single time I look at them. Wanna make one with me?

Darcy July 30, 2022 26 Comments
Against a lavender background is a a faint outline of letter B, bursting beyond the seams of that outline are a variety of different Black people, clockwisee: A young Black child holding up a rainbow Equality sign, a black couple one with short black hair and light skin and one with blonde hair and a small child, a black person in shirt with the trans Pride flag, T'Challa from Black Panther, a young black girl with braids and a turquoise t-shirt, a young light skin black child with red hair playing a video game, a Black woman singer, a Black child with glasses graduating, and a Black woman with a blonde bun wearing glasses.
Webcomics

Foolish Child #123: Black Lives Thriving

That’s it.

Dickens July 30, 2022 5 Comments
Pam and Ellen stand at the door, Pam with her arms crossed
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Ellen and Pam Revisit Old Queer Wounds on “For All Mankind”

Plus updates on Only Murders in the Building and Roswell, New Mexico!

Valerie Anne July 29, 2022 4 Comments
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Playing Softball in Stardew Valley

“We’re going to just ignore the fact that ABIGAIL STRAIGHT UP EATS ROCKS?!”

Darcy July 29, 2022 6 Comments
In a diagonal four-way collage: Beyonce is nude with silver pasties on a silver unicorn, Beyonce making a mean face with a green hat in front of red background, Beyonce in a futuristic black dress lounging in a red colored club with sunglasses and a drink of brown liquor, and finally the back of Beyonce climbs stairs in a thong bodysuit.
Music

Happy Beyoncé Day to All Who Celebrate

“Beyoncé said this is for the gays theys and they kin. Get in where you fit in and if you straight, honey it seems like you need to see yourself out.”

Carmen Phillips July 29, 2022 6 Comments
Alice, in her loft, wearing a yellow plaid flannel shirt, reads from the training manual.
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 413 Recap: Comparison is the Thief of Joy

Malika and Alice come so close to having the queer friendship moment we’ve been waiting for.

Natalie July 29, 2022 1 Comment
Under the Udala Tress: a novel by Chinelo Okparanta features trees and a sunset on it.
LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Naija Lit: “Under the Udala Trees” Honors the Past and Paints the Future With Hope

In light of current conditions for queer Nigerians — and global conditions facing queer people — a book like 2015’s Under the Udala Trees is ever-timely.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu July 29, 2022 3 Comments
4 teen girls look at a pink hued sky with their backs to the camera
TV Reviews

“Paper Girls” Takes Us On A Time Warp and Sets Up Destined Queerness

Wow, a time before Uber Eats. I never want to go back.

Shelli Nicole July 29, 2022 13 Comments
Abstract human figures in purple hues are clustered together
First Person

On Staying Sober and What TV Gets Right and Wrong About Alcohol

“I feel like being the only sober person in a group is so much pressure.”

danijanae, Analyssa and Tracy Levesque
July 29, 2022 7 Comments
A photo of Olivia Julianna, repeated one after another. Olivia Julianna is a plus sized Chicana teen with long hair and glasses. She's smiling outside in front of a building, in a shirt that says "Gen Z for Change" in front of a rainbow while holding up an id badge on a lanyard.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer Teen Olivia Julianna Bit Back at Matt Gaetz’s Bullying By Raising $600k for Abortion Funds, Iconic

Also, y’all are not hearing me IT IS KEKE “KEEP A BAG” PALMER IN THIS HOUSE 24/7/FOREVER.

Carmen Phillips July 28, 2022 5 Comments
A watercolor of a turquoise blue sky with dark blue clouds and a white textured page. In front of it are the words "Disability Pride Month Roundtable" in all caps and "care, celebrate, collective, fight" in stamped black lettering.
Community

Disability Pride Month 2022 Roundtable: Care, Celebrate, Collective, Fight

“I’ve never been part of something that compares to the acceptance, the empowerment, the collective care and the collective fight, the space to be wholly yourself that is the disability community.”

Katie and the team
July 28, 2022 7 Comments
Harley Quinn season 3: Harley and Ivy clink beers while lying on the beach
TV Reviews

“Harley Quinn” Season 3 Is Even Gayer and More Romantic!

Not only are Harley and Ivy still together, still in love, and still alive; this season actually allows them to grow as both individuals and as a couple.

Heather Hogan July 28, 2022 3 Comments
Eva Reign and Abubakr Ali as Kelsa and Kahl, smiling at each other in Anything's Possible
Movie Reviews

Billy Porter’s “Anything’s Possible” Empowers Trans Black Girls to Chase Happiness

I’m looking forward to a media future where trans girls in love aren’t rare. Anything’s Possible isn’t perfect, but it’s a great start.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu July 28, 2022 6 Comments
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