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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
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TV Show Recaps

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

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Heather Hogan July 30, 2022 30 Comments
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Book Features Crafts & DIY Projects

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

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Darcy July 30, 2022 26 Comments
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Webcomics

Foolish Child #123: Black Lives Thriving

That’s it.

Dickens July 30, 2022 5 Comments
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Book Lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Summer Picnic

If you are going to read one poet in a park, let it be Mary Oliver.

danijanae July 28, 2022 2 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading: Queer Utopias Are Necessities

Publishing loves its dystopian novels, and true utopias feel even nicer for their scarcity.

Yashwina July 28, 2022 6 Comments
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Sports

Biden Administration Offers Russia a Deal to Bring Brittney Griner Home

After months of internal debate, the US is looking to make a “substantial” deal to bring Griner home. She has been wrongfully detained for 160 days.

Heather Hogan July 27, 2022 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 306 Recap: Hope Spores Eternal

The Bellweather unit splits up to check on their parents or parent-figures beofre the big battle, and Scylla gets closer to getting Raelle back.

Valerie Anne July 27, 2022 6 Comments
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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 205: Public Relationships

This week we’ve brought on someone in a gaymous power couple: Grace Lavery! But being in a public relationship isn’t just the joys of ambitious4ambitious. There’s also the matter of boundaries and privacy.

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