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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.”

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“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.

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

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

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

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Interview With My Wife: Jane

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No Filter: One Thing Lesbians Are Gonna Do Is Have an Intense Relationship With Their Dog

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“Irma Vep” Is a Regressive Disaster of Arthouse Hubris

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Drew Burnett Gregory July 26, 2022 14 Comments
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Book Features

Joe Osmundson on Expansive Science Writing and Living in an Impossible World

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Movie Reviews

“Nope” Review: Keke Palmer’s Lesbian Character Is Miraculously Alive

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Community

17 Handyqueers To Follow on Instagram

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viv July 25, 2022 3 Comments
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