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Health

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Riese June 10, 2022 59 Comments
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LGBT Pride

Grab Your Backpack (No the Other One): Here’s a Pride Survival Pack!

Here are eight books, seven poems, six people to follow, five ways to support black trans people, four places to donate, three shows, two albums, two games, and one tool to get you ready for Pride 2022!

A. Tony Jerome June 10, 2022 5 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Tobin Heath Says “Gay Vibes,” Christen Press Says “No Days Without Lesbians”

Just a couple of BEST FRIENDS in matching clothes. :)

Heather Hogan June 10, 2022 20 Comments
Queer Swimwear 2022: Photo 1: A Black woman wears a green and white asymmetrical swimsuit with cutouts on the side. Photo 2: A pair of flamingo patterned swim trunks. Photo 3: A white masculine of center person wears a white and red striped swim tank with red swim shorts. Photo 4: A Black woman wears a rainbow patterned bikini.
Queer Fashion

So You Want To Wear a Bathing Suit

Behold a bunch of suits that have the structural integrity to stand up to some serious wave action and that are absolutely gonna keep you looking fresh and stylish!

Christina Tucker June 10, 2022 5 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Legs Out and Faces Painted for Pride

“Please do the sunscreen first, THEN the face paint, or you may end up with tan lines that say BI BI BI on your face! Just for instance!”

Darcy June 10, 2022 2 Comments
Rachel Sennott as Hannah sits up on a couch leaning in to Madeline Grey DeFreece as Carrie.
Movie Reviews

“Tahara” Is a Queer Teen Comedy with Death and Depth

This is exactly what I want from contemporary low-budget queer filmmaking.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 10, 2022 9 Comments
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AF+

Member2Member Advice: Pod Swap

Members, come share your podcast and Youtube recommendations with each other!

Nico June 10, 2022 67 Comments
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First Person

“Nevada” and the Multiverse of Sadness

This is how it feels to come to art too late. It’s no longer an experience of immediate connection, but one of processing, of rewriting.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 10, 2022 21 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Rebel Wilson Has a Girlfriend, Her Very Own “Disney Princess”

Happy Pride!

Heather Hogan June 9, 2022 23 Comments
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First Person LGBT Pride

I Have To Choose Between Being Disabled and Queer

In queer spaces, I cannot be disabled. In disability spaces, people ask if my spouse is my sister. I hope that someday I don’t have to choose.

Katie June 9, 2022 21 Comments
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Queer Pregnancy

How To Survive a Miscarriage by Marathoning 168 Episodes of “Survivor”

One thing you have in common with every contestant on the classic CBS reality television competition program Survivor is that you are not pregnant.

Riese June 9, 2022 51 Comments
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Music

070 Shake Is Free In “You Can’t Kill Me”

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Lily Alvarado June 9, 2022 1 Comment
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Summer Songs To Dance to During Pride When You Have an Unbearable Crush

“Girls Make Me Wanna Die,” a new single by The Aces, dropped today. So we made a playlist all about queer crushes.

Em Win June 8, 2022 2 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews LGBT Pride

In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”

Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.

Melissa Faliveno June 8, 2022 6 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Ariana DeBose Is Crushing on Evan Rachel Wood in Westworld’s NYC-ish New Season

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Heather Hogan June 8, 2022 6 Comments
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AF+

Interview With My Girlfriend: Amanda

“I never really wanted to move in there and be like, “Hey son,” you know? That’s my stepdad voice.”

Laneia June 8, 2022 28 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Truly One of My Favorite Kinds of Celeb Posts Are Just Like “It’s Pride!”

Plus, Lesbian Jesus taking over Royal Albert Hall for Pride?? That is the shit I do like to see!

Christina Tucker June 8, 2022 3 Comments
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Society + Culture

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Carmen Phillips June 7, 2022 17 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Gentleman Jack” Is Not Some Kind of Husband! (…Or Is She?)

Anne tells her wife to be “very good” and Adney is happy to oblige. Also: Business hijinks, woodland trysts, Bible bastards, and a looming Scottish showdown.

Heather Hogan June 7, 2022 4 Comments
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Meet-Ups / Events Television

Come To Our A+ “Gentleman Jack” Season Finale Virtual Watch-Along!

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