In Verse: Poetry Collections for Pride Month
In a field that was once dominated by the cis straight white male voice, LGBTQ poets and poets of color are finally starting to get their due.
Seeing Bikini Kill Made Me Feel Like I Was 16 Again
Bikini Kill opened a door for me, a door that has stayed open ever since.
Uncle Clifford Remains a Nonbinary Revelation in “P-Valley” Season Two
There are some concerning moments in P-Valley’s second season, but Uncle Clifford remains center stage. She is strutting around her club in a bustier and cape and getting her whole life… and not giving a shit about what anyone else thinks.
Revisiting “The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,” 45 Years Later
I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable stares. That mentality was replaced by the desire to build bridges.
“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 301 Recap: We’re Back, Witches!
Motherland: Fort Salem is back for its third and final season with Raylla kisses, near misses, and our favorite trio of chosen…sisses.
Pop Culture Fix: How Queen Latifah and Kate Moennig Made Jordan Hull Feel at Home on “Hustle”
TV lesbians and their himbo friends, Yellowjackets and the complexity of teenage girls, Bachelor in Paradise star Demi Burnett on being autistic, and more!
With Characters From Middle School to Middle Age, This LGBTQ Short Fiction Collection Has the Range
In resisting the tidiness of a happy ending, Conklin demonstrates something profound and important that made me cry at several of these stories.
No Filter: BRB Gotta Watch This Video of Janelle Monáe…for the Next Six Calendar Days???
Okay wait are the famous people just like, on summer vacation right now??
A+ Roundtable: Dealing With Our Enemies
“Is it even possible to be from New Jersey and not have enemies?”
Also.Also.Also: Megan Rapinoe Says Advocates for Trans Sports Bans Need to “Get a Grip on Reality”
Give older drag queens their flowers, the cringe of the Juneteenth gold rush, and Lynda Carter looked up the internet meaning of “mommy” — she says we’re all grounded.
That Was the Era: Photographer Phyllis Christopher on Her Book “Dark Room”
“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”
You Need Help: How Will I Know When My “Real Life” Has Started?
However you end up deciding to live your life is up to you. As long as you create your own path toward happiness and fulfillment, none of the other stuff matters!
Queer Tarotscopes for Cancer Season 2022: What Are You Holding Back?
Cancer is loyal, intuitive, and intensely compassionate. This is an energy that understands how to sink into heavy emotions.
Brittney Griner’s Wife Says Their Scheduled Call Never Happened Because the US Embassy Was Unstaffed
After more than four months, Cherelle Griner was finally supposed to hear her wife’s voice on Saturday. Instead Brittney called eleven times, and no one at the embassy was there to pick up the phone.
An Ode to Kristen Kish’s “Iron Chef” Suits
I can’t decide what I like best, the The Daddy (Not Dad) Plaid or The PYNK Pinstripe.
How To Leave a Life
Leaving always compels you to look back, a final glimpse, a glance at what exactly you are leaving before you make the jump to part.
Pop Culture Fix: Lightyear’s Lesbian Kiss Had Ted Cruz Checking Out Doll Genitals
Maya Rudolph was almost the star of Killing Eve, Megan Rapinoe comes out swinging for trans athletes, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin looks familiar, and more!
In “How To Be Eaten,” Fairytales and Reality TV Are Twisted Sisters
The new novel takes classic fairytales and a Bachelor-like reality show and twines them into a fresh tale of wronged women.
Crop Tops, Saris, and Unlearning Gendered Fashion
I’d avoided saris all my life. It was during the pandemic, when crop tops brought me a sense of freedom and gender euphoria, that I realized saris weren’t too far off.
It’s Lit: Queer Youth on an Online Book Club Club That Became Family
“Well the premise combined two of my favorite things: being gay and reading, so I was naturally intrigued.”