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Society + Culture

According to GLAAD, Social Media Companies Are Failing LGBTQ+ People

GLAAD released its 2022 Social Media Safety Index report, and all major social media networks – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube – earned below a 50% score out of 100. They are literally failing the queer community.

Katie July 13, 2022 10 Comments
A lonely queer person in a button down and black suspenders, with slicked back blonde hair, looks on longingly in a black and white photo.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: What to Do When You Get the ‘I’m Not Gay Enough’ Blues

“Raven’s Home” made history with the Disney Channel’s first trans character, the WNBA All Stars said “We are not going to stop until everyone understands how serious this really is,” and more to read.

Carmen Phillips July 12, 2022 9 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

How Gay Is It? A Handy Visual Guide For Straights

Straight actors keep describing their projects as “very gay,” when they are, in fact, not! And so I have made a handy chart to help straights answer the question: How Gay Is It?

Heather Hogan July 12, 2022 21 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Gentleman Jack” Is Cancelled, Music Is No Longer Jaunty

Plus, first looks of Rosie O’Donnell in A League of Their Own, Florence Pugh freeing the nipple and taking down the patriarchy, a new Harley Quinn trailer, and more!

Valerie Anne July 11, 2022 15 Comments
Brittney Griner is in a red t-shirt that says "Crenshaw" and round glasses, descending on a staircase in a government building. In front of her is a w white woman with blonde hair, wearing a hat that looks like that of an Russian official or security officer.
Politics + Activism

Brittney Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia, We Hold Our Breath for What Comes Next

End this nightmare. Bring BG home.

Carmen Phillips July 7, 2022 13 Comments
Valkyrie licks a green dagger in Thor: Love and Thunder
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “Thor: Love and Thunder” Says No Girlfriend For Valkyrie AGAIN

A new a first-generation Muslim-American character on grown-ish, Emma Corrin on their sexual and gender fluidity, and Jasmin Savoy’s very gay new music video!

Heather Hogan July 6, 2022 4 Comments
Brittney Griner is in a Jimi Hendrix shirt, walking down stairs, in a plain government building. In front of her is a white woman with blond hair and a black polo t-shirt.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Brittney Griner Writes to Joe Biden, ‘I’m Terrified I Might Be Here Forever’

As many updates about Brittney Griner that I could fit in one link roundup.

Carmen Phillips July 5, 2022 7 Comments
Three characters played by Ashly Burch: Rachel from Mythic Quest, Aloy from Horizon, and Chloe from Life Is Strange
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Every Queer Nerd’s Favorite Nerd, Ashly Burch, Is Pansexual!

Cynthia Erivo reconfirms her queerness, another sweet tearjerker from Brandi Carlile, Hayley Kiyoko is making the reality show of her dreams, and more!

Heather Hogan July 4, 2022 4 Comments
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as Vice President Kamala Harris applauds at an event celebrating her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court on the South Lawn of the White House
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Ketanji Brown Becomes the First Black Woman Supreme Court Justice

Queer animals are everywhere, why deleting your period tracker app won’t keep you safe, just so much terrible news, and the legendary abortion clinic run by trans women in a barn.

Heather Hogan June 30, 2022 5 Comments
Harley and Ivy kiss in the Harley Quinn season 3 trailer
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Harley and Ivy are Doin’ a Ton of Bangin’ in the “Harley Quinn” Season 3 Trailer

Also! The very hot marriage of Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts, the Hocus Pocus 2 teaser trailer, and is Jodie Foster actually going to be gay in True Detective???

Heather Hogan June 29, 2022 11 Comments
Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin on bicycles in a still from My Girl
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: “My Girl” Made Tegan and Sara Gay, Just Like Every Other 90s Kid

He can’t see without his glasses! Plus: How queer chefs are reclaiming “bottom food,” Wimbledon’s Victorian dress code, how to tell if an elephant is about to get violent, and more.

Heather Hogan June 28, 2022 14 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore to Fall in Love Carol-Style in “May December”

Plus also: Meg Stalter is creating a Christian lesbian comedy, E.R. Fightmaster showed out at the Connecticut Sun Pride game, and Janelle Monae invites SCOTUS to go fuck itself at the BET Awards.

Heather Hogan June 27, 2022 1 Comment
Today is a good day to donate to an abortion fund: A black person holds a large blue sign in the sky that says "Keep Abortion Legal."
Politics + Activism

89 Abortion Funds That You Can Give To Immediately

Today is the fucking day to give to an abortion fund.

Carmen Phillips June 24, 2022 8 Comments
Two pairs of hands — one with dark brown skin tone and one with light tan skin tone — hold each there across a wooden table surface.
Society + Culture

We Will Protect Each Other: A Queer Feelings Atrium After the Fall of Roe

I don’t have more eloquent words at the moment. One thing I know for certain, we will protect each other. We’re here for each other.

KaeLyn June 24, 2022 54 Comments
A light skinned black woman with a large brown afro has dark purple lipstick and a black t-shirt, she's looking off to the right of camera. She's in front of a blue background.
Society + Culture

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How to be a good person without annoying everyone, a recession might end the work-from-home revolution, and all of today’s scary Supreme Court decisions in one place — just like ripping off a band aid.

Carmen Phillips June 23, 2022 1 Comment
Queen Latifah and Jordan Hull in the kitchen on the set of Hustle
Pop Culture Fix

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!

Heather Hogan June 22, 2022 7 Comments
Megan Rapinoe celebrates after scoring in soccer by pointing to the stands. She has on her USWNT uniform and pink hair.
Society + Culture

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.

Carmen Phillips June 21, 2022 1 Comment
Alicia and Buzz in their space suits in Lightyear. Text: You were right: There seems to be no signs of intelligent life anywhere.
Pop Culture Fix

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!

Heather Hogan June 20, 2022 8 Comments
A close up of Sue Bird smiling during a WNBA basketball game.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Sue Bird Announces Retirement After 19 Seasons, the Most in WNBA History

The GOAT Sue Bird says goodbye in the classiest message you’ll have to see for yourself, on being trans and pregnant, and umm.. the rise of bimbo feminism?!?

Carmen Phillips June 16, 2022 5 Comments
Arya Stark practices her swordplay on Game of Thrones
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Maisie Williams Says Game of Thrones’ Arya Stark Was Queer OBVIOUSLY

LGBTQ+ video games for Pride, the best Pixar dads for Father’s Day, more peeps at A League of Their Own’s queerness, and more!

Heather Hogan June 15, 2022 2 Comments
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