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Valentine's Day

How To Surprise Your Partner for Valentine’s Day When You’ve Spent Every Day Together for Two Pandemic Years

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 8, 2022 3 Comments
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Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose Are Making 2022 Oscars So Gay, Dude

There’s a lot of LGBTQ+ material to celebrate in this year’s Oscars, including Kristen Stewart and Ariana DeBose making queer history with their nominations for “Spencer” and “West Side Story.”

Riese February 8, 2022 21 Comments
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Grace Lavery on Her New Memoir “Please Miss,” Sex Writing, and the Trans Glamour of Nicole Kidman

“When one is trying to write about sex, if you’re doing it right, something happens in the prose that is unpredictable and kind of wild.”

Drew Burnett Gregory February 8, 2022 20 Comments
Dating

You Need Help: What Does “Going Slow” in a Lesbian Relationship Look Like?

I think what we’re trying to do here is enabling you to get comfortable judging the quality of your relationship not for your mutual willingness to prioritize emotional whims and romantic rapture over common sense but by the actual connection you feel to a person.

Riese February 8, 2022 18 Comments
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Dating

You Have Road Rage? That’s a Red Flag!

I never felt unsafe with her in the driver’s seat, even when she screamed at other cars. I didn’t feel scared. I felt drained.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 8, 2022 19 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sara Ramirez Is Very Aware That You Hate Che Diaz

Also! An Orphan Black sequel, Danielle Brooks reacts to being cast in The Color Purple, bisexual Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst has made history at the Winter Olympics, and more!

Heather Hogan February 7, 2022 10 Comments
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I’m Loving Every Second of “The Legend of Vox Machina”

Vox Machina makes their way to Whitestone to face some sexy vampire villains.

Valerie Anne February 7, 2022 13 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Euphoria” Episode 205 Recap: Ah! Ah! I’m Acting!

Zendaya proves that she’s the best actor of her generation. She also proves that an actor with mediocre writing is still an actor with mediocre writing.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 7, 2022 36 Comments
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Issues

The Damage Fascism Has Done to Trans and Disability Research

Few know about the long-term effects that the Nazi Party had on present-day understandings of both autism and transgender identities.

Alex DiFrancesco February 7, 2022 8 Comments
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Movie Features

Will “The Color Purple” Get Black Queerness Right This Time?

Celie and Shug Avery’s queerness is just as essential and powerful as the other themes most commonly discussed in the novel.

Amari Gaiter February 7, 2022 11 Comments
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Muffing 101

For trans women who experience genital dysphoria, being penetrated in the front can be really meaningful.

Tobi Hill-Meyer February 7, 2022 20 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Winter Olympics Event Are You?

Come for the quiz; stay for the queer Olympics fun facts and history!

Sally February 6, 2022 49 Comments
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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 6, 2022 39 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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The best part of this challenge is getting to learn which of these queens is toppiest and which are bottomiest — assuming we didn’t already know.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 5, 2022 15 Comments
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House & Garden

18 Queer Florists to Follow on Instagram

Fill your feed with flowers by following these queer florists.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 5, 2022 20 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Nancy Drew’s Season Finale Is Frenetic, Chaotic, and GAY

Plus updates on 4400, Chosen, and Claws!

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Straddleverse

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“Two apples a day attract the Doctor. If you hear a TARDIS, get ready to run!”

Darcy February 4, 2022 4 Comments
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Riese February 4, 2022 27 Comments
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TV Reviews

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The TV Team February 4, 2022 6 Comments
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