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Television

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Heather Hogan February 10, 2022 8 Comments
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First Person

It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere

You can’t see the stars in the city I live in, so I would spend my nights out on my balcony, drinking, letting my eyesight go slack and drift into the black.

danijanae February 10, 2022 16 Comments
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Literature

Rainbow Reading: More Like Mercury READtrograde, Am I Right!

Learn more about the book whose “highlights include: a May/December queer romance, psychopaths on the loose, and a school for bad girls….” Plus, more book news and recommendations, including lots of author interviews and upcoming queer lit events!

Yashwina February 10, 2022 4 Comments
Dickens has a stuffy nose and is in bed working on their iPad, their friend asks “Are you okay in here? I hear a lot of suspiciously COVID sounding coughing going on. Both characters are Black, in pastel colors, against a blue background.
Webcomics

Foolish Child #113: Covid or Allergies?

Well, let me know if you need anything. Like… a second booster shot.

Dickens February 9, 2022 9 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Shay Mitchell, Javicia Leslie and Jojo T. Gibbs Join Forces for a Holiday Rom-Com

Yellowjackets and Euphoria’s music supervisor only chooses “fucking bangers,” a Niecy Nash spin-off of The Rookie, and a new thriller from Cara Delevingne.

Heather Hogan February 9, 2022 4 Comments
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Movie Reviews

“The Fallout” Review: Jenna Ortega and Maddie Ziegler Explore Queerness and Trauma Together

Vada, the lead of The Fallout, is just a normal high schooler. And it’s all a normal day in a normal life, until it’s not.

Analyssa February 9, 2022 7 Comments
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AF+

A+ Roundtable: Our Most Out-There Voice Memos

“Isn’t it weird how women… (laughs)”

the team February 9, 2022 17 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: As Far as I Am Concerned Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts Are My Parents

WELL WELL WELL, Sarah Paulson will be playing Glennon Doyle in the upcoming TV series based on her memoir Untamed, so let’s get ready for that!

Christina Tucker February 9, 2022 4 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Dyke Ice Drama! Meet the Multiple Ex-Wives of the US and Canadian Olympic Hockey Teams

According to the CDC more gays and lesbians are vaccinated than straight people, there is no climate justice without trans rights, and WTF happened to glossier?

Carmen Phillips February 8, 2022 14 Comments
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TV Reviews

Cat Cora Works Hard to Make 80s Nostalgia Gay on “The Real Dirty Dancing”

Cat somehow links this aggressively heterosexual film with her being able to express herself as an out and proud gay woman, and I am out and proud of her for making this gay.

Sally February 8, 2022 3 Comments
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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

It can maybe seem silly to “celebrate” Valentine’s Day — you’re together all the time! But that’s why it’s important to carve out some intentional time together and also shake things up from your daily routine.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 8, 2022 3 Comments
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Movie News & Trailers

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
The book cover of Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by Grace Lavery, which features a pair of red lipsticked lips with a cigarette hanging out
Book Features

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

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Heather Hogan February 7, 2022 10 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

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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