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Book Lists

13 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

These stories make you want to curl up on the couch in a thick sweater with a mug of your favorite hot chocolate while sitting next to your twinkling Christmas tree.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 7, 2024 9 Comments
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AF+

Should I Hold Space For My Ex-Friend Detailing All The Times I Hurt Them

What do you owe someone during a friend breakup? Also, a reader wonders about the right time to ask if someone’s interested in dating them.

the team December 6, 2024
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Movie Reviews

In ‘Power Alley,’ Bodily Autonomy Is a Team Sport

While the plot is primarily focused on abortion access, the film is also an essential portrait of another overly politicized issue: trans teens in sports.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 6, 2024 1 Comment
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Holigays Shopping

A Gift Guide for Your Favorite Iced Coffee Loving Queer

I have been known to don a pair of fingerless gloves just to have a better grip on the freezing cold plastic cup from my favorite coffee place that holds the sweet, cold elixir I consider my emotional support beverage.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 6, 2024 1 Comment
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Politics + Activism

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Ranked by the Raw Terror I Feel in My Soul When I Look Into Their Eyes

We’ve got an anti-vaxxer with a literal worm in his brain, a Christian Nationalist axe-thrower, a World Wrestling Federation founder, a former log-roller reality TV star, Marco F*cking Rubio and so many more bigoted losers nominated for Trump’s cabinet.

Riese December 6, 2024 18 Comments
Book Lists

10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

From trans memoirs that revel in the beauty of transition to sci-fi novels, manga, and quiet literary dramas that give us a reason to be proud, these books remind us that being trans is, in fact, a celebration!

Willow Heath December 5, 2024 4 Comments
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TV Reviews

‘Born for the Spotlight’ Should Be Your Next Queer TV Obsession

Born for the Spotlight follows a group of actresses as they navigate the Taiwanese entertainment industry while juggling their interpersonal lives. Think Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Big Little Lies meets The Idol.

Rendy Jones December 5, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie Features

A Queer History of the Twilight Saga

The Twilight franchise’s queerest impulses were found in its beginning and its ending.

Lisa Laman December 5, 2024 4 Comments
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Music

12 Spotify Wrapped Microgenres AI Could Never Come Up With

I’m here to provide twelve alternate subgenres that actually mean something. To me, anyway.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2024 6 Comments
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What Supplies To Buy for All Kinds of DIY Holiday Gift Projects

From clay projects to candle making, here’s what you need to DIY your holiday gifts this year!

Em Win December 4, 2024 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Ali Krieger Is Grateful For Your Love, Sick Of “Dishonesty and Misinformation”

And more queer celebrity updates from IG!

Christina Tucker December 4, 2024 6 Comments
Movie Lists

From ‘Calamity Jane’ to ‘Wicked’: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals

To celebrate the release of Wicked here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2024 36 Comments
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AF+ Queer Pregnancy

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn babies know when you are sad? Plus, Gretchen answers a reader question about how she came around to wanting to be a parent (it includes a Rock Bottom and the World’s Worst Dog)!

Riese December 3, 2024 22 Comments
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Lesbian Dating Apps

‘I Want To Sext a Stranger for Self-Discovery’

“Last year, in my 30s, I started a self-discovery process that has included getting on dating apps after not dating since I was a teenager.”

Nico December 3, 2024 3 Comments
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Holigays Shopping

Gifts for Cozy Season at Every Price Point

From stocking stuffers to luxury items, we’ve got cozy season picks from $5-100+ so you can live your most snug and warm life.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 3, 2024
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Movie Features

New Documentary ‘Our Dad, Danielle’ Didn’t Know How Necessary It Would Become

“I came out as a trans woman in Texas during the age of Trump. For me, there was no stealth coming out. I’m a big, ugly old broad and there’s no hiding it. Coming out may not have been a smart thing to do, but for me to stay alive, it was the only thing for me to do.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 3, 2024 2 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

We’re Closing Out the Year With a Sexy Queer Slasher Movie (Thank You, Hilarie Burton)

A new sapphic slasher is coming our way this month, Critical Role is in Rolling Stone, some gay soccer relationship updates, the call for the extended cut of the Arcane queer sex scene, and more !

Valerie Anne December 2, 2024 1 Comment
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Movie Features

In Time-Honored Musical Theater Tradition, Almost Everyone in the ‘Wicked’ Movie Is Gay

Who all’s gay in the Wicked cast? Turns out, a lot of them!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 2, 2024 14 Comments
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First Person

How ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ Healed My Broken Heart

I never thought a horror movie would be the key to healing from my first lesbian breakup, but Love Lies Bleeding got your girl together.

Eva Reign December 2, 2024 2 Comments
MILF Cinema needs lesbians: Nicole Kidman leans in to kiss Zac Efron in A Family Affair
Movie Features

Why Didn’t the “Year of MILF Cinema” Include Lesbians?

The MILF revolution will be televised…but apparently it will not make room for queer women?!?!

Lisa Laman December 2, 2024
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