Music

Celebrating Ten Years of She Shreds Magazine: An Interview with Fabi Reyna

“In my opinion, music is the tool for distributing change through culture, through messaging, through community and collective vision.”

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Literature

Rainbow Reading: Don’t Stop Believer-ing

Let’s talk about what just happened with The Believer. Also, calling all my short story gays! Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news.

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Music

Black Queers Look For Accountability in Kendrick Lamar’s “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers”

It’s not hard to listen to Black queer & trans folks and get this shit correct.

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Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa’s “Crazy-Fun” Gal Pal Adventures Are Getting Their Own Show

Netflix is still on its bullshit, the teaser for Niecy Nash’s Rookie spin-off, Tracy Flick vs. Toxic Masculinity, and more!

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A+

Interview With My Wife: Stacy

“Well, we first bonded over Naomily.”

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Are We Ready for the Return of Lesbian Jesus!!??

Also, yeah sorry all of this Gillian Anderson shoot is hot to me, what do you expect??

Community

FYP: This Is Honestly Just A Bunch Of Horny TikToKs

Sometimes I can’t come up with a theme and I just watch TikToks that make me tingle

TV Show Recaps

“Gentleman Jack” Invents The Endless Lesbian Breakup

RIP Mariana, you would have loved Taylor Swift.

Newly appointed White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds her first news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House

Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Karine Jean-Pierre Makes Black, Gay, Immigrant History as White House Press Secretary

Brittney Griner has been detained for at least another 30 days, new UFO videos for Congressional Eyes Only, Netflix tells LGBTQ employees to just quit if they don’t like their shows, and more.

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Food and Drink

Shucking Oysters Is Super Hot! Here’s How You Do It

Learn everything you need to know to become an oyster expert and impress your crush with some fresh shucking!

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First Person

When I Stopped Apologizing for My Fatness, I Started to Heal

I had to figure out what it meant to reconnect with a body I’d always been afraid of.

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Dating

You Need Help: I’m Disabled — Will I Ever Find Love?

Disabled and chronically ill people are powerful and sexy and worthy of love, and that means you’re all of those things, too.

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A+

A+ Roundtable: Sex With an Ex

“I’m sure you’re shocked to hear that it did not work out well for me!”

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Food and Drink

Tinned Octopus Makes Accidental Late-Night Dinners Sexy

Sometimes you find yourself accidentally eating dinner at midnight, and for those nights, this lemon dill tinned octopus is a special treat.

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TV Lists

10 Queer Reasons You Should Be Watching “Our Flag Means Death”

I’m just gonna say, with the utmost respect: Vico Ortiz is really, really hot.

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First Person

How Masturbation Helped Me Accept Myself as an Intersex Lesbian

I finally understood that the “normal” I was seeking was mythical and that my body was beautiful and precious the way it was.

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Pop Culture

Pop Culture Fix: Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi Scrap, Lesbian Aunt Megan Approves

Stephanie Beatriz joins Twisted Metal, Gentleman Jack is changing lives, CW’s Great Queer Culling continues, and more.

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First Person

How Fertility Treatments Got Me Back in Touch With My Queerness

I never imagined I’d have to get an IUI, or that there would be a silver lining.

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Quizzes TV Feature

Quiz: Which Fictional TV High School Should You Have Gone To?

Should you be drinking milkshakes on Heartstopper, breaking bottles on Euphoria or having a fountain soda on Saved by the Bell? There’s only one way to find out!