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Comedy

Rachel Scanlon Is Here To Fulfill Your Butch ‘Gay Fantasy’

Rachel Scanlon’s new comedy special is a gay fantasy in and of itself.

Motti June 4, 2024
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Comedy

I’m A Whole Milk Gay and I’m Not Ashamed

I’ve tried my best to like alternative milks! I really have.

ashni May 29, 2024 11 Comments
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Comedy LGBT Pride

10 Ways To Avoid Running Into Your Ex During Pride

Hold a casting call for folks who look just like you and hire 10-20 of them to dress up like you and then release them into the wild.

Motti May 29, 2024 1 Comment
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Comedy TV Feature

What the Gay TV Show You’re Rewatching Says About Your Mental Health

From Grey’s Anatomy to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to The L Word to “San Junipero” on repeat, this is what can reasonably be deduced about your mental health at this time based on the gay TV show you’re currently re-watching.

Riese May 27, 2024 30 Comments
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It’s (un)officially the first weekend of summer, and so there’s no better time to unleash my super power: Thinking of every possible question, from every single humanly possible angle, that I’ll most certainly have before agreeing to go to your party.

Carmen Phillips May 24, 2024 12 Comments
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Top 10 Things To Do While Listening to the ‘Challengers’ Score

Everything is 50% more intense and 60% sexier if done while listening to the Challengers score.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 23, 2024 4 Comments
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Comedy

Every Gay Group Chat Has These Archetypes

The Instigaytor: The person who’s not just spilling tea but brewing it in the first place.

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Comedy

I’m the Most Popular Person at This Suburban Target (Because I’m Wearing a Tee That Says ‘I Heart Hot Moms’)

I had purchased the shirt while on a trip with my ex-girlfriend, who is not a mother.

Nico May 12, 2024 4 Comments
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Comedy

15 Thoughts My Dog Has When My Wife and I Have Sex

My wife and I have as active of a sex life as two women with full-time jobs and a family to take care of can have. So when we do have the time and energy to enjoy each other, we’d like to do it without interruptions. But there’s one little 12 pound hurdle to get past.

Sa'iyda Shabazz May 9, 2024 4 Comments
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As a Trans Woman Getting Into Stand-Up Comedy, Can I Avoid Jokes About My Identity?

My greatest fear in doing comedy is being a hack.

Abbie Jones April 29, 2024 3 Comments
Motti's mom on a motorcycle with a rainbow flag behind her
Comedy

9 Reasons Why I Think My Mom Is Gay

On more than one occasion, my mom has traveled on the back of some butch’s motorcycle through New York State.

Motti April 21, 2024 5 Comments
Comedy

10 Fictional Guys That Gave Me Gender Envy Growing Up Ranked by How Much I Wanted To F*ck Them

A lot of my youth was spent rejecting the guys I was supposed to think were hot and instead embracing the ones every other girl discarded.

Motti April 9, 2024 4 Comments
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Comedy

Exhausted By Dating Apps? Try Throwing Your Phone Into the Sea

The sea is calling you! Unlike all those people from the dating app!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 4 Comments
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Comedy

I Survived! 10 Tips From an Ex-Lesbian Influencer

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Comedy

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 10 Comments
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Comedy

Bridesmaid Dress Alternatives That Scream, “I’m Not on a Gender Journey, I’m on a Journey Through Space and Time”

There are so many alternatives to the Bridesmaids dress your sister picked out!

Riese April 1, 2024 2 Comments
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Comedy

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Whether you’re trying to send a simple “hey,” the classic “I miss what we had,” or just trying to get back that DVD box set of a season of your favorite television show, this is your one-stop shop for how to write…and then delete…and then rewrite…and then delete a text to your ex-girlfriend.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024
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Comedy

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I’m not sure big boobs would feel right for me, but have you seen Winona Ryder in that black bra in Boys? I’d love to have cleavage like that.

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Comedy

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The cute girl at the dyke bar asks you “who’s Bette?” Time to pack it up, go home, and apply this eye cream.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 4 Comments
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Comedy

Famous Pop Star Comes Out as Gay and Also as a Cryptid Wearing a Human Suit

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