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Laneia’s Favorite Things: Gifts for a Casually Elegant Gay Lifestyle

From a vintage nutcracker to the perfect lip mask to REALLY GOOD BEANS.

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“Gifts” for the Chaos Friend Who’s Always Getting Into Predicaments Big and Small

Embrace chaos, embrace inevitability, embrace the fact that being able to locate one’s own keys quickly and easily will be life-changing for someone continuously misplacing them.

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Christmas

How To Throw a Last Minute Extremely Gay Christmas Party

Christmas with your family? Boring. Christmas with the gays? A jolly good time!

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Motti’s Favorite Things: What To Buy for the Low Maintenance Transmasc

I’m a pretty simple guy. I’m not very materialistic, so when I do spend money on something, I want the bang to be worth the buck.

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Holigays Shopping

What To Buy the Chappell Roan Fan You Love for the Holidays

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Gift Guide To Support Palestinian and Lebanese Artists and Brands This Holiday Season

Whether you’re looking for specialty food items, handmade pottery and home goods, or gifts for your younger, cooler cousins, there’s a little something for everyone.

Elena Dudum December 10, 2024 1 Comment
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Holigays Shopping

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Do you have someone in your life who loves to cook AND play tennis? Well, this extremely niche gift guide is for you! 

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 10, 2024
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Holigays LGBTQ+ Businesses

100 LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses and Queer Shops To Support This Holiday Season!

With so many LGBTQ+ owned shops out there it’s gonna be a joy to put money back into your community this holiday season!

Riese December 9, 2024 77 Comments
Drew's favorite things gift guide
Holigays Shopping

Drew Burnett Gregory’s Favorite Things: What To Buy for the Femme Who Loves Queer Films

Drew shares her favorite things she owns, which you can buy for the femme cinephile in your life this holigay season!

Drew Burnett Gregory December 9, 2024 3 Comments
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Christmas Movie Reviews

‘A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter’ Makes the Yuletide Gay and Horny

Sabrina Carpenter gives the gays everything they want this Christmas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 9, 2024 2 Comments
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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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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!

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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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Autostraddle + For Them’s Ultimate Team Holigay Gift Guide 2024

Get in here and see what all the gays at For Them and Autostraddle want this holiday season!

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Holigays Movie Features Shopping

The Top 10 Queer Home Video Releases of 2024

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Gay Brat Gifts That Scream Merry Charli XCXmas

A very merry bratmas to us all!

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Why engage with the horrors of X or Meta when there are 15 years of queer content RIGHT HERE for you to immerse yourself in?!

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Comedy Thanksgiving

‘Midsommar’ Is a Sapphic Thanksgiving Horror Movie

Both Midsommar and Thanksgiving use the concept of a holiday celebration to distract from murder.

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