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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks with the media during his first official arrival at the Pentagon as Secretary in Washington, DC, January 27, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
Politics + Activism

Trump’s Latest Attempt to Ban Trans People From The Military Comes With Extra Malice

Famously dishonorable cretins Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth claim that being trans is incompatible with military principles of possessing an “honorable, truthful and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.”

Riese January 28, 2025 2 Comments
Kelly Marie Tran and Lily Gladstone in The Wedding Banquet teaser
Movie News & Trailers

Well I’m Already Obsessed With ‘The Wedding Banquet’ Thanks to This Teaser

First ‘The Wedding Banquet’ trailer teases homages to original while also paving its own way (namely, by adding LESBIANS).

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 28, 2025 6 Comments
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Gender Politics + Activism

Updating Documents as a Trans Person Is Hell Right Now. Here Are My Tips for Navigating the Process

Like many trans people in recent weeks, I’ve found myself buried in government paperwork and waiting in lines at various agencies.

Motti January 28, 2025 13 Comments
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: 2024 New York #LWTSUMMIT on September 19, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Bonnie Biess/Getty Images for Lesbians Who Tech & Allies)
Pop Culture Fix

However, Elliot Page Is Gonna Make Some Inclusive Canadian TV For Us

Elliot Page will be making Canadian TV for us, Lucy Dacus is donating to trans surgery funds, a new spotlight on Cynthia Erivo, and more!

Valerie Anne January 28, 2025 3 Comments
Television TV Show Recaps

‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ Finale Confirms Our Gaydars With Main Character Coming Out Bisexual

After Renée Rapp’s exit, I worried ‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ would focus less on the queer community at Essex, but the show found its footing by making the show even queerer. Too queer? There’s no such thing.

Natalie January 28, 2025 1 Comment
Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke
Book Features

Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the last. I’m in my childhood home.

Christina Cooke January 28, 2025
Sundance 2025: an image from Hal and Harper with Cooper Raiff and Lili Reinhart with Sundance Film Festival 2025 on the side
TV Reviews

Sundance 2025: Lili Reinhart Kisses Girls, Has Family Trauma in the Uneven New Series ‘Hal & Harper’

The good news is Reinhart has finally found another project that shows the breadth of her skill. The bad news is Cooper Raiff’s Hal & Harper is never quite as good as this performance or its potential.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 28, 2025 3 Comments
Laura Palmer smirks as she lies down and looks up with her signature half heart necklace on in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Movie Features

David Lynch Taught Us To Laugh at the Horrors

Lynch’s films ask us to take the people, concepts, and circumstances that terrify us the most and turn them on their head.

Stef Rubino January 27, 2025 2 Comments
Two women kiss during one of the first ever lesbian sex scenes in Russ Meyer's Vixen!
Movie Features

One of the First Lesbian Sex Scenes Has Been Restored

Personally, I like my sexploitation a bit more art house than Looney Tunes, but I’m still grateful to learn more about this noteworthy artist in film history.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 27, 2025 5 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Pants Are You?

Are you a pair of very cool overalls or are you a laid-back pair of Joggers on a Sunday afternoon? Well it’s time to find out which lesbian pants are the most you.

Riese January 26, 2025 14 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #131: What Are You Looking For?

From city to nature, from one country to another, is there something universal that we search for?

Yao Xiao January 25, 2025 2 Comments
RuPaul's Drag Race 1704: A close up of Joella's face in a hole in a comforter.
TV Show Recaps

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Episode 1704 Recap: Once Upon a Mattress

The runway theme this week is quilted for your pleasure and turns out it’s tough to lean into the quilt theme and still look chic.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 25, 2025
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Sex

How To Last Longer When Eating Someone Out

There’s one trick that can help you mitigate jaw and tongue tension when going down.

Carlo January 24, 2025 13 Comments
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AF+

I Don’t Think I’m Hot Enough Anymore To Date on the Apps

You’re newly single and worried your face card has expired on these dating apps. Also, we help a reader not text their ex!

the team January 24, 2025 4 Comments
A couple shows off their rings following their marriage during an event to mark the country's same-sex marriage law coming into effect in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 23, 2025. (Photo by Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto)
Politics + Activism

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Couples Eagerly Wed as Thailand Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

Nearly two thousand couples got married in Thailand today as legalized same-sex marriage went into effect and these photos are going to warm your heart I guarantee it.

Riese January 23, 2025 6 Comments
On Our Backs magazine
LGBT History

40 Years Ago, Lesbian Erotica Magazine ‘On Our Backs’ Paved the Way for Horny Sapphic Art

On Our Backs, which originally ran from 1984 to 1990 and was revitalized from 1998 to 2002, existed for one central purpose: to portray lesbian sex and sexuality, with real lesbians.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan January 23, 2025 13 Comments
2025 Queer Oscar Noms: Side by side images of Colman Domingo in Sing Sing, Cynthia Erivo in Wicked, and Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez.
Movie Features

All the Queer Movies and Performers Nominated for the 2025 Academy Awards

So no nominations for ‘Queer,’ but what about the queers?

Drew Burnett Gregory January 23, 2025 1 Comment
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Movie Lists

60 Best Lesbian Movies on Tubi

Everything from indie movies to docs to romance to horror and more — Tubi’s got lots of queer streaming options!

Riese January 23, 2025 9 Comments
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AF+ Queer Pregnancy

Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do so no longer.”

Riese January 22, 2025 4 Comments
Bye Bye Love movie
Movie Features

Rediscovering the Once Lost Japanese Genderqueer Road Movie ‘Bye Bye Love’ 50 Years Later

Bye Bye Love is a film all about the ways identity is constructed, defined, and imposed.

Payton McCarty-Simas January 22, 2025 1 Comment
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