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Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Generation Q Podcast Episode 202: Lean On Me

“My next note on this scene is, “I literally screamed in this hotel room,” which is true.”

Analyssa August 16, 2021 7 Comments
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First Person Love + Sex

Writing Myself into the Erotic

When I tell people that I wrote myself a sexual body, I don’t know if they believe me. But our bodies are stories as much as they’re anything else.

Shelly Jay Shore August 16, 2021 5 Comments
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Quizzes

What’s Your Interior Design Aesthetic?

Done with your old look and ready to start over? Let’s figure out your style!

Lucia August 15, 2021 33 Comments
Mona Wales
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Having Sex Dreams

What your sex dreams mean and what to do (or not do) about them, how to take care of leather, why to talk to strangers and more.

Ryan Yates August 15, 2021 1 Comment
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Webcomics

Baopu #89: People Like Me

While an empowering act, sharing stories of marginalization is about agency and trust.

Yao Xiao August 14, 2021 3 Comments
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The L Word: Generation Q TV Show Recaps

L Word Generation Q Episode 202 Recap: Lean On Me When You’re Not Yelling At Me

The wedding was a bust but we sure do have a lot to talk about! Come on in and join our dear friends for the most fight-packed episode in L Word history!

Riese August 13, 2021 134 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: They are Swapping Faces (and Swapping Spit) on “Motherland: Fort Salem”

Plus updates on grown-ish, Raising Kanan, and iCarly.

The TV Team August 13, 2021 5 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: One Final News and Politics Round Up for You!

This month we’re looking at the climate crisis, big tech, gun violence, democracy, the Delta variant and yes — saying goodbye (for now).

himani August 13, 2021 14 Comments
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TV Reviews

“Fantasy Island” Is a Magical Queer Journey (Not a Reality Show!)

I decided to watch for the promised queer character, and for the Golden Retriever named Mr. Jones, and for Roselyn Sánchez who stands on the beach in a white suit for like half the show (I’m only a lesbian, after all!). What I discovered — much like the guests who visit actual Fantasy Island — has blown my mind grapes.

Heather Hogan August 13, 2021 16 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Bringing Home the Gold

“I’ll accept it if the term for sapphic angst is ‘wulluwing.'”

Darcy August 13, 2021 24 Comments
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AF+

A+ Advice: I’m Afraid Having a Day Job Makes Me a Creative Sellout

“More and more of my life feels permanent instead of temporary and it’s freaking me all the way out.”

himani August 13, 2021 38 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Rachel Maddow Is Considering Leaving MSNBC, Will Never Leave Our Nerdy Gay Hearts

Britney Spears’ father steps down from conservatorship, inside the high stakes world of WhatsApp mango importing, the rise of the Instagram novel, and seriously you should be putting sunscreen on your tattoo.

Carmen Phillips August 12, 2021 6 Comments
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AF+

S L I C K: Caterpillar Girls

You think, I would let her drink me dry, and shudder into obedience when she kisses you again.

Shelly Jay Shore August 12, 2021 3 Comments
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TV Feature

Good Trouble’s Sherry Cola on Queer Asian Love Stories and Making Her Mom Proud

“I literally feel taken aback at the fact that I am telling this story that has never been told, period. I challenge everyone to name one other TV show that portrays love between two Asian women. It does not exist to this level.”

Natalie August 12, 2021 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 315 Recap: Lunar New Year

“Lunar New Year” is a very specific story about a Chinese celebration, crafted with input from Sherry Cola (Alice) and Kara Wang (Sumi). It’s something hardly ever — maybe never — never seen on TV before.

Natalie August 12, 2021 1 Comment
TV Show Recaps

What Is Up With These Vaguely Lesbian Mean Teens on “White Lotus”?

“Targeting the love interests of your queer crush is a very young and chaotic bisexual move (apologies to the queer crushes of my youth).”

the team August 12, 2021 9 Comments
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First Person Love + Sex

Tarot, Sex, & Hoodoo: A Black Girl’s Guide to the Underworld

An exploration of summer, desire, and the senses through the lens of tarot and trans womanhood.

Shaadi Devereaux August 12, 2021 3 Comments
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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Time, Faith, Momentum

Phones belong in museums, the magic ingredients for creativity, why work is not the same as identity and more.

Ryan Yates August 12, 2021 1 Comment
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Movie Features

It’s Time to Give Harley Quinn a Girlfriend on the Big Screen Already

Not only is fan uproar begging for Big Screen Harley and Ivy, but for the first time, the actual plot in front of us is screaming for it, too. It’s now or never for Harley Quinn to make the leap, and we’re quickly reaching a crescendo in her movie arc where to do anything else would be cowardly.

Carmen Phillips August 11, 2021 12 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Halle Berry’s Jackie Justice Is Queer in Her New MMA Movie, Way to Bury the Lead Internet

Beanie Feldstein is the new Funny Girl (sorry, Rachel Berry!), Rowan Blanchard and Auli’i Cravalho will star in Hulu’s new queer love story, some more teen horror gays, and your first look at the new Little Liars.

Heather Hogan August 11, 2021 9 Comments
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