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book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

3 Hours

QUIZZES

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

3 Hours

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

I Feel Bad for Not Being Bisexual ‘Enough’

Identity

Apr 23, 2026

Pansy Esthetics: Leola Davis wearing a mask works on a client in orange light.

beauty

Leola Davis and Pansy Esthetics Are Here to Queer Skincare

“I wanted to create a space where the queer community could get care and treatments geared specifically toward them and their skin and body.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jan 25, 2024

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 15: Ali Krieger arrives on the Green Carpet ahead of The Best FIFA Football Awards 2023 at The Apollo Theatre on January 15, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Every Divorced Lesbian Needs Friends Like Ali Krieger’s Teammates

Ali Krieger talks to Self Magazine about her future and how her teammates supported her the day her divorce news broke, LIzzie McGuire could’ve been gayer, how France’s Oscar committee…

Riese

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Jan 24, 2024

Venita Blackburn and the novel Dead in Long Beach, California

book features

“We’re a Surviving Sort of Species”: Venita Blackburn on Grief and How We Live With It

“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”

Daven McQueen

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Jan 24, 2024

a glass of water in a wine glass with a lemon wedge

food and drink

Uncommon Pairings: Anything in a Wine Glass Tastes Better

I’m trying to drink less, and as a surprise to (probably) absolutely no one, it’s really hard.

ashni

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Jan 24, 2024

Melissa King takes a mirror pic in an apres ski outfit holding a Topo Chico

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Melissa King Proves Après Ski Is the Only Part of Skiing I’d Actually Be Into

Also, the meeting of the Regina Georges at SNL was iconic I fear.

Christina Tucker

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Jan 24, 2024

Desire Lines: an image from the film of Theo Germaine touching Aden Hakimi, both of them shirtless. Beige background with Sundance 2024 on the side.

movie reviews

Sundance 2024: “Desire Lines” Is an Experimental Documentary About Transmascs Who F*ck Men

Not much in Desire Lines hasn’t already been said at many trans hangouts. There’s still a value to having these varied experiences captured on-screen.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jan 24, 2024

puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Searching for Intelligent Life

Why does Waldo only wear stripes?

Kate Hawkins

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Jan 24, 2024

Love on the Spectrum queer: Journey, a teenage Black girl wearing a pastel pink top smiles at the camera.

tv reviews

“Love on the Spectrum” Fails to Give Its Queer Woman the Dates She Deserves

While I was happy for Journey to be able to date, it felt like she was denied the opportunity to have age and experience-level appropriate encounters.

Nico

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Jan 23, 2024