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Jojo Siwa is in a Toy Story themed face mask and is kissing her girlfriend in an amusement park (who is also wearing a Toy Story face mask)
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Does Not Want to Be Perceived Kissing Boys

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Valerie Anne June 2, 2021 1 Comment
Two friends talk against a rainbow background: “Kink has always been a part of Pride, Penny! If you can’t hang, don’t go.” / “Oh, so we just don’t change ever because that’s how it’s always been?”
LGBT Pride Webcomics

Foolish Child #97: Kink at Pride

“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind of heat.”

Dickens June 2, 2021 13 Comments
Jane, Sutton and Kat kick off Season 5 with a promise not to keep secrets from each other.
TV Show Recaps

“Trust Falls” Fail Early on in the Bold Type’s Final Season

“It’s their parting conversation that makes the show’s intention clear: Kat is standing there, telling Eva that her beliefs are causing her actual harm — with Aisha Dee’s eyes brimming with tears — and the camera waits for Eva, as if her reaction is the one that matters most.”

Natalie June 2, 2021 7 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Laverne Cox and Trace Lysette Said “Its Time for the Twerkulator”

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Christina Tucker June 2, 2021 4 Comments
Kaylee Bryant is in shorts and sticking out her tongue while waving a rainbow flag. Next to her Krys Marshall is getting married.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Sci-Fi Stars Celebrate June 1st by Coming Out All Over the Interwebs, Happy Pride

Kaylee Bryant came out as queer and Krys Marshall came out as pansexual! Gays for everyone! Also: queer mechanics, trans jocks, eavesdropping on $5,000 anti-racist dinner parties, and the secret power of menopause.

Carmen Phillips June 1, 2021 5 Comments
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The L Word: Generation Q TV News & Trailers

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Riese June 1, 2021 22 Comments
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TV Lists

June 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream

We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.

Riese June 1, 2021 13 Comments
MJ Rodriguez and Indya Moore in white wedding day outfits
TV Show Recaps

“Pose” Episode 306 Recap: I Swear

I’m so excited to recap what is easily, my favourite episode of Pose so far.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu June 1, 2021 7 Comments
A stylized graphic featuring a grid of the 12 astrological signs in a light lavender against a swirled muted navy blue background.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for June 2021: Buckle Up

Sit down, take a deep breath, and remember you don’t need to brace yourself for worst-case scenario in response to this month’s dramatic astrology.

Corina Dross June 1, 2021 4 Comments
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AF+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 80, May 2021

Remember Tila Tequila?

Carmen Phillips May 31, 2021 21 Comments
Blue's Clues featured a queer nonbinary disabled dolphin using a wheelchair, and their partner
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Blue’s Clues’ Pride Episode Features a Queer Nonbinary Disabled Dolphin in Love and More!

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Heather Hogan May 31, 2021 8 Comments
AF+

Editor’s Notes: On AAPI Heritage Month 2021

To exist as a queer/trans Asian/Pacific Islander means to put your stakes in the ground and to say, “I am all of these identities, and I exist, so therefore these identities are me. They must be.”

himani May 31, 2021 6 Comments
xoai lounges on a white blanket looking blissful in a white dress, long black hair cascading over one shoulder. in the background are a series of portraits of her face in a state of tossing and movement, all in a green hue.
First Person

The Right to Breathe

I think of the moment I was born, how I must not have cared at all how loud I screamed. I needed to breathe. I needed everyone to know I was here.

xoai pham May 31, 2021 5 Comments
In a diagonal collage, Daniela Sea is at age 7 in the woods, then staring as Max in the L Word, and finally a recent photo that is a close up of their face being held in their hands.
The L Word TV Feature

Daniel Sea On “The L Word,” Gender Identity, and Imagining Queer Liberation

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Drew Burnett Gregory May 31, 2021 62 Comments
Podcasts The L Word

To L and Back Podcast Interrogation Tapes Episode and Guess What We’re Going Live Tomorrow

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Riese May 31, 2021 7 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: What to Call the Person You’re… You Know…

The anxious-avoidant’s guide to whether you’re hanging out, sleeping together, seeing each other, involved, going on dates together, or — gulp — dating.

Ryan Yates May 30, 2021 9 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Hedonistic AF

The collective summer horniness is for dating as well as orgies — but here’s how to go swinging, just in case. (Spoiler alert: it’s not on Twitter.)

Ryan Yates May 30, 2021 3 Comments
In a three-panel black and white comic, Frida's girlfriend looks down at her phone and informs Frida that the groceries have been delivered. Friday masks up to get the groceries from the front door.
Webcomics

Nutshell Studies in Quarantine: Part Two, Spring 2020

Witness the heroic tale of Frida versus the grocery deliveries.

Yumi Yamaguchi May 29, 2021 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

What Is The Meaning of This Dianna Agron Gay Smooching Instagram Photo?!

TELL ME!!!!

Heather Hogan May 28, 2021 44 Comments
Maria and Kristen awaait word from the judges about their dishes, this week on "Top Chef."
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Welcome to the Gayest Episode of Top Chef… Maybe Ever

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