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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

8 Hours

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 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

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 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

The Latest

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

8 Hours

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

8 Hours

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

quizzes

Quiz: What’s Your Fate in a Sapphic Christmas Movie?

What will happen to you in a gay af Hallmarky holiday movie? Take the quiz to find out!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 30, 2025

tv show recaps

Pluribus Episode 5 Recap: The Horrors of Biohacking

What’s in those milk cartons?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 29, 2025

A group of models, one wearing a white jacket and jeans sits in a chair as another sits opposite in a chair, also wearing a white jacket and jeans, as a third model sits on the floor wearing black jeans and a black jacket reading a magazine, in a studio fashion shoot for 'Tiger Beat' magazine, United States, circa 1985. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

literature

Things I Read That I Love #342: Ms. Rachel, Free Birthing, Perpetual Stews, British Bake-Off and More

The missing kayaker, everything is television, the difference between audacity and courage, Ruby Tandoh on the charm and machinery behind “The Great British Bake-Off,” making a stew for 75 days…

Riese

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Nov 29, 2025

af+

Is My Fiancée Wrong About Who I Can Invite To Our Wedding?

Her future wife is drawing a boundary around wedding invitations, and her ex is on the outside of it. Also: how to tell a date they have bad breath?

the team

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Nov 28, 2025

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

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Nov 28, 2025

first person

Confessions of a Teenage Twihard

I don’t know when, exactly, I discovered Fanfiction Dot Net, just that when I did, my life changed, opened up, cracked open.

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Nov 27, 2025

a person with a lantern looking out to sea

first person

The Other Frances

I have no delusions that my grandparents would have understood or condoned my transness, but in the wake of their deaths, I found myself longing for their patient non-judgement.

Frances James Dinger

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Nov 27, 2025