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Holigays 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 December 9, 2024 77 Comments
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Holigays Shopping

Drew Burnett Gregory’s Favorite Things: What To Buy for the Femme Who Loves Queer Films

Drew shares her favorite things she owns, which you can buy for the femme cinephile in your life this holigay season!

Drew Burnett Gregory December 9, 2024 2 Comments
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Christmas Movie Reviews

‘A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter’ Makes the Yuletide Gay and Horny

Sabrina Carpenter gives the gays everything they want this Christmas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 9, 2024 2 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which ‘Wicked’ Character Are You?

DON’T text me unless it’s about holding space for Defying Gravity.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 8, 2024 10 Comments
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Movie Reviews

‘(This Is Not) A Christmas Movie’ Is Not a Very Good Christmas Movie, but It Does Have a Queer Sex Scene

The Dutch comedy attempts to destroy the typical holiday movie formula but self-destructs in the process.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 7, 2024 4 Comments
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Book Lists

13 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

These stories make you want to curl up on the couch in a thick sweater with a mug of your favorite hot chocolate while sitting next to your twinkling Christmas tree.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 7, 2024 9 Comments
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AF+

Should I Hold Space For My Ex-Friend Detailing All The Times I Hurt Them

What do you owe someone during a friend breakup? Also, a reader wonders about the right time to ask if someone’s interested in dating them.

the team December 6, 2024
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Movie Reviews

In ‘Power Alley,’ Bodily Autonomy Is a Team Sport

While the plot is primarily focused on abortion access, the film is also an essential portrait of another overly politicized issue: trans teens in sports.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 6, 2024 1 Comment
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Holigays Shopping

A Gift Guide for Your Favorite Iced Coffee Loving Queer

I have been known to don a pair of fingerless gloves just to have a better grip on the freezing cold plastic cup from my favorite coffee place that holds the sweet, cold elixir I consider my emotional support beverage.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 6, 2024 1 Comment
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Politics + Activism

Trump’s Cabinet Picks Ranked by the Raw Terror I Feel in My Soul When I Look Into Their Eyes

We’ve got an anti-vaxxer with a literal worm in his brain, a Christian Nationalist axe-thrower, a World Wrestling Federation founder, a former log-roller reality TV star, Marco F*cking Rubio and so many more bigoted losers nominated for Trump’s cabinet.

Riese December 6, 2024 18 Comments
Book Lists

10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

From trans memoirs that revel in the beauty of transition to sci-fi novels, manga, and quiet literary dramas that give us a reason to be proud, these books remind us that being trans is, in fact, a celebration!

Willow Heath December 5, 2024 4 Comments
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TV Reviews

‘Born for the Spotlight’ Should Be Your Next Queer TV Obsession

Born for the Spotlight follows a group of actresses as they navigate the Taiwanese entertainment industry while juggling their interpersonal lives. Think Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants meets Big Little Lies meets The Idol.

Rendy Jones December 5, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie Features

A Queer History of the Twilight Saga

The Twilight franchise’s queerest impulses were found in its beginning and its ending.

Lisa Laman December 5, 2024 4 Comments
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Music

12 Spotify Wrapped Microgenres AI Could Never Come Up With

I’m here to provide twelve alternate subgenres that actually mean something. To me, anyway.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2024 6 Comments
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From clay projects to candle making, here’s what you need to DIY your holiday gifts this year!

Em Win December 4, 2024 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Ali Krieger Is Grateful For Your Love, Sick Of “Dishonesty and Misinformation”

And more queer celebrity updates from IG!

Christina Tucker December 4, 2024 6 Comments
Movie Lists

From ‘Calamity Jane’ to ‘Wicked’: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals

To celebrate the release of Wicked here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2024 36 Comments
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AF+ Queer Pregnancy

Baby Steps #2: Telling Chosen Family, Bonding With Heterosexuals and a Lot of Dog Feelings

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn babies know when you are sad? Plus, Gretchen answers a reader question about how she came around to wanting to be a parent (it includes a Rock Bottom and the World’s Worst Dog)!

Riese December 3, 2024 22 Comments
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Lesbian Dating Apps

‘I Want To Sext a Stranger for Self-Discovery’

“Last year, in my 30s, I started a self-discovery process that has included getting on dating apps after not dating since I was a teenager.”

Nico December 3, 2024 3 Comments
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Holigays Shopping

Gifts for Cozy Season at Every Price Point

From stocking stuffers to luxury items, we’ve got cozy season picks from $5-100+ so you can live your most snug and warm life.

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