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identity

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

“I’ve always identified as straight but in recent years have questioned my identity.”

Summer Tao

1 Hours

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

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

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

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

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News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

A feminine elf-like creature holds a staff in one hand and lefts their other arm up.

geekery

Queer Dungeons & Transgender Dragons: Exploring Gender Through Imagined Worlds

In D&D, your character’s gender is entirely yours to invent. When you’re already embodying the experience of a half-elf or a cat person, playing a person of another gender isn’t…

Rowan Zeoli

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Dec 11, 2023

tv feature

The Best Queer TV Scenes of 2023

What makes a great TV scene? The payoff of seasons-long romantic tension? The perfect needle drop in a climactic moment?

The TV Team

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Dec 11, 2023

A menorah glows on the last night of Hanukkah, the candles almost burnt out, the background complete darkness.

jewish holidays

The Limits and Possibilities of an Anti-Zionist Hanukkah

For me, and so many Jewish people, the lack of certainty, the encouragement of complex discussion, is what connects us to our faith.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 11, 2023

book features

Sex Scenes Belong in Novels: An Interview with Author Ruth Madievsky

“I’ve been working on a new novel which is — you guessed it — about women behaving badly. Or, as my beloved Goodreads prudes will probably think of it: ‘disgusting…

Gen

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Dec 11, 2023

puzzles

Mini Crossword is a Fingersmith

Why was the snowman perusing a bag of carrots?

Emet Ozar

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Dec 11, 2023

1. three women at a holiday party with sparklers. 2. three lit candles with lavender. 3. a holiday elf in the snow. 4. a lit fire pit.

quizzes

Quiz: Which Gay Holiday Archetype Are You?

Are you a Hot Cocoa Mommi, a Fire Pit Butch, a Chaos Elf?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 10, 2023

holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: Things Marketed To My Former Gender That I Actually Want

I was always bad at being a girl but now, with inflation, fast fashion, and heightened capitalism…I am so glad I figured out I was trans years ago.

Reed Motti

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Dec 10, 2023

Sook-hee inserting her thumb in Hideko's mouth

movie features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: “The Handmaiden” Has More Sex Scenes Than You Realize

The horniest parts of The Handmaiden wouldn’t really be called sex scenes by the average viewer and certainly not by the vast majority of straight viewers. But to me, they…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 9, 2023