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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

5 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)

5 Hours

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

Film

5 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

Close up of Todd Haynes in black rimmed glasses and an open collar black suit. He's smiling.

movie features

Todd Haynes on “May December,” Queer Community, and Making Art in a Vile World

“My connection with gay women is the through-line of my entire life. But my queer community, as a whole, is not reducible to sexual practice. It’s more attitudinal. It’s the…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Nov 17, 2023

Mutt review: A close up Lio Mehiel with a bandage over their left eyebrow.

movie reviews

“Mutt” Is a Snapshot of Relatable Trans Chaos

The whole cast is fantastic — the history of these three relationships felt so deeply between the performers.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Nov 17, 2023

puzzles

Mini Crossword Was Wearing Buffalo Check First

What’s the difference between a dog and a marine biologist?

Darby Ratliff

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Nov 17, 2023

Candace Parker with her wife Anya and her two children, the photo is from ESPN's "Candace Parker: Unapologetic"

tv reviews

“Candace Parker: Unapologetic” Shows That Behind Every GOAT Is a Love Story

“Unapologetic” may ultimately be a testament to a mother’s love for her children, but it takes the audience on a journey of her career that’s worth relishing.

Natalie

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Nov 16, 2023

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Supreme Court Blocks Florida Drag Ban

For now, the ban continues to not be enforceable.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 16, 2023

politics + activism

Once Again, Journalistic “Objectivity” Is Failing Us — Especially Queer and Other Marginalized Writers

Three queer writers and editors recently resigned from the New York Times Magazine.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 16, 2023

A cropped close up of Reed Erickson, a short man in a black suit stands between two women in dresses. All three half various shades of red hair.

politics + activism

The Complicated History of Reed Erickson, A Different Kind of Trans Resistance

When I think about people who had the power (and money) to do something and then did, I think of Erickson and all he accomplished.

Stef Rubino

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Nov 16, 2023

BOULDER, CO - MAY 01: John and Patsy Ramsey, the parents of JonBenet Ramsey, meet with a small selected group of the local Colorado media after four months of silence in Boulder, Colorado on May 1, 1997. Patsy holds up a reward sign for information leading to the arrest of their daughter's murderer. Their 6-year-old daughter was found dead on Christmas night 1996. (Photo By Helen H. Richardson/ The Denver Post). Photo has over exposure stains on it.

af+

In The Movie Depicting My Childhood

“Legislators pass laws enabling families to control children and defund social services that support them, all in the name of protecting the wealthy, white, girl body. These policies, which are…

Stacy Grover

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Nov 16, 2023