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AF+ Mini Crossword Flew Too Close to the Sun

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Rebecca Goldstein October 30, 2024
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The Ultimate Guide To Being Happy in a Lesbian Long Distance Relationship

For as long as there are lesbians, there will be lesbians in long distance relationships it seems.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 29, 2024 2 Comments
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Dating

‘My Girlfriend Thinks About Her Ex More Than She Thinks About Me’

My girlfriend will say things like “I know you hate Halloween” but here’s the thing: I feel fine about Halloween. It’s her ex who hates Halloween.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 29, 2024 2 Comments
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Evil Mothers Everywhere

Our latest horror movies depict mothers spiraling when left alone.

Nico October 29, 2024 4 Comments
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Halloween

My Girlfriend and I Went Viral for Dressing as Chappell Roan and a Passenger Seat for Halloween

It was settled as early as August: Britt would be Chappell, and I would be a literal passenger seat. 

Motti October 28, 2024 3 Comments
Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals pose at the original L Word premiere. They have recently started a queer media company together called Run-A-Muck.
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Come On, Ilene! ‘The L Word’ Creator Co-Founds Queer Media Company With Jennifer Beals

Ilene Chaiken and Jennifer Beals have started a queer media company, The Legend of Vox Machina got renewed for a fourth season, a trailer for the SZA/Keke Palmer buddy comedy, Amber Benson reflects on Buffy, and more!

Valerie Anne October 28, 2024 1 Comment
Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta
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Writing a Lesbian Novel Should Have Been Easier. It Wasn’t

Was it cowardice that kept us, in our debut, from writing a queer novel?

Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta
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Saw movie
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I Can’t Watch the ‘Saw’ Films

What I’m saying, I think, is that there are threats worse than death, and Saw reminds me of them.

Vera Blossom October 28, 2024 2 Comments
5 across / 5 letters / Texas Roller ___ (sport league owned and operated by its skaters)
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Rolling the Dice

Specifically, rainbow acrylic polyhedral dice.

Darby Ratliff October 28, 2024
Spirit Halloween animatronics
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Quiz: Which Spirit Halloween Animatronic Are You?

From the same twisted, gorgeous mind who brought you Spirit Halloween Animatronics, Ranked By Lesbianism.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 27, 2024 2 Comments
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An Essay About Poltergeist but Actually It’s About My Dead Mom

Compared to my parents’ volatile relationship, their divorce, and the financial instability that came after it, being scared of ghosts seemed like a waste of time.

Stef Rubino October 26, 2024 8 Comments
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Reine #66: A Good Memory

“Things change. I might not talk to everyone like I used to. But those memories are mine forever.”

Ren Strapp October 26, 2024
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Full-Sized Crossword is Moving In

How are we going to fit all of this stuff into one apartment …?

Darby Ratliff October 26, 2024 1 Comment
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Mike Flanagan Shows, Ranked by Queerness

I came out the same year as The Haunting of Hill House, and it was as if Mike Flanagan handed me a gift for realizing I love women.

Motti October 25, 2024 3 Comments
Drew Burnett Gregory and Elise Bauman dressed for Halloween
Halloween

Drew Burnett Gregory Rates Her Past Halloween Costumes

Before transitioning I would describe my costume choices as a decades-long performance art exploration of masculinity.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 25, 2024 10 Comments
One image shows a person in a suite, the other shows a hand with painted nails holding a red stiletto.
AF+

Can I Ask My Non-Binary Partner to Pretend To Be a Cis Man For My Sister’s Wedding?

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the team October 25, 2024 7 Comments
Joy Oladokun
Music

Don’t Leave Joy Oladokun Out of the Conversation About the Queer Musician Boom

“Being a Black woman, a queer artist in this moment; it cost me my time. It cost me my hair, moments with family.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 25, 2024 3 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Mini Crossword Is Flying High

We’re really putting those airline miles to good use.

Kate Hawkins October 25, 2024
CONFIRMED: NUDES CAN BE PLATONIC
AF+

Good Boys Bonus Episode: The Reality of Platonic Nudes

In this bonus episode of Good Boys, Kylo is joined by Elizabeth Moon for a candid conversation about their platonic nude experience, reclaiming personal agency over their bodies, and balancing attraction in non-romantic relationships.

Good Boys October 24, 2024 2 Comments
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Happy / Death / Day

Breaking the fourth wall does not count as dismantling anything.

Gyasi Hall October 24, 2024
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