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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Stands With Enby

Starting and maintaining online and long-distance relationships, the impacts of your attachment style, mourning your “almost” relationships and more.

Ryan Yates December 6, 2020 4 Comments
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Recipes

The Dyke Kitchen: Bold, Tingly, Spicy Mapo Tofu

When I went to college at Oberlin, where my parents met, I found out that my mom had not only been in the MOST hippie-dippie of co-ops, which was appropriately vegan, but was the head tofu maker there too. So I began to learn what she loves about tofu.

Kamala Puligandla December 5, 2020 19 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #80: Meet Me For Infinite Tea

I have this reoccurring dream, where I run into my grandma while taking a walk. I’m missing the reunions we could have had this year, and looking at this separateness with bitter-sweet intention.

Yao Xiao December 5, 2020 8 Comments
In "Filthy Rich" Daisy, a woman with a brunette ponytail, kisses Becky, a blonde woman with her hair swept to the side, at the lower part of her neck. It's small and intimate.
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Binge “Filthy Rich” and This Tawdry Christian Gay Love Affair Is Yours

Plus updates on “Station 19” and both seasons of “Coroner,” get in here!

The TV Team December 5, 2020 20 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: What Do We Actually Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout?

This week’s Extra! Extra! returns with some LGBTQ+ news from both sides of the Atlantic; an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the havoc it’s wreaking in so many areas of life and the vaccine arms race; and rapidly deteriorating situations the world over.

the team December 4, 2020 32 Comments
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Christmas Movie Features

Home Alone for the Holigays: Watch “Black Christmas” with Dani Janae

Welcome to Home Alone for the Holigays! Where our writers welcome you to spend the day with them virtually and live-tweet one of their favorite holiday films. Come kick it with Dani, watch Black Christmas and have a mocktail or two.

danijanae December 4, 2020
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TV Reviews

“Euphoria” Returns With a Wonderful and Frustrating Zendaya Tour De Force

I ship Zendaya’s Rue and Hunter Schafer’s Jules like some people shipped Brittana.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 4, 2020 4 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Re-Watching Elliot Page Movies

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Darcy December 4, 2020 26 Comments
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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #24: How to Have Your Acrylic Nails And Do It All, Too

“THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT, DO NOT PUT THE BOILING HOT TEA BAGS ON YOUR EYELIDS!!!” Queer advice on breaking up with someone over social distancing opinions as well as advice on pressure from friends to hang out in-person instead of staying home (during this here pandemic), returning to writing after a betrayal, recovering from a good cry, and more!

the team December 4, 2020 5 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Is “Noted TERF Cesspool” AfterEllen Actually Gone or Is It Just a Tech Error?

Ding Dong! The Witch (Might Be) Dead! Also: some judgement free advice on how to keep everyone around you safe if you traveled home last week for Thanksgiving, and mourning all of our “almost” romantic relationships.

Carmen Phillips December 3, 2020 24 Comments
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AF+ Sex

S L I C K: Constellations # 6 Bennett & Paige Go Slow

Special? Of course she was special. She was their partner, their most precious relationship, their lover of nearly ten years, their most trusted confidant. She smelled like a combination of lavender and musk, with this particular tenderness that still made Bennett’s knees weak and that growl start to build deep in their body.

Sinclair Sexsmith December 3, 2020 3 Comments
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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: The Word of the Year

The word of the year is… depends on who you ask. Plus, being very gay online, a trans-only writing class, getting back into journalling and more.

Ryan Yates December 3, 2020 3 Comments
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Health

Does the Science Back Us Up on Period Syncing, or Is This One More Thing 2020 Will Take From Us?

Supposedly, folks who go together flow together. But does the science of period syncing hold up?

Ro White December 3, 2020 15 Comments
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TV Reviews

Peacock’s “Saved By The Bell” Reboot Is a Queer and Loving Skewering of the Original Series

“Does this place ever stop being weird?!?”

Heather Hogan December 3, 2020 6 Comments
A photo of Tiffany Cabán, a queer latina with a long pony-tail, looks over her shoulder and her parka hood as she crosses the street.
Politics + Activism

Queer Latina Tiffany Cabán Is Running For NYC Council, Bringing Hope To 2021

She ran a progressive campaign for Queens DA that put New York’s establishment on notice, and now has NYC Council in sight. “It’s not about good people or bad people, it’s just about people. We need to divest from policing and incarceration and invest in the true sources of safety.”

Christian December 3, 2020 2 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Let’s Get Balanced: A Tarot Spread & Reading for Sagittarius Season

We are all tangled, delicious mysteries, and Sagittarius wants us to both enjoy all that we do not understand about ourselves and take the space we need to investigate and consider, to find joy in flexibility, to wander and dream and transform.

meg December 3, 2020
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Aweng Ade-Chuol’s “Modern (Queer) Fairytale” Is The Love Story You Need Today

Your first look at Euphoria’s special episode; you might be mad about it, but you and every gay sure did watch Happiest Season; Starfire’s goth lesbian daughter; Olivia Coleman making a jolly threat to drive Gillian Anderson off a cliff on the set of The Crown; and more!

Heather Hogan December 2, 2020 5 Comments
AF+ Holigays

Happy Holigays: Celebrate with A+ and 25+ Exclusive Discounts at Places You Love

We’re so excited to have put together over 25 opportunities exclusive for A+ members to save at some of our favorite places while supporting makers & business owners you can feel good about — get in here now to grab clothing, leather, jewelry, art, custom services and a LOT of sex toys. Haven’t joined A+ yet? A+ memberships start at just $4/month!

The Editors December 2, 2020 8 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Janelle Monáe Wants Your Birthday Wishes in Her Birthday Suit

Well hello most glorious day, Happy Birthday Janelle Monáe!! Also, honestly, we don’t care if it’s sponson if Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash are going to keep being this cute at it — and somehow Janet Mock personally hired the sun to bless her thigh.

Christina Tucker December 2, 2020 17 Comments
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Webcomics

Foolish Child #85: Happiest Season

“ARE YOU F*CKING WITH ME AGAIN???”

Dickens December 2, 2020 10 Comments
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