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Joan of Arc amongst bridesmaids
Comedy

Bridesmaid Dress Alternatives That Scream, “I’m Not on a Gender Journey, I’m on a Journey Through Space and Time”

There are so many alternatives to the Bridesmaids dress your sister picked out!

Riese April 1, 2024 2 Comments
Kayla in a chair on her phone looking frustrated
Comedy

How To Write and Then Delete and Then Rewrite and Then Delete a Text to Your Ex-Girlfriend

Whether you’re trying to send a simple “hey,” the classic “I miss what we had,” or just trying to get back that DVD box set of a season of your favorite television show, this is your one-stop shop for how to write…and then delete…and then rewrite…and then delete a text to your ex-girlfriend.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024
Drew holding a blu-ray of THE BOYS next to a surgeon
Comedy

5 Trans-Affirming Surgeries I Only Want After Watching 90s Winona Ryder Movies

I’m not sure big boobs would feel right for me, but have you seen Winona Ryder in that black bra in Boys? I’d love to have cleavage like that.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 1, 2024 1 Comment
a portrait of Kayla but old
Comedy

8 Eye Creams To Get 21-Year-Olds To Stop Calling You a Queer Elder

The cute girl at the dyke bar asks you “who’s Bette?” Time to pack it up, go home, and apply this eye cream.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 4 Comments
a bigfoot at a microphone
Comedy

Famous Pop Star Comes Out as Gay and Also as a Cryptid Wearing a Human Suit

“We totally called the gay thing,” Kelly Jones, one of Famous Pop Star’s fans, said after the news broke. “The cryptid thing, not so much.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 2 Comments
a woman in bed with Shane
Comedy

5 Sexual Moves That Will Have Her Asking, “Shane?”

Did you come out later in life? Are you looking for a little extra confidence as you wade into the elder millennial dating scene? Shane is here to help.

Riese April 1, 2024 6 Comments
OPINION: Harper Caldwell, In Defense of Harper Caldwell
Comedy

Why Harper in ‘Happiest Season’ Wasn’t Toxic

None of us were at our most generous during December 2020.

Harper Caldwell April 1, 2024 9 Comments
Chuck E. Cheese animatronics with the bi flag behind them
Comedy

Queer History Lesson: Every Member of the Chuck E. Cheese Animatronic Band Was Bisexual

It’s more important than ever that we pay tribute to these bisexual animatronics and their queer legacies.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 3 Comments
A clown painting their face
Comedy

6 Reasons Your Girlfriend Didn’t Come Home Last Night That Aren’t “She’s Cheating On You”

So your girlfriend didn’t come home last night, but that doesn’t mean she cheated on you! It might just mean that she’s a time traveler.

Riese April 1, 2024 4 Comments
Drew shrugging aginst a background of the Capricorn constellation
Comedy

6 Problems I Have Because I’m a Capricorn (And Definitely Not Because of My Relationship with My Parents)

I can be hard on myself but I can also be hard on other people. Sorry, Mom, I’m working on this one.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 1, 2024 1 Comment
Leatherface splashing water on his "face"
Comedy

I Fixed My Acne With a Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Leatherface Killing Mask

The first step to wearing a Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974 Leatherface Killing Mask is finding the mask online.

Riese April 1, 2024 2 Comments
Carmen inserted to a scene from Grey's Anatomy
Comedy

I Was Watching Grey’s Anatomy To Cure My Depression but Instead I Learned How To Perform Brain Surgery

How hard is brain surgery, really, when they let Patrick Dempsey perform it for years?

Carmen Phillips April 1, 2024 5 Comments
A woman gasping with cucumbers behind her
Comedy

It Happened To Me: My Girlfriend Served a Cucumber at a Dinner Party That I’m Pretty Sure We’d Used as a Dildo

It happens to all of us (right? RIGHT?): Sometimes you just have to get f*cked with a vegetable.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024 1 Comment
Drew wearing a crown with a trans flag behind her
Comedy

8 Things That Are Trans Culture Because I Like Them and So Do Two of My Friends

2. Butterfly and seahorse tattoos

Drew Burnett Gregory April 1, 2024 2 Comments
Britt and Motti in swapped wardrobes
Comedy

Give Your Wardrobe a Sustainable Spring Refresh By Stealing From Your Girlfriend’s Closet

Everything you need to give your wardrobe a sustainable spring refresh is already within reach.

Riese April 1, 2024 1 Comment
a woman with a mic and tears coming out of her eyes
Comedy

BREAKING: Local Lesbian Is Sad, Thinks Solution Is To ‘Start Doing Poetry Open Mics’

Janet P. says it was heartbreak that brought her to the “Free Drinks (Two Per Person Limit) Open Mic Night” at McKinney’s Irish Pub.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 1, 2024
a collage of an AI model with red hair
Comedy

I Accidentally Crushed on a Rocket Scientist Lingerie Model Who Was Actually AI-Generated

I hunger for the exploits of smart, beautiful women, and Instagram is happy to feed me. So when she was recommended to me, I foolishly took the profile at face value.

Summer Tao March 17, 2024 4 Comments
Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda: a collage of featured comics against a blue backdrop
Comedy TV Reviews

“Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda” Brings Brilliant Trans Comics to the Famously Transphobic Netflix

Give jobs to trans comics not because it’ll end the protests at your executive offices but because they’re really fucking funny and good at what they do.

Motti March 14, 2024 2 Comments
The author is wearing a binder and posed in a top-like fashion with a dog, there is a collage of the 15 in cobalt blue behind him.
Comedy

Top 15 Most Top Things I Do

13. Have over 100 unread texts

Motti March 5, 2024 5 Comments
The author is posed in a bathing suit drinking a bud light, in front of a cobalt blue background with the number 15 all over.
Comedy

Top 15 Most Bottom Things I Do

2. Reference my “top era,” which only really existed in my mind

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 5, 2024 1 Comment
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