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Lesbian Sex

What Is Consensual Non-Consent Kink?

Consensual non-consent (CNC) is an umbrella term for fantasies and sex acts that mimic dubious or otherwise compromised consent.

Summer Tao May 23, 2025 3 Comments
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Movie Features

These Queers Saw the TV Glow

A year after its release, many trans people credit Jane Schoenbrun’s I Saw the TV Glow for inspiring major changes in their lives.

Juan Barquin May 23, 2025 2 Comments
Andor series finale
TV Reviews

An Explicitly Anti-Fascist, Queer TV Series Became the Best ‘Star Wars’ in Decades

It feels like a small miracle that a show like Andor got to exist. An expensive as hell, explicitly anti-fascist, openly queer, and intelligently plotted spy thriller set in one of the biggest media franchises in history feels like it shouldn’t exist, but it did, and it was wonderful.

Nic Anstett May 22, 2025 5 Comments
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TV Feature

Sabrina Wu Felt Like Tom Cruise on the Set of ‘Murderbot’

Comedian Sabrina Wu talks doing stunts and pulling stunts — and Alexander Skarsgård’s reaction to their outfit homage.

Rendy Jones May 22, 2025 3 Comments
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Book Features

Charlie Claire Burgess Understands Why You Might Hate Religion

In their new book Queer Devotion, Charlie Claire Burgess joins a robust tradition of queer and trans people reclaiming religious symbolism for ourselves.

Emma Cieslik May 22, 2025 3 Comments
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AF+ Movie Features

Out the Movies: Why Do I Define Transness By Rejection?

My trans story is no longer one of romantic rejection and yet these films are still where I project connection.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 22, 2025 2 Comments
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TV News & Trailers

Meet the The Ultimatum: Queer Love Season 2’s Marriage-Obsessed and Marriage-Avoidant Cast

Meet the six queer couples who have made the very brave decision to participate in the second season of Netflix’s bananapants reality dating show, The Ultimatum Queer Love.

Riese and Drew Burnett Gregory
May 21, 2025 22 Comments
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TV Reviews

King Princess Makes Her Acting Debut on ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’, a Show That Technically Exists

Maybe I’m being too harsh. Maybe there’s a place for bad TV that hates itself and hates its audience.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 21, 2025 4 Comments
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Music

‘LEAVE ME ALONE’ I’m Listening to the New Reneé Rapp Single

Rapp’s first official single in two years is out now. Obviously, it’s gay gay GAY.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 21, 2025 2 Comments
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First Person

Summer Is for the Midwest Princess

The only job a 16-year-old lifeguard really has is to kiss their coworkers and fuck around. Sadly, I took this job far more seriously than I should’ve.

Em Win May 21, 2025
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Kristen Kish Is Eating Beaver Tails

Also I want a show about the Da Brat/Jesseca Harris-Dupart + Jessica Betts/Niecy Nash friendship.

Christina Tucker May 21, 2025
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Making Book Recommendations

The sheer quantity of literary content squeezed into this tiny puzzle is pretty impressive tbh.

Darby Ratliff and Rachel
May 21, 2025
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Pop Culture Fix

Praise the Wilderness! Yellowjackets Has Finally Been Renewed for a Fourth Season

Yellowjackets renewed, new queer music from Reneé Rapp, Lorde, and Miley Cyrus, how to watch queer movies at NewFest Pride, and more!

Valerie Anne May 20, 2025
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for Gemini Season 2025

Gemini season is a time of heightened fantasy, rapid communication, and conflicting views. Find out what it means for your sign!

G Weaver May 20, 2025 2 Comments
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AF+ TV Reviews

Dykes Discuss ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’

Two lesbian “scholars” of reality television weigh in on season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Who’s the best villain? Who seems GAY? Let’s discuss.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Christina Tucker
May 20, 2025 6 Comments
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TV Reviews

College Is for Finding Yourself. ‘Overcompensating’ Knows That Process Can Be Hell

There is no perfect path to queerness. Oftentimes, it is shitty and gross.

Taylor Crumpton May 20, 2025 3 Comments
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Book Features

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Alison Bechdel talks fame, privilege, and returning to old characters for her new work of autofiction.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 20, 2025 9 Comments
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Book Features Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Author Taylor Jenkins Reid Comes Out As Bisexual, Just Like Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” is one of the most successful sapphic novels of all time — and with her queer space thriller “Atmosphere” debuting this June, Reid has come out as bisexual.

Riese May 19, 2025 9 Comments
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AF+ Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarot Reading: What Summer Has in Store for Your Love Life

Plus, ever dream about cults? It might mean it’s time for you to break free of social conformity and embrace difference.

Autumn Fourkiller May 19, 2025 2 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

‘The Last of Us’ Episode 206 Recap: It’s Her Party (And We’ll Cry if We Want To)

In the penultimate episode of season two of The Last of Us, we go on a journey through time with Joel and Ellie across the last five years.

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May 19, 2025 6 Comments
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