The Four Robots You Meet in Quarantine
One thing that’s been great about quarantine is that everyone has gotten to spend more time with the robots in their life!
The Comment Awards Are Nipple Confident
“I wish I were a Magnificent Melissa, but if we’re being honest, I’m at BEST a Smiling Rob.”
Scenes from a Gender: Illustrated Moments of Trans Womanhood
Four scenes from my life as a trans femme.
Into the A+ Advice Box #15: So Your Boss Sent a Hurtful Email About You
Broken up with during quarantine, exploring your sexuality in quarantine, feeling concerned about being “okay” in quarantine, sage advice for parents of a non-binary kid and more!
S L I C K: Sizzling Erotica Round-Up
Life moves fast. Time is a warp. It’s possible that you missed some of these tension-filled erotic S L I C K moments. Join A+ so you can read the slow, tight tension — right before the frenzy — that I love to revisit.
The Santana Lopez Moments That Changed Our Lives — And The World
“She raises both hands to the orchestra and she smiles into the audience. She nearly breaks her face in two because she knows, she really knows, that she did it. She’s the star.”
Did Dakota Johnson Come Out as Bisexual, or Just Hang Out With Cara Delevingne?
Or are they the same thing??????
Also.Also.Also: How the Thumb Ring Became Gay Culture
Elena Delle Donne’s ongoing struggle with the WNBA, a collection of some of the most moving and queer tributes to Naya Rivera, Mrs. Frizzle’s queer legacy, and more.
My Top 10 Favorite Lesbian Films: Valerie Anne, Who Loves a Cheesy Movie and Won’t Apologize For It
I swear the Blockbuster cashiers knew I was gay before anyone else in my life.
GLAAD 2020 Film Report: Mainstream Movies Continue to Ignore Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer and Trans Women
Of 118 major studio releases in 2019, 15 included gay men, eight included lesbian or bisexual women, and zero included trans characters.
Lez Liberty Lit: Values-Driven Art Making
The past and future of trans narratives, a new Black-owned bookstore in the Twin Cities, updates on everyone’s pandemic diaries and more.
Yes All Cops, Even Olivia Benson
Law and Order: SVU presents Olivia Benson as a savior of survivors, and as a kid she was my hero. Later, I came to acknowledge that the cops cannot, will not, and do not want to save us — they’re harmful and unnecessary.
My Top 10 Television Characters: Heather Hogan, Who Loves a Tough Exterior and a Gooey Marshmallow Center
Anne Lister is that dyke.
Pop Culture Fix: Ali Liebert Is Making the Hallmark-y Lesbian Christmas Movie of Your Sugar Plum Dreams
Glee’s cast remembers Naya Rivera, She-Ra showrunner Noelle Stevenson is non-binary, Scooby-Doo’s Velma is a lesbian, and HBO Max is making a When Katie Met Cassidy film.
Foolish Child #76: You Don’t Need to Justify Your Grief
“What right do I have to feel grief over this? It’s not my loss.”
No Filter: Frankly, 2020 Owes Us These Photos of Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris
Also, Melissa King’s dog is Top Chef, Rahae is single handedly bringing back hats, and Janet Mock remembers Paris.
8 of the Strongest, Rumbliest Vibrators for When Your Love Affair With the Magic Wand Ends
These vibrators are strong. Really really strong.
Also.Also.Also: Will Thailand Become the First Southeast Asian Country to Legalize Same-Sex Partnerships?
The WNBA’s abbreviated schedule for the season was released, new music from The Chicks is only a few days away after 14 years, a fund for Black trans women artists, and did the American Girl company steal the identity of a nonbinary astronomer for a doll??
You Need Help: How Do I Stop Getting Emotionally Attached to My Pandemic Crush?
Part of decentering romantic relationships from our lives, part of being independent, part of seeking a kind of individuality that cisheteropatriarchy denies, has to include removing a value judgement from these very things.
Criterion’s “Portrait Of A Lady on Fire” Release Is Incredible — We Still Deserve More
Portrait of a Lady on Fire is only the third film in the Criterion Collection to feature queer women that’s actually directed by a queer woman.