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TV Lists

My Top 10 Television Characters: Carmen, Who Never Forgets the Women Who Deserved Better

Is it a coincidence that this list of “women I loved who deserved better” is comprised of women of color — and almost exclusively queer women of color? Given the intertwined histories of sexism, racism, and homophobia in this country, I think not.

Carmen Phillips August 11, 2020 7 Comments
There are 8 squares, each featuring a senior team member jumping, looking earnest and silly. From left to right top, Sarah and then Riese both jump getting some serious air, Carmen stands delicately, Kamala jumps with her tongue sticking out. From left to right on the bottom, Rachel stands still, not jumping eyes closed and smiling, Nicole jumps but not as high as Sarah and Riese, Heather sits in a chair looking at the viewer and finally Laneia smiles with adoration and clutches her heart.
Straddleverse

You Got Us 45% of the Way There in 6 Days, Will You Get Us to 50% Today?

Hi hello fellow gays and queers, lesbians and bisexuals; it is Monday and look where we are! $53,713 of the way to our goal. That’s 45% in six days, people.

Nico August 11, 2020 10 Comments
wayhaught kiss
TV Show Recaps

“Wynonna Earp” Episode 403 Recap: Fight or Flight

Nicole tries to protect the Homestead from a People Eater while Waverly helps Wynonna compete in a Chili Cookoff FOR FREEDOM. This episode is bonkers, y’all.

Valerie Anne August 10, 2020 20 Comments
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Culture

Future Present: Talking with Johanna Hedva About the Luxury of Our Needs

Why do we talk about care as a scarcity model? How do you live with ~the void~? How do we adjust to changing language for identity and in movements? Is America going to end in 2024? All this and more!

Rachel August 10, 2020 15 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Heather Morris Remembers Naya Rivera, Thanks You for Brittana From the Bottom of Her Heart

Also: Lizzo is going to develop some TV projects for Amazon, Zoë Kravitz rightfully calls out Hulu for cancelling High Fidelity, Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson in conversation, and more.

Heather Hogan August 10, 2020 4 Comments
Playlists

Playlist: Musical Theatre for the End of Capitalism

We can end capitalism, and we will do it with showtunes! Because, to quote famed lesbian Elphaba, “Nobody in all of Oz, no wizard that there is or was, is EVER gonna bring me down!”

Ari August 10, 2020 9 Comments
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Podcasts The L Word

“To L and Back” Podcast Episode 501: LGB Tease

We’re back NOW WITH TRANSCRIPTS for Episode 501, in which Jenny refuses a croissant and Tasha calls to say she can’t talk right now and Jodi hates table cloths.

Riese August 10, 2020 11 Comments
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Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Working for Women’s Rights! WERK!

The Schuyler sisters are back to honor the women’s suffrage centennial, Pride week is coming to the Navajo Nation, Kae Tempest is nonbinary, and Queen Latifah on a motorcycle just because you deserve it. Happy Sunday, friends!

Ari August 9, 2020 3 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Having Masked Sex

How Shine Houston made queer porn great, how action and pleasure go together, how to be a better top, what cannabis can do for your masturbation and more.

Ryan Yates August 9, 2020 2 Comments
A hand drawn cartoon of fictional, hot summer week in Portland. The sketches are black and white against a peachy-pink background. One queer partner complains to their other about having to serve a customer at their restaurant who refuses to wear a mask. The temperature outside is 97 degrees. It's HOT and the sun blazes.
Webcomics

Reine #11: Heat Wave

One hot, queer week in the summer of 2020. From face masks, to protests, to cats sleeping on ice packs to beat the heat.

Ren Strapp August 8, 2020 7 Comments
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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Loyal and True

“James is a great man who let Bette Porter yell at him all the time and never complained. He was Bette’s most loyal bottom.”

Darcy August 7, 2020 3 Comments
Politics + Activism

Extra! Extra!: A Race Between Education and Catastrophe

We used this week’s Extra! Extra! to revisit some not-so-distant history, examine the fucked up shit happening in the name of “Homeland Security,” take a look at some of the global headlines that caught our eye and check in on how COVID continues to impact our lives. Finally, we leave you with some good news… a little optimism to carry you into the weekend.

the team August 7, 2020 10 Comments
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TV Reviews

The Second Season of “The Umbrella Academy” Is Here Because It’s Gay

Season Two of The Umbrella Academy finally let Ellen Page reach her full lesbian potential and the show was better for it.

Valerie Anne August 7, 2020 29 Comments
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Sports

Our Favorite WNBA Wubble Couples

Luckily for us, the result of the Wubble is a seemingly endless stream of TikToks and Instagram Stories that give us a peek into the lives of the players.

Frankie de la Cretaz August 7, 2020 15 Comments
Two characters from the show Transparent receive therapy.
AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #16: Your Ex Is Getting Married, Closure is a Myth and More!

Worries about a roommate’s mental health, thinking of dating after almost a decade of being single, evangelical parents and bisexuality, what to call your girlfriend when she dominates you, and more.

the team August 7, 2020 12 Comments
The cast of Amazon's new series A League of Their Own, based on the movie of the same name, dressed in costume. From Left to Right: Abbi Jacobson, Chanté Adams, D’Arcy Carden, and Gbemisola Ikumelo
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: There’s No Crying in Baseball but There Are Gays in Amazon’s A League of Their Own

An Officially Gay League Of Their Own!! Also: queers are now leaving “the big city” by choice, creating boundaries with your friends is especially important right now, and Michelle Obama on managing her depression.

Carmen Phillips August 6, 2020 14 Comments
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Culture

Culture Of Resistance: Tending The Garden, Ending Grind Culture

People who are overworked, under resourced and overwhelmed do not question, do not push back, do not revolt. How do we dismantle grind culture and cultivate a new culture of rest to collectively sustain our focus on the future?

LaLa Drew August 6, 2020 13 Comments
Gemma Arterton as Alice and Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Vera, sitting together in a field laughing in the film Summerland.
Movie Reviews

“Summerland” Is An Escapist Gay Melodrama And That Might Just Be Enough

There is charm to be had in watching two phenomenally talented straight actresses play out a lesbian relationship in the kind of wartime melodrama that is so often straight and white.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 6, 2020 11 Comments
Dating

What We Wish We’d Known Before We Started Gay Dating

“You don’t have to be friends with the girl you met on Tinder (even if she says “wanna be friends instead?” after two dates and some exceedingly mediocre sex).”

the team August 6, 2020 14 Comments
Nancy Pelosi and the house Democrats kneel on the House of Representative floor while wearing kente cloth, this is an example of performative allyship.
Politics + Activism

How to Avoid Performative Allyship: The Moment Is Over, Time to Join the Movement

Performative allyship isn’t helping. If you’re interested in building more than just a “woke” brand and want to be part of lasting, systemic change, here’s where to start.

Abbie Jones August 6, 2020 10 Comments
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