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A hand drawn cartoon of three friends, split into three panels, where two Black friends joke with their non-Black friend about how nervous people get when Black people joke about race.
Webcomics

Foolish Child #78: We Got Jokes

“You know I can’t tell when you’re making Black people jokes!”

Dickens August 12, 2020 19 Comments
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Straddleverse

Get These Limited Edition Fundraiser Perks While You Can!

Look at all the cool things you could buy during our last fundraiser of 2020! Get your holigay shopping done early! Tell a friend!

Laneia August 12, 2020 4 Comments
Sex Education, Jean to Florence: "Sex doesn't make us whole."
First Person

Coming Out Twice: On Being Gay and Asexual in a World Without Representation

Every asexual person has a moment when the recognition sets in. Those moments would come a lot easier if asexuality was more prominent in pop culture.

Jessica Vazquez August 12, 2020 35 Comments
Kirsten Harris-Talley, who is running for public office in Seattle, sits on green grass in a yellow sweater and matching beanie, while she looks up into the sunlight.
Politics + Activism

Q & A With Kirsten Harris-Talley, A Queer Black Scorpio Femme and State Rep Candidate

Kirsten Harris-Talley is an organizing phenom, queering notions of political leadership — what can a “serious” political figure value publicly?

Anis Gisele August 12, 2020 4 Comments
Jen Richards and Rebekah Cheyne are posing for their engagement photo. Both are wearing sunglasses and Jen's hand is in a fist near her cheek, showing off her engagement ring. They are both smiling like "Love wins" after all!
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Breaking News! Jen Richards Got Engaged! And It’s the Cutest Thing!

Jen Richards and Rebekah Cheyne are engaged! Also, Sara Ramirez basically said “suns out buns out,” Janet Mock and Janelle Monae simply refuse to remove their feet from my neck!

Christina Tucker August 12, 2020 11 Comments
Three women at voting booths. The woman in the center is looking up at the camera, concerned.
Politics + Activism

34 Feelings You Have About Voting For Joe Biden

“I would vote for a dead dog if it was running against Trump.”

Riese August 12, 2020 30 Comments
Kamala Harris smiles off to the side in front of the United States flag. Her resemblance to Bette Porter running for Mayor of Los Angeles is uncanny.
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Kamala Harris Picked as VP, Officially Becomes Straight Bette Porter

Kamala Harris has become first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent to be nominated for national office by a major party. (Also, did you know, women of color are running for congress at an all-time high? I like to call it the “Squad Effect.”)

Carmen Phillips August 11, 2020 24 Comments
A woman in a red turtle neck has her arms outstretched, one holding a red tomato and the other holding a red rabbit style vibrator.
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QUIZ: Tomato Variety or Sex Toy?

Who names tomato varieties, and why are they so horny?

Isabella Rotman August 11, 2020 26 Comments
A worried-looking Black woman with natural hair and glasses looking off to the side while she holds her hand to her mouth pensively.
Friendship

You Need Help: My Friend Has a Crush on Me

“She promised not to make things awkward between us, since she knows I’m not available, and hoped it wouldn’t make things awkward on my end – but here’s the problem. It is awkward!”

danijanae August 11, 2020 10 Comments
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
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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
Image is split in two with the "To L and Back" logo in the middle. On the left, Alice and Tina are at a party at The Planet. On the right, Jodi is in her loft, smiling.
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
Ari's homemade graphic design (They're working on building their skills!) of the Schuyler sisters from Hamilton, posed in their infamous "Werk!" line with their right hands above their head, snapping in air, against a neon rainbow background.
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
A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"
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
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