We do lose something when dedicated queer spaces like Into, Girlfriends and SheWired shutter or AfterEllen goes full TERF, but we also lose something when The Awl, The Hairpin and…
Heather Hogan noticed that I had taken up permanent residence in the comments of “Boobs on Your Tube” every Friday, basically writing recaps of my own (I felt lost, Autostraddle…
What to do when your girlfriend keeps talking about breaking up, considering whether to prepare for a life alone, how to move a conversation off of a dating app, discussing…
Not to be one of those divorced people who makes everything about their divorce!, but getting divorced will really teach you that nothing about making something “real” or deciding you’re…
“Stories about huge families full of love, whether nuclear or chosen or just-for-school, were the comfort food of my childhood, and I’m trying to find something similar for my queer…
Carly: I feel like if I confusedly kissed Jennifer Beals, I would also have to move away. Christina: I would have to join WITSEC. I would be like, “Listen, get…
The visual and narrative tension, of course, ramps up the eroticism, but so does Madeline and Nina’s actual relationship, which hasn’t aged in that calm, quiet, mature way we usually…
Brandy and Whitney’s Cinderella is finally coming to Disney+, queer indie game designers, a round up of the anti-trans bills showing up in state legislatures nationwide, and a profile of…
The dialogue isn’t exactly elegant — though there is one deeply quotable moment when Jane’s lesbian teacher asks her what’s wrong and Jane says, “I’m gay and everyone hates me!!!!!!”
Alike is a chameleon, disappearing in the light of her surroundings — purple in the club, green on the bus, pink at home — only ever showing you her profile…
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