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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

54 Minutes

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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10 Hours

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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10 Hours

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

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Games

Apr 26, 2026

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Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

Present Hour looks at Poet like she wants to devour her.

tv show recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “Class of 09” Is Sending Us Mixed Gay Messages!

Plus updates on Nancy Drew and How I Met Your Father.

Valerie Anne

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Jun 16, 2023

Natasha Lyonne and Melanie Lynsky sit across from each other in Variety's Actors on Actors interview

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Swoon Your Way Into the Weekend With Melanie Lynskey and Natasha Lyonne

They talk about Clea DuVall so much and I promise they will make you laugh within 45 seconds of clicking play.

Heather Hogan

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Jun 16, 2023

Billy in Jagged Mind with her chin resting on her wrist

movie reviews

Lesbian Thriller “Jagged Mind” Is a Haunting Portrayal of Abuse

There’s something so scary about a time loop.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 16, 2023

A woman of color in a blazer in a workplace looks pensive. She has bleach blonde curly hair and multiple tattoos and is on the masc end of gender presentation

af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #84: Cheating With a Guy While Having Gender Feelings

If a date doesn’t suggest a meetup, does that mean they’re not interested? Should you break up over differences in how you relate to sex and desire? What’re tips for…

the team

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Jun 16, 2023

Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson

lgbt book reviews

Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 16, 2023

: A customer walks by a Pride Month merchandise display at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Target has pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise from stores or have moved the seasonal displays to lesser seen areas of their stores to avoid conservative backlash that has threatened workers’ safety. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Queer Target Employees on Just How Scary Pride Month Got

Over 184 vintage Pride photos for all my history heads out there, queer-owned beauty brands, and a near record number of women now believe that abortion should be legal under…

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 15, 2023

The Terrible We by Cameron Awkward-Rich, surrounded by red and orange reaching hands and squiggles

book features

In The Terrible We, Cameron Awkward-Rich Makes Space for Bad Trans Feelings

How do we hold transness and disability together, rather than denying the ways the “bad feelings” like dysphoria and anxiety have historically been a key part of trans thought, art,…

Lauren Herold

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Jun 15, 2023