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Culture

17 Very Good Queer Meme Instagram Accounts to Follow

Good queer memes will make you smile and laugh and cry and accept the mortifying ordeal of being known.

Vanessa December 17, 2019 8 Comments
Book Lists Holigays

8 Cute Queer Holiday Romances to Snuggle up with this Holigay Season

More than one book involves lesbians falling in love while bonding over a cute festive pet.

Casey December 17, 2019 6 Comments
Gender

You Need Help: How To Be A Trans Lesbian

Make sure to be kind and generous to yourself, give yourself plenty of time to process all of these important feelings, and don’t rush it!

Abbie Jones December 16, 2019 11 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q

The “To L and Back” L Word®: Generation Q Podcast Event Was So Much Fun

You all looked GREAT!

Riese December 16, 2019 7 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Gen Q Podcast Episode 102

“Do we discuss issues of representation around trans lesbians, trans sex, and Latinx families? Yes. Do we discuss high-waisted pants and threesomes? Also yes.”

Drew Burnett Gregory December 16, 2019 4 Comments
Book Lists

80 of the Best Queer, Lesbian and Bisexual Books of the Decade

It sure has been a decade! Mainstream publishing has become much more open to queer stories, especially perhaps in YA, and the drive and determination of indie and queer publishing projects has meant that less saleable work that is sometimes more resonant to our lives has been able to make it to our shelves. Here are some of the brightest highlights!

Rachel December 16, 2019 13 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q TV Show Recaps

“The L Word: Generation Q” Episode 102 Recap: Less Is More

This episode has everything: pool sex, Olivia Thirlby, fun poppy lesbians, Jamie Clayton, the flu, Jillian Mercado, divorce papers, a gift card, an engagement party and a traditional lesbian building furniture with her bare hands!

Riese December 15, 2019 151 Comments
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Jillian Mercado Is Queer: Model, Activist and Gen Q Actress Comes Out on Instagram

“Being a woman, having a disability, being Dominican, and finally I can add to that magical layer being queer.” — Welcome to the Magic Club, Jillian!

Carmen Phillips December 15, 2019 6 Comments
Emperatrix and Nicki Honey
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Cooking for Orgies and Other Large Parties

The ’70s orgy cookbook you never knew you needed. Plus: the best sex toys of 2019, how to have a sex dream and more.

Ryan Yates December 15, 2019 48 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Kissing Girls In Wedding Commercials

Happy Sunday, we’ve got some lesbians kissing in commercials, the best queer TV of the decade, Tracy Chapman holiday music, and more!

Ari December 15, 2019 23 Comments
Culture

Wmn Zine: What It Means To Be A “Rural Lesbian”

Wmn Zine, the love letter to lesbians created by Jeanette Spicer, Florencia Alvarado, and Sarah Duell, is the exploring the radical nature of the word “lesbian.”

Lauren Parker December 14, 2019 13 Comments
Webcomics

Grease Bats: Small Successes

“It feels like whenever something good happens, there’s still so much work to do.”

Archie December 14, 2019 8 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Pondering The Meaning of Juicy Fruit

“I, for one, would like to know what became of Sounder 2.”

Darcy December 13, 2019 18 Comments
Straddleverse

Tell Us About Your Impulse Buys, This Is A Safe Space

No, but really, who can be trusted in a CVS?

Christina Tucker December 13, 2019 72 Comments
Issues

Trans Women of Color Organizers Are Building a Movement to Decriminalize Sex Work in D.C.

These trans women activists have banded together in support of a city council bill that, if passed, would decriminalize consensual sex work in D.C. for people who are 18 and older, building grassroots power for their own communities.

Neesha Powell-Twagirumukiza December 13, 2019 6 Comments
Holigays

Five Perfect Holiday Gifts for the 8,000 Spiders Who Raised You in That Damp Cave

Check out this list so you don’t have to phone it in again this year by getting your 8,000 mothers another handful of flies!

Seth Rubin December 13, 2019 34 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” 409 Recap: Cast Lili Reinhart in a Horror Movie, You Cowards

Betty gets an incredible horror storyline, but it doesn’t have enough time to breathe.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 12, 2019 3 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Some Cheer For Your Sad Friends

You might not be able to cure your buddy’s sadness, but you can definitely bring some holiday cheer into heart this season.

Ari December 12, 2019 46 Comments
Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Gifts for Your Fave Baby Gay

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a newly-out baby gay must be in want of rainbow-bedecked everything. Here’s a guide to the easiest holiday shopping you’ll ever do.

Lisa A.C. Ryan December 12, 2019 5 Comments
AF+

Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #27

Tell us, do you have any superstitions?

The Editors December 12, 2019 12 Comments
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