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How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?

My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books were.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 3, 2024 18 Comments
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Webcomics

Reine #63: Parent of Three

Dedicated to all the queer pet parents out there!

Ren Strapp August 3, 2024 1 Comment
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Music

Billie Eilish Doesn’t Have To Guess the Color of Charli XCX’s Underwear

Brat Summer just got soooooo much gayer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 2, 2024 8 Comments
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AF+

I Think My Girlfriend Is Cheating On Me With Her Work Wife

The knowing glances, the closeness, the fact that she’s your girlfriend’s type…??? Also, can you transition from exes to friends with a longterm gf if you’re still really mad?

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Sports

Can We Take a Minute To Agree That the Olympics’ Women’s Football Gays Are Playing So Amazing

We’re one week into the Olympic Games in Paris and it’s time to get deep into the state of the women’s football tournament. Also: How many medals the gays have won, Simone Biles delivering the shade MyKayla Skinner deserved, we are all rugby fans now, and more from week one of the 2024 Paris Olympics!

Natalie August 1, 2024 4 Comments
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Health

Why We Shouldn’t Be Overly Dismissive of Self-Diagnosis

The healthcare system has a longstanding reputation for mistreating queer people, and self-diagnosis can provide agency even with its shortcomings.

Summer Tao August 1, 2024 4 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for August 2024

The full moon in Aquarius on August 19 contains a lot of illuminating contradictions. Find out what to expect from this month astrologically.

Nicoletta August 1, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Lists TV Lists

August 2024: What’s New and Gay to Stream

We’ve got a new reality show with a lesbian contestant, a queer best friend in A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, new seasons of Bel-Air, Emily in Paris and The Umbrella Academy, and surprisingly a bit more!

Riese August 1, 2024 6 Comments
Movie Lists Sports

22 Olympics Documentaries For People Who Watch Women’s Sports (Everyone)

There are so many excellent documentaries telling the stories of women’s sports at the Olympics: basketball, soccer, volleyball, gymnastics, figure skating, surfing, swimming, ski jumping, running and more.

Riese July 31, 2024 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Ashlyn Harris and Sophia Bush Sure Are Having a Romantic Trip in Paris

Plus, Chappell Roan is also having a BRAT summer and more celesbian goss from Instagram.

Christina Tucker July 31, 2024 2 Comments
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Lesbian Sex

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Like all sex acts, masturbation isn’t just about sex.

Summer Tao July 31, 2024
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Music

The Chappell Roanaissance Continues: Lesbian Pop Icon Has SIX Songs in the Hot 100 This Week

The Billboard Hot 100 is looking very HOT TO GO!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 30, 2024 2 Comments
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TV Reviews

Sexy, Witchy, Revengey ‘Domino Day: Lone Witch’ Seduces With Its Story of Self-Discovery

Brought to life by bisexual British-Caribbean creator Lauren Sequeira, Domino Day: Lone Witch follows the titular character as she learns the true and potentially dangerous nature of her powers while contending with forces determined to eliminate her.

Nic July 30, 2024 3 Comments
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Breakups

‘I Want To Break Up With My Girlfriend but We’re Co-Workers’

“Feeling like I can’t break up with her is making me so unhappy, which makes me want to break up more!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 30, 2024 1 Comment
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LGBT Book Reviews

The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum

As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture since the end of World War II.

Stef Rubino July 30, 2024 5 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

WayHaught is Back and (Way)Hotter Than Ever in ‘Wynonna Earp: Vengeance’ Trailer

The trailer for ‘Wynonna Earp: Vengeance’ shows WayHaught as wives, MUNA’s Katie Gavin’s upcoming solo album, Susan Sarandon playing a cat lady, and more queer news for you.

Valerie Anne July 29, 2024 9 Comments
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TV Reviews

Netflix’s ‘The Decameron’ Is a Horny Romp With a Sweet Sapphic Storyline

From the brilliant mind that brought us Teenage Bounty Hunters, Kathleen Jordan’s latest treasure, The Decameron, is an absurd dark comedy set in the 14th century.

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Health

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I hope the lesson from this journey is to advocate for yourself to access the testing, results, treatments, therapy, and providers that you need and deserve.

Katie July 29, 2024 4 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Friend Group From Queer TV Is Your Group Chat?

I’m a Group Chat Gay by which I mean I am spewing gay nonsense in a minimum of three group chats with fellow screamy gays at any given time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 28, 2024 8 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Elon Musk’s Daughter Wants Him To Shut Up, Too

Vivian Jenna Wilson, daughter of Elon Musk, is letting him have it.

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