Lez Liberty Lit: Everything Is Content
How feminist bookstores changed history, why public libraries are getting less classist, mental models for queerness and more.
The Sports That Made You Gay, Ranked
28 very gay sports in very gay order.
You Are Not the Only Queer Christian, I Swear to God
That’s what friendships with queer and trans Christians have taught me: it is blessed indeed to want more, more of everything, more love and more gender and more faith and more life.
La Boda Jota #3: What’s a Fat Tomboy Femme to Wear on Her Wedding Day?
The first question people asked me when I got engaged was what I was going to wear to the wedding. My impulse reaction was to blurt out, “how the fuck should I know?”
Brown, Queer, Sad, Strange, and a Skilled Practitioner of Each
I found a different self slowly, learned to exist as if with many different goggles on at once. Always speaking from my mother’s kitchen in the Silicon Valley and, at the same time, my grandmother’s crowded living room in Punjab. In these years, I would feel the sharpness of many kinds of difference, marginalization. But when I looked down at myself for signs of why I felt so other, all I would find was the color of my hands.
Pop Culture Fix: Tessa Thompson Will Star in “Avengers 4,” According to Social Media Sleuths
Plus: Mel and Sue are getting their own TV show (they’re assassins!), the Charmed trailer is here, Kate McKinnon has joined the Fox News sex scandal movie, Lena Waithe’s new sitcom stars a black queer character, lesbian frenemies according to the NYT, and so much more!
No Filter: Tenderly Caressing Hayley Kiyoko’s Angelic Face
Also, Lena Waithe looks good in front of a wall, Kehlani reveals her collection of grills and the darkness consumes us all.
Into the A+ Advice Box #4: Non-Monogamy, Wanting What You Can’t Have, Yearning to Flee the Suburbs and More
We’re back with more questions than ever! And our team is here to give you advice on things like: sexy underwear for masculine-of-center folks, breaking sexual tension with a friend, how to move on from your one true love, how to get out of a professional rut and more!
How to Rock Your First BDSM Play Party
How do you know what to do at a play party if you aren’t sure of all the kink etiquette? What if you just want to watch? What do you wear?? Whether you’re a top or bottom, dominant or submissive, switch, voyeur or exhibitionist, here’s the basics of what you need to know to have a great time at your first play party.
Bi Trivia Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Bisexual Women On Television?
Celebrate Bisexual Visibility Week by finding out how much you do or do not know about imaginary bisexuals!
Callie and Arizona Get The Happy Ending They Deserve in This Fan-Created “Grey’s Anatomy” Comic Book
Fandom, at its best form, is restorative. These artists and writers have banned together to give the gay women fans of Grey’s Anatomy a happy ending to warm their hearts, for free download! And you can have it right now!
I Am a Sex Idiot
I feel nothing and everything when I’m with her and I want that more than I want to protect myself. I know this will hurt me, but pain is part of my life, so I allow it in bursts I think I can control.
Find Your Fit: The Lesbian Robot Who Needs Class, not Formality
“Until recently I’ve lived in boot-cut blue jeans and snarky t-shirts, and my usual fall/winter wardrobe is that plus a flannel and tennis shoes. I’d like to class it up a little bit without having to take ages to get dressed in the morning, but somehow long-sleeve button-fronts just seem so formal!”
How “Bad Girls” Made a Good Girl Gay
“The first time I left my mom in the county jail, the only person more surprised than her was me.”
“Wynonna Earp” Episode 310 Recap: Lost and Found
Another Lost Girl alumna arrives in Purgatory, Waverly learns something new about her ring, and Nicole gets possessed by a fire witch.
15 Years Later, Has PREA Protected LGBTQ Prisoners Against Sexual Assault?
A disproportionate number of prisoners identify as LGBTQI. On the 15th anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, we look at what the bill has done to protect them — and what challenges remain.
A+ Roundtable: Forgiven but Not Forgotten
Forgiveness may be an attribute of the strong, but we also have the memory of an elephant.
Starstruck: Find Out What Your Crush’s Mars Sign Says About Your Compatibility (and Their Sex Drive)
Mars helps us assert ourselves. It helps us go after what we want. Mars is our individuality. I want. I need. I desire.
An Ode to Fat Tomboy Femmes: Effortlessly Cool Plus-Size Outfits
I’m still defining “tomboy femme” style for myself but it gets exponentially harder to find inspiration when all I see is fashion for white, thin bodies. I’m a fat tomboy femme of color and I deserve cute outfits!
Celebrate Bisexuality Day 2018: Why We Love Being Bisexual and So Can You
“As a kid, a lack of role models made me believe people like me just didn’t grow up — or at the very least, didn’t grow up to be happy and open. But now I see that being bisexual actually allowed me to form my own version of what happiness and the future look like.”