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Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on…

Noor Aldayeh

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MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

collage of movies you can stream in the UK

MOVIE LISTS

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the…

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 right this minute!

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 2026

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book lists

8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.

A. Tony Jerome

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Apr 24, 2023

Marja-Lewis Ryan on the red carpet in a blue suit + a promo photo of Sarah Jessica Parker and Helen Hunt in the 80s cult classic Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: The L Word: Generation Q’s Marja-Lewis Ryan is Remaking “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”

Station 19 has been renewed, the trailer for Selling Sunset’s new season, and the new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.

Heather Hogan

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Apr 24, 2023

movie reviews

“Judy Blume Forever” Documentary Made Me Cry Big Nostalgia Tears

Anyone who has been paying attention in the last few years knows that book banning has only gotten worse since Judy Blume’s books started getting banned 40 years ago.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Apr 24, 2023

the adult versions of Misty, Taissa, Shauna, Nat, Van, and Lottie on Yellowjackets

tv feature

How Happy Could I Make These Yellowjackets?

I guess it’s possible I’m “unwell,” but catch me hand washing silk caftans in the river or whatever — my wife Lottie needs her outfits!

Christina Tucker

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Apr 24, 2023

puzzles

Mini Crossword Did a Little Reading on Autostraddle Last Night

The lesbian lifestyle and pop culture website?

Rachel

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Apr 24, 2023

Top row: Cheetah Girls, Bring It On, Coyote Ugly and Ghost World. Bottom row: Bring it On, Blue Crush, Thirteen, Charlie's Angels

quizzes

Quiz: Which Early ’00s Movie Made You Gay?

In the early 2000s, the silver screen was awash in groups of ostensibly straight girls in low-rise pants fighting crime, dancing on the bar and writing burn books! Along the…

Riese

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Apr 23, 2023

A collage of two side-by-side photos of the leads of Muna and Boygenius dancing incredibly close together at Coachella 2023 onstage.

music

boygenius Joins MUNA to Play “Silk Chiffon” at Coachella and Dance Close in a Gay Way

We are here today because we are gay.

Carmen Phillips

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Apr 23, 2023

Four Pink Ladies from "Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies", looking over the shoulder of the jacket, are cut out in front of a pixelated pink high school hallway.

tv reviews

“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” Can’t Go Both Ways

Rise of the Pink Ladies wants the privilege of deciding when and how questions of race matter, but that’s not how it works — not on a fictional television show where…

Carmen Phillips

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Apr 23, 2023