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Insta Crush: Gender Reveal Podcast Centers Nonbinary and Trans Voices, Is Living the Queer Dream

“I believe that creating affirming and diverse trans community is literally life-saving work, and I want everyone to stay alive and maybe even flourish.”

Vanessa August 27, 2019 5 Comments
Culture

Straight People Watch: Spring 2K19

Does anyone know what’s happening.

Erin July 12, 2019 72 Comments
Culture

Lesbian Visibility Day 2019 Roundtable: Celebrating Our History and Our Future

“Society does not respect women, but that’s the whole thing about lesbianism. Women are literally the whole thing. Women are my foundation”

the team April 26, 2019 39 Comments
Culture

Queer Women Truly Are More Likely to Be Tree-Hugging Hippies

“Although not all of us are saving our shower water to nourish the eggplants growing next to our chicken coop, our study and several others show that we are indeed more environmentally aware than our heterosexual counterparts.”

Riese April 18, 2019 7 Comments
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Straight People Watch: Winter 2019

“Something I’m curious about is if straight coupling has always stood on a foundation of contempt. “

Erin February 21, 2019 77 Comments
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23 Black Queer and Trans Femmes to Follow on Instagram This Black History Month

Honey, these glorious embodiments of black femme magic are about to sweep you off your feet.

Reneice Charles February 7, 2019 11 Comments
Culture

Straight People Watch: Holiday Edition

“To everyone’s credit, something they never tell you about as a child is the metaphorical cowboy snowman ready to do the devil’s bidding in a marriage, so who, really, is to blame here?”

Erin December 21, 2018 65 Comments
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The Bisexual Bob: A Bold Haircut for a Beautiful Future

Since 2016, the bisexual bob has been taking the bisexual world by storm. But where did this alternative lifestyle haircut begin? And where, pray tell, is it going?

Riese November 27, 2018 67 Comments
Culture

Straight People Watch: Fall 2018

Siri, play “The Despair in a Man’s Eyes (Ft. Woman’s Euphoric Denial)” at full volume.

Erin October 17, 2018 80 Comments
Culture

Monday Roundtable: Since You’ve Been Gone

These are the things that are gone from our lives now but we still think about and miss all the time.

the team October 15, 2018 23 Comments
Culture

Queer Women Very Much Not Fans of Christianity

The data from our Lesbian Stereotypes Survey shows LGBTQ women and non-binary people have fled Christianity in droves — we actually have more Pagans than Catholics.

Riese September 27, 2018 75 Comments
Book Features Culture

Where Are the Welcome Signs? Finding Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Community in Unexpected Places

Why is it sometimes hardest to find other queer individuals in places where they seem to be everywhere? The new book, “How Places Make Us,” takes us into the lives of lesbian, bisexual and queer residents in four small cities and reveals how and why LBQ individuals forge especially strong ties in unlikely places.

Japonica Brown-Saracino August 20, 2018 8 Comments
Culture

Straight People Watch: Summer 2018

It’s dark in here and I’m scared!

Erin August 15, 2018 123 Comments
Culture

Monday Roundtable: Say My Name

“The thing is, if the people in your life respect you, they’ll give you the space to figure out where you’re comfortable. It’s YOUR name. You’re the person who has deal with it every second of your life.”

the team July 30, 2018 81 Comments
Culture

“Don’t Tell the Babysitter Mom’s Dead” Isn’t Afraid of Feelings or Jokes

“Don’t Tell the Babysitter Mom’s Dead” is a beautifully produced podcast for anyone interested in exploring themes of family and loss, but especially for people looking to connect to another queer soul who lost their mom young.

Maddie July 5, 2018 4 Comments
Culture

Monday Roundtable: The First Gay and Trans People We Knew

“Sipping coffee in their sunny drenched kitchen was the first time I really saw myself. I could imagine it. I could see how I could be gay and still… be me.”

the team July 2, 2018 29 Comments
Culture

Monday Roundtable: Look At Our Stuff (We Collect), Isn’t It Neat?

From the ostensibly refined collections like coins and stamps to the esoteric like taxidermy, there’s a wide world of stuff to gather out there! That said, most of us just own very specific types of books, but we thought you’d be into that too.

the team May 28, 2018 18 Comments
Culture

Meet Me at Cuties: The Queer-Owned LA Coffee Bar that Puts Community First

I sat down with Cuties founders Iris and Virginia to talk about finding community, running a commercial space, and how to hold community members accountable.

Molly May 25, 2018 19 Comments
Culture

Monday Roundtable: Queer Culture We Just Can’t Get Into

“Look, I’m sorry! Every year the concept of pride sounds great in theory and then when it actually rolls around, it’s like New Years Eve on acid.”

the team May 21, 2018 99 Comments
Culture

Here, Queer, Everywhere: ‘Queering the Map’ Gives Voice to Queer Spaces Worldwide

“The aim of the project is to make legible memories, histories and moments of queerness that would otherwise disappear.”

Vanessa May 10, 2018 15 Comments
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