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Comedy Halloween

9 Niche Last Minute Queer Halloween Costumes No One Will Understand But You

Option 1: Dress up as your ex using all of the clothes they left behind six years ago.

Motti October 25, 2023 9 Comments
row 1: york peppermint patties, sour patch kids, reeses cups, nerds row 2: m+ms, mr goodbar, skittles, kitkat
Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: Which Gay Halloween Candy Are You?

Are you gay? Have you ever wished to be reincarnated as a classic Halloween candy? Have I got the quiz for you!

Riese October 22, 2023 14 Comments
A collage of four images: cinnamon rolls, a witch cupcake, pumpkin creme brûlée, and a cocktail
Food Lists Halloween

41 Spooky, Scary, Halloween Recipes for Your Monster Mash or Fright Night

Halloween is totally the best, right? Halloween costumes, Halloween decorations, Halloween movies, Halloween parties, and of course, Halloween food.

Mey October 9, 2023 20 Comments
top row: tara from buffy, tara from true blood, jenny schecter from the l word bottom row: dani from haunting of hill house, villanelle from killing eve, jennifer from jennifer's body
Halloween Quizzes

Quiz: Plan a Halloween Party and I’ll Tell You Which Ghost of a Queer TV Character Is Haunting You

Picture this: you’re planning decorations for your Halloween party and you start to wonder if Jenny Schecter is hiding in the drywall.

Riese October 8, 2023 15 Comments
Halloween TV Feature

How to DIY an “A League of Their Own” Halloween Costume

With some creativity and planning, you can put together a Rockford Peaches costume that’s fun and versatile.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 6, 2023 9 Comments
The Yellowjackets line up for a pep rally before their lives as cannibals
Halloween

How to DIY a “Yellowjackets” Halloween Costume

A little fake blood goes a long way with these cannibalistic gay group costume ideas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 3, 2023 9 Comments
a creepy animatronic clown holding two daggers; an animatronic monster woman with branches for fingers; an animatronic little girl on a swing holding a rat
Halloween

Spirit Halloween Animatronics, Ranked By Lesbianism

“I yearned for her howling spirit” sounds like how an erotic werewolf fiction author might describe a Sapphic lupine sex scene.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 29, 2023 3 Comments
A black cat with a witch hat on his beautiful head
Halloween

10 Gay Things to Do to Warm-Up For Halloween

A helpful list of things you can do to warm-up for Halloween so you don’t pull a muscle celebrating the holiday of our people. 

Heather Hogan August 30, 2023 1 Comment
Passover table setting with a traditional Passover seder plate with symbolic meal, matzah and Haggadah.
First Person Jewish Holidays

At the Passover Table, New Traditions Will Be Born

This year feels like the first of many years where I begin to truly incorporate my partner’s cultural traditions into our family.

Sa'iyda Shabazz April 5, 2023 7 Comments
Cover of Haggadah Min HaMeitzar. It includes the Yachatz silk painting with three vertical matzot where one looks like the earth split into two. It also includes the text "Haggadah Min HaMeitzar A Seder Journey to Liberation by Gabriella Spitzer."
Jewish Holidays

The Traditional and Radical Queer Haggadah I Wanted Didn’t Exist — So I Wrote It Myself

Nowadays, I ask, “how can my queerness deepen my Judaism, and how can my Judaism deepen my queerness?” Haggadah Min HaMeitzar is one answer to that question.

G March 26, 2023 13 Comments
Four hamentaschen cookies are dressed up in masks and costumes against a yellow background. Very silly and very cute.
Jewish Holidays

How To Create Purim Rituals That Celebrate Being Queer

Purim is one of the queerest Jewish holidays. Let’s celebrate accordingly.

Abby Stein March 5, 2023 13 Comments
A pink frame surrounds a photo of a mishloach manot, a gift basket specifically given to friends on Purim. The basket contains hamentaschen, a mask, noise makers, and other treats.
Jewish Holidays

Now Is the Perfect Time for Mishloach Manot

This tradition, which literally translates to “sending of portions,” involves creating care packages of food and drink to send to loved ones.

Lindsay Eanet March 3, 2023 5 Comments
a paper heart on a wall with words written on it: Note To Self, I love you!!
Valentine's Day

I Don’t Care What Anyone Says, Valentine’s Day Is a Superior Holiday — And I’m Single

When I think about why Valentine’s Day is so important to me, I find it important to distinguish between self-care and radical self love. 

Em Win February 13, 2023 3 Comments
there is a creepy stone tunnel in the dark, barren woods. from it emerges a cut-out figure from a vintage valentine's day card. instead of a head there is a heart with a disturbingly realistic mouth as well as giant soul-piercing eyes. the rest of the figure is some kind of cutesy white girl in a blue dress holding a purse with a heart on it. the heart head also has a hat.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Valentine's Day

Your Zodiac Sign as a Creepy Vintage Valentine’s Day Card

Always. Always. Always compliment a Libra’s outfit. You don’t want to find out what happens if you forget.

Nico February 9, 2023 34 Comments
Against a white and pink background covered in hearts, there are seven items: orange briefs covered in cactus print, a stack of pink tinned fish boxes, a brown box of truffles, a cell phone with audio erotica playing on it, a brown glass jar of bath salts with the bath salts exploding out of the top, a blue rose-shaped grinding toy, and a pink beverage in a short glass with rosemary and a slice of grapefruit on top.
Valentine's Day

9 Sensual Gifts You Can Get for Your Own Damn Self This Valentine’s Day

Whether you’re single or partnered, you’re allowed to get yourself the gift of a little Valentine’s Day treat.

Ro White February 9, 2023 4 Comments
a red card with a white heart on it peeping out of a pink envelope. there are three felt red hearts next to it.
Crafts & DIY Projects Valentine's Day

How To Make Valentine’s Day Cards for Your Friends

We’ve been through shit, and sometimes we need to thank the people who got us through it.

Em Win February 7, 2023 3 Comments
a Black woman wearing a red sweater smiles a huge joyful smile
Community Holigays

What Brought You Joy This Year?

This is a New Year’s Eve Roundtable and Open Thread Situation!

the team December 30, 2022 9 Comments
Christmas Quizzes

Holigay Quiz: Which Christmas Monster Should You Date?

Listen. We can’t *all* date Krampus.

Nico December 25, 2022 52 Comments
feature image shows the logo for "A Sapphic Sweets Mystery" the words "A Sapphic Sweets" are in rainbow curly font and "Mystery" is in a murderous red font. There is also a line of rainbow cupcakes. To the left of the logo is a skull with a santa hat on and also a cake with a knife stabbing in the center
Holigays

Eight Queer Cozy Baking Mysteries I Wish Existed

So I made them up.

Nico December 25, 2022 23 Comments
Two women kiss under mistletoe
Christmas

Christmas Traditions, Ranked by Lesbianism

Caroling is gay.

danijanae December 24, 2022 14 Comments
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