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book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

1 Hours

THEATER

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…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 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…

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

theater

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 the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 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

The Latest

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

1 Hours

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

2 Hours

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

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

Film

May 4, 2026

Megan Thee Stallion whose legal name is Megan Pete arrives at court to testify in the trial of Rapper Tory Lanez for allegedly shooting her on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Megan Thee Stallion Genuinely Thought People Would Believe Her

It’s rare that we’re able to hear a Black woman speak about her survival with as much breadth, nuance, and abundance of care that we get here. Also, Molly Kearney…

Carmen Phillips

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Apr 18, 2023

book features

25 Lines of Poetry I Think About Once a Day

It’s National Poetry Month, so I become a poetry hound, sniffing out new books and revisiting old ones, finding solace, rage, love, and beauty in some of the words crafted…

danijanae

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Apr 18, 2023

Four stills from films mentioned in this post: Us, Orphan Black, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Scream

tv feature

I’ll Watch Anything Where Survivors Get Revenge, Make Their Own Justice

What I need as a survivor is the knowledge, the understanding, the belief that I’m not in this alone. I was alone in the abuse. I do not want to…

A. Tony Jerome

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Apr 18, 2023

black and white image of a post it note that says "i love you"

dating

You Need Help: My Partner Won’t Say “I Love You”

Is it silly to be hung up on this?

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Apr 18, 2023

lgbt book reviews

Sexy, Ambitious Novel “Any Other City” Explores Transition and Transformation

I don’t remember ever reading such sexy queer sex.

Abbie Jones

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Apr 18, 2023

puzzles

Guessing Game: Poem Form Preferred By Serial Killers

Why can’t you explain puns to kleptomaniacs?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 18, 2023

lgbt book reviews

“Sizzle Reel” Doesn’t Let Its Queer Romance Be Messy

I don’t want Twitter and TikTok discourse to dictate how books are written.

Christina Tucker

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Apr 17, 2023

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Suzume Was Almost a Lesbian Love Story, Instead of a Furniture Love Story

Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts will rekindle their on-screen romance this week, Tessa Thompson will play Hedda Gabler, a first look at Never Have I Ever season four, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Apr 17, 2023