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Literature

Things I Read That I Love #291: Through a Dazzlingly Quick Intimacy To Violent Disagreement, Then Silence

Topics include picking/pulling/not coming, the gay neighborhood of Montrose, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, non-profits, gay men walking fast, Bennington in the ’80s, “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” abortion and Grease.

Riese June 21, 2019 7 Comments
TV Feature

Lauren Morelli on the Terrifying, Rewarding, Humbling Experience of Remaking “Tales of the City”

“There are so many ways to love and be loved. Now we get to explore that.”

Heather Hogan June 21, 2019 6 Comments
Issues

Where Can You Take a Walk in the Park?

Most of my old hiking companions from Los Angeles are queer. Now I have Goldie, who takes breaks while we walk, just to jump up and kiss me. She places her paws just over my heart.

Melis Amber June 21, 2019 3 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes: Cancer Season Brings Deep Feelings for Long, Hot Days

All of those ideas and beginnings that were flowing through electric Gemini season will gain powerful traction in these days of Cancer, as we pour our hearts into those projects that speak to us on a deep, internal level, and build safe spaces that give us room for passion, creativity, and comfort.

meg June 21, 2019 11 Comments
Relationships

16 Ways to Grow Closer to Your Boo Without Actually Moving in Together

“Whatever, it’s fine. Give them your kidney. Then take one of their kidneys. It’s a kidney swap.”

Kim Wong-Shing June 20, 2019 21 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: The Women’s World Cup Is Winning Hearts, Taking Over TVs

U.S. Women’s Soccer out-earned the men’s team, a review of Al(aina)’s new play(!), the lesbian love boat, androgyny is now fashionable in the WNBA, has focusing on “equality” made the LGBTQ movement too conservative?, Black LGBTQ leaders on Pride + Juneteenth, and more!

Natalie June 20, 2019 25 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Pose” Episode 201 & 202 Recap: Wintour Is Coming

“Blood does not family make. Those are relatives. Family are those with whom you share your good, bad, and ugly, and still love one another in the end. Those are the ones you select.”

Chinelo Anyadiegwu June 20, 2019 17 Comments
Issues

What Happened When I Began to Dig

“I’ve grown physically stronger through trail work than I ever thought possible, but there’s that different kind of strength that trail work has fostered in me that I believe to be a lot more important.”

Hadley Johns June 20, 2019 18 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit Is Seeking the Sublime, or Something

Writing women’s sexuality in literary fiction, digital minimalism, queer summer reading and more.

Ryan Yates June 20, 2019 1 Comment
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Samira Wiley Bought a House, May the Lord Open Up Her Pool

Cara and Ashley Benson are instagram official, Samira Wiley needs a housecleaner, Stef Beatriz is the hottest thing at the pool, everyone is in Taylor Swift’s music video and other dispatches from celebrity lesbian instagram!

Riese June 19, 2019 13 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 201 Recap: Alice Comes Out for Real for Love

Alice comes out in a major way, Joey is changing their pronouns, and Jamal Thompon’s case is finally decided.

Natalie June 19, 2019 4 Comments
AF+

NSFW PHOTOESSAY: CRUEL TO BE KIND

These photos investigate the connection between pleasure and pain, and how kink can blur the line between where the body ends and the brain begins.

Candy Feit June 19, 2019 12 Comments
Visual Art

Talking With Candy Feit About ‘Cruel To Be Kind,’ Her Photo Project Highlighting Kink and Intimacy

We interviewed photographer Candy Feit about her inspiration, process, and intentions for Cruel To Be Kind, her most recent photography project.

Vanessa June 19, 2019 4 Comments
Issues

Golden Animals in Manland: The Strange Place Queer Women Occupy in Bushwork

Bushwork — work done in the backcountry, often off-grid — offers a kind of freedom difficult to find in modern life. It is also a culture steeped in toxic masculinity in which queer women do not have a place.

Lori Fox June 19, 2019 7 Comments
Webcomics

Foolish Child #48: The Pride Is Right

“Eat my corporate rainbows!”

Dickens June 19, 2019 5 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: “GLOW” Season 3 Confirms Its Gayness

New trailers for GLOW and The Handmaid’s Tale, lots of queer actors and writers and directors talking to straight media for Pride, an amazing new musical fantasy project from Dee Rees, renewals for Pose and Queer Eye, and truly enough takes about Taylor Swift already.

Heather Hogan June 19, 2019 17 Comments
TV Reviews

If You Haven’t Watched Suranne Jones in “A Touch of Cloth,” Your British Lesbian Education Is Incomplete

Here’s that Gentleman Jack/Caroline Bingley fan fic you’ve been looking for.

Heather Hogan June 18, 2019 32 Comments
Community

Insta Crush: Kenny Talks Hella Hot Shit on the Internet and You’re Gonna Love It

“What I post on the internet has to be what I can be proud of in person. That just happens to include my titties.”

Vanessa June 18, 2019 5 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Cara Delevingne Confirms her Relationship with Ashley Benson, Sex Benches for Everybody!!!

You will not believe her pet name for Ashley, just trust me on this.

Stef June 18, 2019 10 Comments
LGBT Pride Sponsored

QUEER IRL PHOTO GALLERY: PRIDE!

It’s Pride month; have you heard? Have you danced in the streets, wearing a rainbow flag, surrounded by topless women, shouting your queerness and here-ness, maybe honking a horn or ringing a bell? Here’s hoping!

Heather Hogan June 18, 2019 25 Comments
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