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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…

Sally

8 Hours

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

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 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

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

The Latest

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

7 Hours

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

Film

8 Hours

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

Best friends Megan and Tegan in Class of '07 sit inside a gazebo

tv reviews

Class of ’07 Is the Perfect Appetizer to Pregame Yellowjackets Season 2

An apocalyptic event strands a group of reunited classmates and makes them revert right on back to their teen girl selves.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 22, 2023

A screenshot from Amaarae's new music video for "Reckless & Sweet," featuring two women caressing each other.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Amaarae’s “Reckless & Sweet” Music Video Is Sexy Sapphic Vibes

A stage adaptation of Smash is coming to Broadway, the season four A Black Lady Sketch Show trailer, Marvel Studios loses its lesbian EP, and more.

Heather Hogan

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Mar 22, 2023

an MS paint style feature image with three different drawings of managing editor kayla. she is a south asian woman with long brown hair. she is wearing white and looking serious, fun and flirty all at once. in the central drawing she is holding a pink cocktail. the background is covered in drawings of money and a pyramid

straddleverse

Who Else Is Going To Publish a History of Lesbian Cheerleaders?

At a small, indie operation like Autostraddle, I can say that the more funds we raise, the less we have to remain hyper-vigilant about our own survival, the more we…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 22, 2023

Keke Palmer pushes a baby stroller by the water

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Keke Palmer Is the Cutest Mom in the World

Also, the thing is, Chrishell and G Flip are just sweet?? And seem so perfectly matched!

Christina Tucker

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Mar 22, 2023

lgbt book reviews

As Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Ramps Up in My Home State, I Find Myself Returning to This Book

It’s been a rough time to be a queer from Tennessee.

Yashwina

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Mar 22, 2023

puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Planning Their Next Tattoo

Did you hear about the knight who fought using only a block of cheese?

brooke

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Mar 22, 2023

In a side-by-side collage, Anne Hathaway with her hair swept to the side, staring directly into camera and Michaela Coel, with short red hair, looking over her shoulder.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel To Play Pop Star/Designer Girlfriends in New A24 Film “Mother Mary”

The way this movie is about to be my entire personality. Also: Black queer history is American History (always), the influencer economy of Parade panties, and get ready for the…

Carmen Phillips

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Mar 21, 2023