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Money + Work

Do the Damn Thing, Part One: Setting Goals and Realistic Expectations

January is a time for resolutions, but I’m going to give you something better than that: A pre-New Year three-week lesson on figuring out what the heck you want to do and actually doing it.

Heather Hogan December 21, 2018 7 Comments
TV Lists

2018’s 30 Best TV Episodes Featuring LGBTQ Women

It’s our last TV list of 2018!

Heather Hogan December 20, 2018 12 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Gaby Dunn’s “Bad With Money” Will Make You Love Talking About Finance

Everything you wanted to know about personal finance, but unabashedly queer and radically inclusive — Dunn’s ready to help you get your shit together and stop feeling alone with your money troubles.

KaeLyn December 20, 2018 8 Comments
Breakups Christmas

How to Handle Being Newly Single at the Holidays

If you’re on team single for the season and not sure how to be okay, read on, make a game plan, and know that the warm fuzzy happy holiday feelings are there for you if you want them. 

Reneice Charles December 20, 2018 9 Comments
TV Reviews

“This Is Us” Breaks New Ground With Tess Pearson’s Coming Out Storyline

Ask me when was the last time I saw a beautiful young black girl come out on television and have both her parents tell her that they love her more than any girl in the entire world? NEVER. The answer is, quite literally, never. None of us have.

Carmen Phillips December 20, 2018 14 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit Is Going South

Finding queer southern lit, how the queer writers of the ’60s and ’70s shape Patrisse Cullors’s political work, the best of 2018 book lists and more.

Ryan Yates December 20, 2018 3 Comments
Travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti

Two of the cutest cities in the Mitten State want you to come say hello! Yes, “the mitten state.” How adorable is that?

Queer Girl City Guides December 19, 2018 15 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan Will Play Lesbian Lovers by the 1840s Seaside

Plus: Your first look at The Fosters spin-off and One Day at a Time season three, Queer as Folk is getting a reboot, Chilling of Adventures of Sabrina has been renewed for three more seasons, Ellen’s new stand-up special is “an hour-long flex” and more!

Heather Hogan December 19, 2018 10 Comments
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No Filter: Who All’s Gay Here?

Also, Gaby Dunn placed herself under the Christmas tree, Jasika Nicole has a haunting serenade for you, and WE FOUND PATTERS.

Stef December 19, 2018 21 Comments
Issues

On Shopping in Public

“Here I am, gaslighting myself, and all I want to do is buy some clothes.”

Jen Mecum December 19, 2018 9 Comments
Webcomics

Foolish Child #35: White FemiNEST

“You never know what’s going to provoke them to attack.”

Dickens December 19, 2018 9 Comments
Community

Not In Our Name: A Statement on Trans Inclusion From Lesbian Editors and Publishers

We have joined with the editors and publishers of Diva, Curve, Lesbians on the Loose, Tagg Magazine, DapperQ and Lez Spread The Word to make a statement on our commitment to trans inclusion, support and advocacy.

Riese December 18, 2018 106 Comments
Christmas Holigays TV Reviews

“Life-Size 2” Is a Holigay Miracle: a Bisexual Made-for-TV Christmas Movie

Shine bright, shine far! Be a star! Where you live, where you are!

Heather Hogan December 18, 2018 7 Comments
Queer Fashion

Find Your Fit: The NB Parent Ready for a Personal Style

“I had a kid two years ago and have really struggled working out my gender after that. My body changed a lot in ways I did not like and I’ve been trying to come to terms with my identity as a person, rather than just my kid’s mum.”

M December 18, 2018 15 Comments
Issues LGBT History

The Queer History of the Shaven Head

Shaven heads on women have challenged and informed ideas of beauty, power and tradition for centuries. Here’s the history of a very queer style.

Jennifer Thorp December 18, 2018 11 Comments
Sex

Cuffing Season: Five Tips for Anxious Dominants

Worried you can’t be a good Dominant because you’re too anxious or awkward? Don’t be.

Sheila Rouse December 17, 2018 35 Comments
Movie Lists

10 Hallmark Christmas Movies That Are Actually Just Gay Fan Fiction

Oh come, all ye faithful.

Heather Hogan December 17, 2018 23 Comments
Issues

Monday Roundtable: The Style Icons Who Inspired Our Gay Style

“My style icon is Nancy Meyers’ interpretation of a middle-aged white woman after she’s decided to pull herself together sometime in the second act. Wow that is… I feel very called out by own self.”

the team December 17, 2018 23 Comments
LGBTQ+ Businesses Queer Fashion

Shapeshifters: Bespoke Binders Put Fun on Your Chest

What Shapeshifters has done here is made binders where the point of them goes beyond the normal utilitarian point of a binder. And honestly? We deserve that!

A.E. Osworth December 17, 2018 26 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Is Confirming Stephanie Tanner’s Bisexuality: Have Mercy!

A brand new gay bar in San Francisco, a lesbian Spice World in Toronto, lesbian meet-cutes, and of course Stephanie Tanner Bisexual.

Ari December 16, 2018 11 Comments
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