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celebrities (vapid fluff)

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

“Now that I know that this book is coming out, and that I’ve chosen to share it with the world,…

Riese

8 Hours

Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You, All Us Saints, and The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

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…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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10 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

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

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10 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 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

The Latest

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

8 Hours

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

10 Hours

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

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

11 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

11 year old girl holding soccer ball looking through soccer goal net

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: “Save Women’s Sports Act” Lacks Plan to Save Women’s Sports

Stop letting them hide behind “women’s sports” to terrorize trans kids. Also, a friend doesn’t have to be toxic to be bad for you and the midlife renaissance of women…

Carmen Phillips

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Feb 7, 2023

Super Bowl snack ideas: a bowl of pretzels, a plate of pigs in a blanket, a plate of wings and celery, and a plate of tortilla chips with a bowl of queso

food lists

30 Easy Super Bowl Snack Ideas To Make Even if You’re Not Watching the Game

I haven’t watched the Super Bowl in years, but I love scalable, shareable snacks.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 7, 2023

a young Black woman with glasses and curly hair sits at a desk smiling at her laptop, presumably communicating with someone she enjoys chatting with at work

relationships

You Need Help: I Think My Partner Is Emotionally Cheating On Me

The idea that we must save our intimate, intense feelings only for our partners is a deeply heteronormative one, and I don’t want us to adhere to it.

KaeLyn

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Feb 7, 2023

a red card with a white heart on it peeping out of a pink envelope. there are three felt red hearts next to it.

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

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Feb 7, 2023

Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H features a person in a hijab against a sunset-like background

lgbt book reviews

Lamya H’s Debut Memoir Is a Testament to the Powers of Faith and Hope

We live in a society so oppressive to those of us who dare to imagine better that we have very little incentive to keep imagining.

Stef Rubino

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Feb 7, 2023

puzzles

Jigsaw Puzzle: In the Cloud

A puzzle for being free.

Yao Xiao

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Feb 7, 2023

Beyoncé and Lizzo attend the 65th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 05, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

tv show recaps

Pop Culture Fix: The Grammys Ruin Everyone’s Gay Fun by Stealing From Beyonce AGAIN

Jasmin Savoy Brown and Tatiana Maslany in a new horror movie together, a queer Black Jewish contestant on this season of Survivor, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Feb 6, 2023

a still from Knock at the Cabin: two white men hold onto a young east Asian girl in the door of a cabin, looking afraid.

movie reviews

“Knock at the Cabin” Understands the Limits of Queer Assimilation

Knock is equally about this one, queer family as it is about our relationships to everyone else, the connections we have through the fact of biology and culture, the fact…

Stef Rubino

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Feb 6, 2023