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Health

Getting BRCA Test Results Wasn’t What I Expected

I hope the lesson from this journey is to advocate for yourself to access the testing, results, treatments, therapy, and providers that you need and deserve.

Katie July 29, 2024 4 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Friend Group From Queer TV Is Your Group Chat?

I’m a Group Chat Gay by which I mean I am spewing gay nonsense in a minimum of three group chats with fellow screamy gays at any given time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 28, 2024 8 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Elon Musk’s Daughter Wants Him To Shut Up, Too

Vivian Jenna Wilson, daughter of Elon Musk, is letting him have it.

Eva Reign July 26, 2024 1 Comment
All 150+ gay women and trans athletes competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics
Sports

All 150+ Gay Women and Trans Athletes Competing In the 2024 Paris Olympics

There are over 150 gay, lesbian and bisexual women and trans people competing in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Let’s meet them!

Natalie and Riese
July 26, 2024 14 Comments
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AF+

I Read My Girlfriend’s Diary and Now I’m Using It To My Advantage

The intel you gathered has improved your relationship, but can you come back from this sin? Plus advice for gender expansive workplace dialogue!

the team July 26, 2024 3 Comments
Every Gay Basketball Player Competing in the Paris Olympics
Sports

Here’s All 17 Gay Women’s Basketball Players Going to the 2024 Paris Olympics

The United States’ women’s national basketball team has more gay players on it than any other U.S. sports team — here’s who all’s gay there and in the 2024 Paris Olympics other women’s basketball team!

Natalie July 26, 2024 5 Comments
Fantasmas: Julio Torres looks in a glass case
TV Reviews

It’s Not Too Late To Watch the Best Show of the Year

Julio Torres’ Fantasmas is very queer from Julia Fox as Mrs. Claus to Patti Harrison as a goldfish to an incredible — and very hot?? — customer service top off between Alexa Demie and Ziwe.

Drew Burnett Gregory July 26, 2024 8 Comments
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Sports

All 45 Gay Women’s Soccer Players Competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics

Women’s Football is, as usual, the Olympics’ gayest sport. Who are the gay and non-binary athletes playing Women’s Soccer in Paris and who are they dating?

Natalie July 25, 2024 10 Comments
Monét hosts a game during Monét's Slumber Party
TV Feature

With ‘Monét’s Slumber Party,’ Director Carly Usdin Finds Their Niche

“I am an unserious person. And I bring that unseriousness to my work. So I like to think I’m finally figuring out my voice as a filmmaker and it’s gay stupidity. We need more of that.”

Drew Burnett Gregory July 25, 2024 4 Comments
Sports

5 Lesbian Couples Competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Can you imagine going to the Olympics to compete for a medal with your girlfriend and/or wife? These gay couples will be doing just that in Paris, coincidentally the city of love.

Riese July 25, 2024 7 Comments
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Book Lists Movie Lists

Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?

I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 24, 2024 25 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Sha’Carri Richardson Meeting Cardi B Is Basically the Bisexual Olympics

Also, Chrishell Stause and G-Flip are already renewing vows and more celesbian news from IG.

Christina Tucker July 24, 2024
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Music

Katie Gavin’s Debut Solo Single Leaves an “Aftertaste” That Has Us Craving More

Stripped down (literally and figuratively), Gavin is demanding more with less, and recognizing the ancestry from which such a song sprouts. Gavin herself describes the forthcoming album as “Lilith Fair-core,” and in the footsteps of DiFranco, Alanis Morrisette, and Fiona Apple.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan July 24, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Features

Is ‘Longlegs’ Homophobic? That’s the Wrong Question

Longlegs doesn’t need to wave a pride flag and take a shot of estrogen to be queer-coded. But a queer-coded villain doesn’t have to be bad.

Drew Burnett Gregory and Stef Rubino
July 24, 2024 10 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Trans Teen Pauly Likens’ Murder Haunts Her Rural Pennsylvania Community

Pauly Likens was a 14-year-old trans girl. She had a core group of close friends, and she was seen by them, and loved by them and by her family.

Nico July 23, 2024 8 Comments
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Sex

‘I Only Want To Top During Sex and My Partner Is Taking It Personally’

“I recently mentioned to my partner that I want to have a (temporary) break from receiving during sex in order to give myself space to be with my body fully, which didn’t go over terribly well.”

Summer Tao July 23, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Features

Who Will Write Me Fanfic About Sasha Lane and Katy O’Brian in ‘Twisters’?

Without even a kiss, Twisters was not as horny as the original. But thanks to two queer performers, it still had plenty of sex appeal.

Drew Burnett Gregory July 23, 2024 6 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Gay Flashback Episode Approached ‘San Junipero’ Levels of Gay Sadness

Orphan Black: Echoes’ gay flashback episode revealed so much about the gay relationship at its core. Also a teeny tiny Wynonna Earp: Vengeance teaser, Alyssa Thomas and DeWanna Bonner on the cover of SLAM, a drag queen zombie movie, and more!

Valerie Anne July 22, 2024 7 Comments
Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time
LGBT Book Reviews

‘The Garden Against Time’ Asks, Who Gets To Live in Paradise?

I didn’t grow up knowing anyone who had a traditional garden. In South Florida, where the heat is relentless and the storms are unpredictable, it takes a special kind of person to dedicate themselves to the care and keeping of a flower garden.

Stef Rubino July 22, 2024 1 Comment
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Music

Minke Is Moving Past the Noise and Focusing on the Music

Best known by some as Cara Delevingne’s girlfriend, London-based songwriter Minke is using her experiences for her art.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan July 22, 2024 7 Comments
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