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Webcomics

Baopu #45: Body Issue

I like showing my body, despite the stigma against being comfortable in your own skin.

Yao Xiao April 14, 2018 5 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boob(s On Your) Tube: Jane the Virgin’s Petra and JR Are Just So Damn In Love

Plus updates on The Good Fight, Grey’s Anatomy, and Once Upon a Time!

The TV Team April 13, 2018 62 Comments
Ronit and Esti hold their heads together with longing
Movie News & Trailers

We’re Giving Away 20 Tickets to See “Disobedience” in Los Angeles!

Disobedience is the story of Ronit, a 32-year-old woman whose father’s death forces her to return to the Orthodox Jewish community she grew up in, and also to Esti, her first love, who still lives there and practices the faith of their youth.

Heather Hogan April 13, 2018 20 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: What Cartoon Turned You Gay?

Cartoons are where queerness first comes to light for a lot of kids because it’s often one of the first forms of media we’re allowed to consume. So, basically what I’m saying is that cartoons turned me gay.

Mey April 13, 2018 157 Comments
A very small tan and white pup with floppy ears poking over the top of a white laptop with the text "Hey, did you see that comment?!"
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are So PYNK

It’s just the way she makes us feel.

Darcy April 13, 2018 19 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #261: There’s Some Stuff They’d Just Never Do In Their Hometown

Topics include a gun owner thinking twice, bachelorette parties in Nashville, sex in the ’90s, John Hughes, fighting aging with skincare, childhood sexual abuse, Joan Didion, Cardi B and more!

Riese April 13, 2018 13 Comments
TV News & Trailers

Watch: The Trailer For “Pose” Is Here and It’s Already the Gayest Thing in TV History

We first heard about Pose back in December, when it was reported that Ryan Murphy was developing a show around the ’80s ball culture scene that would feature 50+ LGBTQ characters and the largest number of trans series regulars in American TV history.

Heather Hogan April 12, 2018 11 Comments
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“Blockers” Is Shockingly Sex-Positive, Feminist and Gay

Who’d have guessed?

Mey April 12, 2018 20 Comments
Movie News & Trailers

Which Characters Are Gay In the New “Oceans 8” Trailer? (All of Them)

Cate Blanchett is playing a character named LOU.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 12, 2018 38 Comments
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“Celeste” Is a Very Difficult Video Game for People Who Know What It’s Like to Have Something to Prove

Celeste sets out to climb a mountain and learns a whole lot about herself along the way.

Jenna April 12, 2018 9 Comments
Quizzes TV Feature

Who Said It: A Character on “Riverdale” or a Shakespearean Character?

Cheryl Blossom or Lady Macbeth?

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 12, 2018 21 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Recovering Narratives

New thoughts on South Asian cultural identity in YA, writing recovery and addiction narratives, Joan Didion’s reading list, how Judy Blume taught girls to be feminists and more.

Ryan Yates April 12, 2018 4 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Black Lightning” Episode 112 Recap: A Bullet-Proof Black Lesbian On TV Is Oh So Sweet!

I’ll cut the mushy feelings for now and save the rest for next week — when we will come back together for the BLACK LIGHTNING SEASON FINALE!!!!

Carmen Phillips April 11, 2018 19 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lena Waithe Is Your Therapist Now and Other Invigorating Information

Also: Tig Notaro is heading to deep space, lesbian wrestler Sonya Deville made her WWE debut, Jay-Z opened up about his mom coming out, Sandra Oh’s new show is gay and she is so great, and Cynthia Nixon is cashing in on “unqualified lesbianism.”

Heather Hogan April 11, 2018 13 Comments
Travel

33 Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Travelers You Should Follow on Instagram

When I can’t travel myself, I turn to Instagram to soak up all the glorious travels of other queer women! They share glimpses of other realities and inspire me to get out of my bubble. 

Yvonne April 11, 2018 21 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Evan Rachel Wood Gently Serenades You In A Parking Lot

Also, Stella Maxwell celebrates Kristen Stewart’s birthday, Carmen Esposito’s throwback in honor of Rex Manning Day and Hayley Kiyoko’s gay key ring.

Stef April 11, 2018 11 Comments
Book Features Quizzes

Try Your Liquid Luck With This Harry Potter Trivia Quiz

Don’t count your owls before they’re delivered!

Heather Hogan April 11, 2018 146 Comments
Lesbian Sex

How to Soundproof for Kinky Sex

If you want to make your sex or kink life a little quieter and a little more soundproof, here’s what you can try on your own.

Ryan Yates April 10, 2018 5 Comments
Music

Janelle Monáe’s Queer “Pynk” Music Video Is Here To Wreak More Havoc On Your Heart and Body

“Pink, like the tongue that goes down. Pink, like the paradise found”

Carmen Phillips April 10, 2018 74 Comments
AF+

20 Excerpts From Gabe Dunn’s Baby Bi Stoner Diary 2001-2003

Grass lit up by flecks of sun
Feel something!
THE SLOW BURN

Gabe Dunn April 10, 2018 7 Comments
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