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TV Show Recaps

Boob(s on Your) Tube: ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and ‘The Chi’ Keep Getting Gayer, Sorry Shawn

‘The Chi”s lady gays are learning to take risks for love and developing surprising new interests, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School drops a boyfriend for a girlfriend, ‘All-American’ tries to pacify us with a hug and once again our heroine Kristen Kish is in fact sleeveless!

Natalie and Valerie Anne
June 14, 2024 6 Comments
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Music

This Tessa Thompson-Directed Music Video Oozes Sapphic Yearning

In Arooj Aftab’s music video for her song Raat Ki Rani, queer fantasy is more real than reality.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya June 14, 2024 8 Comments
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AF+

My Family’s Mad at Me For Refusing To Go on a Homophobic Vacation

Your sister-in-law is being blatantly homophobic — IN JUNE — and your family’s mad that you’re mad about it. Also, we settle a debate for the ages: blinds open or closed for TV time?

the team June 14, 2024 6 Comments
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Movie Reviews

‘Summer Solstice’ Is a Relatable Trans Indie About Masc Insecurity and Nightmare Cis Girls

Summer Solstice is a film that dares to grant the quietest dramas of a trans person’s life the importance of the screen.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 14, 2024
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LGBT History LGBT Pride

6 Pre-Stonewall Queer Uprisings History Tried To Hide

I’m confident the archives are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of stories still waiting to be uncovered.

Stef Rubino June 14, 2024 6 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Admits It Didn’t Totally Get “Dune”

Zendaya looked pretty cool with glowing eyes though.

Darby Ratliff June 14, 2024
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‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance

For fans of second-chance romance, friends to lovers, and ‘celebrity falls for regular person’ tropes.

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 13, 2024 5 Comments
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First Person

I’ve Spent a Lot of Time Pretending Not To Know What I Want

“There I was, gay at a gay club, not wanting to be gay, with my best friend / drunken lover who identified as hetero despite her not-that-hetero choices.”

swan huntley June 13, 2024 9 Comments
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Comedy

Mo Welch’s Hybrid Documentary/Comedy Special “Dad Jokes” Contextualizes Humor in Real Time

A camera crew follows Mo around Illinois as she prepares to meet up with her estranged father for the first time in 20 years.

Motti June 13, 2024 1 Comment
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TV Reviews

Did ‘The Acolyte’ Just Introduce a Coven of Lesbian Witches to the Star Wars Universe?

Jodie Turner-Smith is an absolute scene stealer in “Destiny.”

Nic Anstett June 12, 2024 5 Comments
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LGBT Pride

We Went to Every Dyke Bar in NYC in One Day

Going to 7 queer bars in one day? What could possibly go wrong!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Drew Burnett Gregory
June 12, 2024 21 Comments
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Music

I’d Like To Apologize To the Fag Community for Overlooking Charli XCX

Accountability is important in the queer community. So, today, I would like to say that I was wrong about Charli XCX.

Drew Burnett Gregory June 12, 2024 8 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: The Lesbian Jesus Swimsuit Line Is Here

Also, I love that Hannah Einbinder’s Emmy campaign strategy is ‘be hot’ ! (It’s working on me!)

Christina Tucker June 12, 2024
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Health

How To Be a Better Advocate for Victims of Sexual Violence — Especially Yourself

Every small act of kindness to ourselves and others is a crack against the foundations of rape culture.

Summer Tao June 12, 2024 2 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword is Super Cool

But like, in an old-fashioned kind of way.

Emet Ozar June 12, 2024 1 Comment
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Book Lists

46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out In June 2024

Hot fresh reads for a hot bookish Pride month!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese
June 11, 2024 4 Comments
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Lesbian Sex Movie Lists

25 Streaming Movies With Hot Lesbian Sex Scenes

Here are some of the most memorable movies in the canon of “films that have significant lesbian sex in them.”

Riese and Drew Burnett Gregory
June 11, 2024 89 Comments
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From Skins to Feel Good, these eight characters turned out to be life-changing.

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“She’s basically my dream girl. We’ve hit it off fast over the past few months, and she’s one of my closest friends here at this point, and I am so incredibly calm around her.”

Riese June 11, 2024
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Pop Culture Fix

Nothing But Respect for My Statue of Liberty (Chappell Roan)

Chappell Roan tells Gov Ball why she turned down the White House’s invite, Maren Morris is bisexual, Kristen Stewart is set to play Sally Ride in a new biopic, and more pop culture news for you!

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