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VIDEO! Getting In Bed with Kristin: New Year’s Revolution

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Kristin January 13, 2018 5 Comments
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Grease Bats: New Year’s Resolutions

“Sure, I’ve mostly only eaten free fortune cookies for the past two days, but I’m FINE.”

Archie January 13, 2018 19 Comments
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It’s time to do your favorite thing: focus on your feelings!

Carmen Phillips January 12, 2018 36 Comments
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Building From Small Moments

Let’s talk about those really tiny really good things that happened to you this week!

Ryan Yates January 12, 2018 76 Comments
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The Comment Awards Are Lounge-Of-Center

“Petition to call a group of feminists ‘A Simmering Rage?'”

Darcy January 12, 2018 26 Comments
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Radical Queer Nutrition: Meet the Witch Who Wants to Help Heal Your Guts

Over the next few months, certified nutritional therapist Lark Malakai Grey will be exploring various aspects of nutrition that will help make your body — which is wonderful how it is — a more comfortable place to live in.

Lark Malakai January 12, 2018 84 Comments
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Hayley Kiyoko’s “Curious” Is Your New Favorite Queer Music Video

It’s like Kiyoko is using every muscle in body and move in her repertoire to drag queerness to the front of her entire music career.

Mey January 12, 2018 14 Comments
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Playlist: My 2018 Brand Is Gay Cowgirl, but Fancy

Imagine if Coley Taylor from “The Miseducation of Cameron Post” saw Hayley Kiyoko’s “Girls Like Girls” video first day of sophomore year of college and it freaking changed her life. I’m her ten years later.

Mey January 12, 2018 14 Comments
TV Lists

Gay Hairplay: Top 11 Times a Girl Touched Another Girl’s Hair on TV and Film

Lesbian and bisexual gal pals caressing each other’s hair on TV and in movies has gotten a bad rap, probably because that’s what most fictional queer women have historically done instead of kissing on the mouth. But hairplay can also be really sexy!

Heather Hogan January 11, 2018 57 Comments
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You Need Help: When Strap-On Sex Leaves (Accidental) Bruises

Strap-on sex shouldn’t leave any bruises unless you want it to.

A.E. Osworth January 11, 2018 8 Comments
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Read These 8 Works of Intersex Fiction Right Now

Eight stories that feature intersex characters for you to read right now.

Casey January 11, 2018 15 Comments
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Gay Classic Warm Up Pants Are Back, and You Can Wear Them Anywhere

Abby Wambach, but make it fashion.

Nora January 11, 2018 3 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Would You Like to Hear a Story About Kate McKinnon, Gillian Anderson and a Bathtub?

A new Supergirl trailer to watch while still talking about the One Day at a Time trailer, Ellen’s new game show and Runaways has been renewed, everybody’s eyes are on Lena Waithe, Sally Draper is Sabrina the Teenage Witch and a tweet that’ll make you smile guaranteed.

Heather Hogan January 10, 2018 20 Comments
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3 Ways To Actually Improve Electoral Process Integrity (With Science!)

How cryptography, human-centered design, and statistics can be used in support of our democracy.

Laura Mandanas January 10, 2018 9 Comments
Television TV Reviews

“Grown-ish” Is Here, Queer and Even Better Than We Hoped

Somewhere between Zoey’s orientation visit to California University on black-ish and the debut of grown-ish last week on Freeform, the writers decided to make her imperfect — and that’s a good thing!

Natalie January 10, 2018 14 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Gillian Anderson Cordially Invites You to Walk All Over Her

Also, please enjoy Lena Waithe and Samira Wiley’s Golden Globes ensembles, an encouraging portrait of Ellen Page’s marriage and the true essence of Cameron Esposito’s hair.

Stef January 10, 2018 9 Comments
AF+

2017 By the Numbers: An A+ Members Exclusive

It’s that time again! Time to look back at the content that did good on social media, our income and expenses, and the other numbers that determined our sense of self-worth in 2017.

Riese January 10, 2018 47 Comments
Webcomics

Oh, Hey! It’s Alyssa #38: Handsome

“She/Her is fine, They/Them is great, and my name is best.”

A. Andrews January 10, 2018 16 Comments
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“Marvel’s Runaways” Episode 110 Recap: Sweet Karolina

Leslie confesses something terrible to Tina, and now my ship is in shambles!!!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 10, 2018 18 Comments
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First Person

I Hated Country Music Until I Met Lena

“Who was this country-music-loving New Englander? I both hated and loved that she seemed to be playing this garbage as if to impress me.”

Cassie Pruyn January 9, 2018 16 Comments
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