No Filter: Thank You Janelle Monáe for All You’ve Done (Giving Queen Latifah a Space To Throw It Back)
Plus, just 17 days til Kehlani’s album and more queer celeb news!
Mini Crossword Is So Jealous
Jealous that you get to solve this puzzle, that is.
Rachel Scanlon Is Here To Fulfill Your Butch ‘Gay Fantasy’
Rachel Scanlon’s new comedy special is a gay fantasy in and of itself.
While Pride Galas Carry On, These Queer Activists Are Fighting To Hold LGBTQ Orgs Accountable
As a group of queers chanted for a free Palestine, another group of queers walked by in cocktail attire.
‘Baby Reindeer’ Star Jessica Gunning Comes Out As “A Big Old Gay” and Covert ‘L Word’ Fan
“For so long I’d thought, ‘I know I’m a bigger woman’ and I thought that maybe it was to do with my size? That I felt a bit like, almost alien, or like I was tagging along. But as soon as I realised, ‘No, it’s that I’m gay’ it was the most liberating thing.”
HBO’s Once-Dismissed ‘Looking’ Has Found a New Audience: Trans Guys
Looking wasn’t a failure just because some cis gay men didn’t like it enough. It reached me, an unlikely and perfect audience.
I’m a Hopeless Romantic Who Keeps Falling in Love With My Friends
“I have strong sexual feelings for another good friend of mine. They have a partner already and are poly.”
‘The Other Olympians’ Is Essential Reading Heading Into This Year’s Summer Olympics
It’s a fascinating and, oftentimes, frustrating exploration of how we got to where we are in both the sports and gender debate and the limitation of trans rights in general.
Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart Had Immediate Chemistry, Obviously
There is just so much Hannah Einbinder content in our lives right now and we’re grateful for it. Also: Reese Witherspoon’s daughter Ava re-clarifies her sexuality, Amandla Stenberg talks Star Wars, Cynthia Erivo lip syncing to Billie Eilish’s Lunch and more pop culture stories for your day!
LGBTQ Politicians Won’t Save Us
ACT UP NY replaced a flag honoring Ritchie Torres with a flag honoring Cecilia Gentili on Fire Island this weekend.
Queerleading Drama ‘Backspot’ Captures Girlhood in All Its Extremes
Cheerleading is a sport full of contradictions and paradoxes, and Backspot explores that well.
75 Books for Every Pride Vibe
Browse our curated list of books by LGBTQ authors and receive a discount on books purchased through Bookshop all Pride month long!
Zolita Transforms Heteronormative Spaces Into Queer Ones
“I love taking spaces and worlds that seem so heteronormative and set in the male gaze on the surface, then making them queer.”
Mini Crossword Also Leans Lesbian
And you know what they say: if you’re leaning, you could be solving crossword puzzles.
So You Want To Start an OnlyFans
Ultimately, online sex work is more akin to starting a small business than making easy money.
Quiz: Which of the Seven Deadly Sins Should You Indulge in This Pride Month?
Why stop at pride when all seven deadly sins are fun tbh.
Queer Horoscopes for June 2024
Pride 2024: May we hold in our hearts this month who we’re fighting for and who’s fought for us to be here at all.
June 2024: What’s New, Gay and Streaming
We’ve got Orphan Black: Echoes, a massive doc about queer comedy and another about the WNBA, Eva Longoria on the lam in Spain with her lesbian daughter, Hannah Einbinder’s stand-up special, the Dakota Johnson rom-com and more!
AF+ Crossword Wishes Everyone a Happy June
AF+ Crossword also recommends packing lots of sunscreen and staying hydrated.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: Suited-Up Carina DeLuca Delivering a Baby in the Middle of a Forest Fire Is So Hot??
We’re saying goodbye to Maya and Carina on Station 19, Jules and Yasuda build up sexual tension in the Grey’s Anatomy season finale and recaps of All-American, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School, 9-1-1 and Beacon 23.