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‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

Apr 28, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Intern Yasuda throws condoms out like the Oprah everybody gets a car meme

tv show recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Good Gay “Grey’s Anatomy” Is Back, Baby!

Plus updates on our lesbian Survivor contestant, Vampire Academy, 9-1-1, Raising Kanan, American Horror Story, NCIS: Hawai’i, and The Equalizer.

Natalie and Valerie Anne

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Oct 21, 2022

A close up of Black New Balance gym shoes with a grey N across the sides and white laces. It's a casual suede shoe.

queer fashion

New Balance 237s Changed My Life, Welcomed My Mid-30s by Correcting My Stride and Attitude

I’m four years into my 30s and all the bones in my body were finally going creaky. And of course, it just had to begin in my knees.

Stef Rubino

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Oct 21, 2022

Carmen kisses her girlfriend on The Good Fight

tv reviews

“The Good Fight” Season 6 Gives Carmen a Girlfriend

And she looks…familiar.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Oct 21, 2022

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Queer Enough and Ready to Party

“My closet was haunted in college.” You and me both, friend!

Darcy

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Oct 21, 2022

A still of a woman making a frightened face in the movie Symptoms

movie features

Long Live Eurosleaze

For all the queer art being made now, for all the films and the television shows and the webseries, I never feel as loved as I feel watching some micro-budget…

Alison Rumfitt

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Oct 21, 2022

a queer couple holds each other, a more masc person with short hair kissing a femme person on the street

af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #70: LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIPS

The team answers your questions about keeping those fires burning!

the team

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Oct 21, 2022

Heretic by Jeanna Kadlec features the title of the book in neon pink letters and a glowing pink light against a dark background

lgbt book reviews

Jeanna Kadlec’s “Heretic” Is a Memoir for the Witches Who Grew From Good Christian Women

Heretic is part memoir, part cultural critique, part political analysis, and part history, all viewed through the queer lens of a woman who grew up in the Midwest trying her…

Heather Hogan

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Oct 21, 2022

Ted Lasso pointing to the BELIEVE sign in the locker room

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Middle Age Lesbians Are Taking Over Club Soccer

Peppa Pig’s lesbian polar bears as a tool of war, when your houseplant obsession becomes a nightmare, and Netflix is going to start charging you to share your account.

Heather Hogan

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Oct 20, 2022