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‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

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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

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‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

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Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

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20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

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quizzes

Quiz: Plan a Queer Fall Party and I’ll Tell You How You’re Cursed

There are lots of specifically queer curses out there. Like, perhaps, you are always matching with people on Tinder with the same name as you or, perhaps, you’re always calling…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Oct 16, 2022

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house & garden

10 Crate and Barrel Finds To Level Up the Luxury of Your Dyke Domesticity

Now that I’m a seasoned dyke approaching 30, I want to own things that match the kind of person I’m growing into.

danijanae

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Oct 16, 2022

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tv show recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Wifeys Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts Sizzle On-Screen in “The Rookie: Feds”

Plus! Updates on Survivor, 9-1-1, All American, Vampire Academy, Home Economics, and Station 19!

Natalie and Valerie Anne

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Oct 14, 2022

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straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Still Bisexual After All These Years

“Idea number 11: get your pup a bowtie and dress them up as lesbian legend Heather Hogan.”

Darcy

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Oct 14, 2022

A black shearling jacket, a black long blazer coat, a black and white striped cardigan dress, and a brown leather motojacket

queer fashion

So You Want To Have Some Fall Whimsy

It’s time to bring back our romance novel slash Hallmark movie protagonists for some whimsical fall adventures!

Christina Tucker

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Oct 14, 2022

Tegan and Sara songwrite together in High School

tv reviews

Tegan and Sara’s “High School” Is the Lesbian Teen Drama I’ve Been Waiting For

High School is eminently watchable, no matter how little or how much you know about actual Tegan and Sara. It’s just a damn good teen drama.

Heather Hogan

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Oct 14, 2022

Rachel Maddow and Melissa Etheridge laugh together while sitting close in chairs on Andy Cohen's set for "Watch What Happens Live," super imposed beneath them in block letters are the words "Do Lesbians Give a Damn"

tv show recaps

Melissa Etheridge and Rachel Maddow Question if We’re All OK in “Do Lesbians Give a Damn”

Rachel Maddow and Melissa Etheridge were on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live” and he made the lesbian icons with much better things to do, rank our silly little pop…

Carmen Phillips

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Oct 14, 2022

Two lesbian recline while reading on their couch

literature

These Queer Books Databases Make It Easy To Search for Your Next Favorite LGBTQ+ Read

What exactly do I mean by database? Well, I want it to be something that can be queried or filtered; it’s not just a long book list, and searching isn’t…

Sally

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Oct 14, 2022