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Comedy First Person

As a Trans Woman Getting Into Stand-Up Comedy, Can I Avoid Jokes About My Identity?

My greatest fear in doing comedy is being a hack.

Abbie Jones April 29, 2024 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Totally Stoked

My dog is a terrible dancer.

Rebecca Goldstein April 29, 2024
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Sports

Candace Parker Announces Her WNBA Retirement, There Is No Doubt That She Changed the Game

I know Candace Parker left the game better, and not just because she’s one hell of hooper. But because with her confidence, her playful cockiness, her swagger, her heart — she made room for all of us in it.

Carmen Phillips April 28, 2024 7 Comments
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Shopping

Upgrades for Your Next Hot Gay Pool Party

Whether you’re hosting or just want to be the hottest guest, take the gay pool party to the next level with these essentials.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 28, 2024 2 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Emotionally Intense ’80s/’90s Lesbian Song Are You?

The late ’80s and ’90s were a great time for a gay or bisexual woman to get herself a guitar and/or a microphone and sing about her feelings to a crowd of emotional lesbians. Which one of these songs is the true essence of your own heart?

Riese April 28, 2024 15 Comments
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Music

New St. Vincent Album ‘All Born Screaming’ Is the Best Score for the End of the World

If you judged the album from the two opening tracks, you wouldn’t be right about where it goes.

Stef Rubino April 27, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Features

Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: ‘Go Fish’ and When the Best Part of Sex Is Telling Your Friends

The Go Fish sex scene is so hot because it’s a story. It’s an ideal of first connection everyone — friend and lover — can bond over and aspire to manifest.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 27, 2024
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Is Bad at Spelling

I used to run a dating service for chickens.

Rebecca Goldstein April 27, 2024
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Kristen Kish Is Using Her Platform to Wage a War Against Sleeves, and We’re Grateful

But even Kristen Kish’s arms are cold comfort for the travesty that occurs at the end of this episode. Also: Patience and Coop are looking like a reconciliation (or at least a mutual understanding) might be in their future on All-American.

Natalie April 26, 2024 6 Comments
Best Lesbian Sci-Fi Fantasy TV. Top, L to R: Doctor Who, Xena, Orphan Black. Middle, L to R: Orphan Black, Black Mirror, Astrid and Lily Save the World. Bottom, L to R: All of Us, Santa Clarita Diet
TV Lists

The 100 Best Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy TV Shows of All Time

From Doctor Who and Star Trek to Buffy and Wynonna Earp, sci-fi has been one of the more consistent places we, as queer people, have been able to find ourselves on TV over the past few decades. Here are the top 100 of our best.

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April 26, 2024 20 Comments
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AF+

My Bisexual Girlfriend Only Likes Strap-On Sex, Should I Be Worried?

Do your girlfriend’s preferences mean she prefers sex with cis men, plus advice on coping with stress without drinking and nonbinary names for wedding party members!

the team April 26, 2024
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First Person

Five Years Ago, Lesbian Visibility Day Was the Best Day of My Life

I presented my lesbianism to the cis world like a child showing her parents a new drawing.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 26, 2024 12 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Struggles With Leg Day

I tried to start a professional hide and seek team, but it didn’t work out.

Emet Ozar April 26, 2024 1 Comment
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Music

Which Queer Poet Should You Read? Based On Your Favorite Track from ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Which queer poet should you read based on your favorite song from TTPD? Also known as, which queer poet should you read instead of listening to TTPD — whichever feels more accurate. Hey, I’m just the messenger.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan April 25, 2024 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Lily Gladstone Tops Riley Keough in a Bar Bathroom in ‘Under the Bridge’

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Riese April 25, 2024 16 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Sophia Bush Comes Out as Queer and In Love With Ashlyn Harris

“I think I’ve always known that my sexuality exists on a spectrum. Right now I think the word that best defines it is queer. I can’t say it without smiling, actually. And that feels pretty great.”

Riese April 25, 2024 23 Comments
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Movie Features

We Won — Sex Is Back On-Screen

With films like Drive-Away Dolls, Love Lies Bleeding, and Challengers, the movies are sexy again. But I’m not writing this piece to gloat — I’m writing it to get greedy.

Drew Burnett Gregory April 25, 2024
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Lesbian Sex

How To Kill Lesbian Bed Death

Read stories from other folks experiencing periods of no sex in relationships to start killing lesbian bed death at the root.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya April 25, 2024 3 Comments
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First Person

Marrying a Divorced Person Awakened Unexpected Insecurities in Me

What if I’m bad at being a wife?

Sa'iyda Shabazz April 24, 2024 6 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Billie Eilish Wants Her “Face In a Vagina,” Has Loved Girls Her Whole Life, Hates Whales

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Billie Eilish talks about her new album, her mental health, lunch, oversharing, the ocean, masturbation and her sexuality.

Riese April 24, 2024 6 Comments
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