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book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

5 Hours

QUIZZES

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 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

quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 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

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

5 Hours

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

I Feel Bad for Not Being Bisexual ‘Enough’

Identity

Apr 23, 2026

Photo 1: A group of kids on a little league baseball team gather around their coaches. Photo 2: The writer, Drew, as a young child stands on a baseball field wearing a Mets uniform, a baseball hat, and a baseball glove. Photo 3: Drew holds a bat and wears a 2 jersey and baseball hat while smiling at the camera. Photo 4: Drew swings at a baseball (and is clearly going to miss). Photo 5: Drew wears a 22 jersey and baseball hat and is standing over the plate with a bat, ready to swing.

sports

An Interview With My Dad About Baseball

And about being the parent of a trans kid.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Aug 4, 2022

Brittney Griner #42 of the Phoenix Mercury warms up before Game Two of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs

sports

Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison by Russian Court, Let This Next Step Bring Her Home

Today is harder than most. But I have to hope — because really, what’s the other choice? — that this guilty verdict is the next step to bringing her home, quickly…

Carmen Phillips

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Aug 4, 2022

A pop art in the style of a 1950s comic of a woman laying in bed at night, she looks terrified. Above her in the dark is bright yellow lettering: L, Lesbian Bed Death"

sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: L Is for Lesbian Bed Death

Why did the term “lesbian bed death” stick around in the queer imagination? Well, it’s catchy. And it’s scary!

Ro White

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Aug 4, 2022

Isabel Sandoval in a black Miu Miu sweater sits up on a yellow picnic blanket. She's wearing blue eye shadow and her face is lit in golden light. Shadows of leaves are seen on her face and the blanket.

movie features

Slow Takes: “Shangri-La” and What Makes a Great Short Film

Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way —…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Aug 4, 2022

The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed features a sweeping landscape of West Texas and a blue sky with clouds.

lgbt book reviews

“The Golden Season” Is a Queer Love Letter to West Texas

The writing is gorgeous and filled with beautiful imagery and insightful quotes.

Katie

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Aug 4, 2022

sex toys

8 Clit-Stimulating Sex Toys That Don’t Actually Look Like Sex Toys

Do you need a sex toy that looks like a starfish, a seashell or a duck? Browse this list and get inspired.

Bunny McFadden

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Aug 4, 2022

tv show recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 307 Recap: The Return of Raelle

This is not a drill! Raelle is back! The lesbian witch returneth!

Valerie Anne

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Aug 3, 2022

Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise by Jack Parlett features a group of people standing near the water.

lgbt book reviews

New “Fire Island” Book Weaves Personal, Historical Narrative To Highlight Power of Community Solidarity

More a place-based memoir than a straightforward history, “Fire Island” provides unique insight on the history, present, and future of this almost mythical place.

Stef Rubino

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Aug 3, 2022