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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

Apr 29, 2026

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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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

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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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

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

The Latest

Evil ‘SAVE America Act’ Fails on the Senate Floor

News

11 Hours

The Surprisingly Tender Trans Storyline in ‘Normal’

Film

15 Hours

No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

Apr 29, 2026

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

Apr 29, 2026

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

Lesbian moms — one a woman with curly brown hair and one a Black woman with an afro — smile while their two children, both mixed race boys with curly hair, play on their tablet. Their home is well lit with white walls.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: How Can You Explain to Your Kids That They’ll Be Targeted Simply Because You’re Gay?

Roxane Gay on Brittney Griner (if you haven’t read it yet — you should), asexual Sims, and the new 988 helpline isn’t necessarily the relief to police intervention that’s been…

Carmen Phillips

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Jul 19, 2022

Ruby Rose in a leather jacket in their game room, talking to V

movie reviews

Ruby Rose’s “1Up” Is a New Contender For Worst Movie Ever Made

I want to love all girl movies, all nerd movies, all gay movies — but yodeling Yoshi, this thing is nearly unwatchable.

Heather Hogan

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Jul 19, 2022

Against a black backdrop are collaged two crossed tennis rackets, with a pair of sneakers hovering above them. Each corner is occupied by a basketball or a soccer ball, two of each.

af+

A+ Roundtable: Our Sports Stories

“I mean, my first AIM screen name was SprtsFreek1224.”

the team

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Jul 19, 2022

A pensive woman with black hair and very light-brown skin wearing a fuzzy blue sweater. She is standing on her balcony with her elbows propped on the railing, looking pensive.

relationships

You Need Help: Can I Go Through this Heartbreak Again?

In order to work through problems in a relationship, both parties must be present, willing, and able to do the work required. It’s a little like you’re sitting side by…

Darcy

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Jul 19, 2022

Close-up of a Black person's hand taken through the window of a car as it drives on an open country road with a big blue sky.

music

The Five “Fast Car” Covers that Helped Me Get Free This Summer

The thing about our favorite songs – those that help us breathe and feel seen – is that when we love them, we shout our praise from the rooftops, we…

shea wesley martin

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Jul 18, 2022

In the bottom right corner of the image, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hairstyles whispering to each other against a pink background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of a periwinkle silicone sex toy with a long hand and a slight curve at the top with a small opening for suction.

sex toys

If My Clit Were Lost in the Woods, the Aer Would Still Find It

I’ve tried a lot of suction sex toys — here’s how the Aer compares.

Guest

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Jul 18, 2022

JoJo Siwa bats during the MGM All-Star Celebrity Softball Game at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, July 16, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Unleashes Her Inner Softball Dyke at the MLB All-Star Game

How Ms. Marvel explored family trauma and India’s Partition, Craig of the Creek has Black American Sign Language rep, and BBC is looking for someone else to make Gentleman Jack…

Heather Hogan

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Jul 18, 2022

cover of FaT GiRL zine features a Black fat dyke smiling happily in a bubblebath, with headlines for the content in the zine surrounding them

community

They Created the World They Wanted to See: The Radical Possibility of FaT GiRL Zine

“This was a noninstitutionalized reaction. This was political, intentional, we’re gonna be fat and queer and creative and sexy and empowering and a collective action.”

Lindsay Eanet

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Jul 18, 2022