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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Fragile

Meme historians, the necessary fragility of feminism and radical politics, poetry a fatal, first-person queer writing as a way to shift power and more.

Ryan Yates May 25, 2017 4 Comments
another shot of Maggie nestled on Alex's shoulder
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 222 Recap: Strong at the Broken Places

Go get ’em, Supergirl.

Valerie Anne May 24, 2017 100 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Pretty Little Liars Episode 715 Recap: The Heart of The Thing Is Mechanical

Paige and Emily say goodbye for the last time.

dufrau May 24, 2017 34 Comments
Webcomics

Foolish Child #23: Foolish Tempo

Could you please turn down — and I use this term very loosely — “your” music?

Dickens May 24, 2017 10 Comments
Geekery

Gayme Night: Unspeakable Words In a Bar

What do you do when your apartment is boxes? Throw Gayme Night in a bar instead!

A.E. Osworth May 24, 2017 4 Comments
LGBT History

10 Very Gay Excerpts from Vita and Virginia’s Love Letters

The lives (and affair) of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West is coming to the big screen this year. Here are some of the gayest things they wrote to one another.

Alice Lesperance May 24, 2017 21 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews Money + Work

Emilie Wapnick’s How To Be Everything

Why pick between your passions when you can design a life based on ALL of them?

Beth May 23, 2017 15 Comments
House & Garden

This Queer House, Vol. 2: It’s Electric!

Get ready to dazzle friends and loved ones with a new dimmer switch that is sure to set the mood for any occasion.

Jenna May 23, 2017 19 Comments
TV Reviews

Master Of None’s Coming Out Episode Is One of the Realest Things You’ve Ever Seen on TV

The character-driven Thanksgiving is set almost entirely in a single location, and unlike most small-screen coming out stories, this one spans 22 years because Denise’s journey is a marathon; not a sprint.

Kai May 23, 2017 22 Comments
Queer Fashion

4 Devastatingly Dapper Instagram-Inspired Looks for Graduation Season

These ideas from the fashionable folks of Instagram will make you the flyest guest at graduation.

Cami Thomas May 23, 2017 4 Comments
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

This Often-Ignored Spot on Your Astrological Chart Can Maybe Reveal Your Destiny, NBD

Don’t know which path to take? Looking up your midheaven could help steer you in the right direction.

Danielle May 23, 2017 8 Comments
Food Lists

20 Recipes in Honour of British Sandwich Week

Did you know it was British sandwich week last week?

Siobhan May 22, 2017 23 Comments
The L Word The L Word: Generation Q

Visions for “The L Word” Reunion That’s Maybe Possibly Happening

Friday night, in the midst of A-Camp, Ilene Chaiken had the audacity to tweet about a possible L Word reunion? Reboot? Group hang? It’s honestly unclear.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 22, 2017 27 Comments
Queer Fashion

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Your Summer 2017 Style Guide

Nautical looks, super saturated colors, and major flower power — my favorite pieces for summer, and hopefully yours too!

Nora May 22, 2017 23 Comments
Politics + Activism

Be The Change: Totally Rocking Small Group Breakouts

Facilitating a small group requires skills that aren’t always intuitive. I’ve got some tips and tricks and types of small group breakout sessions to help ya’ out!

KaeLyn May 22, 2017 8 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Sunday Is Celebrating 10 Years Of The Adipositivity Project

The Adipositivity Project, accessing your own pleasure, how to bring up safer sex, how to get over sex-related hang-ups, new theories on oxytocin in relationships, lots of nipples, and more.

Ryan Yates May 21, 2017 8 Comments
pick an actual category, you strange genius

Sunday Funday Has a Hallmark Greeting Card for Jackie Cote and Dee Smithson

Hallmark now has an LGBTQ collection including cards to celebrate transition, Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden are white men that are acceptable humans I guess okay, Wal-Mart settles landmark lawsuit brought by lesbian employees, a sexy new video from Keeana Kee, and more neat-o skeat-o stuff!

KaeLyn May 21, 2017 8 Comments
Geekery

Four Affordable Games with Weird, Escapist Worlds For Escaping To

These games were low or no-cost investments for me that have yielded hours of forgetting exactly how bad things are right now.

A.E. Osworth May 20, 2017 8 Comments
Straddleverse

Friday Open Thread: Be Honest, How Nerdy Are Your Weekend Plans

I’ll be doing a read-a-thon, nbd. What are you up to? Get in here and tell me about it!

Casey May 19, 2017 137 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Into Your Grandma

Your grandma sounds like a babe, I don’t know what else to tell you.

Ryan Yates May 19, 2017 5 Comments
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