Liquor In The Grapefruits: A Very Easy Negroni
A Negroni is perhaps the easiest cocktail in the world to make—it’s three ingredients and can be built all in one glass.
Serial Lesbian TV Character Killer Strikes Again: “Empire” Murders Two Terrible Women
“If anything, the lesbians should wish for a character like [her] to be killed off since she just preyed on a powerful lesbian in order to fulfill her heterosexual ambitions.”
Faking It Episode 304 Recap: Can Anybody Find Amy Somebody To Love?
This week on “Faking It,” Shane dyes his hair blue for a minute, there’s a new trans character, Amy wants Lauren to star in a documentary about being intersex, Felix comes back and I made you a really neat chart.
Campership Alert: Lunapads Is Sending Someone to A-Camp and It Could Be You!
Lunapads has donated a Campership for A-Camp 2016 happening May 29th to June 3rd! If you didn’t think you were going to Camp this year, you could be wrong.
Playlist: The Most Misandrist Anthems
Dozens of female artists have penned misandrist anthems to help heal our collective rage by commiserating with our frustrations. Here are 19 of them!
Pop Culture Fix: Lesbian TV Characters Keep Dying and also 14 Exciting Queer Things
There’s so many stories in here! The Bury Your Gays conversation is going strong, Ellen DeGeneres’s beard speaks out, Abby Wambach is ashamed of her DUI, Caitlyn Jenner joins the cast of “Transparent,” videos from the GLAAD Awards, new trailers for Salem and “Grace & Frankie,” we mourn the end of The People Vs. OJ Simpson and SO MUCH MORE!
Disability and the Gym: Let My Body Do the Work
“I like toughness because it acknowledges an uncomfortable, complicated truth—that being disabled is hard—but rejects pity as an acceptable response. Instead, it gives my body credit for outlasting, adapting, and thriving in ways able-bodied people can’t imagine.”
“Gone Home” Is Still Queer, Finally Here For PS4 and XBox
Gone Home’s console release is stellar, and so is the fact that it got a console release.
No Filter: Carrie Brownstein Rolls Deep
Carrie Brownstein went above and beyond to prove that all of your favorite people know each other.
Notes From A Queer Engineer: STEM Link Roundup
Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.
PHOTOESSAY: Dinah Dinah Dinah
This year I decided to DO Dinah (as opposed to last year when I ran away and went camping). It’s basically “how long can I survive in the heat before I die” and then “how long can I stay at this party before I pass out” and repeat.
A+ Inbox LIVE! #4: It’s An Elusive Soup
On this week’s show, we discuss lightening the weight of confessing a crush, some cocaine stories (??), soups galore, and Vapid Fluff as legitimate, interesting and well-written fun. Plus there’s a special guest! Genuinely not sure whose dog is barking in this one.
Here We Go Again: Mississippi Governor Signs Sweeping, Dangerous Anti-LGBT Bill Into Law
Mississippi is the latest state to pass an anti-LGBT bill that protects people who don’t believe in same-sex marriage, trans people and extramarital sex; the man who killed Islan Nettles took a plea deal to get a shorter prison sentence; Texas is considering protecting “religious freedom” in its constitution; a man from LA killed his son because he was gay and more news.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Empire” Is Back And As Messy As Ever
Queer TV is shaky this year, but there’s another Carmilla-adjacent webseries to bring you joy!
Let Me Google That For You Pt. 2
I have done the research and saved you the keystrokes on what – according to Google algorithms and statistics – you’ve always wondered, wonder presently, or might wonder sometime in the future.
13 TV Shows With Lesbian and Bisexual Female Characters Who Are Getting It Right
When it comes to their queer female characters, these shows are hitting it out of the park.
Bottoms Up: Kinky Safer Sex As A Single Sub
I got my first STI as a newly single sub with no idea how to practice kinky safer sex. Turns out safer sex is everyone’s responsibility.
Drawn to Comics: The 10 Best DC and Marvel Comics Featuring Women Superheroes
The top ten DC and Marvel comics — just in my opinion.
Kitty Genovese’s Murder: Everything You Know About The “38 Bystanders” Is Wrong
The alleged behavior of witnesses to the 1963 murder of Kitty Genovese, a lesbian barmaid who lived in Queens with her girlfriend, inspired the concept of “the bystander effect.” The only problem is that the story of the 38 apathetic bystanders isn’t even remotely true.
Campership Alert: Win a Full Tuition Campership and Swimwear from Outplay!
Outplay is sending a camper to A-Camp — enter to win a Campership PLUS a swimsuit for the pool party!