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Politics + Activism

Inside Columbia’s Encampments for Palestine, Students Know Exactly What They’re Fighting For

This is possibly the most momentum the pro-Palestine movement in the United States has gained in decades, and the movement is being led by teenagers who cared not about suspension or arrest, but a cause larger than them.

Mukta Joshi May 8, 2024 20 Comments
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Sports

10 Things We Learned From Brittney Griner’s Very Gay, Cathartic Press Tour

In the past week, Brittney Griner has been interviewed by legendary queer journalists and athletes like Robin Roberts, Megan Rapinoe and J Wortham. Here’s what we learned about her imprisonment in Russia, her return to the U.S. and the WNBA, and how she’s coping now.

Riese May 8, 2024 1 Comment
How It Works Out by Myriam Lacroix
LGBT Book Reviews

‘How it Works Out’ Imagines Many Madcap Alternate Universes of Queer Love

It’s a gorgeous, speculative exercise in romance that’s as bound together as it is fragmented.

Aamina Inayat Khan May 8, 2024 1 Comment
Beautiful Rebel Netflix: Letizia Toni as Gianna Nannini sings into a microphone.
Movie Reviews

Netflix’s ‘Beautiful Rebel’ Proves Italians Can Make Bad Lesbian Movies Too

Like with so many biopics, in trying to tell every part of a life story, there doesn’t end up being much story at all. 

Drew Burnett Gregory May 8, 2024
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Music

No Filter: The Hottest Place To Get Gay-Engaged This Summer Is Apparently the Girl in Red Tour

Plus, Met gala after party looks and behind-the-scenes content and more queer celeb updates from Instagram.

Christina Tucker May 8, 2024
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First Person

How I Listen to True Crime After Knowing a Murderer

Media makes it convenient to think of murder as an act that starts with a body and ends with a verdict. Murder is a crime with a long tail.

Summer Tao May 8, 2024 5 Comments
7 across / 5 letters / "Oranges Are Not the Only ___"
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Does Enjoy Oranges Though

The real friends were the crossword puzzles we solved along the way.

Emet Ozar May 8, 2024 2 Comments
Queen Latifah and her partner Eboni Nichols walk the Met red carpet
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Queen Latifah Walked the Met Carpet With Her Partner Eboni Nichols, It Matters

Queen Latifah being flirtatious and chivalrous to her partner, live and in front of cameras? I am on my knees. We used to dream for days like this!!

Carmen Phillips May 7, 2024 9 Comments
Queer Fashion

How To Dress in Gay Tenniscore After Seeing ‘Challengers’

The goal with queer Tenniscore is to look like you could seamlessly transition from being courtside to being at the gay club/party.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 7, 2024 1 Comment
A collage of LGBT, lesbian, bisexual, gay and queer celebrities at the 2024 Met Gala
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Queer Fashion

Met Gala 2024: Who’s All Gay Here? The Best in This Year’s Queer Fashion

It’s the Met! And you know what that means! It’s time to look upon hot queers, poke a some fun at celebrity culture, and give flowers the designers, culture workers, and glam teams that make this topsy-turvy fashion world go ’round. 

Carmen Phillips May 7, 2024 3 Comments
The One with the Lesbian Wedding: Carol and Susan in big funny hates smile at the camera with their butch officiant standing between them.
TV Feature

Very Special Gay Episode: The One Where I Write About the ‘Friends’ Lesbian Wedding

It could happen in real life, couldn’t it? It had happened on Friends and everyone loved Friends.

Kristen Arnett May 7, 2024 7 Comments
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Dating

I Finally Met Someone Cute IRL — Now What Do I Do?

“For years I’ve been wishing I could meet someone organically, off the apps, and now that that’s happened I have no idea what I’m doing!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 7, 2024 2 Comments
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First Person Gender

What Drag Has Taught Me

Every time I have gotten the opportunity to do mediocre drag as a beginner, I have had some of the most fun a person can have.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan May 7, 2024 5 Comments
A collage of 9-1-1's queer main characters: Hen, Karen, and Buck
Pop Culture Fix

Praise for Buck’s Bisexuality Keeps Erasing 9-1-1’s Black Lesbians (Who’ve Been There THE WHOLE TIME)

Everyone needs to stop erasing Hen when you talk about Buck on 9-1-1, Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual to star in a queerleading movie, SNL’s JoJo Siwa skit, Janelle Monáe joins a movie musical from Pharrell, and more!

Valerie Anne May 6, 2024 5 Comments
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Breakups

Should You Delete Your Ex?

There’s nothing an iPhone loves more than forcing a slideshow of your ex on you when you least expect it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 6, 2024 3 Comments
Challengers queer: a close-up on Zendaya lowering her sunglasses.
Movie Reviews

‘Challengers’ Is Catnip for Bisexuals — And Finally Gives Zendaya a Role Worthy of Her Talent

Zendaya commands the screen with no caveats. She’s not good with what she’s given (Dune) or good despite the mediocre writing (Euphoria). She’s just… good. No, she’s great. No, she’s the best.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 6, 2024 14 Comments
She's the Man trans: Channing Tatum in a white tank top looks at Amanda Bynes in drag.
Movie Reviews

A Trans Guy Watches ‘She’s the Man’ for the First Time

I avoided the 2006 teen comedy She’s the Man for almost two decades. Now it was finally time to watch it.

Gabe Dunn May 6, 2024 5 Comments
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Society + Culture

Rich People Should Be Less Boring

Like many, my feelings about the Met Gala are complicated.

Drew Burnett Gregory May 6, 2024 2 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is What? Sickening

This crossword is pretty gay!

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Dating

A Love Letter to Cuddle Dates

I love cuddle dates because they’re my neurodivergent heaven: comfy and quiet. They also fit into anti-heteronormative approaches to romance and affection.

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