Who Is It That Afflicts You?
Witchcraft, trials, death and the Devil: how the long road of history winds from 1692 Salem, MA to 2015.
James Dawson Is Trans: Bestselling YA Author Comes Out as Trans Woman
“It was while writing This Book Is Gay that I realised I had far more in common with trans women than I did with gay men and started speaking to a gender therapist. I am now on a waiting list to receive treatment from specialist doctors and nurses.”
22 Stunning Queer Photography Projects Showcasing LGBT Community Diversity
Same-sex couples, butch and femme identities, queer youth speaking out, gay life in Japan, LGBT athletes and so many more projects from incredible photographers looking to give visibility to a historically hidden population.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: “Lost Girl” Airs Its Final Faewell
Survivor’s Remorse’s second season ends in tragedy, Jane the Virgin continues to be the best show on TV, and American Horror Story: Hotel is bloody as hell.
Natural Hair Was My Final Frontier to Self-Love as a Black Trans Woman
After removing my damaged locks, I realized that that was the easy part. Removing the Eurocentric straight- haired image of femininity embedded in my brain was much harder.
A+ Exclusive: Julia Nunes and Jenny Owen Youngs Cover “Walking With a Ghost” for Your Haunted Heart
The cover song you didn’t know you were living for.
Black High School Student Assaulted by School Cop, Bystander Who Filmed It Gets Arrested
Texas health investigators raided Planned Parenthoods across the state and obtained patient record information, a school district outside Chicago could lose up to $6 million in federal funding for not allowing a teen trans girl to use the correct locker room, Hillary Clinton will stop accepting money from private prison companies and more news stories.
Ten Imaginary Lesbian Horror Films
Remember children, these movies are imaginary, but the horror is real.
Drawn to Comics: Ranking the All-New All-Different Marvel Female-Led Titles
Did you know that there are 19 female-led titles from Marvel that I was able to put in this list!? How cool is that?
Faking It Episode 219 Recap: You’re Not That Kind Of Girl OR ARE YOU
This week on Faking It, the world decides to have a party at Lauren and Amy’s house and nobody brought finger-foods, just beer. It was okay. A lot of stuff happened. You should probably read this.
Lesbian Kisses On American TV: The Definitive History Of Everybody Freaking Out Over Nothing
We’ve come so far since same-sex kisses on television only happened once in a show’s entire run, rarely involved lesbian or bisexual characters and generally were obscured by somebody’s hair!
I’m Single, I’m 36, and I Think That’s Fine
“Becoming secure with being alone has relieved the frantic pressure to believe that every new person I meet might be the next person with whom I enter into a significant relationship, and instead it has provided me with the security and confidence to build a life on my own terms.”
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Je Joue Ooh Will Revolutionize Your (Toy) Box
The Je Joue Ooh is the modular sex toy line you didn’t know you were waiting for.
Style Thief: Achieve Hannah Hart’s Hartosexual Style for Yourself
Whether hanging with kittens or just makin’ cake with Ingrid Nielsen, Hannah Hart looks great. Who could resist a cutie in sweater and a beanie?
36 Recipes Containing Caramelized Onions, Nectar of the Gods
This is it! Salvation. Salivation. So much caramelized onions. Praise.
Sunday Funday Comes Bearing Good Queer News and Parachuting Beavers
Governor Cuomo does the right thing, Chile celebrates civil unions, Indiana gets some karmic retribution, and did I mention the parachuting beavers.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Will Invite You In
How to “be” in a relationship, a new way to think about play piercing, consent as a starting point in sex and more.
“Carol” Is Even Better Than You’ve Heard, Is Maybe The Best Lesbian Movie Ever Made
Perhaps the best praise I can give Carol is that ten minutes into it, I forgot it was my job to be a critic. Twenty minutes in, I forgot I was watching a movie at all.
Talking with Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham About Everyday Activism and Why Empathy is Everything
I had heard about Reina Gossett and Grace Dunham’s close relationship, and how it was informing some incredible work together, so I sought them out to find out more — over the course of our afternoon together in NYC, our conversation covered everything from the damages of biological essentialism to the radical power of empathy to how important it is to feel sexy sometimes.
FlirtyQWERTY is the Inclusive, Sexy Emoji App You’ve Been Waiting For
I did a quick interview with the founder of FlirtyQWERTY, a free and feminist emoji app, about desegregating tech, bringing people together, and flipping people off.