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Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Wines That Go Beyond Grapes

I was taught that wine is fermented grape juice, but that’s way too narrow in my opinion! In fact, some of the most exciting things in the wine world are happening on the fringes of that definition.

ashni March 27, 2024
8 across / 3 letters / clue: Beading or leatherworking tool
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Apologizes to Cameron Diaz for the Omission

What did one monocle say to the other monocle?

Kate Hawkins March 27, 2024 2 Comments
Movie Reviews

‘Rent’ (The Film) Is Best Performed Live (By You)

Rent will never be a perfect movie. And it never needs to be. Because Rent is best enjoyed singing it loudly at the top of your lungs, dancing until you break a sweat, and the collapsing exhausted against your couch with your best friends.

Carmen Phillips March 26, 2024 6 Comments
LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project: Side by side images shot by Richard Avedon of The Ridiculous Theatrical Company out of costume and in costume
Theater

The LGBTQ+ NYC Artists Archive Project Aims to Preserve the Unpreservable

“Archiving performance is a theoretical notion. How can you archive something ephemeral that happened in the past?”

Drew Burnett Gregory March 26, 2024
Anjali Chakra and Sufi Malik with their faces scratched out and kissing lips around them
First Person

I Want My Queer Representation To Be Messy — Even When it Comes to Real People

To believe in love means to believe in its failures and missteps, too.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 26, 2024 2 Comments
Marsha Warfield collaged as Roz in Night Court, both from the 1980s and in 2024 for the show's reboot.
TV Feature

Marsha Warfield Takes Her Place in the Parthenon of Black Queer Women on Television

“When you’re standing on the mountain, and been climbing it as long as I have, you can look back and say, ‘no baby, we’ve come a long way.'” I had the pleasure of talking to Ms. Warfield ahead of her triumphant return as Roz in tonight’s Night Court season finale.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 26, 2024 1 Comment
a woman with tape over her mouth
Lesbian Sex

You Need Help: How Do I Get More Comfortable With Dirty Talk?

We learn so much about how people act during sex from TV and movies, and those people always seem to know exactly when to moan or how to say the right thing during sex. Of course they do — it’s been written for them!

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 26, 2024 5 Comments
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Geekery

Jump Into Pen-and-Paper Roleplaying With These Free and Simple Systems

Here’s a bunch of easy-to-learn roleplaying systems that are still packed with love and detail. They’re also better than cheap. They’re free. 

Summer Tao March 26, 2024 3 Comments
A collage of Archie Panjabi and Lily Gladstone in their new series "Under the Bridge"
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lily Gladstone and Archie Panjabi to Star in Murder Mystery “Under the Bridge,” Gays Rejoice

Lily Gladstone and Archie Panjabi will star in a new show by the creators of Little Fires Everywhere, Reneé Rapp is going to Sesame Street, Fletcher is still being messy on main, Mad Max: Furiosa will premiere at Cannes, and more pop culture news!

Valerie Anne March 25, 2024 6 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

“At Her Service” Is a Sweet Sapphic Romance With Crucial Lesbian Kickball Representation

Amy Spalding’s second book in the “Out in Hollywood” series centers on Max, a wee masc lesbian in Hollywood roped into a self-actualization scheme by her influencer roommate and most importantly to me, playing a lot of lesbian kickball.

Riese March 25, 2024 4 Comments
Sufi Malik and Anjali Chakra showing their engagement rings with a rip between them to represent their breakup
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

The Anjali Chakra x Sufi Malik Breakup and Cheating Confession, Explained

The couple who went viral for their photoshoot showing queer South Asian love have called off their wedding, citing infidelity.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 25, 2024 8 Comments
Euphoria season three delay: a close up of Zendaya as Rue crying.
TV News & Trailers

Will “Euphoria” Season Three Ever Happen? Show’s Future Uncertain With Another Delay

The question is not only whether Euphoria season three will happen. We also have to ask: should it?

Drew Burnett Gregory March 25, 2024 3 Comments
Accessible gatherings: Black and white images of four queer appearing people looking joyous. Three of the four use wheelchairs. The background is olive green.
Community

15 Tips for Creating Accessible Gatherings and Anti-Ableist Spaces

I want to live in a world where disabled people get to feel seen, validated, and valued as a whole person at all sorts of events. That will not happen unless abled people make the effort to learn, proactively plan, and communicate about accessibility.

Katie March 25, 2024 5 Comments
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TV Feature

26 of the 178 Types of Women According to Girls5eva’s Resident Lesbian Gloria

Highlights include Susan Saran-dom, Corn-Fed Xena, and simply: Tár.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya March 25, 2024 9 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Why Is It So Hard for Us To Take Time for Ourselves?

There have been many times when I’ve said that I’m going to make a stronger effort to take time for myself and that lasts for a couple weeks before I fall right back into the routine of ignoring my needs.

Sa'iyda Shabazz March 25, 2024 8 Comments
A collage of 16 images from the Autostraddle' Rebels March Madness region
TV Feature

Autostraddle March Madness 2024: “The Kids Are Alright” Round One — Rebels

Ellie from The Last of Us, Juliette and Calliope from First Kill, Rue and Jules from Euphoria, Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Tara, Pretty Little Liar’s Maya St. Germain, and more teen rebels who need your vote!

Natalie March 25, 2024 1 Comment
2 down / 5 letters / clue: Instrument central to the 2018 queer horror film "The Perfection"
Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Rereading “Middlemarch”

Swords will never be obsolete.

Darby Ratliff March 25, 2024 4 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: What’s Your Lesbian Love Language?

Do you need a partner who can do a running joke with you, or someone who wants to run a production studio with you or perhaps someone who will run home to fix the fridge? There’s only one way to find out: THIS QUIZ!

Riese March 24, 2024 6 Comments
A two panel comic of a poem reads "who instead of staying in one place / kept leaving." The comic depicts Baopu, an Asian person with red hair, getting on and off an airplane.
Webcomics

Baopu #122: Traveling Grounds

“I used to feel like the only one.”

Yao Xiao March 23, 2024 2 Comments
9 down / 3 letters / clue: "___ of Me" (PJ Harvey song)
AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Sparks Joy

I tried to watch the orchestra on tv with my kids but we had to turn it off.

Darby Ratliff March 23, 2024 3 Comments
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