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20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

6 Hours

QUIZZES

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

quizzes

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Can you speak the language of the manatees?

Riese

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Apr 26, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

The Latest

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

6 Hours

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

Is This an Overdramatic Reaction To My Girlfriend Leaving Me

Af+

Apr 24, 2026

I Feel Bad for Not Being Bisexual ‘Enough’

Identity

Apr 23, 2026

book lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections for Broken Hearts

This new series, In Verse, is about bringing you the collections of poetry that meet you where you are at. This first installment is for the person dealing with a…

danijanae

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Feb 17, 2022

Two Black women are surrounded by a map, two flip phones, and greenery

first person

The Numbers in My Phone

I tried for a long time not to have a smart phone.

sheena d.

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Feb 17, 2022

Against a yellow background, a woman with brown skin and shoulder-length, wavy brown hair puts her hands over her face. She is wearing a sleeveless black shirt and a black watch.

dating

How Ghosting Harms Queer Communities, According to a Philosopher

When I’m ghosted and when others like me are ghosted, it takes on an extra sting.

Em Hernandez

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Feb 17, 2022

In the bottom right corner, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hair styles whispering to reach other against a teal background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of a lavender sex toy with a white point on the end.

sex toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Lovense Hyphy

“The toy comes in a hard plastic case with a clear lid for viewing that reminds me of the cryogenic sleeping pods in Alien.”

Guest

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Feb 17, 2022

The three hosts of the podcast "Cruising," two queer women and a non-binary person, sit on a couch shaped like lips in from of a sign that says "The Lipstick Lounge" in neon

culture

A 30-Day Lesbian Bar Crawl With the Creators of the “Cruising” Podcast

30 days. 21 lesbian bars. Three queer people. One epic road trip.

Felicia Fitzpatrick

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Feb 16, 2022

The book cover of Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin features a pair of plums in a netted bag with a bite taken out of one of the plums. The bottom of the book says: The end of the world is nuts.

book features

A Mile in Her Jackboots: Writing TERFs as a Trans Author

The challenge of writing about human monsters is that you have to confront the ways in which they’re exactly like you are.

Gretchen Felker-Martin

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Feb 16, 2022

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders as Van Schuyler & Bowers in Death on the Nile

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Hey, There’s a Secret Lesbian Couple in “Death on the Nile”!

Plus: Wynonna Earp and Sort Of score big at the Canadian Screen Awards, the queer co-showrunner making Star Trek: Discovery gay, and what you need to know about America Chavez…

Heather Hogan

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Feb 16, 2022

A cut out collage of Candace Parker and her wife. Her wife is kissing her cheek while Candace laughs. Candace is wearing a tank top that says "My Bae" that points at her wife.

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: OK Candace Parker, Those Matching Camo Short Sweatsuits?? Iconic.

Plus Laurie Hernandez and the sunset, Jasmine Savoy Brown’s purple hair, and I am only marginally sad that my knees would shatter if I attempted to wear Niecy Nash’s heels.

Christina Tucker

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Feb 16, 2022