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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

Literally the day after running her personal best marathon time, she will be back on the West End performing as…

Valerie Anne

Apr 27, 2026

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 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

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 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

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

2 Hours

Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

I Want To Age Like Deborah Vance

Television

Apr 24, 2026

A two photo collage: On the left, Ivory Aquino in a red dress; on the right, an image from the Batgirl Wedding Issue that shows Alysia kissing her bride Jo

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: HBO Max’s “Batgirl” Casts Ivory Aquino as Alysia Yeoh, DC’s First Trans Movie Character

Also! The problem with How I Met Your Father, why you shouldn’t write off Che Diaz, how Whitney and Robyn fell in love, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Jan 26, 2022

The words "You are going to be fine" written on a garage style door that is painted a soft pink.

first person

I Used Instagram Mantras As Therapy — And It Worked

They served as daily messages your best friend should tell you when you’re hurting — and in desperate need of a silver lining.

Christina Anthony

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Jan 26, 2022

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Keke Palmer Is So Stunning and Charming, She Should Be the Host of Everything on Earth Forever!

Also: Cynthia Nixon is doing Fashion now, which I am very pro!! And I cannot get over the fact that Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts are matching in this random…

Christina Tucker

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Jan 26, 2022

Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock in Ocean's 8 looking shifty

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Ah Yes, the Scammer-To-Girlboss Pipeline

A fun lil read on how scammers became cultural icons, a celebration of Tatyana Ali’s ‘90s fashion, an ode to plant parents, and who’s all gay at the winter olympics.

Carmen Phillips

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Jan 25, 2022

A person with brown skin types on a typewriter.

first person

As a Black, Fat, Disabled Person in Love, My Monogamy Feels Radical

For me, navigating polyamorous dynamics with white people is inherently taxing and painful as a Black person.

Teighlor McGee

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Jan 25, 2022

Sofia Black-D'Elia as Sam in Single Drunk Female

tv reviews

Freeform’s “Single Drunk Female” Finds the Funny in Sobriety

Single Drunk Female is a show about starting fresh, not just about drinking or not drinking.

Analyssa

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Jan 25, 2022

A photo of theatre with a photo of the RENT playbill on top.

theater

It’s Your Anniversary: Rent Was My First Class On Anti-Capitalism

I felt even more galvanized by the queer anti-capitalist characters I had come to know so well — and felt seen in the small choices I made to work towards…

Em Win

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Jan 25, 2022

A Black women in a white dresss holding flowers looks lovingily at a white woman in a suit on their wedding day

lesbian weddings

You Need Help: Your Future In-Laws Won’t Come to Your Wedding

It’s obvious you love your fiancé very much, and want to protect them from any agony the world wants to hurl at them. Unfortunately, you mostly can’t. But here’s what…

Heather Hogan

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Jan 25, 2022