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Food and Drink Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: Queer Cookbooks for Every Home Chef on Your Shopping List

If you’re going to buy cookbooks for your friends and family, why not buy them queer cookbooks and put money in the pockets of queer chefs?

Casey November 17, 2022 9 Comments
Two moms and their daughter shop at the supermarket
Holigays

Ways To Truly Support and Celebrate Queer Parents During the Entire Holiday Season

The parents in our LGBTQ+ community deserve some rest and celebration.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 16, 2022 7 Comments
A pair of scissors cutting off a balloon's string from the thing holding it down
Holigays Parenting & Family

Practical Magic: How to Cut Ties With Your Family

If you have family you don’t want to associate with anymore, whatever your reasoning, this guide is for you.

danijanae November 14, 2022 20 Comments
A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex and Disability by A. Andrews; a blue foldable camping chair; a jar opener; a gray heating pad.
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: Sick Gifts for the Spoonies in Your Life

A Spoonie is an affectionate name for a chronically ill person who has limited energy (spoons!) to use on any given day. It’s a rad community of resilient people whose physical, emotional, and cognitive struggles are mostly invisible to their friends, colleagues, and even family members.

Heather Hogan November 13, 2022 19 Comments
Orange slices, a customizable photo mug, a customizable photo keychain that looks like a film roll, a candle that says Daddy on it, and a person applying eye patches.
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: For Your Long-Distance Friends

Maybe you, like a lot of queer people, found your community online and don’t live near your friends.

Valerie Anne November 11, 2022 5 Comments
Burt's Bees hand balm, a leather polishing kit, a candle shaped like a butt, a black beanie, and a black slipper
Holigays

Holigay Gift Guide: 10 Gifts With Daddy Energy for the Masc Top in Your Life

If you’re looking for a gift that says, “Spank me, Daddy,” I’ve got you covered.

Ro White November 10, 2022 6 Comments
A comically large turkey strapped to the top of a vintage car in front of an autumn background
Thanksgiving

10 Ways To Stay Connected to Your Disabled / Chronically Ill Friends This Thanksgiving

If the last few years have reiterated anything to us us, it’s that queer people are endlessly resourceful in their pursuit of staying connected with their community, and committed to keeping each other safe.

Heather Hogan November 7, 2022 8 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Halloween

Janelle Monáe Gave Megan Thee Stallion a ‘Lil Kiss, Plus Other Hot Queers in Costumes

Happy Gay Christmas!

Carmen Phillips October 31, 2022
Chrishell Stause and G Flip are in a convince store dressed as each other, both are white people with shoulder length blonde hair, one has on a white tank top and black leather bomber jacket with large black sunglasses, the other is in a black sleeveless mini dress
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Halloween

Chrishell Stause and G Flip Dressed Up As EACH OTHER for Halloween, Gayest Shit Imaginable

Yes, you heard me correctly.

Anya Richkind October 31, 2022 7 Comments
a collaged image of Kayla as Fright Dyke which means she has spooky makeup and fake blood on and spiderwebs in her hair as well as a black dress
Halloween Straddleverse

Fright Dyke Has a Message for the Final Gays

Are the lights on?

Fright Dyke October 31, 2022 4 Comments
A child in a skeleton costume holds a trick or treat bucket
Halloween

I Will Always Steal These 10 Candies From My Kid’s Trick or Treat Bucket

Reese’s Pieces are better than plain M&Ms. You can fight me, but don’t bother because I will win.

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 31, 2022 11 Comments
A witch costume, a cat costume, a ghost costume, a clown costume, a Shane costume, a devil costume, a pumpkin costume, and Pantone swatches
Halloween

Quiz: What Last Minute Halloween Costume Should You Throw Together?

No costume? No problem. Take this personality quiz to see what last minute Halloween costume best fits your vibes.

Lucia October 28, 2022 17 Comments
Willow Rosenberg sits on her bed looking at her computer
Halloween TV Lists

25 of the Silliest, Spookiest Plotlines From “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” Ranked by Absurdity

One dark and stormy night, like so many queer people before me, I eagerly introduced a friend to the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Darcy October 27, 2022 16 Comments
Food and Drink Halloween

The Hunt for the Perfect Baked Pumpkin Treat

I chose four pumpkin/pumpkin spice recipes, new to me, and spent a considerable amount of my October baking (and eating) them. Now I’m here to tell you all about it!

Casey October 23, 2022 19 Comments
An Asian girl in white face pant and sparkles, dressed in pink velvet and a pink wig with unicorn ears gives peace signs and sticks her tongue out at the camera.
Halloween Playlists

Let Me DJ Your Gay Halloween Party

If you’re planning on throwing a messy little gay Halloween party this month or need something to put on your speakers, allow me to present my gay little Halloween playlist. 100 songs curated to make you feel hot and festive.

Julie Gentile October 19, 2022 4 Comments
A black faux fur sweater dress, a pair of high waisted denim jeans, a black low cut jumpsuit, and a black moto jacket.
Halloween Queer Fashion

Five Outfits To Wear for Halloweekend

If you’re looking to go out during Halloweekend but are not interested in putting together a costume, there are some looks you can put together that will stop the show while also being comfortable enough to dance in.

danijanae October 12, 2022 7 Comments
A collage of dog costumes
Halloween

10 Gay Halloween Costumes for Your Dog

Halloween: I actually think it might be the gayest night of the year.

Darcy October 11, 2022 7 Comments
A young Asian woman reclines on a couch listening to music on her smartphone. She is wearing a red dress.
Playlists Valentine's Day

Playlist: Love Songs Gifted By Exes

I asked some of my friends whether they had any love songs that they still love today, originally given to them by exes.

Analyssa February 13, 2022 7 Comments
A woman with pale skin and dark, wet hair in a bun sits with her knees up in a white bathtub. She sings into a detachable showered with one hand in the air. Plants and candles are visible in the background.
Valentine's Day

Hot, Creative Ways to Spend Valentine’s Day With Yourself, Your Friends or Your Partner(s) That Don’t Involve Flowers or Chocolate

Let’s take Valentine’s Day by its fuzzy, pink horns and hold on for dear life.

Ro White February 11, 2022 5 Comments
Two Black women dance together while smiling in their home.
Valentine's Day

How To Surprise Your Partner for Valentine’s Day When You’ve Spent Every Day Together for Two Pandemic Years

It can maybe seem silly to “celebrate” Valentine’s Day — you’re together all the time! But that’s why it’s important to carve out some intentional time together and also shake things up from your daily routine.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 8, 2022 3 Comments
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