Nothing Ever Just Disappears: Seven Hidden Queer Histories, a new book by cultural historian Diarmuid Hester, shows us what is possible when we consider space in this way.

Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.

You cheated on your boyfriend and now he’s asking you to stay home from Pride parties — is that fair? Also, how to navigate different types of political activism.

Also! Updates on Astrid & Lilly Save the World, Charmed, and All American.

It’s a fascinating and, oftentimes, frustrating exploration of how we got to where we are in both the sports and gender debate and the limitation of trans rights in general.

Through three interconnected characters, Lisa Ko pens a very queer book about memory, art, and revolution.

“Suddenly I was pregnant. And then I was a dropout. And then I was a single mother. I had no money or resources outside of my deeply evangelical family, the same people who’d taken me to picket outside of abortion clinics when I was six years old.”

Trauma has a way of resurfacing in vulnerable moments. It can happen even if there’s no relationship between that trauma and sex.

The current circumstances are beyond the point of silence or inaction — they have been for a long time.

Gender exploration is for everyone, regardless of starting point or expectations.

And what we can learn from them this Pride.

Jennifer Love Hewitt’s latest Lifetime Christmas movie has a lesbian best friend who wears shoes on the bed.

Advice for coping when your Instagram-beloved girlfriend seems too hot for you, rekindling romance after long Covid, and how to flirt — gayly.

From complex portraits of everyday queers to Marvel witches to a collection of soap opera gays, here are some of our favorite queer TV characters of the year.

“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”

“Po’Chop asks us to list adjectives we associate with masculinity. I think of men I want to emulate — Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, my dad. We pace and pose with these adjectives in mind, cheer each other on through acting out these poses. It’s the most I have thought about existing in my body in a long time, and the awkwardness starts to give way to appreciation, and even a bit of confidence.”

Whether leaving the U.S. or trying to get back, terrified or resigned, every queer person I spoke to in an international long distance relationship says they feel less at ease to travel.

Someone saw Stardew Valley and decided it wasn’t gay enough. That’s how we ended up with Fae Farm.

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good lesbian books.

Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.