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Dating

‘I’m a Trans Guy Looking for a Co-Parent. Are Queer Arranged Marriages a Thing?’

“I feel like in some ways, I could be down for a marriage in the sense of contract-to-build-a-family-unit rather than the marriage-driven-by-romantic-love sense.”

Summer Tao July 22, 2025 6 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for Leo Season 2025

The planetary alignments this month support deep reflection, authentic self-expression, and creative risk-taking, so allow yourself to be carried away by inspiration when it strikes.

G Weaver July 22, 2025
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Pop Culture Fix

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ Actors Hope for a Gayer Future for the Franchise

Gays in space (and wanting more of them), Reneé Rapp’s latest single, Stranger Things teaser, Julia Roberts and Ayo Edebiri in a sapphic movie together, and more!

Valerie Anne July 21, 2025
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First Person

Andrea Gibson’s Work Lives in the Realities of Chronic Pain

There’s a long and powerful queer lineage of artists whose bodies were politicized, pathologized, and misunderstood and who still chose to create from that place.

Katie July 21, 2025 3 Comments
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Sports

At Gay As Hell WNBA All-Star Weekend, The Stud Budz Are Changing the Game

Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman’s 72-hour Stud Budz livestream was part of a WNBA All-Star weekend full of personality — and proof of this league’s massive entertainment value.

Riese July 20, 2025 15 Comments
Sports

13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player! Here are eleven couples still going strong and being tall.

Riese July 20, 2025 1 Comment
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Quizzes

What Lesbian Beach Gear Are You?

Plan an imaginary ideal gay beach day, and I’ll tell you what lesbian beach gear you are!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya July 20, 2025 4 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Is At the Salon

Always keeping it stylish

Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel
July 19, 2025 1 Comment
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) Sports

Paige Bueckers Literally Says Out Loud With Words That Azzi Fudd Is Her Girlfriend

Wagtalk just went ahead and literally asked Paige Bueckers who her girlfriend was and she went ahead and said “Azzi Fudd” and the fans have never been happier!

Riese July 18, 2025 1 Comment
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AF+

My Roommate’s Nudity Habit Is Weirding Me Out

Can you build healthy boundaries without body-shaming an unclothed roommate? Also can you teach a bad kisser to be a good kisser?

the team July 18, 2025 6 Comments
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First Person

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan July 18, 2025 2 Comments
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Movie Features

What Makes the Perfect Gender Surgeon? A Freak

I keep thinking about The Assignment, a bizarre and barely remembered action movie from 2016.

Woodlief McCabe July 17, 2025 6 Comments
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Movie Reviews

‘The Old Guard 2’ Is Colossally Dull, Barely Gay

Netflix live-action action films have become a mediocre slop machine.

Rendy Jones July 17, 2025 8 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Meg Stalter Gives Great Gay Press Tour

Plus, Cole Escola on Amy Poehler’s podcast, a great lip combo on Kehlani, and more queer celeb happenings.

Christina Tucker July 16, 2025 3 Comments
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First Person

I’m Afraid To Move to the City of My Dreams

Moving in with a partner is one thing; moving cross-country with that partner is another.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan July 16, 2025 3 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Stopped Short

To be fair, it is a very small puzzle!

Kate Hawkins and Rachel
July 16, 2025 1 Comment
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Sex

A Queer Guide to BDSM Restraints for All Experience Levels

I’m gonna take you through the world of kinky restraints from entry-level essentials to things that should only be done in the presence of experts. My hope is to give you a tour of this wonderful world with an emphasis on safety.

Summer Tao July 15, 2025
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Sex

‘I’m Bisexual but Sex With My Boyfriend Makes Me Wonder if I’m Actually a Lesbian’

“I love my partner but I’m having trouble with our sex life.”

Summer Tao July 15, 2025 5 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

All Aboard, Gays! Gabby Windey Will Host a Reality Dating Show Set on a Yacht

Gabby Windey to host new reality dating show, fun facts about Patti Harrison, Murderbot renewed, and more gay news!

Valerie Anne July 14, 2025 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff) LGBT History

Rosie O’Donnell In Blazers, 1992 – 1999

In this much-anticipated follow-up to “12 Monumental Moments In Lesbian Blazer-Wearing History” we are narrowing our focus onto one key subject in 90s blazer history: Rosie O’Donnell.

Riese July 14, 2025 19 Comments
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