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Aubrey Plaza John Waters: Aubrey Plaza's face poorly photoshopped into an image from Female Trouble.
Movie Features

Aubrey Plaza Filthy? Rumored To Star in John Waters’ First Film in 20 Years

Aubrey Plaza is showing us why she’s our favorite bisexual cinephile. 

Drew Burnett Gregory February 27, 2024 4 Comments
Gay USA: a still from footage from a 1977 pride event. A sign with a butterfly is held up that says Gay Pride
Movie Features

A New Home Video Collection Is a Treasure Trove of Queer History

There’s hope in seeing this joy from fifty years ago and recognizing our own joy and anger and hope and fear.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 27, 2024
Actor E.R. Fightmaster, host of the new podcast Jockular, walks a red carpet with their heartthrob tossed hair
Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Sports Gays, Lace Up! E.R. Fightmaster Is Starting a Podcast For You

E.R. Fightmaster and their friends are starting a gay sports podcast, Sara Ramirez is officially not returning to And Just Like That, the Spirit Awards honored The Last of Us, Candis Cayne and Danna Davis are launching a trans production company, and more.

Valerie Anne February 26, 2024 1 Comment
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Movie News & Trailers

LGBTQ Film Critics Bestow Dorian Awards Upon Anatomy of a Fall, Jodie Foster, Barbie, Lily Gladstone, Ayo Edebiri

For the 15th Annual Dorian Film Awards, all the gays (including many of us here) came together to celebrate 2023’s most beloved cinemas and humans.

Riese February 26, 2024 1 Comment
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

Zoe Lister-Jones Is Queer, Hard Launches Relationship With Fellow Sapphic Filmmaker Sammi Cohen

“I’m here, I’m queer, I have some fear but I’m working through it,” Lister-Jones tells Hollywood Reporter.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 26, 2024 4 Comments
Food and Drink

A Quest for the Best Banana Bread Recipe

Which recipe had the most banana-y flavor? Which one was the easiest? Which one had the best ideas for add-ins or complimentary flavors?

Casey February 26, 2024 10 Comments
a collage that includes letter tiles that say GET GOOD SLEEP, spoons, two bodies with arms wrapped around them, a chain, pills, a bottle of liquid
First Person

PCOS and Queerness: A Bodily Haunting

Despite being one of, if not the, most common endocrine disorder in those classified as women by the medical system, there is barely any research on PCOS.

Autumn Fourkiller February 26, 2024 3 Comments
Nex Benedict, surrounded by flowers
Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: We Must Stand Up For Queer Kids

As a parent, I can’t imagine the pain Nex’s family is going through right now.

Sa'iyda Shabazz February 26, 2024 4 Comments
Margaret Qualley, Beanie Feldstein, Tricia Cooke, Geraldine Viswanathan, Annie Gonzalez and Ethan Coen at the New York premiere of "Drive-Away Dolls" held at AMC Lincoln Square 13 on February 20, 2024 in New York City.
Movie Features

Meet Tricia Cooke, the Lesbian Activist Married to a Coen Brother and the Brains Behind “Drive-Away Dolls”

“I’ve certainly talked more about my personal life in the last six months than I have in my entire life. But, you know, I was always out as a lesbian to friends and family. I never thought it was of much interest until we made this movie.”

Drew Burnett Gregory February 26, 2024 25 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Recommends Googling “English Lop”

What do you call a beehive without an exit?

Kate Hawkins February 26, 2024
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Movie Features

Your Film Bro Girlfriend: A Lesbian Introduction to the Coen Brothers

Ethan’s movies with his brother Joel have far fewer lesbians than Drive-Away Dolls, but they’re still worth checking out!

Drew Burnett Gregory February 25, 2024 5 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Fictional Gay Mom Is Your Daddy?

In the past we’ve invited you to find out who your Mommi is, today I invite you to answer a series of Dad questions to find out which fictional Gay Mom is gonna get you to the airport three hours early.

Riese February 25, 2024 15 Comments
In an illustration, Baopu, a queer Asian with red hair, is holding a stuffed animal shaped like a shark and listening to music in yellow headphones.
Webcomics

Baopu #121: 6 Things To Do Today to Relax and Feel Happy

#2 CLEAN UP (just a little! nothing drastic!)

Yao Xiao February 24, 2024 3 Comments
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Politics + Activism

Alabama’s Anti-IVF Ruling Quotes God To Conclude Embryos Are People and Queer Parents Are F*cked

Alabama’s Supreme Court rules that embryos are people because God said so, and the implications for prospective queer parents in the state are dire.

Riese February 24, 2024 3 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword is Making Kkakdugi and Watching “The Prom”

I’m writing a novel about a woman with a strain in her trapezius.

Emet Ozar February 24, 2024 3 Comments
Drag Race 1608: Morphine and Xunami kiss during the lip sync
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1608 Recap: Feel the Heat

“If they get a good song, this could be great,” I said to my girlfriend right before those iconic first notes began. It’s Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and these are two queens worthy of the song.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 23, 2024 2 Comments
Death and Other Details: Imogene as Rufus cuffing the sleeves of her white button down
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Death and Other Details’ Imogene Is Enough to Make This Gay Swoon

Plus, an entire Adams-Foster family reunion on Good Trouble (!!) and updates on Hightown.

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TV Show Recaps

The Traitors 209 Recap: Phaedra Parks Is NOT On The Bachelor

Apparently, shooting a crossbow is HARD.

Anya Richkind February 23, 2024 2 Comments
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AF+ Relationships

I Confronted My Girlfriend About Cheating On Me, She Responded By Coming Out as Poly

Is this ever an okay way for a poly relationship to begin?

the team February 23, 2024 3 Comments
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First Person

To Be Trans Is To Refuse Borders

In 2022, I brought my girlfriend daddy to my homeland.

MK February 23, 2024 9 Comments
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