Missing Someone Gone While Raising Someone New
They call a child born after a loss a rainbow baby. The storm left a devastating aftermath, but this rainbow is bringing us daily joy.
No Filter: Amber Rose Slut Walks Right Into My Heart
Hannah Hart and Ingrid Nilsen dressed to the nines and staring adoringly at each other, Sara Quin playing fetch with cats and MORE.
The “Gay-to-Queer” TV Game, Ruby Rose’s Garden Party With Shane, ABC Family’s Brand New Name and Other Cool Stories
This is an especially wonderful fix, if I do say so myself: Ruby Rose & Phoebe Dahl have a dinner party, ABC Family changes its name, a new docuseries on QPOC in the deep south, an in-depth look at every TV show on a gay-to-queer scale, a hilarious interview with Julie Goldman & Brandy Howard, a new Hunger Games trailer, films that got LGBT history right and so much more!
Liquor in the Cider: A Snakebite
Autumn means hard cider, and (though I love cider) sometimes I find cider to be too sweet. That’s where a Snakebite is truly outstanding—the beer bitters up the cider as the cider sweetens up the beer, making the perfect combo.
“The Beginner’s Guide” Is Brilliant, Horrifying, Secretly Feminist
Want to be filled with awe and rage? I have just the video game for you.
Boob(s On Your) Tube: It Wasn’t a Dream! Annalise Keating is Bisexual!
ABC Family pulls the plug on Chasing Life, Callie and Arizona start dating other people, Carmilla ends with a swoon and a resurrection, and what the hell Lost Girl?
Keisha Jenkins, 22-Year-Old Black Trans Woman, Murdered in Philadelphia
Keisha Jenkins is at least the 20th trans woman murdered in the US this year, and nearly all of them have been Black and/or Latinx.
82 Silly Household Things You Fought About With Your Girlfriend
“I locked myself in the bathroom because she kept telling me I wasn’t cleaning the toilet the right way”
The A+ Bee Issue Twenty Eight: Lost at Bee
Ask and ye shall receive! Laura & Luna is back for this issue and the rest of it is a doozy, too! Get in here!
Hidden Gems of Queer Lit: Meredith Maran’s “A Theory of Small Earthquakes”
A Theory of Small Earthquakes is a novel about bisexuality, family, and secrets, with a narrative that’s quite different from the typical work of women’s fiction.
PHOTOS: Amber Rose’s Feminism is For Women Who Have “Been Through Sh*t” and I’m Here For It
Amber Rose’s Slutwalk truly embraced and celebrated the duality of women’s lives in the modern world, and it was a radically inclusive event — one with an explicit policy against all forms of oppressive language and behavior as well as an explicit intent to include, lift up, and acknowledge the unique and compounded struggles of trans women, women of color, queer women, poor women, and differently abled women.
Trick or (Pet) Treat: A Halloween Costume Shopping Guide for Furry Friends
Enter at your own risk! Things are about to get adorable.
Hillary’s Big Gay Weekend: Mocks Herself on SNL About Same-Sex Marriage, Pledges to Fight For LGBT Rights
Educational publisher McGraw-Hill admits to making a mistake in their textbook about slavery, Hope Solo will face domestic violence charges again, a new study finds more LGB people are insured with the Affordable Care Act and more news stories.
Working On It, Week 15: Taking A Hike
Hiking amidst fears of spiders the size of fists and also, separately, golf clubs.
Drawn to Comics: ‘Beyond’ Anthology is Packed Full of Terrific Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy
LGBTQ readers so rarely get queer-normative spaces, and so to have an entire book full of comics where people casually use “they” or “xe” pronouns, where women make offhand mentions of their girlfriends and where trans people can just matter-of-factly be trans, is just wonderful.
Faking It Episode 216 Recap: Let’s Be Lesbians… Again!
This week on “Faking It,” Amy and Karma’s plan to give up lying about stuff gets foiled when Amy’s Mom needs them to be a lesbian couple again for just a minute.
Helping You Help Yourself #14
Figure out what’s supposed to be in your fridge, make a soy candle, create your own floor plan, wear your dark lipsticks that you never use, get to know some plants and more!
The Big Queer Guide to IUDs
We’re here, we’re queer, we’re getting an IUD.
DAY IN THE LIFE: Brittani Nichols, Comedian
Wish you were hanging out with Brittani Nichols? Yeah, join the club. Until then, we can follow her around through a day in her life through the lens of a camera!
Wild Child West: The End of the Road
Now I start over, and rebuild, and confront fear and learn to drive alone and figure out how to secure Eli in the loft so I can still snuggle with him at night. Now I have to hang the art I’ve collected from friends over the years, find a place for my autographed Eileen Myles books, and learn to do yoga. Now I need to meet all the versions of myself hiding in this city and make friends with every single one of them.