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Gender

What Can a Nonbinary Transition Look Like?

People often understand being non-binary as a mix of feminine and masculine characteristics. That’s a start, but it doesn’t do justice to non-binary diversity.

Summer Tao February 23, 2024 18 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Learning About Icing and High-Sticking

Why did the coach put frogs in the outfield?

Rebecca Goldstein February 23, 2024 3 Comments
Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy: Klak kissing a girl in a dip
TV Reviews

“The Second Best Hospital in the Galaxy” Is Gayer “Grey’s Anatomy” in Space

Keke Palmer plays a queer, anxious surgeon and Stephanie Hsu plays her rule-breaking best friend on this animated Grey’s Anatomy in space.

Valerie Anne February 22, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Features

Did You Know Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried Have a Full-On Sex Scene In “Chloe” (2009)??

It’s a testament to how bad this movie is that nobody informed me of the sex scene.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 22, 2024 10 Comments
UNTETHERED VOL 16: a microphone against yellow and blue blobs
First Person

Untethered: I Can Still Hear My Ex Mother-in-Law’s Voice

Last night, while out with a date, my voice pitched too high. I winced internally. There are a lot of complications around this for me.

Nico February 22, 2024 3 Comments
Couple to Throuple 107-109: Brittane and Darien kiss lying down in bed
TV Show Recaps

“Couple to Throuple” Continues With Relationship Musical Chairs and More Queer Make Outs

One couple wants to be open while their partner wants to be throuple-monogamous. One third wants the freedom to date others, while their couple would feel betrayed. And one couple’s third wants to be with multiple couples.

Gabe Dunn February 22, 2024 5 Comments
Drive Away Dolls: Margaret Qualley has her arm around Geraldine Viswanathan
Movie Reviews

“Drive-Away Dolls” Is a Raunchy Caper About Lesbians and the Men Who Fear Us

It’s not just a film made by a queer woman and her husband. It’s a film about that dynamic — about every straight man faced with the daunting power of lesbians.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 22, 2024 14 Comments
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Society + Culture

Nex Benedict Loved Cats and Video Games and Reading

I hope we remember this little Minecraft loving nerd for more than how he died. I hope we remember that he loved friendship bracelets first.

Carmen Phillips February 21, 2024 16 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lesbians With Sleep Disorders, Listen Up! Kehlani Is Making a Lullaby Album

Kehlani is joining Jhené Aiko’s project that seeks to make cool baby music 🥺

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 21, 2024 3 Comments
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Movie Reviews

After Watching J.Lo’s “This Is Me…Now” I’m No Longer Sure Who Is Me…Now

Kim Petras, Keke Palmer, Jane Fonda, and more celebs play astrological signs in this impossible to recap film project.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 21, 2024 8 Comments
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AF+ Lesbian Sex

Anonymous Sex Diary: A Couple Rekindles Their Sex Life with “Intimacy Boot Camp”

We’re both trying to avoid the lesbian bed death trope, hoping to be remembered in history as lovers, not “really good friends.”

Guest February 21, 2024 4 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Happy Aquarius Season to Megan Thee Stallion!

For the astrology heads — Megan Thee Stallion is an Aquarius Sun, Taurus rising, Leo Moon. Stunning big three, imo!

Christina Tucker February 21, 2024
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Food and Drink

Uncommon Pairings: Age Your Wine!

Technically, you can age any wine, but some survive the process better than others!

ashni February 21, 2024
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Perhaps a Little Too Curious

Did you hear about the red and blue ships that collided?

Darby Ratliff February 21, 2024
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Breakups

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”

Carmen Phillips and Nico
February 20, 2024 10 Comments
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AF+

Editor’s Notes: Divorce Week

Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much! 

Carmen Phillips and Nico
February 20, 2024 11 Comments
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Sports

Brittney Griner’s Jersey Retired at Baylor in an Overdue Homecoming Fitting of Her Greatness

Every outtake from the weekend, every interview, showcased Griner’s eyes shining brightly. The joy were palpable. It felt like an amends was made: the place that Griner had once loved, the place that she had found love, would finally feel like home again.

Natalie February 20, 2024 3 Comments
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First Person

Uncertainty and Disquiet: My Non-Consensual Childhood Circumcision as a Trans Woman

At the time, I didn’t know that I was experiencing a contentious procedure that would leave me physically scarred and emotionally wounded. I did it because I was told I should. Decades later, I learned about assent in a postgraduate research course.

Summer Tao February 20, 2024 9 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: I Want To Ask My Couple Friends Out but Don’t Know if They’re Poly

“I have a crush on a lesbian couple I know, and I want to test the waters to see if they might be interested in dating, but I don’t want to make it weird if they’re monogamous.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya February 20, 2024 3 Comments
How to Fail as a Popstar: Vivek Shraya sits at a table with Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves and Nadine Bhabha as they watch a musician perform.
TV Reviews

Vivek Shraya’s “How to Fail as a Popstar” Makes Failure Look Good

How to Fail as a Popstar embraces the limitations of its length and budget. Vivek Shraya and director Vanessa Matsui have crafted a work bursting with queer creativity, a story of artistic reality alive with artistic possibility.

Drew Burnett Gregory February 20, 2024
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