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celebrities (vapid fluff)

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

“Now that I know that this book is coming out, and that I’ve chosen to share it with the world,…

Riese

7 Hours

Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You, All Us Saints, and The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

BOOK FEATURES

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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9 Hours

THEATER

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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9 Hours

theater

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

The Latest

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

7 Hours

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

9 Hours

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

10 Hours

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

A stylized image of the cover of Leslie Jamison's The Recovering against an orange gradient background with the text 'the book that made me get sober"

book features

The Book That Made Me Get Sober: Leslie Jamison’s “The Recovering”

Reading The Recovering was like reading a diary full of thoughts I would never have been brave enough to write down. I felt something I’d only ever felt once before,…

Analyssa

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Sep 30, 2021

Supergirl 613 Dansen Guardian Sentinel Alex kelly

tv show recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 613 Recap: Shards of Courage

Lena returns to the Superfriends as they rush to stop Nyxly from wreaking too much havoc with the Courage Totem.

Valerie Anne

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Sep 29, 2021

Elise Bauman photoshopped in front of a Christmas tree wearing a Santa hat

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Carmilla’s Elise Bauman Makes the Yuletide Gay in Hallmark’s First Lesbian Christmas Movie

Also! The tricky trans politics of FX’s Y: The Last Man, Rosanny Zayas on Afro-Latina representation, Courtney Vandersloot makes more WNBA history, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Sep 29, 2021

dating

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 108: First Dates

It’s a CROSSOVER SPECIAL! We’re joined To L and Back Analyssa Lopez! We’re talking about first dates — the who, the what, the where, the why, AND the how.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Sep 29, 2021

Tessa Thompson walks a runway in a dress with a lot of tassels on it

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Find One Single Item of Clothing Tessa Thompson Does Not Rock Effortlessly, I Dare You

Laverne Cox has inspired no less than (and yes, we literally counted) 916 exclamation points in this post.

Christina Tucker

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Sep 29, 2021

Shirley Manson rocks out on stage in a pink tank top and their hair pulled back into a ponytail.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Shirley Manson Has “Always Really Identified With This Idea of Non-Binary”

The Dinah — 30 years later, Anita Hill wants more than apology from Joe Biden, the R. Kelly verdict we waited 20 years for, and Simone Biles on choosing herself.

Carmen Phillips

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Sep 28, 2021

Kate and Marnie stand face to face and glare at each other

movie reviews

“Birds of Paradise” Review: “Black Swan” Meets “Center Stage” feat. the Second Best Fan Fic Trope

Instead of subtle sabotage and psychological spiraling, Birds of Paradise is more like these rival lesbian ballet dancers slapping, tackling, wrestling, clawing at, and punching each other in the face.…

Heather Hogan

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Sep 28, 2021