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"Dirrty" by Christina Aguilera's cover art overlaid on top of a photo of Christina Aguilera.
Music

It’s Your Anniversary: Christina Aguilera’s ‘Dirrty’ Video Still Has an Impact on Me 20 Years Later

The pleasure in the video was never for anyone but her.

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Playlists

Playlist: Ethereal Songs For Going Beyond Reality

Listen to these songs while you’re destressing on a weekend, pretending to be a sea creature in the ocean, getting high on the floor of your bedroom, or looking to the stars to tell you what your life means.

Lily Alvarado September 24, 2022 2 Comments
Sawayama in a large black gown that billows out into a ball shape against a red background.
Music

Rina Sawayama’s Sophomore Album “Hold the Girl” Wants Us To Heal Our Inner Child

“Hold The Girl” now stands with “Sawayama” in cementing Rina Sawayama’s status as one of the best pop stars of our generation.

Lily Alvarado September 22, 2022 4 Comments
Marvin Gaye in a recording studio in LA in 1973
Music

“Come Live With Me Angel” Is My Dyke Anthem

From the psychedelic, saucy horns that open the song, to the first whispers of Gaye’s voice, this song is pure seduction.

danijanae September 20, 2022 2 Comments
Music

Obsessed: Woodstock ’99’s Fire Fest of White Boys Mad About Stuff

A new Netflix documentary looks at the infamous Woodstock 99 festival, a weekend of bathing in sewage, crowd-surfing with Fred Durst, throwing bottles of urine at Carson Daly, $4 waters, assault, arson and death.

Riese August 12, 2022 8 Comments
The cover art for Renaissance by Beyoncé features Beyoncé on an iridescent horse.
Music

Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Is an Unapologetic Dedication to Blackness and Queerness

I’ve grown to see sampling, when done well, as a love language, a way to remain connected to our history and communicate with the musical innovators who shaped, and continue to breathe life into, our culture.

Amari Gaiter August 5, 2022 3 Comments
Screenshot from "Becky's So Hot"
Music

“Becky’s So Hot” Music Video Finds Fletcher Riding a Motorcycle and Bella Thorne Through a Screensaver

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Riese August 1, 2022 11 Comments
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Music

Lesbian Jesus Rises! Hayley Kiyoko Gets Vulnerable on Sophomore Album “PANORAMA”

Hayley Kiyoko’s sophomore album, filled with passion, vulnerability, and heart, is out now.

Lily Alvarado August 1, 2022 3 Comments
In a diagonal four-way collage: Beyonce is nude with silver pasties on a silver unicorn, Beyonce making a mean face with a green hat in front of red background, Beyonce in a futuristic black dress lounging in a red colored club with sunglasses and a drink of brown liquor, and finally the back of Beyonce climbs stairs in a thong bodysuit.
Music

Happy Beyoncé Day to All Who Celebrate

“Beyoncé said this is for the gays theys and they kin. Get in where you fit in and if you straight, honey it seems like you need to see yourself out.”

Carmen Phillips July 29, 2022 6 Comments
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Music

15 Songs You Wouldn’t Expect on a Beach Playlist But Should Definitely Be There

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Stef Rubino July 23, 2022 12 Comments
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Music

The Five “Fast Car” Covers that Helped Me Get Free This Summer

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The album cover for the self-titled MUNA album features the members of MUNA in squares
Music

MUNA Songs Ranked by Their Song-of-the-Summer Potential

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Analyssa June 30, 2022 4 Comments
A black queer trans person in tight blue jeans, a white t shirt, and long braids listens to music in front of a pink house, around them are exaggerated 90s and 00s emojis in bright colors: a shooting star, a lightening bolt, the word "pop," music notes, and multiple hearts. The person is outlines in thick electric blue, matching the brightly colored emojis.
Music

14 Boy Band Songs That Would Be Better If They Were Sapphic

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Sa'iyda Shabazz June 26, 2022 6 Comments
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First Person Music

Seeing Bikini Kill Made Me Feel Like I Was 16 Again

Bikini Kill opened a door for me, a door that has stayed open ever since.

Stef Rubino June 23, 2022 4 Comments
BOI Band: Five masculine of center folks of various races leaning against a frame with exposed lightbulbs, the walls look like metal grates
Music

The Millennial Boy Band Fan to Queer Girl Pipeline Is in Good Hands With BOI Band

“We’re here to insert the queer perspective into heteronormative society. That’s the goal
.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 17, 2022 9 Comments
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Proudly Trans, Proudly Horny

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Abbie Jones June 11, 2022 3 Comments
070 Shake's album cover for "You Can't Kill Me" shows 070 Shake's face covered by a large white flower against a jet black background
Music

070 Shake Is Free In “You Can’t Kill Me”

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Lily Alvarado June 9, 2022 1 Comment
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LGBT Pride Playlists

Playlist: Summer Songs To Dance to During Pride When You Have an Unbearable Crush

“Girls Make Me Wanna Die,” a new single by The Aces, dropped today. So we made a playlist all about queer crushes.

Em Win June 8, 2022 2 Comments
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Playlists

Playlist: I’m Turning 30 Tomorrow — Here Are 20 Songs From My Twenties

Every gay person has told me your thirties rule, and I BELIEVE it!!!!!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya May 29, 2022 6 Comments
Hayley Kiyoko is wearing sparkles and laying in a bed of roses, singing into the camera in the For The Girls music video
Music

Lesbian Jesus Is Back! Hayley Kiyoko Is the Gay Bachelor in New Music Video, Starring Becca Tilley

Hayley Kiyoko drops new single “For The Girls” and a video that more-or-less seems to acknowledge her relationship with former Bachelor contestant Becca Tilley.

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