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Lesbian Weddings

How To Make the Website for Your Lesbian Wedding

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 18, 2024 9 Comments
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Breakups

You Need Help: I Was in a Relationship With Someone Who Didn’t Like Me

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Em Win January 16, 2024 2 Comments
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Relationships

Asking My Fiancée Questions I Don’t Know the Answers to a Month Before Our Wedding

“Have you ever called someone the wrong name during sex?”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 10, 2024 13 Comments
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Lesbian Weddings

How To Set the Dress Code for Your Queer Wedding

We’re queering dress codes!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 8, 2024 23 Comments
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Breakups

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 5, 2024 6 Comments
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Things I Do To Feel Submissive Even Though My Partner Isn’t Super Dominant

There’s room for ‘incompatibilities’ if we find mutually supportive ways to manage them.

Summer Tao January 4, 2024 5 Comments
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Breakups

You Need Help: I’m Not Sure I Want To Be Friends With My Ex

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to lean into your gut feeling.

Em Win January 2, 2024 6 Comments
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Dating

How To Support a Sex Partner With an Eating Disorder

I now have three years of recovery and a wonderful girlfriend by my side. I think I’m ready to talk about ways we can support our partners who have eating disorders.

Summer Tao December 28, 2023 3 Comments
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I’m a Trans Woman, and This Is What’s in My Sex Bag

I have the profound misfortune of being a germaphobe who is very into anal sex.

Summer Tao December 26, 2023 5 Comments
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Dating Pets & Animals

You Need Help: Wanting To Move In Together but Unsure About Sharing Bed With Dog

“My girlfriend has a super sweet lab mix who I love dearly, but I’m very new to the concept of sleeping with a dog in the bed. I thought they made dog beds for this exact reason?!”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 19, 2023 7 Comments
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Breakups

Untethered: Ghosts of Friendships Past

I’m, famously, not a stranger to mixing ghosts and all things horror in with the holidays.

Nico December 14, 2023 3 Comments
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Breakups First Person

The Unexpected Loneliness of Getting Divorced

I wondered if my friends were afraid that the honesty it takes to face that a relationship needs to end might be contagious. If they stood too close to me, they might realize they wanted to take a closer look in that mirror too.

Jálynn Castleman December 14, 2023 13 Comments
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Dating Holigays

10 Budget Friendly Holigay Dates

We can’t all vacation to a ski chalet to drink hot cocoa and enter their gingerbread house contest for a weekend! Here are some cheaper alternatives to capture some romantic holiday magic.

Em Win December 13, 2023 3 Comments
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Dating

A Trans Guy’s Guide to Grindr

You don’t have to preemptively feel shame about your body parts. Do you know how many cis gay men hate their bodies? Why do you think Equinox exists?

Gabe Dunn December 6, 2023 30 Comments
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Pets & Animals Relationships

You Need Help: How Do I Make Myself Like My Girlfriend’s Cat?

You already did things right by talking about this before moving in together. Now it’s time to talk some more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 5, 2023 23 Comments
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Lesbian Sex

How To Please a Pillow Princess, by a Pillow Princess

The term pillow princess has its roots in 90s lesbian circles.

Summer Tao November 24, 2023 11 Comments
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Dating

You Need Help: Am I Invisible to Other LGBTQIA People?

There isn’t a secret formula for attracting others, but confidence does go a long way.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 21, 2023 2 Comments
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Dating

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My experience of love has been marked by learning, mistakes, and lost relationships.

Summer Tao November 16, 2023
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Dating

You Need Help: Dating Makes Me Sad

The best thing you can do for your dating life right now is to actually take a break from dating.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya November 14, 2023 10 Comments
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Dating

How To Send Your Best Post-Date Text

“There is one post-date texting practice the team universally despises.”

Nico November 11, 2023 6 Comments
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