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identity

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

“I’ve always identified as straight but in recent years have questioned my identity.”

Summer Tao

3 Hours

BOOK LISTS

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

XO, Kitty. (L to R) Gia Kim as Yuri Han, Anna Cathcart as Kitty Song Covey in episode 305 of XO, Kitty.

TV REVIEWS

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed…

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

BOOK LISTS

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re…

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

book lists

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Queer books good enough to eat.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 27, 2026

tv reviews

‘XO, Kitty’ Season 3 Treats Its Queer Love Letter Like a Fever Dream

“In any circumstance, this treatment of a queer couple would be bothersome, but when juxtaposed with this universe’s own lore, it’s dispiriting.”

Natalie

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Apr 23, 2026

book lists

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

One of our most important tools in fighting against systemic oppression is understanding why we’re here, how we got here, and what we can do about it.

Stef Rubino

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Apr 22, 2026

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Identity

3 Hours

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

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Cynthia Erivo Ran a Marathon Faster Than It Takes To Watch Both ‘Wicked’ Movies

News

Apr 27, 2026

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

Literature

Apr 27, 2026

Quiz: Which Lesbian Marine Animal Are You?

Games

Apr 26, 2026

In this review for Gunpowder Milkshake, Angela Bassett has on a blue suit and holds a firearm, Michelle Yeoh and Carla Gugino are behind her.

movie reviews

Gunpowder Milkshake Wants Credit for Including Kickass Women, It Forgot You Have to Write Them First

If women bone cracking the skulls of men to a Janis Joplin soundtrack with pints upon pints of gory jello blood to spare is your idea of summer weekend fun,…

Carmen Phillips

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Jul 15, 2021

movie lists

De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters

Lesbian and bisexual characters have been straightwashed out of existence in many beloved Hollywood films. Here are 22 examples of times queer stories were de-gayed for mainstream consumption.

Riese

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Jul 15, 2021

literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Discipline Is Part of Creation

On writing regularly, an approach for overwhelm, a book of botanical drawings and more.

Ryan

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Jul 15, 2021

Elle Woods walking down the street in a pink dress shouting, "I object!"

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Legally Blonde’s Writers Trample Best Rumor of 2021, Say Ending Was Always Straight

MJ Rodriguez’s mom reacts to her Emmy nom, the trailer for Fear Street: 1666, and would you let the cast of Gunpowder Milkshake kick your ass?

Heather Hogan

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Jul 14, 2021

af+

Editor’s Notes: On Spaces & Places

The ways that we allow ourselves to take up space, to make our homes comfortable and reflective of who we are, are gifts that we give to ourselves.

meg

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Jul 14, 2021

Feature image showing a bookcase and a record player

relationships

Dating a Librarian Is The Best Thing To Happen To My Bookshelves

What dating a librarian and fellow writer taught me about organization and intimacy.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 14, 2021

Dickens friend asks where Saia is, Dickens responds that they are looking for a rebound for a post-Covid Hot Girl Summer and to check the basketball courts. Their friend laughs and says that rebounds probably means girls, not basketballs.

webcomics

Foolish Child #99b: Post-Covid Hot Girl Summer

She said something about picking up a few rebounds for a post-Covid Hot Girl Summer so…

Dickens

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Jul 14, 2021

Alice performs standup at an open mic in Season 3 of "Good Trouble."

tv feature

Good Trouble EP Previews Alice’s 3B Storylines: “She’s Growing So Much”

“I think that Alice’s arc is to find her voice and to stand up for herself. She’s probably always been good about standing up for others, but not quite standing…

Natalie

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Jul 14, 2021