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movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4…

Sally

8 Hours

LGBT BOOK REVIEWS

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 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

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

lgbt book reviews

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

We are peeking into Philly neighborhoods, into their windows.

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Apr 28, 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

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No Filter: We Ride at Dawn for Meg

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

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10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

Film

8 Hours

‘Fat Swim’ and the Work of Having a Body

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

‘Do I Count As Bi?’

Identity

Apr 28, 2026

Two New Books in LGBTQ+ Film Studies Remake the Field

Literature

Apr 28, 2026

A photo of author Vic Liu in a lavender sheer sleeve dress propping her head on her fist and looking directly into the camera next to a stack of copies of Bang!

book features

How and Why I Wrote Bang!: A Masturbation Sex-Ed Book for Everyone

I made Bang! Masturbation for People of All Genders and Abilities because it profoundly made sense to me, because there was a gaping hole in that plastic wall where there…

vforvicliu

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Jul 7, 2021

A close up of Sara Ramirez looking very handsome with a strong jawline

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Sara Ramirez Has Consciously Uncoupled from Their Husband, Is Available For Your Queer Activist Date Dreams

It’s *official* official that Sha’Carri Richardson will miss the Olympics completely, the dangers of being Very Online (ha!), and bigots have finally accomplished their goal of gutting the Voting Rights…

Carmen Phillips

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Jul 6, 2021

Jen Richards interview: Jen Richards in a chartreuse top and dark lipstick against a navy blue background

tv feature

Jen Richards on Changing Hollywood and the Projects That Don’t Get Made

“I can be very unchecked in my opinions. And I don’t regret it. I’ve told casting directors in the room that parts are problematic or that projects shouldn’t get made.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 6, 2021

the cover of the new babysitter's club anthology repeated three times, a yellow book on a purple background

literature

‘We Are the Baby-Sitters Club’ Succeeds in Both Praising and Critiquing the Books of Our Childhoods

No topic is off limits in this guide about the young adult book series that shaped the way so many of us interacted with our worlds as children, and the…

the team

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Jul 6, 2021

A person with long black hair wearing a sweatshirt sits in a white comforter on a bed, looking off into the distance

relationships

You Need Help: Why Am I So Apprehensive and Anxious About Sex?

Grant yourself the permission to center yourself instead of thinking of all this in terms of how your partner might feel or react. This is about you.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 6, 2021

Janelle Monae and Tessa Thompson hug in the music video for PYNK

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Um, No Thank You Grimes, Janelle Monáe Already Gave Us a Perfect Lesbian Space Opera

Grimes says her next album will be a space opera about a lesbian A.I. romance? Nah. Also, behind the scenes of Batwoman season two, the search for Renee Montoya, the…

Heather Hogan

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Jul 5, 2021

fear street 1994 gay characters huddle in a corner crying

movie reviews

Queer Slasher “Fear Street: 1994” Delivers Trashy Fun, Gay Drama, and 90s Nostalgia

This movie isn’t reinventing the slasher, but it does expand the definition of who gets to be a final girl. It lets queerness sit inside of horror without being the…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 5, 2021