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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

Apr 29, 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

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

The Latest

‘Saturn Returning’ Explores Loves More Complex Than Romance

Literature

2 Hours

Quiz: Which Lesbian Arts and Crafts Are You?

Games

May 3, 2026

Things I Read That I Love #351: Girl Interrupted, The Best Free Bread, Small Pets

Literature

May 2, 2026

I Can’t Believe ‘Hacks’ Has Me This Emotional About a Fictional 1970s Sitcom

Television

May 1, 2026

May 2026: What’s New, Gay and Streaming on Netflix, Paramount+ and HBO Max

Film

May 1, 2026

A transfeminine non-binary person and transmasculine gender-nonconforming person embracing

straddleverse

16 Really Nice Things You Said About the A+ Advice Column!

“The advice helped me so much and also was so caring it made me cry? But in a good way.”

Nico

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Jun 26, 2021

af+

Join Us! The A+ Pop-Up Pride Discord Server is Happening Now!

A pets channel, a Booksmart watch-a-long, the *dating* channel, and more! Join us for the pop-up A+ Discord Server this weekend June 26 9am PST – June 28 3pm PST!

Nico

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Jun 26, 2021

Friday tries their hardest to work on a comic, but they continue to get distracted as their head turns into a cloud of To Do list items.

webcomics

Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part Four, Winter 2020

Frida battles a new breed of procrastination in quarantine and then, in the new year, sees the light at the end of the tunnel.

Yumi Yamaguchi

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Jun 26, 2021

A feature image showing a laptop opened on an empty unmade bed.

lgbt pride

I Was Better Connected to the Queer Community During Lockdown

As a disabled person, I knew participating in LGBTQ Zoom events wouldn’t magically cure me of my loneliness. Even so, it was amazing to be a part of something larger…

Kate Hirsch

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Jun 25, 2021

Cruel Summer: Mallory and Kate in the roller rink

tv show recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: ICYMI, “Cruel Summer” Was 90s Hot and You’re about to Be Furiously Obsessed with It

Plus a threesome on Betty, updates on Genera+ion, The Chi, The Bold Type, some unexpected queerness on Kim’s Convenience, and the witches are back on Motherland: Fort Salem.

The TV Team

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Jun 25, 2021

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straddleverse

Welcome 300 New A+ Members! Announcing a Mini Stretch Goal!

We initially set the goal of 300 people because we thought that was what we could do in two weeks; YOU ALL DID IT IN JUST ABOUT ONE. We’re in…

Nico

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Jun 25, 2021

literature

Things I Read That I Love #320: Remember How Reckless Karaoke Seemed so recently?

Topics include Zola, the rise in Black homeschooling, the return of FOMO, online stalking, “Friends,” why meetings, Generation X, racism in The Bachelor, Mare of Easttown and more!

Riese

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Jun 25, 2021