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Friendship

You Need Help: I’m Too ‘Old’ for This New Generation of Queers

I’m so sorry the people you’re around have made you feel unwelcome because you don’t follow their narrow definition of what being a queer woman looks like.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 30, 2024 15 Comments
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Politics + Activism

The Queer Feminist Case for Palestine

When I say queer, I mean hostile to the military industrial complex that generates profit by manufacturing weapons designed to kill people.

Bobuq Sayed January 30, 2024 27 Comments
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Movie Features

Who’s To Blame for the On-Set Conditions of “The Color Purple” (2023)?

They weren’t asking for the moon. They were asking for industry standard. 

Rendy Jones January 30, 2024 6 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

How Do I Get on the Victoria Monét, Janelle Monaé, and Megan Thee Stallion Group Chat

There is something so satisfying about this little bisexual power clique forming of Victoria Monét, Megan Thee Stallion, and Janelle Monaé going to the club and going viral for being gay.

Carmen Phillips January 29, 2024 5 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Diablo Cody Better Not Be Joking About a “Jennifer’s Body” Sequel!

Diablo Cody teases a Jennifer’s Body sequel, Ella Hunt cast in the upcoming SNL movie, the Nicki Minaj/Megan Thee Stallion feud, Reneé Rapp and the Lesbian Masterdoc, and more!

Valerie Anne January 29, 2024 2 Comments
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Book Features

An Exclusive Preview of “Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins,” Featuring Our Resident Disaster Lesbian, Beauregard Lionett!

Take a look back at Beau’s life before she was the badass monk (pop pop!) we know and love from Critical Role; see what she got up to before she joined the Mighty Nein, and get to the root of her daddy issues.

The Critical Role Team January 29, 2024 5 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: How Do You Spend Quality Time With Your Kids?

My son is genuinely one of my favorite people to hang out with.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 29, 2024 12 Comments
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LGBT Book Reviews

New Memoir Explores Growing Up as a Twin and Coming Out in Midlife

There’s no doubt queer people face much more social stigma than twins do, but using the lens of society’s erroneous beliefs about twinship can help deconstruct our culture’s most fallacious thoughts about queerness and what it means to be a queer person.

Stef Rubino January 29, 2024
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Movie Features

Sundance 2024: A Queer and Trans Festival Recap

Reporting daily with queer movie reviews from one of the world’s most prestigious film festivals.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 29, 2024 11 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Running For President (Of Your Heart)

Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?

Kate Hawkins January 29, 2024
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Iconic Lesbian TV Couple Is Your Soulmate?

It’s throuple time! Which of these iconic lesbian TV couples are missing only one thing in their relationship (you)?

Riese January 28, 2024 20 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2024: “Ponyboi” Is a Crime Drama with Cowboys, Springsteen, and an Intersex Lead

Reminiscent of the Wachowskis’ Bound, Ponyboi is a queer cinema genre pastiche that understands a movie can be artful, emotional, and incredibly entertaining.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 28, 2024 4 Comments
RuPaul's Drag Race 1604 recap: Mhi'ya, Mirage, Xunami, Morphine, and Geneva in a chaotic tableau after the RDR Live intro.
TV Show Recaps

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” Episode 1604: Sadder Gay Night Live

The Drag Race comedy challenges make The Californians look like Wayne’s World.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 27, 2024 3 Comments
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Webcomics

Baopu #120: How to Remember What’s Hard To Forget

There, you have a long and beautiful dream.

Yao Xiao January 27, 2024 2 Comments
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Movie Reviews

Sundance 2024: “Grace” Is a Beautifully Constructed Black Queer Short

The most beautifully shot film at Sundance 2024 isn’t any of the buzzed about features that will sell for millions — it’s Natalie Jasmine Harris’ short film, Grace.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 27, 2024 2 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Will Be Graded on a Curve

What does a vegetarian zombie eat?

Darby Ratliff January 27, 2024 3 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: In Its Final Season, “La Brea” Finally Gives Us a Queer Couple Worth Rooting For

Also, updates on “Hazbin Hotel” and “Death and Other Details.”

Valerie Anne January 26, 2024 5 Comments
With their cat Tillett checking in on them, a shaft of light shines on Josie Norris’ face as they hang out at home on Oct. 30, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. “My decision to have my fallopian tubes removed was not one I took lightly. When I was 21-years-old, I got pregnant when a condom broke with a casual hook-up right before Spring finals while at Central Michigan University. I spent final weeks of class obsessively googling what the odds of me being pregnant were and taking pregnancy tests. After the semester ended, I took the last pregnancy test I had. After peeing on a plastic stick, one of my biggest fears came true: I was pregnant and I wanted to be ‘unpregnant’ as soon as I could. I was about to move to Texas for a big internship and and began calling clinics looking for an appoitnment. I was able to be seen two hours away a few days later for a medical abortion. My experience was a lonely one— at the time of my abortion only one person knew I was pregnant— due to shame and the stigma of abortion I had witnessed growing up Evangelical Christian. The six months I spent in San Antonio was a healing and beautiful experience and when I returned to school, it was important to tell all my close femme friends what happened because what is mentionable is manageable. After my abortion, I knew I never wanted to be pregnant again. My surgery recontextualized the trauma of my abortion and my body will never betray me with a preganancy.”
Health

Photo Essay: I Chose To Remove My Fallopian Tubes in Post-Roe v. Wade Texas

For photographer Josie Norris, the decision was more than a form of birth control. It was gender-affirming care.

Josie Norris, The 19th January 26, 2024 2 Comments
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AF+

Into the AF+ Advice Inbox #97: F(ix) My Life

A troublesome group chat, a moldy shower, being autistic at work, moving cities, and more!

the team January 26, 2024 10 Comments
TV Reviews

“Hightown” Fails to Fulfill Its Potential In Its Final Season

Given the opportunity to focus on Jackie — to build out her world, to deepen her connections with others — the show has always opted not to; instead, they just bring on more men.

Natalie January 26, 2024 7 Comments
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