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celebrities (vapid fluff)

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

“Now that I know that this book is coming out, and that I’ve chosen to share it with the world,…

Riese

May 6, 2026

Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You, All Us Saints, and The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

BOOK FEATURES

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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May 6, 2026

THEATER

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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May 6, 2026

theater

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

The Latest

Scream! Because Hayden Panettiere Is Bisexual!

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

May 6, 2026

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

May 6, 2026

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

May 6, 2026

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

In a drawing that's in greyscale, costumers shop in a grocery store. Bao (who has red hair that stands out against the grey background) buys bananas (in yellow) and carrots (in orange). Everyone is bundled up for the winter and wearing masks.

visual art

Baopu #83: You and Me, Me and You

A ballad of companionship in the times of COVID.

Yao Xiao

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Feb 27, 2021

Anissa Pierce holds Grace Choi's face in her hands and kisses her, long and hard. They are in Grace's hospital room, which has pale purple walls and blue cabinets. Anissa's hair is in long braids and she wears a white blouse, Grace's hair is pulled back into a bun and she wears a hospital gown.

television

Boobs on Your Tube: Even a Superqueero Sized Coma Couldn’t Keep Grace Choi Away on “Black Lightning”

Plus, an All-American episode that gives Bre-Z some of the best work of her career, biphobia rears its ugly head once again on grown-ish, and a hilarious and spooky episode…

The TV Team

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Feb 26, 2021

Meagan Tandy as Sophie Moore and Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder in Batwoman

television

“Batwoman” Exclusive Clip: Ryan and Sophie Sitting in a Bar, P-R-O-C-E-S-S-I-N-G

Sophie and Ryan go toe-to-toe in “Do Not Resuscitate.”

Heather Hogan

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Feb 26, 2021

A government building photographed from afar, with the corner of a rainbow flag fluttering in the foreground.

news

Extra! Extra!: What Does It Mean That the House Passed the Equality Act?

In this week’s Extra! Extra! Natalie weighs in on the significance of this moment and also gives us a grounded perspective on whether or not the 117th Congress will succeed…

the team

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Feb 26, 2021

The contestants and judges of The Great Pottery Throwdown

television

The Great Pottery Throw Down Is Better Than Bake Off, There I Said It

What finally swung it for me was at the end of a recent episode when, out of nowhere, Dolly Parton appeared.

Sally

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Feb 26, 2021

community

How Do You Scale a Personality Cult?

We do lose something when dedicated queer spaces like Into, Girlfriends and SheWired shutter or AfterEllen goes full TERF, but we also lose something when The Awl, The Hairpin and…

Riese

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Feb 26, 2021

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

community

The Comment Awards Are Living in the Magic

“But brunettes…what? Brunettes WHAT, Cara?”

Darcy

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Feb 26, 2021

af+

Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #34

I am (was?) dating the Tenderqueer from “Dykes and Their Emotional Support Albums” who listens to Phoebe Bridgers and they haven’t texted me back since right before Christmas. Did I…

The Editors

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Feb 26, 2021