A lesbian firefighter was harassed and discriminated against for years by her co-workers and her complaints were ignored by her superiors; Tennessee’s “bathroom bill” is dead, at least for now; Ani DiFranco cancelled an upcoming show in North Carolina, Georgia is investigating the treatment of LGBT prisoners in their prisons and more news.

This week we’ve got flirting with straight people, Evan Rachel Wood Bisexual, Samira Wiley memories and so much more!

We’ve got Angel Haze’s cereal monstrosities, Ellen Page all cuddled up and Jen Richards’ dogs finding it difficult to even.

This music video is so gay Ali Liebert is playing it in the movie version. It’s so gay it’s legal to discriminate against it in Mississippi and North Carolina. It’s so gay the CW is planning on killing it off next week.

Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.

“I don’t especially want to be gay, but If I was, no big deal, and who knows?”

We talk about some great episodes of the Lore Podcast, a few terrific essentials for starting off your altar, a bunch of amazing home remedies, and a drawing of a certain True Gay Icon as a witch.

Topics include Gawker losing the Hulk Hogan case, digital media’s lack of geographic diversity, analytics-driven content production, Genius annotating personal sex stories, drinking with your clients and other crucial stories!

“How exactly do I make new friends, especially queer ones? This is the first time I’ve been not-in-school for a long time.”

Fisting a watermelon, orgasm denial, new sex positions, talking about porn in academia and more.

“My goopy brain instantly convinced me that this event would singularly make or break our relationship and that if it went poorly it would be my fault. But I swallowed my anxiety and said yes. Then I immediately started thinking about my outfit.”

In one of the best-ever episodes of The Fosters, Stef conquers her fear of the word “butch” and learns to love her whole self.

In honor of our seventh birthday, a look back on the seven television shows with the biggest impact on the representation of LGBTQ women over the last seven years.

Of all foods: french fries. Of all underthings: boybriefs. . Of all girls: Shane. Of all cheekbones: Tasha’s. Of all L Word writers: Angela Robinson. Of all cities: New York City. Of all songs: “Just Like Heaven,” by the Cure. It’s just … such a perfect song, and the last song I ever expected to hear during an L Word sex scene!

The Sazerac isn’t for the faint of heart, because really it is only liquor (including that green fairy, absinthe).

Wanna watch a Netflix movie with lesbian, bisexual, queer or trans characters? We’ve got your round-up of every Netflix lesbian movie currently streaming, and our recommendations.

We’ve got pasta currency, bows for your bush, pond scum and so much more!

We’ve got data and timelines and infographics and conversation on topics including: white actors getting Oscars for playing people of color, white savior narratives, actors of color who actually did get nominated or win Oscars for Acting and so much more. Just updated for 2023.

Your heroes on what it’s like to not be a straight white male in Hollywood, 72% of LGBT speaking characters are men, an Oscar voter on why Carol “gets on his nerves,” Kate McKinnon on Ellen, Cameron Esposito’s new show, Ava DuVernay’s “Wrinkle in Time” adaptation and more!

Twitter released its new algorithm, which means it’s the perfect time for you to take back control of what you see in your feed.