We also say goodbye to Legacies; plus updates on All Rise and Roswell.

“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”

Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news you can use.

A: Printed Short-Sleeve Camp Shirt for Men //

I’m 23, and I’m not sure if I’m on a date (I’m not).

I’ve dumped my brushes and started using my perfect, gay hands to apply makeup. Here are some product recommendations and tips for going brush-less.

The story of how I joined theatre is like if the Disney Channel was dark and gay.

The question was never ‘did I want you.’ The question was always ‘could I keep you safe?’

This was my first time with a girl and my first time with a fellow femme and it was hot and gentle and earnest and soft, soft, soft.

HAPPY PRIDE EDITION OF FRIDAY THE 13TH, FREAKS!!!!!

Peacock’s docuseries “Anatomy of Lies” is a searing look at TV writer Elisabeth Finch, who lied about being sick and suffering assorted traumas. Your complete guide to Finch’s story and others like her, inside.

Is it just a rule that lesbians run Jeopardy now? Also Black lesbian hikers, how Russia pushed the WNBA to a crossroads, and so many more lesbian (and lesbian-adjacent) going on’s for this Lesbian Day of Visibility.

10 years ago I looked in the mirror and was scared I looked straight. Now I can’t see anything besides a very slutty dyke.

“It sounds like we were all told by others that we were too big as children — rather than actually feeling that way ourselves?”

Vegas + Reality TV Finale + RuPaul = insanity.

For a brief moment, we were part of a temporary but powerful queer community in the woods.

Everywhere is Queer is the new gay map viewed over 100,000 times and counting! James Baldwin on Easter, Rebecca Black remains an icon, and how many billionaires are there, anyway?

“This is starting to feel pretty gay, Elena.”

American actress and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie arrives for a press conference in Moscow, 24 August 2003. Jolie visited several refugee camps in Ingushetia and Osetia in south Russia. (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

INGUSHETIA, RUSSIA – AUGUST 22: (RUSSIA OUT) Actress Angelina Jolie visits Bella refugee camp August 22, 2003 in Ingushetia, near the Chechen border in Russia’s North Caucasus region. Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, arrived August 22 in North Caucasus region. (Photo by Tanya Makeeva-Pool/Getty Images)