Gay pop is a dynamic, enormous genre of music that has defined our community’s parties and culture for years. Here are just some of our favorite, most iconic, and exciting gay pop artists.

Every time I have gotten the opportunity to do mediocre drag as a beginner, I have had some of the most fun a person can have.

Everything you might have missed from BG’s first press conference since returning home, Dwayne Wade moved out of Florida to protect Zaya, sobriety is good for your skin, and is it sexist to want Dianne Feinstein to retire?

“MAKE TRANS ICON BIRDO A MAIN PLAYABLE CHARACTER IN MARIO CART, YOU COWARDS!”

When do you start telling people that you’re pregnant and how should you do it? Is pregnancy the great equalizer when it comes to the straight family gaze? Do unborn babies know when you are sad? Plus, Gretchen answers a reader question about how she came around to wanting to be a parent (it includes a Rock Bottom and the World’s Worst Dog)!

I’m going to hand hold you step-by-step through everything you could possibly need to know about the WNBA. From “the Caitlin Clark effect” to the rules of the game, where to buy fire merch, and what to yell to impress a date when you have no idea what’s going on. Get ready for the best summer of your life.

Whatever happened to our friends in vests and fedoras, the cast of The Real L Word? Let’s see where Whitney and Romi and Rose and Kacy are now!

In honor of Bottoms, here are top queer cheerleader moments from film/TV.

“Thanks for listening to my lesbian soccer rant!”

Do you need a summery queer book to pack in your beach bag?

Plus, perfect car snack pairings for every album.

“When I was eleven, I made my computer password ‘bisexual.’ …Cue to my mom needing it for something!”

Call me old fashioned, but I think you should probably talk about having a threesome before you have a threesome.

“My connection with gay women is the through-line of my entire life. But my queer community, as a whole, is not reducible to sexual practice. It’s more attitudinal. It’s the way we look at the world and stand outside certain norms.”

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Because we’re so frequently othered, many LGBTQ+ people find ourselves in horror film monsters.

Our birth story has everything: preclampsia with severe features, catheters, bloody explosions, ginger ale, nurses from heaven, a birthing ball used as a chair and the eventual debut of a really really cute little baby boy.

Trans activist and historian Kit Heyam’s new book Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender examines gender nonconformity throughout history.

Looking for movies on Prime Video and Freevee with lesbian, bisexual and queer women characters? Well great news, we’ve got a list of them right here.

New Samantha Irby! New Leah Johnson! Get excited for these upcoming LGBTQ+ and feminist book releases, and support queer authors this spring.