book features “We’re a Surviving Sort of Species”: Venita Blackburn on Grief and How We Live With It “I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.” Daven McQueen — Jan 24, 2024
movie reviews Sundance 2024: “Desire Lines” Is an Experimental Documentary About Transmascs Who F*ck Men Not much in Desire Lines hasn’t already been said at many trans hangouts. There’s still a value to having these varied experiences captured on-screen. Drew Burnett Gregory — Jan 24, 2024
af+ Anonymous Sex Diary: Shibari and Stolen Privacy “I’m not in a place where coming out to my family is a reasonable option. Fortunately, I have a husband who is more than happy to cover me during my… Guest — Jan 23, 2024
tv feature Vivienne Medrano (aka VivziePop) on “Hazbin Hotel,” Her Favorite Musicals, and Giving People Second Chances “I really love writing romance. Romance and angst and tragedy.” Rendy Jones — Jan 22, 2024
food and drink Confessions Of A Stress Baker Creaming together butter and sugar keeps me from picking at my cuticles until they bleed. Sa'iyda Shabazz — Jan 22, 2024
movie reviews Sundance 2024: “Sebastian” Fails in Its Self-Critique of a Gay Sex Work Story Sex work as a topic is not enough to make a story interesting. Drew Burnett Gregory — Jan 22, 2024
movie features Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: The Sex in “Bound” Changed Our Lives Bound was so ahead of its time it would still be ahead of its time if it came out today. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Drew Burnett Gregory — Jan 20, 2024
tv show recaps Boobs on Your Tube: After Five Years, Alice’s Finally Growing Into the Confidence of Her Convictions on “Good Trouble” In Good Trouble’s final season, Alice and Malika are both growing out of old habits and trying out new paths. Natalie — Jan 19, 2024
comedy The Pettiest Things We’ve Been Mad at Friends For 17. Not being enthusiastic enough about my new cat Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya — Jan 19, 2024
relationships Forget New Relationship Energy, Embrace Stable Relationship Energy Rather than striving for New Relationship Energy within a relationship that isn’t new, why don’t we embrace Stable Relationship Energy? Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya — Jan 19, 2024
gender How To Support Your Transitioning Partners and Friends It can be helpful to see a transition as smaller, interlocked transitions. Summer Tao — Jan 18, 2024
tv reviews “Sort Of” Season Three Reinvents the Transition Story Not only is the season a new kind of transition story; it also recontextualizes the entire show as a new kind of transition story. Drew Burnett Gregory — Jan 18, 2024
