How come so many LGBTQ people worship divas, pop stars, and tragic Hollywood figures? How do LGBTQ readers, viewers, and listeners find queer pleasure in media targeted to the mainstream?  

It’s an incredible time be a queer cinephile. A list of the best queer movies of 2023 is basically just a list of the best movies period.

Juliana Marguiles said on a podcast that “as someone who plays a lesbian journalist on The Morning Show,” she’s offended by LGBTQ+, Black and Jewish people supporting Palestinian liberation.

Sometimes the celebrities our community drools over leave me feeling confused, but Aubrey Plaza??? Correct correct correct.

Also, y’all are not hearing me IT IS KEKE “KEEP A BAG” PALMER IN THIS HOUSE 24/7/FOREVER.

Plus self-harm scars and dating, crushing hard on your married coworker, learning to celebrate yourself and more!

“Season Three of Love is Blind is, somehow, remarkably heterosexual, despite its premise retaining deep roots in lesbian cultural practices.”

What we can learn about Toni Morrison’s advocacy against censorship during a time of increased banned books, so much queer international news from Cuba to Turkey to Italy, and the 250 best songs of the 90s.

“And here we thought the spruce syrup was just a tasty treat!”

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

As Hot Strike Summer rapidly turns into Hot Strike Fall — I’ve become deeply interested in the trend where the forefront of labor movements are vocally and visibly, well, gay as hell.

Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no one is watching, it’s fine).

I love their more serious work, but I hope this new mix of levity is here to stay as well.

Happy Lesbian Visibility Day, the one day a year us lesbians take our corporeal form and make mischief in the streets in our flannel and Birkenstocks while singing “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.

This week’s Rainbow Reading features a very special small press spotlight! Dig in!

Thoughts and reviews on 41 movies from the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — all the queer cinema and more!

One couple wants to be open while their partner wants to be throuple-monogamous. One third wants the freedom to date others, while their couple would feel betrayed. And one couple’s third wants to be with multiple couples.

“i don’t know if i’m bisexual or a lesbian but i am a girlkisser so jot that down”

For Ela Przybylo, the concept of “asexual erotics” emphasizes non-sexual intimacy and ways of relating to one another.

It’s been a rough time to be a queer from Tennessee.