“IDK why the basket of fruit sent me over the edge, like, queer women have really been gay disasters since the dawn of time.”

Plus: Watch Laverne Cox get ready for the Met Gala, Suranne Jones’ gay struttin’ on Gentleman Jack is on purpose, the CW wants a full season of Batwoman, Disney’s live-action Lady & the Tramp will replace the racist cat song with a new Janelle Monáe track, and more!

Also: Samira Wiley’s time-traveling, Tessa Thompson’s slow dancing with herself, and Janelle Monáe is maybe on her way to the moon.

Also, Hayley Kiyoko in Spain, Janelle Monáe in Paris, Samira and Lauren have a SNL date night, and WILL KEHLANI HAVE HER FRIGGIN BABY ALREADY????

Emily Dickinson sent her girlfriend, Nellie, her recipe for Black Cake that was so staggering (two pounds of flour, 19 eggs, etc) that it reads like one of her curiously queer poems. It seems impossible, but suggests the potential for a delicious celebration.

What if “Coming To America” starred Lena Waithe instead of Eddie Murphy? What if Sanaa Lathan and Gabrielle Union made out with each other at the end of “Love & Basketball”? What if black lesbians finally got to get the girl on the big screen? I’m buying the popcorn. You coming with?

Plus: Janelle Monae opens up about being a black queer woman, Lena Waithe pens an op-ed in Time about Hollywood’s black renaissance, Sara Ramirez is going to bat for #20BiTeen on Twitter, Kristen Gillebrand is fighting for trans service members, Carol and Therese art for Valentine’s Day, and so much more!

Join Roxane Gay, Be Steadwell, Nia & Ness, Gaby Dunn, Brittani Nichols and 400 LGBTQ women, non-binary people and other trans folks for five days of fun fun fun in Ojai, California!

“Are you out here Janelle Monae-ing in these streets?” is a real thing a real character said out loud on grown-ish last night.

Nigerian actress and model Alli Ojo comes out, a queer 2019 calendar, gays in a David’s Bridal commercial, a South African queer art collective, a seventh grader bringing Pride to her community, and more!

I invented an awards ceremony to recognize great achievements in Instagram, bestowing honors upon Janelle Monaé, Lena Waithe, Hayley Kiyoko and King Princess. Guess who won the Thirst Trap Award?

Audio Biweekly: Adam Lambert does acapella in a new interview, Kelis, En Vogue and Kelly Rowland are coming to LA Pride, Katy Perry has a new single, wants to melt your popsicle. Also Britney hangs up on Gaga, there’s a new trend in hip-hop and Ke$ha disagrees with your unkind assessment of her art.

Look guys, I don’t know what to tell you. It seems like the prophecy has finally come true: everybody in Hollywood is gay, everyone is gay; your chances of getting a date with Janelle Monáe have never been better.

“we’re naked the whole time but somehow it is not hot and more sad than anything else”

Topics include the cast of RENT! Live, Jodie Corner playing queer in a feminist short, Janelle Monáe on the cover of Glamour, Dee Rees’ horror film about a black lesbian couple in rural america, the Boomerang reboot, Heathers getting delayed again, a lesbian guest on Queer Eye, lots of witchy stuff, Eileen Myles and more!

Topics include Hayley Kiyoko winning a VMA for QWOC, a new bisexual dating show, Lena Waithe and Janelle Monae having the best convo ever, Jen Richards’ HBO gig, Amandla Stenberg loving King Princess’s new video, GLOW’s renewal and so much more!

Venus is asking your partner to tie your tie, and putting on a garter belt and stockings just as they’re leaving for work to maybe make them stay a few extra minutes, and putting on an old thing they got you ages ago that will make them weepy because oh my god, how do you still have it? Venus is call and response.

Also, Janelle Monáe meets fans and Annie Clark plays baby basketball!

Plus a new music video for Hearts Beat Loud, gayness abounds in Incredibles 2, a powerful interview with Janelle Monáe, Lena Waithe continues to receive all the awards due her, lesbianism cut from Jurassic World, One Day at a Time and Vida stars team up to stop this family separation bullshit at the border, and Margaret Cho doesn’t understand why everyone’s still grappling with her bisexuality.

Lesbian archives, advocacy, prom, and of course, even more Janelle Monae news.