“The other partners I had throughout much of my time in sex work were uncomfortable at best and shaming at worst. They were jealous and confused. ‘How can you interact with men like this?'”

In 1982 Alice Walker wrote a Black queer text so ahead of its time, that 40 years later we’re still fighting to catch up.

And ICYMI, they also won a top-off with Usher in Vegas right before Thanksgiving. Big week for Janelle Monáe.

“I want to remind anyone who is reading this that it is possible to survive. There is a richness in our history that we can call upon to learn how to survive.”

A new book details how former Latina lesbian Marvel Exec Victoria Alonso and her team refused to remove queer-friendly material from Quantumania. Also: Riverdale’s original time-hopping plan, a new Color Purple trailer, Lesbopalooza and more!

Heather knows, she knows, how to connect with people through stories and writing, she knows how to make you feel seen, buoyed, valued, special, important, remarkable.

Those And Just Like That sex scenes, the history of lesbian representation on Broadway, and more!

Nonbinary actors face a difficult choice when it comes to major acting awards: pretend to be cisgender, or decline to compete altogether.

A stunning photo essay of queer elders that will make your day. Also: Zaya Wade’s first magazine cover is here, crossword puzzles for abortion funds, and how far-right movements die.

The queer cast of Scream, The Bird and Taurasi Show will be back for the Women’s Final Four, Megan Rapinoe dedicates TIME Woman of the Year award to the trans community, and more!

I don’t know who needs to hear this today, but I dreamed that the New York Times put a paper grocery bag of 9 kittens on every doorstep to promote subscriptions.

Quantum Leap’s trans episode, Tegan and Sara’s graphic memoir, Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman are coming to The Flash, and more!

Why is it so important that Black media always be excellent?

Use this quiz to find not one but TWO whole famous queers to throuple up with!

Our first look at The Owl House season three, Charlize Theron says Monster execs wanted a hot lesbian love story, and how Melissa Etheridge’s wild parties inspired The L Word.

If she made you gay, it was an apolitical accident! Also: Sue Bird says goodbye to basketball, Derry Girls is coming to US Netflix finally, lesbians on Peppa Pig, and more!

Ah, bodies. These sacks of meat, bones and skin that we must drag around until we come up with a better way to get through this thing called life. We knew we needed to dig into this and who better to do it with than the one and only Samantha Irby?

Attractive queer humans put on sparkly clothes and so, in the tradition of our people, I’m here to ask them to step on my neck.

“Laying down next to a pretty girl in moonlight and talking about our feelings, like… it’s just movie magic.”

Also in today’s Pop Culture Fix: The first look at Abbi Jacobson’s gay A League of Their Own; Jodi Balfour is joining Ted Lasso for season three; and the push to renew Legacies, Legends, and Batwoman.