Bellingham is often described as a little version of Portland, Oregon. It’s the best city I’ve ever lived in, and I’m proud to call it home.

“I am afraid help will come too late to someone in my life. I am afraid that closets become coffins.”

“The only way that we as queer and trans* activists can fight against homophobia and transphobia as it impacts the most vulnerable members of our community is through working in coalition with other social justice groups to fundamentally change and dismantle these unjust systems.”

There’s a certain amount of risk calculation you have to do when you’re the only queer mom in a group of parents.

Yes, this list has some underrated indies. But it also has several Oscar frontrunners — or at least Independent Spirit Award frontrunners. As queer people, we can’t look to the mainstream for validation. But it sure is fun when we get it anyway!

Join Carmen Phillips, Valerie Anne, Heather Hogan, and special guest Meg Jones Wall to talk about the triumph, heartbreak, gayness, and empowerment of one of our all-time favorite animated series.

These podcasts are for the chingonas, the jotxs, and the baddass Latinxs who need some audio magic in their lives.

Across the Bravosphere, lesbians are treated as both hypersexual and like their relationships are not real.

Paths to queer parenthood are varied, and they’re also difficult — even for the most privileged members of the LGBTQ+ community.

If I had a dollar for every therapist I’ve had, I’d probably have enough money to buy a relatively decent meal at a nearby bodega.

I’m just gonna say, with the utmost respect: Vico Ortiz is really, really hot.

The queering of Malika Williams has begun in an episode of Good Trouble that returns the show to its roots and back to form!

“It’s funny that I’ve seen a hundred queer couples on TV at this point, and it was finally these two teenage dorks who really reflected my own reality back to me for maybe the first time.”

The next couple months are bringing lots of new queer books to shelves, but sapphic Romantasy in particular is booming this winter.

Setting up boundaries around family members can be a complicated and painful thing, but doing so without the support of your partner will likely be more difficult, and could potentially create some challenging situations for the two of you to navigate.

When I was a teenager, my parents prepped for the y2k crisis. Now I’m trying to understand what queer preparedness looks like in an uncertain time.

I keep looking for labels. When I first read about nonbinary identities, I think of my family, and whether there might exist a word in Polish that means the same thing.

Oh did you think there wouldn’t be a chicken in here? WRONG.

Are you ready for a hood-by-hood walking tour through the queerest parts of The Lou?

Dating can be amazing and wonderful. But if you currently rely on homophobic parents for material support, it may be time to focus on planning the next stage of your life — one where you are less dependent on your parents, and have the space to fully be yourself.