More often than not growing up, my closet was my salvation.

How to know when you’re ready to have sex, turning relationship crises into opportunities, going braless, heteronormativity in queer dynamics and more.

Two sisters have a crush on the same girl and it’s somehow not a movie, a parent in her mid-thirties is freshly divorced, and this person wants to be involved in her partner’s religion but isn’t sure how to make it happen. Let’s solve some problems!

People from all over the internet weigh in on how we should feel about Obama, Scott Roeder gets a life sentence but the Pope apparently can’t be tried, the GOP is crazy, and we still love Caster Semenya.

As the daughter of lesbian mothers, I always knew I had a sperm donor, and that I could meet him when I was 18. I loved my moms; I loved my queer family. Still, I had always wondered what part of me was cut from a different cloth.

Alex and Maggie talk about their impending wedding while Lena helps Kara get her groove back.

“I watched her zip up her white dress in the mirror; I watched her cross and uncross her legs; I watched her, and my friends watched her, and in the movie we were watching the other characters, men and women, watched her. I hated her so much, and so purely, with such satisfaction. I couldn’t look away.”

Topics include Taylor Swift, Dylan Roof, where your Forever 21 shirts get made, Colin Kaepernick, reading Jane Eyre while black, Milk Bar, the sorrow and shame of the accidental killer, and more.

It’s whimsical and fresh and progressive and tender in parts and hopeful in other parts and compelling throughout.

“Until we engage the communities of Middle America, we will not achieve full equality in California.”

A silent book club, women Vikings, small-press books out in August, Native people in literature, headless women on book covers and more!

Just a little vintage eye candy for you.

“I am so glad I joined A+ (even though it led to me drinking literal vodka water)”

Do you ever wish you could travel back in time and scream at your younger self to open their eyes?

Mona wins!

Topics include Rachel Maddow, Chelsea Manning, the new Ken dolls, “Get Out,” mobile homes, “writing Iranian-American,” Elizabeth Wurtzel, the GOOP summit and more!

It’s founded, sponsored and supported by grassroots organizations and queer folks just like you and me!

Nickelodeon’s beloved show introduced a pair of gay dads last season, and now one of their main characters is queer!

Everyone deals with their impending prosecution for murder by having sex with their high school sweethearts.

Rachel Maddow, Mallory Ortberg, Roxane Gay, Courtney Love, prison visits, America’s favorite pastimes, fat and femme and reshaping the yoga industry, trans and undocumented, some Bustle bullshit, and so much more!