Results for: queer parenting
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If Your Dream Only Includes You, It’s Too Small
Heather Hogan noticed that I had taken up permanent residence in the comments of “Boobs on Your Tube” every Friday, basically writing recaps of my own (I felt lost, Autostraddle was my port in the storm). Heather asked if I had ever considered writing about television as a career. She said, “We can pay you. Not as much as we’d like to, but we’ll find the money. Is that something you’d be into?”
I wrote back, “That is something that I would VERY MUCH be into! In fact, I hope it’s not too unprofessional to say that I would love it with all of my heart.”
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92 of the Best Queer Books of 2022
Almost every category in this 2022 best of list was very competitive.
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Ranking “Wizard of Oz” Characters by Gay Energy
Glinda is proud of you for bringing a girl to the prom that she is chaperoning, that’s it.
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“The Power” Gives the Upper Hand to the Girls, Gives Us the Gays
I’m delighted to report that there is not one, but two different storylines that involve LGBTQ+ characters in the TV adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s best-selling book.
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Attention Cocktail Queers! Netflix’s New Mixology Competition Series “Drink Masters” Is the Show for Us
Mixology entails a lot more than just drink-mixing. There’s science, gastronomy, artistry, and even storytelling involved here.
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Can You Feel the Kenergy?
There’s a specific kind of trans masc quality to the way that Ken dresses and takes up space if I’m being honest. That’s the siren call, the Kenergy,
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Horny Bisexual Betty Is the Best Part of Riverdale’s Final Season So Far
Even if her attraction to Veronica is mostly relegated to fantasies, that doesn’t make it not “real.”
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I Didn’t Know Existential Therapists Were a Thing Until I Got One
“I’m an easy host, a rake, a card, I’m bejeweled, I have a gay face. I want to love and be loved. If reaching is a kind of being, it’s a reaching toward.”
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LGBTQ+ Movies To Stream on Netflix With Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Characters
Wanna watch a Netflix movie with lesbian, bisexual, queer or trans characters? We’ve got your round-up of every Netflix lesbian movie currently streaming, and our recommendations.
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Who’s To Blame for the On-Set Conditions of “The Color Purple” (2023)?
They weren’t asking for the moon. They were asking for industry standard.
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Five Years Ago, Lesbian Visibility Day Was the Best Day of My Life
I presented my lesbianism to the cis world like a child showing her parents a new drawing.
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Once Again, Journalistic “Objectivity” Is Failing Us — Especially Queer and Other Marginalized Writers
Three queer writers and editors recently resigned from the New York Times Magazine.
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As a Nonbinary Abortion Activist, Planning a Pregnancy Is Complicated — And Hopeful
Just after the overturning of Roe v. Wade, my doctor asks if I’m excited to have another baby.
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Good Trouble Series Finale Recap: It’s Not Where You Come From, It’s Where You Belong
Lots of shows have diverse casts, but very few shows bring that diversity to the fore on a consistent basis. Above all else, this is the thing I’ll take with me about Good Trouble — this is how diversity should look.
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Lamya H’s Debut Memoir Is a Testament to the Powers of Faith and Hope
We live in a society so oppressive to those of us who dare to imagine better that we have very little incentive to keep imagining.
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Slow Takes: “Pen15” and Embracing Alternate Girlhoods
Watching the first season during what I considered my second puberty was miserable. I could acknowledge its effectiveness, but I felt alienated.
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Eight Ways To Spell ‘Hanukkah,’ as Regulars at Your Local Bar
There are many ways to spell Chanukah, and they’ve all got their own personality. Just for kicks, I imagined eight of them as people at an LGBTQ bar.
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Shauna, Jackie, and Those Sapphic Gazes on Yellowjackets
When I first saw the Yellowjackets pilot, I was so sure there was something going on between Shauna and Jackie.
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Butch Memoirs To Check Out in Honor of “Hijab Butch Blues”
This is not an exhaustive list of butch memoirs, and I would love to hear about more.
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Mo Welch’s Hybrid Documentary/Comedy Special “Dad Jokes” Contextualizes Humor in Real Time
A camera crew follows Mo around Illinois as she prepares to meet up with her estranged father for the first time in 20 years.