As someone who grew up in a rural place, I really appreciated how authentically rural this novel felt.

“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.”

“I get inspired to write something and then the horror elements are secondary. So, with Satranic Panic, the very first thing I came up with was just a road trip movie, and then came the idea for a trans drag queen and her best friend killing demons.”

Styling Billie Holiday, styling lesbian scammers, every queer moment on The Simpsons, Cynthia Erivo joins the new anthology series from GLOW’s creators, and more!

As a parent, Halloween is always such a mess of a holiday.

A+ members, let’s hang!

On discovering a doppelgänger in an unlikely place.

My friendship with her actually ended twice.

The Yellowjackets believe the only way to survive is to kill their humanity.

However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.

They weren’t asking for the moon. They were asking for industry standard. 

“In terms of classical ballet — and even most contemporary works — it’s all about the guy saving the girl. That’s the dynamic. It’s always a girl and a guy. And like bang bang cool I’m obsessed with it. Literally. I love it. But it creates a culture. It’s not even just that no one talks about it — it’s like it doesn’t exist.”

What could be more inviting and enjoyable than a dyke bar crawl during Pride? Introducing your girlfriend and ex-girlfriend to each other while you do it!

“I still wear my actual red Straddle This boxers!!”

One couple wants to be open while their partner wants to be throuple-monogamous. One third wants the freedom to date others, while their couple would feel betrayed. And one couple’s third wants to be with multiple couples.

I love their more serious work, but I hope this new mix of levity is here to stay as well.

If you had to make me into a pie chart, being queer and loving *NSYNC are basically the same size.

Being gay and messy in your 20s is fun if you let it, so I’m wishing Lily-Rose and 070 Shake all the best. Also: a new podcast about gay music culture that I think you’ll love, and spotting a toxic boss while applying for jobs.

“One of the most beautiful things, especially in the queer experience, is joy.”

This week, on the Howard Stern Show, Demi Lovato confirmed that “Cool for the Summer” is about a relationship she had with a famous woman, thus suggesting her need to take a bite of the cherry was accomplished.