If you’re going to talk about The Slap at least read Black queer writers, an organization supporting LGBT kids Florida, and losing all ambition after two long pandemic years.

Plus: Angelica Ross keeps surprising us on American Horror Story, Tess Pearson is still the world’s best tween (even if her anxiety won’t let her know it) on This Is Us.

Some essays and stories about our Dads — the good, the bad, and the very complicated.

“Things seemed so big out there and we were just waiting for life to begin properly. I felt electric with anticipation.”

Did you have a rough weekend / month / lunch break? Here are some sweet stories to help keep your chin up.

The directorial debut of the screenwriter behind Disobedience and Colette will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to solve their mommy issues in the bed of another woman.

“I’m mesmerized by how we need stories like we need air. When humans have time off, when they don’t have to feed themselves or their children, and they have a moment, they go to stories.”

While many apocalyptic shows offer the idea that love is salvation, they often focus on romantic love. Carol & The End of the World rejects that idea.

Plus updates on Raising Kanan and Station 19!

I couldn’t acknowledge that this was unsustainable, that my life wasn’t the novella I had convinced myself it was.

I’ve always had a very active daydream life.

While Feel Good season two is certainly not lacking in laugh-out-loud moments or Mae Martin’s endless charm, it’s also a very heavy experience.

The State and Justice Departments are teaming up to give you kind of a nice Friday – it should now be a lot easier for trans people to get accurate passports, and new guidelines on partner violence are also going to apply to queer relationships. Also, gay Republicans at LA Pride, angry gay Bostonians, the superstar teen sailor is missing, Exodus International wants you to know it’s sorry but you’re still going to hell, and a Jewish/Arab lesbian feminist has some thoughts to share.

Season 2 of United States of Tara kicks things up a notch with homo-sexy goodness with Joey Lauren Adams and further explores her gay son Marshall’s sexuality. We met up with the woman of a thousand looks and accents to talk about straddling the line of gender roles and norms, her preparation for playing multiple characters within the same TV series, what major role she turned down and more!

A new round of sex scandals rock the church while the church fights to keep its anti-gay adoption policies and prevent the child of gays from attending its pre-school. Jon Stewart & “Deliver Us From Evil” report. Also; the trouble with the media’s take on the troubles of black women, clinical trials leave out glbts, ‘zines, is twitter a girl, gearing up for dinah shore weekend & a new LGBT Center in Long Beach, New York.

In a radio interview, Constance mentions that her Mom is gay and also talks about how the response online has warmed her while classmates have been hostile. Also: big boobs do not a “curvy model” make, the case for girl geeks, Miss England trades swimsuits for sports, Karl Lagerfeld hates gay marriage, Tampon ads come back around, and a woman coaches football.

Jessica Jones is not a perfect television show, but it is a perfect punch in the face to the reasons the art of superhero storytelling has mutated into one of the most sexist industries in America.

AREN’T WE HILARIOUS??!!

“It eventually stopped. I don’t know how long it went on for. I’m not sure where I live, but I know it’s not in my body; everything felt like nothing and I didn’t know where that place was.”

Harper from Happiest Season looks like a perfect angel next to Gordon.