Look, when a character takes a strap-on out of her backpack in the middle of a sex scene you know you’re in good hands.

In February, I found myself sitting in a folding chair in a country club just outside of Pittsburgh, directly across from Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis.

Getting top surgery with my butch identity is no longer some unattainable fantasy. Now the question firmly rests with me: do I want to go ahead with it or not?

“Rachel — just a heads up that you are at the top of my list of bisexuals most likely to have cut their own hair with a sword.”

The dynamic between white men and Asian partners is uncomfortable. There’s always a worry that they’re interested in what you represent, not who you are.

Plus updates on the All American and Black Lightning season finales, Legacies, and Batwoman!

‪There is sufficient evidence, both from Lorraine Hansberry’s own hand and from those with whom she interacted socially, that she was a lesbian. But the how of it all — that we have to piece together in fragments‬.

I don’t think anyone looks at the introverted, disabled woman, and thinks she’s powerful. But my family chose to. They are the reason that I can pushback against the stereotypes society holds for a quiet blind woman, and assert my place in this world. They taught me to swim in the waves.

Visit five feminist bookstores across the south east that are creating community building and political organizing space as well as curating feminist literature written by authors from different backgrounds holding often marginalized identities.

In which Paige’s perfect match is trying to get her to watch The L Word for the first time.

“to be extremely fair i’d let bette porter run me over with a honda”

The end of Alice’s season one arc will make you cry, in such a good way, the way The Fosters always did. Plus, the return of The Men Are Trash (But Sometimes Not) Leaderboard!

There’s nothing like a good old, grown up coming out story! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

“I hadn’t yet come to terms with being a lesbian, so I also spent a lot of time making excuses not to have sex.”

I hadn’t experienced transphobic violence in medicalized form before. But I’d experienced it in many others: in punches and pushes, through threats with weapons, or by being run off the road by cars while I was on foot.

“My armor was a smile, Santana’s was an insult. And bless her for it.”

Lex Smithers, Brittani Nichols, El Sanchez, Gaby Dunn and I all talk about Hannah Gadsby’s new Netflix special, “Nanette.”

Brace yourself for the “Heathers” pilot, Melonie Diaz is playing gay again this time in Charmed, Lena Waithe’s “Twenties” is going to TBS, “Every Day” is a gender-hopping love story, Cherry Jones stars as a lesbian in “The Party,” the dudes who wrote Everything Sucks! on their inspo and so many other important YES VERY IMPORTANT stories!

Here are eight light-hearted books featuring queer women (mostly lesbian) characters of color. Some are YA, some are romance, and one is science fiction/fantasy. All are fluffy gay goodness!

We’re over New Year’s resolutions – here’s what we’re looking forward to in 2018. What about you?