Still mourning Mary Oliver. Plus why “books” are not a personality, the mood of reading, feminist bookstores to support right now and more.

Schitt’s Creek, a period emoji FINALLY, queer families are growing, VR and the trans body, a hole under a glacier (and other ways I describe my emotional state), the nightclubs of Harlem, and more!

I spent five days in Miami and Miami Beach, and it was not nearly enough! Here are some things I checked out and would recommend.

Can you even believe this list has 68 (!!) upcoming 2019 queer YA books? WOW. No matter what kind of LGBT YA you’re into, there is something on this list for you.

“Are you out here Janelle Monae-ing in these streets?” is a real thing a real character said out loud on grown-ish last night.

Topics include why I’m stoked for “Shrill,” Netflix’s queer-inclusive new reality show Dating Around, season three of One Day at a Time, The Walking Dead’s new lesbian couple, the Party of Five reboot and so much more!

It’s Shane’s fortieth birthday and Generation Q’s gift to you is a few pictures of Dana, a really REALLY hot sex scene and a cameo by Robin Roemer!

Stef and Lena may not show up until episode five, but their spirit is everywhere in The Fosters’ spin-off.

Not only has Boomerang proven itself to be one of the most cutting edge black voices on television, it’s also invested in showcasing a full spectrum of young blackness, including sexuality.

We published so much good work this year, and here is a fraction of it we think you will particularly enjoy reading back through!

Remi loves the ocean so very much wow, baking cookies with a two-year-old, some very cute holiday-ish pics, having it all is a lie, #Cativan, and more Baby T. updates for your face!

“Honestly, it’s for younger me who really needed to know that you could be queer and loved by God at the same time.”

“Often we need the possibility of more not in order to reach it, but in order to stop just short of it, which is still far beyond where we would’ve landed had it not been there at all.”

Plus: Ladies smoochin’ on Siren and Legacies; Coop deserves a damn break on All American; daytime TV updates on General Hospital and The Young and the Restless; and we welcome back The Good Fight.

Our TV Team has expertly ranked all 111 sex scenes from legendarily sapphic series, “The L Word.” Which lesbian sex scene will rule them all??

“The L Word” was supposed to be the beginning of a new era of teevee shows about the real true lives of lesbian and bisexual women — and although we never quite got there, here are 15 examples of shows that don’t just have queer characters in them, but are also *about* being queer.

A selection of emotionally devastating songs I live in fear of having to emotionally process in public without warning at CVS.

“I just want you to know that I don’t even want to go to Ilene Chaiken’s pool, but I want that for you so badly. I would die for your right to go to Ilene Chaiken’s pool.”

Plus the first updates of 2019 on grown-ish, S.W.A.T., Coronation Street, The Young and the Restless, General Hospital and Critical Role!

“We’re in Lancaster County at Erin’s family’s house, surrounded by plastic Bible quiz trophies adorned with gold crosses and family portraits taken at national parks. My bewildered partner comes to me, face slack, and tells me I need to call my mother.”