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

Also, catching up on Rap Sh!t and the season finale of Black Cake.

Whether you’re a general Gaylor, a Swiftgron shipper (hello my people), or a Kaylor, there’s something for you here.

Juliana Marguiles said on a podcast that “as someone who plays a lesbian journalist on The Morning Show,” she’s offended by LGBTQ+, Black and Jewish people supporting Palestinian liberation.

The new Prime Video / Freevee Christmas movie “Exmas” is a stirring tribute to the power of turtlenecks in Minnesota with a lesbian character who should be the star but unfortunately she isn’t because heterosexuality rules the world.

As the national and international conversations on colonialism, imperialism, and decolonization progress and spread, I think it’s important for us to continue reflecting on the big and small ways Indigenous groups in the U.S. and abroad have challenged and fought against the occupying, colonialist, imperialist forces that have attempted to wipe those groups off the map entirely.

More news surfaces about the timeline of Melissa Barrera’s removal from Scream, and Susan Sarandon has issued an apology for her wording. Both continue to stand with Palestine.

“The Marvels” allegedly cut a scene that would’ve confirmed a past lesbian relationship between Captain Marvel and Valkyrie, Josie Totah on playing an 1800s lesbian in The Buccaneers, Hunter Schafer on her “Hunger Games” role and more!

Apple TV+ is one of the smaller streaming networks, but has slowly been building up its library behind its best known splashy, big-budget, high-concept, star-studded shows. Here’s your guide to what Apple TV+ has to offer when it comes to queer women and non-binary characters on its original programming.

“Black Cake” digs through memory, trauma, abuse and chaos in ways that reverberate to the core.

“My connection with gay women is the through-line of my entire life. But my queer community, as a whole, is not reducible to sexual practice. It’s more attitudinal. It’s the way we look at the world and stand outside certain norms.”

Also, welcome to No Filter, Billie Eilish!

Angelica Ross expounds upon her political ambitions in the wake of quitting Hollywood.

I could spend the rest of my life watching Lena Headey play queer. But, at the end of the day, I’m not sure we can add this one to the “win” column.

JoJo Siwa talks about lesbian relationships on her podcast. Also: Nike submits the NWSL as a “drama” for a Golden Globe, the official Mean Girls trailer drop, Jade McLeod on debuting Jagged Little Pill’s non-binary Jo and more!

A trans girl lesbian in an Edith Wharton adaptation is like something out of my wildest dreams. Too bad this show is such a mediocre nightmare.

As Black women, isn’t that what we want to be afforded? A chance to be messy and vulnerable instead of tidy and unbreakable?

This list has queer women testing their physical limits, queer men confronting their toxic masculinity, and even a few cute and sporty gay romances.

How social media is a lie, how to dress for a Catholic wedding, and is that girl who’s currently in a relationship into you?

Even while it is a great time to be ace, anti-ace rhetoric continues to circulate in queer communities.