“The observation of white people actually grappling with ideas of class amongst each other empowers me, but it empowers me even more when I know they’re having the same conversation even when I’m NOT in the room.”

“An entire year has passed since the shouts heard around the world reverberated throughout the Texas Capitol and forced the state legislature to come to a screeching halt. Rise Up/Levanta Texas formed in late June 2013 as a grassroots response to a growing awareness that our bodies, stories, and voices were being made invisible within the larger narrative surrounding reproductive rights and HB 2.”

Be the cool queer cousin you wished for as a kid, the polite way to turn someone down, sex is still great without an orgasm, creating your own queer community when you feel alone in the world, and 20 other questions from everyday readers like you!

How do you stop comparing yourself to your girlfriend’s nesting partner, have big life conversations with your partner, deal with feeling your friends don’t love you as much as you love them, and more?

“Okay so Christian Bale plays… Mr. Ferrari. And Matt Damon plays… Henry Ford?”

Everyone should know the stories of the lesbian, bisexual, queer and trans women of color who’ve been the backbones of LGBT communities forever and ever. So make some popcorn and put your learnin’ pants on!

A dazzling portrait of a white heterosexual girl’s coming-of-age, Lady Bird gave us a straight character anyone can root for.

Your best friend is shaming you for the kind of porn that gets you off. Also; tips on having more threesomes.

For every award-winning trans movie made largely by people who don’t know anything about us, there’s a good movie made with an understanding of us or — GASP! — actually made by us.

What does it mean to be queer and a sex worker at Skirt Club?

Advice for the cis, presumably het parents of a trans kid, Zoom dating while in the house with your parents, an urban legend and gay panic, gender feelings, squirting ALL of the time, and understanding your expectations in a relationship with someone who is not nearly as out!

Jenni Olson talks about her new series now running at the Harvard Film Archive that includes her own films and a 16mm print of Anita Bryant getting a pie in the face.

We are all made of masochistic kittens. Or are we?

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.

Why let your straight friends miss out on another Pride when they could watch these ten movies that might just jumpstart some self-discovery?

There is no shortage of cis people who want to own a piece of us — our bodies, our stories, their idea of our stories.

This jerk Dick Jones in Kansas, last night’s GOP town hall, a lesbian high schooler wins the right to wear a gay t-shirt to school, women making moves in state and federal government, and more!

There is no such thing as being queer “enough.” There is just being queer.

Raquel and Ali traveled to DC for Watch Us Run to get some actionable advice on running for office and resisting Trump.

Natasha and Elise talk about what’s in store for their characters in the upcoming feature-length Carmilla movie.