Our bodies deserve exuberant fabrics and innovative design and can highlight beautiful parts of what society typically erases.

This book contains, notably, an essay by Michelle Tea that is still ringing in my ears.

“no one gives you a free personal pan pizza when you do something you really, really don’t want to do! we live in a crumbling society”

In the Season One finale, Max starts a new beginning and the Peaches meet the Blue Sox in the World Series.

“Women in the 1940s were conservative and respectful. This series tried to make them into whores and lesbians!”

Ava gives Gwyn the love is love speech, Sara tries to unfix a fixed point, and Spooner comes out as asexual!

There are plenty of people out there still rooting for Jackie Quiñones; it’d be nice if it felt like the ones crafting her story were among them.

November feels a bit like pent-up tensions screaming at the rooftops. Get ready for big feelings beyond low-key dread and apocalyptic “I guess this is fine now” normalcy. Know your conflict style to embrace this shift.

In light of last week’s anti-Asian racist murders in Atlanta, this week’s episode — which features Alice continuing to battle against Asian stereotypes in her diversity comedy program — just hit different.

Purgatory’s Trivia Night turns into a competition for who has the tastiest brain and Waverly learns why Nicole has been too afraid to show her face in town.

I am ready to be fearless. To dream beyond Black womanhood and know that I — Black, queer, and not-quite-sure — am worthy, so worthy of all of the love, affirmation, and power the universe can muster.

Nicole you could run a PI office just for tracking down and interpreting the astrology of famous queers. Think about it.

Clea DuVall manages a real Christmas miracle in Happiest Season by capturing the distinctly queer and quietly heart-wrenching experience of not being able to share your real self with the people you love most, when all you want to do is shout from the tallest chimney in town that you’ve found your person, that you’re in love.

Lots of us will be spending the holigays on our own, which may be exactly what you’ve always wanted! But if you are trying to create a sense of togetherness, these activities might help you and your loved ones feel closer in far-away times.

Stop what you’re doing right now and watch Alice Júnior on Netflix.

“I had a moment where I was watching this again, and I remembered watching this scene 12 years ago, and I was like, wow, I’m gay. You know?”

The Village Voice has an intriguing cover for their Queer Issue — we outline some of our more major confusions on the issue. Also, Chicago loves Nat Garcia and so do we, Lady Gaga fashion update, Gawker is there for those straight people trying to make it through Pride, one brave girl blogger takes on Seventeen Magazine, and one writer discusses how she manages marriage while bisexual.

Over 15,000 people turned up for the Brooklyn Liberation Action for Black Trans Lives this past weekend and these are the best photographs I have ever seen.

First we get real deep, and then we get real funny. It’s Autostradle’s first recap of ABC Family’s new show “Pretty Little Liars,” which features a probs-lesbian protagonist named Emily. You should probably read this recap. Just for funsies.

Two bi girls bond over being bi girls! Also, straight people who only speak out against homophobia when it’s convenient for them are! the! worst!