Times are hard, but no one knows better than the gays that if you work for it, things can get immeasurably better. Here’s a snapshot of what the job market looks like for us right now, and why we feel better about it than straight people do.

In good teevee news, Ellen interviewed Portia on her show and they are too cute for words. In bad teevee news, there are more interrogation tapes.

A year after transition, Cammie Woodman watched Serena Williams play tennis. It changed everything.

When 23-year-old Dew Siratan Sittitanyawat reached the third round of her application to become a diplomat in Thailand, she was faced with a decision: attend her in-person interview as herself or cut her hair last minute. 

Rather than focus on individual, exceptional figures of toxic masculinity, Hammer wanted to explore masculinity as a cultural form that people of all genders can embody.

What does the LGBTQ book landscape look like right now? It’s complicated.

I do not find my obsessions — they find me.

In the penultimate episode of Motherland: Fort Salem, we get a moment of (gay) peace at Raelle and Scylla’s wedding.

After months of historic heat waves, we’re eager to feel the promise of autumn and (hopefully) cooler weather, with the transition from fiery Leo season to our last sign of summer: cool, earthy Virgo.

What do you want from me. The Real L Word. 108. It happened. Deal with it OMGFASHIONWEEEK FASHIONWEEK.

As the film reflects on the progress and lack thereof for trans people, it’s also a reminder of what we have to lose without inventive, intelligent big budget movies.

There are 35 films on this attempted list of every lesbian+ movie released in 2021. While the list includes some lesser known fare, there’s also the 2021 Palme d’or winner, several Netflix movies, and a few Oscar contenders.

A sign associated with art, beauty, harmony, balance, and aesthetics, Libra is the energy of the connoisseur, with refined tastes and sophisticated desires.

Alice returns to her comedy program with a hero’s welcome — and is immediately faced with more cis white dude garbage decisions.

This season is an opportunity to take pride in exactly who you are, to show yourself love and radiance instead of hiding your fire. How are you stepping into your personal power? Which aspects of yourself give you a sense of joy, pleasure, confidence? Where does your magic come from?

You’ve identified the things that you crave, that you desire, and allowed those wants to take up space. And as we move into Aries season, you now have the chance to take those blurry, liminal visions and give them clarity, direction, purpose. You have the opportunity to make them tangible.

“As always, the slew of anti-trans legislation is about sending a clear signal about who is and is not welcome in society, about whose life does and does not carry value, about who can and cannot access basic human rights.”

Dani and Shelli got together to chat about Justin Simien’s new satirical horror movie, their own relationships with their hair over the years, and being over the compulsion to make space for white audiences in Black films.

TikTok and porn aesthetics, the fisting emoji obvs, how to initiate sex without feeling awkward and more.

Here’s what we loved this year and what we didn’t like very much at all. We’d love to hear your opinions too, obviously!