It’s a fascinating and, oftentimes, frustrating exploration of how we got to where we are in both the sports and gender debate and the limitation of trans rights in general.

Through three interconnected characters, Lisa Ko pens a very queer book about memory, art, and revolution.

Trauma has a way of resurfacing in vulnerable moments. It can happen even if there’s no relationship between that trauma and sex.

The current circumstances are beyond the point of silence or inaction — they have been for a long time.

“Suddenly I was pregnant. And then I was a dropout. And then I was a single mother. I had no money or resources outside of my deeply evangelical family, the same people who’d taken me to picket outside of abortion clinics when I was six years old.”

Gender exploration is for everyone, regardless of starting point or expectations.

And what we can learn from them this Pride.

Jennifer Love Hewitt’s latest Lifetime Christmas movie has a lesbian best friend who wears shoes on the bed.

Advice for coping when your Instagram-beloved girlfriend seems too hot for you, rekindling romance after long Covid, and how to flirt — gayly.

From complex portraits of everyday queers to Marvel witches to a collection of soap opera gays, here are some of our favorite queer TV characters of the year.

“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”

“Po’Chop asks us to list adjectives we associate with masculinity. I think of men I want to emulate — Stanley Tucci, Mandy Patinkin, my dad. We pace and pose with these adjectives in mind, cheer each other on through acting out these poses. It’s the most I have thought about existing in my body in a long time, and the awkwardness starts to give way to appreciation, and even a bit of confidence.”

Someone saw Stardew Valley and decided it wasn’t gay enough. That’s how we ended up with Fae Farm.

Whether leaving the U.S. or trying to get back, terrified or resigned, every queer person I spoke to in an international long distance relationship says they feel less at ease to travel.

Bring on the literary GAYHEM.

Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good lesbian books.

The one thing that kept me hooked was the rivalry between nonbinary contestant Tabitha Sloane — the one openly queer contestant on the show — and Lellies Santiago.

Advice for a 49-year-old who’s anxious that she may not be wanted in spaces and social circles where most people are younger than her.

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do so no longer.”