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Family Business: How To Break Up With Your Ex’s Family, Too

You were never just dating a cute woman. You were dating a cute woman who is also someone’s daughter, granddaughter, bubeleh, mija, etc.

You Need Help: How To Navigate a Social Event with Your Ex

You and your ex are going to the same social event? You should probs read this first.

5 Tips On Dating a Girl Who Is Only Kinda Sorta Maybe Out To Her Family And Friends

“Give her time, give her love and support and when she’s ready to whack the rainbow flag bumper sticker on her car, then she will.”

Texting Your Ex-Girlfriend in Five Easy Steps

I’m helping you put the EX back in TEXT

How To Leave Your Husband (Because You’re a Lesbian)

Once upon a time I married a man, had kids, and realized I was a lesbian. Here’s what happened and what I wish somebody had told me at the time.

The Lifespan of a Lesbian Heartbreak

That’s it, I’m dating myself.

Mind The (Age) Gap: How to Do a May/December Lesbian Relationship

May-December (or even May-October) romances can present occasional challenges, they can also be awesome.

Having Fun at a Gay Bar 101: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

At some point, between the night where my friend walked to her ex’s house with my keys, phone and money in her boot, the night where I sobbed to strangers about losing my credit card in the bathroom and the one where I held my friend’s hair as she vomited onto the street, I realized “Oh shit, this sucks.”

You Need to Help These Ten People Come Out

Girls are always asking me for advice on various coming out situations, and I don’t always know how to answer them. Perhaps you, dear reader, would like to take a swing at it?

You Need Help: I Feel Like We Would Like You If We Met You

You think you can’t talk to that girl because she’s flawless and you’re you, but that’s bullshit! With special guest: The Great Equalizer.

You Have A Lot of Feelings: The Wonderful World of D&Ms

If there is one thing lesbians love more than cats and beanies, it’s talking about their feelings.

You Need Help: Requisite Crush on a Barista

How do you successfully flirt with that adorable barista?

You Need Help: Your College Roommates Are Homophobic Assholes

What if you get to college and your roommates are really homophobic?

You Need Help: Falling in Love In One (Digital) Dimension

Can you fall in love and have a successful relationship with somebody you’ve never met?

How I Learned to Talk (In Bed): Why This Queer Woman Cares About Consent

I had already committed, in my mind, to taking on consent activism for the rest of my life. Then I came out of the closet.

The Lesbian Insider’s Guide to 40 LGBT-Friendly College Campuses

Queer girls from 40 different schools give you the uncensored scoop on what it feels like for a gay lady on their campus — from hookup culture to dyke parties to activism and academics.

You Need Help: Lesbian Back-To-School Edition

So you’re going to your first semester at college! Do you have to come out to your roommate?

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You Need Help: Bottoms Up and Helping Your Girlfriend

Can a top be a bottom without selling her soul? And how to talk to a partner who isn’t what she used to be.

You Need Help: Brand New Gays and Social Ashtrays

Should a social smoker quit just to please her girlfriend? And how to stop dating guys and start getting real (if that’s what you want to do).

If You Ain’t No Punk Holla Gays Need Prenups GAYS NEED PRENUPS

“As an aspiring talk show host who also happens to be a lawyer and a formerly engaged Gay American, I know a lot about the ins and outs of marriage, legally and emotionally.”