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The Ultimatum: Queer Love’s Bridget Matloff on What the Cameras Didn’t Show You

Bridget Matloff speaks on friendship with Gabby Windey, pressures of reality TV, thoughts on marriage, gender roles, and yes, haircare.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

Sep 8, 2025

FIRST PERSON

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to…

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Autumn Fourkiller

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Jul 23, 2025

PARENTING & FAMILY

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I…

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

first person

I Was Already Afraid of My Inbox. Then a Death Threat Came

The deadline for my compliance with the “blackmail” had already passed. It was supposed to be noon.

Nico

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Aug 13, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Autumn Fourkiller

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Jul 23, 2025

parenting & family

A Breastfeeding Journey Of a Thousand Miles Begins With a Single Baby Step

“I woke up feeling like someone had run me over with a truck and I thought, “I guess this is motherhood.” And probably would’ve died thinking that.”

Riese

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Jul 10, 2025

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A+ Crossword Thinks You Look Fabulist

Why do cows have hooves instead of feet?

Rebecca Goldstein

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Nov 4, 2023

HORROR IS SO GAY 2 over a television with a bloody handprint on it

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Editor’s Notes: Horror Is So Gay 2

“I want the vibe to be 1980s slashercore mixed with nostalgic late-night sleepover vibes.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Oct 31, 2023

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A+ Crossword Is Both Hot and Open

What’s small and red and has a raspy voice?

Kate Hawkins

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Oct 28, 2023

an image of two black women embracing. text reads friends forever. and then also "into the A+ advice inbox"

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Into the A+ Advice Box #91: Why Do Your Dates Always Turn Into “Just Friends”?

How social media is a lie, how to dress for a Catholic wedding, and is that girl who’s currently in a relationship into you?

The Editors

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Oct 27, 2023

a collage of layered transparent images, some of a woman kneeling in prayer, others of a woman pulling another woman's hair sensually and another of a woman cuddling with a partner

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Anonymous Sex Diary: Horny and Hooking Up at Divinity School

I texted my best friends, “I think studying religion is making me horny,” because I’ve been wanting to jump everyone’s bones (respectfully). A young queer woman chronicles a week in…

Guest

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Oct 24, 2023

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A+ Crossword Is Queer as Fuck

Did you hear the rumor about butter?

Rebecca Goldstein

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Oct 21, 2023

a collage of three images from tiktok, one is one of those button using dogs now saying "help," another is the weird animated pizza possum, and a third is a white gay in a bathrobe. over top, text reads: The Group Chat

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The Group Chat: Our Embarrassing TikTok Fascinations

“I think maybe TikTok thinks I am a gay man.”

The Editors

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Oct 20, 2023

the image features a collage of a woman going into kiss a man's neck. they are both Black. There is also an image of a laptop, all over a cloud of smoke, superimposed on the nighttime skyline of Johannesburg. Text in glowing white reads "anonymous sex diaries"

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Anonymous Sex Diary: I’m Putting My Career At Risk To Have Sex With My Boss

“But I’d risk it all for her.” A young trans man in Johannesburg is sleeping with his straight boss in secret, and falling more deeply for her every day.

Guest

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Oct 17, 2023