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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first…

Riese

Aug 4, 2025

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 4, 2025

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Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people…

Kate & Leisha

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Jun 4, 2025

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

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The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

We all know that this sports issue has nothing to do with sports, and it…

Stef Rubino

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May 27, 2025

Author photo of Charlie Claire Burgess next to the cover of their book Queer Devotion

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Charlie Claire Burgess Understands Why You Might Hate Religion

In their new book Queer Devotion, Charlie Claire Burgess joins a robust tradition of queer…

Emma Cieslik

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May 22, 2025

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are extremely beautiful.”

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 4, 2025

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Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Kate & Leisha —

Jun 4, 2025

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The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

We all know that this sports issue has nothing to do with sports, and it has nothing to do with protecting female athletes. This topic has been a roundabout way…

Stef Rubino —

May 27, 2025

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Slapping Leather Queer Cowfolx at the Rodeo

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A New History of Gay Rodeos Explores How Cowboys Have Always Been Queer

Slapping Leather addresses how the idealized white masculine cowboy has always been a myth.

Lauren Herold —

Jan 9, 2025

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We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than…

Kristen Arnett —

Jan 7, 2025

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Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

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…

Riese —

Dec 20, 2024

dorothy allison

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20 Dorothy Allison Quotes I Think About All The Time

“Two or three things I know, but this is the one I am not supposed to talk about, how it comes together — sex and violence, love and hatred.”

Riese —

Nov 16, 2024

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Dorothy Allison, Lesbian and Feminist Writer and Activist, Has Died. We Must Keep Learning From Her Life’s Work and ‘Remake the World’

Dorothy Allison died at the age of 75 from cancer earlier this week. Some of my favorite teachers in the world are people I’ve never shared a classroom with, and…

Stef Rubino —

Nov 9, 2024

Things I Read That I Love

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Things I Read That I Love #339: Nerd Clusters, Love Is Blind, Competitive Cheerleading, the Free Returns Industry and More

Topics include “border theater” in Texas, the rise of Nerds Clusters, the WNBA, regional McDonalds’ cuisine, behind the scenes at Love is Blind, how the Fentanyl crisis is harming teens,…

Riese —

Nov 1, 2024

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Writing a Lesbian Novel Should Have Been Easier. It Wasn’t

Was it cowardice that kept us, in our debut, from writing a queer novel?

Mikaella Clements —

Oct 28, 2024

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Nico Lang wears a hat. The book American Teenager: How Trans Kids Are Surviving Hate and Finding Joy in a Turbulent Era.

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To Protect Trans Kids, We Have To Actually Listen to Them

The stories of trans youth go largely ignored by the American public in our cultural conversations about their lives, but Nico Lang is giving everyone a chance to change that…

Stef Rubino —

Oct 14, 2024

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Alison Bechdel talks fame, privilege, and returning to old characters for her new work of autofiction.

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A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

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Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

Jennifer Beals has put together the ultimate walk down sapphic memory lane with the release of The L Word: A Photographic Journal, a gay tome featuring over 400 candid photographs…

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 19, 2025

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Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese —

Feb 17, 2025

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Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.

Nico —

Aug 29, 2024

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“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”

“I feel like so much of the theme of ‘straight women idealizing women’ just came from my dark times in women’s media. This idea that if you have a space…

Riese —

Jan 4, 2024

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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

BOOK FEATURES

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

BOOK FEATURES

Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

BOOK FEATURES

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

BOOK FEATURES

Charlie Claire Burgess Understands Why You Might Hate Religion

book features

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

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The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”

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