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Lesbian Poet Staceyann Chin Will Not Be Silent

In an interview with Autostraddle, Staceyann Chin describes the wild journey of trying to procure sperm in the early aughts…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

Oct 17, 2025

archival materials from the film A Mother Apart about Staceyann Chin

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Lesbian Poet Staceyann Chin Will Not Be Silent

In an interview with Autostraddle, Staceyann Chin describes the wild journey of trying to procure sperm in the early aughts to become pregnant as a single lesbian.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Oct 17, 2025

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I’ve Been Into the Further and Back

In Insidious, both father and eldest son possess the ability to project their consciousness elsewhere. The father does not remember this. Is it a gift if you want to forget…

Autumn Fourkiller —

Oct 15, 2025

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‘Sleepaway Camp’ Was Kinda Heterophobic if You Think About It

Sleepaway Camp depicts heterosexual desire, particularly from men, as being predatory, transactional, cruel, and destructive.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 11, 2025

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The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

I stopped taking care of myself because I thought that’s what it meant to be serious about writing.

Gen —

Oct 9, 2025

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Motocrossed’ for the First Time

Motocrossed, a Disney Channel Original Movie that premiered in 2001, is an even more canonically trans film than She’s the Man. I will die on that hill, as if I…

Gabe Dunn —

Sep 29, 2025

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Blue Crush’ for the First Time

For someone gay whose favorite movie is probably the original Point Break, I can’t believe I had never seen 2002’s Blue Crush.

Gabe Dunn —

Sep 23, 2025

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Jordan Gonzalez Wants To Play Every Role

Jordan Gonzalez makes the jump from TV to film with his role in The Long Walk.

Rendy Jones —

Sep 13, 2025

Christy Carlson Romano and Hilary Duff in Cadet Kelly

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A Trans Guy Watches ‘Cadet Kelly’ for the First Time

This movie isn’t only lesbian. It’s a gateway to an adulthood of kink.

Gabe Dunn —

Aug 23, 2025

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Lesbian Poet Staceyann Chin Will Not Be Silent

In an interview with Autostraddle, Staceyann Chin describes the wild journey of trying to procure sperm in the early aughts to become pregnant as a single lesbian.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

movie features

I’ve Been Into the Further and Back

In Insidious, both father and eldest son possess the ability to project their consciousness elsewhere. The father does not remember this. Is it a gift if you want to forget…

Autumn Fourkiller —

Oct 15, 2025

The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

I stopped taking care of myself because I thought that’s what it meant to be serious about writing.

Gen —

Oct 9, 2025

An Oral History of ‘Adam’ (2019), the Most Controversial Trans Movie of All Time

Five years after its release, the cast and crew behind ‘Adam’ (2019) look back on the film, the controversy, and the culture that shaped both.

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 5, 2025

I Don’t Think You’re Stupid. I Just Think I Know More About Movies

“If I express that opinion, it’s not to say someone who did connect with the new film is wrong. We just had different experiences of a work of art based…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jun 5, 2025

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Lesbian Poet Staceyann Chin Will Not Be Silent

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‘Sleepaway Camp’ Was Kinda Heterophobic if You Think About It

The Real Horror of ‘The Shining’

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