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What If I’m Totally Fine with the Space Between Us?

Your mom wants to braid friendship bracelets and you want to disappear into adulthood. Also, we help a reader embrace…

the team

May 30, 2025

advice

queered & careered

money + work

Queered & Careered: 5 Ways You Can Use Tarot at Work

Just because, let’s be honest: your workplace could use some queer witchy energy.

Tiara Dee —

Dec 17, 2019

holigay sex

Lists/Top 10s

christmas

The 12 Queer Sex Positions Of Christmas

Try these positions to add some spice (ooh, is that nutmeg?) to your sex life this December.

Ro White —

Dec 17, 2019

family

hanukkah

christmas

How To Be The Estranged Gay Kid This Holiday Season

Because you’re gay — and maybe a host of other reasons — you and your family don’t speak. Get through it by exclusively listening to music from your parents’ era and…

danijanae —

Dec 17, 2019

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

novel

book lists

8 Cute Queer Holiday Romances to Snuggle up with this Holigay Season

More than one book involves lesbians falling in love while bonding over a cute festive pet.

Casey —

Dec 17, 2019

Lists/Top 10s

look into this

holigays

Five Perfect Holiday Gifts for the 8,000 Spiders Who Raised You in That Damp Cave

Check out this list so you don’t have to phone it in again this year by getting your 8,000 mothers another handful of flies!

Seth Rubin —

Dec 13, 2019

hanukkah

holiday gift guide

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Some Cheer For Your Sad Friends

You might not be able to cure your buddy’s sadness, but you can definitely bring some holiday cheer into heart this season.

Ari —

Dec 12, 2019

hanukkah

holiday gift guide

christmas

Holigay Gift Guide: Gifts for Your Fave Baby Gay

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a newly-out baby gay must be in want of rainbow-bedecked everything. Here’s a guide to the easiest holiday shopping you’ll ever do.

Lisa A.C. Ryan —

Dec 12, 2019

hanukkah

holiday gift guide

christmas

10 Non-Confrontational Gifts For Your Girlfriend’s Other Partner

Need a gift that says, “Don’t worry — I’m a great communicator and navigating non-monogamy in a culture that privileges monogamous partnerships is totally easy for me?” Never fear!

Ro White —

Dec 11, 2019

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baby steps

featured

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

parenting & family

featured

trans women

4 Unexpected Things That Can Happen to Transfeminine Bodies on Estrogen

1. I’m so much cooler these days. Literally and figuratively.

Summer Tao —

Jul 3, 2025

baby steps

featured

I Regret To Inform You That Our Baby Will Be Throwing Up On Your Shirt

At first you don’t really know which of the baby’s behaviors are going to be a Thing and which are just the music playing in the lobby before you sit…

Riese —

May 1, 2025

christmas movies

epic

45 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters

In a world once lacking Christmas movies with lesbian, bisexual, queer women and non-binary characters, the tides of the North Pole are shifting, and we’ve got a great list of…

Riese —

Dec 18, 2024

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epic

100 LGBTQ+ Owned Businesses and Queer Shops To Support This Holiday Season!

With so many LGBTQ+ owned shops out there it’s gonna be a joy to put money back into your community this holiday season!

Riese —

Dec 9, 2024

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