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How To Conquer Your Fears and Get Out of a Creative Rut

“There is a reason you started making art in the first place, and that reason is joy. I suggest you…

swan huntley

Nov 25, 2024

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LIFE

67 Questions Your Neurodivergent and Socially Anxious Friend Has About Your Party

It’s (un)officially the first weekend of summer, and so there’s no better time to unleash…

Carmen Phillips

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May 24, 2024

KOLKATA, WEST BENGAL, INDIA - 2023/12/17: A participant holds placards in solidarity with Palestine during the Kolkata Pride Walk. Hundreds of participants took part in Kolkata Pride parade 2023. Kolkata Pride is the longest running pride parade in India. (Photo by Avijit Ghosh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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Gay People: I Need Us To Care About Palestine

“In a world where it is clear that the nation-state is an outdated model that…

Fatimah Asghar

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Dec 21, 2023

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LIFE

You Need Help: How To Stay Sober

Do y’all have any podcasts or books or anything you’d recommend for someone who hasn’t…

danijanae

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May 2, 2023

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MONEY + WORK

The Guilty Feelings Within My Black Queer Success

I had to choose between rightfully reveling in my success or succumbing to guilty feelings.

Jonathan P. Higgins, Ed.D.

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Apr 19, 2023

life

67 Questions Your Neurodivergent and Socially Anxious Friend Has About Your Party

It’s (un)officially the first weekend of summer, and so there’s no better time to unleash my super power: Thinking of every possible question, from every single humanly possible angle, that…

Carmen Phillips —

May 24, 2024

life

Gay People: I Need Us To Care About Palestine

“In a world where it is clear that the nation-state is an outdated model that cannot hold us down, that cannot protect us, I ask: what do we owe each…

Fatimah Asghar —

Dec 21, 2023

life

You Need Help: How To Stay Sober

Do y’all have any podcasts or books or anything you’d recommend for someone who hasn’t been sober since they were thirteen?

danijanae —

May 2, 2023

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: My Mommy Style Profile

I wouldn’t say I’ve escaped the Cult of Mommy completely. I’ve defined it for myself.

KaeLyn —

Sep 7, 2019

football

health

Fantasy Football Isn’t Scary! Here, Let Me Show You!

As you may already know, this September, sports gays like myself in offices and friend groups across the country need YOU to be one of the 4+ people on their…

Charlie Everett —

Aug 28, 2019

lesbian travel

photoessay

travel

PHOTOESSAY: Meet Me in The Keys

Recently I got to adventure with five other queers on on behalf of the Florida Keys & Key West! If you’ve never been to The Keys, the little islands off…

Robin —

Aug 28, 2019

baby-making

family

queer pregnancy

How These Lesbian Couples Decided to Get Pregnant

For queer couples, deciding to get pregnant often involves a lot of planning, money, and time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 22, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: Mommies, Daddies, and Babies

There are no right or wrong answers in queer and trans parenting choices, just the decisions we make.

KaeLyn —

Aug 10, 2019

fullscreen

the travel issue

issues

The Travel Issue: Letter From The Editor

These are stories of risk and growth, building connections and realizing when they’re ending — all the places we think are worth moving toward and the things worth returning to.

Riese —

Aug 1, 2019

gay families

parenthood

parenting & family

Raising Baby T. Rex: Goodbye Pull-Ups, Hello Three, Hello Love

“You have to wear pants to go outside.”

KaeLyn —

Jul 13, 2019

uswnt

women's soccer

health

You Love Soccer Now, Here’s How to Follow Your 2019 USWNT Faves Home

The party don’t stop ’cause the World Cup is over.

Heather Hogan —

Jul 10, 2019

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trans women

How Can Trans Women Deal With Erectile Dysfunction?

Erectile dysfunction is consistently counted among the most common sexual disorders. It's also a topic close to my heart (and other organs) because I experience it.

Summer Tao

health

regular

you need help

‘My Partner Is Hurt I’ve Changed My Mind About Having a Baby’

This is one of those incredibly difficult situations where you and your partner are both entitled to your feelings even though those feelings are at direct odds with each other.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 4, 2025

10 Years Ago, I Had the Most Chaotic Valentine’s Day Plans Possible

Chicago, Winter 2015. I’m doing a cringe-worthy, cliche version of Living In Chicago In Your Early Twenties.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 12, 2025

Lesbian Movies for Every Valentine’s Day Vibe

Whether you’re single, recently dumped, in love, or somewhere in between, we’ve got Valentine’s Day lesbian movie recs for you!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 11, 2025

baby steps

climate change

Baby Steps #5: Fixing the Window

“If I’d made it this far into the pregnancy without being forced to face the reality that has inspired many of my generation to forego reproduction altogether, I could do…

Riese —

Jan 22, 2025

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