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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…

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May 30, 2025

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halloween

15 Couples Halloween Costumes For Tall and Short Couples

Halloween costume time is the best time of year to tower over your girlfriend or best friend or partner (or vice versa).

Riese —

Sep 30, 2024

af+ personal essay

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af+

I Am Not Lorelai Gilmore But I Also Kind of Am

“Suddenly I was pregnant. And then I was a dropout. And then I was a single mother. I had no money or resources outside of my deeply evangelical family, the…

Kristen Arnett —

Sep 25, 2024

financial planning

trans

money + work

I’m Looking for a Trans in Finance

Some of these trans advisors, coaches, and planners operate outside the system, identifying as anti-capitalist and advocating for integrating social justice values into investing. Some exist inside bigger, more established…

Gabe Dunn —

Sep 23, 2024

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halloween

31 Lesbian Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

From classic like Daphne/Velma to recent pop culture pairings to conceptual ideas, we’re here to help brainstorm your best queer couples costumes ever.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 19, 2024

featured

gender affirming surgery

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issues

My Top Surgery Was Complicated. I Don’t Regret It

We rarely hear about how healing can be an iterative and potentially complicated process.

E. Goldblatt Hyatt —

Aug 19, 2024

for them

trans men

health

How Much Does Injectable Testosterone Hurt?

For over a year, I swore shots were too scary for me. Now, three months into them, I only wish I’d started sooner.

Max Gross —

Aug 9, 2024

fatness

health

Was Ozempic Right For Me?

Fat people have long been stigmatized and harshly judged as not “doing enough” to take care of themselves, disregarding the impact of socioeconomic factors on people’s access to healthy food…

Em Win —

Aug 6, 2024

someone googling do i have adhd, do i have anxiety, do i have autism, do i have ocd, and do i have bpd

health

Why We Shouldn’t Be Overly Dismissive of Self-Diagnosis

The healthcare system has a longstanding reputation for mistreating queer people, and self-diagnosis can provide agency even with its shortcomings.

Summer Tao —

Aug 1, 2024

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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

#buyindiebuyqueer

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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