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Gatlin Releases the Ultimate Album for Queer Eldest Daughters

On her new album The Eldest Daughter, Gatlin yearns for the love of family members who haven’t accepted her queerness…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

beyonce

Every Celebrity You Know Went to Beyoncé’s Birthday Show, Here’s All the Gays

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Every Celebrity You Know Went to Beyoncé’s Birthday Show, Here’s All the Gays

A fellow earth sign herself, Kehlani easily wins “top” prize (see what I did there?) for most thorough recap of the night.

Carmen Phillips —

Sep 5, 2023

album review

victoria monet

Victoria Monét's Jaguar II album cover, featuring Monét coming out of inky black water.

music

Victoria Monét’s “Jaguar II” Is Fighting for Queer R&B’s Life

Very few have clawed their way to the status of being R&B’s up and coming It Girl, let alone while crooning about a preference for short fingernails or cracking a…

Carmen Phillips —

Sep 1, 2023

cara delevingne

music videos

two blonde women enjoy a lollipop together

music

Cara Delevingne Directs Reneé Rapp Music Video About Meeting Your Clone at a Club and Then Making Out

Rapp’s debut album Snow Angel is out now!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 18, 2023

hip-hop

A collage of women in hip hop, outlined in yellow, in front of a pile of mixtapes. Left to right: Lauryn Hill, Cardi B, Young M.A., Queen Latifah, Nicki Minaj, Big Freeda, Missy Elliott, Megan thee Stallion, Chika, Roxane Shante, Da Brat, and Lil Kim

playlists

Playlist: We Run This, 50 Years of Women in Hip-Hop

Because what’s a celebration of women’s contributions to 50 years of hip-hop without a playlist?

Natalie —

Aug 17, 2023

keke palmer

music videos

Four screenshots of Keke Palmer in Usher's "Boyfriend" music video, she's dancing in white boxers and a white sport bra in each of them.

music

Keke Palmer Dances in Boxers in Usher’s “Boyfriend” Video, a Well Timed Clapback to Her Ex

You don’t have to scratch especially deep beneath the surface for a queer line reading of Keke Palmer rolling around in a pair of boxers while crooning that someone’s girlfriend…

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 16, 2023

music video review

music videos

Victoria Monet in the "On My Mama" video in two side-by-side images: on the left, in a red bra and baseball cap, with baggy pants, on the right in an oversized white tee and green do-rag.

music

Bisexual R&B Star Victoria Monét Is Giving Sexy Tomboy in New Music Video

If you just so happen to love it when queer girls dress up like a ’00s era Ciara or Beyoncé music video, “On My Mama” was made for you.

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 15, 2023

Bravo Dyke

music videos

Kyle Richards and Morgan Wade kissing in Morgan's new music video

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Bravo Dyke Obsessively Breaks Down the Lesbian Fantasy Morgan Wade/Kyle Richards Music Video

Kyle Richards plays Mommi Next Door in Morgan Wade’s new video.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 11, 2023

cardi b

Chika

Queen Latifah is in a black fluffy gown and smiling in Netflix's Ladies First.

tv reviews

Netflix’s “Ladies First” Recenters the Women of Hip-Hop in Their Complex Grit, Beauty, and Honesty

Ladies First reinstates Black women as the founders, experts, contributors who quite literally built hip-hop that they are.

Carmen Phillips —

Aug 10, 2023

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trans

Liberation Weekend Was a Battlecry

Welcome to Liberation Weekend, a two-day trans punk music festival.

Charlie Girard

(Murphy Gerrasch / @bardicroots)

music

epic

featured

65 Gay Pop Icons and Rising Stars

Gay pop is a dynamic, enormous genre of music that has defined our community’s parties and culture for years. Here are just some of our favorite, most iconic, and exciting…

Riese —

Jun 10, 2025

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This Trans Band Is Possessed by a Being Named Jennifer

Eli, a New School dropout with a background in jazz drumming, has played in various bands and currently tours with others. Fig, a former musical theater kid, has been playing…

Motti —

Apr 22, 2025

chappell roan

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The Best Chappell Roan Shows Are in the Midwest and South

For her queer fans in the Midwest and South, Chappell Roan’s rise is about so much more than her music.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 25, 2024

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Sapphic Yearning, Explained by a Playlist

The true meaning of sapphic yearning, as explained by a very gay playlist.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 4, 2024

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