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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

If a stone top likes “The Giver” and it resonates with them, I think that’s beautiful. But to call Chappell…

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Mar 19, 2025

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 14, 2025

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small…

Stef Rubino

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Mar 7, 2025

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino

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Feb 28, 2025

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

Where many artists this far into their careers might feel comfortable resting on the signatures…

Stef Rubino

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Feb 18, 2025

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The Chicks!!!!!!

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Mar 14, 2025

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small glimpse into what we might see more of from her in the future.

Stef Rubino —

Mar 7, 2025

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino —

Feb 28, 2025

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10 Gayest Joni Mitchell Songs Ranked by Lesbian Longing

Is there a Joni Mitchell album that wasn’t born from some heartbreaking or devastating experience?

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Apr 16, 2024

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Reneé Rapp Transports Coachella Crowd to 2004 With Original ‘L Word’ Cast Introduction

Reneé Rapp had her fans talking, laughing, loving, breathing, fighting, f*cking, crying, drinking, riding, winning, losing, cheating, kissing, thinking, dreaming at Coachella.

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Apr 15, 2024

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58 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…

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Apr 10, 2024

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Gossip Returns to the Queer Music World They Helped Create With ‘Real Power’

When Gossip announced their new album at the end of last year, it felt as if the creative universe was realigning itself and letting some of our original heroes come…

Stef Rubino —

Apr 7, 2024

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JoJo Siwa Warned Us About This

Siwa’s not the first young celebrity to make a clumsy but determined transition from cherubic child star to serious grown-up, but few others have hit that precise combination of being…

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Apr 5, 2024

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JoJo Siwa’s ‘Karma’ Music Video Recap: Lesbian Lothario Lost at Sea

JoJo Siwa is going on a deep sea adventure with Karma, who is a bitch, in her very lesbian music video full of sea life and rhinestone-centric eye makeuP!

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Apr 5, 2024

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Fletcher’s ‘In Search of the Antidote’ Is a Sticky, Syrupy Gossip Fest

Fletcher has the capacity to crack her world wide open. We see it in her lyrics, and we see it in the way she’s setting up the rest of her…

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Apr 4, 2024

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Your ‘Cowboy Carter’ Reading List Is Here! Giddy the Fuck Up!

SERIOUSLY HAVE YOU LISTENED TO THE MASTERY OF THIS ALBUM!?!?!?

Carmen Phillips —

Mar 29, 2024

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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

If a stone top likes "The Giver" and it resonates with them, I think that’s beautiful. But to call Chappell a stone top and the song a stone top anthem? A reach!

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

At long last, we have new Chappell Roan music!!!!! And it’s giving Shania and The Chicks!!!!!!

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Mar 14, 2025

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

Mayhem offers a celebration of her past, a reflection of her present, and a small glimpse into what we might see more of from her in the future.

Stef Rubino —

Mar 7, 2025

Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

Over 80 openly queer musicians and bands have taken the NPR Tiny Desk “stage.”

Stef Rubino —

Feb 28, 2025

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

Where many artists this far into their careers might feel comfortable resting on the signatures and routines they’ve built, Cho proves once again that she’s consistently and successfully evolving, not…

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Feb 18, 2025

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How I Learned To Enjoy Receiving (In Honor of ‘The Giver’)

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Chappell Roan’s ‘The Giver’ Is Country at Its Best and Gayest

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Lady Gaga’s ‘Mayhem’ Is a Return To Form AND an Evolution in Sound

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Every Queer Tiny Desk Performance, Ranked

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Margaret Cho’s New Music Album Begs the Question: What Can’t Margaret Cho Do?

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