Breakups

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25 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On

“I want you to know, if you ever read this, there was a time when I would rather have had…

Riese

Apr 13, 2021

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BREAKUPS

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just…

Carmen Phillips

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Feb 20, 2024

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BREAKUPS

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 5, 2024

breakups

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 20, 2024

breakups

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 5, 2024

Divorce Week

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So, Why Did You Break off Your Engaygement?

“My ex fiancé slept with her best friend (who was going to be the best man at our wedding).” 39 queer people on why they broke off their engagement.

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 15, 2024

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Divorce Week

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18 Queer Divorce Horror Stories

“We moved across the country for her job while I was pregnant. Turns out she was really having an affair.”

Nico —

Feb 14, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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Well, It Seemed Like a Pretty Good Idea at the Time

That was pre-Covid, pre-remote work. pre-‘postponed’ wedding.

Sarah DeVore —

Feb 14, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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breakups

Plan a Divorce Party for Your Bestie

Sure, a divorce is a rupture, but it’s also a rebirth, and I think that’s worth celebrating! We celebrate so many other life transitions: new jobs, graduations, houses… why not a divorce?

ashni —

Feb 13, 2024

divorce

Divorce Week

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breakups

I Banished My Ex Husband With Witchcraft, and You Can Too

A four-person friend group did what anyone who’s seen The Craft might. We got together to cast a spell to banish that man.

Nico —

Feb 12, 2024

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Divorce Week

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Get in Losers, We’re Getting Divorced

Divorce Week is a celebration of taking a life-changing step, of coming out the other side of devastating trauma and being all the better for it.

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 12, 2024

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You Need Help: I Was in a Relationship With Someone Who Didn’t Like Me

Does anybody have experience feeling angry with a person after the break up and the anger kind of growing?

Em Win —

Jan 16, 2024

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We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

“Applying to jobs in Antarctica. Not joking.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 5, 2024

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book lists

25 Quotes From Queer Authors About Heartbreak, Loss and Moving the F*ck On

BREAKUPS

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

BREAKUPS

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

breakups

Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

breakups

We Asked a Bunch of Queer People To Share Their Go-To Breakup Coping Mechanisms

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