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Breakups

You Need Help: I’m Not Sure I Want To Be Friends With My Ex

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to lean into your gut feeling.

Em Win January 2, 2024 6 Comments
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Holigays

New Year’s Resolutions Can Be Fun Actually

If you want to work out more, that’s great. But it’s also great if what you want is to watch every episode of the original Twilight Zone or dedicate more time to long masturbation sessions.

Drew Burnett Gregory January 2, 2024 5 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for January 2024

In 2024 we need to be able to think the unthinkable.

Corina Dross January 1, 2024
Top Row: Death and Other Details, Sort Of, SkyMed, True Detective Bottom Row: Hightown, Hazbin Hotel, Tratiors, LOL: One Last Laugh Ireland, Love on the Spectrum, All Fun and Games
Movie Lists TV Lists

January 2024: What’s New, Gay and Streaming On Max, Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Peacock, Starz and Paramount+

January is coming in hot and gay with new seasons of Hightown and Sort Of, Jodie Foster’s “True Detective: Night Country,” a quirky locked room murder mystery on a luxury ocean liner, an adult animated series starring the princess of hell and so much more!

Riese January 1, 2024 7 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Happy New Year!

Giving up control is hard for me as a mom who was a single parent for so many years.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 1, 2024 6 Comments
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Movie Lists

LGBTQ+ Movies To Stream on Netflix With Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Characters

Wanna watch a Netflix movie with lesbian, bisexual, queer or trans characters? We’ve got your round-up of every Netflix lesbian movie currently streaming, and our recommendations.

Riese January 1, 2024 97 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Has a T-Shirt for That

What do sprinters eat before a race?

Emet Ozar January 1, 2024 1 Comment
Movie Lists

25 Lesbian Movies on Hulu That You Can Watch Right Now For Fun If You Want

Have you ever wondered which are the best lesbian movies on Hulu? Good news: we’ve got all of Hulu’s LGBTQ+ movies for all your needs related to women gazing into the eyeballs of other women!

Riese December 31, 2023 52 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

“Survivor” Winners Parvati Shallow and Erika Casupanan Are Gay and Parvati’s Bae is Mae

Parvati Shallow — already a gay icon and the winner of Survivor Season 16 — is queer and dating non-binary comedian Mae Martin. AND Survivor Season 41 winner Erika Casupanan came out as a lesbian!

Anya Richkind December 31, 2023 8 Comments
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AF+

Shame as a Black, Autistic Queer Elder

“Toward the end of our stay in Mississippi, a 24-hour crisis line started up. I called them almost every weeknight.”

Gloria Jackson-Nefertiti December 31, 2023 4 Comments
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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft Holigays

What Should Your Questionable New Year’s Resolution Be, According to Your Sign?

Let’s all agree to make THIS year call us “Daddy.”

Nico December 31, 2023 10 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Which Iconic Gay Character of 2023 Are You?

Which of these iconic gay characters of 2023 are you?

Riese December 31, 2023 8 Comments
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AF+

Apparently, Shame Tastes Like My Cunt

“The other partners I had throughout much of my time in sex work were uncomfortable at best and shaming at worst. They were jealous and confused. ‘How can you interact with men like this?'”

Gia Jones December 30, 2023 4 Comments
Webcomics

Baopu #119: Be Brave But Not Alone

Create, build, and explore a queer future.

Yao Xiao December 30, 2023 1 Comment
AS 2023: Best Queer Novels. Family Meal by Bryan Washington, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, and All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky
Book Lists

The Top 12 Queer Novels of 2023

I thought it would be fun to do a ranked list of the 12 queer novels that stood out to me this year. And by “fun,” I mean pleasurably agonizing.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 30, 2023 14 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

A+ Crossword Plays as Yoshi

What kind of music do windmills like?

Kate Hawkins December 30, 2023 1 Comment
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TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Raising Kanan Has One of the Best Teen Lesbians on TV, When Will People Pay Attention

I’ve long said that Jukebox is the heartbeat of Raising Kanan. It’s a bit of a double-edged sword when you think about it.

Carmen Phillips December 29, 2023
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Culture

What’s In and Out for 2024

IN: Ethical Non-Monogamy (the action), OUT: Ethical Non-Monogamy (the phrase)

Drew Burnett Gregory December 29, 2023 17 Comments
Movie Features Politics + Activism

The Most Important Movie of the Year Is a Documentary From 1976

The Memory of Justice draws parallels between the Holocaust and the more recent horrors of the French occupation of Algeria and the American occupation of Vietnam.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 29, 2023 2 Comments
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Comedy

Mo Welch’s Hybrid Documentary/Comedy Special “Dad Jokes” Contextualizes Humor in Real Time

A camera crew follows Mo around Illinois as she prepares to meet up with her estranged father for the first time in 20 years.

motti December 29, 2023 1 Comment
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