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‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

Feeling bad about masturbation is a remarkably normal thing, especially for people who were immersed (drowned) in shame from the…

Summer Tao

Aug 5, 2025

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

BOOK LISTS

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 5, 2025

POP CULTURE FIX

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl…

Valerie Anne

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Aug 4, 2025

BOOK FEATURES

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of…

Riese

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Aug 4, 2025

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for August 2025

There’s a lot of new hot queer horror headed your way this August. Plus, more LGBTQ+ lit across all genres!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 5, 2025

pop culture fix

Help I Can’t Stop Watching Clips of Cynthia Erivo as Black Lesbian Jesus

Cynthia Erivo was Jesus and Phillipa Soo sang her love songs at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend! Plus, more buried and unburied gays on TV, Doechii announces upcoming tour, Jinkx…

Valerie Anne —

Aug 4, 2025

book features

78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

The desire to connect with other people like us has been the driving force of queer media since the first lesbian print magazine ever launched in 1947. Here are just…

Riese —

Aug 4, 2025

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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

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How To Choose Between Two Paths Using the Tarot

Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Aug 4, 2025

foolish child

Saturday Morning Cartoons

webcomics

Foolish Child #50: Crush Drought

“Can I even feel feelings anymore?!”

Dickens —

Jul 17, 2019

ashley benson

no filter

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: Ashley Benson is a Grown Adult Who Ordered PBJ at a Restaurant

Also the latest in Kristen Stewart’s romantic misadventures, plus a truly winning smile from Hayley Kiyoko.

Stef —

Jul 17, 2019

x-files

pop culture fix

A Cursory Explainer of This Summer’s Verified UFO News, Somehow a Real Phenomenon

As I watched “Area 51” become a trending topic and meme format over the weekend, I found myself wishing for some sort of brief explainer on the UFO-related events of…

Rachel —

Jul 16, 2019

insta crush

instagram

community

Insta Crush: Femme Birds Are a Diverse Flock With Big Magic

What is a femme bird’s favorite activity? Pecking the white supremacist capitalist cisheteropatriarchy to death and then ripping it to shreds.

Vanessa —

Jul 16, 2019

alcohol

box wine

food and drink

21 Boxed Wines, Ranked by Value By Day-Drunk Queers At Gay Summer Camp

I’ve combined the data from multiple Box Wine tastings over the past few years including new info from this year’s tasting and come up with a very definitive ranking to…

Riese —

Jul 15, 2019

Lists/Top 10s

ranked by lesbianism

tv lists

25 Gay Hats, Ranked

Gays really do love their hats.

Heather Hogan —

Jul 15, 2019

sci-fi/fantasy

book features

Are You the Heroine of a Tamora Pierce Novel?

Are you a regular adult human queer person, or have you been the fictional tomboy heroine of a beloved fantasy series this whole time? Only one way to find out.

Rachel —

Jul 15, 2019

thirsty classics

movie reviews

Thirsty Classics: “Manji” Is the Most

My favorite type of queer cinema classic is the kind that constantly begs the question: Is this real? Is this a real movie? Is this a real movie made in…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Jul 15, 2019