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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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legacies

tv reviews

“Legacies” Is Queer Witches at Boarding School and You Should Absolutely Be Watching

And yes, it’s about exes who keep finding their way back into each other’s arms.

Valerie Anne —

Mar 29, 2019

friday open thread

open thread

straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Riding the Gender Roller Coaster

How did you realize and/or develop your relationship to your gender identity or gender presentation, if at all?

Archie —

Mar 29, 2019

longform journalism

Things I Read That I Love

literature

Things I Read That I Love #286: It Was That Time Where Everyone Wanted To Be Edgy

Topics include kayaking in Alaska, taking Amtrak across the U.S., Queer Teen Stars, Cathy, Lindy West, frequent flyer mile obsessives, calories, the professional poet and more!

Riese —

Mar 29, 2019

advice

getting in bed with kristin

dating

Getting in Bed With Kristin: Situationships, Invisalign, and Spike!

Come bask in Kristin’s vacation energy and get some loving advice at the same time!

Kristin —

Mar 29, 2019

bisexuality

broad city

tv reviews

Broad City’s Celebration of Romantic Friendship and Bisexual Culture Has Changed TV Forever

“Often we need the possibility of more not in order to reach it, but in order to stop just short of it, which is still far beyond where we would’ve…

Riese —

Mar 28, 2019

emily dickinson

the birthday issue

issues

Tomorrow’s Parties: Emily Dickinson’s Black Cake

Emily Dickinson sent her girlfriend, Nellie, her recipe for Black Cake that was so staggering (two pounds of flour, 19 eggs, etc) that it reads like one of her curiously…

Natalie —

Mar 28, 2019

new music

queer musicians

music

Queer Your Ears March 2019: New & Upcoming Releases from Queer & Trans Artists

We’ve got a good mix of tunes here this month: some hip-hop and EDM if you’re ready to bounce off that winter chill, some intense vibes and chill folk if…

Abbie Jones —

Mar 28, 2019

barbara hammer

LGBT history