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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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game of thrones

celebrities (vapid fluff)

Sophie Turner Sure Has Been With Girls: “Game of Thrones” Star “Loves Souls, Not Gender”

“I think once you’ve found the right person, you just know. I feel like I’m much older a soul than I am in age. I feel like I’ve lived enough…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 26, 2019

13 Reasons Why

all-american

tv feature

Autostraddle March Madness — Best Coming Out: Baby Gays

The Baby Gays have been revealed! You have 48 hours to vote for your favorites!

Natalie —

Mar 26, 2019

find your fit

masculine-of-center fashion

queer fashion

Find Your Fit: The Fancy Gay Seeking Dapper Summer Style

“I’ve finally truly embraced myself and the fact that I’m pretty masc-of-center… but I have no warm weather work clothes that fit, and don’t know how to dress in keeping…

M —

Mar 26, 2019

the birthday issue

issues

Please Not Forever 19

It’s difficult to romanticize your teenage years when you’re not straight and spent them anxiously hiding your identity.

Smar —

Mar 26, 2019

abby's

natalie morales

tv reviews

“Abby’s” Review: Natalie Morales’ Bisexual Bartender Makes History (But Won’t Make You a Mai Tai)

In NBC’s new comedy, which lands this Thursday, Morales owns the role of the prickly, commanding, loyal, lovable former Marine who sets up an unlicensed, uninsured bar in her rented…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 26, 2019

advice

online dating