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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

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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

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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

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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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3 Queer Soccer Experts Weigh in on This Weekend’s NWSL Championship

Natalie chatted with Chelsea Bush, Kim McCauley, and Stephanie Yang about this weekend’s matchup, the Jaelene Hinkle controversy, and what’s in store for the USWNT at the 2019 World Cup.

Natalie —

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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: It’s Time to Talk About That Time of the Month

Anyone out there making period related art or magic?

Reneice Charles —

Sep 21, 2018

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The Comment Awards Are Asking Simple Favors

It is a truth universally acknowledged that queer woman are more likely to have cats, and also to have had a crush on Blake Lively ever since the Sisterhood of…

Darcy —

Sep 21, 2018

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Size Matters: How the XO Flo Mini Menstrual Cup Saved My Vagina Feelings

The incredibly true adventure of one woman just trying to find a fcking menstrual cup that would work with her vagina. (Spoiler: she found one!)

Laneia —

Sep 21, 2018

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MAKE IT GAY, YOU COWARDS: 20 TV Shows That Just Need to Lean Into the Truth

“EVEN THE STRAIGHTS CAN SEE IT.”

The TV Team —

Sep 20, 2018

a simple favor

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“A Simple Favor” Really Is a Whole Movie About Anna Kendrick Wanting Blake Lively to Ruin Her Life (Same)

This summer’s top Mommi murder mystery!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Sep 20, 2018

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Evening Walks

“My brother would wander toward the TV to watch some movie, and I’d go straight for the computer and open two tabs. In one, YouTube. In the other, fanfiction.net, where…

Ria —

Sep 20, 2018

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