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For Cammie Woodman, Tennis and Transition Go Hand-in-Hand

A year after transition, Cammie Woodman watched Serena Williams play tennis. It changed everything.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Jul 24, 2025

FIRST PERSON

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well,…

Autumn Fourkiller

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Jul 23, 2025

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13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player!…

Riese

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Jul 20, 2025

FIRST PERSON

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Jul 18, 2025

first person

On Being a Masc Top From Rural Oklahoma

You’ve fucked every lesbian sorority girl in Oklahoma, someone tells me on an app. Well, I said. Probably not all of them, right?

Autumn Fourkiller —

Jul 23, 2025

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13 Lesbian Basketball Couples Pulling the Ultimate Power Play

We love it when a current or former WNBA player dates another women’s basketball player! Here are eleven couples still going strong and being tall.

Riese —

Jul 20, 2025

first person

Andrea Gibson Kept Sincerity Alive

The loss of Andrea Gibson is not just one that rocks the poetry world, but the world at large.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan —

Jul 18, 2025

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Anatomy of a Queer Sex Scene: I Wish All Tennis Movies Were as Erotic as ‘Challengers’

Battle of the Sexes could have gone from good to great if it were grittier in its portrayal of love and tennis.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 17, 2024

af+ crossword

12 across / 10 letters / Band named for a petulant girl in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"

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AF+ Crossword is Well-Seasoned

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If Emily in Paris Slept With My Boyfriend, I Too Would Consider a Lesbian Affair With An Artist Named Sofia

Get in, we’re recapping the entirety of ‘Emily in Paris”s bisexual storyline!

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Aug 16, 2024

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I Want My Girlfriend To Quit Acting and Get a Job

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Aug 16, 2024

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Queer ballerina Shaelynn Estrada lies on a white sheet in an empty room wearing a white tutu.

theater

Queer Ballerina Shaelynn Estrada Really F*cking Loves Ballet

“In terms of classical ballet — and even most contemporary works — it’s all about the guy saving the girl. That’s the dynamic. It’s always a girl and a guy.…

Drew Burnett Gregory —

Aug 16, 2024

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4 down / 5 letters / "___ Kelly" (2002 Hillary Duff banger featuring a fabulous extended dance duet in military dress with ribbons and a lot of girl-on-girl tension)

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AF+ Mini Crossword Has Flames on the Side of Its Face

It was the mini crossword in the study with the candlestick!

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When Passing Isn’t Impossible Anymore

What happens when you start to pass? And what happens when you decide that’s not the end-all-be-all anymore?

Max Gross —

Aug 15, 2024

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The Many Ways Trans Women Find Sapphic Love

“As a trans woman, lesbian is about how I understand my gender as completely separate from men. I don’t ascribe my gender to perform for men. It gives me space…

Eva Reign —

Aug 15, 2024