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TV News & Trailers

How Many Sapphic Scandals Will Be in the New Season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?

The new season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is looking a bit GAY.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 4, 2023
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TV Show Recaps

“The Morning Show” Is Doing the Mommy Thing Again

Also, Natalie Morales joins the cast!

Christina Tucker October 4, 2023 7 Comments
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TV Show Recaps

Real Housewives of New York Goes to the Dyke Bar

Jenna Lyons and Brynn Whitfield go to Henrietta Hudson for a night of gay revelry.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 4, 2023 3 Comments
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, The Color Purple by Alice Walker, and The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Book Lists

The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida

I’ve watched whole lives transform in my classrooms and outside of them because of the stories we read, because of the work we did together, because of our difficult and revelatory and compassionate conversations, and because we were never afraid to face the truth.

Stef Rubino October 4, 2023 3 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Been a Minute Since Lena Waithe Hit Us With a Stud Thirst Trap — What a Gift!

Also, who wouldn’t want to listen to Janelle and Keke kiki? Wow, gorgeous word play there, go me!

Christina Tucker October 4, 2023
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TV Reviews

Meet the Queer Women of Survivor Season 45

This season is off to a rocky start but at least there are queer women!!

Anya Richkind October 4, 2023 4 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Also Not, in Fact, a Bear

How do you mend a broken Jack-o’-lantern?

Rachel October 4, 2023 3 Comments
Gen V: Splitscreen of Girl Jordan and Boy Jordan
TV Reviews

The Boys Spinoff Gen V Asks, “What if Any Ol’ A**hole College Student Had Powers”

By immediately introducing gender-shifting Jordan and probably-pansexual Emma, Gen V is already much queerer than The Boys.

Valerie Anne October 3, 2023 7 Comments
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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Why “Snack Closets” Are Essential Safe Spaces for Queer and Trans Youth

Plus, educators are fleeing Kentucky and Florida, Amy Schneider’s new memoir debuts, and more LGBTQ news and culture.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 3, 2023 2 Comments
1. A young Greta Garbo in a fur coat looks forlorn as another woman grabs onto her arm. 2. Greta Garbo laughs at a dining table. 3. A young Greta Garbo lies down in a glamorous pose as John Barrymore kisses her cheek. 4. An older Marlene Dietrich dressed in black sits across a table from Spencer Tracy. 5. Marlene Dietrich holds a baby as one man has a hand on the carriage and another man holds up a flower. 6. A young Greta Garbo in a fur coat looks forlorn as another woman grabs onto her arm.
Movie Features

Watchlist: “The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood” Reveals the Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich Affair

According to Diana McLellan’s seminal book The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood, Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich did a lot more than meet.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 3, 2023 11 Comments
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Straddleverse

Welcome Our New Senior Editor, Drew Burnett Gregory!

Goodbye exclusively gay moments — hello exclusively gay lifetime.

Drew Burnett Gregory October 3, 2023 32 Comments
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Relationships

You Need Help: How Do I Stop Bringing Baggage From My Last Relationship Into My New One?

This is where it gets really scary: Growing together requires communication. 

Drew Burnett Gregory October 3, 2023 2 Comments
The Yellowjackets line up for a pep rally before their lives as cannibals
Halloween

How to DIY a “Yellowjackets” Halloween Costume

A little fake blood goes a long way with these cannibalistic gay group costume ideas.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 3, 2023 9 Comments
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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Lunden Stallings and Olivia Bennett Marry in “The Royal Wedding of Lesbian TikTok”

The internet is delighted by Lesbian TikTok darlings Lunden Stallings and Olivia Bennett’s photos from their wedding this weekend! Also: mixed Hearstopper feelings, the impact of Saving Face, gay plants and more!

Riese October 2, 2023 10 Comments
Laphonza Butler (left) sits beside her daughter, Nylah, and her partner, Neneki Lee. They're all sitting on a tan couch in front of a canvas of black girls playing double dutch.
Politics + Activism

Laphonza Butler Will Replace Dianne Feinstein, Becoming America’s First Black Lesbian Senator

The appointment, which California Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed late Sunday night and will announce later today, is historic — though potentially short lived.

Natalie October 2, 2023 4 Comments
Food Lists

Ultra Garlicky Recipes To Make Your Kitchen Smell Like Roasted Heaven

In these recipes, garlic isn’t just a supporting ingredient; it’s the star.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 2, 2023 5 Comments
A collage of overlapping book covers, left to right: Cinderella Is Dead, All Boys Aren't Blue, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, the Bluest Eye, and Gender Queer
Book Lists

20 Queer and Feminist Banned Books (And How To Get Them to Kids Who Need Them)

It’s Banned Books week. We can do our part and get reading.

Carmen Phillips October 2, 2023 12 Comments
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Parenting & Family

Queer Mom Chronicles: Why I Never Put Anyone in My Family “First”

To me, the concept of anyone being “first” in a family feels weird. We all have a hierarchy of needs, right?

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 2, 2023 5 Comments
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Puzzles

Mini Crossword Is Accepting Podcast Recommendations

Are *any* Halloween monsters good at math?

Kate Hawkins October 2, 2023 2 Comments
A collage over a pink sparkle background: Weird Barbie played by Kate McKinnon as both the rebel leader at the end of the Barbie movie and as the Birkenstock guide early in the movie. Then also, left to right: an Asian woman in a pink leather jacket, pink Birkenstocks, a Black woman in a pink dress, pink and orange patterned sweatpants, and black Birkenstocks.
Movie Features Queer Fashion

Style Thief: How to Dress Like Weird Barbie, the Most Lesbian of Barbies

How much pink is too much pink for one outfit, you may ask? Infinity.

Carmen Phillips October 1, 2023 10 Comments
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