Untethered: You Need Help
Asking for help, the kind that requires another person to set aside time for me, to exert themselves physically, feels as easy as touching a hot stove.
Leola Davis and Pansy Esthetics Are Here to Queer Skincare
“I wanted to create a space where the queer community could get care and treatments geared specifically toward them and their skin and body.”
Sundance 2024: “Power” Is an Effective Introduction to the Violent History of American Policing
Yance Ford’s latest film shows how different groups have not only assimilated into whiteness but assimilated into American policing.
Pop Culture Fix: Every Divorced Lesbian Needs Friends Like Ali Krieger’s Teammates
Ali Krieger talks to Self Magazine about her future and how her teammates supported her the day her divorce news broke, LIzzie McGuire could’ve been gayer, how France’s Oscar committee fumbled “Anatomy of a Fall” and more!
“We’re a Surviving Sort of Species”: Venita Blackburn on Grief and How We Live With It
“I don’t believe in hope. But I’m also optimistic. I have that kind of ancient Greek philosophy about hope, that it arrests man’s despair. It makes you stuck.”
Uncommon Pairings: Anything in a Wine Glass Tastes Better
I’m trying to drink less, and as a surprise to (probably) absolutely no one, it’s really hard.
No Filter: Melissa King Proves Après Ski Is the Only Part of Skiing I’d Actually Be Into
Also, the meeting of the Regina Georges at SNL was iconic I fear.
Sundance 2024: “Desire Lines” Is an Experimental Documentary About Transmascs Who F*ck Men
Not much in Desire Lines hasn’t already been said at many trans hangouts. There’s still a value to having these varied experiences captured on-screen.
Mini Crossword Is Searching for Intelligent Life
Why does Waldo only wear stripes?
“Love on the Spectrum” Fails to Give Its Queer Woman the Dates She Deserves
While I was happy for Journey to be able to date, it felt like she was denied the opportunity to have age and experience-level appropriate encounters.
What Queers Need To Know About Eating Disorders
Despite finishing a Master’s in Psychology — in queer healthcare access, no less — I didn’t realize I had a serious eating disorder until afterward.
You Need Help: What If You Never Want To Move In Together?
“I asked her if there’s a world in which we always live separately but still spend most nights together, and she didn’t say no but she also said she was having a hard time imagining it.”
Anonymous Sex Diary: Shibari and Stolen Privacy
“I’m not in a place where coming out to my family is a reasonable option. Fortunately, I have a husband who is more than happy to cover me during my prolonged phone conversations with other partners.”
Oscar Nominations 2024: From “Barbie” to Lily Gladstone, the Full List of Nominees
Attention Awards gays! The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards have arrived!
Sundance 2024: “In the Summers” Is a Different Kind of Queer Coming-of-Age Story
In the Summers is a queer coming-of-age movie that understands childhood and adolescence are just the beginning.
60 Best Queer and Lesbian Netflix TV Shows
We’ve got 60 Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Netflix Original TV shows streaming right now on the very internet you’re reading!
Pop Culture Fix: Renée Rapp Identifies as a Lesbian Now!
Reneé Rapp made a lesbian bodyguard joke involving Cara Delevingne and Megan Thee Stallion, made a different lesbian joke on SNL, and continues her iconic behavior. Also: Kirsten Stewart will make you squirm, the 20-year anniversary of D.E.B.S. and more!
“Dead in Long Beach, California” and the Inevitability of Grief
Venita Blackburn’s debut novel is a masterful feat of storytelling.
Vivienne Medrano (aka VivziePop) on “Hazbin Hotel,” Her Favorite Musicals, and Giving People Second Chances
“I really love writing romance. Romance and angst and tragedy.”
Forget New Relationship Energy, Embrace Stable Relationship Energy
Rather than striving for New Relationship Energy within a relationship that isn’t new, why don’t we embrace Stable Relationship Energy?