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sports

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

SPORTS

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

sports

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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The Numbers in My Phone

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dating

ghosting

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dating

How Ghosting Harms Queer Communities, According to a Philosopher

When I’m ghosted and when others like me are ghosted, it takes on an extra sting.

Em Hernandez —

Feb 17, 2022

lesbian sex toy reviews

In the bottom right corner, there is a black line drawing of two women with 1950s hair styles whispering to reach other against a teal background. In the upper left corner, there is a speech bubble. Inside the speech bubble, there is an image of a lavender sex toy with a white point on the end.

sex toys

Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Lovense Hyphy

“The toy comes in a hard plastic case with a clear lid for viewing that reminds me of the cryogenic sleeping pods in Alien.”

Guest —

Feb 17, 2022

podcasts

The three hosts of the podcast "Cruising," two queer women and a non-binary person, sit on a couch shaped like lips in from of a sign that says "The Lipstick Lounge" in neon

culture

A 30-Day Lesbian Bar Crawl With the Creators of the “Cruising” Podcast

30 days. 21 lesbian bars. Three queer people. One epic road trip.

Felicia Fitzpatrick —

Feb 16, 2022

The book cover of Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin features a pair of plums in a netted bag with a bite taken out of one of the plums. The bottom of the book says: The end of the world is nuts.

book features

A Mile in Her Jackboots: Writing TERFs as a Trans Author

The challenge of writing about human monsters is that you have to confront the ways in which they’re exactly like you are.

Gretchen Felker-Martin —

Feb 16, 2022

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pop culture fix

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders as Van Schuyler & Bowers in Death on the Nile

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Hey, There’s a Secret Lesbian Couple in “Death on the Nile”!

Plus: Wynonna Earp and Sort Of score big at the Canadian Screen Awards, the queer co-showrunner making Star Trek: Discovery gay, and what you need to know about America Chavez…

Heather Hogan —

Feb 16, 2022

candace parker

no filter

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: OK Candace Parker, Those Matching Camo Short Sweatsuits?? Iconic.

Plus Laurie Hernandez and the sunset, Jasmine Savoy Brown’s purple hair, and I am only marginally sad that my knees would shatter if I attempted to wear Niecy Nash’s heels.

Christina Tucker —

Feb 16, 2022

also.also.also

link roundup

Sha'Carri Richardson with orange hair and long nails celebrates crossing the finish line during a race.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: The Olympics May Have Double Standards, but in THIS House We Stan Sha’Carri Richardson

An ode to the classic, enduring appeal of the Magic Wand, the one commodity the wealthy value above all else, and a “return to normal” has pushed schools to a…

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 15, 2022