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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

Both/And, Extinction Capital of the World, and The Midnight Shift

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…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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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…

Valerie Anne

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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…

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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‘I Feel Incredibly Bad and Guilty After Masturbating’

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78 Years Of Lesbian Magazines Keeping Our Queer Legacy Alive

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How To Choose Between Two Paths Using the Tarot

Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Aug 4, 2025

lesbian sex

safer sex

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sex

Yes, Some Of Us Use Dental Dams (And They’re Hot)

I attended the Chicago Pride Parade, where safer sex advocates tossed dental dams in shiny squares of plastic from a float. Thrilled, I swept them up, put them in my…

Ro White —

Aug 23, 2021

Tarotscopes

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astrology, tarot & witchcraft

Queer Tarotscopes for Virgo Season 2021: Where Are You Craving Awareness and Change?

After Leo’s season of sunshine, courage, and loving boldly, Virgo is here to help us refine and perfect, clarify and crystalize.

meg —

Aug 22, 2021

"personality cult"

personality quiz

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quizzes

Personality Quiz: Which Kayla Kumari Tweet From When She Was Closeted Are You?

These are my real tweets from 2009-2012.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 22, 2021

lesbian sex

link roundup

nsfw sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Turning On Read

What’s up with OnlyFans and MasterCard, why to turn on your read receipts, how to have boundaries if you’re starting to date again and more.

Ryan Yates —

Aug 22, 2021

riese recap

The L Word Generation Q recap

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the l word: generation q

The L Word Generation Q Episode 203 Recap: Luck Be a Ladykiller

This week in Episode 203 of The L Word Generation Q, Bette Porter looks at art and yells at Gigi, Dani gets a penthouse, Angie meets her half-sister, Micah gets…

Riese —

Aug 20, 2021

boobs on your tube

raising kanan

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tv show recaps

Boobs On Your Tube: American Horror Stories Ends as Atrociously as it Started

Plus! Things are going really well for Jukebox on Raising Kanan — until they’re not! And Motherland: Fort Salem is prepping for the plague. Relevant!

The TV Team —

Aug 20, 2021

hey did you see that comment friday

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straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Making Magic in Cloverleaf Corners

“I’m sure Jamie Clayton wasn’t actually suggesting that they celebrate by topping each other with a Magic Wand, but…”

Darcy —

Aug 20, 2021

into the af+ advice box

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af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #42: MAKING ADULT FRIENDS

How do you make adult friends? The A+ team approaches this question from so many different angles to offer up advice on making adult friends while sober, making adult friends…

the team —

Aug 20, 2021