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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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l word season five

to l and back

the l word

“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 512: Loyal and True

Riese: One boob out. I love the one boob out. Carly: One boob out is incredible.

Riese —

Nov 9, 2020

link roundup

NSFW

nsfw sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Mourning A Legend

Mourning Betty Dodson. Plus, what’s up with anti-sodomy laws, r/ToyControl, setting boundaries, and more.

Ryan Yates —

Nov 8, 2020

the dyke kitchen

a bowl of gnocchi half covered in a red meat sauce topped with shredded cheese and a sprig of basil

food and drink

The Dyke Kitchen: That Meat Sauce So Delicious

Then in bold, at the top was one item called Spaghetti With That Meat Sauce So Delicious.

Kamala Puligandla —

Nov 7, 2020

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Yao

A hand drawn image of colorful dandelions, around each are a set of words defining a "safe space:" "a shout of solidarity," "a word of encouragement," "resources for learning."

visual art

Baopu #79: What is Safe Space?

“Safe spaces were never granted to the marginalized. There’s no freedom without fighting.”

Yao Xiao —

Nov 7, 2020

2020 election

donald trump

A closeup of an "I Voted" sticker on a bright yellow sweater being worn by a Black woman with shoulder-length natural hair

news

Extra! Extra!: As the Dust Settles, Here’s What We’ve Learned So Far in the 2020 Election

Last week I was full of the nervous anxiety you feel when you know something big is about to happen, and you’re just counting down the clock. This week I’ve…

the team —

Nov 6, 2020

hey did you see that comment friday

A small, brown and white dog peeking over their laptop screen, with a caption that says "Hey did you see that comment?!"

community

The Comment Awards Are Reading The Room

Listen, sometimes we all enjoy gay male mermaids.

Darcy —

Nov 6, 2020

advice

into the af+ advice box

Tasha and Alice from The L Word sit on a therapy couch!

af+

Into the A+ Advice Box #22: Dating an Older Person, an Untenable Murder Cat Situation, and More!

Is it a “friend” coffee or a “date” coffee, unemployed and feeling unmoored, negotiating initiating intimacy in a relationship with two people on the asexual spectrum, you feel like your…

the team —

Nov 6, 2020

comics/graphic novels

consent

literature

A Quick and Easy Guide to Making Consent Exciting, Not Scary: An Interview with Isabella Rotman on Her New Book

Rotman’s comic A Quick and Easy Guide to Consent is a fun, well-written, and much needed refresher that I strongly recommend to anyone with a body that wants to connect…

A. Andrews —

Nov 6, 2020