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Barbie jamming out to the Indigo Girls in the Barbie convertible

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Barbie’s Soundtrack Is Justice for the Indigo Girls!!!

Also, tales from a 1990s lesbian club promoter, the queer teen feelings boygenius stirs in fans, and more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 25, 2023

children at a protest in Italy in support of queer parental rights, wearing shirts that say "È L'AMORE CHE CREA UNA FAMIGLIA" which translates to "love creates a family"

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Lesbian Mom in Italy Who Will Be Removed from Her Child’s Birth Certificate “Cried for 10 Days”

Italy’s crackdown on LGBTQ+ parental rights intensifies — plus more queer news.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 20, 2023

Sarah Schulman with a Pen America step and repeat behind her

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Also.Also.Also: Sarah Schulman’s “The Gentrification of the Mind” Turns 10, Is Still Relevant AF

Also, dispatches from queer Florida, over-the-counter birth control, and care packages for trans folks.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 18, 2023

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: I Bet the Haircuts This Transphobic Salon Owner Gives Are So Ugly

Plus, lesbian bars that are actually OPENING instead of closing, dispatches from the Writers Strike in the wake of the Emmys, and more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 13, 2023

Keke Palmer in a black dress on a red carpet

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Also.Also.Also: Keke Palmer Would Absolutely NOT Explore the Deep Sea (Relatable!)

Happy 7/11 day! Also, celebrate expansive queer photography and celebrate the bidet.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 11, 2023

A view of some of Lilli Vincenz memorabilia featuring her as an early gay and lesbian activist in Arlington, VA on June 5, 2013. Vincenz was an early LGBT activist in the 60's and 70's and has donated much of her activism memorabilia to the Library of Congress. Shown is some of her personal memorabilia which includes a photo of her with Phil Donahue and pictures of her and others rallying for equal rights for homosexuals.

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Lilli Vincenz, a Powerful Voice in Early Queer Media in the 1960s, Has Died

Plus, gay time travel back to Fire Island in 1999 with this photo gallery.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 6, 2023

a pink and blue dildo and an orange suitcase

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Meet the Lesbian Who Smuggled Suitcases of Dildos in the 80s (GAY RIGHTS!!!)

Queer Starbucks workers turned Pride month into strike month, a photoessay examines what it means to be queer, and Michael Imperioli said GAY RIGHTS.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 4, 2023

three photos of Liv Hewson from the same Yellowjackets red carpet, where they're wearing a black deep-V vest over black pants and their hair is down

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Liv Hewson Says Top Surgery Is the Best Thing They’ve Ever Done for Themselves

Gay flowers, the impact of drag on ALL art, and if you think “Padam Padam” will ever stop being stuck in my head, you’re wrong.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 29, 2023

Miss Major on the red carpet for Outfest wearing a black and white striped v-neck and red silk blouse

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: 54 Years After Stonewall, Miss Major Reminds the World She’s “Still F*cking Here”

Late-in-life coming out stories, books that feature abortions, and the “news” that Grimace is apparently a queer icon now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 27, 2023

Queen Latifah walks a red carpet with Eboni Nichols, posing for the cameras.

politics + activism

Also.Also.Also: Queen Latifah Becomes the First Woman Rapper To Be Given Kennedy Center Honors

It was L Word Day at the WGA Strike, so Ilene Chaiken announced that “Corporate Greed Killed Jenny.” Also, the 100 most significant political films of all time.

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 22, 2023

Queen Latifah as Cleo in Set It Off, blowing smoke out of her mouth while dancing with her girlfriend

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: For Lena Waithe, Queen Latifah’s Cleo Was a “Queer Awakening” (Get in Line)

To be Black & queer during Juneteenth, having hot sex during the writers’ strike, and the national monument at Stonewall keeps getting vandalized during Pride month.

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 20, 2023

: A customer walks by a Pride Month merchandise display at a Target store on May 31, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Target has pulled some of its Pride Month merchandise from stores or have moved the seasonal displays to lesser seen areas of their stores to avoid conservative backlash that has threatened workers’ safety. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Also.Also.Also: Queer Target Employees on Just How Scary Pride Month Got

Over 184 vintage Pride photos for all my history heads out there, queer-owned beauty brands, and a near record number of women now believe that abortion should be legal under…

Carmen Phillips —

Jun 15, 2023

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Also.Also.Also: Barbie’s Soundtrack Is Justice for the Indigo Girls!!!

Also.Also.Also: Lesbian Mom in Italy Who Will Be Removed from Her Child’s Birth Certificate “Cried for 10 Days”

Also.Also.Also: Sarah Schulman’s “The Gentrification of the Mind” Turns 10, Is Still Relevant AF

Also.Also.Also: I Bet the Haircuts This Transphobic Salon Owner Gives Are So Ugly

Also.Also.Also: Keke Palmer Would Absolutely NOT Explore the Deep Sea (Relatable!)

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Also.Also.Also: Meet the Lesbian Who Smuggled Suitcases of Dildos in the 80s (GAY RIGHTS!!!)

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