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Salons and Divorce Doulas: How Queers Are Fighting the Trauma and Stigma of Divorce

“I’ve been ostracized, people don’t even know my side of the story. And they just stopped talking to me because they’ve talked to my ex.”

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 20, 2024

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Editor’s Notes: Divorce Week

Being engaged, planning a wedding, being a newlywed — all welcome topics of conversation! Divorce? Not so much!

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 20, 2024

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25 Movies Just Perfect for Crying Through Your Divorce

Even if you’re not going through a divorce right now, here are some very pretty movies to look back at you while you blow snot bubbles into your t-shirt (no…

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 19, 2024

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Rumors of Our Lesbian Divorce Rates Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (But They’re Still Pretty True)

You may have heard that lesbian divorce rates are exceptionally high, and perhaps you may have found yourself wondering — are they really?

Riese —

Feb 19, 2024

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Tiny Butch Shoes, Lightly Worn

A good pair of boots are LIFE okay??? Is that a gay opinion? Likely.

Nico —

Feb 18, 2024

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I’m a Psychologist Who Didn’t See My Own Divorce Coming

Psychologists can see potential in every patient who is seeking therapy. I can’t look at my marriage without seeing all the ways we could still fix it.

Ahuv Ne’eman —

Feb 17, 2024

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Reactions People Have Had To Finding Out I’m Divorced, Ranked

YOU were MARRIED?

Stef Rubino —

Feb 16, 2024

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So, Why Did You Break off Your Engaygement?

“My ex fiancé slept with her best friend (who was going to be the best man at our wedding).” 39 queer people on why they broke off their engagement.

Carmen Phillips —

Feb 15, 2024

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18 Queer Divorce Horror Stories

“We moved across the country for her job while I was pregnant. Turns out she was really having an affair.”

Nico —

Feb 14, 2024

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Well, It Seemed Like a Pretty Good Idea at the Time

That was pre-Covid, pre-remote work. pre-‘postponed’ wedding.

Sarah DeVore —

Feb 14, 2024

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Plan a Divorce Party for Your Bestie

Sure, a divorce is a rupture, but it’s also a rebirth, and I think that’s worth celebrating! We celebrate so many other life transitions: new jobs, graduations, houses… why not a divorce?

ashni —

Feb 13, 2024

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These Fictional Straight Women Should Divorce Their Husbands (And Marry Me)

“Tami Taylor put on those aviator sunglasses and I was like, girl you need me. She flipped her hair to the side and I was like, girl you need me.…

The TV Team —

Feb 13, 2024