Raptor Boyfriend characters, including a raptor on a skateboard, a winged fairy holding a book, and a teenage bigfoot.

Geekery

“Raptor Boyfriend” Video Game Review: You’re a Cryptid? That’s Cute

Queer dating sim “Raptor Boyfriend” lets you pursue the cryptid of your dreams.

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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Know: Lesbians Find a Way

(Jeff Goldblum voice) “Lesbians… uh, find a way.”

The cover art for Renaissance by Beyoncé features Beyoncé on an iridescent horse.

Music

Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Is an Unapologetic Dedication to Blackness and Queerness

I’ve grown to see sampling, when done well, as a love language, a way to remain connected to our history and communicate with the musical innovators who shaped, and continue to breathe life into, our culture.

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AF+

Into the A+ Advice Box #65: So You Think You Might Be Gender Fluid

Advice on studying with ADHD, envying they/them pronouns, finding the best outfits to match glamorous heels, masturbation, and more!

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First Person

Here’s How Our Lives Have Improved Since Quitting Drinking: A Candid Conversation Between Sober Queers

“I love that sober sex is so much better for me. Even masturbating is better.”

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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Finally, 4 Police Officers Federally Charged in Breonna Taylor’s Murder

What should an LGBTQ museum be, the many benefits of a four-day work week, just how big abortion won in Kansas and what that means for the midterms, and more.

Photo 1: A group of kids on a little league baseball team gather around their coaches. Photo 2: The writer, Drew, as a young child stands on a baseball field wearing a Mets uniform, a baseball hat, and a baseball glove. Photo 3: Drew holds a bat and wears a 2 jersey and baseball hat while smiling at the camera. Photo 4: Drew swings at a baseball (and is clearly going to miss). Photo 5: Drew wears a 22 jersey and baseball hat and is standing over the plate with a bat, ready to swing.

First Person Sports

An Interview With My Dad About Baseball

And about being the parent of a trans kid.

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Sports

Brittney Griner Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison by Russian Court, Let This Next Step Bring Her Home

Today is harder than most. But I have to hope — because really, what’s the other choice? — that this guilty verdict is the next step to bringing her home, quickly and safely. There’s no other way.

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Lesbian Sex

The Gay B C’s of Sex: L Is for Lesbian Bed Death

Why did the term “lesbian bed death” stick around in the queer imagination? Well, it’s catchy. And it’s scary!

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Movie Features

Slow Takes: “Shangri-La” and What Makes a Great Short Film

Since the rise of video, “just go out and make something” has been a rallying cry to young filmmakers. I would add not to lose yourself along the way — in content or form.

The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed features a sweeping landscape of West Texas and a blue sky with clouds.

LGBT Book Reviews

“The Golden Season” Is a Queer Love Letter to West Texas

The writing is gorgeous and filled with beautiful imagery and insightful quotes.

Sex Toys

8 Clit-Stimulating Sex Toys That Don’t Actually Look Like Sex Toys

Do you need a sex toy that looks like a starfish, a seashell or a duck? Browse this list and get inspired.

TV Show Recaps

“Motherland: Fort Salem” Episode 307 Recap: The Return of Raelle

This is not a drill! Raelle is back! The lesbian witch returneth!

Fire Island: A Century in the Life of an American Paradise by Jack Parlett features a group of people standing near the water.

LGBT Book Reviews

New “Fire Island” Book Weaves Personal, Historical Narrative To Highlight Power of Community Solidarity

More a place-based memoir than a straightforward history, “Fire Island” provides unique insight on the history, present, and future of this almost mythical place.

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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Netflix Murders “First Kill,” DC Slashes “Batgirl”

D’Arcy Carden on playing a queer bombshell, Nope’s costume designer on Keke Palmer’s band t-shirts, a night out with King Princess, and oooh I am so mad about these cancellations!

Queer Pregnancy

Needing To Abort Due To a Life-Limiting Fetal Diagnosis Was Heartbreaking Enough Already

Getting a life-limiting fetal diagnosis like trisomy 18 is devastating to expectant parents, who usually choose to abort rather than wait for an inevitable miscarriage, stillbirth, or a painful brief life for their child. But after Roe’s overturning, parents in many areas won’t have that choice at all, making an already heartbreaking situation more dangerous and traumatic.

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Dating Podcasts

“Wait, Is This a Date?” Podcast Episode 206: Celebrity Crushes

Celebrity crushes mean more to queer people than they do to straight people. They can be our first expressions of queer desire or our first expressions of gender envy. They can be a safe place to try out urges that aren’t ready for the real world.