A Black woman with curly hair peeks out from under the covers of a bed with white pillows and white sheets. We can only see her eyes, but she seems to be smiling.

First Person

I’m Asexual and I Prefer to Have Sex With Myself

I finally realized that it is completely possible to be asexual, experience some sexual attraction and enjoy sex — even if you’re only having sex with yourself.

Jinkx Monsoon lies in bed wearing a big ginger wig. She has on a black dress with reddish pink flowers, see through sleeves, and fishnet stockings.

TV Feature

Jinkx Monsoon on Queer Adolescence, Being a Lifelong MILF, and Working Out Demons Through Drag

“I call it paying it forward. Because that’s what drag queens did for me at a young age. That’s what drag queens have done for me all throughout my life.”

Photo 1: A woman has dark lip liner and lipstick on and is smiling. Photo 2: A closeup of someone laminating their eyebrows. Photo 3: A palette of bronzers and highlighters. Photo 4: A woman holds a brush to her cheek while smiling.

Quizzes

Quiz: Which Makeup Trend Are You?

I’m pretty caught up on the recent beauty trends, and maybe you are too. Which one suits you the most?

Stef Rubino's Middlesex tattoo, featuring the words "other halves" and a person emerging from petals. Also, the cover of Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Book Features First Person

“Middlesex” Has a Complicated Legacy — 20 Years Ago, It Changed My Life

When I read Middlesex, I felt that tinge of recognition I think a lot of queer and trans people look for when they realize something is different about themselves.

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Beauty

AM/PM: A Skincare Routine For the Lazy Yet Vain

I love a great compliment and I refuse to put in too much effort to get them.

A Black cat is drawn in front of a blush pink circle, an arrow points to the cat and the text says: "DOESN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT HER HUGE LESBIAN FAMILY"

Webcomics

Reine #38: Takes a Village

In the next life, may I be a lesbian couple’s cat.

Zaara gets caught sharing a kiss with Bella.

TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: “grown-ish” Tackles the Queer Urge to Merge, Just in Time for Cuffing Season

Plus updates on The Chi and Roswell, New Mexico.

In Mask of Light, the Bionicle movie, a Bionicle puts on a glowing mask.

First Person

Investigating the Bionicle-to-Trans Pipeline

More than a few fans I spoke with did say that if it weren’t for Bionicle they may not have come to understand their gender when they did.

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley, Forward March by Skye Quinlan, and We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spaulding

Book Lists

Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books

Back-to-school time is my favorite time of the year now that I’m an adult.

Alice is shocked when the director of the movie shows up at Sumi's casting audition. Alice is wearing a floral jacket over a black tee and standing in front of a blue screen.

TV Show Recaps

“Good Trouble” Episode 418 Recap: One Epiphany Away

Good Trouble magically solves Alice’s orgasm woes, Malika and Angelica take on the LAPD, and a billion other things — this is a Good Trouble season finale, after all.

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Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Caroling for Labor Day

“Cate Blanchett literally only wants one thing, and it’s to play gay in movies directed by a guy named Todd.”

Photo 1: Greta from A League Of Their Own in a cream cropped polo, red and cream bomber varsity jacket, and high waisted red track pants with a white belt. Photo2: Greta in a red floral dress. Photo 3: Greta in a cream floral dress. Photo 4: Greta in a red wool dress with matching jacket.

Queer Fashion TV Feature

Style Thief: How To Dress Like League Of Their Own’s Resident Femme Jock Greta

We love a mean femme top who can flirt as good as she can play ball.

Aubrey Plaza and Allison Brie kissing in Spin Me Round

Movie Reviews

Aubrey Plaza Makes Me Wanna Break Bottles & Eat Lesbian Pasta in “Spin Me Round”

This is unfortunately not a movie about two babes banging and eating their way through Italy — but there is a dash of sapphic salt between Allison Brie and Aubrey Plaza!

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Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Jamie Clayton Unlocks the Puzzle Box of Our Hearts With First-Look Photo as Hellraiser’s Pinhead

The Jackson Water Crisis is rooted environmental racism (and how to help), lesbian luminaries of the South, the Latina legacy of gold hoop earrings, and yes — Jamie Clayton’s “Hellraiser.” Horror gays rise, your time is now.

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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for September 2022

It’s Virgo season! Time to get out a fresh sheet of paper and your favorite pens and brainstorm a dozen or more future possibilities that bring you sheer pleasure.

Jen and Beckett look at each other sweetly in Star Trek: Lower Decks

TV Reviews

Will “Star Trek: Lower Decks” Pay Off The Gay in Season 3?

Beckett and Jen WILL be dating in season three!

LGBT Book Reviews

Slow Takes: “Stone Fruit” and Choosing Given Family

I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.

Streaming Guide collage. Top row: Do Revenge, Reboot, Heartbreak High, Handmaid's Tale. Second row: Dreamlife of Georgie Stone, Amazing Race, Reasonable Doubt, Los Espookys, American Giglio, Monarch

Movie Lists TV Lists

What’s New and Gay To Stream in September 2022

We’ve got the return of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a super-queer Australian teen series, Netflix’s campy dark comedy flick “Do Revenge,” Beth Ditto in country music drama “Monarch,” Rachel Bloom starring as a lesbian TV writer in Hulu’s “Reboot” and so much more!