Baopu #125: Our Place
Making art not only helps us process what we fear, but also makes a place where more art can grow.
AF+ Crossword Is a Hat Gay
But the kind that appreciates that there are non-hat gays out there.
Boob(s on Your) Tube: ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and ‘The Chi’ Keep Getting Gayer, Sorry Shawn
‘The Chi”s lady gays are learning to take risks for love and developing surprising new interests, Pretty Little Liars: Summer School drops a boyfriend for a girlfriend, ‘All-American’ tries to pacify us with a hug and once again our heroine Kristen Kish is in fact sleeveless!
This Tessa Thompson-Directed Music Video Oozes Sapphic Yearning
In Arooj Aftab’s music video for her song Raat Ki Rani, queer fantasy is more real than reality.
My Family’s Mad at Me For Refusing To Go on a Homophobic Vacation
Your sister-in-law is being blatantly homophobic — IN JUNE — and your family’s mad that you’re mad about it. Also, we settle a debate for the ages: blinds open or closed for TV time?
‘Summer Solstice’ Is a Relatable Trans Indie About Masc Insecurity and Nightmare Cis Girls
Summer Solstice is a film that dares to grant the quietest dramas of a trans person’s life the importance of the screen.
6 Pre-Stonewall Queer Uprisings History Tried To Hide
I’m confident the archives are filled with hundreds, if not thousands, of stories still waiting to be uncovered.
Mini Crossword Admits It Didn’t Totally Get “Dune”
Zendaya looked pretty cool with glowing eyes though.
‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance
For fans of second-chance romance, friends to lovers, and ‘celebrity falls for regular person’ tropes.
I’ve Spent a Lot of Time Pretending Not To Know What I Want
“There I was, gay at a gay club, not wanting to be gay, with my best friend / drunken lover who identified as hetero despite her not-that-hetero choices.”
Mo Welch’s Hybrid Documentary/Comedy Special “Dad Jokes” Contextualizes Humor in Real Time
A camera crew follows Mo around Illinois as she prepares to meet up with her estranged father for the first time in 20 years.
Did ‘The Acolyte’ Just Introduce a Coven of Lesbian Witches to the Star Wars Universe?
Jodie Turner-Smith is an absolute scene stealer in “Destiny.”
We Went to Every Dyke Bar in NYC in One Day
Going to 7 queer bars in one day? What could possibly go wrong!
I’d Like To Apologize To the Fag Community for Overlooking Charli XCX
Accountability is important in the queer community. So, today, I would like to say that I was wrong about Charli XCX.
No Filter: The Lesbian Jesus Swimsuit Line Is Here
Also, I love that Hannah Einbinder’s Emmy campaign strategy is ‘be hot’ ! (It’s working on me!)
How To Be a Better Advocate for Victims of Sexual Violence — Especially Yourself
Every small act of kindness to ourselves and others is a crack against the foundations of rape culture.
Mini Crossword is Super Cool
But like, in an old-fashioned kind of way.
46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out In June 2024
Hot fresh reads for a hot bookish Pride month!
25 Streaming Movies With Hot Lesbian Sex Scenes
Here are some of the most memorable movies in the canon of “films that have significant lesbian sex in them.”
8 British Film and TV Characters Who Made Me Gay
From Skins to Feel Good, these eight characters turned out to be life-changing.