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Hong Kong’s drag scene, Free Britney, how to find an LGBT-friendly pediatrician, Candace Parker and more!
Spaces & Places: A Roundup of 30 Queer-Owned Houseware Shops
Whether you’re in the market for furniture, art, candles, planters, kitchenware, organizers, textiles, or little tchotchkes, these queer-owned shops have got you covered.
Gunpowder Milkshake Wants Credit for Including Kickass Women, It Forgot You Have to Write Them First
If women bone cracking the skulls of men to a Janis Joplin soundtrack with pints upon pints of gory jello blood to spare is your idea of summer weekend fun, there are worse ways to spend your two hours.
De-Gayed By Hollywood: 22 Movies That “Straightwashed” LGBTQ+ Women Characters
Lesbian and bisexual characters have been straightwashed out of existence in many beloved Hollywood films. Here are 22 examples of times queer stories were de-gayed for mainstream consumption.
Lez Liberty Lit: Discipline Is Part of Creation
On writing regularly, an approach for overwhelm, a book of botanical drawings and more.
Pop Culture Fix: Legally Blonde’s Writers Trample Best Rumor of 2021, Say Ending Was Always Straight
MJ Rodriguez’s mom reacts to her Emmy nom, the trailer for Fear Street: 1666, and would you let the cast of Gunpowder Milkshake kick your ass?
Editor’s Notes: On Spaces & Places
The ways that we allow ourselves to take up space, to make our homes comfortable and reflective of who we are, are gifts that we give to ourselves.
Dating a Librarian Is The Best Thing To Happen To My Bookshelves
What dating a librarian and fellow writer taught me about organization and intimacy.
Foolish Child #99b: Post-Covid Hot Girl Summer
She said something about picking up a few rebounds for a post-Covid Hot Girl Summer so…
Good Trouble EP Previews Alice’s 3B Storylines: “She’s Growing So Much”
“I think that Alice’s arc is to find her voice and to stand up for herself. She’s probably always been good about standing up for others, but not quite standing up for herself. So, in this respect, she stood up for herself and others and they didn’t stand up for her.”
The 2021 WNBA All-Star Game Is The Gayest Professional Basketball Game Ever
Before tonight’s tip-off, two basketball obsessed Southern gals got together and chatted about the WNBA’s historic 25th season, the league’s evolution as it relates to queer visibility and tonight’s All-Star Game.
No Filter: Imagine Someone Looking at You Like Leisha Hailey Is Looking at This Dog
Also not to be missed: Hayley Kiyoko with some incredible mermaid hair, some Betts content that’s going to make you feel VERY single, and Kiersey Clemons with a tall drink of water.
Amity Smooches Luz as “The Owl House” Breaks More Disney Ground
OH MY MAGICAL BABY KITTENS, YOU’RE EACH OTHER’S FIRST GAY CRUSH.
Here’s What I Learned By Choosing to Step Away from Productivity For a Whole Day
I did nothing “productive” for a whole day: no email, no phone calls, no work, no cleaning, nothing that fuels my inherent Capricorn desire to win at Capitalism. Here’s what happened.
You Need Help: How Do I Find Nerdy Women to Date?
Queer people so often have to reimagine and carve out our own spaces, rejecting the dominant narratives hurled at us.
The L Word: Generation Q: What Every Character Would Sing at Queer Karaoke Night
At the end of the evening, Finley definitely takes the stage one last time to sing “Closing Time.”
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“It’s astounding, and it’s not just for me. I’m winning for so many people out there, so many babies out there, the generation that comes after me — that’s who it’s for, it’s not for me.”
Pop Culture Fix: Stephanie Beatriz Is a Non-Magical Disney Heroine In the Enchanted “Encanto”
Benedetta is lesbian nun camp melodrama, Ryan Murphy’s Pray Away is fucking harrowing, people are still watching the heck out of Legend of Korra, and more!
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 609: Laugh Tracks
Sara and Ava lead the team on a sitcom-themed adventure to prove that representation matters by way of saving Behrad’s favorite show.
Submit Your Questions! Into the A+ Advice Box: Spaces & Places
A+ Members! Have a space you want to fix up, but aren’t sure how? Fighting over space with someone else? Struggling to find the kind of space you’ve always dreamed of? Let us help you!