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AF+ Crossword Is Not So Odd

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My Boyfriend Doesn’t Trust Me to Party at Pride This Year

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the team June 27, 2025 6 Comments
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AF+ TV Feature

Mal Wright Didn’t Want To Be Your Favorite ‘Ultimatum: Queer Love’ Cast Member

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Riese June 24, 2025 4 Comments
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The Former Long-Distance Couple Who F*cked So Much They Made Each Other Sick

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Sex/Life June 24, 2025 2 Comments
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The People We Miss From Breakups Other Than Our Exes

I think of all the people who exited my life because of breakups and how neither of us knew our final conversations with each other were exactly that.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and the team
June 23, 2025 6 Comments
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Dykes Discuss Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’

Two dykes break down the baffling heterosexuality (and plot choices) in Celine Song’s second film, Materialists.

Drew Burnett Gregory and Christina Tucker
June 21, 2025 1 Comment
2 down / 4 letters / "Veneno" Actress Rodriguez
AF+ Puzzles

AF+ Crossword Says the Magic Words

Just thinking about how Abra evolves into Kadabra evolves into Alakazam.

Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel
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AF+ Identity

Should I Stick It Out at My Christian College?

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the team June 20, 2025
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Drew Burnett Gregory June 19, 2025
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I Miss Feeling Hot

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Drew Burnett Gregory June 18, 2025 1 Comment
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Autumn Fourkiller June 16, 2025
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AF+ Friendship

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the team June 13, 2025
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AF+ Sex

The Polyamorous NYC Couple with a Daddy / Baby Girl Dynamic

Group sex, mutual masturbation, radical honesty, and lots of oral! The classics, really.

Sex/Life June 10, 2025
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AF+ Puzzles

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Thanks a lot, Brian Jacques.

Kate Hawkins and Rachel
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AF+ Friendship

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the team June 6, 2025
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AF+ Movie Features

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Drew Burnett Gregory June 5, 2025 6 Comments
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AF+ Puzzles

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Rebecca Goldstein and Rachel
May 31, 2025 5 Comments
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AF+ Life

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the team May 30, 2025 5 Comments
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AF+ TV Feature

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