Queer Horoscopes for July 2024
July is here for you to catch your breath and release what’s stuck.
Amber Ruffin Delivers Triumphant Pride Month Finale By Coming Out as Queer
Writer, actor and comic Amber Ruffin took to instagram to announce: “In what will come as a shock to exactly zero people, I’m using the last day of PRIDE to come out.”
Quiz: Which Iconic Early Aughts Kids TV Character Are You?
Are you Jimmy Neutron? Lizzie McGuire? Mrs Frizzle? There are so many early aughts kids TV characters that you could possibly be and today you will find out which one you really are!
10 Challenges of a Long Distance Relationship That Have Nothing To Do With the Relationship
Here are the ten biggest challenges I’ve faced as someone who splits my time between two countries because an Instagram crush got out of hand and whoops I fell madly in love.
AF+ Crossword Is Looking For a Beach Read
If you are also looking for a beach read, we’ve got a few recs in this puzzle!
Boob(s On Your )Tube: ‘The Chi’s Thanksgiving Finale Underwhelms But Sticks The Landing
‘The Chi’s rainbow coalition gets the short shrift in its finale episode, Coop and Patience are making big moves in All-American, and Criminal Minds continues to be stressful.
Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars
Annie Hamilton befriends Tavi Gevinson and gets unhinged about it, the future of streaming, literary it-girls, MTV’s “The Real World,” Colleen Hoover has writer’s block, Kindbody sucks, a really funny piece about a “Conversational AI” conference and so much more!
I Hate That I Want My Girlfriend To Stop Posting Sexy Pics Of Herself On Social Media
A girlfriend’s sex-positivity is crossing a line — but it’s a line you don’t even want to have. Also, a reader outed a cheater and now it’s just Drama City!
Lily Gladstone Is Remarkable as a Butch Lesbian in ‘Fancy Dance’
As Jax, they embody that cool lesbian aunt you always wanted to have who is so chill, dresses in plaid and tanks, and tries to handle everything independently, despite her decisions being impulsive and questionable.
Mini Crossword Is Headed to P-Town
See you on the Cape?!
16 Lesbian Couples Time Forgot
The annals of sapphic gossip are deep and full — here’s 16 sapphic couples and love triangles that will bring you back in time or perhaps trigger memories of times gone by.
‘Unsuitable’ Looks at the Dynamic History of Lesbian Fashion
From Sappho’s violets to monocles to bandanas in your back pocket, queer women have long used fashion as a signal to find their community.
Sue Kerr Is Keeping Lesbian Blogging Alive
In 2013, Sue Kerr published her first memorial post for a lost trans life to her blog Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, which has been running since 2005. More than a decade later, when the mainstream media failed to meaningfully cover the death of Nex Benedict, she once again used her blog as a vital community resource.
So It Definitely Seems Like Las Vegas Aces’ Kate Martin Hard Launched Her Girlfriend
Las Vegas Aces’ guard Kate Martin switched coasts this weekend to visit her girlfriend (?) Claire Gransee, thus devastating fans who wanted Kate to be their girlfriend but also simultaneously delighting those fans who wanted her to be gay.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Has a Trans Problem
Trans people’s stories are being told but trans people aren’t being rewarded.
‘Land of Women’ Is Must-Watch Fun TV — Especially for Gay Trans Girls
In the second episode, before we learn of her transness, Kate gets flustered in a meet cute with a lesbian mechanic. This allowance of a trans girl, first and foremost, to have lesbian storylines is unprecedented.
No Filter: Reneé Rapp Said It’s Scissor Season
Also, Jessica Madsen from Bridgerton is queer, which is very important to me.
Your Ancestors Are Your Best Friends: Juju Bae’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Approach to African Traditional Religion
Like many young Black people in the United States, I was raised in the church.
Mini Crossword Is Playing ‘Baldur’s Gate’
…and is on its third play-through and keeps accidentally dating Shadowheart even though Karlach is RIGHT THERE
‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Is Not an Exact Clone of the Original — It’s Gayer
Also, as an added queer bonus, the new theme song is written and performed by Julien Baker.