Well hello most glorious day, Happy Birthday Janelle Monáe!! Also, honestly, we don’t care if it’s sponson if Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash are going to keep being this cute at it — and somehow Janet Mock personally hired the sun to bless her thigh.
“ARE YOU F*CKING WITH ME AGAIN???”
Buy something for you, your pod friends, your girlfriend, your ex girlfriend, your mom who’s secretly gay, your best friend who you’re secretly gay for, and your polycule.
December on HBO Max, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime has everything: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, a Euphoria special, troubled girls stranded on a desert island and so much more.
It’s doubly oppressive that we’re denied care and then left to fulfill the care needs of each other with our own depleted resources. Transantagonism is a global pandemic of indifference and hatred – but there’s no vaccine coming. If you were looking for answers, they aren’t here. If you want to ponder the nuance and difficulty of care, though – dive into Trans Care.
Elliot Page is transgender and we’re so excited for him and all of us!
Breaking up with someone does not make you an asshole.
Here’s what we loved this year, and what pained us to see.
“I don’t know what’s gayer: the outfit itself or the fact that Vivian remembers it in such specific detail 19 years later.”
As we close out 2020, let’s remember that the revolution is just beginning. There is no “return to normal” but there can be a better future.
“kayla and laneia stumped me because of the long flowy mommi lounging situations in both photos, and then i got them mixed up because kayla put a set of four mini cocottes on her list, and i honestly just assumed she already owned those and laneia’s been tweeting about making dessert.”
“The first months of Lex were frenzied and horny and I loved it so much. Even if I didn’t match with anyone I loved the energy. Now it’s people talking about longing and dread and looking for roommates?”
“I can’t help but think, with the election so fresh on my mind, how black women are tasked with saving everyone including ourselves. What an emotional toll that takes. Like we literally are just boosting everyone up over our shoulders and no one turns around to extend a hand. For me, music has always been a healing space, so I deeply appreciate music like this that speaks to healing on that deep level.”
Pop! cancels One Day at a Time, Isabella Gomez already has a new show lined up, Carrie Brownstein is writing and directing a Heart biopic, the gayest yuletide, and you thought only lesbians could talk a holiday movie into the ground!
Your new favorite sex toy, how to fist a turkey, what it means to “soft launch” a relationship, when your cat won’t leave you alone during sex and more.
When you’re working from home on EXPERT MODE, you have lots of time to chat with your co-workers.
“In conclusion, Aubrey Plaza is a precious gem and I would die for her.”
“After I was about 20 years into my life as a trans woman, I was getting very frustrated by seeing that nothing much was changing. Transgender people were still being assaulted, killed, committing suicide. I felt that since I was a writer, I was a performer, I could put that together and maybe do a show and break down some barriers.”
It has felt hard to state how much I’ve been missing my family lately. But Audre Lorde and Pat Parker’s relationship is a testament to the life-affirming power of queer kinship. Their enduring love attests to the power and beauty of Black queer sisterhood.
It’s Black Friday: time to treat yourself to swetpants, sneakers, skincare and sex toys! Or I guess hypothetically you could get a present for somebody else.