The Public Universal Friend: A Deep Dive on a Story of Nonbinary Identity, Quakerism and Near-Death Experiences
The Public Universal Friend is just one example of how, even in the binarist West, non-binary people have always existed.
Pop Culture Fix: Janelle Monáe Stars in “Homecoming”… We Shall Call It, Homo-Coming!
Kristen Stewart’s long history of playing moody teenagers, the casts of Hamilton and The Nanny reunited and it feels so good, here’s what your favorite TV characters might do during a pandemic, what the hell is Quibi, and more!
Extra! Extra!: The Harrowing and Hopeful News about COVID-19 Around the Globe
This week’s Extra! Extra! COVID-19 offers a case-by-case look at how the pandemic is playing out in different parts of the world. Please join the conversation with stories from around the world that interested you in the comments.
11 Poems to Read to Your Lesbian Lover in Isolation
11 poems of varying lengths that you can read to your lesbian lover with that expensive wood wick candle flickering on the bedside table.
Gey In Kikh: Passover Matzo, the Bread of Affliction
The basic mitzvah of Passover is to eat the Bread of Affliction, so let’s lean into the ancestral trauma and make our own matzo.
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 402: Livin’ La Vida Loca with El Sanchez!!
The wild ride of Season Four has left the station and these out of context screencaps
Sunday Funday Is Ready With VIP Couch Access to the Hottest Queer Zoom Clubs
Happy Sunday! We’ve got so many queer clubs for you to visit in your jammies, movie news, history lessons, feminist art talks and more!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is A Long-Distance Orgy
Dating in quarantine, orgies in isolation, everyone is hornier in the spring. (Usually.)
15 Spring 2020 TV Shows With LGBTQ+ Women Characters To Anticipate or Enjoy or Whatever You Need Right Now
All the Spring TV coming up definitely or probably queer this March, April and May — lesbian and bisexual female characters and non-binary people investigating murders, surviving post-apocalyptic frozen tundras, skateboarding in New York City and so much more!
Grease Bats: Digital Hangouts
“Turn your mic on!”
Boobs on Your Tube: It’s All Sweet Sunshine Kisses on “Station 19”
Plus: “How to Get Away with Murder” returns for its final episodes ever, and we’re still #HornyForMermaids on “Sirens.”
Extra! Extra!: Anti-Trans Legislation Succeeds, But So Do Whole Foods and Instacart Strikes (Sort Of)
It’s been a long week, you guys. This week’s Extra! Extra! covers all the news you didn’t even know was happening.
Queer Sex Coven: A Saturn in Aquarius Quarantine Spell
When Saturn moved into Aquarius on March 21, society began to look to the future and collective ways of thinking and living.
The Comment Awards Are Talking, Laughing, Loving, Breathing, Fighting, Fucking, Crying, Drinking…At Home
“2020 has been full of unexpected plot twists but Mel and Sue teaming up as contract killers has got to be up there.”
How Solace, the Transition App Designed by a Trans Woman, Will Lifehack Your Gender Transition
Evergreen State tech entrepreneur Robbi Katherine Anthony is one of the people hoping to solve the struggles that exist for transgender individuals in the 21st century. Billed as the gender transition app, her company Solace was launched at last year’s LGBTQIA Hackathon in Austin, Tex.
Celia Laskey’s “Under the Rainbow” Is Dark, Redeeming, and Very Very Queer
Both light and heavy, dark and redeeming, this book is sure to be a comfort and resource for many, as we try to bridge the growing gap between “coastal elites” and “flyover states.”
Also.Also.Also: Rest in Infinite Power Trans Latina Activist Lorena Borjas. We Will Continue Your Work.
LeVar Burton is bringing back Reading Rainbow when we need it most, remembering lesbian singer Lesley Gore and the anthem that powered “The First Wives Club,” and friends don’t let friends cross picket lines.
Happy Hour at Home: Rebranding Leftovers as a Chef’s Tasting Menu
Earlier this week, I was simply couldn’t cook another meal. In an effort to spice things up when a restaurant date night is so far out of the question, I decided to rebrand the random shit in our fridge as a “tasting menu” — complete with wine pairings.
9 Poems to Read in These Trying Times
One place that I have found comfort before and continue to find it now is in poetry, the words of others who have experienced and seen unspeakable things and come out on the other side. I hope you can find some comfort in them, too.
What Self-Quarantine is Teaching Me About Gender Dysphoria
Three weeks ago I began my Coronavirus self-quarantine. Faced with the reality that I wouldn’t see anyone, I started an experiment. I wasn’t going to shave, paint my nails, or put on makeup — until I wanted to, for myself.