A God That Makes Sense to Me: On Bisexuality & Purity Culture
I wanted to be whole, pure, the person I was supposed to be. I wanted to be good enough that my sexuality wouldn’t matter.
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 213: Lacuna
Gloria Steinem joins the lesbians for the season finale, in which there is death, but also life, and also people whispering the names of L Word characters while those characters are sexually engaged with one another.
Sunday Funday and Noname are Saging Your Playlists
Noname’s got new music, Brittany Howard sings to a girl named Georgia in her new Tiny Desk concert, Kellogg cereal said “gay rights!!!” and more! Happy Sunday!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Watching Scary Movies
Why scary moves make you horny, how to get candle wax (from play or ambiance) out of anything, strategies for (not) sending regrettable texts and more.
Some Things: Pieces
There’s an instinct when you move somewhere, I think, to carry with you an idea of home.
Boobs on Your Tube: “Almost Family” Is Heating Up!
Plus updates on: 911, How to Get Away with Murder, American Horror Story, the season finale of Why Women Kill, and new gays to look out for on Nancy Drew!
The Letter I Wrote To My Mother Asking For A Puppy In Second Grade, Annotated
Part-poem, part heartfelt plea, this letter proves I have always been a bad liar.
The Comment Awards Are Saving Gotham City One Flannel At A Time
“Everything’s better topped with Brie.”
Two Spooky Playlists For ALL Your Gay Halloween Music Needs
Some people just want a nice casual playlist for their Halloween party! So, I decided to split all of the song spooky suggestions into two playlists.
“Orphan Black: The Next Chapter” has New Mysteries, New Clones and Possibly a New Queer Character
IS KIRA QUEER?
“Riverdale” Episode 402 Recap: Friendships and Queer Loneliness
The failures of family, the joys of friendship, and a nonsensical but incredible musical number—just another day in Riverdale!
8 Lightly Murderous Mythological Ladies to Dress as This Halloween
Why wear just one costume when October lasts an entire month? Halloween is for the queers, own it.
Dark Under Eye Circles Are Gay, or: Hi, I’m Depressed
Is it not a gay badge of honor to be tired and sad and drained and to still exist?
Were We Ever So Young: A Retro High School Deep Dive with Tegan and Sara
Inspired by their vulnerability and the powerful throwback energy of high-school-age Sara and Tegan, we’ve cracked open our own high school diaries to show you our deepest, darkest, gayest secrets and send a little love and perspective back through time on who we’ve been.
“Steven Universe” Is Even Cooler When You Apply Some IRL Gay Rock Knowledge
The show putting Ruby and Sapphire together isn’t a fluke — these two are a great match for each other, both stubborn and passionate and potentially dangerous with their respective abilities to generate heat and cold. They’re literally cut from the same stone.
Tegan and Sara are Just Like You on Their Excellent New Album
Tegan and Sara have mined through their pasts, found the gems, and put together a poignant ode to their past selves. We can live vicariously through their public vulnerability and imagine — without evidence — that if we did the same, we’d be charmed, rather than horrified, by what we found.
No Filter: Samira Wiley Held a Baby While Wearing a Slightly Unbuttoned Button-Up Shirt and Nobody Told Me???
Lena Waithe loves Euphoria, Kiersey Clemons is surviving on a tropical desert island, Deanne Smith gets a glamour shot, Chelsea Gray loves winning, Leisha Hailey loves a dog but Amber Heard also loves a dog and also wow Instagram your algorithm doesn’t understand me at all and I’ll tell you why!
Pop Culture Fix: Kate McKinnon and Holland Taylor Know all Fox News’ Secrets in “Bombshell”
Janelle Monáe singing, Tessa Thomson’s voice, and Kiersey Clemons’ face in the new Lady and the Tramp trailer; Jameela Jamil is not straight; Grace Choi will be back on Black Lightning; and more!
VIDEO: The Succession / “L Word” Crossover Credits Absolutely Nobody Asked For
Lesbians can be rich and mean too.
“All American” Episode 202 Recap: Speak Ya Clout
Whatever my quibbles with All American, it’s moments like these that truly separate the show from nearly every other one on television. Everything about the scene between Coop and her mother felt real and lived in it’s not just that All American is telling this story, it’s that they’re doing it in a way that feels authentic.