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TV Reviews

“She-Ra and the Princesses of Power” Is Queerness and Hope in a Dark World

Join Carmen Phillips, Valerie Anne, Heather Hogan, and special guest Meg Jones Wall to talk about the triumph, heartbreak, gayness, and empowerment of one of our all-time favorite animated series.

The TV Team January 28, 2020 11 Comments
Money + Work

Queered & Careered: In the Meantime (Or Things to Do While You’re Unemployed)

One of the most insidious effects of unemployment in a capitalist society is that we start to doubt our worth if we are not tied to a job. Our daily resilience IS productive and we deserve to celebrate ourselves, employed or not.

Tiara Dee January 28, 2020 5 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Demi Lovato Sang Her Damn Heart Out at the Grammys, Left Mine in Pieces

Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato at the Grammys, Angelica Ross is the new face of Louis Vuitton, remembering Gigi Bryant, and more news to kick off the week.

Carmen Phillips January 27, 2020 18 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q

Our Favorite Sex Scenes and ‘Ships of “The L Word: Generation Q” Season One

The entire TV Team weighs in on the sex scenes and potential/actual relationships that warmed our hearts and thighs during Season One of “The L Word: Generation Q.”

Riese January 27, 2020 28 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Supergirl” Episode 511 Recap: All We Do is Win(n)

Alex and Kara are excited to see their old friend Winn and join forces to fight…well, Winn.

Valerie Anne January 27, 2020 11 Comments
Sports

Meet the Queer and Trans Women Taking Over Professional Wrestling

As a child, I loved watching wrestling. As I got older, however, the sport began to change, and the storylines became isolating. Fortunately, both fans and other wrestlers alike have made it clear that wrestling is no longer a business where bigotry is going to be tolerated.

BJ Colangelo January 27, 2020 11 Comments
Straddleverse

101 Extremely Niche and Special Things You’re an Expert On

48. identifying what episode of The Nanny it is based on C.C. Babcock’s hair

Laneia January 27, 2020 37 Comments
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Coming Out First Person

The Lunar New Year Coming Out Letter I’ll Never Send To My Mom

I’m not coming out to you as a lesbian, umma, I’m coming out as your daughter. I’m tired of being a stranger to you and I’m tired of tripping over boxes in my living room because you’re incapable of just being vulnerable with me.

Renea Baek Goddard January 27, 2020 26 Comments
Podcasts The L Word: Generation Q

“To L and Back” Gen Q Podcast Episode 108

Couples break up, couples get back together, and there’s a sex scene so good one of us may have called it “the best L Word sex scene ever.”

Drew Burnett Gregory January 27, 2020 3 Comments
The L Word: Generation Q TV Show Recaps

The L Word: Generation Q Episode 108 Recap: Lapse in Judgment

It’s the season finale and we’ve got Roxane Gay, emotionally complicated sex, Bette Porter in hiking attire, Dani wanting to get married ASAP and honestly a lot of things that I can’t put in the excerpt because I don’t want to reveal any spoilers for people who haven’t seen it yet! Wheeee!

Riese January 26, 2020 117 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday and Sara Quin Love the Grammys

Sara Quin on the Grammys, fat Black femmes on runways, lesbian photography exhibits, ballroom inspired clothing lines, and more! Happy Sunday!

Ari January 26, 2020 4 Comments
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NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Responsive and Spontaneous

What it means to have a sex drive, why the widespread idea of how the vibrator was invented is rooted in patriarchy (also, wrong), the story of LA’s trans-inclusive strip club night and more.

Ryan Yates January 26, 2020 1 Comment
Parenting & Family

Raising Baby T. Rex: How Being a Mom Changed My Mind About Abortion

I was proudly pro-abortion before I was a mom. I’ve doubled down on that belief after becoming one.

KaeLyn January 25, 2020 11 Comments
Webcomics

Reine #4: Compatible

That extremely gay phenomenon of falling for your best friend and doppelganger.

Ren Strapp January 25, 2020 7 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Things Are Getting Glittery and Gay on Nancy Drew!

Grey’s Anatomy and The Bold Type returned to your TV!! Plus updates on grown-ish and All American.

The TV Team January 24, 2020 7 Comments
Straddleverse

What Are Your Earliest Internet Memories?

“OMG ok i just remembered downloading and printing out nudes of LARA CROFT when i was like 11.”

Abbie Jones January 24, 2020 43 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Nailing A Ring To My Door

“Della Champagne the gender-yeeting tarantula sounds like a queer icon, tbh.”

Darcy January 24, 2020 6 Comments
LGBT Book Reviews

Beyond Survival: Rethinking The Humanity Of Those Who Harm

“Transformative justice”—the idea that communities can resolve and repair harm and abuse, as well as transform the conditions that led to them, on their own without the necessity of State intervention or by replicating the State’s carceral form of justice—looks good on paper, but there are still so many big questions.

Abbie Jones January 24, 2020 8 Comments
Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: The Guy Who Pulled Those Hallmark Lesbians Got Fired, We Won’t Miss Him

How to Avoid Someone at a Party, an explainer about why everyone is so mad about the new book “American Dirt”, and more news to help you along into the weekend!

Carmen Phillips January 23, 2020 6 Comments
TV Show Recaps

“Riverdale” Episode 410 Recap: Consider “Dare Me” on USA

A look at two shows that confront the crushing pressure of high school athletics in divergent but visceral ways.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya January 23, 2020 2 Comments
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