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book features

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

29 Minutes

THEATER

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

MOVIE FEATURES

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism…

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

collage of movies you can stream in the UK

MOVIE LISTS

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the…

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

theater

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Taking the audience on a dynamic, interactive journey through time and space, this performance invites its viewers to reflect on the complexities of the human experience, what it means to…

Noor Aldayeh

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May 5, 2026

movie features

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

The film dives into familiar terrain to anyone queer with a Latin family, from capitalism and public transit to familial obligation and gender/sexuality.

Juan Barquin

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May 4, 2026

movie lists

10 Gay Films You Can Stream Free in the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4)

From familiar classics to unfamiliar new discoveries, here’s what you could be watching on the BBC, ITV or Channel 4 right this minute!

Sally

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Apr 29, 2026

The Latest

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Literature

29 Minutes

No Filter: Tommy Dorfman Sat Next To a Transphobe on a Plane and Eviscerated Him

Celebrities (vapid Fluff)

1 Hours

Finding Truth, Power, and Humor in the Intergalactic Bathhouse of ‘Syrian Soap’

Theater

May 5, 2026

Lola Tung To Star in Kelley O’Hara’s Sapphic Soccer Film

News

May 4, 2026

‘Tropical Park’ Paints a Real Portrait of Queer Miami

Film

May 4, 2026

af+

Interview With My Ex: MR

“I, too, was a hedonist. I think we still are.”

ashni

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Jun 22, 2023

a purple strap-on dildo in the middle of a cracked glass background

sex

Try These Exercises for Better Strap-On Sex

It’s pride month! Let’s get jacked for our favorite sex act with exercises for strap-on sex!

Ro White

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Jun 22, 2023

A feature made up of the author's photo in between two cover images of Patricia Wants To Cuddle by Samantha Allen which features a furry arm with painted red nails holding a white woman with blonde hair, sun hat, and sunglasses who is taking a selfie. The author's photo shows Samantha a white, blonde woman in black and white. she is standing in front of a tangle of tree roots and smiling

af+

RIGHT NOW! Log Onto Discord to Chat With Samantha Allen

Ask the author of “Patricia Wants to Cuddle” all about her book!

Nico

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Jun 21, 2023

Megan Rapinoe and Megan Thee Stallion in USWNT kits

pop culture fix

Pop Culture Fix: Megan Thee Stallion Shouts Out Megan Rapinoe in USWNT World Cup Roster Announcement

Aubrey Plaza is a WNBA stan, We Baby Bears nonbinary Pride episode, the trailer for Brandi Carlile’s In the Canyon Haze, and more!

Heather Hogan

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Jun 21, 2023

tv lists

17 LGBTQ+ TV Shows Removed From Max, Disney+, Showtime and Hulu

It’s tragic when queer shows get cancelled — but a second layer of tragedy emerges when a streaming network then erases the show from our lives altogether.

Riese

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Jun 21, 2023

Dylan Meyer and friends playing pickleball

celebrities (vapid fluff)

No Filter: The Pickleball Craze Sweeping the Nation Has Found the Gays

Is it because I was raised emotionally by the Slave 4 U music video that I think SLAY every time a photoshoot concept is “wet”?

Christina Tucker

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Jun 21, 2023

a white woman with short blonde hair looks at herself in the mirror in the movie Blue Jean

movie reviews

“Blue Jean” Is a Painful and Hopeful Story of a Queer Teacher

There’s a reason teachers have long been a battleground for queer progress — in fiction and in real life.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 21, 2023

Queen Latifah as Cleo in Set It Off, blowing smoke out of her mouth while dancing with her girlfriend

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: For Lena Waithe, Queen Latifah’s Cleo Was a “Queer Awakening” (Get in Line)

To be Black & queer during Juneteenth, having hot sex during the writers’ strike, and the national monument at Stonewall keeps getting vandalized during Pride month.

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 20, 2023