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Book Features Culture

Where Are the Welcome Signs? Finding Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Community in Unexpected Places

Why is it sometimes hardest to find other queer individuals in places where they seem to be everywhere? The new book, “How Places Make Us,” takes us into the lives of lesbian, bisexual and queer residents in four small cities and reveals how and why LBQ individuals forge especially strong ties in unlikely places.

Japonica Brown-Saracino August 20, 2018 8 Comments
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Issues

Monday Roundtable: Hey Bad Spender

“I think I’m willing to do this because I’m constantly aware that death awaits us all and I’m more inclined to want to heighten an experience if I can.”

the team August 20, 2018 31 Comments
Issues The L Word

Ask an Adult Lesbian: Get Your Shit Together, Shane

Shane McCutcheon self-sabotages, Emily Fields co-depends, Cheryl Blossom is scared to commit — and a team of real live functional adult queer women are here to help.

The TV Team August 20, 2018 25 Comments
Society + Culture

Sunday Funday Thinks Crop Tops Make You Gay

The WNBA, 28-year-old lesbian mayoral candidates, Young MA and Nikki Minaj, gay games, and more!

Ari August 19, 2018 3 Comments
NSFW Sunday

NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows How To Be A Great Third

How to be great at a threesome with a couple. Plus what if someone you’re dating is kinkier than you are, why sex ed should be about facts not feelings, what to do about frequent UTIs and more.

Ryan Yates August 19, 2018 2 Comments
Webcomics

Some Things: Kids

Have you ever thought about what your kids would look like?

Cameron August 18, 2018 9 Comments
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Femme Brûlée: Vegan Berry Muffins

I’m not quite ready to say goodbye to summer, especially ’cause I realized I haven’t written a summer berry recipe for my vegan friends yet!

Reneice Charles August 18, 2018 2 Comments
TV Show Recaps

Boobs on Your Tube: Lesbian Love Persists on “Younger” and “Ackley Bridge”

Plus: Updates on General Hospital and Younger; and Insatiable is as horrifying as you’ve heard.

The TV Team August 17, 2018 18 Comments
Straddleverse

FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: Do You Believe In Curses Because I Sure Do

Today, I want to talk about curses. I want to talk about whether or not you believe in them, the last time you experienced a Cursed Time in your life. And I want to talk about that because I am experiencing what I think is a curse right the fuck now.

A.E. Osworth August 17, 2018 37 Comments
Straddleverse

The Comment Awards Are Brewing Beer to Make Men Sad

Every day we stray further from Darren.

Darcy August 17, 2018 44 Comments
Literature

Things I Read That I Love #270: You Will Be Left With Nothing But Blank Flat Envy

Topics include the future of reproduction, getting sober and realizing that you’re trans, rape kits and rape culture, the McDonalds Monopoly heist, high-brow true crime, tiny hotels, food delivery theory and so much more!

Riese August 17, 2018 5 Comments
Movie Features

“The Miseducation of Cameron Post” Director Desiree Akhavan Makes Queer Women’s Movies Because She Just Loves Queer Women

“I want to prove that money can be made off of women’s sexual stories. It’s not just a queer thing. It’s about women receiving pleasure, and giving pleasure. It’s still completely taboo.”

Heather Hogan August 17, 2018 19 Comments
Queer Fashion

Bra as a Top: When It’s Too Hot to Wear an Entire Shirt

You have two options: duct-tape a bunch of ice packs to your torso, or wear a bra as a top.

Riese August 16, 2018 30 Comments
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Issues TV Lists

TV Team Roundtable: Our Favorite Lesbian and Bisexual Girls Behaving Badly

“My armor was a smile, Santana’s was an insult. And bless her for it.”

The TV Team August 16, 2018 59 Comments
Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Literary Manspreading, Now for Women Too

Fighting words about literary organizational systems. Plus animals that break into libraries, writers on the books that inspire them, new poetry from Indigenous women and more.

Ryan Yates August 16, 2018 4 Comments
First Person Issues

She Never Liked Me Anyway

Dementia used to be called madness, I was told.

Kunzes August 16, 2018 9 Comments
Culture

Straight People Watch: Summer 2018

It’s dark in here and I’m scared!

Erin August 15, 2018 123 Comments
The L Word

I Made All My Friends Reenact The Planet from “The L Word” Again and Can Whoever Killed Jenny Please Come Kill Me

Mamma Mia, here we go again! It’s season two of The L Word and I want to die!

Stephanie Ritter August 15, 2018 19 Comments
Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Cara Delevingne’s Other Big News Is She’s Joan Collins’ Goddaughter, Apparently

Also, Stephanie Beatriz glams out in front of some shrubbery and Janelle Monáe is here to ruin your afternoon.

Stef August 15, 2018 24 Comments
AF+ Sex

A+ Sex Diary: FaceTime Fucking and Feeling the Distance

In this queer sex diary: long-distance FaceTime fucking, a dish rack full of sex toys, feeling sad, feeling S.A.D., and feeling goofy and good.

Guest August 15, 2018 5 Comments
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