Quiz: Plan a Halloween Party and I’ll Tell You Which Ghost of a Queer TV Character Is Haunting You
Picture this: you’re planning decorations for your Halloween party and you start to wonder if Jenny Schecter is hiding in the drywall.
Before and After the Library
Author Kristen Arnett writes on growing up in a house where books were banned and becoming a queer librarian in Florida.
Baopu #116: An Essay With No Thesis
Immigrant, queerness, space, time…it just makes so much sense.
A+ Crossword Is Celebrating a Few Days Early
My therapist suggested I was incapable of describing my feelings.
Boobs on Your Tube: Gen V Is Giving Gen Z a Run for Their Money in the Gayest Race
Also, updates on “All Rise” (including Anne Heche’s last television appearance) and season finale of “Only Murders in the Building.”
WNBA Finals Preview: The (Gay) Battle of the Superteams
The WNBA Finals start on Sunday and we’re here to talk about the road thus far to the championship, the so-called super teams, the long-awaited expansion of the league — now to the Bay Area, and more!
“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window
Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.
How to DIY an “A League of Their Own” Halloween Costume
With some creativity and planning, you can put together a Rockford Peaches costume that’s fun and versatile.
On *NSYNC and Being a Lesbian Who Loves Boy Bands
If you had to make me into a pie chart, being queer and loving *NSYNC are basically the same size.
Mini Crossword Would Like Some Soup Please
Ghosts are truly the worst liars.
Also.Also.Also: How To Support LGBTQ+ Students, According to Those Actual Students
Also, queer Frankenstein, NYC’s queer punk scene, and more LGTBQ culture news.
U.K. Prime Minister Represents a Dangerous Anti-Trans Minority — But It Is a Minority
These talking points aren’t just emotionally painful. They’re also connected to policy.
How To Fight Back Against Book Bans
However you choose to engage with Banned Books Week, I hope you’ll think about the books that have led you to the person you are today.
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I Got High and Watched “Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure”
I am high. And I’m only getting higher. And I’m eating ice cream. And I’m about to press play on Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure.
Untethered: On Living Alone, Reimagining Family
I’ve been dredging through the remains of my life since my ex and I started living in this house four years ago.
Pop Culture Fix: Josie Totah Is Kissing a Girl in the Rain in Edith Wharton Inspired “Buccaneers” Trailer
Today’s stories include Josie Totah and Honoria Marable kissing in a new trailer for Edith Wharton inspired Apple TV series “The Buccaneers,” boygenius’s “gay as hell night out,” a new Tove Jansson exhibit, Rebel Wilson’s coveted memoir and more!
How Many Sapphic Scandals Will Be in the New Season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?
The new season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is looking a bit GAY.
“The Morning Show” Is Doing the Mommy Thing Again
Also, Natalie Morales joins the cast!
Real Housewives of New York Goes to the Dyke Bar
Jenna Lyons and Brynn Whitfield go to Henrietta Hudson for a night of gay revelry.
The Best Banned Books According to a Queer Educator in Florida
I’ve watched whole lives transform in my classrooms and outside of them because of the stories we read, because of the work we did together, because of our difficult and revelatory and compassionate conversations, and because we were never afraid to face the truth.