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Opinion

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?
Power

Should allies like Beyoncé and Jay-Z win queer awards?

AKA: Should we reward allies for being good humans?

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
Big Dyke Energy, explained
Culture

Big Dyke Energy, explained

Make room for the superior BDE

By Erica Lenti
How queer is ‘Captain Marvel’?
Culture

How queer is ‘Captain Marvel’?

The film’s core relationship is refreshingly not a romance, but a bond between two women

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11’s queens shake up the ranking
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11’s queens shake up the ranking

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 Episode 2 recap: Good God, girl, get a grip

Season 11 is in trouble — and it’s only week two

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day
Power

Eight badass LGBTQ2 women to celebrate on International Women’s Day

These activists, actors, athletes and authors make every day Women’s Day

By Erica Lenti, Eternity Martis
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Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ is the queer break-up track we need
Culture

Ariana Grande’s ‘thank u, next’ is the queer break-up track we need

How the hit song embraces the LGBTQ2 tradition of gratitude for our exes

By Andi Schwartz
Which ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 queens shined brightest in the premiere?
Drag Race

Which ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 queens shined brightest in the premiere?

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 premiere recap: Queens here, queens there, queens everywhere
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 11 premiere recap: Queens here, queens there, queens everywhere

‘Drag Race’ looks to the past while pushing the fast-forward button in the present

By Kevin O’Keeffe
What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship
Personal Essay

What Meryl Streep taught me about trans identity and allyship

Streep was there to support and empower women like her, women who’d spent a lifetime sidestepping entitled men. And in me, she saw a man

By Lorimer Shenher
Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors
Opinion

Jussie Smollett’s story doesn’t mean we should ignore Black queer survivors

‘From now on, will innocent queer Black men be treated as liars when they come forward with their stories of survival?’

By Arkee E
Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community
Power

Melting the ice around #MeToo stories in the queer community

Queer community doesn’t lack for discourse around sexual abuse. Yet for all of our talk, not much seems to have significantly changed—there are still victims, and there are still abusers.

By Kai Cheng Thom
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The 2019 Oscars: So, how queer were they?
Culture

The 2019 Oscars: So, how queer were they?

Even with a Lady Gaga performance and several queer-adjacent films, the awards weren’t queer enough for us

By Kevin O’Keeffe
Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month
Opinion

Five Black queer activists to celebrate beyond Black History Month

Because the celebration shouldn’t stop when February ends

By Pascale Diverlus
How can ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ become great — and gay — again?
Drag Race

How can ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ become great — and gay — again?

In the wake of a loathed double win, a diagnosis of the franchise’s maladies

By Kevin O’Keeffe
The wolf in the fold
Power

The wolf in the fold

Dispatches from Bruce McArthur’s sentencing

By Anthony Oliveira
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: Who are the true winners of the season?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’: Who are the true winners of the season?

By Kevin O’Keeffe
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: Which queen joins the ‘Drag Race’ Hall of Fame?
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4’ recap: Which queen joins the ‘Drag Race’ Hall of Fame?

The battle comes down to Season 9 versus Season 10

By Kevin O’Keeffe
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