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Love & Sex

I stopped lying to myself, thanks to a stranger at a bar in Guatemala
Love Like Mine

I stopped lying to myself, thanks to a stranger at a bar in Guatemala

For the first time in my life, I wanted someone and felt wanted in return. I had never known what that felt like

By Jack Cape
I think my straight friend might actually be gay. Should I encourage him to come out?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I think my straight friend might actually be gay. Should I encourage him to come out?

By Kai Cheng Thom
What it’s like to nurse when you’re non-binary
Love & Sex

What it’s like to nurse when you’re non-binary

In an essay from their new collection, “Like a Boy but Not a Boy,” andrea bennett reflects on the joys and limitations of non-binary parenting

By andrea bennett
7 steps to open up your relationship
Relationships

7 steps to open up your relationship

Here’s some very practical advice on how to get started from someone who knows

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
4 LGBTQ2 happenings to wind you up or down right now
Arts

4 LGBTQ2 happenings to wind you up or down right now

What to watch, read, listen to or look at: Sept. 17

By Sarah Taher
I’m an old, out and proud lesbian. Am I transphobic if I don’t want to have sex with trans women?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I’m an old, out and proud lesbian. Am I transphobic if I don’t want to have sex with trans women?

By Kai Cheng Thom
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I find myself through coming out to strangers, again and again
Love Like Mine

I find myself through coming out to strangers, again and again

If they say something ignorant or hurtful, I can choose to never see them again. I don’t have that option with my loved ones

By Xiaoxiao Meng
My girlfriend hates using dental dams. Should we break up?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

My girlfriend hates using dental dams. Should we break up?

By Kai Cheng Thom
Pandemic parenting in a two-mom family means twice the maternal guilt
Parenting

Pandemic parenting in a two-mom family means twice the maternal guilt

In my queer household, we’ve avoided the unequal gendered division of labour, but I still feel like a failure as a mother—and failed by a system that neglects the most vulnerable

By Sarah Liss
We’re a May-December gay couple and our friends think our relationship is problematic and abusive. Are they right?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

We’re a May-December gay couple and our friends think our relationship is problematic and abusive. Are they right?

By Kai Cheng Thom
Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul
TV & Film

Not every lesbian wants to U-Haul

Wendy Jo Carlton explores lesbian non-monogamy in her new film ‘Good Kisser’

By Nour Abi-Nakhoul
I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family
Parenting

I’m a trans man with a straight cis husband. We’re ready to start a family

As a bisexual trans man with a straight cis husband, the discussion of having kids is complicated by questions of surrogacy, adoption and raising kids in the U.S.

By Andy Bandyopadhyay
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His smell haunts me, even after he disappeared from my life
Love Like Mine

His smell haunts me, even after he disappeared from my life

I tried to commit the layers and notes of his aroma to memory so that I had no regrets when he left

By Daniel Sanchez Torres
Mask 4 Mask: COVID-19 face coverings are changing queer cruising
Sex

Mask 4 Mask: COVID-19 face coverings are changing queer cruising

Reading cues from a potential hookup in a mask can be tough. But over the years, queers have found creative ways to communicate desire—and to stay connected

By Kyle Casey Chu
I think I’m asexual but I’m into kinky porn, which my friends say is problematic. Am I a bad person?
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

I think I’m asexual but I’m into kinky porn, which my friends say is problematic. Am I a bad person?

By Kai Cheng Thom
When miscarriage happens to LGBTQ2 parents
Health

When miscarriage happens to LGBTQ2 parents

When it comes to miscarriage, LGBTQ2 people have been left out and erased from conversations about loss—and reproductive health altogether

By Jessica Zucker
As a queer person, COVID-19 made me realize I need to start end-of-life planning
Opinion

As a queer person, COVID-19 made me realize I need to start end-of-life planning

Here’s how you can, too

By Zena Sharman
Alice Wu’s ‘The Half Of It’ is a reminder that queer desire is all about eye contact
Culture

Alice Wu’s ‘The Half Of It’ is a reminder that queer desire is all about eye contact

The film is a study in unspoken wanting—something LGBTQ2 people know well

By Ray Levy Uyeda
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