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Power

How Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdown affected queer folks

How Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdown affected queer folks

For some, it was marked by a return to homophobic homes. For others, it was a chance to reflect on their reprieve

By Nelson C.J • May 20, 2020 at 12:29 pm EDT
Relationships

Navigating a situation-ship at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic

Navigating a situation-ship at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic

I replay the circle of love and rejection while death stalks

By Daniel Sanchez Torres • May 13, 2020 at 11:45 am EDT
Ask Kai: Advice for the Apocalypse

Sobriety exposed how I treated my past partners. I’m ready to date again, but do I even deserve to find love?

Sobriety exposed how I treated my past partners. I’m ready to date again, but do I even deserve to find love?
By Kai Cheng Thom • May 12, 2020 at 12:22 pm EDT
Relationships

‘Feel Good’ and the messy heartbreak of falling in love with a ‘straight’ girl

‘Feel Good’ and the messy heartbreak of falling in love with a ‘straight’ girl

Like Mae and George’s relationship in the Netflix series, I feared my ex would return to the safe heterosexual universe she came from

By Ray Levy Uyeda • May 11, 2020 at 12:06 pm EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 11 power ranking: The show must go on

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 11 power ranking: The show must go on
By Kevin O’Keeffe • May 10, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 11 recap: All my life I’ve had to fight

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 11 recap: All my life I’ve had to fight

As a beloved fan favourite goes home, another survives, and a third thrives

By Kevin O’Keeffe • May 9, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
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TV & Film

Director Andrew Ahn is challenging the definition of queer cinema

Director Andrew Ahn is challenging the definition of queer cinema

The filmmaker discusses his latest film “Driveways,” and releasing a movie during the COVID-19 pandemic

By Tre’vell Anderson • May 8, 2020 at 12:34 pm EDT
Politics

Why Peter MacKay is questioning trans rights

Why Peter MacKay is questioning trans rights

The Conservative leadership hopeful criticized an opponent’s support for trans people in a recent email blast to supporters. It’s a reminder of the stark division between gay rights and trans rights in Canada

By Erica Lenti • May 6, 2020 at 4:37 pm EDT
TV & Film

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Baseball diamonds for a 71-year-long lesbian love story

Trailblazing athlete Terry Donahue and her partner Pat Henschel are the focus of a beautiful, moving documentary

By Stacey May Fowles • May 6, 2020 at 7:09 am EDT
Love Like Mine

A gentlemanly woman asked me the sweetest and bravest question ever. It changed my life

A gentlemanly woman asked me the sweetest and bravest question ever. It changed my life

They said with words what my heart had been screaming and my brain had been muting since we met

By Marie Glass • May 5, 2020 at 10:55 am EDT
Pandemic Pastimes

Getting it on online: Queer sex during COVID-19

Getting it on online: Queer sex during COVID-19

Horny LGBTQ2 folk prove yet again that sexual creativity under constraint has always been a queer superpower

By Andrea Zanin • April 29, 2020 at 11:12 am EDT
Arts

Challenging toxic masculinity through art with Jose Villalobos

Challenging toxic masculinity through art with Jose Villalobos

In his work, the Texas-based artist deconstructs machismo and makes it queer

By Miles W. Griffis • April 29, 2020 at 10:44 am EDT
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Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 9 recap: Political cats

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 9 recap: Political cats

It’s been eight years since Sharon Needles won her season’s political challenge, so the office of Drag President is wide open

By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 25, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
Pandemic Pastimes

Online dance clubs are reviving a fierce and fundamental part of LGBTQ2 culture

Online dance clubs are reviving a fierce and fundamental part of LGBTQ2 culture

During the COVID-19 crisis, queer and trans folk learn and love to slay at home

By Elio Iannacci • April 24, 2020 at 11:07 am EDT
Analysis

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Does the death of a lesbian icon mark the end of the lesbian era?

Phyllis Lyon was a U.S. lesbian pioneer. But with fewer self-identified lesbians than ever, what is the future of the term?

By Sarah Prager • April 24, 2020 at 10:31 am EDT
TV & Film

Rachel Mason’s parents built a legendary gay porn empire; she made a movie about it

Rachel Mason’s parents built a legendary gay porn empire; she made a movie about it

‘Circus of Books’ chronicles the important role the Masons played in Los Angeles and LGBTQ2 history

By Tre’vell Anderson • April 23, 2020 at 11:47 am EDT
TV & Film

‘One Day at a Time’ healed my inner queer child

‘One Day at a Time’ healed my inner queer child

We need queer Latinx heroes like Elena Alvarez to set us free

By Daisy Becerra • April 21, 2020 at 10:11 am EDT
Drag Race

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 8 recap: Sell yourself

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Season 12, Episode 8 recap: Sell yourself

A commercial challenge sees an underdog finally break out of the pack

By Kevin O’Keeffe • April 18, 2020 at 9:30 am EDT
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