Contributing Authors:Emma Blakely (They/She/He)Charis Shargel (She/Her)Kristin Haegelin (She/Her)Chrys Marr (She/They) Photography by Charis Shargel (She/Her)Edited by Christopher Ikonomou (Xe/He) In my opinion, there are criminally few artists that make unapologetically, candidly lesbian songs. To name a couple: Hayley Kiyoko, girl…
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An Exploration of Euphoria: S2E3 “Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys”
Image from the Euphoria Instagram page @euphoria This is the third article in our series: “An Exploration of Euphoria.” To catch up on what you might’ve missed, check out last week’s article here. This series comes out on Sundays at…
An Exploration of Euphoria: S2E2 “Out of Touch”
Image from the Euphoria Instagram page @euphoria This is the second article in our new series “An Exploration of Euphoria.” To catch up on what you might’ve missed, check out last week’s article here. This series comes out on Sundays…
“My Beautiful Laundrette”: A Queer Fairytale
Graphic by Christopher Ikonomou (Xe/He) Stephen Frears’ “My Beautiful Laundrette” (1985) is a dramedy that chronicles the journey of Omar, a young Anglo-Pakistani man, as he takes charge of his uncle’s failing laundromat business and rekindles a romance with a…
Best of 2021: Our Picks for Queer Books
We asked our staff for their favorite queer books from 2021, and they answered!
An Exploration of Euphoria: S2E1 “Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Gates”
Photograph from Hunter Schafer’s Instagram @hunterschafer *This is the first article in a new series where I reflect on and peel back the past week’s episode of Euphoria Season 2. This series will come out on Sundays at 3PM PT…
Best of 2021: Our Picks for Queer Film and Television
2021 saw a large increase in on-screen queer characters and nuanced queer stories, so we asked our staff for their favorite queer films and television from 2021, and they answered! Our Picks for Television: Our Picks for Films:
Best of 2021: Our Picks for Queer Music
We asked our staff for their favorite queer music from 2021, and they answered! Listen to our full playlist or check out each song below.
RuPaul and The Never-Ending Struggle Of Visibility
Graphic by Christopher Ikonomou (Xe/He) After thirteen seasons, RuPaul has finally let his first cisgender, heterosexual performer on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Her name is Maddy Morphasis, and she is a cishet man that does drag! At first glance, this is…
Gays in Anime: The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful – An Introspective Look on the 2019 Anime “Given”
Graphic Illustration by Chrys Marr (She/They) Trigger Warnings for Mentions of Suicide Gays. Anime. Some may think they don’t overlap, but in fact, there is a rich division of anime known for and characterized by its LGBTQ+ themes. The last…
