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Rear view of a boy lying on the floor who is drawing a picture of his two moms
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Story

Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents

by Melissa Hart June 28, 2022October 19, 2022

Some of us got to stay with our moms or dads. Others did not.

A collage of images of Susan Sontag
Posted inArts & Culture

Reading List: Who’s Your Susan Sontag?

by Brooke Nagler April 7, 2022October 19, 2022

Five longreads about the iconoclastic American writer, director, and activist.

Posted inStory

Deconstructing Disney: Queer Coding and Masculinity in Pocahontas

by Jeanna Kadlec April 13, 2021October 18, 2022

Pocahontas may seem like a strange vehicle for discussing our gay villains. But Disney gets inventive when they need to circumvent white people’s historical responsibility for genocidal atrocities — and queerness is a useful scapegoat.

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Untold Story of Queer Foster Families

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 25, 2021October 19, 2022

“But these social workers, in some cases inadvertently, were creating something radical: state-supported queer families in an era of intense discrimination.”

Posted inNonfiction

Binders Full of Men

by Jennifer Berney February 9, 2021October 18, 2022

In an excerpt from her new book on fertility, feminism, and queer family-building, Jennifer Berney explores the possibilities of sperm banks.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Story

The Power of a Judith Krantz Sex Scene

by Kristin Sanders October 21, 2020November 4, 2022

A ‘90s romance novel offers a glimpse of queer possibility and illuminates the complications of writing about queer love.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Grief is the Wake of Love’

by Krista Stevens March 18, 2020October 19, 2022

“Dreams, like Scheherazade’s stories, keep us alive, keep our ships from crashing too soon, keep our candles in those ocean vessel’s rooms aglow.”

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

Bowen Yang is Simply Awesome

by Krista Stevens March 17, 2020October 19, 2022

“My dad every now and then will toe that line and be like, You could try women!” says Bowen, laughing. “And I’m like…Don’t. It’s almost an endearing kind of homophobia, if such a thing exists.”

Posted inBooks, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

In Jo’s Image

by Jeanna Kadlec December 19, 2019December 30, 2022

Jeanna Kadlec considers the impact of Little Women’s matriarchy — and its heroine — on the formation of her own queer identity.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Woodstock: My Queer Love Story

by Sari Botton August 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Kate Walter recalls attending Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend — a few years before they split up and both came out.

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