Before Stonewall, There Was Atlantic City
How a landmark legal victory turned America’s Playground into America’s Gay Capital Two years before the 1969 Stonewall uprising, a unanimous New Jersey Supreme Court ruling changed everything, not just for the bars that fought the case, but for an entire city that would spend the next decade becoming one of the most vibrant queer […]
Climbing While Queer: Why the Outdoors Has Always Been Political
The outdoors has never been neutral for queer people. Long before Pride parades existed, before Stonewall, before the word “queer” was reclaimed, LGBTQ+ people were heading into the wilderness. They were camping in state parks, hiking remote trails, and finding each other in forests and on mountaintops in ways that the rest of the world […]
Mother Mary Is the Sapphic Film of the Year and Here’s Everything You Need to Know Before It Hits Theaters
Let’s be honest about what we’re dealing with here. Mother Mary, A24’s new psychological pop thriller directed by David Lowery, is not a film that buries its queerness in subtext. It is not a film where two women exchange a lingering glance and the audience is left to wonder. It is not another prestige drama […]
Dyke Queen Is Dressing Queer Femmes on Their Own Terms
For queer women, especially those who don’t see their identities, their bodies, or their desires reflected in mass-market intimates, shopping for lingerie has long been an exercise in invisibility. The brands that dominate the space have historically catered to a presumed male gaze, leaving our community to either settle for something that doesn’t quite fit […]
The Best Lesbian Ad We’ve Ever Seen Was Fake (And We Have Thoughts)
As I watched the latest Duolingo commercial circulating on my feed, I wasn’t met with a manic owl. Instead, I saw something so rare in the wild of mainstream marketing that I actually had to put down my iced coffee: A genuine, domestic, beautifully shot lesbian love story. The lighting was soft. The chemistry was […]
How Mainstream Coverage of the Gap Ad Fails Young Miko’s Intersectional Reality
GAP’s latest campaign featuring Young Miko is a genuine triumph. As the brand’s first-ever Spanish-language ad, it features a rhythmic reimagining of her hit track “Wassup” (re-titled “Sweats Like Us”) and a cast of 26 dancers. GAP is doing exactly what a global brand should: leaning into the “power of the peso” and acknowledging the […]
Why Costco’s 80% Fertility Drug Discount is a Game Changer for LGBTQ+ Families
For most of us in the LGBTQ+ community, the dream of starting a family doesn’t just come with a “biological hurdle”. It comes with a massive, soul-crushing “Queer Tax.” While our straight cis neighbors are often out here “trying” for the cost of a nice bottle of wine and some mood lighting, we’re staring down […]
Tinder Saving ‘I Kissed A Girl’ Changes Everything: Brands are Becoming the Last Line of Defense Against Queer Media Erasure
In the span of a single week in March 2026, the queer media landscape experienced a whiplash that has become all too familiar to the LGBTQ+ community. First came the blow, the BBC announced the cancellation of the I Kissed a… franchise, including the groundbreaking I Kissed a Girl (and I Kissed a Boy), citing […]
Catherine Opie and the Enduring Strength of Lesbian Subcultures
Catherine Opie is the patron saint of the queer gaze. For over three decades, Opie hasn’t just been taking pictures, she’s been building a home. She is the architect of our visual archive, a photographer who looked at the leather dykes, the drag kings, and the butch-femme couples of the nineties and decided they weren’t […]
Review: Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
In Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, V.E. Schwab crafts a haunting modern gothic that strips away the glamour of immortality to reveal the rot beneath. If you are looking for a story where queerness is at the absolute center, featuring toxic lesbian vampires, female rage, and women putting men in their graves, this […]