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How Much Is an Abortion? A Resource Guide for People Who Could Lose Access to a Basic Human Right
It’s still a constitutionally protected right for now but how much is an abortion really? For 40 million people, it’s already costly and hard to access.
Fanfiction Is Older Than You Think – But Can It Survive Stricter Intellectual Property Laws?
As intellectual property laws become stricter, fanfiction finds fewer places to exist and has even landed in U.S. federal court. But remaking popular stories is a tale as old as time.
FYP: Are You Bi or Is It Just Comphet?
Are you bi or is it just comphet? That’s the eternal question for queer women raised in a cis-hetero normative society.
What Is Compulsory Heterosexuality or Comphet?
Compulsory heterosexuality or comphet describes the pressure to conform to gender and sexuality norms. Here are the quiet ways it harms queer women.
The Queen James Bible Is Redefining Christian Religious Thought in an LGBTQ+ Friendly Way
The Queen James Bible is here to help LGBTQ+ folks finally feel like their faith and their identity aren’t in conflict with each other.
8 Great LGBT+ Documentaries to Watch
Learn some of the tragic yet inspiring stories of resilience and resistance by watching these LGBT+ documentaries.
The History of Queer Horror in 9 Movies
Despite strict censorship and a general social attitude of intolerance, LGBT+ filmmakers have always found creative ways to use horror to tell their stories.
What Is Internalized Homophobia? (And 4 Ways We Might Experience It)
It’s hard enough dealing with intolerance from others. Here’s how to undo the damage when that seeps into your own thoughts.
The Bechdel Test: What It Is, What It’s For, and How We Can Do Better
The Bechdel test should be laughably easy. Yet so many films fail and the few that pass act like they’re feminist icons for doing the bare minimum.
7 Queer Webtoon Comics to Start Reading
These 7 queer webtoons will warm your heart and ruin your sleep schedule.
A Researcher Asked 19,000 People What Their Fetishes and Political Alignments Are
Submission and domination have always had sexual, as well as political, connotations. But this gives a whole new meaning to “eating the rich.”
Living Without Love: Meet the People Who Live Without Romance
Aromantics don’t get as much press as other members of the LGBT+ community and their unique legal needs go largely unnoticed.
A Love Story Told by LGBT+ Artists
Love is messy. These LGBT+ artists capture all the beautiful and complicated dimensions of that mess in their songs.
The Top Fanfic Ships on AO3, and What They Mean for Fandom
The 2021 list of top ships on AO3 is out, and it reveals a serious representation problem in fanfic.
What Do WLW and MLM Mean? Plus Other Words to Add to Your Vocabulary
Language is always changing. And no matter how much grammar sticklers might huff and puff about it, it isn’t a bad thing. In fact, words are added, modified, given new meaning, and borrowed from other languages all the time depending on how different generations experience the world — which, by the way, is always changing, too. […]