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A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards Where There’s Room for Us by Hayley Kiyoko, Read MoreContinue Reading

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Texas-born singer-songwriter August Ponthier has spent the last few years building a beautiful community through queer country-pop storytelling, alien–cowboy visuals, and songs that hinted at their true identity long before they put a name to it. From their breakout EP Faking My Own Death , to the aching vulnerability ofContinue Reading

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Jonathan Bailey’s star power just keeps soaring, and now he has the box office numbers to prove it. The 37-year-old actor, who earlier this month was named PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive, has officially become 2025’s highest-grossing box office star, thanks to back-to-back blockbuster performances in Wicked: For Good and JurassicContinue Reading

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“I feel the most empowered when I say no,” says Venus Cuffs, an alternative lifestyle expert based in New York City. Cuffs, who once worked as a dominatrix, is part of a lineage of Black femmes who have used their positions to reclaim power — a strategy we’ll unspool postContinue Reading

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The release of Wicked: For Good has triggered criticism from a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ conservative influencers. Among them is Isabel Brown, a YouTuber and friend of the late Charlie Kirk. Brown has claimed the Wicked movies are pushing a “radical LGBTQ+ agenda.”  She’s one of several right-wing influencers who are using pressContinue Reading

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In late April 2020, Tinder Passport, the feature that allowed you to change your geographical location on the app, was free, a generosity inspired by COVID’s recent spread across the world. Prior to the shutdown, I was, like most people, dating in person. I had moved to Indiana a yearContinue Reading