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Playing for Freedom: Welcome to the Queer Gaming Revolution

Bonnie Ruberg, a white professor with short, red hair, and wearing an ocean blue blazer, sits on a couch with a game controller in her hand
by Naseem Jamnia
March 19, 2020 at 10:49am
The queer games avant-garde is a rising tide of indie games being developed by, about, and often for LGBTQ people.
Two teen girls, one white with short brown hair and one Black with shoulder-length curly brown hair lay in bed next to each other, their noses nearly touching as they smile.

“I Am Not Okay with This” Turns Queer Angst into Physical Power

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
March 13, 2020 at 8:58am
Syd’s burgeoning queerness, in particular, becomes verbalized via her superpowers. Read more »
Two teen girls, Lily, a tall white girl with brown hair in buns, and Ola, a short brown girl with short natural hair, stand side by side at a fair.

The Final Frontier: With “Sex Education,” Netflix Expands the Pleasure Discourse

by Cameron Glover
February 19, 2020 at 12:33pm
The centralizing of pleasure is what makes Sex Education shine. Read more »
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, a white woman with bleach blond hair, smiles at the camera. She has bright blue eyes and a heart tattooed on her cheek, in Birds of Prey

Badass Broad with a PhD: In “Birds of Prey,” Harley Quinn Is Free of Joker and Sexist Branding

by Rebecca Long
February 14, 2020 at 10:00am
 Birds of Prey sets the bar for nuanced depictions of female comic-book characters on the big screen. Read more »
Two people, one white person with short dark hair and glasses, and one Black person with short curly brown hair, sit together in a bed. The white person holds a phone with a dog in their lap. The Black person has a book open and is smiling.

Galentine’s Day Is a Loving Space for Queer People

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 13, 2020 at 12:26pm
Showing how much you love your friends seems even more important for queer people. Read more »
Peggy Orenstein, a white woman with short, blond, curly hair, poses for the camera

“Boys & Sex” is Groundbreaking, But Leaves Gaps for Queer Boys

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 10, 2020 at 8:51am
Boys & Sex is a timely and relevant read in our current political and cultural context. Read more »
Kaitlyn Dever as Amy Antsler, a white teen girl with reddish brown hair. She wears a denim jacket with a patch that says "sisters" and drives a car.

The Role of Disgust in Contemporary Queer Female Films

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 18, 2019 at 5:21pm
Lesbian films focusing on “grossness” is a misguided attempt to combat hypersexualization. Read more »
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In 2019, Here’s How Queer People Do the Holidays

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 16, 2019 at 3:55pm
“We are learning to intentionally carve out joyful spaces for ourselves.” Read more »
King Princess, a white woman wearing clownish makeup, looks at the camera on the cover of her album

Just a Fan: With “Cheap Queen,” King Princess Finds Her Power

by Ellie Sharp
December 13, 2019 at 5:22pm
A satisfying album that centers on the complexities and changeability of identity, let alone queer identity, is a tough task. Read more »
Phoebe Waller-Bridge as Fleabag, a white woman standing against a brick wall smoking a cigarette in a black jumpsuit with a low cutout in the chest

The Lasting Impact of the “Fleabag” Jumpsuit

by Kylie Sparks
December 11, 2019 at 10:57am
The iconography of clothing in film and television has transcended time and gender over the years. Read more »
Close up images from three books, including an image of a white nonbinary person leaning their head on a brown boy's shoulder; a Black girl in pajamas with natural hair; a pair of queer girls standing close to each other, one's hand on the other's neck.

The Best Queer YA Novels of 2019

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 10, 2019 at 12:13pm
It’s been a stunning year for queer young-adult novels. Read more »

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