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A new book on postwar lesbian desire show how flexible “straight” marriages could really be.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, a look at how queer those buttoned-up, Norman Rockwell–era families really were.
Coming out can be harder for immigrants because in America, queerness is coded as “white.”
As a daughter of immigrants, imagining myself in a queer life was almost impossible.
Mayor Pete is getting slammed for being a type of gay man America fails to understand.
Gay “best little boys” might be annoying, but they are legitimately queer.
For alt-queer family kids, filling out a family tree could be challenging.
It turns out that having four moms is a pretty great deal.
In this month's Outward podcast, Bryan, Christina, and Rumaan discuss THE KIDS. How do children learn about queerness, and how should parents react when faced with a child claiming queer identity? To help us unpack it all, we're joined by a guest Straight Parent and Dr. Laura Edwards-Leeper, a clinical psychologist specializing in youth gender identity. Take a listen!
And whose job is it to teach them?
A new collection of Lou Sullivan’s journals shows the trans pioneer in his exuberant, eccentric, horny fullness.
A new collection of his journals covers the range of his exuberant, groundbreaking life.
The Emmy win means Billy Porter is only an O away from an EGOT.
As the Pose actor said earlier this year, “If this black queen walks up to take a Best Lead Emmy? That’s the first time it will ever have been done.”
On this months episode of Outward, we ask: Where does our queerness come from? And we find answers (sort of) with special guest host Rumaan Alam!
Do we even want to find out?
Why is singing opera like doing drag? A top diva explains.
The mezzo-soprano talks musical activism, drag queens, and the arias she can “sing the snot out of.”
People with Down syndrome are not special, eternal children who need to be shielded from explorations of gender and sexuality.
His impulse is disturbingly common.
It: Chapter Two opens with a brutal hate crime based on a true story, then has no idea what to do with it.
The new movie reenacts the death of Charlie Howard, then feeds him to the clown.
“As much as the study authors have done to head off misuse, it’s now beyond their control.”
Finding even a weak genetic basis for sexuality, as this study does, opens up the possibility of misuse against queer people.
This month on the pod, we throw down on the topic of queer FIGHTS. What are we arguing about now? Who's right? And we have a special history seg about an infamous queer clash from Making Gay History!
Right now, politics, authenticity, and pop music.
Why a weekly potluck remains the center of my queer universe.
Gathering around food is just a pleasant way of making a family.
We’d say the Fast and Furious movies have a queer subtext, but it’s not really that sub.
Hobbs & Shaw is only the latest example of the franchise’s not-so-thinly-veiled homoeroticism.
Forty years after its initial publication, does Larry Mitchell’s classic fable have anything to offer the queer present?
A reissue of the classic 1977 book offers a new queer generation a chance to assess its wisdom.
Camp icon, mother figure, source of shame: the gay community’s conflicted relationship with Marianne Williamson.
Among gay men, the campy presidential candidate has a controversial history.
Who invented glory holes: Glass blowers or gays? AND, how to spot the crucial difference!
The term exists in both cultures, but refers to wildly different … technologies.
In the L Chat forum, lesbian “truthers” pore over photos and interviews to piece together a case for a celebrity’s secret queerness.
Before Kelley O’Hara kissed a woman at the World Cup, she’d long been under scrutiny by the self-appointed “lesbian FBI.”
In the sultry new July episode of Outward, we talk queer ICONS! How do different parts of the LGBTQ community choose our iconic figures? What makes a good masc icon for drag king Pretty Rik E? Which ICONography means the most to us? All that and more: https://slate.com/podcasts/outward/2019/07/the-outward-podcast-on-queer-icons-and-an-interview-with-drag-king-pretty-rik-e
Who belongs is our own pantheon?
This season of Are You the One? is a safe space for sexual fluidity. But will reality show drama ruin its potential for positive bi representation?
The new, all-bi season of Are You the One? is putting the question to the test.
Anne Jarman, age 86, on discovering her sexuality at 50, caring for gay men with AIDS, and loving her “magnificent” late partner, Barbara.
“We fell on the floor in an embrace, and I never went home after that.”
For many rural gay men, this is what the closet looks like in 2019.
What that says about the stubborn present and uncertain future of the closet, 50 years after Stonewall.
Melita Figueroa, age 77, on being a nun, navigating butch/femme roles, and finding her “true equal.”
“Have the courage to be yourself, and if you find yourself crushed in any way, go to other gay people who can help you.”
Stonewall became important in part because activists proclaimed it as important.
Primary sources show that debates over the riot’s nature and importance are as old as the event itself.
Jeremiah Newton, age 70, on making fun of the cops at Stonewall.
“The queens in the crowd would say, ‘Oh honey, you want something to swat in your hand?’ ”
Watch the (NSFW) premiere of Episode 4 of Leo Herrera’s Fathers Project, a sci-fi series in which AIDS never happened.
Filmmaker Leo Herrera premieres the newest episode of his acclaimed web series and discusses the “community guidelines” hampering queer artists online.
Wig reveals the multigenerational tension in the NYC drag community.
The new HBO doc mourns the loss of the gritty, transgressive NYC drag scene of the 1980s and ’90s.
With democratic socialism on the rise, the LGBTQ movement needs to remember where it came from.
With economic inequality front and center, queers should rejoin the fight.
AIDS activism invented “safer sex.” But it also did much to advance the modern understanding of consent.
Queer AIDS activists figured out the importance of negotiating sex decades ago.
Will marriage, a “greedy” institution, demand as much of queers as it has of straights?
Sociologist Abigail Ocobock discusses her research into marriage’s effect on radical queer politics.
Tales of the City is a model of how queer culture can be passed down between generations.
Trauma, misunderstanding, and triggers plague our conversations, but we can’t stop talking to each other.
Stonewall wasn’t the only time queers rebelled: Consider the case of Bash Back!
Bash Back! provides a case study in the value of direct confrontation.
Queer history used to be trapped in archives. But with Instagram, it’s now just a scroll away.
Queer history is all around me—cruising in the parks, marching against the cops, giving me a Pap smear—and far from over.
The legacy of AIDS activism should be channeled into a broader movement for sexual justice.
The energies of ACT UP and TAG should be channeled into fighting all manner of sexual injustice.
Nelson Sullivan’s camcorder captured queer icons like RuPaul long before they made it big.
His constant presence in New York nightlife during the period left a remarkable legacy.
Listen to new music from Patrick Haggerty, the gay pioneer behind Lavender Country.
And he’s still screaming for the revolution.
A gay biologist wrestles with the implications of tracing a queer genetic legacy.
A gay biologist navigates curiosity and concern about the prospect of knowing where queerness comes from.
Bajan flag-waving master Didi Winston talks traditional art, queer activism, and how Rihanna could do better for the island.
“The fact that it’s a Bajan trans woman representing and contributing to the culture, that’s important.”
How did lip-syncing become the test of a good drag performer?
Following the glittering road from “record acts” to “lip-sync assassins.”
If you formed your queer identity in a time of fixed categories, today’s fluid openness can feel both exciting and baffling.
“Back then, it wasn’t a matter of ‘questioning,’ but of asserting, not of exploring, but of declaring.”
This anniversary #Pride season, Outward has gathered a brilliant group of writers to examine what "legacy" means in queer life today, and not just in terms of #Stonewall50. Read an intro here, and follow us all week! https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/06/stonewall-queer-legacies-outward-special-issue.html
On the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, Outward explores what we’re left and what we leave.
Let’s count all the annoying new things about Taylor Swift’s new song!
The singer’s would-be Pride anthem is a cringeworthy attempt to write another “Born This Way.”
What Paris Is Burning means to one queer Black nonbinary fan.
The famous ballroom doc is back in theaters. What’s its legacy for viewers today?
Looking for inclusive queer nightlife this #Pride? Skip NYC and head down to CDMX.
The city has its challenges, but local party promoters and activists are building something special.
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