The internet is a powerful tool for online resources for different communities. Read on for more LGBTQ support and resources.
Safe Spaces and LGBTQ+ Support Centers in Portland Portland is home to numerous safe spaces and mental health resources for people of all gender identities, including Q Center, the largest LGBTQ+ center in the Pacific Northwest. Q Center welcomes all LGBTQ2SIA+ people and provides peer support ...
Director Todd Haynes’ adaptation of a Patricia Highsmith novel centers around two women — unhappily married socialite Carol (Cate Blanchett) and the department-store salesgirl she pursues an affair with, Therese (Rooney Mara) — so hemmed in by 1950s convention you can practically see the boxes...
Tell Me My Nameby Amy Reed (9th) On wealthy Commodore Island, Fern is watching and waiting–for summer, for college, for her childhood best friend to decide he loves her. Then Ivy Avila lands on the island like a falling star. When Ivy shines on her, Fern feels seen. When they’re...
Evoking Beyoncé’s Lemonade for a teen audience, these authors who are truly Octavia Butler’s heirs, have woven worlds to create a stunning narrative that centers Black women and gender nonconforming individuals. A Phoenix First Must Burn will take you on a journey from folktales retold to ...
Prateik Babbar, Neelay Mehendale, Anjali Sivaraman Directed by Sachin Kundalkar Watch on Netflix The Hindi-language LGBTQ+ dramaCobalt Blueis a poignant portrayal of same-sex pairings and their often confrontational relationship with traditions. The film centers on an aspiring author and his sister...
Men Bang,Looking Back, andComing Out on Topentries by: Samuel Poirier-Poulin is a master’s student in game studies at Tampereen yliopisto/Tampere University, Finland. His current research centers on understanding how fear is created in the horror genre at large and in survival horror games in...
For LGBTQIA+ individuals, seeking treatment can be daunting and people may be hesitant to reach out for help out of fear their individual needs may not be met. However, there are numerous treatment centers all throughout the country that focus on the LGBTQIA+ community and the complex needs ...
Before there were LGBT community centers, conferences, high school and college associations, bookstores, and choruses, bars served an important function in the lives of queer people. Even at the seediest bars, queer folks could meet each other for friendship and love, finding community when they...
Set in an alternate version of America in which the wedding-industrial complex has become (even more) deranged—like, Midsommar-level deranged—Laskey’s frenetic second novel centers on Robin, a gay academic whose estranged straight friend asks her to be the maid of honor for her upcoming nup...