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Winter’s Orbit, Fireheart Tiger, and the Empire

By Amanda Hudgins • February 5th, 2021

I started reading Aliette de Bodard’s Fireheart Tiger around the same time as I started finishing Everina Maxwell’s Winter’s Orbit and found overlap in both the temporal and literal sense.

A scene from Persona 5. A character named "Scruffy Romantic" says "we're the fashion police If you don't answer our questions, we'll take you away"

Microaggressions

By Jeremy Signor • July 24th, 2019

The more media takes little swipes at the core of who you are, the more you wonder if you should be consuming it in the first place.

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The Gay Dating Conundrum

By Jeremy Signor • July 17th, 2019

Dating sims are increasingly taking on a queer bent, but few examine the quiet devastation of absence felt by the rural gay.

DC’s TV Universe Represents Queer Heroes Like Marvel Won’t

By Kenneth Shepard • June 7th, 2019

Avengers: Endgame is not the queer representation mainstream superheroes need, but DC’s TV universe is full of the heroes queer fans deserve.

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Romeo(s): Where Art Thou?

By Blake P • January 24th, 2019

The depiction of a trans character by a cis actor will always be the second-best option—the ideal situation being actually hiring a transgender actor instead.

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Crack the Network: It’s Called Cyberpunk Not Cybersecurity

By Liam Conlon • November 23rd, 2018

While disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077’s announcement to exclude a non-binary option, Conlon thinks it’s necessary to desire more than small kernels of representation.

The Gay Normalcy Fantasy

By Jeremy Signor • September 12th, 2018

Sometimes we just want to escape into a power fantasy. For many gay people, there’s power in the fantasy of normalcy.

Stardew Valley: Love Who You Actually Love

By Melissa King • March 16th, 2016

Farming simulators are finally letting you follow your heart, not societal mores.

Tangerine: Familiarity Breeds Understanding

By Matt Sayer • February 23rd, 2016

Tangerine is a movie that doesn’t give two hoots for social norms.

Like Always

By Riley MacLeod • January 26th, 2016

When personal losses eclipse celebrity ones.

Wins of Omission

By Riley MacLeod • January 11th, 2016

Exclusion for the sake of inclusion.

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