The Lens

Philly Pride Bridges Past Pain with Future Fierceness

Unpopular opinion: you can’t have success without struggle. Luck is reserved for lottery winners and Kardashians, so the rest of…

3 years ago

Slay and Play: New Barbie Modeled After Laverne Cox

To flourish into a beautiful flower, a seedling requires love and nourishment. To flourish into a happy human, a child…

4 years ago

Trampled on Memory Lane: The Gay History of Washington, D.C.

In the current social climate, scare tactics are our preferred vernacular. Do you support food stamps for starving children? Well…

4 years ago

Congressman Uses Texas School Shooting to Attack Trans Community

What’s the lowest form of life on god’s gay earth? Think of the slimiest strain of algae forming on the…

4 years ago

Get Real with ‘My Fake Boyfriend’

Confession time! Before you came out of the closet, did you ever pretend to have a lover of the opposite…

4 years ago

The Royal Mint Reveals Its Fabulous Fifty-Pence Piece

Now this is the change we want! In 1972, the United Kingdom hosted its first official Pride event. What took…

4 years ago

Anti-Gay for Pay: Religious Universities Embroiled in Civil Rights Lawsuit

He survived conversion therapy. His aunt is a Congresswoman whose extreme views dictate, “The most fundamental cornerstone of civilized society…

4 years ago

Gay Art By Alex Leaves Little to the Imagination With His Depiction of The Hulk and More

The queer community has a fraught relationship with the concept of maturity. We never got to enjoy the standard benchmarks…

4 years ago

Check out the Sexy, Exclusive, Sexclusive Trailer for Billy Eichner’s Bros

Are you sick of your touchy-feely straight allies telling you how “brave” you are? Do you shudder when a bachelorette…

4 years ago

Time to Spill the Tea! DISCOVERY+ to Premiere “The Book of Queer” for Pride Month

In celebration of Pride month, discovery+, the definitive non-fiction, real-life subscription streaming service, announced it will premiere THE BOOK OF…

4 years ago