“If I could pick two people to be my modern day standard of what a power lesbian should be, I’d go for Cynthia Nixon and Lena Waithe.”— Autostraddle, autostraddle.com
“As Chick-fil-A expands globally and into more liberal parts of the U.S., the chicken chain plans to change which charities it donates to after years of bad press and protests from the LGBT community.”— Cameron Sperance, bisnow.com
“Bi-history is everywhere, and now it has a new icon. Long may she reign.”— Fern Riddell, theguardian.com
“She did what she felt she had to do: play the part. She did it to perfection, until she couldn’t.”— Danielle Marian Smith, nytimes.com
“For as many moments of clarity as there have been, there have been periods of shame and confusion and out-of-season peaches. All I can do to move through them is to try to set my doubts aside, get back to the kitchen, and cook.”— Andy Baraghani, bonappetit.com
“Maybe there’s no official statement about the mascots’ queerness, but the mystery only adds to their legend.”— Joseph Longo , melmagazine.com
“The way I feel about cis men now is the same way I feel about Triscuits. If I was starving on an airplane, I suppose I could eat some Triscuits, but do you have freshly baked bread? Is there butter?”— Lauren Duca, out.com
“No one can touch you here, unless you ask them to. No one can hurt you here, unless you beg them to, negotiating the level of hurt and a safe word, if “stop” does not suffice.”— Randa Jarrar, gay.medium.com
“Billings will make history, becoming the first openly transgender actress to play the role.”— Andy Lefkowitz, broadway.com
“I miss the person I trusted with my squishy, small, inner self. And I miss the safety that came with being an example of queerness done right in our outside-the-home life. I can’t sleep. When I do, I relive the loss in my dreams. In my waking, I drag myself from place to place, unable to force a pur…”— Cameron Esposito, nytimes.com
“These leaders meld corporatist economics with xenophobia and authoritarianism. They redirect popular anger about inequality and declining economic conditions into violent rage against minorities — whether they are immigrants, racial minorities, religious minorities or the LGBT community. And to supp…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“Do you ever sit there, leg dangling from the chair arm, arm supporting your head, and wonder if chairs could better accommodate those who don’t want to, well, sit straight?”— Josh Milton, pinknews.co.uk
“Demi and Kristian's reunion was nothing short of ADORABLE and PURE and PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!”— Syd Robinson, buzzfeed.com
“I want more. I want Demi Burnett to tear through Bachelor Nation, queering every space that’s been historically reserved for straight, white Christians, paint the island rainbow. And she’s doing it—loudly and proudly.”— Jill Gutowitz, them.us
“For queer women and nonbinary people in small towns or more rural communities, seeking out those spicy, no-strings-attached sexual experiences can be a challenge in a number of ways.”— Hannah Brashers, allure.com
“Later I will meet a girl who I’ll want like I want Barbie. Oh, cute girls, pretty girls, girls who’ll tell me that I’m just what they want when we’re all alone. But oh, those same girls do a number on me when we’re around other people.”— Kristen Arnett, buzzfeednews.com
“I relish the feeling of her breath on my neck each time she collapses against me after the humans we’ve come to love outrun the groaning zombies.”— Raina K. Puels, gay.medium.com