queer

There are two kinds of growing up: the one where you outgrow your childhood home, and the one where you learn to build a new one.

Actively listening to our bodies and what they’re trying to tell us often seems impossible, especially in 2025 when transgender and nonbinary people and our bodies are under attack. But it is still possible.

For many queer and trans young people from our communities, joy can feel like a prize that’s always just out of reach. This guide is for young folks navigating sexualities, identities, and relationships within India’s rich, though sometimes restrictive, cultural tapestry.

Finding it tough to discover single people in your traditional social outings? Speed dating could seemingly function as a remedy. Lisa Laman checks it out and reports back.

Thanks for your question and for sharing so much with us. You ended your question with “What am I doing wrong?” I wanted to start by inviting you to consider all the many, many things you are doing to make your life better: being open with the people in your life about your identity, going to…

I am an autistic, genderfluid lesbian, and I experience these identifiers as tightly intertwined.

A guide to finding queer media, even when it feels hard.

Britain’s Quintimacy is a space that intends to cultivate queer intimacy through trauma-informed and embodied connection. In an interview with Scarleteen, founder Beck Thom talks about their working frameworks, sex ed in the UK, what they do at Quintimacy and the need to better educate people, including children and teenagers, about trauma and consent.

Facing up to my rape, and learning to heal from it, forced me to investigate my sexuality seriously, and for the first time. That is not to say I am glad it happened. I am not. I think I would have gotten there eventually, but how I lived with my assault definitely shifted my perspective.

If you’re a bisexual guy and you haven’t been with other guys yet, the idea might seem a little daunting, for a number of reasons. The reality doesn’t have to be so tricky, however, despite the worries you might have.