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‘T4T’ isn’t just about dating, it’s about community care

August 15, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

First emerging from Craigslist personals in the early aughts, ‘T4T has transcended hookup culture to describe intra-communal solidarity and support. WORDS BY QUINN RHODES “t4t is a promise. You just promise to love trans girls above all else. […] We aim high, trying to love each other and then we take what we can get. We settle for looking out for each other.” – Torrey Peters, Infect Your Friends and Loved Ones You might have seen the phrase ‘T4T’ in trans people’s dating apps bios, or perhaps you’ve come…

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Sapphic breakup etiquette 101: what should you do with the communal sex toy box?

May 22, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

For some corners of the queer community, getting dumped leads to one particularly divisive dilemma: deciding what to do with the strap-ons and vibrators you’ve used as a couple. WORDS BY KATIE BASKERVILLE HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER Throwing myself onto my bed and sobbing like Scarlett O’Hara has always been my post-break-up routine. I genuinely believe that this level of theatrics is a measured and proportionate response when your heart has been dashed against the rocks. I’m a romantic and a Scorpio – what can I say? I also…

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When’s too soon to say “I love you” if you’re also a lesbian?

April 3, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

In her column DYKE DRAMA, GT’s own “sapphic Carrie Bradshaw” unpacks the validity of fleeting relationships. words by ANYA SCHULMAN art by Margaritis Georgios (before 1842) I just watched 15 minutes of The Bachelor’s recent season to see if Maria really is that hot (she is) and then listened to “Kissing In Swimming Pools” by Holly Humberstone, which of course made me think about the aforementioned London Girl. The song came on when I was helping her pack up her life to move 3,459 miles away, two weeks into us…

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“Y’all know I’m going boysober for a year”: how queer Gen Z rebranded celibacy

March 26, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

It’s no secret that LGBTQIA+ youth are ditching dating apps. Now, it looks like they’re leaving behind hook-up culture and going “sober”, aka celibate, when it comes to sex and relationships. We ask LGBTQIA+ Gen Zers why. WORDS BY ZOYA RAZA-SHEIKH HEADER DESIGN BY YOSEF PHELAN If you didn’t know, we’re in a “sex recession”. Off the back of a pandemic where lockdown restrictions effectively criminalised casual sex, few people would be surprised that attitudes towards relationships and intimacy have changed. Throughout the 2020s, headlines were splashed across the internet…

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Finances and polyamory: how to talk to your partners about money

February 23, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

Dating more people doesn’t have to be more expensive, but it does involve more communicating and could lead to unexpected hurdles WORDS BY NICOLE GARCÍA MÉRIDA HEADER DESIGN BY ANISA CLEAVER One of my longest, most stable relationships came to an end largely because we didn’t know how to talk about money. For months I bit my tongue, refusing to comment on what felt like a deeply unfair arrangement simply because I didn’t know how to communicate my discomfort and was concerned it would descend into an argument. My worries…

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In a world of lesbian drama, can my situationship be my Valentine?

February 14, 2024 admingay, lgbt, lgbt articles, lgbt news, lgbtq

In her new satirical column Dyke Drama, the GAY TIMES’ “lesbian Carrie Bradshaw” unpacks the tribulation and triumph of unestablished relationships. Words by Anya Schulman Header by Antonio Triva (1626–1699) Valentine’s Day is not for the faint of heart, even though it was kind of created with them in mind. She (Valentine’s Day) comes to us in the wake of December 11th, the unofficial “National Breakup Day” at the peak of holiday stress and seasonal gloom. If your ethical, non-ethical, anchored, unmoored, undefined, parasocial, or mostly daydreamt relationship somehow made…

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