10 Movies With A Shit Ton Of Lesbian Subtext
No homo, though.
The Year We Imagined The End Of The Closet
From celebrities discussing their identities on Snapchat, to a new generation embracing a “no labels” approach to sexuality, coming out looks different in 2016 than ever before. But could it really no longer be necessary?
We Asked Lea DeLaria For Honest Advice And Things Got Real
She did not disappoint.
Our Favorite LGBT Essays We Published This Year
Getting messaged by a childhood bully on a gay dating app. Navigating the dating scene as a black trans woman. Aspiring to motherhood. Saying goodbye to historic queer spaces. These, and more, are the powerful reflections in BuzzFeed LGBT's favorite essays of 2015.
What It's Like To Be A Lesbian Couple With A 20-Plus-Year Age Difference
Queer women who date despite significant age gaps challenge mainstream standards of beauty, rewrite stereotypical relationship power dynamics, and subvert a bunch of social rules regarding sex and love. But it's not always easy.
When Lesbian Films Are Almost Too Stylized For Their Own Good
Carol, starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, is a luxurious lesbian period film — so luxurious, in fact, that the women can seem like beautiful symbols just beyond our reach.
Lea DeLaria Revisits Her Career Highlights
From stand-up comedy to Broadway to Orange is the New Black, she's basically done it all.
How To Pitch Stories To BuzzFeed LGBT
We’re looking for personal essays, cultural criticism, profiles, and reported features that touch upon some aspect of the LGBT experience. Here’s what you need to know.
My IUD And Me: A Lesbian Love Story
Since I stopped needing birth control, I’ve realized that being gay affords me a particular privilege — but queer women still belong in the reproductive health conversation.
Movies I Loved Before My Feminism Made Me Love Them Less
If I saw any of these today I'd be like "lol nope."
Director Roland Emmerich Discusses “Stonewall” Controversy
“You have to understand one thing: I didn’t make this movie only for gay people,” Emmerich told BuzzFeed News.
Lily Tomlin Proves Why We Need More Older Gay Women In Film
We could use more representations of older women in general, really.
Where's My Lesbian Friend Group?
Finding a bunch of queer lady friends is harder than I thought it would be.
Why Are Movies About Queer Women Mostly Terrible?
Four writers discuss the latest lesbian film — which stars Katherine Heigl and Alexis Bledel — and its place in the storied history of bad popular gay cinema. When so few lesbian films manage to get made, why aren't more of them any good?
Welcome To Lesbian History Week
Various writers look back on the queer ladies who came before us.
Jazz Jennings' Guide To Staying Positive, Even On The Worst Days
She's got a few tips to ~jazz~ up any day.
How Strangers Harass Lesbians On The Street
Plenty of women, regardless of sexuality, face street harassment on a regular basis. Queer women experience a few particular kinds.
Behind The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Conversation With Ezra Miller And Kyle Alvarez
The director and actor discuss life on set, prison ethics, hypermasculinity, and why a 1970s psychology experiment gone wrong is still relevant 40 years later. **spoilers**
Jazz Jennings And Her Mom Offer Wonderful Advice To Parents Raising Transgender Kids
"Without my family, I'm not sure I would even be alive today sitting here right now."
"Tangerine" Is The Trans Women Buddy Comedy You Didn't Know You Needed
BuzzFeed News spoke with director Sean Baker and actor Mya Taylor about making a groundbreaking feature film on an iPhone — and what's next for transgender representation in film.