Every Queer

Uniqlo is one of the best places to shop for fall masc fashion, especially if you’re building a wardrobe around boxy T-shirts, relaxed pants, classic button-downs and easy gender-neutral layers. If I had to choose only one store to build my entire masc lesbian wardrobe, this might be it. If you didn’t already know, Uniqlo is basically a masc lesbian mecca for wardrobe staples and basics.

London’s sapphic scene is about to get a new permanent home. Dorothy’s, a lesbian and trans-centered neighborhood pub, is preparing to open in Camberwell this fall. Created by couple Molly McCabe and Beth White, Dorothy’s will take over the former St George’s Tavern at 14 Coleman Road. The pair hopes to open the pub in early October 2026 following an extensive renovation.

Winning championships is impressive. Doing it while your partner is chasing records, collecting medals or occasionally lining up on the opposing team is another level entirely. From basketball courts in France to soccer stadiums across Europe and the ice at the Winter Olympics, these couples include some of the biggest queer names in global sports today.

For the past four years, one of my favorite signs that summer is ending has been meeting my friend Meg outside the Brooklyn Museum in an outfit I probably would not wear on a normal night out. The tradition actually started before that. Meg attended the first two DapperQ shows, missed a few years in the middle and has joined me for the last four. By now, we know the routine.

Gillian Anderson playing a reclusive former scream queen opposite Hannah Einbinder in a bloody, psychosexual queer slasher? We’re listening. The wonderfully titled Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma comes from writer and director Jane Schoenbrun, the trans filmmaker behind I Saw the TV Glow and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. This time, Schoenbrun is taking on the familiar summer-camp slasher and reworking it into something much queerer, stranger and more intimate.

The Dinah has never been subtle. For more than three decades, thousands of queer women and nonbinary people have descended on Palm Springs for a gloriously over-the-top mix of pool parties, live music, flirting, friendship and the specific kind of freedom that comes from taking over an entire hotel with your community. This year, that tradition continues with some very familiar queer favorites leading the way.

Remember Katie, the quietly cool bassist from School of Rock? More than 20 years later, Rivkah Reyes is still making music. Now, she is doing it in Brooklyn, singing about queer situationships and helping rooms full of LGBTQ+ New Yorkers learn to line dance. Honestly, this trajectory makes perfect sense. Reyes, a Brooklyn-based musician, actor and filmmaker, just released “Menace,” a loud, cheeky song about knowing you are making a bad decision and doing it anyway.

If you want to be scared of the world, watch the news. If you want to fall in love with the world, travel. After two decades of exploring the world, that is one of the things I believe most deeply. I have built a career talking about LGBTQ+ travel safety, and I know the risks are real.

If your watchlist could use another international lesbian romance, Maya & Samar is officially coming to the United States. The film follows Maya, a Canadian journalist visiting Athens, and Samar, a queer Afghan woman who escaped the Taliban and is building a new life in Greece. The two meet on a dance floor and feel an immediate pull toward each other.

The women of Maple Brook are returning to Netflix this Thanksgiving, and the show’s central queer storyline is far from over. The Hunting Wives Season 2 premieres November 26, with Brittany Snow and Malin Åkerman reprising their roles as Sophie and Margo. When the series returns, Sophie and Margo are reportedly on the outs. However, old secrets and new enemies soon force them back into each other’s lives.