Quispe Lopez

1 month ago | them.us | Quispe Lopez

If you look through the Instagram comments section of music’s biggest stars, like Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, or Madonna, you’ll likely see some variation of the following celebrity worship: “Mother!!” “She is so mother.” “Mother is mothering.” But what does it mean to be a mother in that sense? These commenters aren’t talking about motherhood in the traditional sense, though they may not realize that they’re using a term that’s been slurped up into mainstream lexicon from the queer community.

1 month ago | them.us | Quispe Lopez

Of the more polarizing gay sex acts out there, gay fisting is perhaps the most misunderstood and also more popular than you think. (According to PornHub’s 2024 Year in Review alone, searches for fisting went up 179%). But the outsiders looking in might wonder, can anyone participate in fisting? What is the appeal and what exactly does fisting entail? Popular portrayals of fisting might make it the butt of a joke or overemphasize the perceived roughness of the sex act.

2 months ago | them.us | Quispe Lopez

Jennifer Beals didn’t know she was assembling the pieces of what would become a book when she first began collecting ephemera on the set of The L Word, the landmark Showtime series that augured a new era for lesbian representation. What the actress did know is that a moment is just that: a singular, passing instant in time. That’s why she needed to capture it all, through photographs, interviews, old scripts, and other precious keepsakes.

Mar 21, 2025 | them.us | Quispe Lopez

This article contains spoilers and describes elements of White Lotus season 3. Kathoey — people who belong to an expansive, fluid category of gender in Thailand — have been alluded to throughout season 3 of HBO’s The White Lotus, from brief cameos of kathoey performers to crude remarks about “ladyboys” made by Saxon Ratliff (one half of an incest situation we can’t even get into here, played by Patrick Schwarzenegger).

Mar 13, 2025 | them.us | Quispe Lopez

Chappell Roan’s highly anticipated single “The Giver,” out March 13, is being interpreted as a service top anthem — because after all, that’s who to call when you need to get the job done!Roan debuted the upbeat country bop on Saturday Night Live in November of last year and the song has since gripped hold of Chappell stans and newbies alike well ahead of its official release.