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Deconstructing Love A.K.A ‘The Great Unknown,’ With Silvana Estrada

Ahead of release of her ‘Marchita’ album, Silvana Estrada talks intimacy that’s beyond skin deep, and more.

How Libra Season Will Impact Your Love Life

Photography by Gemma Chua-Tran / Unsplash. Design by Sam Liacos.

Feelings are intense…but not everything is as it seems.

On Loving Ourselves (And Everyone Else)

Two queer singles and one couple share their experience with polyamorous love in a post-pandemic landscape.

Three Therapists Weigh In on Mental Health, Intimacy & the Layers in Between

Art by Sam Liacos.

Intimacy is “an exercise in being vulnerable and knowing that I’m going to be okay on the other side of it regardless.”

How Celibacy Deepened My Sense of Intimacy

In our world of hook up culture and dating apps, remaining celibate can be seen as “missing out.” But for this writer, it strengthened her relationship with her partner—and with herself.

Editor’s Letter (September 2021)

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In this first chapter of this new iteration of ILY, we explore the depths of intimacy as our September monthly theme.

Here’s How Virgo Season Will Impact Your Love Life

Photography by Gemma Chua-Tran / Unsplash. Design by Sam Liacos.

Things might start slow, but they will begin to transform quicker than you realize.

Here’s How Leo Season Will Impact Your Love Life

Let’s take a closer look at what Leo season has in store for your love life and what you can expect with the current energies at play.

Editor’s Letter (June 2021)

Art by Sam Liacos.

ILY’s Erika Ramirez on hiding your voice in fear of losing love.

10 Characters That Should Have Been LGBTQ+

Just because a character isn’t explicitly written to be queer doesn’t mean they can’t be. Words by Jordan Currie. Art by Sam Liacos. I’ve realized as I’ve gotten older that being a queer media consumer can feel like being a pop culture archaeologist—an endless hunt for representation in the nitty gritty subtext, digging through dirt…