a bit about us

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Like many queer The Bachelor fans, we always wanted a gay season — so we decided to write our own.


Lydia Wang is a Lifestyle Editor at Business Insider, where she edits personal essays about food, travel, and lifestyle. Her work has appeared in Women’s Health, Refinery29, Elite Daily, Vulture, and Cosmopolitan.

  • Lydia’s perfect meal is salad and fries, with a glass of prosecco.

  • Lydia dreams of taking an Amtrak trip across the U.S.

  • Lydia comes from a close-knit family of diehard Swifties. Her favorite era is Red.

Annabel Paulsen received her MFA in Fiction from The New School. During the day, she works in fashion merchandising.

  • Annabel has seen Julien Baker live fifteen times.

  • Annabel could spend hours inside the Greenpoint Beacon’s Closet.

  • Annabel loves going on historical house tours (particularly Victorian-era mansions).

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