Florida Book Ban Laws Could F*ck Us All Big Time
This latest book ban bill sets the stage for Florida to, once again, become a testing and breeding ground for the continued stripping of our rights beyond the state.
‘The Wheel of Time’ Season 3 Has Queer Joys and Queer Tears
The Wheel of Time giveth queer characters, and The Wheel of Time taketh away.
Queer Women Are Making Tattoo Parlors Better for Everyone
By peering into a few queer and women-centered tattoo shops in New York City, a picture emerges of a newly developing scene uplifting femininity and queerness.
15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows
As a population, lesbians tend to be especially hopeful about the possibility of lesbian love blossoming on a reality show that’s supposed to be about straight love or baking cakes. Luckily so many novels have stepped in to make those dreams come true!
‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Is a Rebuke to the Miyazaki AI Trend
Miyazaki’s film about a young witch shows exactly what AI art and all that it represents threatens to take from us.
Illegally Female
With the UK’s Supreme Court ruling unanimously that trans women are not legally considered women is it possible to escape?
‘And Just Like That…’ We Have a Season Three Trailer
May the sex be ever in your city. Plus, more queer culture news, like JoJo Siwa discussing gender identity, Kelly Marie Tran on how The Wedding Banquet helped her come out as queer, and more.
No Filter: This Is My Official Petition To Rename Coachella as ‘Megchella’
Did you SEE Victoria Monet and Megan Thee Stallion at Coachella?! AND QUEEN LATIFAH?!
Trump Wants To Limit Healthcare for Trans Adults With ACA Plans. Here’s What You Should Know
A proposed rule would stop insurance plans sold on the ACA marketplace from including gender-affirming care for both trans minors and trans adults.
Step Into The Parlour, a Queer Shared Diary
The Parlour is a new weekly newsletter and column for paid members that invites you into a space for unfiltered, of-the-moment queer slice-of-life writing. Think of it like a diary passed between your favorite queer writers!
‘The Wedding Banquet’ Is the Next Great Queer Romcom
Despite its commitment to the realities of queer Asian American experience, immigrant experience, and lesbian motherhood experience, The Wedding Banquet is less the indie dramedy of the original and more the rare gift of a big queer comedy.
I Don’t Want To Get Pregnant but I Keep Dreaming I Am
Plus, dreams about a groundhog riding a bicycle, a house where everything is wrong, and more mystic musings.
Harper Steele, Bob the Drag Queen, and More Queer Celebs Tell Autostraddle Their Favorite Lesbian Movies
The Center in NYC held its annual dinner to recognize leaders in the LGBTQ community and present an award to Kesha. Autostraddle hit the red carpet to chat with some of the attendees!
Shyanne Sellers Gets Engaged To Her Girlfriend and Drafted to the WNBA All In One Week
Last week, Shyanne Sellers got drafted to the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries and also got engaged to her girlfriend, Seton Hall basketball player Faith Masonius and both of those things are very gay things to do, I think.
What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)
One of the most important pillars of girlhood is orbiting your entire personality around the likes of Sylvia Plath and writing your own poetry to deal with the woes of one’s burgeoning sexuality, toxic friendships, and other coming-of-age tragedies.
The Anti-Uhaul Couple With a 22-Year Age Gap Who Used to F*ck in Cars
Don’t get me wrong — AJ and Natasha would still f*ck in a roomy SUV if absolutely necessary.
‘I Want To Flee My Relationship’
“Today, I was talking to a dear friend about the current state of my relationship. They told me that it sounds like I am trapped, and that I am being controlled. Worst of all, they said that my long-term partner ‘basically owns’ me.”
‘The Last of Us’ Episode 201 Recap: Brand New Day
The Last of Us is back with new queers, new threats, and more angst than ever.
The Return of ‘Hacks’ Is Brutally Funny — and Straight Up Brutal
The girls are fighting, and it’s more intense than ever.
‘Black Mirror’ Isn’t Worth Its Issa Rae/Emma Corrin Romance
It’s fun to see Issa Rae in a suit. It’s fun to see Emma Corrin put on the cadence of classic cinema. It’s fun to watch them kiss. But are lesbian audiences really that easy? Are we so vapid to celebrate these aesthetic pleasures without asking for more?