“My connection with gay women is the through-line of my entire life. But my queer community, as a whole, is not reducible to sexual practice. It’s more attitudinal. It’s the way we look at the world and stand outside certain norms.”
The whole cast is fantastic — the history of these three relationships felt so deeply between the performers.
What’s the difference between a dog and a marine biologist?
“Unapologetic” may ultimately be a testament to a mother’s love for her children, but it takes the audience on a journey of her career that’s worth relishing.
For now, the ban continues to not be enforceable.
Three queer writers and editors recently resigned from the New York Times Magazine.
When I think about people who had the power (and money) to do something and then did, I think of Erickson and all he accomplished.
“Legislators pass laws enabling families to control children and defund social services that support them, all in the name of protecting the wealthy, white, girl body. These policies, which are part of the theater of stranger danger discourse, endanger children by isolating them in their homes, where Lego fortresses can become wine cellars, tombs. JonBenét as a symbol becomes the sacrifice used to sustain this system. Her story becomes a dark illustration of the consumption of the violence and abuse inflicted on girls and women.”
My experience of love has been marked by learning, mistakes, and lost relationships.
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in Tricia Cooke and Ethan Coen’s lesbian road trip movie “Drive-Away Dolls,” Sue Bird welcomes Megan Rapinoe into retirement, JoJo Siwa has insecurities, Big Brother’s final six are all gay, how Nimona broke barriers and more!
It conveys a sense of expansiveness that I’ve felt about my gender since before I had the words to identify it; a joyful space of experimentation and potential.
“I’ve always loved the water. Before top surgery, when my discomfort with my body was at an all time high, swimming was the one thing I could do that gave me a sense of freedom. It felt safe to connect to my body in an environment where I could be weightless and enjoy moving with ease. I could be held by something when I was too self conscious to be touched by other people. I learned to swim in the pool at a hotel gym near the house I grew up in. My father taught me…”
Also, welcome to No Filter, Billie Eilish!
There are a whole lot of vegan and gluten free options for alternative Thanksgiving sides.
What would bears be without bees?
Angelica Ross expounds upon her political ambitions in the wake of quitting Hollywood.
What Megan Rapinoe did in 2016, and what she’s done with her advocacy since, is what I’ll remember most. The rarity of seeing a white woman on such a tremendous stage say that black lives matter and be willing to sacrifice her own standing to make the point.
The best thing you can do for your dating life right now is to actually take a break from dating.
“A while ago, my gender friend and I realized we had both searched “power bottom” on Autostraddle, within the same week.” This week’s writer takes us to a leather play party for women and trans people and more!
There are killers among us. They’re on our TVs. They’re running our governments. They’re in charge of the companies that control our lives. Will we change our narratives? Will we stop them?