Calling Myself a Lesbian Has Been a Lesson in Self Acceptance
I think this is always who I’ve been, and the other words were the ones I was trying on to see if they fit.
Mini Crossword Is Announcing Her Place In the Family of Things
What’s worse than raining cats and dogs?
Also.Also.Also: “I Never Felt Straight Enough; I Never Felt Gay Enough” Says Keke Palmer, That’s Relatable
And I don’t know how else to say this but ugh… for Lesbian Visibility Week, they invited Jennifer Beals to the White House??
10 Hot Things You Can Do to Boobs, Chests, and Nipples
It’s spring! Tits the season for appreciating boobs, chests, and nipples — so let’s do some chestploration and nipple stimulation!
You Need Help: Can I Date While Living With My Homophobic Parents?
Dating can be amazing and wonderful. But if you currently rely on homophobic parents for material support, it may be time to focus on planning the next stage of your life — one where you are less dependent on your parents, and have the space to fully be yourself.
“Just as You Are” Is the Gayest Rom-Com I’ve Ever Read
Just As You Are is a full-on enemies-to-lovers romance that exudes queerness at every possible turn.
Guessing Game: *** ***
What do you call a bee that can’t make up its mind?
“Forever Means” EP Creates Perfect Bridge Between Angel Olsen’s Past, Present, and Future
As I finished the EP, I found myself immediately starting it over to listen again from the beginning.
8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month
If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.
Pop Culture Fix: The L Word: Generation Q’s Marja-Lewis Ryan is Remaking “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun”
Station 19 has been renewed, the trailer for Selling Sunset’s new season, and the new queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars.
“Judy Blume Forever” Documentary Made Me Cry Big Nostalgia Tears
Anyone who has been paying attention in the last few years knows that book banning has only gotten worse since Judy Blume’s books started getting banned 40 years ago.
How Happy Could I Make These Yellowjackets?
I guess it’s possible I’m “unwell,” but catch me hand washing silk caftans in the river or whatever — my wife Lottie needs her outfits!
Mini Crossword Did a Little Reading on Autostraddle Last Night
The lesbian lifestyle and pop culture website?
Quiz: Which Early ’00s Movie Made You Gay?
In the early 2000s, the silver screen was awash in groups of ostensibly straight girls in low-rise pants fighting crime, dancing on the bar and writing burn books! Along the way, some of them turned you into the brave gay person you are today!!! Which film was it?
boygenius Joins MUNA to Play “Silk Chiffon” at Coachella and Dance Close in a Gay Way
We are here today because we are gay.
“Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” Can’t Go Both Ways
Rise of the Pink Ladies wants the privilege of deciding when and how questions of race matter, but that’s not how it works — not on a fictional television show where teenagers sing on cafeteria tables for fun, and not in life.
Spring Edit: You Know What Your Main Bag Needs? A Smaller Bag Inside It
In which I gently boss you into cleaning out your bag and putting in things you’ll actually use.
Baopu 111: Life In Third Person
Only occasionally letting people in.
A+ Crossword Will Try to Use Today’s 1-A Clue in Casual Conversation
What’s the difference between a casually dressed dyke on a unicycle and a formally dressed dyke on a bicycle?
Boobs on Your Tube: Maya and Carina Pull a Callie and Arizona on “Station 19”
Plus updates on Fantasy Island, Good Trouble, The Power, A Million Little Things, All American, and the Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts Wife Show!