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A group of dancers from the Trocks dance in rehearsal.
Theater

For 50 Years, The Trocks Have Combined Pointe and Drag

This is the power of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Founded in the throes of the Gay Liberation Movement, the company runs on the freedom of self-expression and, of course, a love of ballet.

Elyssa Maxx Goodman December 24, 2024 4 Comments
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Movie Reviews

I Watched ‘The Holiday Junkie’ With My Wife and It Was Sweeter Than a Peppermint Latte

Jennifer Love Hewitt’s latest Lifetime Christmas movie has a lesbian best friend who wears shoes on the bed.

Sa'iyda Shabazz December 23, 2024 6 Comments
Pop Culture Fix

Nahnatchka Khan’s Next TV Project Is About Big City Lesbians Inheriting a 500-Acre Dairy Farm

Nahnatchka Khan’s upcoming dark, queer projects, Jasmin Savoy-Brown is producing a podcast, new JoJo Siwa dating rumors, Amber Heard defends Blake Lively and more

Valerie Anne December 23, 2024 1 Comment
Denise Richards in Tammy and the T-Rex
Movie Features

I Saw the T-Rex Glow: Tammy and the T-Rex, 30 Years Later

Tammy and the T-Rex feels inescapably like a film about gender, dysphoria, and a relationship struggling to find a path forward amid massive, unforeseen changes.

Nic Anstett December 23, 2024 1 Comment
Movie Lists

The Best Queer Movies of 2024

Queer cinema can be about the challenges we face, the oppression we experience, the microaggressions and aggression aggressions and all the rest, and still be fun and sexy. In fact, fun and sexy are two of our greatest tools.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 23, 2024 12 Comments
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Quizzes

Quiz: Tell Us Your Holiday Plans and We’ll Tell You What Movie-Musical Your Life Is

We all could stand to embrace a little more main character energy.

Em Win December 22, 2024
Carol
Comedy Holigays

How To Celebrate ‘Carol’ Day, Which Is Today!

It’s December 21 AKA the day Carol and Therese went on a pretty bad date at Carol’s house in New Jersey.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 21, 2024 1 Comment
Webcomics

Reine #68: Scholarly Debate

Long, short, shaved, or bald?

Ren Strapp December 21, 2024 1 Comment
Queer Horoscopes for Capricorn Season 2024 with a tarot card of the Capricorn symbol in the middle.
Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Queer Horoscopes for Capricorn Season 2024

Capricorn season encourages us to push toward our future goals while making time to rest.

Deb Roe December 20, 2024
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Book Features

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good lesbian books.

Riese December 20, 2024 3 Comments
One picture shows a couple's hands during a wedding ceremony, the other is a shot of the White House
AF+

Should I Get Married Before Trump Takes Office?

An international couple ponders a visa marriage before Trump takes office. Also a reader wonders if dietary restrictions can be a dealbreaker.

the team December 20, 2024 4 Comments
Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore stand side by side looking out a window with the cityscape reflected back at them in The Room Next Door.
Movie Reviews

‘The Room Next Door’ Is Almodóvar’s Tribute to Life Through Death

If Pain and Glory was a reckoning with self and Parallel Mothers a reckoning with Spain, The Room Next Door is a reckoning with the entire world.

Drew Burnett Gregory December 20, 2024 6 Comments
A collage of queer movie scenes with a gold 2024 in the middle.
Movie Features

Autostraddle’s Favorite Queer Movie Scenes of 2024

The team was horny at the movies this year and what a blessing.

The TV Team December 20, 2024 4 Comments
HOLIGAYS scene from Yellowjackets where Shauna and Jeff have brunch with Jackie's parents
Comedy Holigays

Excuses To Leave Your Family Holiday but They’re Just Plot Points From Yellowjackets

“I don’t mean to be rude, but a wolf literally just ripped off half my friend’s face.”

Motti December 19, 2024
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Christmas Movie Features

In Search of a Queer Christmas Horror Classic

If one quality ties the Christmas horror subgenre together, it’s an oddball, camp sensibility that almost always feels at least a little bit queer.

Payton McCarty-Simas December 19, 2024
TV Lists

The 25 Best TV Shows of 2024 With Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Characters

It’s been a very uneven year for television with lesbian, bisexual and queer characters — but these 25 shows stuck with us.

Riese and The TV Team
December 19, 2024 7 Comments
Two pictures of M Arida cutting hair on the sides of M Arida posing on a couch.
Hair

Meet the Instagram and TikTok Sensation Creating Gender-Affirming Haircuts

“I want to get all my queer and trans people feeling as good as they can and very proudly be able to present themselves in defiance.”

Elyssa Maxx Goodman December 18, 2024 2 Comments
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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: Celesbians Were Really Partying It Up at Sarah Paulson’s 50th Birthday Party

Including a special Star Trek-themed birthday tribute from Tig Notaro!

Christina Tucker December 18, 2024 4 Comments
collage of christmas movies
Christmas Movie Lists

45 Christmas Movies With Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer or Trans Characters

In a world once lacking Christmas movies with lesbian, bisexual, queer women and non-binary characters, the tides of the North Pole are shifting, and we’ve got a great list of LGBTQ+ Christmas movies for you!

Riese and The TV Team
December 18, 2024 34 Comments
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Theater

The 30 Longest Running Broadway Musicals, Ranked by Lesbianism

Thanks to the Wicked movie, theater gays are so up.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, Drew Burnett Gregory and Riese
December 18, 2024 1 Comment
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