Seeing the First Sunrise Makes Each Year Feel Special
Waking up early and standing out in the cold may not seem like self-care, but to me, it is.
All The LGBT+ Celebrities Who Got Married, Engaged, Had Babies or Otherwise Were Cute in 2021
Just look at all these queer celebrities announcing their love, getting engaged, getting married, having babies and kissing at the Olympics!
Also.Also.Also: Candace Parker Voted Woman Athlete of Year, Says Stock Her Jersey for Once
The wild story of eggnog, Sarah Jessica Parker nostalgia and a million other reads for your New Year.
“And Just Like That” Sex Is Back in The City (And it’s GAAAAY)
Carrie gets a new hip, Charlotte’s kid gets a new name, and Miranda gets some gay sex.
Autostraddle Editors Choose (Some of) Their Favorite Posts They Had Nothing To Do With
We asked our editors to pick one thing published on Autostraddle in 2021 that they had absolutely zero things to do with. Something that they loved purely as a reader.
My Top Nine Best Band Tees That Are Technically Just Autostraddle Merch
“Eddy and Becky, best friends who boned on OnlyFans to earn cash to fund Gay Chaos’ first album, started out with bathtub ukelele covers and careening, desperate ballads that made rock bottom sound like the world’s only emotional truth.”
15 Things I Drank in My Year of Not Drinking
Tasting notes: This one is real, like a hallucination. You can feel it, see it, and it leaves very little evidence of its passing through your body. Lingers barely on the tip of the tongue, with high notes of bright genders named like quarks.
“Dickinson” Gives Emily and Sue the Happily Ever After They’ve Always Deserved
Dickinson’s third and final season was funny and fun and deep and wild and so, so gay. Emisue, forevermore.
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #39
Does Kayla work for-hire to investigate food mysteries/memories? Because I have a caramel apple cookie mystery I’d love some help solving!
Lez Liberty Lit: The End
Over the decade-ish that I’ve been writing this column, the number of published queer and trans stories has exploded.
Christen Press Draped Around Tobin Heath in the Snow
Friendship truly has no boundaries!
Pop Culture Fix: Eve Gives Villanelle a Ride in Killing Eve’s Final Season Teaser
Why Cynthia Nixon came back to Sex and the City, holigay greetings from Candace Parker, Y’all really does mean all, and more!
My Favorite Witchy Books of 2021
Every year, more and more brilliant, engaging, inspiring witchy books are published to help both beginner and more advanced practitioners improve their skills with tarot, astrology, tarot, numerology, herbalism, divination, and other sacred practices.
Forgiving Myself as the One and Only New Year’s Resolution
I’m letting the dust of others’ expectations begin to settle, leaving room to see that I am not to blame for the hurt and harm I’ve dealt with. This year, I’m not making a list. Instead, I’m focusing on forgiving myself for ever thinking anything different.
Also.Also.Also: Let’s See Who All’s Came Out as Trans or Non-Binary This Year
Reclaiming bimbo-hood, is it safe to have a New Year’s Eve party, and in the era of online dating — why are we obsessed with meet-cutes?
“Parallel Mothers” Is a Masterpiece of Mommy Issues and Generational Trauma
Womanhood has been a front for so many facets of Pedro Almodóvar’s own life. But in his latest masterpiece, womanhood is a front for even more.
There’s Something About a Stud With Dimples
I love Black butches. Studs. Masc folks. I love them when they’re quiet and when they are loud. I love it they are soft — and when they are hard. Just a whole Dr. Seuss rhyme of loving them.
You Need Help: Will I Ever Grow Out Of The Messy Questioning Phase?
Accept the messy questioning phase. It’s the whole point of being alive.
Malinda Lo on Her Historic National Book Award Win and Lesbian Literature’s History and Future
Malinda Lo talks about writing queerness in different genres, butch/femme dynamics in literature, and the gay Macy’s of the 1960s that didn’t make it into her book.
Honorable Mentions: More LGBT TV We Loved in 2021
Not all of our personal faves made it into our Top 25 Best LGBTQ TV Shows of 2021 list, so here’s our chance to tell you all about them.