There’s an Unexpected Lesbian in Hallmark’s “An Unexpected Christmas”

I love surprise lesbians, especially when they ruin Christmas for homophobes, so this little Hallmark movie was a hit for me!

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Holigays Sex Toys

Holigay Gift Guide: Stocking Stuffers Under $20 for the Sweetheart Whose ‘Stocking’ You ‘Stuff’

Shops this list of toys and accessories that are under $20 and have yourself a hole-y night.

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TV Feature

There’s Something About a Scary Woman With Questionable Morals

Especially one who probably wouldn’t let me top her.

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AF+ LGBTQ+ Businesses

A+ Members Get 20% Off Autostraddle Merch — Including All New Designs!

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Literature

Lez Liberty Lit: Do Not Privatize Libraries

Why is privatizing libraries a thing! Plus, centering voices not just bodies, banned books, stoner novels, nonlinear narratives, and more.

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Webcomics

Foolish Child #109: Foolish Child(ren’s Books)

Do you know how beneficial a book about inexplicably loving random pairings of older women would have been to me at like fourteen, when Agent Scully met Agent Reyes?

3-Part Graphic of December Streaming: And Just Like That, Harlem, Creamerie

Movie Lists TV Lists

December 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream

This December we’ve got the Sex and the City reboot and its non-binary Sara Ramirez character, a bisexual reindeer on Santa’s B-Team, a Black gay dating app inventor, the new Matrix movie, a queer character in a Christmas rom-com, a queer Real Housewife, a lesbian organic dairy farmer in an all-female dystopia and so much more!

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Pop Culture Fix

Pop Culture Fix: Kathryn Hahn Is Our New Jo in the “Facts of Life” Live Re-Enactment

Even more lesbian Christmas movies, the first trailer for the Sex and the City sequel, The best Harry Potter novel isn’t written by JK Rowling, and more!

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Celebrities (Vapid Fluff)

No Filter: All I Want To Do Is Celebrate Christmas Caroling Through the Night With Niecy Nash and Jessica Betts

Plus, Indya Moore for British Vogue? What else is there to say but “I’d like some more?” And hot moms (Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris) and cute baby? This is the future gays want!

the holigay merch collection of 2021 - socks, enamel pins, stickers, hoodie and tees

LGBTQ+ Businesses

NEW HOLIDAY MERCH ALERT: Gay Chaos Socks, Fresh Tees, Queer Hoodies, More Pronoun Pins, etc!

Fresh, bright, zesty Autostraddle merch served up just in time for your holigay gifts list.

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Astrology, Tarot & Witchcraft

Satellite of Love: Queer Horoscopes for December 2021

As we come to the close of another pandemic year, I can only describe the collective energy as exhausted. Aren’t we all just a little tired of character-building growth opportunities at this point?

Society + Culture

Also.Also.Also: Earring Magic Ken, An Ode to a Whole Entire Queer Icon

Congratulations to Barbados on becoming a republic (and celebrating with Rihanna, as one should!), lesbian feta cheese, and announcing Oestrogeneration — a magazine for trans women writers.

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AF+

The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 86, November 2021

What terrible advice would you give your 16-year-old self just to see what kind of hell you could unleash on the world?

Most Lesbian Christmas Songs: A collage of five Christmas albums by Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Wham!, Brenda Lee, and Eartha Kitt

Christmas Music

Classic Christmas Songs, Ranked by Lesbianism

The lyric “someday soon, we all will be together, if the fates allow” is very Sappho if you know what I mean. I’ll take any opportunity to find the dyke root in any piece of media, so why not rank some holiday classics by how much lesbian energy they exude?

Aubrey Plaza and Kristen Stewart in Happiest Season

Movie News & Trailers

Witchy Aubrey Plaza Prophesies “Happiest Season 2” ‘Cause Riley Needs Love Too

Ho ho ho, homos!

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Breakups Relationships

You Need Help: Trusting Yourself After Leaving an Abusive Relationship

The first thing I want to say is that I’m so sorry you had this experience with someone you loved, who you trusted. You deserve to be treated with respect and honor and grace. Remember that when you feel yourself doubting your heart and mind in the future.