Reine #62: Spider Masc
“Is that…a…spider?”
Ayesha Madon Is Bisexual: ‘Heartbreak High’ Star Comes Out, Shares Cute First Kiss Story
“Sometimes I feel like I’m a fake queer person because I’m not massive on queer culture, sometimes, I feel that liking girls is not enough?”
We Spoke Up For Palestine and Got Kicked Out of the White House Pride Party
At the White House Pride Party, we, two queer Jews, were escorted out for protesting on behalf of Palestinian Freedom.
I Moved In With My Girlfriend and Now I Don’t Like Them Anymore
You moved in with your girlfriend and now she’s annoying the f*ck out of you. Also; some major small-town poly drama!
Queer Moms Discuss What It Means To Come Out to Our Kids
Tig Notaro recently discussed what it was like to come out to her eight-year-old sons. Hearing Tig’s words made me think about my own kid.
The Revolution Will Be Archived
Through the Lesbian Herstory Archives, Noor Aldayeh is making space for queer Palestinians to tell their own stories.
When It Comes to Fat Liberation, the Work Is Never Done
“I think the fewer examples there are of fat people or people writing about fatness, the more we expect from individuals, when fatphobia is a systemic problem. What I really want to see is just all of the stories.”
‘Hummingbirds’ Is a Different Kind of Queer Teen Documentary
Struggle does not inherently hold more import than comfort and freedom and rebellion and escape.
No Filter: What’s Going On With Keke Palmer’s Girl Group?
Also Megan Thee Stallion is so beautiful it makes me physically ill.
Megan Thee Stallion’s New Album Is a Coronation
It is radical for a woman like Megan, who has had her sexuality be used against her, reclaim it in a way that recenters her pleasure.
In the End, There Will Always Be Love
“For nearly the last seven years, I’ve felt incredibly lucky to have known Autostraddle from the inside out, every corner and nook and cranny, because I loved it first as a reader.”
Which Queer Midwest Writer To Read Based on Your Favorite Chappell Roan Song
Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.
‘I Resent My Best Friend for Moving Away and Having Kids’
“A few years back, my best friend got married, moved to the suburbs, and had kids.”
46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out This July and August
As usual, all genres are represented, but there’s a surprising amount of creepy reads in the thriller/horror realm coming out the rest of summer.
The BET Awards Were Extremely Hot and Gay: Victoria Monét, Megan Thee Stallion Amongst Those Who Made It So
In today’s pop culture fix — tons of queer performances at the BET Awards, Pride Barbies, a queer cast member of Real Housewives of New York City, Kehlani talks about being a lesbian and more!
What Dykes Care About (According to the NYC Dyke March)
The march has always had a variety of chants and slogans, and as I looked around I felt like I received a window into what dykes care about right now. Or, you know, what dykes in NYC who attended this march care about.
Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Get a Sneak Peek of Amy Spalding’s Upcoming Sapphic Rom-Com ‘On Her Terms’
Check out the first chapter of On Her Terms, a sapphic rom-com with a fake relationship plot.
With ‘Kinds of Kindness,’ Yorgos Lanthimos Perfects the Language of Cruelty
In the Lanthimos universe, characters commit acts of violence, desperation, adoration, and ferocity inside of an absurdist haze.
July 2024: What’s New, Gay and Streaming On Netflix, Max, Hulu, Apple TV, Peacock, Starz and Paramount+
We’ve got a lesbian mixologist in an A24 series about grief and robots, Netflix’s “wine-soaked sex romp in the Italian countryside,” the streaming release of Love Lies Bleeding, a Melissa Etheridge documentary and more this Olympic July!
Every Good Queer and Trans Movie Streaming on HBO Max
HBO Max has queer women all over its impressive slate of films, including biopics like Bessie and Gia; documentaries about DADT and Billie Jean King; and lesbian classics like Desert Hearts.