“Batwoman” Episode 218 Recap: Sweet Lady Kisses and the Power of a Name
In the Batwoman season 2 finale, Ryan embraces her power, Luke embraces his legacy, and Kate embraces Sophie.
The Happiest Place On Earth
“I was guilty and heartbroken and I wasn’t ready to let go of her: my first kiss, my first time, my first girlfriend, my first love, my first everything and before that, my best friend.”
Come On Jeff, Get ‘Em: A Day of Work
Carmen suggested once that we become the “Gay Strategist” and I love this idea for us.
Reparations Payments at Black Pride Events Should Be Embraced, Not Condemned
Taking B(l)ack Pride Seattle is an event that centers Black and Brown trans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer people (TLGBQ+). For the second year in a row, event organizers have asked white attendees to honor the Black-centered space by paying reparations via an attendance fee.
In the absence of reparations for African descendants of slaves and other survivors of white-supremacist and colonial violence — Taking B(l)ack Pride is giving us another model for grassroots reparations that should be embraced — not condemned.
What’s Your 2021 Pride Sponsor?
Obviously we can’t all get your premium corporate sponsors – your stainless steel sex toys, your high-end sustainable apparel, perhaps some luxury skincare – but I don’t think that should stop us; pride sponsors for all! The only limit to what a Pride sponsor can be is your imagination. Read on to find out yours!
Which Corporate Pride Float Are You?
Be bad, be greedy, be unscrupulous. But most importantly, do it all at 2.5mph while topless gay men gyrate around you! It’s an A+ member drive, and if you join for just $4 a month, you get to support independent queer media (which is something these corporations are really not doing) AND enjoy this bonus quiz. What a deal!
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Wants You To Stop Texting Your Ex At Last
How to have good sex even when you’re feeling dysphoric, how to tell a partner about trauma, how to tell if your argument style is healthy and more.
16 Really Nice Things You Said About the A+ Advice Column!
“The advice helped me so much and also was so caring it made me cry? But in a good way.”
Join Us! The A+ Pop-Up Pride Discord Server is Happening Now!
A pets channel, a Booksmart watch-a-long, the *dating* channel, and more! Join us for the pop-up A+ Discord Server this weekend June 26 9am PST – June 28 3pm PST!
Nutshell Studies of Quarantine: Part Four, Winter 2020
Frida battles a new breed of procrastination in quarantine and then, in the new year, sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
I Was Better Connected to the Queer Community During Lockdown
As a disabled person, I knew participating in LGBTQ Zoom events wouldn’t magically cure me of my loneliness. Even so, it was amazing to be a part of something larger than myself. I don’t want to lose this access.
Boobs on Your Tube: ICYMI, “Cruel Summer” Was 90s Hot and You’re about to Be Furiously Obsessed with It
Plus a threesome on Betty, updates on Genera+ion, The Chi, The Bold Type, some unexpected queerness on Kim’s Convenience, and the witches are back on Motherland: Fort Salem.
Welcome 300 New A+ Members! Announcing a Mini Stretch Goal!
We initially set the goal of 300 people because we thought that was what we could do in two weeks; YOU ALL DID IT IN JUST ABOUT ONE. We’re in a place where we need as many new members as we can get, and since we were already planning to run the drive through the 30th, we’ve set a stretch goal.
Things I Read That I Love #320: Remember How Reckless Karaoke Seemed so recently?
Topics include Zola, the rise in Black homeschooling, the return of FOMO, online stalking, “Friends,” why meetings, Generation X, racism in The Bachelor, Mare of Easttown and more!
11 Places to Buy Merch Supporting Queer and Trans BIPOC People Instead of Corporate Greed
Here are 11 collections directly supporting LGBTQ BIPOC creators and organizations!
“September Mornings” Is Tender, Challenging, and Should Make Trans Musician Liniker an International Superstar
September Mornings is a beautifully shot and tenderly written show. But it’s Liniker who elevates the series to greatness.
Anonymous Sex Toy Review: The Shameless Slim Player Thrusting Vibrator
Sometimes I want penetration without being strapped down, and other times I’m too lazy to use a dildo to fuck myself. In comes the Shameless Slim Player Thrusting Vibrator!
The Comment Awards Are Entering the Vagina Appreciation Tunnel
“I can’t take you down to the dungeon – just kidding, I don’t have a dungeon, that would be weird.”
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #36
Can Autostraddle investigate this question with journalism and/or science??
So You Want to Dress Like the Main Character
Is pretending I am the protagonist in romance novel a fun way to tamp down some of my nerves about being back out in the world? Yes!