Foolish Child #98: Corporate Pride
It’s amazing how the very second that corporations found value in queerness, they finally invested but in the safest way they possibly could: Rainbows.
Carmen Phillips Is Our New Editor-in-Chief (and Would like a Vanilla Iced Latte Please)
Carmen has led the editorial team with compassion, pragmatism and heart. She brings to the table bright hopes for our future and a deep love for the roots of this strange little website.
Pull Back the Curtain At Our Autostraddle Town Hall!
What’s next for Autostraddle? What’s on the horizon? What makes our little queer publication GO? Join our senior team for an Autostraddle Town Hall & find out!
Lez Keep Our Money Gay! Become an A+ Member This Pride!
We’ve never run a member drive during Pride month before, but here we are, trying it! This June, we’d love to leave rainbow capitalism to the heterosexuals and focus on investing in our community year-round.
No Filter: I Guess Just Welcome to Gay Bikini Corner? God Bless Summer!
Seriously, have you considered that summer is very, very good? Plus, Chef Melissa King takes a selfie with Padma Lakshmi that’s made for fan fiction and Hayley Kiyoko decked in rainbow Amen.
You Need Help: How Do I Move On From My Ex the “Right” Way?
Spoiler alert: There is no “right” way to move on.
Why I Always F*ck Off to the Forest for Pride™ (And You Can, Too)
I had just come back from Yosemite days earlier, and realized that the only time I’m able to truly be myself, to be comfortable and authentic, is when I’m in the forest, or on a mountain, or somewhere else completely alone.
How To Fight An Eviction
Given the poor protections for tenants, the economic fallout and the chronic lack of access to affordable housing and healthcare, America’s housing crisis has only deepened since the pandemic began.
“Legends of Tomorrow” Episode 606 Recap: Sestras
Ava continues her quest to find her girlfriend, Sara tries to fight her way out of Bishop’s captivity, and Aliyah O’Brien remains alarmingly attractive.
“Batwoman” Episode 216 Recap: Reunited and It Feels So Good
Kate Kane created Batwoman and the symbol that goes along with the mantle; but right here, Ryan proves exactly why she IS Batwoman.
Pop Culture Fix: Girls5eva Will Get 3gether for A Second Season
Plus teasers for the new Gossip Girl and Atypical, a Stranger Things podcast dedicated to their resident lesbian Robin, and so much more!
LIVE Queer Sex Workshop: Register for Everything You Need to Know About Strap-On Sex
How do you shop for a harness and strap-on? Do you need a partner to get one? How do you, uh, actually use it? Learn about these questions and more in a live workshop led by Ro White!
Unlearning Shame, Relearning Pleasure: Resources on Healing From Purity Culture
Reflect on the ways in which you’ve internalized purity culture’s messages about sex, love, and what is “good” and what is “bad” or shameful in your own life
8 Books about Queer People Dealing with Cancer
From classics such as Audre Lorde’s Cancer Journals published in the 1980s to brand new graphic memoirs, here are eight queer authored books about cancer.
Which Queer Woman Filmmaker Are You?
Think of this as a personality quiz that comes with film recs.
NSFW Lexbosexy Sunday Welcomes You to Hot Divorcée Summer
You don’t need to be divorced to have a hot divorcée summer, but it helps. Also: block your exes on Tinder. Don’t think just do it.
Reine #22: Try To Keep Up, Doc
Inclusivity is a journey not a destination.
Boobs on Your Tube: Kadena Are *Finally* Falling Back Together over Art and Activism on “The Bold Type”
Plus an episode of Top Chef that will leave you ugly crying (we mean it!), updates on New Amsterdam, Legacies, and the very first OutFronts from OutFest.
Building An Altar to Honor Pulse on Its Fifth Anniversary
“Building ofrendas unite the living and the dead; they give space for our stories to be held. I light candles and kneel before them to say prayers because doing so reminds me, even when I’m my most lost – I’m never alone in this world.”
Five Years After Pulse, Queer Nightclubs Still Bring Both Freedom and Fear
“It’s taken me five years, but the feeling of joy, freedom, excitement, and fulfillment that I feel when I can dance to bachata with my queer kin, when I don’t have to choose between being Latinx or being queer, when I can honor all of my identities at once, is worth risking my safety.”