Lez Liberty Lit: Counterfactual Realities
How memory works, BOOK IT nostalgia, why pleasure should never be guilty and more.
I Still Can’t Believe They Did Marley Rose So Dirty on Glee
I’m here to bitch about the one thing I feel like not enough people speak up about when listing things Glee did wrong, like how they continued to let Matthew Morrison rap or how Finn outed Santana: The way they treated Sweet Marley Rose.
“Clarice” Proves There’s No Such Thing As a Progressive Procedural
The Silence of the Lambs was right. Trans women and law enforcement are enemies. All it got wrong was the villain.
Pop Culture Fix: JoJo Siwa Does Not Want to Be Perceived Kissing Boys
Plus, Stephanie Beatriz is pregnant, Atypical released a teaser, Busy Phillips is proud of her queer kid, Dance Moms star Zackery Torres is trans and more!
Foolish Child #97: Kink at Pride
“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind of heat.”
“Trust Falls” Fail Early on in the Bold Type’s Final Season
“It’s their parting conversation that makes the show’s intention clear: Kat is standing there, telling Eva that her beliefs are causing her actual harm — with Aisha Dee’s eyes brimming with tears — and the camera waits for Eva, as if her reaction is the one that matters most.”
No Filter: Laverne Cox and Trace Lysette Said “Its Time for the Twerkulator”
Happy Birthday, Laverne Cox! Also, King Princess wants to be your gender queer Marky Mark, Hayley Kiyoko is stealing your aesthetic, and who else does dramatic shit like Gigi Gorgeous?
Also.Also.Also: Sci-Fi Stars Celebrate June 1st by Coming Out All Over the Interwebs, Happy Pride
Kaylee Bryant came out as queer and Krys Marshall came out as pansexual! Gays for everyone! Also: queer mechanics, trans jocks, eavesdropping on $5,000 anti-racist dinner parties, and the secret power of menopause.
Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers Are Here and Full of Sex, Hair and Hands
Two L Word Generation Q Season 2 Teasers have finally dropped! We’ve got hands on backs and heads going down and facial wounds and bras coming off and A LOT OF THEORIES
June 2021: What’s New and Gay To Stream
We’ve got a queer Muslim punk rocker, new episodes of Feel Good and Genera+ion, FINALLY a Sapphic storyline on Elite and so much more streaming in Pride month.
“Pose” Episode 306 Recap: I Swear
I’m so excited to recap what is easily, my favourite episode of Pose so far.
Queer Horoscopes for June 2021: Buckle Up
Sit down, take a deep breath, and remember you don’t need to brace yourself for worst-case scenario in response to this month’s dramatic astrology.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 80, May 2021
Remember Tila Tequila?
Pop Culture Fix: Blue’s Clues’ Pride Episode Features a Queer Nonbinary Disabled Dolphin in Love and More!
Why is the new Gossip Girl trailer so creepy, the full cast for that new Netflix queer vampire drama, Danai Gurira’s Okoye will headline her own Disney+ series, and more!
Editor’s Notes: On AAPI Heritage Month 2021
To exist as a queer/trans Asian/Pacific Islander means to put your stakes in the ground and to say, “I am all of these identities, and I exist, so therefore these identities are me. They must be.”
The Right to Breathe
I think of the moment I was born, how I must not have cared at all how loud I screamed. I needed to breathe. I needed everyone to know I was here.
Daniel Sea On “The L Word,” Gender Identity, and Imagining Queer Liberation
“I spoke about gender identity, sexuality, and my past with journalists and people in Hollywood who just didn’t understand the language I was using. It was a culture shock for me.” — Daniel Sea
To L and Back Podcast Interrogation Tapes Episode and Guess What We’re Going Live Tomorrow
That’s right, we’ve got a BONUS EPISODE for you today and are gonna be doing a LIVE episode tomorrow! We are soothing the pain of departure, like how Jenny fell into a pool.
Quiz: What to Call the Person You’re… You Know…
The anxious-avoidant’s guide to whether you’re hanging out, sleeping together, seeing each other, involved, going on dates together, or — gulp — dating.
NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Hedonistic AF
The collective summer horniness is for dating as well as orgies — but here’s how to go swinging, just in case. (Spoiler alert: it’s not on Twitter.)