Roxane Gay on becoming a queer elder before you’re ready, healing from this pandemic, the radical legacy of Dolly Parton, Drag Kings, and more!
Do you remember those celebrity dream date quizzes in the back of teen magazines? Well for Autostraddle’s 12th birthday, I decided to queer it up!
“In the future, there will be so many women’s basketball games on TV that you won’t even be able to keep up with them!”
Autostraddle got born in 2009 but believe it or not, a few other things happened too. Do you remember them?
sometime this year you are going to steal your first pack of cigarettes from *redacted*’s mom: please don’t ? you will like them far too much and also will feel bad forever for stealing
Truly the sky is the limit! Ask about anything!
Being gay in public can be daunting, and it is not only because PDA discourse is fraught with questions of respectability and modesty. No, for us in the LGBTQ+ community, it can be a matter of life and death, so I completely understand your confusion and possible hesitance around showing PDA to your partner.
Every once in the rarest while, an artist shows up on Broadway in possession of such exceptional talent — audiences start thinking about their future not in years but decades. Jagged Little Pill’s Lauren Patten and Moulin Rouge! The Musical’s Sonya Tayeh are such talents currently in the running for their first Tonys.
Moxie aims for riot grrrl rage and zine-ready radical politics but falls short, coming off more like a glossy mag for girl power that’s only loosely intersectional.
Eventually, tracking my cycle started feeling less like planning around my terrible PMS and more like following a rhythm. Once I identified my varying needs during each phase of my cycle, I was able to take better care of myself overall.
Ella Hunt is queer, Pose will end with season three, Chloë Grace Moretz was set to star in Nimona, St. Vincent’s new album, and more!
How has the pandemic changed dating and relationships, especially poly ones? What’s it called when you’re not getting enough alone time? And how do you find sex toys that feel a little more… advanced?
Drag Race returns with the game that taught a generation of gays about Grey Gardens. That’s right, it’s Snatch Game.
Everybody loves Waverly! Wynonna Earp is back for a love drunk mid-season premiere.
This very weekend, right now in fact, we’re opening the A+ Members Discord Server again! Who knows what will happen! Tarot readings! Book clubs! Impromptu skillshare workshops! Lessons for elders about how to use TikTok! More pet photos! 9am PST Saturday March 6 – 8pm PST Sunday March 7
“I haven’t relaxed since 2019. I’ve given up.”
Plus updates on 911, SWAT, All American,, and grown-ish!
“I picked up the tentacle attachment and clicked it into place. For a moment, nothing happened – then, the tip began to move, seeking out something to touch, and the entire shaft lit up with sensation.”
Ginny & Georgia has a very typical teenage dating story but made it queer, just for us.
“We need a commercial with Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Angel’ playing over the image of a queer teenager finding nothing but Good Housekeeping in their search results.”