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The Comment Awards Are Realizing the Error of their Heterosexuality
“Snail4snail seems to be a very good match, I can say.”
You Are Queer Enough
Are there certain stereotypes and expectations in the queer community that keep you from feeling valid? Babe this is for you.
Stephanie Beatriz and Daphne Rubin-Vega on “In the Heights” and Queer Latinas Finding Love in the Everyday
“To really be in a moment where I could fully inhabit and celebrate all those things that we call limitations. Or let me say that better, what we perceive of as a limitation, being an incredible source of strength. I love that.”
MISSED CONNECTION: You’d Been Texting Me About Pumpkin Spice Martinis
Me: still confused
You: the elusive chanteuse
S L I C K: The Best Them
When the speech was over, Cash walked up to their friends and hugged them only the way you would hug your best friends after fucking them in a Cheesecake factory bathroom.
The 15 Stupidest Ways Queer Women Died on TV
As a queer TV critic for over a decade, I have seen a LOT of stupid queer deaths. Here are 15 of the stupidest.
“Changing the Game” Review: With Anti-Trans Bills Rising, Listen to the Many Realities of Trans Athletes
There’s all-out bigotry, and there’s all-out triumph. At the center of the wave of anti-trans sports bills are trans kids who just want to play.
The Revolutionary Anger of Asian Women
Our anger can be a tool of resistance in a post-pandemic world. Instead of burying or relinquishing it, we should learn to use it.
Pop Culture Fix: Demi Lovato’s Comedy Pilot “Hungry” Will Star Anna Akana? Sounds Gay, I’m In
Diana Taurasi in Space Jam 2, Lili Rienhart and Aisha Dee are teaming up for a Netflix movie, no I will not shut up about In The Heights, and Teen Vogue tackled the topic of queer fandom.
NY Needs More Midwives: Here’s How You Can Help
The violence against Black and Indigenous birthing people is intergenerational violence and trauma happening in real time, in each birth. Healing it – by making midwifery more accessible for more people, in the contexts and environments that are centered on the comfort, care, respect, and empowerment of birthing people – is one deeply important step forward in creating that world.
“Little Blue Encyclopedia (for Vivian)” Is a Queer Trans Eulogy to Love and Television
“When I say it’s comforting I mean it’s comforting in the omg this is so painful and beautiful and I love art and I love being trans and I want to die and aghhafsdghslakjnci sort of way.”
No Filter: Can Janelle Monáe Be My Moodboard? How Do I Get This Whole Vibe Delivered to Myself?
Stacy London’s lil summer freckles, Amandla Stenberg teaches business, and I actually got sad the other day because I remembered that Gillian Anderson had a girlfriend in college and that girlfriend was not me.
Also.Also.Also: Get Ready for Our Alien Overlords, I Hope They’re Hot
115 queer authors share the books that changed their lives, queer farmers, dealing with post-pandemic FOMO, and… why are we all talking about U.F.O.s right now?
#PolyamoryProblems: Advice for Newbies with Too Many Feelings
For some polyam newbies, big feelings can make you feel out of control. Dating experienced people can be a gift, but it could also mean that you defer to your partner’s word instead of advocating for your needs. Find out why you should never stand for someone telling you that having feelings means you’re not really polyamorous.
You Need Help: Why Is My Coworker/ Friend/ Crush Pulling Away?
Are you wanting to repair the friendship as it currently stands? Or are you wanting to see if your friend wants more than friendship? Those are very different things!
Editor’s Note: On ‘How To Survive A Post(?)-COVID World’
Regardless of how “post”-COVID our individual worlds might feel as restrictions are lifted, we are all still living through the trauma of a global pandemic.
Remote Learning Is Over, But I’m Still Disabled
When the university I attend announced a return to face-to-face classes, I felt afraid.
COVER REVEAL: Check Out the Smokin’ Cover of Grace Lavery’s Much-Anticipated “Please Miss”
Carmen Maria Machado calls it “hilarious and sexy and terrifying in its brilliance,” while Michelle Tea says it’s a “daring, perverse, mind-blowing, intellectual, hilarious, outrageous, inspired work of art that somehow is touchingly sincere while giving no fucks whatsoever.” Check out the cover revealed exclusively on Autostraddle!
Pop Culture Fix: Sarah Paulson, Gillian Anderson, Mj Rodriguez and Cynthia Erivo Want to Do a Road Trip Movie and We Also Want This
Also, the first 8 minutes of In the Heights, Clea Duvall created a not-for-kids cartoon, and more!