Covering Our Butts: Let’s Talk About Underwear
“I like how I feel in my boring, black briefs, and I’ll probably keep wearing them for the rest of my long, gay life.”
Respect Your Elders: Zoom With 72-Year-Old Therapist Antonio Feo
“Be present for yourself and others. It’s not asking a whole lot.”
The Lakeview Crew #8: Halloween Spooktacular!
Your first ever socially distanced Halloween party is in the works!
What Does It Mean to Have a “Civil Debate” with a Man Who Put Children in Cages?
“This debate was not civil. There is nothing civil about orphaning 500+ kids as a matter of public policy. There is nothing civil about putting them in cages. There is nothing about the way we’ve treated these families who came to the United States — in accordance with the law and asked for our mercy.”
Extra! Extra!: Everything Not the Election It’s Been Hard to Keep Up with
This week’s Extra! Extra! looks at a whole slew of non-election related news, including LGBTQ+ rights and the trifecta of global pandemics: police violence, climate change and COVID-19. And then, of course, we do take a look at election-related news too.
How and Why We Like to Be Scared by TV and Movies
Horror has always been my favorite genre. I’m a very anxious person and something about having that anxiety externalized in a way that’s fun or cathartic has always really appealed to me. I like roller coasters too. How often is our fear so wonderfully contained?
“Alice Júnior” Review: The Trans Girl Coming-of-Age Romcom of My Dreams
Stop what you’re doing right now and watch Alice Júnior on Netflix.
Rating Villains, Monsters, and Cryptids on a Scale of Sexiness
It is not only my pleasure, but my DUTY to compile this list ranking different horror villains, classic monsters, and cryptids on their levels of raw sexuality. What would it be like to fuck or date a ghost? Let’s talk about it.
The Comment Awards Are Feeling Just Peachy
“I never expected to hear anyone describe the ‘Thong Song’ as healing! I’m delighted!”
Into the A+ Advice Box: US Politics Special Edition
We asked you for the political questions or issues keeping you up at night. From getting started in activism, to questions about phone banking and volunteering, to the Supreme Court and what will happen with the legalization of gay marriage, untangling the United States’ electoral system, talking to your conservative relatives, and more — the Autostraddle team takes on your questions related to the US election. We’re all super stressed, but at least we have each other!
Also.Also.Also: Clea DuVall Is Officially Adapting Tegan and Sara’s High School Memoir!! Sound the Lesbian Alarms!!
Clea DuVall and Tegan and Sara unite to give the gays everything that they want! Also, the Pope said that thing he said. What happens if Roe v. Wade if overturned? And while we’re talking nightmares, here’s how to survive election night.
S L I C K: I Bet It Does
Made me want to / and I did tap / that ass / many times / made it mine.
Autostraddle’s Comprehensive 2020 LGBTQ Voting Guide: Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer, and Trans Candidates, Ballot Measures and More!
According to the Victory Institute, there are 843 LGBTQ+ elected officials nationwide. But there’s so much more to us than just the numbers. Here’s your 2020 Voting Guide with every LGBTQ woman and non-binary person running for federal offices or seats in state legislatures, plus the statewide ballot measures we don’t want you to miss!
HBO Max’s “Equal” Celebrates the Deviants of Pre-Stonewall LGBT Activism
In HBO Max’s LGBTQ documentary “Equal”; Samira Wiley, Jamie Clayton, Isis King, Shannon Purser, Heather Matarazzo, Theo Germaine and more embody key historical figures in the pre-Stonewall fight for LGBTQ rights and visibility.
Insider Butt Data for All You Absolute Nerds
“ANAL-ytics. Please don’t use that I am not serious.”
I Have IBS and I Still Want You to Eat My Ass
“Do you think he’ll notice if I just never come out of the bathroom?”
Queer Tarotscopes for Scorpio Season 2020: What’s No Longer Serving You?
Scorpio season teaches us that we cannot keep carrying everything that has ever mattered to us and expect to still have energy for new growth — sometimes we have to let things go, or acknowledge what has already gone, before we can truly transform.
Ryan Murphy’s “The Prom” Trailer Is Here to Gay up Your Day
Go big or you’ve blown it!
Lez Liberty Lit: Poetry Is Not a Luxury
What happens when literary events move online, why we’re obsessed with other people’s bookshelves, lots of horror reading lists and more.
Wonder Woman’s Star-Spangled Butt Has Always Been a Canvas for Feminist Hope and Male Misogyny
Zack Snyder and Joss Whedon were not, of course, the first men to use Wonder Woman’s body — and especially her butt — as a blank page onto which they could project their feelings about Wonder Woman, specifically, and women, generally.