Foolish Child #75: The Instructions Are Right There, People
Trying to erase the past doesn’t HELP Black folks.
“Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the 21st Century” Centers the Wisdom of Disabled People
How many times have you heard that we’re “in a new world” recently? “Disability Visibility” challenges us to consider what a world with disability at its core can look like.
You Raised $2K for Women for Political Change at Rise Up Get Down — A+ Members Can Watch the Replay!
On Sunday June 28, the anniversary of the start of the Stonewall Riots, we threw a little digital shindig to celebrate Pride as an uprising and to raise money for Women for Political Change in Minneapolis. We’re giving A+ Members access even if they couldn’t make the live show because they’re the best, so if you sign up now, you just have to await the weekly A+ E-News for details!
Playlist: My Favorite Anti-Cop, Pro-Black Songs for the Revolution
These past few weeks I’ve been drawn to music that is anti-cop, anti-establishment, and/or pro-black. These songs span genre but mostly lie somewhere between punk and hip hop. They embody either my rage or my love for the unwavering strength, resilience, and spirit of black people.
No Filter: Janelle Monáe Does High Art and Cara Delevingne Does Some Other Kind of Art I Think
Look, there are a lot of Janelle Moane in here, and also some real journeys of pride posts.
Pop Culture Fix: Wynonna Earp’s First Season Four Promo Photos Are Here and Heckin’ Queer (Obviously)
Pearl Mackie (aka Doctor Who’s Bill Potts) came out as bisexual, Glee filled its audience with mannequins???, a look inside a Black Lady Sketch Show’s writers room, and more!
My Top 10 Television Shows: Heather Hogan, Lover of Love and Laughing
And a healthy dose of women in top hats.
Queer Horoscopes for July 2020: What Work Stands Before You to Learn to Love Subversively?
With another eclipse and Saturn moving back into Capricorn, we’ve got some work to do this month.
The Autostraddle Insider: Issue 69, May/June 2020
“the sex bench is like all the flatware in beauty and the beast collecting dust waiting for somebody to come along and use it to feel purpose / meaning again”
My First Pride Was About Building My Queer Future and Mourning a Past I’ll Always Long For
A young black queer girl goes to her first pride parade, tackles her fears of her own queerness rooted in acceptance, and becomes friends with other black queer people after the death of her parents.
8 Speculative Fiction Books by Black Authors about Black Futures for Imagining a New World
At this moment in time with uprisings against anti-Blackness happening in the US and all over the world, it feels urgent to focus on Black authors who are imagining Black futures. Plus, it was Octavia Butler’s birthday on June 22!
Also.Also.Also: Stormé DeLarverie, Layleen Polanco and Whose Names Are Said
How NYC’s jail policies are being changed in response to Layleen Polanco’s death, the highs and lows of last weekend’s NWSL Challenge Cup, Sonia Sotomayor’s legacy of standing against systemic racism on the Supreme Court, and more.
Black In Space: A Virtual Black Pride Experience
Black Pride in DC is a chance to celebrate our community’s resilience, honor our history and organize for a better future! This year, I attended afro-futurist art shows, alien burlesque performances, and intergalactic dance parties, all on Zoom from the safety of my couch.
Principles of Pride: We Owe Our Lives to Trans Elders Like Ceyenne Doroshow
As trans people who are so accustomed to losing our chosen family before they become elders, Ceyenne Doroshow is setting a blueprint for what it means to live fiercely and claim a stake on your life.
“To L and Back” L Word Podcast Episode 412: Long Time Coming
In the Season 4 finale of “The L Word,” we finally find out if Bette Porter knows how to drive a tractor!
Some Answers to Some Things You’ve Been Asking Us #30
Theres been a lot of hate for “hard pants” lately…
“Harley Quinn” Season 2: Harley and Ivy Ride Off Into The Sunset in Canonical Bisexual Love
There’s nothing gayer than falling in love with your best friend, which is why it’s endlessly bizarre and frustrating that we hardly ever see it happen on TV.
Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: June’s Uses of Anger
We are in the middle of a revolution. My Black woman’s anger is here to signal a necessary sea change. Understand that all of our freedoms are bound up in one another.
BREAKING: Actress Taylor Schilling Has An Actual Confirmed Girlfriend, Happy Pride To Us All
Wait, you may be thinking, “didn’t Taylor Schilling come out a million years ago?” The answer is no, Taylor Schilling came out yesterday.
Check Out the Cover & New Excerpt of Malinda Lo’s Forthcoming “Last Night at the Telegraph Club”!
Malinda Lo’s work has been incredibly relevant and sustaining to this site and this community, and her voice on current leaps forward in lesbian cultural production remains unparalleled. Which is why we’re more excited than we can say to partner with PenguinTeen to debut the cover and a new excerpt from Malinda’s latest and most personal book, Last Night at the Telegraph Club.