Lez Liberty Lit: Just Say No to a Coronavirus Novel
The problem with new anti-racist book clubs, 50 Black-owned bookstores to support, writing good sex scenes and more.
You Need Help: Should I Cut Off My Racist Dad?
My family is part of the problem, but if I choose to just ignore this fact, do I become part of the problem too?
Crafting The Narrative Of Abuse
Narratives of violence and abuse are so familiar in our history and culture that we hardly notice them. Corinne Manning shares what it took to notice and transform these narratives in their own fiction and their story collection, We Had No Rules.
My Top 10 Favorite Lesbian Films: Heather Hogan, the Tender Butch Who Wants a Happy Ending
We deserve to laugh and swoon too!
Also.Also.Also: Pride Has Changed Forever
Gender-affirming surgery during the pandemic, queer Midwestern authors, Maya Moore’s quest for justice, writing on how mutual aid works and more!
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!